linda mcmahon, u.s.ecretary nominee: the legacy of our nation's leadership in education is one that every person in this room embraces with pride. unfortunately, many americans today are experiencing a system in decline. lisa: democrats presented a united front against the nominee for secretary of education. sen. sen. markey: will you oppose any cuts to public education, yes or no? linda mcmahon: well, the president is not -- he is not saying that we should cut funding to public education. sen. markey: yes, he is. linda mcmahon: he is simply saying -- well, i would disagree with you there. sen. markey: elon musk yesterday announced he would immediately cut $900 million from the department of education. lisa: mcmahon said she has not talked with musk about the agency at all. yesterday, the president made his position clear. pres. trump: oh, i'd like it to be closed immediately. look, the department of education is a big con job. lisa: but, in her hearing, mcmahon walked a finer line. linda mcmahon: it is

now you have the democrats who are protesting linda mcmahon.epartment of education spends 82 billion a year and around 70% of american children can't read on grade level. what are they spending their money on? donald trump is correct. the president called it a con job. that's exactly what they are. funneling money to special interest groups, to their friends' projects, contracts that don't mean anything. we need to get away from the idea the department of education is a good thing for us. it is not. linda mcmahon cares about education of the american child and i think what she said about continuing programs, for example, is what the message should be. these programs are not going away. they are just not going to be the boondoggle they've been for the last four years. not going to be throwing money away. it will be spent on the education of children because making america great again means making children learn again, making our schools great again. >> dana: we first connected over covid and your concern about children and especially students wh

that would be linda mcmahon. i can tell you that there are a lot of questions i would like to answer. but, i don't have time. but i can tell you this, for the poor skids in our country, disillusioned about the american dream, the answers they are looking for rarely come from washington. with all of our goodnt intentio, the department of education has simply failed the poorest kids in the united states of america, the greatest nation on the planet. to turn that around, we need someone who is already succeeded in business and in government. let me just close with this, the department ofth education does t educate kids. it is a federal agency. local communities and local teachers educate kids. our department of education is a federal that needs to focus on getting moreli money into the hands of more students so they have a better chance and yes, i do believe competition make sure quality go up in your cost go down. charter schools have proved that. private schools prove that. and finally pell grants take public doll

robert kennedy, his confirmation appears imminent. 60 minutes from now linda mcmahon looks like she will get the votes on that. democrats going to go after her hard because of the department of education and what trump is talking about. wants congress to take action to eliminate it. it is written into legislation and it sticks. this is the doge disruption. they are claiming already they have cut a billion dollars from the u.s. federal government. here is a gander now. last friday you had 15 million on three d.e.i. training grants. monday we showed you on the big board close to a billion dollars in the 89 contracts. another 100 million here if i have my math right. 29d.e.i. training grants on monday and then on wednesday of this week contract to coordinate meetings. 4.6 million. another 3 million other contracts. 1.4 million on contracts that physically observe mailing and clerical operations. all stuff that is knee deep in the weeds how washington works. whether or not this makes a big deal for how we spend money, still remains to be seen. the president claims and so does musk they can k

chris. >> okay, paul, let's go back to what linda mcmahon says. congress is needed to abolish an entire agency. but short of wiping it out entirely, completely with congressional approval, are there things legally the president can do? and if he tries to do it, are there things that can be done by other interested parties against it? >> so, chris, since george. >> washington. >> it's been the responsibility. >> of the legislative. >> branch. >> the. >> house and the senate. to create or change or eliminate federal departments. >> that's because. >> those departments are created by statutes that only congress can repeal. so no, musk is wrong. the president cannot delete a federal department. but what he or she can do is to bleed it out. so the president has the responsibility to enforce the will of congress, as expressed in the departments that congress creates. but the president, in executing those enforcement responsibilities, can choose where the money goes and how the money is used. and we've seen in that responsibility, musk and apparently wit

senator maggie hassan of new hampshire asked linda mcmahon about this.video clip] >> what does the individuals with disabilities education act promise? >> promises that we're going to take care of these students and they will be provided with assistance in school and that they will have the technology they need, the assistance they need. >> i.d.e.a. offers a free appropriate education for children with disabilities. what does the investment cost to states? what is it supposed to be? >> in terms of dollar amounts? i am not sure. >> in 19 75, the federal government committed to pay 40% of the average first special education. do you know what the federal government actually does? >> i think around 14% to 18%. >> it is 18%. >> congress needs to appropriate those dollars to spend. >> the resident and republicans are proposing massive tax cuts for billionaires and are trying to pay for it by massive cuts to education and other services. just so you know, new hampshire would lose $60 million in that funding if it were eliminated. my time is almost up, i am just

