we honor our heros. you are our heros. and we are prepared to fight and we pray for peace. thank you. god bless you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you, general. of course, president trump at his weekend retreat at

mar-a-lago in florida and flying down to tampa this morning for a tour of special operations command. sean spicer, press secretary, tweeting after a brief visit from centcom and socom leaders, potus joined leaders for a discussion. coming up later today, host ago hearing on the science and treatment issues behind synthetic opioids, chaired by representative annie custer, democrat from new hampshire and tom mcarthur, republican. meanwhile, the u.s. senate is back for a week's worth of debate and votes on president trump's cabinet nominees. first up is education secretary nominee betsy devos and lawmakers resume debating her nomination at noon today with the final confirmation vote scheduled for tuesday. nominations on the agenda after that, jeff sessions for attorney general, tom price for health

and human services and steve mnuchin for secretary. follow the debate ongoing now over on cs the pan2, live coverage. tonight on the communicators, consumer technology association president gary schapiro talks about the major technology issues facing congress and the administration. mr. schapiro talks about the latest administrative offices he found at the consumers products show. he is interviewed by kayla ross. >> things kind of defined almost every exhibiter there because everything is really connected. it's the benefit of being connected. it's the benefit of getting information and data making our lives better, our water as well as our transportation and health care. so it's not just about entertainment and gaming, movie and great sound. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2.

>> in case you missed it, here are a few programs c-span viewers saw last week. secretary of state rex tillerson at the state department's welcome ceremony. >> when i wake up each morning, the very first thing i ask myself is are all of our people safe? the safety of every single member of our state department family, regardless of where he or she is posted is not just a priority for me. it's a core value. and it will become a core value of this department. >> from the senate floor, senator brian shots, a democrat from hawaii on the recent executive order on immigration. >> it's not even as though we are trading liberty for security. we are getting no additional security. this is all about being cruel to muslims because it's good politics for some people. >> white house press secretary sean spicer on media coverage of president trump. >> the entire headlines on one network today that talked about

how we're pulling up the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and downgrading him. that is just -- it's wrong. it's insulting. the idea of calling it journalism is pathetic. >> british prime minister theresa may on immigration policy. >> first of all, on the policy that president trump has introduced, this government is clear that that policy is wrong. >> national security adviser michael flynn on iran at a white house briefing. >> president trump has severely criticized the various agreements reached between iran and the obama administration as well as the united nations as being weak and ineffective. instead of being thankful to the united states in these agreements, iran is now feeling emboldened. as of today, we are officially putting iran on notice. >> senator charles schumer debates the supreme court nominee process. >> and if the nominee cannot gain the 60 votes, cannot garner bipartisan support of some

significance, then the answer is not to change the rules. the answer is to change the nominee. >> republican representative jason chaffitz and steech lynch at the house oversight committee investigating russian hacking. >> if you want me to start issuing subpoenas on the dcc c, i'm probably not going to do it, but go ahead and suggest it. >> how about some of -- >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> you asked me a question. >> no, i did not. the gentleman is out of order. >> will the gentleman yield. chairman, i think we need to come down here a little bit. >> all c-span programs are available at c-span.org, either on our home page or by searching the video library. >> iowa republican governor terry branstad delivers his final state of the state address recently. he also unveiled a proposal for a two-