anyway, having russell vought at omb with his power is just frightening. not to us, although we are going to fight this tooth and nail. but to average people who depend on this. and what does vought want to do? you saw it in 2025. -- project 2025. eradicate investments that help tens of millions of americans also they can pay for the tax cuts for the altar rich. it is hard to overstate how destructive this decision is for the country. he has a lot of bad decisions for which the american people will rebel and politically is going to be unpopular. this is the worst of the worst. the worst of the worst. in our states we have talked to people, everyone of us. people are scrambling to figure out what it means to them. we are getting panicked calls. how are people going to make mortgage payments? how are small businesses going to keep their staff? if there federal funding is shut off? virtually any organization, school, police office, county, or community depends on federal grant money to run its day-to-day operations, and they are all now in danger. nonprofits

so, laura, remind us of who russell vought is and what the omb does across the federal government.pez: the head of the office of management and budget, geoff, is not usually a household name, but it is an incredibly important position in the white house. and the head of the omb oversees spending and can review all regulations across agencies that agencies write, is in charge of the president's budget policy, and is often involved in hill negotiations. now, when it comes to russell vought, vought served in this role, as you noted, geoff, during the first trump administration. and he wrote a project 2025 chapter specifically on transforming the presidency and expanding its powers. and in the time between the first trump administration and now this incoming one, he was head of a conservative think tank center for renewing america. and at that think tank, he drafted hundreds of potential executive orders and memos in preparation for a second trump administration. geoff: and you were, of course, tracking his confirmation hearing today. what stood out to you? laura barron-lopez: geoff, t

nobody can claim to be pro-worker and then vote for russell vought. on the e.o.'s in the agenda. no golden age is coming to america unless of course you're very rich, well-connected or own a drug or oil company. if thor have rossive a bull -- with the ferocity of a bulldozer donald trump has spent his first few days dismantling things permit he has halted leasing for wind energy projects in the outercontinent shelf putting at risk investments and killing good-paying jobs in my state of new york, out on long island particularly. he can just -- he thinks he can cut them off. of course we're going to fight that and people will fight it in the courts. but president trump yesterday was out there touting a new program, a new proposal by some foreign -- a foreign investor to create more energy because we need it. but he says no clean energy, no offshore wind. is that ridiculous? it's robbing peter to pay paul. it is talking out of both sides is of your mouth. it is one hand doing one thing, the other hand doing the opposite. it is devastating and we're going to fight that proposal tooth

again, you can't be pro-worker and be for russell vought. he has spent years, years pushing for trillions in cuts to america's social safety net, something that would cause immediate, severe harm to tens of millions of american citizens. we all know mr. vought's history very well. we know his awful and radical record from the first trump admini administration. even after leaving government, mr. vought was the go-to authority for the most radical elements of the house gop, advising them on budget that punished america's families, seniors, kids, law enforcement and others with draconian, draconian budget cuts. his budget cuts weren't just snipping at the edges. they cut to the keep. tomorrow, when vought testifies before the committee, americans will be reintroduced to his outl outlandishly extreme agenda. if project 2025 caused your stomach to turn during the election, mr. vought would be a nightmare scenario. if you're among america's works class or from low-income families or middle-class families working marred to make -- hard to make ends

you were on with russell vought, my suggestion is that it default. you guys keep playing around, putting people in hostage situations and you know the outcome. number one. you can't trust these guys in the republican situation because you have kushner who came away with a $2 billion. also we are not questioning the validity of some of these congresspeople. george santos was arrested, and somebody paid his bail, he says let it default. >> guest: no one wants that. the argument which is going to let that happen to have implications. we are here to say what is default in what is not? and it is not the position that i support to suggest we are going to not pay what has been a hallmark of our country and our economy to have treasuries that always paid in full. .. and i find it very social security check in june joe biden revenue line a lot. but holly balances where 30 you talking pa budget was here -- putting somebody in jail on the land. housing is a process of so of along the office and. department of health and human services will prevent the cost and

anyway, having russell vought at omb with his power is just frightening. not to us, although we are going to fight this tooth and nail. but to average people who depend on this. and what does vought want to do? you saw it in 2025. -- project 2025. eradicate investments that help tens of millions of americans also they can pay for the tax cuts for the altar rich. it is hard to overstate how destructive this decision is for the country. he has a lot of bad decisions for which the american people will rebel and politically is going to be unpopular. this is the worst of the worst. the worst of the worst. in our states we have talked to people, everyone of us. people are scrambling to figure out what it means to them. we are getting panicked calls. how are people going to make mortgage payments? how are small businesses going to keep their staff? if there federal funding is shut off? virtually any organization, school, police office, county, or community depends on federal grant money to run its day-to-day operations, and they are all now in danger. nonprofits

