robert f. kennedy has issues with reformering nih, it leads back to vaccines. mr. kennedy and the administration reached out seeking to reassure me regarding their commitment to protecting the public health benefit of vaccination. to this end, mr. kennedy and the administration committed that he and i would have an unprecedentedly close collaborative working relationship if he is confirmed. we will meet or speak multiple times be a month. this collaboration will allow us to work well together and therefore to be more effective. mr. kennedy asked for my input into hiring position at health and human services and this will allow us to represent all sides of those folks who are contacting me over this past weekend chth he has also -- weekend. he has committed that he has worked with current vaccine and monitoring systems and not established parallel systems. if confirmed, he will maintain the centers for disease control advisory committee on recommendations without changes. cdc will not remove statements on their website, pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.

two votes, these two nominations, you guys, the democrats battled tooth and nail over gabbard robert f. kennedy jr.. gabbard is about to be confirmed here in a matter of minutes. robert f. kennedy jr. about to clear a democratic filibuster, probably be confirmed by tomorrow. what did you guys do that? did you miss the mark in making your case to your republican colleagues? and what could you have done differently? >> well, we could have won 51 seats. and the reality is there's 53 republicans. if they stuck together with just a few strays, they were going to be able to win. we did our level best to raise the question of competence and what their history was. the anti-vaccine history of robert kennedy is questionable. comments. the same thing with gabbard, where she supported edward snowden, who betrayed our intelligence community. she hung out with bashar al assad. but in the end, that didn't make a difference to the majority. and the majority, i think, had a lot of questions that they would acknowledge. but the vote they had to make had to stand the test of trump. >> and rfk jr.. for one, he tr

this is something -- this is something that concerned me with robert f. kennedy to be the secretary of health and human services. this is something i took very seriously, and as i said i would, i spoke with mr. kennedy not once, but multiple times over the weekend including this morning. we had in-depth conversations about the medical literature, about the science behind the safety of vaccines, i reviewed and spoke to those who he said i should speak to. the most notable of opponents of mr. kennedy were peed trigsz on the front lines of our children's health who regularly have to combat misinformation. combating vaccine skepticism with correct information. correct information that comes from their indication -- education, their training and experience as pediatricians, they are aware of the falling vaccine rates and the hospitalizations and deaths from children from vaccine-preventible diseases. children are contracting diseases that they would not have contracted if the child was vaccinated. others are looking at the need to address chemicals in our food and tha

i robert f. kennedy jr. >> i robert f. kennedy jr. >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend. >> that i will support and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> against all enemies. >> against all enemies. >> foreign and domestic. >> foreign and domestic. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> i take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation fly. >> without any mental reservation. >> without any mental reservation. >> or purpose of evasion. >> or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well and faithfully discharge. >> i will well and faithfully discharge. >> the duties of the office. >> the dews of the office. >> on which i'm about to enter. >> on which i'm about to enter. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. secretary. [applause] mr. kennedy: i want to begin by thanking president trump for giving me this extraordina

i think that was very important with robert f kennedy as well.ffective. >> and that's part of the reason why we see these nominees gliding to confirmation. we have about a. >> minute left, doctor patel, but we know that this confirmation is coming amid the big doge cuts at the department of health and human services, including the cuts to nih grants for research, which i think is on pause currently. but doge staffers have also been on site at several hhs agencies accessing systems used for distributing medicare medicaid payments. just your reaction to these people who don't have any expertise in healthcare, doing what we're seeing at hhs, along with all these other agencies? >> yeah, it represents an incredible not just cybersecurity. >> threat, but it just begs to kind of question. >> to what next? >> right. >> so this is just the staff looking at this. and then i've even been in washington. >> d.c. >> where. >> i've overheard conversations, something you would. never see in other settings. where. >> i've heard those staff. >> who had go far bey

now, robert f. kennedy jr. has spent decades advocating against vaccines and spreading misinformation. he has called the covid-19 vaccine, quote, "the deadliest vaccine ever made." he suggested the pandemic was, quote, "ethnically targeted to attack caucasians and black people." he has said he believes that, quote, "autism comes from vaccines," and he has linked school shootings to antidepressants. what would it mean for american public health if robert f. kennedy jr. is confirmed to run the health and human services department as it seems is likely to be the case? - well, margaret, i'm extremely concerned because having lived in that world and know the complexity of that organization, which has about a $1.7 trillion budget, 62,000 people, and not only in the united states, but our reach is globally because it is important that we work with our allies to perpetuate peace and stability and health. so i would be very concerned. and as i look at the nominee, and this is an apolitical, nonpartisan statement, i

