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Organizations who are behind him with the senate being behind him and i think in that kind of fight, he wins. the democrats i would guess won't even threaten to filibuster. >> james: it's an extraordinary moment we have come a supreme court nomination pending at the outset of an administration with all of these nominees for cabinet posts still pending. as we reported earlier, rex tillerson was confirmed by the united states senate today to serve as secretary of state. the vote there was 56-43. our research shows that the highest number of nay votes for any secretary of state in history. some o...

You guys -- >> i don't disagree with bruce. i don't think anybody disagrees that people in cabinet posts should be highly qualified, most qualified and having diversit diversity -- wait one second, having diversity and having people who are the highest qualified is not mutually exclusive. the fact that you have a cabinet where you have not just a high preponderance of white men but a high preponderance of goldman sachs people it does seem to tilt hard. it is hard to imagine that out of all the cabinet selections that they came up with that there wasn't one latino, the largest minority group in...

>> i don't think they're totally ready. ramping up. one, there was transition in the transition early on. chris christie and his team, switched to pence team and slowed down and had trouble selecting and getting cabinet and subcabinet level people through. i think quickly see people in position, but behind where they should be. >> of the key 15 cabinet posts, 13 of the nominees are white, ten of the 15 never held political office. sean spicer defended those choices today. >> number one thing is is he hiring best and brightest? people committed to enacting real change, respecting tax payers? wh...

Closer to the white house he'll pass by treasury as well. >> a lot of them are empty met for cli in terms of these guys being in charge. his men and women with the cabinet, all of them are not in place yet. we're going to have some votes today. we believe general mattis, secretary of defense, head of home land security, general kelly, mike pompeo, congressman who will be taking over the cia, his confirmation scheduled for monday. so, there's a lot of work to do. >> you made this reference to senator schumer that there were some negotiations today. i think for democratic leaders, they want to b...

He's going to follow through on the promises he made to working people who in the end gave him the edge in my state. i think it's a very short time period. >> to deliver for those voters. >> absolutely. to -- and the early indicators with his nominees for cabinet posts, he said he was going to drain the swamp. excuse me, these are the powerful the, the billionaires, the bankers, et cetera, he's populating his cabinet with. i think people are troubled already. >> he's made a very clear claim that only he can fix what's wrong in your life. right? obama's metric was is washiton different? did i c...