we would not have won florida if not for susie wiles. she has a safe pair of hands and a different white house staff and going forward than the contentious in the open fighting that we had, but there were all for good reasons, there were different policies. i'm not so sure-- and when you say steve bannon, president trump has been his own strategist. if you look at the way he managed his coalition, the way he put it together, the sweep how he managed in the transition and how he'll manage it going forward, president trump is a deal guy and he understands how to, i think, juggle opposing views and quite frankly, strong personalities. so, one thing i will note that many of the strongest personalities in president trump's orbit are not going into the white house, cory lewandowski, epstein, bannon, i see some pattern recognition there and i think all of those people are going to be very strong voices on the outside and whatever vertical they're in. i would look for president trump to have a lot of support inside the white house with a much mo

. >> they are strong women and point out susie wiles who did a masterful job with the campaign. different impression about this administration. the first time trump didn't know what he was getting into. had a lot of resistance in d.c. people are now saying we want no more of that. we want things to get done. what you are seeing a shift today is from an administration full of lack of transparency and lack of accountability and people are saying we want to trust our government again and for that we do need honesty, we need accountability. that was made a little more difficult with some of the pardons that were released today for the crimes against america committed by various people but americans want to believe in this government again. >> harris: you bring up a good point. what is your thought, steve hilton, on the pardon for anthony fauci? there we were in the middle of a covid meltdown as a country with debts and so much sickness. he had us wearing masks that we now know and may have known then did not work against this virus. cloth masks and why surgeons don't wear them today

e question is, what will be the reality at susie wiles faces and will s be able to keep a tight grip with all of these personalities at trump is surrounding himself with? we don't have to look further than elon musk. she is saying she wants no stars but musk is literally trying to make himself a player not just in u.s. politics but in so many other nations. is that something that is helpful to donald trump and if not, can she control that? >> elon musk be wary, which one are we looking at? be wary elon musk. >> i agree. the people who are being paid and you can't fire, there are owls those people on their own who want to write books afterwards. she will have a tough time. >> let's admit going into this administration right now feels completely different than '16 and '17. there was a lot of infighting and tribalism and felt like survival a little bit. this is a lot smoother. the same hallmark of the campaign is now transferring to the administration. >> although elon musk is uncontrollable. you cannot control him. >> things are smoother because trump continues to make the party in his

and he called on the chief of staff who susie wiles, of course, to sit him down and take care of it.he wants susie wiles to sit elon musk down. >> he says it's not a job for the president or for vp. jd vance. susie needs to sit him down and give him a talking to. >> we'll see if that happens. speaking of jd vance, he had his first moment in the oval office today. i don't know if you saw this. house speaker mike johnson posted a video where he wanted to record jd vance going into the oval office for the first time. >> juju. margot. >> margot. >> thank you. good to see you, too. >> wow. >> this is jd vance's first time to step into the oval office. >> it's incredible. >> this is incredible. >> in the oval office is incredible. >> yeah. there are a couple striking things about this. i mean, to see someone like vance. whatever you think about his ideology and policies. son of appalachia. you've read the book or seen the movie or heard him talk about it. step foot into the oval office. really big deal. the other thing that struck me here is the fact that mike johnson is there behind the s

we woke up and susie wiles had done an interview with axios. she says this about the first 1 hundred days. i have every hope the administration will not have the same number of attempts to put sand in the gears. we're to a fresh start. fine-tuning his policy agenda and planning for the first 1 hundred days. hitting the ground running and realizing that you don't have as much time as you think that you do is really important here. >> she realizes that. she was instrumental in the floor vote to make mike johnson house speaker. the screen shot of marjorie taylor greene's cell phone. she was making calls to members of congress to get mike johnson across the finish line and stands out to me donald trump junior said i think we're more ready this time than if we would have had a second term consecutively. what president trump has done over four years. he has had time to sit back about his personnel and be ready to go. >> bill: the whole comment about sand in the gears is very true for january, february, march of 2017 and later you were on his team as

