we're here today to consider pam bondi's nomination to serve as attorney general of the united states. ms. bondi, for a second time i thank you for your nomination, willingness to serve, but more importantly serve the important role of senate advise and consent process. you are nominated to one of the most important offices in our country. it took -- it took -- let's see, a lot of work on your part just to get here today. the more than 14,000 pages of records, hundreds of hours of media files, and more than 3400 responsive entries, you disclosed to this committee are a testament to your long career in public eye and your cooperation with this committee. i would like to also thank your family for being here today. i have know that many of them have traveled some distance to celebrate with you. i would like to explain and expect that ms. bondi be treated fairly. attorney general garland's confirmation hearing republicans treated him with respect. we asked tough but fair questions and we ultimately voted him out of committee on a bipartisan basis, although attorney general garland wasn't

we are here today to consider pam bondi's nomination to service attorney general of the united states. ms. bondi, for a second time i thank you for your nomination, your willingness to serve, but more importantly serving the important role of senate's advise and consent process. you are nominated to one of the most important offices in our country. it took -- it took, let's see, a lot of work on your part just to get here today. more than 14,000 pages of records, hundreds of hours of media files, and 3400 responsive entries. you disclosed to this committee. it's a testament to your long career in the public eye and your cooperation with this committee. i would like to thank your family for being here today. i know that many of whom have traveled some distance to celebrate with you. i would like to explain and expect that ms. bondi be treated fairly. during attorney general garland's confirmation hearing, republicans treated him with respect. we asked tough but fair questions. we ultimately voted him out of committee on a bipartisan basis. although attorney general garland was not who

pam bondi up today.rusted, elected attorney general for state of florida doing it on national level and going to department of justice with a big stick. marco rubio issue part of gang of eight before, ton of experience, senator from florida, expected to get bipartisan support. john ratcliffe used to be over director of intel is going to be smooth way for cia. >> steve: sean duffy, from fox, up for treasury -- rather t transportation secretary and chris wright, secretary of energy nominee. today system his 60 th birthday. and russell vought, director of office of budget. he will personally ask mr. john ratcliffe questions and he knows what they are going to ask about marco rubio, too. watch. >> i heard john's hearing, he's been director of national intelligence, we agree cia is vital for our country, 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 int

that will change under pam bondi. under her leadership, the doj will actually fairly enforce the laws, protect the rights of the american people, and keep our nation safe and crack down on violent crimes and dangerous drugs. and the american people will trust her to do so. i know that well because i worked alongside pam bondi for eight years when i was governor of florida, and she was florida's elected attorney general, working to improve the lives of floridians, to make florida the best state in the nation, to live, work, and raise a family. pam was an incredible partner, working to keep florida safe and uphold the laws of our state and ensuring crime is aggressively pursued by law enforcement and prosecutors. president trump has made clear that one of his top priorities is to reverse the rising rates of crime, and specifically, violent crime, that have plagued our communities over the past four years. pam bondi is uniquely equipped to advance his priority as u.s. attorney general because she has a she was in office

donald trump's pick for attorney general, pam bondi, and his pick for secretary of state marco rubio are first up this morning. and these are clearly major cabinet positions we're talking about. bondi is the former attorney general of florida. she has long supported donald trump. she spearheaded legal efforts to challenge the 2020 election results in in pennsylvania, and she was part of his defense team for his first impeachment. let's talk about this big day ahead. mark preston is standing by, as well as paula reid. let's start. paula, let me start with you, if i could, to talk about pam bondi up for attorney general. people are seeing her as a more traditional pick when compared to matt gaetz. but in you which who was his first pick. you have new reporting on how she is preparing for what is sure to be some tough questions ahead. >> yeah, i think it's fair to say that many people would seem traditional compared to former congressman matt gaetz. >> but when they say that about pam bondi, they're referring to her resume. >> she comes to today's job interview with three decades of expe

