cassidy: huh? - huh? [cassidy laughs] huh? michelle: huh? cassidy: [laughs] keith morrison (voiceover): by all accounts, jason was a good dad. he was a great playmate. he knew how to sit on the floor and play with his daughter, you know? keith morrison (voiceover): the youngs moved into the big, fine house on birchleaf in 2005. both of them worked-- he a salesman, she a financial specialist. in the summer of 2006, michelle got pregnant again. they kept the news to themselves, but it was clear something good was happening. the comment. he said to me was, he's excited to have another baby-- not implying that she was pregnant but that he was excited at the prospect of it. keith morrison (voiceover): but just a few months later, michelle was dead. jason was 170 miles away in virginia on a business trip the night of the murder. he heard the news the next afternoon and returned to raleigh. statia grossman got word from her mother. statia grossman: my mother called and says, michelle's dead. and i said, michelle who? some celebrity? like, what are

cassidy hutchinson changed her testimony.liz cheney did encourage her to fire her previous attorney. then, liz cheney did help her find a new attorney. and then liz cheney then try but she did try to get disbarred in georgia and d.c. these are the things she did. just because donald trump attempted to make a phone call that he should be investigated. this is why we are saying. i cannot make that determination but the department of justice can. >> i cannot imagine she has anything to hide they just destroyed a zillion pieces of data and video and so forth and so on. it seems to me nancy pelosi needs to be examined for a number of these people need to be examined. somebody gave orders to try and influence witnesses for somebody gave orders to try to prevent other witnesses from giving timely testimony but somebody called in hollywood to create these productions. barry loudermilk i want to thank you and your staff you have done a great, great service to the american people by this is a fantastic report ship. can get online i enc

. >> i think there are the lies told by cassidy hutchinson under oath.also subject to federal prosecution for lying under oath to federal officials. that is a felony. >> so, trump will have, if kash patel is confirmed by the united states senate, an fbi director ready to go and jump, perhaps, at the chance to prosecute trump's perceived political enemies with crimes in his words, felonies. we saw this week with house republicans releasing the report saying that former congresswoman liz cheney, who is likely at the top of trump's enemy from within list, should be prosecuted. we know some of them will be willing to do his bidding without any facts, without any reason. lying wrapped up in predication, maybe. the flipside, new reporting from nbc news, finds something that didn't exist last time, a support network, of sorts, mobilizing around the public targets of trump and patel's iyer. quote, lawyers and pro- democracy advocates are in the early stages of building a nationwide network of specialists aimed at protecting people who may be targeted for retribu

hutchinson, procured another lawyer for cassidy hutchinson and the like.rom procuring another person to commit perjury. here, all this cheney did was say to cassidy hutchinson, hey, you have got a trope affiliated lawyer who evidently is not letting you tell the truth, here's a list of some other lawyers who could represent you. that is not witness tampering. witness tampering is when you are preventing someone from telling the truth, and here, liz cheney was enabling cassidy hutchinson to tell the truth. >> such an important point. she was trying to enable her to tell the truth publicly to the american people, that's what the objective was here. so, i raised this, but i'm really curious most importantly what you think, as it may be that some of these republicans realize this is a little flimsy, but the question is the point here, and part of the point is to predicate, to justify a doj investigation. i mean, that is not how it is supposed to work, but are you worried that trump's fbi could use this as a pretext to try to launch a probe? >> they could try,

senator cassidy the mic is yours. cooks thank you chair sanders one in three americans of the obesity including 14 million children. nearly one in 10 have type two diabetes what if many chronic diseases obesity is associated with. obesity cost lives $173 billion in healthcare spending per year. when obamacare was passed there was a report that said less we address the burden of chronic disease will never control healthcare costs and obesity is one of those things listed as the drivers of chronic disease. we must have solutions. for both obesity the complications of which we have spoken. a great place to start the nations food supply the changes in american diets over decades. according to the annals of internal medicine 37% of adults consume unhealthy diet. now i am pleased to say produced and obesity prick among children is bipartisan. the incoming trump administration is indicating combating obesity, promoting healthy foods is a top priority. many of president trump's concerns around food transparency are echoed by

