i am not asking you on behalf of 2000 data exxon mobil. i am asking you whether those allegations about exxonmobil and decision to fund and promote of you contrary to its awareness of its science whether the allegations are true or false. >> question would have to be put to exxonmobil. >> do you lack the knowledge to answer my knowledge or are you refusing to answer my question. >> a little of both. >> i have a hard time believing you lack the knowledge to answer my question, but that's an editorial comment just like your comment was an editorial comment with respect to refusing my question you talked in my office, you have served your -- severed year financial ties with exxonmobil correct? >> that is correct. >> are you subject to any confidentiality agreement that continues to be enforced that would limit your ability to talk about the matter i'm asking you about or any other matters concerning exxonmobil. >> let me clarify my first answer, all my ties will be severed if i am confirmed. i spoke too quickly. >> yeah, i understood that. >>

tillerson with regard to his holdings on exxon mobil, not personally, but the holdings of exxon mobilside of the country of russia. he refused to commit to recusing himself from all matters related to exxon mobil for the duration of the time he would be secretary of state. at the time of which mr. tillerson took over as ceo of exxon mobil they had very of exxon mobil they had very small holdings in russia. today, exxon mobil holds an area that is the size of wyoming for drilling purposes inside of russia. that is a fundamental conflict of interest. i would feel a lot more comfortable of mr. tillerson would agree to recuse himself from any matter related to exxon mobil for the duration of his time as secretary of state. he has refused to do so. during his time as ceo of exxon mobil of the company opposed the sanctions on rush of that would hamper the business activity of business -- bubble exxon inside the country so i think it is fundamental that r. tillerson just recuse himself he can is the american people have a right to know it is there interest and not exxon mobil interest that a

during his time as ceo of exxon mobil, of the company opposed the sanctions on russia that would hamper the business activity of exxon inside the country so i think it is fundamental that mr. tillerson just recuse himself of any of those issues because the american people have a right to know it is there interest and not exxon mobil's interest that are going to be advanced by these huge decisions that will be made over the next several years at the state department and in the white house. for that reason, i will cast a no vote for his nomination. mr. chairman: thank you. and i am more than glad to stay here and keep the meeting open for other comments as a courtesy to members who have other business. the motion before us, i will ask a rollcall vote for rex tillerson to be secretary of state. the vote will be to report the nomination favorably. if the clerk will call the roll. >> i will be casting some proxy votes for members. mr. chairman: we will keep it open instead of 5:15 to 5:30. >> if possible, i would ask in senator murphys case that if he is here later tonight to be able to plac

he reportedly under exxon mobil, and i say you, the head of exxon mobil, wanted to illuminate secondary sections that would prevent joint ventures. 2004makes sense in 2003, and it doesn't you were engaged five, -- you were engaged in a 2005, subsidiary company in businesses with countries who the united states listed as state sponsors of terrorism including iran, syria, and the sudan. countries that, except for the maneuver of your subsidiary, exxon mobil cannot in dealing with. exxon mobil was listed as an -- part of an adversary group that lobbies against sanctions. the group lobbied against sanctions in iran. it applauded passage of the joint comprehensive plan of action. my question is what that is a history, with the work you did in the spring of 2011, or you -- where you oversaw exxon mobil deal with the kurdish region of iraq, after the united states government expressly did not want to see that happen fearing and you would undermine the u.s. policy of one iraq and leave the country closer to civil war what , message are you now going to be able to send to american businesses who

when he was ceo of exxon mobil he opposed the sanctions in place for russia's invasion of ukraine.exact, exxon had a direct financial interest. u.s. and european sanctions forced the oil giant out of the estimated $1 billion arctic drilling. if he lifts those sanctions or decides against new ones exxon could gain financially. >> what i tell him is, you know, we're not going anywhere. we have been around 130 years. when the sanctions are over we'll all sit down and get back to work and until then we just have to comply with the law. >> russia is not the only country in which they opposed policy. in iraq he negotiated an oil deal with the curdish government in northern iraq. >> i'm not here to defend it or criticize it. >> still it's his relationship with russia that is raising the most scrutiny though it may also bring potential advantages. >> obama's russia policy has fa failed there's no question trump will be able to develop a better relationship with russia if he wants to and tiller is on could facilitate that. that's not a horrible outcome frankly but in the context of a presid

