went into a very frigid river and worked throughout the night. >> bret: d.c.'s mayor muriel bowser we want to take a moment to recognize the tireless and heroic efforts of the first responders to last night's tragedy on the potomac river. 300 first responders were on scene dealing with those frigid waters, desperately searching for signs of life and now remains. when tragedy struck, they answered the call. so a salute to you all. tomorrow on "special report," president trump's designated special envoy for ukraine in russia retired army lt. general keith kellogg on the trump administration approach going forward to the war in ukraine. he's going to speak to the president about that. he will speak to us. you can see that here on "special report." thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. as always. we have got you covered, fair, balanced and still unafraid. "the ingraham angle" starts now. >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight. "the washington post" is

reporting that 24 hours before last night's tragedy, that killed 67 americans, another jet had to abort its first landing after a helicopter appeared near its flight path. so, america is shocked to learn that the u.s. military dozen u.s. flight training missions so close to a busy commercial airport. >> fire command, the accident happened in the river. both the helicopter and the plane crashed in the river. >> laura: and fireworks on the hill today as democrats rant and rave against trump nominees, including fbi pick kash patel. >> that's a "yes" or "no" question. >> i'm not aware of this, senator. >> we, we, we. you're part of the we, right? >> laura: an operation return to sender is getting even more pushback. >> because you're not an alien in our city, you're a neighbor. >> laura: dhs secretary kristi noem is here tonight to react.

first, we are learning new details about that deadly crash that happened just outside reagan international airport reagan national airport between a passenger jet and black hawk. learning details that one of the data recorders from the american airlines flight was recovered. fox news mark meredith is in the potomac park near the crash site. a lot of stuff breaking late tonight. >> laura, it sure is the big headline as you just mentioned one of the black boxes data recorders the american acials yet coming from congressional sources have been demanding answers all day long from federal investigators about what happened i brought up such a good point that this airport in d.c. is used by so many in washington including those who serve in congress so they are very interested to know exactly what happened. however, the ntsb says it's way too soon to jump to any sort of conclusions here because there are so many pieces of this puzzle that they are simply trying to piece together. video taken last night showing reagan airport also shows the

moment of impact is that crj 700 was colliding with the army black hawk helicopter. the sikorsky that happening about 8:47 last night. search is still underway for debris that would may have floated away from where the majority of this cash was. but as investigators have said today, they know that this is going to take some time to figure out. preliminary report still at least a month away. and it's only one piece of the puzzle. >> i'm going to say if you needd to give us time. it's not that we don't have information. we do have information. we have data. we have substantial amounts of information. we need to verify information. we need to take our time to make sure it is accurate. american airlines has dispatched its crisis team as well as its ceo to washington. we have not gotten a passenger manifesto. more people tied to the u.s.

figure skating community on board as well as students from a school district just outside d.c. >> what happened yesterday shouldn't have happened. it should not have happened and when americans take off in airplanes. they should expect to land at their destination. >> we're learning more about some of the people who were piloting the aircraft cadet the blackhawks crew chief husband and father. heard from some of them who knew him in georgia his time junior rotc as well as the rifle team. we are learning about sam lylely. he was the first officer on flight 5342. weighs planning his wedding, laura, and began flying in 2019 like his army veteran father. and these stories, lo laura are going to keep coming out as we learn about each of the 67 people killed last night. hear. so air traffic continued to flow in and out of the airport. not like we have heard on a normal night. haven't seen helicopters above.

so much less air traffic tonight as investigators piece together what happened. >> laura: it is heart shattering, mark, thank you so much. these are crushing losses for families across the country and all the way to russia. all of us want to know how this could have happened. 67 americans dead and others born in other countries but one of the busiest airports in the country. i fly out of it all the time. everyone around here does it's just a few miles from the white house and the capitol so, again, is it really necessary for military aircraft to conduct nighttime practice runs so close to the layperson that seems, i don't know, really i'm sorry but it sounds stupid. and, of course, the obvious questions like why didn't the black hawk pilot heed the flight warning? but then the other question did he even receive it? or was it even transmitted to him or did it come on another channel? and then what was the staffing like in the tower?

