. >> many of the president trump 's cabinet picks remain stalled on capitol hill. doug luzader on washington this morning. two were pushed through yesterday, is that correct. >> reporter: they are getting there but what a contrast, it is right now between capitol hill, here, and the white house. here on the hill these cabinet nom behind theys are by and large tasting resistance. things are moving but slowly. white house has been a flurry of activity. it it was a whirlwind for president trump, meetings with business leaders, labor leaders and congressional leaders and by the stroke of his pen there were executive order, among them treeing the ted work force and pulling the u.s. out of the transpacific partnership. the tpp trade deal struck by president owe bam. >>> great thing for the american worker what we just did. >> reporter: at white house reception president may have raised eyebrows, he says he claims illegal immigrants may have cost him millions of votes back in november. >> trump's cabinet nominees are making headway mike pompeo sworn in as cia director and

trump administration. >>> more tough questions today for some of the president- elect's cabinet nominees. senate democrats are taking issue with things like basic qualifications to disclosure paperwork. kpix 5's allen martin is here to explain. allen. >> reporter: ken, president- elect donald trump has made a decision on one of the last cabinet choices left to be filled. 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 t

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. >> i would put the winners of every appointee that donald trump has for the cabinet,'s opera, jeffsions, people who might be controversial are controversial to a lot of democrats but were going to be clips of attention as they go ahead with the confirmation hearing. losers, the intelligence committee. they seem quite demoralized by the attacks they have been getting on their work by donald trump. >> winner, hands down, tucker carlson giving the 9:00 slot on fox news. he deserves it. he is the definitive proof that leo derosier was wrong, nice guys do sometimes well. the loser is the house g.o.p. they're trying to sneak through the dead of the night. a way to kill a real issue by doing it in the dead of night. >> bret: that is it for the report. fair, balanced, and >> sean: we wish megyn kelly all of our best. we will miss here's our forecast: at fox. the fbi holding a press conference on the florida shooting rampage. we go there right now. >> a number of individuals evacuated out of the terminal. we are working to make sure everybody was safe and secure. once we received that word

. >> i would put the winners of every appointee that donald trump has for the cabinet,'s opera, jeffsions, people who might be controversial are controversial to a lot of democrats but were going to be clips of attention as they go ahead with the confirmation hearing. losers, the intelligence committee. they seem quite demoralized by the attacks they have been getting on their work by donald trump. >> winner, hands down, tucker carlson giving the 9:00 slot on fox news. he deserves it. he is the definitive proof that leo derosier was wrong, nice guys do sometimes well. the loser is the house g.o.p. they're trying to sneak through the dead of the night. a way to kill a real issue by doing it in the dead of night. >> bret: that is it for the report. fair, balanced, and unafraid. tucker is next. >> tucker: we have the fox news alert, a gunman is shot and leaving others shot. we begin our show with a fox national correspondent he was live on the scene in florida. >> we receive on lockdown from the broward county sheriff's department. going through grudges, checking every single vehicle as

trump held his first event in the nation 's capitol hours after his cabinet many in minute knees faced contentious nomination hearings. cbs correspondent hena daniels has latest on the incoming administration. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump took to the stage at the preinauguration dinner last night thanking foreign dignitaries in the attendance. >> we have great respect for are countries. >> reporter: and praising his cabinet nominees. >> we have put together a team the likes of which has never been assembled before. >> reporter: mr. trump's pick for education secretary billion air bet thecy devos was grilled, on tuesday, on the the millions of dollars that she has donated to the republican party, as well as her potential boss's controversial comments on women. >> president the elect trump was recorded bragging about kissing and groping and trying to have sex with woman without their consent. if this behavior happened in the school, would you consider it a sexual assault. >> yes. >> reporter: interior secretary ryan zenke was asked about climate change when the president-ele

