and white house alina habba talk about white house budget cutting and federal reserve more worried about tariffs than interests. first fox news alexandria huff live on capitol hill, a big day today. reporter: i think it is tensest hearing yet here there were supporters for robert f. kennedy jr. but not alot among democrats, main reason would be on topic of vaccines. rfk jr. said he is not antianything, he had it right away in his opening remarks that were soon interrupted by a protester. >> news reports claimed that i'm anti-vaccine or. >> i am neither -- i am pro safety. >> [indiscernible] >> we'll have order. reporter: that was one of about 4 outburstses that happened today's hearing before senate finance committee, given what a lark large budget hhs has, he would oversee a 1.7 trillion dollar budget. 90 thousand employees. and kennedy said his make america healthy pursuit would prioritize nutrition and shift federal research away from infecttion disease toward chronic illness. >> first thing i have done every morning for past 20 years, is get on my knees and pry pray to g to g to put

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joining me now is alina habba, counselor to president trump. think you guys opened the door by putting out a general memo without the specificity. but, where does this stand tonight? >> so, i'm happy you asked me about this. the omb rescinded their memo. their memo was what caused confusion. and i understand that. but the president's freeze is something he stands by that he is why we have entities like doge. that's why we are canceling entities like dei and stopping all of the contractor and green new deal and last administration left us with. to stop that we have to pause. the pause as we said 100 times over is not gs going to effect americans that deserve this assistance, medicare, medicaid, social security. but this is the left wing's narrative, laura, we are used to it and none other than chuck schumer himself to pick. they could have picked a new person but you, you know, their old games, old tricks, same old people. and we heard from them and that's what they are trying to do, fear-mongering as usual. the freeze is in place. what we are d

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. >> laura: joining me now, alina habba, counselor to president trump. st night in our really uncomfortable she was standing at the bar. alina, first of all, first of all, your parents have adopted me. so i'm just saying, i love your parents and they are amazing people. >> yes, they let me know. >> laura: think you sharing them. will the president commit, alina, to do press conferences every way, every two weeks to continue what he says is going to be the most transparent administration? it seems like it is no problem for him. >> first of all, he doesn't need to commit. i think he has shown everybody today, yesterday, the minute he was born in, he got to work. actually, what he's been working since november 5th. but there is no one that speaks betters about his policies better than present donald trump himself and that is the truth of it. we can all spinmack and do whatever, but we finally have a president, laura and not someone afraid to answer tough questions himself directly from the boss' mouth it has been tremendous being there and seeing how hard ev

. >> laura: joining me now alina habba counselor to president trump and i was able to see her last nightrtable shoes standing at the bar. i'm still in pain. >> laura: first of all, your parents have adopted me so i'm just saying i love your parents. they are amazing people. >> they let me know. >> laura: incredible. thank you for sharing them. but, will the president commit alina, to doing press conferences every week, every two weeks, to continue what he says is going to be the most transparent administration? it seems like no problem for him. >> first of all, he doesn't need to commit it. i think he has shown everybody today yesterday, the minute that he was sworn in he got to work. actually we have been working since he was elected on novembe. nobody speaks better about the president's thoughts, policies than president donald trump himself. that's the truth of it. we can all spin and do whatever. we finally have a president, laura, and we have somebody who is not afraid to answer tough questions himself directly from the boss' mouth. and it's just been tremendous. being there, seeing

reaction to all of this counselor to the president alina habba is with us. were there almost from the beginning even on fake news cnn they acknowledge donald trump beat them. if you go back six, eight months ago we had no idea how this would play else. with the fact they took it this far should scare everybody. >> fear no more in 10 days i am so proud to be going right back to where he belongs and we got him where he needed to be witches of the white house so this can end. this does not need to end it ended for donald trump today we will appeal it we will unveil what happened. we will unveil the sham we will talk about how the corruption has permeated our justice system. i have been speaking with you ad nauseam about that for nearly four years now but now we have a chance to fix it does for america. maybe president had to go through this and be the victim of this because he is the only one that can truly fix it and get america's attention about the corruption. now we get to work. i am so excited for the next 10 days until we're there we will be working so ha

as well as alina habba who took over kilian conway's old job with the new trump administration. i just something about this day? i have thought about this often when bill clinton was inaugurated i was covering it from the rest front of the capital where festivities were and i was chatting with republican congressman jerry lewis from california. he was not any more partisan that the next guy but he was a republican through and through. he was in festive spirits he was in a great mood and they asked him what he was so happy about. he says this is a great day. this is america. this is how we do this year. not every country does it this way. this is a wonderful day. and i thought he is absolutely right. i watch these proceedings today and i have to say it hit me emotionally more than i would have imagined. we do this look, these are divided times, there is still hard feelings, i get all of that. but look at the way the democrats carried out their roles. they were gracious, amy club the democratic the chair of the inaugural committee played her role and everybody did it because that

