we return to our conversation now with wyoming republican senator john barrasso.

. >>> we turn now to the number two republican in the senate, wyoming's john barrasso. he joins us this morning from casper, wyoming. welcome back to "face the nation." >> thank you, margaret. >> there's a busy week ahead in the senate, but before i get to that business, i do want to ask you about these fires in california. do you expect that congress will have to provide an additional aid package, and if so, when? >> well, what we're seeing is heartbreaking, it's horrible, affecting people, you know, old and young, rich and poor, everyone in the wyoming national guard is there on the scene helping with manpower as well as equipment. when you see what's being shown on television, in addition to the tragedy on the ground, you're also seeing gross mismanagement in california by elected officials and it's heart breaking to hear the fire chief say that they've diverted all of this money away from the fire department to be used for social programs when they were already stretched too thin. so, yes, i expect there's going to be hearings, there's going to be requests of congre

mike: senator senate majority whip john barrasso, great state of wyoming.rateful for your time, big week for you with. thanks a lot. >> thanks, mike. >> oil prices will come down, and when oil prices come down, everything's going to be cheaper for the american people and actually for the world. but for the american people. mike: president trump putting a freeze on biden's green energy initiatives as he aims to secure america's path toward oil and gas dominance. former texas governor rick perry was energy secretary under president trump in his first term. he joins me now. mr. secretary, governor, welcome. >> how are you, mike? good to be with you. mike: let's start with president trump's immediate if actions on energy -- immediate actions on energy, his declaration of a national energy emergency, restart lick quad natural -- liquid natural gas terminals, revoke the ban on oil and gas drilling in most u.s. coastal waters and paris climate agreement withdrawal. what is your assessment of these actions? >> a stunningly successful first few days, exactly what he

john barrasso is right, get the cabinet confirmed, secure our border, we need robust and strong militaryhold our adversaries accountable. i look forward in a week's time of getsing president trump back in the white house, supporting his agenda. >> carley: tomorrow confirmation hearings begin. doug k collins, pete hegseth an doug burgum. do you think trump's picks will be confirmed, all of them? >> i do. i think the president made it clear his picks are strong. i'm a huge supporter for pete hegseth and he will do tremendous job and help the rec recruitment deficit and those who have been purged because of vaccines. doug collins will do an amazing job. i think everyone, el paso and michael waltz, the president has done amazing picking people like kash patel to go into fbi and clear things up. i look forward to making sure we reestablish the security and confidence of government. >> carley: donald trump said all hell will break out if the remains hostages held by hamas are not returned by inauguration. here is j.d. vance talking to shannon about that yesterday. >> it will be because people

senator john barrasso on that and trump energy revolution in just a moment. meanwhile trump cabinet nominee seem to be sailing through and then are markets ready for shock and awe tariff and congressman jim jordan and steve forbes waiting in the wings and first up grady trimble on what happened today exactly. looks pretty good to me. >> larry, by far the most contentious of the hears is pam bondi. she's president elect trump's nominee for attorney general and democratic senators questioned how to serve in this role since she's close friends with trump though republicans pointed out it would be foolish not to pick someone they're close with. democrats also asked repeatedly who won the 2020 election and grilled her on whether she'd use the department of justice to go after political o points such as liz cheney to which bondi responded no, she wouldn't be doing that. that's what's been happening for the last four years in this current administration and she plans to stop that. senator marco rubio and sean duffy received bipartisan praise for secretaries of state

senate majority whip john barrasso thank you, sir. >> thank you, larry. larry: coming up on kudlow, trump cabinet nominee seem to be sailing through, we'll talk about if with mike davis and ned ryun next up, you can catch kudlow monday through friday, 4 p.m. right here on fabulous fox business. and for some reason you can't get us at 4, please text your favorite 9-year-old, and she will show you how to dvr the show. and you will never miss a single apocalypse in california, i promise you, i've m kudlow. so he takes it out on those who do. if you switch you can save hundreds. that's great. you can buy more of that cologne we all love. huh. progressive called me back about the claim i filed. support when you need it? i wonder what that's like, huh? in my office. now, tom. -don't be passive progressive. -this is bad right? switch to get good coverage and savings for yourself. an alternative to pills, voltaren is a clinically proven arthritis pain relief gel, which penetrates deep to target the source of pain with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine direc

