but we believe in america. american values, and supporting the policies of any president, regardless of party or political affiliation. that is our jobs, whether it's a republican administration or a democratic administration, we implement their policy, and i have personally done so under george w. bush, barack obama, donald trump and joe biden. i do that willingly, and we do it every day. >> what will it mean with 10,000 employees, if indeed this happens the way the trump administration and and elon musk's doge group wants it to? 10,000 employees leaving, whether they are fired or pushed out or resigned with just 300 people, about left is the agency essentially closed? what will that do to the work of usaid? >> we will be effectively

closed. we will not be able to do any work that we have been doing for the last 60 years, since usaid was founded. humanitarian assistance will stop. food aid will stop being distributed, medication to fight hiv will stop, immunization programs will stop programs that support the private sector development and create jobs in countries overseas will stop our partnerships with american companies will stop. and not only that, in addition to the 10,000 u.s. aid employees, the private sector and the nonprofit sector will also face tremendous layoffs as they are forced to reduce their staff because they no longer have funds from the u.s. government. and these are groups like world vision, catholic relief services, save the children, numerous small businesses in america. and lastly, let me just say this. if we stop humanitarian assistance, we buy that food from american farmers close to $2 billion a year is purchasing american

produced farm commodities. i'm not sure where those farm commodities are going to get sold if the u.s. government isn't buying it and distributing it overseas to save lives. >> randy chester, thank you for giving us some sense of just how broad of an impact this could make. everything from people not receiving hiv medications to farmers not being able to sell their products, and having to figure out where else they can make their money. i really appreciate you coming on at this difficult time. a new hour of cnn news central starts right now. >> all right. a judge halts the president's plans to purge the government workforce. so what's next? we're standing by for a critical jobs report just minutes away. new details on what it will mean for you. and what is the one super bowl commercial you will be talking about on monday? you don't have to wait until monday. we'll tell

you now. >> ever ask. >> yourself how buffalo got. >> a team? >> these wings deserve a team. >> yeah, they got a good team name for buffalo bill. buffalo. buffalo. they'd do anything to sell food. >> yeah. not sure if it will be that ad, but maybe we'll let you know. i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate baldwin. this is cnn news central. >> this morning, president trump's plan to overhaul the federal workforce is on hold. a federal judge paused the trump administration's so-called buyout offer, pushing back yesterday's deadline to monday. the judge halting the program amid a fight over whether it's even legal. so far, at least 65,000 federal workers, though, have accepted the offer to resign. now, federal unions are questioning whether the trump administration will actually be able to follow through on the promise of continuing to pay

those employees through september. one union has called it a, quote, clear case of bait and switch, saying some irs workers who accepted the offer have been told they have to work through may 15th for the tax filing season instead of leaving immediately. all of that is playing out as elon musk loses a key doge staffer who resigned after he was linked to controversial posts online. cnn's kevin liptak is at the white house for us. kevin, what is the white house saying about this pause in their offer to buy out, if you will, some of these employees? but really, to push out these employees? >> well, they say that they're grateful that this deadline has been extended for federal workers to essentially choose to put themselves on paid administrative leave until september or face the risk of layoffs, which is something that the white house has said are coming as they work to drastically reduce the size of

the federal government. now, as of last night, as you said, about 65,000 federal workers had taken the white house up on its offer. that is well below their target of 5 to 10% of the federal workforce, or about 100,000 people. i'll also just note it's well below just annual attrition numbers in the government. every year, about 100,000 people retire from the government, so they're well below just that level alone. and i think it just goes to show the degree of suspicion and skepticism that a lot of federal workers have around this offer. they're really wondering whether that money will actually materialize. that was the crux of this lawsuit from those three federal unions, who are essentially saying that because congress hasn't appropriated this money for severance, that it may not be legal now. and i think that just goes to show how much federal workers are regarding this plan and how suspicious they are of what the white house is trying to do. now, yesterday, the white house

