doug burgum says he's grateful mr trump may already be trying to test both his party's loyalty is they and the constitution. doug burgum says he's grateful to president—elect trump for the opportunity to achieve energy dominance as secretary of the department of the interior. the department manages hundreds gas and mineral reserves. mr burgum, who helped develop the trump campaign's energy policy, will also be the head of the newly formed national energy council — which will coordinate energy policy across the federal government. those combined roles put mr burgum at the helm of trump's effort to ramp up energy production — or "drill, baby, drill" as he would say. i've been discussing burgum's nomination with democratic congresswoman of new mexico, melanie stansbury. i believe you sent on social media recently, you think the trump administration wants to, quote, burn it all down. what are you referring to? i quote, burn it all down. what are you referring to?- —— and it is very governor doug... that is what he said on the campaign trail every single day. it's what he promised. we know

what do we know about doug burgum?latest appointment we've heard of. >> that announcement for doug burgum for the interior secretary was scheduled for today. but donald trump leaked the news out himself when he was addressing an audience at mar-a-lago. doug burgum is the north dakota governor. a very wealthy businessman. he ran for the presidency himself. not really as a kind of maga figure, but he dropped out and fully threw his weight behind donald trump. that seems to have been paying off. he's been asked to do this top job. in terms of what the job means, he will be in charge of federal lands. he's also going to take on this role, what is being termed as an energy czar. i think what you will read into this is he will be expected to carry out donald trump's call to boost fossil fuel production. that of course sparking alarm amongst environmental groups who want this kind of land, these federal lands protected. we heard donald trump speaking on the campaign trail talking about drill, baby drill. that was his mantra.

maria: a piece what have you would expect should expect from the new energy czar that is doug burgum.rump named him to run this new committee as well as become energy czar, you know, cheryl, this is really important. because this is where growth economic growth can originate president trump talked about tapping into energy capacity, kamala harris during campaign tried to make it all about frack frag i was against fracking now for, flip-flopping here flip-flopping there not just fracking, any administration can kill an try with new rooms and regulations what they've done the last four years under democrat roll last decade in terms of energy industry. they've basically, put so many rules, regulations in this industry, that it is hard to make progress or show growth. >> journal pointed out in that article you referenced that the epa needs to be front and center, epa -- in energy production time to restart keystone, time to open up fracking lng nuclear all things to make us energy-independent you know good back four years, we went from donald trump to joe biden, all of a sudden we are onc

and trump taps north dakota's governor doug burgum as interior secretary and energy czar — tasked withy production. hello, i'm carl nasman. welcome to this special programme on president—elect donald trump's transition into power. this week, we've seen a flurry of announcements, featuring some divisive choices for his team before he takes office injanuary. shortly, we'll speak to a public health professor about trump's pick of the environmentalist and vaccine sceptic robert f kenneder to lead the department of health and human services. one of the most controversial choices is former florida congressman matt gaetz as attorney general — he faced an ethics investigation as a member of the house of representatives. and a fox news tv host, pete hegseth, is being nominated as secretary of defense — he is a military veteran but has never held political office. and north dakota gov. doug burgum will lead the interior department, an agency whose portfolio includes both on—shore and off—shore drilling. we'll speak to congresswoman melanie stansbury,

excited about doug burgum.ked with him. he's innovative, he has the background, he understands energy, he's from north dakota. he's a great pick. the production side is the department of interior, energy grants and nuclear is primarily the department of energy. i think both picks are great. maria: what is the most important role of secretary of interior. >> the secretary has production onshore, offshore, permitting and the pace. when i was secretary we came in and i think we were 8.3 million barrels a day and declining in two short years we were at 12.5 million barrels a day, the world's largest exporter of energy. it makes a difference. gas was about $2 a gallon. the biden he administration basically shut down permitting. the pace will have to be picked up. overall, i agree with the energy portfolio. if you have a strong, reliant, affordable energy, the economy is going to move forward. maria: that's very important. i mean, what you just said in terms of the most important role of the secretary of interior, i

burgum, welcome back to "meet the pres >>> welcome back.s and joining me now is republican governor doug burgumnorth oe dakota. governor burgum, welcome back to "meet the press." >> kristen, great to be with you. good morning. bee >> good morning. thank you for being here on this sunday before election day. great to have your perspective. let's start off by talking abouf women voters and something that nikki haley said in particular and she's, of course, trump's former primary rival and former u.n. ambassador. she said she does not believe the former president's closing message is resonating with women voters. listen to what she had to say.wh >> this is not a time for them to get overly masculine with this bromance thing that they've got going.t 53% of the electorate are women. women will vote. they care about how they're being talked to, and they care about the issues. they need to remember that. >> governor, do you think that mr. trump's closing message is resonating with persuadable women voters? >> well, i think that president trump's closing message will go beyond gender. they go beyond id

