eric schmitt welcome. before we get to angels in the sky in new jersey, i.. trump wrote about chris wray, it will end the weaponization i just don't know what happened to him. the fbi ille illegally raided high of -- my home caught cause. -- senator eric schmitt, you know i don't know what happened to christopher wray either, he was appointed by trump he is a republican yet he wreaked havoc and mar-a-lago invasion was the worst thing we have seen. okay? maybe back to bad old days when hoover was running fbi i don't know, my question -- let me ask you, so you are christopher wray and you are fbi director if the attorney general this is biden's man merrick garland, said to you, i want a dawn raid of mar-a-lago and go everywhere possible including into mrs. trump's p private belongings, does the fbi have to do it ifag says to do it? >> well they make their own determination of whether or not there is probable caw to move forward, fbi director worked with merrick garland, this is very coordinated and terrible abuse that began this lawfare that we saw play out ov

croix thank you very much for joining us now mistreat senator eric schmitt. welcome to the show, senator. >> good to be with you. let's start here at the fight of the h1 b visas which is gotten really ugly on social media. elon musk offices supports them, says he tech companies need them. he was in h1 b visa holder himself at one point. in the middle of this fight he's referred to people than the gop who are hateful, unrepentant racists and another post on x he said this, take a big step back and blank yourself in the face i will go to war on this issue. the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend. on the other side of this longtime trump ally steven bannon says the whole thing is a scam that's hurting american workers. he adds this. we are going to win this. they are going to surrender. they're not going to continue to destroy american citizens and engineering by the scam. this is a total comment let me repeat if you did not get it is a total and complete scamper president trump brought together a coalition of all kinds of groups of people and thinkers

. >> george: senators eric schmitt and adam schiff join us. plus analysis from our powerhouse round table. >>> and -- >> the human intelligence that rivals human intelligence is a very big deal. >> george: and artificial intelligence revolutionizing our world. as trump looks to revitalize big tech, eric schmidt on his new book "genesis" and the future of a.i. >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." in its final weeks, the biden administration is facing questions over mysterious flights over the night skies along the east coast. reports of unidentified aircraft over the state of new jersey have been popping up for weeks. reports of drone sightings have spread from connecticut to virginia. federal officials say there's little to worry about, but there's no known foreign connection to the objects and that many of them are traditional manned aircraft, but that answer has not satisfied state and local officials and citizens worried about privacy and security. the homeland security secretary will join us in a moment. transportation corresponde

we're now joined by senator schmitt.mes longman talking about travis timmerman, a resident of your state. have you had any contact with him or his family? >> i haven't. it's positive news, of course, and we're happy to see that revelation and of course, there's a lot more that's going to unfold there, but i think president trump's been clear as far as us intervening there. i don't think that's a situation that we should do, but i do think diplomacy will be important especially in these critical hours in the aftermath of the -- of assad being overthrown. >> george: the president has said -- president-elect has said we're not going to intervene there. the united states should have nothing to do with it, but we are there right now. there are u.s. troops in syria conducting counterterrorism operations against isis. do you think they should remain? >> i think that's a longer discussion and a discussion that president trump had in his first term. i think we're entering a new phase though of realism in this country. president t

joining me now elbridge colby secretary of state under donald trump and missouri senator, eric schmittt's start with you and what should the first order of business fee? >> you hit the nail on the head aand one of the key things he laid out is to try to end the war in ukraine but overall bring back the leverage and get the allies to do more of their fair share and tried to get peace in other parts of the world to prevent war. you are absolutely right you see she's shaping to try to get a phone call and shine bomb and trudeau, the worst of the left is also sort of catering to the kind of strength that president comp brings an understanding of leverage and willingness to use it for the american people so you see the results and it can't happen soon enough. as we discussed biden on the way out the door he is not just giving money away and angola but deepening the war in ukraine and stop pails and admission -- >> laura: senator schmitt $725 million green lit yesterday giving them day and giving everyday for the biden administration. as funny as it can be, this is not funny because more peo

