which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hillwas a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone. i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. [♪♪♪]television. >>

hill. republican senator chuck grassley releasing a statement, saying: there's been no response from the white chuck schumer, said it marked the start of what he called "a golden age of abuse in government". yesterday in the dark of night president trump fired at least 12 independent inspector generals and important federal agencies across the administration. this is a chilling purge. it's a preview of the lawless approach donald trump and his administration are taking far too often as he's becoming president. these dismissals are possibly in violation of federal law, which requires congress to have 30 days' notice of any intent to fire inspectors general. these firings are donald trump's way of telling us he is terrified of accountability. for more on this, i spoke to our correspondent david willis. we have seen the tightening of the attempt to tighten the control over the central federal government by the putting in place of these loyalist, we have also seen evidence overnight of an attempt to put loyalists in place in the federal government or perhaps i should say remove those seen as dislo

hill. republican senator chuck grassly released a statement saying there may be good reasons they were fired saying the firing of that watchdog staff was, quote, "common thing to do", and he will be replacing them with people who will be, quote, "very good." but the senate minority leader, democrat chuck schumer said it marked the start of golden age of abuse of government.— government. yesterday in the dark of night, _ government. yesterday in the dark of night, president - government. yesterday in the| dark of night, president trump fired at least 12 independent inspector generals at important federal agencies across the administration. this is a chilling purge and it's a preview of the lawless approach donald trump and his administration are taking far too often as he's becoming president. these dismissals are possibly in violation of federal law which requires congress to have 30 days' notice of any intent to fire inspectors general. these firings is donald trump's way of telling us he's terrified of accountability. the us state department has halted spending on almost all foreign aid pr

hill. republican senator chuck grassley releasing a statement saying: donald trump has defended his actionsand he will be replacing them with people who will be "very good". but the senate minority leader, democrat chuck schumer, said it marked the start of what he called a "golden age of abuse in government". yesterday, in the dark of night, president trump fired at least 12 independent inspector generals and important federal agencies across the administration. this is a chilling purge. it's a preview of the lawless approach donald trump and his administration are taking far too often as he's becoming president. these dismissals are possibly in violation of federal law, which requires congress to have 30 days' notice of any intent to fire inspectors general. these firings are donald trump's way of telling us he is terrified of accountability. as we've been hearing, president trump's first week has been busy. ros atkins has been taking a look at his first few days in office. week one of his second presidency and a lot has happened. on monday he was sworn in. i was saved by god to make amer

which are one of the most competitive adaptive basketball teams in the state led by its captain, chuck hillwas a national paralympic and, and is now an assistant coach on the national big team. >> it is great to have this opportunity here in san francisco. we are the main hub of the bay area, which, you know, we should definitely have resources here. now that that is happening, you know, i i'm looking forward to that growing and spreading and helping spread the word that needs -- that these people are here for everyone. i think it is important for people with disabilities, as well as able-bodied, to be able to see and to try different sports, and to appreciate trying different things. >> people can come and check out this chairs and use them. but then also friday evening, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., it will be wheelchair basketball we will make sure it is available, and that way people can no that people will be coming to play at the same time. >> we offer a wide variety of adaptive and inclusion programming, but this is the first time we have had our own equipment. [♪♪♪] sheriff miomot

on capitol hill, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries and senate democratic leader chuck schumer marked the fourth anniversary of the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol joined by house chaplain marjorie given -- margaret k ibben. >> would you pray with me? gracias and almighty god, this day means so much to so many people. what was intended to be a historic parliamentary procedure quickly turned into turmoil, frustration, anger, and fear. we pray that on this day four years later you would enter into this space in a much different way that allows for peace and conversations and reconciliation, for an opportunity for us to look back on our memories of wherever we were that day, whether we were on the floor, carrying the camera or a microphone. whether we were in uniform. protecting those that we served. whomever we were, whoever we find ourselves to be today we ask you some way transform our memory. blessing we would have would be the reminder of the calling to which you have called us, to serve carefully and faithfully and deal that all that comes across the threshold, enemies within

