democrats like elizabeth warren argued the labor nominee had bad labor policies as the head of hardee's and carl, jr.'s,. >> mr. puzder has a long record of cheating employees out of overtime. he's paid out millions to settle claims when he was call cheating. >> reporter: with the writing on the wail, puzderry leased a statement saying, "after careful consideration and discussions with my family, i am withdrawing my nomination for secretary of labor." no word from the white house, scott, on a possible replacement. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill. president trump has been an inoperation to many, including many of his opponents, motivating them to speak out. here's dean reynolds. >> let's get to school. >> reporter: every day after he packs his son and daughter off to school on chicago's north side, 40-year-old jeremy reid send ls on the his living room couch to get his marching orders. >> literally delivered right to me every day. >> reporter: he's talking about the progressive web sites that seek to marshal his energy and meld it with millions of other opponents of the new president. >> i've si

puzder, the ceo of the company that owns hardee's and carl's jr.'s said in a statement yesterday, after careful consideration and discussions with my family, i am withdrawing my nomination for secretary of labor. he's been under fire for his personal life after this video surfaced of his ex-wife in a 1990 taping of "oprah." she's seen wearing a disguise talking about their messy divorce and describing what she says was domestic abuse. >> that was the most frightening thing was leaving because once i made that break and once i made it public and, remember, my ex-husband was a public figure, everyone knew him and knew what he was doing, and once i made that public, he vowed revenge. he said, i will see you in the gutter. >> reporter: senators also questioned puzder's business record. he once said he prefers robots over humans because, quote, they're always polite and never take a vacation. puzder also faced questions after admitting he employed an undocumented housekeeper. he says it was an honor to be considered and the white house has not yet announc

corporate office of puzder's cke restaurants, the company that franchises the fast-food outlets hardee's and carls jr.'s. in st. louis, missouri, hundreds flooded into the lobby of hardee's corporate headquarters to protest puzder. workers also rallied at hardees and carls jr. outlets in austin texas, st. paul, minnesota, and , in other cities. the nationwide protests came as republican senators said they four will not support puzder's nomination threatening to derail , his confirmation vote. "the washington post" reports republican senators susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska, tim scott of south carolina, and johnny isakson of georgia say they may oppose puzder. puzder's confirmation hearing is scheduled for thursday after being delayed four times. he's facing increasing criticism for reports of widespread sexual harassment at his chain restaurants, as well as labor and safety violations. he's also under fire for allegations of domestic violence against his ex-wife, who even appeared on the "the oprah winfrey show" in disguise in 1990 to speak about being abused. politico reports senators

shifted focus to labor nominee and drew puzder, from the fast-food giant that oversees hardee's and charles, jr.'semocratic leader chuck schumer says puzder should withdraw. >> he has proven imself to be an enemy, not a champion of workers rights. nominating puzder is oversee the labor department is clearly having a fox guard the henhouse. and a pretty sharp-toothed fox at that. reporter: interesting shift because this week we've seen the basically, democrats going all-out on each of the cabinet secretary nominees as they have come up, for betsy devos for education, then of course for tom price, also before that jeff sessions for attorney general. now they have shifted to somebody who is barely on the radar, andrew puzder for labor secretary. he has a confirmation hearing one week from today. we expect that should be feisty. melissa? melissa: wow. i guess this is just how it is going to go. mike, thank you. >> thank you. david: even when the vote something over it is not over. backlash for supporting president trump's attorney general pick. republican senator tim scott receiving harsh criticism fo

s. puzder is the c-e-o of the company that owns the hardees and carl's junior fast food chains. trump welcomed the israeli prime minister to the nations capital today. as questions continue to swirl around white house ties to russia. the commander in chief responded to those accusations in a brief press conference this afternoon. reporter kristen holmes has the latest. prime minister benjamin netanyahu: "israel stands with you." president donald trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu meeting wednesday at the white house to address a range of issues--from fighting isis to the israeli-palestinian conflict. president donald trump: i'm looking at two-state, one-state, and i like the one that both parties like. despite the jovial banter between the two world leaderstrump: i've known bibi a very long time, a smart man bibi: it's the art of t he deal the sole focus wasn't on diplomatic relations after recent reports that high level aides to president trump were in constant communication with russian officials during his campaign. among them -- former campaign manager paul

hardee's had also been criticized by democrats for allegedly mistreating histr workers and opposing minimum wage hikes. hik >> sticking to politics turning to congress today we talked wita wevirginia sator tim kaine a concerns with russia's influencn on the presidential campaign.iap the day to day work under thendt trump administration, and anatia issue that is affecting manyaffy commuters right here in the dmv. metro. introducing a bill to help h improve metro safety and this ai comes as the federal transit administration is pullingpul funding from metro over the delay in setting up a long a l promised metro safetyy commission.mmison the senator wants to make sure a lawmakers make good on thatood t promise. >> my virginia and maryland mard colleagues we've introduced aese metro safety commission bill.n . we've work it out carefully with d.c., virginia and maryland.an and we're simultaneously introducing legislation in the district in both states and inn congress to set up a safety commission that can oversee thee safety of the system. s we think that should give fta some comfort that we're taking this seriously and hopefully that hold on funds can -- can be released sooner rather t