the border czar tom home end, senator john kennedy, senator ted cruz. levesque ramaswamy and white house press secretary karoline leavitt will join a straight ahead. it was a big day at the white house. every day is a big day at the trump white house. a flurry of activity from the trump administration is unlike anything we've ever seen. nothing but shock and all in the media melting down. democrats melting down which makes it fun. we were witnessing what is a transformational presidency in the making according to donald trump. border crossings now down 93% and he's only getting started. in just the past 24 hours, mexico caved in the face-off of trump's tariff threats. agreeing to send it 10,000 members of mexico's national guard to secure their side of the border. crackdown on fentanyl and smuggling. canada also caving, little justin agreeing to list mexican cartels as terrorist organizations, appointing a fentanyl czar and participating in a joint strike force to combat crime at our northern border to becoming bigger and bigger every day. keep in mind

meanwhile, louisiana senator our friend john kennedy is also working to save your money. he introduced a new bipartisan bill last week to end all government payments to deceased americans. that would be a good idea here. now, senator kennedy, louisiana, congratulations, super bowl, all eyes on new orleans and your great state, sir. congratulations. >> thank you. sean, let me say first, sean, that it's kind of cool having a president again. let me try to put all this in context for you. i like omelets. i mean, i really like omelets. i could eat an omelet at every meal i like. ham was better than sex. no, not not not really, but you get the point. i like omelets. you can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs. now, president trump ran for office saying, i'm going to review every single penny in the federal budget. now, how are you going to review the spending in the federal budget without reviewing the spending? and that's what mr. musk is doing. now, my many of my democratic colleagues and some of the tofu eating wokerati at the usaid are screaming like they're part o

because you're not john f kennedy. you should have a conversation. it's something he would often tell us. you should want to have a conversation with the audience. and so i think that's what america fans are looking for. and so that doesn't necessarily meet the criteria of what we consider sort of, you know, quote unquote, great oratory. i'll give you one example. at the recent convention, the speech given by tim walz was widely praised as as a very effective speech. but when you think about what he did, he just sort of came out and had a conversation with you. he wasn't he wasn't yelling. he wasn't trying to deliver something for the speeches. he was for the ages. he wasn't clearly he wasn't trying to, like, say things that could get into memorials for for the rest of american history. it's like he was sitting there with you over a cup of coffee telling you who he was, what his values were, what he wanted to do for the country. it was a conversation. and so i think a lot of, you know, that's sort of what the american

. >> john kennedy. yeah, but kennedy was saying it to his secretary. >> no, no, he. >> was swimming pool. >> he's in the. >> swimming pool. >> what? too soon? >> yeah. >> ask not if you'll like this too. >> i guess this is one of those things where it's like, i have a hard time. really hard time. like getting my heart strings going for violent criminals. and those are selena. gomez's pals you're. >> talking about. >> but the thing is, is i'm. you know, i do differ from some republicans on immigration. i don't see any need to spend money deporting people who are contributing to our economy for, for example, that's one of the ways i differ. but when you talk about violent criminals, i don't see the controversy of or even the, the anger and the need to get them out of here, and also people who aren't contributing to the economy. we only have. so i mean, the amount that we pay in taxes, it's like we have this incentive to have all these people come here. these things make sense to me. i don't i don't know, l

griff: well, and the politicalization of the fbi that you talk about, nicole, that, senator john kennedywhat he said, listen. >> for better or worse, either in reality or perception, in modern times the fbi has been politicized. it started with mr. james comey. and so did peter strock. and so did lisa page. and so did michael sussman. so did attorney general garland. it's got to end now, clean it out, but lift it up in accordance with due process and the rule of law. griff: do you agree with that, nicole? >> i 100% agree with cincinnati kenn senator kennedy. and i noticed the weaponization when james comey came out and said no reasonable prosecutor would charge hillary clinton, and was out of his lane and a prosecutorial discussion and operation hurricane after that. fbi one,ed good, fine men and women of the fbi are disgusted by the politicalization of the fbi and they want to make sure those negatively impacting the fbi are held accountable, but those doing the honest good work, they need to continue to stay in place, do the right thing, hold the line and keep americans safe. we are at

