ahead with elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. elon and vivek ramaswamy arrived capitol hill in a short time that tiny seconds they arrived, apparently in the room in which they will meet with the speaker. it will be interesting to see what details come from the meeting. spiel in this meeting a buzz on capitol hill and great anticipation and recognizing biy for president trump. very interesting to hear the speaker's remarks coming into the assessment end. >> sandra: abe is excited for the meeting but hillary vaughn live on the hill and i can only imagine all that the excitement on the hill as these folks arrived today. >> sandra, a lot of excitement and vivek ramaswamy and speaker mike johnson walking by me to the meeting room. brainstorming session for everyone had to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget and from spending. that is a goal. this is also a way for elon musk and vivek ramaswamy to figure out who will work with them and who will stand in their way. at the end of the day, everyone is trimming the fat until the food

first of all, i have to say i agree with elon musk and vivek ramaswamy.i think they're pointing out the reality that we're living. >> uh, you could say and i hear schmeichel's point. >> i disagree with it, though, because i think it misses the fact that we want to get to the place where we can maximize the use of our own talent in this country. let's bring in the best and brightest from all around the world. let's really make our economy stronger. let's become even more tech dominant. that's the way, in fact, to elevate the whole country and to create more opportunity for americans of all kinds in the tech field. so i don't know why on earth we wouldn't want to grab all the talent out there, especially because if we don't, our competitors will. >> i think it's also fascinating that we're seeing this kind of open conflict. >> i think it's going to be the first of many. and of course, that speaks to the question of elon musk's role. i think really soon we're going to see more divergence between between elon musk and donald trump. it's natural, given each of

host: your caucus will support elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. as lawmakers came out after the meeting, we heard that the problem is in the room. it is republicans who are going to be the problem with having doge being responsible. there could be truth behind what they are saying. the bottom line is we are kicking off an idea that is not partisan. we now have four house democrats that have said i want to be a part of this also. government efficiency, whether you are a publican or a democrat needs to work for the american people. government has services that it provides that a lot of people are inefficiently being provided. so when they want to make these comments, they are right. if we are going to include any members congress that wants to be available and we will include an email address. we are going to take feedback and solicit feedback and specific problems or ideas that people have and we are going to work on them. the difference that they are not giving credible viewpoint and the president of the united states has not just commerce and ind

let's get back to elon musk and vivek ramaswamy meeting with lawmakers on capitol hill today, vivek ramaswamyed. aishah hasnie joining us, she's there on capitol hill. what's the latest. >> this is the talk of capitol hill, everyone is on the lookout for elon musk. there hasn't been an our arrival shot yet, we are not sure he's on the grounds but we did hear there might be security detail outside the gop leader john thune's office, we will flag it to you if we can find him but we saw vivek ramaswamy head into this caucus meeting. joni ernst is heading that caucus. you can see the crowd press that is waiting to hear what happens in the meeting and talk to lawmakers as soon as they come out. f they want to cut government waste today, they want to reduce the federal workforce by 75%, cut $2 trillion in federal agencies, they want to get the job done by 2026 just two years elon musk has indicated one way to cut back is to fire federal employees who don't return to the office. not a lot of sufferings republicans and democrats together but dogeast seems to be sparking bipartisan buzz. >> it doesn't

vivek ramaswamy.he says it's a cultural issue that there aren't more competitive engineers in the u.s. here's what he said online. a culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian will not produce the best engineers. a culture that venerates corey from boy meets world or zack and slater over screech and saved by the bell, or stefon over steve urkel and family matters will not produce the best engineers. but that argument is not going over well with trump's maga base, certainly not online. some of them saying we did not ask them to engineer an immigration policy. tech wants indentured servants, not high skilled workers. you don't even know what maga immigration policy is. now, trump himself, who i should note restricted h-1b visas in his first term, has said on the campaign trail this time around that he did want to make it easier for educated foreigners to work in the u.s. >> what i want to do, and what i will do is you graduate from a college i

musk and vivek ramaswamy, they have our full support. when they don't get answers we'll haul people before next congress and get answers and help them do their job better so july 4 2026, when they are expected to close this up, this is a huge success. >> todd: here is billions if not trillions of dollars. rules are first thing they need to start evaluating, that is where other cuts come from. here is speaker johnson about what is ahead. listen. >> we have a long list of areas where there are waste, fraud and abuses. the oversight committee in the house has a new subcommittee that will laser fo us can focus on that. >> todd: there has always been waste, there should never be fraud. why is our government allowed fraud, to persist this long? why is it taking doge to finally do away with fraud? >> there are so many protections for bureaucrats, the deep state is so strong and i think this idea that we need this in the first place is a symptom of the abuse and problem chronic in our federal government and this comes from lessons president trum