in a moment, when robert f. kennedy jr. could have used his influence for good, he fueled disinformation that cost lives. when robert f. kennedy jr. was asked about medicare and medicaid, he could not answer questions in his hearing about the most basic questions demonstrating that he would be at hhs only to make whatever cuts that trump, musk and doge dictate at the expense of the health care of the american people. now he's in line to be the number one health care official in the united states. that would be a disaster. mr. kennedy has reportedly given reassurances on his position on vaccines or on his position on food and chronic disease. to my colleagues i would say this, we cannot address chronic disease if we are slashing medicare, medicaid, and the fr affordable care act or rec recklessly cutting off funding for hospitals and community health centers. if we're battling vaccine misinformation it makes it more difficult to take on chronic disease like heart disease or diabetes. the long-term impact of food on children's

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susan collins just voted yes for robert f kennedy jr. s confirmation. and bill cassidy, the senator from louisiana, who is a physician himself, who was one of the republicans who asked pointed questions of kennedy during his confirmation hearings and openly was skeptical about particularly his vaccine positions. this is for robert f kennedy jr. we're watching this vote continue to unfold here, and there is no indication that there are going to be enough republicans to join democrats to stop him. mitch mcconnell is somebody who we are looking at. he was, we believe, the one undefined republican vote coming into this morning here uncommitted he for over the course of the winter had spoken openly about the impact of polio and pushing back against kennedy's past questioning of the polio vaccine. we have heard, though, from the likes of utah senator curtis, who indicated overnight that he will be a yes vote here. so as we watch this vote come in once again, another controversial pick for president, trump appears on his way to head to confirmation. all of this

robert f robert f. kennedy jr. is not remotely qualified to become the next secretary of health and human services. in fact, i might go further. robert f. kennedy jr. might be one of the least qualified people the president could have chosen for the job. it's almost as if mr. kennedy's beliefs, history and background were tailor made to be the exact opposite of what the job demands. a few weeks ago it seemed like maybe senate republicans would have drawn the line on nominees like robert f. kennedy jr. and tulsi gabbard, but the past few days have been a stunning capitulation by senate republicans. at this point they're just rubber stamping people no matter how fringe they are. if the senate had a secret ballot, i'll bet you that robert f. kennedy jr. would never have come close to confirmation. his unfitness for the job are simply too obvious and too glaring. hhs is an agency that depends on science, on evidence, and impartiality to ensure the well-being of over 330 million americans. hhs ensures we eat safe food, p

cassidy raised serious concerns about robert f kennedy jr. st statements on vaccines during both hearings. kennedy went through two hearings, one with the finance committee, one with the health, education, labor and pensions committee, of which cassidy is the chairman. and cassidy did not feel very satisfied with the way that kennedy answered some of those questions. cassidy took the weekend to deliberate his decision on this crucial vote. he spoke to robert f kennedy jr multiple times. the question is, is he willing to put himself out there right now as a lone no vote that would effectively kill the rfk jr. nomination. at this stage of the confirmation process? take a listen to just a little of the back and forth with cassidy and kennedy during that hearing, which shows how cassidy is wrestling with this decision. >> a worthy movement. called maha to. >> improve the health of. americans are to undermine it. always asking for more evidence and never accepting the evidence that is there. does a 70 year old man. 71 year old man who has spent dec

as a carpenter, i've seen every window problem out there. >> and robert f. kennedy. >> welcome back. you are now watching the senate finance committee meeting, where they will be voting to advance robert f kennedy, jr.. s nomination to be hhs secretary. >> for that to occur, we will proceed with statements. and i will proceed first, then senator wyden, and then we will rotate from one side to the other until we are at a point where we are prepared for the vote. does that fit with you, senator? yes, sir. mr. kennedy, if confirmed, will have the opportunity to deliver much needed change to our nation's health care system. he has spent his career fighting to end america's chronic illness epidemic, and has been a leading advocate for health care transparency, both for patients and for taxpayers. mr. kennedy has also clearly responded to our questions during the rigorous due diligence process in his hearing. also, and in the course of answering over 900 questions for the record that were asked by members of this committee. in response to members of the committee, mr. ken

