herschel walker joins us right now. good morning to you. >> hello there, how are you doing?oing okay. why did you want to go back and finish off college? >> well, you know, i started thinking am i a hypocrite. i've been very fortunate my wife and i that we have a foundation we give out scholarships an one of the largest scholarship providers in the u.s. am i a hypocrite? i decided to get my degree to let people know it's never too late if you want to finish that degree. >> steve: what is the degree in and what will you do when you grow up now? >> the degree is in housing management and policy. right now i think i have to go out and get a job. i wanted to finish and having an opportunity to be with a lot of the young people again. i get to see this generation is a little different than my generation but at the same time i said they are great kids. got a chance to go back on campus and it was wonderful. >> steve: for the kids who graduated in your class it has to be a hoot for them to say i graduated with herschel walker who went like that during the ceremony. >> it was. there

herschel walker doesn't have the same baggage not under scrutiny.o show trump likes the idea of a celebrity, someone who's good on camera or he thinks is good on camera, and i think that's reflected here. >> yeah, no question. and you mentioned hegseth, so many of his picks for his administration were either fox news anchors, contributors, or made frequent appearances on that network. let's turn to some of the confirmation battles ahead. pete hegseth continues to per our reporting be at least a few votes short of support there, but he's still pushing. trump is backing him. we've had tulsi gabbard, robert k. kennedy jr., kash patel all make the rounds on the hill in repeat days and will continue to do so. what's the latest you've heard in terms of where nose nominations stand, and how much political capital is trump willing to spend on their behalf? >> look, i think with pete hegseth the tide has turned in his favor. he still has work to do and he would as i imagine be doing that work over the holidays and in the coming weeks, but i thought the tide

we'll put herschel walker in charge of that little sucker, >> seth: and when he heard that, walker said mean ronald, i mean ronald mcjonald jr. [ laughter ] i'm not sure what inspires less confidence, putting walker in charge or referring to a highly complex missile defense system that would presumably involve the world's most advanced weaponry and communications technology as "that little sucker." [ laughter ] like it's the gopher whose been eating his petunias. "i'm going sit outside with a bb gun. i'm going get that little sucker." but walker is not the only trump adjacent weirdo who's apparently been promised a key job in a second trump administration. trump has also decided to close out his campaign by promising that bear carcass collector and ye olde inn for brain worms rfk jr., will be making crucial decisions about your family's health if trump wins. >> robert f. kennedy jr. said at a virtual "get out the vote" event on monday that he'll be put in charge of the nation's major public health agencies should donald trump win the presidency. >> president trump, you said last night y

but speaking of another nominee who is also going to be facing senate confirmation as herschel walker, rfk jr. spent the day up here on capitol hill working to convince republican senators to confirm him as the next secretary of health and human services. one of them is the incoming senate majority leader. that's john thune that you see here. he said he does expect that kennedy will face tough questions on comments that he's made advocating for the debunked link between vaccines and autism. a lot of those questions could also come from democrats. democrats who i should note kennedy has not started meeting with yet, but says he plans to do so after the recess in january. my source in the senate tonight is one of the republicans. he will also be meeting with north carolina's senator ted budd. and it's great to have you here. you're meeting with rfk jr. tomorrow. what kind of what are your biggest questions that you have for him that you'd like to have answered? >> well, first of all, we've been meeting with a lot of these nominees and these nominees, they're going to get confirmed. >> s

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david purdue, most unbelievably, herschel walker to be ambassador to the bahamas.g that the man who promised america would become tired of winning assembling a team of proven losers but trump isn't looking for competence and successful managers. he is seeking blind loyalty from team members who are completely reliant on him. a more confident leader might choose to surround themselves with other extraordinary people. but trump seems more comfortable around folks who couldn't hack it on their own. america deserves better than an administration of all rans but the stench of defeat already hangs over this trump white house and we haven't even reached inauguration day yet. i got you. inauguration day yet i got you. that's why at fisher investments we start by getting to know each other. so i can learn about your family, lifestyle, goals and needs, allowing us to tailor your portfolio. (wife) what about commission- based products? (fisher investments) we don't sell those. we're a fiduciary, obligated to act in your best interest. (husband) so how do your management fees

talked about the absence of black choices with respect to some of trump's cabinet picks primarily herschel walker as an ambassador, and scott turner as the pick to head up housing and urban development. aside from that, there's a complete void, virtually. what do you make of that, and what should america be interpreting from that absence and that void? >> yeah, i mean, charles, i think it's interesting that you do have a lack of black men being nominated for the cabinet positions given trump's outreach to black men during the election and the support that you did see among some number of black men for him in november. so i think that certainly like any constituency, black men are looking for those votes to translate into representation, and that is not really something that happened even though you had several high profile black republican male surrogates for donald trump when he was on the campaign trail in november. another observation i want to point out, less than half of the picks are women. there's not much diversity among the group of three dozen as we have pointed out. his first -- the pr

