arkansas governor sarah sanders is in "focus" now. welcome and i want to know how you were anticipating this would happen? did you envision it would come by executive order? >> you know, when it comes to working with president trump, you don't always know how it will happen but you know he will get the job done. couldn't be more excited to be back here, have somebody in this building, in this white house that believes in our country, is willing to fight for our country and do what is necessary to shake things up and get some real transformational change brought about from coast to coast and exactly what we've seen from donald trump since he stepped in just a few days ago. >> harris: these numbers i want to run by you. you know them well. 40% of fourth graders in our nation read below a basic level. 33% of eighth graders reading below a basic level. with all of those years in between them, they are not learning much more. we are not succeeding with our children. >> you know, we've seen a significant decline. in fact, if you look at som

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sarah huckabee sanders is here, the governor of arkansas.e mentioned, we talked about parents before, she's the day of mike huckabee who was governor from 1996-2007. you may also know her as the trump white house press secretary 2017-2019. she's also, i should say, the first woman to serve as governor of arkansas. andy beshear is also here. he's the governor of kentucky, form of kentucky governor steve beshear from 2007-2015 and served as kentucky's attorney general from 2016-2019. he's also the incoming chair of the d.g.a. i want to get to states, and we'll do the elevator pitch and talk about how you're thinking about investment from outside the country and everywhere else. but i want to talk about politics at this moment because we'll hear from president trump in a little bit and there's a lot of questions about what we're going to hear and what it means to be america first right now. i want to read you a quote from a c.e.o. who i spoke with monday night, a foreign c.e.o. who said the following. very provocative thought. he said, we alway

darrell issa, former speaker mccarthy is here, governor sarah sanders and patrick morrisey, cochairsve wycoff, thank you just got back from the middle east he had a little project that he did very well on. and we took in the first hostages today and they're coming in tomorrow and they will keep coming in. and you notice it was the day before we take office, even though the other administration, i'll be nice, the other administration says they did not have too much to do with it, did they, not at all. happen to be the day before we took office but you were fantastic and i appreciate it. and kelly loeffler and miriam abelson where is she she was so fantastic. she is a fantastic woman she was very generous as many of the people in this room. and countless other distinguished guests and i express my appreciation and the incoming pack cabinet who stepped forward to serve in the doing really well in the process and the senators and republican senators have been very understanding and very professional, we appreciate it so far if that changes i'll let you know this will be among the most ta

arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders will give us insight into what trump's second term could look like and we'll hear from miss america this morning. we have a very busy three hours, kicks off nine minutes and 52 seconds from right now. todd and carley back in a couple. you are watching the world's number one early morning show, "fox and friends first." louis! cut! more mud! action! louis, louis! cut mud on her face! louis! okay everybody, that's lunch! (♪) (♪) mud mask? no, no, no! compare hotels in the hotels.com app >> carley: take a look at disturbing video a man body slamming a woman in a case of road rage. the single mom was driving when the man stopped short causing him to crash into him. that's when the man yanked her from her car before slamming her to the ground. she suffered a serious head injury, broke her knee and foot and injured her eye socket. oh my gosh. the suspect is now facing assaulted and battery charges. is he being held on $25,000 bond. all right. there is a new number one apple podcast and it's redefining what you might consider to be mainstream. rosary in

what our governors have been doing, many will be in the room today, sarah huckabee sanders, and whaty are doing with universal school programs, it proves that this works. last point, brian, we had people 60 years ago, adults standing in school house doors refusing to let kids of color in school and now adults are refusing to let kids of all backgrounds out of failing schools and let money we pay to follow the kids and allow their parents to say this is the best school to fit my child's need. it is national school choice week. fact he's having this round table shows his commitment. >> brian: i hope he brings the cameras in. first term there was gun control. let's hear debate and find where action is. thank you for the preview today. straight ahead, hhs secretary nominee r.f.k. jr. in the hot seat and democrats try to grill him on covid vaccines and more. marc siegel will tell us how he thinks it went. (giggling) you go to sandals to get really, really close, (giggling) to the caribbean. we should do this every morning. sandals valentine's sale is now on. save up to $1,000 and get a sa

. >> remember, they are party of crazy policies, i remember sarah huckabee sanders said divide in americas normal versus crazy. we had the bill yesterday, two democrats voted for it. they are now left now controlling party, they are party of crazy, we're party says let's get back to common sense, good energy policy, to help with economy keeping taxes low to grow the economy economy is curing border rule of law. just basic common sense things. that is what we're about that is why 77 million people voted for president trump. >> i think that republicans are doing a good job, i think nominations are doing good, they are taking the policy high road, i watched pete hegseth yesterday, i watched some of pam bondi today, i will try to watch some of scott bessent tomorrow, they are taking policy road, donald trump wants a new group to create a golden era of security and america first and economic growth, that is what folks' to hear, positive optimism democrats don't have an optimistic bone in their body. >> american people do. and it is there is a sense, i see it when i w walk through airports now,

somebody used to work in that bu building behind madeleine rivera is sarah huckabee sanders, joins us now from arkansas, i believe. good morning, governor. >> good morning, great to be with you. >> steve: great to have you, happy new year. we heard donald trump say drill, baby, drill. what is joe biden doing? putting as many speed bumps in front of him as he possibly can. sgls thank goodness joe biden did not have that much power since donald trump won in november. he's trying to do as many things as possible and destroying everything that donald trump spent four years in office doing. we only have a few more days of this destructive administration before donald trump takes office again. not only did donald trump make america energy independent, he made america energy dominant, that is key for financial and national security. this is not just something people are talking about whether o offshore drilling you hear about. this is impact ing everyday americans because gas prices are up 30% right now since joe biden took office. people feel this. it is a big reason donald trump dominated

