had hid name -- had his name ben joe smith -- been joe smith.ra mcquade said the pardon of hunter biden is the best interest of justice based on the fact most federal prosecutors would have declined to charge him. she said i was responsible approving charges and prosecution requests. i don't believe he would have been charged if his last name was not biden. i'm going to pull out the president's statement. this plays into what i just read which is there was a deal on the table. a deal agreed to by the department of justice unraveled in the courtroom where the number of political opponents in congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process. had the plea deal held, it would've been a fair resolution of hunter's cases. >> do you think the justice department is broken? >> he believes in the justice department. >> he believes in the justice department? >> he said this, this is the president saying this, i would not interfere with the justice department decision-making, i kept my word, even if i has watched my son be unfairly pros

had his name been joe smith it would have been more famil -- fairly pardon warranted. barbarmcquade said the pardon of hunter biden is the bt interest of justice based on the fact most federal osecutors would have declined to charge him. a guilty plea and sentce of diversion. the former deputy chief of the crimal division sd as the deputy chief i was responsible for approving charges and nonprosecution requests. i don't believe he would have approvedf his last name was not biden. i don't believe he would have been charged. his pardon is justifd. i will pull out his statement. toour question. this plays into what i just read which i just read. there was a deal on the table. i carefully negotiated pledeal agreed to by the department of justice unraveled in the courtroom where the -- this is the president's voice -- with the numbers of political opponents in congress taking credit for bringing politicalressure on the process. had the plea deal held, it would have been a fair reasonable resolution of hunter's cases. this is the president saying that. >> do you think the st

joe smith would have been in federal lockup sharing a cell with mookie.way, we are told a president who pardons a family member is guilty of obstruction. >> in the event the president pardons anyone in an investigation in which the president as a witness, a subject or the target, those investigative files will all be turned over to the congress. the congress ought to know whether the president is using the pardon power to obstruct justice. the american people have a right to know. i think it is clearly constitutional. it doesn't prohibit him from granting a pardon, even a pardon he shouldn't grant. but it does say that we will be able to at least find out whether the president is using this power to shield himself from liability. >> jesse: joe biden, by pardoning hunter, was kind of pardoning himself. but the media doesn't think joe went far enough. they want a pocket pardon. >> i hope that president biden will also issue preemptive pardons to all of those people threatened by the injustice of what will become the department of justice in the trump admini

had his name been joe smith, had the resolution would have been much fairer.warranted. >> and president biden told us for months, that he wouldn't pardon his son. not sure i would have made the decision that he announced but i do want to make sure it's not taking our eyes off the ball. the reason we're talking about pardons what we can expect in a second trump administration. he's already singled it. >> everybody involved. >> the people who went through the judicial system and were found guilty of many many crimes committed at our nation's capitol, jen. talk about breaking away from norms. the peaceful transfer of power was interrupted for the first time in our nation's history. that's what he's breaking away from so many norms. whether it's fbi backgrounds checks, his flirtation with recess appointments. you have to retore norms that are put in place to protect the interests of our country, to protect the interests of our country. >> thank you so much for walking over from the senate tonight. >> you called and i made it. >> you have such important nominations

had his name in joe smith, the resolution would've been more fairly declination. pardon warrant it.t do you think? >> i heard the announcement. a little surprised because of president biden telling for months and months he would not pardon his son. i'm not sure i would've made the decision he announced, but i want to -- that it's not taking our eyes off the ball. the reason we're talking pardons is what we can expect in a second trump administration, he's already signaled it. the january 6, the people who went through the judicial system and were found guilty of many, many crimes committed at the nation's capitol. talk go well breaking away from norms. the peaceful transfer of power was interrupted for the first time in our history. that's why he's breaking away from so many norms whether it's background checks for cabinet appointments, his flirtation with recess appointments? we have to restore norms put in place to protect the interest of our country, to protect our democracy. >> senator, thank you for walking over from the senate tonight. you have such an important nominations an

