i'm elizabeth macdonald, thank you so much for watching the "evening edit."e for my buddies at the bottom line dagen and brian what a day. dagen: thanks e-mac. liz: good to see you

and i'll say three cheers for elizabeth macdonald. up next. liz: thank you so much i'll take it larry. three cheers for you too. happy times for us thank you so much good to see you. welcome to the "evening edit" i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> i will also end the government policy of trying to so socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private light. >> [applause] >> we will forge a society that is color blind and merit-based. >> [applause] liz: it is goodbye dei. president trump's 5:00 deadline is right now. abolishing dei in the entire u.s. government. we've got new details. president trump is ordering a bigger more sweeping wipeout of dei for good out of american culture, out of american society. we've got the details tonight, cj pierceon with his reaction to that and president trump revoking the biden presidency in just three days. also tonight this story. >> what brought me putin is not acceptable but this war has to end and i think it should be the official policy of the united states we want to see it end. there w

and, that leads to elizabeth macdonald. i think she's a budget cutter too but i don't know. liz: larry he sounds like bill clinton and al gore. larry: oooo, very good. liz: thank you larry. welcome to the "evening edit" i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> across-the-board freeze for individual assistance. >> this is not a blanket pause on federal assistance. >> maleo>> meals on wheels? >> well nothing that the president is doing here in terms of freezing these programs raise prices on ordinary americans. >> i have now been asked and answered this question four times. to individuals at home who receive direct assistance from the federal government, you will not be impacted by this federal freeze. liz: that was president trump's press secretary karoline leavitt, first press briefing. d.c. is buzzing about her new warning. she's going to hold the media accountable for misleading american, call them out and just like she did there. former trump deputy press secretary hogan gidley is here to react to what happened and what you can expect from now on plus you've got news. is senator eliza

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i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> the american people elected donald trump as their president not once but twice and yet the fbi and intelligence agencies were politicized by his opponents to undermine his presidency and falsely portray him as a puppet of putin. >> if i'm confirmed as director of fbi, it's a de-weaponized, depoliticized system of law enforcement completely devoted to rigorous obedience of the constitution and a singular standard of justice. liz: bringing america back to normal, three big confirmation hearings today. tulsi gabbard of director of national intelligence, fbi director kash patel and round two for rfk jr. as hhs secretary. the only thing, the make -- tonight, the make or break moments on will they get confirmed and that bomb shell that dropped at kash patel's hearing. senator chuck grassley reveals a known rogue anti-trump fbi agent broke the rules and opened a secret little known fbi probe into president trump to help jack smith probe and we've got details and ned ryun is here to react to that in a moment. >> i put safety first and biden and obama and democrats

and i'll say three cheers for elizabeth macdonald. up next.ake it larry. three cheers for you too. happy times for us thank you so much good to see you. welcome to the "evening edit" i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> i will

and speaking of saving america, here is elizabeth macdonald. liz: we will try, larry, thank you so much that was a great show. great interview with that hero senator chuck grassley. he's so good thank you so much for that. good to see you. welcome to the "evening edit" i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> the total number of votes cost is 434 of which the honorable mike johnson of the state of louisiana has received 218. >> [applause] liz: okay that was a squeeker of a vote we've got news this hour on what republicans are teeing up first to rapidly enact trump's agenda. plus, more details on speaker mike johnson getting re-elected as speaker, florida congresswoman maria salazar is here on that. also tonight we've got breaking news. the blue state new york judge doubling down. he says he will do sentencing against president trump right before the inauguration, in manhattan d. a. alvin bragg's new york case against trump. it's a case legal pros say will easily get overturned on appeal. it's loaded with constitutional violations, all of the other trump cas

welcome to the evening edit i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> the golden a

