and you mentioned the brett kavanaugh hearings.ople and, you know... put kamala harris... harris. ..on the map, as you know, a pointed and smart prosecutor. and you have to remember, this is a party in flux. we've about this before. i've talked to several democrats who have said what resistance movement, and i think they're looking for something. they're looking for a fight, unify behind a common enemy. and i think these confirmation hearings are giving them something to fight for. something to fight for and try and pick up the pieces after the election. so, i agree, i think we'll hear loudly from some democratic senators. do you think there's any possibility that anything comes out in these confirmation hearings? for example, when tulsi gabbard is grilled about her meeting which also is quite interesting. but i don't know. i think donald trump has such a hold over the republican party at party at the moment. that would be an incredibly brave republican senator at this point to kind of go against him. i mean, we sawa big push from

i don't think that republicans in their heart of hearts, saw brett kavanaugh as a joke, that they wered to condone as a test of loyalty, whereas this is just such a farce. but i think that what you see is that what happened to christine blasey ford was a very powerful demonstration for anyone else who would come forward. and so when you think about the republican organizer who filed this police report accusing pete hegseth of sexual assault, you know, there is a i would assume that she looks at what's happened to women like christine blasey ford and thinks, no, thank you. and so there's a reason i would assume that she has not come forward. well, and i would say that same pressure campaign in a different way is being exerted upon republicans who might stand in line and potentially talk to that victim. you know, it is it is worth noting that the drivers behind this kind of neo christian, neo neo traditionalist christianity that people like pete hegseth are a part of is the drivers are really interesting and they are cultural. the usa today reports that the founder of pete hegseth church

both lisa and ken mentioned the important name here is brett kavanaugh. hearings have established a playbook for republicans. that's what i've been told how they're going to approach this, the sort of angry defiance, maybe from hegseth himself, but certainly from his defenders in the senate. we remember lindsey graham in the brett kavanaugh hearings. expect more of that. this idea you're trying to take down a good man. there are no allegations here. it's innuendo. it's rumors. where are they? that's the sort of approach we're going to see from the trump and others want joe. the idea that like don't give in, always fight, don't abandon it, and even potentially smear the reputations of the accusers suggest it's all just hearsay. look for the brett kavanaugh playbook to be, you know, in full display for hegseth and perhaps some of the other hearings in the weeks ahead as well. >> the difference, though, mike barnicle, between the allegations against brett kavanaugh, memories from high school, which a lot of people didn't agree on, and squee! yeah, didn't agre

brett kavanaugh may have shown some separation.y roberts -- coney barrett and roberts you have some not willing to toe the line. geoff: donald trump wants to make america bigger. he has talked about obtaining greenland from denmark and wants to reclaim the panama canal and wants to turn canada into the 51st state in addition to wanting to rename the gulf of mexico. it is unclear how serious he is. he talked about wanting to take greenland in the first administration. what should we make of this? >> [laughter] look, i'm going to take a page out of rachel maddox's book which is don't listen to what they say but pay attention to what they do. he can talk all sorts of smack about greenland and gulf of america and making canada the 51st state. but, until he actually does something, if he does try to take greenland were rename the gulf of mexico or if he does try to act on these things he is talking about, then i will take him seriously. this is what i learned from the first term, we will drive ourselves crazy if we react to everything h

. >> molly, i'm old enough to remember that when brett kavanaugh was confirmed by the senate, a numberthe same senators who are currently sitting now, not all of them, but a number of them were members of congress. they were members of the senate, and they listened to much more substantiated, much more detailed allegations of sexual assault and wrongdoing, which were alleged against now supreme court justice brett kavanaugh and it did not seem to matter. is this a conversation that is as angeles smoke and mirrors as rick has pointed out to avoid the fact that at its core, pete hegseth does not have the resume that would be commiserate with being the secretary of defense? >> i think we will have to wait and see. look, the dod is a huge, huge, huge group of people. it is 3 million+ people. it is an enormous organization to lead and i think, certainly, a lot of his republican senators -- essay it is an enormous job and a person who has never led an organization this big. i think people really have this need. there is the issue, the kavanaugh issue is a bit different because you had a he s

