first up is montana republican congressman ryan zinke, he spent went to three years as a navy seal ands mr. trump's nominee for secretary of the interior. zinke is expected to tell senators, "i am humbled because of the great responsibility the position holds to be the steward of majestic public lands, the champion of our great indian nations, and the manager and voice of our diverse wildlife." also today, betsy devos, mr. trumps pit for education second, will face questioning, she is a target of the left. with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren writing a 16 page letter critical of her, saying "there is no precedent for an education department secretary nominee with your lack of experience in public education." she will tell senators, "i share president-elect's view that it is time to shift the debate from what the system thinks is back best for kids to what moms and dads want, expect, and deserve. in an education reformer predics if confirmed, devos will make quite an impact. >> day one, when she gets through this hearing today, that opportunity includes trying to put the presiden

congressman ryan zinke not the only nominee heading to the hill today.sy devos will be on the hot seat. and bret baier will be with with us. and the window of the orlando terrorist in court today. details on the new charges she's facing. yeah, then how'd i get this... ...allstate safe driving bonus check? ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident free. silence. it's good to be in, good hands. anyone ever have occasional constipation,diarrhea, gas or bloating? she does. she does. help defend against those digestive issues. take phillips' colon health probiotic caps daily with three types of good bacteria. 400 likes? wow! try phillips' colon health. >> sandra: you are looking live at the u.s. conference of mayor's winter meeting in washington d.c. right now. the guest of honor is vice-president elect mike pence. he is set to speak any time now. we'll bring you the news as it comes. a confirmation under way for interior secretary montana congressman ryan zinke. the president-elect nomination for education expected to get

ryan zinke is a great american.grew up 30 minutes away from glacier national park, i grew up 30 minutes from yellowstone national park. he stand thunderstands that bald he understands the importance of jobs. ryan gets that balance. that's why i was adamant with the trump administration, we need a westerner to be the secretary of interior. >> you may that clear? >> absolutely. he will be the first montanan to serve on a president's cabinet. >> and you just met with ben carson? >> i did. >> do you have concerns with him on the job? >> i don't. i just walked over with him. ben carson, if anybody understands the plights of our american cities, he does, he grew up with it -- >> is that enough, though? >> itakes arain surgeon sometimes toix things in this country. he i extremely competent and a man of great character. that's going to make ben carson an excellent secretary of hud. >> just three days now until donald trump is sworn into office as the 45th president. we are getting more details about the big day. my colleagu

then later today, montana republican congressman ryan zinke will be on the hill. he will testify for interior secretary. of course a former u.s. navy seal. critics say he lacks experience and also been criticized by environmental groups. we'll have to see how that goes, we'll bring you the latest on all or channels, this is the latest on capitol hill, anjali him ill fox 5 local news. >>> making waves in maryland. oklahoma attorney is he scott pruitt was one of the 21 attorney generals who opposed the clean of chesapeake bay. pruitt sued the epa more than half dozen times over projects he didn't agree with. pruitt senate confirmation hearings begin tomorrow >>> 5:05. 41 degrees. damp and i think it will get wetter >> there's a little bit of moisture there. you can feel it. it's got the feel to it kind of a rainy day coming up. it's not going to be a wash-out but there will be on and off showers, grab the umbrella it will come in handy if you're heading out and about. satellite and radar shows a first batch of rain moving across the 95 corridor. we'll have breaks he

oft is for ryan zinke montana. go to the website for more information. we will start with john from illinois, republican line. caller: when i think of the last eight years with obama, all i think about our part-time jobs, industry failing, and drones. i wish he would've done a better job instead away from wall street. host: why those three things come to mind? caller: because while he was president we talk about employment. i don't see any full-time jobs. i don't see him doing anything when i look back on his eight years. he just said i'm cutting. employment is picking up. it is all our time jobs. most of those jobs were probably jobs people cannot live on. when i look at that and for him to take credit for that, it is disappointing. drones, he used those just kill people all over the world. i think the man has no heart. he is not what he appears to be. he cozied up with wall street. geithner, all those people when he first came to office. it was terrible. i'm sorry. go ahead. host: we are going to go to stephen from kentucky. democrats line. caller: hel

