mayorkas. mr.mayorkas actions raised serious concerns in 2013 when he was nominated to serve as deputy secretary of homeland security during president obama's second term. it is why he could not be confirmed to that role until after then majority leader harry reid invoked in the nuclear option on nominations. not a single republican senator was willingup to support his confirmationma and no senator should support it at this time. finally, i am concerned that mr. mayorkas did not seem to express any regret whatsoever for his previous actions during his recent confirmation hearing before the homeland security committee. instead, he appeared to take the view that interfering in eb five cases on behalf of of well-connected politician and stakeholders was somehow the same as casework helped offered to americans who experience problems with international adoption systemsti and it was a baffling comparison. now, every one of our senators know that when a nominee for the cabinet or sub cabinet comes before

mayorkas. mr. mayorkas' actions raised serious concerns in 2013 when he was nominated to serve as deputy secretary of homeland security during president president obamd term. it's why he couldn't be confirmed to that role until after then-majority leader harry reid invoked the nuclear option on nominations. not a single republican senator was willing to support his confirmation then, and no senator should support it at this time. finally, i'm concerned that mr.o express any regret whatsoever for his previous actions during his recent confirmation hearing before the homeland security committee. instead he appeared to take the view that interfering in eb-5 cases on behalf of well-connected politicians and stakeholders was somehow the same as casework help offered to americans who experienced problems with international adoption systems. it was a baffling comparison. now every one of us senators know that when a nominee for the cabinet or subcabinet comes before our committee, they're always asked que

mayorkas: mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to answer your question and address that aspect of the inspector general's report. i should say at the outset that i have tremendous respect for the system of inspectors general. they provide tremendous value to the agencies and apartment throughout the federal government and the opportunity for leaders to improve the organization's they oversee. i have always cooperated with the inspector general's report, including this inspector general at the department of homeland security. senator, there is an underlying principle to your question which i will articulate and then answer your question specifically. that is when a leader enters federal service with the authority to fix problems, that leader has their responsibility to fix problems. that is what i did. the eb five investor visa program u.s. citizenship and immigration services ed mr. was plagued by problems. i heard about those problems almost every single day i served as the director and i h

mayorkas. she has another responsibility over at the judiciary committee. senator, welcome. we look forward to your remark. >> i appreciate this very much, mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to introduce president biden's nominee to be secretary of the department of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas we all know as ali. thank you, senator peters and portman for your flexibility in accommodating my schedule this morning. it's really appreciated. i believe ali is uniquely qualified to face the challenges before dhs. it offers a diverse background and a set of experiences in both the private and public sectors that are going to serve him well. ali was born in cuba, fled with his family to the united states in 1960. he attended the university of california at berkeley where he earned a bachelors degree with distinction in 1981. he earned a law degree from loyola law school in 1985. i first met ali in the '90s when i recommended him to president clinton or the position of u.s. attorney f

president biden has nominated alej mayorkas. he submitted his name for a hearing appeared for a committee of congress. why isn't he being approved here? one senator, the senator from missouri has a hole on his nomination. why cannot he may disagree with him on some policy, he said, publicly i'm sure he disagrees on many policies. that's enough? enough to say this critical agency will not have a leader because the senator from missouri disagrees with him on a policy? occasionally i tune into fox to see what folks are saying there. the other night last week when i tuned in, there was this breathlessrecording of a brown skinned envision our border . thousands avin caravans destined for the united states over and over again we heard that story but what agency is responsible for making sure that their ly arrival on our border is o orderly? that they do not cross the border improperly western mark it's the department of homeland security. the same agency being denied leadership by one senator on the other sideof the aisle . it's time

mayorkas on the finer points of every policy. i'm sure they don't share the exact views of every appointment to a democratic president's cabinet, but that is not a sufficient reason to oppose a nomination, especially one as important as homeland security. you don't have to take my word for it. listen to michael chertoff, president bush's former d.h.s. secretary. he said, quote, if members of congress want done test elements of biden proposals they are free to do so but hostage taking is not an appropriate way to do this, particularly if the result of that is to put the lives of the american people in jeopardy. chertoff went on to say that actions to thwart mayorkas' nomination were, quote, irresponsible and unconscionable. irresponsible and unconscionable. that president bush's -- that's president bush's former secretary of homeland security. not a democrat. well, the senate is not going to tolerate this irresponsible and unconscionable delay. despite the tactics from the republican side, the senate will begin work on this crucia

