robert ray, we so appreciate it. thank you so much for your time this morning. all right, let's get back to the senate floor where kristi noem appears to have the votes to become the next department of homeland security secretary. we're going to continue to monitor the saturday session as more of president trump's cabinet picks await confirmation. earlier we were able to see pete hegseth sworn in as secretary of defense. all right, that's going to do it for now. i'm jackie deangelis. remember, you can catch me on "the big money show," expanding, two hours, starting monday at noon on the fox business network, and i'm going to the hand it other to missouri mike -- over to the mike emanuel. he's going to take it from here. "fox news live" continues now. ♪ if. ♪ ♪ mike: you are looking live at the floor of the united states senate as voting is now closed in the confirmation of kristi

noem to be our next ohm lan security secretary. this after pete hegseth was sworn in moments ago as secretary of defense after vice president j.d. vance broke a tie during his confirmation vote in the senate late haas night. welcome to "fox news live." i'm mike emmanuel. let's go live to our senior congressional correspondent, chad pergram, on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon. pete hegseth confirmed last night, kristi noem today. the vote just came down, 59-34. there were 6 democrats when voted to confirm kristi noem. they were john fetterman, tim kaine, andy kim, scott peters, jeanne shaheen and elissa slotkin. the senate meets in a a rare saturday session today to advance as many nominees across the finish line as possible. kristi noem, as i said, enjoyed bipartisan support. >> i wish her well in the enforcement of law, and

reemphasize that border security is very important not only for the sovereignty of this the great nation of ours because you can't be a sovereign nation if you don't control the borders -- >> reporter: the border will be a major focus of nome at dhs. also addressing issues at the secret service following the double a assassination attempts on the life of president trump last year. fema also falls under the dhs umbrella. democrats are worried about mass deportations and border security. >> if the trump administration decides to use the department of homeland security, which governor noem is seeking to head, to enforce mass if deportation, what's going to happen on that orr to chard? that dairy farm? >> reporter: it's not only the -- the only roll call vote today. next if the queue is scott bessent, the president's pick to

serve as secretary of the treasury. >> voting to confirm mr. bessent is one of the easiest we could ever take. mr. bessent's candidacy ought to enjoy similar support. and i encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to to join with me in advancing his nomination. >> reporter: now, we expect the senate to vote early next week to confirm bessent and sean duffy as transportation secretary. other hearings looming next week, one for director of national intelligence nominee tulsi gabbard and two hearings for rfk jr. to run hhs. mike? mike: so, chad, two confirmations pretty quickly back to back. is this a sign that things are starting to pick up in terms of pace? i mow we've heard some complaints from republicans about stall tactics. >> reporter: absolutely. they're running a little bit behind in terms of how you compare this to the pace of other administrations to this point. that's why they had to kind of push through the weekend here. the fact that the democrats were holding this up, they had major

objections about pete hegseth, so that's why that took a couple of days and had that late night vote last night. again, that was a partisan vote there. you know, you had no democrats vote for pete hegseth. but democrats kind of like that saying, look, we're fighting against these nominees, but republicans liked it too because they were able to show the president that they're fighting or if his nominees, heir willing to take some time over the weekend, late into the night, on saturday morning to get these nominees across. they're not going to confirm anybody else this weekend. they're on that procedural vote on scott bessent, and then they will vote to confirm him early next week, and then they will continue. rfk jr., as i alluded to to and, certainly, tulsi gabbard for the director of national intelligence position. mike: we will follow them all. chad pergram live on capitol hill on saturday. chad, thanks very much. >> reporter: thank you. mike: live images from tel aviv. hostage relatives are rah

