k when you are looking tammy duckworth and i melissa, jody ernst people are served honourably before you're making that kind of argument, yeah, betterue have a good reason to back it up other than know i'm just up for this position now and i decided to change my view on it. when is a more poignant moments was tammy duckworth pointing tog the soldiers creed which is what they live by what they sign off what they go into bow to withy every dasiy how you feel about country that sounded like out detox about his country so i couldn't make sense why he wouls be parrotingen these quotas they need to have the female quotas they said which is not true we heard dei over and over again from republicans on the panel i didn't see evan any evidence yoi look at somebody like tammy duckworth talking about everyone who serves feels about the country and that women not meeting a lower standard so they can go out there what they're doing for the country. >> if he met with democrats they would love you. i would be laying it on thick he was probably trying to shore up the votes on the republican sidi eno

tammy duckworth losing both legs. you better have a good reason to back it up and not oh i'm up for this position now and i decided to change my position on it. one of most poignant moments is pointing to the soldier's creed. what they sign up with and go into battle. how they protect and seven. that sounded exactly like how pete talks about his country. i couldn't really make sense why he would be parroting there's quotas they have to have female quotas. or to say this is all about the wokeification and we heard dei over and over again from the republicans on the panel, i didn't see any evidence of that when you look at tammy duckworth and women who are not needing a lower standard but can lift the weights, do the run are going out there and doing for our country. >> jess if you met with democrats, they would all love you. >> jesse: it's called a charm offensive. pete was trying to shore up the votes on the republican side and didn't have time for the democrats. to answer greg's question, no you are not confirmable.

joining us now is democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois.op democrat on the subcommittee for aviation safety, operations and innovations. sen. duckworth, thank you very much for joining us tonight. and thank you so much for joining us during our live breaking news coverage last night when this was all new to all of us, 24 hours later, what are your reflections on where we stand now? >> well, lawrence, we are getting more information. i did get a briefing today from the ntsb and the faa, and chairwoman homendy has done an excellent job and as has the faa. so i was able to get a little bit more clarity, was able to ask a few more questions today of the investigators where they are initially, and we got some more information. i did ask for additional questions, which they will get back to me, but right now, you know, we just need to be recovering. the victims take care of their loved ones who are grieving and let the accident investigators do their jobs. >> is there anything that has come out? and i'm not asking you to violate any confidences t

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

senator from illinois, tammy duckworth.services committee, which voted on party lines monday to send her nomination to the senate floor. republicans sent him, not democrats. this new allegation, are you hearing any talk among the committee, or maybe some of your republican colleagues, that this does, in fact, make them uncomfortable? >> well. >> they're not admitting to it out loud. >> and in. >> fact. >> they are trying. >> to shove through his confirmation. >> as quickly. >> as possible. >> before more. >> news can break of more. >> allegations and more. >> affidavits coming forward that speak to how unfit he is to be secretary of defense. and this is the problem. >> the trump. >> administration. >> when they requested the fbi background check on him, only requested a partial check. >> and they've. >> refused to even share that report with the democrats on the committee. >> and now. >> they're trying to shove through his his confirmation without even further, you know, looking into these allegations. >> why are you. is th

. >> illinois senator tammy duckworth, on today's bruising hearing for pete hegseth. >> how can we ask these warriors to train and perform the absolute highest standards when you are asking us to lower the standards to make you the secretary of defense? >> then house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, on loyal opposition in the new congress. and jen psaki joins me with her exclusive interview with california governor gavin newsom on the fires burning in his state and the misinformation making it harder to fight them. >> but somehow, there's a magical spigot in california and northern california that just can be turned on, and all of a sudden there will be rain or water flowing everywhere. it's not helpful when all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. i want you to mentally bracket out for a second. the very serious allegations of sexual assault against pete hegseth, the man donald trump wants to be his secretary of defense. yes, it is an allegation borne of an actual police report filed after his accuser went to the er seeking a rape kit. yes. hegseth de

