. >> kennedy: going to take the contrary position?ount of people also facetiming, walking around, who almost die and get hit by cars constantly because they have to do it that way and they are off headphones to be so strange. what i have struggled with is the toddler ipad watching before they are old enough to wear headphones. so cleo will watch no sound because, i'm like, if you can't wear them, -- >> katie: you can't subject people to them. >> kennedy: that's great parenting. >> jessica: i'm trying my be best. >> kennedy: as jessica tarlov really a commie, i say she is a wonderful mom. >> jessica: that's not really an answer to that question, but i appreciate that, as my twin. >> kennedy: people always go, are you jessica tarlov? aiko yes, they voted for trump. up next, group chats are like modern-day quicksand, jump in for funny means and gossip, next thing you know you are drowning in 63 unread texts about susan's cat. how do you read when without being rude? etiquette experts are offering tips, one saying "group captain chats are

kennedy. senator kennedy: on november 1, 2022, you tweeted, both texas and louisiana have their knives out for black immigrants. do you remember that tweet? >> i don't. but it's quite possible. senator kennedy: what texans, not only possible, it happened. you're not denying it, are you? >> i'm saying -- senator kennedy: what texans? who are you talking to about -- who in texas had their knives out for black immigrants? >> i'm guessing the context with my suspicion -- senator kennedy: give me a name, give me a name >> i just name. i just said ken paxton. senator kennedy: you don't have a name. >> i just said ken paxton. senator kennedy: how about louisiana, you said louisiana has its knives outs for black immigrants. who in louisiana were you talking about? >> again, i'm not certain that was two years ago. as i'm sure you know much has happened in the last two years. senator kennedy: did you say it? >> do i not remember the context. senator kennedy: you said somebody had their lives out from lo

kennedy. i just wanted to say god bless you and thank you so much. i have a lot of points here, so please, i was up late last night. i saw your performance on john mcenroe last night. i'm pregnant. this my third pregnancy since 2001. and i'm just extremely disturbed, you know, about the bush administration's environmental policies and i get very emotional about it. but, you know, i think that the problem is that the media is not covering this, because i know that if mothers knew this information, they would be outraged. if they knew that their children were being poisoned the way they are by this man who calls himself christian. yet i think that those are christian acts. i don't think any of us do. and i think that a perfect example was last night when you were talking about pcbs. i don't know if you got in trouble, but polluting the hudson river by ge, where they're fighting the clean up on that. you got cut off and that just colored let's cut you off there and let me expound on that. i was t

kennedy again.th bend, indiana and had a picture of your dad and i celebrated him at the democratic celebration, i was a democrat and i turned republican last year because i believe the democratic party has taken a turn and turned away from persons like myself who believes in america first and so i am so thankful that you are in the race. my question is to you, is other than extreme gratitude that you are there, is why is the democratic party just not allowing you to debate, or even get the news coverage or turning all this negativity on you. you are a breath of fresh air to the democratic party and if i knew you were going to be in the race perhaps i wouldn't have changed my party because i know i don't want to live in the past. some of the callers today have put past issues before you. i want to live in the future. >> host: thank you. >> guest: thank you for your comments. we are finding tremendous support from so many democrats who left the party, they were driven out of the party, people who swi

values of kennedy democrats, robert kennedy, john kennedy, martin luther king, harry truman, franklinoosevelt and i want to continue to advocate for that and for the democratic party to stand on the issues that it always supports. >> host: kennedy 24.com is the website for our guest robert f kennedy junior. a we are talking about his campaign and the issues he is advocatingormr. kennedy we appreciate your time here today on c-span. >> guest: thank you so much for having me. >> arm weeklong marathon of prompt nominees in their own words continues with another event featuring health and humanist serces secretary nominee robert f kennedy junior at the libertarian rty convention earlier this year as an independent presidential candidate. >>. [applause] can you hear me? i'm very very happy to be here today . i'm going to speak of the united states constitution and particularly the bill of rights. a lot of people don't realize that the articles of the constitution don't grant citizens any rights or freedoms whatsoever . that was a real problem to the founding fathers particularly to george

kennedy: mr. speaker, i have no more speakers and i am prepared to close. i yield myself the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kennedy: mr. speaker, passage of this legislation is an important step to ensuring d.h.s. research and development capabilities are safeguarded from bad actors. with that, i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 9748 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i yield myself the balance of my time. i again urge my colleagues to support h.r. 9748 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 9748. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, -- mr. green: mr. speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i

