to serve as secretary of the interior i'll bring those experiences and those lessons learned to the leadership of tens of thousands of dedicated professionals within the department of interior which brings us to president trump's vision for a vibrant future together. the american people have clearly placed their confidence in president trump for energy dominance and energy dominance, that's the foundation of prosperity, affordability for american families and unrivaled national security. today america produces energy cleaner, smarter, safer than anywhere in the world and when energy production is restricted in america it doesn't reduce demand it shifts productions to countries like russia and iran whose autocratic leaders don't not only care about the environment, but use their revenues from energy sales to fund wars against us and our allies. president trump's energy dominance vision will end those wars abroad, will make life more affordable for every family in america, by driving down inflation and president trump will achieve those goals while championing clean care, clean water and protecting our beautiful lands. next to tr national park we're building the t

department of the interior and its policies. dozens of letters of support nationwide underscore your reputation as a leader. one who is committed to change, committed to fostering relationships reflect widespread confidence in your vision and your readiness to lead this organization. the department of the interior plays a central role in addressing many of these challenges particularly in states like utah, my state or federal land management shapes nearly every aspect of our day-to-day life because the federal government owns two thirds of the land of 67% in my state. there are other members of this committee represent out there public land states to understand the relationship with pain the department even called to lead in their day-to-day lives. nearly one fifth of the land of the united states is under the jurisdiction of the u.s. department of the interior at my state is much higher than that of course. this influences everything from energy development, the public land excess, tribal relations and wildlife management utah w

roberts accuses the department of interior of rushing through the scotts valleypplication without adequate review. what's more, the yocha dehe, which owowned cache creek casino in brooks, california, says the scotts valley band of pomo indians has no historic connection to the land they're asking for. a tribe from 90 miles plus north, with no ancestral or cultural connection to the land, to come in and build a mega casino on our land. it's truly hurtful. it may be a part of their heritage, and we respect that, but it's also part of ours as well. governor newsom and a number of solano county officials have also voiced opposition to the project, though vallejo's city council recently voted to work with the tribe if the trust is granted. so, as gonzalez and the scotts valley band of pomo indians wait for word from the bureau of indian affairs, there's at least hope they won't be a landless tribe much longer. joe rosado jr. that is huge for us. nbc bay area news. let's get a check of our forecast. dangerous santa ana winds down south, and we've got a wind advisory in the bay area. obviously no

to these large fires. 600 or so are currently federal work which means forest service and department of interior. it doesn't include many who are assigned to their home units to provide initial attack. to give you an idea of the unsung heroes in these conditions, in the last 24 hours we've had 15 starts and the initial attack staff has been wonderful. we've stopped the potential for 50 additional fires to be added to these fires that we currently have. -- i wanted to mention that because we talk about the act of fire suppression. there is so much that takes place behind the scenes that limits the amount of fires are firefighters have to respond to. the president did an excellent job of mentioning the resources available and assigned it to the fire. we have a number of equipment that is out there when the winds allow us would be in the air fighting the fires. we also have a number of private contract crews we are working with. the tribal firefighters, as well. we are looking at these maps, there are eight of these. this time of year we are not ready for that. but within the next 24-48 hours, we w

particularly those amused uniquely indirect about the same echo department of interior and its policy reflects pretty widespread confidence in your vision and readiness to lead this organization. department of the interior of course plays a central role in addressing many of the challenges particularly in states like utah my state were federal land management shapes nearly every aspect of our day-to-day life because the federal government owns two thirds of the land about 67 percent sent in my state. this is influences everything from energy devoted to public land access tribal relations wildlife management. in utah with the federal government controls more than two thirds of the land the impact of the policies are profoundly sent the decisions made in washington rippled through our economy. and our communities unfortunately the policies have taken a troubling turn during the biden administration banning national monuments like grand staircase without meaningful input from local communities. as jeopardize access and harmed locals who call these places on. the public lands rule and res

