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Today twoepublicans came out against devos, susan collins and alaskas murkowski. devos has 50 republican votes with mike pence needed to break a tie, something the vice president has never done for a cabinet appointment. well be right back. he real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezlas prescribing information has no...

Violence around the world before presiding over the swearing in of our new secretary of state. rex tillerson, until recently the ceo of his lifetime employer, exxonmobil, is now this nations 69th secretary of state. on the confirmation front, the vote to confirm senator jeff sessions as attorney general has been delayed likely because his vote as a sitting republican senator is so badly needed now that betsy devos is in trouble. she is trumps selection for education secretary. she is now being a...

Republican senators to push this through. they were going to try to do sessions nomination next in line, but hes going to have to stick around a little while longer in they think they want to push betsy devos to the front of this line. and of course, the clerk of the senate, even if they manage to hold the line beyond collins and murkowski, they will need vice president mike pence to break the tie, and from what we can tell, our political unit says we do not think that that has ever happened bef...

Folks theyre not worried about the devos nomination but wouldnt elaborate on why. one thing we know, her nomination will come before senator sessions nomination. by one vote that could give her the nomination. is nobody else shaky on this matter? >> yeah, a great question. a couple senators we may want to watch carefully going forward are dan sullivan, who is a republican from alaska, senator murkowskis colleague, maybe dean heller of nevada. its a big issue in those states. now a couple republi...

Trumps nominees for the cabinet going to be scotched by the opposition? democrats have their best chance right now it looks like with betsy devos, you have two republicans coming out, if theres a third, it looks likes that could be it for her, do you think theres going to be a third? >> no. because i think theres going to be a massive amount of pressure exerted on pat tumy from pennsylvania whose mentioned, cory gardner from colorado whose been mentioned, by the leadership of the party. and the ...

>> i guess they need three republicans if all the democrats hold rank. so theyve got two, the question is there going to be a third who comes out now? >> right, thats what were watching for, steve. and the list is basically similar to what you might consider when you think about why are senators collins and murkowski the ones coming out here? there are a variety of reasons, but a couple, they both come from rural states where a lot of times there isnt a lot of school choice. you send your child ...

All right. time now for a check of the headlines at half hour. betsy devoss nomination could be in jeopardy. republican senators susan collins of maine, murkowski of alaska, both announcing they will not confirm devos. also today senate confirming rex tillerson as secretary of state and three more of the cabinet picks have now advanced to the full senate for consideration there. now jeff sessions, hes the nominee to be attorney general, georgia congressman tom price for health and human services...

>> okay. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thanks, senator murphy. senator murkowski? >> thank you, mr. chairman. there is added benefit to being one of the -- >> and youre watching the tom price hearing, the congressman from georgia. the nominee to be the secretary health and human services up before the senate now, not for a confirmation hearing. this is an inquiry. tomorrow he will have his real confirmation hearing, before another senate committee, senate finance. joining me now, michael beschloss...

Recognize the unique needs of the rural population that you have as will many of the other states represented here in the committee. and when we think about the future, i think about the opportunity for more choices and options for those parents at a distance learning type of a situation. and the possibility that, you know, course choices or online courses could be offered in ways that they may not have been previously, and i would, if confirmed, look forward to working with you and some of your...

Rand paul can lobby others saying, wait a minute, if you just replay and delay, replace, theyll blow a hole in the deficit. were not going to -- on the flip side of that, republicans also say they want to include in this repeal effort stripping money from planned parenthood. now, the president-elect was sort of inconsistent on this in the campaign. he applauded some of the work planned parenthood does, but he says he doesnt want to give them any money if theyre still in the abortion business. dw...