as president john f. kennedytory has made us neighbours, history has made us friends, economics has made us partners and necessity has made allies. rang true for us allies. that rang true for many decades to many decades prior to president kennedy's time office and in since. from the the decade since. from the beaches of normandy to the mountains of the korean from of peninsula, from the fields of flanders to the streets of kandahar, we have and alongside % alongside you. 77 alongside you. during your died alongside you. during your darkest hours, the darkest hours, during the iranian hostage crisis, those 444 days we worked around the clock from our embassy to get yourinnocent your innocent compatriots home. summer of 2005, during the summer of 2005, when hurricane katrina ravaged your —:: = -z of new orleans; of new orleans,ror great city of new orleans, or mere weeks ago we sent mere weeks ago when we sent water bombers to tackle the wildfires in california. during the day there world stood still, september11,

. >> as president john f. kennedyny years ago, geography has made us neighbors, history has made us friends, economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. that rang true for many decades prior to president kennedy's time in office, and in the decades since. from the beaches of normandy to the mountains of the korean peninsula, from the fields of flanders to the streets of kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you. christian: we will get reaction from the canadian side later in the program. over on this side, the european union is mourning the u.s. president a block will retaliate if he imposes tariffs on eu goods. german chancellor olaf scholz said the eu was strong enough to react to any u.s. trade levees although the goal he said should be cooperation. overnight, president trump said that u.k. was also out of line on trade but hopes something could be worked out. sir keir starmer has traveled to brussels tonight to be in talks with a reset on the european union. our political chris mason ha

as president john f. kennedy said many years ago, geography has made us neighbor's history, has made us friends. economics has made us partners and necessity has made us allies that rang true for many decades prior to president kennedy's time and office. in the decades since from the beaches of normandy to the mountains of the korean peninsula, from the fields of flanders to the streets of kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you. during your darkest hours, during the rainy and hostage crisis, those $444.00 days, we worked around the clock from our embassy to get your innocent compatriots home during the summer of 2005. when hurricane katrina ravaged to your great city of new orleans or mere weeks ago, we sent water bombers to tackle the wildfires in california. during the day, the world stood still september 11th, 2001. when we provided refuge to stranded passengers and plains, we were all was there standing with you, grieving with you the american people together we've built the most successful economic, military and security partnership. the world has ever seen a relationsh

we can't forget what happened to john f. kennedy in 1961 because he also stepped on some big toes. if he resolved professor donnie shaw from the city university of new york's international at 1st school. thank you for your time this weekend as well as on no, the is really prime minister has left sally for you for washington to meet with donald trump before his plane took off. benjamin netanyahu said he would try to convince the u. s. president to help redraw on the month of the month, which the decisions we made in the war of already changed the face of the middle east. our decisions and the courage of our soldiers redrawn the map. but i believe that working closely with president trump lift and redrawn even further and for the better, i believe that we can strengthen security, broadening the circle of these and achieve a remarkable here of, of these students that comes out to hurry from bostic remarks. but donald trump saying it would be best to quote display not the entire gallons a strip, some is really officials champion seminar plans. you may recall at the start of the war whe

mean, again, we make little jokes because bobby kennedy, his cousin, is caroline kennedy, the daughter of president johnf kennedy, their cousins, and who wrote a scathing letter because bobby is trying to get confirmed. now he's before the senate saying that he used to put chicks and mice in his blender to feed to his hawk, and that he and that she. and then also he was addicted to attention and was a predator. what republicans call presidential. and. but. and you know, this is his first cousin. and she put this in a letter to the u.s. senate. you think your thanksgiving is uncomfortable? all right. we've got a great show. we have max brooks and dan jones. >> milo's rewards week is here, and so are some of our biggest deals. members save up to 40% on hundreds of items in store and online because you're a big deal. so join for free today and save now before rewards week ends. >> 20s a week to lose 20% of your weight in a year with diet and exercise. that's the power of glp one through ro. ro helps find the medication that's right for you. based on cost, availability, and your weight loss goals. losing we

