collins: could i respond?i think it goes back to the uniqueness of my qualifications for this job, being where i have been -- where you have been. i was privileged enough to have 19 red lines pass into law, some big stuff. i have some of my former staff that were here with me and i stand on their shoulders but now hopefully with the confirmation of this body i will be able to step into a role that i get to see the other end and those words on paper actually matter to me. i believe carrying them out as one of my highest calls. working for this president who has had the trust in me, i look forward to this opportunity. chair moran: you mentioned the staff behind us. you complement and highlight the value and importance of their work. we have staff inquiries to the department of veterans affairs they go back six months with no response and we have worked with the previous staff at the v.a. and previous secretary and there was a great intend to see that the answers come. it has to be prioritized, so you have indica

emily in paris star lily collins, among those facing it firsthand.nie ramos. >> lily to the right. >> lily collins is used to the glare of the spotlight. she's a staple on red carpets promoting movies or her hit show, emily in paris. >> in paris. >> the actress and daughter of musician phil collins was basically born into fame. but her latest headlines likely came as a bit of a shock. now, the actress sits at the center of the newest surrogacy controversy as she and her husband push back against online critics as the public weighs in about when, if ever, surrogacy is an accepted way to expand families. >> i just kind of wanted to hug her and say, i got you, girl. like i got you. but the more that we tell our stories, the more we will be able to maybe not change minds that can never be changed, but open minds that don't quite understand. >> the emily in paris star and her husband, charlie mcdowell made their announcement on instagram, introducing their baby girl named tove, saying, quote, words will never express our endless gratitude for our incredib

congressman collins is that person. through his own service, which continues in the air force reserve, congressman collins knows firsthand service in the uniform and he knows the benefits and challenges that veterans face and the challenges their families face. in his testimony before the senate committee on veterans affairs, he demonstrated a significant understanding of the policies he will be expected to administer at the department of veterans affairs, and proved to me and to others that he is prepared to lead the v.a. into the future. he is committed to working closely with members of congress, and certainly the senate committee on veterans affairs, and to make sure that our input is understood, taken into account, and hopefully implemented. his nomination was reported out of the committee in an overwhelmingly bipartisan manner, on a roll call vote, the vote was 18-1. i'm thankful for congressman collins' interest in serving in this capacity. i ask my colleagues to support his nomination. and i look forward to work

president collins. >> present. >> vice president shiota. >> present. >> commissioner beltran >> present. >> commissioner benadides. >> present. >> commissioner carney. >> present. >> commissioner ferras. >> here >> commissioner hakimi. >> aye >> commissioner lu. >> present. >> commissioner rothschild. >> present. >> commissioner schnair. >> here >> commissioner shelby. >> heir >> commissioner walker. >> here. >> we have quorum. also for the record director of cultural affairs raffle remington, finance and administration sarah holenback are in attendance. president collins. do we have agenda changes in >> no changes. now for public meeting instructions. welcome all interested to attends in person at city all room 416. this meeting is arias live on sfgovtv 2 and at&t u verse 99. i want to reminds us of the policies and procedures for public meetings. at this meeting, we're bounds to follow the structure of our agenda and to adhere to the best practice set out in the good government guide. every public mee

with collins there might have been interesting phone calls between collins and the white house over the last 24 hours. i know the man you see there right now, senator thom tillis of north carolina was thinking of maybe voting a no on hegseth and insiders told me there was some spirited conversation between the white house and tillis, which maybe led him to change his vote or his say in this. >> dana: a long piece in the "wall street journal" today about that 24 hours to get him to be a yes on hegseth. chad pergram, you are standing by to give us your analysis and update. hello. >> just before the vote started we got a statement from bill cassidy, the republican senator from louisiana who chairs the senate health committee. not the committee with the main jurisdiction over this nomination. this was the senate finance committee that had to vote to get the nomination out and send it to the floor. that vote was a party line vote. this is what he said. he indicated yesterday that he was kind of working through this nomination. he indicated that the hearing before his committee late last week

gabbard: thank you for the question senator collins.f confirmed as the director of national intelligence my responsibility would be to ensure the security of our nation's secrets it would not take actions to advocate for any actions related to snowden. sen. collins: so the answer is no? ms. gabbard: correct. sen. collins: in 2020 you introduced the protective rape whistleblowers act which would amend the espionage act to make it more difficult to prosecute individuals who reveal classified information. in particular the bill would allow individuals to disclose top-secret information as long as it is not done with the specific intent to injure the united states or advantage any foreign nation. your bill would have created an affirmative defense for public disclosure of classified information were made for several reasons, one of which'twas to expose gross waste of funds. i strongly opposed this legislation which would hamper our ability to prosecute people who give our adversaries classified information. let me ask you this. do you still

