oh, there he is, sonny purdue. he came go into my office two months ago. since then i saw 10 people that everybody liked, politically correct and i kept thinking back to sonny perdue, a great, great farmer, he loves the farms, knows everything about farming, knows everything about agriculture, he's been successful in farming. knows the good stuff and the bad stuff but people came into my office and they said i'm really wanting the job. i said let me ask you a question, do you have any experience with farms or agriculture? no, sir, i don't. i said have you ever seen a farm? the one gentleman who's a great guy, we' fin something else, okay? but i can't make him secretary of agriculture. but we just named sonny purdue so i want to congratulate you, secretary of agriculture. [ applause ] when i was leaving i just saw general kelly. and when i was leaving he's -- just to put in the the most basic terms, he's in charge of our borders and they had on all of the stations that lots of things are happening along the borders, like there's tremendous security all of a

now that that is complete as of this morning with sonny purdue i think you will see a lot more activity at the lower level. once the individuals are confirmed they will make a decision whether or not they become part of the overall package. thank you very much. it has been a pleasure. i look forward to seeing you on monday. have a great weekend. tomorrow is going to be a very special day. thank you. ♪ >>> the presidential inauguration of donald trump is friday. c span will have live coverage. watch live and listen live on the free app. >>> live picture from trump tower which has been a bee hive of activity as the team continues to shape the administration. president-elect tweeting out ready to leave for washington, d.c. the journey begins and i will be working and fighting hard to make it a great journey. i have no doubt that we will together make america great again. we understand the president-elect will be leaving new york for inauguration ceremonies today at about 10:40 eastern. today will be the last day that donald trump will travel as a private citizen. and the tweets related to

would see six or seven or eight for secretary of agriculture -- who we just named the other day, sonny purdue, former governor of georgia, fantastic guy. but i'd see six, seven, eight people for a certain position. everybody wanted it. but i met mike pompeo, and that was the only guy i met. i didn't want to meet anybody else. i said cancel everybody else. cancel. now, he was approved, essentially, but they're doing little political games with me. you know, he was one of the three. now, last night, as you know, general mattis, fantastic guy, and general kelly got approved. [applause] and mike pompeo was supposed to be in that group. it was going to be the three of them. can you imagine? all of these guy withs -- people respect. you know, they respect that military sense. all my political people, they're not doing so well. the political people aren't doing so well, but we're going to get them all through. but some will take a little bit longer than others. but mike was literally, i had a group before, we had nine different people? now, i must say i didn't mind canceling eight appointment, that

we have just learned the president elect has selected former georgia governor sonny purdue to be secretary of agriculture. alison: virginia has now executed gray. the u.s. supreme court refused to stop the execution despite lawyers questioning the drug choice for the lethal injection. gray was convicted of killing a family of four, including two young children on new year's day 2006. before tonight, virginia's last execution was in october 2015. jonathan: and developing right now -- >> why did they see her in the wheelchair? jonathan: outrage, searching for the gun man who killed a grandmother in her wheelchair. the police are hoping they will release surveillance footage to show the shootout and southeast d.c., and hoping the video will hold clues. these two are shooting at each other, and she is in her wheelchair. anna-lysa gayle joins us live from police headquarters with the footage investigators are hoping will crack the case. anna-lysa? anna-lysa: a chance to watch the video for the first time today. afterd he is deeply upset watching it, and so were other community members. >> oh, m

then he took me into the mock hearing room where all of the nominees, with the exception of sonny purdue named today for agriculture, had gone through multiple mock hearings. basically what they call a murder board, so they're prepared to go up there on capitol hill and face questions from the senators on the committee. they knew it would be important for those nominees to be very prepared. here's what spicer told me about that process. >> the democrats have tried to land some punches but have been largely unsuccessful. they're qualified, that's why the president-elect chose them, because they are so successful. number two, they really understood how well-prepared they needed to be. >> the trump transition also complained, they've got their controversial picks, some of their nominees, but they have consensus nominees. elaine chao for transportation. nikki haley for u.n. ben carson for hud. both democrats and republicans have agreed, they look like they're pretty good picks. those people are being slow walked as well a lot of complaints out of transition headquarters about the pace of get

