patel. my colleagues prevented senator blackburn from offering an amendment. senator blackburn had never raised epstein's flight logs with me publicly or privately. during the november 32's "ethics subpoena authorization mockup, i tried to recognize her multiple times, and there was an effort to close on the commitment before anything went forward on the republican side. many ups and records including flight logs have been public for years. my office reached out to hers to try to identify what records she was actually seeking, we did not receive a response. sen. blackburn: mr. chairman, if i may respond to chairman durbin. i had raised the issue with chairman durbin on the floor, that we wanted to get these records. and then during that hearing that you are recognizing, that you are mentioning, i sought recognition. it was not clear republican colleagues that ended that hearing. mr. chairman, you have the gavel, you were the chairman and you sought not to recognize me and i know and you know

patel: no. i have publicly including in the interviews objected -- rejected outright baseless conspiracy theories. they must be addressed head on with the truth and i will continue to do that and i will always continue to support americans who support law enforcement, and our military and who want a secure border. chair grassley: over the past four years the fbi and justice department have weaponized law enforcement for partisan ends, which has affected you personally. you along with members of my staff were the victims of fbi overreach when they secretly subpoenaed your records during the investigation into crossfire hurricane. inspector general horwitz of the justice department was right to say actions like this have a " chilling effect on whistleblowers." how do you intend to make -- intend to make sure that this kind of misconduct never happens again? mr. patel: this might be one of the scenarios that uniquely qualifies me to take command at the fbi. having been the victim of government over

patel knows it, mr. patel exposed it and mr. patel has targeted for it and i've got plenty of examples to show what's wrong with the fbi. mr. patel was instrumental in exposing crossfire hurricane. he showed during that investigation that the democratic national committee funded false allegations against president trump, of the department of justice and the federal bureau of investigation hid information from the fisa court to wiretap the presidential campaign and that an fbi lawyer lied in the process. as reward for his efforts to uncover this truth, he was attacked by the media and the department of justice secretly subpoenaed his records. now i and my staff know a thing or two about this kind of retaliation because my staff received similar treatment during our investigation. sadly as i have said at mr. patel's hearing, crossfire hurricane is but one example of recent fbi misconduct. the fbi targeted traditional catholic families and concerns of parents for political reasons. the fbi coordinated with social media platforms to

disappointing choice in kash patel. now it's up to the senate to either confirm this nominee or not. it's clear where senate democrats stand. i think my biggest question is, where are senate republicans going to stand at this important moment in history? will they choose the rule of law? will they choose the constitution? will they choose to stay loyal to the very oath of office they have taken and their important advise and consent role, or will they choose loyalty to a reckless president? we'll soon find out. with that let me turn to my colleague from the state of vermont, senator

patel. now it's up to the senate to either confirm this nominee or not. it's clear where senate democrats stand. i think my biggest question is, where are senate republicans going to stand at this important moment in history? will they choose the rule of law? will they choose the constitution? will they choose to stay loyal to the very oath of office they have taken and their important advise and consent role, or will they choose loyalty to a reckless president? we'll soon find out. with that let me turn to my colleague from the state of vermont, senator welch. senator welch: i'll just sum up what i learned in the hearings. with clarity. kash patel has a goal. it's to wreck the f.b.i. we are determined to do everything we can to save it. thank you. [indiscernible] >> three general -- attorney general bondi wasted no time in aligning herself with mr. patel. he would be hand in glove with her agenda. >> one of the orders specifically referred to the lawyers at justice as president's lawyers. i

you cannot really blame patel for that. the world is full of creepy people whom might do things like that. except for the fact that kash patel, himself, re-posted that imagery to his true social account. he now owns that. setting aside how grotesque that is, the idea a man with the kind of judgment where he thinks it is ok to repost images of himself chainsawing his political enemies, not appropriate for an fbi director. in terms of candor, we asked him repeatedly about what he testified in a grand jury. it is law that a witness can walk out of a grand jury and tell the entire world what he said. he would not tell this committee what he said. he pretended there is a steel order. there is no evidence of any seal order. a second piece of candor might be that he is lying about a seal order. as chairman durbin just mentioned, he pled the fifth. everybody has the right to plead the fifth but pleading the fifth means you perceive a substantial and real risk of criminal prosecution. somebody who has faced a substantial and real ri