. >>> let's go to capitol hill now, where elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are meeting with lawmakers. julie tsirkin is there, and speaker johnson just spoke. we thought he woith mare from the two billionaires but get us up to speed. what's happening? >> reporter: no, vivek ramaswamy and elon musk with his son, i should add, who has been up with him for meetings all day, walked right past the cameras and house speaker mike johnson spoke to reporters alone. he took two questions. he didn't really lay out any specifics, as elon musk has and earlier in the day when i pressed him, what specific cuts are you talking about? what are you looking to target? what areas will you focus on? everybody today who has met with musk and musk himself say they have been talking in general terms and the public's money should be spent wisely. what johnson just said is the doge effort will be bipartisan. it's bicameral. it should be those things. he pointed to a few democrats that expressed interest in joining the house committee as well as the senate caucus, which is an independent effort. he said he was a

elon musk and vivek ramaswamy were on capitol hill yesterday.hey met behind closed doors with senators. first republicans and then went to the house side and that with republicans over there to talk initially about where they see that they can make the government more efficient. do you think it can be and if so, what would be first to cut for you to make the government cut waste, fraud and abuse? there the lines on your screen. we would like to hear from you this morning. more of that conversation coming up. first, we would like to show you what president-elect trump had to say last night at an event on taxation yesterday. here is a portion of his remarks, talking about terrorist threats on canada and mexico. [video clip] >> as you know, i spoke with canada, and that is just the beginning. this is a nice crowd. thank you very much. i do appreciate all that pent-up anger and love. it is everything at one time. we are going to do a lot of things. we are going to drill, baby, drill. we were campaigning. a lot of people thought that was it, but i ne

we've heard from elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. they've made a lot of promises, a lot of them vague on how they want to cut spending. i know you're on the tax writing side, but you have a very big say in sort of the economics of the whole picture. do you have any red lines? >> you know, i think it's really important to have this dialog and these conversations. >> i'm excited about meeting with elon and vivek to see what direction they're wanting to go we, um, we truly believe that there's numerous areas that we can make government more efficient especially in my will of jurisdiction, the irs, i think that it would be a great service to the american people if we figure out ways to make it much more efficient. when people are paying their taxes, filing their taxes and so it will be interesting to hear the different areas they're looking at of course, cutting spending, reducing the size of government. but efficiency, i think is extremely important. >> so when you say the irs, are you talking about making it more efficient, efficient t

vivek ramaswamy spoke with our summit in d.c. hands where he and musk will look to cut spending, but doge will prioritize what is most important and logical and measured and be aggressive. just like a public company. >> is there any one thing that president trump told snu. >> he is keeping an open mind top down to say let's start with a clean slate and fresh. everything is in scope for efficiency. it is not one part of the federal government or the other. it is looking at it as a whole. are we respecting the taxpayer dollar? to use an analogy for those in the room, in the way the cfo would look at shareholder capital. >> let's discuss with david wu. good morning, david. >> thanks for having me. >> what did you make of what vivek ramaswamy had to say about the philosophy about cutting the governments? is it reason able within two years, july 4th, 2027, the 250th anniversary of the u.s. is that possible? >> i think it is. what you need to understand is why this is important. vivek ramaswamy and elon musk have the most important job

agenda vivek ramaswamy and elon musk with president trump's plan to cut waste.will monitor those meetings this hour but first... ♪ ♪ >> he's carrying a backpack, which could very well be a change of clothing. that is why it gets harder and harder to someone who sees him and recognizes the bikes. >> somebody trained in firearms and capable of using it. there are cameras on every corner and cops on every corner which is why he was the alley to get to the park. this was preplanned. speed to the nypd said the stem photo tied to the murder of thio brian thompson with his mask pulled down. these are the brand-new images and hello i'm sandra smith in new york and mike go to a course crime stopper issues yesterday and those two are brand-new is. we are trying to break down new details as i get it. >> i am mike emanuel and for john roberts in washington and great to be working with you, sandra this is "america reports" pared to the manhunt for the shooter date two the manhattan hotel where the photos were taken. they were also reports the killer may have left a chilling

