>> steve: she is iconic. if you go someplace and she is not there oh, we only have him? >> i know. i get it all the time. and taking second place is okay with me, you know. but i would say this to you, steve, really, you know, the good lord gave us the ability to smile and to laugh. and this journey is tough enough and absolutely baby dog makes people smile and she loves everybody. how can it get more simple than that? the last thing i say is baby dog fully endorses all your cookbooks. >> steve: thank you, baby dog, that's fantastic. i love that. all right. senator-elect, thank you very much. >> thank you, steve. >> steve: now ladies and gentlemen, birthday boy, bill hemmer. >> bill: easy now, thank you, steve. appreciate that. the trifecta is now complete.

fox news projecting that republicans will keep control of the house. it gives the party both bodies of congress under trump in the executive branch and it is the trifecta. i'm bill hemmer in new york city. >> dana: i'm great. i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." a huge day for you, happy birthday birthday. >> bill: i never work my birthdays because i wanted to work this because it's a big one. 50 rocked me for a year. this one is no big deal. having a blast. we should have a great time. >> dana: you are having a good time and 60 never looked so good is what we have to say. president-elect trump returning with a mandate and the means to get it done. a win in arizona pushing republicans to the magic number of 218. not clear what the final margin will be. according to trey gowdy, time to get to work. >> the gift of governance and leadership. history says you have two years, brian. you have to do the border,

taxes, budget reconciliation and the margin is getting thinner in the house iffy lease and mike waltz leave and they have to move quickly. >> bill: the transaction plows ahead. president-elect trump and president biden all smiles at the white house. it had a lot of people talking. trump called biden gracious and the two enjoyed seeing each other >> dana: i did question the fireplace. wasn't it 65 degrees yesterday and it was a roaring fire. meanwhile the president-elect is rolling out a flurry of cabinet picks. some designed to up end the status quo. >> bill: chad pergram is on the hill and let's start in florida with mark meredith. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. happy 40th, by the way. president-elect trump is shocking some sporters, some in the media and lawmakers on capitol hill with his latest cabinet picks including the shocking pick for attorney general now former congressman matt gaetz. he is considered quite controversial because of some of the statements he has had in

congress but also because he has been kind of a fire brand from florida as well as serve as the department lead. he will root out systematic corruption and return the department to its mission of fighting crime and upholding our democracy and constitution. now gaetz was under investigation by the house ethics committee looking to whether or not he was part of a scheme tied to the sex trafficking of a minor. gaetz has long denied the allegations. senate will be considering whether to confirm tulsi gabbard from hawaii as director of national intelligence. gabbard telling fox overnight she is expecting an uphill battle for confirmation. >> of course there will be resistance to change from the swamp in washington. i think that's kind of the point. the american people are saying hey, stop looking at yourselves, stop focusing on your own power, position and bank account. >> florida senator marco rubio gaining bipartisan support as

trump's nominee for secretary of state. trump and rubio's relationship has evolved over the years compared to the bitter primary back in 2016. now trump says rubio will be a strong advocate for our nation, a true friend to allies and fareless warrior. he was thankful to be in washington yesterday to sit down with president biden. trump's team saying it was clear to them that change was in the air. still awaiting news on some of those other potential key posts in the upcoming administration, secretary of treasury, commerce, economic team that trump is likely to spend a lot of time focusing on and press secretary. we heard from habba today and says she is no longer in the running. bill. >> bill: we'll take 40. thank you, mark, you look good, too. here is the the house right now over on the board. 218 a simple majority. a lot of races out there.

a couple of them now in california. looks to me it could be a split decision. you have a district just below sacramento where the democrat holds the lead and below that another race in california in the valley where the republican holds the lead. if that holds up it would be a split. in alaska it takes a long time to count votes there. rank choice voting across the state. one district that covers all of alaska and right now we see a republican with about -- a lot of the vote is in now with a comfortable 3.2% lead. if that holds up the republican goes to washington. back in the state of ohio republicans have been trying to split this district for a long time and they have failed repeatedly. this is congressional district nine along lake erie. the democrat continues to win. she has a slight lead at.3%. 218 is the margin.

