tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, book,brown, butler, carper, casey, as soon as, cortez mao, duckworth, dur businesspeople, hassan, heinrich, helmy, hickenlooper, hirono, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, padilla, peters, reed, rosen, sanders, schatz, shaheen, smith, stabenow, warner, warren, welch, and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, blackburn, boozman, capito, collins, cotton, fischer, graham, grassley, hawley, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, murkowski, scott of florida, con scott of south carolina, sullivan, thune, tuberville, and wicker. mr. wyden, aye. mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. risch, no. mr. young, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no mr. cdin, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mrs. britt, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr.

is tommy tuberville auditioning to be donald trump's muscle? any right-wing media, that is what they are doing, trying to get donald trump's favor. you get donald trump's favor, you have the committee to power and other people will listen to you. that is exactly what he is doing. the fact that you would even try to defend matt gaetz when other republicans are coming out and saying, the man does not have the wits, he does not have the skill, he does not have the breadth to do the job of ag but also he is under investigation and has been under investigation for years. why didn't come to a head? the department of justice told the house ethics committee to stand down while they were doing their own investigation. the fact that a 17-year-old young girl has come out with her attorneys and said, yes, there were relations that were there and witnesses and this is a man we will put in charge of the department of justice, all of the threat that i see between the men donald trump nominates is violence against women. that is their bonding mode, violence ag

joining me now alabama senator tommy tuberville, missouri si senator eric schmitt. welcome to the show. senator tuberville, howard lutnick, he will be a bulldog for america at commerce department. what do you think? >> no doubt. i had a chance to meet with howard a couple weeks ago in new york. giving him my input on a few cabinet nominees, he has done aio mac yeoman's job, this is almost impossible job of putting this many people together at one time. we is not just a great be person but he is a great american, he believes in this country, that is what we need working with president trump, someone that believes in america first. hit ground running and he will do a great job. larry: senator eric schmitt. point i made, on tax cuts, i think tax cuts in big reconciliation bill probably take up a lot of your time in the first year. first coming year 2025. of the second trump administration. one thing i don't want to let this slip by, i know senator tuberville agrees, but, the revenue feedback, the economic incentives lower tax rates creates tremendous growth which in tu

tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, book,butler, cantwell, cardin, carper, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, gillibrand, hassan, heinrich, helmy, hickenlooper, hirono, kne, kelly, king, klobuchar, lujan, manchin, markey, merkley, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, peters, ree ron, sanders, schatz, schumer, shaheen, smith, warner, warnock, warren, welch, whitehouse, and wyden. ms. lummis, no. mr. scott of south carolin no. mr. casey, aye. senators voting in the negative -- barrasso, boozman, capito, collins,ornyn,cotton, cramer, crapo, daines, fischer, graham, grassley, hoeven, hyde-smith johnson, nnedy, lankford, lummis, marshall, moran, murkowski, paul, roun, scott of florida, scott of south carolina, sullivan, thune, tillis, wicker, and young. mr. risch, no. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: m

you are asking for senator tuberville's permission, at which point, senator tuberville's is completely justified to say no, because you are asking for his permission. if you do not want to senator tuberville to say no, do not ask for his permission, and just use the rules instead of asking for unanimous consent. host: david in new york, line for independents. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. my question is framed around matt gaetz and whether trump has the ability to install whoever he wants in that position. the way i'm looking at it is basically i am looking back a generation and what have -- looking back at january 6 and what happened on january 6, a terrible time for our country. on january 6, it was framed at the viewpoint that donald trump was trying to stop the certification of the votes. but i am looking at it from a different perspective. i am tried to figure out what was actually happening in the house when january 6 happened. what happened was ted cruz was standing there with two congressmen, ready to try to debate whether the election was fair or not. so

tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, bennet, blumenthal, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, hassan, kelly, lujan, manchin, padilla, peters, rosen, shaheen, smith, tester, whitehouse, and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- cassidy, ernst, hagerty, hyde-smith, marshall, mcconnell, paul, risch, and scott of south carolina. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. grassley, no. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. king, aye. mr. warnock, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. casey, aye. mr. lankford, no. vote: the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. mr. markey, aye. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. mr. ricketts, no. mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. ms. butler, aye. ms. wa

