i, too, along with secretary thompson, feel well equipped to be able to offer an evaluation of alex azar. alex was general counsel when i became secretary, but subsequently he was confirmed by the senate of the united states as deputy secretary of hhs. as has been related, hhs is a large, very complex federal agency. it not only looks after administering the nation's health care system but also looks after all of the human services that we jointly as a country provide. hhs oversees the nation's public health system and much of the national, medical and scientific research. it carries out a significant set of responsibilities related to disaster recovery as well as representing the united states of america in various matters around the world. as deputy secretary, mr. azar functioned essentially as the chief operating officer of the department. i delegated much of the day-to-day operation to his supervision. in that role, he demonstrated the skill as a collaborative leader. i'll cite an example. president bush had a management agenda to improve the efficiency of the federal government. the

alex azar. come here, alex.g to get those prescription drug prices way down as a little bit of an extra, right? it's going to come rocketing down. alex is joined today by his father, alex. thank you, congratulations. of course i'll only say congratulations if he does a great job, right? which i know he will. which i know he will, huh? we have no doubt, you're right, i have none either. his wife jennifer, his daughter claire, his son alex, his sister stacy and her family and his sister-in-law beth and husband and numerous friends. thank you all for being here, we appreciate it. alex appreciates it. upon taking his oath of office, alex will take the helm of a department he has already served with tremendous distinction. first as general counsel and later as deputy secretary. in both those roles, alex was outstanding and an incredible public servant. people talk about him to this day. he was instrumental in improving the department's operations and advancing its emergency response capabilities. alex knows inside an

the senate advanced the nomination of another highly call fied nomee, alex -- qualified nominee, alex azar. mr. azar discussed his intention to confront head-on the opioid crisis that is hurting so many families across the country, including in my home state of kentucky. he made clear that he will place an important priority on education and enforcement to halt the advance of the scourge. but he recognizes that we need effective, compassionate treatment options for those seeking recovery. for all americans he will work to expand access to high-quality affordable health care options. his distinguished record including prior h.h.s. service and private sector work shows he is the right man for the job. it is vital that this department be headed by a leader with mr. azar's reputation. he will oversee $1.13 trillion in department depending, supervising critical research and administering and reforming programs that touch millions of american lives, such as medicare and medicaid. i look forward to voting soon in support of his confirmation. now, o the rising tide of economic optimism i've been h

now he's nominated alex azar, adrug company executive wa documented history of raising drug prices to lead the department of health and human services. from 2012 until last year, mr. azar was the head of eli lilly's american subsidiary. that's lilly u.s.a. and he chaired the u.s.a. pricing, reimbursement, and access steering committee, which gave him a major role over drug price increases for every product lily marketed across the country. on mr. azar's watch, the price of forteo, a lilly drug used to treat osteoporosis, more than doubled. the price of epian, a lilly drug used to treat heart disease, more than doubled. the price of stratera, a drug used to treat adhd, more than doubled. the price of humila, a lilly drug used to treat diabetes, more than doubled. and these are only a few of the drugs that were under mr. azar's purview. mr. azar told the senate finance committee that he had never -- not even one time -- signed off on a decrease in the price of a medicine. and when asked about that statement in his confirmation hearing, mr. azar was quick to say, that's just the way the

alex azar to questions of the confirmation hearing for members of the senate finance committee. he was asked about prescription drug prices and his experience as an executive at eli lilly. he was introduced by tom thompson. >> i think we better get it going. the committee will come to order. to this morning's hearing. today, the committee will consider the nomination of alex -- to servee in the as the secretary of health and human services. i would like to welcome him this morning. i want to thank them for being here. thisillingness to serve in capacity, as well. he has his work cut out for them. health and human services is a massive, sprawling department that oversees trillions of dollars in spending and liabilities, encompassing all areas of our nation's health care system. confirmed, his decisions will impact the lives of every single american. knowledge, experience, and most importantly, strong leadership. our nominee brings all of this to the table after nearly do decades of experience -- after nearly two decades of experience. hhs, mr. azare at played key roles in impleme

