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sean combs. when a musician that combs combs helped discover is saying about their troubling interactions. sarah is out this morning. i'm john berman with kate bolduan. this is cnn news central all right. happening now, we are standing by to learn when the first u.s. military plane with deportees will arrive in colombia. this after a trade war was averted overnight. the u.s. and colombia secured a deportation deal, which the white house is hailing as a win, and also says it's something of a warning to other nations. the president had threatened tariffs of 25% that would spike to 50% if colombia turned away u.s. military planes carrying migrants. the colombians were doing that for a time before reversing. colombia, for its part, said it secured a promise of dignified treatment to the

migrants. let's get to cnn white house correspondent priscilla alvarez for the very latest on this, priscilla. what is the status this morning? >> well, this was certainly the first major international clash over immigration, john, and as you mentioned, resulted in that threat from president donald trump of tariffs that has now been pulled back after a last minute deal was cut. now, all of this unfolded over the weekend when colombia abruptly said that it wouldn't take two flights coming in with with migrants from colombia. now, the issue that the colombian president was taking was that they were coming on military aircraft. of course, the u.s. and colombia have a bilateral agreement to send back repatriated migrants, but it was the aircraft that was of issue. however, john, i am told by sources as well as reviewed documents that showed that colombia had accepted those flights, approved of them before they took off from the united states. so you can see how all of this quickly spiraled into this feud between the u.s. and

colombia. now, it played out publicly, with president trump saying that he would slap, as you mentioned there, those emergency 25% tariffs. it also resulted in the colombian president striking back, saying that he, too, would impose retaliatory measures against the united states while the two finally came to a resolution here. in a statement, the white house press secretary saying that the tariffs on colombian imports would be, quote, held in reserve. now we are still awaiting details on whether colombia will send its presidential plane. that was part of the offers that was made by colombia to resolve this issue or, and or whether the military aircraft will take off with those migrants on them. but this is telling john of two leaders, two world leaders who are close allies, suddenly coming to a public clash over this very signature issue for president donald trump and the president deciding to do or to threaten tariffs, which is something that he said he would

do on the campaign trail, and that we are seeing how it plays out now that he is sworn into office. of course, the u.s. has struggled with repatriating certain migrants to countries. colombia was not usually one of them, taking them on those civilian aircraft, but certainly telling of what may come. john. >> yeah, indeed it is. all right. priscilla. keep us posted on this. appreciate it. kate. >> and also, this immigration raids are being carried out across the united states, and there's new video of arrests being a number of arrests happening in multiple states yesterday. i.c.e. officials say nearly a thousand people were taken into custody. you can see here some of the raids as they were, as they were happening from chicago to colorado to phoenix to miami, all across the country and the white house borders are tom homan was on hand in chicago to watch as operations played out there. this comes as we're also learning some new detail about quotas that the trump administration want agents to hit, that the administration has set for officials on the ground.

quotas for arrests on a daily basis. cnn's rosa flores is live in chicago, where a lot of operations have been focused so far. rosa, what's the very latest? >> well, kate, good morning. we are starting to learn the stories of the individuals who have been arrested and how it's impacting their families. this story is from our cnn affiliate, wls. they went to a suburb in northern chicago on the north side of chicago, and this woman shared with them that their father was arrested yesterday. he's a grandfather. he's been in the united states for 30 years. and he says that they that ice knocked on his door and he opened the door, allowing them in. now this woman is very distraught because her father was arrested. and she is asking a pastor in that area for help. there was a prayer circle

that was done to help this woman, of course, emotionally, because of what she's going through. and here's what the pastor had to say about these enforcement actions. take a listen. >> i had. >> a four year. old crying. >> fearing deportation. that is not making america great again. >> the fear is that they will detain other people around them, maybe that live there, or maybe that just happen to interact with them. and that's why it's important that folks know their rights and that they don't have to answer any questions. >> now, ice says that they are focusing on individuals who have criminal backgrounds, who are public safety threats or national security threats. we don't know anything about the man that was arrested in the northern suburb of chicago, but we have asked ice about why he was arrested, if he has a criminal background. and we'll let you know once we have that information. these arrests are nationwide. they are happening in multiple states.

