johnson, john s kennedy or james mattis?ave. [laughter] savard when asked robby go ahead and ask robby. >> i want to say jfk. kennedy: no. >> i am the worst at this game i'm so mad. before it's james mattis. >> was my first guess. >> his wife dolly madison had some delicious treats. lord you want to "prez your luck" healing at one point. be good too. >> i have got to catch up with robby the terminator. kennedy: if you get this right , you get another point. you have to either way. one plus one is the same thing but >> this is about pride this is about pride it's not about match. support you will lose it. if you get it right and you don't "prez your luck", but you get right you double it. >> that i will tyler seven. kennedy: it's really bad for you to "prez your luck" i'm just telling you. there's zero upside for you. [laughter] you do not get any more points made double from one to do but i'm not allowing you to "prez your luck". true or false, chester -- chester a arthur slapped his own secretary of state for stepping on hi

within it, not only washington but also thomas jefferson, james mattis and james monroe were born. moved to manhood and made their home. from this small expanse of land on the north american continent came four of the nation's first five presidents. dynasties whose members lead in securing independence, create in the, and building the republic. what a great way to start a book. i spent most of last night reading it and it is a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and the interconnected network that tied them together the founding of the century. it is a story that evokes with historian bill mclean called spirit of hope and perseverance that runs straight through the american experience. doctor cheney is a longtime member of ai's faculty. i want to take a moment to acknowledge how much we appreciate her scholarship and intellectual contributions to ai, not to mention the service she has done for our country. this is the latest in the series of several works by doctor cheney to examine our country's history with consideration and rigor. her last book james mattis a life reconsid

for us to live in madison, we name our city after james mattis and the president.ront of me we have a judge sitting in the chair, a federal judge trying to -- supposedly killed someone in another tribe in a hunting incident. as you look into the evidence with his jury behind him, things don't look good but then don't he said wait a minute, i really don't have power he comes from a different nation. he comes from the indian nation, so they settled their dispute under indian law. assure they had that he said you are a free man. you committed no crime against the united states. l.a.x. is the word lawton for law. -- there's an separate air is this is unique to wisconsin that we have everything to do with legislature in the same building. we are now in the assembly. this is part of the legislature. we have two rooms we have a senate and an assembly. as i said this the assembly. 5,700,000 people living in wisconsin. we divide our state into 99 districts by population. so we have 99 representatives all elected for two years, all elected at the same time. in november this

a waiver was given for james mattis to be president trump's secretary. congress needs to pass a waiver for retired general austin. watch today's house debate and vote here on c-span beginning at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> you're watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c. span to exuers -- to viewers as a public service. >> next, two georgetown university law professors discuss policing and racial bias following the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. both present research and data and talk about some of the lessons learned from the attack. >> i want to welcome everyone to our conversation on lessons on policing from the capitol siege. i'm vida johnson and i teach at georgetown in the two criminal defense clinics we are lucky to have. prior to coming to georgetown, i was a public defender here in washington, d.c. and i write generally about criminal procedure. within the last two years i started to

a waiver was given for james mattis to be president trump's secretary. congress needs to pass a waiver for retired general austin. watch today's house debate and vote here on c-span beginning at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> you're watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c. span to exuers -- to viewers as a public service. >> next, two georgetown university law professors discuss policing and racial bias following the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. both present research and data and talk about some of the lessons learned from the attack. >> i want to welcome everyone to our conversation on lessons on policing from the capitol siege. i'm vida johnson and i teach at georgetown in the two criminal defense clinics we are lucky to have. prior to coming to georgetown, i was a public defender here in washington, d.c. and i write generally about criminal procedure. within the last two years i started to write abou

of tweets back in july, 2017, which caught the pentagon leadership and then defense secretary james mattis guard. a month later, the order was made official in a presidential memo. but the ban was quickly blocked by federal courts. it made its way to the supreme court where the band was finally upheld in 2019. under the ban, transgender personnel already serving were allowed to continue but new recruits were barred. biden's executive order will prevent service members from being discharged or denied reenlistment based on their gender identity. it will also order the pentagon to begin the process of allowing transgender servicemembers to serve openly. according to department of defense data analyzed by the ngo palm center, there were 8980 active-duty transgender troops in 2019. james: next, we look at what is the biggest french tv show of the moment. it is a modern take on the famous fictional character. a gentleman thief created in the 20th century. the latest remake is an action-packed heist, a robin hood meets james bond meets ocean's eleven. some critics say while the show is fun, the w