kash patel nomination that leads us to want to meet today to spend a moment. we sent a letter, we received similar letters from the republicans in the past, asking for another hearing on mr. patel. and the obvious response from the republican side is we already had our hearing. we are not going to have another one. i'm disappointed, not surprised but disappointed because i think there are several things that we have to acknowledge. number one, this is unusual nomination, unusual in that it's a 10-year nomination. we decided 50 years ago to reform the selection of the f.b.i. head to make sure that we took politics out of the equation. so we said 10 years, that's going to transcend at least one president, maybe two. the service of an individual. so 10 years is a pretty long time, and i think merits extra consideration and review. secondly, the hearing of this individual raised questions aim sure a lot of people were surprised about. why did we spend so darn much time talk about a musical requiring, the j6 choir? we did because mr. patel basically denied any know

and then in. >> kash patel's nomination. in the judiciary. >> committee. >> we saw almost. >> no pushback. >> from senate. republicans during his confirmation hearing. and in fact. they seem. >> to be welcoming. >> patel with. >> open arms. >> despite his controversial. >> past, his. >> connections to efforts to overturn the 2020. >> election, and. >> how he openly. >> talked about. >> how. donald trump should seek retribution were he to win the presidency during that period of time where he was. >> out of the white house. >> this is. >> kind of. >> the narrative that we've seen play. >> out here. >> on capitol hill since donald trump won. >> the election. >> that senate. >> republicans and house republicans. >> for. >> that matter. >> are here to do whatever he needs them to. >> to get. >> ahead of. >> this vote. and after the confirmation hearing for patel. democratic senator dick durbin came out with an explosive accusation about patel perjuring himself during his hearing and that he claimed he orchestrated some of these

kash patel nomination that leads us to want to meet today to spend a moment. we sent a letter, we received similar letters from the republicans in the past, asking for another hearing on mr. patel. and the obvious response from the republican side is we already had our hearing. we are not going to have another one. i'm disappointed, not surprised but disappointed because i think there are several things that we have to acknowledge. number one, this is unusual nomination, unusual in that it's a 10-year nomination. we decided 50 years ago to reform the selection of the f.b.i. head to make sure that we took politics out of the equation. so we said 10 years, that's going to transcend at least one president, maybe two. the service of an individual. so 10 years is a pretty long time, and i think merits extra consideration and review. secondly, the hearing of this individual raised questions aim sure a lot of people were surprised about. why did we spend so darn much time talk about a musical requiring, the j6 choir? we did because mr. patel basically denied any know

patel . the obvious response from the republican side is we had our hearing, we will not have another. i am not surprised but disappointed because i think there are several things we have to acknowledge. number 1, this is an unusual nomination. it is a 10-year nomination. we decided 50 years ago to reform selection of the fbi head to make sure we took politics out of the equation. we said 10 years. that will transcend at least one president, maybe two. 10 years is a long time. i think it merits extra consideration and review. secondly, the hearing of this individual raised questions but i'm sure a lot of people were surprised about. why do we spend so much time talking about a recording? we did because mr. patel basically denied any knowledge of the creation of this musical enterprise of the people who were involved in it. he was very proud of the musical selection which he was playing at rallies for president trump. he was very much involved in calling the folks political prisoners, who stor

i know you just voted against kash patel.e to the floor and to come here to you. w did i vote against kash patel? i mean, he is completely unfit for this role. you've been talking earlier about the. no. the lack of independence now of the department of justice. overall, the fbi especially, it cannot be under the white house's thumb. that's not how we achieve justice in the united states of america. but if you look at president trump's pick from attorney general bondi, his selections for deputy attorney general, fbi director patel, these are people who are going to be far from independent. they claim to want to depoliticize the fbi when their history, their track record, shows that they're going to be doing the exact opposite. and they already are, from rounding up the names of people involved in january 6th investigations, the investigations into president trump, the classified document handling case, or anything else. the u.s. attorneys that are being dismissed, and more. it is a worrisome days at the fbi. and kash patel doe

