need to get it done. um, you have also got to get it done. you have also been a driving force for quite some time in pushing for the tiktok to be banned in the united states. the president just gave tiktok an extension to find a seller of something like 75 days with this executive order that he signed, but when he signed the executive order last night, he also suggested that he's not concerned about the national security threat so much posed by tiktok, because, as he says, it's largely used by young people. let me play this for you. >> and remember, tiktok is largely about kids, young kids. if china is going to get information about young kids, i don't know. i think i think, to be honest with you, i think we have bigger problems than that. >> carson, what's your reaction to that? >> we know that tiktok is a

threat to our national security. right? to the point before we were just talking about iran, who's one of our key enemies, along with north korea, russia and china and the government of china. right. they're focused on doing everything they can to undermine our democracy and freedom and pump in disinformation into our country. right. anti-american sentiment into our country especially. yes, targeting young people. if you're under 30, tiktok is your number one news source, but you're talking about 170 million americans that are using tiktok. and the reason why, in a massive bipartisan way, everyone came together to say tiktok cannot be continued to be owned by china and over and controlled by bytedance, the chinese, another chinese company that is overseen and controlled by the chinese government. there's a reason why we all flag the national security concerns is because we know there are national security concerns. democrats and republicans came together on that. and to ignore that is outrageous. now, i believe we should do everything we can to to have tiktok sold to another company and to an

american interest and to and of course, take it away from our one of our top enemies in the world. right. that's got to be our focus and trying to make excuses about this is ridiculous. we've got to focus on doing everything we can to ensure the chinese government is not able to pump disinformation into our country, and to collect information on our citizens. >> yeah, it's a big tbd on how this pans out. we do know that tiktok ceo, though, was kind of front and center ish throughout the inaugural festivities yesterday. congressman, thank you very much for your time. a new hour of cnn news central starts right now. >> a shock and awe. president trump signing a slew of executive orders in an effort to transform the federal government. he signed off on a swath of orders obliterating biden era policies and cracking down on immigration, as well as pardoning even the violent january 6th rioters. today, he meets with top congressional

republicans as he continues his sweeping and aggressive executive actions. plus, a new study shows those popular weight loss drugs may have untapped health benefits, including treating substance abuse and dementia. also, a blizzard warning in texas, 40 million americans under threat from winter storms, bringing rare snow and bone chilling temperatures to the south. i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan, john berman, out today. this is cnn news central. this morning, president trump aggressively wielding his broad executive power to kick off what he says will be the golden age of america. today, on his first full day back in the white house, he's expected to announce even more executive actions just hours after his swearing in. he signed off on a tidal wave of orders, 78 of them

reversed biden era policies, many are on his campaign promises, including pardons for nearly all january 6th rioters and an aggressive crackdown on immigration that begins with a national emergency declaration and a push to end birthright citizenship. the president also pulled the u.s. out of the paris climate agreement and the world health organization, and he delayed enforcement of the tiktok ban for 75 days. cnn's jeff zeleny is joining us now. jeff, what can we expect from president trump today knowing that there are more executive orders on the way? we understand. >> hey. good morning sara. >> look, that was a just a partial list of all that president trump did on day one. and now here comes day two. >> part of day two is the government reacting to what president trump did on day one? the remarkable, uh, sweep of clemency granted to a

january 6th the defendants is obviously still being processed by the department of justice, as well as jails. that will certainly be front and center. the reaction from that, but also so much more immigration chief among them, of course, that has been one of the president's central campaign promises. he waited until later in the day to declare that national emergency. so the the fallout of the immigration executive orders certainly is going to be consequential. the reality, though, is as day two begins, governing takes center stage. he'll be meeting with republican leaders here at the white house later this afternoon, we're told, and that is to discuss how to enact his agenda, the sweeping power of his executive authority, of course, is something that we saw during the first administration, but not to the extent we saw yesterday. that is just one example of how president trump knows his way around the the west wing and intends to get to started a very early. but we also got that window, that first look inside the oval office and

seeing him sitting at that resolute desk again, so, so interesting. sarah. >> yeah. speaking of the resolute desk, it is customary for, you know, presidents to hand the incoming president a letter with whether it is advice or welcoming, what happened in this case with president biden and donald trump? >> sarah, that certainly has been a modern day tradition from president to president, to leave a private letter in the drawer of the resolute desk while the president last night, when he was signing these executive orders, he spent a lot of time taking questions from reporters, essentially reveling in the fact that he was back in his office. he said it was a beautiful place. it's been redecorated. but watch this moment when he pulls out the note that president biden left for him. >> maybe we should all read it together. >> let's read it. >> well, maybe i'll read it first and then make that determination. great, peter, thank you very much. i may not have seen

