of course, our candidates, lee zeldin and anna. now the debate format, which was agreed to by the candidates prior to their acceptance of our invitation to participate. each candidate will have two minutes to make an opening statement. candidates will then be asked a series of questions. they will have up to three minutes to answer the question. both candidates will be asked the same question. candidates are not permitted to interrupt each other. they have three opportunities to rebut any statement in the course of the debate. they do so by raising the red card. both of you find your red cards? ok. and you can use that up to three times. when you use a red card you can rebut for two minutes. if time allows, each candidate will have the opportunity to ask a question of their opponent, and then the opponent will offer a response. he will have two minutes for that also. we asked if the candidates are given that opportunity that that question also is issue-based. finally, each candidate will have an additional two minutes to make clear

[end video clip] host: from the confirmation hearing of lee zeldin to head up epa. brigham mccown is was the -- is with the hudson institute, the director and senior fellow on the initiative of energy secretary along with trevor higgins who is a vice president of energy and environment at the center for american progress. trevor higgins, what did you make of the answer from the former congressman to head up the epa? >> i am glad that he feels that his -- that it is necessary to say that climate change has -- is happening and i agree with senator sanders that that has not been president trump's position. it is real and the epa has a responsibility to acknowledge that. at another point he talked about whether co2 is a pollutant that contributes to climate change and he acknowledged that the epa has said it is and it is and it is important for the epa to take responsibility for that. host: why? >> because the pollution standards for carbon dioxide pollution is set by the epa. there are no rules that the industry is relying on to guide their investment decisions and if

from president trump's nominee to lead the environmental protection agency, former congressman lee zeldinlcome. congressman zeldin has served our nation honorably in the u.s. army, first on active duty and then in the army reserve. in 2014 congressman zeldin was elected to the house of representatives where he served the state of new york for eight years. throughout his tenure in the house of representatives, congressman zeldin championed critical environmental policies that helped his long island district. he supported legislation to boost innovation for clean energy, technologies and policies that strengthened our nation's energy security. i enjoyed meeting congressman zeldin to hear about his experience and his vision for how he would prioritize the agency's work on the -- as the e.p.a. administrator. i believe the e.p.a. must return to its core missions. the e.p.a. also should better manage taxpayer dollars by doing more with the vast funding that congress provides. that means reducing, of course, bureaucratic red tape so the state agencies responsible for protecting our nation's air,

>> well, lee zeldin served in the house great representative from new york seen all types of issues bestlve the problem regulatory environment last four years epa loaded up with climate issues that stymie to develop and grow we talk to him about that transportation, highway bill in a water and wastewater resources bill coming up important i think to move the country along. and i think, also, he is very much aware of the impact of what president trump has said he wants to do in the permitting area other areas, that lee zeldin will lead, on transportation sean duffy i serving on committee with him in house he also understands how government works but i think part of the charge, for both of these nominees, is to cut through bureaucracy make things easier workable manage clean air clean water environmental provisions we in congress passed not loading extra things that don't have an added benefit but also stymie the ability and hold up the ability to move forward. >> i mentioned journal piece because some senators have not discussed how they feel about certain people, i mean you've got pete h

so i share this organization, the long island water conference and their confidence that will lee zeldin will lead the e.p.a. in a more balanced and even-handed direction. lee, congratulations on your nomination and i look forward to working with you on these important issues and thank the committee for letting me join you today. >> as a former chair, we welcome you back. we ask the nominee to come forward. >> we didn't want your first utterancees as a john barrasso immator. i look forward to your opening statement. mr. zeldin: thank you, chairman capitol, ranking member whitehouse and the distinguished members of this committee. it has been an honor to learn about your highest priorities. i look forward to working with all senators on this committee on both sides of the aisle to tackle the most pressing issues tasting our country. i sit before you nominated to serve as the 17th administrator of the environmental protection agency. the american people made their voices heard in november giving president trump a mandate to lead our nation to prosperity. the president-elect is giving me th