>> it's patel to miller. patel tells miller. pace of purging unacceptable people on a political basis. and so none of them contacts a man named beauvais, who was the acting attorney general, to execute the plan. that's the part that was disclosed to us, and that's what led to our contact with the inspector general. >> it's an explosive allegation. i mean, have you is there any comedy left in the senate where you could go to republicans on the committee and say, trump can have anyone he wants? trump could have tom cotton or john cornyn or. but but this guy is a bridge too far. or is that is that something that can still happen with senate republicans or. no. >> i haven't given up hope, but it's really difficult. time and again, the nominees who are unqualified for the job have skated through the united states senate. one required the vote of the vice president, and most of the others get republican loyalty automatically. it's a shame, particularly when we're talking about a ten year job, a job that's going to be there beyond this

can we really count on kash patel?with 1 to 5 million at stake to approve an investigation of this company or its agents in the united states? i don't have that confidence. but this is you know, this is the caliber of person that's been nominated for this high position. >> i mean, again, i said it to senator klobuchar. i think people should call their senators, however they feel about this nominee and sort of register how they feel about it. i want to ask you, since i have you here, and sometimes the way these news cycles work is that something is intensely in our focus and then not in our focus. and since you are a new senator from california, the what appears to be possibly one of the most expensive natural disasters, certainly the most expensive fires, i think in american history that happened in your state around los angeles and altadena. is there any progress? it's very clear that trump and the republicans have basically said, we are going to extract a price and hold california residents for ransom. is there any p

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and andy, we are monitoring this committee vote on kash patel. it would be surprising, frankly, if they do not vote to push this nomination forward to a vote on the full floor, even after the minority leader of this committee, dick durbin, raised these questions about kash patel orchestrating the dismissal of some people in the fbi even before he's confirmed, even after there have been questions raised about honesty in his initial testimony in the confirmation hearings. what do you make of all that? >> well. >> john, i. share your expectation. >> that he. >> will likely. >> pass through this portion of the. of the of the. confirmation process. >> there's not been a single republican voice speaking out, indicating even any kind of concern with his nomination, which is really shocking to me. but i honestly, i think the letter from senator durbin in the last few days is i'm just surprised it took as long as it did to get there. i think anyone who watched that hearing, um, you know, could, could identify several things, many things the kash patel sai

patel would approach it. >> so patel promised in his senate hearing last week that agents wouldn't facepolitical retribution for working on cases they were assigned, as we've been talking about. but how do these latest memos that handed over, that were handed over from the fbi to doj with the agent's information, those who worked on the january 6th. investigation, um, you know, with the subject line termination, that was the initial request. termination? those names have been handed over thousands of names of fbi agents who worked on those cases. how does that square with kash patel promise here? >> right. it doesn't. and that's why i think they need to go back to him. and whether that turns out to be in private conversations that senators on that senate judiciary committee have with him over the course of the next week, or whether the senate decides to call him back for a second public hearing under oath, either would be helpful to the senators in trying to make a decision. as you mentioned, pamela, that memo said termination. and so when the fbi received that memo, they took that to m