now that that is complete this morning with appointment of sonny purdue as secretary of agriculture,you'll see more activity at the lower level. once confirmed, they'll make a decision whether or not those 536 individuals are part of overall package. thank you all. i look forward to seeing you on monday. have a great weekend and tomorrow is going to be a very special day. >> was incoming secretary sean spicer holding his first on-camera briefing. you heard spicer talk about how the president-elect's speech tomorrow will be more of a philosophical document, he says, more vision based than policy based. he named some obama administration officials who will be staying on in incoming administration, including the point person on the fight against isis, brett mcguirk. he was asked about diversity inside the cabinet, spicer naming elaine chao, ben carson, nikki haley. we do know as we've reporting, it will be health care, isis and immigration will his priorities. this is donald trump and his family getting ready to leave trump tower to come down here to washington. the president-elect will

the president-elect announced his final nominee sonny purdue for agriculture. >> reporter: congressman tom price fought back that he used his office for personal gain during his confirmation hearing. >> i'm offended by the insinuation, senator. >> reporter: but democrats pushed mr. price on his claim he was unaware his broker purchased stocks before hthey introduce legislation. >> that's not true, senator. >> you decided not to tell them, wink, wink, nod, nod, and we're supposed to believe that? >> if confirmed he'll lead the fight to repea and rae place obamacare. just down the hallway they tussled with another one of trump's nominees, scott pruitt. >> i do not believe climate change is a hoax. >> pruitt does not agree with president-elect trump that it's a hoax but democrats couldn't pin him down on a cause. >> i believe it's subject to more debate on whether the climate is changing or the inactive contributes to it. >> pruitt sued the epa 14 times as attorney general. >> also on capitol hill picked to be u.n. ambassador nikki haley had a different view of nato than the president-ele

oh, there he is, sonny purdue. he came go into my office two months ago.ple that everybody liked, politically correct and i kept thinking back to sonny perdue, a great, great farmer, he loves the farms, knows everything about farming, knows everything about agriculture, he's been successful in farming. knows the good stuff and the bad stuff but people came into my office and they said i'm really wanting the job. i said let me ask you a question, do you have any experience with farms or agriculture? no, sir, i don't. i said have you ever seen a farm? the one gentleman who's a great guy, we' fin something

this morning, we have officially filled the cap net the announcement of sonny purdue as secretary of agriculture. staff announcements and personal notes that i want to get through, we will announce they -- will remain at white house as deputy assistant to the president and white house military office. that is in serving an active role in the obama administration, the president-elect plans to make that a permanent position. he understands it is important to ensure the continuity of government. the president-elect asked over 50 individuals to stay at vertical post. included in this group is currently the secretary of defense, chuck rosenberg, nick, the director of the international terrorist -- counterterrorism center, the secretary of state for political affairs, susan is the department of state, the office to monitor and persons. isis,ecial envoy for cody, the assistant secretary of management department treasury, adam, the acting secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence for the department of the treasury under some of for thevidual staying transition through the time being

cbs news can confirm georgia governor sonny purdue is the pick to lead the department of agriculture. two of his other cabinet picks are on capitol hill for their senate confirmation hearings. >> you just want to shoot questions at me and not let me explain. >> reporter: it was an intense back and forth on capitol hill between steve mnuchin and democratic senators. they wanted to know why the treasury secretary nominee waited until yesterday to disclose that he was a manager for investment funds located in the caribbean. >> did you use the cayman island corporation to avoid paying taxes? >> i did not use a cayman island entity in any way to avoid taxes for myself. >> you helped others avoid paying taxes? >> they didn't avoid. they followed the law. >> reporter: but mnuchin says that's a law he would like to see changed with the new trump administration. also on capitol hill today was energy secretary nominee rick perry who said just because he was once the governor of texas it doesn't mean he is beholden to big oil. >> i'm committed to an all of the above policy. >> reporter: while he

trump wants former organize governor sonny purdue to lead department of agriculture. he will need to face hearings on the hill to be confirmed. there were two other hearings on the hill. steven mnuchin is being vetted as the next secretary of treasury. rick perry poked fun of himself for forgetting the name of the energy department when he ran for president. but it wasn't his only funny moment at the hearing. >> senator franken? >> governor? >> start. >> thank you for coming in any office. did you enjoy meeting me? >> i hope you were as much fun on the dais as you were on your >> well. [laughter] >> may i rephrase that, sir? >> please! michelle: perry says he regrets calling for the department of energy to be apolished in 2011 -- abolished of 2011. jonathan: fans of the president are embracing the phrase "thanks, obama." michelle: we will explain and show you one of the new ways people can stay in touch in the most connected inauguration in history. jonathan: later for us, the new cars added to the growing list of recalls over the takata air bags. we will tell you whi

