since the rule's creation exxonmobil led by mr. tillerson, now secretary of state and big oil licenses like the u.s. oil petroleum institute, u.s. heritage foundation fought to kill it. who else opposes this rule besides senate republicans, house republicans and president trump? there's the autocrats in russia. we know about the connections between russia and the secretary of state. we don't know quite enough about the connections between the president and -- our president and president putin because we can't get the president's tax returns and we know something is going on, who else opposes it in autocrats in iran, where advisor flynn made interesting comments today. autocrats in venezuela and throughout africa with oil wells and gas fields and copper mines. they want to keep their payments a secret. it's working for them, working for the autocrats, working for exxon. apparently it's working for republicans in the house and senate too. i'm not sure how but i know it's working. 30 countries, mostly the u.s. and canada and european

today we voted on exxonmobil's c.e.o. rex tillerson to be our secretary of state. like president trump, tillerson and exxonmobil have been talking out of two sides of their mouths about climate change. sometimes tillerson acknowledges climate change exists, pointing to a revenue-neutral carbon fee like the one i have introduced as the best way to address it. at other times he plays up imagined scientific uncertainty and overestimates the costs of action. in 2012, tillerson said i'm not disputing that increase in co2 emissions in the atmosphere is not going to have an impact. it will have a warming gact. in 2009 he backed a revenue neutral carbon fee like the one i introduced as the best way to address the problem. but in 2013, he questioned whether we should do anything at all to slow climate change, asking what good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers? that is the climate deniers false premise, that humanity will suffer from upsending a problem they face. in 2013 tillerson told an exxonmobil shareholder meeting he thought the world should wait for science

as secretary of state, he has to have an independence from his 41-year career at exxonmobil.ked him questions in the hearing to see if he was independent enough of russia. he didn't satisfy me. will he be independent enough of exxonmobil's history to press for appropriate climate change liken forcing the paris climate accord? he didn't satisfy me. when i asked about exxonmobil's commitment to transparency around these payment issues to countries, he gave me a good answer. then i see congress gutting the very protection that is put in place to make sure the oil companies do behave in a transparent manner. it's deeply concerning. >> to be fair, rex tillerson has nothing to do with promulgating this reg or anything of that stuff, all done by other agencies. >> that is true, but exxonmobil and other organizations lobbied very hard against the regulation when it was originally put in place through the american petroleum institute and others. they really didn't like it. that was when he is ceo. one day after he's approved there's aen effort to gut this transparency rule. >> fair po

in your pjs from exxonmobil's media so they are sold as secretary of state. senate confirmed by 56-42 vote at the note goes for the most of the senate history for his secretaries day. a planned talk at the university of california berkeley by breitbart news editor by loading up the list was canceled last night after a violent protest broke out at the student union building regular schedule just me. university police placed campus on lockdown. a vocal supporter of president trump. his dark side sparked protests around the country. we are watching shares of facebook in amazon today. facebook has added nearly 270 million users last year on track to hit 2 billion users. this is something no other internet company is done. amazon to report strong holiday sales when it releases its earnings today. checking that u.s. stock market futures right now. we are back on the downtrend after gaining favor yesterday. s&p futures on seven of dow futures dropping 61. lauren, that is happening now. lauren: president trump trying to lower the price of prescription drugs. brian de

>> murray energy, exxonmobil, devon energy? >> i have not asked them for money. on behalf of raga. >> then we have, you said to the chairman that there is nothing that might place you in a conflict of interest that you have not disclosed. yet you founded the rule of law defense fund which is a dark money operation that supports the republican attorney generals association and you have not disclosed any of your solicitations for that entity, nor have you disclosed what money was raised pursuant to those solicitations. this is an organization that appears to have a million dollar a year budget. so very substantial funds have been solicited. i believe you were the chairman. will you disclose your role in soliciting money and in receiving money for the rule of law defense fund pursuant to your solicitation? >> senator, point of clarification. i actually did not start nor initiate the rule of law defense fund. >> you led it? >> i have been an officer of that organization. >> okay. >> there is an executive staff, fund-raisers that actually carry out the functions of th