elizabeth: and linda mcmahon to run education department, do you think she gets it?rm the education department. >> if not get rid of it right? i think in all likelihood she will be confirmed. i think a lot of what she will talk about school choice, priorities they are shared by most if not all republicans, might be a party line vote. but i think she will likely be confirmed, one i'm not sure about labor secretary ddesignate, but right now a winning team. >> do you think he will get rid of the education department. >> a good question, i would like to know legally how that would look, they might take components of it and lift them out of that department and place them under other umbrellaism thank you. elizabeth: thank you guy benson, thank you for welcoming us, thank you for watching "the evening edit," to the bottom line, david and dagen with a hot show. >> thank you emac. elizabeth: you got i

secretary, what is linda mcmahon walking into? if she's confirmed?well, you know. >> some of the hardest working and most student centered people that i've ever met in my life work in that building. they're public servants. they're career servants that, you know, are giving their best years to make education in this country better. and they're being disrespected. they're being abandoned. you know, instead of focusing on on the courts and legal battles, focus on students, focus on student outcomes. it is really sad to see what's happening in there. and, you know, when we talk about those cuts, what we're talking about is programing for students or following research that we know improves outcomes for students. i'm all in favor of reviewing what works best, and i'm even in favor of assessing policy whether you agree with it or not. but i'm not in favor of the change that's happening, which is going from democracy to a monarchy. and we're seeing examples of that in every agency. and it's really troubling. i think the american people, regardless of party

[video clip] >> why nominate linda mcmahon to be the education department. >> because i told him linda i hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. i want her to put yourself out of a job. education department. we are ranked number 40 out of 40 schools. we are ranked number one across so we spend more per pupil than any other country in the world and we are ranked at the bottom of the list. and what i want to do is let the states run schools. i believe strongly in school choice but in addition to that i want the states to run schools and i want linda to put herself out of a job. host: matt barnum. guest: yeah, there's a lot to unpack. one thing i would note is i believe president trump is right that the u.s. as a very high spending country in terms of education. also a very wealthy country but we are not ranked quite as low as he is saying. we are typically in the middle of the pack which is nothing to brag about. so i'm not aware of the 40 out of 40. his appointment of linda mcmahon was interesting, she was a cofounder of wwe, world wrestling entertainment and a donor and

education has continued to fill american citizens is time to return back to the state they think linda mcmahon the right person to do it shrewd business woman and they will make make an education grade again. we hope education system is much improved thank you both. >> ♪ ♪ and all the fox news @ night common sense department made "the new york times" today they even used our common sense graphic if you didn't see or here about it don't worry the article wasn't meant as a pat on the back for common sense it was meant in the kick in the backside to convince him recently fox news has been parroting the president the article quoting that the flood of common sense comments on fox news echoes the language mr. trump and his new administration have used to justify his policies and they were entertained by the accusation that we echo the language of mr. trump echo means repetition of an idea and the common sense department was cooled before common sense was cool and has served up snark and brilliance every night since the show began. so when they say it's a constant reframe and maybe they should have c

host: you may be interested in this moment from the confirmation hearing for linda mcmahon to serve as education secretary. here is senator chris murphy of connecticut questioning the nominee about president trump's executive order eliminating funding for programs that support d.e.i., diversity equity and inclusion, what that means for public schools. [video clip] >> if a school in connecticut celebrates martin luther king day and has a series of events and programming teaching about black history, are they in violation of a policy that says schools should stop running d.e.i. programs? >> not in my view, that is clearly not the case. the celebration of martin luther king day and black history month should be celebrated throughout all of our schools. i believe that martin luther king was one of the strongest components of making sure that we look at all of our populations. he said he would hope his children would not be judged by the color of their skin or content of their character, and i think that is the fundamental basis we should celebrate black history month with. >> west point ha

i am a voting no linda mcmahon >> martha: we have seen the record of how our kids are doing in schoolrrespondent reporting live from capitol hill >> no surprise that both democrats and republicans asked linda mcmahon to address president trump's comments from yesterday saying he wanted to get rid of the department of education and she acknowledged that can happen without -- cannot happen without an act of congress. >> do you agree that since the department was created by congress it would need an act of congress to actually close the department of education? >> certainly president trump understands we will be working with congress. >> while they work on a plan to convince congress to do that, linda mcmahon says she will downsize the department of education, return education to the states, and do it without cutting critical funding for schools are. but martha democrats did not buy that today. >> you oppose any cuts the public education yes or no? >> the president is not he was not saying that we should cut funding to public education. >> yes, he is. >> a while i would disagree with you

