joining us, montana senator tim sheehy. senator sheehy, welcome, sir.gseth passed it. there'll be a full confirmation vote tomorrow. mitch mcconnell stayed with him. he lost susie collins and lisa murkowski. do you think hegseth will make it on the floor shot, sir? >> yes, i do. he'll make it through. larry: what's the issue right now? he's been up and down and and they tried to smear him. he's not the guy he was 10 or 1 the years ago. i know him very well. he's a brilliant guy. i mean, what's the issues left here? >> well, i mean, you've seen this movie before, harry, we all have. if you're a prominent if conservative for any office in the land, the democrats have a coordinated smear campaign with their friends in the press. i mean, of course they've been holding on to these new special memos that i was able to read yesterday, you know, behind closed doors in the armed services room and, of course, they've been holding those for a last minute ambush that's been planned all along. they did it to clarence thomas, to brett kavanaugh, they're doing it to p

joining us now, the montana senator tim sheehy.he's a former aerial firefighter, also a former navy seal, i just learned. senator, thanks so much for joining us. you used to run a company that uses these so-called super super scooper planes. tell us about that. >> well, as you just mentioned in your last segment, these aircraft that are coming in flying, they're either dropping retardant or water. they're a key part of especially the initial attack phase of these wildfires, because getting ground crews up there, sometimes if it's rough mountain terrain, it can take a long time to get ground firefighters on scene. so the aircraft are oftentimes our best chance to get to that fire quickly, get a defensive line in place and do a direct initial attack there. a key part of our fire response. >> so these planes, they scoop up the water, let's say there's a lake or even the pacific, and then they dump the water on top of the fire areas. >> right? exactly right. so those videos you saw of the yellow planes flying in the ocean, those are th

tim sheehy of montana, happy new year to you, senator sheehy welcome to kudlow and u.s. senate. mr. tuberville, happy new year to you, sir. okay. >> thank you. larry:ly the i'm not sure i understand this, we have sound trump -- no, let's play it compan trump on the one big beautiful bill. >> well i favor one bill. i want to get everything passed. you know there are some people thatten to necessarily agree with it i'm open to that also, my preference is one big beautiful bill. >> appear to open door yet for two bill approach, still your preference for one big beautiful bill. >> i like one big beautiful bill, i rally ways have and will, if 2 is more certain it does go quicker. larry: so. sinsenator t tuberville what is going on, you know i am in favor of one big beautiful bill. that is what speaker johnson wants, that is what ways and means chair jason smith wants, but i see resis san resistance in senate, i am not sure i understand. >> i am with you, we need one, but the house makes the decision. they have to get it done before us. if -- go and look at history, ronald reagan did it,

tim sheehy of montana. i want to say hello, happy new year to both of you. cially, senator sheehy, welcome to "kudlow," and welcome to the u.s. senate. mr. tuberville, happy new year to you, sir. >> thank you. larry: okay. let me start -- we have -- i'm not sure i understand this, we have sound, trump on the one, big beautiful -- yeah, let's play that. trump today on the winning big, beautiful billful let's start with that subject. >> well, i favor one bill. i also want to get everything passed. and, you know, there are some people that don't necessarily agree with us. i'm open to that also. my preference is one big, as i say, one bigger beautiful bill. >> you appeared to open the door for a two-bill approach. still your preference for one big, beautiful bill, as you have said. >> i like one big, beautiful bill, and i always have, i always will. if two is more kern -- certain, it does go a little bit quicker. larry: all right. senator untub -- tuberville, what's going on here? i personally, as you probably know, am in favor of one big, beautiful bill. that's

tim sheehy continues with us.tor, new senator from the great state of montana who has a little experience in fighting firefighters. senator, tell us about that meeting with president trump today. he is raring to go. i saw him on saturday night. had a chance to meet giorgia meloni briefly. tell us about what he said and what the future looks like. >> it was a fantastic meeting. and, like you said, we actually started off the meeting talking about wildfires for several minutes. you know, those red and yellow planes you showed on the screen i used to personally fly those. aircraft, we don't have enough planes and firefighters. president trump is committed to put our first. we are not going to put the asian smelt fish first. not going to wrong headed. we are going to make sure protect communities wildfire from coast to coast. we discussed panama canal. that's been top of news lately. like you said a national security priority. we lost 38,000 lives. spent, i don't know, how many billions of dollars in today's money bui