the first is, alex azar by my experience is a very good person. he is a man of compassion. in myis an attribute opinion that is critical. based on his previous expanses, i do not know if there has ever been a person nominated before who is in the position to hit the ground running like alex azar. he will serve the people of the united states while. -- well. >> thank you both very much. mr. azar we will turn to you right now. i have had a long experience with mr. azar. i cannot have a higher opinion than what i have right now. i am pleased that he has this nomination. >> thank you very much research airman. if you would not mind -- mr. c hairman. i am joint on my family -- joined today by my family. unfortunately, my mother could not be here today and most tragically, my stepmother just passed away. .hank you all an opportunity like this just does not happen without family guidance and support. members of the community, a -- committee, thank you for this opportunity. i cannot tell you how to shyam to hear the words of the -- touched i am to hear those kind words. sherrod: i

services, alex michael azar ii services, alex michael azar ii >> mr. president we have 14 days by our own established deadline to do something about the dreamers issue about daca. we find ourselves at this place because september 5 of last year president trump as well as attorney general sessions announce the end of the daca protection program as of march 5 this year 780,000 hundred 80000 people who are undocumented came here as children were given a chance by president obama to stay legally, work legally and not fear deportation. 780,000. for the most part students and workers that have done good things in their lives and promised to do more but the decision was made by president trump to put an end to the h programal. he also challenged congress. if we end the executive order, do something and pass a law. here we are at the fifth month out of a six month period to get to work and nothing has happened. some of us have been working on a bipartisan basis with the hopes the republican controlled congress could join democrats to solve the problem which th

i, alex michael azar ii do solemnly swear. >> i alex michael azar ii do solemnly swear. >> that i willport and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> against all unknowns, foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic. >> i will bear truth faith and allegiance to the same. >> i will bear truth, faith and allegiance to the same. >> without any mental reservation. >> without any mental reservation. >> or purpose of evasion. >> or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> i will well and faithfully discharge the duties. >> of the office upon which i'm about to enter. >> of the office upon which i'm about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. [ applause ] >> what an honor it is today to become the 24th secretary of health and human services here in the united states. only in america the grandchild and great grandchild of immigrants from lebanon, the ukraine, england, switzerland, gets to have that opportunity. mr. president, thank you s

alex azar. as secretary of of h.h.s., mr. azar would be responsible for trillions of dollars in spending, of liabilities and contracts that make up the backbone of our health care system. what's more, madam president, h.h.s. is still in the process of off ramping many of the poor decisions made throughout the eight years of the obama administration. unfortunately, many of those policies, regulations, procedures and practices still remain in place, continuing to undermine the sustainability of programs like medicare and medicaid and artificially propping up the so-called affordable care act. but the good news is that mr. azar brings with him nearly two decades of experience in the health care system working in both the private and public sectors. mr. azar spent several years as a senior official at h.h.s., holding key positions overseeing medicare part d and medicare advantage. he also led h.h.s.'s responses to the anthrax attacks shortly after 9/11, the sars andkey pox crisis, hurricane katrina and many others. clearly mr. az

>>reporter: alex azar is president trump's pick to replace tom price. he'll be before senators this morning for his confirmation hearing. he should expect to face some tough questions on drug prices, obamacare and close ties to the pharmaceutical industry. azar served as a top executive at pharmaceutical cap eli lilly. the company has raised prices on medication including insulin and according to politico, while he was at the company, it also tested an erectile disfunction drug on children. it was a strategy to get an extension on the drug's pat end that was about to expire. it gave the company a six-month extension for the lucrative drug that makes about $2 million a year. he should be pekexpected to be hammered by democrats on all of this. christine and dave? >> contentious. thanks. >>> colorado senator cory gardner inviting jeff sessions to discuss marijuana. gardener said he would block all of the president trump's judicial nominees until sessions' marijuana decision is reversed. session's move likely to pit federal and local officials against. gard

questions are being raised by alex azar when he helped run pharmaceutical giant eli hilly.hristine and dave, alex azar is president trump's pick to replace tom price as health and human services secretary. he'll be before senators this morning for his confirmation hearing. he should expect to face tough questions on drug prices, obamacare and his close ties to the pharmaceutical industry. azar served as a top executive at pharmaceutical company eli lilly. the company has raised on some -- it tested an erectile disfunction drug on children. the strategy gained the company a six-month extension for the luke a tiv drug that makes about $2 billion a year. the azar should expect to get hammered by democrats on all of this. we should note this will be his second round of questioning on capitol hill. christine and dave? >>. >>reporter:. thanks. >>> colorado senator cory gardner inviting jeff sessions to discuss marijuana. last week sessions rescinded and obama policy to take a hands-off approach for states that legalized marijuana. he said he would block all of the president's jud