this for months. >> so it was marked number 47. of course. he is the 47th president. the 45th as well. we will see if we ever learn the contents of that note. usually those are kept private, but i'm not sure history is our best guide here. in any case, another busy day two here at the white house as this trump administration tries to hit the ground running. but again governing. now the bigger challenge of all. sarah. >> all right. true true words this morning jeff zeleny, thank you so much. live from the white house for us. kate. >> and jeff was talking about those january 6th pardons this morning. the justice department has asked the federal court in in washington, d.c., to dismiss cases against january 6th, rioters now pardoned by president trump. the president granted sweeping clemency to 1500 defendants who stormed the capitol, including some of those who violently attacked police officers on that day. overnight, the first two defendants were released from jail. cnn's katelyn polantz is live outside the jail in washington with much more on this. and what are you learning

about this process now, caitlin? well, the process is in play right now. >> we're standing here outside of the d.c. jail waiting to see who else is going to be released. this morning, there were those two rioters who were convicted and sentenced for their crimes, one for tearing or trying to tear a police baton out of the hands of an officer at the capitol. another throwing a chair at the police line, hitting a police riot shield during the capitol riot. those two men, they were just sentenced on friday, the valentines. and so they were sent over here to the dc jail to wait to be transferred to a bureau of prisons facility. >> this is a local facility. >> so this is where people are held as they're waiting, being sentenced, or as they're waiting to be transferred out. and so we're waiting to see exactly who else may be coming out of these doors this morning. the pardons, though,

from president trump, are very widespread. it's more than a thousand people who are convicted of january 6th related crimes. there's 14 people that have had their sentences commuted as well. so not a full pardon for those people, but those thousand people who are being pardoned, they are people who aren't just going into the capitol taking pictures and then leaving, convicted of misdemeanors. they are also people who have been convicted of violent felonies, things like throwing a chair at police or even hurting police in a very much more distinct and violent way. michael fanone, one of the one of the metropolitan police officers from dc who was attacked by a group of six people during the capitol riot and suffered tremendously. he was on cnn last night. here's what he had to say in reaction to the president's pardons. >> i have been betrayed by my country, and i have been betrayed by those that supported donald trump. whether

you voted for him because he promised these pardons or for some other reason, you knew that this was coming. >> and here we are. >> so you do see this winding up of these cases now very quickly, people being released who have been pardoned or having their sentences commuted. and then just this morning and last night, we're seeing those filings in court where prosecutors are saying it's time to drop the case. even a case against january 6th rioters that was ongoing in federal court, a jury had already been selected. it was a couple days into trial, dismissed kate. >> yeah. showing the power of the presidency, stopping that right in its tracks. caitlin. thank you. sara. >> all right. i'm joined now by cnn's senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, elie honig, to sort of dig through all of this and what this all means. let's start with this. the scope of these pardons is enormous. was this a

surprise to you? because it certainly seemed like a surprise to jd vance, who had said that he didn't agree with the january 6th pardons for violent offenders. >> absolutely, sarah, when donald trump first said the number 1500 in that oval office conference, i thought he misspoke. >> i thought he was just mistaken. but no, it is 1500, and that is all of them. so that people understand the reason it was a surprise is because donald trump himself had suggested he didn't quite commit, but he suggested that he would be drawing lines and perhaps not pardoning violent offenders. j.d. vance, as you said, he said, quote, obviously they should not be pardoning people who had been convicted of violent crimes. the numbers here are astonishing. over 1500 people were charged, over 1200 people were convicted. somewhere around over 300 people are in jail now. they will be released today and about 160 plus of those defendants were convicted of some sort of violent crime. but donald trump has swept the table here. everybody is going to be either pardoned or have

their sentence commuted. all those cases are going to be over. >> and we should say, because i've been to a couple of these trials, including the oath keepers and the proud boys, that, you know, in many of these cases, people pled guilty to the charges against them as well. you know, with the stroke of a pen, he pardoned all of these people, as you mentioned, even those convicted of violence during the january 6th capitol attack, where the 140 police officers that were trying to, you know, secure the capitol were were, were attacked. and now we're seeing those people being let out. how does this work exactly? are they just going to, you know, as in the courts, they just say, okay, this just happened. the pardon has gone through. you can now walk out of jail free. >> so there are basically a few different groups of people. there are those who have already pled guilty or been convicted and finished serving their time. those people have been pardoned. meaning essentially the record is wiped

clean on them. the convictions themselves are essentially erased. then you have a group of people who are in prison. now, as i said, over about 300 or so. they get released immediately. there is no appeal here. there's no trying to undo this. the pardon power is a very blunt instrument that the president holds. so katelyn polantz will be seeing people released from that d.c. jail today and probably from other federal prisons around the country. and then there's a group of pending cases still in the court. a few hundred of them. in donald trump's order last night, he said, i instruct the attorney general to dismiss all of those cases. so again, throughout the day, we should see dismissal orders being entered by the justice department. and those cases will end. >> mid-stride sometimes i want to ask you about the difference between a couple of things, because trump commuted the sentences of the men who at the time of the attack were the leaders of the proud boys and the oath keepers. what is the difference between a commutation and a pardon? >> so a pardon essentially erases the conviction altogether. if someone is in prison when they're pardoned,

