On behalf of the president of the United States is my grateful privilege to be here to administer the oath of office to shulkin. Chilton the next secretary of Veterans Affairs. You may applaud. [applause] we are joined today by a number of members of his extended family. His wife is here. His children daniel and jennifer. We are grateful you could be with us to share this important moment. Joinedvery honored to be by members of the house and senate who provide enormously important and bipartisan leadership on matters concerning our nations veterans. They include johnny isakson, the senate of the chair the committees ranking member, phil roe, the chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and tim walz the ranking member. [applause] few duties of the federal government are as important as fulfilling what president lincoln promised. We as a nation would you care for him who shall have borne the battle. President trump has called on you to leave this department, charged with the s
Is going to be voting on neil gorsuch at any moment. Youre looking at ted cruz speaking there about the need to confirm him. Its unlikely that thats going to happen. We are anticipating that this is going to be a party line vote. There is expected to be a big showdown on capitol hill later this week when the full senate votes on gorsuch, and that means only one option remains for senator Mitch Mcconnell, and that is to execute what is known as the Nuclear Option so that they could get this judge through. I want to go to adam shapiro who has all the latest in washington. Hey, adam. Reporter yeah. To keep it simple, there are two issues before the senate once they pass him out of committee to the full senate. First, to the vote on cloture which would end debate, the second would then be the vote on whether he becomes a Supreme Court justice. Democrats now have enough votes to filibuster judge judge gorsuch. 41 democrats have said they will vote no on cloture, that means they will vote ag
Speech and look at how he and the Democratic Party plan to confront the trump white house. We will speak to sanders advisor larry cohen, National Nurses united head Roseann Demoro, and californias Senate President Kevin De Leon. But first here in marrakesh we speak to Mary Robinson, the former president of ireland. I realized when i read the science, we are running out of time. Has been said often now during this year, were the first generation to fully understand the dangers of Climate Change and the last generation with time to do something about it. And that time is now. Amy that was Mary Robinson a year ago at the climate talks in paris. Now she is saying the United States will become a rogue state if donald trump follows through on his threat to pull the u. S. Out of the paris climate accord. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from cop22 in marrakesh, morocco. A member of Donald
Since the election, senator Bernie Sanders calls on donald trump to dismiss Stephen Bannon as his top advisor. We will air parts of sender speech and look at how he and the Democratic Party plan to confront the trump white house. We will speak to sanders advisor larry cohen, National Nurses united head Roseann Demoro, and californias Senate President Kevin De Leon. But first here in marrakesh we speak to Mary Robinson, the former president of ireland. I realized when i read the science, we are running out of time. Has been said often now during this year, were the first generation to fully understand the dangers of Climate Change and the last generation with time to do something about it. And that time is now. Amy that was Mary Robinson a year ago at the climate talks in paris. Now she is saying the United States will become a rogue state if donald trump follows through on his threat to pull the u. S. Out of the paris climate accord. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy n
Since the election, senator Bernie Sanders calls on donald trump to dismiss Stephen Bannon as his top advisor. We will air parts of sender speech and look at how he and the Democratic Party plan to confront the trump white house. We will speak to sanders advisor larry cohen, National Nurses united head Roseann Demoro, and californias Senate President Kevin De Leon. But first here in marrakesh we speak to Mary Robinson, the former president of ireland. I realized when i read the science, we are running out of time. Has been said often now during this year, were the first generation to fully understand the dangers of Climate Change and the last generation with time to do something about it. And that time is now. Amy that was Mary Robinson a year ago at the climate talks in paris. Now she is saying the United States will become a rogue state if donald trump follows through on his threat to pull the u. S. Out of the paris climate accord. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy n