that was mitch mcconnell. i am interested british people. that was mitch mcconnell. iam interested in british people. that was mitch mcconnell. i am interested in this. is it in america's interests that there is a strong, cohesive european union, or would you rather that the eu was a series of nation states that you dealt with bilaterally?” think that donald trump prefers dealing with countries bilaterally. certainly america it's off would not joina certainly america it's off would not join a supranational organisation, and now the people of written have

mitch mcconnell in the senate in the age of trump. that's up next. >>> to understand for a second why the vetting process for cabinet nominees matter so much, consider what happened eight years ago when president obama turned to tom daschle to lead his effort to pass health care law, nominating daschle to run the health and human services. it did not go well. >> the man who was supposed to tackle health care, tom daschle. >> i deeply apologize. >> took himself out of the running for secretary of health and human services. for the former senate majority leader, it's an enormous fall from grace. to the man from south dakota who bragged in a campaign chergs years ago that he still drove his old broken down car was caught not paying taxes on a car he been riding around in for years. >> it was a relatively minor infraction but many believed it has massive implications for how the health care law turned out. now mitch mcconnell wants to change the vetting process, including holding confirmation hearings before background checks are complete

out the signatory which was then mitch mcconnell and put in my name. but the difference, the major difference is all of the obama nominees complied with mcconnell's request and that's how they got through quickly. a large percentage, the majority of these nominees has not complied with this request and these nominees demand it even more so. first, there are a huge number of billionaires. second, a huge number of people with all kinds of complicated business relationships, devos, for instance, has ownership interests in 600 corporations. and third, a whole lot of these nominees have spent their life campaigning and proposing things, the opposite of what trump said, the most notorious probably is price, who spent his life trying to destroy medicare and trump said he's not going to change it. so these cry out for hearings. not six at once, two hours each, you know, and then we're finished. the american people demand to know who these people are and to take a few extra days for each of them when they could be in power for four years and have huge power ove

mitch mcconnell did his phd thesis, i think he is a phd, on henry clay. which meant he also studied andrew jackson. contemporaries, they butted heads. he spoke about a picture of donald trump and behind his head was andrew jackson. and how for the 40 years before andrew jackson, every candidate for president was establishment. and jackson came in and turned it over. he compared that approach to what trump is done. we have gone through a series of establishment candidates and also what is coming in just like jackson and turning things over, refreshing if you will. if anyone is going to have a historical perspective on the donald trump presidency, it is going to be mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell always has his eye on history. in service of our country. i think it can be great. >> is there a potential for friction with mitch mcconnell being establishment? senator cassidy: of course there is. my wife and i have friction. i have been happily married for quite some time. in any adult relationship, the -- there is friction. on the other hand, what is important

mitch mcconnell has his own goal on tax reform. i think they will see where unity is and get the vast majority of them on board. ryan has a big majority to work with than he does not need democrats to pass anything. mcconnell will need a democrats if he's going to try to pass something outside of democratstion, which can filibuster, so mcconnell will have that problem in a way that paul ryan did not. john: stick with the rhine-mcconnell thing, mcconnell was chilly to trump during his rhine, ryan was openly hostile towards trump. was openly hostile towards trump. there seems to be almost like a weird bro-mance. talk about the different relationships and those two big figures on capitol hill. >> your assessment is right. mitch mcconnell was quiet for the general election. on trumpd commenting when asked, and when he was forced to, he would say as little as he could get away with. paul ryan made it a point to convey that he was uncomfortable with a lot of things that donald trump was saying and talking about in the presidential campai

mitch mcconnell always has his eye on history. i think it can be great. >> is there a potential for friction with mitch mcconnell being establishment. >> of course there is. my wife and i have friction. i have been happily married for some time. in any adult relationship, the restriction. on the other hand, what is important is not donald trump or mitch mcconnell, it is our country. i think they will both focus on our country. as long as we keep our country, donald trump said he is about the person who has been forgotten. i refer to the woman with breast cancer. , ourng as we focus on her country will go forward. >> since you are so bullish on the new administration, just a question about the new president's focus. do you agree with it? >> that is one of those things where, obviously, i once read about everything -- henry clay and andrew jackson. andrew jackson got three times as many votes in plaquemines parish as people who lived in plaquemines parish. we have to make sure there is integrity of the polls. by the way, plaquemines