favor of collins, 23 voted nay. at his confirmation hearing, collins said he wanted to do more to reach vulnerable veterans during president trump's first term. collins was among the president's most vocal defenders in the house judiciary committee. blue origin is known for taking space tourists into orbit, but today's mission had a different purpose. blue origin's shepard rocket took off from a launch site one that's what it's called in texas around 8 a.m. once it reached space, blue origin was able to recreate the moon's gravity in the crew capsule that allowed the crew to test new lunar technologies. as scientists eye a return to the moon. the mission also carried postcards from blue origin's nonprofit called club for the future. each of those postcards will be returned to their creators with the stamp that says flown to space. kate, the princess of wales, went to school today. she joined students on a field trip. the princess stepped off a bus with a class of four and five year old kids for a visit to the nation

the source with kaitlan collins begins.

commissioner collins. commissioner corso chief the department can call for a newer fire marshal so i guess we're going to go to this one by one as just a quick overview what administrative bulletins are we did this back when we did the last code cycle change essentially it's it's taking the code and put it in simple terms to help the public understand what's intended because sometimes it's through the building department fire code building code and how they kind of intertwine with each other. so we just try to put it simpler, more simple language for them and so start with bullet 2.01 which is titled fire alarm and signaling system submissions pots are plain old telephone service is what they call the copper lines or as we know we're kind of dying down as views and so this was just an update that was put in the code that we needed to add for clarification. and if you look at this bolt, it's very thick, it's very detailed about what people need to do to turn in a fire alarm plan. and we just wanted to clari

>> corny collins. >> who? >> corny collins. >> corny collins!esponse show. [ laughter ] >> it is now. >> seth: yeah. >> it is now. >> seth: i'm kind of like, "what'd we do wrong?" >> stand up and wave, please. stand up and wave, please. yeah, there we go. >> seth: no, stop it. don't encourage it. [ cheers and applause ] >> there we go. beautiful. >> seth: let me -- >> "seth meyers call and response show." >> seth: it'd be so weird if you went to the secret service as a president and they're like, "what do you want your call sign to be?" and you're like, "corny collins." >> corny collins. [ laughter ] nicest kid in town. >> seth: all right, hey, i want to ask you about this show real quick. you are on really, truly one of the most inventive shows in recent years, "jury duty." which is absolutely fantastic. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. >> seth: one of those shows that people explain the premise to you and you thought, "oh, that's great." and then, the way you all executed on it. i know it's a team effort, but it was really spec

i want to thank my guests pete davidson and kaitlan collins.

. >> president collins present vice president shio to present commissioner beltran present. commissioner cher is absent. commissioner shelby is absent. we have corm for today's meeting also for the record. director of cultural affairs ralph remington. deputy director of programs evan glenn. deputy director of finance and administration sara hallenbeck. and chief of staff alissa ventry are all in attendance. >> do we have any agenda changes? no agenda changes. but i would like to say is that i want to express our appreciation at the very top of the meeting for the amount of work that has gone into what we are going to be looking at today. i know that time frames are essential. understanding all the interplays of the budget and how this goes forward and also the timing of it is important. you know given the sequence of legislative requirements with respect to the motions that we will hopefully make today and pass and the action by the commission. so i just want to thank you. staff thank you director, for for pulling this together in a week that was very busy for everybody. so

doug collins the va secretary to be.have to deal with that and get a procedural vote and overcome with that? now if final confirmation votes and finally occurred for rubio, ratcliffe, ratcliff had to get to the process the filibuster process. hegseth they tried to knock out, kristi noem, scott bissett had to go to the same process. sean duffy, he had to go to the same process. lee zeldin didn't he had to go to this same process. and doug burgum had to go through all this in order to get confirmed. this is what the democrat party is doing. so, all these departments of government they say don't cut them, don't change the rules, every person there is essential. no, no, no. but, when it comes to choosing a cabinet secretary they are apparently don't want any. they set will pick them if they are rational and reasonable in other words rational and reasonable people to judge i can go to the whole list the whole conga line of reprobates these democrats have appointed one cabinet position or a net that republicans do this. they a