we have just learned that the president-elect will former georgia governor sonny purdue as a nominee for the secretary of u.s. department of agriculture. >> tucker: the last puzzle piece falls into play, trace gallagher. thanks a lot. developing this hour, george h.w. bush remains in intensive care tonight, after experiencing acute respiratory issues. his wife barb barbara was also hospitalized. this was merely a precautionary measure. we will provide you do with any updates as they occurred. up next, to go days before the swearing in. we will talk to one lawyer, who says the court still has time to hand the presidency to hillary clinton. lindselindsay graham explains hs military attitude. more coming up. it just 38 and a half hours to go before his president, donald trump has left new york and landed a short time ago here in washington. the show will be live from the mall tomorrow night, don't miss that. want powerful relief. only new alka-seltzer plus free of artificial dyes and preservatives liquid gels delivers the powerful cold symptom relief you need without the unnecessary add

former georgia governor sonny purdue is the leading candidate for secretary of agriculture. >>> in other politic news, the obama administration is finalizing a study that could lead to restrictions on chinese investments in the u.s. semiconductor sector. the "wall street journal" said obama's chief science adviser is preparing a report that will be published before the president leaves office this month. it will offer guidance to the committee of foreign investment in the u.s. on china's efforts to dominate the semiconductor sector, which they consider critical to national security. the report could lead to new export controls and restrictions with chinese companies. china has been looking to boost its stake in this sector. nvidia, the best performing stock in the s&p 500 in 2016 and on the nasdaq. you can see gaining over 200%. china playing a role in terms of outbound m&a, that was a big theme we saw in tech. >> a lot of semiconductor names in asia as well. they all performed well last year. a broad sector rally. >>> investors pumped $375 billion in exchange traded funds l

donald trump has announced he is nominated former georgia governor sonny purdue to be secretary of agile culture -- of agriculture. perdue ran a grain and fertilizer business before becoming georgia's first republican governor since reconstruction. environmental activists have slammed purdue for receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in subsidies that support chemical corporations and factory farming. the environmental working group said -- "it's certainly hard to imagine that a former fertilizer salesman will tackle the unregulated farm pollution that poisons our drinking water, turns lake erie green, and fouls the chesapeake bay and the gulf of mexico." with perdue's nomination, trump has now named all his cabinet choices, which are overwhelmingly white male millionaires or billionaires. if all his picks are confirmed, trump's cabinet will be the first wiwithout a latino member since 191988. more controversies are surfacing about some of trump's other choices for top positions. "the washington post" reports south carolina republican congressman mick mulvaney did not pay $15,000 in

sean spicer was a little on defense this morning because after sonny purdue was named as the department of agriculture secretary, sean spicer points to the thousands of secretaries a, assistants, says there's plenty of hispanics for the government. >> and this might be high season for real estate brokers and moving companies. >> what is extraordinary, thinking how quickly they have to turn around. the white house staff will have five hours to completely move out the obama family from the moment they leave the trumps and the obamas for the capitol, they have five hours to turn things around. so by the time the president arrives back at the white house, he will have his toothbrush in place, his suits in the closets and the entire transition will have taken place during the five hours while all of the eyes have been on capitol hill. >> shepard: we saw the president-elect peek out of the door there just a moment ago. it's our understanding that the movement will begin shortly. a lot of thank yous and hugs and well-wishes and hand shakes and all the rest. they're having their private time in

sonny purdue to lead the agriculture department, t it is first time since the rag aera where a cabinet did not include a latino. >> several events leading to the inauguration are taking place. justin finch is live at freedom plaza now. justin? >> reporter: good morning, we're really seeing lots of clouds beginning to show up at freedom plaza. things are getting under way now. we know the president-elect himself is on his way here. his motorcade having to part at new york city. once he arrived through he has a full day ahead including the free welcome concert where he is set to make remarks. >> we were just so excited to be here. >> after a ten-hour drive from indiana, these four have finally arrived. >> i'm thrilled to death. >> to see in person donald trump take the presidential oath and their former governor mike pence be sworn in as vice president. >> we have such extraordinary talent coming into the office and to be a part of it and to them. >> arriving just behind him, the president-elect who tweeted this morning he's getting ready to leave for washington, d.c. the journey begins

this afternoon, reuters is reporting citing transition officials that georgia's former governor, sonny purdue the leading candidate to become u.s. agriculture secretary, that is a position some democrats or business people had been rumored to be in the running for. now purdue, possibly poised to join a group of other nominees that may have a really tough confirmation fight if senator chuck schumer gets his way. he says it could last until march. >> interesting pick. peter doocy live from the streets of new york city. happy new year, welcome back home. >> happy new year. >> doing great work. lawmakers arriving on capitol hill today, as leaders in both the house and senate aim to put obamacare on the chopping block tomorrow. what does the republican plan to replace it look like? plus, think your new year's eve was a little rough? oh, boy. how did this suv go tumbling off aer iffy? we can laugh about it when we tell what you's inside. >> hopefully not a person. >> no. she does. help defend against those digestive issues. take phillips' colon health probiotic caps daily... ...with three types of