. >> i look at exxonmobil.lk about that stock that often, $95 late, trading $82 now and seeming topped out when oil made its last push to the upside. oil's been going sideways now for about four or fives months so what it tells me is exxon goes higher. if you believe that to be the case -- >> there's a mr. tillerson? >> i think the bench was deep enough. >> i'm just asking. >> i think it's a combination of that and the soil is going sideways for the last few months. >> listen, we're going to go do this at the smart board. >> this is my time to shine. i don't really understand what's going on here. >> we're going to go to our guest right now. we are joined on the robert raymond who oversees $900 million. great to speak with you. >> thank you for having me. >> you think oil's next move is higher and higher by a lot. what are you seeing? >> i think in the near term what we really see and really the primary point here is the global oil market is starting to tighten significantly so where that's really showing up in

everything i have heard from his folks at exxonmobil, everything is positive. i hope that when she is welcome to the state department tomorrow, he'll make four important points, first, that he respects the work of the career diplomats and civil servants in the department, second, that he will ensure that their work is taken into account, their advice, their guidance in the implementation to have white house foreign policy, the formation implementation, third, that he will appoint people to have highest quality of the secretaries and secretary assistants of the department and protect employees of any threat of retribution or retaliation for the work an opinions that they share in private. >> so those are the four things that secretary tillerson should do. folding into that, he's also walking into these 900 or so diplomats, they have all this great reporting how they signed this dissent cable how they disagree with this muslim ban. and i realize -- let me play some sound and then my question for rex tillerson, because sean spicer raised some eyebrows when he said

the headlines: rex tillerson, former boss of the oil giant exxonmobil, is sworn in as the next american secretary of state. on his first trip abroad, the new us defence secretary heads for korea and japan on a mission to reassure. i'm kasia madera in london. brexit overcomes its first legal hurdle with a massive vote in favour in britain's lower house. the indian state of punjab goes to the polls this week. we investigate the drug problem affecting around two thirds of its households. it's 9am in singapore, one in the morning in london and 8pm in the evening in washington where the us senate has confirmed rex tillerson, the former chief executive of exxon mobil, as the country's new secretary of state. the vote was largely along party lines, with every republican supporting mr tillerson and nearly every democrat opposing him. within the past half hour, mr tillerson was sworn in as secretary of state in the oval office at the white house. he said he was looking forward to his new role. i have a few folks in the room that are with me that have helped me over the last month to get to this

they also claim that schiphol airport fails to understand >> the former ceo of exxonmobil demonstrated that he is unaware of global affairs. he failed to recognize and condemn human rights violations around the world. >> at rex tillerson's business experience will only enhance his ability to provide the president a sound, unbiased judgment. >> tillerson turns to a new relationship with russia. he says he will work to bring peace to syria. skeptics claim the russians will continue their support of the dictator. given the presidents criticism of the security alliance with nato. the new administration has promised to address chinese military and economic aggressio aggression. while he has waited for the senate to approve his nomination, the white house is already delivered a message to some of the employees. >> the bureaucrats have a problem? they should get with the program or goal. >> in response to state department employees using an internal dissent channel to criticize the executive order halting immigration from seven predominantly muslim countries. >> a redline for us, we start say

rex tillerson is the former ceo of exxonmobil. he is someone who has done business deals worldwide including with russia. that's one of the reasons that he was a controversial pick. he was someone who his critics thought had a too close for comfort relationship with the likes of vladimir putin. that was one of the issues that he had to talk about, defend during his confirmation hearing and it comes at this moment of increased tensions, if you will, that developed today at the white house. the white house essentially issuing a stern warning to iran. just an hour before rex tillerson was confirmed as secretary of state. the reason for that stern warning, milissa, according to the national security adviser michael flynn who made a surprise appearance in the briefing room today, iran has made a number of recent provocations including testing a missile launch and so the white house saying we're putting iran on notice. but what specifically does that mean? well, in a broader discussion with senior administration officials, they weren't

the full senate will convene to decide whether to confirm the former exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson asretary of state. how will you vote? >> i will be voting no because, again, i question very much tillerson's connections to russia. we know that russia sought to influence the outcome of our elections. he was not a supporter of sanctions on russia regarding their activities and actions in the ukraine so his very, very close ties to russia makes me question what kind of a job he would do on behalf of america as secretary of state. >> he was chairman and ceo of exxonmobil making those decisions and repeatedly said as secretary of state he won't worry about a company like exxonmobil. he's going to worry about the national interests of the united states. i take it that was not good enough for you. >> definitely not because he continued to really espouse i would say president trump's perspective regarding russia which is that i -- to pull back on the sanctions and i don't think he shows a kind of independence and the severance of the kind of guys that exxon had to russia as secretary of stat

