congresswoman, you served in the house with tulsi gabbard.t as i saw her when she was on the campaign trail, i was covering bernie sanders and she endorsed him and went out in front of crowds and stumped for him. she was a democrat. what do you make of the fact that now she has the support of all the republicans? >> well, i mean, she. has transformed. >> herself over this period. >> of years. look. >> i'm not. >> surprised entirely that. >> she's going to. >> be reported. >> favorably out. >> of the committee, but i do think that she still has a big hurdle with. >> a. >> number of republicans, probably five or so. >> who are not in her corner yet. and i think her responses about. edward snowden. >> as well as the fisa. surveillance proposal, a. >> lot of problems for. particularly for, for republicans. and so. >> she may get out of committee. but she still has a big hurdle to jump over. >> yeah. i wonder how big it is, though. and i say that because, you know, there was a widespread feeling that bobby kennedy's nomination was in jeopardy. and

and tulsi gabbard, gabbard is the one in the most danger.ork their bake. what this administration is not going to do is what they did with matt gaetz and pull the nominee back before they get a vote. they'll force every single republican senator to be accountable for this vote and vote yes or no. and that includes tulsi gabbard. there is a difference, though, in their approach, in terms of how they're encouraging or putting pressure on these senators to vote yes or r no, which a part of your reporting says, kristen. with pete hegseth, it was a very clear message to republican senators, a message sometimes sent by the president himself. at this point, we're not seeing that same level of pressure with tulsi gabbard on whether or not that leads to enough senators -- it would require four to step out and vote "no," that's something we'll probably find out this week. >> it is also a test of how the president judges those on-camera performances. for robert kennedy jr. and tulsi gabbard, the performances during the hearings did not meet the same ba

but let's talk about the real tulsi gabbard.he woman and the soldier who i have come to know and respect. and i have known her for the past decade. relationships matter. in 2015, then congresswoman gabbard met my dear friend owen, who was a dear friend of mine from iowa state university. owen was a wounded special operations warrior. who embodies the resilience and strength of our military community. owen was the subject of an attack in afghanistan where he lost his leg in his left eye serving in the war. during this attack, owen was tossed into the dead file. excruciating pain cried out to his teammates, "i'm not dead." thankfully, as fellow war fighter attended to owen, but the road to recovery was long and hard, including a stint at walter reed medical center. during this time, owen met a fellow warrior and patriot, congresswoman tulsi gabbard, who became a friend and today they remain in touch. owen prides himself in being a very good judge of character, and tulsi, he speaks volumes of your character. owen's final message to

tulsi gabbard also still in some uncertain territory. her confirmation vote will happen this afternoon in the committee. there are probably five republicans who expressed reservations on her. >> dana: they have gaveled in. on tulsi gabbard to get susan collins of maine to say yes was a big deal. this is chairman crepeau of idaho. >> the u.s. department of health and human services, we're still waiting to get all our members here. while we wait for that to occur, we'll proceed with statements. and i will proceed first, then senator wyden and then we'll rotate from one side to the other until we are at a point where we're prepared for the vote. is that okay with you? >> yes, sir. >> mr. kennedy, if confirmed, will have the opportunity to deliver much-needed change to our nation's healthcare system. he has spent his career fighting to end america's chronic illness epidemic and has been a leading advocate for healthcare transparency both for patients and taxpayers. mr. kennedy has also clearly responded to our questions during the rigorous d

tulsi gabbard regular daily kos interpublic undecided on 1010. tulsi gabbard. got that?d be mcconnell murkowski. these democrats deserve the nominee. when it comes to trump, when it comes to trump they have a screw loose. they have a screw loose. mcconnell, it's all personal with him. collins? she wants to be able to run for senate again and say i'm independent. i vote against republicans all the time. murkowski, she's just a whack job. she likes to say that. she is, she is a favorite senator. democrat or republican the national education association of the american federation of teachers. the teachers unions because man, when it comes to election time they load up for precincts they manned the precinct second or the votes. now you know why i'm never invited to the public and national convention. i don't want to be. i want to be there would be better right here with you. in making a point. what happened in the potomac was horrendous. sean duffy stepped up. he grabbed the reins. he is going to work with all the other jurisdictions. he's going to follow the orders of the p