rallying in israel as four female israeli soldiers freed if as part of the second exchange in the hamas ceasefire if truce, and they are now back in israel. and more freed palestinian prisoners arrive in the if west bank. mike tobin is in tel aviv tracking movement on the ground. hello, mike. >> reporter: hello there, mike. there is a sense of renewed relief or renewed joy, celebration. you can hear people singing at in this weekly gathering of what has come to be known as hostage square in tel aviv. and that is because four of israel's daughters are back in the jewish state. their names are lirinaama who you got to know because of horrific images as she was hauled into the gaza strip, her sweat pants soaked in blood, daniela, karina. all of them were spoarts at the military -- spotters at the military base right next to the gaza strip. spotters essentially means observers, they were there to to

watch the gaza strip. they have been taken to the rabin medical center where we just got word that they are now in stable condition, no immediate threat to to their health. we'll see how they are emotionally, but what we have seen, speaking of emotions, is four scenes of tearful reunions with mothers, with fathers and now that they're in the hospital, they're getting to meet extended family. again, more tears, more reunions. they were released in exchange for some 20 200 palestinians. 70 of them have been exiled, never to return to israel or the palestinian territories, many of them serving life sentences. some of them if you remember the restaurant bombing in the north of israel that resulted in 15 dead back in. so some serious palestinians have been released. there have been hang-ups in this exchange9, and the ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement mandatedded that women and children, women civilians and children be released first. if you notice, the four women

who were released today, they were all soldiers. that means that two female civilians that we know about, one was taken hostage with two of her very young children. their status is undetermined right now. we know the other was held by us islamic jihad, and there's probable that there were some logistics that hung up her release. israel say that is' unacceptable, that means hamas is in breach of the agreement. therefore, israel failed to fulfill its part of the agreement where they would pull out of a strip of land about midway up the gaza strip and, therefore, they prevent palestinians from getting back to their homes in the north. there is some video that has surfaced of warning shots being fired by the israeli forces in the direction of the palestinians and some reports of injuries. that is not confirmed by the israeli defense force, the idf simply says they're investigating those reports. one further update as we

anticipate at some point tonight hamas is going to give us more information about the 90 remaining hostages as far as their well-being. it is the believed right now that 30 of the 90 remaining hostages have passed away, but we expect an updated number from hamas really at anytime tonight. mike? mike: mike, i know in the middle east things are subject to change at a moment's notice, but seeing some people come home after such an extended period of time, does that give some hope that the ceasefire may hold at least for a little while longer? >> reporter: it certainly gives a lot of joy. i think everyone rallies around these poor if parents who have waited 477 days to hug and touch their children again. so everyone or, one of the things you notice is downtown tel aviv when people normally come out to the restaurants, they were staying home. they were watching their televisions. everybody wanted to see these scenes and see that it was real that these four soldiers, these young soldiers, 20 and 19 years old, that they made it back to

the waiting arms of their parents. as far as how it will go forward, every step in this process has been a bumpy road. no one is very confident that the next step will happen. they're just hopeful that it will happen. and then as far as the two female civilians, it's unsettling tata we just don't know -- that we just don't know the latest of their whereabouts, mike. mike: great news seeing those hugs and tears of joy. mike tobin, thanks very much. ♪ mike: president trump is spending the day in las vegas set to speak about his no tax on tips promise following his visits yesterday to hurricane helene-ravaged north carolina and parts of california scorched by wildfires. lucas tomlinson is live in las vegas with the latest. hello, lucas. >> reporter: well, good morning from old las vegas, mike, where fox news can confirm that overnight president trump fired 17 inspectors general,

those are government watchdogs including the pentagon and the state department. president trump has returned here to nevada where he became the first republican to win the state in a presidential election in 20 years, all part of his seven swing state sweep leading to him winning the popular vote. the president set to give remarks here in las vegas at 12:30 local, 3:30 eastern time to thank supporters including those, of course, in the service industry. of course, las vegas home to some of the largest hotels in the world, a massive number of people in the service industry, people who depend on tips and those who will be welcome to the hear the president's message that he wants to scrap these taxes on tips, something he mentioned on inauguration day. >> do you remember a little statement about tips? does anybody remember that that little statement? [cheers and applause] i think we won nevada because of that statement. they will not harass you over the tips. in other words, we are restoring

