Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171215:20:32:00
"no's" during this process? >> that was a lot of nos and obviously an embarrassment here. this administration, they are involved in this phonetic push, brooke, to get the nominees out here. it's the white house and senate and outside groups. clearly, the vetting hadn't gone well here. they hadn't done enough work with this candidate. but, brooke, one point that's worth noting. this one may very well be a failure, among other ones, too. but while this administration might be losing the battle on a couple of these nominees, and embarrassing moments like this, they are winning the bigger war on g...