anything of significance that the treasury department needs to say to the senate finance committee is said by the treasury secretary. and so when senator ron wyden, who has served as chairman of the senate finance committee and now in the minority, serves as the top democrat on the senate finance committee, which is still a very powerful position that in a committee which has jurisdiction over the united states treasury, when he writes to the treasury secretary, the treasury secretary is supposed to respond. senator ron wyden wrote a letter of complaint to the treasury secretary about elon musk taking control of the united states treasury, taking control of the actual payment mechanisms in the united states treasury, something no treasury secretary has ever actually seized control of. senator wyden got a reply letter today that the treasury secretary himself, scott bessent, who should be impeached and won't be for allowing elon musk to violate the integrity and security of the united states treasury, was afraid to sign. the treasury secretary was afraid to sign this letter. the letter

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

yeah ♪ ask your eye doctor about prescription miebo. >> dana: we just got a vote in the senate committee. senate financedent's nominee to run the department of health and human services. it was a bit of a nail biter up until the end. we didn't know how senator cassidy would vote and gave fox news a statement before walking in and he was a yes. so that was 14-13 in the finance committee. so rfk, jr. now advances to consideration on the senate floor and we'll see how that goes. but looks better for him and also for tulsi gabbard who will get a vote this afternoon. >> president trump: every single one of those countries is dying to make a deal. they're ripping us off really badly. and the united states is tired of just being ripped off. >> john: president trumps explaining why he is using tariffs as a deal making tool as canada and mexico quickly cave to border security demands. china allows a 10% tariff on all its imports to take effect. the president is expected to talk with xi jing ping today but that window may have passed today. do you think they can strike a similar deal to the one trump with mexico

>> yeah, and we're waiting right outside the senate finance committee where just in a matter of moments, the big question is going to be, what does senator bill cassidy do? he, of course, is a louisiana republican. he's up for reelection in 2026. he's also a medical doctor who has expressed concern about rfk jr.. s views about vaccines. at last week's hearing, he said that he was struggling with how rfk jr. is dealing just with knocked down the notion that vaccines are linked to childhood autism. now, after that remark, in which he said he was struggling, he did have extended conversations with kennedy on sunday. but in talking to and talking to cassidy yesterday, he was very clear he was not ready yet to make a decision on how he will ultimately come down. but if he votes no in this committee, that could be enough to scuttle this nomination altogether. but at the moment, phil, we don't know exactly how he'll come down. if he does vote yes, that means he'll join with all other republicans on this committee allowing this nomination to advance by the narrowest of margins, sending it ultim

national intelligence nominee tulsi gabbard will be facing the senate intelligence committee while trump's hhs pick rfk jr. in front of the senate financeommittee. both committees may not get a floor vote until some time next week. did you hear this? new jersey governor phil murphy's team is now backpedaling after the governor made this claim suggesting he was sheltering an illegal immigrant at his home. tammy and i were talking about -- i don't want to get into too much detail there is someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to and we said, you know what? let's have her live at our house above our garage and good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her. >> murphy's rep telling the neww york post" that the governor's comments have been, quote, misinterpreted and that, no one has ever lived in his home. and a new study says that teams spend an average of an hour and a half on their phones during the school day and at least 25% of them are on their devices for more than two hours. the study finding social media apps like instagram and tiktok as well as other mess

ete, the senate finance committee will vote on the nomination ofobt -- f kennedy junior. then the senate will work on bills. including the maintenance of the 9/ memorial and se. and an evaluatn of fifighting technology. on c-sn o at 9:00 a.m., potico hosts a discussion of u.s. trade policy area at 11:00, confmaon votes for doug collins and pam bondi. on c-span3, the janet -- senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on classifying fentanyl as a schedule e ug. watch online at c-span.org. >> listening to programs on c-span radio is easy. tell your smart speaker to play c-span radio and listen. important public affairs events throughout the day. listen anytime. tell your smart speaker to play c-span radio. >> next update on the efforts involving a crash between a helicopter and passenger jet. >> all right. good afternoon. from the u.s. department of engineers district. following up on yesterday's update as far as our progress on the wreckage recovery at reagan national, we continue to be mindful of those impacted and those who lost their lives but also first responders and o

