we turn to a special guest of the president appointing. secretary of commerce, gina romano. thank you for being here. happy to be with you. the word is you have a deal. how did you get a deal? we do have a deal, it is the largest bipartisan investment in infrastructure, transit and clean water and broad band ever. we got it by doing the hard work of reaching across the isle and working with senators one at a time to make sure we were able to reconcile our differences and deliver for the american people. the president deserves a lot of credit. he personally was so engaged in these discussions as we were the members of the cabinet. i would say thank you to all the senators, republicans and democrats who have been working around the clock in good faith
the place where he s served since 1994. so he s weighing those things. i think he s here at least for the next year. he knows that the senate is democratic now. and i m sure he hopes that it stays democratic, at least until the midterms and maybe after the midterms. he was an appointee of democrat bill clinton and can appreciate the calculation that any presidential appointment would have, having to go through the senate. so these are all things, poppy and jim, that are on his mind as he figures out what he does next. let me ask you this, joan, do you have for sure until the midterms? because might mitch mcconnell next year say well we have the midterms coming. it is been so watered down over time, this idea of the president appointing and the senate advising on this. but could he potentially block next year, a biden appointment? well, it will depend on what
moving to homeland security. the president appointing, going to fill a top job, and this is a job that oversees all of these immigration policies. who s getting it? so the name might sound familiar to you, stephanie, it s ken cuccinelli, the attorney general in virginia during a time of the obamacare lawsuits. he made a name for himself there. he had an unsuccessful run for the governorship and since has not been a trump supporter although an immigration hard liner. he famously stomped on his credentials at the nominating hearing and essentially called trump an idiot. he s bringing someone who is not a loyalist but immigration hard liner and has had instances that all immigrants should learn to speak english and against daca. this is someone say stephen miller agrees with but as we know the president values loyalty and there s so much infighting over immigration and the white house, it remains to
newt gingrich s strategy in talking about this. megyn kelly sat down with michael mukasey who called this plan irresponsible and outrageous. the idea that he s proposing this now, is this newt being an outside the box thinker or is it appealing to more conservative iowans. i think it s to appeal to people who are upset with the judicial process. i would rather a district court judge who makes a bad decision get overturned by the u.s. supreme court rather than get rid of them. it sets national precedence. we always forget, the voters are responsible for who s on the court. they don t no one gets to the court without a president appointing them and a senate affirming them.
the first time that william daley was about to be introduced to the nation to a president appointing him to a very senior job, the announcement ended with a clatter, a lot of hullabaloo. the man fainted. fighting in the d.c. 3, 50 years old, without windows. i won t do it again. to those on my congressional staff, those that are accompany me on these is he all right? i think he s fine. he fainted. he was indeed, okay. that was 1996. president bill clinton was announcing bill daley as the nation s next commerce secretary. down he went. today president obama introduced mr. daley as the next white house chief of staff. nobody fainted. if you did hear a thump early this afternoon when this choice was being announced, it might have been the president s base. liberals across the country