lee zeldin has said he has more pro-energy as well.about that today and said he professed ignorance over that concept. he was held to account for his own passwords on climate. the environmental protection agency key in what is pollution, what is affecting the climate. in 2016 he said the u.s. must move away from fossil fuels and pursue green energy. he was asked about those words and where he has on those today. >> i said, do you believe it's imperative that we using your words, reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. do you still believe that? >> in a -- in considering all factors, uh, in an ideal world, we would be able to pursue always the cleanest, greenest energy sources possible. >> well, i'm not hearing you say that you agree with lee zeldin in 2016. correspondent: we have to watch him on the job and see if he has a different person. he did question whether some pollutants are pollutants and we will track that as well. amna on the key figur took place today -- correspondent: governor of north dakota, he is an energy expert. he talk

so i share this organization along island water conference and their confidence lee zeldin will lead the epa in a more balanced and evenhanded direction so i say lee, congratulations on your nomination . i look forward to working with you on these importantissues and once again thank the committee for letting me join you today . class as former chair of this committee we welcome you back anytime. we're going to switch seats here and asked the nominee to come forward. >>. [inaudible] >> we didn't want your first utterances to be as a john barasso imitator so we wanted to make sure we hadthe right thing. welcome to the committee mr. zeldin and i look forward to your opening statement . >> thank you chairman, ranking member whitehouse and all the wmembers of this committee. it's been an honor to learn more about your highest priorities. i look forward to working with all senators on this committee . on both sides of the aisle to tackle the most pressing issues facing our country. i humbly set before you nominated to serve as of the 17th administrator of the environmental protection agenc

let us go to lee zeldin's hearing to leave the epa at his confirmation hearing yesterday. he spoke about his views on climate change. [video clip] >> president-elect trump has said that climate change is a hoax. you will

i would expect lee zeldin at epa. he'll have he'll be the the leader there. so they're going to peel back these these regulations at the same time. a key question we're following on capitol hill is just what do republicans do about president biden's trademark climate law, the inflation reduction act, where there are a whole lot of subsidies in there to support these clean energy technologies. and you're seeing republicans talk about, well, maybe we can repeal some of that to pay for their big tax cut bill that they want to do in reconciliation. so there's going to be some interesting tensions in this trio, because someone like burgum, you know, he's supported some of these technologies in north dakota. so where does he stand? he actually has a higher level than the other two nominees. he was actually appointed energy czar. he's he's chairing this new national energy council that trump created. so he'll really play a coordinating role across the government. how does he stand? but again, chris wright someone who's who's more skeptical of of subsidies of policy

doug collins, lee zeldin, and doug burgum, former governor of north dakota for interior secretary comingcrats drag their feet on other nominations namely john ratcliffe as cia director and pete hegseth as defense secretary. as delays continue president trump isn't ruling out recess appointments to fill vital positions. aishah hosni is tracking this on capitol hill. two days ago senator thune said we can do it the hard way or the easy way. looks like the hard way? >> recess appointments are still on the table according to president trump's closest allies here on capitol hill. but we aren't there just yet. senators aren't too keen on that. here is what's going on on the senate floor right now. so democrats are jamming up activity on the senate floor by forcing that 30-hour debate rule for trump's nominees. senator chris murphy invoked it for john ratcliffe and it is strange because he got a bipartisan vote in his committee. ratcliffe was supposed to get his confirmation vote yesterday. it will happen today instead. if democrats continue with this delay tactic for each and every single nomi

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hello, wisconsin i'm lee zeldin from new york.a nation led by president trump is a nation strong, safer and more secure as former 82nd airborne paratrooper paratrooper. i want the military focused on being world's greatest fighting force, not its social experiment. we need a president, our friends as friends and our adversaries as our adversaries. his understanding, the only respect, strength. not weakness. i was on the house foreign affairs committee. three presidents, but only one ended wars without starting new ones. president donald trump. as one of two jewish republicans in congress. it was amazing to witness history making progress. strengthening u.s. israel relations ship under president trump. moving our embassy. israel to jerusalem. recognizing israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. and launching the abraham accords, which no one said was possible. solomon and the isis khalifi were eliminated. president trump withdrew from the iran deal. stop those inside. ransom payments and crippled iran. and with maximum pressure

