rfk jr. in charge of making america healthy again as doctors warn his wellness conspiracies are anything but benign. >>> and pledge of allegiance. he uses his attorney general pick in congress to see if they will consent to whatever he wants. >>> donald trump deliberate firing the current fbi director and installing a mercenariry obsessed with shutting done the state. >> i will open it up as a museum of a state. >>> americans with different perspectives are not talking to each other. but here, they do. >>> good evening. i'm abby phillip. let's get to what america is talking about, robert f. kennedy junior. >> i nominated, if you like health and people that live a long time, the most important position, rfk jr. >> he is, in fact, donald trump's choice to run the health and humans service. it is a occurringsy, it is medicare, medicaid and it could affects tens of millions of americans. he's thin on the experience needed to run a sprawling agency. and he's thinner on real science. he calls the p

i want to bring in michael in this, because rfk jr. has said that no vaccines are safe and effective and also said that i'm not going to take away anybody's vaccine, trying to reconcile the two, perhaps would be had spitting but here's what trump's transition cochair says kennedy really wants. >> he wants the data so he can say, these things are unsafe, he says if you give me the data, all i want is the data and i will show that it's not safe and if you pull my ability, the companies will yank these vaccines right off of the market, let's give him the data, i think it be cool to give him the data and see what he comes up with. i think it would be pretty fun. >> pretty fun? okay let him get the date, is the harm in doing that? >> first of all let me be really clear, the data that he's talking about is unclear to all of us because the data that you need to use to assess the safety of this is already in the public domain, it's not something that you have to request or take a look at, this has been one of the problems with vista kennedy's

mike, here we are, rfk jr. is trump's latest cabinet choice. this is one, rfk jr. said that trump, 10 a cabinet position and there was a little bit of vagueness but that appears to be what happened. all these choices, are they all serious, is this really what trump wants to do or is this shock and awe. >> those things aren't mutually exclusive but based on my reporting at mar-a-lago, these are 100% things that president-elect trump wants to do. he wants it. their attitude is bring it on, these pics have come faster and have been more defiant than even some insiders thought. i'm told it's clear the president knew what he wanted. they thought he would spend much more time with these lists, considering the options but he feels like he has a mandate and he feels like there's a lot of people, he has learned over the last four years what he's up against and the way they put it to me is you want to be in a foxhole with fighters, you want to be in a foxhole with people you trust, but i can tell you, here on capitol hill where the cnn bureau is, as i've talked to people the

rfk jr. , a devout skeptic of childhood vaccines endorsed trump after suspending his own presidential campaign in august. he has been advising trump's transition team. here's just one of his many controversial comments. this one about covid. >> covid- 19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. the people who are most immuneimmune ashkenazi jews and chinese. we don't know if they deliberately targeted them or not. >> not true and stunningly quackery. this news about rfk jr. comes as aftershocks have yet to die down after trump's announcement that he wants now former congressman matt gaetz of florida to be attorney general. let's get right with cnn anchor kaitlan collins. what do we know about how trump came to this decision aboutabout jr. that i feel is clearly going to upset the medical and scientific community, whether they're trump supporters or harris supporters? >> reporter: it will be interesting to see. talk about tough confirmation battles. this is going to be an interesting

rfk jr. will be the top health official. kennedy vowing to help make america healthy again. what does it mean? plus we'll take you inside one of the most brutal prisons filled with rapists and gang members. the prison was called the solution. >>> and putin's state tv celebrating tulsi gabbard as the top official. a special report from moscow. let's go "outfront. " good evening. i'm erin burnett. out front, breaking news. trump tapping a vocal vaccine skeptic as his top health official naming rfk jr. to be america's next health and human services. the companies that make vaccines, their stocks are tumbling. and that is because trump has made it very clear that kennedy will have free rein in his administration. >> i'm going to let him go wild on health. i'm going to let him go wild on the food. i'm going to let him go wild on medicines. >> well, kennedy has gained a following, okay? let's start here. in part because he talks about things that a will the of people care about. making america heal

rfk juanny romero. to lee department of health services. a few minutes ago he made the announcement official. donald trump praise rfk juanny romero. the campaign after he endorsed him. what is the thinking behind the pick? are you hearing? >> reporter: i'm hearing the same thing about our of cajun you that i heard across the board against many controversial picks. donald trump feels empowered by the fact that he won the popular vote. he feels it has given him the mandate to deliver on promises he said he will deliver on , on the campaign trail. there has been much speculation between donald trump and rfk juanny romero. many people close to donald trump believe he needed the help of rfk juanny romero. to win over specific demographics. one being, independent voters and suburban women. because rfk focused so much on the make america healthy again agenda. talking about vaccines. there is a population of the united states it believes nobody should get vaccines. rfk juanny romero. perpetuated that theory say