how much higher that goes remains to be seen. we'll get to that with chad pergram as the nitty-gritty of governing comes in tune. good morning on the hill. >> good morning and happy 39th. gop hat-trick, a new house majority, another slim majority after republican held his seat in arizona overnight. it gives the gop218 seats, nine races remain uncalled to hold the majority bacon had to win in nebraska. >> i personally most of the people would like a majority to vacate the chair but with a four-seat majority you take the win that you can. >> the gop ranks could dwindle. matt gaetz is resigning, president-elect trump picked him for attorney general. stefanik and waltz are leaving.

republicans can't hold the majority with too many vacancies. >> matt's resignation was to help us. it starts the clock about an eight-week process to fill that seat. if we do this quickly and i've already called governor desantis to ask him to kick start this thing we could have the seat filled by january 3rd. one seat replaced almost immediately. >> democrats are suspect of many of mr. trump's pick for his cabinet and republicans are careful what they say even though some have reservations. >> we allow the president to have the benefit of the doubt. we still have to do our role in terms of due diligence. >> house speaker mike johnson will hold the gavel next year. house republicans agreed to a rules change. they would raise the bar to oust the speaker from one member to nine members. it was gaetz who moved to oust kevin mccarthy last year.

>> bill: bill mcgurn is here. good morning to you. thanks for being here. speaker johnson last night with sean. check this out. >> the atmosphere on the hill is one of euphoria. the republican party is united and energized like i've never seen it. i called leader thune today and congratulated him on his victory and talked for a period of time about the agenda going forward and do it in a bi cam rail fashion. we need house and senate republicans to be in lock step. >> bill: will they do well or screw it up? >> we don't know yet. they have the votes now having both houses. if they implement their agenda i think like the border bill would be something they could do to show what is different from last four years. they can get a lot done. i worry they will get in battles over some of the nominees and president-elect trump's promise or call to recess bid for

appointments. that would end up in needless fights. >> dana: also they have the votes. >> you don't need it. >> dana: democrats are still reeling and axios has the headlines. jeffries tells house democrats he owns the 2024 loss and you have a piece today in the "wall street journal" -- yesterday, that says democrats religion, party elites treat trump votes as a -- >> what i mean is when reagan won re-election in 1984. he lost only d.c. and minnesota, right? some democrats led by the democratic leadership counsel moderated the democratic views. bill clinton was their chairman and elected on a more moderate platform. and that, you know, that considered economic growth good, defense good, safe legal and rare for abortion.

i have think the problem today is that it's not just -- you can't just tweak economic policy to make -- to moderate the democrats. it is like a religion to them. it gives meaning, d.e.i., all the stuff, environment is like a faith. i think people give up the faith very reluctantly. so i think it will be very hard to reform because that is the animating spirit. >> bill: indeed. accused of losing their religion you could say. i thought yesterday between the president's biden and president-elect was a great day for america. i thought president biden was very welcoming. let's play a clip now that we watched together. >> look forward to having a smooth transition, do everything we can to make sure you are accommodated what you need. >> politics is tough and in many cases not a nice world but it is a nice world today and i appreciate very much a

transition that is so smooth. it will be as smooth as it can get. >> bill: they meet for 90 minutes behind closed doors. they characterized it in a good way. the benefit of the doubt it went that way. >> i thought it was great to sit down like that. it is like when you are in the school yard and you get in a bloody fight with someone you hate and the teacher makes you shake hands after that. those are important gestures of civility. i do think i have to say for joe biden's promised smooth transition it shows what nonsense the fascist charges are. he will provide a smooth transition to fascism? after he goes -- so i think it showed those as being very phony. >> bill: we'll see him again january 20th. i have a question for you. did you think it was a wood burning fire? >> it was wood. >> dana: it's wood. it's definitely wood. they don't have gas fireplaces there and i just think that

maybe for atmosphere they thought it would look good but it was like -- it was so loud and that wood was dry as a bone. >> didn't your office have a fireplace? >> dana: yes, the press secretaries did. >> we didn't. we were told to freeze. >> dana: sometimes it would be lit for me at 6:15 in the morning. it's wood. >> bill: nothing fake. no fire starter. bill, thank you. go to speaker of the house right now mike johnson on the hill. see what he is saying. >> trump's administration timing than anything else. >> shouldn't we have -- should be a charge -- >> it is the president's decision. matt is a colleague and he is someone who has worked hard against the weaponization of government and lawfare. instant reformer if given the position and understand the pick. thank you. >> did you talk to desantis this

morning? thank you. >> bill: plenty of questions. >> dana: one of the reasons he needs to talk to governor desantis is desantis gave permission to the secretary of state to push forward on two special elections held with gaetz's and waltz's seat. it takes 120 days to do all that. if you do the math and you are mike johnson and you have how many as a cushion? >> bill: you might be plus three in the end maybe. >> dana: it's important to try to get that clock moving. >> bill: you were talking about this. waltz's district. the panhandle is ruby red. they won't lose that seat. waltz represents the east coast and that's pretty red as well. i think they are safe and even stefanik's seat in northern new york is pretty red also. >> dana: gives people an opportunity who might have thought about running before. hard to beat an incumbent. now you will have fresh new faces for us to talk about so we can keep bill at the board which we love to do.

>> bill: keep the fires burning. >> dana: hottest fire ever. >> we have a very, very large extensive brush fire, very, very dangerous operation. >> bill: the folks know the northeast is bone dry. we have not had rain in a very long time. firefighters in new york battling a series of brush fires trying to put the word out for everybody to be careful. so we'll get to that. >> dana: the pennsylvania senate race has been called for republicans. why is it headed for a recount? is it in danger? >> bill: daniel penny choke hold trial about to resume in new york city. what the man who tried to help penny restrained jordan neely and what he says about that deadly encounter.

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>> dana: special counsel jack smith is asking the federal court to pause his appeal in the trump classified documents case. judge cannon di missed the case against trump. now he filed to stop the process. longstanding policy says d.o.j. can't prosecute sitting presidents. smith is expected to wind down the case and resign before trump takes office. the update on that one. >> bill: president-elect trump stands to inherit a massive budget deficit from the biden-harris administration. it ballooned from 18 billion to 1.6 trial under biden. wow. edward lawrence fox business north lawn white house. how do we tackle this or will we? >> bill, the president-elect is also inheriting a slowing economy. some of the pressure coming from that record federal debt. the deficit spending doesn't help that's the amount of money the government is spending is

more than the tax revenue taking in. revenue is less from taxes. october that deficit quadrupled to 257 billion for one month. 287% increase from october of 2023. caveats here, the first of the month fell on a weekend. some payments were pulled forward and california residents allowed to delay taxes so revenue was not reflected and the caveat would have shaved 22% off the increase but still a huge jump in spending. the chairman of the minneapolis federal reserve said the debt could sink the economy. >> if you look at the congressional budget office forecast of the debt for 20 years it goes through the moon unsustainably and that can't happen. congress and executive branch needs a plan to do that. our job is not to comment or opine or offer suggestions what they do. that's up to them. >> the higher interest rate that

comes with handling inflation means that we pay more on interest to service the debt. those payments top $1 trillion more than the budget of the defense department and that might be why president-elect donald trump is starting this government efficiency committee headed by musk and ramaswamy to try to find cost savings. >> bill: if only. we'll see. nice to see you from the north lawn. big job, thank you. >> dana: president-elect trump is filling out foreign policy roster for his cabinet. picks reflecting his philosophy of peace through strength. let's bring in congressman mike gallagher. trump's man stream picks could reassure allies and worry china. would it be so? >> yes. i served with many of his picks particularly congressman mike waltz. we served together on the armedselvess and intel committee. he is an incredible pick.

a clear-eyed view of the threat from the chinese communist party in particular. he believes in a robust military deterrent and believes in prioritizing hard power. he is a fantastic pick for national security advisor. john ratcliffe fantastic for c.i.a. director. will be great in that building. pete hegseth is a patriot. you know him better than i do. some people are criticizing the pick as disruptive. the pentagon is in need of disruption. i think taking a hard look at the pentagon bureaucracy, finding a way to reduce the almost 900,000 d.o.d. civilians and reinvest that money into weapons and war fighters and more realistic training, finding a way to fix and grow the united states navy, sharpen the tooth and automate detail. all things an innovative second tear defense can do. a willingness to stand up to our enemies. >> dana: a year ago at the

reagan defense forum we talked about military recruitment in the last few years. pete hegseth might be able to help with that. >> i agree. pete has written frequently and talked eloquently about america being a force for good in this world. obvious he loves america's warrior class and that's the type of thing that unapologetic defense of america that appeals to young men and women thinking about weather they want to serve, whether they want to risk their lives for this country. how do you risk your life defending a country you don't believe in whose values you don't believe in? starting from those values and defending the idea of america is a great way to fix the propensity to serve numbers going down and returning to a pure meritocracy in the