we will kick off the new year with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell plus the incoming chief of staff reince priebus and two top intelligence experts, former cia director ambassador james woolsey and former acting cia director mike morell. >> new jersey senator cory booker will tell us how democrats plan to fight republican efforts. and we will have plenty of political analysis too. it is all ahead on "face the nation". good morning and welcome to "face the nation", i am john dickerson, we are here thon very chilly morning with senator majority leader mitch mcconnell who is making his first appearance on the sunday show since the election, welcome, mr. leader. >> good morning. >> dickerson: let's start with the russian efforts to medal in the u.s. efforts. >> yes. >> dickerson: you strongly condemned those efforts, why do you think donald trump hasn't? >> the way to look at his attitude towards the russians is look at the incoming national security leaders, general mattis, general kelly, congressman pompeo, senator coates, none of these are people who are in any way conflicted a

grudges against mitch mcconnell. particularly when, send it on both sides of the aisle are all long for the relationship between the majority and minority leader. if you have much friendly rivalry, two other positive and functional relationship as much as psible in the environment where going into i think will e important and, obviously, for members in his own party. but the schumer -don't something is a thing to watch. >> host: after the 2006 election senator schumer was chosen as head of the democratic senatorial campaign committee in 2004. why was he chosen? >> guest: tom daschle is a democratic leader. you just lost his race and so harry reid was elevated to minority leader, and schumer had just won reelection at that point. honestly he always felt sort of underutilized by tom daschle and his team. harry reid picked up on that and just said, i'll tell you what, you've got a lot of great ideas, your political, you are great, strategist. run the senatorial committee. and he ran it with just a brutal efficiency. the

senator schumer sent a letter to mitch mcconnell. it's a letter that harry reid received from mitch mcconnell, then senate minority leader, and 2009. it essentially says, and he crossed out harry reid and put mitch mcconnell, schumer data, today and sent it back. it says "before we go forward, let's have these things. fbi background checks, ethics review, financial disclosure statements. interviews." schumer making the point that this stuff is not in. >> as bill pointed out, this is politics as usual. it is not rare to hold this many confirmation hearings in one da day. what senator mitch mcconnell has been saying is that republicans joined democrats in nominating seven on the day president obama was inaugurated, five that week, and 13 were done on voice vote without recorded opposition. the reason why the republicans are making it difficult for them is because by spreading them so thin with everything this week, president obama's farewell speech, whether it's the fact that president electron is going to address the press on wednesda

, chuck schumer his democratic counterpart sent a letter to mitch mcconnell. it's the same letter you can see here. this is a letter that mitch mcconnell wrote eight years ago when barack obama was becoming president, and you have here, mitch mcconnell as the republican leader in the senate back then saying, we expect the following standards will be met for all of obama's nominees before there's any action on confirmation. some of those standards include clearance by the office of government ethics. that has been standard protocol in the past, that is something democrats are saying hey, you don't have the nominee. clearance from the office of ethics yet until you have that, we can't have action here. hugh hewitt, let me start with you. chuck schumer says this is hypocrisy from mitch mcconnell, does he have a point? >> i'm suffering from a mooerl streep last night, laryngitis, it only takes 51 ones. and we have the working on our side. and so maybe i'll throw it over to e.j. while i take coffee. all will get confirmed. every single one. >> we are going to give

do you agree with mitch mcconnell? would you vote against obamacare or repeal if it doesn't have a new plan for the replace with it at the exact same time? >> well, i don't know that you need to have them, peter, in the same bill, but i do think that they need to go on parallel tracks. i think it's incumbent upon us to not only look at a repeal vote, but a replacement vote either the same day or shortly after that. i think it's important for the american people to understand that they will not be without health care coverage, that certainly what we put in place will actually act as a i have isty net for millions of americans who need that. and so having that on a parallel track is critical. >> so congressman, give me a sense in real terms right noub, some talking months and years, when you say a time frame, how close does this need to be for you to be spy satisfied and give your vote? >> repeal and replacement, both of those pieces of legislation must be enacted in the 115th congress when you look at that. >> so that's

