he was joined by ben carson, tender tim scott, museum director, and the niece of dr. martin luther king jr. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. president trump: thank you very much, everybody. it is a great honor to be here. this was a beautiful morning. what a job they have done. like few others have been able to do. i am very proud of lonnie bunch. the work and the love that he has in his heart for what he has done -- i always talk about needing enthusiasm. you need love for anything you do to do it successfully. and lonnie bunch, you are where? come on. you should be up here. come on. and david, we have to get david up here too. david is tremendous. and he was singing lonnie bunch's praises. you two should at least be here. we appreciate you very much. and david rubenstein is here someplace. come on, you have to get up here. you certainly deserve it. he is a successful guy who spends money doing great things. and he has been a great help to so many different groups and this one in particular. thank you. it is a privilege to be here today. t

south carolina senator tim scott. >> the real debate is generations of kids that are stuck in underperforming schools. >> betsy devos has got to go. >> reporter: but teachers group worries devos will move dollars out of public schools. >> she has absolutely no experience. >> reporter: that lack of experience led to some rocky moments at her confirmation hearing. >> so were you unaware what i just asked you about the i.d.a., that it was a federal law?

i'm talking about some who thought it was okay to send hate mail to senator tim scott. >> i go on to to share their been about my endorsing jeff sessions, you are disgrace to the black race. anthony burr ham says you are an uncle tom scott. you're for sessions. how does a black man turn on his own. anthony b. from political art says senator tim scott is not uncle tom. he is a house negro like the one in jang goe. he writes anthony burr ham has been active on my twitter feed. i'm km pleat horror. a black man racist against black people. think for yourselves. are you disgrace to your race. i left out the ones that used the "n" word. i felt that would not be appropriate. >> what is wrong with some people? >> thanks for watching. have a great weekend. if if you cannot watch live, check out facebook page. it's "meet the press" i'll join colleague chuck todd at the table. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >> this is is moscow. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews. in washington facing early set back, new details about president trump's national securit

we are also told senator tim scott is with the president, and we will monitor this and bring you more of this, and president trump making a visit to the national museum of african-american history and culture. we will get more of that in just a moment. we have a lot ahead today, and the president stepping out to make this visit, and also the fact that this museum -- this museum is a place that he was expected to visit a few weeks ago, right around martin luther king day, and this as he faces accusations of cultural divisions, and ivanka trump making her voice heard on the attacks of anti-semitism. good morning, joe. >> reporter: certainly concerns that anti-semitism could be on the rise, that tweet you mentioned from ivanka trump, america is the nation built on religious tolerance, and a tweet from hillary clinton, who ran against donald trump during the election, basically, the first tweet where she's actually mentioned donald trump himself, and cemetery desecration and online attacks need to be stopped, and everybody must speak out starting with @potus. speaking about the trip to th

if you want to go to a huge forum like joni ernst did, tim scott did, i agree with tim scott, it's not an either/or proposition. you can go to these events or do something different, if you want to learn about obamacare, visit a community center or hospital, talk to doctors and patients. if you want to learn more about education, visit a school. this requires members to be more vigilant in how they interact with constituents. but they don't have to go to free for all forums. they can be smarter than that, and the republican conference is working with members to make sure that these members avoid being seen as awol. >> i want to get you guy's take on something else. john podesta who ran hillary clinton's campaign did an interview and was asked about fbi director james comey and his role at all in the election. here is how he put it. >> you have a theory that comey wanted trump to win, that the fbi wanted trump to win. that's got to be some theories here. >> i think there's sort of two possibilities. there are at least forces within the fbi that wanted her to lose. i'm not sure they were

senator tim scott is not an uncle tom. he doesn't have a shred of honor. is a house kneeing grow, like the one in jango. i left out all the ones that used the "n-word." just, felt like that would not be appropriate. melissa: wow. david: here now gianno caldwell, red alert come picks, senior contributor and republican strategist. gianno, the word intolerance is something you're always hearing from the left when at the talk about conservatives whether inside the beltway or college campuses. intolerance. this is the definition of intolerance, is it not? >> absolutely. this is another case of do as i say, not as i do. when it comes to what senator scott said, it is disappointing, me having been on television for a number of years now i can tell you that i have received that same level of attention, especially coming on places like fox news channel and others defending my republicanprincipl. i've been called a coon, sellout, house n word like senator scott has been called. number of other things people tried to insult my intelligence especially when i beat a li