the number two, republican, john barrasso, saying there will be some strings attached. it's unclear exactly what that means, but the process will work like this. the white house budget office, which would be run by russ vought, who is a conservative nominee to run that office, assuming that he is confirmed, they'll put out a request for how much money they want. they will go through the senate and the house to figure out what they want. now, if vote and trump are demanding certain conditions, then that's where the republican leadership ultimately is going to be. and that would be a shift, considerable shift than we've seen in the past, which is bipartisan support behind a lot of money that's needed for places that desperately are hit hard, particularly red states. >> yeah, no strings attached that we certainly in recent history. and now it's a very democratic state. they're singing a different tune. all right. stand by. coming up next, the trump cabinet hearings begin, starting with pete hegseth. a month ago, his nomination was teetering, but now his confirmation looks

. >> reporter: with republican senators holding 53 seats, majority whip john barrasso was asked on cbs"face the nation" whether hegseth has the votes. >> every senator gets to speak for themselves, and they will do that. the meetings have gone very well. things are heading in the right direction. >> reporter: senator tommy tuberville of alabama is planning a rally monday afternoon with a group of navy s.e.a.l.s and veterans to try and rally support around hegseth ahead of his confirmation hearing. natalie brand, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> when "cbs news roundup" continues, we'll check the traffic on the streets of new york one week into the nation's first congestion pricing charge. stay with us. aj: multiple studies have shown that marijuana can slow both driver reaction and response time... which can be really dangerous! he's here, he's here! connor: wait, wait, wait! aj: what? connor: i can't drive. aj: what, why? connor: i'm high. aj: oh. ♪♪ when i'm hungry, my stomach hurts. i get sad and scared. i feel all alone. i don't think anybody cares. i want to shut my eyes and disappear.

while democrats question hegseth's qualifications, he does have the support of john barrasso. >> i think pete is going to be terrific in terms of recruitment, in terms of morale, in terms of returning america to a fighting force, which is what the american people really want. >> there is not a job that's more serious and more critical to our national security than secretary of defense. and we need a qualified individual in that job. and he just does not seem to have the qualifications. >> reporter: meanwhile, over the weekend, special counsel jack smith resigned. he had planned to exit before the inauguration. smith has handed over his final report on president-elect trump's alleged interference in the 2020 election. attorney general merrick garland is expected to make that report public soon. mr. trump has called the investigation illegitimate and questioned why smith would be allowed to release any report, frances. >> chris pollone for us, thank you. >>> preparations are under way for the second inauguration of donald trump. a full dress rehearsal was held sunday in washington, d.c. th

to lead the pentagon -- >> reporter: with republican senators holding 53 seats, majority whip john barrassoas asked on "face the nation" whether hegseth has the votes. >> every senator gets to speak for themselves, and they will do that. the meetings have gone very well. things are heading in the right direction. >> reporter: senator tommy tuberville of alabama is planning a rally monday afternoon with a group of navy s.e.a.l.s and veterans to try and rally support around hegseth ahead of his confirmation hearing. natalie brand, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> vice president-elect j.d. vance is weighing in on pardons for those who took part in the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol. during an interview on "fox news sunday," vance said people responsible for violence should not be pardoned. he added that those who protested peacefully should receive pardons. he also said there was a bit of a gray area in some cases. president-elect donald trump has said he'd issue pardons to rioters on day one of his presidency. >>> coming up, mission delayed. what prompted blue origin to scrub the launch of t

. >> our careful observers out watching will notice that nowhere in that answer did john barrasso saying is going to be the most closely watched hearing by far. there are a lot of republicans, both on the armed services committee and in the conference generally, who still have serious questions about pete hegseth background and his character and his decision making. and this hearing, i think, will go a long way into either allaying those concerns or magnifying them on someone who donald trump very much does want to have confirmed by day one. >> it should be an interesting day tomorrow. garrett hague, thank you very much. joining us now. oh, garrett, before i go, i want to congratulate you, senior. well, he's got. garrett is going to be our new senior white house correspondent. there you are, garrett. congratulations. congratulations on the new gig. do you start monday? >> i think that's right. is there anything going on on monday? i got to read in. i'm sure it'll be fine. >> just. just a little bit of reading. garrett haake, thank you. joining us now, founder of iraq and afghanistan v

