possible trump could be more successful than he actually hopes to be in reducing the size of government. he may end up paying a political price. so that's something interesting to watch. i think. >> he may end up paying an actual price if a lot of people end up taking the buyout, they say that they can save $100 billion, but there might be a lot of people who end up taking that. would you take it? >> it's a pretty generous offer. >> it's more generous. twitter is only three months. it's a pretty generous offer. and it's look, it's competitive with private sector. actually, it's it's not like these guys are getting, you know, railroaded here. >> well, we'll see if they report out some of that data. we're all very curious. thank you all for joining. matt megan. sabrina, stephen, we really appreciate your time today. and thank you all for joining us at home. i'm kayla tausche. we wish our best to kasie hunt and hope she gets better soon. cnn news central starts right now.

>> breaking overnight, the trump administration. sends 2 million federal. >> workers emails with an option to resign. but is it an offer or a threat? and is it even legal? >> this morning. >> one of president trump's most controversial cabinet picks will be in the hot seat on capitol hill. robert f. kennedy jr. is facing is about to face questions as another famous kennedy is telling senators why they should reject her cousin as hhs secretary. and scary moments caught on camera when one of the country's most advanced, most highly advanced fighter jets spiraled out of control. i'm kate bolduan with john berman. sara sidner is out today. this is cnn news central. all right. there is an avalanche of breaking news this morning. 2

million federal workers offered or is it threatened to resign? we're going to get to that in just a minute. but we begin with action taken against a single former federal worker, retired chair of the joint chiefs, general mark milley. overnight, the pentagon revoked his security detail and his security clearance. in addition, defense secretary pete hegseth directed the inspector general to launch an investigation into milley's conduct. this could lead to an eventual demotion, even in retirement. why? well, general milley, who was initially nominated by trump himself, is seen to have stood up to him, including following the insurrection. trump later suggested it was treasonous that it, quote, times gone by the punishment would have been death. this morning, it does seem the president is getting his retribution. let's get right to cnn's oren liebermann at the pentagon with these overnight moves. good morning. oren. >> good morning john. president donald trump has long. >> had it out. >> for general mark milley. and

this through his new defense secretary, pete hegseth, on his second day of the job. looks like it's part of that getting back at him. hegseth and the pentagon put out a statement late last night saying that he'd ordered that his security detail and security clearance be removed. milley has had a security detail ever since the u.s. assassination of iranian general qasem soleimani. milley was one of those under threat from the iranians, as were several other former trump administration officials. milley has also been more openly critical of trump, calling him a fascist. and in this final speech as chairman of the joint chiefs, offering this barely veiled criticism of trump. >> 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 have reached out to milley for comment. it's also worth noting that milley is not the only former trump administration official who's had his security detail and clearance revoked. former national security adviser john bolton, former cia director mike pompeo and others have been through the same thing. >> we should note, oren, i do believe that general milley was one of the people who received a preemptive pardon from outgoing president biden. so this inspector general investigation. what could that lead to? >> milley did receive a pardon in the final hours of the biden administration. now, that protects him from criminal prosecution and prosecution under military law. so there isn't that much in the in the legal perspective that you can go after him for because of that pardon. but this inspector general investigation could try to strip milley of rank, try to demote him after his retirement and his more than 40 years in the service. the question is, what is the conduct here that's questionable. and that was not offered in the statement. no

rationale was given. trump and others have tried to go after milley for a pair of phone calls with his chinese counterpart in the closing months of the first trump administration. trump even posted on truth social that it would have been. those calls were treasonous and would have been a reason for a death penalty in earlier times, milley has testified openly about those, and they were coordinated with the secretaries of defense and the national security agencies. they could also try to go after him for the afghanistan withdrawal. but, john, it's worth remembering that milley opposed that withdrawal, and it was only carried out because first trump and then biden ordered it. >> these are important distinctions. oren liebermann at the pentagon this morning. a lot going on there. keep us posted. kate, a. lot going on is right. let's get to more of that. a lot going on, as john said, an offer or a threat this morning. millions of federal workers are faced with a choice stay in their jobs with an uncertain future, or leave the government, leave their jobs with a buyout from the trump administration. the white house made the offer in an

