all of which makes mike pence, mike pence, the most dangerous man in donald trump's life and at some point even donald trump will realize that. while donald trump was at home in florida today, mike pence was in brussels looking and sounding presidential in the republican sense, at least. and mike pence was asked a question that no other vice president has been asked. >> who should european leaders listen to, you or president trump? >> imagine how a question like that drives donald trump crazy. who should we listen to? who is the real president of the united states? is it mike pence? and that question is not going away. what makes mike pence the most dangerous man in the world for donald trump is that mike pence is a standard issue republican president. a no drama republican president. someone who world leaders would be completely comfortable with. they've all dealt with a version of mike pence in the presidency before. and mike pence would be a president that most republicans in the house and the senate would be more comfortable with. he's one of them. what an incompetent, incoherent

[applause] [laughter] mike pence: i am mike pence, i am the vice president of the united states of america. >> yeah. [applause] mike pence: i spoke earlier today in st. louis words that were from the heart. there is no place in america for hatred or acts of prejudice or violence or anti-semitism. i must tell you, the people of missouri are inspiring to the nation for your love of this place, for the jewish community in missouri, and i want to thank you for the inspiration, for showing the world what america is really all about. [applause] mike pence: i also want to thank anita for her great leadership, seeing the headstones are already repaired. evidence of your love and your care for the heritage and history and those that are cherished here. to the federation and to all of you, but let me also say that i want to thank your new governor. your new governor for -- [applause] mike pence: thank you, governor greitens, and thank you all of you for coming out and showing the heart of this state and the heart of this nation. again, this place, and you, you all make us proud. god bless you. [appl

, and if i am mike pence i want to know how that happened? how did they decide to leave me out of the loop and twisting in the wind, and he was upset about this otherwise it would not have triggered what happened. mike pence is going to be a valuable player going forward. he does have some -- he's a loyal soldier. no question about it? >> loyal to whom. one could argue he is more loyal to the republican party than president trump? >> yes, he is. >> and his ties to the congressional republicans go back further and deeper to president trump. >> he comes out of this shining if he gets worse, because it looks like the guy who was always to the party and country, and when everything else falls apart, mike pence will be the one left standing. you notice his approval ratings have not been dropping and the more this results to be something as a result of bannon and all the outsiders that were cleaning the swamp, and mike pence is doing the best job he could he could have a lot more influence if it goes as far as it could. >> i am not sure i buy that.

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vice president mike pence is in brussels.e has been meeting eu leaders and will be meeting nato leaders. mike pence saying he will push russia to honor the -- in ukraine. the u.s. will only cooperate will moscow if it benefits the american people. has been holding a press conference in the last few hours. let's hear what they have to say. >> the united states commitment to the european union is steadfast. president trump and i look forward to working with you and the european union to deepen our political and economic partnership. butre separated by a notion we are joined by a common heritage. and by a common commitment to freedom and democracy and the rule of law. and we are confident that the bond will injure and grow. >> agree on one thing. idea of nato is not obsolete. just like the value which lies at the foundation. the united states, wholehearted -- equivocal support for a united europe. would be a worse place if europe were not united. reassuring words there from mike pence. but is that going to be enough? two ease co

largely because he was viewed as deceiving mike pence. like almost 100%. some that's a win for pence, in a way. the problem is, when you are deceived publicly, and you sort of commit to that, that's -- it does not make you look good. can i make, steve, one point about mike flynn because it drives me crazy. trump said today about the fake news and the dishonest media, yesterday in the press conference sean spicer, the official spokesman for the white house says mike flynn was let go, asked to resign because he had lost the trust of the president and the vice president. that has 0.0% to do with fake media. so i don't understand how less than 24 hours later, we can pivot to the media somehow ran mike flynn out on a rail, donald trump was saying, yesterday, we let him go because he had lost our trust, period. >> the explanation today seems to be suggesting that the only reason we're finding out about this is because of the media. >> because if these stories hadn't run, there'd have been two and a half weeks that the information had sat on and the stories hadn't

