as the united states health and human services secretary.hey have engaged in disinformation when it comes to public health. the safety and health of all americans is the most important role of any administration. hhs will play a big role in helping to ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides and food additives. he will restore these agencies to the traditions of gold standards, scientific research, and beacons of transparency to end the chronic disease epidemic and make america great and healthy again. house democratic leader hakeem jeffries joins us now. your reaction to this breaking news that president-elect trump is expected to nominate rfk jr. , robert f. kennedy jr. , to be the secretary of the department of health and human services. >> since the election, we've made clear that we will work to find bipartisan common ground with the incoming administration on any issue whenever and whatever possible to make life better for the american people. but of course, we will push back against far ri

. >> on capitol hill health and human services secretary becerra testified on his departments refugee resettlement office at an oversight hearing that primarily focus on unaccompanied minors including the vetting process for sponsors and guardians. he was asked how the agency protects unaccompanied minors from predators and human traffickers. this house judiciary subcommittee hearing is an hour and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> the subcommittee will come to order. without objection the chairs authorized c to declare recess t any time. today, the subcommittee meets to conduct oversight into the activities of the office of refugee resettlement administered by the department of health and human services. we welcome hhs secretary xavier becerra to answer questions that we have arising from this administration, this office. i think we all agree that if a child shows up lost and alone on your doorstep you've got a moral obligation to find out why the child lives and return them safely home. last thing any decent person would do is to take that child to a stranger sounds and leave

entails and the sheer size and scope that is under the attention of the department of health and human services million americans who get their healthcare through medicare and medicaid. the center for medicaid and medicare services is of course under h.h.s. can you give us an idea of what kinds of decisions robert f. kennedy jr. will make if confirmed to this role? >> this is going to be the man setting the agenda from everything from what science we pursue to who gets healthcare under critical programs like medicare and medicaid. i want to give you three examples. you think about the c.d.c. and vaccine advisory. this is going to be the individual who helps to select the next city see director and the kinds of vaccines we are recommending for children. look at the n.i.h. and the grants that we give. you can imagine someone with very serious anti-vaccine views started to set our research on vaccines for diseases that we don't yet have vaccines for. think about another agency like the sentence for medicare and medicaid services. decisions about what we are going to cover for seniors. another one

one of his latest selections as robert f. kennedy junior to meet the department of health and human services. he has an antivirus inactive us that has promoted vaccine construct securities. the costs from will depend on his fellow republicans and the senate to approve us fixed a cabinet before his 2nd time begins in january, a man, donald trump, return to washington this week, try i'm sent relishing his election when and what he called a powerful mandate. well thank you very much, is a very nice gathering. is the dice when nice to in colors. nice to a lot of good friends. it is those good friends and now being nominated for top government positions among them. attorney general pick met gates, a loyal trump follow a who has often acted as his attack dog on capitol hill. gates has been the subject of a federal 6 transit king investigation with the one that ended with out criminal charges . summers and fox news channel hosp hicks is a military veteran whom trump once as defend secret tree. the civilian nomination has reportedly shocked many at the pentagon with concerns he could politicize the

someone like r a k and health and human services or mac. yep. so the attorney general's office, that is the same charges, the department of justice for hex, it at defense. i am during the 4 years that they are, if they say the whole term that they would be in office, they could make dramatic ships in the policies and the personnel of those departments. but the question is also not just what kind of damage or impact they can have in those 4 years, but what those departments would look like afterwards if or a key, for instance, manages to inject into the american population an extreme skepticism of vaccines. then his impact on the health of american society on the health american citizens could far out last. any term in office sector team so fast. you know, you mentioned met, gets we're also talking about or if you junior, if they went to the senate approval, will this be a further dismantling of democratic guard rails, in your opinion? well, this is an interesting question because the senate is composed of many loyalties to trumpet, has a republi