this, as trump's pick for health secretary, robert f. kennedy jr., moves a big step closer to his own confirmation. >> department of health and human services, robert f. kennedy jr. of california, to be secretary. >> reporter: the senate voting along party lines to advance his nomination to a full vote tomorrow. and robert f. kennedy jr. does appear to have the support he needs to be confirmed tomorrow. one republican, senator, bill cassidy, who is also a doctor, was on the fence. he expressed some concern about the misinformation that kennedy has pushed surrounding vaccines. but cassidy is up for re-election next year. he has now said that he will, in fact, be supporting kennedy, keenly aware of the pressure he could face, david. >> david: rachel scott live up on the hill for us. thank you, rachel. >>> late today, new attorney general pam bondi revealing a new lawsuit against new york state and its attorney general, letitia james. the attorney general accusing new york of resisting federal efforts to enforce the nation's immigration laws. >>> n

his father, robert f kennedy, was in the senate, so were both of his uncle, john kennedy and edward kennedy. so for him to be confirmed on a vote and included 0 democrats and all republicans, it's an unusual place for him to be, but trumps nominees seem to be going through almost entirely on a party line basis. yet why is that, john? because as you say, we've seen several nominations now and it seems almost inevitable that whoever trump has paid is likely to be a rubber stamps of the will be seen. so many of them to be controversial candidates in part because one thing a lot of them have in common is that they have been heavily critical of the agencies that they are appointed to oversee cash patel was approved by a committee vote. he'll still have to be approved by the full senate, but that was also a party line vote. and the reason for that is he's been a heavy critic of the fbi i. he's called them government gangsters. and then you've got a chelsea gabbert, the director of national intelligence recently approved on a party line vote as well with mitch mcconnell again voting against her. u

alsobrooks: two weeks ago i had the opportunity to question robert f. kennedy, the president's nominee to serve as the secretary of health and human services. i asked mr. kennedy jr. a simple question -- what different vaccine schedule would you say i should have received? i asked this question because just three years ago, kennedy said -- and i quote -- we should not be giving black people the same vaccine schedule that's given to whiteses because their immune system is better than ours. when i asked him this question, mr. kennedy referenced a study by poland, a study he assured me, and not just me but also my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and the american people watching, that this study asserted -- that this study asserted that indeed certain races required a different vaccine schedule. that was a lie. in fact, the study's own author stated the data doesn't support a change in vaccine schedule based on race. mr. kennedy's response was damning, and his response was dangerous. and so i followed up following the hearing with a letter and with questions.

they told us to get off the lawn and you know what robert f kennedy junior did?s the first thing i'm going to address when i become secretary of human health services. that is what we need, someone, a politician and elected officials to go for the american people to be the voice and we were there cheering and supporting him because he's taking our issues to the highest level the government and talking about it in a way that we are actually looking at real reform. you saw the red green die band, because the leaders finally get up and put special interests aside and get real reform done in our food system. >> rfk so what you guys were doing and he got on board and then trump saw what rfk was doing and said i want you aboard and if you come aboard, i'm not going to forget you after i'm elected and so far they are fulfilling their dream and goal and it's up to get confirmation across the goal line. you believe he will get confirmed? just your gut and from what people have told you? >> it will be a fundamental life-changing decision for every senator votes no on that

. >> to support robert f. kennedy jr. s nomination to run hhs. >> to the senate. for final approval. that approval, despite. >> fierce objections from senate. >> democrats on the. >> finance committee, the. >> republican led committee. >> advanced kennedy's nomination. >> to the floor today on. >> a party. >> line vote. >> democrats on the committee all voting against him, citing their concerns. about rfk. >> jr's vaccine. >> skepticism, skepticism, his activism against. >> it, his complaints, continuing complaints about autism. >> completely disavowed despite all of the scientific. >> evidence, and also. >> that he has no management. >> experience to run the second biggest agency in government. >> second only to the pentagon. republican louisiana. >> senator cassidy, a medical doctor, as you say, at first, said. >> he was struggling with the vote. >> he fell into. line and. >> voted yes. meeting with kennedy. several times, he said. multiple times. >> including again this morning. >> and now to another. >> big controversy. >> elon musk. the rapid transformation by

