Pete Hegseth is confirmed to lead the Pentagon by slim margin

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 25 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The Senate confirms Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense in a tie-breaking vote. Plus, President Trump says he wants to get rid of FEMA as he visits North Carolina and California. And, the new administration moves to quickly expel legal migrants granted temporary status by the Biden administration. Jon Allen, Mychael Schnell, Akayla Gardner, Amy McGrath, Barbara McQuade, Anthony Coley, and William Taylor joins host Jonathan Capehart on The 11th Hour this Friday.

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0:00.0	Tonight, Pete Hegseth is narrowly confirmed as Trump's Secretary of Defense, with the Vice President breaking a tie.
0:08.0	The President hints at scrapping FEMA, even as he tours areas hit by massive floods and wildfires.
0:15.0	Plus, crackdown on illegal immigration, the administration steps up raids, arrests, and deportation flights,
0:22.4	even targeting some migrants who are here legally, as the 11th hour gets underway on this
0:28.2	Friday night.
0:32.0	Good evening. I'm Jonathan Capehart in for Stephanie Rule. It is day five of the second
0:37.4	Trump administration.
0:38.3	And tonight, the Senate has confirmed President Trump's embattled choice to run the Pentagon by the narrowest of margins.
0:45.6	Pete Hetzeth, a veteran who was a Fox News host just three months ago, will now be the United States Secretary of Defense.
0:54.4	He was able to overcome multiple reports of sexual misconduct and workplace drinking,
0:59.0	which he has denied.
1:00.5	In the end, it was the tightest possible vote.
1:04.4	50-50, which required Vice President J.D. Vance to cast the tie-breaking yes vote.
1:12.7	Republicans could only afford to lose three votes, and they did. Of all people, former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
1:19.6	joined Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins in voting against Hegset's confirmation.
1:26.7	It's the narrowest vote to confirm a defense
1:29.0	secretary in modern American history. Senator and retired Army National Guard, Lieutenant Colonel Tammy
1:35.3	Duckworth talked to my colleague Rachel Maddo about the result of this vote tonight.
1:40.8	This is not John McCain's Republican Party anymore. This isn't Mitt Romney's Republican Party anymore.
1:47.0	The folks who have the courage to stand up to Donald Trump are gone.
1:52.0	And even those who have real concerns are not willing to jeopardize their own political survival
1:59.0	and are willing to jeopardize our nation's national security.
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