, the senate finance has jurisdiction over most of the health and human services department budget through medicare and medicaid. the senate committee of health and pensions has some jurisdiction over department of health and human services so robert kennedy jr and he might be learning it for the first time if he is watching it now, will go through two, count them, two televised conference hearings in two different senate committees. chief of staff of finance committee we never had a difficult confirmation hearing for secretary of health and human services. not once, we could not get one of those hearings on tv. i can not think of a confirmation hearing that ever actually been televised. the senate video records all of them but the news networks never go live to a confirmation for the secretary of health and human services. confirmation process is going to be a circus this time. according to next year's senate majority lead or john thune at least there will be a process. trump demanded that the republican-controlled senate eliminate confirmation hearings going into recess so the president

so i'm, i'm like are ok and health and human services or mac. yep. so the attorney general's office, that is the same charges, the department of justice for hex, it at defense. i am during the 4 years that they are, if they stay the whole term that they would be in office, they could make dramatic shifts in the policies and the personnel of those departments. but the question is also not just what kind of damage or impact they can have in those 4 years, but what those departments would look like afterwards if or a key, for instance, manages to inject into the american population an extreme skepticism of vaccines. then his impact on the health of american society on the health american citizens could far out last. any term in office sector team so fast. you know, you mentioned met, gets we're also talking about or if you junior, if they went to send an approval. um, will this be a further dismantling of democratic guard rails, in your opinion? well, this is an interesting question because the senate is composed of many loyalties to trumpet has a repub

he shouldn't be allowed in the building at the department of health and human services let alone placed in charge of the nation's public health agency. alexandria ocasio cortez adding this. >> if you look at a rural area, not a hospital close to you. it could be decimated under robert f kennedy. we are talking about people who live in rural communities and underserved communities. in order, just to get checked up on. >> the senate majority leader a lack has no comment about this pic for health and human services, interesting confirmation hearing. neil: i didn't lay a glove on you. i tried but you are the best. one of the nicest guys on the planet but a killer when he wants to be. that i mix shows and movies? north carolina republican congressman and physician, the only practicing physician in congress, very good to have you. how do you feel about robert f kennedy junior coming to head hhs? >> what the president has done with all his appointment, they are disrupters in one form or another. i'm not for disruption for the sake of disruption but we had too many things go on for decades upon

i can't think of a confirmation hearing for secretary of health and human services that's ever been televised. they're all recorded, but the news networks never go live to a confirmation hearing for the secretary of health and hue unanimous services. the confirmation process is going to be a circus this time. but according to next year's senate majority leader, john thune, at least there will be a process. donald trump has demanded, publicly, that the republican controlled senate next year simply eliminate the confirmation hearings, and go into recess so the president can use so-called recess appointments that are only good for about 18 months to two years. john thune said on fox tonight that that is not as easy as donald trump thinks. >> you think matt gaetz can get through? >> well, i don't know the answer to that just yet. i mean, obviously, as you point out, there certainly are some skeptics. but he deserves a process. >> rfk jr.? same answer? >> they deserve a process. there are demands the president has put forward, and the senate has the role of advice and consent of the constitution,

services. our child welfare capacity building collaborative seen by the children's bureau is just one of many programs and resources to address human trafficking prevention needs in native communities. it's been a privilege to partner with doi and doj on the interagency work as well to collaborate around data collection and services to native children and families. importantly, acf also funds four or five hotlines that collectively offer assistance and services to those impacted by survivors of human trafficking. the fy 25 budget offers a historic opportunity for hhs to enhance how we support health and human services delivery to native children, native families and native communities across the country and nation to nation commitment to tribes. thank you for this opportunity to address the health, welfare and safety of native people throughout the united states. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, chairman simpson and members of the committee. i'm currently serving as doj's acting director of the office of tribal justice. thank you all for the invitation to speak here today, and honor to see chairman cold here today. i want to access