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president biden has nominated ali mayorkas. ali mayorkas turned in his paper work required by law, submitted his name in a hearing and appeared before a committee of congress. why isn't he being approved here? one senator -- the senator from missouri -- has a hold on his nomination. why? well, he may disagree with him on some policy, he said publicly. i'm sure he does. i'm sure he disagrees on many policies. is that enough? is that enough to say that this critical agency will not have a leader because the senator from missouri disagrees with him on a policy? occasionally i tune in to fox to see what folks are saying there. the other night, last week when i tuned in, there was this breathless reporting of a brown-skinned invasion at our border. thousands in caravans destined for the united states. over and over again we've heard that story. what agency is responsible for making sure that their arrival at our border is orderly, that they do not cross the border improperly? it's the department of homeland security, the same agency

mayorkas. ests asked at his senate confirmation hearing about the border wall. >> when i served as the deputy secretary and i met with the border patrol, both ated headquarters and in the field, along the southern border, what i heard from the border patrol was that we need a diverse approach to border security. that in some instances a physical barrier would be effective, but that in other instances more boots on the ground would assist and yet in other circumstances, the use of technology, the use of air and marine assets would be most effective. and i look forward to studying the challenges at the border and developing a sophisticated approach to meet those challenges, to be sure that we're harnessing innovation and technology to the best of our ability. host: to our guest, what do you make of that back and forth there, those comments by the nominee, and why has senator hawley of missouri put a hold on a quick confirmation for the d.h.s. secretary? guest: yeah, you know, ultimately the hold

mayorkas said he needed to study the issue a bit more.a live look at these confirmation hearings under way. we're going to go live to the white house in a few moments to see how president trump is going to spend his last 24, almost 25 hours in office. first, though, my "today" show colleague, jenna bush hager sat down for an exclusive conversation with soon-to-first daughter ashley biden. they talked about what she expects tomorrow morning. >> so on wednesday. >> yes. >> when you were standing in front of the capitol next to your parents. >> yeah. >> what do you think will be going through your mind? >> i think i'm going to take in the moment and just be fully present. i know beau will be there with us. >> what do you think he will be thinking? >> oh, it's he's so proud. he's so, so proud. he's so proud of dad. so, so pr. he's so proud of dad son! no dad, it's a video call. you got to move the phone in front of you like..like it's a mirror, dad. you know? alright, okay. how's that? is that how you hold a mirror? [ding] power e*trade gives

mayorkas is using his opening statement not to focus on immigration which is something we heard a lotthe last four years as it relates to dhs but instead he's looking at domestic threats like the deadly insurrection at the capitol a couple weeks ago. >> the love for this country that i learned from my parents only made the january 6 attack on our capitol all the more horrifying. if i should have the honor of being confirmed i will do everything i can to ensure that the tragic loss of life, the assault on law enforcement, the desecration of the building that stands as one of the three pillars of our democracy, the terror that you felt, your colleagues, staff and everyone present will not happen again. >> it's not only dhs looking to change course under joe biden, our nbc news team is reporting today that the biden administration plans to make domestic violent extremism as they put it a key focus of the national security council according to transition officials. julian ainsley covering dhs and is closely following this hearing. talk about what we're hearing from president-elect biden's

al mando del equipo estarÁ mayorkas. la primera dama jill biden tambiÉn estarÁ involucrada.Ños migrantes permanecen en custodia del gobierno porque no se ha podido localizar a sus padres . organizaciones pro inmigrantes piden que la orden ejecutiva aplique a las mÁs de 5000 familias afectadas por la polÍtica de cero tolerancia del gobierno de donald trump. >> no puede detenerse allÍ. merecen la ciudadanÍa. reportera: exigen que el presidente ponga fin al programa de permanecer en mÉxico mientras se define el caso de asilo y restablezca un proceso justo para solicitarlo. >> queremos ver que las personas que no fueron a sus cortes o que no pudieron ir a sus cortes por diferentes razones, que puedan reabrir sus casos. reportera: las Órdenes estaban pautadas para hoy, pero el senado no ha confirmado la denominaciÓn de mayorkas... por lo que han tenido que aplazar los anuncios sobre el tema. el congreso tampoco ha empezado a discutir el plan de reforma migratoria que biden propuso. patricia: un panel de jueces de circuito en washington autorizÓ a los agentes fronterizos hay que e

