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

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

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

. >> we are meeting to consider the nomination of robert f kennedy junior secretary the u.s.ent 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 set their

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

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

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

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

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.

least 10 people were killed by us present. donald trump's big for america's top house official, robert f kennedy junior, is a step closer and is bit to take up his role. the chairman, the file tally is 14 eyes. 13 nice with the clerk please. recently public ends on the senate finance committee voted to advance the nomination of our escape. julia, as he's commonly known as an environmental lawyer and the son of the late senator robert f. kennedy. he's also an option, spoke and critical for my household cheese. anthony found you as well as a vaccine skeptic. old democrats on the committee, oppose the vote. he will do senators want their legacy to include disregarding basic health science and instead elevate conspiracy. they're making robert kennedy, secretary of health and human services. in my view, colleagues would be a grave threat to the health of the american people. and i urge my colleagues this morning to vote now that spring in rosalind jordan in washington, dc for me on this. so r s k ross has cleared a crucial senate power vote didn't come as a surprise 1st or it did not come as a surpri

will tulsi gabbard and robert f. kennedy jr. sail through as well?rasso is here on the president's cabinet and his agenda, next. ♪ ♪ maria: welcome back. the senate returns to capitol hill tomorrow to continue confirmation hearings for president trump's cabinet nominees including voting for cloture for pam bondi as u.s. attorney general expected sometime in the afternoon, then next friday republican senators are headed to the mar-a-lago, invited by president trump to hash out next steps on executing his bold agenda. joining me now is senate majority if whip, wyoming senator john barrasso. senator, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you, maria. maria: let's get right to it. you are on the senate finance committee that will vote on robert f. kennedy jr. on tuesday. do you believe kennedy has the votes to get confirmed as hhs secretary? >> we're working very hard to make sure that that happens on tuesday but first, maria, we are just two weeks into the trump administration, and washington does not know what hit it. the president has mo

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the senate finance committee will vote today on whether to advance the nomination of robert f kennedyfor health and human services secretary. the fate of kennedy's bid could fall upon republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana. senator cassidy, a medical doctor, is a member of the finance committee and chairman of the health committee. the other panel that held a hearing for rfk jr. he has openly struggled with kennedy's nomination. meanwhile, another of trump's cabinet picks just picked up a key endorsement ahead of her committee vote. later today, republican senator susan collins of maine has announced she will vote in favor of tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence. she explained her decision to reporters yesterday. >> after extensive consideration, conversations with her in my office, attending the hearing, questioning her there and listening to her in the closed session, i decided to vote that i will vote for her. i believe she's committed to strengthening our national security, and i questioned her extensively about her views on edward snowden, and i am now satisf

robert f. kennedy jr. just cleared a major hurdle in his path to become health and human services secretary. the senate finance committee advancing his nomination along party lines. and it all came down to gop senator bill cassidy, who ultimately voted yes. i want to go straight to cnn's manu raju on capitol hill. manu, what more are we learning about cassidy's decision to vote yes? >> well, this was a surprise. well, for people on both sides, they really did not know how he would ultimately come down because he had been struggling with this nomination. he said that publicly last week. he had not made a decision on that as of last night. this morning, he indicated in a post on x that he had had a number of conversations all up until this critical vote, and he posted on social media saying that he had intense conversations with bobby kennedy over the weekend, as well as with the white house. he said he'd received some, quote, serious commitments from the administration. he also indicated that he spoke to th

has advanced robert f. kennedy jr. >> s bid to. >> become the next. secretary of the department of health. >> and. >> human services. >> it comes. >> after republican senator. >> bill. >> cassidy. >> a. >> doctor, signaled he. >> had reservations over kennedy's qualifications, citing his past as a vaccine skeptic. >> but in. >> the. >> end. >> cassidy voted yes after citing the opportunity to work together on other issues. >> kennedy's nomination will now face a full senate vote. joining us now. co-founder of punchbowl news. jake sherman, also an msnbc contributor. >> so, jake. >> good morning. this was well, people were wondering how it was going to turn out. it could have turned out the other way. all on really one vote. >> that's right. i mean. >> listen. >> we have to remember, jose, that when it comes to a president's cabinet. nine and a half times out of ten, the president's party is going to support that nominee. i don't say this as a about trump or about any other. this is a totality that presidents parties tend to support their cabinet nomine

