senator, kelly loeffler. [applause] >> good morning. i want to start this morning by thanking governor kemp for this important opportunity to serve our nation and our state. i am humbled by this honor and i am grateful for the confidence that you have placed in me. thank you, governor. thank you. thank you. i'd also like to thank senator isakson for his years of service to our state and our nation. he's a true statesman for georgia and we keep him and his family in our thoughts and prayers. i know i have a lot of work to do to earn the trust and support of my fellow georgians, so for starters please allow me to introduce myself. my name is kelly loeffler. i am a devoted wife, a proud patriot and a devout christian. i have lived the american dream and i'm blessed to standard today, but it is a long way from where i came from. i grew up on a family farm, the fourth generation of corn and soybean farmers. i was shy. i had braces on my legs and on my teeth. we live simply, life revolved around farming, church, school and four h. there was a

i am kelly loeffler and this is who i am but but this is what i believe. as an outsider in washington i know i have to prove it to earn your trust in your support. through my vote my priority and my actions and that's exactly what i'm going to do. thank you and may god bless georgia and may god bless america. [applause] we will take a couple of questions. anybody g got one? [inaudible] >> i will be running in november and you just heard i'm a defender of the american dream and american ideals. i want to fight socialism side-by-side with presidentde trump. [inaudible] >> no second thoughts at all. i'm here on the conviction of my believes in the greatness of america and i want to protect that i will fight very hard not just for georgians but for g americans and the ideals that have made us great. and it redoubles my conviction that we need to win in november. >> let me just say this to the conservative pushback. now is a great opportunity to seek the truth and the facts and learn about the real kelly loeffler. you heard it here today. there has been a lot o

and loeffler is in good company. she's the ninth major trump donor to land a top spot in the new trump administration. to put all of this in speck, president biden's -- speck, president biden's cabinet had a net worth of $120 million. nothing sneeze at but $120 million. just kelly loeffler and her husband alone are worth about $1.1 billion, and had is billion with a b. if you just count positions that need senate confirmation, trump's cabinet is worth about $10 billion. again, president biden's cabinet worth $120 million. if you include roles that don't require senate confirmation like elon musk's role leading the department of government efficiency, if you include those positions, well, the net worth of trump's cabinet skyrockets to more than $340 billion. donald trump is setting up a government quite literally run by billionaires. and today two of those billionaires, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy, went to capitol hill to meet with republicans in congress about their new department of government efficiency. republic

why kelly loeffler for that role? well, one big erreason might be that kelly loeffler and her husband, her husband who literally owns the new york stock exchange, they collectively donated more than $5 million to trump's re- election effort. and kelly loeffler is in good company, she is now the ninth major trump donor to land a top spot in the the trump administration. to put all of this in perspective, president biden's cabinet had a net worth of about $120 million, nothing to sneeze at, but $120 million. just kelly loeffler and her husband alone are worth about $1.1 billion, and that is billion with a b. if you just count positions that need senate confirmation, trump's cabinet is worth fiabout $10 billion. again, president biden's cabinet worth $120 million. but if you include roles that ha don't require senate confirmation, like elon musk's role leading the department of government efficiency, if you include those positions, well, the net worth of trump's cabinet skyrockets to more than $340 billion. donald trump

briefing on the drone sightings kelly loeffler and r.f.k. capitol hill as well. have a great day.e to say it? >> todd: "fox & friends" right now. ♪ ♪

is there, howard lutnick, kelly loeffler and other distinguished guests.ve of the owner of the new york stock exchange, kelly loeffler, with trump. thank you, john, tiana and cheryl. stuart picks it up. he's going to be all over this

is there, howard lutnick, kelly loeffler and other distinguished guests. maria: anding of course, the why have of the owner of the new york stock exchange, kelly loeffler, with trump. thank you, john, tiana and cheryl. stuart picks it up. he's going to be all over this opening. stuart: you should be there, maria. [laughter] maria: my old stomp thing grounds. stuart: exactly. good morning, mafia, and good -- maria, and good morning, everyone. another inflation reading. the producer price index more than expected, .4%, in november. and here's another surprise, up 3% in the last 12 months. that means we are looking at an increase in the inflation rate. you know, there's not that much reaction on the stock market. we've got to figure out why that is the case. but, look, you've got an uptick in inflation, both consumer and producer prices, and look at the dow. this is premarket, obviously. the dow is down not so much, 27 points as we speak. the s&p 500 also on the downside. the nasdaq off 110 points. but, remember, it hit 20,000 wednesday. as for bitcoin, it's