of exxonmobil traveled to washington to personally lobby senator lugar on this section. he wanted this provision scrapped, and that individual is now our secretary of state. and that certainly disturbs me that the day after he became secretary of state the provision he lobbied for as an oil executive is being accomplished here on the floor. because of his testimony in committee, there was some hope that he would stand up and fight for the vision, the fundamental visions of our country, the fundamental values and principles of our country. and if so he would be sending out information right now saying stop what you're doing because i know how this works around the world and how it destroys we, the people governments, and we shouldn't be doing it. that is we should keep the provision that we have right now. nigeria is another of our nations that have had this resource curse or oil curse. last year a deal was struck between exxonmobil and the nigerian government, or it came under investigation last year by that country's anticorruption law enforcement agency, the economic a

issued a report detailing how a major oil deal as i referred to earlier, struck by exxonmobil with the nigerian government was being investigated by nigeria's economic and financial crimes commission an agency charged with uncovering high-level corruption. the investigation relates to a widely reported deal and with the nigerian government in 2009 agreed to renew a 40% share of three oil licenses of mobile-producing nigeria, a wholly owned subsidiary. just follow the dollars and you can see what this is all about. little town america needs to know this is not about them but about the billionaires and they will go to any length to continue -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. . mr. hensarling: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hensarling: mr. speaker, i certainly hope that the american people are watching this debate because it will certainly confirm their decision to deny democrats control of the house, to deny them control of the senate and to deny them control of the whit

some of them by, you know, exxonmobil corporation. i don't know why the u.s. think it's a bad idea for exxonmobil to produce in deep sea oil in mexico to invest there and have mexican oil shipped to the u.s. a friendly country. energy, telecoms, ecommerce and labor on the environment. there's vocal and vibrant civil society in mexico. i'm sure they would welcome real and serious, sub substantial commitments on labor and environmental issues. perhaps even rules of origin that could focus on regional production. what i don't see viable is a fuel renegotiation of nafta starting from scratch. having mexico accept less than it already has. if that's the scenario and if negotiations would take a long place, a better alternative could be to say, okay, we'll go down the route. again, recall that there will be presidential elections in mexico. i don't -- next summer. summer 2018. i don't think that negotiations can go on endlessly because of uncertainty for political actors and for political reason. and you've had some very respected mexican leaders, like the former pr

one day of him being approved we not only relaxed sanctions on russia, now we are also giving to exxonmobil the ability to make secret payments to foreign governments. this procedure to be able to take out a regulation and refuse companies to dump coal waste into streams, polluting the water supplies near a lot of poor or middle income people. that's the first one. the most important regulation for us. these payments in secret. rex tillerson, our new secretary of state, lobbied against this law when it passed five years ago and within one day of him being approved we not only relaxed sanctions on russia, now we are also giving to exxonmobil the ability to make secret payments to foreign governments. >> i should say, the relaxing of sanctions on russia seems to be a technical fix. but final question, you voted against rex tillerson, if i'm not mistaken, that's the first nominee of the president you have voted against. >> i actually -- that may be factually true but inaccurate at the same time. >> how so. >> here's why. i have voted four or five of the cabinet or cabinet level, i have publicl

tillerson is the former ceo of exxonmobil. >>> santa clara county is plotting a legal challenge to president trump's executive order to halt federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions. the board of supervisors voted unanimously yesterday to file a law enforcement calling the president's order unconstitutional. it also states the order threatens to cripple state and local governments which don't take part in the president's immigration enforcement policy. san francisco has already sued. >>> leading ladies in hollywood tech and government are taking the stage in san jose. their goal is to inspire thousands of women to become leaders in their workplace. kpix 5's maria medina is live outside the convention center with their message. >> reporter: all is quiet outside right now [chuckling] because thousands of women are inside the convention center for that event. one of the speaker to spoke, cheryl sandberg. >> it's empowering. >> reporter: this woman one of nearly 7,000 women who packed inside the san jose convention center today. >> i want to say to women here is we need you to lead. >> reporte

the full senate has confirmed longtime exxonmobil ceo rex titillerson to be secrcretary of state. reuters reports the 56 to 43 sesenate vote was the e closest vote, by a wide margin, for a secretary of state n nominee int least a half century. three demomocrats backed tillerson's nonatition -- mamark warner of virginia, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, and joe manchin of west virginia. trump's nomination of tillerson has been widely condemned by environmental activist. klein said tillerson and other trump cabinet picks represent a corporate coup. the judiciary committee also approved the nomination of senator jeff sessions to be attorney general in a straight party-line vote. jeff sessions' confirmation has faced widespread protest over his opposition to the voting rights act and his history of making racist comments. on monday, about 10 members of the naacp, including president cornell william brooks, were arrested at a sit in in sessions of westby office in mobile, alabama. in january, protesters wore white footed robes and pretended to be members of the ku klux klan. sessions on