hutchinson and procured another lawyer for cassidy hutchinson and the like.is true that there is a crime in the statute, 1622, that bars someone from procuring another from committing perjury. here all liz cheney did was say to cassidy hutchinson, you've got a trump-affiliated lawyer who is not letting you tell the truth. here's a list of other lawyers who can represent you. that is not witness tampering. witness tampering is when you're preventing someone from telling the truth, and here liz cheney was enabling cassidy hutchinson to tell the truth. this is not a crime. no way. >> such an important point. she was trying to enable her to tell the truth publicly to the american people. that was what the objective was here. so i raise this, but i'm really curious, most importantly, of what you think. it may be that some of these republicans recognize this is a little flimsy, but part of the -- the question is what's the point here. and part of the point, some of us speculate, is it's to predicate, to justify a doj investigation. i mean, that's not how it's suppo

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i think there was other lies told by cassidy hutchinson under oath. she's subject to federal prosecution for lying under oath to federal officials. that's a felony. >> so trump will have, if that man, cash kash patel, is confirmed by the united states senate, fbi director ready to go and jump at the chance to proceed after trump's enemies. the interim report saying former congresswoman liz cheney who is likely at the top of trump's enemy within list should be prosecuted. we know he's got allies in congress willing to do his bidding without any facts, without any reason, a lie wrapped up in predication maybe. on the flip side new reporting from nbc news finds something that didn't exist last time, a support network of sorts mobilizing around the public targets of trump and patel's ire. "lawyers and pro democracy advocates are in the early stages of building a nationwide network of specialists aimed at defending and protecting people who may be targeted for retribution once president- elect donald trump takes office." that's according to multiple people

cassidy hutchinson thing that is in the report.are accusing liz cheney, of going back channel, and trying to communicate with cassidy hutchinson, who is represented by counsel. guess what? i looked at that report. the so-called back channel, is liz cheney, using -- i forget her last name. third-party, to text cassidy hutchinson, and say that liz cheney understands, that she can't communicate you, since you are represented by counsel. that is the outrageous back channel, that liz cheney is being accused of. she won't even tell -- directly that i can't talk to you. she had someone else do it. she is represented by counsel. some of these are very serious allegations, and there was only evidence to back them up about the national guard, and the acting secretary of defense. ahead of lying. wow. why now? this whole issue as well. we have talked to people that said liz cheney, made a decision to focus the committee on donald trump. yes. the committee focused on donald trump. it was their decision. i was on the air on this network. i wish

cassidy: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr.assidy: i ask unanimous consent that my remarks appear following senator wyden's in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cassidy: madam president, i rise in support of the federal disaster tax relief act of 2024. three years after hurricane ida and months after hurricane fran seen hit louisiana, communities are still recovering, and every bit we give helps. this bill allows hurricanes ida and francine victims, and other victims of natural disasters elsewhere in the country, to deduct qualified disaster-related personal casualty losses from income even when above the standard deduction. this is not new and this is not novel. we've done it before. i led legislation to help the victims of hurricane laura and those impacted by the great floods of 2016. by the senate passing the bill tonight, the bill will go to the president's desk to be signed into law, cutting taxes for louisiana families who will use this money to rebuild. it goes without saying, we only have to loo

i mean, we all remember cassidy hutchinson's testimony. we all remember a lot of blockbuster testimony over the course of several months that they were televising these hearings. and i think that what the argument you're hearing from cheney and others on the democratic side are that this is just an effort to satisfy donald trump, to make sure that he feels like his allies on capitol hill are lined up and prepared to go after his enemies. and i do want to point out the kash patel who has been picked by donald trump to lead the fbi, is on capitol hill today meeting with republicans. you can expect that this is going to be something that republicans are going to be pushing him on. i know from his meeting with senator john cornyn, because cornyn told us after the meeting, when i pressed cornyn on, are you confident that kash patel is going to be able to tell donald trump? no. cornyn essentially said, that's a good question, because i think there's still a huge question mark for a lot of members. and this report today, and as well as donald tru

