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the news continues right here on cnn. >> it's wednesday, january 29th, right now on cnn this morning. >> this is not bold. it's not leadership. it's stupid, buffoonish, childish. >> chaos and confusion. >> thousands of. >> federal programs. >> targeted in funding freeze. >> now a federal judge is weighing in. >> plus, this. >> why are. >> we trying to help a guy like millie? >> security revoked. >> general mark milley losing his security detail. >> and the president. >> now going one step further, opening an investigation into him. then later. >> it's no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets, because bobby himself is a predator. >> a searing letter robert f. kennedy jr.. s family speaking out against him on the eve of his confirmation hearing.

it is 5 a.m. here on. the east coast. here's a live look at the capitol building, where lawmakers have been furiously responding to that federal funding freeze. good morning everyone. i'm kayla tausche in for kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us today. that nationwide funding freeze on trillions of dollars in federal grants and programs ordered by the white house is now in legal jeopardy. after a wave of confusion and worry for charities and other non-governmental organizations nationwide. the chaos was felt throughout the day tuesday as the scope of new guidance from the white house budget office came into focus. more than 2000 programs put under review, and that funding paused. things like the head start program for preschool education, cancer center support grants and emergency grain storage assistance for farmers were all suddenly put in funding limbo. white house deputy chief of staff stephen miller says the guidance was not as

widespread as reported. >> there were some bureaucrats in the federal government who tried to push out money, billions of dollars for wicked and pernicious purposes. that had to be frozen. >> the white house trying to suggest that this is perhaps more limited than initially rolled out. but now, after a lawsuit by several of those nonprofits, a federal judge is putting a short term pause on the funding freeze until monday after pressing a department of justice lawyer over the order, district court judge loren alikhan says this. quote, the government doesn't know the full scope of the programs that are going to be subject to the pause. end quote. democratic governors also were not sure how the sudden stop of funding would impact people in their states. >> i know you have a lot of questions. i have a lot of questions because not one person thought this through. >> what donald. >> trump tried to. >> do in the last 24 hours is illegal. let's be clear. this is.

>> a demonstration of. cruelty against people who depend. >> on us. >> we're literally talking about an order that called for trillions of dollars of of of funding cuts, which was completely irrational, that there was no reason for it. this was this was essentially a self-imposed government shutdown. >> even with the judge's pause, local programs like meals on wheels, which relies heavily on federal grants to deliver meals to elderly people, are scrambling to figure out how the policy could disrupt their service. >> i think the uncertainty, the chaos that has happened since last evening when we heard about this has caused a lot of grave concern on the part of of older adults who rely on meals on wheels as a lifeline. >> joining me now to talk about all of this is shelby talcott. she's white house correspondent for semafor. shelby, good morning to you. so we heard from democratic governors and many of these nonprofits. but i also want to play what republican senators are saying about this, because

the party, as well as the administration writ large, has largely been supportive of rescinding some of this federal money. take a listen. >> i think it's. >> appropriate to take. >> a look at it and make sure there. >> isn't some. >> nefarious actions. >> we think that some of. >> the areas that could be restricted. >> if. >> they are. >> items that the executive. >> branch has the authority. >> to issue or to. >> look at. >> he's not halted. he's reviewing it. and in a certain amount of time, he's going to release it again. that's what he ran. >> on. >> so generally supportive of clawing back funding. but what happens when the rubber meets the road in some of those red states? shelby. >> yeah, i think that's the big question. are they. >> going to. >> get pushback from republicans in some of these. states who eventually realize that some of the things that they. depend on might be on pause? and what i think is also interesting is, you know, the administration is saying that this isn't confusing. >> that the only. >> people who are. >> confused are are sort of members of the press. but clearly there has been confusion