may arcus -- mayorkas. there's an additional burden that requires the senate to address before they can get someone confirmed. in this instance, i think senator hawley is coming up the works with the ability of moving mr. mayorkas as the defense secretary. it's important to remember any defense agency, the department of homeland security has the most, i think, challenging leadership issues. at the back end, for almost all of the trump administration, there were fewer confirmed leaders at the department of homeland security with percentages filled more than any other agency. even more concerning was there was more turnover at the top and had more secretaries at dhs then i think any other cabinet agency, and there were multiple courts and the gao that found the leadership, the acting leadership at the department of homeland security was not legally there, that they had come into office without real authority, because they had followed the lines of succession , and therefore, their actions or decisions may not

house reaction to senator josh hawley holding up the senate confirmation of -- proposed secretary mayorkas to head up the department of homeland security p. here's the thing. we applaud the senate this week giving a bipartisan confirmation to lloyd austin who has, you know, broken barriers all through his life. he's now going to be the first black person to lead the

it's not only a priority for the president, but will be a priority for secretary mayorkas, but i will leave it to him and to others at the department of homeland security to outline and preview for you the path forward. go ahead. >> reporter: thank you, jen. i know that president biden and the first lady are acutely aware of the sacrifices that military families make. that being said, we have an incident with the garage with the national guard that was kind of embarrassing and now i'm hearing from spouses of guards members that they had a covid outbreak and were not tested or vaccinated before they arrived in d.c. i'm wondering if there's any concern by the president about how these guards men are being treated, whether he can do anything specifically to safeguard their health before they arrive, while they're here, can he get vaccinating -- vaccinations to -- and testing to governors specifically for the purpose of providing some health safeguards to these soldiers? >> well, as you noted at the beginning of your question, but i would just reiterate, the role of the national guard and

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once he's confirmed, alex mayorkas. david: the president wait if for mayorkas to be confirmed.ly president biden wants homeland security with them. one of the orders, mike, the president plans to sign on tuesday would establish a traffic force that would basically reunite families separated at the border under the trump administration of the last 4 years. then candidate biden talked heavily about this issue on the campaign trail. president biden also expected to increase refugee admissions. he said in the past, he wants to boost the number significantly from 15,000 at the lowest point of the trump administration to 125,000 admissions per year. that plan alone, though, has some republicans from border states raising eyebrows. >> another executive order that will really have a profound effect on new mexico. it's unbelievable that we would compromise the safety and health and really the national security of our nation by virtue of the executive orders. david: since taking office, president biden has reversed several travel bans put in place by president trump targeting people from

but today, josh hawley announced he would block a swift confirmation because he didn't like what mayorkas to say about immigration. norah. >> o'donnell: nancy cordes, thank you. tonight, as the u.s. marks the deaths of more than 400,000 americans of covid, mutations of the virus are rapidly popping up across the country. so far, vaccines seem to be effective against these new variants. cbs' david begnaud repts tot frichigan. >> reporter: tonight, the race to vaccine remains urgent as new covid variants are being detected. the u.k. variant is now showing up in at least 20 state, which appears to be 50% more contagious. are the vaccines going to work against the new mutations of the virus? >> at this point, we have a concern that the vaccines may be challenged, meaning that they may have reduced capability of preventing disease. >> reporter: which makes vaccinating now even more critical, and the nation's most populous city has a critical problem with their vaccine supply. >> at the rate we are going, we will begin to run out on thursday. we will have literally nothing left to gve as of fri

