mcmahon. ms. mcmahon's confirmation would be a slap in the face to students, parents, teachers who care about our public schools. americans believe in public education. they don't want to see these cuts. they don't want to see the department of education abolished. if the trump administration follows through on cuts to education, schools will lose billions in funding. and what's going to happen, mr. and mrs. average american taxpayer? your property taxes will go up. the least popular tax probably that there is. the american people do not want to see cuts to education and the consequent rise in property taxes, but that is the danger of confirming ms. mcmahon. before republicans vote for ms. mcmahon, you should remember slashing funds for schools, students, parents and teachers all for the sake of billionaires tax breaks is a very bad idea. senate democrats know it's a horrible idea. the american people know it's a horrible idea. today we'll see where senate republicans stand. i yield the floor and

secretary mcmahon is supposed to serve. and don't forget, defunding education means property taxes will go up. across the country. particularly in suburban districts. look at this chart. the state that was the most to lose if the education department is dismantled are trump states. in particular, rural states. in rural america, there's one school in the community. you undercut it, and education is dramatically -- and education dramatically declines. the department of session a lifeline for schools across america. without it, rural schools, many of them would vanish. schools will crumble at the foundation. education is the best investment for struggling communities. without good school, without the funding to support those schools, children will be hurt, our country will be worse off, and the american dream falls by the wayside. kids with special education in particular would be left out in the cold. we have struggled for years to get these kids a good chance. out the window. to help the billionaires. class sizes will explod

secretary mcmahon is supposed to serve.nd don't forget, defunding education means property taxes will go up. across the country. particularly in suburban districts. look at this chart. the state that was the most to lose if the education department is dismantled are trump states. in particular, rural states. in rural america, there's one school in the community. you undercut it, and education is dramatically -- and education dramatically declines. the department of session a lifeline for schools across america. without it, rural schools, many of them would vanish. schools will crumble at the foundation. education is the best investment for struggling communities. without good school, without the funding to support those schools, children will be hurt, our country will be worse off, and the american dream falls by the wayside. kids with special education in particular would be left out in the cold. we have struggled for years to get these kids a good chance. out the window. to help the billionaires. class sizes will explode.

this is why every single democrat said hell no to the nomination of linda mcmahon. one of the only nominees in history tasked with destroying the very agency she is trying to lead. linda mcmahon wants to detonate the department of education. so why is she taking the job? just to be destructive. the blast radius of this order will harm nearly every child, every teacher, every family and every community. taking a chainsaw to the department of education and undermining its mission to educate our next generation would be horrible for our schools, ourn families, their children, secretary mcmahon is supposed to serve. and do not forget, defunding education means property taxes will go up across the country particularly in suburban districts. if you lookra atny this chart, e states that have the most to lose if the education department is dismantled are trump states. and particularly, rural states. in rural america, there is one school inof the community. you undercut it and education just dramatically declines. the department of education as i said is a lifeline for schoo

on monday, the senate confirmed linda mcmahon, trump's pick to lead the doe.e pro wrestling, and in trump's first term, she served as the head of the small business administration. after nominating her to this new post in the department of education, trump had this to say about mcmahon. >> linda mcmahon is going to be our future secretary of education, which we're going to be giving back to the states. let the state run education. i said, linda, i'm making you the secretary of education. but if you do a great job, you will put yourself out of a job because you're going to be sending it back to the states. and she's fantastic. >> the maga messaging around overhauling the department of education has emphasized parental choice, getting woke ideology out of schools and putting decisions about what students learn in the hands of parents and localities. but here's the thing. >> the education. >> department itself doesn't actually determine school curricula, nor does it determine what gets taught in classrooms. states and local school districts already have that auth

linda mcmahon was here and we said to her, is he going to sign this executive order today.he said, i don't want to get ahead of the president, it is something he ran on and wanted to abolish it. i said, what do they do, most americans don't know. it is money that goes to adults for research and data and they provide grants and scholarship information or scholarships, as well. curriculum, what your children are being taught in the clas room is up to the states and the governor could stop that. contact your legislators or governor if you are not happy with something being taught in the classroom. that is not up to the federal government. >> lawrence: i do like the scholarship idea. schools get funding per pupil, if you don't have enough at scale, a failing school could lose funding. say i'm in a left rejects school choice and they don't get that legislation passed. someone locally can get a scholarship to go to a private school or charter school and you say get 50 kids to leave that school, that failing school would get shut down and bring more options for the state to be com

