j.p. morgan's leading strategists like us. when you want to invest with more confidence... the answer is j.p. morgan wealth management maria: will come back a major shift in washington as republicans reclaim control of the u.s. senate flipping the chamber back to the gop, this power move putting republicans in the prime position to help shape president-elect trump's future cabinet picks any potential supreme court nomination joining me now north dakota senator kevin cramer. good to see you, congratulations thank you for being here what is topping the list of senate priorities on day one. >> in question there are a lot of priorities. on day one given the speed with the transition speed is kicking in is ever until lesson learned from 2016 and 17. i think the first thing we have to do is in january is start confirming nominees particularly important cabinet positions and i think we should clear the deck as well as we can before the new year end we have a lot of work to do between now and christmas in the lame-duck. we have to get the key people in key places in the administration and not the other at all on that. maria: do yo