we've learned, and their agents, not just from ice, but also from other agencies, the dea, the fbi and kate, one of the things that, you know, people are probably wondering at home, well, is this new? yes. it's new that there's a surge of operations, but ice has not been taking a nap for the last four years. a very quick search of the i.c.e. website. you'll see i do it all the time because i'm a reporter, but you can see it for yourself. go to the press release tab of ice and you'll see that there's been operations in multiple states, even in the days leading up to trump's inauguration. kate. >> rosa, thank you very much for your reporting, as always on this. joining us right now to talk much more about it, tara palmeri, senior political correspondent for pockets. good to see you, tara. this there's also new reporting on the immigration crackdown front that agents that agencies have been directed by trump administration officials to aggressively ramp up the number of people they are

arresting. talk of quotas. what are you hearing in terms of how the white house is viewing this rollout and implementation of the immigration crackdown so far? >> i mean, this is what they promised to do. so i would assume that the ramp up is a direct. >> order from. >> the president from tom homan. this is. >> the. >> you know, promises made, promises kept. this is what they went on about on the campaign trail. so i'm not really surprised to hear that there's a ramp up. i just wonder if that will continue if optically it starts to look like it's messy. people don't like the images of ice agents going into homes and places of work. they feel like their lives are being disrupted, but this is what they this is what they promised. >> and that is. that's an interesting question, because if you compare it to trump, the first trump administration, we everyone experienced and watched

the travel ban go in, be implemented. the disaster and chaos that it created and then kind of the attempts to roll back and redo it. and i mean, that was a mess. and they tried to clean up for it. if you want to like sum it up, does that look? it looks this looks different this time. they've been they look they have been preparing more for it. and it seems that public sentiment is in a different place. >> yeah. i mean. >> kate, they've been preparing for the past four years for it, frankly. and, um, this has been, you know, policy papers have been written on this. trump has been interviewing people for these roles for the past four years. it was the number one, you know, campaign promise priority. and so, yeah, it's being done a lot more carefully. i mean, trump was i mean, most of the executive orders that he put out during his first term, they were pretty much toothless. and the execution was completely haphazard. a lot of people didn't believe in his agenda either. but because he's

surrounded by loyalists who know the directive, um, things are happening quicker and they're happening more effectively now. does that mean that the public sentiment will be with him? that's unclear. uh, they may people may want deportations, but they may not want deportations happening in front of them in their communities. there's a whole different, um, you know, aspect to that. so we'll see if public sentiment stays with him. >> let's talk about this week ahead. this week, another critical one for donald trump's cabinet. some of the president's most controversial picks to join his cabinet. tulsi gabbard for dni kash patel at the fbi, rfk jr.. at hhs, they're all headed for the hill for confirmation hearings this week. what are you hearing about that? i mean, i it was very interesting hearing during pam bondi confirmation hearing. she got a lot of questions about kash patel. that's how concerned it seemed that lawmakers are about senators were about kash patel how tough a road do these nominees do

these nominees face? what are you hearing? >> they are certainly the most challenging of the nominees that have been put forward. they got through pete hegseth, who many told me was like the wall. they had to get through. they felt like if he fell, then the others would fall through after him. but it is not going to be an easy road for tulsi gabbard or rfk jr. or kash patel, although there is more concern about tulsi gabbard and rfk. really, tulsi the most? she's got to get on the good side of senate intel chairman tom cotton, but she's already said that, you know, she supports fisa warrants section 702 to spy on foreign adversaries. it's something that she didn't support in the past. and that's a sticking point for him. she's got to win over susan collins, who did not vote for pete hegseth. she's got to win over mitch mcconnell, who's frankly like in a yellow stage. he's in his final years. he's going to step down in 2026. and he does not see the world the

same way as these maga, you know, characters that donald trump has brought in. so you got to win him over. you can't lose more than three senators. so she's got to she's got a tough road. a lot of people are very suspicious of her. some even think she's a foreign agent. um, because she went and visited assad after he gassed his people. and, you know, she is going to be the the keeper of the american secrets that the director of national intelligence, rfk, you know, he has very controversial opinions on vaccines, but for but he also is anti-abortion. he's also pro abortion, although he's changed that stance, a lot of them are sort of shifting their stances to work with the senate. and, you know, it's going to be a real circus of a hearing on this this week. and he's got a lot of forces coming up against him, including some conservatives like leonard leo, um, pharmaceutical industry. and in the meantime, the health and human services is in like a in a standstill waiting to see what happens because trump has given him full rein to

