puzder is head of the company that franchises the fast-food outlets hardee's and carl's jr. he is a longtime republican donor who has been a vocal critic of raising the minimum wage, the fight for $15 movement, paid sick leave, and the affordable care act. his senate confirmation hearing is scheduled for thursday. the hearing has been postponed four times previously. last week, he became the second of trump's cabinet nominees who has acknowledged hiring an undocumented worker. the first was commerce secretary nominee, billionaire wilbur ross. similar practices have led to the rejection of past cabinet nominees, including two of president clinton's nominees for attorney general in 1993. amy: the riverfront times in st. louis also reports that puzder was accused of abusing his former wife multiple times. puzder's ex-wife even went on "oprah" decades ago in disguise to speak about the domestic violence. meanwhile, a recent survey by restaurant opportunities center united has found a shocking two-thirds of women working at puzder's restaurants experience sexual harassment at wor

pupuzder is headad of the compay that franchises the fast-food outlets hardee's and carl's jr. he is a longtime republican donor who has been a vocal critic of raising the minimum wage, the fight for $15 movement, paid sick leave, and the affordable care act. his senate confirmation hearing is scheduled for thursday. the hearing has been postponed four times previously. last week, he became the second of trump's cabinet nominees who has acknowledged hiring an undocumented worker. the first was commerce secretary nominee, billionaire wilbur ross. similar practices have led to the rejection of past cabinet nominees, including two of president clinton's nominees for attorney general in 1993. amy: the riverfront times in st. louis also reports that puzder was accused of abusing his former wife multiple times. puzder's ex-wife even went on "oprah" decades ago in disguise to speak about the domestic violence. meanwhile, a recent survey by restaurant opportunities center united has found a shocking two-thirds of women working at puzder's restaurants experience sexual harassment at wor

thus, he is not going to try to destroy hood or hardee or atlanta or savannah. he is going to institute what comes to be known as a soft piece for the hard war he's been demonstrating in georgia. well, let's face it. the war is hardly over at this particular point when sherman gets to savannah. grant now wants sherman to come to virginia. sends him a letter. there is a letter waiting for sherman. come to virginia and help me finish off robert e. lee. well, sherman fought against that idea because he did not want to participate in such killing again. instead, and they worked this out, he headed north into the carolinas and another example of destructive, psychological warfare. this time he particularly punished south carolina because he and his soldiers blamed south carolina for starting the war. but, interestingly, he was less harsh on north carolina, which, as you know, was very slow in seceding and had been much less enthusiastic about secession and battle and war. so sherman and his troops are now marching through the carolinas and what joe johnston says is o

workers also rallied at hardees and carls jr. outlets in austin texas, st. paul, minnesota, and , in other cities. the nationwide protests came as republican senators said they four will not support puzder's nomination threatening to derail , his confirmation vote. "the washington post" reports republican senators susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska, tim scott of south carolina, and johnny isakson of georgia say they may oppose puzder. puzder's confirmation hearing is scheduled for thursday after being delayed four times. he's facing increasing criticism for reports of widespread sexual harassment at his chain restaurants, as well as labor and safety violations. he's also under fire for allegations of domestic violence against his ex-wife, who even appeared on the "the oprah winfrey show" in disguise in 1990 to speak about being abused. politico reports senators have now viewed that march 1990 episode, which was titled "higigh-class babattered women," after the oprah winfrey network turned over a tape of the show to lawmakers. puzder's ex-wife h

workers also rallied at hardees and carls jr. outlets in austin texas, st. paul, minnesota, and , in other cities. the nationwide protests came as republican senators said they four will not support puzder's nomination threatening to derail , his confirmation vote. "the washington post" reports republican senators susan collins of maine, lisa murkowski of alaska, tim scott of south carolina, and johnny isakson of georgia say they may oppose puzder. puzder's confirmation hearing is scheduled for thursday after being delayed four times. he's facing increasing criticism for reports of widespread sexual harassment at his chain restaurants, as well as labor and safety violations. he's also under fire for allegations of domestic violence against his ex-wife, who even appeared on the "the oprah winfrey show" in disguise in 1990 to speak about being abused. politico reports senators have now viewed that march 1990 episode, which was titled "high-class battered women," after the oprah winfrey network turned over a tape of the show to lawmakers. puzder's ex-wife has s