i also want to thank senator tim scott for joining us today. a friend of mine, a great, great senator from south carolina. i like the state of south carolina. i like all those states where i won by double, double, double digits, you know, those states, but south carolina was one and tim has been fantastic how he represents the people. and they love him. i also want to profoundly thank alveda king for being here and as we saw her uncle's wonderful exhibit. and by the way, miss king, i can tell you this personally because i watch her all the time and she is a tremendous fighter for justice and so alveda, thank you very much. come up here. i have been watching you for so long and you are so incredible and i wanted to thank you for all the nice things you say about me. not everybody says nice this but she's special. >> you're family. you're the best, you're great. >> thank you, darling. appreciate it. so with that we're going to just end this incredible beginning of a morning, but engraved in the wall very nearby a quote by the reverend martin luth

senator tim scott posted tonight that he will be holding a town hall event. get this.d it tonight. he's holding it tomorrow morning. oh, it's going to be bright and early tomorrow morning in mt. pleasant, south carolina, three hours away from where tara burnett lives but, boy, that's something. pressure works. joining us now is tara burnett, a schoolteacher from south carolina, she started this petition to get her senators to hold town halls next week at home in south carolina. ms. burnett, thank you so much for joining us, appreciate you making the time. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> it's -- there's a little humor that i can see from senator scott announcing this town hall tonight and it's 9:00 in the morning tomorrow. it's very quick turnaround, very quick organizing. do you feel like your work on this may have led to this town hall? >> i think it's helped get out the word that you need to meet with the people of south carolina. we've been -- over the past month we've been trying to get in contact with both of them and have pretty much been ignored from the

that's south carolina senator tim scott. that is actually not tim scott, i apologize. that's an ame minister, before you begin to tweet and send me emails, that's a pastor from mother emmanuel that is not tim scott who by the way is there. president trump expected to meet with the senator from south carolina who is from that area at some point here this afternoon, we're told. while we wait for the president, i believe i do have time to continue this conversation. one of the more controversial moments of that news conference this time yesterday came during president trump's exchange with correspondent april ryan. >> reporter: are you going to include the cbc, mr. president n your conversations with your urban agenda, inner city agenda, as well as -- >> am i going to include who? the congressional black caucus -- >> i would. do you want to set up the meeting? are they friends of yours? no, set up the meeting. >> reporter: i know some of them but i'm sure they're watching. >> i would love to meet with the black caw kaus. i think it's great the congressional black caucus.

as i listened to tim scott i got emotional. i get that all the time. the people who say they stand for racial harm are you resort to this as a knee jerk reaction. >> i'm so sorry people like you and fill scot -tim scott have to through this. if they keep conducting themselves with these embarrassing, violent tactics, they are going to -- trump is going to knock down that blue wall more than he did in 2016 and 2018. there will be landslide victories because who would want to be associated with people that conduct themselves with such complete impropriety. charles: remember the thing with ivanka and her family on the plane? this is nuts. this is the thing the left always warned us about from the right. be aware because they will harm you physically and do these thing that are ultimately disrespectful. >> we have seen bad behavior on both sides. but since the election we have seen the left pick it up. this is about tactics. and i think when they are trying to make a principled case against trump and some of his policies, these tactics do not serve them we

tracy johnson, tracy j sends in uncle tim scott. everyone in south carolina who happens to be a left winger knows that tim scott is an uncle tom. s. is documented, s. is not for scott. it is for fertilizer. s. scott says a white man in a black body, tim scott backs jeff sessions for attorney general. of my chief of staff, the only -- until three weeks ago, the only african-american chief of staff in the united states senate out of a hundred is the chief of staff for a republican. the second african-american chief of staff in the united states senate is the chief of staff of a republican. yet they say of my chief of staff, she's high yella, an implication that she's just not black enough. i go on to read from folks who wanted to share their opinions about my endorsing jeff sessions. you are a disgrace to the black race. anthony burnum at burnum r. says you are an uncle tom scott. you're for sessions. how does a black man turn on his own? anthony b. from political art says senator tim scott is not an uncle tom. he doesn't have a shred