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with many of his statements. >> patel. we want patel to be successful. we want the director. >> to. >> you know, come in, hit the ground running and do a great job. and so the agents. >> will certainly, you know, do their job and take any lawful actions that are out there. and there's certainly concerns by the agents with these lists of agents that went over. and also the idea of the probationary agents. i mean, if you let go all the probationary agents, that's 10% of the fbi. and that would have devastating consequences on any number of cases, you know? and, you know, terrorism always jumps off the page. but 10% that that would be an untenable thing for the fbi. >> that's speaking to the efficacy of the workforce. if we start to see these kinds of cuts continue to go through. but, michael, one of the concerns here with kash patel, and this was also something pam bondi faced in her confirmation hearings to lead the department of justice overall, is the concern over a dissolution of traditional norms that separate, in this case, the fbi, from the white ho

about kash patel. >> kash patel has no business being at the director of the fbi.uring things in his confirmation hearing, i don't think so. >> the president has shown an dis- the pointing choice and kash patel pronounce up to the senate to either confirm this nominee or not to be. >> kash patel has a goal. it is to wreck the fbi. we are determined to do every thing we can to save it. trey: the fbi is really suffering in the eyes of the public good for me it was quite the spectacle to see adam schiff question kash patel of struggle to think of any with more political bias than adam schiff. kash patel treated adam schiff with a lot more fairness than at everett treated cash. i know you know pam bobbitt you know kash patel what he think of his nomination and his tenure at the bureau? >> first off he has extensive national security experience a. and a second he will shift the focus from the fbi headquarters in washington up into the field offices across america as a former federal prosecutor you know the fbi plays such an important role prosecuting and investigating c

patel.has pledged to, quote, shut down fbi headquarters, in writing, and, quote, come after the president's enemies. he's even published the enemies list that he will target. i know. i've read it, and anybody can, in the book he's published. he falsely claimed that the fbi, quote, was planning january 6 for a year. and has even sold musical recordings of a song performed by january 6 rioters who vi violently assaulted police officers on january 6. he's left behind a trail of grievances throughout his life, lashing out at anyone who dares to disagree with him or fails to respect him sufficiently. you want to give power to this man, the power of the investigation of the federal bureau of investigation? i think not. now, these credible allegations that he has personally orchestrated, a purge of senior fbi law enforcement officials. the fbi plays a critical role in keeping us safe from terrorism, violent crime, narcotics and other threats. our nation needs an fbi director who understands the gra

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i mean, senator durbin's claims that patel was involved with the purge, um, patel denies that.s a very serious accusation, though. >> it is. and thanks, as always, for having me on. look, we have been focusing on this ourselves. i have been asking sources inside the fbi to see if we could confirm this. i had received the same information about stephen miller being involved with the acting deputy attorney general, who has been openly directing. what's going on? i will say i have not verified that it was kash patel behind the scenes, but i might be talking to different people than who is talking to the senator. and hopefully we'll get some more whistleblowers who come forward. in fact, i'll say in written responses, kash patel said to the committee that he values whistleblowers. he believes that whistleblowers should be protected. so i encourage whistleblowers to come to whistleblower aid, and we will protect you to see if we could verify that this is, in fact true, because it is incredibly troubling, if true. >> well, mark, explain to the audience why this would be troubling. ob

and again, what is kash patel said? >> yeah, this is really interesting because as kash patel testified under oath, he said that he wasn't aware of any type of, you know, firings that were coming against people who had been involved in trump related investigations. but as you mentioned, senator dick durbin, a democrat on the committee, came out with this whistleblower information. essentially, there was a meeting at the fbi where agents were told that the executive floor would be cleaned out. there would be these firings. and as one whistleblower said, that according to a contemporaneous notes from someone there, that this was allegedly something that kash patel wanted to do. and so what senator durbin is saying is that this actually flies in the face of what he testified to, that he had no knowledge of any type of firings, whether that will have any impact on this vote. you know, that's unclear. we expect that kash patel will make it out of committee. and again, you know, this is all infused with politics. you have a l

