larry: caroline downey.out some other nominations also, but on this particular nomination, and kash patel is doing well. you have to ask yourself, how stupid are they? really, this is -- i mean i know fbi saga, miranda has written brilliantly about it this is an abuse of power. also i think politics. it is left versus right, they don't like conservatives. >> we saw this with how fbi targeted parents as domestic terrorists for daring to criticize radical activists. there is a decent on what to do with fbi, my colleague said it is corrupted because it has transformed its from just a law enforcement agency to a arm of the intelligence community, it was never part of the original mandate, charlie cook said dism dismantle the fbi, it is interesting derangement syndrome with kash patel, john bolton accused him of buying a soviet. larry: a former colleague and a friend, he is not a trump guy, i get, that but gosh he -- i did not understand that, i was disappointed. >> he compared him to soviet architect of show tri

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joining us on set, katie pavlich, caroline downey -- caroline downey, and r ca donald.on this set. >> thanks for having me. larry: katie, how's hegseth doing? trump helped him out, i think, today. >> trump coming out and doing a public statement certainly helped with the media narrative and the media questions of trump staying silent while he was on on the hill with the senators. the votes are the votes. he has to get the votes that he needs, and there's a number of senators reportedly who still have some questions. he is still the nominee. president trump has made it clear he's not pulling him, at least today, and is we can get to the confirmation hearing, and he said he's willing to answer more questions than he already did this week. larry: caroline, what's your reporting tell you can about this whole story? he looked kind of semi-dead, but i think katie's right, the trump backing is the trump backing. >> national review's reporting has been there's probably not enough votes mt. senate at this point, but that being said, i don't think it's over: and what i've noticed

caroline downey is joining me now, what a terrible answer. >> this will go down as one of the greatestowardice over courage, they are evicting women from their long fought spaces to make a small minority group feel comfortable while scores of women lose their opportunity and sense of safety. we saw lpga and uspga to ban men. men have broader shoulders and more muscle mass and more test testosterone that makes for stronger people. if he does not he is opposing the will of the people. elizabeth: maybe he should go. he also called notion that biological males have a physical advantage over, women, debate able, but he changed his answer saying, i would agree. so -- here is the full exchange. >> why don't you take a position on transgender biological males competing agents females, you just told me it was not fair. >> there is a federal standard on this, one that we would work with you on, if you wish to. >> why don't you do it on your own. >> we follow today law. >> go to amazon and buy spine on-line, a take a stand. >> this issue is not small this is growing. across country. high school a

caroline downey. and tammy bruce. author of fear itself. okay. thank you ladies.a new american zeitgeist has occurred donald trump is riding the wave of the new zeitgeist. okay. and he i'm level may be the zeitgeist. he may be the source of this zeitgeist. if you look word up in germany, it could be an individual or country, a word that the late great jack kemp used with so membership of us 40 years ago during reagan era, similar zeitgeist is happening, it is economic but cultural too. >> yes, emotional, i think. larry: yes. >> a sense of relive, i have been talking with people in town from washington, d.c., correspondents, they say that democrats are even relieved that donald trump won. the last -- the biden presidency was a complete nightmare for everyone trying to hide his cognitive deficits and chaos was unbelievable, t then three weeks in between ousting biden and bringing in kamala was a disaster and camkamala herself, and democrats are kind of reliefs and have a begrudging respect and admiration for donald trump that started after the first assassination at

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seng to present as well joining the conversation and carol roth national review staff writer caroline downey and fox business cheryl casone. "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪. maria: president trump expressing support for u.s. dockworkers ahead of a potential strike next month. cheryl casone with the latest. >> were tracking this for you growing concern that the east and gulf coast dockworkers can go on strike january 155 days before president-elect trump is inaugurated that's when the current labor contract ends. they walked off the job for three days in october they shut their major printed new york, new jersey, texas until the body administration intervene they were offered a 62% pay increase over six years but that was content on a wider deal being reached by mid-january, the sites are stuck on the issue of automation the ports are growing volume of cargo the union opposes the use of technology but they say it threatens jobs. yesterday president-elect trump met with union leaders for an hr meeting after the meeting trump posted this untrue social, there's been a lot of discussio

. ♪ howard: joining us now to analyze the coverage, in west palm beach, caroline downey, staff writerational review, and here with me, megan hayes, former top official in the biden white house and campaign. caroline, this ethics report getting an enormous amount of attention, paints a devastating portrait of matt gaetz, particularly this accusation about him having sex with a 17-year-old high school student. >> of course this story is juicy for legacy media with. matt gaetz is an arrogant blowhard, showboat and playboy involved in a sex scandal, and and he made it really easy for legacy media to hate him because he liked to sow chaos in congress for only really self-aggrandizing reasons. but, howie, you mentioned in your opening monologue other outlets are questioning why the committee would release this report two two days before christmas on a now-former congressman. it supports the argument of some conservative outlets that this is more about reputational ruin of someone who challenged doj corruption than about restoring ethics to lawmakers. and the bottom line is that, you know, m