exxon mobil is listed as a coalition member of u.s. a engage, an advocacy group that lobbies against sanctions. this group lobbied against sanctions including against iran and employed a passage of a joint comprehensive plan of action. my question is, with the -- with that history, the work you did in spring of 2011, where he oversaw the exxon mobil deal with the kurdish iraq, after the united states government expressly did not want to see that had and, thinking a deal would undermine the u.s. all the of one iraq and leave the country closer to a civil war, what message will you now be able to send to american businesses intent on pursuing their own interest at the expense of u.s. policies and potential for political stability in foreign countries? how will you recalibrate your priorities as secretary of state ? your shareholders are the american people and their security and interests. mr. tillerson: there was a lot in that question. could respond. i have never lobbied against sanctions personally. >> the company you directed did, --

we have got rex tillerson who said he's going to sell off his share options and interests in exxon mobileas ceo. is that enough in regaining trust? that's easier. it is easier to sell shares than it is real estate. everybody knows that there is the properties. they know who is the owner. there is few people who ca n afford the owner. there is few people who can afford to buy the properties whereas shares are easier. rex tillerson's divestment process is more straightforward than the president—elect faces. more straightforward than the president-elect faces. stephanie, thank you. when the conference starts, we will be across it here on the bbc. in other news: volkswagen's management and supervisory board are expected to meet later on wednesday to sign off an agreement with the us department ofjustice and customs. a draft settlement has been reached for a $4.3 billion fine which would draw a line under the emissions cheating scandal. the german car—maker also said it would plead guilty to breaking certain us laws. the company has admitted cheating test on its vehicles and already agreed $15

have these measures announced by rex tillerson and exxon mobile satisfied people on the issue?ouncements about severing their ties. this is not the only appointment that mr trump has made that has strong business ties. it has set quite a high bar. the question is, what are other people going to do in terms of separating that? when it comes to mr tillerson himself, with regards to business interests he has separated himself but there are concerns about his ties to russia in that he was someone who went against the sanctions against russia and has been called a friend by the country and vladimir putin. when it comes to confirmation, he's going to get a pretty rough ride from colleagues on capitol hill. interesting, thank you. ijust capitol hill. interesting, thank you. i just saw on twitter, capitol hill. interesting, thank you. ijust saw on twitter, as capitol hill. interesting, thank you. i just saw on twitter, as well asa you. i just saw on twitter, as well as a press conference by donald trump scheduled for january as a press conference by donald trump scheduled forjanuary th

it has been brought to my aa tension that between 2003 and 2005, exxon/mobil sold $53 million worth of chemicals and fuel additives to iranian customers. alarmingly, exxon did not originally disclose this business with iran in its annual 10 k annual report with the sec in 2006. exxon/mobil only disclosed this information to the sec after receiving a letter from the sec asking for explanations. the securities and exchange commission asked exxon to explain these dealings because iran at the time was, quote, subject to export controls imposed on iran as a result of its absence in support of terrorism, and in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and missile programs. it went on to say we know your form 10 k does not contain any disclosure about your operations in iran, syria and sudan, close quote. exxon's response has been transaction were legal because infinishian, the transactions did not involve any u.s. employees. in other words, this was clearly seen as a move designed to do business with iran to evade sanctions on iran. so, i have a few questions for you to the extent that you are

but he showed no sensitivity that exxon mobil is business interests in russia was helping to finance the vladimir putin regime, or other repressive regimes. and one last point on this issue concerning russia, which had me concerned about mr. tillerson, and that is his potential conflicts. he indicated that he would recuse himself in dealing with anything concerning exxon mobil for a one-year period, and he would consider going beyond that if the ethics officers said there was a problem, legally if there was a problem. well, quite frankly, i think there's a problem of mr. tillerson dealing with anything involving exxon mobil for the entire time that he would be in public service as second estate. and he was not clear at all about recusing himself beyond that one year. so, mr. chairman, for all those reasons i don't think, i will not support his nomination. i want to mention one last point if i might. and that is the second estate is our principal soft power leader in this country. on several of the questions we asked him about current world events, he was quick to point out that he wo

