but let's cross live to a former pennsylvania states senator lawyer. bruce box is nice to have you join me right now, bruce. now, psalms conviction make certain the 1st for the us president to be convicted the office set on a felony by an american court, which what impact do you think this will have on his political career may be? and maybe his image in general? i don't think it's going to have any impact at all. i think the voters of the united states realized this is what we call law fair. that it was a political prosecution of political conviction by the district attorney of new york. it was absolutely a tragedy. and i think that is very likely that either the new york courts, or if not the us supreme court is going to vacate the verdict in this case. all right, how was it possible that a convicted person would not receive any punishment for the offense in which she was found guilty? it is common. you have a convicted felon, somehow punishment enough that you wouldn't help both explaining this from the legal perspective. well, there's a whole host o

week to go before trump is suddenly to be not debated in washington for myself with the pennsylvania state senate, a bruised, mach says, a legal actions against the drum, with man's to divert public attention from the democrats that he is, i don't think it's going to have any impact at all. i think the voters of the united states realized this is what we call law fair. that it was a political prosecution of political conviction by the district attorney of new york. it was absolutely a tragedy, and i think that is very likely that either the new york courts or if not the u. s . supreme court is going to vacate the verdict in this case. so i think one of the purposes of this whole case was to divert attention away from the failures the by that administration. i think one of the purposes of this case, and we know that there were other cases as well as was to try to use the criminal cases to prevent donald trump from running for president again. and the u. s. supreme court automatically held that it was up to congress to address this issue. they made donald trump a stronger candidate so that we know

with just over a week to go before trump is scheduled to be inaugurated in washington from pennsylvania state senator bruce marx as the legal actions against the drum, with bench to divert public attention from the democrats previous. i don't think it's going to have any impact at all. i think the voters of the united states realized this is what we call law fair. that it was a political prosecution of political conviction by the district attorney of new york. it was absolutely a tragedy. and uh i think that is very like.

all right, we have to living here now bruce monster from the pennsylvania state senate and lawyer. thank you so much for your insight. oh, thank you very much. i'm right forward to the patient right now. still, with our team to national for all the latest from around the world. i'll see you again on top of we are by now the the number of many places in the world where you can say your on the divide between 2 oceans and over you might not think kids. one of them is, hey, and what says northern off calling just region and the can also the national park. and today we know going to the, where the stuff was from 2nd, a deep dive into some beach because system, the city, the grapes of, all of the shades of 2 oceans 8. it's certainly a very epic name. but is this really where the atlantic and the arctic oceans needs? because we're not quite far from both of them at the moment. no one that i, you know, just see it. and it's true that it's called the great voltage at that it separates the optic on the atlantic ocean city. since time immemorial, there's been 2 legs here defined in by this sa

from up pennsylvania state, senator bruce marx says the legal actions against the drum, with bench to divert public attention from the democrats for it is i don't think it's going to have any impact at all. i think the voters of the united states realized this is what we call law fair. that it was a political prosecution of political conviction by the district attorney of new york. it was absolutely a tragedy. and uh, i think that is very likely that either the new york courts, or if not the u. s. supreme court is going to vacate the verdict in his case. so i think one of the purposes of this whole case was to divert attention away from the failures the by that administrator. and i think one of the purposes of this case, and we know that there are other cases as well as was to try to use the criminal cases to prevent donald trump from running for president again. and the u. s. supreme court automatically held that it was up to congress to address this issue. they made donald trump a stronger candidate so that we know that from the election he had an overwhelming victory. sweeping ever

not from a pennsylvania state senate, a bruised mock sides of legal actions against trump, where a match to divert to public attention from the democrats stages. i don't think it's going to have any impact at all. i think the voters of the united states realized this is what we call law fair. that it was a political prosecution of political conviction by the district attorney of new york. it was absolutely a tragedy. and uh, i think that is very likely that either the new york courts or if not the u. s. supreme court is going to be kate, the a verdict in this case. so i think one of the purposes of this whole case was to divert attention away from the failures divided administration. i think one of the purposes of this case, and we know that there are other cases as well as was to try to use the criminal cases to prevent donald trump from running for president again. and the u. s. supreme court ultimately held that it was up to congress to address this issue. they made donald trump a stronger candidate so that we know that from the election he had an overwhelming victory sweeping every o