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maria: i think most people want to see a change to our health and i do believe robert f kennedy junior do you think about the committee hearings because what i'm hearing about tosi gabbard they are not there yet they don't have the votes for tulsi gabbard. it looks like kennedy and casper tell get through i'm not sure about tosi gabbard what do you think. >> i think she has more conversations to have into clarify a couple of things. she's very smart i've known her for years and i like her a lot but she wasn't quite as aggressively clear as she could've been in the last hearing. on the other hand robert f kennedy junior has already done the country an enormous service by emphasizing the health aspect rather than the sickness aspect. he wants americans to be healthier and that's the least expensive kind of healthcare, if we keep you healthy you don't need all the expensive procedures. maria: great point. john barrasso told me will probably have five confirmed cabinet members this week including pam bondi, howard lutnick and others, will see about that, always a pleasure good to see you.

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.

senators really worked to get to a place where they feel comfortable testing a yes vote for robert f. kennedye senator from louisiana had real concerns about his stance on vaccines. he spent a lot of time talking to kennedy. he talked to the white house and the vice president. he got to a place where he feels as though enough guardrails are in place where vaccines will not be in danger if kennedy becomes the next health and human services secretary, which is the reason he voted yes, which opened the door to a full senate vote in favor of kennedy. >> let's turn over to tulsi gabbard now. one senator that was on the fence received pressure from elon musk to vote for her. could we see opposition from many other republicans, do you think? >> the answer is no. it looks as though most republicans are on board. todd young told us months ago that elon musk did not attempt to influence his vote on tulsi gabbard. he went on to say that donald trump told him that he should vote his conscience. but that he did want him to vote yes for tulsi gabbard. young said that much like the conversation cassidy had

i want to play you some comments from trump's pick to health secretary robert f kennedy jr. speaking about the abortion pill during his confirmation hearing this week. take a listen. >> president trump has made. >> it clear to me. >> that one. >> of the things. >> he has not taken a. >> position yet on mifepristone. >> he a. >> detailed position, but. >> he's made it clear to me that he. >> wants me to look. at safety issues. >> and i'll. >> ask nih. >> and fda. >> to do that. >> if this administration moves to limit access to the abortion pill, how can states like yours push back? >> reverend al, we're actually already in litigation, which we brought against the biden administration because the current restrictions on mifepristone are too limiting. this is a pill that's been used for decades. it is proven to be safe. and the extra restrictions currently in place, we believe, are unnecessary. the idea that you would take it off the market is ridiculous. there's no scientific basis for it. two thirds of abortions in colorado rely on this medication. if you want to upend our s

they also signed off on robert f. kennedy jr. to lead health and human services.now go to the full vote in this senate. keep in mind that both of these individuals who are now among the closest advisors and potential cabinet members to president donald trump were democrats, not too long ago. then they became independents and endorsed president trump over the summer. becoming an independent in 2022 enjoying the republican party last year during the election process. it is really astounding to see how this new coalition is coming together support president trump in the cabinet meanwhile senate democrats have put holes on the trump nominees to drag this process out because they are accusing the new administration of a authoritarian moves like shutting down the state department's usaid agency and quote purging the justice department and the fbi. watch this. >> we have a hold on all of them and we will continue that hold. i will put a hold on the department of justice nominees if necessary. >> the last several days we witnessed an authoritarian takeover of our federal

the senate finance committee is scheduled to take up the nomination of robert f. kennedy jr. as health and human services and the senate intelligence committee is set to vote behind closed doors on the nomination of tulsi gabbard to be director of national intelligence. >>> and the fbi is facing a deadline of noon today to turn over to the justice department the names of employees who worked on cases related to the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol. it comes one day after there was another deadline for thousands of fbi agents and employees to fill out a trump administration questionnaire asking about their roles investigating the capitol insurrection. there's concern the president could be taking retribution against those involved in investigating january 6th. >>> secretary of state marco rubio says el salvador's president is offering to accept deported migrants from the u.s. of any nationality including violent american criminals currently in prison. rubio made the announcement during a signing ceremony on an unrelated matter with el salvador's foreign minister following