military. it is one of the beauties of the military. if you can survive the crews jib will no matter how rich, poor or the color of your skin you can ascend and do well and do noble work. >> dana: you have a piece in the "wall street journal." pentagon has two years from prevent world war iii, prepare defense secretary will need to overhaul the bureaucracy and cut waste. give us your top three or four things you mention in here as priorities. all of them are big. >> well, you just had a segment about the deficit and debt and threat that poses. we have to think creatively about the budget. the pentagon bureaucracy as well as enforcing existing law that says the pentagon needs to have a commercial preference. buy commercial off the shell items rather than building everything internally where they can. prioritize the navy.

secretary of defense has to be laysor focused on fixing shipyards and producing more ships in general. submarines in particular and move to maximum production rates of critical munitions, long-range presags fire. that is something we can do in the next two years in order to confuse and mess with the decision making cycle of the people's liberation army with xi has ordered to be ready to take taiwan by 2027. two years to prevent world war iii. intense focus, energy, urgency by the secretary of defense and a talent team around him as well. >> dana: serious stuff. "wall street journal" op-ed in the paper today. thank you so much. >> the u.s. military intelligence community are sitting on a huge amount of visual and other information still photos, video photos, other censored information and have for a very long time.

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any part of the federal government is knowingly concealing evidence about uap's from the public? >> yes, sir. 100%. >> yes. >> yes. >> transparency of the defense department and the intelligence community have long been a business mall. >> bill: will we know and when will we know or ever know? congressman mace hoping to bring more information to light. there was that on a busy day. >> dana: america is on the mend as donald trump is gearing up to make america healthy again by preparing to overhaul the country's medical programs. alexandria hoff in washington with the details. lots of interest here. >> a lot of anticipation in who will be chosen to head up the department of health and human services. it is a mammoth job with all the reforms the president-elect campaigned on. falling under hhs, fda, cdc and

centers for medicaid and medicare. $2 trillion budget. expenses that many think to be bloated. drug pricing, abortion and ginneder identity issues. major promises were made last year on the last one. >> we'll sign a knew executive order instructing agencies to cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age. >> clearly the president-elect is prepared to make waves. several reported contenders for hhs secretary including ben carson and rfk junior vowed to remove fluoride from drinking water. >> he should be nowhere near hhs. >> if things are working for somebody i won't take them away. they need choice and informed

with the best information. >> howard lot nick said kennedy won't be offered hhs secretary but play a key role with health data. it is still up in the air. it will require senate confirmation. >> dana: thank you. good to see you. >> bill: some people felt he was smiling biden. the president sitting down with donald trump at the historic handshake wasn't the only headline but biden's grin that captured attention on social media leaving many folks to speculate why was he so happy? vice president targeted victory matt gorman and some of the reaction online with our panel. biden never looked happier. joe biden shares the same smile that most of america has right now. matt, did you see something there? >> i have not seen him that happy since the last debate. i'm not trolling.

if you are kamala harris what are you thinking now? do you smile when you are next to someone you think was evil? everything they said was a lie. it was incredible. i have not seen biden that happy in a long time. >> bill: felipe, what did you see? >> i don't think that's the case. donald trump also had some nasty things about joe biden and kept that to himself. look, jaded as i want to be i liked seeing that. it is important and good that joe biden offered, which donald trump did not do in 2020. it is good that donald trump accepted and it is not just a ritual. i have to say i think if it had been a couple hours later and the matt gaetz news broke i don't know if the grin would have been as wide. i think they met for two hours. that's the really important part. the one thing i would say is i hope that the president-elect took to heart some of what joe

biden said even if he disagrees with it. if you remember, president obama told president-elect trump to watch out for mike flynn and it turned out that mike flynn was fired 23 days after the election started and ended up being found guilty and needing a pardon. it is work that is getting done. as far as the grin, i'm glad that they both could put it aside and say the right words, i really am. >> bill: one other thing. a question about why she didn't do the rogan interview. he fine le answered it. play the clip from his explanation. >> they had -- i don't know how many conversations with my folks but multiple conversations giving different dates, different times, different this and that. we knew she would be in texas so i said open invitation. they had requirements on things she didn't want to talk about. she didn't want to talk about marijuana legalization.