press secretary, karoline leavitt, after this was put on hold, said that they were grateful for the judge for extending the deadline. so more federal workers who refused to show up to the office can take the administration up on this very generous, once in a lifetime offer. but at the end of the day, this is just one of so many executive actions that the president has taken that will be tied up in courts. in part, this was the strategy to flood the zone, to flood the courts with these actions potentially reaching all the way to the supreme court. the white house, when it comes to all of these legal challenges, feels very good about where they will stand with the high court that has a conservative majority. >> kevin, can you give us some details of what happened with one of elon musk's doge employees who ended up having to resign himself? >> yeah, and this is all to speak to these teams that are being implanted in government agencies and departments with an enormous amount of suspicion by

the agencies themselves. this was an individual who had been assigned to treasury, who had been given access to to some treasury payment systems, who resigned after some old social media posts surfaced advocating racist and eugenic viewpoints. after the wall street journal raised these posts with the white house, he resigned. and i think it just goes to speak to some of the individuals who are part of this effort, led by donald trump and elon musk, to gain access to data systems to payment systems across the federal government as they work to dramatically reshape how that government will look. >> yeah, a lot of people concerned, unelected and some of them unvetted kevin liptak liptak. thank you so much for your reporting there from the white house, john. >> got to say, an angelic kevin liptak with a halo effect right there. he just looks dreamy this morning. there he is. look at him. yeah, really? thank you. thank you. kevin, we'll let you float away on angels wings. >> we're a chorus this morning.

>> so this morning, the path of a huge part of president trump's agenda is up in the air. in theory, he needs congress for this, though he's largely gone behind its back for most of the last few weeks. but he will need congress for the budget, tax cuts, legislation. and right now, congress is struggling to figure out how to manage all of this. let's get right to cnn's lauren fox. lauren, republicans trying to find a path. how close are they yeah, republicans have unified government. >> they have the house. they have the senate, they have the white house. and yet there's deep divisions between the strategy that both house republicans and senate republicans are moving toward right now. both of those chambers on a collision course. and this isn't about republicans and democrats going up against one another, but republicans within those two chambers have two very different views right now of how to approach donald trump's agenda. and here's a little bit of the dynamic that's going on in the senate. they are tired of waiting and they want to move forward with

this two bill strategy. essentially, they're going to move forward next week with the first step in trying to pass a budget and defense bill that would include about $150 in border, $150 billion, excuse me, in border security, $150 billion in defense spending. and then that would be offset by additional cuts. senator lindsey graham, who's the budget chairman, said he's going to take those first steps next week. meanwhile, house republicans have been trying to work toward a one big, beautiful bill strategy for donald trump, arguing that that is the way that they want to move forward. they met at the white house. republican leadership, donald trump, jd vance for about five hours yesterday trying to hash out exactly how to move forward. they've had deep divisions within their conference about how much spending to cut. you have conservatives who want to have more than $2 trillion in cuts. you have leadership who initially floated a number under $1 trillion. so there's a lot of confusion right now about how

they're going to move forward. but they are saying they made a lot of progress yesterday. here's speaker johnson. >> our message to our. >> friends and colleagues. >> in the senate. >> is allow the house to do its work. we are moving this as quickly and as expeditiously as possible. very positive developments today. we're really grateful to the president for leaning in. >> and reading between the lines. you can hear speaker johnson essentially saying, lay off u.s. senate. let us move forward with our own budget bill next week. so far, though, what we are seeing from senate republicans is they're going to move ahead with their plan to. so you're potentially going to have two different plans moving through congress and each chamber. and then they're just going to have to fight it out and decide whose plan has the most votes. >> john little house on senate crime here and vice versa. nice to see that some things in washington never change. lauren fox, thank you so much for being with us, kate. >> and joining us right now is cnn senior political analyst mark preston. it's good to see you. mark, let's let's get to

the one big beautiful bill in just a second. let's start with the the swift and massive move by donald trump and elon musk to streamline the federal government, which has meant so far massive cuts and disruption to agencies and programs. usaid is seeing real impact right now, and it's emblematic of what they're going for. i've seen reporting in the new york times of dozens of clinical trials all over the world on medicines, fighting everything from malaria to cholera. they've been suspended mid-trial with unclear what these people who are in the middle of the trial do now. i mean, do you think there is any buyer's remorse with the elon musk approach to streamlining things? >> no. >> in fact, i think that they're looking at it as a huge success because no one's been able to stop them. and in fact. >> if you. >> hear people now talking here in washington, they're telling democrats to let usaid go. just let it go because. it's a loser and it's a loser in the sense that you can go through and pick