ryan zinke was smart. he's the guy you want in your corner, whether fighting in the streets of falluja for your life for fighting on the floor of congress for your life. the lessons and fights for what he believes in. i have no doubt he will be a fighter for america, for a public lands as the next secretary of the interior. >> thank you, senator daines. appreciate your comments. senator tester, thank you as the committee and with your introduction spirits being that it's a pleasure and i want to thank you with the distinguished members of this committee because it is an honor today to participate, to introduce a decorated navy veteran from unlucky enough to represent the people of the great state of montana, the last best place. before our time here, both congressman zinke and i had the pleasure of serving the montana senate albeit not at the same time. so i want to thank him again for answering the call to serve our great nation. i believe it is very important for someone who knows the west to serve as in

then, the senate confirmation hearing for interior secretary nominee, congressman ryan zinke. later, the cia director confirmation hearing for kansas representative mike pompeo. and live at 3 p.m. eastern, the senate begins debate on the cia director nomination with a vote scheduled for later in the day. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable it's companies and is -- television companies and is wrought to you today by your cable or satellite provide or. >> host: since november 4, 2013, tom wheeler has been chairman of the federal communications commission. that term comes to an end at noon on january 20th. chairman wheeler, during your tenure what'd you get right? >> guest: well, peter, you know, i hope that what we did was we said that our job is to be the lick's representative -- the public's representative in a rapidly changing technological environment. which is affecting the way in which everybody deals within the works that connect us. and at the heart of that was consumers and competition should come fi

congressman ryan zinke of montana is scheduled for 10:00 a.m.s hearing is scheduled to begin at 5:00 p.m. >>> that does it for us on this tuesday. i'm alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. "morning joe" is standing by. >>> good morning, it's tuesday, january 17. welcome to "morning joe." ancho news america katty kay. >> she's feeling better. she wasn't feeling good. >> i hope she's okay. >> there was a massive outpouring on the twitter for katty looking to see if queen elizabeth would recover. >> i have no idea what you're talking about. >> new tie, new job. >> former communications for ted cruz presidential campaign now msnbc political contributor rick tyler with us as well. good to have you all on board. all good? nothing to spew out first thing in the morning? fantastic. then let's get right to the news. in his final

for ryan zinke, they are focusing on disciplinary action taken against him while he was in the militaryor filing, mr. presenting at least a travel expense that he filed back when he was a navy seal, sean spicer the incoming press secretary said of that "people are shamelessly trying to impugn his character. we are expecting as to as he ds his confirmation hearing today is going to be a contentious one, democrats are saying she has not completed the requisite questionnaires for the office of government ethics, sean spicer knocked that down today to say she filed it more than a month ago and she has been answering questions with the office of government ethics ever since. other confirmations coming up, and they want to get done before the president takes power. rex tillerson for secretary of state, committee vote could happen as soon as tomorrow, could be delayed until thursday. we are still awaiting the announcement of sonny purdue as the agriculture secretary, we understand he is the person that donald trump has settled on. they have not announced it yet, but they only have a couple day

first up, congressman ryan zinke and more controversially betsy devos. you to the one we brought you at the top of the show here. bill neely in moscow. talk us through what we're hearing from vladimir putin. a bit of a surprise that the russian leader even came out and spoke in front of cameras today, right? >> yeah, hallie, he didn't name president obama by name but clearly there was an implication that the people

ryan zinke as a u.s. navy seal commander whose assignment include the elite seal team six and part of that tenure was serving under general mattis as commander of joint special forces in iraq at the height of insurgent activity. i would like to highlight his experience as a seal. because navy seals never quit. they don't know the definition of the word because they never do. navy seals also don't fail. they die trying. and if that work ethic that ryan zinke brings with him to every mission takes them whether it's in the military, in the united states congress or at the department of interior. during his 2 23 years of service as a seal, ryan conducted special operations on four continents. he trained and mentored thousands of men and women, 80 make sure our troops were as prepared and a safe is absolutely possible when conducting these no fail missions around the globe. he was also the guy who the navy called upon to go into units and see how they could be improved. whether it was looking at new advancemen

democrats are anxious on what this nominee, ryan zinke do will. zinke started talking moments ago. >> i'm also deeply humbled because of the great responsibility the position holds, to be a steward of our majestic lands, the champion of our great indian nations and the manager and voice of our diverse wildlife. >> zinke got choked up moments ago when he talked about working with both sides so our children's children, future generations will say that this leadership team got it right, shep. >> shepard: what do we have on the hearing for betsy devos? >> we expect more fireworks in that hearing. she's a controversial nominee. we expect folks like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, two liberals, to go after her, question her finances and to question her support of charter schools and school choices. the teacher's union is going after her hard suggesting she's trying trying trying to privatize public schools. >> betsy devos is not for choice. she's for privatization. >> outside influences in american education, that is people that are not in the teach