and tulsi gabbard? >> that will be public 10:00 this morning.imes that is not sexy, there is parliamentary back and forth, things i get into. intelligence committee meeting will be 2:00 and will be private but we'll find out what they do. when it gets out of committee, it does not go right to the floor. there are other nominations they will vote on today, doug collins for va secretary. we are looking at another week or two, we have planes lined up at o'hare. >> steve: he knows everything, he's chad pergram. >> ainsley: happening today, president trump is set to host israeli prime minister netanyahu at the white house. >> steve: alexandria ocasio-cortez alexandria hoff is at the white house and preparing for the president's visit. >> that is right. prime minis prime minister netanyahu is hoping this will be a better meeting with trump than he had with biden. he said the fact this will be mr. trump's first meeting with a foreign leader is testimony to the alliance and our personal friendship and this meeting will deal with critical issues. this is

susan collins for tulsi gabbard. common thread is all of these people are going to be on a ballot in 2026. some of them have already received primary challenges, but that threat is something that comes up in every conversation that i have with my sources on the hill about this. the politics looms so large over everything elon musk and the millions that he could throw into a primary challenge. others who can ignite the maga base online and direct their ire at some of these senators. all of that is factored in, and it really is a sign of how palpable the politics of a primary is in this maga era. and frankly, as much as we talk about trump and elon's relationship and its potential to fray or fracture, this is actually one of the things that continues to work in elon musk's favor within the trump administration is that he, in addition to the work that he's trying to do in government, is also the guard dog of the maga agenda because he can leverage millions at primary challenges. and all of that is in in the mix here on

robert kennedy jr, tulsi gabbard, kash patel. in fact, if you followed these hearings like i did, let me tell you something. there was no news in those hearings because the news is that those candidates showed themselves to be exactly who we knew. they are. believe them when they tell you who they are the first time. believe them when they tell you who they are. a second time in senate confirmation hearings, given the chance to clarify things that will endanger the country. they evaded. they deflected. they denied their own words when confronted with them, with records, with recordings, with dates. tonight, there's breaking news about large firings of career fbi agents, station chiefs, field chiefs. we're not talking about jack smith's prosecution team. jack smith and his prosecution team knew full well after the election. they were all going to be out of a job. you can agree with that or not agree with that. that, but that we knew that was going to happen. current and former fbi officials tell nbc news that trump administration

morgan wealth management. >> the senate confirmed christopher wright as energy secretary as tulsi gabbard today. cheryl casone with all the details. >> right was confirmed as secretary of energy at 501938 vote senate intelligence is going to vote today on advancing tulsi gabbard nomination out of that committee the next step in bringing the full confirmation vote to the senate floor for director of national intelligence. she's facing a tough vote even amongst republicans, todd young not saying one way or the other if he's going to vote for tulsi gabbard, susan collins says she will be voting yes the senate finance committee also going to be voting to send rfk junior's nomination out of committee for hhs secretary. all eyes on cassidy a doctor he's a vaccine supporter in todd young who refused to save is going to support kennedy. other senators susan collins, lisa murkowski and mitch mcconnell, republicans have a 1e committee that will be today, president trump namely treasury secretary scott bessent as acting head of the consumer financial protection bureau the temporary action taken afte

what could tulsi gabbard have said that assuaged this, even from someone like collins, who helped writeabbard is now likely to be confirmed to? >> i have no idea. >> what could have been said in that setting, given how poorly she performed in the open setting and couldn't answer the softball questions that republicans were lobbing. >> up. >> for her. and you're right, most of these five. >> minute. >> segments are for show. they're to get clicks online. they're to raise money to your followers. you have these private, hour long, two hour, three hour long conversations with these members. and a lot of the. trump nominees have completely flipped their positions on previous statements. they've made. kash patel, all of a sudden has no recollection of any of these podcasts that he regularly appeared on. tulsi gabbard didn't seem to back down from any of her previous really troubling statements, so i don't know what she told senator collins privately, but it was enough to get her the vote. and that one vote probably means she is going to be in charge of our national intelligence, which is rea