. - well, the senate finance committee just this week has voted to advance robert f. kennedy jr.'s nomination to run the department of health and human services. now, robert f. kennedy jr. has spent decades advocating against vaccines and spreading misinformation. he has called the covid-19 vaccine, quote, "the deadliest vaccine ever made." he suggested the pandemic was, quote, "ethnically targeted to attack caucasians and black people." he has said he believes that, quote, "autism comes from vaccines," and he has linked school shootings to antidepressants. what would it mean for american public health if robert f. kennedy jr. is confirmed to run the health and human services department as it seems is likely to be the case? - well, margaret, i'm extremely concerned because having lived in that world and know the complexity of that organization, which has about a $1.7 trillion budget, 62,000 people, and not only in the united states, but our reach is globally because it is important that we work with our allies to perpetuate peace and stability and health. so i would be very concer

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are certainly in my light tonight. >> after a week of testy hearings on capitol hill, the senate finance committeeuesday at 10 a.m. on robert f kennedy jr. s nomination for health and human services secretary, republican senator bill cassidy, chair of the senate health committee, who also sits on the finance committee, said he has been struggling with rfk jr. s nomination. well, joining me now, natasha korecki, nbc news politics reporter. natasha, welcome. i know that you covered the hearing. so is the senate finance committee announcing this tuesday vote because republicans believe they have enough support for rfk jr. s nomination. >> well, what. >> sources tell us is that they do believe he has. >> he can't he may have enough votes. >> however. >> we do know that bill cassidy. >> as as. >> you just. >> noted. a republican, a physician. >> he he also. >> chairs the. >> the health. committee that. >> that was a you know, it was. >> a. >> courtesy hearing. but it. >> was a follow. up hearing. where where rfk jr. was really grilled. >> we do know. >> that cassidy. >> has significant issues. >> he ra

s, you know, vote in the senate finance committee really does hinge on that exchange with senator bill cassidy, who is, by the way, also a doctor. he had some pointed questions about vaccines during the hearing last week, among other things. do you think kennedy, um, managed himself well with cassidy? and if he didn't, is that an indicator that, you know, cassidy is going to be a no vote? >> well, i don't think he managed himself well with cassidy. like sophia said, there were some sort of pointed interactions that i think kennedy, uh, you know, fell under the bar that that cassidy and others wanted him to pass very clearly stating that vaccines don't cause autism. it's just something that kennedy was not willing to do on capitol hill last week in front of the cameras. now, the important thing to remember for cassidy, not only is he a doctor, he's the chairman of the top health committee in the senate. he also is up for reelection in 2026. so he is juggling the the the political need to to sort of shore up support on his right. obviously already chatter about a primary challenge down i

to get the senate finance committee in 2021 to go where it had never been. you know, the senate finance committee, you cover this stuff with the wall street journal, you know, in charge of taxes and the like the tax code as it related to energy with just a jerry built math it was all about something called extenders. yeah. and you'd have them for months and basically their shelf life was, you know, not much than a carton of eggs. and so you couldn't have any predictability in, the certainty and the like. and so after cap and trade went in 2010, i spent well over a year kind of studying to go. and one of the major developments just got finalized this week, what's called technological neutrality, so that we could promote a variety of different, you know, energy sources. and we'd say the more you reduce carbon, the bigger your tax savings. and it struck a chord with joe manchin, but it also struck a chord with, you know, progressives wanted to break the gridlock and what we did is we took the long view and i'm telling you was really long because a lot of you wer

. >> members of the senate finance committee discuss the nomition of robert f kennedy to be health and human services secretarynd vote to enhance his nomination. that's next. cretary of state marco rubio talking about the funding phrase of u. foreign aid. later, president trump senior advisor on trade and manufacturing discussing the trump administration's threat of tariffs against mexico and canada. >> nbc news and others are reporting that the trump administrati is preparing an executive order for president trump that would alish the education department. the article goes on to note that the president must get congressional approval for such a move. during mr. tru's campaign he promised to get rid of the federal department and posted a video message in 2023 that said, "one other thing i will be doing very early in the administration is closing up the department of education in washington, c. and sending all education and education work and needs back to the states. the department of education was created in 1970 nine by president jimmy cter." wednesday, a look at ways to increase gov