kennedy is right. name and stick on robert like they call our president bush on the call and more south dakota. you should see it. my husband run cattle to the river and we have to fence every day at a half a mile because the water has terrible. are you still there? yeah. you keep going in and out calling. okay, well, i'm on. and then yes, i'm going to ask you, don't you drive a big suv? don't you drive big jet? that's pollution, isn't it? and how about wind colors in boston that you guys. because the kennedys live there. thank you. caller yeah, now i don't drive an suv and don't drive a jet. and i don't own the jet except for the one that sean hannity gives me every time i go on his television show, he gives me an suv, you know, and a jet. but no, i drive a i drive a hundred thousand mile chrysler minivan. i and, you know, i am opposed to the wind power of it in nantucket sound. i'm not because my family has, you know, live there. i grew up on nantucket sound. i love it. i'm i, i believe that we shoul

what about, kennedy?okie, jesse. >> jesse: political. >> kennedy: jesse thought his santa was impressive. look at this german couple. the germans have brethren the world record for the number of christmas trees in their home for the sixth time. they have 605 christmas trees in their casa. i think that's how you say it in german. 120,000 ornaments, 50,000 lights and thousands and thousands of figurines] speaking german] so many. you are serious. >> jesse: germans always takes things a little too far. >> tyrus: light bill. >> kennedy: bring in grun. >> dana: take your time. we got time. >> tyrus: not obviously going to be able to afford anything about the electric bill. christmas keep on giving what it is comedy tour. check it in on and i don't have an illnoise to argue with. don't keep just about me. our tour guide was stunned to see an alligator dragging enormous python catch in everglades. visitors were seeing this. looks like 15 to 20 feet burmese python. drove by the boat. the tour guide had never seen

one has closed. >> kennedy: just one. >> charlie: kennedy, you're smart with -- >> kennedy: the oaklandland and everybody is fine in oakland. golden state warriors are there and nothing to see here, folks. this dumpster fire of a state, it's how we roast smores. >> charlie: as a lojician, if you expect people to steal, can you expect people to steal more? >> kennedy: no, the criminals are very smart and they know the california crime code probably better than some of the prosecutors that work for the horrible das, one of which that just got thrown out of office by the margin that prop 36 got passed on and have this organized retail theft and they're not going to spend any time in the poke for it. they keep going and going and going and they have been supported by the liberal das who have not made the state better and they've made the state worse. gavin newsom made the state worse. but he just goes out and spews a bunch of words that leslie so kindly repeats on his behalf that don't mean anything. the reason he didn't back prop 36 is because it was for his own political future. he knew t

kennedy jr., who was a heroin addict in college, nodding off in class, didn't take a single premed science course in college. not one. he could not have passed a single premed science requirement. he is the most unqualified nominee for secretary of health and human services imaginable. today, republican senator john kennedy of louisiana, who is no relation to the nominee, who has not yet met with robert kennedy, did say something today that robert kennedy sharply disagrees with. >> polio vaccine has saved hundreds and hundreds of millions of lives in the world. >> robert kennedy jr. disagrees with that completely. he says the polio vaccine has killed more people than any other vaccine, and that is a lie. that's a kennedy lie. and now, when asked about the polio vaccine in senate hallways, robert kennedy jr. says this. >> mr. kennedy, what's your position on the polio vaccine? >> do you mind repeating what you said previously about the polio vaccine? >> do you support it? >> yeah, i support it. >>

the kennedy center honorees.i, jill is not here , she may make it over to the event tonight, but jill has been dealing with equality for women health research and she just got back from abu dhabi and all from africa. she did spend a little time in sicily. just a day or so to meet her great, great mother's parents. she made fun of me going back on the irish, you know. [laughter] i tell you what, i do not screw around. i don't mess with her. [laughter] she is up changing. her plane landed about an hour and a half ago, two hours ago. for jill and me and kamala and doug this is one of our favorite events at the white house. i did it when i was vice president, did it as a senator. seeing the power of art and imagination. excuse me for my voice. capturing faith, you know, a substance of things hoped for and things not seen. folks, we see the power of the arts everywhere. everywhere. if you days ago i returned from a trip from angola. they account for a significant number for all enslaved people shipped to the united st