i say exxon-mobile but you were the head. wanted to eliminate secondary sanctions. this makes sense in 2004, 5 you were engaged with businesses with states sponsors of terrorism including, syria and the sudan. countries that, except for the maneuver of your subsidiary exxon-mobile could not have been dealing with. exxon mobile is listed as a coalition member as usa engage a group that lobbies against sanctions. this group also lobbied against sanctions including against iran. and applauded passage of the joint comprehensive plan of action. so my question is with that as a history, with the work that you did in the spring of 2011 where you oversaw an exxon-mobile deal with the kurdish regional government in iraq after the united states government did not want to see that happen fearing that a deal would undermine the u.s. policy of one iraq, and leave the country closer to civil war, what message are you now going to be able to send to american businesses intent on pursuing their own interests at the expense of u.s. policies and potential political stability in forei

exxon mobil has $500 billion invested in russia. because of the sanctions on the dig oil, they cannot wealth -- oil wells so the money is just sitting there and vladimir putin gave that name to the president-elect to make him the secretary of state to get the sanctions removed so they can all make money. everybody knows that the president-elect would do anything for a buck. host: other headlines today on the front page of the "wall street journal" -- trump says the bar for china and russia, he says donald trump wants to emphasize flexibility in dealing with america's two largest strategic rivals. basing your relationships on the degree to which china and russia corporate with the u.s. economic , diplomatic, and military priorities. keepd trump said he would sanctions against russia imposed by the obama administration at least for some time. commit to would not america's long-standing agreement with china over taiwan until he sees what he considers progress from beijing and its currency and trade practices. he said he considered any

we know he's the c.e.o., he has now left exxon mobile. is he involved with many boards and he has sort of-- he has clearly a large financial stakes in many companies including exxon mobile that might have influence on him as secretary of state. so in his ethics letter, he goes through how he is divesting from that. how he is selferring his eyes very significant financial ties from many companies. that's what is important here. and we know that four nominees coming up this next week, so far haven't given that ethics package in yet. that includes another billionaire, bet see devoss who hopes to be a secretary of education. wilbur ross who hopes to be the secretary of commerce. the people with extensive ties financial and also to foundations. and there's a lot of questions that i think americans and certainly democratic senator was like to raise, but they don't even have a starting basis to know the framework for these folks financials going into these hearings. >> newshour political director joining us from washington tonight, thanks so muc

of exxon-mobil, now the nominee for secretary of state. here's chip reid. >> reporter: the tough et cetera grilling of rex tillerson today came from a republican, senator marco rubio of florida. >> is vladimir putin a war criminal? >> i would not use that term. >> reporter: rubio, a leading critic of russia, graphically described russian bombing in syria. >> mr. putin has directed his military to conduct a campaign that's targeted schools and markets and other infrastructure that has resulted in the death of thousands of civilians. you are still not prepared to say that vladimir putin and his military have conducted war crimes in aleppo? >> those are very, very serious charges to make, and i would want to have much more information before reaching a conclusion. >> i find it discouraging your inability to cite that, which i think is globally accepted. >> reporter: rubio has not yet decided whether to support tillerson. if he votes no, that could put the oil executive's confirmation at risk in the narrowly divided senate. rubio has previousl

when you were with exxon mobile it was a smaller number. you believe in the importance of transparency and engaging with the public and engaging in the questions with the media. >> i stated that was part of the engaging the public's trust. >> you will bring press corps and regular interactions with the press. >> if confirmed, i would look into what is appropriate to take. i have not gotten that far in my thinking. >> so you haven't thought through about issues was accountsability and transparency. >> i have thought about that. your question was the size of the press corps. >> no, it was not. it was the media and public with the secretary of state. >>y we ensure if confirmed that the secretary of state and state department is fully transparent with the comment. that is part of my comment of being truthful and holding ourselves accountable and others accountable. >> switching gears and i will get back in the next round of questions. this is a new line of questioning that i have. >> just as a matter of sharing some information. the supplying o

