vought, welcome. mr. vought: thank you. sen. kennedy: in my judgment, i don't know a single person in washington or outside washington who knows more about the federal budget then you do. -- than you do. i used to read your suggestions during president trump's first term. many of which congress ignored. we should not have. i am delighted that the president picked you. i have read that since 2019, the population of america has increased 2% and are spending has increased 55%. under president biden, i wish him well, if we had discovered life on mars, he would have sent it money. is that sustainable? mr. vought: it is totally unsustainable. the problem is that you go on these trajectories we are currently on and you don't know when you will get to the point of which you have some major, major problems as an economy and country. we know that historically. sen. kennedy: i hope you will start with the low hanging fruit. there's a lot. when we sent out stimulus checks to save our economy, $1.6 billion went to dead people. and the checks

lawless and what were doing is restoring sanity there is no better person to run a web even russ vought i'll be very proud to vote for him next week he's getting at is the agenda that we deserve. are you confident he's going to make it through. >> were to get all the president trump nominees across the finish line in its imperative, we've got to get to work. and fortunately the democrats know how to do only one thing which is to block and be the opposition party they have no ideas, no policies that move this country forward, we do and will get it done. you are going to be part next week of a hearing that's going to investigate alleged instances of this termination by maker major banking institutions per key witnesses are going to testify based on their political views, president trump is directly accused bank of america and j.p. morgan chase of what's being called the do banking of conservative customers but the big banks are denying this and there is no political bias, what is the goal of this meeting for this hearing. we gotta get the facts out there i've heard this from constituents

russ vought for the office of management and budget on the russ vought vote. do you believe any of your republican colleagues will have the courage to oppose any of these confirmations? and which one worries you the most? >> so you mentioned that two there with rfk jr. i do think he poses a great risk to the public health of people throughout the country because of his conspiracy theories on vaccines. i'm proud to represent maryland. we're home to the nih and the fda. these are people who work every day to try to develop treatments and cures to diseases that impact the country, including vaccines. and rfk s spread of misinformation will put american lives at risk. i'm glad you mentioned russ vote because he's gotten less attention. probably because republicans will vote for him. as you said, we boycotted the voting session in committee because the chairman of the committee, senator lindsey graham, refused to conduct the hearing and the voting session in public. we think it's important that people know who russ vote is and what he will do. so of all these nomin

, it was an unforced error that has complicated the confirmation of the new budget director, russ voughty, clumsy, poorly thought out, and didn't have a good reception among fellow republicans. keep in mind, republicans have the senate majority. they don't need a single democratic vote to confirm nominees. they just have t stay united. >> john: okay. margaret brennan in washington, thank you so much, margaret. and a reminder to join margaret this sunday for "face the nation." >> maurice: in southern california, cal fire reports the palisades and eaton fires blame for 29 deaths this month are nearly 100% contained. >> john: that means firefighters have just about stopped them from spreading, with help from some rain. lonnie quinn, tell us about that rain. >> well, that rain that you are referring to, the atmospheric river has set up, but this atmospheric river, pretty clear to see here, this is channeling up towards northern california. this is going to be a lot of rain, so i guess the good thing to talk about, if that was going to southern california, that definitely would be sparking mu

russ vought is in there now.with the money that has been appropriated by congress. and we're going to see in real time what happens when a president takes the money that congress appropriates and doesn't give it to the federal government. and i think a lot of people are going to be hurt. >> russell vought project 2025, which donald trump told us for days and weeks and months he knew nothing about. it had nothing to do with being an activist right now. 2025 info educational videos today, right? you know who stars in them? his current press secretary. yeah. >> if he wasn't. >> lying, i'd be worried about his well-being. so, yeah, i mean, the democrats have got not as bleak a scenario as we all think, as bad as it seems. and i agree, they feel like clark kent without a phone booth right now. but these policies. >> still really. >> handsome indeed. but these policies trump has enacted so far are all unpopular. releasing the january 6th, terrorists trying to shut down funding, getting rid of birthright citizenship. no