they get out immediately. a commutation is a little bit of a lesser measure. it does not actually erase the conviction. what it does do is reduce the amount of prison time. now you can issue a partial commutation. but what donald trump has specified in this case is all the people. there's 14 or so, including the leader of the proud boys that you mentioned before, sara, their sentences are commuted down to what we call time served, meaning to the time they've already served. meaning they get out now. but i should also add, a person can have their sentence commuted first and then later receive a full pardon. so that's still in play for stewart, rhodes and some of the others. >> elie honig, thank you for talking us through that. thanks. it's a big day for for a lot of people watching all of this happen who were inside of that capitol. a lot of hearts broken here. all right. president trump with a packed schedule for his first full day back in the white house. he's meeting with top congressional republicans as they map out their plans to carry out his

aggressive agenda. and powerful santa ana winds fuel yet again. new, dangerous wildfires in southern california. now, families in san diego are on alert. >> in the darkness of bipolar depression made me feel like i was losing interest in the things i love. then i found a chance to let in the light, discover caplyta. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar one, caplyta is proven to deliver significant symptom relief from both bipolar one and two depression, and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common. >> caplyta can cause serious side effects. call your doctor about sudden mood changes, behaviors, or suicidal thoughts right away. antidepressants may increase these risks in young adults. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. caplyta is not approved for dementia related psychosis report fever, confusion, or stiff muscles, which may be life threatening or uncontrolled muscle movements which may be

permanent. common side effects include sleepiness, dizziness, nausea, and dry mouth. these aren't all the side effects and the darkness of bipolar one and two. >> depression caplyta can help you let in the light. ask your doctor about caplyta. find savings and support at caplyta. >> when the temperature drops, you've got two choices. close your eyes and think warm thoughts. or open your eyes and get out here. there's only one vehicle lineup that embraces everything the cold has to offer. the official vehicles of winter jeep. >> there's only one right now. >> during the jeep start something new sales event. get $3,500 total bonus cash allowance on most 2024 jeep wrangler gas powered models. hurry in today. >> can a personal loan unlock your ambitions? oh, yeah. borrow up to $100,000 to consolidate bad debt and save money for your next goal. take a swing at your kitchen, renault meant that literally. or design your actual dream

wedding. consolidate bad debt and fund all your ambitions with a sofi personal loan. go to sofi. com to view your rate. sofi. get your money right. >> your pain shouldn't be minimized or forgotten when medicine gets better, all of us can get better. >> after careful review of medical guidance and research on pain relief, my recommendation is simple every home should have salon plus powerful yet non-addictive targeted and long lasting. >> i recommend salon pass. it's good medicine to. >> what took you so long. i'm sorry. there was a long line at the thai place. >> you get the sauce i like.

>> of course, with a man i wish the future isn't scary. >> not investing in it is nasdaq 100 innovators top notco

matter where you go, we've got your eyes covered. >> here he goes. >> nope, here he goes. >> nope. here he goes. nope. no, he is not gonna make it. >> he's not gonna make it. yes, yes. >> oh, the tbs original wipeout. all new sundays at nine on tbs. >> this morning, president trump is waking up at the white house for the first time as the 47th president of the united states. now. and today, he's set to, among other things, meet with congressional leaders at the white house as they plot and plan their agenda from now, both ends of pennsylvania avenue. let's get right to cnn's lauren fox on capitol hill. donald trump is already, we know very clearly, was influencing the agenda on capitol hill even before inauguration day. but what are you hearing

about today? yeah, kate and donald trump has already been to capitol hill to have discussions about what he wants to see and what he's calling one big, beautiful policy bill. >> but i will lay out just some of the dynamics going into this meeting today. you have republicans in the house and senate still pretty divided about what they think the best strategy forward is. senate republicans, many of them believe that the best opportunity for donald trump to win early in his presidency is to try to secure some kind of border deal. in the first months of his administration and then move on to a larger tax package toward the end of the year. meanwhile, speaker mike johnson has been emphatic with donald trump, as have many house republicans, that they believe the best strategy is to put everything in one major policy bill and get that moving as soon as possible. here are some of the challenges ahead. however, before you even get into what precisely is going to be in these bills, what tax

policies everyone can agree on, you have to agree one bill or two. after that, there's also a larger discussion among some house republicans and conservatives in particular, who believe that there should be dramatic spending cuts in this big package. you have members of the house freedom caucus who sent a letter to speaker johnson, making clear that they actually preferred two separate bills, with the first one including border security and steep spending cuts. again, that is running counter to what johnson has been moving forward. so you can see here there's a ton of moving parts. and i'll just point out that they are already behind the marker that was set back in 2017 when donald trump was inaugurated. back then, what you had was the house had already passed a budget resolution to begin the process of trying to repeal and replace obamacare. right now, we are still weeks away from what speaker johnson has laid out as his deadline for passing that same budget resolution. that is an essential first step to passing a bill with just republican votes in the weeks

ahead. >> kate. lauren, it's good to see you. thank you very much. coming up for us, the president's border czar said last night immigration crackdown, operations start today. so what is expected and how cities are preparing for it? and a tragedy at a ski resort. more than 60 people now reportedly killed after a fire breaks out in a hotel. witnesses say people were trying to escape by jumping out of windows. >> this part changed my life. >> superman. crazy. just that simple little thing over the horse. >> chris wanted to change the world. >> people are literally walking because of him. >> superman. the christopher reeve story. february 2nd on cnn. >> who has more subscriptions? >> we're a package deal, baby. and your subscription is my subscription. >> all right. we have about 100, but with experian app, they can help cancel those subscriptions that we don't even need. very helpful. download the experian app now