second term for this administration. >> cnn is reporting your former boss north dakota governor doug burgum is under consideration for a role as energy czar in the second term of trump's presidency according to a person familiar with current discussions. are you hearing burgum doesn't necessarily wanted a cabinet position but would entertain a czar like an advisory position? >> i am not going to get into speculation over who is getting what. i am a fan of doug burgum. i was proud to work for him. he does have the level of experience somebody like donald trump would appreciate. he grew up in a small town, started a business with ten people, grew it into an international company and sold to microsoft. he recently met with netanyahu. he he has the business acumen someone like donald trump i believe respects. he has been governor for two terms of the second largest energy producing state in america. you put those two qualities together and you can say what i was talking about. trump has a lot of quality individuals to choose from. at the end of the day, it will be donald trump's decision. >> th

and former north dakota governor doug burgum has been picked to head the interior department.e also ran for president in 2024 before dropping out and endorsing mr. trump. all three will be subject to senate confirmation. president-elect donald trump spoke at an america first policy institute gala from mar-a-lago in florida. he reflected on the recent election and announced former north dakota governor doug burgum as the choice for interior secretary. mr. trump was introduced by actor and filmmaker sylvester stallone. this i

yesterday alone, last of which happened last night here in florida regarding north dakota governor doug burgum>> i won't tell you his exact name. he's an incredible person. something like burgum. from north dakota. he'll be announced for a very big position. he'll head the department of interior and he'll be fantastic. reporter: the name that got all the headlines yesterday was rfk jr.. trump announcing he's nominating him to be health and human services secretary and that's something he talked about last night at an event at mar-a-lago. take a listen. >> the news reports. people like you, bobby. don't get too popular, bobby. we want you to come up with things and ideas and what you've been talking about for a long time. i think you're going to do some unbelievable things. l reporter: he picked todd blanch during the new york hush money trial and john thune says they're going to look at every option on the table to get trump's nominations confirmed. take a listen. >> we have to have auronominees in court and we are not going to let the democrats to thwart the will of the people and the people

and former north dakota governor doug burgum has been picked to head the interior department. he also ran for president in 2024 before dropping out and endorsing mr. trump. all three will be subject to senate confirmation. president-elect donald trump spoke at an america first policy institute gala from mar-a-lago in florida. he reflected on the recent election and announced former north dakota governor doug burgum as the choice for interior secretary. mr. trump was introduced by actor and filmmaker sylvester stallone. this is about 25 minutes. sweet. when i did "rocky," if you remember the first image was a picture of jesus, it said resurrection a.c. club. i found a church that had been converted to a boxing ring. though the image shines down, and that shows he was a chosen person, and that began the journey. something was going to happen, this man was going to go through a metamorphosis and change lives , just like president trump. [applause] we are in the presence of a really mythical character. i love mythology. and this individual does not exist on this planet. nobody in

doug burgum led the third highest oil-producing state.production. now, chris wright at energy, he led liberty energy which is a shale fracking company. he actually helped pioneer shale fracking over three decades ago. and these people have business experience, they know how markets work unlike the biden folks who really were completely detached from energy reality. now, i think there are couple of things that are going to be high priorities. obviously, the deregulation, increasing leasing on federal lands. that's something that biden walked back. and the other thing is reducing the subsidies for green energy which are really distorting markets right now. paul: yeah. kim, this is really interesting. i mean, burr burgum is going -- burgum is going to have control -- the interior department controls leasing rules, and i guess that's going to be to the not just federal lands, but alaska where the biden administration had attempted the shut down new exploration. >> i would expect to see a massive shift there, paul. and, by the way, that's goin

and trump taps north dakota's governor doug burgum as interior secretary and energy tsar — tasked with. welcome to this special programme on president—elect donald trump's transition into power. this week we've seen a flurry of announcements, featuring some divisive choices for his team before he takes office injanuary. shortly we'll speak to a public health professor about trump's pick of the environmentalist and vaccine sceptic robert f kenneder to lead the department of health and human services. one of the most controversial choices is former florida congressman matt gaetz as attorney general — he faced an ethics investigation as a member of the house of representatives. and — a fox news tv host, pete hegseth, is being nominated as secretary of defence — he is a miltary veteran but has never held political office. and north dakota gov. doug burgum will lead the interior department, an agency whose portfolio includes both on—shore and off—shore drilling. we'll speak to congresswoman melanie stansbury who's serves on the house committee on natural resources. we'll get reaction to all

here's doug burgum talking with larry kudlow.e electric tractors, trucks and trains because of the weight ratio of the fizz ins. we're not -- these aren't going to work in cold climates, so the whole plan was never going to work. and buying with our batteries from china wasn't going to work. and so none of that makes, you know, any sense whatsoever from an economic standpoint. and fran environmental -- from an environmental standpoint, it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: the american petroleum institute applauding the move say saying we should see inflation relief with an overall better energy policy. >> we're going to need every kind of energy source possible. that's means wind, that means solar, that means geothermal. these are all things that the american oil and gas industry is continuing to invest in and will will have to because we're going to need it all. >> reporter: the api is pushing a balanced approach which is kind of what we're seeing as well as going down the road of opening up oil and natural gas industry here in t