unfortunately, after meeting with alex azar, hearing his testimony and carefully reviewing his record and his qualifications, i do not believe mr. azar is an acceptable choice to lead the department, and i will be voting against his confirmation. from president trump's first day in office, he has been focused on undermining health care coverage, by putting up barriers to obtaining care, shortening our enrollment periods, expanding loopholes for corporations, and making every effort to throw the entire system into chaos. after a year of president trump's health care sabotage, there were over three million people more uninsured in our country. so we need a voice to stand up and defend the health care that our families rely on, and i am alarmed by mr. azar's statements , cheerleading health care repeal efforts, predicting the affordable care act was, quote, circling the drain, even though enrollment stayed strong across the country this year, and detailing specific steps to, as he said, hasten the demise of patients and families' health care. now, meanwhile, while president trump continu

se llama alex azar reemplazando a tom prize.l de enfermedades han declarado esta temporada de influenza como la peor desde el 2009. escuelas han cerrado temporalmente en tres estados y hoy, seis distritos escolares armar es encerrados. luis megid nos explica por quÉ los mÉdicos estÁn alertando sobre las diferencias entre la influenza y un resfriado comÚn. luis: esta temporada de gripe es tan mala que escuelas en florida y otros 12 estados han cerrado sus puertas evitar contagios. a menos de una semana del super bowl, empleados desinfectante superficies que puedan estar contaminadas. >> dolores de cabeza, dolor de garganta. >> mucho dolor en el cuerpo, en las articulaciones, en los huesos. luis: pero en una Época en la que abundan virus parecidos, ¿cÓmo se sabe si uno tiene realmente gripe o estÁ sufrido las consecuencias de un resfrÍo comÚn? >> la influenza es mucho mÁs peligrosa y caracterÍsticamente tiene que ver con sÍntomas del cuerpo. fiebre. luis: y eso es importante porque tanto la gripe oo influenza como el resfrÍo comÚn

a top executive, poppy, and alex azar as you mentioned is president trump's pick to replace tom priced human services secretary. he will be before senators in the room that you're looking at right to the right of your screen for his confirmation hearing in just really a matter of minutes and he should expect those tough questions. they're going to be asking about drug prices and what he'll do to make sure that they remain low or that they are lowered. they'll be questioning him about obamacare, medicaid, medicare, and his plans for those programs as well as his close ties to the pharmaceutical industry. azar, as you mentioned, he served as a top executive at pharmaceutical company eli lily and the company has raised prices on medications including insulin and according to politico while he was at this company it also tested an erectile dysfunction drug on children a strategy to get an extension on the drug's patent about to expire, a strategy that essentially gained the company a six-month extension for the lucrative drug that makes about $2 billion a year. but despite being hammered

alex azar is a former executive of the multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical company eli lilly. president trump nominated azar to head the heath and human services department after trump's former pick, tom price, resigned from the position amid a scandal over his use of military and private charter flights, which cost taxpayers up to $1 million. on monday, politico reported that when alex azar was a top executive at the drug company eli lilly, it tested the company's highly profitable erectile dysfunction drug on children in efforts to extend a multibillion-dollar patent that was soon to expire. critics say azar helped the company game the patent system, testing a sex drug on children in order to extend their profitits. officials from north korea and south kokorea met today y in the demilitarized zone for the first high-level talks in more than two years, amid rising tensions on the korean peninsula, largely sparked by president trump's repeated threats to launch a nuclear strike against north korea. during the meeting, north korea said it would send a delegation of athletes, of