leon panetta robert gates william cohen to name a few and you also have military men one being james mattis who has donald trump's 1st secretary of defense so this is remarkable and it really shows you how worried that they are and how they feel that this needed to be said but the very fact that they even need to publish this letter or feel the need to publish this letter just shows you where the u.s. is at right now in this very delicate delicate stage also read you one other brief quote from this letter it's and this is a direct reaction to the biden campaign or the vice president president elect biden excuse me his advisors saying that the transition has not gone well in a sense of many trump officials have not been cooperating and in this letter the tenet living defense secretary say acting defense secretary christopher miller and his support minutes are bound by oath law and precedent to facilitate the intreat into office of the incoming administration and to do so wholeheartedly so again all of these defense ministers former defense ministers of the. united states all coming out and s

not robert gates but secretaries of defense that worked for democratic presidents and they have james mattis that sign on to it as well a 5 star general so getting them all to sign on to this document really gets an indication of how worried they are about this and how they felt that they needed to collectively bring their voices to the forefront here and i'll say something else they wrote in this letter as they said in their words acting defense secretary christopher miller and his subordinates are bound by oath law and precedent to facilitate the entry into office of the incoming administration and to do so wholeheartedly this is from the letter and it goes exactly to that criticism that we've heard from the transition team of joe biden who have been saying they've been getting a lot of roadblocks put up as they try to reach out to different government agencies to help with this transition going forward and these are the 510 former secretaries of defense all saying listen the election is over. or people have decided now it's time to move on and move on with the president elect joe biden an

collective memory lasts about 72 hours, mitt romney is making it clear as former defense secretary, james mattis made clear through his statement talking about the infamy of this moment, if you align yourself after all that you have seen today, after the lawlessness and criminality that you have seen today with this movement you will be marked forever and properly so, that is the warning that should only 0 need to be delivered once, that it even needs to be delivered is a minor moment of astonishment to me i would think they would recognize it plainly, but mitt romney is trying to get them to recognize it if they haven't already. >> we are coming up eventually here soon on some early resolution of the first challenge to the electoral count, the senate should be getting close, the house started about an hour behind the senate and there as you can see still negotiating and debating this, this is chip roy a republican from texas, the austin area, a former chief of staff, senator ted cruz, and among those that actually opposes challenging the results on the idea that this isn't constitutional, the s

with two of his highest profile cabinet picks confirmed in the senate, retired marine generals james mattispentagon . mattis calls the president a man without a country. he says, quote, he poisoned the people's minds with lies. >> things he says has just been outrageous from the president. >> if you were in the cabinet right now, would you vote to remove him from office? >> yes, i would. >> it also began with rex tillerson's confirmation for secretary of state moving forward in the senate. and now secretary tillerson said last week that the u.s. is in a much worse place now than it was when he entered office, that the president lacked understanding of global events in history and lacked the attention span to learn it. tillerson also said, quote, it's really hard to have a conversation with someone who doesn't even understand the concept for why we're talking about this. how it started, trump's first news conference with america's closest ally. >> i am honored to have prime minister teresa may here for our first official visit from a foreign leader. >> and how it's going, britain putting tru

james mattis placing the blame squarely on president trump.living presidents are also speaking out, including barack obama rebuking president trump for spreading lies over his election loss, bill clinton saying the match was lit my trump and his enablers. william cohen joins me now. good to see you. it was only monday when you told me you were standing on the abyss of the -- we were standing on the abyss of destruction of our democracy. where are we standing right now after the events of the last 24 hours have unfolded? >> well, i think the rocks are crumbling under our feet given what has taken place. i've listened to a lot of commentary about what has happened and many people say this is not who we are. but it is a good part of who we are and who we have been. these with the same people that used to be in night riders. and i know this from my experience of falling to the floor and putting out lanterns when the night riders came up. these the same people who are the jim crows, segregationists, white supremacists. this is a part of our history

nick: democrats in the house and senate opposed the last waiver to retire general james mattis.age those fears, austin today said he would work hand in glove with the state department, and appoint civilians to senior roles and emwer them to make decisis.on the safety and security of our democracy demands competent civilian ctrol of our armed forces, the subordination of i intend to surround myself with civian leaders who will enable healthy civil-military relations, grounded in meaningful oversight. i think the peo in the room and contributing to decision-making, it makes all the difference in the world. nick: many democrats who voted against the last waiver indicated they would vote for this in both the house and senate. judy:eari today for national security ic oiaffl, haines, nominated toe director of national intelligence. tell us how that came in. nick: hainesmphasized a centrist approach to intelligence, as evidenced by who she had introduce her. former director of national intelligence and former republican senator dan coats. haines is a lawyer, former senior official in t