zeldin, ryan. zinke, ryan. the clerk of the house: for what purpose does the gentlelady rise? >> i rise because my name or the names of the five representatives of the territories duly elected by collectively four million americans, our names were not called. and i ask parliamentary inquiry as to why not at this time at this juncture in the united states that the territories do ot have a voice on this floor? the clerk of the house: the clerk advised on january 6, 1999, representatives elect are the only individuals qualified to vote in the election of the speaker. at this time the reading clerk will now call the names of the representatives elect who did not answer the first call of he roll. the clerk: ryan of wisconsin. .yan of wisconsin , schroeder the clerk of the house: if there are any representatives elect who did not answer the call of the roll they may come to the well and vote at this time. the clerk of the house: the tellers agree in their tallies that the total number of votes cast is 433 of which the honorable paul d. ryan of the state of wisconsin has received 239

there are several other hearings, including for ryan zinke. >> we're joined by republican strategist hogan gidley. corine, let me start with you. we just learned from kelly o'donnell there will be a boycott from democrats on the hearings for stephen mnuchin, to lead hhs and to lead the treasury department that. >> this is not beusiness as usul here and they can't behave as if it is. i think they're doing exactly the right thing. what we saw this weekend, the organic protest, tens of thousands of people across the country pushing back on a very cruel, immoral, unconstitutional executive order that was put out there by the president and you have to -- they have to be where the people are. you know, they have to i think this is exactly what democrats need to be doing and more power to them. >> when you looking at what happened with sally yates and that acting attorney general position when can you look at, for example, the controversy rounding that immigration order, dozensin signed the state department are willing to issue this dissent cable slamming that. is there into room for disagr

. -- ryan zinke. i will then swear in the witness, ask him three questions we addressed to all nominees at confirmation hearings. so, that is how we will proceed this afternoon. i think it is important for us all to recognize that we also have a vote that is scheduled at about 4:15 p.m., and, so, that will cause a little bit of an interruption, but we do want to try to move as expeditiously through this hearing as we can. before i proceed, i would like to recognize an individual that is well known to this committee room, and that is the former chairman of the energy committee, former senator frank murkowski, who i happen to know well. good to have him back. a little bit of favoritism there, but it is good to have you here as well. i would also like to welcome the new members to our committee -- we have three new members. we are pleased to have the new ms. cortezm nevada, masto, welcome, as well as the virginia -- junior senator from illinois, ms. duckworth. and senator sessions has joined the committe

and the delay over energy secretary rick perry and ryan zinke.tion was given. >>> democrats shooting down a plan by two republican senators to replace obamacare. one from louisiana and one from maine say their bill gives more states power on health care policy and increases access to affordable insurance and covers millions of americans who are now uninsured. any state that likes obamacare can keep it. chuck schumer doesn't like the plan. he said this proposal is an empty facade which will not provide care. that is the leading democrat. it is unlikely the republicans would agree because it allows states to keep obamacare in place. that shows how hard it will be to settle. >>> and in minnesota, frightening moments during the state of the state address by governor mark dayton. he was touting the success of the forwaaffordable care act in state when he started slurring his words. >> get him to the ground. >> quick action by the people around him who saw immediately it looked like he would faint. no cause for dayton's fainting spell. the chief of sta

postponed votes for rick perry and ryan zinke last night without giving a reason.eads of big three auto makers. expected to discuss mr. trump's threat to tax mexican made cars sold in the u.s. that would shock the industry and could drive up car prices. >>> today oscar nominations will be announced. they will be announced for the 89th annual academy awards later this morning. this year's awards will be the first since the academy made changes to being more diverse. la-la land expected to lead the pack. oscar handed out february 26. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with one last check on the roads. run through this quickly out in pothstown. earlier accident causes problems on the eastbound side. you'll see delays there. also watching flooding down in wildwood on route 47. closed around west rio grand avenue. checking in with mass transit. 803 out of patco station is cancelled. atlantic city rail line service is suspended between 30 street and cherry hill. also watching delays on route 101 trolly because of disabled bus blocking the rails. >>> it's a dre