that was ill hairous, because of her prosecuting record. she put a lot of people in jail for weed. >> bill: you had that and this from one spokesman. a backlash from our progressive staff that didn't want her to be on because of possible backlash. >> you are worried about your staff's feelings and not getting in front of tens of millions of voters more than watching the evening news even. rogan is a symptom of a larger cause. i don't think doing rogan would win her the election but it spoke to a mindset of playing it safe. keeping her from a lot of interviews for most of the campaign and not taking risks and saying let's figure out three things that we can separate ourselves from the unpopular president in our party. let's cater to this interest identity group and that interest identity group instead trying to win voters broadly. rogan didn't lose the election

but a mindset that informed all that that did. >> bill: my feeling is any time you put conditions on an interview, it is probably not going to happen or not go well. this other comment about progressive staff members being concerned about it. there might be some truth in that about the infighting within the campaign. >> you just teed up a softball right down the middle. president trump gave pre-conditions to the interview with national association of black journalists. he didn't want to be fact checked and did the same thing in terms of trying to work the reps, which he is very good at on the debates. the most important thing is rogue an said she said okay. i don't have inside information here. i would say that the idea that she didn't go into i won't say the lion's den but the fox's den is crazy. she sat with bret baier more than president trump did the

other way around. and i think just -- i don't know whether or not the left or the progressives did or didn't. i'm certainly not going to defend anyone on the inside who might have said that's too something. the one thing i will say i'm sure there was discomfort with some of the people that he has had on his show including alex jones in terms of not pushing back hard enough. so i don't think it's that simple. >> bill: i would offer in the end a little difference because of what we saw in the electoral votes. thank you both. we'll talk again soon. thank you. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: bill, they don't call him the greek freak for nothing. watch this. >> here in overtime. he walks right into it and --

the slam. >> bill: oh my gosh. >> dana: the milwaukee bucks leading his team to victory scoring 59 points himself. six points shy of a career high while key players sat out due to injuries. let me do it myself, i got it. >> bill: off to athens we ride. pennsylvania senate race headed for a recount. will dave mccormick's lead hold up? he is the republican celebrating democrat casey. voters casting ballot for donald trump in a big way. we'll explain why as we go live to the lone star state. >> the main reason why i voted trump this year was because he was one of the better choices that we had. it does seem that he cares a little bit more about the actual citizens. but i've always felt most comfortable up here, with the folks that made me who i am.

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>> when you play with the security of the american people you will get push back and why we saw an overwhelming vote for president trump. we saw it in 2016. he secured the border. now we're back to this year and we saw the american people say that they want safety and security in this country. >> bill: show you something that's amazing. really one of the main stories

from this election. this is texas, all right? these are your border counties, 15 to 18 of them in 2024. watch in 2020, right? you see all that? i want to show it to you. see all the blue? all the blue just disappears. almost all of it goes red and all of these counties here. this is starr county on election night. they had not gone republican since 1876. this is almost an 16-point advantage for trump. four years ago for biden, there you go, biden won it by five, all right? up here in -- come here, okay, maverick county, all right? biden wins that by 9 1/2. just four years ago. look what trump did, 18 1/2, 27, 28 point swing and where eagle pass is and where brooke taylor is reporting from this morning. what do you have for us along

the border today? >> bill, i think it is worth noting that while so many democrats were surprised by that flip, not a single voter we spoke to out here was surprised. they said had people gone out into the communities like we did and spoken to everyday voter they would have felt their frustrations. these are daily issues that they felt only trump was addressing like the border right here and also inflation. the perfect example of this is jacquelin right here. we met her walking on the street. she owns a bakery here in eagle pass in maverick county, 94% latino. it was her first time voting for trump after soaring prices at the grocery store which she needs to keep her business alive and illegal migrants outside. >> so it did affect us. i have a business right here in the corner right on main and madison. and we would have illegals just walking around, you know. people didn't want to stop

because they were afraid. with that being said, i think that donald trump is a better choice for more security. >> a recent clip from "the view" going viral saying it misogyny that caused these voter districts to vote for trump. we talked to mostly women and said they were so offended by this. one woman says she is a mother of seven. she has nine grandkids and she can barely afford to have them for dinner, bill. >> bill: thanks, brooke, good to have you there. >> because it doesn't matter -- to me if it doesn't matter if you're male and female. if you go out to eat at a restaurant or whatever, it is costly right now. you don't get anything for less than $15 for one person. >> she was one of the many people that we spoke to these