soy gets credit for turning hardee's around and keeping carl's momentum going. but they have done it on the backs of these women. they have also recently decided it is a strategy that is not working as well, and they are switching to something more wholesome. carol: i think what is important is that he has been nominated to be secretary of the department of labor, so we want to look at how he ran his company, what were his labor practices, employment practices, because some of them were questionable. susan and what that means for : him potentially running this vast agency, and for the 125 million people that the agency directly affects, so the fast food industry over all has a pretty bad record when it comes to wages, sexual harassment, even racial discrimination. carol: that is everything overall? susan: that is industrywide. so there is a question, should somebody from that industry be selected to represent workers' interests? if you look at his two companies in particular, there are violations for sure, and when you read about them, it is dispiriting, people

and hardee's, larry puzner. it will begin with protests in two dozen cities, protesters highlighting labor violations and discrimination cases at puzner's only company while he's been ceo. their contention is he's unfit to be in charge of labor laws for the country when he's been breaking them as a businessman. the following day on tuesday, a court in missouri will decide whether or not to unseal his divorce records from back in the day. the government watchdog is asking that those records should be unsealed because they reportedly include claims of domestic violence made by mr. pudzner's ex-wife towards him. he's denied the allegations and his ex-wife now says she takes them back, but his critics argue that those claims, if true, would make him plainly unfit to be in charge of efforts like combating workplace harassment and violence. so, monday, protests at carl's jr. and hardee's, tuesday the court hearing on the domestic violence allegations in his divorce records and then thursday, we get his confirmation he

puzder has a checkered past as ceo of hardees and carl's jr. his ex-wife appeared on oprah winfrey's show decades ago to talk about domestic violence. his hearing has been delayed five times and he revealed he hired a housekeeper undocumented. his company is facing lawsuits. he is a critic of obamacare and criticized the $15 minimum wage and looked skeptically at the accuracy of the unemployment rate. now the search is on for a new labor secretary. these are the three on the short list. peter kirsanow and alexander a s acosta and catherine templeton. >>> trump backs off the shift with the two-state solution in israel. president trump and prime minister benjamin netanyahu stood side by side at the news conference yesterday. he did push the prime minister saying settlement construction is not something he supports. what is the reaction in israel this morning? we have cnn's oren liebermann live in jerusalem for us right now. a little bit of a duelling message. no more push of the two-state solution. he nudged the prime minister on settlements. i h

hardee's employees are great. it's the food that's the worst of the worst. ( cheers and applause ) but. ( cheers and applause ) i gotta say-- oh! curly fries and a coke. but even with all that, republicans were still on board with puzder until a tape surfaced of puzder's wife in 1990 appearing on a talk show describing domestic abuse. that took him down. so who brought that tape to light? i mean, who's powerful enough to topple a cabinet secretary? you guessed it: opraaaaaahh! ( cheers and applause ) thank you, oprah. thank you! thank you, lady o. oprah can do anything. quick follow-up question, no particular reason, oprah-- did you ever do any shows in russia? because we could use some help. we just learned from multiple intelligence sources that trump aides were in "constant touch" with senior russian officials during the campaign. "constant touch," by the way, is also trump's secret service code name. ( laughter ) "i got constant touch on the move. constant touch is on the move. constant touch. constant touch i

