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gillibrand, mr. hawley, mr. heinrich, ms. hirono. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? the senators: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next group. the clerk: mr. kaine, mr. kim, mr. king, ms. klobuchar. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of

gillibrand: thank you. i just want to associate myself with the comments of senator collins with regard to -- i think it is essential as i mentioned in our hearing that you collaborate with the department of defense, with their intelligence agencies, to understand what the nature of these effects are. what causes them. and what type of adversaries could be using technology in a way to actually harm our service members. so i just really appreciate that you will commit to delving deep into this issue and really try to limit the siloing of information between c.i.a. and d.o.d. on this very topic. mr. ratcliffe: i will. i look forward to it. the c.i.a. is the premier intelligence agency in the world and i'm not saying that it should always be able to make an assessment about a cause, but over time that's typically something that we should expect and in some cases demand and, for instance covid, you brought up that, that's one issue. but a.h.i. is another one. i'm curious and look forward to work reading the cla

gillibrand, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeaers 67. the nays are 23. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of the treasury, scott bessent of south carolina to be secretary. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that the senate resume legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 12:00 noon on monday, january 27, following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business be closed and the senate proceed to executive session and resume executive calendar number 5, scott bessent postcloture. if any nomination is confirmed during monday's session, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the

there is nothing that pete hegseth or kirsten gillibrand and i can do to make a artillery shell way lessnd less than 50 pounds. shoulder full combat load 250 to 300 pounds. we have to have high and gender neutral standards to ensure that our troops are going to be safe and fit to fight. but the democrats would rather impose quotas or goals to make sure we have an arbitrary number of women or other ideals in our infantry or artillery or special forces as opposed to focusing on fighting effectiveness. that's what i laid out. that's what pete hegseth will do as secretary of defense. i thought he did a great job. i know you are proud of him as a former colleague and friend. i commend him for a great job. >> steve: indeed. exit question, are you surprised at how it looks like all these nominees are going to be confirmed. and for the most part, there aren't any real road blocks in their way. >> no, steve. i'm not, i mean, we do, after all have 53 seat majority in the senate. and if you want to take a little trip down memory lane, going back to the clinton transition for 72 cabinet secretary no

senator gillibrand, you held up a document and referred to it during your questioning. would you like that entered into the record? okay, >> we'll submit a clean copy. >> without objection that will be admitted at the point of your question and i would like to enter into the record a letter of support from retired air force colonel melissa cunningham. she supports mr. hegseth and maintaining military training standards. without objection both of those will be admitted and i now recognize senator rounds. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of all good morning. i would like to thank you for your service to our nation and uniform and also your work on behalf of your fellow veterans and for your willingness to enter into this maelstrom of public service. so many veterans who showed up to support you speaks volumes. want to recognize your family's service and sacrifice. you know as well as anyone that it's not just the man that enters the arena but it is the entire family who also works their way through this process as well. i appreciated our meeting with you and with your wi

gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. mr. rowe no. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king cop. ms. klobuchar mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. alumnus. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. marino. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of souths. carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. she he. miss slotkin. mrs. smith. mr. thune mr. tillis. mr. turberville. mr. vane. hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> a quorum is present. a quorum is a president present. how to preserve the leadership time is reserve the senate will be in the period of morning businesspe with the senators permitted to speak and they're in for up

. >> and democratic senator gillibrand, kirsten gillibrand of new york joins me now on capitol hill. senator, this is been a busy week with south dakota governor noem capping off the latest hearing for president elect trump's cabinet nominees. you sit on the senate armed services committee, you questioned defense secretary nominee pete hegseth earlier this week. let's take a listen. >> do you agree anybody should be able to serve in the military if they meet the standards? >> senator, as the president has stated, i don't disagree with the overturn of don't ask, don't tell. >> great. because i don't want you thinking can't serve if you're a mom, can't serve if you're lgbtq. >> and then last can't serve if you're a leftist. >> so i don't sense that you're going to vote for hegseth. but i wonder, it appears that all of trump's nominees who have had hearings so far will be confirmed. do you agree? >> i think that's generally true. there's a couple who i don't yet know. if all republicans support. i don't think some of the nominees have had the chance to meet with all republicans yet. but

is that tim kaine and kirsten gillibrand? anyway, mullen exposed that incredible display of hypocrisy. take a look. >> the senator from virginia starts bringing up the fact that what if you showed up drunk to your job? how many senators have showed up drunk to vote at night? have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from their job? and don't tell me you haven't seen it because i know you have. and then how many senators do you know have gotten a divorce before cheating on their wives? did you ask them to step down? no, but it's for show. you guys make sure you make a big show and point out the hypocrisy because the man's made a mistake, and you want to sit there and say that he's not qualified. give me a joke. i mean, it is so ridiculous that you guys hold yourself as this higher standard and you forget you got a big plank in your eye. >> check and mate. well done. the democratic party, they are filled with liars, hypocrites who will say and do anything for political power and above all else, that's all they car