robert kennedy junior and his life cost lives.is dangerous, unqualified and unserious. >> back with us ed markey. that is as powerful of a statement against this nomination as i have heard. going forward, what do you think the senate needs to know? >> all of these questions that are being raised about vaccines and their effectiveness which is settled science and it is why 75 nobel prize winners have come out in opposition to robert kennedy's candidacy to run hhs. if you go down the entire litany of positions which robert kennedy has publicly taken on these issues, he has essentially questioned everything that has happened in the last two generations that reduced dramatically, the vulnerability that not just americans but people around the world have to polio and to covid and to measles and mumps and all of these infectious diseases that had vaccines that were developed to protect them. we used to average 3000 pre- people -- people per year dying. then multiply it by tens of thousands around the rest of the world. this is a candida

but she swore like kennedy in the green room. >> kennedy: dr. nicole?sh i was there to see him. cutest thing. i would stop by. i want to see a bow tie give him a little bit more flair. he does not have 15 pieces. you are absolutely right, nicole. >> kennedy: beautifully done. happy new year, everyone. that's it for us. have a wonderful night. whatever you do. watch fox news all night long. happy new year. >> it is midnight in paris and berlin and as yo

kennedy jr. is able to really rein in these federal health authorities and we're talking within hhs you've got 85,000 employees, $1.7 trillion department, 13 operating divisions, cdc being one of them, fda being another, numerous offices of the secretariat, it's a sprawling, massive behemoth and i think if anybody could do it, i hope that mr. kennedy, we hope to soon call him secretary kennedy. >> the plan to take over this the cdc and the fda was the plan all along. trump has gone along with it and amplified some of that debunked conspiracy theories tying vaccines to autism. what's happening right now in the medical community? are physicians being retrained in how to spot cases of polio and measles if this goes into place quickly? >> i'm sure we will get to that pint. once again, that "new york times" article was almost the slap in the face. i have to remember what measles look like? i have to remember how to diagnosis polio? these diseases have been eradicated. i have wonderful pediatric friend

kennedy jr. heads to capitol hill to kick start his confirmation process. brand-new reporting shows one of his aides has been wagging war against one of the miracles of modern medicine. the polio vaccine. the lawyer helping rfk jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine. that campaign is just one front in the war that the lawyer, aaron seary, is wagging against vaccines of all kinds. in fact, aaron seary is a critical player in the anti-vax movement or what rfk calls the medical freedom movement. "new york times" adds seary is representing a group in, quote, petitioning the fda to pause distribution of 13 other vaccines including combination products that cover tetanus, diptheria, polio, and patitis a until they reveal the information about aluminum. before we go any further, we should be crystal clear in stating the established facts and science. seary is fighting to revoke use of vaccines that

also joining us, kennedy, host of the "kennedy saves the world" podcast, and brian kilmeade, "fox & friends host of the "brian kilmeade radio show," and how step "one nation." we begin with president-elect showing his strength on the global stage. with just 48 days to go until his inauguration, trump is letting the world know that he intends to put america first. just yesterday, after the idf confirmed the death of yet another israeli american hostage, trump sent this message to hamas. "there will be all hell to pay in the middle east, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against humanity, those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied history of the united states of america. release the hostages now." and after trump threatened a 25% tariff on canada, prime minister justin trudeau went down to mar-a-lago to speak personally with the president-elect. here is peter doocy reporting on how that meeting went. >> tonight we are getting you details about that trump-trudeau dinner from two people who were at the table. we were told that,

i said that time you met the kennedys and i never did. he said, we did not meet the kennedys. dad told us to say we met the kennedys. so i've been telling a lie on top of a lie for 18 years or so. >> i still carry on about the kennedys. >> when it comes to family secrets and thinking about the secrets that we keep from ourselves and the way, i was very struck in your book about the way that lie, they're all the same really, the same version of, when we live we are not really being ourselves, there's something in there that has to do with changing the narrative or shifting it. you grew up in a house that was pulsing with secrets, different kinds of secrets. that could not have been something you are conscious of. what did that feel like in those years? before you go to new york, there are so many layers of it that came over time. back then, what did it feel like? our childhoods, for all of us, wherever you are no matter how outsized or what's going on, that's all we know. >> you are right, you are not conscious of it. as we were growing up you're presenting one image, it was ba