we know that vivek ramaswamy wants to cut 75% of the federal workforce.e nothing but billionaires who have been appointed to hopefully make the decisions for us every day working families and i don't know how that will work out but we will see. but why is it we are having a conversation about what it takes to bring in more revenue? and what it would look like is these people have now been put into position or have been put up to been in position and maybe they should start paying their fair share and start right there and maybe looking at cuts to pbs are looking at cuts such as snap benefits are looking to make sure that we cut down on the workforce for social security or maybe even cutting back on social security or maybe we should start with making sure we have more income coming in. i can guarantee that elon musk is a few extra dollars that he could lend to help the country out. >> i mean, i know he sounds like a line in the beer commercial but he is the world's richest man but he has a lot of conflict with the federal government where he has this mass

flurry of new appointments from president-elect donald trump as the doge team of elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are beating on capitol hill to discuss kostka undercutting measures with congress we have news on the caucus plans coming up as a shocking report claims abide in white house wants to preemptively pardon allies like adam schiff, this cheney and anthony fauci before president trump assumes office many expecting biden to prioritize pardoning his brother jim to screw any influence peddling charges were breaking at this moment in time all morning long, markets look like this, take a look at futures lower across-the-board fractional moves as morning on stocks, the big story is bitcoin, bitcoin topping $100,000 yesterday for the first time in history, bitcoin is continuing the rally this morning. is it too late to get in on digital assets, were talking about it. rates look like this take a look into straight to the ten year treasury yield up to have basis point sitting at four-point to 0% as investors rake the federal reserve meeting jay powell saying the strength of the academy can give the

[end video clip] host: fever grandma sahni on wednesday -- vivek ramaswamy on wednesday. on thursday, he and elon musk were on capitol hill, and then they worked over to the house site and met with lawmakers behind closed doors. we are asking you to join the conversation in washington. how can the federal government become more efficient? warren, florida, republican. caller: the government needs to get out of the way. social security before they took 2.9 7 trillion away from it, they said they put bonds in their to pay and 1.5 interest rate, and now it is part of the general fund. they need to eliminate education department, get it back down to the state. they need to pass a budget saying that they will not go over there borrowing of 1.6 trillion year. they need to gather a balanced budget amendment so they can go over 3% or around there, their budget, no more turning money. and they need to do that. no matter what, and they need to eliminate that somehow. host: raanan, tim -- rhonda, democrat, brooklyn. can the government be more efficient? caller: yes. there's no way fo

and will elon musk and vivek ramaswamy testify? >> i have no reason to assume that we would not include them. we have not really broken out in the new congress yet. we will do that and we will plan the schedule. we're in essentially the first three or four days of this. it will be open and there's a reason why we need the american people to know what we're doing and why, because it's got to pass their smell test and that's why we push what's in the best interests for the american people. >> let's start telling the american people what's happening by telling them what happened behind closed doors yesterday with house republicans. what did you hear from those two, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy? >> well, it's very simple. they came and had an opportunity to meet 30 people they had never met and then to meet about 200 members of congress, probably that they had never met, and it gave them an opportunity to say that we are in this battle, we're in this fight because we are -- we put our companies -- we invested our self, we are doing th

this thing developed during the campaign, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy started it. it was not part of original campaign, trump embraced it, a lot dsome on both sides of ai aisle. brian, related to this, that is trump tax cuts 2.0 in my opinion cannot wait for a variety of reasons, we have ways and means chairman jason smith on yesterday he said no, we must not wait, you will note get two recon bills it never happened in last 25 years. i don't know who hatched this idea. whether it was thune or whoever. but, trump's constituency for victory were working folks. hispanics, blacks, asians, young people -- >> everyone. larry: across the board, they want more after tax pay. they want more take home pay. >> right, to use ronald reagan's phrase. larry: trump promised them tax cuts, not only extent original tax cuts. that the, -- small business tax deductiontion. and maybe 15% corporate tack, trump made that promise. now, he has to keep it. he has to get to blue collar boom going right away, i don't want to wait until second half of year or 4th quarter with tax cuts expire a