the forest service and the department of interior were actively engaged in supporting the response of the wildfires in southern california. therefore major fires we currently have going on. the forest service and unified command with l.a. county as well as governors and locals, city agencies. we aren't look at eating, hurst, lydia. if you look at that area there that the northernmost part of that area where the fires are taking place be the palisades of fire which is in control of. and then we have a new start that just started last night. it also has potential to expand quite significantly just based on the location it is at. when she note second to none. in terms of how the system work and how it really work to workeo activate federal firefighting community. and how it is activated and engaged. every year we prepare for the santa ana winds. it's just that what is happening now is happening sooner. it's happening at a time now or we are usually in our lowest point in a fire ear for the fact these buyers are taking place now it's out there things going on in our climate that's creatin

the forest service and the department of interior were actively engaged in supporting the response of the wildfires in southern california. there are four major fires we currently have. the forest service is in unified command with l.a. county and other local, city agencies. we are looking at eaton, hurst, lydia. if you look at that area there that is the northernmost part of the area where the fires are taking place. the palisades fire and then we have a new start, a fire that just started last night that also has the potential to expand quite significantly just based on the location but also the wind is expected to continue. right now when i look at the mutual aid system in california, i want you to know it is second to none in terms of how the system works and how it really moves to activate the federal firefighting community and how it is activated and engaged. every year, we prepare for the santa ana winds. it's just that what is happening now is happening sooner. it is happening at a time where we normally are at the lowest point in the fire year and the fact that these fires ar

department of interior is approving a request by the scotts valley band of pomo indians to place a 128land in federal trust. that means the government holds a title, and the tribe gets to develop and govern the land. the scotts valley tribe plans to build an eight story casino, homes and an administrative building on the site, which is bordered by i-80 and columbus parkway in vallejo. now, several bay area tribes, along with governor newsom, oppose the plan. they say the scotts valley tribe has no historic connection tohe land. we want to return you to our coverage of the deadly and destructive fires ravaging southern california. the devastating images coming out of the area has left many people in the bay area wondering how they can help fire victims. nbc bay area's alyssa goard has a look at some of the ways people are jumping in to offer support. here in the bay area, businesses and community groups have been finding all kinds of ways to help support folks who have been impacted by the fires in los angeles. many people here say that their loved ones have had their lives forever chan

. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changedit is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more >> so i'm linda i'm part owner and manager of the paper tree in jeopardy an town. >> paper tree opened by my parent in 1968. so we other second oldest business in jap an town. at 55 years this year. we have beautiful papers from japan, thailand, italy, korea and the biggest selection of orgami. i do it because of my grand father and he wrote to the first english in it in the early 50s. he had an import business to import japanese goods and of course we had our line of paper. to go with the books he produced. it is something i have been doing since i was 5 and i'm happy to say i'm a designer now and of course having paper tree. it is grit. >> during the pandemic i wanted do something

we are the taxpayers representatives inside the department of the interior, and i think we've been doing that job really well. >> so let's talk about the big picture impact of not just your job, but all of these. you say you're still sifting through the rubble. i mean, what does that mean for taxpayers if there are not people like you in these roles? >> well, i would say it's it's troubling. these should be sending these removals, should be sending off alarm bells for a number of different reasons. but the primary one, in my view, is the independence of these positions. the whole construct of inspectors general, it's based on us being independent, that we're not beholden to a political party of of any stripe, that we are there as the taxpayers, representatives to call balls and strikes without any dog in the fight. and so that's the question is what will what will president trump do with these positions? is he going to nominate watchdogs or is he going to nominate lapdogs? that's the key question. if he's going to nominate independent minded folks who are independent in body and spirit,

across four senate hearing rooms testimony was heard for the nominees for treasury secretary, department of interior, the epa, and housing and urban development, climate change and trump's proposed tariffs top of mind. >> all through the campaign we heard foreign countries were going to pay it. i think that's baloney. it's going to be paid for by workers and small businesses. >> the history of tariffs and optimal tariff theory does not support what you're saying. >> the confirmation hearings continue tomorrow. next on the hot seat, south dakota governor kristi noem, who is trump's choice for homeland security secretary. >>> the heads of some of the world's biggest tech companies will attend president-elect trump's inauguration monday, including ceos of tiktok, which is facing a nationwide ban set to begin one day prior, tim cook from apple, mark zuckerberg from meta, elon musk and google's ceo. trump promised mass deportations shortly after taking office in a few days. how local nonprofits are now working to educate people about their rights. >> reporter: like millions of children across the country