seam send secondhand gossip what about kash patel. >> kash patel reason we to me who investigation democrats it together and why we know that was baloney, devin nunes future memo together told us clinton campaign hired law firm perkins cooley, steel put together a fake false dominant, dossier took to fisa court to get warrants to spy on president trump's campaign, but for kash patel we don't rare that that is what launched this whole investigation we've been doing for years figuring out how political our justice department has become particularly under biden merrick garland when attorney general political things they did to president trump, and to all kinds of people across the country, so it started with kash patel the guy we need running the fbi. >> i know that i spoke with him back then and devin nunes, everything you subscribed sounds to me like hillary clinton colluded with runners to stop her opponent actually sounds to me she charged trump with exactly what she was exactly will doing kash patel sshdz as chief of staff in the department of defense, was deputy assistant to president tru

i hope pam bondi and kash patel takes all of them down!vernor on dam, you cannot do this in the country. you do not tip-off somebody who is being acquired to look at because law enforcement wants to have a discussion with you. you get cannot get that! >> emily: exactly to your point, the mother of someone who was viciously murdered here just one of many, templates with pam bondi when making this announcement. >> her murder was able to come across the border knowing that he was flagged as ms-13 gang member. many had a criminal record in 2020 in el salvador for illicit gang activity. i have been sharing her story over two and a half years to bring change because this should have not ever happen to kayla and it shouldn't be happening to other families being hurt by the border. homeland security did not do their jobs. >> emily: so kayleigh, i'm curious the attorney general talks about the safety of all new yorkers are the governor talks about this lawsuit being worthless, is that what they are calling for his angel mom and the life of her chil

we just need to take patel's. >> own words and. writings and actions. >> and we've got a recipe for severe abuse that could happen with him at the helm of the fbi. the kind of abuse we haven't seen since j. edgar hoover illegally wiretapping and planting evidence against. people he. thought were a threat to him and to the nation. look, patel has been accused multiple times of deceit regarding sensitive hostage negotiations. hostage rescue. he demanded from doj a criminal immunity promise in order to testify to a grand jury about the mar-a-lago case. and now we've learned that he's been paid by the russians for a speaking engagement. tens of thousands of dollars. he owns $1 million or more in stock in a. chinese company. and he's told us repeatedly that, yes, he has an enemies list. >> he may. >> deny that language, but we've already seen the evidence at doj prosecutors being fired at fbi. lists of names of agents who worked for the january 6th cases being demanded. he's in on that. and we're going to see it when i think day one occ

kash patel likely the head of the next f.b.i. it goes down right now in a senate hearing on the hill. robert kennedy, his confirmation appears imminent. 60 minutes from now linda mcmahon looks like she will get the votes on that. democrats going to go after her hard because of the department of education and what trump is talking about. wants congress to take action to eliminate it. it is written into legislation and it sticks. this is the doge disruption. they are claiming already they have cut a billion dollars from the u.s. federal government. here is a gander now. last friday you had 15 million on three d.e.i. training grants. monday we showed you on the big board close to a billion dollars in the 89 contracts. another 100 million here if i have my math right. 29d.e.i. training grants on monday and then on wednesday of this week contract to coordinate meetings. 4.6 million. another 3 million other contracts. 1.4 million on contracts that physically observe mailing and clerical operations. all stuff that is knee deep in the we

patel has spent his whole career fighting for righteous causes. >> patel has said he wants to make significant within the bureau but democrat senator dick durbin claims whistleblowers say even before his confirmation patel is personally overseeing a purge at the fbi. >> given the serious nature of these allegations, i have asked the doj inspector general to investigate. >> a patel spokeswoman tells fox news once again the media is relying on anonymous sources and second hand gossip to push a false narrative. 5,000 fbi sources were ordered to fill out a survey about their work on january 6th investigations. the president of the fbi agent's association tells fox news she welcomes the opportunity to work with a director patel. but she is worried about potential firings. >> these people are not just in the d.c. area. these people are all over the country. it harms every city that we have a field office in, which is everywhere. >> mr. patel expected to be confirmed next week. though we don't have a specific date yet. bret? >> david, there is also drama inside the department of justice spilling out