we make little jokes because bobby kennedy, his cousin, is caroline kennedy, the daughter of president johnf kennedy. they're cousins. and who wrote a scathing letter because bobby is trying to get confirmed. now he's before the senate saying that he used to put chicks and mice in his blender to feed to his hawk, and that he and that she. and then also he was addicted to attention and was a predator. what republicans call presidential and but. and you know, this is his first cousin, and she put this in a letter to the u.s. senate. you think your thanksgiving is uncomfortable? all right. we got a great show. we have max brooks and dan jones. >> kobe the making of a legend. next saturday at nine on cnn. >> hi. hi. >> chocolate fundraiser. >> with the chase mobile app. things move a little more smoothly. >> champion. i'm the champion. i'm number one. >> deposit checks easily and send money quickly. >> oh! >> i'm the champion. >> that's convenience from chase. make more of what's yours. >> subway's got a new meal of the day with chips and a drink for just 6.99. or if you're big hungry, make it

it was 64 years and about a week ago today, just days before his inauguration, president elect john f. kennedy spoke right here in this chamber. in this moment i think of his words, his words which are now inscribed on this rostrum. he talked about what service requires of all of us. courage, judgment, integrity, dedication. those are the values that must guide us in what must be a resolute focus on what people need and how

that's who's in charge of president kennedy's creation right now. tonight, pete morocco from john f kennedy to pete morocco, all in donald trump's lifetime in a nation of laws, pete morocco would be powerless tight. and president kennedy's law would still be delivering life saving aid around the world. leading off our discussion tonight is congressional historian norm ornstein. he's an emeritus scholar at the american enterprise institute, and e.j. dionne, an opinion columnist for the washington post and a senior fellow at the brookings institution. he is a government professor at georgetown university. and, norm, let me begin with you. and there is there's so much happening here and so much coming at us that i don't want to target a question for you. i want you to. just air out with us what you've been thinking about as this has been happening. >> you say. >> that of all the powerful introductions you've given on this. >> show that. >> i think is the most powerful and the most chilling, and that is where. >> we are. >> right now. and it is. >> a putsch. >> in progress, occurring

the power to shut down the agency. , this agency was created by an executive order signed by john f. kennedy being. if it could be created by an executive order as it was, it can be undone by an executive order and the president has all the legal authority he needs to do that very that doesn't mean that foreign aid ends, it means that as marco rubio is suggesting and the interview earlier in this program that it would be administered otherwise by some other agency or taken t the state department, with whic it is supposed to work cooperatively. this may be not quite as much a everyone is saying. >> the baffles, the democrats foresee, there is even a senato saying all state department employees are going to be put o hold as far as he is concerned until it's up and running again. and, usaid's employees are saying this hurts foreign polic overall, take a listen. >> a shutdown of work that is predominantly disaster assistance. it is global health, people are being harmed as we speak. >> these are some of the insane priorities that that organization has been spending money on. $1.5 million to adva

you think about the number of doctrine and what john f. kennedy did with the cuban missile crisis.s been a long-standing concern of the united states. having a major strategic enemy in our backyard here is a problem for us. what trump is trying to do is address that. >> martha: pulling up this map for people who haven't thought about it in a while when you look at the panama canal going from new york city to san francisco or the reverse, 5200 miles takes 11 days through the panama canal. if you don't have the panama canal and think for a moment if china were to block it for any reason, suddenly it would impact trade tremendously. around south africa which would take 27 days, 13,000 miles. what changes as a result of part of this deal, no more infrastructure projects with china and panama. that is a big start. >> if we were in a long-term strategic battle with china which we almost certainly are then we want to make sure that we protect our defence capabilities but as you say are economic capabilities. the panama canal is essential for that. what i find interesting about what presid

diplomacy since president john f kennedy created it more than 60 years ago. it now coordinates $40 billion. >> in. >> overseas humanitarian assistance every year, several sources telling nbc news. the trump administration plans to strip down the agency, then move what remains into the state department with a diminished role. but even some republicans say those cuts violate the constitutionally mandated power of congress to control how money is spent and to create or change agencies. musk's announcement comes after five sources telling nbc news the agency's two top officials were put on administrative leave for refusing to grant d.o.j. employees access to classified government systems. musk's team reportedly threatened to call in the u.s. marshals before. >> eventually gaining access. >> we begin all this with nbc news senior white house correspondent garrett. hey, garrett, so much going on just today. that call with mexico's new president apparently delaying a deal by one month. marco rubio is supposed to negotiate tighter border controls there. what do we ex