mitch mcconnell: they could have made the same last time. they are wildly different. appointmentsabinet are just as disturbing as they would find president trump's. that is what happens when you lose the election. the people he has appointed to his cabinet are not like president obama's people. these are people that are billionaires and have vast holdings, vast wealth, and the american people have a right to know if they are going to be entering the office with conflicts of interest. i do not want to see a secretary of state who

has been led in the senate by majority leader mitch mcconnell, and throughout that time, him and his h team have been focused on one thing. >> senator mitch mcconnell did an interview with national journal. in it he said, quote, the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one-term president. >> you said, quote, the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one-term president. >> well, that is true. that's my single most important political goal along with every active republican in the country ( mocking -- ) >> trevor: well, that is true... why does he sound so sassy when he says it? like forced to admit something but secretly glad he finally gets to talk about it. i heard when you're out of town you like to sleep on her side to have the bed -- >> well, that is true -- >> trevor: oh! ( laughter ) i also heard that you get fully naked in the dressing room at the gap! >> well, that is true -- ( laughter ) >> trevor: but jokes aside, mitch mcconnell, don't you think as a public servant your number one priority, in

it was sent to harry reid from mitch mcconnell in 2009. the senate has the constitutional duty to provide its advice and consent on presidential nominations, the duty that we take seriously. appropri in consultation we confirmed the commitment to conduct the appropriate review of these nominations consistent with the long-standing best practices of committees regardless of the majority. the practices serve the senate well and we will insist on the consistent applications agreemeo therefore prior to considering any tying agreements on the floor of any nominee we expect the following standards to be sd met. the fbi background check is complete and submitted to the committee prior to a hearing being noticed. the office of government ethics letter is complete and submitted to the committee and tying for review and prior to the3 committee hearing. three, financial disclosure statements and applicable tax review p returns are complete and submitd it for review prior to a hearine being noticed. all committee questionnaires are complete and has be

sincerely, mitch mcconnell, republican leader." and i ask unanimous consent the letter be added to the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so i plan to return the exact same letter, the exact same letter, to my friend, the majority leader, with the same requests. in 2009 the then-minority leader called these benchmarks "contributory negligence "-- -- "commonsense standards" these standards don't indicate a lack of maturity. they show an abundance of common sense. just as his letter said. and i remind the majority that several, if not most of the nominees, have actually failed to meet the qualifications laid out by this letter, given the hearing schedule. mr. president, the majority leader is fond of mentioning that many obama nominees passed quickly in 2009, and he asks this we do the same. but there's a big difference between 2009 and today. president obama's nominees made -- met all the standards laid out in then-minority leader mcconnell's letter. president-elect trump's nominees have not. back in 2009

mitch mcconnell's wife has been nominated for transportation secretary. her hearing was held last week if you want to go watch that on c-span.org. if you're into confirmation hearings, it will be a busy morning. we will take our viewers here on c-span two tom price's's confirmation hearing. if you want to go to c-span2, you can watch the confirmation hearing for an environmental protection agency administrator. if you want to go to c-span3, you can watch the confirmation hearing for nikki haley to be u.s. ambassador. there is also the confirmation hearing for commerce secretary you can watch on c-span.org. a busy morning for us on c-span for viewers who are into confirmation hearings. we hope you jump around and watch all of them this morning and on c-span.org. in pennsylvania, democrat, good morning. good morning. i would like to say i am really somewhat confused and probably the rest of the country is. apparently, from what i understand, the majority of people voted democratic. however, the electoral college, whoever they may be, they voted trump in. we

he has no relationship with mitch mcconnell and has no cultural connection to him whatsoever. he knows chuck schumer for many years. he donated to the campaign. they're from the same city. ran somewhat in the same circles that they were both powerful new yorkers. so they know each other. they have something to work with. that doesn't mean they will see eye-to-eye on policy nominations. i'm sure chuck schumer will be very loud opposition to l the things that democrats want to oppose but when something is going to be able to get done i would bet on chuck schumer and trump before i would trump talking to mitch mcconnell. >> host: jennifer stein hauer with the "new york times" and paul kane with the "washington post." a look ahead at democratic leadership for charles schumer. thanks to you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> live this morning on c-span2, a new year and a new congress. c-span's cameras are here at the warner theater in washington, d.c., for the swearing-in ceremony of the congressional black caucus to honor current and newly-elected members. one change, richardso

