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Democrats to begin something of a protest on the floor of the senate. organized by minority leaders, senator schumer, democratic senators are expected to take part in a sort of talk-a-thon lasting until some time around midnight tonight. their goal is to state their support for obamacare and highlight the fight within the republican party on the repealing process. repeal and replace has been the republican line on obamacare for years, but theres a debate right now in the party on whether repeal ...

From the start of the obama administration when mitch mcconnell made the same requests that those nominees not going forward in too great a hurry. ive had a chance to speak with senator chuck schumer from new york. he is now the top democrat in the senate. and he expects that there might be some room in the calendar that may be the republicans will give away a bit. not to suggest that theres anything found among these nominees in the trump world that would prevent them from serving been but they...

Issue, this is a bipartisan issue thats in the interest of the people of this country. we cant allow a foreign power, especially one whose interests are not the same as ours whose tried to undermine western democracies to interfere in our elections. >> finally you served on the armed services committee as well. obviously james maddog mattis as hes often called who youll hear as defense secretary. what specifically do you want to ask him? >> well again, russia clearly will be a topic. he has a pr...

Theyve never had to produce their finances before. its not like we know anything about them. moreover, with the preponderance of billionaires, theres a lot of stuff there as you eluded to. so i think it is a huge task. frankly, some of these people have not completed the information, its not entirely the quote fault of the office government ethics. >> john kelly among them, yeah. >> exactly. i think its a process -- now mitch mcconnell said they wont votal process is complete, but what happens i...

Is this move to delay the hearing effectively sour grapes? democrats dont have a lot of power in this process. >> well no, i think we are speaking to the legitimate interest for the public in having the ethics qualifications done and having the background checks done and the paperwork done so that we have that information before the hearings so we can ask relevant questions. and the fact is this was not an issue eight years ago under president obama and im a former governor. i believe the presid...

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Right now from capitol hill where the hearings will get under way tomorrow. lets get right to my colleague, nbc news correspondent kelly odonnell. kelly, lets start with the latest about this ethics brew ha-ha, the democrats up in arms about the fact that the office hasnt even received all the financial disclosure and ethics forums from some of the nominees. >> reporter: and pete, on its face, that seems like a reasonable argument for the general good that the process of looking through financia...