. >> can i ask you, susie wiles, the chief of staff at the white house who likes to run a tight shipor the staff on down? she said just a few weeks ago, my team and i will not tolerate backbiting, second guessing inappropriately or drama because they're counterproductive to the mission. this is what some people who are maybe more skeptical of elon musk's presence have have wondered. i mean, he is you know, he's not just a normal another staffer at the white house. >> you know, when i read that, i thought, oh, susie wiles, maybe you should join a different administration. i mean, this is a famously an administration that has a lot of competitiveness. there's a lot of backbiting, and we're already seeing fissures. i mean, if you see elon musk and the technocrats and then you see steve bannon and what steve bannon has said about elon musk, i mean, he has vowed to take him down. just today, he was talking about the, you know, elon musk and what he had said on twitter to undermine the president. i mean, this is a real fault line between maga. >> here's the thing. the coalition is huge. th

that despite trump's chief of staff, susie wiles telling axios that during the transition, biden's chiefstaff, jeff zients, has been very helpful. he introduced me to the former chief of staff club and even hosted a dinner at his beautiful home. >> no problem with us. >> in a blistering "the washington post" op-ed, columnist matt bye writes in the long run we tend to remember one-term presidents more for their principled stands than for their ultimate failures. that won't be joe biden's legacy after a life time of noble service he will be be remembered as so many in his generation as a man who didn't know when to leave incoming trump team argues biden can damage his legacy even more if he keeps trying to federal rules and regulations between now and the 20th. >> this the bation simply trying to throw a sucker punch on president trump on his way out the door. this is going to be dough kind msnbc report two weeks we will get two biden speeches one about foreign policy and one about his 50 years in washington, d.c. there is no plans for an end of term press conference though. so, if you hav

susie wiles will be a new face, of course, in the west wing. not a new face in trump's orbit. and there's pete hegseth. pam bondi, doug burgum, hauert lutnick, all making their way into the room and being greeted by rounds of applause. i should note, not just in the rotunda but also here in emancipation hall where we're watching a live feed for those who did not make it into the rotunda for this. rfk jr., sean duffy. linda mcmahon. >> going to be secretary of the department of health and human services. those are members of the trump cabinet. kristi noem, the governor of south dakota, nominated to be secretary of the department of homeland security. other members as well. lee zeldin, the former new york congressman, nominated to be administer of the epa. john ratcliffe, nominated to be director of the cia. a lot of people there who are -- kash patel, nominated to be director of the fbi. there is mr. doge himself, vivek ramaswamy, who is going to be on the department of government efficiency. but he is stepping down from that role to run for governor of ohio. we saw tulsi gabba

it was the day after the november election that president-elect trump named susie wiles as his chief of staff. she will be the first woman in that post. talk about the importance of women working in politics that in less visible roles. guest: it is important. thank you for thinking about and pointing out the representation of women in unelected positions. it is something i've been thinking about when we think about congressional staff or consultants. those who inform the politics of our moment whose names we often don't know. when we think about women's political representation we think about power. power can be defined in lots of ways. one way is to think about, how much influence do women have on outcomes in these political spheres? someone like susie wiles, who obviously had a prominent role in the trump campaign, will now have a prominent role in the white house, that is a lot of influence. that is power. arguably more than some women in the u.s. senate. we have to look at all of the areas where women can gain political influence, power, and try to, i would argue, encourage women

first of all, there's reporting in axios today that jeff hosted a dinner at his house for susie wiles that there is some sort of -- >> trump's other chief of staff reince priebus was there. >> let's note that right away. but also, yes, during the transition to the biden administration from the trump administration, our experience was the trump team would not allow what are called landing teams, the groups that go in to the agencies ahead of the inauguration to start doing the planning in between the election and the inauguration to start gathering information, to understand where things stand. the trump team did not allow a lot of those landing teams to come in. and remember, we were in the midst of and coming out of a once in a generation pandemic. so we had significant public health challenges that the trump administration was not -- willfully -- willingly handing ot over to the biden team. the idea that trump would argue that biden is making this difficult, i don't think that carries a lot of water. i got to be honest with you. >> in that interview with susie wiles with axios which

and you note susie wiles being such a driving force behind that.lex, do you think what do you think are the challenges then that they potentially have in these first 100 days? >> sure. well, you know, one of the big questions is in voters are saying that they really support the sort of a tougher crackdown on immigration. but one of the questions is, is once people start seeing visuals and images of the raids, does that sour their perception of what's going on? it's easy to say that you support something in theory, but when you actually start to see it in practice, sometimes support for that kind of thing goes down. and so you're going to start to see an onrush of executive orders, and it's going to be interesting to see how much support does trump maintain for those kinds of things through those 100 days. and so where do things stand heading into monday versus where do things stand 100 days in in april? >> yeah, that's a great point. and jasmine to that point, look we are seeing a stark difference in just how americans are receiving trump compared

