my knowledge exxon never lobbied against sanctions, not to my knowledge. >> new jersey senator bob menendezortly after that your colleague senator corker said "mr. tillerson i believe you called me to lobby against sanctions." later in the committee meeting you then pulled out the lobbying disclosure forms that showed exxon had filed disclosure forms to lobby on sanctions. do you believe that mr. tillerson was being deceptive with you today? >> well, he was either avoiding the truth or his management style has got to be of concern as he seeks to head one of the biggest departments of the federal government, the state department, not only with its operations here but across the world. it's impossible to almost believe that you could spend and direct millions of dollars in bobbying activities as those reports that i submitted for the record show and not know that was happening and not know they were lobbying against sanctions. the second thing he said to me when i presented the evidence, he said to me "well, it doesn't say whether we were lobbying for or against." in what world would he have

. >> reporter: and democrat bob menendez said he had hard evidence tillerson was mistaken. >> i have four different lobbying reports totaling millions of dollars as required by the lobbying disclosure act that lists exxonmobil's lobbying activities on four specific pieces of legislation authorizing sanctions. >> reporter: senator menendez also asked tillerson if he and president-elect trump have even talked about russia yet. scott, tillerson said no, to which menendez responded, "that's pretty amazing." >> chip reid for us tonight. chip, thank you. >>> today is the confirmation of senator jeff sessions of alabama to become attorney general, there was rare opposition from a fellow senator, democrat cory booker of new jersey. >> reporter: senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requisite of the job, to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights and justice for all of our citizens. in fact, at numerous times in his career, he's demonstrated a hostility toward these convictions. he has worked to frustrate attempts to advance these

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he is being questioned by democratic senator from new jersey, bob menendez.enator johnson is there too asking some questions. peter barnes in washington, d.c. what are they talking about right now, peter? reporter: liz, you're right all about that. a lot of news about this tillerson hearing. he was dip low mastic and forceful about his past ties to russia while at exxonmobil. whether he will have conflicts with russia. >> i have no reservation from my clean break from private sector life. it was wonderful 41 1/2 year career. i'm extraordinarily proud of it. i learned an awful lot. i'm at completely different responsibility. my love of country and my patriotism i serve no one's interest but that of the american people in advancing our own national security. reporter: a lot of russia, russia, russia questions. he said the u.s. needs to move russia from being an adversary, a lot of the time to being a partner at times. he also said it is important to keep the status quo on russian sanctions until the new administration develops its approach to russia. you heard

. >> he got an endorsement from bob menendez and corey booker. but on thursday he shut up at the integrity house in newark where he chatted with addicts. >> i want a happy healthy life for my child. >> addiction is one of the biggest challenges facing new jersey and it's one of the largest treatment centers in the state. president obama has stop by for a visit. >> i think it's helpful for mr. murphy to come to the house to see firsthand the work that integrity house is doing and also see the struggle in the eyes of the people that are trying to put their lives back together. >> murphy's visit comes an interesting time. just two days after governor christie spent his entire state of the state of address talking about addiction. >> i gave him a lot of credit for what he did not commend him for that. i commended him even before he spoke because i knew his going to speak about it. we've been talking talking about these issues for a long time. >> that he is not the only one eyeing christie's job. in fact, just thursday lieutenant governor filed her pa

i want to bring in senator bob menendez. thanks very much for joining us. i want to get right to your questioning of donald trump's nominee for secretary of state, rex tillerson. we are going to talk about all of that. let's talk about donald trump and russia first. were you concerned, senator, were you concerned that tillerson hadn't spoken directly with the president-elect about russian policy. at least that was one of his answers during the course of his confirmation hearing today. >> it was a direct answer to a question i posed to him. i said, truly, you must have the spoken to the president-elect about your world view and his world view about russia. his answer was that they didn't. that was extraordinary. with everything that is happening, with the hacking and russia's evasion of ukraine and bombing in aleppo and all of the circumstances in which russia is play playing a negative force in the world, to believe that you had a conversation about the world and never spoke about russia is enormously alarming. >> tillerson says he believes the intelligence

