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from the helicopter's black box in that deadly and tragic dc plane collision. as crews continue to remove wreckage from the potomac river. i'm kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn news central. >> and breaking. >> this morning. >> one trade war is on after. >> the. >> u.s. retreated. >> from two others. the wall street journal declared this morning, trump blinks on tariffs against canada and mexico after receiving concessions. the countries had largely agreed to weeks or months ago. but china is a different story. a 10% tariff on chinese imports went into effect at midnight. china retaliated immediately. a 15% tax on u.s. coal, 10% on u.s. crude oil, and large displacement cars and pickup trucks. also, an investigation into google for allegedly violating their anti-monopoly

regulations. so this is the back and forth over just the last few hours. let's get right to cnn's alayna treene at the white house. marc stewart standing by in beijing. eleanor, first to you. this is a trade war, the one that donald trump has not backed off from. >> that's exactly right. and as. >> you mentioned. >> john, the president's, you know, widespread 10% tariffs. on all of chinese goods went into effect at 1201 this morning. we saw beijing immediately retaliate with a barrage of their own measures. but look, this 10% figure is a far cry from the 60% figure. we know that the president repeatedly talked about and threatened to levy on china throughout his time on the campaign trail, and it really signals that if the two countries cannot come to some sort of deal, we could see these tariffs increase even further. now, we did hear the president kind of speak to this yesterday while in the oval office. take a listen to how he put it.

>> we'll have some good meetings with china. we have meetings planned and we'll see what happens. but that was just an opening salvo. if we can't make a deal with china, then the tariffs will be very, very substantial. >> so you heard him, john, say that this is just an opening salvo. now, look, we do know that the president is expected to speak directly with chinese president xi jinping in the coming days. unclear exactly when that will happen. but the key question, of course, is whether or not we could see some sort of swift deal come into place, just like we saw the president reach with both canada and mexico. tariffs, of course, which were supposed to also go into effect at 1201 today. but they were able to push that off for a month while the two sides continue to speak. now, one thing as well that i know i'm picking up on in my conversations is how different republicans could respond to a deal like that. we know many republicans, particularly those on capitol hill, are a bit

skeptical right now of whether the president is still just as hawkish on china as he has been in the past. it seems, you know, if he is willing to make a deal with xi jinping and maybe if these tariffs end up seeing an off ramp like he had with the other countries, we could be hearing a lot of criticism from some of the hawks on capitol hill. >> yeah, that will be one interesting dynamic to watch for sure. stand by. let's go to mark stuart in beijing. and mark elena used the term opening salvo because that's what president trump said. and i think we get the sense this morning that china could have done a lot more, but is keeping some of its powder dry. >> china could have done a lot more. in fact, i was discussing with a colleague earlier today the one item that is not on this tariff list are soy products, which are very important to china because of the big pork industry here. if that were to be on the list, that could have a big impact. but we've been going through this list and a lot of focus is on energy

sources. no question. those are important. but if you look at the chinese economy, china gets energy from so many other places beyond the united states, such as the middle east, such as russia. so in many regards, this is a symbolic move. in fact, the list also includes american pickup trucks, which are not a very popular item among american consumers, something that did catch our attention, though, is that china is targeting two u.s. companies on a corporate level, putting them on what's known as the a list known as the unreliable entities list. two companies, including one pvh, which has calvin klein and tommy hilfiger, two very well known brands under its heading china in the most simple of terms is saying that these companies are not following the rules and that

if china wants to, it can punish it and take action on its investments, its imports, its exports, its worker visas. that could be very detrimental. still waiting to hear from these companies exactly. if they have been notified and and how that will play out. but this phone call that we've been talking about between these two leaders is going to be crucial, because it will determine where this company goes. now that china has retaliated, will the white house throw back more tariffs back at china, or is the table going to be open for negotiation when these two leaders last talked two weeks ago on a phone call, china talked about a fresh new start. we'll have to see if that language holds in this upcoming communication john. >> yeah, we will see if china can get the same results that canada and mexico did from the united states and likewise. all right. mark stuart in beijing, our thanks to alayna treene as well, kate. >> today is the deadline for fbi.