former defense secretary, james mattis, placing the blame squarely on president trump.l four former, living presidents are, also, speaking out. including, barack obama rebuking president trump or spreading lies over his election loss. bill clinton, saying the -- the match was lit by trump and his enablers. so, joining me now, is former defense secretary william cohen. thank you for -- for joining us, secretary. i appreciate it. good to see you. it was only monday that you told me you were standing on the abyss of -- we were standing on the abyss of destruction of our democracy. where are we standing right now, after the events of the last 24 hours have unfolded? >> i think, the rocks are crumbling under our feet, given what has taken place. you know, don, i have listened to a lot of commentary about what has happened. and many people say, this is not who we are. but, it is a good part of who we are and who we have been. these are the same people that used to be the nightriders. i know this from my wife's experience. these are the same people, who are the jim crows. thes

but it's similar waiver went to general james mattis when he became donald trump's pentagon chief earliers he knows the difference between wearing a suit and wearing a uniform, the safety and security of our democracy. demands competent civilian control of our armed forces. >>the subordination of military power to the subtle. i spent my entire life. committed to that principle. >>now as dean reynolds, reporting next in line to take a seat in the biden cabinet appears to be janet yellen as the new secretary of the treasury. her senate confirmation vote has been set for monday night. president joe biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the united states, the undertaking is being launched just weeks after that violent mob loyal to former president trump stormed the u.s. capitol. >>this disclosure by the white house press secretary is a stark acknowledgment of the national security threat that officials see as posed by american extremists motivated to violence by radical ideology. tonight a man is in critical condition after you see there a

james mattis and the 1820s, jefferson had been the preferred on republicans in the 1870s. this happens in 1891 in michigan. and what happens is the entire republican establishment in michigan and in the country turns against this. they denounce this reform it's called the minor law after john minor who was a very minor figure in history. innate denounce this law as a crime against democracy. the president of the united states, harrison gets involved. insert a crusading against it. they fight it in the courts. they basically argued you can only use winner take all. they moved that and the michigan courts. and they end up having an emergency convening of the united states supreme court just before the 1892 election. so you can't allow district elections. the question has occurred, no comment to make about this story, which ties it in the previous theme issue wonder why. why these republicans who favor district elections in 1877 treated like the plague pardon the expression, and the 1890s. the answer was that in the intervening 20 years, the south had become one 100% solidly

senior research scholar and the council to humanities at princetont university and director of the james mattisgram r initiative and politics and statesmanship, he is the claim scholar of american history whose writings have been recognized as the most important contributions to scholarly and public understanding of 19th century america. his book, abraham lincoln redeemer president received the 2000 blinken prize as well as the 2000 book prize of abraham institute of mid atlantic. as blinken's emancipation proclamation, the end of slavery in america emancipation and he's gettysburg the last invasion also receive the blinken prize in 2005 and 2013. guelzo is also a leading authority on the life and thought of jonathan edwards. and he is the winner of the 2018 bradley prize. and also holds an honorary doctorate of history from blinken college. next i want to introduce you to doctor sam greg. research directorate institute is written spoken extensively on political economy, economic history, ethics and finance and national law theory. he has a masters degree from the university of melbourne and a

inauguration, the senate confirmed two of president trump's cabinet nominees defense secretary james mattisnd gasia mikaelian kelly on inauguration day four years ago, but this process could be slowed. by the senate, waiting to see which parties in charge in hockey players often get a 10 minute misconduct to cool off after a fight or jawing with the refs. after a heated dispute over the electoral votes, senators agreed they wouldn't introduce any bills until after biden takes office and the house of representatives was scheduled to be out until after inauguration day, but that could change with renewed push. for impeachment. chad program, fox news. today, georgia's secretary of state, said president trump has now dropped all litigation against the state related to the 2020 presidential election. on tuesday, a u. s district judge rejected a motion filed by president trump's lawyers to de certify georgia's presidential election results last weekend. in a phone call leaked to the press, president trump tried to pressure the secretary of state to change the state's results. today president elec