>> madeleine: tulsi gabbard got a boost yesterday. senator susan collins was seen as a possible no vote, late last night she said she would vote for gabbard, saying she does not think gabbard will pardon edward snowden. i look out for senators todd young and jerry moran, they were possible no votes. on r.f.k. jr. side, watch out for senator bill cassidy, a former doctor who has not said if he would vote for r.f.k. jr. saying he was troubled by some of kennedy's previous positions on vaccine safety. that is what i would watch out for. >> todd: we'll be watching. did you hear this? president of el salvador is offering to house deportees and convicted criminals from the united states after striking a deal with secretary of state marco rubio. announcing the agreement in an exclusive interview with fox news, listen. >> i think he will take back the ms-13 prisoners and willing to take back criminals that are not el salvadorians. he is an allie of the united states. >> todd: marco rubio revealing his plans for u.s.a. id, u.s. aid as taking ov

good news on noms, tulsi gabbard reported out of committee, robert f.ittee, and my friend susan collins voted for ac tulsi gabbard. >> susan did her due diligence and tulsi did a good job talking with her, proud of her. sizsusan is in a tough state in maryland. she getting a hard time and makes har votes. i would rather have her in office than a democrat from maryland. great to see tulsi gabbard get out with anon -- arkunanimous republican support, the same with robert f. kennedy and with kash patel. we have to let clock run on people that are in front of them, there is a 30 hour debate time. and i believe that time will work out where we could vote on tulsi gabbard and bobby by the end of next week. >> that would be great. that being a republican from maine, the great state of maine. >> did i say maryland, sorry, maine. larry: no, i'm not contradicts it is a easy mistake, i have known senator collins for many years, i count her as a friend whether we agree or disagree, she does what she does, she has as much integrity as anyone i know. >> i would agree

trump would get all of his noms through or pete hegseth would get through or tulsi gabbard. >> tulsi like mr. trump is having his way with the senate. >> it is true, big reasons he is, is he has 53 seats, if he had 51, it might be more difficult. we should say that matt gaetz thing did not happen, after this, when people look at pete hegseth, look at tulsi gabbard, at robert f. kennedy jr. they thought they are not all going to make it hegseth thing was closer than i thought, 50/50, had to break tie from vice president, now we have the republicans were worried about the committee votes for tulsi gabbard and robert f. kennedy they got through. and it does not appear that there are three republican senators in whole senate who will vote against them. so, i believe it was this morning jason miller, top aide in trump white house said this day in 2017, senate had fully confirmed four trump nominees and now it is more than 11. larry: you know, it interesting, does john thune get credit for this, or is it has someone put it to me yet, president trump repeatedly talking to senators, go doing

tulsi gabbard and robert f. kennedy jr. and the republican senator, also a doctor, who had reservations about rfk jr. on why he's now supporting him. he's also up for re-election. >>> we're tracking that dangerous ice storm set to bring treacherous driving from the midwest to the northeast. multiple states. and in the east as well multiple major cities in the path of this storm. d.c., new york to hartford. ginger zee has the forecast. >>> tonight, search crews have now recovered the bodies of all 67 victims killed in that american airlines passenger jet in the potomac. and tonight, what we've now learned about the investigation. >>> they were the big names in sports targeted in burglaries, including quarterback joe burrow. tonight, the arrests in the new york city area, and why fbi agents suddenly moved in on new york's diamond district. >>> the huge block of ice falling from the sky, smashing through the roof of a home. tonight, the faa now investigating where this came from. >>> also tonight, if you order breakfast with e

