so, so vacuum prime minister robert pete, so says that he's just going to march right on over to the you in front of the energy commissioner and basically say, hey, it's here for us, bobby make a choice. not that he wants to create drama. he says he isn't quote, interested in escalating tensions, but if the problem isn't solved, so lock you will have to take put hard reciprocal measures. shortly. he says, when russell says that it doesn't see a problem here that they've been quote, working with member states and with ukraine to prepare in advance for this scenario . which scenario exactly the one where the gas prices go up and blow a massive hole in the budget of you have another. busy you country the says that the gas coordination group not last week, which is i guess, another merry band of desk jockeys. and, well, they don't see any security or supply issues for the you at all. just uh you know, the industrialization of germany and skyrocketing debt and installation in france and the establishment regime changing itself right out of power across the u because national economies suc

chaos of 24, at least one of the incoming president's controversial nominees, tulsi gabbard, pete hegseth, robert f. kennedy jr., kash patel doesn't make it, that is your prediction. speaker mike johnson is reelected though it is ugly, tardy five or more house republicans oppose raising the debt ceiling forcing mr. trump and g.o.p. congressional leaders to negotiate with democrats this spring. i said earlier in the last show that when you are operating with this slim a majority, you can make stance. you can make, you know, a pushback on policy. but you have to realize that there is no alternative. there is no place to go after that. and you wonder whether some of the ones standing up like this today, if they do in the end come understand that plan b. [applause] >> i think some do, and look, and i want to make a point, there are a lot of people who were equally conservative as the four names that you just mentioned, who are nonetheless voting for johnson because they see themselves as a key member. but yes, you are right, there are people who for a variety of reasons want to make a public statemen

necessary.e >> like what question are some of the questions you seen raise whether it pete hegseth or talking to robert kennedy about different things when it comes the life issue and whose policy i've asked those questions have asked the questions in that media and the answers i got from each and every one of them have been transparent and direct i appreciate that i think is with the american people are going to see through this at this point all of the nominees i've met with and have the opportunity to vent personally are people i will support you. obviously this goes through with committee hearings and that type of thing. the american people have an opportunity to see that for themselves progress when it headsets a new raise issue of his treatment of women? >> i talked to him right there with his wife as well. he committed to ensuring women have opportunity in the armed forces. there are no truthful allegations of the mistreatment of women. >> he denied the claims that he committed sexual assault? >> correct. i asked if there any additional out and head come said no pay cuts you are a student and a

to run his administration and there's nothing about the appointments of tulsi gabbard or pete hegseth or robert kennedy, jr. that would be remotely surprising to voters who voted for him nn election day, and then we've got to go to work regardless who is in those places. mike: congressman, we know the cease-fire deal between israel and hamas has been approved and hostages are expected to return home as soon as tomorrow. do you think the deal will hold? >> it's going to be very, very difficult. i think it's got a chance, just because the region is no exhausted from conflict. but to move forward, we both have to have hamas out of power and a future for the palestinian people. hamas is going to dig in hard and a lot of people in israel on the right that are crucial to benjamin netanyahu's government are adamantly opposed to doing anything for the palestinians going forward. those two things have to be overcome. now, maybe president trump can use that influence. the report-- his influence, sorry, to have an impact on that. reports are that he played a major role in netanyahu on this going forward.

>> you know, some of the questions that you've seen raised whether it's pete hegseth or whether it's talking to robert kennedy about different things when it comes to the life issue and who's policies be there. i've asked the questions in the media and the answers i've gotten from each and every one of them have been transparent and direct and i appreciate that and i think that's what the american people are going to see through this. so at this point all of the nominees that i have met with and had the opportunity to vet personally are people that i will support. obviously, in process goes through with committee hearings and that type of thing, and so the american people have an opportunity to see that for themselves. >> what did hegseth say when you raised the issue about his treatment of women? >> i talked with him right there, obviously, with his wife as well and he committed to, you know, ensuring that women have opportunity in the armed forces and that there are no allegations, truthful allegations of that of mistreatment of women. >> he denied the claims that he submitted sexual assault. >> yes