maria: tommy tuberville, i'd like your ache on it.dmit, gentlemen, even some republicans are existence some of his nominees. -- against. there were republicans that were talking against matt gaetz for attorney general. so i ask you the same question, will his nominees get confirmed? >> well, there's going to be a lot of hard work, maria. aye been in the senate for four years, and is we've fought back against this radical agenda from the left. we've had to play defense. we've had no chance to play offense. now we have a new head coach in president trump. he'll start january the 20th, but we'll start in the new congress january the 5th. and we need to the all come together. our job in the senate so to advise and consent. and we need to talk about each one of these confirm. eric:s s. if min's got problems between now and january 5th, let's work this out. we've got the numbers to do it ourselves. we don't need democrats to help us. let's step to the plate, do our job because we have to get this country back going in the right direction. p

tommy tuberville, thank you senator. you want rick scott, rick scott is a friend, he has been on show, we had john cornyn, thune has not been osenator, what do you think here? >> they are all friends i'm looking for new blood and new ideas, new ways to do things, someone that can work with president trump. that is the main thing. we have to be be able to communicate with the white house i'm sure both other two can, but they have been in leadership before, rick scott is a professional was in business in the past before governor of florida. he knows president trump very, very well, they are on the same page. i decided to go out and pull a spring and put my word in for rick scott we'll see what maps on wednesday. larry: i notice a lot of people coming out publicly for rick scott, i'm not taking sides, it's not my business but sounds like people want a new model. we have seen old model. with the advent of mr. trump, it is time to go out and just get the brand-new model if you will. >> well, you are right. as i said someone n

larry: senator tuberville, you've got to rough up the cbo and joint tax committee. i'm saying that in metaphorical sense. of course i am. somebody has to hold them to it. take a look at estimates and joint tax committee and congressional budget office and take a look at what they said happened in 2017. i don't want to spend all night on this but somebodies that to push the crowd around and they're always wrong and might just sabotage the trump tax cuts and the bill. >> the truth is, it's what we need to look at, larry. you're exactly right and we've got to keep pushing what works and people don't understand we try to invent the wheel up here. we don't need to invent the wheel. we know what works and what doesn't work. we have seen this tax reform and get it done quickly and get it done quickly and we need to get regulations out of the way and we need the tax reform done and as eric said, we need to help the american people putting money back in their pocket, my goodness, the truth is shotgun we have to stay with and understand that the facts are there. larry: by the

maria: alabama senator tommy tuberville warning his republican colleagues against party infighting over trump's pics pushing senators to stand against democrat fear mongering. >> where are my democratic colleagues, the media and establishment losing their minds over the highly qualified nominees, the media will do everything that he can to keep america from getting back on track. >> senator tuberville joins me right now, it's great to have you the left seems to be more accepting of trump's pick up pam bondi. what is your take on pam bondi for attorney general and what is your observation of broadly speaking about trump pics. >> this is an all-star group compared to what we had to go through confirm the nomination when joe biden came into office this is a no-brainer we have a lot of great talent on the republican side, president trump has put months and months into picking this group, matt gaetz goes on him, pam bondi is next in line. she'll be good and known her for a long time i was in a hurry not too long ago she is america first she believes in donald trump and she will work very wel

tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- lujan and wyden. senators voting in the negative -- boozman, collins, cornyn, cotton, crapo, graham, grassley, johnson, kennedy, lankford, lee, lummis, marshall, mullin, murkowski, paul, risch, and tillis. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mrs. britt, no. ms. butler, aye. ms. warren, aye. mr. helmy, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. mr. schatz, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. daines, no. vote: the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. heinrich, aye. mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mr. kelly, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. peters, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. welch, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. padilla, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mr. sanders, aye. mr. helmy, aye. mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. case circumstance aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. carper, aye. th