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it's liberal democrat senators tammy duckworth, john ossof, john hick en looper. isn't that a big blow to joe biden and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and the far left? this is an embarrassment to them. the laken riley act will let i.c.e. arrest and detain illegal aliens who have committed theft, burglary or shoplifting until they are deported. we've got nine nfl athletes hit by home invasions across the country. minority, hispanic, black communities getting hit hard by illegal alien crime. now we've got nine liberal senators saying yes, move the laken riley bill. they are for it. what do you think? >> well i think they are finally listening to the american people. that their number one concern this biden inflation is the safety and security of their family so we've heard that over and over. this was the number one polling issue was the number one issue for at least a year before the election, so i think they hear them saying that. liz: we now have news coming in. the trump motorcade is now approaching capitol hill in moment we're expecting to see president trump

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senator tammy duckworth joins us live. also this hour, just weeks before the infernos in los angeles, local firefighters publicly warned they were at a breaking point. cnn is looking into concerns that l.a. has one of the most understaffed fire departments in america. plus, a new public health alert in the fire zone urging people to wear masks to protect themselves from ash and smoke. doctor sanjay gupta will show us why the air in parts of southern california is so very dangerous right now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with breaking news. the trump cabinet confirmation hearings kick off with very high tension and very tough questions. one of trump's most controversial picks. pete hegseth up first in the hot seat. as cnn's brian todd reports, democrats zeroed in on the former fox news host and whether he has the experience and the character to lead the pentagon. >> good morning. the hearing wi

think first of all, it should be noted that one of those women that was just referenced, senator tammy duckworthwas shot down in iraq and lost both of her legs before pete hegseth saw combat. and so, you know, what you've seen in our military is an evolution in policy that meets the realities that i experienced on the battlefield, in addition to tammy duckworth. and so all we've done is make sure that any able bodied woman who wants to serve in this country can do so however she would like to. and i will tell you, you know, additionally, when you see those women who are graduating from ranger school, those women are objectively tougher and in both mind and body than many other men in the military. ranger school has a 50% dropout rate. so the women who are graduating not only are meeting the standard are not only graduating in the same course that a bunch of men are also graduating from, but there is a 50% dropout rate that includes a whole lot of men as well. and i think that's, you know, there's a lot of perspective that's been lost in this debate. >> this is such an important it was such an im

he has also been impressed multiple times, including this now by senator tammy duckworth, on his ability an organization like the pentagon, especially the cost cuts would like to

geoff: democratic senator tammy duckworth thank you for joining us this evening. we appreciate it. >> israel and hamas are the closest they have been to a cease-fire in gaza, the board from senior u.s. and israeli officials as well as a hamas statement. nick shiffer and is following all this and joins us now. what is in the deal and how close is it to being done? >> regional officials say they are as close as they have been since negotiating the deal beginning with phase one of the six week cease-fire during which hamas would release 33 is rated hostages, women, children, elderly, and wounded including five female soldiers. israel would release nearly 1000 palestinian detainees. 30 detainees for nearly every civilian hostages hamas releases, 50 for every single soldier hostage hamas releases. then israel would also facilitate the arrival of 600 humanitarian aid trucks every day. the united nations said the number today was 70. israeli forces would leave populated areas. let me show you how the leaving of populated areas would work on the map. israel would leave th

geoff: democratic senator tammy duckworth, thanks for joining us this evening. it. >> thank you. geoff: israel and hamas are the closest they have been to a cease-fire in gaza, nick schifrin is following all of this and joins us now. nick, what is in the deal and how close is it to being done? >> officials tell me -- nick: regional and u.s. officials tell me, geoff, as you just said, that they are as close as they have ever been since they started negotiating this deal, which would begin with phase one and a six-week cease-fire, during which hamas would release 33 israeli hostages, women, children, elderly and/or the wounded, including five female soldiers. israel would release nearly 1,000 palestinian detainees, 30 detainees for every civilian hostage that hamas releases, 50 for every single soldier hostage that hamas releases. and then israel would also facilitate the arrival of 600 humanitarian aid trucks every day. the u.n. said that number today was 70. and israeli forces would leave populated areas. and let me show you how that leaving of populated areas w