we return to our conversation now with wyoming republican senator john barrasso. senator, you are the whip. you count the votes. does pete hegseth, the pick to run the pentagon, have them? >> well, he certainly has the qualities that we need to lead the pentagon. he knows about a fit fighting force. he is very qualified. in my opinion, he has a record -- a distinguished record of service in the military. every senator gets to speak for themselves, and they will do that. the meetings have gone very well. things are heading in the right direction. the hearings start tuesday, and they're going to be consequential. people will listen and make their own decision. people have already had chances to ask questions and they're going to continue to do so. i expect he will have quality answers to the questions that they ask. >> well, your colleague senator joni ernst, who is a sexual assault survivor herself, did say last month that she wanted the fbi to vet the claims against mr. hegseth that were made by an accuser who said that he raped her. he denies that that assault ha

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. >> reporter: with republicans holding 53 seats, john barrasso was asked on fais the nation whetheregseth has the votes. >> every senator gets to speak for themselves, and they will do that. the meetings are going very well. things are heading in the right direction. >> senator tommy tuberville of alabama is planning to hold a rally monday afternoon with a group of navy seals and veterans to try to rally support around hegseth ahead of his confirmation hearing. >>> straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," how tech billionaire elon musk is extending his political reach. >>> then football history made off the field. >>> and later we get a look at the race to rescue pets and wildfire impacted by those california wildfires. covid-19? i'm not waiting. if it's covid, paxlovid. paxlovid is an oral treatment for adults... with mild-to- moderate covid-19 and a high-risk factor for it becoming severe. it does not prevent covid-19. my symptoms are mild now, but i'm not risking it. if it's covid, paxlovid. paxlovid must be taken within the first 5 days of symptoms... and helps stop the virus f

. >> reporter: john barrasso coming to hegseth's defense. >> andy think pete is going to be terrificnts of recruitment, morale, returning marijuana to a fighting force which is what the american people really want. >> reporter: aaron joins us live it the white house. aaron, there has been a delay in the confirmation hearing for another controversial trump cabinet pick it? >> reporter: yeah are, tom, tulsi gabbard's hearing this week to be director of national intelligence is being delayed because of a paperwork problem. the former congresswoman and veteran will likely face tough questions next week. tom. >> okay. aaron gilchrist at the white house. >>> we are tracking a winter blast set to blanket much of the u.s. temperatures 10 to 30 degrees below average for the rockies, plains and the southeast through the middle of the week. and in parts of the west, freeze warnings are in effect for tonight. >>> we are back in a moment from here in los angeles. the fires even impacting this nfl wild card weekend. how the game set to be played here was quickly moved out of state. >>> plus, the f

karoline leavitt and john barrasso, will share thoughts this morning. and n.f.l. is set.adet making history with nomination to all four service academies, we'll sit down with him. this is coming up on a busy monday morning. see you top of the hour. dry eyes still feel gritty, rough, or tired? with miebo, eyes can feel ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ miebo is the only prescription dry eye drop that forms a protective layer for the number one cause of dry eye: too much tear evaporation. for relief that's ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ remove contact lenses before using miebo. wait at least 30 minutes before putting them back in. eye redness and blurred vision may occur. ♪ miebo ♪ ♪ ohh yeah ♪ ask your eye doctor about prescription miebo. ♪ >> todd: amazon prime video teaming up with former and future first lady melania trump on a documentary about her life. film being billed as unprecedented behind the scenes look of the first lady's life. shooting started in november with melania trump as one of its executive producers set for release later this year. meantime the 2025 gold be globes takin

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you're looking at some bipartisan senators, john barrasso, elizabeth warren the democrat from washingtonts, to the left. that is muriel bowser, the mayor of washington, d.c. there will be a moment where they bring the casket in to the rotunda, right in the middle of the rotunda. the house and the senate, they don't do anything political inside the rotunda. it is reserved exclusively for events like this. as we said, the last president to lie in state was george w. bush in 2018. >> sandra: so this will be the beginning of the rotunda service inside the u.s. capitol. the vice president of the united states will be delivering a eulogy at this lying in state ceremony for the former president, jimmy carter. then the vice president, second gentleman, will be presenting a wreath on behalf of the executive branch, and after the conclusion of this ceremony, the public will obviously be able to eventually say their goodbyes. as we look live on capitol hill. it's been a beautiful day of ceremonies leading up to this moment where he will be remembered by so many who have been touched by his life and