robert f kennedy jr. kash patel and the like. but this week it starts. starts tomorrow. and it starts with pete hegseth. >> speaking of robert f kennedy jr, did you see the times story yesterday about fluoride? yes. so in other countries, not in america because our our numbers are lower. so the studies don't apply there. but in other countries too much fluoride in the drinking water has an impact on children's iq. so i'm sure we're going to hear more about that over this week as well. >> yeah, we certainly will. as well as his skepticism for other vaccines that most americans feel like are settled matter. >> yeah, but not skepticism that my mother gave me way too much fluoride when i was growing up. i've always had that. this morning, ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. >> right now on ana cabrera reports new wind warnings in california bringing new danger this morning, with firefighters still racing to contain wildfires around los angeles. >> plus what people face as they try to return home. anxiety, anguish and hours long lines to see what, if anything, is left standing. >> also ahea

pete hegseth for defense. robert f kennedy jr for health and human services.nd kash patel to lead the fbi. >> i think that there are some nominees that are people i think i can work with, but i also am deeply concerned about what i've heard mr. patel say in the past. >> but either way, the landscape here is changing in 2025 from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the other. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >> cal fire statistics show we're burning less acres. and is that just because of the wet weather, or is mitigation and other factors really chipping in? [music] >> and we've got some rain to talk about. not right now. but as we go into friday it gets wet again into t earthquake in lake county. the usgs reports a 4.5 magnitude look at this usgs map. noyou injuries from the light shaker. we will continue checking for updates and bring you them throughout the evening. california's first monthly snow pack survey comes out on thursday, and it's likely to be reasonably good for this early part of the rain and snow season. ktvu tom vacar previewed the snow, w

pete hegseth for defense. robert f kennedy jr for health and human services. and kash patel to lead the fbi. >> i think that there are some nominees that are people i think i can work with, but i also am deeply concerned about what i've heard mr. patel say in the past. >> but either way, the landscape here is changing in 2025 from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the other. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >> millions of minimum wage workers will be getting a raise this year. an economic policy institute analysis says 21 states will be increasing minimum wage pay in 2025, affecting about 9.2 million workers. the states raising the minimum pay ranges from $10.55 in montana to $16.66 in washington state. 48 cities and counties will lift pay above their state minimums. the institute says women will make up almost 60% of those getting a minimum wage raise, and more than one fourth of those affected are parents. it is costing commuters a little more money to get around the bay area this new year. tolls on all seven state owned bridges went up today. it now c

doomed attorney general nomination as several other more controversial nominees like pete hegseth, tulsi gabbard, and robertkennedy jr. face scrutiny for scandals or controversial views. and when senate gop majority leader john thune was asked by kristen welker if he is a yes on all of trump's nominees, here's what he had to say. >> you prepared to vote yes on all of the nominees? >> well, that's a process. and we are going to -- what i promise is a fair process. as they go through the process, there will be opportunities throughout that where members, senators have opportunities to make sure they are getting their questions answered and we'll see. >> that's not exactly a ringing endorsement, my guy. like, it's not. you would think after trump's victory it would be smooth sailing for the republicans, but as inauguration day comes closer and closer, trump world is instead rife with infighting. take the maga civil war between first bro elon musk and steve bannon. musk has gotten ire from bannon and laura loomer for his support of h-1b visas. even after donald trump took musk's side in the feud, bannon had thi

thanks for watching a movie appreciate it >> pete hegseth, the deck ramaswamy, robert kennedy jr., andto be with us here. i do want to be a place where they'll come have a full conversation. >> judge jeanine: will you have any horses or cows on? you are in texas, right to? >> will: if you could see where i am now, i would take a tiny horse to fit in the studio right now. a pony wouldn't fit next to me. >> judge jeanine: vincent chickens. >> will: i don't have chickens. not yet. >> jesse: we are really proud of you. you are a great guy, real smart guy, and the show is going to be great, and everyone is looking forward to it. i was kidding about all the graphics packages. >> greg: you feel pretty bad now. >> jesse: i don't want to take it out on "jesse watters prime time." congratulations. great job. >> judge jeanine: we love you. >> will: thank you. dana, greg, jesse, judge, jessica, thank you so much. have a great show. appreciate you. >> jesse: hello, everybody. i'm jesse watters along with judge jeanine pirro, jessica

