dr. murthy, in dr. murthy we have that someone. while there are some who feel dr. murthy is too young and inexperienced to be surgeon general, anyone who has met and talked with him as i have would, i believe, come away impressed. dr. murthy is not yet 40 but certainly his age has not prevented him from accomplishing many things. he is someone who has done much to solve public health challenges in his years as a physician and well before that. he has leadership experience through his work starting and running a public health company advocacy organization and includes founding a technology company. he has a strong medical background and experience that demonstrates his ability to take complex health information and translate it for others, exactly what we need in a surgeon general. if anything, we should be doing all we can to get young, bright, committed, driven people like dr. murthy into public service. recently this nation found itself worried about ebola. misinformation and fear were palpable in our communities. we did not have a permanent surgeon general to coo

dr. vivek murthy, has been caught up in the debate, for arguing gunç violence is a serious public healthissue. >> woodruff: for more on all this, we turn to carroll doherty, director of political research at the pew research center for the people and the press. and, joseph de avila, who has been reporting on this and related stories for the "wall street journal." we welcome both of you. jofs de avila, why are these families suing? >> well, they're suing,

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dr. vivek murthy. he was approved by a vote of the full senate tonight, thank you, ted cruz. dr. murthya's nomination had been stalled for more than a year because the nra decided to wage war on his candidacy. dr. murthy had never been an activist on gun issues or particularly involved in either side of the gun rights, gun debate, but the nra was going to make an example out of him. because of a couple of times he had expressed his opinion online that gun violence should be seen as a public health matter. the nra decided that was a bridge too far. they've been fighting his nomination. before today's vote the nra announced they'd be scoring the vote on this nomination meaning voting for him would hurt any lawmakers' nra ratings. if they cast a vote for this they couldn't get a perfect rating from the nra. the senate voted today to confirm him anyway. finally, as a country, we're about to get a surgeon general. haven't had one for a year and a half. to be clear, vivek murthy is not a gun control activist or on gun issues. there's no reason substantively that his nomination should b

dr. murthy called for tougher gun laws in the wake of the newtown shooting massacre, whose two-year anniversary was on sunday. the senate will begin taking up murthy's and other stalled nominations today. senior officials from the administration of president george w. bush are pushing back against criticism of their abuses and calls for their prosecution following last week's senate findings on cia torture. speaking to nbc's "meet the press," former vice-president dick cheney refused to label the cia's abuses as torture, and said he wouldn't hesitate to use them again. >> with respect to trying to define that as torture, i can back the proposition. torture is what the al qaeda did to 3000 americans on 9/11. it worked. it worked now for 13 years. we have avoided another mass casualty against the united states ended capture bin laden and an awful lot of senior guys who were responsible for the attack on 9/11. >> while cheney defended the cia's abuses, the bush official who authored the legal memos behind the torture program admitted some cia agents may have violated the law. but speaking to cnn,

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dr. vivek murthy. he faced fierce opposition from mostly republicans over his support for obamacare and for gun control. >>> still ahead on this monday evening, childhood viruses like chickenpox and mumps affecting more and more adults including some very famous names. >>> also, if you're waiting for a fedex package on this busiest shipping day of the year, we've got a good idea as to where it might be. s to where it might be. to where it might be. to where it might be. o where it might be. where it might be. where it might be. >>> there is evidence out there right now you don't need to be a kid to get sick with what we usually think of as childhood viruses like chickenpox and mumps. a lot of adults, some prominent but some not, are coming down with illnesses we fear for our children and don't usually associate with our friends and family. we get our report tonight from our chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman. >> reporter: angelina jolie, celebrity superstar, now grounded by a common childhood di

dr. vivek murthy who was approved by the senate yesterday despite some of his positions about gun control37-year-old is a physician at brigham & women's hospital and an instructor at harvard medical school. he helped create a group that's pushed for affordable health care. >>> the first lady was carrying on a christmas tradition in washington that goes back to the truman administration. she went to the children's national medical center along with the family dogs bo and sunny and santa was there as well. mrs. obama sat down and read "the night before christmas" to the children and their caregivers. >> this is always fun. we've seen a few of these. any time you have a roomful of kids and an open mike. they started asking questions. they wanted to know what was on her christmas list. >> that's a fair question. >> we have the same thing at the top of our christmas list. we want to be able to sleep. she says she wanted to sleep late. >> you and the first lady have something in common. >> we want to sleep. >> do you also have the second request it seems she has? >> what was the other thing? >>