leading the charge is newly confirmed secretary linda mcmahon. she's a former wwe ceo. published a final mission memo to employees of the department of education, saying the mission will line up with trump's vision. news outlets are also getting a copy of a draft of the executive order, expected to be released and signed today, directing mcmahon to work on dismantling the department. that's long been a campaign promise of president trump. however, a political science expert i spoke to says we can expect some changes to the department, but an entire elimination is probably unlikely. >> it will be looked at in congress. secretary mcmahon will be able to do some things on the margins, but at the end of the day, i think it's extremely unlikely that we're going to see the demise of the department of education. >> mcmahon published a statement after her confirmation, saying in part, this review of our programs is long overdue. the department of education is not working as intended. since its establishment in 1980, taxpayers have entrusted the department with over $1 trillion.

. >>> backlash mounting after the senate confirmed former wwe executive linda mcmahon as the next u.s. education secretary. mcmahon, who has little experience in education, has said she wholeheartedly agrees with president trump's mission to eliminate the education department. the national education association said there is no evidence mcmahon will support public schools, while the naacp called monday another dark day in america. >>> the accused gunman in that 2022 fourth of july shooting in highland park, illinois pleading guilty moments before the jury trial was set to begin. robert crimo iii pleaded guilty to 69 counts of murder and attempted murder, shocking a courtroom filled with survivors and victims' families. >> i think there is a huge, collective feeling of relief. our community wanted justice. >> at this moment, we're all just sort of surprised and relieved that they don't have to experience the unbelievable pain of reliving this experience for the next three to five weeks. >> prosecutors say crimo killed seven people and injured 48 after climbing atop a building and shoot

mcmahon has said she wholeheartedly agrees with president trump's mission to eliminate the education department. the national education association said there is no evidence mcmahon will suppor public schools, while the naacp called monday another dark day in america. >>> wildfires roared across the carolinas. first responders finally gaining ground, dowsing the fast-moving flames as heavy smoke chokes out neighborhoods. >> the fire can go from just creeping along the ground to way up over your head in just a matter of a few minutes. >> this blaze burning near myrtle beach is the biggest south carolina has seen in at least five years. it has scorched over 2,000 acres and is 30% contained. a state of emergency remains in effect with the governor noting monday that no lives or buildings have been lost. >>> and north carolina fire crews battling wildfires of their own. a fire in pope county raging several months after the county was rocked by hurricane helene. the debris becoming fuel for the flames which have devoured nearly 600 acres. it is now 63% contained. >>> a system is bearing d

you heard secretary mcmahon say we see 70% of students are not even proficient in reading.s proficient in math. that is a biz more. i think what donald trump is saying is look at, we have the opportunity right now over the next four years to fix a system, and maybe it is abolishing the department of education. when you see consistently scores going down. when we are spending more per people than any other developed nation, and yet we have nothing to show for it, we are not doing right by our future generation of americans. sending it back to the states, allowing school choice, those are ways we could actually see an improvement in the educational system. this is something the president talked about consistently on the campaign trail, and many parents are excited to be five speaking of campaign trail, just want to share this with viewers today. trump's school choice. this is proving a potent issue for parents, newly reengaged after the covid pandemic. keen on voting for reformers, the parents movement played a big role in recent republican electoral successes. i don't think

terrific interview with linda mcmahon. so good thank you so much welcome to the "evenin

maria: time for wall street, investors watching money, joining the is shayna cicero and chris mcmahon the conversation. let's keep things open with the story of the moment and that is tariffs and investment in america. we have donald trump announcing $100 billion investment from taiwan semiconductor for 5 new us chp plants, bringing the total american investment one hundred $65 billion, here's donald trump yesterday. >> this will create hundreds of billions of dollars in economic activity and boost america's dominance in artificial intelligence and beyond, semiconductors are the backbone of the 21st-century economy and without the semiconductors there is no economy powering everything from ai to automobiles to advance manufacturing, we must be able to build the chips in the semiconductors we need right here, american factories with american skill and american labor. maria: donald trump understands that we cannot rely on our number one adversary for things like our pharmaceuticals. >> he sees a problem, it is amazing but it is great news almost $3 trillion in investments and nvidia wil

