mcmahon denies that. and then, of course, there's health and human services secretary pick robert f kennedy jr.. you might recall his former nanny, who accused him of groping her. she just spoke about the encounter with usa today. kennedy when asked about this in a podcast, did not explicitly deny it. he said he had warned everyone up front he wasn't a church boy. and then he said he wouldn't comment any further. that's a lot. we're going to cover these trump transition troubles and more. this hour. cnn's kristen holmes is in west palm beach, florida cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill. let's start with cnn's paula reid. and paula, you were the cnn reporter i was referring to. you had exclusive reporting on the house ethics committee's investigation of gaetz. and right as you were breaking that news gates withdrew his name. tell us about the timing of that and what you learned in your exclusive reporting. >> well, jake, this new reporting that i did with our colleague sarah ferris reveals that a woman who

what do we know about mcmahon? sunlen serfaty is out front synonymous with wrestling. >> what linda mcmahon, who built an empire and became a billionaire with her husband vince mcmahon founding and leading world wrestling entertainment. >> it was in the ring when she first met future president donald trump during an appearance on wrestlemania. >> a relationship which would eventually set the stage for her political future. >> he's a big fan of the product of wwe some of our story lines some of the highest rated story lines. we became friends and we've been friends ever since. >> in 2009, mcmahon left wwe and stepped into local politics. >> i think it was my first kind of foray into public service beyond our philanthropic areas that we worked in is when i was appointed by governor rell to serve on the state board of education running and winning a spot on the connecticut board of education, where she tapped into what she said then was a lifelong interest in education revealing she once intended to become a teacher.

mcmahon at this time and there is questions about the extent to which linda mcmahon was aware of theions against this employee in the extent to which they continue to employ him despite these allegations of sexual abuse of minors. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you. >>> now to an nbc news exclusive. defense secretary lloyd austin defending women in the military after the man pick today replace him questioned women in combat roles. courtney kube, i know you spoke with secretary austin there. what did he say? >> reporter: yeah, this the first time he sat down for an interview since the election and since president-elect donald trump selected pete hegseth to be secretary austin's successor, to take over as secretary of defense. i asked about several of the policy decisions that pete hegseth has been very vocal about. one of those, his pronouncement even just in recent days that women should no longer serve in combat roles. secretary austin had some pretty forceful things to say about that. here's what he had to say. >> do you have any concerns about women in these combat roles like the ones

mcmahon denies the allegations. cnn's katelyn polantz has more it's a new lawsuit about something that happened decades ago, and it does accuse linda mcmahon and her husband, vince mcmahon and the wwe and its parent company of essentially allowing a to exist within their professional wrestling organization in the 1980s and prey upon underage boys who were being used at that time as ring boys. so this dates back to the time when there was an announcer with the wwe, then the wwf called mel phillips, and that man he is now dead, but he is accused of abusing boys and having fetishes toward them, something that even federal investigators ultimately ended up looking into. the big question here is what did linda mcmahon know when she was the ceo of the wwe, and when did she know it? >> at some point in time in the late 80s, 1988? >> linda and vince mcmahon, they fired mel phillips and then they brought him back to the company about six months later. >> and so now, because the state of maryland has changed its laws about wh

they're accusing the wwe, the parent company, vince mcmahon and linda mcmahon, of knowing that mel phillips, this announcer, was a and allowing him to stay and keep the boys around him turning a blind eye to accusations allegations they have of sexual abuse and exploitation at that company. now, this is something that has been discussed publicly as far back as the early 90s. this isn't a new set of allegations. we've never heard of before, even involving linda mcmahon and what she was doing atop that company. they had fired phillips and then rehired him. but this is putting a spotlight again on her at a time when she's being nominated for the secretary of the department of education something where, you know you're carrying the the the well-being of children of the country in your stead. so that is where this lawsuit is right now. >> and how is her attorney responding to all this? >> her attorney did provide a statement. this is laura brevetti. this is the attorney for linda mcmahon saying that the allegations in the lawsuit are false. it's based upon 30 plus year old allegations filled wit