and a new poll shows mike pence more popular than donald trump. none of that is good for donald trump. earlier in the day at cpac, steve bannon made it clear that he knows he is the most powerful man in the white house and he made it clear that donald trump knows that, too. we have never seen anyone this powerful in the white house, who was not the president of the united states. karl rove was often referred to as bush's brain, much of the irritation of george w. bush, who graduated from yale college and harvard business school without any help from karl rove. compared to steve bannon's job, the likes of which has never previously existed in a white house, karl rove's role was relatively minor. karl rove had nothing to do with foreign policy in the bush white house. he had nothing to do with war policy in afghanistan and iraq. he had very little influence over domestic policy. karl rove's job was simply to publicly spin the policy decisions made by others. karl rove had no voice in the writing of the bush tax cuts into law. that was done by the bu

we have to look at mike pence's visit to europe. he is the tolerable face of the administration.in the context of one trying to reassure european allies that america is committed to nato but also that mike pence is a safe pair of hands. for all of trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail about eu and brexit and nato, there is the tea m eu and brexit and nato, there is the team in place and mike pence is part of that team. we have outlined how important the two parts of the world are in terms of trade but today's talks are to do with security and nato. numerous american president since the 1970s have railed against what they see as the freeloading of european allies with regards to defence budgets and military spending. it is not illogical to see that it spending. it is not illogical to see thatitis spending. it is not illogical to see that it is probably not fair for american and british taxpayers to foot the expense for nato. there are only four countries within the 28 member nato grouping that actually have committed to spending 2% of their annual budget on defence spending and o

today nbc reported that president trump failed to tell vice president mike pence that despite all the white house denials, national security adviser mike flynn did, in fact, speak with the russian ambassador about those sanctions that obama slapped on russia for interfering with our elections. for two weeks the vice president thought he was right when he told the country that flynn never discussed sanctions with the russian envoy. the vp only learned the truth, by the way, five days ago. all which raises the question, what were trump and flynn talking about all this time? before flynn called the russians, after he called the russians and ever since? was trump in cahoots with flynn? or was flynn out there with these good relations with vladimir putin all by myself? explaining why flynn was fired, spicer told the white house about his conversations with the ambassador. he also said he did nothing to break the constitution. >> flynn informed the white house counsel that they wanted to give, quote, some heads up to us about some comments that may have seemed in conflict that he had sent t

we're going to find out about mike pence's influence depending on the future of mike flynn. i don't want to get dogged down now, but that's going to tell us a lot. >> the thing that is hard is she's right, he could bring in a more experienced quote/unquote team, it doesn't matter what brings in if he doesn't listen to them. and that's always the danger. he could surround himself with the most, the james bakers of the world, people who have done this in republican circles for a very long time, if ultimately they say, mr. president, can you not just watch cable and then tweet at night. or very early in the morning. and he says, i got to be me, which the campaign would suggest that's his mo, and he's a 70-year-old man who i don't think is going to change how he operates, it doesn't matter who -- >> he's also personalized that he's been talking about so-called judges and doing things that are making it personal and making it hard for him to give this up. >> the irony is his best 11 days in the campaign with the 11 days that they seem to take away his phone. tweeting. the last 11

we are expecting mike pence shortly.undmental question with cpac, a convention going on since 1973, will conservatives move closer to donald trump and his particular bad of popullism or will trump move closer to the party himself. this is a president who neglected to come here as a candidate. but as president he will be here in unparalleled power. not only do the republicans hold the house and congress but majority of the governorships as well. we are waiting for vice-president pence to come out. the man who will introduce him chris cox is taking to the podium right now. and the general sentiment of where the party goes right here is based on the picks that donald trump made right now and if you look at his cabinet. solid conservatives. and that is the direction that he is move nothing and we'll hear more from that from the vice-president momentarily. >> martha: thank you, this is chris cox as he said. he will introduce mike pence. we'll sneak in one more question with the panel. going back to what is happening today. ma

