in the beginning there were no rules. >> ainsley: didn't they run scripts that were the whole rundown? >> brian: the talking points written in pencil. >> it has gotten a little more professional. >> steve: in the very beginning it started out in about 4:30, 5:00 the producers would come in and go what do you want to talk about? we'd come up with three things and so on a single card we would write down those three things and over two hours. in the beginning it was just two hours, we would just talk about those three things. >> i love you get to see behind the scenes. the offices, greenroom. >> lawrence: we have a good time. >> brian: we do. >> janet is outside so much. >> brian: check it out fox nation, airs today. see you tomorrow. >> bill: good morning. live look at capitol hill one hour from now.

we've been waiting on it. today it goes down. senate finance committee holds a confirmation hearing for robert f. kennedy, jr. there is a lot on the table and we'll be here for all of it live in new york i'm bill hemmer. good morning and welcome back. >> dana: good morning. a short absence but i felt it. glad to be back. i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." got a big show for you, rfk, jr. is president trump's pick to lead health and human services, it has drawn concern over both sides of the hour because of vaccines. >> he spent decades as an environmental attorney. questioned vaccine safety and will not take away anybody's vaccines in his prepared statement. also says he wants to end america's chronic disease epidemic. it will be something to watch. let's begin preview on the hill with alexandria hoff inside the hearing room. alex, good morning to you there. >> good morning to you, bill. we're just stepped outside doing

a security sweep inside the hearing room. hundreds of supporters hope to make it inside showcasing what a political and health holistic celebrity rfk, jr. is. his quest is to reduce chronic disease in the country through nutritional means. revamp the way we treat our healthcare system and people who live in the country. senators will be interested in hearing if he can clarify some of the concerns on past statements he has made and he supported abortion. he spoke with several members ahead of the hearing and ron wyden, office, co-chair of the senate finance committee holding the hearings today. off the bat kennedy will sooth such language. a present view of his opening remarks. news reports have claimed i'm anti-vaccine or anti-industry.

i'm neither. i'm pro-safety. i worked for years to raise -- it didn't make me anti-fish. all my kids are vaccinated and vaccines have a critical role in healthcare. he would oversee a 1.7 billion budget. 80,000 employees and numerous agencies including the fda. promised to completely revamp. >> not a public health expert or policy expert of any kind. when i met with him he would not answer many questions directly. >> we don't agree on everything but what we both agree is america has some health problems. the key to fixing that is nutrition as well as increasing -- decreasing toxins. >> there is wiggle room on the issue of abortion with former vice president mike pence came

out with an ad campaign warning against rfk, jr. because of that abortion stance. we'll see if he can pull anybody from the other maybe to support him today. based on some of the clarification he gives to past remarks. >> bill: we're waiting for it. nice to see you, alexandria hoff outside the hearing room. >> dana: guy benson great to have you here. maybe he will go by a first name like tyrus and kennedy. somebody who supports rfk, jr., this is one of the moms from the maha movement. >> i have seen him in action and he i believe is single handedly bridging the divide by setting his ego aside. we have a mental health, physical health and reproductive health crisis in america today. rfk is the way to lead the way to make american healthy again for democrats and republicans. >> dana: people opposing the nomination. caroline kennedy, his cousin. >> bobby is addicted to

attention and power. even before he fills this job, his constant denigration of our healthcare system and the conspiratorial half truths he has told about vaccines, including in connection with the deadly 2019 outbreak of measles cost live. they deserve an honest and ethical person. they deserve better than bobby kennedy. >> dana: it comes to a head today. size it up for us. >> well, it's interesting to hear a kennedy talking about integrity and morality and saying we need someone who is not craving the spotlight and power. a lot of those things if you turn them around could be said about other members of that fame plea through the years. if you set that to the side it is a fascinating conversation we're about to witness in a couple of minutes here because this is highly anticipated. you have these constituents including one represented by the

woman, the sound bite you played supporter of his. there are a lot of especially women in this country who view him as something of an oracle when it comes to health and nutrition and see something is broken about our healthcare system. about our health generally in this country and view him as the next move forward in terms of real progress and that is a constituency that i think trump and his team see as valuable and why they got together with rfk in the political sense and rewarded him with this very significant nomination. so that's not a group thrive -- the most popular nominee is rchg junior. you have public sentiment there as well. but on the flip side you will hear some really tough questions about vaccines. the statements that kennedy has made through the years.