completely overtake the, the the, agency. so kash patel, i think a lot of people assume he'll get confirmed, but if he really fails at his hearings or he doesn't seem to charm the senators or make them feel comfortable, he might be another sacrificial lamb. so it's going to be a rough week ahead. i think the others will probably glide through pretty easily, but these three are certainly problematic. >> these are definitely hearings to watch this week for sure. tara, good to see you. thank you john. >> all right. president trump signs a new executive order examining a potential overhaul of fema. so what? getting rid of the agency could mean for families struggling to recover from multiple natural disasters. and the new message from doctors. swap out your phone alarm with a good old fashioned alarm clock. why? they say your phone could be the reason you have trouble waking up in the morning. >> this part changed my life. >> superman is now nominated for

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obviously too much for the slope to handle. remember, this is a really rocky kind of mountainous terrain in this part of southern california. here's the rainfall. there was this collective sigh of relief just kind of going through my twitter feed. we saw people just excited that it is raining from the sky. but of course, that brings a whole host of problems to the areas that have recently burned. now, the flood warnings that were in place across l.a. county, they've been allowed to expire, with the exception of a flood watch that's still in portions of northwestern sections of l.a. county, including the hughes fire. so you'll see why in just a second. latest radar there's palisades. there's the eaton fire. you can see the rain becoming less prevalent within this area. you shift a little further to the north. the hughes fire still some rain and snow in the higher elevations that's impacting that region. so mudslides still a concern through the course of this morning that will expire through about 10 a.m. as the rain gradually comes to an end. but there's also this insidious risk that goes along with this, john, that not a lot of people are talking about. but it's important. the recent burn scars here have lots of chemicals and

contaminants from burned homes and vehicles. so the water mixing in with that has actually forced authorities there to bring an advisory here for the beaches of l.a. county. so keep that in mind. >> oh, wow. there are so many threats after disasters like this. derek van dam, thank you very much for that. >> so one of donald trump's big targets since taking office has been fema. the president signed an executive order actually just sunday to establish what they're calling a fema review council. when he was touring on friday, the areas devastated by hurricane helene in north carolina and then headed out west to see the devastation from the wildfires. he even floated getting rid of fema altogether. so what would that look like? joining us right now is cnn senior national security analyst juliette kayyem, who is also former assistant secretary at the department of homeland security. this executive order establishing this council, it says that the group is going to be composed of the secretaries of the homeland security and the defense secretary, along with private sector subject matter experts, for the order to come up with suggestions on

improvements and all of the above or more. what do you see in this? >> there's good in this executive order. it preambles. >> with a lot. >> of politics that we can just ignore what's good about it is for. >> a couple. >> of decades now, republicans and democrats alike, experts have been saying there needs to be reformed to disaster management. it's not just when the fire happens, but in particular on recovery. how do we want these jurisdictions to rebuild? how do we want to work with states? so there is a lot that can be done in terms of review of a review of fema. the challenge is, is that donald trump is now sort of raised this issue. does does fema still exist? look, there's still going to be disasters if you wish disasters away by getting rid of fema. that's not going to happen. the needs are still going to be there by not just politicians. i mean fema assist individual citizens, read people who are conservative, people who are liberal. it's not about this governor or that governor that he likes or doesn't like. the needs will still be there. and i think it's just like an

unserious, honestly, it's an unserious proposal for a real challenge, which is what is disaster management look like in a country that is facing disaster. every couple of days. >> you see this executive order as in the end, it not end it category. >> yes. and it should be mended. i mean, i think i think you talk to people from the biden administration, obama, trump one now trump two. there is a need to reform disaster management and how we how we address the challenges ahead. and i'm going to say apparently a bad word now, but i like it, is that some of our funding should be condition based. we what we built a disaster management system that gave money to people who were harmed, which we should do as a country. we want to help our citizens that are harmed, but with no requirement that they get ready for the next harm. and i think there is something to, you know, requiring jurisdictions to zone better to require, require them to, to build better in