vivek ramaswamy, jump's pick to/ government spending, said...an elon musk and it angered some trump supporter �*s who are opposed to immigration, among them nikki haley, of course a former republican presidential candidate. she said in response... let's bring in bbc reporter mike to break this down. they are calling as a make america great again civil war. walk us through this disagreement amongstjumbo's disagreement amongst jumbo's base, elon disagreement amongstjumbo's base, elon musk, vivek ramaswamy speaking out at least in some favour of us immigration laws at some point. i wouldn't go so far as calling this a civil war but certainly a spat. not the one the —— the only one we have seen that there is still these policy decisions that are being played out in real—time and on social media we are seeing i suppose the tech billionaires who are inviting jump against the people against nikki haley and the some more of the anti—immigration crowd including some far right characters who are opposed to these age b—1visas. d0 characters who are opposed

we already saw vivek ramaswamy talk about america's mediocrity see.rt of our narrative? and so when democrats were spending a lot of time saying, this is how he talks about you. this is what he thinks of you. i imagine more is going to come. >> let's talk more about that vivek ramaswamy comment, because he tweeted that america needs h-1b visas because of our culture. he said we venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long. he went on to write "a culture that celebrates the prom queen of the mat olympian champ or the jock over the valedictorian will not produce the best engineers." he went on to talk about stark was saved by the bell." steve urkel. it is a tour de force. look, ramaswamy makes a very good point. usually it is not good to say the country is filled with mediocrity. how is this going to sit with trump voters, many of whom believe trump stands up for the american working class? >> you already had a newsperson tell ramaswamy in his face that she would never vote for him because he is south asian. now, that is a trump supporter who s

broke the law mandate also on senator bernie sanders canvassing the guest from elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are right when comes to the pentagon wasted have the story and wor radio house marks malcolm is going to talk about why doge desperately needed international and national's capitol and the growing majority of americans, support the incoming trump white house and we have an outraged top democrats strategist james was to him saying yes audit that campaign and it works through $2.5 billion and he is income of the the severely damage the democratic grant over the last decade for some of the story. in the latest action is our special counsel david weiss, city will fight president biden while pardoning a 700 biting, after he got hundred pleaded guilty in court, to all charges of evading $1.4 million in taxes in a filing tax returns and taking false deductions for a luxury lifestyle including for prostitutes and of the gun charge and is the right to fox news the senior national course monica rick and we love you see him here live coming to us from the white house rich with the update and wha

if the dogthe, prepare, he vivek ramaswamy at elon musk can bring that spending. it is a question the deficit whether they get deficit under control and the uncertainty about tariffs and i'm struck by the market, that donald trump has promised, they are going to happen, not good news for some us companies but for the overall economy it won't be good, a huge tax increase that infects consumers and hit hard by that. a lot of people paying too much attention that people are optimistic for. neil: financial times story, playing off the idea that these tariffs are cudgels to get what you want to get the concessions out of these countries but a cudgel can turn into a curse. great seeing you, wonderful weekend, jerry baker, wall street journal, charlie gasparino with us right now. looking at the personnel and all the people donald trump is surrounding himself with but the markets have been remarkable since this election. is there a sense that they are pricing everything? charles: what is interesting is some of this is exuberance. part of it has to be air rational. bitcoin

elon musk and vivek ramaswamy laying out a framework for cutting wasteful government spending republican lawmakers are voicing support. >> government is too big and too many things it does nothing will. >> making government work better for the taxpayers that the ultimate objective a lot of good ideas we talked about. >> you can focus into a people's money that we have to do the job on capitol hill authorizing agencies. maria: their skeptics on the left, watch. >> impoundment of funds that have been appropriate by the congress is unconstitutional and illegal. there is no such department of government efficiency it is made up. >> this is a scam unless they're going to/social security and medicare and veterans affairs, they are never going to get to $2 trillion. maria: joining us from the house judiciary and oversight committee arizona congressman andy biggs, good to see you, thank you for joining us, you are in the meeting with elon musk and vivek ramaswamy on capitol hill, what can you tell us we have not heard about the details. >> briefly elon musk and vivek ramaswamy made their case br

he and i and vivek ramaswamy are on a text chain and vivek ramaswamy and i talked to almost midnight and he said look, i get it. we understand , you are in a possible -- impossible position and everybody knows that. we have a razor thin margin of republican so any bill has to have democratic votes and they understand the situation isn't directed to you, mr. speaker. and he said guess what, fellas, i don't either. >> at least he called him mr. speaker to pretend they respect him. it is ironic that the man who scammed america was elected by rural working-class people, people groomed for so long like richmond with the billionaires who fund that podcast to love the rich and hate the poor and while trump dines with the guys from big pharma and admits he can't do anything to lower grocery and gas prices after all. sorry maybe instead of superman trump should put out nfts of lex luther, a bald billionaire egomaniac consumed with an obsession over the labeled -- those he labels heroes by the masses and one story why he lied and cheated and schemed his way into being elected president of the