. >>> dow component exxonmobil saw the products fall nearly 40%. though the results would have been better if a $2 billion impairment charge was excluded. persist tently low oil prices in the refining business brought down earnings. revenue was higher but that wasn't enough to list the shares which fell in trading today. >> pfizer reported disappointing quarterly profits. the flagship vaccine and higher expenses. the company also issued a down beat sales outlook and said it expects to lose billions in revenue as some of its drugs lose exclusive sales rights. there was a bright spot. the revenue for the most recent quarter was better than expected. >> the kroflt of pfizer was on his company's analyst call. his peers were at the white house meeting with president trump. the president called on them on manufacture more of their drugs in the u.s. while vowing to cut taxes and roll back regulations. that helped lift stocks with identifieser and merck finishing higher on the day. >> he said the pharmaceutical industry is getting away with murder and pled

former chief executive of exxonmobil rex tillerson sworn in as secretary of state yesterday.devos still facing roadblocks. we'll get into it next time and from camp is one super bowl tickets for life. back in a minute. you've earned your medicare. it was a deal that was made long ago, and aarp believes it should be honored. thankfully, president trump does too. "i am going to protect and save your social security and your medicar you made a dl a long time ago." now, it's congress' turn. tell them to protect medicare. . . . maria: i'm maria bartiromo, it is thursday february 2nd, top stories right now 6:30 on the east coast. president trump's cabinet finally gaining another member. rex tillerson sworn yesterday after approved in 56 to 43 vote. >> this is where you were meant to be right here today at this cross roads in history. it's time to bring a clear-eyed focus to foreign affairs, to take a fresh look at the world around us and to seek new solutions grounded in very ancient truths. maria: very latest on the continuing confirmations coming up this morning. president trump

do you think putting a former chief of exxonmobil in the state department and putting him in charge ofets is way, it's not confirmed yet, of course — but scott pruitt, who as attorney general in oklahoma has run a 6—year campaign of lawsuits and action against the environmental protection agency, does that to you represent draining the swamp? yes, scott pruitt really has shown his dedication to try to rein in the epa which is really out of control. it's regulatory onslaught against people across america who dig up stuff, grow stuff and make stuff for a living, is quite astonishing and i am proud to say that my organisation, cei, has been a co plaintiff with attorney general pruitt in oklahoma on several of these major suits, including the case trying to overturn or block the greenhouse gas rules for power plants. your delight at the appointment of scott pruitt has not been matched by the feelings of epa employees from the very recent past — 400 signed a petition saying that he has shown consistently no interest in enforcing environmental laws. you've got the union of concerns scientist

. >>> from ceo to secretary of state, rex tillerson, the former head of exxonmobil cleared his final hurdle to confirmation tonight tillerson was sworn in by vice president mike pence. the senate approved the nomination this afternoon by a vote of 56-43, mostly along party lines. tillerson will get right to work in his new post. he's scheduled to meet with the king of jordan and german foreign minister tomorrow. >>> iran has officially been put on notice. today president trump's national security adviser issues the warning. iran confirmed it carried out a missile test recently. the u.s. believes that missile could carry a nuclear warhead. >> the trump administration condemns such actions by iran that undermines security, prosperity and stability throughout and beyond the middle east which places american lives at risk. >> national security advisor michael flynn says iran's test violates the united nations security resolution. >>> here at home a teacher on the mainline is accused of sexually assaulting a student on school property, at local parks and her chester county home. nina scot

the senate voted mostly along party lines to confirm the former exxonmobil ceo. virginia senator mark warner was one of only three democrats to vote for his confirmation. but the president's pick for uc be in danger of not being confirmed tonight. two republicans have publicly joined the 48 democrats opposing betsy devos. that would make it a 50/50 vote. if one more republican votes no, her nomination sinks. if it stays 50/50, then vice president mike pence would break the tie in her favor. >>> republicans moved quickly today to advance the nomination of judge neil gorsuch to the u.s. supreme court. already there are signs he could face a tough path to confirmation. democrats are upset that the republican-led senate never gave judge merrick garland a hearing. he of course was president obama's nominee. now they're threatening to make trouble for gorsuch. but senator tim kaine says he will get a hearing. >> i can guarantee this. the democrats, we will have a hearing, and there will be a vote on judge gorsuch. but he's got to get to the 60-vote threshold. we allow