pete hegseth, tulsi patel, robert kennedy jr.. i mean, i think those are the most dangerous. those are the top dangerous. four. i believe, that deserve for democrats to really not just pick a fight, but ask the tough questions. let the american people know why these picks are so dangerous to the country, to national security, to our health care, to the future of what we want this country to be. and so i do think that it's worth for democrats to bring up those questions. >> and, pete, i do want to ask you about this. jd vance, the president, vice president elect, was on fox yesterday saying that these violent january 6th rioters should not receive pardons. let's listen to that. >> i think it's very simple. look, if you protested peacefully on january the 6th and you had merrick garland's department of justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned. if you committed violence on that day, obviously, you shouldn't be pardoned. and there's a little bit of a gray area there, but we're very much committed to seeing the equal administration of law. and there are a lot o

and we'll see out of pete hegseth tulsi gabbard robert f. kennedy jr., kash patel. still think tulsi gabbard and robert f. kennedy jr. are probably more at risk than the others, but you have seen some influential republicans line up behind them as well. and it is possible that none of them will get rejected, and trump will certainly take that as a measure. as i said, of the willingness of the republican senate to stand up to him, not only on personnel choices, but pretty much anything else. >> we'll be watching very closely. ron brownstein, always a pleasure to talk with you. thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> still to come, the latest on the gaza ceasefire hostage deal negotiations as the white house hopes to strike an agreement in the final days of the biden administration. we'll take a look. >> at i lay on my back, frozen, thinking the darkest thoughts, and then everything changed. dana said, you're still you. and i love you, super man. >> the christopher reeve story february i can tell you how much you spent on takeout, and it's a lot. >> you can track my sp

but it certainly seems possible that people including pete hegseth, kash patel, pam bondi and robert. kennedy jr. will be running key parts of the government. so how do we or gent ourselves headed into 2025? we can we expect? joining me now, claire mccaskal and john allen. great to have both of you wise people here. sage people claire, you know. i wonder. you have been through trump one. and i wonder how you are thinking about the dawn of trump 2. and whether some of these very big promises, bigger than the promises he made the first time around will be executed on. >> last time he said he would build a wall and make mexico par for it. he said he was going to end obama care and reduce the deficit. no. there are few promises he kept in the first administration except cutting taxes for wealthy folks and he managed to do that with a republican only vote in the senate. and also in the house. he has promised a mass deportation. that is way harder than it looks and i don't think a huge chunk of the folks who voted for him will like where that looks. he says he will take off taxes of social

in addition to pete hegseth, as i mentioned, also robert kennedy, you have some senators who are concerned even mitch mcconnell is concerned about his stance on the polio vaccine. 15,000 doctors have sent a letter to senators asking them to really consider, you know, this nomination and reject it. you also have tulsi gabbard, and i think that might be the one who might not make it through. she's nominated for national intelligence. she'd oversee 18 spy agencies. she was pretty recently a supporter of bernie sanders. and there are questions from the democrats of whether or not she is a russian asset. that might be the one that just doesn't make it. i think there are already some concerns amongst the senators, and there's only 53 republican senators. and so just even a few could make it difficult for that type of nomination to go through. >> in the last set of hearings for the first trump. um, you know, cabinet, you actually saw some of those nominees try to distance themselves from some of trump's views. take nikki haley, for example. but this time around, they're not going to get away with

pete hegseth. currently, who is the acting secretary of defense, and what do we know about him? >> sure, the acting secretary of defense is a manguest: the actif defense is a man named robert salassa as dod employee ever since just after the 9/11 attacks. he is a retired, his time all over the pentagon managing large numbers of people. he is a highly qualified individual, the kind of resume you would expect to see for someone stepping into the role as basically a manager for now. he came from washington headquarters services for his latest role that's basically the umbrella organization of all the support facilities around the washington, d.c. area that helps the pentagon operate, whether that includes the office of general counsel, whether it includes literally the facilities, folks like thousands of people who work to get the office space up and running, all the communications directorates, even the communications offices is under that office. so he is overseeing -- he has overseen a lot of people for years at this point, but depending on when the confirmation process could happen for hegseth, which is most likely over the weekend, he will not be in this role very long.