and i am appreciative of the exxon mobile board were willing to work with with me to achieve that. it was their objective, too. and if that required me to walk away from things, that is fine. whatever is necessary to achieve that and i don't want the appearance that there is any connection to the future or fortune was exxon mobile. >> thank you for that. i think it stands in stark contrast of what we heard from president-elect trump who will not divest himself of the vast business interest. i appreciate that you see it is important to maintain that position with with the american people and world. you talk about eliminating isis as a top priority if p you are confirmed and your opening statement connects islam to isis and you make the point of saying that you think it is important to support muslims around the world who reject radical islam. during the last congress. this community heard about the working of the muslim community to combat isis and the domestic terrorist that are produced as a result of isis ideology. in your view, is it help to feel suggest as manners we should be

economic interests. >> any matter that might involve exxon mobile or has the appearance that it couldead to some type of conflict i'll seek the guidance of the ethics counsel. >> eventually it moved beyond the topics of russia and exxon mobile and he does not believe he climate change is a security threat and u.s. should be agreeceive in confronting china in the south china sea. on capitol hill, rich edson capital news. >> the city for closed on their homes. d.c. residents that lost houses are finally getting some >>> plus former member of the maryland house accused of accepting brikz the law make are that stepped down today and possible connection it a larger scandal. >>> >>> >> the districts set to pay out more than a million to people who lost their homes. most were elderly and sick and some owed a dollars. more on the settlement and changes that protect lawmakers. >> it's constitutional principal that's outrageous that the government could come in and do something legitimate collect a tax and things xwov that and take everything. >> attorney bill eye zach son calls settlement happ

he is of the opinion, former exxon mobile ceo that sanctions don't always work and exxon mobile was a frequent visitor to the obama white house. it is a lot easier said than done. it is not a overturning sanctions but how exxon mobile would adhere. exxon mobile was off of the coast of the russia and that would impacted and cutting it out immediately would have meant a loss of jobs and a safety issue. i don't know if it was resolved but mr. tillerson was keen to remind critics including marco rubio it is easy tore go after one guy or country when you have to look at the impact on u.s. business. so far, so good. a lot of people believe he is holding up well. and the questions from marco rubio led many to believe be that republican support was not unanimous. but this exchange that got the talk going that he might not get republican support. >> is vladimar putin a war criminal. >>id would not use that term. >> it is so much information and not hard to say that vladimar putin. >> i am upon not willing to make conclusions on what is publicly. >> none of this is classified. >> your question

nomination and scrutiny over tillerson's pay package with exxon mobil.s, a new report alleging widespread misconduct at the bank run by treasury pick steven mnuchin. we've got the latest. >> stocks pushing higher as we said dow continues chase towards 20k ahead of fed minutes this afternoon. >> and awemakutomakers in the c hairs. we'll talk to the executive vice president of general motors straight ahead. >>> news this morning on the political front including a key nomination that would be very important to wall street. our john harwood is outside trump tower with more on that this morning. good morning, john. >> morning, carl. you got several business related developments that are popping here outside trump tower this morning. first of all, as you mentioned, jay clayton, a securities lawyer, is in line to become the chairman of the s.e.c. under president-elect trump. he's been a major lawyer -- wall street lawyer for some time represented goldman sachs among others. he appears to have taken the lead over a former u.s. attorney debra wong yang in califor

it has been brought to my attention that between 2003 and 2005, exxon mobil sold $53 million worth of chemicals and fuel additives to iranian customers. alarmingly, exxon did not originally disclose this business with iran in its annual report with the s.e.c. in 2006. this mobil disclose information after receiving a letter from the fcc asking for donations. the securities and exchange commission asked exxon to explain these dealings, because iran at the time was "subject to export controls imposed on iran as a result of its actions in support of terrorism, and in pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and missile programs." we know that your form 10k does not contain any disclosure about your operations in iran, syria, and sudan. exxon's response has been that the transactions were legal because infinium, a joint venture with shell, was based in europe, and the transaction did not involve any u.s. employees. in other words, this was clearly seen as a move designed to do business with iran, to evade sanctions on iran. so i have a few questions for you, to the extent that you are famil

exxon mobil had been participating in that model. the debate around cap and trade being the option versus something else is what stimulated the question for me of if this is not working, what might? that began the investigation of other alternatives. important elements of even considering something like that as a solution is to other aspects. one is it replaces the hodgepodge on the hodgepodge on approaches we have today which are scattered and some of which are through mandates. ineffective incentives. let's simplify the system. this is the one and only effort we are going to undertake to try to influence people's choices. the second qualifier i have always placed on it is revenues if a carbon tax pays. it has to be revenue neutral. all the revenues go back into the economy through reduced employee payroll taxes. there will be impacts on job. let's mitigate that by reducing the impact by putting it back into the economy. this is simply a mechanism to incentivize choices people are making. not a revenue raiser. thank you very much mr