in the language in which this was issued, because it is, you know, there has been unclear whether medicaid is affected. the white house says no, but there were apparently issues drawing down lines. it was unclear army contracting. so some of these people who are implementing these pauses have also been unclear of whether or not they are affected, which is causing a lot of these problems. and these issues and these questions. >> you know, the white house yesterday said that the white house counsel's office said that the president had the legal authority to do it, but also suggested that some of these programs were not intended to be impacted. based on your reporting, is it your understanding that that this program was tailored after the fact, or was simply rolled out in an undisciplined way? >> you know, i think it's unclear. i think, you know, it depends on who you talk to. so when you talk to white house officials, they say that it was clear all along. right. karoline leavitt said that yesterday. it's been clear all along this is what was intended to be impacted. and this was what was

not intended to be impacted. but clearly, that's not how this has been rolled out, because some of these initiatives, some of the people who are supposed to be implementing these initiatives were unclear as well, based on the language of this. so there's been a lot of sort of clarification in the white house is working to detail exactly what is affected and what isn't. and again, the question on whether or not donald trump does have the authority is likely going to play out in the courts. >> well, and the idea of these large scale clawbacks has been in the sights of the trump team for some time. and you wrote about this on the campaign trail, and i want to show the headline from that piece from back in june 2023. the headline, trump says he will try to unilaterally cut government spending if elected president. around that time, we also heard trump himself talking about this. let's take a listen to that i will fight to restore the president's historic impoundment power. >> a lot of you don't know what

that is. for 200 years, the president had the right to block unneeded spending and return the funds directly to the treasury. they stopped that. congress unconstitutionally probably attacked the impoundment power in 1974, but it will come back. we're going to bring it back, and we will squeeze the bloated federal bureaucracy. and instead of just having to just spend it, we're going to reduce our debt. >> so this was using the impoundment act, as you had reported, to unilaterally claw back government funding. how long has the trump team been planning on doing this. >> again? they've been planning on doing this for for well over a year. and this is part of donald trump's overarching theme to sort of slash government spending and reduce the amount of government that exists, essentially. so, you know, i think people were surprised by this. but if you go back and listen to what donald trump said on the campaign trail as you just played, it is not a surprise. this is something that the trump administration and the

trump team have been open about wanting to do. and so i think this is a case where, you know, the campaign was really long. it was over two years, two years long. donald trump announced really early, and he said so many things that oftentimes some of these things don't get enough attention or sort of are swept under the rug because, well, donald trump may have mentioned it on the campaign trail. it wasn't like he was mentioning the impoundment act during every rally. >> and now the administration has until monday to hammer out the details of this defendant in front of a federal judge. we will wait to see how that plays out for now. shelby, we appreciate your joining us this morning. thank you thanks. coming up on cnn this morning, north korean soldiers fighting with russia against ukraine, an exclusive look at their brutal mindset in battle. plus gold bars and a fancy car. a former senator faces sentencing today on federal corruption charges. and pete hegseth takes unprecedented action against a prominent trump

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>> ah. >> these are the first images on the ground of the capture of north korean troops by ukraine. the soldier is injured, can hardly walk, but they spirit him away. russian shelling intensifies to prevent capture. a wild prize pulled through their wires here from brutal fighting in russia's kursk region against a radicalized near-suicidal enemy, but one who'd never seen drones in war before. the special operations forces who fought them told us. >> they knew. north kivu of poland would be. >> there's a unique challenge here. ukraine wants to take captives, but the north koreans seem to prefer to die. they

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blender to feed to his hawks. >> reporter caroline kennedy goes on to slam her cousin for having, quote, hypocritical views on vaccines and for being, quote, addicted to attention and power. one of rfk jr.'s top allies is warning senators not to reject his nomination. nicole shanahan, kennedy's once running mate when he briefly ran for president last year. not mincing words when it comes to retribution. >> this is a. >> bipartisan message. >> and it comes directly from me. while bobby may be willing to play nice, i won't. if you vote against him, i will personally fund challengers to primary you in your next election, and i will enlist hundreds of thousands to join me. >> and a reminder, she is good for that money because she was once married to one of the founders of google. let's bring in steph kite, politics reporter for axios. steph, i want to first talk about the kennedy family because many of them lined up behind former president biden and then vice president harris during the election. so perhaps their alignment here is not surprising. but the specific allegations that his cousin