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we welcome back missouri senator eric schmitt. mr. schmidt, welcome, sir, as always.t to angels in the sky in new jersey, i want to read you from truth social what mr. trump said about christopher wray. it'll end the weaponization. i just don't know what happened to him and they've done everything to interfere with my success the success of the american people and the country. christopher wray was appoint bid trump and he was a republican and wreaked h havoc and the mar-a-lago was one of the worst things and going back to the bad old days with jay edgar hoover and my question to you, let me ask you this, so you're christopher wray and fbi director and if you're you're attorney general, biden's mer garland says to you, i want a dawn raid of mar-a-lago and go everywhere possible including into mrs. trump's private belongings and so forth. does the fbi director have to do it? going for merrick garland and it's cornated with terrible views and it's going to be -- coordinated views aning for the lawfare going over the course of two years and it's important to take a step b

the angle former deputy assistant secretary of state under donald trump and missouri senator eric schmittidge, let's start with you. what should trump's first order of business be. you hit the nail on the head. one of the key things that he laid out is trying to end the war in ukraine. overall, bringing back the kind of leverage and getting our allies to do more of their fair share and trying to get peace in the world and prevent war. i think you are absolutely right. have you seen that seen xi jinping "wall street journal" trying to get a phone call. sheinbaum and trudeau the worst of the leftee progressive types also sort of catering to i think the strength that president trump brings. the clarity, the understanding of leverage and the willingness to use it for the american people. you are already seeing the results and can't happen soon enough. as we discussed biden on the way out the door he is not just giving money away in angola deepening the war in ukraine when it's not going to work and weapons stockpiles are bare. >> laura: $725 million green lit yesterday giving monday. giving e

schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. a mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: mr. paul voted in the affirmative. senators voting in the negative -- bennet, cantwell, cassidy, collins, fischer, graham, hyde-smith, king, markey, padilla, rounds, schatz, schumer, sinema, tillis, and it'll be the amendment and going for that. mr. president, i yield the floor. when social security trust fund becomes solvent, the fairies don't come back and replenish the social security trust fund. we don't have trust fund fairies. we have a debt that is already over $33 trillion and we're headed towards dealt crisis. so this bill by everyone's agreement, even those that will vote for it tonight, not that i don't want to fix an injustice for a small amount of people and deserve a few money dollars more a month. the way we've done -- gone about it is going to b

inauguration since 18. 74 missouri republican senator eric schmitt says trump's invite to she marks a era of diplomacy. think we should be talking to our adversaries. but i think president trump very clearly understands xi jinping is he clearly understands china's ambitions over the last decade. u.s. china relations plummeted over trade and territorial dispute. not to mention china's ties to adversaries like russia and iran. the biden administration did not criticize trump invite going to be president elect trump to decide who's going to sit with him but insists they paved the way for better relations with china. doesn't mean that we don't have disagreements, but i'm sure they will too. >> trump campaigned on a promise to get tough on china and is threatening another round of terrorists in washington. raquel martin >> coming up after the break, new technology helping police catch more criminals. details on report coming up. >> the city of berkeley is celebrating the success of the automated license plate reader cameras. police say since october first, those cameras have helped with a

senator eric schmitt are calling for reform on the h-1b visa program. >> you shouldn't have lower skilledld be done by american workers. you shouldn't have that kind of category in the united states. it shouldn't be for accountants or entry level it jobs. it should really be for exceptional talent. and we can have that balance. and i hope president trump actually looks at that bipartisan bill that would reform this. >> program to hire thousands each year. president elect donald trump previously opposed the program but voiced support yesterday after tech billionaire elon musk posted in favor of it. many maga supporters who want to see more restrictions on immigration are opposed to the visa program. 40 niners fans heading to tomorrow's game are advised to give themselves extra time to get to levi's stadium. heavy traffic and delays are expected on major roads around levi's. a stretch of tasman drive will be closed beginning at 130 tomorrow morning. vta will be running additional service for fans. stadium parking will open at 145 in the afternoon. pregame festivities tomorrow include firewo