trump announced his final cabinet choice today the president elect has nominated georgia governor sonny purdue to head the department of agriculture. the 70-year-old served on mr. trump's agriculture advisory committee during the campaign. trump's pick to lead the treasury department defended his handling of thousands of foreclosures during the height of the financial crisis. steve mnuchin testified before the senate finance committee today. the former goldman sachs executive faced questions. rick perry says he now regrets recommending the elimination of the department of energy when he ran for president in 2011. perry is now trump's pick to head the energy department he made the comment during a senate confirmation hearing today. >>> the senate hopes to approve mr. trump's national security team after the swearing in tomorrow. >> we're going to turn to the latest on the health of former president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara. both remain in a texas hospital but appear to be improving. the former president remains in stable condition in the icu. he has an acute prrespiratory problem s

trade to a senior source sandbox is president elect donald trump will nominate former governor sonny purdueexpected to make the announcement this morning to fill the last big imposition in terms cap met. perdue spoke with trump at trump tower late last year. >> he asked me what my skill sets were and i told them what they were aside from having been governor as a business person and primarily agricultural commodity, domestically and internationally. and he laid out. he knew what it takes to make america great again. nicole: confirmation hearings continue on capitol hill. steve mnuchin, pick for treasury secretary and rick perry picked for energy secretary will testify before senators this morning. lauren: another cabinet taken up the good critic of obamacare went before senators for questioning. more on that now from adam shapiro. reporter: good morning, lauren. good morning, nicole. tom price the next secretary of health and human services -open-brace name he believes in six principles should he become the next secretary. these principles are affordability, accessibility, quality, traces a

appointed as secretary of agriculture, hes >>> as secretary of agriculture, hes oh, there he is, sonny purdue he came go into my office two months ago. since then i saw 10 people that everybody liked, politically correct and i kept thinking back to sonny perdue, a great, great farmer, he loves the farms, knows everything about farming, knows everything about agriculture, he's been successful in farming. back to sonny perdue, a great, great farmer. he loves the farms. knows everything about farming. knows everything about agriculture. he's been successful in farming. he knows the good stuff and the bad stuff. but people came into my office and they said, i'm really wanting the job. i said, let me ask you a question. do you have any experience with farms or agriculture? no, sir, i don't. i said, have you ever seen a farm? the one gentleman, we'll find something else. but i can't make him secretary of agriculture.

. >>> with donald trump picking former georgia governor sonny purdue as his agriculture secretary, trump's cabinet is now cleat. and here's a breakdown of that cabinet by the numbers. >> 13 of the traditional 15 13 of the 15 are white. >> now, nine of those 15 are the people who have never been elected officials or have run for office, while 6 of 15 are either politicians or former political candidates. >> just 2 of the 15 are women, compared with four for barack obama's first cabinet. one is african-american, which equals obama's first cabinet. >> there are no latinos and no politicians from the opposing party in trump's cabinet, versus two latinos and one republican in obama's. >> trump's team has defended the lack of latinos, saying they're focused on hiring te inine inin people and uniting the country. >>> and coming up, celebrating donald trump's presidency. how russian lawmakers are welcoming the new administration and how long until president putin and the president of our country may meet in person. i checked, everything's there... wait a minute... hey... hold on, i can explain. yo

hearings, rick perry to the energy secretary and today president elect donald trump will nominate sonny purdue to be his next agriculture secretary. this marks the last cabinet pick for trump's cabinet. >> thank you very much. in just hours the president elect himself will move from new york to washington ahead of tomorrow's inauguration so is his team ready to go or not? we know the question surrounding the cabinet picks but there's many other vital agency posts that still lead staff. let's get to jason carol live at trump tower in new york with more. jason. >> good morning to you, chris. as the president elect flies out he will be doing it on military aircraft and not the private trump jet we've seen fly out so many times in the past but even as he heads to washington d.c. there's real questions about whether or not his transition team for national security is really ready to take on what lies a head. this after cnn learned this team has been slow to interact with obama's national security council. the council has prepared a number of briefings and memos and it's unclear to them in team trum