dr. vivik murthy as the country's new surgeon general, more than year after president obama nominated him. his nomination was held up over his outspoken opposition to gun rights. >> no new signals tonight as the republican put it that jeb bush is seriously considering running for president in 2016. he announced over the weekend he plans to release more than 250,000 of his emails from his two terms as florida's governor. and to write an e-book that will outline his governing philosophy. not steps you would expect of someone unless they were planning to, well, think about it at least higher office. his move could have a dramatic effect however on the 2016 field as fox news chief political correspondent carl cameron now reports. >> congratulations, you made it. >> jeb bush delivered today's commencement address at university of south carolina a state with 2016's first southern primary after sending strong signals this weekend in florida tv interview he is likely to run, plans a e-book heavy on policy and major data dump of correspondence at his time as governor. >> sometime early next year i

dr. vivek murthy as the next u.s. surgeon general.a result, vivek murthy will have to leave his current job as a captcha puzzle for ticketmaster. [ laughter and applause ] vivek murthy? vivek murthy? what? [ beat boxing ] ♪ murthy. >> steve: murthy. >> jimmy: thank you. [ cheers and applause ] that's my favorite jam, dude. vi-vi-vivek murthy, yeah. yeah. get this. during a recent interview, former president george w. bush discussed his painting hobby and said "never paint your wife or your mother." [ laughter ] then he added -- [ as president bush ] because it's almost impossible to get all the paint out of their hair. [ laughter and applause ] that's a joke you can tell your kids. the kids can go to school with that joke tomorrow. tell their teacher. >> steve: clean. >> jimmy: it's a clean, good joke. >> steve: clean joke. >> jimmy: i had a joke like that when i was growing up. i was in, like, first grade or kindergarten, i think. sister margaret was the teacher, actually the principal of the school. i went to sister margaret and i s

dr. vivek murthy was approved. mitch mcconnell called murthy a political appointment.n control. >>> and two years after the massacre at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut, some parents are suing the company who manufactured the rifle. the shooter used the ar-15 rifle shown on the left. the suit has been filed against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle. robert goalson talks to the victim's family. >> my sister had her whole life in front of her. >> reporter: families of nine victims and one surviving teacher filed a wrongful death lawsuit against bushmaster and others. ? they willingly and knowingly distributed this gun that killed my sister. >> reporter: adam lanza used an ar-15 inside the school in less than five minutes. he killed 20 children and six educators. >> they're not asking to take away anybody's guns. they're just asking for somebody to acknowledge that maybe these particular guns they don't need to make money off of. >> reporter: the number of lives in those seconds was made possible by the shooter's weapon of choice and time a

dr. vivek murthy, has been caught up in the debate, for arguing gunç violence is a serious public healthrty, director of political research at the pew research center for the people and the press. and, joseph de avila, who has been reporting on this and related stories for the "wall street journal." we welcome both of you. jofs de avila, why are these families suing? >> well, they're suing, being sued over the past weekend and what they're trying to do is basically a lot of them are asking for their day in court. what has happened is that there was a law passed in 2005 that basically has not allowed any lawsuits against gun manufacturers. there is oneç exception. there is one of these exceptions is negligent entrustment. so what essentially they're arguing is that these lawsuit, in order for it to go forward, they're saying that theç manufacturer of the gun and the distributor and also the store that sold this gun are basically selling a weapon that is unfit for civilian use. and negligent entrustment, to give an example, it kind of works in a way where one party gives a product to ano

dr. vivek murthy to be the next surgeon general.ire ] >> welcome back to "hardball." a dramatic and terrifying 16-hour hostage stand-off at a cafe in sydney, australia, ended today in a hail of gunfire and explosion, as you see. moments before that police siege, we saw several hostages fleeing the scene. running for their lives. it all unfolded on live television. when the gunfire stopped, the scene changed from terror to triage. two of the 17 hostages have died. four are injured. an officer was wounded. police identified the gunman who was killed in the siege as 50-year-old man haron monis, an iranian-born radical muslim, to called himself a sheikh during the stand-off. he it several hostages bear a flag. military officials tell us there's no evidence monis had any connection to the terror group isis. monis was well known to local authorities. he was convicted of sending hate mail to the families of dead australian soldiers. he was out on bail after being charged as an accessory to his ex-wife's murder. he was also facing charges i

martha: why do vivek murthy says -- why dr. vivek murthy says gun alcohol is a health issue. "unbroken" is a movie about one our nation's heroes snubbed or an academy award. is hollywood down on patriotic movies in moment away. martha: secretary of state john kerry is addressing the deadly taliban attack at a pakistani school that is said to have killed 130 people, most of them brutal attacks on children by the taliban. this is a school that houses many of the children of the pakistani military. the secretary of state this london. the a.p. announced the siege at the school in pakistan is considered to be over and they are sweeng the building for any potential bombs that may be there. more on that straight ahead. bill: a lame duck senate rushing to confirm the new surgeon general before leaving town. critics say he's more an activist than a doctor and the american people deserve more. what's the big rub about his whole take on first all on gun control. what's the issue? >> you think of the surgeon general of the united states, you are talking about a doctor with decades of exp

dr. vivek murthy to be surgeon general of the united states. surgeon general is known as america's doctor. americans have great respect for this important position. this important position. >> americans have great respect for this important position. they expect their surgeon general to be someone who has substantial experience in helping patients improve their health and in helping them reduce the risk of illness and injury. this important position has been vacant since july of 2,013. about a year and a half. it is far too long, long, and it has been completely avoidable. we have seen how the obama administration has struggled in response to important health issues. america should have had an experience dr. in the job as surgeon general to lead our fight and to take on other serious health challenges as well. a smart man, very well-educated, an undergraduate degree from harvard university, an mba from yale, an m.d. from the ale school of medicine, impressive academic credentials, and i am sure he we will be a fine doctor. they dr.. they are si

dr. vivek murthy. nomination has been held up for more than a year after tweets were publicized like this. tired of politicians playing with guns putting lives at risk because they're scared of n.r.a. republicans also opposed his support for obamacare. >>> country music ended the year on a high note with the first ever country countdown award. ♪ >> carrie underwood expecting her first baby kicking off the night with a medley of her greatest hits. florida georgia line taking the stage stripping off their stuffy suits to give out awards. among the night's biggest winners miranda lambert taking home female vocalist of the year. florida georgia line winning group duo of the year. artist of the year going to jason aldean. those are your headlines. >> crazy with people ripping their clothes off. >> i'm sure there is a country song we can make up. >> i think that's how you should enter right here in the morning. >> all right. coming up, investigators say the sydney hostage taker operated as a lone wolf. are w

dr. vivek murphy was nominated by president obama over a year ago and has faced steep opposition from republicans, namely because the nra opposed his nomination. murthyas been confirmed now. we'll have more on this. and ted cruz's role in his nomination ahead. murthy confirmed. >>> also ahead, dick cheney's explosive comments about torture, innocent people, and whether he's do it all over again. >>> plus, oprah winfrey's powerful interview with the policing protests sweeping the country. >>> and what president obama says is so hard about buying christmas presents for the first lady. good morning everybody. we are about to make more deliveries to more places than anybody on earth. we have the speed. we have the technology. and we have the team. we made over 15 billion successful deliveries last year. 15 billion! football has a season. baseball has a season. this is our season. [ inhales deeply ] [ sighs ] [ inhales ] [ male announcer ] at cvs health, we took a deep breath... [ inhales, exhales ] [ male announcer ] and made the decision to quit selling cigarettes in our cvs pharmacies. now we invite smokers to quit, too, with our comprehensive program.

dr. murthy, like dr. koop, has made it clear they are not aspiring to be the leading doctor in america to engage in a political debate, but rather to engage in public health debates about obesity and tobacco and things that make a dramatic difference to the lives of so many people who live in this country. i'm supporting dr. murthy. i think he will be an extraordinary surgeon general. i'm sorry that he and america have had to wait so long for this vote. i hope the majority of my colleagues will step up and support his nomination as well. at this time of challenge, when it comes to public health issues, we need his leadership. we need his expertise. we need a person of this