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. >> new york senator kirsten gillibrand serves as the chair of the democratic senatorial campaign committeeshe discussed the 2026 election cycle. her remarks are just under 15 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, how are you? thank you for your leadership, dedication and hard work. we are so grateful to you. i am honored to be here to talk to my fellow democrats. for those of you who do not know me i got my start in politics in upstate new york as a very young girl. my first campaign headquarters i walked into was on a hot august day with my grandmother and there was a room full of women stuffing envelopes and loving the work they were doing for the democratic party. 75 years ago, very few women were elected leaders. very few women were candidates. but the women of the party did a lot of the work. they made a huge difference electing candidates who share their values. i grew up knowing that politics matters. what you do with your time matters. who you fight for matters. we can make a difference by what we do and what we say. as you may know i am now chairing the democratic senatorial campai

. >> and democratic senator gillibrand, kirsten gillibrand of new york joins me now on capitol hill. senator, this is been a busy week with south dakota governor noem capping off the latest hearing for president elect trump's cabinet nominees. you sit on the senate armed services committee, you questioned defense secretary nominee pete hegseth earlier this week. let's take a listen. >> do you agree anybody should be able to serve in the military if they meet the standards? >> senator, as the president has stated, i don't disagree with the overturn of don't ask, don't tell. >> great. because i don't want you thinking can't serve if you're a mom, can't serve if you're lgbtq. >> and then last can't serve if you're a leftist. >> so i don't sense that you're going to vote for hegseth. but i wonder, it appears that all of trump's nominees who have had hearings so far will be confirmed. do you agree? >> i think that's generally true. there's a couple who i don't yet know. if all republicans support. i don't think some of the nominees have had the chance to meet with all republicans yet. but

there is nothing that pete hegseth or kirsten gillibrand and i can do to make a artillery shell way lessnd less than 50 pounds. shoulder full combat load 250 to 300 pounds. we have to have high and gender neutral standards to ensure that our troops are going to be safe and fit to fight. but the democrats would rather impose quotas or goals to make sure we have an arbitrary number of women or other ideals in our infantry or artillery or special forces as opposed to focusing on fighting effectiveness. that's what i laid out. that's what pete hegseth will do as secretary of defense. i thought he did a great job. i know you are proud of him as a former colleague and friend. i commend him for a great job. >> steve: indeed. exit question, are you surprised at how it looks like all these nominees are going to be confirmed. and for the most part, there aren't any real road blocks in their way. >> no, steve. i'm not, i mean, we do, after all have 53 seat majority in the senate. and if you want to take a little trip down memory lane, going back to the clinton transition for 72 cabinet secretary no

. >> senator kirsten gillibrand of new york, thank you. i appreciate you coming in studio for this conversation. coming up, i will explain why -- why president-elect donald trump cannot pardon away the legacy of january 6th. as we go to break, an update on some extreme weather conditions. some 63 million americans are under winter alerts right now from the plains to the east coast, including 4 million under a blizzard warning and parts of kansas, nebraska, and missouri. the kansas city area feeling the brunt of this storm with multiple instances of thundersnow reported. icy conditions are leading to thousands of flight delays and cancellations, as well as many reported accidents on the road. we will be right back. subjeg st. jude commercials on tv and wondering, is that place legit? those commercials are nice, but is that a real thing? and having lived it, i can say for sure that money is being put to incredible use. i've never once had to wait for insurance to approve a test or approve a medication. we didn't have to worry about any of th

his own leagues liked him like kirsten gillibrand. there were sources within the g.o.p.ference that were telling me they believed they had a time agreement with chuck schumer. they were under the impression that there was an agreement with chuck schumer, so, there was a sense that, perhaps, chris murphy was free-lancing a little bit here he went out on his own. when i did have a chance to ask schumer about this, he sort of, you know, dug in his heels and said no, i'm okay with this. and i think we should be doing this with every single nominee that doesn't have unanimous support which is pretty much everyone other than marco rubio. they are digging in their heels. although i will say, stand by for tonight. you never know. the senate doesn't like to be here very late. so, they might come to an agreement. >> ainsley: 57 and then the vote should be scheduled for pete hegseth a vote before 9:45. now, can he afford to lose three republicans because he would still get confirmed j.d. vance if he loses j.d. vance could be the tiebreaker. any word on whether or not we know anyone

