Congressional correspondent Julie Tsirkin and MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann break down the new reporting about Pete Hegseth with Nicolle Wallace as his nomination gets closer to the finish line while senators grapple with testimony about his second marriage.

With two G.O.P. senators opposed, Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s pick for defense secretary, can afford to lose only one more. If he is confirmed, it is likely to be by the smallest margin for that post in modern times.

The vote broke the Senate filibuster and sets up a final confirmation vote, which will likely take place Friday. Democrat John Fetterman voted against advancing Hegseth for secretary of defense.

Senators voted 51-49 to advance Hegseth's defense secretary bid, which has been mired in several controversies. Two Republicans oppose him.

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Pete Hegseth’s ex-sister-in-law sent an affidavit to the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding his nomination.

A Princeton and Harvard-educated former combat veteran, Hegseth went on to make a career at Fox News, where he hosted a weekend show. Trump tapped him as the defense secretary to lead an organization with nearly 2.1 million service members, about 780,000 civilians and a budget of $850 billion.

Mass., speaks with Alex Witt and gives his thoughts on the ceasefire as the first hostages in the deal have been released to Israel. He gives his opinion on Trump Cabinet pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth,

Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, were the only two Republican senators on Thursday who voted against Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in a procedural vote ...

Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon, cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Thursday to advance his nomination.

Laura Petrillo still remembers a 2002 day on the Princeton campus when she got into a heated argument with Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon. She was putting up posters by Princeton's Organization of Women Leaders ...

SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth and Sen. Kaine went back and forth for several minutes over Hegseth’s marital history