. >> all right, julie, if you'd stand by, we've got senator tammy duckworth joining us to talk about what she's saying and what she understands about this process thus far. senator duckworth, i really appreciate you being here as a member of the armed services committee and a senator voting tonight. what's your understanding of the state of play? >> well. >> i think the vote is cooked. basically. this is not john mccain's republican party anymore. this isn't mitt romney's republican party anymore. the folks who have the courage to stand up to donald trump are gone. and even those who have real concerns are not willing to jeopardize their own political survival and are willing to jeopardize our nation's national security. and it's really sad to be here watching this vote happen. i just vote my cast, my no vote on the floor, you know, and i voted for both of trump's previous secretary of defense nominees and his previous term, but they were qualified to do the job. and pete hegseth is by far unqualified to do this job, and they're just falling in line for him. >> we've never had a defen

but take a look at this moment on capitol hill today between democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois and her republican colleague, senator marco rubio of florida, who trump nominated to be his secretary of state. >> when i first got to the senate and i was in my first year, and you had just run for president, and i didn't think you would know who i was. i was pregnant with my daughter and trying to change senate rules so that i could bring her onto the floor so i could do my job and vote because i can't come through the normal back door to vote because there are stairs there and it's not accessible for wheelchairs. and i remember in the middle of that battle, rolling through the senate floor to vote, and i heard tammy duckworth from across the senate chambers, and you came running down from the top back of the senate chambers to tell me i'm with you. >> i will support you. you have the right to vote, and i will support you being able to bring your daughter, your child onto the floor when she's born. and i want to thank you for that kindness because you did speak to your leadership ab

joining us now by phone is democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois. she's a former blackhawk helicopter pilot. senator duckworth. what do you know about this at this point? and what is your reaction to what we've seen so far. >> on the runway right now as well? >> i was. >> just watching. >> the news reports, and i should be getting an faa briefing tomorrow. >> that has. >> been offered. >> to members of the committee. you know, as far as the airspace is concerned, we've known that. >> this. >> airspace is very, very full. in fact, last year, there were two near misses at dca. in may and then again in april. and this is something we addressed with the faa reauthorization that, you know, this is very, very, very busy airspace. i'd like to know if there was just one black hawk or if there were two. formation of flight of two, because usually it's two aircraft together. when the military is flying. but very interesting to have a lone black hawk by itself. which does mean that perhaps it was headed back to base. but i am just watching this like everybody

an example of this, and this person is now my hero after watching this, is senator tammy duckworth, who served pete hegseth at his nomination hearing. that is an example of a co -- a confident person. aoc as well. i hope we see more people use their voice -- host: we will stop you there, only to see that doug emhoff, the current first gentleman of the united states walking out of the white house. they were participating in a coffee and tea ceremony there, now making their way to the capitol. let's hear from teresa. teresa in south carolina, independent line. caller: hello. host: go ahead. caller: i want to thank c-span. i watched all the inaugurations, beginning from a long time ago. i have a question on fdr. he served four terms. he died while serving in the fourth term. when did we start having the term limits? and also, -- oh, gosh. the term limits. and was it because he served so long, because of the depression and world war ii? or maybe it was world war i. anyway, was it because of that he had such a long-term? thank you. host: that is teresa there. maybe we could find an answer fo

. >> i do want to ask you about something we heard from senator tammy duckworth, and that is that air traffic control spoke -- contacted and spoke with the helicopter crew twice, they acknowledged instructions twice that this specific area is a special flight restricted area, and you have to fly there with additional training. there is also the question of whether they were using night vision goggles. but every member on board that black hawk helicopter will have been tasked with also looking around and making sure there were no obstructions or anything. anything from what i just said that stands out to you and what you have been thinking about? >> so we have to look and see again, they will determine this as far as accurate timing and space where everyone was positioned at, but when you see the flight track and you hear some of the data reporting's, yes, the black hawk second pilot had clicked on and say they affirmatively had the regional jet insight and that so that is something they will look at. was it obviously a definitive thinking that they had it insight, and could it have be

illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth says hegseth doesn't have the needed qualifications. if just look at his work experience, the largest organization of i can find that he's ever run was a platoon. 13 cabinet picks will face confirmation hearings this week repopting in washington reshad hudson. >> next in sports, the warriors continue their road trip there in to rondo. >> taking on the raptors, aaron wilson. let us know how that fell as did sports is next. >> we're just one week out from inauguration day and explain what we know about the security plans in place for the big event. i'm hannah brandt in washington on that story. coming up. pete g. writes, "my tween wants a new phone. how do i not break the bank?" we got you, pete. xfinity mobile was designed to save you money and gives you access to wifi speeds up to a gig. so you get high speeds for low prices. better than getting low speeds for high prices. right, bruce? -jealous? yeah, look at that. -honestly. someone get a helmet on this guy. xfinity internet customers, ask how to get an unlimited line free for a year,

