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He was a war criminal and some of the other nations that marco rubio brought up, that didn't satisfy him at all. you just watch his face, and he was not pleased. and even on cuba, i don't believe that tillerson pledged to completely undo the new policy that the obama administration has put in place. so there is still a niggling doubt about that. >> let's listen to senator ed markey, a democrat showing that there was no root to confirmation in that hearing for rex tillerson without disagreeing with donald trump. >> mr. tillerson, do you agree with president-elect trump when he said, quote, it w...

Well, today after the incoming president announced that he would not really be divesting from his business interests. walter made a remarkable public statement. he gave his blunt and passionate and patriotic assessment of what trump is offering. >> it's important to understand that the president is now entering a world of public service. he is going to be asking his own appointees to make sacrifices. he is going to be asking our men and women in uniform to risk their lives in conflicts around the world. so no, i don't think divestiture is too high a price to pay to be the president of the unit...

>> what do you think the approach is going to be? exxon ceo rex tillerson facing questioning today from new hampshire democratic senator jean shaheen. the big political news out of this hearing today was not necessarily the tough questioning that rex tillerson got from democrats. the big political news out of the hearing was the contentious back-and-forth that happened between exxon ceo rex tillerson and a republican senator by the name of marco rubio. the democrats gave tillerson tons of hard questions today but the reason it's so important that he also fought today with republican senator ma...

Expensive quasi legal offshore prison has held 780 different prisoners. by the time president obama signed an order one day into his presidency to close that prison, there were 242 prisoners still being held there. now as president obama leaves office, the number of prisoner there's is down to 55. last week the pentagon announced the transfer of four more men to saudi arabia. that brings the total number of people held at guantanamo to 55. secretary of defense ash carter said it's unlikely any more prisoners will be transferred out before the end of the obama administration. but despite that, ...

Entering a world of public service. he is going to be asking his own appointees to make sacrifices. he is going to be asking our men and women in uniform to risk their lives in conflicts around the world. so no, i don't think divestiture is too high a price to pay to be the president of the united states america. >> you see the lines being drawn now in d.c. we know donald trump on one side and democrats on the other. but this fight over ethics, this fight is something else. this is the incoming president versus ethics. and that fight has only just started apparently. th directv a, stream live ...