can trust anymore. - well, the senate finance committee just this week has voted to advance robert f. kennedy jr.'s nomination to run the department of health and human services. 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 conc

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 tried

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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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

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

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. >>> now

. >> 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

colleagues with a great deal of concern to discuss the trump administration's nomination of robert f. kennedy jr be the next secretary of the department of health and human services. to put it very simply at the outset, robert f. kennedy, rfk jr. is unfit to lead the highest health office in our nation. first of all, rfk has no -- let me repeat -- no health or medical experience. that in and of itself should be a red flag on this nominee who is supposed to be tasked with leading our nation's health agency. but sadly that's not where the red flags end. from his radical and dangerous opinions on vaccines and other public health to his promises to cut medical research to his ever changing position on women's rights to access reproductive health care, he has proven that he lacks the credibility, the knowledge, and the capability to be the secretary of health and human services. so let's take a step back. when president trump ran his campaign, he ran a campaign on lowering costs for working americans. well, where has that promise gone. we saw today that inflation has gone up in the last quarter. it's

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 amended hi

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. kennedy has even amended his ethics agreement, going beyond what is required by the government office of ethics. mr. kennedy has proven hi

secretary of health and human services nominee robert f. kennedy jr. and director of national intelligence nominee tulsi gabbard both advancing out of committee today. tonight, rfk jr. overcoming the reservations of a key republican senator who is also a doctor. that senator now supporting rfk jr. the senator up for re-election. here's our senior political correspondent rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, two of the president's most controversial nominees clearing key hurdles, on track for confirmation. as skeptical republican senators fall in line. health secretary nominee robert f. kennedy jr. winning approval of the finance committee after the lone republican holdout, bill cassidy of louisiana, who is also a doctor, voted yes. >> mr. cassidy. >> aye. >> mr. cassidy, aye. >> reporter: cassidy had grilled kennedy over his years of spreading misinformation about vaccines. the senator acknowledged he was struggling with the nomination. but ultimately cassidy, who is facing re-election next year, fully aware of the pressure he could face for voting no. no

this committee stands >> the senate finance committee voted along party lines to approve robert f. kennedy, jr.'s nomination to be hhs secretary, sending his nomination to the senate for debate. a vote has not yet been scheduled that could come up next week. if confirmed, mr. kennedy kennedy would oversee the health and human services agency. >> democracy. it is not just an idea. it is a process shaped leaders elected to the highest offices and entrusted to a select few with guarding its basic principles. it is where debates unfold, decisions are made, and the nation's course is charted. mocker see in real-time. -- democracy in real-time. this is your government network. this is c-span, giving you your democracy unfiltered. >> c-span, democracy unfiltered. we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> think this is just a community center? it is way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with more than a thousand community centers to create wi-fi enabled centers so students can be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service along with thes

jr. accountable on vaccines. here's jonathan karl. >> mr. kennedy, are you pro-choice -- >> reporter: robert f. kennedy jr., 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. >> reporter: not a single democrat voted for kennedy, only one 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 car klein 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: kennedy was sworn in today in the oval office. after kennedy endorsed him on t

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 sig

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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robert f. kennedy jr.re. >> reporter: prepping for after-school snack time at sarah kho's house starts long before they get home. >> every ingredient in this is organic. >> reporter: the mother is strict about what goes into her pantry and her kids, avoiding artificial ingredients. she is part of the maha movement, robert f. kennedy jr. supporters who say they want to make america healthy again. >> the maha movement is bringing us back to healthy foods that come directly from nature and not processed foods that have gone through so many steps to get to our table. >> reporter: cho is a democrat. she lives in new jersey. >> it's not a political issue. it's an issue of do you want your kids to get the best food or not. do you want your kid to have the best environment to live in. >> reporter: kennedy has pledged to address america's chronic diseases, poor diets, and environmental toxins. but as recently as 2023, he repeated a debunked claim, saying, quote, i do believe that autism does come from vaccines. mul

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.

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robert f kennedy jr, our nation's new health secretary, says that taking that vaccine makes us the land of the cowed home of the slave. robert f kennedy jr has advocated. i kid you not, not only against that vaccine. in the abstract, he has advocated specifically that getting measles is good for you, that you should try to get measles, quote, facts about measles. you won't learn from miss fatima pedia. i don't even know what that means. number six unlike merck's vaccine, wild measles infection confers lifetime immunity from measles having measles in childhood, he says, quote, may also reduce the risk of atopic disease, heart disease, hodgkin's and non-hodgkin's lymphomas, and some other cancers. got that? get measles. try to get measles. it's good for you. it keeps you from getting cancer, says podcast man. but if you're the chairman of the senate health committee and you're a practicing physician. and our country has a current measles outbreak that has already put at least 13 kids in the hospital as of tonight, you know, one of the things you could do is you could call podcast guy in f

have been calling different lawmakers on capitol hill trying to shore up support for both robert f. kennedy jr., as well as tulsi gabbard following their tough confirmation hearings this week. 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 sa