guest: i covered mike pence on the campaign trail b. the four that i covered federal budget issues and policy on the hill for politico. host: and with us for the next 20 minutes to add his expertise to the conversation. another joe in maryland. good morning. caller: think you from taking my call and thank you for c-span. more abouts really the way the news covers politics. and really, a lot of the times both parties have good points but instead of talking about their points, we get the name-calling and hyperbole. for example, one thing at random, the immigration issue. thee you have mexico with wall not being built on the canadian border with the lie that we are looking at a terrorist implication. if you have a liberal leader in canada who just admitted 40,000 syrians who are on the list of countries that we are trying to preclude from coming in here, there is obviously a disconnect there. to say those people cannot cross from the border. on the other hand, you have people like chuck schumer and the mayor of boston who are making it sou

saying what a great guy flynn is and how the media was being so unfair to him and then you have mike pence out there saying that mike flynn lied to him and it was good for him to be dismissed. in this instance it's one thing. it's another when you have mike pence out there saying we're committed to nato and then we have the president saying nato is obsolete. only one person sets our foreign policy and that's the president of the united states. >> but noelle, to play devil's advocate a little off of lis's comments, i'll give you the opportunity to do so given the fact that mike pence said he is acting on behalf of the president. >> i noticed for once mattis, pence and trump are on the same page with the same message. the counterparts of nato need to step up to the plate and pay their 2% and that was one of the main complaints that donald trump had with nato. what i liked about pence was pence was on message, on target and everybody was united and had one message. >> let's talk briefly about these comments on sweden that have obviously headlines over these last 48 hours. listen to what the p

vice president mike pence rallying the crowd for trump's agenda. including appealing obama care. >> me assure you that america's obama care nightmare is about to end despite the best efforts of liberal activists. the obama care has failed in obama care must go. it is crippling the american economy. talk about your fake news. just look at all of the promises they made about obama care. he also touted his plans to strengthen the military. and present trump is now giving a very public boost to the border adjustment tax. the controversial proposal he now called to complicated could lead to jobs. the white house is not yet throwing its full support within a tax reform package. it took a small step in that direction on thursday. president trump gave an interview in which he said the following of the border adjustment tax. it could lead to a lot more jobs in the united states. the press secretary then followed that up by talking up its merits. it will be a net savings. i will be the companies who are overseas who had chosen to move out of the country that

who, exactly, who will mike pence be meeting with today?ke pence is going to begin the day meeting with leader, during thatñmeeting the two will discuss the iran nuclear deal. he was one of the chief architects of that deal and one of thesadvocates of the trip from the united states in which he discussed the deal and she said she was confident out of that trip that the administration would fullyzv implement that agreement. that confidence seeming to be called into question by what the vice president had to say over the weekendç at security conference casting deep skepticism over the bill. take a listen. >> today the leading ofç terrorism is stabilize in the middle east. thanks to the end of the sanctions under the joint comprehensive plan of action the plan has additionalç resourceso devote to these efforts? >> that statement met with silence there in÷ú unique. many people here in europe disagreeing with that sentiment. that t best interest that they'll be fully implemented. it's÷ú also drawing criticism f what the vice president didn't

mike pence is basely blaming democrats obstruction. it he's probably saying he's going to come up here as vice president and to cast the deciding vote and she will be the next education secretary, that is, unless of course, we have another replica defection. we've had to democrats -- whenf the phones are ringing off the hook. the teachers unions have been effective in mobilizing trying to protest betsy devos. those folks are strongly behind betsy devos, those. mitch mcconnell says this is the slowest cabinet process. george washington, of course was thrilled because he was at starting a whole new system of government. republicans are making the case that democrats have just been running the clock. they are doing this needlessly and trying to deprive the new president of his full team. today is a critical vote in the senate for one member of president trump's team and we know the senate wants to get four cabinet secretaries done this week. an ambitious schedule in the senate which is not known for moving quickly after divorce, there wou

today nbc reported that president trump failed to tell vice president mike pence that despite all the white house denials, national security adviser mike flynn did, in fact, speak with the russian ambassador about those sanctions that obama slapped on russia for interfering with our elections. for two weeks the vice president thought he was right when he told the country that flynn