and doug, you'll be back. >> emus can't help people customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual. you're just a flightless bird. >> no, he's a dreamer, frank game on. >> and, doug. well, i'll be. >> that bird really did it. >> only pay for what you need. >> liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. >> greatness. hertz. but sometimes you got to put on your game face. that's why tylenol provides fast, effective pain relief. that's tylenol, that's care without limits. >> tap into etsy for original and affordable home and style pieces like lighting under $150 to brighten your vibe for under $100, put your best look forward with vintage jackets or pick up custom

shelving for under 50 to make space without emptying your pockets. and get cozy with linen robes for 75 or less. for affordable home and style finds to help you welcome whatever's next. etsy has it. >> i told myself i was okay with my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms, but just okay isn't okay. and i was done settling. >> if you still have symptoms after trying a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq works differently. >> rinvoq is a once daily pill that can rapidly relieve joint pain, stiffness, and swelling as fast as two weeks for some, and even at the three year mark, many people felt this relief. rinvoq can stop joint damage and in psa can leave skin clear or almost clear. >> rinvoq can lower ability to fight infections before treatment. test for tb and do bloodwork. serious infections, blood clots some fatal cancers including lymphoma and skin. serious allergic reactions, gi tears, death, heart attack and stroke occurred. cv event risk increases in age 50 plus with a heart disease risk factor. tell

your doctor if you've had these events infection hep b or c smoked are pregnant or planning. don't take if allergic or have an infection. >> done settling. >> ask your rheumatologist for rinvoq and take back what's yours. >> third tech zyrtec allergy relief works fast and lasts a full 24 hours, so dave can be the deliverer of dance. four wr

custom formulas today at proz.com. >> the boeing 747 has crashed in the lockerbie area trying to find out the why of it became everything. >> nothing is what it seems in the lockerbie story. >> lockerbie, the bombing of pan am flight 103, february 16th on cnn. >> president trump wasting no time following through on his biggest campaign promises a total crackdown on immigration, including starting the process to try to end birthright citizenship. the supreme court has weighed in on this issue in the past, saying the 14th

amendment protects this right, so expect a battle to ensue over this executive order. but on the whole, what do americans think about birthright citizenship? cnn senior data reporter harry enten is always looking at the numbers, no matter what it is. what do the numbers tell you on this particular case, where, you know, if you are in this country and you have a child, even if you are not legally here or here, legally, that child is still considered a citizen. >> yeah. >> i mean, look, i think donald trump is by pushing policies like this, are just trying to eliminate his honeymoon period completely because this is just not a popular policy. end birthright citizenship for children born to immigrants illegally here. look at this. just 35% support the clear majority. 53% opposed. and i've looked at multiple polls, looked at the question, asked multiple different ways. if anything, this undersells the opposition by a little bit. if you don't in fact mention for children born to immigrants here legally and just and ask about ending birthright

citizenship, the opposition shoots all the way up to about 70%. so but this 53% is clearly indicative of a country that does not want to end birthright citizenship, simply put, this is not a popular policy. and if donald trump pushes policies like this, his honeymoon period will squeeze and be even shorter than it was back in 2017. >> okay. have opinions changed over the years on this? >> yeah. so look, they have asked this question numerous times. remember, this is not some new policy idea. republicans were pushing this during the anti-immigration, you know, era. that was in the early 20 tens. and look here, support ending birthright citizenship. in 2011. it was 35%. in 2015, it was 31%. in 2025 it was 35%, or it is 35%. you don't really see consistently like consistency like this across many poll questions, but you see it here. consistently. the percentage of americans who support ending birthright citizenship is only about a

third of the country. and it's simply put, sara sidner has not moved. no matter which politicians get in, the 35% we see now is most likely going to be the 35% we see a month, two months, three months, four months, five months down the line. >> it hasn't changed a whole heck of a lot. no. speaking of politicians, what about by party? what are you seeing there? >> yeah. so you might expect that republicans would overwhelmingly support this. now, the majority do support ending birthright citizenship, but it's only 56%. it's only 56%. donald trump's approval rating among republicans. i assure you, when the first poll comes out of his presidency will be much closer to 90%. so he's losing about 30, 35% of republicans. on this particular question. you look at democrats, it's just 21%. you look at independents, it's just 19%. the bottom line is the base, a large chunk of the republican base abandons donald trump on this question of supporting an end to birthright citizenship. and democrats and independents, simply put, don't like it. trump would be much better off focusing on

lowering taxes, on cracking down on immigrants who are here illegally and have committed crimes. that is much more popular. policy support ending right. ending birthright citizenship. sara sidner, simply put, is not popular. >> all right. harry enten very clear this morning on this. i'm trying. appreciate it. all right. how are democrats on capitol hill planning to respond as donald trump's fast all right. and ahead. and the popular weight loss drug may be new wonder drugs. why we say that other things. could these drugs have an effect on. guess what dementia and potentially cancer. we'll talk about that ahead. >> kobe believed in himself at the youngest possible age. >> it's one of the most remarkable stories in sports history. >> i want to be remembered as just a basketball player.