. >>> trump then also named leaned mcmahon as his pick for secretary of education., a former world wrestling entertainment executive, currently serves as co-chair of trump's transition team. she and lutnick got jobs coming out of hose posts and she had been the head of the small business administration during trump's first term in office. mcmahon stepped down from that post in 2019 to lead the pro-trump america first action superpact. mcmahon was one of trump's top donors in his campaign giving more than $20 to a super pact and other committees. trump pledged to get rid of the department of education during his campaign. now that would take congressional approval. he says that he would allow states to handle education individually. trump mentioned that promise in his statement announcing the mcmahon pick writing, in part, we will send education back to the states and linda will spearhead that effort. mcmahon has little experience in education serving on the board of education in 2009 and 10 and served on the board in sacred heart university, a university with less t

vince mcmahon in this lawsuit it is anonymous plaintiffs bringing it against linda mcmahon, vince mcmahon, the parent company, and they are saying that in the 1980s, the 1990s, when they were as young as 12 or 13 year old boys who were serving as ring boys for the wwe. so ringside and helping out an announcer there that they were being abused by this man, this announcer, a man named mel phillips, who is now deceased, and what they're claiming in the lawsuit is that linda mcmahon and vince mcmahon knew about this sexual exploitation of these children that were affiliated with wwe and were turning a blind eye to it so that's the lawsuit. it is something that we have known about for many years now in the 90s, there was public reporting about this man, mel phillips, his abuse of children at the wwe. but now because of a change in the law in maryland there is the ability of of people to bring a lawsuit like this now, many many years after the fact. and it's highlighting this at a moment where linda mcmahon is being chosen by donald trump to lead the department of education, a department that i

who did trump just pick as his new secretary of education linda mcmahon. >> linda mcmahon. >> mcmahon oh, sorry, i said it wrong coming up as your next secretary of education, it's linda mcmahon mcmahon >> it is indeed linda mcmahon. now we know linda mcmahon is the co-founder of the wwe before you freak out, remember that linda is first and foremost a mother. here is our future secretary of education teaching her daughter a lesson. >> this is going to hurt me a lot worse than it hurts. you get her schooling for you. >> that's what home schooling for linda mcmahon. running the department of education. she's all about the three r's. royal rumble and roar. oh but big cast means there's going to be trouble in paradise sooner or later. who can tell me which two transition team members are reportedly butting heads? >> are you talking about the fight that recently happened at mar-a-lago yes, apparently it was boris epstein and first lady elon musk yes who we call him melania. melania? yes >> points. points points. thank you. >> boris epstein and first lady melania musk who apparently had a

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. >>> coming up, donald trump has picked wwe cofounder linda mcmahon to education secretary. he has some mighty plans for that position that might not be that legal. >>> first, new reporting on who exactly will pay for trump's handouts to the rich and the certain political peril republicans are setting themselves up for. stay with us. with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ something has changed within me ♪ ♪ it's time to try defying gravity ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the fifth pillar of my plan is to make the trump tax cuts permanent. there are massive tax cuts, biggest ever, permanent, and to cut taxes even more. >> donald trump has been very clear that his signature 2017 tax cuts are here to stay. the same tax cuts that the senate budget priority says, they are on track to get a top 1% a $61,000 tax cut next year, compared to $70, as in 7-0, or the lowest earning households. to pay for that staggering redistribution, new reporting in the washington post this week reveals that trump advisors and congressional allies have began preliminary discussions on making significant cuts to medicaid, food stamps, and other fe

if mcmahon gets the department of education. trump says he wants to abolish, and dr.centers for medicare and medicaid services. that agency covers 1500 million americans. 150 tomillion. as trump sees it, lutnick will set tariffs, mcmahon will strip woke from public education and oz will cut waste from health spending. stuart: marc thiessen with me this morning. have trump's, shall we say, unotter dhox picks, has all of this unnerved the political world many d.c.? >> some of them have, absolutely. look, this is a different administration, and he prommedded it was going to be different, and it is. i think some of his picks have been outstanding. marco rubio is great, walz has been great, elise stefanik beginning, to the u.n., fantastic. some of them are more controversial. matt gaetz is going to have trouble getting senate confirmation. rfk jr.'s going the face some tough questioning even from republicans, so as will tulsi gabbard. but that's why we have a confirmation process, and it's going to to move if forward. stuart: he's going to get what he wants largely. do you