mayorkas welcome back. six years under my chairmanship this committee held dozens well over three dozen hearings on problems at the border and i was sparked by what happened in 2014 with president obama declared a humanitarian crisis when we had a surge of unaccompanied children as well as families from across the border here legally -- illegally proven things i did not didn't have time to pull these things up but i started developing charts to lay out the problem. what i would like to do is quickly go through a little bit and get responses from you in terms of this year. senator feinstein credited you with the doctoral program. i think the doctoral program is beneficial in addressing a particular problem and also it was you said it as the catalyst by coyotes and produce that 2014 humanitarian crisis where 106,000 people in total unaccompanied and children crosses order illegally. the obama administration recognize that in your deputy secretary at that point in time. a quick answer to these questions in rea

and mayorkas was asked about that today.ically said we're going to deal with them in the legal way, everybody's going to get a fair shake. it wasn't demonizing. he didn't say they're exploiting loopholes. we have laws here, senator romney, in this country and we are going to deal with people accordingly. if they have a shot to stay here in the united states we're going to give them that shot. >> and that caravan, we've got thousands of honduran immigrants, clashing with guatemalan officials, there's such a backup. julie, you know this very well. the backup at the border is profound. >> that's right. i spoke to an incoming biden administration official over the weekend who said the message is don't come now and a big reason for that, andrea, is because we have tens of thousands of immigrants already at our border, who were told by the trump administration that they could not cross until the date of their asylum hearing. in the meantime while they wait on those decisions and hearing they're living in squalor, terrible conditio

and so, now, it won't be up to this task force, which will be led by alejandro mayorkas, we understand, the secretary designate in consultation with dhs and secretary of state, but will the department of justice separately investigate this and ultimately pursue criminal charges? >> wow. remarkable. jacobson ruoff, msnbc correspondent who, again, has been on this story literally from day one. jacob soboroff, thank you for joining us, particularly from where you are there on the border tonight. >> reporter: thank you, rachel. >> all right. >>> as i mentioned, president biden's new white house press secretary, jen psaki, joins us live next for the interview. very much looking forward to speaking with her. that's next. much looking forwao speaking with her. that's next. >>> by the time she joined then senator barack obama's campaign as a traveling press secretary in 2008, jen psaki already had pretty impressive resume under her belt. she had already worked on a presidential campaign. she had served as a member of john kerry's staff during his run for president in 2004. before that, she had

that is why this will be a priority, not only a priority for the president but secretary mayorkas. to him and to others at the department of homeland security to preview for you the path forward. go ahead. >> thank you. i know president biden and first lady are aware of the sacrifices that military families make. that being said we have an incident with the garage with the national guard that was kind of embarrassing and now i'm hearing from guard members that they had a covid outbreak and were not tested or vaccinated before they arrived in d.c. i'm wondering if there is any concern by the president about how these guardsmen are being treated, whether he can do anything specifically to safeguard their health before they arrive, while they are here. can he get vaccinations to and testing to governors specifically for the purpose of providing some health safeguards to these soldiers? >> well, as you noted at the beginning of your question but i would just reiterate, the role of the national guard and i've spoken to the president about this directly and the incredible sacrifices they

the most controversial so mar is mayorkas who is going to be voted out of committee in just the nexte head of the homeland security committee. he seems to have some opposition among the republicans, senator josh hawley, though, who does oppose him says that he's not going to hold up his confirmation, he's just simply going to oppose him. so by the end of the week democrats think that mayorkas and perhaps pete buttigieg will also be confirmed to be transportation secretary. so that would be six cabinet nominees if things run smoothly for the rest of the week for biden's cabinet. hallie? >> we are getting a tiny bit of news out of mitch mcconnell who just spoke on the senate floor. this is a little procedural but it's kind of interesting. we were talk about this issue of the 60-vote threshold aka the filibuster and apparently senator mcconnell said he basically went directly to one of the democratic senators who is on his side about this, right? that's sort of unusual. >> reporter: yeah, so mcconnell was waiting for an agreement from schumer, not to get rid of this filibuster, of cours

