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A precursor to Fox Newss morning show, featuring the news and first looks at the other stories of the day. The streets of portland. We saw the mayor turn his back on the citizens of portland for his political ambitions. I dont know who is worse, that mayor or oakland or philadelphia or new york. There are a whole bunch of them and never accepted this president and will put out of the Public Safety of their citizens. Ireland the portland mayor because he will hear about this, ice employees are taxpayers and citizens, he has a duty to protect them. Portlands mayor ted wheeler responding to repor...

Todd: senate democrat threatening to hold the state department nomination hostage until donald trump bans 3-d printed gun blueprints online. ed markey of massachusetts opposed the nomination of clark cooper until the president acts. the prince were set to hit the web yesterday but blocked by judge after the state department settled with the company hosting them online. jillian: one battery takes down a plane. according to the faa, a lithium-ion battery catches fire in the cargo hold and flammable

By itself is in fact important. it should be discussed, but not held in compliance with the same issues that they are holding her confirmation. >> hold on for just a second. i want to come to my table for a minute. this is history making in a different way than was initially expected for the nominee. 154 days in will the congress when they return just go ahead and schedule this vote? have they turned what should have been a simple nomination into a social point? >> the power of scheduling is a big part of congressional power. leaders have the ability to have a vote when they want. so they are ...

Could, quote, exercise the independence needed to stand up for the proper separation of powers. now, despite an exemplary report as a u.s. attorney republicans are still holding this nomination hostage. she'd waited 136 days longer than any other recent nominee and she's till to wait until at least mid-april. i'm quoting from bloomberg. what is the end game here? >> just to stifle progress at all costs oyi cannot believe that senator capito would say that. of course she's going to serve at the discretion of the president, just as anyone else in the cabinet serves.

>> reporter: according to senior administration officials we know there have been presidential-level conversations about getting lynch confirmed. i expect that type of outreach will continue in the coming days. we saw the president escalate his rhetoric this weekend in his weekly address. he urged congress to confirm lynch and has also accused republicans of holding her nomination hostage. so really strong language there. the president made some of his most forceful comments on the subject in an interview with the huffington post. >> they say they're holding up her nomination until they get to...