chris wright, nobody in america has done more to advance exploration of clean energy like natural gasich use to be what environmentalists loved, now they -- i think they don't like it because it is a good solution >>. it is going to be what we see in hearings today >> it will be a fascinating day of hearings as well the coming weeks. >> steve: indeed. charlie, congratulations, see you saturday morning. >> charlie: thank you, steve. great to see you. >> steve: and good luck. that's nice. 8:32 in new york city. senator chuck grassley is coming up next. of bringing textile manufacturing back to america. we're taking the best fibers our farm can produce, spinning it at one location, weaving it, then finally into a cut and sewn product. there's value in buying american made it has a real life impact up and down the supply chain. we want our customers to feel how special this product is, right when they open the box. go to redlandcotton.com and receive 20% off your order with code fox 20. some people just know they can save hundreds on car insurance by checking allstate first. like you know

grady what's going on with chris chris wright's confirmation hearing?r: yeah, i think they will, stu and there's already been a protester who appeared to be a climate protester who had a bit of an outburst while he was giving his opening statement. that protester, just like at pete hegseth's confirmation hearing yesterday, was quickly removed and by the way, stuart. imagine this. this is chris wright's 60th birthday so he probably won't get gifts from democratic senators, just a grilling. in his opening statement he's outlining the immediate actions the energy department will take under his helm, things like unleashing american energy, and restoring energy dominance, calling for the u.s. to lead the world in innovation and technology breakthroughs in energy, and building things in america again, and removing barriers to progress, like red tape. he also took a swipe at the current administration's energy policies, though he did not name president biden directly. take a listen. >> previous administrations have viewed energy as a liability, instead of the

chris wright. there's a lot, a heck of a lot in mr. wright's background that should trouble americans who care about affordable energy and creating good-paying clean jobs. mr. wright is one of america's wealthiest fossil fuel executives and has a history of sounding like a climate change skeptic. he once said there is no climate crisis, and, quote, we have seen no increase in the frequency of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts and floods. what on earth is this man talking about? is he such an ideologue that he doesn't see the truth of the world around him? mr. wright, look over at california right now and say that we haven't had increases in these kinds of problems. tomorrow mr. wright must answer for his background and his comments. it's like putting a fox in the henhouse. if you believe in clean energy, you couldn't have a worse nominee. if confirmed, will mr. wright fight to lower the cost to american consumers or fight to help -- or will he fight to help the bottom line of polluters and oil companies? will mr. wright push policies that

as you mentioned, can chris wright at energy.tions, but there will also be, i think, from democrats an effort to try to find issues that they can work with the incoming secretary of whatever agency because they realize that the votes are there pretty much if for all of these nominees. we'll see if if you will city gabbard fits that -- tulsi gabbard. i think all of them have enough votes to get through. stuart: but the climate guys would be abandoned if any democrat goes for chris wright and drill, baby, drill. that really is the abandonment by democrats, some democrats, of the climate program. >> yeah. i think they're going to to, especially democrats in red states that trump won, i think the message was we need to to increase our energy output and the effort to take the yolk off -- yoke off of these companies. that's what's coming through, and some democrats are going to get that. stuart: i want to talk to you about golf. [laughter] i know you're a golf guy. tiger woods and rory mcilroy have launched their own league. it's a tea

stuart: chris wright, by the way, he's the guy who points out the positives of global warming.ou know that? lauren: yeah. [laughter] stuart: you don't hear that very often a, do you? if this administration's come coming right out with it. lauren, thank you. >>> coming up, trump is not wavering in his warnings about hamas if about a releasing the hostages. watch. >> and if they're not back by the time i get into office, all hell will break out in the middle east. >> can you elaborate? >> and it will not be good for hamas or, frankly, anyone. stuart: all right. is a hostage release deal, is it close? former u.s. ambassador to nato, kurt volker, has that story for us. >>> trump is not ruling out using military force to take control of the panama canal. roll it. >> the panama canal was built for our military -- >> [inaudible] >> i'm not going to commit to the that. it might be that that you'll have to do something. stuart: have to do something. is this really a matter of national security? well, we'll ask texas congressman ronny jackson. he's next. ♪ where ya headed? susan: where a

north dakota governor doug burgum is up for interior secretary, while liberty energy ceo chris wright has been tapped as trump's energy secretary. former new york congressman lee zeldin was picked as the new epa administrator. joining us now is josh segal. he's an energy and climate reporter for politico. josh, great to see you. i mean, these are very important positions for the incoming trump white house. so do we expect a lot of pushback from senators as they look to confirm these particular nominees? >> i'd say these two trio of nominees are non-controversial as far as you know, some of the other more noteworthy names we've seen in more of the national security realm for some trump picks, um, you know, burgum, moderate governor, former governor of north dakota, someone who's promoted all of the above energy. he's someone who comes from an oil producing state but has also overseen carbon capture developments in a state, which is a technology to help address climate change. uh, you know, chris wright, as you mentioned, he's someone who comes from the oil and gas industry, but he's ac

