but when i became the director of national intelligence on the category of the site of the wall or the other side of the curtain and we look at all of our intelligence for what it said it was so clear that china and china alone presented the greatest national security threat, and that wasn't something i'd seen as a member of congress. that was one of the reasons i did something that dni's typically don't do. i put out an op-ed saying they are our number one nationals nal security threat. i was pleased to see in the unclassified report that came out and in hearings a recognition and a discussion about that, that china poses the greatest threat. unfortunately what worries me most about china is that got a lot of momentum. they didn't become our number one adversary overnight. we should in talking about china i think honestly more candidly and in recognition of how the ra near-peer competitor, a competitor to the u.s. in so many places. now we look up, and what worries me is not only are they and near-peer competitor in many places but that got a lot of momentum and they got a unified foc

as you sat add director of national intelligence. >> i thought we would break the sig down to three parts, threats, sponsor capabilities of intelligence community then the questions that will come from the audience. that dustin car will enable the questioning to you. intelligence community that you led, april 9, 10 days ago issued a written annual threat assessment. in that, that was a pro amble to -- preamble to hearings held by committee you served on house in terms of house intelligence committee and senate select committee for intelligence this past week. i point that out because it a great backdrop for the following question that i have on national security as it applying to threats we face. as dr. carafano said, we can agree the threats are real. they are looming and getting worse and deeper and broader in terms of what america faces. so let's focus in terms of firstms question on the threats that we face from china. if you were to think about in terms of your time at the director of national intelligence, the chinese communist party continues as a whole of government to influence,

that's what the director of national intelligence does, integrates and coordinates across all 17 intelligence agencies. making the community better so we can make members of congres, the president, and our policymakers and better informed on national security decisions. my time in congress as well the committees i've been on and been legislating trading national security law i think i've got a broadoa deep more than qualifiea level of experience we talk about national security issues. i have a den if i do when there are problems with the use of intelligence authorities. i've spoken truth to power when i have seen it misused. >> i enthusiastically support your nomination. i look forward to voting for you on the committee and again on the floor. thankin you. if any member currently has additional question i be happy to entertain them. if not, senator feinstein? if you've got a quick one. [inaudible] >> if i could ask one question it's something i have tried i have been very concerned by t te growth of contractors of the last 20 plus o years in the agencies. when i was chairman of the committee

the nominee he had confirmed was the director of national intelligence. a couple days later he had lloyd austin confirmed and then a few days after that he had antony blinken, secretary of state confirmed. it is normal to prioritize national security nominees on the floor if you are senate leadership. in the case of trump nominees, they are some of the more controversial ones. after that it will be epicenter democrats in terms of whether they would build time or not because each nominee under regular order if you use the full-time, each nominee will take a few days. host: does marco rubio get to vote on his own nomination? guest: as long as he is still a sitting senator by the time the vote happens. he could technically wait to resign until right before he becomes secretary of state, of course. that could be interesting. i've tried asking to see what his plans are. he doesn't have any specifics to share, but that could be fascinating. he does not need his own vote. he's going to get 80, 85 plus votes in the senate. host: what senators stick out for confir

intelligence. as far as experience, i started handling national securit issues back in 2005. and that included intelligence authoriti my first exposure with fisa wa 2005 and in trying to respond t in trying to respond to this committee, we found that in at least one instance, the authorities that i used -- the matters that i work on remain c. so from an experience standpoin as far back as 2005, i've been using those authorities. but i think the role of u.s. attorney, in particular, and my time as chief of antiterrorism for four years is particularly well-suited and analogous to th so as u.s. attorney, i was running a federated enterprise, working across federal agencies integrating, coordinating, sharing information, and doing so in an apolitical way. and that's very much what the director of national intelligence does, integrates and coordinates across all 17 intelligence agencies. making the community making our policymakers and the community better informed on national security decisions. my time in congress, as well. legislating, creating national security laws. i think i

