LINDA STOUFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Now to news and the latest on the new administration in Washington. John Ashcroft and Gale Norton are just two of the faces that will appear before Senate committees this morning. To get an update on that, CNN national correspondent Bob Franken joins us live right now from the nation's capital. Hello there, Bob.</s>BOB FRANKEN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: ...Ashcroft hearing continues. Yeah.</s>STOUFFER: Hi, Bob. You are on the air. Can you hear me?</s>FRANKEN: We have the John Ashcroft hearing, which is still not completed yet. They were scheduled to finish yesterday, but they won't. Gale Norton, as we know, is also going to be the series of a contentious hearing. And also, Tommie Thompson, the governor of Wisconsin, who is on to be HHS secretary, Health and Human Services Department secretary, where all the social programs are. That's been fairly contentious too. There are other hearings. We are going to talk all about them in the 7:00 hour.</s>STOUFFER: OK, Bob, we'll see you then on "EARLY EDITION." Some audio problems there. Our apologies for that.
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