abrupt email to employees with the subject line a fork in the road and the clock is ticking. federal workers have just over a week to decide if they stay. the administration is making clear their job still might not be there for long. it's part of trump's push to dramatically shrink the size of government, one federal employee tells cnn that people are stunned, baffled and a bit scared. there is also. this is also only part of the latest episode of donald trump chaos. there's still mass confusion about what programs are really being impacted by president trump's plan to freeze federal aid programs like head start, meals on wheels, agricultural programs, low income housing assistance all in limbo. for now. that freeze, though, is frozen. a federal judge has temporarily blocked the white house move to halt all of these grants and loans. cnn's alayna treene. following all of this, john said it right.

an avalanche of developments today. what is the very latest that you're learning, elena? >> that's right. >> i do want to start with what you first. >> mentioned, kate. >> which was this email that was sent to all 2 million federal workers last night, offering them a buyout. as you mentioned. i think you put it perfectly with an uncertain future. they can quit their jobs and be paid through september 30th, or stick around and figure out whether or not they will be forced to resign. now, this is just the latest stunning move we've seen by the trump white house. really, to reshape the federal workforce in donald trump's image. now, one thing to be clear on, as i said, this was sent to all 2 million federal workers. but there are some exceptions, i'm told, by a spokesperson from the office of personnel management which sent this out. these are the exceptions that they noted that would not be included in this buyout. it includes postal workers, um, military workers, immigration officials, certain national security roles, and any other roles that these different

agencies deem as being necessary. now, another thing i'm told is that the trump administration is trying to to frame this buyout as being an off ramp for people who do not want to return to work full time. we know that last week we saw donald trump issue a directive that said all people who have flexible schedules, remote schedules have to come back to work full time. they're saying this could be a good option for that. but again, this is being offered widespread throughout the government. i do want to read for you just some of what was in that email that was sent to all of these employees last night. it said, quote, at this time, we cannot give you full assurance regarding the certainty of your position or agency, but should your position be eliminated, you will be treated with dignity and will be afforded the protections in place for such positions. now, as you mentioned, kate, as well, workers have until february 6th, which is just a week from tomorrow, to decide whether or not they want to opt for this type of buyout. now, one other thing as well that's just, you know, can't be lost in this is elon musk's involvement.

we are told that musk had long been wanting to do this, and he was very involved in in the crafting of this effort and the subject line that came on, that email that was sent to all of these employees last night was a fork in the road, very reminiscent of an email we know he sent to twitter employees in 2022. before we saw a lot of the firings that happened there. so again, a massive change to the federal workforce. we'll have to see how many people end up actually taking this and what could happen thereafter. >> and is it legal? because as we know, a judge has put a halt on some of the freeze on federal funding, on federal aid, but it's a temporary halt. what are you hearing about this? and what's the white house saying about it today? >> it is. i mean yesterday across washington, d.c. and across the federal government, we heard people really across the country um, with, you know, questioning what was going on with that freeze to all federal loans and grants, really a lot of widespread confusion over

what was affected, what was who could be involved in this. and then we saw, you know, it was supposed to go into effect last night at 5 p.m., but then we saw a federal judge temporarily halt it. we should see more of this play out in court on monday. but i do want you to take a listen, because our colleague kaitlan collins pressed the white house press secretary, karoline leavitt on this yesterday, really asking that question of whether this is legal specifically because a lot of these federal loans and grants was money appropriated already by congress. take a listen. >> who advised. >> the president on the legality of telling government agencies that they don't have to spend money that was already appropriated by congress? >> well, as the omb memo states, this is certainly within the confines of the law. so white house counsel's office believes that this is within the president's power to do it, and therefore he's doing it. >> so, kate, as you heard her say there, they believe that this is in the within the confines of the president's power and within the law. but as