. >> thank you very much, senator gillibrand. you you held up a document and referred to it during your questioning. would you like that entered into the record without my marks? okay, okay. >> we'll we'll delete we'll submit a clean copy without objection. >> that will be admitted at the at the point of your question. and i would like to enter into the record at this point, a letter of support from retired air force colonel melissa cunningham. colonel cunningham supports mr. hegseth and mentions his warrior ethos, combat effectiveness and maintaining military training standards. so without objection, both of those will be admitted. and i now recognize senator rounds. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, good morning. i'd like to thank you for your service to our nation in uniform and also your work on behalf of your fellow veterans and for your willingness to enter into this maelstrom of public service. i think the presence of so many veterans who have showed up to support you speaks volumes. i also want to recognize your f

like, did you i don't know, i kind of felt that senator gillibrand will be here. and she was i thought, what? excellent. what very pointed questioning of pete hegseth. direct questions. senator tammy duckworth, direct questions. i thought that andy kim was direct questions. but then there were some other folks in some of these other hearings. i'm like, what's going on? oh, y'all don't want to criticize democrats today, but here, here's here. >> let me let me rephrase simone's question, which is i think there's a question coming out of her question, which is like, does any of it matter? right. if republicans have decided that this is all a big show on and that they are going to do whatever they need to do to pave the way for donald trump's nominees, then is there anything democrats could do that would change that? >> it's a it's a really good question. and there's little indication that there's little indication that anybody is going to face serious pushback here, even kash patel. there is little resistance here at this point in time. and kind of in the case of jon

colorado and officer harry dunn for joining me now is democratic senator from new york, kiersten gillibrand, a u.s. senator from new york. welcome to politics nation. you and i do a lot of things together, but i want to formally welcome you. let me start with we have been talking about the fourth anniversary of january 6th. you are at the capital that day. what are your thoughts about that? >> what i remember most is the bravery of the officers and the people who stood guard and particularly one officer who led the attackers away from the senate chamber. we did not know what was happening outside this senate chamber, where they just remember the vice president been quickly removed from the dais, having them replace him and then within moments, they ushered out of the room downstairs across the capital to a safe place. i can tell you that my family was texting me in real time. are you okay? we have heard fires, shots have been fired. we have heard they have reached the capitol. what is happening? are you safe? it was not until we got to a safe location that i serious breach. it was something

gillibrand: i do want to thank you for your service. i want to thank you for your willingness to serve in this capacity. i have many concerns about your record, in particular your public statements. they are so hurtful to the men and women who are currently serving in the u.s. military. harmful to morale, to discipline. if you are saying women shouldn't be serving in the military, the quotes themselves are terrible. you have to change how you see women to do the job well. i want to press on these issues that my colleague brought up. first of all, you answered your question do you believe any american who wants to serve their country in the military and could meet objective standards should be allowed to serve without limitation? you said yes to that question. you have denigrated active duty service members. we have hundreds, hundreds of women who are currently in the infantry. members of our military serving in the infantry. you degrade them saying we need moms but not in the military. specific to senator cotton's question, he was givin

gillibrand: give me an example. mr.hegseth: they have to meet quotas to have a certain number of women officers and that disparages the women -- senator gillibrand: commanders do not have a quota for women in the military, it doesn't exist and your statements create the impression these exist and they do not good there are not quotas, we want the most lethal force but i'm telling you, having been here for 15 years listening to testimony about men and women in combat and the type of operations that were successful in afghanistan and iraq, women were essential for many of those units. when ranger units went into find where the terrorists were hiding in afghanistan or iraq, if they had a woman in the unit, they could go in, talk to the women in the village and say where are the terrorist hiding, where are the weapons hiding and get crucial information to make sure we can win that battle. you cannot denigrate women in general and your statements do that. we don't want women in the military, especially in combat -- what a te

