. >> john: senator chuck grassley sharing insight and the fbi's operation as acting deputy attorney generalg a new memo to all fbi employees this morning. some agents sued t doj with publication of those who worked on january 6th investigation. in today's memo, he clarified that no one who simply followed orders and get their jobs ethically will be removed from the fbi. let's bring kerri urbahn fox news legal analyst and initially at least people the fbi refusing to cooperate with doj investigation into the fbi. >> i was surprised and i was not surprised and i will get to why i was not surprised in a manner. the justice department to release that earlier and could have fended off the fallout that occurred from this memo if they said by the way, the reason this is happening is because we asked bosses for people involved in j6 and we want to do due process that people acted ethically. they didn't give it to us. of course whether fbi or here or in company, you cannot declined to give over information if your boss asked. i was not surprised that i think this is an issue in general from the fbi.

. >> the chair of the committee, chuck grassley, and ranking member, dick durbin, made the announcement to postpone the committee vote for one week. here are their comments. chair grassley: good morning. today's markup will be brief. so i'll get right down to business. on our agenda we've got three administrative committee matters. and one nomination listed. the minority as well as myself has exercised their right and my right under the committee rules to hold over the nomination of kash patel to be director of the f.b.i. so that nomination is held over. before we turn to administrative matters, i'd like to point out that committee democrats are are establishing a double standard by forcing us to meet this morning. last congress republicans routinely required the committee to meet in person -- did not require the committee to meet in person just to hold over nominations. republicans extended this courtesy at least 17 times last congress, even when very controversial nominees were on the agenda. but now that republicans are in the majority democrats on this committee are not extending th

chuck grassley intense the hold of old until next week. the session is just under 20 minutes. [gavel] chair grassley: good morning. today's markup will be brief. so i'll get right down to business. on our agenda we've got three administrative committee matters. and one nomination listed. the minority as well as myself has exercised their right and my right under the committee rules to hold over the nomination of kash patel to be director of the f.b.i. so that nomination is held over. before we turn to administrative matters, i'd like to point out that committee democrats are establishing a double standard by forcing us to meet this morning. last congress republicans routinely required the committee to meet in person -- did not require the committee to meet in person just to hold over nominations. republicans extended this courtesy at least 17 times last congress, even when very controversial nominees were on the agenda. hen very controversial nominees were on the agenda. but now that republicans are in the majority democrats on this committee are not extending the same practic

. >> the to iowa republican senator chuck grassley and illinois democratic senator durbin say it needs to happen. we won't agree on every aspect everything as a result of it. >> who we can agree on some basics that make a difference. westlake says that difference will have an impact telling parents tragically on more than one occasion, even friends of mine that their trip child. will never come home is the worst part of my job reporting in washington. reshad hudson. >> next in sports for years, got a much-needed win over orlando last night. back above 500 are dubs. what anyone wants to talk about is this trade deadline. will kevin durant the returning to the warriors? not sure we can actually answer that. but that's the rumor we'll have reaction from aaron wilson next. in sports. >> and still ahead, radar, the rain not stopping me. there is rain not stopping me. there is my mental health was better. but uncontrollable movements called td,tardive dyskinesia, started disrupting my day. td felt embarrassing. i felt like disconnecting. i asked my doctor about treating my td, and learned ab

as well as a senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley. thank you very much. you look great. and, house judiciary committee chairman, jim jordan, who is a special guy, a special man. and house homeland security mark green. thank you very much. thank you, mark. we have many other congressmen and senators that i am not going to introduce because this is about your daughter. this is about something so important. thank you all. we have to say, bert jones is in the room. purchase your lieutenant governor. he was on this site. thank you very much. i see you sitting there. thank you very much. the state and local officials, law enforcement organizations, we have everybody. most of them represented in the room, incredible people and i have never seen them come together like they have. not for this kind, but different bills, different passages having to do with many different things from homeland security to taxes 250 different items. i have never seen such support as you have today and as your great daughter has today. i have never seen anything like it. we have to thank your daughte