it's that work ethic that ryan zinke brings with him to every mission he takes, whether in the military, united states congress or at the department of interior. during his 23 years of service as a seal, ryan conducted special operations on four contine continents. he trained and mentored thousands of men and women and he made sure our troops were as prepared and safe as absolutely possible when conducting these no fail missions around the globe. he was also the guy the navy called upon to go into units and see how they could be improved. whether it was looking at new advancements in technology, so our special forces could invade new landscapes undetected by the enemy or reviewing existing processes and implementing new policies our ground force commanders and headquarters could communicate more efficiently during combat, ryan zinke has always been a trusted leader of the most demanding missions and will be no different at the department of interior. as the deputy and acting commander of joint special forces in iraq in 2004, ryan led a combined force of special operators through the str

continue for two more cabinet picks, lawmakers will betsy devos and interior secretary nominee ryan zinketsy devos is expected to face the most backlash. >> more than 40 members of congress say they plan to skip the president-elect's inauguration ceremony. fox 5 anjali hemphill is live on capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys, as preparations continue here out on the national mall as well as inside the capitol building for trump transition some existing members of congress, specifically some democrats are choosing to boycott the inauguration. following the lead of congressman john lewis, who said trump's presidency is not legitimate. i want to show you the most recent two to join the list are from our area, and they took to twitter to announce that decision. this is a tweet from virginia's eighth district representative don beyer who in that tweet mentions dr. martin luther king junior. and the second tweet is from maryland's fourth district congressman anthony brown who also says he's not going and mention his support for representative lewis who found him a target

postponed votes on rick perry and ryan zinke to lead the cabinet. two others up for votes in senate committee today. topping the list is jeff sessions and confirmation hearing. alabama republican took criticism from democrats about his civil rights record. most notably by new jersey senator cory booker. >>> mike pompeo is the new cia director. republican congressman from kansas was sworn in late last night after being confirmed by the senate. takes over the cia at a time when the intelligence community is dealing with political issues involving president trump and possible russian influence on his election. >>> with the stroke of a pen, president trump's executive orders are changing trade, abortion rights and federal hiring. yesterday the president pulled the u.s. out of 12 nation trans-pacific partnership. also reinstated a ban on using tax money to pay for abortions in other countries. also put a freeze on nonmilitary government hiring. >>> minnesota governor expected to keep schedule today after collapsing during state of the stay address. >> go

zinke was an ryan elite seal team commander.art of his tenure was serving under general mattis, as commander of joint special usces in iraq, at the height -- of insurgent activity. i would like to highlight his service as a seal. -- nevers ever quit. quit. they don't know the definition of the work because they never do. navy seals don't fail, they die trying. ryan that work ethic that brings with him on every mission he takes other it is in the military, the united states congress, or the department of interior. during his 23 years of service as a seal, he conducted special operations. he trained and meant toward thousands of men and women and made sure that our troops were as prepared and safe as possible, when conducting these no failed missions around the globe. he was the guy the navy called upon to go into units, and see how they could be improved. whether it was looking at new soancements in technology, special forces could invade new landscapes undetected by the enemy, or implement a new processes and policies that comma

. >>> donald trump's cabinet pix entering the lion's den, congressman ryan zinke of montana taking center stage on capitol hill as he seeks to become next secretary of the interior. billionaire betsy devos heading to the hill in two hours, wilbur ross and steve mnuchin with fireworks almost a given. none of the candidates is getting approved without a fight from democrats who are looking to roadblock not just the cabinet names but the president-elect himself. 54, that's the number of members of congress, democrats refusing to attend friday's inauguration, and as it climbs, moment by moment, we're talking to the california congressman who is deciding at this hour, he's in meetings right now, john garamendi deciding whether he's going to go. he's going to come out of the meetings and talk to us and you. it's a fox business exclusive. you don't want to miss it and his decision. >>> plus the car so hot that ford waited until after the detroit auto show to unveil it. we've got it. >>> the big media industry marriage that could hinge on a bigger breakup. less than an hour to the closing bell. t

we go back now to the senate energy committee with confirmation hearing for ryan zinke to be interior secretary. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we are back for round number two. everyone has had a little bit of a stretch. palmer spent, we your endurance here. you are probably thinking, nothing like what you are used to, but we appreciate the fact that you have been generous with your time and your questions here, so we will allow for members to ask another round of questions. we actually have another confirmation hearing that just started up at 5:00 p.m. that i will head off to when this is concluded, so we are working full-time here today. >> it may be more popular than mine. >> no, this is very important. congressman, went to ask you about an issue that alaskans care a great deal about and given the makeup of our land and the fact that so much of our land are held in the federal estate under the alaskan national interest lands conservation act that specifically provides for a no more clause and makes very clear that within the state