alina habba, one at the top attorneys for the incoming president and his legal cases. she will now serve as a counselor at the white house to president-elect trump. i think there is a little bit of disappointment that we will not see incoming president outside on that platform taking the oath of office. i wonder if you do know if they will be walking at all at pennsylvania avenue. will people be able to see them outside? >> my understanding at this point and obviously it is a moving target both first and foremost go to the president is only concerned with safety. but is actually cold and i am in d.c. dramatically colder than new york and a cold front coming. we don't want anyone uncomfortable. he will be sworn in the capital and projections on the screen as my understanding. he will speak at a different location where holding a rally the day before so that people will get to see him as well. so, it is not just -- it is not just about him that more about the american people. he wants to make sure everybody is happy, comfortable, and able to watch it. this will turn out

counselor to the president, alina habba is with us. alina, you were there almost from the beginning. even on fake news, cnn, they acknowledged donald trump beat them. and there were times, if you go back six, eight months ago, there were times we had no idea how this was going to play out. but the fact that they took it this far is what should scare everybody. >> well, fear no more in ten days. i am so proud to be going right back to where he belongs. and we got him where he needed to be, which is in the white house, so that this can end and this doesn't need to end. it ended for president trump today. >> it's done. now we will appeal it. we will unveil what happened. we will unveil the sham. we will talk about how the corruption has permeated our justice system. i've been speaking with you ad nauseam about that for nearly four years now, but i can say that now we have our chance to fix it, and it's for america. and maybe president trump had to go through this and be the victim of this, because he is the only one that could truly fix it

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. >> alina habba is. >> like one of the. >> you know, the biggest balls here in town.ill literally have a thousand people on a waiting list right now. >> maha was born when kennedy ended his presidential campaign and joined forces with trump. >> don't you want a president that's. >> going to make america healthy again? >> trump's inauguration put the maha agenda on its biggest stage yet. >> together, we will end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy and disease free. >> him specifically calling. out fixing the chronic disease issue. i cheered from my seat. vani hari isn't a medical professional, but she's built an audience of over 2 million followers on instagram. as the food babe. she was an obama delegate in 2012, but spent this weekend with trump's picks to lead health. >> the people i've been meeting with have been unreal. >> is this the first time that health and wellness influencers have had the ear of the president in this way? >> yes. >> i was radicalized during the pandemic. i was greatly disturbed and confused about mandating a vacc

i think i see alina habba in the back near lara trump. i'll just say a big family affair for this second day. this is really the conclusion of the inaugural festivities for donald trump. now the service is being dubbed as a prayer for the nation. the church has made very clear that this type of event is not political to them. it is all about trying to bring together different faith leaders for really the entire nation to see around the inauguration. and of course, as you know, the washington cathedral is really a staple of the washington, dc establishment, also for different administrations. i mean, just two weeks ago, not even two weeks ago, we saw donald trump and several other former presidents come to this cathedral for jimmy carter's funeral. so a big moment today as they're closing this all out. now, i would also just note that, you know what's interesting, just taking into account donald trump's administration and what and, you know, this moment for him at the cathedral behind me and having the service, is that his administration a

and also note alina habba, i believe, is being appointed as his counselor and the white house counselor all of the attorneys who assisted him, though i don't think she was a successful, are being given, you know, these gifts of appointments for the white house. of course it's all all it's all bribes. it's all corruption, george. and you know, donald trump, you know, theoretically, a person who normally is convicted of a felony can't vote in the state of florida. and about eight other former confederate states. already, the governor of florida has said, no, we're going to let him vote anyway. we're going to clear his record, let him do that. there's like 38 countries you're not supposed to be able to travel to, including england, canada, mexico, australia, japan, china, argentina, all of which he visited in his first term. 38 countries. you're not allowed to get in if you're a felon. you know all of the stigma that normally associates. you have to check a box if you want to buy a gun, if you want to get certain licenses, you can't sell weed. have a weed business. donald trump is already

alina habba joined us last hour to weigh in on the clashes. >> we're getting them through because they'reen taking meeting ands answering tough questions and they threatedden them and say we're going to tame your time, take all the time you want. at the end of the day, push them through because this is what americans voted for on november 5, and these people are disrupters in a good way and will fix this country. brian: joe, does getting pete hegseth through change the whole ball game for the rest of the confirmation. that was the same as the biggest hill to cry and going for them as far as trying to take out pete in that situation and all these things that obviously went on the record. joe: they were people here at fox that worked with pete going for kudlow and he was shop and professional like the confirmation hearings and he got over the hurd and will i don't see four -- hurdle going for them to define president trump during this and going to have speaker johnson as far as him being the speaker to and he wanted pete hegseth and can't see now at one point and going for murkowski, colins

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. >> and i can tell you, i just spoke with alina habba, the presidential adviser here, former trump attorneyly, but they're confident inside the building that they have this pretty well buttoned up in terms of the lawyers. >> the role. >> that omb is playing, the. >> role that the office. >> of personnel management is playing, they feel like what they're doing here is going to withstand legal scrutiny. nonetheless. >> it is. >> going to come under scrutiny. there are going to be lawsuits filed. there have been already. and more of that is to come. so this will be fought out in the courts over time. a federal judge yesterday putting a stay on that spending freeze until monday, so they can work out some of the logistics on the lawsuits here. >> that. >> are expected. to be in process already. >> and. >> more to come. >> what what departments will get affected by this most? and for the democrats that are calling out, you know, access to services that americans rely on, is there truth to that? >> well. >> the administration is saying so far that no direct benefits to individuals in the united st