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it is something the president has been aiming for. >> peter: why nominate linda mcmahon to be secretary of education if she is going to get rid of it? >> president trump: i told her, i want her to put herself out of a job. education department. i want states to run schools andin wellda to put herself out of a job. >> jacqui: linda mcmahon signalled it was coming saying she would send education back to the states. congress would have to scrap the department with democrats buying in to clear 60 votes in the senate. betsy devos was not able to get it done. >> since then we had covid and american eyes were open to what an abject failure this federal agency has been at its mission. shy of congress dismantling and shutting down the department, one important way to get power back to local level is take funs approp appropriated by congress and block grant them back to the state. >> jacqui: some changes proposed by heritage foundation could include moving civil rights division over to doj and also taking student loans and shifting over to treasury. see what happens, guys. >> brian: thanks, this

you want a fight, secretary mcmahon? you got a fight. you are not going to be allowed to dismantle the department of education because with that all of a sudden be dismantling the hope that every family has that their child may fully realize the american dream. with that, mr. president, i we are losing out on stopping some of the fraudsters and i look forward to respond. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. faulkender, thank you again for agreeing to force today. you are and how duly qualified to serve as the next deputy secretary of the treasury and i look forward to voting in favor of your nomination. and similarly urge all of my colleagues to do the same. with that i remind my colleagues the deadline for submitting any questions for the record is 5 p.m. monday march 10. and with that the finance committee stands adjourned. : a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas is recognized. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we're not. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i w

but what we heard from linda mcmahon when she was confirmed this week is that she is fully on board. she says that she is fully aligned with the president's vision to eliminate what she calls bureaucratic bloat. inside the education department, and she calls this one final, unforgettable public service to the people at that agency. and it was interesting to hear president trump soon after he was sworn in, talk about the task that he was assigning mcmahon. listen to what he said. >> he 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. i want the states to run schools, and i want linda to put herself out of a job. >> now, already, scores of department of education employees have been laid off as part of this wider effort to reduce the size of the federal government, many more have been put on notice that they could be at risk for further layoffs. they call them reductions in force inside the federal government. obviously, all of this is part of the plan here at the white house executed by elon musk to seriously reshape t

leading the charge is newly confirmed secretary linda mcmahon.wwe. she published a final mission memo to employees of the department of education, saying the mission will line up with trump's vision. we've also been seeing a copy of a draft of the executive order, expected to be signed at least by today, directing mcmahon to work on dismantling the department. that's long been a campaign promise of president trump. however, a political science expert i spoke to says we can expect some changes to the department, but an entire elimination is unlikely. >> it'll be looked at in congress. secretary mcmahon will be able to do some things on the margins, but at the end of the day, i think it's extremely unlikely that we're going to see the demise of the department of education. >> mcmahon published a statement after her confirmation after her confirmation, saying in part, the reality of our education system is stark and the american people have elected president trump to make significant changes in washington. our job is to respect the will of the ameri

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the education secretary linda mcmahon will join us this hour in her first interview since taking theob. >> lawrence: and democrats are going viral for the wrong reasons ♪ ♪ >> lawrence: silly. kellyanne conway is here as the trump administration posts its own video response. >> brian: plus, the state department just issued a travel warning for one popular spring break destination. we will tell you where. the second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. you better be dressed. ♪ all right. we got this story moving. u.s. and ukrainian officials are planning to meet next week in saudi arabia to discuss a cease-fire between moscow and kyiv. >> lawrence: comes as ukrainian president apologized over last week's meeting in the oval office that got heated. >> ainsley: jacqui heinrich joins us now with all the details. >> steve witkoff told us yesterday democrat tuesday and convince dollars the president that he really is committed to finding a path to peace. so, on tuesday, marco rubio, mike waltz and witkoff will head to saudi arabia to meet again and not just about the minerals deal. i

