>> well, you know, no question when sylvia burwell goes up to capitol hill this will be an opportunity for republicans to go after the affordable care act, to go after the obamacare. we can hear a full hearing of all of their grieve yans grieve time. she does not come out of the world of obamacare and health and human services. she is the president's budget director. the white house feels god about her management skills. she was part of the budget deal that was hammered out last fall. they feel pretty good about her hands-on deals when it comes with bureaucracy. there will be some flash points i would expect during her hearing but at the same time white house officials do expect this transition to happen from kathleen sebelius to sylvia burwell to happen in may. that depends on the confirmation progress. >> that means congress is going to actually have to let a

and he wanted a consummate manager, hence the shift to miss burwell.sten just mentioned rachel maddow, what they have done switch the story from supposed win to firing people. >> well, that might be a fair pr criticism. i think that, by having sebelius leave now it does sort of step on the story of the 7 1/2 million people who signed up, but you also could argue that now would be the perfect time to, you know, leave on a high note and be able to say, we at least have 7 1/2 million people signed up. so i think that could cut both ways. i think a lot of people who are supporters of the administration, people like rachel maddow, probably don't want kathleen sebelius to go because they don't buy into the idea this has been a debacle, because now there are seven 1/2 million people signed up. of course there are sill issues with obamacare and, it doesn't take away from the fact that even "the new york times" described in talking about kathleen sebelius stepping down, you know, the disasterous rollout of obamacare. eric: now we're going to have, what, two wee

the questions that we have to get to however, is whether or not director burwell will be serving for the president of the united states with his ad jgends the primary objective or will she get into the details of the numbers? >> well, focus on obamacare is what the democrats don't want right before the midterms, and let me bring in our editor perry bacon, and catherine lucinich who is a editor for the washington post. and so the president chose si sylvia burwell for the hhs post, but even in her previous post she was unanimously confirmed. >> well, remember that the senate changed the rules last year to have 55 to confirm, and i believe they will use this process, because obama has said that 7.5 million people have health insurance, and it is a good story. and the republicans will have people whose insurance went up in the process, and who lost insurance, and it is less of burwell being confirmed, and the republicans highlighting anything wrong with obama care in the process. >> well, you have heard tim scott reference obamacare and the numbers and conwoman marcia blackwell also brou

the woman that was named to replace her is sylvia burwell. sebelius have to go, and what do you make of the timing of her resignation? >> well, i think she gave a lot of good service to the president and to the country. she was there nearly six years in an extremely tough job at a very consequential time through the whole health care bill, through the roll-out with all its malfunctions. i think it probably is a good thing to have a new face going forward and sylvia matthews burr rel well is a very good choice. she has a lot of goodwill on the republican side, and she has a lot of experience and ability. she was president clinton's deputy chief of staff and secretary rubin's chief of staff, and she had an important role in the recent budget agreement. she brings a strong set of credential wrshz. >> are you both members as we said of one of two senate committees that's going to hold confirmation hearings on sylvia burwell. senator scotland, burwell was confirmed 96-0 just a year ago to be the budget chief. you voted for her, and the question i

look, john mccain tweeted that sylvia burwell is an excellent choice.'m not sure jeff sessions would agree with that. last month during a hearing, he was excoriating toward burwell for her tendency and the omb wants to do this, to spend $56 billion more than the president agreed to. take a listen. >> are you spending more than the law allows currently? >> senator, it makes a very big difference -- >> why can't you say yes or no to that. >> because some questions aren't yes or no -- >> you've had your explanation. are you paying more or less? >> something questions aren't yes or no questions. >> this one is a yes or no question. you're refusing to answer it. i will answer it. the answer is that you're going to spend -- you're asking us to raise the spending limits by changing the ryan murray law so you can spend even more than you agreed to spend ten weeks ago. >> i watched the whole thing. burwell was saying essentially, you, congress, should spend more money because i say so. i'm not sure she's going to get an easy ride. >> no, i think jeff sessions wi