that's what the director of national intelligence does, integrates and coordinates across all 17 intelligence agencies. making the community better so we can make members of congres, the president, and our policymakers and better informed on national security decisions. my time in congress as well the committees i've been on and been legislating trading national security law i think i've got a broadoa deep more than qualifiea level of experience we talk about national security issues. i have a den if i do when there are problems with the use of intelligence authorities. i've spoken truth to power when i have seen it misused. >> i enthusiastically support your nomination. i look forward to voting for you on the committee and again on the floor. thankin you. if any member currently has additional question i be happy to entertain them. if not, senator feinstein? if you've got a quick one. [inaudible] >> if i could ask one question it's something i have tried i have been very concerned by t te growth of contractors of the last 20 plus o years in the agencies. when i was chairman of the committee

that is pretty much what the director of national intelligence does, integrates and coordinates across all 17 intelligence agencies, making the community better so our policymakers are better for national security decisions. the committees i have been on, legislating, creating laws, i think i have a deep and more than qualified level of experience if you want to talk about national security issues. i have good judgment. i have identified and spoken truth to power when i see it missed used. sen. rubio: i enthusiastically support the nomination and look forward to voting for you. >> if any member currently has one additional question i would be happy that. if you have a quick one. sen. feinstein: if i could ask one question, something i wanted to cure. i have been very concerned about the growth of contractors over the last 20 plus years. when i was chairman of the committee we made a big push to ensure all inherently government functions were performed by government employees and not contractors. it is my understanding that effort continues today and we made substantial progress over th

the nominee he confirmed was the director of national intelligence. a couple days later he confirmed into a few days after that secretary of state was confirmed so it is normal to prioritize through national leadership. you could see a day one confirmation and after that it will be a senate democrat in terms of revealing time or not under regular order. >> does marco rubio get to vote on the nomination? >> he can as long as he still a sitting editor. right before he becomes secretary of state so that could be interesting. he doesn't have any specifics to share get. i will say he does not need his own boat. >> what senators take out. who tends to make them? >> it depends on the committees on the floor it's a lot different because you have the perpetual swing votes and susan carlin's and mitch mcconnell and that. you and continue to advance and how he that involved. pushing back on this is party and will way in this confirmation and vote for someone like excess. i would say in terms of the senate or have an independent and issues to focus on. it is nomin

as trump's new director of national intelligence, ratcliffe drew criticism from democrats for declassifying unverified russian intelligence. the intel purported that hillary clinton had approved an effort to, quote, stir up a scandal against us presidential candidate donald trump by tying him to putin and the russians hacking of the democratic national committee, end quote. that assessment had already been rejected by democrats and republicans in the senate intelligence committee as having no factual basis. that's according to politico. sources also told the new york times that special counsel robert mueller had also evaluated and rejected that information. ratcliffe. ratcliffe himself even acknowledged that the intel community, quote, does not know the accuracy of this allegation. end quote. some democrats accused ratcliffe of politicizing the intelligence community. senator mark warner of virginia called move disturbing, especially so close to a presidential election. oregon senator ron wyden said, quote, his politicization of intelligence, including through selective releases to politica

nation's history, 9/11. it was a failure of communication. we had the intelligence, we just weren't sharing it with each other in a way that would prevent that. and you brought up covid as the more recent example where maybe as many as 25 million people died worldwide and at least a million americans as a result of that, and one of the things when i came in as d.n.i. to your point was, i was surprised at the lack of coordination between, for instance, the intelligence community and health agencies like the c.d.c. and the n.i.h. and the ability to -- the channels were not open to share information like you're talking about. so many of these things can be, if not prevented, mitigated quickly, if we're communicating and sharing intelligence better. so i completely agree with the sentiment that you've expressed and look forward to working with you to make sure that we're doing those things if i'm confirmed at c.i.a. director. sen. gillibrand: thank you. i just want to associate myself with the comments of senator collins with regard to -- i think it is essential as i me