it is an honor for me and a privilege to introduce pam bondi, president trump's nominee to be the 87th attorney general of the united states. i have known and worked closely with pam for years, and i'm glad to call her a friend. when pam was nominated by president trump, my reaction was, this is a home run, as many of us are. i was only to be outdone by senator graham, who described the nomination as a grand slam touchdown hole in one ace, hat trick, slam dunk, olympic gold medal pick. and he's right as the letter, joined by more than 100 former justice department officials put it, quote, it's all too rare for senior justice department officials, much less attorneys general, to have such a wealth of experience in the day to day work of keeping our communities safe. end quote pam exemplifies and personifies the department of justice's mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our communities safe, and to protect our rights and liberties as americans. pam has distinguished herself in her career in public service that has taken her from her small town upbringing in temple terrace, florid

a and honor and privilege to introduce pam bondi. i have oh he known and worked closely with pam for years and glad to call her a friend. when pam was nominated by president trump my reaction was this is a home run. as many of us are, i was only to be outdone by senator graham who described it as a grand slam hat-trick, slam dunk, olympic gold medal pick and he is right. as the letter joined by more than 100 former justice department officials put it. it is all too rare for senior department officials much less attorneys general to have such a wealth of experience in the day-to-day work of keeping our communities safe, end quote. pam exemplifies and per son files the department of justice's mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our communities safe, and to protect our rights and liberties as americans. pam has distinguished hearse taken her from her small town upbringing to a hearing before this esteemed committee. after attending the university of florida and stetston college of law she started her career as a local prosecutor f

pam bondi as u.s. attorney general, she has a proven track record in achieving reductions in crime and violent crime during her time as florida's attorney general. ... >> these are not just numbers. these are tens of thousands of lives saved in communities improved and made safer and families and businesses protected. as florida attorney general pam bondi spearheaded life-saving initiative like tackling the ongoing epidemic and fighting human trafficking. her achievements are too many for me to list in this short introduction. as u.s. attorney general pam bondi will restore law and order. she will put americans interest first and make the nation a better and safer place. i urge every single member of this committee to support my friend pam bondi and i look for to voting for her confirmation soon and help her get to work for the american people. thank you, chairman. [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member durbin and members of the committee. it is an honor for me and a privilege to introd

pam bondi's nomination to serve as attorney general of the united states. , serve the important role of senate's advise and consent process. your nominated to one of the most important offices in our country. it took. it took. let's see a lot of work on your part just to get here today. the more than 14,000 pages of records, hundreds of hours of media files, and more than 3400 responsive entries you disclosed to this committee are a testament to your long career in public eye, and your cooperation with this committee. i'd like to also thank your family for being here today. i know that many of them have traveled some distance to celebrate with you. i'd like to explain and expect that miss bondi be treated fairly during attorney general garland's confirmation hearing. republicans treated him with respect. we asked tough but fair questions, and we ultimately voted him out of committee on a bipartisan basis. although attorney general garland wasn't who we on this side of the aisle would have chosen to lead the department of justice. we recognize that president

that's next. ♪ ♪ >> ainsley: in just hours, trump's attorney general pick pam bondi will appear beforeon hearing. bondi set to face questions on trump's criticism of what he calls a two tiered justice system. >> it is a two tiered system of justice. and we have to get our justice department back. >> it's the department of injustice being laughed at all over the world. and hopefully with pam bondi and with kash patel and with other people that we're putting in, that will all come back. >> ainsley: fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett joins us now. hey, greg. >> hi, ainsley, thanks for having me on. >> ainsley: we know the democrats are going to try to construct some road blocks, what can we expect today? >> gregg: well, yeah, there will be road blocks by democrats, ainsley, but, you know with president obama administration, i think they are more like speed bumps sure they are going to accuse her of being election denier and a trump puppet same kind of smear that we saw with pete hegseth yesterday democrats don't seem to want to talk about policy so they resort to these personal attacks