we're talking about sylvia burwell.day she was confirmed 96-0, and he said nothing about her has changed. i want to play a little bit of what jeff sessions -- his office is pointing back she had some difficulties with her before. here's a little bit of their interaction for when she was on the hill. >> so are you proposing that we ought to run so you can spend $60 billion more next year alone? >> what we are proposing -- >> yes or no, is that correct? >> we propose -- >> can't you answer that question simply yes or no? do you propose to spent $56 billion more than rye i don't know murry allows and you proposing we change it to allow you to do so yes or no? >> senator, we do propose a change in the law that would be fully paid for, that would be invest in the things that we believe for the economic health of the nation. >> you are refusing it. i will answer it. the answer is you are going to spend -- you are asking us to raise the spending limits by changing the ryan murray law so you can spend even more than you agreed

burwell's work was praised while she was the budget director. she's taking over at hhs and that will not wipe away the problems with the president's signature health care law. >> they know they have got a math problem with obamacare and the numbers are not going to work out so that the program is sound, and they are going to have to somebody to kind of spin the numbers and this is something with burwell coming from omv, i think they are expecting her to be able to do for them. >> meanwhile, outgoing kathleen sebelius spoke about the own predictions that the website would be ready by october 1st were flat-out wrong. >> it was a dismissal time at hhs while health care.gov was crippled by problems. kathleen sebelius was on the job for five years and announced her departure after the deadline to sign-up for new coverage. >> i made it really clear that wasn't an option to stay on. >> president obama wants sylvia burwell to succeed kathleen sebelius. republicans are looking at her nomination with raised eyebrows. wondering if politics will influence t

burwell is an excellent manager and that is why she is chosen say the president's closest aides and now we move forward into the system that even though the voter sas they are very, very concerned about, but they are not interested in it going away. they want it improved and enhanced and the law enhanced more, but people are not saying as the republicans tried more than 50 times to kill obamacare. >> and another enrollment period in november 15th. >> yes. >> and so we will see and hear a lot more of it between the midterms. dafna and amanda, thank you. stay with us for live coverage of the president's announcement coming up at 11:00 at the top of the hour. and checking the news feed, first look at the man police say that was behind the wheel of the suv involved in the horrific car crash at a day care center. the man appeared before a judge, and 4-year-old lilly was sitting at her table waiting for the snack when the car came crashing through the wall and killed her. 11 other children were hurt. this is lilly's heartbroken mother. >> she was a princess and soldier at the same time. she w

>> sylvia burwell is the current budget director. she worked for jack lew.t is interesting that when they are talking about her and what she brings to the table, it is that she is a proven manager. a management implementor. she gets things done. the timing is really important. the confirmation hearing -- they will dig up all sorts of dirt. the white house wants to get this out of the way now before you get into that. >> i cannot think of anyone who is more capable than sylvia burwell. she's a good manager, but she is more than that. she's incredibly smart. she has an easy charm. she was a rhodes scholar. when a rhodes scholar was elected to the legislature, they said, let's put him on a committee. we will come back to that. let me turn to you. tax day. it is here. one of the great inevitabilities. will there be sticker shock? >> absolutely. this is the first year where the tax returns for the top percent of americans will include increases that came with the fiscal cliff last year. dust off your memories of 2012. the top margin goes up to 39%. capital gains

and sylvia matthews burwell is a very good choice. she has a lot of good will on the republican side and she has a lot of experience and ability. she was president clinton's deputy chief of staff. she was treasury secretary rubin's cleave of staff. she had an important behind the scenes role in the budget agreement. >> you are both members as we said of one of two senate committees that's going to hold confirmation hearings on sylvia burwell. senator scott, when burwell was confirmed 96-0 just a year ago to being the budget chief, you voted for her. and the question i have for you, senator scott, is might you vote against her now because of your concerns with obamacare? >> there's no doubt she was a good choice for omb. that does not necessarily make her guy choice for hhs. the real question we have to dig into is how obamacare and the role of the secretary of hhs, how they have been woven together and what it looks like to the american people. what we learned over the last several months is that only thing that are increasing obamaca