collins:. sen. collins: edward snowden does stand out as having done particularly grave harm to our national security by revealing top-secret information, including sensitive sources and methods that is jeopardizing agents in the field. let me ask you a question. if confirmed, would you support or recommend a pardon or any kind of clemency for edward snowden? ms. gabbard: thank you for the question senator collins. if confirmed as the director of national intelligence my responsibility would be to ensure the security of our nation's secrets it would not take actions to advocate for any actions related to snowden. sen. collins: so the answer is no? ms. gabbard: correct. sen. collins: in 2020 you introduced the protective rape whistleblowers act which would amend the espionage act to make it more difficult to prosecute individuals who reveal classified information. in particular the bill would allow individuals to disclose top-secret information as long as it is not done with the specific intent to in

people like susan collins.an collins is going to be carrying tulsi gabbard around on her shoulder. if she gets through a primary in maine and then runs in the general election, she's going to have to justify that vote. she's going to have to justify a lot of other votes. the same with thom tillis, who's going to have to justify a vote for pete hegseth and katty kay? the question is, we talked about the doctor, bill cassidy, down in louisiana, but every republican is going to have to justify a vote for rfk jr. who again, has has has been what appears to be anti-science and just on the just on the working knowledge appears not to know the difference between medicare and medicaid. he couldn't even answer that question when asked about the difference between medicare and medicaid. >> yeah. and remember, tulsi gabbard and kennedy are both democrats. you'd think that they might be easier for senators to vote against with their own constituents saying that, you know, we disagree on principle or ideology. the wall stre

you've also got susan collins in maine and others. cassidy in louisiana.> the politics. >> is almost the number one issue for a lot of them. and it's unfortunate that we've gotten to a point where being primaried is probably the toughest part of winning a reelection fight for a lot of these members. >> especially in maga. >> especially in maga. and a call from mike davis, steve bannon or elon musk is the most terrifying thing any of these senators can get. knowing that means a primary challenge is coming and they don't want to face that. so i think it is looming over them. no matter what they say, they have to look two years ahead and say, do i want to spend the next two years trying to raise $100 million and fend off a primary challenge, and then have to go head to head in a purple state against a well-funded, moderate candidate? after i've gone so far to the right, it's not easy. >> is there a limit to those threats, though? can you only threaten someone with a primary for so long? or does everyone actually just say the threat is too great? i'm just goin

our chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins, and anchor of the source joins me now.o is there oversight of elon musk and his coterie? >> our sense is really that for elon musk himself, it's basically unchecked. i mean, yes, obviously there is president trump. and when it came to the faa thing, they said they had the authority granted to them to start working on the nation's aviation systems, granted by president trump himself. musk is obviously in charge of his team, which has grown in the more than two weeks now that trump has been in office. and clearly, you're seeing who he's adding to his team. and just, you know, which agencies they're going into. and now for the department of energy. it said that essentially that this that luke, this person that they had brought on had gotten basically basic i.t. access. the question i think that a lot of people have and the reason we're we're following this so closely is where that goes and how expansive that power becomes. because for elon musk, in these last few weeks, since trump regained power, it has been virtually unchec

this is highly important, but so is senator collins. everybody who has said they've had misgivings about someone along the way. as they fall into line, we get closer to the point where we have trump cabinet. we are still probably just a week away. i'm always anxious to know why can't they just get it together. there are a lot of things going on that they will see two senate votes in the full house in the next 24 hours. this is a big deal here speak up you had thom tillis, the questionable vote for mark pete hegseth. we watched real time if he was going to vote for mike pete hegseth for mike secretary of defense. he came around. then, you have bill cassidy coming around. he specifically said assurances from the white house on vaccines were part of that. now, you have todd young, coming around on tulsi gabbard. this speaks to the huge political tail wind behind the trump presidency. >> democrats need to take a breath and look at rfk jr. specifically. he has not said "i am a conservative." he said "the issue is so important to me, i'm will

collins began law school. and within a few months of graduation head unit was called up to go to iraq. as a flightline chaplain at one of the largest u.s. bases in iraq, doug collins met and prayed with troops who were on the front lines of operation iraqi freedom. we spent time in a hospital visiting injured service members , praying with them and giving them companionship in their recovery. turning to public service mr. collins brought that same service heart to atlanta and washington represented his native north georgia. so when president trump asked him to serve as va secretary, it is no surprise that he once again answered the call to serve mr. president, there was a moment in the confirmation hearing that struck me. c he said, and i quote, the va does not exist in and of itself. it exists from the veteran. doug collins has comforted wounded soldiers, he has taken calls from service members contemplating suicide. he understands what it means to serve the veteran. i look forward to confirming him in this r