and what you mentioned about the disorientation takes me back to a john f kennedy junior in, i think it was july 1999. that was exactly what happened to him, that disorientation. you talk about, how how scary would that be in the moment? jonathan? >> well, i don't so if they can't see out and they think that they are in a controlled, they're doing a controlled maneuver when they're actually diving. where it becomes scary is when they the instant before they hit the ground. because as you can see, that plane, it appears, where they're pulling back on the stick because it starts to curve just a little bit there at the end. and that's right when it breaks through the clouds. so if that is what occurred and we don't know, but if that's what occurred, from what the sources that i was talking to, if, if they think that they're going up. and so they pushed the throttles forward, they start picking up speed as soon as they break through that cloud. and they realize that that that they're actually heading to the ground. your first instinct would be to pull back on the stick. and that could ex

as president john f kennedy said many years ago, geography has made us neighbors.ry has made us friends. economics has made us partners. and necessity has made us allies. >> president trump declared a national economic emergency to put the tariffs in place. 25% on border nations and additional 10% on china now say additional because the president already put tariffs on certain chinese made goods during his first term that president biden kept in place. >> these tariffs also close a loophole that allowed shipments under $800 to come into the u.s. tax free. senate democratic leader chuck schumer warns that this could start a trade war, which will only hurt family budgets here at home, he said in a statement. quote, if these tariffs go into full effect, they will raise prices for everything from groceries to cars to gas. cnn's alayna treene explains how these tariffs will work. well. >> president donald trump made good on a long held campaign promise on saturday when he signed executive orders imposing sweeping tariffs on three different countries. he imposed 25% tari

as president john f kennedy said many years ago, geography has made us neighbors. history has made us friends. economics has made us partners and necessity has made us allies. >> president trump declared a national economic emergency to put those tariffs in place 25% on border nations and an additional 10% on china. the president already put tariffs on certain chinese made goods during his first term that president biden kept in place. >> the tariffs also closed a loophole that allowed shipments under $800 to come into the u.s. tax free. senate democratic leader chuck schumer warns that this could start a trade war, which will only hurt family budgets here in the u.s. he said in a statement that if these tariffs go into full effect, they will raise prices for everything from groceries to cars to gas. cnn's matt egan explains what we could expect. >> it is. >> really important. >> to stress. >> that these tariffs. >> represent a. >> far more. >> aggressive use. >> of trump's favorite. >> economic weapon than anything he did during the first term. right. we're talkin

it was created by former president john f kennedy. over the weekend, president donald trump blasted the organization it's been run by a bunch of radical lunatics, and we're getting them out. >> usaid, run by radical lunatics, and we're getting them out. and then we'll make a. decision. >> last night, elon musk going a step further, sharing on x, the president agreed the organization should be shut down. >> what we have. here is. >> is not. >> an apple with a worm in it. but we. >> have actually. >> just a bowl. >> of worms. >> if you've got an apple, it's got a worm and you can take. >> the worm out. >> but if you've got actually just a ball of. >> worms. >> it's hopeless. and usaid is a bowl of worms. there is no. >> apple. >> and when there is no apple, you've just got to basically get rid of the whole thing. >> basically get rid of the whole thing. joining us now is axios publisher nicholas johnston. nick good morning. >> good morning. >> good to see you. there's been a lot going on over the weekend. but let's start with what we he

not to mention that usaid, while it was originally created through an executive order by john f kennedy was later codified into statute. and so it is law that usaid has to be its own agency and has to exist. and so the president or elon musk or anyone else can't just do whatever they want. these are laws in place for a reason, and i am i totally agree with what alexandria said, because this is a real threat to our democracy, to our constitution, and it's a threat to our national security. this access to classified information, but also because the work that usaid does around the world is incredibly important to our national security. it helps prevent threats. it helps prevent diseases. it's a really important part of how we keep americans safe. and decimating it is going to make us less safe. >> one doctor who received a stop work order told propublica, quote, i've never seen anything that scares me as much as this. you're on the house foreign affairs committee. just talk to me a little bit about what the global implications of this pause on foreign assistance means for an organization

president john f kennedy signed it into being at the height of the cold war in a global competition with the soviet union. elon musk and donald trump seem to be saying, well, let's just let china and russia win that global competition. and in fact, again, this isn't i really appreciated brennan's point about this not being that this being a form of information warfare. this is not a policy discussion about what kind of government cuts to have. that would be misleading for people to take that away from this. there is no proposal that elon musk or donald trump have put forward about what we should be spending on this agency, which, by the way, again, this spending was all approved by congress. it is congress that has the power to appropriate funds in our system. and that's the other point that's important. so number one, you have this question of russia and china benefiting when the us chooses to attack its own government. elon musk said today. he called it a criminal agency. this is an extraordinary libel, frankly, of the people who are working there, of the people who whose work every da

