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Within that time. the next meeting of our committee will be executive session on january 24th at 10:00 a.m., which has already been noticed. thank you for being here today. the committee will stand adjourned. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> there you have it, senator lamar alexander, the committee chair, wrapping up the hearing of tom price. price there sitting for roughly four hours being grilled by members of that committee. were going to take a quick break. again, were keeping an eye on the wh...

Boehner resigning, does that change anything, or does it make it perhaps even more dicey territory moving ahead with some of the most conservative now making their push on the other side of the aisle? >> well, im afraid it may make things much worse. john boehner is a good and decent man. i have known him since hes been in the congress and hes tried to do his very, very best. i think part of what has happened, his dream came true yesterday. he had been wanting the pope to come and address a join...

Majority leader mitch mcconnell is. what can he do about it if anything. heres what he told rachel maddow. >> were going to have a vote on her very soon created by mitch mcconnell or ill create one. i can still do that. i know parliamentary procedure around here and well put up with this for a while longer but not much. >> luke russert is live in washington. luke, whats the plan here? >> good morning, jose. well harry reid knows parliamentary procedure but so does our own nbcs frank thorpe our s...

Interview. we were trying to figure out the importance of what he just said. its nice to have you here. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> after what happened today with what senator reid has threatened and the way it has been received are[qmay we any closer to loretta lynch getting voted on do you think? >> well i think this strategy might not be as effective as senator reid is hoping that it would be. i mean senator reid is known as kind of a jedi master of senate procedure to ...

Like this. >> for more on battle over lynch, nbc news congressional correspondent luke russert joins us from washington, d.c. its pretty surprising to see the president go off -- not losing his cool so to speak but being very being very strong about how he feels. >> straight forward, yes, and certainly employing some harsh language there for critics of loretta lynchs nomination. its interesting thomas senate minority leader harry reid who is a student of parliamentary procedure had said in an in...

Congress not doing much. today on the medicare dock fix, there are green shoots if you will, in terms of functionality. i also wonder, to your point, about this being the nomination of the countrys first african-american female attorney general, in a moment where it feels like were talking about race every week for whatever reason, videos controversies, the like is this republican sort of coming to reality and saying, this is not a good move for us as ari said not good to hold this confirmation ...

So -- >> is that true? >> it is true. i mean it is. senator reid would have to be able to get the votes to go into executive session before he can force this vote on loretta limpk. and republicans and democrats also point to the fact that they are getting very close on these negotiations to pass this trafficking bill. theyve been working on this for weeks. and they think that they can get the negotiations finished that they can complete the trafficking bill early next week. senator mcconnell sai...

That that would actually require five republicans to actually vote with him. and while there are five republicans that have said that they would vote for loretta lynch, they would vote for her nomination to be attorney general. its unlikely that those five republicans would go against republican leadership and vote to go into executive session. >> so you are saying that those five would have to vote to go into republican -- against the republican leadership to go into executive session, which is...

We wanted to consult with members of the committee first to understand who were bringing in. we had that generic conversation last time we met in executive session. this is not a surprise or news to anybody on the committee. but we do want to firm up what the plans are for who is coming before us. >> hes saying -- >> we want to consult. >> he says it is not a surprise because you got the broad outlines -- >> its a surprise coming from him because hes done everything unilaterally. whats the stand...

Weve assessed enough material we can start asking questions of witnesses. we have lined up four individuals were going to bring in so i can foresee four subpoenas going out to individuals. we want to consult with the members of the committee first to make sure they understand who were bringing in. we had that generic conversation last time we met, when we met in executive session, so this is not a surprise or news to anybody on the committee, but we do want to firm up exactly what the plans are ...