senator for democrats in pennsylvania. i'm the senator for everyone in pennsylvania and my state picked donald trump as president. and if i have the opportunity to have that conversation, and i bet we're going to find things to work together for a better pennsylvania and a better nation. and that's why i'm engaging in this. >> pennsylvania's john fetterman, defending his decision to become the first democratic senator to meet with president elect donald trump at his mar a lago resort. this coming as fetterman has all but abandoned the progressive label of his party and criticized some policies on the left. fetterman has recently met with several of trump's cabinet picks, and he co-sponsored the gop led laken riley act to crack down on crimes by undocumented migrants. as democrats prepare for trump 2.0, fetterman has encouraged his party not to reflexively oppose the president elect. that might remind you of one pennsylvania senator passed in some quarters. >> compromise has become a dirty word. senators insist on ideological purity as a precondition. politics is no longer the art of the possible. when senators ar

senator for democrats in pennsylvania. i'm the senator for everyone in pennsylvania and my state picked donald trump as president. if i have the opportunity to have that conversation, and i bet we're going to find things to work together for a better pennsylvania and a better nation. and that's why i'm engaging in this. >> pennsylvania senator john fetterman, defending his decision to become the first democratic senator to meet with president elect donald trump at mar-a-lago. fetterman, joking with reporters that he'll demand that trump make him, quote, the pope of greenland. his invitation comes as fetterman has abandoned the progressive label from his party and criticized some policies on the left. fetterman recently meeting with several of trump's cabinet picks and co-sponsoring the republican led laken riley act, which cracks down on undocumented migrants who've committed crimes. trump and fetterman, though not necessarily always. let's see. let's just be straight about it. they have not always been on great terms. watch. >> john fetterman is the most dangerous democrat. i've never seen him wear a suit. a dir

senator for democrats in pennsylvania. i'm the senator for everyone in pennsylvania, and my state picked donald trump as president and if i have the opportunity to have that conversation and i think we're going to find things to work together for a better pennsylvania and a better nation, and that's why i'm engaging in this. liz: bipartisanship because polls show the board service connected a top voter issue. that's what voters say. your reaction and we have this news, city of huntington beach, california, is suing the state of california over its sanctuary laws saying it violates the constitution and protects too much criminal illegal aliens. so it looks like we've got, you know, democrats moving toward trump on this. jowski sure, and senator fedderman said he's listening to everything recently and like he said, the state of pennsylvania and citizens there and republicans, democrats and independents are voting for them for border security and every state and every community and going to going to be committed by illegal aliens and going to take that position. >> i'd agree working with donald trump on renaming the gulf of

i am not going to just be the senator for democrats in pennsylvania but the senator for everyone in pennsylvania. my stated trump as president and if i have the opportunity to have that conversation and find things and work together for a better pennsylvania and a better nation that's why am doing this. >> good for him so could his meeting signal to other democrats it's okay to ditch their trumped arrangement syndrome. how bad can he really be when him and former president obama appear to be hitting it off sitting next to one another at the funeral there. is what they might say realize it and how friendly they look. and the wonderful network a little while ago and people he look like each other. >> we watched it went on for time they were laughing and they looked like boys. what was interesting that i want to play is what obama said it was about a month or two or so. >> general john kelly donald trump's former chief of staff. say trump told him he wanted his generals they wanted to be like hitler's a generals. now don't move. and i want to explain in politics a good rule of thumb is a don't say you want t

