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Really do need every piece they can get. but the people that are going to be interesting to watch throughout the entire process are the red state democrats. democrats from states that trump won because they're the ones that will be pulled in every direction she was getting tons of calls from her constituents about betsy devos. they're going to be the ones to watch and the deciders attend of the day lawmakers posed a thousand questions to her and some of the answers seemed directly verbatim from other

Gorsuch, he was on capitol hill today greeting senators, giving a full charm offensive, trying to get those 60 votes needed. spicer calling on democrats to stop blocking the process. as you saw, i challenged him on the fact president trump has made some personal jabs at chuck schumer who's, of course, the minority leader for the democrats. and the fact that a lot of democrats are still fuming in the wake of republicans not giving president obama's pick for the supreme court a hearing. that could be potentially a battle. spicer flexing his muscles on that, reiterating what we heard from the pre...

Being played with betsy devos are sad. she is someone who's been a tireless advocate over the last couple decades to really support reforms that benefit children. and they are going to be the real winners with her as secretary of education. >> sean spicer saying he regrets, quote, the games being played. again, breaking news. senators lisa murkowski of alaska, who you just saw, and senator susan collins of maine saying they will vote no for betsy devos. again, that does mean that mike pence, vice president mike pence, would have to go to the senate to break that tie. that is, unless, another r...

You offer your super bowl pick and president trump has shown quite an affinity for tom brady. >> i think you know where i come down on that one. yeah? >> sean, senators murkowski and collins say they're going to vote no on betty devos' nomination. senator pence would have to cast the tiebreaking vote. how confident are you that you have all the other republican senators locked down? what's the level of concern in the white house that her nomination will fail? >> zero. i have confidence she'll be the next secretary of education. she's unbelievably qualified, advocator for teacher, students, par...

Parents, they're concerned betsy devos didn't speak much about what do you do with the rest of the children in the public education system? she's never held an elected office, never been a superintendent of schools, never served on public school, never sent her children to public school. they're concerned she is not, therefore, the best advocate and they've been very vocal. >> vote on the floor for rex tillerson. he is expected to be confirmed. it was a tense confirmation process for tillerson, especially among some republican senators, like marco rubio, john mccain and lindsey graham, but all...