trump has picked kelly loeffler to head up the small business administration. she is a trump ally who has supported his false claims of election fraud. >> brie jackson, thanks. >>> the supreme court taking up a landmark case concerning transgender rights and tennessee's law involving puberty ockers. the justices seem skeptical to changes to the law, raising concerns they'd be second guessing states if it steps in. >> the constitution leaves that qution to the people's representatives rather than to nine people, none of whom is a doctor. >> but the three liberal justices raised concerns over the impact of these types of bans on those who need the treatment. the challengers also noted the ban only applies to transgender care and not other types of care which they argue amounts to sex discrimination. a ruling is expected this summer. >>> millions of people are under winter alerts in the midwest and northeast, for a blast of more snow. >> reporter: from michigan to north dakota, snow misery strikes the midwest. part of a fast-moving clipper system also taking aim a

trump has also picked former georgia senator kelly loeffler to head up the small business administration. she's a trump ally who has supported his false claims of election fraud. >> brie, thanks. >>> political crisis in france. the french government toppled yesterday after far left and far right lawmakers came together to pass a no-confidence measure against prime minister barnier. and, his cabinet, now barnier must tender his resignation to french president macron. it is the first time a prime minister has been ousted like this since 1962. what a turn around from a couple months ago. >> reporter: that's absolutely, that's right. only three months ago, the french prime minister was appointed by macron, and three months later he's ousted, making essentially his government the shortest lived in french history. that didn't really come as much of a surprise. because, since he was appointed in september by macron, barnier had to deal not only with a very fractured, divided government where there was no real majority, very difficult to govern, but with widespread discontent about several issue

. >> reporter kim loeffler shows us what the gift meant to the former president. >> peachtree city wasited often. >> came here quite a lot because, of course, we're not that far from plains. and it's, you know, his kids lived here. >> former peachtree city mayor bob lenox says he agreed to be the grand marshal of the city's 4th of july parade in 1995. city leaders wanted to give president carter a gift to commemorate that day, but they wanted it to be special. that's when they got the idea to give him a tool belt for his work with habitat for humanity. >> i said to him, mr. president, you know, we've gotten you a gift today because every place you go, people give you something for the occasion. so i said, i'm going to tell you that you may not like it, but i think it's really cool. so if you don't like it, i'll be happy to take it. and he looked over at me and said, eat your heart out. >> over the next 24 years, president carter used that tool belt with the peachtree city logo on the sides of 35 projects, building over 4300 homes in 14 countries. >> see it all those years later in the

investing in it, including the acquisition of a crypto trading platform that was formally led by kelly loeffler crypto platform of their own, world liberty financial is donald trump os. and the government has appointed david sachs to be the star czar for crypto. according to eric trump, his family embraced crypto because many financial institutions and other corporations stopped doing business with them after january 6. first of all, long before january 6, donald trump had a difficult time doing business with any u.s. banks. it is how we ended up with deutsche bank as his banker and they even stopped banking with him. but after january 6, institutions stopped doing business with us, so we turned to crypto. so what does that mean? you are paying your contractors with crypto? what does it actually mean? >> i'm quite confident he is not paying contractors in crypto. he has had a huge about-face and he is interested in it because he and others are making money in it now. he recognizes that and we've seen him getting into all kinds of businesses. we will see what this world liberty thing is. noted t

why pick senator loeffler for that role? one big reason might be her husband, they collectively donated more than $5 million to trump's reelection effort. she is now the ninth major trump donor to land a top spot in the new trump administration. to put all of this in perspective, president biden's cabinet had a net worth of $120 million. nothing to sneeze at but $120 million. just kelly and her husband alone are worth about $1.1 billion. and that is billion with a b. if you just count positions that need senate confirmation, trump's cabinet is worth about $10 billion. president biden's cabinet worth $120 million. if you include roles that don't require confirmation like elon musk, if you include those positions, well. the net worth of trump's cabinet skyrockets to more than $340 billion. donald trump is setting up a government run by billionaires and two of those billionaires, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy went to capitol hill to meet with republicans in congress about their new department of government efficiency. mike john

