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>> accepted a formal invitation to address members of congress in march, but there's also some concern among the gop, some blindsided republicans are looking for answers after the white house fired federal watchdogs in a sweeping purge overnight. the president, claiming that some of the inspectors general were, quote, unfair and not doing their jobs, but it also appears that senators received no warnings about these dismissals. on friday, more than a dozen federal agencies have been impacted, including the departments of state, defense, health and human services. these are crucial, crucial

departments, including the inspectors. also, that ultimately conduct independent investigations into potential fraud or waste by a government agency. and the head of their council is slamming these dismissals, stating igs are not immune from removal. however, the law, partly created in reaction to trump's last ig firings, it has to be followed to protect independent government oversight for americans. and removals inconsistent with the law are a significant threat to the actual and perceived independence of igs. at saturday's las vegas event, mr. trump seemed to brag about his federal government overhaul. >> since i became the 47th president at noon on monday, i have been moving with urgency and historic speed to fix every single calamity of the biden administration that they've created. and this week alone, i took nearly 350 executive

actions to reverse. the horrible failures and betrayals that we inherited from a group of people that didn't know what the hell they were doing. >> let's go now to cnn's kevin liptak for more. >> president trump used his event here in las vegas as a victory lap, both in his victory in last year's presidential election, fueled in part by his win here in nevada, but also a victory lap of his first week in office. discussing all of the executive actions that he said acted as fulfillment of the promises he made on the campaign trail. now, this speech was ostensibly meant to discuss trump's promise to eliminate taxes on tips, and he did talk about that. but it took him about 25 minutes into his speech before he arrived at that subject. he said that he was preparing to work with members of congress to write new tax policy, as his

2017 tax cuts prepare to expire, he will need to work with members of congress to write new tax code. and he said that this plan to eliminate taxes on tips would be a part of that. listen to what he said. >> i'll be working with congress to get a bill on my desk that cuts taxes for workers, families, small businesses, and very importantly, keeps my promise for a thing called. and i know you didn't hear anything about this, and i'm sure it had no influence on the state. the fact that we won this crazy massive majority, a state that hadn't been won by a republican in decades. but i'm sure you haven't heard. but we're going to get it for, you. no tax on tips. >> now, for all of the president's talk in this speech about the promises he plans to fulfill, it was also, in a lot of ways, a backwards looking speech. he continued to lambast his predecessor in office, joe biden, calling his administration full of lunatics. and he talked about all of the things he had done since taking

office to strip back some of the policies that he said were misguided, going after what he called woke crap within the federal government. and i think it does give you a sense of these dueling strains of the trump presidency that we're going to continue to see over the next four years. certainly, he's focused on fulfilling his campaign pledges. we've seen him test the bounds of his executive authority in this first week in office, doing just that. but he's also still focused on the past, on all of the grievances that helped propel him to the oval office a second time, talking about the wrongs that he said were done against him when he was president. and in the intervening years, certainly those dueling strains will continue to animate this trump presidency over the next four years. kevin liptak cnn, las vegas. >> and a source tells cnn that donald trump's federal crackdown on immigration could target as many as 30 cities in the u.s. the president, as you recall, declared an emergency at the

southern border earlier this week. and also, the white house says that they've begun using military aircraft to continue deportation flights, flights that the previous administration had been carrying out, for the most part, just not widely sharing some of those images via the press shop in the white house. some of these video also showing u.s. troops arriving in el paso, texas, on saturday to help facilitate some of those flights as republican congressman from the state, tony gonzalez says authorities would be, quote, deporting people that deserve to be deported. >> i think you'll see the number increase, you know, from from hundreds to thousands of people getting deported on a daily basis. but once again, that doesn't just happen in a vacuum. uh, you have to work with your foreign partners to make sure there's someone to receive on, on, on that end. >> cnn's ed lavandera is there in the border town of el paso with more. >> here in el paso along the u.s. southern border. the number of crossings of migrants have

has already been dropping dramatically, even toward the end of the biden administration. but the scene here is starting to also change in many different ways along the u.s. southern border. now that we are at the end of the first week of president donald trump's first week back in office, the president has is now authorizing and allowing immigration arrests to take place around what is known as safe areas like churches and schools anywhere in the country. we've also seen the administration touting the use of military aircraft to deport migrants back to their home countries. in fact, several flights have been taking uh, guatemalan nationals back to guatemala. we have seen that those military aircraft have been brought to el paso and to san diego. deportation flights for proper context here have gone on for years, but the use of military aircraft is unique and different, so that is expected to continue as as well. but we should also put it into