and will not be able to withstand moments of crisis and today america's >> on capitol hill, hakeem jeffries and chucky of the january 6 attack joined by house chaplain. c-span. >> the conversation and for reconciliation an opportunity to look back on our opportunities wherever we were that day, whether we were on the floor, whether carrying a camera or microphone or in uniform, protecting those who we searched whom ever we were, whom ever we find ourselves to be here today, transform our memories with the blessing we would have would be the reminder of the calling to which you have called us, to serve carefully and faithfully and deal that all that comes across the threshold, enemies within and enemies without our own country, we pray that we would serve you now even more carefully, even more specifically intending to preserve all that you have given us, this experiment that is so present car just, that in this, we would be the strength, the foundation to our future. may these memories only strengthen our fortitude to serve you from now and always. in the strength of your name, we pray, amen. senator

host: again, the minority leader chuck schumer on capitol hill. congress certifying president trump's win yesterday in congress. (202) 748-8000 for democrats if you want to comment. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. and independents, (202) 748-8002 . let's hear from chuck in maryland, democrats line. you are next up. hello. caller: how are you doing? can you hear me? host: you are on. go ahead. caller: yeah, i just want to say it is a travesty they beat up police, had an insurrection, and people are trying to whitewash it, telling lies, telling lies, and telling lies to become somebody else's truth. you can't live with the truth. if you can't handle anything, you make it worse. if you can't handle it, it will make a situation worse. if you can't handle somebody bleeding or blood, you can't help them. they lied so much. it is just amazing. i heard the first guy get on and talk about they just ransacked the capitol. it is a travesty. i am kind of at a loss for words at the amount of lies that have been told and people believe and they come up with all

. >> and on capitol hill senate minority leader chuck schumer talked about president elect trump's cabinet picks including pete hegseth as defense

the question is, is it a deal cut with chuck schumer or with republicans on capitol hill?'s right. >> i would prefer we do that deal with donald trump as republicans, have the necessary spending cuts associated with raising a debt ceiling because we have to begin fiscal responsibility on our watch. the democrats have lied to the american people, maria, saying that you can just spend whatever and just raise taxes. maria: washington yeah. >> you cannot raise taxes enough to cover this massive spending. what ends up happening is americans lose some of the features of the federal government that they grew accustom thed to, and it becomes a disaster for hard working families in our country. we've got to be fiscally responsible and honest about where reforms are needed and where cuts are needed. you can deliver that with debt ceiling increases. maria: well, i mean, you've got this incoming team focused on policy priorities and the outgoing team focused on political favors. you saw what joe biden just did over the weekend, giving america's highest civilian awards to george soros,

. >> lawrence: get to the bottom of it, we know the man, gop chuck grassley joins us live from capitol hill. we want to know about the crash, but nominations, there is an amount of urgency for national security purposes. >> it is very important that we move forward. it is a tragedy what happened and pray ers is what most of us can do. what i know about it is what i've seen on media. reminds me of 45 years ago, florida airline had a crash on the west upriver from 14th street bridge and i'm reminded of that. does that answer your question? >> brian: yes, it does. we have a lot of questions. looks like everything will go forward according to senator cotton, are you under belief everything will run on time today and hearing will go as scheduled? >> it hasn't been any change as far as i'm concerned and of course if the leadership of the united states senate think our hearing shouldn't go on, it won't. as chairman, i think it should move forward because it is very important we get a new person for the fbi and that is hearing in the senate judiciary committee that i'm chairman of. >> brian: you th

this step has already generated a backlash among republicans on capitol hill, including the iowa senator chuck grassley, who has questioned whether this was legal. the white house didn't inform congress 30 days before taking this step, which is part of federal law. so you can see all of these steps that the president is taking to really try and fulfill his promises. number one. but number two, reshape the government in a way that he said he would do as a candidate. now, here in las vegas, what we're going to hear the president talk about a little time from now is this promise he made to eliminate tax on tips. this is a promise that he first made here in las vegas. of course, nevada is a state with a number of hospitality workers, restaurant workers, people who rely on tips for their livelihood. when he made that promise, it came as something of a surprise, even to his advisers, but has become quite a popular issue, including during the campaign. the vice president, kamala harris, adopted this as her own policy proposal as well. but it is an area that he'll need to work with congress. unlike al