so here's the question, charles, are you convinced pam bondi, again, trump's pick for ag will operateh the independence we should expect from that office. will she push back if trump wants her to go against doj regulations and bury the special counsel report? >> alex, to answer all of those questions, the answer is no. >> we can. >> we've seen this movie before and we know how it ends. >> we can expect very little from pam bondi except for doing exactly what donald trump wants her to do. >> as you have already talked about, the office of the attorney general, the department of justice is supposed to be an independent law enforcement arbiter. that basically makes sure that the law is upheld. and i don't necessarily know that under a pam bondi regime, if you will, that the department of justice is going to do that because of the immense pressure that i would expect donald trump is going to put on her. now, i will say this as an attorney, pam bondi is incredibly qualified and very much so accomplished. and so i don't necessarily anticipate that she will push things beyond the legal limit

we finish our look at attorney general nominee pam bondi.he spoke at press conference in bedminste new jersey come alongside foerresident trump who at the time was announcing a lawsuit against social media platforms that banned him. >> i am here not as part of that great legal team over there, but i am proud to be part of america first policy constitutional litigation team. i was here to explain a few things, and what john said, this is about to our constitution. this isn't just for conservatives. this is for everyone out there, about censorship, for democrats and even progressives who should be protected under the first amendment. tulsi gabbard sued. do you remember that? she was censored when she was running for president. she sued. people say that they have immunity, they meaning youtube, facebook, twitter under section 230. section two hundred 30 came about in 1996 and it was an offshoot of the decency act to protect really, to protect against children being exploited online. that is what this was about. take effect in 1996. how many use

kash patel, pam bondi and dan bongino. get off your radio mic and take over the secret service. >> thank you. my main question is now that we are about ready to take over the countryo again, are we getting rid of the ccp because they have -- >> we can't get rid of the ccp unless you want war with china, okay. china is the primary competitor to the united states and good news is a that president trump understands that and with a lack of pita, navarro back in the white house, we'll finally take it seriously again. but, we're not going to start a war with china, but we'll protect our interests. thank you. question.yo >> what is one of your favorite memories of trump? >> wow. favorite memories of trump. the proudest moment of my career to date, every six months we have to decide what 20 do with the iran deal. obama's abortion of iran deal. it i was time to decide and the president called meo and steve bannon into the oval office and had the whole cabinet there. whole cabinet and called us his heavies and said, all right, my he

but let me ask you about pam bondi.e talking about this a little bit during the commercial break. this is somebody who, you know, believed in the big lie. she advocated for it. she's definitely not somebody who felt the elections were free and fair in 2020. but let me play for you what senator katie britt had to say about her nomination. i'll get your thoughts to it. take a listen. >> when i talked with pam bondi, she committed to me to getting back to doing the job of the people, to getting back to doing what the department was, was created to do. so whether we're talking about the ag, whether we're talking about the fbi, whether they're talking about the department of defense, people want these these agencies, these departments to actually work for the american people. >> so you've got this like buckets, if you will. on one hand, you got the pete hegseth, kash patel, who you worry about from their backgrounds, their behavior, their views, their worldviews. and then you have somebody like pam bondi who may not be you m

pam bondi was getting a lot of will you do trump's dating?did a good job of pushing back to say her record has always been a political and she is just fine bad people. she was also asked a lot about kash patel who will soon have confirmation hearings to be fbi director. senator kennedy of louisiana said, the more they ask about kash patel is an indication they have nothing against you, which is why they are asking about somebody else. >> sandra: let's head back to the hearing room with pam bondi in the hot seat. >> walk free in the country. senator, i never knew the definition of a disposable child. i never heard that term until i was there. a disposable child the agents kept recognizing a little boy coming over. you are familiar with it, i am sure. same little boy. getting traffic. >> let me ask you because my time it's expired and that issue you issue is important. when statistic as every american should note over 300,000, they were over 300,000 children the administration has lost. little girls and little boys unaccompanied in this adminis