talk to people who have known susie wiles for a great many years.t is interesting for me is the uniform opinion people have phil worked with her and around it which is people like working with her and for her. she creates a sense of teamwork. she is no drama. people appreciate the tone she establishes and gives people the chance to show their best. she is surrounded by three deputies who i have previous experience in the trump white house. she has gone through a campaign she has demonstrated ability to keep the drama to a relative minimum, at least among the staff. i think that's all go and be goe helpful to the new administration and to the returning precedent. paul: a second inaugural address. that first went was i think a fairly described as dark. it was talked about american carnage. what tone do you think the president election strike this time around? >> are being kind and described in that tone of the dark and grim speech we heard eight years ago. what's interesting is reports in the last couple of days on friday and thursday there were numer

you had susie wiles on the front end two days ago yesterday saying that the chief of staff, the current biden chief of staff, is doing everything very kind. and yet in the middle of all that, you have donald trump trying to gin up this notion to your point about grievance, saying that they're throwing everything at this to make this a very difficult transition. >> everybody's still out to get him. he just won an election. and then he questioned the election again, too. it was too big to rig. he said he won the election. he won the popular vote. he should be celebrating. he should be coming into washington. yes. he has very narrow majorities in the house and the senate. it's going to be difficult to get things done, but this should be someone who is upbeat and happy to come in. but he is still full of grievances because it is his organizing principle. but there are a lot of lies in there. that was a trailer that was an hour long trailer for the next four years, in that he tells a lot of lies. he hedges, he exaggerates and hypes a lot of things, but he also made a ton of news there. you'r

susie wiles did an interview. this is rare. she gave it to axios, talked about a lot of things. what will the hallmark of the west wing be? wiles, the west wing staff is a mix of new and veterans. many young, all prepared to work punishing hours. to my core i believe in teamwork. anyone who cannot be counted on to be collaborative and focused on shared goals is not working in the west wing. more from that. if you've seen it, trey, what is your impression? >> good for her. the first administration was plagued and back biting. people taking credit for his victory. she has a tough job. the margin in the senate is bigger than the margin in the house. the problem in the senate is the the 60 vote threshold which john thune will not get rid of. they really have -- i understand the senator wants to do it in two pieces. they want the border first and then taxes. i just think history tells you, you get one shot, remember, bill and dana, republicans couldn't even repeal obamacare. remember they all ran on it but couldn't do it. first the freedom caucus brought it down and then john mccain

i've got to be honest with you. >> in that interview with susie wiles with axios, which is notable becauseten hear from her on the record or o'on camera, she's trump's incoming e ing chief of staff. david-u know her. she had a comment that stood out to me where she was saying i don't welcome people who want to work solo or be a star. she said my team and i will not tolerate backbiting, second guessing inappropriately or drama. that would be remarkably different than the early days especially of the trump administration round one when there was such infighting among his senior staff. >> yeah. i mean, i think what else is she supposed to say? of course she doesn't want people who are backstabbers and trying to get the limelight and be there for the wrong reasons. they want people who are loyalists. i think that's a good sentiment for her to have going in. but it will be interesting to see if she can execute on it. obviously i will give credit where credit's due. this was a well- run campaign. they won. and everything i've heard about her is she is a true professional. if she's able to mainta

of course, susie wiles, who is going to be installed as the first woman to be the white house chief of staff, is responsible for a lot of this guidance. but also president trump. he knows his way around the job. so one adviser was telling me not that long ago, look, when you ever you're going back to a place you worked, you know, your way around and the west wing, as you and i know, is a very small place, but it's such a complicated government. he knows what he wants to do. and this time the congress is with him in such a stronger way than it was eight years ago. he was still, you know, sort of at odds with his own party. then this is his party. these are his people. but now the burden of governing is also on him, which he knows presidents have to handle whatever come at them. and everything has been planned up until now. tomorrow at noon. that's when a lot of uncertainties also are factored in. >> and as we're sitting here in the room, for those who can't see it, there is a phrase scrolling around the arena that says trump will fix it in all capital letters. and i was looking at that

. >> how much of that is is being orchestrated with susie wiles, his chief of staff? >> a lot of it. after the election, susie wiles and the top level campaign staff gave a speech to a venture capital firm in las vegas. and one of the things she said to this group was, we only basically have two years to do the real big, heavy stuff, so they're hitting the ground running. >> shall we talk it marco rubio inside sources, thank you very

