fraud fake news. mr. obama leaves office with a near record 60% approval rating according to our brand-new cnn/orc poll. also breaking, heated confirmation hearings for top donald trump nominees including his picks to lead the health and human services department and the environmental protection agency. under tough questioning from democrats, some nominees are distancing themselves from some of donald trump s more controversial positions. we re also following the health scare surrounding former president george h.w. bush and his wife barbara bush. they re both hospitalized tonight in houston, with mrs. bush sedated. he s in intensive care. we re al learning new details tonight in the disaster plan in place for the inauguration. an obama cabinet secretary will not attend, and would assume the oval office in a worst case scenario since no trump nominees have been confirmed yet. we re covering that. much more this hour with our guests, including senator joe