Eric began Friday's show with the feud between Donald Trump and some in the intelligence community over the fake allegations of past salacious misbehavior by the president-elect. Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci analyzed the confrontation. "Donald Trump thinks some people may be doing things that are politically motivated," Scaramucci said, "but the president-elect has enormous respect for the intelligence community. He's been getting information in his daily briefings that he finds very useful about our national security policies. The new administration will not politicize the justice or intelligence." Scaramucci also addressed the possibility that President Trump will call for the resignation of FBI boss James Comey. "Donald Trump can take measure of a person very quickly and he will make that decision himself, he's not going to let any politicians or editorial boards make the decision." Finally, Scaramucci predicted that his boss will continue to deal with the media in a most unconventional way. "Some news organizations are saying nonsense in order to get attention, and the president-elect will call them out on it. He will go directly to the American people and over the heads of the mainstream media."

For another view on the intelligence controversies and FBI Director James Comey, Eric turned to Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman. "Eleven days before the election," Sherman groused, "Director Comey made statements about Hillary's emails that had an important impact and most Democrats do not think he handled that correctly. Another issue is whether and how he informed the Democratic National Committee that they had been hacked. But most Democrats would still prefer James Comey to anyone likely to be nominated as his successor. I have more faith in Comey than in, say, General Flynn, who has been nominated to be National Security Adviser." Sherman added, "We need to investigate whether any American was involved in this Russian hacking."

As the debate over immigration continues to rage, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan told an illegal immigrant that she won't have to worry about her daughter being deported. Eric spoke about the issue with former Trump campaign spokesperson Katrina Pierson and immigration activist Francisco Hernandez. "One has to raise their eyebrows," Pierson scoffed, "when the Speaker makes a policy promise to a non-citizen residing in this country, particularly a promise that is in direct contradiction to the election results. On January 20th there will be a new president and he will be the only one with authority." Hernandez turned to so-called sanctuary cities and forcefully denied their existence. "There is no such thing as a sanctuary city, even the Department of Homeland Security doesn't want local officials enforcing immigration laws." Eric told Hernandez, "Ask the family of Kate Steinle whether San Francisco is a sanctuary city!"

Democratic Congressman John Lewis says Donald Trump 's presidency is 'not legitimate,' while former Clinton aides are still questioning the election results. Eric spoke about the ongoing tension with former Clinton aide Richard Goodstein and conservative columnist Adriana Cohen. "It's funny that we have Donald Trump complaining about people questioning his legitimacy," Goodstein observed, "when he got his political standing by questioning President Obama's legitimacy and citizenship. He was the lead birther!" Cohen ridiculed the notion that Donald Trump's election is in any way suspect. "Hillary Clinton lost because she was a bad candidate who ran a bad campaign. This isn't about Russian hacking, this is about the clouds that hung over her head and the shady Clinton Foundation. The Democrats are an embarrassment right now because they won't recognize Donald Trump's legitimacy."

The departing Obama team is boasting that his tenure was pretty much free of scandal. Democrat Richard Fowler and Republican Ric Grenell debated that contention. "The president is saying that he has never been involved in a scandal," Fowler pointed out. "A scandal is an impeachment or Iran-Contra. Benghazi was not a scandal, it was a mishap that was awful. The genocide in Syria is not a scandal!" But Grenell contended that the Obama administration was filled with gross errors that could count as scandals. "The Democrats are rightly pleased because they finally have a party leader who does not have a personal scandal. But there were plenty of policy and government and mismanagement scandals. There was ObamaCare, Bowe Bergdahl, IRS targeting, Syria red lines, Benghazi lies, VA scandals. There were massive failures and the leader cannot admit that, that's a scandal!"

Political reporters Bob Cusack and Kelly Riddell reviewed a news-filled week that included nomination hearings and that wild press conference at which Donald Trump called CNN 'fake news.' "Donald Trump won in that exchange with CNN," Riddell declared, "because he has built his campaign as him versus the corrupt media. This week BuzzFeed printed tabloid trash that confirmed the suspicion that the mainstream media is out to get Donald Trump. During that presser he had a legitimate reason to go after the media, he stood up for himself and the American people." Cusack depicted the press conference as a preview of coming attractions. "I think he'll be fighting with the media, he thrives on it, and he gets the edge on them. What BuzzFeed did was horrible and damaging to the profession of journalism." Cusack and Riddell agreed that the Trump nominees comported themselves very well at this week's confirmation hearings.

Returning for a second segment, Riddell and Cusack looked ahead to Donald Trump's first days in office. "The Trump team wants to get off with a lot of momentum," Cusack opined, "and they will be very busy on day one. Washington is bracing for Donald Trump, a lot of people fear him because he will shake up this town." Riddell advised everyone to watch for the upcoming drama surrounding ObamaCare. "There will be a lot of questions about how Republicans will replace ObamaCare, they will need 60 votes in the Senate to pass a replacement." Riddell concluded by stating the obvious, saying, "Democrats are absolutely losing their minds over Donald Trump's win!"