at the bottom of the hour we'll hear from republican leaders paul ryan and mitch mcconnell, likely facing tough questions over trump's first days as president. we're covering all this with cnn's sarah murray at the white house and manu raju. sara, i want to start with you. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump has a busy day ahead. it comes from moving forward with the plan to build and wall and now he says have mexico reimburse us. is heightening tensions between the u.s. and mexico. we saw mexican president pena nieto come out and address the nation saying he's not going to pay for the wall, but not scrapping the plan to meet with donald trump next week. now trump has taken to twitter apparently to up the ante. here is what he tweeted just now. the u.s. has a $60 billion trade deficit with mexico. it has been a one-sided deal from the beginning with nafta with massive numbers of jobs and companies lost. if mexico is unable to pay for the badly needed wall, it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. carol, we have been expecting donald trump to pull the trigger an

mitch mcconnell and paul ryan have said any tax reforms should be revenue neutral, but the question is who's going to stand big taxm, for not only cuts, but a large infrastructure program? facesso john, if trump pressure to keep the campaign promises and keep down the national debt -- john: [laughs] mark: will the notion of debt and deficit intrude on his plans and 2017? john: not at all. i think it will be a wild drunken spending spree out of washington dc. the republicans have been two-faced on this for some time. if stimulative spending and tax cutting generates a huge economic boom, the debt will go down a little bit. i do not think there will be spending restraint, nor do i think there will be a chip in the debt. you and i agree on donald trump's proclivities and inclinations. what strengthens his hand is you did not hear republicans talk about that and deficit reduction during the campaign. nominations, paul ryan, so not only does that give him license to do it, but also means that if people call him on it, he can basically said i would do --se things, and while it is i believe l

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the reality is that mitch mcconnell is a master of this process. and if there's anybody who can figure out how to craft something that both repeals, but then sets up the right kind of opportunity for republicans to replace this law, it's going to be mitch mcconnell. so paul ryan sort of has it eased, because he can push whatever he needs to through the house, most likely. the challenge is going to be on the other side. mcconnell has to both give republicans the right side of opportunities to fix this, without creating all these political problems, and he has to figure out how to win over democrats to help him solve the problem afterward. and i think, look, democrats tried to send the signal yesterday that they are going to dig in. they are not going to help. the president came in and said, don't rescue republicans on this. don't help them. but the reality is, i talked to joe manchin yesterday. he was on the show yesterday morning, as well, talking about the conundrum he has on this. he said, look, it's very hard to get people like the coal miners i

praise mitch mcconnell. what mitch has had to the republican congress, he is encouraged all of us to go out and say we will confirm president trump's nominees, the democrats will not succeed in filibustering those nominees. i think that is fabulous, i agree with him and i look forward to help him lay that down. >> sean: i've been critical of mitch mcconnell too and i think that he held back is a big deal. big issue in the campaign. it's become mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley, they both stood strong and endured a lot of heat for it. i enthusiastically praise them. >> sean: i don't think you and i disagree on many issues. let's look at it through the prism of donald trump's agenda. repatriation, vetting refugees, originalist on the court, energy independence, repeal and replace obamacare. and school choice. do think all these things can get done? anything he's proposing that you disagree with? >> i am very encouraged.d. the platform that donald trump ran on was a conservative platform. issue after issue, is

mitch mcconnell and paul ryan have said any tax reform should be revenue neutral. the big question is, who is going to stand up to him if he pushes for not only big tax cuts but infrastructure programs that republicans have been resistant to in the past? >> if trump faces competing pressures to keep campaign promises on spending and keep down the debt -- i know you think he will err on the side of spending. will the notion of debt and deficit intrude on his plans in 2017? >> not at all. i just think it will be a loud, drunken spending spree in washington, d.c. a lot of what the bush administration did. the republicans have been two-faced on this for a while. in the end, if stimulus spending and tax cutting ends of generating some huge economic boom, we will see a little deficit reduction. i don't bet on that happening. i don't think there will be spending restraint, nor do i