attorney would have charged this case given the underlying facts adding had his name been joe smith theesident biden said, quote, i've watched my son be selectively and unfairly prosecuted. no many rabble person easonable look at these facts can reach any other conclusion that hunter was singled out only because he was my son and that's wrong. okay. if he is pardoning hunter because he was selectively prosecuted, joe biden should look at who, leah wise who was part of the fraud and public corruption of the justice department and was zeroing in for black officials for prosecution, form early a baltimore mayor and baltimore states attorney marilyn mosby for mortgage fraud for taking her own money out of her retirement account to buy two properties for her family. calls for the naacp and other organizations for president to pardon mosby have fallen on deaf ears so far. she's currently serving a year of home confinement. in fact, president biden's use of executive clemency for his son highlights how he's used the limited power and to life in prison before donald trump takes office. donald t

had his name been joe smith the resolution would have been fundamentally and more fairly more deck clinnation, pardon warranted. and we've heard from other former u.s. attorneys. reporter: all those things were laid out long before thanksgiving. those american, 64%, the president was declarative. you were declarative. you didn't give room for dmoangd outcome of the election or dmoangd rhetoric coming from potential next administration. the certainty with which the president and you portrayed the no pardon is part of where the question comes from. because all the facts that you have outlined were well known in advance. karine: and i would add there have been some circumstances that have changed this. right? republicans not letting up, saying they won't stop, they're going to continue to do this. i mentioned the recent prump appointees of legal enforcement positions, right. that said during the campaign they would have -- they were out for retribution. so no reason to not take them for their word. i point to that. there was a sentencing coming up, as you owl know. reporter: that was well known.

hunter biden was gone after and charged, indicted, and found guilty, was because his name wasn't joe smith, it was hunter biden. and that's the truth of it. imagine the guilt he has to live with thinking his son, his only surviving son, is getting prosecuted because he is his son. he is the sitting president, and he can do whatever he wants to until this time is up. ct looking the other way. no wrongdoing, mike. he was just targeted because he's the president son. >> mike: i'm struck by the contrast between the show pdf marine corps veteran daniel penny on trial in new york city for protecting people on a subway, and maybe he would have gotten off of his last name was biden. so quite an interesting contrast in the final days of this administration. i remember all those white house briefings during your show when karine jean-pierre said nothing to see here, not going to happen. >> sandra: she said over and over again as of the president himself. mike, thank you very much. now this. >> sanctuary cities our sanctuaries or criminals. i think they are out of the gate, we are going to focus on p

anything harry is right, that joe biden was treated more harshly here than he would have if he were joe smith and i think president biden's pardon is a concession that the kids -- system is broken and the institutions are not holding up and there have been intervening events that support that. appointing pam bondi to head the doj, his intention to head kash patel for fbi, they supported the idea of the fraud election. frankly the intervening event of president trump winning another term is in itself the american people his own conduct leading an insurrection against our democracy. i don't think it is we have lost trust in the institutions. president biden, while i think he is doing the right thing here, that is recognition institutions are not holding up and cannot be trusted even with his own son and that is something we all have to reckon with. >> peter, would it have made more sense for the bidens to see what hunter's sentence would be and then issue the pardon? would there still be time in the end perhaps if he had not been given jail time? >> reporter: yeah, i think that's right. this by

attorney would have charged this case given the underlying facts had his name been joe smith the resolutionk combination to prosecute. jose. >> thank you very much. ashley, holder reacted to something that colorado governor jared polis posted on x and this is what had posted this is a bad precedent that could be abused by later presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation. what are you hearing from other democrats? >> democrats are more torn on this, of course. he's a democratic president and understand the point of view of a father doing something for their son, especially in a world in which president-elect trump has made clear in the people he has nominated, the people he would like to put in these positions, his statement that he is bent on revenge and retribution, but a lot of democrats are also publicly we've seen and more so privately uncomfortable with this in part because president biden has held himself to a higher standard than president-elect trump. one of the reasons he said he was running was to preserve democracy, to save democracy, to restore faith in democratic institut

