are men. roughly 81%. according to analysis by the daily beast. diving deeping, just 21% of trump s nominees for high-ranking cabinet positions are women. 19% are female. that s just 6%, three, out of 53 of trumble nominations for u.s. attorney are women. the rest all men. there have been no female nominations to the departments of agriculture. editor of access dave lawley. some backing away from roy moore. many calling for him to withdraw from the senate race. he still does have defenders we heard there from the state of alabama amongst voters. what is the current game plan for the gop leadership should roy moore win. well, mitch mcconnell is making no secret of what he
qualified rating from the american bar association. writing a highly partisan blog. 36-year-old brett tally was also a member of the tuscaloosa research group from 2009 to 2011. the group searches for the truth, quote of the paranormal existence. tally has written books on the subject and whether charles goodwin received not qualified ratings. it comes in the diversity or lack thereof in trump nominations perhaps personified in this photo, attorney general jeff sessions welcoming in the newest batch of attorneys which are essentially all white men. of trump s nominations four judicial sent to the senate, 387
that s a revision of sessions earlier testimony that he knew of no context between trump sergea surrogates and the russians. he responded angrily that he keeps changing his story. i don t think it s right to accuse me of doing something wrong. i had no participation in any participation with any wrongdoing with regard to influence in this campaign improperly. reporter: besides, he said, the campaign was largely a blur. it was a form of chaos every day from day one. that was pete williams reporting. republican leaders in the senate are looking tie repeal of a key component of obamacare to cut taxes. they announced they attempted to get a portion of the health law which requires most americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine. if the mandate were overturned, it would free up more than $300 billion in government funding over the next decade that
i m hearing the allegations about her, and it doesn t seem like congress or administration is doing anything about it. you see that in president trump s twitter feed. now taking that and translate it into what would have to be a quasi, or independent legislation, with real heft behind it. is it a difficult thing to do? democrats would, you know, go nuts if that were to happen. we ll see if it translates just from a talking point now into something more concrete. live in washington for us, dave lawler, good to have you with us. we want to let you know how a nightmare commute is, how one woman is doing just that. bill karins is back with us. he s going to have a check on the forecast for us. some wet weather in some sparts of the countr parts of the country. stay with us. [burke] at farmers, we ve seen almost everything
reporter: ayman, to your point exactly, last night there was a show of defiance. he has support around him. there s about 250 in the crowd. this is a town of jackson, alabama. a small rural town, 12,000 people. he got up on the stage in the church. it was an event that brought people together. he was looking at the young people. he said you young people will face the same battles no matter in your schools or jobs, wherever you go, if you take a stand, you re going to come up against persecution. he said it s up up against the world. democrats, republicans, everybody else but in the room essentially. thanks, vaughn. we re learning more about what president trump s nominees to elect a federal judge in alabama in addition to never having tried a case and over three years receiving a not