matthew vance and nick is click romeo. we were incredibly lucky when we took over this church. jake, no scot, this, there was a blessing surface with all the former parishioners. everyone was there. we got to know each other personally. you know, everyone's thought it was good and is happy that the church will continue to be used in this way, seeing it. right. and what do they say to people who think this is all a bit too much? so nothing. so then i'm in minutes. this is new for some people, it's just an animal. and for others, it's a fully fledged member of the family. me a 2nd and we always say that everyone is allowed to grieve as much as they want to get up and everyone is given the space to do so of some flight whether it's a small or large space that's decided by the heart, silva and a method guess there's animals are still very much alive, although one of the iris wolfhounds may not live past the age of 5. tina is wife appreciate having a place to plan the funeral of their pets even if they need some more outdoor po

break—up, but his nominee to be the attorney general matthew gates said he would like to see them broken up, and the trump vice president alike, jd vanceere seems to be continuing debate within the donald trump team about what to do but i don't think that is going to affect the way the justice department presents its case, certainly not in the next few months, my expectation is that it will proceed with the break—up, if thatis proceed with the break—up, if that is what the justice thinks necessarily that said he is not necessarily fond of a break—up, but his nominee to be the attorney general matthew gates said he would like to see them broken up, and the trump vice president alike, jd vance said he also thinks a break—up should be appropriate, so there seems to be continuing debate should be appropriate, so there seems to be cont trump ebate should be appropriate, so there seems to be cont trump team within the donald trump team about what to do but i don't think that is going about what to do but i don't think that is justice about what to do but i don't think that isjustice department the way the justice department presents its case

matthew whitaker to serve as ambassador to nato. whittaker briefly served as acting attorney general in the last trump administration when jeff sessions was asked to resign. vice president-elect jd vance will be back on capitol hill today, rallying support in the senate for the cabinet nominees. nbc's alice barr has more on that effort. >> reporter: in a public push for president-elect trump's embattled pick for attorney general matt gaetz, vice president-elect jd vance joining the former congressman on capitol hill, sitting down with the republican senators who will decide whether to confirm him. >> the senators have been giving me a lot of good advice. i'm looking forward to a hearing. folks have been very supportive. >> reporter: that as the bipartisan house ethics committee in a closed-door meeting could not come to agreement on whether to release results into an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use which gaetz forcefully denies. >> there was no consensus on this issue. we did agree that we would reconvene as a committee on december 5th to further consider this matter. >> reporter: the investigation ended when gaetz resigned from the house last week. an

matthew whitaker as his pick to be ambassador to nato. whitaker briefly served as acting attorney general during trump's first term. geoff: meantime, vice president-elect j.d. vancewith mr trump's controversial pick for attorney general, former congressman matt gaetz, met with republican senators on capitol hill today. the meetings come amid mounting pressure on the house ethics committee to release a report looking into several allegations against gaetz, including sexual misconduct. npr congressionareporter claudia grisales joins us now from the capitol. good to see you. the house ethics committee said they didn't reach an agreement as to whether to release the report looking into the allegations against the congressman. help us understand what the pressure points are. >> what it boils down to is a partisan divide at this moment on the house ethics committee. we saw the chairman and representatives come out and say no agreement was reached. we saw an angry outgoing representative from pennsylvania susan wild saying that didn't represent what went down in that room and she felt the trade by his remarks, basic -- basically betrayed by his remarks. talking with a r

matthew whitaker to be the united states ambassador to nato. you know him well. many appearances on fox news to discuss legal issues. matt whitaker to be the ambassador to nato. senator kennedy speaking about the vancenator rubio that are floating around on capitol hill today. here is what senator kennedy said moments ago. >> matt and j.d. asked for the meeting and, you know, we may talk about the dallas cowboys. >> do they think you are undecided? >> they just asked for a meeting and i said sure, i love meetings. >> do you have concerns about gaetz? have you decided? >> we have a process as you know and we'll follow it and we're going to have a full hearing in front of god and country and we'll vet all the nominees, not just congressman gaetz. >> martha: all the important steps that are part of this process and said we'll have meetings and vet all these nominees and then we'll have a full hearing. that's the process here. the process is very much underway on capitol hill today. john. >> john: all right. lindsey graham from south carolina saying he is keeping an open mind. a culture war erupting on capitol hill over a bill to ban transgender women from using women's restrooms in the capitol includin