we are meeting today to consider the nomination of robert f. kennedy, jr., to be secretary of the u.s. department of health and human services. we are still waiting to get all of our members here, and while we wait for that to occur, we will proceed with statements. i will proceed first, then senator wyden, and then we will rotate from one side to the other until we are at a point where we will prepare for the vote. is that good with you? sen. wyden: yes, sir. chair crapo: mr. kennedy, if confirmed, will have the opportunity to deliver much-needed change to our nation's health care system. he has spent his career fighting to end america's chronic illness epidemic and has been a leading advocate for health care transparency both for patients and for taxpayers. mr. kennedy has also clearly responded to our questions during the rigorous due diligence process and his hearing also and in the course of answering over 900 questions for the record that were asked by members of this committee. in response to members of the committee, mr. kennedy has even amende

obviously, robert f kennedy senior was his father, the former attorney general. hn f kennedy, and he seems to believe that that fame and that progeny coming from that family and him being a rich man makes him smarter than scientists, makes him more learned than scientists, and know better. you, as the publisher of a magazine that devotes itself to science. would you publish an op ed by robert f kennedy jr if he offered one about, you know, race, science and whether covid is targeted to affect only white and black people and not jewish people. would you publish an article like that? >> well. >> we have. >> always asked officials if they are in roles like this to publish with us. typically, we don't get one from the secretary of health and human services, but we would certainly consider one from the secretary if he wanted to submit it. but it would have to be subjected to scrutiny by our processes. and if it had something in it that was stated as a fact, but it was really his opinion, then we would have to talk about whether we could publish that or not. >> yeah. >>

. >> we are meeting to consider the nomination of robert f kennedy junior secretary the u.s. department of health and services. we are still waiting to get our members here while we wait for that to occur. if confirmed, he will have the opportunity to deliver much-needed change to our nation's healthcare system. he spent his career fighting to end the epidemic and leading advocate for healthcare transparency both for patients and taxpayers. mr. kennedy clearly responded to questions during rigorous due diligence process in the course of answering 900 questions and beyond what's required and has proven his commitment to the role of secretary of the hhs and i will vote in favor of his nomination. i strongly encourage my colleagues on both sides of the i recognize senator wyden for remarks. >> i'll have a brief statement and several colleagues on my side and robert kennedy's nation healthcare officer. before we get to kennedy why he singularly unfit, i'd like to say this. the last several days we witnessed authoritarian takeover federal government by elon musk and trump. they se

his father, robert f. kennedy and his 2 uncles and john and edward kennedy, both served as democrats in the senate and yet not a single democrat voted for him. so this is yet another controversy, old domini, who has made it through entirely on the support of republicans. yes, john. so trump's picks are being approved along party lines. this is not the 1st one that we've seen. why is that? is right, trump doesn't seem to be even trying to get democratic vote. she's able to get these people through on partisan vote. and one of the things that many of them have in common and what makes them controversial is that they are strong. critics of the agencies that they lead cash patel just got through a senate judiciary committee vote on a, a partisan 12 to 10 votes and he's been an intent critic of the f. b i's. he's developed a, an enemies list. you said he would get rid of people in the agencies, the, he's call them government gangsters. he to his soften some of those views in his hearings at, but he got through, i do this year. he can me vote, he's going then to be voted on by the full sen

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tonight, the senate confirming robert f. kennedy jr. as the new secretary of health and human services. what one republic senator said right after about holding rfk jr. accountable on vaccines. >>> 24 hours after president trump spent 90 minutes on the phone with vladimir putin, the president telling reporters today that he does trust putin when it comes to ukraine. >>> the u.s. aircraft carrier tonight colliding at sea with another ship. the u.s. carrier with two nuclear reactors onboard. >>> the stunning new images tonight emerging of that military jet crash. the jet in a nose dive, plunging from the sky. >>> tonight, the new report, have some americans had bird flu without even knowing? what this report reveals tonight. >>> in new york city, the incredible moment on the new york city subway. a mother giving birth, passengers helping to deliver the baby girl. >>> and tonight, the images now being seen around the world. a kayaker briefly swallowed by a humpback whale. how he escaped unharmed. >>> good evening. we begin tonight with the