elon musk and vivek ramaswamy have been tweeting about this.t, the fastest part of the budget is healthcare costs. that's because we're getting sick. it's not the technicalities of policy. we're the sickest country in the world. that's driving up so much inefficiency. making our healthcare system more efficient, asking how we can spend more more effectively, that's asking how we can get healthier. we think the connection between the doge effort and bobby kennedy's hhs with incredible picks like jim o'neil, we can do a lot and there's close collaboration happening between the two organizations. rachel: and brook rollins said agriculture, the other piece of the puzzle, so excited for what we're on the verge of as you call it the golden era, the golden age of health for america. you've been on the forefront of this and i'm just happy to see your dreams come true. let's get it done. >> you've been talking about it for a long time and we are on the verge of a golden age here. rachel: awesome. thanks, callie. come back. >> thank you. rachel: russia a

i know you are all excited that elon musk and vivek ramaswamy have joined us today. this is an important day. you heard what doge is all about. the department of government efficiency. it is a new thing. and this is a new day in washington and a new day in america. >> joining me now are melissa murray and phillip bump. a national columnist for the washington post. thank you for being here. you know, phillip, we talk a lot about what donald trump has planned for a second term and there is a lot. there are some big statements but a lot of question marks. one thing that seems quite certain is that a for sale sign is hanging outside the white house. just in terms of the business people that he has brought in who could make very lucrative decisions for themselves helming government agencies. can you talk a little bit about the way in which this is all happening in broad daylight? >> i think something that is coming into focus is something shifted. maybe it was the fact that he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election and got away with it. maybe it was the fact t

. >> making their debut together on the hill, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy visiting lawmakers who would have to approve any suggested cuts. >> they did talk about having a naughty list and a nice list. >> it is crude -- cute for the christmas season but you are talking about real money in real people's lives. they are upholding a law banning tiktok unless they divest from its china parent company. >> welcome to the nightcap. tonight, president elect trump came to the defense of his pick for the defense secretary, pete hegseth as scandal plagues him for his hopes of confirmation. and elon musk and vivek ramaswamy hit capitol hill for the first time to discuss their plans for slashing the federal but let -- budget and meanwhile the manhunt continues for brian thompson and there has been an online support wave for the shooter and we will bring into talk about that this week the former democratic congressman the new york friend of mine max roses here, a senior advisor and the former emmy winning executive producer of the daily show and david rhodes the senior executive at a better and comed

and today two of those billionaires, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy, went to capitol hill to meet with republicans in congress about their new department of government efficiency. republican speaker of the house mike johnson described the meeting as a brainstorming session, ideaating the ways they could gut the federal government next year. one idea elon musk floated was gettingrity of all tax credits -- getting rid of all tax credits including for electric vehicles. for background, musk previously said the tax credits help his competitors more than they help his car company, tesla. so yeah, why should the government do that? we are entering an era of government not just run by billionaires but for billionaires. government for the swamp, by the swamp. >> we are all excited, i know you're excited, that elon musk and vivek ramaswamy have joined us today. this is an important day. it's the beginning of a journey. you've heard what doge is all about, the department of government efficiency, it's a new thing. and in -- this is a new day in washington and america. >> joining me, professor at

hill to cut $2 trillion from the budget but this is also a way for musk and vivek ramaswamy to sniffoing to help them do that and who was going to stand in their way. we went into the meeting with senate republicans on the doge caucus and asked about his strategy. how much do you think you can cut without congress's help? >> on our way to the meeting, having a great discussion today. >> reporter: how do you convince lawmakers who will not help you in this effort to work with you? >> we appreciate it. thank you. >> reporter: some lawmakers will need persuading, top democrat on house appropriation committee saying they are gang of two, a lot of downsizings they can get done from using executive orders to gutting waste from federal spending, the federal government has at their fingertips, that is up to congress and they are getting backup from unlikely places. bernie sanders saying elon musk is right, other democrats are joining in too. >> there is not a single american who thinks government is perfect or anything that can't be changed so democrats should embrace government efficiency.

