. >> senator maggie hassan who you saw live joins me later in the show. we also learned in the course of the vetting process, two of trump's nominees discovered problems with household workers, the exact kind of issue that has disqualified cabinet picks in the past. trump's nominee for commerce secretary wilbur ross admitted he recently fired a long time employee who he found to be undocumented. employing undocumented workers was enough to thwart two of bill clinton's attorney general nominees in 1993, zoe baird and kimba wood. both withdrew. nick mulvaney just disclosed he failed to pay more than $15,000 in payroll taxes for a household employee. eight years ago a similar tax compliance issue derailed the nomination of tom daschle who had been the senate majority leader for secretary of health and human services. but in 2017, republicans hold the majority in the senate and unless gop senators defect from their party, these are the people who will be running the government. i'm joined now by senator brian schatz, democrat from hawaii. senator, there are v

this is new hampshire senator maggie hassan. a i understand there is foundation, i take it, named for your parents. >> that is correct. it is my mother's foundation. >> and you sit on the board? >> i do not. >> ok, so when it made its over $5 million focus on the family, you did not know anything about it. >> my mother makes the decisions or her foundation. amy: that's betsy devos, answering senator hassan's questioning. later in the confirmation hearing, senator hassan against questioned devos about her role in the family foundation. >> i just want to clarify the issue about whether you were on the board of your mother's foundation. i have 990's through 2013 where you are listed as the vice president and a board member. was that just a mistake on your part? >> that was a clerical error. i can assure you, i have never made decisions on my mother's foundation board. >> the listing you were vice president of the board is incorrect? >> that is correct. amy: devos was listed as the foundation's vice president in federal tax filings

tammy duckworth, chris van hollen, maggie hassan, kamala harris. kamala harris and catherine cortez masto could not join us but they are here in spirit. i appreciate them being here. republicans are plotting and will be executing a full-scale assault on the three pillars of the american health care system. medicare, medicaid, and the affordable care act. to cutublican plan health care would not make america great again, it would make america sick again. and lead to chaos instead of affordable care. would create chaos in the health system because they are stuck between a rock and a hard place and have no idea what to put in place. they had five years when they talked about repeal. there is still not a plan to replace it on the table because they do not have one. they do not have a plan that gets brought support even on the republican side. so, they are stuck. they are just totally stuck. vice president-elect pence is meeting with republicans today about how to gut these programs of medicare and medicaid and the aca. i would like to read some statist

maggie hassan defeated kelly because ofthe senate that. frankporter defeated guinta because of the youth vote. that is how we win elections in new hampshire. we know what we are doing. we have six state representatives under the age of 30. we had on staff -- i don't know if any other state young democrats organization had a full-time executive director. we did. we invest in the youth, we make sure they are engaged and involved at every level at every state, and they are never not at the table. >> congressman? rep. ellison: thanks a lot for that question. it.solutely appreciate we all have to think about how we can engage young people in this process as leaders. not just staff, but also leaders. and i will make that pledge to you that plan is there. let me tell you what i have already pledged. i think the college democrats have aely have to budget. i was told that young college republicans have 5 million bucks and college dems did not have a budget. we have to let them go toe to toe. right? we got to be there for them. that iwill tell you t

moments want to point out for viewers, one tweet from form of the new democratic senator from maggie hassan, ormer governor, she writes yesterday, first ever female new ation sits down in hampshire to discuss the work ahead to get results for new hampshire. included in the picture is hassanthere is jean shea porter and democratic house member, anne ku custer. the political report note is not first time all female delegation, in 2012 delegation female in new hampshire, including ayote. this political report noting all democratic delegation since 1852. and one other moment for you, yesterday there were a lot of the ts when the speaker of house was doing his ceremonial swearing ins, it took about hours, according to his spokeswoman for the speaker of ryan, to make l his rounds, go back and forth and get the photo ops the in for all members of congress who chose to do so with him. wrote on twitter yesterday, just finished swear nothing members.00 countless cute kids, still don't though. dabbing is, he's referring to antics of teenage son roger marshall, here is a video. >> yes, it is. [indiscer

that was tammy duckworth and maggie hassan who we already mentioned in a very close race defeating kelly ayotte in new hampshire. and we should mention from new hampshire that there is carol shea-porter who is coming back. a very familiar name and face to her fellow members ago she has run for that seat in the first congressional district of new hampshire six times when she first one in 2006. she is now 14 of the six. she defeated might into, the inublican who defeated her two thousand 14. host: a district that keeps flipping back and forth. guest: if you think ahead to 2018, this is obviously one of the most competitive districts in the united states, the first congressional district in new hampshire. that it iss competit she has lost it and one it. so if you look ahead, they aren't even sworn in yet but you do have to worry about the next election, i was a jason lewis in republican.e is a and he is there a conservative. a radio talkshow host. andy is more competitive than the man he is succeeding. host: when you look at the needing a certain number of votes to get anything done, what a