and then on the right abortion absolutely going to be on the able. he has taken a very progressive far left position on that issue for years. does he really believe all of those things? would he pursue those types of policies as the secretary in that realm? one thing people haven't talked about is his vocal support for single payer government-run healthcare. that's against every conservative. that would be his domain if confirmed in this position. i know president trump has said don't worry about his environmentalism. he will stay in his lane. in his lane very much includes abortion, single payer and other things beyond vaccines that i think a lot of conservatives will be curious to hear about from him. >> bill: langford, the senator from oklahoma is concerned about the abortion thing. senator cassidy from louisiana, republican, doctor also and has concerns about vaccines. wall street editorial board here

we go. why rfk, jr. is dangerous to public health. made millions from referring clients to trial lawyers and mass tort litigation. we'll see when the questions come up how he answers them. the idea about vaccines. here is what he is prepared to say. news report have claimed i'm anti-vaccine or anti-industry. i am neither. i am pro-safety. he will go on to say all of my kids are vaccinated. i believe vaccines have a critical role in healthcare. will that be enough to satisfy them? >> i think the line about all his kids being vaccinated is one that will resonate with at least skeptics and critics on the outside. that's not what we heard. we assume he was super anti-vax. we wouldn't guess his kids were vaccinated. that's a useful thing for him to talk about here. that being said, there is a digital and literal paper trail of many comments that he has made through the years on subjects like vaccines and other

health-related issues at the periphery that he will be challenged on because it is one thing to say in a confirmation hearing in a prepared statement. here is what i believe, here is the misinformation about me but you will believe not just republicans but certainly democrats will have chapter and verse, statements ready to go you said this on this day. do you still believe that? what did you mean by that. how does that jive with your worldview on these issues. things could get sticky for him and see how he has been prepared. he has been dealing with these critics and people who oppose him for years. he is very practiced at this. he is not new to the debate. some of the senators might feel like gotcha questions if they've got lined up for him. even if they are legitimate might stump him i wouldn't assume that. he has had microphones in his places and challenged on this

stuff for a long time. the question is will someone be able to break through and have a moment here today that could expose something where his confirmation could be in jeopardy. right now i'm not sure that it is particularly because as you heard in the alexandria statement she made earlier. the kennedy campaign around him, not the campaign but the people who are helping to guide this nomination have been reaching out to other side of the aisles. noises from bernie sanders and other people interested in rfk, jr. and possibly supporting him. it may not just be republican votes. >> dana: guy benson, you'll watch the hearing with us. he will be here to give commentary as we go along. >> bill: well done. thank you, guy. it will be interesting. president trump telling federal workers come back to the office for resign. his administration announcing a buy-out for those who refuse to

or do not want to return marking the first step of the president's plan to reshape the federal workforce. this will get interesting. peter doocy that's story live at the white house. good morning to you north lawn. hello. >> good morning, bill. this is doge in action. i spoke to somebody here at the white house a little while ago hoping to clarify some confusion about the buy-out email. not telling federal workers that they will still get paid if they want to continue working at home. it is telling federal workers that they can take a vacation or go on a cruise until the end of september. part of this email says if you resign under this program you will retain all pay and benefits regardless of your daily workload and will be exempted from all in-person work requirements until september 30th, 2025. instructions are simple. type the word resign into the body of this reply email, hit send. white house believes they can save $1 hundred billion taxpayer dollars. we will know how many take the

offer by next thursday. another big change from the white house. president trump is expected to sign an executive order to prohibit federal funding through k-12 schools that teach critical race theory or radical gender ideology. the pause on federal grants the president wants has also been paused now temporarily by a judge who ruled i do think there is a specter of harm. the white house insists that is not so. >> there are some bureaucrats in the federal government who tried to push out money, billions of dollars for wicked purposes that had to be frozen. if we hadn't stepped in, then billions more dollars as an example would have gone to left-wing ngos that fund and resettle illegal aliens and complicit in many cases in facilitating child trafficking. >> we do expect to see president trump here at the white house later on this afternoon signing the laken riley act.