proper context. the number of deportations that have happened this week, as much as the trump administration is touting those numbers, is is kind of in line with what we have seen over the last couple of years during the biden administration. that's where we are at now. this could change dramatically in the weeks and months ahead, of course, but so far, really it's the tactics that it seems to be kind of changing. and what we're seeing here along the u.s. southern border. and it's coming at a time when the number of migrant crossings have already been dropping rather dramatically as well. ed lavandera, cnn, el paso, texas. >> a really important point there from eddie, which is deportations were ongoing in the previous administration. this is a continuance of that, certainly part of a numbers game. now, on behalf of the trump administration. now, the new homeland security secretary, kristi noem. she says securing the border is one of her top priorities. she was sworn in on saturday, hours after a bipartisan senate vote to confirm her nomination. pete hegseth also took the oath of

office, becoming the next secretary of defense in the u.s. you recall he was barely confirmed. in fact, it was vice president jd vance, a supporter of his, that had to cast that tie breaking vote that got him confirmed eventually as cnn's andy greer reports, another round of mr. trump's cabinet picks are facing confirmation hearings this week. >> this week is going to be another jam packed week for senators as they seek to rapidly confirm the rest of donald trump's cabinet. rfk, who's trump's pick to lead the department of health and human services, has hearings on both wednesday and thursday in front of two different committees. tulsi gabbard will also be back on capitol hill on thursday. gabbard is trump's controversial pick to be the nation's top intelligence official. and then you have kash patel, who is trump's pick to lead the fbi, who is also coming in for a hearing on thursday. and as we've seen with the confirmations of pete hegseth to lead the department of defense

and kristi noem to lead the department of homeland security, republicans are trying to move quickly and give donald trump these early wins to build out his cabinet as quickly as possible. so there will be a flurry of actions, and we will continue to follow them every step of the way. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office says that he is trying to arrange a meeting with president trump soon. the prime minister's spokesperson says that the meeting will probably happen in about two weeks time, but it's not yet a done deal, as they said. cnn has reached out to both the white house for comment, as well as the prime minister's office for more information. both mr. trump and former president joe biden, they've each claimed credit for the israeli hamas ceasefire deal. protesters in israel. they are reiterating their demand that all of the hostages be released. they actually gathered in tel aviv on saturday night, some

worrying that the israeli government might try to end the ceasefire and the hostage release agreement before all of the hostages are back home. >> our hearts are filled with joy over the four hostages who were returned to us today, but we are also extremely concerned for our loved ones still held in terrorist captivity. we are gravely concerned over those in power who are actively seeking to sabotage the remainder of this life saving deal. this signed agreement must be implemented fully. there is no time to waste. we must bring everyone home quickly. >> it was just 24 hours ago that we were seeing these images come in. the four hostages released saturday had emotional reunions with their families in israel. plenty of hugs and no shortage of tears of joy. their doctors

who examined them say that all four of them are doing well. they're in stable condition and in the west bank and other set of emotional reunions. palestinians released from israeli prisons were back with their loved ones. israel released 200 prisoners on saturday as part of the ceasefire agreement. cnn's jerusalem correspondent jeremy diamond has more on the situation. >> flanked by armed hamas militants, this is the surreal moment four israeli soldiers emerged from 477 days of captivity. but before they are freed, one final moment of hamas propaganda, smiling and waving as a crowd of hundreds whistles and cheers, their first taste of freedom looks more like this. a rush of emotions as they embrace their parents for the first time on israeli soil

hamas militants had taken them hostage 15 months earlier at the nahal oz military base near the gaza border, where the four women served as field observers monitoring militant activity in gaza. their warnings to commanders about hamas preparations for an attack ignored in one of the most searing images of october 7th, one of the soldiers, naama levy, is seen being taken into gaza, her hand stained with blood. now she is reunited with her family in israel. an entire country welcomed them back. >> and that sound you hear behind me are hundreds of israelis who are welcoming those four female israeli soldiers just freed from hamas captivity, who have now arrived at this hospital here, where they're about to be reunited with their families and begin their long journey to recovery. >> for the family of agam berger, the last remaining female israeli soldier in hamas captivity. mixed emotions. on

the one hand, we feel great joy, her grandfather tells me. but on the other hand, there's also some disappointment. she was supposed to be among those released. still, he says today has given him hope she will be next. >> hello, hello. >> the four captive soldiers were exchanged for 200 palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails, including 121 who had been sentenced to life in prison, three of whom were arrested for orchestrating deadly bombings that targeted israeli civilians. in gaza. hundreds of displaced palestinians gathered at the gates to northern gaza. they were meant to be allowed to return north today, based on the ceasefire agreement, for hours, they desperately waited on al rashid street, carrying all their belongings, ready to finally return home. i've been here since 6 a.m., yusra says. i missed the north and the soil of northern gaza. my house is gone,