. >> vice president mike pence also making it clear that they will use every tool at their disposeal.ve the judge made the wrong decision. we will use all the legal means at our disposal to stay that order and move forward to take the steps necessary to protect our country. >> democrats, on the other hand, are fighting back like senator diane feinstein. >> i'm not claiming it's unconstitutional. that's not my job. the federal court has a right to make a judgment whether a law or an order is lawful and constitutional thanked process has begun. >> now, the next step in this fight comes as the justice department is expected to respond later today, guys. heather: busy day, definitely. now activists are pressuring foundations to cancel their events in protest of the president's crack-down. over the weekend, they attended to red cross ball which was held tat so-called winter white house, that's what they're calling it and they raised nearly a million dollars just by thousands of demonstrators gathering nearby. >> vice president mike pence says betsy devos will be confirmed as the nation's n

mike pence, who is every bit the conventional politician that trump is and try to explain. in no relation to what the president said at all. whatsoever. it doesn't bother trump's borders because they're looking at this through their own world view, and it's going to take a lot more. the fact is that the separation of powers matter before trump was here, and it's going to matter after he leaves. >> it will certainly come up in those confirmation hearings for gorsuch. they say he is prepared for this, and he has a good answer for this idea of whether he will be unduliy influenced or whether or not he understands the importance of the independence of the judiciary. >> and you mentioned the vice president whose job sometimes, we make jokes about it, but he is out there, clean up on aisle two. he was asked yesterday about the moral equivalency of the -- we'll get to that in a minute. he was out there, you know, so-called judge. why is he critical of judges? is that appropriate? whether you like pence or not, he did a lot of the sunday shows yesterday, and just watch here to see

the same day of the interview you just saw right there, january 15th, mike pence was on another sundayhow, he denied that mike flynn had spoken to the russians about sanctions and that turned out to be false. >>> former campaign aides frustrated. telling don lemon overnight that red flags between russia and contacts were raised and ignored. >> it's nothing short of a bombshell. and it collaborates a lot of us what those who worked on the campaign suspected so long where we had a lot of trouble quite frankly getting people to pay attention to it because it seemed so surreal. the more reporting coming up since the election, more and more is being confirmed as true. >> as brian fallon. and mook wrote i'd like the fbi to explain why they spent so much time on clinton and not this. saying that the fbi was investigating e-mails for hillary clinton, 11 days before the election cost her the presidency. >>> moscow has denied again and again that it did anything to influence the u.s. election, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. so what does the creme linl hkro say now? let's go to clare

vice president mike pence is in munich, germany for a security summit, trying to reassure u.s. allies about the trump administration's commitment to them. >> the president's behavior undermined the image of the united states among a broader european population. >> members of the senate intelligence committee got a briefing from fbi director james comey. >> this briefing was about russia, likely most effective investigation into russian meddling into the 2016 election. >> this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> i think there are significant function in national security apparatus. >> america is going to start winning again, winning like never, ever before. >>> up and at em. i am christi paul. >> i am victor blackwell. good morning. >>> mike pence is playing top diplomat, reassuring nato members that the u.s. will stand by the commitment to the transatlantic partnership. and vowing that russia will have to answer for actions in crimea. >> know this. the united states will continue to hold russia accountable, even as we search for new common ground which as yo

mike pence would like us commitments? mike pence would like us to think that is the case.e was directed to come to brussels by donald trump to say that the us stands shoulder—to—shoulder with the eu, that there is a steadfast and resolute commitment, there was an elephant in the room though. 0n the one hand you think, hang on a minute, everything is all the same, yet at the same time it was very different and the other donald, donald tusk of the european council said, we immediated this meeting, he said, we immediated this meeting, he said at the start, because there have been new and surprising comments coming from the us administration and these words are welcome, what seemed to be soothing and bridge—building words from mike pence. just go back a few weeks, in he times, donald trump described the eu as he times, donald trump described the euasa he times, donald trump described the eu as a vehicle for germany. he said that brexit was super, great and he said if other kin tris go that way, that would be a good thing —— countries. donald tusk is saying we are on the same s

