secretary pete buttigieg is back with you.rump is going to take credit for that tunnel. >> absolutely. i mean, look, we've created a pipeline of good projects that are going to play out over the next few years. when i called projects like the hudson river tunnel the cathedrals of our infrastructure, i didn't say that just because it's a poetic word for something big. i said it bearing in mind that the thing about the world's great cathedrals is the hands that laid the cornerstone of those cathedrals weren't even around 100 years later when other hands laid the keystone. and while some of the projects we're funding like a skreetscape project to make an intersection safer really can be done in one or two construction seasons, others, even working at warp speed, are the work of a decade or more. but president biden deserves the credit for making these things happen because so many others before him promised and failed to get it done. i'll admit one of the times i was fooled by donald trump was when i was a mayor and he said he wa

pete buttigieg, right? always defending joe biden no matter what? he's now getting slammed on social media and twitter over a really inflated emp embellished blame. tonight steve forbes will take that on but first this. new details coming in on that terror attack in new orleans the suspect a u.s. citizen, army veteran, isis terrorist sympathizer and plowed a truck into a crowd in new orleans killing 14 injuring 35 and shot and injured two cops. the fbi had zero intelligence about him. he posted five videos on facebook saying he did want to kill americans. fox news brook taylor joins us live from houston, texas with more on this story. good to see you. reporter: hi, liz. we're outside where that suspect was living here in houston. this is a quiet conservative small muslim community. there's a mosque just about a minute from where we are now. i spoke to the man who lives next door to the suspect. he was surprised by all of this. he said he had no idea he was radicalized. said he knew him as a quiet guy, that prayed inside his home. i want to show you

geoff: secretary pete buttigieg, thanks for joining us. ♪ amna: as syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, syrians in the assad family's ancestral home of latakia province are both overjoyed and anxious. assad and his family are alawite, an offshoot of shia islam, and the people of his former region fear the new sunni-controlled government will target them, both for their religious affiliation, as well as the region's historic support for the regime. leila molana-allen reports now from qardaha, the assad's hometown in latakia, and now a crumbling vestige of the regime. reporter: empty shoes and fallen pedestals as exterior rules and rebuilds from the rapid fall of the family who ruled this country with an iron fist for half a century. in the homeland of the enormous president that staunchly watched over this junction for decades has been cut off at the ankles. children shriek and delight -- in delight on the streets while the elders wait nervously for what comes next. as bashar al-assad's tightly controlled empire unravels, we are visi

pete buttigieg. marcia fudge. keisha l bottom. mitch landrieu, tom vilsack. marty walsh.applause] and thanks to tom perez, a guy like me who has, has been my point person for all of this, but he's a county guy, tougher man. i don't know, man. [laughter] it's one of the last events that i'll be doing as president. the reason i chose to be here is because of the first thing that i did as president was to speak to this conference. you know, as many of you, maybe you weren't here then, but many of you know. i started my career as a local councilman. only ran for the senate because it's too damn hard being a local councilman. [laughter] you know, people know where you live. [laughter] they think you can solve every problem. i think you got more money to do and more power than you do. you're in the front lines answering questions of their lives. is my neighborhood safe? my kid going to have the good fortune to be here in his hometown? will there be jobs here. so many other questions. it matters, what you do matters, matters, matters. we first met 4 years ago, the pandemic is ra

pete buttigieg now lives in michigan after serving as mayor of south bend, indiana.trump's contention that the u.s. needs to regain control of the panama canal. lawmakers held a hearing on this issue today. correspondent griff jenkins shows us tonight. >> we cannot turn a blind eye at panama exploits an asset of vital commercial and military importance. >> senate commerce committee chairman ted cruz accusing panama of falling short of obligations under a new trattle treaty that governs one of the world's busiest waterways. >> this situation, i believe, poses acute risks to u.s. national security. >> it's a pressure campaign first raised by president trump. >> china essentially has taken it over and we're not going to let that happen. >> now receiving some bipartisan support. >> i am concerned about chinese-owned ports in panama and their proximity to the canal. >> china does not control the canal. the panamanian government does under autonomous authority but chinese companies operate ports at either end and china's influence over critical infrastructure is growing as