chris wright for energy.ussell vogt to run omb peeght said politics should play no part in the military. began high and equal not equity continual. he said he wants leaders selected purely on performance and merit. he had this impromptu merit while speaking to senator tommy tuberville. today we have 44 four star general's. there is inverse relationship between the size of staffs and victoriment we don't need more bureaucracy at the top more fighters at the bottom. >> faced tough questions about women serving in combat from female senators, here is his exchange with joni ernst. >> i had the privilege of serving in uniform for over 23 years. let's make it very clear for everyone here today as secretary of defense will you support women continuing to have the opportunity to serve in combat roles? >> yes, women will have access to ground combat roles given the standards remain high and we will have a review to make sure the standards have not been eroded. >> told fox digital ernst will back hegseth four years of

noem homeland security secretary, marco rubio secretary of state, pam bondi attorney general, chris wright energy secretary, jon magseth cia director. thursday you've got eric scott turner and scott pheasant for treasury secretary. as you mentioned, tulsa gabbard, d and i director is what she is up for, not among those listed what should viewers know about her and section 702? guest: i reported last week that republican and democratic senators who had met with her were unclear on her position on that critical national 30 authority which basically allows the federal government to conduct surveillance on foreigners outside of the united states for the purposes of safeguarding national security, rooting out terrorism, things like that. and i presented that information to the trump transition team and said we were going to reported and as a result, tulsi gabbard gave her first public comment since being nominated for the job in which she came out in support of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. host: did you interview her? guest: this was a statement and that was notable for two reason

ramaswamy is right by elon's side, so is doug bergam, designated to run the interior department, chris wright, energy secretary nominee, ceo of fossil fuels company. scott bessent, trump's pick for treasury plans to cut costs for business. since when has cost cutting been a government priority. this is why president biden is moving heaven and earth to block the transition from sluggish bloated bureaucracy to dynamic capitalist government. is blocking oil and gas drilling, trump vows to unblock it but he could face a long court battle in the courts. thanks, president biden, this is obstructionism. deifying the will of the people but karen jean-pierre says biden has a jampacked two weeks left in office. who knows what he will propose to gum up the works for the incoming president. biden is thumbing his nose at the american people, angry and resentful and here's a question for the democrats who urged him to run for a second term and covered up his decline. looking at biden now, who could possibly believe that he's capable of being president for another four years. trump does represent a revoluti

interior secretory nominee doug be bergam, chris wright and lee zeldin.team that. do you think they will have trouble getting through congress? >> donald trump deserves all of his appointees to be confirmed and as quickly as the united states senate can do it. he hit the ground running after he was elected in november. he hasn't slowed down. he named his cabinet very quickly. the united states senate needs to confirm all of donald trump's appointees. stuart: meta and that it's fact checking program, promised to restore free expression on social media. you're frustrated with big tech censorship. is meta's move a step in the right direction? doesn't go far enough? >> it is a step in the right direction. we had been calling no fact checkers for a long time because it wasn't about free speech, it was about the speech that they liked. for example they hid the hunter biden laptop and we've now seen fbi agents, cia agents testify in regard to it but in the early stages they hid it, and they called it fake news. let's have free speech that is open, fair, and tran

chris wright for energy. and ruffle vogt to lead omv.his opening statement yesterday, pete hegseth said politics should play no role in the military. high and equal not equitable here is his exchange with joni ernst. >> i had the privilege in serving in uniform for 23 years. let's make it very clear for everyone here today. as secretary of defense will you support women continuing to have the opportunity to serve in combat roles? >> yes. women will have access to ground combat roles, given the standards remain high and we'll have a review to ensure the standards have not been eroded. >> after the hearing ernst told our colleagues at fox digital she will back hegseth clearing the path for his nomination quote after four years of weakness in the white house americans deserve a strong secretary of defense. i will support president trump's pick. i will work with pete to create the most lethal fighting force. stay tuned here at fox for today's confirmation hearings which begin this morning with pam bondi at 9:30 eastern and john ratcliffe and

marco rubio to become the secretary of state, pam bondi to be considered as attorney general, chris wrighto be energy secretary, john ratcliffe to be the next cia director, sean duffy to be the transportation secretary, and russell vote to be the office of management & budget director. you recall that kristi noem, the south dakota governor, was slated to confirmed for homeland security secretary perry that has been postponed to friday due to paperwork. when it comes to the thursday confirmation hrings, eric scott turneto be consider the next secretary of hu lee zeldin to be the epa administrator, scott bessent to be treasury secretary and doug bergman to be interior secretary. it will be30, the start time for that hea. when that hearin starts, we will show you a little bit of it, but when the house comes in at 10:, you can continue watching on c-span two, our platform c-span now, and c-span.org. again, that is for the confirmation hearing for pam bondi, president-elect's trump to become the next attorney general. on our line performer and active military, gary, michigan. caller: hey. how a