alex aczar. -- azar. going to get those prescription drug prices way down as a little bit of extra, right? it's going to come rocketing down. alex is joined today by his father, alex, thank you. congratulations. of course i'll only say congratulations if he does a great job, right? which i know he will. which i know he will. we have no doubt. you're right. i don't, either. his wife, jennifer, his daughter, claire. his son alex, sister stacey and her family. and his sister-in-law beth and her husband and numerous friends. thank you for being here. we appreciate it. alex appreciates it. upon taking his oath of office, alex will take the helm of a department he has already served with tremendous distinction. first as general counsel and later as deputy secretary. in both those roles alex was outstanding and i credible public servant. people talk about him to this day. he was instrumental in improving the department's operations and advancing its emergency response capabilities. alex knows inside and out the p

senate office building where today the senate finance committee is holding a confirmation hearing for alex azar who president trump has nominated for secretary of health and human services. he would replace former hhs secretary tom price who president trump fired because he took expensive private jet flights and billed the taxpayers for that. the nominee to fill the job is a former lobbyist and vice president for the pharmaceutical company eli lilly. mr. azar is also an attorney who was general counsel in hhs during the george w. bush administration. according to the news organization axios, democrats are likely to fix their questions on the affordable care act and whether mr. azar if confirmed would try to weaken enrollment in obamacare health insurance plans. democrats also expected to ask about president trump's past promises to lower prescription drug prices and mr. azar's role in increasing drug prices when he worked at eli lilly. this hearing is expected to get under by that a couple moments. utah senator orrin hatch is chair of the finance committee. the committee's top democrat is senat

al al alex azar was appointed today.n spent ten years as president of pharmaceutical company eli lilly. critics say he is too close to the industry he is tapped to oversea. >>> steve wynn stepped down one day after the "wall street journal." especially since republicans demanded democrats refund or recredit money. >> they accepted contributions recently from him. absolutely. >> so far the republican national committee has remained silent on this point. >>> when plans go awry, a call to michael finney can make all the difference. "7 on your side" can make problems just go away. >>> material that can one day cover the sky scrapers in the country. i am jonathan bloom with the smartest glass you have ever seen. >>> you can get the latest news any time with the upgraded abc7 news app. more customization who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all the

al al alex azar was appointed today. spent ten years as president of pharmaceutical company eli lilly. critics say he is too close to the industry he is tapped to oversea. >>> steve wynn stepped day after the "wall street journal." especially since republicans demanded democrats refund or recredit money. >> they accepted contributions recently from him. absolutely. >> so far the republican national committee has remained silent on this point. >>> when plans go awry, a call to michael finney can make all the difference. "7 on your side" can make problems just go away. >>> material that can one day cover the sky scrapers in the country. i am jonathan bloom with the smartest glass you have ever seen. >>> you can get the latest news any time with the upgraded abc7 news app. more customization >>> a major merger in the beverage today. keurig buying green apple. the new company will be called keurig dr. pepper. >>> break through at uc berkeley. by using their windows to generate electricity. jonathan bloom went to the lab wher

. >> tomorrow the senate finance committee holds a confirmation hearing for alex azar, president trump's lead the health and human services department. if confirmed by the senate he'd replace tom price who resigned in september. watch tuesday's hearing live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. > the c-span bus continues its a capitals tour this month with and in raleigh, columbia, montgomery. we speak with state officials in our live programs. join us for our stop in raleigh, north carolina, when our "washington journal" guest is north carolina attorney general josh stein. >> next a discussion about the results of a recent public opinion survey on american and japanese views on north korea. we heard about current military and

newly sworn in alex azar has accepted fitzgerald resignation.pokesperson says her financial interests limit her anbility to complete all of her duties. the th is as the country is going through bun of the worst flu seasons in years. fema will officially stop sending food and water to puerto rico. they say the government is going to hand out the food and water still left until it runs out. they add there are plenty of supplies already there. you members of congress asking them to reconsider. >> larry nassar is back in court today for another sentencing this time in michigan where he pleaded guilty. 57 women haare expected to spea again this week. it follows the sentencing last week after 156 women confronted their doctor. this week somone biled opened up. >> i think it's hard for some one to go through what i have gone through recently. it is very hard to talk about. other than that i think the judge is my hero just because she gave it to him straight and didn't let him get any power over any of the girls and letting the girls go and speak was ve