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>> going to be coming in at noon. we expect that the leadership of the fbi is is going to comply. but really, the pushback is very real. inside the fbi, we're talking about roughly half of agents, right. maybe seven, 8000 who worked on january 6th related investigations. this was the largest investigation in the justice department's history. and that's the reason why people are so concerned. and, you know, this all began with a memo that went on friday. i have it right here that went out from emil bove. who is the the acting deputy attorney general and the subject line is terminations, and he's asking for the names of everyone, former and current agents and analysts who worked on january 6th related cases, as well as a hamas related case that the justice department brought last year and the pushback you're getting is is real. i'll read you just a part of an email that came from james

dennehy, the head of the new york field office, to his employees. he says, i will support each and every one of you with whatever personal decision you make, but i'm sticking around to defend you, your work, your families and this team we call the flagship. time for me to dig in and i'll tell you this, the other thing that's happening is that you have outside groups, outside lawyers who are representing agents, and some of the prosecutors who've already been purged. by the way, sara, from the justice department, there are dozens of prosecutors who have already been fired for simply touching anything related to donald trump. i'll read you a part of the letter that went from those lawyers. it says if you proceed with terminations and or public exposure of terminated employees identities, we stand ready to vindicate their rights through available legal means. so that is potentially a lawsuit going to court and asking for a judge to try to prevent these terminations. we'll see if that happens today. but again, one of the things that we're

expecting, obviously, is not only for the justice department to get these names, but pam bondi the new attorney general. she's expected to get a vote perhaps as soon as tomorrow. so we'll have a new attorney general in place, and we'll see whether she actually goes goes through with these these potential firings or any kind of punishment for these agents. sara. >> this is a real potential assault on the rule of law. these agents were ostensibly doing the job that they are charged to do, which is to try to protect america from. they within and outside of the united states. this is the job that they were charged with doing a lot of consternation. i know that you have been learning about from those who were there. evan perez, thank you so much for all of your reporting there, john. >> all right. this morning, new reporting that president trump is preparing an executive order aimed at dismantling the department of education. and if you have not yet secured tickets to the super bowl, now might be the time. ticket prices dropping

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who's giving so much, it was awesome. that's what it's all about. >> that's what it's all. >> about, for sure. >> now demario and tamala, for over a decade, kate, drew, they're devoted dreamer's foundation and their friends at ashly. they've been able to change lives. and stevie was no different. she was so nervous she couldn't move. she said, i can't wait to tell my boyfd about this. and she's a chiefs fan, so she's going to be there to see if her team can pull off that first ever three peat in the super bowl that is on. >> that is a really, really beautiful moment and also a perfect opportunity to celebrate some fun. but i mean, seriously, how many trains did you schedule right about now? i mean. >> who did this? where's my producer dan? did you? i mean, we're on live tv. you know this, right? this is not a look live. yeah. you know, this is murphy's law. have fun with you. >> kate murphy's law of news. if it can't happen, it always

happens, right when the live shot begins. but i expect a lot now. we had trains today. tomorrow i need fireworks in the middle of your live shot or something. so get working, get working. >> hey, i'm going to have beignets. i'm going to hurricanes. whatever their special drink is here. grenades or something. i saw these huge drinks on bourbon street. look out, kate, don't tempt me. we will have lots of fun on your hits here. >> from the cutest part about this is he's like, what's that drink? i don't know what it is. i couldn't possibly know what that drink is. okay, we'll see what? >> it was glowing. i was like, what is that? >> yeah, it's called party in a cup. yeah. okay, great. sarah. >> party on bourbon street. uh, my money's on coy wire. if it's coy wire versus a train, whistle my money. any day. my money's on coi. but someone did not seem to like his report because they tried to drown. >> i don't know, maybe he loved it so much. they were like, we want more coi. >> don't think i didn't notice that you're wearing chiefs colors. anywho. moving on, i.

