a lawyer, a lobbyist asked xavier who moved to remove all age limits for gender reassignment drugs and surgery. but no alarm? what qualifications are there for that one? you are not terrified of that? i mean this is absolutely grandstanding, shenanigans. to be with your party. and i really don't think it is forgivable and i don't think people will forget it. >> laura: it is insanity. we are going to have you back just for health and wellness tips, okay? we will go really practical with you i hope next time you join us, think you so much. that is it for us tonight, don't forget to tune in tomorrow night, 7:00 p.m. eastern for my exclusive with rfk jr. it will be the first after the senate votes on his nomination -- >> carley: key trump nominees front and center starting with

r.f.k. as heech secretary. and confirmation hearing for linda mcmahon. and president trump vows to dismantle what she could lead. >> todd: and india's prime minister today and munich security conference pushing abroad. >> carley: how it will help the agency slash government funding and save taxpayers money. you are watching "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. we start with brooke singman. >> brooke: good morning, prime minister modi arrive ing and hoping to avoid a trade war. india plans to cut tariffs which

could boost american exports to india and expected to propose increased energy from the u.s. india is our largest trade partner we have a trade deficit ins india's favor and president trump accused the country of being a big abuzer on trade. the two will talk this out this afternoon in the oval office. in upper yoo, trump administration is making its mark. we have pete hegseth arriving in brussels this morning for nato meetings. >> my job as defense secretary working alongside nato is to be sure this alliance are strong and robust as possible to deter any future aggression on the continent. that is our role and that is what we'll continue to do. >> brooke: pete hegseth will head to munich tomorrow and be joined by vice president j.d.

vance who just wrapped up in paris at global ai summit. >> todd: they are working. >> carley: i don't know about a vacation. >> todd: the senate will vote on r.f.k. jr. to serve as health and human services secretary. >> carley: there is a lot going on. doug luzader will break it down for us. good morning, doug. >> doug: a lot of movement today. r.f.k. jr. to head department of health and human services. he is expected to win full senate confirmation today despite concern about his prior views on vaccine, he is promising to make america healthy again. next up, kash patel to head up the fbi. we think he will move along to full senate vote and democrats accuse him of trying to

orchestrate purge at the fbi. finally, fireworks likely as linda mcmahon appears for confirmation hearing. democrats and teachers unions are hoping to derail her. >> we will stand up to mcmahon and every other anti-public education politician. [cheering] >> elected or appointed or anointed. we're not going to let them destroy the department of education. >> i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. and i wish i was here under different circumstances. i'm pissed off. our public education in america is under attack. >> doug: just released minutes ago, here is what mcmahon is expected to say at her hearing. if confirmed the department will

not stand by while jewish students are discriminated against and it will protect rights of parents to direct morale education of their children. department of education will face scrutiny with many republicans, including president, talking about eventual elimination. >> carley: the president wants mcmahon to put herself out of a job, we'll see how that folds. crisis at federal border. dea arresting people in colorado including 10 suspects who officials say are some of the state's worst drug criminals. those suspects were handed over to ice and will likely face deportation. several of them are members of tren de aragua. dea says they will trafficking weapons and drugs like fentanyl. and three airlines asking trump

administration to abandon biden era review over whether they must compensate passengers for flight disruptions. they are arguing it would increase airline cost and ticket prices. airlines do not need incentive to provide -- >> todd: and bryan kohberger so sounding the alarm on unidentified blood. two samples found, one on hand rail and another on a glove with source of both in question, his defense attorney is arguing it could mean bryan kohberger is not connected to the crime. detectives are noting bryan kohberger dna was found on the knife found at the scene. his trial gens august 11. if found guilty, he could face death penalty.

this is wild. democrats in frenzy in firs doge committee labeling elon musk as an evil man trying to take over america. >> let me tell you something -- >> your time is expired. your time is expired. >> reign in this rogue actor. >> time is expired. >> carley: the j gentle lady wa not a gentle lady. who is help ing? more on that coming up.

