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Nominees to, and thats a standard i think we should stick to here as well. ill remind you in previous administrations folks who look like they were going to sail through confirmation were ultimately tripped up on issues that came up in their fbi background check or in their ethics disclosures. we constitutional also, wolf, have the significant and unresolved issue of president-elect trumps potential conflicts of interest, which i hope were going to hear a clearance to this wednesday. >> thats wh...

>> tonight a special cnn town hall. former presidential candidate senator bernie sanders will sit down with chris cuomo and answer questions on a host of subjects, including how democrats will work with the trump administration. taking questions from members of the town hall as well. thats at 9:00 p.m. eastern. live tonight only here on cnn. joining us now jane sanders, the wife of bernie sanders, a key member of his presidential campaign, critically important adviser to her husband as well. jan...

I spent the weekend reading through a 300 page background briefing meco. i know senator sessions well. we belong to a weekly prayer breakfast. we work out in the gym occasionally together, and he is a pleasant man, and i have given him a fair review. there are many areas, many areas, wolf, where his actions, his votes, and his record from civil liberties to civil rights, torture, to criminal justice reform, to immigration are starkly different from my own, and i look forward to a full hearing to...

Cabinets ever assembled by an american president. >> the other problem you have and you understand this, several of your democratic colleagues, especially those who were up for re-election in two years in states that donald trump won decisively, theyre already indicating theyre going to side with the republicans on this and go ahead and vote to confirm as well. you really face an uphill struggle in trying to derail any of these republican nominees. >> well, wolf, its -- thats right. there are a ...

Do you concede that realistically all these nominees are likely to be confirmed? >> wolf, these nominees will be confirmed if republicans do not conduct a thorough review of their background and their record. in a number of cases we have nominees to lead the e.p.a. or to serve as attorney general or to serve in a number of other agencies where their record really runs against the core mission of the agency theyve been nominated to lead. the gentleman from oklahoma who has been nominated to head ...

Community. and now police officers in orlando are torn between honoring her and trying to track down the suspect cop killer. wolf. >> paula sandoval reporting for us. thank you. thats it for meechltd ill be back at 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation room. for our international viewers. amanpour is next. for our american viewers, news room with brooke baldwin starts next, right after a quick break. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you shouldve done more research on them. for driv...

>> jane sanders thanks so much for joining news thank you of one other thing, wolf, i just wanted to same you mentioned california with meryl streep. one of the things the media needs to could have is the democratic party delegate elections n. california there was a progressive spooep sweep. i havent seen it reported anywhere but on line. just a thought. >> all right, jane, as usual, well continue these conversations down road. jane sanders joining us from vermont. >> thanks, wolf. an importan...

Is going to assume theyre going to begin this also as a federal or fbi investigation unless theres a suspect and they know it was something related to a domestic matter. i wouldnt make any judgment right now until we have further -- >> yeah. this is broward county jurisdiction and i think im looking at another plane about to take off. we know a.t.f., fbi helping out the broward county, we know it could be a federal investigation. we heard the mayor on with wolf a little bit ago, this is a major ...

Come up with a plan to combat cyber attacks. ill speak with the florida senator bill nelson and former cia director leon panetta and our correspondents, analysts and guests, they will have full coverage of the days top stories. lets begin with cnns brian todd who has the latest on the attack at the ft. lauderdale airport. brian, what you learning? >> wolf, the latest word on casualties tonight, 13 people shot inside this area of the baggage claim area terminal 2, lower level. 13 people shot. fiv...

Get out of the way. we were seemingly way too close to what was going on. at one point this afternoon hundreds of people were standing on the runway, many of them screaming and crying. at one point, they were moved to some -- to an area essentially on the other side of the airport. eventually they were able to move on. as i said before, we are in lockdown here. several hundred people are still not able to leave as this investigation unfolds. it will be some time, wolf, until we get a clear pictu...