control of our government to the people. >> reporter: now, mike, some of the locals we spoke to are dubious about the president being able to scrap the tax on tips because of the massive influence of the irs. now, yesterday president trump took his first trip as commander in chief along with the first lady aboard air force one. they visited the hard-hit areas of western north carolina devastated by hurricane helene, then they flew cross country the los angeles where they were greeted unexpectedly on the ramp by california governor gavin newsom. before leaving north carolina, president trump announced he would be signing an executive order in the future to begin reforming fema. he thinks an overhaul is necessary. >> whether it's a democrat or republican governor, you want to use your state to fix it and not waste time. calling fee that and then fema gets here and they don't know the area, they've never been to the area and they want to give you rules that you've never heard about, they want to bring people that aren't as good as the people you already have, and fema's turned out to be a

disaster. >> reporter: mike, president trump also talked about getting rid of fema altogether and getting that money to the states and having states be in charge and in control of their disaster response, mike. mike: it's been quite a trip already. we look forward to the president's remarks earlier. lucas tomlinson in vegas, thanks a lot. for more reaction to the confirmation of pete hegseth as defense secretary and kristi noem as homeland security secretary, we're joined by new york republican congressman, member of the house foreign affairs and financial services committee mike lawler. if congressman, welcome. >> thanks for having me, mike. appreciate it. mike: let's start across the street at the capitol. your reaction to the latest confirmation, pete hegseth for defense secretary, kristi noem as homeland security secretary. your thoughts. >> well, look, this is obviously part of the senate's responsibility. advise and consent. and i think president trump obviously has put forth some very strong nominations. we've already seen senator rubio

confirmed as secretary of state, john ratcliffe confirmed for cia director and now, obviously, pete hegseth and kristi noem. this is critical for the president's national security team. and when it comes to securing the homeland. we need to move expeditiously on these confirmations. i think senator thune is doing a great job continuing despite the democrats' effort to slow it down, to keep them there on the weekends and having this confirmation process move forward as expeditiously as possible. i think both pete and kristi will do a great job in their respective rolesment we have a lot of challenges facing this country, and it's time to get to work. mike: to the middle east. four female hostages released, powerful moment for those israeli families and also the israeli people. your reaction to this development and your thoughts on next steps in terms of the middle east conflict. >> well, as chair of the middle

east subcommittee on foreign affairs, this has been one of my top priorities, obviously, to get the hostages home inclusive of the american hostages that are still being held including those that are deceased. we want them all to be returned to their families. and as we move forward, be able to deal with the very real threats posed by iran and its terror proxy network and, frankly, hold other players in the middle east accountable. i think it's time that qatar really, you know, take concrete steps and actions to rid itself of hamas completely. and the relationships that they have had there. there's a lot of work ahead of us with respect to the middle east. this is an important step to get these hostages home, and obviously it's always heart warming when you can see these

families reunited after 480 days in captivity. mike: amen. we are about five days into the new trump administration. one of the issues the president has taken on is birthright citizenship. let's play that, and i'll get you to react to it. >> we're the only country in the world that a does this with birthright, as you know, and it's just absolutely ridiculous. we'll see. we think we have very good grounds. people have wanted to do this for decades. mike: what's your take on this issue, congressman? >> obviously, it's a very important one. we have seen historically, you know, this is an issue that goes back 150 years, the discussion around this as part of the 14th amendment. you know, how it was intended versus how it's been applied, obviously, is a big with question. you see people come in here illegally for the express purpose of having babies born in the so that they do get