trump tapping former georgia nfl legend herschel walker as ambassador to the bahamas and posting thisublicans, no deal with democrats to fast track nominations at the end of this congress. i won the biggest mandate in 129 years and i will make my appointments of very qualified people in january when i am sworn in end quote from truth social. >> dana: the congressional doge caucus convening for the first time yesterday. the meeting attracting some democrats as well as republicans look to work with musk and ramaswamy to slash government spending. aaron beane is co-chair. tell me about the meeting. it was pretty well attended. you had 29 sign up to come but over 60 attended. >> that's right, dana. good morning to you and good morning, bill. we had a great meeting. a great launch of doge. there is tremendous interest in breaking this addiction to spending, overspending and efficiency. hopefully doge can have an intervention with this town and break that cycle. >> dana: there were some democrats that came. i mentioned that. pete aguilar said this about working with doge. >> democrats are w

who seem to have been on the campaign trail as surrogates have gotten any of the positions -- herschel walker an ambassadorship. but other than that, there's an absence there. if donald trump delivers on some of his campaign promises and black men feel like their pockets are better and the immigration issue for those of them who matters to has been handled, does the lack of representation at least so far matter? >> it does matter. but i think it points to -- this may be an unpopular opinion, but the problem that the right does have. they don't have a bench in terms of black talent. when you only have one or two or three, you have these challenges, where do you find other people to show up to be appointed in these roles? while i'm a democrat, a proud democrat, i want to focus on build the bench on the left, the republicans have to think about building a bench on the right. it does take groups like collective pac and others on the right, for instance, to, you know, train up those focus to be ready to take those positions. but it does speak to, again, this question of, you know, does all of the

president-elect trump announced yesterday he's nominated former nfl player herschel walker to be thebassador to the bahamas. said walker, wow, both of them? [ laughter ] during his press conference on monday at mar-a-lago, president-elect trump suggested that he would be open to privatizing the u.s. postal service and said, quote, "it's not the worst idea i've ever heard." oh, we know. [ laughter ] steaks from an electronics store. [ laughter ] president-elect trump reportedly met yesterday with netflix ceo ted sarandos and then when the meeting was over, another one just started automatically. [ laughter ] that's not really a joke about the news. [ laughter ] that's right. trump met yet with the ceo of netflix at mar-a-lago, because as president, he gets to hear who emily ends up with first. [ laughter ] "and i swear i won't tell." [ laughter ] according to one -- according to a new survey, one-third of high school seniors said that they have drank alcohol or used marijuana or tobacco in the past month, while the other two-thirds said they prefer the energy and mental clarity that c

if we goes to the bahamas, think about who the bahamas is sending back for herschel walker. there are some raising eyebrows. >> i'm getting resentful of attacks on herschel walker, that man ran for over 7,000 yards in national football. >> he had a great career. >> what more do you need to be an ambassador to bahamas? >> i think it is more about georgia. >>> house republicans following donald trump's lead on just about everything as a report recommends that former congresswoman liz cheney be investigated and possibly face criminal prosecution for her role on the january 6th xhoet which looked into donald trump and the attack on the capitol. trump posted about the report saying cheney could be in a lot of trouble while also thanking the person who spearheaded the report. it comes after trump told kristen welker that cheney and other members of the january 6th committee should be jailed. >> cheney did something that is inexcusable, along with thompson and people on the unselect committee, political thugs and creeps. honestly, they should go to jail. so you think liz cheney sho

president-elect trump chose herschel walker to be ambassador to the bahamas.nnouncement on to social. he had an unsuccessful run for a senate seat in georgia to hold ambassador position and will need his nomination approved by the republican-led senate. nissan is in merger talks with honda. it would create the third-largest automaker. talks between the two accelerated after foxconn approached nissan to take a stake. nissan's troubles came to the forefront after they cut their profit forecast and revealed plans to cut 9000 jobs globally. jonathan: more from yahaira jacquez and 30 minutes. next, the fed bracing for trouble. >> we don't know what the timing and substance of any policy changes will be. we don't guess, speculate or assume. jonathan: we don't guess, we don't speculate or assume. i imagine we might hear that later this afternoon. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ (♪♪) (♪♪) what took you so long? i'm sorry, there was a long line at the thai place. you get the sauce i like? of course! you're the man! i wish. the future isn't scary. not investing in i

president-elect said tuesday he would nominate the former nfl player in onetime georgia senate candidate herschel walkermbassador to the bahamas saying herschel has spent decades as ambassador to our nation's youth, men and women in the military and athletes at home and abroad. he noted that walker previously served as the cochair for the white house counsel on the fitness and nutrition during his first term. open forum, massachusetts, independent line. caller: good morning. i wanted to bounce back off of the subject about the drones. and i truly believe that a lot of the american people, a lot of loyal patriots are concerned about what those drones are and where they are coming from and i believe we deserve 100% full transparency on what they are, where they are coming from and what they are doing every single drone. and i believe we should know why they are up there in real time. the reason i believe that we are worried is because what is to say that those very drones can be used against the very people if the people don't 100% agree with the powers that be and can be labeled terrorists especially peo