but mayorkas who's going to head the department of homeland security, immigration is implicated in that job. that's a flash point for republican politic, and they feel obliged to make trouble for the nominee even though he's been senate confirmed three times previously. they're not going to stop him. they're going to filibuster him. the filibuster will be broken. he will then be confirmed, but they're throwing some thumbtacks in the road of the biden administration, and we'll see that more on the nominees like javier becerra to head the department of health and human services as well. >> keirsten, sources tell cnn the first lady of joe biden will play an active role in reuniting children who were separated from their parents at the border. what does this say about the administration's priorities? >> well, i mean it shows the fact she would be getting involved in something like that, shows this is something they're taking very seriously. obviously not something that was taken seriously by the people who caused the problem in the first place. let's just stop and think about the fact that

no se ha confirmado la denominaciÓn de mayorkas.de circuito en washington autorizÓ a los agentes fronterizos a que expulsen a menores indocumentados que ingresen al paÍs. con esto se detiene la orden previa de un tribunal inferior que habÍa bloqueado estas acciones a favor de los niÑos. vamos a texas. la justicia parece darle otra oportunidad a una mujer que lleva 18 aÑos tras la cÁrcel. no vio crecer a sus hijos y ahora hay duda sobre el dÉbito que la mantiene en prisiÓn . la liberaron condenaba por asfixiar al niÑo que cuidaba. no lastimo en forma intencional al pequeÑo. reportera: rosa jimÉnez tuvo que esperar 18 aÑos para abrazar sus hijos. ese fue el tiempo que pasÓ en una prisiÓn condenada a 99 aÑos de cÁrcel por la muerte de un niÑo de 22 meses que estaba bajo su cuidado . fue liberada bajo fianza. >> nada mÁs quiero decirles que gracias. al final del dÍa la verdad a saliÓ a la luz. reportera: este miÉrcoles, una jueza ordenÓ que rosa jimÉnez fuera puesta en libertad bajo fianza por existir pruebas de que ella no asesinÓ al p

is, very imperative to have somebody in their homeland security, the biden team very keen to get mayorkashere because of all the domestic threats, much less what happened right here in this building on january 6th. brooke? >> got a lot to do. jessica dean, thank you so much. just for the reminder of those key positions that have yet to be confirmed. as the republican party grapples with a future beyond donald trump, the part each's leader in the white house is already contradicting himself. what kevin mccarthy now says about former trump's -- former president trump's role in the insurrection. and president biden's inauguration day was certainly filled with messages of unity. but the question we're asking today is how do you unite when people just stormed the capitol wearing camp auschwitz sweatshirts and with nooses? let's talk to abigail spanberger coming up. cholarships through this month, because hope fuels opportunity. see what scholarship you qualify for at phoenix.edu nefertiti: as a young girl i was always comparing myself to my sisters. they were always thin and i wasn't... i ate

senators will consider the nomination of alejandro mayorkas, a vote set for 1:45 p.m. eastern. that requires a simple majority. now live to the senate floor. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. lord, we look to you for refuge. you are master of oceans, earth and sky. every good thing we have comes from you.

monday, a confirmation vote is set for alejandra mayorkas -- alejandro mayorkas to be secretary.ransportation secretary, pete buttigieg. the house meets monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern for a pro forma session here the first votes are expected tuesday. members are planning to take up a budget resolution and covid-19 relief legislation, two items they may consider. watch the house live on c-span and the senate on c-span two. >> former president trump became the first president to be impeached twice. house impeachment officers delivered articles of impeachment on incitement of insurrection senate with jamie raskin reading the article before the senate. >> donald john trump thus warns impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the united states, so help you god. >> the following day, senators were sworn in as jurors in the trial. republican kentucky senator rand paul requested a point of order to dismiss the impeachment charges unconstitutional. >> i make a point of order that this proceeding, which would

committee will be smeegts to vote on the nomination of president biden's homeland security alejandro mayorkas, our immigration system will be central to his responsibilities and it is central to president biden's agenda as wel he'll have some allies to push through his immigration policies. they call themselves the closers, one jo lofgren, i will talk to her about that and something else she knows quite a bit about, impeachment. she was an impeachment manager in president trump's first trial. she's taken part in all four modern day impeachment proceedings. we'll get her perspective on that in a few moments. in a few hours, senators will be sworn in for the trial. this is what senate majority leader chuck schumer told my colleague rachel maddow about that. >> i hope he's voted guilty. the trial will be done in a way that is fair, but with relatively quickly. the evidence is all out there. we have not negotiated the details of the trial and we will. hopefully we can come to an agreement. we don't want to give the republicans an excuse it was unfair. on the other hand, we don't want them to dela