it's that you have four justices and to me it means, to the extent anyone was looking at brett kavanaughing he was going to be part of a sort of swing of amy coney barrett, the chief justice, and brett kavanaugh, this signals that he is really putting his lot in, it seems to me, with the conservative, the sort of arch-conservative group. >> and two of those justices, thomas and alito, completely compromised as to the appearance of impartiality. they of course should be recused from the case. they should have recused themselves and they haven't. there is that in addition to it. we will squeeze in a break here and go to the other big defendant trump news of the night, which is the appeals court saying, yes, jack smith report can come out. we will be back with that right after this break. ter this break [clears throat] sounds like you need to vaporize that sore throat. vapocool drops? it's sore throat relief with a rush of vicks vapors. ♪ vapocooooool ♪ whoa. vaporize sore throat pain with vicks vapocool drops. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me fel

they saw pete hegseth getting brett kavanaughed yesterday in terms of the personal attacks and bringinghis time at fox. all i know is that the people that have gone on the record. people like will cain, rachel campos-duffy myself have been on for years. they were 100 percent false. if anybody really believed it, they would put their name and face to the quote instead of hiding behind as names source. yeah. it's great to see that his colleagues at fox have really backed him because they know who they worked with. somebody who was professional. someone who was friendly. great sense of humor. treated everybody with respect and came in laser focused to every four hour weekend show that he had to do. the personal stuff does not work. and right, carley you have worked with him and carley you have as well. >> todd: they came after pete they also came after carrie underwood. >> she says i love our country how do you love your country and support and normalize somebody who was a convicted felon who really wants to destroy the country in my opinion. i don't understand how you say you love your co

supreme court justice brett kavanaugh, and others.ice president kamala harris kamala harris, senate majority leader jon thelen, has, house speaker mike johnson, other to remember the 39th president of the united states y members continue to make their way in. chad, you're still us. let us know more about what we are about to see as a country says goodbye to the former president carter. >> this will take a couple of minutes to actually get the casket over. we talked about this wooden platform that was built for the first state funeral that they did in the rotunda. it was for abe lincoln in 1865. you're looking at some bipartisan senators, john barrasso, elizabeth warren the democrat from washington. excuse me, for massachusetts, to the left. that is muriel bowser, the mayor of washington, d.c. there will be a moment where they bring the casket in to the rotunda, right in the middle of the rotunda. the house and the senate, they don't do anything political inside the rotunda. it is reserved exclusively for events like this. as we said,

the only positive was clarence thomas spent the two-hour hearing slapping brett kavanaugh with a a tortilla ] [ slap ] that's right. in six days, we may not have tiktok. but don't worry. once rfk jr. takes office, we'll still have plenty of things that go viral. [ laughter ] if the ban goes into effect, americans can still see tiktoks, but the app will stop working due to a lack of updates. it's pretty much what happened to president biden. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] speaking of president biden, he now hahas just o more week left -- in office. [ laughter ] put that on the same card! don't put that on two cards. [ laughter ] one week left in office. >> steve: yes. >> jimmy: meanwhile, this weekend biden called pope francis and awarded him the presidential medal of freedom. yep, it's the highest honor a a civilian can receive except for being pope. [ laughter ] so more political news. today melania trump went on "fox & friends" and said she plans to live at the white house full time. >> steve: oh. >> jimmy: you know you got an interesting marriage when the big question is, "are you

can't go at it directly because the public woken up to woke, so what they are doing personal like brett kavanaugh did not have enough votes on abortion had to go at personally same playbook o gain credibility have to acknowledge lloyd austin has been disaster, no one even criticized eliminate for afghan withdrawal or anything else going to the hospital not telling the president he was having surgery. >> i don't think that is going to happen with pete hegseth going into the hospital not being seen not telling anybody, by the way, biden did not notice he had cabinet meetings lloyd austin was there isn't nobody said a word about it. >> the question i have is who did know about it? like in the hospital did anybody know about it. maria: no, i don't think so. >> nobody knew. >> one thing hegseth said i love warrior ethos, wonderful to hear that we did not here that during obama apology tour but we are hearing it now, it is -- it is not only okay, it is good it its wonderful embrace to be proud to be american to be strong. maria: meanwhile, president trump foreign policy team will sit for confirmation h