attorney would have charged this case given the underlying facts, had his name been joe smith. the resolution would have been fundamentally and more fairly a pardon warranted. so i think the actions of the president took, the actions he's taken over the last four years when it comes to clemency i think shows the president's commitment when it comes to reforming -- trying to reform the criminal justice system and obviously his commitment to that. but also giving people a second chance. so i think that as it relates to the american people, i think that -- i understand that you had this poll and i get that, but i hope that they will understand the decision that he made and what he's going to continue to do in these closing weeks as president. reporter: do you think he should apologize based on what -- [indiscernible] -- karine: what i think is -- i think the president hopes that the american people hear him out. again, going to that last part of his statement, and i feel that i should continue to reiterate that the american people out there should take a look at the president's ow

i mean if eric holder said it, right, i think he said if hunter's name was joe smith, this case would probably have never even gone to trial. right that it was always a political justice department brought the case. it was always and this wasn't it, but wasn't to scott's point. >> i mean, wasn't it a lie? i mean, you can defend it, but wasn't it a lie that he was not going to pardon him? >> no, i believe the circumstances have changed. i think that we have now have a president coming into office who's talking about firing squads, who's talking about running people around the country and making sure that everyone who's his enemy is going to be punished and hunter biden lied about his drug use on a government form when he was buying a gun. and he failed to file and pay taxes when he was a drug addict. he paid back those taxes with interest. donald trump himself was indicted for 17 counts of criminal tax fraud, more than hunter. and he's going to be the president of the united states for seven years. >> so you're missing. you're missing 11 years. 11 years, full and unconditional pardon?

attorney would have charged this case given the underlying facts, had his name been joe smith. the resolution would have been fundamentally and more fairly a pardon warranted. so i think the actions of the president took, the actions he's taken over the last four years when it comes to clemency i think shows the president's commitment when it comes to reforming -- trying to reform the criminal justice system and obviously his commitment to that. but also giving people a second chance. so i think that as it relates to the american people, i think that -- i understand that you had this poll and i get that, but i hope that they will understand the decision that he made and what he's going to continue to do in these closing weeks as president. reporter: do you think he should apologize based on what -- [indiscernible] -- karine: what i think is -- i think the president hopes that the american people hear him out. again, going to that last part of his statement, and i feel that i should continue to reiterate that the american people out there should take a look at the president's ow

attorney would have charged this case had his name ben joe smith.esolution would have been more fairly a declination pardon warranted. the actions he has taken over the last four years shows a presidents commitment when it comes to i hope that they will understand the decision that he made and, you know, what he will continue to do in these closing weeks as president. >> do you think you should apologize? >> i think that the president hopes that the american people hear him out. going to that vast part of his statement, and i feel i should continue to reiterate that they should take a look at the president own words, his statement, how much he wrestled with that decision and how circumstances did not change for him in his view and i quoted many times when he spoke to the president two weeks earlier about making this decision. when he saw the republicans were not going to let up, when he, you know, we talked about the recently announced trump appointees for law enforcement of said themselves that they were going to seek retribution and there was no r

administration and frankly, the angry phone call should have been going from democrats like adam smith towards joe biden and those around him for not listening to him and listening to us, when we warn the peril that our troops face in afghanistan. again, there was a vow of silence among democrats for four years, it was just in february this year chuck schumer said joe biden's mental acuity is great, it is not diminished at all. think about that. in february, chuck schumer was lying to the american people saying he has not lost a step in years. they did not state after the debate either when it was clear to everyone, only after the election when he could no longer affect the ability to claim power, that you start to get some of the real story the american people can see from the beginning. i have to remind all of our viewers, joe biden is still president tonight. we have another month of joe biden, he may be forgotten but he is not gone. this tied into this debate we see over government funding right now, donald trump is the president-elect. people are still going to him trying to get guidance, try

smith yesterday saying joe lied to us about january 6, how we more times to be have to sit there andthese critics that were supposed to -- they were right! people are as sick of it, bill marra sitting there to say how we more times? is a very difficult time to be a democratic, to say oh, my god,, he will pardon this person and that's prison, every one of the clips of the white rachel and it schiff and people saying this in 2020 are becoming highlight reels. today at article coming out on twitter that shows who are the top five presidents that have pardoned the most people ever? ready? at wilson, truman, obama, carter and joe biden. top five. every single criticism they get to policies that is about pro-family, pro security, pro protection of the border, pro build your own business as big as you want to be, pro having kids and choosing some to be big in your life, all those arguments are making a comeback in ways we have never seen before. it is converting democrats like elon musk and people like joe rogan, people like kelsey gabert, this will be a very interesting and think for a 12