kash patel is absolutely qualified. host: including he has published a list of political opponents in his book? guest: i would like to see how that is written, because i think it is common to take things out of context. i don't know what they are referring to there. again, let's read the book and see what it says and compare it to the letter and i can comment on that. just commenting on what they say about what he allegedly wrote, i don't know if that is accurate. host: you have not read kash patel's book? guest: no. host: kyle is in buffalo, new york. hi, kyle. caller: good morning, c-span. thank you. i think the problem is some people are just nervous, i think, with the whole elon musk issue. whether it is illegal or not i think the problem is you have a billionaire who is in charge of slashing government waste, fraud, and abuse. that is the problem. i don't know the legalities of it all. and that is pretty much what i really have to say. host: why does that bother you, kyle? caller: you know, i don't know if it is fa

david, if patel is confirmed, what changes do we expect to see in the fbi?id, he wants to change and make the fbi more transparent and we expect some job cuts and not clear exactly when that'll happen or where that happens and threat at this point and patel is not present today and this is supposed to normally be committee votes and voting someone out of committee going 20, 30 minutes and two hours today talking about the whole career fighting for righteous causes. he's been representing the accused against the power of the state. >> this patel guy will come back to haunt you. every piece of evidence will show that and it's not democrat evidence and it's his own words. >> changes are long overdo going to confirm patel facing questions from within the bureau and 5,000 people filling out a survey on their work and spoke with the president, david, of fbi agents association and agencies representing nearly 14,000 active agents across the country and she wants to work with director patel if he's confirmed but is concerned about losing some 3600 probationary emplo

patel has denied involvement.t otherwise. >> what are your. >> views on this? what are some questions that he needs to answer? >> well, he has answered them arguably incorrectly, maybe even falsely. and i think we need another hearing with kash patel to give him the chance to answer these allegations, because they are really completely disqualifying the fact that he has been involved, reportedly, in covertly directing a purge within the fbi when he said there would not be one. you know, he has glorified the january 6th rioters, calling them political prisoners and aiding them. he has that enemies list. he calls it government gangsters. it's deeply frightening to have a potential director of this investigative agency using it and weaponizing it for political purposes, when that agency is also responsible for investigating terrorism, drug cartels, real threats to our national security and our personal safety. he's unqualified and unprepared. he lacks the character and competence to do this job, and to have the credi

kash patel has extensive experience in dealing with the issues that he will be as head of the fbi. the other thing to understand is that prior to 9/11, it was the field offices for the fbi that did the vast majority of the work. there was an obviously on fbi office in washington d.c. and they did work as well. but our field offices were fairly independent and they function much better. after 911 the head of the fbi mueller brought everything here to washington d.c. to stockpile thell power here. if you talk to people who are long time fbi employees and people dealt with the fbi, they will tell you that is when the fbi became politicized. so moving the work of back out into the field offices where they should be and reducing the footprint here in washington d.c. i see is a very positive thing. i think what you are seeing is the cattle wallowing of the idea would start hezbollah power out of washington d.c. and return it tothe states where itow belongs. again, there's nothing stated in that paragraph you just read that is entirely accurate for what's happening. kash patel's absolute

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patel appears in the film he's in episode four. he also got an executive producer credit on the film as well. this was first reported today by the excellent investigative reporter david corn at mother jones. but we can show you this is from kash patel's required financial disclosure form to the office of government ethics. as part of his nomination to be the director of the fbi global tree productions. that's this production company run by this russian american propagandist who was part of the kremlin funded influence campaign to get westerners to move to russia, who sat on the board of the russian propaganda site apparently designed to sway our election. here's the record of their $25,000 payment to the man donald trump wants to put in charge of the fbi. that payment, apparently pursuant to his participation in their anti fbi documentary. we have reached out to mr. patel and to the white house and to the film producer for comment. tonight, we have not heard back. i should tell you, the washington post has also picked up this story