but i will live in a tent if i have to. the most important thing is to return north. i'm counting the time, not just in seconds, but in milliseconds. this woman says. we left the north with tears of sorrow, and we will return with tears of joy. that joy soon turned to disappointment. the israeli government said it would not allow civilians to return to northern gaza as planned, claiming hamas violated the agreement by not releasing a civilian female hostage due to be released instead of returning home. hundreds ran in panic amid a hail of gunfire. israeli soldiers firing what appeared to be warning shots towards the crowd. but as the sun set, many here remain undeterred, camping out by the checkpoint, waiting for their chance to return home. jeremy diamond, cnn, tel aviv. >> following president donald trump's pardoning of january 6th rioters, information about

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california. now, almost three weeks since their outbreak, the palisades fire, now at 84% containment and the eaton fire and hughes fires are nearing 100% containment. and this, according to some of the latest figures from cal fire. meanwhile, southern california has reason to be cautiously optimistic, as much needed rainfall forecasted for the weekend and into monday. but for many counties in the fire and burn scarred areas, the rain could actually prove to be too much of a good thing. that's why there's a flash flood watch in effect from today through monday in the fire ravaged areas, which could face new threats of possible debris flows, mudslides, landslides, as well. >> been a lot of conversation about the weather the last couple of days. we are monitoring that. the third day of the incident, we requested what we call a watershed emergency response team, and they've been doing modeling and analysis of the soils and the areas and the terrain, and

working on thresholds for potential runoff. we're working on thresholds that could provide concern to or cause concern and and staying ahead of those as well president trump and first lady melania trump toured the pacific palisades on friday, calling the damage not believable, they said, and also urging los angeles and california state officials to expedite rebuilding efforts. >> trump and l.a. mayor karen bass briefly clashed during a roundtable discussion on the wildfires. at one point, the president told the mayor that she should exercise her emergency powers, as he has in response to the situation. let's now go to jack white. he is an environmental journalist and host of the podcast ecojustice radio. he joins me now from los angeles. great to see you, jack. >> yeah, thanks for having me on. >> of course. it's our pleasure. it's clear if we've learned anything over the last several weeks that climate change has

created a new wildfire reality for. california. one figure from a state task force estimating that more than 25 million acres of california land. they're under high or extreme fire threat. and by one estimate, i believe jack can correct me if i'm wrong, but roughly 11 million californians essentially living in some of those high risk areas. and those numbers are from 2019, so likely even higher now. so i'm wondering, why do developments continue expanding into these areas? is it simply that there's nowhere else for some of these cities to grow? >> well, there's plenty of other places for people for to expand our communities. unfortunately, it is easier to build in the wild lands because there's no communities that existing communities to sort of say that's too big or that's too, you know, not the right development. so and they have the developers, the landowners, the real estate agents have more control out in the wild lands. and the

interesting thing is they keep approving these developments in extremely dangerous environments. one, one development that we fought against that is that has been approved. it's a community for 60,000 people called tejon ranch. it's about 100 miles north of los angeles in extremely fire, um, fire, dangerous area. so, you know, we need to stop doing this. and i think we have a chance to build a new model here in our response to this, as well as as the big picture of how we respond to this. just an unimaginable tragedy. >> and on that topic of the new model, when it comes to reconstruction, you've mentioned a bedrock of environmental laws that essentially a game plan for resilient and a safe community that could be rebuilt because so many people that we've heard from there on the ground saying they will rebuild. so essentially, our building codes,

one of the keys to safeguarding lives and property. jack well, truly following what's in the codes and the california environmental quality act has been challenged by a lot of folks, but but it really what it does is it gives us a chance to provide a game plan, to create a vision for redevelopment for, for example, in in our response to how we rebuild in these areas. >> you know, you think of palisades highlands. it's it's it's almost completely surrounded by what is topanga state park. you know, you got to consider how that community we're building extremely flammable structures in an extremely flammable environment. so what we need to do is, is consider that the landscapes drying because of increasingly hot weather, undependable rains, which, you know, we just started our first rain, the rainy season. it should have come four months ago. um, and that's