so that's schmitt's challenge and it's actually challenge more broadly. i have a chapter in the book on fascist ideas of equality, which know some many people think is just a contradiction in terms and on some level it is, except for one remember that that that's fasces the symbol of the italian fascist, that bundle of and sticks that the roman lifters carried as a symbol of authority and justice. that was for the 18th and 19th century, a republican symbol of equality, of unity and equality and, you know, you go to washington, d.c. and you see the lincoln memorial and right under. the great liberators hands are two fasces lining speaker's rostrum in the house of. in the in congress again 2 to 2 fasces. and so that was self-consciously taken a symbol of equality by the fascists. they developed actually an explicit sort of discourse around this, which, you know, very sadly is being revived again today. and it's just up front about this equals four equals and not everyone else. and, you know, schmidt says that in order to galvanize a group, you need to have

republican senator eric schmitt of missouri always good to see you, sir. thank you so much for coming by. sure thing. jake. coming up, we're going to talk to pete hegseth attorney in his first tv interview. that's just in a few minutes. but first, what senate democrats are saying about a potential backup plan. if trump needs to replace hegseth with someone else. stay with us people love to find me. >> but me, i love finding the perfect gift. like for my friend wendy, who loves coffee or for my little dog woof. who eats big. thank you gifts that say i get you at rise up this morning smile with the rising from three little birds pitch by my doorstep singing sweet songs of melodies pure and true saying this is my message. >> the black friday sale is now on. visit sandals.com or call one 800 sandals. >> do you want to know why more and more people are switching to freeway? it's simple one low prices two tickets accidents or even a dui. no problem freeway can insure you and three fast and free. no obligation quotes at freeway you decide how much you want to pay

inauguration since 18. 74 missouri republican senator eric schmitt says trump's invite to she marks a new era of diplomacy. think we should be talking to our adversaries. but i think president trump very clearly understands xi jinping is he clearly understands china's ambitions over the last decade. u.s. china relations plummeted over trade and territorial dispute. not to mention china's ties to adversaries like russia and iran. the biden administration did not criticize trump invite. going to be president elect trump to decide who's going to sit with him but insists they paved the way for better relations with china. that doesn't mean that we don't have disagreements, but i'm sure they will too. >> trump campaigned on a promise to get tough on china and is threatening another round of terrorists in washington. raquel martin >> well, a forty-niners have been left with more questions after last night's deflating loss to the rams. guy didn't want to play ross says the latest on linebacker. if andrea campbell. and where the team goes from here. >> a big storm barreling down on the bay ar

schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema.smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, booker, cantwell, hassan, klobuchar, lujan, murray, ossoff, stabenow, warren, warren. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, cornyn, cotton, crapo, hagerty, hyde-smith, lankford, lee, rubio, schmitt, wicker. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mrs. fischer, no. right young will. they tend to be bold and patriotic. i have the best of them on my team better prepared advocate government worked in the door 1999 anyone on the team is somewhere along the way kentucky basketball. honorary delivery. world they go and what only member of my staff in the director outside in some way is so. it is certainly not by accident. on my staff and. it is judgment. it is a compl

>> ashley: mike eric schmitt is looking to reduce sentences, one convicted of murdering anelderly womanrobbery inform 2021 state lawmakers in oregon passed a deal to jointly ask a judge to revisit a conviction or reduce a sentence. shmitt lost to vasquez who takes over on friday. and an investigation of boeing aircrafts after the fiery plane crash killed 179 people over the weekend. investigators are looking at records of models similar. two flight attendants were the only survivors. one is awake and able to communicate. >> todd: two planes coming within near feet of colliding on the runway. one plane trying to take off, the delta plane. the smaller plane was a charter flight carrying the men's basketball team from gonzaga. that delta plane was traveling 150 miles per hour. delta says it is unwear of an investigation. we cannot have that happening. to this meeting of the minds yesterday on x. elon musk and rob rob gronkowski call for major tax reform saying current system is too complicated. >> ashley: cheryl casone is here with the story. good morning. >> cheryl: good morning, we are t