senator gillibrand, you held up a document and refer to it. would you like that entered into the record? [inaudible] >> we will submit speedy without objection, that will be submitted at the point of your question. i would like to enter into the record a letter of support from retired air force colonel melissa cunningham, colonel cunningham supports mr. hegseth and mentioned his warrior ethos combat effectiveness and maintaining military training standard. so without objection both of those will be admitted at a now recognize senator rounds. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of all good morning. i'd like to thank you for your service to our nation in uniform and also your work on behalf of your fellow veterans and for your willingness to enter into this maelstrom of public service. the present so many veterans who have showed up to support you speaks volumes. also to recognize your family service and sacrifice you know as well as anyone that is not just a man enters the arena but it's the entire family who also works the way through this proce

i want to pick up on some of the questions asked by senator shaheen and gillibrand and geraldo and make sure with a list to some of the facts i think are undisputed. a going to talk about anonymous sources. i'm going to quote you directly. we've got the video. with god it in print. so going back to january 2013 come to told fox news interview the women in military simply could measure up to me in a military saying allowing women to serve in combat roles would force the military to lower the bar. he picked up on that same theme in 2015 a given marks on fox news referring to women in combat as quote it would erode standards in june 2024 you sn ben shapiro podcast quote, women shouldn't be in combat at all. and then of course we talked about in 2024 he published a book and you say on page 26 of your book we need moms but not in the military, especially in combat units. page 48 of your book you claim that women should not be in combat roles because men are distracted by women. and then ten weeks ago you appeared on the sean ryan show and said i'm straight up just saying we should not have w

for a christian tattoo. >> uh, thank you very much, senator gillibrand. you you held up a document and referred to it during your questioning. would you like that entered into the record without my. okay. you okay? we'll we'll delete we'll submit a clean copy without objection. that will be admitted at the at the point of your question. and i would like to enter into the record at this point, a letter of support from retired air force colonel melissa cunningham. colonel cunningham supports mr. hegseth and mentions his warrior ethos, combat effectiveness and maintaining military training standards. so, without objection, both of those will be admitted. and i now recognize senator rounds. >> thank you, mr. chairman. um, first of all, good morning. uh, i'd like to thank you for your service to our nation in uniform and also your work on behalf of your fellow veterans and for your willingness to enter into this maelstrom of public service. i think the presence of so many veterans who have showed up to support you speaks volumes. i also want to recognize your

. >> senator gillibrand. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. ratcliffe. thank you for meeting with me. we had an excellent conversation about a number of our priorities on the committee, specifically pandemic preparedness was one issue. ahi's which senator collins covered very effectively. and sexual assault harassment in the military. i want to address those so you can talk about them publicly. as we discussed, we need to do a much better job in detecting and preventing and knowing the intelligence to prepare for the next pandemic. we didn't have the type of collaboration we needed to prepare for covid. we had disagreements about how covid began and we never really got resolution on that which is a concern for me. this idea of a one health proposal is creating a fusion center for the cia, the dod, the department of and hhs, so that you are in real time working collaboratively to go back to your information. agriculture and science often share data and information and we know with regard to the wuhan lab that they were publishing data and information abou

senator gillibrand and i have worked on this and we were able to get changes made to the uniform code of military justice to make sure that we have improvements on how we address the tragic will be life altering -- tragic and life altering issues from sexual assault. it will demand a time and attention from the pentagon under your watch if confirmed. as secretary of defense, will you appoint a senior level official dedicated to sexual assault prevention and response? mr. hegseth: as we have discussed, yes i will. >> my time is expired. thank you for your answers. >> senator hirono. >> thank you. mr. hegseth, welcome. i am focused on your character, temperament and qualifications to do the job. i do appreciate the comments of ranking member reid and his concerns regarding your nomination. i share those concerns. as part of my responsibility as a member of this committee to ensure the fitness of all nominees who come before any of the committees on which i said, i asked the following initial questions first. since you became an adult have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favor