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billion more into the federal treasury and i got back, you are hearing stuff like this from senator john barrassowyoming, a state whose entire population is smaller than the morning rush crowd at the coffee bean and tea leaf on la cienega. >> there can't be a blank check on this, because people want to make sure that as rebuilding occurs, as things go on in california, they have to be resilient so that these thoughts of things can't happen again and the policies of the liberal administration out there i believe have made these fires worse. if. >> stephen: yes, we must demand changes to clearly liberal policies like wind. first it's blowing one way, then it's blowing the other. it's time to end the bisexual breeze! [laughter and applause] that's what's starting a fire. if that's what -- that's what -- plus, if liberal policies don't start fires, and what did the forestry service make this psa? >> only you can prevent universal pre-k! [laughter] >> stephen: as is often the case, the very worst commentaries coming from a very worst commenter, donald trump. rather than pledging desperately needed fed

mike: i also spoke with senate majority whip john barrasso after the latest confirmations. let's play him. >> we said president trump would come in with hock and awe, and he has -- shock and awe, and he as made dramatic changes in our nation. i was committed to making sure we could get the president's team, his national security team in place as quick as possible. he's been many in office five days, and we have that team now confirmed. mike: joe, hegseth came down to the wire, but should republicans feel good about getting that national security team in place? >> absolutely. as you know, the senate is in the personnel if business, and the most precious if commodity is time, and they had no if problem burning time even in valuable positions like the cia director, john ratcliffe, who ultimately ended up getting 74 votes to to democrat strategy seems to be to delay and obstruct, but it does not seem to be accomplishing very much. and so we'll see what happens this week. obviously, scott bessent should be in good shape as should sean duffy. but i do think senate republicans hav

incoming majority whip john barrasso says lives depend on it.oreno says every single national security nominee should be confirmed and ready to protect america by january 20th. that rubber stamps what you were saying. let's take it up a notch. the fight will be mighty because the legacy points that we've seen flexed with joe biden, democrats in congress and senate will want to do the same thing. many of them will face elections coming up in 2026. >> that's right. we have to keep in mind the american people have given this administration that's coming in a massive mandate and we have to get those folks confirmed. it shouldn't be republicans in the senate fighting and seeking to find a reason not to vote for one of these nominees. they all should be confirm swiftly. >> harris: you probably like in the house now found out they were all voting for hakeem jeffries. probably won't get a lot of help from the democrats. great the nominees are meeting with everybody on the hill like senator warner tied to helping military families. it's good. gianno cald

john barrasso is with us. great to have you with us this morning. i want to show you a little bit of something here. president trump had a very historic first day by the numbers. 46 executive orders, memoranda a and -- he had quite a day. now the legislative piece of this starts. how do you try to begin to tackle that challenge? >> first president trump is off to a very strong and very fast start. i thought that the speech yesterday was so uplifting, outstanding, optimistic. what we want to hear as americans. the golden age of america begins right now. that's what people wanted to hear and what people, dana, in wyoming were looking for and hearing from them throughout the day. the executive orders were critical. on energy, on the environment -- on the economy, on the border, all of those things are so, so critical for our country for the safety and prosperity of america. last night we were able to confirm marco rubio and then pass bipartisan legislation. the laken riley act about a young 22-year-old nursing student out for a jog murdered by an illeg

