thank you very much, senator mullen. and i'm going to jump into a couple of questions that i hope to get quick answers to. but i realize that's, that's hard to do because things are complicated. but a lot of people listen to this hearing right now are going ha all five, all five of us and our wonderful audience here and hopefully our online folks as well. um i think should, should i be getting water in a plastic bottle? and i see heads shaking. no, but yeah, but here's the thing. my understanding is our paper cups like the one senator loomis is drinking from at this moment are also lined with plastic. my understanding is aluminum cans are lined with plastic. now over here, we have a blue, can you hold up your blue water bottle? i'm not sure about that is in fact the case that that aluminum cans and paper cups are lined with plastic and do they put off fewer particles? or should we be thinking if just in terms of individual health, is there some container other than glass that, that doesn't have a plastic lining? >> thank

in fact, on the third anniversary of that bombing, it was mullen who namechecked donahue and said, nobody here has been held accountable. so why he lifted that hold that remains unclear, but i will point out that donahue has tremendous support from former and current officials in this building, including a guest you had on just a short time ago, former secretary of defense mark esper who said he was a great pick for the position and also pointed out that you shouldn't be holding the military officials responsible for what their civilian essentially leaders had them and instructed them to do. and that, it seems, was exactly what was happening here. >> all right. still more to know, obviously, but very interesting oren liebermann live for us at the pentagon. thank you. the stowaway saga continues after six u.s. marshals were prepared to escort the woman who had snuck onto a paris flight. delta said nope who should be the 2024 cnn hero of the year? >> it's your chance to weigh in. discover the life changing work this year's honorees are doing. then cast up to ten votes a day, every day. visi

senator markwayne mullen, thank you, sir. appreciate it. happy christmas, sir. switching gears.ce joins democrat law fair retirement party, okay. that's one way to put it. joining me onset is gregg jarrett. she's not onset but she's retired. >> her case is deader than a door nail as i said it would be. when the trial court judge said, well, only one of you has to recuse yourself because of the conflict of interest and appearance of im impropriety and they're nonsense guilty of the same offense and go odell beckham jr arkansasology that and columbia in addition opportunistic interest -- on the conflict of interest and impropriety. larry: the boyfriend was in washington getting briefed on this. >> twice. yeah, he was dumb enough to bill the state for it. larry: speaking of side hustles, what was he doing now -- was she down there too? >> up there from georgia. larry: i beg your pardon, my geography. >> it's a little unclear. she did make a trip up to washington but nay tan wade submit -- nathan wade submitted bills to the taxpayers for his trip to the white house. my memory is fuz

senator mark wayne mullen of what he makes of the president's choice to do that.ing you. you know him pretty well, what you think? >> i've known them for a little while since my time in the house detail. he's perfect. this is a guy that exposed the fbi for weapon i against president trump. he's the one that brought forth a complaint about the russian hoax, about the collusion, about the dossier report. he also exposed the fact that hunter biden's laptop was actually being protected by the fbi and he referred to wray's direction. i believe he's the perfect person that's going to build a clean house at the fbi on the seventh floor of the hoover building and put it back to mission focus. is a difference between the guys on the seventh floor versus the guys in the field every day that are actually watching over the american people and keeping us safe. that's wear it needs to be reformed and that's where kash will be focusing and i'm happy that the director stopped -- stepped down so we don't have to deal with that and we can focus on moving forward. >> neil: donald tr

get reaction to the budget deal just signed into law by president biden from senators work wayne mullennd ben cardin. first we turn to the white house on more on how the deal came together in not setting up another showdown will come early into president trumps new term. >> it was quite a deal. president biden remains at the white house today after deciding that to keep the government open the government is officially open right now. however, it really was close. a statement touting compromise. this agreement represents a compromise which means neither side got everything it wanted. but it rejects the accelerated pathway to a tax cut for billionaires that republicans sought. continued to operate at full capacity. house speaker mike johnson torqued the original agreement with democrats once elon musk and president elect trump chimed in. the funding stays at current levels until mid-march. it includes $100 million in disaster rated 10 billion in economic aid for farmers. notably missing shannon is a debt limit increase something president elect trump demanded. >> we did what was basic to