kaitlan collins, thanks so much. you don't want to miss caitlyn's show. the source, which airs tonight at 9 p.m. let's bring in the panel for their reactions. i want to start with president trump's relationship with elon musk. and again, like all czars, before unelected, unconfirmed. but he is also a substantial donor to president trump and hugely powerful. like i really this isn't meant as an insult, just meant as a fact. i can't recall a czar more powerful than this one. the washington post reports today. quote, trump views musk as doing the task he assigned him, and the president benefits from letting someone else take the heat for drastic and controversial measures. one adviser described musk as doing the, quote, dirty work, noting that his public approval ratings were dropping. that's according to people close to president trump talking to the washington post. and you just heard trump said that that musk only has access to letting people go if trump agrees with him. what's your reaction to all this, kate? and then shermichael. >> well, it is it is tr

but first, cnn's kaitlan collins. so, caitlin, do white house officials think they can spin their way out of this? because the president did say what he said. i mean, we heard it. >> for trump. it has always been his statements that are the ones that matter. anderson, we have seen this pattern before. when trump was in office the first time, when he was on the campaign trail. and obviously we're seeing it happen today where aides do try to walk back or clarify or soften the comments that he made. and certainly an explosive one last night where he came out and he was essentially suggesting that they would be permanently displaced from gaza, that they would not return there. he was said in part to me when i asked him who he envisioned living there after it was rebuilt, which he and his aides are predicting would take 10 to 15 years, he answered to me, the world's people. and he mentioned that palestinians could be part of that. but he made clear he didn't see it as their homeland essentially anymore. and that's really y

house judiciary committee g chairman jim jordan, special katie britt and congressman mike collins. mike, you were fantastic from georgia. 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 suc

attorney general and doug collins to be the next secretary of veterans affairs. caroline, your reaction. >> when it comes to rfk junior and tulsi g gabbard they were te fire crackers of the group of nominees. they're predicted to sail through. that ultimately is because of jd vance's mediating. he was the key player here behind closed doors, convincing the republican holdouts in the senate to go for them, especially susan collins, susan collins got the assurance she needed that the office of dni would be reduced from the size it is now and with rfk he said look, i'm not this rogue agent, i'm going to follow my boss' orders. just because i have a traditional conservative views about abortions and vaccines doesn't mean i'm not going to follow president trump because i serve at the pleasure of the executive. maria: i was happy to talk to jd vance the other day in that exclusive interview and i asked him what his plans are in four years. he's 40 years old. are you expecting to run for not three and-a-half years? he wasn't ready for it. he said first person to ask me

kaitlan collins, thank you so much. live for us from the east room. and we're here now with mark preston and alex marquardt in studio. mark, what stood out to you there? >> well, you know, i just think overall, let's take a step back and think about what's happening now. just in the past, what, two weeks now or three weeks it's been we're in the fog of war right now. there is so much happening right now that people are not necessarily able to digest it all and understand what's happening. and one side is really fighting the war in a way with no opposition, and that's donald trump. there is no opposition from the democratic party. i don't even know what they could do, to be perfectly honest with you. but we've seen nothing from them and we've seen nothing from republicans in, in the u.s. congress or the supreme court, for that matter at all. what i do think is going to happen, though, is that, you know, give it a couple of weeks, give it a couple of months. and i think some people are going to look back and say, wow, there was a lot of destruction. the

more on all of this now, starting with cnn's kaitlan collins. so what is known about the people working with musk on all of this? i mean, who are these people that now have access to all this proprietary financial information? >> we don't totally have a full picture of that, anderson. we know there's a lot of young silicon valley engineers and people from that world of elon musk's that are here helping him carry out doge that are working on this project with them. it seemed to be about 12 people initially, two weeks ago when they first took office, and doge was getting underway and, and kind of getting a look at all these agencies. it's not totally clear to us if that picture has grown and what that looks like, because we did learn today that elon musk is classified as what's known as a special government employee, an so those we've seen in the biden administration, trump administration, round one, obviously, he's unique in this role because he's someone who has massive federal contracts. he already had a security clearance. i'm told it's a top