anticipation of the next disaster. this is not a republican idea or a democratic idea. i've traveled the country it paradise, california more oklahoma after tornadoes. communities are beginning to address this. it's time that the federal government did. >> what of the concept? we heard it a lot of republicans saying this sounds in concept like a great idea. donald trump saying in concept this sounds like a great idea. give the money, cut out the red tape, give the money directly to the states, let them do what they can do best, which is they can get it to to the people and the victims who are suffering faster. what do you think of that in concept? because the pushback is some governors don't. they don't want to manage it. >> all right. so so the way fema works, it's actually when i hear republicans say that, i get a little bit confused because the way it works is that it's the state that that actually does get the money. so i'm not quite sure what world they're imagining would be better or worse, i think. i think honestly, the white house

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give congress 30 days notice and provide, quote, substantive rationale for terminating any inspector general. that clearly did not happen here. president trump says it was changing priorities that prompted the firings. so what now? cnn's alayna treene has more. elena, that maybe is the hardest question to answer. the what now? but one of those fired ig's spoke to cnn just this morning about how all of this went down. what's he saying? >> that's right. we heard from mark greenblatt. he spoke with kasie hunt this morning, as you mentioned, one of the fired inspectors general from last week. he worked at the department of interior, and essentially he warned that the firing of these different independent watchdogs would quote or he said, warned that, quote, nominating and appointing political lackeys would harm americans. take a listen to what he said i don't know what the basis of the removal was, but we've been doing good, high impact work trying to help the american taxpayer.

>> we are the taxpayers representatives inside the department of the interior. and what will president trump do with these positions? is he going to nominate watchdogs, or is he going to nominate lap dogs? that's the key question. >> now, kate, as you could hear greenblatt saying there, the concern is that these different inspectors general are meant to be independent and operate independently, not be political appointees. and this is something that actually we saw play out during donald trump's first term when he fired several independent watchdogs and argued it was because they were disloyal. now, trump did confirm that he fired these people over the weekend, telling reporters on air force one that he believed some of them weren't doing their job well or unfairly. but i will note he did not provide any sort of evidence to back up those claims. but this is really why we're seeing a lot of reaction now from capitol hill, from members on both sides of the aisle, republicans and democrats alike, who are criticizing this move. one, to what you mentioned. he

did not the white house did not give congress the 30 day notice that is required by federal law. but he also did not give really a substantial argument for this broad firing of these different inspectors general from several agencies. i mean, it's not just the interior department where greenblatt came from, but also, we're told, the secretaries or, excuse me, the departments of state and energy and so forth. now, i do want to read for you what we heard from chuck grassley, obviously a very well respected, high profile republican, someone who has long been a defender of these different government watchdogs. this is what he said in a statement to cnn over the weekend. he said, quote, there may be good reason the ig's were fired. we need to know that. if so, he went on to say, i'd like further explanation from president trump. regardless, the 30 day detailed notice of removal that the law demands was not provided to congress. now, we also heard a similar type of statement from senator lindsey graham. obviously a fierce trump ally, over the weekend as well. he kind of shrugged it off, but he did note in an interview that

he believes donald trump violated the law with some of these moves. kate. >> elena, thank you so much. shrugging it off. but he did violate the law. there's a combo for you joining us right now to talk more about this is cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor jennifer rodgers. jen, what do you just broadly more than 12 ig's fired overnight, if you will. what do you what do you think of this. >> yeah. >> 17 i. >> think although. >> the white house. >> wouldn't really. >> give a number. >> which is startling in and of itself. listen, it's a terrible thing. these are the. >> front line of fighting. >> fraud, waste and abuse in the federal agencies. it's really. >> the. >> primary way. >> internally that the executive branch fights corruption. i mean, you have the courts. yes, you have congress. but this is the way in house that you have someone independent looking at what the federal agencies are doing as they spend billions and billions of our taxpayer dollars and making sure that there's as little fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement and corruption as possible. so it's a terrible thing. there are no reasons for