but i think chuck grassley, one of the senators asking for an exemption for his state. into the fact that republicans were really, really worried that their constituents were going to wake up and have a lot more cost of living, and that they were going to go to the grocery store and see $15 for eggs and other things that were going to really, really make life harder for americans. so i think this really is in some ways underscores that people were very worried about the prices going up in this country. nicole. >> yamiche alcindor, thank you for your reporting. christine, we'll go through why they were so worried. some of the, i guess, targeted retaliatory tariffs that canada had in mind. if we hadn't achieved this 30 if we hadn't achieved this 30 day pause on the other side of a our heart attack was... scary! never want to go through that again. but we could... with heart disease, you never know. so we made changes. green juice. diet, exercise... ...statins helped. but our ldl-c (bad cholesterol) - it was stuck! - stuck! just couldn't lower it enough. and high ldl-c mea

you know what i like about chuck grassley? he he may call me chuck because he got his voice and he wasn't meaning, but he said, did you lie? and colby was like, it was unbelievable. remember? and he said, yes, yes. i said, he just admitted he lied. and he just said it like, we just got this way about him. you made him joke. that was good. he deserved the joke, too. but everybody in this room has been it's been really amazing. it's been amazing. the relationships have been good. and we don't always agree on everything. but we get there. we get there. we had a couple of people that had to get a little bit. they had to study a little bit further. yes, some of our nominees, i think, are going to find our nominees are very good. i think it's very important, you know, when we talk bobby kennedy, i think he's up there having dinner tonight. it's very interesting. but he's a good person and he's not a radical. he said, you know, i'm getting sort of this reputation of being anti vaccine and everything else. he said, i'm not anti. and i

. >> reporter: blumenthal wants kash patel to answer for trump's actions, chuck grassley shot down thea. stuart: thanks very much. madison, still had come in two weeks donald trump has expanded the power and authority of the presidency. he's using elon musk to do it. the strategy is clear, overwhelm the government with rapid fire change, that's "my take" coming up at the top of the hour and democrats don't like it. watch this. >> we have to fight this in the courts, fight this in the congress, fight this in the streets. stuart: they are apoplectic. more on that after this. ♪ before the spotlight— we struggled to keep the lights on. i saw more for myself. and sofi gives members the financial tools to see more for themselves. join the official bank of the nba. sofi. get your money right. (vo) weight loss is changing. for so long, i felt stuck on repeat. i tried, and tried again. lost weight, gained it back. but zepbound means change. zepbound is for adults with obesity, to help lose weight and keep it off. activating 2 naturally occurring hormone receptors in my body, zepbound works diff

chuck grassley shot down the idea and is hoping to hold a final committee vote as soon as next week.stioning why it is that you've got 53 republicans and 47 democrats and it seems the democrats run the table in these confirmation hearings. >>> now they want more time with kash patel. >> you know, i don't know but what i do know is that the fbi is in dire need of true leadership right now. they need solid leadership. they need stability and they need someone to get in there and to give some level of direction and to put everything in order. and i think with kash patel and pam bondi together, at doj and fbi, i have no doubt that they are fully going to make the fbi great again. the doj great again. it is going to take some work. i think there are individuals who have been responsible for kind of taking the fbi off the rails and they do need to face consequences. maria: and don't forget john ratcliffe running the cia. that tre trio should be real effective. great to talk with you. thank you so much. quick break and then sand box aq ceo jack henry is here to tell us about his company and

senators like ron johnson, a conservative republican saying tariffs or taxes on the american people, chuck grassley to eating that is pleading with donald trump to let things that help his state be exempted from this. this is stupid economic policy. it will cost the american taxpayer more every single day if donald trump follows through. and it's unclear what he wants from canada. mexico, i get it. though border troop, what does he want from canada? >> and i can help with that. there is a little bit of fence and all coming over in a little bit is always too much, but the focus is on actual security. i'd congressman john james on. and he said we know right now peace through strength works here at home, 86% of the tariffs on the fbi watch list actually come through on our northern border. it's about security. you can say two things are true, you can say that fentanyl on the southern border is worse than it is on the northern and that is true, you can also say that that terror watch list counts and if 86% of that terror watch list is coming from the north, that's reason to want to talk to canada. they

