larry: so, i mean, it was a pleasure, scott bessent, new treasury man. sounded like he's a pro-growth, a tax-cutting, sound-dollar guy to maine we'll see how it plays out. anyway, we'll let liz macdonald judge also. elizabeth: we'll figure it out too, larry, thank you so much. welcome to "the the evening the evening edit." weaver got news coming in. i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> we will win, we won't rest -- >> no one elected elon musk! >> elon musk is a nazi, nutball baby! elizabeth: democrats protesting cutting government waste? new government data shows the

disturbing and shocking amount of money the biden white house wasted. it is four times what the media is now telling you, but democrats are ignoring that. they wanted billions more to spend on new irs agents obey for all of that. democrats increasingly attack any attempt to reform corruption at usaid. even usaid's own inner general warned usaid is likely sending your money the terror groups overseas. tonight, senator ron johnson is here to react in just moments. also we've got story for you with. >> under the trump administration, we will defend the proud tradition of female athletes, and we will not allow men if to beat up, injure and cheat our women and our girls. from now on, women's sports will be only for if women. we are putting every school receiving taxpayer dollars on notice that if you let men take over women's sports teams or invade your locker rooms, you

will be investigated for violations of title ix and risk your federal funding. there will be no federal fundin- [cheers and applause] so this will effectively end the attack on female athletes at public k-12 the schools and virtually all u.s. colleges and universities. elizabeth: tonight, we dig into president trump's new executive order banning biological men from women's sports. we've got more reports coming in of women athletes injured on the playing field. the big debate now is there the ncaa and the to him picks also stop this -- olympics. riley gaines' team may, look who's here, caitlin wheeler is back with us. caitlin was at the white house signing today. she's here to react. and we have this for you. >> she's going to restore fakeer equal and impartial justice and restore the constitutional rule of law in america. she's going to end the weaponization of federal law

enforcement and restore honesty and integrity at the doj and the fbi. elizabeth: major breaking news, pam bondi, yes, confirmed today to as u.s. attorney general. attorney general bondi says she's going to the clean up biden's fbi, doj and also go after the cases that jack smith, manhattan d.a. alvin bragg and lee tissue shah james --ly tissue shah james brought after a president trump. but we've got this story for you. watch this. >> we're putting every school receiving taxpayer dollars on notice that a if you let men take over women's sports teams or invade your locker rooms, you will be are investigated for violations of title ix and racing your federal funding. there will be no federal funding. [cheers and applause] so this will effectively end the attack on female athletes at public k-12 schools and virtually all u.s. colleges and universities. elizabeth: that was president trump today signing a new executive order at the white house to to ban biological males

from women's sports it's coinciding with martial girls' and women in -- national girls' and women in sports day today. it mandates immediate enforcement, so no more bio biological men on women's teams and in locker rooms. joining us now, former ncaa swimmer caitlin wheeler. caitlin, it's a pleasure to see you, thanks for joining us. you were there for the signing of executive order today. what is your reaction to this. >> thank you so much for having me. well, for me it's a mix of relief and excitement, joy, a bit of emotion if because this has been a long road. we've definitely been fighting for this for years and, thankfully, we have leadership that is now standing up for women, standing up for reality. you know, and this is one of the most common sense executive orders that president trump could have ever signed. and we are restoring sanity and reality a back into our country. people voted on this, they waned

sanity and truth restored, and they voted many trump because he said he was going to take men out of women's sports, and that's what he did today. elizabeth: so what he's saying is he'll yank federal funding as it pertains the to title ix violations. if universities don't comply, they could lose federal funding, also face legal action from the department of justice. we're hearing that the ncaa chief, charlie baker, he did testify about a month or so ago that the ncaa will follow federal law, and the question is there the olympics follow it too? what do you think? >> i think we're going to hold them to their words. president trump today, he said that we will no longer have men in women's sports. and to those federally-funded institutions that do not comply9 with the law, they will no longer receive their federal funding. and i think that a president trump will do right and follow his word and hold those states and those institutions accountable -- elizabeth: caitlin, can you talk to us about how bad this got under joe biden and democrats? we're hearing, we're researching