how can you not pay attention to tammy duckworth sitting there minus limbs? as a woman who served in the u.s. military with great distinction, and you're saying women aren't qualified, but okay, i'll do it. i'll say it now because i want to be confirmed to me. this is like, you know, expediency. >> i think it's not only about this unexplained flip flop on women serving in the military. it's not only about the fact that he hasn't managed something as large as a burger king. probably, but that he could not answer basic questions, not just gotcha questions like questions like, would you uphold the geneva conventions? would you refuse an unlawful order if the president gave you one which did happen under trump before with with spath? would you ever sick the u.s. military on american citizens? you know, there are many examples of questions that yes, he was very articulate and polished and he's a tv host. that's his main qualification. i know in tv we sometimes get confused. >> why do you denigrate this man's service? i don't understand 20 years scott decorated sco

and tammy duckworth says this man is not qualified to run appleby's, let alone department of defense.fied people for health care and other things that had nothing to do with people. look at secretary of health and human services, a lawyer put in charge of healthcare and lost every legal case in front of supreme court. talk about unqualified and they pull this nonsense. he knows his military stuff. when i was talking about contracting and making ourselves efficient and lethal, he understands what he doesn't have spshlt in and knows who to hire and how to shore up what he thinks his weak spots are and how to learn on the job. he is very intelligent and will do a great job. >> todd: would you be excited to sign up and fight under pete hegseth? >> absolutely. and that is what matters. my sons could fight under him and that would be great. >> todd: folks in house of representatives do something about it. new study by national association of manufacturers show six million american jobs at stake, 540 billion in lost wages and gdp shortfall, are you close to working out internal disagreement

illinois senator tammy duckworth gave him a little quiz on the association of southeast asian nations you name the importance of at least one of the nations in the asean -- in asean -- and what type of agreement we have with at least one of those nations? and how many nations are in asean, by the way? >> i couldn't tell you the exact amount -- >> no, you couldn't. because you have not bothered to do -- >> i know we have allies in south korea and japan and in aucus with australia, trying to work on submarines with them. >> mr. hegseth, none of those countries are in asean. none of those countries are in asean. i suggest you do a little homework. >> stephen: yeah, hegseth, do a little homework! all right? please. everybody knows that the asean countries are... come on, wikipedia. come on. no, i don't want to donate. fine, i don't know what the asean countries are either. so, it is with a heavy heart that i withdraw my nomination to be secretary of defense. i am not qualified to run the "mil-tary." evidently all i'm good for is wearing a suit on tv and reading off a prompter. just like p

out of room but a lot of the personal attacks out of the room, only person that got testy was tammy duckworthtake is time out, i thought hegseth gave a great% performance on policy issues, he took the high road. he has been on this set, and -- so forth, and i think senator mullin, we don't have a lot of time. i need to spend more time with you this year, republican nomination, trump nominations, they are doing well. hegseth to some attend pam bondi i think put everything on high road, looks like they will get 100% passage. >> absolutely pete hegseth. the way he took oncoming fire and c calm, collected and cool headed will tell you what type of leader he is, president trump said let's go with pete first, people said rubio and ratcliffe, let's get wins. and to trump's fashion he said no, we'll going right into this with pete up first. i am confident he will handle himself under fire. wild win this vote and we'll win this vote and everyone else will sale through, he was right. president trump has been able to get elected twice, he is strategically smart and he knows where to apply pressure. >> s

his conversation with tammy duckworth was noticeable. one thing he could have been better prepared was when ductwork got him. he didn't seem to have an answer for that one, so memo to the people who prepared him for the hearing, you have to anticipate anything could come down the pipe. >> let's bring in michael allen. thank you for being here. as we watch him say his goodbyes and greet some of those senators, your review of what you just saw and heard. >> i thought he was very well prepared. he give a very good performance. he will be the soldier's secretary. he talked so much about the war fighter lethality, training, readiness. we need to lean into what his strengths are and those are his communication skills and ability to promote the force, to ensure recruitment comes back and to sell to the american people of the congress hired defense spending because of china and the other threats. democrats came at him hard. that is part of the process, but he handled himself very well. >> it was interesting the democrats are trying to tell the n

