What are your key moments of this weeks confirmation hearings . Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independence can call 2027488002. Reach us on social media, on and at facebook. Com cspan. The busy week on capitol hill included action on obamacare as republicans moved to repeal that measure. According to the Washington PostCongress Took the first that on rolling back the Health Care Reform law friday with the house voting along party lines to pass the crucial precursor to the Affordable Care acts unraveling. It will only get harder for republicans as they must assemble a viable replacement for a law that expanded healthcare Insurance Coverage to about 20 million americans and eliminated unpopular Insurance Industry practices such as Lifetime Coverage caps and widespread refusal to cover already sick individuals. Republican leaders have focused on the Affordable Care act flaws , rising premiums for plans sold in state marketplaces, high deductibles, and burdensome taxes. Gop Lawmakers Said together in philadelphia later this month to hash out a more complete alternative. That was one of the many things going on in capitol hill this week. A week that was largely dominated by the confirmation hearings of Donald Trumps selections for to head federal agencies. According to politico, donald trump says he is happy with some of his nominees decisions to differ with him on some points. He treated his support of his friday mornings after news organizations highlighted the different stances between the president elect and some of his fixed, writing that they should feel free to express views different than his own. All my cabinet nominees are looking good and doing a great job. I want them to be themselves and express their own thoughts, not mine. Tweeted that in a series of messages he posted. He gave his approval at how the candidates did. One of the candidates who went before the senate this week was secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson who faced tough questioning from senator marco rubio, lets look at that weird marco rubio lets look at that. Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal . He directed his military to conduct a devastating campaign he started in schools, markets, not just assisted the syrians, his military has targeted schools and markets and other civilian infrastructure resulting in the death of thousands of civilians. Not the first time Vladimir Putin has been involved in these kinds of campaigns. When he was appointed Prime Minister before he was elected, there was a series of bombings and they blamed it on the chechens but mr. Prudent said that he would punish them so he ordered the air force to bomb and a used capital scud missiles and hit hospitals and the citys main outdoor market packed with shoppers, 137 people died instantly, they used bombs that ignite and burn the air breathed in by people hiding in basements. They used cluster munitions and battlefield weapons against civilians and an estimated 300,000 civilians were killed and the city was completely destroyed. There is credible reporting, opensource and others that this was all part of a black flak operation on the part of the ffb. Putinsvation, vladimir Approval Rating before the attack was 31 and by mid august of that year it wasnt 78 in three. Based on this month in three months. You are still not prepared to say that Vladimir Putin and his military has violated the rules of war and conducted war crimes . Those are very serious charges and i want more information before reaching a conclusion. I understand there is record in the Public Domain and im sure there is a body of record in classified domain and in order to deal with the serious questions like this marco rubio there are pictures and the public Rex Tillerson i want to be fully informed. Marco rubio there is much information, so much information , it should not be hard to say that Vladimir Putins military has conducted war crimes in aleppo. Never acceptable for a military to specifically target civilians which happened through the Russian Military and i find it discouraging your inability to cite that, which i think is global acceptance. Globally accepted. The wall street journal, taking in and gave her take about the exchange between senator rubio and Rex Tillerson, she said, in his confirmation hearing at the Foreign Relations committee, secretary of state designate Rex Tillerson came across as distinguished, call, informed, intense questioning, marco rubio was strangely hostile, is Vladimir Putin a war press, i mr. Rubio would not use that term mr. Tillerson replied with an expression that allows you to imagine a thought bubble. You can mess with me, son, but it will not end well for you. New york city, democratic line, what was your key moment from the confirmation hearing . Caller coincidental that i was going to talk about tillerson denying knowing about exxon mobil lobbying efforts. The u. S. From putting sanctions on russia after they invaded and stole back crimea and the ukraine. You know, i have a lot of respect for marco rubio and his ability to get to it. My second comment really is that donald trump is in over his head in all of this of government. He does not know government, he does not know what he is doing and to distract us from his inexperience and his ignorance, he is throwing out this date, these tweets bate, these