senator for democrats in pennsylvania. i'm the senator for everyone in pennsylvania. and my state picked donald trump as president. >> i mean, there are senators like fetterman who have a totally different approach with trump than democrats did back in 2017 when he came into office. >> yeah, we've been reporting a lot on this this past week. we even quoted alexandria ocasio-cortez, the kind of the leader for a lot of the left on these issues. and she said, listen, we can't just be reflexively anti-republican. i mean, the fact that she's even saying that is just, i think, really instructive of where democrats are, not just democrats on the front line, not just democrats who are worried about their reelection, but are saying we have to take an entirely new kind of strategy when it comes to where we can work together and where we can't. >> meantime, the president himself, as he was on his way out the door in just a matter of days, he had a press conference on friday talking about what was happening in california, and he was asked about his decision to drop out of the race and what th

senator for democrats in pennsylvania. i am a senator for everyone in pennsylvania. and my state and if i have the opportunity to have that conversation, i bet we are going to find things to work together for a better pennsylvania and a better nation, and that is why i am engaging in this. >> kayleigh: well, good for him. so could fetterman's meeting signal to other democrats that it is okay to ditch their trump derangement syndrome? i mean, how bad can he really be when he and former president obama appeared to be hitting it off while sitting next to one another jimmy carter's funeral. everyone was curious to know what exactly they were talking about, and here's what trump said. >> he did look very friendly, i must say. [laughter] i didn't realize it -- i didn't realize it, how friendly it looked. i saw it on your wonderful network just a little while ago before i came in and i said boy, they look like to people that like each other. >> kayleigh: so i was mesmerized watching this interaction because it went on for quite some time. they were laughing. they look like boys. what wa

pennsylvania senator john fetterman says he's accepted an invitation to meet with president elect trump at mar a lago. fetterman says he's open to and meet with anybody if that meeting will help. his home statepennsylvania. senator vance from ohio, meanwhile, no longer a a senator. j.d. vance resigned his office thursday so he can become president. vice president vance served two years of his first six years of his senate term. president biden, meantime, continues to get briefings on the fires here in california. and, as we reported earlier, promised fema money to help. president elect trump says there is no money, but that's just not true. the federal government will cover 100% of the cost for 180 days. this is going to pay for things like debris and hazard material removal, temporary shelters, first responders, salaries, and all necessary measures to protect life and property. and the bureau of labor statistics just released the last full month of jobs data for president biden's presidency, and the number blew past expectations 265,000 jobs added in december, putting the general job growth at well over 2 million for the year. unemployment rate falls by quite a bit to 4.1%. wages are up for

fetterman says he's open to meeting with anybody if that meeting will help him in his home state of pennsylvania. senatorce from ohio, meantime, not a senator anymore. j.d. vance resigned his office thursday so he can become vice president. vance served two years of his first six year senate term. president biden continues to get briefings on the fires here in california. and, as we reported earlier, promised fema money to help. president elect trump says there is no fema money, but that's just not true. the federal government will cover 100% of the cost for 180 days. this is going to pay for things like debris and hazard materia removal, temporary shelters, first responders, salaries, and all necessary measures to protect life and property. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky did a podcast with a conservative podcaster this week, reaching an audience he had not tried to reach before, and it's had millions of listens. this comes as trump has indicated he may be changing his mind over ukraine, walking back a promise to end the war before he becomes president, and changing that to within the first 100 d

. >> inviting senator john federman of the great state of pennsylvania. as where they could do business? >> we all know that the senator is a straight shooter. this conversation is going to be no holds barred. the really important conversation about president trump's last administration and some of the things that he said in a controversy about military, controversial back tax cuts, these are things that senator federman has been really out front and outspoken about. i think beyond just this conversation, this will set the tone for how democrats will be engaging in president trump's next turn. what is a tone that they take when engaging with them on these key policy sites. >> congressman brian style a key republican talked about the messages weekend. let's play him. >> i think the presidents messages we need to remain unified. if we work in lockstep together, we can get this country back on track. >> sarah, what about the challenges of keeping republicans on the same page. >> five seat majority right now and it is expected to shrink. one of the big things