ryan zinke is the choice for secretary of interior.resended his support of fossil fuel development and the keystone pipeline. senators also questioned betsy duvos. >>> the women's march is four days away, and thousands are making their way into the district to prepare. several local businesses are opening their doorses for out of towners. there are also other businesses like this one where they are not only selling merchandise they've created a place for people to hang out women's march. >> so many people are coming in and just want a hug. or people have said can i sit on your couch and cry a little bit. >> we are strong together. and we are going to stand up for our rights and now this administration is not going to be able to roll over. >> hundreds of thousands of participants are expected for the women's march. many of them will be holding sign making parties over the next several days. >> during his last days in office, president obama is shortening the prison sentences of 209 inmates. they include chelsea manning the former army i

also happening today - interior secretary nominee ryan zinke will have his confirmation hearing bere natural resources committee. the obama family has also started making their transition. this is new video of moving trucks- outside of their new home in the kalorama neighborhood. the family will move out of the white house on friday. that section of d-c -- proving to be popular among high profile families. ivanka trump and her husband - will move in just blocks away. and washington post owner jeff bezos also bought a house in the area. living the suite life. coming up - the pricey perks for inauguration weekend at some of d-c's finest hotels. and wet weather moving in, but bringing a warm up with it. the change you'll be feeling as you head out today. from nine tonight until five tomorrow morning, the right lanes of i-66 will be closed in both directions. between midnight and four a.m., there will be two or more 15-minute closures of all lanes of i-66. this will happen between exits 71 and 72. rush hour toll lanes will take this afternoon, v-dot will brief reporters on what travelers

rex tillerson and jeff sessions and ryan zinke and rick perry, they weren't eagle scouts in the past,are eagle scouts, and they have the same values, they are trustworthy, loyal, healthy, the duty to god and country, the fellow citizens, they understand the idea of citizenship and the idea of service and the idea and practice of leadership. >> jenna: let me stop you there just to get more specific, only about 30 seconds, but you have had conversations with a few of them, and i'm wondering if you could pick one and how that experience inference to te rest of their lives. >> i've had, i've chatted with michael bloomberg and ross perot, secretary gates and rex tillerson and jeff sessions, and some of the people that have been eagle scouts. one of the things that rex tillerson has talked about is his experience in the northern tier in minnesota canoeing one summer. he was a little scout on an adventure expedition, and he couldn't carry his canoe from lake to lake. his brother scouts, who were three or four years older than him, helped him carry the canoe, they taught him how to carry it,

he will testify montana republican ryan zinke, a former u.s. navy seal. critics say he has a lack of experience with one term in congress and also been criticized by environmental groups. a lot going on here in capitol hill. also preparations for the inauguration are underway outside along the national mall. that's the latest here on capitol hill. anjali hemphill fox 5 local news. >>> when oh president-elect donald trump does take office in a couple of days he plans to tackle the nation's trade deficit. it will be the first with the white house national trade council on the to do list, the president plans to hammer out a trade dill with preliminary pin center teresa may and with russia that he could lift sanctions on vladimir putin's region, they want to see mexico pay for the border wall. construction and figure out reimbursement later >>> local hospitals are in need for blood donations. the director of a blood donor services says type o blood is needed. >>> final time, president obama hosted a championship sports team and so happens to be from his adopt

. >> interior secretary nominee ryan zinke was asked about climate change which the president-elect once considered hoax. >> climate is changing under man's influence. i think the debate is what's the influence, what can we do it. >> all eyes will be on congressman george price, mr. trump's choice to lead the department of health & human services. in an interview with fox news the president-elect is downplaying plans by some democrats to boycott his inauguration friday. >> what happens to their tickets? i hope they're going to give us their tickets. >> nearly 60 democratic laums say they'll skip the event. senate nomination hearings are also scheduled for wilbur ross and u.n. ambassador nominee south carolina governor nikki haylee. anne-marie. >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you, hena. >>> last night the suspect of a shooting death was captured. he was carrying two handguns when he was arrested in an abandoned house. he was suspected of shooting to death debra clayton and is wanted in the death of his girlfriend. >>> noor salman was arrested. >>> and police in atlanta arrested th