ultimately, i think rfk jr. has raised sinitic and issues on things like chronic illness, like obesity in america, and these are issues we need to tackle from a federal level working with our partners in state government, these are issues that will be discussed in a confirmation process. >> i also want to turn to matt gaetz, someone you have been critical of in the past but now that he is the pick to be the next attorney general of the united states, do you want him to be confirmed? >> i think my statements on matt gaetz have been rather robust and public and very clear. i, obviously, am not supportive of matt gaetz in any way , the president has the right to nominate and go through that process and i think senators have already started raising questions about his record including, the investigations that have been underway in the house ethics committee and i believe they should have access to that information as part of the confirmation process. that is ultimately, donald trump has the right to nominate who he

he deserves a process. >> rfk junior? >> they deserve a process. >> would you have to do recess appointments? yes or no? >> i hate to say -- >> madison is with us and joining us is former republican congressman denver riggleman who advised the january 6 committee. they say matt gaetz is a bad choice. he is a nominee for those who want the law used for political revenge. it won't end well. donald trump said he wants the law used for political revenge. he is doing it. >> i find it amazing. i had the good fortune of seeing the january 6 text messages when i was the senior technical advisor. i remember seeing jason miller and marjorie taylor greene starting with ifa did it. if i look at matt gaetz and since i served with him and saying now -- this is a loyalist who has no reason to be in any position of power. based on the fact there is a cascading affect of bad judgment from this guy who can't tell truth from fiction. that's what i have seen since that time is that you have a bunch of individuals, him or gabbard or go down t

but he toyed with rfk junior even then.n attraction to ideas that are on the kooky fringe, that violate science and good judgment. annita: i am just going to interrupt you because we are almost out of time and i want to get one more question to britt. one hallmark of the first trump presidency was a lot of falling out with various appointees and people who were once close to him. do you think any of these alliances may go the same way? brett: i have no doubt. we can put an egg timer to it. as was noted by mona, you'll have a lot of ideological differences. quite frankly, you'll have a lot of flak. trump does not realize how politically risky some of these appointments are. every time they say something, do something that antagonizes, including key republican groups he needs, he is going to have his twitter, truth social lit up with criticism. you are already starting to see it from the likes of the new york post, which endorsed him r president, saying why are you putting someone forward someone who is so medically irrespons

rfk, jr. the head of department of health and human services and is only as to the number of heads blowing up of the officials of washington tonight. with the efforts to discredit the nominee of rfk, jr. has been underway since he endorsed trump in august. the fox headline he could empower health. trump officially gives rfk, jr. a chance to destroy the country's health. might personal favorite from the public health association what to make rfk could be the end of health policy. evidence-based health? how about this evidence? a record number of americans are suffering from chronic illnesses. one in six adults has diabetes. by 2050 given current trends, about 61% of adults are predicted to develop cardiovascular disease. so rfk understands this is a ticking time bomb for families, for our hospitals, doctors, nurses, local, state, and federal budgets. and all of this is happening, by the way, as we spend more on health care than ever before. in 2022 when we have good numbers, we spent $4.5 trill

rfk jr.'s misinformation and conspiracy theories about childhood vaccinations. >>> the watchlist. wicked, gladiator 2, and the moana sequel. what else should you be watching? chris witherspoon joins me with the best movies and tv shows to put on your holiday watchlist. i am jonathan capehart. this is " the saturday show." ♪ >>> happy thanksgiving weekend, everyone. as is the custom on monday, president biden used the forthcoming holiday and a ceremony on the south lawn of the white house to pardon two turkeys. >> 2500 people are here today.a fellas, your prayers are going to be answered today. based on your temperament and to being productive members of society i hereby pardon peach and blossom. >> peach and blossom were born in july on a farm in northfield, minnesota, home of my alma mater carleton college. and thanks to their presidential pardon they will be retiring back in minnesota on a farm nearly an hour south of northfield. obviously this is a lighthearted tradition, but the ending of

has rfk is not going to tolerate that. president trump is wise in the appointment of rfk.understand what he's getting that we can have debates and you the american consumer deserves to know the truth and it seems over the last 50 years we are getting sicker and a lot of it isn't your fault. much of what you are suffering from the diabetes the heart disease i operate on as a surgeon it's not your fault. and your kids deserve better because they are canaries in the coal mine. >> we appreciate it thank you. joining us now if reaction and it was gator take on that the media screeching and screaming i feel like we are back in the campaign. not see, fascist, liar and racist. rfk, tall see, pete, matt gaetz how much outrage can they muster up that is fain phony and hypocritical? >> it's all they have. it's the last group of people after what we voe been going through for a decade not even the last year but americans have clearly sent a message that we know who you are we don't want what you are selling we don't believe you we know you're in the business of making us afraid and si