tonight, president trump released a statement thanking the senate and the president went on to say he hopes they will quickly confirm the rest of his cabinet nominees. >> you're watching nbc10'scial live coverage of the inauguration of donald trump. and a picture right now of the trump family and their first dance. ♪ >>> a house fire claimed the lives of two people in chester county today. went up in flames before noon. one of the houses was abandoned. neighbors say the other was home to the a mother and son but not clear who died. investigators looking for the cause of the fire. >>> new surveillance showed what happened when a worker opened the door for a robber at a consignment shop in antioch. tied up at gunpoint on main street. he then let in accomplices. the trio stole near ly 60,00$60n jewelry and clothes. we'll be right back. >>> the sights and sounds of the inauguration. this was some of the entertainment during the balls. and in washington with the largest group covering this inauguration. >> we're not finished yet. we have crews in place to cover the women's march. our coverage begins tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. that's going to do it for us here in washington. i'm jim ros

secretary of state clearing the way for the full senate to confirm one of donald trump's most critical cabinet choices. the u.k.'s brexit plan will become clearer today when the supreme court rules on whether the process can start without parliament approval. if the decision goes against the move, the government plans to russian legislation to article 50 by the end of march. the ruling will be announced at 9:30 a.m. today in london. and of course and that is out there for the latest on that. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. stories on there bloomberg at top . i am shery ahn. this is bloomberg. let us find out how the comets by steve minutia and are playing out in the fx markets and across the asian session as a whole. juliette saly has the details. juliette: we started the day with not a lot of conviction but things are looking brighter at the end of the day. some great games coming through in the australian market, higher by 0.7% at the close but we did see weakness coming through from the nikkei. not too much movement with the yen against th

trump defended his cabinet picks in a way only trump can do it. >> we have by far the highest iq of any cabinet ever assembled. >> i am joined by bush 43's white house chief of staff, also somebody who helped run the transition out of the white house for bush 41. >> thank you very much. good to be here. >> the transition process after 9/11, you helped lead a team, if i am understanding of basically professionalizing the presidential transition where it became mandatory to the nominees actually get money and resources, essentially so there is a continuity of government issue that isn't a question. how concerned are you about the next 24 hours? >> president bush did a remarkable, non-partisan thing for the country. he said, we'll make sure whoever succeeds him. he did it in the end of the first term. >> all 9/11. >> i want to make sure the president understands the burdens and has a team relatively prepared to step in the moment he becomes president. >> right. >> he put that infrastructure in place, and there were remarkable people who made a difference in getting that together. josh bolton near the top of the list. it was a great gift to president-el

s from the future. >>> congress is holding three simultaneous hearings on capitol hill, today for three of the president-elect donald trump's cabinet picks. nominees faced pointed questions on war,'s and poverty. >> pretty clear about what took place here. >> reporter: congressman mike pompeo president-elect donald trump's pick to head the cia called russian medaling an aggressive action and says that the threat of cyber attack is real, and growing. >> my obligation as trek are of the cia is to tell every policy headachier the facts. >> reporter: kansas republican told senate intelligence commit thee he would give his unbiased an "s" is. regardless of politics. pompeo weighed in on the use of torture. >> if you were ordered by the president to restart the cia's use oven hansed interrogation tech theses, that fall outside of the army told manual would you comply. >> senator absolutely not. >> reporter: at his confirmation hearing to be tea fence secretary retired general james mattis shared his concerns about russia, saying that america's key alliance are under attack. >> we recollect thighs the reality of what we deal with, with mr

another cabinet member s under donald trump. >>> just over a week ago, speaking of transportation and of us get around, that elon musk was breaking bread with donald trump in the white house in a who's who leader. two of technology's biggest names and tesla, spacex, hot water, slightly elevated in temperature for not taking a stronger stance on president trump's immigration order as well as hess outward support for big oil man rex tillerson as secretary of state. tillerson is not loved by most environmentally conscious consumers and that would include the tesla faithful. south african executive polling people for a solution on immigration issue got him a big more than he bargained for. responses like this, @elon musk, do the right thing, advise from the advisory position. be on the right side of the story. hey, elon musk, that squeak you're hearing tesla's brand leaking out. might patch the leak with rejection of trump. some of us how failing to see removing yourself from the conversation helps anything. it is better, it isn't, to have one of the voices inside the white house talking

