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>> police in massachusetts say they have found a stolen car used by an escaped inmate from rhode island. officers say 35-year-old james morales scaled the prison building and claimed over razor wire on saturday. they think he went to massachusetts and stole a car. he was serving time for stealing 16 guns from a u.s. army reserve center. he also faces child rape charges. he is 6 feet tall. 175 pounds with an eagle tattoo on his neck. >> the new cabinet facing possible delays on capitol hill as de...

Like treasury and defense. white house chief of staff and u.n. chief ambassador. new people usually fill all those slots. that tradition is different when it comes to filling the judicial branch where the president only fills vacancies left over by the previous administration. through most u.s. history those were caused by a pretty usual process, unexpected deaths, the hearing process. even when george bush left office seats were left to president obama to fill. but thanks to senate republicans ...

Like treasury and defense. white house chief of staff and u.n. chief ambassador. new people usually fill all those slots. that tradition is different when it comes to filling the judicial branch where the president only fills vacancies left over by the previous administration. through most u.s. history those were caused by a pretty usual process, unexpected deaths, the hearing process. even when george bush left office seats were left to president obama to fill. but thanks to senate republicans ...

Handled. how intelligence is handled. i think thats the question we are asking. is the office of personnel management, are the appropriate offices within the administration, are they clearing him to have him handle that kind of classified, very important confidential informati information. >> do you have concerns about those coming up before you, the secretary of state for one? we have not yet seen who the deputy would be. a number of names have been bandied about. john bolton, elliot abrams, ha...

Russia. but the question in this hearing process everyone understands that as the ceo you have completely different responsibilities. people want to see those deals get done. but as representative of the united states you want to have a good feel whether or not he believes that at its root, putin is somebody who we should or can possibly deal with. somebody who has been very close to assad. someone who has been very close to iran. is that somebody we can negotiate or deal with? >> well, again th...

>> a lot of agreement that hes a good pick. a lot of complementary statements and not just from democrats but republicans. >> mattis has a two-step hearing process. we got to get this rule change so that he can actually served as secretary of defense because he wore the uniform three years ago. the requirement is for seven years. hes got to get that change and in the senate, there was a filibuster vote, that means theyll need 60 votes for that. after that, theyll need a confirmation process. wel...

A very important labor endorsement. that expected to come her way. we also heard from elijah cummings, the ranking democrat on the benghazi committee, as he left a meeting with nancy pelosi today, that theres going to be a statement coming up shortly this afternoon from the democrats on that committee, in talking to congressman cummings and adam schiff and the others, they had long discussed whether they should even participate because they felt that this hearing process was stacked against them...

Actual deportation and sped up hearing process is obviously soon. >> the point of law does change the process and it looks as if it would have the effect of having the most of the kids returned. but it does, obviously, part of that is to have these accelerated immigration hearings which will be within seven days unlike now where the kids go hhs, dispersed all over the country, send to the period okay and told to show up one day for a hearing that could be a year or two away and never show up and...

They will be welcoming them and giving them shelter. they did say it would only be temporary though. no timeline. they will be welcoming these children who are coming on buses here very soon. >> thanks so much. well keep an eye on the situation in oracle, arizona this morning. as early as today, two texas lawmaker would reintroduce a bill that would revamp the hearing process for undocumented children caught along the border. they want to expedite immigration hearings for these children. short...

Responsibility. and start the process, by one, deploying the national guard on our border. two, adding more boots on the ground through border patrol. three, providing the resources we need to expedite the hearing process for the people who have come here in unauthorized way. and four, give us resources we need to better deal with the growing criminal threat, growing potential terrorism threat because of the people who are coming across the border. eric: well it is stunning and it is apparently ...