. >>> right around lunchtime today this happened at the hairs of hardee's in st. louis, missouri. these folks marched into the corporate offices of the harde ex's fast food chain. the same time protesters were also marching outside the california headquarters of carl's jr. today. the nominee to be the new secretary of labor in this country is the ceo of hardee's and carl's jr. his name is andy puzder. his confirmation hearing is supposed to business this thursday but this is what kickoff to his confirmation week looked like in more than two dozen cities around the country. democratic senators have fought hardest so far against betsy devos to be education secretary and jeff sessions to be attorney general, but democrats actually think they've got the best chance of beating the nomination of this guy. since he's been ceo, puzder's fast food restaurants have been accused of erasing people's work hours out of time charts in order to avoid paying them overtime, accused of telling their employees to clock out and sit in the parking lot when business is slow so employees don't get paid f

for the junior and hardees but he has been dogged with allegation of spousal abuse. michelle: the president says former national security adviser michael flynn was treated unfairly by the "fake media." the president defended flynn at a news conference this afternoon and took aim at people leaking communications between flynn and russia to the press. president trump: papers are being leaked. things are being leaked. it's criminal action. criminal act. it's been going on for a long time. before me. >> they should not pit the parties against one another. michelle: senate minority leader chuck schumer said there is growing fear that the administration may destroy evidence of other contacts between russian officials and trump advisers. jonathan: the white house did its best not to let russia israeli prime minister netanyahu and his wife. they will encourage a peace deal between israel and palestinians and would no longer insist on a two-state solution. the white house says the president asked netanyahu to slow construction of new setmments in palestinian territory. the u.

and hardee's, larry puzner. it will begin with protests in two dozen cies, protesters highlighting laboriolations and discrimination cases at puzner's only company while he's been ceo. their contention is he's unfit to be in charge of labor laws for the country when he's been breaking them as a businessman. the following day on tuesday, a court in missouri will decide whether or not to unseal his divorce records from back in the day. the government watchdog is asking that those records should be unsealed because they reportedly include claims of domestic violence made by mr. pudzner's ex-wife towards him. he's denied the allegations and his ex-wife now says she takes them back, but his critics argue that those claims, if true, would make him plainly unfit to be in charge of efforts like combating workplace harassment and violence. so, monday, protests at carl's jr. and hardee's, tuesday the court hearing on the domestic violence allegations in his divorce records and then thursday, we get his confirmation hearin

he's the head of the fast food chain behind hardee's and karls junior. it was a haunting tape of his ex-wife appearing on oprah 27 years ago and in disguise back then to talk act spouse abuse. charges she later recanted and he has always denied. either way the president now has to nominate someone else to run the department of labor. >>> back to the president's comments. the media came under fire as trump seemed to divert from the story line that mike flynn was fired for lack of trust. the president seemed to be saying today it was because of leaks. >> michael flynn j general flynn, is a wonderful man. i think he's been treated very unfairly by the media. as i call it, the fake media in many cases. and i think it's really a sad thing that he was treated so badly. and people are trying to cover up for a terrible loss that the democrats had under hillary clinton. i think it's very, very unfair what's happened to general flynn, the way he was treated, and the documents and papers that were illegally, i stress that, illegally leaked. very, very unfair. >> an

anthony: he is the head of hardee's and carl's jr. they are known for very racy adverts with women in bikinis eating burgers. he did not have a constituency that was fully supporting his nomination. katty: how much of a problem is this for the president? not just the labor secretary pulling out, but the lack of a team bench, as joaquin castro was saying? anthony: they have not gotten people who had been there before because not a lot of people were willing to sign up with donald trump. he seemed to like a long shot. his personality was such he may be difficult to work with. his policies were not mainstream republican policies. you have people making rookie mistakes. we are seeing a lot of rookie mistakes in this administration. they're falling into traps that past presidencies have. have not learned from what past presidents have done and have not done. katty: it is only a month in. it almost feels like it is a year and. in.ear i suddenly feel a lot older. at one point in the press conference mr. trump suggested a two-state solution m