the bill requires the department of interior to partner and collaborate with the department of agriculture and the state of hawaii to address r.o.d. it supports ongoing detection efforts to combat rapid ohia death. by empowering the fish and wildlife service to fully help the constituent of hawaii we can in the only prevent the spread of r.o.d. but move to restoring native forests throughout our state. i want to very much thank and send our sincerest mahalos to representative westerman and ranking member huffman for their conned prioritization of this bill. we cannot afford to wait. we cannot afford to stand alone and continue to lose our native forests in hawaii. they protect and sustain our people and provide critical habitat for native species. this bill can help turn the tide in the fight against rapid ohia death and protect and preserve ohia and hawaii's unique ecosystems for future generations. thank you to all who have supported our bill. i urge my colleagues to join me in voting yes. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from californ

. >> reporter: marc lee greenblatt served as the inspector general for the department of interior until night when president trump fired him, along with more than a dozen other igs. >> this is absolutely unprecedented. there is nothing that's ever happened remotely like this. >> reporter: greenblatt, who trump appointed during his first term, worries about who could replace him. >> the key is that our reports have credibility because we're independent. >> reporter: california senator adam schiff says trump broke the law because he did not give congress the required 30-day notice. >> the american people, if we don't have good and independent inspector generals, are going to see the swamp refill. >> reporter: but republicans like senator lindsey graham were quick to defend the president. >> get new people. he feels like the government hasn't worked very well for the american people. these watchdog folks did a pretty lousy job. >> reporter: just one week into his second term, trump has shut down dei programs across the government, removed at least 20 state department officials in leadershi

he worked at the department of interior, and essentially he warned that the firing of these different independent watchdogs would quote or he said, warned that, quote, nominating and appointing political lackeys would harm americans. take a listen to what he said i don't know what the basis of the removal was, but we've been doing good, high impact work trying to help the american taxpayer. >> we are the taxpayers representatives inside the department of the interior. and what will president trump do with these positions? is he going to nominate watchdogs, or is he going to nominate lap dogs? that's the key question. >> now, kate, as you could hear greenblatt saying there, the concern is that these different inspectors general are meant to be independent and operate independently, not be political appointees. and this is something that actually we saw play out during donald trump's first term when he fired several independent watchdogs and argued it was because they were disloyal. now, trump did confirm that he fired these people over the weekend, telling reporters on air force one th

it will still say a golf of america but google says we are waiting for the department of interior to update the system, now saying golf of america. no response from them yet. dan crenshaw of texas xing the ceo, it is golf of mexico. stuart: what about make europe great again, rally in spain. lauren: organized by patriots for europe party held in madrid, spain, the seventh and the eighth. this is the far right wing movement spreading globally, this party has become the third-largest political group in the eu parliament comprised of 86 lawmakers and the delegation went to washington for trump's inauguration. stuart: i think it is a great idea. coming up, democrat senator elizabeth warren says she agrees with trump and musk on the something important. we will try to tell you what it is. vice president vance is calling out beth that -- criticism of ice raids. >> i think the us conference of catholic bishops has not been a good partner. i hope as a devout catholic they will do better. stuart: what does jonathan morris think of vance's criticism? he is walking towards me on the set in new y

mark greenblatt, who was fired from his post as inspector general of the interior department, told thearlier that he was heartbroken when he received notice of his firing friday night. mark greenblatt, former inspector general, department of interior: the biggest fear that i have is, frankly, is the politicization of the inspector general community. i think this should be -- should send up some red flags for the american taxpayer. we have to make sure that the mechanism of the inspector general is independent and apolitical. laura: to discuss the impact of this decision, i'm joined by glenn fine, former inspector general for the department of justice in the clinton, bush and obama administrations. and he also served as acting inspector general of the defense department during president trump's first term, until trump fired him. glenn, thank you so much for joining. to start, why are inspector general so essential to providing checks and balances for the federal government? glenn fine, former acting inspector general, department of defense: well, thank you for having me. inspectors gene

