01-29-25 YMS From control of the Panama Canal to the confirmation hearings of RFK Junior, Congress is working hard on President Trump’s agenda for his second term. National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL looks at how Trump’s plans are faring on Capitol Hill.

From control of the Panama Canal to the confirmation hearings of RFK Junior, Congress is working hard on President Trump’s agenda for his second term. National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL looks at how Trump’s plans are faring on Capitol Hill. 

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Previously on Your Morning Show with Michael dil Choano.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Trump says he's asked Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, to
go up there and finally get Butchinsonni, what a brilliant
PR move that is. Meanwhile, from control of the Panama
Canal to the confirmation hearings of RFK Junior, I guess,

(00:26):
to the attacks of Caroline Kennedy on her own cousin,
Congress is working hard on President Trump's agenda for a
second term. National correspondent Roy O'Neil is here to take
a look at Trump's plans and how they're faring on
Capitol Hill. Good morning, Rory.

Speaker 3 (00:41):
Yeah, I had laughed when you called that a PR move.
I'd use two other letters, but go right ahead.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
Well, they were up there, what were they supposed to
be there? Just a few days?

Speaker 4 (00:51):
Right? Got eight to twelve days?

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Eight to twelve days, and it's turned into how many months?

Speaker 4 (00:57):
Whatever was June to now?

Speaker 3 (01:00):
But I just laughed because I've told Elon Musk to
go up and rescue them. Well, the mission is already
scheduled to go up and get them in March, like
it's been on the books for months.

Speaker 4 (01:07):
When we figured out this plan, and.

Speaker 5 (01:10):
How many times did they had plans to go up
and get them though?

Speaker 3 (01:14):
It's it's it's because the SpaceX capsule is late for delivery.
So it's Elon Musk's delay. Because they were going to
go up in late February. Then SpaceX said, sorry, we're
not going to be ready in time't We're going to
have to wait until March. So I mean, and that's
the whole point of the program is to have two
competing companies so that if one had a problem, the

(01:35):
other would be there. But yeah, so this they were
supposed to be coming home on Starliner when they decided that, no,
that's too risky. We're going to bring you home on
a SpaceX capsule when it's ready in the spring. Initially
was going to be February, but again SpaceX said, no,
we're running late.

Speaker 4 (01:49):
It's going to be March.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
So then you see these truth social and ex posts
saying yes, we're coming to the rescue.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
Well here's here's and here's the other six months and
here's the other. Bottom line, Even if that were true,
all right, go up get them. How long would that
take the plan? And would you beat March?

Speaker 4 (02:02):
Right?

Speaker 5 (02:03):
That's what you're saying, right.

Speaker 3 (02:04):
No, no, it's all just it's all just not yeah,
all right, you know what you what to call it?

Speaker 2 (02:10):
Bet bs not br right. I say the sun comes
up tomorrow. That's my deck. The sun's coming up.

Speaker 4 (02:16):
Well, yeah, it was already going to come up tom
You didn't need mean to say that. I mean, all right.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Back to our original question, how is Congress handling the
Trump agenda?

Speaker 3 (02:26):
Well, I think we saw a lot of confusion on
Capitol Hill yesterday with that whole announcement about the budgets
being frozen and the spending stopping.

Speaker 4 (02:33):
But what exactly did that apply to?

Speaker 3 (02:35):
So I think a lot of that uncertainty caused a
lot of the chaos we were getting. Now, of course,
the hearings that are starting today with RFK JR.

Speaker 4 (02:43):
Let's see just how tough the questioning is.

Speaker 3 (02:46):
After Caroline Kennedy's video release of the letter that she
sent to the committees.

Speaker 4 (02:50):
Should be interesting to see some of the questions.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
But look, Bobby Kennedy Junior is very good at this,
and I'll it'd be interesting to see if the Senate
are really prepared to go toe to toe with.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
Them, because and I would think, yeah, well, and he's smart.
He's very smart. And you know, this guy has fought
very big cases. He can handle the question from these people.
But he's going to be making the overall case of
making America healthy again. Can anybody make the case that
we are healthy? I think if you can steer it
to if you can steer it to that.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
And he went away from what was in the blender
to feed the hawks, he wins.

Speaker 5 (03:29):
What do you did you think it was appropriate?

Speaker 2 (03:30):
I mean, what qualifications does Caroline Kennedy have to make these?
I mean the personalel tacks, yes, but not the.

Speaker 3 (03:39):
Area though that she she knows him better than Donald
Trump knows him.

Speaker 4 (03:43):
Maybe not.

Speaker 5 (03:44):
No, I don't know that I agree with that. Who
knows how long it's been since she sung out with him.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
I just thought it was completely inappropriate, the age of
when you have nothing good to say, but but even
that aside at the end when she makes it personal
and calls her own cousin a predator.

Speaker 5 (03:59):
M And I don't think anybody.

Speaker 2 (04:01):
I mean, maybe some of these senators will take cues
from that, but I think he's more than up to
answer any of those allegations from her or from them.
But we'll find out. Today's the big day, right, yeah,
the first of two. He's back tomorrow to a different
committee as well.

Speaker 5 (04:15):
All right, Roy O'Neil, great reporting, we'll talk again tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (04:17):
Follow up on that, miss a little, miss a lot,
miss a lot, and we'll miss you. It's your Morning
Show with Michael del Churno.