levied in that video and her letter to lawmakers. does it move the needle here? >> i mean, she. >> really. >> didn't pull any punches. and so it really was. shocking to read that letter. >> when it dropped yesterday. >> but it's. >> unclear how much this changes it. right. >> a lot of the allegations were things that we do. >> know about. >> rfk jr.. >> we know that he's. questioned vaccines, for example. >> and so. >> it's not clear how much of a difference. >> that will make when you're. >> when he's. before the committee. >> we know going into. >> the hearing today. >> that there are many senators who have big questions already. they already are skeptical senators on both sides of the aisle, quite frankly. you know where i'm really going to be watching three senators, in particular on the finance committee, who will have a role in in voting rfk jr.. off of committee. todd young is one of them. bill cassidy is another. thom tillis the third. all three of them have shown willingness over the years to kind of buck trump and buck the party and vote their conscience. and then, of course, bill cassidy and thom tillis have upcoming reelections as well, which is going to change

the dynamic for them. >> cassidy, also a doctor and has been a pro vaccine, which has been one of the critical issues of his confirmation. kennedy. just over a year ago, in an interview with kasie hunt, who hosts the show, said that he did not believe there was a safe and effective vaccine. i want to take a listen to that. >> there's no vaccine that is, you know, safe and effective. >> so you. >> did say it. do you still believe it? >> well, here's what here's what i. here's what i would say. first of all, i'm not anti-vaccine. >> how is that statement not anti-vaccine? >> well, it's it's i can say right now there is no medication, medicine for cancer that's safe and effective. it doesn't mean i'm against all medicines. >> so some of that equivocating, i'm also told, is happening behind closed doors when he's in these conversations with lawmakers, where he's simply calling for more data about vaccine efficacy to be released. but how intense is the grilling on this particular issue going to be in committee today? >> i mean, absolutely, this has been a top focus in the conversations he's been having

with senators behind closed doors, especially when i've asked senators what those conversations have focused on. the vaccine issue is a big one, and we've seen rfk jr.. try to kind of moderate his past stances, try to kind of explain away some of the concerns he's had in the past. you know, the polio vaccine, he tried to make clear that it is something that he does support. after mitch mcconnell came out, making it very clear that that should be clarified. so this is going to be a big a big issue if not the top issue. you know, there is room within the republican party and a willingness to accept a little bit of skepticism about vaccines. so i'll be watching to see how how far they need rfk jr.. to commit. >> right. the senate finance committee, also known for conducting very robust audits of a candidate's finances. and that was where the wall street journal editorial board, which normally skews very conservative, took some issue with him as a nominee. they wrote, senate republicans have an obligation to scrutinize his giant closet of business conflicts and dubious ideas. mr. kennedy's nomination disclosures show he's received

millions of dollars from referring clients to weisner, baum and morgan and morgan, law firms that have sued vaccines and drug makers. weisner baum spearheaded litigation against merck over its gardasil vaccine, which protects against the human papillomavirus, one of the biggest risk factors for cervical cancer. the risk is high that mr. kennedy will use his power and pulpit at hhs to enrich his trial lawyer friends at the expense of public health and medical innovation. when you have a publication and specifically an editorial board like the wall street journal saying that, what impact does that have? >> it could have a huge impact. i think we'll see a lot of questions about that today as well. you know, there there is questions of conflict of interest with the various lawsuits that he himself has been involved in and party to, and would still continue to be a part of, even as hhs secretary. and so there are a host of issues. the other issue that we haven't even gotten to is the issue of abortion, which is going to be a big problem for a lot of republicans because of his past being pro-abortion rights. and there are republicans who are not comfortable with what he has

