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Reputation of someone who glad hands that press. this is going to be in the news and it's going to dominate the news. >> bret: i want to point dr. robert mueller, this is sound from 2013, talking about james comey. stick i've had the opportunity to work with jim for a number of years in the department of justice, and i have found him to be a man of honesty, dedication, and integrity. his experience, his judgment, and a strong sense of duty will benefit not only the bureau but the country as a whole. >> bret: that's an interesting dynamic to this whole thing, catherine, that he's now the specia...

To dana's point of what happened over the weekend, we saw two senators up for reelection announced their plans to filibuster the nomination. and interestingly so, they chose their base which wants to fight this war brutally, go as far as possible, even though they know they're going to lose over more moderate voters in their conservative states because they don't want to face the wrath of their base. they don't want to worry about potentially losing money from donors to depressing their base in their election, but the larger impact is what will happen to the filibuster. the nominees are all go...

Talking about them doesn't change the law. doesn't change the policy. doesn't move the federal government. how important is this? >> i mean, it will be interesting to see what his tone is tomorrow night. is it more conciliatory in any way? does he show some signs of humility? does he reach out? we know that's a difficult thing for the president. does he reach out to democrats in any way? does he recognize how difficult it will be to get something done without significant bipartisan support? he has done things on the executive level, but a lot of these are task forces to study issues or pullbac...

We're talking here these are literally executive level departments, the secretary of state, the secretary of agriculture. this is not the cia director, not the epa director. just the executive level. how much is in place a mon in and what does it mean? well, you can see nine have been confirmed for donald trump. nine cabinet secretaries. six are still waiting confirmation. they still have to have hearings or they still have to have a vote. not there yet. and one is picked for secretary of labor, andy puzderpuzder. eight years before that, george bush in 2001 coming off a very contentious elect...

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