Change. Obviously, gop lawmakers behind closed doors voting to put that independent entity again under the thumb of lawmakers. Now democrats, obviously, have fired back quickly, but republicans defending it. Take a listen to one of each. I havent seen it running amok and i dont know i certainly know its bad optics for this to be the ffrts thing for this congress to do. This was a democratic provision put in by nancy pelosi after there was corruption on both sides of the aisle. I think the American Public is not the rating of congress is very low. This will certainly make it lower. My shoep what youll see is more transparency. Youll see individuals with the opportunity to know who is accusing them, and that we will see matters resolved in a more timely manner. Obviously, Marsha Blackburn voteod that proposal, was in that closed door hearing. What you are hearing from sources in that meeting in the room is basically lawmakers were complaining this independent entity was overzealous and going after lawmakers based on anonymous tips that is some lawmakers thought were politically motivated. It was kind of the exact description of what we heard from one of president elect Donald Trumps close advisers. The same president elect who talked about draining the swamp over and over and over. This seems to fly in the face of that. This is what Kellyanne Conway had to say. Gutting it doesnt mean there wont be a mechanism. I dont want them to be given the impression theres no way for complaints to be reviewed. Theres also been an overzealousness in the process over the years. We dont want people wrongly accused and mired in months if not years of ethical complaint review. There are republicans who are defending the move on a number of different levels. A lot like what you heard Kellyanne Conway say there. There is still the house ethics committee. Theyve always been in position to investigate charges. But the Biggest Issue now is they want to make sure that there are no such thing as overzealous investigations. That there is due process in place. Complaints that the oce was not necessarily living up to those standards before this point. That said, democrats, this is an issue thats more or less put on a tee. Many trying to cover up their wounds in the wake of the election. Theyre already having a call to talk about their responsiveness. They believe this san issue they can win on. Expect them to attack immediately. Just to be clear, this other committee that supposedly is going to investigate ethics violations, that cant they cant investigate anonymous tips. They cant investigate if you are bringing a complaint against a powerful lawmaker, youd probably want to be anonymous. So how is that making things tougher ethically within the halls of congress . Look, its not. And i think anybody who would say otherwise is not necessarily being truthful for you. What republicans are saying in their defense right now is they are trying to find a balance. A balance they thought became skewed with this independent entity. Its worth noting the republicans who stood up in the closed door meeting and defended this proposal are republicans who at one point or another had been under investigation. Obviously, they had a reason to do this at this point. When you look through the amendment text line by line by line, its difficult to make the argument this is in any way going to increase kind of tougher ethical requirements on capitol hill. Republicans, though, are going to have to defend that going forward. Just by the way, you know, the Ethics Commission as it stands now did have some successes, right . Representatives william jefferson, bob mai, duke cunningham. They were all investigated and convicted of bribery charges and all of them served jailtime. So its not like its done nothing, right . Look, i think thats an important point to note. There have been complaints. Its worth noting there have been complaints on both sides of the aisle this committee was operating without respect to due process. This is a committee and independent staff and an independent operation that got results. It did what it was put in place to do back in 2008. And it was put in place for a very good reason in the wake of a very difficult time on capitol hill with a number of different scandals. This committee on several levels has worked. This committee will now no longer take the form that it did. Phil mattingly reporting from capitol hill. This controversy swirls around the gutting of the Ethics Commission and what it means. Another trump tweet that has nothing to do with ethics but General Motors. General motors is sending mexican made models of chevy cruze to u. S. Car dealers taxfree across borders. Make in usa or pay big border tax. Christina alesci is following this. This is another example of trump going after a company for essentially manufacturing outside of the United States and selling products back in. What hes talking about is a specific model. Its a smaller car, carol, and just to put this into context, chevy responded today in a very carefully worded statement, being careful not to offend the president but also to clarify the facts around this. There is a model of the car that is manufactured here in the United States in ohio and then another model, the hatchback version of the cruze is manufactured in mexico f. They came out with a statement saying they build one