hill are furious. senate minority leader chuck schumer says congress approved these investments and not optional. they are the law. these grants help people in red and blue states support families, help parents raise kids and lead to stronger communities. the pause could impact trillions in funding. the national council of nonprofits says pausing research and cures for childhood cancer to halting food assistance, safety from domestic violence and closing suicide outlines. the impact of a short pause in funding could be devastating and cost lives. the memo orders agent receives to submit an analysis by february 10th. white house press secretary karoline leavitt will likely get questions on this topic at her news conference later today. >> president trump: i just want to say this has been a very exciting and will be a very exciting new chapter. there is nothing we cannot achieve as long as the republican party remains united. i hope you can remain united. >> bill: they have the votes if they're united. president trump giving house republicans a pep talk at their annual retreat trying to thread the

hill. the senate minority leader, chuck schumer, is holding a news conference.s just talking about trump's federal aid freeze a few moments ago. he had some comments about this blasting the president. let's take a listen to what the senator had to say just a few moments ago. >> look, last. >> night. >> president trump plunged the country into chaos without a shred of warning. the trump administration announced a halt to virtually all federal funds across the country in an instant. donald trump has. >> shut off. >> billions. >> perhaps trillions. >> of dollars that directly support states, cities, towns, schools, hospitals, small businesses, and most of all, american families. this is a dagger at the heart of the average american family in red states and blue states, in cities, in suburbs, in rural. >> areas. >> it is just outrageous funds for things like disaster assistance, local law enforcement, rural hospitals, aid to the elderly, food for people in need. >> all are. >> on the chopping block. in this new administration. >> why they. >> need tax cuts for the u

its already drawn a backlash on capitol hill, including from the republican senator chuck grassley, who's questioning whether this act is actually legal. so you are already starting to see president trump really going through the federal government and trying to execute on all of these things he said he would do as a candidate, whether it's with the federal workforce when it comes to policy and personnel or whether it's on immigration or on cultural issues like renaming certain landmarks. you have seen the new administration really come into office knowing which levers to pull, knowing where they can act on their own. now, here in las vegas, what we'll hear the president talk about is his campaign promise to eliminate taxes on tips. that's something he cannot do on his own that will require congress. but this is all sort of in the theme of president trump really wanting to show his supporters that he means business now that he is entering his second week in office. >> all right, kevin liptak, keep us posted there from las vegas. all right. now to the middle east, where just a short time a

hill. >> that's right. pushback from judiciary chairman chuck grassley and the top democrat dick durbin. they have asked the president to explain, quote: immediately why congress was not given a 30-day notice for the removal. they say, quote: the law must be followed now, this is the first major pushback against the president from a g.o.p. member on any issue since he took office. bret? >> bret: chad pergram live on capitol hill. chad, thank you. newly confirmed homeland security secretary kristi noem in new york today for the next round of immigration raids. senior officials say ice agents have removed and returned more than 7,000 illegal immigrants in just one week. correspondent alexis mcadams reports tonight from new york. >> get the dirt bags on these streets. >> dhs secretary kristi noem on the ground in new york city early morning ice raid across the big apple looking to remove violent criminals who are not supposed to be in this country in the first place. nome says she asked president trump for this job. >> i said i would like to be the secretary of homeland security, sir, becau

you heard the media and chuck schumer gaslighting america claiming biden is fine and the hill newspaper reports that democrat senators, democrats now warn democrats will be held accountable for their "corruption in covering up biden's glaring and severe mental and cognitive decline from day one". joining me now, civil rights attorney leo terrell. leo, what do you make of this report from the hill? democrat senators slamming fellow democrats. one democrat senator said "republicans successfully tagged democrats as corrupt for not raising alarms sooner about president biden's mental fitness for office". >> i'll tell you right now, liz, they're running for cover because on january 20th, all the lies are gone? be uncovered. i saw that interview with chuck schumer with christine walker and she asked him and his answer was nonresponsive. right now, i'll tell you that the democrats came out high because the documents speak for themselves. there was a special council, liz, named robert herr saying joe biden had a faulty memory and everyone attacked him and evidence is overwhelming and only peopl