tillerson is the former ceo of exxonmobil. >>> meanwhile, the judiciary committee approved the nomination of jeff sessions. delayed was the fall nation of scott pruitt to lead the epa. >>> in other news this morning, two parents in berks county are charged in the death of their 2-year-old daughter. police say 2-year-old ella grace died of pneumonia and her parents refused medical treatment box of their religious beliefs. right now, the parents jonathan and grace foster are back at home with their six other children. they're members of the tabernacle church, a nondenominational church that denies it. >>> nearly 80% had to raise property taxes this year and nearly all anticipate their financial conditions will stay the same. or get worse. >>> 5:38, a wide view of center city. looking across the delaware from the adventure aquarium. it's a view that's going to be nice and sunny during the day today. right now, 38 degrees, which is 12 degrees above the normal temperature this time of year. 26 degrees. not bad at all. a little warm through the 30s quickly, into the 40s. that happens at 10:00 t

tillerson is the former ceo of exxonmobil.he senate judiciary committee approved the appointment of jeff sessions. and senate delayed the vote on the nomination of scott pruitt. >>> two gop senators say they'll vote against betsy devos. the top democrats also oppose here. that leaves a 50/50 split in the senate. vice president mike pence will have to break the tie to confirm her. >>> and yesterday, at pat too manimi's office, protesters urging him to vote against devos. >>> meanwhile, a group of leaders from new jersey held a news conference yesterday urging senator corey book tore support devos. the group says devos has made a clear case for having education work for every child in america >>> this morning, two parents in berks county are charged in the death of their 2-year-old daughter. police say 2-year-old ella grace died of pneumonia, and her parents refused medical treatment because of their religious beliefs. right now, the parents jonathan and grace foster are back at home with their six children in bethal township.

the senate voted to confirm the former ceo of exxonmobil. >>> 4:36. we have new video this morning of a kid.napping as many suspect. d.c. police say the man you see in the dark suit here is accused of kidnapping a georgetown student exactly one week ago. investigators say this started near 34th and "o" streets. that man was forced to withdraw cash at atms. call police if you recognize the man. >>> it'r the smithsonian museum was gone in less than 24 hours. five hours, in fact. the 114,000 passes for may were made available yesterday morning. you can still try to get the same day passes. they are available online every day starting at 6:30 a.m. or in person on the weekdays at 1:00 p.m. >>> we'll take a live look outside this morning. where a lot of you were waking up to temperatures in the 30s and 40s. a look at how to catch a kid for the bus stop when we check in with meteorologist chuck bell. >>> forget where is the beef. why it could soon be harder to find a certain type of pork. >>> and a new plan to ke never waver. ♪ because going around is rarely

of exxonmobil ran a massive dark money operation. exxonmobil has got money all over front groups that deny climate change, all over political groups that try to discourage action on climate change, and a lot of it is dark money. and there's been reporting that traces it back to exxon, but we never know how much because it's dark money. and mr. tillerson hasn't told us one thing about it in his hearing. we'll be shortly considering the nomination of scott pruitt as the e.p.a. administrator. scott pruitt ran a dark money operation as the attorney general of oklahoma. why would an attorney general want to run a dark money operation in the first place? that's a whole separate question, but he d it was called the rule of law defense fund, whangdz it did it was took -- and what it did was it took in money, protest prevented the donors from having their identities revealed and then funneled the money publicly to the republican attorney general's association. it was an identity laundering machine for the republican attorney general's associa

former exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson at the top of his agenda are concerns within the state department about the president's new travel ban. hena daniels tells he is what's in store for today >>> reporter: president trump presided over secretary of state rex tillerson's swearing- in wednesday night. >> you bring the unique skills and deep, deep insights into foreign diplomacy a nation needs towards the before taking to twitter to accuse iran of rapidly taking over more and more of iraq even after the u.s. has squandered three trillion dollars there. the comments came on the same day the trump administration declared a new hard-line policy towards iran after its failed test of a ballistic missile. >> iran is now feeling emboldened. as of today we are officially putting iran on notice. >> reporter: on twitter last night the president also blasted an obama era deal with australia to allow more than 1,000 mostly muslim refugees being held offshore and rejected by the australian government to settle in the united states. the agreement was reportedly at the heart of a contentious phone call