. >> pence went on to say that with today's announcement of sonny purdue all cabinet nominations haven named. >>> for the past eight years president obama has finished his day everyday by reading ten letters from constituents. >> some of them are heart felt, mean, or funny. there's a whole team of people who choose which letters make the to his desk. later today they'll select the final ten letters the president will read in office. >> what do you hope the president walks away with? >> i hope that he and the country walk away with all of these people continuing to feel engage and had like their government hears them. i think that's what he leaves in our country. so i hope good about that. >> it is too late to send a letter to president obama. but you can still email him a note in the white house. and you know the president actually responded to several of those letters that he would read each night. it's something different he's done in office. we'll have to see if president elect donald trump continues that or if he'll continue to use twitter. >> let's check in with an update on the

former georgia governor sonny purdue. his cabinet will be the first in 30 years to not have any latinos. spokesman pointed to nominees elaine credit, how, ben carson and nikki hailey. >>> one bay area congresswoman is make news by saying she will go to attend the inauguration. she issued this statement saying i'm attending the inauguration not to celebrate who is taking the oath but to live up to mine and by doing so i hope to set a good example for all. i'm privileged to represent. you can watch the inauguration and all the events around it live right here on ktvu fox 2 including all the protests. our coverage begins at 8:00 a.m. on ktvu plus. if you are away from your tv you can watch it as it happens on our website. ktvu.com but just to make it clear we will have the inauguration and ceremony here on ktvu2 and continue with news on ktvu plus. certainly traffic and weather are big stories here today in the bay area. >> we have had dozens and dozens of incidents. tom for me to report. i will try to hit the big ones. we h

he's expected to announce former georgia governor sonny purdue as his pick for secretary of ago. for those nominated the testimony was heated at times on wednesday. mr. trump's pick for health and human services secretary congressman tom price forced to defends his involvement in last year's stock purchase of medical device manufacturer. price had introduced bill it designed to benefit the same company. some senators are calling that the conflict of interest. >> the staff was bought by a direct by a broker, who was making those decisions. i wasn't making those decision. >> this is someone who buys and sells the stock you want them to buy and skill. >> not true. >> so whether you found out -- >> not true, senator, what i did comply with the rules of the house in a ethical and legal manner and in a transparent way. >> a lot of back and forth there. scott pry it up for epa administrator, also facing tough questions on his past battles against environmental regulation, and his stance on climate change. wilbur ross having to explain his initial support of the transpacific partnership.

>>> donald trump's cabinet nominations are now complete after he chose former georgia governor sonny purduegriculture secretary today. confirmation hearings continued on the hill. energy secretary nominee rick perry told lawmakers just because he was once the governor of texas doesn't mean he has an agenda for big oil. democrats called perry out for saying, while he was a presidential candidate, that he would get rid of the energy departmental together. >> in fact, after being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy i regret recommending its elimination. >> lawmakers also grilled treasury secretary nominee steve mnuchin. democrats asked why he waited until yesterday to disclose that he was a manager for investment funds located in the caribbean. >>> students and teachers protested outside of hopkins junior high in fremont this morning. one of their concerns? donald trump's pick for secretary of education, betsy devos, they allege would pose a threat to public school funding. >>> coming up, dangling from an unstable cliff. how these acrobatics are helping to pro

for agriculture secretary, one of the leading contenders is sonny purdue, the former georgia governor. a lot of positions still to be filled, including u.s. trade representative as well as solicitor general. the name at the forefront is the husband of skelly ann conway, george conway. >> jessica schneider reporting. thank you so much. >>> much to discuss. with me david call onand juana summers. david, senators believe the russians are behind the hacking during the presidential election cycle. what information is donald trump getting that 99 out of 100 senators are not? >> listen, donald trump is getting intelligence briefings. we know he doesn't take a dailey presidential brief right now, but he is getting intelligence briefings. i certainly hope that he and president obama have information that not everybody else has to help them develop policy. so i'm sure he does know things in detail that perhaps others don't. but you are right, your overall point is that he is he is on bit of an island. which is why i think when he comes out in the next day or two if he does to reveal sort of his

story that is just breaking, just confirmed with the senior transition source, we expect tomorrow, sonny purdue republican governor of georgia will be nominated as agriculture secretary. john roberts. i'm not told by a senior transition source, we can it be expect him to named tomorrow. he is the last person the cabinet picked. they are pushing hard in the trump transition to get all these people confirm. remember, on day one, barack obama had republicans confirm seven of his cabinet picks. they don't think they will reach that number this time. the trump transition team making a lot of noise about that and pointing the finger at chuck schumer, the senate democratic leader. martha. >> martha: we just had a graphic, ed, that had the people floating around donald trump's head. jockeying for influence, which is not at all unusual in the white house. you mention: , and economic advisor. which side of the fence does he follow him? who does he get along well with, and who would be wanting to be on his side in that group? >> stephen bannon, remember, came from the goldman sachs world. people will be w