trump. americans are evenly split on his cabinet picks. about 39% approve, 40% disapprove. kpix5's nominees are getting a tough grilling on capitol hill. >> we are a compassionate society. >> no we are not. >> democrats interrogated two of so intensely, one of them mistook the room for a courtroom. scott pruett filed lawsuits against the agency he wans to lead. >> do you agree that global warming is is a hoax? >> i do not, senator. >> but he would not concede that humans are primarily to blame. >> i believe it is subject to more debate on whether human activity contribute to it. >> on the other end of the hallway, democrats came down hard on georgia congressman tom price. >> i am very frightened about what you are going to do. >> as secretary of health and human services, price would help lead trump's effort to repeal and replace obama care. >> i believe and i look forward to working with you to make sure every single american has access to the highest quality care and coverage that is possible. >> has access to does not mean that they are guaranteed healthcare. i have access to bo

then there's this,s a tough day for the future trump cabinet especially on obamacare.lk to senator rand paul, medical doctor who has his own plan for health care. also, there's breaking news tonight. reports of a joint federal investigation into the russia election hack including claims of a secret money trail into the united states. we're going to talk about the who reporters who broke that story. all that plus patricia arquette in our studio, oscar winner, activist, public face of the women's march on washington. >>> oh, make no mistake about

s anne makovec reports. >> reporter: a lot of these people are calling president trump's pick a swamp cabinet. they are gathering outside dianne feinstein's office right now urging her to oppose president trump's nominees. this rally is one of dozens planned nationwide by moveon.org to urge the senate to delay cabinet confirmations and to resist mr. trump's agenda. on monday the president signed an executive order curtailing funding to some women's health organizations. reinstated a policy that requires nongovernmental organizations to agree on condition of getting federal funding that they would neither perform or actively promote abortion in other nations. so that symbolism is heightened after demonstrations on saturday. funding for abortion was a rallying cry and that's why san francisco supervisor and hilary ronen and other leaders introduced a resolution saying that san francisco will pay for female healthcare if the government stops funding it. >> going to have to fight. we are going to have to provide the resources. we are gonna have to roll up our sleeves and we are ready to do whateve

cabinet confirmation hearings. kpix 5's allen martin is here now with a closer look at the grilling. allen. >> reporter: liz, the hearings come just two days before donald trump takes office and senators questioned mr. trump's cabinet picks about everything from climate change to the affordable care act. in fact, the man who could be the next health and human services secretary defended the republican repeal of obamacare. >> nobody is interested in pulling the rug out from under anybody. we believe that it's absolutely imperative that individuals that have health coverage be able to keep health coverage. >> reporter: georgia rennive tom price also defending himself today over accusations he invested in healthcare companies then worked on legislation that would benefit those same firms. >> everything that we have done has been above board, transparent, ethical and legal. >> reporter: down the hall, oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt nominated to run the epa, breaking with the president-elect on climate change. >> do you agree global warming is a hoax? >> i do not, senator. >> so donald trump is wrong? >> i do not believe that climate change is a hoax. >> r

trump. >>> the same survey shows that americans are evenly split on trump's cabinet picks. about 39% approve of them and 40% disapprove. >>> some of the nominees are getting a tough grilling on capitol hill. kpix 5's allen martin reports. >> we're compassionate society. >> no, we're not a compassionate society. >> reporter: democrats interrogated two of the nominees so intensely that one of them briefly mistook the hearing room for a courtroom. >> are you aware -- >> yes, your honor -- yes, senator. >> reporter: scott pruitt filed 14 lawsuits against the agency he now wants to lead. the epa. >> do you agree that global warming is a hoax? >> i do not, senator. >> reporter: but he would not concede that humans are primarily to blame. >> i believe it can measure with precision the degree of human's activity on the climate. it's subject to more debate whether the climate is changing or whether human activity contributes to it. >> reporter: they came down hard on georgia congressman tom price. >> i'm very frightened of what you're going to do. >> reporter: as secretary of health and human services, he would lead the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. >> i believe and i look forward to working with