. >> senator tim scott reflects on his hometown of charleston, north carolina. >> it was in my home city of charleston with the civil war began. it was in my home city of charleston where nearly 40% of all the slaves that came to america would come through charleston, south carolina. and it was a charlestonian who came up with the concept written into our constitution. announcer: members of congress discuss a panel on opioid abuse. >> it's very difficult to understand why someone would take fentanyl. it generates that brain state equivalent to depravation. it is sending the message if you don't eat you're going not to survive. a statets your brain in of emergency where you'll do anything in order to get the thing that's needed to survive. announcer: jim justice gives the state of the state address. >> you elected me as your governor, a person that had never been a politician in the wake of me running as a democrat at a time when donald trump won our state by 17,000 million percent. announcer: all c-span programs are available on c-span.org either by home page or by searching the video li

some of the attacks on sessions were vicious, especially toward senator tim scott from south carolina. he read some of his hate mail last night. listen to this. >> you are a disgrace to the black race. you are an uncle tom scott. how does a black man turn on his own? a black man who is a racist against black people. a big uncle tom piece of fertilizer. i left out all the ones that use the n word. i felt like it would not be appropriate. the liberal left speaks and desires for all of us to be tolerant. do not want to be tolerant of anyone that disagrees with where they are coming from. >> dana: i admire him so much. he went on to say that i wish my friends who called themselves liberals would want tolerance for every american, including conservative americans. he is used to being called unhelpful to black america. >> greg: this is nothing new. if you stray from the left-wing plantation, a black freethinker will be vilified. nothing scares a left-winger more than a black conservative. that shakes the foundation of the whole identity coalition they got going. if the black coalition leave

errol lewis to you, tim scott who held a joint town hall with representative sanford had a different take on it. he came out and said it's not the most productive and constructive way to engage. if you're going to disagree, maybe we should be able to ask a question, and speak my answer. >> i think they run a greater risk, poppy, if they want to take this delusional attitude that you heard sean spicer voice, which is this notion that, oh, if somebody didn't pay people, 17 million could be at risk of losing their health insurance which would otherwise quietly submit to it. that's a crazy notion. of course people are going to react to this. the question of whether or not they're paid is not all that important. frankly, the question of whether or not they have been organized is not that important. if the local unit of the democratic party, which could be ten people at the county level happens to have pushed a few people to show up at the same time, well, yeah, okay, fine, that's the democratic party getting involved. the reality is, there's a hard policy accord to this and i think you pu

tim scott, who has become quite the travel buddy of the president. tim scott was with president trump on friday as well and charleston with he toured that boeing and he's sad those two are part of a group of people that he has been talking to about the next steps, how to move forward with regards perhaps to legislation, whether it an executive order. those are the outstanding questions. what is the action going to look like? >> so he is -- he seems to be getting closer to identifying again, you he wants to be the eliminator of that divide, the joiner of people but no recipe yet. >> not kwp prp today i pledge to do everying i can to continue the promise of freedom for african-americans and for every american reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance, hatred in all of its ugly forms. >> and again, president trump there flanked by dr. this is something the president said had been in the works for a whileit was a tour that apeefrd to lasted well over an hour. and when he finished up with us, he said he was heading upstairs to see the dr. ben

anthony from political art says senator tim scott is not an uncle tom.have a shred of honor. he's a house negro. i left out all the ones that use the "n" word. just felt that would not be appropriate. >> some pretty tough talk there from senator scott. sessions is sworn in at 10:30 this morning. he's expected to arrive at the justice department this afternoon. >>> senator elizabeth warren is putting senators on notice after she was silenced. senator majority leader mitch mcconnell said she broke rules reading a letter written 30 years ago, opposing sessions nomination as federal judge. the fallout was swift. hillary clinton sweeted saying she was warned, she was given an explanation. nevertheless, she proceeded, so must we all. bernie sanders and brown read the same letter by king on the senate floor without being told they were breaking the rules. >> i certainly hope that this anti-free speech attitude is not traveling down pennsylvania avenue to our great chamber. especially, mr. president, when the only speech being stifled is speech that republicans

. >> eye whit a white man in a black body, senator tim scott on not an uncle tom, he does not have aled of honor, he is a house negro, like the one in horror, -- in, i am in horror, i am surprised by this, just a smidgen is that the liberal left that speaks and desires for all of us to be tolerant, do not want to be tolerant of anyone that disagrees with where they are coming from. the definition is all americans experience a high level of tolerance, it all americans who agree with them experience, this so-called tolerance. liz: you know democrats have a problem when obama's former chief of staff rahm emanuel telling his fellow democrats, cool it. >> if took us a long time to get this low, it ain't gonna happen in 2018, take a chill pill, you are in this for the long haul. liz: on top of protesters calling the president temporary pause in immigration racists, polls of americans and europeans show that majority support it. as do heads of mideast nations. and this violent college riot on both coasts because those schools invited whic invite conservative speakers to speak on campus, we