i think people hope mike pence will be a stabilizing factor in this white house.ms to be an utter confusion. the first national security adviser resigns in a scandal, people are hoping the adults in the room, the person who can streamline processes, bring us back to a rational basis. president's most recent press conference, we just don't know. guy: the me ask you a question from london. let's talk about the security architecture of europe. in europe rely on the united states to act as a primary part of the security architecture that keeps europe safe at this point? james: i think the answer to that is a clear yes. the united states has shown it is committed to the security of europe, not because of some kind of goodwill, but because the security of europe is central to the security of the united states. i think congress -- and you will have a number of high-ranking members of congress at this meeting -- congress will ensure that the united states stands up for nato, fulfills its obligations to its treaty partners. i think you can answer that with a clear yes. tha

that caused a tie which was broken by vice president mike pence. now gop leadership is scrambling to save puzder's nomination. the hearing is scheduled for thursday. another pick is part of the administration. steve mnuchin istreasury. he is a former partner of goldman sachs and recently produced movies in hollywood. including "lego batman." >> i know "the intern" was one of your favorites. >> the first cabinet pick to be embraced by all senators. david will lead the second largest agency. >>> a blow for the trump administration travel ban. a federal judge in virginia h t halted the ban. in her opinion, the judge wrote maximum power does not mean absolute power. the decision came on the same day the trump administration was back in the seattle courtroom where the federal judge who stopped the ban delivered another setback. let's get the latest from dan simon. >> reporter: john and christine, the legal challenge to the travel ban will proceed in seattle federal court despite the attempt to postpone things. jaems robart wants the merits of the ban to

so who made the decision not to tell mike pence? why did they sit on all of this? if, in fact, he had done and said nothing that was inappropriate, why, then, did he feel it necessary to lie to mike pence? if, in fact, he was executing exactly what the policy would be? the cover story doesn't add up, this whole story and this relationship doesn't. here's the distinction. this is not just a matter of a scandal of somebody having an affair or something like that. this goes fundamentally to the foreign policy of the country. and i think that republicans on capitol hill need to look at this and ask themselves, do they actually want to investigate this, or do they want to appear that, in fact, they are slow walking and covering up something that may have fundamental significant to the country. >> katy, we learned today that vice president mike pence didn't learn until thursday, but other people knew. sean spicer said the white house concluded when this was briefed to them it wasn't a legal issue, and he said the president was proved instinctively correct. >> that it was

that's vice president mike pence on the left. that is missouri governor eric with the megaphone there on the right. they are addressing a crowd. let's listen to the governor and perhaps the vice president as well. >> act of vandalism. it was anti-semitic, and it was painful to so many families. we come together today to let those families know that we are going to make sure that we preserve the blessed memories of their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. you know, moments like this are what a community is made of. and today we're going to demonstrate that this vile act of desecration is not who we are. we are instead going to turn it into a moment of resolve. [ applause ] we are going to demonstration that this is a dedication of our faith and that together we're going to come together in shared service. you might notice, i'm here with one of my friends. vice preside pence. [ applause ] and earlier today, you should know the president of the united states called me. and he asked me on his behalf to personally thank al

mike pence -- excuse me for interrupting, but mike pence for the first time taking this seat in the senateig vote. let's listen in. >> on this vote, the yeas are 50, the nays are 50. the vice president votes in the affirmative and the nomination is confirmed. ma jord majority leader? >> i'd move to reconsider. a table to reconsider. >> question is on the motion to table. all in favor say aye. >> all opposed? the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it and the notion is agreed to. >> roll call be waived? >> without objection. >> manu raju standing by for us. we saw the vice president of the united states cast his first tiebreaking vote to get the key cabinet and then you had parliamentary moves at the end of it and putting aside any efforts to reconsider the nomination. betsy devos will be sworn in later today, we assume, as the next secretary of education. give us a little flavor. >> yeah. even though there was a lot of drama heading up to this, the republican leadership behind the scenes really worked a lot down the votes. they made sure that there were not going to be any defections.