evening of january 6th, we are united states senator and members of the house of representatives object to the accounting of the electoral votes of the state of pennsylvania. madam speaker, i rise to support the object transfer rise to support the objections speaker. i rise to support the objects adam share. i've vigorously support the subjection and i asked both. it has always been thoughts, be ceremonial and ministerial, where you accept the electoral college results, which were no serious way contested. i mean, that's almost as astounding is what happened in terms of the interaction. how can so many people believe that it was unfair? it was because the president said it was unfair. there's senator said, it was unfair. their member of congress said it was unfair of full audit is absolutely necessary. we should get injunctions if necessary. and normally those are people that the electric can have faith in one of our 2 parties is committed to it or well in whitewash of history. the big lie, a big lie is all that bullshit. this one is committed to not quarreling much with conspiracy theories is committed to per urging those republicans at the state local l

state of pennsylvania for trump. you also helped pennsylvania republican senator dave mccormick beat bob casey so now you've got far leftiberal prime minister j justin trudeau resigning as the leader of canada. they are losing power in italy, the netherlands, finland, sweden, argentina out of power in hungary so they want peace, they don't like their taxes going up. we've also talked to young voters too, scott, and they said they were really scared by lawfare attacks that biden and democrats did against trump because they felt it could happen to them. >> absolutely. well, it's the rise of populism globally. as republicans now, i want to listen to the people and then craft legislation and policy based on what the people want, and i think that's where the democrats really lost sight of this last election is they weren't listening to the people, and so for example, at penn state university, incenter in cr county, pennsylvania we flipped that to a majority of republican voters and dave mccormick, my organization registered 50,000 voters, and senator mccormick won by 15,000 votes. the voter registration specifically geared t

people need to remember there are still states who will elect a republican or a democrat in the senate. pennsylvanias a good example. north carolina not too long ago. ohio who just turned over a seat by a pretty narrow margin. and utah where trump has never been the end all be all. so you look at the senators, how long is it until they run, how worried are they about a primary and how much can they stand up to trump? but the thing that will be the most interesting is the clash of the titans. trump versus musk. trump loves debt. his entire career has been about debt. and musk is busy acting like some richest man in the world from the sidelines is going to somehow dictate to the members of congress what they do. there will be a blowup there and i can't wait to watch it. >> you are already popping the jiffy pop. elon musk is acting in a more prominent role in terms of hill negotiations than even jd vance, the former senator. elon musk has no governing experience. he is out-dictating fiscal policy and legislative priorities. i guess i wonder from your vantage point how long you think that lasts and what

>> before a procession down pennsylvania avenue brought his casket to the capitol building where he will lie in state until his funeral on thursday. >> lawmakers like senate democratic leader chuck schumer honored his legacy today and tomorrow americans will brave the snow and cold temperatures to pay their respects to one of the most decent man ever to hold office. a president senate republican leader john thune finds comfort in this moment. >> and while i join all americans in mourning the death of president carter. i rejoice at the thought that he and rosalynn are again together. >> now president carter will lie in state tonight. and for 24 hours straight starting tomorrow morning for the public to pay their respects. reporting live in washington. basil, john. basil, thank you for that. have a good evening. >> president elect trump wants to take over control of greenland and the panama canal and says he can't rule out using military force to do that. our washington correspondent hannah brandt explains. >> president elect donald trump is making waves with a promise to take over greenland and the panama canal. we need them for economic security and he re

and you know, alex, people need to remember, there are still states that will elect a republican or a democrat in the senate. i mean, pennsylvania is a good example. north carolina, not too long ago. you have ohio who just turned over a seat by a pretty narrow margin. you look at utah, where trump has never been, the end all, be all to the people of utah. you look at some of these senators and you look, how long will it be until they run. how worried are they about a primary? how much can they stand up to trump? honestly, the thing that will be the most interesting is the clash of the titans. trump versus musk. because trump loves deficits. trump loves debt. his entire career has been about debt. and musk is busy acting like some richest man in the world from the sidelines is going to somehow dictate to the members of congress what they do. there will be a blowup and i can't wait to watch it. that's what i'm looking forward to. >> to that point, john, it's such an unusual arrangement. elon musk, and the dawn of the second trump term, elon musk is acting in a more prominent role in terms of hill negotiations than j.d. vance, the