justice brett kavanaugh for example, he said that's a huge concern now and in the future as the government out that data -- private data could be used by china in the future to blackmail, future c.i.a. officers. it could be used to try to turn certain americans into spies. and so i think when you looked over all of the argues, that was something that may persuade a majority to very much uphold this law. >> and bobby, if that happens, if this law is upheld, is there any indication with ickton and the owners would do? >> that's the million dollar question that we don't know. tiktok and bite dance in this really precarious amount of uncertainty right now if the law is upheld, you know, president-elect donald trump will not yet be in office. between january 19, the start date and when trump is worn in the 20th, there's going to be 24 hours of limbo. and i have sources inside of google and inside of apple who say, look, we've heard from our general counsels that we're not about to be out of compliance with a federal law on the books. so they are planning, the two big tech companies to remove ti

it was 5-4 decision with justice thomas alito, courses w which, brett kavanaugh discontentjori and amy bat went with the majority. and jonathan turley will join us in a few moments but first, it was two and a half months that though obama was trying to find old magic on the trail warning america about trump. chi >> donald trump's former chief of staff said that trump told him he wanted his generals to bn like hitler's generals. but rule of thumb is, don't say you want to do anything like hitler. >> laura: that was stupid and v vicious.ic it was hyperbole. he never believed it, which is more obvious today if you watche the carter funeral where former president obama chatted up president-elect trump. 20 may now to discuss all of this correspondent kevin corke. cabin, what was it about this interplay that was blowing atth social mediaey. >> you know what was interesting, danger to democracy. they didn't believe a minute of it and it is all hyperbole and lies. we heardmite the expression, its makes for strange bedfellows. that was on full display. president trump and obama downright chatty

justice brett kavanaugh mentions the government fears the information they're collecting on teenagersir 20s could be used to develop spies and blackmail people who end up working for the cia, fbi, or state department. he calls that a huge concern for the country, and there are american groups who are talking about buying tiktok, but its parent company based in china, bytedance, says it will not sell. whit. >> whit: many millions of americans waiting to see how it all plays out. perry, thank you. >>> also this morning, ten days before his inauguration president-elect donald trump has been sentenced but not punished for falsifying business records to hide from voters a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels. judge juan merchan handing down an unconditional discharge with no prison time, no fine, no probation calling it the only sentence he could impose without encroaching upon the highest office in the land. trump says he will appeal the case anyway. >> rhiannon: coming up in our "gma morning menu," is it good for you, bad for you? a new study links drinking mornin

roberts, just walk in moments ago, along with a couple of other justices, justice elena kagan and brett kavanaugh. so expect people from both sides of the aisle, wolf, to honor jimmy carter's life and service. >> wolf, a a beautiful honor that's about to begin and will continue for a while. and we'll have extensive coverage and stick around. don't go too far away to all of our viewers. stay with us for the ceremonies. once the carter funeral procession arrives up here at the u.s. capitol, including eulogies delivered by the vice president, kamala harris, and top congressional leaders from both parties. and we'll be right back. >> the whole story with anderson cooper sunday at 8:00 on cnn. >> you'll be back. emus can't help people customize and save with liberty mutual. >> and, doug. >> well, i'll be only pay for what you need. >> liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty sore throat. >> got your tongue? mucinex. insidiosus. sore throat. medicated drops uniquely formulated for rapid relief that lasts and lasts. that's my baby. >> try our new sugar free cough drop. >> to soothe@drivetime.com. we've been h

it reminds me of how brett kavanaugh's fbi investigation wasn't very comprehensive either. >> hmm. let's talk about the politics of the firefight. president elect trump has posted on social media. we put it up. the fires are still raging in l.a. the incompetent pols have no idea how to put them out. they just can't put out the fires. what's wrong with them? california's governor, gavin newsom, is also called trump delusional and ignorant on the issue. i mean, in a week, this federal response will be led by the new president, president trump. how much does this bickering suggest a shift in federal approach to the response? or is it just social media back and forth? >> it may be just social media tweets where they're kind of they have better they should have better things to do than just attacking each other on social media, because behind the scenes, newsom and trump have worked well together, although, of course, they have lots of history. remember, newsom's ex-wife dated don junior, kimberly guilfoyle, and now she's going to greece. so out of sight, out of mind. but i don't think

