confirming very key cabinet positions. the defense secretary being one of them. of course he has a new chief of staff. that doesn t require a senate approval but that is also a new position. he has to deal with a lot of different areas. and this is something that he s goi going to have democrat support in order to push these positions through. so this is an example of that. how long he is ilg he s will to stay with an acting defense secretary that maybe gives him a little bit of breathing room before he picks someone in a permanent position who holds his world view. and of course, that is the big rub right now for donald trump. he had someone in there who had the support of most members of congress in james mattis but that is someone who he did not see foreign policy through the same lens as. so if he puts someone into that position who aligns with his world view, that could put him in direct opposition so some of
and florida. we voted on tuesday, brother. we had early voting before that. this is absurd in both these states we re finding votes. i believe every vote should be counted and whether it helps the democrats or republicans but let s find the ballots and count the votes. bill: the big rub is florida lost states you are required there s hours on the clock where you have rules to follow and that s not been the case. this is also shining a light on the boards of election which have in many cases under staffed and under funded. it s a complex system you have to get all this machinery out to different precincts and there s questions whether there s ballots in a box or machinery. it doesn t takeaway from the fact every vote should be counted and it makes people less certain their votes will be countied and undermines
and that s a big rub as to why you can get all of them together. harris: i would just ask this, where you think we are with republicans in terms of their not having the ability to repeal. back in january 2016, they handed president obama the repeal legislation. why could they do it then but not now? what has changed? kennedy: that s the big question. that s such a good question. this is legislated and they voted for it to repeal obamacare. it s pretty basic. why is it so different two years later and it goes to melissa s point about the disingenuousnes disingenuousness harris: because the president would veto it. if they knew the president at the time would veto it, ed was an incumbent upon them to come up with all replace it.
and, of course, that s the big rub. it is all politics. brian: i would add this. i think the repeal and we will replace it when we get a chance would be a political disaster worse than not passing anything. although the vice president of the united states said yesterday that would be preferable to not doing anything at all. senator mitch mcconnell said last week if i don t get this done with the republican support, i m going to go talk to senator chuck schumer and talk with democrats which most republicans would hate because senator chuck schumer would then have leverage. steve: that s not whether a they voted for. people across america voted to have the repeal and the replacement which is what we were promise you had. ainsley: today the nypd is giving the final salute to officer familia. you remember we talked about this. she is the one murdered in the bronx last week when she was on the job. steve: absolutely. there is a bit of bright news regarding this story. you know, we talked ab
they may have done anyway and getting tax credits for it. that s the big rub. you ll see short-term growth. the longer-term growth is going to be predicated on how this plan rolls out. interesting discussion. there are a lot of questions that we do need to key on asking here. meanwhile, brand-new demands that donald trump personally denounce a group of racists cheering his victory and chanting hail trump during a meeting just blocks from the white house. plus, an extraordinary suggestion from a president-elect. donald trump calls on the leader of brexit to be named an ambassador. even though somebody already has that job. actually the american president doesn t get to choose which ambassadors come to the united states. the uk not happy at all about this. and horrific new details regarding a school bus crash that killed at least five children on their way home from school. we ll give you those details coming up. all finished. umm. you wouldn t want your painter to quit part way.