sessions, how did he turn on his own.f senator tim scott is not an uncle tom. he also writes a black man who's a racist, think for your selves. i left out all the ones that use appr the n-word. i felt like that would not be appropriate. but i'm surprised by is the liberal left that speaks and desires for all of us to be tolerant do not want to be tolerant of anyone that disagrees with where they are coming from. it experiences the so-called asi tolerance.ll i just wish that my friends who call themselves liberals would want tolerance for all americans including conservative america americans. compete they were engaging and confident. now i will say that the response to. it was outrageous that i would invite them to meet with this guy and they didn't have an invitation so i invited the leaders i didn't tell anyone who was coming, because i wanted folks to walk into the room and come to their own conclusion. they decided not to show up because the conservatives invited them. i didn't know why but i wanted everyone to have a chance, and o they did. here's some oth

i also want to thank senator tim scott for joining us today. a friend of mine. a great, great senator from south carolina. i like the state of south carolina. i like all those states where i won by double, double, double digits. you know, those states, but south carolina was one and tim has been fantastic how he represents the people. and they love him. i also want to profoundly thank alveda king for being here. and as we saw her uncle's wonderful exhibit and he certainly deserves that. mrs. king, and by the way, pmrs king, i watch her all the time and she is a tremendous fighter for justice. and so thank you very much. i have been watching you for so long, and you are so incredible. and i want to thank you for all the nice things you say about me. not everybody says nice things, but -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> thank you, thank you. >> appreciate that. >> so with that, we're going to just end this incredible beginning of a morning. but engraved in the wall very nearby, a quote by the reverend martin luther king jr. in 1955, he told the world, we are determined to wo

to that, i want to play for everybody at home and for you, karl, this from senator tim scott.e stood up and read some of the tweets he received for supporting senator jeff sessions. watch this. >> a white man and a black body. you are a disgrace to the black race. how does a black man turn on his own? senator tim scott is not an uncle tom. he doesn't have a shred of honor. he is a house negro. a black man racist against black people, a big uncle tom piece of fertilizer. to think for yourselves. you are a disgrace to your race. i left it all the ones that used to be n-word. just felt like that would not be appropriate. >> martha: that is where we are, carl. >> you know what is amazing to me, the characterization of -- i understand coretta scott king's letter. let's talk about that for a minute. a group of local black elected officials in alabama complained to the u.s. attorney about fraud because in this county of roughly 15,000 people, more people had cast absentee ballots than in the entire city of birmingham, which has 700,000 people. there is pretty widespread sense that in

one of those was censor tim scott, a republican of south carolina -- senator tim scott, a republican of south carolina. >> i have listened to the concerns. tens of thousands of folks have called the offices of all senators, to include mine. i have been on the phone answering the phone of my office so i would have a chance to chat with my constituents, who called in from in the state. we certainly had a ton of calls from outside of the state. here are some of the concerns i heard from my constituents that i know were serious concerns an important part of the conversation. one serious concern was the lack of experience that she has and i , that she brings with her a fresh set of eyes that she has no official experience, but she has invested life in 28 years of her improving public education. she has supported without question the creation of public charter schools. i had the privilege of speaking at a charter school in michigan, started by betsy devos and her husband, three or four years ago. it focuses on making sure that the students are prepared to be qualified for good jobs in the

i encourage everyone to watch tim scott's feature son the flo speech on the floor. tim scott, african-american senator, laid out a great -- >> senator, nice to see you. >>> more on the travel ban. president trump saying judges are taking away weapons needed to keep america safe. >> i listened to a bunch of stuff last night on television. that was disgraceful. it was disgraceful. i think it's sad. it's a sad day. our security is at risk today and it will be at risk until such time as we are entitled and get what we are entitled to as citizens of this country. they're taking away our weapons one by one. that's what they're doing. this is a bepweapon that you ne. they're trying to take it away from you. maybe because of politics or maybe because of political views. we can't let that happen. >> so how does the public view all this? well, that's not clear. today a new poll shows 55% of voters approve of the president's executive order. but another national poll released earlier this week shows 51% of voters oppose it. ann geren, national political reporter for the "washi