. >> and within hours the former exxonmobil ceo was met by changes on the international, challenges on the international scene as president trump tweeted about iran and seemed to australia. tillerson been also have to handle deteriorating relations with mexico just five days after the mexican president canceled a visit to washington. >> but most pressing might be iran. the president has tweeted iran is rapidly taking over more and more of iraq even after the u.s. has squandered $3 trillion there. that followed a warning to iran, as well. abc's martha an raddatz lar more on that. >> reporter: the security adviser came to the white house podium unexpectedly, and took no questions, but his message to iran was blunt. >> as of today, we are officially putting iran on notice. >> reporter: general flynn's warning came after iran's test of yet another ballistic missile and other provocative actions including high speed approaches to u.s. warships. >> iran continues to threaten u.s. friends and allies in the region. >> reporter: while flynn blasted the obama administration for what he called an

he also serves as a counselor to junior high youth tell exxonmobil science camp at uw. done as a junior what many ph.d students would long to do. he is a bushry of uw science initiative. we want to encourage more students like logan to take advantage of the science initiative. logan, please stand. congratulations on the extraordinary work you have already done. [applause] in this supplemental budget you're i requested contingent fund offering 21 million for title 225 services, 19.2 million to address the wyoming state penitentiary. this fundings comes from the lsra and i request the legislature cover capitol construction costs for the pen -- penitentiary. whether you want to do bonding or take it out of savings it not go away with addressing the funding. it anyones to stay in rawlins and i believe we need to be prepare to -- whether it is a fix or rebuild, we need to have that dressed this session, including where the funding would come from. my budget proposal is bare bones and balanced. we have nearly 1.6 billion in the rainy day fund. it appears without a diversion t

do you think putting a former chief of exxonmobil in charge of the epa, if he gets is way, scott pruettoklahoma has run lawsuits and action against the environmental protection agency, does that to you represent the draining the swamp? yes, scott pru ett draining the swamp? yes, scott pruett really draining the swamp? yes, scott pru ett really has draining the swamp? yes, scott pruett really has shown his dedication to try to rein in the epa which is really out of control. it's regulatory onslaught against people across america who dig up staff, grocer, and i am proud to say my organisation has been with the attorney general in oklahoma on several major suit including the case to overturn the greenhouse glass rules will power plants. the appointment has not been matched by the feelings of employees. they have signed a petition saying he is shown no interest to withhold polluters accountable but most significantly, accountable but most significantly, a former republican chief of the epa, christine todd whitman, saying that she could not remember ever seeing an appointment of someone so d

former exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson was sworn in last night in the oval office. already, there are new challenges for the nation's top diplomat. >> reporter: this morning, top u.s. ally australia criticized by president trump on twitter over a deal to resettle some refugees in the u.s. the president saying in a late-night tweet, do you believe it? the obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from australia. why? i will study this dumb deal. but the australian prime minister telling a different story. >> the president assured me that he would continue with -- honor the agreement. >> reporter: according to the "washington post," the president slammed the australian prime minister during a weekend phone call over a deal struck by the obama administration. the post also reporting that the president accused australia of trying to export, quote, the next boston bombers to the u.s. abc news has not independently confirmed details of the call. the australian prime minister will only say the call ended courteously, but beyond that, no comment. s

of exxonmobil, demonstrated that he is blatantly unaware of global affairs. he failed to recognize and condemn human rights violations around the world, including in saudi arabia and the philippines and declared dangerous policy positions without knowing what those policies would actually mean. in his hearing, mr. tillerson repeatedly avoided answering the most rudimentary questions about foreign policy by stating things like, i would need more information on that issue. for as long as i can remember throughout grade school and college, women in saudi arabia have lacked basic freedoms. and yet mr. tillerson either had no knowledge of women's issues in saudi arabia or fails to value the importance of that issue which i believe to be an american value. the united states faces an increasing number of global threats, including north korea, including russia, china, iran, and terrorist organizations across multiple continents. we face evolving threats from nonstate actors and terrorist organizations such as al qaeda and the islamic state. instability and civil war

the headlines: rex tillerson, former boss of the oil giant exxonmobil, is sworn in as the next americanew us defence secretary heads for korea and japan on a mission to reassure. i'm kasia madera in london. brexit overcomes its first legal hurdle with a massive vote in favour in britain's lower house. the indian state of punjab goes to the polls this week. we investigate the drug problem affecting around two thirds of its households.