joining me now alabama senator tommy tuberville. great to see you.n is pe come so stuck in their ways. the old revolving door between the generals who work there and the to work for military contractors, we heard it for decades to eisenhower is it true and is it time or possible to break that up? >> well, you are right. david, american people want it to happen, we saw that a couple weeks ago when trump was elected. a mandate to change, business as usual we're losing money right and left, so much fraud and theft, defense agency if you include in intelligence is a trillion dollar, it is out of control, we're spending you hear 500 for a hammer, a lot of that is not true, if it is 20% true american people are tired of it they want accountability, they don't have it right now no one pays price for makes a mistake or losing money. >> problem is that note only just money that is wasted. but we're stuck with the outdated weapon systems. not only are they protected by their friends and military industrial complex, and this revolving door that i talked about,

joining me now is alabama senator tommy tuberville. senator, great to see you.much for being here. before we talk about whether wall street can work with the new administration to cut corners in pentagon, talk for a moment about how the pentagon has become so stuck in their ways. the old revolving door between the generals who work at the pentagon and then they go to work for the military contractors. i mean, we've been hearing that for decades going way back to eisenhower. is it true and is it time or is it possible to break that up? >> well, you're exactly right, david. the american people want it to happen. we saw that a couple of weeks ago when president trump was elected. it was a mandate to change business as usual. we're losing money right and left, david. there's so much fraud. there's so much theft. you know, the fence agency, if you include the intelligence, is a trillion dollar business, and it is out of control. we're spending, you know, when you hear $500 for a hammer a lot of that is not true but even if it's 20% true, the american people are sick

joining me now is alabama senator tommy tuberville. senator tuberville.ate leadership votes held in secret? what's the reason for that? >> first of all, laura, well said. they're secret because the leader chooses that. the leader that's in office as we speak. and that's mitch mcconnell. i would rather push the vote closer to january the 1st anyway. but i'm not the leader. but, laura, we had a mandate last week for a change. not just president of the united states. but we have no time as you just said, we have no time to spare. we have to get somebody that is different than what we have had. you know, we have like a 20% approval rating in the senate, and we're not a rolling ball of butcher knives. so, we got to have somebody with different strategies, different ideas, different communication skills, give us a chance to do something different like president trump is going to do. he needs somebody to work with. rick scott knows him. is he a business guy. he has been out there. he signed checks before. he understands the business world like president trump th

joining us now, alabama senator tommy tuberville.enator, it's a pleasure to see you again and have you on. what do you think? will senator thune push hard for trump's agenda? >> he has no choice. there was a mandate last week, liz, that said hey, we want president trump to have his team and take back our country. republicans, if you're not on the team get out of the way. john thune will be on the team and work with president trump. i voted for rick scott because i thought he could communicate better with president trump because they were both in the business world, but john thune got the nod. let's go. we're not going to have a lot of time to waste. i think he will do a good job but again president trump and j.d. vance are going to be running the senate. liz: basically, you have two years until the mid-terms, so will matt gaetz get the votes in the senate? >> i don't know. you're finding all the swamp creatures coming out. everybody has got an opinion up here, but at the end of the day, president trump was elected by enormous vote, a

tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. the clerk: mr. whitehouse. mr. wker. mr wyden. mr. yog. thclerk: senators voting in brow tler, duckworth, durbin, klobuchar, murray, peters, schatz, sinema, wner, an warren. senators voting in t negative- cassidy and romney. mscoez masto, aye. ms.tabeno aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. ricketts, no. the mr. crapo, no. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. mr. booker, aye. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. reed, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, no. ms. ernst, no. mrs. bri, no. mr. padilla, aye. mrs. capito, no. the clerk: mr. thune, no. vote: the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. cantwell, aye. ms. rosen, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. mr. kai