this goes back to cassidy hutchinson, how liz cheney convinced cassidy hutchinson to appear before the committee. we saw her, you know, at the start of the program, actually, you know, giving that testimony. jonathan turley, who is a conservative lawyer, a works with fox, has said this about this quote. in my view, cheney was acting as a member of congress in this matter. she had an institutional interest, if not a duty, to pursue witnesses. is he right? >> i mean, if you talk to people around liz cheney, they for the last few weeks, they've been speaking very confidently about essentially bring it on, donald trump, if you're really going to do this. we believe we have the law on our side. we believe we have the facts on our side. and she would have the money on her side to. i mean, the problem with these sort of prosecutions is they get very expensive for the people who are being targeted by them. i think liz cheney would have quite a bit of a legal defense fund. i think the thing to be concerned about is some of these people who are not brand names, who donald trump might go after fo

and cassidy hutchinson that happens with witnesses in every hearing. and what happened here, if you may remember, is that she hutchinson initially had a lawyer paid for by the trump organization who had told her in her account not to be forthcoming. and then she got another lawyer and gave all kinds of details about january 6th, about mark meadows and the like. so the idea here is that she was lying the second time when she gave the fuller account, and that congresswoman cheney somehow was corruptly persuading her to do that. it's something that no self-respecting prosecutor would think about at the doj, but we have the full on orwellian nightmare, possibly, that it's referred over and a trump bondy doj decides, well, maybe we will look into it. and if nothing else, make a lot of trouble for liz cheney, not to mention cassidy hutchinson. >> harry, what about the speech and debate clause? does that shield former congresswoman cheney it's arguable. >> boris. you could go either way. the classic is activities on the house or senate floor. this is related

say one more time that we will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously. >> cassidywas using an attorney or at least consulting with an attorney associated with donald trump and felt uncomfortable with it because this lawyer associated with the president urged her to downplay her role to the january sixth investigation and say she didn't recall events and felt very concerned that she wasn't proactive with the committee and maybe committing a crime and she really wanted to be honest. they believed that that is criminal and it is liz cheney who committed a crime for ever talking to her or ever having conversations with her when all that liz cheney did was urge her to tell the truth and they think that is a crime. >> cassidy hutchinson had the courage to do the right thing and they want to punish her for that. what is interesting to me is loudermilk and others are trying to give trump a defense he isn't asking for. today he still believes he won the election and had the biggest crowd and he isn't saying she was wrong for saying he didn't when the election but he is sayi

it accuses cheney of colluding with cassidy hutchinson, who was a former trump white house aide. you know, obviously, her testimony about january 6th was crucial to the investigation. people may remember, you know, her talking about, you know, trump wanting to turn around the the beast, the white house limo, go back to the capitol. just when you look at this, do you see any instances of collusion? >> no. absolutely not. the allegations are nonsense. cassidy hutchinson was committed to telling the truth about what she knew and saw on january 6th and leading up to it, to the point where she felt like she was getting bad advice from her attorney and got rid of that attorney and came seeking advice about about where to go from there. but this is this is a woman who, unlike a lot of the people she worked with at the white house, was committed to to making sure that there was a complete record. and the select committee, of course, had an obligation to get all of that information and provide it to the american people. >> so there was a lawmaker today in the context of this report, tim s

our group was rob portman, s kirsten sinema, jon tester, bill cassidy, jeanne shaheen and lisa murkowski. we'd each come to washington to enact law that would help people, and that's just what we did. we accomplished together what we could have never done alone. so i will leave this chamber with a sense of achievement, but in truth i will also leave with the recognition that i have not achieved everything i had hoped. among other things, the scourge of partisan politics has frustrated repeated efforts to stabilize our national debt. without the burden of the interest on that debt, we would be able to spend three times as much as we do on military procurement. three times as many aircraft, three times as many ships, three times as many drones, spacecraft, cyber defenses. or alternatively we could spend double the amount we spend on social security benefits every month. our national credit card is almost maxed out, and america risks becoming debt poor. now, my biggest surprise in the senate has been how much i enjoy the other senators, on both sides of the aisle. and the truth is that whil