director burwell has been tapped to replace her. we bring in julianna goldman.e will talk about that. was kathleen sebelius forced out? >> my sense after talking with a number of people is that this was a long time coming. from the disastrous rollout in october, what white house officials have been saying is that they are not looking for ceremonial firings. they want to take stock and move on. once the dust has settled, they will figure out where to go. the timing is interesting. it comes on the heels of the enrollment period ending. 7.1 million enrolled, beating expectations. on the heels of kathleen sebelius testifying on the hill this week that 7.5 million people - >> if they want to fire someone, they might consider the president. he was told that he ought to put someone in charge of this. i am not defending sebelius, but it was a responsibility that was obama's. >> you will find people who say the fault does not lie with kathleen sebelius. this had been micromanaged from inside the white house. >> how about her replacement? interesting woman. >> sylvia burw

and today the participate nominated sylvia matthews burwell to replace her. libby casey is in washington right now, and libby did the secretaries resignation come as a surprise or it is more that shelasted as long as she did that surprised a lot? >> well, there was not a lot of heads up, so it was a surprise. but in retrospect it does make sense because she was there for the entire arc of the affordable care act, but she waited to resign until the open enrollment period ended. she told the president in march that once the law was sort of on its way that she would be stepping down from the post. there was a fair bit of conflict, especially in the last six months or so because of the self admitted botched rollout of the law and the website problems. so many people wanting to find out if they could get cheaper or health care period were unable to do so in the early rollout. so a lot of people saw her as a sign that went wrong. but today she emphasized all of the accomplishments of being a part of creating this new health care law. >> this was the most meaningful

to get through the administration, and so this is the perfect time to replace her. >> and sylvia burwell, and you heard the president talk about the unanimous confirmation, mark, and he alluded to not wanting to have a battle later in the senate confirmation, but is it likely? >> well, i think that there is going to be a battle. that always happens in american politics, but i think that her chances for passage are extremely likely given that you need 51 votes, a and that means all of the democrats and minus a couple here or there, and we are not going to have a unanimous vote like she had for omb, because the politics of omb are much different than hhs and the republicans who are willing to vote against her would be exposing themselves if they vote yes for the hhs secretary, because all of the sudden in a primary election either this year or come 2016, or in the future, a primary opponent could end up saying, that you voted for obama's hhs secretary particularly when the politics of the health care are so explosive in the republican party, and so i think that she is going to be confirmed

president's nomination of budget director sylvia burwell to replace her and where obama care goes from here. with two members of the senate committee that will hold confirmation hearings. republican tim scott

burwell. she has been through this. she sailed through, but as you point out, probably not this time. >> it could be a lot more rough when -- than when she was going through her coverage hearing for budget director. she was confirmed 96-0, which the president made a point of saying in his announcement. she is one of the president's top advisers in the white house, protÉge of bob rubin, work in the clinton white house as deputy chief of staff, was deputy to the band budget director and not treasury secretary jacqueline -- and now treasury secretary jack lew. the administration is emphasizing that she brings management chops to the position and is someone who gets things done. >> julianna goldman joining us from washington, thank you. jpmorgan kicked off earnings season not with a bang, but with a whimper. it is falling down other financial shares. julie hyman, does this set a tone for other earnings this quarter? >> expectations going into earnings season are relatively low. 42% drop in mortgage revenue, 21% slide in fix

you mentioned sylvia burwell. highly respected on capitol hill both parties because she has a business background. what senior administration officials are telling us tonight is that the president now wants someone post sebelius to be all over not just the web site but signups. the full implementation of this law in a way perhaps that kathleen sebelius inside herself she hadn't been able been up to doing that job. they are praising kathleen sebelius tonight. but they are obviously expressing relief that there is going to be a change here. i think sylvia burwell, someone before being the office of management and budget was also someone who ran the wal-mart foundation, ran the bill gates foundation. this is someone who is a manager, bit of a business background. ran major projects and, let's face it, that's what this is. the full implementation that he is trying to make of the wall as republicans still try to repeal tore change it it final point i will make is while she may get through this confirmation process, syl

