Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. Amna Nawaz is away. On the news hour tonight, tech and Trump.

Billionaire Elon Musk tries to drum up support on Capitol Hill for slashing government programs,

while Bitcoin spikes on news of a crypto-friendly presidential appointment.

How Mr. Trump's picks to head the nation's intelligence agencies appear poised to radically shift the way those departments

operate. It's not really clear with these people yet whether their goal is just to get real

loyalty for Donald Trump or whether to destroy these organizations.

And a Palestinian chef who ran a soup kitchen in war-torn Gaza is killed delivering aid to a hospital.

And what his family says was a targeted Israeli drone strike.

Welcome to the News Hour. It has been a busy day on Capitol Hill where the people President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to slash

government spending, that's Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, met with House and Senate Republicans.

The two were recently selected by Mr. Trump to lead the so-called Department of Government

Efficiency.

Meantime Pete Hegeseth, Mr. Trump's nominee for Secretary Secretary of Defense continues to face an uphill climb on his path to confirmation.

Our Lisa Desjardin joins us now for the latest. So Lisa, let's start with Ramoswamy and Musk.

What were they telling Congress they want to do exactly with this department, the so-called department?

This was an unusual day on Capitol Hill.

These two men who don't have any official government function at this point were actually

the center of political gravity.

Now, what we saw from Ramoswamy and Musk was them crisscrossing the Capitol, Musk with

his child X on his shoulders, and sometimes you see him there in the photo.

As far as we know, they met only with Republicans, but by my count, scores of them, including Speaker Johnson and incoming

Senate leader John Thune. These sessions, sources told us, were largely brainstorming sessions.

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