first introduced, and it was actually two years ago amended by the likes of chuck grassley and bipartisan members up on capitol hilly notice and require that a substantive reason be provided. and at this point in time, the some inspectors general who have been informed of this have not been given the substantive reason, nor have we heard from capitol hill them being given a reason. and the white house has so far not provided substantive reasoning for the firings of these 18 igs. >> let me play a little bit from mark greenblatt, the former now former inspector general of the interior. >> if this. >> is an indication. >> from president trump. >> that he. >> wants to put. in folks who won't. >> be conducting. >> robust oversight, that's a fundamental. >> problem for us. we need. >> those folks. >> to be independent of mind and spirit. >> and that's the big concern. >> is an incoming. >> ig going. >> to be. >> willing to. >> to make that. >> negative finding about a trump appointee? that's the key. >> issue here. and that's the. fundamental question that the american taxpayers should be. >> asking these inspector gener

hill. the rescission that is senator chuck schumer, the democratic minority leader, says, quote, though the trump administration failed in this tactic, it's no secret that they will try to find another. and when they do, it will again be senate democrats there to call it out, fight back and defend american families, unquote. that's chuck schumer taking some credit for creating the kind of noise and pushback that sparked the white house to rescind this memo. the white house tried a tactic yesterday to simply clarify the original memo, which was vaguely worded. it didn't make clear which programs were and weren't affected in terms of that federal aid freeze. one of the big questions there was medicaid. the white house was not clear initially whether medicaid would be part of that freeze. that's 72 million people who had health insurance who could potentially be affected. they issued a clarifying memo yesterday saying that medicaid was not affected. but still, the confusion that this has sparked across the country appeared to be enough for the white house to say simply no need for the federal

. >> everybody on capitol hill is making their pros and cons list. the inauguration two weeks away. chucky briefing in light of those attacks in new orleans and las vegas. the trump transition is really using these events pointing their them to push the senate to confirm trump's cabinet picks as quickly as possible especially the national security picks. g.o.p. leader john thune will only go so far as to say each of these nominees will get a fair hearing. the first one we will see in a couple of days, pete hegseth the defense secretary nominee. >> john: thank you. now this. >> we did everything right is a company. we did everything right. the government failed us. the president of the united states shamefully, shamefully tainted this process from the very beginning. we respected the process. that was a mistake that we made. >> sandra: suing the biden administration after the president blocked a $15 billion deal between the companies citing national security concerns. joining us now, alternative asset management strategist. thank you to both of you for being here. >> absolutely. president

hill. republican senator chuch grassley releasing a statement saying... there's been no response from the white house. the senate minority leader, democrat chuck "golden age of abuse in government". yesterday in the dark of night president trump fired at least 12 independent inspector generals and important federal agencies across the administration. this is a chilling purge. it's a preview of the lawless approach donald trump and his administration are taking far too often as he's becoming president. these dismissals are possibly in violation of federal law, which requires congress to have 30 days notice of any intent to fire inspectors general. these firings are donald trump's he is terrified of accountability. plenty of donald trump news. for more on this i spoke to our correspondent david willis. what does that tie vote that either the tie—breaker about the way that he will be perceived as he takes up his new role? so tight it required the intervention of the vice presidentjd vance. after that boat was deadlocked in the senate at 50—50 against, 50 in favor of pete hegseth nomination. and republicans have a majority in the senate so all the

hill. also, some republicans. this is what senator, senate minority leader chuck schumer said on the issue. he said, quote, congress approved these investments and they are not optional. they are the law. and this is really getting to this question of, is this legal? now, we did hear from some experts that argue donald trump, the president may have some authority to pause funding like this temporarily, but this is likely something that we will see play out, whether it be in the courts or congress really taking this up, because a lot of people believe that this wasn't a move, that donald trump should be able to authorize. kate. >> how long the pause, what that means for the potential of the five alarm fire that the head of the nonprofit organization was just talking about? there's a lot of questions that need to be sussed out today. thank you so much, elena. really appreciate it, john. >> all right. happening now. new fallout over president trump's move to fire at least a dozen justice department prosecutors who were involved in the special counsel investigation against him. the officials we

mount vernon, new york, graduated in 1998, jd from georgetown, worked on capitol hill as a legislative assistant for chuck hagel. from 2004 through 2008, he worked as executive director. 2009 and 2010, policy director of the house republican conference. again, he was omb director under the first trump term. you have done it once and you want to do it again and we are glad you are willing to do it again. >> thank you very much. congratulations on your new role. i look forward to working with you. welcome to the committee. senator cornyn, senator ricketts, and senator marino, welcome. this congress, the senate budget committee is going to be deeply engaged in the policies that emerge because reconciliation is going to play a central role and reconciliation begins right here in this room. we will consider trump's budget request and i must say my deepest concern about the reconciliation bills are that they are going to betray working americans. working americans who listened to the strategies he laid out that he proposed. but certainly the actual plan does not help working people. the acting plan is to help t

