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Scott king wrote against him being a federal judge so he has a lot of issues to deal with today. >> joining us is co-author of "the playbook" jake sherman. good to have you on board this morning. >> questions the past couple of days whether trumps selections were going to fill out all of their financial disclosure forms and do everything that the ethics office had asked of them. are we moving in that direction now with some of these delays that all of trumps nominees will have these forms finish...

To be a difference between what he was saying there and what donald trump had said on the campaign trail at different points? >> i think, joe, that the trump team has already, in their minds, moved on from jeff sessions and jim kelly and are intent on focusing on some of the potentially more problematic hearings, the ones involving betsy devos education secretary and andy puzder and steve mnuchin at the treasury department. these are nominees who tch on issues that the democratic base is likely ...

Immigrants living in the u.s. illegally as well as the tracking of foreigners who overstay their visas. while kelly is considered to be one of the least controversial selections so far, he has not always been lock step with the incoming administration. "the new york times" reports general kelly has often called russia a threat to u.s. leadership in the western hemisphere. hes also called for a more balanced approach to border protection saying security cannot just focus on an endless series of g...

Disarray." also at the table former director of cia, nsa, retired general michael hayden. richard, congratulations on the book out. >> thank you. >> long awaited. >> were going to talk about that book, though, later. >> no. i thought general hayden could give us some context to the book. >> well ask a couple of questions and get to the book. richard, youre hear until next week, right? we have a little time. we have seven minutes with you. what are you saying? you had some major concerns with tru...

Senators need before they vote on somebody. mitch mcconnell saying, come on. did the obama administration nominees present all of these supporting documents for senators to review? >> they most certainly did. last night there surfaced a letter from mitch mcconnell to harry reid laying out the standards by which mcconnell wanted to make sure those nominees were judged and said they would only undertaken ta it aft -- after the letter was reviewed. >> mitch mcconnell said that when? >> february 12t...

Statement regarding israel and the united nations resolution. now he has his hands in domestic policy. tax reform starts tonight here at the capitol. ryan wants to walk through the trump team and kushners in that room. >> so, would you -- is he akin to a valerie jarrett role we see right now with president obama or is this a creation we havent seen before? >> its part valerie jarrett in terms of his rapport with his father-in-law. he has that trust level that jarrett has with president obama, bu...

♪ ♪ arthel: president-elect donald trump will hold a news conference next week, his first in about six months. it is set for the same day as senate confirmation hearings on six of mr. trumps cabinet nominees, and some of those selections seen here are expected to receive pushback from democratic lawmakers. joining me now to discuss the timing of the two events is susan ferrechio, chief congressional correspondent for the washington perm. susan -- examiner. susan, so what do you make of the t...

And the former army vice chief of staff, also a fox news military analyst. general keane, always good to have you. >> good to be here, arthel. arthel: thank you. lets start with general mattis, the clash -- is that concerning to you at all or, you know, is this perhaps expected in trying to get the right selections? >> yeah, it pretty much goes on in most administrations as theyre trying to form their team. the washington media here in d.c., they love to feed on this stuff, that theres some kind...

Madison is upset with some of the selections that trump is making for various undersecretaries and other civilian officials at the pentagon. the drama continues. >> its a two-way street. the other question is how does the intelligence community react if trump continues in this vein? ? do they try to seek -- do we get more resignations? what do they try to do? >> the inauguration of the president, two weeks from today. well see if we get feedback from the intelligence briefing, classified briefin...

Thats all. >> and when did you stop advising him? was there a point you stopped talking to him specifically? >> i dont think there was a particular point. ive only seen him in person a couple of times. talked with him on the phone a little bit. so i was not at the center of the advisory function. but i was pleased to be included and i am just -- dont like things that come to the point that i ought to make sure that nobody gets a false impression. i didnt want to be claiming that im something im ...