we've seen with a lot of these sweeping executive orders and directives from president donald trump, a lot of them are going to be facing legal challenges. clearly, this is one of them. others to come as well. kate. >> elena, thank you very much for that reporting. much more to come, john. much more predator who is addicted to attention. the scathing new depiction of rfk jr., written by his cousin just hours before he is set to appear on capitol hill for his confirmation hearing. and we're standing by for a major decision from the fed today on interest rates. officials now concerned that president trump's economic policies could throw a wrench in plans to bring down inflation and, quote, they are heroes to me. how one woman is transforming her home into a retreat for january 6th. rioters who were pardoned by president trump. >> we are the absolute best effort you can feel it. you can

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chance of a cut. so that's basically a done deal. now this would be the first pause from the fed since they started cutting rates last september. and it could be an extended pause. at least that's what investors think. wall street is pricing in just a 1 in 3 chance of an interest rate cut by march. that's the next meeting. low chance 50 over 50 at the meeting. after that, it's really not until june that investors have any confidence that the fed is going to start cutting interest rates again. so why is the fed pausing? well, first off, unemployment is low. inflation is still above the fed's target. and there is so much uncertainty about policy in washington in particular president trump's trade agenda. no matter the reason, the fact that the fed is pausing or likely to pause is disappointing. right? to borrowers. anyone who's trying to chip away at credit card debt, you're trying to get a car loan, a mortgage. it is

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trump himself nominated back in 2017. of course, the president does not call the shots on interest rates. that's up to the fed. and the fed is an independent government agency that is by design. sometimes the fed has to make tough, unpopular decisions. and that's why it's supposed to be insulated from politics. but john, look, the fed independence is facing a new test starting today because it's colliding directly with what president trump wants to see independent. >> but they also do have ears. matt egan, it is great to have you there. we will see today expectation is no cut. but i suppose anything could happen. all right. the new warning from economists. it could be the difference between having a job or not getting evicted, or putting food on the table. what president trump's funding freeze could mean for you. and this morning, an investigation is underway after a u.s. fighter jet spiraled out of control, bursting into flames. new video shows the moment that the pilot

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pumping the brakes on president trump's federal aid freeze. the judge's reason why? well, this judge, like many americans, is confused, wants to give the trump administration time to clarify the scope and scale of what would be a giant shift. confusion. also, though, remains around a wide ranging pause on almost all foreign foreign aid put into place last week, which pushed the secretary of state marco rubio to clarify and possibly backtrack a bit on that move. cnn's jennifer hansler has much more on this from washington. this has to do with a waiver and is being called life saving humanitarian assistance. what's going on here, jennifer? well. >> kate, this. >> broadens out. >> the scope of what is. >> exempted under. >> this freeze to. >> include life saving. humanitarian assistance. like water. >> like shelter. >> and like medicine. >> and it's notable that this even had to be issued because under that initial freeze, there were only carve outs for emergency food and for military aid for israel and egypt. and

humanitarian officials were warning that this could have life saving or life killing consequences, that it could actually result in people dying. they were saying that because of the freeze, as well as the immediate stop work orders, they didn't know what they were able to do. one official said they had to stop providing shelter and water to people in gaza. another official said that even though they had vaccines in stock, they were not allowed to distribute them or it was unclear if they were allowed to distribute them under this freeze. now, they said they have sought answers from the u.s. government about how to implement the freeze. what sort of carve outs they could expect, and they have gotten few to no answers from the state department, from the usaid, and from the government writ large. and they have just warned about just the devastating, devastating consequences here, kate. they said not only could this impact people's lives, it could also cause a number of humanitarian organizations to