that's why she's leaving now and sylvia burwell is replacing her. the administration sees this as the best possible way to move on and try to turn the corners. >> regardless of what you think of walmart, it is a company with a reputation for efficient management, hopefully she'll bring that to the table. obamacare has a big victory with the latest signup numbers. what do you think the next hurdle is? >> it's going to be premiums in 2015, how much insurance increases, whether we see big spikes and those might be due to obamacare or just the fact that health care spending seems to be rebounding a little bit. but i think the combination of that with midterm elections, that's going to be a very closely watched moment. >> and of course penalties for the uninsured, how do you think that will go over? >> you'll start seeing some people who see part of their tax refund taken away because they don't have health insurance. that is obviously not very popular. we don't expect a lot of people to pay the penalty. it will be in massachusetts and little less than 1

president obama will nominate sylvia matthews burwell to replace sebelius. and republicans are looking forward to using her confirmation hearings to get a few more shots at obamacare. diana? >> all right. tahman bradley with the big story in washington today. thank you. >>> there's still no word about the missing malaysia airlines

i exbt burwell will be able to do the same. it's hard for republicans to block her from being confirmed now. you only need 51 votes. democrats can do it without any republicans support at all and they can't filibuster. but there will be fireworks and one major step might be the vetting process. she has to file financial disclosures, etc. that has doomed secretaries for the health and human services department in the past. a guy named tom daschle. gwen: she's already been confirmed in another high-level position. >> she has. but the process for secretary is a little different. >> alex, when you look at the president's choices that he could have made to succeed sebelius, what is it that attracted him, you know, at least what did he say attracted him to sylvia? >> well, he likes her a lot personally, and he respects the work she's done at the office of management and budget. usually with a secretary position like this you can go a couple of directions. you can get a prominent politician, or you can get sort of a functionary, someb

president obama said kathleen sebelius may be leaving, obamacar.standing along side the president, burwell welcomed her new role. >> i'm humbled honored and excited for the opportunity to build on the achievements that kathleen, the president and so many others have put in place. >> reporter: and tony, many worry this is an election year. the democrats stand a chance of losing control of the senate. they wanted a clean slate and turn the page, so they're quite happy today. the white house insists that the burwell nomination will go through the senate next month. >> mike viqueira at the white house for us. thank you. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused a tractor trail for slam into a bus in northern california killing ten people. it happened last night on interstate 5 100 norths o northf sacramento. it smashed into a bus full of high school students and three dozen more people were hurt. >> a city mourns today. a state mourns today. lives for altered, lives lost just as they're beginning to be transformed. these youth, our youth, this is not just a tragedy for these famil

the white house appointing silvia burwell.ll put the health care law front and center for a new round of national debate and scrutiny. jamie winestein daily editor for the daily caller. >> thank you for having me. >> what do we know about mrs. burwell and the fact that she was budget director is any significance? >> i think this is more about the policy in the department she's heading than the personality. from all accounts, she has a lot of republican support. not ideologically, but they have been able to work with her. and so she is not a controversial pick. there is nothing there to scare republicans off from voting for her but she is in charge of a department that will implement obamacare and that will bring a lot of questions to bring obamacare front and center, which, with political elections coming in november, could be very toxic for the democrats. >> so then what does this mean for the affordable care act and could we see any new policy changes? >> well i don't think that she's going to take over and suddenly do many

sylvia mathews burwell, if she's confirmed will face the political position. there's nothing like stepping into this. we see them saying that kathleen sebelius did the best she could. it's not about her, but a flawed law. >> we'll watch. >> thank you for being with us. a new report on the albuquerque police department. concluding that officers engaged in excessive deadly force. police say 20 people have been killed in the last five years. heidi zhou-castro is here with more on this. >> the justice department's report found there was a pattern of excessive force by part of the albuquerque police accident. it was a report that was scathing in its breadth and language. >> vindication, that's what the father of kenneth ellis iii felt op thursday, upon hearing these words in the department of justi justice. >> we found officers used deadly force against people who did not pose a threat of death. and against the people who posted threats to themselves. >> ellis was gunned down while pointing a gun at his own head. he had been an iraq war veteran. it has been this ma