pete hegseth for defense. robert f kennedy jr for health and human services. kash patel to lead the fbi. >> i think that there are some nominees that are people i think i can work with, but i also am deeply concerned about what i've heard mr. patel say in the past. >> but either way, the landscape here is changing in 2025 from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the other. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. >> all right, doug, thank you. time now. 549. well, there's a recall by ford. almost 300,000 f-series trucks that may have defective fuel pumps. ford says those problems could cause a loss of power. the recall includes certain truck models between 2020 and 2022. ford says it's not aware of any reported accidents, injuries or potential fires linked to that fuel pump problem. the company says the problem will be fixed with a software update. >> literacy and numeracy levels are declining among americans. the international survey of adults addressed 160,000 people from the ages of 16 to 65 around the globe. results show that 28% of adults in the u.s. scored a

other picks are also on the calender including controversial choice pete hegseth next tuesday and sean duffy on january 15th. roberty and tulsi gabbard who's been tapped to lead america's intelligence agencies have not yet had their confirmation hearing dates announced. committees can't really set a hearing date, though, until lawmakers have reviewed all necessary materials. attorney general pick pam bondi's hearing will be delayed for exactly that reason. the senate judiciary committee said they're still waiting for her background information. senator chuck grassly said the snag will likely push her hearing back for a week. and president-elect trump will be here today to pay respects to jimmy carter. and trump expected to meet with senate republicans this evening, according to two congressional sources. joining us now senior congressional reporter for punch bowl news, mel zanona. mel, let's start off with the confirmation hearings. they're starting to get on the calender. i know all of us on the hill keep an official whip count how well or poorly these might be going. especially for these controversial picks like

murkowski susan collins mitch mcconnell all voted against pete hegseth, kristi noem confirmed to lead department of home security past saturday tomorrow robert, secretary health and human seniors, consumers secretary howard lutnick, nominee kash patel, will testify on with all due respect, joining me now tennessee senator bill hagerty member senate banking foreigner relations proposes committees senator great to see you this morning. thanks so so much for being here. >> good to be with you as always. >> i'm glad president trump has four nominees, that have been confirmed but senator talking about four people, president trump has been in office now a week. why can't he have this is cabinet in place it certainly feels to me like the majority 53 republican senators allowing minority 47 democrats to run the table on hearings. >> well what we've seen is minority using ever trick in the book try to slow us down dramaticallyly we would have been much further along even trump's first term clearly obama's first term, we had 12 cabinet members see this first 15 days, what we saw happen in trump's first term resistance movement applied procedural muzzl

donald trump's key nominees will be meeting with them on the hill, including pete hegseth, his pick to lead the pentagon, and robert. kennedy jr., who will lead health and human services. >> they will both be meeting with republicans on capitol hill today. sarah. >> all right. steve contorno, thank you so much for the update there from west palm beach, florida. kate. >> military coercion. that is what donald trump says he is not ruling out in order to acquire the panama canal and greenland. in a wide ranging press conference yesterday, as we were talking about, the president elect went further than he has before on this foreign policy issue. he's now started with two american allies. here's how it played out. speaking to david sanger of the new york times. >> can you assure the world that as you try to get control of these areas, you are not going to use military or economic coercion? no. >> you're talking about panama and greenland? no. i can assure you on either of those two. but i can say this. we need them for economic security. the panama canal was built for our military. i'm not going to commit to that now. >