the nominee he had confirmed was the director of national intelligence.ouple days later he had lloyd austin confirmed and then a few days after that he had antony blinken, secretary of state confirmed. it is normal to prioritize national security nominees on the floor if you are senate leadership. in the case of trump nominees, they are some of the more controversial ones. after that it will be epicenter democrats in terms of whether they would build time or not because each nominee under regular order if you use the full-time, each nominee will take a few days. host: does marco rubio get to vote on his own nomination? guest: as long as he is still a sitting senator by the time the vote happens. he could technically wait to resign until right before he becomes secretary of state, of course. that could be interesting. i've tried asking to see what his plans are. he doesn't have any specifics to share, but that could be fascinating. he does not need his own vote. he's going to get 80, 85 plus votes in the senate. host: what senators stick out for confirmati

national intelligence, rfkjr to be the secretary of health and human services.among democrats, but they are in the minority at the moment. and, of course, if you look at the fact that we've seen all of these candidates — including, i shouldn't forget, of course, kash patel as well — to lead the fbi, that they have been lobbying consistently on capitol hill and meeting also with democrats to dry to make their case. to make theircase... i think i'd seen that tulsi gabbard was set to meet with mark warner, the democrat senator from virginia. and because of the massive snowstorm that we had here in dc, that got a bit delayed. but he had said, "i have some very serious questions for her. "i had some and i will have some." and my sense is that they will have pretty contentious hearings. i mean, that is to be expected. but i wonder if that time for lobbying was successful enough. also with the fact that donald trump wants these picks to be confirmed, that that is enough to get them over the line. i mean, fundamentally, the republicans have 53 senators, so they have the

trump's pick for director of national intelligence.you have said that she needs to clarify where she stands on 702 r. mrs. gabbard's assurances enough for you, senator? are you now a yes on her? >> yeah, i am, and that was a very important piece for me. >> the first thing i asked robert kennedy jr. was about vaccination inoculations. he came back with he's not. >> anti vaccination. he just is anti. >> he wants to have it science based. and that's what he kept going back to. let's have basic science to make these decisions. in terms of i think he wants a healthy country. >> and i also support pete hegseth. >> if you take a look at the current nominee, compared to who's been in the pentagon the last four years, where they had a woke military, where recruitment went down, morale went down, i think pete is going to be terrific. >> sources close to trump's transition team tell cnn that these nominees have undergone weeks of rigorous preparation for these high stakes hearings on capitol hill. some of them have been holding mock hearings that

what should the world expect from a second trump administration, former deputy director of national intelligenceal assistant director of white house messaging under donald trump mr. cliff sims. as interesting as candidate in panama greenland maybe their friends and allies, china, russia, iran that worry most americans, how will trump reset her policies there? >> president trump is a master of a couple of things. one of them establishing credible deterrence but we seen over the last four years is a loss of credible american deterrence for adversaries. that's what he's going to focus on navigate is getting the credible deterrence back. the second thing he's a master of is creating an environment that is conducive to producing a deal that is good for the american people. sometimes it takes bold action to start the process. if you think back to the first term we remember that abraham accord which is outcome and what we don't remember is a process that got us there that started with a really bold move of taking the american embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. a letter allies networking to b

for seven years or so as director of national intelligence. n coats, senator dan coats, he was in the intelligence committee, the senate intelligence committee. these are people with experience, but also with tremendous integrity, people that you knew that were going to carry out their responsibilities, irrespective of how the political winds might be blowing. and they needed to have that objectivity and honesty in order to ensure that the president of united states, as well as policymakers, really understand what the situation is globally. and so tulsi gabbard doesn't have the executive experience. she doesn't have the intelligence background. and she also lacks, in many respects, the common sense because of what she has done in terms of visits to syria and things that she has said, you know, over the past several years, which which, you know, quite rightly raises questions about loyalty to the efforts of the united states in that role. >> so, well, this is why we need a hearing. john brennan, as always, just thank you for your service, sir. w