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china laying out their retaliatory tariffs. they said that february 10th they're going to impose a 15% tariff on coal and liquefied natural gas. that's coming from the united states, 10% tariff on crude oil, agriculture, machinery and some vehicles. but that's not all. they're also going to impose new export controls on metals. they're adding two u.s. companies to a sanctions list, including the parent company of tommy hilfiger and calvin klein. and they're launching this anti-monopoly google investigation. so when you put it all together, this looks like a relatively measured response from china, right? they could have done more. and yet this does open the door to a potential for tat situation, because the executive order that president trump signed the other day includes specific language that says that if china hits back, then the president can up the tariffs as well. so this is heating up u.s. and china, even as the north american trade tensions, thankfully, are cooling down right with hours to

spare. yesterday, trump delayed for one month the tariffs on canada 25%. the tariffs on mexico as well. he says he's satisfied with some of the commitments that canada and mexico have made, although there is some debate over how groundbreaking those commitments are. the wall street journal put out an op ed where they said that trump blinked on the north american tariffs, and they said that none of this means the tariffs are some genius power play. they said that the tax that's 25% border tax could return in a month. if mr. trump is in the wrong mood, or if he doesn't like something that the foreign leaders have said or done. so look, sarah. clearly tariff man is back, right? the tariffs are dialed up. they're dialed down. they're paused. they're ramped up. so much chaos and confusion for consumers, for investors ceos. oh the market hates that completely. >> so when it comes to to consumers and american consumers in particular, when you see things like oil and coal, i mean, we're talking about energy prices potentially. what could they experience with this? >> yeah. look, even the

president has acknowledged that there could be some pain from this trade battle. we've heard that from economists and trade experts again and again. now, to put a finer point on it, the peterson institute put out some new research where they said that the typical family is going to get hit by $1,200 per year. this is from the tariffs that were just imposed on china and the ones that could come in a month on canada and on mexico. and look, the less money you make, the more you're going to feel this. this research finds that if you are in the bottom 20% of earners, this is going to eat up about 3% of your paycheck. if you're living paycheck to paycheck, that is something you're going to notice, much less just barely 1% of the top 20% of earners. and if you're in the top 1%, you're not even going to notice this at all. so just another reminder here, right? i mean, people are still hurting from high prices at the grocery store. rent, insurance. this could add insult to injury. >> it is going to get rough if it doesn't get sorted out. matt egan i think the other countries

like china and and mexico, especially mexico and canada, thinking with friends like this, who needs enemies like at this point when economically this is a big deal? thank you so much. i really appreciate it, john. >> all right. new this morning, the fate of the u.s. agency for international development, usaid hangs in the balance, or maybe even beyond the balance this morning. secretary of state marco rubio says he is the acting head of the agency, where thousands of workers have been told to stay home and countless programs are on ice. let's get to cnn's jennifer hansler at the state department. you've done great reporting on all of this. is it clear what's next? >> well, john, it's not clear what's next. but what is clear is it's already having an impact on the aid industry here in the united states and abroad. and that means american workers, these workers were already reeling from the impact of that foreign aid freeze that the administration put into effect less than two. >> weeks ago. >> and now they are bracing for potentially more impact if the u.s. agency for international development is shuttered. one

person told me that people are already losing their jobs left and right because this foreign aid freeze that was put in effect did not only just pause future work, it also immediately stopped a lot of existing work, and it stopped the payment out to these organizations, to these contractors that employ hundreds, if not thousands of workers. and people might not know that these workers are based here in the united states. one d.c. trade association, according to a source, reports that its members have up to $350 million in unpaid bills, and that has forced them to furlough some 2000 staffers. and the impact of this is expected to get worse if u.s. aid is abolished. people expect significant reductions in the workforce there. if this happens. i want to read you a quote from danny bejar, who's a senior fellow at the center for global development, who said, you're talking about thousands of people here and abroad, american companies, that what they do is implement u.s. aid programs. a lot of the money from usaid is helping foreign countries grow and develop

stronger commercial ties with the u.s., so people are bracing for continued fallout, continued ripple effects, not only from that foreign aid freeze, but for the potential abolition of this independent agency. >> john and jennifer, the secretary of state, marco rubio, just left for meetings with el salvador. and there were some, i don't know, interesting or unusual offers made by the el salvadoran leader. >> well, that's right. john rubio said that el salvador had agreed to this, what he called unprecedented agreement where they would house not only deportees from any nationality, but also violent u.s. criminals. rubio praised this potential agreement, and the el salvadoran president, bukele, posted that they would take them for a small fee, which would be relatively low for the u.s. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable. but there are questions, john, if this is even legal, to deport u.s. citizens to another country. >> all right. yeah, hard to understand how that would work legally. jennifer hansler at the state department. thank you for