and a lot of his base is angry with his allies elon musk and vivek ramaswamy over their recent comments that the u.s. should remain open to certain immigrants because maga america is not producing enough brains for the tech industry. still, for all of that, on the other side of the aisle is the question of whether democrats, days away from being out of power in washington, can unite around a message and a plan to push back. joining me now congresswoman joyce beatty, running for vice chair of the democratic national committee. congresswoman, thank you for joining us this holiday weekend. congress votes to decide the speaker of the house next week. it could be decided by the slimmer gop majority in modern history. and congressman mike johnson appears to be in an increasingly untenable position to hold onto the gavel after his role in passing the government funding bill this month. angering some of his caucus who are calling for a new speaker while trump has been silent on the matter. how do you expect your republican colleagues to proceed. >> first of all, thank you for having me on rever

meanwhile elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are expected to the hill thursday. to meet with senator joni ernst, they will talk about how to cut a trillion dollars from the federal government in just two years. trump's attorney general nominee pam bondi is back on the hill with meetings as is defense secretary nominee pete hegseth, he has been getting so much attention, the media scrums that are following him so bigot hill because of the allegations of sexual assault he is facing and he my sergeant at arms has limited number of press that can follow him around, it is so chaotic here on the hill. larry: aishah, what talk about tax cuts, i am interested, i hear things that i don't top hear. i will riff on it. but they will put tax cuts off until back-end of the year that could be a big problem, he won on the economy could, we're hoping for a repeat of the blue collar bl boom and et cetera, what do you know about that. reporter: from what i hear sounds they want to tackle who is easiest first, and what they want to put off what they can. with tax cuts, i believe the

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>> reporter: elon musk and vivek ramaswamy wanted to go after the consumer financial protection bureaunsolidated with other financial regulations. in a post on x, vivek ramaswamy went after the cr fee be for overreach because of a rule finalized two weeks before christmas. here is what vivek ramaswamy right, the latest gambit is a symptom of a deeper and unconstitutional cancer of unelected bureaucrats substituting their policy judgments for those of congress. that is un-american and needs to end. the rule he's talking about is part of president biden's war on what he calls junk fees. it requires banks with $10 billion in assets to reduce their overdraft fees from an average of $35 when an account goes to negative. they have the option for what was cost and losses or any amount in the overdraft fee like a loan with a very clearly marked interest rate. the wall street journal editorial board rights the biden administration's logic hardly any fees are justified even for free checking. regulators think every customer is a rubik in need of protection it evidence is an afterthought. the boa

to be very clear, elon musk and vivek ramaswamy, weren't they foreign born workers?y got here on a visa. >> and he is here because he wanted one of them visas. and now he's an actual american citizen. but let's be very clear. there is nothing wrong with people who are not from this country coming here, making a better life, contributing to the american fabric, okay. that's something i fundamentally believe in. america is the land of the free, home of the brave, all that stuff, that elon musk was tweeting about. however, please don't come for americans. and i would like, let's be very clear. i would like white americans to stand up. this is your calling card, honey, when is your banner because they're coming for you. they say white and lazy. that's crazy. that's crazy. and i said it. you would be coming for me. i would never say it. >> and that is the point. but what you have happening here is the very thing that white folks have said about black people. >> i'm sorry, vivek was born in the u.s. >> and for generations, they were saying that about white people and they

how would you like to see a speaker elon musk or a speaker vivek ramaswamy, that's what you heard fromike lee. >> the system is broken as is status quo must end this is the death of it. i hope to god we do not get back to normal status quo the american people will not have it we need differences and i love the bold proposals i'm not saying is constitutional but i love the suggestion. maria: is definitely not traditional and were looking all ideas on the table right now. we'll see what mike johnson comes up with. a lot of support from mike johnson will see with what he comes up with. were just getting started markets are also reacting don't kid yourself 10200 points a lot is uncertainty over the bill were looking ahead to the preferred read on inflation, the november pce is coming out 8:30 a.m. eastern that is a favorite inflation reading and it could move markets. senior equity strategist is here with her expectations. watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. we'll be right back. ♪ confident. measured. ready. the markets, like life, will turn and challenge us. but when emot

but elon musk and vivek ramaswamy don't need democrats to downsize. workers back to the office. they think it's they have to go to the office, they will leave on their own and significantly reduce the head count. >> the federal worker, you are not the bad guy. the existence of bureaucracy with two middle many federal workers is what we are up against. >> joni ernst shows how many federal workers phoning in from home. according to the report 6% of federal employees working in person full-time. the average occupancy of federal buildings 12% full. some federal workers are really taking advantage of remote work according to the joni ernst report. this employee got busted after taking more calls from the bubblebath. to a spokesperson with the va said overwhelming majority of employees work in person every day. we investigate incidents of wrongdoing and take appropriate action. but it is causing the federal government, sandra, a lot of money to maintain these buildings that varying people going to. $8 billion every year when some of the workers would prefer