. >> the hearing to consider the nomination of russell vought to be director of the office of management and budget will come to order. since taking office four years ago president biden has added a $.4 trillion to our national debt. to be fair, the trump administration added 7.8 shown in dollars to the national debt. this is truly a bipartisan problem. to put the face of our government spending in perspective for the last eight years our government has added on average $1 trillion to the national that every six months. now for the first time in history servicing our debt has come at a cost that is more than our entire defense budget. the interest now exceeds our military budget. this is not sustainable.

remind us of who russell vought is and what the omb does across the federal government. >> it is notld name but it is an incredibly important position in the white house. the head of the omb oversees expending and can review all regulations across agencies, in charge of the president's budget policy and often involved in hill negotiations. when it comes to russell vought, he served during the first trump administration and wrote a project 2025 piece on expanding powers. he was head of a conservative think tank center for renewing america and there he drafted hundreds of potential executive orders and memos in preparation for a second trump administration. geoff: you are of course tracking his confirmation hearing today, what stood out to you? >> republican senators welcome this nomination -- welcomed this nomination, focusing more of their questions on how omb and the trump administration would slash wasteful spending but democrats pressed him on his track record, when he was omb director during the first administration, under his leadership, the budget office delayed disaster relief

anyway, having russell vought at omb with this power is just frightening. not to us, although we're going to fight this to the know, but your average american people who depend on this. and what does he want to do? you saw in his blueprint project 2025, eradicate basic services, eradicate investments that helped tens of millions of americans, all so they can pay the tax cuts for the ultra rich. it's hard to overstate how destructive this decision is for the country. he has a lot of really bad decisions for which the american people will rebel and politically will be very unpopular. this is the worst of the worst. the worst of the worst. in our states we talk to people everyone of us, people are scrambled to figure out what it means to them. we're getting panic calls, how are people going to make mortgage payments? how our small businesses going to keep their staff? if their federal funding is shut off? virtually any organization, school, steak, police officer, county or to be depends on federal grant money to run its day-to-day operations and they are all n

and russell vought is determined.ition to do everything. >> he can. >> to deregulate and let the looters loot and. >> the. >> polluters pollute. >> one of the strange things here is that he also, and this is based on lots of reporting, and i think interviews has the position that he doesn't have to follow the law, and the president doesn't have to follow the law about what congress appropriates for funds. and this is strange. the constitution is very clear on this. and in case there's any question, there's a federal law called the impoundment control act, which basically says the executive branch has to spend the money that is appropriated by congress. today, there is an exchange between your colleague, senator murray and him on this law, which all indications are they just think they can violate, like it doesn't apply to them. i want to play that exchange and get your reaction to it. take a listen. >> the president ran. >> on the. >> notion that the. >> impoundment control act is unconstitutional. >> i agree with tha

and we're talking about russell vought wanting to.trillion. >> in. >> giveaways, where almost all of it goes to the. >> richest americans. >> and how is he going to pay for that? well, he's going to cut a whole lot of programs. and his last budget with trump. >> he proceeded. >> to say we should get rid of community development block grants for housing. >> we should. >> make student loans for. students for college much more expensive. we should cut about $1 trillion out of health care for families. >> that are. >> struggling to get on. >> their feet. >> and they need that health care to be able to go. get a job. it's just attack one. program after the other. and this is the great betrayal. trump ran on being. a champion for families. and russell vought represents the real trump agenda, which is to attack the programs for families and deliver massive wealth to the already wealthiest. i think it's fairly easy when we're thinking about which trump nominee will will, may break the law or break the law the most. one candidate is the one wh

trump ran on being a champion for families, and russell vought represents the real trump agenda, whichfamilies and deliver massive wealth to the already wealthiest. i think it's fairly easy when we're thinking about which trump nominee will will, may break the law or break the law the most. one candidate is the one who's already done it. senator jeff merkley, thank you very much for joining our discussion. you're welcome. thank you lawrence. thank you. and coming up, the remarkable life and career of remarkable life and career of cecile r okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. (♪♪) protection against. >> trackers. >> malicious websites. >> malicious websites. >> and malware ridden right now across the u.s., people are trying to ban books from public schools and public libraries. yes, libraries. we all have a first amendment right to read and learn different viewpoints. that's why every book belongs on th

