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Charge of agencies when theyre going to undermine the mission of those agencies and exhibit a in that is betsy devos who president trump nominated to be head of secretary of education. she has a history of attacking public education, of trying to take resources and diverting them into voucher programs, failed voucher programs. thats actually a very good example of where democrats are united and in fact, have support from two republican senators right now. >> broadly speaking, youre talking about...

Senator. take $20 billion and put them into voucher programs which would devastate neighborhood public schools around the country and deprive them of resources. >> isnt there a risk that youre simply against something and not for something else? >> i dont think so, while we will oppose these nominees who again are undermining the missions of these agencies and while we were opposing any efforts to destroy the affordable care act without a comparable replacement.

Your child. >> reporter: as michigan students rank among the lowest in country on standardized test scores, the state opened the door to charter schools as an alternative more than 20 years ago. >> it was born out of a need. charter schools are not a bad thing. its a school of choice. >> reporter: today in detroit, 46% of students attend charters. nearly 80% of michigans charters are run by for-profit companies. some get high marks, but overall, charters get no better results than public schools...

Shes up for the full confirmation vote, the hiccup, as its been reported you have susan collins andmerski are suggesting they will vote no on that. lets walk you through the significance and you have these two republicans saying no, that would mean the vice president would be the tie-breaking vote. >> reporter: vice president pence coming out of the bull pen to break the tie. lets explain why the matters, sawn spicer was asked and he said 100% he was convinced betsy devos would be the next secre...

Children what i was trying to get at when i talked with ms. devos at the hearing was my concern about the fact that the voucher programs that she had supported made children with disabilities if they were to receive a voucher like kids without disabilities do it made those kids sign away their rights under the i.d.e.a. so i thought it was very important to get her perspective on why she thought that was okay and whether she would, as secretary of education, the countrys top education officer cha...

>> there is nothing obscure to my family about the i.d.e.a. there is nothing obscure to most educators i know about the importance of educating all our children what i was trying to get at when i talked with ms. devos at the hearing was my concern about the fact that the voucher programs that she had supported made children with disabilities if they were to receive a voucher like kids without disabilities do it made those kids sign away their rights under the i.d.e.a. so i thought it was very im...

>> i do think there is that possibility. >> more concerning is her lack of qualifications. pointing to this response. >> im talking about the debate between proficiency and growth. not what your thoughts are on them. >> well, i was just asking to clarify then -- >> well, this is a subject that has been debated in the education community for years. >> devoss biggest stumble on guns in school. >> you cant say that guns shouldnt be in schools. >> i will refer back to senator ense and the school he ...

Pick betsy devos to lead education department. its the most controversial confirmation hearing of the day. shes a prominent republican donor, reports school choice, voucher programs, but shes come under fire from teachers union for being in their view anti-public education. trump teamworking to fight off this criticism early. official tells me devos is a disrupter. they believe shes uniquely qualified for the job. just this morning out with an op-ed supporting devos for the pick. youve seen mitt...

Were building out for the inauguration of the capitol. its otherwise quite quiet but you may hear beeping and screw drivers and other things. and thats why. the betsy devos hearing is going to be the controversial one today. this hearing has already been e delay delayed. it was supposed to be sometime last week. thats partly because they didnt have her financial forms together. she is a billionaire. her family has been very involved financially in michigan politics. there have also been question...

In his ideas. he wants to privatize some of medicare. the speaker also wants to do that. donald trump during the campaign said he wouldnt privatize change medicare or social security for that matter. is there a split between what congressman price wants to do on medicare and what the president-elect wants to do? >> i think there is. what the president-elect has said, he is going to make sure we dont take away benefits. he is very concerned that we dont take away benefits. how we move forward ove...