i think, just to go back to the idea about mike pence, mike pence, unlike kellyanne conway, unlike seanpicer, hasn't been pulled out by the media, saying, hey, we can't trust this person. when he opens his mouth, people believe what mike pence is saying. so the idea he could then get wrapped up in this credibility issue that the white house has is really problematic. aside from that, i think when you think about russia's role and the murkiness of it all, and the idea that it's unclear how close or what the relationship between putin and donald trump is, i think it can be very problematic. >> on foreign policy, there's this tension that has become also very apparent in the last two weeks. it's only three weeks in at this point. in the last two weeks about -- between -- trump's rhetoric, which is often very bellicose and uncontinental and breaks norms, and what the -- unconventional and breaks norms. what we've seen is, in a number of places, them pull back from the rhetoric. we had trump yesterday having a phone call with the president of china, in which he endorsed the one china policy,

mike pence will be meeting and speaking with angela merkel. she has been criticized by president trump of handling of refugees and german economy and taking advantage of u.s. business and industries. a lot for him to say. a lot for him to do. the message that we heard from tillerson and mattis and the message we expect to hear from pence is reassurance that the united states is with its trans atlantic allies and wants to work together. support nato. isn't going to rush quickly into a deal with russia. is going to exercise caution and concern. the worry here for european leaders for angela merkel when she talks with pence and the others, what will happen when he gets back to the white house? what will they hear from president trump? there is southern aconcern and y and appearance of chaos at the moment. we heard it from the russians in a critical way. the europeans and british and french, they get it. it is a new administration. this reassurance coming from mike pence is important. and to give the priorities from the u.s. perspective for the re

the us vice president mike pence meets the president of the european council donald tusk in brussels this morning. they will try to mend fences after throwing rhetorical fire crackers at each other in recent weeks. while mr tusk described trump as a threat to europe, mr trump has praised the uk's decision to leave the union and angered many nations with his travel ban. between them, the us and the european union are the world's two biggest trading blocs. figures from 2014 put the value of all goods and services traded between them worth over $1 trillion. and that favoured the eu. it sold $91 billion more stuff to the usa than the other way round. something the trump administration would like to change. and since 2013, the eu and us have been trying to broker a free trade deal, the so—called transatlantic trade and investment partnership, ttip, that would eliminate tariffs and reduce regulation. but president trump has said nothing about it since his election. many though expect ttip to be scrapped. where differences have emerged, it's been over currency valuations, car exports and fi

mike pence said it will absolutely be repealed.. >> let me assure you america's obamacare nightmare is about to end. despite the best efforts of liberal activists at town halls around the country. the american people know better. obamacare has failed and obamacare must go. >> and that actually followed another marquee event when we saw on stage together buddy-buddy reince priebus and steve bannon. you know, bannon really delivered a populist, economic nationalist message. not what we are used to hearing at cpac. he really laid out the vision from the white house in that regard. sounded different from mike pence,ut warmly received. we are waiting to see what the president will have to say today and more from the conservatives gathered there. >> a lot of great body language there this morning. yesterday, chummy. good presentation. thank you, tal. >> thank you. >> the image of a leaking cabinet at odds with each other. let's break this down with eugene scott and from washington, salena zito. salena, you are in that room. you can tell

mike pence lost his job -- sorry, not mike pence. michael flynn.ike pence is a former colleague, i respect him. me ask, how confident are you that the russian issue, everything resonating with the american public, because these issues and comments, we have heard a lot of handwringing over whether democrats were focusing on the right things in 2016, with trumps personal foibles versus the more bread-and-butter rigs economic systems and whether america is working, whether the economy is working for working families, a lot of that. saw are you at risk, of forgetting about that by focusing on the russian stuff? or is this an issue that really is going to break through? rep. crowley: the promises that and his by canada trump fulfillment of the promise leaves everything to be left for. he is appointed general's to his cabinet, as well as billionaires. grew up inefore, i queens, new york. i went to law school at night. uneducated.s she didn't have a college degree. but my mom is one of the most i've ever met.e i know she is watching the show. and there wa