citizenship. finish i think, ultimately, the courts are going to weigh in on this. obviously, the supreme court has a previous decision on this matter going back to the 1800s. but obviously given what has happened in our country and the way this has been abused, i think this is the probably a case that the supreme court is going to likely take up again. so i think we certainly are going to get a ruling one way or the other based on the president's executive order and the actions by states trying to object to it, states like new york and california. mike: house republicans expecting to start the new week with meetings with president trump on advancing the trump agenda and the retreat in florida. what are your expectations, congressman? >> the president's going to be coming down to florida the address the conference. obviously, you know, the objective is to get one reconciliation bill passed in april with respect to the

border, with respect to energy policy, with respect to taxes and debt and our military. and i think, obviously, the party is unified, the conference is unified. we are negotiating through, you know, key provisions of the bill. but i think the president's message is going to be very clear, we have to work as one team to get this across the finish line and deliver for the american people on the promises this that were made. they gave president trump a mandate, and they gave us a house and senate if majority to act, not to fight. mike: congressman mike lawler in the great state of new york, safe travels to florida. thanks very much for your time. >> thanks, mike. mike: president trump clashes with california leaders during his visit to survey the damage caused by wildfires. steve hilton is here with more on that next. ♪ rition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals,

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mike: forecasted rain coming to utifornia could trigger new hazards for crews trying the tackle the fires following president trump's visit to the area yesterday. christina coleman is live in the pacific palisades with the latest. hello, christina. >> reporter: hi, mike. yeah, we're expecting significant rainfall here starting sometime today and to last over the next few days, and people are concerned because

that could trigger mudslides like what you see here. the take a look at this, this nearly $2 million pacific palisades home is split this in two after a mud slide happened. it's on this crumbing hill, and crews are concerned about more of this happening when it rains. take a look at this video. crews positions sandbags along the pch to try and contain potential runoff from the rain. fema says instead of sucking up all the precipitation and rain, soil in fire-ravaged areas can develop a top layer that repels water which could lead to flooding and mud if slides and debris flows full of hazardous materials. postfire flooding can be unpredictable because changes to the soil from the fire are not always obvious. >> we've suffered this terrible loss of thousands of homes, but thousands of homes can did survive and now they're under threat. so our focus right now so to the save, help save the homes that we can. >> reporter: president donald

trump toured the extensive damage from the palisades fire yesterday and had a round table with local officials. during the briefing he was very firm in his stance that california leaders need to cut through the bureaucracy and red tape in this highly restrictive state to help families get back into their properties to assess the damage and rebuild if they want to. take a listen to his exchange with l.a. mayor karen bass. >> so i signed executive directives right away so that we could cut the red tape, we could get people back building as a fast as possible. and we're going to continue doing that. >> mayor with, one thing is they are saying they will not be allowed to start for 18 months. >> no, that will not be the case. >> okay. i just hope you're right. >> reporter: accuweather estimates more than $250 the billion in damages and economic loss from from all the a destruction from these wildfires and, again, those mudslides a major concern. that house is right next to the pch. you can see it right there.

so you can imagine the destruction that could come if there's lots of flooding in this area and hazardous degree rolling off these crumbled mountains. that could be a very, very big problem, mike. mike: so devastating. christina coal lan -- coleman, thank you very much. for more, let's wring in fox news if contributor steve hilton. steve, welcome. >> good to be with you, mike. mike: so let's start with president trump giving l.a. mayor karen bass an earful, and i'll get your reaction to it. >> i think you have to -- you have emergency powers just like i do, and i'm exercising my energy emergency powers. you have to exercise them also. >> i did exercise them -- >> because i looked, i mean, you have powerful emergency powers. >> if individuals want to clear out their property, they can. >> everyone's standing in front of their house. they want to go to work, and they're not allowed to do it. >> the most important thing is for people to be safe. >> they're safe. they're safe. you know what they're not safe? they're not safe now. mike: what's your reaction to