>> kobe premieres saturday at nine on cnn. >> pick me, me, me. >> you're still paying for that one. >> i forgot about it. experience shows you all your subscriptions and can cancel the ones you don't want, like sleepy mcdreamy over there. >> this could save me money. >> download the ewn app. >> okay, everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. >> ensure with 27 vitamins and minerals, nutrients for immune health and ensure complete with 30g of protein. >> living with crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis often means spending hours at an infusion center. >> envision being able to self-inject your treatment at home with some ventra your infliximab maintenance treatment can be managed in the comfort of your own home this is a shift that

can make a difference. >> infantry is the only self-injectable infliximab maintenance treatment for adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's disease. infantry can lower your ability to fight infections, serious infections, cancers, blood, liver and nervous system issues, severe allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure have occurred. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common and if you've had tb, hepatitis b are prone to infections or have flu like symptoms or sores. ask your doctor if ventra is right for you. >> time to press rewind with neutrogena rapid wrinkle repair. >> it has derm proven retinol expertly formulated to target skin cell turnover and fight not one, but five signs of aging with visible results in just one week. neutrogena. >> you'll find them in cities, towns and suburbs all across america. millions of americans who have medicare and medicaid but may be missing benefits they could really use extra

benefits. >> they may be eligible to receive at no extra cost. and if you have medicare and medicaid, you may be able to get extra benefits, too, through a humana medicare advantage. dual eligible special needs plan. call now to see if there's a plan in your area, and to see if you qualify with the humana medicare advantage dual eligible special needs plan. you could have doctor, hospital and prescription drug coverage in one convenient plan. plus, most plans include the humana healthy options allowance. get $1,200 a year. that's $100 each month to help pay for eligible groceries, utilities, rent, and more. your allowance is conveniently loaded onto a prepaid card each month, and whatever you don't spend gets carried over to the next month. plus, you could get other important benefits. most plans include dental coverage with $0 copays for covered preventive services, vision coverage including eye exams, and a yearly allowance for eyewear. even hearing benefits with

routine hearing exams and coverage toward hearing aids. and you could pay nothing for covered prescriptions, even brand name ones, all year long. you'll also get $0 co-pays for routine vaccines and telehealth visits, and you'll have access to humana's multiple large plan networks of doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies. best of all, if you have medicare and medicaid, you may be eligible to enroll in a humana medicare advantage. dual eligible special needs plan right now. so if you have medicare and medicaid, call now to see if there's a plan in your area that could give you extra benefits. a knowledgeable, licensed humana sales agent will explain your coverage options, even help you enroll over the phone call today. and we'll also send this free guide. humana a more human way to health care with fast signs. >> see the visual possibility in your business. with signs and graphics, you can save anything. transforming your space begins at our place. fast

signs make your statement. >> the whole story with anderson cooper is a five time emmy winner for long form journalism. this week, a whole story, exclusive operation panda the whole story with anderson cooper sunday at eight on cnn. >> today, president trump is expected to sign even more executive orders. but first, he starts the day with a tradition. the national prayer service at the washington national cathedral. and that is where we find our alayna treene this morning. this is tradition. the day after every inauguration we have seen this. but what are we? what are you expecting to see this morning that's right. >> this service is expected to kick off at around 11 a.m. >> like you said, this is tradition for the day after the inauguration, president donald trump, as well as vice president jd vance and their families are expected to attend, i'm told, as well as the inaugural

committee. the presidential inaugural committee has also invited several members of congress and different incoming administration officials. now, one thing that's actually interesting about the dynamic between this church. it is an episcopal church, and donald trump's administration is that they actually have several opposing views. we know that the episcopal church is actually very open and welcoming to immigrants and refugees. they've made several statements about supporting them. of course, we saw donald trump and some of his first executive orders yesterday really try to crack down on immigration, talking about upcoming immigration raids and deportations, as well as declaring a national emergency on the border. another area where they differ is the episcopal church has actually been very open and welcoming as well to the lgbtq community. another executive order we saw donald trump sign yesterday was about declaring that there are only two genders in the united states government, male and female. so just an interesting dynamic behind the scenes. but look, the church has said that, again, this is tradition. this

is a prayer for the nation today. it has nothing to do with politics that they welcome everybody. this is closed to the public. i know in the past sometimes they have opened it to the public. they are not doing that today. and we are expecting, when i talk to some people that will probably start seeing some cars and people filtering right before the service around, you know, 1030 and keeping an eye out for some of the big names who will be showing up with donald trump and jd vance today. >> given how interesting the big names were around him during the inaugural the inaugural ceremony, it will be interesting to see who also then is there for this national prayer service as well. donald trump's new press secretary, karoline leavitt. she just did her first interview on this day, one ish, if you will. what did we learn from her? >> that's right. she gave her first interview with fox news on the north lawn this morning from the white house. look, she said that actually she will not be giving her first press briefing today. that's been one question. i know that me and