what do you want to hear from linda mcmahon on both issues?devos, donald trump, they don't care about public education. let's call it what it is. when you're talking about the voucher programs, by the way, defeated in three states at the same time down ballot, two of which voted overwhelmingly for donald trump. one example, nebraska, where in some districts they voted 95 to 5 for donald trump, and they voted against the voucher bill rural nebraska 60-40. why? same reason as you. our kids need public schools. 90% of our kids are there. if you take all the money from public schools which is what vouchers are doing, you exacerbate the teacher shortage crisis. you exacerbate the crisis of kids in public schools having the means to climb up the ladder of opportunity. this is about the salvation, the saving of public schools, the strengthening of it and the saving of it. that we will fight in every place we can. parents are with us on that. that's why there's cultural wars and they are trying to create the distrust of public schools. >> randi, you w

president-elect's pick for the next one, linda mcmahon.good to see you. >> john: fox news alert. donald trump's attorneys have filed their response to alvin bragg in judge juan merchan's court seeking an immediate dismissal of the case against him saying in part that their petition immediate dismissal of the state is mandated by the federal constitution, presidential transition act of 1963 and interest in justice in order to facilitate the orderly transition of executive power following president trump's overwhelming victory. judge merchan has to make a decision whether or not he will dismiss the case or hold everything in abeyance until 2029 and then sentence the president-elect. we'll be right back after this. creates an incredible melody of power and possibility. but that energy needs to be reliable to have the same power. and affordable — to keep the melody. at home, on the road, on farms and fleets and even ports — propane and renewable propane lower carbon emissions while harnessing the full symphony of energy. learn more about safe,

oz, linda mcmahon, and and on and on.y will be leading departments that include three million people at department of defense, 116,000 people at the department of justice, 4,000 people at the department of education, 55,000 people at the department of transportation, 91,000 people at the department of health and human services, tens of thousands of people, and it strikes me if your goal is to deconstruct the administrative state you want a lot of these people to quit because i'm like a scientist, i am not reporting to dr. oz or rfk jr. i am a civil servant. i believe in the justice department. i ain't reporting to matt gaetz. maybe pushing people out is a way to start this deconstruction of the administrative state. as journalists we have to deal with this going forward. >> this is possible. i want to give a biographical note. many years ago when i was an undergrad student at howard university i had a work study job at the department of education. and what that did was put me in contact with a lot of people who were caree

now, does linda mcmahon have expertise in education? no, of course not.ointed to the department of education. why would she? but it doesn't matter anyway when you hear trump's plans. >> and one other thing i'll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the department of education. in total, american society pours more than a trillion dollars a year into public education systems, but instead of being at the top of the list, we are literally right smack, guess what, at the bottom. [laughter] >> desi: did he just say "right smack at the bottom?" i thought "right smack" was more of a "middle" thing. that's like saying, "we are dead first, people! but if we're not careful, we could hit rock middle." but until trump dissolves the department, i guess linda mcmahon will be in charge. and we don't know what her policies will be exactly, but at least we know her position on child discipline. >> but mom, just remember. like you told me when i was a little girl, this is going to hurt me lot worse than it hurts you. >> desi: that is what i call tradition

mcmahon served in trump's first administration as the head of the small business administration.efly served on connecticut's state board of education in 2009, but she is perhaps best known for stunts like this, ones that have gone viral since trump's announcement because mcmahon co- founded world wrestling entertainment or wwe and was often in the ring herself for what we'll call skits. now nearly all of trump's staffing announcements so far have been a circus, but if mcmahon's ascent to the top of the education department seems particularly unserious, it's because donald trump does not take that department seriously. this is the vision for the department of education that trump outlined while running for a second term. >> we'll have one person plus a secretary and all the person has to do is are you teaching english? are you reaching arithmetic? what are you doing? reading, writing and arithmetic and are you not teaching woke, not teaching woke, a very big factor. >> one person and a secretary. as a candidate, trump proposed abolishing the department of education shrinking it do

