day yesterday sworn in at the, in the overall office at the white house supreme court justice neil gorsuch delivering the swearing in it r.f.k. jr. as president trump watched. also yesterday agriculture second brook collins was confirmed it lead the department 72-28 including 19 democrats in support for her. kash patel the pick to lead f.b.i. the senate judiciary committee vetoed 12-10 along party lines to proceed with his nomination and that will head then to the spat floor. robin in silver spring, democratic caller. we are in open forum. good morning. host: -- caller: i want to talk about fraud, waste and abuse. one thing i notice is that elon musk and trump are accusing the federal government for a lot of fraud, waste and abuse, which i'm sure there's some we can find. but i want people to realize that some of the fraud that is happening is elon musk himself and trump the inflation reduction act has been frozen even though the courts said it needs to been frozen and it is unconstitutional abusing the power of the president through the impoundment angst and millions of people are not get

it is where debates unfold, decisions are made, and a neil gorsuch charting. democracy in real-time. this is your government at work. this is c-span, giving you your democracy unfiltered. next, a look at nuclear deterrence strategy and partnerships, hosted by the exchange monitor at the 2025 nuclear deterrence summit. speakers also focused on management of nuclear stockpiles, security concerns, and clean energy initiatives. >> thank you. welcome to the 17th annual nuclear deterrence summit. the vice president of intelligence and group publisher for the exchange monitor newsletters and conferences. it is great to see such a strong turnout at this year's summit. with the change in administration, there are numerous changes taking place in washington and beyond, and we are all impacted. four years ago, we had changes as well, and four years before that. yet the mission remains the same. for us, that is deterrence and that is why we are all here. before we start the program, a few announcements. the safety of everyone here is most important. we have uniformed secu

joining me now mike davis, former law clerk to justice neil gorsuch and president of the article iiiroject. mike, a lot of people don't realize that these briefings do continue. i'm not sure why they ever continued. i think all of it is stupid. but, in this case, is it justified given what we know about biden's cognitive state, and obviously his own handling of classified information? >> definitely the president of the united states as the commander-in-chief under our constitution and he gets to control who gets classified information and who does not. and so president trump. president trump correctly made a determination that president biden could not be trusted with classified information with his cognitive failure along with his mishandling of classified records: from his time as vice president, moved several times, accessible by his employee who was a chinese agent and maybe used by hunter biden to secure ukraine funding. so i think president trump made the right decision here. >> hear the screams from the left mike about this that it's petty and so forth. petty, i think it sends

supreme court justice neil gorsuch swore in kennedy this afternoon in the oval office. in remarks leading up to the ceremony, trump praised kennedy, saying that he would restore americans trust. democrats are concerned over kennedy's controversial views on vaccines. he was confirmed by the senate in a largely party line vote. former republican senate leader mitch mcconnell, who is a childhood polio survivor, joined democrats in voting against him. >> we need to put america on the path to good health. president trump has selected robert f kennedy jr to do just that, mr. kennedy is has it or has it to our health? he's a rubber stamp for the agenda to raise your health care costs so that they can line the pockets of their wealthy friends. >> the health and human services department, now led by kennedy, has a $1.7 trillion budget. it includes 18 federal agencies overseeing the nation's food and health, including the cdc and fda. coming up next at six, a group of fourth graders in san jose showing compassion to the victims of the l.a. fires. what the students launched and th

supreme court justice neil gorsuch did the honors.he past, but let's look at vaccine maker stocks. pfizer, moderna and novavax all higher. and, of course, part of the ability to get him through this vote was bill cassidy, the louisiana senator, who got assurances from rfk jr. that kennedy would not dismantle the nation's vaccine safety systems or take down government vaccine guy dance. >>> all right. in the wake of yesterday's hotter than expected consumer inflation data, nobody should be surprised that producer prices, manufacturer prices also surprised to the upside in january. now, we know the price consumers pay for, yeah, eggs jumped 15% month over month, but check out the price jump wholesalers are scrambling to deal with. the january ppi report showed egg prices soared44% month over month, and a staggering 186 year-over-year. while some whole searls are feeling the inflation pressure, their earnings show otherwise. this morning food service distributer or u.s. foods reported net sales of $9.5 billion for the fourth quarter. tha