to consider the nomination of ada hunter mayorkas to be homeland security secretary.c-span3 at 10:45 a.m. eastern, nancy pelosi speaks to reporters about the legislative agenda. the biden white house held its first virtual coronavirus response briefing on wednesday morning. the white house covid-19 response coordinator was joined by national institute of allergy and infectious disease's director, dr. anthony fauci. the cdc director and other team members. this runs one hour. >> ok. thank you, everyone, for joining us today. i am the white house covid coordinator. i have the privilege of being joined by four of america's leading doctors and health experts today to conduct our first covid-19 briefing. i will keep my comments very brief. yesterday, we met with

mayorkas is expected, though, to be confirmed tomorrow night.resident biden, mike, also expected to increase refugee admissions. he has said in the past that he wants to boost the number from 15,000 people per year to 125,000 people per year. >> you knowing, one thing i always liked about joe biden was that he does pride himself on working in a bipartisan fashion, and i do too. farmers want it, employers want it, and the economists tell us if we were to actually deport 11 million souls from our shores, that would lead to the loss of 4 or 5 million jobs of american citizens. >> reporter: but that plan alone has republicans from border states concerned. many argue now is not the time to let people in especially during a pandemic. >> another executive order that really will have a profound effect on mention new mexico, border states, it's unbelievable that we would actually compromise the safety and health and really the national security of our nation by these executive orders. >> reporter: executive orders are one thing, but the biden white house

republicans slow walking the vote on the nomination of the next secretary for homeland security, mayorkas. so you would think at this moment they would begin to sort of re-examine their relationship with these far-right-wing groups and work with us to pass this nomination as quickly as possible. >> i wanted to play something that senator mitt romney said during an economic club virtual forum yesterday. let's listen to what he had to say about impeachment and his colleagues. >> and the people largely on my side who are saying look at impeachment trial is going to inflame passions more, i say, first of all, have you gone out publicly and said there was not widespread voter fraud and that joe biden is legitimate president of the united states? if you said that, then i'm happy to listen to you talk about other things that might enflame anger and divisiveness. but if you haven't said that, that's really what's at the source of the anger right now. >> it's hard to understand how after only three weeks later, only five senate republicans were willing to say that he should be held accountable in

mayorkas addressed the january 6 insurrection at the capitol during his hearing. >> i will do everything i can to ensure that the tragic loss-of-life, the assault on law enforcement, the desecration of the building that stands as one of the three pillars of our democracy, the terror that you felt will not happen again. amy: avril haines, the nominee for director of national intelligence, told lawmakers at her hearing she would release the report about the 2018 killing of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. as the global covid-19 death toll topped 2 million this week, joe biden is expected to order the u.s. to rejoin the world health organization as he takes office today, reversing trump's decision to withdraw from the u.n. body last year. health experts are warning new variants of the coronavirus are -- and issues of exit supplies are threatening countries' recoveries from the current outbreaks. officials in california and in germany have said they may have identified two further variants. in britain, health workers say they are completely overwhelmed as they battle a variant th

now missouri senator josh hawley says he still has questions unanswered about the nomination of mayorkas and says he wants questions answered as for general austin, he needs a waiver from congress because he left the military fewer than seven years ago, and the house of representatives is set to vote on that waiver on thursday. shep >> kayla, thank you. >>> as we wait for the last minute pardons from president trump, we're getting a clearer sense of what he sees as his legacy the president laid it out in his departing message, a nearly 20-minute video previously recorded and posted to the white house youtube channel this afternoon. it's a departure from recent presidents whose farewell addresses have been delivered live in primetime. cnbc's eamon javers is in washington tonight eamon, please tell our viewers how the president describes his time in office >> reporter: yeah, he describes it as a success, shep. the president ticked through a number of what he sees as his greatest accomplishments in his first term in office, his only term in office the president talking about th pre-pandemic