said on that issue. and does that end up losing him votes? if it does come to a floor vote, are the republicans who are so anti-abortion, pro-life that they decide they can't even vote for him because he will have an important role if confirmed as hhs secretary. >> some of that effort, led by former vice president mike pence, who now republicans are trying to malign. so we'll see how these fireworks play out. that appointment tv starts at 10 a.m. steph, thank you for being here with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> new this morning general mark milley. security detail and clearance revoked. and in an unprecedented move, defense secretary pete hegseth also ordering an investigation into the former top u.s. general to determine whether a review of his rank is necessary. it's unclear what exactly hegseth believes could warrant this review. president donald trump, of course, clashed with milley during his first term after initially tapping him as the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. a pair of phone calls milley made to his chinese counterpart during the final months of trump's first administration, spurring this reaction from the then former

president on social media. quote, this is an act so egregious that in times gone by, the punishment would have been death. a war between china and the united states could have been the result of this treasonous act. trump ending that message by saying, quote, to be continued. the former top u.s. military officer had his own words for trump, ending his tenure in 2023 with these stark remarks. >> we don't take an oath to a king. >> or a queen, or to a tyrant or a dictator, and we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator. we don't take an oath to an individual. we take an oath to the constitution, and we take an oath to the idea that is america, and we're willing to die to protect it. >> we should note he did not mention trump by name in those remarks, but on his final day in office, former president joe biden issued a blanket pardon for milley. so he's protected from prosecution under criminal law and military law. joining me now is bloomberg senior white house reporter josh wingrove.

josh, the administration has been revoking many of these security clearances, but this one came specifically from the defense department, and this one feels personal. >> it does. gee, i wonder who he was talking about in that clip you showed there. this is also reporting that they're taking down not one, but two of milley's portraits from the pentagon. right now, the question with is for trump is like, what is his appetite as he starts pulling these clearances in case we have actual threats against some of these people, including general milley, which i should note are said to originate from the killing of qassem soleimani, who, of course, was ordered that that that assassination, that murder, that mission, whatever you want to call it was, was of that terror leader was ordered by trump. you know, so in some ways, this is linked to actions from the first term. and i think that that's important to bear in mind. i think sort of broadly on the question of general milley, there are two factors here. one is the call that you alluded to there that trump has said is one of his core objections to what general milley did. backchanneling between the

chinese and u.s. militaries. of course, that is not unheard of. that happens previously. the reporting is that milley was essentially trying to make sure there were no misunderstandings that trump was going to do something in the sort of aftermath of deconfliction. >> is very common. >> right, right. so that that is the one thing. it's hard not to shake the feeling that this is more about the public criticisms that general milley has made, not only the one you played there, but also, you know, reportedly, i think, in bob woodward's book calling trump fascist to the core. milley has been not shy about being a critic of trump. and you see here, this is why so many people who have publicly criticized the current president, including many of his former staff or cabinet members, have sort of shrunk from the public eye after doing so or stopped doing so, because inevitably, you get into this sort of public feud with president trump. so right now, the sort of, you know, the theatrics of it, i'm sure trump will like. but the specific question is right now, hey, what happens to the actual security threat that prompted these details in the first place? >> well, he said that if these individuals want security, they've made enough money now in the private sector that they

should be able to pay for their own private security. i believe we do have a picture of where the portrait had been removed on at the pentagon. >> yeah. >> i believe that's the first one. that's the first one. reporting from our colleagues at fox. i believe the second one from his time as chief of staff of the army. so not one, but two just to send the point home. this, you know, it is. it is what it is. secretary hegseth clearly believes that this is a priority, that the president will be paying attention to. >> yes. and after firing inspectors general across agencies now will have a new inspector general investigation into milley. specifically, what will the scope of that be? >> it's a good question. i think this is the number one question right now that that we're seeing on the hill is, was trump following the law in firing this inspectors general? senator grassley, among others, a pretty staunch trump ally, suggesting that he didn't exactly dot his eyes or cross his t's on that process. but this we're seeing this in many cases, including, of course, on what we spent yesterday in the briefing room asking a lot about this federal funding pause,