pennsylvania avenue. part of casket to the capitol building where he will lie in state until his funeral on thursday. lawmakers like senateocratic leader chuck schumer honored his legacy. >> today and tomorrow americans will brave the snow and cold temperatures to pay their respects to one of the most decent man ever to hold office. president. >> senate republican leader john thune finds comfort in this moment today. i join all americans in mourning. president carter, but i rejoice and the thought that he. together with his beloved wife, rosalynn. he's now before. the face of his father. >> carter will lie in state tonight. and for 24 hours straight starting tomorrow morning for the public to pay their respects. reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> new at 10 tonight, richmond's mayor and city council members could be getting a major pay raise. the city council discussed 80% pay hike for all city council members and the mayor, if approved council members would make just over $2500 a month. and the mayor nearly $7,000 a month that would make richman's elected officials. the second highest paid in the region after th

six or seven states and everybody else is watching what happens, pennsylvania, georgia, and arizona. why don't we have an election for president like the election for representative, senator, mayor. whoever gets the most votes wins. not a vice president in the race whether it's kamala harris or i think i remember al gore was in the same situation. counting the electoral college votes. people don't even understand it anymore. the republican colleagues were cheering and stomping their feet and acting like it was the republican national convention. our job was just to be counting the votes. people don't understand it. it is time for a refresh. it's a good opportunity to do it. trump is proud of the fact he won the popular vote by 3 million votes away joe biden was proud of the fact he won by 7 million votes four years ago. why don't we agree to have a popular vote for election and move away from a dangerous and manipulable electoral college system. >> hopefully, it's not always able to be manipulated but a lot of people share your view on the electoral college versus popular vote. let me ask about a clip, you reference this, the vice president certifying the election. usuall

home state democratic senator tim baldwin, and another one i would say is elise stefanik, the nominee for u.s. ambassador to the u.n. he could get a handle of votes. john fetterman of pennsylvania has already said he's going to support her, so i think there are a number of cabinet nominees who are going to secure democratic support. the question is how many, and will that even be necessary because again, you got 53 republicans in the senate and all of them support this respective nominee whoever you're talking about, you don't need all the democrats. host: tennessee, republican, good morning. caller: thanks for coming on c-span and talking to everybody but i have to take issue with you and everyone else making a big issue at of section 702 to spy on americans for no reason, other than washington wants to start -- spy on them. the border has been wide open for four years, anyone can walk in. suddenly tulsa gabbert is some kind of national security threat? you guys are -- leading us, we are not stupid. this is why everyone in america hates everyone in washington and why we really -- elected a reality start. host: let me ask you, do you think it was wrong of tulsi gabbard to come

>> before a procession down pennsylvania avenue brought his casket to the capitol building where he will lie in state until his funeral on thursday. >> lawmakers like senate democratic leader chuck schumer honored his legacy today and tomorrow americans will brave the snow and cold temperatures to pay their respects to one of the most decent man ever to hold office. a president senate republican leader john thune finds comfort in this moment. >> and while i join all americans in mourning the death of president carter. i rejoice at the thought that he and rosalynn are again together. >> now cover will lie in state tonight. and for 24 hours straight starting tomorrow morning for the public to pay their respects. reporting live in washington. and basil, john. all right. base old, just wondering again, how long will that president carter's casket actually be in dc before returns home? >> and so it will be here until thursday. but that is specifically until after the ceremony that it will take place at the national cathedral. president joe biden will deliver the eulogy there once that's over, he will be put back onto a flight taken to atlanta where his body wi

>> before a procession down pennsylvania avenue brought his casket to the capitol building where he will lie in state until his funeral on thursday. >> lawmakers like senateocratic leader chuck schumer honored his legacy today and tomorrow americans will brave the snow and cold temperatures to pay their respects to one of the most decent man ever to hold office. a president senate republican leader john thune finds comfort in this moment. >> and while i join all americans in mourning the death of president carter. i rejoice at the thought that he and rosalynn are again together. >> now carter will lie in state for tonight and for 24 hours straight starting tomorrow morning for the public to pay respects. reporting live in washington. basil, john. >> basil, how long will president carter's casket be there in d c? well, it will be here until thursday. that's until after. >> the service that will be held at the national cathedral and then he'll be sent back to atlanta. body will be buried. basil, john, thank you so much for that live report. >> we're taking a live look outside now here across the golden gate bridge. got to see some sun here in the bay area t