>> linda mcmahon has been a strong champion for a long time.ize-fits-all education is not right for everybody. she's a mother herself, she's a business owner. what the public school system has been doing is it's been producing a lot of people coming out with equal outcomes which means the people who are smartest, they're being held back. we're watching public schools get rid of gifted and talented programs because it's making some people feel bad with. the idea of having more choice, of allowing families to pick something that the pit -- fits a spec child's needs really shows gets what american families want. griff: the simplest of questions is sienld kind of perplexing. if you put an education secretary in the main job of dismantling your department, then what becomes of her and really what that entire department would be? >> again, i think her business background is so suited for this. you look at people who, you know, when they inherit a company, they know that they have to understood -- unwind it, distressed assets, whatever. she has that k

nomination for education secretary, the union right in the station by selecting linda mcmahon, donalds about the students features, your reaction to what we're hearing from the left on the education plan to make it interesting you to set obama's secretary education, the indoctrination of the weaponization of the educational system is what we've seen over the last four years. the dea, the walk this that's been pushed onto kids from their teachers. if you go back in this is the tried and true saying and adage of what happened in education is ederal government. think altogether pushing this back to the state in the appropriate manner is altogether what we need to do, things need to stay local we need to push back for education in the home and get fathers back in the home and those type of things then we will see the education stores in every segment we will see them rise up not from federal government intervention. >> he wants to dismantle the education. education committee and putting linda mcmahon and their to oversee the dismantling of the education department, vivek ramaswamy told me

mcmahon served as small business administrator during the last trump administration. she's also a co-chair of the transition team. another co-chair of the transition team was chosen for commerce secretary. that's wall street ceo howard lutnick who has been placed or picked for that role. the president-elect chose another television personality to serve in his next term. and he wants dr. mehmet oz to lead the centers for medicare and medicaid services. steven miller addressed the pushback of some of these cabinet choices, suggesting that president-elect trump would bypass the senate. >> will the president use the recess appointment process? >> yes. the president has won a mandate, and he will use all lawful, constitutional means to fulfill that mandate on behalf of the people who voted for him. >> reporter: and the biggest battle may be over attorney general, an unidentified hacker was able to gain access to a file containing depositions of two women who have made allegations against matt gaetz. a source familiar with the contents tells nbc news the testimony is damagi

it is also the case that linda mcmahon has little experience and expertise in education.ore experience working in the first trump administration but is not one that seems to understand the issues when it comes to education policy. geoff: students with disabilities and their families in particular would experience the ripple effects if the administration really does make good on its promise to reduce the federal government role in public education. >> when people talk about eliminating the department of education it is important to ask what they mean. if they are talking about eliminating the department and all the programs the department administers, it would be catastrophic for all kinds of students. students with disabilities are certainly one. they receive protection from legislation and resources. students in poverty are another, they receive resources that they really need. the trump administration can't come in and do that and in fact, those programs are hardwired into legislation that predates the department of education, part of the reason we have the department i

oz to oversee medicare and medicaid and linda mcmahon, of course, to be secretary of education? >> well, a couple of things. these are people that he knows well, that he thinks will be loyal to him, and that at least in the case of dr. oz, he believes will be good spokesman on television. all of these are qualities that donald trump looks for in picks either to fill out his white house or his cabinet picks, you know, above and beyond what their traditional qualifications may be. mcmahon is interesting because she is someone who had been thought to be a lock for the commerce department seat which went to her co-chair howard lutnick, just yesterday, as well. so the two folks leading the transition now know they will have roles in the coming administration. although as you point out in your intro, exactly what linda mcmahon's role will be leading an agency that donald trump wants to get rid of is an open question. >> charlie dent, you served on the ethics committee. what should we make of this dilemma? there is precedent for ing a report after someone has resigned. >> 1990, a membe