host: before you go, one of our callers brought this up earlier -- tim scott will hold in a town hallhis week? guest: that is right, the town hall that happened this past saturday was actually mark heldrd's show, which was northndivisible charleston. the format is going to be different. whereas constituents where raising their hands and tapping the microphone at this last town hall, this time the questions are going to be submitted when folks get their. if it is anything like last saturday, i'm sure there will be some robust debate and discussion about that decision right from the get-go. the: caitlin byrd with "post and courier" in south carolina. thanks for your time. host: we have time for a few more calls from viewers. a special line set aside for the viewers that have attended these town halls. lonnie is in virginia. attended one. a republican. which did you attend? congresswoman, barbara comstock has a town hall that was conducted by phone. host: and tell us about that process for somebody that has halleen to a tele-town before? i got: basically, notified to email if i would lik

i also want to thank senator tim scott for joining us today. a friend of mine.t, great senator from south carolina. i like the state of south carolina. i like all those states where i won by double, double, double, digits, you know those states but south carolina was one and tim has been fantastic, how he represent the people. and they love him. i also want to profoundly thank al -- alveda martin luther king for being here as we -- alveda king and her uncle, this exhibit, i miss king, i watch her all the type, she is a tremendous fighter for just disand so alveda, thank you very much. i have been watching you for so long and you are so long, you are so incredible and i want to thank you for all the nice thing you say about me. not everybody says nice things. >> i love your family. you're great. >> thank youor that. >>hank you. >> thank you, darling, appreciate that. so with that we're just going to end this incredible beginning of a morning. but engraved in the wall very nearby, a quote by the reverend martin luther king, jr. in 1955, he told the world, we are d

senator tim scott of south carolina tweeting he had "developed serious concerns" about puzder's nominationthat nomination now dead, and democrats are celebrating. >> you fought this pretty hard. >> we, it's not just a victory for me, it's a victory for millions of workers been this is the secretary of labor, labor, not the cretary of corporate america. >> democrats are now setting their sights on another trump cabinet nominee raising concerns about nick mulvaney for budget director. so far, just one republican is opposing. that vote is up later today. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> one more r note from the capitol hill, ashton kutcher got serious during an appearance on capitol hill. >> cutcher became emotional while pleading with the foreign senate relations committee to help ends human trafficking. cup offer who cofounds an international anti-human trki some of the horrific images he's seen while traveling around the world to help abused children. >> there was one bit of humor just before he began his testimony. he fielded a comment from senator john mccain. >> i also want to th

the -- one ofof the republicans thcame out against the nomination of andrew puzder was tim scott. sterday he put out his statement as to why. "i was impressed by the direction that he wanted to take the department of labor, but as revelations came out about illegal immigration and comments regarding the american workforce can to light, developed serious concerns and i share those concerns with senate leadership and chairman alexander and i look forward to working with a new nominee to lead the departmenof labor and focusing on the priorities of the people of south carolina, such as apprenticeships and workforce training." that was timcott, a member of the committee that andrew puzder 's nomination was moving through. marissa, democratic line, good morning. caller: we need you guys more now than ever. i'm so grateful. thank you for brian, thank you r book tv. iscomment to the cabinet that it's obviously completely inappropriate in every regard. it's obvious he doesn't give -- it's obvious that these are just political appoines. i want to ask you about the fact that he's trying to g

i also want to thank senator tim scott forjoining thought of.ant to thank senator tim scott for joining us today, a friend of mine, a great senator from south carolina. today, a friend of mine, a great senatorfrom south carolina. i like the state of south carolina, like all those states that i won by double digits but south carolina was won and tim has been fantastic cali represents the people. i want to thank alfreda king, he certainly deserves this. mr king i can tell you this personally. she is a tremendous fight for justice so thank you very much. i have been watching you. alarm and you are so incredible —— i have been watching you for so long and you are incredible. you are the best, you are great. thank you i appreciate. so with that we're just going to end this incredible beginning of the morning, engraved in the wall very nearby by the referendum martin luther king nearby by the referendum martin luther kinng., nearby by the referendum martin luther king jr. , in 1955, nearby by the referendum martin luther kinng., in 1955, he nearby by

tim scott, i work with him over the years.as amazing live story and a wonderful record in the senate. known as honest broker and independent voice. really a great policymaker. i'm really proud would come for and show all the slop and cesspool crap thrown his way by people that pretend they're tolerant. stuart: i don't want to throw this at you, last minute kind of thing, but we're told, that some i.t. people in congress have been fired, and they have been accessing the private information of members of congress. that the people who have been fired are muslims. do you have any knowledge of this? any comment? >> i have zero knowledge. i can't confirm that at all. first time i'm hearing of it. stuart: seems to be a big story developing. we'll be very much on top of it. we hear supreme court nominee neil gorsuch calling president trump's criticism of the blocking the travel demoralizing, disheartening. does this put judge gorsuch out of favor with president trump. >> no, not at all. president trump supports his nominee to the supr