finally, fireworks likely as linda mcmahon appears for confirmation hearing. democrats and teachers unions are hoping to derail her. >> we will stand up to mcmahon and every other anti-public education politician. [cheering] >> elected or appointed or anointed. we're not going to let them destroy the department of education. >> i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. and i wish i was here under different circumstances. i'm pissed off. our public education in america is under attack. >> doug: just released minutes ago, here is what mcmahon is expected to say at her hearing. if confirmed the department will not stand by while jewish students are discriminated against and it will protect rights of parents to direct morale education of their children. department of education will face scrutiny with many republicans, including president, talking about eventual elimination. >> carley: the president wants mcmahon to put herself out of a job, we'll see how that folds. crisis at federal border. dea arresting people in colorado including 10 suspects who officials say

, linda mcmahon and sitting next to you is the new star is born caroline, congratulations.ew star, a star is born. patrick morrissey, congratulations. a great friend of mine and he has really helped us at the border, greg abbott. thank you. jim pillen, where are you. very good. are you feeling good? not -- you had a bad fall. you are doing all right? brad little, thank you brad. good job. good job, do you like education going back to your state you will make it top right? just so people understand, in the education world you ranked very poorly for 38, 39 and 40 out of 40 countries. we are at the bottom of the pack almost always are very close to and it just came out we are 40 out of 40. if we move it back to the states i can guarantee you if you take idaho, iowa, almost any of the states i am looking at now they will be as good as norway -- you have norway, sweden, denmark. i must say you have china that's very high in the pack. china is very big but they do a good job. but we will have at least 35 of our states that will be as good or better than any of those countries. [a

president trump in linda mcmahon can get it down. >> jacqui: we will see if linda mcmahon can pull itesirous that she put herself out of a job. former education secretary, betsy devos, appreciate it. >> thank you for the opportunity. >> john: so much on president trump's play and meeting with texas governor greg abbott at the white house and it comes has president trump's immigration crackdown with a major impact on illegal border crossings. those details coming up next. >> jacqui: plus rfk jr. securing a vote in the bed for the u.s. h at the hhs secretary. the doctor joins us with her taketh m. for relief that's ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ remove contact lenses before using miebo. wait at least 30 minutes before putting them back in. eye redness and blurred vision may occur. ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ ask your eye doctor about prescription miebo. in 10 years, lisa schneider will have an amazing second act. thanks to career reskilling courses from aarp. to help make sure her income lives as long as she does. the younger you are, the more you need aarp. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 g

parents gathered on capitol hill to protest president trump's pick for secretary of education, linda mcmahon. they call it an education smackdown. that's a throwback to mcmahon's time building wwe before her career in politics. critics say mcmahon is not qualified to lead the federal agency, and that her nomination shows the department is at risk. their nominee to be the secretary of education shows that they don't value the person who's in charge of the department of education, otherwise, they would not have chosen linda mcmahon. the group fears federal funding for the public s school system, especiay high poverty schools, would go away. under the trump administration, educators vowed to continue to fight for vulnerable students nationwide. could traffic backups be coming back to yosemite? the park's reservation system is on hold. how the trump administration is playing a part in this. also, would you know if you were having a problem with your heart? we're going to break down some of the symptoms specific to women that may surprise you. but before we head to break, we want to know what tre

. >> reporter: and on the education department, why nominate linda mcmahon to be the education departmentet rid of the education department. >> because i told linda, linda, i hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. i want her to put herself out of a job, education department. elizabeth okay. president trump's next big fight, he's going to overhaul the education department. but we've got shocking new day showing how bad it is with what lawmakers call indoctrination of kids taking precedence over education at u.s. schools. next up, prager u's -- [inaudible] says it's way past time that the u.s. school system is reformed. also coming up -- >> the president took credit for the prices coming down. does the president get credit for the price of gas going up? >> well, it's obviously based upon international and climate events. >> why has -- have gas prices gone up? could that be because of the virus itself as well? if is it -- i mean, everything is tied together. >> what is the granholm plan to increase oil production in america? [laughter] elizabeth: remember that in biden's ener