alex michael azar to serve as secretary of health and human services. sam brownback to serve as ambassador at large for international religious freedom. and jerome h. powell to serve as chairman of the federal reserve. today the senate is considering the nomination of mr. powell who brings with him degrees from princeton and georgetown and a record of high achievement in both the public and private sectors. since his nomination to the board of governors to the federal reserve system in 2011, which received strong bipartisan support, he has served as a steady voice and thoughtful leader. i very much look forward to supporting his confirmation as chairman. now on one final matter, when the press was focused on the unfortunate lapse in government funding, the good news about last month's historic tax reform law continues to pile up. the number of americans preparing to receive pay raises, special bonuses and other benefits thanks to the historic tax cuts passed last month continues to grow. these are just the first fruits of a law that also lays a long-ter

senate has confirmed alex azar as secretary of health and human services. he's a former drug company executive. he previously held high level hhs posts under george w. bush. the senate vote 55 to 43 largely along party lines. a judge in michigan has slapped a very long sentence on the former sports doctor who actually was not a doctor according to the judge who admitted that he molested some of the country's top gymnasts. the judge gave larry nasser up to 175 years in prison. she said nasser never again deserve as moment of freedom. >> i'm giving you 175 years, which is 2100 months. i'm just signed your death warrant. >> shepard: just signed your death warrant. more than 150 girls and women testified against nasser in the seven-day trial. the doctor said the statements shook him to the core and that no words could describe how sorry he was. the judge questioned whether he was genuinely remorseful and the prosecutor that tried the case called nasser one of the most prolific child sex abusers in history. matt finn has more. >> shepard: the judge blasted dr. n

the senate has confirmed alex azar as the head of health and human services. during the george w. bush admin tragz, azar served two years as a deputy secretary as well as general counsel for the agency. he will replace tom price who resigned in september after coming under fire for his frequent use of private planes for his use of business. >>> yesterday, u.s. district court judge william wallace who presided over the new jersey senator last fall acquitted nunez and manendez. prosecutors say the they received funds for political favors. manendez will still face nine other counts. last week, the justice department notified the court that it wanted to retry manendez and melgen after a deadlocked jury last fall. manendez is up for re-election this fall. >>> let's get a check on your weather from nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> january thaw for a lot of us, but all the weather issues are out on the west coast once again. interstate 80 as you go in through the tahoe area. chains are required. that's where all the bad weather is. it's needed to build up the snowpack, but it's not fun

d on c-span3, alex azar, the nominee to be h.h.s. secretary, testifies at a quirpgs hearing at 10:00 a.m., and washington state governor jay inslee delivers the state of the state address at 3:00 p.m. >> sunday night on "after words" -- a georgetown university law professor looks at the way the court penalized poor through excessive fines and fees in his book, "not a crime to be poor: the criminalization of poverty in america." he's interviewed by hank johnson. >> was poverty an issue in terms of the war on drugs or the victims of the war on drugs? >> sure. >> how did poverty play into that? >> no men around, what happens to families? what happens to the men who have been locked up and all the collateral consequences so they can't get jobs. they're not allowed to live in public housing. 45,000 laws across the country, collateral consequences of one kind or another, it destroys some of these lives. if they weren't poor when they went in, they're definitely poverty-stricken for the rest of their lives. it's totally connected to poverty

a.m., the senate takes on alex azar. at 1220 p.m., the u.s. council of mayors start their winter meetings in washington. president trump arrives in switzerland on thursday and friday he addresses the world economic forum at dominoes. the first sitting president to address the forum since president clinton. who will have coverage and c-span2. imposed traderump tariffs on imported solar panels and washing machines on wednesday. the oval office, he says these actions will benefit the u.s. jobs market and workers. here is a look. welcome to: everyone. i'm thrilled to be joined by ambassador lighthizer as i

alex azar will go before the secretary committee.will grill him on hisconnect connections to the drug industry. chris christie is scheduled to deliver his final state of the state address. he is turning control over to democratic phil murphy. he leaves office after a failed rating after a failed presidential run and the grinlgate scandal. >> that does it for us on this tuesday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. he fires into the end zone. touchdown! alabama wins! >> my goodness. good morning, everyone, that was quite a fight last night. who stayed up for it? >> oh, i did. >> did you stay up for it? >> all right the room stayed up for it. >> you are a bulldogs fan, hold on, let me talk to aymon for a bit. he's fought happy, right? >> unfortunately, yeah. >> these alabama-georgia games, the two of the best college games i've seen, you remember the sec championship back in i guess 2012. >> yeah. it's a historic rivalry. sec football arguably one of the best conferences in the country, though. my b