many of which i suspect you're familiar with, including the work on mcclellan that pete mentioned as well as freely robert e lee and the fall of the confederacy. he spoke a few minutes ago on missouri and sort of previewed some of the atrocities to come in, talking about the guerillas of that space and then at the end of the table is angela riotto, who is at the defense security cooperative universities. now, i can't remember who writes research, analysis and lessons learned institute. i wasn't sure if they used discuss you raleigh as their acronym dfc. you d.c. raleigh. i wasn't i wasn't far. okay. so i mean, lessons learned is actually one of the things that we might that i hope we can talk about here in the sense that i had this quote in, the book that i talked about, the other day, though i didn't say it in the lesson that kurt in the beginning of slaughterhouse-five says there's nothing intelligent to be said, a massacre. and i hope that he's wrong. i hope that we can prove wrong that in fact, talking about like massacres and atrocities is valuable and important, even if unpleasant. so let me finish

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robert f kennedy jr anything. and so, yes, the consequences are less than for pete hegseth. pete hegseth. >> is. >> someone who, if you were a fox news viewer, if you were a conservative activist, you knew him for 15 years. you trusted him. that is not the. case here beyond what their record is and the way democrats have responded in these hearings, more aggressive, i'd say tim kaine, for example, more aggressive than a lot of people would have thought coming in with the with the research they've done, with the questions they've had. these are these are chances for democrats to raise significant questions that maybe voters who took a chance on trump did not think he was going to answer with these nominations and pull off a couple of republican votes, people who can go back to their constituents maybe in 2 or 4 years and say, i voted for every nominee. but i didn't vote for that guy who was an environmentalist, liberal, or tulsi gabbard, who supported medicare for all. you can finesse that in a way you couldn't finesse a vote against hegseth. >> all right. thank you all for s

pete hegseth was the most controversial. the next in line is going to be robert f kennedy junior for health and human services. he has a couple hearings coming up. he goes before the senate finance committee and the senate health committee. and someone who has a hearing scheduled but is nowhere near the floor is tulsy gabbard to be the director of national intelligence. it does take weeks, it takes months. i point out that the final cabinet secretary that was confirmed for president biden was marty walsh for labor on march 22nd. but they are running behind now compared to where they were with biden or trump or going back to president obama in 2009. >> we are awaiting jd vance to cast the tie-breaking vote. chad, how soon do we expect that to happen? my understanding is that jd is in the capital and he is standing by. >> exactly. he has an office just off the floor. the vice president keeps an office here. the vice president in the constitution is a little bit fish and fowl. they are part of the executive branch and the legislative branch. he can not anything but

this is a position -- he doesn't even know what pete hegseth is being interviewed for. host: robertentioned senator tim kaine, democrat from virginia wall street journal has a take on his side of the questioning. the closest democrats had questioning from senator tim kaine of virginia -- and trump's team -- that is from the wall street journal. that full testimony available on our platforms. senator tim kaine, and the nominee with pete hegseth. [video clip] >> i would like to return to the incident on october 2017, at that time, you are still married to your second wife, correct? >> i believe so. >> and you had just fathered a child by a woman who would later become your third wife, correct? >> senator, i was falsely charged, fully investigated and cleared. >> so you think you were cleared because -- you had just fathered a child two month before by woman who is not your wife. i'm shocked that you would stand here and say i'm completely cleared and you so casually cheat on a second wife, and she, the mother of a child of importance of as before, and utility were completely cleared,

nominees including pete hegseth for defense secretary tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence and robert f. kennedy jr. for health and human services. secretary. certain to face particular scrutiny, they have been undergoing intense preparations behind closed doors. trump's republican allies in the senate expecting democrats to try and drag things out. >> they're going to do everything they possibly can to delay making america great again by making sure every nominee that president trump has, trump has chosen is actually fulfilling the responsibilities of the job. >> first up tomorrow, hearings for doug collins to lead the veterans affairs, veterans affairs department. pete hegseth as pentagon chief and doug burgum for interior secretary. joining us now, tia mitchell. she is washington bureau chief for the atlanta journal constitution. tia, good morning to you. good morning. so we spent a lot of time talking about these nominees already. of course, the highest profile one. pete hegseth is the first out of the gate tomorrow. one of the first out of the gate starting tomorrow. what do you

robert f kennedy jr. kash patel and the like. but this week it starts. starts tomorrow. and it starts with petehe studies don't apply there. but in other countries too much fluoride in the drinking water has an impact on children's iq. so i'm sure we're going to hear more about that over this week as well. >> yeah, we certainly will. as well as his skepticism for other vaccines that most americans feel like are settled matter. >> yeah, but not skepticism that my mother gave me way too much fluoride when i was growing up. i've always had that. this morning, ana cabrera picks up the coverage