. >> more now, i want to bring in bob menendez who we just heard on that panel today questioning rex tillerson. thanks for joining us. do you feel through today's hearing through your questioning, through the questioning of your colleagues, are you walking away from today's hearing feeling you've learned something new about rex tillerson? new information that's relevant to how you're going to vote? >> well, i've learned that he's not an advocate of sanctions which we probably knew even though he's tried to walk that back. i get concerned that at a big entity like exxon and the state department is also a big entity that he supposedly didn't know that he was paying millions of dollars to lobbyists to lobby against sanctions on russia, iran, and other entities, and i get concerned that at the end of the day, he acted in b ed ied i were beyond kpoon's briz interests, but subvertd u.s. policy in iraq. and with state-sponsored of terrorism. so i'm not feeling comfortable that he has die cot miezed his role as a business executive and in fact what he would do going forward as the senior --

. >>> happening today, new jersey senator cory booker and bob menendez will discuss is the impact of the immigration. join the forum at booker's office in new jersey. >>> local politicians from delaware to airport yesterday. >>> big thing for me is that instead of us having all process that is orderly and makes sense, we instead have confusion and fear. >> it's a free country. free for all. they've been vetted. they have visas. they're ready for green cards. vetted for months and months and months. that's not right. >> pennsylvania governor tom wolf and brian fitzpatrick spoke out against the plan. stay with the nbc 10 and app for the developments on the travel ban here in philadelphia and around the country. nbc 10 pamela osborne working on the story. check with her life in philadelphia international airport ahead in next half hour. >>> 4:48 man is under arrest. quakertown is facing charges. he's the fifth arrest in the case since last summer. he and others raped the victim over several years. state attorney general josh shapiro said the abuse happened during party where is the men

new jersey senators cory booker and bob menendez are among five senators asking the national transportation board to conduct a comprehensive review on sleep apnea testing for railroad engineers. the group is hoping to prevent future accidents, like the train derailment in hoboken, new jersey, and in brooklyn, new york. >> coast guard video here shows the rescue of two men from a small fishing boat. this happened late last night in the delaware bay near salem, new jersey. the boat became disable, the men were able to call 911 for help. they were not injured, luckily. >>> and it is an amazing achievement. new jersey woman defies all of the odds, and completes a triathelon, now, they're hard as we know, but her medical condition makes this even more incredible. we'll tell you all about kelly's story coming up next. >>> some septa riders probably doing double take here today when they saw what others were riding in. little or nothing. we'll have a little bit more on that for you coming up. we'll tell you why. lauren? >> we are entrenched in this arctic air mass, but relief from the colds is on

i think that's even why prominent democratic senators like bob menendez of new jersey and our own chuck schumer here in new york, were against that iran nuclear deal. so the idea that we have been increasing the capability, the nuclear capability, of a country like iran and then we're questioning north korea's capability is somewhat rich. that's in part why president obama's former secretary of state hillary clinton lost the election and a guy who's going to be much tougher on these issues, donald trump, won the election. >> we have had a global sanctions regime against iran which forced them to the negotiating table and may not like the plan but at least it puts them off in terms of their ability to develop a nuclear weapon. what negotiation with pyongyang, with the north koreans, would serve that purpose? if you don't have a worldwide sanctions against them with the chinese involved cutting them off from any economic life, what do you do to stop them? you squeeze them, you squeeze them, you squeeze them, then what do you do? >> right. let me back up a second, when you talk about the s

new jersey senator bob menendez got her humanitarian parole making the transplant possible. >> it's beenery difficult for us. but we kept fighting. >> i want to thank my grandma for saving my mom. now we can swim and have snowball fights. >> nina and her mom are both doing well. her some other heading back to eastern europe in a few days. >> let's get our forecast now with kate and the four us on the show went out earlier tonight and when we did the rain was coming down pretty good. >> yeah, it was. >> it was. >> it was pouring. it was gloomy. it was gross and we walked out of the event we said -- i said at least it's not all that cold out and the woman said well, it's not very warm, complete right, right. >> 'cause it's kind of a cold and -- i was like you know, what you're right. in the mid 40's it's cold, it's raw. it's been pretty ugly. not a ton of rain though. we added to our monthly total. it's been a wet stretch for us in the month of january and more rain chances on the way over the next several days in the seven-day forecast but the good news is tonight's showers are going to b