. >> joining me now is wyoming senator john barrasso and senate majority whip.ter watching some of the drama unfold in the house earlier, i bet you are glad you are in senate leadership rather than house leadership? >> >> first, lisa, happy new year. president trump and house republicans won by promising to lower prices to secure the border and to make america safe and strong once again from the senate standpoint the first thing we need to do is get president trump's cabinet through the process and confirmed. and then, of course, legislatively work to finish the wall, making sure we have the ice agents that we need at the border. also, working to take the handcuffs off of american energy. and i know the president is going to start doing that on day number one with executive orders. making sure we can go after issues at the border and american energy and then, of course, start the deportation of illegal immigrants who were here in this country as criminals or as members on the terrorist watch list the damage and the destruction that has occurred to our country ov

senator john barrasso says there's going to be shock and awe. china's listening.s worried about drill, baby, drill. during the campaign trump promised to cut energy prices in half in his first year. russia's economy is based on energy. they can't thrive on half price, discount oil. they feel the change coming. and what a change it is. biden on the way out. he made america look weak. trump on the way in, he's already oozing strength. the whole country feels it and so do our enemies around the world. third hour of "varney" starts now. ♪ stuart: jimmy fail a la on a tuesday morning, how can it get better than that. >> i'll say, well. stuart: i think the world will look very different this time next week, what say you? >> you opened with here comes the sun by the beatles, but what the world is experiencing is helter-skelter, okay? they understand daddy's back, okay? this is what people lost during the last four years. we lost sight of the fact that we are the world's most dominant i superpower. we have the biggest economy, we have the biggest military. for the first t

using the attack in new orleans to pressure senators to confirm trump's cabinet pick, senator john barrassoposted today, quote, the u.s. senate must confirm president trump's national security team as soon as possible. lives depend on it. what do you make of that argument? >> well, i think if somebody is competent, that's a that's a good reason to move ahead with confirmation. but it certainly doesn't make any sense to say we need to to approve somebody who's either not competent or not qualified for other reasons, like lack of judgment or questionable background, to put them in these sensitive positions. i think the the senate's coming back in the confirmation hearings are going to start. the fbi background investigations are going to begin to to finish up. let's see what they say. and then if the person is qualified and morally fit for the job, then by all means confirm them swiftly. and if they're not, don't confirm them at all. >> all right. morally fit ambassador john bolton. thank you up next, inside mike johnson's scramble to keep his job as house speaker. with just hours to go, he h

senate majority whip john barrasso said he expects funding to have strings attached.ator tuberville even said california doesn't deserve anything, saying, quote, unless they show us they are going to make some changes. you have been here on the ground in communities for the last week. what is your reaction to the response from leaders in washington? >> well, if that's leadership, i have a different definition. i imagine it would be universally felt here. it's a i'm not meeting democrats. i'm not meeting republicans. i'm not meeting californians. i'm meeting american citizens desperate in need. and what they need is empathy, care, compassion, understanding. they need support, not rhetoric, not strings attached. i mean, i met families who lost not only their home, but their business and their church, their sense of self, place, community. they had a zoom the other night and everyone broke down crying because all they wanted to do was see the faces of one another. and yet that's the face of leadership in the state, the united states of america. conditioning aid to the am

senate majority whip john barrasso dodged the question this week.. >> senator, you are the whip. you count the votes. >> does pete hegseth, the pick to run the pentagon, have them? >> well, he certainly has the qualities that we need to lead the pentagon. he knows about a fit fighting force. he is very qualified. >> in my opinion. >> he has a record, a distinguished record of service in the military. >> every senator gets to speak for themselves, and they will do that. >> the meetings have gone very well. things are heading in the right direction. >> brendan, what's your read and how much do you think it comes down to what happens during the confirmation hearing? because obviously there's a lot out there that's been dug up through reporting leading up to this moment. >> yeah, i would say hearings don't often matter a ton, but this one very well may. >> as we've talked about, there are a lot of issues that that pete hegseth is going to have to answer for. but there is one key senator on that panel who he has not yet won over. and that's that's joni e

. >> not to belabor the point here, but the republicans you just heard there were senator john barrasso of wyoming, representative zach nunn of iowa, and senator tommy tuberville of alabama, all representatives of red states that receive far more money from the federal government than they give the federal government. well, again, the blue state of california literally subsidizes their existence. just last month, congress allocated $100 billion in disaster relief to help the six states impacted by hurricanes helene and milton. all but one of those states is led by a republican governor, and that aid did not have conditions. apparently, the moral calculus was very clear. but now that the blue state of california needs help, well, republicans think disaster relief should be a bargaining chip. dan pfeiffer, former white house senior advisor to president barack obama and co-host of pod save america, joins me to discuss how democrats should respond to this. coming up next. >> an evening in front of the fire can be so relaxing, but dangerous creosote buildup can cause a chimney fire if not re

senate majority whip john barrasso said he expects funding to have strings attached.oesn't deserve anything, saying, quote, unless they show us they are going to make some changes. you have been here on the ground in communities for the last week. what is your reaction to the response from leaders in washington? >> well, if that's leadership, i have a different definition. i imagine it would be universally felt here. it's a i'm not meeting democrats. i'm not meeting republicans. i'm not meeting californians. i'm meeting american citizens desperate in need. and what they need is empathy, care, compassion, understanding. they need support, not rhetoric, not strings attached. i mean, i met families who lost not only their home, but their business and their church, their sense of self, place, community. they had a zoom the other night and everyone broke down crying because all they wanted to do was see the faces of one another. and yet that's the face of leadership in the state, the united states of america. conditioning aid to the american people in need. politicizing th

wyoming senator john barrasso, who wants strings attached.wants dramatic changes. and house republicans from texas and ohio who want the same. here's what's interesting. did you know that a lot of their states take more money from the federal government than they put in? senator tuberville's constituents get more than $2 for every dollar they pay in federal taxes. the people of louisiana get a little under $2 for every dollar they contribute. tennessee gets almost $1.50 for every dollar they give, and wisconsin is a little under $1.50. do you know where they are picking up that extra cash? california, which gets $0.90 back for every dollar they put up. but tell us more about how california, whose citizens pay to keep red states afloat, shouldn't get its money back. up next, guess who's back. up next, guess who's skipping trump's when i was diagnosed with h-i-v, i didn't know who i would be. but here i am... ...being me. keep being you... ...and ask your healthcare provider about the number one prescribed h-i-v treatment, biktarvy. biktarvy is

there's no time to waste, and senate majority whip john barrasso said that the u.s. senate must confirm president trump's national security team as soon as possible because lives depend on it. pete hegseth confirmation hearing is set to start on january 14th. tulsi is scheduled for that very same week. kash patel might not get his shot until january or february rather, but it's going to be an uphill battle no matter what. democrats have made it clear they do not want to see our military and our intelligence agencies reformed. they think the status quo is working, but clearly it is not. oklahoma senator markwayne mullin joins me now. senator mullin, great to have you. you tweeted that the u.s. senate must confirm president trump's national security picks as soon as possible. how soon do you think this can get done? >> well, kelly, we're going to we're going to get started on it right away. pete hegseth. actual first hearing is this this coming ninth, which is a week from today. we will we'll start having those hearings and then we'll move to the confirmation hearing,

this is what senator john barrasso, who is the incoming republican whip, the number two position in the senate, in the senate, saying the u.s. senate must confirm president trump's national security team as soon as possible. lives depend on it. and, of course, this national security team has a fair amount of controversy. people like pete hegseth to be the new defense secretary. kash patel, the fbi director. questions about them as well. but this is going to be the big argument coming in. move now. and republicans are going to be under pressure to fall in line. >> and tulsi gabbard at dni. i actually i think this does help the confirmation path for some of these really controversial nominees. they are going to have to answer questions about how they would handle public safety threats or terror threats or terror investigations. so i think you're going to have to that's going to become a new element in confirmation hearings. but absolutely, it is going to ease the path. um, again, at dni, at fbi, at the at the pentagon in a lot of these cases. >> so that's on the senate side. but there's a

. >> and you see john barrasso of wyoming already saying today that california is not going to get anyoney without any strings attached. well, i don't remember any strings being attached to texas, to florida or to texas when you remember that grid went down because they wouldn't weatherize it. and all of a sudden greg abbott got everything he wanted. ted cruz fled to cancun. democratic senators didn't say, wait a second. we're not going to send a penny down to texas because greg abbott's not kissing the ring. if this is how they're going to play the game. i truly hope and expect that democrats in the senate remind them that what they reap is what they will. so eventually they're not going to be in power forever. this is a very dangerous game that donald trump and republicans in the senate and the house are playing. yeah. >> and, you know, i was thinking of joe biden going down to florida after the floods hit there. and, you know, working with ron desantis, who at the time, obviously no love between ron love lost between ron desantis and president joe biden. and yet there he was as the