today interior secretary nominee ryan zinke and betsy devosz are scheduled for hearings. six more hearings scheduled between now and trump's inauguration on friday. chris coops will meet with south carolina governor nikki haley. coo coops is if she is confirmed she will report to next secretary of state. >>> pennsylvania attorney general sworn in. josh shapiro will be taking over the office embroiled in controversy. nbc is live for us in montgomery county with what we can expect today. >> reporter: and even before today's swearing in which takes place at noon in harrisburg, he's created some firsts for the during his campaign, the democratic candidate promised to be different. most notably from predecessor catheri cathleen cane. she was convicted of charges including perjury. long history in public office. first as state representative, then chair as montgomery county commissioner. roots go even deeper than that. he was raised here. where he met his wife lori and where they have raised four children. coming up 6:00 in just an hour from now, take a look at promises that sh

the same committee has given a nod to ryan zinke from montana. both nominations will next go to the full senate. today the full senate did approve elaine chao to serve as transportation secretary. chao was the labor secretary under president george w. bush and is also the wife of mitch mcconnell from kentucky. mcconnell voted present to avoid any conflict of interest. >>> democrats in the u.s. senate are boycotting planned committee votes on two of president trump's cabinet nominees. the democrats say there's evidence that the two nominees were not truthful in previous testimony. one of the nominees is tom price picked by trump to head the department of health and human services. democrats want more information on his stock trades in an australian medical company while he was a lawmaker. the other is treasury secretary nominee steve mnuchin. democrats are concerned about practices at one west, a bank where mnuchin was once ceo. >> the truth matters. responding to questions of senators, getting accurate information matters. that's not what has bee

among them his pick for education secretary, betsy devos and interior secretary nominee ryan zinke. he takes over the white house in three days. >>> more than 30 members of congress plan to skip mr. trump's inauguration friday furious over his feud with congressman john lewis. as kenneth craig reports, the president-elect will assume power starting with an approval rating more than 20 points lower than any president since 1993. kenneth. >> reporter: and the president- elect didn't waste any time dismissing his new low approval rating. he had a familiar comeback taking to twitter calling that polling rigging. >> president-elect donald trump's inauguration is just three days away, and it's shaping up to be one of the most controversial in recent memory. so far more than 35 house democrats pledged to boycott mr. trump's speech after his attacks on iconic civil rights leader and georgia congressman john lewis who casts doubt on the legitimacy of mr. trump's presidency. mr. trump's advisor kellyanne conway defended the president- elect. >> it's like seeing the walking wounded. everybody'

. >> more confirmation hearings later today as ryan zinke, nominee for interior secretary, goes before the senate energy for his confirmation hearing. live on c-span on 2:15 eastern ty time and the senate education committee with the confirmation hearing for betsy devos to be education secretary. watch these and other confirmation hearings at c-span.org and listen live on the c-span radio app. now military experts on u.s./japan relationships with defense and cyber security. part of a forum hosted by the hudson institute. >> so i think we want to get started here with our last but by no means our least panel. this is the panel in which i think in many ways, sort of puts the seal on how we think about u.s./japan technological cooperation and how we move forward from this point. and that is from the point of view from industrial security. it's one thing to talk about technology sharing, technology codevelopment coproduction but how you go about protecting that technology and the data from the wrong hands or prying hands, prying where they don't belong and that's what the issue about indus

interior secretary choice montana representative ryan zinke, and education secretary betsy devos.m shapiro is here. adam. >> the devos hear something getting a great deal of attention. that won't start until 5:00. the other thing that is getting a lot of attenti, tom pric health and human services. we have video of mr. price. his hearing takes place tomorrow. the trump administration is fighting back that there was a cnn report about stock trades the representative made before the nomination. what they said or they raised the possibility that the congressman had benefited from investing in a company which then benefited, got to go back to you, neil. neil: thank you, adam. president has shown up at josh earnest's press conference. let's listen in. >> when i first met josh earnest, he was in iowa. i think he was wearing jeans. he looked even younger than he was. and since my entire campaign depended on communications in iowa, i gave him a pretty good once over. and there are a couple things you i learnedhim right away. number one, he has just got that all american matinee good looki