hear from republican leaders paul ryan and mitch mcconnell, likely facing tough questions over trump's first days as president. we're covering all this with cnn's sarah murray at the white house and manu raju. sara, i want to start with you. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump has a busy day ahead. it comes from moving forward with the plan to build and wall and now he says have mexico reimburse us. is heightening tensions between the u.s. and mexico. we saw mexican president pena nieto come out and address the nation saying he's not going to pay for the wall, but not scrapping the plan to meet with donald trump next week. now trump has taken to twitter apparently to up the ante. here is what he tweeted just now. the u.s. has a $60 billion trade deficit with mexico. it has been a one-sided deal from the beginning with nafta with massive numbers of jobs and companies lost. if mexico is unable to pay for

the house speaker mitch mcconnell talked a bit about that. you can search paul ryan at www.c-span.org. that will air in the next couple of hours here on c-span. a couple of hours before we take you back -- a couple of colors before we take you back to philadelphia. republican line. old a: i don't know how bunch of these people are watching, but he's done more to taken this last week us back to not than any president has ever done. this guy is completely insane. lies,es, it is insane -- it is insane. host: nicole in bowling green, virginia, republican line. week of hisfirst presidency is doing great. he has done a lot of good things for the country's -- country and i am excited to see what he will do with the presidency and i think the rest of the nation and everyone should stand behind him to build him up instead of all the protesters tearing him down. host: we are still waiting -- thank you for your call and more to come -- waiting to hear from mike pence speaking to house and senate republicans in philadelphia, later theresa may and we will

the wife of senator mitch mcconnell. rex tillerson, jeff sessions, who has been a colleague of yours in the senate for a long time. isn't the president entitled to have his mainstream, noncontroversial picks quickly? >> senator dick: senator mcconnell has held that calling them. we are ready to call them, you've mentioned a few. i'll say this, i'm voting for elaine chao. i've known her for years. we disagree politically, but she's a good person. >> chris: you might ask senator mcconnell that question. we've been ready to take her name up for some time. rex tillerson is up this week. when it comes to senator sessions, you will be heard before the judiciary committee this week in the normal course of events like other nominees, and when i add that when loretta lynch went to the nomination process, after her hearing, senator sessions and sent her an additional questions and then she was held on the senate calendar for two months before a vote was actually taken. we're doing our jobs and we're doing due diligence. >> chris:

the wife of senator mitch mcconnell. rex tillerson, jeff sessions, who has been a colleague of yours in the s time. isn't the president entitled to have his mainstream, noncontroversial picks quickly? >> senator dick: senator mcconnell has held that calling them. we are ready to call them, you've mentioned a few. i'll say this, i'm voting for elaine chao. i've known her for years. we disagree politically, but she's a good person. >> chris: you might ask senator mcconnell that question. we've been ready to take her name up for some time. rex tillerson is up this week. when it comes to senator sessions, you will be heard before the judiciary committee this week in the normal course of events like other nominees, and when i add that when loretta lynch went to the nomination process, after her hearing, senator sessions and sent her an additional questions and then she was held on the senate calendar for two months before a vote was actually taken. we're doing our jobs and we're doing due diligence. >> chris: let's go to o ha

been confirmed for a job before, the wife of senator mitch mcconnell. ben carson, wilbur process, jeff sessions who's been a colleague of yours in the senate for a long time. isn't the president entitled to have his mainstream, noncontroversial picks confirmed quickly? >> you may be surprised to know, chris, that when it comes to some of these nomineebe -- nominees, senator mcconnell has failed to call them. i've said from the beginning i'm voting for elaine chao. we disagree politically, but she's a good person for the job of -- chris: why isn't she confirmed already? >> well, you might ask senator mcconnell that question. we've been ready to take her name up for some time. rex tillerson is up this week. senator sessions is going to be heard before the judiciary committee this week. in the normal course of events like other nominations like attorney general. when loretta lynch went through the nomination process, after her hearing senator sessions sent her an additional 22 questions, and then she was held on the senate calendar for two months before a

praise mitch mcconnell. what mitch has had to the republican congress, he is encouraged all of us to go out and say we will confirm president trump's nominees, the democrats will not succeed in filibustering those nominees. i think that is fabulous, i agree with him and i look forward to help him lay that down. >> sean: i've been critical of mitch mcconnell too and i think that he held back is a big deal. big issue in the campaign. it's become mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley, they both stood strong and endured a lot of heat for it. i enthusiastically praise them. >> sean: i don't think you and i disagree on many issues. let's look at it through the prism of donald trump's agenda. repatriation, vetting refugees, originalist on the court, energy independence, repeal or replace obamacare. and school choice. do think all these things can get done? anything he's proposing that you disagree with? >> i am very encouraged. the platform that donald trump ran on was a conservative platform. issue after issue, issue