louisiana republican senator bill cassidy agrees this is a major issue, but there is no silver bulletresolve it. the committee needs to look at all factors leading to obesity and now congress can use its resources to promote a healthier lifestyle. cassidy promises congress will continue to press on this issue with bipartisan support when the next administration takes office and republicans control the senate reporting in washington. >> basil job. >> still at least a youth football team is heading to the championship. how the community rallied to help them get there. >> the golden state found curry's unveiling their first-ever uniforms. the symbol is an ode to the bay bridge showing the suspension cables forming the wings of the valkyrie, the team's home opener, by the way, is set for may 16th, the chase center against the la sparks case. you're interested. >> and the state warriors 13 12 and-under team. i guess you could be 13, 12 or younger. they've raised nearly $9,000 to get the squad able to compete in the 2023. >> pop warner or is it 2024? pop warner championship in orlando. this

know, louisiana republican senator bill cassidy agrees this is a major issue, but there is no silver bullet to resolve it. the committee needs to look at all factors leading to obesity and now congress can use its resources to promote a healthier lifestyle. cassidy promises congress will continue to press on this issue with bipartisan support when the next administration takes office and republicans control the senate reporting in washington. basil job. >> all right. we're talking food. so keep it going. chipotle raising prices why they're doing that? how much it's going to cost to get your it's going to cost to get your favorite foods will be back. dupixent helps people with asthma breathe better in as little as 2 weeks. so this is better. that too. dupixent is an add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. it works with your asthma medicine to help improve lung function. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems and doesn't replace a rescue inhaler. it's proven to help prevent asthma attacks. severe allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for fac

in any event, cassidy hutchinson swore under oath.ike other people who wouldn't testify, like donald trump himself. if there's some other story about january 6th out there that could debunk even one factual statement in the 800 plus page report that the january 6th select committee produced, what is it they keep saying that there's something false about it. what's the falsehood? because i haven't seen them contradict a single factual statement or conclusion of the committee. >> yeah, obviously there were a lot of people who testified. i saw one trump aide complaining today about a message that he had sent to to cassidy hutchinson, he said, was being misused or essentially given the wrong context. but but in the scale of all of this and what this looks like in just a few weeks from now, do you believe this is trump laying the groundwork for officials to to try to prosecute liz cheney? >> you know, who knows what it is they want to do? obviously, everything that liz cheney did and the members of the committee did was protected by the sp

that is the real story of potential witness tampering in cassidy hutchinson's testimony. trump world lawyer allegedly trying to influence cassidy hutchinson to protect donald trump. but somehow trump and coper is have ative allies are looking at through a fun house mior to claim liz cheney was the one doing the witness tampering. >> but, what we are looking at is why did she change her testimony, what was the catalyst that made her change her testimony and it was the back channel communications with liz cheney that happened around that time. >> as comically backward as the logic is in the allegations, trump's threat against cheney is still very real. and trump's strategy is not about logic or facts necessarily. it is about bullying people less powerful than he is. let me show you what i mean. knit mid-2000 trump sued a journalist who claim he was not a billionaire. a judge tossed the case because it was meritless but trump viewed that lawsuit as a win. trump told the washington post that he knew he couldn't win the suit but brought it anyway to make a point. i spent a cou

there are also some allegations that liz chaney may have conspired with cassidy hutchinson to manufactureppened in that limousine when trump wanted to go to the capitol from the ellipse and stead was forced by the secret service and others to return to the white house. they're arguing, those who are liz chaney detractors, what she was doing was wholly outside the boundaries of her duties as a member of congress. you can expect liz chaney, if and when she is officially investigated, if not prosecuted, to push back strongly on that given those constitutional protections, ana. >> vaughn, what could this mean for the push for kash patel and pam bondi? they may be asked point blank, will you follow the house gop recommendation to open a criminal probe into liz chaney or other trump political rivals? how will they answer? >> reporter: and this is no longer just campaign fodder, of going after his perceived political enemies or one-off comment. two weeks ago he told our kristen welker that liz chaney and members of the january 6 select committee should be jailed and now in this 3:30 a.m. post ca

