[inaudible] [indiscernible] mr. sessions: mr. chairman, if i might, friends, i would like to thank richard shelby, my colleague and senators susan colleague susan collins for their introduction. it was moving and touching for me. it s hard to believe the three of us have served together in this body for almost 20 years. when i arrived in the senate in 1997, i probably would not have anticipated becoming so close to the colleagues from maine. [indiscernible] mr. sessions: it took a while to understand our accents but once we did, we never had a problem. he has been a steady fast friend and we have been a good team representing the interests of alabama and the united states. i want to thank president-elect donald trump for the confidence and trust he has shown in me by nominating me to serve as attorney general of the united states. i feel the weight of an honor traders and i aspire to. if i am confirmed, i will commit to do and to the american people to be worth the of the
his advice is been all over the map and that s one of the problems for the republicans in the house and senate. they are trying to craft a plan and have to reconcile plans in the house and senate on the same base and they have to guess they are looking to the president to give them guidelines on what they want and how they want to do that. when the guidance is all over the map, they tried to forge ahead without him. didn t newly confirmed health and human services secretary tom price go to capitol hill yesterday and what do we know about what he told republicans on capitol hill? from what we could tell it was a very tentative conversation saying you want to keep the door open a new wanted to have conversations with all of them about the problems in the district, particularly on taking away medicaid expansion and what that does. about ensuring pool insurer pools and what they look like. it was a conversation that came out from what we know with any sort of specific plan, i
to what can you tell us about reports of divides between centrists in the left at that party retreat? guest: i think we were united. people with various information to help provide us on where things have been with the election, where we are headed. i think it s important we have vigorous debate and talk about issues and that s what we ve in doing. we have a diverse caucus but a united caucus. and to do to work together to make sure we build a strong economy, make sure there s opportunities for everyone but also stop some of the very concerning actions this administration has taken on issues like a immigration. continuing to build and strengthen our voices across the country. host: you are vice chair of the new democratic coalition. guest: the new democratic coalition is about 54 members of the democratic caucus. democratsinking focused on building a strong and stable economy and making sure we have opportunities for everyone in our country. host: when you look ahead to the 2
and in the department of defense, when people are still in uniform, we re focused on this. letting people know that it s not a weakness, it s a strength for you to seek out help when you are suffering from severe depression or other, you know, challenges like that. with respect to young people, you know, i d be interested this is one where i think i d really like to hear from all of you. because this is a story i hear too often. when i was at standing rock, i mean, it was just the number of stories that i heard was heartbreaking. and we can provide more resources, and we are doing so, i ve asked sali and others to really focus on how do we prevent suicide a, addiction, provide more mental health services and counseling, but i think i d love to hear from you guys who are in it. what you think would make the biggest difference. what you think would be most helpful. since you asked it, why don t you i feel like it s very taboo to speak about it in native american communi
from the island here, up towards plymouth, about 6:25, 6:30. look at the dense fog, beverly, worcester, three quarters of a mile or less. good news is temperatures are all above freezing, 30s and 40s most spots this morning. so the drizzle and fog, certainly impacting travel this morning. but heavy rain continues to be a threat throughout the morning. and strong winds throughout the afternoon. high wind for nantucket, the cape, all the way towards essex county. that means winds could gust as high as 55, even 60 miles an hour. let s time out the rain. spread throughout the area through 10:00 a.m. and continuing through the afternoon. temperatures will be in the 50s this afternoon. rivalling records. and it stays on the milder side into tonight as the rain moves out. when i come back, i ll talk much heather: speak to you in a bit, jason. local utilities have been preparing for the high winds, national grid and ever source both telling us they re closely monitoring the weather