mitch mcconnell, one of those, senator curtis out of utah, lisa murkowski as well.e against him, this would put his nomination in an ultimate bind. so mrs. blackburn. controversial, but individuals who he believes loyalists who will go in and effectively reconfigure these the clerk: mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. the timing for that is when you said. >> 7 a.m. eastern tomorrow morning, they have to let a certain amount of time go by to allow the debate to proceed here. and that is where democrats have said, much like what we saw them do with the nomination of russ vote to be the omb director, where senators switched off positions, where they spoke from the senate floor. we expect that to take place here through the night, ahead of what is going to be an ea mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. republican who voted against it. and on the democratic side, it was down the line, not one defection. >> yes. >> jose. >> as you know. >> this. job is a. relatively recent job. it was only created. >> after nine over. >> 1

lisa murkowski, you mentioned her. said in her statement that she did have a conversation with kash patel this morning. she respected their their conversations, their meetings. she hopes that he does well. she actually said he needs to succeed in this job. but she said she hopes that he can understand that she cannot support him at this time, given those firings, given his comments, what an ally he's been to trump, both during his first administration, but also in the comments that he's made since. clearly he wants to clean house at the fbi. lisa murkowski was a supporter of chris wray, the outgoing fbi director that trump essentially left no choice but to leave the agency. and nonetheless, we heard from democrats, particularly their opposition this morning in the top democrat on the judiciary committee, dick durbin, standing outside of the fbi building with some of the other members on that panel calling kash patel a political hack, saying that he will be a yes man for donald trump. that is exactly who donald trump ha

just moments ago, senator lisa murkowski of alaska, republican swing vote just voted against this nomination on the floor of the united states senate. this after her support to advance this to a final vote. we have not seen a statement from her yet. i asked her about this today. she did not want to say how she would vote ultimately on this. yet. we'll see what she has to say now. we also expect another no vote on the republican side that susan collins of maine, she voted against proceeding to a final vote earlier today, and she put out a statement aligning with a lot of the democratic concerns about kash patel to lead the fbi, she said. in her statement. she said mr. patel's recent political profile undermines his ability to serve in the in the apolitical role of director of the fbi. therefore, i will vote against his nomination. now, if they're the only two no votes, that's still enough for patel to be confirmed on a 5149 vote. the republicans will control the senate, 5347. and what does mitch mcconnell do? he is, of course, the former republican leader today announcing that he would retire

i love what lisa murkowski said a breath of fresh air, fresh eyes, democrat, certainly got the military background. i think that in a couple of years, there are a few people going to emerge as stars. no one expects it guys like rubio. i think she is going to be the surprise. >> lawrence: the one interesting thing about her of course some of the pushback against her some of the people in the committee is where she stood on classified information. who was a freedom fighter versus who was a traitor. i think if you want reforms in the system, if you want a more credible agency, if you want a whistleblower protections, then you want to be under her. if you feel like something is going wrong, people are going to feel comfortable letting her know because they know she is protect the classified information. as well as protect them as well. i think that's -- that's the change you need in these agencies. >> steve: you know, what is interesting about -- as we look at the last tranche of the cabinet nominees go up for confirmation, remember when the very beginning when we first got the names of eve

has long perplexed to washington and has really come into a class year, not only people like lisa murkowskirepublicans who are raising their hands trying to tell the white house and the administration hey, you may want to think twice about some of these cuts. >> john: an age-old battle, caitlin huey burns in washington, thank you. beneath the battle scarred fields of ukraine hides a treasure, rare earth minerals used to power the advanced technologies. white house national security advisor mike waltz said ukraine is close to signing a deal giving u.s. access to these scarce resources. here to discuss is marc caputo, senior editor -- i should say reporter at axios. i don't want to accuse you of being an editor. marc, remind me about this rare earth deal. >> reporter: there are number of rare earth minerals whether it is lithium, aluminum, there also might be rise to gas and the like in ukraine. and the united states in the trump administration wants access to half of that or a one point did in order to essentially recoup some of the money spent in ukraine so far, and to recruit some of it go