firing these 17 individuals. the law that was violated in doing so was passed specifically to address the abuses in the first trump administration by improperly firing ig. so he's completely blown past what congress tried to do to strengthen the protections around inspectors. >> general chuck grassley helped write the law. and i just read the law. i'm not going to read it now because it's a little boring, but it's crystal clear. i'm just hung up on this whole the white house is breaking the law thing. what happens when the white. >> house and shrugging, we move on, right? >> yeah. i mean, so they're breaking the law. >> so you can sue, you can go to court. and congress can investigate. the problem is, the law isn't that strong because of how much power the president has to fire executive branch employees. so all the law says is you have to give 30 days notice and give reason. so at best, you get 30 days more in the chair and you get some reasons for your firing, but it's not going to keep them in their places. so i think mark greenblatt and others are more concerned about what happens now. like why is he cleaning house and doesn't want any eyes on fraud, waste, abuse,

mismanagement and corruption in his administration? and who is he going to put into those positions? people who are probably more loyal to him and are going to look the other way, as opposed to the independent watchdogs we have now. >> so then what is the next like? forget not even the you can, you can sue. the next is they announce new inspectors general and then it just moves on. i mean, this how. >> hopefully what happens is congress pushes back. they demand reasons for the firing of these people. they'll give us some reasons. i mean, they're not going to be satisfactory because they're supposed to be specific, fact based, case related reasons. right? >> that's why that's why more than a dozen in one fell swoop makes absolutely no sense. it has to be substantive rationale. >> right. so we're not going to get good reasons. but let's say that they satisfy the republican congress, right? let's at least hope that as he nominates new people and these people have to go through senate confirmation that there is pressure on him to

nominate people who are actually independent, who come from the inspector general community, who have a history of not being political one way or the other, but actually investigating wherever the facts and the law lead them. and they really push back on who these nominees are going to be in the confirmation process. >> and i just want to go back, if i can, one last time to the law itself, because actually the bar is really low in some ways for, for, but what that speaks to is the idea that this white house doesn't even think it needs to address the low legal bars that exist, in some cases, just bigger picture. what does that tell us about what they might do in other cases? >> yeah. so politically, this seems to me to be a real slap in the face to congress, right? i mean, they worked on this law. and i remember at the time there's not much that they could do right to strengthen these protections because of the power the president has. this is the most they could do. and even that, they're just brushing away the white house is ignoring it. so i don't know if i'm the senate senator grassley, maybe i want to draw a line in the sand

here and say, we're not going to stand for this. we're going to at least require that you do comply with this very low bar. and as you bring forward your new nominees, we're going to require that they be independent in the historical and very important traditions of inspectors general. >> yeah, i mean, that's that's a good idea. good to see you, jen. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> all right. this morning president trump hosting a republican retreat at his golf club in florida as they strategize how to enact his agenda with a slim majority. and this morning, president trump fulfilling his vow to quote back the blue. the new move by the administration to halt any reform for police departments that were found to have engaged in a pattern of misconduct. >> over 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,

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johnson. >> he has. >> a tough. >> road ahead. >> here, including those among his own, really trying to convince them on the. >> right path forward. >> he goes into this three day session. with the stated goal that he wants. >> to finalize a blueprint for how exactly. >> they are. >> going to enact these legislative priorities into one bill. and that's where he. differs from many senate republicans. he wants one massive bill, including immigration, a tax plan, energy priorities, including many other priorities as well. and so that is essentially a very tight, tough tightrope that house republican leaders are trying to walk here. they want to pass this massive bill through something called budget reconciliation, which means that they are attempting to pass this through without democratic support, which means that this moment where house republicans are gathering down in florida is so essential for making sure that every republican is behind this strategy. so they are going to be hashing out a lot of policy differences. but

the goal is and they will hear from president trump later today, and jd vance tomorrow. the goal here is to come out of this unified so that they can push through on trump's agenda. but of course, no small task here, john, especially when unity among house republicans is sometimes in short order. john. >> and a must in this case because of their slim, slim margin. sunlen serfaty on the hill, great to see you this morning. >> and one of the things they need to be unified on is the trump administration's immigration crackdown that they're rolling out right now, launching part of that immigration crackdown over the weekend with operations reported in multiple cities, with nearly a thousand people arrested on sunday alone. president trump has been in office for one week now, and there are new numbers now on how opinions on the topic issue of immigration have shifted have changed since his swearing in. harry enten is here, has been running the numbers for us on this one. what are you seeing? >> what am i seeing? >> i just. want to note how different things are. >> from where we were when

