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first minister, nicola sturgeon, was sometimes critical of how the westminster government handled this. cast your mind back to the height of the pandemic when we were all facing government imposed restrictions, look down rules on social mixing. different nations were able to set their own rules and that sometimes lead to clashes between the government in london and the scottish government about everything from messaging to concrete decisions. it is an example. this is a message that em...

Inevitable. >> and kristen welker, reminding folks, recall the cabinet process, cabinet vetting process, certain members the president focused on and certain ones vice president pence was focused on. tom price was considered sort of in the pence wing of that. a good point there. i dont think the president was personally as invested in him as, say, a steve mnuchin or perhaps a ryan zinke. and tonights panel, host of, analyst, host of hugh hewitt on saturdays and campaign policy director for oba...

Whats been happening, including in the last week in europe, you have consistently cabinet officials saying things that are different than what the president has said, on nato, on israel, on russia, including russian sanctions. so i think if youre tillerson coming in, its not that he has not found the right person. some of it may be that they dont have a cabinet process to ensure discipline in the message, and he doesnt want to be saying to himself, i dont want to say something different than wha...

It is now whittling this down. >> we are going through the cabinet process right now. they worked with the federal society. >> got it down to just a few. the names are names they will love. >> the nomination will solidify conservative majority on the supreme court since his death last february the court has been operating with the 4, 4 split. president obama nominated judge garland to replace justice scalia. president elect trump said his choice would be pro second amendment and anti apportion. ...

He cares what every single word says. >> which i know is difficult at times. anyway, congratulation on your positions. i dont have a lot of advice for the president-elect, but what i care about is the country. i believe this is the forgotten man and woman election. whats important, i think, and one of the reasons people are so upset with washington is they make promises and dont keep them. so, to me, if youre going to be the head of policy, i want to ask you are we going to get originalists on t...

His cabinet but here he is meeting the democrat. >> theyre taking an interesting approach in the cabinet process for the in coming bush administration and obama administration and the whole process was done quietly by the team that i worked with, the obama people would float a name of a day or two out and see how people reacted. the trump people are doing something different, they are parading people up to the front door of the golf club with the cameras rolling and saying what positions they wo...

Offices have been lighting up the phone calls. people protesting betsy devos is nomination. mike pence is basely blaming democrats obstruction. it hes probably saying hes going to come up here as vice president and to cast the deciding vote and she will be the next education secretary, that is, unless of course, we have another replica defection. weve had to democrats -- whenf the phones are ringing off the hook. the teachers unions have been effective in mobilizing trying to protest betsy devos...