the great larry kudlow thank you so much welcome to the "evening edit" i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> investigators believe jabar picked up the rented f-50 in houston, texas december 30 and he then drove from houston to new orleans on the evening of the 31st and he posted several videos to an online platform proclaiming his support for isis. >> our subject is 37-year-old matthew and the individual sustained a gun shot wound to the head prior to the detonation of the vehicle. >> it's not lost on us that it's in front of, you know, the trump building, that it's a tesla vehicle, but we don't have information at this point that definitively tells us or suggests it was because of this particular i ideology. liz: fast-track, expedite trump's nominees and trump's agenda. get america safe and moving again. we've got new details coming in now on the two terror attacks in just 24 hours in new orleans and in las vegas outside of trump hotel. america now asking who is in charge? where was joe biden, where was kamala harris? tonight, a former top fbi official will break all of this down, and this , to democrats

i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> president trump chose me for this position and the primary charge he gave me was to brings warrior cul culture back to the department of defense. he want as pentagon, laser focused on lethality, meritocracy, war fighting, accountability, and readiness. a small handful of anonymous sources were allowed to drive a smear campaign and agenda about me because our left wing media in america today sadly doesn't care about the truth. all they were out to do, mr. chairman, was to destroy me. why? because i'm a change act and a threat to them and donald trump was willing to choose me and empower me to bring the defense department back to what it should be, which is war fighting. liz: tonight the wildest moments of democrat senators mott talking about how to make america safer or how biden botched afghanistan, appeased iran and said personally attacking pete hegseth and trying for their own got ya moments at his senate confirmation hearing to be pentagon chief. critics didn't land a glove on hegseth and we debate what went down including this. >> yes or no, did you ge

i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> his mental acuity is great, it's fine, it's as good as its been over the years. all this right wing propaganda his mental acuity has declined is wrong. >> what do you say to americans who feel as though you and other top democrats mislead them about president biden's mental acuity? liz: that was senator chuck schumer getting grilled by nbc on denying and misleading america about president biden's decline, but we've got this new new york times bombshell report. senator chuck schumer did know about his all along. tonight former trump deputy press secretary hogan gidley on the new and what people are saying are disturbing details in this time's report. plus this new debate in d.c. does this entirely overturn biden's legacy. also tonight this story. >> mayorkas let in about 12,000 murders, new york allowed 16,000 rapists, 600,000 people with criminal convictions. how many illegals will you plan to house in luxury hotel rooms and how about sex change operations for illegals? liz: that was ohio senator bernie marino going after president biden and dhs secretary

and that said i'll turn it over to elizabeth macdonald. maybe she can make sense. liz: it's the new trump/monroe doctrine and it's about safety and security. its been out there for generations, american history shows that. it's not new and you covered it beautifully, larry. thank you so much good to see you. welcome to the "evening edit" i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> so we are at the beginning of a great beautiful golden age of business, and i think we're also at a golden age of common sense. >> i like one beautiful bill and i always have i always will but if two is more certain it does go a little bit quicker. liz: okay, that was president trump talking about his big, beautiful bill. it's happening this hour. president trump is set to meet on capitol hill with top senate gop leadership on how to rapidly enact the trump agenda. we're waiting for him to arrive. we've got breaking news happening right now. a major new victory for trump. nine liberal senators now backed the laken riley act to crackdown on illegal aliens including liberal far left democrat senators tammy

what a way to start the new year, welcome to the "evening edit" i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> donald j. trump of the state of floor has received 312 votes. kamala d. harris -- >> i intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust nationwide competitive process and it has become clear to me that if i'm having to fight internal battles, i can not be the best option in that election. liz: okay the news on just it trudeau resigning as canada's prime minister a growing backlash worldwide against the far left. and now we've got voters lawmakers and governors now saying they cannot wait for president trump to regain power. tonight, the man who shocked the democrat establishment in the u.s. with a major game changer that helped trump win. conservative activist scott pressler joins us on why younger gen z and millenial voters increasingly support and back president t. also this story tonight. >> would you close down it? >> have a transition from the oil industry yet. that is a big statement. liz: president biden again accused of sabota

