potential trump administration hire, a new "washington post" report says secretary of state rex tillerson may not be staying in his job for long. according to "the washington post," a white house official said tillerson, quote, had not learned his lesson from the last time when trump publicly rebuked his top diplomat on twitter. another official says, i think our allies know at this point he's not really speaking for the administration. let's bring in the "hardball" roundtable. tough night tonight. libby is a reporter for "the washington post." clarence is a columnist with the chicago tribune. we have heavyweights here, as we often do. and i want to ask you about why would a republican senator put a guy through a grilling like that that can only humiliate him or her forever? even if they get confirmed. they will always be known as the nominee for a federal bench position that doesn't know nothing. >> it was stunning to see a republican do that. >> they want to humiliate the