charlie: extraordinary. they are still holding in plank right now. it's been, what, six minutes now? [laughter] rachel is holding -- thank you to claudia murphy. >> thank you for having me. rachel: thank, claudia! >> thank you. rachel: see you tomorrow, everybody. jackie: fox is on top of the senate's push to get president

trump's cabinet through. law make maniers working through the weekend to confirm two big picks for trump's administration. defense secretary nominee pete hegseth pushed over the finish line by a tie-breaking vote from vice president j.d. vance, and dhs nominee kristi noem awaiting her vote just 90 minutes from now. does she face a tough road ahead too? republican homeland security member roger marshall weighs in on that that. plus, president trump's border crackdown in full swing week as troops head to the border and i.c.e. makes hundreds of arrests. but a key part of trump's plans facing roadblocks after a judge blocked his order to end birthright citizenship. what happens next? and more israeli hostages reunited with their families today, but will that ceasefire deal continue to hold? we are on top of it all. welcome, everybody, i'm jackie deangelis, and this is "fox news live." we go ahead and start with chad

pergram live on capitol hill where the senate has convened and is preparing for kristi noem's confirmation vote. chad, what's the latest? >> reporter: jackie, good morning. the senate meets in a rare saturday session to confirm many of president trump's cabinet nominees. today want to confirm as many as possible. confirmations are lagging behind the pace of previous administrations, and that's why the the senate voted last night and again this morning. if. >> the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50. the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative, and the nomination is confirmed. >> reporter: the senate confirmed pete hegseth as defense secretary 51-50. this is only the second time a vice president cast a tie-breaking vote to confirm a cabinet secretary. >> [inaudible] >> i'm very excited -- [inaudible] see you, guys. >> reporter: three republicans joined all democrats in voting

no, lisa murkowski, susan collins and mitch mcconnell. mcconnell said he did not think hegseth could pass daily tests at the pentagon. mcconnell is an old nemesis of the president. >> reporter: are you disappointed that that mcconnell voted no? >> i didn't even know that, no. i don't know that that. i just heard that we won. winning is what matter, right? >> reporter: on hegseth, democrats said they had reservations about allegations of sexual assault, which he denies. >> so as we near the vote for this most important position, my plea to my colleagues as one who has supported every secretary of defense who's ever come before my if committee,s democrat or republican, is don't rush this and make a mistake. everyone knows the risk we would be undertaking in confirming pete hegseth to be secretary of defense. >> reporter: time is of the essence to confirm if nominees. the senate broke a filibuster last night on the nomination of

kristi noem to serve as home security secretary for confirmation -- her confirmation vote comes at 11:30 eastern time, expect bipartisan support. jackie. jackie: chad pergraming thank you so much. meantime, pete hegseth's vote coming down to that tie breaker. is that that a preview of what's still to come? republican kansas senator roger mar -- marshall joining us now. great to have you with us this morning. these are the final pieces of the national security team for president trump coming together. do you expect the kristi noem vote to go smoothly? >> jackie, good morning to you. i think it's important to remember why this is so important, to get these nominations across the finish line. president trump is writing, i guess, 200 executive orders. we need people like can kristi noem to go down there and secure our border. the president ran on prosperity and security, mostly on security. i think kristie -- kristy flies through there.

she had eight democrats vote for her in the cloture vote. she's as tough as nails. she's south dakota tough k and she's also very gentle and compassionate as well. so she's going to do a great job as secretary of dhs. she's going to make your family safe and secure. remember, kristi was the first governor to send her own national guard troops and spries to help -- supplies to help secure the border. i think she goes through with flying colors today. jackie: okay. you also sit on the senate agricultural committee and voted to advance brooke rollins for a agricultural secretary. how do you think that hearing went? >> oh, my gosh, you're going to love brooke rollins. this is a young laid drink -- lady who grew up in agriculture, grew up in in 4-rbgs d 4-h and ffa, she brought her ffa leadership to the hearing, and that'll mean a lot to those folks in agriculture where her ties really are. she's going to be a strong, strong voice there in the