mcconnell right now. this is not a republican or democrat thing, this is about national security and knowing the conflicts of pep that are going to have to deal with other people and negotiate with them .. >> dickerson: what are democrats going to do about this? >> again we are trying to create a substantive process that creates complete transparency, we have an independent ethics office saying this violates 40 years of tradition. so we are going to continue to push and what we have already seen, the republican party over reached, the house gop trying to gut the independent ethics oversight and enough people spoke out they finally backed up. this has got to be one of those case wes don't put a billionaire in a place who has financial interest in other countries who could really undermine what is best for this country. >> dickerson: you are on the senate foreign relations committee, rex tillerson, former exxon head is going to be appearing before the committee next week, what do you want to hear from him?

this is not a procedural matter as mitch mcconnell said. this is actually a requirement by the nonpartisan office of government ethics. >> and that's why you have senator chuck schumer saying we've got to delay some of these confirmation hearings, because we need all of the paperwork to be in place. you talk about the nominees who haven't yet completed those ethics forms. steve mnuchin his pick for treasury secretary, wilbur ross for commerce and andy putzer pick for labor. former goldman sachs ceos, ties to wall street. are there any ethical conflicts, conflicts of interest that senators need to know about before the confirmation hearings begin and part of what is fueling this fire. they feel like these nominees are being rushed through, nine confirmation hearings this week. we should say first up, senator sessions has completed his paperwork as has rex tillerson. these are going to be two of the more controversial picks, andrea. >> mitch mcconnell was just today -- let's go to donald trump right now. >> he loves this country and he loves

mitch mcconnell firing back on that. this is going to be a big fight, right? the battle lines are drawn, and we do not have a nominee yet. greg: it will be a big fight. the big difference is mitch mcconnell has the majority in the senate and chuck schumer doesn't. there is a chance the democrats will filibuster the nominee, and there is an equally excellent chance the republicans will do what they call the nuclear option and eliminate the filibuster so they can, with a simple majority vote, get their person on the supreme court. part of the reason is we are not just talking about this nomination. it is likely donald trump will have at least one more while he is president, and so republicans want to make sure they can get that person on as well. >> american intelligence officials have "high confidence" that russian president vladimir putin was the driving force behind the campaign to interfere in the 2016 presidential election to discredit hillary clinton and undermine confidence in the american democratic system. those findings plus long held concerns on russi

. >> chris: we will discuss the trump agenda with mitch mcconnell, only on "fox news sunday." plus, we will ask our sunday panel what president trump's top legislative priority should be in the new congress. >> from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. america first. >> chris: all right now on "fox news sunday" ." >> chris: hello again from fox news in washington. donald trump's inaugural celebration was fairly over 100s of thousands of women took to the streets of washington and cities around the world to protest against the president. meanwhile, mr. trump went to the cia to repair a rift with the intelligence community, but also attacked the news media, and attack his press secretary sean spicer continued last night. we will have an interview with new white house chief of staff reince priebus, first let's bring in john roberts with a continuing debate over the trump presidency. >> it was quite an afternoon yesterday. at the new trump administration showing that it is quickly going to push back hard against any press reports that are either incorrect or even

and also like to remind people, mitch mcconnell you know how he said that their goal was to make him a one-term president. i'm just -- and another thing i would like to mention, rachel showed last night on msnbc that this long has been the least productive in history. and he see how they want to roll back ethics, also want to remind people how republicans go to prison, more congressional ru republicans go to prison and it's rare to see democrats go to prison and i wish we wouldn't take so lightly how trump seems to have a love affair with putin and russia and there's a new book about how richard nixon tampered with the peace prospects and costing another i think it was 27,000 american lives in vietnam, so i wish we wouldn't be so bla say about realizing this guy that's going to assume the presidency actually has no business there. it also brings up my disappointment for how the american people -- i know there's a lot of people hurting. there's a lot of people hurting everywhere, then we have a lot of super wealthy people in this country, i don't know how -- i have a hard time finding

