moment terry recognition that they need to be more inclusive of capitol hill. jake, such an interesting report. on a usual day it would be one of those things we d say it s the report of the day but with so many moving parts, it s one of the many investigations happening in this new administration. thank you so much, jake. coming up, senate democrats are boycotting today s committee votes on two of the president s cabinet nominee ps we nominees. we ll take you live to capitol hill to focus on this part of the story and the day. so with our ally cashback credit card, you get rewarded for buying stuff. like what? like a second bee helmet with protective netting. or like a balm? you know? or a cooling ointment for the skin. how about a motorcycle? or some bee repellant. i m just spit-balling here.
people. donald trump has said he doesn t want people who needed for the paycheck, he wanted people doing it for the love of country. if they have to stand alongside this president depending orders, how long can some of these individuals put their credibility and their names behind these actions, including general mattis? we ll have to see. i don t think anybody would say publicly at this point what their threshold for pain, so to speak, is. there are small signs on taint that it homeland security secretary kelly is coming to capitol hill to brief house and senate members on this immigration order. so i think you re beginning to see signs that they re getting it but it s difficult to say if this is a lasting narrative that we ll see or if this is just a
for the wider world. that s something that is tragic to see thrown away. thank you so much for your time. thank you very much. we re following breaking news on capitol hill, the senate health, labor and pensions committee just voted to approve president trump s nominee for education, 12 yeas, 11 nays, with democrats rejecting the billionaire leader. and up next, the important voices in d.c. who have been silent on the ban. hmmm. uh. yeah, can you find a take where it s a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. someone help me!!! i have a flat tire!!! well it s good. good for me. what do you think?
committee is arguing over whether or not to push through senator jeff sessions for attorney general. oo lot to cover on this front. kelly o donnell is covering the developments. reporter: we are outside in the hallway on the hearing for the jeff sessions committee hearing. a long line of members of the senate have been waiting to get a seat. we ve seen a handful of protesters removed by u.s. capitol police. there s a lot of emotion here but there won t be a lot of suspension. jeff sessions, we expect it will be a party line vote where republicans will support him, democrats will not. but what is different today is in the news of the last evening where the president has relieved from her duties the acting attorney general sally yates, that is sort of the domain of this committee as well and we re
the federal prosecutor in the watergate case. we had a monday night massacre, sally yates, a person of great integrity, who follows the law, was fired by the president. she was fired because she would not enact, pursue the executive order on the belief it was illegal, perhaps unconstitutional. and former president obama also speaking out against trump s travel ban saying it fundamentally and also saying he s heartened by the level of engagement taking place around this country. kristen welker joins us live now with what we re hearing from the white house. kristen? reporter: tamron, there is continuing fallout in the wake