. >> how much of that is is being orchestrated with susie wiles, his chief of staff? >> a lot of it. after the election, susie wiles and the top level campaign staff gave a speech to a venture capital firm in las vegas. and one of the things she said to this group was, we only basically have two years to do the real big, heavy stuff, so they're hitting the ground running. >> shall we talk it? marc caputo, inside sources, thank you very much for being here. thank you all so much for joining us for the source tonight, cnn news night with abby phillip is up next. >> tonight the crimes are in the details. donald trump defends his january 6th pardons while glossing over the facts of their cases that he gave passes to criminals who attacked the blue. plus, nowhere is safe. the trump administration gives ice agents a green light to raid schools and churches to search and deport migrants. also, enemies of the state. president trump targets his critics. a general, a commandant, a chef while pulling a former employees security whom iran wants to assassinate, and a searing sermo

i have asked susie wiles to start calling up and get the corps ready to go. i don't know what took so long for the others administration but i was not here for the first four months over three months, whatever it maybe. we can only start as of one or two days ago. we have made a lot of progress. michael, i understand we will get you the resources you need and the support that you deserve. we will be at your site through every step of the rebuilding. no american is going to be left behind. the people that i just met are so great. the people that own that house, it will be very beautiful in a little while. who knows? maybe they'll rip it down and build them a new one. sometimes you can do that just as easily. we will take care of the people. i want to thank our great first lady for coming today. she said i want to go. she sees what happened. she felt very badly. she wanted to go. we are going out together to los angeles. she wanted to be in north carolina. she has a feeling like i do for north carolina. thanks as well to a great gentleman, franklin graham. his

it got so bad this week anticipating the next four years and coming chief of staff susie wiles and ao to cabinet companies. no member of this incoming administration on transition speaks to the united states or president elect himself. all intended nominees should refrain from any public social media posts without prior approval of the incoming white house counsel. my i'm not, i think it's good, healthy and real these guys and these women are winners for suffer from low self-esteem. what is wrong with smart people clashing on consequential complex issues? we are tired of scripted rehearsed political jargon, we are done with that. among the people who agree with me, stephen h smith. not a republican but a fan of debate what he sees a big difference between the way republicans do it the way democrats handled it. >> at least in the trump administration, it will be allowed. it's not an ideology alone. it's not their feelings alone. if the fact that you refuted what they said, part of their party, cancel culture taken. if you are not part of it, it was ostracism and ultimately hate and fe

susie wiles ran a tremendous campaign. tight knit, efficient operation.l bring it to the white house. she is simply spelling it out on running an organization. musk and trump have their own relationship that they are going to have to work out as they go along. how is doge going to interact, inviting musk to talk to world leaders we seen reports on. is that going to continue or change? that is all thing between them. in terms of oligarch and stuff, how many da's in this country received money from george sorros. a lot. >> come on. >> how much money has he spent on democratic politicians over his career? the man is ancient it is probably a ton. now, let's focus on the question. one point he raised was based on the personal relationship of trump and elon musk. paraphrasing here of course. he needs to meet with world leaders. that is the opposite of what is supposed to happen for elected official from the billionaire perspective. i am not a billionaire but i would assume they have a professional view of what should meet with world leaders. well, look. the bes

the second trump term is strictly business, susie wiles, they called her the ice lady, has no tolerancee wanted to have a no drama zone at the white house, she is promising and will not be the same chaotic self-sabotaging like it was the first time. she told staffers i do not welcome people who want to work solo or be a star, my team and i will not tolerate backbiting, second guessing, or drama. these are counterproductive to the mission. trump is nominated a bunch of fox news hosts, they should be fun. young staffers are being told to get ready to work punishing the hours, the kind of hours at prime time staff work, 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. this is a stark contrast to the biden white house, they call it 2:00 on a tuesday. the incoming trump administration wants no sand in the gears this time, from the inside or outside. the resistance has been broken, only a few dead ends like george marchand who will announce he was sentenced trump for the so-called hush money case this friday. no jail time, he just wants to get one last whack at the bad boy. the resistance will regroup eventually, d