for gloeshl manoble markets with a small number sold in the u. S. This is part of a theme we keep seeing over and over again, and its sort of a game at this point. Trump attacks these companies on twitter. The Companies Respond by clarifying with facts and then unveiling or seeming to make some kind of concession to donald trump. And it becomes this big show. We had it with carriers decision to keep jobs here in the u. S. Boeing saying that it would make sure that its planes were affordable for the u. S. Military. Lockheed martin also commitment from the ceo saying that it would reduce the price of the f35 fighter jets. Like all of this seems to be a carefully orchestrated attempt by donald trump to show that he is making an impact. But its almost a distraction from the real issues that face the American Economy and american companies. How do we deal with these Bigger Companies of keeping the cost of goods low while also keeping jobs here in the u. S. . And ultimately, on a large scale, donald trump is going to have to face those issues, not on a oneoff basis but on a policy basis. And thats what people are waiting for. So lets talk about this. I want you to stick around and be part of the panel. Also joining me, Patricia Murphy for the daily beast and bob kusak, editor in chief of the hill. So ive been looking. Donald trump has a partial tweet. And it seems to have to do with this ethics within the congress, that congress has just gutted. And hes written only half of it. And this is what it says. With all that congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the independent ethics watchdog as unfair as it and then it ends. Im not sure what to make of that, bob. You want to take that . Its certainly not praising opening day of the Republican Congress. And i think this is very interesting because members on both sides of the aisle had been critical of this ethics watchdog. Why . Because theyve been investigated. This Ethics Office was supposes to keep things confidential but occasionally things would get out. We got our hands on some documents on a bipartisan investigation of members of both sides of the aisle. Later dismissed but it was embarrassing for those members. But this was something that then Speaker Pelosi put into place when she she is the initial one who said drain the swamp. Its interesting this half tweet is being critical of the Republican Congress. That could be a trend. I have the whole tweet now. He just tweeted out the second part. Put up the whole thing. With all this is from the beginning. With all congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the independent ethics watchdog as unfair as it may be. Their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reforges health care and so many other things of far greater importance. Patricia, take it away. Donald trump here is probably channeling the inner thoughts of the republican leadership, of most americans, and hes also very quickly putting some distance between himself and the Republican Congress and saying if you do something i dont agree with, youll know about it. So its america. And to Donald Trumps point, this is literally the first action that the republican majority in the 115th congress has taken. It was done without debate. It was done without announcement. They can argue that this is a way to strengthen congressional ethics on the hill. It is not. So for this to be the very first thing that they do before congress is even in session, i think is a terrible move optically when there are ethical problems and charges that come up later. Well all look back to this move and remind them they did this. Im with donald trump on this one. I think that if republicans in congress are going to get a lot of blowback for this, even though there have been complaints about this office doing it in the dead of night with no debate is not the smart way to go about it. The tweet i thought was a total deflection to get the controversies away from this but then donald trump came through with a tweet. Its something that congress is not popular now, hasnt been for a long, long time. Hasnt been popular really since after 9 11. Donald trumps popularity is higher than that of the congress. But theyll have to Work Together on a number of those policy fronts. And any time that the party is divided and certainly they are divided on this. And without a doubt, i agree the optics here are not very good. Especially on day one of the new congress. So going back to this gm tweet, patricia, you know, i guess go back to the carrier deal. When were really not sure what exactly happened there, carrier in the end saved 800 jobs. But they got a lot of big tax breaks from the state of indiana. They moved to automate a lot of their plants. Its unclear how Donald Trumps interference in this helped, hurt . And theres been really no specific action taken by gm other than to clarify where these cars are built. When donald trump fires off tweets like this, its clear hes channeling the voters in ohio who put him into office. However, it doesnt take into account there are a number of foreign car dealers, foreign carmakers that manufacture their cars here in the United States. Bmw has a gigantic plant in south carolina. If german automakers decided to do something similar, you can see how a trade war gets off to a start very quickly. In a Trump Administration that would hurt the