. >> president john f kennedy. signed it into being. >> at the height of the. >> cold war. >> in a global. >> competition with the soviet union. >> elon musk and donald trump seem to be saying, well. >> let's just. >> let china and russia. win that. >> global competition. and in. >> fact, again, this isn't. >> i really appreciate. >> brennan's point about. this not. >> being that this being a. >> form of information warfare. this is. not a. policy discussion about what kind. of government cuts. >> to have. >> that would be misleading for people. >> to take that away. >> from this. there is. >> no proposal. >> that elon musk or donald trump have put forward. about what we should be spending on this agency, which. >> by the way. >> again, this spending was all. >> approved by congress. >> it is. >> congress that has the power to appropriate. >> funds in our system. and that's the other point that's important. >> so number. >> one. >> you. >> have this question of russia and china benefiting. >> when the us. >> choose

originally created by former president john f kennedy. over the weekend, president donald trump blasted the organization. >> it's been run by a bunch of radical lunatics, and we're getting them out. usaid, run by radical lunatics, and we're getting them out. and then we'll make a decision. >> and last night, overnight, really, elon musk went a step further. he shared on x that the president has apparently agreed that the organization should be shut down. >> what we have here is. >> is not. >> an apple with a worm. >> in it. >> but we have actually just a bowl of worms. if you've got an apple, it's got a worm and you can take the worm out. but if you've got actually just a bowl of worms, it's hopeless. and usaid is a bowl of worms. there is no apple. and when there is no apple, this you've just got to basically get rid of the whole thing. >> all right. um, our panel is back. uh, stephen collinson, big picture here. these scenes, right, of these government officials trying to follow the law as it is currently written. um, trying to stand in

of course, the agency was started back in 1961 under president john f kennedy and has served as the us'sthe world. but as you just heard the president say right there, that he believes it is run by radical leftists and he plans to continue this this purge among several government agencies and the doge department of government. official efficiency seems primed to do this, zach. >> yeah. and i mean, the focus is on what they say is mismanaging all of the resources at usaid controls. carlos, i know that you've worked with usaid in the past. what are your thoughts? well, also look, under. >> the trump. >> administration, in 2018, i visited a usaid program. >> in peru. it was a coca eradication program to. >> fight drug. >> cartels, to fight. >> the cocaine production process. after those. >> plants. >> were eradicated, they were replaced with cacao plants, cacao. >> farms. >> and this. >> allowed peruvian. >> entrepreneurs to make. >> high quality chocolate. >> this had two. >> significant benefits to the united states. number one, it. >> reduced drug. >> flows into the united states. >> num

the point, um, congress created at the urging of president john f kennedy in 1961, the foreign assistance program, and we codified it in the foreign assistance act of 1961. that's been amended myriad times over the last 64 years. if you create an agency by statute, as we did then to to transform it or to meld it into another agency or dismantle it, in my humble opinion, requires an act of congress, too. so, no, i think the president is dead wrong, and i think he's bluffing when it comes to saying no. if if there's fraud involved. by the way, he has improved a single fraud, then all bets are off. that's not true. >> all right, well, congressman, i appreciate. >> your has to be abided by. >> all right, well, i appreciate your time. and thank you very much for taking the time. congressman connolly. >> my pleasure. aaron. >> all right. and next, the breaking news. trump backing down on those tariffs, calling off his threat to hit canada with tariffs. hours after backing down from the tariffs on mexico, the premier of ontario, doug ford, who threatened to cancel his starlink contract with musk

and what you mentioned about the disorientation takes me back to a john f kennedy junior in, i think it was july 1999. that was exactly what happened to him, that disorientation. you talk about, how how scary would that be in the moment? jonathan? >> well, i don't so if they can't see out and they think that they are in a controlled, they're doing a controlled maneuver when they're actually diving. where it becomes scary is when they the instant before they hit the ground. because as you can see, that plane, it appears, where they're pulling back on the stick because it starts to curve just a little bit there at the end. and that's right when it breaks through the clouds. so if that is what occurred and we don't know, but if that's what occurred, from what the sources that i was talking to, if, if they think that they're going up and so they push the throttles forward, they start picking up speed as soon as they break through that cloud, and they realize that that that they're actually heading to the ground. your first instinct would be to pull back on the stick. and that could expla

