bill: here is what we know. that senate finance committee moments ago by way of voice vote with no democrats in the room have approved the nomination of steve mnuchin to be the next treasury secretary and tom price for health and human services. that will have a lot to do with obamacare. the committee changed the rules because democrats for a second day tried to boycott that meeting. republicans then changed the rules that required that had required democrats to be present for the vote. 14-0 the nominations have been approved and should go to a full senate maybe later today. stand by on all that. it s happening now on the hill 10:00 east coast time. shannon: president trump is sending his choice for the supreme court to capitol hill.
reince priebus and scaramucci is on the bannon side of the ledger and because of that priebus is using anything he can to block him being brought on board. full disclosure, he is a friend of mine and a very smart and capable guy and why priebus. he sold his company before he went to the administration he had to sell his hedge fund business and sold it to a chinese outfit in trump land is bill: neil gorsuch now meeting with mitch mcconnell. mike pence. thank you for being here. it is my honor to escort judge gorsuch to capitol hill for his first meeting. we look forward to the members of the senate to have an opportunity to get to know this judge. as they do, they will come to understand the enthusiasm the president of the united states
judge hardiman was never asked to come to washington, d.c. he was seen getting in his car yesterday morning but traveling to the eastern part of pennsylvania to meet with the chief judge of the third circuit. but the white house wasn t about to disabuse people of the notion that they were both coming here. bill: what s the reaction from senators involved in this confirmation process, john? a lot of senators in the room last night. a couple of them have been strongly at odds with the president both as a candidate and as president. senator ted cruz of texas and senator lindsey graham. cruz said he is over the moon about this pick. listen. this decision is vindicating the promise donald trump made to the american people. he told the american people if he was elected he would not nate a principled constitutionalist to deplace justice scalia he
shannon: very interesting to talk with you throughout this process and we ll see how quickly we are or aren t doing this again. thank you so much. good to see you. shannon: bill. bill: as we wait on that we ll see the supreme court nominee heading to capitol hill this morning and be with mike pence with meetings with mitch mcconnell. that meeting getting underway as the senate gets ready for a vote on a nominee to be america s top diplomat. will rex tillerson get his vote today or will democrats delay yet again? with the help of the lowest taxes in decades, a talented workforce, and world-class innovations. like in plattsburgh, where the most advanced transportation is already en route. and in corning, where the future is materializing. let us help grow your company s tomorrow - today at esd.ny.gov
senator cornyn was with us earlier today. disparaging a colleague on this committee and particularly in the colleague s absence is just not it s untoward and inappropriate and i object. bill: you think about the decorum of the u.s. senate in the past 24 hours. orrin hatch has gone off twice. usually a reserved guy. jeff sessions is a member of this committee. when al franken attacked him cornyn says it s against the rules. franken says i m attacking him as a nominee. bill: we were told in the senate finance committee democrats are coming back in. that hasn t happened yet. that committee sits empty. when they come back in we ll see the same thing. there will be fireworks. bill: they can t be happy. they can delay but not stop the inevitable the confirmation of the nominees.