. >> lawrence: go talk to your director of national intelligence go talk to the fbi.nemies are not weaker. they're on the surge. just had a terrorist attack about someone, who was an american citizen. he was inspired by isis i don't understand how can you make that statement what we are witnessen the world stage iran is in power number one state sponsor of terror. we see what is happening in ukraine and russia we see what hamas did in israel we would you want to take a we know so they are here no axis of evil. new relationship with returning. put their troops in to fight. >> china and russia they say every single day how great their relationship is and iran as well. 15 minutes after the hour. christopher wray sat down in interview with "60 minutes." at which time he wanted to make abundantly clear our number one enemy is china through cyberattacks they have embedded in all our infrastructure from water and power to our dams this is incredible that he says it and didn't stop it greatest long term threat peoples republic of china, chinese government, which i consider to

. 60% of the president's daily brief, which is the intelligence brief that the director of national intelligence and the cia director delivered to the president comes from section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. i've called this the most important law that most people have never heard of. i know you have, and you're familiar with it, but i want to ask you a few more, a few questions about that. it's been called the crown jewel of u.s. intelligence. and of course, it cannot be used legally used to spy on american citizens. and if it is, it ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. i know you would agree with that. but there have been some, as you know, and as you pointed out to senator graham, we have a temporary extension of the existing authorization for the use of the intelligence community to target foreign threats to our national security that expires in 2026. and i'd like you just to confirm here on the record that you will enforce that law and you can support the law as it is written. >> senator, i haven't read the entire 702 in front of you, but i will com

. 60% of the president's daily brief, which is the intelligence brief that the director of national intelligence and c.i.a. director deliver to the president comes from section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. i've called this is most important law that most people have never heard of. i know you have and you are familiar with it. i want to ask you a few questions about that. it's been called the crown jewel of u.s. intelligence. of course, it cannot be used legally used to spy on american citizens. and if it is, it ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. i know you would agree with that. but there have been some, as you know, and as you pointed out to senator graham, we have a temporary extension of the existing authorization for the use of the intelligence community to target foreign threats to our national security that expires in 2026. i would like you just to confirm here on the record that you will enforce that law and you can support the law as it is written. >> senator, i haven't read the entire 702 in front of you but i will commit to reading that and d

at dhs, kash patel at fbi, but you also now have tulsi gabbard as a potential director of national intelligencee hegseth as a potential secretary of defense. these are people, leave aside whatever might be in their personal backgrounds, professionally they are not qualified to run the agencies they've been tapped to run. >> the department of defense is 3 million people, jonathan. it's 1.4 million active duty, 800,000 civilians, 800,000 in the guard and reserves. you have to have a management expert, someone who's got experience managing large enterprises and also being a credible counselor to the president, to the commander-in-chief. pete hegseth is going to be in the chain of command. if he walks in on day one and says conduct this military operation, the service members in uniform have to salute. that's their job. that's their duty under the law. so he's in the chain of command on day one. and tulsi gabbard as the dna will also have significant authority not just to conduct kinetic operations and oversee things like covert action, but she's the person saying to the president, here are the fac

ones that are teetering on the edge are obviously totally gathered , the pick for director of national intelligence, as well as pete hegseth, the nominee for secretary of defense. senator jack reed, top democrat on the armed services committee met with pete hegseth today and released a scathing statement that he has no confidence in his abilities, his qualifications to be secretary of defense. that is a rare statement at this stage in the confirmation process, because usually members of the opposite party try to keep their powder dry, they try to wait until the confirmation hearing to chart out how they are thinking about a nomination. the fact that senator reid did what he did today bodes poorly for his nomination in terms of winning over maybe one or two democrats. that was always the possibility, i don't gets possible anymore this point. the question is, do republicans stick together on the nomination, and do they stick together on kelsey gabbard nomination? she is supposed to have her confirmation hearing next week. now it might slip into the week following, because not all of her documents hav