joining me is kathleen sebelius, director of health and human services under president obama.he perfect person to help understand what the department does. you say people could be killed as a result of this with rfk, jr., being in this role and the impact of his inaccurate information on vaccines and what it's led to. explain how dangerous it could be knowing the department as you know it for rfk jr. to be leading the department. >> well, jen, it's good to see you, too. i -- people need to understand the department of health and human services is a huge department, and you want it to be huge if you're an american is the zen citizen because it hand concerns from the time people are born until the tomb ime thee and the insurance program and the national institutes of health, medicare payments and children and family programs and it really touches americans each and every day and it is the biggest department in partnership with the state, sends more money to states than all of the other domestic agencies combined. so somebody who gets the title of secretary of health and human se

now each of those physicians and agencies falls under the department of health and human services.known handles a budget of over $1.7 trillion annually and sends more funds to states than all other domestic 85,000 employees and plays a huge role in promoting health, wellness and disease prevention both domestically and around the world. so given all of that trump's choice to lead the critical department is none other than robert f kennedy, jr., he's an environmental lawyer, but over the these he's pushed anti-vaccine and says there's no vaccine that's safe and effective. he's posted medical misinformation including debunked claims linking vaccines to various medical conditions including autism. he's suggest that the government remove fluoride from water, and eating raw milk, and he's urged people to resist cdc guidance. he's been vocal in his skepticism of the covid vaccine. he's been linked to conspiracy theories suggesting the covid pandemic was planned by the government as a means to control the public. covid was planned by the government as a means to control the public. trump

healthcare and human services go together. that is why we need this collaboration with hhs and so forth. secondly, i think what we have heard from this amazing astounding first panel of our sisters and aunties and grandmothers that we need to amend the wounds. we need to heal the trauma. we need to prevent the violence and take the steps to intervene in these horrible human trafficking issues. so, one of the things that i think is really going well, and i think is worth additional investment is the forensic nurse examiner program out of indian health service. ihs sees thousands and thousands of patients, clients, you know, every year. urban, tribally and so forth the majority of these patients are not given a safety screening. what we have been able to do, and ihs s is changing that practice around tiring forensic nurse examiners. this is really an amazing program were not just safety screenings, but they are also taking on forensic investigation of sexual assault, of trauma, of all sorts of violence and also, you know, homici

this part of the department of health and human services runs medicare, it runs medicaid, which provides healthcare services to lower income people, people with disabilities, runs the children's health insurance program, it is an essential part of government and traditionally it has been headed up by someone with great expertise in health insurance, someone who really understands how government works. dr. oz has no experience running any government department. he has been a strong voice in health in our country. the problem with that is that he has been a very divisive voice. he's someone who has lifted up important things people can do for their health, and mixes that with misinformation about products that actually have absolutely no health benefits. putting him in this role undermines the value of this critical part of our government. i worked as a pediatrician for more than 30 years in community clinics around the country. my patients were either on medicaid or had no health insurance. and i saw the impact on people's lives when they did not have health insurance. in our country toda

to lead the department of health and human services. donald trump said mr. make america healthy again and he is thrilled to make the nomination. mr. kennedy supported mr. trump after suspending his own campaign. this comes out to the democratic senator dick durbin called on the house ethics committee to preserve and share its investigative report on former congressman matt gaetz, who donald trump nominated as attorney general. after leading -- reading his letter of resignation. mr. gaetz once faced a sex trafficking investigation. the house ethics committee has its own investigation into mr. gaetz. he faces increased scrutiny on both sides of the aisle and mr. durbin said the american people should know what is in the report. >> i want to know what is in the ethics committee report. it is a bipartisan investigation with serious charges. that has to be public. let the american people then decide if he is competent and qualified. what is our constitutional responsibility when it comes to these nominations? for the attorney general of the united states, it is o