this represents a profound cultural failure of the highest order of failure of education, james mattis famously warned without house educated citizens popular government has put a prolong to a tragedy or perhaps both. thank you jimmy, madison over there, doctor we are eager to hear from you about what we can do to avoid the tragedy of which madison speaks, let me in invite doctor if you join the online on camera and please join me in giving a warm heritage welcome to doctor david rose. take it away david. >> thank you joe for the kind introduction, i really appreciate it. given this tremendous contribution to our understanding of the importance of culture and free society, is a real privilege to give a russell clark lecture i would also like to think ted for putting this talk in motion. culture is defined in a variety of ways, let me start by making clear what i mean by the word culture. in my work culture pertains to knowledge transmitted across generations for learning rather than change. different societies transmit different forms of cultural knowledge but the way the culture works

president obama appointed allgor to a presidential commission, the james mattis cindy morial foundation. doctor allgor also serves on the board of directors of the women's national history museum. i will turn things over to you now. thank you for joining us. >> hello, everyone. good evening. amelia, how am i? you can hear me and see me? good, thank you. it is such an honor to be here today. thank you, amelia, for inviting me, and thank you ashley and out to make all the magic of tech work. before i begin i want to give a content warning. i mentioned the word rape twice. so, let us begin and let's start with my title, the word every american should know. it sounds a little bit like i'm on a crusade, and i sort of am. so, let me tell you how it started. in 2012, i was invited to a teacher training institute at mount vernon. the topic of the institute was what was going to be the next area of research in studies on the revolutionary era? so, scholars who did particular subject areas were invited, and i was invited because i am a historian of women's lives and gender and that is when i was

as you know, democrats in both the house and senate opposed the last waiver to retire general james mattisuage those fears, austin said he would work hand in glove with the state department and appoint civilians to senior roles and empower them to make decisions. >> the safety and security of our democracy demands competent civilian control of our armed forces, the subordination of military power to the civil. i intend to surround myself with and empower experienced, capable civilian leaders who will enable healthy civil military relations grounded in meaningful oversight. and, so, i think the people in the room and contributing to the decision-making, it makes all the difference in the world. >> reporter: and many democrats who voted against the last waiver, judy, already indicated they will vote for this waiver in both the house and the senate. >> woodruff: and, nick, another important confirmation hearing today for high national security official is for avenuel haynes, nominated for director of national intelligence. >> reporter: hayes sent the sized an almost traditionallest approach t

faster that's what all history teaches and here is the thing we heard from former defense secretary james mattis who basically directly accused trump himself himself of stoking the violence can the president face legal consequences for provoking or inciting the rioters as it's being described. yes of course there's committed in my judgment the crime of incitement you are inciting other people to commit the crime of sedition inciting them to commit the crime of destruction of property inciting them to commit the crime of assault and then he praises them afterwards as great people that's one crime and then also i believe that he himself was directly involved in the crime of sedition he was attempting to frustrate the execution of the laws and constitution of the united states prescribing the method for selecting the president and vice president after an election which is defined as sedition under our us laws and also interfering with the right of the states that selected the electors to have their process is respected and a fair and even handed way he was trying to frustrate with the states had do

it's from president trump's first secretary of defense, james mattis. he said today's violent assault on our capitol in an effort was foe meanted by president trump enabled by political leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice. we the people will come together again in our never-ending effort to form a more perfect union while mr. trump will deservedly be left a man without a country. a man without a country. it's an extraordinary rebuke of the man that he worked for. but this should not be surprising to anyone. he has exhibited this behavior since he has been on the political stage and even before. >> absolutely. jim mattis, who tried his very best to make sure that while he was in office -- he tried to keep things on the straight and narrow. but those words of jim mattis, i think, are profound and it demonstrates concerns many of us have with donald trump still in office. this is something that i think warning signals have been blinking red for quite some time, but never has it been so intense as it has been today. bad on anybo

trump's secretary defense, james mattis, just released a statement.ay's event was fermented by mr. trump, loud and clear. no beating around the bush here. what else then? you are saying the president of the united states fomented madness in the capitol, this person can still be president the next 14 days. >> yes, general dunn released a statement saying the same thing. you are talking about two people who would not say from the administration they came from but for two of them to step forward, it was significant. this was a shameful attack on our democracy and our democratic processes by a bun p ch of thug and punks. secretary mattis and dunford saw this exactly what it was. they're speaking out and so is president george w. bush. he released a statement before i came on the air saying "this is how election results disputed in a banana republic, not in our republic" not mentioning any words of the last republican president in history. >> i do think george w. bush's language brings back a lot of memory from his grand dad and dad. they all come from the

