going to throw this bill under the bus if it just becomes too unpopular? i don t think anybody know, republican or democrat, what the president is going to say yet. before you have consensus with the democrats, you have to have consensus with the democrats. i think every one of them has trep dag about what he s going to say about this tomorrow. i ll keep here. still ahead, democrats are in the minority in the senate, in the house and most state legislature. we ll ask brian shotts how he turns his interaction into more support at the polls. i will turn this car around right now! there s nobody back there. i was becoming my father. [ clears throat ] it s.been an adjustment, but we re making it work.
e-mails about that. and that potentially complicating the efforts to get something through the senate that will have the support of those moderate and conservative republicans as casey was just mapping out. that s going to be the real challenge moving forward, andrea. and we just want to also give you the latest from steve scalise, this is good news. we re happy to report that medstar is reporting that he s been upgraded from serious to fair condition, which is improvement and we just, of course, heard yesterday paul ryan saying that he was grabbing phones and techt and was visited by paul ryan and by steny hoyer, so he s talking and talking to family members and this sounds like at least good progress on the recovery. we know he has a series of surgeries and will continue an extended period of healing and rehabilitation. so good news on that. on all fronts. thank you so much, kristen welker, casey hunt. joining me now is brian shotts,
don t attend one. for me, it s about recognizing the importance of the peaceful transfer of power. i m obviously not very much looking forward to friday. it was not the outcome that i was hoping for. but as a member of the senate, i think we need to recognize the importance of the transfer of power, regardless of whether or not we like the outcome. senator brian shotts of hawaii, thank you for carving out so much time for us this afternoon. we are going to keep our eye on these four hearings that are happening. one of them, of course, as you can see there, in recess. but right now, secretary of commerce, hhs, and nikki haley, u.n. ambassador, potential u.n. ambassador, all of those hearings happening right now. meanwhile, just days before taking the oath of office, president-elect donald trump sitting down for a series of interviews. what he is revealing about his plans for his administration and a big admission about that twitter habit of his.