then there's this,s a tough day for the future trump cabinet especially on obamacare. we talk to senator rand paul, medical doctor who has his own plan for health care. also, there's breaking news tonight. reports of a joint federal investigation into the russia election hack including claims of a secret money trail into the united states. we're going to talk about the who reporters who broke that story. all that plus patricia arquette in our studio, oscar winner, activist, public face of the women's march on washington. >>> oh, make no mistake about it, this is going to be really different. historic changes under way right here in washington. in less than 48 hours you will have a new president. and you are looking at president-elect trump's motorcade moments ago outside the trump tower in midtown, new york. the president-elect heading to the airport, he's going to fly 200 miles south to washington for the start of the inaugural parties. and today, lots of action just behind me on capitol hill. four more cabinet hearings and then there's this. look at that picture. tha

cabinet. trump has all these billionaires with jets and everything. 's financial record will reveal his only asset is his senate retirement in wilcox county. therefore you can tell someone's criteria. , i wouldsenator ervin not be talking about someone from chicago having a lot of integrity because that city along with other enclaves around the country have some pretty -- if you are from chicago, it is pretty much know you're going to be a crook if you are in politics. eric holder's holdings and instigation's to compare jeff sessions integrity and financial record and honesty with eric holder would be like night and day. there has been a lot clandestine things that come out of chicago. people come out of chicago, it's very much expected you are crooked. host: 15 minutes left and we will talk about the jeff sessions nomination in our next session of "washington journal" as well. if you do not get in on this segment, stay on the line. a couple of calls from alabama and we will take them both. up first is barbara from hamilton, alabama, a republican. good m

trump. they can slow walk his nominee s through congress and they are talking about to go that, targeting eight of president-elect trump's nominees for cabinet posts and making these confirmation hearings extended affairs that may go into how much even. this is something we may see play out through course of the next few months, really, here on capitol hill. >> a lot of people not very happy about those cabinet selections. do we necessity any specifics that will drag out for a long time, with these confirmations sort of stalling them. >> reporter: yes, democrats are unhappy, republicans are very happy with them. we have divided opinion about these cabinet picks are concerned but democrats do have the power to essentially, you know, throw some sand in the gears here and republicans are already crying foul about this but this is the way that the process works. it means that we may talk about these cabinet picks for a while yet to come. chief among them may be tiller son, pick for secretary of state, former head of exxon mobile, and that is going to be a tough cabinet pick, for trump. he may ultimately get confirmed but there will be some consi

donald trump has more than his average share of multimillionaires in the cabinet. so the ethic s piece of this is even more complex for some of his nominees than we've seen on the previous nomination. >> the substructure of government. there are 690 positions to be filled. so far, he's only named people to 27 of them. the state department, the justice department? one person per department has been named so far. a total of 370 positions in those 4 departments, only four have been named. >> where is he in comparison to other administrations? >> he's behind. >> thank you. i appreciate it, all of you. i hope all of you got to speak. >> two house democrats telling us why they're skipping donald trump's inauguration on friday? now, get 15% off making your company stand out. staples. make more happen. >>> welcome back to cnn tonight, tonight from -- live from the nation's capital, we'll be here through inauguration day actually, a couple days after we'll be broadcasting from here as well. welcome back to the program everyone. by cnn's latest count, at least 31 house democrats skipping d

trump's remaining cabinet nominees. a u.s. senate committee has approved betsy devos' nomination for secretary of education. it now goes to the full senate. kpix #'s jackie. >> reporter: kenny, the announcement that betsy devos got one step closer to heading the department of education was made just a few hours ago. those who are here are not happy about it. the people here are mothers, school board members, teachers, parents and students, and the bears at the foot of that statue represent betsy devos' 100 conflicts of interest. they also represent the -- devos said if confirmed she wants to address the rising cost of higher education and the massive student debt problem our country has. she also hopes to advance trade and vocational schools as well as community colleges and she is known for her support of charter schools and promoting her conservative religious values. this protest is part of a series of resist trump tuesdays in which demonstrations similar to this are happening in approximately 300 cities across the country. jackie ward kpix 5. >>> a u.s. senate committee did advance a couple more of trump ice nominees. the energy and natural re

