noem: yes. the communication between states and the federal government has been absolutely broken. what i love about this committee -- you have governors sitting on this committee that have been in that role as commander-in-chief and have the responsibility for being ceo's of their state. it is a different perspective. i served in congress, and both are extremely important. they are just different in that responsibility that weighs on your shoulder. i told folks that that is the thing that most times, if something was going to keep me up at night, it was the responsibility being commander-in-chief, recognizing the decisions i made. i'm sure you had this feeling as well as governor, that impacted those soldiers, and impacted their communities when we pulled them out, and the importance of that. and when they were bringing refugees into the country, i communicated that to the federal government. they were bringing refugees and i asked how we were working with the home countries to find out who the

and kristi noem, trump's pick for homeland security on capitol hill. and a lot of questions tonight over who's really actually going to be in charge of it. noem or trump's border czar. this is people in her own state are asking if she's qualified. let's go out front. and good evening. i'm erin burnett, outfront tonight, bone chilling chaos. freezing temperatures have now thrown trump's inauguration into a logistical nightmare. the entire swearing in ceremony is now going to take place inside the capitol rotunda. and many now are without tickets. but there is someone who will not be left out in the cold. the vice president of china. he will now become the first senior chinese communist leader to witness the democratic transfer of power in the united states, and news of his appearance came just after an extraordinary call. trump spoke today with the chinese president, xi jinping. now, he did not do that for biden, and that >> so i have many problems together and starting immediately well, this talk of goodwill and this appearance at the inauguration is o

governor noem. securing the homeland is the number one priority. our number one priority, constitutional priority as a congress. and it is for sure the number one priority of the voters in the last election. and it is the number one priority for president donald trump. so naturally he would say hum, who is the toughest, smartest, most capable protector that i know? i think i would like to find a ranch woman, mom, grandmother, who knows how to protect her own. and when you grow up on a ranch in the prairies or the west, nobody else is going to look out for your critters, no one else is protecting your family. you do it. and she brings this skill set as senator thune said as a leader, legislator, as a member of congress, as a governor, a very important by the way when i would get into the room with other governors, senator, i was now part of a club where i don't belong. it was very, very rich because there is an alliance that is really important. so for me it is a really special opportunity to be able

they held an event together behind governor noem where she spoke. people held up trump, noem signs. and she was considered to be somebody in the running to be chosen for for trump's, trump's running mate. as we all know, about nine months ago, a certain book came out that, uh, did some serious damage to those hopes for about a certain dog shooting a dog yeah. but yeah, i think people will remember that. and incredible that that was only nine months ago. and here we are today. but but, you know, this is a person who clearly has high ambition and is a hard charging person. and she had her eyes on the on the vp prize. i think she's decided that, you know, the next best, best thing for her future ambitions would be if she can be the person who can become known as solving the border, whatever that means. i think she's decided that that's something that is going to be her next step. and anybody that thinks she's going to be a wallflower and cede power to tom homan or whoever i think is probably going to be mistaken. >> well, it's going to be fascinating to see how that plays out. but lulu

i've known kristi noem for a long time. she has a very compelling personal and family story which inspired her entrance into the public arena. and i'm sure you'll hear a little bit more about that from her. but i've observed, as she has gone through the state legislature as a leader, their state house of representatives, the u.s. house of representatives, where she was our only member from south dakota representing our state's interests there for eight years and now currently as south dakota's governor. and i think she brings to this job a number of things that are going to be really essential. and one is obviously a skill set when it comes to managing hard problems. she led our state through the pandemic, managed what were extraordinary circumstances all across this country in a way that made south dakota, frankly, a magnet for people from other states who were trying to flee or get away from some of the heavy handed requirements that were imposed in other states around the country. our state stayed open, stayed free, and

kristi noem will take questions.hat department is as big, you say not as big as pentagon, it is different from secret service and fema, what should she be prepared for today? you can't spend your time as congressman and get know what you are getting into? >> if you are a governor, you have that experience. it feels big, fema, secret service, coast guard, immigration, cyber security, it feels big but it is fraction of the size of department of defense. it feels big because of mission. key to running a place like that, make sure there are good leaders doing their jobs, make sure they are adequately funded and there is adequate oversight. creation of dhs in 2001 was political compromise. >> brian: lieberman's idea. >> some respects did not go far enough, other respects went too far. political compromise based on notion terrorism was extra territorial threat. one cabinet regulates how someone comes into this country, land, sea and air, you will have dealt with terrorism. that is now outdated model. >> ainsley: you worked