hill, what role you played. guest: i was the chief counsel for nominations on the senate judiciary committee for then chairman chuck grassley back in 2017 to 2019. i helped with the first two years of the trump administration to confirm president trump's justice department officials along with his federal judges. including justice gorsuch, my former boss, who i helped lead his confirmation effort. as his former law clerk from the outside. i went to work for the senate judiciary committee. confirmed a record number of president trump's lower court judges. and then helped confirm justice kavanaugh to the supreme court. then i started the article 3 project after that in 2019. we helped confirm justice amy coney barrett. for the last 3 1/2 years we have been very busy working on this lawfare against president trump. turning lemons into lemonade. these democrats thought these indictments, these civil lawsuits, were going to take out president trump. electorally. we did 4,200 media hits supporting, defending president trump constant social media, constant opinion pieces. we changed the public opinion on this lawfare. we

hill. republican senator chuch grassley releasing a statement which said... there's been no response from the white house. the senate minority leader, democrat chuckrt of what he called a golden age of abuse in government. yesterday in the dark of night president trump fired at least 12 independent inspector generals across the administration. this is a chilling purge. it's a preview of the lawless approach donald trump and his administration are taking far too often as he's becoming president. these dismissals are possibly in violation of federal law, which requires congress to have 30 days notice of any intent to fire inspectors general. these firings are donald trumps way of telling us he's terrified of accountability. let's bring in david willis. let's start off with confirmation. what start off with confirmation. what does that tie _ start off with confirmation. what does that tie vote _ start off with confirmation. what does that tie vote that _ start off with confirmation. what does that tie vote that either the tie—breaker about the way that he will be perceived as he takes up his new role? 50 will be perceived as he takes up his new role?

hill this morning. marco rubio for secretary of state and pam bondi for attorney general. senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley moments ago on her qualifications. >> she is going to have to be well received because of her eight years as attorney general in florida. she is well qualified for this job. >> dana: we have fox team coverage. david spunt with a preview of attorney general nominee pam bondi's hearing but first chad pergram on the hill where democrats made headlines with their personal attacks against defense nominee pete hegseth. >> good morning. democrats argued with hegseth. attacked his character, his qualifications, allegations about alcohol abuse and sexual assault. democrats also blasted what he said about women serving in combat. do not expect many, if any democratic yays on the nomination. >> indeed the totality of your own writings and alleged conduct would disqualify any service member from holding any leadership position in the military much less being confirmed as the secretary of defense. >> illinois democrat tammy duckworth questioned what hegseth knew about military structure.

hill ring the alarm on this as well. this is what we heard from senator chuck schumer. he said, quote, if this continues, the american people will pay an awful price. now, i do want to be clear here, kate, that the memo does specify that social security and medicare benefits, as well as individual grants and payments to individuals, will not be impacted. but again, it's very clear that this is just the latest move by the trump. administration to to exert control over federal funding, even when congress has already appropriated some of these funds. that is something we've also heard. lawmakers on capitol hill call into question whether or not this is legal and whether or not donald trump has the authority to do this. now, we also know that today at 1 p.m., the white house press secretary, karoline leavitt, has her first press briefing. this is going to be, i think, one of the major questions that she is faced with to answer, you know, try to clarify what is the scope of this, what is the scale of this? these are things that we're hearing from a lot of experts kind of que

senate and house leadership and chuck schummer and mike johnson in a letter from the congressional staff association that write they hope a 32-hour workweek on the hillk on a nagsal scale. the group writing "by setting a 32 hour workweek as standard, staff could plan scheduled and importantly their rest and recovery days to maximize efficiency". national four day workweek is something senator bernie sanders pushed for and sanders prophoseed a 32-hour workweek nationwide and sanders has not endorsed this specific plan to institute that here on capitol hill, he spoke in support of the general idea to me yesterday. >> we're seeing huge advances in administered official intelligence and technology at a time when 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck, i want to see those advances in technology that make you a more productive work of benefiting you and not just billionaires. one way we can do that is move to a 32-hour workweek without loss of pay. thank you very much. reporter: how would businesses afford that hire someone to work the extra day? reporter: it's the day their staff is not working. stuart. stuart: we noticed he didn't want to talk