for ryan zinke, a current congressman from hospital, the question is going to be his level of support for public lands and the use of public lands. where do you draw the line with how some of these, our national parks and other public lands are used if he is secretary of the democratic lawmakers decide to go skip this inauguration. is trump's criticism of john lewis the main reason for that? >> absolutely. we have more than 20 democrats so far saying they're siding with lewis not attending this inauguration. at the same time, trump's team is saying that's not the way they treated president obama when they worked with him. lewis appears to be digging his feet in saying he'll never give up, never become down. the trump team says they're willing to talk with him. the president-elect may be willing to make a phone call, but there has to be some give on both sides. >>> it is 4:47 now. friday's inauguration is a wig day for vice president-elect mike pence. he will use ronald reagan's bible when he takes the oath of office. supreme court justice clarence thomas will administer the oath. >>>

zeldin, ryan. zinke, ryan. the clerk of the house: for what purpose does the gentlelady rise? >> i rise because my name or the names of the five representatives of the territories duly elected by collectively four million americans, our names were not called. and i ask parliamentary inquiry as to why not at this time at this juncture in the united states that the territories do ot have a voice on this floor? the clerk of the house: the clerk advised on january 6, 1999, representatives elect are the only individuals qualified to vote in the election of the speaker. at this time the reading clerk will now call the names of the representatives elect who did not answer the first call of he roll. the clerk: ryan of wisconsin. .yan of wisconsin schroeder. the clerk of the house: if there are any representatives elect who did not answer the call of the roll they may come to the well and vote at this time. the clerk of the house: the tellers agree in their tallies that the total number of votes cast is 433 of which the honorable paul d. ryan of the state of wisconsin has received 239.

rick perry's nomination for energy secretary should receive a vote as well as ryan zinke's nomination. shortly afterwards, the finance committee is expected to vote on tom price's nomination and steve mnuchin's nomination for treasury secretary. right now 11 days after nomination, just four cabinet members have been sworn in. >> jimmy fallon is back as trump and this you have to see. first, our meteorologist has some winter storms to work. with i thought it would be quiet. what's stirring out there? >> we call them clipper storms. lower michigan, early morning drive around cleveland won't be done and this will move into the northeast. here's a storm fall pre particulars. in areas of northwestern pennsylvania, the southern portions of new england, two to three inches in the gentlemanaf and early evening. most likely the snow won't be sticking and here's the timing at 5:00 bachmann the snow over northern pennsylvania and southern new england. that's the evening drive especially. make sure you take some extra a college student charged with killing three. erry, and my life is basketball.

perry's nomination for the energy department and ryan's inky for department of the interior -- ryan zinke for department of the interior. nikki haley has been nominated to be the u.s. representative to the u.n. also the vote to the -- vote on the nomination for housing and urban development, dr. ben carson. once all these nominees pastor committee votes, then they face floor votes. also committee hearings taking place and you can watch some of those on c-span. those will include the senate finance committee hearing for tom price, the head of health and human services. you can see that at 10:00 on c-span3. mulvaneyation for mike to head the white house office of management and budget. some news on those nominees from politico. this story noting that mike theaney, who is part of conservative freedom caucus is likely to face tough questions at his confirmation hearing, on his payment -- admission he did not pay for the $15,000 in taxes for his triplets' nannies. he learned of the failure to pay taxes during the confirmation review process and then paid what he owed in federal taxes, state ta

confirmation hearings get under way for betsy devos, his pick for education secretary and congressman ryan zinke. >> meanwhile, the inauguration boycott is picking up steam led by john lewis. at least 35 lawmakers are planning to sit out and lana zak has the latest. >> reporter: in just three days donald trump will become the 45th president of the united states. and as the nation's capital prepares for the inauguration and the 400,000 expected protesters, a new protest is growing among democratic lawmakers. >> i will not be going. people have not forgotten that he attacked a mexican-american judge, that he attacked a gold star family and now a civil rights icon. i cannot pretend that this is a normal transition of power. >> reporter: abc news has identified more than three dozen members of congress who say they will be boycotting mr. trump's inauguration. >> nothing has changed since the campaign. you know, i don't think that's something i need to do in terms of celebrating. >> reporter: in movement by democratic lawmakers is being led by congressman john lewis, a civil rights icon who mr. trump