new jersey senator bob menendez got her humanitarian parole making the transplant possible. >> it's beenery difficult for us. but we kept fighting. >> i want to thank my grandma for saving my mom. now we can swim and have snowball fights. >> nina and her mom are both doing well. her some other heading back to eastern europe in a few days. >> let's get our forecast now with kate and the four us on the show went out earlier tonight and when we did the rain was coming down pretty good. >> yeah, it was. >> it was. >> it was pouring. it was gloomy. it was gross and we walked out of the event we said -- i said at least it's not all that cold out and the woman said well, it's not very warm, complete right, right. >> 'cause it's kind of a cold and -- i was like you know, what you're right. in the mid 40's it's cold, it's raw. it's been pretty ugly. not a ton of rain though. we added to our monthly total. it's been a wet stretch for us in the month of january and more rain chances on the way over the next several days in the seven-day forecast but the good news is tonight's showers are going to b

a reporter: and democrat bob menendez said he had hard evidence tillerson was mistaken. >> i have four different lobbying reports totaling millions of dollars as required by the lobbying disclosure act that lists exxon-mobil's lobbying activities on four specific pieces of legislation authorizing sanctions. >> reporter: senator menendez also asked tillerson if he and president-elect trump have even talked about russia yet. scott, tillerson said no, to which menendez responded, "that's pretty amazing." >> pelley: chip reid for us tonight. chip, thank you. today is the confirmation of senator jeff sessions of alabama fr become attorney general. there was rare opposition from a fellow senator, democrat cory booker of new jersey. >> reporter: senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requisite of the job, to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights, equal rights and justice for all of our citizens. in fact, at numerous times in his career, he's demonstrated a hostility toward these convictions. he has worked to frustrate attempts to advance these

. >>> happening today, new jersey senators cory booker and bob menendez will discuss the impact of trump'sxecutive orders on immigration, and civic and religious leaders will meet at the office in new jersey. >>> penn state, la salle, and temple are weighing in. >>> msnbc's morning joe team talked about their meeting today on their show, and they say they urged the president to be compassionate on the issues that are creating such outrage. >>> britain said it still plans to welcome president trump for a state visit later this year, and the prime minister's office said the trip will go on despite calls to cancel it after his ban on immigrants. a state visit involves a lavish pomp and ceremony, along with a stay at the palace with queen elizabeth. an online petition opposing the trip received more than a million signatures today, so it will have to be considered for debate in parliament. >>> and british lawmakers are weighing in on so-called fake news, and the committee is launching an investigation into the problem, and it's a trend is a threat to democracy and wants tech companies to be mo

. >> and corey booker says he does not speak for all americans and bob menendez grilled rex tillerson on russia iran and cuba. lana zach is live with more on both. >> reporter: good evening. yes, there were protesters here at the capitol today but still protesters at the capitol but the harshest criticism came from the senators themselves. >> i know it's hard for a senator to testify against another senator. >> but corey booker said he followed his conscious testifying against jeff sessions for attorney general. >> his record indicates we cannot count on him to support state and national efforts towards bringing justice to the justice system. and he was not alone, joined by john lewis. >> it doesn't matter how senator session may smile but we need someone who is going to stand up, speak up. and speak out. for the people that need help. >> but sessions had his defenders too. >> our examination found that several aspects of senator session's record have unfortunately been mischaracterized. >> meanwhile rex tillerson donald trump's choice for secretary of state was grilled with some of t

new jersey senator bob menendez said today he will vote no on betsy devos' nomination to head the department of education. he made the announcement during a conference call with new jersey teachers and school administrato administrators. the democrat said, quote, we should not entrust the future of our children who has never participated in our public education system, end quote. >>> president trump spent his morning meeting with auto executives as part of his push to bring jobs back to the u.s. mr. trump told his guests he is looking to ease regulations to help auto companies and other businesses wishing to do business in the u.s. mr. trump was taking credit for putting people back to work before he even took office tweeting last week that jobs are coming back because of him. our partners at factcheck.org took a closer look at those claims. here's nbc 10's jim rosenfield. >> took full credit for some of the decisions that have been made recently by ford. it's not the case that they're bringing jobs back because of him. >> two days before taking the oath of office, then-president-elect donal