donald. >> trump first. >> took office, and how much. >> more the american people are. >> on the side of republicans than they were eight years ago. >> so trust which party? more on immigration. you go back to april of 2017. look at this. the democrats held an 11 point advantage. >> over republicans. >> so americans were not. >> liking what donald trump and the republican party was. >> doing back at the beginning of his first term. look at where they are now, though. poll out just in the last week after. >> donald trump took office. >> which party do you trust more on immigration? look at the margin republicans are putting. >> up here a 22. >> point lead over democrats. >> you rarely. >> see issues. >> in which. >> the american. >> people side. >> so much with one party. >> over the other. but on the main issue. >> that donald. trump has been pumping. >> up and republicans have been pumping up since the beginning of his term, just that began just one week ago. >> republicans lead overwhelmingly. >> on this. >> it's not just unusual. >> for right now. >> it's just so much different than. >> where we. >> were eight years ago. it just. >> gives the republicans a. >> lot more leverage. >> and also, how are you

measuring the boost or how much voters americans are liking or what they're thinking about donald trump and what he's doing now versus biden? >> yeah, you know, we always talk. >> about this right. >> direction, wrong. >> direction, right. >> track, wrong track number. >> right. and normally. >> you know, you might expect the right direction, right track number to be really, really low. and on immigration, what track is the u.s. on? you go back last month, just 14% of americans thought we were on the right track, according to ipsos reuters. look at that. the wrong track was 62%. look how much the right percentage is up this month since donald trump took office. it's up 23 points to 37%, pretty much right next. >> to that. >> wrong track number at 42%. still slightly more americans saying. >> we're on. >> the wrong track than the right track, but the right. >> track number. >> has gone through the roof. up to 37%. a 23 point jump since donald trump took office. >> so the bottom line is. >> this many more americans are saying that the country is on the right track right now. they're liking a lot more of what we're doing on immigration than just a month ago in the joe biden administration. they're liking a lot more what republicans and what donald trump are doing than what they thought of what joe biden and

the democrats were doing. >> then i assume that the trend is the same. when you look specifically at donald trump on immigration. >> yeah, it's very similar. so take a look here. you know, job trump is doing on immigration here. you see it 46% approve 39% disapprove. you don't have to be a mathematical genius to know that 46% is bigger than 39%. americans approve of what donald trump is doing on immigration. they're much more likely to trust republicans immigration than democrats. and far more americans say the country is on the right track with concerning immigration than they did under joe biden. simply put, immigration is an issue that the republicans and donald trump are going to do well over and over and over again, because americans are much more on their side than they are on the democrat side. >> and that's how it looks right now, which gives us a great baseline to compare. as this crackdown continues. >> we will see where we are two weeks, three weeks, four weeks, months down the road. >> absolutely. great to see you, harry. >> thank you. >> great to. >> see you, john. >> we love you, harry. >> thank you. >> all right. this morning. can you smell that smell? visitors at the brooklyn botanic garden. they sure could. and that was

the whole point. >> oh, it smells like rotting garbage. sweaty. >> yeah. it's like. being in, like. >> a gym. >> it's like a. >> locker room. >> it's putrid. it's the. >> worst thing i. >> ever smelled. >> and it makes you think about patience. that's what i was thinking about. like that whole time it's been in the back here and they've been taking care of it. and now. and you never know when it's going to bloom. and it did. so i'm happy that i came. >> happy that they came to smell the awful putrid feet stench of a rare plant, a cousin of the famous corpse flower, very famous. it has bloomed for the first time since arriving in brooklyn in 2018. it is known for the stinking, rotting scent. >> excited about this, john, i. >> well, look, i told you, i've been in the business for like, 30 years. and like, every time the corpse, every time we do a story on it, it's like it blooms for the first time in 100 years. but i've done it, like, 12 times, so the math doesn't work out.