geoff: we speak with transportation secretary pete buttigieg about the outgoing biden administration's attempts to improve the nation's infrastructure. >> the bottom line is improving the nation's transportation systems is the right thing to do, and i think that will be more appreciation for that over time as well. >> major funding for "the pbs newshour" has been provided by -- >> cunard is a witha world of fe destinations, and immersive experiences, a world of leisure and british style, all with cunard's white star service. >> the charles f. kettering foundation, working to advance inclusive democracies. learn more at kettering.org. >> the judy and peter blum kovler foundation, upholding freedom by strengthening democracies at home and abroad. the walton family foundation, working for solutions to protect water during climate change so people and nature can thrive together. supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. more information at mac found -- macfound.org. and with the ongoing support of these i

jennifer grandholm is a good example, pure tone average pete buttigieg.ne in the area and these paths are so script and supposed to believe it's a coincidence they went to donors of hers and donald trump calls it a green scheme. it's all payoffs in her defense she doesn't know about fighting climate change and he's been a attorney and bruter and no way all -- prosecutor and no way qualified to deal with this and thinking they're going to change the climate. not going to happen. liz: grandholm defied the energy department and inspector general saying you've got to stop biden's green energy loan program and conflict of interest and sush funds and hundreds of billions and could be a lazy susan of money going out of our taxpayer money to democrat do donors. >> yeah, it's been going on for years and the trillion we've spent with the politicians and haven't made a dent or moved the needle at all. it's not about taking away freedom of choice what we can drive or appliances or if you want to do something about this, the answer is going to be in that carbon captur

. >> reporter: transportation secretary pete buttigieg says the action puts the entire airline industry on notice as investigations into other companies for the same issue take off. all of this, part of the biden administration's broader crackdown on airlines amid record travel. but jetblue says half of the blame lies with the u.s. government. urging the incoming administration to prioritize modernizing outdated atc technology and addressing chronic air traffic controller staffing shortages. >> we definitely know there are pain points, but there is no telling which pain points this new, incoming administration is going to address. >> reporter: emilie ika, nbc news. >>> still to come, we've got the details on who took home the gold at the golden globes, and how the show's host, nikki glaser, brought in the laughs while making history. as the people you love get older, their risk of severe flu and covid goes up. last year, those viruses hospitalized nearly 1 million people 65 and older. so if someone you love is older, talk with them about vaccines. can neuriva support your brain health?

pete buttigieg. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the best news about these hearings is we finally found the dumbest the senate. [ laughter ] and his name is markwayne. [ laughter ] here in l.a., if you've been watching our show this week, you know we've been checking in with the local chefs who are helping to feed the firefighters, emergency responders, and just anyone who is hungry. this is base camp at the rose bowl where they are still fighting the fire in altadena. stationed right on the perimeter of that camp, one of my favorite chefs born and raised right here in los angeles. he is supporting world central kitchen and their efforts to feed those who need food. chef evan funke. [ cheers and applause ] with us right now live. evan, you've got all your restaurants working on this. right? >> that's right, jimmy, that's right. we've been producing food since tuesday. and we're just continuing to push. >> jimmy: evan grew up in the palisades. his parents lost their home in the fire. how are your parents, evan? >> they're good. we evacuated them at 3:30 on tuesday afternoon. the fire was 100 yards f

transportation secretary pete buttigieg says airlines have a legal obligation to keep realistic schedulesthe lawsuit. for months, we've been following the story of danger in the water at oakland schools, and it turns out that steph and ayesha curry's foundation is helping oakland unified pay to clear lead from its water. the warriors stars eat learn play foundation has helped put $650,000 toward water filtration systems for dozens of schools. testing last year showed lead in the water, forcing the district to shut off faucets right as the school year started. the district says making the water lead free could cost up to $53 million in all. >> time now for news to know where we catch you up on some headlines you can't miss. tonight. we're focused on several big developments in the world of health, from a new approach

transportation secretary pete buttigieg says airlines have a legal obligation to keep realistic schedules. southwest says it plans to fight the lawsuit. for months, we've been following the story of danger in the water at oakland schools, and it turns out that steph and ayesha curry's foundation is helping oakland unified pay to clear lead from its water. the warriors stars eat learn play foundation has helped put $650,000 toward water filtration systems for dozens of schools. testing last year showed lead in the water, forcing the district to shut off faucets right as the school year started. the district says making the water lead free could cost up to $53 million in all. >> time now for news to know where we catch you up on some headlines you can't miss. tonight. we're focused on several big developments in the world of health, from a new approach to obesity to a potentially life altering treatment and a new ban that could impact a lot of what we eat and drink. here's your news to know. the fda is banning a popular dye used in candy, soda and other products. the ban on red dye number t