and that, of course, let's mike pence looking rather embarrassed to me to say the least. a weekend of deafening silence, so far as michael pence was concerned. ben kelly and conway, the special adviser to the president, came out and said michael flynn continue to enjoy donald trump's full confidence, only for the white house press postman, sean spicer, to say an hour later that michael flynn's situation was being evaluated, as he put it, by the president himself. —— press spokesman. but it is a very ancient law that it is to have contravened. —— contravened. but i often say it is the alleged cover—up than the offence that causes as much trouble. that is right. if he is found to have had these conversations about lifting sanctions, once his administration took office, or his president took office, then that would be a breach office, then that would be a breach ofa office, then that would be a breach of a law banning private citizens from engaging in foreign policy. but not only that, as you correctly point out, he would have misled the vice president and effectively, as th

mike pence can no longer trust general flynn. >> yeah, that would be an interesting dynamic if this turns into a pence versus flynn situation behind the scenes. keep an eye on that. the other issue in terms of a controversy within the administration. now yesterday kellyanne conway senior counselor to the president, she went on fox news, she gave a plug for ivanka trump's clothing line. of course that violates ethical regulations in case. jason chaffetz, one of the top republicans of the house. he's the chair of the oversight committee. then a town hall meeting back in utah. conservative district. a lot of democrats showed up, this is what happened. take a look. >> so president trump nominated -- [ booing ] >> all right. good sense there of where we're going. [ chanting "do your job" ] >> when kellyanne conway said what she said about buying that particular product, that was wrong, wrong, wrong, i called it out. they need to investigate what kellyanne conway was wrong and there should be some accounbility the. absolutely. >> so caitlin, what chaffetz wants, he wants this independent o

us vice president mike pence tells european leaders that washington is still committed to partnership and co—operation. two senior ukip officials in merseyside resign in protest at the controversy involving their party leader, paul nuttall, and the hillsborough tragedy. fresh cctv images emerge of the alleged attack against the north korea leader's half brother kim jong nam at kuala lumpur airport. he died of alleged poising shortly after. iraqi government forces renew their assault on iraq's second city, mosul, the last major stronghold of so—called islamic state. also, gridlocked: a report finds the uk's roads are the most congested in western europe. researchers say some drivers are spending more than three days a year stuck in traffic, as they warn of a significant cost to the economy. non—league sutton united face arsenal in the fifth round of the fa cup. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. dozens of local authorities in england are planning council tax rises of almost 5%, according to their umbrella body, the local government association. the money is needed to pay for t

this is a classic example of how mike pence is playing the role of mr.ation. the president has faces criticism, some say unfairly, for not reacting quickly enough to the vandalism, but also bomb threats and jewish community centers around the country. so, mike pence swoops in. also, the same role he is putting on capitol hill. running point on the president's legislative agenda, as a former member of the house. but also, tomorrow night, and prime time, it will be mike pence speaking to cpac here in the washington area, the conservative group. he will be warming up the base ahead of the president. the first president, he will be doing that friday, to speak to cpac since ronald reagan. mike pence said "modern russia seeks to redraw the map of europe by force." that is not the way that president trump views russia, but it shows how mike pence is different than the president on these big, big issues. >> martha: think you cap a ed. with all the talk about this president and the media and the mutual pontification of some involved, it is worth remembering these

we've been tracking vice president mike pence in germany.e reassured nato members that russia would be held accountable. and now we're hearing from their foreign ministers that it's the expanding role of nato that's causing tension. listen to this. >> translator: with the tension here with russia and the random acts for russia to make agreements. we have our commitments to ensure security together to respect mutual interests. to respect mutual interests. to stop divisive lines. >> we'll have the reaction on exactly what this means for u.s./nato russia relations later on in the hour. >>> meanwhile, i want to let you know two people have died after severe storms hit southern california. this is an area that still has trouble ahead for it. >> yeah, this morning roads filled with water. flights understandably cancelled. and a risk for more flights as well. cnn's allison chinchar is in the weather center. they've been hit enough but apparently there's more coming? >> that's right, we'll get a brief reprieve this afternoon that will allow for clea