have to shutter. and even with this waiver being issued, it's unclear how quickly and what exact programs it covers. a number of officials said they have yet to officially receive the waiver. so the suspension on these sorts of programs has continued. and, kate, i just want to underscore how wide ranging this category of foreign assistance really is. a lot of people think of it as just, you know, emergency medicine, emergency services, but it goes beyond that at the state department. it covers things like training partners, how to counter illicit drugs and human trafficking. it goes to training partners on how to combat terrorism. and officials are warning that with these freezes in place, it actually goes against everything that the trump administration has said is a priority. they say it does not make americans safer. it makes them less safe and less prosperous. kate. >> thank you so much for your reporting and keeping a track of this. it's good to see you, john. all right. this morning on the domestic front, a federal judge has temporarily blocked the white house move to pause this federal funding. still, there is huge confusion over

which programs will be hit if and when it does all go into effect. this was the governor of illinois. >> they assured us that they were doing. >> nothing to take away individual. >> assistance from the most. >> vulnerable people. >> in our state. but they refused. >> to say. >> that they would restore. >> liheap. >> the low income. >> housing energy assistance. >> program payments to support the unemployment system and meals on wheels. these are programs. >> that hundreds. >> of thousands of illinoisans depend on. >> children. >> seniors, veterans. >> working parents. >> and that's really just a small taste of what could be affected here. cnn business and politics correspondent vanessa yurkovich has been looking into all of this. so what are we talking about? >> we're talking about so many. >> programs, so many programs. >> that are already. >> critically underfunded. >> and are so critical to so many millions of americans. meals on wheels. as you heard the governor mentioned there, this serves more than 2 million seniors. meals are brought to their homes to feed them.

there's a socialization aspect to this, and there's a wellness check aspect to this. we heard from the ceo of meals on wheels last night on richard quest show. listen to what he said this impact is going to have on his organization. and millions of americans. >> we have. >> growing waiting lists across. >> the country. even before the memo came out. >> from omb suggesting that there. >> would be a pause because funding for meals. >> on wheels programs. >> has never. >> kept. >> pace with the need. with the growth in the senior population or with inflation. and as you know, we're very dependent on food and fuel for meals on wheels. so taking the air out of our tires, so to speak, has been something that's actually been happening. >> and she is just one of dozens of ceos that we're hearing from on just how critical this funding is to their programs. also, a big component of this is housing. this is going to affect housing for so many americans. there is rental assistance that comes from the federal government that helps low income

americans cover all of their rents. there's also public housing that's for disabled americans and seniors. they get essentially credits from the federal government to cover the costs of their rent. also, we're talking about basic heating for americans, for low income americans, these these services come from funding from the federal government. also, a big component of this is health centers. they could be impacted under title x 1.7 million americans rely on health centers for family planning. and for many of them, this is their only health provider. so this federal funding, if it is not designated for these health centers under title x, this would include impacts to cancer, screenings to contraception, to family planning, to basic reproductive health. so there's a lot of confusion about what this would impact. but according to these organizations, they're going to start seeing these impacts and it's going to impact millions of americans. >> a lot of the confusion is causing paralysis. there's a head start program. the new york times reports yesterday in

michigan. they just couldn't open its doors because it didn't know what to do. it didn't know if it would have the money to do it. vanessa, thank you so much for helping us understand what's at stake here this morning. house minority leader hakeem jeffries has called for an emergency meeting of house democrats in response to all of this and a letter to his colleagues, he wrote in part, quote, we will convene an emergency meeting of the house democratic caucus. at the meeting, we will discuss a comprehensive three pronged counter-offensive anchored in one an appropriation strategy. two a litigation strategy and three a communications strategy. with us now is congresswoman madeleine dean of pennsylvania. thank you so much for being with us. what is it you think you need to do as a democrat this morning? >> good morning, john. good to be with you. and your reporting just began to. >> touch the. >> surface of the chaos and confusion that has been sown by this administration just nine days in, through this memo about a freeze of government funds here in my county, for example,