she is pam bondi and trump's pick for that and we have breaking news. let's get to that. "outnumbered" starts now. let's get to that. "outnumbered" starts now. >> this is fox news alert as we begin here on the wake of several hearings that have been going on today. several of president-elect trump key cabinet picks are on the hill, several ongoing, the confirmation hearings. we'll bring you the latest on all of this. including secretary of state nominee, marco mendicino, cia nominee john ratcliff, and transportation secretary pick sean duffy

on the democrat side of the aisle as well. >> yeah, they've already signaled that today you have pam bondimay be a very different confirmation process. she's the nominee for attorney general. you know, bondi was florida's first female attorney general. so she does have legal chops, but she is also a huge supporter of trump backing his 2020 election lie, at times saying there was evidence of cheating. she has also said the department of justice, the prosecutors will be prosecuted, the bad ones. she also said the investigators will be investigated. chuck, she's already held this job of attorney general in florida. can she be independent of donald trump? when you look back at some of the things she has said and that she has done. >> well, that's what the constitution says. and you've seen lots of democrats say that this should be an outside organization. it's not donald trump or joe biden's justice department. it should be a standalone. and i think that it gives pam bondi a leg up that she actually did run as the attorney general and successfully so in florida, we may have a disagreement on p

as far as pam bondi is concerned, obviously a lot of republicans look at her and say boy, we're really don't have matt gaetz. we're pretty happy about this. i think you might see democrats go after bondi on the 2020 election issue in the sense that she has supported a number of president trump's claims about the 2020 election and democrats love to re-litigate. >> brian: i know. >> not popular with voters but they like to do it. >> brian: i think ratcliffe will sail through. sailed through director of national intelligence and now cia. they all agree china is number one enemy, obstacle. today is also the day that president biden chose to do his farewell address and he has released it. here's a slice of it. he said today we have the strongest economy in the world. and have created a record 16.6 million jobs. wages are up, inflation down. lowest in 20 years. we are rebuilding nation today. the violent crime rate is at 50 year low. your thoughts about his thoughts about him. >> the president has been on kind of a farewell tour in the last few days. and his theme has been i did all these gr

state, the transportation secretary nominee sean duffy, and trump's choice for attorney general, pam bondithe president elect chose bondi after matt gaetz, his first pick, withdrew from consideration. bondi, the former florida attorney general and close trump ally, heads into today's hearing with strong backing from republicans. she's already let everybody know where her loyalty lies. >> thank you so much. >> the department of justice. the prosecutors will be prosecuted. the bad ones. the investigators will be investigated because the deep state last term for president trump, they were hiding in the shadows, but now they have a spotlight on them. and they can all be investigated. and the house needs to be cleaned out. >> and joining me now is john bresnahan. he's the co-founder of punchbowl news. good morning. wonderful to see you. thank you for being here. a lot going on on the hill today. i'm curious what of these hearings that you are watching most closely. and if you think any of them actually have any, any real hurdles in front of them. >> listen, bondi is a big deal. um, of course yo

if pam bondi would seek to go after jack smith.ten here. >> will you investigate jack smith? senator, i have not seen the file. i have not seen the investigation. i haven't looked at anything. it would be irresponsible of me to make a commitment regarding anything without -- you are a long practicing attorney -- without looking at a file. >> so you would need a factual, a factual predicate to open an investigation on jack smith? not a summary by you, yes, sir. >> a different question, the president wants to jail liz cheney sitting here today. are you aware of factual basis to investigate liz cheney? yes or no? >> senator, that is a hypothetical and i want to answer that. >> i'm asking you sitting here today if you are aware of the predicate to liz cheney? >> i cannot investigate liz cheney. >> you are aware that the president has called for that publicly. >> but the president, the president has called for a -- >> you know what we should be worried about, california right now. >> donald trump, you less than 2020 election but can you

