rosen. -- mr. murphy, ms. rosen. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? the senators: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next cloup. the clerk: mr. sanders, mr. schiff, mr. scott of florida, mr. sheehy. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharg

and rosen looks on writing as a rough draft. rosen. rosen writing is astonishing had gone to mt. sinai. god had given her the fact. and any borders, any word to strangers. painful. so we couldn't agree on it. on the book, literally an hour a publisher finally took those 3% of the paragraph. he said, okay, i'm going to divide them up. this paragraph is yours, jimmy. this paragraph is yours, rosen. so if you buy book, you'll notice that some paragraphs have a j, some paragraphs have an r. we never could agree. and we finally set the book after publisher we felt well emerges and after that we could not agree on anything. we'd go to bed at night. i was in one in town, wrote in to say jim is too and rosen is to call. and i probably went off on a trip and thinking our marriage was on the verge of destruction. i came back from the trip. rosen met me the front door with a smile on her face. she said, jimmy, i think we'll solve our problem. we had an electric blanket hooked backwards. and. this is a picture of rosalynn carter in the president's office where he does of his writing. and tha

rosen: so you would agree -- mr.egseth: differences of opinion of how to deliver those services -- sen. rosen: do you believe vso's are wrong? mr. hegseth: vso's is a very broad term, we are a vso also -- sen. rosen: --obtain the benefits they have earned, yes or no? mr. hegseth: every veteran should have rapid access to all benefits -- sen. rosen: do you think they should be ashamed for obtaining the benefits they have earned? you think they should be ashamed -- mr. hegseth: i think we should be ashamed as a nation of the number of veterans who commit suicide -- sen. rosen: that is not the question. i'm going to take that as a yes. how about veterans who suffer lasting injuries due to their military service? do you think they deserve our support and assistance? your answers to these are too broad. people want to know, are you willing to support our veterans organizations that will help our veterans get every damn thing that they deserve because they signed on the dot keep us safe, just like you did? i respect that.

now, senator kelly, senator rosen got here after the gavel went down. do you really want tohe go ahea? >> i am going to defer to my good friend and colleague, senator rosen from the great state of nevada. >> that is a really good decision. senator rosen, you are recognized. >> and thank thank you, s. i.o.u. what. thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member for holding the city. and mr. hegseth, i appreciate your service and your willingness to serve again. .. however, i'm deeply disappoind you would not agree to me as with other members of the committee prior to the hearing as is the precedent for this committee and others. let me tell you about what i would've talked about how you make yourself available prior to the hearing. nevada is home to the premier aviation training ranges for both of air force and the navy, the largest ammunition depot in the world, and the only place where we verify reliability of our nuclear stockpile without the need for explosive testing. the national guard is one of the units across the country with the mission of fighting wil

senators tammy duckworth and jacky rosen. a handful of other confirmation hearings are happening today. we will cover president-elect robb's pick for attorney general pam bondi before the judiciary committee and the intelligence committee hosts cia nominee john ratcliff. we will have those hearings and others live on c-span now our free mobile video app and later in our schedule. president biden will give his farewell address to the nation tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. on c-span3 we are waiting for the secretary of state confirmation hearing to get underway. [quiet indiscernible background conversations] >> live coverage from capitol hill expecting the senate foreign relations committee to gaveling in. the top democrat on the committee is jeanne shaheen of new hampshire. there are 20 additional members, including two women, senators tammy duckworth and jacky rosen. a handful of other confirmation hearings are also happening today. we will cover president-elect trump's pick for attorney general, pam bondi, who is appearin