the one that lets the feds deport any illegal immigrant arrested on any charge. >> bill: thank you. we'll watch it. we'll see what percentage sign up or whether or not it is even legal. peter doocy, thank you, more to come there in moments. >> dana: police on capitol hill arrest a man allegedly armed with molotov cocktail an knife. the man traveled to washington intending to kill defense secretary hegseth and mike johnson. he turned himself in to police at the doors of the capitol. the actions were specifically to depose these political offices and send a message. authorities say there were no injuries and there is no threat to public safety. >> don't come to the united states illegally. if you do come to the united states illegally you will be removed. >> bill: now those words proofing true. illegal migrants learning the lesson as they board a removal

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>> we're picking up the worst of the worst in this country making our streets so dangerous. we did encounter and incarcerate a tren de aragua member, one of the ring leaders, warrants for his arrest in colorado. one of those we saw on some of the video from that apartment building that they had taken over and had perpetuated so much violence there. >> bill: the new woman on the

job, kristi noem. this man is a member of the notorious venezuelan gang that began the face of migrant crime. federal agents and nypd arrested him yesterday as a continuing crackdown on migrants with criminal backgrounds. stand by for more. dana. >> dana: meanwhile on the ground daily migrant encounters are falling dramatically, dropping nearly 95% from the biden-harris white house and in the air fox news gets exclusive access on the latest removal flights heading to ecuador from el paso where we find brooke taylor. good morning. >> hi, dana. we got an exclusive look at this latest removal flight from here in el paso that took off yesterday to ecuador. these are illegal migrants already in border patrol custody. they broke the law and were found after they crossed the border illegally or they were found during smuggling during operations. >> how does it work?

are they handcuffed these migrants? >> fox news gets exclusive access into a c-17 military plane taking more than 80 illegal migrants in el paso back to ecuador where they are from. >> not today, not tomorrow, not next week. do not come to the united states and enter illegally. >> president trump delivered on his promises to use military resources to secure the southern border. your response to this narrative that these illegal migrants are coming from these neighborhood sweeps and law abiding citizens. >> it's against the law to be in the united states illegally under title 8uc this, 1825. >> using military aircraft is new. this is the second largest plane the air force has and fit 80 of these illegal migrants, border patrol says the message is if you come into the united states illegally you will be sent back to your home country. border patrol says these c-17s are a huge asset to quickly get

illegal migrants back to their home countries. >> we're sending the message if it takes you 30, 60, 90 days to come to the united states to illegally enter, once you are found removal under title eight you can be back in your home country in seven hours. >> and the pentagon says that their goal is to help deport more than 5,000 illegal migrants that will already in border patrol custody here in el paso and also the san diego sector, dana. >> dana: brooke taylor, thank you so much. >> bill: a lot to talk about, too. white house press secretary karoline leavitt with us today. appreciate your time. let's get right to it. tom homan last night with jesse is not happy. watch. >> are you satisfied, tom homan, with the pace of migrant deportations? >> no. we have to do more. we have to open that aperture up

which we are going to do. a great start but we aren't finished and we need more deportations, a lot more deportations. that's what we're working on. sanctuary cities are difficult to operate in. >> bill: he says two things. sanctuary cities are difficult to operate in. the other thing says we have to do more. is the white house giving him all the resources that tom homan is looking for now? >> president trump has used every lever of his executive power to insure that we can secure the border and launch this large mass deportation operation. i would echo the comments of my colleague mr. homan. while this has been a great start, we will not get complacent. the previous administration allowed tens of millions of illegal people into the interior of our country and president trump has promised the american people that he is going to deport those individuals. so every single day this administration is empowering law

enforcement agents on the ground across our country to do their jobs, to work with federal law enforcement officers and cbp and ice to deport heinous illegal criminals from american communities. we also will need more funding from congress when it comes to detention and deportation efforts. that's something president trump has made very clear to our allies on capitol hill as well. >> dana: karoline no binder leavitt, which is an impressive feat and quite a contrast indeed. listen to blue city mayors. they want to give ice the run around, watch. >> we are in intense and scary times for so many of our community members and federal government can implement their laws and we are not -- we are not forced to participate in their actions. >> what this administration is