president's cabinet forking agriculture and rural -- for agriculture and rural america. don't forget, 90% of rural america supported president trump. jackie: and how did you feel about the hegseth vote coming down to that tie breaker, only the second time as chad pergram mentioned that we've seen a vice president weigh in on a confirmation in history? your thoughts on that process and how it went, you know, through last night, how it took shape a. >> well, like president trump just said, it's all about winning. the the final score does matter, and all that matters is we got pete hegseth across the for finish line. i think this is so important. pete will never bow to the national military, trillion dollar industrial complex. is going to focus on those soldiers on the front line like my own son. he's going to focus on the morale within the military as well as recruiting. and, again, he's not going to bend the knee to that national military industrial complex. i'm glad we got him across the finish line. i wish we didn't is have to wake j.d. up or he could have finished tucking his kids in

bed, but j.d. did come in. a little drama, that's okay. all that matters is we win. jackie: we could see a little drama next week too. we're always looking ahead, senator. we've got rfk jr., tulsi gabbard. your thoughts on those. >> yeah. i talked to bobby again yesterday. we've had a lot of conversation. i think he's winning people over. i think the big deal about bobby is he has an army of people across the country that support him. it was absolutely a sentinel moment when we saw president trump's numbers jump during the election when he selected bobby to help work with him when bobby enforced president trump as well. endorsed president trump as well. look, 60% of americans have a chronic disease. when i was growing up, it was 6%, now it's 60 percent. i look forward to working with bobby and dr. oz to make america healthy again. on tulsi, i love tulsi gabbard. she's not an insider, she's not a spy, she's not a spook. all she's about is transparency. i think that she's to going to

err on the side of sharing more information with congress and more information with americans. i believe in americans, i believe that that they can handle the truth. i think as we start releasing the jfk files, rfk, martin luther king files, as we start releasing more of the a tau -- fauci-covid files, she's going to be critically important. tulsi's going to do a great job. she's tough as nails as well. jackie: absolutely. and, of course, the american people are looking for that kind of transparency. just quickly before i let you go, senator, i wanted to ask you about the laken riley act. it's expected to hit president trump's desk in the coming days, the first bill he signs into law. the impact on this and the huge issue of immigration that our country is facing right now. >> well, again, the president and republicans ran on securing the border, making your family secure. so this is great legislation. what it does, if you're an illegal alien in this country and you break a law, it requires the local police to hold that that person until i.c.e. gets there. and if that would have happened

before, it would have heavied laken riley's -- saved laken riley's life. we can never bring haigen back, cut -- laken back, but it can prevent future murders. it's a great first step. we need to get kris2006 confirmed -- kristi confirmed. president trump's goal is to have zero gotaways. i know troops from my home many fort reilly, county, are going down tre to help secure the border, so thanks for helping make america safe again. jackie: senator roger marshall, we so appreciate your time this morning. thank you for being here. >> have a good day. go, chiefs. [laughter] jackie: okay. let's get to israel now. four more hostages were released by hamas if today, reunited with their families. trey yingst is in tel-aviv with the details for us. hi, trey. >> reporter: hey, jackie, good morning. these four young women were reunited with their families

today after being released as part of this larger ceasefire agreement. we know they were paraded through palestine square in gaza city by hamas before being handed over to the red cross and driven to an idf checkpoint inside gaza. they were then taken to a reunification center along the border where they met their parents. they were then flown here to tel aviv where they're currently being evaluated at a hospital by doctors and psychologists. they were held merchandise gaza for -- inside gaza for 477 days, so seeing these helicopters land here in central israel sent a sigh of relief across this population. they weren't sure up until this week if these women were dead or alive. they were taken into gaza on the morning of october 7th from the base where 54 israeli soldiers were killed by hamas, and they've been held in gaza ever since. now, as we look forward here, the israelis are waiting to see if dozens of other hostages are going to come out alive. they know they will be exchanged

for palestinian prisoners. as part of this agreement today, dozen os of if prisoners were released into the west bank and many released into egypt. some of the more high profile prisoners, we do have some video of this exchange in ramallah where a bus dropped off many of these prisoners that were waving hamas and islamic jihad flags. moving forward, this is a delicate seesfire, and we do know the israeli say they're already implementing new parts of the agreement. they say that hamas if is not actually following through on the deal. there was one israeli civilian hostage, a female, from a southern community that was supposed to be released today, and she was not. so, or of course, in the days ahead they will try to go back to the table in doha and push the negotiators to ensure that this woman is released next weekend when another exchange is set to take place. jackie? jackie: trey yingst, thank you so much for that. also i.c.e. arresting hundreds of migrants across the u.s. as president trump ramps up