we needed one mor -- lisa murkowski and susan collins. we needed one more, 51-49 cashed two more, really. it makes me worried about the republicans. they are scared to death not just about donald trump, but we haven't mentioned the copresident at this point, elon musk, who can literally call and say if you don't vote this, i guarantee you will have 100 million for a primary opponent to challenge you. $100 million to him is nothing he can do that. he did as much of the last election. heidi: so how does a citizen than invoke the responsibility, professor baude, of article i? i voted for my congressional representatives, i want them to run the country, they are not doing it. do i have standing to assert article one power as a citizen in the court? william: in the courts, no. as a citizen you have standing on your own rights. people whose citizenship is being revoked, whose funding is being lost, they are suing. the way our government works is we elect them to congress and we have to hope they do their job, and if they don't, we have another

kash patel as the new fbi director by just two votes, 51-49, with republicans susan collins and lisa murkowski joining democrats, both senators citing concerns over patel's ability to remain impartial, not use the agency to settle political scores. during his hearings he promised not to politicize the fbi, but in the past he has said he plans to investigate who he believes are enemies of the president. democrats fear it will include fbi agents who investigated donald trump during the biden administration. >> kash patel has consistently demonstrated a complete lack of judgment, a lack of preparation, a lack of independence necessary to serve as director of the fbi. >> patel served in the department of defense and national security council during the first trump administration. >>> the irs expected to begin layoffs today that could result in nearly 6,700 employees losing their jobs. that's about 6% of the agency's workforce during the middle of tax season. most of had the workers who will lose their jobs are on probationary status. many were hired during the biden administration to increase enfo

rfk scored a major get earlier today when senator lisa murkowski, the moderate republican from alaskahe will support him, even though she continues to have concerns about kennedy's views on vaccines. and what she said is his selective interpretation of scientific studies. nevertheless, murkowski said kennedy has, quote, made numerous commitments to me and my colleagues, promising to work with congress to ensure public access to information and to base vaccine recommendations on data driven, evidence based and medically sound research, unquote. now, there's a running theme here. senator bill cassidy told rfk at the hearing that he was worried about rfk's long history of anti-vaccine rhetoric, that cassidy, as a doctor, believes that that could cause preventable deaths. he said, too, that he had gotten assurances from kennedy about vaccines and that he will use his platform to positively influence americans. health. senator susan collins of maine said rfk promised her that he will reexamine nih funding cuts that this administration is eyeing, and she voted yes as well today. now, all of

lisa murkowski of alaska, a key swing vote. i just asked her how she would vote on kash patel. she said that she would vote to advance the nomination, meaning that she would vote yes on this first procedural vote, and then it would move to a final confirmation vote. she did not say how she would vote, then another vote to watch senator susan collins of maine. just moments ago, she told me that she would issue a statement shortly about how she would ultimately vote on this critical nomination. but even if she were to vote no, and even if lisa murkowski on the final confirmation vote were to vote no. there simply are not four republicans who are expected to break ranks, which means that he is very likely to get confirmed on a straight party line vote or a largely party line vote. despite major concerns voiced by democrats like kash patel, in their view, would carry out donald trump's agenda of retaliation and the like, and their concerns that christopher wray, the how he was essentially pushed out of this position. typically, fbi directors serve ten year terms. new administration

i mean, it was interesting to see lisa murkowski saying, well, i need to see the context. i mean, you can look at the context all you want. it doesn't get any better. um. >> no, there's no context for that. >> john thune told cnn's manu raju that there's no question that russia is the aggressor here. later, he told fox that this is, quote, the back and forth that occurs in a situation like this where the stakes are really high. um, what leverage, if any, do congressional supporters of ukraine republicans? i mean, i don't know if any republicans would, would speak up or democrats like, what can anybody in congress do? i mean, is. >> congress could do a lot if congress did its job. but congress is run by republicans right now who, again, are just scared of trump. and so behind the scenes, democrats like myself, especially those of us who do have good relationships with republicans across the aisle, especially on national security committees like the armed services committee, we're trying to convince our republican allies to just have some courage to say in public what they'r

