The Senate is expected to vote on Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to head up national intelligence, but as White House Correspondent JON DECKER reports, that nomination may be in trouble.
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Previously on Your Morning Show with Michael dill Juno.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Speaking of Tulsa Gabbert, the Senate expected to vote on
her and RFK Junior today in our White House, correspondent
John Decker's here with the latest. Good morning, John, Hey.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Good morning.
Speaker 4 (00:13):
That's right, the Senate Intelligence Committee will vote on the
nomination of Tulsi Gabbert to be the next Director of
National Intelligence. She got a big boost yesterday. That's because
Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, indicated that she is
a yes vote. She will vote for Tulci Gabbert to
be the next DNI.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
She had been seen as a possible no vote, was
on the fence.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
And so now all eyes on some other senators who
have not yet indicated how they will vote on Tulsi
Gabbert's nomination.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
All right, so Redd gets the game ball on this
because we were talking off the air and I said, well,
I think Tulsi looks like a closer one even than
RFK Junior. He said, well, if you watched closely the
one on one questioning with Senator Collins, it looks like
she was pleased. And then we understand and there were
some follow up meetings in Senator Collins' office, and now
(01:03):
she has said she feels comfortable confirming that that pretty
much paves the way. What about RFK Jr.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
Yeah, you know, I think all eyes are on one
senator in particular, who could kill the nomination that Senator Cassidy.
He's a senator from Louisiana, a medical doctor by training,
who had real issues with some of the answers that
RFK Junior gave to him during his confirmation hearing that
(01:31):
took place last week, so a lot of focus on him.
He is up for reelection as a US senator next year,
he already is facing a primary challenge, and the reason
being is because of his vote as it relates to
the second impeachment of President Donald Trump. He voted to
impeach Donald Trump to convict him in the US Senate,
(01:53):
so all eyes will be on him, and that vote
also taking place today in the committee that oversees the.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Apartment of Health and Human Services.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
All right, so you are how many administrations now?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Eight? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
That's about right?
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Still, why do I know more about your life than
my own?
Speaker 4 (02:12):
Anyway?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
But I mean you fought, I mean, what a what
a crazy day? Yesterday was I mean, you're watching and again,
I mean there's a little bit of the matrix in
the you know, the narrative divide in America. But as
everybody's making their case, what's this guy doing? What's his
endgame that's going to drive up the cost of living?
This is reckless? Or even if we throw in Panama,
(02:34):
why is he worried about the canal? Why is he
worried about Greenland? And yet look at how yesterday panned
out alone with first Mexico blinking and now ten thousand
troops coming to the border, Canada blinking, one point three
billion dollars and a fentanyls are being named, the whole
tariff is on hold, Panama redirecting with China. I mean,
(02:54):
it's pretty remarkable, you know that what he's getting done.
What do you think America is seeing this and getting
all this and what do you make of all this?
Is like nothing we've ever had to cover at this
speed anyway, how much he's getting by.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
I agree with you on the second part. You know,
I can't speak for all Americans, but I agree with
you on the second part.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
Of what you just said. Michael, it's pretty remarkable in
terms of all of the things that Donald Trump has
done by executive action during his first few weeks in office.
The tariffs, that is something that a president can do unilaterally,
and the threat of tariffs something he can and did
do unilaterally. And as you point out, he's put a
(03:37):
thirty day pause in those tariffs.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
On goods coming from Mexico and Canada.
Speaker 4 (03:42):
We'll see whether or not they meet the parameters of
what Donald Trump wants to see over the next thirty days.
But the tariffs against China have been implemented, and China
has responded retaliatory tariffs against American goods. So not everything
worked out yesterday, but certainly for those and I think
(04:02):
on Wall Street in particular, very much concerned about a
trade war, they were mollified yesterday by the way things
turned out as it relates to Mexico and Canada.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
Because as we were discussing and then we get into
the weeds and we say, well, you got a lot
of produce coming from Mexico, you might feel that you
got a lot of crude coming from Canada that's used
for you know, what we use for home heating, what
we use for ships and for airline fuel. You know
that you might feel that a little bit, but all
of it was just an art of the deal tool
(04:33):
to get them to the table, and they came to
the table. And so now it's all on hold. We'll
see how long it lasts, hopefully long beyond thirty days.
All right, appreciate it, John, We'll talk again tomorrow.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
Miss a little, miss a lot, miss a lot, and
we'll miss you. It's your morning show with Michael del Churno.
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