tulsi gabbard, nominated to be the director of national intelligence. and robert f kennedy jr, nominated to head the department of health and human services. kennedy has made repeated false claims linking vaccines to autism. republican west virginia senator shelley moore capito told fox news sunday that she was impressed with kennedy. after meeting with him. >> he came back with he's not anti-vaccination, he just is anti. he wants to have its science based and that's what he kept going back to. let's have basic science to make these decisions. >> this week hearings will be held for pam bondi to be the attorney general. she's expected to be confirmed easily, but will likely face tough questions about the independence of the justice department and pardons for the january 6th rioters. and florida senator marco rubio is also likely to have an easy time getting approved by his colleagues to be the next secretary of state. maryalice parks, abc news, washington. >> all right, maryalice, thank you for that. the eastern u.s. is in store for an arctic blast this

robertson, cnn, london. >> happening today, president-elect donald trump's pick for director of national intelligence is set to meet with lawmakers on capitol hill. tulsi gabbard, a former democrat, will meet with the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee, senator mark warner. cnn national security reporter zach cohen is with us now. look, there have been some bumps in the road in gabbard's nomination. she's trying to maybe smooth those out yeah. >> john, we've seen gabbard make the rounds up here on capitol hill over the last few weeks, meeting mostly with republican senators, trying to convince them that she should be confirmed to be the head of donald trump's intelligence community. >> but look, today's meeting, expected meeting with senator warner could provide or could prove to be a unique test for gabbard as she continues to try to get through the confirmation process. warner, as you mentioned, a democrat, which is the party that gabbard used to belong to. could push gabbard in a way during during this private meeting on issues that maybe didn't come up or didn't, you know, warrant

annex to the npas prepared by the secretary of state in consultation with the director of national intelligence summarizing relevant classified information will be submitted to the congress separately. the joint memorandum submitted to me by the secretaries of state and energy and a letter from the chair of the nuclear regulatory commission stating the views of the commission are also enclosed. an addendum to the npas containing a comprehensive analysis of the export control system of the kingdom of thailand with respect to nuclear related matters, including interactions with other countries of proliferation concern and the actual or suspected nuclear dual use or missile related transfers to such countries. pursuant to section 102a.w. of the national security act of 1957, 50u.s.c.3024-w is being submitted separately by the director of national intelligence. the agreement has been negotiated in accordance with the act and other aapplicable law. in my judgment it needs all applicable requirements and will advance nonproliferation and other foreign policy interests of the united states of america.

defense, kristi noem for department of homeland security, tulsi gabbard for the director of national intelligencee are the hearings that are going to be very closely watched as these republican senators make up their minds, leading into these confirmation battles. >> and, ryan, i know there was a little bit of a delay getting some of the fbi background checks moving initially. pete hegseth background check information was just delivered to a pair of the key senators involved in his hearing. they just got it on friday while the full armed services committee. get it? >> yeah. nbc was the first to break that news on friday afternoon that the fbi background check had been delivered to the chair and the ranking member of the senate armed services committee. that's an open question right now as to whether or not the rest of the committee will get access to this report. i do have to say that it's not necessarily a traditional practice to make sure that every single committee member has access to an fbi background check, but i would also argue that the hegseth nomination is out of the ordinary for a numb

national intelligence. beth, thanks so much for joining us. if i interrupt, if the president, president biden starts speaking about what happened in new orleans, you will totally understand, of course, how many parallels do you see between this attack in new orleans and the christmas market attack that we saw in germany just a few weeks ago? >> well, we certainly are seeing the same tactic. as brian just pointed out. but the but the motivation is not the same as it appears right now. the german police still don't really understand the motivation for that attack in germany. and as brian pointed out, the person expressed anti-muslim views even though he came from saudi arabia. so, you know, they're saying mental illness is probably, you know, one of the main motivators here. but here in new orleans, we're seeing islamic state. and, you know, we've seen just an incredible rise this year in the threat posed by islamic extremists and islamic state as an organization. and in this case, it looks like homegrown violent extremists rather than foreigner