don't miss cheryl with mornings with maria. >> carley: and kristi noem as dhs secretary.f the international association of firefighters and joins me now. good morning, it is great to see you. this will play out in a few hours. you can guess democrats will say she is governor of a small state and does not have experience to lead a government agency of this size. you thought a lot about this in public safety given job you do. why do you think she is right person to lead dhs? >> never been more important given fires out in l.a. that federal government look at how we respond to emergencies in this country. i've spoken with president trump on need to take a good look at that, i've spoken with governor kristi noem about it. she has a long, storied track record. in the house, she was a supporter of firefighter issues, something we take seriously. we know she might be from a strong state, she is ad administrator, she knows how to run a big bureaucracy and she is familiar with issues we deal with. any they are very important, she supported innic taking on some of the challenges we

how did you think kristi noem's performance? >> first off governor noem did a great job.knows the importance of transparency. she knows the importance of accountability. she knows the importance of securing our border. no rapists, terrorists, traffickers none of these people coming into our country. so look i don't know how somebody could vote against her. i don't know how you could do it because do these democrats want an open border? they want more criminals? more rapes? more murders? that's what they are voting for if they vote against her. liz: we're hearing senate democrats put up a fight against trump's agenda. what do you think of that? >> well of course. i don't get it. president trump won the electoral vote big. he won the popular vote. he is the president for the next four years. why wouldn't the democrats want him to be successful if they care about this country? but starting with chuck schumer, and all these democrats, they are going to obstruct, obstruct, obstruct. they are going to do everything they can to prevent trump's agenda from getting implemented. th

you are going from a garden home to kristi noem. that shooting a dog isn't a deal breaker. when you look at this crop of nominees and the party, there is something there, man. they are all in great shape. you've got to look at people who preserve and maintain what's important in their lives. they are going to do that with their physical self. they are going to do that in other areas. this is why a lot of liberals are bad come out of shape losers: because they don't believe in structure, discipline -- no offense, harold jr., you look great. [laughter] noem is lucky to succeed someone as utterly incompetent as them. all she has to do was not take a leak on the desk and she wins. they are the epitome of the nonconscious thinking -- robotic humanity like meter maids and tsa workers and cashiers. there is no way to reach them. you cannot find a humanity in they are, or somebody to understand your needs or problems. when you say to him "you falsely blamed a border agent." it's a soulless bureaucrat. he is just a member of the elite manage

i known governor noem for quite a while now.ll of americans' concern about, you know, making sure dangerous people aren't coming across the border. this week we have had a lot of attention towards. this we are working on the laken riley act in memory of the young woman who was killed by an immigrant -- illegal immigrant who frankly shouldn't have been here. yesterday, we held a hearing called remain in mexico. talking about the executive power that has been granted to the president to fix the border. we actually think most of these things can be done and actually were done in the first administration without legislation. legislation would be great but it's hard to pass bills in congress with democrat opposition. but i think the president is going to do a lot on day one. i think governor noem will be there to help him. >> lawrence: does she have the vote to get confirmed right now or is it going to be some work? >> i think there's a good chance that she is going to get democrat vote in the committee and on the floor. she eventual

david: look at governor kristi noem today.on't know a democrat like her. >> marco rubio on the other side you have a dick durbin, and dems look old and supposed to be the cool hip party. david: a dusty dick durbin. so how does trump, he's got political capital, he had political capital going into these nominations and now more of it. how does he use it on day one? >> you've got to improve on the current situation, and so far it's not set very high. it's going to be the border closing, inflation, bring that down, energy, drilling, all that stuff. david: does this make it easier for him to get his one big bill in the reconciliation package? >> i'm not an expert in this. some argue it's too complicated at once, too much spending but nobody can bob better than trump. david: what do you think does he have the capital to push threw what he wants? >> he has the capital. does he have the margins in the house. when you have three votes, three stray and we've seen that happen before, then that's a problem but there's no house speaker ou