republican senator lisa murkowski faced questions from her constituents in a big tele town hall and senator murkowski in that town hall, according to accounts of how that went, really appeared to take her constituents side as they expressed their grave opposition to what trump is doing. she reportedly told her constituents on this town hall that trump's efforts to hold back funding that's already been appropriated by congress, quote, cannot be allowed to stand. she said, quote, if we in congress allow that, we effectively cede some of our authority. she said, quote, we have to stand up the we has to be more than just me. and this is where it becomes more of a challenge. we have to stand up today in the united states senate after that call with her constituents last night, lisa murkowski was in fact part of a very small we she was one of two republicans, along with susan collins, who joined every democrat in voting against kash patel to be director of the fbi. now, bottom line, they needed four republican knows to stop him. they got two, but two is not. none. joining us now is senator cory b

>> lisa murkowski, who, of course, along with susan collins, had joined mitch mcconnell in voting no against pete hegseth, just cast her vote and she is a yes vote. and so that, along with susan collins and bill cassidy, clearly indicates that kennedy is on his way to being confirmed here by the senate. we watched several of the senators here leave the judiciary committee to run just down the down the halls over to cast their votes, including josh hawley. so we expect them to come back before they finish up their business here as it relates to kash patel. but as we're watching this vote here unfold, i just think it's important that we note the extent to which for president trump here he is. you know, he said this from the outset that during the transition process that he wanted to ensure that he had individuals who he had the utmost faith in, that they would be loyal to carrying out his agenda. and those ultimately were the types of names that he selected. and now the republican majority that they were able to secure during these ms. slotkin, no. ms. klobuchar, no. mr. whitehouse, no

uh, what was the thinking behind, i mean, susan collins and lisa murkowski voting against him? and what is the future for the bureau? so one of the things that susan collins. >> cited was that. this really. >> should be. >> a staunchly apolitical. position and that. >> which is why it's a ten. >> year post. >> in theory. >> it's supposed to span several. >> uh, several administrations in order to keep it. >> out of politics. >> that is. >> instead. >> when someone like a christopher wray. >> who is another. >> trump appointee. >> was known as someone who kind of. >> skewed politics. >> stayed away. >> from it. >> however. >> this is a very. >> departure from that. kash patel, as we know, is a trump loyalist. >> he is someone who said all sorts of things. >> when trump. >> was inside and outside. >> of office. >> and which is why you're hearing so much concern from democrats. >> and as. >> you mentioned, some corners of. >> the republican party. >> yeah. jackie, let's talk kind of big picture here, because the other thing that we saw unfold yesterday on the cpac stage, i mean, w

alaska senator lisa murkowski said the senate's phones were getting 1600 calls a minute compared with the typical 40. i mean, that is a stunning difference. is the chaos that trump and musk are unleashing on the government exactly what democrats warned would happen before the election. and have you noticed any republicans or trump voters expressing any buyer's remorse? >> it is. >> what democrats warned of. >> i did. >> see a. >> there's an. >> article this morning. >> that and we at the at the bulwark. >> do some focus. >> groups where you heard. >> from some people that were. >> trump. >> voters who said that this was chaos, that they were not looking for. so we have seen. >> you know, a. >> couple of examples of that. that's anecdotes. it's not data at this point. it's pretty early. but just as a general principle. >> if you stand back like. >> trump has. >> succeeded with voters when he is doing his kind of pr game, right, which is. >> a lot. >> of pomp. >> and circumstance. >> a lot of. >> brashness, you know, attacking. >> foes, but. >> then not actually. >> doing a whole lot. >

now, just in the last few minutes, she has been joined by senator lisa murkowski, the moderate from alaska, who put out a statement saying that she, too is voting no on kash patel in this vote. she says her reservations with mr. patel stem from his own prior political activities and how they may influence his leadership. the fbi must be focused on crime and corruption, she argues, not focused on settling political scores. now, despite that, alex, republicans have 53 senate votes, which means they're going to need at least two more to vote no on kash patel in order to sink his nomination. at this point, we don't see those two, so he is still on track to be confirmed. at this point, i think throughout this process, we've we've seen two versions of kash patel. one is the pro-trump firebrand, you know, who went on radio shows in recent years, backed the idea of law enforcement going after trump's critics, his perceived political enemies. he wrote a book about his grievances with senator dick durbin, the top democrat on the committee said was essentially an enemies list. then we saw a different

