Donald Trump continues to fill out the cabinet for his upcoming administration with some truly surprising selections.

We'll tell you who they are and explain the new roles for Elon Musk and Vivek Ramoswamy.

Also, on Capitol Hill, both the Senate and the House are holding leadership elections today

will bring you a preview of what to expect. And the incoming administration appears to be taking

the first steps to follow through on President-elect Trump's promised mass deportation plan.

We'll bring you some important new reporting.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Wednesday, November 13th. I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for

starting your day with us. We have a lot to get to this morning. And we'll begin with President

elect Donald Trump's truly surprising pick for Secretary of Defense. Trump has chosen Fox News

host Pete Hegseth as the next leader of the Pentagon.

Now, Hegseth is a military veteran who serve with the Army and National Guard.

But in recent years, he's been on cable.

In statement, Trump described Hegseth as, quote,

tough, smart, and a true believer in America first.

During an interview on a podcast last week,

Hegset criticized what he called woke policies in the military

and said that women should not be allowed to serve in combat.

There's a chance to course correct it,

but it would take the new Trump administration going after it really hard. How would they correct it? Well, first of all, you've got to fire,

you know, you got to fire the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and you got to fire this. I mean,

obviously going to bring in a new secretary of defense, but any general that was involved,

general admiral, whatever that was involved in any of the DEI woke.

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