against justice jackson that russell vought signed, but it. >> looks like it was actually written byark paoletta. >> so this whole thing is just so strongly intertwined. >> yeah. senator sheldon whitehouse, thank you for your time tonight. appreciate it. coming up, trouble in paradise, the co-president undercuts donald trump's big new infrastructure announcement that's ahead. >> to avoid digital threats, just turn on nordvpn, improve. your protection against. >> trackers, malicious. websites and malware. >> ridden downloads. get the deal now. >> kitchen science skincare is. >> doing very well. >> so what i'm going to do is i'm. >> going. >> to offer people a deal, and. >> then. >> i'm going to call it the degeneres deal. clever. michael, hand me my phone, please. i have to call kind science headquarters. thank you. you know, we got rid of the cords a long time ago. >> hello? >> yeah. >> it's ellen degeneres. listen, i'm trying to give. >> the people. >> a deal. >> i'm going to call it the degeneres deal. >> yes. >> that's funny, i know. >> so i'm going. >> to do four products. and th

if you're one of the tens of billions who benefits from social security, medicare, medicaid, russell vought is a nightmare scenario. if you want lower drug prices, you can forget about it if vought is run rpg the show at omb. if you wanting lower energy costs, if you want the u.s. to stand up to china, if you want america to create better clean jobs, russell vought is very bad news. but if you're part of the ultra rich in this country, if you are an oil executive, russell vought is your golden ticket. if there's any golden age coming under donald trump, russell vought proves it is only a golden age for those at the very top. for anybody else, donald trump and russell vought say you're on your own. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: >> the lives of thousands and thousands of men and women in uniform, the security of our nation, and indeed the world, is at stake. i hope we will all take time to reflect on whether we are ready to confirm mr. hegseth to be secretary of defense. i will personally urge my colleague

russell either. thank you mr. vought. the nominee filed responses to biographical questionnaires and answered prehearing question submitted by the committee and had financial statements reviewed by the office of government ethics. without objection the information will be made part of the hearing record with the exception of the financial data on file available for public inspection in committee offices. this hearing will remain open until noon tomorrow thursday, january 16 for the submission of questions and statements for the record. we are adjourned. get ready for inauguration day, beginnings saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern. relive 20 inaugurations, roosevelt's inauguration to joe biden's speech in 2021. explore historic newsreel footage in washington, d.c. and discover fascinating stories like the suit coat george washington wore. watch marathon of presidential inaugurals c-span2,rican history tv. >> vice president kamala harris honored martin luther king, jr. on what would have been his 96th birthday during breakfast i

red states, as well as blue states. >> well, you asked some very tough questions of russell vought attion hearing. what do you think the chances are to try to get support against him being confirmed? >> well, at the confirmation hearing, republicans were very supportive. he was. trump's former director of. >> the office of management and. >> budget. but we now understand. >> what the. republican plan is. >> it has three parts. the first part. >> is attack. >> programs that help people stand on their feet. families stand on their feet and move. >> into the middle class. >> second of all, borrow massively from the federal government and run. >> up the deficit. and third, give massive tax. breaks to the richest americans. that's the three part plan. well. >> part one. >> was implemented in. >> and not just an expansive way in a sweeping. >> everything is. >> covered mode. >> as of 5 p.m. today. it was issued last night, but it takes effect at 5 p.m. today. >> mr. vote was. >> very proud of the impoundments. >> he drove. >> in the trump administration. he said the court may. >> say it's t

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nobody can claim to be pro-worker and vote for russell vought. on the toes and the gop agenda. the more people look at president trump's executive orders, more obvious it becomes that no golden age is coming to america unless of course you are very rich, well-connected or own a drug company. the ferocity of a bulldozer, donald trump has spent his first few days in office dismantling decades of progress that help working people come help middle-class families come help people afford healthcare. there are many executive orders signed by the president that have flown under the radar but nonetheless also to devastating. wind energy projects in the outer continental shelf and putting at risk billions of dollars of investment and killing good-paying jobs in the u.s. and my state of new york out on long island, particularl particularly. he thinks he can cut them off. of course going to fight that and people will find in the courts. but president trump yesterday was out there touting a a new program, a new proposal by some foreign, a foreign investor to create more energy because we ne

and russell vought, director of office of budget. he will personally ask mr.ohn ratcliffe questions and he knows what they are going to ask about marco rubio, too. watch. >> i heard john's hearing, he's been director of national intelligence, we agree cia is vital for our country, we have to get back to its roots and focused on core mission, not things like climate change or whether an african country will pass gay rights legislation. i'm confident john will get it done and advance interest of our own citizen and our own economy, not those of other countries. we wish every country well, we have to put our own citizens first. re >> ainsley: arabia shrine circus plans to target china. top priority is united states and he's a hawk on foreign policy. >> brian: kristi noem's confirmation hearing is postponed because of paperwork is issue. doug collins next week because of paperwosh -- paperwork issues. >> ainsley: you don't want to be first one, i rather be at the end. >> brian: or easy ones like doug burgum go first. they will ask him burglar -- >> ainsley: what i

