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Democrats to begin something of a protest on the floor of the senate. organized by minority leaders, senator schumer, democratic senators are expected to take part in a sort of talk-a-thon lasting until some time around midnight tonight. their goal is to state their support for obamacare and highlight the fight within the republican party on the repealing process. repeal and replace has been the republican line on obamacare for years, but there's a debate right now in the party on whether repeal and replace needs to be done and done at the same time. so republicans like majority leader mitch m...

From the start of the obama administration when mitch mcconnell made the same requests that those nominees not going forward in too great a hurry. i've had a chance to speak with senator chuck schumer from new york. he is now the top democrat in the senate. and he expects that there might be some room in the calendar that may be the republicans will give away a bit. not to suggest that there's anything found among these nominees in the trump world that would prevent them from serving been but they need that full hearing. there have been some in the past where a nominee has been forward for the...

Issue, this is a bipartisan issue that's in the interest of the people of this country. we can't allow a foreign power, especially one whose interests are not the same as ours whose tried to undermine western democracies to interfere in our elections. >> finally you served on the armed services committee as well. obviously james maddog mattis as he's often called who you'll hear as defense secretary. what specifically do you want to ask him? >> well again, russia clearly will be a topic. he has a pretty well-known record on russia. i also to want ask him what he views on the challenges facing ...

They've never had to produce their finances before. it's not like we know anything about them. moreover, with the preponderance of billionaires, there's a lot of stuff there as you eluded to. so i think it is a huge task. frankly, some of these people have not completed the information, it's not entirely the quote fault of the office government ethics. >> john kelly among them, yeah. >> exactly. i think it's a process -- now mitch mcconnell said they won't votal process is complete, but what happens if they go through the hearing process and then, you know, a day before the vote, they discover...

Is this move to delay the hearing effectively sour grapes? democrats don't have a lot of power in this process. >> well no, i think we are speaking to the legitimate interest for the public in having the ethics qualifications done and having the background checks done and the paperwork done so that we have that information before the hearings so we can ask relevant questions. and the fact is this was not an issue eight years ago under president obama and i'm a former governor. i believe the president, whoever that president is should be able to appoint their own people. but we need to know the...