Education Department future: Linda McMahon sketches a roadmap for dismantling ED

Administration has thrown the future of the Department of Education into question today president Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary is facing tough questions at her Senate confirmation hearing ABC's Alex pet takes us inside the hearing on Capitol Hill the woman best known for her work in the world of wrestling is now facing off with Senators to lead the embattled Department of Education Linda McMahon nominated by President Trump to be the next secretary of education and I join millions of American parents who want better schools for our kids and grandkids the president wants McMahon to put herself out of a job and dismantle the agency oh I'd like it to be closed immediately look the department of education's a big con job Senate Democrats today challenging her on that very point so the goal is not to abolish the Department of Education it is to make it more effective and to make sure that it addresses the educational needs in this country McMahon says she's prepared to dissolve the OE and I am really all for the president's Mission which is to return education to the states I believe is he does that the best education is closest to the child McMahon served in Trump's first term as head of the small business administration and while at the WWE a lawsuit filed last year alleges that she and her husband Vince turned a blind eye to years of sexual abuse of underage ring boyss by an announcer and Executives at the company the mcmah have denied all the claims the case is on hold meanwhile Elon Musk and his Department of government efficiency team are already working inside the Department of Education making cuts and terminating workers in the Civil Rights student aid and legal departments overnight musk addressed the world government Summit in the United Arab Emirates explaining his mission it's kind of like if leaving a weed if you don't get remove the roots of the weed then it's easy for the weed to grow back Trump can't eliminate the department without a law being passed by Congress and so far he hasn't signed an executive order to close the education department in Washington Alex pet Channel 6 Action News