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geoff: linda mcmahon supports school choice.ampaign and republicans broadly have talked about restoring parental rights in schools, cutting federal funding for programs, teaching critical race theory, gender ideology, any lesson deemed inappropriate. there's also this push to restore what republicans, many conservatives, see as the fundamental right to pray in school. at the heart of it, though, is this fundamental disagreement about the role of public education. is that how you see it? >> it is. and in fact, i think it's actually easier to understand the attacks on the department of education as being an attack on a symbol of public education more generally, and maybe the most important policy trend that we've seen around the country when it comes to k-12 education, is that in a lot of states and it's red states and a couple of purple states, they have pushed toward what are essentially universal school voucher programs and the way those programs are designed, they're very different from the voucher programs of the past in that

what linda mcmahon has planned for your kids future.uture. >>> the purpose of the law is to empower a wannabe tyrant with the weapons of tyranny. this bill is not about terrorism it is about giving trump unlimited authority to label his political opponents as terrorists and thereby deny their nonprofit status. >> we have been covering a dangerous bill making its way through congress, it is called the stop tariff financing on american hostages act and it has serious implications, the bill will give the treasury secretary unilateral authority to determine if nonprofits are supporting terrorists and strip their tax exempt status shutting them down. with trump about the be the president of the united states, his demonstration can use it to target groups from planned parenthood to the sierra club to the aclu. last week the bill was brought to the house under a special rule where it needed a two thirds majority to pass, it failed but 52 democrats voted for it and that concerned a lot of folks who started mobilizing and organizing against the

why linda mcmahon on education?. >> she is a fighter. teachers unions entrenched, special interests advocate but she also has a record for alternative education pathways and apprenticeships, the trump administration and j. d. vance emphasized this, classroom education and on-the-job training, while getting a credential like plumbing or hvac and this would complement the trump administration political agenda of raising wages for the working class. paul: so they wouldn't have to get a four year degree to do that. eliminating the department won't happen because you need 60 senate votes. what else can she do. >> the education department has almost become a weapon because it does provide money to states and localities and as a result through title ix they are able to tell these places what to do. the biden administration got them to agree to gender and identity and they reversed a very good thing betsy devos did to reverse kangaroo courts on campuses, establish a process for sexual harassment on campuses, that is somethi

linda mcmahon. meet america's new education secretary. at least she will be if congress approves.ten make—believe world of wrestling. no more holiday weight gain for anyone. oh, what a great gift. then there's mehmet oz, once a celebrity tv doctor and donald trump's choice for an important healthcare post. something of a theme is emerging in mr trump's picks loyal supporters with little government experience in their assigned briefs, but with big media profiles like elon musk, but with big media profiles like elon musk, his new efficiency tsar. in congress, republicans are gearing up for a fight. we've got a process, as you know, and we're going to follow it, and we're going to have a full hearing in front of god and country, and we're going to vet all the nominees, notjust congressman gaetz, and we're going to give them a chance to lay out their plans for the american people and for president trump. matt gaetz, mr trump's choice for attorney general, has been the subject of a congressional ethics inquiry over claims he had sex with an underage girl. donald trump is preparing to g

executive and wife of vince mcmahon and former talk show host dr.ehmet oz. the president fighting for his controversial choice for attorney general, former congressman matt gaetz. much to unpack. nbc's peter alexander at his post at the white house. peter, good morning. >> good morning. on some of those highest profile picks this is where the rubber meets the road. vice president j.d. vance is expected to meet today with lawmakers on capitol hill alongside matt gaetz and defense secretary pete hegseth, both of whom are facing republican resistance and it all comes as the president elect is making new picks including dr. oz to run one of the government's biggest bureaucracies. overnight president-elect trump tapping linda mcmahon to lead the department of education which he's vowed to shut down. >> one of the things i'll be doing very early in my administration, closing the department of education and sending all education and education worker needs back to the states. mcmahon who served in trump's first administration is a former world wrestling ent