i was with admiral mullen for 11 years. 11 years. and we are still very, very close. but i can count on one hand, the number of times in 11 years, when one of you came to me and asked me, what does mullen think about x, y, and z? where i had to go ask him. i didn't mean to do that. i kept him on the spot because he kept me close. and i do worry i worry that is not the case, as much as it was, we were talking about the embedding program, one of the values, not only did you get to cover things up close and personal, but you build relationships, not just with the paos but with future admirals and generals which helped you be more contextual and told a better story. now that we are not able to embed not suggesting we have a formal embedding process, we don't have the capacity, provide security, in every circumstance. i do worry that those relationships have frayed and they are not as visceral as they used to be because we are not with you as much as we were. i cannot speak for these assertions, chris. certainly, to hear them is deeply troubling and should be considered an

in one of our first hearings, i asked general mullen, what's the greatest threat facing our country and i'd been a governor and senators shaking a head with me, and i was chomping at the bit, what is he going to tell me. never hesitated me, he said our national debt more than any country's military might, national debt will take it, and went through me like wildfire. today it's 36 trillion dollars and i know there are senators sitting here that feels the way i do, breaks down for $104,000 for every man, woman and child in america, this is not sustainable, this is something you'll have 0 cure, i know you will. it's terrifying to think by the end of this fiscal year, the u.s. will spend more paying interest on our debt than we will to defend our country or help americans everywhere, more on the debt than anything else. our current immigration system is broken, our southern border is a disaster, it's plain and simple. we must secure our border and support legal immigration. you can't do one without the other. you've got to be able to move forward. american leadership standing with our alli

. >> reporter: at community hospital north in indianapolis, newborn intensive care nurse katrina mullenported last year, the lengths she went to for these triplets, and their 14-year-old mother, is beyond compare. >> [sighs] being that age and having all three babies premature and sick, it was going to be a hard road for her. >> reporter: katrina was once a teenage mother herself, and she knew that this young mom, shariya small, didn't have a stable home life. so, even after the babies were discharged, katrina continued to visit them and shower them with gifts. >> pacifiers or bottles, three matching outfits for them. >> reporter: [laughs] what is driving you to do all of this? >> just... love. i mean, i loved her. i loved them. and i just wanted to see her be a successful parent. >> she was just there. she was there emotionally. she was there physically. she was there mentally. >> reporter: which was all new for shariya. >> yeah. she was really the only person there. >> reporter: but shariya still didn't have a proper home for the kids. so, eventually, the department of child services

mark wayne mullen, great to see you. your thoughts is the nominees lips the senate?e thing reporters asked, do you think they're moving too fast? how did they move too fast? that the american people want to change and something we never had before, and coming administration that's been there done that so he put forth his nominees they the ground run running. his transition team knows what needs to happen. he and cash in kennedy meeting with senators not allowing the media to dictate the opinion going in sitting down with senators and they are winning. not one angle republican saying they will vote no for any of trump nominees. that's huge. >> moderates in the past, let's talk about this. you confirm terms following nominees? a lot of people just don't know scott, getting to know pete hegseth better. >> it doesn't shy from the tough questions. i hear from senator after senator. he took the questions had on so i'm excited about the american people hearing him answer questions when we have a hearing in a way to end. i believe democrats will come up swinging and throw ev

as part of the occupation as part of the trainers as part of the funders for this whole mullens and groups that they've helped to create. and they, by the way, they never want one force. they want to hold chaotic, grouping and flight each other. yes. and at the meantime, destroy everything and syria while that rubbish off of this. and he is always good timing company with us here on the, on the international optics class. so i will be back at the top with them the the, [000:00:00;00] the welcome to come, stackable homes, were all things are considered on peter a little bit. charles shocking doesn't even begin to describe, but the fall of damascus to a brand new terrace with western support and so quickly is a world historic event. the middle east has been fundamentally reordered the resistance as essentially collapse. we discuss these issues and more. i'm joined by my guess, george samuel, we in budapest, he's a pod cast where the goggle, which can be found on youtube and locals and crimea, and we cross deluxe level. but he is a moscow based international relations and security analyst. or