iowa republican senator chuck grassley and illinois democratic senator durbin say it needs to happen.t agree on every aspect everything as a result of it. >> who we can agree on some basics that make a difference. westlake says that difference will have an impact telling parents tragically on more than one occasion, even friends of mine that their trip child. >> will never come home is the worst part of my job. >> reporting in washington, reshad hudson alive. we're back 7.39. and just into the kron. 4 newsroom. attorney general rob bonta says he will not run for governor in 2026. bonta told politico in an interview that instead he wants to seek reelection for the california attorney general position. bonta says the exective exclusive that he will support former vice president kamala harris if she chooses to run for governor. when governor newsom's term runs out. all right. well, one of the fact first actions that president trump took after he was sworn in was to reverse former president biden's policy to restrict ice agents from coming onto sensitive areas like schools. well, now that

. >> the to iowa republican senator chuck grassley and illinois democratic senator durbin say it needs to happen. we won't agree on every aspect everything as a result of it who we can agree on some basics that make a difference. westlake says that difference will have an impact telling parents tragically on more than one occasion, even friends of mine that their trip child. >> will never come home is the worst part of my job. >> reporting in washington, reshad hudson. >> still ahead here at to our team coverage of the atmospheric river will continue. we'll take a look at what the week ahead. looks like. and after the break, 5 days until the big game. and there's something on the minds of all the fans in new orleans. we're going to live there and check in and how they're getting ready for the super bowl. >> we're going to take a quick look here at the stormtracker. can see where it's raining right now. north bay getting a lot. >> the stable got some by the time. the evening commute really starts pick up kyle track. all this for us in just a few minutes. we're just 5 days away from supe

. >> the to iowa republican senator chuck grassley and illinois democratic senator durbin say it needsevery aspect everything as a result of it. >> who we can agree on some basics that make a difference. westlake says that difference will have an impact telling parents tragically on more than one occasion, even friends of mine that their trip child. will never come home is the worst part of my job reporting in washington. reshad hudson. >> 39 right now. and this just in to kron 4 attorney general rob bonta says he's not going to be running for governor in twenty-twenty 6. he told politico in an interview he will instead seek reelection for california attorney general. he says he supports former vice president kamala harris if she chooses to run for governor. when gavin newsom terms out. well, speaking of rob bonta, one of the first actions president trump took after he was sworn in was to reverse the biden administration's policy to restrain and restrict ice agents from coming onto sensitive areas like schools. >> well, with the reversal of that, the attorney general here in california

let's bring in chuck grassley who serves as judiciary committee chairman.nk you for being with us. you may know these are busy days for you. >> very busy. thank you for having me. >> john: part of the memo, let me be clear no fbi employee who followed orders and carried out duties in an ethical manner with respect to january 6th investigation at risk of termination or penalties. to the only ones secured about the process by me january 125 memo are those who acted with corrupt and partisan intent and blatantly defied orders from the department leadership or exercise discretion in weaponizing the fbi. what is your take on clarification here? was there an overreach or a misunderstanding? >> i think it is a very important clarification. people at lower level, not at the supervisory level have to take orders from their bosses and if told to work on a case even if they disagreed with the case, they have to work on it. i think there ought to be some consideration to that. now, i have answered journalists on capitol hill on the same question that i'm not going to w

