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And orders. according to the trump press secretary sean spicer, we can expect a lot of regulations enacted by the obama administration. the trump team is not specifying which executive actions top the president-elects list. efforts to get the transition off to a quick start may be stalled. they are vowing to delay eight of the cabinet nominees. including the secretary of state and attorney general and secretary of health and human services. democrats say if they dont get what they like in terms ...

President obamas initiatives on things like health care and the environment. cnns dana bash reports democrats will fight back with careful scrutiny of president-elect trumps cabinet picks. >> reporter: democrats may not have the votes to defeat donald trumps nominees but can delay their confirmation. >> i am concerned about a bunch of the nominees. >> reporter: and incoming senate leader chuck schumer is warning they will slow walk eight of trumps picks unless they turn over additional financial...

President-elect trump has made it clear he has a list of obama policies he wants to unravel. and he looks to waste no time. do not wait for democrats to sit by and make things easy. they are picking their battles. have their sights set on trumps nominees. here is chief political correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: democrats may not have the votes to defeat donald trumps nominees but can delay their confirmation. >> i am concerned about a bunch of nominations. >> reporter: and chuck schumer is ...

Because no one kills germs better than clorox. >> bill: democratic senators could make confirmation hearings tougher. a number of trumps cabinet picks hoping to stretch votes into the month of march. incoming democratic senate minority leader saying if republicans think they can jam through a slate of nominees without a fair hearing process theyre sorely mistaken. sean spicer is with me now. good day to you. a brand-new year, happy new year to you. do you expect democrats to slow roll this thing...

Executive branch, especially when you have these nominees who are failing to disclose their financial documents. just looking in the face of precedents and saying they are not going to do that. >> eric: who do you think is the most vulnerable? rex tillerson, for example, he said he is going to get give three years of tax returns, but not all of them. >> yes, and the precedent is at the nominees are supposed to close disclose complete tax returns, and he says he is only gonna do three years, inco...

We have republicans here in the senate essentially saying to the democrat colleagues, lets show the same courtesy and seriousness with which the senate considered mr. obamas inner circle. >> bill: for more on all this now fox news digital policy editor chris. chuck schumer said if republicans think they can jam through a slate of nominees without a fair hearing process theyre sorely mistaken. what is this? is this going to be a battle or is this just bluster? >> a little of both. democrats will ...

>> i lost everything, it had dads flag, i lost it there. clayton: family drawing strength from their faith and flag. heather: the congress kicks off today, big day with the very long to-do list. democrats are promising uphill battle for both. senate minority leader chuck schumer saying, quote, if republicans think they can jack through a whole sleight of nominees without a fair hearing process they are sorely mistaken. here to weigh in morgan ortagus. morgan: happy new year. heather: 115th, lets...

Democrat hit list. >> there are eight people that donald trump tapped to run the departments like state, justice and education. several years ago when democrats controlled the senate and had the white house they changed the senate rules to make it harder to filibuster presidential nominees. that change is now coming back to bite the democrats, but they still have some tools to at least make a statement. democrats may not have the votes to defeat donald trumps nominees but can delay their confirm...

Is he right? after all, republicans only need a simple majority, 51 votes in the senate to confirm and there are 52 republicans as it stands now. >> what they can do with respect to the hearing process is a new jump ball here. back in december a lot of senate democrats were saying look, we have the power to force procedural votes and require 30 hours of debate and turning the process into a slog. the hearing stuff is something new and republicans are scoffing at it. i think the democrats are tel...

>> bye bye. >> to politics now. senate democrats saying they will fight president-elect trump tooth and nail on eight of his cabinet picks. among them, exxon ceo rex tillerson, the nominee for secretary of state. jeff sessions for attorney general and betsy devos for secretary of education. you see all eight on the screen. experts predict bloody confirmation hearings that include dives into finances and business ties. incoming democratic minority leader chuck schumer saying in a statement, if re...