here with more senator tim sheehy. you know, senator, some of the allegations, like drinking, for example, there are numerous people that worked every single week with pete. the question about drinking was debunked by every single one of them. number one. number two, knowing him myself for as many years as i have, this man eats, breathes, sleeps, lives, military, the men and women in combat every single day. this is his life's passion. his mission. yeah. did he hit a rough road at one point in his life, what, nearly a decade ago? sure. he's been up front, honest. he's moved on. he checked that box. he changed his life. why wasn't there more substance today? >> well, we all knew it was coming, sean. this is what they did to clarence thomas. what they did to brett kavanaugh. they did it to me during my election. when they can't argue on policy or substance, when they know that they are wrong with what the american people want, this is what the democrats do. they resort to smear anonymous allegations, character assassinat

there was one funny moment during this confirmation hearing from newly minted montana senator tim sheehyuse i want to hear you answer. how many genders are there? tough one. >> senator, two genders. >> i know that well i'm a sheehy so i'm board. >> carley: got laughs there. dbleg what pete said was important i know what i know and i also know what i don't know. oftentimes when you get to a certain level of stature you start to feel like you know everything. that's when you have tunnel vision and make decisions without consulting other people. and he did display a lot of humility during this hearing in the face of all of this incoming fire that he was taking. could the treatment of him backfire on democrats? >> oh, i think it will. if there are any republicans who may have been a little wobbly on this. they saw pete hegseth getting brett kavanaughed yesterday in terms of the personal attacks and bringing up all these stories based on anonymous sources particularly about his time at fox. all i know is that the people that have gone on the record. people like will cain, rachel campos-duffy

the dust on boots here, has been on the ground, in combat, dust on boots, now here is a senator tim sheehyuizzing pete hegseth. >> what is the diameter of rifle round fired out of m4. >> that is a 5, 5, 6. >> how much push ups can you do. >> i did 5 sets of 47 this morning. >> how many rounds 5, 56 can you fit in magazine. >> department -- depends on magazine, standard issue is 30. >> and what size round msize bar it's. >> 9 9 millimeter. what kind of battery you put in your night vision goggle. >> duracell. [ laughter ] >> right there you rip qualifications -- represent qualifications that show you know what war fighter deals with every day on the battlefield. >>tu duracell batteries and a lot of push ups, he is kind of a soldier's pentagon chief. he isa really, a -- this will be first time i can't remember in how long, sort of representing actual soldiers combat and he knows his stuff. i think that is what really matters, did you see it that way? do you think public viewing public saw it that way. >> yes, i do, i am longest serving enlisted member of u.s. state military to be electioned

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get your reaction to this exchange between gom montana senator tim sheehy and pete hegseth. watch this. >> what is the diameter of rifle round fired out of m4 a1 rifle? >> a 556. >> what is our most important strategic base in the pacific? >> gaum is threatty significant. >> how many rounds of 556 can you fit in magazine of m4 rifle? >> depends on the magazine but standard issue is 30. >> what kind of batteries in your night vision goggle? >> duracell. [ laughter ] >> right there you represent qualifications that show you understand what the war fighter deals with every single day on the battlefield. liz: he's been in the trenches anden oturu front line and knows what it means to put your life on the line for america and you've done that; right, jim. you've worked with military veterans and we have military veterans in our world here with fox. hegseth knew all the answers and now we have the senate slated to hold more than a dozen hearings for trump's cabinet pi picks and get them confirmed and trump wants them confirmed and he's inaugurate and the wrap it up for us. final t

been on the ground, in combat and dust on the boots and there's a wonderful colloquy with senator tim sheehy quizzing pete hegseth. take a listen to this. jowski what is the diameter of the rival round fired out of m4 a1 rifle? >> a 556. >> how many pushups can you do? >> i did five sets of 47 this morning. >> how many rounds of 556 can you fit in magazine of m4 rifle? >> depends on the magazine but standard issue is 30, senator. >> what size rondos the m9 brett tafanely stan darling stone issue fine up for? >> a 9-millimeter, senator. >> what kind of batteries do you put in night vision goggle? >> duracell. [ laughter ]. >> right there representing qualifications that show you understand what the war fighter deal withs every single day on the battlefield. larry: so, duracell batteries and lots of pushups. very impressed and mr. van orden, he is kind of a soldier's pentagon chief, won't he be, if he gets it? he's a really, this will be the first time i can't remember in how long. he's sort of representing the actual soldiers combat, and he knows his stuff backwards and forward. now, i think