can expect some pretty tough questions from democrats, especially from someonllinois senator tammy duckworth, a combat veteran who lost both her legs in iraq. my panel is back now. uh, it is kind of remarkable. manu, that we were watching you run through the hallways. you were talking to senators. we were talking to our sources. and at the beginning of this process, this transition process, several of donald trump's nominees, including and especially the one we'll see tomorrow, pete were in trouble. yeah. doesn't seem like that. >> it doesn't seem that way because a lot of republicans have been convinced saying, let the process move forward. hold your concerns. don't don't draw any red lines. don't take any positions. and we've not heard any opposition whatsoever. and remember, in order to get confirmed, they need to make sure that they can limit republican defections to three. and at the moment we have not heard anyone say they're opposed to pete hegseth, even very notably joni ernst, who we're going to be watching very closely at that senate armed services committee hearing. they worked ve

what we saw, i mean i think the most effective poke what we saw was senator tammy duckworth asking himns about actually the job. asking him to name, you know, treaties and securities and, you know, more of that would have maybe been a little bit better to get on that point about the qualifications. but they really just focused mostly on, you know, the personal background which was not a winning message. >> kevin: 15 seconds each before we go, let me just ask you, broadly speaking, is this a blueprint for what we will likely see with tulsi gabbard and others? >> you took the thought out of my mouth. that story should be that this is trump's party. he has cemented the base and i think that this is just like you said, a blueprint. we will see the other nominees. i expect they get confirmed. i don't think that the other ones have as many personal issues that we saw came to be during the confirmation hearing with hegseth so i expect that trump will get his cabinet. >> i have a bit of a different perspective. i think tulsi gabbard may potentially be in trouble and that's from people i'm hear

the one who is going to sound off on him is tammy duckworth. is going to challenge him, go ahead, about women in the combat role. she a wounded vet. pete has described that as that was my view as a war fighter. i worked for the president of the united states and president trump doesn't feel that way. he also cited how heroic women have been that he has served with. but his army national guard tours in iraq and afghanistan. his days over at gitmo. continue to work domestically and internationally his degrees from harvard and princeton. is he going to be a very unique secretary of defense. if you think you are going to rattle him and get under his skin. that's called every day when you are on fox. democrat attack him is not going to be unusual. he will have the answers. >> lawrence: i predict you will see the pete smile that he gives to a lot. >> steve: the pete smile. >> lawrence: the little smirk that he gives when they try to go after him. he has been doing this for a long time. i would also caution them to actually know the positions because

system of articulation liz: that was senator tammy duckworth going after pete hegseth and retired u.s. army special forces veteran jim hanson and we're excited to talk to jim. we'll break it down. there's a brand new recall effort just launched to remove far left governor gavin newsom from office in california. plus the push is broking to enforce la mayor karen bass to resign. beth accused of botching it and negligence in la wild fires and those fires right now at this hour are getting even bigger and going for them and antonio sabato jr. going with all that. >> passage of time to see what's possible. to see what can be unburdened by what has been. liz: that was vice president kamala harris and well known for so-called word salads and tonight we'll show you the new one she added to her list, this time insulting her on constituents in california and being slammed by la fires. outkick's tomi lahren is here to react and excited to talk to tomi too, she's so smart. but first, this story. >> would you carry out an order to shoot protesters in the legs? would you use our military to take ov

. >> illinois democrat tammy duckworth questioned what hegseth knew about military structure. she questioned him about military agreements with other nations and about how he handled the books at veterans organizations he led. >> yes or no. what are you afraid of? you can't answer this question, yes or no did you lead an audit? do you not know this answer, yes or no. yes or no. yes or no. i will take that as a no. >> republicans rose to the defense of the nominee. iowa republican joni ernst had two meetings with hegseth and she will vote yes and work with him to create the most lethal fighting force ever. other republicans argued hegseth has the proper resume to lead the pentagon. >> you have a man who has put his butt on the line. he served 20 years in the service multiple deployments. has heard the bullets crack over the top of his head. what other qualifications does he need? >> the armed services committee to try to send hegseth's nomination to the floor early next week. in 2017 the senate voted to confirm james mattis for defense secretary hours after mr. trump took offic