was a busy day for senator bernie sanders who sits on the committee on environment, he grilled lee zeldin over climate change. >> can i have your word right now you'll work with me to make sure that that solar for all program is rapidly and effectively implemented in >> this is a important priority of you and solar power -- >> sorry. >> that's okay. >> almost saved by the bell. >> that was fossil fuel industry. [ laughter ] >> it was a smooth day overall to jet senator steve danes, tram's nominees so far seem to be batting a thousand. larry: yes, sir, grady trimble, thank you so much. now head over to israel with latest on the ceasefire deal. we welcome back fox news trey yingst live in tel aviv and, trey, what's the scuttlebutt about today or this evening? >> yeah, larry, this time yesterday with the agreement in place and announced by president biden is president elect trump, but this morning we woke up to a statement from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office saying that hamas went back on their terms and the agreement. now, hamas denied this and the day went on and we

i know you saw sean duffy who is the nominee for transportation secretary and epa pick lee zeldin.urious, your thoughts on those specific hearings and if you've seen any trouble for any of the president's nominees so far. >> you know, for those particular nominees, lee zeldin, the environment and public works, epa's a controversial, sometimes can be a controversial pick, and he answered every question, he has, you know, he's from the new york, he's from long island, he's had a lot of environmental issues in his own home district when he was in congress, so he had a lot to draw from there, and i think he'll breeze through committee when we vote on him on thursday. sean duffy had both senators from his state, a republican and a democrat, introduce him. of it was very bipartisan questioning. transportation is usually less controversial. [laughter] and so i think -- and i served with sean duff i my. he's a great guy -- duffy. he'll be a great cabinet member. mike: i want to get your thoughts on the ceasefire in the middle east, fanning jill at best. your thoughts at this point -- fragi

i think they were pleasantly surprised especially from testimony by lee zeldin because he countered trump'sments saying climate change is a hoax. zeldin said he doesn't belief that. zeldin said they need to work together to make sure they reduce emissions, reduce greenhouse gases. i thought that was interesting. >> julie sorokin from capitol hill, thank you. >>> today's cnbc money minute. bp announces more layoffs to cut costs. >> and nintendo the release of the newest gaming console. >> let's start off with bp. it is cutting more than 7,500 jobs. about 5% of the global work force to trim costs. the company says the cuts are part of a new program to simplify the business structure. the company also aing it is reducing the number of contractors it employs by 3,000. >>> meantime, nintendo is releasing the highly anticipated switch 2 this year. an event with more information is scheduled for april 2nd. details on pricing will be revealed, but a new trailer for the switch 2 included footage of a new mario kart game. i say this having never played on any of these gaming apparatus. >> what? >> i

i look forward to hearing from lee zeldin and others. i'm going here from sean to more open, but lee zeldin particularly since i'm the chair of the committee talking about how we're going to be committed to putting forward president trump's promised really to the american people to make your government work for you not against you. thank you. >> senator britt and senator budd, thank you for your leadership on the laken riley actor in crilly important because american people have said they just want basic safety. this is about detaining people have committed additional crimes in the united states. that's common sense to americans across the country and across my great state. a lot of conversation we had and looking forward to one week from today would be president trump's full first day in office. the conversation has been the doge, government efficiency. will continue to talk about that as we did last week and this week and in the days had to figure out how to make this government more efficient. i don't need a single oklahoman, or anybo

we have lee zeldin. he is going to be fantastic. is he going to head up the whole environmental we put in for a power plant and if we don't get the approval like can you start within 12 days, 12 days, 14 days, see what you can do. lee is great. he know what is is good and bad. he will be very fair the ones in louisiana. they were 14, 15 years they couldn't get their approvals. we couldn't let that happen. when people come here with massive amounts of money. we know what is good and we know what is bad, too. lee zeldin is going to do a great job environmentally. as we fix our tax system we can cut colossal amounts of government waste, fraud and abuse of which there is a lot. tonight i restate my pledge from the campaign i will not sign any bill that cuts even a single penny from medicare or social security for our great seniors. we don't have to do it. [applause] we don't have to do it. we'll not touch those benefits in any way, shape, or form. i want to use that because during the campaign they this these fake ads trump is going to