transportation secretary pete buttigieg and former surgeon general vivek murthy spoke about their time in the biden administration and the partnerships between loc

we will welcome secretary pete buttigieg this morning. sec.thank you for your leadership at the conference and kind introduction. i will follow-up on our sports wager as the irish take on ohio state. thank you mayor holt and mayor gloria and of the entire team here. above all, thank you to america's mayors for your great work and the chance to join you one more time as a secretary of transportation. i cannot think of a better group to be with today for what i expect will be my last public appearance while holding this office. before i go any further i want to acknowledge what several fellow mayors and so many fellow americans are going through in california right now. because of the destruction brought about by wildfires. we are always in los angeles and the department of california. our administration has been hard at work even in these late days and hours to support recovery and relief efforts. i have been in touch with counterparts in california to offer our department support. i know that the community of american mayors is here for mayor

if confiedhe would become the second gay person to ser in a presidential cabinet aer pete buttigieg. next, in his own words. we start with his were marks at a conservative economic policy summit old on the sidelines of the 2024 republicanatnal convention. he talked about economic priorities for a second trump administration. >> let me start with you. you are one of the leading financial minds in america. have made a lot of money in the financial markets. have been a strong supporter of donald trump. you talk to him all the time. you see scott on fox news all the time, fox business news, as well as jason and charlie, of course. you're talking to trump. what do you think he needs to be doing, in addition to the things we've been talking about, what does he need to do to get this economy going because you're talking to him all the time? scott: i think it's a lot of what you said. i suggested to him that his good friend, the prime minister of japan, who was tragically assassinated, had something called the three arrows. i suggested to president trump that he had a similar three arrows an

it or if you want to talk about being unqualified, the heat has set, i'm sorry, pete buttigieg over the department of transportation, the gentleman who truly was a mayor and now transportation? where were the callout on those individuals? it doesn't matter as long as it applies to him because if you are a democrat, you qualify for everything evidently. >> laura: if they thought hegseth would be a pig's dumpling block for trump, they probably would not give him as much trouble at this hearing and they were pathetic and nothing hit pete. they actually think he will do what trump directs him to do with consultation and military experts, but that is what they are really worried about, correct? >> they are, laura and look at the issue i discussed with pete today, women in combat role. sometimes women in combat role have been in combat as a long time as pilots, mechanics, medics but infantry and special forces, they are irreducible commands. nothing pete hegseth will do to make a machine gun weigh less than 47 pounds or artillery shell less than 100 pounds. racial soldier in combat metal to w

pete buttigieg, the gentleman that is over the department of transportation. the gentleman who true was a mayor and now is he over transportation. where were their callout on those individuals, right? it doesn't matter as long as it applies to them because, listen, if you are a democrat you are qualified for everything, evidently. >> laura: senator cotton, if they thought that hegseth was going to be a big stumbling block for trump, they probably wouldn't have given him much trouble at this hearing. and they were pathetic today. nothing hit pete. i mean they think he is actually going to do what trump directs him to do with consultation with military experts. but that's what they are really worried about, correct? >> yeah. they are, laura. just look at the issue i discussed with pete today. that's women in ground combat roles. people have talk about women in combat. women have been in combat for a long time as pilots, medics or mechanics. talk about infantry and artillery and there are certain reducible commands. nothing pete hegseth will do make a machine gun

newsom, pete buttigieg? these are not leaders you want to take over.e intrigue of the infighting with the democrats. we love the personality fights. but to your point, bill. that will be rectified. they don't have the policy on their side right now. i don't know when that is going to be rectified. to answer your when, i think the democrats will get up off the mat when they do what emily just said and figure out how to make their policies more centered. the democrats want a fighter to fight for them not donald trump. it's what donald trump is. >> bill: somewhat telling that so many democrats are voting on the immigration bills. they've learned a lesson on that anyway. >> dana: one of the pod save america guys on jesse watters last night. let's watch. >> the people who want to run for office to emerge. we have great governors, gretchen whitmer, wes moore. >> is kamala running again? do you back her if she does? >> it is early for an endorsement. no one announced they're in the race. two years, mid-term elections. democrats need to show who they are for,