. >> meanwhile, lawmakers on capitol hill are warning egg prices could surge even more due to the bird flu outbreak, and senate minority leader chucks calling for a coordinated federal response, saying health officials will have all the resources they need. >> i am urging the feds and the relevant agencies tackling this outbreak to keep their pace, use the federal funds quickly and will fight to get you more funds if we need them. >> schumer also says it's vital the new administration not cut funding to efforts to contain bird flu. in atlanta, jonathan serrie, fox news. >> and i'm tracking the weather. we've got some windy conditions in parts of the bay area, but no wind advisory and a frost advisory in the morning. i'll have that coming up. >> all right. now to alex savidge and a look at some of the stories we're working on for west coast rap. coming up at the top of the hour, alex. all right. >> mike. thank you. coming up tonight at seven, we'll have full coverage on the southern california fires, including how crews are preparing for those increasing winds that are set to arrive. plus, we'll show you how shelters across the west

chuck rosenberg. ryan riley, appreciate both of you very much. and we are keeping an eye on capitol hillfirmation hearings are underway right now for more of trump's cabinet nominees. as the senate unanimously confirmed his new secretary of state. but do others face headwinds? plus, we'll talk to democratic congressman robert garcia about a new direction for his party and potentially, if they can find common ground amped up. trump supporters have high hopes. >> i believe he will bring unity, i really do. >> the golden age is upon us. >> i would like to see the younger democrats and younger democrats and republicans step if you're living with diabetes, i'll tell you the same thing i tell my patients. getting on dexcom g7 is one of the easiest ways to take better control of your diabetes and help protect yourself from the long-term health problems it can cause. this small wearable... replaces fingersticks, lowers a1c, and it's covered by medicare. not managing your diabetes really affects... your health for the future. the older you get, the more complications you're gonna see. i knew i co

hill for senate confirmation hearings. at 9:30 a.m. this morning pete hegseth will appear before the armed forces committee. senate minority leader chuck schumer reportedly is plotting to turn hearings into a circus, he wants to slow things down for trump many axios writes this, hegseth's hearing is the first shot to carry out the demands. here's schumer and what he said yesterday himself. >> over the next four days, over a dozen of the president-elect's nominees will testify in committee and make their case to the country. these hearings in a very real way are the opening salvo for holding the trump administration accountable to the public. maria: republican lawmakers are still hopeful that the process will be swift. nominees just need a simple majority to be confirmed. however, other hearings scheduled for this week, some have been postponed and we are expecting governor kristi noem for homeland security secretary tomorrow, pam bondi for attorney general, senator marco rubio for secretary of state and john ratcliffe for cia director. however, do hearings scheduled for today were postponed over alleged paperwork issues. veterans affai

jessica, senator chuck schumer told democrats not to hold back meaning line of que questioning could get ugly and hostile. that leads me to believe that is the reason why you are on capitol hill right now. >> they are asking why it has been ugly on capitol hill and why you are here to support that. >> absolutely. thank you for having me, i'm excited to show up as a woman of representation that speaks to volume of servicemembers and veterans of the female population. there has been a lot of misrepresentation of who he is and what he backs in terms of women in uniform. it comes from a place of sincere concern. there is deterioration of standards that allow women and men who actually shouldn't be in places they are within combat roles. he's raising question what it means to scrutinize lower standards and how to come forth in bettering men and women in uniform based on criteria that will help us be the most lethal. i don't think there is a problem with that line of questioning, that is why i'm here to be a role model for women who are equally concerned amongst our brothers who are fighting for us. >> carley: thank you for working with us through the audio issues that you are expe

now, we also heard from people on capitol hill who are arguing again that donald trump might not have the authority to do this. this is what senator chuck schumer said in a statement last night. he said, quote, congress approved these investments and they are not optional. they are the law. so a lot of questions, as you can tell, about whether or not this is something the white house is actually able to do. now, some experts have said that the president does have the authority, at least temporarily, to put a pause on this type of funding. but again, we really do have to see the details of this, because the scope and scale of this directive is so broad and impacts so many different people, that there's going to be a lot of questions on this. now, we do plan to hear from karoline leavitt, the white house press secretary, later today at 1 p.m. i expect she's going to get a lot of questions on this. john. >> her first, i think, white house press conference. and i do expect this will be a major topic there. alayna treene great to have you on with us this morning. thank you very much. with us now, his defense attorney and former federal prose