lisa: lee zeldin is a former congressman from new york and ran for governor and lost that race but he'seen as someone more moderate. he has been a strong trump supporter. we are talking about a situation where trump has made it clear he wants to dismantle the epa and rollback protections that are important. zeldin has said he is pro-energy. he was asked about that a dia of dismantling the epa today and he said he professed ignorance over that concept which we know trump has talked about and he didn't answer questions. he was held to account on his own past words on climate. what is pollution. in 2016 he said the u.s. must move away from fossil fuels and pursue green energy. so i want to play an exchange where he was asked about those words and where he is on those today. they pressed him on that. >> i said, do you believe it's imperative that we, using your words, reduce our reliance on fossil fuels? do you still believe that? >> in considering all factors, in an ideal world, we would be able to pursue always the cleanest, greenest energy sources possible. >> well, i'm not hearing you s

lee zeldin it came just days after the business insider reported on a financial disclosure that saidof dollars in recent years to write op eds criticizing climate policies. nbc's julie sirkin is on capitol hill for us today. and i know julie, multiple senators 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 se

scott bessent for treasury and former new york congressman lee zeldin for epa administrator. let's talk about treasury. first, i want to play part of an exchange you had with him where you asked him about raising the federal minimum wage. let's roll that tape. >> will you work with those of us who want to raise the federal minimum wage to a living wage, to take millions of americans out of poverty? >> senator, i believe that the minimum wage is more of a statewide and regional issue. >> so you don't think we should change the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour? no, sir. >> senator, obviously you're not happy with that. are there enough votes in the senate, do you think, to to raise the minimum wage? >> oh, i, i would hope so. look, we have tens of millions of workers in this country who are trying to get by on 12, 14, 15 bucks an hour. and you can't do that. we have not raised the minimum wage, i think, since 2010. it is now $7.25 an hour. and that you have a nominee for secretary of treasury and treasury who does not believe that we should raise that minimum wage is entir

[end video clip] host: from the confirmation hearing of lee zeldin to head up epa.gham mccown is was the -- is with the hudson institute, the director and senior fellow on the initiative of energy secretary along with trevor higgins who is a vice president of energy and environment at the center for american progress. trevor higgins, what did you make of the answer from the former congressman to head up the epa? >> i am glad that he feels that his -- that it is necessary to say that climate change has -- is happening and i agree with senator sanders that that has not been president trump's position. it is real and the epa has a responsibility to acknowledge that. at another point he talked about whether co2 is a pollutant that contributes to climate change and he acknowledged that the epa has said it is and it is and it is important for the epa to take responsibility for that. host: why? >> because the pollution standards for carbon dioxide pollution is set by the epa. there are no rules that the industry is relying on to guide their investment decisions and if the

we also have hearings marks for doug burgum, the secretary of the interior, or intended to be lee zeldinmental protection agency, scott turner for housing and urban development, scott bessent for treasury. we're watching all of them. a panel of fellow lawyers are offering themselves as character witnesses in the bondi hearing. bondi yourself answered questions before the senate judiciary committee yesterday. one of the witnesses offering his support to bondi this morning was dave aronberg, who ran for florida state attorney general as a democrat. she ran as a republican. she won, he lost. and then she hired him to be a drug czar. she offffered me this position because she knew from the campaign that fighting the opioid epidemic had been my career priority and an important part of my campaign platform. it did not matter that i had a d after my name. she believed i was the best person for the job, regardless of party affiliation. i mentioned doug burgum, he's the former governor of north dakota, self-made tech millionaire as well. trump nominated him to be secretary of the interior. burgum

but we're also going to see lee zeldin, who of course, tried to run for governor of new york for, i'mey're going to be interesting, but really, it's going to be just channeling through checking through all of the nominees these past, these next couple of weeks as trump tries to fill his cabinet. there's going to be so many still, so many left. so as we see what's going to happen with those hearings. yeah. >> and we're already watching them start to cue up potentially confirming rubio on monday, potentially ratcliffe to head the cia. so it's all happening very quickly. i want to turn to the house side very briefly, because i know the actions on the senate side this week. but there was an interesting thing that happened yesterday. i know you did some reporting on about the speaker of the house replacing the republican head of the house intelligence committee, mike turner. what happened here? and why is jim himes, the ranking democratic member, saying this has him concerned? >> well, speaker mike johnson has jurisdiction over that role. he himself can appoint who could be the chair of th

