with schumer voting against senator mcconnell s wife in her confirmation. that is unheard of. bill: you echo some of the comments in the new york times. the stolen seat. that s what steven crowley writes about that. there is breaking news now on senator orrin hatch. he has delayed the rules that require the other party to be present for a vote in committee and in the democrats absence, they have voted a moment ago to approve tom price head of health and human services and steve mnuchin to be the next treasury secretary. i don t understand all the rules on committee, brad, but does this make it a done deal for these two cabinet members? yes, it does. it s unfortunate that orrin hatch had to do something like that because democrats shirked their responsibility. the bottom line is we ll protect this country both economically and national security and democrats are either going to help or they
236,000 new jobs last month. we ll get behind the numbers with greg with the economist and cnbc. plus, after the president s big outreach to republicans, is it time to revisit that grand bargain? we ll talk to alan simpson. terror on trial in new york. osama bin laden s son-in-law appears in a manhattan courtroom as republicans argue he should be in gitmo instead. we re putting the administration on notice. we think that sneaking this guy into the country clearly going around the intent of congress when it comes to enemy combatants will be challenged. in venezuela, a state funeral today for hugo chavez as thousands pay tribute. ditching doma. the president who signed the gay marriage ban into law now says it should be overturned. why the change of heart? and awkward, party of two. a now new york times photographer steven crowley captures john mccain and rand paul only moments after mccain
0 236,000 new jobs last month. we ll get behind the numbers with greg with the economist and cnbc. plus, after the president s big outreach to republicans, is it time to revisit that grand bargain? we ll talk to alan simpson. terror on trial in new york. osama bin laden s son-in-law appears in a manhattan courtroom as republicans argue he should be in gitmo instead. we re putting the administration on notice. we think that sneaking this guy into the country clearly going around the intent of congress when it comes to enemy combatants will be challenged. in venezuela, a state funeral today for hugo chavez as thousands pay tribute. ditching doma. the president who signed the gay marriage ban into law now says it should be overturned. why the change of heart? and awkward, party of two. a now new york times photographer steven crowley captures john mccain and rand paul only moments after mccain going to be more fiscal tightening, and it s really healthy for an economy at th
michigan. the 24th right-to-work state in the u.s. democratic state representative speaking on the statehouse floor warning violence will come as a result of this. we re going to pass something that will undo 100 years of labor relations. and there will be blood, there will be repercussions. bill: he woos right about that, literally there was blood. [shouting] things sure did get ugly when protesters start to tear down a tent put up by a pro-right to work group called americans for prosperity. according to report, writer and fox news contributor steven crowley was arguing with them, was punched in the face and threatened and had a chipped tooth. state senator from michigan is with me. good morning to you. good morning. bill: what do you make of the reaction so far, there
of north korea. the regime has made good on its promise and its threat to up its missile program. now successfully launching a long range rocket. here you see fireworks and a parade set up to sell operate the launch. this move is setting off urgent alarm bells on the region and here at home. we have former deputy vice president for national security affairs. steven, good good morning to you. good morning, bill. bill: you told our producers this demonstrate ad significant leap in its long-range missile capability, meaning north korea. explain. correct. as you rightly noted when we last discussed this, north korea s recent tests have really failed to go very far at all. this is the first time they have demonstrated an ability to reach significant distance. there is some details to clarify exactly how many stages effectively were executed in this particular test of a three-stage launch device. this was meant allegedly to demonstrate the ability to put a satellite into orbit. there has