With five weeks until the inauguration, Donald Trump's cabinet picks have been meeting with senators on Capitol Hill, and his team has been preparing Mr. Trump's day one agenda.

For more on that, we turn now to our politics Monday duo. That is Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR. It's good to see you both.

Good to hear. So Mr. Trump's nominees

have been on Capitol Hill trying to woo senators. RFK Jr. was there today, in fact.

And as that was happening, President-elect Trump was in Mar-Alogo speaking to reporters,

and he said that he believes RFK Jr., if he's confirmed, will be much less radical than you would think.

We will, I guess, see about that.

But, Tam, bring us up to speed on where these nominees stand,

both in the perspective of the Trump transition

and the Republican senators that they've been meeting with.

Right. So these nominees have been making the rounds that's very standard.

Like, some things are very normal.

And making the rounds, going around to different senators,

trying to answer their concerns is a thing that happens every time there's a new nominee.

What is different is that Republicans senators do have concerns with some of these nominees.

They aren't necessarily voicing them publicly as much

as perhaps you might think, in part, because there's not a lot to be gained from that. And so

they are talking a lot about wanting these nominees to have a fair hearing.

And, you know, having a confirmation hearing, having a fair hearing, I think that what we don't

know yet is what are those hearings going to be like?

And are any of these candidates going to take all of these questions that they're getting

and realize, oh, this is all going to be out in public later?

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