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jackie: bryan kohberger, the suspect in those 2022 idaho college murders, appearing in court this week with his lawyers were pushing hard to toss out most of the evidence if his case. can c.b. cotton explains. >> reporter: hi, good morning, jackie. bryan kohberger's defense team argues their client's constitutional rights were violated when investigators used a process called investigative genetic genealogy to to identify coe berg as a suspect. the defense also claims once kohberger was identified, police officers lied to get search warrants in the case. so kohberger's defense launched that investigate concern wants that evidence thrown out. their arguments, however, didn't appear to move the judge who said to the defense attorney, quote, i struggle with the idea that dna left at a crime scene, that there's any expectation of privacy. the defense also a yesterday the

credibility of an eyewitness, a surviving house mate who reported seeing hamas ifinged man -- a masked man and overhearing sounds of a struggle according to police. despite the massacre, she went to bed and police weren't contacted until hours later when a friend called 911 from one of the survivors' phones late in the morning. but prosecutors defended the eyewitness to the judge saying the surviving house mate's description of the suspect never changed. kohberger's attorneys made a series of other arguments to the judge in an effort to get most of this evidence in the case thrown out. the two-day hearing on the defense motions ended without any official decisions, but legal experts tell fox if the defense is successful with its arguments, it could throw a huge wrench in the prosecution's case before the august trial. >> i do not think that there is any way that the prosecution could proceed in this case. everything else is, you know,

circumstantial, and they lose the dna evidence and then they lose all of those other things, what evidence do they have left? there's nothing left to proceed on. >> reporter: so a judge entered not guilty please on kohberger's behalf at his arraignment in may of 2023. kohberger's being held without bail and could face the death penalty if convicted. jackie. jackie: c.b. cotton, thank you for that update. president trump's illegal immigration crackdown is in full force in his first week. from mass deportations to i.c.e. arrests and troops at our southern border. madeleine rivera has the details for us. >> reporter: good morning, jackie. president trump promised shock and awe in his first week , and there's certainly a dramatic escalation of activity. the 1500 service members that the pentagon is deploying to el paso and san diego will focus on placing physical barriers and giving aerial support. some intelligence analysts will be working on monitoring activities. they are joining the 2500 troops

the biden administration had a already sent to the border. deportation flights began week as well. state department spokesperson tammy bruce says guatemala ref received two flights yesterday. i.c.e. has arrested more than 500 migrants on thursday, and the white house says they were criminals. white house press secretary karoline leavitt says some of those include tren de aragua gang members, child predators, murderers and rapists. so officials in new jersey though are slamming an i.c.e. raid in newark. the mayor says i.c.e. agents went into the business without a warrant, arrested three people who a agents said were in the country illegally and detained u.s. citizens. the mayor called the action unconstitutional. the trump administration also leased a memo this week granting the quick removal of migrants who are allowed to enter the country temporarily under biden administration era programs. jackie, back to you. jackie: thank you so much. we want a read from an official that's on the ground, first, on

the i.c.e. arrests of some of those serious criminals. texas department of public safety lieutenant chris olivarez is with me now. it's good to have you on this pivotal topic. this was a huge election issue. the american people spoke. they want immigration fixed in this country, they want the border secured. president trump is delivering on his promise. starting to deport the the criminals. how's it going? >> well, good morning, jackie. that's definitely what we're seeing right now. we're seeing how this new administration is advancing their policies and their objectives and and what they've been talking about in the last four years and how we're starting to uncover the damage from the last pour years and how you -- four years and how you saw in the first 24 hours hundreds of criminal illegal ail years were arrested by i.c.e. a agents. this is some of the worst of the worst, tom homan has been talking about it. threats to public safety and and national security, getting those individuals, those criminals removed from the communities to ensure a much more safer environment for those that live in those areas. so, again, it really shows how