sarah huckabee sanders sisters and governor of arkansas. her she's the daughter of mike huckabee who was the governor in 1996 -- 2007 you may know her as the trump white house press secretary in 2019 she was the first woman to serve as a governor of arkansas. any beshear is also here. he's the governor of kentucky steve this year 2007 -- 2015. he served as kentucky's attorney general for 2016 until 2019. the chair of the tga. i want to get to states were going to the elevator pitch and talk about how we are thinking about investments and everything else effort want to start with politics at this moment we are going to hear from president trump in just a little bit. there's a lot of questions about what we are going to hear and what it means to be america americanfirst right now. so want to read you a quote i spoke with monday night of ford ceo who said the following. i thought is a very provocative thought. said we always like support the idea of america as a leader. it is a difference if the framing is as trump says america is the winner.

he's run ads against greg abbott and sarah huckabee sanders. he is a very partisan politician. and so he's getting back some of what he's given in the last few years. >> but trump is the king of this. i mean, we've had reporting that in past disasters, he's had to be presented with information that showed that people in the area voted for him in order for him to to bless, uh, aid going there. and this is one of those moments where the president united states or about to be president, united states can be a uniter, can be somebody that people in both parties can look to and say, this is a person who's looking out for me. >> i never understand why donald trump continues to use these moments of crisis as division. it's just it is. i mean, it's like morally repugnant in my opinion, but it's also just bad politics. and it's just bizarre to me that this is kind of always where his instinct goes. and i think it's fair for newsom to call him out on it. >> so early this morning, trump took to truth social and said, quote, the fires are still raging in l.a. the incompetent pols have no i

pushes on some of our most like our biggest insecure charities as human beings, is, is our as sarah huckabee sanders signed awful voucher bill in arkansas. she was in my home state on tuesday night. what's tonight wednesday last night in flint a hall with donald trump and she doubled down on this kind of this trump campaign thing. i think they think that they have decided to make an issue on who's had children and who hasn't. and sort of attacked kamala harris for not having given birth to children. you know, i can't all of this stuff is wrapped up in it. i don't have a single, solitary, satisfying. but i think we have to recognize that it's all part of the conversation. thank you know that be. aware in the legislature it has turned off got heated so is that a light switch or a dial. i asking for a friend a.k.a our whole state. well well you know my fantasy is the legislature because this thing away is in ten year. so you're asking me to ask to take the down side of the of the vouchers have never survived a direct which they have not up to date. they have a general paid voucher system. the one you h

i'm actually going to go do an interview right now with the governor, sarah huckabee sanders and andy beshear. so a lot more to come. stay tuned and we'll see you tomorrow. >> that's right. right now it's time for squawk on the street. >> good thursday morning. welcome to squawk on the street i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer david faber at post nine of the new york stock exchange premarket fairly steady following wednesday's intraday high. and that brief trip above 6100. corporate earnings dominate today. jobless claims at a six week high. the president does address davos in a couple of hours. our road map begins with stocks trading near that record territory as investors digest another big batch of earnings reports. plus. >> elon musk and sam altman continue their online feud on x this over that $500 billion. or it could eventually be a $500 billion stargate project. apple is the worst performing stock in the mac. seven names so far this year. another major firm cuts its price target on the name. >> let's get to this market's record run. as we finally got back above some all time

punished for actions they took while he was in office, peter navarro for example, others, sarah huckabee sanderseter navarro kicked it off here. >> these orders are policy incarnations, there are things here that he has said repeatedly, he's told america what many of these orders are going to be. many of them are things that speak to his core base of supporters and what they had asked for him to do but there are also instances, that we of course focused on things like mass deportations and what that might need for some families, but it is worth noting, immigration is an issue where many people say, more than half the country says they trust republicans, it was a message they sent to the democratic party, you've seen mcgrath like fetterman saying democrats need to listen, many of these executive orders will be explicitly undoing what were some of the first executive orders that biden made when he took office, which were to roll back some of the things in title 42, that was what prevented many migrants from coming into the united states in the covid era because of some of the restrictions. think m

i'm actually going to go do an interview right now with the governor, sarah huckabee sanders and andytay tuned and we'll see you tomorrow. >> that's right. right now it's time for squawk on the street. >> good thursday morning. welcome to squawk on the street i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer david faber at post nine of the new york stock exchange premarket fairly steady following wednesday's intraday high. and that brief trip above 6100. corporate earnings dominate today. jobless claims at a six week high. the president does address davos in a couple of hours. our road map begins with stocks trading near that record territory as investors digest another big batch of earnings reports.

sarah. >> all right. thank you kate. joining me now to discuss chuck rocha, democratic strategist and former senior adviser to bernie sandersntial campaigns and former presidential campaign manager for marco rubio, terry sullivan. all right. we'll start with rubio, because, terry, you're with us. you know, we saw democrats battling with trump's pick for defen secretary. but as you see, joni ernst one of the people that people were concerned, the republicans were concerned wasn't going to say yes to the nomination. has has decided she's going to vote for him. when it comes to marco rubio, though, who works with these senators who they know. do you think this will be a much more sort of bipartisan kind of confirmation, like we've seen in the past? >> yeah, i mean, look, because he's clearly one of the most qualified people for that job. so this is going to be boring. and it's why people aren't talking about it. because he's going to get it might even be unanimous consent. but yes, he will get plenty of votes on the democrat side of the aisle as well. >> yeah, they've already signaled that today you have pam bondi, which may b