i talked to sources close to tulsi gabbard. they're confident she can get the vote and so is the white house, a statement saying president trump nominated tulsi gabbard because he believes she will do an excellent job as director of national intelligence and we expect the senate to confirm. based on my conversations she's got work to do in terms of meeting with individual senators to be sure she gets over the finish line. >> the question as always is how will the rep can senators hold up under pressure from the president and his allies. we will see. thanks so much. we'll look for more on meet the press when kristin is joined by mark kennedy. >>> we are learning more about final moments of the deadly immediate vac plane crash in philadelphia that killed six on board and one person on the ground. emily, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. investigators are trying to track down a critical piece of evidence, cockpit flight recorder. the challenge they're against, a massive debris field authorities say could stretch from

. >> on tulsi gabbard.anybody was. >> going to be a skeptic. >> of tulsi. >> gabbard, you would. >> have thought it might have been senator collins. but she's announced now that she's going to vote. >> for. >> tulsi gabbard for the director of national intelligence. and i think that, you know, you would have thought that kash. >> patel might. >> have. >> had more skepticism. >> among republican. >> senators, given what's happened at. >> the fbi. >> where they. have now. pushed to pushed out and are. >> trying to fire. >> any number of people. >> and requiring up to. >> perhaps thousands. >> of fbi agents to report on what actions they took as part of the. prosecution of january 6th defendants, as. >> if. >> they. >> had done. >> something wrong. >> and needed. >> to be. perhaps. you know, held accountable. these actions do not seem to have changed. >> with the. >> republican votes, even if privately some of them are expressing reservations and misgivings. >> and just a reminder to our viewers, the hhs secre

as well as tulsi gabbard. now, we know that both rfk jr. and gabbard had really tough confirmation hearings this week. both of them faced very sharp questioning from not only democrats, but also republicans, and faced the most direct skepticism thus far that we've seen of any of donald trump's cabinet nominees. now, gabbard in particular, i'm told, is the one that they are the most concerned about. they meaning white house officials and those working to help get her confirmed. they believe that some of her answers during her hearings, particularly as it related to edward snowden and whether she believed his actions were traitorous. they argued that that could be an obstacle to her getting a vote on the senate floor, and ultimately confirmed. of course, snowden is a former national security agency contractor who in 2013 revealed the existence of the bulk collection of american phone records by the nsa before fleeing to russia. gabbard in the past had supported legislation urging lawmakers to drop in the federal government to drop all charges

also the senate intelligence committee votes today on the nomination of tulsi gabbard to be director of national intelligence and gop indiana senator todd young says he will support gabbard. >> harris: chad, thank you. minute-by-minute. in "focus" new gianno caldwell. we are finally starting to see some movement even though we're probably a week away from that final floor vote for rfk, jr. big news today. >> quite big. i'm so excited. pam bondi, to see her sworn in as attorney general and heading to d.c. after the show. she is on the caldwell institute for public safety advisory board. there are so many good cabinet members. some of them are controversial, tulsi being a controversial person but she just supports her country. donald trump will have an exceptional cabinet. people focused on providing a stance that america first. people who will follow the trump agenda and people to make america healthy again on secure our borders and streets and prosecute crime. i think donald trump 2.0 is the best one we'll see yet. >> harris: we're following it stem to stern here in terms of the nomin

after tulsi gabbard was first tapped. >> to. >> be nuts. >> with tulsi. >> gabbard at.tok's moderna narrative. trump needs to choose the most volatile. nut 33 years lloyd austin the fact that. it constitutes. american greatness. mr. >> interestingly enough. >> i mean, on that last point, i believe them very interesting times are ahead for the united states and for us in russia as well. what does it mean for the intelligence agencies that tulsi gabbard is one step closer to sitting atop them? >> well, i think there's worry. >> throughout the intelligence community, the women and men of the intelligence community really deserve. >> to have. >> a leader who is going to fulfill the solemn obligations and. responsibilities of the office that they're going to hold. >> and it's. >> quite clear that a number of the nominees for these senior positions are not just unqualified, but have disqualifying aspects to their record. and with tulsi gabbard, i think there's been a long litany of concerns about the statements that she's made, the visits. >> that. >> she's taken to. visit wi