national intelligence at the office of the director of national intelligence.sean, let me begin with you here. i want to talk more about that rare compound that was discovered in the new orleans terror attack. what will investigators look to determine how he actually got that? >> yeah. you know, this really piqued my interest, laura, from an intelligence perspective. and one of the things that we know about individuals when they become radicalized is that they will go to great lengths to try to get materials or resources that they need to carry out attacks. and so i think the approach here is going to be to to follow the breadcrumbs, to understand not only what this rare compound is, but where it came from. how was this individual not only able to acquire it, but how it was? was he able to get it here into into the united states? i think it's interesting that the reporting suggests that this is something that has not been seen here in the united states, but it's clearly something we are familiar with. so the investigation will tell us whether or not he really t

>> reporter: yeah are, tom, tulsi gabbard's hearing this week to be director of national intelligencelayed because of a paperwork problem. the former congresswoman and veteran will likely face tough questions next week. tom. >> okay. aaron gilchrist at the white house. >>> we are tracking a winter blast set to blanket much of the u.s. temperatures 10 to 30 degrees below average for the rockies, plains and the southeast through the middle of the week. and in parts of the west, freeze warnings are in effect for tonight. >>> we are back in a moment from here in los angeles. the fires even impacting this nfl wild card weekend. how the game set to be played here was quickly moved out of state. >>> plus, the family singing this hymn after they found the only thing standing at their home after the fire. a statue of the virgin mary. ts can be challenging at times. (fisher investments) i understand. that's why at fisher investments, we keep a disciplined approach with your portfolio, helping you through the market's ups and downs. (husband) what about communication? (fisher investments) we che

this act did a major reorganization of the military branches and in national intelligence. so it created the first permanent intelligence agency and reorganized military services to be under one department. before the united states entered world war ii, senate created the special committee to investigate national defense program. this committee was created to over see billions of dollars in appropriations that congress had just made for war preparation. this committee was led by senator harry truman of missouri and it investigated reports of fraud and inefficiency in war preparation. the committee uncovered numerous instances of corruption, mismanagement, profiteering. it set a standard for congressional oversight operations and was widely praised for effective work saving billions of dollars in taxpayeron. it also made senator truman a national figure. truman committee's investigations ranged far and wide sometimes even including household goods like this umbrella that you see in the case. the tag on the umbrella there marked by the committee said it was an illustration of

after weeks of meetings across capitol hill, tulsi gabbard, tapped to be trump's director of national intelligence, gaining ground over the weekend after a major reversal, now in support of an overseas surveillance program she once opposed, saying it needed reform. >> linsey: maryalice reports now from capitol hill. vice president elect jd vance is seeming to couch trump's vow to pardon january 6th rioters on the first day in office at this point. >> reporter: yeah, vance said if someone committed violence on that day, they obviously should not be pardoned, but just last week, trump was asked specifically about people who attacked police officers and he did not answer directly. he talked about his plans to grant major pardons. more than 140 officers were seriously injured that day. linsey. >> linsey: thank you. >>> later in the broadcast, more from los angeles as communities come together to support those most in need. and just ahead, a frigid blast takes aim at half the country. windchills plummeting well below zero. my name's dan and i live here in san antonio, texas. i ran my own hvac business

pete hegseth for defence secretary, tulsi gabba rd, former congresswoman, for director of national intelligence, how much traction do you think something like that would have? before we get to the nominations, i think it's important to point out we did hear from both the president and incoming president yesterday, which i think was sort of a glaring example of how this transition period has been going. you know, we heard from trump first. we heard him, you know, sort of falsely suggest that a migrant was behind the attack before we had any of the full details. he really leaned into some of the campaign rhetoric around, you know, he's used, about criminals coming into the country and overtaking the country. biden we heard from much later in the day. we did get a statement from him that was focussed on the victims. and then he came out, of course, in the evening, after spending the day with his national security team, being briefed on all of the details that were available, speaking to the press about the incident. and i think that sort of... that sort of split screen, uh, kind of underlines, you