elizabeth macdonald has a nice ring to it. liz: [laughter] we hope, you know, larry i love your talk about optimism. it is a force multiplier and i was reminded of mohammed ali. trump is like bringing optimism back in. remember how mohammed ali was so confident? thank you so much larry we'll see. okay, welcome to the "evening edit" i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> any moment now president trump is set to announce a major new investment by big tech in america. we will bring it to you live when the president comes out, plus we've got more details on president trump's major blast of executive power, obliterating the biden era and that dark period. florida congresswoman maria salazar joins us to react to that and president trump vowing to fix every single crisis biden and democrats put america through. also this tonight. >> [overlapping speakers] >> thank you, thank you, thank you. >> mr. president, can you tell us about the hacking of cabinet officials by china and the threshold of concern you have about it, sir? liz: that was former

i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> his mental acuity is great, it's fine, it's as good as its been over theis right win

and, by the way, it's nice to have liz macdonald -- elizabeth: oh, thank you, larry.e've got breaking news coming in. let's welcome you to "the evening edit," i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> i why do five of my kids have allergies? why are we seeing these explosions in diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, neurological diseases, depressioning? all of these things that are related to toxic -- toxins in the environment. why can't we just agree with each other to put differences about so many issues, intractable issues aside and say we're going to end this? i'm not here because i want a position or a job. i have a very good life and a happy family. this is the something i don't need. i want to do this because we're going the fix it and all these democrats are opposed to me because of partisan issue, they used to be my friends, agreed with me on all the environmental issues i've been working on for my whole career. now they're against me because anything president trump does, any if decision he makes has to be lampooned, derided, discredited, par ginnallized, vilified -- marginaliz

talking about of optimism, here's optimistic liz macdonald. elizabeth: always a, larry.hanks to to you, larry. you lead the way. welcome to "the evening edit," i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> literally talking to the president right now finish -- right now -- >> can i around hear your call because i don't believe it? >> i've tried five times a that's why i'm walking around -- >> -- gavel into legislative session to prepare for donald trump, is now the right time for that? >> we've got to to deal with this misinformation. there were hurricane force winds of police and disinformation, lies. >> what are you doing at this point to earn back people's trust? elizabeth: major development, we've got breaking newsing in right now. california democrats are now turning the on each other. california governor gavin newsom just called for an independent probe into l.a. officials for mismanaging the record l.a. wildfires. at least two local reservoirs near the palisades were dry, empty of water, couldn't battle the ferocious inferno. this as angry local residents in california join preside

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and that said i'll turn it over to elizabeth macdonald. maybe she can make

that's all they got but somebody who never does and always optimistic my pal elizabeth macdonald.it's a forced multiplier your optimism, good to see you. welcome to the "evening edit

and, that leads to elizabeth macdonald. i think she's a budget cutter too but i don't know. liz:

welcome to the evening edit, i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> >> we have inflation fellation at a level we've never had before and never been anything like it and over the next four years, the united states is going to take off like a rocket ship. liz: president trump sweeping news conference and we look at what the media and democrats right-hand turn telling you. aren't telling you. president trump wants to keep dangerous threats from the u.s. shores, chai narcs rush sharks iran and take back control of the panama canal and greenland and rename the gulf, the gulf of america. but the media and democrats want to keep you trapped in their distracting fights. also, this story tonight, energy pros are now really hammering lame duck president biden and his latest attack on u.s. oil and gas. plus, a major new development and even democrat senators warn that, yes, democrats will be held accountable for their corrupt coverup of biden's mental and cognitive decline. this is a sweeping new scandal leo terrell here in moments to react and break this growing scandal down. also tonight, we have this story