rex tillerson for one, but the former exxonmobil executive who lacks military experience, number two elliott abrahams is now out of the running, serves as the national security adviser for president george w. bush and says he was nixed because of steve bannon. i talked with elliott moments ago and asked him what it means. >> you have three advisors, flynn being the latest one, all now under investigation into potential ties with russia and even roy blunt a republican senator now calling on this investigation into president and russia, there's a lot of smoke, elliott, how suspicious are you of president trump and moscow? >> i have to say we don't know the facts even about the election for example. i've always thought that the russians believed hillary clinton would win the election and they weren't trying to throw the election, they were trying to harm the next president namely who they thought would be hillary clinton but i think they really made a significant effort to hurt her and under mine her, how significant, how big was it? i don't know. who knew about it? i don't know that ei

he also serves as counselor to junior high youth at the exxonmobil bernard harris summer science camp at uw. he's done as a junior what many ph.d. students would long to do. he's a beneficiary of uw's science initiative. we want to encourage more students like logan to take advantage of the uw science initiative. logan, please stand, congratulations on the extraordinary work you have already done. [ cheers and applause ] in this supplemental budget year i requested contingent funding $2061 million for title 25 services, $19.2 million to address a fire at the wyoming state penitentiary if necessary and $104.2 million for the budget reserve account. this contingent funding would from the lsra. i requested the legislature authorize bonding to cover capital construction costs for the wyoming state penitentiary. i know some of you are not in fall river of that but let me say this. whether you want to do bonding or take it as savings, i won't go away by not addressing funding. i believe the prison should stay in rollins, not just by the constitution but by what it means to that community, i

exxonmobil heavily lobbied against this rule. and now with former exxonmobil c.e.o. rex tillerson on the cusp of becoming our country's new secretary of state, republicans are proposing to kill this anti-corruption rule that benefits big oil. that's reckless and irresponsible. when this rule was enacted as part of the dodd-frank bill in 2010, the big oil lobby strongly fought against it in complet congress fought back to assert america's traditional role as a global leader in fighting corruption. american leadership delivered results. the european union promptly moved to enact nearly identical legislation, as did canada, with support of its global mining companies. big oil is back. seeking repeal of the rule so their payments can be kept secret from the american people. they claim they will be at a competitive disadvantage to foreigners or they'll have to reveal commercially sensitive information. but with europe and canada in the same disclosure system, the playing field is now level. and the company's already filing have suffered no commercial harm. no revealed vit

coupled with former exxonmobil executive rex tillerson at the state department and carl icann advising the white house may well mean the end of the r.f.s. as we know it. and that's, frankly, bad news for biofuels producers in michigan, bad news for americans who care about creating economic growth and jobs in rural communities, bad news for small towns and communities throughout michigan. mr. pruitt's record of siding with polluters over sound science puts him outside the mainstream of what we should expect from our e.p.a. administrator. it is for these reasons that i intend to vote against his nomination and urge my colleagues to do the same. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: mr. president, thank you. i also rise to oppose the nomination of scott pruitt as e.p.a. administrator. to sum advise -- and -- to summarize, and then i'll go into some detail, virginians are proscience people. the political figure we most venerate is thomas jefferson, the most proscience people. evidence from his career demonstrates h

negotiations and leaders that he has spoken with over the last 10 or 15 years in leadership at exxonmobileyond that he has to address a number of employees reportedly in the hundreds who are already objecting to an executive order when it comes to halting immigration from several different predominantly muslim countries. on top of that we expect him to have to address who else is going to be working beneath him at the department of state. a number of top officials have been essentially let go by the trump administration. resignations accepted by president trump with decades of institutional knowledge and you have a number of diplomats. this is what rex tillerson has ahead of him and a conversation, a discussion in his speech that he will have with the employees of this sprawling bureaucracy that will he now take over. >> shannon: he mentioned that dissenting memo. people know there is something called the dissent channel at the state department set up during the vietnam era. people who had criticism of decisions could do that and express it without getting into trouble. my understanding is

last year led by exxonmobil oil began to flow from point thompson. the most recent north slope oil and gas lease sales, the biggest in a decade, demonstrated just how much resource potential in alaska there is. the department of natural resources continues to support armstrong and hill corp. as they work to bring their respective new developments online. in 2016 my administration took a new step by nominating both the chuck chi and beaufort seas for leasing. we did this to protect the state's long-term interest in that region. we have new opportunities with new administration in d.c. to secure access to the coastal region of anwar, also called the 1002 region. this region represents just 8% of the refuge and is adjacent to the new infrastructure at point thompson. here we sit with a 3/4 empty oil pipeline within 50 miles of an estimated 10 billion barrel oil reserve. if the outgoing administration could see fit to allow offshore drilling, surely the incoming administration will see the wisdom of allowing onshore drilling in this area. we've already r