exchange commission for commission of the social security administration trump tapping senator kelly loeffleror the small business administrator, billy long and peter navarro as senior counsel trading manufacturing the economic team filling out, your thoughts. >> things are looking very good, scott bessent you have someone is a stable treasury chair pro-crypto obviously and then you piggyback paul atkins on top of that and what you have is a situation where bitcoin is 102,000 and quite. it was below 95000 for a while yesterday morning and now it's jumped up. and what i'm see the promises that trump made during his campaign he wants to deliver on all the promises, that's commendable a lot of politicians are all talk and no action. with the specific nomination trump wants to deliver on everything he was messaging the american people on the course of the last several years. maria: pawlak is expected to deregulate with what president trump has been setting that's one of the issues so much rules and regulation has put a freeze on business. >> watching how swiftie donald trump is active to put this

>> jacqui: kelly loeffler, former georgia senator is going to be the pick for the small business administrationthat news just came in but, of course, the attention on hegseth all day today has been somewhat of a distraction from other announcement's that the president-elect has made. of course, the trump transition team still officially supporting hegseth's nomination to lead pentagon. earlier tonight they blasted out in an email an op-ed that he wrote in the "wall street journal" struck a very definality tone and framed the controversy that he faces as a manufactured media takedown but privately trump does have a plan b. >> i think everybody needs to remain focused on the fact that pete is the person president trump designated. >> very clear he wants did a secretary of defense i defer to him. >> if they get further bogged down trump has his eye on ron desantis. the two spoke about it in person yesterday memorial for fallen law enforcement officers. getting a partial nod from one senate democrat. >> he is a better choice than our current choice. i mean, he is the sitting governor, two term gove

briefing on the drone sightings kelly loeffler and r.f.k. capitol hill as well. have a great day. would you like to say it? >> todd: "fox & friends" right now. ♪ ♪ >> brian: all right, it is #:00 a.m. on the east coast, tuesday, december 17th, 8 days to christmas. and this will be "fox & friends" president-elect trump holding press conference with several big moments as tech ceos and other leaders rush to get in his good graces. >> the first term everybody was fighting me. this term everybody wants to be my friend. >> steve: seems like it. plus, the house of representatives doge caucus is going to meet today for the very first time. the pile of government waste that they could look to slash. we're going to talk a little bit about that today. >> ainsley: and one little girl stealing the show -- are you listening to me? >> brian: i'm sorry. >> ainsley: you got hear this. this little girl steals the show at her christmas performance. listen to this. >> my class is really sweet, except one little boy. [laughter] >> steve: one little boy. >> ainsley: we're going to talk to that little

i know many of these nominees, two arkansans have been nominated as ambassadors, kelly loeffler, doug i served together. go back to 32 years to bill clinton's transition only two nominees out of 72 cabinet secretary nominees in which senators of the president-elect's party voted against them. so no one should be surprised that a public senator senate is going to confirm the president-elect cabinet secretaries. >> don't be surprised if your new book, seven things you isn't a say about china becomes a best seller like your others. it's coming out shortly. preorder it now. thanks so much, senator, i don't know how you had the time to write it pretty impressive. thank you so much. talk to you soon. >> thank you, brian. >> brian: you got it. fox news alert we are now a week into the hunt of the united healthcare's ceo killer. the multi-state search, next. ♪ no middleman. just quality tools you can trust at prices you'll love. ♪ (♪) (♪) voltaren... for long lasting arthritis pain relief. (♪) doctor box, there were many failed attempts to fix my teeth. i retouched all my wedding photos, and

monica crowley, a senior position at the state department, billy long to the head the irs and kelly loefflerhe small business administration. this is interesting, biden is reportedly considering preemptive pardons for those he believes may be argument thed by trump. some of -- targeted. some of those include liz cheney, adam schiff and annie fauci. marc thiessen's with me the morning. why would these people need preemptive pardons if they didn't break the law? >> exactly. i mean, what crime is he pardoning them for? just blanket for anything they might have done? stuart: exactly. >> they could have gone shoplifting, had a traffic violation. when you pardon someone, usually there's a specific crime that you're pardoning someone for. or in the case of hunter biden, he just said all crimes committed between these dates, so i guess he could give them the hunter biden treatment, which i'm sure they would appreciate. stuart: you don't think it's a good idea, do you? >> no, it's -- stuart: it's a terrible idea. >> it's a terrible idea. but you know what? it's interesting because when, if you look b