it was established by the department of interior for the purpose of maintaining the federal government'ss to the native americans. haskell university serves as a custodian of tribal culture offering students the opportunity to receive tuition-free higher education in an environment that understands and prioritizes indigenous values. yet haskell has faced significant challenges. haskell's campus which once serves b served as a sanctuary for native american art and history has been neglected by the bureau of indian education. many buildings, many which serve as u.s. historic landmarks are in disrepair are no longer in use. many of the residential buildings on campus are not equipped with heating, ventilation or air conditioning and the campus is not compliant with the americans with disabilities act. it is the responsibility of the bureau of indian education as described in the indian education act of 1972 to, quote, ensure continued and expanded educational opportunities for indian students. yet the bie failed to maintain haskell's infrastructure or to provide a safe campus for students a

now, trump wants him to run the department of the interior because, sure, why not doug burgum? doug burgum his confirmation hearing was also supposed to be tomorrow, but it also now has been called off because, like with the guy they want to abolish, i mean lead the va. the trump transition was also just unable to get the paperwork together for the doug berman doug burgum nomination. so now doug burgum can't have his confirmation hearing tomorrow either. both of them called off the day before the hearings were supposed to happen. and now here's word of another. and this one is for the trump nominee, who i think is probably the least confirmable of any of them. this is the trump nominee who i would argue might even be less confirmable than matt gaetz would have been if they had left him as the nominee nominee for attorney general. i'm speaking, of course, of trump's choice for director of national intelligence, tulsi gabbard. this is the choice when this nomination was announced, russian state tv reacted to this announcement like it was the kremlin's biggest international victor

with these, the two confirmation hearings that have been canceled for tomorrow, the va and department of interior confirmation hearings have been canceled tomorrow because trump's transition couldn't get its act together to have even their first nominees ready in time for their first hearings. even with those two cancellations, even this last week of the transition, before we even get to the inauguration, you should expect that tomorrow is going to be a huge day. for one, we're expecting the justice department to release half of its special counsel report, the half that details the criminal evidence against trump, which led to his federal indictment for inciting january 6th for trying to overthrow the government. we're going to be talking with andrew weissmann about the release of that report live here in just a few minutes, looking at what to expect from that report, looking at some intriguing requests made by at least one state attorney general who's asking to obtain the whole report, the whole case file, for the purposes of possible state charges, which is super interesting. we're going to hav

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serve we have a presidential memorandum encouraging agencies in your government including department of interior lumbee tribe of north carolina. >> president donald trump: i love the lumbee tribe this is a big step forward for them right? >> it is a big step. >> president donald trump: i wouldn't have it any other way it'll be great. the lumbee tribe. okay you will send them a copy? >> yes, sir. >> president donald trump: okay. >> if you'd like i can get them the pen as well. >> president donald trump: he let's do it. >> next we have a set of pardons for peaceful pro-life protesters who were prosecuted by the biden administration for exercising they're first amendment rights. i believe 23, sir. >> president donald trump: 23 people that were prosecuted, they should not have been prosecuted. many of them are elderly people. they should not have been prosecuted. this is a great honor to sign this. they will be very happy. they are all imprisoned now? >> some are cocked somewhere out of custody. >> president donald trump: it's ridiculous. okay. >> lastly assert we have an executive order ordering th

now the pause will last at least until the department of interior reviews the costs and environmental. new jersey congressman jeff van drew who helped author the executive order says this about the review. >> i think it is probably going to be around six months from beginning to end. i think it will be very telling. my hope is that this will end the wind turbine industry in america forever. >> now president trump has criticized wind turbines calling them ugly, unreliable and expensive. president biden gave a billion dollars in government sub see dees to the danish energy company back in 2023 just to see them pull the plug on two wind projects off the coast of new jersey citing the high costs. critics have raised concerns that wind turbines interfere with military radars, conservationists claim they disrupt fish migration and kill whales. noaa says the whale deaths are unrelated. 10% of america's electricity now comes from wind. >> texas, the oil capital of the world getting 22% of its electricity from the wind. iowa, 60% of its electricity coming from the wind. this has become foundat