>> linda mcmahon and the trump project to get public education. when all in starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes, today, donald trump failed the first big test of the second administration. matt gaetz withdrew from consideration for attorney general of the united states. his pick for the top job at the department of justice made the announcement this afternoon after reportedly learning of a new allegation from the same woman who said she had a sexual encounter with gaetz, when she was a minor . gaetz was already investigated by the department of justice for sex trafficking a minor, allegations he denies. ultimately, they chose not to bring charges. he's also been the subject of a multiyear investigation by the house ethics committee into accusations of sexual misconduct including sex with a minor, which he denies as well as illegal drug use. his confirmation was already looking like an uphill battle with more than a half of senate republican saying they did not expect him to get the necessary votes and trump wasted no

. >> linda mcmahon is going to be confirmed to be at she will make it, i am sure.od knows if they try to smear her. a very good friend of mine, a very brilliant woman, administrator and so forth and so on. good business lady. she has been trying to dismantle the education department. she will try to instill or put forward school choice which president trump is so keen on. get minorities educated properly i think they are the ones that suffer the most, but they are not the only ones that suffer. this is a good woman in pursuit of a noble cause, byron. >> totally agree. the thing that most people do not know, they will probably find out in short order, she is tough. she has direct. she will be in business. you will not intimidate her. great pick by president trump there. at the end of the day, the experiment that has occurred over really, the last 45, 46 years with the department of education and our country to read on grade level and to do math on grade level has decreased since the federal department of education was opened back in 1977, 1978 around that time. we h

his former small business administrator linda mcmahon, co-founder of wwe with husband vince mcmahon, to be secretary of education. also tv personality dr. mehmet oz as trump's choice to lead the centers for medicare and medicaid services. yesterday in texas, trump joined spacex ceo elon musk, now one of his closest advisers, at the test launch of the company's largest vessel. musk has been tapped to co-chair trump's newly created department of government efficiency, though musk's companies, spacex and tesla, have more than $13 billion in government contracts. trump was questioned over his controversial choice of former florida congressman matt gaetz to be the next attorney general. >> are you reconsidering the nomination of matt gaetz? >> no. >> reporter: but even some members of his own party have expressed doubts that gaetz can be confirmed by the senate. >> i wouldn't bet my house on it one way or the other. >> reporter: today the house ethics committee meets amid calls for it to release its report probing allegations against gaetz of sexual misconduct, including claims that he ha

mcmahon's lawyer has caused the allegations false. and if it is not a member of the cabinet, it's a member of trump's inner circle embroiled in scandal. take his new bessie, billionaire elon musk. while we are told that musk will provide more of an outsider role, leading the so- called department of government efficiency, he certainly has trump's ear. musk and his company are currently being sued by former employees claiming that musk ordered their firings after they accused the company of tolerating sexual harassment in the workplace. the lawsuit claims musk", runs his company in the dark ages, treating women as sexual objects to be evaluated on their bra size, bombarding the workplace with lewd sexual banter, and offering the reprise to those who challenge him in this animal house environment that if they don't like it they can seek employment elsewhere. spacex did not respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit. when trump won in 2016 it sparked the rise of the #metoo movement, which still seeks to hold powerful men accountable

led small business during trump's first term served on content state board of education, mcmahon willd charges trump vowed to dismantle department accepted education to the states, other trump nominees neither with senators on hill as president-elect j.d. vance are will consort pete hegseth and matt gaetz, he is not reconsidering the nomination despite backlash over misconduct allegations gates denies the house panel meeting whether to release findings even though gates resigned from congress now all eyes on the fbi vance reeling deleted x post trump team interviewing candidates to lead bureau signaling christopher wray would be replaced before end, fbi director former michigan congressman mike rodgers former national security official kash patel busy week for president trump if he builds out second administration. maria: brooke i don't know if you know can trump take out christopher wray even though his term is not out? can he make change to the fbi? >> he can, as you remember i think 2017 when he fired james comey as fbi director before the end of his term so he can make that change

