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With me, speak out, it's a good idea. general mat tis was confirmed by the senate armed services committee today 26-1. only senator keirsten jill brand of new york voting against him presumably because he's only been out of the military three years instead of the required seven. is that right? >> we. she was one of the few that decided she did not want a general in a traditionally civilian position. from the perspective of most democrats up there, mattes is a sigh of relief, someone ideologically they think will be a good person to have arnold trump, much more in line with his vous, unlike fly...

Surprising and the fact is if you're attacking clinton or weakening clinton in what's basically a two-person presidential race, you are by definition helping donald trump. so, i don't think any of these conclusions are terribly surprising. >> scott shane, thank you so much for your expertise and your time. >> thank you, michael. time for everybody else to check in and see what's going on via twitter. smerconish, i can't believe a cnn anchor actually in a way defends trump. there is a god. i don't know. did i defend trump? you know what, this is evidentiary broadcasting. i'm not here to defen...

We only know about one for certain. and it may be that they won't tell us who the others are, that they don't want us to know that. i think it's too soon to tell whether by the end of the day we'll know all of them or not. >> at least it is a developing story, thank you, pete. police busted an alleged al qaeda plot in norway. authorities say three suspects were plotting a terrorist attack in that country, using powerful portable bombs. the arrests come a day after u.s. officials said last year's failed attacks on new york city's subway system was part of a larger al qaeda plot. and developin...

Defer or grant exemptions from or delay implementation of any provision that could cause problems for people. so that's the president trying to make good on his promise to dismantle obamacare and make it clear that he's going to do that. also there was action on capitol hill yesterday, the president's two first cabinet picks were approved by the senate by overwhelming votes. that is james mat tis as secretary of defense. >> they may not get another vote on a cabinet pick until monday. all right. thanks so much. >> you saw that powder blue suit. donald trump's wife and daughter drawing a lot of...

John, what do you think's holding up the additional release of white smoke from the chimney atop trump tower? >> well, i would like to think what's holding it up is that they're doing careful vetting and trying to figure things out. and everything that people from inside that world are saying suggests that's true. i'm willing to take him at face value. and as you know,y view that there are two big jobs in a transition. one is figuring out who the 4,000 people are who are going to staff the government. but on the front of making major appointments, they are, historically speaking, not behind. i...