this was founded by mike davis, a sort of pugnacious right wing lawyer who helped shepherd brett kavanaugh through his confirmation hearings in 2018 as senior counsel for nominations to chuck grassley, who then ran the judiciary committee that was considering kavanaugh's nomination. he started this group. they have marshaled their followers through appearances on steve bannon's podcast or talking with other right wing influencers, talking with kimberly guilfoyle to have people go to their website, click through to call message or social media, you know, post at their republican senator charlie kirk has done something similar. the idea is to pressure gop senators into voting for hegseth or bear the consequences be primaried. that was one of the threats made very directly by charlie kirk to joni ernst on x, and it's been repeated by many others. kirk said he was going to start what he called an encouragement campaign, having live rallies in various states with senators that he thought maybe couldn't be counted on to support trump's cabinet. these are places like utah with john curtis. >> but

. >> no, it was reminding me stuff of what we learned in the wake of brett kavanaugh's supreme courtfter he was accused of specific sexual harassment, he, the key witnesses and potential witnesses at his college and elsewhere were not interviewed by the fbi. and here your nbc, the new yorker and the washington post, my colleagues are reporting that key women who made these allegations were not interviewed by the fbi, according to people familiar with this background check. it raises that that that that question, like, who's telling the fbi not to follow up on these matters? one of the most important things about a background check by the fbi is it's supposed to be fairly exhaustive. you may remember that if any of your friends ever were being considered for a federal job, an fbi agent came to your neighbor's home and asked, hey, what are they like? do they party too much? >> are they? you ever see them with anyone unusual? >> what's their behavior like? and here when we have actual allegations with people's names behind them, those folks are not being interviewed. >> that is interest

brett kavanaugh literally had to ask an open court, what if the new president doesn't follow the law?ere donald trump refusing to enforce a law that was passed by congress and signed by his predecessor not eight months ago, that that's a legitimate question. what if trump just doesn't enforce and doesn't follow the law? well, sonia sotomayor mayor had an answer for kavanaugh and for donald trump the way the tiktok ban soft ban would actually work is that it kind of prevents american service providers. you know, the app, the apple app store, the google app store from promoting the service. right. and sotomayor pointed out that the statute of limitations for violating the law is not four years, it is five. so if you want to follow trump and ignore this law that was passed by congress in april, you better be sure that that trump or somebody just like him is going to still be there in 2029 and 2020 and 2030, because it's a five year statute of limitations for lawsuits, for violating this law that literally came up in, in the supreme court because we are literally at the point in this coun

the democrats arguments on this, saying, you know, they're just trying to do what they did to brett kavanaugh, to pete hegseth. and so that is kind of a way for them to tamp that down and say, hey, actually, these are just allegations. anybody can say anything. there's not anything serious here. clearly going to be a big focal point for democrats. but the bigger point, i think the question is going to be he's never run anything like the military, like the federal. when you think about just the overall complex complex and the mission of this job, i think that will be interesting to see if that resonates at all with with republicans. >> yeah, no question about that. and meantime, while hegseth has dominated the headlines, pam bondi the attorney general nominee has really flown under the radar. yet she could be very controversial as well, at least according to democrats. i'm hearing that there are going to be some focus from democrats about some of the things that she has said in the past, as trump was trying to overturn the election back in 2020. just a flashback on something she said. >> we ar

one republican senator said that it could look like the brett kavanaugh hearings on steroids.cnn's steve contorno has more. >> it's a big week on capitol hill for donald trump's cabinet picks. >> 13 of them have senate confirmation hearings. >> that includes the highly anticipated hearing for pete hegseth donald trump's choice to lead the pentagon as defense secretary. >> his nomination has been dogged so far by allegations of sexual assault stemming back several years ago. pete hegseth denies the charges. on sunday, several republican senators fanned out across the sunday political talk shows in defense of hegseth and several other controversial choices by donald trump, including tulsi gabbard, to serve as the director of national intelligence and robert f kennedy jr.. as secretary of health and human services. >> let me ask you about tulsi gabbard, mr. trump's pick for director of national intelligence. you have said that she needs to clarify where she stands on 702 r. mrs. gabbard's assurances enough for you, senator? are you now a yes on her? >> yeah, i am, and that was a