senator cassidy, the mic is yours. >> thank you, chair standards.are one in three americans live in obesity including 14 million children come nearly one in ten have type two diabetes, one of many chronic diseases obesity is associated with and obesity costs lives and result in hundreds pressure $173 billion in healthcare spending per year. when obamacare was past the was the mckinsey report that said unless we address the burden of chronic disease will never control healthcare costs and a beating as one of those things that was listed as those drivers of chronic disease. all this said we must have solutions. for both obesity and for the competitions of which we have spoken. a great place to start is a nations food supply and the changes in americans diet over decades. according to "the annals of internal medicine", 37% of adults consume and a healthy diet. now, i'm pleased as a reducing obesity particularly among children is bipartisan. the incoming trump administration is indicating combating obesity promoting healthy foods as a top priority. many

the report claims she acted as an intermediary between liz cheney and cassidy hutchinson, and griffin said in her statement, quote, this report is full of inaccuracies and innuendo. the report wrongly states, and without any evidence that i acted as an intermediary between cassidy hutchinson and liz cheney for a month, that is not true. you served with barry loudermilk. and liz cheney and liz cheney and matt gaetz. >> and what do you what do you see this as a legitimate report, this letter? no, i haven't read the report. but a couple of things. article one, section six of the u.s. constitution protects members of congress from criminal and civil cases. she was doing her job. this was a liz cheney. this was a select committee. it was approved by the house. they had lots of witnesses. i mean, it's part of the routine. i mean, if you you can't really i mean, this this would be unconstitutional, probably to go against her. the second thing is, and i'm not a lawyer, but if this did go so that she has to be a defendant, think of the people that she could call that refused to testify before

joni ernst, mitch mcconnell and bill cassidy. bill cassidy is already all but dead to donald trump. he voted to convict him in the aftermath of the january 6 attack. but for joni ernst, i was talking to someone earlier about her role in all of this and this individual told me that what joni ernst insured is that she would not be the backup. anybody who is responsible for one of his picks going down, that means it their future of being an ally of donald trump is very minimal. and that is sort of the repercussions to the extent that republican senators still want to have a voice in the budget or in any of these committees or access to the white house. if you want relevance in the next two years before the potential primary, so that they do the good and represent the people they were voted to represent, don't expect that to come out of stopping donald trump's picks. >> is this push for pete donald trump signal, senator, boys and girls, time to pull in line? >> yes, pete hegseth, for all of his faults, and their are many, he is not matt gaetz. he is a special boy. the fact that pete heg

bill cassidy had it right. basically nothing more than vote by anger.dent loans especially taxpayers who never went to college. what's your take on this? >> that is so true. this is another example of where biden struck out once again. you can make the argument there are people with student loans outstanding who took jobs in the public sector or nonprofits that are relatively low-paying and maybe they deserve a break but when you started out with this program where you were going to go ahead and forgive all student loan debt outstanding, i think that set up this whole program for the massive a failure that it has become. this is one more example of the pervasive incompetence of the biden administration. ashley: i want to get into this one. i am fascinated to know what you think, donald trump putting the world on notice for ripping off us taxpayers, he says us ownership of greenland is an absolute necessity and the panama canal should be returned to us control if panama doesn't drop high shipping fees, this is right out of the trump pliable, you make big

women of the senate, senator susan collins, lisa murkowski, jalen sha -- gjeanne shaheen an bill cassidy, mark warner, and joe manchin, we painstakingly crafted a historic infrastructure law, delivering americas better broad bands, new roads and bridges, cleaner air and water, and more job opportunities. later, working with senators mitt romney, tammy baldwin, giving all americans peace of mind protecting marriages and religious freedoms and teaming up with todd young, we saved the chips and science law, spearheaded by maria cantwell and roger wicker, and now america and arizona can lead the way in semiconductor manufacturing and our country is safer and more secure. bringing senators john cornyn, chris murphy, and tom tillis together to tackle the int intractable issue of gun violence, we not only saved lives, we improved our country's mental health care. as everyone involved in each of those deals know, it wasn't easy. there were hard conversations, many tough decisions, many tradeoffs, back and forth that pushed us towards that solution and that progress. while those are the highlight

