also yesterday agriculture second brook collins was confirmed it lead the department 72-28 including 19 democrats in support for her. kash patel the pick to lead f.b.i. the senate judiciary committee vetoed 12-10 along party lines to proceed with his nomination and that will head then to the spat floor. robin in silver spring, democratic caller. we are in open forum. good morning. host: -- caller: i want to talk about fraud, waste and abuse. one thing i notice is that elon musk and trump are accusing the federal government for a lot of fraud, waste and abuse, which i'm sure there's some we can find. but i want people to realize that some of the fraud that is happening is elon musk himself and trump the inflation reduction act has been frozen even though the courts said it needs to been frozen and it is unconstitutional abusing the power of the president through the impoundment angst and millions of people are not getting the money they need, farmers, small business owners, are out to dry because the money they were promised to build solar panels and buy farm equipment are not going t

in the senate, brooke collins confirmed on thursday to lead the agriculture department by a vote of 728, including 19 democrats in support. cash patel, president trump's pick to be the director of the fbi, the senate judiciary committee voted 12-10, along party lines, to proceed with the confirmation for kash patel, nominee for the fbi director. linda mcmahon, as we said, on capitol hill yesterday for her confirmation hearing. listen to president trump just one day before she was in the hot seat testifying before senators when he was asked about the department of education. [video clip] pres. trump: i would like it to be closed immediately. it is a big con job. we are ranked number 40 in the top 40 countries in the world, but we are number one in one department, costs for people. we spend more per pupil than every other country in the world, but we are ranked number 40. host: that was wednesday. yesterday, thursday, here is what the education nominee linda mcmahon had to say when asked about president trump's plans to dismantle the agency. [video clip] >> president trump is reportedly

brooke, thank you very much. >> brian: pretty great for tulsi that she has won over collins and murkowski, it's pretty amazing. going to float through. they wanted to do it last night. the snow stopped it. this is going to be great. we need her yesterday, director of national intelligence. i love what lisa murkowski said a breath of fresh air, fresh eyes, democrat, certainly got the military background. i think that in a couple of years, there are a few people going to emerge as stars. no one expects it guys like rubio. i think she is going to be the surprise. >> lawrence: the one interesting thing about her of course some of the pushback against her some of the people in the committee is where she stood on classified information. who was a freedom fighter versus who was a traitor. i think if you want reforms in the system, if you want a more credible agency, if you want a whistleblower protections, then you want to be under her. if you feel like something is going wrong, people are going to feel comfortable letting her know because they know she is protect the classified information. as

. >> brooke: tulsi gabbard is expected to be confirmed as director of national intelligence this morning. tulsi gabbard has support from susan collinssa murkowski, and those two have a reputation for going against their party. they both voted against pete hegseth. collins is considered key vote for robertf kennedy. she does plan to confirm him. this all comes as judiciary committee is also preparing to send kash patel to nomination. linda mcmahon, secretary of education is set for tomorrow and democrats are questioning her experience. >> steve: we knew that was going to happen. thank you, brooke. >> brian: over to carley. >> carley: the fbi has released images of dramatic moment ice arrested three tren de aragua mem members. the gang member did not put up a fight. ice tracked the murder suspect to a houston apartment earlier this month as part of the immigration crackdown. starliner astronauts stuck in space since june may be coming home earlier than expected. nasas they plan to bring them home on march 19th, or march 20th, space x capsule will launch on march 12. starliner flight test was supposed to last 10 days. two shark attack

in the senate, brooke collins confirmed on thursday to lead the agriculture department by a vote of 72-28, including 19 democrats in support. cash patel, president trump's pick to be the director of the fbi, the senate judiciary committee voted 12-10, along party lines, to proceed with the confirmation for kash patel, nominee for the fbi director. linda mcmahon, as we said, on capitol hill yesterday for her confirmation hearing. listen to president trump just one day before she was in the hot >> we are going to leave this to take you live to capitol hill where the house is dabbling in for a brief session. you are watching live coverage of the house here on c-span.

in the senate, brooke collins confirmed on thursday to lead the agriculture department by a vote of 72-28, including 19 democrats in support. cash patel, president trump's pick to be the director of the fbi, the senate judiciary committee voted 12-10, along party lines, to proceed with the confirmation for kash patel, nominee for the fbi director. linda mcmahon, as we said, on capitol hill yesterday for her confirmation hearing. listen to president trump just one day before she was in the hot >> we are going to leave this to take you live to capitol hill where the house is dabbling in for a brief session. you are watching live coverage of the house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, february 14, 2025. i hereby appoint the honorable riley m. moore to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will be offered by chaplain kibben.