gillibrand, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no.ote: in the confirmation we finished yesterday with intelligence agency john ratcliffe, mark kelly of arizona, democrat on the senate intelligence committee gave director ratcliffe a ringing endorsement director ratcliffe is qualified for the job, serious guy he has the background, he's got confidence will do a good job senator schumer held up confirmation with two solid days. despite the delay the senate overwhelming the confirmed the highly qualified director by 74-2521 democrats voted in favor of the confirmation the two day delay i want every american to know what's happening in the senate the format to left members of the democratic caucus are intentionally delaying the confirmation of president trump national security team is not advice and consent to visit democrats playbook trying to deny president trump his cabinet sentence preparing to vote this weekend on more i qualified nominees one is south dakota governor kristi noem governor nelms nominee to be secretary of homeland sec

important for some of these things to be out in the public though and out in the open like senator gillibrandmportant with volunteer military to have some of these things said out in the open. they did that the democrats aren't going to stop this nomination. they are not going to be successful in doing that. but it is important to get these things on the record and it is important to notice that he said different things than he said two months ago in november and that's what they did. >> bret: do you think democrats are trying for a scalp or do you think this is kind of a fait accompli. >> i don't think they are try for a scalp. they are trying to understand and put out who these people rand point out they're incompetent. they are not going to get a scalp. they don't have the majority to get that, so it is their job to poke holes in it and try to get some of the republicans but to your point they were not organized enough to do that today. >> i will say particularly grating blumenthal sitting in judgment of anyone else on this front given the fact that he lied repeatedly throughout his entire

the democratic charisma campaign committee and every level of government charles schumer kristin gillibrand among others. howard graduated from the university of chicago and duke university. please welcome nicole and howard. [applause] >> thank you for that warm will come. this is a distinguished group of transportation expertspe and advocates so it's really a pleasure to be speaking with so many knowledgeable and engaged people. it's a particular pleasure to be with nicole this evening. this is a terrific book. i loved it and i hope you will either have read it or will read it. it's's certainly the best histoy of transportation policies in new york i think ever written and one of the absolute best books about new york ever written. one of the things we can talk about today is how many areas of city life you touch upon in the book and talking about transportation and criminal justice issues, education issues housing issues. they are all intersected with transportation issues so we will talk about that. i want to open with an open-ended question. i'm curious why transportation policy how you

his own leagues liked him like kirsten gillibrand. there were sources within the g.o.p.ference that were telling me they believed they had a time agreement with chuck schumer. they were under the impression that there was an agreement with chuck schumer, so, there was a sense that, perhaps, chris murphy was free-lancing a little bit here he went out on his own. when i did have a chance to ask schumer about this, he sort of, you know, dug in his heels and said no, i'm okay with this. and i think we should be doing this with every single nominee that doesn't have unanimous support which is pretty much everyone other than marco rubio. they are digging in their heels. although i will say, stand by for tonight. you never know. the senate doesn't like to be here very late. so, they might come to an agreement. >> ainsley: 57 and then the vote should be scheduled for pete hegseth a vote before 9:45. now, can he afford to lose three republicans because he would still get confirmed j.d. vance if he loses j.d. vance could be the tiebreaker. any word on whether or not we know anyone

. >> aishah: bret, just now we are learning that senator kirsten gillibrand of new york will be a yesote on ratcliffe for cia director. on marco rubio, the senate foreign relations committee is planning a mark-up for him on inauguration day. that's a pretty good indication that he could be voted on and sworn in that very night. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie live on the hill. thank you. the pentagon's inspector general is faulting lloyd austin for not informing the white house incapacitated due to cancer treatment last year. the staff says austin told them to keep his hospitalization a secret. he denies saying that the report also says no one on the staff knew of the seriousness of austin's condition. up next, our new fox polls on president-elect trump's approval. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around this country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york as new york governor kathy hochul announces every subway station in the city will have a uniformed officer on the platform from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. she made the statement during her state of the state address. she says

tomorrow morning, we'll be joined by new york senator kirsten gillibrand.ess secretary sarah matthews, and more. so that starts back here tomorrow at 8 a.m. eastern. and then we're going to see you again tomorrow night at 9 p.m. eastern for a special hour of the weekend to preview the inauguration. yes, we are kicking it off, honey. >> oh my goodness. >> but in the