. >> the final vote was 51. 49 republican senators susan collins and lisa murkowski voted against patel. democrats were unanimous in their opposition despite his controversial nomination. republicans are rallying around him arguing tells the right guy to bring reform to the nation's top law enforcement agency that they allege has been corrupted. >> today marks one month since president trump and vice president vance took the oath of office. administration officials have worked at a fevered pitch to implement the president's aggressive agenda. but democrats argue all they've brought is chaos and confusion. kron four's washington correspondent jessi tenure gives us a recap of the past month and tells us what could be next. that split screen continued to play out today with the white house celebrating the 70 plus executive orders president trump has signed and democrats holding protests over a lot of them. >> president donald trump's first month in office has rocked the country and world from mass firings of federal workers to new tariffs on goods and vice president jd vance says it's just

the senate voted today. 51 to 49 to approve him. 2 republicans, susan collins and lisa murkowski joined democrats opposing him. all right. let's talk weather as we get a live look from mount tam who would oppose today's weather? no, lawrence, wouldn't. he's a fan. yeah, i'm a big rain fan. but hey, i'll take that sunshine. and with his beautiful out around the bay area today as we get ready. >> not far away from the weekend. now on the weekend is looking spectacular around the bay area. so yeah, enjoy the nice weather today. that sunshine all the way. the coastline, couple high clouds. but look at this beautiful shot out there right now from the berkeley hills, looking back toward the golden gate bridge. gorgeous weather out all around the bay area. nice to feel those temperatures warming up a bit out there as well. and so a beautiful day today. tomorrow. another nice day coming our way tonight, we are going to see some partly cloudy skies. some patchy fog likely to form, but not much. and then tomorrow morning, maybe just a patch or 2 of fog. and then some passing high clouds. otherwis

the bill was brought by california senator alex padilla and alaska senator lisa murkowski. it would require the national oceanic and atmospheric river administration to establish a forecast improvement program. atmospheric rivers caused more than 80% of flood damage across the west by the year 2090. these systems are expected to cause as much as $3 billion in damages every year. power being restored around the bay area after thousands of outages from the storm tonight. pg and e says it has fewer than 10,000 outages. that's about half of what we saw earlier tonight as we bring in the bay area outage map. the peninsula continues to bear the brunt here, with more than 4600 customers affected and the north bay, they are seeing about 2100 customers with no power. the pg and e utilities saying it had crews and equipment in place ahead of the storm. >> e is prepared for this storm and our response to it, and we want to make sure that our customers are preparing as well. typically, it's the most of the impacts tend to be on the west side and in the elevated terrains. it's where we

and you want to make a point so we will see if mitch mcconnell comes through, susan collins, lisa murkowski, moderates. all right. we have to get back to the battleground. that's how you win things. >> it is, it is all about pennsylvania as well as michigan, wisconsin, the sun belt battle further in margin. i believe the shortest path for democrats was through northern states, i cannot stand the term rust belt. that's my own quirk. in my view the shortest path to the white house would be pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. it was a one or one and a half point race. in 2026 because of the nature of elections i'm confident democrats will win the house and the senate is more difficult but in 2028 this is early but like 2016 or 2020, 2024, i would be surprised if it were not a 50-50 race. host: john fetterman had some thoughts. he got a democratic governor, senator john fetterman who is further to the right. bob casey is a legend so how do you do that? >> it is a 50-50 state. democratic governor but the other four statewide are republican. one of the few states with a split senator and decided b