>> before a procession down pennsylvania avenue brought his casket to the capitol building where he will lie in state until his funeral on thursday. >> lawmakers like senate democratic leader chuck schumer honored his legacy today and tomorrow americans will brave the snow and cold temperatures to pay their respects to one of the most decent man ever to hold office. a president senate republican leader john thune finds comfort in this moment. >> and while i join all americans in mourning the death of president carter. i rejoice at the thought that he and rosalynn are again together. >> now carter will lie in state for tonight and also starting tomorrow morning for 24 hours straight. so the public can come and pay their respects. reporting live in washington. i'm basil, john and basil, can you tell us about the next steps here for president carter? yes, so obviously the publicly able to come out tomorrow, they will be able to see the casket for the last time. and then on thursday, there will be service held at the national cathedral where presndent joe biden will deliver eulogy and then you'll be sent back to atlanta where his body will be buried. >> basil

state senators. >> that's terrible. he's a graduate of swarthmore college and earned his phd in economics from university of pennsylvania. before his senate confirmation last september to his current post chairman has it was a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute here in washington. he was professor at columbia, worked at the federal reserve board of governors answer this economic advisers to three presidential candidates, george w. bush, john mccain and mitt romney. his current job, his first in the white house. now for the ground rules. we are on the record here so please no live blogging or tweeting. in short no filing of any kind on the breakfast is underway. there's no embargo in the session ends at 9:30 and we will e-mail pictures from this breakfast all the reporters here as soon as the session ends. as you know as many of you know some of your first-timers but as most of you know, if you'd like to ask a question please send me a signal and i will call on as many of you as time permits. chairman hassett if you like to make brief opening remarks for issue. >> thank you linda. what an honor it is t

states like new york. the highest property tax counties in america. and so the combination of taxes is devastating. $10,000 is just an sufficient. >> trump met with pennsylvania senatorman charles according to the "washington examiner" saying it was totally fascinating. and quote federman a common sense person not a liberal or a conservative which is beautiful. they do have a majority republicans do but again he may lose one or two republicans here and there when it comes to his agenda we will see. >> he has been the common sense guy on the democratic side thank you very much. we will be talking with the congressman just a little bit later in the show. so from the trump agenda to the trump cabinet. hearing for his nominees begin tomorrow. >> good afternoon the biggest hearing will be for one of the most controversial picks defence secretary pete hegseth. he appears before the senate armed services committee tomorrow 27 senators get 20 minutes apiece to question pete hegseth. some republicans are forming the rearguard for the nominee. >> we will have this time tomorrow going through a confirmation process he will be ripped he will be demeaned he will be talked about b

seven states and everybody else is just watching what happens in pennsylvania and georgia and arizona. why don't we have an election for president like an election for representative, or senator, or mayor, or governor? whoever gets the most votes, wins, and you don't have to have a vice president who is in the race, whether that's kamala harris or member al gore was in the same situation, or a very similar situation, counting the electoral college votes, and people don't even understand it anymore. like our republican colleagues today, they were cheering and stomping their feet, and acting like it was the republican national convention. our job there was just to be counting the votes that people don't fundamentally understand it and it's time for a refresh. i think this is a good opportunity to do it. donald trump is very proud of the fact that he won the popular vote by 3 million votes, the way that joe biden was proud of the fact that he won by 7 million votes four years ago. okay, why don't we all agree just to have a popular vote for election and move away from a dangerous and manipulable electoral college system. >> hopefully it's not always able to be manipulated but i