. >>> we are hear that the president elect plans to no, ma'am knight former georgia governor sonny purdueo seven as agriculture secretary. he served on trump's advisory committee during the presidential campaign. his nomination completes trump's cabinet. he was governor of georgia from 2003 to 2011 and gained national attention when in 2007 purdue prayed for rain on the steps of the state capitol during the drought. >>> and this morning former texas governor rick perry has his confirmation hearing as trump's nominee for energy secretary. according to the new york times when he first accepted the energy secretary nomination he misunderstood the job description. he thought he would be an advocate for expanding the united states oil and gas industry. the energy secretary's main responsibilities are to oversee the country's nuclear weapons and research new methods of creating energy. >>> today is president obama's last full day at the white house as president before becoming the expresident tomorrow. yesterday in his final news conference he talked about several topics including voting saying

new names out there, sonny purdue considered to be a new choice. >> that's right. as the president-elect considers his agricultural secretary he also has to name his veterans affairs secretary. that was a very big issue for him on the campaign trail. charles cosgrove, the head of the veterans administration and carly fiorina, as he has named cyber security key. and the president-elect saying in a press conference, he will map out how he's going to disentangle himself from his vast empire. >> kristen, also new video surfacing of president-elect trump on new year's avenuer aea. what do you know about this? >> he talked a lot about his priorities starting on day one when he takes office. i think we have some of that video. let's play it. okay. apparently we don't have that video but bottom line is he laid out a number of his priorities, which he talked about on the campaign trail, reversing obama care and scaling back other actions. president obama really moving to try to cement his legacy on a whole host of issues in his final days in office. of course criticizing is

the incoming administration are now complete with at announcement that former georgia governor sonny purdue will be the choice to be the new agriculture secretary. with that announcement, we know we are about to get the first cabinet since the 1980s that doesn't have a single person in it who is latino. they have not announced a single latino for any cabinet positions. they have not announced a single latino for any subcabinet jobs they've announced, either. >> under president obama the high school graduation rate in this country hit 83%. that's the highest it has ever been in the history of this country. when president obama took office in 2009, the country was in an economic freefall, plunging into an economic abyss, unemployment hit 10%. unemployment is now at 4.7%. under president obama, we have had 82 straight months of private-sector job growth. that's the longest streak ever in the history of our country of consecutive months in which there have been job growth and not job losses. under president obama, we put a rover on mars. under president obama we have had the first drop in the f

we are still awaiting the announcement of sonny purdue as the agriculture secretary, we understand hes the person that donald trump has settled on. they have not announced it yet, but they only have a couple days to do that. donald trump me time kept up the war of words with john lewis over his assertion that this is going to be the first inauguration that he has missed. it is actually not true because he missed george bush in 2001, donald trump tweeting out: "john lewis said about my inauguration, "it will be the first one that i've missed." wrong or lie. he boycotted bush 43 also because he thought it would be hypocritical to attend bush's swearing-in. he doesn't believe bush is the true elected president." sound familiar." lewis' office issued this statement this afternoon just a short time ago. "representative lewis also missed one other inauguration, the first of george w. bush, his absence at that time was also a form of dissent. he does not believe the outcome of that election." so clarification from lewis' office this afternoon. meantime, donald trump is getting support from r

it comes to agriculture secretary we are learning that one of the leading contenders might be sonny purdue, the former georgia governor. also two other key positions that need to be filled, u.s. trade representative, also slitter general. the name we are hearing come to the forefront as to slitter general george conway, he is the husband of top trump adviser kellyanne conway. >> lots of moving parts. jessica thank you for updating us. let's dig deeper with dana bash and nia malika henderson. nia, lindsay graham says 99 of 100 senators do belief the russians are behind the hacking of the presidential election. so it begs the question, what does donald trump know, what is he getting from his intelligence briefings that these senators are not? ? >> you know at some point he will get additional intelligence briefings this week as early as today. and then he has promised this big reveal, right, almost like a cliff hanger style of sort of divulging information in terms of how he thinks about. i think the key difference here in terms of where those senators are and where donald trump is is that h

