TRUMP WHITE HOUSE SHAKEUP as Pete Hegseth Faces IMPEACHMENT

Good morning. Day one of Stephen Miller's new tenure as the chief of staff inside the White House in already some pretty obvious changes afoot. Let's start with what happened just a short while ago. President Trump had a press conference inside the White House and he brought an unexpected guest with him, Dana White, the UFC president. Took the stand for a little while, had a little fun with the reporters before President Trump got down to business. Meanwhile, in the Congress, There's... A few members of Congress introduced a fast track path for impeachment articles against the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. It's possible the House will actually pass those. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the Senate in a short while. One of the senators who would potentially stand in judgment of impeachment articles, Senator Marsha Blackburn, soon to be Tennessee's next governor in January. She'll join us and tell us what she thinks of the articles of impeachment. And then continuing concerns about the safety and security in and around the White House. We've had many episodes over the last several months, even a threatened drone attack on the UFC 250 fight this past summer during the America 250 celebration. Today, two separate incidents. A man drove a car into a barrier. Just around the White House, was taken into custody after a little bit of a struggle with the Secret Service. And then a woman also hopped the security perimeter. And another part around the White House, two separate incidents, the Secret Service got both right, both people in custody, both threats taken care of before anything terrible could happen. But a reminder that one of Washington's most iconic locations, home to the president and the center of government, certainly the executive branch of government. Under a constant scrutiny and sometimes a constant assault from people just a couple of weeks ago or just last week, I believe it was, a Venezuelan illegal alien was found behind the White House with a large armament of guns, saying he heard voices in his head telling him to shoot President Trump. Secret Service thwarted that threat as well. But all of those are a reminder that we live in dangerous times. With that, I'm going to turn to my amazing co-host, Amanda Head. Amanda, what are the headlines you got on your radar today? Yes, indeed, John. I've got a few that I want to get to tonight. Plenty going on on Capitol Hill. So after the midterm loss and the failure to pass the Save America Act, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is facing some post-election blowback, and some Republican senators are calling for a delay in the Senate Republican leadership election. Republican Senator Jim Banks issued a statement on X saying, quote, we need to elect Republican leadership in the Senate, but tomorrow is too soon. Let's have that discussion first and then we can choose. We will choose the leaders who will carry out the agenda we agree on. And Senator Banks, by the way, is the seventh Republican lawmaker to call for that election to be postponed. And next, John, as you were alluding to, a few more details on that. Yes, Representative Thomas Massie has filed articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and the articles accuse Secretary Hegseth of illegally launching the war in Iran without congressional approval and killing hundreds of civilians in boat Vote strikes against suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean. So take a listen. Impeaching Peter Brian Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved that Peter Brian Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, also referred to as Secretary of War by the administration, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. And that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate. Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America. And Secretary Hegseth announced that he will hold a press conference tomorrow amid growing impeachment pressure. John, what do you anticipate the secretary is going to say? Well, he's already taking some actions today, reorganizing Pentagon military schools. That is a big deal and showing that right to the very last minute, he's going to keep making changes inside the War Department to make it better. His legacy already cemented by the fact that he got rid of DEI. Now we'll see what else he has up his sleeve. Before we go now, another thing that I wanted to point out on the leadership battle, when they vote tomorrow, if that vote continues, two senators won't, two Senate races won't even be selected. We still don't have an outcome in Mississippi and Alaska. Surprising that they have a leadership conference before you even know the size of the conference. Something to think about. But we've got a great way to kick off the show because one of the senators who will be in that meeting tomorrow is going to join us. All right, folks, there weren't many bright spots last Tuesday in the election for Republicans, but one of them is joining us right now. She's now the governor-elect for the great state of Tennessee. Before that, she has served for a while as its senator, Marsha Blackburn. Governor-elect, great to have you on the show. It is so good to be with you. Thank you so much. A lot of history made in your win, Tennessee's first female governor, a Republican who outperformed a lot of her colleagues that night. What's top of your agenda now as you start to take the reins of Tennessee state government? Yes, one of the things we're going to be working on right out of the gate. is a Tennessee-style doge, and rooting out where there is waste or fraud in the state budget. Tennessee balances its budget every year, and I have worked with so many of our legislators, and they agreed, and we're all going to work together to kind of do a good sweep of the budget. And look at where there may be an opportunity to yield a savings. I think it's important to do so that you know what you're dealing with before you get going on something. Governor-elect, congratulations to you. I'm so excited. I have to ask you, though, and this sounds like a silly problem to even bring up, but Tennessee is one of the states that my husband and I have looked at retiring to someday. It's beautiful. You guys have done an amazing job with the state. But as we have seen in Texas, you've got people from blue states who move there, businesses move there. How do you keep Tennessee with its innate values, those conservative Republican values? How do you make sure with all of the advancement that's coming to Tennessee, Yes. And we talk about the reason people come to the state. No state income tax, light regulation, and the opportunity to really build that business. That's why people come there. And we just remind them regularly that it is important that they leave those blue state values at the state line. And we spent a lot of time talking about why Tennessee is really one of the states that people want to be. They want to live there. They want to be a part of it. So important to preserve those values for generations to come. Governor, I want to ask a little bit about your old seat. You'll have the opportunity to pick your successor. Do you have anyone in mind? What's that process been like? Have you had any conversations with Senate Leader Thune? I have not. And we will go through the process. There's a process in place. We will follow it. And once I'm sworn in as governor in January, we'll move forward with that. Yeah, that's the right way to do it. Well, and Senator and Governor-elect, I want to ask you about those priorities. You were a stalwart in the upper chamber during your tenure. What do you want to see Republicans do before time Time runs out on the clock in January. Yes, and there are several things we have to do. I've got two bills, the No Fakes Act and COSA, the Kids Online Safety Act. We're trying to get finished. In addition to this, we have the Farm Bill. We have the Defense Authorization Act. We have our Reconciliation Bill, which will be more of the spending cuts. We've got all of that left to do. And in addition to that, we have some judges, U.S. attorneys, U.S. marshals, board appointments like the TVA board that we're pushing to the finish line.