. >> now, senator, kelly, senator rosen got hereafter the gavel went down. do you really want to go ahead of her? >> i'm going to defer to my good friend and colleague senator rosen. >> that is a really -- >> the great state of nevada. >> that is a good decision. >> senator rosen, you are recognized. >> thank you, senator kelly, and i owe you. thank you for thank you for holding this hearing, and mr. hegseth, i appreciate your service and your willingness to serve again. however, i am deeply then you would not meet with me. let me tell you a bit about what i would have talked about had you made yourself available prior is home to the premier training ranges to the air force in the navy. the largest ammunition depot in the world and the only place in the country where we are able to verify the reliability of our nuclear stockpile without the need a critical role in our national security and the person who holds in the military, we have talked about my colleague, recruitment and retention. one day they will become a veteran. about what you think. dod does not

jacky rosen, senator rosen got to it a bit. >> yes, she did, but other than senator rosen, i didn't really see very much in that direction. and of course there are, you know, 40 plus million people in ukraine waiting to hear exactly what the trump administration is going to do for their country. >> i respect that when marco rubio has his confirmation hearing for secretary of state, we'll hear a lot more about that. natasha, i want you to just stop, and i want our viewers to listen once again to some of the exchange that the new senator from michigan, elissa slotkin, who is a military veteran who is a veteran of the cia, had with him about some of the questions regarding what he views his role as when and if his boss, the president, asks him to do things that a u.s. military, active duty u.s. military should not do in the u.s. >> do you believe there is such a thing as an illegal order that joe biden or any other president donald trump could give? is there anything that a commander in chief could ask you to do with the uniformed military that would be in violation of the u.s. constitution?

senator rosen got here after the gavel went down. do you really want to go ahead of her? >> i am going to defer to my good friend and colleague, senator rosen. >> that is a really great state of nevada. really good decision. senator rosen, you are recognized. >> and thank you, senator kelly. i owe you one. >> thank you. chairman wicker, ranking member reid, for holding this hearing. and, mr. hegseth, i appreciate your service and your willingness to serve again. however, i am deeply disappointed that you would not agree to meet with me. as other members have said on this committee prior to this hearing, as is the precedent for this committee and others. so let me tell you a little bit about what i would have talked about had you made yourself available prior to the hearing. nevada is home to the premier aviation training ranges for both the air force and the navy, the largest ammunition depot in the world, and the only place in the country where we are able to verify the reliability of our nuclear stockpile without the need for explosive testing. the nevada national guard

. >> now, senator, kelly, senator rosen got hereafter the gavel went down. do you really want to go ahead of her? >> i'm going to defer to my good friend and colleague senator rosen. >> that is a really -- >> the great state of nevada. >> that is a good decision. >> senator rosen, you are recognized. >> thank you, senator kelly, and i owe you. thank you for thank you for holding this hearing, and mr. hegseth, i appreciate your service and your willingness to serve again. however, i am deeply

senator rosen got here after the gavel went down. do you really want to go ahead of her? >> i am going to defer to my good friend and colleague, senator rosen. >> that is a really great state of nevada. really good decision. senator rosen, you are recognized. >> and thank you, senator kelly. i owe you one. >> thank you. chairman wicker, ranking member reid, for holding this hearing. and, mr. hegseth, i appreciate your service and your willingness to serve again. however, i am deeply disappointed that you would not agree to meet with me. as other members have said on this committee prior to this hearing,

. >> evan rosen and his friends grew up around the palisades.e fire started, they received a text from their firefighter friend about what they need on the front lines. how many get what for? so far, rosen and his friends have raised about $10,000 to help the firefighters. >> we still need chapstick as well. >> they are making daily runs to stores and restaurants to pick up lotion, sunscreen, pain relievers and hot meals. >> just trying to do our part. trying to help him out, trying to help these firefighters out. i mean, a lot of people are devastated. it's a hard time just trying to see. but you can see from all this, like the community is coming together, the whole as a city. >> so and it's not just a local thing. social media has taken their efforts international. >> my cousin aiden actually reshared one of my posts as well. and venmo is not a thing they use in england. they were all downloading the apps. we had, you know, 5 or 10 people send money. so i think it just compounding, you know, people are sharing. i've had friends who i haven't