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the doge brothers and russell vought and scott bessent have to do budget and tax cutting. >> yes, theyld have done it long ago, that is what omb is set up to do give you tools to find out where the waste abuse and fraufraud is, with elon musk and vivek ramaswamy they will find a lot of areas to cut. that wonderful. i was first chief economist at the omb, you were 10 years later. we shared that position, this is to -- that is really doable, we don't confuse is bringing down inflation is great, that will bring down inflationary premium on interest rates that would be wonderful. ed by ebiden a has done a really bad job, and expected real return on capital will rise once we get the economy growing, we want higher returns to capitol and higher activity and growth, it will raise real rate of return but a higher real rate of return mines there are more goods and services available. that means lower inflation, that means lower inflation premium, we need to get inflation under control, i would look at powell and fed, we do not, that is one of 7 positions of the political power we do not have co

capitol hill a confirmation hearing for the director of office and management an budget nominee russell vought over democrat delays of key positions. thune threatening to stay in session over the weekend. he said we can do it the easy way or hard way. aishah hosni is live on capitol hill. america is on a first name basis with you, aishah. will it be the easy or hard way? >> sounds like it will be the hard way. it means that the process takes a little bit longer. it will still get done. it will just be one after another drip, drip, drip not what the trump white house wants. this is what happened last night where things got tense on the senate floor. senator chris murphy of connecticut objected to a time agreement for cia director nominee john ratcliffe who was voted out of committee in a bipartisan manner and basically forcing republicans to abide by the 30-hour debate rule. once you do that what happens it's a domino effect. you tie up the senate floor time for any other nominee, too. intel chair tom cotton steamed on the senate floor. >> i don't really understand the ob object to -- how we'll

russell vought and john ratcliffe favorably reported out of committee. ratcliffe has democratic support. smooth sailing for him. congress woman stefanik has her hearing for u.n. ambassador. widespread bipartisan support because of her support for israel and we're watching these three very closely. tulsi gabbard, rfk junior and kash pat el. most controversial picks. their hearings haven't even been scheduled yet. we're working to find out what will happen possibly later on this month for rfk jr. >> bill: how comfortable are your shoes? >> we are used to this level. >> dana: thank you. jd vance is about to swear in marco rubio to be secretary of state. >> thank you guys for being here. a great occasion, i will say it's pretty hard to top being sworn in as vice president and the buckeyes won the national championship the same day. a hell of a start to a run because marco is one of my favorite people in washington. and, you know, he is a son of cuban immigrants to this country. grew up in very humble beginnings but has a deep love of our nation. he is a bipa

. >> brian: pam bondi, sean ratcliffe, credit wright, russell vought.pointing out bondi two days of hearings. you think they will go for her and try to look at her florida record? where is she vulnerable in their eyes? >> i think she could face some of the tougher questioning of the group today. first of all with marco rubio long time senator, if anybody is going to get kind of a love fest it could be him. so it would be interesting to see if democrats are going to really go after him very much. as far as pam bondi is concerned, obviously a lot of republicans look at her and say boy, we're really glad we don't have matt gaetz. we're pretty happy about this. i think you might see democrats go after bondi on the 2020 election issue in the sense that she has supported a number of president trump's claims about the 2020 election and democrats love to re-litigate. >> brian: i know. >> not popular with voters but they like to do it. >> brian: i think ratcliffe will sail through. sailed through director of national intelligence and now cia. they all agree chin

john ratcliffe cia guy and russell vought over at bmv.oney guy and we need the money. >> pete is going to do outstanding job when he is confirmed. again, the american public put their trump in president trump to choose the right people at the right time. it's not going to be business as usual. that's exactly what pete is. he is going to be a very, very good asset to this country. >> steve: congressman, i'm old enough to remember that generally the opposition party would just go ahead and vote for whoever the president said he wanted in his cabinet because the president should get the cabinet he wants. >> you are absolutely right. we live in interesting times right now. >> steve: that's being polite. >> mandate given by the american public that speech that president trump gave was absolutely perfect. it's exactly what the american people voted for. i had the honor of being the first congressman and first politician in the country to endorse president trump two and a half years ago. so watching this come full circle and watching this dom fr