the pause will last at least until the department of interior reviews the cost and environmental impactsy. >> might hope this will end thee wind turbine industry forever. >> critic congressman jeff van drew help write the executive order. >> it damages the open, hurts the whales, hurts the fishermen, bad for national security. >> know it denies whale deaths there are questions wind turbines interfering with military radar. concerns the wind industry relies too heavily on government subsidies. in 2023 president biden gave a billion dollars to danish a wind company just to see them pull out of two wind projects off the coast of new jersey due to high cost. advocates argue there is no going back. noting 10% of america's electricity comes from wind. texas, the oil company of the world getting 22% of its electricity from the wind. iowa, 60% of its electricity coming from the wind. this has become foundational to the heartland of america. we need to keep moving forward. >> the fate of projects already under construction is unclear. new york was planning on building five offshore wind farms off

securities exchange commission, justice department and department of defense, cia, the department of agriculture, department of commerce, department of the interior. and just a blizzard of opposition. as commerce will describe to you in detail because he was right there at the time. the opposition was always couched in general terms like these are proprietary information. and we couldn't get that information from the business community unless we protect the privacy . whether they use the privacy argument or the national security argument, the one example was quite notable that for years the navy department would not provide any existing air pollution agency in the executive branch at that time with information about the volume of sewage disposal from their naval bases. their argument, that some of our antagonists overseas might be able to use that data in order to estimate the number of sailors at the nato base. thus the extent to which the excuses dissented. the opposition always wanted exemptions or dilutions for waivers . the banking industry was a big success unfortunately in that kind of successful effort. protecting secrecy of bank examinat

haaland: so, of course, i when i first got to the department of the interior, it was very exciting. really long time to get so much of our agenda completed. now, with just a few days left, of course, i'm feeling a little sad to leave my colleagues, but i know that we worked so hard and we got a tremendous amount accomplished. i have to believe that our best days are ahead of us. and, you know, administrations come and go -- are the voices of the american people who want to conserve our these beautiful natural resources that we have. those voices will continue. yes, i am. i am always going to be involved. and i feel confident that that my voice was important in this administration and it will be important in the future as well. amna: what's ahead for you? what's next? haaland: i'm going to go back to new mexico. i'm looking forward to some enchiladas with red chili, quite frankly. but, you know, we have an amazing group of political appointees that my colleagues that i served with at the department, we're all sort of spreading out to do some amazing things. and so i look forward to s

department of interior is approving a request by the scotts valley band of pomo indians to place a 128e parcel of land in federal trust. what that means is the government holds the title, but the tribe gets to develop and govern the land. the scotts valley tribe plans to build an eight story casino, as well as homes and an administrative building on the site, which is bordered by i-80 and columbus parkway in vallejo. several bay area tribes, along with governor newsom, oppose the plan. they say the scotts valley tribe has no historic connection to the land. meanwhile, macy's flagship san francisco store has been spared. for now, the company has shared a list of more than 60 store locations closing this year. macy's said it will close 66 stores, most in the first quarter of the year, and that includes a few bay area locations, like one in newark as well as corte madera. it's part of the company's plan, which was announced last year to close about 150 underproducing stores over the next three years. the union square store is still on the chopping block, but it's spared for now. plans to

has ordered the department of the interior to change the name of north america's tallest mountain. this story begins tonight's west coast rap. >> the peak in alaska is once again called mount mckinley after a former president. former president obama changed it to it's alaska native name, denali in 2015. president mckinley actually never even went to alaska, but a prospector named it after him back in 1896. trump's order also changed the name of the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. mexico also has a long coastline circling that body of water, and has said the gulf of mexico name has been internationally recognized for hundreds of years. >> today marks five years since the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of nba legend kobe bryant, his daughter gianna and seven others on january 26th, 2020. their helicopter crashed into a hillside in southern california. an investigation by the ntsb found a series of poor decisions made by the pilot contributed to the accident. bryant, who spent his entire career with the los angeles lakers, made history as the first guard to play 20 sea