we would not have won florida if not for susie wiles. she has a safe pair of hands and a different white house staff and going forward than the contentious in the open fighting that we had, but there were all for good reasons, there were different policies. i'm not so sure-- and when you say steve bannon, president trump has been his own strategist. if you look at the way he managed his coalition, the way he put it together, the sweep how he managed in the transition and how he'll manage it going forward, president trump is a deal guy and he understands how to, i think, juggle opposing views and quite frankly, strong personalities. so, one thing i will note that many of the strongest personalities in president trump's orbit are not going into the white house, cory lewandowski, epstein, bannon, i see some pattern recognition there and i think all of those people are going to be very strong voices on the outside and whatever vertical they're in. i would look for president trump to have a lot of support inside the white house with a much mo

susie wiles' interview. >> i love the painting over your right shoulder, i can't stop staring at it andg about all the things it reminds me of. hope from above. >> thank you. i'm going to send you a link to the painter. >> that's very nice. thank you. >>> coming up later in the broadcast, former house speaker kevin mccarthy is going to join us to talk about trump's legislative agenda. we will talk about throwing it all in one bill or more. that's coming up at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. a conversation you don't want to miss. "squawk box" coming right back after this. >>> welcome back. this is "squawk box." let's look at the markets on this monday morning. in the premarket you will see there are some green arrows. dow futures indicated up by close to 140 points after being down on friday. s&p was up by 1.25% on friday and it's indicated up another 40 points this morning. then you have the nasdaq which was a very strong performer on friday, up by 1.75%, it's best performance since probably two months. you are looking at the nasdaq indicated up by over 200 points this morning. here is a list a

the floor of georgia represented marjorie taylor greene on the phone with incoming chief of staff susie wiles. mbers later approved a package of rules that will govern the house and committees for the next two years. the resolution includes an increase in the threold for requesting the removal othe speaker from one to nine republican members,liminating the office of diversity and inclusion, and allowing committees to permit electronic voti. more live coverage of the new 119th congress on members return on c-span. now we take you back to the beginning of today's activities in the u.s. house. >> for the meeting of the 119th congress of the united states, the house will come to order. [gavel pounds] the prayer will be offered by chaplain. >> would you pray with me? gather us together sovereign got from the north and south, from the east and west, from the right in your mercy, consecrate the work you have called us to do in this 119th congress. as we convened to establish and uphold the laws of this nation may we devote our hearts to you and stretch out our hands to receive your instruction. with

donald trump won the popular vote and won every swing state there is more of a feel of a mandate and susie wiles. her mandate is do not air these grievances in public. if you have some things we do it internally. don't put it out on social media to get cable news hits. forget d.e.i. it is taxes, energy and immigration. you get those three things done you have to compromise on some other things but that's what trump wants. >> martha: it seems to me these people if they don't get in line are going to get primaried quickly. they are all running again. no one wants to be pinned with the person who did not allow the trump agenda to go through with this kind of momentum. >> better have that conversation with the freedom caucus and some members that would much rather become instagram stars out there. the salt crew, the people who want to deal with state and local taxes. i think there is maybe some wiggle room there. i'm telling you, they couldn't even get everybody to show up to the meeting. let alone how will you get on the same page? donald trump wants one big beautiful bill. maybe it parses into two

another interesting political person on the list is susie wiles, who makes her debut at number 72 onknow, somebody like susie wiles takes on this campaign. i think what she brought to donald trump's campaign is steady leadership. the chaos and disorganization we'd heard in years past, past elections, went away. she's worked for republicans across the idealogical spectrum. i think it is very interesting to see what steadiness -- >> she will be very interesting to watch. i totally agree. fascinated with that. maggie, there's someone unexpected in the number 100 spot. tell us about her. >> so excited to tell you about her. she is caitlin clark. >> yay. >> she broke the ncaa scoring record for men and women earlier this year. she has driven unprecedented attention to women's basketball, women's sports as a whole. we spoke with coach dawn staley earlier this year. i asked dawn, i said, women have been playing at a high level for so many decades. why has it taken until now for women sports to have a breakthrough moment? coach staley told us, sometimes you need a unifier, and that unifier i

tom, this report from susie wiles and where she is basically telling trump's nominees to stay off ofial media ahead of their senate confirmation hearings, given that donald trump is kinda sorta like the sing of social media trolling, where do you think this is coming from? >> if you have a bunch of controversial cabinet nominees, you don't want them in the public eye every day. one of the things i think that has always worked to the advantage of trump and his -- the team around him is that they -- at certain times they go quiet and let people fill in the blanks about what they think trump is saying or what they think issis people his people w his administration would be about. the only thing that can ruin that is when someone actually says something. so i think what they are doing, and i think it's actually smart to be honest, is they don't want pete hegseth or tulsi gabbard to say something that will remind people that they are pete hegseth and tulsi gabbard. they want all of that previous time as public figures to fade away and let them create themselves again as serious nominees f