51-49, two republicans did joined democrats in opposing the nominee, susan collins of maine, lisa murkowskied no time predicting kash patel will create chaos, mayhem and even worse. >> kash patel, mark my words, will cause evil in this building behind us and republicans who vote for him will route that day. no one is a bigger more dangerous sycophant than kash patel. this political hack does not deserve to be in this building. >> this is not a distraction. this is a real danger and a real threat. ashley: they are you have it. kash patel looks to take over leadership of the fbi and a time of turmoil for the agency as it deals with allegations of weaponization from donald trump. they will be getting into that but those predictions from democrats, hyperbole, may be. stuart: thanks. difficult subject, discussed at the hostage return, babies and coffins paraded through the streets of gaza and their mother's body is missing. in my opinion hamas cannot be allowed to stay. they plan to do it all over again. that's "my take," top of the hour. more varney after this. planning to move? join the 6 mill

and lisa murkowski knows that. susan collins knows that. todd young knows that.you know these guys, they all know it. and they wouldn't vote for her no matter what. if she was nominated for this by a democrat. and the reason she was a democrat is because a lot of her views of the world were really far left. so, i mean, these guys have lost their minds. they've just lost their minds. i don't know what else to say. >> david. >> in a bubble, you'd like to. >> think. >> mitch mcconnell. >> is. >> having a john mccain. >> moment, but mitch mcconnell always. >> seems to disappoint. and john mccain rarely did. >> i think we can't overlook the real. >> significant national security. geopolitical story that happened this morning. >> and for. >> much as we see. >> the. >> trump administration's chaos today was. >> clearly so. >> well coordinated. >> tulsi gabbard. >> is. >> confirmed, while pete hegseth is addressing. >> nato. >> saying ukraine. >> has. >> to give up their sovereign. territory to russia, while. >> donald trump is on the. phone with vladimir. putin engaging

president trump, mitch mcconnell, thom tillis and others, but we are not seen -- susan collins and lisa murkowski, but we are not seeing them flex their muscles too much because of the wrath from the trump white house. the current nomination process shows elections matter, in order for the small group of republicans to band democrats and tank a trump nominee, it would take four publicans to oppose, a huge number when you talk about the senate. i talk about why elections matter because they were close senate races the last cycle. for example, pennsylvania, if bob casey beat mccormick, a race determined by .2%, this would be an entirely different ballgame. i think this is showing the grip on the trump white house is strong, but the margins in these two chambers is the ballgame. host: we talked about the fear of being primary to have lawmakers mentioned a fear of physical violence against them or their families? guest: i have not heard that. there's always a concern about violence against lawmakers and we've seen unfortunately a countless number of examples of lawmakers being the victims of these at

. >> reporter: some republican lawmakers, including senator lisa murkowski argue the cuts are comingtoo deep. >> i'm for finding efficiencies, eliminating the waste, fraud and abuse there, but there is a way that we go about it. >> reporter: earlier in the day, senator murkowski joined republican senator susan collins of maine and all 47 democrats in voting against kash patel to lead the fbi. patel, a trump loyalist narrowly won confirm nation in a r 51-49 vote. >>> a war of words has erupted between president trump and the ukrainian president. it comes as the special envoy to ukraine, a decorated retired general traveled there. natalie brand has more. >> reporter: ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy posted video of his meeting with president trump's special envoy to ukraine. retired general keith kellogg visited kyiv in the midst of the white house' escalating feud with zelenskyy. >> i'd like to find out all the money that we've been sending to ukraine, where is it? >> reporter: president trump claimed ukraine talked the u.s. into sending $350 billion for the war with russia, bu

tulsi gabbard has support from susan collins and lisa murkowski, and those two have a reputation foragainst their party. they both voted against pete hegseth. collins is considered key vote for robertf kennedy. she does plan to confirm him. this all comes as judiciary committee is also preparing to send kash patel to nomination. linda mcmahon, secretary of education is set for tomorrow and democrats are questioning her experience. >> steve: we knew that was going to happen. thank you, brooke. >> brian: over to carley. >> carley: the fbi has released images of dramatic moment ice arrested three tren de aragua mem members. the gang member did not put up a fight. ice tracked the murder suspect to a houston apartment earlier this month as part of the immigration crackdown. starliner astronauts stuck in space since june may be coming home earlier than expected. nasas they plan to bring them home on march 19th, or march 20th, space x capsule will launch on march 12. starliner flight test was supposed to last 10 days. two shark attack survivors from florida recovering after they were both b