the senate finance committee will vote today on whether to advance the nomination of robert f kennedyry. the fate of kennedy's bid could fall upon republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana. senator cassidy, a medical doctor, is a member of the finance committee and chairman of the health committee. the other panel that held a hearing for rfk jr last week, and cassidy has openly struggled with kennedy's nomination, specifically when it comes to his past conspiracy theories about vaccines. meanwhile, another of trump's cabinet picks just picked up a key endorsement ahead of her committee vote later today. republican senator susan collins of maine has announced she will vote in favor of tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence. she explained her decision to reporters yesterday. >> after extensive consideration, conversations with her in my office, attending the hearing, questioning her there and listening to her in the closed session, i decided to vote that i will vote for her. i believe she's committed to strengthening our national security, and i questioned her extensivel

confirmation hearings, what movement there is on some of the more controversial nominees like robert f. kennedy, jr., tulsi gabbard. that will be interesting to see if the trump administration takes any hits on that, on those two more controversial nominees, or if they are able to convince republican senators to support them and they sail through. i'll be watching that, as well. host: emily brooks covers it all at the hill newspaper ,thehill.com. and of course the free c-span now video app. that's was having today. here's a look from you about what is on your mind. this is because hearing from you. betty, what is on your mind? caller: yes, are you there? host: yes, ma'am, i'm listening. caller: in 1970 three, the first came home, and they came through the philippines, and i wanted to say i appreciate, you are one of my rare -- it was a solemn thing to seek them it was not one way or the other. host: are you talking about vietnam pow's? caller: yes. host: you were there? caller: yes. host: why. caller: i tell people my husband works for the airlines. he really was cia. if you see the movie comin

controversial cabinet nominees, the senate finance committee will meet tuesday to decide if robert f. kennedy's nomination to health and human services secretary will advance to the full senate. it follows contentious hearings last week that saw bipartisan pushback on kennedy's anti-vaccine rhetoric. joining us right now, white house reporter for politico, sophia kai and congressional reporter for axios stephen newcomb. good to see both of you. sophia. you first. vice president vance says he doesn't expect to be a tiebreaking vote for these cabinet picks. but if he does, it would be just the third time in history a cabinet nomination needed a vice president to cross the finish line. but first, i guess we've got to get to the full senate. so how much pressure is on the white house now to try and get their nominees through? >> i think there's a lot. i mean, i think with rfk jr.. what jd vance has said is probably true as long as rfk jr. can get through the senate finance committee on tuesday, i think, you know, a bigger question. and and the person that the white house is more concerned about is

on robert f kennedy jr.alth and human services secretary, republican senator bill cassidy, chair of the senate health committee, who also sits on the finance committee, said he has been struggling with rfk jr. s nomination. well, joining me now, natasha korecki, nbc news politics reporter. natasha, welcome. i know that you covered the hearing. so is the senate finance committee announcing this tuesday vote because republicans believe they have enough support for rfk jr. s nomination. >> well, what. >> sources tell us is that they do believe he has. >> he can't he may have enough votes. >> however. >> we do know that bill cassidy. >> as as. >> you just. >> noted. a republican, a physician. >> he he also. >> chairs the. >> the health. committee that. >> that was a you know, it was. >> a. >> courtesy hearing. but it. >> was a follow. up hearing. where where rfk jr. was really grilled. >> we do know. >> that cassidy. >> has significant issues. >> he raised those. >> and we do know. >> that other senators. >> hav

>> reporter: robert f. kennedy jr.si gabbard both making their case. >> those reports that in the hearing yesterday have claimed that i am anti-vaccine and anti-industry. well, i'm neither. i'm pro-safety. >> what truly unsettles my political opponents is i refuse to be their puppet. >> reporter: kennedy, trump's pick to run the department of health and human services pressed on everything from embracing medical conspiracy theories to pushing falsehoods about vaccines. republican senator bill cassidy, a doctor and potential hurdle for his confirmation chances saying he's struggling with the nomination. >> will you reassure mothers, without qualification that the measles and hepatitis b vaccines do not cause autism? >> i'm not going into the agency with any -- >> that's kind of a yes or no question. >> if the data is there, i will absolutely do that. >> reporter: and some republicans about gabbard tapped to lead national intelligence. >> i have no love for assad or gaddafi or any dictator. >> reporter: now under scrutin