susie wiles and others have indicated that the first 18 months is really going to be key when it comesda of this second term and how successful it is. i don't think that he's surrounded by people who have the illusion that going into the next midterm that republicans are going to have an automatic advantage despite perhaps some of the map being friendly. because of that i think they are moving very quickly on all of these different points. >> bret: we do have our first clip from sean hannity's exclusive interview in the oval office. this deals with the big picture issue of returning to office. let's take a listen. >> let's talk about the moment you walked back in this office, this desk, this room, your carpet, how did you feel? >> president trump: well, it was a lot of work, and, as you know, i felt we shouldn't have had -- necessarily be here, could have been done, a lot of work -- it would have been over, and we wouldn't have inflation, or the afghanistan disaster. wouldn't have had october 7, with israel. when so many people were killed. you wouldn't have a ukraine war going on, but

lacking in our government, you see that right from day one of the transition the appointment of susie wilesn the way the appointments were rolled out one after another so clearly and confidently the way that the nominees seem to be saving through the process and the senate, everything working like clockwork, that's because they have been preparing for this moment. i know many of the people in the america first policy institute in the world around trump for the last few years that even getting ready. they believe this day would come in they knew they had to be ready and boy are they ready. stuart: thank you, i noticed a moment ago looking on the left-hand side of the screen we saw the arrival of political celebrities, former speakers of the house we saw newt gingrich and mccarthy, we did not see nancy pelosi, she is not coming to this particular inauguration. next, this photo into our newsroom shows a desk set up on the stage at the capital one arena. can we see it. trump will sign a handful of executive actions in front of his supporters there at the desk later on today, this is history and

susie wiles, the end coming and now white house chief of staff, is setting up shop.g for this moment for four years. >> it is a more seasoned group. a more seasoned president. and i just something about this day? i have thought about this often when bill clinton was inaugurated i was covering it from the rest front of the capital where festivities were and i was chatting with republican congressman jerry lewis from california. he was not any more partisan that the next guy but he was a republican through and through. he was in festive spirits he was in a great mood and they asked him what he was so happy about. he says this is a great day. this is america. this is how we do this year. not every country does it this way. this is a wonderful day. and i thought he is absolutely right. i watch these proceedings today and i have to say it hit me emotionally more than i would have imagined. we do this look, these are divided times, there is still hard feelings, i get all of that. but look at the way the democrats carried out their roles. they were gracious, amy club the de

there was a great interview with susie wiles in axios today.mocrats who have to work with her and work with the president. understand where there's room for disagreement. let that disagreement be principled and constructive. where it has to be loud, that it be loud. four years ago today, i did not think this was a day we would be seeing. the great thing about politics is all of us know -- having worked in the white house, everything is possible. it warms my heart to say i didn't think i would be saying to greg gutfeld a father for the first time on january 6, 2025. >> there is something in there, trust me. he said i don't care about joe biden anymore. that is the truth. if you watch the movie -- i watched a lot of movies when i was away. if you watch the movie "die hard" you see john mclean meet hans gruber. hans gruber is dead. imagine after the credits you have a scene, a sobering look at how hans gruber's family is dealing with the loss. that is joe biden. nobody needs that scene. it was a big win. no one cares. no one wants to be in the los

donald trump, susie wiles, a bunch of folks interjected. mike johnson cannot stand on his own. he is dependent on donald trump. he's dependent on elon musk. he's dependent on all the billionaires that fund all these candidates to get their agenda through. so it's going to be a very difficult few months for mike johnson. we have in democrats a united party. they have a slim majority. more slim than the last congress. and we stopped a lot of terrible things. and so we're feeling energetic. we understand the challenge ahead and the donald trump challenge, but we feel we can stop a lot of bad things. >> leader jeff ris pledged to, quote, find bipartisan common ground wherever and whenever possible. are there any common ground areas you can identify right now where you and republicans, you, and republicans could work together? >> i mean, look, first, i think obviously leader jefferies is right. if there are issues we can work together on, that's great. i'm not optimistic that republicans want to do anything to work together with democrats on. and the republican idea of bipartisanshi

