larry: senator marsha blackburn. a strong supporter of pete hegseth, i am hope that is the case.e him a vote of confidence to keep going. you may have seen pete's op-ed piece that afternoon. in "wall street journal." how do you read it? >> i think pete hegseth is doing a terrific job. he met with some of us on monday night. and larry, he was able to lay out what he would do to modernized u.s. department of defense. what he would do for 21st century warfare to put equipment and art till artillery in hands of the war fighter, it is pete hegseth gets it. and he is what you call a nontraditional choice. because people in dc, that are in the swamp, they want someone that is in the swamp. to be the secretary of every department. president-elect trump made wise choices having them come to the hill to meet with members, they are doing that, they are winning people over. and it is going to be up to u.s. senate to approve the nominees for appoint am for president-elect trump and i hope we're towing it on january 20 -- appointment for president trump, i hope we're towing it on january 20, s

jackie: senator marsha blackburn, thank you so much for being here today.at to see you. >> you got it. jackie: all right. facebook founder and meta ceo mark zuckerberg met with president trump last week. this is as big tech is trying to understand the incoming president's approach to their industry during his second term. let's bring in someone who's going to play a major role in that, brendan carr, fcc commissioner, and trump's pick to lead the agency. good morning and thank you so much for being here. you know, you look at elon musk and his role with president donald trump but also how he bought x as a game-changer to protect free speech, and you look at google and amazon and apple, facebook, the role that they have played not only in the last election, but also in this election. what will you do to make sure that the playing field is level and that big tech doesn't have the same grip on speech that it once did? >> yeah, thanks. first of all, i think president trump and his transition team is really just knocking it out of the park with these picks. they'

jackie: senator marsha blackburn, thank you so much for being here today.o see you. >> you got it. jackie: all right. facebook founder and meta ceo mark zuckerberg met with president trump last week. this is as big tech is trying to understand the incoming president's approach to their industry during his second term. let's bring in someone who's going to play a major role in that, brendan carr, fcc commissioner, and trump's pick to lead the agency. good morning and thank you so much for being here. you know, you look at elon musk and his role with president donald trump but also how he bought x as a game-changer to protect free speech, and you look at google and amazon and apple, facebook, the role that they have played not only in the last election, but also in this election. what will you do to make sure that the playing field is level and that big tech doesn't have the same grip on speech that it once did? >> yeah, thanks. first of all, i think president trump and his transition team is really just knocking it out of the park with these picks. they're p

i'm kudlow, we'll have marsha blackburn right away.a tough cough finds you on the go, a syrup would be... silly! woo! hey! try new robitussin soft chews. packed with the power of robitussin... in every bite. easy to take cough relief, anywhere. chew on relief, chew on a ♪ robitussin ♪ larry: senator marsha blackburn coming on the show, a strong supporter of pete hegseth. senator blackburn, i'm truly sincerely hope that that is the case, and you know, president trump, i think gave him a vote of confidence to keep going, keep fighting and ma'am, you may have seen pete filed an op-ed piece this afternoon, 12:12 this afternoon in the "wall street journal." how do you read it, senator, right now? >> i think pete hegseth is doing a terrific job. he met with some of us on monday night and larry, he was able to lay out what he would do to modernize the u.s. department of defense. what he would do for 21st century warfare. what he would do to put equipment and artillery in the hands of war fighter. it is pete hegseth gets it. and of course, he

the country going bankrupt why we need doge on a desk tennessee center marsha blackburn member senateinance consumers and veterans affairs committee thank you so much for being here. >> good to join you. >> i know you had vivek ramaswamy with you on your podcast unmuted adding that you introduced legislation to halt federal salary increases until recommendations from doge you were able to implement them a bill to reformer federal workforce advocating for shift from 10-year based promotion to merit based system tell us more. >> yes, maria one of the things we are going to have to do to get this federal spending under control, is, first, for spending hiring to end federal salary will help eliminate some positions people are not showing up to work they are still woeshing remotely va great example of this if you are va healthcare, you are working five days out of 10-day period, if you are in benefits two days out of a 10-day period, this needs to come to a stop. you've got the department of defense, focused on some legacy sthachlz outlived their usefulness, maria, they can't pass their au