senator chuck grassley and house gop chair lisa mcclain and ke kellyanne conway and others in just a few moments. first jump in with a quick recap from fox news aishah hasnie live from capitol hill. virginia foxx fell badly, bleeding, something or other. can you help us on that? reporter: yes, you know, larry, in the capitol there's all these marble floors and it gets slippery and we're hearing that virginia foxx took a tumble down steps and her head was bleeding apparently. she is conscious, she is speaking. apparently they have paramedics on the way to help her so she's going to get treatment and they're kind of cordoning off the area and she's in good hands and being taken care of again and awake and talking and she did take a slip and fell in those steps. reporter: yeah, turns out, larry, the man that closed the deal for speaker mike johnson was none other than the president elect himself. sources are telling us that donald trump was on speakerphone with both norman and self, those two holdououts that were voting against johnson right after they voted against him and this is what we're being told that trump got on the phone and told these guys "it would be disrespectful to a

hill. republicans are the ones saying that trump needs to come tell them what's going on. lisa murkowski says this kind of summary dismissal of everybody has raised concerns. chuck grassley said there may be a good reason why they were fired, but we need to know, and i'd like further explanation from trump, collins says. i don't understand why one would fire individuals whose mission is to root out waste, fraud and abuse, which is a very good question. why fire the people whose job it is to to look inward at the department and figure out what went wrong? >> yeah, i think the ig thing is separate. from the in my mind, it's two separate issues on the specifically on the prosecutors. i actually think it's pretty reasonable for the president, who was just elected to not want people in his government that he runs, who were just most recently trying to put him in jail. i mean, it seems like common sense to me that it wouldn't be right to force the president to run a government at least, which in part has been recently trying to jail him. i, i, you know, i'm not i grant you that nothing wrong may have happened, that they may have done everything correctly. but still he

chuck schumer was laughable. i'm sorry. let me be bipartisan. >> they hate washington. that like i mean, we heard from all these lawmakers. we watched them grill shou chew when he was here on capitol hill during in his hearing. and then they overwhelmingly passed this. this wasn't on party line or anything close. i mean, this was an overwhelmingly passed bill. >> yes, it was. and here's the thing. they should have done a wider one around privacy and issues, not just about foreign ownership, all kinds of things. instead, they decided to make headlines with with a ban. and what's really funny about this is it's donald trump who started this whole thing off with an executive order banning banning tiktok or trying to ban tiktok. and now he has financial interests. and one of his big, big donors is a 15% owner of it. jeff. yes. so the whole thing is such a such a we look ridiculous. and i'm certain the chinese government is laughing at us the entire way, but nothing's going to happen here. >> we'll see what happens. a fancy stationery as an executive order. kara swisher thank you for that. also joining us here tonight, new york times reporter teddy schleifer and former white house political

hill, let me make this. i joke frequently that congress is not going to regulate ai because they don't understand it. congress doesn't understand the internet. chuckite remarkable. >> what about the tiktok band? i think a lot of us are wanted to find out what happens next year. what can a precedent does that send in terms of donald trump as a dealmaker for not only american corporate's but international corporate's operating in the united states. >> it's a really good point because i think trump has promised so much and will get a deal with tiktok, he's made very lavish promises and now have to start delivering but by the end of the day today. i think they're still weeks and weeks ago before there's any resolution. on tiktok. my own gas is that somebody very wealthy is going to buy it. some american will buy all or most of tiktok and that may defuse the controversy. >> certainly something we are keeping a very close eye on. i know a lot of tech executives showing up at the trump inauguration. greg, too little time for you we will have you on soon. chief u.s. policy strategist at agf investments joining the program as we await donald trump's arriva