senator john barrasso in the bottom right of your screen as well. in addition to senator dick durbin. the people on the left side, none of them are surprising to see in the room. these are top allies of trump, including susie wiles in the white coat, who orchestrated trump's campaign and successful return to the white house and will be his incoming chief of staff inside the white house coming in. it all speaks to this return to power in terms of the influence inside the west wing. susie wiles will be a new face, of course, in the west wing. not a new face in trump's orbit. and there's pete hegseth. pam bondi, doug burgum, hauert lutnick, all making their way into the room and being greeted by rounds of applause. i should note, not just in the rotunda but also here in emancipation hall where we're watching a live feed for those who did not make it into the rotunda for this. rfk jr., sean duffy. linda mcmahon. >> going to be secretary of the department of health and human services. those are members of the trump cabinet. kristi noem, the governor of s

in gabbard's case, republican senator john barrasso claims that her hearing has been held up by a, quotehe office of government ethics. i'm joined now by rick tyler, msnbc political analyst, republican strategist and co-founder of foundry road, and alysia johnson, former biden-harris 2020 senior advisor and founder of 1063 west broad and author of the upcoming book. we're looking forward to this one. we're going to flip the tables with alicia. welcome, both of you. so, you know, i love that barrasso comment at the end, rick, talking about, well, her confirmation being held up by the paperwork. i think it's probably what the paper is saying. it could be the problem. what do you think, my friend? well, i think i agree. >> i agree with you. >> i mean, people are held up by paperwork. >> they get held up by its contents. right, exactly. >> and i'm sure some intrepid reporter will figure out what that contents are and explain it. >> exactly. >> just just to throw that out there. that's held up by paperwork. just going to raise all kinds of questions. >> look, trump's nominees have all kinds o

i want to play something that john barrasso had to say over the weekend about the status of her hearingtake a look. >> i support tulsi gabbard. >> she is amazing in that she has been a member of congress and a combat veteran, a decorated combat veteran for work under fire in iraq. you're right. it's a paperwork problem right now with the office of government ethics. we had hoped to have the hearing later this week. it looks like it's going to be the following week. >> so, perez, is this just a paperwork problem or is this something more? and do you think she's the most endangered of trump's nominees? >> oh, i would say right now she is. um, i think i do think there is a paperwork issue. i don't think they're dragging this out. i mean, you haven't heard any sign that they're dragging this out indefinitely. i mean, this will be taken up by the intelligence committee. senator tom cotton as the chair, intelligence committee. he's a big trump supporter. he's number three in the senate republican leadership. if he you know, he will move as much as he can to move gabbard forward. now. gabbard,

. >> we didn't want your first utterancees as a john barrasso immator. i look forward to your opening statement. mr. zeldin: thank you, chairman capitol, ranking member whitehouse and the distinguished members of this committee. it has been an honor to learn about your highest priorities. i look forward to working with all senators on this committee on both sides of the aisle to tackle the most pressing issues tasting our country. i sit before you nominated to serve as the 17th administrator of the environmental protection agency. the american people made their voices heard in november giving president trump a mandate to lead our nation to prosperity. the president-elect is giving me the opportunity to lead the e.p.a. at this critical time. our mission is simple but essential, to protect human health and the environment. we must do everything in our power to harness the greatness of american innovation with the greatness of american conservation and environmental stuardship. we must ensure we are protecting the environment while also protecting our econo

that was republican senator john barrasso answering the question this way, saying, quote, every senatory before donald trump's choice to be the defense secretary will be questioned on the hill. it does not sound the same as yes, we have the votes. it sets up what will be a very interesting and consequential and possibly dramatic scene tomorrow as pete hegseth, the fox news anchor and national guard veteran, appears for his confirmation hearing. since hegseth was selected by donald trump in november, numerous allegations and questions have spilled out into public view. news that he financially mismanaged veterans organizations that he was in charge of, news that he abused alcohol and would sometimes show up to work smelling of alcohol, and news that he sexually assaulted women. in fact, he paid a settlement to a woman who said he sexually assaulted her at a hotel in monterey, california, in 2017, although no charges were filed. and pete hegseth has never been charged criminally with sexual assault. all of the claims against him, in fact, are claims that hegseth denies with regards to wha