challenges today and ordered my first hearings in armed services, and he, i asked former admiral mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, asked, what is the greatest threat facing our country? i've been a governor. i just got there. i think they were there with me. we asked that question. i was jumping at the pittsburgh what the pittsburgh what are you going to tell me? he never hesitated. never missed a minute. he said, our natural debt which is more threatening than any other country's military will take us down first. the national debt will take us down as it is most of the abominations in the world. and that went through me like i do know, like just wildfire. so let me just say, today our national debt is $36 trillion. and i know there's senators now that feel the same as i do. that breaks down to $105,000 for every man, woman and child. in america. this is not sustainable. nonsustainable. is something you will have to carry. and i know you will. it is terrifying to think that the u.s. will spend more on paying debt or interest on our debt than we will to defend our countr

mullen dice que el otro salvavidas rescató a 1 de los trabajadores en el jetski mientras él se metióos de negocios que han tenido que cerrar sus puertas. slowing dice que es difícil debido a que estas semanas son donde muchos dueños de negocio hacen dinero para sostenerse hasta febrero. la ciudad espera que sea solo unas semanas y no meses antes de que los 17 negocios en el muelle puedan reabrir. pero el muelle quizás nunca será lo mismo. en una conferencia de prensa hoy, la ciudad dijo que quizás nunca reconstruyan la sección que colapsó al agua debido a los cambios climáticos. añade que van a tener que tomar decisiones difíciles en santa cruz. jocelyn moran noticiero telemundo 48. por su parte, en vallejo, las autoridades están investigando la muerte de una persona cuyo cadáver fue encontrado abandonado en nochebuena. el incidente ocurrió entre el cruce de las calles mini drive y broadway. la ciudad dice que el equipo de obras públicas estaba usando una retroexcavadora para recoger bolsas de material de construcción cuando descubrieron el cuerpo. aún no está claro si la excavadora

lieutenant isaiah mullen and sam hoffman had seconds to act, and on jet skis, rushed toward the debris. >> we could see the true scope of what had happened, the amount of wharf that was in the water, the buildings and structures that were still standing on it, and two individuals standing on the wreckage waving us down for help. >> all the while, the two lifeguards were still dealing with the powerful waves. >> it caused the tide to suck in, sucking underneath the platform, kind of pulling us towards the structure. >> miraculously, the lifeguards were able to save two construction workers. a third pulled themselves to safety. no one was seriously injured. now, days later, attention turns to those most affected by the indefinite closure of the rest of the wharf, home of more than two dozen businesses owners who have already taken huge hits. >> i did own the dolphin. yeah, up until the 28th of last year, we had swells like this and we lost some some pilings and that collapsed the floor of the dolphin. >> that was the portion of the wharf under construction at the time of the collapse, wi

esta tarde, las autoridades identificaron a las víctimas como bill mullen, de 36 años, chao bao pan,4 cuyos nombres no se dieron a conocer por respeto a la familia. todos de origen vietnamita. las autoridades dicen que el martes recibieron varias llamadas de familiares de la parej realmente preocupados porque hace unos días que no lograban comunicarse con ellos. al llegar a la escena encontraron los cadáveres de la familia. la policía también dijo que todas las víctimas tenían un impacto de bala y que creen que murieron el sábado en la noche, como informamos. las autoridades determinaron que el padre es el sospechoso y que luego de dispararle a su esposa e hijos, terminó con su vida. y sigamos hablando de violencia intrafamiliar, pues las cifras son iguales de duras que la historia anterior que vimos. una de cada 3 mujeres latinas en estados unidos son víctimas de violencia doméstica, por lo que es importante concientizar sobre cómo afecta esto a nuestra comunidad. valentina sánchez habló con 2 expertos y tiene detalles. la violencia doméstica es un tema muy importante porque no solo

lieutenant isaiah mullen and sam hoffman had seconds to act, and on jet skis, rushed toward the debris. >> we could see the true scope of what had happened, the amount of wharf that was in the water, the buildings and structures that were still standing on it, and two individuals standing on the wreckage waving us down for help. >> all the while, the two lifeguards were still dealing with the powerful waves. >> it caused the tide to suck in, sucking underneath the platform, kind of pulling us towards the structure. >> miraculously, the lifeguards were able to save two construction workers. a third pulled themselves to safety. no one was seriously injured. now, days later, attention turns to those most affected by the indefinite closure of the rest of the wharf, home of more than two dozen businesses owners who have already taken huge hits. >> i did own the dolphin. yeah, up until the 28th of last year, we had swells like this and we lost some some pilings and that collapsed the floor of the dolphin. >> that was the portion of the wharf under construction at the time of the collapse, wi