that, steve? >> well, as usual, president trump is speaking for the people. and as usual, you have a democrat politician in california that's lying and covering up -- who's lying and covering up for the total calamitous, clueless incompetence and dysfunction of governance in california. he said correctly that their being told 18 months before they can rebuild. she said, oh, that's not true, i've swept9 away the regulations. on the same day she was saying that, we have video of the l.a. county director of public works saying exactly what president trump said, that it's going to take 18 months because they have to clear the debris, and people can't do that, and they've got to to -- it's all just a sham. whatever they say, these democrats, about a sweeping away regulations and bureaucracy and whatever, we can't believe a word of it, and we can't the u.s. the them to get this done. there is zero confidence in los angeles or in california now in the capacity of this democrat

industrial complex. all of them together, the politicians, the bureaucrats, the activists, the unions, all of them have made a total mess of california. who gives any credence to the idea that they can clean it up now in. mike: i want to put on the screen a comment from the california assembly republican leader, james gallagher. he says, quote, we can't keep underfunding fire prevention and waiting to respond until after a disaster. we know it needs to be done, it's just a matter of providing the resources and mustering the political will to protect our communities. steve, are california democrats underfunding fire prevention? >> well, or james gallagher is exactly right. he's a great guy, good friend of mine. and here's what happened many sacramento this week. on the same day california democrats in the state legislature voted for trump-proofing california with taxpayer money and against

fire-proofing california, the republicans in the state legislature put forward an amendment to the emergency package that's being prepared saying let's spend money fire-proofing the state, clearing brush, taking the vegetation away from power lines, undergrounding power lines, all these common sense things that many of us have been arguing for for years. and the democrats voted against it. it's unbelievable. mike: you've got a strong take on what's happening in your beloved california. what about your future, steve? >> well, i do love california. it's my home. i've started companies here, i've raised -- we're raising our family here. it is the greatest place not just in america, but in the world as far as i'm concerned. but it's totally been run off the rails by these democrats with this terrible combination of far-left ideology and total incompetence and mismanagement. and so we need big change in california. i think what we're seeing in los

angeles has woken people up. the facts that we've been laying out for many, many years. as i've discussed with some of our colleagues at fox, i am seriously considering running for governor of california because we need to lead a coalition of people right across the political spectrum who just want thing to work properly, to what about to -- who want to drop this ideological nonsense and focus on the basics of good government, reducing the role of government so that we can get on with what california does best, which is build the future, shape the businesses and the ideas that that will dominate the world. that's what we do the in california. of and if we just get in this appalling bureaucratic government out of the way, we can truly make california golden again. mike: what's your timing like in terms of making a decision? >> well -- [laughter] i'm talking to many people. i've been on the road for over a year now talking the grassroots organizes and seeing what support is there. so we're getting close to to it. so there's still a little bit of a way to go, but it won't be too

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♪ ♪ mike: deportation flights to mexico and guatemala have started as president trump's first week in office comes to a close. this as the state department clarified the reimplementation of the remain in mexico powell policy under the trump administration -- policy. madeleine rivera with more. >> reporter: hi, mike. fur flights a arrived in mexico yesterday and guatemala received two flights. 2,000 migrants were deported by land and air as the remain in mexico program was reimplemented. the policy requires some asylum seekers to wait in mexico for

their hearings at a u.s. immigration court. the program requires the cooperation of mexico, and earlier this week mexican president claudia sheinbaum said non-mexican nationals would not be hosted many mexico. she also said she would be talking with the trump administration about how to pay for the deportation flights. all of this caps off a busy week as the administration aggressively cracks down on illegal immigration. they're surging military troops to the southern border, deploying 1500 army and marine service members to help monitor activities and implement physical barriers. this week i.c.e. agents also arrested hundreds of migrants in cities across the u.s. including in massachusetts, new york, utah and california. i.c.e. called the operations targeted, focusing on known criminal aliens who threaten national security and public safety. >> this is the worst of the worst. this is something we've been talking about. tom homan has been talking about going after the worst of the worst, the threats to public safety and national security, getting those individuals. >> reporter: some democrats