sylvia burwell solves that problem as much as anyone can. so there is alikeness about it.nd also you saw in the president today more spring in his step, more passion than we've seen i wouldn't say in a long time, but certainly not totally usual. and i think this has been a good week for him politically, it's shrewd step for the white house. >> ezra, you have a headline that says kathleen sebelius is resigning because obamacare has won. and the numbers are serious. but has the war over obamacare truly been won? i will point out the minute kathleen sebelius' resignation was announced, there were tweets from the conservative peanut gallery, eric cantor said i thank secretary sebelius for her service. she had an impossible task. the problem with the law isn't leaving. obamacare has to go, too. never ever stop trying to repeal. >> the war over obama care won't he said. but they made a really controversial decision. i think people for get this a bit. the belief was, and there are really loud calls, that soo sa beel yus should be fired because she had managed that process amend s

tell us about the nomination of his tokyo burwell.esident obama nominated sophia burwell today at the next health and human services secretary. what is your background? this throughinto the senate confirmation process. she served at the office of management and budget. she was in the private sector she works at the gates foundation. she served during the entirety -- clinton administration. she comes from an economic management background. management of the economy is more her thing. that might be what they need right now. they need to continue to right the ship on health there -- healthcare.gov. >> you mentioned if she gets through the senate. you talked about that in your politico article. what do you expect? >> the nomination will have to go through the senate finance and ready. confirmationgh the a year ago. she got three unanimously. this is a very different process. republicans will use this hearing to relitigate the health care law. up ising that will come that there is a lot of authority over how gets implemented. she will come

sylvia mathews burwell is the one we are talking about. >> she has to be confirmed in conscious amount hearings. if she gets the job it will be another round of cans links and premium increases and the possibility government money will have to go to the insurance companies. that's a tough job indeed. gregg: the reaction powered in with republicans saying the healthcare debacle is not about kathleen sebelius, it's about the law itself. >> it's about a failed policy she was asked to implement. a lot of the up plem takes of that poll -- a lot of the implementation of that follow i made it worse. in the end she was given a hard job and that job made her unpopular. >> she is not victim, she was given a hard job. gregg: orrin hatch wished kathleen sebelius well. here is what he said. martha: more on the president's next pick for hhs secretary, her name is sylvia mathews burwell, she is currently the director of the omb, the office of management and budget. she was confirmed for her current post by a senate vote of 96-0. she oversaw preparation for the government's annual budget. she served i

. >> sylvia burwell has a great representation, been at treasury, been omb during the clinton years. she's got high praise from the president, even a tweet from john mccain today, who tweeted out, sylvia burwell is an excellent choice to be the next hhs secretary. she was confirmed 96-0. could there be any reason do you think for this senate not to confirm her this late in the administration? >> i can't imagine any reason they couldn't confirm her on a speedy basis. she has a track record in the president aegs administration and experience in the private sector, working for the gates foundation and walmart and serving on the board of an insurance company. she communicates on a daily basis with those on the hill and has enjoyed bipartisan support in the past. we're confident that she's earned that going forward. >> and going forward, do you think your past all of the bumps on health care on the rollout and that from now going forward you can change the dynamic? because it's become the target of criticism even when she went on the daily show with jon stewart, she had a rough time, and