secretary of the interior, former north dakota governor doug bergum, and for epa administrator, lee zeldin. >> do you agree with president-elect trump that climate change is a hoax? >> i believe that climate change is real, as i told you. as far as president trump goes, the context that i've heard him speak about it was with a criticism of policies that have been acted, because of climate change. and i think he's concerned about the economic costs of some policies, where there's a debate. >> reporter: republicans insist these nominees strike a balance between protecting the environment and the economy. >> congressman zeldin will correct the course of the epa. >> reporter: and david, just one more note about treasury secretary nominee scott bessent. today, he said he would support tougher sanctions on russia, amid its war on ukraine. some democrats encouraged by those worlds. in the meantime, turning to the inauguration, just 24 hours after president biden warned of an olli jar can i taking shape in america, what he called a tech industrial complex, tonight, we have learned a growing list o

doug burgum will appear, epa administration lee zeldin and housing and urban development secretary nominee scott turner will kickoff their hearings 10:00 a.m. scott bessent will begin at 10:30. pam bondi is not out of the woods yet, we will hear from witnesses for and against her nomination as attorney general. >> are you aware of factual basis to investigate liz cheney, yes or no? >> senator, that is hypothetical, i will not answer that. you are worried about liz cheney, we should be worry body crime rate in california, it is through the roof. your robberies are 87% higher than the national average. your job will be, i'm speaking, to protect voters. i hope you answer mrs. bondi. >> the previous one, you pointed at me and said you were speaking, let me answer my question. i will not be bullied by you. >> if president trump asks or hints that you should investigate one of his perceived political enemies, would you do so? >> i wish you had met with me, had you met with me we could have discussed many things and you could have gotten to know me. >> could you respond to the question. >> you we

>> carley: senate committees are meeting today to consider doug collins, lee zeldin and doug burgum.ng democrats are slow-walking the confirmations. >> i think obama had 12 cabinet members confirmed and we have one. people, democrats don't want trump to put a team together. they are going to fight this. trump won the election, popular and electoral vote he needs to put his team together. >> democrats can work with us, against us, he's getting this team in place. >> carley: trying to push a vote to confirm john ratcliffe for cia. >> todd: connecticut holding this up, chris murphy. officials say seven san antonio police officers were shot last night while responding to a possible suicide in progress. the suspect fired at officers when they arrived on scene. he was found dead by swat officers. officials have not revealed condition of the officers. carley. >> carley: president trump joined hannity for his first interview since entering the oval office discussing the pardons by biden for his family. >> president trump: i was given the option, do you want to pardon anybody, including yours

lee zeldin for the epa. they will put together an energy commission, and national emergency commission that will be able to oversee energy oil, gas, electric power all of those, and this will be american energy, american energy j jobs. we do it cleaner and better than anyone else, that is why emergency energy, master resource it is there to power country. larry: it will promote more growth and less inflation how about those apples, we like that last one. no blank check for california. federal government will try to be and republicans running federal government will try to be humane. and helpful. and provide emergency assistance but, if governor gavin newsom and california democrats, continue their policies which related to climate, and empty reservoirs and fire hydrants, and bad forest management, bad water management, bad power management. this will cost you 250 billion, maybe more before all said and done. you are right, no blank check, they have to show legislative you know, hard print of daylight, they h

central to this, so first let me say that president trump energy nom nooes between doug burgum, lee zeldinmore qualified and impressive individuals who know the energy industry, and who most importantly understand the role of american energy leadership in the world. when it comes to epa, what we're seeking is a durable knobs regulatory framework take emissions regulations, for example, that provide a great deal of certainty, and cost-effective framework for emissions reductions ensuring that american producers continue to reduce emissions lead in innovation. >> the other hurlede at state level how do you negotiate that, you can make changes at federal level but states like california, donald trump is going a today president trump going, that is where i am thickening could be issues. >> certainly. well you know federal policy is where it starts, so, so, reasonable and defensible policy at federal level will be important to trickle down, to -- to undo some you know, less impactful state policies, so as we look to agencies bike department engine lng, department of nor federal lands activities

pick for treasury secretary scott bessent 10:30 interior secretary doug burgum nominee for epa, lee zeldin, and urban and housing turner at 10:00 a.m. eastern time, yesterday pam bondi, for attorney general faced combative a democrats. >> are you away of any factual basis to investigate this "yes" or "no". >> senator that is a hypothetical i am not going to -- >> no, no, i sometime have. >> a so worried about liz cheney you are robberies up 87% higher than national average. >> is your job will be i am speaking your job will be protect voters i hope you can answer that. >> the appreciative one senator. >> you pointed your finger at me said -- >> let me, let me answer my question, i am not going to be bullied by if president trump suggests hints that you as attorney general should investigate, one of his -- perceived political enemies would you do so? >> so a senator herino i wish had met with me had you met with me we goff discussed many things. >> i am listening now could you respond to the question. >> you were the only one who refused to meet with me senator. >> meet with bondi, praised

energy and doug burgum will be there tomorrow and energy committee as secretary of the interior and lee zeldin there for epa and they'll put together energy commission and national energy commission that's going to be able to oversee energy, oil, gas, electric power and all those things and this will be american energy, american energy jobs and cleaner and better than anybody else in the world, and that's why america energy, master resource is there to power the country into the future. larry: promote more growth and less inflation. how about them apples. more growth and less inflation. we like that. last one, senator barrasso. no blank check for california. i mean, federal government will try to be and republicans running the federal government will try to be humane and help and feel provide emergency assistance, but, but, but, but if governor gavin newsom and democrats continue and empty reservoirs and fire hydrants and bad manage.bad water manage.power management, it's going to cost you $250 billion and maybe more before it's all said and done. you are right. no blank check. they've got to

energy dominance, a busy day for bernie sanders who also sits on committee environment, he grilled lee zeldin over climate change. >> can i have your world right -- word that you will work with me to make sure solar for all program is implemented. >> i know this is a priority for you, solar power -- >> sorry. >> that's okay. >> almost saved by the bell. >> that was the fossil fuel industry. [ laughter ] reporter: you said it, it was a smooth day overall to quote senator steve daines, trump's nominees so far seem to be batting .1000. larry: thank you grady trimble. we web t trey yingst . >> there was a cease-fire agreement in place at this time yesterday. but this morning we woke up to a statement from israel prime minister netanyahu saying that hamas went back on their terms in the agreement, hamas denied it, we got more information about political infighting here in israel, tonight, israel's national security minister. threatened to resign from his position in the coalition take 7 seats with him if the deal moves forward, it appears that deal will move forward, and he will resign it will wea

i know lee zeldin will do something about that once he gets con if i wered and is heading that up.t are you make something >> this is spitting in all the faces of amer americanst are dealing with a housing crisis. we have people living on the streets and sad that there's so many government buildings not being used but especially when in so much death debt and asset being waste asked glad we have a businessmanman back in office. not even half of the buildings -- >> sorry, no single government federal building are at 50 persica passty. charles: absolutely nuts. >> complete waste. charles: the hot story, ai and stocks are through the roof. it's all the rage on wall street and apparently all the rage in school now. there's a new pugh research study out. teens are far more likely to say it's acceptable to use chatgpt for research doing essays and math problems and 54% say it's acceptable and 9% say it's not acceptable. are kids going to be able to learn in this new environment? >> i don't think so whatsoever and i've said for a long time the rise of artificial intelligence would be the

interior secretory nominee doug be bergam, chris wright and lee zeldin.team that. do you think they will have trouble getting through congress? >> donald trump deserves all of his appointees to be confirmed and as quickly as the united states senate can do it. he hit the ground running after he was elected in november. he hasn't slowed down. he named his cabinet very quickly. the united states senate needs to confirm all of donald trump's appointees. stuart: meta and that it's fact checking program, promised to restore free expression on social media. you're frustrated with big tech censorship. is meta's move a step in the right direction? doesn't go far enough? >> it is a step in the right direction. we had been calling no fact checkers for a long time because it wasn't about free speech, it was about the speech that they liked. for example they hid the hunter biden laptop and we've now seen fbi agents, cia agents testify in regard to it but in the early stages they hid it, and they called it fake news. let's have free speech that is open, fair, and tran

the clerk: nomination, environmental protection agency, lee zeldin of new york to be administrator.hune: mr. president, i ask -- i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of lee zeldin of new york to be administrator of the environmental protection agency signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. . the motion is agreed to. mr. thune: mr. president, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 9. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed no. the ayes appear to have it.

. >> senate democrats criticize burgum and lee zeldin trump's nominee to lead the environmental protectiongency over calls to unravel the biden administration's climate policies. zeldin says the incoming administration is concerned about those costs. bret? >> bret: rich edson live on the hill, rich, thanks. another sign tonight of the major changes already happening in washington ahead of the second trump presidency. the fbi says it has closed its office of diversity and inclusion. correspondent david spunt is here with specifics on that. good evening, david. >> bret, good evening to you. very little explanation from the fbi as to why this office closed. we just know it closed. the office of diversity and inclusion called odi was formed in 2012 and as of last month it's no more. if you search fbi diversity and inclusion and fbi job site comes up that has a photograph of two dogs sitting in front of the lincoln memorial and the words above it say page not found were sniffing this out for you. we asked the fbi and were told, quote, in recent weeks the fbi took steps to close the office of di

will begin his hearing at 1030 interior secretary nominee doug burgum epa administrator nominee lee zeldinusing and urban development nominee scott turner will begin the day with their hearings at 10:00 a.m. eastern time, pam bondi is not out of the woods quite yet. on day two we will hear from witnesses for and against her nomination as attorney general. >> are you aware of factual basis with this cheney. >> that the hypothetical and i'm not going to answer that. >> were also worried about liz cheney. >> you know what we should be worried about is the crime rate in california right now. your robberies are 87% higher than the national average. >> your job, i'm speaking, your job will be to protect voters. i hope he answer. when we met yesterday. >> you pointed your finger at me. >> let me answer my question. >> i'm not being bullied. >> of president elect trump suggest or hence u.s. attorney general should investigate one of his perceived political enemies which he did so. >> i wish you had met with me, had you met with we could've discussed many things. >> could you respond to the questio

including va nominee doug collins, epa nominee lee zeldin and doug burgum and some republicans are accusingf slow-walking the confirmation, specifically john ratcliffe for cia director. senate republicans are now rushing to get him confirmed. he only needs 51 votes to pass. and those are your headlines. steve, over to you. >> steve: thank you very much, carley. >> carley: you are welcome. president trump reshaping the landscape for artificial intelligence in the united states announcing a couple days ago the new star gate venture. the investment offering a chance to enhance both our economy and national security. lead a.i. adviser to the united nations and author of own the a.i. revolution neil joins us now. >> hey, steve, how is it going, man? >> steve: it's going okay. people are excited about a.i. two years ago, 2023, the biden administration put a whole bunch of guardrails on a.i. how restrictive were those? >> i mean, they were quite restickive. people benefits we could actually get. bad actors are l. do bad things. good actors need a nudge in investment. we curtailed some of the oppor

. >> former new york republican congressman lee zeldin's president electrump's selection to lead th environmentalrotection agency. mr. zeldin represented new york's first district before an

nominees faced tough questions at hearings today like this exchange between bernie sanders and lee zeldinor. >> do you agree with president-elect trump climate change is a hoax? i believe climate change is real as i told you. as far as president trump goes, a context i have heard him speak about it was with a criticism of policies. >> i respectfully disagree with you. i think he has called it a hoax time and time and time again. >> also hearings today for treasury secretary pick scott bessent and burgum interior secretary. it may take weeks to confirm that cabinet. there could be a filibuster on nomination secretary nominee pete hegseth, sandra. >> sandra: copy that, chad pergram, thank you very much. >> the original tiktok but the chinese version. go to the apt store and find red note and it will be in chinese. what is this que? >> john: a potential band tiktok users swarming to a chinese at. why is there such a high demand for apps controlled by a potential adversary, apps that are sucking all of your personal information in? fox business, brian brenberg and taylor riggs join us coming

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