and mike pence learned about it then on february 9th. live in the breaking news center, i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >>> according to several reports, a russian spy ship has been spotted off delaware. the ship made a port call in cuba and has been making its way up the east coast. the ship is patrolling about 70 miles off delaware. that's still in international waters, but it's believed to be the first such patrol since president trump took office. >>> chris christie met with president trump in washington today amid renewed talk he could be slated for a spot in the new administration. christie had been a surrogate for donald trump throughout his campaign. ultimately he was never hired for a cabinet position. however, recent reports have emerged regarding future shake-ups in the white house staff. >>> the delaware county native who has been serving as the director of the secret service is retiring for the second time. he came out of retirement two years ago to take over the secret service. he's a villanova grad and taught at father judge

reassuring words for the eu from the us vice president, mike pence, who describes america's commitmentsteadfast and enduring. and what a night ahead for sutton united, as they host a mighty fa cup match tonight against arsenal at their south london stadium. and in sport later in the hour on bbc news, wheelchair rugby has had its appeal against a total funding cut rejected by uk sport. they received £3 million for the last paralympic cycle. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. nearly every local authority in england is planning to raise council taxes in the coming year, most of them by 5%, to help meet the rising cost of social care. but the local government association, which represents councils, has warned that deep cuts to other services will still have to be made because of the huge cost of looking after growing numbers of elderly and disabled people. here's our social affairs correspondent alison holt. yes, and you'll be fine. this is social care in action. good girl. and i will be behind you. after several falls, 80 year old maureen edwards is being given support tha

it was broken by mike pence. this was the first time in history that the vice president had had to break a tie in a cabinet confirmation. the historic vote coming after susan collins and lisa murkowski announced they would vote against devos. democrats last night hosting an all night talk-a-thon hoping to convince at least one more republican senator to vote no which would have swung the vote in their favor. of course they were ultimately unsuccessful. betsy devos is expected to to be sworn in within a matter of hours. leanne cadel swell on capitol hill. leanne, this is certainly the most contentious confirmation fight so far. what's the reaction from the trump administration? >> reporter: well, today in the white house briefing sean spicer said that democrats are trying to obstruct the process. and in a sense, he's almost right, they do want to block or object to some of these nominees. especially someone like betsy devos who they senators heard from constituents and they're record breaking number of phone cas a

mike pence saying the u.s.esponsible for the actions on ukraine, an outspoken official saying returning to tradition. now, we're waiting to hear from russia's foreign minister at any minute. he's taking the podium there at the u.n. security council. the first international trip the v.p. has taken since entering office is what we're looking at here. he's there to reassure key u.s. allies who may have been rattled in the first two weeks of the trump administration. the v.p. is scheduled to meet this hour with the president of afghanistan. if you think president trump gets coverage here in the u.s., just look at russia. >> and getting around-the-clock coverage but as matthew chance reports that could be changing. >> reporter: the darling of the kremlin, but the mood is starting to change. now, even russians here in moscow with the trump coverage on their television screens are becoming disillusioned. we're all against trump mania here, says this woman, we want to hear about the decisions of our own president. the

this is a classic example of how mike pence is playing the role of mr.n. the president has faces criticism, some say unfairly, for not reacting quickly enough to the vandalism, but also bomb threats and jewish community centers around the country. so, mike pence swoops in. also, the same role he is putting on capitol hill. running point on the president's legislative agenda, as a former member of the house. but also, tomorrow night, and prime time, it will be mike pence speaking to cpac here in the washington area, the conservative group. he will be warming up the base ahead of the president. the first president, he will be doing that friday, to speak to cpac since ronald reagan. mike pence said "modern russia seeks to redraw the map of europe by force." that is not the way that president trump views russia, but it shows how mike pence is different than the president on these big, big issues. >> martha: think you cap a ed. with all the talk about this president and the media and the mutual pontification of some involved, it is worth remembering these wor