they are prioritizing the safety and security and also the country by focusing on those criminals. jackie: absolutely. and we are focused on the safety of the country. but we also wonder, sir, about the message that this basically gives the whole world and also the countries at our southern border who have been letting people come across. the trump administration is beginning deportation flights on grilled. they say those -- on friday. they say those flights send a strong and clear message to the entire world. do you agree? >> i do. it's a deterrent. anytime you're able to actually apply consequences, which there was no consequences applied in the last four years when it comes to deportations or asylum or even the parole process. we've seen the abuse of that system for four years, and that led to a record level of mass migration. now how that transitions over to what we're doing in texas, we have been able to decrease illegal border crossings in the last year by over 87% just because of our efforts, but what we're able to do on the border in texas by building

infrastructure, using our national guard soldiers, state troopers, making criminal arrests. we've been able to focus on that criminal element. but it does send a clear message to anyone whether you're trying to come to the country illegally or those trying to cause harm that t not going to be tolerated. there is zero tolerance for that. we are a law and order state. our governor, governor abbott, has made it very clear we are going to go of after those individual, those criminals that want to cause harm, and that's what we've been doing over the last four years by making over 50,000 criminal arrests. that's our commitment moving forward, focus on public safety threats and transnational criminal ab a at this time. jackie: we're going to pause for a moment. my understanding is we've got breaking news on capitol hill. vice president j.d. vance holding a swearing-in ceremony for new secretary of state pete hegseth. let's listen. >> -- that will change because the president of the united states nominated this guy, and we are grateful to president trump for doing so. [applause]

i also want to say thank you to my senate colleagues. it turns out we couldn't spare one, and all of you did an incredible job, in particular my dear friend roger wicker. thank you for shepherding pete through the committee. [applause] roger did a great job. and in addition, all of the members senate armed services committee who i know gave pete the vetting and the hearing that he deserved, and i'm glad that we all ultimately decided that the president's nominee for secretary of defense ought to be our actual secretary of defense. i want to say one final thing. if you look at what has separated president trump from so many of the people who came before him, it is the view that, or number one, we should be sparing in how redeplore -- in how we deploy our most precious

resource which is the men and women willing to put on the uniform and put their life on the line for this country. we shouldn't send them everywhere. but, two, when we do send them anywhere, we ought to empower them with the tools necessary to fight and win quickly and come home afterwards. and that is what sets this administration apart, and that's what pete hegseth represents. ms. -- ms. [applause] finally, i, of course, have to thank the nominee himself. pete, thank you for being willing to put yourself out there. i think you've shown yourself a man of deep character and of resolve over the last few months. jennifer, thank you for standing by our new secretary of defense. and your beautiful family from your kids to the extended family, you guys did a hell of a job. glad to have you in washington as we work to make america great again. so with that, let me administer the oath of office. kids, can come on up.

hand on bible, raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, pete hegseth -- >> i, pete hegseth -- >> do columnly ware that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states -- >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> -- against all a enemies, foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies, foreign and domestic -- >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that i take this obligation freely -- >> that that i take this obligation freely -- >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithfully discharge -- >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge -- >> the duties of the office of which i'm about to enter so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations,

mr. secretary. [cheers and applause] [inaudible conversations] >> all praise and glory to god. if his will be done, and we're grateful to be here. and as i said in my hearing, jesus and jenny. i would not be here without you, sweetheart. thank you so much. i want to thank the president of the united states, our commander in chief, donald trump. we could not have a better commander in chief than him. it is the honor of a lifetime, sir, to serve under you. we look forward to having the backs of our troops and having your back in executing peace through strength, in putting

