Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Amna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, Senate committees

give the green light to two of President Trump's controversial nominees, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.,

paving the way for their full confirmation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House to discuss the tenuous ceasefire

in Gaza. We speak with the niece of a hostage who was released as part of the deal.

And amid efforts to curtail birthright citizenship, one family story demonstrates the history

and legacy of that constitutional right.

I'm a product of these laws, so if those laws were never here, I probably never get born. Welcome to the News Hour. Two of President Trump's most embattled cabinet nominees cleared major procedural hurdles today

on their paths to confirmation.

The Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines to send to the full Senate Robert F. Kennedy

Jr.'s nomination to leave the Department of Health and Human Services.

And the Senate Intelligence Committee advanced former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard's nomination

to serve as Director of National Intelligence.

Our congressional correspondent, Lisa Desjardin, is following the cabinet confirmation process and joins us now.

So Lisa, let's start with HHS first, since that's one of the largest federal agencies.

What does the Kennedy Committee vote mean?

Unless something changes, RFK Jr. will become the next HHS secretary.

He has the votes to be confirmed at this point.

There are enough votes on the Senate floor for him.

Now, this is a 71-year-old, of course, who does not have a history or expertise in health care

other than the fact that he's an environmental lawyer and he spent years researching and writing about health care.

He does deserve credit for changing the conversation

about processed foods, and that's what we heard during his Senate confirmation hearings. But at the

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