Confirmation Chaos | 12-4-24

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, News, Comedy

4.2 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 161 minutes

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On this Wednesday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, there's been some chaos surrounding the nominations for President-elect Donald Trump's incoming White House cabinet, with the latest controversy surrounding his pick for Defense Secretary in Pete Hegseth. What happens next? Who will Trump nominate in Hegseth's stead? Rumors regarding the answers to those questions are already roaming throughout the mainstream media. In other news of the day, President Trump asks Judge Merchan to toss out his hush money case here in NYC following President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter Biden, and the Daniel Penny subway chokehold jury deliberations continue locally, with New York City Mayor Eric Adams offering his two cents on an eventual verdict. Jennifer Harrison, Curtis Sliwa, Vickie Paladino, Roger Stone, Peter King, Joe Benigno and Joyce Kaufman join Sid on this hump day installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Sit in Friends in the Morning.
0:03.3	Entertaining and informative.
0:05.7	Oh, you're my best friend.
0:08.2	77 WabC.
0:11.8	A combination of former Fox host Pete Higgs to run the Defense Department appears to be in jeopardy.
0:16.9	As some key GOP senators question his fitness for the job?
0:21.7	No Republicans have said publicly that they will not support Hegseth.
0:25.9	But right now it looks like he might not have the votes to survive the confirmation process.
0:31.3	John Finolio, live in our KTLA News Center with the latest on the new allegations for Pete Hegsseth.
0:37.1	Pete Hegsteth may be in some trouble.
0:39.3	He can only afford to lose several Republican Senate votes, and there is growing skepticism
0:43.9	among some GOP lawmakers about the man's past, including allegations of sexual misconduct
0:50.2	and substance abuse.
0:52.1	Do you need to address the questions about your character?
0:54.7	President-elect Trump's choice to lead the Department of Defense, Pete Heggseth, under fire over allegations of sexual assault, alcohol abuse, and financial mismanagement.
1:08.2	Hegseff, a former Fox News host and combat veteran, denies the allegations,
1:13.6	meeting with senators on Capitol Hill,
1:16.0	whose votes he'll need to pass a grueling confirmation process and questions about his past.
1:21.7	NBC News reporting that Heggseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News,
1:26.6	citing 10 current and former Fox employees,
1:29.8	one of whom told the network, everyone would be talking about it behind the scenes before he went on
1:35.1	the air. The New Yorker reporting, Hegg Seth's drinking was so bad he was forced to step down
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