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Workday but the senate has actually been in session for more than 48 hours now as the democrats install on confirming the presidents cabinet. that is all they can do, they cannot stop the proceedings, if they cannot stop the eventual conclusion, final but for attorney general nominee jeff sessions as expected this evening after a heated debate. hes expected to be confirmed, to congressional correspondent mike emanuel has been awake for 48 hours. no, he has had some breaks, but has been a busy ti...

Ivanka. >> let me read you the tweet and we can analyst. "my daughter ivanka has been treated so unfacial b by @nordstrom. she is a great person, always pushing me to do the right thing, terrible!" this raises a number of ethical questions and senator bob casey retweeted that and linked it to the government ethics office, so you can expect some debate about this on capitol hill, whether this does in fact violate ethics rules but the other thing, craig, ivanka stepped down from her brand, so the ...

She was warned previously before they ultimately went through and invoked this rule 19, the arcane rule that prevents one senator from impugning the character of another on the senate floor. but i pushed elizabeth warren on this point and what she made of it. take a look. do you think what senator mcconnell did last night was sexist? >> i think what he did was wrong. i think that -- >> reporter: but it wasnt sexist? >> i think reading the words of coretta scott king on the floor of the united st...

The ban. who gets hurt most? is the government hurt the most by keeping the stay in effect that stops them from enforcing the travel restrictions, or are the states hurt more by keeping the ruling in place? thats the immediate question before the court but as you heard, craig, they got into a lot of other questions that touch on it, such as did the president act legally, did he act under the constitution? is this a discrimination against muslims. bottom line the question is, is this temporary st...

Why would senate rebuke senator like this given the -- why go this far? >> i think for two reasons. first were in a charged political situation where there are are a number of issues around the muslim ban. i think the betsy devos vote reflected some of this political tension. the second question is jeff sessions theres question about his record. coretta scott king raised these questions. and republicans drew a political line that this could be no the discussed, whatever we discuss

Response and recovery activities. there have been no additional requests dwu but it will update. the first question. >> gd afternoon. cincinnati, among otr cities, has recently voted to become a sanctuary city, the city leaders are vowing not to enforce federal immigration laws without a specific request. they want to be open and welcoming to refugees. my question today, how will president trump respond? will cincinnati face economic or other sanctions, including, for example, funding of the bri...

Tone. >> as percentage of war in, we caught up with her in the hallway a short time ago. >> this is about caretta scott king letter, that is all it is about. she wrote a powerful letter about an important moment in history that directly involved jeff sessions, it is directly relevant to the question of whether or not jeff sessions ought to be the attorney general of the united states. mitch mcconnell did not want me to read that letter. he stopped me. >> many expected tough cabinet confirmations...

White house would admit that. >> press secretary spicer: let me follow up on that to explain to you the exact financing, i am not sure how exactly. >> reporter: second question was during the hearing yesterday you talked about in the ninth circuit, there was some discussion about whether there needed to be tweaks to the executive order to make it clear that legal permanent residents would not be included in that, if there was a back and forth on that. will there be a tweak? >> press secretary sp...

The fight against isis. last night, the president had an incredible he meaningful visit with current officers who enrolled in the green berets qualification course. these young men and women who will be at the tip of the spear serving our country and some of the worlds most dangerous places as intelligence officers. the president told these brave young soldiers how proud he was of their commitment toward everything to keep us safe and how humble he was to serve as their commander-in-chief and th...

And he subsequently became a nationalized u.s. citizen was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being convicted of conspiring to commit murder in syria on behalf of isis. another exhibit, february 5th 2015, citizen of somalia who came to the united states as a refugee in 2007 was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for conspiring to provide material support to foreign terrorist organization come in the list goes on. these are the examples that the white house says the strength into their ca...