senator marsha blackburn, republican of tennessee joins us now.re there enough votes to get this thing passed now? >> yes indeed. in the house we have enough to get it passed. it is a matter of the leader and the speaker actually putting it on the floor and calling the votes. the vote. there have been all these falsehoods about the bill and we have worked to tighten up protections on free speech. we have addressed the duty of care. there is absolutely no reason for this bill not to move forward. when elon musk has signed off on this bill he is truly the free-speech champion. he bought x to make certain free speech was protected. the ceo of x tweeted in the support of donald trump junior, has tweeted in support, we need to put protections in place fon the physical space. >> reporter: trump's nominees have been meeting with lawmakers on capitol hill. will the gop senate give a trump all the nominees that he wants? >> you will see these nominees move forward. each of these nominees will be confirmed. they are well-qualified, they are certainly outsid

will: here with reaction, gop senator marsha blackburn. great to see you. good morning to you. >> good to see you. will: let's start with syria. it's such a puzzle. rachel asked throughout the morning, we think it's great, we think america first positioning is the right ideologies and front foot. president trump said let it play out. we have 900 guys there and turkey's playing and iran's playing so all these different players including jihadists are playing, what do we do in syria? >> yes. what we have to realize is there are no good guys in this. these rebels are connected to al-qaida. we know iran is going to lose supply lines to hezbollah. we know that russia is losing access to a warm weather port and we need to make certain that we support israel. cheryl: are you concerned at all about -- the most important point is the point about russia. are you concerned about what they do next given the fact this is a pretty desperate situation for them. >> it is indeed. and i think president trump and his statement were right on this. and you know, this is one of

here, now, with us and for more is tennessee senator marsha blackburn. senator, thank you for joining us. in these days after christmas, as we head into the new year, as hanukkah continues on, as well for the jewish community. and i think that father's utterance here about the timing, it says everything because joe biden's president until january 20th. god help us. but he could have done this in the first week or the second week of january. but instead, he ruins christmas and hanukkah. whatever. people are celebrating the end of the year for these families, which of course, has been they've been suffering ever since they lost their loved ones. >> you're exactly right, tammy. they are suffering every day, and they grieve every day. joe biden has shown a complete disrespect for the rule of law, for judges and juries. and as we were discussing, for victims and their families, and what he has done is try to make criminals into victims. and one of the things i think is so interesting about this passel of commutations that he pushed through is merrick garland

marsha blackburn joining us in tennessee. a quick break and then traders cheering president elect donald trump on the floor of the new york stock exchange. usa. usa. >> usa. >> kenny polcari is here. and what this enthusiasm could mean for markets and your money. coming up next. >> when you're a small business owner, your to do list can be a lot. that's why progressive makes it easy to save with a commercial auto quote online, so you can take on all your other to dos. i already did see if you could save at progressive commercial.com. >> are you overwhelmed with identity management in the context of omnipresent threats to your organization? hi. >> so no one knows what that means. >> what's happening? >> just explain. i want to help secure digital identity. keep it simple. >> like what? >> like when delivering a fresh uniform or viewing your results. yeah. it's bad. or making bread soon at the high school reunion. >> oh, i love that color. whoo! that was a lot. >> oh, there's more, like, lots more. >> this is the sound of the s

suicide self-harm bullying blumenthal has worked for years with tennessee senator marsha blackburn on kids online safety act. it aims to give children and parents better tools to protect themselves online and hold big tech accountable for harms. it is time. >> to pass this legislation. the senate did just that earlier this year, 91 to 3. >> but the bill has stalled in the house. there are blatantly false goods. >> that are being peddled. >> by the big tech lobbyists. >> house speaker mike johnson has not allowed members to vote on the legislation over worries it would censor conservative views. there's still some concern about the free components of that. nothing is further from the truth. as a conservative voice herself. blackburn argues that's not an issue because the bill is about product design, not content, every product that is sold in this country. >> has some kind of safety design attached. president-elect donald trump has promised to take on big tech and companies are planning ahead. microsoft, pinterest and iran must have now endorsed this legislation. meta has not, but did