if rfk jr. not to take vaccines while we are facing another crisis, or if he doesn't want to marshal the public health apparatus of this country to save lives, people will die. i wish i was just being hyperbolic. i'm being literal. people will die because someone is holding that role who does not believe in vaccination. that is just plain dangerous. that's nonpartisan, that's dangerous. >> we lived it. of course. mayor, thank you. great to have you all here. coming up next, the world's richest man and trump's new friend who he says tonight he has trouble leaving mar-a-lago, as he joked. today we are learning that he met with an iranian official about u.s. relations. ronan is here. >>> we have a man who has a searcy high iq. you know i'm a person that believes in high iqs and his is about as high as they get. elon! what a job! what a job he does. and he happens to be a really good guy. you know, he likes this place. i can't get him out of here. he just likes this place. >> trump they're joking th

but to tell you how we got here tonight rfk jr. mounted his own presidential race and dropped out to help clear trump's pass to 270 electoral votes and later formed a close knit relationship with the republican nominee who promised on the campaign trail to let kennedy go wild on health policy if he wanted and now he may get that chance. a few days ago we heard from rfk threatening mass firings at the fda posting that the war on public health is about to end and preserve your records and pack your bags he said. tonight he took a bit of a different tone saying i look forward to working with more than 80,000 employees and free agency so they can pursue their mission to make americans once again the healthiest people on earth. my source to start us out is the former acting cdc director under president obama doctor besser. it is great to have you here and you heard him talking about the free rain that kennedy would have. obviously, this is pending a senate confirmation, but what are your thoughts on secretary rfk jr.? >> yes . frankly,

rfk junior isn't environmental _ healthy again. kennedy dynasty. he's been a vaccine sceptic for nearly two decades and has shared misinformation on a range of public health issues. now, one of his main false claims, repeated in a 2023 interview with fox news, was that autism comes from vaccines. multiple studies across many countries have concluded there is no link between vaccines and autism. rfkjr has denied on several occasions that he is anti—vaccination and says he has had his children vaccinated. i have never been anti—vax. i have never told anybody... i have never told the public avoid vaccination. and in an interview after the selection, he said he didn't want to take vaccines away, but that people should have the best information so they can make informed choices. during the pandemic, rfkjr was also a critic of restrictions to limit the spread of covid—i9. he also spread misinformation by telling media that "covid—i9 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people". these claims are false. health specialists have said t

rfk jr. i just looked at the news reports, people like you, bobby. dot get too popular, bobby. you know, you've reached about the level. joining us now, nbc's dash into burns and berkeleyly loveless jr. and what's the significance of rfk jr. tapped for this position and are there concerns with trump world that rfk jr. could face challenges getting confirmed? >> yeah. jose, this is one of those picks that they are worried might not be able to get through a confirmation. it's one of the reasons why our reporting prior to this was that he was much more likely to get more czar-like roles, some sort of advisory role where he could have an impact on the issues that he cares about, but not necessarily have an official cabinet position that would require senate confirmation. that is not the direction that president-elect trump decided to go. it was a surprise to a lot of folks that he offered him hhs secretary and they are contending with democratic concerns on his position on vaccines, on long-stand

>> rfk jr. describes his trip to samoa himself on a post on his organization's website from 2021 looking back on this and 2019 in which he describes going to visit the samoan prime minister before this happened on a visit that he described or was it to discuss a medical informatics system to assess medical safety and efficacy of medical intervention there and he further on he calls it a mild outbreak and then later associates the deaths with it to coming after they started vaccinating folks with a new vaccine but to walk you through this timeline of what really happened with this outbreak, it is a real tragedy starting from the very beginning when there was a mistake in 2018 when two infants died who are given mmr vaccines improperly mixed with something that it shouldn't have been instead of water which was an accident . the country did pause the vaccinations and recalled the vaccine that lasted for nine months and then in june of 2019 rfk jr. visited samoa the visit he was talking about where

rfk jr. chosen to make america healthy again. how do you feel about the specter of a second trump administration? i will move, i can't live in this country. if he became president. hollywood not handling democracy very well. justine bateman is here. i'd almost rather die than do this. sounds like a yes to me, skip. plus, have you seen cher? around here? who? let's take you inside a mar-a-lago. third best america. hi ho. the way. trump, elon and god bless america. you can say the vibes are high at the winter white house. and 47 says it's only the beginning. just had a big victory. you may have read about it. setting records with practically every voting group, every voting class they say most consequential win in the last 129 years. what's that? that's a lot. i just wanted to win that much. i just wanted so much winning. but we did get too much money. too much money that was missing. is there any such thing as too much money? no, no. as a country and it's official, the republicans have captured the house. democrats are shut out of