rex tillerson's entire career was spent at exxonmobil. his supporters point to his vast international experience. exxon has operations on six continents. tillerson's critics point to his close ties to vladimir putin. tillerson said russia presented a danger to the united states and that sanctions should remain in place. >> rex tillerson is a serious man. he's a man with great gravitas. when he walks into the room, you know you're dealing with a man of substance. >> former defense secretary will yachl k william cohen says he will likely feel compelled to resign. >>> tonight betsy devos's nomination is in she's barely hanging onto her shot at being secretary of education. two republican senators say they cannot support her nomination which leaves her with 50 votes in the senate. senator jeff sessions will probably have to delay his confirmation as attorney general just to he can cast a vote for devos. if it comes down to a tie, vice president mike pence can step in and break it. >>> we're getting new reaction from australia's prime minister

the former exxonmobil executive addressed his team. he promised to make their safety his top priority. >>> the gop changed the rules at the senate to push the president's epa pick out of committee today. democrats boycotted the meeting but the gop suspended rules and voted without them. today the president's budget pick, congressman mc al cleared. >>> to explain why it held people at dulles airport despite a court order issuing a stay in the case. >>> there are a lot of people scratching their heads about what happened at the national prayer breakfast. president trump defended his tough talk with foreign leaders and took a shot at around sha schwarzenegger. >> the president said he needs to be strong even with our allies to stop them taking advantage with american. >> when you hear about the tough phone calls i'm having, don't worry about it. we have to be tough. we're taken advantage of by every nation in the world. it's not going to happen anymore. >> the president also arnold schwarzenegger. it's the second time he's mocked the show

down past the exxonmobil. this week news went inside the control system.aft are going to be airborne and prior to super bowb 55. the federal aviationth administration will issue a temporary flight restriction area which is centered on nrg stadium. extending for 30 miles and up to 18,000 feet air crews call it the tfr. why is the flight exclusion zonl so large. they're traveling two or three miles a minute. we need time and that 30 million ring gives us a buffer which allows time to id, track and intercept these air crafts. > events where these citation aircraft come in. in equipped with air to air radar they'll fly along skies to make radio contact or use hand signals. it also includes a major refinery for petrochemicals.etro what's the threat there. >> the petrochemical complex isa one of the largest if not thehe largest in the united states. it's considered a critical parta of your em per structure for resources flowing into theurce united states. we want to make sure that during game day, during the time that the fro is in place, any planes that are fly

[applause] >> lisa: the former exxonmobil ceo told his team how much he will be relying on them. >> my here, i'm on the job. hi, i'm the new guy. as such, i will depend on the expertise of this institution. you have accumulated knowledge and experience that cannot be replicated anywhere else. your wisdom, your work ethic, and patriotism is as important as ever. as your secretary, i will be proud to draw upon all these qualities in my decision-making. >> lisa: he is the new guy, eric. obviously a former ceo, multinational company. hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue. how do you think it will benefit him? >> eric: i saw him come out and i tell you. you know the term loss? this guy is a boss. he commanded respect. it is a testament to trump's leadership to picking a cabinet that is as strong as rex tillerson, jeff sessions, and the rest with them when they finally get confirmed. thankfully, our senior diplomat is confirmed. >> lisa: at this point president obama had more than double cabinet officials confirmed. why obstructionism from your party? >> bob: in some cases, they haven't

rex tillerson is a former ceo at exxonmobil. >>> the defense secretary is headed to the far east on his first overseas official trip. james mattis left this morning for south korea. he will also be making a stop in japan. >>> president trump's supreme court pick is receiving a warm welcome on capitol hill. neil gorsuch was accompanied by vice president pence. mr. trump announced that he selected gorsuch to be the supreme court justice. confirmation hearings are expected to begin in about six weeks or so. it could be a heated battle with several democrats already threatening to block his confirmation. >> we want to have him go through an elegant process, as opposed to a demeaning process. it's very demeaning on the other side. and they want to make him look as bad as possible. >> the supreme court has had a vacant seat since justice ant antonin scalia passed away last year. lauren mayk spoke with the choice. coming up at 5:00. >>> pennsylvania state senator is cleared of charges, a jury acquitted larry farnese. prosecutors argue that he spent $6,000 of democratic money to bribe. farnese'