cabinet picks and director picks are not qualified are the same people that literally put in pete buttigieg over secretary of transportation, his only qualification was to be mayor. >> sandra: what are we about to see on this front? >> we've got the president has a number of nominees in key positions and do everything we can in the senate. we have the advice and consent rule here in the united states senate and perform that and have these hearings, allow people to ask questions and then we'll move very quickly to see that president trump has his team in place. especially, sandra, in those key national security positions as we look and see what happened just the last couple of days here in this country and as we see what's happening in an increasingly dangerous world. >> sandra: are you getting the sense that there will be big resistance from dem yachts? >> i think there will be. they'll do everything they can to thwart, block, slow down, delay president trump and his agenda. we have to double down and why we have to be united as a team. republicans in house, senate and white house working t

the democrats didn't do that when joe biden nominated people like pete buttigieg or alejandro mayorkaswere not qualified for their jobs and were total idealogues as we have seen over the last four years. >> steve: all right. tom cotton, joining us this morning, thanks for starting your day with "fox & friends." we know you got to go into the big town. thank you very much for being with us, sir. >> thank you, steve. >> steve: you bet. all right, 25 minutes before the top of the hour. california teenagers are search searching for temporary classroom after their school burned to the ground. where will they study? coming up. the ♪ with wegovy®, i lost 35 pounds. and some lost over 46 pounds. and i'm keeping the weight off. i'm reducing my risk. wegovy® is the only weight-management medicine proven to reduce risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack, or stroke in adults with known heart disease and obesity. don't use wegovy® with semaglutide or glp-1 medicines, or in children under 12. don't take if you or your family had mtc, men 2, or if allergic to it. tell your pro

is throwing out pete buttigieg as a candidate for that seat. something to watch. thank you for your time, chairwoman. good luck, something we're all watching out of doral, florida today. thanks for your time. >> dana: former doge co-chair vivek ramaswamy explaining why he stepped down from his role at the department of government efficiency and got candid about his relationship with elon musk. >> different approaches. i focused on a legislative approach and he approached it technology. i wish him well and we're on the same page. divide and conquer in saving the country. >> bill: okay. >> dana: two very strong personalities, intelligent people and it seems like maybe room for one. >> bill: a lot of alpha males in the room. he will run for governor in ohio. set up an interesting election back there. we'll watch that and see. >> dana: a lot of vance's team is moving over to help him do that. we have to watch that. >> bill: trump won the state by 11 and by eight points both times. federal agents conducting raids in new york city as we speak trying to take more illegal

senatortorial committee insist democrats will continue to hold the seat in 2026 a source telling fox pete buttigieg's get to the markets check them all please we have the dow up 42 points, can you show me -- show me -- okay i've seen the jet plenty of times see the markets please -- thank you. all right dow is up 50 s&p is up 24 and nasdaq up 210 points. coming up, "the big money show," now is now two hours. starts at 12, noon co-host taylor riggs here with what -- with a look at what's coming up on "the big money show" today. what do you got taylor? >> there's one thing that investors are excited for it is the power of doge we're all over doge, and some of the latest cuts that they are announcing including terminating three leases, in terms of office space, and already looking at savings of about 1.6 million dollars trying to relocate tenants again all to save the american taxpayers money. we're on top of it all, stu. stuart: we'll take it thanks very much indeed we'll see you 12, noon. trump took more questions from the press in his first few hours in office. than biden did in his first week -- a

transportation secretary pete buttigieg says airlines have a legal obligation to have realistic schedulesest says it plans to fight the lawsuit. people living in hawaii are being asked to give their opinions about a request from spacex for a larger landing area in waters near the state. spacex is seeking federal approval for a landing area over 20 times the size of its initial request. the company is also looking to significantly increase the number of landings for its starship spacecraft from 5 to 25 per year. the proposed landing zone includes waters used by the local fishing industry and where there are humpback whales. >> norovirus is spreading across the country and the bay area. the number of tests coming back positive, hitting the highest levels since 2019 when the germans ingested it, can cause sudden and severe vomiting. experts say proper hand washing is key. >> it can be killed by just hand sanitizers, which kind of just stay on your hand. you have to get rid of it from your surface of the hand, and that's only achieved by washing it with soap and water. >> they also recommend