so far, just two have voiced their support -- marsha blackburn of tennessee and katie britt of alabama. and all eyes tonight on iowa senator joni ernst, the first female combat veteran to serve in the senate and a survivor of sexual assault. ernest, one of several we've learned, on trump's list of possible replacements for hegseth. >> senator, what is it going to take for you to support hegseth? >> reporter: ernest's support will be key, but tonight, she's still not convinced. even after meeting with hegseth one-on-one. >> i think for a number of our senators, they want to make sure that any allegations have been cleared, and that's why we have to have a very thorough vetting process. >> reporter: trump keeping his options open, as tonight, we're told he is notably not making calls on hegseth's behalf. but the former fox news host's mother is, after appearing on the cable network, insisting her son is a changed man. >> pete is a new person. he's redeemed. >> reporter: for now, hegseth hanging on. >> as long as donald trump wants me in this fight, i'm going to be standing right here in

marsha blackburn joining us in tennessee a quick break.nd then traders cheering president elect donald trump on the floor of the new york stock exchange. u-s-a, usa. >> usa. >> kenny polcari is here. and what this enthusiasm could mean for markets and your money. coming up next. >> introducing newared ed treatment available without a prescription. a roxon gel is clinically proven to work within ten minutes, so you and your partner can experience the heights of intimacy. new arachnid treatment gel sleep feel the sheets difference is real pulled back fall in, exhale so chill all night. >> smooth, soft just right on the night. visit tripshock.com and get 25% off. >> when you get approved. with drive time, you get the real deal. it's the drive time. >> real deal maker lets you customize the real down payment and monthly payment of the car you want to buy. >> that's super smart, and the deal you make on your phone is the deal you pay. you make the deal yourself. >> get the real deal@drivetime.com. >> what if you could whiten your teeth by simpl

we get reaction from senator marsha blackburn, o'leary elder and horace cooper next on this special editionhannity now taxes is getting the turbotax app and filing your taxes yourself 100% free if you didn't file with us last year. pay zero dollars when you file by 2/18. all tax forms all 100% free now this is taxes. file free in the app by 2/18 when you switch to turbotax do-it-yourself. >> ♪ ♪ in one of the final acts as president joe biden spared the life of almost every single deaf row inmate by commuting their sentence to life in prison. these are some of the worst most violent criminals on earth. to men who biden spared pled guilty to murdering a 19-year-old college student after kidnapping her from a west virginia mall during a crime spree the escape from prison. at the west virginia senator spoke out on the commutations calling them misguided and insulting. is not the only one regular human beings are shock. and they pointed out the comment -- timing of the commutations was another slap in the face he announced his clemency plans before the holidays and here with more senator blackb

krysta tobias, four years later strange evidential 20-year-old naval offer amanda snell shocking, marsha blackburnen on "hannity" last night. >> they went out went forward with commutations, and moved it to life without parole. rather than having these individuals i have the death sentence carried out on them, after they have killed policemen servicemembers, children, this shows you that joe biden has no regard for rule of law. gerri: no regard for the rule of law what are your thoughts on this? >> i think senator blackburn is exactly right about this. and i will tell you as a former federal criminal prosecutor, are federal death penalty cases extremely rare worst of worst already in custody many for serious criminal offenses murderers, kills servicemembers correction officers children also a very, very cafÉ methodical elaborate process before the death penalty is sought or imposed in a federal case what president biden has done, is to really throw aziz, those had to go up to attorney general of united states before we presented to a judge or jury president biden has thrown aside all of that cafÉ

we caught up with senator writeh senator marsha blackburn coming out of the meeting to tell us basically this is an open mic night in the room right now. lawmakers are taking turns going to the mic and pitching their ideas to musk and ramaswamy of where to make cuts. >> they are doing intake. they are listening, they're looking for ideas, and here is the thing, every single member of the house and the senate are apart of this effort, and we hope all of our democrat colleagues will join us. who's going to help them and stand in their way and there are some skeptic asks some democrats saying doge doesn't have the pursestrings and hold the pursestrings that congress does and it has the spending power i tried to get insight from musk and ramaswamy into what their strategy is. how to work with congress or work around them. >> we'll have a greet discussion today. reporter: how do you convince them not to cut spending when they cut spending. >> the problem is in the room right now with mussing and ramaswamy all the lawmakers there. cutting spending and rooting out waste and coming down to it, i