tweets, it is his clever way of distracting us from his inexperience from his insecurities that he knows he is in over his head. So he is throwing out these meaningless things and everybody is laughing it up. G it up, tooappin bad we have such an inexperienced guy at the helm. Host senator tim kaine of virginia kim k he tweeted that tillerson answer on russia and refusals to answer on at some mobile makes me question whether he could set aside the interest of exxon mobil. Is calling in from jackson, mississippi, independent line, what stood out for you in the confirmation hearings this week . Caller the Rex Tillerson for secretary of state. I do not believe he is qualified. Host why not . Caller he is a businessman. So is president elect trump. That is a serious position. He was not elected, he has to be nominated by the senate. Fourth,ery big fifth in line in succession in case something bad happens. Buddybody buddybuddy with Vladimir Putin and i cannot believe he would nominate him. Host what about the statement from donald trump and others who say that Rex Tillerson has traveled the world extensively and his connections around the world make him more qualified than most to run the state department . Caller that is a joke, he is a tourist businessman. He is not on state business, u. S. Business. He did not meet with public leaders. President. Ters, Prime Ministers, president s. That is dollop trump talking. That is donald trump talking. Host let us see what donald trump set at trump towers about his nominees disagree with him. Told them to be themselves and save what you want to say and do not worry about me, i will do the right thing whatever it is, i may be right and they may be right but i said the yourself, let them do it. I could have said do this and say that but i do not want that, i want them to be themselves in i want them to be themselves. Host republican line, what did you think about them . Caller the naacp is racist and they give bad ratings to senators who are republicans and only good ratings to the democrats. Also, i felt they are somatic, they talk about unqualified, president obama was a Community Organizer and look how bad the country is. The Affordable Care act is not affordable. I am a 23 year army veteran and an eagle scout, same as tillerson and Jeff Sessions. Off sessions had a lot support from black leaders and politicians and lawyers in alabama. The met has almost squeaky clean. Squeakyan is almost clean but they will not support him because he is a republican and conservative. Host the hill reports that the house passed the waiver that general james mattis needs to assume the position he is nominated for two hit the pentagon. Does the house friday passed a waiver that would let james mattis served as defense secretary, clearing the path for his confirmation despite a swift rise and democratic opposition this week. 268151 on the waiver, 36 democrats voted in favor of the waiver while one republican representative austin mashup michigan voted against it. California,ch michael, what are your thoughts on the confirmation hearings this week . Caller back to Rex Tillerson, he is a rich white men and i am quite, he will say anything to get the nomination, Climate Change does not exist, just like the cigarette commercials at yesteryear, cigarettes are fine for everybody but i cannot wait to the the nomination confirmation hearings for betsy devos, secretary of education. She and her husband are worth roughly 10 billion as she has done everything in her lifetime to deny Public School for succeeding, she wants a private, that is the confirmation i really cannot wait to see her get grilled on. Thank you, cspan. Host dan, republican line, ohio. What were your thoughts on the confirmation hearings . Are you there . Caller yes, i am. Hello . Host go ahead. Caller i just wanted to say that the recent donald trump has been elected is because the people that voted for him understand that the establishment are corrupted. In both parties, not just the democrats but also republicans. Inse republicans are going and try to manipulate the president elect. And they will fail. Who willf the people rise up against this, establishment and try to change the system from the peoples view, not from the politicians view. Politicians donald trump will triumph. Host all of the from administration confirmation hearings will be carried on cspan Networks Live and you can check your listings. They reair in prime time. They are also available always on the website, cspan. Org. Bill is calling in from new mexico, democratic line. What were the key moment for you in the confirmation hearings this week . Caller i listen to the kellerman hearings tillerman hearings, the eagle scout who tillerman was an eagle scout but the coo ceo of exxon, they left super funds around the world, including the philippines, amazon jungle, portugal, he left a lot of super funds mr. Eagle scout. Let me tell you something, donald trump has a moment to destroy both parties, the republican and the Democratic Party. Look at the way he is treating the Chicken Hawks in the republican party. John mccain and all them. Voteore thing i did not with the racist klan. Host the New York Times reports that the fbi the chief of the fbi was confronted by democrats during a recent intelligence freezing here in intelligence briefing. They thought it would be a straightforward briefing on russian Cyber Attacks but what ensued was a confrontation, democrats have long thought with james comey, the director of the admiral bureau of investigation. Why the house members demanded to know mr. Comey believed it was ok to make disclosures repeatedly during the campaign about the investigation into Hillary Clintons emails here he to the state refuses to say whether the fbi is investigating links between the Trump Campaign and russia. His answers did not prove satisfying. Nancy pelosi from california, the minority leader, grew so frustrated that she chastised mr. Comey for being condescending to members. We are asking you what the key moments were in the confirmation hearings this week. Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independence call 2027488002. Keith calling from savannah, tennessee, on the republican line. Good morning. Caller thank you for taking my call, what i thought in the hearings themselves, john lewis and cory booker, they are putting it all on a race side. Donald trump will do what needs to be done and the people he chose will do what they are supposed to do. It is not a race issue, the way they did sessions is wrong and they should be ashamed. Good man and is a john lewis and cory booker should be ashamed of themselves. They did something that should be proud of, they are wrong. President ust like obama on his way out, they should be on their way out for what they did. President obama came in with no experience. Donald trump is coming in with no experience in that field as a politician, but as a businessman and and an intelligent man, far Greater Knowledge and concept of what needs to be done. Hey should be ashamed, picked the right people, go with it, get over it, democrats, you lost that tomorrow is another day. Host lets look at what senator cory booker of new jersey said in a breaking with tradition and testifying against his fellow senator for the job of attorney general. Jeffor cory booker sessions will be required to pursue justice for women, but his record indicates he will not. He will be expected to defend the equal rights of gay and lesbian and transgender americans, but his records indicates that he will not, he will be expected to defend Voting Rights but his record indicates he will not. He will be expected to defend the rights of immigrants and affirm their Human Dignity but the record indicates he will not. His records in the case that as attorney general he would object to the growing National BipartisanMovement Towards criminal justice reform. His record indicates we cannot count on him to support state and National Efforts towards bringing justice to the Justice System. And people on both sides of the aisle who readily admit that the Justice System as it stands now is bias against the poor, against drug addicted, gets mentally ill, and against people of color. His record indicates that at a time where the fbi director is speaking against racial bias in policing and the urgent need to when thet, at a time last two attorney generals have taken steps to fix our broken criminal Justice System when the justice department, he would lead has uncovered systemic abuses in Police Departments all over the United States, including ferguson. Including new work. Senator sessions would not continue to lead this urgently needed change. The next attorney general must bring hope and healing to this country. This demands a more courageous empathy that senator sessions record demonstrates. The independent line from west hollywood, california, what stood out for you this week, john . Caller good morning. The thing that stands out for me that in the tillerson testimony, i have a degree in Political Science and i specialize in International Relations as did the president obama. I have been in business with my whole life and the thing that stuck out with the the most was Rex Tillerson said that 5 trillion per day are transported in goods through the south china when he was addressing the chinese building the islands in the self china sea. And arming them. If you do the math on that, it 1. 825 trillion dollars when we are being told that the u. S. Economy is 18 trillion in size and the entire world gdp as it is activated is approximately and it is calculated is approximately 18 trillion yet the nominee for secretary of are 1. 825 quade trillion or thousand trillion dollars of goods transported through the South China Sea every year. And no one has brought this up. Note network i have seen and no news organization. Nothing from the Washington Post, New York Times, etc. On that number. It is like when former treasury secretary tim geithner acknowledged there was a 600 trillion credit default swap industry in july of 2009. That was the first time the administration acknowledged this and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission former chair name gary gensler who was the Vice President at Goldman Sachs said over two years ago when he left the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that the United States had over 20 worth of derivatives for every one dollar of gdp. I called cspan several years ago and said, until we reconcile the real economy that is going on which is quite really ends of dollars in size with what we are being told, this country and the World Economy is never going to recover. Jacksonville, florida, on the democratic line, what were the key m