>> no. >> education secretary. >> linda mcmahon on fox news, backing her. boss on his plans to level. >> her department. >> ultimately, we want to close the federal department of education. >> promises on the campaign trail last fall could soon be signed as a presidential executive order. as for the nearly 4300 employees working for mcmahon. >> in a country where we right now have over 8 million openings in jobs, i think there would be a lot of places for them to go, and we'd like to help them get there. >> she suggests the nation isn't getting its money's worth from the d.o.e. >> since the department of education was established in 1980. we've spent over $1 trillion to see our scores continue to go down. >> she is wrong. >> lisa quant is. >> a special. >> education teacher in illinois. >> you cannot base. >> everything on this testing. >> that's absolutely ludicrous. >> mcmahon points to the nation's report card, also called the naep, which for 2024 shows overall scores ticking up and down or staying the same in subjects like math and reading. depending on

the senate just confirmed linda mcmahon as the education secretary. she's a former wwe ceo.shed a final mission memo to employees of the department of education and news outlets, also getting a copy of a draft of an executive order directing mcmahon to work on dismantling the department. that's long been a campaign promise of president trump. the new education secretary says the department is a waste of money, and getting rid of it gets rid of, quote, bureaucratic bloat. >> to invest in american students who want to become tech pioneers, we should encourage innovative new institutions, develop smart accountability systems, and tear down barriers to entry so that students have real choice and universities are not saddling future families with insurmountable debt. >> the white house argues. since its inception, the department of education has spent more than $1 trillion without substantial improvements in reading or math scores for students, calling the department a failure for students. there are now concerns on what this all would mean for school districts locally and colleg

senate confirmed linda mcmahon as education secretary, 51 to 45. a position where she is going to be instructed to try to dismantle the education department. but she gets the vote 51-45. up next, the panel on the latest fallout from friday's white house encounter between president trump and ukraine's leader and what comes next. ♪ ♪ no. ♪ -no. -nuh-uh. ♪ yeah. oh. yes. ♪ oh yeah. yes. isn't this great? yeeaahhhh!! ♪ yeah, i could do a cartwheel in here. oh hey! would you like to join us? no. we would love to join you. ♪ i had the worst dream last night. you were in a car crash and the kids and i were on our own. that's awful, hon. my brother was saying he got life insurance from ethos. and he got $2 million in coverage, all online. life insurance made easy. check your price today at ethos.com. >> i think he should be more appreciative because this country has stuck with them through thick and thin if somebody doesn't want to make a deal i think that person won't be around very long. >> i don't think we should expect oval office and leader like the p

. >> the senate confirmed education secretary linda mcmahon earlier this week. the former wwe ceo says she aligns with trump's vision to get rid of the department of education. >> we should encourage innovative new institutions, develop smart accountability systems and tear down barriers to entry so that students have real choice and universities are not saddling future families with insurmountable debt. >> the department came to life in 1980. since then, it's offered a small amount of funding to public schools, programs for special ed and low income communities, and loans and grants for college students. david goldberg is the president of the california teachers association. >> so i think this is an absolute devastating cut, and i think we should really need to continue to elevate what it really means in the classroom for our 800,000 special ed students. and our kids across the state who are going to be disproportionately impacted by this. >> according to the wall street journal, the president is ready to sign an executive order directing secretary mcmahon to t

this this draft executive order directs mcmahon to facilitate the closure of the education departmentwhile operating to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law. what does that mean? how would that work? what would be left in place there's a lot of. >> gobbledygook there. um, as you said very accurately. >> to. >> close the department of education, it would take. 60 votes in the senate. that is never going to happen. and so it's sort of a bunch of rhetoric. it's gaslighting. um, they are not going to close the department of education. they could dismantle it. they could do harm. they could do damage. they had an executive order ready to go today. they walked that back because it's so unpopular, just like he walked. >> back the tariffs today. >> two thirds of americans don't want the department of education to close. so i'm not quite sure what his next move is. he's a he's a master of chaos. >> public schools only receive about 14% of their budgets from the federal government. i wonder how they would be impacted and what it would mean for students if education were handled e