attempting to do, he is attempting to get us to surrender our humanity. we aren't going to do that in chicago. >> dana: karoline, later today i understand president trump will sign other executive order to combatant i semitism and go into the cities and on campuses. what can you tell us about that? >> well, first to respond to the democrat mayors that you just showed. i can't help being from new england myself to comment on the fact that mayor wu is a very unpopular mayor in boston. the people of boston if you actually talk to them want this administration to move into that city and secure it and deport illegal criminals from their communities, which ice boston has done. i noted one of those instances yesterday in my briefing of an illegal immigrant who has been convicted of rape that ice boston has recently removed. every day of this administration is focused on making american communities safer. democrat mayors should be

inclined to help this administration do that. that's what their constituents want. as for what president trump is signing at the white house today, it is a very big day here at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. the president will be signing the laken riley act into law this afternoon. it was a bipartisan bill that addresses one of the many failures that led to the disturbing murder of beautiful young laken. her family will be at the white house today in her honor. the president is very proud and excited to sign this bipartisan piece of legislation. he also will sign executive orders addressing school choice, ending funding for public schools that support critical race theory and other divisive measures in their curriculums and as for anti-semitism, the president will also be signing an executive order to address that as well. >> bill: 2:00 this afternoon. can you confirm that? if so, we'll cover it live in between all this confirmation hearings.

you opened your hearing yesterday talking about drones in new jersey. and you made a statement that left me wondering because you said there were authorized by the faa for research and various other reasons. what are the various other reasons for the faa. >> the various other reasons i pointed out as well in terms of what the drones were doing. recreational drones, hobbyists, private individuals that enjoy flying drones and once there was curiosity about the drones, then other folks that own drones i guess were inclined to fly their drones as well so it led to an increase of the sightings the people of new jersey were seeing. as president trump told me to make it very clear at the podium yesterday this was not the enemy. these were simply hobbyists and faa doing these drones for research. >> dana: so everyone can breathe a sigh of relief on that. you talked about it yesterday, peter doocy gave us on update on the call to offer buy-outs to federal workers, senator tim

kaine is in virginia. a lot of federal workers from virginia. he said this. watch. >> the president has no authority to make that offer. if you resign in the next week, we are going to pay you for doing nothing for the next seven months. don't be fooled. he has tricked hundreds of people with that offer. if you accept that offer and resign, he will stiff you just like he stiffed the contractors. >> dana: there are 2 million federal employees acrows the country. can you clarify whether people will be able to get the money? kane is claiming that even if you do take this offer you won't get paid through september 30th. how do you respond? >> first of all he questioned president trump's legal authority to do this and the president has the legal authority to tell federal workers that within the confines of the law and their contracts they have to show up to work. only 6% of the federal workforce in washington, d.c. actually shows up to the office. that's terrible. american workers, the middle

class who keep this government up and running with hard earned tax dollars have to show up to the office every day and president trump expects bureaucrats to do the same. if they don't like it they get a generous pay out. i think doge put out a tweet that's great that says they can have their long-awaited vacation if they wish for the next eight months. we'll insure that the federal office buildings in this city are filled with productive and excited workers. they will get paid. >> bill: last question, does kennedy have the votes to be confirmed yes or no? >> we believe so and we sure hope he does. he is a brilliant individual, highly spectate and will help president trump make america healthy again, a priority for tens of millions of americans at home. >> bill: the hearing starts in 30 minutes and we're waiting for it. thanks, appreciate it. >> bill: thank you for your time. >> there is no spine amongst

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you. first reported on fox. pete hegseth pulled the security detail for retired general mark milley and suspending his security clearance and launching an inquiry in his behavior . he retired in 2023 after serving as president of the joint chiefs of staff. he was an outspoken critic of the president during his final days as chairman and see if milley responds today. >> bill: senate so far has confirming six of president trump's cabinet picks. they are likely to vote on lee zeldin to lead the epa today. more high stakes hearings on the schedule starting out with rfk, jr. at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. chad pergram is live on the hill and has a read on where things stand as of now. >> as you say the senate has confirmed five of the six nominees with bipartisan support. the most challenging nominees

lie ahead. that starts today with the hearing for rfk, jr. director of national intelligence nominee tulsi gabbard gets a hearing tomorrow. also kash patel to head the f.b.i. these nominees could be hard to confirm. >> i feel confident on bobby and very confident on kash. i'm not as confident on my very good friend tulsi. she has to perform really well at the hearing. >> patel should score support from most, if not all senate republicans. confirming rfk, jr. is a jump ball. however, gabbard may be the toughest of the trio. >> i met with her. i had some questions going into the meeting. still have some questions. we'll have a hearing on thursday about her nomination and there are still issues we want to hear from her on. >> snow den come up? >> that will come up in the hearing. >> democrats are now targeting

another nominee they want to postpone confirming budget director nominee russ vought because of the administration's automatic freeze and loans. >> we'll continue to put heat on them so that they will not vote for vote plain and simple. they will bear the consequences on their backs for what they have done to their constituents. >> amid the confirmation fights u.s. capitol police arrested rian english of rhode island admitted to having two molotov cocktails and knives. charging documents say he wanted to kill defense secretary pete hegseth and house speaker mike johnson. >> bill: got him. good thing. thank you, chad pergram on the hill waiting for more from you. >> dana: let's bring in trey gowdy. and served in the house as well and former federal prosecutor.

one of the things we're watching this week amongst all these confirmations is the f.b.i. director nominee kash patel. the headline in the "new york times" wrote patel's loyalty to trump raises doubts over f.b.i.'s independence. you talked to kash patel last night. how he is feeling about the confirmation hearing tomorrow? >> you know, yeah, i talked to kash often. i worked side-by-side with kash for two years. i can promise you this, kash patel will be more fair to his opponents than they ever were to him including "the new york times." "the new york times" has been writing hit pieces on kash patel since the moment i met him. he told me something last night that says who he is. he is willing to meet with senators who will never vote for him. he knows they won't vote for him but that's exactly what kind of law enforcement officer you want. he will be fair to you no matter what. even if you don't want them to be fair to you, they are going

to be fair. the fact that kash patel would take and asked and seek meetings with people who will never, ever vote for him tells you what you need to know about him. his north star, dana, is fairness and look, "the new york times" has not liked him from the moment devin nunes memo came out and nice to see they are at least consistent. if wrong, they're consistent. >> dana: gallup has a poll rating the job being done by the f.b.i. and d.o.j. and it's upside down under water with kash patel if he gets confirmed needing to reverse that. what do you think he could do that could bring back some confidence in the f.b.i.? >> get back to what they used to do. car jennings, kidnappings. the f.b.i. i worked with is what they did. they investigated crime. fast forward to andy mccabe, lisa page, peter strock sitting

in an office plotting how to undue a duly elected president. an f.b.i. agent like peter strzok who said he could smell the supporters of a political opponent. i never had a political conversation with an f.b.i. agent. get back to carjackings, kidnappings. i think they ought to get out of the counter intelligence business and give it to someone else. go back to title 18. >> dana: that's an interesting. >> create a new entity. >> dana: you wouldn't put it in homeland? >> i think homeland has its hands full right now. i don't know homeland ought to have secret service. i think homeland is too big. i think there is a difference between stopping crime and investigating crime. the lines get blurry and the f.b.i. is so preoccupied with counter intelligence, including against a presidential candidate. i mean, when is the last time

the bureau made the news for a carjacking or kidnapping? they botched roof, they botched parkland high school. what have they got right lately? go back to what your mission is and let other people -- not the c.i.a., but go find someone like john ratcliffe to stop stuff in the u.s. john's job is outside the u.s. find someone to stop stuff inside the u.s. but not somebody like jim comey. he admitted he would have treated barack obama differently from the way he treated donald trump. that is not what you want in an f.b.i. director. >> dana: right. don't ask trey gowdy. he isn't saying the c.i.a. should investigate terrorism inside the united states. you were a smart guy, trey gowdy. i think you are great and love seeing you this morning. have a great day.

see you later. >> bill: breaking news from the hill. pam bondi now on her way to becoming the next attorney general voted out of committee favorably 12-ten the vote. she picked up one democrat, right? i guess we could argue that. maybe more along the way. stand by for more coming up on that. chairman grassley is allowing the rest of the senators to make comments inside that hearing room. speaking of hearings, 18 minutes away, rfk, don't move for that. the nation's report card is out showing american kids are struggling. where they've made gains and where they are falling behind. we'll tell you. watching the hill. senators getting ready to question the nominee. should be a good one, dana. we have been waiting weeks for this one. we'll bring it to you live as soon as it gets underway. more t . . it's more than cleaning. that's the thing we'll never forget. for belfor, it's your memories.