puzder is the c-e-o of the company that owns the hardees and carl's junior fast food chains. president donald trump welcomed the israeli prime minister to the nations capital today. as questions continue to swirl around white house ties to russia. the commander in chief responded to those accusations in a brief press conference this afternoon. reporter kristen holmes has the latest. prime minister benjamin netanyahu: "israel stands with you." president donald trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu meeting wednesday at the white house to address a range of issues--from fighting isis to the israeli-palestinian conflict. president donald trump: i'm looking at two-state, one-state, and i like the one that both parties like. despite the jovial banter between the two world leaderstrump: i've known bibi a very long time, a smart man bibi: it's the art of t he deal the sole focus wasn't on diplomatic relations after recent reports that high level aides to president trump were in constant communication with russian officials during his campaign. among them -- former campa

democrats also criticize the fast food executive for workplace violations at his carl's injury and hardee's restaurant chains. meanwhile president trump welcome the israeli prime minister to the white house today. the leaders are looking to strengthen ties after a tense relationship with the obama administration. and the leaders discussed whether a one or two state solution is the best option for peace in the middle east. >> i think that the israelis are going to have to show some flexibility which is hard, it's hard to do. >> i'm looking at two state and one state and i like the one that both parties like. >> we have to look for new ways, new ideas on how to reinstate them and how to move peace forward. >> the prime minister is also meeting with members of congress this evening on capitol hill. >>> a jury has convicted a montgomery county lawyer of raping his own client. 57-year-old vincent cirillo, jr., took advantage of the 22-year-old victim while she was unconscious at her own apartme apartment. the long-time defense attorney took the stand on monday and said the encounter in august of

. >> we ran these underground jazz and blues hardee's for 5 years. >> the club got shut down in berkeley and that's how they ended up in oakland. even though the jazz club moved the members did not move with them. >> enough to allow artists to thrive in a good space. >> he says bird land fans should not be disappointed. this location might be closing its doors but the jazz club itself will never die. >> this kind of thing never really goes away. >> bird land is always flying high. it never gets grounded. >> in oakland, kpix 5. >>> workers in new york are busy getting oscar himself ready for tomorrow night's academy awards. the dozens of statuettes made in this factory are in hollywood waiting to be awarded. all that is missing are the nameplates. that will be the work of one man. >> 2 screws, give it a wipe down when we give it back. away you go. that's a finished oscar. >> as for how much it cost to make them, the academy keeps that a secret. >>> it appears an unwelcome guests could show up at the oscars. mother nature. celebrities and guests may want to pack an umbrella. a chance for s

reporter: democrats like elizabeth warren argued the labor nominee had bad labor policies as the head of hardee's and carl's jr. >> mr. puzder has a long record of cheating workers out of overtime. he's paid out millions to settle claims when he was caught cheating. >> reporter: with the writing on the wail, puzder released a statement late this afternoon saying, "after careful consideration and discussions with my family, i am withdrawing my nomination for secretary of labor." no word from the white house, scott, on a possible replacement. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill. president trump has been an inspiration to many, including many of his opponents, motivating them to speak out. here's dean reynolds. >> let's get to school. >> reporter: every day after he packs his son and daughter off to school on chicago's north side, 40-year-old jeremy reid settles onto his living room couch to get his marching orders. >> literally delivered right to me every day. >> reporter: he's talking about the progressive web sites that seek to marshal his energy and meld it with millions of other opponents o

reporter: democrats like elizabeth warren argued the labor nominee had bad labor policies as the head of hardee's and carl, jr.'s,. >> mr. puzder has a long record of cheating employees out of overtime. he's paid out millions to settle claims when he was call cheating. >> reporter: with the writing on the wail, puzderry leased a statement saying, "after careful consideration and discussions with my family, i am withdrawing my nomination for secretary of labor." no word from the white house, scott, on a possible replacement. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill. president trump has been an inoperation to many, including many of his opponents, motivating them to speak out. here's dean reynolds. >> let's get to school. >> reporter: every day after he packs his son and daughter off to school on chicago's north side, 40-year-old jeremy reid send ls on the his living room couch to get his marching orders. >> literally delivered right to me every day. >> reporter: he's talking about the progressive web sites that seek to marshal his energy and meld it with millions of other opponents of the new presi

