for him to begin along with the president-elect, on trying to deal with trade, trade falls under his purview. he also said the auto industry has been unfairly disadvantaged by the tpp, the transpacific partnership, that's why being after being an initial supporter of that, he now believes that deal is not the right thing for the united states. he talked about the fact that there is divesting. and he was drawn out by connecticut democrat, richard blumenthal, who noted that the president-elect has donot done e same, and asking ross if he believes he must do this in order to comply with the rules and not be subject to any ethics conflicts, why shouldn't the president. and he said, ethics rules do not apply to the president in the same way. this is a friendlier environment, but the issues will be very prominent in the new administration. andrea? >> kelly o'donnell and anne thompson, and of course, cakasi hunt, thank you all so much. joining me now is gene shaheen,