this time congressman ryan zinke. he bluntly said he flat out disagrees with the president-elect's position on climate change. later today h.h.s. nominee tom price will face off against the senate house committee as they are outright refusing his nomination due to ethics concerns. for more we're joined by nbc's tracie potts. tracie, what more can we expect this morning? >> reporter: a lot of questions about this $2600 that he purchased in stocks in a medical device company around the time that he also introduced legislation to roll back some regulations that would affect that company. now the trump transition team says they have it all wrong, and they say this is a purchase by a broker and he was not aware of that purchase until several weeks later and he reported it and had been working on the legislation a year before, and it's raising questions likely to come up at the health panel hearing today where they will be looking at whether or not he should be confirmed. there's another hearing happening next week before t

meanwhile, ryan zinke will be in the hot seat for secretary of the interior. >>> we're seeing signs that the obama family is getting ready for their new home. movers took some of the soon to be former first family's belongings into the nine bedroom home they'll be renting in d.c. they're staying there at least until their youngest daughter finishes high school. >>> and u.s. marines are setting up residents in norway. it's about 600 miles from the russian border. the move is raising cold war worries since it coincides with people being sent to poland. a spokesperson says the presence has nothing to do with russia. >>> an american dead after gunfire in a mexico. the victim is an 18-year-old college student of denver. her brother says she was going to school and working to help her mom. a texas man who survived the shooting returned last night to the airport in houston where his mother was waiting. he was shot in both hands and said he never expected his vacation to end like this. >> i'm very grateful to god that he gave me the life and the strength to get out of that area on time before an

this time congressman ryan zinke. he bluntly said he flat out disagrees with the president-elect's position on climate change. later today h.h.s. nominee tom price will face off against the senate house committee as they are outright refusing his nomination due to ethics concerns. for more we're joined by nbc's tracie potts. tracie, what more can we expect this morning? >> reporter: expect ethics questions. $2600 that he purchased in stocks in a medical device company around the time that he also introduced legislation to roll back some regulations that would affect that company. now the trump transition team says there's a lot more to it than that, that this was a purchase by a broker, that he didn't even know about it until about a month later. almost a month later and then later disclosed to congress and that his work on that legislation pre-dated the stock purchase by a year, that he had worked on it earlier that year. so they're saying there's a bigger context to the story. we are likely to hear more about this i

today including education secretary pick and billionaire betsy devos and interior secretary nominee ryan zinkeho questioned the effect of climate change in 2014. mr. trump's transition said americans can expect a powerful and concise inaugural address. and senate majority leader is expected to confirm many of the picks after he's sworn as the nation's 46th president. anne-marie. >> thank you. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll have more on world reaction to mr. trump's comments on nato and u.s. relations with russia. and cbs news will have all-day coverage of the president-elect trump's inauguration, this friday, beginning with "cbs this morning." >>> the gunman who opened fire at a crowded beachfront resort in mexico remains on the loose. at least five people including one american were killed. the blue parrott nightclub is located in playa del carmen on mexico's yucatan peninsula. the gunfire sparked a stampede and at least one of the victims was killed in the escape monday morning. >> everybody is running out even the security guards were on the ground. i knew at that point there were s

will meet to vote on attorney general nominee jeff sessions, rick perry for energy and congressman ryan zinke interior. the nominations of education secretary betsy devos and hhs secretary tom price will be up for approval. >> that's a wrap for us on this tuesday. i'm mean-spirited and un-american. >> i notice chuck schumer yesterday with fake tears. i'm going to ask him who was his acting coach. i know him very well. i don't see him as a crier. if he is, he's a different man. there's a 5% chance it was real, but i think they were fake tears. >> all right. good morning, everybody. it's tuesday january 31st

and montana congressman ryan zinke, mr. trump's interior secretary nominee and a former navy seal, has drawn criticism for improperly billing the government for travel expenses in the late 1990s. zinke is also skeptical of manmade climate change and clashed with vermont senator bernie sanders at his confirmation hearing today. >> there's a lot of debate on both sides of the aisle. >> well, actually, there's not a whole lot of debate now. the scientific community is virtually unanimous. >> reporter: the trump transition has also been stymied trying to name a nominee for agriculture secretary because it's looking for more diversity in a cabinet dominated by nominees who are wealthy, white men. transition officials now concede they lacked a diversity strategy when this entire process began. >> pelley: major garrett, thanks. >> reporter: the timing of today's general motors announcement was too good to let pass without a tweet from mr. trump. "with all the jobs i am bringing back into the u.s., even before taking office, with a