>anne>lawmakers grilled mcmahon on the topic during her confirmation hearing. she said she agrees with the president's mission to return education to the states. she also acknowledged only congress has the power to close the department and that getting that through the senate is unlikely. the department of justice, investigating the uc system after claims of anti-semitic discrimination against employees. a major target in that probe is uc berkeley. the university made national headlines after students camped out on campus for weeks, demanding that the school divest from israel. veronica macias has more on how school leaders are responding to the trump administration's recent actions. >>>>for the most part, those large demonstrations, protests that happened here at uc berkeley in 2023, 2024 on both sides considered peaceful. however, an incident in february of 2024, though a jewish speaker, was disrupted, glass was shattered. a broken window was reported, and jewish students at the event had to evacuate. now we know the university has come out already and said t

earlier this week, mcmahon spoke of the department's final mission. we're joined by nbc news white house correspondent aaron gilchrist, our melanie zanona on capitol hill, along with a pair of msnbc political analyst, republican strategist rick tyler and democratic strategist basil smikle. so, aaron, first on the markets, the president issued a reprieve on some of the tariffs. but this is not having a positive impact on the market. what exactly is the latest on this? >> well, jose, we know that the markets don't like uncertainty. and there's still some of that as it relates to what these tariffs are going to look like, both coming from the united states and from our neighbors to the north and south. we know that president trump yesterday decided that he would allow a bit of a pause for auto makers, in particular, as it relates to these tariffs for one month. so that would give them some more time to sort of build in plans for this tariff or for a deal to be made between the united states, canada and mexico that would keep this 25% tariff from going in

. >> brian: you have a big interview with linda mcmahon today. >> ainsley: that's right.he is the secretary of the department of education. when donald trump put her in this position he even said expect to be out of a job very soon because he wants to abolish the department of education so the schools can go back to the states. this is what donald trump said about a possible executive order there is news he might sign an executive order today. some in the white house say that is not going to happen. karoline leavitt said that is fake news. this is what happened, what crump said. >> i want to bring the schools. i want to bring the schools back to the states. and i have said it a hundred times. we are ranked at the bottom of the list yet, we spend more. if you tell me about indiana and some of these great states that run really well, iowa, you tell me about those states, and if they run their own education, they are going to do a lot better than somebody sitting in washington, d.c. that couldn't care less about the pupils out in the midwest. >> why sign that order. >> we ar

mcmahon says she supports the president's mission. he believes as do i that the best education is closest to the student. president trump says states know what's best for students, not the federal government can a lot better than somebody. >> sitting in washington, d.c., that couldn't care less about the people's out in the midwest. democrats in congress are against shutting down the department. connecticut senator chris murphy says it would hurt schools that rely on federal funding will be in america wants the destruction of public education. vermont senator bernie sanders says he supports making the department more efficient. but do we need to destroy it? absolutely not. >> a white house official says the executive order dismantling the department of education is expected to be signed sometime next week. >> in washington, i'm maddie beer-temple. >> all right. back here in the bay as we take a live look view here from the top of the sutro tower looking out to bay in the ocean. beautiful night. yeah, not bad at all. and it looks like

of course, it's also a win for linda mcmahon. less educated we are, the more likely we are to believe that wrestling is real. it's interesting how this will work. any executive order to close the department would likely require 60 votes in the senate. republicans only have 53 seats, so they won't get that, but they will be able to bleed the department out. their plan, they say, is to turn control over education to the states. in other words -- bad news, mississippi, your kids aren't going to be able to spell "mississippi." as the pile of crazy starts to build, a lot of people have been wondering how and when the democrats are planning to fight back. well, look out, because we've got a plan and we are launching it on tiktok. >> choose your fighter. ♪ ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah! we're not just gonna stand back and take it anymore. we're gonna fight! what is that supposed to do, besides embarrass us and everyone involved? and then we had a scene outside npr, where angry protesters gathered to denounce a bill in the house that wou

