mrs. burwell and the fact that she was budget director is any significance?ink this is more about the policy in the department she's heading than the personality. from all accounts, she has a lot of republican support. not ideologically, but they have been able to work with her. and so she is not a controversial pick. there is nothing there to scare republicans off from voting for her but she is in charge of a department that will implement obamacare and that will bring a lot of questions to bring obamacare front and center, which, with political elections coming in november, could be very toxic for the democrats. >> so then what does this mean for the affordable care act and could we see any new policy changes? >> well i don't think that she's going to take over and suddenly do many changes. but as philip klein suggested in the washington examiner, this is an opportunity for the republicans in the senate to question her about what powers does she believe she has in changing the law herself. obviously the republicans have been very mixed about the way that ka

mr. obama is nominating sylvia matthews burwell, the budget director, to be his next h.h.s. secretary. today, we saw new satellite photos showing russian troops are digging in along the border with ukraine. there are concerns russia may be preparing to invade eastern ukraine after annexing crimea three weeks ago today. here's david martin. >> reporter: photos taken by a commercial satellite show russian jets parked wing tip to wing tip. helicopters, some of them gunships, spread across the field. a grid full of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles; another full of artillery pieces, all arrayed in an arc encompassing ukraine's eastern border, judged by u.s. intelligence to be ready to move on just 12 hours' notice. the rows of vehicles here are identified as a probable special forces brigade who first flew into crimea to seize the airfields there. in the last 24 hours, the russians have positioned anti- aircraft closer to the border. the russians have also started making infrastructure improvements such as laying gravel over dirt roads. that suggests they have no intention of pulling ba

burwell has been nominated to take over. she is regarded as a good manager. >> thank you, mr. esident. >> something the white house considers important as the healthcare law moves into a new phase. alan fisher. >> burwell previously worked at the top levels of major foundations including president of wal-mart. >> detailing acts of brutal torture. someone linked thefiedings of the senate intelligence committee. the group was investigating the spy agency's techniques used on terror suspects. the report says torture methods like water border were more extensive than the cia originally reported. >> the results, i think, were shocking. the report exposes brutality that stands in stark contrast to our values as a nation it chronicles a stain on our history that must never be allowed to happen again. this is not what americans do. >> the white house and the cia are now deciding what, if anything, they will sensor before the full summary is released to the public. the nsa is denying a report it knew about a critical security bug before it went public. according to bloomberg news, the a

mr. president. [applause] >> give these extraordinary women one more round of applause. thank you, sylvia and kathleen, for your service. [applause] sylvia burwell the white house, nominated to replace kathleen sebelius. we spoke with a reporter at politico are more. >> we have a reporter from politico. tell us about the nomination of his tokyo burwell. president obama nominated sophia burwell today at the next health and human services secretary. what is your background? this throughinto the senate confirmation process. she served at the office of management and budget. she was in the private sector she works at the gates foundation. she served during the entirety -- clinton administration. she comes from an economic management background. management of the economy is more her thing. that might be what they need right now. they need to continue to right the ship on health there -- healthcare.gov. >> you mentioned if she gets through the senate. you talked about that in your politico article. what do you expect? >> the nomination will have to go through the senate finance and ready. confirmationgh the a year ago. she got three unanimously. this

mr. chairman, let's call the vote. >> there is news tonight that health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius is resigning. president obama will announce tomorrow that sylvia burwell who is currently white house budget director will replace her. kathleen sebelius has been head of hhs since president obama took >> we are asking for your thoughts on the resignation at facebook. >> president obama was in texas today at the lbj library to mark the anniversary of signing the civil rights act. this is next on c-span. the house oversight committee votes to hold lois lerner in contempt of congress. the house approved a republican budget plan and we will have some of that debate later. >> the number of electors is 538 . the majority is 270. george bush has received 271 votes. al gore has received 266 votes. the state of the vote for vice president of the united is as follows. the whole number of elect words 538.ectors is dick cheney has received 271 votes. joseph lieberman of the state of connecticut has received 266 votes. vote byouncement of the the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected for the term beginning on the 20th

mr. president. [applause] >> give these extraordinary women one more round of applause. thank you, sylvia and kathleen, for your service. [applause] >> with us on the line is usnifer haberkorn, tell about the nomination of silvio burwellt obama nominating sylvia burwell as the next hhs secretary. the hhs job ifto she can get through the confirmation after one year of serving in the office of management and budget. she worked in the walmart foundation and gates foundation. -- served in the administration. she comes to the job with a big economic management background. health care is a part of the and the but management economy is more hurting than health care necessarily. needs rightwhat hhs now. they need to continue to write the ship on healthcare.gov a implementation of affordable care act. the administration is hoping she can do that. >> you mention if she does through the senate. cou told on your politi areas will beat holding meetings? >> she got through the senate confirmation for her omb job one year ago. this probably going to be a very different process. republicans are going to use the confirmation hearing of the vote to -- the health care law. one significant point is that oflth law gets a lot authority to

mr. president. [applause] >> give these extraordinary women one more round of applause. thank you, kathleen, for your service. thank you, sylvia, for your great work. [applause] ry jennifer haberkorn from politico. president obama nominating sylvia burwell. >> she comes into the hhs job if she can get through senate confirmation process after one year serving in the obama administration. before that, she worked at the wal-mart foundation and the gates foundation and before at, -- she comes to this job with a big economic management background. clearly healthcare is a big management of the economy is more her thing. that might be what they need right now. they need to continue to right the ship on health there -- healthcare.gov. >> you mentioned if she gets through the senate. you talked about that in your politico article. what do you expect? >> the nomination will have to go through the senate finance and ready. she got through the confirmation a year ago. she got three unanimously. this is a very different process. republicans will use this hearing to relitigate the health care law. one thing that will come up is that there is a lot of authority over how gets implemented. she will come into a job that has a lot of power. republicans w