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More breaking news tonight. another busy day on capitol hill, the senate holding confirmation hearings for four more president-elect trump nominees. the least controversial of the four, south carolina government nikki haley. democrats grilled them on a host of issues. for health and human services tom price, some questionable stock purchases. manu raju has more. >> reporter: president-elect donald trumps cabinet picks. on the democratic firing line in contentious hearings today. starting with hi...

Implementation, though, has also been very brisk in the course of this transition. specifically we focused at the president-elects direction on a day one, a day 100 and a day 200 action plan for keeping our word to the american people and putting the president-elects promises into practice. 14 policy implementation teams, 90 experts searching in an advisory capacity as we formulated executive action and legislative policy to pursue the goals of this administration. in addition to that, weve been...

Its okay. he is a signal to everybody that its all whatever you can get away with. the rules, the norms do not matter. >> and on policy issues, tom price has disagreements with donald trump on cutting medicare, which he has supported. donald trump doesnt want. to but he handled himself verbally very smoothly throughout the hearing, including when he was facting the policy differences he has with bernie sanders. lets listen to what he said when bernie sanders asked him if he thinks all americans ...

Hey, hey, i can invest money in my teachers soccer team, and its okay. he is a signal to everybody that its all whatever you can get away with. the rules, the norms do not matter. >> and on policy issues, tom price has disagreements with donald trump on cutting medicare, which he has supported. donald trump doesnt want. to but he handled himself verbally very smoothly throughout the hearing, including when he was facting the policy difrences he has with bernie sanders. lets listen to what he sai...

A number of democrats say they will not attend mr. trumps inauguration. about 20% of the democrats in the house of representatives say they will skip it, so will this move cast a shadow over what is normally a momentous celebration? joining us is a member of the congressional black caucus. >> good morning. >> are you going to go to the inauguration? >> not decided yet, and listening to the issues and over the mlk weekend i was talking to a lot of my constituents and i think theres a lot at stake...

House and both chambers of congress. and so, the onus really is on them because theyre the ones that are in positions o per and need to make sure tt folks come together, particularly around key policy issues. i dont think the onus is on the democrats here, specifically referring to john lewis. you know, regardless of his opinion about the legitimacy of trumps presidency, my concern has always been that there is an expectation that this sort of kumbaya has to be nurtured among democrats, that wer...

At local police departments. so that remains to be seen, steve. >> all right gabe gutierrez out there in chicago. gabe, thanks for that. turning back to politics, one week from today, donald trump due to be sworn in as president as the countdown continues. he is expressing confidence in his cabinet nominees. now seven of the president-elects picks facing questions this week from senators in confirmation hearings. several of them moving to distance themselves from trump on some policy issues. m...

Not just simply the p.r. battle. >> martha: he thinks its the messaging that was the problem, juan. and mercedes outlined a number of things that were underlying policy issues. healthcare alone, i think the impact of those november premium increases that came through before the election might be the most under-told story of why hillary clinton may have lost. >> i disagree, martha. i just think that this morning, for example, president-elect trump was tweeting, going after hillary clinton and the...

In your review to adequately respond to cyber attacks? im talking about the capabilities, not the policy. >> senator, i want to be a little careful in open session talking about the full scope of american capabilities, but this is an amazing nation with incredibly smart people. and if given policy directive to achieve the objectives you are describing, i am confident america can do that. >> i think the chairman and the indulgence of the committee, and congressman, im sure you will do an outstand...

Senator. >> do we have the capabilities in your view to adequately respond to cyber attacks? im talking about the capabilities now, not the policy? >> i want to be careful in open session talking about the full scope of american capabilities, but this is an amazing nation with incredibly smart people. and if given policy directive to achieve the objective you are describing i am confident america can do that. >> i thank the chairman, the indulgence of the committee. and congressman im sure you w...