other members of the white house press corps have been asking, when are briefings going to start, how regular are they going to be? still unclear, but she did say we will be hearing publicly from donald trump again today. of course, kate, we know that he has many more executive orders that he is planning to sign other executive actions, that he is planning to take. she mentioned that there will be some sort of infrastructure announcement to come. of course, you know all of us who have covered trump for many years, including his first administration, will remember the infrastructure week that never really came during his first term. but she said that there will be some sort of infrastructure announcement later today, and we will hear directly from donald trump once again. obviously, yesterday we heard a lot from him while he was signing orders. he spoke at length with the press, doing a lot of back and forth q&a with reporters. so potentially we could see the same thing play out this afternoon. kate. >> we will see right along with you. elena. thank you very much. really appreciate it. and as we're talking about more executive actions are coming.

the centerpiece of donald trump's executive actions that we saw yesterday were really when it has to do with the coming and now immigration crackdown coming from the trump administration. and within that, also most controversial likely is his move to end birthright citizenship. let's talk about that, because legal challenges have come. joining me right now is cecilia wang, national legal director for the aclu, which just filed what's believed to be the first lawsuit against the president's immigration moves since taking office. thank you very much for being here. i saw late last night the aclu filed suit in new hampshire fighting this move to end birthright citizenship. the lawsuit, filed on behalf of an undocumented couple expecting a baby very soon. why did you all want to move on this policy with this lawsuit? first? >> well, good morning, kate. >> um, we moved with this lawsuit first because this is one of president trump's first salvos, not only against american communities, including

immigrant members of our communities, but also he's fundamentally striking at one of the promises of the american constitution after the civil war, through the 14th amendment, one of the reconstruction amendments, the framers of the constitution made it clear that regardless of your parents nationality, your parents status, everyone born on american soil is a u.s. citizen. president trump's executive order that purports to undo the 14th amendment of the united states, as well as a u.s. supreme court precedent, wong kim ark. that goes back to 1898, really strike at the heart of what it means to be an american. and that's why we started out with a lawsuit. within two hours of that executive order, challenging it. >> and that that was noteworthy. so when, as we know as these legal challenges we have seen in the past, they

take time. and time is not something that a family who is in their third trimester has when they have their baby coming very soon, and that's what i understand is the circumstance of this couple in new hampshire. what do you think this means to them when they are very much as they're waiting their decision on their asylum claim and request? what does this mean for them? and you have to assume other families that that are in a similar circumstance right now while they wait for this to go through the courts. >> well, kate, we represent three community based. organizations that have members in new hampshire and throughout the united states who will be affected very deeply by president trump's executive order. if it's not stopped in court. um, he really, as i said, is striking at the heart of american communities, both with his attack on birthright citizenship as well as many of of of his other announced immigration enforcement activities. um, we're going to court to give

these families, these expectant parents, as well as the broader american community. um, relief from what trump is trying to do. um, again, we plan to go to court. we hope to get relief so that children who are born in the united states, once this executive order goes into effect, 30 days from yesterday, will be able to get their passports, will be able to enjoy all of the privileges of u.s. citizenship, which they're entitled to under the 14th amendment and have been entitled to for over 125 years. >> so we want to send the message out quickly. >> sure. go ahead. >> apologies. i have seen you and others with the aclu say that you have been you all have been preparing for months to take the to take the trump administration to court over what he has projected, long projected would be some of his immigration moves, how many other lawsuits should people be expecting here? >> well, um, kate, we are working hard on bringing other

lawsuits. we took two actions yesterday in addition to filing this new lawsuit in the federal district court in new hampshire. we also filed a notice in an ongoing case we have challenging the u.s. government's closing down of the asylum process at the us-mexico border. the trump administration, in one of its first actions yesterday, shut down the last remaining, uh, way for people to seek asylum at the border. and that's this this phone app, cbp, one that the biden administration had been relying on in order to justify its other policies that curtail the ability of people to seek asylum at the border. so we immediately went into court, even before filing the birthright citizenship case, to ask the court to now consider this new information that the last remaining channel for people to seek asylum through this very limited process of getting appointments through the phone app, has now been closed down by the trump

administration. um, communities around the country should rest assured when trump is coming after your individual rights, your individual liberties, and again, with the birthright citizenship order really attacking a fundamental american promise of citizenship, of equality, of freedom of opportunity, we are coming to court in order to stand up for your rights this is going to be a very busy space for you and your colleagues at the aclu, and i'm interested to hear what the next lawsuits will be. >> cecilia wang with the aclu, thank you very much for your time this morning, sarah. >> all right. thank you, kate. president trump's sweeping executive actions also include delaying enforcement on the tic tac ban for 75 days. massachusetts senator ed markey has been part of a bipartisan push to save the social media app, or at least delay it. closing down. the senator is joining us now. i will start there just quickly with tiktok in case people forgot, donald

