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Issues. the confirmation hearings coming up next week for members of trump's cabinet, and there are members we have talked to saying there has not been enough time or submission of information to go through the vetting process. do you believe you will have all the information you need and the time you need, you and your colleagues in the senate to properly vet these nominees? >> no, absolutely not. under the effort the republicans are making and they control the senate and the hearings and they are saying we are going to have the hearings without the fbi reports and ethics reports and all the ...

>> well, it's important to emphasize not just people are saying this looks like hush money, but the special counsel to the ethics committee recommending that the justice department pursue further investigation, saying the idea that this money given to the hamptons were gifts from john ensign's father was absurd, there's no evidence, no relationship. in fact, coburn seems to be at the crux of that. one of the most dramatic moments in the ethics reports, which reads like a joan didian novel, is when tom coburn, at the behest of tim coe, calls michael ensign, this very wealthy casino executive, j...

Transparency databases that exist in congress would come together with other ethics reports, financial disclosures, things like that. that just hasn't happened. so we've got that one rated promise broken. and i think it's worth noting that transparency promises were a big part of his campaign and they've been a little harder to keep. he made another one about ending the resolving door for lobbyists. putting restrictions on how they could serve in his administration. we also have that one rated promise broken. >> i want to talk about the stalled category because some people will look at some of...

James mattis to run the pat gone and former general john kelly as the new secretary of homeland security. this as the president's remaining cabinet nominees, well, they're waiting on the to be confirmed. rich edson live from washington, d.c. with more. >> reporter: good evening, eric. republicans have enough votes to confirm president trump's nominees, though senate democrats have slowed the process considerably leaving significant positions unfilled as the trump administration begins. with only his defense and homeland security secretaries in office, president trump is still without his nomin...

Defense. >> with all due respect, the people of south carolina are not talking about tax returns. they're not. they're talking about job spending and the economy. i've heard more people wondering why you're not asking about ethics reports and ethics problems. nobody is talking about tax returns. >> deft maneuver. a dose of political poison to your rival stirred gently into a tea party glass of sweet tea. we have a fast brebulous duo to us off today. karen, i have to start with you. many of us might quibble with raising the issue of newt's serial adultery at the beginning of last night's debate...