and pam bondi was right out there cheering for that criminal course of action. >> sure. tell me what facts, what specific facts you're aware of that make you think that there was outcome determinative fraud? what you're referring to is the so-called fake elector scheme. and what happened is obviously there's some fake electors who are alleged and actually some who pleaded guilty to having participated in this fraudulent scheme, but there were others who thought what they were doing and being asked to do was just be an alternative slate of electors, if and only if the court system in that state said that that joe biden had not won and donald trump had won, and so they were just an alternative slate. and in pennsylvania, electors insisted on that language. and the trump campaign basically realized, oh, this is going to really hurt us because we, you know, we need them to essentially be duped into thinking, oh, no, you're just going to be an alternative slate of electors, but they're going to use it as a fake slate. so that's why you have electors, some who are in on it, so

and that's what pam bondi is going to do. pam bondi is very impressive. did a very good job as attorney general in the state of florida. and when she has her hearing, which starts tomorrow, she's really going to make people, i think, sit up and realize, okay, finally, we have a non politicized leader back in there, merrick garland, you're out pam bondi you're in. this is going to be a new dawn in washington. >> jason, let me ask you also, of course, the story that we have been covering most frequently in the last week has been these devastating wildfires in southern california. there were reports yesterday that the president elect plans to visit southern california, possibly soon after the inauguration. does president trump plan to visit the wildfire stricken areas of california, and if so, when yeah. >> good question. i know president trump wants to get out to southern california as soon as he's able to. obviously, inauguration is coming up in just a couple of days here. the president has a very strong connection to southern california, obviously owning

what's pam bondi going to do?donald trump is going to tell her, get rid of that case, get rid of that report. and she's already demonstrated that she effectively is his vessel in the department of justice. and so she's not going to do what's right. she's not going to do what the department precedent is. she's not going to do what department policy is. she's just going to do whatever donald trump wants. and that's why it's dangerous. >> we'll see how it all unfolds. we're just days away from a new administration. thank you for joining. >> thank you. >> still ahead. tonight is it a statement or something else? michelle obama, the former first lady of the united states, deciding to skip donald trump's inauguration. all the backlash and all the praise next and later, we'll take you back out to los angeles county for the incredible discovery made in the ashes of this burned down home. you won't want to miss it kobe. >> the making of a legend premieres january 25th on cnn. off cameras, off. >> all live cams off. >> what

pam bondi is going to be confirmed. she has 53 republican votes. that's a democratic theater. and so i want to see how much theater democrats are going to be willing to engage in on these nominees. >> yeah. and i think it's often true. it is certainly, almost always true that the confirmation hearings itself can be a moment where things go sideways. and i think that's actually probably never more true than right now, where you have some of these republican senators like grassley, like mitch mcconnell on rfk, who have misgivings. you have senators who have misgivings, republican senators who have misgivings about tulsi gabbard, you know, so watching to see how they perform in these high profile moments when democrats absolutely will be using the moment to message their constituents back home to fundraise, i mean, it is it is theatrical, but sometimes the theater produces moments that is hard for the nominee to overcome. and i think that's going to be especially true with this group of nominees. i think in the end, these

eastern to, pam pam bondi. jonathan pay hi. >> all trump picks are getting confirmed.yesterday, and it's going his way. maria: that's the bottom line. "varney & company" takes it up. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, everyone. it is inflation day, and the news is this: the consumer price direct connects went up 0.4% in december, up 2.9% in the las

