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Frowned upon. it is -- it doesnt usually happen in the senate. we dont know if it will actually get to that point. suffice to say if rubio votes no, it will be extremely significant. donald trump may have to choose another nominee, especially if he does not get that approval of the senate foreign relations committee. so, very significant. rex tillersons testimony did not satisfy marco rubios concerns. it is not clear what exactly will actually alleviate those concerns. hes not going to have a ch...

Some point. >> jeffrey toobin, he did say at one point, donald trump, that his lawyer made the point as well that any of the profits that trump hotels make from foreign entities if a foreign government were to book an event at a trump hotel in washington and new york, the profits from that event, the rooms, the ballrooms, whatever, the restaurants, the profits would go directly into the u.s. treasury. it would be money that would go to u.s. tax payers. you heard him say that. how would that work...

Demanded that we have a question, sean spicer, the being inning press secretary did say to me that if i were to do that again, i was going to be thrown out of this press conference. of course, wolf, i had to persist there and try to get that question asked, but in the end the question was asked, and a lot of questions were asked during this press conference. donald trump did provide some answers. as you said, wolf, he is taking the position that this report that the intelligence community warned...

Well as potentially his friend john mccain, another sharp critic of russia. those are three republicans, all three of those republicans if they vote no, that means tillerson is not going to be the next secretary of state. you raise a key point, what do democrats do, they have not made a decision them self. perhaps some of them end up voting and saving rex tillerson. it could come down to the wire, wolf. >> some of those democrats have said they are certainly open to the possibility of voting to ...

Deny confirmation. but there are some of them who might vote yea. >> reporter: that is absolutely true. its possible some democrats could turn the other way and eventually vote for mr. tillerson. perhaps they could save tillersons nomination. we dont know that yet. i did ask cory booker specifically, the new jersey democratic senator, are you open to supporting rex tillerson. and he said that he is open to it. he did not rule outvoting for rex tillerson. so, well see when push comes to shove how...

Barbara starr is joining us. barbara, what are you learning about the u.s. military moves in response to north koreas claim it could launch an intercontinental ballistic missile at any time? >> reporter: good evening, wolf. because of that claim by north korea, an icbm, an intercontinental ballistic missile that could potentially hit the united states, the pentagon has deployed a high-tech radar to see. i want you to look at pictures, video. this is the x-band radar. it may look to us like a gia...

He will see as a more -- >> are you saying that james clapper and james comey and john brennan, mike rogers, are completely partisans? >> i would say that the document they had was more of a political document than ive seen in a long time. >> i want to get to you in a moment, but senator, donald trump, the president-elect of the united states, tweeted three hours ago, "intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to leak," quote, leak, "into the public. one last shot at me. are...

Youll remember it was russia who shared the hacked materials with wikileaks. >> thanks very much. the battle lines are drawn on capitol hill where donald trumps cabinet picks will begin confirmation hearings tomorrow morning. critics say some nominees have not been properly screened on ethics questions. lets go to our senior political reporter manu raju. do democrats have a chance of scuttling any of these nominations? >> reporter: wolf, at this point republicans have the votes to confirm virt...

Support throughout. >> wilmington, delaware, democratic senator chris kuhns, the foreign relations committee. senator, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> do you believe at least some of the confirmation hearings scheduled to begin tomorrow, wednesday, thursday, should be delayed and if yes, which ones? >> i do think, wolf that, we need to make sure that every one of donald trumps nominees completes their fbi background check and their office of government ethics forms before...

Policy speech, nor will it be a contrast speechl. the presidents goal is to end his time in office the way he started it -- optimistic and hopeful." are you feeling that optimism given the severe setbacks the democrats suffered losing the white house, the majority and the senate, the majority and the house? >> im always an optimist, wolf, and i think tomorrow is always a better day. >> i think one of the things people voted for was change and to shake up the system where. we definitely are getti...