reports of women athletes getting injured by biological men not just in volleyball. we're hearing it is also a field hockey, las cross, even track and field -- lacrosse cross -- lacrosse, even track and field events. we're seeing it coast to coast. show the famous women athletes who support stopping biological men in women a's sports. caitlin, can you talk to us about the injuries that women athletes face? >> yeah. we've seen multiple cases and cases in field hockey where women are getting their teeth knocked out by a man hitting a puck, taking one to the face. my friend, peyton mcnabb, who got a shot-out -- shout-out from president trump tonight, she was injured due to a male spiking a ball during a volleyball match, hitting her right in the head. she still to this day has issues, permanent damages that she has to live with the rest of her life are. so we've seen the impact and the safety issues along with the unfairness issue. and president trump is proud to

stand with women and proud to support us. elizabeth: yeah, i'll tell you, it's also taking away, you know, future revenue, say, if you go in for advertising or whatever, right, caitlin? if final word. >> that's so true. and i think the american people realized it, they voted on it, and i honestly want to thank the biden-harris administration in this case because it took their term for people the realize how out of touch with reality the democratic party has become, and people are ready. they're so hungry for truth, they're so hungry for common sense to be restored back into our country. elizabeth: caitlin wheeler, thank you so much for spending time tonight. it's good to see you. >> thank you so much. >> this is a 90-day freeze through which it allows us now to review programs. you know, before we did the freeze, we couldn't find out anything about some of these programs. usis aid in particular, they refused to tell us anything. we won't tell you what the money's going to to, who has it, which contractor -- in some

cases it goes through four different contractors before it reaches the intended recipient. in some cases with usaid, 10, 12, 13%, maybe less, of the money was actually reaching the recipient and the rest was going to the overhead and the bureaucracy. isn't my money, this is taxpayer money. we're not going to eliminate foreign aid, we're going to have foreign aid that makes sense, that works. we're going to have foreign aid that furthers the national interests. elizabeth elizabeth they're not eliminating foreign aid, okay? that's the wake-up call for democrats. that was secretary of state rubio revealing more detail about how usaid abused taxpayers. they spent about 90% of taxpayer money on overhead, the bureaucracy, not foreign aid. new, disturbing details out of a report from the inspector general for usaid a warning that it was more than likely getting -- giving taxpayer money to groups overseas with links to terrorism. let's welcome to the show senator ron johnson.

let's show the viewer what we found. let's dig into this, senator, this is a problem. they don't vet the money, the i.g. warned that they give to subcontractor groups overseas. to database tracking how they'rg how they're giving out the money. to one's vetting it. -- no one's vetting it. money funneled into islamic terror organizations in gaza, syria and afghanistan. senator, is the that what you're hearingsome thanks for joining us tonight. >> let's face it, elizabeth, this is just the tip of the iceberg. the federal government last year sent 7,000 billion dollars up from $44000 billion -- 4400 billion just six years ago. this should surprise no one, and the fact of the matter is these agencies, they are not accountable, they are run by unelected bureaucrats. there's all this misplaced outrage about elon musk being unelected. yeah, but at least he's reporting to a duly-elected

president. these bureaucrats often times leftist partisans in these organizations spent the first trump administration undermining and trying to sabotage his efforts. president trump is trying to prevent that from happening now, and we are very quickly starting to see just, again, the tip of the iceberg of the waste, fraud and abuse -- elizabeth: are democrats -- >> [inaudible] elizabeth: -- are any democrats talking about what the usaid inspector general warned? we're seeing a quarter of their program funds, about $8 billion, go through, it goes through international organizations like the u.n. but we know that usaid exempted u.n. agencies who vet who gets the money in places like gaza. so we're talking potentially maybe the taliban, you know, talking a hamas and other terrorist groups could have pulled in nearly $1.4 billion in total under biden a alone. that's at lot of money. >> elizabeth,s all this money is going to fund leftist gravy train. and so democrats aren't outraged by this. what they're outraged by is elon musk, he's unelected, and their

allies in the legacy media have all misplaced outrage about an unelected person. again, the bureaucrats are unelected. they're not accountable to anybody. they don't provide the american public information through their elected representatives here in congress. who else can investigate that? again with, i applaud elon musk and the trump administration, i applaud president trump for taking bold, swift and decisive action to start reining all this stuff in. this is why he was elected. elizabeth: yeah. s it's really shocking. i don't think the u.s. taxpayer voted for any of their money to to go to fund terrorists overseas. that's what the fear is, the i.g.'s warning about a usaid. senator ron johnson, thank you so much for helping us out with that story tonight. we appreciate you very much. >> have a great evening. elizabeth: now listen to this -- >> he's going to, basically, tear this organization to the ground. what he's talking about doing is, i'm sorry, it is stupid. >> what's happening right now is a hostile takeover of the u.s. government.

>> if this were happening many any other country right now, e promise you i'd be on the air calling it a coup. elizabeth: completely off the wall hysteria from msnbc attacking trump are reforming government and stopping massive run runaway spending that is keeping inflation, your taxesmortgage rates high but not digging into possibly your money going to terror groups overseas? the latest details on this and what was wasted under biden. also lifetime government bureaucrats are taking trump's lucrative buy withouts. the deadline is tomorrow. we're going to show you how much the biden white house with wasted on things like overpayments of social security benefits to dead people. wait for it. the amount is four times what the media's reporting and what msnbc is ignoring. plus this -- >> the troops have no better commander in chief than donald trump. the primary charge he gave me was the bring the warrior culture back to the department

of defense. he, like me, wants a pentagon laser focused on here that wouldty, meritocracy -- lethality, accountability and readiness. elizabeth: a major sea change in government, this 180. the u.s. army is recruiting more and more people. it's already hitting new record highs with trump the coming in as a we've got lifetime and inch trenched -- entrench government bureaucrats facing the axe. it's america refocused. we've got the details. but first, this -- >> she's going to to restore fair, equal and impartial justice and restore the constitutional rule of law in america. she's going to end the weaponization of federal law enforcement and restore honesty and integrity at the doj and the fbi. elizabeth: pam bondi today confirmed as our new u.s. attorney general. we've got breaking news coming in, new details on how pam bondi is going to to clean out biden's fbi and doj, stop winnyization,

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>> four years of this, we went through. and missed recruiting targets every single month. service just announced that in december the u.s. army had its single best recruitment in more than 15 years. [cheers and applause] every single day nearly 350 new soldiers enlisted to defend our nation, and they're very, very happy to have done so. it really is clear proof that the spirit is sweeping our armed service -- forces. so many of our great heroes and people are starting to understand what hero is all about. so that is something that is very important. we've gotten the woke lunacy out of our military.

elizabeth: that's president trump on record recruiting at the u.s. army. so here's the story, work from home government bureaucrats are getting pushedded out. the army is taking more in. so, again, the u.s. army is reporting it is shattering recruiting records right now. joining us now, seattle radio talk show host jason rantz. jason, great to have you on. this is really like a 180 under trump here. what do you make of in this? so december was the most productive recruit anything 15 years? nearly 350 new soldiers enlisting every day that month, and now we've got more government bureaucrats taking buyouts. what's happening? what do you think? >> yeah. what's happening is folks realize that now joining the military doesn't mean you have to memorize some ibram kinky book. you -- ibram kendi book. what people want to do, defend this country, be proud of this country. and when you have leadership that doesn't seem to be proud of this country, you saw the

numbers dip, and now you have someone who you actually do want to fight for. you have a country that you already love and now leaders that share that love and passion. and pete hegseth, i mean, he makes me want to enlist. [laughter] this is a guy who who truly cares about each and every one of the men and women who are serving, and i think that move in particular was a big reason why you're starting to see the numbers go in the right direction. elizabeth: okay, other news, big developments. pam bondi sworn in as u.s. attorney general today, this news. she's about to issue several major orders to top democrats politicizing and weaponizing the justice system. also u.s. attorney general bondi is reportedly expected to order a review of the cases brought against president trump. that includes manhattan d.a. alvin bragg's case against trump in new york, possibly letitia james' case, also jack smith's case. jason, so many reel analysts -- legal analysts said all of those cases were totally unfair and

they had constitutional violations including due process rights violations against trump. where do you come down on a.g. bondi doing this? >> i love this, because it is the not just about whether or not this was the result of a political vendetta. what i'm really curious about is what was going on behind the scenes that reveals why they chose to do this, but they didn't think that their e-mails were going to be read or their text messages on their work phones would be read? there's been a lot of potential coordination between the white house and individuals who are working on these cases. they said at the time that didn't actually happen. well, now if we'll truly know. i don't think anyone if would trust finding that information out under the previous administration. now we're actually going to get this informing. and anyone who starts to scream about how this is some sort of an abuse or an overstep by pam bondi, those are the ones who fear what it is we might end up finding out. it's not like pam bondi's team can just invent something that didn't happen. they're going to be looking at facts, they're going to be

looking at actual documents, and they're going to tell the american people precisely what was happening under the previous administration. elizabeth: thank you, jason rantz, for your analysis there. it's good to see you again. now watch this -- >> that's why i have been doing everything in my power to reduce gas prices. it's another 15 million barrels from the strategic petroleum reserve. i've released millions of barrels of oil from our strategic petroleum reserve. i ordered the biggest release ever this in our strategic petroleum reserve. elizabeth: if okay, that was -- remember that? that was president biden with his incompetence repeatedly saying he just simply had to draw down oil9 from the u.s. emergency reserves to lower skyrocketing gas prices because of his policy and also to resurrect his low poll numbers. but president trump, he's reversing biden's attacks on u.s. energy in a new, big way. coming up, find out how it's going to lower your cost of living. but fist, this story -- >> -- first, this story -- >> i need each and every one of you to get in touch with your

inner scrappy, little [bleep] take your foot off my neck. we are at war! elizabeth: complete insanity are from democrats flailing, planting their flag on inflationary government overspending and ask corruption. you will not believe how much the biden white house wasted. it is four times what the media is saying. u julian epstein is here with his reaction. stick with us. we've got much more after the break. >> i just -- essentially, you're saying you're cooperating on this government downsizing with elon musk and doge. >> what i'm saying is that at treasury our motto is to move deliberately and to to fix things. a. [laughter] ♪ ♪

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cutting back a bloated government that's now historically big in size. plus, massive waste that's keeping inflation, your taxes and mortgage rates high. the deadline for federal workers to to take trump's lucrativeout toes is tomorrow. hillary vaughn is on capitol hill with the story. >> reporter: good evening, liz. well, the next target on doge's hit list, media subscriptions. you wouldn't think that government agencies playing for premium news content would cost a lot of money, but it has added up to astronomical amounts paid for by taxpayers. it turns out the u.s. government has paid millions to news organizations like politico for access to premium content. those millions are now being dried up by doge. >> $8 million taxpayer dollars that have gone to subsidizing subscriptions to politico on the american taxpayer's dime will no longer be happening. we are going line by line when it comes to the federal government's books. and this president and his team

are making decisions across the board on do these receipts serve the interests of the american people. >> reporter: vetting government waste is just one part of the mission. reducing the federal work force is another big part. the white house is hoping they don't need to do mass layoffs of government employees, but if they do not get enough federal workers to to accept the deferred resignation buyout offer on the table, they might have to. so far at least 20,000 employees have taken the buyout option. the goal though is a 2-5 reduction in force government wide. some democrats were once onboard with the idea to cut costs and safe money, but once elon miss manying got to work, they changed their mind -- elon musk. >> he must be made the pay, we must enforce the law. >> lock him up! lock him up! >> it is pretty clear, we have to -- >> shut down the city! [cheers and applause] we are at a war! >> we have got to tell elon musk

nobody elected your [bleep] >> reporter: and the congresswoman is right, no one elected elon musk. but vice president j.d. vance pointing out today president trump was very up front with voters that he was going to have elon musk do exactly what he's doing right now. elizabeth: yeah. hillary vaughn, thank you. they didn't elect biden's cabinet if or, you know what i mean? all the advisors he had either. are let's listen to this. watch. >> we have got to tell elon musk, nobody elected your [bleep] nobody -- [cheers and applause] that you could get all of our private information. nobody told you you could be in charge of the payments of this country. we have told you, you have made enough money off our government yourself. >> i am going to stand with you in this fight! and we will win! >> we will win! >> we will win! we will win! we will win! we will win!

we will -- >> we won't rest! we west rest! we won't rest! >> oh, we are so [bleep] -- [laughter] i mean -- [applause] we are doomed. elizabeth: that was jimmy kimmel making fun of democrats protesting doge. let's get to the reality check here that media like msnbc, democrats are not telling you. the u.s. treasury says it's not an issue. doge only has access to the treasury payment system. it will not and cannot cut any -- it doesn't have any if access to cut off government payouts including things like social security. gop lawmakers saying doge is only doing an audit of government waste. let's welcome to the show julian epstein. he's got 15 years of experience on capitol hill, the former chief counsel for house judiciary during the clinton impeachment. show the number. the big problem is the biden

white house wasted nearly a trillion dollars on wrongful things, things like paying social security benefits do dead people. let's show the numbers. the government lost $33.4 trillion to improper payments since 2004. why aren't democrats caring enough about that? >> well, liz, i don't even know where to begin. i mean, you watch the clip that you just played, and it looks like a really bad "saturday night live" skit. i mean, schumer looks like a clown, we will not rest. it was just so pathetic. and then you sort of get to the statements that mix doesn't have the authority to do it -- musk doesn't have the authority to do it. not to go back to first-year law school class, but to high school civics. the president and his representatives have all the legal authority they need the to cut out waste and cut out policies that are unpopular. this is perfectly legitimate, there's nothing mildly illegal about it. but democrats are talking about, you know, lox -- lock him up for

elon musk? they sound like third world dictator wannabes. the real issue here, liz, president trump is riding on a lot of popular approval, at about 60%. what the democrats and their caterwauling really fears is that trump is going to be successful in cutting out waste and unpopular policy like dei from the federal government, and he's going to have public support for it. why are they so scared about that? because if big government and these sort of, you know, neo-marxist -- marx -- ideas fall with public support, then democrats have nothing to sell to the public -- elizabeth: i'll teleyou, julian, they care more about a hiring irs agents to go after a americans but not stopping government waste. americans see that. to what you're saying speaker johnson just said democrats have no leadership, no vision, no plan for america. it's just about a being anti-trump. we'd love to get your reaction the what senator john kennedy

agreeing with you. let's listen to this. >> now, my -- many of my if democratic colleagues and some of the tofu-eating woke-arat the i -- [laughter] at the usaid are screaming like they're part of a prison riot because they don't want us reviewing the spending. but that's all mr. musk is doing, and he's finding some pretty interesting stuff. elizabeth: so i don't -- let me back up. the u.s. debt is at $36 trillion. the interest costs on the debt now is bigger than the budget for the pentagon. >> right. elizabeth: we pay for that in higher the taxes, higher inflation, higher mortgage rates, and democrats don't see any problem with any of what we just talked about? >> well, liz, to things that the democrats are selling, you have to understand this is existential for democrats. the two things that they are selling are, one, big government

and, two, identity politics. and both of those things are very unpopular. the public wants to see this outrageous debt and deficits of $2 trillion a year, unlike anything we've ever seen, they want to see that cut. they want to see all these identity politic politics and race preferences, they want to see them cut from the federal government. they're extremely unpopular. what the democrats fear, again, is that trump will be successful and that he will have a lot of public support for them. and when that happens, what are the democrats left with? they're sort of, their reason for being is out the window at that point. this is why you hear them speaking in such shrill voices, because this is sort of like this is who they are. this is9 what the party -- elizabeth: i tell you, t it's not the democrat party. it's the far-left party, it's something we've never seen. >> tests the far-left party that lacks self-awareness. it is like a parody. it's embarrassing. elizabeth: julian epstein, thank

you for joining us. we love your perspective and your insights and your smarts. good to see you again. now watch this -- >> thanks, liz. >> reporter: and on the education department, why nominate linda mcmahon to be the education department secretary if you're going to get rid of the education department. >> because i told linda, linda, i hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. i want her to put herself out of a job, education department. elizabeth okay. president trump's next big fight, he's going to overhaul the education department. but we've got shocking new day showing how bad it is with what lawmakers call indoctrination of kids taking precedence over education at u.s. schools. next up, prager u's -- [inaudible] says it's way past time that the u.s. school system is reformed. also coming up -- >> the president took credit for the prices coming down. does the president get credit for the price of gas going up? >> well, it's obviously based upon international and climate

events. >> why has -- have gas prices gone up? could that be because of the virus itself as well? if is it -- i mean, everything is tied together. >> what is the granholm plan to increase oil production in america? [laughter] elizabeth: remember that in biden's energy secretary jennifer granholm fumbling through the energy crisis that blew up on their watch? gas prices rocketing higher, inflation up. but president trump, he's unleashing energy independence in a new, big way. and by the way, that's time of the hour. let's find out what dagen and david asman are excited and fired up about next hour on "the the bottom line are." david: first of all, senator markwayne mullin is going to be here talking about miss manying and trump pulling the curtain back looking at all the cockroaches squirm away from aid and the other places. then we've got the former inspector general for the afghan reconstruction project.

guess what? some of your tax dollars may have gone directly into the taliban's arms. dagen: congressman brandon gill, he's a freshman, those liberals are gonna need a bigger bucket to collect all their tears over doge and musk. and then riley gaines on president trump signing an order today to protect all girls, all women in sports. that gets a big hallelujah, top of the hour.olla ♪ f privilege... hoarding the financial advantages for far too long. (auctioneer) 7.5 at the back. (man) look at them — unaware that robinhood gold members now enjoy the vip treatment — a 3% ira match on retirement contributions. (auctioneer) 11 million sir. (man) once they discover their privileges are no longer exclusive... their fragile reality will plunge into disarray. ♪

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elizabeth: welcome back. this time around president trump or is totally prepared. he's showing how unprepared and out of touch democrats are with voters. it feels like the president's been president for phi years, and now he is -- five the years, and now he is preparing a new executive order to reform the education department. polls show many americans want this. mike emanuel live from the d.c. bureau with more. >> reporter: hi, liz. it's clear leading republicans strongly support shutting down the department of education. >> i very much support president donald trump for his courage to promote local elected school boards with the elimination of the duplicative, wasteful, interfering and federal department of education. and the funding, cheerily, should go to the -- clearly,

should go to the students and not to bureaucrats. >> reporter: president trump's point person to fix education in this country is linda mcmahon, and it sounds like the president is hoping her role will only be tier. temporary. >> we're ranked very badly, and i want to let the states run schools. i believe strongly in school choice, but in addition to that i want the states to run schools, and i want linda to put herself out of a job. >> reporter: today a key democrat pressed a parent advocate on that issue. >> ms. neely, do you think that the department of education should be abolished? >>e won two world wars without having a department of educatio- >> so you don't believe it should exist. >> i didn't say that. >> reporter: house law may pecks -- lawmakers held a hearing and democrats acknowledge america's schools have struggled to bounce back since the covid pandemic. >> achievement gaps which existed before the pandemic have widened according to that

assessment. if math and reading gaps between higher and lower performing students continue to rise as black students continue to be more than 10 points behind their white peers in all a subjects. finish. >> reporter: an education department spokesperson if tells fox they are, quote, evaluating staffing to prioritize academics over divisive ideology. liz? elizabeth: mike emanuel, thank you so much. that was a great story. now listen to this -- >> reporter: thank you. >> reporter: and on the education department, why follow nate if linda mcmahon to be the education department secretary if you're going to get rid of the education department? >> because i told linda, linda, i hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. i want her to put herself out of a job. education department. so we're ranked number 40 out of 40 schools, right? we're ranked number 11 in cost per pew -- number 1 in cost per pupil. we're ranked at the bottom of the list, we're ranked very badly. and what i want to do is let the states run schools.

i believe strongly many school choice. elizabeth: that was president trump on overhauling the u.s. u.s. education department. look who's here, he's at prager-u, he's xavier derusso. it's great to see you. what's your reaction to this? you just heard the sound that, you know, we won two u.s. world wars without a u.s. education department. trump wants to put education back inside the u.s. states, again giving u.s. states the power like it used to be, you know, serving block grants to states for -- sending block grants to states for them to spend. he says we could be as good as a denmark, nor ifway, sweden. this is how it used to be before the jimmy carter white house. >> i mean, i think that's fantastic news. if you look at a every single measurable metric of the department of education, they are a failed experiment. we used to be leading the world when it came to education, and now we're at a the bottom of the list. and when you look at the alarmingly low literacy rates and math and science scores,

it's humiliating to us as a country. i think the the common sense if solution of that is to have the resources going back to the backyards of these students, going to the states, going to local supervision so that we can figure out how we can be more hands on with getting these kids the proper education that they need. because right now the department of education is just a glorified money laundering scheme because they're taking all this money from the states, essentially cutting it in half and then giving the scraps back over to the states and telling them to use it to push woke causes and vaccine information. elizabeth: you know, savier, let's stick on that point -- xavier, because public universities have been accused of choosing indoctrination over education. last year the advocacy organization speech first found that two-thirds of mayor u.s. universities mandate college students must take dei courses just to graduate. i mean, six out of ten of them were public, taxpayer-funded universities. so taxpayers are paying for,

like, really crazy stuff happening inside u.s. universities. what's your take on dei in public schools? >> you know, i think it's horrifying. i think it should be the bottom of the barrel when it comes to our priorities. why do we have our most elite minds in pupils that should be learning about, you know, actual science and history and things that are going to continue to push our nation forward? instead they're learning about dei and all these different woke mindsets. and it just shows, again, how much of a scam the department of education is. their number one financial priority is putting billions of dollars towards federal aid for these students so that a they can go and be indoctrinated, and yet there's no accountability put on these universities who waste so much of that money on general ed courses that are just a scam to get the universities more enriched and then end these dei classes that, again, are teaching gender studies and all these racial classes that have nothing to do with anything if relevant. it is all a scam, and this is why you have so many students

and crippling debt or with degrees they can't do anything with. it's because the didn't of education is failing them from the ages of 5 all the a way through their upper education. it is out of control. elizabeth: xavier derusso, thank you so much for being with us tonight. it's t great to see you again. >> great to see you. elizabeth: watch this. listen to this. >> that's why i have been doing everything in my power to reduce gas prices. another 15 million barrels from the strategic petroleum reserve. i've released millions of barrels of oil from our strategic petroleum reserve. i a have ordered the biggest release ever of our strategic petroleum disorder. elizabeth: remember that from joe biden? if choosing draining emergency reserves over domestic thrilling? trump is now -- drilling? >> trump is now working to lower your kitchen table costs. congressman tony gonzalez is going to take the it on. please stick with us, we're back

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against you. and your team by killing you. or take -- for taking out soleimani. >> they have not done that, that will be a terrible thick for them to do, not pause of me, if they it that, they would be be obliteratedded, i'm signing this, a powerful document, hopefully we will not have to use it. elizabeth: president trump signs an executive order to restore his maximum pressure campaign on iran to stop iran from obtaining a nuke and drive its oilic -- exports to zero, and boosting u.s. energy possibly new pipelines and more drilling on 665 million acres of federal land, joining us now texas congressman tony gonzalez, what do you make of this? biden let iran make a record oil sales, we have terror groups exploding under biden and attacking. what do you make of president trump's moves?

>> president trump is doing what he promised to, to and very quickly. i represent a part of my district reeves county that produces more natural gas t -- anywhere else. the president is doing his job, in a couple weeks he has proven he is supporting the oil and gas industry, and using it as leverage. congress needs to come alongside and do your jobs to make sure that gains are long-term for betterment of u.s. and world. >> it feels like he has been president for 5 years, his game fla -- plan, do more drilling, lower energy cost, lower gas and oil costs, and lower inflation that will lower interest rates and mortgage rates,

we're hearing he could create more pipelines for u.s. to sell oil to west then to japan and china. they have northwest pipeline, and k keystone maybe more from east to west to japan and china, is that possible? >> it could be, it is a great idea, we have other venues, you can chip you know, lng across the globe. our strategic petroleum reserves they lie in west texas, in the permian basin, we keep american prices down and do be that global leader that we once were, how do we help our allies, everywhere i go, when i meet with president of the prime minister of india or with the president of south korea, doesn't matter, everyone is saying, tony, you know, how can i get some more of that texas natural gas.

elizabeth: interesting for their own economies, we know that leader of india is headed to white house in a few days or a week. congressman gonzalez that was fascinating and inresting information you gave us. that is really interesting. thank you congressman. >> thank you. elizabeth: i am elizabeth macdonald thank you for watching "the evening edit" on fox business, we hope you enjoyed the hour of jam-packed news, we'll bring it for utv, us, now time to the "the bottom line" with dagen and david fired up. >> thank you. dagen: yeah, dawg. ♪ ♪