washington. james. >> james: indisputably a busy time. thank you. let's go a little deeper on the new president's use of executive orders. republicans insist -- chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuelle has looked at this. >> president trump has taken a series of executive actions to start delivering on campaign promises. the president's moves have had an impact on issues ranging from obamacare to energy pipelines to immigration. paul ryan expressed full support, saying mr. trump is quickly changing course from the obama era. >> we would like to see these things undone and we would like to see power restored to the people in the states, not the federal government. restoring the proper balance and in our opinion, undoing a lot of damage that was done by the last president who exceeded his power. >> democrats have countered by saying what mr. trump has done