so it's going to be a big responsibility for kristi noem. and you could tell from the questions that were being asked by these republican senators, they want to see how trump's promises are going to be implemented. >> yeah. i mean, julia, this comes as you have new reporting about what governor noem's leadership could look like if she's confirmed lead dhs. what have you learned? >> yeah, that's right. >> jose, i'm actually in harlingen, texas right now outside of one of the airports that carries out deportation flights, a place that could see a lot of activity in the next few weeks. >> if trump is able to carry through on that campaign promise of mass deportations, as you mentioned. >> but yes, we have reporting that says that the policies of the border and the policies regarding mass deportations and how that will be carried out will largely be in the hands of stephen miller and tom homan, the border czar that trump appointed, who will report to him at the white house. >> in fact, no one was asked about that today by democratic senator andy

south dakota governor kristi noem, trump's choice for homeland. secretary, fielded questions this morning. her expected role in top trump aide stephen miller, in charge of implementing the president's immigration policies such as mass deportation. >> i would say there's no authorities being planned to be taken away from the department or or myself if i'm in the role, and we'll continue to mixed signals, you can understand how, you know, people in my home state, maybe around the country, when they hear mr. homan saying, i'm making the decisions, when they hear president elect trump say he's in charge of our border. >> and joining me now is nbc news congressional correspondent julie sirkin. back with us, former homeland security secretary jeh johnson, former republican national chairman michael steele, co-host of msnbc's the weekend. so, julie, governor noem said she would not politicize disaster funding under fema, which is also under her management, and insisted that cisa is off mission, misdirecting its resources. that's a controversial shift. it

south dakota governor kristi noem, facing questions from senators at her confirmation hearing, noem vowed to aggressively implement trump's border policies. and despite migrant crossings at the u.s. southern border plummeting last year, she described the situation there as a war zone. here's her exchange with republican senator josh hawley is the southern border secure as we find it today? >> senator, no, the southern border is not secure today. but in just three days, we will have a new president in this country, president donald j. trump. and he will secure our border. my hope is that if given the opportunity to serve as secretary, that the federal government would no longer. and i believe, as president trump has promised, the american people facilitate an illegal alien invasion in the meantime, senate republican leaders are hopeful that they will vote to confirm secretary of state pick marco rubio and possibly other top national security cabinet picks on monday after trump is sworn in as president. >> with us now is cnn's priscilla alvarez. and priscilla, you have some really good new

kristi noem, governor of south dakota, up for homeland security.ind it today? >> senator, no, the southern border is not secure today but in just three days we will have a new president in this country, president donald j. trump, and he will secure our border. >> do you believe in legal vetted immigration and that we need more of it in the united states? >> i do believe we need to follow our legal immigration laws and that it needs to be vetted. we need more resources. >> bret: you know, josh, it seems the more these hearings go on, it becomes clear that republicans are united and probably they could get all of them through. >> yeah. i mean, that was a pretty successful hearing for kristi noem, didn't get a whole lot of democratic, you know, fireworks in that hearing. and, look, she is going to be one of the more important cabinet officials if she is confirmed dealing with border security. dealing with president trump's promise to start deportations of those here illegally. so that is an important role she is going to be playing a key part and demo

and kristi noem will be on point for operationalizing these promises. they are big promises, but they're achievable. >> so there's many parts of this many layers, right? it costs money to deport someone, right? i mean, in 2016, the estimate was around 11,000, not including transport. you have the economic part of this. you know, the potential inflation. you have the potential loss of revenue because, you know, those who are here illegally also pay taxes in the billions, right. how do you account for all of that well, they cost a whole lot more than they pay in. >> and i think that's pretty well established by a lot of different entities. so the idea that we're somehow losing money by deporting people who are breaking our laws strikes me as a bit silly, frankly, and it doesn't bear up under the numbers. i would also point out that when you limit and close in as close as you can on zero to mass illegal immigration, which is typically unskilled labor, you create job opportunities and wage growth for poor american people. we saw this in 2019. again, the dat

