and that's what senator john curtis decided to do. one other person to watch here in this vote, mitch mcconnell, we're told at the moment he has not voted yet. the former republican leader and his office has not said which way he will come down. he has expressed some concerns about some of trump's national security picks, namely pete hegseth, who he voted against one of the three republican senators to vote against pete hegseth for his nomination to be the defense secretary. what will he do here? but even if mcconnell is a no vote, that would mean there's bipartisan opposition, but very little bipartisan opposition, because she is on path to be confirmed as the next director of national intelligence after these senators who were wavering, like senator john curtis, voting yes, ensuring that she is going to get the job here after this confirmation vote. phil. >> yeah, it appeared like a high wire act at various points. now, slowly but surely, everybody lining up to the president's picks deferential, but also, i think, respecting the eff

senator john curtis, republican from utah. dear redacted, thank you for reaching out to share your thoughts on the department of government efficiency and elon musk's role in the new administration. it is important that doge operates with appropriate oversight to maintain transparency, prevent conflicts of interest, and ensure its work remains focused on serving the american people. that's what senator john curtis, republican of utah, is telling his constituents. well, is he actually working to ensure that in the senate? is he working to ensure they're maintaining transparency and preventing conflicts of interest? what are you doing about that, senator? you're telling your constituents that's what you're working on. what are you actually doing? are you willing to do it out loud to elon musk's spacex or just privately to a constituent? and then you're not actually going to do it? congressman mike flood, republican of nebraska, here's another. thank you for reaching out to my office regarding mr. elon musk's efforts in the depar

according to the new york times, an aide for republican senator john curtis estimated that about 60%s coming into his office were critical of musk, while the other 40% concerned trump's nominees. as the times reports, congresswoman becca balint has reassigned at least six additional staff members to keep up with a nonstop flood of calls about doge's access to personal and private information. and listen, i can definitely see why someone might want to pick up the phone to ask about that. they should. so yeah, we are seeing dissatisfaction in the polls. we're seeing it in protests all across the country. and perhaps most importantly, we are seeing pushback in the courts. on friday, a federal judge ordered the trump administration to stop some aspects of its attempt to shut down usaid. and overnight on friday, another federal judge temporarily blocked the doj's crew from accessing sensitive treasury department payment systems. and of course, musk already seems to be suggesting he may defy that order. and a lot of this is happening in the courts and in the streets and in congress because

also, john curtis is still unclear if he's going to vote to support, but that's only two people. and as we know, with all democrats voting no, it's going to take at least four. that's a high bar to clear. so even if there are some defections, it doesn't look like it's going to be enough to sink tulsi. >> what made the difference here was it. was it a charm offensive or a threat offensive by this administration to threaten? we saw a lot of that quite publicly, to threaten republican senators who voted against. >> the answer to that would probably depend on who you ask. we did see that tulsi gabbard particularly engaged in a lot of back and forth with some of these senators, for example, todd young was somebody who was on the fence really till the 11th hour. somebody who sits on the intelligence committee, which is why he was such a key vote. he said that he had some final conversations with tulsi gabbard that ultimately convinced him to support her. so i think that this just underscores that this is donald trump's senate, and we know that there are still some detractors in the sen

are by john and to kia has military bases and as several countries and also in your bases are going to be a possible air bases are going to be discussed, but the presence of the searing, curtis fi too good. why pj, of which truth keeps these as the extension of the out both or just some workers party is the main problem. is that the forefront of all discussions to cure once o, p k, k factions, all p k, k members, out of the country and uh, the, the of commander mazda and i'm the subs during his interview to associates with price 2 days a go, that's to case shouldn't confuse the y p a the, a c, f and p k k together. so, uh, i'm gonna show raw, has a lot on his place right now. and he has to navigate through all these edder's diplomatic place without hurting any supporters of his new government. his friends, and also try to uh, conserve it protects the territorial integrity of his country without having any internal conflicts back to you send him. thank you very much for that. that's and i'm co sooner with the latest from on, correct. i will now joined by got up the line. he's a senior consulting fellow at chatham house and the non resident senior fellow at the middle east cou