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sarah holbeck to present the item. >> good afternoon president collins.president shiota and commissioners. thank you very much for your time and attention this afternoon to this important matter. i'm sarah deputy director of administration. i would not be remiss not to acknowledge the work of kevin kwon and the, counting staff. preparing these materials. thank you very much. we will try to get to the right -- wrong way. >> presentation summary. first we start with a discussion of the budget process and time line. and we will talk about the budget climate and the instructions this we received from the mayor. in preparing this budget subnigz mission and touch on revenues, speak a bit to the matter of hotel tax performance. as you know is important. to our budget. and then we'll talk about expenditure and it is capitol budget of so, we will proceed. so, as you know we are currently in the department phase of the budget process. we are required to conduct two public meetings a part of this process. this is the second of those two. we will submit or budget in

confirming the pick to run the department of veterans affairs with broad support from democrats, doug collins, georgia republican, played a key role in defending president trump in his first impeachment. only democrats opposed the nominee who will now inherit an agency that historically struggled to provide quality health care to the millions of veterans it serves. this is kevin in indiana, a republican line. caller: i was just watching mr. harrigan speak and he gives me faith that this country will survive no matter what type of administration we put in there because as long as we have individuals like that who have common sense and articulate and have the thought for this country and that understand the values this country stands for and sees how the rest of the world is in reality and what this country is not based on that. that diet gives me hope. and i have a 24-year-old son who just got back from afghanistan as a combat marine and i can tell you be changed. from the time he left as a fine young man but came back a very seasoned and disciplined and mature individual. that is because of h

this is doug collins to be secretary of the v.a.. doug collins of georgia. >> very good man.k. >> thank you sir. next up. in light of numerous actions tack and buy a number of bodies at the united nations which exhibited deep anti-american bias, we have an executive order prepared for your attention that would withdraw the united states from the u.n. human rights council, would withdraw the united states from the u.n. rwa which is a refugee organization. it would also review american involvement in unesco which has exhibited anti-american bias. more generally, the executive order calls for american involvement in funding in the u.n. in light of the wild disparities in levels of funding among different countries. as you've expressed previously, it is deeply unfair to the united states. >> so i have always felt that the u.n. has tremendous potential. it's not living up to that potential right now. hasn't for a long time. there were great hopes for it. but it's not being well-run, to be honest. they are not doing the job. a lot of these conflicts we are working on should be sett

. >> and cnn's kaitlan collins is there. caitlin, the president likely to face some tough questions as the administration pushes forward with its federal worker crackdown. tell us more. yeah. >> they've been praising that deadline that was extended because the judge who blocked it from happening last night and going into effect, they're saying that the fact that it's extended until those legal arguments can happen on monday actually benefits them. we know the numbers last night were about 65,000 federal workers who had decided to take that. what is being described essentially as a buyout here. we'll see what happens with those legal challenges that have been running head first into president trump's agenda. but right now, we're here waiting for him to come out with his second world leader that he has met with this week. this time, unlike the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, who he knew quite well, it is the japanese prime minister, ishiba, who it is his first time meeting with president trump. and it's a high stak

that's susan collins of maine. there are some other purplish states, like north carolina and new hampshire as well. but the point is that democrats yes, midterms tend to favor the party out of power, but there just is not much in the playing field for them, given the narrowness of the map. >> yeah. and i think also what i found was really interesting about the dnc election was that neither of the top two contenders with ben wikler ken martin, they weren't talking about this massive overhaul of what they wanted to see the party change in. unlike some of the other candidates who are running. and there were so many worrying signs that came out of the election, they lost traction with young voters, black voters, hispanic voters. and now you don't have a national face leading the party. so while they are going in, in a time where historically the party might shift, especially in the house, towards the opposite of whoever is in power, they have a ton of things to iron out. and even if it's not, it's not a spot that the p

senator susan collins was seen as a possible no vote, late last night she said she would vote for gabbard, saying she does not think gabbard will pardon edward snowden. i look out for senators todd young and jerry moran, they were possible no votes. on r.f.k. jr. side, watch out for senator bill cassidy, a former doctor who has not said if he would vote for r.f.k. jr. saying he was troubled by some of kennedy's previous positions on vaccine safety. that is what i would watch out for. >> todd: we'll be watching. did you hear this? president of el salvador is offering to house deportees and convicted criminals from the united states after striking a deal with secretary of state marco rubio. announcing the agreement in an exclusive interview with fox news, listen. >> i think he will take back the ms-13 prisoners and willing to take back criminals that are not el salvadorians. he is an allie of the united states. >> todd: marco rubio revealing his plans for u.s.a. id, u.s. aid as taking over as acting director. >> there are things we should not be involved funding or that we have questions ab