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i've known kristi noem for a long time.tory, which inspired her entrance into the public arena. and i'm sure you'll hear a little bit more about that from her. but i've observed, as she has gone through the state legislature as a leader there state house of representatives, the u.s. house of representatives, where she was our only member from south dakota, representing our state's interests there for eight years and now currently as south dakota's governor. and i think she brings to this job a number of things that are going to be really essential. and one is obviously a skill set when it comes to managing hard problems. she led our state through the pandemic, managed what were extraordinary circumstances all across this country in a way that made south dakota, frankly, a magnet for people from other states who were trying to flee or get away from some of the heavy handed requirements that were imposed in other states around the country. our state stayed open, stayed free, and that was largely due to her leadership. and i w

then you have the soon to be, presumably secretary noem.t seem to face much opposition today. she, of course, is dhs secretary, is going to be in charge of 250,000 people. big on their plate is the southern border. so how all that gets mapped out still has to be seen. but as we understand it, they really want to have immigration policy held within the white house. i'm right down here at a place where they will be doing deportation flights. in fact, the biden administration already runs about three planes a week out of this airport for deportations. we understand that could get a lot busier. but when it comes to the mechanics of those plans, how it's staffed, the security they have to get on these planes, the detention space they need for the migrants before they're deported, and everything else. the question will come is that ultimately left up to the dhs secretary? or how much of a hand will miller and homan ultimately have in that process? because right now, homan is saying he's in charge. >> all right, julia ainsley, thank you so much. s

and kristi noem, kristi noem is going to follow the policies of the trump administration. she's going to follow the policies of project 2025, as will all of his nominees. america voted and they made a choice. part of it was buying into a narrative, i would argue, a false narrative that donald trump put out. the other part is fear tactics and a media echo chamber that was anxious to hear and not actually push back against what donald trump was saying, has actually bolstered a lot of his claims. >> okay, charlie, let's move to the confirmation hearings, because pete hegseth was certainly questioned about his commitment to the geneva convention. let's take a listen to that. >> are you saying that the geneva convention provisions which which clearly outlaw torture of prisoners, do not, should not apply in the future? senator, how we treat our wounded, how we treat our prisoners. the applications of the geneva conventions are incredibly important, but we would all have to acknowledge that the way we fought our wars back when the geneva conventions were written are a lot differe

we are standing by for the senate confirmation hearing for kristi noem. this is set to begin any minute. this is president-elect donald trump's pick to be secretary of homeland security. you're seeing live pictures right now from inside the hearing room. this hearing was actually originally scheduled for wednesday but got pushed back after a delay in noem's fbi background check. that's according to a congressional aide. we've got a full team of people standing by to talk about this. lauren fox, priscilla alvarez. senior political analyst mark preston. but let's start on capitol hill with the aforementioned lauren fox for the comings and goings and what we're about to see. >> yeah, i mean, there's a huge line that has developed as people are waiting to get into this hearing in just a couple of minutes, it will get under way. >> and like you noted, this was supposed to happen earlier this week. this is a rare friday confirmation hearing here in the united states senate. she is going to be coming before because she, of course, is donald trump's selection to

i would have asked governor noem about her thoughts on asylum reform. how much did she believe it might cost to put the fences up around, or put the fence up around along our southern border? i would have asked her about deportation. i think one of the questions i thought was interesting was what is her responsibility? this is not directed at her, but the way president trump has done is he has a czar in the white house and he has a dhs secretary. i watched a little bit of it. i didn't hear any questions about the secret service. i mean, after what we experienced over the last year, the president being shot and almost killed, actually got shot and almost shot again on his own golf course. i would have been curious to think, get her thinking. do you think we need more money? do you think we need a different command structure? what are your thoughts about this? but everyone is so invested and they can obsess with still litigating what happened back in november that we don't realize that we have a whole country to govern here and the policies to be set. so

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kristi noem from south dakota. i was out there back in 2018 when she narrowly won her race for governor. she was the congresswoman at the time. and yet what she what he is asking her to do is oversee a deportation program that, frankly, we have not seen in our major, major urban areas since sheriff joe arpaio was at the helm of the sheriff's office in the greater phoenix area back from 2005 to 2016. i remember reverend sharpton was out there at some of the protests back at the time of the signing of sb 1070, and joe arpaio and his sheriff's office was was responsible for tens of thousands of individuals in maricopa county being deported. yet ultimately, his workplace raids, in which his office targeted workplaces in which there were suspected undocumented immigrants working, and also what he called crime suppression sweep, which is where he would send his sheriff's deputies into predominantly brown neighborhoods and pull people over for a broken tail light and then check their immigration records and ultimately tur