will be the james mattis was a noble sense of purpose, that enables them to face jeering and chassidim and the loneliness that characterizes the life of a pioneer. they will be old, oppressed and battered women, -- oh rose up with a sense of dignity and with their people decided not to rise right segregated buses. and we responded with undramatic a profanity, to know to all who inquired about her weariness. my feats is tired, but my soul is arrested. there will be the young eye school and college students, the young ministers of the gospel, and a host of their elders, courageously and nonviolently sitting in the church's. i lunch counters unwilling to go to jail for conscience sake. one day the south will know that wendy's inherited children of god sat down at the lunch counters, they were in reality standing up for what is best of the american dream, and for the most sacred values in the judo christian heritage. they're for bringing our nation back to those great wells of democracy, which are dug deep by the founding fathers, in their formulation of the constitution, and the declarati

to paraphrase former secretary of defense james mattis, if we do not support diplomacy, our armed forces will ultimately need more ammunition. he was right. robust diplomacy means that we are all less likely to have to send our sons and daughters to fight wars, and it means more opportunities for americans and american businesses abroad. i strongly support mr. blinken's nomination today because he is the right person for the job. and because we cannot afford to leave this post vacant any longer. i hope my colleagues will all join me. mr. president, with that, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the question is on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: do any members wish to change their vote? if not, the yeas are 78, the nays are 22. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's actions. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislativ

but within two years, james mattis wrote an article called a realistic look at party, a candid look at parties which some people think factions are a bad thing. will that is wrong they've always been parties. and he was at that very moment organizing a political party. and i agree with both of my colleagues he made really wise point about building the reality of parties into the constitutional system, as they have demos of the newer constitutions the u.s. helped create like germany. one of the things dealing with congress and presidential power, it has to do with emergency powers. there is a bipartisan sense that the federal emergency powers act needs to be reformed. right now presidents get to declare an emergency with very little guidance about what an emergency constitutes. and when that happens, presidents have a lot of ability to do things if they want, ranging from reprogramming money to the wall, or seizing the radio stations, things like tha that. and congress can stop it if it passes a joint resolution. the president can veto it. that actually happened last or for the first ti

in of uniform for seven years he ret former president trump's first pick for defense secretary james mattisa waiver, and he did get one. we'll be watching that closely savannah >> all right kristen welker leading us off. thank you. while the new administration celebrated the day and president biden moved quickly to start implementing an agenda during his very first hours in office, signing a series of executive orders as you see there. peter alexander is at the white house with that part of the story. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning on this president biden's first full day in office he's already rolling out a long list of new executive orders focusing squarely on combatting the coronavirus after an inauguration day filled with pomp and new policy. the new president moving aggressively to reverse much of his predecessor's legacy. >> there's no time to start like today. >> reporter: within hours of entering the white house, president biden already dismantling his predecessor' policies signing a flurry of executive actions in the oval office late wednesday. >> long way to go. th

president trump's former defense secretary general james mattis directly blamed him for the violence, predicting mr. trump will deservedly be left a man without a country. the president is also now completely at odds with vice president pence. >> madam speaker, members of congress -- >> reporter: attacking him for following the constitution and refusing to try to overturn the election. >> i hope he doesn't listen to te rinos and the stupid people that he's listening to. >> reporter: several white house aides have resigned overnight including the president's deputy national security adviser matt pottenger and chief of staff and former white house press secretary stephanie grisham who we're told resigned in protest. now a senior white house official tells us they feel the administration's legacy has been tarnished by what happened at the capitol. tony? >> there may be more resignations to come. ben, thank you. a lot to get to. i'm going to send it back to gayle and anthony in new york. >> tarnished is the word. thank you, ben, tony. >>> senior political analyst and 60 minutes correspond

they requested a waiver under james mattis under president trump will feel pressure to be consistent.eeing arguments forming to support biden's nominee. the chairman of the house armed services committee tweeting his support an also on twitter senator chris murphy explaining why he voted no for mattis but plans to vote yes for lloyd austin, neil. neil: a little inconsistent there. thank you, very much, jacqui heinrich on capitol hill. when we come back we're still waiting to see the talk of the president issuing a lot of pardons, maybe up to 100, maybe more today. we don't know whether he will do them in one fell swoop, or announced or released. these always get a good deal of attention tomorrow as well. who can forget marc rich and the big pardon of that big financeer on bill clinton's final days before jetting off as a private citizen a lot to wait on after this. voya doesn't just help me get to retirement... ...they're with me all the way through it. voya. be confident to and through retirement. metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless every day. and having more d

