niels: the deputy secretary of defense, norquest, to win confirmation. the secretary of defense mark esper was confirmed and took the job last week. so now they're going to confirm the deputy secretary of defense. the other position that is out there that mcconnell views as a key position for confirmation, is the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. kelly kraft, who is trump's nominee for that position, is the current ambassador to canada and probably, importantly as well, because it is mcconnell who sets the schedule, she lives in kentucky and she and her husband are major supporters of mcconnell and his operations. >> also 19 district judge s, the majority leader filing cloture on those. why is this a priority for mcconnell and how will he get it done under senate rules? >> the rules make it doable now. remember, we only have an allowance in the senate for a couple of hours of debate once cloture is invoked, and debate is limited on each one of them. what we could see is a long, long series of votes on those district judges. but it is a priority for