sitting down with scott bessent and kelly loeffler being a sponge for their wisdom to understand all. we have a lot of problems as a country and president trump is going to take strong action. >> ainsley: can you kayleigh and dana here. >> i do. they have given me phenomenal advice. >> brian: i'm sure you don't need advice from him. >> let's hear it, brian. >> brian: donnie snow had radio show before going to the white house. what was your are prerequisite. he said because the president told me george w. bush i could be in the meetings. i didn't want it relayed to me what was happening. i had to be there do you have that type of guarantee? >> absolutely. yes. i have a direct relationship with the president trump. i can call him. he will answer. i have been working for him now a couple of years. so he is a great boss to work for. when you ask him a question he tells you the truth. >> steve: this is going to be such a change of pace for the last four years. when the people in the briefing room ask actually questions they get something read out of binder and it is not sometimes accurate

from linda mcmahon, and howard lutnick, to doug burgum, steven feinberg, jared isaacman, and kelly loeffleronaires on the official cabinet will have a combined net worth of over $13 billion. now that is not including, of course, elon musk, or trump's new billionaire ambassadors. the centi-millionaires, and possible billionaires, depending how you count your wealth, includes scott bessent, dr. oz and chris wright. one thing i guarantee none of those people ever had to buy their own [ bleep ] groceries. [ light laughter ] they are probably the only people in the world who do believe trump invented the word. "you mean those stores that sell all of that loose food? [ light laughter ] i thought those were just poorly lit restaurants." hey, i'm not surprised donald trump is picking billionaires. i'm just surprised that if you are a billionaire, you would say yes to spending the next four years getting yelled at by a fake garbage man. i mean what all in exchange for a tax break that you will never even notice. if i was a billionaire, you know what i would do? nothing. [ light laughter ] i mean, i

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this one goes to kelly loeffler, the former u.s. senator of georgia. she is going to be the administrator of the small business administration she's been an ally of his. she's also helping run the inauguration. big donor to donald trump. another instance here of him really rewarding his donors with some of these top jobs wolf. >> interesting. all right. kristen holmes thank you, manu raju. thanks to you as well. i want to get reaction from a key republican on the house armed services committee, congressman don bacon. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. democratic senator richard blumenthal today called pete hegseth nomination in his word. doomed, doomed. do you agree? >> i think pete has an uphill climb to get confirmed. he'll have an opportunity, though, to make his case to the senate and in the hearings. >> but i do think it's an uphill climb. i think there's two areas of concern. >> one is he prepared to run an organization of 2 million people and he's going to have to make that case to the senators. but two, all these allegations, i think a

and doug collins lost a jungle primary to loeffler in 2020 has been chosen to run the department of veteran but he did lose his race by 7 points. he was chosen to lead the epa. a trump transition official who is close to the process told my coing author for this, he values loyalty , hard stop, at times beyond all else. we are not surprised that anyone you mentioned was picked. he is trying to change washington and wants people who he knows he can trust. democrats are asking why is trump stocking his administration with electoral losers. they are wondering are they the best and brightest or is he rewarding the loyalists and trying to make them whole in some cases when they may have sacrificed they're lectoral careers to support him. >> yes, it is the latter, let me answer that. fascinating piece to read through, youpg. herschel walker getting a lot of mileage out of that relationship he built with donald trump and now landing him in the bahamas. >> with no experience in international diplomacy. but let's remember, walker was part of a famous nfl trade. if we goes to the bahamas, think about

steve wycoff as special envoy to the middle east and kelly loeffler as small business administrator ande billionaires with a b. we begin our our with our favorite friends and experts, our political analyst tim miller and a former rnc spokesman and now will host of the bulwark podcast and also joining us as a correspondent for bbc studios and then the cnbc senior washington correspondent who interviewed vivek ramaswamy yesterday. we thought with you -- start with you. your thoughts? >> they are envisioning a total transformation of the federal government top to bottom and they will look at every possible couch for change in the federal government and the question is whether they can do it. the first problem they have is one of authority. they are an outside commission and it's a souped-up blue ribbon commission. we have seen those before trying to tackle spending. the other thing is the scale. they talked about $2 trillion worth of cuts out of a $6 trillion budget and you can't really do that without cutting what they call all of the discretionary spending which is everything the federal