happening new jersey senator cory booker and bob menendez will discuss the potential impact of presidentve orders on immigration, civic and religious leaders join the forum at booker's office in new jersey. >>> the head of the two biggest ride sharing companies feeling the impact of the fire storm over the immigration ban. started saturday when uber removed extra fees after one hour strike. the move was seen as a strike breaking measure in support of the president's executive order. hundreds on social media attacked uber and deleted account. uber quickly clarified and said it was not breaking the strike, but helping drivers impacted by the ban. meantime many on social media paradesing lyft for million donation to the aclu. we are staying on top of immigration travel ban and impact it's having here and around the world. make sure you have nbc 10 app for instant updates. >>> 6:37. 33 degrees outside. live look along beach avenue in cape may. just one of the areas that's seeing snow. we're tracking in parts of our region today. >>> and it's where nbc 10 matt delucia live for thus morning wi

people like senator elizabeth lauren and senator bob menendez from massachusetts and new jersey respectively. quite frankly they were honest with me in saying the opposition to president-elect trump's nominee and appointees has really been largely to characterize them, to begin laying the groundwork for opposition on key issues like immigration and obamacare. when you look at mnuchin's nomination and rex tillerson, they have not been able to convince any of their republican colleagues to flip their vote. that means they will be unsuccessful in blocking any of these particular nominees. john: thank you very much. youa, if you are there, have been following this campaign closely and spent a lot of hours with donald trump and have a pretty good read on his personality and history. what do you think he is thinking as he prepares to take the oval -- both of office? -- oath of office and what is his main objective today? jenna: i wish i knew exactly what donald trump was thinking at any given moment. today is the day. this is the big, big day. he is becoming the president. whether he ever thought

in iran with the increased nuclear capability that even prominent democratic senators like bob menendez opposed that is not something you do. >> what will he do? >> also comes -- he will meet again with his national security team and see what can be done. he is not going to sit idly by while north korea is close to having the missile that can reach seattle. >> in order to try to stop this has been get china a number of state actors to put pressure to put sanctions. >> that's right. >> it would be nice if china didn't work on a number of fronts. i think president-elect trump has been very clear about his attention there. look, again, sanctions he will discuss it with his security time but are the russian sanction as deterrent to them? vladimir putin will wait, will delay those sanctions. >> more of that interview in the next hour. tonight the president-elect putting hillself in a hard to defend position on hacking and what to make of his claim. i will talk to the panel about that. what happened to the smooth transition from president obama's jabs to president-elect's tweets. we will take

week i thought was this exchange between, exxonmobil ceo rex tiller son and democratic senator bob menendez, about the issue of russia, let's listen. >> i assume to some degree that you've had some discussion about what it is that that world view is going to be. in order to understand whether you're willing to execute that on behalf of the person you're going to work for. >> in a broad construct and in terms of the principles that are going to guide that, yes, sir. >> and i would have thought that russia would be at the very top of that, considering all the actions that have taken place, that did not happen? >> that has not occurred yet, senator. >> pretty amazing. >> so they did not, bottom line, the two gentlemen did not talk about russia yet. >> as someone who worked at the state department, what's your reaction on hearing that from the man who could be the next secretary of state. the key concern, are his ties, business ties to russia. >> i was surprised by that exchange as well, when i saw it i wouldn't blame secretary tillerson. donald trump is going to be the leader of this governmen

she cannot even enter the us and get to her daughter until senator bob menendez stepped in.ed to you nina in november of 2015. she was only days away from surgery at that time. after having waited for years for a transplant. nina had reached out on craigslist looking for a donor. of course a complete stranger saw the listing and offered to help. sadly, though, after doctors started the surgery theodicies covered the donor kidney would not work. all the while nina knew her mom was a perfect match. but she lived in the nation of georgia and that's why next to russia. so nina just couldn't get the right visas to bring her mom to the us until senator men mendez heard her story. >> nina's kidneys were failing. time was running out. but as i said she never gave up on her search for a donor. she left no stone unturned and eventually found one half a world away. a perfect match, her own mother nana. >> i tried to stay strong and to stay positive and i think that's to stay positive and to be positive that helped me to fight all this time and finally we wouldn't together and i'm hopin