you have the dave mccormick, the new the new senator from the state of pennsylvania, who, by the way, reelection for six years. but again, he campaigned talking about military culture and being raised in a military culture. so, of course, this is not somebody that dave mccormick would ever hire for a job without extensive background checks in private sector. >> and he too, served well. >> that's what i'm saying. he served and he would know. but you also, of course, have joni ernst. you take the issues that joni ernst has fought about women in combat, also fighting against sexual harassment, sexual abuse. these are two issues that have been central to what joni ernst has tried to do to make the armed forces stronger, and specifically make the lives of women in the armed services equal and fair to men who are also serving their country. lisa murkowski, susan collins, mitch mcconnell. i must say i understand the cynicism. you know, so many people are are that way for great reason about washington, d.c. but of those i named and so many others who actually care about the armed services of

states to sue the department of homeland security for crimes committed by illegal migrants this bill after georgia nursing student laken riley was murdered by an illegal while the university of georgia's campus. pennsylvania democrat senatorcosponsored the senate version of the bill and he called on his fellow democrats for not backing up. watch this. >> it should be controversial to have a secure border and the numbers are out of control and you can be pro-immigration but we need a secure border and when you have hundreds of thousands of people and our nation here illegally with criminal records and some actively engaging in crime then they all have to go. i'm not sure why that would be controversial to anybody. what do you say 159 democrats voted against this bill. >> my heart goes out to her family i don't understand what they have done over the last four years that the democrats took to our country i-75 echoes to the heart of our district and calls from judges on a regular basis talking about people that they want to detain and turn over to ice but because the previous administration or the current administration joe biden would not put detainers on those criminal illegal immigrants they had to turn the back on the st

state senators. linda: he's a graduate of swarthmore college and earned his phd in economics from the university of pennsylvania. he was a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute in washington. it was also a professor at columbia university, worked at the federal reserve board of governors, and served as economic adviser to three present for candidates, george w. bush -- presidential candidates, george w. bush, john mccain and mitt romney. now for the ground rules. we are on the record here so please no live blogging or tweeting. in short, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. there's no embargo when the session ends at 9:30. we will email pictures from this breakfast to all the reporters here as soon as the session ends. as you know, as many of you know, i think some of you are first timers, but as most of you know, if you would like to ask a question, send me a signal and i will call on as many of you as time permits. now, chairman hassett, if you would like to make brief opening remarks, the floors you. dr. hassett: thank you. what an honor it is to be at this very well-known b

pennsylvania republic u.s. senate nominee, losing to democrat john fetterman. next his address to national governor's association to, prove public health. >> thank you. >> with that, we came here for this morning delaware has -- we're a small state but we have a few favorite sons and daughters we know vice president is from delaware, joe flacco. played at university of delaware. and mehmet oz a native from delaware. dr. oz is a well respected, in our state, and well beyond his wife lisa is with him here today, we have known each other for quite a long time now, he is a familiar face as america's doctor. vice chair, profess or of surgery the columbia university, and made a career out of educates us on all facets of health, answering tough questions on dr. oz show, three and a half million viewers tune in to watch the show, and authored 7 "new york times" bestsellers, named one of 100 most influential people by "time" magazine, global leader of tomorrow, list goes on. i will say that students in delaware are benefiting from his terrific program. dr. oz is a great doctor. a nationally renowned expert on the issues of health and just incredible guy. let's give it up for dr. oz. [applause] >> thank you, i live in new jersey. i should

home state democratic senator tim baldwin, and another one i would say is elise stefanik, the nominee for u.s. ambassador to the u.n. he could get a handle of votes. john fetterman of pennsylvania already said he's going to support her, so i think there are a number of cabinet nominees who are going to secure democratic support. the question is how many, and will that even be necessary because again, you got 53 republicans in the senate and all of them support this respective nominee whoever you're talking about, you don't need all the democrats. host: tennessee, republican, good morning. caller: thanks for coming on c-span and talking to everybody but i have to take issue with you and everyone else making a big issue at of section 702 to spy on americans for no reason, other than washington wants to start -- spy on them. the border has been wide open for four years, anyone can walk in. suddenly tulsa gabbert is some kind of national security threat? you guys are -- leading us, we are not stupid. this is why everyone in america hates everyone in washington and why we really -- elected a reality start. host: let me ask you, do you think it was wrong of tulsi gabbard to come out