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and that's what will that fit, henry, i can learn from as rosen phone my head with 2 guns. but it's something that kind of mazda and has, that hadn't been in this way, even if she'd shot on with the, with a skin, or was it going to with this on audio? but i think that had the button, the 110 by the i saw not many minutes just look under the sun. the idea of on that. okay. that the she felt that oh uh can hide up. come said its been dennis denny anderson at the muscles in logan. uh and oh and initially yeah. and again, i'm the one that said it made me been only the in why the cd heard of it to the new but less of the heart of men. so it had what they'd hold it in the seeing the building from efficiency one to stand its context within the city and what it must have meant in the civil war. i use this right, brian, right? which expresses this, the blood that's been spelled and the violence and the fire, the hate and the anger. and every time i slash it the, the, the paints, it's a way of going through that and, and that violence and honoring that. and i also raised positions th

i mean, sherry rosen, jacky rosen was on to something when she talked about the support of veterans. it's expensive. what we're trying to do for our veterans in this country. and, you know, i don't know how this is all going to come out in the wash. their idea that they're going to spend 3% of gdp on the gdp on the pentagon, they're going to take care of the veterans. they're not going to cut medicaid, medicare or social security. but by the way, they're going to find $2 trillion in savings before march. ain't going to happen, guys. ain't going to happen. >> well, there is part of the donald trump playbook that clearly he followed today. hegseth did you know when he talks about warrior culture, donald trump has always considered himself a fighter. never say, you know, you did anything wrong. he didn't answer a lot of the questions about some of the things that he himself has said, certainly as it relates to character, it is going to be interesting to see what happens from here. general barry mccaffrey, former senator claire mccaskill. elise jordan, thank you so much for a great conve

the chief and santa clara d.a, jeff rosen, have had this to say about law enforcement's role in investigating mueller. >> we're here because there's so many lessons to be learned where the police really screwed up. i don't know how else to say it. >> we're not perfect in law enforcement, and i think it's fair to say that there were mistakes made in this investigation. >> on tuesday, denise huskins and her now husband, aaron quinn, will join chief borges and other law enforcement officials to talk about the additional charges mueller is now facing. i will be there and will report back. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> henry, now that we're seeing more potential cases tied to mueller, do we expect other agencies are also looking at this forensic evidence that that we could even see more cases tied to him? >> absolutely, greg, especially because of advances in dna technology, evidence collected back then will now be used. and compared with the technology we have today to see if they can match him to any other crimes. >> all right, henry lee, we know you've been all over this case and will conti

window of a health care facility across the street, and a shattered window in the building that josh rosen calls home. >> i heard one loud pop, and i thought for a second, that actually sounds like a gunshot, but i just kept watching tv until until we saw the lights. >> the owner of nearby tigers taproom is worried about the safety of his customers, and concerned that crime will hurt his business. he has a message for city leaders. >> they need to do something fast, to be honest, because right now there's a whole wave of closures. so many other cities are recovering and bouncing back, but oakland is not. >> and in the fourth homicide, another shooting claimed a life on 24th avenue just after 3:00 wednesday morning, and police have not released any details on a motive or suspects in either of the homicides. in oakland. joey jorda, ktvu, fox two news the new year started with a jolt for some peoe in the north bay. >> a 4.7 magnitude earthquake centered near the borr of sonoma and lake counties hit around30 this evening. state senator mike mcguire of healdsburg posted on social medithat it wa

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here's santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen. >> i think the message is that we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime that's committed in this county. >> one of those cases was in mountain view and the other in palo alto. >> that victim is entitled to restitution. that victim is entitled to confront mr. mueller for how he changed her life. all of that is key. and why prosecutors are still going after mueller, even though he is behind bars in the san ramon case that we've just learned about. >> the contra costa da says that mueller unlawfully held two men and one woman for ransom back in spring of 2015. he demanded that one of those three withdraw tens of thousands of dollars from their bank account to secure the release of the others. they did just that, and the victims never reported the crime over fears that mueller would come back for them. the da going on to say that mueller confessed to that crime during their correspondence with him last year. all of this coming after the netflix docu series american nightmare was released, where mueller's actions

