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They have to get to the bottom of some of these allegations whether or not people in his campaign and icircle were in touch with the members and surrogates. richard quest is with us as well. how do you think the president-elect handled the entire issue of his business relationship. he is trying to walk away from potential conflicts of interest, specially when it comes to foreign ties to the trump organization. did he meet the bottom line basic standards required? >> no. thats not my verdict. tha...

Have moral clarity and be clear about what you are saying around the world and in marco rubios views. mr. tillerson was not clear on some of those key questions. so i asked him if he will vote against him. he has not made that decision yet. wolf, if he does vote against him, that could mean he will get enough votes to prevent him from getting on a committee. we will see if that happens. significant that marco rubio has not made a decision on what to do for mr. tillerson. >> well see how all the ...

Really in the question of republican hands. >> senator bob menendez, from new jersey, thanks for being with us. >> lets bring in our senior political reporter, manu raju. you just spoke to senator rubio. what did he say about rex tillerson, why he is not yet ready to announce he will vote to confirm his nomination? >> reporter: well, wolf, he was not happy with mr. tillersons answers on some key questions, namely on russia. of course, marco rubio has taken a rather hard line on russia. he does n...

Number of other questions, including on china, what about china, one of the worst human rights abuseers in the world, he would not say that either. he said, it is just a bad human rights abuser. he would not say he would go as far as saying they were one of the worst in the world. there were a number of questions on imposing stiffer sanctions on russia. tillerson would not go he where marco rubio wanted him to go in emerging from this hearing just moments ago. i asked him, are you prepared to be...

Tillerson as the next secretary of state? >> i am not stunned at all, wolf. marco is a very thoughtful person, has legitimate concerns. he is going to attempt to saturdays. >> phi himsesatisfy himself and go from there. >> i thought he had a great hearing. he looked like a secretary of state. he sounded like a secretary of state. he handled himself, i thought, very, very well. >> tillerson seems much more inclined based on his answers at the hearing to intervene in world affairs, for example, th...

U.s. bases in the region are now within range. congressman ed rois and our correspondents, analysts and guests will have full coverage of the days top stories. lets begin with afghanistan. lets go live to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, whats the reasoning behind the presidents decision now to delay the withdrawal of u.s. troops. >> pure and simple, wolf. it is a very fragile security situation in afghanistan. the taliban, al qaeda, now isis on the rise. making the president t...

A former isis hostage gives shocking new details of his torture by the terror groups most notorious murder. he says he was even made to dance the tang goe with the killer known as jihadi john. im wolf bliter. youre in "the situation room." this is cnn breaking news. >> the breaking news in a major turnarou turnaround. president obama now says hes delaying the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan calling the situation there very fragile with a resurgence in al qaeda, the president now say...

A funeral, have a military funeral. these are real-life problems that people have. we have a federal government because we need a federal government t looks like it will stay shut for quite a while longer. >> during the break, you were apt to point out that as a federal government employee youre not sure that all these furloughed employees will get their backpay. >> most are not getting paid now. these people have bills. for the most part, theyre middle-class people. >> christine romans are sayi...

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on that note, good morning to you. welcome to "early start." im zoraida sambolin. >> just hate when that happens. just ruins your morning, doesnt it? good morning, everybody. zoraida and i are here to bring you the news from "a" to "z." its 5:00 in the a.m. lets get started. first, donald trump sucking the air out of the whole evening, stealing mitt romneys thunder after last nights texas primary victory. romney now has more than enough delegates to clinch the republican nomination, ...