that made it 50/50. so mike pence, the vice president had to hustle up to capitol hill to break the tie, 51 to 50. thomas farr now may get confirmed in the next couple days, but we don't know. right now this is the issue in the senate. jeff flake is going to oppose these nominees. if they don't get this worked out, a lot of these nominees have to be renominated next year. guess who won't be here? jeff flake. >> thanks, chad. president trump's daughter, ivanka, defending her use of a private e-mail account for government business while she was transitioning to a white house adviser job. she told abc news there is no comparison between that and the former secretary of state hillary clinton's private e-mail server. >> my e-mails have not been deleted. nor was there anything of substance. nothing confidential that was within them. so there's no connection between the two things. >> so the idea of lock her up doesn't apply to you? >> no. >> shepard: lock her up, of course, is a phrase candidate