including susie wiles who is pack representative in the -- and kash patel a was a designated liaison between the former trump administration and the national archives. for those reasons, i would be interested in seeing it. think how much we learned from the mueller report with respect to all the witnesses and the documentation back and forth between people. that's what i want to see even if we never get classified information. >> that's a good point. let's go back to the sentencing. walk me through what happens tomorrow at 9:30. >> when we walk in ski, we will see a screen where todd blanche is with his client, donald trump, at mar-a-lago. >> maybe they choose a cool background. >> maybe. rudy giuliani was instructed to get rid of his american flag. that was a joke kristy was making. we will hear from the prosecution and then the defense has an opportunity to speak. he will give trump himself an opportunity to speak. what is crazy is, i have bennett two trials were trump had an opportunity to speak. one is a witness in the other he wanted to make a statement and he got into skirmishe

susie wiles, who is going to be his chief of staff this time, does not see herself as a guardrail for sees herself as an enabler for donald trump. >> john: let's talk about the senate. those republicans, they are all gone. >> they haven't survived. they are out of politics. if you want to survive in the republican party these days, you do not cross donald trump. we see that not just in the senate but in the house. the response to trump last time, there is a huge amount of resistance. you look at it this time and you see corporate executives and congressional republicans and foreign leaders and even media companies trying to figure out how to get on his good side. >> john: i feel like he is the least constrained both in fact and mind-set, for president we've had in modern history. >> absolutely. donald trump is the least constrained president we have seen in modern times, let's say since world war ii. i don't think there's a question. less constrained in his view of the powers of the office and in how he intends to pursue it. >> john: woodrow wilson said a president is at liberty to be

he said susie wiles the chief of staff. >> lawrence: get to the bottom of it. >> steve: let's see whatappens. pete hegseth our secretary of defense was confirmed over the weekend. and then yesterday, our brand new secretary of treasury, scott bessent was confirmed and so, you know, what's interesting is all the stuff that pete hegseth put in his book we know that scott bessent wants to make america great again. and donald trump, he essentially and we had one of the guests on yesterday, brian mast was talking a little bit about how donald trump was going to go republican retreat at doral down in florida. essentially as the quarterback. to motivate the team. well, the team has gotten one big john. a-job.tax cuts border and energ. and essentially it depends on who you talk to. they are either going to have one or two bills. the senate would like two bills. mike johnson yesterday talked to everybody it's got to be one bill, the ways and means guy jason smith said one bill. here is donald trump last night motivating the troops and for the people who have texted us asking what's the presiden

conservatives i like to think for a liberal friends to do something we can agree on if a chief of staff susie wiles this home and keep everyone on the reservation i'm optimistic about the policy outcome. >> 's got to be quite a big reservation at. [laughter] couple of things i do think it was very interesting to watch and inauguration you saw the second row almost across from all the former elected presidents were tech ceos instead of governors or folks are demi democratically elected by the people. i think that becaus causes pausa lot of americans. i think with that being said you think about donald trump's agenda which is an american first agenda or america first agenda it's important to remember for this ai expansion is going to require foreign resources. joe biden's last trip in december it was to angola. part of that trip was to install a train line that with copper to the ports of copper can come to america to produce power here in america to generate ai for you continue on the path of that revitherubio state department oo more aid this up at a stalemate in trump's plan to create the ai gener

but you also have somebody like susie wiles that's trying to streamline this. they're far more organized going into office than they were in 2017. >> they are more organized, starting with susie, but going on down through through many other people. and and he's also more popular than he's ever been. donald trump has more support among the american public than at any point in his political career. and he's following a president who's down at about 36% approval. so the country is actually ready to turn the page, which is a big difference than it was eight years ago when you had hundreds of thousands of people in the street protesting trump's inauguration. it really got off to a very negative, pessimistic start. i think he has a real chance to broaden his coalition even more. there's a lot that joe biden has done wrong that he can fix right away and make real progress, incremental progress. and i think that's probably what we're going to see him do. >> and karen, obviously, the president elect made a number of promises on the campaign trail. he's promised executive