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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: the president-elect saying gaetz will root out the systemic corruption at doj, while some argue mr. trump has a mandate, others joining democrats in raising deep concerns about both gaetz and the pick for national intelligence, tulsi gabbard. >> they live in this world of conspiracy theories. >> reporter: gabbard would adv

to be his health and human services secretary. public health officials are sounding the alarm over rfk jr.'s anti-vaccine activism and other prop doctor mike -- news. pressures building right now or the house of representatives releasing its ethics report on gates as a former congressman facing a tough fight to be trumps attorney general. the ethics committee set to meet tomorrow as a follow over gates picks up dramatically. plus, new reporting that trumps close ally, elon musk met with iran's ambassador about tensions in the next administration. we will discuss this breaking story as elon musk's influence has escalated dramatically. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, here in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we begin with breaking news, president-elect trump causing a firestorm by announcing a cabinet pick. tonight, it is robert f kennedy jr., member of the political dynasty turned trump loyalist. kristen holmes inns in west beach florida, what can you tell us about this bid that

announcer: on capitol hill health and human services secretary i have your becerra testified at an oversight hearing that primarily focused on policies related to unaccompanied minors, including the vetting process for sponsors and guardians. he was also asked how the agency protects unaccompanied minors from predators and human traffickers. they subcommittee hearing is one hour and 40 minutes. >> the subcommittee will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. today the subcommittee means to conduct oversight into the activities of the office of giphy the -- refugee resettlement. we welcome hhs secretary heavy air -- xavier becerra. i think we all agreed that if a child shows up lost and alone on your doorstep you have a moral obligation to find out where the child lives and return them safely home. the last thing any decent person would do is to take that child to a stranger's house and lead them there. it appears this is exactly with this administration has been doing for the last four years. this administration is deliberately allowed seven on

, saying biden's department of health and human services has gone wild on dei.cient government has no place for dei bloat. elon musk has suggested some non-government organizations that receive money from the federal government may no longer be eligible, and in an interview with hannity last night, vivek ramaswamy said another easy way to shrink the government be to force federal employees many of whom are still working remote back into the office which would lead some to quit. he says there will be some surprises too. >> we've got a long list, and a lot of this is to stay tuned for what's coming on january 20 because some of it we want it coming as a big way swinging on day one and i hope we will help unite the country by eliminating waste which is something all americans regardless of partisan affiliation can get behind. reporter: and doge is officially firing. it is soliciting resumes via direct message on its x account. they want people who are "super-high iq, small government revolutionary" willing to work 80 plus hours per week. trying to figure out, liz,

as the head of health and human services.this is the case, we will go to west palm beach to give you the latest, it will be the first kennedy serving in a cabinet position since rfk jr.'s dad was his brother's attorney general back in the early 1960s. that was the latest on what could be a pretty eye-popping selection for donald trump cabinet. >> we are still fixing the shot here. bear with me. this announcement hasn't come directly from president electron, but the spokesperson for the transition team was just on with martha and martha asked her if rfk jr. was going to beat part of the administration and she said that the president-elect was looking for a place for him and that the focus would be on making america healthy again. it is a possibility we could see something come from mar-a-lago announcing he could be the new hhs secretary. trump on the campaign trail had said that he wanted rfk to fix health care in our country, that he would let him go wild on health care and that is what has been his focus. he was just on capi

javier becerra is secretary of health and human services. he previously served as the attorney general of california and a member of the house of representatives between 1993 and 2017. we welcome him and thank him for appearing here today. we'll begin by swearing you in, mr. secretary. if you would please rise and raise your right hand. do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information, and belief, so help you god? >> i do. >> thank you. let the record reflect the witness has answered in the affirmative. your witness testimony will be entered into the record in its entirety and we ask that you summarize. so mr. secretary, you may begin. >> mr. chairman and ranking members, and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to discuss the work of the u.s. department of health and human services, unaccompanied children bureau within the office of refugee resettlement. before i begin my comments, i do want to add my words to those of the r

s nomination to lead the department of health and human services.rn is that he will continue his anti-vaccine rhetoric and put americans health at risk as the company as the opening bell rang this morning. actually, the companies affected. moderna dropped more than 5%. shares in pfizer, novavax and biontech down 3 to 5% as well. and that is contributing to a drop for the major market indexes as well as we take a live look. the dow jones down about 300 points, as it seems that post-election rally kind of losing some steam there. down three quarters of a percent. the s&p 500 down more than one full percentage point there 5880. and the nasdaq down almost 2%, 368 points. on the downside, for the nasdaq, down even more than the dow. number wise, facebook's parent company is appealing a ruling that says social media companies can be sued by schools and states over addiction. now, a federal judge in oakland ruled last month that meta google, tiktok and snap can face lawsuits that claim the apps are addicting and contributing to a mental health crisis. now,

