Will Republican Senators approve President-elect Trump's cabinet picks? NBC News correspondents Ali Vitali and Vaughn Hillyard have more reporting. Former Rep. Carlos Curbelo and former spokesman and communications director for Leader Jeffries Michael Hardaway join Chris Jansing to weigh in.

Rachel Maddow talks with Jane Mayer, Washington correspondent for the New Yorker, about her new reporting on Trump secretary of defense pick, Pete Hegseth's disastrous leadership of veterans groups and reports of alcohol abuse.

Ultimately, the Senate must take action to agree with Trump’s picks, one way or another. There is no way around it, all procedural maneuvering aside.