puzder, the ceo of the company that owns hardee's and carl's jr.'s said in a statement yesterday, after careful consideration and discussions with my family, i am withdrawing my nomination for secretary of labor. he's been under fire for his personal life after this video surfaced of his ex-wife in a 1990 taping of "oprah." she's seen wearing a disguise talking about their messy divorce and describing what she says was domestic abuse. >> that was the most frightening thing was leaving because once i made that break and once i made it public and, remember, my ex-husband was a public figure, everyone knew him and knew what he was doing, and once i made that public, he vowed revenge. he said, i will see you in the gutter. >> reporter: senators also questioned puzder's business record. he once said he prefers robots over humans because, quote, they're always polite and never take a vacation. puzder also faced questions after admitting he employed an undocumented housekeeper. he says it was an honor to be considered and the white house has not yet announ

reporter: democrats like elizabeth warren argued the labor nominee had bad labor policies as the head of hardee's and carl's jr. >> mr. puzder has a long record of cheating workers out of overtime. he's paid out millions to settle claims when he was caught cheating. >> reporter: with the writing on the wall, puzder released a statement late this afternoon saying, "after careful consideration and discussions with my family, i am withdra my nomination for secretary of labor." no word from the white house, scott, on a possible replacement. >> nancy cordes on capitol hill. >>> president trump has been an inspiration to many, including many of his opponents, motivating them to speak out. here's dean reynolds. >> let's get to school. >> reporter: every day after he packs his son and daughter off to school on chicago's north side, 40-year-old jeremy reid settles onto his living room couch to get his marching orders. >> literally delivered right to me every day. >> reporter: he's talking about the progressive websites that seek to marshal his energy and meld it with millions of other opponents of the new

andrew puzder had a checkered past as the ceo of the company that owns hardee's and carl's jr. decades ago, his ex-wife levied charges of abuse which were later dropped. she oprah winfrey's show to talk about domestic violence. he recently revealed he hired a housekeeper which was undocumented. he has been a critic of obamacare and craitical of the $15 minimum wage. all that upsets democrats. now a search for a new labor secretary. the president has a short list which includes former national labor relations board which with is peter kirsanow and alexander acosta and catherine templeton. >>> susan collins of maine will not back the epa director pick scott pruitt. despite that, approval will be confirmed as likely as friday as long as no more republican support drifts away. at 10:30 this morning, mulvaney is expected to be confirmed. >>> we could see the trump administration trying to change the conversation today away from russia and focusing on a new executive order on immigration and travel. if that is the strategy, it is expected to come before the next court action on the p

. >> who had the hardees guy -- look, there's a couple things going on democrats really want a win on one of these or a loss for the trump administration, the trump administration is looking weaker, so a couple of republicans might be dropping off for those reasons and they are able to put a lot of money and energy into two fights, education and labor, an area where trump has been able to peel off votes so that's part of the energy behind this. >> i think that's right. but manu said so far it looks like 12 republicans could say no, four a firm no, jamie gangel, said now that flynn is out and there's this little bit of a black eye on the white house these republicans feel like they can now say no. >> yeah, and there are plenty of republicans who were critical and have sense have been critical and more now think they can voice this concern. and some that are skittish about. >> i'm told manu raju is chasing down lawmakers at capitol hill. as soon as he gets reaction, we'll have him on, but first, donald trump's news conference with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, russia ca