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>> dana: america's 2024 report card is out and the new data offers cause for hope but a lot of concerns, too. the good news is in math, students held steady or even made up some ground lost during the pandemic. bad news and reading scores are still dropping. not one state improved their eighth grade reading score. overall most students are performing below 2019 levels. i look forward to the hearing with linda mcmahon and at the department of education. when that happens i hope there is some democrats that say what are we doing about this now in louisiana they did see improve. if reading scores. what did they do? went back to the basics in terms of phonics and science of reading. that might be the key. >> bill: wonder if technology has -- ipad, computer, iphone all of it. inside this hearing room now. i don't believe rfk is in the room yet. in minutes he will be set to answer questions in his bid for health secretary. senators arriving there. want to bring in the fox news

contributor katie pavlich. we'll see how it goes. it will go on for hours and tomorrow interesting as well. i thought what tim walz said last night was pretty interesting. make a pivot and play it for you. watch. >> everybody is fatigued. it was pure hell and disappointment and frustration and i'm soul searching what could we have done to make the case. we knew this was coming and implications. they're throwing so much at us that we're fatigued. >> bill: i don't know how that sits. throwing so much at us, that's what the campaign does and if you've got good answers, then you should be able to fill in the blank. what did you think about what he said there? >> well, it reminded me of when we were at the dnc convention in chicago and how they just were trying so hard to force walz and harris on the american people.

they had just pushed joe biden off the campaign trail and everything just felt really inauthentic all the way down to the camouflage hats they gave out at the convention and tried to make him a normal guy because they were losing white men in a number of places they needed to win. when you look at the way that the campaign finished, you have president donald trump at mcdonalds having a great time. you still had these very staged events that the harris campaign was putting on not having access to the media, and all that came crashing down. when he talks about them throwing a lot at them, i would say it with as the opposite. democrats had exhausted all of their options against trump and therefore they had really nothing left at the end of the 2024 campaign cycle. they had gone after him in his first term with impeachments. they had gone after him with lawfare when he was out of office. they couldn't keep up with his policy positions because theirs were so far to the left and they

can't moderate because of the strangle hold the left has on their party. and so they had a hard time finding something that would stick against trump because they had used everything against him already. there wasn't a lot left in the tool box to take out and put to work. >> bill: one of the more ironic things about the convention, 20,000 people screaming the words to born in the usa by bruce springsteen for an administration who allowed how many millions to cross the border over a four-year period. where is kamala harris? we've been asking this question a lot. who is the the next leader? how do you see that developing? >> last time i saw her she was grocery shopping. maybe something she should have done while running for president so she had a better idea what americans were dealing with as a result of her policies with former president joe biden. but we're hearing that maybe she will run for governor of california. there is a lot of talk of people trying to get her to write a

book about the juicy details what went on in the lead-up to kicking joe biden off the campaign trail. democrats are having a difficult time figuring out who their next leader is. nancy pelosi is at the end of her career, far left running the younger generation in the party, which the american people voted against in every sector in the last election. and kamala harris has done this twice now. she tried to run for president the first time didn't get a single vote in the democratic primary. they pushed her into the vice presidency, try to run again and didn't go well. will they try to reinvent her for another time? and think the american people are interested? not sure that's going to work. >> bill: good to have you on today. as we await this hearing we'll see what we get today and into tomorrow as well with tulsi gabbard and kash patel. we're here for all of it.

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>> good morning. we heard cheers erupt from inside the hearing room as you watch there live as robert f. kennedy, jr. will be seated soon for the start of this hearing. this is before the senate finance committee. i have gotten questions from people asking why the finance committee, if this is a health position. among the numerous agencies that hhs oversees it includes the centers for medicare and medicaid services. a large portion of the budget. looks like senators here are getting in their places for the start of this hearing. this is a colossal job and the senators want to make sure robert f kennedy junior is ready to take it on. he wants to dispel misunderstandings with his position. they want clarification on vaccines, abortion and some of the financials that he has incurred with the work he has done at law firms that have gone after vaccine makers. there is a lot of that we'll be hearing today, questioning on statements he ha