states, not unaccountable federal bureaucrats, and for our kids' sake, let's confirm my friend linda mcmahon, thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. for your opening statement, you are welcome to introduce your guest. >> thank you very much. chairman cassidy. i would like to introduce my daughter, stephanie mcmahon, her husband, and my son, shane mcmahon. i am so happy to have them here and many friends have come from far places so i welcome having them here today and i appreciate that they are here. [protesters shouting] >> thank you, distinguished members of the committee. i am on a to have your consideration to serve as the secretary of the department of education. i would like to thank both senator scott and senator britt for their introductions. >> [indiscernible] >> certainly. i would like to thank both senator scott and senator britt for the introductions and for the opportunity to welcome my friends and family. thank you all so much for being here with me today. i would like to thank president trump for his confidence in me to lead a department whose mission and authority were a spec

let's move on now to linda mcmahon trump's nominee for secretary of education. she will face tough questions in confirmation hearing with democrats and teachers unions fights this nomination. >> we will stand up to mcmahon and every other anti-public education politician elected. [cheers] >> or appointed or anointed. >> we are not going to let them to destroy the department of education. >> our public education in america is under attack. >> here is part of what mcmahon is planning to say this morning in her opening statement. if i am confirmed, the department will not stand idly by while jewish students are attacked and discriminated against. it will stop forcing schools to let boys and men into female sports and spaces. it will protect the rights of parents to direct the moral education of their children. and, finally, we have kash patel's nomination to head the fbi. we expect the senate judiciary committee to move him along to a full senate vote. patel has promised to reform the fbi while democrats are accusing him of already trying to orchestrate a purge ther

linda linda mcmahon? linda mcmahon? >> i don't even know why they nominated her.ld they even hold the hearing? >> no, they don't need no damn hearing for education. you're going to abolish the department next week anyway. so why are you having a hearing for. that's a fool's errand. why are you setting her up? poor lady. up like that. y'all need to get your act together now. the country is watching. >> you know what, michael steele? i just i just think they all think it's a. it feels like the twilight zone. >> it's a game. >> and they think it's a game. it's a game. except real people's lives and livelihoods are on the line here. maybe they just think we're stupid and no one's going to notice. you think anybody's going to ask like, do you are you going to have a agency to lead if they're going to abolish education? like, why are you here? >> yeah, that's the question. that is the question, simone, you nailed it. why are you here? >> why are you here? why are you here? why are we doing this? i yield my time. >> well, don't. don't y'all yield yours. because there is

you just heard linda mcmahon's opening speech there. she has been tapped by president trump to lead the department of education and dissolve it, essentially. so a very unique situation here with this hearing on capitol hill, you see senator cassidy speaking right there. coming up, we're keeping an eye on two consequential votes on president trump's cabinet pick, kash patel and rfk jr.. up next, i'll speak with a former special fbi agent on what a trump loyalist leading the fbi could look. >> like. in. >> the situation room with wolf blitzer tonight at six on cnn. >> zyrtec allergy relief works fast and lasts a full 24 hours. so dave can be the. >> deliverer of dance. >> okay, dave, let's be more than our allergies. seize the day with zyrtec. >> an alternative to pills. voltaren is a clinically proven arthritis pain relief gel which penetrates deep to target the source of pain with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicine directly at the source. voltaren the joy of movement. >> aha! >> i told you, i. >> don't need these anymore. i have s

mike:you mentioned linda mcmahon to lead the department of education, she has a confirmation hearinging up this week. what are your expectations? >> i expect to hear a student's first agenda vote starts with cutting waste from the federal government and puts power back in the hands of parents. i am looking forward to hearing the future secretary talk about her vision for education. what does it look like when america leads the world in education? we can and we should. falling standards and misplaced priorities have robbed millions of kids of a great education. this should stop here. donald trump has been clear he is the school choice president. future secretary mcmahon will do a great job supporting his vision. mike:among the early executive orders, one promoting school choice and you can see on the nation's report card, 61% of fourth graders, 70% of eighth graders, failure to meet basic math standards, the numbers are troubling. he did an executive order promoting school choice. what do you expect the impact of that will be? >> when parents have school choice, government run schools