former drug company executive alex azar has been sworn in as the head of the department of health and human services. azar is a former executive of the multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical company eli lilly. he was confirmed by the senate last week, despite a controversy over eli lilly's decision to test its highly profitable erectile dysfunction drug cialis on children in efforts to extend a patent that was soon to expire. azar was the president of eli lilly's u.s. operations when the company decided to test the sex drug on children in order to increase their profits. the house intelligence committee has voted to declassify a four-page document written by the committee's chair, california congress member devin nunes, in which he claims that under the obama administration, the fbi surveilled the trump campaign. newness had to recuse himself from the investigation into the trump campaign ties to russia becaus of his close ties to trump. he served on trump's transition team. democratic lawmakers have accused newness of trying to derail and undermine special counsel robert mueller's invest

senate today confirmed alex azar to be the secretary of health and human services.is a former drug industry executive, who held senior roles at h.h.s. under president george w. bush. azar succeeds tom price, who resigned last fall over his use of expensive charter flights. and on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained 41 points to close at 26,252. the nasdaq fell 45 points, and the s&p 500 slipped one point. still to come on the newshour: how was a doctor allowed to sexually abuse so many young athletes? mayors push back against a justice department threat to sanctuary cities. this is davos, the elite gathering president trump will attend this week. and, much more. >> woodruff: first, the day of reckoning for larry nassar. the one-time doctor was sentenced today in lansing, michigan in a case that sent shock waves through american gymnastics and beyond. >> it is my honor and privilege to sentence you. >> woodruff: after a week-long hearing, michigan judge rosemarie aquilina pronounced larry nassar's fate: up to 175 years, for sexually assaulting scores

we're also pleased that the president's hhs secretary nominee, alex azar cleared his final procedurale senate on bipartisan basis of the we look forward to mr. azar's confirmation to continue to lower health care costs and increase the quality of care for all americans. finally before taking your questions, i would like to deliver a statement and get update regarding the path forward on immigration. last fall, the white house sent congress a list of the core reforms necessary to fix our immigration system. these reforms are assembled with coordination with front-line law enforcement officers and career public servants who know what is necessary to keep america safe. since that time, president donald j. trump and his administration have hosted dozens of meetings with republican and democrat leadership and rank-and-file members of the house and senate to discuss these reforms and find a bipartisan path forward. based on these negotiations, the white house released a legislative framework on monday, that represents a compromise that members of both parties can support. we encourage the s

alex azar faced questions at his senate confirmation hearing. oregon democrat ron wyden focused on his time at the pharmaceutical giant, eli lilly. >> did you ever lower the price ever, of a lilly drug sold in the u.s.? >> drug prices are too high, senator wyden, i said that. i said that when i was at lilly-- >> that is not the question. did you ever lower the price? >> i don't know if there is any drug price of a branded product that has ever gone down, from any company on any drug in the u.s., because every incentive in this system is toward higher prices, and that is where we can do things together, working as the government. >> woodruff: azar warned that allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices directly could restrict consumer choice. a panel of federal judges today threw out a congressional districting plan in north carolina. the court ruled that republicans drew the plan to give themselves an unconstitutional advantage over democrats. a previous plan was struck down after a finding of racial bias. the government of syria is charging that

trump spoke at the swearing-in for alex azar as secretary of health and human services.re vicedent penceinistered the oath of office to the former drug company executiv he previously served under president george w. bush. afghanistan has suffered its fourth terror attack in the past nine days. this time, 11 were killed at a te in kabul, where both taliban and islamic state extremists are waging a violen new campaign. john yang has our report. >> yang: the afghan capital was still reeling from a talibanat ck that killed more than 100 people on saturday, when islamic state militants struck this morning five heavily armed fighters stormed an army outpost near afghanistan's main military academy on the western outskirts of the city. police say two gunmen were killed in the ensuing shootout, two others blew themselves up, and one was captured. they struck just 48 hours after taliban suicide attackers a detonateulance full of explosives on a crowded street in central kabul. at least 103 died, with another 230 wounded. >> ( translated ): bodies were everywhere, near the hospital and everywhere.