i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> fema has really let us down, let the country down, and i don't know if that's biden's fault or who's fault it is, but we're going to take over and do a good job. we're going to put north carolina and california first, we're going to do a good job in california. liz: first lady melania trump surveying the damage and going on the way to suit damage of the la fires and going for the bomb shell and going for the california democrats and knew for a decade and reportedly warned for the system broken and going to "did absolutely nothing to fix it". actor and former california resident antonio sabato jr. is back with us on the story. plus this -- >> i'm not going back to jail. [bleep] trump. biden forever, dog. thank obama for everything he did for me! liz: that was a violent criminal illegal alien gang leader now deported and saying he loves biden is obama. that's not a good look for democrats. we've got news coming in. more democrats support deportations. plus, we have new details on the dangerous criminals now getting disported back to their home countries. as ameri

beautiful fiscal tax cutting bill and you know i've got to say it leads me to one big beautiful elizabeth macdonald way. woohoo! what a way to start the ne

president-elect donald trump, and let's hit the ground running within the new year for my pal, elizabeth macdonald you, larry you sure hit the ground

i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> president trump chose me for this position anth

i'm elizabeth macdonald. >> i want to warn the country of things that give me great concern.

and speaking of saving america, here is elizabeth macdonald.hank you so much that was a great show. great interview with that hero senator chuck grassley. he's s

edward: i'm edward lawrence in for elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. >> i'm also going to ask all a nato nations to increase defense spending to 5% of gdp. russia-ukraine war would end immediately. i terminated the ridiculous and incredibly wasteful green new deal, withdrew from the one-sided paris climate accord and ended the insane and costly electric vehicle mandate. e.u. treats us very, very unfairly, very badly. we just want to be treated fairly. i blame this on us, and i blame it on politicians who have allowed other nations to take advantage of the u.s. we can't allow that to happen anymore. edward: president donald trump, day three already calling out global leaders and business ceos for taking advantage of american america and american workers saying europe's time is up, and davos attendees are visibly nervous. >> trump has done something no person in the world has ever done before. a dead politician has a prison aren, therefore, he thinks he can to do anything. >> we need to factor in who's won, trump. but

elizabeth macdonald. i think she is the only one who hasn't changed at all. look exactly the same. liz: that's kind of you, thank you, stuart good to be with you still. how did we get here? how did that happen all these years? stuart: time flies. you were on the very first edition of the show and you stuck around as a member of the company. i want to ask, you do you have any memorable memories? what's your favorite moment from the show? liz: honestly i was thinking about it. when we went around the clock covering brexit. remember, at 3:00 in the morning covering brexit? the brexit vote for the dramatic vote for the uk to leave the eu? and we were up for like, it turned out to be 48 hours straight after that because we had to come back in after 3:00 in the morning to cover it at starting at 6:00. so, and i thought, you know, 3:00 in the morning, there goes stuary varney. he knows the exit polls. i could get tips from this guy. but i've got to tell you my other favorite story was, and this is a secret you don't know this. so, when i would sit here with ashley,

liz macdonald's going to to take some action -- elizabeth: larry, thank you so much. just a quick point on that, i've been talking to d.c. sources. there is concern that china's military is at those two bookended seaports outside the panama if canal spying and doing surveillance so, larry, we're going to stay on this story. thank you so much. we've got a lot of news coming in. welcome to "the evening edit." i'm elizabeth mac macdonald. >> it'll be a tremendous amount of money for our country, these are big numbers. and you see the power of the tariff. nobody can compete with us because we have by far the biggest piggybank. and so that'll take place very quickly. elizabeth: okay. president trump just moments ago with the breaking news, 25% tariffs will take effect at midnight tonight on mexico and canada and 10% on china for not stopping the border crisis. we've got the details this just a moment. plus, more breaking news, government and senate records show president trump is right. yes, the faa was hurt or and damaged by dei and, yes, it did start under barack obama.

and, by the way, it's nice to have liz macdonald -- elizabeth: oh, thank you, larry.ing

talking about of optimism, here's optimistic liz macdonald. elizabeth: always a, larry. larry. you lead the way. welcome to "the evening edit," i'm elizabet

liz macdonald's going to to take some action -- elizabeth: larry, thank you so much.been talking to d.c. sources. there is concern that china's military is at those two bookended seaports outside the pa