the idea of migrating the department of interior and department ofagriculture, usda and put it where the issue is. and that's the idea that is in this bill as well. local ex per test, they know the wind parents and know what is looking like and maybe not making the right call and treat the area. fix our forest act is a giant step. i support it wholeheartedly and i -- and it can be a bipartisan effort. there is nothing wrong with this bill. let's do it. i yield back. mr. moore: i will quickly touch on it as well. there will be some clear bipartisan support on this. and if you are looking at it through the lens of common sense, we should get an abundance of it. i reflect back to monday when president trump during his inaugural address, be a party of common sense. as i wrap up here. there are a lot of games that get played in washington. minority and majority and there is a lot of back and forth that goes on. i have experienced both. i experienced it all switching back and forth. there is a lot of times the majority will put in a bill that has poison pills in it and becomes an entire me

the department of interior in cooperation with the u.s.s, this committee and the states will play a pivotal role in achieving the outcomes to make the world safer and america even better for our children, our grandchildren, and generations to come. >> bessent meantime says one of his biggest priorities is extending trump's tax cuts. >> this is the single most important economic issue of the day. this is pass-fail. if we do not fix these tax cuts, if we do not renew and extend then we will be facing an economic calamity. >> bessent and burgum are not expected to be in any trouble of winning senate confirmation. lawrence, steve, ainsley, and brian. >> brian: right. thanks, maddie. a little more intellectual yesterday as they talked about inflation and things to that nature. scott has been on both sides of it. he was with george soros for a while. he came out from meager means. his dad lost everything when he was in high school. he went to work. he said first job was at 9. he never stopped working. he said i knew what it was like to be upper

the department of the interior is proud to announce the implementation of name restorations that honor the legacy of american greatness. as directed by the president, the gulf of mexico will now officially be known as the gulf of america. for us is still the gulf of mexico for the whole world. it will continue to be the gulf of mexico. so to see you see him, the artist donald quarter has been taking a look at what the u. s. has in store for. it's so cold, backyard, and how those plans are actually pushing latin america ever closer to russia. changing the name of a body of water as one se, but trumps even send navy seals to the southern border and suggested sending the us military to mexico to liquidate the drug. cartels which the us president has designated terrorist organizations. this is actually an executive order designating the cartels and other organizations to be 4 and terrorist organizations tend to be one research people and wanted to do this for years. so they are now designated is terrorist organizations foreign. and mexico probably doesn't want that. we have to do here is w

and if you go through all the agencies and the department of agriculture, department of interior, department of energy and epa, virtually all the sub secretaries and agency heads, the political appointees are now polluters. as i show my book from the worst industries. and these, you know, there's nothing wrong with having businesspeople in our government. it's usually a good thing to bring competence and expertise into our government. but as i show my book in these cases, all of these individuals have entered government, not for the public service, but to subvert the very laws they're now charged with enforcing. is there anything in your view that the bush administration has done right when it comes to the environment? the diesel rule was a good rule, but, you know, you raise that against foreign. and i think 430, i now probably over 500. really, really catastrophic decisions or disastrous decisions, some of them catastrophic. and it's not much of a record. and even, you know and i've gotten great from this for this book even from republican i i publications like the new post this is not a a

inspector general of the department of interior until this weekend. >> the key question. >> here is, is who does the president. >> appoint in the place. >> of the. >> igs that he's removed? >> we are. >> the we're. so-called watchdogs inside. >> the federal agency. so does he appoint. >> true watchdogs or. >> does he appoint lapdogs? if a member of the trump administration is accused of ethics. misconduct or. >> some sort of criminal violation. >> will the. >> ig be willing. >> to. >> investigate that in a fulsome and comprehensive manner? will they be willing to come to findings. negative findings. about that trump political appointee? that is the key question. >> and so this morning, thanks to donald trump, when pete hegseth reported to work at the pentagon today for the first time as secretary of defense, he had the pleasure of knowing as he entered the building that he wouldn't have to go through the metal detector. and there was no inspector general left in the pentagon, no one in the pentagon empowered to investigate. pete hegseth. >> the american. >> people. >> if we don't have