trump was the first person or one of the first people to try to push forward a ban in his first administration. you, along with other democrats, have come forward to say you really believe this should be delayed, that the ban should not go into effect, and now trump's idea is that the app should be owned by both chinese subsidiary and the united states. do you agree with him? >> well, obviously, there's 170 million americans who use tiktok. 7 million american businesses use tiktok right now out in los angeles. there are families. there are small businesses using tiktok in order to create new communities and to keep their businesses going. so it's important to keep tiktok online. now, what trump just did was through executive order, extend the time by 75 days. i would have preferred that he use the existing statute, which

allowed for a 90 day extension, or that he actually pressed republicans to pass my legislation. that would give an additional 270 days to find a way to resolve the national security issues, while at the same time allowing for tiktok to continue to be online. he did. >> so, senator, you still believe, senator, you still believe that there are serious national security issues with tiktok? >> oh, there are national security issues that have to be worked out. so what is now going to be in place is more time, which is good. we'll have the time to think through these issues, but, um, the idea that's being floated that somehow or other the united states government will own half of tiktok. well, that's just a nonstarter. that's not a serious proposal. he's saying that he's going to be talking to the chinese about the united states owning half of tiktok. that's just not going to go

anywhere. so the president's going to have to become more serious about finding a resolution to these issues. we want to keep tiktok up, but we have to resolve the national security issues. at the same time. >> all right. let's go to some of his other executive actions. you were on capitol hill during the january 6th attack. trump just signed pardons and commutations for all of those who took part in the attack, including those who were the most violent. how are you going to work with the man who pardoned the people that sent you and others into a state of panic and fear on the capitol that day? yeah, right here in the capitol complex, there was an attack by the people who donald trump pardoned yesterday. >> it is absolutely irresponsible. we had hundreds of police who were harmed physically and mentally by their necessity of

fighting off all of those people who got pardoned last night, so that i heard the president say they could come over to the inaugural ball. this is an absolute desecration of the presidential pardon powers. it sends a signal that it is okay for proud boys, okay for oath takers and others to once again begin their thoughts about violent insurrection against the united states of america. and for those of us who are here in the capitol complex on that day, on january 6th, and every day, see these police officers knowing that their families as well have been just adversely impacted in a permanent way. it was an absolute disgrace. what the president did last night. and and in no way does that reflect what should be the highest aspiration of our country to say that democracy is our highest principle and it

must be protected. instead, he's given a green light to these insurrectionists to once again be out there and celebrating and thinking about ways in which they can undermine all of those principles which are sacred in our country. >> senator markey, i want to ask you about something that donald trump really ran on, and the polling showed that people wanted him to do something about is immigration, the the economy, of course, another big promise. but illegal immigration was also second to that. trump has now gone further than just cracking down on illegal immigration. he signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship. do you think this is a harbinger or a testing of the waters to try and end all immigration to the united states as a whole well, first of all, a birthright citizenship is in the 14th amendment of the united states constitution and a

president cannot overturn a constitutional provision by an executive order. >> that is absolutely absurd. okay. birthright citizenship is going to stay in place. that's just that's just fodder that he's throwing to his maga base, which is absolutely something that is not going to happen. yes. if if the president wants to move forward and talk about violent criminals being removed from our country, of course we're going to support that. but of course, the fear that people have is that we're going to have legal immigrants swept up in these dragnets. we're going to see mothers separated from their children as part of this dragnet. that's what people are afraid of in our country. and by the way, all of this is just a distraction from the fact that there were the three wealthiest people in america bezos and zuckerberg

and musk, all sitting up there with the same income amongst those three as the bottom 165 million americans have. and we didn't hear a word about the price of eggs. we didn't hear a word about the price of bacon yesterday. they want to loot the medicaid. they want to loot the affordable care act, health care protections for ordinary families in order to pay for more tax breaks. for those three people sitting right over his shoulder. so that's that's really what this whole agenda is about. it's a contract with the country club. and instead, these distractions are out there in order to take the american people's eye off of the ball, which is once again tax breaks for billionaires and cuts for programs for ordinary families, and doing nothing about the price of eggs or bacon. >> all right. senator ed markey, thank you so much for joining us this morning. appreciate your time, kate. >> and coming up, there's much more to be done on that and questions around it. the billionaires in the president's corner, what people are now expecting to come from the relationship that

was on full display yesterday between donald trump and tech ceos. plus, why a new study says that those two wildly popular drugs that have all been all about weight loss may have health benefits far beyond that. we'll be right back. >> have i got news for you? it's back for a new season, whether you like it or not. >> are those the only two choices? >> yes. you like it or you don't? >> i'm on the fence. >> this is going to be a long season. >> have i got news for you returns february 15th on cnn, ontario, canada. >> your third largest trading partner and number one export destination for 17 states. our economic partnership keeps millions of americans working. we're here right by your side. >> my mental health was better, but uncontrollable movements called td tardive dyskinesia started disrupting my day.