your reporting this morning. >> to my friends who are upset, i would say with respect, you know, call somebody who cares. they better get used to this. it's usaid today. it's going to be department of education tomorrow. >> that is republican senator john kennedy speaking yesterday and this morning, the wall street journal is reporting that the president's team is weighing new executive orders to move toward completely dismantling the department of education. and sources also tell cnn the department put dozens of employees on paid leave this past friday. cnn's rene marsh has much more of this reporting. joining us from washington. what are you learning, rene, about these moves against the department of education? >> kate. good morning. yes. at least 75 employees, career employees at the department of education, have been placed on paid administrative leave. and that is according to the union that represents career employees at the education department. and that number is a low ball

number, an estimate because it does not include employees who are also impacted but are not union members. now, many of them learned via email and then their work email accounts had been suspended. we do know that they will be paid for an indefinite period of time. the department of education, in a statement to cnn, said that they are, quote, evaluating the staffing in line with the commitment to prioritizing meaningful learning ahead of diverse, dive. divisive ideology in schools and putting student outcomes above special interests. in other words, they're linking the latest round of employee purges to die. but the union says that the job roles of the employees placed on leave had nothing to do with die. one employee worked in a grant office. another worked on integrating a.i. with education. another was an attorney who dealt with discrimination complaints. and the common

denominator that these employees had were that they all attended this two day training for diversity, equity and inclusion that was required for managers and strongly encouraged for others. during the first trump administration. and then they did a refresher course under the biden administration. you know, i spent the evening speaking to several of these employees, many of them who have been at the agency for decades. within the group, there are veterans. others have spouses who also work in the federal government. so this is certainly a time where the agency, as one put it, is paralyzed at this moment. and they are certainly not serving the mission that they have for the american public, and they're just afraid of what's to come. kate. >> renée, thank you so much for the reporting. john. >> all right. with us now is congressman pat ryan, a democrat from new york. congressman, thanks so much for being with us. i want to go back to the tariffs, if i can, for just a moment, because a lot has happened over the last 24 hours. and i want to read you two competing accounts of what happened. right. the wall street

journal editorial board, their headline was trump blinks on north american tariffs. the president pauses after minor concessions from canada and mexico. but karoline leavitt, who was the white house press secretary. her view is canada is bending the knee just like mexico. so which is it? >> thanks for having me. i mean, you said a lot happened. if you zoom out, at least with canada, mexico, very little happened. i actually rare moment agree with the wall street journal that trump got rolled here. the supposed wins that he's trumpeting and his press secretary is trumpeting were already in place. i mean, you guys have reported on this as well. these were agreed to in the previous administration. what gets lost in this is the impact on the american people, especially on the china tariffs. you were reporting on it earlier in an earlier segment. it's really important. look, my constituents, the number one, number one, two and three concern of folks in the hudson valley of new york is affordability. tariffs will

undoubtedly drive up costs. you shared some of those numbers earlier and people are living paycheck to paycheck. this is the opposite of what trump ran on and what the american people want. and my job is to stand up and fight against that and remind people, you know, whether it's going after agencies or introducing tariffs. these aren't theoretical things. these are going to hurt the american people. and that should us all off. and i think we're starting to see the american people in a very patriotic way, say no way. >> all right. what should you all off? >> that the president of the united states, in a pursuit of power for himself, and more wealth for the folks in the front row of his swearing in which the richest people in the world is hurting everybody else, hurting the american people, blustering and making threats, sowing chaos and division, all while he's allowing the most powerful and rich person in the history of the world, elon musk, to have access to our personal private data in an unprecedented, unconstitutional way. and we need to be out there talking about that. but