elon musk and vivek ramaswamy who are holding court with lawmakers, we caught up with senator marsha blackburn who came out of the meeting to tell us this is an open mic night, law make takes turns to the mic and pitching their ideas to elon musk and vivek ramaswamy on where to make cuts. >> they are doing intake, they are listening. they are looking for ideas. here is the thing, every single member of the house and senate are a part of this effort, we hope our democrat colleagues will join us. reporter: today capitol hill field trip not just about getting down to dirty details about where to trim fat but a way for p musk and ramaswamy to sniff out who will help them, and who will get in the way, some democrats edg doge does not hold purse springs -- purse strings. they are a gang gang of 2 with zier have we authority, i tried to get insight from them. >> how much do you think you could cut without congress' help. >> on the way to meeting, but we'll have a great discussion today. >> how do you win over people who say doge doesn't have power. >> mr. musk how do you convince people who don't wan

i want to take a listen to senator marsha blackburn.a is on our air earlier ths morning talking about this new administration carrying out deportation. let's take a listen. works the american people have spoken. they want the border secure. they want the fentanyl, the drug trafficking, the human trafficking come the sex of trafficking the gangs and the crime to end. they want an end to this. it's what the american people overwhelmingly support the way president donald trump is carrying out this transition. >> so critics talk about the cost of deportation and also wonder about the people who work here live in quiet lies maybe work in the service industry may be paying taxes people who are not out committing criminal acts. there are lots of people in southern california should those people be worried right now should have you received instructions on how to deal with those people? >> is kind of a red herring. in the beginning part this 1.5 million people in the united states that are verifiably criminals. new administration is going be go

tennessee senator marsha blackburn has her sights set on getting federal workers back into the officend introduced new legislation to do just that senator blackburn joins me now. so, senator, how do you plan on getting them back to the office and if they don't want to come back, sell the buildings and get give it back to the american taxpayer. >> americans have reached the tipping point with putting up with outrageous spending. every member has lists but more importantly the american people have a list. and they want to pay less for gas and groceries and they know that this federal spending is causing a lot of what they are doing now, as you are saying you have 10% of the federal workforce working full time less than five days a week in an office; we have 12% of our office space that is being used. so, one of my doge acts provisions is to make certain that people return to work. if they are not returning to work, then we need to remove them or we need to sell those buildings, or another of the doge provisions, let's move these federal agencies outside of washington, d.c. and put them

senator marsha blackburn, she will talk about kash patel, the nominee for fbi director.as philipson, they'll talk about the economy and how he will get things going again with energy specifically. and we'll be speaking to charlie kirk as well, on why the democrats got their messaging me wrong. they seem to be doubling down on it which is interesting to me. ultimately they need to change things to get through to people in the way that they need to at this point but there haven't been. will: jackie, you're guest hosting sunday morning futures this morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern time. we'll be watching. thanks, jackie. there's five weeks left in the nfl season and we have the must watch games this week on fox. ♪ that is their question. and nobody knows shoppers better than shopify. the undisputed, undefeated, checkout champion of the world. businesses that want to win, win with shopify. it is inevitable. chloe! hey dad. they will grow up. [cheering] silly face, ready? discover who they are. [playing music] what they want from this world. and how they will make it better. and w

>> let me say first senator marsha blackburn kathy mcmorris-rodgers everyone get the bill together commended urgent desire to protect children. i devoted my life to that in the legal arena before i became a lawmaker in the courts. i want to make sure we do this right. when you are talking about regulating online content, you have to make sure that it doesn't provide a avenue to censor conservative speech. i used to be a constitutional law litigator a lot of my colleagues in that space are very concerned about this. religious liberty advocates and pro-family organizations very concerned we got to make sure the language is tight. we're almost there. i feel like this bill doesn't go far enough in that protection and we'll get it done early next year. they will be able to take a victory lap and we will protect children. >> steve: mr. speaker, we have guests on who are behind this. this is a bipartisan bill. both sides like it. it has passed the senate. it is sitting on your desk. we had a guest a couple days ago who suggested one of the reasons you are not taking it up because meta, which would

. >>> senator marsha blackburn joins us live, more "fox & friends" moments away.