sobre si creÍa que robert kennedy jr.a sobre el tema. y se describiÓ a sÍ mismo como un creyente de la vacuna contra el polio. y donald trump dijo que no descarta ofrecer un perdÓn presidencial a eric adams. >> lo harÍa, fue tratado injustamente. Él se opuso lo que estaba pasando con los inmigrantes. yo dije que lo van acusar pronto y asÍ fue. y por eso podrÍa evaluar perdonarlo. reportera: donald trump elogiÓ al presidente chino. en cuanto a la guerra de ucrania y rusia, dijo que ambos tienen que hacer un trato. sugiriÓ que podrÍa revertir su decisiÓn sobre la prohibiciÓn de tiktok en el paÍs, porque dice que la plataforma le trajo muchos votos en las pasadas elecciones. en cuanto a los drones en el este del paÍs, donald trump dijo que dudaba que estarÍa relacionado con una potencia extranjera, pero criticÓ a joe biden por no revelar mÁs detalles. ilia: gracias. a propÓsito de los drones de nueva york, nueva jersey, la presencia de estos aviones no tripulados ha despertado temor sobre incidentes, especialmente porque en

does this ticket have a shot, kennedy?ound of rebound can do anything in any book. charles barkley is so funny. he's so gifted and pretty conservative. he's made some pretty conservative statements in the past. so he would definitely balance out the rachel maddow ticket that mark cuban would present. we had a celebrity candidate. her name was kamala harris. she didn't stand up to the grilling in 2020 or 2024. i think a lot of these people, they want to be worshipped. they want power. but they hate criticism and they don't want to do the work that is required. dana will be the first person to tell you, it's an exhausting job. i can't think of anything more devastatingly exhausting than being president of the united states. they don't want that. they want expensive sheets, they want down time, they want facilitators and meditation coaches. they do not want the work, they want the spoils and they don't deserve it. >> jesse: there's something to be said for expensive sheets. it does make a difference. i've heard -- >> tyrus: c

kennedy, do you believe in the polio vaccine? what do you say to americans who are worried you're going to take away their vaccines? you're all for it? >> reporter: at mar-a-lago, trump pressed by our selina wang. >> what about the polio vaccine? >> well, i'm a big believer in it. and i think everything should be looked at, but i'm a big believer in the polio vaccine. >> reporter: kennedy is now doing a flurry of meetings here on the hill trying to win over his skeptics including some republicans who are also worried about his stance on abortion. but he could win support across the aisle from democrats who back his fight against processed foods. david. >> david: mary bruce, thank you. >>> now to the ceo murder case here in new york. the suspect expected to waive extradition and could be back in new york city in days now. we learned luigi mangione has hired a high-powered new york lawyer and what she suggested already about a possible defense strategy. again tonight, aaron katersky. >> reporter: tonight, with the suspected killer

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i said at the time he met the kennedys and i never did. he said, we did not meet the kennedys. dad told us to say we met the kennedys great so i had been telling a lie on top of a lie, you know, for 18 years or so. yeah, but i still carried on about the kennedys. >> when it comes to family secrets and thinking about, like the secrets that we keep from ourselves. i was very struck in your book about the way that lie -- they were all the same, really, the same version of when we lie we are not really being ourselves. there's something in there that has to do with changing the narrative, or shifting it. you grew up in a house that was pulsing with secrets, different kinds of secrets. what did that -- that could not have been something you're conscious of. what did that feel like in those years before you moved to new york? there were still many layers of it that came over time, things that you discovered , back then, what did that feel like? our childhoods are, for all of us, whatever they are, no matter how outsized or no matter what's going on, they're all we know. >> you are ri

what's next. ♪ >> i think kennedy should sing the intros.t biden has given up on his widespread student loan handouts. his administration is pulling the plugs on two proposals that would have bailed out over 30 million borrowers. critics are asking was it just a lie? bill cassidy saying this. the biden harris administration loan schemes were always a lie. with this latest withdrawal, they're saying it was a dishonest attempt to buy votes by transferring debt on taxpayers that never went to college or work to pay off their loans. although president biden did not achieve his goal of the bailouts, what he managed to do is cost taxpayers $180 billion. he cleared the debts of five million borrowers and all of it was all on your dime. griff, we first saw an announcement before the 2022 mid-terms. democrats did do well with young voters. so did this attempt to buy voters work? >> let's just get this out of the way. you cannot expect under the incoming new administration that this is going to get picked up and continued. i think that the real lesson