miss mcconnell says it's not -- mitch mcconnell says it's not on our agenda. >> you imagine how many people you can employ. >> an alien invasion. there is a point. it's an infrastructure. you could take the undocumented workers and hire them. this is how you get mexico to pay for it. >> president-elect donald trump saved 1,000 jobs or so by negotiating with carrier to keep its plant in indiana. he's not stopping there. mr. trump says jobs will be the focus of his administration. >> we have to stop our jobs from being stolen from us. we have to stop our companies from leaving the united states and with it, firing all of their people. companies will come. it may world build, expand. new companies will start and i look very, very much forward to doing it. >> surely, juan, that's pretty cool. keeping jobs in america. >> i'm all for it. how is he going to do it? his plan seems to me, at best, i want to give donald trump a chance. tax cuts and do some kind of regulatory relief. i think that's a chance on capitol hill. tax cuts, regulatory relief. there's a lot of it in place, especially wi

if not, i think mitch mcconnell, he is absolutely right to say this is the senate's decision. but my sense is if democrats harden the line and they get to 58 or 59, 52 republicans and 6 or 7 democrats but not to 8, then they might impose the nuclear option -- chris: and just to explain, it already is the case for lower court judges that, because the democrats changed the rules in 2013, you only need a simple majority of 51. the supreme court is still the supermajority of 60, so a filibuster can till block it. now the question is will the republicans feel forced to extend that to a republican nominee for the supreme court? i want to turn to another big subject, and i had a big conversation, as you saw, in the first segment. the white house and the media. here's what the president said this week. >> a big portion of the media, the dishonesty, the total deceit and deception makes them certainly partially the opposition party, absolutely. chris: and, dana, as i discussed with kellyanne conway and steve bannon in an interview with "the new york times" went a lot further. keep our m

. >> chris: we will discuss the trump agenda with mitch mcconnell, only on "fox news sunday." plus, we will ask our sunday panel what president trump's top legislative priority should be in the new congress. >> from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. america first. >> chris: all right now on "fox news sunday" ." >> chris: hello again from fox news in washingto donald trump's inaugural celebration was fairly over 100s of thousands of women took to the streets of washington and cities around the world to protest against the president. meanwhile, mr. trump went to the cia to repair a rift with the intelligence community, but also attacked the news media, and attack his press secretary sean spicer continued last night. we will have an interview with new white house chief of staff reince priebus, first let's bring in john roberts with a continuing debate over the trump presidency. >> it was quite an afternoon yesterday. at the new trump administration showing that it is quickly going to push back hard against any press reports that are either incorrect or even n

the topic of bipartisanship came up yesterday as senator mitch mcconnell gave his speech in the 115th congress. talked about the cooperation that will be needed on both sides. he insinuated that it can be achieved. [video clip] >> the senate has a lot of work ahead. for now, i would encourage each of our members to take a moment to celebrate the rich tradition of this day. for those who served last congress, you should be proud of what the senate was able to accomplish on behalf of the american people. now andmuch more to do i will have more to say on that tomorrow. we know that the coming days are going to require hard work and cooperation from both sides. , we will beogether able to continue a record of achievement for our constituents month where states -- for our states and for our country. host: if you want to see more from mitch mcconnell or the other people who spoke yesterday, go to www.c-span.org. democrats only in this half hour. 202-748-8000 for the eastern and central time zones. 202-748-8002 for the mountain and pacific time zones on areas where they can work together. of

mitch mcconnell is very precise in his words. he doesn't just say things. when he says something he will follow through. it is going to be a battle. it will be a battle royale, but the president will get his nominee confirmed. and groups like ours like we did with justice alito when president bush made that nomination, we worked with senator frist who was the majority leader in the senate, and we helped get him confirmed. so yes, we along with other organizations, if it is one of the justices that we are completely committed to, will help the grassroots to move the president and the republicans in the senate gain the confirmation. host: want to invite viewers calling into speak with mr. perkins. 202-748-8000. let me get reaction to the house, passage of an abortions bill. i want to get your reaction to what nancy pelosi, democrat of california, had to say about this bill. >> i am a catholic. i have five children, anybody have standing on the issue? [laughter] >> and i think there has not been taxpayer dollars spent on abortion. you know that. this is fraudu