with great respect for admiral mullen. in all seriousness such proud of you and thought provoking discussion and i will say serving on the house armed services committee we would be were better served were this the dialogue and level of preparation and patriotism that you brought to this so we're really proud of you and i will note my bias and say tomorrow beat navy. [applause] >> let me say first of all what congressman identified as we were tacking back and forth want you to know that as i cycle out of the senate now the proudest thing that i'm able to do, the honor that i have is nominating people like you. away take that extremely serious in west virginia. we have some talented young men and women and we have a selection committee that goes through there in great detail trying to haoefrp one that has a desire to serve. but also you give us the hope that the separation between the purpose of our military might and the direction our military might takes is separated and without your training that you have and how it is i

we know that mullens themselves are not happy with the policy the maya san do is pursuing. and now she has decided to blame all her problems on russia to make us out to be the main culprits of the problems that ordinary young people are feeling today. and when they ask a fair question to their leadership, why it cannot resolve these problems? instead of choosing a constructive way to start the talks, mold over decides to complain to the europeans. instead of calling moscow to do something they decided to saw us again. moldova is taking advantage of russia's good natured attitude towards its people. people are suffering because of maya san dues. missing centers, many in moldova and ukraine are actually nervous because although the europeans promise some kind of independence from russian energy resources, after 2 and a half years, they have not been able to do anything to get rid of us fax or stubborn things. europe will not be able to a band and russian energy resources in the next 50 years, and everyone understands perfectly well that energy security in europe depends, if n

i made that statement on what admiral mike mullen said to me in my first armed services meeting in 2011. i was anxious to hear, what is the greatest threat to the united states of america? i am thinking i will hear military power that can take us down. he says, don't worry about that. it will be the debt of the nation that takes us down before any military might challenge us. host: so how do they do it? sen. manchin: basically, you have to do it. you have to have an income-base that is fair and equitable for everyone, everyone pays a fair share. we have so much diversity, we have so much income inequality. i just try to do a 15% minimum on corporations that have $100 billion of book value for the last three years. and people were fighting about that! i said, my goodness, we all got to pay our fair share to a certain extent, we don't have to be excessive about that. everybody pay. we have to rein in the spending. spending is out of proportion. we are spending anywhere between 1.7 and $2 trillion more than we take in. we haven't in balance the budget in 20 years. host: right. what is goin

floating just off the end, just before that collapse happened, lieutenant sam hoffman and isaiah mullen, both lifeguards with the santa cruz fire department, were patrolling the water on jet skis near cowell beach when they heard an ominous creaking and cracking noise. >> i looked out myself, and lieutenant hoffman could see the wharf collapsing into the ocean. we started to head that way. i got my fins on just in case there was somebody in the water. >> fortunately, everyone did make it to shore safely. more high surf is expected throughout the weekend all along the northern california coastline. >> ten adults and four children were displaced by an apartment complex fire early this morning in san jose. all eight units in one building are uninhabitable. the fire department released photos that shows close up views of the damage. the first emergency call came a little after 5:00 this morning about the complex on gemelli way. two apartment units were in flames when crews first arrived on the scene. >> quote. anytime when someone loses their property and their homes with a fire, we're alwa

senator mullen, if that should happen, he told me know. >> should she be primary if she says no? >> is going through the process because it is very important to her. this ad that was targeting her i disagree with is that. she takes her job seriously. if you know anything about her she's a wonderful person but there's a reason she has been successful in her military career and has a senator, she's going through the process. >> reporter: back out here live it seems we don't have any nose on the board the transition team looks at as a good thing. we don't know where the yess are totally but looks like senators are saying we want to go through this process, to get the fbi background checks and go through these hearings before we decide how to vote. neil: if you don't do the bidding they will primary you? there used to be a day republicans would back the democratic cabinet choices, there was a day when we were thoughtful about this. >> it is an interesting time. senators will remind us there's a separation of power, three branches of government and they take their advice and consent d