the new story from "usa today" this afternoon, reporting that exxon-mobil did business with iran through a sib sydiary when tillerson was an executive at the company. that will attract a lot of attention here in washington. tillerson was facing skepticism from republican lawmakers including senator john mccain who sat down with "meet the press" over the weekend with lindsey graham to express to chuck todd exactly why he was still scenticle after he met with them. here's what he said. >> mr. tillerson's relationship with putin and russia raised concerns with me. i met with him and i still have additional questions. >> did he have any concerns? >> yes. i think there are a couple of areas i feel better. >> he feels better in a couple of areas and still has additional questions. >> there are picks for commerce, defense, housing, labor, that comes basically on thursday. some of these picks are controversial. what can we expect? >> absolutely. wednesday and thursday will be big days and on wednesday, you will see a bunch of people up there at the same time donald trump has his press conference

the former exxon mobile ceo is expected to be grilled with his ties to russia. trump defended close relations with good relationship with russia is a good thing. only stupid people or fools would think that it is bad. >> reporter: under tiller southern's leadership we learned exxon mobil did deals with iran, syria and sudan through a subsidiary. it's likely to raise more questions lawmakers, especially since all three were under sanctions. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> a health alert about detecting breast cancer. one in three women with breast cancer detected by a mammogram are treated unnecessarily. the study found the women had slow growing tumors that didn't need treating because they were essentially harmless. research followed more than a thousand danish women for more than a decade. some say the research is flawed. >>> good news for people who exercise only on the weekend. even just a little exercise can reduce the risk of dying from cancer or heart disease. weekend warriors reaped the same health benefits at those who exercised on a regular bas

exxon mobil rewarded the executive $180 million if he ist package -- confirmed, exxon mobil will transfero million on invested chairs this does go million on million on 2 shares.ed the wall street journal has more on that. also, if you go to the pages of the washington post this morning , it takes a look at what the democratic party plans to do when it comes to policies and the trump administration. a war room will be set up. the dnc has hired a longtime operative who runs the franklin um --he campaign rapid response spokesr and the campaign woman. the digital director will be focused on digital organizing and down ballot campaigns. the focus of the new war room will be to shine a spotlight on donald trump's conflict of russia's alleged interference in last year's campaign. adrian from massachusetts. good morning. caller: i have an area of compromise they might want to work on. might want to go back to that legislation where 85-90% of the american people are for sensible gun legislation. if republicans really wanted to help us out here, they could pass that. the nra keeps them from doing

questng secretary of state nominee rexor tillerson per injured himself.se the former exxon mobil ceo g testimonyurin yesterday that he or exxonxx ever lobbied the u.s. t avoid. that's in an effort to protect exxon's financial interests inna eastern europe. bob corker immediately stopped tillerson's testimony and saidod tillerson called him personally about the sanctions. corkerti said exxon mobil lobbied several. donald trump plans to retain his financial incidents hisnc real estate empire.ial e re he says his sons will managel ma the company while he'smpwhile president. the head of the office off government ethics says trump's p plan does not meet the standards set by previousviou presidents. some have wondered what would happenndered if a foreign dignia paid to stay at a trump hotel. t would that be considered that making money off foreign fei diplomats which is strictlyis sr forbidden for any elected ect official to do. t trump has made clear that he will not give up his ownership h stake in the trumprump organization. >>> will chelsea manning go free? president obama has put the c

chief of exxon mobil, he has personal ties with russian president vladimir putin. several republican senators have brought that out as a reasonable concern. as for republicans on the committee, i would keep an eye on senator marco rubio of florida. initially, when mr. tillerson was announced as donald trump's pick for secretary of state, he expressed his concerns about tillerson's ties to put in -- putin right away. he says he still has concerns. how he approaches the hearing, what questions he raises and how he feels after the confirmation hearing will be very important to watch. >> briefly on health care repeal, what is the status of things in the senate with the repeal them with -- when can we see it in the house? >> there are several tech -- steps that republicans must take to get the repeal track going. first is approving a budget resolution that sets in motion all of the procedures for republicans to be able to draft a repeal law. that is going to come up next week. we're talking long days on capitol hill. i will tentatively be wednesday will be wednesday nig