vivek ramaswamy, trump�*s pick to help slash government spending, sparked the controversy with a post foreign—born and first—generation engineers over �*native�* americans isn�*t because of an innate american iq deficit". he went on to say that "american culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long."(pres)while those comments were backed by billionaire businessman elon musk — it angered trump supporters opposed to immigration. among them — nikki haley, a former republican presidential candidate. she said in response "we should be investing and prioritizing in americans, not foreign workers." i�*ve been speaking with the bbcs mike wendling — who has been looking into the story. they�*re calling this a make america great again civil war. walk us through this disagreement amongst trump�*s base, elon musk, vivek ramaswamy, speaking out at least in some favour of us immigration laws at some point. i wouldn�*t go so far as calling this a civil war but certainly a spat. not the first one we have seen but there is still these policy decisions that are being played out in

elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are now pitted against a. i'm going to just like, generalize the rest of maga world, but everyone gets my drift here over. well, immigration. but vivek's long missive essentially calling american workers mediocre and worse and using that as a defense for foreign worker visas. musk tried to come to his rescue today. it does not look like they are calming down any of the anger that is coming at them over this. the one person who has not weighed in is donald trump. should he i think he should. >> like i am vehemently opposed to what vivek ramaswamy posted and the defense of vivek by elon musk, who i respect for his ingenuity. i thought it was frankly insulting what he wrote about americans. i've traveled all across this country, rural towns, appalachia. i've seen a lot of poor white families with very talented, incredible kids. i've been to a lot of inner cities and rural towns. a lot of black kids with poor families, and i've seen a lot of talent and ingenuity there. and the one thing that i that i see missing, t

nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy way again as well.r for now telling "the new york post" he is in favor of h-1b visas. they have historically allowed qualified foreign workers into the u.s. with quality -- qualified jobs appear -- specialty jobs. over some republicans and democrats are telling fox news that the h-1b program is broken and these visas are being given away to foreign workers taking away entry-level jobs from americans. had to get to the first 100 days, immigration all around a major topic. a judge ordered the biden administration to stop auctioning off large portions of president trump's southern border wall. the trump administration of course is looking to do a 180 on biden border policies, congress has struggled for years to pass bipartisan reform however some democrats have signaled that they may be willing to work together. >> let's secure our borders but let's think about immigration slightly differently as an economic issue and again you might find there are some democrats like myself that are willing to work with r

i don't even know how big the doge coalition is beyond elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. anyway, vivek ramaswamy in a very long post on x said our men culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence and blamed shows like friends and family matters. he wants a america that prioritizes achievement over normalcy. nerdiness over conformity. hard work over laziness. i'm not sure that a tech bro, a wealthy tech bro telling americans they are mediocre and lazy is a perfectly fine tuned message for the trump base. what is your opinion of this carol? >> i would just stick with some reporting and say you know, elon musk wind of waved into this drama to explain vivek ramaswamy's point. at least from the peck bro perspective. but he ultimately royaled the waters even more. this is not ideal. for the numbers. the true quantity if you will of voters who got trump elected. you are right to point out how big is the doge coalition. it is as big as its pocketbook. that is its value. right? that is what is important is the billions of dollars behind trump getting elected. in terms of numbe

maria: we kick it off at the hot topic of the hour doge code leads elon musk and vivek ramaswamy meetingh republican lawmakers in both chambers on capitol hill to discuss their vision on cutting government waste fox news political correspondent brooke sigman with the latest. >> doge duo making the rounds on capitol hill yesterday they spent the morning with the members of the senate caucus before heading for the meeting with gop leaders in the house doge caucus wrapped up their day addressing a joint meeting with republicans of both chambers and they received an enthusiastic response from gop lawmakers who pledge to work closely with the department of government efficiency to help cut costs. watch this. >> i look at it as an audit we got a do this regularly. cutting appears to like going to heaven everybody wants to do it but nobody's ready to make the trip. >> were laying the groundwork for the new year end the new caucus. you will see a lot of change here in washington and the way things are run we need to make government more efficient and that's what this whole objective is. >> speak