if rfk jr.med, what would it mean for all of the things that hhs overseas, drug approvals, food safety in addition to medicaid and medicare. >> yeah, these are our agencies that protect the health of americans on everything from like you said in the introduction, nutrition to vaccines to our data, to see how the national health is going, where we can make improvements. where we cannot. the support to local and public health departments. so, it is a $3 trillion budget. it is a massive job. and someone that has a lot of experience needs to be there. >> he is one of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists in the country. as you pointed out in your writing, it is the states that help determine vaccine policy when it comes to things like school mandates or exemptions. so, help me understand what your worries are about his potential impact if he is confirmed. >> that's right. vaccine policy is governed by individual states rather than the federal government could however, there certainly are places,

marty that carry, he's happy about rfk. he says rfk jr. is going to save your kids from a food supply making them sick. but first, this story -- >> can we just have a couple of years of peace for the republicans and president trump to do what they promised to do? because the american people clearly are asking for it. elizabeth: yeah. voters are saying to the democrats and the media, knock it off, respect the will of the people. let trump govern. you didn't do that the first time. trump's got a mandate from voters to enact the policies americans want. joe concha is here on the media behavior lately. he isn't is sure heir going to to stop. we're going to take it on next. ♪ liberty mutual customized my car insurance so i saved hundreds. with the money i saved i thought i'd get a wax figure of myself. oh! right in the temporal lobe! beat it, punks! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ so, what are you thinking? i'm thinking... (speaking to self) about our honeymoon. what about africa? safari? hot air balloon ride?

is that what rfk junior brings? >> no.homever is confirmed to run hhs is there to carry out the president's agenda. i think it is good to have disagreements and discussions ultimately about policies hjh will -- hhs will implement. of which there are many. it is not just fluoride, and not just vaccines. hhs is one of the largest agencies within the federal government. >> we've heard mike pce raising conservative alarm bells over rfk's position on abortion. >> i think there's concerns on both sides. rfk junior was considered to be a memb of the obama administration's cabinet as well. he has bn around a long time. i think the confirmation and the vetting process will be significant with him. but the president did not just airdrop in rfk from out of nowhere. he has been with the president on the campaign sure through every battleground straight he want -- state that he won. i think he will be an important voice in the president's white house, regardless of if he's at hhs or not. i believe he will ultimately be confirmed. >> fr

and how committed is trump to getting rfk jr.ot despite the outcry that we will see if the senate agrees and rejects him but how committed is he to getting this pick? >> this started a long time ago like in august of 2021 where he was at a rally in alabama urging people to get vaccinated and this is a something for a hot minute they were very proud of and a proud trump legacy and he later reveals he was boosted and he has been responsive to the crowded not to his administration and record but on vaccines in particular and when it comes to the cdc and the trust people have in government to pick up on what we said before he isn't feeling with voters who don't trust those institutions and there is a cdc run by medical experts and right now are people following advice on whether to get boosted with a new covid shot her flu shot? a lot of people are not and their operating in an environment stoked by trump but he went along with it but doesn't trust medical expertise the way it did before covid and that is a larger context for this ap

rheiner, rfk jr. has put forward this message, this idea that he wants to gear the federal government to combat childhood illnesses. to combat what he calls chronic illnesses. he's attributed some of that to all sorts of vague causes related to food and oils. i wonder what kind of impact you think having him as the secretary of hhs could have on just every day american life. >> i think that a lot of good can come of somebody promoting a more healthy diet in this country. we've certainly seen an epidemic of obesity. i think that approach is welcome. but his well documented, very loud promotion of theories that cause a great deal of doubt in people's minds about the efficacy of vaccines is incredibly dangerous. if you want to see what happens when you hire a vaccine skeptic post like that, just look at florida. when ron desantis hired dr. joseph ladipo in 2021, someone associated with a group called america's front line doctors, when they brought him to florida in 2021, the rates of vaccinations for kin

in a statement, rfk jr.ed to clean up corruption and return our health agencies to their rich traditions of gold standard evidence based science. but that is already happening. according to ucsf infectious disease physician doctor peter chin-hong. what it means for you and for me is really to really understand where information is coming from. more than ever. that's because during rfk jr. s presidential run as an independent, he was critical of the covid vaccines and child immunizations, making claims that studies have disproven. doctor chin-hong says rfk jr. s leadership could make it harder to bridge the growing mistrust and messaging, which can be dangerous. secondly, by controlling the fda and the nih and specifically that oversees a lot of research that continues to go on. so if you're going to cut research on vaccines, for example, i'm very, very worried about the next pandemic if we're going to see one. but chair of the gop party, john dennis, says this appointment is exactly what's needed for real re

