Belchie starts now.

Hey, good morning.

It's Saturday, January the 18th.

Donald Trump's second inauguration is in two days.

We got every indication that he's looking to get to work on some of his most controversial campaign promises immediately.

New reporting from the Wall Street Journal indicates that plans are underway for large-scale

immigration raids to begin on Tuesday in Chicago, a day one operation designed to make an example

of so-called sanctuary cities and make good on Trump's campaign promise to carry out

the largest mass deportation in U.S. history.

Christine Ome, Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration

and border issues, appeared for the confirmation hearings before the Senate Homeland Security

Committee this past week, where she described the

southern border as a, quote, war zone, end quote. She should go to a war zone sometimes to see

what that's actually like. She was just one of 12 Donald Trump nominees whose confirmation

hearings began this week. Getting his cabinet confirmed fast is going to be key to enacting his agenda. Among the others,

Marco Rubio picked for Secretary of State, John Ratcliffe, who could soon lead the CIA.

Both men appear likely to sail through the process and could be confirmed by the full Senate as soon as Monday,

inauguration day. Also making an appearance on Capitol Hill this week was Pete

Hegsseth, Trump's embattled choice for Secretary of Defense. Hexeth faced plenty of tough

questions about his qualifications and fitness to lead the Department of Defense.

But shortly after his hearing, he received a key endorsement from the Republican Senator

Joni Ernst of Iowa,

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