the montana republican senator, tim sheehy, was asking pete hegseth vitally important questions, like many genders there are and how many push ups can you do? hegseth said he did a total of 235 push ups yesterday morning. we know that he loves being seen doing push ups. i will say, as you can see in the 2018 on air contest with the fox news colleague, clearly he's a guy who spent some time in the gym. but of course, hegseth also specifically told the senate he did sets of 47 push ups. and i'll be honest, it was like i was like, that's a weird number for a set. but presumably right. as a tribute to donald trump, who is about to become the 47th president. hegseth is doing 47 push ups in the quiet of his hotel room. that's par for the course, i got to say, with this downright weird version of masculinity that maga and its boosters are pushing on americans. you can see it in what people have been calling the vibe shift, right? this odd to me off putting thing happening where cultural figures and business titans are embracing trump out of all proportion to his 1.5% victory margin, one of t

used to work as an aerial firefighter, the just sworn in freshman senator from montana, senator tim sheehy is the former ceo of an aerial firefighting company. and it's great to have you here. i think you're the only former aerial firefighter in the senate, i would assume. so. tell me if i'm wrong. i checked, i didn't see any others. first off, just on what it is like to be in those planes, in those helicopters that are doing this, can you just walk us through that as we're watching and seeing just how pivotal they've been playing a role in this tonight? well, it's important for people to know it's one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. >> just this last summer, we lost four firefighting pilots around the u.s. and around the world. every year you'll read stories about it. you're flying these planes through smoke and ash, through incredible turbulence, high winds. and of course, you're close to the ground. high terrain. you've got mountains on either side, and you've got a lot of other aircraft in the area. and as you just mentioned, i can show you a picture in a minute here about the

used to work as an aerial firefighter, the just sworn in freshman senator from montana, senator tim sheehy is the former ceo of an aerial firefighting company. and it's great to have you here. i think you're the only former aerial firefighter in the senate, i would assume. so. tell me if i'm wrong. i checked, i didn't see any others. first off, just on what it is like to be in those planes, in those helicopters that are doing this. can you just walk us through that as we're watching and seeing just how pivotal they've been playing a role in this tonight? >> well, it's important for people to know it's one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. just this last summer, we lost four firefighting pilots around the u.s. and around the world. every year you'll read stories about it. you're flying these planes through smoke and ash, through incredible turbulence, high winds, and of course, you're close to the ground, high terrain. you've got mountains on either side, and you've got a lot of other aircraft in the area. and as you just mentioned, i can show you a picture in a minute here about the

i am excited that tim sheehy is a new senator. he is the first i know of who has worked as a professional firefighter on a wildfire he and others are going to work across the aisle to come up with a solution. >> we are already working on some proposals on a bipartisan basis to improve the federal government's ability to help the situations like these. >> if i could goes back to actually goes back to the grid. a wild father whether it's at north dakota south dakota eat oxygen, fuel load and you need spark. give high winds that come for a bulb ground power lines coming in contact with vegetation. we have to think about the grid. >> at appreciation can need across the country. nothing new my time is going quickly and want to get at least one other issue in on the record. last session i began another bipartisan effort with senator daines to protects the pay proty increases for federal firefighters that congress previously approved side note there is current about 1000 brave federal firefighters tremendous response not just local, not

and i'm excited that tim sheehy is a new senator. the first that i know of who's actually worked as a professional firefighter on wildfire. i know that he and others are willing to work across the aisle to come up with solutions because -- senator padilla: and senator sheehy and i are already working on some proposals on a bipartisan basis to improve the federal government's ability to help in situations like these. gov. burgum: and if i could, senator, i would say we also have to look, it goes back to the grid, because a wildfire, whether it's in north dakota or california, you need three things. you need oxygen, you need fuel load, and you need a spark. and in both cases, in north dakota and in whatever, when you have high winds, those sparks can come from above-ground power lines coming in contact with vegetation. and so we have to think about the grid and bearing power -- sen. padilla: i love that you have that appreciation and knowledge, and unfortunately, the experience, because the red flag conditions is something new to peopl