at the very end, a few democratic senators, tammy duckworth among them, asked some big, serious questionsyou would have to say, overall, the republicans were the more intellectually serious group at that hearing. they did ask about shipbuilding. they did ask about drones. they asked about the big, substantive issues. but, mostly, we sidestepped the major crisis in front of the defense department. amna: how did you look at the hearing, jonathan? jonathan: look, senator duckworth was going to be my touchstone, because she did basically a pop quiz on hegseth. can you name you're going to be doing negotiations. you're going to be doing negotiations with asean. can you name the nations of asean in your response? and he couldn't. that's outrageous. and the fact that he was picked to be the head of the defense department is part and parcel of what trump has done with virtually all of his nominees, with the exception of maybe rubio, burgum and a couple of others, is just put people in places who look good, who will also do his bidding. amna: will he get confirmed? jonathan: oh, yes. amna: david,

for example, senator mazie hirono from hawaii, elizabeth warren from massachusetts, tammy duckworth from herself was injured in combat. they have the right people to deliver that message. whether it's going to make a difference at this point is unclear, but they think that tomorrow is one of those rare confirmation hearings that could actually matter, where the responses from pete hegseth and in return from republicans both on and off the committee could make a difference for his confirmation prospects. republicans on the armed services committee have already noticed a vote -- a committee vote on his nomination for next monday, which is inauguration day, at around 5 p.m. it will be members only, limited staff allowed in the room. that will be presumably where they vote on hegseth's nomination to advance it to the senate floor. based on the composition of the armed services committee on the gop side, i don't anticipate any no votes there, so he will be fine to advance out of committee. the republicans can lose no more than three votes so there's a number of people we will be watching for.

at the very end, a few democratic senators, tammy duckworth among them, asked questions. but you have to say overall, republicans are more intellectually serious at that hearing. they asked about the hearing, the big substantive issues. but mostly, if we sidestep the major crisis. >> how did you look at the hearings? >> senator duckworth was going to be my touchstone. because she did basically a pop quiz on pete hegseth. you will be doing negotiations, negotiations with asean, name the nations of asean. and he could not. that is outrageous. and the fact he was picked to be the head of the defense department's part and parcel of what trump has done with virtually all of his nominees with the exception of maybe rubio, burgum, and a couple of others. put people who -- put people in places who look good who will also do his bidding. >> will he get confirmed? >> oh yeah. >> would you agree? >> may be. >> before we say goodbye, we talked about how the election will determine the course of this nation's future for the next several years. as we transition from one government to t

illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth says hegseth doesn't have the needed qualifications. if just look at his work experience. >> the largest organization of i can find that he's ever run was a platoon. 13 cabinet picks will face confirmation hearings this week reporting in washington reshad hudson. >> still ahead, incarcerated firefighters. prisoners are hard at work in los angeles. why what they're doing and the working conditions they're dealing with is being discussed by some plus, a south bay startup is doing what it can to help firefighters. why new suppressant spray. it's key to those efforts and why adopting a pet in san francisco can >> now at 4.30, a growing force of firefighters moving into the la area has more powerful winds are expected to trigger new danger that could set back recent containment progress. at least 24 people have been killed in the fires and more than 12,000 structures have been destroyed. it's astronomical number. as we take a live look here at the situation. this is above the palisades fire where you can see areas that have burns the black c

illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth says hegseth doesn't have the needed qualifications. if just look at his work experience, the largest organization of i can find that he's ever run was a platoon. 13 cabinet picks will face confirmation hearings this week reporting in washington reshad hudson. >> a bay area donating supplies, too. wass angeles evacuees will take a look at >> stephen federal funding to install more electric vehicle charging stations. the 12 million dollar project will install 237 ev charging post across san jose. most of them are going to be located at public facilities like libraries, community centers and parks. mayor matt mahan says these charging stations will make ev charging more accessible and convenient for people in the south bay. samtrans has a new and improved app for its riders. it's called ride. plus and it you can download it now. right? plus offers on-demand transportation for riders in half moon granada east palo alto and the belle haven neighborhood of menlo park. right now the transit agency is recommending riders keep using existing ap