rfk jr.o head hhs and doug burgum. >> he was introduced by silvester is it a loan. >> nobody in the world could have pulled off what he pulled off. we have the second george washington. congratulations. final hour of "fox & friends" starts right now, get dressed! reporter: good morning. high profile murder case that sparked a national debate set to start in about an hour. there'll be cameras in court throughout the entire trial. we'll see the suspect, 26-year-old jose ybarra that entered illegally from venezuela and he's already arrived. ybarra remained stoic through all the pretrial hearings and riley's family will fill part of the courtroom and they've been understandably distraught every time they've seen their daughter's alleged killer in court. he's faces ten charges including malice murder, k kidnapping, attempt to rape and stopping riley for making a 911 call. it's the judge deciding his fate and not a 12 person jury and it was decided on tuesday and it's a move called unusual and one

rfk jr. to run hhs to make america healthy again. also this story. >> this is the last chance we'll have at saving this country. we'll try to get you out of the senate too. liz: senator tommy tuberville laying down the line. he told us to get in line with trump's cabinet or get voted out. mark simone is here to react to that. also this story. >> we will of course keep men out of women sports. >> we will end the insanity of men in women's sports. >> no men in women's sports. >> [applause] >> when you talk about having a biological male compete with their teenage girl, in competitive sports, americans are saying foe no, no, no. liz: will he try to do it in his first 100 days? the game changing women's sports advocate who started it all riley gains is here with us to react also tonight nancy pelosi gets a big four pinochios from the washington post. find out for what and an illegal migrant gets real telling cnn he would still support trt deporte. tonight, the remarkable reason why. bu the breaki

how does rfk junior see the world? >> the entire departments like the nutrition department after the fda that have to go. they are not doing their job . they are not protecting our kids. >> to have to go. what are some of kennedy's views on various public health matters that he may oversee? let's see. >> i do believe autism comes from vaccines area covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. the people that are are chinese periods >> radiation does all kinds of bad things including causing cancer. >> some of the mass shootings we are seeing in this country may be related to this new class of drugs. >> on the argument highest profile issue he has weighed in on, the safety of vaccines, that is an issue for help for all of us and all of our children has tried to claim a less extreme view than the one that he actually holds. this is what he told me december of last year prayed >> over the summer in an interview you said that quote, there's no vaccine that is safe and effective. did you say that ? >> i never

now what rfk jr. this audio that we reviewed was that trump sort of positioned himself as the only person who could fix these problems for these people. he compared him to historical demagogues in the article or in the audio that we reviewed. adolf hitler, benito mussolini in the u.s., people like george wallace and huey long father coughlin, these were the comments that rfk jr.. made. now, as we heard it wasn't just by the way trump and his trump that he took aim at he also took aim at trump's supporters. he compared them as you heard, to idiots. he said they were they were outright nazis and they were all attached to these establishment figures that like you said, fleshy domino's spineless bootlickers. this is really sort of like hillary clinton's basket of deplorables comment, almost on steroids. and here is the kicker, sort of in what we found, erin, that he eventually sort of concludes that donald trump was not like hitler, but not for the reason that you might imagine. take a listen to this audi

a in a new one today with rfk jr.era where bad people have been rewarded for acting badly, there have been some people that have really been punished and have suffered because of their actions. and that there is a accountability out there. alex jones and rudy are probably at the top of that list. but there have been others and, you know, the wheels of justice and the wheels of fate sometimes go a little slower than we would like, but eventually they come around. eventually karma will bite you and it bit alex jones really deep. >> what do you make of the picture where i think the rubio pick was the head fake, right, and gaetz, gabbard and rfk are the real impulses of the president-elect. i know we share in a complete reassurance that trump is indeed still trump. but what do you think the play is? do you think it is to have them all as acting or to get the senate republicans to humiliate themselves and confirm them over their own objections? what do you think he's up to in. >> it is funny how terrible and clownish it is

i'm going to agree with things that rfk junior assess.onable statements but mixes them with outright falsehoods. in the end i think it is a matter of whether his net impact is positive or negative. and given his history of sewing doubt he can do a lot of harm. geoff: i know for my own reporting how hard it is to make seismic changes at some of these agencies. what is the worst case scenario -- if kennedy is confirmed and makes good on his promise of transforming public health as we know it combined with donald trump's promise to weaken civil service roles. reporter: i agree that cdc and fda need improvements. i've been working with cdc for the last three years for improvements. and it needs to be done carefully. our public health system is incredibly fragile. for example, a lot of people don't realize that 90% of funding the local and state public health departments come directly from the cdc. so say we cut for example the center of injury which is on the chopping block right now in the congressional budget. that means states won't get fu