. >> on the senate floor alabama republican tommy tuberville talks about president trump's cabinet andination nominees telling republican colleagues to get on board or get out of the way in the upcoming confirmation process. his remarks are 15 minutes the it is clear that this body clear message to the uniparty here in washington, d.c. mainstream media, globalists and elites that americans are fed up with the agenda that was crammed down their throats the last four years. a majority of voters decided that the america first agenda championed by donald trump and j.d. vance is the playbook for america greatness. as a part of that playbook, president trump has already put together a strong, very strong list of qualified cabinet members. that defense pete hegseth, a veteran who served two tours in iraq and afghanistan, ivy league educated businessman background, that's what we need in the pentagon right now to restore order and our finances. at hhs, he's assigned robert f. kennedy jr., who has single-handedly brought attention to the many public health crises facing americans. he's harvard

tuberville: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to suspend the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. tuberville: thank you very much. mr. president, yesterday we celebrated veterans day. on this day, we honor the brave men and women who have value and thely -- value antly served and protected us both in times of war and in times of peace. we are especially thankful to those veterans who were permanently injured as a result of their service. they sacrificed their safety to protect america. we are deeply grateful to these veterans. it's difficult for words alone to express how we appreciate. we are of america's veterans and their families. to the gold star families, to your service to our country does not go unnoticed. america will never forget the sacrifices your families have made in service to this great nation. i want to acknowledge your dedication to honoring the memory of your fallen family members who paid the ultimate price. we are forever indebted to those who have worn the uniform in the army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard

larry: all right, welcome back senator tommy tuberville from the great state of alabama.ple things for you first of all, we've been talking about working class coalition. tremendous gop preelection turnout and registration advantages and almost looks too good for mr. trump and i want to get your take on it. is this coalition going to hold together for the duration of this evening and what do you think, senator? >> the american people are hungry to get their country back. if you're a republican or democrat, you're a american. i don't care the party, i'm voting to get the country back. they're scared to death, larry, of the border. that's the main objective. that and obviously inflation. i've talked to a lot of people in the last week, the ground swell for president trump and they want leadership. they don't want a shy government like we've had for the last four years and someone from behind the scenes making all the calls. at least joe biden made a few calls, but when it came down to the pavement hits the road, i don't know whether kamala harris is going to make any decisi

you are asking for senator tuberville's permission, at which point, senator tuberville's is completelytified to say no, because you are asking for his permission. if you do not want to senator tuberville to say no, do not ask for his permission, and just use the rules instead of asking for unanimous consent. host: david in new york, line for independents. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. my question is framed around matt gaetz and whether trump has the ability to install whoever he wants in that position. the way i'm looking at it is basically i am looking back a generation and what have -- looking back at january 6 and what happened on january 6, a terrible time for our country. on january 6, it was framed at the viewpoint that donald trump was trying to stop the certification of the votes. but i am looking at it from a different perspective. i am tried to figure out what was actually happening in the house when january 6 happened. what happened was ted cruz was standing there with two congressmen, ready to try to debate whether the election was fair or not. so i am

tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr.en. mr. young. vote: the clerk: mr. peters, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- booker, cramer, durbin, heinrich, kelly, lujan, manchin, murray, ossoff, peters, shaheen, tillis, warner, warnock, and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- grassley, hagerty, paul, scott of florida, sullivan, and tuberville. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. carper, aye. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. mr. risch, aye. mr. reed, aye. mr. king, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. boozman, no. ms. ernst, no. the clerk: ms. collins, aye. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. ms. lummis, no. mr. cruz, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. young, a

you are asking for senator tuberville's permission, at which point, senator tuberville's is completelytified to say no, because you are asking for his permission. if you do not want to senator tuberville to say no, do not ask for his permission, and just use the rules instead of asking for unanimous consent. host: david in new york, line for independents. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. my question is framed around matt gaetz and whether trump has the ability to install whoever he wants in that position. the way i'm looking at it is basically i am looking back a generation and what have -- looking back at january 6 and what happened on january 6, a terrible time for our country. on january 6, it was framed at the viewpoint that donald trump was trying to stop the certification of the votes. but i am looking at it from a different perspective. i am tried to figure out what was actually happening in the house when january 6 happened. what happened was ted cruz was standing there with two congressmen, ready to try to debate whether the election was fair or not. so i am