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. >>> president-elect trump's cabinet picks are facing more scrutiny as confirmation hearing continue. ryan zenke is president-elect 's choice for interior secretary. >> i'm an unapologetic admirer of teddy roosevelt and believe he had a right when he placed under federal protection millions of other acres in federal land and set aside much of it as our national forest. >> senators are also, questioning betsy devos, the president-elect choice for education secretary. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" is place to be for complete coverage of the inauguration of president trump, we will have live reports from washington d.c. on thursday, and friday. >>> a former apprentice contestant is suing president-elect trump for defamation. gloria alreadies representing the former reality show contestant who accused the president-elect of inappropriate sexual advances. >> everyone has to take responsibility for their action and whether the person is president-elect, president of the united states, or anyone else. >> her lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages. >>> president obama made a surprise appearance in the white house briefing

but first, among trump's cabinet nominees under scrutiny andrew puzder who is up for secretary of labor. >> kpix 5'skovec joins us now with more on the questions he is likely to face and the protests planned here locally against him. >>> reporter: there are going to be plenty of protests here and across the country. andrew puzder will answer questions from members of the senate health committee next week. but he is the ceo of cke restaurants which owns fast- food restaurants carls junior and hardees. he opposes raising the minimum wage cutting profitability and loss of jobs. he publicly opposed several labor department regulations including the overtime rule. so there's a big protest planned against puzder this morning at the carls junior restaurant in alameda one of 30 across the country workers will carry signs that read puzder if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen and i am not a robot. puzder has been a long-time supporter of mr. trump and advised his campaign for president. >> anne it seems like he has strong feelings on healthcare. >> reporter: yes. he definitely agrees with the pr

s biggest companies. these conversations, come as senate prepares to hold confirmation hearings on mr. trump's cabinet nominees. >> yes, we had a great meeting , it is jobs. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump focused on the economy during series of meetings with business executive including jack ma'am >> small business on the platform selling products and american services, to china and asia, because we're big in asia. >> reporter: mr. trump met with french fashion billion air, bernard arnot who is considering new factories in the u.s. >> we will do wonderful things in this country. great things. jobs. a lot of jobs. >> reporter: while president-elect continues to hold heatings this new york the first of his cabinet nominees are preparing for senate confirmation hearings which begin on tuesday. >> i think they will all pass, every nomination will be, they are all at the highest levels. >> reporter: first up attorney general nominee jeff sessions and home land security pick general john kelly. senator sessions is likely to face some tough questions from collogues, about his allege racial and inn

trump cabinet. >>> and morgan stan lieley ceo s gorman joins us live from davos.hat he's expecting from the markets when donald trump takes office. >>> plus, off the tracks. long-time railroad veteran hunter harrison leaving cp rail to join activis investor to shake things up at csx. that story, plus other stocks to watch as the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now. >>> live from the beating heart of business, new york city, this is "squawk box." >>> good morning and welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc live from the nasdaq market site in times square. i'm kelly evans along with steve liesman and scott wapner this morning. why? because joe, andrew, and becky are on their way to washington for the inauguration of the 45th president of the united states. donald trump. they're going straight from davos to d.c. they will be back tomorrow morning live from washington with a morning full of pundits and politicos and special coverage of inauguration day begins at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow here on "squawk box." meanwhile, the markets are getting ready for another tr

trump's cabinet nominees. among them, commerce secretary pick wilbur ross and health and human services nominee tom price. >>> one bay area city has given women a platform to share their concerns. kpix 5'sndria borba reports. >> reporter: it was standing room only at santa clara county as people gathered to lay out what women will need to survive and thrive in the incoming trump administration. >> it was that true call to action that some of us needed to stop just signing online petitions and thinking that we're doing our duty. >> reporter: the supervisors are looking for action items on the county levels to help absorb of loss of services brought on by potential policy changes in the incoming administration. >> if women rise up and decide how they want it to be in this county and the state and country, it will be that way. that's a fact. it's a democratic country. that's a fact. >> reporter: first to speak the head of planned parenthood about to have no funding by federal taxes. >> subsidized healthcare at planned parenthood. the rest of the safety net in california simply doesn't have the capacity to absorb the more than 1 million annual visits to planned parenthood health centers. >>

trump's cabinet picks and helping the president elect fill the empty spot on the supreme court. >>> as congress returns to work today republicans are eager to start take agriculture part obama's policies while-s talked about making life difficult for trump. >> doug has more from capitol hill where both parties braying for what could be hard year. >> reporter: you can judge it just based on the high profile visitors this week alone. the president will be here on capitol hill tomorrow to meet with democrats to try to save obama care. the vice president elect will also be here to meet with republicans. dome of congress has been redone after a massive construction and restoration project. inside it's all about deconstructing the presidents's agenda and especially for new republicans it's a heady time. >> it's time to get our game face on and get working here. >> reporter: for the gop the number one target is obama care. that's the reason the president will head to the hill tomorrow. to try to figure out a way to save it. for republicans the real challenge may be get around a plan that saves some of the more popular aspects of the program while getting rid of the individual mandate to obtain or bu

trump's cabinet choices. secretary of state designate r ex tillerson goes before the senate the foreign relations committee. transportation secretary's lane chow faces the senate commerce committee and dramatic turn, senate collogue s corry booker of new jersey will testify against attorney general designate, jeff sessions. now in a statement, book era accused sessions of having quote concerning record of civil rights and criminal justice reform. >>> well, president-elect trump is expect to detail plans to sever his business ties when he holds a news conference this morning. multiple government and intelligence officials tell cbs news that russia gathered potentially compromising information about the president-elect but chose not to disclose that information during the 2016 campaign. instead it opt todd release e-mails aimed at damaging hillary clinton's campaign. >> if this report were true, that russian intelligence had cruel willly compromising material, on the president-elect and that there was some cooperation or collusion between his campaign and russians that would be un precedented in american history. >> president-elect trump responded to the news by tweet ing fake news, a total political witch hunt. >>>

cabinets at ikea. trump skis in jeans. this sign isn't very good but neither is our president. he doesn't even have a dog. s are kids out there too i hope this kid made her own sign. read into it what you want. other children focused on issues personal to them. i love legos. i heart trains. the real win they are weekend bass the poster board industry, right? i mean, really. now on the opposite end of the female empowerment spectrum, tonight on abc we had a new episode of "the bachelor." it was episode 4. [ cheers and applause ] the women packed up their emotional baggage for a visit to nick's hometown in wisconsin. never has a group of women pretended to be more excited about to wisconsin, than tonight. nick ran into an ex-girlfriend. by ran into i mean the producers called his ex-gifriend. put a microphone on her. put her in the spot where he would be. so that was natural. the villain this season, i don't know if you've been watching, this woman corinne, 24 years old, she has a nanny at home. she's the worst person in the whole world. she's terrible. and the women are forming an alliance against her. but n

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s interests, what have you. paul: thank you, mr. williamson, for being here. still ahead, as confirmation hearings get underway for some of donald trump's top cabinet picks, a looklearned this week about the administration's evolve aring foreign policy. evolving foreign policy. >> our nato allies are right to be alarmed at a resurgent russia. ♪ ♪ when you have digestive sensitivities, life can feel like a never ending search for food that won't cause bloating, gas, or inner turmoil. introducing pronourish. a delicious nutritional drink that makes a great mini meal or snack that has protein and fiber. and pronourish has no gluten or high fructose corn syrup. and is low in fodmap ingredients that can trigger digestive sensitivities. the search is over. new pronourish. nutrition you can feel good about. ♪ ♪ paul: hearings got underway this week for top members of donald trump's national security team, the president-elect's picks for state, defense and cia all facing a grilling on capitol hill and often disagreeing with the man who nominated them. here's secretary, defense secretary nominee general james mattis thursday on cooperating with russia. >> i'm all for eng

s interests, what have you. paul: thank you, mr. williamson, for being here. still ahead, as confirmation hearings get underway for some of donald trump's top cabinet picks, a look we learned this week about the administration's evolve aring foreign policy. evolving foreign policy. >> our nato allies are right to be alarmed at a resurgent ♪ ♪ paul: hearings got underway this week for top members of donald trump's national security team, the president-elect's picks for state, defense and cia all facing a grilling on capitol hill and often disagreeing with the man who nominated them. here's secretary, defense secretary nominee general james mattis thursday on cooperating with russia. >> i'm all for engagement, but we also have to recognize reality and what russia is up to, and there's a decreasing number of areas where we can engage cooperatively and an increasing number of areas where we're going to have to confront russia. paul: trump tweeted friday morning, quote: all of my cabinet nominees are looking good and doing a great job. i want them to be themselves and express their own thoughts, not mine. we're back with dan henninger, mary kiss el and brett stevens.