kristi noem, head of the department of homeland security.d covers a lot of things that people don't realize. so many news stories today within the past four weeks, let's say, that directly apply to the job that she will have if confirmed. chad pergram has been watching while we were on the tiktok story. chad will bring us up to speed on what we missed. hello again. >> bill, good morning. one of the most interesting things that we heard in the hearing is kristi noem talking about how big the department of homeland security is as you a i lewd to dealings with the secret service and fema. why would some people want to take over such a big agency? she was questioned about the border as to who would be in charge of the border. she said ultimately president-elect trump will be in charge of the border and also said that frankly some cyberattacks, cyber is a very important part of the department of homeland security that they don't know how to combat some of these attacks. one of the other lines of questioning this came from richard blumenthal the d

during her hearing, noem described the u.s. southern border as a war zone, and she vowed to vowed to enforce a flurry of executive orders on immigration, which trump is expected to release moments after taking office. >> will you work with president trump to reinstate the remain in mexico program that the president had in place in his first term, which does so much to ensure that those who would seek to abuse our asylum system are not allowed into the country, and those who have legitimate asylum claims, their claims are processed in due order and in due course. but they wait in mexico until those claims are fully processed. will you work to reinstate that program? yes, senator. >> the president and i have talked extensively about this and will 100% partner with him to reinstate the the remain in mexico policy and make sure that it's in place. >> so we're told that trump's team is finalizing deportation plans, one source telling cnn, quote, you will see removal plans, reports of arrests occurring, ice action in sanctuary jurisd

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noem, or trump's so-called border czar tom homan, who trump has said will be in charge of the border and has promised deportations, will begin. you guessed it on day one. >> tom and i work very well together and talk and communicate all the time, and we'll be working together on a daily basis when we're in our positions under the new administration. and, and i would say there's no authorities being planned to be taken away from the department or, or myself if i'm in the role. and we'll continue mixed signals, you can understand how, you know, people in my home state, maybe around the country, when they hear mr. homan saying, i'm making the decisions, when they hear president elect trump say he's in charge of our border. >> joining me now is melissa murray, nyu law professor, msnbc legal analyst and co-host of the strict scrutiny podcast. tara setmayer, former republican communications director and co-founder and ceo of the seneca project. and maria hinojosa, pulitzer prize winning journalist and founder of futuro media. welcome all three ladies. so, melissa, day one. it's going to be

charlie: deck blumenthal thought he was grilling kristi noem and he got burned and burned real bad.was the highlight of the hearing and real thing is fascinating and she did a fantastic job and was very respectful and she came with the facts and blew up pretty good in his face right there. rachel: yeah, seems like he's been living under a rock like the separation of the children during the trump administration was about separating them from the adults that claim to be their parents so we could actually make sure they were their parents before we sent them off with them into the country. by the way, it was democrats in congress who voted against dna testing to make sure these were their parents. meanwhile, he didn't want to talk about 340,000 children who our system lost track of and fallen into child labor, child tex trafficking, we have no idea where they are. the government hasn't been able to find them, donald trump ask famously in the interview that will, pete and i had with him last summer said i promise to find them. joey: tom homan said hey, we'll deport them as families, wor

. >> john: dhs secretary kristi noem facing tough questions before the homeland security today.rs putting a heavy focus on plans to secure the border, which is a top priority for president-elect trump. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram lived on capitol hill but the latest. she really seem to hold her own today. >> john, good afternoon. the department of homeland security's massive, and wheeled the federation. they must wrestle with terrorism, cyberattacks, the response of fema to natural disasters and trouble at the secret service. >> i think that was the question i get asked the most is why would you want to head up such a dysfunctional department? and i would say that because the nation at the department is to secure the homeland and our people. it is our biggest vulnerability right now. >> she says the secret service needs to get back to core mission of protecting the president especially after two attempts to kill president-elect trump last year. then there is fema. lawmakers asked if fema will be fair to california after the fires. >> the specter is there of p

noem would have faced additional grilling from republicans.s going to be the face of trump's immigration agenda, which as we know from recent fox news poll and, as the number one issue the american people want trump to deliver on. she's going to face some tough questions, especially when it comes to massive deportations. there have been things in her record, as south dakota's governor, where she has flopped on issues. she ended up vetoing -- that would've prevented men from pulling in women sport. she never gave a good ex-clinician as to why. if i were on that panel and if i were a republican, i would have asked her "you flopped on this issue. how can the american voters be sure you are going to stand tall and defend the president's unpopular immigration agenda to the media -- which will grill you relentlessly about it. >> i like when people -- personal space on politics pick it's not just things we talk about. people are affected. josh hawley did just that. listen to this. >> in my state, with the death of people like travis wolf and officer