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>> todd: first inflation report of 2025 not good showing prices still on the rise for gasoline, groceries and rent. biggest spike was pesky eggs, up 15% in the past month, up 53% compared to a year ago. president trump putting the blame on his predecessor and renewing call for feds to lower interest rates to go hand in hand with upcoming tariffs. the independent women's forum join us now. trump wants interest rates lower by the fed yesterday. he wants these things down

immediately. fed president saying, whoa, not so fast. who is right here? >> i think when it comes to providing relief to consumers, idea of fed cutting interest rates would be important for cutting down consumer debt and bills people are paying. it will stimulate housing market and help people on the sideline who want to sell or buy. it is part of fed raising interest rate to tame inflation and they are being caught off guard. this is not the first month we've seen the inflation rate tick up. it's been three or four months in a row inflation has been increases. the fed need to figure out what it is going to do. if it is serious about taming inflation, they have tried to do that, they cannot stay on the sideline any longer.

>> todd: president trump praising elon musk for doge efforts. democrats are in a different head space. here they were at the doge subcommittee hearing yesterday. >> you talk about people invading our data, people were upset about tiktok. i'm upset about the guy who runs twitter who for sure is doing nefair yugs -- nefarious things. >> gentlelady's team is expired. >> while we're sitting here donald trump and elon musk are recklessly and illegally dismantling the federal government, shuttering agencies, firing federal workers. >> this is president elon musk, he is the world's richest man. >> todd: have you ever seen a group of people so shamelessly fight for waste, fraud and abuse like these democrats? >> believe it or not, i have.

i testified before a subcommittee hearing for oversight committee the day before that and these are same antics heard. i and my other colleague was called evil as though we were trying to hurt people and take away welfare and we were talking about how to right size social safety net so people who are needy in this country are taken care of and we don't have fraudsters and people wasting taxpayer money going overseas to cartels or people who should not have this money. i heard everything from this is about elon musk. i heard this is an effort to take from the poor and give to corporations through tax cuts. i heartd this rather than sayin we don't want to defend waste,

fraud and abuse. we want people who need help to get help. >> todd: what is more shocking, what you described or this notion these democrats, many of whom are up in 2026s for reelection are choosing this hill to die on. and completely ignoring what people voted for on november 5, which is get rid of waste, fraud and abuse. they are representing a small subset and not constituents. it is shocking, that is what is happening. thank you for your time and insight, we appreciate it. to a fox weather alert. tornado tearing through southern mississippi damaging homes and businesses, nobody was hurts. >> carley: deadly winter storm rolls through great lakes and heads to the northeast. janice dean has the fox weather forecast. >> janice: threat for severe

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>> this is a new doj and we are taking steps to protect americans. new york has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over american citizens. it stops, it stops today. we sued illinois and new york did not listen. now you're next. >> todd: wow, attorney general pam bondi not mincing words when it comes to sanctuary jurisdictions. >> carley: that is the laying down of the hammer we were referring to before. chanley painter is here. >> chanley: targeting state of new york saying it is defying federal law. u.s. attorney general pam bondi citing new york green light law that allow illegal immigrants to obtain drivers licenses and prevent federal agencies from accessing that information. >> these great men and women

have no idea who they are dealing with and it puts their lives on the line everyday. violent criminals, gang members, human smugglers will no longer terrorize the american people and that is why we are here today. you will be held accountable if you do not follow federal law temperature is over, it ends and we're coming after you. >> chanley: new york's governor responding, we expect pam bondi worthless lawsuit to be a total failure like all the others. let me be clear, new york is not backing down. today border czar tom homan will be in new york city to meet with mayor eric adams to discuss the city's migrant crisis. in massachusetts, federal judge restored trump's resignation program offering federal workers eight months of pay and benefits if they voluntarily resign, it is known as fork in the road

directive. the judge denied union request to block the program because unions were not impacted. unions do not have a stake, this is not sufficient, this court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to consider the claims and 75,000 federal workers have accepted the buyout deal so far. back to you. >> carley: thank you so much. bring in maryland congressman cha chai chairmanandy harris. how significant is this buyout in terms of the president's goal of downsizing the federal government? >> it is an important first start. the president said we need to decrease size and scope of the federal government. if we have fewer regulations, we need fewer regulators, great