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marco rubio will be confirmed today, but pete hegseth for the secretary of defense, tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence, robertjr., to the department of health and human services. i don't know that there aren't those for confirmation. here is the u.s. supreme court led by chief justice john roberts. second there was brett kavanaugh. they're not in order of seniority, obviously, because ÷÷brett kavanaugh. we have a former supreme court justice breyer at the end there. brett kavanaugh is second there because he will be administering the oath of office to vice president- elect jd vance. you see sonia sotomayor and gorsuch and amy coney barrett ÷÷and bringing up the former justice breyer. >> as you were saying earlier, it might not be true that none of them are in jeopardy. matt gaetz had to withdrawal his nomination for attorney general. we have to see hearings for rfk jr. that will come up at some point. kash patel as well. there are some folks who are fairly controversial, but donald trump has kept republicans in line on most of the nominations and there's even the prospect that rfk jr. could get one or two dem

some the questions you've seen with its pete hegseth or talking to robert kennedy about different things when it comes to the issue of whose policies are there. i've asked those questions and i've asked the questions from the media and the answers i've gotten from each and every one of them have been transparent and direction i appreciate that and i think that's what the american people want. at this point all of the nominees i have met with and have the opportunity to be with personally her people to process will go at committee hearings and that type of thing for the american people have an opportunity to see them for themselves. that would pete hegseth say >> i talked with him and his wife as well as he committed ensuring there are no allegations of mistreatment of women. he denied the claims that he committed sexual assault? writes. that's right and i asked if there were any additional claims and he said no. you are a member of the senate and you expect all these nominees today for? >> yes. let me ask about a topic dear to your heart which is these things are phones and the kids use

pete hegseth's nomination for defence secretary. a couple of steps that are in between on this as you just heard john roberts mention its a test vote. we had a word that senator murkowski of alaska we'll be a nobody of course it would take at least three no votes which it doesn't sound like they have in order to even need j.d. vance as vice president tie-breaking vote bear but it doesn't sound like it will be necessary a this point he is clear the hurdle that is the main hurdle before this vote for secretary of defense. i should also mention we are waiting for the swearing in of john radcliffe. thanks are moving a bit faster today as we see movement on t this. we expect to see a swearing and as sort -- cia director as you remember he of course was rector of national intelligence in the first from presidency and will have an intelligence role as head of cia in this presidency we will wait for the swearing in. executive order coming from the white house a lot to watch this afternoon let's check in with her senior national correspondent reporting live from capitol hill on all of t this. >> hey, martha this is a big deal for the secreta

>> you know, some of the questions that you've seen raised whether it's pete hegseth or whether it's talking to robert kennedy about different things when it comes to the life issue and who's policies be there. i've asked the questions in the media and the answers i've gotten from each and every one of them have been transparent and direct and i appreciate that and i think that's what the american people are going to see through this. so at this point all of the nominees that i have met with and had the opportunity to vet personally are people that i will support. obviously, in process goes through with committee hearings and that type of thing, and so the american people have an opportunity to see that for themselves. >> what did hegseth say when you raised the issue about his treatment of women? >> i talked with him right there, obviously, with his wife as well and he committed to, you know, ensuring that women have opportunity in the armed forces and that there are no allegations, truthful allegations of that of mistreatment of women. >> he denied the claims that he submitted sexual assault. >> yes

pete carroll their head coach at age 73. reportedly, the cowboys will elevate brian schottenheimer to head coach. and all of this is really good news for the 49 ers because that means roberteh is coming back as their defensive coordinator. their ex, dc, spent three and a half years as head coach of the jets before being fired. saleh expected to become the highest paid defensive coordinator in the nfl at more than 4.5 million bucks a year. all right. championship weekend coming up in the nfl. bills visiting the chiefs in the afc title game, a battle of arguably the two best quarterbacks in all of football. josh allen, the pride of firebaugh, california, trying to end casey's playoff dominance, while patrick mahomes just keeps being amazing as the chiefs try to win their third straight super bowl. buffalo has lost their last three playoff games against casey, and allen wants to end that trend. >> you always remember the feeling of not pulling through. you know that sticks with you for a while and it really, really doesn't leave. but again, i think every year that you go through in this league, you learn more things about yourself, about your team, about the game of football

pete. they like him. to bring back integery integrity to our intelligence community, gabbard will be our next director. we will have robertretary of health and human services. to end the weaponnization of our government and restore the impartial rule of law -- oh, this is so important. she's so incredible. pam bondi will be an outstanding attorney general. she's going to do an incredible job. she will do an incredible job and she's working with another person who's going to be unbelievable at the f.b.i., kash patel. [cheers] and tomorrow, everybody in this very large arena will be very happy with my decision on the j-6 hostages. very happy. i think you'll be very, very happy. i would say about 99.9% of this beautiful arena -- and by the way, i want to thank the owners of this arena. they are great. they're up here someplace in one of those beautiful boxes and their team is doing very well and ovechkin is a great player, right? but i want to thank ted and all of the owners for allowing this to take place. it was really great and thank you -- it's a hell of an operation, great place. fantastic arena. thank you, ted, thank y

pete hegseth. we will be back here at 1:00 tomorrow. >> john: looking forward to that. thank you very much for joining us. i am john roberts. >> sandra: i am sandra smith. "love story" with martha maccallum stretch right now. >> hello, everybody. this is "the story" as we head back out to the west coast where the winds pick up in california. watched some of these reactions to what homeowners are seeing on the >> at night i scream and cry and sometimes my wife tells me to be strong. i can't be strong. >> i don't know anything. i don't know my future. i don't know what we will be able to afford and what we won't be able to afford. what will have to do is to get my life normal again. >> this is a lemon i salvage from my lemon tree. i'm going to make lemonade out of this. i'm going to rebuild. >> martha: range of emotions. take a look at what's going on right now on the ground in this graphic that shows what is contained. not a lot. the palisades fire 14% contained and we heard the winds are expected to increase. close to two dozen people are missing, 24 at least, 24 confirmed have lost their lives in the horrific fires that h

pete carroll their head coach at age 73. reportedly, the cowboys will elevate brian schottenheimer to head coach. and all of this is really good news for the 49 ers because that means roberteh is coming back as their defensive coordinator. their ex, dc, spent three and a half years as head coach of the jets before being fired. saleh expected to become the highest paid defensive coordinator in the nfl at more than 4.5 million bucks a year. all right. championship weekend coming up in the nfl. bills visiting the chiefs in the afc title game, a battle of arguably the two best quarterbacks in all of football. josh allen, the pride of firebaugh, california, trying to end casey's playoff dominance, while patrick mahomes just keeps being amazing as the chiefs try to win their third straight super bowl. buffalo has lost their last three playoff games against casey, and allen wants to end that trend. >> you always remember the feeling of not pulling through. you know that sticks with you for a while and it really, really doesn't leave. but again, i think every year that you go through in this league, you learn more things about yourself, about your team, about the game of football

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pete hegseth of “fox & friends.” today -- do you remember a few days before the election cnn asked trump's transition co-chair howard lutnick if robertould get the job running health and human services? you don't have to remember, because we have the clip. >> you're saying he would not be in charge of hhs? >> no, of course not. >> so he's not going to be -- >> he's not going to be a secretary, no. that's not what he wants to do. >> would he be in an acting position -- >> i just told you that he wants, he wants to help get -- data. he wants data. >> jimmy: well, guess who trump nominated today to be secretary of health and human services? that's right, robert f. kennedy jr., heavy on the "f." [ laughter ] and who better to be in charge of health and humans than a guy whose brain was partially devoured by a worm? [ laughter ] trump originally wanted a doctor in the role. but it turns out, the late great hannibal lecter isn't a real person. [ laughter ] this tells you all you need to know about our country right now. rfk got caught having phone sex with a reporter, and she was fired. what happened to him? they made him secretary of heal

