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Could answer under his ethics. >> bill: if thats the case to be continued during his hearing. >> yes, thanks bill. >> bill: i wish i had more time but for now were out of it. kelly ayotte, thank you for coming by. 21 past the hour. >> melissa: important stuff. tom price confirmed in an overnight vote and work on repealing and replacing obamacare begins straightaway. what will we see happen first? a mudslide in california, how neighbors reached out for help when cell service didnt work. >> all of...

Steve mnuchins vote will come monday. linda mcmahon will get a confirmation vote late tuesday morning. >> melissa: democrats hate him. i dont think thats too strong a word. what are chief among their complaints? >> theyre warning obviously he is going to lead the charge to dismantle obamacare and one democratic critic talked about dr. price and says he is going to go after those healthcare entitlements. >> congressman price has a lot of experience in healthcare policy. yes, he has experience but...

At it. the critics say republicans have been talking about replacing obamacare all this time. why dont they have a plan ready? does he have a plan ready? >> he had a plan in 2015 called empowering patients first act trying to get through congress. it didnt get approved because of president obama. he has agreed with paul ryans plan. the two of them together have put minds together. before i get to that. i want to talk about the details of that but want to tell you this is a historic appointment. ...

Hear it. he could go to the supreme court. but there is a chance there there will be a tie because of the 4-4 split. not a seat that has been filled yet. if there is a tie it goes back to the decision of the ninth circuit court of appeals, that stays. or he could go fight it out on its merits in courtrooms around the country including in that courtroom in seattle where they originally stayed his executive order. and all of these things, one of the interesting questions that was asked in the q & ...

Great to see you. thats our challenge. >> melissa: you have all weekend to work on it. there you go. take the book with you and well see you monday, it will be great. "happening now" is up next. jon scott, what do you have on deck? >> were awaiting the swearing in of tom price to be the new health and human services secretary and looking for clues as to his plans for replacing obamacare. also what about medicare? were also awaiting a joint news conference with the japanese prime minister and pre...

Setback. it is early. a lot of things will happen. but that and the fact that its eating into, as i said at the beginning, his ability and his opportunity to push his agenda on a lot of other items i think is a bit of problem and i think thats something the president has to decide does he want to continue pursuing this or does he want to pursue other issues that may be of more general impact to america? >> bill: a lot to talk about on sunday. check him out on sunday on fox news sunday 2:00 and 1...

>> melissa: all right, a fox news alert for you, tom price expected to be sworn in as the next health and human services secretary in just a few hours. the senate confirming him to the position as early as this morning. it comes as lawmakers continue their battle over the affordable care act. republicans hoping the new secretary will help undo parts of obamacare. meanwhile, democrats slamming prices confirmation. >> make no mistake, in the dark hours of the early morning with the confirmation of...