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joining me now, tommy tuberville. why are the leadershipfo votes,e held in secret??hoos >> first of all, laura, well said or jet they are secret because the leader chooses backl .the leader in office as we sper and that i ts mitch mcconnell, i would rather pusanh the vote closer to january 1st anyway, but i am not a leader. that we had a mandate last week for change, not just part of thm united states but we have noat time, as you said, no time to spare. we have to get somebody different than what we have had to.t we have 20% approval rating and the senate. we are not a rolling all at the turn knives., we have to have somebody with s different strategies, differes ideas different communication skills and give us aido do chano do something different like president trump is goingim. to . he needs somebody to work with and rick scott knows him and he has signed checks before. he understands the business world like president trump here until they can communicate and the reason i'm voting for rick . >> laura: there was some document that was released online. i have no id

tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr.tehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. the clerk: mr. young. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: a quorum is not present. mr. schumer: mr. president, i move that the -- the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move that the sergeant at arms request the presence of absent senators and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. the clerk: ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. the clerk: mr. crapo. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. m

but alabama senator tommy tuberville wants it in his state since there's no doubt that as well.best place feel really good about president trump. prioritizing when he gets back in office during his first term, president elect donald trump ordered space command moved from colorado springs to huntsville, alabama. but president joe biden reversed trump's decision. president trump selected alabama because it was the best place. >> when it came down to national security bama senator katie britt says her state has world-class aerospace capabilities. the rockets that took astronauts to the moon were built in the colorado springs. chamber of commerce says space command 450 million dollars a year to the local economy. what's in the best interest of colorado is also what's required for our national security. colorado representative jason crow says the state's workforce is its strength. >> colorado data shows it has the highest number of aerospace employees per capita in the country. we cannot risk losing those highly skilled workers with the move and then having to rebuild that over 45 ye

worth noting that tuberville's hold on. hundreds of nominees lasted months. >> yeah it did.cts of that. the military doesn't make the decisions here, though. oren they offer certainly counsel to the administration but ultimately it is a civilian leadership. it is the white house. it is the president who decides how to proceed as was the case when it came to the withdrawal of the biden administration from afghanistan. donahue is well respected. i probably why he was the guy in the picture as the last one there. is there a specific gripe that mullen has about him, or is he just kind of getting caught in the middle here? >> i think it's more caught in the middle. and you're absolutely right to point that out. it was general mark milley, the commander of u.s. central command at mckenzie, who gave their opinion. and they both say they were heard by the senior leadership of both the trump administration and the biden administration. and both of them recommended against a complete withdrawal. and and yet, the civilian leadership that runs the military that is then president trump a

i think senator tuberville said it. well, if there's information that's going to be disqualifying, remember, this person is going to be the attorney general. um if he conducted himself in the way that it is alleged then that would be disqualifying. um with regard to underage girls or with regard to drug fueled parties. um that that's serious information. and i hope the the senators get that information when they make the decision yeah. >> and of course, those are allegations that that he's denied. we're seeing what those two women who testified to the house ethics committee have said, we're hearing from their attorney, including about pictures and whatnot. but but on the cabinet overall, you know, one thing that i've heard from from some trump sources, even, is that, you know, if any of these people were put up just alone, most of them may not may struggle to get confirmed. of course, pete hegseth is facing a confirmation issue. matt gaetz kristi noem to lead dhs tulsi gabbard as the director of national intelligence no

don't want to vote on one of these nominees thinking there that is disqualifying senator tommy tuberville, a republican from alabama, said today that that he would maybe vote no on gaetz potentially if the allegations that came out against him were were credible, was the word i believe that he used. >> i mean, how do you think how does a senator make a judgment like that? because obviously for any senator to to defy the president here would be notable. but obviously a republican senator that that much right? when i did do that, i voted against the president's nominee. i think senator tuberville said it well, if there's information that's going to be disqualifying, remember, this person is going to be the attorney general. um, if he conducted himself in the way that it is alleged, then that would be disqualifying. um with regard to underage girls or with regard to drug fueled parties um, that that's serious information. and i hope the, the senators get that information when they make the decision yeah. >> and of course, those are allegations that that he's denied. we're seeing what those t