america first and in rebuilding our military. mr. vice president, thank you for breaking the tie -- [laughter] it's not the last time -- or not the first time, the headline reads junior are enlisted marine bails out junior army officer. [laughter] and, you know, some people were saying, well, 50-50, that's too tight. and senator markwayne mullin was nice enough to take my kids up to the gallery to watch the actual moment that the vice president sealed the deal. and they came running in, they said, dad, instead of being sad about 51-50, they said, dad, you won in overtime. [laughter] that's the perspective i like. so thank you. throughout this process, mr. vice president, for being incredible. i also want to thank the chairman of the senate armed services committee. so many members of the senate armed services committee. we became fast friends in this process. the advice, the consent, the

wisdom, the guidance. i look forward to working with all of you and other senators to ensure the defense department has what it needs, that our nation has what it needs and that we're prepared to defend it in all moments. to my staff, amazing staff who was with us this entire process, i see so many of you. through thick and thin, we used to look at the betting odds every once many a while on this. it was low at one point. [laughter] never do doha. but we defied them. and there were so many folks on the inside and allies on the outside who stood by us every single moment, and we're eternally grateful for that. and i want to thank the war fighters. i want to thank the men and women wearing the uniform. and i've said this before when i speak and i mean it, every time i stand at a podium and there's bright lights and cameras, the first thing that goes through my head are the guys that i served with on the battlefield. the men and the women who i

locked shields with and put my life on the line with who never get the spotlight, who never had the cameras. people don't know what they did in dark and dangerous places. but i know. and at the pentagon, we're going to are remember and we're going to know. and we're going to think about those warriors with every single decision that we make. we will put america first, we will bring peace through strength. and the three principles i talked about are what we will bring to the that pentagon; restore the warrior ethos in everything that we do, rebuild our military and reestablish deterrence. we don't want to fight wars. we want to deter them, as you said, and we want to end them responsibly. but if we need to fight them, we're going to bring overwhelming and decisive force to the destroy the enemy and bring our boys home. [applause] to my other family that's here

as well who i love, it's the honor of a lifetime. and i would be remiss if i didn't note one person in this room who doesn't expect to be the recognized, but captain ruggio is here. he was my company commander on my first deployment in guantanamo bay. he was there on june 3rd, 2003, when i first swore in as a second lieutenant at princeton university, and he swore me in. and i wanted to make sure he was today with me as a well. [applause] so, mr. president, thank you very much. the american people, we have your back. we're going to get to work right away. god bless, thank you. [applause] >> all right. i guess that's it. any questions? [laughter]

[inaudible conversations] >> guys, let me answer that for the new secretary. all people in our armed services should trust him because he looks out for them, and he's going to fight for them. he's going to make sure we have the kind of military that we can all be proud of and that, again, when we send them to do a job, we do it well, quickly and get the hell out. that's what secretary hegseth's going to bring to the department of defense. >> [inaudible] >> you know, as i learned with the buckeyes just a week ago a -- [laughter] when you win the championship, you don't give a damn what the score was. we won the championship on this one. we've got a great secretary of defense. we're proud of him, and he's going to do a great job. thank you all, take care. jackie: all right. that was our brand new defense secretary, the pete hegseth. he just got sworn in. department of homeland security nominee kristi noem faces her confirmation vote in the next hour. of course, we are going to take you there, but notable that

hegseth was surrounded by his children and his wife. he thanked the president and the vice president as well. all right. right now president trump heading to las vegas today where he's expected to talk up his no tax on tips proposal. he pitched that, of course, during his campaign. lucas tomlinson is in las vegas with the details nurse. hi, lucas. >> reporter: hi, jackie. good morning. president trump has returned here to nevada, becoming the first republican to win this state in 20 years, all part of his seven swing state sweep on his way to capturing the popular vote. and as you mentioned, president trump expected to hold a rally this afternoon at 12:30 local, 3:30 eastern time where he's going to thank supporters and particularly those in the service industry which is massive here, of course, jackie, home to some of the largest hotels in the world. he's going to to renew his pledge to to get rid of taxes on tips. >> do you remember a little statement about tips? does anybody remember that little statement? [cheers and applause]