tulsi gabbard picked up support from senator susan collins today. do you believe, after speaking with your colleagues, that republicans will hold the line and give the president the cabinet he's requested? >> yeah, i do. i mean, i haven't done what we call a whip count and talk to every particular senator, but we're together every day, and you kind of get a feel for things. and it's i think in only 4 or 5 instances have presidents of a particular party not had senators of the same party support his nominees. and i don't think that's going to change this time. i'm not sure. i mean, if there were one person i would say is sort of on the bubble, and i don't want to overstate this, it's miss gabbard. but i saw today where senator collins is going to support her, and that will probably be be enough. that's my best guess at this point. i don't tell my colleagues how to vote, sean. i tell them to follow their heart, but take their brain with them now. >> you don't want to revise and extend those remarks, do you? about your omelet? >> ha. no it's not. i'm c

happen out and get 20% off plus free shipping. >> at the source with caitlin collins. >> during an interview today, the white house press secretary confirmed the trump administration has flown its first planeload of deported migrants to guantanamo bay. that follows other hard line immigration tactics, which include sending more u.s. troops to the southern border and high profile ice raids in major cities. as part of his all over the map series. our john king went to nebraska, which depends on immigrant workers, to see how this is playing out for voters in the immigrants themselves. here's john. >> the nebraska prairie. it's calm and quiet as the rolling farmlands wait out winter. >> this is what community looks like. >> but even here, the new trump agenda stirs passion and fear. >> love over hate. >> immigrant workers are critical in a state where cattle outnumber people by more than 3 to 1. nebraska is second to texas in u.s. beef production, sixth in pork and its cornhusker state nickname celebrates its role as an agriculture giant. >> if we have a hitch in the get a

we have to defeat susan collins in maine. maine is a blue state. we can beat her. she is a tough candidate, vice president harris won maine so i am optimistic we can build on that momentum, find the right candidate and win. in north carolina, senator tillis will be our top target. he nearly won in 2020 and with the right candidate we will win this race. if you look at the north carolina map, we are up the next two cycles. if we spend a lot of time building the grassroots and doing early outreach and building up campaign headquarters, we can win two seats out of north carolina. believe it! there are a number of states that can be in play depending on the environment. these are some red states -- don't get nervous -- it matters who runs, who gets primary, it matters the dynamic of a midterm election against trump. remember 2006. those dynamics helped us flood -- we had more than 40 seats that cycle we won. texas has been in a single digit in recent elections. alaska and kentucky recently elected democrats to statewide offices. if they have elected a governor or a hou

there are other nominations they will vote on today, doug collins for va secretary.e looking at another week or two, we have planes lined up at o'hare. >> steve: he knows everything, he's chad pergram. >> ainsley: happening today, president trump is set to host israeli prime minister netanyahu at the white house. >> steve: alexandria ocasio-cortez alexandria hoff is at the white house and preparing for the president's visit. >> that is right. prime minis prime minister netanyahu is hoping this will be a better meeting with trump than he had with biden. he said the fact this will be mr. trump's first meeting with a foreign leader is testimony to the alliance and our personal friendship and this meeting will deal with critical issues. this is second phase of ceasefire between israel and hamas. initial deal signed one day before president trump's inauguration and numbers chapter will include return of all living hostages with full withdrawal of troops from gaza. benjamin netanyahu is feeling pressure to go on until -- listen. >> number one priority has to be for israeli

kennedy out of committee, and my friend susan collins voted for ac tulsi gabbard. >> susan did her due did a good job talking with her, proud of her. sizsusan is in a tough state in maryland. she getting a hard time and makes har votes. i would rather have her in office than a democrat from maryland. great to see tulsi gabbard get out with anon -- arkunanimous republican support, the same with robert f. kennedy and with kash patel. we have to let clock run on people that are in front of them, there is a 30 hour debate time. and i believe that time will work out where we could vote on tulsi gabbard and bobby by the end of next week. >> that would be great. that being a republican from maine, the great state of maine. >> did i say maryland, sorry, maine. larry: no, i'm not contradicts it is a easy mistake, i have known senator collins for many years, i count her as a friend whether we agree or disagree, she does what she does, she has as much integrity as anyone i know. >> i would agree with that, i mess up maryland and maine i dlike january and june for me, i will agree, she is honest,

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