senator marsha blackburn slamming biden for this on hand at this last night. last night. >> they went out and went forward with the commutations and moved it to life without parole rather than having these individuals have the death sentence carried out on them. after they have killed policemen, service members, children. this shows you that joe biden has no regard for the rule of law. gerri: three federal inmates remain on death row. joining me now is cornell university law professor and founder of equal protect.org, william jacobson. what do you make of the commutation, it's stunning to see what these individuals have done. just awful. what do you say? >> well, i think what's stunning is how sweeping it is. he is not taking into consideration a particular case, he's not taking into consideration whether somebody in prison has changed their life. the usual things that we look for when a commutation is done. none of that is true here. these are cold blooded killers who have shown no remorse and they're certainly not having their sentences commuted because they

and another by richard blumenthal and marsha blackburn, my home state of tennessee, the online safetyd online safety act. president trump has marshaled a lot of that incredible momentum he has right now, judge, to help pass some of these things, and as someone who is invested in the stock market, i want to see the stock market keep going up. i want to see people's wages keep going up, and i want to see, for that matter, the interest rates come down like every other american and we will see if the president can deliver on that and i'm a democrat rooting for him. >> judge jeanine: tyrus, so much has happened between 2020 and 2024. i mean, here you've got the only president in history to be on the cover of "time" magazine twice. >> tyrus: three times if you count the time he put himself -- >> judge jeanine: yeah, that's true. >> dana: [laughs] >> judge jeanine: so the question i have is, no one could have predicted this would have happened. is america different, or is donald trump different? >> tyrus: no, i think what it is is the progressive left, with the exception of democrats like ha

. >> some in congress are teenage up with doj instead of working against them marsha blackburn introducing a bill called the doge act would make some pg changes law require o workers slow up in person move os out of d.c. into real world could provoke a voluntary exodus of employees. >> mistakes lot of sense some suggestions made where doj could start if terms of cutting spending three will million dollars on girls centered climate action in brazil, what? 45 billion dollars in burma what? >> 89 million dollars on o o i am propererly stored gas engines 125 million on ratioizing public health what? ? 70 billion dollars on empty government buildings a lot here not going to come close to two trillion dollars, you have to start consolidating agencies but a good effort your reaction. luke: last time we talked about dei how this spending den billion dollars dei costing nursing home of billions in lost productivity from dei, starting at the top when it comes to the federal employees 21 million federal employees two million direct federal employees 21 public sector including state get them in office

. >>> still ahead, tennessee senator marsha blackburn is here with more on the kids' online safety act. >>> trump promises permits and environmental approvals for those investing a billion dollars in america. what does kevin o'leary think about that? >>> israel striking syria's a military assets to keep weapons out of the the hands of rebels. national security expert victoria coates with the latest on that. >>> and california governor newsom if proposing new spending as the state faces another budget deficit. steve hilton all over that one. the 10:00 hour is next. ♪ ♪ big news for mahomes! i'm switching to iphone 16 pro at t-mobile! it's built for apple intelligence. that's like peanut butter on jelly... on gold. get four iphone 16 pro on us, plus four lines for $25 bucks. what a deal. ya'll giving it away too fast t-mobile, slow down. time's running out to save on your move with pods. book by december 16 to save up to 25% off your upcoming move. with no deposit now and no surprise costs later. don't miss out! book now with code gift25 at pods.com (singing) i'll be home for christmas.

marsha blackburn of kentucky is saying okay, house, get on it. why isn't the house moving on it? looks as though meta has spent an awful lot of money in louisiana and, you know, i don't know the reason. but, for some reason, the speaker is holding it up. and saying that they are going to get more free speech protections. no, those have all been done. you cannot get a better champion for free speech than elon musk. and he is endorsing it. so i don't know the motive. but it seems to me this whole bill is held up by the house leadership. >> steve: sounds like you are suggesting because meta is building great big facility in mike johnson's state that that might have something to do with it. is that what you just said? >> i don't know. that is -- that is the only explanation i can think of for why the leadership is holding it up when everyone else is ready to go. including elon musk. >> steve: the house has got two weeks. it would be great because the senate has already done the work and some people on all sides of the issue have weighed in trying to protect our kids. i hope they do s

its authors are republican senator marsha blackburn and democratic senator richard blumenthal. ideological opposites on the political spectrum. but united in this effort, children are dying. it is time. >> to pass this legislation. the bill already passed the senate earlier this year, 91 to 3. >> but it's facing a tough road in the house. there's still some concern about the free components of that. some republicans say there are concerns the bill could limit free speech. >> they also say the legislation would make it easier to censor political viewpoints and whether it might lead to further censorship by the government of of a valid, you know, conservative voices, for example. so we're working through all that. but the bill's bipartisan authors say that's just not the case. nothing is further from the truth because this is not a content bill. >> it is product design bill. the bill has already been endorsed by microsoft, pinterest. and even elon musk. >> but at this point, there's no word on when it might get a vote in the house reporting in washington. and trevor shirley. >> s