though say the tactics are sparking fear or and instability. the mayor in newark, new jersey, for instance, called an i.c.e. a raid as a -- at a business in his city unconstitutional as it happened without a warrant. back to you. mike: madeleine rivera hive here in d.c., thanks very much. >> reporter: you got it. >> the first thing that a 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 that a the -- have the cameras, who people don't know what they did in dark and dangerous places. but i know. and at the pentagon, we're going to remember and we're beginning to know. mike: that's pete hegseth as the new secretary of defense. j.d. vance broke the 50-50 tie in the high stakes vote last night. for more, let's bring in today's panel. with me is republican strategist luke ball and democratic

strategist kevin walling. gentlemen, welcome. we've got some developments on a saturday, great to have both or you. >> hi, mike. >> thank you. mike: pete hegseth was the big fight last night. j.d. vance talked about his confirmation. let's play i. -- it. >> you know, as i learned with the buckeyes just a week ago -- [laughter] when you win the championship, you don't give a damn what the score was. we won the championship on the one. we've got a great sec secretary of defense. we're proud of him, and he's going to do a great job. mike: luke, does this matter this was decided by a tie breaker? >> i don't think so. pete hegseth needs to focus on ready aness and recruitment. right now the rest of the world seeing weakness. they see we're missing our recruiting numbers, that we're not prepared against future conflict in the future, and we have to eliminate these dei offices within the pentagon and across the government. president trump has set in place that motion. if we can get back to that mission of making sure that we are ready to defend the united states of america, we are going to be on solid9 footing for the

next four years. mike: kristi noem was confirmed with six democratic votes. obviously, hegseth was a tie. what's your reaction to these latest developments, kevin? >> i think you're seeing this cabinet confirmed at a fairly record pace, outpacing where biden was. there's been some complaints about democrats holding up the process. that's all about getting fbi background checks, getting enough information, getting these questions theirs -- questionnaires returned, to say nothing of marco rubio 99-0, right? full support of both republicans and democrats. my good friend if, doug collins, was voted out of the veterans' committee 18-1. so you're seeing democrats play ball. pete hegseth, obviously, the outlier with 3 republicans voting against his nomination and the vice president confirming him. mike: all right, republican leaders are expressing a little frustration with the speed of the process. let's play that and get you guys to to react a. >> senate democrats seem to be back to their old, tired habits of on instruct thing and opposing. we will be in the senate voting

as long as it takes. how long it takes mt. senate is up to the -- in the senate is up to the democrats to decide. mike: luke, is the dam starting to break in terms of hegseth last night, noem today? >> chuck schumer has said we don't need to exwe expedite any of these votes. nothing has passed with unanimous, bipartisan support except maybe post offices on occasion. so that standard is not realistic. and chuck schumer was the one who with on the floor in 2021 was saying we do not need to hold up these nominations, and public palins were ebbs we dishes about getting a lot of these biden nominees confirmed. things need to speed up a little bit. it seems the a standard for democrats is allegations must hold up the process. if they can't win on merit, they'll try to destroy someone's life. we saw that with pete hegseth this past time. mike: what are your thoughts, kevin, in terms of the nominees that a may struggle, rfk jr.,

perhaps tulsi gabbard? >> and likely kash patel. all those hearings have been scheduled over the next two weeks, i think those are likely the three ute standing hearings that you're going to -- outstanding hearings that you're going to see issues not just from democrat, but also republican concerns for some of their past statements and past views. but the vast majority of these cabinet secretaries are moving through the process quickly. this is, again, faster than we saw during the biden first administration in terms of timing with these nominees. so democrats just want the process to to play out, get the full information, get the background checks and get those hearings through expeditiously. mike: all right. from politico, republicans plan a slew of reconciliation with meetings at their florida retreat. your thoughts. >> we need to be clear that this is donald trump's congress, this is donald trump's government. we've already seen him in charge of the congress when we stopped a long, drawn-out, protracted