i think we won nevada because of that statement. but they went out and harass ad you over the tips. in other words, we are restoring control of our government to the people. >> reporter: the issue clearly important to president trump. he mentioned it, as you saw, on inauguration day. some locals we spoke here with today said it might not be easy to get the irs to go along with this, to not tax on tips. yesterday president trump taking his first trip the as commander in chief along with the first lady. they visited the hard-hit areas of western north carolina delaware stated by hurricane helene, then they flew cross country to los angeles where they were greeted unexpectedly on the ramp by california governor gavin newsom. trump toured the devastation over the palisades aboard marine one from the air and then saw it firsthand on the ground. he later went to the firehouse for a sit-down with first responders and lawmakers including l.a. mayor karen bass where they sparred over the

clean-up effort, jackie. trump wants to give homeowners permission to immediately begin cleaning up themselves and not wait months for government-financed contractors and red tape to do the heavy lifting. >> they are saying they will not be allowed to tart for 18 months. -- to start. >> no, that will not be the case. >> okay. i just hope you're right. >> you can hold me to it. >> four groups said that -- >> no. >> they should be able to start tonight. >> that will not be the case. >> reporter: president trump also said he is looking at potentially scrapping fema, and he wants states to take control over disaster leaf, and he wants that money from fema to go into the states. again, it's not a pledge. the president said it's something he's looking into, jackie. perhaps we'll hear more of that today at his rally in las vegas. jackie: lucas, thank you so much. of course, we're going to have more on the wildfire response coming up on the the show, but right now president trump saying that no tax on tips plan helped

him win nevada, but the pressure is on to deliver. the question is, can he? to "wall street journal" editorial board member and former chief speech writer for president bush, bill mcgurn. great to have you, thank you so much for being here. he's got a very aggressive tax agenda that he wants to push forward. he also wants to bring down the corporate tax rate and extend the trump tax cuts. the big debate, of course, now is there it be one bill for immigration and one bill for taxes? is this all going to be combined? is it smarter to combine it and try to push it through right away? >> i don't know. i suspect those questions will be answered later in the game when we see -- as you point out, the difficulty is not the no tax on tips pledge. it's that he's trying to do this while bringing down rates on everything else, corporate taxes, reviving the trump tax cuts and everything.

so this is a lot on the plate -- there's a lot on the plate. i think the logic of this is really pushing toward a flat tax to just -- there's so much, the tax code is so complicated. let's just move to a cleaner, simpler flat tax. i'm not sure the president would advocate for that, but that's with where the logic is pushing it. i wish him success, because it's going to be very hard on the revenue questions to get everything that he wants. jackie: and, bill, you pointed out on x earlier this week that when trump was sworn in in 2017, he was facing a democrat party that was united against him. now you're saying the democrats are divided among themselves. how do you think that's going to impact his agenda as he tries to move forward? do you think any democrats are going to try to work with him on some of these policies? anybody who saw the americans speak in this election and say, you know what? maybe he's on to to something here. >> well, you know what i think they'll really do, they'll

pretend to change, and they might change some language, but they won't really change. they'll just bring back what they were for and try to disguise it better. that's what i think they'll really do. some will cooperate. look, john fetterman has already said he's going to cooperate with trump, and i think some of the others who want to get reelected will also cooperate. he has a small minority in in the house and senate, but as we saw with hegseth, it was large enough to get his man confirmed even losing three votes. so that's encouraging. jackie: and he certainly came in with strong approval. a piece in the "wall street journal" today actually points out the fact that history shows us this could soften with some time. he would be better off trying to accomplish as much of his agenda as soon as possible before the midterm elections. as you mentioned, given that slim house majority. your thoughts. >> yeah, i think that's true for all presidents.