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today tulsi gabbard, national intelligence is set to meet with senator mark warner, top democrat on senate intelligence committee. incoming president is doubling down on his goal to buy greenland saying i'm hearing people of greenland is maga. greenland is incredible and people will benefit if and when it becomes part of our nation. make greenland great again. today donald trump is heading to greenland, he will not be meeting with political figures, it is personal. >> carley: brooke singman, thank you. speaking of expansion, president trump has his sight set up north. many people in canada love being 51st state. united states can no longer suffer what canada needs staying afloat. justin trudeau knew this and resigned. taxes would go down, there would be no tariff and they would be clear from russian and chinese sh ships surrounding them. what a great nation it would be. outside the box thinking. and president biden arriving in california overnight to ban drilling and mining on hundreds much thousands of acres in the state. >> todd: madeleine rivera has details. >> president biden is signin

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. >> i heard john's hearing, he's been director of national intelligence, we agree cia is vital for ourountry, we have to get back to its roots and focused on core mission, not things like climate change or whether an african country will pass gay rights legislation. i'm confident john will get it done and advance interest of our own citizen and our own economy, not those of other countries. we wish every country well, we have to put our own citizens first. re >> ainsley: arabia shrine circus plans to target china. top priority is united states and he's a hawk on foreign policy. >> brian: kristi noem's confirmation hearing is postponed because of paperwork is issue. doug collins next week because of paperwosh -- paperwork issues. >> ainsley: you don't want to be first one, i rather be at the end. >> brian: or easy ones like doug burgum go first. they will ask him burglar -- >> ainsley: what is reason pete hegseth went first? >> steve: security. >> brian: most important. the talk was mike pompeo will be n nominated today. trump took his hand off the bible and they gummed it up to slow it

tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence. she was -- oversees 17 or 18 agencies.ongest opinion on? >> mr. kinzinger: i mean, for the country, kash patel. once you weaponize justice or the fbi, that's a huge problem. now -- >> stephen: there's a lot of autonomy in that job. he says go, the dogs attack. >> mr. kinzinger: yeah, there's really no oversight. next would be obviously hegseth. dod, this is the largest corporation in the world. there's people that put their lives on the line, and pete served honorably in the military mode by the way, anywhere in d.c. there's probably 50,000 people as were better qualified than pete hegseth to run the dod. tulsi, i knew her and i was friends with her up until the day she visited bashar al-assad who think god is out of power and do his dirty work basically saying it was the rebels who use chemical weapons and not bashar al-assad. seeing that twisting lederle rushing talking points -- rushing talking points. i knew she had a little bit of affection for bashar al-assad but to visit and see russian talking points, the russian t

tulsi gabbard, the nominee for leader of the national intelligence directorate, and also robert f. kennedy jr. as leader of the health and human services department. these are three extraordinarily controversial nominations. i think it's fair to say they never would've been nominated by another president other than donald trump. a big question for everyone is what, if anything, is the senate republican conference to do about that? number 2 is to what extent has donald trump been offering bluster and type -- hyperbole when it comes to promises of mass deportation, starting on the very first day of his administration. he says he told us he was going to end the ukraine war in the first 24 hours of his administration. he said today again he reinforced that if all the hostages are not released by hamas before he is sworn in, they better watch out or else. trump has laid down a large number of markers for us about what he says is going to happen on january 20, and the subsequent days following. we will start to see what he is actually able and wants to deliver from all those very very sw