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they include public safety, transportation, infrastructure,b health and human service and community.l 1 activation, all those different branches are equally important to the implementation of operations to respond to a emergency. we don't activate at level 1 very often. in the last year we only activated once for apec. i will talk about the city response to apec in the next slide. but, the level 1 activation really does require a lot of city resources, but it is worth it. we really coordinaa lot better at level 1 activation, because it is in to a super complex incident. level 2 below, partial activation. you can think of level 2 as most hands on deck rather then all. has all our section jz branches activated and staffed, however, they may not all be super robustly staffed. like it is in a level 1 activation. level 2 activation for example winter storm. something that impacts more then just one level of operations. if we have a lot of rainfall in the city, it can cause localized flooding that obviously impacts our infrastructure but could also impact our transportation resources. down

the departments of labor and health and human services have also put in place a variety of new efforts to combat exploitative child labor, including a new interagency task force to improve coordination and information sharing amongst agencies. at the same time, we know that the office of refugee resettlement and the administration overall need to do more to ensure the safety of kids and to do that, we in congress have to provide sufficient funding to these agencies for that critical work that includes funding to increase post-relief services for children after they're placed with a sponsor, as well as appointment of counsel for all unaccompanied children to ensure that they understand the extremely complex immigration system. improvements in both of these areas would help protect children from mistreatment, exploitation, and trafficking. and that funding, unfortunately, is something that the republican majority has been unwilling to do. the department of labor also does need to be more aggressive in going after unscrupulous employers to the fullest extent of the law. many of these empl

s nomination, and how dangerous would he be as secretary of health and human services? >> i just listened to congressman glenn ivey, and i think we are talking about magnitudes of danger beyond erroneously making legal decisions. this is life or death. the hhs affects people from birth to their grave, and is intimately connected with every state in the country. this could be very dangerous. i think it is totally disqualifying for anyone, who seeks to lead the major health agency in this country, and one of the leaders in the world, to unequivocally say, there is no safe and effective vaccine. that, in and of itself, from the bully pulpit of hhs could end up killing people. my grandson is too young to get a lot of vaccinations yet, and having him exposed to unvaccinated people with polio and measles is a terrifying thought, having eradicated those diseases as a major health initiative. jonathan, i think this is absolutely terrifying, and people should understand how serious it is. >> secretary, talk about the behemoth that is hhs. i mentioned earlier that the budget is 1

apparently that means making them secretary of health and human services a job that oversees the cdc,institutes of health and medicare and medicaid. we are joined now with meg terrel and you been talking to health experts who are worried about kennedy potentially leading this critical department? >> we have heard about this make america healthy platform and on one hand a lot of people agree with a lot of the things he talks about like improving the food supply and taking conflicts of interest out of the government with things like that but then you get into the more controversial positions like fluoride in the water and he said he will direct the public health departments to take it out of the water upon trump's inauguration and there has been more examination of the risk of fluoride in water but some of the risks that he specifically warns about our found in much higher doses than recommended to be in the water supply. this is a controversial area although one people say could be looked at and it does make sense but you go into the far end of the spectrum on the rhetoric we hear on v

picked by donald trump, choosing robert f kennedy junior to serve as secretary of health and human services. the president-elect tapping rfk jr., the conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccine activist for a role that would give him major power over click health and americas of food and drug supplies. kennedy already calling for fluoride to be removed from drinking water and his eyebrow raising headlines over the past year, revealing doctors found a dead worm in his brain, and his admission that he once left a dead bear cub in new york's central park. it comes as some of mr. trump's other picks, such as matt gaetz for attorney general, sent shockwaves through the senate, setting the stage for a possible confirmation battle and the ethics investigation into whether matt gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct or used illicit drugs, which he denies. will the public ever see the report? >>> also tonight, a potential terror attack the fbi says it thwarted in houston. the suspect, and alleged isis supporter and possible targets. >>> life-threatening tropical storm sara forming in the caribbean. could impac