connecting it to everybody's lived lives and the financial pressure this is going to put on them. >> so you say we need to be out there talking about it. i assume you're talking about democrats because people have come to you over the last weeks and months because you out. you're in a swing district in new york, and you outran vice president harris by what, like 11 points there. so people are asking you, how do you do it? how do you do it? what's the way? and you've been talking about elites. what do you mean, exactly? >> i mean, elon musk, who no one elected having more power than cabinet appointees, literally being seated in front of them. and president trump chose to put his own. these ultra wealthy donors that he's now beholden to ahead of his own cabinet, which is confirmed constitutionally by the senate. and that's going to be harmful to the american people. that's not just something that should theoretically bother us. it's going to hurt people's lives. and i think that we have to be clear when there are villains,

we have to talk about them. and i think at this point, that is mr. musk. and we have to talk about heroes, which are the american people. and so when you said, who should be talking about this, it's not just democrats. every american who believes in our constitution and the values that i risked my life in combat 27 months to defend should be out there regardless of party. this is a moment, and we saw this in the first trump administration. where will we? we will see a broader coalition stand up and say, this is not who we are as as a country. >> do you think? and i know you say it's more than just democrats. do you think house democrats have found their footing? >> i think we need to show the urgency. certainly for me, it's been very urgent, calling out specific impacts on my constituents. for example, just over the weekend, the va hospital in my district, which i also go to as a veteran, announce they're closing 20 beds of an inpatient veteran health care beds for those struggling with addiction and mental health because of the trump hiring

freeze. that's outrageous. and it's also, by the way, exactly what they outlined in project 2025, as is going after all these other agencies. and we need to call that out, but make it real and talk about these local impacts. >> yeah. on that note, and we're going to talk about this a little bit later too. but waffle house just announced they're putting a 50 cent per egg surcharge on their menu. and a lot of this has to do with the bird flu outbreak and the fact that egg prices have gone up because of that. but but i can think of a time, you know, a year and a half ago where a 50 cent surcharge on eggs from waffle house would have been 24 hour headlines on a certain news network. >> well, and regardless of what the headlines are, the lived experience of my constituents and the american people is they're being further and further harmed. whether you're trying to buy food for yourself or you're a small business owner. you know, my favorite diner in the district was talking about with the owner about how harmful the rising cost of specifically eggs have been. and these tariffs will will only make that worse. and

any business owner knows that. and so it almost defies just logic of normal americans that this is what he's doing. and we have to call that out. >> congressman pat ryan from new york, great to see you. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> sara. >> as john and the congressman were just talking about back from the dead, more than 20 years later, buffy the vampire slayer could be returning to tv. who will and who won't be back next year? that's not what they were talking about. they were talking about eggs. but that went away. and so i caused confusion. you're welcome to.

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airport. following all of the latest moves in this investigation. what are you learning, gabe? >> well, kate, let's talk about. >> that helicopter black box. >> for a moment, because hopefully. >> it is giving. >> investigators the. flight data and voice recordings that they. >> need to get a much clearer picture. >> of what. >> exactly was going on on that black hawk just. >> before this crash, and hopefully answer some of the big questions that we still have. >> for example, we know that the early data from the black boxes on the jet indicate that the crash happened at an altitude of about 325ft. that is well above the 200 foot limit for helicopters along that route on the potomac. investigators are going to want to know why that helicopter was flying so high. we also know that on air traffic audio from the night of the crash, you can hear the pilots on the black hawk give a verbal confirmation to the tower that they can see that american

airlines flight, and that they plan to pass behind it. and yet we can see the crash with seemingly little evasive action. so it begs the question, were they looking at lights on a different aircraft? what exactly was the source of confusion there, kate? we do not know at this point, but those are the types of answers that investigators may get from flight data and voice recordings on that black box. and we also know that investigators have been gathering a lot more radar data, because they want to make sure that the air traffic controllers who were in the tower the night of the crash were actually getting the altitude of the helicopter in real time. as this happens. so clearly a lot of pieces are still coming into place and hoping we get an update from investigators on all of those strands a little bit later today., and gave some of the reporting you brought to us yesterday, was that the they were bringing in this big, that massive crane. >> we're showing pictures of to start taking some of the wreckage out of the water and removing it from the water.