exxon-mobil c-e-o said he supports the trans-pacific partnership' and said the u-s should play a role in combatting climate change. and he didn't stop there. tillerson went on to call russia a "danger", but refused to call vladimir putin a "war criminal". developing this morning. police make an arrest after two people are fatally stabbed inside a popular mall. the suspect-- just 17 years old. tom roussey has more on the attack that has an entire community on edge. an update now on a story we've been following all week. 17 people arrested following all week. 17 people arrested in france in connection to the armed robbery of kim kardashian. now-- french police say several of the suspects have confessed to their role in the attack. last october-- masked men broke into kardashian's hotel room, and held her at gunpoint before escaping with millions of dollars in jewelry. a big night on the ice alexander ovechkin as he further cements his legacy as one of the best to ever play the game. alex the great scored his one-thousandth point last-- as the capitals took on the against the penguins. h

the former exxon mobile ceo is is expected to face scrutiny from fellow republicans over his business ties with russia. senators john mccain, lindsay graham and marco rubio have concerns about his record. meanwhile-- marine general john kelly sailed through his confirmation hearing to lead the department of homeland security. the retired marine general split from the president-elect by opposing waterboarding and a ban on muslims entering the country. kelly also questioned the effectiveness of building a wall on the border with mexico. we are following a developing story in mala popular mall. 2 people- stabbed to death - and the killer- is still on the loose. richard reeve has more. in the day ahead-- church gunman expected to be formally sentenced to death for gunning down 9 black parishioners in charleston, south carolina. the jury took just 3 hours to deliberate before recommending that the white supremacist be sentenced to die. roof, who represented himself during the penalty phase, told the judge he wanted to file a motion for new lawyers. but that motion will likely coming up-- a

hardest tickethe in the house, giving that the outgoing ceo of exxon mobil is the nominee for secretary of state. the biggest source of questioning for him at the senate foreign relations committee is quite certain will be his views about russia, gigantic explorer -- expiration deals in russia, and rex tillerson was awarded a medal by the russians, so i think what the senators will be looking for is on both sides of the i/o is some type of signal from rex tillerson and that he is willing to adopt a somewhat aggressive posture toward russia or at least they will be looking for him to sort of not just be buddy-buddy with vladimir putin -- host: i think i'm correct in saying the former senator tower forlast time nominee president elect herbert walker bush, designated him as treasury secretary and it was scuttled by the senate. to think >>'s tillerson -- see think rex tillerson could face the same or he will be confirmed? guest: if i had to guess, and everyone who guesses is wrong, but if i had to guess, he will be confirmed. i would imagine democrats to be fairly united against him, so you

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tillerson on both sides of the isle for the policy views on russia and 2014 the former ceo of exxon mobileicized the u.s. for imposing sanctions on moscow after it ainnocenced crimea which cost exxon millions of dollars. republicans now favor him. >> i believe that mr. tillerson understands the importance of a steadfast and strong relationship. >> democrats like chuck schumer say will subject nominee through thorough debate. >> we call it the swamp cabinet, billionaires and bankers, the number of wealthy people, the number of people with conflicts of interest and the number of who who have disagreed with trump has campaigned on is so much more than any other cabinet we have seen. >> so far confirmed two nominees mattis as defense secretary and john kelly as secretary of homeland security. senate republicans hold a 52 to 48 majority over democrats, we should point out and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says that all of the president nominees will be confirmed. the senate will hold hearings tomorrow and nominees wilbur ross for secretary of interior and elaine chao for secretary of t

of exxon mobil, have too cozy a relationship with russian president vladimir putin?rida republican marco rubio: >> is vladimir putin a war criminal? >> i would not use that term. >> well, let me describe the in aleppo, mr. putin has directed his military to conduct a devastating campaign. he's targeted schools, markets-- it's resulted in the death of thousands of civilians. this is not the first time mr. putin has been involved in campaigns of this kind. >> those are very, very serious charges to make, and i would want to have much more information before reaching a conclusion. [ crosstalk ] i would want to be fully informed before advising the president. >> are you aware that people who oppose vladimir putin wind up dead around the world? poisoned, shot in the back of the head, and do you think that's coincidental or likely, as i believe, that they were a part of an effort to murder his political opponents? >> well, people who speak up for freedom in regimes that are repressive are often at threat, and these things happen to them. in terms of assigning specific resp