about sort of the questions of how far trump is willing to push the limits of executive authority. and the answer on a lot of these things is essentially the white house has, you know, what you might say is a new view on sort of how far the president's authority will reach, and they're willing to fight for it in court. that would be republicans united, democrats, of course. and some republicans are saying that by the letter of the law, or at least under the interpretation of it until this date. now that trump is is breaking the law in some of these cases, or at least skirting it so that this sort of dance right now is happening, as i should note, many of the cabinet members are not yet in effect, but trump is sort of pressing forward with whatever staff he has in the building. >> and then questions not only about the authority, but also the fingerprints of some of his well-heeled advisers, like elon musk, on some of the actions that he's taken, not only the recipients of federal funding, but also the buyouts of the federal workforce, so that. >> is going really closely mimics some language we've seen from time at twitter. >> and that's going to play out over the next several months. we will see how that does. josh,

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what we've seen in this ramp up of enforcement. just in the first week of the administration. >> well, yeah, at my background is homeland security. so this is something that's near and dear to my heart. i think, number one, we have to realize that this was the number one issue, along with the economy for the election. and so president trump ran and won on this on this issue. and so what he's doing is exactly what he said he's going to do. i mean, there's going to be a lot of stories on both sides of the aisle will give different opinions, especially on some of the raids that will go into potentially schools or churches. but he's doing what he said he's going to do. and i'm always been a firm believer that we're not going to be able to hit the numbers that he campaigned on. my number is always around a million with the extreme criminals. the ones that have committed a crime are the ones that have have exhausted their appeal process. but he's doing what he said, and so he has to continue to put policies

in place, like stay in mexico. obviously, i hate this comment, but the build the wall. but i mean, to continue these policies to make sure that more don't come in illegally. >> the school superintendent from one of them, from the state of oklahoma, joined cnn yesterday and was asked about this change in policy that will now allow ice to conduct enforcement at churches and on schools. and some of the the fear that's been stoked in those communities. i want to play that clip from yesterday for you. >> what we see with illegal immigration is it continues to occur throughout the year. school districts all of a sudden come in on a monday and go, well, now we have 80 more kids that don't speak english. and so now all of a sudden they've got to go find another teacher or more resources that they didn't plan for. >> would you help. facilitate the removal. >> of parents. >> as they're dropping off or picking up their. children at school? if that's what the trump administration wants? >> we stand by ready to work with the trump administration. so yes, we will turn over

criminals in our schools to work with law enforcement. >> so what's your read on this change in policy and what it does to the fabric of a community? >> well, this is going to be a really hard issue emotionally. but but what has been said and what i understand is they're going first of all, people are in this country illegally. and they did break a law. so in theory they are, quote, the criminals, not the children, but the parents that brought them over. i would say, however, i think that obviously the communities are going to be very nervous. you've heard about parents being concerned about dropping off their kids, but from what i understand, the focus are churches that are harboring terrorists or potential terrorist groups in their churches, and also gang members that are going to going to school. so i don't think it's like they're going after the five year old that's, you know, in second grade or first grade trying to get them out of school, but they are going after the people that have committed

crimes. but again, i am not here to say that it's not going to be a tough issue, especially when the first video comes out of a young child being pulled out of elementary school. >> we've been focusing on the human aspect of this story for the last several days. in addition to the logistical issue, frankly. but there's also a business aspect to this, which is that we haven't heard so far from the major lobbying organizations or companies that rely in some cases on these workers to conduct agricultural work or construction work. and stephen miller, the deputy chief of staff, was asked about some of the perceptions about the fact that the u.s. economy relies on these workers. here's how he responded. >> the illegal aliens that joe biden brought into our country are not full stop doing farm work. they are not the illegal aliens he brought in from venezuela, from haiti, from nicaragua. they are not doing farm work. they are in our cities collecting welfare. as for the farmers, there is a guest worker program that