kennedy jr.ay as he lobbied senators to confirm as trump's health and human services secretary. securing enough support to make america healthy again looks like a particularly steep uphill battle for kennedy who is now facing bipartisan questions over his stances on agriculture policies, abortion, and vaccines. but so far trump appears willing to stand behind his controversial pick even if that means taking a position that no other president-elect in modern history has had to take. >> president trump, what about the polio vaccine? >> well, i'm a big believer in it, and i think everything should be looked at it, but i'm a big believer in the polio vaccine. i think you're going to find bobby is much -- he's a very rational guy. i found him to be very rational. nothing -- you're not going to lose the polio vaccine. that's not going to happen. i saw what happened with the polio. i have friends that were very much affected by that. i have friends from many years ago, and they have -- obviously they're

kennedy, jr., who heads to the hill today. >> absolutely.he knows the impact the polio had for the positive on the country, on the world. it will be interesting to see, though, how the republicans oppose rfk, jr., if they choose to do so. he had such a huge cult following, that's what makes him so attractive to donald trump. it will make it difficult for republican senators to step out against rfk. >> also trump is so fond of having a kennedy on his side. and i think that kennedys make america healthy again, which is some of the less controversial stances. that might provide enough cover for people. >> so popular with the joe rogan audience. hitting an audience of men, hitting that audience and talking about america's food supply, which we all know could be healthier, could be better. could catch up with europe on a lot of our standards. >> let's talk about, following the pete hegseth confirmation battle closely. ten days ago, it seemed like he was all but finished. now he has momentum. it's not clear he has the votes. he is still a few shor

kennedy, 24. scott is the website for, i guess, democratic presidential candidate robert f kennedy jr. you're talking about his campaign and the issues that he is advocating. mr. kennedy. we appreciate your time today on c span page. can you hear me. i'm very, very, very happy to be here today. i am going to speak about the united states constitution and particularly the bill of rights. a lot of people don't realize that the articles of the constitution don't grant citizens any rights or freedoms whatsoever. that was a real problem that some of the founding fathers, particularly the george mason mason, wrote a powerful hit during the constitutional convention and opposed the new government. and i have it was so convincing that the other framers of the constitution were felt that it was too much of a hazard and that the constitution was in danger at that point of not being ratified. and that's what james madison came to the rescue. i drafting the bill of rights, the first ten amendments. the united

we just met the kennedys. we sat next to the kennedys and we met them. and i thought, wow, god must be really -- at could he do that? and i was like, i was bereft and i could not go. i could not tell. i couldn't live with the fact my brother and sister met the kennedys and i didn't. so i went to school the next day and i told everybody i met the kennedys and, you know, it was all staged thing. and like tapped. and mr. president, i'm griffin dunne. and he turns to jack and goes, oh, my god, jackie, this is a little boy who wrote that. and and i started to tell this over, over. well, like, right when i moved to new york at 18 and i'm in the middle of, you know, starting school, the neighborhood playhouse, with all my new actor friends. and i'm starting to tell the story. and i and he turns to jackie and i go, wait, i didn't meet the kennedys. i'm making all this up. i don't know why i met. and i start to have like a breakdown about it. he goes, okay, nobody's saying you didn't. and i call my brother. and i said, you know, i almost told the story again. i'v

kennedy jr. as his pick for health secretary meets with senators on capitol hill. >>> the deepening drone mystery over the northeast. what we learn from the high-tech infrared equipment deployed by homeland security. >>> a hawaiian woman sparked a massive search after vanishing in l.a. >>> can tiktok stop a ban set to go in place in just over a month. we're live with the new appeal to the supreme court. >>> did you know the bald eagle is not the national bird? thanks to the hard work of minnesota man, a bill to finally designate the bald eagle has landedn the president's desk. how the movement took flight. it's tuesday, december 17. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm frances rivera. we begin with what's become an all-too-familiar occurrence in america, a school shooting. three people are dead, a student, teacher and suspected shooter who was a 15-year-old girl and student at the abundant life christian school. authorities say it appears she shot herself. police say it was a second