meantime, the white house confirming overnight that alejandro mayorkas, the incoming homeland securityretary will oversee the effort to reunite families separated at the border it's part of the immigration orders that were delayed until next week. mayorkas isn't expected to be confirmed until monday frank. >> as always, a lot going on down there in d.c., we appreciate it. thank you. >>> when we come back, continuing coverage of a volatile week on wall street what high profile investors, brokerage firm ceos, regulators, and politicians are saying about what many are calling a reddit trading revolution. >>> first, as we head to break check out this morning's biggest stock winners and biggest losers stay tuned, you're watching "worldwide exchange" right here on cnbc. >>> if you're just waking up, futures down this morning. the dow set to drop 250 points at the open. the nasdaq, the most deeply impacted, the tech heavy index e trading lower despite lower reports. check out the volatile short squeeze stocks we have been watching all week. eye popping numbers here, gamestop up more than 100%

mayorkas.sts asked at his senate confirmation hearing about the border wall. >> when i served as the deputy secretary and i met with the border patrol, both ated headquarters and in the field, along the southern border, what i heard from the border patrol was that we need a diverse approach to border security. that in some instances a physical barrier would be effective, but that in other instances more boots on the ground would assist and yet in other circumstances, the use of technology, the use of air and marine assets would be most effective. and i look forward to studying the challenges at the border and developing a sophisticated approach to meet those challenges, to be sure that we're harnessing innovation and technology to the best of our ability. host: to our guest, what do you make of that back and forth there, those comments by the nominee, and why has senator hawley of missouri put a hold on a quick confirmation for the d.h.s. secretary? guest: yeah, you know, ultimately the hold co

mayorkas. ests asked at his senate confirmation hearing about the border wall. >> when i served as the deputy secretary and i met with the border patrol, both ated headquarters and in the field, along the southern border, what i heard from the border patrol was that we need a diverse approach to border security. that in some instances a physical barrier would be effective, but that in other instances more boots on the ground would assist and yet in other circumstances, the use of technology, the use of air and marine assets would be most effective. and i look forward to studying the challenges at the border and developing a sophisticated approach to meet those challenges, to be sure that we're harnessing innovation and technology to the best of our ability. host: to our guest, what do you make of that back and forth there, those comments by the nominee, and why has senator hawley of missouri put a hold on a quick confirmation for the d.h.s. secretary? guest: yeah, you know, ultimately the hold

the clerk: nomination, department of homeland security, alejandro nicholas mayorkas, of the district of columbia, to be secretary. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of alejandro nicholas mayorkas to be secretary of the department of homeland security, signed by 18 senators as follows, schumer, peters -- mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask the mandatory quorum call be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i just ask unanimous consent, mr. president, that my motion be made after senator merkley finishes his statement and not be interrupted in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. and i thank my colleague from oregon. mr. merkley: thank you very much to our majority leader. we nee

once he's confirmed, mayorkas and we planned to sign that executive order today or at the end of the week, i should say. and the end of the plan does change and that was a draft plan and those change many times i could assure you, that we have planned to do it this week because we hoped that woe be confirmed but because of the filibuster of his nomination we expect him to be confirmed on monday evening and the president will sign it on tuesday and then secretary mayor kas could oversee that moving forward. >> and one more question. you could give us more of a time line in terms of how much longer you think it will take for the white house engage with iran on its nuclear program. because you had one of iran's top diplomats yesterday saying it believes the window is closing. >> well i'm not going to give a time line on it. obviously it requires iran complying with the requirements of the nuclear deal. we've said previously, but i will reiterate here, that the president also sees it as an opportunity to build on the plan from there and i apologize, i want to make sure i give you the exa

along with jennifer granholm is nominated to run the department of energy and california's alejandro mayorkas as the nominee for secretary of homeland security california is far more progressive than the rest of the various policies, but don't think that it's so far to the left trade it's more of a pragmatic aggressive bid progressivism. >>and even then there is some areas policy areas where california has fallen quite sure professor william rash points to the recent failure of prop 22 in california, which is gig workers such as uber and lyft drivers remaining as independent contractors. >>and illinois base republican strategist pat brady notes the rest of the country is much less influenced by california. >>the property taxes are crazy income taxes are crazies invited guests in california it's about going to have more expensive than anywhere in the country itself when you enact regulations, no matter if it is a good public policy argument navy that actually drive people out of your state that's getting way too radical for the rest of the country some ideas will be picked up and applied prett