people that donald trump is trying to help. Well, is it possible that donald trump is trying to make congress Pay Attention to his tweets on General Motors and jobs and to steer them in the direction he would like them to go . Yeah, i think this is the power of the job and hell have the power of the bully pulpit. As far as getting legislation through on increasing tariffs, that is not something in the republican orthodoxy. I dont think legislatively well be seeing changes. This is a way for him to go after specific companies. And corporations across this country have to be worried theyll be the next one targeted. Does that fix the big issue . No, but individually, he can claim a victory, and has. And youll see a lot of companies being targeted by trump in 2017. I have to leave it there. Patricia murphy and bob kusak. Trump twitter to send a stern message to north korea. Is it doing good or vice versa . Rodney and his new business. He teaches lessons to stanley. And thats kind of it right now. But rodney knew just what to do. He got quickbooks. It organizes all his accounts, so he knows where he stands in an instant. Ahhh. Thats a profit. Which gave him the idea to spend a little cash on some brilliant marketing ha, clever. Wow, look at all these new students way to grow, rodney know where you stand instantly. Visit quickbooks. Com. Wont replace the full value of your totaled new car. The guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. 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His first tweet coming over last night saying, north korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a Nuclear Weapon capable of reaching parts of the u. S. It wont happen. Then donald trump honing in on china on a second tweet saying china has been taking out massive amounts of money and wealth from the u. S. In totally onesided trade but wont help with north korea. Nice. These were Donald Trumps latest forrays into Foreign Policy after over the new years holiday saying he knew more than a lot of people when it came to hone i hacking. Honing in on the response that the russians were involved in hacking during the election. Mike pence came here earlier this morning and indirectly addressed some of Donald Trumps talk about Foreign Policy. Take a listen. Its 2017. We are just a few weeks away from a new administration taking office. And i think the world will see that with our president elect taking office, that america will be standing tall in the world again, engaging the world again and standing firmly for americas interests. And donald trump also taking to twitter in just the past few minutes talking about the latest moves in congress. He tweeted this. With all that congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the independence ethics watchdog as unfair as it is, may be. Their number one act and priority. Focus on tax reform, health care and so many other things of far greater importance. Of course, donald trump talking about the action that happened late night in congress. In fact, vpelect mike pence will be headed to capitol hill tomorrow to meet with Senate Republicans for their first order of business which will be repealing and replacing obamacare, moving forward with their plans. And also this morning, donald trump making an announcement as to his nomination of Robert Leitheiser to trade policy. Lighthizer did serve in the reagan administration. And for the past few decades, hes been working as a law partner heading up an International Trade law practice. Carol . All right. Jessica schneider reporting live from trump tower. The fallout of trumps tweets continues when it comes to his accusation of not doing enough to stop north korea. Im talking about china. Mr. Trump says china isnt doing enough. China said this morning, not so fast. Translator chinas position has been clear and consistent. We insist on denuclearizing the peninsula, maintaining its peace and stability and resolving the issue through dialogue and consultations. Translator china has been making great efforts in main taking Regional Peace and proposing an effective resolution on the north korean issue. Its been obvious to all and widely recognized. Lets bring in david. So Donald Trumps tweet certainly caught chinas attention. Is that a good thing . It is. I mean, this is again, very aggressive trump approach with china. Clearly being more aggressive with china than russia and north korea will be an immediate test for him. Can the chinese rein in north korea or not . Well have to see as soon as he takes office. Theres this theory out there that donald trump with his tweets is just trying to throw other nations offbalance so when he becomes president of the United States, it will be easier to deal with them because there will be an indimitation factor built in. Thats the question here. This is not a game. Were talking about a Nuclear Weapon on a missile. Even if it doesnt reach the United States, the u. S. Has over 20,000 troops based in korea. Seoul, the capital and largest city in korea is only 30 miles from north korean territory. 24 Million People live in seoul. Theres a belief that north korea has enough artillery they could kill tens of thousands of people within minutes. And the only option to sort of stop the north korean preparation is some preemptive u. S. Military strike. China doesnt want that. South korea may not want that. So again