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city, the police chief, they have negotiated. they have they have entered. into an agreement with the department of justice. >> it's they're. >> both parties have agreed. it's in front of the judge, and now we're waiting for him to sign it. >> okay, what would this consent decree have changed? >> yeah, and i. >> think what is a consent decree? >> right. the consent decree is. >> when the department of. justice comes in. finds that there have been. >> abuses by the police. >> department and seeks to settle with the city to say, how. can we. put in reforms? >> how can we have accountability. >> that reform the police department? >> so the entire community. feels that it can be. >> trusted and is protected and served? >> that's what the city, the mayor, have agreed to. >> the justice department is on. >> board and said, you know what? yes, we think this is a workable plan. let's put it in front of the judge. but now the trump administration and the trump appointed judge are coming in, not at the 11th hour, at the 12th hour. seeking to undo undo years of hard work by our community to get this done. >> well, you use you use the present tense with the justice

department feels the justice department felt that that was the right way to deal with it. it doesn't anymore. it's a different justice department. what do you see or what do you read from the trump administration's disapproval of consent decrees? as a rule? >> well, i. >> think we're seeing this across the board with the trump administration right now, whether it is the pardoning of january 6th rioters, whether it is putting in kash patel as the director of the fbi, whether it's coming in and undoing consent decrees in places like louisville, he is looking at doing things that put in loyalists that that put in something where, for political points, he's able to do what he wants to do, not actually worried about keeping all of us safe. >> you brought up the pardons of virtually all the january 6th rioters, including those who had committed acts of violence on police, vice president vance was asked about this, and earlier he had indicated he didn't think

that people who committed violence should be pardoned, although he did leave this door open for some gray areas. but this is what he says now. >> if you. >> committed violence. >> on that day, obviously you shouldn't be pardoned. >> did you counsel. >> the president. >> against these blanket. >> pardons for. >> 1500 people? well, margaret, i noticed, including those who committed violence. margaret, i noticed that you cut off the thing that i said immediately after that. the full quote is that, of course, there are gray areas. and here's the nature of the gray area. merrick garland's department of justice denied constitutional protections in the prosecutions. there were double standards in how sentences were applied to the six protesters versus other groups. >> so all the acts of violence committed against officers fell into gray areas. how do you read that? >> this is not a gray area. someone who stormed our capitol and assaulted police officers by trying to overthrow a valid

election. that's not a gray area that is black and white. if you don't, if you don't believe me, come to the capitol. come talk to the capitol police officers. listen to what they endured. listen to what their friends endured. there were violent offenders. they're assaulting capitol police officers who were doing nothing more than trying to keep our capitol and our government safe. this isn't a gray area. >> all right. congressman maura mcgarvey from louisville, listen, great to have you on. please come back again soon, kate. >> so this morning, a woman who says she had troubling interactions, how she described it with sean diddy combs is now speaking out about him as he awaits federal trial. d woods from the music group danity kane spoke with abc news how was it predatory. >> somebody constantly treating you like a piece of meat? only seeing only, um, valuing

you for your sex appeal and in in some of the environments, you know, it was it was even scary to be by yourself. you know, we'd walk with each other to the bathroom, stand in front of the door for each other, and abuser will knock your self-esteem down and then leave you to try to get their approval and their praise. >> all right. combs has been in federal custody since his arrest in september. his trial on sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy is set for may. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges. breaking news right now. let's take a live look at the pentagon, where the new defense secretary, pete hegseth, is just now showing up. >> that is something the. >> defense department. absolutely will continue to do. and today. >> there are more executive. office executive. >> orders coming that we fully support on removing dye inside. >> the pentagon. >> reinstating troops who were pushed out because of covid mandates. iron dome for america.

this is happening quickly. and as the secretary of defense, it's an honor to salute smartly, as i did as a junior officer and now as the secretary of defense to ensure these orders are complied with rapidly and quickly. every moment that i'm here, i'm thinking about the guys and gals in guam, in germany, in fort benning and fort bragg, on missile defense sites and aircraft carriers. our job is lethality and readiness and warfighting. we're going to hold people accountable. i know the chairman agrees with that. the lawful orders of the president of the united states will be executed inside this defense department swiftly and without excuse. we will be no better friend to our allies and no stronger adversary to those who want to test us and try us. so, mr. chairman, thanks for welcoming me today. i look forward to serving the troops, the warriors of this department. it's the honor of a lifetime and we're going to get to work. god bless you all.