Drew Petrimoulx chats with The Hill’s Niall Stanage as Senator John Thune from South Dakota succeeds Mitch McConnell as the Republican Leader in the Senate. Niall gives his take on what it means for Trump’s agenda and how Democrats are reacting.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), one of President-elect Trump’s closest allies in the Senate, has been knocked out of the race to elect the next Senate majority leader after the first round of voting, according to two sources familiar with the early results.