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. breaking news, the vote for nikki haley overwhelming. and ben carson for hud. these will go to the floor and pass. there were some serious fireworks on capitol hill today. trumps picks for health and human services, which will of course oversee obamacare and budget director both had a very hot tday opinio. manu raju is out front. >> reporter: congressman tom surprise under fire from senate democrats in a contentious hearing over his nomination to lead the health and human services department...

The wings as democrats continue to battle over the pace of these nominations. >> tough questions on capitol hill for president trumps pick for health secretary. congressman tom price refuses to promise that no american will be worse off if obamacare provisions get rolled back. >> yes or no, under the executive order will you commit that no one will be worse off? >> what i commit to is working with you and every single member of congress to make sure that we have the highest qualify health care a...

Information for him. but like the leader said, theres always a certain amount of irregularity that goes on in elections, someplace perhaps more so than others. how you quantify that im not sure but he must have his methodology. the date printed on the photo is january 21st, the day after his inauguration. and alex, president trumps pick for health and human services found himself on the defensive as democratic lawmakers grilled him on the plan to replace obamacare. congressman tom price of geo...

We are joined from the hill with more on that. price was grilled on the specifics of whats going to happen with the affordable care act during the hearing today. what did he say? >> reporter: he didnt opt for a lot of details. this was a strategic decision by the team and price to not discuss what a replacement plan would look like. they didnt want him to get pinned down in the confirmation hearings. its because the party is not yet united what a replacement plan would look like. he also would n...

There. >> the hhs nominee tom price, lets play that through. >> under the executive order, you commit no one will be worse off and i committee senators working with you and every member of congress to making sure that we have the highest quality of health care and every single american has access to affordable coverage. >> thats not what i ask. will you commit that no one will be worse off under the executive order? will you guarentee that no one will lose coverage? >> i guarentee you that the i...

>> when asked if the president will replace it. >> president trump said he is working with you on a replacement plan for the aca which is finished and revealed as confirmation. its true that he said that, yes. >> defending himself against ethics concerns and could have benefitted from legislation that he proposed during his time in the house. >> everything that i did was ethical and above board and legal and transparent. >> i feel like have been asked to be a character witness in a character tri...

Quality health care and every single american has access to affordable coverage. >> that is not what i asked. i asked will you commit that no one will be worse off under the executive order? you ducked the question. will you guarantee that no one will lose coverage under the executive order? >> i guarantee you that the individuals that lost coverage under the affordable care act, well commit to make certain they dont lose coverage under whatever replacement plan comes forward. thats the commitme...

Will you guarantee that no one will lose coverage understand the executive order? >> i guarantee you that the individuals that lost coverage under the affordable care act, we will commit to making certain that they dont lose coverage to whatever replacement plan that comes forward. >> president trump has asked fbi director james comey to stay on the job. comey was not expected to depart since his term runs through 2023. but he did have a rough election season. comey rubbed republicans including ...

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>> what we have after the repeal is trump care. >> price often deflecting questions, including whether he supports turning medicaid from a guarantee into a grant program. >> i dont know why you wont be willing to answer whether or not you are in favor of block granting medicaid. thats not complicated. >> im in favor of making certain that medicaid is a system that responds to patients, not the government >> in another exchange, price dodged a question about whether he was working directly with t...