you put rfk jr. in a place of power. it undermines subtle -- it undermines public health, but also way the american government -- public thinks of its government. even post trump, it can be incredibly damaging to the just the notion of health, and the government that is there to guarded safety and well-being of its citizens. >> you will sorta have an inversion of distrust. you will have trouble voters who suddenly believe everything that comes from the government. whereas abiding voters, with good reason, will be quite skeptical. my kids are older now. if my kids were very small, i would not trust some new vaccine schedule that came from this government. i would take my kids to another country and get them treated accordingly -- >> so then you have mistrust on both sides. what is the net effect of all of this in 2030 or 2035? the saving grace, i guess, is this is a donald trump. a man often at war with everyone he hires, and fires at will. already there is a divergent path for these two men. you see even in the trance of

so let's start with rfk, jr., shall we? rfk jr. produced the strangest headlines in the history of presidential campaigns? he sure did. is rfk jr., has a strange pen chant for carrying dead animals in his car? he sure does, but rfk, jr., is one of the most dangerous purveyors of inaccurate vaccines that our country has seen. the hhs secretary overcease the nih and the fda. in hume an terms our vaccines, our medicine and our food. his nomination and confirmation would mean that the guy who founded one of the nation's most prominent anti-vaccine groups would be in charge of the agency who makes recommendations on vaccines. the guy who said he would stop research into infectious diseases would be in charge of the agency that studies infectious diseases. so that's what's coming on that front, and then there's matt gaetz, trump's pick to run the justice department. is matt gaetz one of the most clownish members of congress? of course, he is. was he previously investigated for allegations of sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl? he was, an

i believe rfk is the right person to do that.has some controversial views on vaccines, raw milk, removing fluoride from water. will these be the policy positions of the republican party? >> these need to be studied. i think he is right on track, especially with the covid vaccine. there was a lot of information going back and forth, the mrna vaccine, it did not have complete approval from the food and ruggedness and before being released in america -- food and drug administration before being released. some of these drugs that have not have the proper supervision before being given out to americans. i think he will reign some of those programs in and truly make americans healthier again. through food programs, better nutrition, better exercise. caitrÍona: another one of the nominations is matt gaetz from florida to be attorney general. you have worked with him in the house. is he the best person for that job in your view? >> it is not my view that counts, it is president trump's view that counts. the american people gave donald j.

at least the efense contractors, not related to rfk. there are a number of different areas getting hit as a result of potential appointments. i do not know how to describe musk he's not a part of the administration. >> you knew there would be surprises and then one surprises occur why are we surprised? >> we've been talking about rfk for a couple of weeks. this was not fully in. >> i think that if you are moderna in the vaccine business, don't you just have to have more of a haircut then it is getting this morning. or you can say this has been going down consistently for a long time? >> you said yesterday he would talk about names not expected to do well under this white house is this part of that? >> it was. we knew that rfk junior feels that - gouging. you cannot like it as much now that you know that. when you have the person who is basically in charge of say medicare or whatever. >> that is where the real power is >> the deep state. that is what we call it. the deep state. >> how you execute on your anti- vaccine position through th

there are some rocks to be thrown at rfk jr.. some of it is dangerous on the vaccines about the fluoride ? >> fluoride is a natural mineral. when we talk about adding it to the water supply, it has proven furnaces. we have 70 fears of data that it has helped with oral hygiene. it helps prevent decaying cavities. it helps antibacterial properties. what it's doing is helping with pain, disease and costs. these are amazing benefits. >> i've got friends who used to be more progressive post covid have become more conservative. it's almost a gateway drug to the right to be concerned about these health issues. what are people's concerns about fluoride and how do not those concerns down ? >> with the current levels we have in the water supply and 70 % of the water supply is chlorinated. it is safe and non-toxic when you look at adding in additional amounts of fluoride, studies have not proven any significant health adverse effects. at the current levels you are seeing analysis and observations that have not shown any correlation with phy

rfk jr. famous critic of processed foods.im publicly eat his words as he continues the jockeying to try to complete the process to get his appointment running health and human services. rfk jr. looks sad, and some trump vets says that the point. a veteran of the white house under trump, sarah matthews, just told us this week the em barrasment that trump pushes here is the point, and donald trump may have also been responding to rfk's public attempt to basically rebuke trump's poison diet. >> the stuff that he eats is really like bad. it's not -- campaign food is always bad, but the food that goes on to that airplane is like just poison. it's all -- they -- you have a choice between -- you don't have a choice, you're either given kfc or big macs. >> you don't have a choice, that part certainly appears true. and what was laughter from rfk about what trump eats is now flipped. people laughing at rfk having to sit through whatever this little ritual was. republican speaker johnson has added apart from the picture, and we know how