exacerbated by the highest level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in recent history. caused by what? burning of fossil fuels. we know this also. you know, we have to. we can't. they're talking about, you know, the emergency power questions. you know, the you know, to go fast and build as fast as we can and to subvert or put aside some of the environmental laws. well, these burn sites are extremely toxic. they've got asbestos, plastics, heavy metals, smoke damage, et cetera. they must be remediated. this cannot be expedited. the building codes, as we mentioned, um, you know, we've there's an all electric home requirement that they were talking about putting aside. well, gas is dangerous. it's flammable. it's toxic to breathe. it causes climate disruption. and we've got fracking and leaking pipes. we need to follow that. we also need to to stop using mass

produced lumber that burns like matchsticks. we can use light gauge steel, non fireproof building materials. we need to we need to use the codes now. often the codes aren't good enough for some of these. more environmentally friendly and fireproof building materials. so we need to rethink some things in the code. so that's why i really advocate that we take some time to put together a plan. there's a lot of professionals coming together right now, and i'm involved with a movement here to come up with a quick plan. i'm not talking about years, i'm talking about months. >> and what we're hearing from you is the emphasis really emphasizing what happens next really matters and has the potential impact long term to safeguard those properties. as you mentioned, down to the wood that may be used in rebuilding very important decisions. really appreciate your time, jack. you're not only a novelist, an urban planner. you are a resident of

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people, even if they're more than 300m away from the blast site. biden was concerned that they could be used in densely populated areas. a cnn analysis showed that israel used those weapons extensively in the early stages of the war. experts partly blame these bombs for the high death toll. well, thousands of displaced palestinians are anxiously waiting to return to their homes in gaza's war torn north. but they will have to wait. that's because israel has blocked palestinian civilians from entering northern gaza until hamas allows the release of arbel yehoud. israel says that she's a civilian who was kidnaped from her home during the october 7th attacks. hamas calls her a soldier. israel says that she should have been freed in yesterday's hostage release. after israel's order, many palestinians tried to cross into northern gaza. anyway. they ran for their lives as israeli troops opened fire. the israeli military says its soldiers fired

some warning shots, but nobody was hurt. however, the chaos and uncertainty are not keeping palestinians from wanting to go back home. >> we want to go back to our homes. we're exhausted. our families are still in gaza city and we want to see them enough. my brothers were killed and buried in gaza and we didn't even get to see them. we want to visit their graves if they allow us to return now, i will be the first to enter the north. >> and last week, some palestinians managed to return to the neighborhood in northern gaza, including the bombed out city of beit hanoun, to see exactly what's left. this is what it looked like. >> high security. at marina.

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>> and another war that is still raging. u.s. president donald trump says that he will meet with russian leader vladimir putin as soon as possible. with the conflict in ukraine at the top of the agenda. >> mr. president, can i ask you about ukraine? do you have any update on when you are going to talk to russian president, vladimir, russian president putin? >> he wants to speak and we'll be speaking soon. and i've spoken to president zelenskyy numerous times. and they'd like to see peace. they would like to see an end to the war. and i think president putin would like to see an end to the war. so we'll see if we can help it along. but i think it's a shame. it's a war that would it never happened if i were president. >> we appreciate it. >> that was audio from donald trump as he was briefing reporters aboard air force one. the russian leader has also said that he is ready to talk about

ukraine. earlier this week, donald trump threatened russia with new sanctions if it didn't make peace. president putin was unimpressed, claiming the move would backfire on the u.s. economy. for more now, we are joined by timothy mylovanov joining us. he is the president of the kyiv school of economics. he's also a former cabinet minister in the ukrainian government. he's joining us from warsaw, poland, right now. timothy, it's really good to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> so i want to ask just a little bit about trump's essentially reaching out to to putin, saying that there has to be a deal or else face the possibility of sanctions. as we know, the the kremlin essentially shrugged but then said, fine, we're open to talks. and of course, we should remind viewers this as the war certainly continues and they continue to target other parts of ukraine. so what's your initial assessment here? just a few days into the second trump era, could we potentially see a

cease fire between these two nations during this new trump administration? >> i think so. >> i think the new administration, trump will definitely try. and it looks from his rhetoric at least, that he is willing to threaten with some consequences. economic in particular. and it is also true that no matter what the president putin is saying, the russian economy is actually in difficulty. currently with structural imbalances and potential issues for the, you know, creating a foundation for a crisis later. they are there because exactly of the war. so trump knows that putin knows that. everyone knows that both countries are exhausted from war. ukraine and russia. and for both countries to going forward with the war simply limits their future prospects, both strategic and in terms of quality of life. so the war should stop. everyone