see a confirmation vote coming for her soon, and cea nominee john ratcliffe -- cia nominee and russell voughtavorably reported out of their committees last week. congresswoman elise stefanik had her hearing today for u.n. ambassador. she has widespread bipartisan support. and we are watching tulsi gabbard, rf fk jr. and kash patel because these are probably the more controversial picks for the senate, and these hearings haven't even been scheduled yet. is so i would not be surprisedded if the president right now in the oval office is asking leader john thune what's going on and why is this not happening more quickly. larry? larry: all right. great stuff,. aishah: shah hasnie. i'm sure mr. trump is asking that very question. it's a good one. so, folks, infectious trump optimism, it's a big american morale booster and a unifier. and that's the subject of the riff. ♪ ♪ larry: so step back for a second and just think about this. in his first day in office, president trump delivered six speeches by my count. his inaugural speech, which was a wonderfully optimist in, unity speech full of american s

something like the schedule f that's being proposed by russell vought for -- >> host: you've raise a couple interesting points. what to make sure i guess can respond. go ahead and tragic the cato institute spent the cato institute for our entire existence. we've never been the charles koch foundation or institute. charles koch was one of our founders so obviously there is a connection there, he's a member, he was a member of our board is a member of our board but that's not an accurate description of our history. in terms of the issues of dependency on employer, they are not endangered. they can change jobs. about half of all the workers who are starting a new job, and implement in the united states were people who transferred from another h-1b employer. so you can transfer. it is more difficult and that is an issue that i completely agree with. that's why we need to speed up the process for people to get green cards. people don't mind that they are thankful for their employer who sponsored them. they don't want to be stuck with him forever and have their career put on hold indefinit

. >> the night before president bush came russell vought, i was having a heart attack at one point because my shoulder was in a lot of pain. my office was like a big meeting room with one decision after another. this was about 1030, 11:00 at night. i went for a walk. i remember saying, god, i can't have a heart attack now. just not time. it's not going to happen now. if you want to give me a heart attack, it's going to happen later. and i saw the river. it gave me a tremendous sense of stability. there are a lot of things i don't know how to do, but i know how to run emergencies because i've done so many of them. and i said to myself, this is what i know how to do. i know how to do this. >> did you have anything in some way that, you know, some sense of religious faith that god put me here for this moment? >> i don't know god's will and i don't know god's plan, but i did feel, um, i did feel that in that sense, i was i was in the place that i guess i had to be. >> this part changed my life. >> superman. crazy. just that simple little thing over the horse. that is tough because i can feel h

russell vought is poised to direct the office of management and budget and has strong conservative backingte minority leader chuck schumer singled out his nomination today. >> this guy is almost -- he's probably at the very top of the list in terms of how dangerous he is to working people and to america. mr. vought is the godfather of the ultra-right. he is the chief cook and bottle washer for project 2025, which would decimate the lives of so many americans. lisa: as for the trump agenda, today a first barrier. a federal judge temporarily blocked the trump executive order to end birthright citizenship, saying it is blatantly unconstitutional. that is not yet dissuading some republicans in congress who propose to codify trump's birthright idea. >> this opportunity will not come again, at least not for a long, long time. lisa: in washington, a sense of the opportunity and concerns around a fast-moving new presidency. for the "pbs newshour," i'm lisa desjardins. geoff: and let's dive a little deeper into what we heard from president trump at davos today. david wessel is a senior fellow in ec

in just hours russell vought the president's pick to lead omb. the confirmation committee meeting pick kash patel happen next wednesday. the same day of the scheduled committee vote on pam bondi. trump's pick for attorney general. and new york is the latest state to consider a school cell phone ban. governor kathy hochul announcing a statewide proposal during yesterday's statewide budget address. california, ohio and california currently have policies banning smart phone use at schools. total of 9 considering. the idea has gained national attention as a method of improving the concentration and mental health of students. some say it's important to be able to keep in touch with their kids in case of an emergency. those your headlines, guys, interesting stuff there bipartisan in terms of the states that are considering this. >> brian: there is a way to get in touch with your schools they did it in the 70s and 80's. >> ainsley: we all did it. >> steve: you could use a flip phone or dumb phone. that's what we gave our kids. we didn't give them smart

secretary of transportation, chris write secretary of energy and russell vought director of office of management and budget. so this management and budget, yes. this is all going on right now. we're all over them as they happen and here is what has gone on for rubio, one of the six trump nominees facing a senate confirmation hearing today. let's take a look. >> we're waiting patiently for that. okay. he spoke about ukraine and i can tell you what he said. what vladimir putin has done is not acceptable. this war has to end. i think it should be the official policy of the united states that we want to see it end. now i want to bring in brent sadler to the conversation along with jonathan and kerri. what he is saying is it will take bold diplomacy and that his hope is that it could begin with some kind of a cease-fire. what is your take? >> happy new year, and good to be back on your show. i think also in his comments the senator's comments said you have to deal in reality. only so much you can change on the battlefield given the relative power disposition and sizes of these two countrie