>> reporter: robert f. kennedy jr., a lifelong democrat turned fierce trump supporter, widely accused of spreading misinformation on vaccines, was confirmed today by the senate as the next secretary of health and human services. >> the yeas are 52, the nays are 48, the confirmation is confirmed. >> reporter: not a single democrat voted for kennedy, and only one republican voted against him. former leader mitch mcconnell, who said kennedy has a, quote, record of trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories and eroding trust in public health institutions. >> do you trust him on vaccines? do you trust he's going -- >> we're going to hold him accountable, and that's how we will get the trust. >> reporter: kennedy's rise marks a defeat for many members of his own family who publicly denounced him, including caroline kennedy, daughter of president john f. kennedy. >> i've known bobby my whole life, we grew up together. it's no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets, because bobby himself is a predator. >> reporter:

times in the hearing, asking him to say definitively that vaccines do not cause autism, and robert f kennedy jr just never made that concession. so there's a lot of politics at play here, chris. robert. bill cassidy is up for reelection in 2026. had he voted no and effectively killed the kennedy nomination, that would have probably bought a tremendous amount of backlash from the maga world and likely led to a primary challenge, he said, that did not involve his decision making process here. he said he felt like he got the assurances he needed, and that's why he voted yes. chris. >> so, congressman, senator cassidy referenced intense conversations with the white house and specifically j.d. vance in coming to his decision. what does it say about the role the trump administration has played in ensuring that republican senators line up behind their nominees? >> without a. >> doubt. >> chris, and you heard. ryan allude to it. republicans worry these days. >> more than anything. >> else about their primaries, and. they know. >> that getting. >> sideways with president trump increases primary risk

of confirmation hearings. >> for. >> robert f. kennedy jr. was something that he didn't or wouldn't say, which was that he accepted established science, showing no link between vaccines and autism. this was something that multiple senators pressed. robert f. kennedy jr. on, most notably, senator bill cassidy, who is a physician and is the chair of the senate health committee, which hosted the second day's confirmation hearing. here's an example of one exchange between those two on this topic. >> if you. >> are approved. >> to this decision, to this position, will you say unequivocally, will you will you reassure mothers unequivocally and without qualification, that the measles and hepatitis b vaccines do not cause autism? >> senator. >> i am not going into the agency with any. >> kind of a yes or no question because. so if you're because the data is there and that's kind of a yes or no. and i don't mean to cut you off, but that really is a yes or no. >> if the data is there, i will absolutely do that. >> now there is the data. just because i u

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so he had the pleasure of questioning both tulsi gabbard and robert f kennedy jr today. bennet, i know it's been a really long day. thank you for being here tonight. >> well, it's. >> been too long, rachel. >> i'm very happy to see. >> you tonight. >> i'm happy to see you, too. >> thank you. >> for having me. >> of course. tell me your overall impression of miss gabbard at her hearing today, and how you think she did and what you what you were thinking in that moment that just just played for our viewers. >> i think. >> that she. >> didn't. >> do well. and i think she. >> didn't do well with republicans and democrats, not because of, you know, an attack on. >> her patriotism. >> which is what she kept asserting before the hearing even started. but because i think there's a. >> lot of question. >> about her judgment. you know, it just seems like. >> every time she has. >> the opportunity to go out of her. >> way inside. >> for example, with a dictator. >> who has. >> rolled over. >> the peaceful border of, let's say, ukraine. >> she does that. >> by sending emails. >> in.