senator gillibrand. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you. mr. hegseth. i do want to thank you for your service, and i want to thank you for your willingness to serve in this capacity. >> thank you, senator, i have many concerns about your record and particularly your public statements, because they are so hurtful to the men and women who are currently serving in the u.s. military, harmful to morale, harmful to good order and discipline. >> if you are saying that women shouldn't be serving in the military, and i'm going to read you your quotes because the quotes themselves are terrible, you will have to change how you see women to do this job well. and i don't know if you are capable of that. so i want to press on these issues that my colleague jeanne shaheen brought up because she said it so well. so first of all, you answered your questionnaire. do you believe that any american who wants to serve their country in the military and can meet objective standards set by the military, should be allowed to serve without limitation? you said yes to that questio

senator gillibrand. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you, mr. hegseth. thank you for your service and i want to thank you for your willingness to serve in this capacity. i have many concerns about your record and particularly your public statements because they are so hurtful to the men and women who are currently serving in the u.s. military. harmful to morale, harmful to good order and discipline. if you are saying that women shouldn't be serving in the military -- i will read your quotes. the quotes themselves are terrible. you will have to change how you see women to do this job well. i don't know if you are capable of that. i want to press on these issues that my colleague jean sheehan brought up. she said it so well. you answered your questionnaire do you believe that any american who wants to serve their country in the military and can meet objective standards set by the military should be allowed to serve without limitation. you said yes. in all these other circumstances you have denigrate i had active duty service members. we have hundreds -- hu

and on campaigns at every level of government advising charles schumer, kristen gillibrand, andrew cuomo, among others. howard graduated from the university of chicago and received a master's in history from duke university. it's a pleasure to have these two here. please help me welcome nicole and howard. well, thank you for that warm welcome. this is a really distinguished group of transportation experts and advocates. so it's really a pleasure to be speaking with so many knowledgeable and people. and it's a particular pleasure to be with nicole this evening. this is a terrific book. i loved it. i hope you all either have read it or will read it. it's certainly the best history of transportation in new york. i think ever written and is one of the absolute best books about new york ever written. and i think one of the things we can talk about today is how many areas of life you touch upon in the book in talking about transportation, right. do criminal justice issues, education issues, housing issues, they are all intersecting with transportation issues. so we'll talk about that i want to

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i want to pick up on some of the questions asked by senator that mean and g gillibrand and horon, and i want to ensure we have some of the facts undisputed. i'm not talking about anonymous sources. i'm going to quote you directly. we have the video. we've got it in print. going back to january 2013, you told a fox news interviewer that women in the military simply couldn't measure up to men in the military saying that allowing women to serve in combat roles would force the military to lower the bar. you picked up on that same theme in 2015 making remarks on fox news referring to women in combat as, quote, a road -- it would erode standards. june 2024, you said on ben shapiro's podcast, quote, women shouldn't be in combat at all. and then, of course, we've talked about it in 2024. you published a book. and you say on page 26 of your book, we need moms, but not in the military. especially in combat units. page 48 of your book, you claim that women should not be in combat roles because men are distracted by women. and then 10 weeks ago, you appeared on the sean ryan said and saying i'm s

. >> i think gillibrand said you would have to change the entire way you view women in order to do this job. and i don't know that we have enough time for you to do that. really striking grace panetta from the 19th. thank you for joining us. and still ahead, the latest on the wildfires burning across los angeles and why some residents are still being urged not to return to their homes, even if the fires are no longer present in their neighborhoods. plus, what we're learning about an upcoming meeting between embattled new york city mayor eric adams and president elect trump today. those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. >> when you need brutal honesty, when you need answers first thing in the morning, when you need to go deep inside washington and hear from someone who's been there, you need your morning joe weekdays at 6:00 only on msnbc. >> the second inauguration of donald trump morning joe kicks off coverage. >> then, at 10 a.m, rachel maddow and team will bring you key moments of the day, followed by analysis from our prime time anchors as the new te

. >> and i think it's because a lot of members of the democratic party, senator kirsten gillibrand of new york in particular, have been pushing him to do this. but the national archives already said that they don't expect to do that. nothing from their perspective has actually changed. the president doesn't actually have a formal role in this process. >> so we'll see what happens. as president biden, you think just playing to his left wing with this, with this move? >> no, i mean, i think it's i think if you were playing to your left wing, you would have done it well before now. i mean, i think it's regrettable that, you know, he, with all due respect, waited to the very last minute to actually make this move. but what i'm interested in seeing, wolf, is you had women on both sides of the political aisle since roe was overturned, and even up until november that chose their their reproductive rights. there are women on both sides of the political aisle that don't want to see a reverse in rights for women. so i'm going to be curious to see how organizations like planned parenthood and ot