. >> the angry phone calls should have been going from democrats like adam smith to joe biden and thosearound him for not listening to him and listening to us when we warned of the peril that our troops faced in afghanistan. but again, there was a vow of silence among democrats and liberals in the media for four years. you know, it was just in february of this year that chuck schumer was saying joe biden's mental acuity is great. it hasn't diminished at all over the years. so think about that. in february, four months before joe biden's calamitous debate performance, chuck schumer was lying to the american people, saying he hasn't lost a step in years. they didn't say it after the debate, either, when it was clear to everyone it was only after the election when it could no longer affect their ability to cling to power, that you start to get some of the real story the american people could see from the beginning. and, kayleigh, i have to remind all of our viewers, joe biden is still president, still president. tonight we've got another month of joe biden. he may be forgotten, but he's no

illegal migrants despite the fact incoming porters are tom homan is starting there or joe let's bring in andre smitht and supports the deportations. andre, thank you for being here which i think as a democrat you said you would welcome tom homan the trump's border czar to address the migrant situation in your city? >> look, let's face it, i have been born and raised as a democrat in chicago. it is time for an eminent with the democratic party in chicago. we have been heading the wrong way. >> jacqui: what do you think about the sanctuary policies? what it has done to cities like yours? do you think chicago should rescind that status? >> we posted limited democracy. democracy means the resident's are that people post to have a say so and we live in a dictatorship and cannot vote whether we want to sanctuary city you are and it's been totally unfair and bias. >> jacqui: what is the impact of that on people from chicago who live in chicago and need those services quest mark. >> all of our services have went to the migrant spirit you have migrants upscale hotels and lakefront properties. we are spending

our north america editor sarah smith is in washington for us. sarah. and herejoe and here joetting heavily criticised from all sides for this decision to pardon his son. you have republicans screaming about hypocrisy because he had said in public at least ten times that he would not part and his son, hunter. then you have democrats who are also saying they think this is a mistake because they believe it will undermine trust in the legal system and that it sets a very bad precedent for the time when donald trump is about to take over in the white house. the one person it seems he does agree withjoe biden's decision is the first ladyjill biden who said today that she supports the pardon for their son hunter. as the biden family gathered to celebrate thanksgiving this past weekend, hunter biden was there right alongside his dad. and it was here the president decided to give his son the gift of a full and unconditional pardon despite his previous promises not to do so. i'm extremely proud of my son, hunter. he has overcome an addiction. he has... he's one of the brightest, most de

i saw this is key from adam smith chairman of armed services and wanted to get a hold of joe biden beforefghanistan withdrawal. he said some democrats thought he was unusually hard to reach. he tried to share his concerns with the president ahead of the withdrawal from afghanistan in 2021. smith was alarmed by what he viewed as an overly optimistic comment from biden is the administration set plans for the operation quote i was baking them to set expectations low who worked extensively on the issue and harbored concerns about how the withdrawal might go. to talk to biden directly and share insights about the region but could not get him on the phone, we all know the results including 13 deaths and hundreds of afghans. this is criminal and because of that ripple effect, we got the invasion of ukraine and the same vague president stared at vladimir putin and you know kelly on, what he saw, opportunity to finally take ukraine from a diminished president before the next one came in. could you put it in perspective? >> yes, i don't recognize was going on here. i work for president trump, he wa