at ro covid day. >> before the break, i told you about robert f kennedy jr.s outbreak. joining me now is anna merlan, senior reporter at mother jones and author of the book republic of lies american conspiracy theorists and their surprising rise to power, which anna is a suitable book title for. what's going on? the idea that robert f kennedy jr is sitting before the united states senate millimeters away from being recommended to become the health and human services secretary, is a little hard to imagine, given his own words that have been stated to him this week. >> yeah. it's surprising. >> let's talk about this this situation. i don't know if a lot of people knew about the samoa story, and it may not feel important to a whole lot of people, but it is. it's instructive. right. you had you had the senator cassidy, who's an actual doctor, saying, i know the data. the data exists, the real data about vaccinations and mmr exist. we had senator maggie hassan saying, we want to know about autism. we want to know about what causes autism. and people like rfk who p

purple.com. >> do not visit a purple store republicans just voted to advance the nomination of robert f. >> kennedy jr., setting up a final vote on kennedy's bid to be the next health and human services secretary tomorrow morning. manu, a party line vote on this procedural measure? >> yeah. 5347 straight party lines ensuring that rfk jr. will get a final confirmation vote. and that's expected tomorrow. and that's expected to be a positive result for rfk jr.. we do not expect for republicans to break ranks to stop this nomination. so after months of battling behind the scenes and publicly, rfk jr.. on his way to be confirmed as the next secretary of health and human services, there will be some votes to watch in that vote tomorrow. one of them will be senator mitch mcconnell himself. just becoming the one republican who voted against tulsi gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence. she, of course, was confirmed on a 5248 vote. but dana mcconnell put out a statement, a scathing statement about tulsi gabbard, he said, explaining his vote against her, he said the nation should not have t

the fates of robert f. kennedy jr. and kash patel are in the hands of lawmakers now, and in moments, the senate will vote on confirming kennedy as the next secretary of health and human services. for patel, the judiciary committee is meeting right now to decide whether to advance his nomination as fbi director to the full senate. with us now cnn national security correspondent and former fbi supervisory special agent josh campbell. you have been monitoring this hearing. what can you tell us, josh? >> yeah. so it's still underway. this is the committee vote on kash patel for fbi director. the democrats have been speaking in succession, essentially slamming this nomination, you know, raising their concerns. we expect a vote to be coming up here very shortly. one thing that's interesting, you know, i'm hearing from people who are inside the fbi and this is, mind you, people from across political parties is that this type of nomination is raising concerns because we've never seen an fbi director so politically tied to a pre

now, we know that both robert f. kennedy jr., who is donald trump's nominee to lead the department of health and human services, as well as tulsi gabbard, his pick to be his director of national intelligence. both of them faced very sharp questioning from democrats and republicans alike on capitol hill this week. but according to my conversations with sources familiar with how the president's team is looking at this, they are most concerned. now, i'm told about gabbard confirmation chances, and that comes as she was pressed very hard again by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle about whether or not she believed that the acts of edward snowden were traitors to the united states. now, edward snowden is a former national security agency contractor who, back in 2013, had revealed the existence of a bulk collection of american phone records by the nsa before fleeing to russia. now we know that gabbard has said previously that she believed snowden should not face any sort of prosecution back in the united states, but she wasn't v

the lone gop vote against robert f. kennedy jr. was the foer gop leader, mitch mcconnell. kennedy was quickly sworn in. he will preside over a $1.7 trillion budget that oversees important departments like the centers for disease control and the food and drug administration. kennedy says he will focus on ending the chronic disease epidemic. he faced fierce push back over his criticism of vaccines. kash patel, trump's pick to run the fbi is expected to get a confirmation vote next week and not one republican has come out against him. >> president trump once again wading into the global trade war today. the ammunition, tariffs. they are not without setting off alarm bells, including in his own party. >> reporter: tonight president trump ordering his administration to investigate imposing tariffs on any country worldwide it deems to be employing unfair trade practices. >> they charge us a tax or tariff. >> reporter: >> it has been very nasty. they have not treated us properly. >> reporter: there is growing concern in the president's own party over tariffs he has already announc

. >> i saw the robert f kennedy junior get nominated -- i solve that robert f. kennedy, jr.' went through. mitch mcconnell spoke against it. what you say about that? pres. trump: i feel sorry for mitch. he wanted to go to the end and wanted to stay leader. he is not mentally able. he was not able 10 years ago. mitch mcconnell never really had it. he had an ability to raise money because of his position as leader, which anybody could do. you could do it even, and that is saying a lot. the fact is, he raised money, to give a lot of money to senators, so we had a little loyalty based on the fact that as leader, you can raise a little money. senators would call me and say, he wants to give me $25 million, can i take it? i would say, take the money. so he engendered a certain amount of, i don't even call it loyalty, he, you know, was able to get votes. but i was the one that got him to drop out of the leadership position, so he can't love me, but he's not voting against then, he's voting against me. he endorsed me. you know that mitch endorsed me, right? you think that was easy? >