pete hegseth yesterday, today you have pam bondi, john ratcliffe, cia. wright at energy. there'll be some tough questions, but there will also be, i think, from democrats an effort to try to find issues that they can work with the incoming secretary of whatever agency because they realize that the votes are there pretty much if for all of these nominees. we'll see if if you will city gabbard fits that -- tulsi gabbard. i think all of them have enough votes to get through. stuart: but the climate guys would be abandoned if any democrat goes for chris wright and drill, baby, drill. that really is the abandonment by democrats, some democrats, of the climate program. >> yeah. i think they're going to to, especially democrats in red states that trump won, i think the message was we need to to increase our energy output and the effort to take the yolk off -- yoke off of these companies. that's what's coming through, and some democrats are going to get that. stuart: i want to talk to you about golf. [laughter] i know you're a golf guy. tiger woods and rory mcil

russ vought of the office of management and budget and all week cabinet confirmation hearings for pam bondidoug 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 there is two or three in our caucus that are worrisome on a handful. this is an amazing group of people and talented people

we will cover president-elect robb's pick for attorney general pam bondi before the judiciary committee and the intelligence committee hosts cia nominee john ratcliff. we will have those hearings and others live on c-span now our free mobile video app and later in our schedule. president biden will give his farewell address to the nation tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. on c-span3 we are waiting for the secretary of state confirmation hearing to get underway. [quiet indiscernible background conversations] >> live coverage from capitol hill expecting the senate foreign relations committee to gaveling in. the top democrat on the committee is jeanne shaheen of new hampshire. there are 20 additional members, including two women, senators tammy duckworth and jacky rosen. a handful of other confirmation hearings are also happening today. we will cover president-elect trump's pick for attorney general, pam bondi, who is appearing before the judiciary committee. the intelligence committee hosts cia nominee john ratcliff. we will host those on c-span now, our free mobile video app, and later i

getting through >> i am here in washington, d.c., for the confirmation hearing of pete hegseth and pam bondi. pam, somebody i greatly admire a mentor of mine. she is an advisor and board member for the caldwell institute for public safety which are started in response to my brother's murder in chicago two years ago. i have to tell you i'm really excited about the nominees in which donald trump has put forward to serve this country. peaches somebody who we all know obviously has worked and been a friend to many of us. somebody a belief loves this country who is the patriots and who can get the morale of the military back to where it needs to be as we face real challenges on the world stage. certainly we have had weak leadership with president biden. so i believe these are people who can turn this country around. certainly serve the nation well. >> trace: he was just talking about pete hegseth senator, tommy to prevail may said this about pete hegseth today. >> i am 110%... this time tomorrow we will be going through confirmation process. he will be ripped, he will be demeaned, he will be talk

stuart: i expected everybody would oppose pam bondi everybody would -- oppose her.t. 100 former people at doj supporting, that's remarkable. >> it says something. stuart: quick check of the markets i see an awful lot of red on the screen. when you put it up eventually what you're looking at now is the podium in mar-a-lago we've been given a one minute warning that in comes president-elect trump in about one minute. meanwhile, all of this red ink on the markets you're not upset by this or worry about it at all ever -- >> you're seeing wild fluctuations there's nothing an investor can do to time it something like nvidia sold from 15 to 141 if you want a place to invest money that's a great place. gliewt nvidia from 153 to 1 51 almost 10.i think -- >> a huge drop on no news. news on nvidia came out last night that's a positive so for someone looking to invest or add toe a position here's an opportunity. stuart: can you show me big tech for a moment lees because there's always action in big tech. and i mean what's going on today -- we've got one winner at this point. al

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to support the nominations and confirmations like pete hegseth, pam bondi, doug collins.really good people to run these agencies and move the country forward. >> harris: you brought up crime and i know it has touched your family with the loss of your beautiful brother, christian. i'm wondering you say you are in d.c. now. are other people going to watch this, too? >> i think everyone is going to be watching. the truth of the matter is we have folks that are going up for these positions. they will have to answer tough questions. thats the reality of it. there will be people wanting to hear about the plans for the department of defense. it is just the right thing to do. the thing is, we have folks that can properly answer these questions and debunk the lies of the left. >> harris: thank you so much. didn't mean to wrap you. we have to get to "outnumbered." it's after the break. it's no ordinary square. charmin ultra soft smooth tear has wavy perforations that tear so much better, with more cushiony softness. enjoy the go, with charmin. total beets, america's best-selling be