the president elect tapping major republican donor and former pro wrestling executive linda mcmahon for education secretary and television personality and surgeon doctor mehmet oz to head the centers for medicare and medicaid services. oz ran for the pennsylvania senate seat in 2022, but he lost to democratic senator john fetterman who had this to say about the pick i'm going to be a very, very clear if dr. oz agrees to protect and preserve medicaid and medicare medicare. >> i'm absolutely going to vote for the dude you know, that's the most important thing for me. our politics are obviously different, and we do have a history, but i don't have any bitterness. i don't hold anything against him. >> these are just two in the latest. the latest in the string of unconventional picks that trump has made for his next administration. but maybe the biggest hurdle for trump, of course, is his choice for attorney general. the former congressman matt gaetz. he has been at the center of a house ethics committee investigation with the committee looking into allegations that include sexual misconduct

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linda mcmahon at the education department. department? donald trump has said he wants to shut down and doctor oz for the center for medicare and medicaid services, which is obviously a very important part of the federal government. >> well, most of these nominations so far not all of them, but most of them fall into one of three categories. either. they have been nominated to destroy the agencies or departments that they are supposed to lead. because of some perceived slight, or because of some culture war issue they have been nominated to line the pockets or to repay political favors to his donors and his loyalists. or have they been nominated to weaponize their agencies to go after donald trump's opponents? so almost all of them fit into one of those three categories, which should concern every american, because the role of government, our job ensure that government works for people and i'm a good government democrat. so i push hard against inefficiencies, against, you know fraud, waste and abuse. but those three categories are very tro

mcmahon was also, of course, the head of the small business administration. in the first trump administration. trump says she is going to focus on expanding parents choice and sending education, quote, back to the states. joining us now, the former secretary of education under president obama, arne duncan. secretary duncan, the department was established by congress. it would obviously take 60 votes to actually fully eliminate it. that's not going to happen. but do you see reforms in the manner of sending more of the money to the states, or getting rid of unnecessary red tape that might be worthwhile for possible secretary mcmahon to do well, first of all, you hit it exactly right. >> um, trump promising to eliminate the department of education, was never going to happen. that's just another empty, broken promise. like building a wall. like in mexico to pay for the wall. so whether his supporters hold him accountable for that, i don't know. but that's never going to happen. and as you know so well, 90% of the funding for public education already comes at the

and aaron on that front, you know, with us learning tonight that linda mcmahon is getting the educationretary education department job, trump has promised to abolish, that he obviously wanted to make major changes to it. his first time. he was in office. i want you to listen to what vivek ramaswamy had to say about cuts that they would like to impose at the department of education >> we expect certain agencies to be deleted outright. >> we expect mass reductions in force in areas of the federal government that are bloated. >> we expect massive cuts among federal contractors and others who are overbilling the federal government. >> so yes, we expect all of the above. and i think people will be surprised by, i think, how quickly we're able to move with some of those changes. >> given the legal backdrop, the supreme court has given us, you about, you know, just deleting the education department outright obviously, an act of congress would be required to to abolish it. >> but i wonder what you make of the pledges that these are very big promises, and it's going to take a lot to be able to d

i love pulling ou tonight at 10:00 eastern on cnn has officially tapped linda mcmahon to be the next education secretary therefore putting his transition co-chair in charge of a government agency that he has repeatedly promised to abolish. >> i'm told that this decision came after mcmahon had been pushed aside for the role that she was initially going for commerce secretary which was instead given to her fellow transition co-chair. today howard lutnick lutnick himself had been in a bitter battle to become the next treasury secretary under donald trump, but he'll now be in charge with this job of imposing the sweeping tariffs that trump pledged to put in place. my sources tonight both used to work for the president elect and erin perrine and sarah mathews join me now. erin, as you look at this, you know, it's kind of been this rapid fire process to to get these nominees named. they're trying to get a lot of it done by the end of this week. i've heard for the for the major roles but, you know, given what you just heard there, i imagine that kind of infighting process vying for jobs sou

