niels: issues ahead for the house and senate. it was a senate writer that had the senate set to vote on four of the nominees next week. with wilbur ross, the commerce secretary. tell us how they will fare.

niels: it looks like the nominees that are up before the senate next week are going to be facing smoother sailing than some of the previous nominees in the round-the-clock sessions and the real protest from democrats. wilbur ross, while there have been some concerns about some of his business dealings, is expected to be confirmed monday evening. after that, they will limit debate on the choice of ryan zinke, the congressman from montana, to be the secretary of the interior, and then later in the week, we should see them get to both ben carson, the former presidential candidate and medical doctor from johns hopkins, and rick perry the former texas governor for energy. person for hud, perry for energy. either seemingly less

controversial nominees than the likes of rex tillerson at the state department, betsy devos and education, and some of the people that were previously confirmed. announcer 1: president trump will make his first address to the joint session of congress tuesday night. u can watch or listen on the radio app.

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