one of the >> rosen noticed front door, their signature smile. together in home that shared. >> almost 77 years of marriage. not assume red rag ranch home. he flexed their modesty. more than and the trappings of power. walking a little ridge immigrated us like family. >> that day. >> just the 4 of us at living room and shared memories of spanned almost 6 decades. the friendship that started in 1974. i was 31 year-old senator. i was the first senator outside of georgia, maybe first senator to endorse his candidacy for president. where doors mont. basin are believe jimmy carter's enduring attribute? character? carrot. because of that. i believe destiny. justin our lives. and quite frankly, just life of the nation. combination of a million things, bill on character leads to a good life. in addition, country. life of purpose, life of me. >> now, how do we find good life? what does it look like? >> what does it take? bill character? to the ends justify the means. jimmy carr's friendship. taught me. and through his life taught me the strength of charac

employees and become internal advocates for as well in some cases, as in the case of matter with guy rosen or joe down a concert, those are, those are extremely high level individuals who have an extraordinary amount of power in, in policy making. but the same is true across almost every big tech company. they have hundreds and some kids thousands. google has 2000 employees in, in israel. and those people are on the front lines of changing policy in certainly at those big tech companies. and in suppressing the conversations internally that would leads to more equitable, more human rights policy is being taken. so it is very much a um, a deliberate policy that, that is discussed widely and israel. that's where startups which are founded by the army, by people coming out of the army. in particular, what one particular unit called unit, 8200 start startups. and then the startups get acquired into big tack and then they have a significant amount of voices within big tack, which of course, is not, is not equitable for, for post ends or, or for, for other states around that region and sign while

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um i will goodness to the to the audience now is my name is jonathan rosen head. i'm one of the jews who supports video of a movement full duration. can we build on the public outrage? israel's kind of brutal assault in gaza to tube chose to be the sanctions movement . and if so, how do we build on this outrage? says x johnson, the most important thing is to recognize that it is happening. can we accelerate it? i guess is the question. absolutely. i think the student movement goes and complements and this boldness and courage and fighting the system to complicit universities and their investments. put the b and the d and b, the s on the map much more than before. so today from pension funds to even states are, are taking what we were calling for, much more seriously. just and in november of 2024. we've seen more than 52 states endorse. i'm going to train biographers ran in 2023. that would have been impossible to even imagine that we wouldn't get dozens of states supporting the military embargo. so it is happening. but because the genocide is so hard or thick and

the chief and santa clara d.a, jeff rosen, have had this to say about law enforcement's role in investigating mueller. >> we're here because there's so many lessons to be learned where the police really screwed up. i don't know how else to say it. >> we're not perfect in law enforcement, and i think it's fair to say that there were mistakes made in this investigation. >> on tuesday, denise huskins and her now husband, aaron quinn, will join chief burgess and other law enforcement officials to talk about the additional charges mueller is now facing. i will be there and we'll report back. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news, and we have been closely following this story and will continue to follow new developments set to be released tomorrow. >> as henry mentioned, make sure to keep track of our coverage by downloading the fox local app to your phone and smart tv, available for free on the app store. the santa clara county coroner has identified the pregnant woman who was killed in a crash in gilroy over the holidays. police say 29 year ol rachel marie gonzalez gallegos was killed at the intersection

employees and become internal advocates for as well in some cases, as in the case of matter with guy rosen or joe down a concert, those are, those are extremely high level individuals who have an extraordinary amount of power in, in policy making. but the same is true across almost every big tech company. they have hundreds, in some cases, thousands. google has 2000 employees in, in israel. and those people are on the front lines of changing policy in certainly at those big tech companies. and in suppressing the conversations internally that would leads to more equitable, more human rights policy is being taken. so it is very much a um, a deliberate policy that, that is discussed widely and israel, dots, where startups which are founded by the army, by people coming at the army. in particular, what one particular unit called unit, 8200 start startups. and then the startups got acquired into big tack and then they have a significant amount of voices within big tack, which of course, is not, is not equitable for, for post ends or, or for, for other states around that region and sign while yo

