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The tie. >> how unusual is that? >> that's unusual. let's go back to president obama's first round of cabinet nominees in his first day of office seven were confirmed. it was a smooth process for his nominees compared to what democrats are doing. >> and we do not see any of the abstaining as we do now? >> no. some of those nominees had trouble. tom daschle, his bid for health and human services had to withdraw because of a tax issue. democrats are saying that nick mulvaney has a tax issue two. under the same standard that applies to daschle he should withdraw. so they're saying maybe the democ...

Confirmation hearings for members of trump's cabinet. others are voicing opposition to his supreme court nominee, neil gorsuch. this comes ahead of a high-profile senate senate vote to approve education secretary, betsy divorce. we are join now with alex at the hill. a lot to digest here. i want to get here i want to where we saw some democratic lawmakers sitting out of committee hearings. what type of of impact does it have going forward. because of that, those nominees that didn't make it out of committee approval. they're going to have a vote on the senate floor. with them abstaining, was i...

Borders may not be helpful in achieving that goal." is that a change in policy? >> yeah. i mean, it's different from what we heard from president trump while he was on the campaign trail. i mean, strongly aligning himself with benjamin netanyahu. criticizing the obama administration very harshly for abstaining from the u.n. security council resolution, condemning israeli settlements. that was the first time that the u.s. had abstained. he thought that was horrible. but now we see this statement. and granted, if you're going to speak out against the settlements comparatively to the obama admini...

Break down why this is so important for their attendance and potentially conversations following. >> reporter: what this shows, tamron is actually donald trump is picking sides. he's wants to make a deal that would bring the palestinians or israelis together, or says he does, but he's already aligned himself with the far right of the israeli political spectrum. just in the twilight weeks of the obama administration, the obama administration made the unprecedented step of abstaining from a resolution that harshly criticized settlement in the west bank, which everyone in the community almost ent...

Pre-existing condition coverage, preserving funding for rural hospitals. the senate voted down other popular provisions like an amendment that would protect access to birth control and preventative access for women and another that protected the children's health insurance program. they even killed an amendment aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs. it had enough republican support to pass but died because too many democrats defected. in the end, the budget resolution paving the way for the repeal of obamacare passed 51-48 without a single democratic vote and only one republican, ra...