i'm sure a lot of people in rfk's world have seen this data.entimes it becomes a question of not believing the data or going after the messengers of the data, in this case, the scientists, for example, at the nih. going after them, trying to undermine their trust, the organization that he may lead, depending on what happens over the next few months. >> that's a really important point. i want to note, as we look at big picture, right, there are many people who have come out, including the democratic governor of colorado, who have applauded trump's pick of rfk jr. there are many people, people i have spoken to, who are excited about his proposal when it comes to regulating chemicals in food, right, getting rid of toxins, taking on big pharma as they call it. calling for fluoride to be removed from the nation's water supply. i mean, some of these proposals are appealing to a lot of people. vaccines aside, which obviously is causing a lot of consternation, tell us about that. >> yeah, so, i mean, therein is part of the issue here. some of the thing

rfk jr. chosen to make america healthy again. >> how do you feel about the second trump administration? >> i will move. i can't live in this country if he became president. >> jesse: hollywood not handling democracy very well. justine bateman is here. >> i would almost rather die than do this. >> it sounds like a "yes" to me. >> have you seen cher around here? >> who? >> jesse: let's take you inside of mar-a-lago. ♪ ♪ trump, elon and god bless america. you can see the vibes are high at the winter white house. 47 says its only the beginning. [inaudible] >> jesse: the republicans have captured the house. democrats are shut out of power everywhere. now another trump could be going to washington. not bear in yet. they could be florida's next senator when rubio leaves for the state department, he gets to pick his replacement. she says she's into it. while congress shapes up, trump is nominating people at warp speed. rfk jr. has been tapped to be secretary of health and human services. trump says h

rfk jr. to take charge of as hhs secretary. a man who said a lot of downright dangerous things to sow doubt in life saving medical science over the years. just listen. >> there is no vaccine that is, you know, safe and effective. i do believe that autism does come from vaccines. they were able to find only three kids in the amish community who had autism and all three of them were people who were children who had been adopted by the amish after receiving their vaccines. cdc says, well, we have never seen this before. they try to say they're holocaust deniers. this is a holocaust. they're going to have the right to compel unwanted medical interventions on us. the nazis did that in the camps. in world war ii. they tested vaccines on gypsies and jews. covid-19 is targeted to attack caucasians and black people. the people when are most immune are ashkenazi jews and chinese. there are papers out there that show the racial and ethnic differential. they're putting in 5g to harvest our data and contr

people like rfk jr. share the beliefs over the health of society at large, and those that end up suffering are disproportionately the poor, the weak, and the marginalized. that's what's at stake with this appoint. joining me is the dean of the brown school of public health and he was also the white house covid-19 response. i know you tweeted out this is a bad choice for the american people. the hhs secretary shapes health policy in profound ways. can you expand on how you're thinking about rfk jr.'s nomination here? >> i can. and this is not a general criticism of trump's nominees. his previous hhs secretary was a perfectly good choice. but rfk jr. is outside of the main stream, and hhs does more than just look at vaccines. they oversee medicare, the program for seniors. oversees medicaid that covers half of all kids in america. certainly has profound influence on things like what medicines will be able to the american people. and of course vaccines and so many other things. the program here is the way w

the pick for rfk jr as the hhs secretary.euters is reporting that president-elect is aiming to scrap the $7,500 ev tax credit one elon musk says will hurt tesla, but hurt more on the relative basis shares of rivian closing down 14%. you see in the last 24 hours and so far today, we are seeing a bit of a mixed picture tesla still down nio on the chinese side up .50%. rivian as well and li auto moving down. the follow through on the ev trade is happening now europe is getting a chance to respond to powell's comments we have silvia amaro with more from the continent >> good morning, dom we see volatility in the equity space this morning with investors, as you rightly pointed out, trying to digest comments from jay powell taking in the fact we are now having different expectations in terms of the potential rate cut in december additionally, european investors also digesting economic data out of the european continent. when you think about the bourses thus far, we are mostly in the green at this stage. the ftse 100 is up .2% despi

rfk jr.ry with former hhs secretary kathleen sibelius. okay. so, before he became joe biden's press secretary four years ago, i oversaw the confirmations team for the biden/harris transition. let's get a sense of how this process is supposed to work. potential nominees, even before the president makes a final decision, he may have people in his mind but even before he makes a final decision, go through a rigorous vetting process that tears through every aspect of their lives and their finances. it is grueling. anyone who has been through it will tell you it is invasive. symptoms things that wouldn't be a blip in a normal hiring process blew up the nomination before it even begins. sometimes this things seems mallick taking weed, is to sleep better or paying some taxes like. sometimes they seem bigger malec on some client that some nominee once worked with has e business before the government. but, there is a reason the process is so grueling, under democrats and republicans. it is because you