. >>> president trump's pick to head the department of health and human services alex azar will testify tomorrow at a senate finance committee confirmation hearing. live coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. last month, the senate rules committee met to consider a bill sponsored by senator lanor

and on c-span 3, with alex azar, the nominee to be h.h.s. secretary testifies at a confirmation hearing at 1507b8g and washington state governor jay inslee delivers his state of the state address at 3:00 p.m. we talk about what's ahead for he second session of the 115th congress. sheldon white house of ready. congressman bill johnson, republican from ohio. we talk to florida democratic representative wasserman schultz and john boozman. and david brat here at 9:00 and at 9:20, from a democrat from entucky. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] host: good morning. it's tuesday, january 9, 2018. the house and senate are both scheduled to return at 10:00 a.m. with votes set for later in the afternoon in the senate. vice president mike pence expected on capitol hill when he attends the weekly senate republican policy lunch meeting. and this morning, we'll be with you for the next three hours o

. >>> president trump's pick to head the department of health and human services alex azar will testify tomorrow at a senate finance committee confirmation hearing. live coverage beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. last month, the senate rules committee met to consider a bill sponsored by senator langford to change the procedure for the consideration of executive and judicial nominees. this runs about an hour and 15 minutes. >> the meeting will come to order. today, the committee on rules and administration will receive system on senate resolution 355, improving procedures for consideration of nominations in the u.s. senate. i want to thank senator langford, who is here with us at the table, for agreeing to appear before us today to discuss the merits of his resolution. in 2010, this committee undertook a comprehensive examination of the filibuster in the united states senate. that examination was conducted in response to an ongoing debate about invoking the nuclear option. and while no action was taken immediately following the conclusion of the committee's work, the senat

he expects another set of hearings on drug pricing to happen before the summer alex azar said he doesn'tavor medicare, negotiating drug prices directly. of course he was just confirmed a couple of days ago now he's dealing with a scan dam of losing his cdc director after this tobacco stock issue. >> apart from the fact it was a rare moment last night where both democrats and republicans applauded together, that's number one number two was the idea -- and it is a really resonant point that americans are angered that the same drug in france, spain or whatever costs a lot less. >> this is michelle's favorite issue. >> to that point last night he discusses that and pivots to trade. this is intimately related to trade. we should be using it to force these countries to pay so we are -- >> we are not subsidizing them we have to leave it there. thank you very much. appreciate it. >> higher interest rates are quickly becoming the money story of the year. coming up, what the fed has to say about them and whether or not they are going even higher janet yellen's final meeting as fed air mi uchcongp

event at white house moments ago, one of the two public events, swearing in of new hhs secretary alex azar. the president was asked about his speech and the very first topic he brought up is immigration. the president acknowledged if a deal is going to get done, something on daca, something on immigration in general, he is going to need and republicans will need the support of democrats. >> going to be bipartisan. republicans really don't have the votes to get it done in any other way so it has to be bipartisan. hopefully the democrats will do it, enough of them will join us. we can do something great for daca and immigration. reporter: neil we expect to hear the president outline some of his infrastructure principles t remains uncertain leading up to this exactly what this white house or exactly what this administration wants. on one hand, you have president, some within his administration, talking about $1.7 trillion infrastructure package. others talking about a one trillion dollar infrastructure package. pretty big gap there. at heart of it, $200 billion of direct federal money. they w

level the global playing field, and that's a good thing >> i also want to ask you, of course, about alex azar eli lilly executive now the trump nominee for secretary of health and human services expected to have a confirmation hearing i believe this week. what can you tell us about him having worked with him >> alex worked for us for a decade or so he worked for me for quite some time he's a talented guy and had a successful career at the company. he also had a successful career at hhs prior to coming to lilly. as a private citizen, i would say he's well qualified. he gets stuff done he's smart there's different views across the political spectrum, but i think knowing him, he would represent the needs of all americans in their health needs pretty well. and we'll see what happens tomorrow in the hearing. but you know, he's a good person he believes in a strong health care system in america, and i think he's a talented manager. >> some of the criticisms he's received have been about the price of insulin at eli lilly. what does lily do to make sure that patients can afford their drugs, that ther