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as my senator from illinois, tammy duckworth, uh, who has flown these helicopters and is very familiarith the black helicopter, has said that president trump insulted all of the men and women who risked their lives to provide invaluable services to keep our country safe, and that the training that air traffic controllers have to endure is among the best anywhere in the world. still, there may be something to learn from this investigation, and we will be prepared to act. >> so in light of that, what is your reaction to the faa indefinitely suspending those helicopter routes in that area near reagan national airport? >> well, i think it's probably a practical measure to take uh, that area, that airport and the airspace around it is very, very busy. um, i have a small airport in chicago, in my district, midway airport. that's also a small airport with plenty of traffic and residential areas immediately around the periphery of that small airport. but we've got a great record. uh, this has more complexity. the d.c. airport in its surroundings. so taking a closer look at that makes a lot of

democratic senator tammy duckworth, a purple heart veteran says the focus should be the victims. >> which includes 3 soldiers who were on the top or we need to take care off the family members. and a trump administration tells us they set up a crisis center in bethesda, maryland. we're loved ones can come together for now in arlington, raquel martin, back to you. stay with kron 4 as we learn more about the dc plane crash scan the qr code on your screen right now for our ongoing coverage. >> that's at kron 4 dot com. all right. after the break >> across the bay area, your weather forecast is still ahead. welcome back to a 14 this afternoon. many of us waking up to a damp morning earlier today. >> taking a live look outside now at the transamerica pyramid in san francisco kyler, which should be no. well, you know, i think it's good. sleeping weather all say that morning i hit snooze, not twice, but 3 times that i right now, though, we do have some light showers that are in and around the bay area. north bay probably getting the most of that right now. and certainly if you are on the roads t

i heard tammy duckworth from across the senate chambers, and you came running down from the top back of the senate chambers to tell me i'm with you. i will support you. you have the right to vote, and i will support you being able to bring your daughter, your child onto the floor when she's born. and i want to thank you for that kindness. >> i think what i exactly said is what's the big deal? this place is already full of babies. >> speaking of babies, we have some breaking news introducing eleanor ricky gray, daughter of kristen holmes and noah gray. after a wild run on the campaign trail, eleanor arrived on january 14th, weighing in at 6 pounds, 11oz. her amazing mom deserves an extra shout out. kristen was just named cnn's senior white house correspondent after reporting from nearly every campaign rally. breaking news late into the night, early in the morning and delivering essential transition news, all while very pregnant. congratulations to kristen, to noah, and of course, eleanor's proud big brother elliot. and just a special note for eleanor when you may or may not get into y

senator tammy duckworth, as a blackhawk pilot, was a blackhawk pilot. said the visibility is great out of the blackhawk, but they do have vertical structures in that aircraft. and perhaps i'm again just speculating. ali, this is what the ntsb will have to establish whether or not a vertical structure blocked their view of the american airliner, and they were seeing that other target, that other plane in the air. just speculating. but that's the kind of thing the ntsb does. and what we find is we eliminate what didn't happen. you know, we talked about the authorities. we probably aren't going to find anything, but we have to go through those procedures. >> in order to get to the conclusion. alan, thanks very much. alan is a former investigator for the national transportation safety board. we appreciate you joining us for msnbc's breaking news coverage, and it will continue after the break. >> hi, grandma. i played baseball today. >> oh that's great. >> what position did you play? >> first base. that's what grandpa. >> used to play. >> when our hearing. >

i mean, remember when tammy duckworth asked him about, like, just what are the asian nations in aseancause that's where the greatest threat of a war erupting is over taiwan, something that could literally start world war three. he knew nothing about it. he doesn't know anything about this stuff. you know, he's he's he served a little bit in the military, sometimes in a reserve status. and he's spent a career trying to inject politics into our dod as a fox news commentator. all right. the reason why trump wants someone like this in, in the secretary of defense position is because he can identify with someone who's a fellow perpetrator of sexual assault, who has no moral principles, someone whose loyalty is not to the united states or to the constitution, but just to whoever gives him a job. in other words, trump has found a stooge. that's what pete hegseth is. and that's not good for our troops. >> donald trump's national security advisor and your former colleague on the armed services committee, mike waltz, sent home 160 national security council aides this week as they conduct a revi