kennedy jr.n capitol hill today, the person trump said he wants to, quote, go wild on policies covering food and medicine. but kennedy is expected to take a much more measured approach in dozens of meetings with lawmakers this week. the plan according to the "wall street journal" is to downplay controversial positions on issues like vaccine and emphasize areas where he and lawmakers tend to agree like promoting healthy food and preventing chronic disease. here's president-elect trump talking about kennedy a short time ago. >> i think he's going to be much less radical than you would think. he has an open mind or i wouldn't have put them. he's going to be very much less radical but there are problems. we don't do as well as a lot of other nations and those nations use nothing. we're going to find out what those problems are. >> i want to bring in nbc's ryan nobles covering capitol hill, vaughn hillyard covering the president-elect from west palm beach, florida, sheryl stolberg is washington corres

kennedy jr.back on capitol hill meeting with the republican senators all we can to try to bolster support for his confirmation and now kennedy is telling fox that he'll be making his case to both sides of the aisle. watch. at least one democratic leader says he's willing to hear kennedy out. pennsylvania senator john fetterman writing, "i believe it's appropriate and the responsibility of a u.s. senator to have a conversation with president-elect trump's nominees. my votes will come from an open mind and an informed opinion after having a conversation with them. that's not controversial. it's my job." someone has the right mind-set. earlier this morning, we saw fetterman pop out of his office as kennedy was walking by. you can see here the two exchanging a handshake and a quick few words. it's still unclear if and when they'll hold a formal meeting. charlie, breath of fresh air of fetterman's pov and hopefully everyone on the hill continues to have that open mind. what to you see the challenges a

kennedy, jr.ould make to federal food regulations if confirmed to lead the nation;s health department. minnesota's first transgender legislator. >> this cascade has been coming. i think with the recent election and what we are seeing in the court it will come down. ♪ >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the news hour, including jim and nancy dover, and the robert and virginia schiller foundation, the judy and peter blinkova are foundation, upholding freedom. ♪ >> the john s james l knight foundation, fostering informed and engaged communities. >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the news hour. ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: welcome to the news hour. new york police and federal agents tonight say they are gathering more clues on the

and i was sitting next to him behind senator kennedy. he had a piece of paper, which he read from, clearly prepared by the fbi, arguing that they need that ability to make broad exclusionary decisions when faced with foia requests. it was debated and the subcommittee bill was sustained. the mcclellen amendment was rejected and the bill wept to the floor. the result of that, it was open season on the floor of the senate when the bill came up and there were, in fact, other amendments. i do want to mention a couple of amendments that were considered, but not adopted back then. and they continue to raise their heads. one of them was the release for one, and release to one is released to all. it's amazing. we still aren't there yet. but we've discussed that in the senate staff. there was a bridge too far for republicans. the other was the creation of a foia ombudsman to hear administrative appeals. i know, i hear my friends smiling on the front row here. and again, we've got a third of the way there with the office of government information s

one more song, kennedy.nd in the right key. >> angelic music. >> tom: kennedy, here's your bonudys points. can you do the chorus on the mouth trumpet? ♪ ♪ [laughs] >> do i get points if i harmonize? >> tom : sure. [laughs] >> tom: kennedy and todd! [singing] [cheering and applause] >> tom: thank you.appl dickensian carolers, another round of applause. [cheering and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheering and applause] >> tom: welcome back to the great christma: s showdown. this next round is called the north been 17. did thd it? -- north "poll" -- this is thewd final word on christmas. your job is to guess what our super scientific survey says. green team, you are up first. the question is this, "the nutcracker", a treasuredasur tradition or a ballet bore? remember, it's not what you think, is what america thinks. >> i love it. >> you've got three fans here so we are cultured obviously. >> treasure. >> tom: treasured tradition.io >> correct. >> tom: survey says, 67.5 percent, treasured tradition. [cheering and appla

kennedy jr.rupert murdoch's wall street journal urged republicans to step up and save trump from his own kennedy pick. basically, it was a bad political deal, just get him out of it. now, there are a lot of reasons to oppose kennedy's nomination, maybe the most obvious is that for years, he has been one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists in the country, and has left people sicker and worse off. when covid-19 vaccines became available in 2021, kennedy was the leading voice spreading misinformation and urging people not to vaccinate, making ridiculous statements like that the coronavirus vaccine was "the deadliest vaccine ever made." multiple studies have found that hundreds of thousands of americans could have lived, had they been vaccinated against the virus. could have lived, but didn't. it has been clear that kennedy's confirmation to hhs would be dangerous to public health, wildly so, but i will admit, i learn something new every day, i didn't realize how bad it can get. today in any