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meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> yeah. shades today, umbrellas tomorrow. as that's what you're going to need. let me show you a live view right now. good evening, everyone from our pier 39 camera. sea lions are back there enjoying the sun. i think that's what it's looking like. as we take a look at live doppler seven, we do have another storm headed our way. this is weaker than yesterday's level three storm. so this storm is not going to bring the kind of damage that we saw yesterday. but it does bring some concerns. let's first start with live doppler seven here. locally isolated showers developed in the north bay earlier in the day. they're gone. there is a flood warning that is still going for the russian river at guerneville until 4 a.m. tomorrow. they already saw some flooding. it was moderate earlier this morning, cresting at 36.5ft. flood stage is 32, but it has started to recede. just keeping an eye on it to let you know. temperatures right now 40s and 50s. here's a look at the rainfall in the last couple of days we received quite a bit of rain. mo

let's begin, though, with abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel for the very latest.sandy. >> yeah, dan. and we don't have thunderstorms here in the bay area, but there's a chance down in southern california, there is a severe thunderstorm warning going right now until 5:30 p.m. take a look at live doppler seven. it is still coming down in pockets as we get you into street level radar. santa cruz has been hit hard. over five inches of rain in some parts of los gatos area. 85. in the south bay. we are seeing some pockets of heavy rain right around el sobrante, alhambra valley road, so be careful out there. we're clearly not done with this. we do have flood advisories for much of the bay area flood warning going for sonoma county, and also for parts of alameda county, as some of those creeks are already overflowing. the winds have been gusty. we've seen wind gusts over 60 miles an hour in marin county and at sfo right now it is 40 at sfo. notice the winds at the higher elevations. 56 oakland hills, 53. in la honda looking at live doppler seven. this is a level three. it

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i spoke with one former fbi special agent who has been in close communication with kash patel. his name is kyle serafin, and he was saying he would not be surprised if there was some discussions about some of these personnel arrangements, but insisted that he does not believe that kash patel himself is individualized, is individually pulling the strings with what's going on at the fbi. but obviously there's been a huge attempt to clear the decks here before kash patel potentially gets confirmed by the senate. >> chris ryan riley, thank you. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says he is open to talks. peace talks with vladimir putin. nbc's matt bradley following that story for us. this comes just days before zelenskyy is expected to meet with vice president j.d. vance. they're going to be at the munich security conference. what more can you tell us? >> yeah, chris, it's not just j.d. vance. secretary of state marco rubio also expected to meet zelenskyy at this annual munich security conference this weekend. there's also expected to be an appearance from the president's new

patel has made it clear his loyalty is to the president.ed to come after, those are his words, in the past the president's critics. geoff: even the plan to rip move -- remove as many as 3000 employees who investigated in the capital attack and president trump's handling of classified documents. that effort is tied up in court. from a republican perspective, we are joined by missouri senator eric schmitt who sits on the judiciary committee. thank you for being with us. you heard senate democrats make the case the fbi director kash patel nominee is unqualified. they say he is a partisan political actor, or worse, a conspiracy theorist who would turn the fbi into a tool of donald trump's retribution. what about his background, past work, past public comments suggests democrats are wrong? >> he was a prosecutor, public defender, chief of staff of the department of defense, he's held high-level government positions. interestingly, he was a victim himself. the fbi is ripe for reform. it has been weaponized in ways we have never seen before with t

he wanted patel in that position. a former congressional aide on capitol hill, on the house side of the on the intelligence committee in the house side, well known in the house circles, not as well known in senate circles, but he was able to win over all republicans on that committee to back him. we expect all republicans most likely to vote for him on the senate floor. we'll see how mitch mcconnell votes on that one as well. but kash patel is also expected, despite the controversy, to get in the position here, which shows that donald trump is getting his nominees through, getting the party in line. even his most controversial picks, whether it's rfk jr., tulsi gabbard or kash patel by next week, getting them across the finish line as republicans fall in line and democrats voice their opposition, but they don't have the votes to stop these nominees, which is why they ultimately will be confirmed. >> very, very busy morning there on capitol hill. thanks, manu. we're also going to go now to the linda mcmahon hearing. sh