joining me now, mike davis, former law clerk to justice neil gorsuch and president of the article three project. mike, a lot of people don't realize that these briefings do continue. i'm not sure why they ever continued. i the president's agenda again in all 50 states. what do you believe will happen at these hearings? and will president trump ultimately prevail? >> so the american people elected president trump to bring much needed reforms to washington. he campaigned on the fact that he's going to implement doge and get rid of waste, fraud and abuse in the government. and the president has that power under article two of the constitution. he has both the commander in chief power to bring people from overseas back home like he's doing at usaid. he also has power to hire fire, move federal employees. that's part of his constitutional power. as as the chief executive officer. >> but the government just so understand i don't mean to interrupt, but the government employee union that rose up and a trump appointed judge, carl nichols, late today in the d.c. district court, he agreed with som

supreme court justice neil gorsuch swore in kennedy this afternoon there in the oval office.esident trump praised kennedy, saying that he would restore americans trust in health institutions. democrats are concerned over kennedy's controversial views on vaccines. the senate voted to confirm him in a largely party line vote. former republican senate leader mitch mcconnell, who is a childhood polio survivor, joined democrats in voting against him. [applause] >> we need to put america on the path to good health. president trump has selected robert f kennedy jr to do just that. mr. kennedy is hazard a. >> hazard to our health? he's a rubber stamp for the agenda to raise your health care costs so that they can line the pockets of their wealthy friends. >> the health and human services department, now led by kennedy, has a $1.7 trillion budget. it does include 18 federal agencies overseeing the nation's food and health, including the cdc and fda. >> coming up, a musical group from the east bay tapping into their culture to help educate and entertain the difference. they're making o

but what donald trump was able to do with his three appointees, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh and amyoney barrett was to sort of embolden clarence thomas's conservatism. so they've kind of formed a great partnership, all moving the court more to the right. dana. >> yeah, i think, um, that point in your story where you're talking about how trump is a bit obsessed with clarence thomas's, thomas's star power amongst the conservatives was interesting. i mean, trump loves people who have star power, loves people who love him. and the clarence thomas's have made clear that even after 2020 and after the election there, that they were willing to essentially reject the legitimate election results. at least clarence thomas's wife. but it's also just striking, because we're talking about a moment where all of these lawsuits are probably headed to the supreme court. birthright citizenship, questions about whether or not the president is violating the power of the purse with congress. you name it, the list goes on and on. lawsuits are barely starting. they're probably headed to the supreme court v

kennedy was sworn in by supreme court associate justice neil gorsuch in the oval office, with president trump in attendance. trump then signed an executive order establishing the president's make america healthy again commission, the commission's first task to investigate childhood chronic disease. but let's drill down on this, because senator mitch mcconnell of kentucky is using his first term out of leadership to go against his party, at least on some things. mcconnell has resisted the wishes of president trump by voting against three of his cabinet nominees and by criticizing his economic agenda. the former senate republican leader issued a strong rebuke of robert f kennedy jr's confirmation to be health and human services secretary, writing in a statement yesterday, quote, i'm a survivor of childhood polio. in my lifetime, i've watched vaccines save millions of lives from devastating diseases across america and around the world. i will not condone the relitigation of proven cures, and neither will millions of americans who credit their survival and quality of life to scientific mira