president obama nominating sylvia burwell as the next hhs secretary.ob ifto she can get through the confirmation after one year of serving in the office of management and budget. she worked in the walmart foundation and gates foundation. -- served in the administration. she comes to the job with a big economic management background. health care is a part of the and the but management economy is more hurting than health care necessarily. needs rightwhat hhs now. they need to continue to write the ship on healthcare.gov a implementation of affordable care act. the administration is hoping she can do that. >> you mention if she does through the senate. cou told on your politi areas will beat holding meetings? >> she got through the senate confirmation for her omb job one year ago. this probably going to be a very different process. republicans are going to use the confirmation hearing of the vote to -- the health care law. one significant point is that oflth law gets a lot authority to the hhs secretary on how it is implemented. shares, gateway jumped kno

burwell putting a new face on healthcare but will it change anything at all.nd our panel is back. byron, lucky burwell. >> i don't think it will change anything in terms of obamacare or the other operations of the department of health and human services. i think republicans know that burwell was confirmed for the omb job last year 96 to nothing. and so republicans will say well, that was a different job. we need to scrutinize this nomination more. but the fact is, the whole purpose of busting the filibuster using the nuclear option that democrats did a while back was to makethat an ae this can be confirmed. the republicans will try to use this as an occasion to investigate some aspects of obamacare, but they are really not going to get very far with it. >> alexandria? >> yeah, i agree. i think the one thing that is going to change since there is an opportunity for republicans to sort of shift the narrative on obamacare when we have seen some of these positive reports about the enrollment numbers, et cetera, these sort of confirmation hearings will be an opport

now, the senate will take up burwell's nomination. the senate unanimously confirmed her for the budget director post, 94-0. president obama seemed to challenge any potential opposition, saying he assumes not much has changed since that time. g.o.p. opponents of obamacare are already signaling they will ramp up the fight against the law. the republican senator mitch mcconnell says he hopes the nomination is the source of discussion of what is happening. chris wallace is live in washington. ed henry is live in washington but they don't speak so they're on different cameras. ed, the president cheered sebelius and the healthcare law, saying we got all these numbers up. she did a good job. it's working. >> certainly. you saw the secretary struggling to literally turn the pain, but metaphor include they saw this as a chance to say the leadershipping changing, over seven million signups and maybe their getting some momentum behind the law and secretary sebelius talked about all the hard work that went into fixing the miscures and now they're

the president is expected to nominate sylvia mathews burwell as her replacement. burwell is currently the director of the white house office of management and budget. >>> just one week after david letterman announced his retirement, we have a successor to the late show desk. comedy central's stephen colbert will be stepping into letterman's big shoes. the announcement came with all kinds of well wishes for the comedian. jimmy kimmel tweeted, congratulations to stephen colbert, a finer or funnier man i do not know. and our own jimmy fallon quipping, colbert will not have to change his name to jimmy. don't expect colbert to continue his conservative fundish shtick, though. he says the new late show will feature him out of character. one thing that will be familiar, his name, colbert has no plans on switching back to the americanized pronunciation of his name, which is colbert. so i that up it would take a little bit more time to announce -- chelsea handler was in the running and tina fey, but -- >> maybe they already knew what they wanted. we were the last ones to k

this is sylvia burwell, currently serves as the budget chief for the white house. the administration thinks she's a safe pick because she's gone through this process before. she's had decent republican support in the past. maybe it will be easy, but as judge napolitano reminds us, you have to remember the mid term elections are coming. >> this is a bad time for the president to have to go through it. he has five to seven vulnerable democrats in the senate running for re-election. we're going to be tempted not necessarily to go along for the ride. and perhaps either to remain silent or neutral or at least be as curious and inquisitive as republicans would be of what miss burwell will do with the mess she's inheriting. their eyes are not going to be on the confirmation. their eyes will be on election day in november. >> and the other thing to remember is the way the senate works now after harry reid's nuclear option. it's broken down 53-45. democrats to republicans. used to be you needed 60 votes to do a confirmation process like this. now you just need 51. the judge