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he tries to modify this to the putting the percentage no drives. cassidy. he trusts he's driving infinities and he's 20 year old truck. he knows a dangerous road requires confidence at the sound of stuff for us, but it'll work with a automatic got around and see what fits a little light, that sort of thing. or the dispatcher, i've ordered the god, what that means is the i get out of the truck is approaching 40 kilometers an hour to get into the basement. i mean, i don't, i didn't get to. it will not come in at the end of the band, because if you don't to feel free to settle face 1st and last out of office, united force as a up by end of the internet to the end of the the new book or the pc laptop uh, that's just wishful thinking. the road is many 8 years old and it's already a major improvement and used to take him 2 days to get to his vineyard. on the back of the meal. the biggest problem is the cliff face. the rocks, trumbull easily says, you able to go to work with somebody, you know the up us out and don't see a joke on my there they'll call live to so

he tries to modify this to conduct the put in the percentage no drives, cassidy. he trusts he's driving infinities and he's 20 year old truck. he knows a dangerous road requires confidence to set us up for the rest of the way across a lot of miles got around and see what fits a little left, that sort of thing or the dispatcher, i bought the car to tell me to get out of the truck is approaching foot to come on, which is an hour to get into the basement. i mean, i into but yeah, the gates, if we will not come in at the end of the band, because if they don't to feel free to settle face 1st in a sort of hope as united force as they are by end of the internet to the end of the the new book or the pc laptop. uh that's just wishful thinking. the road is many 8 years old and it's already a major improvement and used to take him 2 days to get to his vineyard on the back of the meal. the biggest problem is the cliff face. the rocks tremble easily. so you able to go to work with some of the you know the up us out on the schedule on my data though colleagues to so yeah, i don

you probably remember white house aide cassidy hutchinson.hrowing a plate against a bar when there was no fraud found. hutchinson is how we learned about the incident in the suv where he allegedly lunged at the secret service agent driving the car when the agent refused to take trump to the capitol so he could march with his supporters and as dramatic as her testimony was in front of the cameras, the battle over her testimony behind closed doors was even more dramatic. she was set up with a trump lawyer to represent her. hutchinson told the january 6th committee that pasantino tried to influence her testimony allegedly telling her things like we just want to focus on protecting the president. and we all know you are loyal. she claims that he told her the less you remember, the better. and urged her not to compile a time line of events. eventually she dropped him and got a new lawyer and gave the jaw dropping testimony we all remember. that is the real story of potential witness tampering in cassidy hutchinson's testimony. a trump world lawyer

bill cassidy is already all but dead to donald trump.o for joni ernst, an individual told me joni ernst needs to ensure that she will not be the backup, anybody who was responsible for one of his pics going down, that means that your future as being an ally for donald trump is very, very minimal. and i think that is the repercussions to the extent that the republican senators still want to have avoid -- a vote, if you want relevance over the next two years ahead of a potential primary, or let's just make the suggestion that republican senators, to do the good and represent the people, and what a word with the white house, don't expect that to come out of stopping donald trump's pics. >> donald trump did not have this push for pete like he did with matt gaetz, senators, boys and girls, time to fall in line. >> pete hegseth for all of his faults, and there are many, is not matt gaetz, matt gaetz is someone >> he's a special one. >> he is a special boy. pete hegseth, it's not that surprising. the fact that they are going to get in line, in