now, you have todd young, coming around on tulsi gabbard. this speaks to the huge political tail wind behind the trump presidency. >> democrats need to take a breath and look at rfk jr. specifically. he has not said "i am a conservative." he said "the issue is so important to me, i'm willing to stop fighting on these other things and focus on that." that's a compromise america is asking for. at and see tulsi gabbard or rfk did neither principals or things they said. a lot of heat against them is that they wouldn't change their answer. if they hadn't -- they would've been attacked on that. i see compromise within the republican party we would expect or like to see among congress. there's no way 50 senators agree on anything. they all see a president, so they want to fight. it's the views and opportunities they are looking for. i'm proud of republican senators. i don't think any of them are giving up on things they care about. they are asking tough questions. it seems the process has worked for these nominees, and i would imagine there's a fig

been struggling with your nomination. >> reporter: maine's susan collins could be a swing vote on tulsi gabbardn. she responded well to my questions. >> reporter: democrats doubted whether gabbard would protect the nation's secrets after he lauded one of the biggest raiders of american intelligence. >> she couldn't call edward snowden a traitor. what message would that send to allies around the world? >> reporter: kash patel is likely the easiest to confirm if republicans stick together. also up for vote soon, chris wright for secretary of energy and doug collins to run the rah v.a. both should score bipartisan support. griff? griff: chad pergram live on the hill, thank you. >>> well, for more on the confirmation hearing, let's bring in today's political panel. with us now, prospective strategies' ryan taylor and the president of corcoran treat group president, brad howard. brian, brad, thank you very much. let's get to that. now, we are going to go into these nominees, but i'm hearing reports just now the dnc is electing their new chairman. the person to lead them forward. and, you know, i thi

what about tulsi gabbard?> yes for lb yes on her is waiting to see what she said about 702 that is the ability to track foreigners over and see who may be involved in plots against the country. i actually served in a reserve unit with tulsi gabbard and i've always liked her a lot of her criticism against her has been really mean and off based i will be a yes she has shown her understanding of how vital 702 is that will be a yes on rfk junior, tulsi gabbard and kash patel knocked it out of the park he is the anecdote to crossfire hurricane is going to go on and clean the fbi out to make sure it's never abuse like it was in the past and crossfire hurricane was one of the saddest danger is the most dangerous chapters in fbi history he is the guy that helped expose it he will be the solution not the problem when it comes to the fbi. shannon: you not much of what he faced in questioning was about retribution what is going to do within the fbi he is not there yet. my colleagues at foxnews.com report this acting depu

but that he did want him to vote yes for tulsi gabbard.aid that much like the conversation cassidy had with kennedy that he needed assurances. he got those assurances. that is why he voted yes. kate. >> all right. ryan nobles, tracking that for us. thank you, ryan. right now, crews are working to pull the wreckage of that american airlines jet from the potomac river after it collided with a black hawk helicopter near washington, d.c. last week. federal investigators are looking at the black boxes. new details about the victims involved in another plane crash, this one in philadelphia. all of it is putting the safety of aviation in the spotlight. here is nbc news sr. correspondent tom costello. >> against the backdrop of reagan national airport, crews are battling gusty winds and pulling the wreckage of the merkin airlines 5332 from the potomac river. emerging from the water on monday, the planes right engine, fuselage, and wings. >> it is tragic. everything imaginable they can think about. >> newly released video shows the jetliner. the in