>> i had my eyes peeled on doug burgum, who was there, north dakota governor.ivek ramaswamy as well. we've reminded just how much this is a party that has coalesced around the former president. after january 6th, mitch mcconnell saying donald trump was morally responsible for what happened that day. he's now endorsed him. if donald trump is the projected winner, if he goes to the white house, there is no senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. he's stepping down. he's going to be retiring from that position as the longest-serving republican leader in the senate. there will be a different sort of cast of characters around there. there's questions about if there's going to be guardrails -- this is the former president, david. >> president-elect donald j. trump! >> david: thank you, rachel. >> first lady melania trump! and the trump family! accompanied by vice president-elect j.d. vance! second lady usha vance! along with friends and campaign staff! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. wow. >> crowd chanting: usa, usa! >> thank you very much. this

we know that he also has his eye on people like governor doug burgum, senator marco rubio, obviously, elon musk, as we have discussed, as potential people who would return to second administration to sort of put it super simply here, this is the case that vice president harris made for the duration of her 107 day campaign, which was that if donald trump gets back into office, her argument was that he would be potentially more dangerous in the first term, she said, because the people who acted as a check around him will be gone and i think that's what we're talking about here. who will be around him, who will be those voices in his ear? clearly, that is an argument that did not resonate with voters in georgia. it did not resonate with voters in north carolina. it did not resonate with the latino voters that we've been talking about, etc. but that is the case that she had been making and was trying to make bringing up these cabinet officials, other republicans, people who had previously been allied with him that that chose to break apart. did he win a mandate? listen, the house i mean,

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. >> that would be doug burgum, the governor of north dakota, he was a former primary competitor to trump but dropped out in december and he endorsed trump before the iowa caucuses , north dakota and south dakota governors both going into the trump administration if they can get confirmed and thank you for watching newsnight, laura coates live starts right now. >>> you know they say in politics you are only as good as your word, donald trump made a whole lot of promises and gave his word during the 2024 campaign. remember this one? >> robert f kennedy cares more about human beings and health and the environment than anybody , and he is going to be, having him, it's such a great honor, i've been friends of his for a long time and i'm going to let him go wild on health. i let him go wild on the food. i'll let him go wild on medicines. >> look, trump is now trying to go wild on making that pledge good. he's picked rfk jr. as his health and human services secretary. rfk as you know, has been by trump's side since ending his own presidential campaign so i guess the reward makes political sense

immigration policy alongside stephen miller, but you also have this sort of rumor floating out there that doug burgum is being considered for energy czar. does this have to do with senate confirmation, because it seems like burgum would have a decent chance if appointed to a cabinet position. >> if he decides to go that way with burgum, perhaps burgum doesn't want to be in the cabinet. perhaps burgum doesn't want to show all of his finances and what have you, would prefer to go the czar route. we should note, one is, i don't know a president who is coming into office that has put somebody in a cabinet position that is not incredibly, 100% loyal to them. so, however, him circumventing the process, what the founders wanted. that, in itself, you know, is troubling. we should note, though, barack obama had czars, george w. bush had czars. czars have been in play, interestingly enough, it was republicans who really had the worst to say about czars. these were unelected, incredibly powerful bureaucrats that controlled the money, the deep state. >> yeah, a different day and age, i guess. mark preston, appre

the latest nomination is doug burgum to the department of the interior.ts agencies are responsible for public land, as well as domestic energy production. the governor of north dakota joins a growing list of trump cabinet hopefuls, which includes robert f kennedy junior and matt gaetz — trump's pick for attorney general. both men have been the subject of scrutiny since their nominations this week. there have been calls for the house ethics committee to release its report into gaetz, who was being investigated over misconduct allegations. but gaetz�*s abrupt resignation from the house on wednesday halted the investigation, as only current members can be investigated. we've also learned who will be behind the podium in the white house delivering briefings to the press. karoline leavitt, the trump transition team's spokeswoman, has been named white house press secretary. she will be the youngest to hold that position at 27 years old. shejoins another trump spokesperson: steven cheung, who will become white house communications director in the new administrat

has named his own defense lawyer as the next deputy attorney general, and north dakota governor doug burgumrgum rather you remember him. he ran against trump in the primaries as secretary of the interior and elon musk, who is in charge of the so-called department of government efficiency, has put out a call for what he calls super high iq, small government revolutionaries to work with him. 80 hours, 80 hours a week on cost cutting. laura, thank you very much. scott. will new at 6:00. an iconic bridge in capitola may soon be getting a makeover. that's because engineers say it poses major flood risks. the stockton avenue bridge opened back in 1934, but some argue debris buildup along two piers at the base of the bridge can pose a huge flooding threat. city leaders are now considering replacing the bridge and removing the piers. the first step will be a series of community outreach sessions. well, we are moving the bay area forward. nourishing neighbors is our annual campaign to help our local food bank serve our communities when they especially need it. yeah, and it kicks off this weekend. to