that would mean if joe biden were to preemptive ly pardon jak smith and others on his team, he would them to lengthy congressional hearings at which they could not say i invoke the fifth amendment. they may have other privileges that applies to their work for the justice department, but it could expose other people to having to talk ad nauseam about what they have done and of course, subject themselves to future charges for perjury if they're found not to be telling the truth. >> and peter, so what does this tell you about biden's strategy, the president's strategy for the end of his term? i mean, january 20th is in a way just right around the corner. any talk about the president considering pardoning any other family member? >> no, i don't hear any other family member being considered at this point. it is, though, a reaction to what they're seeing trump do right now, putting together his administration. pam bondi as attorney general, kash patel as fbi director, assuming either or both of them are confirmed, are people who are pretty vocal in going after people around biden or others

joe manchin's take. let me add something else into this. another element, liz smithcratic communications strategist. she spoke to the new york times, frank bruni, about the democratic brand. her take i read this just just yesterday. she her take was the the democratic brand is in the toilet. many of the democrats who succeeded this cycle are best overperformers in house races, for instance, are people who ran against the democratic party brand. trump tore down the blue wall in the industrial midwest, but he also expanded his vote the most in our bluest and most urban areas. do you do you agree with this? do you agree with elements of it? do you reject it all? what do you think, maria? >> i don't agree with the majority of that in terms of what joe manchin said. i'm sorry. he's saying that the democratic party is the one that is taking away our ability to make decisions. are you kidding me? right now? you're going to tell women that that it's the democrats that want to take away our right to make decisions? i don't think so. and so i'm sorry, joe manchin is not the th

i want to thank chairman rogers, ranking member smith and my good friend, ranking member joe courtneynd the members of the sea power forces subcommittee for their dedication. your mission is he necessary to maintain america's navy. today we face significant threats from adversaries who seek to disrupt global peace including china's military expansion and tactics which pose a direct threat to the security and stability in the indo-pacific region. we must maintain the most formidable naval forces on the planet. this bill addresses these concerns directly and provides authority to incrementally form the construction of a second virginia class submarine in fy-25 and reinforcing the undersea dominance and provides deterrence. it supports six battle force ships and invests in the shipyard industrial base and also commands consistency in the shipbuilding plan, allowing industry to invest with confidence. importantly, this bill meets a congressionally mandated floor of 31 amphibious ships and authorizes funding for a new build sea lift program. i'm proud to say it recognizes the critical road

if you start using agents to start investigating joe biden for instance, and merrick garland and jack smith those are the things that they've also talked about so we'll see which of these priorities take precedence once donald trump takes takes office. >> it's going to be very interesting to see. all right evan perez, thank you so much for that reporting. we really appreciate it. joining us now, congressional reporter for axios julie grace julie grace good to have you on. thanks for being here thanks for having me. i want to talk a lot about the senate confirmation and the prospects for kash patel of getting through senate confirmations. a lot of republicans and trump himself has said trump has a mandate to pick whomever he wants for these positions in his administration. what is your sense? and again, i know we they you guys have not been back to the hill since this news broke last night. but what is your sense in talking with people about where kash patel chances stand now speaking with sources? >> i mean, the odds he gets any democrats are looking like they're 0%. and there does seem to

we've heard democrats recently, joe manchin, former democrat, saying the brand is toxic. liz smith, big democratic strategist. she says that the the brand is in the toilet. what's your one word of what the democratic party brand is right now? >> i don't know that i want to put it into one word, but we have to do better. i think that's got to be with contrition. we've got to go to some of these voters who were once under our big democratic tent that are now on the outside looking in, and we've got to go to them with some contrition and say, hey, we haven't done we haven't met your expectations completely. we're going to do better. this is a new democratic party moving forward. >> who cares where it is? you got to do better. thank you so much. nice to meet you. thank you very much for coming in. thanks for the time out front for us next. incredible new details tonight on the perks that putin is now offering in order to get people to produce drones for his war in ukraine. >> everyone's running to subway for three. all new spicy footlongs. wait, subway did what? that's right. they're b

