celebratory let's come back to school, welcome back mode, and instead, they're dealing with this. andrea? >> it's a self-inflicted wound indeed. because it is the day when they bring their familiesnd they come on the floor and you see the kids everywhere and on the senate side. of course there's a ceremonial swearing in that will be taking place in the old senate chamber. now, kristen welker joining us from new york, we know that mike pence was there today. there was a lot of activity there today, we're expecting intelligence briefings tomorrow but donald trump was clearly saying to the house members, this is their first split. he's saying this is not the timing, this is not the message to be sending today. >> reporter: right, andrea. he campaigned on a vow to drain the swamp, and this essentially runs counter to that, and he said that message in the tweet that you read. he did walk a bit of a fine line in that message, though, saying that he agrees with them, it's not necessarily the most effective body that's set up, in