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>> were going to break away. sean spicer, incoming white house press secretary, briefing reporters on a whole range of issues. but making an important point from his perspective, jake, that hes blaming the democrats in the senate for delaying what he calls the consensus cabinet selections. they want to get started, obviously, on day one, but only a few of the cabinet nominees are going to be confirmed as of tomorrow afternoon. >> thats right. he was talking about the ones that he called consensu...

Some of the hispanic groups and sean spicer saying we got 5,000 other staff positions to fill out so this will be a diverse administration but, obviously, the cabinet choices are the top ranking positions here within an administration so that is drawing a lot of scrutiny, particularly given all of president-elects trumps hard line stances on immigration. we are going to hear from sean spicer today. he is going to hold his first on-camera briefing an hour and a half from now so expect him to get ...

Presidential selections, benefit of the doubt, recognizing, for example, that a persons views as a private citizen do not necessarily reflect their future actions as a holder of public office. from my private conversations with you, i trust that you will not have -- you will not force particular policies on states, unlike what some in education do. your predecessors have come -- have done in some cases in violation of congressional intent. i also recognize that support for parental choice for al...

Know -- truth, you have championed as a reformer. this committees support and passage of the every student succeeds act illustrates these values are not unique to you and me, instead shared by many of my colleagues who care for education as a reality. all i can say is many of my colleagues selections for this position have worked very hard to try and make sure that good people are in these positions. not just people of stereotypical education, but those who might bring really new things to the f...

Support the idea that muslims as a religious group should be denied admission to the united states. >> you have china, pakistan, you have so many countries, russia, you have so many countries right now that have them. now, wouldnt you rather, in a certain sense have japan have nuclear weapons when north korea has nuclear weapons? >> we cannot back away in our commitment to see a reduction in the number of these planets on the planet. >> this wikileaks is like a treasure trove. >> ive never belie...

Hearings for president-elect donald trumps team, his nominees to run the defense department, the cia, the department of housing and urban development appeared before three separate senate committees, all at the same time. as you listen to how his selections have answered questions this week, some obvious differences are apparent between their answers and what the president-elect has said on these same topics. >> nato in my opinion is obsolete, because its not covering terrorism. obsolete for tha...

The number of these planets on the planet. >> this wikileaks is like a treasure trove. >> ive never believed that wikileaks is a credible source of information. >> nicole, because you have worked in the white house for a president who made cabinet selections, what should we make of that? >> well, we dug in a little bit earlier today, and these nominees were in contact with the presidential transition. you have to presume that there were some questions about what they would say if asked about the...

Also, stacked up like jets over ohare, three confirmation hearings for three major nominees. and tonight, a look at how some of trumps selections split with the boss. and an emotional moment that brought an emotional man to tears. the honor the president bestowed today on the man he calls his brother. "the 11th hour" begins now. good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. tomorrow puts us just one week away from the inauguration of donald trump. and the news from washingt...

Preparation either by both of them. on many of the answers he was giving careful answers. really just not -- he didnt want to call putin a war criminal, et cetera. the big picture, the overall positions on these key national security and foreign policy issues are pretty mainstream. you know, when you look at these selections, when its russia, iran, china, et cetera. question is, does donald trump share those views when it comes to decision time? >> lets get back, david, quickly to the breaking n...

Another example of trump, while temperamentally out there, you look at a lot of the selections and you look at where he is moving on policy. actually, there seems to be a bit of a moderating stance compared to what he did during the campaign and take that as jeffrey elud to, from what all of his people are saying, you know, no muslim ban, no wall, at least not in the way that its perceived, no repeal without a replacement. >> when we discussed this on the show the other day i dont know if i woul...