smith. we know him from sports, espn, fired back at critics. he has been hard on dems. it even has some saying steven is leaning right. >> joe biden, they caught him sleeping at a conference in angola. donald trump wide awake going back to the white house. look at what is happening. every time there is substantive stuff to talk about in the world of politics donald trump's name is the headline instead of president joe biden. you all lost. the democrats, you've lost. you've got to [bleep] it. everywhere manageable. >> harris: power panel now. great to see you both. al, steven a. smith is simply looking at the facts. what is your reaction? >> first of all i love steven a. smith. the truth teller. doesn't mince words and he is not wrong. trump is out there making news, cutting deals, getting people to invest in the united states, and as "the new york times" said president biden is less visible. but that's not atypical for the end of an administration. i don't want to make this into a partisan discussion. it is pretty normal for a president at the end to be kind of disappearing from view. his staff is working hard. the state dep

keith morrison b(voiceover): private eye joe dalu was so intrigued by the mystery of what happened to chris smith that he went to work on it pro bono. he knew the laguna beach police had opened a missing person case, but they hadn't checked out chris's old office. so he went to the building's property manager. so we asked if the office was still vacant, and they said yes. and i kind of looked at my partner and said, well, can we go in there and look? and he said, sure. they opened it up. yeah. everything was was empty. keith morrison (voiceover): this is the old 800 exchange space. chris's desk was here. there was a credenza behind him. keith morrison (voiceover): soon enough, dalu started to notice things-- a stain by chris's old office. there was a white powdery substance coming from sort of the ground and seeping through the carpet, which a partner identified as, like, a sulfur. yeah, it makes sort of like a salt stain on the carpet. yes. keith morrison (voiceover): dalu took a picture of it and thought some sort of heavy chemical cleaner had on the spot. but of course, ed shin said chris thre

smith. - yes. - who was the first republican female senator from the state of maine and the first republican to speak out against joe mccarthy amidst- - yes. isn't that funny? the only republican senator and she was the only one who stood up to that bad man. - you wrote this kind of courage is the kind of courage, i'm paraphrasing, not as beautifully as you, that we would like to see now against the backdrop of a lie about our elections. and it was a more subtle criticism, it seemed to me, of donald trump in 2020 not accepting the election results, but without bamming him on the nose, right? it used- - i achieved subtlety. yay. i picked my columns that i wanted to give another chance, and i realized there was a theme to those i wanted to give another life to. and it was that we need to remember as we self-criticize and beat ourselves up, as we take another look at our history, try to remember the great ones who lived difficult, arduous lives, but who produced wonder, who did fabulous things in politics, in art. i just think it's an important thing for us now to hold on to a certain amount of wonder and awe about wha

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she could have gone on joe rogan and didn't and held a wide-ranging press conference and didn't, could have attended thes al smithinner and didn't. kamala harris campaign shows genius has limits, stupidity does not. >> carley: alexandria ocasio-cortez wanted to be top democrat and did not get votes, because nancy pelosi was behind this making phone calls for jerry connelly. joy reid is not happy about it. listen. >> aoc and jasmine, two of the best communicators, you have people that have skills and they are not pushing them forward. it seems like it is intractable and i recall when president obama was elected he pushed aside dnc. there is frustration with creepy way way -- take a stand. >> todd: are they for sale this christmas season, spines? dan dakich is not afraid to take a stand and he is next. wax figure of myself. oh! right in the temporal lobe! beat it, punks! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ >> carley: if you plan to pig out this christmas, san francisco might have you covered. the city hired a fat positive ity expert to consult on weight stigma and weight neutrality. a

if that's the case, why did joe biden just issue hunter biden a pardon for the very things we were inquiring about? congressman jason smithte this isn't about politics. it is about insuring no one is above the law. we also have brand-new white house reaction from the press secretary now. she just spoke on air force one. let's watch. >> okay, i got two on the pardon. >> can you stick to foreign policy? if not we'll go to somebody else. the president always believes to be truthful to the american people. something that he always truly believes. he said he wrestled with this and because he believes in the justice system but he also believes that the war of politics infected the process and led to a miscarriage of justice. that is his words. >> harris: stick to what you want to talk about or i'll move on to the next question. all right. congresswoman, i want to remind everybody you sit on the subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government. it seems to come into play here. tell us how. >> my blood is boiling just listening to that. as a journalist i know that makes your blood boil, too. having someone spat in your

only that strategist but well-known democratic strategist liz smith just saying this week that the democrat party is in the toilet. you had joe manchin signatures down in an interview saying that things are toxic. and so, it looks like as he heads off to the tropical paradise of st. croix t the debe over how bad the democratic party are stuck in the wilderness looking for a way out to remessage, to refind their identity, he is going to just sort of close it out. >> katie: not sure biden cares about where the democratic party is going given what they did to him getting him out of the race for a second term. but the republicans are celebrating and alaska's governor is asking president-elect trump to end oil and gas drilling restrictions on his first day in office. this is what he said, governor mike dunlevy's letter to trump the transition team. your election will hail in a new era of optimism and opportunity. alaska stands ready and eager to work with you to repair this damage wrought by the previous administration both alaska and america on a course to prosperity in order modify quickly i ask that you issue an alaska specific

professor lauren smith is a presidential historian and a teaching professor at arizona state university if you told us more about presidential crow to fall. well, we saw president joe in st croix, he halted his vacation to make an address. he also made a statement before the address, and he made quite a moving, emotional statement as he is wont to do, talking about hoinmmy carter... obviously he had known him... he was the first, i think, even elected government on the democrat side to come out forjimmy carter's campaign all those years ago, so he's known him for 50—plus years. had talked about how kind jimmy carter was at the passing of his son bo due to brain cancer, so they honestly had a close personal relationship. some he made that statement and we have seen other ex—presidents, too, obviously bill clinton now the oldest living ex—president. we've seen barack obama and donald trump also make a statement, a noncontroversial statement at that, i might add. so we do see sort of the presidents club as it were coming together for this moment of celebrating a life well lived. just looking at his us foreign policy. we were hearing so much about what he did during hi

joe biden must go. we have senator mike lee in a moment and we'll hear from house ways and means chair jason smith, senate finance committee chair mike crapo and senators m marsha blackburn. hillary vaughn what's cooking. reporter: well, president-elect trump gave pete hegseth some advice when he picked him as secretary of defense, according to pete hegseth trump told him, you have to be tough as blank. i can be say it on tv, pete is not backing down from this fight, despite unproven accusations swirling related to his drinking and treatment of women, which pete hegseth denies and points out are from anonymous sources he so capitol hill to make case face to face with every senator he is call kawhid for the job. >> -- he is qualified for the job. >> i spoke with president-elect trump this morning, he said keep fighting. >> you are in this all the way. >> why would i back down, i will keep fighting. reporter: hegseth fights on there are reports indicating that trump might be mulling a possible plan b if hegseth cannot win enough support sources tell fox trump continuing good good governor ron desantis as a

joe biden must go. we've got senator mike lee plus we'll hear from house ways and means jason smith, senate finance committee chair mike crap ox and senators marshall blah burn and katie bit but first up our very own hillary vaughn trolling capitol hill as she always does, striking fear into the hearts of whomever. hillary what's cooking? what's cooking? reporter: larry, well, president-elect trump gave pete hegseth advice when he picked him as secretary of defense. according to hegseth, trump told him "you have to be tough as blanket something i can't say on tv so pete hegseth is not back down from this fight despite so far unproven accusations swirling related to his drinking and treatment of women which hegseth denies and points out are from anonymous sources. he's here on capitol hill to make the case face-to-face to every senator he is qualified for the job. >> i spoke to the president-elect this morning. he said keep going, keep fighting. >> so you're in this all the way? >> why would i back down? i've always been a fighter and i'm here for fighting. reporter: but while hegseth fights on, there are rep

smith in d.c. and the rest of the team got us off to a great start with vision and hustle that set the tone for us. over time joe daca became my director and whether we were visiting the shipyard or listening to tunes or watching huskies, joe was an amazing partner. rachel kelly was a topnotch chief while i chaired the new dems and the modernization committee. she was a tremendous leader for our team, especially during the actual ultimate of the pandemic. it -- the actual ultimate of the pandemic -- tumult of the pandemic. it was a pleasure to watch one of our team become the district director and chief of staff. she's a terrific professional and i'm proud of her. heather painter and our policy team have been tenacious about getting pucks into the net for our constituents. heather is so talented. in fact, i won the lottery, i won the lottery with talented directors. in addition to heather we had katie allen who was a wizard on environmental issues and knew so much about salmon recovery and managing healthy forest and erin wasserman who laid the work for the puget sound shipyard and my first l.d., kevin wonky who

joe biden. cuando salga de la casa blanca. al tiempo que descartÓ ordenar al departamento de justicia o al fbi perseguir a sus rivales polÍticos o a quienes lo investigaron como el fiscal especial jack smithnero deberÍan ir a la cÁrcel en contraste con los perdones que planea emitir el primer dÍa de su gobierno en favor de los atacantes del capitolio, cuando ya mÁs de 1200 de ellos han recibido sentencias o se han declarado culpables, segÚn nbc news. en temas econÓmicos, trump defendiÓ la necesidad de imponer aranceles a otros paÍses. aunque a pregunta expresa no ofreciÓ garantÍas de que eso no se traduzca en precios mÁs altos para los estadounidenses. en la entrevista redoblÓ tambiÉn sus crÍticas al plan de salud asequible, conocido como obamacare, asegurando que lo reemplazarÍa si encuentra una mejor opciÓn. >> obamacare stinks it's lousy they're a better answers if we come up with a better answer i would present that answer the democrats and to everybody else and i do something about it. >> el presidente electo adelanÓo que economÍa, energÍa y frontera serÁn sus prioridades en los primeros dÍas de su gobierno y que su discurso inaugural serÁ un llamado a la unidad del paÍs en washingto

i want to thank chairman rogers, ranking member smith and my good friend, ranking member joe courtney and the members of the sea power forces subcommittee for their dedication. your mission is he necessary to maintain america's navy. today we face significant threats from adversaries who seek to disrupt global peace including china's military expansion and tactics which pose a direct threat to the security and stability in the indo-pacific region. we must maintain the most formidable naval forces on the planet. this bill addresses these concerns directly and provides authority to incrementally form the construction of a second virginia class submarine in fy-25 and reinforcing the undersea dominance and provides deterrence. it supports six battle force ships and invests in the shipyard industrial base and also commands consistency in the shipbuilding plan, allowing industry to invest with confidence. importantly, this bill meets a congressionally mandated floor of 31 amphibious ships and authorizes funding for a new build sea lift program. i'm proud to say it recognizes the critical ro

joe biden cuando salga de la casa blanca. al tiempo que descartÓ ordenar al departamento de justicia o al fbi perseguir a sus rivales polÍticos o a quienes lo investigaron como el fiscal especial jack smith6 de enero deberÍan ir a la cÁrcel. en contraste con los perdones que planea emitir el primer dÍa de su gobierno en favor de los atacantes del capitolio, cuando ya mÁs de 1200 de ellos han recibido sentencias o se han declarado culpables, segÚn nbc news. en temas econÓmicos, trump defendiÓ la necesidad de imponer aranceles a otros paÍses. aunque a pregunta expresa no ofreciÓ garantÍas de que eso no se traduzca en precios mÁs altos para los estadounidenses. en la entrevista redoblÓ tambiÉn sus crÍticas al plan de salud asequible, conocido como obamacare, asegurando que lo reemplazarÍa si encuentra una mejor opciÓn. >> obamacare stinks its lousy they're a better answers if we come up with a better answer that answer the democrats and to everybody else and i do something about it. >> el presidente electo adelantÓ que economÍa, energÍa y frontera serÁn sus prioridades en los primeros dÍas de su gobierno y que su discurso inaugural serÁ un llamado a la unidad del paÍs en washington. javier