his pick to head the energy department, chris wright, is a fracking ceo.sed openly about killing subsidies for electric vehicles and getting rid of high efficiency appliances. the only way to stop this new administration from rolling back progress on climate is by rising up and taking a stand. that's why, in my capacity as head of national action network, i'll be rallying in washington, dc on the federal martin luther king junior holiday, which also happens to be inauguration day. doctor king's dream ran much deeper than just legalized discrimination, as important as that is. he also fought for economic justice and environmental justice as well. those of us in the struggle are focusing on continuing his efforts, not merely commemorating them. and we have no intention of spending the next four years burying our heads in the sand. we'll be heads in the sand. we'll be right back. here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. so, here

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chris wright said controversial things about climate science and he is a technologist.is an m.i.t. grad and he certainly seems to like energy that he does not like the policy that support subsidies for wind and solar technology. to the extent that the energy department has any say over the administration of tax credits and the inflation reduction act which is a huge law the president biden and democrats pass, he would take a negative view. and then doug burgum -- he believes in using technology to reduce the effect of oil and gas on climate change. a lot of that is nascent. but he has expected to oversee this unleashing of american energy dominance and that would mean more oil and gas drilling on federal land. host: robert. washington, d.c.. independent line. hello. caller: i have a couple of questions to ask and i would like to make a follow-up. remember the first time we play -- we paid five dollars plus a gallon of gas? host: do you remember? guest: i do not. caller: you should. you should. it was 2004 and 2005 the george w. bush when they added ethanol to gasoline.

governor doug burgum for secretary of interior and chris wright for secretary of energy. these two positions, secretary of interior, secretary of e energy, will be tasked with managing our natural resources and our clean energy future. they'll be responsible for protecting the good-paying clean-energy jobs created under president biden. i remind my republican colleagues, those jobs are in red states as much blue states. the american people deserve to know if these cabinet nominees will protect good-paying clean-energy jobs or kill these jobs and put a lot of people out of work for some ideological thing they're chasing. yet, senate democrats on the committee have yet to receive basic information about either of these nominees' backgrounds. republicans choosing to rush nominees is quickly becoming a pattern. it's hard not to wonder what are the republicans trying to hide about these nominees from the american people? what are they trying to hide? what are they afraid of? now, finally, i want to end on a more personal, but also bittersweet note. you know, mr. president, i h

russell -- director of omb and chris wright who served as secretary of energy. let me begin with russell boca quay picture in the first trump administration one of the key architects of the chief architects of the project 2025. this man is not just a bystander who supported it. he helped put it together. no administration on earth can claim to be pro worker in the nominate someone like russell pogue to oversee the federal government's budget. you can't be pro worker and be for russell "vogue." he years pushing for chuluota cuts to america's social safety net to something that would cause immediate severe harm to tens of millions of american citizens. we all know his history very well and is awful and radical record from the first trump administration. even after leaving government he was the go-to authority for the most radical elements of the house gop advising them on budgets that punished american families seniors law enforcement others, a draconian budget cuts. his cottage at -- budget cuts cut to the deep. tomorrow when he testifies for the committee the th

noem homeland security secretary, marco rubio secretary of state, pam bondi attorney general, chris wrightrgy secretary, jon magseth cia director. thursday you've got eric scott turner and scott pheasant for treasury secretary. as you mentioned, tulsa gabbard, d and i director is what she is up for, not among those listed what should viewers know about her and section 702? guest: i reported last week that republican and democratic senators who had met with her were unclear on her position on that critical national 30 authority which basically allows the federal government to conduct surveillance on foreigners outside of the united states for the purposes of safeguarding national security, rooting out terrorism, things like that. and i presented that information to the trump transition team and said we were going to reported and as a result, tulsi gabbard gave her first public comment since being nominated for the job in which she came out in support of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. host: did you interview her? guest: this was a statement and that was notable for two reasons. n

chris wright. there's a lot, a heck of a lot in mr. wright's background that should trouble americans who care about affordable energy and creating good-paying clean jobs. mr. wright is one of america's wealthiest fossil fuel executives and has a history of sounding like a climate change skeptic. he once said there is no climate crisis, and, quote, we have seen no increase in the frequency of hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts and floods. what on earth is this man talking about? is he such an ideologue that he doesn't see the truth of the world around him? mr. wright, look over at california right now and say that we haven't had increases in these kinds of problems. tomorrow mr. wright must answer for his background and his comments. it's like putting a fox in the henhouse. if you believe in clean energy, you couldn't have a worse nominee. if confirmed, will mr. wright fight to lower the cost to american consumers or fight to help -- or will he fight to help the bottom line of polluters and oil companies? will mr. wright push policies that