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Point, described pompeo as a stand-up guy, a stainless reputation and somebody theres no doubt that will be grilled when he goes in for his nomination in the senate by democrats. >> should be fascinating. mark preston, thanks to you. now lets circle back to trumps choice for attorney general. u.s. senator jeff sessions. the alabama republican was the first sitting senator to endorse trump way become ack in februar stood by the candidate during many rough patches. lets bring in evan perez to tell...

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Expect there will be an easier time to attract republican operatives and staffers to work in a trumps white house. those who stayed here in capitol hill are in other parts of government and have expressed to me some of the kurs yocuriosity you talked about and the jarring notion. there will be a change of acceptance from official republican washington to donald trump. he said draining as well. we are standing in the swamp, literally. >> so have to see how they balance that out. my experience cov...

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Yet. hard-hit houston is finally drying out. nbcs charles hadlock is there in houston for us. charles, theres still a lot of work to be done in houston. >> reporter: a lot of work to be done cleaning up more than 4,000 structures that were inundated by some of the water that fell on monday night and tuesday morning. but take a look at this. we even got an inch of rain this morning. but the bayous are all declining. they are receding right now. this is the lowest weve seen it since weve been here...

Southwest. these are images in fact of a dam in ellis county that is near dallas now being monitored by the agriculture department over fears it could break, but over the last hour engineers say it appears to be holding, though they are not giving it the all-clear just yet. another flash flood warning issued for parts of houston, bringing more misery to a region already devastated by unprecedented weather. the storm stretching from oklahoma to southeast texas have now left at least 19 people dea...

Was rescued from the raging waters yesterday by the houston fire department. that boat overturned spilling three people into the water. two of the bodies have been found. theyre still searching for an 87-year-old man. take a look at this. yesterday ed when we joined you, this whole basin was filled with water. but look at it now. its green, its lawn, people are out riding their bikes and walking, enjoying a beautiful day in houston. thats buffalo bayou, it goes around downtown and into the houst...

They misjudged the response of a sympathetic rural america. so-called patriots and armed militia who adopted his fight as theirs. they said they believed many of these individuals we talked to that government was overrecollecting their business, interfering with their way of life. they also misjudged the terrain. the cattle they got was the low hanging fruit down on the river. up in the highhands, the mountains and the canyons, much more difficult. they had seven days, eight helicopters and the ...

For heavy snow that is going to be evolving later on this afternoon and tonight. and by 2:00 a.m. in the morning, look at this low pressure developing over the southern plains. it is going to extend a significant snow swathe all across this region. kansas city will get a couple inches. really the bulk is going to be from st. louis up through central illinois including central end like indianapolis, detroit, as well. by 5:00 tomorrow, cold arctic air will be spilling in behind this winter storm t...

I wish i had an opportunity. >> in the very beginning, when i watched it, seems as though youre tired but as days went on your energy picked up. >> i was tired the first day. and i dont know why. maybe just because it was the opening statements. but i really focused on the witnesses, the questionings. i really wanted to make sure that i didnt miss anything. that was, you know, that could have made a difference between which way the verdict went and, you know, its just -- the energy picks up when...