making sure your personal liberties are protected and so i can tell you whether it's having a biscuit at hardee's or anyplace else, i appreciate you reaching out.est 1: i'll pass it on to the president, you have my word. >> i lead to the when it talks we do,being democrat republican, i believe we have about 800,000 more democrats than republicans yet we are state that president trump carey. you have to ask yourself why is that? i believe the answer is clear, we talked about the republican or democrat people reaching ins and i believe this is one of the elements we've seen across the country. >> a couple of things in the news i want your response to, the resignation of michael flynn. >> it obviously shows we have a. commander-in-chief is serious about his business. he campaigned with general flip, not only all over north carolina but in those battleground states.ua is a loyal individual. so for general flynn to step down and resign is certainlyat something i know the presidentrs would have a hard time accepting just because of their loyalty. at the same time we have general kellogg willing to step

washington democratic congress room and will join us to talk about her work as a leading member of the hardee's new coalition. -- the parties new coalition. actor ashton kutcher testified on capitol hill about human trafficking and slavery. mr. creature is founder of an anti-human trafficking organization. the senate foreign relations committee is chaired by senator bob corker. >> senate foreign relations committee will come to order. >> i'm going to hit the gavel since. our tied up in the back. fornt to thank people coming today and to those who are here and traveled extensively to be here. i want to apologize on the front end for what is happening today. we have two votes at 10:30, which means that people will be streaming in and out of the meeting. i understand there is a democratic caucus meeting that was called without talking to some of the chairman. in any event, that does not take away from the importance of this. i just hope people will bear with us. we are in an historic turning point in the global fight to end slavery-based to the efforts of so many committed individuals. several are

reporter: democrats like elizabeth warren argued the labor nominee had bad labor policies as the head of hardee's and carl's jr. >> mr. puzder has a long record of cheating workers out of overtime. he's paid out millions to settle claims when he was caught cheating. >> reporter: with the writing on the wall, puzder released a statement late this afternoon saying, "after careful consideration and discussions with my family, i am withdrawing my nomination for secretary of labor." no word from the white house, scott, on a possible replacement. >> nancy cordes on capitol hill. >>> president trump has been an inspiration to many, including many of his opponents, motivating them to speak out. here's dean reynolds. >> let's get to school. >> reporter: every day after he packs his son and daughter off to school on chicago's north side, 40-year-old jeremy reid settles onto his living room couch to get his marching orders. >> literally delivered right to me every day. >> reporter: he's talking about the progressive websites that seek to marshal his energy and meld it with millions of other opponents of the

and in the meantime, the original choice to run the labor department will return to his job at the hardee's chain. he had dropped his bid on wednesday and admitted to employing undocumented immigrant as a housekeeper. and running the white house budget office, democrats opposing the nomination for curbing the growth of medicare and social security. the oklahoma attorney general is one step closer to a leading the epa, pruitt one support -- won support on a procedural tally, but is opposed by governmental and environmental activists, as well as almost every democrat. alisa: the senate judiciary panel beginning hearings on neil gorsuch on march 20, selected by donald trump to fill the vacancy created after the death of antonin scalia a. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: this is "bloomberg technology." , one mant samsung behind bars as bribery investigations unfold. and investors, looking at the offeringn of snapchat, $3.2 billion in nonvoting shares. and elon musk's new

they had just bought hardee's, so he gets credit for turning it around and getting momentum going, but they have done it on the backs of these women. they have also recently decided it is a strategy that is not working as well, and they are switching to something more wholesome. carol: i think what is important is that he has been nominated to be secretary of the department of labor, so we want to look at how he ran his company, what were his labor practices, employment practices, because some of them were questionable. >> and what that means for him potentially running this vast agency, and for the 125 million people that the agency directly affects, so the fast food industry over all has a pretty bad record when it comes to wages, sexual harassment, even racial discrimination. that is industrywide, so there is a question, should somebody from that industry be selected to represent workers' interests. if you look at his two companies in particular, there are violations for sure, and when you read about them, it is dispiriting, people getting their paychecks cut without knowing, not pa

