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Then the second pick, betsy devos for education secretary. she supports school choice, voucher programs. she's opposed to common core. you had people like jeb bush praising the pick, but then the two biggest teachers unions saying it was a pick that would actually hurt students and hurt public education. i think there's going to be a little bit of a broader fight for betsy devos. then if we look beyond the holiday, i don't think we'll get any more picks today, we're watching dr. ben carson closely. the reason why, he has been offered the job as hud secretary. i spoke with his spokesperson yest...

Department. she is a billionaire top republican donor and supports voucher programs. she is opposed to the common core and that has a lot of republicans cheering. they have teacher's unions saying this is not a good move. the nea saying she is the most ideological anti-education nominee ever. no doubt this pick is going to get push back, but having said that again are the first two women the president taps for his athd min station. in terms of the first pick, nikki haley checks a number of boxes. she brings diversity, but for a post of reasons. 44 years old, she is the nation's youngest govern...

Into his team. >> in addition to being a donor, she's a big supporter of charter schools. that sets her off on a controversial foot as secretary of education. what else do we know about her? >> reporter: it absolutely does set her up and what you're seeing is someone who essentially wants to overhaul the school system. charter schools, voucher programs. the president-elect while campaigning says he wants to give more access to lower income kids. so we'll have to see how this plays out and how it plays out in terms of the battles in the senate. but, of course, it requires confirmation. we're st...

Was to save social security. so when people talk about voucher programs and priveatization, that's very nice. the fact of the matter is the club for growth does not have a plan for what they would do with social security. obviously, this is great issue to say, hey -- which is what huckabee is saying everybody paid into this you should get your money back and you should get that benefit back. it was a promise that the government made to you. obviously, older voters vote. this is a -- everybody has to roll tape on the thing in the 1990's when he made the mistake -- i think you can't play with th...

Jobs. he brought forth a voucher program for support of child care which is really the prototype for the voucher programs in education. >> the list is endless seemingly. >> the enterprise for the americas initiative and the brady plan opened up the economies in central america. latin america and south america so it opened up markets for american jobs to be created. >> governor, you mentioned people appreciating some of these accomplishments and i think that really segways to bring up a new poll that shows bush 41 is viewed more favorable today than when he left office. you can see here. he is ...