the next administration will look like, for example, the president-elect trump announcing that doug burgum, north dakota governor would be his pick for department of the interior, which has a purview of the nation's great green spaces and climate as well. what does that pick signal to those in the climate world signal to you as a correspondent? >> well, it's an interesting pick because unlike lee zeldin and his pick for epa, the governor admits climate change is real, in fact, has a big ambitious plan for carbon capture in his state to make north dakota carbon neutral by capturing it, bearing it underground, the heat trapping pollution, even using it in greenhouses to grow avocados and blueberries in northern climates as well. and he's a big fan of wind energy, which president trump is not. so who influences who going forward here? but it is an interesting pick since he does address a lot of the concerns of environmentalists and climate folks, but also those from energy as well. >> bill, appreciate the updates. from here and the united states, but also abroad as well. thanks for being here

i would imagine donald trump is listening to it >> doug burgum, under consideration for the still toe defined role of energies are. if you are hearing anything or what you're reading into these potential candidates who would rather have their prioritizing access to donald trump being in the west wing over the more traditional bureaucratic , secretary position where you are in a separate building that donald trump and access to him is everything? >> a couple of things come in the case of doug burgum, he made clear he wanted vice president or nothing else, not a surprise that is where he is still. i have heard his name for energy secretary that the assumption people around donald trump, he will take it, i don't know if that is true. that is their assumption, people do not turn down cabinet positions. a lot of people not putting their hands up to be in cabinet positions in the second donald trump administration for a number of reasons, either personal issues, or, even if they don't say this out loud, they watched him fire people by tweet over and over the last time. a lot of people do n

he also nominated former republican congressman doug burgum, doug collins to become secretary for veterans affairs lawyer john sawyer has been named his nominee for solicitor general and north dakota governor doug burgum has been named his nominee for secretary of the interior. >> we're going to do things with energy and with land interior. that is going to be incredible. and so i look forward to doing the formal announcement. although this is a pretty big announcement right now, actually. he's going to head the department of interior and he's going to be fantastic. >> now, kennedy would lead a massive federal agency that oversees everything from drug, drugs, vaccine and food safety to medical research as well. now, california public health experts are among those expressing concerns about kennedy's nomination. in the past, he has called for removing fluoride from america's drinking water and has long been one of the country's leading anti-vaccine activists. >> scenes have without a doubt been one of the greatest public health achievements over the past 100 years, has contributed decades t

also nominating doug burgum as interior secretary and tapping personal criminal defense attorney toddor deputy u.s. attorney general. these and other appointments including matt gaetz proposal. that's if the senate does not give mr. trump what is known as recess appointments which circum haven't public confirmation hearings. >>> it is 6:09. muni facing major budget crisis in san francisco. we look at how it can impact transit services in the city. >>> get ready to put a lot of fun on the slopes in the sierra. ski season is here. next, we will it is inevitable. chloe! hey dad. they will grow up. [cheering] silly face, ready? discover who they are. [playing music] what they want from this world. and how they will make it better. and while parenting has changed, how much you care has not. that's why instagram is introducing teen accounts. automatic protections for who can contact them and the content they can see. ♪♪ and the content they can see. >>> welcome back. we hope you have great weekends planned going forward and all the weekends. >> make them great. >> . >> now i am stressed. i

ka karl rove in the benson show on fox news radio, karl, things were going good, elise stefanikg doug burgum and then picks a guy who is scathing ethics reports from becoming public, why? >> well, that there are two ways to answer that.et one is we don't know why the president chose him. we know way matt gaetz wanted to be chosen and that is to avoid having this report issued. on wednesday he talks to theesda president naming him as attorney general. that allows him to immediate the resign and stop the ethics committee report on friday because no longer being a member of the house, thatfr i was sixit committee has no authority over him. think about it, this is sort of cynical, he is nominated by 47 intimately stops the report. what will happen from there? when is he could get confirmed. i think that is highly unlikelye talk about unpopular member of republican party and congress of united states and not because so and liked by democrats but disliked by republicans. he is unlikely to get confirmed. all it takes is for comembers of republican members of the senate to say no to him and i can co

doug burgum also made an appearance and will be the interior secretary.lso in attendance was elon musk, who has been by donald trump's side nearly nonstop since the election night and he had some or trump had some words to say about his new confidant. >> we have a man who has a seriously high iq. you know, i'm a person who believes in high iqs and his is about as high as they get. he launched a rocket three weeks ago, and then he went to pennsylvania to campaign, because he considered this more important than launching rockets that cost billions of dollars. elon musk. elon? what a job. what a job he does. he's a great -- and he happens to be a really good guy. >> one person who did not come up, matt gaetz, donald trump's choice to lead the justice department, kate. >> and steve, the president- elect is facing some -- he's going to be facing some questions now about his pick for defense secretary today. >> yeah, so new details we are learning overnight about pete hegseth, fox news host who donald trump has chosen to lead the defense department. and i'm goi

