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Today. where on earth does the new secretary of state begin? >> reporter: he obviously has some big pumps to fill, if you will. secretary of state clinton traveled more than any other secretary of state in history. i don't think this is a case of, you know, who batted cleanup after babe ruth because john kerry, as you outlined in your introduction, has the credentials, has been in the senate for so main years, was a highly decorated veteran in vietnam and is, in fact, a child of the foreign service who has lived overseas as a child with his patients in berlin and switzerland and some other are...

Don't have children but i was merely going to put this point to you. do you realize how difficult it is for parents to guarantee their child's academic performance? i mean, george h.w. bush had a son called george w. bush and his academic per pormance was mediocre and he had every single opportunity and support imaginable. do you realize how difficult it is for any parent to be able to guarantee a child's academic performance? >> we're talking bare minimums. like i said, i don't want these kids to be rocket scientists. passing up to the next grade is not too high a standard to say, listen, if ...

Leveled his way. but you're right the texas delegation, both senators, the freshman ted cruz and john cornyn, the number two ranking republican in the senate, have voted no as well as jim inhofe, the very conservative member from oklahoma. that may have something to do with john kerry's stance very forthright in favor of doing everything he can in terms of international treaties in terms of using his position both here in the senate and prospectively at the state department to fight clay mat change. jim inhofe obviously one very high-profile climate change skeptic. >> this was expected to go s...

Going to be a taking a forthright stance against intellectual property theft. that's something he's on the record as fighting against as well. i also mention climate change as well. the middle east, a whole host of problems, no shortage there, of course, martin, challenges facing prospective secretary kerry. >> it's probably going to happen in the next few minutes. he was taking slaps on the back right there on the floor. nbc's mike viqueira. as always, thanks so much. stay with us, the day's "top lines" are coming up. stay with us, the day's "top [ manager 1 ] out here in the winds,

To have more time but i'm afraid we've run out. thank you for joining us tooted. >> thanks for having me. had a great time. >> thank you, sir. i should let you know we posted the full interview with senator campfield on your facebook page and on our show page at tv.msnbc.com. and as always, we want you to weigh in whenever you can. stay with us. we'll have much more ahead. [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. the full interview with senator and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in ...