mark crumpton is in our newsroom. kelly is providing more details about president trump's travel ban . the executive action on foreigners entering the u.s. will be carried out humanely. >> this is not a ban on muslims. themission is to safeguard american people come our homeland and values and religious liberty is one of our most fundamental and treasured values. mark: secretary kelsey also said his agency did an absolutely outstanding job carrying out the executive action. by a vote of 93 to six, the senate today confirmed elaine chao as secretary of transportation. vice president mike pence will swear in chao tonight. she indicated during her confirmation hearing she expected the package to include public-private partnerships and direct federal funding. a senate committee has approved betsy devos for education secretary. after a heated debate this morning, senators on the health education, decisions and labor committee voted 12-11 along partisan lines to support the boss -- betsy devos' nomination. asking british la

mark crumpton has more from the newsroom. : president trump is defending his confident -- his controversial clampdown on immigration. the president said only 109 international travelers were detained and held for questioning. later, president made reference to his new policy while meeting with small business leaders. trump: where she had a very good day yesterday. in terms of homeland security. we had to make the move we decided to make the move. four federal judges put part of the immigration plan on hold. the president will announce his choice on the vacancy for the supreme court tuesday night, according to abc news comment mr. trump narrow the short list to two judges. there's not an opening on the court since last february when justice antonin scalia died. don'tbec, police say they know the motive for a deadly attack on a mosque. six people were killed and five wounded last night after a gunman opened fire to two suspects have been arrested. the canadian prime minister called a terrorist attack on muslims. in the philippin

i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. scarlet: let's get a recap of today's market action.ff their lows. all 10 industry groups in the s&p 500 were down but as it turns out, consumer staples finished little changed on the day. joe: "what'd you miss?" president trump has signed an executive order aimed at significantly cutting regulations for small businesses. the white house said it requires agencies requesting a new regulation to identify to others they will cut. it is a daunting one, experts say killing a regulation is not a simple as it seems. our chief washington correspondent. do regulations work like this, is it just a big pile of them and if you put one in you can take out two? >> no. there have been several efforts in previous administrations to work out something like this, but all in all it's just a repackaging of campaign rhetoric. president trump clearly trying to show what he said he was going to do on the campaign trail. the big executive order that is still making headlines here in washington and on the capital of deals with the temporary travel ban regarding

mark: i am mark crumpton. john: and i am jon erlichman. ith all due respect to president obama, sayanora. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> happy, or for many, not so happy, donald trump is president day. lcome to this final encore episode of respect respect. he waved at the people as he walked down the street on pennsylvania avenue. earlier he became the 45th president of the united states. swearing in on his childhood bible. he used his address to paint a grim picture of the country as it durnl stands and cast himself as a chief who can and will bring a brighter future. let's start with what was a day full of pomp and circumstance as the nation witnessed a pillar of our democratic process, the peaceful transfer of power from ibrahimovic to donald trump. he will attend three black tie inauguration balls held around the city tonight. mark, let's step back and take a look at this day in its entirety. did donald trump, do you think, get t

[applause] mark: i am mark crumpton. john: and i am jon erlichman.ent obama, sayanora. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> happy, or for many, not so happy, donald trump is president day. lcome to this final encore episode of respect respect. he waved at the people as he walked down the street on