confirmation votes expected for up to five trump nominees, including project 2025 contributor russell vought and trump's attorney general pam bondi, as well as hearings scheduled for five others, including rfk jr. kash patel and tulsi gabbard. we have reporters and analysts in place ready to go over all these new developing storylines for us, and we're going to begin with nbc's vaughn hillyard. vaughn, welcome. so trump defended firing more than a dozen inspectors general, but how has this move been playing out in washington? >> right. it's our understanding now, alex, that 18 inspectors general have been fired by president trump. this came late friday night, just five days into his administration here. and he is receiving pushback not only from democrats but also republicans up on capitol hill. it was just two years ago that it was a bipartisan agreement that was passed that ultimately put requirements about 30 day notice on a effectively requiring a president to put notice and give substantial reasoning for terminating inspectors general. and that did not happen in this particular scenario

does she separate herself from donald trump and another one to watch to russell vought who is who will be the head of a very powerful budget committee in the white house that could budget office in the white house, the budget office essentially helps determine how to deal with regulations, pushes forward the policy agenda on spending cuts and the like. he has pushed very conservative policies, and democrats will be targeting him. but at the moment, it's uncertain whether any of these will stumble. any of these nominations will lead to any opposition from republicans, which is why the trump team is very confident that these nominees will be confirmed. maybe not on day one, but soon thereafter unless something changes at these hearings this week, jim. >> and manu, i mean, one of trump's very controversial cabinet picks, rfk jr.. what do we know about his confirmation hearing? >> it has not been scheduled yet, jim, but he has been trying to assuage republicans concerns and democratic concerns about his views about vaccines. of course, he has falsely said in the past, linking childhood aut

. >> that was russell vought, trump's pick to lead the office of management and budget, also known asone of the leading coauthors of project 2025 vote, is a staunch advocate for re-implementing a schedule f, which would allow trump to fire thousands of career civil servants and replace them with loyalists. he also supports a plan touted by trump that would give the president control over federal spending, taking that power away from congress. my next guest, msnbc daily writer and editor hayes brown, argues vote wants to make congress obsolete. he joins me now. it's great to have you back. it's a friend of yours, russell. i feel like you've dedicated a lot of your time tracking him and keeping eyes on what he is saying. >> well, because he's one of the people who flies relatively under the radar compared to a lot of the guys he comes across, like, his demeanor is like this kind of like statesman, bureaucrat, respectable spectacled owl like guy, like sitting across from him. he doesn't yell. he doesn't scream. but of all the guys that trump has collected and trump collects, a lot of guy

general pam bondi and potential secretary of state marco rubio, as well as excuse me, as well as russell voughtp's choice to run the office of management and budget. but bondi's hearing was perhaps the most closely watched today. the former florida attorney general is also a one time lobbyist and a staunch, staunch trump ally. well, today, she faced questions from democrats about just how far she would be willing to go for her boss and about possible pardons for january 6th defendants. check this out. >> so will it be your advice to the president? mr. president, i know you said you want to issue hundreds of pardons on day one. will it be your advice to the president? no, mr. president, i need to go over them on a case by case basis. >> do not issue blanket pardons. >> will that be your advice to the president? >> senator, i have not looked at any of those files. if confirmed, i will look at the files. >> and will you be able to do will you be able to review hundreds of cases on day one? >> i will look at every file i am. >> of course you won't. >> what would you do if your career doj prosecutor

later today i'll meet with russell vought. mr.ng our meeting, i hope to get a clarity on a simple question. who will mr. vought fight for if confirmed? is it the american people or is it project 2025, which americans have already rejected? i look forward to our conversation because i believe it's important. both sides here directly and candidly from the president's nominees before we're asked to vote on their nomination. after all, the debate over president trump's nominees is not just about senior-level positions in the administration. the debate on nominees is a debate about the president's very agenda and about who will benefit. whose side are these nominees on? president trump promised an agenda that will fight for the working and middle class. he promised a golden age for the country. but actions speak louder than words, and so far the president's nominees suggest if there is any golden age coming, it's only one for the very, very elite. so democrats will continue to get the president's nominees on the record on very importan