mcmahon was sworn into trump's cabinet on monday. offered her support for new phase in american education saying, quote: the american people and the president tasked us with the accomplishing the elimination of bureaucratic bloat here at the department of education. a momentous quickly and responsibly. fully eliminating the department will require congress to take action. it has been in the works since early in trump's transition. tomorrow morning checking in with the education secretary with linda mcmahon joins "fox & friends," lawrence? >> lawrence: thanks, lucas. appreciate it. and this morning we have our first look at the terrorists for the abbey gate bombing took the live of 13 service members in kabul. president trump announcing the arrest in his speech on tuesday. >> three and a half years ago isis terrorists killed 13 american service members and countless others in the abbey gate bombing during the disastrous and incompetent withdrawal from afghanistan. tonight i'm pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top t

i want to play the sound bite because this is from linda mcmahon on trump stopping anti-semitism on college get your final thoughts. >> the president has said he's absolutely not going to allow federal funds to be going to these universities that continue to allow anti-semitism on its campus. this is not about freedom of speech. we are talking about violence on campus. >> i know. >> college presidents need to call in the police right away and quelled uprisings. >> trace: you know this better than anyone, leo. they were framing it as freedom of speech but it was not about freedom of speech on any campus. >> this is left-wing rhetoric. i've been a civil writes attorney for 30 years and i know what freedom of speech is. that is not freedom of speech. that his misconduct and hate against jews and i can say this in final. that the entire federal government, hhs and linda mcmahon and the departments and pam bondi, we are following donald trump's order to eradicate anti-semitism on the campuses and it's going to happen. >> trace: leo terrell, great to see was always. thank you. >> thank you. >> tr

newly appointed secretary mcmahon and republicans in the past tried to sell some of this program as school choice but it is basically a voucher program. as senator murphy mentioned, gives private schools the ability -- they would have the ability to handpick students and close their doors to everyone else. we have already seen this private school voucher program in many states. we will talk a little bit about michigan, where republicans were led by the former education secretary betsy devos, when she attempted to direct taxpayer dollars away from public schools. vouchers in michigan is overwhelmingly unpopular and was overwhelmingly rejected at the ballot. republicans in the michigan state house later tried to slash public funds for schools, to provide tax credits for private schools. over $50 million diverted away in that effort. voters once again overwhelmingly rejected that attempt just a couple years ago. meanwhile, as senator murphy said, this is unpopular. 68% of americans want to boost public education funding and give our kids the education and career opportunities that they deserv

he would order the education secretary lindy mcmahon, just sworn into that job to start that process. she is on record saying that she would need congress to act. he is expecting to sign something at 2:00 today in the oval office, that's the reporting we've got. we will see what happens when that goes down. first, however, let's get to the board. the crackdown coming into view. top trump officials visiting the border showing how they got the crisis under control in less than two months flat. as they said, the border is closed. that's a quote. good morning, york. the group back together. >> dana: thank goodness for that. glad be back. i'm dana perino and this is america's newsroom. top story and also this. the numbers don't lie, illegal crossings a fraction of what they were under biden. last month, apprehensions were down an astounding 95% year over year. >> bill: unbelievable. yesterday on the hill, for mayors of large american sanctuary cities facing tough questions from lawmakers. they pressed the denver mayor mike johnson on ignoring an ice detainer request that had a suspect who

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and i know the incoming secretary of education linda mcmahon, attorney general pam bondi and the teams leo terrel will hold these universities accountable for their failures. and the adl work helping expose the rot on higher ed campuses has been invaluable to these efforts. and i am honored to join president trump in this fight earning his nomination to serve in his cabinet as the next u.s. ambassador to the united nations. we know the united nations is indeed at the den of anti-semitism. infected with the same rampant at the israel and anti-american hate and moral rot that has polluted america's higher

but linda mcmahon is fully on board. she wrote a letter to agency staffers earlier this week saying that this is a momentous final mission for the education department. she says it's an opportunity to perform one final, unforgettable public service to future generations of students. i think it's clear that trump is working very quickly, not only to dismantle the department of education, but to work across the government to truly reshape the federal bureaucracy to his own liking. >> yeah, kevin. thank you. great to see you. thank you for the reporting as always, john. >> all right. breaking this morning, u.s. employers have cut more jobs last month than any february since 2009. that's according to new data. and it says moves by the trump administration, coupled with economic uncertainty, have fueled a recession level spike in jobs cuts. in total, u.s. based employers slashed more than 172,000 jobs last month. we are keeping a close eye on futures to see how the markets react. not well right now, down almost 100% in all th