iowa republican senator chuck grassley, an illinois democratic senator durbin say it needs to happen. aspect everything as a result of it. >> who we can agree on some basics that make a difference. westlake says that difference will have an impact telling parents tragically on more than one occasion, even friends of mine that their trip child. >> will never come home is the worst part of my job reporting in washington. reshad hudson. >> this morning, the limit on store downtown walnut creek, closing their doors. spokesperson saying they decided not to renew their lease. the store opened in june and a group of people attempted to rob it just months after you're looking at video from the scene of the crime will cross visit the location last saturday. the site was already gone. there are 3 locations still in the bay. one in san francisco, santa clara and palo alto. >> we have to make progress in closing the educator wage gap in order to stabilize staffing that our schools, it's all the teachers are joining forces with thousands of educators across our state in the. >> we can't wait campa

chuck grassley said some things and wrote a letter.he question is are they going to hold him to it or not? look. congress has to decide are they an independent branch of government or are they just going to be republicans in majority -- are we just going to be rubber stamps? i think these votes on cabinet members coming up, whether it's rfk jr. or kash patel, below cabinet, but a very important job at the fbi, but are these people they're going to confirm? they're going to say, okay. we're going to turn over the national security -- i thought the patel hearing was very interesting. he's saying all this is going to be protected once he's there. well, what they're doing is doing all the dirty work before he gets there. i mean, let's -- we're not stupid. we see what's happening here. they're having other people do it for him, and then having him come in and not have to take responsibility for it. the idea there's not communication going on, george, between the guy you've designated to be the head of the fbi for the next ten years and the

i mean, there were republican senators calling up the white house, chuck grassley, many others from farm states, other places saying this cannot go forward. um, it really rattled a lot of businesses yesterday. and boardrooms. >> i mean, look, fareed zakaria was on the show yesterday saying something that i'm now going to say over and over, quoting him, of course, that so much of this is performative, for sure. and he wants the headlines like, and i'm going to put this up on the screen while you talk that he's getting from the very conservative media praising him for this, despite the reality that we were just discussing. >> yeah. i mean, i think that this is donald trump's m.o. and it's why he believes it's effective because nobody knows exactly where he's going to go. he changes his mind frequently. it's the messaging is often unstable. his team will say one thing, and then he goes back and kind of walks it back or says a completely different thing. and so that's why he feels that he is so, uh, successful when it comes to negotiating with these countries because they don't know where he

you've got lawmakers right now kind of in a panic saying, you know, chuck grassley saying we need an exemption for potash. uh, susan collins is saying we need an exemption for things up in maine. how? what are you hearing about kind of what your members can do to try and not get hit here? >> i think there's a couple of things. one, we have to look for other countries where we can import lumber and timber. so whether it's the scandinavian countries or even south america, partners, where we have free trade agreements already are certainly lower tariffs. and now we're going to see that canada itself is going to look for better markets. traditionally, they're going to find it to china, which means they're going to ship all of their timber over to china, which further constricts the supply and raises prices when it comes to lumber in particular. but for us, we're going to work in a coalition with all of our housing friends to make sure that not only our suppliers, but also other other building organizations and other real estate organizations. so that's that's where we're going to. and we

this is a big deal in iowa, where you even saw chuck grassley, a red blooded republican, saying, hey, i think we should carve out an exemption from these trump tariffs for potash because that could impact all types of agricultural products here in the united states over the long run, if that does come to pass. so there are just many ways where a 25% tariff could could impact prices. >> all right. >> lori-ann, you're our port expert, our supply chain expert expert. give us a sense of if this canadian 25% tariff remains, if the tariff on china remains, if there are new tariffs levied on the european union and maybe the texaco tariff. mexico tariff comes back because donald trump decides tomorrow that he's actually not that happy with 10,000 troops. how is this going to affect the way things are moving around? >> it's going to. >> be a wallop to the wallet. >> i mean, that that's all i have to say. i mean, when you. >> look. >> at the multi-front storm, you know, we're. >> talking about. >> countries, we're. >> talking about companies, we're talking about industries. >> but when. >> you'