speaker's fight. let's set aside reconciliation for a moment. we need to have a conversation about codifying all of these executive orders. it is the blueprint for how the administration should operate. we need to make sure that every other aspect of this government is put in in place. if i were in this meeting, i would be having a conversation about how we format these executive orders into pieces of legislation to get them across the finish line. mike: kevin; democrats have a big meeting coming up, deciding a new leader of the dnc. what about that that? >> election's going to happen here in the outskirts of washington at national harbor one week to the day. i'm supporting ken martin, the chair of the dfl in massachusetts. he's won 25 straight statewide elections. he's an organizer. he came up through the paul wellstone camp, we all do better when we all do better. there's a lot of good folks running, he's going to win this election, and then we're going to to rebuild this party. mike: all right.

gentlemen, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> thanks, mike. mike: and we have some breaking news. senate majority leader john thune will be my special guest coming up at i 1:30 p.m. eastern time. get his reaction to the latest confirmations, pete hegseth for secretary of defense, kristi noem to lead homeland security. don't miss it, senate majority leader john thune coming up here with us. president trump moves on his economic policy through executive orders. will interest rates come down? that's next. ♪ ♪ when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil.

♪ mike: president trump is not wasting any time as he presses federal reserve chair jerome powell to cut interest rates. >> i think i know interest rates much better than they do, and i think i know -- much better than the one who's primarily in charge of making that decision. but, no, aye gotten hit by them,

but if i disagree, i will let them know. mike: visiting senior fellow in economics at the heritage foundation steve moore joins me now. steve, welcome. >> hi, mike. what a week, huhsome. [laughter] i'm still kind of dizzy from all this stuff. by the way, it's not the first -- you guys keep -- it's not the first 100 day, it's the first 100 hours. i've never seen anything quite like it. mike: how does in this may out between president trump and fed chair powell as it relates to interest rates? >> well, look, it's no secret these two haven't gotten along very well. and trump, of course, was the one with nominated fed chair jerome powell in the first place. but, you know, in my opinion, i think he hasn't been very good on the job. he's the one who let inflation go up to over 9% when biden was president, and it's just been kind of a herky-jerky monetary policy. so the big question is will donald trump replace jerome powell before his term is up in 14 months or so.

i don't know the answer to that. he's been jawboning the chairman to get out. he'd like to replace him. i think -- i'm going to to make a prediction if though, i think he's going to let powell serve his term and then replace him early in 2026 which i think had be the best outcome. mike: all right. we will follow that. president trump's also putting the world on notice as it relates to tariffs. let's play that. >> right. >> my message to every business in the world is very simple, come make your product in america, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on earth. but if you don't make your product in america, which is your prerogative, then very simply you will have obey a tariff -- to pay a tariff. mike: i realize a lot of tariff talk is about negotiation, but do you worry the tariffs could potentially backfire? >> first of all, mike, that was just a spanking that a donald trump gave to these arrogant

european if politicians and bureaucrats saying, you know, i'm the new sheriff in town, i'm going to be putting america fist. we're not going to do these global minimum taxes, and we're not going to do the green new deal and all -- we're not going to be in the paris climate aa cord. and i think, you know, half of the audience was fainting about this. but this is a guy who because put america first. now, on the tariffs, you know, i worked with donald trump. i do know that he uses tariffs as a negotiating tool, as you just said, and he's done it pretty effectively, mike. remember, he got mexico to to help on the border in his first term. he got the europeans to pay more for their own defense when he threatened tariffs. i don't want to see a lot of tariffs, but i think he's kind of using them as a weapon with these countries because he knows, look, we're the alpha male economy in the world today. everybody has to trade with the united states whether it's mexico, china, canada or europe. and so he's setting new ground rules. and i think in the end, i'm going to make a prediction,

