nicki hailey, governor of south carolina, and u.n. ambassador nominee is in front of the senate foreign relations committee. and oklahoma attorney scott pruitt will be on cap stole hill as well. congressman tom price goes in front of the health committee today, though his actual confirmation hearing is actually a week away. the president-elect is also expected to meet with new york governor andrew cuomo. last night he was in washington with vice president-elect mike pence. pence tweeted, snuck? a dance with karen backstage tonight. couldn't wait for the inaugural balls to begin tomorrow. trump talked to the crowd of international diplomats about the man they are likely to be working with. the secretary of state nominee rex tillerson. >> we have a man i wanted from the beginning in rex tillerson. the lights are bright but i know he's out there. thank you very much. thank you, rex. i think it's covered, he's coming into a country, takes the oil, comes into another country -- it's tough dealing with these politicians, right? >> "usa toda

meanwhile, nicki hailey's nomination as ambassador to the nations could possibly be confirmed by the full senate in a few hours. the energy and natural resources committee postponed a meeting scheduled for today in which a plan to vote on two cabinet nominees, rick perry energy and ryan zinke as interior. >>> and the senate democrats appealed for a second round of questioning to betsy devos after five minutes each last week. but the chairman said no, devos spent more questions answering questions of either of president obama's education nominees. louis? >>> i came out to read a statement and did it. we're here today, i'm going to stay here as long as you want. i want to make sure we have a healthy relationship. i believe that we have to be honest with the american people. i think sometimes we can disagree with the facts. there are certain things that we may not fully understand when we come out, but our intention is never to lie to you, jonathan. our job is to make sure that -- you're in the same boat, there are times when you guys tweet something out or write a story and publish a c

ambassador, nickie hailey request has a warning. >> for those who don't have our back we're taking names. >> later this morning, this week, martha raddatz interviews press secretary of state sean spicer and senate majority missile mcconnell at 10:30. >>> two vehicle recalls affecting audi brand. 3,576,000 vehicles are involved. audi recalled 2013 to 2017 model years, a5 and a5 cab they are recalling the q5 suvs for possible problems with the sunroof drainage systems a leak could get into the foam around the air bags. that could lead to a repture. >>> center for disease control and prevention, said the flu has reached epidemic leaves across the u.s. 37 states have widespread flu he did he epidemic. doctors are urging anyone who who has not received the vacs -- vaccine get it as as soon as possible. the vaccine takes up to two weeks to become fully effective. it protects against 95% of the flu strains circulating this season. the flu season often runs through march. >> reporter: welcome back, everyone, 7:24 sunday morning, i'm going to show you the winter weather advisory in effect after m

. >>> and governor nicki hailey won approval to be the next ambassador to top united nations.he won support after breaking from president trump by voicing skepticism about russia in support for nato. despite earlier concerns that she has no diplomatic or foreign policy experience. meanwhile, shortly after haley ooerks confirmation, henry mcmaster became the new governor in that state. he was one of trump's earliest supporter last year in the lead-up to the election. >>> also yesterday the senate commerce committee advanced the nomination of former labor secretary elaine chao to head the department of transportation. and similarly approved billionaire investment wilbur ross to be the next commerce secretary by a voice vote. >>> okay, louis. there's ben carson one step closer to becoming the next secretary of housing and urban development as two top democratic senators now say they will give carson's confirmation their support. the senate banking committee approved carson's nomination yesterday sending it to the full chamber for final confirmation. like other trump cabinet nomin

confirmation hearings with wilbur ross, environmental protection agency scott pruitt, governor nicki haileydor, and tom price set to testify as health and human services nomination. however, john price is drawing scrutiny as new insider trading allegations are being levelled. cnn reports that last march price bought between $1,000 and $1,500 in shares of zimmer holdings. he would have delayed a regulation that could have ultimately drawn down that company, according to that report. and we are also told that he also purchased shares in an australia firm looking to seek approval for a new drug. "the wall street journal" previously uncovered that price had traded 300,000 shares in health-related companies since 2012, at the same time he was sponsoring legislation to affect those stocks. on thursday price told ethics officials he's going to divest from the investigations if confirmed. but nancy pelosi is calling for confirmation to be delayed with schumer saying last night, the office of congressional ethics needs to conduct an immediate and thorough investigation into these potential violation

today's hearings include nicki hailey, scott pruitt at epa.erce secretary designate wilbur ross appearing before the senate commerce committee and tom price trump's pick for hhs secretary set to go before the health education labor pension committee. expected to face tough questions about trades in health care stocks, axios yesterday, guys, had some reporting on concerns within the team about mnuchin bringing in extra people to help him get prepared in advance of the tough questioning he'll get. >> look, there was a very long article about mnuchin and, you know, you could read that article two ways. i mean, i think there are a lot of banks -- a lot of larger banks were into the fdic saying please let me buy these institutions. i didn't see it as what i would say negative as the spin, but you got to hear what they say -- what he says on capitol hill. there are things happening in this market that are extraordinary every minute. even times since we've been talking united airlines is up because people like some of the commentary on the conference

attorney general, ben carson for hud secretary and nicki hailey for u.n. ambassador. >>> and the oscars award show willvoted the most popular pres secretary by the press corps. so after checking my twitter feed i shot josh an e-mail last night letting him know he can rest easy that his title is secure for at least the next few days. >> good morning, it is tuesday january 24th. welcome to "morning joe." with us on the set veteran columnist mike barnicle, mark halperin, how is the baby? so cute. >> nice. got a good personality. >> i like him. >>> in washington pulitzer prize winning columnist, "washington post" msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. on capitol hill white house correspondent for "associated press" julie page, the sun needs to come up. >> she was in that briefing yesterday, which actually a little, in fact, it went 43 hours. it was unbelievable. >> it made up for a lot of lost ground. >> they had gatorade on the side. go over there -- by the end, julie was just pouring it over the top of her head. that was long. that's called make good. >> a