he was then sworn in at the white house later by supreme court justice neil gorsuch, with president trumpverlooking. in the senate, brooke collins confirmed on thursday to lead the agriculture department by a vote of 72-28, including 19 democrats in support. cash patel, president trump's pick to be the director of the fbi, the senate judiciary committee voted 12-10, along party lines, to proceed with the confirmation for kash patel, nominee for the fbi director. linda mcmahon, as we said, on capitol hill yesterday for her confirmation hearing. listen to president trump just one day before she was in the hot seat testifying before senators when he was asked about the department of education. [video clip] pres. trump: i would like it to be closed immediately. it is a big con job. we are ranked number 40 in the top 40 countries in the world, but we are number one in one department, costs for people. we spend more per pupil than every other country in the world, but we are ranked number 40. host: that was wednesday. yesterday, thursday, here is what the education nominee linda mcmahon had to

it's now early 2017 and president trump sends up the nomination of neil gorsuch to replace antonin scalia on the supreme court. it needs 60 votes to avoid a filibuster. and majority leader mcconnell warned democrats it's about their upcoming vote. it should be unsettling to everyone that our colleagues across the aisle have brought the senate to this new low and on such an impressive nominee with such broad bipartisan support. judge gorsuch is independent. he's fair. we've got one of the most impressive resumes you'll ever see. and he's earned the highest possible rating from the group. the democratic leader call the gold standard for evaluating judicial nominations. no one seriously disputes his sterling credentials to serve on the court. and yet in the judiciary committee, democrats just withheld support from him on the floor. democrats say they launch a partizan filibuster against him. something republicans have never done. no one in the senate republican conference. no one has ever voted to filibuster a supreme court nominee. not one republican has ever done that. the senate did then

supreme court associate justice neil. gorsuchesident trump. >> in attendance. trump then. signed an executive. >> order establishing. >> the president's make america wealthy again commission. its first task will be to investigate childhood chronic disease. again, senator mitch mcconnell of. >> kentucky was. >> the lone gop vote against. >> robert f. >> kennedy jr's confirmation. >> he was. also the sole. >> republican who. >> voted against tulsi gabbard for dni. >> and also. >> voted against pete hegseth. >> the former. >> senate republican leader issued a statement. >> about rfk. >> jr, writing in that statement yesterday, quote, i'm a survivor. >> of childhood polio. in my lifetime, i've watched vaccines. >> save millions. of lives from devastating diseases. >> across america and around. >> the world. i will not condone the relitigation of. proven cures, and neither will. >> millions of. >> americans who credit their survival and quality of life to scientific miracles. >> president trump. responded in the oval. >> office yester

it is where debates unfold, decisions are made, and a neil gorsuch charting.democracy in real-time. this is your government at work. this is c-span, giving you your democracy unfiltered. next, a look at nuclear deterrence strategy and partnerships, hosted by the exchange monitor at the 2025 nuclear deterrence summit. speakers also focused on management of nuclear stockpiles, security concerns, and clean energy initiatives.

reuters points out that schumer spoke out against supreme court justices neil gorsuch and brett kavanaughion rights rally and said, quote, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. schumer walked back those comments a day later, saying, in no way was he making a threat and that he meant political consequences. martin said he has not received a response from schumer regarding the probe, but a schumer spokesperson said the senator's office did respond to the inquiry on february 6th. jonathan lemire. >> yeah, so martin also sent a letter to democratic congressman robert garcia asking the california representative to clarify comments he made in an interview. that's according to documents obtained by the washington post. garcia made the statement on cnn after participating in the first house dodge subcommittee hearing in which he said this what the american public wants is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. this is an actual fight for democracy. martin's letter to garcia said, the comment, quote, sounds to some like a threat to elon musk and government staff wh

he was then sworn in at the white house later by supreme court justice neil gorsuch, with president trump overlooking. in the senate, brooke collins confirmed on thursday to lead the agriculture department by a vote of 72-28, including 19 democrats in support. cash patel, president trump's pick to be the director of the fbi, the senate judiciary committee voted 12-10, along party lines, to proceed with the confirmation for kash patel, nominee for the fbi director. linda mcmahon, as we said, on capitol hill yesterday for her confirmation hearing. listen to president trump just one day before she was in the hot >> we are going to leave this to take you live to capitol hill where the house is dabbling in for a brief session. you are watching live coverage of the house here on c-span.