. >> return russell vought. >> he's the. one who makes the. legal claim, which i. >> think is. >> a very outlandish. >> legal claim that the president can essentially cancel spending authorized and legislated and appropriated by congress that he doesn't like. i imagine this is going to be the. >> subject of many lawsuits. >> but it's a pretty breathtaking, breathtaking. >> assertion of. >> authority by. >> the new president. luke. >> what's your take? >> based on this, i'm going to say massive overlap just in the last week. what do you think is coming next from this administration? i mean, russell's not even in the job officially yet. >> yeah. >> i. >> think susan is right. you know, russ. vote is probably a name that is not familiar to many americans, but he's about to be one of the most significant figures in washington. he's going to control the budget in many ways. he's the intellectual. leader of at least one. >> wing. >> of the republican party. that's going. >> to have a. >> huge influence. >> over the trump administration. so he's goin

russell vought for director of the office of management and budget, and kristi noem for homeland security100 senators for a nominee to be confirmed today. that doesn't necessarily mean a nominee will get unanimous support, but just that both parties agree the cabinet member should get to work as soon as possible and get a vote. without that agreement, it could take several days for a vote on a nominee. if it goes through procedural regular order. joining us now, white house correspondent for politico and coauthor of the playbook, eugene daniels. eugene, you got a long day ahead of you. thank you for joining us. of course. talk a little bit about the nominees that we might see confirmed today. and the senate magic of all 100 of them can say, let's send it to the floor for a vote. but rubio could get democrats, right. what about the others? >> rubio is the one who is probably going to get the most democrats. >> right. people really respect him. you could even see it when he in his confirmation hearing, there was a lot of like jovial giggling and laughing. >> you know, tammy duckworth talked

transportation secretary, john ratcliffe for cia director, senator marco rubio for secretary of state, russell vought for head of the office of management and budget, and chris wright for secretary of the department of energy. pam bondi drew wide praise earlier today from judiciary committee. republicans such as senator lindsey graham of south carolina i think you're the perfect pick at one of the most dangerous times in american history, and i look forward to supporting you. the most contentious exchanges today came with committee democrats, who repeatedly pressed bondi over her loyalty to president elect trump. >> are you prepared to say today, under oath, without reservation, that donald trump lost the presidential contest to joe biden in 2020? >> ranking member durbin president biden is the president of the united states. i was an advocate for the campaign, and i was on the ground in pennsylvania, and i saw many things there. but do i accept the results? of course i do. >> who won the 2020 presidential election? >> joe biden is the president of the united states. >> miss bondi, you know that ther

russell vought voight. he's trump's nominee. he served in that government office in 2020 for trump.is also one of the architects now of project 2025, which trump said he didn't know anything about. he didn't know the people who wrote it. what does this tell you this nomination tell you about the next four years? chuck? >> well, i think you heard a lot about project 2025, and it's the old okey doke. if anybody who has been around for 10s knows, he's like, i don't know nothing about that old boy or nothing about this project, but guess what? we're going to hire him to pretty much run the entire government. this is one of the most powerful positions in america because they oversee so much of the budget, so much of the infrastructure of our government. and i'm not here to defend every aspect of everything that the government does. i'm as big a critic as anybody else, especially when it comes to tax time. but this is the old okey doke. if he knew who this fellow was, he knows what project 2025 is. i think the american people are going to get a rude awakening when they go seeing what this

at c-span3, we will have russell vought answering questions before the senate budget committee.rved in the first trump administration and you can watch that hearing live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. and we will go to the phones now. actually, we will go to president trump from yesterday and here is a person -- portion. [video clip] >> are you planning to travel to the middle east soon? >> not yet. we have a thing called the hostages are coming back going on right now and they are coming back. some of them have been very damage. you look at the young lady with her hand practically blown off. you know how that happened right? did you know that? and when you find out you will not be too happy because it was terrible. but the hostages are starting to come back. and if i were not here, they would not be back ever. they would have all died. if this were done a year earlier. if biden would have done this year -- this deal a year and a half or two years and frankly it should have never happened. nobody should be dead. but through weakness they allowed it to happen and then it was a disaster f

russell vought like voting, right? >> yes, sir. >> i'm going to get a quick introduction. you can say anything you want. we're going to five-minute questioning, the hard, challenging, don't make a complete aspect of yourself and let's get through this thing. [laughing] so with that said, your no stranger to this job. mr. vought had this job, he was deputy director. he was omb director president trump's first term. he was born in mount vernon, new york, and attended wheaton college, graduating in idea, completed his j. d. from georgetown university. he worked on capitol hill, legislative senate, assistant for senator phil gramm and chuck hagel. big delta there. from 2004-2008 he worked as executive thousand eight he worked as executive director for the republican study committee. 2009, 2010 policy director of the housing, houseam republican conference here again he was omb director under the first trump term, deputy and became omb director so you've done it once and you want to do it again. we are glad on our side you're willing to do it again. senator merkley. >> thank you