[applause] and i know the incoming secretary of education, linda mcmahon, attorney general pam bondi,nd their teams will hold these universities accountable for their failures. and the adl's work, helping expose the rot on higher ed campuses has been invaluable to these efforts. [applause] and i am honored to join president trump in this fight, earning his nomination to serve in his cabinets as the next u.s. ambassador to the united nations. [applause] we know the united nations is indeed a deep den of anti-semitism, infected with the same rampant anti-israel and anti-american hate and moral rot that has polluted america's higher education system, especially since the barbaric hamas attacks of october 7, the u.n. has continuously betrayed israel, betraying american the process, acting instead as an apologist for iran and iran's terrorist proxies. under president trump, as ambassador to the days of popping up organizations that run counter to our interests are long gone. we will no longer fund terrorism, anti-semitism, and anti-israel hate. that stops immediately. [applause] and i am s

. >> todd: and maybe cutting entire department, education secretary linda mcmahon will join "fox and friends" later this morning. >> carley: with that, breng in former white house chief information officer, teresa payton. on this meeting the president had yesterday, maccauleyed in cabinet members and elon musk, headlines say donald trump is reigning in and taking power away, limiting elon musk's authority. some people might read the headlines and think trouble in paradise. do you view it that way or view donald trump verifying chain of command? >> it is definitely donald trump defining the chain of command. also, this is not uncommon to see when you have major trans formation underway, major changes, jobs impacted, looking at budgets. you see this in corporate america all the time. sometimes there is perception you don't have executive order team getting along. i don't see any sunlight between what they are trying to accomplish. this may be around decision and something the white house will do and federal departments called delegated authority and responsibilities. some might have be

and i know the incoming secretary of education linda mcmahon attorney general pam bondi including leo terrell will hold the universities accountable for their failures. expose the rock on higher ed campuses to these efforts. i'm honored to join president trump in this fight. earning his nomination as a next u.s. ambassador to the united nations we know is indeed for that rampant anti- israel and the moral rock polluted higher education system. hamas attacks that un has continuously betrayed israel betrayed america in the process, acting instead as an apologist for ironic and around terrorist proxies. under president trump, as united states ambassador to the united nations the days of propping up organizations that run counter to our interests are long gone. we will no longer funded terrorism, and tight semitism and anti- israel hate. that stops immediately. and, i am so proud president trump has the strongest record of any american president when it comes to standing with israel. for moving the u.s. embassy to its rightful u place, israel's internal capitol of jerusalem to negotiatele

mcmahon is the former ceo of world wrestling entertainment and a major republican donor. trump wants to dismantle the department of education and has said he hopes mcmahon will, quote, put herself out of a job, unquote, by leading the charge to reduce or eliminate the department. some incredible video to show you from the southwest. this is a haboob or an extreme fast moving dust storm. there were scenes such as this today in new mexico, texas, and south of the border in mexico. drivers could barely see what was in front of them. these kinds of conditions went on for hours. the dust storm was so severe and. noaa weather satellites captured its movements from space. in our sports, lead serena williams is adding another title to her portfolio. wnba team owner the toronto tempo, an expansion franchise that will begin playing in 2026, announced today that the 23 time grand slam champion is a part owner. joining me tomorrow night for cnn's special coverage of president trump's address to congress. the must see moments before the speech, the full analysis of the big headlines a

and linda mcmahon's answer to my question was, i have no idea.oing to implement this. you can talk about sending education back to the states. yeah, that's what that's where we were before brown versus board of education. the states got to decide, and the states made a hell of a lot of decisions that were really awful. and that's why there needed to be some level of federal supervision over what is still primarily a state and local responsibility. i've been a mayor. i've been a governor. education is primarily state and local, but at the federal level, it is about modest funding in the overall pie chart of how schools get money. but it is also about oversight and civil rights and efforts to make sure that all kids get a quality education. and the notion that we're going to blow it up without even knowing who's going to enforce the law, that gives disabled kids a fighting chance at life. success is a very, very frightening thing. >> senator tim kaine, we could have gone for the whole two hours so much in the news that that that you're on the front

