Welcome to the beat. I'm R.M. Elber. We are covering several topics tonight. I'm about to get into what's

going on with Elon Musk, the unelected mega-billionaire, trying to take a lot of control over the government.

We also want to tell you that although it might not happen soon, we are monitoring what is billed as a

forthcoming news conference between President Trump and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

You can see reporters there gearing up for that, that bilateral presentation.

That is a significant news event related to the Middle East, where, of course, there has been many developments.

So we will be keeping an eye on when that starts later this hour.

Right now, the outcry over Elon Musk is increasing,

and it is not just coming from his perhaps traditional critics or the Democratic opposition.

There are concerns by people who are in the Trump administration and have certain agenda ideas

and others who just think the federal government has to be run with a certain amount of transparency

and accuracy over the long run,

that see what Elon Musk is doing, and you've probably seen some of these reports over the week,

as very concerning. We could show you the scene outside the U.S. Treasury, where Musk and allies

are trying to seize what is described as sensitive or even potentially legally classified information,

the sensitive payment system, Democrats speaking out.

When we open up the Senate every single morning, we don't pledge allegiance to the billionaires.

We don't pledge allegiance to Elon Musk.

We don't pledge allegiance to the creepy 22-year-olds working for Elon Musk.

We pledge allegiance to the United States of America.

No one elected Elon Musk to nothing.

We will rally.

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