one drug right now, fentanyl is a schedule. 2 drug and there's an iowa republican chuck grassley and also and illinois democratic senator durbin who says this needs to happen. we'll hear from them later on. now scheduled one drugs are those that have no currently accepted medical use look outside from our camera. >> that's showing us a nice wide view. there's the city of san francisco so we can kind of see the raindrops that are on the lens at the moment. and also we know more rains coming our way. by the time we hit the evening commute for different parts of the bay area. so kyle us here to go over our forecast with us yeah, sure. and we have severe thunderstorm warnings that are still in place for parts of marin county and san francisco. let's get right to it here. national weather service is now extended this to 04:00pm and all the areas you see in yellow, that means that we can see storms with heavy downpours, incredible wind with them and very dangerous. so my message to you is if you do not have to be outside right now, do not stay where you are. stay put until this rolls throu

the chairman of this committee, chuck grassley, told me that he wants to kash patel to explain to himexactly the roles of these of exactly more details about this effort to single out those agents. >> only from this standpoint, that lower level people have to do what their boss says. so i think when patel gets approved, and i'm not going to do much until then, i'm going to try to get some delineation of those that make decisions versus those that don't. >> this is outrageous. i mean, these men and women were called on to investigate a serious problem, a serious incident in the united states capitol building. and now, simply because they did their jobs, they're being terminated. that's not fair. >> but first, kash patel has to get the votes to get the job. in the moment, no republicans have voiced any opposition to him, which means things are looking very good for him to get approved by the full senate. so expect in this meeting. that's about to start in the judiciary committee for democrats to delay it by one week, which means next thursday there will be a vote in the committee to sen

chuck grassley is concerned about how farmers will be hurt in iowa by this trade war. so the concerns aren't over yet, even with this one month pause. >> yeah. i mean, you talked about how about just the products and the goods that come from ruby red states that elected donald trump and elected some of the republicans in the house and the senate. we're talking about florida orange juice, tennessee whiskey, not to mention kentucky whiskey, peanut butter. and it goes on and on. which leads me to a big question that is going to be a standard one that we can ask throughout the show. and probably the next four years, which is how much are they going to be they meaning republicans in congress going to be willing to go along to get along with trump and the trump base? and when are they going to raise their hand and say, maybe this is a little too far? >> you know, i think it will as we get closer to the midterms, they're going to be louder and raise more concerns. honeymoon. we're still honeymooning at the moment, but once their constituents, i'm not sure, as jeff was saying,

leadership shakeup within the fbi that was denied by the republican committee chair, senator chuck grassley of iowa. the judiciary committee committee will now vote on advancing patel's nomination at 9 a.m. next thursday. then the senate will also vote on whether to move forward with tulsi gabbard's nomination to be director of national intelligence. that will come on monday. majority leader john thune of south dakota announced the roll call vote to invoke cloture will be held at 5:30 p.m. that day. that's the first step to move on to voting on the full nomination. if gabbard receives a simple majority in favor, she is subject to 30 hours of debate before a final confirmation vote can be held. that will likely happen on tuesday night. but gabbard has already lost at least one swing vote for her nomination. democratic senator john fetterman of pennsylvania, who has shown himself willing to vote for other trump picks, announced on social media last night he would not support her or robert f kennedy jr, who he had also signaled potential openness to. still ahead this morning, president trump i

chuck grassley, the republican senator, says his vote could come up confirmation vote as early as nextn't have patel in place yet. but pam bondi was confirmed late last night as attorney general. talk to us about how any of this could change this ongoing debate within the bureau. >> you know. >> jonathan. >> that is a huge question that those of us who've been watching this closely are really wondering about. does pam bondi come in and put a stop to this or, you know, make a show of putting a stop to this? >> or does. >> kash patel do that or is he. the other thing could happen, which is kash patel could get confirmed and then decide to carry out mass firings. and there's very little that could stop him at this point. you know what's really remarkable, though, is that while all the democrats have been, you know, complaining about this and urging that kash patel answer questions about it, which he has not, the. >> republicans haven't. >> said a peep. >> chuck grassley. >> who for decades has been a champion of good government and of whistleblowers and of integrity at the fbi, has not sa

