hours or so into their 24-hour marathon on the senate floor. elizabeth warren of massachusetts is currently speaking on the floor. democrats do not have the votes to defeat devos unless they can win over one more republican. i come to the floor today to kick off the final day of debate on this nomination. now, i spoke at length on friday making my case for why the senate should oppose betsy devos. democrats will hold the floor until the final vote to do everything we can. reporter: expect plenty more speeches from senate democrats over the next 21 hours or so. heather? heather: then you have to say what the republicans are saying. what are they doing in their defense of devos? reporter: they re saying betsy devos has been a leader toward education reform. they give devos a lot of credit to devoting a lot of her credit for making sure inner city kids have opportunities like kids in
the best performing schools do. mike pence said they will be proud to help confirm devos. i m going to be called on next week for the first time in american history as vp to cast the deciding tie-breaking vote for a cabinet nominee. chris, that s never happened in the history of this country. but i think it shows the level of obstruction by the democrats in the senate. reporter: unless a senate republican caves in the remaining hours, by this time tomorrow expect betsy devos to be confirmed the next education secretary. heather? heather: by this time tomorrow. we ll take your word for it. thank you for joining us. still to come a mysterious light. do you see that? streaks across the night sky. so what was it? we will explain. and a historic super bowl comeback giving tom brady his fourth mvp honor. but he is missing something very important from the game. and he s asking for your help to find it.
steve bannon saying quote, mr. previs has told mr. trump and mr. bannon that the administration needs to rethink its policy and communications operation in the wake of embarrassing revelations that key details of the orders were withheld from agencies. like speaker paul d. ryan. we ll talk to the political editor and editor of the halftime report join us to talk about this. how you doing first of all? good monday, madam. heather: you as well. so, is this a sign of trouble inside the administration? look. to a certain degree you have toing in expectation. all of the people you mentioned have no white house experience, right? from the president to his chief of staff, senior advisers. none of these people have worked in a white house and they don t know how it goes.
have now filed a response to the doj s request and now the trump administration has about 3.5 hours to file their counter response. a three-judge panel of the 9th circuit could decide this matter by late today. remember, advocacy groups around the world are urging people affected by the travel ban to book flights and get on planes. so if the 9th circuit rules in favor of the trump administration, many of those people could be in transit and may not be allowed to stay in the u.s. however, the 9th circuit court ruled maybe today maybe this weekend however this decision goes, it will likely move on to the supreme court, which is still one justice short and could result in a tie. and that means this case is very important because that would leave the 9th circuit court decision in place. heather: deadline for the government, their response is 6 p.m., correct, today? 3:00 p.m. pacific time, 6 p.m. eastern time. heather: thank you so much.
she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. tide and downy together. heather: finally, a meter lighting up the sky this morning streaking through the atmosphere from new york to the midwest. dash cam video from police cruisers captured the fireball lighting up the night. reports of a sonic boom shaking houses in wisconsin, illinois and indiana. it s not clear if it landed in the water or if it broke up in the sky. there you go. and talk about entertainment. this breathtaking video of the