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>> this is a hit to education secretary betty devos who gave a great speech this week calling for an expansion of school choice. after spending about $7 billion trying to funnel money into low performing schools, there were no significant academic improvements. so secretary devos has a basically said we need to start looking at a broader range of options and empowering parents and stop apologizeing for a system that is harming people it's supposed to serve. paul: joe. >> a miss this week to chelsea clinton who denied any intention of running for public office and thereby denying me the pleasur...

>> i think the gentle attitude of this administration toward those people who are different than the white males who occupy it is something that's of concern for a lot of democrats and for a lot of groups. not just the human rights campaign fund. i mean, the administration is choosing to make this a priority. they're going to issue these guidelines. they've already said there's going to be additional guidance later today. and this is not a fight that, frankly, they needed to pick right now. it's interesting, inside the administration apparently there was great disagreement with jeff sessions s...

Betsy devos. is she confirmed or not? it looks like it's very close. >> i believe she will be confirmed and focus on getting decisions out of washington back to the states. that's where i think is most important for education where you have teachers and students and parents working together with local control. i think she is the right person for the job and will be confirmed. >> bill: we'll see what happens. thank you for your time. the republican from wyoming on capitol hill. thank you. >> shannon: there is more executive action on tap from president trump today. this time focusing on a finan...

Been among the forefront of the leaders like the governors for the most successful reform of the last 30 years to change and improve public education and that would be the public charter schools. >> part of the reason devos is the next nominee before the full senate is because republicans need senator jeff sessions to support her before he vacates his seat. >> bill: when would sessions get his vote? >> next after devos. after those two the following nominees in the confirmation queue would be tom price as hhs secretary and steve mnuchin as the treasury secretary to head a department that's ver...

A key player in all of this. patriots owner robert craft talks super ball and terry bradshaw, and jimmie johnson and plus fox news sunday defensive end j.j. watt. a big one on fox news sunday. >> bill: great show. >> shannon: it is. >> bill: you were talking about the iran stuff. 20 minutes away we should get a statement from the treasury department on the sanctions. we're waiting for that breaking news. the senate was up early this morning voting to break a filibuster on the nomination of betsy devos for education secretary. lawmakers clearing that hurdle in a rare early morning session. they...