and tulsi gabbard. can they get the votes to be confirmed? >> i think both of those nominees are in the toughest spot in terms of getting through. we did have questions about hegseth. he was able to eke it out, but he also had this different media and maga backing that was pushing him through and sort of bullying some of the senators who had questions and pause to get him through. what i thought was really interesting about tulsi and rfk jr.. was that they both refused to pull back on two key points. tulsi was gabbard was asked repeatedly whether she thought edward snowden was a traitor and she refused to say it. she tried to distance herself. >> she said he broke the law, but didn't say go that far. >> and she would. but she did not make a clean cut and was repeatedly asked. and when republican senators walked out, you had todd young expressing concern. you had senator lankford expressing concern. and so if she loses one, she's in trouble getting out of committee. but then on the other side, you have rfk jr.. who really kind of would not say

. >> the president's nominee for director of national intelligence, tulsi gabbard.tched her confirmation hearing this week. some sharp questions, some defiant answers. she'll be back on capitol hill to have some conversations. what's the consensus? if there is one? did the confirmation hearings help or hurt her chances? >> yeah. tulsi gabbard is probably the most endangered of donald trump's, uh, remaining nominees. obviously, the senate stood up to matt gaetz and he was pushed aside. but other than that, he's been able to get everyone through. uh, tulsi gabbard probably has, you know, a handful of no votes right now, but does she have four no votes? that's the big question. that's the number she can't have. uh, i don't think she did herself a ton of favors. she didn't, uh, condemn edward snowden the way republican senators wanted her to. uh, she did reverse her stance on section 702 of fisa, which a lot of republican senators like to hear. um, but there were a lot of questions coming out of that hearing. i still think there's a bunch of people in the middle that, y

and today tulsi gabbard andand rfk jr.way to getting confirmed surviving tough committee votesw this is a big win for the trump team. tulsi gabbard and rfk the hardest to get through and it trump can pull this off without losing politicalolit capital, tn the golden age becomes a lot easier. america has embraced the gaza movement. nearly 80 million americans voted for trump in november.fo bur t for some women, a vote for trump is a>> deal breaker. >> i met this pretty girl, all right? everything was looking good andt i finally found the one.al we are talking, what do you do? i will not tell you all. and then w e talked and what else do you do? oh, let me see and i showed her my tiktok account. she instantly cut me off. >> jesse: 73% of women would be less likely to date someonewh who is a trump supporter, even though half the country votedst for him. it is not just the dating world. democrats are deciding to get mean. they are turning into bulliesin embracing theiner inner george d ready to fight, fight, by! >> one thing re

and the case of edward snowden in tulsi gabbard. think the maga movement will decide, but it's donald trump who will decide how much capital he wants to spend and how much pressure he wants to put on republican senators to get tulsi gabbard over the finish line. >> george: have we seen any sense yet that republicans on the committee don't want to go along? how overt does the president have to be? >> he'll have to be pretty overt. you mentioned hegseth. in that case, thom tillis indicated he was troubled -- he was a possible no vote. donald trump got on the phone with him for two hours and he relented and that's the kind of pressure that trump alone can bring, and we'll see if he does that in these cases. >> george: you believe gabbard is in more trouble? >> i think she's in trouble because of questions like that snowden question. a fairly straight forward question that is shared bipartisan -- views are that snowden has been a traitor. she had another moment when she said she wouldn't seek to pardon -- from president trump and that s

and tulsi gabbard, face critical senate committee votes to see if they move forward. what are the prospects? cnn senior data reporter harry enten is here. the betting markets seem to be pretty bullish. >> they seem to. >> be pretty gosh. >> darn bullish. >> their numbers, their. >> chances have been rising. tulsi gabbard. >> specifically to. >> be the national. >> intel director. >> she's up. >> to get. >> this a. >> 92% chance. a week. >> ago, she was closer. >> to 52%. but as some republican senators have come. >> out like susan collins. >> in support of her, her chances have gone through the roof. >> robert f. kennedy. >> jr. to be the hhs secretary. >> he's up to 82%. again, that is. also higher than it was a week ago. at this particular point, the two most controversial picks remaining for donald trump seem to see their prospects going through the. >> roof. at this hour. >> what about the field, as it were? >> what about the field? so the remaining picks chance of trump, of trump, trump's picks being confirmed. the average besides gabbard and rfk, you can't reall