in early 2021, pete buttigieg 2n nominated you to the commission. you were confirmed in june after the nomination by comparison it took me 13 months to get confirmed. and in june on the day you were confirmed by the senate, the president designated you as chair, a surprise to some on the hill applauded by many and i think it's fair to say a seismic shock to the business community and the chamber of commerce. but what i like to is to take you back to the first year really. you obviously have thought about what you would do, you come into the office, you enter the chair's wonderful office and what did your advance -- how did your advance thinking of what you were going to do and how you were going to do it change as youan confronted the reality of being the ftc chairs? what challenges did you confront internally and externally, how did you address them and looking back as -- as you're winding down of the things that you would have done differently that in a court of law would be a compound objectionable question but we are not inf a court of law. >> s

was it janet yellen or pete buttigieg? >> where have i been? wow. how have i not heard about any of this? no, no, i'm with you. i'm totally with you. >> i don't know. >> i'm picking the one that i wish were true. oh, i wish this were true, but i don't think it is. if it's yellen, i actually think this is wrong. >> you're leaving office. you're not running for anything. have you ever inhaled. >> well i think the answer is yes. >> that's actually a better story. >> that's a better story. that's a better story. >> hi janet yellen. >> why didn't we do this on gutfeld. >> i don't know. it's been tough this week. >> we got a tie game last night. >> i'm sweating. just kidding. i've been sweating this whole time. the joy is back. >> president trump will be inaugurated monday and everybody's pumped. apparently, even this liberal personality who was caught doing the trump dance. oh, gosh, was it don lemon or joy behar? >> this is really a strong view on this. >> it's really hard to go opposite of you. okay, i'm going to go joy then. and this is it. this is fo

outgoing secretary pete buttigieg has been really hard on the airlines here. and now. the department of transportation is suing southwest airlines for essentially overpromising and under-delivering on two specific routes. a flight between midway and chicago and oakland on the west coast in california, and then also a specific route between bwi and cleveland. those flights over a five month period in 2022 were chronically delayed at least 50% of the time. so now south air, now the department of transportation is seeking about $37,000 for each violation that southwest airlines made here. they call this essentially a chronic overscheduling. so essentially something that the airline cannot deliver. so the total here could be in the millions of dollars. the court papers were just filed yesterday, and we're still trying to figure out exactly what the full total here would be. but it's essentially a big slap on the wrist. during a year that southwest had a ton of cancellations. they canceled about 16,000 flights during their meltdown at the end of 2022. >> i should start suin

if confirmed, he would become the second guy person to serve in a presidential cabit after pete buttigieg. nextsct bessent in his own words. we start with his remas a conservative economic policy suiteld on the sidelines of the 2024 republan national convention. he talked about penal economic priorities for a second trump aintration. ond trump administration. >> let me start with you. you are one of the leading financial minds in america. have m

however, it is almost an open casting call to whoever is throwing heat on television whether it is pete buttigiegjust really good at cutting through the noise to the nub of what trump is doing to hurt this country and this person organically emerges or it could be more than one person and we do see a good bench in the democratic party and in the next few years before the primaries you don't even have to be running for president to step forward and be clear and speak plain english and that washington talk and get people to focus. >> in 27 -- in 2017 nancy pelosi was that figures the democrats have to find somebody else because that person has to say there will be compromise but we shouldn't overlook the fact is the piece pointed out that a lot of people in this country are afraid. >> i think jonathan is right. this doesn't have to be one person and i don't think it will be just one. we have a deep bench of governors and mayors and cabinet secretaries and some who may run for the governor of rhode island and we will have voices out there. but i think what we will face as a democrats is there won't

if confiedhe would become the second gay person to ser in a presidential cabinet aer pete buttigieg.n his own words. we start with his were marks at a conservative economic policy summit old on the sidelines of the 2024 republicanatnal convention. he talked about economic priorities for a second trump administration. >> let me start with you. you are one of the leading financial minds in america. have made a lot of money in the financial markets. have been a strong supporter of donald trump. you talk to him all the time.