mellisa: speaker of the house, paul ryan, mitch mcconnell among them. the white house says new democrats are with them. today s developments follow the president s call for unity during his first address to a joint session of congress last night. jon: we have team coverage of this hour. we are on capitol hill with reaction from lawmakers, but we begin with john roberts live on north lawn. good afternoon for to you. he has met in the past with democrats, will meet with democrats in the future, but this is all about charting an agenda and setting a timeline for that agenda and the people who will be driving that agenda forward in congress are republicans, so that s why he s meeting with mitch mcconnell on the left there and paul ryan, and the rest of the republican leadership, so they can get things done. last night and that speech, the president laid out a pretty bold
president-elect should roll up his sleeve and show us the replacement plan that cover 20 million american and cover college students who want to stay on their parenty s plans and show people how to cover people with preexisting condition. they have had seven years to come up with an alternative. there is not a single alternative on the table. it is two weeks from inauguration day and there is no plan. there is no fix. melissa: let tony tell us. potential incoming health and human serviceses authored a plan and there are multiple plans on the table and there have been 30 amendments made to obamacare. there are ideas that need to be a part of the replacement package. there is no doubt. and i love when democrats champion more people are
exactly how long the briefing today will last. we do know that president-elect trump is offered the same briefing of the highly classified intelligence and including sources and methods tomorrow. mr. trump is skeptical of the assessment regarding the russian hacking. josh earnest will probably get questions to the point that catherine herridge is making between the report and the sanctions coming from last week in terms of taking the russian diplomats out. mellisa: i know you will bring it to us when it happens. joining me is theressa paton who is president and ceo at ford llc and jamie reardon former