Dems Drill Down On Hegseth’s Shifting Views On Women In Combat
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown
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3.2 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Happening now, breaking news. |
| 0:05.0 | We're getting a read on Senate support for Pete Exxon after President-elect Trump's choice to lead the Pentagon was grilled about his qualifications, |
| 0:13.0 | allegations of misconduct, and more. |
| 0:16.0 | I'll talk to a Democrat and war veteran who took part of the confirmation hearing. |
| 0:21.4 | Senator Tammy Duckworth joins us live. Also this hour, just weeks before the infernos in Los |
| 0:27.5 | Angeles, local firefighters publicly warned they were at a breaking point. CNN is looking into |
| 0:34.0 | concerns that L.A. has one of the most understaffed fire departments in America. |
| 0:39.3 | Plus, a new public health alert in the fire zone, urging people to wear masks to protect themselves from ash and smoke. |
| 0:48.3 | Dr. Sanjay Gupta will show us why the air in parts of Southern California is so very dangerous right now. Welcome to our viewers |
| 0:57.1 | here in the United States and around the world. I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in the situation room. |
| 1:10.2 | This is CNN breaking news. |
| 1:13.2 | We begin with breaking news. |
| 1:14.8 | The Trump cabinet confirmation hearings kick off with very high tension and very tough |
| 1:19.6 | questions. |
| 1:20.2 | One of Trump's most controversial picks, Pete Hackseth, up first in the hot seat. |
| 1:25.0 | As CNN's Brian Todd reports, Democrats zeroed in on the former Fox News |
| 1:30.1 | post and whether he has the experience and the character to lead the pedigone. |
| 1:36.1 | Good morning. The hearing will come to order. |
| 1:39.6 | Tonight, the man who is perhaps Donald Trump's most controversial cabinet pick is likely on track for confirmation |
| 1:45.5 | after his at times contentious hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. |
| 1:50.0 | Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News host and Army Vet, who the president-elect has tapped to be his defense secretary, |
| 1:56.3 | faced hours of grilling from lawmakers. |
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