trade representative, jamison greer, appearing before the senate finance committee. watch live coverage on c-span 3. >> this legislation will become law. all we need is three republicans to show a little bit of patriotism. i know they are out there, i know they got the patriotism. they've just got to show the courage. that is where we are right now. i should mention that our office has received more phone calls, i have to be talking to people because they are all definitely concerned. hopefully i will be able to stick around for questions. >> thank you so much, and thank you congressman kasten and congresswoman stephens for bringing us the taxpayer data protection act because this is going to address the deep anxiety across the country about elon musk hacking into america's most personal information, and the illegal cutting of federal funding for critical services. last week i received a note from a public school teacher in my district. she was very concerned about what is going to happen to education and federal funding for school. she worried about the grants that

geoff: the senate finance committee voted along party lines to send to the full senate robert f. jr.'s nomination to lead the department of health and human services. and the senate intelligence committee advanced former congresswoman tulsi gabbard's nomination to serve as director of national intelligence. our congressional correspondent lisa desjardins is following the cabinet confirmation process and joins us now. lisa, let's start with hhs first, since it is one of the largest federal agencies. what is the committee's vote mean? lisa: unless something changes, rfk junior will become the next hhs secretary. there are enough votes on the floor for him. he is a 71-year-old, of course, who does not have a history or expertise in health care. he spent years researching and writing about health care. he does deserve credit for changing the conversation about processed foods, and that is what we heard during his senate confirmation hearing, but at the same time, there are open doubts about his views and passed statements about vaccines, studies have shown there is no link between au

from the senate finance committee, watch live at 10:00 a.m.tern on c-span 3, c-span now or online at c-span.org. listening to programs on c-span through c-span radio is easy. tell your smart speaker play c-span radio and listen to washington journal daily at 7:00 a.m. eastern. important public affairs events throughout the day and weekdays, catch washington today. listen anytime. just tell your smart speaker play c-span radio. c-span, created by cable. washington journal continues. host: welcome back. we joined now by white house and politics reporter for bloomberg news gregory corti. welcome to the program. let's start with elon musk. he has spoken more broadly about his efforts and plans for doge beyond what just happened at usaid. what have you learned about those plans? guest: he is really systematically going to the federal government agency by agency and trying to get access to data about how they are spending their money and looking for examples of what he sees are a great, egregious waste of taxpayer money and trying to turn off the sp

last week, two of president trump's most controversial nominees face crucial senate committee votes today. the senate finance committee is scheduled to take up the nomination of robert f. kennedy jr. as health and human services and the senate intelligence committee is set to vote behind closed doors on the nomination of tulsi gabbard to be director of national intelligence. >>> and the fbi is facing a deadline of noon today to turn over to the justice department the names of employees who worked on cases related to the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol. it comes one day after there was another deadline for thousands of fbi agents and employees to fill out a trump administration questionnaire asking about their roles investigating the capitol insurrection. there's concern the president could be taking retribution against those involved in investigating january 6th. >>> secretary of state marco rubio says el salvador's president is offering to accept deported migrants from the u.s. of any nationality including violent american criminals currently in prison. rubio made the announcement during a signing cere

senator john fetterman joining republicans in voting for bondi. the nominations of two of trump's most controversial picks moved out of committee and onto the full senate in straight party line votes. the senate finance committee voted 14-13 in favor of robert f. kennedy jr. as secretary of health and human services and the senate intelligence committee voted 9-8 for tulsi gabbard to be director of national intelligence. >>> now to the wild weather hitting parts of the u.s. evacuation orders were issued along part of the russian river in california's sonoma county. a home was seen sliding into the river after torrential rains hit the area. thankfully no one was home at the time. the sheriff's office says current forecasts expect the river to swell to more than 35 feet in certain parts today. and farther east a new winter storm will bring the threat of ice and snow to 40 million people from kansas city to boston. by the evening commute drivers in indianapolis and cincinnati could be dealing with a slippery trip home. and overnight ice will accumulate in parts of pennsylvania, virginia, and maryland. >>> coming up, diamond district raid in new york city, how it could be linked to the burglary of a high