we will see what linda mcmahon is going to do, she will get confirmed and see her distribute her power school choice programs from the federal government. if you work it all out it is going to be better than with the department of education. that is my humble opinion as a former teacher. got to leave it at that. i love you, thank you for joining us, really appreciate it. grady, thank you for being here for the whole hour. wonderful to have you in new york city. former sheriff mark lam on migrants turning around and heading home over the trump immigration crackdown in missouri congressman jason smith on trump's big beautiful bill. bill hemmer on joe rogan saying democrats could assist him of doge is losing them credibility and guess who else is here in the new york city? jimmy failla. we have a beautiful subject for him to dig into. he's always ready. jimmy failla is ready to go. ♪ —hi! —hi! ♪ chocolate fundraiser. ♪ with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. [coins clinking] ♪ that's convenience from chase. make more o

by the way, linda mcmahon is supposed to be the next secretary of education.ts his way, he's nominated her to lead the department of education. but just to be clear, randi, for our viewers sake, state and local governments are primarily responsible when it comes to public education in those states for running the schools in their states. but they are supplemented by so much funding from the federal department of education. and you put out some numbers. we've got a few to just outline as well. you mentioned title one, nearly $20 billion. go to those title one programs providing money to high poverty schools, $15 billion to help schools cover the cost of education for kids with disabilities. and then there's the 1.6 trillion federal student loan program as well. i mean, if the department is dismantled or even significantly gutted, would those funds that congress has already approved still be disbu >> so that's so that's. >> why we. >> have. >> to look at. the eo, because. this congress appropriates the money. directly for. >> these kids. >> where's the money goi

we're also going to go now to the linda mcmahon hearing. she is trump's pick to lead the education department, as you know. trump has said he wants her to put herself out of a job because he wants get rid of the department. >> public schools. >> pretty simple. >> and so. >> i want. >> to ask. >> you whether you believe. >> it is your. >> primary role. >> and responsibility. >> as secretary to support and strengthen our nation's. public schools. >> i absolutely do believe that our public schools are the bedrock of our education. you know, they go back, um, you know, to the very founding of our country. um, i think in the first constitution, there were actually sectors of each state that were set aside for this goal of public education. and and so education is certainly understood to be so vital and so important to what we're doing. i understand, uh, the schools in alaska. i think i was in your office. we were talking about the school that i visited in keith kellogg, which is a which is an, you know, a very, very small island. and this school

so for linda mcmahon, she has been wholly acknowledging on the day after the president trump was inauguratedd suggested that this was all but the end. there was some setting the department of education. and so he clearly has somebody in this capacity, if she is confirmed, who will seek to support the very effort that would lead to not only a crippling of its operations, but also a downsizing of the staff? >> yeah, effectively working her way out of a job. vaughn hillyard, thank you. meanwhile, a federal judge lifted his pause on the trump administration's programoffer bouts to millions of federal workers. that same judge had temporarily halted president trump's offer of deferred resignations after labor unions representing federal workers filed a lawsuit challenging the buyouts. the white house says now about 75,000 federal employees accepted the offer of resignation, though nbc news has no way to independently confirm that number. joining me now, nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell and the host of talking feds podcast, former u.s. attorney harry litman. thanks to both

and what about the supremely unqualified linda mcmahon? the senate must reject her as the secretary of education. you and i know her sole goal is to rein over the destruction of the department and gut public education so they can't provide the services and funding our students need. they won't have the resources to protect our civil rights of our students, and they can't protect what our students need to learn and succeed, job training and affordable college. we know this about linda because she has spent years pushing policies that would defund and destroy public schools. so guess what? we will not be silent. no, we can't. we will stand up to mcmahon and every other anti-public education politician elected or appointed or anointed who tries to harm our students, our educators, and our communities. we with legal action, we will protect our students. using legislative action, we will protect our educators. organizing people action, we will rise up in every community across this nation. let us be encouraged by the activists of brazil when a

linda mcmahon was on on deck today for her hearing. it looks like everybody is going to get confirmed. >> yeah, that's exactly right, katie. outside of matt gaetz, who pulled himself out of the running very early in the process, donald trump is going to get what donald trump wants from republicans in the senate. he's made it clear he's going to accept nothing less. and these republican senators have agreed to those terms. i think that this really came to a point during the pete hegseth nomination process, where you saw a real concerted effort by senate republicans to try and message to the white house that they thought he was a problematic nominee. he even got to the point where even more revelations about his background came out. and the white house basically told republican senators, we don't care. we want you to vote yes. and instead of taking the risk of challenging donald trump with a no vote, they decided to capitulate. and it was confirmed from then on, from there on out. we've seen a similar process play itself out where even t