senator eric schmitt is stunned by the commutation of sander's sentence. >> alexis roberts went on a camping trim with her mother and thomas sanders, thomas sanders on the way back took her mother out and executed her in cold blood in front of lexis then slit lexus roberts throat and let her die in the woods. this is someone that joe biden, on the even of christmas, decided to commute his sentence. this is nuts. >> raymond: i'll say. and to do it on christmas eve eve is frankly disgusting. think of the poor families of these victims just before christmas getting this news. like the family of laura hobbs and crystal tobias. in 2005, these two little girls were riding their bikes in their chicago neighborhood when jorge a via torres squalled and stabbed the girls to death. this is crystal's brother alberto. >> my mom tells my dad that my sister was found and that she was dead. my dad ran upstairs, he was crying, it was the first time i've ever seen him cry. my brothers woke up, they heard everything and they were sobbing, they were crying, loud. >> raymond: four years later, jorge avea

senator schmitt introduced legislation aimed at preventing collusion between federal agencies and socialia companies. a new day as relates to online censorship. >> bill: great to be in the room. thank you. >> we look at $36 trillion we're currently in debt. it is undeniable that this is unsustainable. there is never a better time than now with the tools that we have with a.i., with business intelligence, analytic tools for us to really do a deep dive and analysis and use taxpayer dollars wisely. >> dana: that is just one of many americans reportedly vying for a volunteer position with doge. vivek ramaswamy and elon musk wants folks to work 80 hours a week for free and people are willing to do it. todd piro and tyrus are here. you had engineers from going also deep mine saying i won't work on this project for the pentagon. they didn't believe america was a good country. all of a sudden a different thing. >> a trump sea change. it underscores the magnitude of this moment. i think most americans see we have an opportunity for transformative change and much like our country transformed follo

maria: i mean eric schmitt senator from missouri just with me confirmed what we knew that is that thedirectly back to china you saw dji, this is a chinese drone maker, that we buy drones from, i mean extraordinary to me that we buy drones from a chinese drone maker, dji, meaning whatever that drone sees china sees, numbers one adversary, without a question i keep asking lawmakers guests no real answers as to whose decision why we are still today buying drones from chinese company dji stay with us arrive got a spotlight on this we'll be right back you are watching "mornings with maria" live on "fox business." . ♪ . . maria: welcome back. we are 30 minutes away from the if opening bell on wall street. markets are hire across the board, take a look. final thoughts, carol roth. >> so i would say with all we've been talking about, the drones, the selling of the border wall material, not having critical resources, inauguration cannot come fast enough, maria with. i'll leave are it there. maria: great point. caroline. >> i totally agree. between sabotaging the construction, setting the cleme

eric schmitt and anna paulina luna.d be a sellout in theed bars in d.c.ow posted again on tooth showed up endemic social before showtime,d continuing resolution is dying t can anyone imagine passing it without terminating or extending the debt ceiling ceiling guillotine coming up in june?e he is right,on senator it will fall on him if it goes down the way it's going down with themp passing of legislation. >> thank god and president trume need this leadership and i'vere been here two years and this is just a disaster. >> laura: is that all? it seems like you've been here longer. >> this is what we do. it is so stupid and every yeare we get to the same place and people are surprised and we don't do normal appropriations bills. we need platforma real process. president trump went on a platform performing inoces washington and the best way is to reform the whole process, which is a mess. >> laura: here we go without the cream to have friends, congresswoman and you know it was coming and i alluded to itnh in "the angle." he

this is senator eric schmitt.n fox news and send it today a little bit about the challenges and what the expectations might be. then i went to your predictions. take a listen. >> a president trump is enforce existing laws and deport people who are here illegally. and so i think that's coming on day one. you'll see a flurry of executive orders to that point. the american people want that. you see that among hispanic voters, black voters, white voters, every socioeconomic group supported that by the egg supporting supports that. that's why president trump won. is very clear about this it's a big important part about as many that he receive. molly: executive orders but what are your predictions? >> it turns out to enforcing the laws that's what it comes down to. but my prediction unfortunately is i think we are going to see some people who are protesting present him on the let their hatred towards trump is bigger than their love towards america. they're not reasoning correctly and the challenges are always going to b