reporter: also, the senate intelligence committee votes on tulsi gabbard to be director of national intelligenceupport gabbard and senate votes to confirm pam bondi as attorney general later today. ashley. ashley: see how the math works. chad pergram, thank you so much. appreciate that. bring in caroline cavalerro and caroline, begin right there. what do you like about rfk jr.? >> yeah, thanks for having me, ashley. pretty simple. our children are very sick. our children are very sick and sicker than they've been before. parents in this millennial and now gen z generation coming up are demanding radical transparency. it's very clear to parents with sick children that if we could vaccinate and drug our way out of this problem, we would be, and our children would be healthier. but the reality is that this system has failed results, and it's very clear, it's plain and simple, we have the highest rates of prediabetic children, highest rates of children os antidepressants and other drugs and the way i like to describe it we're at a fork in the road. we either continue along the path we've b been goin

as a health drink. >> tulsi gabbard. i mean, she's also facing some resistance for a whole host of reasons. in some ways, i almost think it's easier for republicans on these two because they both were democrats at a certain point. so it's like they can just blame it on that. and that might be the case. >> so i think with rfk, to be honest, i was more impressed with rfk after his hearing than and at fact with tulsi gabbard as well. i think some of the attacks on rfk are just absolutely ridiculous. at the end of the day, regardless of what rfk position is on the vaccine or anything, donald trump is president of the united states, and he has to follow donald trump's agenda. and it was donald trump who got us operation warp speed at the time that people like kamala harris were saying. >> donald trump has also. >> said that he thinks that there that vaccines cause autism, which is completely false. i mean, so the person in that position, i think it's right that. >> lawmakers should say, do. >> you believe in settled science o

ryan, let's start with tulsi gabbard. what is she saying now?the damage that was done during her public hearing last week where she refused to call edward snowden, the former government employee who leaked a whole trove of secrets and then fled to russia. a traitor. and how that made republicans uncomfortable with the way she answered that line of questioning. that's why she took to the wall street journal to write that op ed, trying to clarify and explain why she was unable to take that step and officially calling him a traitor. it's unclear whether or not that's going to be enough for these members of the intelligence committee to feel comfortable enough to vote her out of committee. that's the first true test tomorrow. this is a vote that takes place behind closed doors. so theoretically, the republican members could vote no without the public knowing. but chances are she will at least get to the floor before her final confirmation is decided. anna. >> what about rfk jr? what is he facing tomorrow? >> it seems very likely that his nomination

and now todd young is a yes on tulsi gabbard. she's going to get through the senate intelligence committee. i have to imagine most likely she will get through the senate floor. and donald trump. i mean, we have to say this. donald trump has effectively completed or is on the brink of completing a clean sweep of his cabinet nominees. i mean, it's pretty pretty astounding. and it does speak to number one. it speaks to, again, trump's hold in the party. number two, his the senate republican leadership, which has worked with this white house to get their nominees across the floor. i mean, remember a month ago, two months ago, three months ago, we were talking about recess appointments, which was always this, i would say, media fascination that that donald trump brought up wasn't really tethered to reality. he's going to get all of his nominees across the floor quite quickly. and that's that's pretty impressive. he's outpacing even president joe biden at this point. >> jake sherman on capitol hill, thank you very much, my friend. appr

