01-15-25 YMS White House Correspondent JON DECKER is covering the hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees.

White House Correspondent JON DECKER is covering the hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on Your Morning show with Michael dil Choono.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Our White House correspondent and Supreme Court our attorney John
Decker is joining us on a preview of the cabinet
nominees that will face the fireing, I mean the hearing today.
Good morning, John.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
I don't think it's going to be contentious for Marc
or Rubio. I think he's going to get some Democratic votes.
After all, these are his colleagues, his colleagues he's not
for in some cases decades who will be judging him
to services the next Secretary of State.

Speaker 4 (00:31):
So I think he'll skate through.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
As for Pam BONDI, she could get a Democratic voter too,
but all Republicans will certainly back her nomination to be
the next Attorney General.

Speaker 4 (00:44):
So I don't anticipate any problems in terms of her
confirmation either.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Do you think I'm wrong? I mean, first of all,
and I would quote Chris Cuomo who said, you know,
if you're in that room and here's a nominee for
Secretary of the would your questions be about Russia, China,
North Korea?

Speaker 4 (01:05):
Hamas you know, the.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
Houthis hesbaalah Aslama Jihad. You know, it'd be about you know,
North Korea, and then he featured some of the things
that they were ranting about yesterday and in a sense
of us versus them, kind of a fighting that America
is really not having much of a stomach for as
of late. Did the Democrats do about what you expected

(01:29):
or did they go too far? I mean, as far
as I'm concerned, if Joony Ernst has changed your mind,
that was a good day for him.

Speaker 3 (01:35):
Well, it was a great day for him. Jony Ernst
was on the fence. She initially indicated that she may have.

Speaker 4 (01:42):
Some problems with his nomination. That was in early December.
Things have changed.

Speaker 3 (01:47):
And the fact that she now supports his nomination means
that he is now on the road to being confirmed
as early as next week. You know, I'm not going
to judge the strategy of Democrats. They can do obviously
what they wish to do.

Speaker 4 (02:01):
But you know, you have to have a strategy, and
they had no strategy. And what I mean by that is,
if you're.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
Going to have all of those members on the Senate
Armed Services Committee, certain members need to focus on those
national security issues that you just touched upon, China, Russia,
North Korea, and the way to confront those adversaries. And
I didn't hear much in terms of that coming from
the Senate Democrat.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
All Right, Finally, I've been sick as a dog for
going on thirteen days, so I understand how this flu
can be and it could certainly overlap a funeral and
then an inauguration. But Michelle Obama, former First Lady, announcing
she will not be at the Trump inauguration, but no
reason given. But that's two events in a row.

Speaker 4 (02:49):
You know, it's not like she's going to go unnoticed.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
Well, I think it's obvious. You know, she has a
trouble with Donald Trump being the next president of the
United States and that's the reason why she skipped attending
the funeral for Jimmy Carter last week, and it's the
reason why she's skipping the upcoming inauguration, which will take
place on Monday. President Barack Obama will be there, as

(03:15):
will the other living presidents.

Speaker 4 (03:17):
As will the other living First Ladies.

Speaker 3 (03:20):
As well, but she will not be there. And that's
her choice.

Speaker 4 (03:23):
And you know, everybody has an option, you know, in terms.

Speaker 3 (03:26):
Of wish what they decide to do, and that's what
she has decided to do as it relates to her
attendance at the upcoming inauguration.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yeah, I know the songs stand by Your Man comes
to mind, And I don't really mean it that way.
But if what you're saying is true, because it was awkward,
let's face it, all of them sitting in those front
two rows. And there's been some pretty incredible AI memes
and videos since then. But if that's the case, there's
gonna be twice now her husband has to go alone

(03:53):
number one, And in the first time at Carter's funeral,
he was awful chatty with the former president.

Speaker 4 (03:58):
You wonder how that went over. Well, I don't know.
I mean, to me, that's that's the palace intrigue stuff.
And I don't really get to do all that much
from the palace intrigue.

Speaker 5 (04:09):
No, I don't, I really, you know, I mean, I
leave it to people like you to do that for me,
you know. Uh it's it's just a choice people make
and and uh far be it for me to uh.

Speaker 4 (04:20):
You know, essentially pass judgment on.

Speaker 3 (04:22):
Other people's choices as to whether they want to go
to a funeral or not, or whether they want to
attend uh ah an inauguration.

Speaker 4 (04:30):
Keep in mind the last inauguration. Who wasn't there Donald Trump?

Speaker 3 (04:33):
You know, so you want to pass judgment, You can
pass judgment on him too.

Speaker 1 (04:36):
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