and talking with senators and the fbi director nominee kash patel just walked outed of mark wayne mullen'sk or answer any questions and a lot of folk haves been asking him if he's going to go after democrats and go after the january 6 committee and he's stayed silent on the hill and as you mentioned homeland security secretary kristi noem going to make her debut and meet with four different senators including rand paul and trump's defense secretary pete hegseth meets with two senators today who could tank him, stuart. that's lisa me murkowski and sun colins and comes after progress he made with joni ernst yesterday and said she'll support hegseth through the process but not a clear yes though. reporter: now tulsi gabbard was on the hill and said it'll be a tough one and he does see a path for her confirmation and senator ernst aren't saying no publicly or even privately but they're deferring to this confirmation process, the advise and consent. they want to see the fbi background checks and they want to have the folks go through the nomination hearings but again, things could take awhile,

i was with admiral mullen for 11 years and we are still very close. i can count on one hand in 11 years how many times when i became to me and asked me what is small and think about x, y and z and i had to go to him and ask and i can give you an answer on the spot and that's what needs to happen now and i do worry filipek but that's not the case as much as it was. we were talking about the embedding program in one of the values of the embedding program was not only did you all get to cover things up close and personal that you built relationships not just with the pao's. future admirals and generals and those relationships helped. it helped us to tell a better story and now that we are able to embed and i'm not suggesting we need to have a formal embedding process. we still have the capacity for that to provide security in every circumstance but i do worry that those relationships have frayed and they aren't as visceral as they used to be because we are with you as much as we were. i can't speak for these assertions. certainly to hear them is deeply,

her guest is democratic senator ben cardin, markwayne mullen director and writer of the chosen.l report" i'm rich edson in washington. "the ingraham angle" is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle." thank you as always for joining .

when he met with mullen yesterday from oklahoma he said polio vaccine not on the table.ther vaccines and transparency. i want to say and some of the other republican senators are looking at this, murcowski and collins are looking at the issue that vaccine confidence is already down because of the pandemic. we're already seeing a decrease in vaccine uptake in our young children and flu vaccine and other vaccines. so transparency is great but he may be still thinking of casting doubt on vaccines. that is number one. that's something that the senators are looking at. he was reassuring, by the way, to senator tim scott yesterday on the issue of abortion. when scott reported on instagram that kennedy was open to this discussion of no federal funding for abortion. that was probably unexpected. i think that's a big headline out of yesterday. >> bill: reading this sentence. kennedy said the covid-19 vaccines were the deadlyist ever made and polio vaccine might have caused more deaths than it averted. if that question comes up in the hearing how will he answer that and will it be

her guest is democratic senator ben cardin, markwayne mullen director and writer of the chosen. thanks for watching "special report" i'm rich edson in washington. "the ingraham angle" is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle." thank you as always for joining us. a busy night on capitol hill. the house just passed that continuing resolution was a 3.0 to keep the government funded through march now headed to the senate. the government could still partially shut down at midnight tonight. let's go live to capitol hill where fox news senior correspondent congressional correspondent, of course, chad pergram is standing by. chad, what can you tell us tonight? we are waiting for the senate. the senate is in session now. i'm looking at roll call vote unrelated to this. we expect them to take this up in the next couple of hours. of the question is whether or not they can get this done before midnight or whether or not senators want to slow down the process. take some time have debate and maybe get in some point during the day on saturday

thanks, markwayne mullen. you expect for it to pass? >> yes. >> brian: okay. president joe biden, gangs and transgender volleyball players. we'll put it together for you. i'll get a second opinion. take charge of your treatment. if you can't lay your hand flat, visit findahandspecialist.com to get started. —sounds like you need to vaporize that cold. dayquil vapocool? it's dayquil plus a rush of vicks vapors. ♪vapocooooool♪ woah. dayquil vapocool. the vaporizing daytime, coughing, aching, stuffy head, power through your day, medicine. >> brian: welcome back. a "wall street journal" report that biden's health was worse than any one thought. today not one reporter asked at the white house about it. i'm talking about not one. this could be the biggest scandal of the year. it goes way beyond politics. our country didn't have a functional president. the white house, the media, obama, pelosi, schumer, the clintons all covered it up, especially kamala. the report revealed that biden's cabinet rarely met, nine times if four years. lloyd austin got the cold shoulder ev