he's the head of the restaurant firm that owns hardee's and a supporter of president trump and has a reputable business record but there were concerns from a ran rough divorce with allegations of domestic abuse. he always denied it and he admitted to senators at one time he employed a house keeper who was an undocumented immigrant. if there's one age-old rule in washington is the senate doesn't confirm somebody who employed an undocumented person and it's tripped up other nominations on that issues republicans senators said how can we have a labor secretary who couldn't follow federal labor laws that required him to pay taxes for his house keeper and employ people here legally. >> the press corps wanted to talk about michael flin and who knew what, when. did we get clarity? >> the president made clear throughout the news conference the issue wasn't that he was having discussions with people in russia but lied to the vice president and done so more than once. he said to me i don't have a problem with him speak with russian officials. this is what people do during transitions they talk

at hardee's. democrats piled on with allegations that he physically abused his ex-wife. allegations, by the way, that have been recanted. before pundits get carried away with this being another sign of chaos, you can see, every recent administration has had multiple cabinet nominees withdrawn. the obama administration, three. the second batch of administration, two. clinton, five. by the way, john roberts noted four possible replacements, two of them hispanics. they have gotten witticism for not having hispanics in the cabinet. >> martha: thank you. before we leave tonight, and inspirational quotes to keep us on track. "always do right, this ♪ >> tom: welcome to "red eye," hello everyone, i am tom shillue. let's check in with tvs andy levy at the "red eye" tease deck. >> andy: wasn't michael flynn's resignation caused by his own actions or by unscrupulous leaks by people with ulterior motives? discussion at next. just kidding, will tell you it's the second one. will the young han solo movie feature a female droid? finally, googles new ai becomes highly a

they had just bought parties -- hardees, so he gets credit for turning it around and getting momentum going, but they have done it on the backs of these women. they have also recently decided it is a strategy that is not working as well, and they are switching to something more wholesome. carol: i think what is important is that he has been nominated to be secretary of the department of labor, so we want to look at how he ran his company, what were his labor practices, employment practices, because some of them were questionable. >> and what that means for him potentially running this vast agency, and for the 120 5 million people that the agency directly affects, so the fast food industry over all has a pretty bad record when it comes to wages, sexual harassment, even racial discrimination. theres industrywide, so is a question, should somebody from that industry be selected to represent workers interests. if you look at his two companies in particular, there are violations for sure, and when you read about them, it is dispiriting, people getting their paychecks cut without knowing, n

after the ceo of cjd restaurants which owns carl's junior and hardee's withdrew his nomination on the eve of his confirmation hearing. replacing workers with robot into supposition to minimum wage increases. nicole: president trump by what the chief executives at-large retailers to voice their opposition to a proposed order attacks. adam schapiro in washington with more. adam. >> good morning, lauren. good morning, nicole. the border adjustment tax is one part of the proposal for overall tax on. but it is a potential deal killer granted nationwide. ceos target, best buy, walgreens will be president trump wednesday against any border adjustment tax. it's also called the pat. imports and retailers say that would raise consumer prices on all kinds of stuff like clothing, food and consumer goods. >> this border attacks of the winners and losers in the back of the time we don't need to be doing this. treatment can decide a link on the caterpillar come in eli lilly and ge upright at the american-made coalition which supports the border adjustment type thing and it would make their products

he is the head of the restaurant firm that owns hardee's and carl's jr., and has been a supporter of president trump, and also a supporter of mitt romney in the past. he has a pretty reputable business record. but, there were concerns about a divorce he had from his first wife in the 1980's, that led to her appearing on the oprah winfrey show in 1990, in disguise, to discuss allegations of domestic abuse. he has always denied this and she later recanted it. in addition to that, over the course of the ethics review going on in the last few weeks, he admitted to senators that at one time he had employed a housekeeper who was an undocumented immigrant. if there is one age old rule in washington, even in donald trump's washington, it is that the senate does not confirm somebody who once employed an undocumented housekeeper. this goes back to bill clinton's presidency, it has tripped up all sorts of nominees. and that issue it seems to be, more than any other, the republican senators saying, how can we have a labor secretary who could not even follow federal labor laws that required him t

