nbc's julie sirkin is. >> at the. >> capitol for us, and we are also joined by amy parnes, senior political correspondent for the hill. julie, who has seen this affidavit. and what reactions are you getting in the senate? >> yeah. good morning ana. well, look, the affidavit is available, an unredacted version for senators to view in a room here in the capitol. we know that democrats have viewed the affidavit, and we also know that some republicans have viewed the affidavit, the unredacted version, of course, in which danielle hegseth is laying out all of these allegations and more that aren't viewable in the redacted copy that we have and i think important here, importantly here, of course, democrats are expressing their concerns, and rightly so when it comes to these allegations. but of course, it is up to republicans who ultimately are going to have the votes to confirm pete hegseth at some point potentially. this week. i talked to senator tim kaine about some of these allegations. you'll remember that back during pete hegseth confirmation hearing last tuesday, kaine explicitly pressed hi

julie sirkin, nbc news congressional correspondent. julie, i'm here as soon as you have any news. i'm not going anywhere, so let me know as things develop, we are waiting for the last couple of votes to be cast here. again, the big news here is that three republicans have cast no votes against pete hegseth. he can afford to have three republicans vote no on him, because that brings the vote to 50 to 50. and when it's 50 to 50, the vice president, in his capacity as president of the senate, gets to cast the tie breaking vote. jd vance, as julie was just saying, is thought to be standing by nearby to break that tie in pete hegseth favor. if, as expected, the vote settles at 5050 right now, the vote is not closed. and i believe i may be wrong, but we believe that there are still some senators yet to cast their votes. there are three republican no votes. there aren't other republicans who were widely being watched in terms of being potential no votes. but, you know, the fat lady has not yet sung. i want to bring into the conversation now, nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney, qb c

nbc's julie sirkin is reporting from the hill.us, former republican congressman of florida david jolly, and msnbc political analyst michael hardaway is former communications director and spokesman for congressman hakeem jeffries. welcome one and all. so where does this process stand for trump's cabinet nominees, julie? >> well, as you well described it so far only one getting confirmed. and it is in part because yesterday they were going to move on. several nominees, including john ratcliffe, who was reported out of the committee 14 to 3, an extremely bipartisan vote. the senate intelligence committee, i should add. then there was a moment on the floor where senator chris murphy basically said that he has concerns about his past role in trump's first administration. he made available information that they had pertaining to russia that was known as misinformation, and they made that information available to republicans. anyway, on the hill, that is what murphy is referring to. take a listen to a little bit of what he said, and we'l

immediately is nbc legal correspondent lisa rubin, nbc news correspondent, congressional correspondent julie sirkin, punchbowl news co-founder and msnbc political contributor jake sherman, and chief white house correspondent for the new york times and msnbc political analyst peter baker. all right, julie, to you, the press, the procedural vote known as cloture has just ended. >> what happened? >> well, what happened is that with a vote of 51 to 49, pete hegseth has now advanced to the final vote, which we expect to happen at 8 p.m. tomorrow night, maybe even earlier, but significantly. katy, you saw senator susan collins vote against that procedural vote. you also saw senator lisa murkowski do the same. the only two republicans, by the way, that did so, although other republicans have indicated to me privately that they will be considering all of these allegations and perhaps could change their vote in the final vote tomorrow. we just got a very lengthy statement from senator susan collins confirming that she will be a no on that final vote tomorrow. in it, she points to that past statements about

joining me now from capitol hill, nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie sirkin, and right here, reutersspondent jeff mason. so, julie, you've been tracking this so closely. they've got two against him, with the democrats presumably holding firm at 47, all of them. now that john fetterman has declared. but they need four to sink this nomination. and there doesn't seem to be any other no votes that we know. certainly none declared. right. >> yeah, that's exactly. >> right, andrea. and it's entirely possible, based on my conversations and my reporting, that maybe some are. >> keeping. >> their cards close to their vest, not wanting to say no on any of these procedural votes, and maybe keeping their minds open until the very last vote tonight at 9 p.m, senator thom tillis, for example, telling myself, my colleagues over this week that he is going to do just that, that he is doing his due diligence. he is trying to find if anybody has corroborated what danielle said, the ex sister in law had said in the affidavit this week that we obtained first. so far, it doesn't appear like they've been a