the man who ran the company exxon mobile.he hearing, the hearings were interrupted by a woman who started shouting from the back of the room saying, "i reject you. i lost my home in hurricane sandy." so a reflection of antipathy in some quarters to that nominee. but a strong chance that will go through and that rex tillerson will be confirmed as secretary of state and as part of what he was saying to the senate, a lot of that, as you might expect, was about relations with russia as well. well, there was some question earlier in the day as to whether this news conference was going to go ahead in the light of the lack of this dossier containing unsabs the lack of this dossier containing unsa bs stanciated allegations. the lack of this dossier containing unsabs stanciated allegations. aside from that, there are a large number of issues that have arisen since he last appeared it answer reporters‘ questions. particularly with regards to this russia dossier. also as i was saying, he will be tacking about his business interests. he‘

is to contain russia and eight Ãthe only reason they are not is that there's sanctions to keep exxon mobild the only technology for the oil. he will turn -- our stance towards russia registered the oil to become the truly. it is inherently in this country. >> host: matthew question. >> caller: yes, go ahead. >> host: let me ask you about the president tromp comments about the new defense secretary referring to him on so-called enhanced interrogation. he noted some differences. what did you think of that comment? >> caller: well, it undermines our position in the world as a moral leader. the idea that you can't even distinguish between torture and enhanced interrogation and waterboarding means he doesn't care. he doesn't have the capacity to use the proper words. his idea is to undermine communication between people that they do not even know what they are saying between one another so they can get away with anything. >> host: thank you for calling paul. a look ahead to other live coverage today. on the c-span network. at 3 o'clock eastern time we'll hear from steve on the house paul ryan.

he is the chief of exxon mobil and has never held political office before and he must prove to the senate that that does not disqualify him from becoming america's top of clement. he will likely be confirmed as the secretary of state, but first you will need to discuss his ties with russia. he has that with them for the last 20 years. his business dealings, how would that shape is foreign policy. never holding public office, he's got to prove to the senate that he's qualified and ready to hold this job. we should mention that the transportation secretary, also the wife of mitch mcconnell, will also be in the hot seat as well. she will face tough questioning but it is likely she will be confirmed as well. reporting live on capitol hill, sam sweeney. family back inst dcf the presidents emotionally charged farewell speech. jummy olabanji joins us now with more on the speech that has everyone talking. jummy: summing up his eight years in office, everything from his hopeful message from 2008 to the progress the country has made since he entered the white house in front of thousands in his home

so potentially 60 days, but we still are watching rex tillerson, the former head of exxon mobil, go through his confirmation process. we do not know when they will submit that application. dakota access, this memo calls on the court to reconsider whether this is deeper environmental reviews for the pipeline. we do not know how long that will take. is here toh northey take your questions as we talk about the executive actions yesterday. .he signing ceremony the executive order and other executive actions that president obama took on the controversial pipelines. michael is up first from minnesota, a democrat. good morning. hannah andd morning, john. my question and concern is that we understand that this will create more jobs. but what happens if we have the pollution and stuff like that? that is going to create a vast problem when everything else like farming communities as well as livestock as well as our wildlife will be affected by this transition. i would like to know your opinion on it here at host. host: hannah northey, this is the concern all along. the standing rock sioux tribe broug

exxon-mobil filed a counterclaim in texas saying that this violates the constitutional rights. today the federal government accused fiat chrysler of cheating on emissions with more than 100,000 diesel powered cars a the software let the vehicles emit more pollution that is allowed under the clean air act. the c.e.o. denies the company did anything wrong. larry: well, loudoun county police say they know the identity of the cement truck driver involved in a hit-and-run with a school bus but they are not sharing the name. it truck a bus carrying students and ket going. two students suffered minor injuries. alison: queen anne county deputy shot escorting a woman home in a domestic dispute is doing better. sorry to say this, redskins fans. the dallas cowboys may have something to do with it. deputy scott hogan tweeted this. that cowboys owner jerry jones sent him a personalized letter and it looks like it came with swag, too. hogan is a cowboys so he loved it. he said the letter and the gift just made his day. larry: i bet it did. two days after president obama gave his farewell spe