to become health and human services secretary is undergoing its own scrutiny over some of his stateditions in the past. ryan nobles starts us off. >> reporter: overnight plekt president-elect trump at mar-a-lago, basking in the glow of his decisive election win. >> we swept all swing states. we won the popular vote. i love that. >> reporter: and revealing new cabinet picks, including north dakota governor doug burgum as his interior secretary. >> 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

today, the president elect nominated robert f kennedy jr for health and human services secretary. ktvu zac sos has reaction tonight from the public health community. >> we're going to turn our country around. we're going to make it so great, so strong. another day, another high profile cabinet pick, president elect donald trump selecting robert f kennedy jr for secretary of health and human services, the attorney and nephew of president john f kennedy, promising to work to get rid of unhealthy processed foods, chemicals and target corruption in the pharmaceutical industry. vanila singh, a former chief medical officer at the dhs under the trump administration. >> why here in the united states are we seeing such rates of obesity? when you look at videos of people from the 50s? 60s 70s 80s. it's a major shift. so i think it's a good thing. it's important. it's actually healthy to look at and, and try to see if we can find trends and patterns. >> but kennedy's critics, continuing to raise concerns about his long held position as a vaccine skeptic and fringe ideas like removing fluorid

to lead the department of health and human services. that's the enormous agency that does a lot of things in overseas drugs, food safety and medical research and administering medicare and medicaid. in a statement announcing his pick, trump claimed kennedy will restore these agencies to the traditions of gold standards, scientific research and bigots of transparency to end the epidemic and make america great and healthy again. that comes one day after another appalling nomination of now former congressman matt gaetz for -- he has no qualifications whatsoever for the role and he's tapped to lead the department of justice has been the subject of a years long investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor and drug abuse. allegations he denies. now that he has resigned from the house, the ethics committee's imminent report is uncertain. sources to the miami herald that the report exists and it is, quote, highly damaging and could be leaked at any time. today, democrats on the senate judiciary committee led by durbin , all

to run the department of health and human services and if confirmed by the senate and a big if tonight he would oversee agencies like the national institutes of health, the fda, the cdc, the centers for medicare and medicaid, operations of the affordable care act which provides healthcare to millions of americans and just to name a few of the responsibilities he would have and saying he is a vaccine skeptic is putting it lightly. he has pushed conspiracy theories and lied about science on many occasions. >> tiny and potassium all amounts of mercury will cause profound neurological injury in children and it's coming from our own vaccines. >> this is targeted to attack -- and black people in those are -- in chinese. >> the capacity for these chemicals that we are raining down on our children right now to induce these very profound these changes in them is something we need to think about as a society. >> even in hitler's germany, you could cross the alps to switzerland or hide in an attic like anne frank did and today the mechanisms are being put in place that will make it so none of us

taps robert f kennedy jr to serve as the secretary of health and human services. we're live in dc with reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. plus an rv crackdown. the all new measures san jose is now taking aiming to reduce environmental and safety hazards. also, the season of giving. we're kicking off our nourishing neighbors campaign this weekend. kris sanchez joining us live this morning with more on how you can help local families make it in the bay. this is today in the bay. and a good friday morning to you. thanks so much for allowing us to be a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia. let's start out with a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall tracking what we can expect. a very cold morning out there, and we are seeing the rain clearing out, so we're going to take a break from any spotty activity that we've seen over the past couple of days as the rain chances stay mostly off the coast and we're getting some light sierra snow as we take a look at the north bay. the temperatures this morning start out in the