alabama republican senator tommy tuberville said on ax quote. >> i look forward to the senate quickly confirming her to be our next attorney general president president-elect trump's pick for defense secretary pete hegseth remains positive after his meeting with senators despite a police report revealing the details of the assault allegation from 2017. >> says it's not a story that is fully investigated. and i was completely clear. washington democrat congresswoman pramila jayapal is not convinced. i don't know the guy but looking at it. i am afraid for the safety of women everywhere. missouri republican senator eric schmitt believes headset is qualified to look forward to talking more to pete. >> about what his vision is for department, defense and west virginia. republican senator shelley moore capito says its president trump's cabinet that the president really >> should have wide latitude to have a team that he has great confidence president elect trump is expected to name former georgia senator kelli leffler as agriculture secretary reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> in

tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- durbin, warner, welch and whitehouse. senators voting in the negative -- daines, rubio, scott of florida, tuberville, and young. mr. warnock, aye. mr. wicker, no. mr. marshall, no. ms. smith, aye. mr. paul, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. tillis, no. ms. stabenow, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. hoeven, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. moran, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. cotton, no. mr. crapo, no. mrs. britt, no. vote: the clerk: mr. lujan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. schmitt, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. van hollen, aye. mr. barrasso, no. ms. baldwin, aye. mr. ricketts, no. mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. mr. manchin, no. mr. rounds, no. mr. thune, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ms. warre

. >> and you've already seen some trump loyalists including tommy tuberville of alabama saying if you go against his wishes, you'll get primaried. so i wonder, do you see anyone on the republican side that might come out against the nomination of gaetz? >> certainly murkowski and collins will say no to gaetz and probably gabbard. the question is how many others? as i said, this is a signal in multiple ways, as i said. he is taking the measure of how far he can push republican senators beyond their comfort zone. if the answer is pretty far, then the next time it just goes a little further. the other signal is, everything, all the appointments that he has made including some that will probably sail through basically say he is going to pursue the maximum malist version of what he ran on. it shouldn't be a shock. there were certainly a lot of voters who said, well, he will bring the price of gas and groceries under control. presidential vote is not like ordering from column a and column b on the menu. you get everything. you get the whole package. you ride the bus to the last stop and tru

senator tommy tuberville thought it was appropriate to jam up the promotion work. in the past, the dod has not necessarily been interested in tracking this. now they are concerned when they try to take care of their people, they will be penalized ace on a political agenda as opposed to we are providing high-quality health care for personnel to maintain mission readiness. >> you alluded to it, this has become a political issue, people are talking about this -- i don't hear discussion about women in the military. this creates certain barriers for everyone. what is it about living in the military that makes it much more challenging? >> i was a women in the military don't have the same autonomy as women who are not in the military. as an officer in the military, i cannot travel more than 150 miles away from my duty station without permission of my commander. i have to put out leave or pass request to do that. civilian women can do whatever they want when they are not at work. we also don't have the luxury of where we are station. i can be stationed at any state or coun

tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr.hitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. two an unelected bureaucracy has thrown this balance offkilter. earlier this year of course the article iii branch quite clearly restored the boundaries on freelance regulatory interpretation in the executive branch. but there's more work to be done to rein in washington bureaucrats expensive interpretation of the powers of workingdi americans. and fortunately congress has a powerful tool called the congressional review act that does exactly that. two great affection republicans used the cra to scrap a slew of bureaucratic rules after eight years of runaway regulation under the obama administration. republicans worked to end a coal mining world that threatened hundreds of thousands of workers, including many in kentucky. we took a hammer to a fair, far-reaching and aggressive obama era education rules. and we dramatically scaled back he's d.c. bureaucrats control of lands that should be managed with local input. between 2017-2018, republicans used the