major issues like inflation and grocery prices. these people real, everyday voters struggling just to get by, guys. >> bill: an amazing story in eagle pass texas, thank you for bringing it to us. something to consider and absorb. >> dana: senate race in pennsylvania is heading for a recount. dave mccormick is leading democratic incumbent bob casey by half a%. it's the threshold for an automatic recount. tally for everybody. robert casey at 48.50, dave mccormick at 48.93. significant difference but it is within 5%. the thing about bob casey has been a senator for a long time. when they first started this race the approval rating was pretty low. is this the hardest thing he has ever fought which will be a losing battle? >> if he fought this hard for the 18 years in senate he would

have won re-election. it will cost the taxpayers a million dollars. this entire thing is a scam to raise money. it will go until november 27th pumping out fundraising emails and text messages saying bob casey needs your help. it is over. they will stretch it as long as they can. the casey name goes back to the 90s. he was a legend in pennsylvania politics. they will milk this as long as they can. >> bill: mccormick saying it is insur mountable. i might be right. you work and live in philadelphia. i don't know what the city is like by now but we've been reporting on it since the pandemic. new york is a mess. the city has gotten dirty. getting off the subway 4:30 broad daylight. guys shooting up under a sleeping bag on the corner. >> dana: common now. >> bill: you turn the corner and urine everywhere. when philadelphia moved the way they did, its voters chose not to vote which might be more

significant, how do you read that and what are you hearing from people in that city? >> two important things to know. latino voters overwhelmingly went for trump compared to 2020. 16-point advantage. working class voters he crushed it with working class voters. the city is moving red for a lot of reasons you mentioned. happy birthday. the smell of marijuana on the streets. when my wife and i go out to dinner and people set up tents, street camping that goes on at night in store ways and business ways. i see that in new york city when i come in. same thing. these cities have been overrun by crime. for the working class people and turn around and say wait a second. we're a sanctuary city. criminals that should be deported you let those criminals back on our streets? no, that's so offensive to the people that live in the neighborhoods, black and latino voters and working class votes. they don't want that. they want the criminals gone and removed. that's what they are saying in the cities. >> bill: may have not be easy. will be resistance to that. we're already seeing it.

>> dana: when will the recount be done and we'll know if dave mccormick can go to orientation and get sworn in? >> he is doing all that. he was in d.c. yesterday. he and his wife. a picture by the door senator elect mccormick. it may go for another month. this is a scam to raise money. that's what they are doing. mccormick had the right message about the border and also about the economy, too. bob casey was running on his name and no record, no accomplishments. to dana's point the hardest he has ever worked for the people of pennsylvania trying to save his seat after he lost. >> dana: fighting hard to win a losing battle. amazing. great to have you. have fun on jimmy failla radio. don't get in any trouble. the ceo of the online betting platform after his home was raided.

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>> bill: there is a new dawn coming to the nation's capital. department of government efficiency set to get underway in january. that could mean saying goodbye to business as usual. grady trimble is watching that fox business in d.c. what will it look like? piece it together. >> elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are putting the more than 2 million people who work for the federal government on notice. as heads of this new department of government efficiency they are already proposing some cuts. ramaswamy posted on x that the new presidential commission will go after diversity, equity and inclusion roles within the department of health and human services saying biden's hhs has gone wild on dei and efficient government has no place for that bloat, he says, time to doze it. lodge musk suggested some

non-government organizations that receive money from the federal government may no longer be eligible for that. in an interview with hannity last night ramaswamy proposed another easy way to cut excess spending saying forcing government employees, many of whom are still working remotely, back into the office would save taxpayers. >> if you tell people you have to affirm you want a job, that you have to show up to work five days a week, how many of those employees will quit out the gate? that's a question we should ask. low hanging fruit that democrats and republicans, black or white americans alike can agree on. >> doge has its own x account if you want to follow it there. musk says all of the actions this new department takes will be posted online for full transparency and public can weigh in if they think something useful is being cut or vice versa. >> bill: we'll watch it. grady trimble on the hill. nice to see you. >> dana: this is for