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View in [Browser] | Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. [The New York Times] [The New York Times] Tuesday, January 10, 2017 [NYTimes.com »] [Your Tuesday Briefing] By SEAN ALFANO AND CHRIS STANFORD [Deshaun Watson, right, and Shaq Smith of Clemson celebrated a last-second touchdown that let the Tigers defeat Alabama and avenge a loss in last year’s title game.] Deshaun Watson, right, and Shaq Smith of Clemson celebrated a last-second touchdown that let the Tigers defeat Alabama and avenge a loss in last year’s title game. John Bazemore/Associated Press Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • Frenzy in Washington gets underway. Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nominees begin today, with his picks for attorney general, Senator Jeff Sessions, and for homeland security, Gen. John F. Kelly, up first. As many as five nominees are scheduled to testify on Wednesday, which is also when the Senate may hold a “vote-a-rama,” or marathon session, to further efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. [Here’s what else to watch for.] Check back for updates during the hearings. • In other big political news … Tonight, President Obama will [deliver his farewell address], a last chance to defend his legacy before Mr. Trump takes office (9 p.m. Eastern, most major networks). On Wednesday, the president-elect is scheduled to hold his first formal news conference since July. He may face questions about naming his son-in-law [Jared Kushner], a real estate investor, as a senior White House adviser. We spoke to some ethics lawyers who examined [Mr. Kushner’s plan] to sell many of his assets to avoid conflicts of interest. • Dylann Roof trial nears end. Closing arguments are scheduled today in the [sentencing phase for the white supremacist] convicted of killing nine black parishioners in Charleston, S.C. Mr. Roof, who represented himself, could face the death penalty. He confessed to investigators soon after he was arrested, and offered to plead guilty in return for a life sentence. • Duterte’s list. President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has said he has the names of more than a million people suspected of being drug dealers or corrupt lawmakers. During the presidential race, he promised to kill 100,000 criminals in his first six months in office. Our reporter met with local officials and law enforcement officers to determine [who lives and who dies in the leader’s drug war]. “There is no certain or easy way to get off Duterte’s list,” he writes. • Clemson wins football title in a frantic finish. [Clemson scored in the final seconds] to upset Alabama, 35-31, and win college football’s national championship. [Monday night’s victory] was the Tigers’ first title since the 1981 season. Business • The speed of Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act [has stunned health industry lobbyists], leaving insurance companies, hospitals, doctors and pharmaceutical makers struggling to respond to a potential disruption of much of the American health care system. • Yahoo will rename itself “Altaba” if the $4.8 billion [sale of its internet business to Verizon Communications] goes through. In a regulatory filing, the company also said that more than half of its current board members — including Marissa Mayer, its chief executive — would step down. • A Volkswagen executive who is a prime suspect in the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal made an ill-advised trip to the U.S. [F.B.I. agents arrested him] over the weekend as he was preparing to leave Miami International Airport for Germany. • U.S. stocks [were down] on Monday. Here’s a snapshot of [global markets]. Noteworthy • At the Golden Globes, a culture war erupts. In her speech at Sunday’s awards, Meryl Streep criticized Mr. Trump and called on actors, journalists and others to support the arts and the First Amendment. Judging by his reaction, [the president-elect and his supporters are ready to fight.] • The World Cup is getting bigger. Soccer’s showpiece event will [grow to 48 teams] from 32 starting with the 2026 tournament. The plan approved Tuesday is alternately seen as either a victory for inclusion or a money grab by FIFA, the sport’s scandal-plagued governing body. • U2 to revisit “The Joshua Tree.” The storied Irish rock band [announced a 25-date stadium tour] to honor the 30th anniversary of its fifth LP, “The Joshua Tree,” performing the album in its entirety each night. • Behind the scenes with a bull rider. Eight seconds is an eternity when you’re on top of a bucking 1,700-pound animal. [Our 360 video] features some of the sport’s top competitors at a recent event. • Understanding the human genome. A family that has been affected by a rare condition that fuses fingers together is taking part in a study that could shed light on [other mysterious diseases]. “We’re coming into a renaissance time for understanding how the genome works,” one scientist says. Smarter Living: Morning Edition • Miss your morning meal? Don’t sweat it — [the science around the importance of breakfast] is still basically unproven. • Modern Love: [An aging woman’s dementia] leads her to learn about her family all over again. • Recipe of the day: If you have an hour to spare tonight, consider making [chicken enchiladas] with salsa verde. You won’t regret it. Back Story With the presidential Inauguration Day in the U.S. — and the Women’s March on Washington — approaching, it’s worth remembering a protest that began 100 years ago today. Demonstrators descended on Lafayette Square, across from the White House. [Suffragists outside the White House in March 1917.] Suffragists outside the White House in March 1917. Harris & Ewing/National Woman's Party, via Library of Congress These “silent sentinels” [stayed for months], mounting a “Grand Picket” on the eve of Woodrow Wilson’s second inauguration that drew more than 1,000 people to circle the White House. Some who were arrested went on hunger strikes, prompting force-feedings that shocked the nation. This was [the National Woman’s Party], whose civil disobedience is cited as a main force behind the 19th Amendment, which in 1920 gave women a national right to vote. But the party suffered from some of the same segregationist tendencies circulating in society at the time. It took the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s to [finally secure full suffrage for black women]. In 1912, W.E.B. Du Bois of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called out the party’s parent group for rejecting black members and associations. The following year, when the anti-lynching journalist Ida B. Wells led a contingent of black suffragists from Chicago to a march in the capital, organizers told them to stay in the rear. [Wells declined]. She quietly walked alongside two white supporters with the Illinois contingent. Andrea Kannapell contributed reporting. _____ Your Morning Briefing is published weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern and [updated on the web all morning]. What would you like to see here? Contact us at [briefing@nytimes.com]. You can [sign up here] to get the briefing delivered to your inbox. ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW NYTimes [Facebook] [FACEBOOK] [Twitter] [@nytimes] Get more NYTimes.com newsletters » | Sign Up for the [Morning Briefing newsletter »] ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Morning Briefing newsletter. 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