. >>> and president-elect trump filled his last open cabinet slot by choosing sonny purdue as his agricultureecretary. purdue served on the president-elect's agriculture advisory committee during the campaign. the senate needs to confirm purdue's nomination. >>> we will continue our live inauguration coverage here from washington, but right now let's get your forecast. meteorologist erika martin has your most accurate forecast. >> thanks. conditions right now locally are dry, but we are seeing developing clouds. a live look outside. it's a little xwra. a couple of breaks in those clouds. otherwise, we can expect lots of clouds for today. current temperatures mainly in the 40s. now the normal high for today is 40 degrees. our forecasted high in the 50s and recorded high, the record high, rather, 65 degrees set back in 1951. coatsville, 43 degrees. mt. holly 46 degrees and atlantic city, 49 for you. allentown, 46 for you. currently, 43 degrees. bath at 41, nazareth 42 and eastland currently at 43 degrees. bethlehem seeing low 40s. p.a. suburb webs seeing lots of 40s. ekston, 44. bradford townsh

>>> as secretary of agriculture, hes oh, there he is, sonny purdue. he came go into my office two months ago. since then i saw 10 people that everybody liked, politically correct and i kept thinking back to sonny perdue, a great, great farmer, he loves the farms, knows everything about farming, knows everything about agriculture, he's been successful in farming. back to sonny perdue, a great, great farmer. he loves the farms. knows everything about farming. knows everything about agriculture. he's been successful in farming. he knows the good stuff and the bad stuff. but people came into my office and they said, i'm really wanting the job. i said, let me ask you a question. do you have any experience with farms or agriculture? no, sir, i don't. i said, have you ever seen a farm? the one gentleman, we'll find something else. but i can't make him secretary of agriculture. we just named sonny perdue. i want to congratulate you, sonny perdue of agriculture. when i was leaving, i saw secretary kelly. and i was leaving. just to put it in the most basic terms

we also expect that president-elect donald trump today will nominate former georgia governor sonny purdue for next agriculture secretary, marking the final pick for his cabinet. >> sunlen, thank you very much. in just hours president-elect donald trump will move from new york to washington ahead of tomorrow's inauguration. this comes as there are growing concerns about the readiness of the administration on day one to take the reigns of federal government. cnn's jason carroll live in troum trump tower with more. >> reporter: when the president-elect heads your way, he'll be doing it on a military aircraft, not the private trump plane we've seen him fly so many times in the past. even as he heads your way, there's still a number of questions in terms of whether or not trump's security team, national security team is ready to take on the challenges that lie ahead, this after cnn has learned that that transitional team has been slow to interact with trump's national -- with obama's national security council. the council has prepared a number of briefings and memos, and they're unsure if team

also word this morning that president-elect donald trump will nominate former georgia governor sonny purdueo lead the department of agriculture. >>> and president-elect donald trump is expected to return to washington this morning in preparation for tomorrow's inauguration. he popped into dc last night attend it would go fundraisers before returning to new york -- attending two fundraisers before returning to new york. tonight he will stay at the president's guest house as tradition. >>> i'm maria medina live at the fremont unified school district. this morning, many california teachers including here in the bay area will protest president- elect donald trump right before school starts. they demand all public schools in california to declare themselves safe havens for student. they claim this is all to stand up to president-elect donald trump one day before inauguration and they want him to hear them that every child should have access to public schools no matter their immigration status or race. now, they are afraid president- elect donald trump will follow through with plans to divert bil

he is expected to name former governor sonny purdue as his pick for agricultural verbal. testimony got heated during yesterday's confirmation hearings. president-elect trump's choice for health and human services secretary, congressman tom price, was forced to defends the soft purchase of medical device manufacturer. price had introduced bill which benefit that company. >> the stock was bought by a direct, by a broker, who was making those decisions. i wasn't making those decisions. >> this is someone who buys and sells the stock you want them to buy and sell. >> not true. >> so when you film out -- >> not true, senator, what i did was comply with the rules of the house in ethical and legal and straightforward manner and in transparent way. >> he says he didn't know that the broker was buying that particular stock. surprising. >> some are saying he did that and then for sports and legislation in order to benefit the company. >> and then the stock went up. >> scott pruitt up for epa administrator had to explain his skepticism of climate change, commerce secretary nominee,

the transition team rounding up that cabinet choices today announcing former governor of georgia sonny purdue as the pick for agriculture secretary. >> jenna: in the meantime, capitol hill is buzzing, and the press roll along for the inauguration parade that will head down pennsylvania avenue. our chief white house correspondent john roberts speaking with the incoming press secretary and vice president elect getting us all caught up and ready for tomorrow. what is happening today? >> good afternoon to you appeared by the way, i will be on the flatbed for the parade tomorrow, looking forward to doing that again tomorrow like i did in 2012, an incredible vantage point to watch the incoming president greet the nation right after the inaugural address there at the west front of the capital. sean spicer, incoming press secretary held his first on camera briefing today, lamenting the fact that he believes and the trump transition believes the democrats are slow walking the process to confirm donald trump's nominees, particularly for national security, charles schumer said that maybe they will confi