i would also like to save the best for last, which is wishing chairman rosen dale well wishes. i thank the chairman for being one of those people for working with me so openly. i were you the best. thank you so much and i yield back. >> thank you very much for this kind words and appreciation from everybody, really. i will now introduce the witnesses on our first panel. ms. carol harris is the acquisition management at the government accountability office. ms. lynn olbermann is the executive director of the beck center at georgetown university. ms. over-man served in the u.s. digital service. and mr. ren told is the non-resident senior fellow for congressional modernization with the foundation for american innovation. he served as senior technology advisor at gsa and in top technology roles in the house of representatives. if you all could please rise and raise your right hands, please. do you solemnly swear under penalty of perjury that the testimony is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you and let the record reflect that all the witnesses have answer

here's santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen. >> i think the message is that we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime that's committed in this county. >> one of those cases was in mountain view and the other in palo alto. >> that victim is entitled to restitution. that victim is entitled to confront mr. mueller for how he changed her life. all of that is key. and why prosecutors are still going after mueller, even though he is behind bars in the san ramon case that we've just learned about. >> the contra costa da says that mueller unlawfully held two men and one woman for ransom back in spring of 2015. he demanded that one of those three withdraw tens of thousands of dollars from their bank account to secure the release of the others. they did just that, and the victims never reported the crime over fears that mueller would come back for them. the da going on to say that mueller confessed to that crime during their correspondence with him last year. all of this coming after the netflix docu series american nightmare was released, where mueller's actions

>> i am going to defer to my good friend and colleague, senator rosen. that is a really great state of nevada. >> really good decision. senator rosen, you are recognized. >> and thank you, senator kelly. i owe you one. thank you. chairman wicker, ranking member reid, for holding this hearing. and mr. hegseth, i appreciate your service and your willingness to serve again. however, i am deeply disappointed that you would not agree to meet with me. as other members have said on this committee prior to this hearing, as is the precedent for this committee and others. so let me tell you a little bit about what i would have talked about had you made yourself available prior to the hearing. nevada is home to the premier aviation training ranges for both the air force and the navy. the largest ammunition depot in the world and the only place in the country where we are able to verify the reliability of our nuclear stockpile without the need for explosive testing. the nevada national guard is one of the only few units across the country with the mission of fightin

husband aaron quinn back in 2015 were profiled here in santa clara county, district attorney jeff rosen think the message is that we don't forget about about rape, about murder, about any crime that's committed in this county. >> that victim is entitled to restitution. that victim is entitled to confront mr. mueller for how he changed her life. all of that is key. and why prosecutors are still going after mueller, even though he is behind bars. >> mueller was also in a san jose courtroom last week after being charged with two felony counts of committing a sexual assault during two home invasion cases in 2009. one of those cases was in mountain view and one in palo alto. today at noon, huskins and quinn will stand with the el dorado county district attorney in a press conference in seaside. he is expected to talk about how the filing of these new felony crimes are stemming from the reinvestigation of the american nightmare case. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. after two years of deficits. governor newsom says california is going to have a budge

jeff rosen, have had this to say about law enforcement's role in investigating mueller. >> we're here because there's so many lessons to be learned where the police really screwed up. i don't know how else to say it. >> we're not perfect in law enforcement, and i think it's fair to say that there were mistakes made in this investigation. >> on tuesday, denise huskins and her now husband aaron quinn, will join chief burgess and other law enforcement officials to talk about the additional charges mueller is now facing. i will be there and will report back. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, new at ten. the santa clara county coroner has identified the pregnant 29 year old woman who was killed in a crash on new year's day. authorities say the woman was with her husband and young son when they were hit by a driver, who has since been arrested on suspicion of dui. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters is live outside the santa clara county jail with more. lamonica. >> claudine, we don't have a lot of information about this young woman who died in this car crash, but family members p