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was approved by the senate finance committee and heads to a full vote in the senate. and the intelligence committee advanced tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence. dates for confirmation votes have not been set. >>> remember sharpie gate? the noaa chief has been rehired. in 2019, he supported mr. trump's false assertion that a hurricane would hit alabama. neil jacobs was later rebuked by his own agency for his role in the fiasco. >>> turning to the tragic mid-air collision in d.c. crews have recovered all 67 victims and identified all but one. the recovery team pulled parts of the plane's cockpit, fuselage and tail from the potomac. and the ntsb has confirmed that radar data and the black box have confirmed that the helicopter was flying at about 300 feet during the collision, higher than it was supposed to. >>> now to a possible break in the case of the break-ins at the homes of top athletes. two men were arrested for selling items they knew were stolenen. three sources familiar with the matter say one of the cases might involve joe burrow's home. >>> w

was approved by the senate finance committee and now heads to a full vote in the senate. and intelligence committee advanced tulsi gabbard for director of national thence. dates for their confirmation votes have not been set yet. >>> remember sharpie gate? the chief who supported mr. trump's assertion that a hurricane would hit alabama? he has been rehired. >>> another winter storm is bearing down on the midwest. let's see what it's going to do. here's angie lassman who's tracking that system. >> we've got alerts from the plains to the east coast, 64 million people included in these. as we gear up for this storm system to work its way through the east today. notice the snow, the rain, the ice focussed across the midwest and the ohio valley today. likely some slick spots stretching from iowa to delaware. you can see by tomorrow, a wintry mix that we'll have to deal with along the i-95 corridor. we could see gusty storms across the tennessee valley. when it comes to totals, highest amounts, 2 to 5 inches across northern new england, boston included in that. and we'll also s

the senate finance committee advancing his nomination along party lines. and it all came down to gop senator bill cassidy, who ultimately voted yes. i want to go straight to cnn's manu raju on capitol hill. manu, what more are we learning about cassidy's decision to vote yes? >> well, this was a surprise. well, for people on both sides, they really did not know how he would ultimately come down because he had been struggling with this nomination. he said that publicly last week. he had not made a decision on that as of last night. this morning, he indicated in a post on x that he had had a number of conversations all up until this critical vote, and he posted on social media saying that he had intense conversations with bobby kennedy over the weekend, as well as with the white house. he said he'd received some, quote, serious commitments from the administration. he also indicated that he spoke to the vice president, jd vance, in order to get to. yes, but he really has not tipped his hand other than that he did talk to us very briefly coming out of this high

that concludes the remarks that senators have requested to make, and hearing nothing further, i'd like to thank all of our members for attending. this finance committee stands adjourned. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] >> wrapping of the senate finance where members moved to advance robert f. kennedy, jr., nomination for the senate. there were questions about whether senator cassidy of louisiana would vote in fear of the nominee. this morning he voted yes and then sent out this tweet. "i've had very intense conversations with bobby in the white house over the weekend and even this morning. i want to thank vice president jd vance specifically for his honest counsel in this he was commenced i received from the administration and the opportunity to make progress on issues we agree with such as healthy foods and pro american agenda. i will vote yes." senator cassidy will be on the senate floor at 11:40 and you can watch that on c-span2. democracy. it isn't just an idea, it's a process, a process

you can watch that meeting by the senate finance committee tonight ateastern on c-span and also available on c-span now, our free mobile app, or online at c-span.org. announcer: c-span's "washington journal," our live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy, from washington, d.c. and across the country. coming up wednesday morning, north carolina republican congressman pat harrigan talks about his legislative priorities and house republican's agenda. then tennessee democrat congressman steve cohen discusses elon musk's doge efforts. and lynda feldman on president trump's meeting with benjamin netanyahu. also political economics correspondent reviews president trump's use of tariffs to achieve policy goals. c-span's "washington journal." join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. announcer: nbc news and others are porting the trump administration is preparing an executivorder for president trump that would abolish the education department. the article goes on to note the

the senate finance committee will votonobert f. kennedy, jr. to be secretary of health and human services andhe house will work on several bills. in another bill that would require the agriculture and interior departments to alte the use of new aerial wildlands fireghng technology. and politico hosts a discussion tiffs and u.s. trade policy. and senate lawmakers will hold confirmation votes for doug collins to be secretary of veterans affairs and pam bdi to be attorney general. and it 10:30 eastern, the senate judiciary committee will hola proposal to permanently classify fentanyl as a schedule one drug. these events also stream live on the free c-span now video app and online at c-span.org >> democracy, it is not just an idea but a process shaped by leaders elected to the highest offices and entrusted to a select few of guarding his basic principles. it is were a nation's chores -- course is charted. this is your government at work. this is c-span, giving you your democracy unfiltered. >> scholars and analysts participated in a discussion on t