have expressedc but senators john mccain and lindsey graham say they will now suppor the former exxon-mobil c-e-o. a vote is also expected today for congressman mike pompeo to lead the c-i-a. trump is starting his first week in office, with only two cabinet members confirmed so far. general james mattis for defense secretary, and general john kelly as secretary of homeland security. a stormwatch seven weather alert.. severe storms and tornadoes slamming the south - leaving more than a dozen dead. we're tracking the damage and clean up - still ahead. z231xz zi0z y231xy yi0y toss to eileen still ahead on good morning washington - a ground stop nationwide. putting united airlines on hold. the new information about the i-t issue we're learning overnight. plus - a feel good family film, facing serious backlash. the animal abuse allegations that movie's premiere, next. ♪ ♪ that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet and exercise... in adults with type 2 diabetes. jardiance is also the only type 2 diabetes treat

the 64—year—old texan worked for exxon mobil for a0 years, including in the us, yemen and russia.resident vladimir putin the price of petrol and diesel in the uk has risen to its highest sincejuly 2015, according to the motoring services company rac. the wholesale price of both fuels has risen significantly, following the production cuts announced by 0pec. crude oil prices have doubled over the past year — from under 28 dollars a barrel a year ago to 55 dollars this month. the fall in the value of sterling since the brexit vote has also increased uk fuel prices, as oil is priced in dollars. the three financial markets have said that have days progression in an 80s. —— asia. said that have days progression in an 80s. -- asia. -- let's see how the financial markets are progressing. immigrants should be expected to learn english before coming to britain or attend language classes when they arrive — that's the call from a group of mps. the all party parliamentary group on social integration is also calling on the government to consider giving the uk's nations and regions the power to

tillerson testified to about whether or not he or exxon mobil ever lobbied congress or the white house sanctions against rush yachlt let me play for you what he said or tiller is on said when asked. >> i never lobbied against sanctions. >> company you directed did. >> to my knowledge, exxon never dire directly lobbied against sanctions. >> that has been ruled false. according to congressional records the oil company repeatedly talked to lawmakers and the white house. >> so this is something that companies like exxon routinely do. their job is to make money and especially through the energy business there are parts of the world that are very challenging in terms of the u.s. national security and foreign policy. it's not always good business for companies to have to deal with u.s. foreign policy more value based. rex tillerson ultimately will be fine. if he continues to take the some what tougher line on russia. >> did he lie under oath there? >> this is what i was going to say allison in finishing is he needs to be careful about getting facts like this correct because these are the seem

to my knowledge exxon mobil never lobbied against the sanctions.pated in understanding how the sanctions were going to be constructed and was asked and provided information providing how this might impact american business interest. in the only engagement i have really came after the sanctions were in place and exxon mobil in t middle of drilling a well in a very mote part several hundred miles away from any safe harbor when the sanctions went into place because of the way they were written they took immediate effect. there was no grace. i engaged immediately with the state department and treasury to explain to them that there was a significant risk to people and the environment and we were we were going to comply with the sanctions fully comply it was going to put lives at risk in the environment at risk because this was a wildcat exploration while at the time. provided again the technical information in the state department they were thankful it took about five days for them to understand that and they stood still while they were evaluating that

trump secretary of state nominee exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson who when has come under scrutiny for dealings with russia lasts night he cleared a senate committee vote which means he'll move to full confirmation vote in the senate. we don't know the calendar on that just yet. however, our sources are telling us that that senate vote for rex tillerson confirmation could come as early as next week. live on capitol hill. i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> and with a stroke of the executive pen donald trump fulfilled essential campaign promise and killed a signature president obama atrade deal. that drew criticism from john mccain and trump signed two executive orders one implemenng federal workers and other reinstating mexico city policy pro hobting federaling funding for foreign non government organizations to promote or provide abortion and he met with major business leaders and he says he has ten point plan to combat illegal immigration yesterday the white house said trump asked for money to build a wall along the border with mexico. the existing fence is easily walked over