this is rfk derangement syndrome. when your political party or your ideology calls for you to shave your head, block your friends on social media and cut off family members, you are no longer dealing with a political party. you are in a cult. i think the irony of this is that this is the crowd that claims to be tolerant and accepting and welcoming to diverse groups, but clearly they're not welcoming, they're not welcoming to diverse thought. and that's been made very clear over the past four years. that's the environment that the previous the current administration has created. and i think my, my last point here, trump was already president for four years. so when i see people talking about losing their rights or feeling like they have to flee the country, i mean, what are you so scared of? world peace, cheaper gas, affordable living, low crime, free speech? it's just absurd is what it is, sean. you know, you made a good point, tomi. opening open, loving, caring, inclusive d e i diversity, inclusion. et cetera. all of

howard: rfk jr.issues are either disputedded or outright the debunked has been named secretary of health and human services after endorsing donald trump. >> people will die if this kind of spokesmanship is elevated to the chief health department in the united states of america. >> now, the effort to discredit the rfk jr. nomination has been underway ever since he endorsed trump back in august. howard: joining us now to analyze the coverage in new york, caroline downey, staff writer for national review, and with me, lucy caldwell. caroline, as the media keep reminding us, kennedy believes vaccines are dangerous, water systems shouldn't use fluoride and on and on. now he'd be in charging of this massive health bureaucracy under the deal he made with trump. your thoughts. >> well, howie, or conservative media's also concerned that he is pro-abortion and pro-single-payer health care which is a step toward socialized medicine. we have to understand how we got here: rfk's to movement is the direction resul

before we talk about rfk jr. specifically, given us a quick rundown of what the hhs secretary does and how their decisions affect americans on a daily basis. [ no audio ] >> i think we're having audio trouble. >> i was on mute. i'm sorry. >> please, continue. >> hhs is the largest budget in the federal government and it employs over 90,000 people. to make sure that things like your cms, medicare and medicaid services, to make sure you have health care clinics that are available to people all over the country, to make sure the fda operates to ensure safe, effective medications are out there, and the politicalization of that process is really dangerous, but it's also important that the 90,000 people that go to work every day at hhs ensure that health care is available for americans, and most of the things they do people don't even realize what would happen if it went away. >> let's go through some of rfk jr.'s questionable medical views, just some of his views here. he believes vaccines can cause autism, a claim th

choosing rfk jr. to attack the very idea of appointing people with expertise, and knowledge and replacing that with a person who is most known for conspiracy theories. and voters should not be surprised it is what donald trump told us he was going to do, that he would let unity go wild on the health. and if he is approved, we are about to find out what that means. mark this day. when we return, the onion, that is right, the onion bought alex jones infowars in a bankruptcy option. it sounds like a headline you would read in a satirical newspaper, but no joke, the ceo, ben collins is here to talk about his big plans and later the pushback on both sides of the aisle, over trump ticking matt gaetz, we will break down what is next for the former chair of the house, from the former chair of the house ethics committee, as of the -- "the 11th hour" gets underway on a thursday. dude? dog food in the fridge? it's not dog food. it's freshpet. real meat. real veggies. real weird. he was bad luck anyway. ♪ ♪ ♪ som

good work rfk. and this is what kennedy says he will be in charge of if trump returns to power. >> i think that president trump is promised me is control of the public health agencies which are hhs and subagencies. cdc, fda and nih and a few others. >> whoa, whoa, whoa antisacks crank is going to be in charge of nhih, hhs, cdc and fda? okay. maybe you think this guy is just blowing smoke if you think it's crazy listen to one trump himself had to say about his plans for rfk jr. >> having him is such a great honor. i've been friends of his for long time. and, i am going to let him go wild on health. i am going to let him go wild on the food. i am going to let him go wild on medicines. >> oh, yeah, let rfk go wild on health and food. and than there's actual cochair of the trump vance transition team. this is the guy i been around transition he what as important role shepherding the transition on bens he said he spoke to rfk jr. for 2 and half hours and said it would be pretty cool to give the antivax c

your thoughts on rfk jr.? we listed as many as we could courtesy of the washington post but i suppose we could have found more and there are more. >> other than that, he is a great candidate. i think the primary responsibility for a president is to maintain the safety and security of the country. rather than doing that i think the nomination of the candidate to run the department that basically is in charge of virtually all matters related to health in the united states is remarkably irresponsible. and then rather than promoting the health and safety in this country, i think it puts in peril the safety of this country. i agree with congressman garcia. the president has told us what he was going to do. in every one of his speeches along the campaign trail, he bowed to remove federal funding for any school district that mandated vaccines. and now to fulfill that campaign promise, he hires the nation's most prominent vaccine denier. i believe he is very serious about changing how this country vaccinate's children