. >> on the education department, why nominate linda mcmahon to be the education department secretary if you will get rid of the education department? >> president trump: i told linda. i hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. we spend more per pupil than any other country in the world and we're ranked at the bottom of the list, very badly. i want to let the states run schools. >> trump wants to reduce the size of the federal government through executive orders, buy-outs and layoffs. an official says at least 20,000 government workers have taken the buy-out offer and that number is rapidly growing ahead of the deadline tomorrow. today the house oversight committee holds a right sizing government hearing and c.i.a. there appears to be changes headed there. "wall street journal" reported the spy agency is freezing job hiring unless the applicants have the right background for the agency's new goals, undermining china. the following message was posted on friday before midnight all usaid higher personnel will be placed on administrative leave except designated personnel for

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linda mcmahon faced questions over the future of the education department.national correspondent aishah hasnie gives us a recap of that hearing from capitol hill. >> ms. mcmahon, do you want to dismantle the department of education? >> president trump's education secretary nominee asking senators today to allow her to run a department, her boss wants to shut down. >> oh, i would like it to be closed immediately. >> mcmahon admitted neither she nor the president can unilaterally make that move. >> do you agree that since the department was created by congress, it would need an acts of congress to actually close the department of education? >> certainly president trump understands. >> while the president's team comes up with a plan to convince congress, mcmahon says she will down size the department. >> special education i think it could very well go back to hhs where it started. >> protects students. >> will you make sure that jewish americans are safe on our campuses? >> absolutely or face defunding of their moneys. >> and cut waste without cutting critical

that is why i'm so excited not only president trump's pick in linda mcmahon go to but also the choiceeeds to pass it now and ensure every child has access to high-quality education. >> sandra: may be a question about that in the news conference and we never know what will come up. that certainly plans for the department of education and will they would dismantle it or rework it or take it apart and rebuild it? we will see what is in store. we appreciate you joining us. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> john: we are awaiting a news conference very soon between president trump and prime minister of japan. the pictures came up inside the east room that still delegates not in the room so we are a little ways away that we had plenty to tell you about in the moments ahead. stay withougs osh us. you can do more than just slow bone loss. you can build new bone in 12 months with evenity®. evenity® is proven to significantly reduce spine fracture risk. she said the evenity® she's taking builds new bone. builds new bone! evenity® can increase risk of heart attack, stroke, or death from a heart

linda mcmahon will take questions from the senators before her confirmation before she is -- for heromination before she is confirmed. she is most likely going to focus on what shield do to help dedissolve that department. school choice and address the poor k through 12 achievement. the president said we are number 40 in the world but yet number one cost per pupil to pay for them to get an education. >> steve: indeed. that is one of the things that donald trump ran on. he said if elected i'm going to try to do my best to get rid of the department of education, send the power back to the people in the states and the localities, also, the number one and number two issue. he ran on the economy and he ran on the border. and so far, once again, we're seeing dramatic images of a lot of exactly what he promised. ice agents are going across the country and they are sweeping up criminal ailing yens. and there's an operation over the last couple weeks in denver, it's called return to sender, operation return to sender. it included those 10 people and some of them were arrested at that edge at

. >> linda mcmahon is set to be the next secretary of education confirmation hearing is tomorrow.e does she fit within mr. trump's overall vision for rolling back this department? >> we should say that linda mcmahon is close to president trump here she was the cochair of his transition committee. she was his administrator for the small business administration. one of the people who came back for a second term. so, they're very close. you would presume she would be ready, willing and we will see if she's able to implement his vision. but her own past is actually not particularly incendiary. she has a thin education record but she does have an education record. and the work that she did in connecticut, the thing she said when she was running for senate and connecticut, unsuccessfully twice, were much more mainstream. >> based on reporting, what do educators think about all of this? because there was a nest report card that was released a couple weeks ago and it found that most fourth and eighth graders in 2024 still performs below pre-pandemic 2019 in reading and math. it suggests t

in downtown d.c, the confirmation hearing for donald trump's nominee for education secretary, linda mcmahon, the. wrestling executive. her confirmation executive is her confirmation hearing is tomorrow. there's been reporting that the trump administration's orders have already been drafted, directing linda mcmahon as education secretary to start to start shutting down the department to start the abolition of the education department as soon as she is sworn in. because of that reporting, i think in part, people were out there today in advance of her confirmation hearing tomorrow saying, no way, we will defend the us department of education in this country. >> oh. >> i'm sick. >> and tired of. >> being sick. >> and tired. >> and i wish i was here. under different. >> circumstances. >> but i'm off. yeah, our public education. >> in america. >> is under attack. not by budget cuts, not by policy debates, but by the people who want to tear it down. >> i think that. elon musk needed better math teachers. because he says he's looking for savings by going after the $4 a day we send to make sure stud