nbc's julie sirkin helped break this story. she joins us now. what more can you tell us? >> well, chris, this is significant because for the first time, we are hearing on the record of somebody who spoke directly with samantha hegseth during the time in which she was married to pete hegseth, who shared concerns, fearing for her safety. i'm talking about danielle hicks. she's the former sister in law to both samantha and pete hegseth. she says in this copy of this affidavit, a redacted version. quote, i have chosen to come forward publicly as significant personal sacrifice because i am deeply concerned by what hicks says confirmation would mean for our military and our country. she adds that part of her reason, and this is so significant, chris, for coming forward, is because i have been assured that making this public statement will ensure that certain senators who are still on the fence will vote against hicks. that's confirmation. but for that insurance, i would not subject myself or others referred to in this statement to the public scrutiny. this statement is likely t

nbc's julie sirkin joins us now from capitol hill. rting at least 20 senators have now seen the unredacted affidavit with these new allegations. walk us through your exclusive reporting. >> yeah. anna and i just want to say. >> in terms of samantha. >> hogsett's statement to us, that there was no physical abuse in the marriage. there is no mention of physical abuse in this affidavit. i have now viewed the redacted copy. we have also have two sources who recounted the details of the unredacted portion to us. we have that reporting overnight. i want to read you part of it. she is danielle hicks that says, as i told the fbi, samantha once told me that hegseth grabbed her groin without consent at their home. samantha told me about this sometime during the years between 2014 and 2016, she says, i believe what samantha told me, because what she told me is consistent with what i personally observed of hicks erratic and aggressive behavior over many years. she does note that she didn't personally witness any physical or sexual abuse, but this

nbc's julie sirkin is following this for us. okay. what do we know about where the vote stands ahead of tonight's vote? >> well, at this point, senate republicans are trickling out of a closed door meeting that they've been holding for about an hour now to try and plot out exactly how tonight will work. and also some of the other nominees that democrats are trying to slow walk over this weekend. but let's focus in on hegseth, because you have wildly different perspectives. when you talk to democrats and republicans about his nomination, notwithstanding what senators susan collins and lisa murkowski had already said, the majority leader of the senate, republican john thune, had this to say. and then you'll hear the top democrat, schumer, on the other side, and we'll talk about it. >> mr. hegseth will bring a warrior's. perspective to the role. of defense secretary and will provide much. needed fresh. >> air at the pentagon. >> i hope my. >> republican colleagues. >> understand the danger of entrusting our military to someone whose back

that's nbc's julie sirkin on capitol hill. thanks so much for that update, julie. joining me now is pentagon correspondent for the new york times, helene cooper, and retired marine lieutenant colonel amy mcgrath, the founder of the democratic majority action pack. i will start with you, lieutenant colonel mcgrath. if an enlisted man was accused of excessive drinking, sexual abuse and extramarital affairs while in the military, could they be promoted under those circumstances? what are the consequences of engaging in that conduct for an enlisted person? >> well, it would be highly unlikely. >> and i mean. >> this is what it comes down to. and we're not talking about this enough. you know, pete hegseth goes through. he will not have the respect of the admirals and generals that he is going to lead, because they know the ethics of our military. they have risen to the highest ranks, and they know that this man really would not be promoted anywhere near their rank. and also, it's more than just the sexual misconduct allegations and the alcohol abuse allegations. it's th

joining us now, nbc's julie sirkin on capitol hill. julie, good morning.hat else are we learning from this affidavit? >> yeah. hey good morning jose. well, it's important to point out that the affidavit makes a lot of allegations that aren't related, quite frankly, to physical abuse. and so the fact that samantha hicks has responded to us when we asked her what is not accurate in these allegations, and she said she was never a victim of physical abuse, is notable, i will tell you that really, this process now comes down to republicans because her nomination has been reported favorably out of the armed services committee, which jack reed, of course, is a part of. on monday, on a party line vote. senator tim kaine, though, had some interesting questions for hegseth. i thought during that confirmation hearing last tuesday where he specifically pressed him on allegations of abuse, whether it would be disqualifying for somebody to hold a position of secretary of defense having abused his partners, his ex-wives, or even that sexual assault case, which, of course