mike, i think this guy's going to prevail, and these companies are going to stop cheating and robbing us. mike: the message from jp morgan's jamie dimon is supportive. let's play him. >> people argue if it's inflationary, upon the-inflationary. if it's a little inflationary but good for national security, so be it. i mean, get over it. mike: are you surprised by his reaction? >> well, look, i'm going to give you my own reaction, if i may, which is that donald trump was president for four years. the average inflation rate when donald trump was president in his first term was11.9% -- 1.9%, so what are these people talking about? if it was joe bide than created the massive inflation -- joe biden -- not donald trump. so i believe his tax cuts, his deregulation, his pro-american energy policy, all of these things create more output. they increase the productivity of the country. and when you do that, you bring inflation down. so i'm here to tell you i think that we're going to see -- we're

not going to see runaway inflation although there's lingering inflation from joe biden. prices have been inching up a little bit. but, look, trump has a great record on inflation. it's simple, mike. if you produce more energy here at home, what happens to the price of gasoline at the pump? it goes down. mike: well, it's five days in, lots of activity. steve moore, thank you so much for your time and analysis today. >> thank you, mike. mike: idaho student murder suspect bryan kohberger back in court as his defense is challengeing dna evidence. that's next. ♪ progressive makes it easy to see if you can save money with a commercial auto quote online so you can get back to your monster to-do list. super helpful. see if you can save money at progressivecommercial.com. thank you. ♪ who knows what tomorrow will bring ♪ (dog whines)

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mike: suspected murderer bryan kohberger charged with killing four idaho college students in 203222 was back in court this week as his defense team pushed for much of the evidence against him to be thrown out. c.b. cotton is live with the latest developments. >> reporter: hi, mike. yeah, the defense team wants to get most of the evidence in the case, as you said, thrown out to include dna evidence and search warrants. defense attorneys are arguing that their client's constitutional rights were violated when investors used -- investigators used investigative genetic genealogy. investigators have said they found trace dna on a knife

sheath under one of the victim's bodies and began a genetic investigation to identify possible is suspects. this week in court kohberger's lead defense attorney, ann taylor, argued police never got warrants to analyze that dna or the dna of potential relatives that had submitted to genealogy databases. but prosecutors pushed back with saying the investigation was done properly and arguing that that defendants like kohberger don't have any right e to privacy for dna left at a crime scene. defense attorneys are also a claiming that law enforcement officers lied to get search warrants once kohberger was identified as a potential suspect. for example, the defense team tried to question the credible of a surviving house mate, pointing out that this house mate told investigators she had been drinking and was unsure of her memories leading up to the murders. the defense argued that if this information had been shared, a magistrate might not have signed off on search warrants.

but prosecutors once again with defended the investigation saying law enforcement used the most up-to-date information it had at the time when trying to get those search warrants. finish kohberger is accuse caused in the stabbing deaths of four university of idaho undergrad students in their off-campus apartment back in november 20 to 22. at the time kohberger was studying for his ph.d. in criminology about 10 nile across the state the line are at washington state university. the the 2-day hearing ended without any official decisions, but leak experts tell fox if the defense arguments are successful, this could throw a wrench in the prosecution's case. >> it's a tremendously powerful tool. and if of course law enforcement, prosecutors want to be able to use this. it's just whether or not it ultimately passes legal muster, which is yet to be seen. >> reporter: so kohberger faces the death penalty if convicted on the charges. mike. mike: we will follow it.

c.b. cotton, thanks very much. much more ahead including the latest from capitol hill following the senate confirmation of trump cabinet members pete pete leg and kristi noem, and former energy secretary rick perry on president trump's energy emergency deck that ration as a "fox news live" continues next.h ♪ o —uh. —here i'll take that. [cheering] ensure max protein, 30 grams protein, 1 gram sugar and a protein blend to feed muscles up to 7 hours. ♪ at harbor freight, we do business differently from the other guys. we design and test our own tools and sell them directly to you. no middleman. just quality tools you can trust at prices you'll love.

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