cliff, you were ahite tremendous asset to the white house and especiallynd to then director of national intelligencefe. i know you love your home staten of alabama. i know you love being home, but i hopeho you are open to being arrested from the south andse joining national security team. because she would be a tremendous asset if you are. thank you for joining us on a sunday night. >> thank you, trey, thank you for having me. >> trey: what a waste of time and resources with prosecuting donald trump. it lasted longer than the senate itself. alvin bragg alvin bragg in new york style justice system next. are you looking for a walk-in tub, for you, or someone you love? well, look no further. january is bath safety month. and for a limited time, when you purchase your brand-new safe step walk-in tub you'll receive a free safety package. and if you call today, you'll also receive $1,500 off your entire order! yes! $1,500 off the price of our brand-new safe step walk-in tub. proudly made in tennessee, a safe step walk-in tub is the best in its class. the ultra-low easy step helps keep you safe from having

kamala harris, as you recall, read in her intelligence accounts remember how the end result was her saying um, i disagree with how you referred to a female other nationalder, missing the forest for the trees. we have a president, current commander-in-chief, that reference based on intelligence number one as we talked about threat was white extremism when nothing was further from the truth. that is the current climate we are suffering under. that's the current climate under which the campuses have been radicalized, fomented and here in times square -- >> brian: what i don't understand al-qaeda is the enemy of the america. we would not have let al-qaeda flags walk down sixth avenue. why are we letting hamas and hezbollah terrorist organizations. they are not countries. there is no palestine by the way. but if you want to say they have a seat at the u.n., go ahead, go to town. number one take facial recognition of all these people. got make sure we are tracking all of them. we put people in the middle there, that's what we used to do. go back to that i'm encouraged speaker johnson columbia. i want to talk to the president and tell you this is not okay. th

cabinet meetings for pete hegseth for defense secretary and tulsi gabbard finish director of national intelligencel for if i director meanwhile the terror attack in new orleans this week is causing some in trump's circle to insist his cabinet picks get confirmed without delay to ensure there are no mistakes with our national security efforts. >> we cannot have anymore lapses president trump has picked some fantastic people in american people voted for him to put the adults back in charge. we need them on day one. reporter: the first confirmation hearing will be for trump's pick for defense secretary pete hegseth he'll face the senate arm service committee on january 14th which is just ten days from now. send it back to you bryan. bryan: nate foye in west palm beach thank you. anita: let's brig in political advisor iraq war veteran christopher, christopher good to have you here today. so yesterday was filled with a lot of drama. mike johnson did win the speakership eventually on the first ballot. but only after two lawmakers switched their vote as we heard in that last report. we're talking about r

sometime after that tulsi gabbard will face questions as the nominee for director of national intelligencend so will kash patel as trump's pick for fbi director. trump, as you mentioned, helped house speaker mike johnson get reelected. several house republicans had reservations about johnson including texas the republican keith self who trump called while golfing to the encourage him to run for -- vote for johnson. >> we had a very good discussion. he understood my concerns, he understands the concerns of the people, frankly, the people who withyou would their votes or noted no are the biggest trump supporters, people who who stand behind him to close the border, to the control spending. >> reporter: trump now looks forward to the what his team is calling a victory rally in washington, d.c. the day before his inauguration. it will happen at capital one arena which holds roughly 20,000 people. meanwhile, trump is in palm beach this weekend post on truth social criticizing his criminal case in new york, specifically judge juan merchan saying he did the bidding of president joe biden's justic

tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence, robert f. kennedy jr. secretary of health and human services and kash patel, nominated to lead the fbi. again, none of these confirmation hearings can proceed till we have a speaker of the house. live here in west palm beach, the president elect has been keeping a low profile since the extravagant new year's eve party and posted online a bit, and i'm sure we'll be hearing from him online throughout the day today. back to you, ashley. ashley: very good, matt finn in west palm beach. thank you, matt. take ago look at dow 30 stocks and we've been up since the opening bell more than two hours ago. you can see, 25 of the 30 stocks are higher led by nvidia and amazon, big tech the dow is up 264 points and now this, president biden insisting the attacks in new orleanss and las vegas are not connected. tom homan is not so convinced and adviser to donald trump kai kyran skinner tells us which side she's on, that's next. ♪ ichi, ni, san, shi... (1,2,3,4 . . ) ruri never thought she would live out her dream. then one