education secretary, linda mcmahon, backing the president. this is from this morning.s is s intent.wants to make sure that education is back at the state level where it belongs. that our local school boards governors and teachers and parents are really the ones involved in children's education. when 70% of our students cannot read with proficiency, that is incredibly difficult to swallow. he's just not going to accept it. >> sandra: secretary mcmahon said the national report card is alarming, less than one-third of, a fourth and eighth grade students that passing scores in reading. similarly awful members in math and trump doubling down on plans to dismantle the education department. >> i want to bring the schools back to the states. and i have sai times, we are ranked at the bottom of the list and we spend more. we spanned the process and we tried to get the schools back in the states. let the state run the schools. >> sandra: by house education committee chair tells fox he has all four trump's ideas. >> i support him in the fact that we need to abolish the higher education and ret

linda mcmahon was on fox. to wall students and he wants to make sure education is back at the state level where it belongs. local school boards the governors and teachers and parents are the ones that are involved. i want, and the president wants to innovate in classrooms, let teachers teach, do what they like to do, there is no 1-size-fits-all for education. stuart: we need an educational expert, erica donalds joins me in new york city. we will need legislation to abolish this department. it has got to be. do you think it will ever happen? >> reporter: a lot linda and her staff are working on in response to the school choice executive order, taking of a grant moneys that are headed to the department and pushing that to the states with more flexibility, to allow parent directed funding for a lot of programs with it comes to title i etc. . and flex. on how it was spent and al located. stuart: they have to spend the money to the states, not just red states, the way you see education. >> blue state have to be acc

kevin mcmahon. great thing about kevin, he's a retired colonel from the national guard and he was my commander. he was my task force commander. i was battalion commander. i worked on his staff and i knew he could put this plan together. >> thank you. kevin mcmahon. within my portfolio i have the privilege of supporting elections, cybersecurity, strategic messaging. i will be talking about our efforts to mitigate the impacts of incendiary device placed on a dropbox in clark county, washington, vancouver, washington, across the river from portland. the device burned through the metal and destroyed an undetermined number of ballots, we have some pictures we will show you as to the impact it had. i would like to remind everybody washington is all mail-in state. 2024, 60 6% ballots were returned via drop boxes. our concern was if a copycat attempted to emulate it elsewhere it would have a significant impact on our ability to successfully host and run the election. to compound the issue, the third distric

education secretary mcmahon is set to join us tomorrow morning on "fox & friends." sure you guys will have a whole lot of questions he campaigned on this in 2023. i want linda to put herself over the job. >> brian: you need votes in the senate to close a department down and you need 60 votes. i don't even know if every republican is for doing this. at the very least i was able to speak to her on tuesday night. i said i hear william bennett was on our channel and saying it's really hard because reagan wanted to do it, too. he said -- she said well, what i could do is lean it out. get as much money as possible to the states, and then show everyone how effective it is and maybe the senate will come to that decision. >> lawrence: which i think is the goal get more money to the localities, don't just keep it in the local traditional. open up innovation with school choice so the schools locally can compete and the bad schools get shut down and the schools that are performing at a high level getting our kids to read and do math so we can have a better report cashed get mor

education secretary linda mcmahon said to receive federal funds, universities must comply with all federaliscrimination laws, adding that columbia has abandoned that obligation to jewish students. columbia has vowed to work with the government, saying it is fully committed to combating anti-semitism. the trump administration fired the head of the department of justice's part in office today, citing executive authority. she had served in the role since 2022. she wrote on linkedin, i am sad to share that i was fired today from the job i have poured my heart and soul into for the last three years. deputy attorney general todd blanche was just confirmed by the senate on wednesday. russia launched dozens of missiles and drones toward ukraine overnight in the first major attack since the u.s. paused intelligence sharing with ukrainian officials. in kharkiv, emergency crews cleaned up after a strike that targeted energy facilities and other infrastructure. at least 10 people were injured across the country. on social media today, president trump said he is strongly considering putting sanctions a