and i'm talking to randy evans earlier. lking like he's leading a church choir somewhere. this has to be dealt with. >> it's a losing strategy. what they did not anticipate was how prepared jeff sessions, rex tillerson and james mattis wer for their hearings. they thought they might draw blood. betsy devos giving brilliant testimony, holding her composure. you had price and tom price for hhs. lou: could the republican party respond to schumer, the delays? are we going to let this go to february and march? >> luckily for us, chuck schumer's biggest enemy in this respect is harry reid who essentially got rid of the filibuster the last half of the obama administration. so now we have an opportunity for a simple majority. democrats understand this, and that's why they are going for the last-minute theatrics with a lot of these cabinet appointments. they will pass, lou. they have not done it quite the way republicans have shown in terms of courtesy to democratic administrations in the past. lou: courtesy. no time for courtesy. >>

randy evans, great to have you with us. appreciate it. >> thank you, lou.: be sure to vote in tonight's poll. do you believe mexican president pena-nieto fully understands he's now dealing with president donald trump? and not his passive predecessor? cast your vote on twitt twitter @loudobbs and follow me on twitter, like me on facebook, follow me on instagram @lou dobbs. another record breaking day for stocks, the rally goes on. we have a new all-time high on the dow, the s&p and nasdaq, stripping from their record highs of just yesterday down a fraction both. volume on the big board, 3.6 billion shares. the dow jones industrials up more than 9% since donald trump was elected president, despite warnings of a market crash. do you remember that? all of the savants, the geniuses and economists including mark cuban and paul krugman, a nobel prize winner, for crying out loud, but not necessarily as you might notice in politics. and there was a hit after a canceled plant in mexico. but thinking long-term, bigger turns are awaiting them. a reminder to listen to m

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and also president obama's farewell speech with special coverage of obama final lecture with randy evan, matt slap and lee carter. >> congress today began task of vetting trump's cabinet choices. sessions first nominee to have a hearing, during hours of testimony, senator sessions said he would be an independent, minded attorney general who would infers the nation's laws even in areas where he personally disagreed. >> good evening, jeff sessions senator known for his strongly held views, he not apologize for his beliefs but promised if confirmed to enforce the law. >> you referred roe v. wade as one of worst supreme court decisions of all-time. is that still your view? >> it is. i believe it is violates the constitution, it is the law of the land, i would respect and follow it. reporter: hearing was disrupted many times by people protesting on a range of controversial issues from illegal immak immigration to race relations. sessions was noncommit all aboutal of children of illegals in uncountry. >> we need to fix this immigration system, we've been places in a bad situation, i would wor

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david horowitz tony sanded randy evans join us here tonight. president obama sparky more controversy commuting chelsea manning's prison sentence. >> to commute private manning sentenced was a mistake. private manning is a traitor and should not have been turned into a martyr. lou: tonight i will have a few thoughts on the end of the obama era. good evening everybody. the senate today holding confirmation hearings on four of the president elects cabinet that nominees and congressman tom price who will be if confirmed secretary of health and human servic the congressman came under close questioning over his financial investments. >> i'm just asking did you bye-bye this document if you introduce a bill that would be helpful to the company just bought stock in? >> the stock was directed by her broker who is making those decisions. i was not making those decisions. >> these are your stock trades though. they are listed under your name, right? lou: it still would not be the same thing of course. price reported that transaction over which elizabeth wa

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tomorrow, general jack keane, randy evans, katrina pierson. we hope you will join us. good night from new york. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ charles: at home, i appreciate you watching, now here is lou dobbs. lou: president-elect makes it clear his foreign policy focus is reducing russia's nuclear weapons and threats. >> if putin likes donald trump, guess what that is called an asset. lou: mr. trump proposing a withdrawal of sanctions against russia in exchange for a nuclear weapons reduction deal, pete hook city said that mr. trump is showing true leadership, he is joining us. also, while our troops take up positions in poland, russians are howling about surprise arrival of 300 u.s. marines in

tomorrow, general jack keane, randy evans, katrina pierson.omorrow, we hope you will join us. good night from new york. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ kennedy: tonight, president-elect donald trump on the offensive just days before taking office, but are the latest twitter battles helping his cause or hurting him pretty9ically? the party panel is here. plus, if the president clinton foundation is such a force for good in the world, why are the clintons shutting down one of its most important charities? and will president obama crank up the surveillance state just before he leafs office? -- leaves office? grab a snorkel, it's time to dive in. this week the president-elect becomes president. and it's donald versus goliath as the incoming commander takes on three institutions at once, the press, the intelligence

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we're coming right back with randy evans and gayle trotter. we are covering the inaugural of the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump. we're coming right back. stay with us. [vo] quickbooks introduces rodney. he has a new business teaching lessons. rodney wanted to know how his business was doing... ...so he got quickbooks. it organizes all his accounts, so he knows where he stands. ahhh...that's a profit. way to grow, rodney! visit quickbooks.com. . lou: we're coming to you live from washington, d.c. can you probably tell that with that pretty fancy backdrop we have on this, the inaugural of the 45th president of the united states. on capitol hill, the senate is right now voting on general james mattis to confirm him as secretary of defense. they'll be voting as well on the nomination of general john kelly to be secretary of the department of homeland security. majority leader, mitch mcconnell, saying he hopes to then debate michael pompeo this evening, and perhaps confirm him as the director of the central intelligence agency

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randy kaye, cnn, new york. >> joining me with more, evan perez. what can you tell us about how this happened? >> anderson, one of the most interesting things is what happens after one of these incidents is you have witness statements and, you know, you spend a lot of time, especially investigators there on the ground, spending a lot of time trying to corroborate. at this point we're told that they have not been able to corroborate this idea that there was an altercation on the plane. they still have these witness statements and report that there might have been some kind of altercation on the aircraft on one of the legs of this aircraft. apparently this was a connecting flight from alaska into ft. lauderdale. they have not yet been able to corroborate whether or not this was anything that happened on this aircraft. and really one of the things that you call attention to in this case is that if there had been anything significant that security would certainly have met this aircraft at the airport when it landed, and that did not happen in this case. so that tells us that if there had been some

payday payday border taxpayer joining us brady evans a former chairman of the republican national lawyers association and so much more. if it's republican randy you with us, randy. >> thanks lou and welcome back. lou: thank you very much and have been new year. it's an exciting new year alread >> we missed you. lou: let me turn to the republican congress today. forgetting to talk to donald trump our president-elect about the priorities and moving forward to get rid of the independent office of ethics and then reversing themselves because the president-elect said let's think about this. >> lou let me put it this way. lou: i've got to interrupt you already. you say if i'm not going to hear it that way. >> you are going to hear it exactly. donald trump's given home the meaning to be concept of bully pulpit. he was just pointed out to me twitter which is basically the ability to call things the way they are and to make sure the average american is connected to results in washington d.c.. doesn't matter whether it's in a republican republican-controlles which is about to do something or whether it's ford or gm who want to send jobs offshore, he is