lieutenant sam hoffman and isaiah mullen are lifeguards with the santa cruz fire department. they were actually patrolling the waters near the wharf when they heard an ominous creaking sound. >> it was pretty surreal. it was like this island floating just off the end. i looked out myself and lieutenant hoffman could see the wharf collapsing into the ocean. >> we started to head that way. i got my fins on just in case there was somebody in the water. >> well, fortunately, everyone made it to shore safely. more high surf is expected today and throughout the weekend along the northern california coastline. and with that in mind, it's 708. let's say good morning once again to rosemary and get that& forecast. i guess today is the hors d'oeuvre. tomorrow is the main course, right? yes. >> we're going to be just a little soggy this morning, frank. and then i think for most of the day, kind of like yesterday in and out of clouds, a few sprinkles up possibility, but it shouldn't be a big deal. and here's a beautiful view as we look into the clouds and see the sun already begin to pop

. >> dana: joining us for more on this is republican oklahoma senator mullen. great to have you. the advise and consent process is super interesting. not like instant confirmation add water. it takes a little bit of time. what do you think about the process so far? >> i think it has been going right. my first time to go through this process through the nominations and meeting with me. i've enjoyed the process. article two, second two gives us the right to advise and consent. impressive to see how many senators are taking this to heart. but at the same time we understand that president trump has a cabinet that he wants to get in place as soon as possible and there hasn't been a single no on any of his nominations saying they won't vote for him. they are methodically going through the process. every one of these individuals that the president has nominated are on capitol hill doing exactly what they are supposed to do. not about putting yeses on the board but keeping nos off the board. they have done that. you've seen the way pete handled this and tulsi and kash. laurie will be her

joining me now is senator markwayne mullen of oklahoma, senator, great to have you on.he house republicans just helped tank the spending bill. you may have heard what chip roy said. he said it's just unconscionable to agree to raise the debt limit without certain structural reforms in place. that would ultimately start cutting spending. why is he wrong? >> phil what he is wanting to do is put reconciliation. what he doesn't realize is that schumer is wanting to hold the debt limit over president trump's head to negotiate on reconciliation. because the republicans in the senate cannot pass reconciliation without having democrat support because it takes 60 votes. we can't do it with just 51. we have to have 60. what schumer is doing here. schumer is going to hold the president, hold the american people and hold our economy hostage to make a lot worse deal moving forward. keep in mind, president trump is the art of the deal maker. he understands what it is going to take to do the job. is he bored thinking because he has been there before. he knows if he doesn't get this ke

representatives kevin mullen and mark--delegation from japan rail and students from uc berkeley and san francisco state. the team continues to advance durable work relating to the project and last month happy to receive $24.6 million from the federal administration, infrastructure and safety improvement to complete final design for tracking systems connecting the two recently completed federal investment, caltrain electrification and transit hub and train box. working to get those funds into contract in coming weeks and initiate that work moving forward. at the federal level, we are working on federal state partnership application administered through the fr a due december 16. we are drafting our application similar to the scope of work we applied for mega, which is for design of our 40 civil tunnel contract. at the regional level, mtc convened the last meeting to discussfunding options for reejal intransportation measure. two options remain consisting of scenario 1 a, sales tax measure and sales and parcel tax the commission will hear december 9 for action to send to the legislature. l

mike: here's markwayne mullen on that issue earlier today. >> i agree with the president we shouldn'tthis isn't our fight. but make no mistake about this, this wasn't an accident and rebels solely finding a opportunity to move forward. we should have nothing to do w. i am shocked i'm going to say that and i'm very happy he nominated marco rubio and that's someone the american people can have confidence in and go in and understand the issue and keep us out of another war we have no business being in and will only bring death to american troops.. mike: share with our audience and you guys and hear from president biden within the two minute warning and we'll tap dance till the command fertilizer chief takes the podium. erin, your thoughts on the syria gar whether the current administration wants any part or the future administration wants to be in the middle? >> it's good day for syrian people and perilous time because there's concerns that terrorists could have the nation. there's a >> there's about a thousand troops right now in sere .y we don't have a large military footprint. in orde