. >> incoming chief of staff susan wiles, incoming attorney general pam bondi both cut their teeth at florida based lobbying firm ballard partners, according to federal lobbying disclosures. corporations have raced to sign ballard partners to represent them since trump's win and since wiles was announced as chief of staff, they have signed 28 new clients looking to influence, you guessed it, federal policy. judd legum is the founder and author of the political newsletter popular information. he joins me now. judd, you're going to change that name to crucial critical must read newsletter within the next two weeks, i hope. explain this to us, because before we get into donald trump, let's be honest, washington dc is filled with people who go from working in the federal government, working in the white house to being a lobbyist, and they go back and forth and back and forth. that can be said of president biden's administration. i mean, anita dunn is one of his closest advisors, and she founded her own strategic communications firm for years and years and years. and you know what they did

of course, he appointed he nominated matt gaetz first, but then replaced him with pam bondi, who alsome firm. and you're now in a position where they're going to have major roles determining policy that impacts directly impacts their former clients. >> this is just extraordinary when you think about trump's rhetoric and what he's actually doing. but i want to cover a new topic. you're not covering it, but the wall street journal has reporting that the trump family now wants to reclaim their d.c. hotel. if you're a member, of course you do. you reported on it. they faced all sorts of corruption, corruption allegations in his first term. right. foreign governments, different businesses, people who wanted to curry favor with the white house through events, booked room, booked entire floors. while donald trump at the time denied any of those claims. and of course, as soon as he left office, he sold the property. and since then he has shown no public interest in trying to get it back so suddenly. now there's reporting, oh, the trumps want to buy that hotel again? what can you tell us? why

about what i hope to do with the guidance of my two bosses, president trump and attorney general pam bondi but i can tell you my vision i think it's out there of what civil rights is in this country. and i have spent my life fighting for the free speech rights of american citizens dating back to my college years to today. parental rights are civil rights in the united states. children have rights in the united states to be free from predatory adults who seek to shake them in unnatural ways. voting rights and the right for each of you to have your vote be counted equally and fairly and once, and anybody else the same way, those are civil rights in this great united states. and we're going to, i've always thought for those rights. and as so many others. the right to free and fair access to education and housing, and the rights of the disabled. these are all important federal civil rights. and so i hope and pray that i'll be able to serve in that capacity but regardless for the rest of my years as a lawyer i intend to keep fighting for those rights. and i'm so excited. it's a heady time. i ju

pam bondi has played multiple roles.arris had as a state ag, and that typically is a good on ramp to taking up a big doj post. but in other times, outside of that role, more of a political advocacy or litigation. remarks on behalf of donald trump. she made statements that have been proven false. >> any general that was involved, general admiral, whatever that was involved in any of the die woke. she's got to go. >> these fake ballots that are coming in late. >> did you just say fake ballots? >> there could be. that's the problem. >> we should not have women in combat roles. >> the department of justice, the prosecutors will be prosecuted. >> i'm joined now by tyler pager, who is going to be all over these stories in these coming years. washington post white house reporter who, we should note is heading to the new york times in that post. welcome. >> thanks so much for having me. great to be with you. >> what are you watching for in the hearings this week? >> yeah, i think one of the most interesting developments about th

pam bondi will sit this morning on capitol hill. trump's pick for defense secretary pete hegseth fended off attacks during his senate confurthermoration hearing yesterday. >> as secretary would you take action to reinstitute female service members. >> i never disparaged women serving in the military. >> you are quite sure that every general who serves should not go directly into the defense industry for 10 years, you are not willing to make that same pledge? >> i'm not a general, senator. >> yes or no, did you need an audit? >> it has been completely mischaracterized. >> yes or no, did you need an audit, yes or no? yes or no, i will take that as a no. >> lucas: pete hegseth said politics should play no part in military and he wants to be selected on merit. he had this with senator tube tuberville. >> we won world war ii with seven four star generals, today we have 44. there is inverse relationship between size of staff and victory on the battlefield. we don't need more bureaucracy at the top, we need more at the bottom. >> lucas: jo