health and human services, robert f. kennedy jr.ior national correspondent aishah hasnie leads us off from west palm beach, florida. >> aishah: good evening to you. the r.f.k. jr. announcement wasn't a total surprise. the president-elect has said several times on the campaign trail that he wanted r.f.k. jr. to do something with health. quote, to go wild with the healthcare. but like some of his other picks tonight, i am told by sources on the hill that this one, too. could face some pushback. today president-elect trump nominating robert f. kennedy jr. to serve as his health and human services secretary. it's yet another pick sources tell fox that could face republican resistance for senate confirmation. among them tulsi gabbard, pete hegseth and now former congressman matt gaetz. >> he has got a really steep hill to climb to get lots of votes, including mine. >> the trump team today warning senators to get in line. >> american people made it clear they were sick and tired of the status quo from the harris biden administration. they

to run health and human services. if he's confirmed by the senate and that is still in if tonight, kennedy would oversee agencies at the national institutes of health, the fda, the cdc, the centers for medicare and medicaid , operations of the affordable care act, which provides health care for millions of americans , just to name a few of the responsibilities they would have. saying that rfk jr. is a vaccine skeptic is putting it lightly. he has pushed conspiracy theories and lied about science on many occasions. >> tiny, infinitesimal amounts of mercury, parts per billion, will cause profound neurological injury in children. it's coming from our own vaccines. covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. the people who are close to me are -- the capacity for these chemicals that we are just raining down on our children right now, to induce these very profound sexual changes in them is something we to be thinking about as a society. >> even in hitler's germany you could cross the alps into switzerland.

a long time vaccine sceptic will lead secretary of health and human services if confirmed.-elect donald trump making good on his promise to elevate robert kennedy, jr. also nominating doug burgum as interior secretary and tapping personal criminal defense attorney todd blanche for 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 t

for secretary of health and human services. to oversee the nation's health, the cdc, the fda. >>> in new york city, battling a fire in a manhattan highrise. >>> and the flight bound for the u.s., just about here, suddenly dropping 8,000 feet and turning around, going back to europe. >>> first tonight, president-elect donald trump choosing rfk jr. to be hhs secretary. kennedy, an outspoken vaccine skeptic who has said vaccines do not work. trump said before the election he would let kennedy, quote, go wild on health. tonight, the list of changes kennedy has said he plans to make. >>> president-elect trump's choice for attorney general, embattled trump loyalist congressman matt gaetz. tonight, the house investigation into alleged sexual misconduct with a minor that sources say was set to be released in days. gaetz, now trump's pick for ag, has now resigned from the house, meaning the investigation ends. but tonight, what republicans in the senate are now saying. they want to know what's in that report. >>> tonight, the fbi racing

the american people a leader who will respect the sanctity of life as secretary of health and human services. go ahead. >> back in particular depending on how the pro-life groups operate in a normal time and normal error -- era they would come out vigorously against this pick and he would not have been that pick but i think the question is the republicans are grappling with is they want to have deference to the former president and president-elect and give him his pick and they do understand the relationship between the two men but also the relationship between the coalition but if life and abortion is an issue that they care deeply about in many and that 53 member conference do, this is a really really difficult policy pick. >> i have two thoughts i offer. number one, rfk jr. in this position will do what donald trump and stephen miller, whom we should be talking more about frankly because he will have a lot of control as the deputy chief of staff in the white house and architect of project 2025 and a lot of control over what is happening with women's healthcare. number two, i would like to

to be secretary of health and human services.s told abc news that kennedy is consistently spread doubt or concerns about our public health system. he has led an organization that's undermined confidence in our vaccine system. also on that note measles cases surged world wide an increase of 20% from the year before. health officials say over 100,000 people die of the disease, mostly young children. in the u.s. 277 cases have been reported this year, more than four times the amount last year. routine vaccination rates have declined since the pandemic. >> whit: a close call for these pedestrians in boston. heavy winds sent a large piece of scaffolding from the roof of south station. several people were nearly hit but no one was hurt. we've got a lot more ahead including the warning about a christmas tree crunch. that's all coming up. >> rebecca: we are looking forward to that. we turn to the latest on the efforts to free the menendez brothers. the outgoing da released hundreds of documents about their decades behind bars. chief nati

president-elect trump chooses rfk junior for secretary of health and human services. an emergency landing overnight.