he worked on capitol hill, legislative senate, assistant for senator phil gramm and chuck hagel. big delta there. from 2004-2008 he worked as executive thousand eight he worked as executive director for the republican study committee. 2009, 2010 policy director of the housing, houseam republican conference here again he was omb director under the first trump term, deputy and became omb director so you've done it once and you want to do it again. we are glad on our side you're willing to do it again. senator merkley. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. congratulations on your new role. look forward to working with you. and welcome to the committee, senator cornyn, senator ricketts and new to the scene and new to the committee senator moreno, welcome. , welcome. this congress the senate budget committee is going to be deeply engaged in the policies that emerge because reconciliation is going to play a central role and reconciliation begins right here in this room. we will consider trump's budget request and i must say my deepest concern about the reconciliation bills is that they

chuck grassley and others in the senate. obviously, there were the three votes against hegseth, but at this point, he is putting the maximum pressure campaign on republicans on the hillo we haven't seen any evidence that people are going to, you know, speak out when it comes to these pardons of violent criminals when it comes to removing government servants that are supposed to root out fraud, waste and abuse with inspector general do. and now with the firing of other of other career officials. and if you look at who is kind of replacing this, this is this is all part of a strategy. and it was right there in project 2025. a lot of these ios that have been put out were part of what was in project 2025. editor martin. oh my gosh, i was about to call him eagle. editor martin that shows you i'm spending too much time on social media. that's his twitter account. eagle editor martin, this is a rabid partizan. and, you know, being put in as acting attorney in this key district, this is and it's not the type of person that's getting these jobs going forward. it's not the person that was an unapologetically backing trump, even through the stop the steal effort, even through t

hill, what role you played. guest: i was the chief counsel for nominations on the senate judiciary committee for then chairman chuckssley back in 2017 to 2019. i helped with the first two years of the trump administration to confirm president trump's justice department officials along with his federal judges. including justice gorsuch, my former boss, who i helped lead his confirmation effort. as his former law clerk from the outside. i went to work for the senate judiciary committee. confirmed a record number of president trump's lower court judges. and then helped confirm justice kavanaugh to the supreme court. then i started the article 3 project after that in 2019. we helped confirm justice amy coney barrett. for the last 3 1/2 years we have been very busy working on this lawfare against president trump. turning lemons into lemonade. these democrats thought these indictments, these civil lawsuits, were going to take out president trump. electorally. we did 4,200 media hits supporting, defending president trump constant social media, constant opinion pieces. we changed the public opinion on this lawfare. we coin

hill to the daily workings of the senate, but largely, this was their focus. senator dick durbin, head of the judiciary committee, and senate majority leader chuck schumer usherings of candidates. it was painstaking work, not the thing that earns headlines, until you can say at the end of a term, you've remade the judiciary in more diverse and fair structure. >> absolutely. nbc's ali vitali, thank you. we will, of course, be watching at 5:00 a.m. eastern on monday when you officially take over the hosting duties of "way too early." >> thank you, my friend. >> congratulations. get some sleep. >>> coming up here, we'll get another live report from new orleans as president-elect trump and his allies use this week's deadly attack to push border security even though the suspect was born and raised right here in the united states. "morning joe" is back in a moment. is right for you. it's one of the latest treatments from the makers of humira. rinvoq works differently than humira and may help. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can deliver rapid symptom relief, lasting steroid-free remission, and helps visibly reduce damage of the intestinal lining. rinvoq can lower abil

. >> and on capitol hill, senate minority leader chuck schumer talked about president-elect trump's cabinet picks as pete hegseth defense secretary. >> mr. president, this morning, senate armed services committee heard testimony from pete hegseth to serve as secretary of defense. few nominees will face the kind of troubling questions that mr. hegseth based going into today's hearing. he is, by outward appearance, woefully unfit for a job like secretary of defense. unfortunately, mr. hegseth -- unfortunately for mr. hegseth, his testimony thus far has failed to address the disturbing questions that plague his nomination. it appears mr. hegseth's strategy is to follow the five d's of dodge ball, dodge, duck, dip, dive, dodge. >> and he failed to explain why someone with his lack of qualitycation could be entrusted to lead our armed forces. why should america trust our military to a television personality who has never led any large organization, it's a huge organization, dod. he hasn't come close to having any of that kind of experience. we didn't hear any good answer to at that question and

president, i yield the >> also on capitol hill senate minority leader chuck schumer was critical of theactions president trump has taken since becoming president including the pardon he issued for january 6th rioters and other executive orders. >> mr. president, donald trump made a lot of promises on what he would get done on day