first step. >> carley: what do you say to your colleagues that say we are in a constitutional crisis and congress has power of the purse and executive branch can't strip money away that has been approp appropriated. >> my colleagues have used the word constitutional crisis, everything they don't like is a constitutional crisis. bottom line, this president is within his authority. the courts will prove that. again, this is complaining because we are going after the deep state, which they like. >> carley: let's talk about the budget, congressman, house freedom caucus has been hard at work. you announced your own tax plan this week. are you breaking from house speaker mike johnson's plan? >> no, our philosophy is we need to get the president

resourcesesa quickly as possible. one bill, two bill, we need a bill to cross the finish line. the house will take the first step today in the budget hearing on one big package. i'm glad we are going ahead with something. the president needs resources, we need tax cuts, we are taking first step today. >> carley: can the house speaker count on your vote to approve the bill he supports or is it too early to tell right now? >> well, again, the markup today is first step in the process. it goes to rules committee, there can be amendments before it gets to the floor. again, what we want to do is movement, the senate took move ment yesterday and we'll have move movement forward today. we need to get something across the finish line to pass the agenda and help the american

people. >> carley: what are differences between the bill you announced and the bill mike johnson approximate supports, any significant differences? >> we said if they can't move a b big bill, we will have a smaller bill. the house and senate are moving forward and we see action in washington and have seen action from the white house and over on our side of pennsylvania avenue. >> carley: you don't think things will get messy? there are a lot of articles about how you the freedom caucus announced a budget bill and there is the johnson bill and that will make things more difficult for the house speaker. what is your reaction to that? >> we wanted someone to get off the dime. we had a proposal, the speaker did advance a proposal and it is going through process today. we're anxious to see what that

being lookings like. >> carley: president trump says he doesn't care if it is one big beautiful bill or two, he wants his legislative agenda passed. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> carley: you're welcome. apparently good to be mayor of chicago. mayor brandon johnson is showing off his gift room after flagging ethical concern over improper gifts. >> todd: you could have stayed in chicago, but you chose to sit with me. cheryl casone has details. >> cheryl: yeah, this gift from new youtube video comes out because inspector general says there were expensive gifts never declared or stated he was getting. an example, hugo boss, guccrashing i tote bag, which is

not in the video, kate spade purse and size 14 shoes, i guess that is a nice brand. >> todd: i'm not a shoe expert. >> cheryl: alcohol, ear buds, that was not in the report. this puts the mayor on his heels in city hall. as of tuesday, we have new rules in place, we'll do the video and log the gifts which they should have been doing before. that is my opinion. they say procedures for ethical go governance and transparency. the ig says we cannot have a for sale sign on the door to city hall. ethics rules have clear rules about how to handle gifts. the video shows some of the items.

tell me, if it was all there, why didn't they let the inspector inside in november, they did not, the city blocked the inspectors. >> carley: a video is a strange way of handling this because inspector general is not everything that i've spotted like cuff links and big ticket items that are small can be viewed in this video. maybe don't accept gifts in the first place, is that a crazy idea? >> cheryl: this is problem with politics, any gift you get, does that influence city policy? does that influence contracts that you award? >> carley: we don't even know who gave the mayor these gifts. >> cheryl: not in the video, they did say donors, the organizations that gave. even that you can cover up.

llc gave me a gucci purse. >> todd: that this reminds me of the goody room from tropic that y thunder. >> cheryl: can i read a couple comments, this is the best. you posted video after tig showd up, time to cover that up. if it was in there, why didn't you let the inspector in. >> carley: good comments. i wish i had a gift room. >> cheryl: i wish i had gucci bag. >> carley: don't miss cheryl with mornings with maria. >> todd: trump's education department taking a step to fight for women's sports and calling on ncaa to revoke all titles given to biological men. >> carley: who athletes who