the us senate finance committee splits down political lines, a mass shooting in central sweden. welcome to bbc news. 60 passengers and four crew were on board the flight from kansas, which crashed in mid—air with a us we're due to get an update from the national transportation recorders which were recovered from the wrecks in the last few days. we'll bring you that live as it happens. brought into america from china which now says, it such as cars and coal. donald trump's proposed tariffs of 25% on canadian and mexican ben king has the latest. crowd chanting: usa! usa! he always said he would do this. to me in the dictionary. announced on state—run tv. of global industrial and supply chains. china firmly opposes the erroneous practices gas, coal, crude oil and farm equipment, limit exports as electric cars and investigate google, about a tenth of us imports from china. to be honest with you, i i think 10% is very much they're prepared for that. biggest trade partners, canada and mexico, when they on the borders to combat drugs and immigration. we don't know whether or not there

senate intelligence committee. robert f kennedy jr. trump's nominee for secretary of health and human services. approved by the senate financeommittee. >> there's tens of millions of americans who are hopeful that rfk jr will be the next hhs secretary, and we expect all senate republicans to stand tough and strong and vote for him. >> gabbard and kennedy will now face a final vote by the entire senate. that could happen in the coming days. in an effort to keep communication ongoing with senate republicans, president trump has invited the senators and their spouses to mar-a-lago for dinner on friday. their support is critical to advancing his cabinet nominees and agenda. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> can $50 million help trump proof? california state democratic lawmakers passed two measures to try to lessen the administration's impact on issues such as the environment and immigration. will it make a difference? we'll get insights the national weather service has issued a severe thunderstorm outlook for parts of the bay area. in fact, i have one graphic up here if we can get to that from the control room right now. as

the senate finance committee is going to be voting on the nomination of robert f kennedy jr for secretary of health and human services, and the senate intelligence committee is going to be voting on the nomination of tulsi gabbard for the director of national intelligence. nbc news vaughn hillyard, washington. all right. thank you very much. we're going to have much more on president trump's tariff plan later in the newscast coming up at 530. our political analyst, larry gerston joins us. he's going to talk about the president's motivation for these tariffs and how much it could ultimately cost you every year. now, back to the issue of immigration and the president's massive crackdown. nbc news has learned that some migrants arrested by ice agents have been released back into the u.s. the reason space limitations and court orders. in a statement to nbc news, an ice spokesperson says federal court cases limit ice from detaining people indefinitely if their countries refuse to take them back. that's resulted in some migrants being sent back to the u.s. on a monitoring program. since taking

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a critical vote tomorrow before the senate finance committee for him to lead the health and human services department. one person to watch. senator bill cassidy, the main swing vote on that committee just moments ago, jake, he said he still has not made a decision on how he will vote tomorrow. he did speak with rfk jr.. yesterday, and i caught up with the chairman of the senate finance committee, mike crapo, who indicated that he has been talking to senators to try to advance this nomination. >> have you. >> have you spoken to senator cassidy about this. >> to all the senators. >> about it? >> and i'm. >> not. >> discussing what the senators. >> say to. >> me. >> but what would you say your level of confidence is ahead of tomorrow? >> once again, i'm. >> not going. >> to tell you how i predict votes. >> do you think how do you think he did at the hearing last week, especially when it came to the issue of vaccines? >> i think he. >> answered all the questions very. >> well. >> even he, cassidy seemed to be troubled by it because of his issue about vaccines specifically. did you have any. >>

today, the senate finance committee voted in favor of rfk jr to be the health and human services secretarye 14 to 13, again along party lines. republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana initially said he had concerns about kennedy and his anti-vaccine stance, but he approved kennedy's nomination after kennedy promised he would maintain the cdc's advisory committee on immunization practices. among other things, kennedy's nomination now goes to the full senate. a decisive move to pretend immigrant communities in the south bay. san jose leaders taking an official position on the matter today. late this afternoon, the city council unanimously approved a resolution to, quote, preserve the safety and dignity of all of its residents, regardless of national origin or legal status. before today's meeting, supporters held a rally at city hall. many people have been afraid to be in public. our business corridors are seen less traffic. families are afraid to take their children to school and people are skipping doctor's appointments. during the meeting, council member ortiz acknowledged that so far