>> she will be just signing, she will be supporting lisa murkowski. understand why bernie sanders is not supporting this woman after she stepped down, if she was in the dnc stepping down to protest how they treated him, he can't seem to come to terms with actually getting himself the decency to return the favour, but whatever we are going to do fine without j.d. vance, he can stay in france and enjoyed his time over there, learning from a whatever craziness he is talking about. we will be just fine tulsi gabbert will be confirmed, we will get what we voted for and j.d. can enjoy it. >> trace: a lot of people have that consensus, meantime i gave you little preview nicole but here we go again, the hill writing about this, calling tulsi gabbert ignorant, notch, saying this about cash patel quoting here, put this on the screen, he has eventual nature when reporter from the atlantic sought to interview many of the nearly 40 of his former colleagues fearing retaliation they said they would only do so, if they could remain anonymous. they are petrified of ca

true republicans executive order to change mount mckinley's name alaskan senator lisa murkowski and danto change the name of the tallest mountain in north america back to denali. this is something obama did in 2015 he change it from mount mckinley to deny ali. president trump went back to honor president mckinley and it's just going to a back-and-forth break works while it's crazy >> are going to continue to push back. he'll be at an exciting next four years. >> java 500 hour t-shirt? >> no i do not. that doesn't for us. we'll see you back here tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. eastern front of the big we can show. always a dvr if you cannot catch us live. "life, liberty & levin" is up next. ♪

like three of them you may have heard the names mitch mcconnell, susan collins and lisa murkowski themcrats all the time it's the republicans those have problems with and they are not the only ones pretty got the senator from indiana's last name is young. we have another senator a romney want to be from utah for they are threatening to block kash patel, rfk, or others. tulsi gabbard regular daily kos interpublic undecided on 1010. tulsi gabbard. got that? that would be mcconnell murkowski. these democrats deserve the nominee. when it comes to trump, when it comes to trump they have a screw loose. they have a screw loose. mcconnell, it's all personal with him. collins? she wants to be able to run for senate again and say i'm independent. i vote against republicans all the time. murkowski, she's just a whack job. she likes to say that. she is, she is a favorite senator. democrat or republican the national education association of the american federation of teachers. the teachers unions because man, when it comes to election time they load up for precincts they manned the precinct second

and those reports of republicans including senator lisa murkowski and others with concern for those cutss something we'll keep an eye on. jeff mason, thank you for being here. >> my pleasure. bryan: and more on the pope being hospitalized and west virginia governor patrick morrissey on the issues that his state is addressing. he's here next. with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. ♪ that's convenience from chase. until this week, my dad did not know where he was from. it means the world to share ancestry® with my dad. so nigeria, this is where it all started. so they've broken it down by regions, by journeys, and by parent. man, this is deep. this is my way of saying thank you to him. hillsdale was founded in 1844. we're passing on a cultural heritage, the culture of the west. when the federal government started giving money to colleges, we didn't take it. that independence has allowed us to stay with our mission that we established 175 years ago. because we don't accept federal money. we are free to concentrate on th

lisa murkowski voting yes. we will wait to see how they vote on the actual confirmation.ng today "is the day we vote to confirm kash patel." we will keep you updated. we all saw the shocking delta plane that crash landed in toronto. despite the horrifying ordeal happening in canadian airspace, some on the left are still trying to blame president trump. in his recent changes to the faa -- for the incident. when the delta ceo was pressed on whether this has anything to do with president trump, he pushed back pretty forcefully. >> the trump administration recently barred many employees of the faa administration. do those cuts were you and do you feel that impact safety? i note -- but after looking at all these mishaps, a lot of people are nervous. duties affecting? speak of cuts do not affect us. the reality is, there's over 50,000 people that work at the faa, and i understand the cuts were 300 people, noncritical safety projects. the trump administration has committed to investing deeply in terms of improving the overall technologies used in the air traffic control systems,