♪♪ ladies and gentlemen please welcome that because the governor kristi noem.plause] ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> good afternoon. [applause] you all look wonderful. it is such an honor to be with all of you here today. thank you. now listen, listen my guess is a year ago most of you had no idea who i was. unlike the d.c. media i'm sure you will all at least now there to dakotas and i'm the governor of the warmer one. i'm here today to share some of the lessons from my state. the main question that needs to be answered this weekend is why does america need conservative's. .. [applause] we had the lowest unemployment rate in over half a century bird and unemployment rate for blacks, hispanics asian americans reach the lowest level in history. more than 10 million have been lifted out of poverty and out of welfare. all of that changed in march. now most governors shutdown their estates with record unemployment, business is close, most doors were shuttered and committee suffered by the u.s. economy came to an immediate halt. now let me be clear, kobe did not crush t

we're ending the week with kristi noem. on the hill as you've been covering this, that all of them, at least the ones who went up this week for their confirmation hearings, are likely to pass. >> i do think that it sounds like most of these people will get through the process. and i say that because it seems like republicans are very unified around these nominees right now. i think coming out of the hegseth hearings, which were very long, tense at times, i was surprised that joni ernst, the senator from iowa, put out a statement, i believe it was just later that day saying that she would support that nomination. she was the real person that i think we were all looking to see if she would support hegseth. but i also think, too, that some of these nominees will get confirmed. on january 20th. i was in the ratcliffe hearing. john ratcliffe is the nominee to be the cia director, and that felt positively cordial for him compared to the to the hegseth and some of the other hearings that we've seen, he has already been confirmed b

>> well, listen, i give kristi noem some credit here.ination, and not all of the trump nominees did that. i worked for three senators, and that used to be a courtesy. but the bottom line here on immigration is that kristi noem isn't going to be a material part of any conversation, any decision making, that donald trump has on this issue. we know that for donald trump, this is more about a political issue than a policy win. this issue about immigration, the southern border, it could have all been solved in the 2024 congressional session. donald trump kept this issue alive because he saw the political salience in it. so i hope democrats stand their ground tomorrow. i hope they point out her lack of qualifications here. but at the end of the day, she's really not going to be the one calling, calling the shots. >> all right, anthony coley, thank you. former congressman david jolly stay with me because we just got some big news in related to a senate pick in who will fill the seat there in florida. just moments ago, florida governor ron desan

week's confirmation hearings is the homeland security committee overseeing on wednesday for kristi noemhs secretary, russ vought of the office of management and budget and all week cabinet confirmation hearings for pam bondi, doug burgum, pete hegseth, marco rubio, duffy, stephan again right, what are your expectations for the hearings and confirmation of trip under president trump's cabinet. >> in the past some minority party has not obstructed a handful of high ranking cabinet members to be approved in the first week and i'm hopeful the secretary of state as well as the department of homeland security will be approved on the day of the inauguration or the day after or that week as well as a few others the department of defense. i'm hoping we get to quickly and don't muddle around. have my figures process going to be happening. the to the i'm in charge of no resistance on the republican side in some we make it democrats support as well. maria: you conviction and confidence that your colleagues in the senate on the gop side will vote for president trump's cabinet. >> for the most part t

. >> governor noem. great to see you and accept the nod the president has given you. thanks to both of you, you have walked through a lot. i have had the privilege of knowing you for a long time since we served together in the house of representatives. i have the benefit of knowing your qualifications and how strong you are in all these background issues and how hard you work on these things. i've seen it firsthand. i appreciate you stepping into this because a lot of attention across the country will be focused on this. you know that full well and you stepped in. for governor landry, my state and many folks in my state praying for you and your state. you have done a great job in leadership in a tough time for louisiana and we don't want to see acts of terrorism anywhere in our country. it is very difficult days for a governor. thank you for your leadership on that as well. i have to tell you, kristi. i wineed to my wife occasionally about the temperature on monday. excited about trump's inaugural but we will all sit outside in 12 degrees and i thought just for fun i

