education secretary nominee, facing a slew of questions from democrats not only on her support for school choice and vouchers, her past donations to republicans. but an interesting exchange when she was asked specifically whether guns have anyplace in the classroom. here is her response. you can t say definitively today that guns shouldn t be in schools? well, i refer back to senator enzie and the school he was talking about in wyoming. i think probably there i would imagine there s probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies. if president trump moves forward with this plan to ban gun-free school zones, will you support that proposal? i will support what the president-elect does. that term grizzlies there, that reference to grizzly bears drawing some laughter in the
well that spokesman jim mcrath told me earlier this morning that everyone is so pleased with how he s doing, they hope he s going to be released and going home in a couple of days. his wife, barbara bush, came to visit him, his son neal bush came to visit him. also, we were told his chief of staff, gene beck earl told us he is doing fine. she went to see him, he was alert, chatty and very engaged. look, carol, this is all good news, but, as you mentioned, to put it in some perspective, he is 92 years old. he s had similar health problems in the past. in 2012, he was hospitalized and indiana tensive care for two months with bronchitis and a cough. so no one is taking any chances. carol. no one is taking any vances. i joust wonder if his son will attend donald trump s inauguration or feel the need to
tom price goes before the senate over his nomination for secretary of health and human services. he s expected to face contentious questions about his plans for obamacare. plus billionaire investor wilbur ross in the hot seat over his confirmation for commerce secretary. nikki haley faces congress as trump s pick for u.n. ambassador. also ahead, scott pruitt, attorney general for the state of oklahoma, slated to answer questions about his stance on climate change as the potential head of the environmental protection agency. as if all of that weren t enough, president obama is holding his last news conference before leaving office, two days from now. that s at 2:15 p.m. eastern. of course you ll see it live right here on cnn. this is going to be a pretty busy day for all of us. very busy day. let s kick it off on capitol hill with cnn political reporter manu raju joining us. manu, tell us about the tom price hearing. he s been a member of the
well, i won t say that. how about these designers that are saying the biggest celebrity there would be president obama. he s probably joking. he said lovely things about the outgoing president. this is the interesting thing about behind the scenes. what we see on the public stage is different than behind the scenes. donald trump said he spoke with president obama, after the questions about john lewis and his aides went on television and blamed obama for the legitimacy question. the relationship between donald trump and barack obama is not necessarily what we re seeing and hearing from trump s aides out in the public. i think that is a result of the fact that these two men are doing a job that not have many people in the world ever get to do and they re on a different plane. they re doing things over here and we re watching things happen over here. i think donald trump is very
this morning. two days before his inauguration, donald trump appears heading to the white house without a single cabinet position filled. expect fireworks for health and human services nominee, facing a grilling about not only obamacare but questionable stock dealings as a georgia congressman. more house democrats are boycotting the inauguration, nearly five dozen in all joining the protest. president obama just hours from his final news conference wrapping up his term with sky high approval ratings. we are covering all the fast-developing angles of this government in transition. let s begin with cnn s jason carroll live outside trump tower. good morning. reporter: good morning, carol. let s begin with the interview that the president-elect gave. he has been talking about a number of familiar topics to fox news. he explained he s still angry over that unsubstantiated report that leaked about him and russia. he still had some choice words