Nightcap talks Trump Transition, NJ Drones, and special guest Stevie Van Zandt

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 14 December 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This week's Nightcap episode dives into the continued transition of President-elect Trump's administration. Plus, more New Jersey drones have been sighted outside of the state causing outrage. And, a very special guest Stevie Van Zandt joins the roundtable to talk about his life as an actor, musician, and activist. Luke Russert, Sami Sage, and Pablo Torre join The 11th Hour this Friday.

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0:00.0	Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhl and welcome to the nightcap. It is going to be a big one because we are about a month and a half away from Donald Trump's inauguration. And this week, the president elect, he was named Time Person of the Year. The wide-ranging cover story revealed more about his priorities
0:22.6	when he returns to the White House. Meanwhile, his transition team was making big moves. Trump allies
0:27.6	turned up the pressure on Senate Republicans to back his embattled pick for defense secretary,
0:33.3	and it seems to be working. Plus, his controversial choice to head up the FBI, Cash Patel, appears to be having no trouble locking down support over on the Hill.
0:42.4	The current director, Chris Ray, announced early he will resign before Donald Trump takes office.
0:47.2	And a lawyer for RFK Jr., pay attention to this. Don't sleep on it.
0:52.0	Donald Trump's pick, RFK Jr., to run health and human
0:55.5	services. Well, his lawyer reportedly asked the FDA back in 2022 to revoke approval for the polio
1:02.0	vaccine. Kennedy's spokesperson released a statement saying the following, quote,
1:06.2	the polio vaccine should be available to the public and thoroughly and properly studied. I'm not sure
1:12.2	what that means. So let's bring in our nightcap. It is a great one. Luke Russert is here,
1:16.3	host and creative director for MSNBC Live and author of Look for Me There. Sammy Sage joins us.
1:21.7	Betcha's co-founder and author of Democracy in Retrograde. And be sure to check out her podcast, American Fever Dream,
1:28.1	where I'm the guest on her latest episode.
1:30.5	Pablo Torre is here, ESPN analyst and hosts of Metal Arc Media's
1:34.2	Pablo Torre finds out podcast.
1:35.9	And the one and only musician, actor, and activist, Stevie Van Zant.
1:41.4	Thank you all for being here, Stevie, especially you, Luke, least thanks
1:46.6	to you. Do we have to say his name? I know, we don't. We don't. It's a lot of New Jersey tonight.
1:51.7	A lot of, you know what? A lot of New Jersey. The greatest state. So much. Pablo, let's start with you.
1:56.2	Pete Hagsack. Yeah. Has this guy basically just outlasted the news cycle, or has Donald Trump's influence
2:04.4	really helped him through this?
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