our county commissioners put out a memo yesterday showing that they are uncertain about federal funding that has already been appropriated. by the way, this is illegal. what this memo does, what the administration is trying to do to pause this funding that has already been appropriated, passed the legislature signed into law by the president. what they are doing is sowing confusion. and what i have to do and what my colleagues are telling me they are doing, is literally answering the phone of our constituents because they are fearful, they're worried. will their seniors be able to remain in their housing? will their medicaid funding continue? whether it's for children around snap nutrition education, head start for seniors living in nursing homes that are supported by medicaid, like my my in-laws were for many years, this is sowing such confusion. our phones rang yesterday like never

before, and what we are trying to do and what we as our caucus democrats in the house will do, is to assure the american people that what the president has done through this memorandum is unlawful, and try to reassure them that the funding will not be interrupted. but really, we call upon the president to reverse course. >> this this emergency meeting called by the minority leader. what do you expect to come from that? what tangible action items. >> well, i do like the way that it was laid out in terms of the three pronged approach, this all will have to be litigated, and we have to be really clear that what this administration has done is not legal. but folks voted for this president in order to say, please help us get the support that we need from government. you see what the government is doing under this administration. it is trying to sow chaos so that people don't have faith in government so that they can actually continue in

power. so what democrats will do is just shine a bright light on the unlawful nature of this and the other orders. executive orders of the president and hope to restore some sort of calm, some sort of faith in what has already happened. i'm newly a member of the appropriations committee. we are headed into budgetary reconciliation. we have serious work to do, and those who are sowing this kind of confusion don't seem to understand that this is hurting the american people. the very people who supported them. >> one of the challenges you face is that president trump, since he's come back into office, has tried to do so much in so many ways with executive actions or proclamations. how do you prioritize what you address? what do you think are the most important things that he's done to counter?

>> i think what we do is we prioritize those who are most vulnerable, who will be harmed by this. and i don't know, a single constituent constituent of mine who will not be in some way impacted or harmed, whether it's around housing or infrastructure, education, nutrition. it just is so far, far sweeping. but i think our job is really to shine the light of truth on what this administration is doing. take a look at day one of this administration. the pardon of the january 6th defendants, the criminals who attacked our capitol, who tried to interfere and did interfere for a time with the peaceful transfer of power, who beat police officers. we have to just shine the light of truth on what that is what that was was president trump pardoning himself. pardons are usually about empathy and compassion and and mercy. that's not what this is. what the president is doing lacks any kind of compassion.

mercy or lawfulness. so what democrats are tasked with doing and i will say, john, i can say we are doing it in a very unified fashion and a minority that is just 2 or 3 votes, as you know, to a very fractious republican caucus. we will continue to shine the light of truth on what is lawful and what is not lawful. >> congresswoman madeleine dean, coming to us from montgomery county in the commonwealth of pennsylvania this morning. thanks so much for being with us, kate. the secretary of homeland security, kristi noem, says that the trump administration is working now to recruit more personnel to help with the arrest and deportation operations that they want to conduct and continue to conduct against undocumented immigrants from coast to coast. ice is now reporting it made nearly 1000 arrests in raids just tuesday. cnn's priscilla alvarez has the very latest. >> white house. deputy chief of staff stephen miller telling cnn on tuesday that he expects interior arrests of undocumented

immigrants to ramp up in. >> the days and weeks. >> to come. >> when asked. >> about quotas. >> set for ice. >> field offices of at least. 75 arrests per day. stephen miller saying that that was, quote, the floor. not a ceiling. take a listen. >> so first of all, the numbers you cited are a floor, not a ceiling. very importantly, they're a floor. the goal is to arrest at least that many, but hopefully many more. and the department of justice is going to be closely involved in providing the manpower to help achieve those objectives, as laid out in the president's executive order. yes, ice. i.s.i.s., absolutely. prioritizing terrorists, public safety threats and national security threats. >> now, that would suggest a dramatic uptick of arrests of undocumented immigrants in the days. >> and. >> weeks to come. now, stephen miller, maintaining that they are prioritizing those arrests. but anecdotes. have already. been surfacing. >> of some. undocumented immigrants. >> who. >> appear. >> not to have criminal. >> records, who were also. >> swept up over the. course of