. >> senator tim scott reflectos charleston, south carolina. it was my home city of charleston, where the civil war began. in my hometown of harleston, nearly 40% of all the slaves that came to america charleston, rough south carolina. charlestonian, who came up with the concept written into constitution. >> members of congress conduct a panel on opioid abuse. difficult to why someone would fentanyl when their mother overdosed, it generates brain space equivalent to depravagz, sense it is sending message, if you don't eat, you are going not to survive. it puts your brain in a state of emergency, where you will do anything in order to get the drug to survive. >> west virginia governor jim of the gives his state state address. >>you elected me as your had never erson that been a politician in the wake of me runningfentanyl when their mother overdosed, it generates brain space equivalent to depravagz, sense it is sending message, if you don't a democrat, at a as won our donald trump state by 17,000 million percent. [laughter] >> secretary of state

senator tim scott of south carolina tweeting he had "developed serious concerns" about puzder's nomination. that nomination now dead, and tonight democrats are celebrating. >> you fought this pretty hard. >> not just a victory for me, a victory for millions of workers and this is the secretary of labor. labor. not the secretary of corporate america. >> mary bruce joins us live from capitol hill tonight, and mary, president trump has a number of unconfirmed cabinet nominees and, the democrats have their sights set on another one of them? >> reporter: democrats are raising concerns about mick mulvaney for budget director, but so far, just one republican is opposing. that vote is up tomorrow, david. >> mary bruce again with us tonight. thank you, mary. >>> as we said, all of this playing out as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was visiting washington, and president trump making unexpected statements on the search for peace in the middle east today. appearing to be willing to consider breaking with long-standing u.s. policy on a two-state solution and putting netanyahu on the spot, ca

south carolina senator tim scott. >> the real debate is generations of kids that are stuck in underperforming schools. betsy devos has got to go. >> reporter: but teachers group worries devos will move dollars out of public schools. >> she has absolutely no experience,. >> reporter: that lack of experience led to some rocky moments at her confirmation hearing. >> so were you unaware what i just asked you about the i.d.a., that it was a federal law? >> i may have confused it. >> reporter: every senate democrat and twoep have vowed to vote against her tomorrow, putting devos on the massachusetts democrat elizabeth warren. >> just one more republican, that's all we need, just one. >> reporter: but as of right now, the senate appears to be split 50/50, which means vice president will have to cast the tie-breaking vote tomorrow, and that's a first, scott, for a cabinet-level position. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," super bowl ads usually out to make you laugh take a serious turn. and later, shake and make-up. an awkward encounter after the game.

. >> a little while ago we saw south carolina senator tim scott, a republican, taking the floor voicing his support for betsy devos. so far there is no sign a third republican is turning against her. the senate vote whether to confirm her will happen around 9 a.m. our time tomorrow. veronica de la cruz, kpix5. >>> here's the deal. anyone who lives in san francisco, the city, can soon attend city college for free. city leaders have just struck a deal to provide more than $5 million for tuition. the money also includes extra help for low income students for books and transportation. city college hopes all this leads to a jump in enrollment which dropped sharply during a five year accreditati, but city leaders still need to -- accreditation, but city leaders still need to sort out that students live in san francisco. >> we need to sort out the criteria that will hammer home are you a california resident living in san francisco a year? we're still working on that internally but will be good to go for the fall. >> the free tuition program will cover the next two academic years starting in th

another measure last tuesday introduced by senator tim scott, a republican from south carolina , or the choice act, that would provide choice programs aiming to serve students with disabilities and allow states that already have choice arograms to use federal ide money to support them. talk about the policies and the likelihood have to advance in a trump administration. guest: in the past, those senators have introduced similar pieces of legislation and they have been unable to bring them over the finish line, partly president obama was opposed to those legislations, so they have more chance now. in order to get anything done in the senate, as in the senator will play you, you need 60 votes, and democrats remain opposed to vouchers. i should point out that a number of republicans, you can see from the fact that senator murkowski and [indiscernible] are skeptical of vouchers. the votes are there in the senate. it would appear right now to get those pieces of legislation enacted. there has been talk of trying to expand the federal and political choice of the tax code through what is calle