>> titi felt embarrassing. i felt like disconnecting. i asked my doctor about treating my td and learned about ingrezza. >> ingrezza is clinically proven to treat td quickly, reducing td by greater than five times at two weeks. >> number one prescribed ingrezza has dosing. that's always one pill once daily and you can keep taking most mental health meds. ingrezza can cause depression, suicidal thoughts or actions in patients with huntington's disease. call your doctor if you become depressed or have sudden behavior or mood changes or suicidal thoughts, don't take ingrezza if allergic. serious side effects may include allergic reactions like sudden, potentially fatal swelling and hives. sleepiness, the most common side effect and heart rhythm problems. know how ingrezza affects you. before operating a car or dangerous machinery, report fever, stiff muscles or problems. thinking as these might be life threatening. shaking, stiffness, drooling and trouble with moving or balance may occur. >> take control by asking your doctor about ingrezza. >> with fast signs. create factory grade visual solutions to perfect your process

fast signs make your statement. >> experience advanced technology in the buick envision, equipped with the largest in class, ultra wide 30 inch diagonal display and google built in compatibility, innovation is at your fingertips. >> buick exceptional by design. >> pet owners know the struggle. >> your best bud can track all sorts of gunk indoors. >> now there's a simple solution that won't have you pulling out the mop and bucket. it's muddy math. the anti mud mat that keeps your dog's paws clean before they make a mess inside. muddy mat uses thousands of advanced ultra soft microfibers that are five times more absorbent than ordinary floor mats, trapping dirt and water protecting your floors. the durable super grip underside won't move or slip. use muddy mat under your pet's food dish in the bathroom. even catch spills in the kitchen, and it's machine washable.

reduce the mess caused by your pet easily. call or go online to order your revolutionary muddy mat right away through this exclusive introductory offer, we're giving a massive discount. see how you can get one muddy mat completely free? order two and get one free for only 19.95 each. >> shop muddy mat.com or call one( 800) 455-5128. the thing about emergency medicine you never know what you're going to get. >> i need help here even though you do everything right, yound

just four weeks. get your custom formulas today at proz.com. >> i'm hanako montgomery in tokyo and this is cnn. >> new. this morning, the focus of the final moments of biden's presidency have been about the pardons that he issued to members of his family, but also in those final moments, a prisoner exchange, years in the making. two americans, ryan corbett and

william mcentee, who have been held in afghanistan, have been freed in exchange for a taliban member serving a life sentence in the united states. let's get more on this from alex marquardt. he's got the details for us. alex, how did this swap come together? what are you learning about? about it? >> well, kate, the biden administration had been working very hard on this, trying to get this done. it was supposed to unfold in the final hours of the biden administration at the 11th hour. but there was actually a delay, not just because of bad weather in both washington and kabul, but also because i'm told that the taliban actually wanted to delay this so that it happened during the early hours of the trump administration. and the trump administration could actually get some credit for this. >> now, ryan corbett and william mckenzie are on their way home right now. >> they were traded, as you said, for a member of the taliban who had been in u.s. custody for almost two decades. >> khan mohammed, we don't know too much about mckenzie. >> we were not tracking him. and the fact that he was being held by the taliban in afghanistan. but ryan corbett is a case we know well.

>> he and his family have been living in afghanistan for more than a decade before the taliban took over the country back in 2021. corbett then went back to afghanistan after they had been evacuated the following year, and that's when he was detained by the taliban. his family has been fighting for him to be released for the biden administration to get him released for quite some time. there are two other names, kate, that have often been discussed as part of possible trades. george glassman and mahmoud habibi. >> they have unfortunately not been released today, but they were part of the different combinations of trades that the biden administration was trying. and i spoke to a senior biden administration official yesterday who said that at every turn, the taliban essentially rejected every single outreach. now, qatar was very central to this exchange as well. they hosted negotiations and discussions between u.s. officials and the taliban for the past two years

to get this done. i'm also told that they facilitated this deal, helping with the logistics, the planes and other machinations for this to unfold today. corbett mckenzie expected back in the united states midday today, i'm told the trump administration was briefed by the outgoing biden administration that they were on board. but i was also told by a senior trump official that they would not have done this deal, but that the biden administration did. but at the same time, we are always happy to have two americans home. kate. >> all right. alex. thank you. sara. >> all right. new this morning and on our radar. the death toll has climbed to at least 66 in an enormous fire at a ski resort in turkey. according to turkey's interior minister, the fire broke out early this morning. at that resort, more than 230 guests were staying there. many were on their winter school break. some people had to jump from windows to escape the flames, using bedsheets tied together to try and get closer to the ground.

the cause of that fire under investigation this morning. and also new this morning. hurricane force gusts hitting southern california once again. now, firefighters in san diego are responding to several fast-moving vegetation fires that are threatening structures nearby. new video appearing to show the moment. one of those wildfires started and some of the deadly fires in los angeles county are still burning weeks after they scorched homes and killed two dozen people. now they just might be miracle drugs. a new study is showing that glp one, the super popular weight loss drugs that many people are now taking, could have a wide range of other health benefits on top of weight loss. they may also potentially help to treat things like substance abuse disorders, infections, certain cancers and dementia. having said that, don't go rushing out to take the shots just yet. the study also found some downsides, including a