russell either. thank you mr. vought. the nominee filed responses to biographical questionnaires and answered prehearing question submitted by the committee and had financial statements reviewed by the office of government ethics. without objection the information will be made part of the hearing record with the exception of the financial data on file available for public inspection in committee offices. this hearing will remain open until noon tomorrow thursday, january 16 for the submission of questions and statements for the record. we are adjourned. >> with the presidential inauguration set for january 20, watch the conclusion of the american history tv series historic inaugural speeches. listen to inaugural speeches from franklin roosevelt to barack obama. saturday here inaugural speeches by president bill clinton. >> there is nothing wrong with america that can't be cured by what is right with america. >> president george w. bush in 2000 one. >> this is my solemn pledge. i will work to build a single nation of the a

russell vought.most influential alsos in -- positions in the entire white house, responsible for not only producing the president's budget but also executing the president's agenda across the executive branch. i'll be candid. mr. vought's appointment to omb director would be a nightmare scenario for working americans. it is difficult to imagine a worst choice to implement white house policy than the chief architect of project 2025. let me repeat that. because our republican friends don't want to talk about 2025, but at the same time, they're likely to vote for someone who was the chief architect of the project in a powerful position to implement it. head of omb. you cannot, you simply cannot be pro-worker and support the nomination of russell vought. the last time he worked at the white house, mr. vought pushed radical budget proposals that gutted social security, medicare, medicaid, and funding for public health. during the last default crisis, mr. vought was a key advisor to hard-right republicans

russell either. thank you mr. vought. the nominee filed responses to biographical questionnaires and answered prehearing question submitted by the committee and had financial statements reviewed by the office of government ethics. without objection the information will be made part of the hearing record with the exception of the financial data on file available for public inspection in committee offices. this hearing will remain open until noon tomorrow thursday, january 16 for the submission of questions and statements for the record. we are adjourned. >> a new chapter in u.s. three begins monday -- history begins monday. watch donald trump's inauguration. this day will be held inside the capitol rotunda. watch c-span's live all day coverage, where we will take your calls, hear insights from historians and speak with attendees. this historic day begins at 7 a.m. eastern with live coverage, including the outgoing president greeting the president elect at the white house. we will bring you the ceremony as donald trump take

one thing is certain, we have a lot of budget cutters out there, none with a sharper axe than russell vought. the trump administration and mr. vought should not try to impound these congressionally approved funds, because we know mr. vought wants to impound in many, many places and not spend money that's needed. this is a small but classic example of how the federal government's action, not inaction, can get your prices lower, real action, spending the $300 million we put in the budget in december and more funds if needed can reduce bird flu, department of agriculture knows how to do it, can help farmers reduce the bird flu in their flocks, and get our prices of eggs back down again. let's get to work. the money is there and ready to be used. we need the federal government to work overtime with experts in the coming months to keep the outbreak in check and keep grocery prices in check for families. now, on the i.g.'s, last friday, while most americans were asleep, president trump conducted a midnight massacre of many of the federal government's nonpartisan independent watchdogs. the presiden

russell vought me. >> john avlon russell, oh, yes, i will.i know it was real being asked to speak. >> we will all miss him. but as has been said, and probably will be said over and over again, his legacy will live on forever. for something had to be done. we got through it i love. >> all of the. i love it. it's the greatest power of love for. you. can't love. and honor the power. >> that day of his funeral was so beautiful. >> everybody sang. we got up and sang. stevie was singing alicia keys. everybody. freddie jackson, everybody was there. and we made it a celebration. >> and the greatest. >> power is. to love. i'm talking about love. >> everybody has something that they're supposed to do in this life. my uncle had a job to do while he was here, and he did it. he fulfilled his obligation to this earth. you can't think of that man without thinking about love. thank you for coming out and celebrating this awesome occasion with us. the store will be here for many, many moons for many, many people to come back. and when they see his name, they'

>> the hearing to consider the nomination of russell vought to be director of the office of management and budget will come to order. since taking office four years ago president biden has added a $.4 trillion to our national debt. to be fair, the trump administration added 7.8 shown in dollars to the national debt. this is truly a bipartisan problem. to put the face of our government spending in perspective for the last eight years our government has added on average $1 trillion to the national that every six months. now for the first time in history servicing our debt has come at a cost that is more than our entire defense budget. the interest now exceeds our military budget. this is not sustainable. the office of management and budget is the largest office within the executive ranch. with a primary responsibility of producing a workable budget for the president. unfortunately over the past four years omb failed to address our nation's fiscal situation and, in fact, took action accelerated the country's fiscal crisis. make no mistake, my colleagues on both sides of the aisle are also