you have a lot of political capital when you come in, and it dissipates rapidly. if you don't use it, you lose it. if so every -- i think every single one regrets not doing some things earlier. ironically for democrats, i think this might lead them to say we wish trump had been reelected in 2020 instead of now because now he's had four years to think about it. clearly, better organized. they have a real agenda, and they're pushing it through. i don't think that would have happened if he were reelected in 2020. jackie: yeah. >> with but now he has energy and the focus to push through a lot of stuff. jackie: i love the quote from newt gingrich in that same "wall street journal" piece where he said that trump peel feels a sense of pent-up energy because he had to spend four years in the wilderness, and so he had some time to think about how to do this. real quick before i let you go, bill, this is also getting some buzz. president trump signing an executive order this week to

declassify government records on the assassinations of jfk, rfk, mlk jr. how does this play out politically with the american people who have been asking for transparency for quite some time? >> well, i don't think we're going to learn anything surprising. i'm not like conspiracy theorists that think there are all things hidden. and i think when you come up with a theory of the assassination, you have to account for all facts. we often have little dribs and drabs and some are coming out only to be contradicted by other things. so, in general, transparency is a good rule. you know, after 60 years after the assassination, we should be able to handle all the information, i think. i think it's a wise movement i think it's a way to let the air out of the balloon and let people see for themselves. there'll, obvious, be some people seizing on this fact or the other. but in an investigation, you have to look at all of them. and i think it's going to

sustain the theory about lee harvey oswald. jackie: yeah. >> remember, he was a communist. important to point that out. jackie: bill mcgurn, great to see you this morning. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. jackie: all right. president trump looking to the stars in his second term as he plans to plant the stars and the stripes on mars. retired nasa astronaut clayton the anderson coming up -- clayton anderson coming up. but first, the president's pledge to bring prices down, can donald trump deliver on cracking down on costs? ndreds on car insurance by checking allstate first. okay, let's get going. can everybody see that? like you know to check your desktop first, before sharing your screen. ahh..that is not. uhh, oh no. no no no. i don't know how that got in there. no. that, uhh. yeah, checking first is smart. okay, uhh. everybody get out.

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to slatestone wealth chief market strategist kenny polcari and kaltbaum capital management president gary kaltbaum. great to have you both this morning, and this is the big question, of course. an executive order saying prices must come down, but he's also talked about his energy strategy, how bringing oil prices down will be hugely important to getting prices down. it's sort of a mixed bag here. it's not particularly one thing here or there, gary, it's a strategy that all -- all comes together and it's part of his bigger vision. >> energy, housing, regulations in that order. he believes that that if he can get energy prices down, which is huge, not just at the pump, but how many thousands of products are made with petroleum. regulations, there's just too many. forcing up costs on so many things. i mean, on ovens you have to pay higher prices at this point. food's a little bit more difficult in the fact, hey, with the bird issue right now, you've got egg prices going up.

we've we've got a freeze in florida, but it's just good to see that they're attacking this full-throated and, hopefully, everybody gets the message -- jackie: yeah. >> and hopefully, opec gets the message. they have to realize we're nearing a $30 trillion economy. we are the head honcho, top dog, big cheese of economies, and they need us. we'll see how this plays out, but i think it's a good start as far as coming out of the white house. jackie: well, he told americans in his comments at davos that the he had been speaking to saudi arabia, and he was going to the get opec to bring prices down, and we know we're going to drill here. you put those two things together, and it could be really great for the american economy. kenny, i want to get to you on this because president trump has been a renewing his tariff threat. we know he uses this as a negotiate strategy, i will just say that. new tariffs on canada, mexico, china, they could come as soon as february 1st, but jamie dimon if was talking about the plan, and he liked it.

he said it could be shadily inflationary if it is implemented, it may not be if it's just a tool. but he also says it's good for our national security. and, kenny p i always a make this argument because americans suffered through 9% inflation under the biden administration that just recklessly wrote checks and kept spending for things we didn't necessarily need. national security is important, so if you see inflation tick the up a little bit, do you think most people would say, you know what? i understand why this is happening, that's okay, because jamie dimon said, so be it. >> right. so that's the story that has to get out, right? it's going to be told that way. people have to understand. if that happens, this is the reason. and it is about national security. and i think for the most part i said most of the country, i think, will support it, because most of the country supported this change knowing all well that this was part of the conversation. and to your point, i do think that the tariffs are more of a negotiation tool. he's already softened on the china tariffs, you know, thursday and friday of this week he kind of pulled back on that.

