This week, confirmation hearings will begin for a number of President-elect Donald Trump's

cabinet nominees.

Tomorrow, Pete Heggseth, Mr. Trump's controversial pick to lead the Defense Department,

will face questions some senators on the Armed Services Committee.

Our White House correspondent, Larbarone Lopez, has more.

Since Pete Hegsses' nomination to run the Pentagon, a number of misconduct allegations

have surfaced against the former Fox News hosts. These include excessive workplace drinking,

financial mismanagement of organizations he's led, and sexual assault. According to a police

report made public last November, Higseth is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017 in a

California hotel room. The woman said Hegesith took her phone and blocked her exit. It was first

reported to police by a nurse after a patient requested a sexual assault exam. Hexseth settled with

the woman but denies any wrongdoing. I'm joined now by Gretchen Carlson, former Fox anchor and co-founder

of Lift Our Voices, an organization dedicated to ending non-disclosure agreements in the workplace.

Gretchen, thank you so much for joining. After some initial concern from Republican senators

about these allegations against HegSeth, it seems as though many are prepared to vote to confirm him.

What does it say that an allegation of sexual assault does not appear to be disqualifying?

It says the power of Donald Trump.

That's the first thing that I would mention.

But it also is frustrating for those of us who work

in this advocacy space to see that even, you know, allegations of drinking too much or mismanaging

other nonprofits that Hegseth ran, that those seem to climb to the top of the list ahead of any

kind of a sexual assault or

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