senator mullen also involved in these negotiations trying to help achieve trump's goals put it this way last night. this is all about leverage at this point. it's about getting the debt ceiling pretty much taken care of before trump takes office so chuck schumer doesn't come in and hold this over his head which is he going to. it's all about leverage. democrats will have very little next year so it's about trying to take that away from them now. >> brian: just real quick, what happens if it goes past midnight, do they work next week? do they just keep working or they quit? >> i seriously doubt if they actually stay. it sounds like they want to go home. there has been some backup plan ideas about passing a clean cr for a week i'm not sure that's going to happen. it's really hard to get people to come back after christmas between the new year holiday to do anything. we might see a mini shutdown. come back in the new year. but, at this point, i mean, your guess is as good as mine. >> ainsley: ralph norman could have a mini shut down. >> brian: thanks, aishah. >> ainsley: wouldn't effect it

lieutenant isaiah mullen and sam hoffman had seconds to act, and on jet skis, rushed toward the debris. >> we could see the true scope of what had happened, the amount of wharf that was in the water, the buildings and structures that were still standing on it, and two individuals standing on the wreckage waving us down for help. >> all the while, the two lifeguards were still dealing with the powerful waves. >> it caused the tide to suck in, sucking underneath the platform, kind of pulling us towards the structure. >> miraculously, the lifeguards were able to save two construction workers. a third pulled themselves to safety. no one was seriously injured. now, days later, attention turns to those most affected by the indefinite closure of the rest of the wharf, home of more than two dozen businesses owners who have already taken huge hits. >> i did own the dolphin. yeah, up until the 28th of last year, we had swells like this and we lost some some pilings and that collapsed the floor of the dolphin. >> that was the portion of the wharf under construction at the time of the collapse, wi

during his first day of meetings he saw support from several gop senators who including mark wayne mullenf oklahoma and rick scott of florida. but at least one senate republican is openly questioning rfk's qualifications. scepter john kelly of louisiana took this jab at trump's pick. >> well, if he comes by, i'll probably talk to him about his ph.d. in cellular and molecular biology. oh, wait, he doesn't have one. i forgot. >> joining us now white house reporter for bloomberg, akala gardener. akayla, good to see you. you were at president-elect trump's news conference yesterday. lasted nearly an hour. and he talked about the moment we wanted to highlight here is one we showed earlier about him weighing on senators who don't support his cabinet picks and very much suggesting that some of them, anyway, could be primaried. what's the latest -- give us your spps to response to that a latest you've heard from his team about this pressure campaign to push gop senators to yes. >> yeah, well, really the origin of this question was senator jody jody jody ernst, and she was particularly concerned a

lieutenant isaiah mullen and sam hoffman had seconds to act, and on jet skis, rushed toward the debris. >> we could see the true scope of what had happened, the amount of wharf that was in the water, the buildings and structures that were still standing on it, and two individuals standing on the wreckage waving us down for help. >> all the while, the two lifeguards were still dealing with the powerful waves. >> it caused the tide to suck in, sucking underneath the platform, kind of pulling us towards the structure. >> miraculously, the lifeguards were able to save two construction workers. a third pulled themselves to safety. no one was seriously injured. now, days later, attention turns to those most affected by the indefinite closure of the rest of the wharf, home of more than two dozen businesses owners who have already taken huge hits. >> i did own the dolphin. yeah, up until the 28th of last year, we had swells like this and we lost some some pilings and that collapsed the floor of the dolphin. >> that was the portion of the wharf under construction at the time of the collapse, wi

lieutenant isaiah mullen and sam hoffman had seconds to act, and on jet skis, rushed toward the debris. >> we could see the true scope of what had happened, the amount of wharf that was in the water, the buildings and structures that were still standing on it, and two individuals standing on the wreckage waving us down for help. >> all the while, the two lifeguards were still dealing with the powerful waves. >> it caused the tide to suck in, sucking underneath the platform, kind of pulling us towards the structure. >> miraculously, the lifeguards were able to save two construction workers. a third pulled themselves to safety. no one was seriously injured. now, days later, attention turns to those most affected by thes to indefinite closure of the rest of the wharf, home of more than two dozen businesses owners who have already taken huge hits. >> i did own the dolphin. yeah, up until the 28th of last year, we had swells like this and we lost some some pilings and that collapsed the floor of the dolphin. >> that was the portion of the wharf under construction at the time of the collapse