he's still putting the pressure if on mexico and canada, but he's pulled back from europe and china just to see how it prays out, so i think -- plays out, so i think it's a negotiate. jackie: gary, your thoughts on in this? >> there's in numbers. we're nearing a $20 the trillion economy and germany is less than 5. so we are bigtime. we have been abused by many countries on the trade front, so he's putting them on notice. and i gather there will be movement pretty quickly on trade. i do believe this is a tool. there's no way we can get into a trade war. nobody wins. jackie: yeah. >> but i think it's smart that he's using the size of this government and the country, and its ability to do great things and get them moving our way. jackie: i suspect you're right but, obviously, we'll be watching. finally, of course, i want to get to to what has happened on wall street since inauguration

day. a little bit of a shaky friday, but stocks up on the week on the heels of trump's return to office. i'll start with you first on this, gary. do you think the optimism is going to last in the first part of the year, the first opening week was a little bit rocky too. is this going to be volatile as we move forward, or should we expect smooth sailing? is? >> january's always a pain in the butt, but one part, interest rates have been coming down. and the second part, great reaction to the big banks' earnings which usually, usually is a pretty good harbinger going forward. and i think that has part to do with the less regulatory environment and the fact that i don't think if companies want to merge, nobody's going to stop them like they have in the past four years. so i think we're okay, but just remember we have a few thousand earnings reports to come out -- jackie: right. we just kicked it off. >> -- that's going to tell the tale for the next quarter. but as long as interest rates, i

think, behave, we're in pretty good stead right now. and then again what comes out of the white house on rules and regulations and fees and fines and mandates and taxes. if they get that under control, i think we got good things coming. jackie: i gotta get to a break. kenny, we'll make sure we have you back on. both of you, appreciate it, gary and kenny, thank you so much for being here. coming up, the space race is heating up again as president trump sets his sights on mars. and later, trump exploring devastation here on earth. what he's proposing that has a fema scrambling. chocolate fundraiser. ♪ with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. [coins clinking] ♪ that's convenience from chase.

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♪ ♪ jackie: president trump promising to pursue our manifest if destiny into the stars and plant the stars and stripes on mars. what's it going to take to get america there? let's ask retired massa a astronaut clayton the anderson -- nasa. it's great to have you with us this morning. i was particularly impressed be by seeing not only elon musk of spacex, but jeff bezos of blue origin at inauguration. these are the kinds of innovative minds that are going to help us get there, right? >> absolutely. these guys are brilliant, and they're pushing the envelope, and they're trying to do things way faster than we might do as a federal government. so i think for the most part,

that's all good stuff. jackie: yeah. and there's going to be a lot of competition, and that's why i think president trump wants to be ahead of the curve here. you've got china wanting to go, russia an wanting to go. how is he going to insure that america gets there first? >> well, i think by putting the appropriate people in charge. that that's a good first step. i'm a huge believer that a we have to be the premier space-faring nation in the entire world. no ifs, ands or buts. and by placing folks like elon and bezos and richard branson and those type of people into positions where we can learn from them and piggyback off what they're doing, i think we're in good stead right now. jackie: and, obviously, those two gentlemen and richard branson, they have other other successful businesses as well. when i think about space and the development we've seen here in the united states, i think more about innovation and what's possible in america. i think about a capitalism being part of that and and allowing

for that innovation. it's something that you don't see in the other countries that that i mentioned. >> yeah, that's a great point. i mean, my thing here is that it doesn't messily matter what our -- necessarily matter what our destination is whether it be the moon or mars or an asteroid somewhere, it's thch that we, americans, develop along the way. and and that technology then comes back to impact every human on the planet, and it's typically a very positive impact. so that's the key thing for me. jackie: real quick answer for me, how long do you think it will take to get there? can you speculate? >> too long probably. [laughter] sooner than later's better. jackie: fair enough. good to know the he's working on it. appreciate your time today, clayton anderson, thank you. >> thank -- jackie: coming up, president trump's illegal immigration crackdown and a legal ruling slamming down part of his plan. league eagle katie cherkasky on where the battle is headed.

plus, a first look at more israeli hostages reunite with their families today. -- reunited with their families today. all that and more when "fox news live" continues.

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