senator marsha blackburn of tennessee put out a tweet year ago saying covid who is older and she thought of home confinement should have ended. how do you respond to that criticism that this is a haphazard circumstance related to something outside the justice system but instead to a pandemic and this is not a group that should be considered in this way? mark: it is the nature of clemency that we are supposed to seek out to people who have rehabilitated themselves, who can live safely amongst us and contribute something. the fact that covid accelerated that process is ultimately good. there is no reason to have these people locked up. and frankly they are a fraction of the group who should be locked up. lisa: you and i have talked before about this. president biden has had up until now if grants of clemency than most recent presidents. he did grant a pardon to his son last week. we talked about that. after today where do you think biden's legacy and record stands in this area? mark: his legacy right now is that he has approached clemency in a way that has resulted in grants that are wide

junior is meeting with marsha blackburn on his final day of meeting with senators before the christmasay. fetterman, you know, basically had a really nice cordial handshake with him yesterday. they saw each other in the hallway and where the meeting talks began. fetter man has been defending himself for meeting with some of trump's more controversial nominees like pete hegseth. it is a different tune than the second most powerful democrat in the senate taking went to the senate floor yesterday and bashed kennedy. >> for rfk, junior to say we have to study polio vaccine at this point is not only sad, it is shocking. i will tell you this, if he is going to be the scourge against vaccinations across america, he is in for a fight. >> that is dick durbin. also blaming a scheduling conflict now for not being able to meet with attorney general nominee pam bondi. although he does admit that she reached out to him over a week ago to try to get some face time. we'll see if anything comes of that. some nominees like senator marco rubio andy lease stefanik and sean duffy have secured democratic vo

senator marsha blackburn is introducing a bill to start by freezing federal hiring and reforming federalaries. you've got to freeze that spending. so you can began to make those reductions to right size. the federal government. democrats are more hesitant. if there's ways be more efficient. >> get bigger bang for the taxpayer's dollar. we want to do that. senator tim kaine says he's open to reasonable cuts but is concerned doge will try to slash spending on medicaid or national defense. i'm going to resist efforts that. that will achieve savings by hurting people must come from a swami won't have the authority to actually make budget cuts themselves. instead doge will make recommendations to the trump administration and lawmakers. course, it will be our job to implement those >> and achieve the efficiencies that the american people deserve. >> president elect trump's defense secretary nominee pete hegseth was also back on capitol hill today to meet with senators. his nomination seems to be in jeopardy right now because of allegations of personal and professional misconduct in washington.

. >> senators marsha blackburn and richard blumenthal, a republican and a democrat, have been working on costa the kids online safety act, for years, but time is running out to get it through this congress before they'll have to start all over again next year. >> every day we go without this. more children are being exposed to the dangers that they're encountering in the virtual space. >> costa would require apps like instagram and tiktok to take reasonable steps to prevent harm to minors on their platforms, including bullying, the promotion of suicide and eating disorders and sexual exploitation. >> as parents, we cannot protect them alone. we need our government to do its job and help us. >> the senate passed the bill in july, but the house hasn't moved on it. some lawmakers think it violates the first amendment. to alleviate those concerns, the senators worked with elon musk and his ceo of x to update the bill's text. >> let's get this passed into the president's desk. >> despite the last minute push by elon musk, house speaker mike johnson has implied he plans to wait until next c

tennessee senator marsha blackburn announced she will introduce legislation that coincides with doj's plan to make the government more efficient. senator blackburn joins us now. senator, right on topic here of the reality that, you know, elon musk had power at twitter. now x, to get rid of almost three quarters of the employees that were there. and it was a little shocking, but you know, the company is thriving. but he's not personally in charge of getting these things done. you are and congress is. and that's why i love the fact that you've already started up right. the legislation that's going to be needed to allow this, this new efficiency to take hold. tell us what it is you're doing. >> yes, indeed. >> tammy. >> and as rick was saying, a lot of this has to come to congress, and we know that. so the doge acts is a compilation of bills that i've had there. good government bills cutting one, 2 or 5% across the board every year. the penny plan, as it is called, that 1% cut, or 2% or 5%. and tammy, what this does is require these agencies in our discretionary spending to right size th