president trump supports. >> so they are not doing just farm work full stop. but the reality is that they support a variety of industries. so what do you think the economic impact will be? >> well, i think he's i think he's i mean, he's obviously the toughest on this issue in regards to the most conservative. i do think that the farmers did come out yesterday, kind of unified their association to say that, try to ask for more visas, that he's talking about the work visas. it is going to and potentially could impact the economy. and that's a lot of the messaging, especially on the democrat side. that is being said. i think there's going to have to be more visas available for those industries because it's not just it's the restaurant industry, it's the farm industry, it's the construction industry. so how this goes back to we need comprehensive immigration reform, and we can go back and debate whether the senate bill would have ever passed the house last year and how, you know, many believe that the president blew that bill up, which he did. but i think that there's going to have to be a better visa program in

place. or, again, we're going to be continuing to talk about the same stories over and over again. >> of course, that is a long running effort that has not been successful. >> listen, we worked on it in 2007, and we're almost there with senator kennedy. and then it blew up. >> we're still talking about it in 2025. >> exactly. the financial crisis happens. so things took over. >> ashley davis, former homeland security official under former president george w bush. our thanks to you today. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> it is time now for sports. lebron and the lakers come up short on the road against the sixers. coy wire has this morning's cnn sports update. >> good morning to you. l.a. >> has been riding high. winning six. >> of the last. >> seven. but sixers. >> star tyrese maxey. >> last season's. >> nba most improved. >> player. >> has been on a tear himself, averaging. >> more than 30 points. >> in. >> his last ten games. super bowl bound eagles darius slay, a.j. brown, jahan dotson, devonte smith sitting courtside to watch lebron's only visit to the city of brotherly love this season. >> and they. >> were treated to a vintage lebron. the 40 year old turning

back the clock, scoring 31 points. but this one was maxey to the max. he hit four three pointers on his way to a game high 43. after his huge night in a 118 104 win, maxey told reporters he finally worked up the nerve to ask lebron for his jersey. >> i told him. >> after the game, i said. >> look. >> man, i waited five years. >> to ask for a jersey. i know i've known you for a while. but i think i'm gonna go ahead and. >> get it this year. >> and he's like, all right, cool. but he's just like a big brother to me, you know? >> all right. blazers hosting the bucks eight time all star damian lillard making his second career trip to play his former team in portland. his teammate giannis gets to work early. baseline fadeaway there. makes him six for six to start the game. he finished with 39 points 12 rebounds. but check out toumani camara going up and over. the greek freak take that. portland goes on to win 125 112 with five blazers scoring in double digits. led by deni

avdija, avdija's season high 30. now college hoops. number eight tennessee hosting 12th ranked kentucky in a seismic showdown. under seven to go. kentucky's ortega away. watch him drive home this dunk and then slam down hard on the floor. he's tough though. his brother odafe plays for the linebacker for the ravens. kobe bryant was a perfect three for three from beyond the arc, scoring a team high 18. and tennessee did have a chance to tie it with 10s to go. but jordan gainey's three comes up empty. kentucky goes on to win 7873. tennessee's first home loss this season. now check out this moment after the game when kentucky's kobe bryant got to meet a young vols fan. the little boy? not quite sure about it at first. you're wearing the opposing colors, man, but a high five and a smile makes everything better. all right. finally, stop what you're doing and watch this. avalanche. winger artturi lehkonen lost his footing, but that did not stop him from slotting home a pass

from nathan mackinnon from the seat of his pants. this would tie the game at one. the islanders would go on to win beat the avs five two. but my goodness, what an awesome effort. focus and finish from lehkonen. there's more nhl on tnt tonight. the fliers and the devils face off at seven, followed by the penguins and the utah hockey club. coverage starts at 630 eastern on our sister channel tnt and streaming on max. kelly, you know, sometimes you get knocked down, sometimes you fall down. but as sports teaches us, you just keep swinging, shoot your shot, and sometimes good things will happen. >> just keep swinging. my unc tar heels, who lost to pittsburgh last night, are going to need to keep shooting their shot this weekend against duke. >> but let's go big one. >> a few days away for that one. thank you. >> you got it. >> in our next hour on cnn this morning, week two of president donald trump's second term. off and running. just this week, the president's revoked the security detail of one of his

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