earlier this week, tulsi gabbard and robert f. kennedy jr.. faced strong pushback from both democratic and republican senators during confirmation hearings. cnn reporter elena treene has more on the campaign to get rfk jr. and tulsi gabbard confirmed. >> well, victor and amber, we are learning that the president's allies, including vice president jd vance, are making calls to lawmakers trying to shore up support for both robert f. kennedy jr. as well as tulsi gabbard. now, we know that both rfk jr. and gabbard had really tough confirmation hearings this week. both of them faced very sharp questioning from not only democrats, but also republicans, and faced the most direct skepticism thus far that we've seen of any of donald trump's cabinet nominees. now, gabbard in particular, i'm told, is the one that they are the most concerned about. they meaning white house officials and those working to help get her confirmed. they believe that some of her answers during her hearings, particularly as it related to edward snowden and whether she believed h

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you just saw there questioning robert f kennedy jr during his confirmation hearing this past week.ced that senator cassidy did not get the answer, that he was practically begging for. instead, rfk jr dodged and notably refused to say there is no link between vaccines and autism. but let's be abundantly clear here. the data is absolutely clear on this issue, and it's clear, thanks to decades of studies based on data from hundreds of thousands of patients. but despite that broad scientific consensus, rfk jr has for years been one of the most prominent anti-vaccine advocates in the world, and he continues to push the repeatedly debunked claim that vaccines can cause autism. so i think we should take a second to talk about the origin of that theory, since the guy who might or might or may not, who knows, be our next hhs secretary can't seem to let go of it. as vox has reported concerns about a possible tie between vaccine and autism spiked after a 1998 study in the uk on the mmr vaccine, and that study was led by a now discredited former physician and researcher by the name of andrew w

. >> john: he wouldn't -- even on robert f. kennedy jr.?ey: ah, well, the strongest signal was on him, because mcconnell had polio when he was a child. the vaccine is something he cares deeply about, passionately about, all vaccines. they are good for american health, and he said so, so that is a signal. >> maurice: but he played his cards close to the vest? >> lesley: always. >> john: mitch mcconnell doesn't talk much, but he did to you. we're looking forward to it, thanks, lesley stahl. >> maurice: still ahead on the friday "cbs evening news," lonnie quinn with the weather. >> john: and we will have these stories, as well. >> i'm margaret brennan in washington. we will take a look at president trump's response to the midair collision and his reshaping of the federal government. ♪ ♪ >> i'm steve hartman. when one of the greatest museums in the world went looking for a new masterpiece, who did they call? security. you'll see what i mean when we go "on the road," coming up on the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ so handsom

during the us. senate finance committee voted on the policy lines to funds the nomination of robert f. kennedy junior health secretary, as a candidate will not face a vote and the full status where he is expected to meet considerable opposition because of numerous control officers. id from vaccine skepticism is well documented for my drug use. well, instead of a night. so actually you can still somebody's noise. new finance minister is being pointed and confident. re shuffled, following the collapse of the governing coalition. he previously seth to tubbs, as the countries prime minister. it's a new new cry and says 5 civilians were killed by a russian miss. auto task on the 16th of easy them in hockey region. and you training the official, the say russia engine massages of the city center and knowing crazy. and so just at the side of the shower, to the tech is president magic time out of on his praise, the serious entering the, the, my voucher ra, a strong commitments to fighting tara to l. sharah as in ankara seeking support to be billed syria. after 13 years of civil war, president obama has

robert f kennedy jr clears a key hurdle for his confirmation as u.s. health and human services secretary. a senate panel voted to advance his nomination to the full vote earlier this month. the vote was 14 in favor, 13 against along party lines, republican senator bill cassidy, a doctor, expressed concerns over rfk jr. s stance on vaccines last week, he voted to advance the nomination. well, happening now the state of california, outlining plans to protect schools amid deportation threats by the trump admistration. nbc bay area's bob redell joining us live from san jose. this is where that city council is now taking up that action to protect undocumented immigrants. bob. yeah. good morning to you, marcus. this will be taking place in a few hours at their regular city council meeting. the city of san jose, the mayor and the city council will vote on a resolution to reaffirm the city's commitment to protect immigrants, whose only violation is being in this country without documentation. also, this is the scene up north from us. this is in sacramento at t