the first sitting president to join the amazon rain forest. >>> president-elect trump has picked doug burgumor. that official announcement he said will come later today. burgum will step down as governor when his second term ends in december. he served as an energy adviser for trump throughout the campaign and was briefly considered as a running mate. the secretary of the interior is responsible for overseeing federal land and natural resources, as well as multiple government agencies, including the national parks service. >>> former united nations ambassador and presidential candidate nikki haley is speaking out. this after social media post by president-elect trump over the weekend ruled her out of a potential job in his administration. the post was widely seen as embarrassing for haley who was trump's final competition for the republican nomination and ultimately turned around and endorsed him. haley said yesterday on her sirius xm show that she was is not snubbed at all. >> i had no interest being in his cabinet and he knew that and i made it clear to everyone that i was not interested i

he will work with the president elect, interior department pick, north dakota governor doug burgum openinglf of mexico and reverse e.v. mandates. burgum said it is connected to oil and natural gas industry in the u.s. >> we have to focus. the administration under president trump focused on trying to solve problems and in nexus between energy and inflation and the nexus between energy and national security. >> oil industry groups like the american petroleum institute applauding the move. we should see inflation relief with a better energy policy. congress needs to help with permitting reform to open up investments in energy. >> this isn't just about oil and gas. we need every kind of energy source possible. wind, solar, geo thermal. all things the american oil and gas industry is continuing to invest in and have to because we'll need it all. >> so the api reporting saying they are looking for a balanced approach. >> john: all of the above strategy. ed lawrence from the white house. they are still cleaning up the yard. thank you. >> that's actually they're building the stuff for the inaugura

last night at mar-a-lago what the cat out of the beggarly and told the audience he would appoint doug burguminterior secretary. he's also getting a position as chair of the newly formed national energy council. we know him as being former presidential candidate on the vp short-list. he's going to be focused on energy dominance cutting regulation and red tape for the president-elect and boosting private sector and focusing on innovation. that has been made official just now. sources are telling fox news former congressman and senate candidate michael rogers is in the running for fbi director again. it's happened before and here we go again. he had a meeting mar-a-lago. spork he is a former special agent serving as house intel chair. pool c if this is the air for him. also hearing chris right ceo of fracking tech company liberty energy is on the top of the list for energy secretary. rfk jr. as well last night got a huge applause at this gala mar-a-lago. so he's been tapped as well as trump's personal attorney todd blanche has been tapped for deputy ag. we are waiting for finance, treasury comm

the energy secretary may have to work alongside the interior secretary nominee doug burgum because he has also been named the chair of the newly formed national energy council. also tonight, sources are telling fox news former congressman and senate candidate mike rogers is in the running for fbi director even as the current fbi director says he has no intention of going anywhere from his term, doesn't want to resign. rogers is a formal special agent, served as the house intelligence chair. he just narrowly lost his race for michigan senator. he's been up for the job before. he just had a meeting at mar-a-lago. we will see if this is the year for him. >> kevin: just might be. we will see you again shortly, thank you. we want to continue this conversation tonight with former white house spokesman harrison fields and attorney and rnc surrogate mehek cooke. all right, before we get to the sort of musical chairs, i want to get your impression of what we are hearing in terms of the building resistance. i'm sure you've heard all about it, some of these democratic governors saying we will fi

and $30 on doug burgum. mr. would be energy big stick state department. any of those three men would represent the united states well anywhere in the world 70 on marco rubio how might recall when we were ruling people out on this segment for haven't. vice presidential running mates i said marco rubio might be interested in secretary of state. and here we are. i also put money on pompeo. i don't think that's the role that he will come back in but he had been secretary of state before. and is he close with trump. and then i threw some money on bill haggerty the tennessee senator as well. >> bret: okay. secretary of state byron? >> got $55 on robert o'brien, pretty strong choice there. $40 on marco rubio and $5 on dr. phil who brings people together. i look at extended circumstantial here. >> brian: charles krauthammer used to have $5 okay wine, women and song. we will end with defense secretary here. byron, your first? >> $50 on mike pompeo. used to be secretary of state. $45 on representative michael waltz and co

doug burgum, vivek ramaswamy, elon musk, who might be the czar in charge of waste fraud and abuse. rfk jr. >> one particular thing about this campaign as it was a coalition of people you would not initially put, not old neocon era of their republican party so a lot of interesting names to pick but i would also say the trump administration needs to focus on the department of justice, that does seem to be where we have been getting signals the resistance will take place, where the russia collusion hoax was run out of so you need someone to run the department and understand how again to root out some of the corruption and the bad things that have been happening there, so i will be interested to see who he picks there. there have been some names floated from eric schmitt, the senator from missouri who is very good on a lot of these issues, even a ron desantis, who seems to be able to take on bureaucracy, although no one wants to loosen from florida, which is being run well. >> john: i also heard to santos' name floated for secretary of defense. cotton has asked not to be considered, co