he is the head of the restaurant firm that owns hardee's and carl's jr., and has been a supporter of president trump, and also a supporter of mitt romney in the past. he has a pretty reputable business record. but, there were concerns about a rancorous divorce he had from his first wife in the 1980's, that led to her appearing on the oprah winfrey show in 1990, in disguise, to discuss allegations of domestic abuse. he has always denied this and she later recanted it. in addition to that, over the course of the ethics review going on in the last few weeks, he admitted to senators that at one time he had employed a housekeeper who was an undocumented immigrant. if there is one age-old rule in washington, even in donald trump's washington, it is that the senate does not confirm somebody who once employed an undocumented housekeeper. this goes back to bill clinton's presidency, it has tripped up all sorts of nominees. and that issue it seems to be, more than any other, the republican senators saying, how can we have a labor secretary who could not even follow federal labor laws that requ

. >> puzder is the fast food chief executive of hardee's and carl's jr. paired his nomination has been plagued by accusations of domestic abuse and a nasty divorce and hiring an undocumented worker personal. his ex-wife has since recanted. last week, she provided a statement saying "i have learned of official request to unseal our divorce court documents. i am disgusted, hurt, angry, vehemently opposed to this unfair invasion of my personal life. puzder has faced scrutiny about the suggestion that he would consider investing in machines to replace workers. he is also warned that increasing the minimum wage and obama administration overtime rules could cost jobs. puzder has taken some criticism for carl's jr.'s sexy tv ads. linda mcmahon was confirmed as small business administrator. the votes was overwhelmingly bipartisan. 81-19. there are many more trump nominees still in the pipeline. mick mulvaney, scott pruitt for epa administrator. wilbur ross for commerce secretary, ryan zinke for secretary of the interior. dr. ben carson, and rick perry. mcconnell

puzder, ceo of cke restaurants which runs hardee's and took fire from feminists with racy tv ads. we have ones to show you. they showed gorgeous women in bathing suits, in bikinis and skimpy clothing eating hamburgers acting in ways that people think are appropriate for late-night tv this is quote from puzder. i light beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis, it is very american. in 1990, puzder's ex-wife appeared on "oprah" winfrey show accusing him of abuse. but she told senators she regretted leveling acutions. he employed an illegal alien as a housekeeper. puzder says he was unaware of her status at the time and recently paid the irs and state of california all back taxes. seven republican senators said they were withholding puzder. that put his confirmation in jeopardy. melissa: adam, thank you very much. cbs reporting fourth quarter results. ashley webster is liver in the newsroom with the numbers. ashley. >> melissa, let's get right to it. earnings per share for cbs in the last quarter came in adjusted $1.11, one cent better than the estimate. you can see the revenue comin

they shifted focus to labor nominee and drew puzder, from the fast-food giant that oversees hardee's and charles, jr.'s. democratic leader chuck schumer says puzder should withdraw. >> he has proven imself to be an enemy, not a champion of workers rights. nominating puzder is oversee the labor department is clearly having a fox guard the henhouse. and a pretty sharp-toothed fox at that. reporter: interesting shift because this week we've seen the basically, democrats going all-out on each of the cabinet secretary nominees as they have come up, for betsy devos for education, then of course for tom price, also before that jeff sessions for attorney general. now they have shifted to somebody who is barely on the radar, andrew puzder for labor secretary. he has a confirmation hearing one week from today. we expect that should be feisty. melissa? melissa: wow. i guess this is just how it is going to go. mike, thank you. >> thank you. david: even when the vote something over it is not over. backlash for supporting president trump's attorney general pick. republican senator tim scott receiv