the senate finance committee is going to be voting on the nomination of robert f kennedy jr for secretary of health and human services, and the senate intelligence committee is going to be voting on the nomination of tulsi gabbard for the director of national intelligence. nbc news vaughn hillyard, washington. all right. thank you very much. we're going to have much more on president trump's tariff plan later in the newscast coming up at 530. our political analyst, larry gerston joins us. he's going to talk about the president's motivation for these tariffs and how much it could ultimately cost you every year. now, back to the issue of immigration and the president's massive crackdown. nbc news has learned that some migrants arrested by ice agents have been released back into the u.s. the reason space limitations and court orders. in a statement to nbc news, an ice spokesperson says federal court cases limit ice from detaining people indefinitely if their countries refuse to take them back. that's resulted in some migrants being sent back to the u.s. on a monitoring program. since taking

robert f kennedy jr. trump's nominee for secretary of health and human services.pproved by the senate finance committee. >> there's tens of millions of americans who are hopeful that rfk jr will be the next hhs secretary, and we expect all senate republicans to stand tough and strong and vote for him. >> gabbard and kennedy will now face a final vote by the entire senate. that could happen in the coming days. in an effort to keep communication ongoing with senate republicans, president trump has invited the senators and their spouses to mar-a-lago for dinner on friday. their support is critical to advancing his cabinet nominees and agenda. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> can $50 million help trump proof? california state democratic lawmakers passed two measures to try to lessen the administration's impact on issues such as the environment and immigration. will it make a difference? we'll get insights the national weather service has issued a severe thunderstorm outlook for parts of the bay area. in fact, i have one graphic up here if we can get to that from

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the son of senator robert f. kennedy and nephew of president john f. kennedy, robert kennedy jr. has been an advocate for consumers since 1985. after graduating from harvard university, mr. kennedy study at the london school of economics and received his law degree from the university of virginia law school and a masters degree in environmental law from pace university. he has founded two advocacy groups and has spent the last 40 years working to restore and protect children's health. he was a former independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election, and president trump nominated him this year to be in november of 2024 to be the hhs secretary. in announcing his nomination, president trump stated mr. kennedy will restore these agencies to the traditions of gold standard scientific research and beacons of transparency and end the chronic disease epidemic and make america great and healthy again. before you give your opening statement, mr. kennedy, i have four obligatory questions that we ask all nominees before this committee. first, is there anything that you are aware of in

you heard the clip where robert f kennedy junior just came right out and said, well now everybody knows that that's what usa id does. it's just a propaganda organization. it's an organization that promotes american foreign policy, whether over at lee or covertly, and as an american, i'm glad to see that it's going away even if that is temporary. under the effects the, the shoot issues are your as well apparently, according to the wi fi. so it shows that us the id was funding the organization involved in research at the woo hon love, which came under scrutiny following the cobit pandemic. of course. so was this purely a humanitarian program on the parts of, of us a to you? i think that's something we'll never really know the truth of the overseas. yours on the senate and house intelligence committees would know that, but it's probably so highly classified that all we could ever do would be to speculate. i wouldn't be surprised though, not with what we know now about what usa ideas been doing for all these decades. and then we have what the law must and said, hey, you choose the organizat

you heard the clipboard, robert f. kennedy junior just came right out and said, well now everybody knows that that's what usa id does. it's just a propaganda organization. it's an organization that promotes american foreign policy, whether over at lee or covertly, and as an american. i'm glad to see that it's going away, even if that is temporary. we heard one note about that we're kind of talking about . if us a id is cold, it's going to mean the likes of russia on, on china are going to get more influence around the world. will not argument tickled. i think, among democrats, yes, it will. but the truth is that, that, that's not, that's not really the situation that we see on the ground. the reason russia and china, especially china, are so successful in other countries around the world is because they spend so much is their money on a, they build roads, they build hospitals, they build airports and ports. and the united states spends its money on weapons and weapon systems. i spoke to an african diplomat once when i was still with the senate foreign relations committee. and he said, yo