robert f. kennedy jr. all three have deeply troubling backgrounds and equally troubling views. if pete hegseth's process was any indication, these controversial nominees can expect to face immense scrutiny from both sides of the aisle and the american people. americans deserve to know, will the trump administration strengthen our health and security or big drug companies and pseudoscience? mr. kennedy's hearing will give us answers. also, we have to know from mr. kennedy, does he want to eliminate lifesaving vaccines that have saved the lives and health of so many millions of children in the united states and around the globe? americans also deserve to know will the fbi focus on public safety and rule of law or focus on donald trump's personal grievances? mr. patel in his hearing will give us answers. americans need to know will the trump administration protect us from foreign adversaries and deal in truth and facts when it comes to classified intelligence, if there is ever a need for a fact-based agency, it's the intelligence agencies which gather information that keep us safe. or wil

pete hegseth ultimately decide to be? that's another thing. i've been covering this building since rumsfeld, and every secdef is very different. robert gates would talk. >> to you about. >> how difficult it was to inspire. any kind of real change here in the pentagon. >> he talked about this. >> bureaucracy that was just so immovable, and how difficult it was to break through that. pete hegseth, you know, i've spent weeks. working on reporting on him. it seems as if he will be. much more less of a details secretary of defense and more of the face of the pentagon, the face of the military. i'm not saying that he won't make policy decisions, but people have spoken with him who've worked with him for years, decades, in some cases, think that he will be sort of a bigger details kind of secretary of defense, and there will be people underneath him, whether it be the deputy secretary of defense, his chief of staff, realistically the head of policy here in the. >> building, all of. >> those people have been named already, not confirmed yet, but named who will actually do a lot of the day to day running of the military. also, just again, wha

confirmation of pete hegseth to be the second of defense, the senate confirming kristi noem to lead the department of homeland security. confirmation hearings are scheduled this week for robertlth and human services, howard lutnick as commerce secretary and former georgia senator kelly loeffler to lead the small business administration, and tulsi gabbard as director of national intelligence. all of that underway this week. president trump signing an executive order to drastically overhaul fema in the wake of major disas disasters hitting bh coasts, donald trump said they have lost their vision, including w welcoming illegal immigrants while failing to provide disaster relief. they will propose changes to make the agency more efficient and fair, putting america first. trump says his administration will ensure states like north carolina get the help they deserve without political games. vice president jd vance getting into a back and forth with cbs' margaret brennan over trump's executive actions on the economy and when to expect prices to come down. listen to this. >> we've seen all of these executive orders. which one lowers prices? >> we have done a lot and there have been

pete. they like him. to bring back integrity to our intelligence community. our next director of national intelligence. [cheering and applause] to make america healthy again, we will have robertaw, oh, this is so important, she is so incredible, pam bondi will be an outstanding attorney general. she will do an incredible job. she will do an incredible job, and she is working with another person that will be unbelievable at the fbi cash patel. [cheering and applause] tomorrow, everybody in this very large arena will be very happy with my decision on the j 6 hostages. [cheering and applause] very happy. i think you will be very, very happy. i always say about 99.9% of this beautiful arena. by the way, i want to thank the owners of this arena. they are up here someplace in one of those beautiful boxes. their team is doing very well. we know they are a great player. we want to thank ted and all of the owners for allowing this to take place. it was really great. one hell of an operation. great place. fantastic arena. thank you, ted. thank you, everybody. homeland security, a tough leader in christie nome and we will have an outstanding secretary of transportation and sean duffy, c

pete hegseth. we will be back here at 1:00 tomorrow. >> john: looking forward to that. thank you very much for joining us. i am john roberts i am sandra smith. "love story" with martha maccallum stretch right now. >> hello, everybody. this is "the story" as we head back out to the west coast where the winds pick up in california. watched some o