were there enough eyes on the skies? but there is disturbing new information out tonight that may shed light on the situation. the "new york times" was first to report that the staffing at reagan during that time of night in the tower was, quote, not normal, an internal faa report with revealing many unsettling facts but perhaps this is the most disturbing. the controller who was handling helicopters in the airport's vicinity wednesday night was also instructing planes that were landing and departing from its runways. those jobs are typically assigned to two controllers rather than one. so, let that sink in for a minute. should we asoon that since the controller shortage exists coast to coast all across the country controller shortages in the towers that, these controllers nationwide are now doing double duty under extreme pressure? with thousands of lives on the line every day. more from the report.

this increases the workload for the air traffic controller and can complicate the job. one reason is that the controllers can use different radio frequencies to communicate with pilots flying planes and pilots flying helicopters. while the controller is communicating with pilots of the helicopter, and the jet, the two sets of pilots may not be able to hear one another. okay, this is insane. reagan national last night was nearly a third below targeted staff levels we read again, until they find and analyze all the black boxes, we won't know what caused this crash it's also worth remembering that along with a staffing problems are the upticks in the numbers of close calls on runways and near mid-air collisions just a few weeks ago we had one. this has spurred warnings from aviation experts that would only be a matter of time before

tragedy struck. >> we have current and former air traffic controllers telling the miami's that close calls were happening so frequently they are really stared it's only a matter of time until a deadly crash occurs. we don't want to stair people out there. let them know this is going on behind the scenes. >> clearly this is a job where there is no room for error. and even if we have the best of the best in place, which we should, we exant expect them to handle double the workload. the new trump administration fixing this mess getting the faa back to a singular focus. which is its primary mission to keep our skies safe. not to keep the workplace diverse. >> i went into a meeting and i was the junior -- most junior person there and looked around the table and it was full of women. and that's when i really realized this is an agency that can empower women and grow them and make -- and have them become

leaders. >> all that nonsense, diversity, that has to go. back to common sense. these air traffic controllers should be hired and paid extremely well and the towers, they should be well-staffed. excellence all around. joining me now scott pa tio, retired commercial airline pilot felony into ronald reagan washington national airport several times and michael pearson aviation attorney law professor. scott, i will start with you. your reaction to this new reporting that another plane had to abort landing at reagan a day before because of a helicopter? >> it's not surprising, laura because the pilots are trained in situations like this where they continue to press down: the captain will command a go around if though see something that is questionable at any

moment. it's not surprising but as you mentioned the frequency of these are going to continue to happen as industry continues to push more and more capacity at these airports and more and more system at breaking point training. we got a lot of inexperienced pilots out there coming along. and getting trained and getting up to speed. but, the breaking point is approaching, last night it was absolutely tragic. from an aviation professional, our hearts our prayers and condolences and thoughts are with the victims. and first responders and the controllers in the tower. just absolutely tragic and i'm afraid until the system gets fixed, it's going to continue. >> again, michael, it's not like this hasn't been -- we haven't had near mid-air collisions and runway collisions.

this has been going on for years. and we call them nmacs. that's a warning sign that someone either made a mistake or there is a flaw in the system. and, again, the "new york times" is reporting that the controller who was handling the helicopter was also instructs the planes at the same time. so, again, i already made note of this but i'm raising it again because they are already overstretched in the tower and now they are doing double duty? scott, take a swing at that one. >> oh, that's a hard miss, laura. >> laura: michael, i'm sorry, michael for that one. michael, go ahead. >> no worries, hi, laura. this is a preventable disaster. this is -- the system has been

under attack due to dei and the faa bowing to wokeness since 2010. since the obama administration. the lack of staffing is directly attributable to the obama administration. turning the list of eligible statements and 36 universities across the country and 2013. because they were too white. the faa also at the same time, implemented an immunity program. so, you think you're seeing legitimate statistics, you're not. in the old days, before 2010 the immunity program, air traffic controller got two airplanes too close too many times it would be dessert find and retrained. now, they're not. all they have to do within 48 hours of being noticed or investigated for a potential separation error called operational error the controller simply has to avail themselves

of this program that gives them immunity. and when i say immunity, i mean immunity. the faa cannot retrain these people. if somebody has a repetitive instance of malfeasance or lack of competency, the faa, because of this immunity program cannot rectify the situation. they have to basically allow the person to remain in the same position. it's very, very difficult for the faa to retrain a controller and it's attributed to, quite frankly, the union and the faa working together to basically use this program to jerry man der the statistics of near mid-air collisions you are absolutely correct is that a problem in the skies? you have the issue of the understaffed towers, the issue of some diversity element to this. we don't know fully how much it impacted this if at all.

we do know that's clearly an under current at the very least here. and a lot of people retiring. they are like i'm not doing this anymore. >> that's tragic to lose that experience level at a time right now where the hiring in the airlines is very, very robust and they're bringing in people as quickly as they can and to lose the experience at air traffic control levels and the airlines as well with the mandatory retirements of pilots such an early age when there is a still a lot of life in them contribute. the mandatory requirement impacts that as well. never aspect of this, laura, is the antiquated in the airlines and across the industry, the minimum equipment list that in a lot of cases was developed years and years ago before the separation standards begun to be reduced to such levels as they are today, and the system was never intended to handle the separation -- the continued reduce separations we are

looking at. coupled with the ant quaked equipment and poor training of the controllers is just tough. >> laura: the trump -- we are going to have you both back. there are so many elements to this. and so many layers to it. i don't want to give it short sharif. we touched on it tonight. when we have a tragedy like this we realize as a nation we need leadership. today we saw pete hegseth. sean duffy, new transportation secretary. they were just sworn in days ago and, of course, president trump, everybody was front and center still not filled, still waiting for votes on several important roles. >> we want fast confirmations taking too long. we are struggling to give people

struggling to get them out faster. we want them out faster. >> laura: joining me now lara trump, former rnc co-chair. laura, any delay to me at this point is ludicrous. today just reminded us of that american people made it clear they want donald trump in that white house and want a team of people alongside of him who are going to be able to assist him and get it done we saw secretary of defense pete hegseth and sean duffy out there. 15 hours after this horrific incident that you had the president of the united states two important members of his team alongside him able to talk to the american people. able to give them all the information that they had at that moment but also able to say we are going to get to the bottom of this.

we are not going to let this go on for years and years. we're going to work quickly and we are going to get answers for the american people and for these families who have been so devastated in the past 24 hours. and you need to really take this into consideration when you look at the people he's trying to get confirmed. we need a robust government. we need them to work alongside donald trump, you are right, laura, anyone who is delaying that for the reason of politics ought to be ashamed of themselves. >> laura: well, the president took a lot of heat today. that's to put it mildly, for bringing up the issue of dei when, you know, the folks out there we just need the consoler and chief. we need information, not speculation. but he wasn't pulling that from thin air. i want to show everyone what biden's faa deputy administrator had to say back in 2023. watch. >> we need a diverse group of air traffic controllers to bring distinct perspectives to handle

the ever-changing aerospace landscape. i'm calling on students and alumni from hvcus, historic serving institutions and tribal colleges to apply now we need a diverse next generation workforce. >> laura, i think people today go why does that have anything to do with confidence to secure our safety in the skies? >> yeah and your previous guest just dictated the fact that we have these universities at one time the best training air traffic controllers and many of them are no longer functioning because they were apparently too white. that's outrageous. you had donald trump today sign a presidential memorandum and shocking he had to do it. this shows you, laura, where we are in the grand scheme of things in america to say that we ought to base hirings off of competence and merit that's it.

>> laura: a novel concept. >> laura: you look at the way that this sort of stuff has impacted our society, and, obviously, it's been a huge problem. obviously it's negative. when you are hiring someone for any other reason then you are doing a disservice to the public. we want the best people. we want the most competent people. and we should never be hiring anyone for any job other than the best person for that job. that should be the number one reason. >> laura: all right, laura, as always, thank you very much. and ahead shaking up the deep state. battle pick with the dems on capitol hill. oh, yeah, fireworks.r 17 ♪ states. our economic partnership keeps millions of americans working. we're here, right by your side. [title: ontario, canada] [title: ontario.ca/partner] [title: paid for by the government of ontario]

>> kash patel, president trump's choice to head the fbi is compared off democrats on capitol hill today and remember, cory booker and company, all the liberals on the committee, they need a narrative to set and it's about the vendetta. >> are you aware of any plans or discussions to punish in any way, including termination, fbi agents or personnel associated with trump investigations? >> senator, just to be clear, i did not participate in any of those doj decisions. >> sir, that's a "yes" or "no" question. are you aware of any plans or discussions to punish fbi agents

or personnel associated with trump investigations? yes or no? >> i'm not aware of. >> thank you. >> senator. >> laura: that went on and on and on. and tulsi gabbard had to face the usual smear machine. >> it appears to me you have repeatedly excused our adversary's worst actions. instead, often blamed them on the united states and those very allies. for example, you blamed nato for russia's 2022 invasion of ukraine. i don't know if your intent in making those statements was to defend those dictators or if you were simply unaware of the intelligence and how your statements would be per received. in either case it raises serious questions about your judgment. >> oh. >> laura: oh, so serious, joining me now utah senator mike lee. senator, let's start with kash patel. the democrats are very worried about him. you saw the vendetta narrative

beaten to death today by several of the senators how did patel fair under this fuselage of questioning? >> kash patel knocked it out of the park. the senate 14 years judiciary committee the entire time. i don't think i have seen nominee facing so many headwinds perform so masterfully, handled himself so flawlessly as cattle patel did today. they threw everything at them they had. and every single time he proved up to the tank. here's the thing, laura, so much pearl clutching going on here. so many people looked the other way the last four years of a campaign of politically motivated lawfare underway wreaking havoc on the american constitutional form of government not a peep out of him. not a worry in the world about the political weaponization of the fbi. now you have got somebody coming in promising to clean it up and they hate him for it. they're irate about the fact that somebody is going to be

doing that they are the ones now panicked about lawfare when kash patel all awrong has said it's wrong and not going to engage in it and they don't want to take question for an answer. >> laura: then you had susan collins who is going to vote no not most but a lot of trump's picks, at least the controversial ones, and she brought up the issue of hezbollah. let's watch. >> there has been speculation in the press that you met with hezbollah, a terrorist organization affiliated with iran. have you ever knowingly met with any members, leaders, or affiliates of hezbollah? >> no, and it is an absurd accusation. >> laura: that continued, those types of questions as well from democrats and a few republicans. senator, people are wondering whether that nomination is going to get through. what's your call?

look i don't know whether it will or not. i don't serve on the intel committee. i haven't had a chance to review the tape yet. but here's what do i know. tulsi gabbard is a hero. she is a patriot. she is a lt. colonel. one who, by the way, until has maintained her security clearance throughout the entirety of the biden administration. so for all these biden lovers who are now wondering whether they can trust tulsi gabbard with america's national secrets, they never raised a peep during the biden administration about that. why are they so panicked now? >> all right. >> i can't speak for any individual but i do know this. they fear her because she stands with the american people and not with the intel bros. >> i'm going to say it again overturn the rocks and all the creepy crawlies are going to crawl out and people are going to see what really happened here. they don't want that. senator, thank you. when we come back, liberals blocking ice from actually arresting criminals. >> so, is is the trump administration actually going to make good on the threat to arrest them?

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>> laura: why are democrats still putting illegal immigrants first? >> i want to speak directly to people who are undocumented. we love you. we care about you. we will do anything in our power to help because you are not an alien in our city. you are a neighbor. >> we welcome all individuals and families who want to work, live, and thrive here in our beloved city. >> within our domain, we are very clear. we don't ask about immigration status. >> laura: looks like a billion people want to go to minnesota. i hope they are ready maybe they should care a little bit because, if they did their cities would be a lot safer. and thanks to the trump administration they 8 be.

caesar from the dominican republic was just picked up by ice after getting paroled in massachusetts. he was serving a life sentence for killing his pregnant girlfriend. now there is edgar delacruz a mexican national and convicted child rapist. and an ethiopian national and convicted sex offender, weighs arrested in new orleans. more than 5500 criminal aliens arrested since trump took office. where are they led? well, gitmo. joining me now kristi noem, secretary of homeland security. secretary nome, thank you for joining us. how soon will gitmo be ready? we floated this idea a couple nights ago because obviously he had this all the haitian refugees there. how soon will the facility be ready to take in illegals. >> won't take very long at all. we already have some dangerous criminals that are illegal aliens. so, the facilities can be set up quickly. they are have the space. we got to get to work.

>> laura: what do you think of these officials from blue cities like minneapolis, saint paul, that are essentially saying don't even think about worrying, we got you to the aliens? >> they are not taking care of their people. clearly we want to come in and help make their streets safer. it was amazing to me the other morning when i was in new york city. it was 5:00, 6:00 in the morning. the community members were walking past us on the streets and saying thank you. thank you for being here. thank you for getting these folks out of these apartment buildings, these dangerous criminals. they are walking their kids to school at 7:00 in the morning. i can't imagine doing that when these drug dealers and weapons dealers and rapists and murderers were on the street. >> laura: got 15 million at least people to remove from the country. >> right. >> laura: 5500 a lot of bad people in that group. but that pace is going to have to be picked up by about 15 fold in order to remove that many people. do you that? >> we can we're going to need partnerships and we have a lot of folks coming out of

retirement that want to be art path these task forces. retired sheriffs, law enforcement officers, a lot of folks coming back because of what president trump has done to inspire them to be a part of keeping america safe. >> to that point, madam secretary, we have these blue city mayors and i want you to hear from brandon johnson about whether they are going to comply. if you go to the trouble of subpoena to pick up a child sex offender, this is his response. >> this oversight committee of all the things that they want to have site over, they should look at the white house right now. that white house is being ran in one of the most raggedy forms of government that i have ever seen. >> laura: being ran -- okay. looks like some of these mayors aren't going to comply with any subpoenas. and president trump, i believe you said there will be repercussions. are you all going to follow through and what are those repercussions going to be? >> we are still going into their communities. >> laura: how about with the officials that interfere with

federal law enforcement? >> they will. but the federal government has the authority to go in and to make their communities safer, especially these that are perpetuating dangerous. >> laura: what about these officials that get in your way? there will be repercussions for them personally. >> sanctuary cities their laws have caused us problems. they are limiting some of our tools that we want continue to go in and use our operations and then show another cities how it's worked people in community need to hear how their mayors, elected officials are protecting the criminals. >> will you go after them personally? i'm going to ask for the third time? i'm asking a question because i expect an answer will i go after individual mayors who are saying essentially they are going to thwart federal authority? you guys have the authority over immigration enforcement, they don't. >> listen, laura, nobody is above the law. that's up to president trump. he gives us the direction. i don't sit here and make up a decision on what i do. i follow the law that's my job. we treat everybody the same in

this country now that we have president trump in the white house. and is he going to give us direction on how we are going to go after these individuals. >> laura: you were up north in new york. >> vermont today and on the canadian border talking about some of the challenges we have h i think most people are worried that we are going to steal resources from the northern foward secure the southern border that's not what we're going to do. >> laura: seal is it all down. you have your work cut out for you and being watched every step of the way. a damning new report show how democrats have made our kids dumber. vivek ramaswamy has it and that's next.i'm ♪

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♪ >> to the many transgender students across the country listening on this trans day of visibility, we at the biden-harris administration want you to know that we see you. >> so the argument with books like this, you are meaning to indoctrinate young people into being gay. >> that's the argument. if that's was true i would be a very hungry caterpillar. >> i'm a proud product of public education. >> we tried to warn everyone that the left was wrecking education, thank you so much for from woke educators who learn more about pronouns than performance to extended covid shutdowns that rob kids of

learning. reading comprehension skills across the country are hitting all-time lows according to the nation's report card for 8th grade reading scores, not a single state had an increase 8 states saw a decrease in reading comprehension including illinois. the news for fourth graders that's no better. test scores reveal only 31% are reading at grade level and, yeah, that's lower than before covid. now, this brain rot is a national emergency. we need to fix. this and that requires a return to basics and cut the fat and eliminate harmful influences in our schools. request that goal in mind president trump issued executive order k through 12 public schools race money on radical gender ideology. founding member of doge, vivek, great to see you. this is such a disturbing but i guess not surprising report what

can be done to turn this tragedy around. >> the fact of the matter is it is even worse. 70% are not math proficient according to national standards. 26 out of 38 in developed countries. kids in other countries where english is not even their first language beating our own students on english proficiency. i think speaking as an american and as a parent myself, that's unacceptable. president trump is leading the way, i think that's great at the federal level, shut down that department of education and give the money back to the states. but then it's going to have to be the states that lead the way in improving education. merit-based pay for teachers. something we don't do today. universal school choice. so everybody is able to achieve the best education starting at early age and then, laura, i think more deeply, lighting a fire under the feet of our educational culture. not teaching our kids to be victims but to be victors. rewarding excellence instead of victimhood. i think that's a cultural change we need in our educational system, too. if we don't fix it, china is

going to be eating our lunch if they already aren't. >> you retweeted another tweet today that i caught vivek on how china has soviet education approach really based on competition that competition is good for you but, in our schools, competition is seen as this kind of some ways dangerous because it hurts people's self-esteem and got rid of class ranking in a lot of schools. including some of the ones i'm very familiar with. and i mean that's just lowering the bar for kids i think we need a return to the true american system, based on achievement in winning. fewer participation trophies, more championship trophies in every area of life from sports to the arts to music. but, yes, also to math and science and reading. and i am worried. i think this is in the long run, laura, i don't think i'm exaggerating when i say this.

this is a national security risk to the future of the united states. >> laura: absolutely. >> if we have a entire generation exeend dependent on china unacceptable the woke left is responsible for a lot of. this you and i have been critics in that direction. will you it goes beyond that, too. where we got to light that fire under the feet of a generation. and teach them achievement is actually worth working for. hard work is an american virtue and that doesn't start in college. doesn't even start in high school. it starts young. and so president trump leading that way with culture but take the states lift us up. >> laura: your family has been unbelievable example in that regard. great to see you. ahead, the reason why democrats want to stop r.f.k. jr. what is the real reason? dr. drew pinsky has a theory and he is next. ♪

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hot seat today facing off against lawmakers that are in the pocket of big pharma. >> birnie, the problem of corruption is not just in the federal agencies khaki it is in congress. almost all of the members of this panel are accepting, including yourself, are accepting millions of dollars from the pharmaceutical industry and are accepting their interest. >> i ran for president like you. i got millions and millions of contributions. they did not come from the executives. >> birnie was the single largest acceptor of pharmaceutical dollars. >> no. >> 1.5 million. >> out of 200 million. >> laura: according to open secrets, big pharma spent more than $293 million on lobbying both parties. got more than 25 million to senators and congressmen just in 2024. joining me now is structured through, host of ask dr. drew on rumble, great to see you. this is in just one party here.

i want you to tell us why this influx of money from big pharma and the politics may be causing some of the public's distrust of the way this hearing has unfolded. >> there is no doubt that it is causing it. it is really not a mite. and it is coming in many different zones. we have advertising on television. not because they expect to sell products, these are obscure antibodies. it is so that they can control the media is the customer of the particular media outlet. they are just contributing, as birnie says, to campaigns. are you kidding? just contributing? i can't accept a pen from a pharmaceutical company, they cannot walk into my office because of the belief that it would adulterate my prescribing practices. but they can accept millions of dollars. and then the fda has a terribly

cozy relationship with pharma. people moving from pharma back to the fda and back again to the pharmaceutical agencies in multimillion dollar positions. this is absolutely outrageous. and finally the major medical journals themselves, this is something rfk jr. has told me he will go after right away, also have adult reading influences of money from the pharmaceutical companies during covid. we did not see one publication or medical journal that ran afoul of the narrative being pushed by the government and by the pharmaceutical agencies. this is really a problem. >> laura: they did not dare cross anthony fauci. and the people who did raise questions like my late friend, they basically -- and one way or another, put him on notice. the top cardiologist in the washington, d.c., area, "never forget what they did to him. and the kentucky senator raised questions about vaccines and

babies. watch. >> you're telling my kid to take a hepatitis b vaccine who was 1-day-old. you get it through drug use and sexually transmitted. it is not all or nothing. i chose to wait on my hepatitis b vaccine and did it when we went to school. does that make me an awful person because i questioned the government dictate? >> he is sitting there next to the senator who said tonight that he is struggling to vote to confirm rfk jr. because of his responses on weather vaccines can cause autism. he would not disavow old comments because i think he is focused on the number of vaccines that are given at one time. so cassidy maybe out, i know that's not a big surprise coming from someone like him. but dr. drew, what should we know about this unknowing controversy? >> there's so much to know about this. rand paul brings up exactly -- the exact right point which is why must it be the save the

lord, why can't these decisions be made between a patient, family and the physician? as it pertains to hepatitis b, i've worked with 10,000 drug addicts, i didn't see one hepatitis b. i saw plenty of hepatitis c. there about 7000 cases a year. is that why we must vaccinate every single child in the country as they emerge from the birth canal? this is the world health organization mandating that, essentially in the name of equity. look, we have a problem. we have a problem here with people being able to practice medicine without government overreach, without families being able to be presented the proper risk analysis, risk/reward of what's being presented to them because doctors are afraid to speak. this is changing. rfk said it himself today. he has the unique set of talents because of his career of litigating these regulatory agencies. he is uniquely positioned to unravel the adulterating influences that we have been discussing. i have known him for a while, i

work with his campaign. i just kept saying this man needs to be in washington so that we can restore the trust in the public health organizations which have been deeply adulterated. >> jesse: so senator, again khaki has run afoul of president trump many times in his agenda. you voted with the democrats on ridiculous bills that he should not have and it is infuriating. but we are struggling to confirm him. i'm still just trying to understand why the people of louisiana would appreciate that kind of resistance from a senator whose estate voted overwhelmingly in favor of a common self s common sense agenda on health, hiring and government bloat, wars, on all of this stuff. so again, it seems like a reflexive response without any real coherent thought, dr. drew. and this is really across the old establishment. that has frankly taken in a lot of money over the years from big pharma.

>> yes, they are afraid to let go of the reins. and it is reflexive. if there's anything president trump suggests, they push against it. and you are right, common sense is what the american people are asking for. listen. if ford motor company was told listen, you can go ahead and produce cars, there will be normal liability for all your construction except the mustang. the mustang kaik we believe that one out. that's we have done with vaccines. it does not make sense. >> jesse: >> laura: it does not. always great to spend time with you, think so much. that's it for us tonight, make sure to follow me on social media were be continued to pray for all of the families of the victims of this horrific crash. it hits close to home here in washington and across this country. thank you for watching. member is america now and forever, jesse takes it from here. >> jesse: welcome to "jesse watters primetime". tonight...