other senators susan collins, lisa murkowski and mitch mcconnell, republicans have a 1e committee thatreasury secretary scott bessent as acting head of the consumer financial protection bureau the temporary action taken after former director was let go over the weekend the first act of the temperate takeover includes a work in litigation freeze. mexican drug cartels reportedly ordering a tax on u.s. border patrol agents using kamikaze drones and explosives that's according to an internal memo obtained by the new york post the secretary intelligence issuing an alert him to stay vigilant and carry proper equipment including body armor and rifles the cartel also reportedly using social media like tiktok to encourage illegal migrants to spit or urinate on the border agents in their food or in their cars, then this the trump administration stripping away deportation shield for over 300,000 venezuelan nationals that are in the u.s. and opens the door for deportation the 2023 protection status order extended another 18 months in the final days of the body to administration but then homeless s

true republicans executive order to change mount mckinley's name alaskan senator lisa murkowski and dan sullivan are introducing a measure to change the name of the tallest mountain in north america back to denali. this is something obama did in 2015 he change it from mount mckinley to deny ali. president trump went back to honor president mckinley and it's just going to a back-and-forth break works while it's crazy >> are going to continue to push back. he'll be at an exciting next four years. >> java 500 hour t-shirt? >> no i do not. that doesn't for us. we'll see you back here tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. eastern front of the big we can show. always a dvr if you cannot catch us live. "life, liberty & levin" is up next. ♪ ♪ ♪. mark: hello america i am mark levin and this is "life, liberty & levin" saturday to great guest this evening repres representate johnson the speaker of the house the attorney extraordinaire jon yoo. before we go there democrat party has really revealed itself, has in it? it supports every inch of the bureaucracy and every penny of fraud, waste, and abuse. that is their

and it's not hard to see why two republican no, sir lisa murkowski and maine's susan collins.atel is only the trump second nominee get more than one g.o.p. nay, bret? >> chad, a big retirement announcement today? >> that's right. the longest serving senate leader in history, mitch mcconnell will not seek an eighth term next year. mcconnell is 83. he remains on the job for now. >> les any of my colleagues still doubt my intentions for the remainder of my term, i have some unfinished business to attend to among those eyeing senate run andy barr and former kentucky attorney general daniel camp, bret? chad pergram life on the hill. a federal judge in washington is allowing the trump administration to continue firing federal employees, the judge declining a request by the national treasury employees union, united auto workers and others to pause the program. the judge saying he did not have the proper jurisdiction over this issue. he encouraged the unions to go before the federal labor relations authority. a senior u.s. official telling fox news today defense secretary pete hegseth

all eyes are on senators bill cassidy, susan collins, lisa murkowski and mitch mcconnell, none of whom kennedy yet so a lot will happen today. israeli president benjamin netanyahu meeting with president trump at the white house today, becoming the first foreign leader to meet with trump in his second term. netanyahu spoke with u.s. middle east special envoy steve witkoff and national security advice i mike walz yesterday as the administration is pushing congress to approve a $1 billion weapon sale to israel that would include thousands of bombs and armored bulldozers. well, state farm insurance is asking for an emergency rate hike from california state regulators after wildfires devastated the los angeles area. the company is seeking a 22% increase for homeowners and 15% hike for renters that would go into effect by may 1st. it's warning multi billion dollar payouts threaten the balance sheet saying the boost is necessary to say solvent. the insurance administration will review to make sure people are not being mischarged. the trump administration reportedly is considering a sweeping e