these enforcement operations. >> of course. >> trump officials have said that they. >> are targeting public safety and national security threats, but have left on the table that others could be picked up along the way. now, the democratic mayors association is pushing back. in a letter, the president. >> of the democratic mayors. >> association telling mayors the. following that, quote, the first days of this administration have been tumultuous, tumultuous and has called the raids a charade, a charade. and this, as democratic mayors across the country continue to brace for additional enforcement operations in their cities as they also grapple with fear in the immigrant community. priscilla alvarez, cnn, washington. >> priscilla, thank you so much for that report. coming up for us, two people are dead. dozens more are sick. as one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in decades in kansas continues to spread. and cnn goes inside a texas retreat being built and

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76ers have actually won a few games in a row. let's get right to cnn sports anchor coy wire i'm not even being facetious. they just haven't been very good this season. >> are you being facetious. >> never. >> l.a. they were rolling. they had won six of their last seven. but the nba most improved player from last season, tyrese maxey. he's been rolling to averaging more than 30 points his last ten games. super bowl bound eagles in the house darius slay, aj brown, jahan dotson, devonte smith all there to see lebron in the city of brotherly love. and they were treated to a vintage brown 40 year old machine going off for 31 points. but maxey was on a mission, dropping a game high 43 in a 118 104 win for philly. now, john, he says that he and lebron worked out together in the off season at 6 a.m. and after he showed up earlier than lebron a few times, the browns started showing up at 5 a.m. here's maxey on working 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. he was like, all right, cool. but he's just like a big brother to me, you know? all right. two college hoops. number eight. tennessee hosting 12th ranked kentucky in a seismic showdown. and john, watch this. under seven to go. kentucky's ortega drives home the dunk then hits the floor hard. but he is tough. shakes it off. game on. kobe a perfect three for three from beyond the arc, scoring a team high 18. here's tennessee's chance with 10s to go. jordan gainey's three is off, so kentucky hands tennessee their first home loss of the season, 7873. and check out this moment after the game. john young, vols fan looks at kentucky's kobe bryant like, why did you do that to my team, man? but a five and a photo makes everything better. all right. finally, stop what you're doing and watch this avalanche winger artturi lehkonen lost his footing, but that didn't stop him from slotting home. this

pass from nathan mackinnon from the seat of his pants. that would tie the game at one. the islanders go on to win five two, but my goodness, john, the awesome effort, focus and finish from lehkonen is simply outstanding. the 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. streaming on max. john. sometimes life knocks us down, we fall down. but sports teaches us. hey, just get back up. keep swinging. shoot your shot, man. sometimes good things will happen. >> alternatively, you can just do some of your best work sitting down. not that we would know here. kate bolduan. >> i was. >> not expecting that. i was trying. >> to guess. >> where you were going to go. well played, well played. >> i mean. >> he sits down and scores. look, i'm sure cocky is the one where i never i don't know. it's the one on the ice, but i don't. but can't we just chalk this one up to luck? like i know you're saying it's all like,

skill and dee dee dee dee dee. they're all very good at what they do. but that was lucky. >> i don't know, you might hear differently from, like, he probably practices stuff like that, but it's just incredible what they're able to do. we're watching this in slow motion and it's impressive that stuff happens in the blink of an eye. these guys are incredible. >> he came up to me, i'd be like, yeah, okay, you're right. you're amazing. i'm going with the guy who scored the goal to win the game. fine. >> okay, fine. >> i mean, what do i know? i don't obviously nothing. okay. moving on. i'm going to go. okay. stunning video capturing the moment. one of the country's most advanced fighter jets spirals out of control, bursting into flames on impact. thankfully, that parachute that you. you saw no replay again. that parachute you saw is the f-35's pilot. he is. they are okay. this happened yesterday afternoon at eielson air eielson air base near fairbanks, alaska. officials say they are investigating what caused the crash as it came in for a landing. this morning we are also learning leonardo da