the president-elect says he has chosen north dakota governor doug burgum for interior secretary, and robert f. kennedy jr. to lead the department of health and human services. >> reporter: with president-elect trump back home in florida, washington is reeling from some of his controversial picks to liedtke government agencies. the latest, robert f. kennedy jr., tapped to run the department of health and human services. the vaccine skeptic known to promote unorthodox health concepts dropped his own presidential bid to support donald trump. he selected matt gaetz for attorney general. he quickly resigned from the house. that move halting a bipartisan house ethics committee review, though lawmakers in both parties want to see the results. gaetz also faced a lengthy federal criminal investigation for alleged sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl. prosecutors ultimately closed the case without charges, and he's consistently denied wrongdoing, while railing against the justice department he's now tapped to lead. >> the law fair we've seen against trump will do great damage. >> reporter: th

right here in florida when he made somewhat of an informal announcement about north dakota governor doug burgum>> i won't tell you his exact name. i think he is incredible person something like burgum. he is from north dakota. is he going to be announced tomorrow for a very big position. is he going to head the department of interior and he is going to be fantastic. >> burgum was not trump's splashist announcement of the day that came earlier in the evening when he announced is he going to have name r.f.k. jr. to be health and services secretary. that's the something he talked about last night at an event at mar-a-lago here in palm beach. take a listen. >> the news reports people like you, bobby. don't get too popular, bobby. we want you to come up with things and ideas what you have been talking about for a long time. i think you are going to do unbelievable things. >> now, trump made a handful of other nominations yesterday as well. some of those include former congressman doug collins who has been tapped to lead the department of veterans affairs. >> he will head the v.a. he also announced h

and we're going el eve dijo que manana va a anunciar formalmente al gobernador de dakota del sur, doug burguml interior. >> a proposito del nombramiento de robert kennedy jr. >> como secretario de salud, esto ha causado revuelo porque ha promovido conspiraciones como la siguientes. >> son conspiraciones. >> el virus covid-19 fue disenado geneticamente estados unidos invirtio millones de dolares en microbios etnicamente especificos para atacar a aunque no haya evidencia cientÍfica en esta relaciÓn entre violencia masiva y medicamentos psiquiÁtricos. las vacunas pueden causar autismo tambiÉn refutado por cientÍficos y el gobierno permitiÓ que la industria farmacÉutica raza. >> los tiroteos masivos estan vinculados a la guerra contra la pandemia. >> un lado falacia. >> por cierto, tras este nombramiento, las acciones de las grandes fabricantes de vacunas cayeron hoy en la bolsa de valores. >> moderna cayeron un 6%. >> de pfizer, 3%, al igual 7% al igual que biontech. >> otro de los candidatos controversiales es el exrepresentante de florida, matt goetz, quien acaba de renunciar a su puesto tras

here's one of those candidates under considering, north dakota governor doug burgum. >> the talent thats showing up, what's very different the than 2016 when president trump won, you know, unexpectedly, i mean, now, you know, every position he has there's 20 the qualified people banging on the door wanting to to get a job. and i know that president trump and his team, fantastic choice with susie wiles, they're going to have the pick of the litter. >> reporter: so, neil, let the handicapping given. let's start with secretary of state. florida senator marco rubio and tennessee senator bill hagerty who was donald trump's ambassador to the japan and ric grenell are the leading candidates. of course, grenell former acting director of national intelligence. for defeints if secretary, mike pompeo, mike waltz and now, according to our colleagues at fox digital, the chairman of the house armed services committee, mike rogers. fdhs secretary, chad wolf and tom homan, and for attorney general, senator mike lee, ken paxton. lastly, doug burgum as energy secretary and some think he would make a good

any other nominee would receive new and less controversial picks include north dakota governor doug burgum for interior and former representative doug collins for veterans affairs. >> and new tonight, president elect trump is named caroline leavitt. the next white house press secretary. the 27 year-old mother is the youngest person to hold the position in modern history and the first gen z press secretary at the white house, cnn is reporting trump wants to fire fbi director christopher wray and replace him with trump loyalist. kash patel patel is the former chief of staff to acting secretary of defense christopher miller. meanwhile, governor newsom says he tried to contact the president-elect, but to no avail. our capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. >> we got so act that was that was a terrible. it was. it california governor gavin newsom and his co-host on his podcast speaking bluntly about how they feel democrats, including 2024 democratic presidential nominee kamala harris performed in the presidential election. we lost all 7 swing states. >> we lost the popular vote first time

president elect trump, announcing more picks for his administration, choosing north dakota governor doug burgum to head the department of interior. we're going to do things with energy and with land interior that is going to be incredible. trump also selecting robert f kennedy jr to be his next secretary of health and human services. if you like health and if you like people that live a long time, it's the most important position. rfk jr. bobby. while the 70 year old has been a vocal critic of covid vaccines and childhood immunizations, he told nbc news last week that he would not block any vaccines. are there specific vaccines that you would seek to take off the market? oh, i'm not going to i'm not going to take away anybody's vaccines. and i've never been anti vaccine. some lawmakers are skeptical. i'd like to see more of his opinions, more of his more of his thoughts on different matters. but the anti-vaccine mantra scares me a lot. there are also concerns about the president elect's choice for attorney general matt gaetz. he resigned from congress this week, bringing an end to the house eth

president-elect donald trump taking a victory lap at mar-a-lago last night, announced north dakota governor doug burgum as his pick for secretary of the interior. >> we're going to do things with energy and with land, interior, that is going to be incredible. >> reporter: but it's his choice of former democrat robert f. kennedy jr. for secretary of health and human services that's grabbing headlines. >> you're going to do some unbelievable things -- nobody's going to be able to do it like you it. >> reporter: kennedy ran as an independent in the 2024 election before dropping out to endorse trump. rfk jr.'s push to combat chronic disease and clean up the food supply has resonated with the maga base and beyond. but it's his calls to remove fluoride from drinking water and criticisms of vaccines that have raised concerns among public health experts. >> there's no vaccine that is, you know, safe and effective. >> as a pediatrician i know that there's nothing that i did that had more value for the children in my practices than ensuring that they were vaccinated fully and on time. >> reporter: on capitol hil

the president-elect says he has chosen north dakota governor doug burgum for interior secretary. another cabinet pick saw a lot of backlash. robert f. kennedy jr., a vaccine skeptic has been chosen to serve as health and human services secretary. he praised kennedy at an event at mar-a-lago last night. >> i just looked at the news reports. people like you, bobby. don't get too popular, bobby. you know, you've reached about the level -- no. we want you to come up with things and ideas and what you've been talking about for a long time. and i think you're going to do some unbelievable things, nobody's going to be able to do it like you. >> we're joined now by brie jackson. good morning, brie. kennedy's ideas may not be popular enough for an easy senate confirmation. >> reporter: that's right, good morning, frances. so robert f. kennedy jr. has faced a lot of criticism over his public health views. kennedy has promoted controversial ideas like bank fluoride in drinking water and allowing raw milk. he's also known for repeatedly pushing false claims about vaccines and questioning the

he has also selected doug burgum, governor of north dakota, to run the interior department, and he's promised to open up more federal lands to drilling. do you have any idea what the impact would be on your state from the signals being sent with these selections? >> well, we'll see. i mean, i saw the comments recently from the ceo of exxon which was a little different than what we might expect, talking about needing to move to greener forms of energy regardless of what the policy of the day is. and i certainly see from companies that are coming into kentucky each and every day, we just announced a new industrial battery facility that's going to create 1,600 new jobs. they demand a certain portfolio of energy. yes, the lights have to come on. but especially over time for their customers, they want a certain amount of renewables. what i've seen as governor is a private sector push that i do not think is going to change demands placed on states, demands placed on utilities, and the private sector ultimately moving us to a more diverse and cleaner portfolio. so here in kentucky, yes, we

i saw it firsthand when i was out on the campaign trail with doug burgum people whose families have been devastated by the fentanyl epidemic in this country. so if i were the president of mexico, i would get to the table and bring some real solutions and help work this problem out and be ready for january 20th, because it is a brand new day in this country. it is going to be a much different administration when donald trump takes office. >> maria, how do you square this difference of the readouts between the two sides? i mean, they both start with this complementary language the call was wonderful. it was excellent. but then there are clear differences when it comes to migration as somebody who has been involved in the immigration debate for more than two decades, i'm going to take the side of the mexican president who actually understands how immigration work works, who actually understands how borders work, and that you can't close a border especially to your number one trading partner. >> and by the way, because donald trump never lies right? uh, look, it's so rich that trump and his

my source tonight is north dakota governor doug burgum, also a surrogate for the trump campaign. governor. obviously, neither of those victories by democrats had anything to do with fraud. so why is donald trump lying? about past elections when we're five days out from the next one well, i think the reason he's in new mexico's because new mexico is an energy state and under president trump's policies on energy, the economy, it's also a big border state securing the border those are all things that i know matter to voters around the country and i will, i haven't campaigned for him in new mexico. >> i know that in michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, which are the states that are probably going to decide this election. those messages are resoundingly the top on the minds of voters. there, a number one is the economy. number two is the, is the, is the border because border means saying if cities yeah. >> well, no one saying he can't go there. he's just going there and lying about what happened in the elections. he knows he didn't win new mexico but governor, i was thinking back today