kash patel confirmed by senate in 51-49 voted senator susan collins and lisa murkowski joins democrats in voting against his confirmation. kash will meet with new staff inside the j. edgar hoover building today after already laying out his mission as director. is he vowing to let good cops be cops and rebuild trust in the bureau telling me, quote: that the american people deserve an fbi that is transparent, accountable and committed to justice. the politicization of our justice system has eroded public trust but that ends today. kash told me working alongside the dedicated men and women of the bureau and our partners, we will rebuild an fbi the american people can be proud of. so here's what some democrats said about our new fbi director. listen. >> my republican colleaguings will ryu rue the day they will e they are not on it? >> kash patel has proven himself to be a wildly vindictive partisan when around donald trump he was moved himself to be a sink owe fant. >> he does plan on moving some agents and employees into the field patel will locked into 10 year term and j.d. vance will be

we will see if mitch mcconnell comes through, susan collins, lisa murkowski, they have been difficultor trump generally, moderates. i think we have to get back to the battleground. because that is how you win things. rep. boyle: it is all about pennsylvania as well as michigan, wisconsin, you would also add the sunbelt battlegrounds of georgia, arizona, north carolina. they were a little further in margin. i've always believed the surest path to 270 four democrats was through those northern industrial states. that is how i called him because i cannot stand the term rust belt. that is my own quirk. in my view, the surest path four democrats back to the white house in 2020 eight would be pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. again come in all three of them, it was a 1, 1 point five-point race. in 2026, like you, because of the nature of midterm elections, i am confident democrats will win back the house. the senate, possibility but a little more difficult because the numbers are further. 2028, early prediction, but like 2016, 2020, 2024, i would be very surprised if 2028 were not roughly a

relative moderates susan collins and lisa murkowski both said he appears too politically motivated for job. geoff: on that point, what is your reporting on how those in the agency view kash patel? lisa: there is a split. there are some trying to wait and see what happens and they are hopeful that perhaps there will be a focus on things like for example drug trafficking, which patel himself told senators he wants to be central. but the vast majority of those around the agency have a kind of pit in the stomach concern. they're worried that this is someone who does not want to reform the agency but rather slice it up without considering the changes. geoff: meantime, we have a court order regarding the mass firing of government workers. lisa: this could apply to fbi workers as well. judge christopher cooper ruled a short time ago that he's is not able to block mass firings of the trump administration as put into place. he said instead unions have to appeal to a labor relations board. he said it is not in my jurisdiction. that means mass firings will go ahead. we know there have been hundre

week watching sensors mitch mcconnell and lisa murkowski.wo have previously voted against president trump's most controversial candidates. we do expect gabbard to get the 51 votes she needs, simple majority, partially and thanks to president j.d. vance as well as intel chair tom cotton. fox digital has learned that vance was making personal phone calls to senators on the committee -- cotton also set up this makeshift war room so to speak. reaching out to the former senator for some help and the former intel committee chairman who also worked the lines there. a big problem these folks had, especially democrats, was gabbard's inability to call edward snowden a traitor during her confirmation hearing, but in the end, it looks like everyone was able to ease the minds of republicans. rfk jr. is also selected to get a big confirmation vote later this week. democrats are still burning the clock, delaying these books by taking up to 30 hours to debate to really bash the candidates. republicans say they're going to get this done even if it takes a wi

seeing discontent around the federal workforce cuts like senators bill cassidy and louisiana and lisa murkowski picture is that red states are disproportionately more dependent on the federal government. in other words, they take more from the u.s. treasury than they pay in in contrast to blue states. you can't take a meat axe to the federal government without drawing some blood in some country. >> jen, i see you nodding along. >> this is such a key part. it is. i'm for cuts, but not if they impact me, and you mentioned some of the specific examples from north carolina who complained the nih cuts. they agree with cutting nih and just not the universities in their state and there is the next layer of this, when people recognize tt this money that has been held up and this is what the judge ruled this week, that they haven't given it all back and people in communities like farmers say i need these subsidies. i know i voted for trump, but this isn't what i voted for. wait, my kids rely on this early childhood education. wait, medicaid helps me get health care. these are things that impact communit