so linda mcmahon tried as best as she could to clarify that he can't do that and neither can she withoutent of education and the first place. the senate would need 60 votes, and sandra, that's a tough thing to get to. what they can certainly do immediately is pared down the department of education and reallocate funding, run that funding through other defense role departments like hhs. listen to this exchange. >> do you agree since department was created by congress it would take a act of congress to shut it down? >> president trump -- >> downsize, states still receive federal funding? >> yes. it is not the president school to defund the programs. it is only to have it operate more efficiently. >> okay, we have clarity on that now. democrats asked if she is going to spend money already appropriate by congress, she said yes to that. they also asked her about d.o.g.e. she said the agency is legally conducting an audit right now and also asked her if certain african american programs and classes would go away under this. she said she would have to take a look. there has been a number of pro

amna: linda mcmahon is very close to president trump. she was cochair of his transition committee. his administrator for the small business administration. one of the people who came back for the second term so they are very close. she was -- it was presumed she will be ready, willing, and we will see if she's able to implement his vision but you know, her own past is not particularly incendiary. she has a very thin education record but she does have an education record and the work she did in connecticut, the things she said when she was running for senate in connecticut and successfully twice were much more mainstream education ideas. geoff: based on your reporting, what do educators think about all of this? there was just that national record -- that national report card that found that most fourth and eighth graders in 2024 still performed below pre-pandemic 2019 levels in both reading and math. it suggests the status quo is not working. laura: right, and that actually is the argument you hear from conservatives for closing the education department. they will say, look, we have

en c-span3, we take you like to the confirmation hearing for linda mcmahon to be education secretary. she is appearing before the senate health, education, labor, and pensions committee. we join the hearing in progress. -- to cut all federal funding and eliminate the department of education? are you telling parents that their children should lose access to special education services, for example, or access to trained teachers or nurses? >> let me object to one point. the residents in the state of new hampshire should not be concerned that federal funding will be removed from their schools. how they get that federal funding may change. >> what department do you suggest would then administer that funding? ms. mcmahon: which funding? >> special education funding. ms. mcmahon: it could very well go back to hhs where it started. >> you are going to put special education in the hands of robert f. kennedy, jr. i want to talk about idea a little more. the president's plan to eliminate the department of education. what do the individuals with disabilities education act promise? ms. mcmahon: it

reporter: why nominate linda mcmahon of the secretary of department of education? president trump: i want to put herself out of a job. we are ranked number one. we spend more per pupil and ranked at the bottom of the list. what i want to do is let the state runs. i believe in school choice. i want the states to run schools and i want linda to put herself out of job. [indiscernible chatter] president trump: give the schools back to indiana, idaho. so, if you look at the list, denmark, sweden, norway way, china, list of well educated you have a lot of countries not surprising. i think if you move their schools into some of the states that are well run states they would be as good as denmark, norway and sweden and you know who they are. if you go to new york and suffolk and long island and nassau, you have maybe six or seven locations and new york city which would include the five burroughs and that would run much better. same thing with los angeles or california. you would have riverside -- break it up to six or seven. most of them would be states and you would have

education away started there on the "washington journal" playing clips from yesterday's testimony of linda mcmahon president trump's pick to serve as education secretary and answered questions from senators yesterday. we covered the hearing and you can watch it in its entirety at c-span.org or online at -- or mobile app c-span now. dee is in clarksville, tennessee, democratic caller. caller: my question is elon musk one of the richest minutes why is not he not helping his home front africa. it is one of the poorest countries yet he wants to but himself inside america but he is leaving his home country out. is he trying to turn america this africa? host: we will go henry in wisconsin, independent. host: before i get to the main point i want to ask of the producer of the "washington journal" for the viewers if you could put the party that the caller is calling alongside state. sometimes i don't catch it, sometimes i do but it would be ever for viewers just tuning in. but what i wanted to talk about feels the situation -- was the situation with doge. i was listening to the first two segments of the "