chuck grassley is my friend. i've gotten in trouble for that but i am proud of it. we go back a long way. i went to him yesterday and said this time you are the chairman. i'm the ranking democrat. i'm here to help you pass legislation to do something which i'm sick and tired of excuses being made and people dying as a result of it and i think it is time for us on a bipartisan basis to find things we agree on. i don't know where the sources are. i think cecilia farfan makes a valid argument. i accept your response billion law enforcement and have a different point of view. we may never result that basic question by think we can all resolve we don't care where it is coming from, we want it to stop. we want to stop in china, stop it in mexico, stop it in our backyards, however it is getting into the united states, so to those familiar with this committee, this is where it has to start. we won't agree on every aspect everything as a result of it. but we can agree on some basics that make a difference. you've testified before about your son and the loss of his life. sena

you had chuck grassley today asking the president to consider exemptions for potash, looking out forhose statements carry? >> i don't think they carry all that much weight, especially when the president has something that he wants to get out of this. we have always heard those sorts of concerns. in the first term, we were often hearing from some republicans who are sort of more free traders at heart, as the party once was as a whole. and none of that really was something that we saw president trump react to. for grassley. i thought his statement on potash was interesting because he knows as well as anyone that the way that farmers get hurt in this is the retaliation. it's not necessarily the initial tariffs that are really going to hurt the agricultural sector. so that kind of thing is not something that we see trump react to. if we started to see more specific retaliatory measures that were going to hurt specific states, specific districts, if we start to see a real downfall in the markets, that's the kind of thing that we might see trump react to more. but i think individual statem

chuck grassley was going to take the chair. the head of capitol police walked in and announced to all the senators in the chamber and staff people to stay in this room. this was going to be a protected room, a safe room and other people will be joining us. mean whiling outside you could hear the roar of the crowd as they were crashing through the doors and beating up on capitol hill policemen. we were here for about ten minutes when the same capitol hill policeman came in and said change of plans. we can't keep this room safe. grab your belongings and leave quickly through that door, which we did. we went to a building nearby and waited to see what would happen next. i was part of the leadership that was called to a secure location, and i was with mitch l mcconnell and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi as we followed the proceedings, what was happening on the floor. it was a horrible scene. we were able to see the senate chamber through c-span and realized that the thugs who were taking over the building were sitting in your chair

leading it is senator chuck grassley, bill cassidy, and martin heinrich. and while i cosponsored it last time, i'm prude to cosponsor it -- i'm proud to cosponsor it again this congress. this bill takes the steps of placing fentanyl related substances under schedule 1 classification and ensuring that law enforcement has the tools necessary to actually end this epidemic. on january 20, it was a new day in america when president trump was sworn in. it was a new day in the senate when we passed the laken riley act which president trump signed into law last week. congress can get this done. republican majorities in both chambers have proven keek and will lead the way and are willing to work diligently with our colleagues across the aisle to ensure that that happens. no doubt we have shown that we mean business. we made promises to the american people that we would work to protect them, and we will keep that promise. we delivered on our promise that we would not tolerate criminal illegal aliens roaming free in our country. now we need to deliver for the america

about as old as chuck grassley, 31,000 years. it would take me one million years to count to 36 trillion. those are the kind of numbers we're talking about, and the american people understand it. since 2019, america's population has grown 2%. we're not having babies. 2%, and that's after massive immigration. you know how much our budget has grown? 55%, 55%. yeah, we've had inflation, but we haven't had 55% worth of inflation. that's how we got to this $36 trillion in debt. put up the next chart for me. now, some of this money we had to spend during the pandemic, and it was a bipartisan effort during the pandemic, republicans voted for it, and democrats voted for it, because we had no choice. i was there. i saw it from the inside. we came this close to losing the american economy. and you know who helped a lot, doesn't get enough credit? jay powell and the federal reserve. i watched it. the whole world wanted to go into a cave and retreat. back in the great recession, i remember all the other countries in the world who looked to u