Thanks for joining us this hour. Topping the hour, house and Senate Republicans getting ready to do what they tried to do for years but couldnt with the president and White House Holding a veto pen. In 17 days that will change. So many thinrepublicans will doy have been promising for a long time. Jeff zeleny starts us off with a look at their agenda. Do you solemnly swear reporter the new republican order is taking shape. Republicans are set to control the house, senate and white house. We know that the coming days are going to require hard work and cooperation from both sides. Reporter Mitch Mcconnell becoming Senate Majority leader as the 115th congress opened for business. Paul ryan of wisconsin easily reelected speak er er of the ho. This old chamber may look the same. But in the hushed whispers, you can feel the wind of change. Reporter in just 17 days, donald trump will join them as president , completing the gops ascension to power. The optimistic applause echoing across the cap
anderson? poppy harlow, thank you very much. trump ran as a pro-business candidate. but what are the implications? kay le kayleigh, is this a quid pro quo? i don t see it as a quid pro quo at all. i see it as a carrots and sticks approach. the carrots he is offering ford or gm are a better economy, an economy where you re not going to be hit with exorbitant taxes where he s promised that the corporate tax rate would be 15% maximum. the stick is the tariff. and i don t see any quid pro quo that something tangible we can point to was given to the ford ceo as a result of keeping jobs here. i think it was a promise of a robust economy going forward. the chairman seems to say we