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 pr

by tomorrow evening, we expect robert f. kennedy jr. to take to be in charge of the nation's health agencies. after republicans fell behind the president's demands. >> yeah, they sure have. manu, thank you so much for that reporting here with me at the table, cnn's kasie hunt, cnn's eva mckend dave weigel of semafor and cnn's chief national security correspondent, alex marquardt. alex, i'm going to start with you. and before i bring you in, i want to play what chuck schumer, the democratic leader of the u.s. senate, said just moments before this vote began on tulsi gabbard. >> this endangers. >> our security. >> and my. >> guess is. >> if a secret ballot were. cast on. >> tulsi gabbard. maybe she'd get ten votes. you all know how bad she is. and so i know that there are that people feel they want to please the president in his nomination, but there are certain times you have to buck and stand up and say, no, this is just a very bad choice for america. >> alex, i don't know if it would be ten votes, but just from my reporting and i'm gue

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

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 announ

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

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> maurice: robert f. kennedy jralth and human services after the senate confirmed him 52-48. >> john: former republican leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky, a polio survivor, joined the democrats in voting no. kennedy will oversee the food and drug administration, the national institutes of health, and the cdc. >> maurice: kennedy has long had the supportive of an unlikely coalition of parents known as maha. elaine quijano talked with two of them. >> reporter: prepping for after-school snack time at sarah cho's house starts long before her children get home. >> every ingredient in this is organic. >> reporter: the mother of three is strict about what goes into her pantry and her kids, avoiding artificial and processed ingredients. she's part of the maha movement, robert f. kennedy jr. supporters who say they want to make america healthy again. >> the maha movement is bringing us back to healthy foods that come directly from nature and not processed foods that have gone through so many steps to get to our table. >> re

robert f. kennedy jr.e america healthy again. >> the maha movement is bringing us back to healthy foods that come directly from nature. and not processed foods that have gone through so many steps to get to our table. >> reporter: cho is a democrat. she lives in new jersey. >> it is not a political issue, it's an issue do you want your kids to get the best food or not? do you want your kid to have the best environment to live in? >> reporter: kennedy has pledged to address america's chronic diseases, poor diet, and environmental toxins, but as recently as 2023, he repeated a debunked claim saying, "i do believe that autism does come from vaccines." multiple studies have shown there is no link between vaccines and autism. like cho, theresa warner is also a maha mother of three, who's conscientious about the food she serves her family. she too supports kennedy. that's her in the middle. but she's a republican. what is it about rfk jr. that resonates most with you? >> i think one of the things is certainly hi

host: when it comes to the nomination process, the hill reported that tulsi gabbard and robert f. kennedy, jr. on tuesday cleared crucial hurdles toward winning senate confirmation and handing president trump a key win as he looks for an early display of loyalty. kennedy overcame high-stakes committee bows that went down to the wire in the bid to lead the u.s. intelligence apparatus and firm in of health and human services, respectively. skeptical republicans on each committee made the decision to back them in the final votes after trump officials including vice president vance and other republican leaders cajoled them into maintaining an unblemished slate of nominees. one was talking about his decision to distort -- support robert kennedy was bill cassidy, the chair of the senate health and pension committee explaining the yes vote. [video clip] >> facebook of the assurances on vaccines and his platform to positively influence american s'health, it is my consideration that he will get this done. as i said, it has been a long intense process, but i've assessed it as i would assess a patient a

he was the only republican who came out in opposition to robert f. kennedy, jr.. kennedy was able to assuage other republicans who had concerns about his views on vaccines, including senator lisa murkowski, a longtime swing vote on the gop side, who i asked about his about the commitments he gave her on the issues of vaccine. >> well, i think there are many of us who have asked for specific commitments, most specifically related to vaccines, and we want to be able to hold him accountable to that. so we're going to be checking him in, we're going to be calling him in and we're going to be following through. >> do you trust him that on vaccines or do you trust that he's going to. >> you're going to hold him accountable. and that's how we will get the trust. >> of all 47 democrats voted against rfk jr.. in the other one, of course, mitch mcconnell making it 5248 vote. but then also today on another party line vote, this was a kash patel to be the next fbi director at vance on the senate judiciary committee on a 12 to 10 vote that sets up his confirmation for that crit