people doubting whether his cabinet nominees will make it through senate confirmation, just feeling like there's always a hurdle and the media is counting him out and trump want sverybody to acknowledge his victory. but it is important to point out that the victory is not that commanding. he won the electoral college, obviously, but he lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes to hillary clinton. a majority of the people in this country disapprove of his performance according to the latest polls and that is a challenge for trump. he wants to claim a mandate and have the authority of a big electoral victory and it's not quite there. charlie: margaret brennan joins us now, my colleague at cbs. what is your impression of what happened today and is everything back on an even keel? margaret: i think this is going to be an ongoing tussle with the press, something donald trump and his campaign have said is their perception, that they somehow believe they are treated unfairly in the trump white house continues to be treated unfairly. that impression still has not been dispelled on their end. but today in the white house press briefing room, sean spicer definitely

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s tracee wilkins is at the scene right now. tuck follow her updates on twitter @traceewilkins. >>> lawmakers on capitol hill have two major decisions to make involving president trump's cabinet picks. in a few hours, the senate foreign relations committee will vote on the nomination of rex tillerson for secretary of state. maryland senator ben carden has pledged not to vote for his nomination, based on tillerson's business history with russia. as nbc's tracie potts reports, the other controversial vote involving mike pompeo,'s trump's pick for cia director. >> today, congress is expected to spend hours debating kansas congressman mike pompeo, before voting on his nomination as cia director. >> they're doing little political games with me. >> reporter: some democrats are concerned about on waterboarding, privacy, and surveillance. >> pompeo is going to have huge, huge power. and there are issues that have been very vexing to the congress. >> reporter: still vexing the white house, reports of inauguration crowd counts lower than president obama's. >> sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that. >> wait a minute! alternative facts?! >> that i will bear true

another dinner featuring his cabinet nominees at theinees ate library of congress.con now, later today, at arlingtonnn national cemetery 3:30 this:30 s really begin in earnest. mr. trump vice presidentsidn elect pence will be doing adong wreath laying ceremony at theng cemetery there. ctery there. the pair will then head backheak here to the lincoln memorialncoe for the make america greatrica e again welcome celebration.leion. mr. trump is expected to make me a few short remarks there andd thank supporters.pport the concert will feature toby ty keith john voight leeig lee greenwood three doors downd thre military bands an fireworks display. la then a later tonight 7:30 this3s evening actually, black tietie candlelight dinner at unionuno station for trump and pence too thank their campaign donors.doo. also last night, when thee president-elect was in town, his motorcade apparently madede an unscheduled stop at theduleda trump hot telth where he was greeted to cheers from his cheef guests there at the hotel ho bearing his name.name. he then flew back to new yorkack last night o tn his privateate plane, then later today he returns to washington to livelie duration of his

trump 's controversial pick for attorney general. those two battles in early skirmishes already under way. reportedly saying they're outraged tillerson will not release his full tax returns from the last three years as many cabinetinees do though not always the secretary of state nominee. now democrats on the senate judiciary committee as well as progressive groups are accusing senator sessions of omitting decades worth of his career from the information he did provide pursuant to the confirmation hearings. given the fact republicans control the senate, how much can senate democrats really do to stifle the nominations to the trump cabinet and what does the opposition look like in both houses of congress once trump takes office? i will ask some very special guests about that. >>> welcome back. earlier in the broadcast we stated that music producer quincy jones attended trump's new year's eve party at mar-a-lago. while donald trump's spokesman, sean spicer, said jones would attend, we want to correct the record. jones spent new year's in los angeles. >>> back in capitol hill, a fight brewing over a trump nominee who has been in this position before. >> mr. sessions is a throwback to a shameful era which i know bot