so rosen, i think many of you is the question on the mind at this point will be why we had the statement by the official there. but any indication of what the motive might have been. if there isn't any indication, definitive indication i should say of what the motive is but the f, b i, which is now a reportedly in charge of the investigation of this incident outside of the intersection of boardman and canal street in the french quarter. apparently a f, b i. investigators have found a suspected r i e d improvised explosive device at the scene of this incident, which as you know, has been noted at least 10 people have been killed at least 35 have been injured. now this was a high security situation, given that this was new year's eve celebrations. this event happening around 3 15 am local time. and so with more than 300 police officers on duty to basically deal with what you might expect among people who have been celebrating, perhaps a little too vigorously on new years eve. there is no indication whether the new orleans police have received any indication that an incident of this type mi

secretary, mark rosen. the iranian regime is commonly considered to be very unpopular within iran. i wonder if you could talk about whether the u.s. should adopt a policy of regime change in iran by the iranian people, and if so, what should we be doing to support the iranian opposition more to make that happen. sec. blinken: so, from my perspective, first, the internal dynamics in iran are complicated and we're in many ways not necessarily the best source of a clear view on that precisely because we of course don't have diplomatic relations, we've been disengaged, and i think there'd be a certain amount of pretense in saying that we know exactly what the dynamics are inside iran. of course, we get as much information as we can. we have friends and partners who do have a clearer and better understanding. we put all of that together. as i see it, i think the country is very divided. i think what you've described certainly is reflective of at least half the population, but not the entirety of it. and there are profound differences, as you know, between urban and rural. there's a very

jacky rosen from nevada are saying we need to fix this problem.yeah, these fires don't understand socioeconomic status or party. they're going to burn our houses the same way. let's get ready. yeah. >> and given that, i mean, you're new to congress. you've been there a couple of days. three days. they're not always more than a couple. three days. they're not always good at getting things done. and there have been efforts to try to do something like this where it just never gets out of committee. how how do you make that different this time for people who are watching, who are saying they are tired of things like this that happen in washington and there isn't breakthrough there? >> well, i think regardless of party, i do think what we've heard from the american people. this excuses, they really are. i mean, i think we're, what, 4% approval rating with the american people congress is people don't really respect us or like us. they want results and they don't want process excuses. so i do think we have we have a bit of a mandate from the american peo

andy adam schiff and andy kim and i and many others, jacky rosen from nevada are saying we need to fixthis problem. yeah, these fires don't understand socioeconomic status or party. they're going to burn our houses the same way. let's get ready. yeah. >> and given that, i mean, you're new to congress. you've been there a couple days. three days. >> they're not always more than a couple. three days. >> they're not always good at getting things done. and there have been efforts to try to do something like this where it just never gets out of committee. how how do you make that different this time for people who are watching, who are saying they are tired of things like this that happen in washington and there isn't breakthrough there? >> well, i think regardless of party, i do think what we've heard from the american people in this election cycle is they are tired of process excuses. they really are. i mean, i think we're, what, 4% approval rating with the american people congress is people don't really respect us or like us. they want results and they don't want process excuses. so i do

. >> thank, chair rosen dale, ranking member mccormick, and english members for the opportunity to testify today. it is my honor to share insights from my perspective as the executive director at georgetown university as well as from my past experience in senior policy delivery roles in the white house office of science and technology, policy. for more than a decade, the beck center led projects that have positively impacted within 260 2 million people across the united states among working alongside governments to build a future with more economic to guilty -- mobility for all. we are a network, research hub, advocate for policymaking in the modern age, and training ground for tomorrow's innovators. technology modernization is essential to our work. the system's veterans rely on to connect to benefits, parents use to access childcare, and seniors need to utilize -- must be designed with user needs in mind. yet federal technology projects often fall short, played by rigid approaches that prioritize process over outcomes. these failures diminish public trust, waste taxpayer money, frustrate

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