here now with reaction is tennessee senator marsha blackburn, also a member of the senate judiciary committee. senator blackburn, of all the things to say about joe biden's regrets, he doesn't regret pardoning his son, who was convicted of crimes he doesn't regret afghanistan. he doesn't regret 10 million people coming here illegally. he doesn't regret the foreign wars. he regrets, of all things his attorney general picked because they didn't prosecute donald trump. what did you think of when you saw this interview? >> you know, kellyanne, you just can't make these things up. in essence, he is saying, i didn't weaponize the doj enough. i should have done it more. i should have had them more aggressively go after donald trump and go after my political enemies. and i think the american people watched this and listened to it and said, hey, wait a minute. this is exactly what we thought you were doing, and now you are admitting it. merrick garland didn't go after them enough. and you know, when you look at how merrick garland has conducted himself, thank goodness he is not a lifetime appointment

. >> senators marsha blackburn and richard blumenthal, a republican and a democrat, have been workingkids online safety act for years, but time is running out to get it through this congress before they'll have to start all over again next year. >> every day we go without this. more children are being exposed to the dangers that they're encountering in the virtual space. >> costa would require apps like instagram and tiktok to take reasonable steps to prevent harm to minors on their platforms, including bullying, the promotion of suicide and eating disorders, and sexual exploitation. >> as parents, we cannot protect them alone. we need our government to do its job and help us. >> the senate passed the bill in july, but the house hasn't moved on it. some lawmakers think it violates the first amendment. to alleviate those concerns, the senators worked with elon musk and his ceo of x to update the bill's text. >> let's get this passed into the president's desk. >> despite the last minute push by elon musk, house speaker mike johnson has implied he plans to wait until next congress to tak

poured their hearts into making sure no other children suffer their fate three quick centers marsha blackburnrepublican and democrat i've been working on the kids online safety act for years. but time is running out to get it through this congress before they will have to start all over again next year. >> every day we go without this, more children are being exposed to the dangers that they are encountering in the virtual space. >> it would require apps like instagram and tiktok to take reasonable steps to prevent harm to minors on their platforms but including bullying, the promotion of suicide and eating disorders and sexual exploitation. >> as parents we cannot protect them alone. we need our government to do its job and help us. the senate passed the bill in july but the house has not moved on it. some lawmakers think it violates the first amendment. to alleviate those concerns the centers work with elon musk and his ceo on x2 update the bills text. >> folks get this passed into the president's desk. despite the last-minute push by elon musk house speaker mike johnson is a plaintiff must

suicide self-harm boeing blumenthal has worked for years with tennessee senator marsha blackburn on thengs to give children and parents better tools to protect themselves online and hold big tech accountable for harms. it is time. >>to pass this legislation. the senate did just that earlier this year, 91 to 3. >>but the bill has stalled in the house. there are blight salsa goods. >>that are being peddled by the big tech lobbyist. house speaker mike johnson has not allowed members to vote on the legislation over worries it would censor conservative views. there's still some concern about the free components of that. nothing is further from the truth is a conservative voice herself. blackburn argues that's not an issue because the bill is about product design, not content every product that is sold in this country. >>has some kind of safety designed attached. president-elect donald trump has promised to take on big tech and companies are planning ahead. microsoft, pinterest and elon musk have now endorsed this legislation. meta has not, but did just donate 1 million dollars to trump's ina

joining us now, republican senator marsha blackburn and democrat senator richard blumenthal.'s good to have you on this morning. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. >> it's been a long road. are you expecting to reach the finish line shortly or -- is -- from what speaker johnson says, i'm not -- i can't tell whether you're really there yet, senator blackburn? >> well, we continue to work, as you said, language has been updated, clarified. we've taken away any objections that they have expressed with the bill. if you put this bill on the floor of the house, it would get about 400 votes, and we know that. we know that from the bill's sponsors in the house. there are two people over in the house -- johnson and scalise -- who are pushing against this bill. they've been given misinformation. we know that each of them have former staffers that are now lobbying for meta and google. we know that there is misinformation. bear in mind, senator blumenthal, and i know that when our children are online, they are the product. so much so that meta has even assigned a dollar value to what