like anybody could get hegseth on the ropes, with the exception of maybe tim kaine and kirsten gillibrand but many of them felt like they weren't prepared. they weren't really aggressive, and they didn't ask critical questions like, are you going to put the constitution first? are you going to put donald trump first? i think that's the real core question here, especially if we talk about potential deployment of u.s. troops on u.s. soil, whether or not trump will use them to to tackle the migrant crisis. we're going to face some very real. >> there was a point. i don't want to cut you off, but there was a point. i got to get to this. there was where he was asked whether he'd follow certain controversial laws. and our time is limited. but i want to play for you and the audience. what he had to say about this exchange. listen. >> would you carry out an order from president trump to seize greenland, a territory of our nato ally denmark, by force? or would you comply with an order to take over the panama canal? >> senator, i will emphasize that president trump received 77 million votes to be t

. >> and we just so you know, sarah, we had senator kirsten gillibrand on with us earlier and she saidchecked pam bondi. and one exchange that she had during her hearing. i want you to take a listen to another exchange. and this is about the results of the 2020 election. >> who won the 2020 presidential election? >> joe biden is the president of the united states. do i accept the results? of course i do. do i agree with what happened? and i saw so much, you know, no one from either side of the aisle should want there to be any issues with election integrity. in our country, there was a peaceful transition of power. president trump left office and was overwhelmingly elected in 2024. >> not a peaceful trip. there was not a peaceful transfer of power. literally, literally january 6th. okay. and then and then he didn't even attend the inauguration last time. i just wanted to point that out. >> well, nor was he overwhelmingly elected because he got he didn't get 50%. >> i will say that he didn't get 50%. >> yeah. >> as you know, sarah simone, michael, folks are prepped for these hearings, r

kirsten gillibrand. that's starting at 8 a.m. eastern both saturday and sunday. and on sunday night, we will be with you for special hour ahead of inauguration day. that's at 9 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on all in. >> we begin with the supreme court issuing a unanimous ruling, clearing the way for tiktok to be banned in the u.s. starting on sunday. >> welcome to the new trump era. >> i could have banned tiktok. i had it banned just about i could have gotten it done. frankly, there are a lot of people on tiktok that love it. >> how today's tiktok decision benefits the looming trump oligarchy i want to thank president trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps tiktok available in the united states. then, as the inauguration moves inside, trump plans for day one and the resistance planning to challenge him. >> he says, you're not going to be a dictator, are you? >> i said, no, no, no, other than day one. >> plus, new reporting on rfk jr and his attempt to ban the covid vaccine an

tomorrow morning, we'll be joined by new york senator kirsten gillibrand. mary mccord and former trump deputy press secretary sarah matthews, and more. so that starts back here tomorrow at 8 a.m. eastern. and then we're going to see you again tomorrow night at 9 p.m. eastern for a special hour of the weekend to preview the inauguration. yes, we are kicking it off, honey. >> oh my goodness. >> but in the meantime, michael stuck like he didn't know this. ali velshi will continue our coverage. >> that's some crazy stuff. you guys are working tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow night we've got earn our keep. >> ali. yes. and then the next morning, lots of news. >> and then the next morning. and the next morning, i gotta i gotta have a little sit down with you guys. >> tell you how to how to how to butter up the bosses a little bit. so stuff like that doesn't happen. >> well, yes, we. >> ali velshi, we're just trying to be like you, you know? yes. i see you early in the morning, late at night, covering the things in the war zones. i'm not trying to go to war zon

he was also confronted about this by a senator, senator kirsten gillibrand, in ways direct and indirect, overt and subtle standards have been changed inside infantry training units, ranger school, infantry battalions to ensure that commanders meet. >> please give me an example. i get you're making these generalized statements quotas to have a certain number of female infantry officers or infantry enlisted, and that disparages those women commanders do not capable of meeting that for the infantry commanders do not have to have a quota for women in the infantry that does not exist, it does not exist. and your statements are creating the impression that there that these exist because they do not. there are not quotas. we want the most lethal force. >> joining us tonight in our fifth seed is juan williams. he has a book out new prize for these eyes the rise of america's second civil rights movement. juan, welcome to the show. today. look, it's a very anticlimactic. he's probably going to be confirmed. he's going to have the votes. but i think it did raise some questions about what he did kn