john mccain last night tweeted that she thinks sylvia burwell will be fine over health and services. perhaps a glimmer of hope. >> a friend of hers should buy her a sign on her desk that says, wasn't me, for all the people who are going to come in complaining. >> i don't think it's going to show up at her desk. >> no? >> maybe i will get it for her. >> maybe you shall. >>> coming up next on "new day," flight 370 dropped dramatically in altitude. does this confirm what the investigators have said, that someone deliberately made the turn and also does this mean that someone deliberately tried to avoid radar detection or is there another explanation? we'll take a look. >>> also, the oscar pistorius trial is at its crucial point. why did he break down this time? you're going to want to see it and hear it because the prosecutor is finally questioning about what happened that night. what oscar pistorius says he did versus the prosecutor's events. chalky. not chalky. temporary. 24 hour. lots of tablets. one pill. you decide. prevacid. ♪ 24 hour live in the same communities that we serve. pe

he has nominated sylvia mathews burwell. she will be charged with implementing the affordable care act. >>> police in rios forced thousands of people dches ri, police responded with tear gas. brazil has seen rejts and living costs -- rents and living costs soar in recent months. >>> leaked drafts already generating criticism. the report is expected to refer to the recapturing of carbon after it's been release. environmentalists say that's an untested process. jacob ward has more. >> the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has spiked by 40% since the industrial revolution. and the latest report by the intergovernmental panel often climate change lies the blame almost entirely at the feet of human beings. experts agree the priority should be: reduce our emissions. but what happens if we can't? one market approach is to pull carbon dioxide out of the air. the device removes co2 directly from the atmosphere and scaled up the company claims such devices could have an impact on the entire planet. >> first thing to understan

political analysts believe ultimately burwell will be confirmed.utation for being an effective manager here in d.c. burwell is a 48-year-old mother of two who sailled through her confirmation hearings last year for omb director. of course, this is an election year. we're talking about health care. you can bet the hearings will be contentious as well. >> i'm humbled, honored and excited. >> reporter: looking to take the reins from embattled hhs secretary sebelius and earning the president's high praise. >>> she's a proven manager who's demonstrated her ability to build great teams, forge strong relationships and deliver excellent results at the highest levels. >> reporter: so who is the woman behind the new face of health care? born in the small town of hinton, west virginia, burwell earned degrees from harvard and oxford where she was a rhode scholar. she's no stranger to washington, d.c. the 48-year-old served in the clinton administration for eight years. as obama's omb director, burwell has overseen tense budget negotiations and helped manage la

now burwell's confirmation is virtually guaranteed in the senate but the white house wants more than just a confirmation. they are banking on her skills to political tax in this election here, brian. >> chuck todd with the story from the white house on friday night. thanks. >>> overseas tonight, a tense stand off continues in eastern ukraine. prorussian militia clashed with police this week. they are barricaded in buildings, almost daring the ukrainian government to crack down. satellite photos released by nato show what the u.s. and western authorities are worried about. russian forces just across the border, aircraft, 40,000 infranty, clearly visible, ready to move into ukraine if there is a crackdown. that could trigger, of course, a much larger crisis. but the militia refused to back down. we got a rare look inside behind the barricades in the city of denetsk. >> reporter: the aim of the protesters is to slow down any police advancements, that's why they created roads of barricades with sandbags, bash wire and tires they plan on burning if the police storm the building. we're bei

, who heads the office of management and budget. >> i want to get to sylvia mathews burwell in a minute. she said in an interview on thursday, that she knew she wouldn't be there to turn out the light in 2017. is this a move to get away from anyone associated with obamacare's problems. the president didn't have her at the roz garden ceremony. the day the obamacare sign-up ended. >> that's the point. she was conspicuous in her absence. she was not standing next to the president, and conspicuous in that the president had shout-outs to everyone that contributed to the unexpected success. except kathleen sebelius. i think there was some frustration, there's no question about it, not only among staff at the white house, but members of congress on capitol hill. and that is very significant. as you know, this is an election year for every member of the house of representatives, more than a third of the senate, the democrats stand to lose control, if things condition as they have been. they obviously have taken a political hit. there was desire on the part of leading senator to see a change, so