we're going to be talking about that with jackie deangelis and caroline downey in just a moment. first, grady trimble is live at the white house with the very latest on president trump's energy agenda and more. grady? >> reporter: hey, david. there is excess supply of oil globally right now, and the international energy agency expects a surplus in 2025 as well, so that combined with president-elect trump's promise to expand oil and gas production in the united states could lead to lower prices for everyday americans. >> we're going to have so much oil and gas and other things, you won't know what to do with it. you'll say, please, president trump, stop. we have too much, the prices are going too low, sir. i will direct every cabinet if secretary -- [applause] to cut ten old regulations for every new regulation, which i did last time. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: despite president biden's green agenda, the u.s. set another record for crude oil production this year, so how does president-elect trump plan to set that the record yet again in 2025 the? well, energy executives ho

larry: joining us now, miranda devine and fox news contributor caroline downey, staff writer at washingtonk you, ladies. not hear in the opening riff. i concluded by saying that a new american zeitgeist has occurred and donald trump is riding the wave of that. in fact he himself may be the zeitgeist. and the source. if you look the word up in germany, could be a individual or a country. it's a word that the late great jack kemp used to use with so many of his $40 years ago with the reagan era and so much is happening and more. >> it's a palpable sense of relief and going to come in dc and they say that democrats are going to be relieved that donald trump won and the last -- the biden presidency was a complete nightmare for everybody trying to hide his cognitive deficits and chaos was unbelievable and nobody knew who was in charge and three weeks in between ousting biden and bringing in kamala and democrats are kind of relieved and have a grudging respect and admiration for donald trump that stemmed from -- really started after that first assassination attempt in butler and they looked at h

caroline downey national review, susie weiss, free press. an article you need to check out. exit. dana and i were texting about this last night. there are killer lines in this piece. what did you think of it? >> i have nothing but respect for our president, dr. jill biden or whoever is pulling the strings. the fact is the most memorable biden has done in the last six months is the disastrous debate. neil ferguson put it well in our pages talking about the global vibe shift that said trump became president on november 5th and we see reverberations globally. >> dana: still stinging from the election president biden is pushing for final priorities but absented himself from the national conversation about donald trump after warning repeatedly that he was a threat to democracy. he hasn't answered any questions about the pardoning of his son hunter biden or any questions about them trying to shove all of this green new deal money out the door and solidify some of the far left positions. not even about the pardons and kids for cash pardon. by not having to talk to the press and goi

caroline downey and karine from the "boston globe."hey said we have 42 days to sprint to the finish line and get as much done as possible for the american people. during a time when most would expect us to slow down you are accelerating. behind the scenes. progressive democrats are very angry. one said this is the one of the lameest of lame ducks in a democratic administration. there is a total vacuum. a democrat also said we should be less hobbled and more spurned. >> more shoveling. president biden has been on two international trips. you would expect him to talk to traveling reporters. we've seen none of that. it is really just good news for the incoming trump administration. all the appointments get all the press. his policy positions get all the press and in one way the trump side might want to thank biden. this is their own doing. >> bill: caroline, the line from "politico." across two weeks abroad since the election biden spoke seven words to the media traveling with him. >> he is more reticent than ever. trump is filling a star

and appreciate you joining me now is jackie g deangelis big money show host here on fox this is caroline downey separator national reviewed is great to see you paranoid about getting your first there is been a lot written about you know this sleepy biden administration coming in with a very energetic trump administration but you cannot emphasize the point enough, that when you think of everything that donald trump already has done to prepare himself to prepare the nation, for the changes we have almost a full cabinet all of these new regulators are coming it in the directors are throwing down the goblin in front of our foreign enemies and allies alike. i am just wondering have americans are the girded it for all of the action that will start on january 20th? caroline: the country in the world works, knows that there is a new sheriff in town any has not even taken the bat yet and he is not even been inaugurated and i just shows how committed and aggressive trump is, to rolling back the damage of the last four years. in fulfilling its mandate the republican trifecta, we saw the new york times rep

charles: folks, joining me now national review staff writer caroline downey and editorial board membered mangione. a big swath of them. >> italian stallion criminal and we're having a hard time divorcing the offense from his character as almost like movie guy. that's what i think our generation is obsessed with, is his sexual appeal, which i find very disturbing, because this was a blatant assassination of a ceo in broad daylight. actually, before the dawn broke, and you know, business can't operate. charles: but even before we saw him without his shirt, we were seeing posts immediately going up showing how often united health rejects folks for insurance claims. it's double the industry average so there's obviously anger out there. people are upset. hey i have health insurance every time i go to the doctor they don't take it. you know or it might be something else. sort of a anti-corporate backlash and again, you think about a lot of folks who find ted kasinski to be something of a hero so real life anti-hero but scary when posters say here is another potential victim or target. >> exa