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mike lawler of new york calls the visa program critical to the kherson but republican senator eric schmitt says the visa system needs reformed. listen to what he has to say and we'll get your reaction, tom. >> the context we need to keep in mind here is that the american workers have been left behind by this economy. many factories jobs have been sent overseas and the abuses of the h-1b program have been evident where you have sort of the sons and daughters of those factory workers who lost their jobs with white collar jobs and they are training their replacements. the foreign workers undercutting their wages so i think the solution here, president trump is actually articulated in 2020 is to reform that system. you know, get rid of the abuse, make it merit-based and make sure that we're not undercutting wages and have americans replace or train their foreign replacements. >> jason: tom, actually, you know what? let's do this. i think the debate will go on and the job that i.c.e. and you have is to actually enforce the visas so when they do expire that people actually leave the country whet

. >> on china, senator wicker and eric schmitt wrote a column in "the wall street journal" saying that china is on the cusp of world-changing air capabilities and could control the skies and say if conflict erupts, china may be able to bracket off the western pacific striking u.s. bases using start of the art air defense batteries to keep aircraft at bay. how are you preparing for combat that would, you know, ensure that the united states did not lose a war with china in the pacific? >> one of the -- this is a challenge of not only being able to do it today, but into tomorrow. they're also advancing their capabilities as rngs those auth mentioned. but if things were to go down today, this is why the combat deployment, we would not just deploy to one location and have all of our aircraft in one location, sort of like we do at places in the middle east. but we would, with indications and warning, with understanding about the sensor grid, we would -- when those missiles are being launched, we would flush out to other locations within the same base cluster. this is this agile combat deploy

senator schmitt talked about the importance of the debate but also the need to reform h-b1 visas. >> text we need to keep in mind here is that the american works have been left behind by this economy. many factory jobs sent overseas. the abuses of the h-b1 program have been evident where you have sort of the sons and daughters of those factory workers lost their jobs white collar jobs as accountants and training replacements foreign workers. will president trump has actually or particulateside 2020 to reform that system make it merit based and not undercutting. having americans train their foreign replacements. >> will: yeah. so, back to the substance of this really quickly. i think -- i don't think -- this is the funny thing about this debate. i'm not sure the disagreement is as great as is sounds tonally. is it room for the 0.01%. i don't buy the idea that there aren't american stem workers, coders, engineers we can't find out there we have to get some of these guys from india or china there will be occasion for that we know there are americans being boxed out of jobs bring foreign

we also have senator eric schmitt and we're going to talk about this very public civil war of the h 1bisas, elon musk vs. the maga crowd with both of these guys, congressman khanna represents silicon valley so we'll get perspective from the r and the d. rachel: that's interesting ro khanna definitely. will: thank you, shannon. charlie: thanks. will: to a fox news alert at least 179 people are dead after a fiery plane crash in south korea. the 15-year-old boeing plane carrying 181 people skidding off the runway at an airport about 180 miles south of seoul, as it bangkok, thailand. charlie: continuing this morning after the aircraft exploded on the impact the concrete wall at the muan international airport, the view is graphic and some might find it disturbing. rachel: wow incredibly two crew members have been pulled from the wreckage alive by emergency crews without any life threatening injuries. meanwhile local officials say the control tower issued a bird strike warning and that the pilots declared may day before trying to land the plane. will: we spoke to an expert earlier who says h

and nevada to sell in san jose, silicon valley congressman ro khanna and republican senator eric schmittalling for reform on the h-1b visa program. >> you shouldn't have lower skilled things that could be done by american workers. you shouldn't have that kind of category in the united states. it shouldn't be for accountants or entry level it jobs. it should really be for exceptional talent. and we can have that balance. and i hope president trump actually looks at that bipartisan bill that would reform this. >> tech companies use the program to hire thousands of workers each year. president elect donald trump previously opposed the program, but voiced his support saturday after elon musk posted on social media that he's in favor of it. many conservative republicans who want to see more restrictions on immigration are opposed to the visa program. now it's time for our abc seven mornings advancer. it's our way of giving you a preview of the things happening in the bay area today. >> first, san francisco police are scheduled to hold a virtual town hall to give an update on the deadly shooti