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. >> and joining me now is nbc news congressional correspondent julie sirkin. us, former homeland security secretary jeh johnson, former republican national chairman michael steele, co-host of msnbc's the weekend. so, julie, governor noem said she would not politicize disaster funding under fema, which is also under her management, and insisted that cisa is off mission, misdirecting its resources. that's a controversial shift. it's her position on the border and immigration that many americans were waiting to hear. but she's really not going to be in charge of that. >> and that's exactly what andy, kim, andrea, who is the most junior democrat on that panel, was pushing her on because, of course, we all know that tom homan is going to be the border czar. >> so in that case, what is kristi noem's role here? and i think it's important to point out that there were some questions about her qualifications for this role. she has never worked in law enforcement. she is obviously not from a border state. she's never handled immigration and border policies. >> and so whe

i want to bring in nbc's julie sirkin now on capitol hill. e, lawmakers are starting to weigh in on this decision. >> what are you hearing? >> oh, absolutely. and leader schumer actually opened the senate floor this morning before this ruling from the supreme court came into effect, again, stressing the need for an american company to buy tiktok or at least buy certain parts of it. >> and certainly this is a conversation that is going to keep happening on capitol hill. let's remember how this bill originally passed in the spring in the senate. it was part of a larger foreign affairs package. >> so meaning many democrats voted for a tiktok ban that might have not even wanted to do that. and that is why you're hearing, particularly from democrats and markey, for example, who wants congress to pass another piece of legislation that would give the president the authority to extend beyond the 90 days that are already baked into this legislation, but extend even further and give bytedance time to find an american based purchaser of the app. >> i wan

nbc's julie sirkin is on capitol hill for us today. tors questioned him about that, his commitment to fighting climate change in the wake of these fires. what did he say? >> well, chris, i don't think any democrat expects lee zeldin epa under president trump to look anything like the biden administration's epa, they don't expect his epa to make climate change a focus, though, of course, especially coming off the heels of these wildfires. >> that was certainly a focus of the questioning today. i think, by and large, though, democrats are pretty satisfied with zeldin's replies. >> and i want you to take a listen to a little exchange he's had with the progressive senator bernie sanders on this. >> watch. >> do you agree with president elect trump that climate change is a hoax? >> i believe that climate change is real. >> some of us have used the word existential threat. >> what we're seeing in la right now is apocalyptic. >> would you describe climate change as an existential threat, meaning that there must be an urgency to get our act tog

joining our conversation, nbc news congressional correspondent julie sirkin and ceo of iraq and afghanistanerans of america, former army captain allison jaslow, take us through. julie, the latest reporting on mr. hegseth. >> yeah, well, this was actually part of a document that i want to be clear. republicans and democrats on the committee have had access to since before its confirmation hearing. and in this document, as lisa had laid out in her reporting, they are being careful about what they're calling this. it's some sort of confidentiality agreement. but as you saw, hegseth was very well prepped in his question and answer period in front of the committee during his confirmation hearing to stick to the terms that he knows he could say and get away with. and that's what you saw in his questioning with senator tim kaine. of course, his attorney, parlatore, had issued a response saying it's not a nondisclosure agreement. it's a limited non-disparagement agreement. these are two legally distinct concepts, and there is nothing inappropriate or inaccurate about mr. hempstead's answers to the