and now you have someone who was a very prominent ally of people like brett kavanaugh and the bush administrations head of that policy, mark zuckerberg went down to mar-a-lago. trump played the january 6th star spangled banner in front of him. and, you know, it is clearly an attempt. they know that donald trump is a highly transactional people person. and that's why you see all these moves i'm reminded of. >> i was at that press conference that the president elect had a couple of weeks ago, where he had a comment where he said, you know, the first time around when i won election, nobody wanted anything to do with me. now everybody is kind of coming to me. everybody wants normal. everybody wants to be my friend and normal. and but you're seeing that now, too. and it is interesting how meta is doing it in a variety of ways here, including vernon jordan was a close friend of bill clinton's who prospered wildly with corporate contracts and board memberships after bill clinton became president. >> this is normal when a president takes over companies who think they're in the bullseye of regulatory regu

. >> now, that was what justice brett kavanaugh was asking to the lawyer for tiktok, who was arguing and argued that this law violates the first amendment. chief justice john roberts seemed persuaded by national security concerns, though that we have heard, namely, that the chinese government could gain access to data on many of its users. >> congress doesn't care about what's on tiktok. >> they don't care about the expression that's shown by the remedy. >> they're not saying tiktok has to stop. they're saying the chinese have to stop controlling tiktok. so it's not a direct burden on the expression at all. congress is fine with the expression. they're not fine with a foreign adversary, as they've determined it is gathering all this information about the 170 million people who use tiktok. >> my sources tonight are cnn legal analyst and the former federal prosecutor, elliot williams, and cnn media analyst and senior media reporter for axios sara fischer. i mean, sara, based on what we heard today and no one likes to guess what the supreme court is going to do, it sounds like they're l

you're seeing members of the supreme court, the chief justice, also, brett kavanaugh there, multiplebers, in fact, of the high court, justin trudeau, the outgoing prime minister of canada. you can see right there, he announced just in recent days that he would be stepping down amid pressure at home and pressure from the incoming president here in the united states, donald trump putting pressure on canada, threatening tariffs. justin trudeau at the cathedral amid so much news, the vice president elect, j.d. vance, right there with his wife. and hunter biden, the son of the president, there to listen to his father deliver the eulogy for his friend jimmy carter. president biden and first lady jill biden traveled to plains, georgia, in a very public moment to visit the carters at their home. they were determined to do that. we did not see that through the years. there were many visits behind the scenes with the carters, but the bidens were determined to, in a very public way, give the carters the respect they believe they deserved. after so many decades of public service after the presid

what they did to brett kavanaugh. they did it to me during my election. when they can't argue on policy or substance, when they know that they are wrong with what the american people want, this is what the democrats do. they resort to smear anonymous allegations, character assassination, because they know they can't talk about the disgrace of the afghan withdrawal. they can't talk about the disgraceful state of our military recruitment. we can't build enough ships, can't build enough planes. we haven't won a war in a long time. and our military spending three times more on dei initiatives now than we were four years ago. so they know that on policy, the u.s. department of defense is in tatters right now, and therefore, they couldn't spend two seconds talking about policy, and they decided to smear this, this young man who's going to do a great job. we support him. and that's why my questions were directed the way they were. i wanted to remind people what this job was really about. and it's supporting the war fighter and protecting america. >> it was it wa

i remember when brett kavanaugh was coming before the judiciary committee. i got to be briefed on the fbi report, even though i wasn't chairman of the judiciary committee or a member of the judiciary committee. why? because that nomination was so important to the future of the country. what what's more important than the man who is going to lead our troops into battle, especially at a moment of great peril to american security and the security of our allies? yes, of course, we should all be able to see that fbi report, and it should be done in a thorough manner. all i'm saying is that i don't know that the fbi report should be determinative. there is already enough really serious and credible allegations and reports of misconduct that i would hope that republicans would be asking the trump administration to send another name, send somebody else that will be in a better moral position to lead our brave men and women. >> well, right now it doesn't seem like they are based on on what we've heard. even the biggest critics of him have seemed to soften on him a bi