apollo 17 astronauts, eugene cernan and harrison schmitt became the last humans to walk on the moon.magnum p i starring tom selleck premiered and in 2009, tiger woods announced his indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage. >> it's and 6. and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. there are a bunch of dogs suddenly up for adoption. >> and we're going to tell you where you can help out after they were found abandoned on the side of the road. >> to enjoy night right now and it is a cold morning and things are going to blow in this evening with it now to ignite a little rain. but it's not the big one. the big ones come totally look at night we got her introductory rate, ball and then saturday looks to be. >> the one that really packs the biggest punch. and that's when also see any sort of risk of, you know, water potentially stacking up and causing us to miss you issues. as for right now, it's still very nice and sunny, it is hazy, though, and especially inland. you're seeing even some that to leave fog hanging out with us showers to the north up in oregon. it's

plus, george interviews republican senator eric schmitt of missouri and democratic senator adam schifff california. all of that coming up on abc's "this week." whit? >> whit: over now to syria and word that u.s. diplomats have been in direct contact with the rebel group that led the overthrow of the assad regime. that group known as hts, once linked to al qaeda, and is still considered a terrorist organization by the u.s. abc's james longman is joining us from damascus. james, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. the u.s. has now made direct contact with them. it is specifically concerning the missing american, austin tice, but it might be the beginning of this group currently listed as a terror organization, being accepted into the international fold. this morning, as the work to rebuild syria begins, the u.s. and its partners vowing to support its transition to a new post-assad era. >> our message to the syrian people is this. we want them to succeed, and we're prepared to help them do so. >> reporter: speaking from jordan with a group of international diplomats, secretary

schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- bennet, blumenthal, booker, brown, butler, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, heinrich, helmy, kaine, kelly, klobuchar, lujan, padilla, reed, rosen, schatz, shaheen, smith, van hollen, and welch. mr. murphy, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, braun, britt, budd, capito, cassidy, collins, cornyn, cotton, cruz, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hawley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mullin, murkowski, ricketts, romney, schmitt, scott of florida, tillis, tuberville, and young. mr. moran, no. mr. coons, aye. ms. hassan, aye. mr. crapo, no. >> if there was ran attempt to create a body that influences them and government influences and the corrupt with the first trump administration and goi

. >> silicon valley congressman ro khanna and republican senator eric schmitt are calling for reformthe h-1b visa program. >> you shouldn't have lower skilled things that could be done by american workers. you shouldn't have that kind of category in the united states. it shouldn't be for accountants or entry level it jobs. it should really be for exceptional talent. and we can have that balance. and i hope president trump actually looks at that bipartisan bill that would reform this. >> tech companies use the program to hire thousands of workers each year. president elect donald trump previously opposed the program, but has voiced his support saturday, after elon musk posted on social media that he's in favor of it. many conservative republicans who want to see more restrictions on immigration are opposed to the visa program. >> now it's your abc seven mornings advancer. our way of giving you a preview of things happening today in the bay area. >> first, san francisco police are scheduled to hold a virtual town hall to give an update on the deadly shooting of aate on security guard.

. >> yeah, this is a meeting that's about to start in a matter of minutes with senator eric schmitt of missouri. this coming after a number of republicans have simply not saying how they would come down whether they would support this nomination. but acknowledging that this could be a difficult road because democrats are likely to be in unison opposing this nominee. and more than three republican senators, if they were to vote against him, that would mean that he could not get the votes to become confirmed. that a much more than three republican senators who have concerns, who have questions about these allegations of misconduct, that have come out in various reports, and what key senator. earlier today, senator lindsey graham acknowledged the tough road ahead and for hegseth to get the votes some of these articles are very disturbing. >> he you know obviously has a chance to defend himself here. but, you know, some of this stuff is is going to be difficult you know, time will tell. i like pete, i've known him for a very, very long time and the other senators including senator joni ern

