tonight the senate also confirmed the official who will be vivek murphy's bos, dr. rachel levine was confirmed tonight to be assistant secretary of health. that is a history making appointment. dr. levine is now the first transgender official to be confirmed by the senate, the highest ranking u.s. government official in history. she will be the number two official at hhs. all republicans but two voted against her. susan collins and murkowski voted for her. dr. levine's boss will be the new secretary of health and human resources. no republican 1234er9s voted for him at all but democrats were nevertheless able to confirm him on a party line vote. in order to become health secretary he had to leave his previous job, which was attorney general of the state of california. there had been a bunch of discussion that congressman adam schiff of california, frequent guest on this show. he had such a high profile roll particularly in the first impeachment of president trump. adam schiff might replace xavier ba certificato. well, today we learned that kmap adam schiff will not

issue, that almost derailed president obama's nomination for southern general, a doctor named vivek murphya year to make him a scapegoat for the nra. he ultimately served as southern general under president obama. he served until president trump fired him. president biden has just brought