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Security adviser, showed up in that briefing. we did not expect him to do so. and he says he was putting iran on notice. this is in response to a missile test which iran says was not against the nuclear deal, which the white house says was, in fact, against the nuclear deal. also coming out of that, and we are talking about the nuclear option, this is an unfortunate term to use directly following the iran deal, but it's in regards to neil gorsuch and his nomination for the supreme court. will the republicans need to use the so-called nuclear option to make a vote just a simple majority instead...

Deal with iran. we'll try to dig in specifically what the administration means by putting iran on notice. >> kristen welker in the white house briefing room with a comprehensive look at what happened during that briefing. we want to go to sound from lisa murkowski explaining why she will vote no for betsy devos. >> i have heard from thousands, truly thousands of alaskans who shared their concerns about mrs. devos as secretary of education. i do not intend to vote on final passage to support mrs. devos to be secretary of education. >> how confident are you that you have all the other republican...

Idea, a big thing, school choice. >> ideology over competence. >> can we talk about swamp for a minute? >> sessions is about law and order, price is about obamacare. i think what donald trump is trying to do is tackle some big things and i think these nominees are indicative of that. i also agree with january. it would not surprise me if trump is able to accomplish a few big things and if there's a huge scandal because of -- >> let me ask you about this betsy devos grizzly bear moment. >> i don't think it's fair. the big problem with devos for the democrats is ideological. people have latched ...

And guns went viral. >> do you think guns have any place in and around schools? >> senator chris murphy pressed her about guns in public schools. >> you can't say definitively guns shouldn't be in schools? >> i will refer back to senator enzi and the school that he was talking about in wyoming. i think probably there i would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies. >> reporter: she also faced questions about trump and his behavior toward women that suaced during the campaign on that "access hollywood" tape. >> if this behavior, kissing and touching...

Daschle under barack obama in 2009 forcing him to pull out. they're saying it's time for mulvaney to pull out but trump's team is standing behind him. >> thanks. even as today's hearings were unfolding key players were taking stock of the pick for education secretary betty devos. perhaps one of the most controversial choices and the grilling she got in the senate has gotten a lot of attention including te ing thing the griz moment. >> reporter: betsy vos is a michigan billionaire, a vocal advocate of charter schools investing time and money trying to overhaul america's classrooms saying tax do...