fans of president obama to begin with, john mccain, tom cotton, conservative hawkish senator, but bob menendez saying what kind of signal does this send to whistle-blowers, leakers, and in the middle of the environment we're in right now where we have a senate intelligence committee investigation of the russian hacking. as i said, when these happen at the end of the administration, and a long list, usually one leaves you scratching your head. >> gloria, do you buy the distinction between chelsea manning and snowden? >> they're trying to major league a distinction. i don't buy it. they're saying that -- and i talked to somebody familiar with the white house thinking on this saying this doesn't set a precedent because the distinction between the two of them is so material here that they have nothing in common. in fact, they have something in common. they both leaked documents. you know, chelsea manning is the person who gave birth to wikileaks essentially. this is what this white house has been fighting. reading between the lines and talking to people who understand the president's thinking on t

you had in these hearings rex tillerson, up for secretary of state, he was being questioned by bob menendezenator menendez on the issue of russia. and this is what he told the senator. listen. >> the president-elect and i have not had the opportunity to discuss this specific issue or the specific area. >> i would have thought that russia would be at the very top of that, considering all the actions that have taken place. that did not happen? >> that has not occurred yet, senator. >> that's pretty amazing. >> is the senator right, alex, is it pretty amazing? >> it was surprising that they haven't talked about what is obviously going to be one of the biggest, most immediate challenges that the new president and new secretary of state are going to have to face after january 20th. >> is it believable? >> i believe him, he was under oath, of course it's believable. that said, donald trump likes to set up competing power structures in his organizations and it works for him, it's successful. we shouldn't be surprised that's how he's setting up his cabinet. we want a diversity of thought inside a c

phil murphy has nod from both us senators from the garden state bob menendez corey booker.urphy's campaign website. he's hoping to succeed governor christie whose second term ends in 218. he is a former obama administration ambassador to germany. he's already got a handful of rivals the democratic primary including state senator lezniak. >> more than a dozen people in jail for kim kardashian's paris robbery. who police nabbed for the multi million dollar jewelry heist. >>> and one woman says uber is responsible for an accident that caused her severe injuries. what she says the company failed to that resulted in her being in a wheelchair. sean? the eagles changing things up on their coaching staff. doug pederson getting rid of one of the coaches who players under performed in a big way this year. i'll tell hugh got the ax later in sports. i'm bruce gordon. i came back from the holiday break a bit nervous. would philadelphia in 2017 continue to produce the kind of manic mayhem that provides for my weekly rants? what was i worried about? first the city's controversial soda tax

people can change their minds but one person to also look out for is bob menendez indicted on corruptionlection at this point. we'll see if that changes if that indictment turns into a conviction. >> no youth movement in the united states senate is what you're trying to say. karen? >> mine is a reminder in president trump's news conference a couple weeks ago he said he would have a supreme court nominee ready for us within a few weeks. the size of this fight is going to dwarf anything that we have seen. this really is going to be his test among other people the evangelicals who sort of put aside what they don't like about his personal life and what they don't like about his past positions because to them the supreme court was everything. i think for a lot of these people that we saw marching on saturday, the same could be argued. >> that's a great point. democrats still mad the senate wouldn't consider president obama's picks. there could be playback there. i'll close with this. sometimes silence speaks volumes. take major business groups like the chamber of commerce. most big business o

rex tillerson who will get before senate foreign relations committee but one commit thee member, bob menendez says he has reservations about tillerson. >> after meeting with rex till erson, let's just say i have serious concerns about his world view, and his overall depth of understanding of u.s. foreign policy. while he correctly identified russian aggression across eastern europe as one global challenge, he did not offer any concrete solutions to countering russia or its leaders. >> menendez says he remains open to tillersons's nomination and looks forward to hearing more from him during the hearing. >>> a sign that president-elect trump's son this law may be joining the administration. jared kushner is taking steps to distance himself there his insuring real estate business, new york times reports that kushner has hired a washington law firm to help him comply with federal ethics laws. kushner who is hard toyed trump's doubt are ivanka must overcome federal anti nepotism law that bars officials from appointing relatives to governmental jobs. >>> we have more to come on cbs-3 "eyewitness ne