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trump 's controversial pick for attorney general. those two battles in early skirmishes already under way. reportedly saying they're outraged tillerson will not release his full tax returns from the last three years as many cabinet though not always the secretary of state nominee. now democrats on the senate judiciary committee as well as progressive groups are accusing senator sessions of omitting decades worth of his career from the information he did provide pursuant to the confirmation hearings. given the fact republicans control the senate, how much can senate democrats really do to stifle the nominations to the trump cabinet and what does the opposition look like in both houses of congress once trump takes office? i will ask some very special guests about that. boost it's about moving forward not back. it's looking up not down. it's feeling up thinking up living up. it's being in motion... in body in spirit in the now. boost. it's not just nutrition. it's intelligent nutrition. with 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. all in 3 delicious flavors. it's choosing to go in one direction... up. boost. be up for it. for over 100 years like kraft has,cious natural cheese you learn a lot about people'

trump steps in there. in the care if you put cabinet peep they'll have -- we s of dollars, they need somebody that knows something business and he does. nelan caster, ohio. our going to continue conversation with michael hiltzik, a columnist joining us on the phone. get your k, i want to thoughts on what republicans are replacement far as for affordable care act and if those things are workable in mind? guest: right. well, what they typically is to replace the individual mandate, which conservative republican idea going back before the a.c.a. replacing that with a continuous coverage equirement of some sort, that basically says if you don't allow your insurance to lapse, still be eligible for this sort of protection. are people even on the left who say that is pretty much ust as good, we shouldn't draw a line in the sand over that. i don't agree. i think if you look at the find the main l reason that people allow their insurance to lapse is economic. can't afford it. people who are -- have lost moving between jobs, who lose insurance, often have a choice, they need a bridge of some sort between old obamacare or o

cabinet guys starting next week. the biggest one may be rex tillerson, who himself has personal ties to vladimir putin. this is the former head of exxon, who's donald trump's pick to s i think the more donald trump continues to challenge the premise that russia was an aggressor here, the more he's going to lose people like john mccain and lindsey graham on rex tillerson. all you need is one more republican. rand paul, marco rubio. both have expressed concerns on tillerson. there's others there. i think the more trump continues to question and push back on this, the more you may see a handful of republicans, and it only takes three with 52, really making his confirmation for all of his national security team problematic. so that's the near-term political issue here for trump. >> the funny thing is, we were sitting here talking about this earlier when you hear senator graham speaking. they're just shocked by what the president-elect is doing. we're way beyond that, aren't we? we're not really shocked anymore about what he's saying or doing. >> it's funny you say that. i'm with you. nothing shocks me anymore. i think we are numb to this. i think it's more of a serious

trump's nominee to head health and human services. hearings have been scheduled next week for cabinet nominees and donald trump's pick for attorney general. that's alabama senator jeff setting sessions s we'll have le coverage starting tuesday here on c-span 3 and streaming live on-line with rebroadcasts of the hearing in the evening during prime time and you can always listen to the upcoming hearings on the free c-span radio app. at a hearing c-span covered on today and reported on by political the chair of the committee john mccain vowed to strike back against russia for a series of election season cyber attacks that senator mccain called an unprecedented attack on our democracy. in the first congressional hearings on the alleged attacks he warned without greater u.s. action russia could imperil future american elections. read more details at politico.com. here's the hearing in its entirety with the director of the national security james clapper and mike rogers, head of u.s. cyber command. >> well, good morning, everyone. before we begin, i want to welcome all our members back to the committee and extend a

inaugural committee, mitch mcconnell, kevin mccarthy manned cabinet designee ‘s and white house senior staff will attend a leadership luncheon at the trump. at 3pm the vice president elect and their families will attend a wreath—laying cemetery at arlington national cemetery. as 4pm they will attend the america great again rally and concert at the lincoln memorial. tomorrow the big day for everyone, the next inauguration day. begin with the president—elect and his family, the vice president—elect and his family, cabinet designee ‘s, family and friends, an 8:30am church service right across from the white house. at 9:30am the president—elect and his family will attend a white house tea on the south portico of the white house. at 10:30pm they travel to the capital for the swearing—in. at 11pm the president—elect, vice president—elect and his family, attend the swearing—in on the west lawn of the us capitol building. at 1pm the president—elect, vice president—elect, first lady melania trump, second lady karen pence, will attend a luncheon at the us capitol. at 2:30pm they will attend a military review located at the us capitol at east front