. >> reporter: we saw a robert f. kennedy jr. get confirmed, mitch mcconnell has now voted against several of your nominees, moaning against rfk jr. as a nextel secretary citing conspiracy theories. what is your reaction to that? >> president donald trump: i feel sorry for mitch. i was one of the people, he wanted to go to the end and stay later. he is not equipped mentally. he wasn't equipped ten years ago mentally in my opinion. he let the republican party go to. if i didn't come along then it would even exist right now. mitch mcconnell never really had it. he had an ability to raise money because of his position as leader which anyone can do. you could do it even and that is saying a lot. the fact is that he raised money and gave a lot of money to senators and had a little loyalty based in the fact that as leader you can raise a lot of money. senators would call me and said he wants to give me 2,025,000,000, can i take it? >> president donald trump: take the money. a certain amount of, i even call it loyalty but he was able to

long time anti-vaccine activist robert f kennedy jr was confirmed earlier today by the senate.52 to 48. as senator mitch mcconnell, who was a polio survivor, was the only republican to join all of the democrats in opposing kennedy. don't give him any credit. the reason trump is still there is him and his ascent. rfk jr, that is, could not come at a more alarming time right now. the flu is surging across the country, overwhelming hospitals and forcing school closures in some states. at least 24 million cases have been reported this season, and that number is still rising. at the same time, a measles outbreak has hit a small town in texas. at least 24 cases have been detected in gaines county. two adults and 22 children, all of whom were unvaccinated. and today, the cdc released a report that shows increased evidence of the bird flu spreading to people. as some veterinarians who work with cows were unknowingly infected last year. the washington post reports that the report is one of three about bird flu that were scheduled to be published three weeks ago by the cdc. but the scien

leadership. >> is that they do not. >> think that there will be. >> a single yes vote for robert. >> f kennedy jrz, i think there is a. >> lot. >> to. >> be said about. >> that. >> that, you know. >> gaetz just did not have. very many. friends on capitol. >> hill, and there was. not a. >> willingness to. >> stand up for him in the way that they're willing to stand up for some of these. other nominees, just because of the. personal animus that. >> they had for. matt gaetz. you know, i think a lot of. republicans are very concerned about the lack of. qualifications and the. >> history of some of. >> these cabinet. >> nominees. but they also don't want to take on donald. trump and. >> spend their political capital in a vain like this. >> matt gaetz was the exception there, and it. >> had a lot to. >> do with his lack. >> of credentials and. >> the things that he. >> had said in the past. but it also had to do that. they just didn't. >> like. >> him as a human being. and so i think that played a. big role in why you saw him take such. >> an early. >> exit. >> because. >> it was message. >> to donald.

you know, robert f kennedy jr is going to most probably be in the cabinet. you know, the last time there was a kennedy in the cabinet, it was attorney general, i believe. right. his father. >> his father. >> and so you talk about the trajectory there and what it means to have a kennedy in the cabinet of the united states. >> and a different kind of kennedy, if you remember, on the president when he was running for president, his third party, his family did a press conference denouncing his candidacy, his family did that. and then in this, in this sort of process to get nominated, caroline kennedy, you know, came out and made a point. >> who was made ambassador to japan by biden, correct. >> you know, made a statement that was extraordinarily critical of rfk jr. so, first of all, the family dynamics are amazing here. >> the kennedy family dynamics are certainly the fodder of a million books and a million books to come. >> that's absolutely right on the policy. it's interesting because there were democrats initially that were willing to lend an ear to rfk jr, i

tulsi gabbard and robert f kennedy jr.. e now headed for final floor votes after their nominations were voted out of committee yesterday, with rfk jr.. the big question mark had been republican senator and physician bill cassidy. he ended up voting for rfk as the next hhs secretary and committee, explaining his vote afterward on the senate floor. >> now, 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. these commitments, and my expectation that we can have a great working relationship to make america healthy again, is the basis. >> of. >> my support. >> joining me right now is doctor paul offit. he's the director of the vaccine education center at children's hospital of philadelphia. doctor offit, thanks for coming back in. you have been very clear about how da

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

so to that point, robert f. kennedy jr., who is a vaccine skeptic himself, is on the verge of taking over america's health agency in the coming hours. the senate is set to vote on his confirmation to serve as the next secretary of health and human services, after he largely won over some republican senators skeptical of his views on vaccines. democrats holding the senate floor wednesday to oppose him. >> americans didn't vote to bring back measles. americans didn't vote to bring back polio. >> mr. kennedy. >> masquerades as a crusader for healthy foods and someone who just wants to quote, i just want to ask some questions. i just want to study the science. america, the senate. don't be fooled rfk is. >> not the best or the brightest. >> he will not. >> bring back. >> camelot or make. >> america healthy. >> again. >> but his ignorance. >> of science just. >> might make people sick again. >> and yet, he's going to be the secretary of health and human services. you know, to have that measles outbreak is notable. joe walsh, in