i mean, usaid was started by john f kennedy, early 60s, with the main goal and mission of humanitarian aid across the globe. well, they have gone well beyond that gaze. i mean, they have started stuff in cuba in the early 2000. venezuela getting into clandestine types of operations well beyond their purview. and so, as an outsider, if i'm looking at this particular entity that we're appropriating, appropriating $50 billion to, then i'm beginning to ask myself, are they effectively utilizing those dollars to their original mission? and if they are not, how do we reform it if we can't reform it, do we tear it down and build something new? i think that's an appropriate question to ask. i would argue that musk is going to be tasked with answering that question across the federal government. the accountability factor is a good question. i would argue that the president should probably appoint someone to oversee what doge is doing. the president is obviously incredibly busy, and i think that's how you have the proper checks and balances in place. >> but i think, well, can i just say on this,

the son of senator robert f kennedy and nephew of president john f. kennedy, robert kennedy jr. has been an advocate for consumers since 1985. after graduating from harvard university, mr. kennedy study at the london school of economics and received his law degree from the university of virginia law school and a masters degree in environmental law from pace university. he has founded two advocacy groups and has spent the last 40 years working to restore and protect children's health. he was a former independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election and president trump nominated him this year to be in november of 2024 to be the hhs secretary. in announcing his nomination, president trump stated mr. kennedy will restore these agencies to the traditions of gold standard scientific research and beacons of transparency and end the chronic disease epidemic and make america great and healthy again. before you give your opening statement mr. kennedy, i have four obligatory question that we ask all nominees before this committee. first, is there anything that you are aware of in yo

. >> john: he wouldn't -- even on robert f. kennedy jr.?ey: ah, well, the strongest signal was on him, because mcconnell had polio when he was a child. the vaccine is something he cares deeply about, passionately about, all vaccines. they are good for american health, and he said so, so that is a signal. >> maurice: but he played his cards close to the vest? >> lesley: always. >> john: mitch mcconnell doesn't talk much, but he did to you. we're looking forward to it, thanks, lesley stahl. >> maurice: still ahead on the friday "cbs evening news," lonnie quinn with the weather. >> john: and we will have these stories, as well. >> i'm margaret brennan in washington. we will take a look at president trump's response to the midair collision and his reshaping of the federal government. ♪ ♪ >> i'm steve hartman. when one of the greatest museums in the world went looking for a new masterpiece, who did they call? security. you'll see what i mean when we go "on the road," coming up on the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ so handsom

kennedy junior. we're going to talk to john barrasso about if he has confidence that in fact he's got the votes to confirm junior. we've also got newly confirmed epa minister lee zeldin and we have breaking news, lee zeldin will travel with the vice president jd vance, tomorrow, to ohio, palestine. it's going to mark the year since that train derailment putting all of those horrible chemicals in the water and the air and we'll talk with tom homan as you know, the deportation plans underway right now in america and we want to find out where we are in terms of that swath that you discussed earlier in venezuela, that rick grinell was able to bring back hostages to america. we've got a big show. a lot of breaking news coming up. jd vance really made a lot of common sense comments about the president's agenda. so i want to really get into what he has to say about executing that agenda. charlie: well, it's a new era, a new era of transparency and we thank you for bringing it to us and we'll be watching, maria bartiromo. maria: thank you. see you in 10 minutes. charlie: communities across the u.s. rallying aroun

it was 64 years and about a week ago today, just days before his inauguration, president elect john f. kennedy spoke right here in this chamber. in this moment i think of his words, his words which are now inscribed on this rostrum. he talked about what service requires of all of us. courage, judgment, integrity, dedication. those are the values that must guide us in what must be a resolute focus on what people need and how we can work together to deliver for them. because in this moment our actions matter more than our words. taking on the hard challenges -- >> we will leave this to go live now to the u.s. senate where today lawmakers are considering more of president trump's cabinet nominees. votes are expected later this afternoon on nominations for energy secretary and attorney general. live coverage here on c-span2. .. patients receiving organ transpants, having -- transplants, having surgery, premature infants and those involved in car accidents. regular blood donations can help your neighbor or stranger. following a national disaster, we often hear the call for blood donations, yet, we

