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>> ryan, thanks so much. the press conference yesterday. it was scheduled to talk about the control of the conflict of interest of businesses. he laid out how he will turnover his businesses to his sons. his sons take over the trump organization. the umbrella company for the holdings. investments and assets in a trust managed by his sons. he will not create a blind trust. he will not sell his assets. the company will not make foreign deals while trump is president. u.s. projects must be approv...

Will raise debate. >> an important issue to discuss. that is what they are doing. very unlikely it will get in the way. ryan browne, thank you. the president-elect is putting his supreme court pick on fast track. trump plans to announce the supreme court to replace antonin scalia within the first two weeks of taking office. trump told reporters at conference on wednesday, his team has met with numerous candidates. he is working off a list of 20 nominees he released during the campaign. the p...

Hill. 10:00 eastern, nominations of ben carson as hud secretary and mike pompeo as cia director he. then the national security nominee james mattis. the retired general needs a special waiver to be confirmed. he just told house lawmakers he will not be able to answer questions this afternoon. all of this comes in the wake of the hearing for rex tillerson. the pick for secretary of state. the former exxonmobil ceo tried to win over critics, including republicans skeptical of his relationship with...

Also this morning, hearing for nominee james mattis. the retired general needs a special waiver to be confirmed. he told lawmakers he will not be available to answer questions at a hearing for them this afternoon. all of this in the wake of the fiery hearing from rex tillerson. trumps pick for secretary of state. the former exxonmobil ceo tried to win over critics and republicans and maybe especially republicans skeptical of his ties with vladimir putin. lets go live to washington and bring in n...

For hud secretary and mike pompeo and then james mattis to see if he can become the next secretary of defense. >> and the waiver. mattis needs to get a waiver to serve as defense secretary. you spent a lot of time overseas, ryan. explain why this is an important issue? >> reporter: it goes back to the founding of the republic. george washington took off his uniform to become the first president of the united states. it was in creation of the role of the secretary of defense in 1947. there is a p...

Hacking issues and the senate committee will hold a hearing on civilian control of the armed forces committee. it is an issue since two of trumps cabinet nominees are recently retired generals. there are rules for how long you must be out of the military before you take that job. for the latest, lets bring in ryan browne. good morning. he is live in washington at 5:05 a.m. eastern time. >> reporter: yes, you are right, christine. this is the first appearance of the leaders of the taerintellig co...

Have the chance to receive questions from the senate. we can expect a lot of questions from both sides of the aisle on russias involvement and what it means in elections in europe and elsewhere. a group of senators on capitol hill will announce an effort to ratchet up sanctions against russia for the role in the election hacking. also a hearing from the senate armed services committee. an issue that has come up because general mattis hasnt been out of uniform long enough to serve as secretary of...

Services committee holds a full hearing focusing on civilian control of the u.s. armed forces. that is a big issue. two of the cabinet nominees are recently retired generals. for the latest on this, lets bring in ryan browne. live for us in washington bright and early this morning. 4:36 a.m. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this will be the first time the leaders of the intelligence community, cia, fbi and nsa will have a chance to face questions from the senate and they release the repo...

Express concerns about the fact he hasnt been out of uniform and a waiver will be applied in this case. >> probably will not get in the way of mattis to be confirmed. ryan browne. thank you. william clay of missouri plans to file a police report against republican congress member duncan hunter of california for removing a controversy painting from the wall. the artist of the piece is a high school student in congress member clays district. he depicted some officers as pigs. this was a contest-...

Recently retired generals. for the latest, lets bring in ryan browne in washington. ryan, these are important discussions to have. >> reporter: this is the first time the leaders of the intelligence kmcommittee is facg questions after russian president vladimir putin ordered intelligence services to conduct cyber attacks and the information campaign to launch fake news to undermine the election system and russian officials expressed a preference for donald trump. we can expected a lot of questio...