. >> aishah: bret, just now we are learning that senator kirsten gillibrand of new york will be a yesote on ratcliffe for cia director. on marco rubio, the senate foreign relations committee is planning a mark-up for him on inauguration day. that's a pretty good indication that he could be voted on and sworn in that very night. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie live on the hill. thank you. the pentagon's inspector general is faulting lloyd austin for not informing the white house incapacitated due to cancer treatment last year. the staff says austin told them to keep his hospitalization a secret. he denies saying that the report also says no one on the staff knew of the seriousness of austin's condition. up next, our new fox polls on president-elect trump's approval. first, here's what some of our fox affiliates around this country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york as new york governor kathy hochul announces every subway station in the city will have a uniformed officer on the platform from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. she made the statement during her state of the state address. she says

tomorrow morning, we'll be joined by new york senator kirsten gillibrand.ess secretary sarah matthews, and more. so that starts back here tomorrow at 8 a.m. eastern. and then we're going to see you again tomorrow night at 9 p.m. eastern for a special hour of the weekend to preview the inauguration. yes, we are kicking it off, honey. >> oh my goodness. >> but in the

. >> and i think it's because a lot of members of the democratic party, senator kirsten gillibrand of new york in particular, have been pushing him to do this. but the national archives already said that they don't expect to do that. nothing from their perspective has actually changed. the president doesn't actually have a formal role in this process. >> so we'll see what happens. as president biden, you think just playing to his left wing with this, with this move? >> no, i mean, i think it's i think if you were playing to your left wing, you would have done it well before now. i mean, i think it's regrettable that, you know, he, with all due respect, waited to the very last minute to actually make this move. but what i'm interested in seeing, wolf, is you had women on both sides of the political aisle since roe was overturned, and even up until november that chose their their reproductive rights. there are women on both sides of the political aisle that don't want to see a reverse in rights for women. so i'm going to be curious to see how organizations like planned parenthood and ot

feel like anybody could get hegseth on the ropes, with the exception of maybe tim kaine and kirsten gillibrand but many of them felt like they weren't prepared. they weren't really aggressive, and they didn't ask critical questions like, are you going to put the constitution first? are you going to put donald trump first? i think that's the real core question here, especially if we talk about potential deployment of u.s. troops on u.s. soil, whether or not trump will use them to to tackle the migrant crisis. we're going to face some very real. >> there was a point. i don't want to cut you off, but there was a point. i got to get to this. there was where he was asked whether he'd follow certain controversial laws. and our time is limited. but i want to play for you and the audience. what he had to say about this exchange. listen. >> would you carry out an order from president trump to seize greenland, a territory of our nato ally denmark, by force? or would you comply with an order to take over the panama canal? >> senator, i will emphasize that president trump received 77 million votes to be t

. >> and we just so you know, sarah, we had senator kirsten gillibrand on with us earlier and she saidchecked pam bondi. and one exchange that she had during her hearing. i want you to take a listen to another exchange. and this is about the results of the 2020 election. >> who won the 2020 presidential election? >> joe biden is the president of the united states. do i accept the results? of course i do. do i agree with what happened? and i saw so much, you know, no one from either side of the aisle should want there to be any issues with election integrity. in our country, there was a peaceful transition of power. president trump left office and was overwhelmingly elected in 2024. >> not a peaceful trip. there was not a peaceful transfer of power. literally, literally january 6th. okay. and then and then he didn't even attend the inauguration last time. i just wanted to point that out. >> well, nor was he overwhelmingly elected because he got he didn't get 50%. >> i will say that he didn't get 50%. >> yeah. >> as you know, sarah simone, michael, folks are prepped for these hearings, r

is that tim kaine and kirsten gillibrand? anyway, mullen exposed that incredible display of hypocrisy. take a look. >> the senator from virginia starts bringing up the fact that what if you showed up drunk to your job? how many senators have showed up drunk to vote at night? have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from their job? and don't tell me you haven't seen it because i know you have. and then how many senators do you know have gotten a divorce before cheating on their wives? did you ask them to step down? no, but it's for show. you guys make sure you make a big show and point out the hypocrisy because the man's made a mistake, and you want to sit there and say that he's not qualified. give me a joke. i mean, it is so ridiculous that you guys hold yourself as this higher standard and you forget you got a big plank in your eye. >> check and mate. well done. the democratic party, they are filled with liars, hypocrites who will say and do anything for political power and above all else, that's all they car

kirsten gillibrand. that's starting at 8 a.m. eastern both saturday and sunday. and on sunday night, we will be with you for special hour ahead of inauguration day. that's at 9 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on all in. >> we begin with the supreme court issuing a unanimous ruling, clearing the way for tiktok to be banned in the u.s. starting on sunday. >> welcome to the new trump era. >> i could have banned tiktok. i had it banned just about i could have gotten it done. frankly, there are a lot of people on tiktok that love it. >> how today's tiktok decision benefits the looming trump oligarchy i want to thank president trump for his commitment to work with us to find a solution that keeps tiktok available in the united states. then, as the inauguration moves inside, trump plans for day one and the resistance planning to challenge him. >> he says, you're not going to be a dictator, are you? >> i said, no, no, no, other than day one. >> plus, new reporting on rfk jr and his attempt to ban the covid vaccine an

tomorrow morning, we'll be joined by new york senator kirsten gillibrand. mary mccord and former trump deputy press secretary sarah matthews, and more. so that starts back here tomorrow at 8 a.m. eastern. and then we're going to see you again tomorrow night at 9 p.m. eastern for a special hour of the weekend to preview the inauguration. yes, we are kicking it off, honey. >> oh my goodness. >> but in the meantime, michael stuck like he didn't know this. ali velshi will continue our coverage. >> that's some crazy stuff. you guys are working tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow night we've got earn our keep. >> ali. yes. and then the next morning, lots of news. >> and then the next morning. and the next morning, i gotta i gotta have a little sit down with you guys. >> tell you how to how to how to butter up the bosses a little bit. so stuff like that doesn't happen. >> well, yes, we. >> ali velshi, we're just trying to be like you, you know? yes. i see you early in the morning, late at night, covering the things in the war zones. i'm not trying to go to war zon

he was also confronted about this by a senator, senator kirsten gillibrand, in ways direct and indirect, overt and subtle standards have been changed inside infantry training units, ranger school, infantry battalions to ensure that commanders meet. >> please give me an example. i get you're making these generalized statements quotas to have a certain number of female infantry officers or infantry enlisted, and that disparages those women commanders do not capable of meeting that for the infantry commanders do not have to have a quota for women in the infantry that does not exist, it does not exist. and your statements are creating the impression that there that these exist because they do not. there are not quotas. we want the most lethal force. >> joining us tonight in our fifth seed is juan williams. he has a book out new prize for these eyes the rise of america's second civil rights movement. juan, welcome to the show. today. look, it's a very anticlimactic. he's probably going to be confirmed. he's going to have the votes. but i think it did raise some questions about what he did kn

but thank you so much for bringing this to our attention today, senator kirsten gillibrand, thank you for being here. that is going to do it for me today. deadline. white house starts right now. >> hi, everyone. >> happy friday. >> it's 4:00 in new york. >> scrutiny on capitol hill today for the person picked for the job. that was a controversial revolving door in trump 1.0 and is likely to remain a flashpoint in trump 2.0. a maga world favorite who was said to be in the running to be donald trump's pick for vice president. that was until she herself revealed and narrated a detailed account of that time she shot and killed her own dog in a book that also happened to be rife with baffling inaccuracies. south dakota governor kristi noem was on capitol hill today before the senate homeland security committee for her confirmation hearing. eight years ago, the person in noem's chair was retired marine general john kelly, and he broke with donald trump that day on a number of issues, from targeting muslim americans to russian interference in the 2016 election and even the border wall. >> li

we had kirsten gillibrand on our show, who is now the head of the democratic senatorial campaign committeee clear, this is why joni ernst so quickly did an about face, because she, too, is concerned about a primary and her seat members have to walk a tight rope. obviously, they can't do much to their constituents if they're no longer elected. but at what cost? right? are you bending the proverbial. >> it seems like a pretty serious time. >> nbc news senior executive editor for national security david rohde, thank you very much. we'll see you soon. coming up, as we've discussed, a number of top tech leaders had a front row seat at yesterday's inauguration as they continue to try to establish close ties with president trump. walter isaacson, who literally wrote the book on elon musk, joins us next on the potential conflicts of interest that could arise or perhaps already have arisen. that's straight ahead on morning joe. you'll be back. >> emus can't help people customize and save with liberty mutual. and doug. mutual. and doug. >> well, i'll be only pay f the future of cool, comfortable sle