sylvia burwell is the director of omb. president obama will announce her nomination for the hhs post later today. he has chosen burwell to replace kathleen sebelius, who has weathered criticism for problems with the healthcare.gov website. >>> pg&e is offering a new quarter million-dollar reward for information about an attack on a tower facility in south san jose. pg&e's metcalf substation was hit by sniper fire about a year ago. snipers fired nearly 100 rounds knocking out 17 giant transformers. they also consultant fiberoptic phone lines at the substation. damage was more than $15 million. >>> top bart officials are getting a raise. the board of directors voted unanimously on thursday for a 3.7% pay hike. the increase in compensation and benefits for the top executives is the same rate employees got in a new contract approved earlier this year. bart's general managers' pay was more than $323,000 last year. >>> stock futures point to a recovery beginning today after storks were clobbered yesterday. the dow was down 266 p

the president tapped slyvia mathews burwell, director of the white house office of management and budget, to take over as secretary of health and human services after kathleen sebelius resigned abruptly last week. "i will miss her i will miss her advice, i will miss her friendship, i will miss her wit, but i am proud to nominate somebody to succeed her who holds these same traits in abundance, sylvia mathews burwell. despite technical difficulties with the affordable care act website under sebelius, an estimated 7.5 million americans enrolled in health plans through healthcare.gov. amazon is offering employees 5 thousand dollars to quit. its available only to workers in fulfillment centers. amazon's ceo says the goal is to enable a choice and encourage employees to consider whether they really want a career with the company. concern over the heartbleed bug continues with an estimated half-million servers at risk. the web security gap can allow malware to scrape the memory of unsecure servers for private data including credit card info. cyber-security experts warn that individuals should

sebelius heads home to kansas and sylvia mathews burwell takes her place after. the intense debate takinging place all around the country. maggie haberman, let's start there. republicans say it's the number one issue with primary voters. is it mart for the president? many people thought sebelius would go after the election. is it smart to do this and you get a hearing in the health education and labor committee, then a finance committee vote and probably a week of floor debate where republicans -- i don't think they'll go after sylvia that much, but they will go after, what about premiums, can i keep my doctor and so on and so forth. >> i think the white house is operating from the premise it can't get much worse for democrats in terms of obamacare, we've hit the bottom. if you lose sebelius now, you take the idea that nobody was held accountable off the table, that talking point goes away. also, as you said, the hearings will focus on obamacare, she was confirmed once before, burwell. she will likely be confirmed again. it will provide messy headlines. >> do dem

secretary is budget director sylvia burwell.heated up when burwell refused to answer a question about why the plan exceeded the spending cap by billions of bucks. listen to this. >> are you spending more than the law allows currently? >> senator, it makes a very big difference -- >> why can't you say yes or no to that? >> some answers are not -- >> you've had your explanation. i'm asking yes or no. are you paying more or less? >> this is not a yes or no question. >> you're refusing to answer it. the answer is that you're asking us to raise the spending limits by changing the law so you can spend even more than you agreed to spend ten weeks ago. >> alan combs is a fox news contributor, larry o'connor is a radio host in washington, d.c. great to see you both, guys. larry, i don't know if last month's hearing was a look into the future. but when she comes up for confirmation hearings as health and human services secretary, is she going to answer questions in the same way? >> gretchen, it looks like he's goi -- she's going to fit in

libby, let's talk about sylvia matthews burwell. you used that sound byte in your piece of president obama saying sebelius doesn't write code. i am assuming burwell doesn't write code either. but what other expertise does she bring to the job? >> she may not write code but she is under 50. so some democrats hope she will bring a younger sensibility to why things like rolling out a website properly are so crucial, so important and she may be able to have more of a management roll. management is her specialty. she has been working on the office of budget and management under the president. so his go-to budget person and she has dealt with some of the tough battles on capitol hill over the past year and had to deal with some of the realities of implementing budgets and getting things back up and running after the government shutdown last fall. she was part of the team that got a budget hammered out. she comes from harvard and she has had experience outside of government working for the bill and linda gates foundation and the wal-mart f