pam bondi has been a familiar face in trump's orbit. the former florida attorney general was part of his defense team during his first impeachment trial, and she supported his claims of fraud over the 2020 election. bondi has frequently criticized the legal cases against trump, the department of justice. >> the prosecutors will be prosecuted. the bad ones. the investigators will be investigated because the deep state last term for president trump, they were hiding in the shadows, but now they have a spotlight on them and they can all be investigated and the house needs to be cleaned out. >> matt gorman, you saw her there. i mean, i remember she was flying all over the place on the romney plane back in 2012. it was a great surrogate. and suddenly she's, you know, right there in trump's orbit. it's a little bit head spinning, but she clearly does not. in some ways, matt gaetz was the heat shield for her, not just for her, but for a lot of these trump nominees. >> absolutely. look, it made it so much easier for people to get through, right

ne, pam bondi nominated by th president elect to serve as attorney general.n 2020 she was a defense atrney for then president trump first impeachmentrial. she also led the first lawsuit aimed at overturning the affordable cect. up next, a look pam bondi in 2012 when she testified at a congressional hearing about florida's efforts to combat prescription drug abuse. >> thank you

pam bondi's not going to be disqualified from being attorney general of the united states.he attorney general of florida and otherwise kash patel's the president's choice for this position. he spoke about his qualifications working on issues republican senators to get behind the president push this through the democratic senators also ought to do it. it's not whether it's first and choice. i fit advice and consent and they have to ge give consent in these cases. mark: let's talk about the fbi for a moment. what is that they seek to protect? there are series of problems with the fbi not only the politicization of the most senior level but the idea we have di has infested the operation. the fact the fbi has missed quite frankly terrible events don't we need the fbi to be reformed? do we need the fbi to get back to at the fbi used to do don't need someone in charge of the organization that's not part of the organization or part of the whole genre and to go i in and x things? looks that's right this is a bit of a personal issue for me my father was an fbi agent i have e always

[cheering and applauding] even as appointees like retail to the fbi and pam bondi to be attorney general and applauding] nominations afford term mccright congresswoman tenant colonel in the u.s. army reserve kelsey gabbert. [cheering and applauding] it's why he's given us nominees like a man i watched when he tried to run for president of the induced the same tactics as they used against bernie sanders seek the presidency as independent and came to realize personal ambitions aside. a child has joined into this great alignment. we saw it this past week regarding the resolution. our problem today, the establishment republicans who do not have the guts for america. [cheering] a man who'd never been in politics, an entrepreneur, a businessman creating jobs for people to sign on the roof of his fauci and he said vote for trump, the largest in the united states. they sought to put him in jail for exercising his first amendment rights. he is now awake and the fight anthony to vacate by a lease the fall like. anthony, stand up. i ask you to do one important thing. pray for the safety of our pres

that's what president trump and pam bondi and kash patel will do once they take the mel helm.adviser to president-elect trump jason miller joins us now. jason, welcome and happy new year. how have the tragic event events of new year's eve affected maybe the calculus in the senate for confirming especially these national security nominees? >> i think it heightens the importance of getting these picks confirmed asap. not only do we have national security positions, we have law enforcement positions whether that be attorney general or kash patel for fbi, but also we have critical infrastructure as well. think about the disasters we've had on the transportation front in recent years during the biden administration. we need to not only put in president trump's people so we can implement this change, but we need to restore confidence in our basic levels of government whether that's national security, law enforcement or critical infrastructure. we cannot have any more lapses. president trump has picked some fantastic people, and the american people voted for him to the put the adults