and senator cassidy, everyone here wants to get stuff done.. you woke up the day after the election realizing that you were likely to be the majority -- in the majority to be able to run the health education, labor. so the senior center from the great state of louisiana, what are you thinking? what are the biggest challenges you'll face in the 119th congress? what can you tell us that can prepare us for some of what you heard tonight? >> thanks for hanging in for the last session, they said they save the best for last but some people say oh. take the opportunity. listening to people, there's so many ideas about innovation and awareness of the challenges, hope for the future in this room. how do we translate that to public policy and use the publicity and things to pass into law. there are a lot of people who feel incredibly threatened by what you represent, a lot of folks. for us to be successful, we have to work together. >> well, that's a great segue, you had back in september, you held a roundtable on k-12 innovation and we were fortunate e

senator bill cassidy worked with me to pass this bill and i'm grateful for his help. modeled after -- simple things like a stool to sit on or a water bottle or a bathroom break and other accommodations, just as people with disabilities have been able to ask for accommodations of other kinds for the past three decades in their workplaces. a number of years ago as a member of the senate agriculture committee, i was proud to author a law that has dramatically improved our schools and our children's nutrition. that provision, modeled after a philadelphia pilot program, allowed high-poverty schools to offer school lunch and breakfast free of charge. nearly 68% of american school districts now offer free meals under this option, and 20 million children attend schools offering universal free meals. that's ten times the number of children as in 2010. captain victor ceracini was a bucks county resident killed in the terrorist attacks of 9/11. his wife ellen ceracini turned her unimaginable grief into action and she fought to pass legislation to make airline cockpits safer. i w

trump allies are also closely watching senator bill cassidy on robert f. kennedy jr.'is according to axios. cassidy is the incoming chairman of the senate health, education, labor and pensions committee. longtime adviser corey lewandowski says, quote, we will use every resource to go after those who go after trump's cabinet picks. elon musk posted on x, how else? there's no other way. the trump pings from continue from mar-a-lago, he's chosen andrew ferguson to be at the top role at the federal trade commission. back to you, stuart. stuart: rich, thank you very much. back in with us, todd. do you see any of trump's nominees not getting confirmed? >> at this point, no, because i think the pressure campaign is too strong. i was telling you off camera, i was at a two-day fundraiser down in the west palm area which at this the point is the heart of the republican area, and the number one thing people said to me, they better get hegseth confirmed and the other nominees as well. the base want wants it. you risk alienating that base if you're a senator that you to publicly sa

a trump world lawyer allegedly trying to influence cassidy hutchinson to protect donald trump.re looking at that story through a fun house mirror to say that liz cheney was the one doing the witness tampering. >> what we're looking at is why did she change her testimony. what was the catalyst that made her change her testimony and it was the back channel communications with liz cheney that happened around that time. >> as comically backward as mills logic is. in the mid-2000s, trump sued a journalist who claimed that trump wasn't actually a billionaire. now a judge ultimately tossed the case because it was meritless but trump still viewed that lawsuit as a win. trump told the washington post that he knew he couldn't win the suit but brought it any way to make a point. i spent a couple of bucks on fees and they spent a whole lot more. i did it to make his life miserable what i'm happy about. trump has said that everyone from liz cheney to kamala harris needs to be prosecuted. by nprs count, trump has made more than 100 threats to prosecute enemies. in all of those cases the fact

cassidy hutchinson got rid of her old lawyer, found a new lawyer and went the committee.se she felt that her prior lawyer, put it in her book -- >> was being -- >> was saying, you know, if you don't -- if -- that you can say that you don't recall something that you actually recall. that's what she said that her lawyer did. what if i recall it? and that -- you can't do that. that's what she says about that lawyer and she went and got another lawyer and then said, here's the stuff i didn't tell you the first time around. there was no -- you know, was no perjury. it's absurd they think they can make this stuff up and throw these allegations of criminal -- of criminality around when the crimes happened right on tv. that were being investigated. we know who did them. >> that's important -- >> and didn't get this trouble -- >> a lot of people went to jail, and look, this goes to the conversation we have had over the past year -- >> say it, michael it. >> preach it. >> the judicial system and others protected him and made excuses for him instead of doing what they would do with