understands that. but the issue now is what conditions? >> exactly? and to your point, it has been a bloody war, and certainly both sides anxious to get their leaders to the to the negotiating table to bring this to a close. but on that last note that you mentioned here about the specifics here, i'm curious just looking ahead and with your expertise, what do you think the mechanics of this of a potential ceasefire between these two nations would look like? do you think that a guarantee of ukraine's sovereignty has to be a non-negotiable? >> yes, absolutely. because, you know, as we have seen before in the ukrainian history, politicians could make all kinds of deals trading on ukrainian sovereignty or elements of it, but it's not going to hold up with the people of ukraine. we have seen that ukrainian people are resilient, are willing to fight and defend their country. we are exhausted. that is absolutely true. but if

there is no durable peace or sovereignty is violated, then i think the deal will not hold. they'll simply be a continuation. >> can you help us paint a picture of these two leaders of the ukrainian president and the russian president? you have putin's unpredictability. and then on the other side, you have president zelenskyy's clear stance. what what will they bring to the to the negotiating table after so many years at war? >> both are very strong leaders. both are determined and both are willing to take each other on and pay the costs. but both understand right now that their future strategic options are becoming extremely limited and increasingly limited. so we need to have a deal. the the secret is in sequencing. if ceasefire comes first without any conditions, essentially putin will try and will succeed. think in derailing any negotiation,

any long term, any durable settlement, and we'll see another round of this war several years from now. if, however, trump will play his cards strongly and very well and will promise ukraine certain real guarantees and will leverage putin to agree to that, i think we can bring this war to a proper settlement to sort of resolve the problem. >> timothy, briefly, if you could just also tell me what you make of the u.s. department's announcement that that came out this week announcing freezing nearly all foreign aid. and i say nearly because there was that waiver that exists, allowing the u.s. government to continue to provide military aid to egypt, and certainly to israel. but no mention of ukraine. so what kind of message do you think the white house and the u.s. state department is sending ukraine by potentially

or by announcing a withdrawal of its aid? >> well, i do not know if that message is intentional or just a broad sweep in practice. however, there are three military assistance programs, and the one which is banned hasn't have any money left in it, or practically no money. the other two programs, which have appropriated funding, they continue. so there is a difference between the substance and rhetoric. what is true that the u.s. aid projects are stopped and these are humanitarian projects. we have not seen yet seen. we have not yet seen the ban on the ground in terms of freeze of operations. and we also see in the news, and we know that the state department officials are trying to push for an exemption, but the message is clearly there that guys will also have leverage over you. >> it is certainly going to be one to watch, especially for these nations, how they respond and will do, they will they

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beach, happy hour. it's a popular holiday break for british tourists, but many visitors say the feeling isn't mutual. >> to be honest, we've thought about it. haven't we learned about buying, you know, a place here, but you know it it seems as if now the spanish don't want us. >> what's two weeks in paradise for visitors is an ongoing struggle for locals who can't afford the skyrocketing prices of food and rent that come with the tourists. the spanish prime minister says there are too many airbnbs and not enough affordable housing, so the government is cracking down on foreigners purchasing homes for investments by proposing a 100% tax on non-eu home buyers. it's also planning to hike taxes on landlords who rent short term apartments and prioritize building more homes for residents. it's hard to say if this will defuze the anger of fed up locals who staged massive protests last year against overtourism in spain. the backlash causing some tourists

to reconsider their plans. >> traditionally, spain has always been a cheaper destination, but it's got competition now, so i can understand that. yes, they would look elsewhere before perhaps choosing spain. >> but if too many tourists are a problem, having fewer of them could cause another one. in 2024, an estimated 94 million foreigners visited spain and spent about $130 billion there, according to spain's tourism minister. foreigners also made up 15% of all real estate purchases in spain in the third quarter of 2024, according to spain's association of registrars, which included eu and non-eu buyers. some real estate developers say that's just a drop in the bucket compared to overall sales. >> fine gael principal. >> in spain. >> the main non-eu home buyers are british citizens and the next group are people from morocco. i'm not sure whom they are targeting, but in any case, the solution of housing problem

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sweaty. oh, now i get the sweaty sock smell. >> i think it. >> smells like. >> something growing, actually, in the earth. and i do think it smells rotten, but more like rotting food. almost. >> it's easy to figure out how the flower got its nickname. native to the island of sumatra in indonesia. the corpse flower only blooms once every 2 to 10 years, and even then only opens for about 24 hours. botanists say it's a sight to behold, and its signature smell may not appeal to everyone, but some creatures dig it. >> the plant is emitting this smell to attract pollinators. um, so. and it is attracting the pollinators that it wants the most. um, so carrion beetles that would or would be attracted to stuff that smells kind of putrid, flowers that smell

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