alexander mayorkas has earned bipartisan praise and has previously been confirmed by the senate three times. this is a confirmation we will continue to press in our engagements and conversations with the senate. i have news to share. the president's response to domestic extremism, the january sex attack on the capitol, it underscored what we have long known. the rise of domestic violence extremism is a serious and growing national security threat. the biden administration will confront this threat with the necessary resources and resolve. we are committed to developing policies and strategies based on fact and rigorous analysis and respect for free speech and political activities. our work will fall into three areas. the first is a tasking from president that's president biden to the od ni today requesting a comprehensive threat assessment on domestic violence extremism. this assessment will draw on analysis from across the government and appropriate nongovernmental organizations. the key point is that we want fact-based analysis upon which we can shape policy. this is a first step in

biden homeland security alejandro mayorkas is in holding pattern, josh hawley fast tracking nominationt's talk about what you were just talking about, president biden speaking with mexican president by friday, the white house was productive as the two leaders agreed to work together on several different issues, but mexico's president said in his own statement that the biden administration plans to allocate some $4 billion to central american countries where people may be trying to migrate to the u.s. from. now this weekend the president continues to hold calls with world leaders, we know we had a chance to speak with the british prime minister british johnson yesterday and both men hope to meet in person soon but the new date has been set, we expect more phone calls in the week ahead as well. also the administration very eager to get congress on board with $1.8 billion stimulus structure something the president says is need to combat the pandemic. >> see what we can get done as quickly as possible, we certainly think the minimum wage is part of urgent relief package. mark: some republi

alejandro mayorkas, he was found to have sold green cards on behalf of donors.in san francisco. what can you tell us about the china threat and what you have learned about california's ties to ccp? >> the first thing let's say that russia is a problem and china is a crisis and those who try to flip that around they are really giving the beijing line. what we have seen in the bay area in san francisco is the chinese spies have infiltrated the bay area political system. you look at nancy pelosi dianne feinstein, eric swawell, politicians who have fallen prey to chinese spy tactics. we have to call it out and be very clear that what they are trying to do is compete with the united states to the point where they defeat us. this is the communist china strategy and we can't be unclear about that. we have to recognize when we have a competitor that is infiltrated into our political system at the local level, that's their strategy and they hope that the local politicians build up and grow up and their relationship expands. but when it comes to governors across our state

janet yellen for treasury, alejandro mayorkas, but those hearings will be tomorrow. joe biden will step into office and have to name actings at a moment of so many crises in the government. how much of an obstacle is that? >> not only that, john, for somebody who has this unity message, he also has an impeachment trial hanging over his head. obviously to keep the focus on president trump, perhaps on the fishers among republicans and democrats instead of this message we're expecting him to put forward on wednesday. but surely they've been having these transition teams trying to, you know, brief these incoming bureaucrats coming into these various positions, but you can't substitute actually having someone foundationally there. it's just another layer of uncertainty that biden is going to have to face going into the government. i'm sure they're going to say they'll be able to push through this like they pushed through some of the other delays, but, again, they're looking at a playing field that is very difficult going into their new administration. >> it is understanda

alejandro mayorkas is knowledgeable when it comes to homeland security.here's no reason why he should not move forward. we have heard from past homeland security secretaries, both republican and democrats who have said that position needs to move quickly. and also there's a precedent, jonathan. in 2009 and 2017, the senate confirmed homeland security secretaries for day one, and there was a reason for that, because of the importance of that agency. so we have to move forward. we cannot slow down. senate needs to move rapidly and swiftly on these confirmations. >> and with that, we'll have to leave it there. karine jean-pierre, principal deputy jonathan white house press secretary -- >> jonathan? >> yes, ma'am. >> can you say hello to your aunt gloria for me? i heard she's going to be on the show. tell her i said hello. >> she's probably sitting watching right now. thank you very much. karine jean-pierre, for coming to "the sunday show." >>> carol simpson and dan rather join us after this quick break. you're watching "the sunday show." incomparable design