trump also nominated north dakota governor doug burgum to serve as his interior secretary, the wealthy businessman has close ties to energy industry ceos. we're going to do things with energy and with the land syria. that is going to be incredible. the senate will ultimately have to approve both of these positions. new york congresswoman nicole malliotakis says every nominee at least deserves consideration. i think they're going to have some scrutiny throughout the process and and rightfully so. i think we need to make sure we have. >> the best people in these positions. but texas congressman troy nehls says since trump delivered the house and senate lawmakers should fall in line both chambers overall, donald j trump. >> so now let's just go out there and and and accomplish his goals and objectives. whatever they are. >> and another less controversial pick is former georgia congressman doug collins for veterans affairs in washington. i'm jessi tenure. >> meanwhile, governor newsom says he tried to contact the president-elect but failed to reach this comes newsom vows to fight back agai

of the newly formed council of national energy, which will be led by interior secretary nominee doug burgum. also on the agenda saturday, a strategy meeting with house speaker mike johnson. he's been a frequent mar-a-lago visitor. johnson was in the crowd there thursday as trump informed the audience, his plans with republicans back in charge. we're going to reduce regulation, waste, fraud and inefficiency. and these 2 guys are going to find a lot of it. we're going to clean out the corrupt, broken and >> failing bureaucracies. and that's what we're going to be doing. that to spending their saturday focusing in on policy and how to make the most of their majorities. johnson this week stressing the importance this congress not repeating the past when president donald trump won the presidency in 2016. >> we all look back and recognize that the republican party was not fully prepared for that moment and precious time was wasted in the beginning of that congress. we are not going to make those mistakes again. >> we will be ready on day one. we are prepared this time. trump's other pick of the d

you're not going to like a lot of them except for doug burgum. maybe maybe, um, i'm good with mark rutte i would argue. marco rubio. okay, there we go. so i do think a lot of these folks are qualified, and i don't think they've gotten enough their operation. they had a very smooth campaign. they had a very smooth transition. and i would argue yesterday to me showed a difference a shift from the trump of eight years ago. and the organization of now. they recognize that, look, they have a lot to do on january 20th. they want to hit the ground running and they don't have a lot of time for this drama to play out. and so they moved on. and i think that is the big difference from what you see now versus eight years ago. >> but you don't. but you have a lot of the other nominees have similar problems to matt gaetz. >> i mean, the process that they're going to go through the process like everybody else to point out that the fox news part of all of this, though, because, i mean, there's there are so many fox news hosts or former hosts, right? >> i mean, w

> reporter: and today trump turning toed on rival turned loyal supporter, north dakota governor doug burgumommunications secretary. longtime aide steven cheung as director, and karoline leavitt. david? >>> we turn to the murder case that became a flashpoint in the debate over immigration and border security in this country. a migrant in this country illegally now on trial in the death of 22-year-old georgia nursing student laken riley. and what the prosecution revealed today. steve osunsami from georgia. >> reporter: one of the most difficult moments in this georgia courtroom today was when the police officer who found laken riley's body took the stand. >> oh [ bleep ]. i found her. ma'am, ma'am, ma'am! oh! i know ems immediately, she's not breathing. >> reporter: the court was silent as they watched police body camera video of him trying to save her life. >> one, two, three, four, five -- >> reporter: the killing of the 22-year-old nursing student became a key point in the debate over immigration -- >> he should never have been in our country. >> reporter: 26-year-old jose ibarra, who's ch

. >> reporter: and revealing new cabinet picks, including north dakota governor doug burgum as his interiorretary. >> he's going to head the department of interior and he's going to be fantastic. >> reporter: there's growing scrutiny tonight over his selection of now former congressman matt gaetz as attorney general with more lawmakers demanding the release of a house ethics investigation of gaetz into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, which gaetz denies. the investigation ended after gaetz resigned following his selection. and now house speaker mike johnson arguing the report should not be released. >> it's very important to maintain the house's tradition of not issuing ethics reports on people who are no longer members of congress. i think it would open a pandora's box. >> reporter: but key senate republicans want it. a house democrat on the panel telling me senators in charge of confirming gaetz should see the evidence. >> i think it's essential to get that kind of information before they make a decision of this magnitude. >> reporter: there's also new fallout over t

north dakota governor doug burgum, selected to be the secretary of the department of interior.s department manages federal land and natural resources. not a day goes by without elon musk making headlines. the silicon valley billionaire has been a near constant presence there at mar-a-lago, where he sits in on important meetings and calls. what a job he does. he's a great and he happens to be a really good guy. you know, he likes this place. i can't get him out of here. he just likes this place. and you know what? i like having him here, too. he's good. he's done a fantastic job. musk and fellow billionaire vivek ramaswamy, as we've reported, will lead the new department of government efficiency with promises to slash spending and government bureaucracy. okay. our other top story tonight, our changing weather. been a slow start to the rainy season, but things are starting to pick up. rain here. snow in the sierra. the radar is active. tahoe ski resorts are getting ready. snow machines up and running at heavenly tonight. the resort plans to open one week from tomorrow. let's brin