kennedy jr. sail through as well? if senator john the president's cabinet and his agenda, next. ♪ ♪ maria: welcome back. the senate returns to capitol hill tomorrow to continue confirmation hearings for president trump's cabinet nominees including voting for cloture for pam bondi as u.s. attorney general expected sometime in the afternoon, then next friday republican senators are headed to the mar-a-lago, invited by president trump to hash out next steps on executing his bold agenda. joining me now is senate majority if whip, wyoming senator john barrasso. senator, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you, maria. maria: let's get right to it. you are on the senate finance committee that will vote on robert f. kennedy jr. on tuesday. do you believe kennedy has the votes to get confirmed as hhs secretary? >> we're working very hard to make sure that that happens on tuesday but first, maria, we are just two weeks into the trump administration, and washington does not know what hit it. the president has moved with such sp

when bob was working for ted kennedy and i was working for john glenn, it was not just ohio that was a quintessential swing state but west virginia was bright blue. everyone was a democrat in west virginia. tad: by the way, mike dukakis won west virginia. dale: i think it started 30 years ago roughly when we embraced globalization and promised everybody there will be some short-term dislocations but in the long run everyone will be better off. in fact, the benefits from globalization came, but they were not evenly distributed. people who were college educated elite, highly trained, did very well, but everybody else didn't. let me say that -- i will tell you, in a country where only 36% of the population has a college degree, becoming a party of the college educated elite is not a recipe for winning a lot of elections. let me tell you how bad it has gotten. this last november, and the 20 states that had the highest median annual -- in the 20 states that had the highest median annual income, we won 18 of 20. in the 20 states with the lowest median family income we won three. in pennsyl

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kennedy shall rise again. this party of jimmy carter, shirley chisholm, and john lewis will rise again. this party of barack obama, joe biden and kamala harris will rise again. and we will take this fight for the people of the united states to them, and we will win so a government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the map. [applause] >> thank you, governor. that includes the nominating and second inc. speeches for governor martin o'malley. we will move to nominating statements for ben wikler. i ask that he and his speakers join us. the 10 minute window will begin once your first speaker begins. >> hello, democratic family. i am the chair of the mighty michigan democratic party and vice chair. in both of these roles i have seen again and again how unfailingly supportive ben is of his fellow chairs and that is why i'm supporting him. he has fund raised with me to raise money for the michigan democrats and i know he has provided organizing and fundraising models to many others. he has also raised this money the right way. he doesn't use gimmicky tactics,

kennedy is he is not the right guy to do this. there are a lot of people who have talked about trying to enhance the vaccine safety system in this country. some folks at johns hopkins have ideas on how to do it. but he is not the guy to do it. host: dr. georges benjamin is our guest this morning, executive director of the american public health association. anthony, you are next in new york, democratic caller. caller: dr. benjamin, can you explain why mary gruber and philip crouse, senior officials at the fda resigned their positions due to the implementation of government overreach by the biden administration to mandate vaccines for children? can you also explain why it is that the congress and the senate and their staff are exempt from vaccines that you seem to want to shove down the throats of the american taxpayers? my body, my choice. i refuse to consume vaccinations. i do not want my health care delivered by way of a hyper direct needle. can you explain why those senior officials resigned their positions in protest to the biden administration's overreach with regard to vaccination of children? guest: one of the benefits of being an american is you get

so he comes into the senate and you have people like ted kennedy, daniel patrick moynihan, bob dole, bill bradley, all sorts of people, john glenn, people who had really made their mark in american life in all sorts of different ways, including in the senate. so he took a seat in the far rear of the chamber where the newest members had to sit, but he immediately looked down and saw where dole was. and in his mind, he thought ahead and he thought, that's what i want to do. always had his eye on leadership then. and one of the reasons i think he eventually got there was unlike 99 out of 100 senators, he didn't want to be president. he had no desire to do that. he was fixated on that. and i think it made his strategic maneuvering easier within the senate, and it also made his path easier because he could take jobs that other people didn't want because it wasn't going to cost him in any kind of national campaign. you heard lamar alexander say you're smash him in the mouth strategy. explain what that is. and how did he apply that strategy not just to his own races? well, it's interesting that he referenced that in the 84 race b