>> and when donald trump mays had final kingdom it's an selection, trump takes former governor sonny purdue who wants that a prayer for rain for agricultural secretary. but when obama was criticized, the post tweeted "praying for c rain." and when trump was criticized for his cabinet not being diverse enough, we should note that compared to bill clinton's firstll cabinet, trump has the same number of the men and women and one fewer minority. martha. thank you, trace. join me now with more, incoming white house press secretary, sean spicer. good too see her today. >> good to see you. >> martha: what you make of that? the cabinet picks up in character basically as dumb and way, way too rich. >> i think anybody who took two seconds to look at the quality and caliber of these two individuals that that is a pretty ridiculous statement. these individuals represent the best and brightest that our country has to offer and each of the areas that they will lead. the reason the president-elect chose him is because they are each are uniquely qualified to move this country forward and an area that their

has completed the selection of members of his cabinet with the choice of former georgia governor sonny purdue to be agriculture secretary. purdue was a veterinarian before becoming georgia's first governor. the dallas news reports the trump administration will now be the first one since 1988 without a hispanic cabinet member. >>> coming up, donald trump's nominees. some of them having a rough day in the senate. and later tonight, a very special last word. barack obama gets tonight's last word. with this level of engineering... it's a performance machine. with this degree of intelligence... it's a supercomputer. with this grade of protection... it's a fortress. and with this standard of luxury... it's an oasis. the 2017 e-class. it's everything you need it to be... and more. lease the e300 for $549 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. so we know how to cover almost almoanything.hing, even a rodent ride-along. [dad] alright, buddy, don't forget anything! [kid] i won't, dad... aptain rod] happy tuesday morning! captain rod here. it's pretthairy out on t

trump tower, the president-elect announced his final cabinet pick naming former georgia governor sonny purdue as his nominee for agriculture secretary. in washington vice president elect mike pence also just gave an update on the transition saying he is pleased to say the transition team is finishing its work under budget and that tomorrow will be, quote, a humbling and moving day. for more, peter alexander joins us live now from trump tower. peter, take us through certainly the next hour and a half for the president, his travels and what we can expect to see throughout the day for him. >> tamron, good morning to you. donald trump alongside his wife, the soon to be first lady of the united states, melania trump, arriving at laguardia where they will fly on board a military plane to joint base andrews. while president-elect has been shuttling to d.c. and back over the course of the last several nights, tonight he will stay in washington where tomorrow he will wake up to take the oath of office and move in to the white house after becoming the president of the united states. we heard a short ti

has completed the selection of members of his cabinet with the choice of former georgia governor sonny purdue be agriculture secretary. purdue was a veterinarian before becoming georgia's first governor. the dallas news reports the trump administration will now be the first one since 1988 without a hispanic cabinet member. >>> coming up, donald trump's nominees. some of them having a rough day in the senate. and later tonight, a very special last word. barack obama gets tonight's last word. "how to win at business." step one: suck on and point decisively with the arm of your glasses. it is no longer eyewear, it is your wand of business wizardry. abracadabra. you've just gone from invisible to invincible. step two: before your meeting, choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly so you can prepare to win at business. book now at lq.com my lineage was the vecchios and zuccolis. through ancestry, through dna i found out that i was only 16% italian. he was 34% eastern european. so i went onto ancestry, soon learned that one of our ancestors we t

later today we do expect president-elect donald trump to nominate former georgia governor sonny purdue to be his pick for agriculture department. this marks the final pick of the trump cabinet. >> sunlen serfaty live from capitol hill. with me to talk about this, cnn correspondent phil mattingly and former pennsylvania governor rick santorum. director of media and public affairs, frank sesno and cnn political commentator. i'll start with you, rick. are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> so mr. trump's cabinet picks have what used to be debilitating problems. i'll give you a few examples. betsy devos, concern about lack of knowledge. tom price pushed a bill that helped a company he owns stock in. the man up for budget director neglected to pay taxes for a household employee. is this the change america wants? >> we had tim geithner in the same situation -- >> but donald trump says he wants to drain the swamp. >> i know you're going to be surprised at this. very few people are perfect and don't have little things in thash lives -- >> lacking a base of knowledge -- >> betsy devos is not an educat

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