lot of his staff i should note has been here for a few hours, erin, including the chief of staff, susie wiles. elon musk was seen here on the white house grounds earlier actually going inside the west wing at one point earlier. but this is the first time that president trump himself has returned to the white house since he was here obviously briefly earlier for that meeting with president biden, the coffee and tea that they had. but this is the first time he's been back since it's his white house and he has been sworn in again. >> yeah. and watching him get out of that car, the beast, and walk in, we will get the salute. he will -- he is back. >> he's back. >> he is back. you see that here. this is the visual manifestation of it. but that has been the tone and the feeling. i spent the day in that capitol arena. that is the way that his supporters feel. they are back. he is back. >> in his speech, one of the lines that really stuck out to me was he said, i returned to the presidency, confident and optimist you can. it does feel different than eight years ago when it, sort of, felt like washing

intelligence balancing the need for american innovation with the common good because chief of staff susie wiles everyone on preservation but i'm optimistic. >> what do you think richard? >> at there are couple thanks in the news is used into art and duration you saw in the second row to governors or people elected by the people of your they were allowed in. it causes pause for a lot of americans. i think when you think the first agenda. this ai to happen it will require foreign resources spiritual biden's last trip in december was to angola a degenerate aip if it's a stalemate in terms plan to create this generate -- ai power that's necessary. so for the trump team how do you create ai without a foreign policy to focus on investing in other countries that have raw materials to make it possible. >> buy creating energy in our own country. >> we are the most abundant natural resource -- >> but we need copper which is critical for ai and the firms that don't have it. >> president trump is a wheeler dealer who will find a way to get his hands on what american youth but the center of the conversation

this team led by susie wiles from a top-down structure is really focused not just on getting people inlace by getting the right people in place. >> tomorrow, trump's nominees begins the confirmation process. there are reports that a paperwork problem is holding up the confirmation hearing for tulsi gabbard. we have reached out to get more on that. trump's pick for the national intelligence seems to have adapted her views. tulsi gabbard says she supports the surveillance program that allows the u.s. to gather foreign intelligence on noncitizens. that is the event that senator shelley more says really help you gain more support prayer. >> she has explained i think a lot of some of the misinformation that has been out there. she is getting ready to testify before a committee. will see how she does. >> there are going to be tough questions. we are told of these nominees are prepared and ready for that. tulsi gabbard does still not have a date for her confirmation hearing. it really has been the center of the political universe. there are so many politicians spotted coming and going like jo

i have asked susie wiles and all of my people to start calling up and get the core ready.go. i don't know what took so long from the other administration, but remember, i wasn't here for the first three months. whatever it may be. we can only start as of, essentially, one or two days ago. we made a lot of progress over the last couple of days. i understand that we are going to get you the resources and support you deserve. we will be at your side through every step of the rebuilding. no american is going to be left behind. the people i just met are so great, and the people that are not house -- that house will be very beautiful in a little wh while. franklin decides -- maybe rip it down and build a new one. sometimes, you can do that just as easily. we will take care of the people. i want to thank our great first lady. she really wanted to be here. she sees what happened and felt very badly, and wanted to go. we are then going out together to los angeles, but she wanted to be in north carolina pick she saw what happened. she has a feeling like i do for north carolina. than

susie wiles is the chief of staff and she's coming in running things -- she also helped run his campaignea, at least, and we will see if it holds, is that she's running it in a more structured fashion. there are not the feuding factions within the white house, the feuding power centers that there were before. there is not a steve bannon walking around. however, there are people like stephen miller who will be a deputy chief of staff, but also leading national security and immigration focused. he spent four years out of office focused on coming up with ways to enact his agenda and trump's agenda on immigration and came in ready with all these executive actions we are expecting from president trump. many of them could face legal challenges too, but they came in ready with a focus on that. also, the office of management and budget. he has spent four years thinking about how to enact policy through this very powerful office that no one things about very often, the office of management and budget. amna: we have already seen day one, one team member leave. that is vivek. he was originally pair

. >> on this idea is interesting because we have no reporting this morning that susie wiles is trying of people who have access to donald trump in the white house in terms of the number of assistance to the president to make fewer people, how could that make a difference in terms of the new trump administration? >> they all have his cell number. that's when he's at his most self-referential is when he's calling members of congress and having these chats and trying to influence policy. we know one day it's a big beautiful bill and the next day it's two bills. the fact of the matter is trump is putting this on biden so when he gets off to a slow start let's not forget it wasn't long ago they said the inauguration wanted to have one of these big bills done and now they are talking april and we know it's going to be a be september before they actually get it done. this is a way for him to pass the buck and say i would've done great except for biden. >> i want to ask about pardons. trump repeatedly promised to pardon january 6 the writers and now a former proud boys founder, leader is aski