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Obama care may not be really united at this point. that s because donald trump gave a weekend interview to the washington post in which he said that he wants to try to insure everybody with health insurance, with his obama care plan. i have talked to several top republicans who are not sure what that means. they have not seen any details of a trump plan, and they re going forward with their own approach, a piece by piece approach to try to replace elements of the law and they want to focus on actually reducing costs. not so much expanding coverage. this is part of an effort today mike pence to get on the same page with his own party on the key issue, wolf. very interesting. manu, the latest round of senate confirmation hearings gets underway next hour. what should we expect? well, probably some fireworks in the evening session. that s what betsy devoss, the education department secretary nominee. she s someone that senate democrats have targeted as part of their effort to try to st ....
Americans don t feel there s a place at the table. that they can dialogue, that there are issues and concerns that might have lost in the presidential election are still valid valid and real in this divided country of ours. do you believe that donald trump will be a legitimate president? he will be the president of the united states, the legitimacy question, and thank you for that, wolf, has to do with his open comportment and how he accepts the responsibility of president. the legitimacy questions come up when cyberattacks by russia that have been validated and verified by every, every intelligence agency that we have he dismisses them in a cavalier way, those are serious intrusion into our democracy, any conclusion needs to be investigated but that s conflict of interest, draining the swamp, the swamp is ....
Some of donald trump s nominees. they are concerned with their positions on vouchers and about public schools saying that she does not have enough experience on the issue of public schooling. she does have significant support from republicans to defend her record going forward. also in the next hour, ryan zincy, the montana congressman chosen by donald trump to lead the interior department facing questions about his views on selling federal land, about possibly opening up new areas to oil and gas drilling and as well about his views on climate change. his nomination seen as less controversial than devoss s, which is being targeted by democrats who are waiting for actually more information about whether or not she has any conflicts of interest given that she s a billionaire and has vast financial holdings. they have yet to see paperwork from the office of government ethics on her nomination, wolf. and we ll, of course, says have extensive coverage of both of those hearings. you re rep ....
Transition. that s 44 points lower than president obama back in 2009. it s also lower than presidents george w. bush and bill clinton. how do the disapproval numbers compare to the poll numbers he had immediately after the election? right. you just showed historically the other presidents at this point at the inauguration, he is not measuring up well at all. measuring up against himself post-election, take a look at this, wolf. we asked that question immediately after the election in november. 45% disapproved of how he was handling the transition in november. that s up seven points now. 52%, a majority of the country, disapproving now. his own transition is just not wearing well with the public. it was asked why those numbers are increasingly bad as far as the transition for the president-elect. listen to what he said. ....
Questionable stock purchase by the health secretary nominee, tom price, getting a lot of attention from lawmakers as you reported price bought some stock in a medical device maker only days later he introduced the measure that would have benefitted the companies. just spoke to the senate democratic leader chuck schumer. what was his reaction? well, he is calling for an ethics investigation, wolf, and he believes that price may have broken the law. if he knew about it. he is questioning price s defense that a broker purchased this without his knowledge. some sharp words from the democratic leader. take a listen. this is very, very troubling. this is not some broad legislation, cut all medicare and affect some large company like johnson & johnson. this is a very narrow specific company that dealt with implants, hip and knee, and the legislation specifically affects implants. he puts it in. a week after he buys the stock, ....