and you mentioned linda mcmahon. she's the trump's pick to be the education secretary. she hasn't even had a confirmation hearing even set yet. i don't think so. there's a whole lot of there's a whole lot in the mix here of just uncertainty. but we do know that this is under discussion. and we do know people have been put on paid administrative leave. so we need to see where these next steps go. randy, thank you for coming in sarah. >> welcome. >> thank you so much. paging doctor gupta. the fda just did something that could be a game changer for people living with pain. they have approved the first new painkiller since the late 90s, and it is without the use of the highly addictive opioids. cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joining us now. okay, so in preparation for you, because you're a brilliant human being and i can just try to do my little research, i saw that the cdc said that in 2021, 20% of u.s. adults deal with chronic pain in this country. that's like 50 million people. it's like an astonishing number. what can you tell us about this new pain me

he said specifically that he had told linda mcmahon, who is his pick to be secretary of education, that he wanted her once she's confirmed, to basically put herself out of a job. i spoke to a white house official who said that there will be some stages to this operation, as it were. there's going to be an executive order that will kick off a 90 day review. the president said he would work with congress, and he'll have to work with congress, because he can't just close the cabinet agency, a cabinet department or an agency without congress intervening or passing a law to allow that. probably that's not going to happen, because he would need to have 60 votes in the senate for it to. but he can certainly start the process. and that's what he's looking to do with his executive order when it comes out later this month. >> oh, linda mcmahon. she co-chaired the transition with howard lutnick. she campaigned, she campaigned to be commerce secretary. and at the 11th hour, when he didn't get treasury secretary, he hip checked her. she got department of education, and now she could be out of a job.

one of the picks for his cabinet, uh, linda mcmahon, is getting her hearing, and she is going through the process of getting confirmed to lead a department, the department of education, that donald trump wants to eliminate. >> do you agree that since the department was created by congress, it would need an act of congress to actually close the department of education? >> and certainly, president trump understands that we'll be working with congress, but certainly does require congressional action. long before there was a department of education. we fulfilled the programs of our educational system. are there other areas, other agencies where parts of the department of education could better serve our students and our parents on a local level? >> i mean, the fact that she said it does require congress to get involved. i mean, that's heartening. it seems pretty basic, but it's heartening. the question is whether they're actually going to mean it when they're also dismantling, um, usaid, which is budgeted through the united states congress and named through congress. they want to dismantl

i know the linda mcmahon was asked about that.ther important message that i think for students who are watching this and are very confused by it and rightfully so, is that if you are in the position right now to fill out the fafsa application, regardless of the uncertainties, you should still be filling this out because, as adam said, i mean, those sort of loan programs, there's no sense that they're going away. most likely they would just be moving to another agency. i think that's the takeaway. if you're listening, you should continue to fill out the forms as necessary. if this is you and if you're headed to college. >> so another person asks adam, the biden-harris administration waived my student loans in 2023. will this hold in the trump administration? >> that's a great question. it's a question that i often get, you know, obviously, you know, no one knows what the trump administration is going to try to do. uh, however, there's general agreement, i think, among most legal experts that clawing back loan forgiveness that has a

linda mcmahon, being grilled on what it would look like if d.o.e. were limited or down sized. >> i'm really all for the president's mission, which is to return education to the states. >> reporter: and admitted only congress can dissolve the agency. >> certainly does require congressional action. >> reporter: protesters interrupting as she said it should be returned to the states. supporting parents who enroll kids in private education. the senate voting to confirm robert f. kennedy. only former republican leader mitch mcconnell, a polio survivor, voted with democrats against kennedy. in a statement, he said he had watched vaccines save millions of lives around the country and world. kennedy getting sworn in. now another controversial pick, kash patel, nominated to be the head of the fbi, the country's top law enforcement agcy, he is set to go before the senate for a full-floor vote. he's anticipated to be confirmed. but there are democratic senators warning their colleagues that patel could seek to go after adversaries of the president if he is con

you do know that we're making a big move and we're counting on linda mcmahon linda mcmahon and sittingnext to you is the new star is born. caroline. congratulations. you've done great. new star. star is born. patrick morrissey. patrick. congratulations. great race a great friend of mine. and he's really helped us at the border. done a great job of texas. greg abbott thank you. greg. jim pillen, where are you? jim? very good, very good. are you feeling good? he had a bad fall. you're doing all right, huh? good. you look great, brad. little brad. thank you. brad. good job good job. do you like education? going back to your state, you'll make it top right. you know, just so people understand in the education world we're ranked very, very poorly. we're 38, 39 and 40 out of 40 countries. we're at the bottom of the pack almost always, or very close to it. that just came out where 40 out of 40. and if we move it back to the states, i will guarantee you that if you take idaho, you take iowa, you take almost any of the states that i'm looking at right now. they'll be as good as norway. you have