in the west wing. sean spicer will take reporters' questions for the first time. open with a statement or two and then start answering reporters' questions. we'll have live coverage. that starts later this hour. meanwhile, the senate foreign relations committee votes on the secretary of state nominee and it's unlikely democrats will have the votes to block rex tillerson's nomination. democratic senator jeff berkeley of oregon is joining us. he's a member of the foreign relations committee. how are you going to vote? >> i'm going to vote against him. >> why? >> because he came in and testified as an oil executive. he made no apologies for exxon circumventing u.s. sanctions on iran and russia. and that was very, very disturbing. he proceeded to show no moral compass in returning oil reve e revenues to the people of that country.