trump's picks for treasury secretary, department of the interior, epa and housing and urban development testifying under oath. tomorrow the confirmation hearings continue with trump's nominee for homeland security secretary and a big focus is expected to be on the southern border. trump will be sworn back into office just four days from now. he promised a swift crackdown on illegal immigration, even potential mass deportations. some immigration sweeps have been carried out this week in the central valley and now some farmworkers and others across california say they're scared to show up to work. here in the bay area advocates worry the recent sweeps are just a foreshadowing of what's to come. as our veronica macias reports, local nonprofits are working to educate people about their rights in the event of bay area deportations. >> reporter: like millions of children across the untry, tiffany is worried about her parents who are two of nearly 1.8 million undocumented immigrants in california. >> they're both immigrants and, well, it just overall scares them and whenever they go to work, t

excitement and enthusiasm that our north dakota governor, doug burgum, will be at the helm of the department of interior, and my hopes remain high that you will feel the same about governor kristi noem at the helm of the department of homeland security. these two governors understand the needs in indian country and what words like tribal sovereignty, jurisdiction and consultation mean to the indigenous people speaks volumes to her leadership and to her character. it's my honor to to support her and turn it over to her. >> thank you for this great introductions. the committee has also received several statements in support of governor noem's nomination, including a letter from 22 fellow governors, the international association of firefighters, and six other organizations. without objection, these letters of support will be made part of the hearing record. and i know our senators have to go, but thank you for coming and doing those introductions. it's the practice of this committee to swear in witnesses. governor noem, please stand and raise your right hand do you swear that the testimony you will give be

department of energy to issue regulations about how and when drilling might be allowed in certain places. often as isa brett -- suggested there will be interagency discussion because the department of the interior and noaa and others might have ideas especially as you get into public waterways. it would apply only to public land. but once you get far enough offshore it is all public. there is i think, the order as far as i know is still on the books. and there would be a process that in law for a future president to rescind that should they desire to do so and president trump has talked eagerly about rolling back that order and other things that he sees as limits on fossil fuel production. host: what are some other ways that executive orders can be rolled back or revoked? guest: by congressional action. congress could say no, we do not like what you have done so they will directly overturn that order in the statute. or they will reign in some of the broad delegation and discretion that they had granted a president earlier. and that can certainly happen when they decide now i see what you can do with the discretion that we can give you we need to shift that and rein it in. the presidents have an

it needs approval from the department of the interior, but other tribes want the project blocked, arguing that the scotts valley band has no historic ties to that particular land. the band disagrees, arguing their people have historically lived on large swaths of northern california from 90 miles plus north, with no ancestral or cultural connection to the land, to come in and build a mega casino on our land. it's truly hurtful. it may be a part of their heritage, and we respect that, but it's also part of ours as well. while the city of vallejo supports the project, governor newsom and other solano county officials have come out against it. up next. is this a prank? a waymo mishap leaves a man stuck inside the vehicle while it does donuts. the story behind the video just ahead. and here's a look inside the control room at rockefeller center. lester holt preparing for nightly news. one of the top stories, the khanna. the connection at a bakery in chicago. what a regular customer discovered about his birth mother after buying sweets there for years. pete g. writes, "my tween wants a new pho

next, a presidential memorial and him encouraging agencies including the department of the interior tonition of the lumbee tribe of north carolina. taylor: a slew of executive orders, the big news for me as he had david sachs, ai and crypto czar next to him, told the president you are signing this to make the us the crypto capital of the world. we will continue to bring breaking news on ai and crypto. i want to go back to the devastation in california. the state attorney general cracking down on price gouging. california's ag filed charges against a local real estate agent who allegedly increased the price of a rental by 38% after the application was sent in. california law prohibits raising the price of an item by 10% of its price before a state or local declaration of emergency. what does one of la's if not the top real estate agent, state developer, joining us, the agency founder and ceo, great to have you here, wish it was better circumstances but you are a co-founder of the american real estate association. talk about these allegations and price gouging you may not be hearing abou