tommy tuberville.epublicans, however, are just a faction of what you will see voting in that election on wednesday, and this is a secret ballot. even though you're out there arguing you're going to vote for someone doesn't mean you go in the room and actually vote for that person. why if you talk to cornyn or thune's team sometimes they argue behind the scenes it's hard to know how a member will vote until you actually see those ballots counting. people remember back when lamar alexander ran for whip against trent lott, write the thank you notes for the 24 votes he got. people say they will vote to your face and don't necessarily go in the room and do that. a huge question mark on wednesday. >> we mentioned some senators, who are the people who matter the most. ones with the secret ballot vote. put up on the screen in the last 48 hours, the people who are in trump's orbit who are sort of walking around mar-a- lago right now. publicly saying they want rick scott to be leader. >> yeah. also a number of p

has received a number of endorsements and just picked up two more this evening from senator tommy tuberville as well as the cpap and preventive collection action committee. this evening after writing this on truth social in twitter he said i 100% agree i will do whatever it takes to get your nominations through as quickly as possible. that was responding to donald trump. then he got the support of elon musk who wrote rick scott for senate majority leader. i will also say that we then saw both senator john the as well as another write in as well saying and responding online that they believe he has the right for recess appointments and that his nominees should be going through their process very swiftly. one thing i want to note as well about what you talked about with the house race is that if republicans are able to get over that 217 or 218 threshold and clinch the house majority that is only going to edward donald trump and his team now feels like what they have is a mandate, and it is only going to add to that. i can tell you from my conversations with trump advisors those who are crummy

even tommy tuberville is concerned. there is a potential that the nomination could be blocked. we are not talking about other controversial picks. tulsi gabbard, there are a lot of folks in the intelligence committee who are horrified. she has a spouse russian propaganda before. she traveled to syria and basically try to whitewash his crimes against syrians. that is very concerning to a lot of people that she will be overseeing the entire apparatus. pete hegseth, a nice guy. i've met him. this is not a person prepared to leave a 3 million person workforce at the pentagon. donald trump does have a mandate. scott talks about this, but if he's trying to ruffle feathers and get change at the pentagon you don't send someone in whose never step foot in the pentagon. he's going to be outmaneuvered. the joint chiefs are going to run the place. this is not a qualified person. >> is impossible the gaetz announcement was made to deflect and make these others the more palatable? my potentially, but look i think trump is going hard-core with his loyalists. going more on pete hegseth he enth

tuberville supporting me, haggerty supporting me and other people have clearly would like what i'm talkings a secret ballot, we'll see if they support me. i'm going to work hard, i believe i'm going to win, i represent what trump wants and what the american public wants. we have a great republican party, we need to be represented as leader in the senate. >> lawrence: other news, what is happening in pa, is disgraceful right now. race called by ap, many publications. you have your leader who will not allow him to go to orientation and mike lee sagging he will escort dave mccormick for orientorientation, what is thought process? >> they did the same thing to me six years ago, they did not let me go through orientation, chuck schumer blocked it. our leader at the time did not help me. same thing. schumer is going to do everything he can to block the trump agenda. we have to have a leader willing to stand up and say no way, we are going to do the right thing and stand up for our rights here. dave mccormick won. he won fair and square. he got more votes than his opponent bob casey, he needs to

senator tommy tuberville says voters are on board. >> there is so much fraud and theft. the american people are sick and tired of it and they want accountability. we don't have any accountability right now. nobody pays the price for making a mistake or losing money or money going out the door going places it shouldn't go. >> dagen: peter doocy with more. hey, peter. >> the challenge for this elon musk, vivek ramaswamy doge government waste project. it is more complicated than it sounds. >> executive branch orders can be reversed by the next administration. we have two years of a relatively friendly congress to the trump administration. so i am hopeful elon and vivek will make inroads into the u.s. congress they need to to do and accomplish the cuts sustainably. >> we have senator joni ernst, x page. a few posts from a long thread. we're spending on under utilized buildings. bureaucrats refuse to show up for work. why pay for empty buildings. currently the federal government is paying $0.11 to make a nickel. makes no sense. only washington could lose money making money. c