linda mcmahon yesterday. what could the future of public education look like? >> ainsley: dr.h the peterson academy with his daughter to offer free from indoctrination. >> brian: left to pick it up, a book, "we who wrestle with god." i spoke to them yesterday, watch. >> do start of the peterson at harmony right up your alley. and talking about abolishing the department of education but they want to bring it to the states, but is there a danger to that? if you bring it to a state going to the left, a generation of people in the state that will grow up may be so-called woke. as they were a danger to that dr. peterson? >> that has already happened, and i would say more diverse range of choices at the state level is likely to be an improvement from the perspective of people on the classical or liberal or conservative sayyid. k-12 is well beyond all comprehension because the faculties of the certification. there is not a more pathological discipline in the universities as bad as they are up that leads to education. conservatives being asleep at the wheel for four generations by all

former ceo of the wwe, which she co-founded with her husband vince mcmahon.he's been tapped by president elect donald trump to lead the department of education, and is one of several trump cabinet picks with a common thread experience on television. >> this is officially the television cabinet. the made for tv cabinet. >> they seem to have two things in common they look the part and they are loyal to president-elect trump something trump has even mentioned central casting. >> he's central casting doctor mehmet oz who trump just selected to head the centers for medicare and medicaid services, had appeared as a health expert on the oprah winfrey show for years and hosted his own syndicated tv show. >> many of trump's cabinet picks come straight from fox news, like fox and friends host pete hegseth, trump's choice for defense secretary who interviewed trump several times on fox. there's sean duffy. trump's pick for transportation secretary who was a cast member of mtv's reality shows the real world and road rules, stand up and stick up for yourself if you feel t

and linda mcmahon. soon-to-be ex-wife of vince mcmahon as the nominee for secretary of education.the wwf is going on here? [ laughter ] and then we have another fox host, sean duffy from fox business, for secretary of transportation. duffy served in congress for eight years. but do you know what he did before that? he was on "the real world" and "road rules" on mtv. [ laughter ] he hired the guy from "road rules" to be secretary of transportation. [ laughter ] because of course he did. the word "road" is right in there. that is one of his least embarrassing picks. maybe he'll pick one of the teen moms to be secretary of labor. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] it is a bottomless well of people who are not well. but don't tell the gang at newsmax. >> bobby kennedy is an absolutely inspired choice for ahs. every day i wake up and it's christmas morning. what kind of incredible pick are we going to get today? as a team, this really is a dream team. we have not seen this kind of talent pool since the founding fathers. >> jimmy: founding fathers. the three stooges is more like it. [

ahead, trump is building his celebrity cabinet, tapping linda mcmahon and doctor's. ♪ ♪ liberty mutual so i saved hundreds. with the money i saved i thought i'd get a wax figure of myself. oh! right in the temporal lobe! beat it, punks! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: president-elect trump building a celebrity tab celebrity tablet, tapping debbie debbie a cofounder linda mcmahon to lead an agency he has vowed to gut peered medicare and medicaid services, dr. oz. interesting picks, jesse. i have an issue with dr. oz. he is one of the greatest heart surgeons on the planet before he turned to tv. you know, we talked about this in the b block. he had, i feel, a very harmful stance on surgeries for kids in the transworld -- >> jesse: oh, he was pro kid -- >> greg: he since backed off saying there is no science behind it, but i think he went forward with this stuff on his show because visually it was appealing. and i don't know whether -- i have mixed feelings about it because i think he is a successful guy, smart guy, everything, but that is o

i love linda mcmahon in the story overall.his wrestling thing which was sort of localized and built it into a juggernaut, entertainment juggernaut here to then her commitment to education has been absolutely phenomenal. one thing i like is this so the medical notion trump is trolling to the left. a punch to them and i will talk about that on the show and losing their mind every time trump pick someone else, no! but i think she will do an amazing job. stated that speaks a lot from you and i know you care a lot about it. >> that is my top issue is education. >> sandra: i love it, thank you so much. this is an obvious pick for so many reasons and obviously a lot in education and business having for small business administration under previous trump administration. if you have ever met linda mcmahon, which many of us have and she does not mess around. she makes her thoughts and opinions very clear when you are with her. they when i have seen the videos at the debbie of wec events. she does not mess around. foreign students come he

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