senator and retired army national guard lieutenant colonel tammy duckworth talked to my colleague rachel maddow about the result of this vote tonight. >> this is not. >> john mccain's republican party anymore. this isn't mitt. >> romney's republican party anymore. >> the folks who have. >> the courage to. stand up to donald trump are gone. and even those who have real concerns are not willing to jeopardize their own political. survival and. >> are willing to. >> jeopardize our nation's. >> national security. >> and it's really sad to. >> be here watching this. >> vote happen. i just vote. >> my cast. >> my no vote on the floor, you know, and i voted for both of trump's previous. >> secretary of. >> defense nominees. >> and his. >> previous term, but they were qualified to do the job. >> and pete hegseth. >> is by. far unqualified to do this job. >> with that, let's bring in our leadoff panel. kayla gardner, white house correspondent for bloomberg. john allen, senior national politics reporter for nbc. michael snell, congressional reporter for the hill and retired marine corps lieutenant

senator tammy duckworth, she also told jake tapper yesterday that in her briefing from the faa, you know, there were more questions about whether this helicopter was on the appropriate flight path. and as renee mentioned as well, we are still waiting for these two other crew members from this helicopter to be recovered. so far, only one has been john. >> all right. natasha bertrand at the pentagon raising so many questions. any one of these slight deviations certainly could have contributed to this disaster. but that is why an investigation is underway. sarah. >> all right. >> thank you. john. >> we are learning. >> this morning more about the 67 people. >> who. >> lost their lives, including first officer sam lilley and captain jonathan campos. captain campos, described as an amazing person who loved flying and loved his family. first officer lilley, a young finance who was sorry. young fiance who was waiting for his fall wedding. his sister overnight, describing just how proud she was of him. >> my dad helped him go to flight school and then he worked really hard on that. it was a lot

. >> you know, tammy duckworth talked about how he how he was kind to her when she was working on gettingthers, national security folks are the places in which i think even democrats will say, you know, let's move ahead with this. they don't want to be seen as being the folks keeping america from being safe. and as we know from what happened in 2001 and nine over 11, any kind of transition where there's an issue, bad things could happen. that's something they want to they want to avoid. even pete hegseth, i don't know, he might take a little bit longer to get to the actual vote part of the process, but he seems to be sailing through as well. >> and i think also democrats can read the writing on the wall at this point, especially when it comes to someone like hegseth. they know that any of the republicans that they would have needed to vote with them against him don't seem like they are there. but what about for others like rfk jr or in the national security space, tulsi gabbard exactly. >> tulsi gabbard, kash patel even for the director of the fbi. those are two that folks should be watch

senator tammy duckworth, direct questions. i thought that andy kim was direct questions. but then there were some other folks in some of these other hearings. i'm like, what's going on? oh, y'all don't want to criticize democrats today, but here, here's here. >> let me let me rephrase simone's question, which is i think there's a question coming out of her question, which is like, does any of it matter? right. if republicans have decided that this is all a big show on and that they are going to do whatever they need to do to pave the way for donald trump's nominees, then is there anything democrats could do that would change that? >> it's a it's a really good question. and there's little indication that there's little indication that anybody is going to face serious pushback here, even kash patel. there is little resistance here at this point in time. and kind of in the case of joni ernst, let's put joni ernst almost in the same bucket as democrats is that if anybody wants a seat at this table, in that table being the one down pennsylvania avenue at the white house here o

i was struck by an article you wrote for the 19th about how senator tammy duckworth took a different tack when she was questioning hegseth. she was one i was already going to be watching because she's a veteran, because she's already previewed. she was going to be tough on hegseth during that. but what approach did she take? >> yeah, so i was able to catch up with her yesterday about the approach she took to questioning hegseth, and she said she came into the hearing not looking to land a gotcha on him or get a viral moment, but to really get at his qualifications. and it was when he was talking about how he would nominate a select people smarter than him. to work under him is when she thought to ask him about these specific treaty types of agreements that the secretary of defense personally negotiates. she's also interested in the indo-pacific region and wanted to. that's what prompted her to ask him about asean, the southeast cooperation intergovernmental cooperative. and those ended up being big viral moments because hegseth was a little bit stumped and caught flat footed, and did