we've seen that most recently with senator tuberville who created such approval by not promoting flag officers. one more thing, the president has the ability to fire a general if he or she is not doing what the president wants him to do. so the key question remains, what is -- as you just asked, what are they trying to fix with this board? does the constitutional roles assigned to congress still apply? or is there an attempt to override the constitution? how do the services and the trump-appointed service secretaries and secretary of defense, now doing this promotion process, and as you just said, who will make up this so-called warrior board that will see things that many, many vetting processes may not see, and say this man or woman is not fit to serve as a 3 or 4 star general. finally, kate, i will say one more thing, how much will this damage the world's greatest military, and our civilian military relations? that's what concerns me a little bit. this additional requirement by the president, and i read the washington journal article several times, and couldn't figure out whether i

scott won support of senators marco rubio rand paul ron johnson bill headingity mike lee tommy tubervillemaswamy the vote to about healed tomorrow two secret ballots, ballot votes after first vote candidate with least amount will be limited two remaining candidates face off in a head-to-head vote often wednesday, joining me florida senator rick scott, senator, good to see you, thank you so much for being here. and since latch time i spoke with you president trump did weigh in, about, the incoming senate majority leader, must be able to get his nominees confirmed even if senate is on recess tell me about that, and why that is so important. >> hoo well, i think the next leader needs to be smeb hell-bent on getting trump's agenda done most important thing he won by has a mandate, we've got to get tax cuts in all legislation passed it is simply as that, who is going to get that done, now with regard to the nominee this is, what you have to do you have to -- get it done we can't allow president to do nominations if we go in recess i believe we got to do that have a process to do that clintoned

but you have trump allies in the senate, josh wley, senator tuberville coming out saying, look, there a mandate for donald trump by the american people with his election win and we should do everything we can to get his nominees through. there is a line of thinking, even in the house moopg among his allies, even from speaker johnson, this is who donald trump wants. someone like matt gaetz can reform a doj they see as weaponized. what do you say to that? >> well, they're going to be donald trump loyalists, in the senate, in the house, we absolutely know that. all the more reason why a strong democratic caucus will provide the checks that we possibly can. it looks like it's going to be a very, very close majority. but i do want to say something else. there's a backdrop that you know of, which is, you notice that at the time he got the nod from president trump, he immediately resigned from the house. strange timing of that, because as we know, the ethics report was due to come out shortly. so mr. gaetz tried to cut off the results of the ethics investigation into him on many different co

tuberville supports gaetz.t will be a fight, because they only have a few seats of the majority peered >> i don't think that's the question, i think that once donald trump got the majority to agree to recess appointments the first senate recess is usually around presidents holiday in february. that's three weeks after confirmation . he does these recess appointments , so gaetz would be in that role until 2025 without going through the hearing process or any type of confirmation process. so therefore it's lining up what donald trump said to do hit the ground running, have retribution, he won't bring on an attorney general that you would want someone to focus on justice, but that's not exactly what he wants out of the gate, or gaetz sort to speak. so, when we think about it, i think about in that lens, and from a political standpoint there is a shrewdness here, because number one it satisfies a few things. one it satisfies maga base. it shows that you are willing to protect someone who literally would like for yo

tomi lahren is coming up this week, pete l hegseth and tommy tuberville.a. maria bartiromo on how it could put more money in your pocket, next week. >> turning to your headlines, police in hungary arresting an irish man accused of killing an oregon woman on vacation and stuffing her body in a suitcase. she was reported missing on the fifth after police say she was last seen at a budapest nightclub dancing with the suspect. he was arrested yesterday and confessed to the killing and claimed it was an accident. no word on what charges he is facing. >>> a new report reveals chinese hacking plot targeting president-elect trump, vice president-elect vance along with vice president harris and former running mate tim walz may have been in place for a year before it was discovered. the covert espionage operation targeting cell phones and electronic devices of business leaders and high profile americans of both major political parties. the fbi is reportedly contacting the victims. and those rush headlines. >> let's turn to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth for a fo