second ranking dem and it -- democrats on the judiciary committee, he met with jeff sessions has did chris kuhn, dianne feinstein, many other democrats. we will see how it goes. a lot of these democratic senators emerged from these private meetings saying, senator sessions is a calling that we have a lot of tough questions ready and waiting for him at the --ring next week to read next week. >> the secretary of defense nominee, general james mattis will be before the armed services committee. what happened with the waiver he needed? >> it looks like the waiver he the pentagonme chief -- because he hasn't been out of uniform for seven years as the law mandates, that doesn't look like it is going to be an issue. surveyed a lot of democratic senators about their feelings on granting him that one-time waiver, and aside from kirsten gillibrand, who is very fast out of the gate saying she would oppose a waiver for general mattis, we don't see that sentiment building upon -- among senate democrats. you have seen a lot of comments from democratic senators might just very pleased with general mattis and

democratic senator chris kuhns will sit in on several of those hearings. he is standing by live. he will join us right after this. giving you more time for what matters most. (team sing) safelite repair, safelite replace. >> there are not only 11 dasz until the inauguration for president-elect donald trump. the real action starts tomorrow with the first two of a series of cabinet confirmation hearings before the u.s. senate. democrats have promised no free passes to the trump picks, but incoming white house press secretary sean spicer has this advice for the senate. >> they can aimlessly -- because of the uncertainty created by a lack of continuity of government or they can enjoy the timely -- and make sure the president is ready to govern on day one. our expectations of this cabinet will receive broad bipartisan support throughout. >> wilmington, delaware, democratic senator chris kuhns, the foreign relations committee. senator, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> do you believe at least some of the confirmation hearings scheduled to begin tomorrow, wednesday

rex tillerson just left a meeting here with chris kuhns, the senator from are delaware who will be weighingon whether or not rex tillerson should be the next secretary of state. the meeting went that 45 minutes longer than we were told it would go. and afterwards, senator coons came out and discussed it. that rex tillerson talked about being the difference between exxon and secretary of state. and advocating for the united states, not just one company. he said he had real concerns with the way president-elect trump has been talking about vladimir putin. here's what he said just after that meeting broke up. >> i'm she concerned that president-elect trump seems to be repeatedly siding with vladimir putin and his russia, and folks like assange and others at the cost of disrespecting or disregarding our intelligence community. >> in the end, chris coons said he hasn't made up his mind on how he'll vote. >> just to be cheer, senator coons said he is concerned, did not indicate whether or not tillerson had anything to say about that. >> i asked directly, did rex tillerson tell that you he believe

in fact, as i look at something that democratic senator chris kuhn -- we have more protests, multiple protests going on today. looks like a few more. let's listen in and watch what's going on. . trish: you can see they're holding a sign sessions is wrong for america. looks like three of them got escorted out there. mercedes, part of this, let's not forget is designed for the media. they know we're covering these hearings right now and they want the attention, you've got a lot of liberal groups that don't feel they're getting the support they want and need from democratic members of the senate right now. the expectation is as you said he will be the attorney general of the united states. they got make some noise? >> absolutely. we talk about the theatrics in the case of the corey booker, he actually in a recent event basically praised jeff sessions and now he's coming out and speaking against him. on another note. the fact that jeff sessions has bipartisan accomplishments. he's worked closely with the late senator ted kennedy, with senator dick durbin. these are democrats. and he's wor

one of the four who opposed haley chris kuhns who says he's worried about her lack of experience.o another within for the trump administration in its first week at 1600 pennsylvania avenue f the white house there to the big house former pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah will start his 10 year prison sentence tomorrow. a judge ordered him to surrender to a western pennsylvania prison near the new york border. the 60-year-old democrat spent 20 years in congress before a jury found him guilty of racketeering and corruption charges last june. fattah lost his bid to stay out of prison while he appeals. >>> just hours ago cars down the shore were still driving down roads that really looked more like rivers. as the nor'easter finally moves on out. the concern now is disappearing beaches. >> fox 29's dave kinchen reports from avalon with a look at the hardest hit shore towns. >> reporter: it looks ick like the edge of the world in avalon jagged portions of shore line left over after monday's nor'easter pulverized the regi region. knocking away huge chunks of the beach. >> it's nos not

manu and senator chris kuhns. still to come, we're going to have much more on the confirmation hearing of senator jeff sessions. thoughts on a potential ban on muslims entering the u.s. also we're keeping a close eye on another hearing on capitol hill. this one regards the intel regarding the russia hack and we are just a few hours away from president obama's last big speech as president of the united states. we're live from chicago with a preview coming up next. you do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. and if you do have an accident, our claims centers are available to assist you 24/7. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >> welcome back. we're awaiting the turn of the confirmation hearing for senator jefferson boregard session iii, nominee for u.s.

. >> chris: republican senator john kuhn expressing some discomfort about the new white house push tonvestigate voter fraud of that president trump announced today. we are back with our panel. jonah, what do you make of president trump continuing to push those voting fraud issue and this morning, tweeting out, "there is going to be a major investigation." >> it is difficult not to get whipsawed. over the weekend, we saw sean spicer, only yesterday, sean spicer said he had a decisive victory. these weeks are getting long. decisive victory, no need to revisit this. then, within 24 hours, donald trump are saying we are going to have a huge investigation, which suggests that there is a fairly impetuous, impulsive decision on the part of the president. i don't like this. i think that this is basically a political cover to compensate with his insecurity about the crowd size issue and about losing the popular vote. getting caught with that gaff about it. it seems to me a waste of government resources to just protect this nonissue. speaking of being whipsawed, it is fairly amazing that donald