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>> that's two in a row: rfk this morning and now tulsi gabbard moves out of committee. congressional correspondent who you heard throw a question to the senator from -- what was the vote? >> the vote was 9-8. it was along party lines. there's been movement toward confirming tulsa gabbard in the past 24 hours. columns that the republican senator from maine -- who said that she was assured, todd young, the republican senator from india and said that he got certain assurances from her. he spoke with the president. he spoke with the vice president. he says he spoke with elon musk. todd young said he also believes that members of the intelligence community will be okay with tulsa gabbard. he says "i've done my work. i've done my vetting. i've done what i think as a former marine corps intelligence officer is consistent with national security close was. if republicans are to stick together, they should be able to move this nomination across the floor. we think there might be a couple of other senators on the republican side of the aisle who are not on the intelligence committ

tulsi. gabbard's professional. >> life. >> as. >> well as kash. >> patel's professional. >> life. >> we have things showing very. >> poor judgment. >> or they've done things that. >> really give us an. >> indication of what they're going to. >> do in these positions. >> and so i. >> think tulsi. >> gabbard doesn't have. the experience. >> of the leadership. >> but also, i think there are questions about some. >> of the things. >> that. >> she has. >> done and said in the. >> past that really. >> raise questions. >> about her integrity and her. >> ability to fulfill the role. >> of director of. >> national intelligence. >> which. >> again, is the. >> orchestration of. >> 18 u.s. >> intelligence agencies. >> that our national security depends. >> so heavily on. >> i just want to play because we mentioned it. this is the exchange, i think, that concerned most of the senators, because it goes to the heart of just the job. frankly. this is gabbard repeatedly sidestepping questions on edward snowden. >> do you still. >> think edward snowden is brave? >> mr. vice chairman edward snowden broke the l

and tulsi gabbard as a d.n.i.ere a couple of moments i want to get your take that seems to revto reveal some republican concern. >> will you reassure mothers unequivocally that the measles and hepatitis vaccines doesn't cause autism? >> i'm not going into the agency with any -- >> that's kind of a yes or no question because the data is there. and that's kind of a yes or no. i don't mean to cut you off but that really is a yes or no. >> if the data is there, i will absolutely do. that i >> i want -- i will absolutely do. that >> i want to get a yes that in your policy recommendation you would make or not make? >> senator, i'm offended by the question because my sole focus, commitment and responsibility is about our own nation. >> just as a reminder, the overwhelming data shows no link between vehicles seen and awe thautism. -- vaccines an autism. >> do you think these senators still back the nominees despite the concerns? what are i heard in these two cases in particular, republican senatorses saying to the nominee

and tulsi gabbard has very strong opinions about intelligence.it raises the question whether she could be trusted to give the president and objective opinion about what the intelligence agencies are saying. it's interesting she will not step back from her opinion so she's throwing down the gauntlet. and she may pay a high price it not been confirmed. paul: specifically she's got halfway to suggesting 702 warrant surveillance authority for foreigners overseas, she changed her mind on that she used to oppose that. but she still says you should have warrants for u.s. persons. >> right section 702 is the program targeted at foreigners abroad that gather this information into a database and then later intelligence agencies can search that database in some cases for u.s. persons what's notable is the split between tolls he who said there should be a warrant requirement for that in kash patel who said we use that to find u.s. american hostages and rescue them a warrant requirement is completely unworkable. mark: john ratcliffe said the same thing. >> we

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what was the sense of things. >> on tulsi gabbard? >> yeah, it was unclear. i mean, look what it was. so perhaps for one reason, one a telling sign of how the serious republican leadership was taking this moment. john thune, the senate majority leader, came to witness what was happening inside the room himself. he would have to make a decision on how to proceed if ultimately, cassidy broke ranks and voted against this nomination, he had said that he would be unlikely to try to advance a nomination if a committee decides to vote against any cabinet nominee from going to the floor. so there was a keen interest among top republican leaders about what ultimately would go down here. but no question about it. a lot of drama in this room. typically, you're right. we know how members will come down. but bill cassidy was struggling. i mean, even as last night, i asked him repeatedly about how he was viewing this, he had not made a decision as of last night. he said he had more conversations into this morning, so we'll see how much his own political future played into