Then President Obama had seven new cabinet level officials confirmed. Trump only as of right now has two. Do you think that youre going to be able to stop some of his nominees, or are you just trying to slow down the process . Well, let me say this. First, this cabinet is unusually unique and a lot different than others. We call it the swamp cabinet, billionaires and bankers. The number of wealthy people, the number of people rife with Conflicts Of Interest and the number of people who have disagreed with what trump has campaigned on is so much more than just any other cabinet weve seen, and so that means they need thorough review. Thorough review so they dont have Conflicts Of Interest, thorough reviews so we know, for instance, is dr. Price going to try to privatize or end medicare when trump campaigned against it . And and are republican colleagues, i dont blame them with this cabinet, have tried to rush it through. Advise and consent does not mean
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Tonight. This is one of the backward and nasty Executive Orders the president has issued. Also today thousands of antiabortion protesters gathered in washington for the annual march for life. Mike pence told the crowd the president would announce a Supreme Court nominee soon and trump hinted strongly at the person hes choosing. The person i pick will be a big, big i think people are going to love it. I think evangelicals, christians will love my pick. And well be represented very fairly. Jeff zeleny begins our coverage tonight out front at the white house. Trump signing a flurry of Executive Orders this week, up to 14, but these on immigration, do they really have teeth . Reporter indeed they do. The ones that he signed late today, they do sort of play out exactly what he talked about in the campaign, Extreme Vetting. It should come as no surprise, but they are going at the heart
of refugees coming here to the country, particularly syrian refugees. The white house just moments ago actu
against false allegations. it is better for the president and the interior to focus on accomplishments rather than fictitious allegations. new york s senior senator, democrat chuck schumer is leaving nothing to interpret in his reaction to today s cabinet shakeup. he writes this, quote, ryan zinke was one of the most toxic members of the cabinet in the way he treated our environment, our precious public lands, and the way he treated the government like it was his personal honey pot. the swamp cabinet will be a little less foul without him. let s bring in our white house correspondent boris sanchez. boris, in his statement that i read just a moment ago, zinke referred to false allegations and defending himself. remind us what he is talking about. yes, the department of justice has been investigating ryan zinke for allegedly misusing his post as the head of the department of the interior for his own personal gain. inspector general at the department of the interior has looked into a nu
all of these, as you noted in his statement there, are there are reports that the white house essentially asked him to leave in part because of the incoming democratic majority in the house. zinke was a favorite target of democrats, and the belief was that he would likely have several investigations opened into his behavior and potentially even have to testify publicly in regards to his dealings. senator chuck schumer, look at his tweet after zinke announced his departure. he said ryan zinke was one of the most toxic members of the cabinet and the way he treated our environment, our precious public lands, and the way he treated the government like it was his personal honey pot. the swamp cabinet will be a little less foul without him. there have been several trump administration members who found themselves under scrutiny for ethical behavior. we know that the white house was watching zinke s situation very
after. are you going to be able to get that done this year? i hope so. it is really important. obamacare premiums continue to climb. insurers keep pulling out of market, i would love some cooperation from democratic party, so far they have not cooperated at all, this is important, whether a blue state or a red state. we would like to de to get it de this year. but don t you know they are not going to help? we already know that. we heard everything from chuck schumer calling this administration s swamp cabinet, to warren saying people will die. you know, we know that they are not going to be there what is the plan? let me start as my prove as a physician. as my perspective as a physician, i have patients looking back some would have vote the for obama 13 in trump, they were my patients this is not a democratic or a republican