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hostages were not released by saturday at noon. hamas accused israel of failing to abide by terms of the agreement. israel has been amassing troops. we will keep you posted on this developing story. >> carley: department of -- announce plans to go against donald trump executive order by allowing biological males to compete against female athletes and use women's facility. minute state interso scholastic organization -- they must abide by federal law. riley gaines, and katelyn wheel er join me now. good morning. riley, you were there when president trump signed that order barring biological men from participating in female

sports. california and minute athletic organizationings saying we're going to ignore that. >> this is no shock to me, honestly, we've seen several states do this. virginia, maine, michigan, california. the list goes on. i was hopeful to see virginia saying we will not comply. and governor youngkin in virginia, they recanted that position saying we'll do what we can to comply with this federal order. i think that is what it will take, public pressure and utilizing resources we have with the attorney general and with department of education. it's been amazing to see doe announce investigation into schools that said they will not comply. even schools like san jose university, they allowed a male

to take a women's scholarship playing volleyball there. i'm hopeful we have resources to push back, which we did not have the past four years. >> carley: this must be confusing for female athletes in california and minnesota. what is your reaction? >> my reaction is these men, these boys are not suing because they have been wronged. they are suing because they believe they are entitled to women's opportunities. they want to take opportunity that belong to real women, female athletes. that is not a right they have. this is the hill where insanity comes to die. no court or law or state will change biological reality. men have unfair advantage over women and women deserve equal playing field.

>> carley: lindamcmahon's confirmation hearing is scheduled today. she'll talk about keeping biological men out of women's sports. you have an op ed about the future of the department of education. give us a preview. >> i am so excited for linda mcmahon, i think she is well suited for this position and >> congresi'm looking forward to this. we need someone who understands role of department of education, which is to educate. this person who is filling this position was really doing the exact opposite of that, to have someone who understands the role of department of education and taken serious action doing what

she can without being in the position yet, launching investigations and saying you will comply with federal law, i think she is amazing and i'm excited to watch this hearing and look forward to her confirmation. >> carley: so much news on this very topic. another thing that just happened, education department is urging ncaa to revoke titles held by trainsgender athletes. does that impact you? >> i thought, it is about time, they are being forced to clean up their own mess. they allowed men to rewrite women's record books. those wins were illegitimate and never should have counted, this is bare minimum what they should be doing. >> carley: thank you for joining

us. have a great day. over to you. >> todd: much of mcmahon's hearing will focus on dismantling the department. tiffany justice will be at the hearing and joins me now. here is what trump said about the doe. >> i'd like it to be closed immediately. department of education is a big con-job. they ranked top 40 countries in the world, we are ranked 40th, but number one in cost per pupil. we spend more than any other country in the world and ranked number 40. >> todd: to that end of ending it, politico says department of education firing some employees. what will be left of doe, when all is said and done and what does it mean for children?

>> parents in the drivers seat. president trump is right, education department has been a con-job. we have 30% of students reading grade level and we spend so much on education in america. harvey randi weingarten seems concerned now. >> what is coming down the pike in this aura of efficiency, it is not efficiency, it is eviseration. it is an attempt to take funding and take the rights away from each and every child. >> todd: she sounds like someone who is about to lose a lot of power. what does getting rid of department of education mean for teachers unions and people like her? >> i've seen first hand union

bosses lead to learning losses and they bargain for teachers at the table, not the teachers in the classroom. we have seen corruption since teachers unions have been involved. we need to make sure kids are learning in school. >> todd: push from trump and mcmahon, to give more power to states and take from the feds. what will happen to test scores when the fed gets out of the way? >> we just saw in the nation's report card, scores and states like louisiana, and scores are going up. he does something called letting teachers teach. go figure. focus on basics, reading,

writing and math. states are using tools to teach kids to read and i'm excited to see what lin dladoes. imagine if you made seat belts and only 30% of the belts worked. you would never be allowed to continue business in that way and doe is failing students. it is unacceptable. >> todd: you know lindid sheing a mcmahon personally, why is she the right person for this job? >> she's been in small business administration for president trump, so she's ready to go and knows how to deal with democr democratic bologna. she will be a wonderful secretary of education for president trump executing "what you don't know" he's saying. she knows education has been a

con-job. we will do everything we can as moms to support linda over the finish line. >> todd: besides attacking her, they will go after her for running wwe, quickly, what do you make of that line of attack? >> i was a big wrestling fan, a hulk hogabfan, it has been exciting to see him out on the stage with president trump. i imagine majority of americans don't mind. >> todd: wwe stands for toughness when it comes to r representing our children. now steve doocy, he is you have to, have you seen him fight? >> carley: i'm terrified. >> todd: he will look at what is coming up on "fox and friends." >> steve: i do. here is the entire show right here. let's see.

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>> todd: ahead of the munich security conference starting tomorrow president trump seems

to be closing in on the deal to end the war in ukraine speaking with both ukrainian president zelenskyy and russian president vladimir putin. >> we had a great call. and it lasted for a long time, over an hour this morning. i also had with president zelenskyy a very good call after that. and i think we're on the way to getting peace. i think president putin wants peace and president zelenskyy wants peace. and i want peace. i just want to see people stop getting killed. retired army lt. general bob maginnis is the author of preparing for world war iii and he joins us now. thank you so much for joining us. after these phone calls that the president had. he said that negotiations for this peace deal will start immediately he is going to play a huge part of them is a peace deal possible and what will it look like?

i think it's possible. it will be a demilitarized zone there has to be some rebuilding promises for ukraine. as secretary hegseth said the other day in brussels, nato membership is not in the bag for the ukrainians. now, the fact that our transactional president has done this sort of thing across the world is especially noteworthy that he talked to putin. he talked to zelenskyy. and we're on a pathway to some sort of resolution near term. and, you know i fully sympathetic with what the president has said. we need to stop the killing. and, of course, the waste of so much of our own resources we need to divert that to our real enemy and that's the chinese. >> todd: how long does do you see the time frame being. >> i could see months, perhaps. keep in mind, they are in a very

deep fight back and forth across those borders, those on the front lines are being ravaged and, of course, there have been hundreds of thousands of lives lost. i suspect beginning as early as next week we will have our negotiators sitting down with russians and hopefully with ukrainians, clearly zelenskyy is willing and putin appears to be willing as well they will begin to do a phased scenario much like we have seen with hamas. a situation where you have a cease-fire then you go continue to pull back troops. what has to be resolved whether or not we will have international forces in there to separate the two combatants. i suspect that's the case. you may have lesser nato countries perhaps baltic countries because they speak russian also non-nato countries,

i would argue brazilians on or about indians would be a good pick to go from because they are friendly to the west as well as to the russians. so, there are some issues that have to be resolved, but i think they will be resolved quickly thanks to mr. trump. >> earlier this morning. secretary hegseth addressed ukraine and america's stance on the war right now. listen to what he had to say no country, as president trump has pointed out, major a largest commitment to the north of $300 billion. the united states has invested in stabilizing those front lines after the aggression of russia. there is no betrayal there. there is a recognition that the whole world and the united states is invested and interested in peace. a negotiated peace. >> carley: making the point that the united states has done a lot to support ukraine in this war. and lt. colonel, you mentioned secretary hegseth's comments about how nato membership is off the table and he also said that

it's unlikely -- it's unrealistic for ukraine to think they would go back to the 2014 original borders that included crimea in ukrainian territory. and then there were critics who said that saying something like that preemptively before negotiations started could hamper ukraine in the long run in getting more of what they want. what's your reaction to that? are those critics accurate? >> well, you are always going to find critics, carley. i think mr. trump has been saying the same thing for a long time. the pre2022 or pre2014 with crimea borders as secretary hegseth said are absolutely unrealistic at this point. 80% of the eastern provinces are controlled by russian troops. they have been there for, you know, almost three years now. and, of course, extracting them would be incredibly difficult. i think a show stopper for putin. so you better draw a line there. and, of course, maybe establish

a demilitarized zone, as i indicated earlier, occupied by international for forces that kind of keep the peace in the middle. so i think, however, our transactional president is wise in that trying to recover some of that $300 billion we have spent on this unfortunate war, he has made the proposition of getting some rare earth metals. that's important because more than 80% are controlled right now by the chinese a our true adversary hear and that's a great deal for us as well as energy exports. >> todd: i think that's fair. we have given a lot of taxpayer dollars. men and women of the united states go to work every day try to put food on their table and pay taxes a lot went to ukraine. we should get something in return. lt. colonel bob maginnis, thank you for your time. with that "fox & friends