what's the latest on that effort? >> yeah. so that crane is just behind me, out in the potomac, a few thousand feet. they started this salvage operation yesterday. they removed one of the jet's engines, as well as a large, jagged piece of the fuselage. they are expecting to be able to remove the jet's cockpit a little bit later today. so they have made quite a bit of progress. the. goal is not just removing the wreckage, it is also finding the 12 of the 67 victims who have not yet been identified and recovered. we know that 67 people died in this crash and families right now, kate, are grieving, planning funerals. we heard from andy beyer, a father and husband in virginia who lost his daughter brielle, 12 years old, and his wife justina, in the crash. here's what he told our colleague kaitlan collins last

night. >> i go through these moments of like, extreme, like sadness and and tears, and then i get flat and numb and, you know, and then i feel guilty that i'm not just crying all the time, you know? but it's just it's just been hard. they deserve to be remembered. they deserve to have their story known to the world. i mean, everyone dies, right? and they live on in our memories. and i want people to have a memory of them so that they live on and, kate, i spoke over the phone to andy beyer yesterday. >> he has a a young son, i believe, six years old as well. so these families are juggling the grief that they're feeling, taking care of other loved ones. we saw this powerful moment on sunday where a large group of them gathered at the end of the runway at the wreckage site. they're feeling so much, kate, and still waiting for answers on

the investigation, as we all are. >> yeah, absolutely. so tragic. gabe, thank you so much for your continued reporting on this. john. >> all right. this morning, as we just noted, a new major search at waffle house, the popular restaurant chain says each egg ordered will now cost an extra $0.50. waffle house says the nation's ongoing egg shortage caused by the bird flu is behind the temporary price hike. egg prices jumped after a resurgence of the virus killed millions of egg laying hens last month. this morning, gerber is pulling its soothe and chew teething sticks from stores after numerous complaints that young children were choking on them. one baby ended up in the e.r. the teething sticks were sold online and across the u.s. in puerto rico. the recall covers the strawberry, apple, and banana flavors. consumers can return them for a refund. so big news this morning for vampires and those who seek to vanquish them. a reboot of buffy the vampire slayer is said to be in the works. the hollywood reporter reports the new buffy

will focus on a new slayer original star sarah michelle gellar. reportedly will also appear in the reboot. the rumored hulu project is described as the next chapter in the buffy verse. no word yet on when that next chapter of the buffy verse will launch. sarah. >> i'm looking forward to it and i'm sure you are too. john berman all right. we are standing by for a critical white house meeting later today between president trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the meeting will be trump's first in-person sit down with a foreign leader this term, and the stakes are incredibly high, with the gaza cease right now in the balance. cnn's global affairs analyst kim dozier is joining us now with her expertise. thank you so much for coming in this morning for us. what, if anything, do you expect to come out of this meeting when it comes to gaza and the fragile ceasefire and hostage release that we are now seeing? well, outwardly, president trump has said some

things that would make prime minister bibi netanyahu very pleased. he has hinted that he wouldn't mind. an expansion of israel's territory into the west bank. he has said openly he's. >> called for. >> palestinians to be essentially expelled. from gaza while the place is. >> rebuilt and. taken in by. >> egypt and jordan, which both of. >> them have rejected. but the tensions will lie in the fact that netanyahu. >> believes that. >> the war has to. >> continue in gaza. >> trump wants it over with. >> so he can switch to an expansion of the abraham accords between, for. >> instance. >> israel and saudi arabia. >> yeah, every modern president before donald trump has tried to usher in, or at least back, the idea of a two state solution, which has been the united states policy on israel and the palestinian territories. and you just mentioned, you know, in his own words, trump said, look, israel's a pretty small piece of land. he hinted that he wouldn't object to israel taking over the west bank is the

two state solution dead with netanyahu at the helm in israel? and if the u.s. and donald trump no longer makes a two state solution, its policy. it could be, if. >> not for saudi arabia, sticking to the two state solution as the only way it will move forward with any sort of rapprochement with israel. so trump is going to have to get educated about that. netanyahu is going to come in with some compelling stories of how the hostages have been treated. steve witkoff, the middle east envoy, has been spending time on the ground with hostage families. he's going to be hearing about all the bad things that hamas has done and how hamas needs to be defanged, but then you're going to have riyadh come in and say, i'm the king of jordan is supposed to be visiting soon as well, saying, the only way that you will have peace in the middle east, true peace, if is if there is a two state