mayorkas: governor noem has been a governor of a state. she has been in congress. i am confident that if the senate confirms her, which i believe everyone expects they will, that she will take care of the needs of our department and advance our mission and support the incredible 260,000 people that comprise the department of homeland security here in this country and around the world. amna: you have faced a lot of criticism about immigration enforcement, in particular from republicans during your time at dhs. and we were seeing record high border numbers under president biden. there was absolutely a bipartisan deal that would have addressed a lot of that, that republicans spiked under pressure from president trump. but president biden also didn't take new executive action until june of last year. and that action has now resulted in, what, a 60% drop in encounters at the us southern border. i'm sure you've seen there was an interview given by the outgoing ice director, a man named p.j. lechleitner, who said that mr. biden should have taken that kind of action sooner

noem was asked about how exactly these two are going to figure out who's in charge. had to say. >> tom and i work very well together and talk and communicate all the time, and we'll be working together on a daily basis when we're in our positions under the new administration. and, and i would say there's no authorities being planned to be taken away from the department or, or myself if i'm in the role. >> and those questions came from democratic senator andy kim, who raised the question because he says it's important for the committee to be able to hold someone accountable. they can't call homan before their committee for oversight questions or get answers from him like they could from homeland security, because their committee has jurisdiction over dhs. so there are a lot of questions about how all this will play out and who will ultimately be accountable. >> very interesting. julia ainsley, thank you very much. and still ahead, the dodgers have opened up their home to angelenos in need. we're going to go live to dodger stadium to show you what's happening. and what

hill today the senate homeland security committee held a confirmation hearing for governor kristi noem to be the next department of homeland security secretary. the south dakota republican was pressed on whether she would stand up to donald trump if he suggested withholding disaster relief monday because he doesn't like a state's politics or its governor. >> will you say no to the president if he withholds that money? >> sir, i don't know about the scenarios that you're referencing with president trump, but what i will tell you is that if given the chance to be secretary of homeland security, that i will deliver the programs according to the law and that it will be done with no political bias. >> if confirmed, noem is expected to play a big role in president-elect donald trump's border security plans which includes cracking down on illegal immigration and carrying out mass deportations. >>> the supreme court will allow a ban on tiktok to take effect this weekend. that doesn't mean users will be blocked from accessing that app. the biden administration says it will leave enforcement of

with authorities and federal government agencies doing their duties and south dakota governor kristi noemtified at her senate confirmation hearing yesterday and pledged to work with trump on re-instating the remain in mexico policy and shutting down the cbp-1 app and ahead of the inauguration, president elect posted on truth social late last night "coming up the most weekend plus in american history. enjoy djt". trump is also promising a decision soon on tiktok after the supreme court ruling upheld the ban of the popular social media app. trump talked on the phone yesterday with chinese president xi jinping about tiktok about some other topics and specifically regarding tiktok and president elect said to expect a decision in the not too distant future. back to you. rachel: thank you, nate. great report. god, charlie. charlie: one thing coming up for kristi noem's senate hearing yesterday is all the things that she intends to do right away and so many of them are simply to re-instate the policies of the previous trump administration that will unilaterally shredded the day that joe biden ca

so let's start with kristi noem here. what to expect from her on this position. homeland security secretary is one that in the first trump administration became very much a center of controversy, in no small part because of family separations. and, of course, we know that donald trump has talked about a plan for mass deportations. what do you think are going to be the main, you know, places where kristi noem may come under pressure today? >> i certainly think that mass deportation is going to be the hot topic. you know, i think when it comes to some issues like family separation, donald trump has already distinguished himself from his first term in terms of what he would do. and he's sort of said, like, you know, we don't want to separate families, but we have to do something about border security. and so when it comes to her confirmation, i don't necessarily know if it's going to be the fiery, you know, back and forth that we would expect from some of these other candidates, just given the fact that, you know, immigration and border security has become more of a

i think you might be referring to kristi noem and the dog incident from the book that she wrote. i think that is what you are referring to. caller: i'm sorry, yeah. and i just don't understand the situations like that being her nominated as national intelligence. going back in the to another incident with sarah palin who took office december 4, 2006 as governor, and she was in a helicopter and she resigned i think july 3, 2009. she was in a helicopter and there was a video of her with an assault rifle and a helicopter chasing a coyote or a wolf running, nowhere to hide in the video showed her shooting the animal. my question is aren't there game laws in alaska? no charges were ever filed with her. and who is paying for all of this? host: the cricket incident, met with name -- met with the name of the dog that she wrote about the got a lot of attention. do you think that is a stumbling block for her in the confirmation hearing? guest: i really don't think so. it was more of a stomach block for her prospects to be chosen as the running mate last year, but in terms of the senate con