robert f kennedy jr is now in charge of the nation's health department.he senate confirmed rfk's nomination for health and human services secretary this morning. the vote was close 52 to 48. republican senator mitch mcconnell, who survived polio as a child, voted against kennedy after raising concerns about his position on vaccines. rfk jr has been an outspoken critic of vaccines, but during his nomination hearing, he backtracked and said he supports vaccines, but refused to say that they do not cause autism, something we know that has since been debunked. so what does kennedy junior's new power mean for the future of our health care system in america? he is expected to make a lot of waves, and we want to get some answers now from susan poland, executive director of the american public health association. thanks so much for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> in broad strokes, can you paint the picture of what we expect public health to look like with rfk jr leading the department of health and human services? >> i think he has a very big learning

iniciamos con esto, es oficial robert f. kennedy jr.l nuevo secretario de salud en el gabinete de donald trump. recibiÓ 52 votos a favor y 48 en contra. el senador mitch mcconnell, republicano, quien tuvo polio cuando era niÑo, fue el Único que votÓ no por parte de ese partido. >> robert f. kennedy jr. de 61 aÑos, conocido como escÉptico de las vacunas, contestÓ las preguntas de los demÓcratas del comitÉ del senado. estÁ al mando o estarÁ mÁs bien al mando de un departamento que maneja 1.7 billones de dÓlares en gastos federales y harÁ recomendaciones de vacunas y seguridad alimentaria. >> siguiendo con el tema, un juez federal le da vÍa libre a un plan de donald trump de ofrecer incentivos a los empleados federales para que dejen de manera voluntaria sus trabajos en la administraciÓn. >> y de este modo elimina la pausa temporal a esta oferta dictada por otro juez. asÍ que la salida voluntaria podrÍa seguir su camino. javier vega nos acompaÑa ahora en vivo desde la capital del paÍs. javier buenas tardes. >> buenas tardes. nicole octavio

also a short time ago robert f. kennedy, jr. moved one step closer to becoming health and human services secretary. the senate finance committee last hour voted along party lines to advance his nomination out of committee and onto the full senate for a vote. and we expect the senate intelligence committee to vote today on tulsi gabbard's nomination for director of one potential hold-out there moderate republican senator susan collins. now she is backing tulsi gabbard. >> i will vote for her. i believe she is committed to strengthening our national security. and i questioned to her extensively about her views on edward snowden and i am now satisfied that she will not seek in any way to have him pardoned. >> harris: you will remember the edward snowden case behind one of the biggest classified document leaks in u.s. history. now senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill with more. a lot of staccato quick movement now. >> absolutely. also doug collins is up for v.a. they'll vote on him today. the finance co

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appointments with 52 to 48 votes. kennedy is an environmental him, and the son of the late sent it to robert f. kennedy. for $100.00 is in washington dc with the latest robert f. kennedy junior was approved his secretary of health and human services by the senate in a narrow party line vote. 52 republicans voted for him. 48 democrats voted against him and there was one republican no, but with that came from mitch mcconnell, the former republican leader in the senate. for him. it was personal. he had childhood polio. and he said he's seen vaccines save millions of people in the kennedy simply didn't merit that position because of his dance on vaccines. and because of his conspiracy theories, there kennedy is a vaccine skeptic who has previously linked vaccines to autism. he has walk back some of those comments with that is what made him a controversial candidacy this morning for a short time ago when people actually hear what i think about vaccines, which is common sense, which is facts in should be tested, they should be safe. everybody should have informed consent as people, people are reacting becaus

tuesday, members of the nate finance committee vote on whether to recommend the nomination of robert f kennedy junior as health and human services secretary. if so, his nomination will go to e senate floor for a vote. we will cover this live. >> alive form involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy. from washington to across the country. tuesday morning, or the executive director of the center for immigration studies will talk about the recent deportation actions and broader immigration policy. a bloomberg news reporter will talk about elon musk's role in the government. and a texas congresswoman will talk about her legislative priorities and the democrats approach to the trump administration and the republican congress. join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning.