cabinet secretaries came today as well, congressman tom price to run hhs and help the i co incoming administration. elaine chao. she is married to one of trump's key partners on the hill, senator mitch mcconnell. >> i've heard rumors there should be an outstanding appointment announce the later today. someone actually asked stu if i was going to recuse myself. let me be quite clear. i will not be recusing myself. >> reporter: also today on capitol hill, mr. trump's attorney general nominee senator jeff sessions found out he may be on the job the day the next president takes over because his con ffeirmation hearings will happen before mr. trump is sworn in. >> expect it to be before the inauguration for the reason that that has been done in the past. >> reporter: democrats looking at these nominees don't foresee any big speed bumps. >> you look at sessions, elaine chao and price today, and those are people i think that are not going to have trouble with getting up on the hill getting senate confirmation or going through the process. >> reporter: if you thought you were going to have to wait until the 2020

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