. >> elizabeth warren and dick durbin, james inhofe and bob menendez. unless you have the senate almanaced in your head, you'd never know. >> i thought it was interesting to see inhofe even close to bernie sanders. talk about 180s. you know, right behind that, when i worked on the hill, right behind those steps is the actual crypt where washington was going to be buried. it's really kind of a strange setting way down in the capitol. the washington claimed the family to mount vernon but it's there if you ever want to visit. >> trying to compare today's crowds to that day when barack obama took office and we had a modern record set for crowds period in washington. this is not that. that day, while incredibly cold, was blessed with bright, sunny weather. we've had sporadic precipitation. we're going to keep checking on the weather for you and we're going to look at the radar, especially when the day really shifts to outdoors. it's been light precip of the temperature expected to top out just south of 50 degrees. greta van susteren is along the parade route

goldman sachs executive phil murphy has been endorsed by both senator cory booker and senator bob menendez. murphy a former u.s. ambassador to germany has also gotten support from labor unions and other local lawmakers. murphy first faces a crowded democratic primary in june. >> time right now for a check of that "action news" traffic report monday night. >> matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center showing us the way home this evening. matt, how we looking. >> it's always a race to get home but especially on a cold night like this one rick and mon in a and now we've hit a snag in that race in bucks county. northbound side of 95 is where there's been an accident. there's vehicles off into the snowy median up against the guardrail. we have a bunch of emergency crews on the scene and just the far right lane is getting by here right by the off ramp to street road in bucks county. so, 9295 northbound you start to stack approaching woodhaven through this point at street road. southbound's also sluggish because that left lane is partially blocked with emergency crews. we're also getting wo

mnuchin, georgia senator bob menendez pressed concern about his credibility, mated 100 dulac $1 million in assets, in those foreclosures, how do you think he is doing successfully rebuffing the critics? >> for what i've seen, he is just done a fine peer this wasl fairly predictable. we knew the big weakness is for him, and i have not seen anything from today that leads me to think he's going to lose any republican votes which of course is the key metric there. we should bear in mind steven mnuchin has real vulnerability. he is not a republican, he was a democratic donor before he became a trump finance director. he worked with george soros, has hollywood connections, so i'm not saying it is a huge reservoir of goodwill for him, but i have not seen anything in his hearing that leads me to think he is going to lose republican votes. >> eric: as far as the democrats, they have been really hammering him especially over one west, the bank he bought, and all of those foreclosures, but he made a point in his defense that the foreclosures were part of the system. he actually blamed the policies

we had senator bob menendez of new jersey questioning rex tillerson, the secretary of state candidate, about mexico, referring back what donald trump said about the start of his campaigns, that some mexicans are racists and murders, menendez pointedly asking tillerson, i jusheard this, so it was pretty interesting, wou you say that about mexico? rex tillerson saying i would never characterize mexico or any nation as all rapists and murderers. mexico is a friend of this nation. what we're getting final hour of trade, serious clarity from

did tillerson lie when he said he did not -- and he did not know of his company, although, bob menendeznew jersey held up the lobbying this closure forms -- did not lobbied against sanctions? >> he certainly misspoke. what he was the king again, this is the ceo speaking -- we had a lobby -- filling amy: let's go to a clip so it is not me characterizing him. -- thetillerson has question was not just about russia. it was also about iran and other countries, which exxonmobil would like to see the sentence removed from. so the lbying is closure forms say, we lobbied about a particular bill. it never says which direction did you argue. as always is the case with itonmobil, it will litigate, will site, it will litigate, it will run you into the ground. i think that is what he thought he could get away with. there also is a much broader record of what the objective of exxonmobil has been in these areas. in a ran, for example, where exxonmobil has most certainly lobbied to have sanctions lifted, exxonmobil and mobile before it for decades has led to group called usa engaged, which entire purpos

we heard from senator bob menendez of new jersey who was bringing up one of the more famous quotes of donald trump from announcing his candidacy, derogatory comments of mexico and rex tillerson separated himself from those words and talking about the strong partnership he would want to have with this long-standing neighbor and friend, as he described mexico. the president-elect also tried to repair the relationship and the things he said in his news conference today. so, the recently retired ceo of exxon who has had a global reach in his business life is being challenged on matters where he might differ from donald trump or on areas where some of trump's more controversial statements or tweeting habits could, perhaps, conflict with the work of the secretary of state. so, this is a very high-profile hearing, rigorous questions. that's what stands out. this won't be an easy ride for someone new to public life. being a ceo made him a public figure but public life is something different. we saw that play out. he had big support, roberts gates speaking on his half, former senator sam nunn,