chairman, the file tally is 14 eyes. 13 nice with the clerk please. recently public ends on the senate finance committee voted to advance the nomination of our escape. julia, as he's commonly known as an environmental lawyer and the son of the late senator robert f. kennedy. he's also an option, spoke and critical for my household cheese. anthony found you as well as a vaccine skeptic. old democrats on the committee, oppose the vote. he will do senators want their legacy to include disregarding basic health science and instead elevate conspiracy. they're making robert kennedy, secretary of health and human services. in my view, colleagues would be a grave threat to the health of the american people. and i urge my colleagues this morning to vote now that spring in rosalind jordan in washington, dc for me on this. so r s k ross has cleared a crucial senate power vote didn't come as a surprise 1st or it did not come as a surprise, even though there was some speculation that at least one republican senator rob bill cassidy of louisiana. who happens to be a medical doctor might have voted against his nominat

please restate the republicans on the senate finance committee voted to advance the nomination of robert f. kennedy junior or i've r s k junior comedy. no, and he's an environmental lawyer and the son of a late says, albany, i've kennedy, he's come under intense scrutiny for his skeptical views on vaccines old down across on this committee of post the vote. do senators want their legacy to include disregarding basic health science and instead elevate conspiracy. they're making robert kennedy, secretary of health and human services. in my view, colleagues would be a grave threat to the health of the american people. and i urge my colleagues this morning about now. china has retaliated with terrace on some american exports after president trump's tax is on chinese goods came into effect, virginia has said it will also find a complaints to the world trade organization. for chinese government has opened an investigation into us tech giant google and has added some american companies to its blacklist. jessica washington has more from between. i'm on a james, famous one for james shopping stre

troops also able to track down the smuggling of fentanyl and the drugs in washington, the senate finance committee has voted along the party line. sure to advance the nomination of robert f. kennedy junior is for hands. the secretary kennedy will not face a vote in the full incentive so that he is expected to meet considerable opposition there. when you would have control procedures ranging from vaccines skepticism, doing his well documented for my drug use shared give his financial interest to his present. donald trump is also freezing us overseas a, to raising questions about the future, various programs around the world. america has on to now being the biggest single international donor. but the change in the white house and the probably growing influence of even on must, on spending decisions, restaurants form the big job in the us government agency for international development or us a i. d helps millions across the world from vice will food supplies in some bob way and shed to emergency disaster responses and hate see what life saving medical equipment in ukraine you is a id is the world's l

in washington, the senate finance committee voted along party lines to advance the nomination. overall most of kennedy, jr. for him, the 2nd street port kennedy with no face of both ends, a full sentence is expected to meet considerable opposition. there for numerous contrivances ranging from vaccine skepticism to his well documented form on the truck. she will instead give his financial to stay in washington dc where concerns arising over donald trump's unprecedented delegation of power to bring in that you don't mosque. and as a part of the influential role in federal spending decisions, democrats here, the situation is dangerous, unconstitutional, and a power grab hundreds of protest as a rallying in washington, dc against billy in the e law. most takeover on the federal payment system. raising alarms that it could be one of the largest privacy and security breaches in us history. we feel like our country's being stripped away. we've got, you know, what's on the elected official who's attic as a share of every view on much. he's taking control of the finances, all of a sudde

to be confirmed ahead of the senate finance committee vote today. ead to full senate for a final vote. some republicans could stand in the way. diana, is a texas mother and crunchy mom spoerting r.f.k. jr. and by way of recollection, cru crunchy mom is a mother who proktises a holist ig lifestyle that avoids processed foods and a healthy lifestyle. what should convince senators to vote him out of come committee in a few hours? >> i think just showing what he wants to do with our society in america. he has a passion for making america healthy, that should be enough by itself to hopefully get people to vote for him. >> todd: there seems to be trepidation on the part of a few senators over his vaccine status, kaside, murkowski, collins, maybe mitch mcconnell, as well. what would you say on behalf of them to allay their fears? >> looking into the safety and efficacy of vaccines should not be a problem, it should be praised. looking and saying, do these have negative health consequences? what are the consequences? how to make them safe for all individuals

. >> todd: the senate finance committee voting on r.f.k. jr. nomination tomorrow.e a milk op option, why. >> chocolate milk, i had the most wonderful cup of chocolate milk yesterday. whole milk is important. i have largest dairy district in the northeast, whole milk is good for you, my relatives and family were in dairy. it is good for us, to limit nutrition, whole milk to children in schools is not helping our children keep their weight down, keep healthy. these are important things we should reinstate in our school district. >> todd: strawberry milk is excellent, as well. thank you. >> maple milk. >> carley: oh, wow, maple milk, congre congresswoman, wild. >> todd: democrat national committee electing new party chair and vice chair, next guest will explain why he is leaving the democratic party. >> carley: steve doocy, weigh in on the milk debate? >> steve: aren't you an ovaltine family. only if we're out of tang. good morning, gigantic monday morning program, defense secretary pete hegseth, is going to visit the southern border today, one day after dhs kristi no