clayton: pete, where do you come down on mitch mcconnell's comments? >> it possibly could be. i don't trust putin more than i can throw him and i'm a college wrestler. i trust that donald trump will represent the united states better than barack obama. no one respected the united under barack obama and john kerry and hillary clinton's failed policies. clayton: we thank you for waking up early with us. >> thank you very much. lisa: good debate. let's check with steve doocy to see what's happening on fox & friends. steve: kellyanne conway will join us. a lot of stuff to talk about. also mike huckabee. we will talk about the politics occurring right now capitol hill in advance of the inauguration. also tucker carlson starts a big news show tonight. actually same show, moving two hours to 9:00 p.m. eastern. there's a high school band that's going to be performing at donald trump's inaugural parade, but before they do that, they are going to perform for us. it's kind of a thank you to the many people who donated money from all across the country to raise $135,000. three hours kicks

. >> mitch mcconnell spoke out against water boarding after trump reopens that debate on torture. >> i believe virtually all of my members are comfortable on the state of the law on that issue now. >> and tortures are illegal and tortures are not legal. we agree with it not being legal. >> during the campaign, many of donald trump supporters and his advisers, they took many of their promises seriously but not literally. now, the first week of the white house, president trump is showing some of them indeed meant literally. putting it at odds not with the critics with with their own party. >> i am joining here with haley barber and i know you are an expert and i know you know all of this stuff. trump is trump. he wants a border wall and dealing with infrastructure. republicans -- they are hesitant to spend money. tell me how these two guys get together. republican regulators and trump. >> the media want to focus on all the knick-knacks and lets talk about whether there is anything close. i am comfortable with security. we needed a secure border of the nation wood. but a wall is not the

if not, i think mitch mcconnell, he is absolutely right to say this is the senate's decision. but my sense is if democrats harden the line and they get to 58 or 59, 52 republicans and 6 or 7 democrats but not to 8, then they might impose the nuclear option -- chris: and just to explain, it already is the case for lower court judges that, because the democrats changed the rules in 2013, you only need a simple majority of 51. the supreme court is still the supermajority of 60, so a filibuster can till block it. now the question is will the republicans feel forced to extend that to a republican nominee for the supreme court? i want to turn to another big subject, and i had a big conversation, as you saw, in the first segment. the white house and the media. here's what the president said this week. >> a big portion of the media, the dishonesty, the total deceit and deception makes them certainly partially the opposition party, absolutely. chris: and, dana, as i discussed with kellyanne conway and steve bannon in an interview with "the new york times" went a lot further. keep our m

that was mitch mcconnell. i am interested british people. that was mitch mcconnell. iam interested in british people. that was mitch mcconnell. i am interested in this. is it in america's interests that there is a strong, cohesive european union, or would you rather that the eu was a series of nation states that you dealt with bilaterally?” think that donald trump prefers dealing with countries bilaterally. certainly america it's off would not joina certainly america it's off would not join a supranational organisation, and now the people of written have made that same determination, it wouldn't surprise me if other people in europe make a similar determination. jon and i... excuse me, let me be clear on what that means. would you be in favour of the break—up of the eu?” that means. would you be in favour of the break-up of the eu? i don't think we should favour or disfavour the break—up of any union, it is a european decision. but britain has left, and so, too, might others. so we should be prepared to deal with those countries bilaterally. i have enjoyed th

i know, mitch mcconnell says it be. be done and it will they could move faster on the other side, i will say that. move faster. [applause] resident trump: i mean, i'm meeting with the prime minister tomorrow, as you know, great britain. i'm meeting with her tomorrow. i don't have my commerce secretary, they want to talk trade. i'll have to handle it myself. [laughter] trump: which is okay. first steps ce the in our immigration plan, ordering immediate construction putting an r wall, nd to catch and release, expediting removal of criminal -- this is so important day one, i've said it and i mean the immediate aliens, theyiminal are going to be gone fast. finally, at long last, sanctuary wn on cities. [applause] trump: it's time to rights of civil americans to protect their jobs, their hopes and their dreams for much better future. congress passed these laws to citizens and it's about time those laws were not rly enforced, they're in force. for the of justice american worker has arrived. serious, urity is a serious nationa