appointed by trump in a narrow 5 to 4 ruling justice clarence thomas, samuel alito, neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh arguing the sentence would have imposed a burden on his responsibilities as president elect. what burden, exactly? i mean, for a sentence of a unconditional discharge with no jail time, no fine, and no conditions of probation. my panel is back with me. any theories about this burden that the four justices were referring to here? >> it's very disappointing. i mean, in one way, you could look at this because a lot of court watchers, including myself, have listened to oral arguments and heard justice amy sound very smart and then vote very crazy. and here was a moment where she sounded smart and she voted. what made sense? and so that in itself it's very small because the ruling, it's insane that this even came up in front of them. but i think it's more important to realize that kavanaugh and gorsuch are are basically the same as thomas and alito. yeah, right. just maga fox news just our team will do anything for their guy, and that's pretty worrying. >> angela, what message does this se

and as some republicans had told me over the weekend and i said yesterday, right out of the brett kavanaughs on full display yesterday. so let's turn to what we're going to see today, marco rubio, the secretary of state nominee that's expected to be pretty, pretty clean in terms of the nomination process. we've seen some democrats already say they're on board with this pick, pam bondi, though there seem to be some fireworks. you know, she there's not been as much in the way of controversy around her than donald trump's initial a.g. pick in terms of matt gaetz. so she is seen as perhaps more palatable. but what are some issues that could come up today? what could be some some tension points? >> the key question for bondi will be if president trump asks you to look for fraud in the midterm elections, you know, will you have an investigation again? bill barr said, no, he would not do that. the justice department, you know, pushed back on the claims, false claims that 2020 was stolen. and we'll see what she says about that. and then there's a famous sort of clip, again, this loyalty to trump, w

brett kavanaugh. you. >> president biden, alongside governor gavin newsom, visited a fire station in santa monica. the president met with firefighters and officials and vowed continued support for california. >> prepared for anything and everything. as long as it takes to contain these fires and help reconstruct and make sure that we get back to normal, it's going to be a #### of a long way. >> the it's going to take time, but we're in it. >> federal government is here to stay as long as you need us. >> and everything you need. >> now, president biden canceled a trip to italy. it would have been his last international trip of his presidency. because of the fires in southern california. time is now 756. authorities in santa rosa have launched a homicide investigation after four bodies were found in a home. police in santa rosa say they were called to a home on monarch court yesterday afternoon. the home is inside of a senior citizen community called valley vista. we heard from neighbors who say this is

samuel alito, harris, thomas, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, those four are willing to let that guy get exactly what he asked for. thankfully coney barrett and roberts got with the democrats on the supreme court and voted 5-4 for him to go to trial. what he did on friday, he didn't want no part of that. like another caller said, if he was innocent he could have got his butt on the stand and testified and showed the american people he was innocent. this guy is a scam. there is more to come. a president can't own a gun. he can't even be around bullets. this is sad, man. you republicans, one out of three trumpers are as dumb as the other two. bye-bye. host: darrell talking about some of the things that felons can't do. from the associated press, trump can still vote after sentencing, but he can't own a gun and will have to turn over a dna sample. the article notes that he will be registered to vote in florida and will be able to continue voting there. the caller was correct. he won't be able to own a gun under federal law. people convicted of felonies are not allowed to possess firearms. t

samuel alito, harris, thomas, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, those four are willing to let that guy get exactly what he asked for. thankfully coney barrett and roberts got with the democrats on the supreme court and voted 5-4 for him to go to trial. what he did on friday, he didn't want no part of that. like another caller said, if he was innocent he could have got his butt on the stand and testified and showed the american people he was innocent. this guy is a scam. there is more to come. a president can't own a gun. he can't even be around bullets. this is sad, man. you republicans, one out of three trumpers are as dumb as the other two. bye-bye. host: darrell talking about some of the things that felons can't do. from the associated press, trump can still vote after sentencing, but he can't own a gun and will have to turn over a dna sample. the article notes that he will be registered to vote in florida and will be able to continue voting there. the caller was correct. he won't be able to own a gun under federal law. people convicted of felonies are not allowed to possess firearms. t