vinci's masterpiece. mona lisa will get its own room in the louvre. the announcement is so big that it was made by the french president, emmanuel macron himself. it's part of a massive renovation and expansion project of the louvre, already the world's largest museum. if you are wondering. sounds like though this couldn't come soon enough. there have been a lot of problems with just how it's falling apart. basically, reports of water leaks and temperature control issues that understandably can threaten these priceless pieces of art and artifacts. on his first day in office, president donald trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of nearly all january 6th defendants, some of them convicted of violently attacking police officers at the capitol. we know that happened, and now we've learned a woman in texas is working to turn her home into a retreat for pardoned offenders. here's donie o'sullivan report. >> we're frantically. >> working to get. >> them done. >> i already have two. jay

sixers living on our property. >> this is jenny cudd. she's opening. her home here in the texas countryside to pardoned january sixers. so you are building basically small homes. yes. so there are about 300ft÷ and. will ultimately. >> build five. >> of them. >> there's not very many people. >> that get a. >> second chance at life for could. this is very personal. she was sentenced to two months probation for entering the capitol on january 6th. >> we did. break down the, um. >> nancy pelosi's office door. i had death threats. >> for two years. >> i had over 1001 star reviews. >> on my business card has raised more than $50,000 for the project. the j6. >> road home project. >> is a comprehensive. >> healing program, so. >> we already have in place a national telehealth network. and then we have jobs lined up all over texas that are just waiting

for these guys to get here. >> one of the pardoned january 6th convicts arrived while we were there. >> you are. it is. >> don hazzard was part of the patriot boys of north texas militia. >> i'm glad to meet you. >> you, too. >> welcome. >> he was sentenced to almost five years in prison for his role in january sixth. >> i actually get my face and everything on your news channel. >> among the charges was assaulting police. >> i want the enemy to know exactly who's coming after them. >> until trump's pardon, hazzard had been in federal custody for more than three years. >> and it's nice out here. i like it so i'll have that bathroom will be back there and this will be like a little kitchenette. >> and then the bedroom. >> nice. man. i love that smell of fresh lumber. >> after his release, he drove here to texas. you're a free man now. >> total freedom. total freedom.

i mean, i got my rights back, you know, i was able to go in a gun shop the other day, right? when i got back to texas and check out some firearms and whatnot, you know, without feeling like i was doing without doing something against the law. i'm interested in starting a business and something successful. >> do you regret january 6th at all? do you wish you didn't go.? >> the only regrets that i have at all about what i did was just got outsmarted by the left. it was a total set up. it was a trap and we walked right into it. we did exactly what they wanted us to do. >> the january 6th attack was not a setup, but many of the january 6th convicts that i've spoken to say they believe it was because they think they were set up. they don't have remorse or regret for what they did on that day. so you pled guilty, right? >> i did. but uh, i mean, i was blackmailed into it. i resisted

arrest, you know, they charged me with an assault charge carrying up to 20 years. it's way, way overkill. >> you had, i think, pushed a police officer who was then knocked unconscious. >> that's not really what happened. i tried to go up some stairs. okay? they caught me. they pretty much beat me up as far as i could tell, and then shoved me back down the stairs. i don't think any of us were fairly charged. none of us got a fair shake in court. federal judges, prosecutors, i think they're all guilty of treason. >> do you think there should be retribution? >> most definitely. i think so. i mean, most definitely, i think so. >> you got your dad, your granddad's, your uncle, all military. >> all military. my father in law, my cousin. >> so this is the wall of heroes? >> yes. and it's growing more and more day by day. and now i'm going to