on the nomination of james mattis four years ago, at my request it was, by the way, leon panetta was the former secretary of defense and he said, i'm quoting now, he said the secretary must exercise the ability to understand political issues to deal with broader issues that involve your capability and to relate to the american people. after 40 years of successful military service it would natural and comfortable for lloyd austin to surround himself with previous military colleagues who will likely make up the bulk instead of civilian candidates for senior service and military service, another fair question, if both the secretary of defense and the chairman of joint chiefs of staff are from the same service and have the similar military experiences, would the president get the necessary diversity of opinion and expertise required to ultimately address tough national security problems? it's also reasonable to ask whether the appointment of two generals to political divisions in four years will increase the politicalization of the senior military officer's corps. over the last few years

a waiver was given for james mattis to be president trump's defense secretary. congress needs to pass a waiver for retired general austin. and by the way, the senate armed services committee approved the nomination earlier, the house will take up that waiver debate and vote coming up. they gavel in at 2:00 eastern, live here on c-span. >> you're watching c-span -- your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we're brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to viewers as a public service. >> saturday, on "the communicators" sarah friers' book chronicles instagram. sarah: instagram reflects all of the celebrities around the world as well, right, and all of the brands, you know. c-span, i'm sure has an instagram. bloomberg has an instagram. it's all of these accounts that are doing instagram. these are these home-grown people. these people who otherwise maybe wouldn't have a voice who are building these audiences without having to go through the normal gatekeepers. becoming a com

. >> former defense secretary-general james mattis issuing a statement that reads this.tol an effort to subjugate american democracy by mob rule was fomented by mr. trump. his use of the presidency to destroy trust in our election and to poison our respect for fellow citizens has been enabled by pseudopolitical leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice. >> he's talking about you, josh hawley and ted cruz. >> and members of the president's cabinet, quite frankly. >> of course. >> where is jared and ivanka his advisers? are they making money in the middle east right now? >> i'm sure. >> our constitution and republic will overcome this stain and we the people will come together again in our never-ending effort to form a more perfect union while mr. trump be deservedly left without a country. and i'm worried about the next few days and anyone who doesn't do everything they can do owns what happened and owned what happened yesterday. we can't be surprised anymore that this president is a maniac and will do whatever it takes to hurt this country. >> let'

read john kelly who was confirmed as dhs secretary, and james mattis who was confirmed as defense secretaryree new senators, kamala harris' new successor and the two senators from georgia coming have to get cooperation. so they obviously got cooperation to move some of these, and they did advance the nominee is as as roll call votes, but let's look back 12 years ago on this date in 2009, there were eight cabinet secretaries who were at enhanced in the senate all by voice vote on president obama's first day. that shows you how far what the divisions and schism's are in the sides. they might not confirm any of the nominees not next week, harris. >> let me talk to you about wano talk about impeachment necessarily on inauguration day, but there is a collision of what is happening right now. you did not see former president trump at the ceremony is today. again i mentioned he has flown home to west palm beach with his family and former first lady melania trump. they landed right about the time that the inauguration ceremony had begun. it was an interesting point in history one yielding to the ne

in 2017, congress ok'd a waiver for retired general james mattis to be defense secretary in the trump administration. meanwhile the senate armed services committee today approved by voice vote both the waiver and general austin's nomination. now live to the house floor on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, chaplain kibben. chaplain margaret kibben: would you pray with me. almighty god, on this first full day of a new administration, we offer our heartfelt prayers for the leaders of this country and for the future of our nation. may they and we humble ourselves before you and call upon your name. may they and each of us seek your face in our midst as we lift up our hearts to you. as a people, we confess the malice of our ways, hear us in your heaven. forgive our sin and heal our land. consecrate this house that your name may abide with us forever. open your eyes to us and may your ears be attentive to our prayer. for we pray in the strength of your holy name. amen. the speaker: pursuant to section 5-a-1-a of house resolution 8,

congress found itself in a similar situation four years ago when president trump nominated jeffrey james mattisbe the secretary of defense. now, prior to general austin's confirmation hearing, the senate armed services committee held a hearing on civilian control of the armed forces that focused on the erosion of civil-military relations. at the hearing, valid concerns were raised about providing another waiver so soon after secretary mattis. however, at his nomination hearing earlier this week, general austin pledged his commitment to reaping civil-military relations while also empowering military personnel within the department of defense. these are critical comments by general austin and ones i support. therefore yesterday i voted in favor of the legislation to provide general austin with an exception to serve as secretary of defense and i was pleased the legislation received strong bipartisan support. general austin is an outstanding choice to serve as secretary of defense. i'm proud to support his nomination. given the unique challenge we face. and, mr. president, i think from now on, in a