ashley: the senate finance committee voted to advance robert f kennedy to be health and human serviceso the full senate for a vote. chad pergram on capitol hill and you say it's about the math so does the math work for rfk jr.? reporter: on the floor we don't know just yet. but the finance committee voted 14-13 along party lines to send nomination to the florida. gop louisiana senate bill cassidy agreed to vote yes after deeming "intense conversations". still questions linger about vaccines. >> only way bobby kennedy and i will cross wise and if he does actually take a position against the safety of proven vaccines and that'll be a problem for me. >> it'll be at least a week or more before kennedy's nominee nation hits the floor. could be gop noes there and democrats are united in their opposition of kennedy. >> do senators want their legacy to include disregarding basic health science and instead elevate conspiracy theorists and it would be a grave threat to the health of the american people. reporter: they questioned kennedy's past when president trump picked him for the job and have

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cleared his first hurdle onto state to become the nation's top health official when the senate finance committeevance his nomination for a floor vote to periods nomination will now face a faultless senate vote. what do you suspect's prospects are there? >> he will get in the, kevin, because bill cassidy was the one on the republican side who voted to get him out of committee and onto the floor. so he is a physician from louisiana senator cassidy and he has been on the health committee. with him on board he will be voted in and to the point about what the mothers were saying, 20% of children are obese, that is what they are referring to when they say kids are popping pills when we can get them back to a healthier lifestyle where they lose weight, where the exercise, where they eat right, where they look at what they are eating. not alter processed foods but maybe more produce. we might not need the pills and that is make america healthy again. getting back to farm to fork basically. i am all on board with that. >> kevin: strong points are indeed. let me get your thoughts on the washington parents

the senate finance committee last hour voted along party lines to advance his nomination out of committee and onto the full senate for a vote. and we expect the senate intelligence committee to vote today on tulsi gabbard's nomination for director of one potential hold-out there moderate republican senator susan collins. now she is backing tulsi gabbard. >> i will vote for her. i believe she is committed to strengthening our national security. and i questioned to her extensively about her views on edward snowden and i am now satisfied that she will not seek in any way to have him pardoned. >> harris: you will remember the edward snowden case behind one of the biggest classified document leaks in u.s. history. now senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill with more. a lot of staccato quick movement now. >> absolutely. also doug collins is up for v.a. they'll vote on him today. the finance committee voted 14-13 along party lines to send kennedy's nomination to the floor. g.o.p. louisiana senator bill cassidy agreed to vote yes after what he termed quote intense conv

on track for confirmation as the secretary of health and human services declare senate finance committeetroversial cabinet picks, but there is a large group hopeful that he can bring much-needed change to american health care appeared to let's bring board-certified physician to talk more about this. a lot of people in the medical community and a lot of politicians on capitol hill for that matter concerned about what rfk jr. might do if he becomes health and human services secretary. , including vaccines. what is your take? you have been watching all of this. >> john, those who are primarily concerned are concerned because he is very influential on public health matters. people want to listen to him. they were concerned if he raises concerns about vaccines, there might be a decrease in vaccine rates leading to just kind of an interest of the population and possibly preventable diseases popping up again. so the concern is really around safety. >> john: a lot of people in that country agree with him on certain things and that is there is an epidemic of chronic illness and society. much of i

now, the senate finance committee is going to vote to send rfk junior's nomination out of committee for secretary. all eyes are on senators bill cassidy, susan collins, lisa murkowski and mitch mcconnell, none of whom have committed to backing kennedy yet so a lot will happen today. israeli president benjamin netanyahu meeting with president trump at the white house today, becoming the first foreign leader to meet with trump in his second term. netanyahu spoke with u.s. middle east special envoy steve witkoff and national security advice i mike walz yesterday as the administration is pushing congress to approve a $1 billion weapon sale to israel that would include thousands of bombs and armored bulldozers. well, state farm insurance is asking for an emergency rate hike from california state regulators after wildfires devastated the los angeles area. the company is seeking a 22% increase for homeowners and 15% hike for renters that would go into effect by may 1st. it's warning multi billion dollar payouts threaten the balance sheet saying the boost is necessary to say solvent. the insura