Of fraction of what were told we should be spending. More than 30 years after the creation of the u. S. Department of education, students taxpayers and the country are not better off. But we can be. After decades of waving the constitutional barrier to a federal role in education, under the guides of partnering with state government, it is time to dissolve that partnership. And abolish u. S. Department of education once and for all. You can watch this and other programs onlines at booktv. Org. [inaudible] hello everyone. Thank you so much for coming out tonight my name is davis. Part of the policy honored to welcome you here hills out for a new book weapons of mass destruction. Really excited to get into this conversation, but i do have a few housekeeping notes. I want to let you know before we get startedded, if you will attack a moment of to silence your cell phone and no interruptions or otherwise. And also i want to mention that format of this event and youll have the opportunity t
[laughter] harris youre the stuffing. I like stuffing. Im a big fan. I cant wait for thursday. [laughter] sandra i cant wait to get the show started. [laughter] we begin with president elect trump filling three key posts in his cabinet and administration. Senator Jeff Sessions accepting the offer from mr. Trump to be his attorney general. The alabama republican was the first senator to endorse him and was a close adviser throughout the campaign. For cia director, the president elect tapping mike pompeo, a kansas congressman. Pompeo is a Tea Party Republican and a fierce critic of president obamas nuclear deal with iran. And for National Security adviser, retired Lieutenant General michael flynn. General flynn, who served as director of the Defense Intelligence agency under president obama, has been a frequent be critic of the Obama Administration and the pentagon. Doug mckelway live from trump tower where theres an unbelievable amount of activity this week and today on this friday. Dou
In midtown manhattan. As president elect trump has made it clear he plans to spend a lot of time in trump tower. De blasio says we have never had a situation where a president would be here on such a regular basis, details unknown but know he will be here very regularly. Waldman oncam tag says speaking of potential female cabinet members. Former dc schools chancellor, michelle rhee, is also set to meet with president elect trump about a possible secretary of education position. In washington, joel waldman, fox its time for your news and weather together. Two men could face federal charges after trying to rob a mail carrier on milwaukees east side. Police say the robbers targeted a package from the mail carrier yesterday near arlington and warren. The mailman managed to tackle one of them a 19yearold and pinned him down until police arrived. Thats when they discovered the package had drugs inside. Police have that one suspect in custody and are looking for Milwaukee Police take one man
Doug mckelway is in bedminister, new jersey. Good to see you this afternoon. Any better sense on who is going to be picked based on these meetings today . Reporter as a matter of fact, we have very strong information to that effect. Weve been told that general mattis is a very strong candidate for an administration pick here. We all know hes been speculated as possible secretary of defense. There was one issue, this sevenyear waiting time between military service and assuming a position like secretary of defense. Apparently im told theres a waiver you can orchestrate to that. Again, general james mattis, very strong and likely candidate for an administration position. We havent been told which one, the logical choice is secretary of defense. Mitt romney arrived here at Trump National golf club before 1 00 to an awaiting donald trump and mr. Pence, waiting at the front door of the clubhouse after a meeting that lasted just short of 90 minutes, romney emerged along with the president ele
Doug mckelway is in bedminister, new jersey. Good to see you this afternoon. Any better sense on who is going to be picked based on these meetings today . Reporter as a matter of fact, we have very strong information to that effect. Weve been told that general mattis is a very strong candidate for an administration pick here. We all know hes been speculated as possible secretary of defense. There was one issue, this sevenyear waiting time between military service and assuming a position like secretary of defense. Apparently im told theres a waiver you can orchestrate to that. Again, general james mattis, very strong and likely candidate for an administration position. We havent been told which one, the logical choice is secretary of defense. Mitt romney arrived here at Trump National golf club before 1 00 to an awaiting donald trump and mr. Pence, waiting at the front door of the clubhouse after a meeting that lasted just short of 90 minutes, romney emerged along with the president ele