being out or equal to us in terms of their long-term plotting against us to a generation i think eric schmitt former executive chairman of google talks about a tech generation as being 18-ish much. >> wabtec field are you most, technical field are you most concerned about their near parity arrival with us? >> just in terms of the point, cybersecurity generally tying tt end, i mentioned 5g, but one of the things i most concerned about is investment towards quantum computing. we have with the nsa where the best code makers and breakers in the world general nakasone i i think you and i agree is a national treasure. but if china gets to quantum first, we are in trouble. that for me was one of come when we look at investments looking forward in the challenges we face an effect china is investing more towards those technologies than the united states presently we need to be valid. >> i'm going to give effect to the chairman latta want to underscore which may. i'm a small, small government guy but we're radically under investing in lot of the field you just mentioned. general nakasone is an absolute

we'll get reaction from republican senator eric schmitt. then president biden takes new actions on the environment and limiting the number of new judges president trump will be able to nominate as the end of the biden era approaches. we'll talk with house democrat ro khanna. plus, the new congress is sworn in on friday and right out of the gates, the fate of speaker johnson hangs in the balance. >> it's really not clear who else would be in the waiting there. >> i think president trump, behind the scenes, will ultimately decide who the next speaker will be. >> our sunday panel on the leadership fight on capitol hill. all right. now on fox news sunday. hello from fox news sunday in washington. on this last sunday of 2024, we begin with a fox news alert. south korea suffering its deadliest passenger plane disaster ever on its soil. this morning we want to warn you. the video you're about to see is disturbing. a boeing 737 800 jet used by a low budget airliner crash landed, veered off the runway and slammed into a concrete wall bursting into f

schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. n.l. the clerk: mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- coons, gillibrand, manchin, rosen, shaheen, tester, warner, and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- capito, cotton, fischer, lankford, lummis, marshall, paul, ricketts, rubio, sullivan, tuberville, and young. >> it seems fitting to end with someone whose retirement is a departure not from just from the senate but from a long and honorable career on the national political stage. on the bingo cards of american politics, the governor of massachusetts, senator from utah, combination, -- his repeated success in public office is a testament to his transcendent appeal of his character. as it turns out uncompromising honesty, artist humility, and evident devotion to faith and family are as compelling in cedar city as they

in missouri where my colleague senator schmitt represents federal employment is more than 37,000 and many work for the v.a., for the treasury, for the army, the u.s. department of agriculture, and the department of homeland security. this shouldn't be a partisan bill. we don't have any need and never have had a need for democratic meat inspectors or republican air traffic controllers. democratic v.a. nurses and republican cancer researchers. we just want people who have expertise. these experts may have their personal political opinions but as long as they're doing their jobs, they deserve protection from political retaliation. to be clear, the president can govern as he or she sees fit within the bounds of statute. many federal laws have ambiguity. if there's too much ambiguity, we in congress need to fix it. the president is emspou we ared to use flexibility within the law as he sees fit and career federal employees have to follow those directives and implement the president's interpretation of the law following within legal bounds and the president additionally has the ability to

schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, booker, butler, cantwell, cardin, collins, cortez masto, duckworth, fetterman, heinrich, helmy, hirono, kaine, murphy, murray, ossoff, reed, rosen, sanders, tester, warner, warren, welch and whitehouse. the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran -- senators voting in the negative -- blackburn, boozman, braun, budd, cassidy, cornyn, cotton, cramer, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, hawley, hyde-smith, kennedy, lankford, lummis, marshall, mcconnell, moran, mullin, ricketts, rounds, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sullivan, thune, tillis, tuberville, and young. met in president? >> a senator from michigan. >> first about i would say wouldn't you know i get laryngitis. [laughte

schumer: i ask that the booker-schmitt substitute amendment be considered and agreed to, the motion todered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. schumer: and finally, mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 3:00 p.m. on monday, december 16, that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. following the conclusion of morning business, the senate resume consideration of the house message to accompany h.r. 5009, that the motion to concur will ripen at 5:30 a.m. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: if there is no further business to come before the senate. i ask that it stand aid understand under the previous order. the presiding officer: the the presiding officer: the and thank you so much

schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. vote: swearingen here. [inaudible] >> okay. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i have taken it. >> okay. raise your right hand. will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and,hi domestic. you will take this obligation freely without any mental reservation you will well and faithfully upon which you are about to enter so help you god. congratulations. family members here. >> we have to properly meet. i've talked to your dad about you guys. who is this. >> august. >> very nice to meet you. >> who is this? kamala harris. [laughter] >> i was one of the united states senator and i thank you giving permission for your whole family. thank you all. >> one -- two -- three. >> take care. >> bye, guys. i'll se

schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. the clerk: mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis, mr. tuberville. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. houseboats the quickest, simplest spike we can make sure and deliver the threat of a shut them behind us the government open provide emerges supporters of doctors farmers. only way to get done this bipartisan. during the negotiation the government for accomplishing from the front of shutting down the government the government down about publish the goal they wanted to accomplish. get ready the government down and after a few the time of the day or at the most, 35 days six or seven years ago government opens up the the government is supposed to be of service for the american you can't serve the american hopefully by hope accomplish they are tomorrow seniors will automatically benefit drivers and has had congressio

emphasis on open-sourcee information it's valuable those famous quote now become famous in the ache eric schmittoogle talk and how much information we generate in just a matter of days used to be information generated over decades. and so with that recognition about how rapidly things are expanding in this information gets out so quickly and will be talk about aspects like machine learning the implementation of data from open source material and information drives are advances in that countries like china that are devoting so many resources towards that who got to exceed that moving forward.wa >> into what should the private partnership be as it pertains to open source? clearly you mention silicon valley the attraction of the salaries but that is only one part of it. yet there seems to be in some instances an adversarial relationship by the same big data producers even with national security more broadly or the intelligence community more specifically i will not name names. we know their feelings and in some instances about the intelligence community. how do we navigate that in terms of a relati

schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, booker, butler, durbin, heinrich, hickenlooper, ossoff, stabenow, and tester. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, braun, collins, kennedy, romney, >> working hard to set the stage for unified republican government next year. first, when we go through our swearing in and then the inauguration. americans can expect significant results if from a pro-growth and pro-family policy. that's going to be the focus that we have. we've had that focus at every stage of the last several years, and we've seen from the work that we did in 2017 that it has been extremely successful for those two concepts, to have a pro-growth and pro-family policy set in place, addressing wasteful government spending and looking out for our m

colleague its came to me schmitt realized that in the further evaluation on this, realizing while we appreciate this grant from our partners to make sure we have more open space. . that we will will realize that rec and park department will have to work to sxur 15-20 million dollars of public fend and has noted been clear whether we could secure that and how we would secure that and we may require bond dollars and the fact that the capital plan is currently updated that we will come to the board of supervisor through the budget committee in march for final approval hope to see that this should be discussed part of the plan whether this will be per of the capital plan the next decade for the board's approval. so i would like to accepted this become to committee. and then to sort of be part of this capital planning discussion. at this time. i hope top have your support >> thank you supervisor chan as a district 3 supervisor i have no objections seconded by ronen. colleagues can we take that without objection? item is referred. read items 33-36 together. >> items 33-36 are 4 resolutions

schmitt. mr. schumer. the clerk: mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- brown, heinrich, lujan, manchin, merkley, murphy, rosen, schatz, smith, welch. senators voting in the negative -- budd, cornyn, cruz, hagerty, hawley, kennedy, lummis, mcconnell, murkowski, tillis, wi we are being the development with what's happening on the ground and it is ironclad and we are committed to that. >> the great concern, is it the perspective of the united states? >> it is a fluid situation, i'm not going to jump to that, we are watching these developments and okay counterparts. >> every country has its own rules and laws and procedures, i am no expert and how sub koreans work in the ins and outs it is certainly hope and expectation laws and regulations are abided by the country. >> i'm not going to