but listen to senator mark wayne mullen, republican of oklahoma, what you had to say today on fox about elon musk's role, watch this. >> think about this, we are bringing in the riches, the most successful man in the united states, in fact in the world, and president trump has got him to come in to be the government's consultant, to show where we are having wasteful spending, to show where we can do things better for the people we serve, and what is wrong with that? >> well, congresswoman, answer that question, what is wrong with that? >> besides the conflicts of interest that take place, listen, elon is rich because of the federal government, the same federal government that he talks about being so wasteful. i know that we can start by cutting any dollars that we are sending to him. we know that he took out a loan from the federal government and it was because of that loan that he was able to continue on with his venture with tesla. we know that tesla has a certain amount of issues, but even right now, they have decided that they are not going to allow for the reports to come out for t

on the flipside, you also hear from mullen, the senator from oklahoma. >> president trump is a negotiator because he is a very successful businessman and he put on the table what he wanted but he wanted the debt limit on, but you negotiated all the facts that the democrats put in there and still got a good bill. so, the success goes to president trump >> yes, in a narrow sense, it was a political went in that president-elect trump demanded all sorts of things, even threatened to primary republicans who didn't support him, and then failed to get most of what he wanted. but you are right to focus on what fell out of the package. >> reporter: the reality is it speaker johnson gets re-elected on january 3rd, that might be the easiest moment for him, and that is not going to be an easy moment by any stretch of the imagination, and that is because even though republicans do have control over the house and the senate and the white house next year, they have a very narrow margin. you're still going to have to have democrats voting for measures, especially ones that are must pass, including fundin

congressman mark mullen era of new york slammed 3 times and just went right go. >> at 6.22.ahead on the kron 4 morning news, the new san francisco department of public health is taking steps to de stigmatize weight "the doctor will see you now." but do they really? do they see that crick in your neck? that ache in your heart? will they see that funny little thing that wasn't there last year? a new bounce in your step? the way your retinal scan connects to your blood sugar? at kaiser permanente all of us work together to care for all that is you. back at 6.25. the san francisco department of public health now has an expert educating its staff about issues surrounding weight stigma and body positivity. >> so the department hired verde tow bar out of our describes herself as a leading expert on weight based discrimination and body positivity. she's also the author of a book entitled you have the right to remain fat and has contributed as a writer to forbes magazine show work with the department through june of next year. >> time now 6.25. and hopefully police arrested. 2 people

lieutenant isaiah mullen and sam hoffman had seconds to act, and on jet skis, rushed toward the debris. >> we could see the true scope of what had happened, the amount of wharf that was in the water, the buildings and structures that were still standing on it, and two individuals standing on the wreckage waving us down for help. >> all the while, the two lifeguards were still dealing with the powerful waves. >> it caused the tide to suck in, sucking underneath the platform, kind of pulling us towards the structure. >> miraculously, the lifeguards were able to save two construction workers. a third pulled themselves to safety. no one was seriously injured. now, days later, attention turns to those most affected by the indefinite closure of the rest of the wharf, home of more than two dozen businesses owners who have already taken huge hits. >> i did own the dolphin. yeah, up until the 28th of last year, we had swells like this and we lost some some pilings and that collapsed the floor of the dolphin. >> that was the portion of the wharf under construction at the time of the collapse, wi

of one of the first meetings i had gone to in early 2011, i asked former admiral mike mullen. i said chairman mullening, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, what is the greatest threat facing america. he never hesitated one second. ep said the debt of the nation will bring us down first. the debt of the nation brought down every major society in history. and that's exactly what we're on track to do. we have a fiscal crisis in this doge. we're spending more than we bring in every year for the 22 years, and the debt that resulted from it is absolutely crippling. most americans couldn't last 22 paychecks, let alone 22 years of spending more than they brought in. years of fiscal responsibility have brought us to the crisis we are today, which is more than $36 trillion in national debt. that breaks down to $104,000 for every man, woman 20, and child. $104,000 for every citizen in america. we will spend more on paying the interest, just the interest on our debt than we do to defend our country. this is the crisis we're facing and we're going into this blindly and it passed wi