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>> nbc's julie sirkin is reporting from the hill. garrett hake is reporting from the white house. also with us, msnbc host jonathan capehart, associate editor for the washington post and a pulitzer prize winning journalist. welcome to everybody. julie, who are the senators we should be watching most closely tonight to determine whether hegseth gets over the finish line. >> well, you heard trump say mitch mcconnell, certainly he is somebody that we are still watching, although he did vote along with other republicans to advance his nomination yesterday. all but those two, collins and murkowski, actually voted against that motion to proceed yesterday, which essentially means that we expect them to stick by their vote today, especially with those scathing statements. but in addition to mitch mcconnell, there are a couple others who are uncertain about that. and they've felt this way to be clear for months. it's his alcohol abuse. the allegations from the women in monterey that he had denied. it's the allegations disclosed in this affida

and it's julie sirkin on the hill. and then also our colleague sarah fitzpatrick, who's one of our senior investigative producer. this has been a tremendous group effort getting to this reporting. now on this this affidavit. i'll get to your question about about how this is being received here so far. but the affidavit was submitted by, as you said, pete hegseth. former sister in law, danielle hegseth. and it's really telling katie she it is again, it is a sworn affidavit that she submitted to the senate armed services in response to a january 18th letter from the ranking member, senator jack reed, asking for more information about information that she has about the marriage and the time that that pete hegseth and samantha hegseth were married. now, in it, she details times where she was told by samantha hegseth, his ex-wife, that she feared for her safety because of pete hegseth s behavior. now, as you said, and i want to read this because i want to give the entire statement here. we did reach out to samantha hegseth

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that's according to two sources who spoke to our colleagues, julie sirkin and sarah fitzpatrick.m denies all of those allegations from samantha hegseth, and said the claims are, quote, clearly and obviously false to any objective viewer. >> ana. >> okay. sahil kapur, thank you. keep us posted. if there is any new development that should shake loose during this hour. joining us now is former senior republican congressional advisor reena shah and former clinton adviser richard goodstein. and reena, as far as the white house is concerned, the matter is closed. but there are still republicans like tom tillis seeking out more details. i just wonder if some of the on the fence republicans feel like this vote is being rushed or rammed through. could it backfire for president trump? >> well. >> that is what. >> i'm hearing right now from republicans who feel sort of like this is not the pace at which they feel comfortable with. >> from the. >> senate side. you do see people want to exhibit that caution, that restraint. when going for some nominee that has a complex background like hegset

let's bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie sirkin with more on this. you seeing in this? and it seems to me that republicans would be looking at patterns. i think it gets complicated getting into family dynamics, but perhaps patterns of behavior. and would that then draw back to maybe alcohol abuse or other things? >> well, obviously, mika, those things have been long a concern for republican senators, especially the alcohol abuse. and if you remember that memo that was sent by a friend of the monterrey accuser, the woman who accused pete hegseth of sexual assault in 2017, something he had denied, something charges were not pressed on him against. but all of this kind of raises questions about why none of these things made it into that fbi report. and i will tell you, just with those statements from samantha hegseth, those happened in two different instances. we were reporting this story for several weeks. we've known about the allegations specifically from danielle hegseth, and that she had communicated them to the committee for several days. we reache

so big breaking news there, julie sirkin, thank you.ing to stick around tim miller, but we have more breaking news. i want to bring back julia ainsley. we were waiting to hear from the judge on the request on trump's birthright citizenship order. do we have a decision? >> we do a quick decision, chris. the judge just issued a temporary restraining order putting a nationwide block, at least temporarily, on trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for children who are born to mothers who were in the united states, either unlawfully or temporarily. this was quick, i'm told, by our producers in the room, daniel barnes said, that the judge said out loud, i have signed the tro, that temporary restraining order. just as soon as the lawyers from both sides stopped talking. it was a quick decision. but what this means, chris, is that this is surely going to end up at the supreme court. we can expect an appeal from the trump administration. we can expect that they will continue to fight this legal battle all the way to the supreme co