south carolina senator tim scott. the real debate is genera stuck in underperforming schools. >> betsy devos has got to go. >> reporter: but teachers group worries devos will move dollars out of public schools. >> she has absolutely no experience. >> reporter: that lack of experience led to some rocky moments at her confirmation hearing. >> so were you unaware what i just asked you about the i.d.a., that it was a federal law? >> i may have confused it. >> reporter: every senate democrat and two republicans have vowed to vote against her tomorrow, putting devos on the edge of defeat. massachusetts democrat elizabeth warren. >> just one more republican, that's all we need, just one. >> reporter: but as of right now, the senate appears to be split 50/50, which means vice president pence will have to cast the tie-breaking vote tomorrow, and that's a first, scott, for a cabinet-level position. >> nancy cordes on capitol hill. >>> coming up next, super bowl ads usually out to make you laugh take a serious turn. and later, s

. -- of the state's senators lindsey graham and tim scott have become political storms -- the ones onof president trump. president trump is looking to turn the page after his trip to charleston, south carolina, he will head to florida where he will hold his first presidential rally tomorrow. relationship between the ceo and president somewhat cozy? kevin: from a policy standpoint, what you will notice is there are folks in both the democratic party and republican party who are optimistic that this new relationship between the president and boeing will help to lead the conversation about the export/import bank. the bank's board is not entirely filled in a cannot finance loans. boeing is a cheap and a factor of this financing, and would like to see that move forward. i would anticipate announcements in the next couple of weeks. vonnie: what is the situation with the national security adviser? trump a tweet from donald . i have been talking to sources close to admiral harwood, who declined the post. he privately said that it would not be possible for him to enter into this new administra

sources tell cnn it is collins of maine and lisa murkowski and tim scott and johnny isakson.ki were the two that denied betsy devos. now they are trying to save puzder with his nomination. and hello steve mnuchin. mr. treasury secretary. >> he is waving to you. >> he is the new treasury secretary. former partner of goldman sachs. he has a diverse resume. >> from "avatar" to "intern." >> he is a producer of the "batman" movie. the country's legal borrowing limit set by congress. it expires on march 15th. if congress doesn't act by that deadline, mnuchin will have to use accounting measures to pay the country's bills without violating the borrowing limit. i think there is almost zero chance they don't raise the debt ceiling. >>> a new blow for the trump administration's travel ban. it is not in effect. federal judge in virginia granted the request to halt the ban. it is not in effect nationally. the ruling effects everyone in virginia. the judge wrote, maximum power doesn't mean absolute power. this came the same day the trump administration was in the courtroom in seattle faci

. >> senator tim scott reflects on his hometown of charleston, south carolina. >> it was in my home city of charleston, where the civil war began. it was in my home city of charleston where nearly 40% of all the slaves came to america, would come through charleston, south carolina. and it was the charlestonian that came up with the concept written into our constitution, three's fifths of a man. >> members of congress. >> it's difficult to understand why someone would keep taking it when they already overdosed. it generates that brain state of equivalent to deprivation. sending the message if you don't eat, you are going to not survive. so it puts your brain in a state of emergency where you will do anything in order to get the drug. that it's needed to survive. >> west virginia governor, jim justice, gives his state of the state address. >> you elected me as your governor, a person that had never been a politician. in the wake of me running as a democrat, at a time when donald trump won our state by 17,000 million percent. >> all c-span programs are available at c-span.org. either on our

yesterday, i spoke with tim scott of south carolina, and he was still having reservations about his nomination the department of labor. press cohesively rallied against puz -- democrats cohesively rallied against puzder's nomination. despite having the support of the ceo's of mcdonald's and other fast food chains, they were not able to get this over the finish line, at devastating blow for the trump administration. >> the highest level of face-to-face contact between the u.s. and russia since president .rump took office rex tillerson met with his russian counterpart today in germany. >> people have been very keen to see whether he speaks for trump and what the space of the u.s. administration would look like. awkward,little bit because it is customary when you do a joint statement or bilateral with another leader, in this case sergey lavrov, his russian counterpart, to do a handshake, a couple of words. as he started speaking, all the press were ushered out, which caused the russian secretary to ask why the press was being hushed, which is ironic. tillerson made a statement to the press shortl