kennedy jr.'s road to confirmation, he heads for the hill to meet with lawmakers today to try to win over skeptics in the senate. >>> an environmental emergency unfolding in the black sea. we're live after a violent storm split two tankers in half, each carrying thousands of tons of oil. >>> the risks of the ebike batteries. the first hand look at how quickly they can explode and what you can do to keep your family safe. >>> and the packers stuff the seahawks to close in on a playoff spot. we have all the highlights from across the league as we kick off this monday, december 16th. "early today" starts right now. >>> good mornining. i'm frances rivera. there are growing calls for action across the northeast about those mysterious drone sightings. new york's governor saying this has gone too far after the new york stewart international airport was forced to shut down its runways briefly because of drone activity. brie jackson joins me now. governor hochul is one of many governors calling for governm

kennedy jr., mr.rump's choice to lead the health and human services department back on capitol hill today as he and the president-elect revive the rebunked false theories linking vaccines to autism. >> why is the rate so much higher than it was 25, 30 years ago? it's 100 times higher. there's something wrong and we're going to try finding it. >>> and a mother's appeal for help to find her missing son in damascus. >>> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. this morning in moscow, a brazen assassination by ukraine, leaving a russian general accused of using chemical weapons in the battlefield dead. then lieutenant general and his assistant were killed in an early-morning blast set off remotely, we're told, from an explosive device set off in a scooter. he was sanctioned last month for allegedly deploying banned chemical weapons in the ukraine war. video from state-run tv showing the moment of the blast as he and his assistant walk out of an apartment building. keir simmons has more. >> r

kennedy, jr.s an environmental lawyer, has become a principal player in this movement, along with wakefield. >> he is a voice machine that continues to put out dis and misinformation in such a way that it sounds believable to the public. william: in 2005, kennedy wrote an article for rolling stone magazine and salon that asserted a connection between autism and a mercury-containing vaccine additive, thimerosal. thimerosal was removed from childhood vaccines in 2001, and it was never used in the mmr vaccine. after that piece ran, the two publications discovered multiple errors in his work, and retracted it. a decade later, kennedy joined a group called the world mercury project, which a few years later became children's health defense, which is a nonprofit that has been a principal promoter of misinformation about vaccines. >> that's when it seems that he really got embedded in the anti-vax world. william: derek beres has long tracked kennedy's influence for his podcast, conspirituality, which is a

kennedy jr. making his first appearance on capitol hill today. trump himself saying moments ago he is a believer in the polio vaccine but going on to talk about debunked claims that vaccines in general cause autism which has been completely discredited decades ago and are supported by controversially by rfk jr. and some of his top advisors. joining us now nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard in west balm beach, capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, "washington post" national editor phil rucker, co-author of two books about donald trump. usa today's washington bureau chief susan paige. the president-elect saying he is a believer in the polio vaccine but in the same sentence going on to talk about connections, disputed, discredited connections between vaccines and autism and we know that rfk jr. is closest advisors, lawyer, just a year or so ago, applied to the fda to revoke its approval for polio. that would end vaccine distribution if they were to grant that. now the trump administration has

and kennedy was new. he was part of the younger crowd that was ready to take over. >> but the younger crowd inherited an old problem. the looming threat of russia and its nuclear arsenal. it painted almost every aspect of american life. >> ♪ ♪ he knew just what to do. duck and cover. >> what you see in those government educational film that you laughed at as a parody we did for real. >> i remember the duck and cover drove very well. we had desks with the chairs didn't move you had to roll off to the side and then roll under your desk. it is a good thing we all had small toe she's at the time. >> older people will help us as they always do but there might not be any grown-ups around when the bomb explodes. then you are on your own. >> remember what to do, friends. coming right out loud, what are you supposed to do when you see the flash? >> duck and cover. >> my mom was concerned enough about atomic war that she put a bomb shelter in our backyard. but that is how paranoid some people were pretty especially