. >> desjardins: new jersey senator bob menendez dug in: >> one does not create offshore entities if not to avoid tax laws of the u.s., be more >> desjardins: but mnuchin suprised some, saying he agrees offshore accounts are a problem he wants to fix. >> first of all i'm committed to work on tax simplification to cut down, i agree with you completely, be happy to work to simplify tax code. >> desjardins: committee chairman orrin hatch called democrats' focus on the offshore accounts "hypocritical" and "ironic." >> evidently memories are short. at least two obama nominees who now sit in his cabinet had cayman island holdings. >> desjardins: democrats returned to mnuchin's role with onewest back in 2009. according to an independent california housing organization, onewest aggressively foreclosed on some 60,000 homes while mnuchin ran it. also this fall, two advocacy groups asked the department of housing and urban development to investigate possible discrimination, charging that onewest offered fewer mortgages and options to minorities. mnuchin sold the bank for $3.4 billion dollars in

part of his outreach to cuba, but conservatives and including a lot of democrats, some democrats, bob menendez cuban-american, today's announcement will not only serve to tighten the noose the castro regime has around the neck of its own people. congress was not consulted prior to this announcement with nine days left. the obama administration seeks to pursue engagement with the castro regime at the cost of ignoring the present state of torture and oppression and its systematic curtailment of freedom. that's from a democrat. >> the politics on cuba are always so fascinating because you have democrats who sound more like republicans on this issue. particularly those who have family ties to cuba. the policy is effective immediately. as of today if you are a cuban who is trying to come to the united states over land, through the mexican border or by sea and you arrive here, you will be turned away. there is, of course, a political asylum policy, so if you do feel like you're going to go back to cuba and be tortured, you can apply for asylum, but this is something that happened in secret, which wa

. >> bob menendez, as well, and extremely liberal senator. sometimes i'm glad breaking news like this happens when i'm home alone and not here at work, because i started screaming at my television last night, yesterday afternoon, when i was watching the news. to say this is shameful i don't even think goes far enough. you are condoning people that commit treason. we put our intelligence officers, our troops, our diplomats lives at risk. as we said it accelerated the rise of arab spring and the rise of isis. i don't know where our presidents had exactly as i prayed when you are sending a message to our troops, the rest of americans, to our allies overseas, that treasonous acts are condoned, as long as it is sort of politically expedient. i'm curious as how he will defend this today. and if he's going to may be in the next two days condoned edward snowden or julian assange, it is completely beyond my realm of understanding, and i think it's a huge slap in the face, completely disrespectful, to all our troops who do so much to defend us overseas

scarlet: that was bob menendez speaking with kevin cirilli. kevin, as a confirmation hearing has gathered steam and continued through the day, what is the number one lesson we learned from steven mnuchin on his economic policy views? we learned friendly, his views are much more in line with traditional center-right business conservative orthodoxy than i think many in the new k street business community here in washington were looking to see. henceforth, i think this is a positive sign if you are, again, in that center-right thoughts -- thought process. he interprets president-elect donald trump's positions to be much more in line with what we have seen in the past, whether it is on issues like tax reform, repealing portions of dodd-frank, or looking to tweak title ii of dodd-frank, in terms of not codifying what he argues is too big to fail. what we saw here is on domestic issues he will work with the congress, and already has behind closed doors in looking to crack that agenda. internationally, when you take a step back, he is going to look t

emboldening iran with increased nuclear capability that even prominent democratic senators like bob menendez of new jersey, chuck schumer here in new york opposed, that is not something you do. >> what will he do? >> also comes -- he will meet again with his national security team and see what can be done. he is not going to sit idly by while north korea is close to -- one year away from having this missile that could reach seattle. we all read and we're told, anderson. >> because right now, the policy in order to try to stop this has been get china a number of state actors to put pressure to put sanctions. >> that's right. it would be nice if china did more on a number of fronts. i think president-elect trump has been very clear about his attention there. -- tension -- intention there. look, again, sanctions he will discuss it with his security team, but is it actually a deterrent to north korea, we don't know yet. are the russian sanctions from last week a deterrent to them? vladimir putin said he'll wait, delay those sanctions. >> more of that interview in the next hour. just ahead, thoug