con Él tambiÉn se encontraba vivek ramaswamy.e muy poco a la gente. al final de cuentas Él no sabe nado del gobierno. reportera: el presidente de la cÁmara de representantes nos dijo que la reuniÓn darÍa una lluvia de ideas para reducir gastos. " lo primero que creo que vamos a hacer es que los trabajadores federales vuelvan a sus oficinas". este congresista dijo que tambiÉn se discutiÓ sobre el uso de la ley de confiscaciÓn, que permitirÍa a donald trump pasar por alto el congreso y recortar el gasto pÚblico. una historia diferente enfrenta el nominado para dirigir el pentÁgono, quien tuvo otra ronda de conversaciones con senadores republicanos. hoy enardeciÓ a trump por darle la oportunidad en momento en el que sigue la controversia sobre acusaciones de mala gestiÓn de fondos, conducta sexual inapropiada y por estar intoxicado en el trabajo. esta senadora republicana le dijo a fox news que aÚn no estÁ lista para apoyarlo. hegseth dijo que se comprometÍa para luchar por cada voto siempre y cuando trump lo quiera en el puesto. il

like, i'm vehemently opposed to what vivek ramaswamy posted. and the defense of vivek by elon musk, who i respect for his ingenuity. i thought it was frankly insulting what he wrote about americans. i've traveled all across this country, rural towns, appalachia. i've seen a lot of poor white families with very talented, incredible kids. i've been to a lot of inner cities and rural towns, a lot of black kids with poor families, and i've seen a lot of talent and ingenuity there. and the one thing that i that i see missing, the common theme is a terrible education system. the lack of guidance, the lack of mentorship. and so what that tells me is that if we're able to reform our education system, which i would argue most americans would agree, it needs to be reformed, we are falling behind by every metric in some very key areas, particularly as it pertains to stem. let's invest in those places. i get the argument of saying, well, look, that's going to take time. we do need some foreign workers to fill in the void. i'm okay with that. filling in the

vivek ramaswamy and nikki haley have a very contested relationship. it's often gotten ugly at different points in time, but particularly on the campaign campaign trail. nikki haley has come after vivek before because of attacks, she said on her children. uh, vivek has called her a fascist. they have been going at it for quite some time, and i think part of the part of the tension here, too, is that as nikki haley has fallen out of favor with the maga base, one of the people that she has kind of pointed to is taking essentially taking her place is somebody like vivek ramaswamy. her argument has been that he does not fully understand what it means to actually be part of this conservative movement, because if you think about vivek ramaswamy actual history and longer trajectory, he is very transactional. he is relatively new to the conservative movement and certainly new to the maga movement. that was laura loomer's point. that was several other of the kind of high profile maga people who jumped into this conversation. but i would also point out that this

. >> republicans meeting with elon musk and vivek ramaswamy about their plans to make major cuts to the federal budget and mission postponed another setback in nasa's plan for lunar exploration. so when will man set foot again on the moon all right. 5 a.m. here on the east coast, a live look at the nation's capital on this friday morning. good morning everyone i'm kasie hunt. we made it. it's friday. it's wonderful to have you with us. there are new clues this morning in the manhunt in new york. a flirtatious smile could be the mistake that trips up the man that police are calling a person of interest wanted for questioning in connection to the wednesday killing of the unitedhealthcare ceo this newly released surveillance footage capturing the man smiling after the clerk at the hostel he was staying at asked him to lower his mask, a source tells cnn he used a fake new jersey driver's license when checking in. that was on manhattan's upper west side, and there is also new video of the suspect suspected gunman on an e-bike escaping from the crime scene. and heading towards central park as

and vivek ramaswamy. they are saying that they would cut some $2 trillion. so that was my question to the speaker is that something that will be discussed? will there be sort of a reality check moment here when they are in those rooms behind closed doors with these members as to what is truly realistic as you made that point, a vast majority of the federal government spending is for programs like social security medicare, medicaid. so how does one cut $2 trillion without cutting into those programs, which many americans support? that is the big question not getting many answers. there as far as elon musk and vivek ramaswamy, they're walking through the halls, they're walking by the cameras, but they're not saying anything today, not giving them, um, many comments. uh however, elon musk did say that the meetings are going well here on the hill today, and that's about the level of what we've received from the two men. but again this is just a starting point. this will be a partnership. as you know doge is not a formal government entity they will be working out

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