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Confirmations. some withdrawn or failed. average day? look here. yes the president has a point at 45 days for the -- takes the confirmation. the president has a point that democrats are using their stalling tactics once he sends a name up to capitol hill. but thats only part of the problem. only part -- only part of the problem. hes, yes, democrats are using every tactic they have. why has the administration been so slow to name people to basic jobs and very important jobs in the government? >> ...

Progress. a lot of talk about the administration filling top jobs. take a look as we approach the six-month mark. the president is well behind other presidents and running slow. 210 jobs requires senate confirmation. 49 senate confirm so far. how does that compare? bring this up and see. this is the obama administration. look. numbers much greater than the trump administration. see confirmations. obama here. trump, way down here. not just a democratic administration. george w. bush. nominations ...

Havent even seen this legislation and certainly no member in the democratic caucus has. what kind of process is it that when you deal with an issue that impacts tens of millions of people in this country, republicans dont even have the guts to allow it to go to a committee where we can have an open hearing, where questions can be asked? >> republicans call the democratic stalling tactics a stunt. republican marco rubio of florida says its okay to work on complicated stuff in private up to a poin...

Welcome back. one more from the tweet storm. dems are taking forever to include my people. they are nothing but obstructionists. that is misleading. yes, democrats are using stalling tactics. but the biggest reason so many big government jobs are vacant is because the president and his team, some 150 days in, have been so slow to fill them. there are 442 senior government positions for which this administration has not named a candidate including a big position including terrorism and homeland s...

And is revenged to make revenge. >> howard: this is middle school politics. we talk about senate stalling tactics and each side will vote the minority, its getting a little old. >> harris: no one had good hair and middle school, by the way. the republicans gain any street crowd by saying we are going to do this and now well do this or does it backfire on them? what your take? >> howard: given that harry reid illuminated certain filibusters, he ran the senate, i dont think they took a big hit on ...

For the change to be sustained he must built support, how things get done now matters, with our allies at home. maria: great points, in i was speaking with ceo of business last night, he said imagine if i did a deal with 20 players, of course, at the end of the day you end up favors one player over the 19. the bilateral, you can get it done probably morad va more -- advantageous to america. and we hear from trump this morning they may come out with a new executive order. you are right, he did no...

Able in deep -- vulnerable in deep red states. maria: well see if people remember the stalling tactics going into 2018 by the way. >> yes. maria: many senators are pushing back from states that voted in donald trump am. trump. >> right, and i think that democrats are losing credibility rapidly, what they telegraphed, well resist everything, and everyone. anything and anyone, it is just rampant stalling tactics. i think they lose credibility, but that is their tactic right now. >> all right. carl...

Wayside committee action that the democrats were boycotting the committee hearings on these nominees then senator hatch on the senate finance committee convened the committee without the democrats present and they voted on two of the presidents nominees. have you ever seen anything like that? s to go know what these are different times. i think the democrats realize all they have left in the arsenal is stalling tactics. they dont have the power to stop trumps nominees unless -- without republica...

Wayside committee action that the democrats were boycotting the committee hearings on these nominees then senator hatch on the senate finance committee convened the committee without the democrats present and they voted on two of the presidents nominees. have you ever seen anything like that? s to go know what these are different times. i think the democrats realize all they have left in the arsenal is stalling tactics. they dont have the power to stop trumps nominees unless -- without republica...

All of the festivities being set up there. as you can see, as we continue to keep a close eye on how all of this goes. very soon the national mall will be a sea of people. all hoping to get a glimpse of history in the making and the peaceful transfer of power, reagan called a miracle. way we do business here in the united states. john roberts has been on this journey throughout from the very beginning on the campaign. he joins us now live from the trump transition office in washington. good afte...