out any program. and usaid, and you can make a case about why the united states shouldn't be using its tax dollars to spend overseas. now, having said that, usaid is is is an organization that is much more than an aid organization, you know, that goes overseas. i mean, there is there's a lot of connections it has with our intelligence, uh, apparatus from the united states. and it also creates a, a, an ability to have a bit of soft power in these countries. you don't have to go in with guns, and you don't have to go in. and, you know, in order. >> to try to influence them often. that's why they see it as a good investment. >> exactly. however, you can still go through and find out some something about condoms or about abortions or about something that is going to upset some people. but what is amazing, though, kate, is that if they're able to do it with usaid, are they going to be able to do it with every bit of government? and honestly, i don't know who can stop them at

this point. >> is there any, i guess, is the question. i mean, courts, maybe there's there's challenges to some some aspects of what they want to do with the federal workforce. but can democrats do anything? i guess we have to set aside or ignore the fact that appropriators d and r alike forever have obsessively protected what is congress's power? and saying it is their their sole power is, which is where they put taxpayer dollars and where taxpayer dollars are spent. setting aside the fact that republicans seem to not be obsessively protective of it at this moment. >> well, they've abdicated all of their they've abdicated the one third power of government that the framers created when they created our our country, our nation here. right. there's the executive, the legislative and the judicial. right now, donald trump owns all three. so i don't see republicans pushing back at all on what donald trump wants as far as democrats go. i mean, right now, um, they're

toothless. they're toothless. at this point, they don't seem to have a coherent message. there's certainly no leader right now not to say that we should, uh, be critical of them because of that. they're obviously going through some changes. but this is what i would say about the u.s. government, because i thought about this in just very simple terms. and i thought, could the u.s. government ever be the same? uh, you know, from what it was, let's say, five years ago to, let's say five years from now, and i thought about the lyrics to the nursery rhyme humpty dumpty. humpty dumpty sat on the wall. humpty dumpty had a great fall. all the king's horses and all the king's men. couldn't put humpty back together again. now putting aside the fact that how could a horse even put together a broken egg person. but putting that aside, kate, that's the u.s. government. it is fragile. it has fallen off the wall. it is shattered. there's no way we're going to put it back the way that it was created. you know,

back when this nation was put together back in 1776. >> yeah. i mean, how many. mark, i love you. um. i just would like the record to reflect. i do. i did see you look down to read this nursery rhyme, which also indicates how many times you read that nursery rhyme to your children, which is zero. >> i'm judging by the way i'm sitting here. literally. if i had glasses on judging. you didn't know the words to humpty dumpty. >> sarah. >> not fake news. i will say that i didn't know. >> all. >> the. >> words. >> i love. >> at least he's accurate, always accurate. >> preston. accuracy is all that matters here. mark preston. i love you, sarah. i love. >> you more. >> that just happened on cnn. okay? you know, things happen. all right. the new a.i. startup deepseek r1 shook up wall street, as you know. now, some lawmakers are talking about banning the chinese app from government devices. we will explain why. and security measures have been amped up, of course, around new orleans, how law enforcement is keeping the

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congressman darin lahood, a republican from illinois. congressman, thanks so much for being with us. explain why you're concerned about deep sea and how this bill would address it. >> well. >> john. i come. >> to this conclusion about deep sea serving. >> on the. >> house intelligence committee. >> i also. >> serve on our select. >> committee on china. >> and from a national security standpoint, we have to understand china is an adversary. and when you look at this app and you look at deep seek and the direct connection to the ccp, the communist chinese. >> party. >> that's deeply disturbing to me. and congressman gottheimer and a number of other. >> people. >> as we've seen, the ccp continues to abide by a different set of rules and standards. they steal our intellectual property. they steal our personal data. we've seen that with huawei. we've seen it with tiktok, and now we've seen it with deep sea. and i would also add, john, it's not just us that have noticed this. there's a number of other countries and allies around the globe that have banned deep seek. australia has

recently done it. belgium has done it. italy has done it, south korea has done it. and so we've introduced this legislation in a bipartisan way from a national security standpoint and to protect the privacy rights and the data from u.s. citizens. >> right now, you're trying to ban it from government devices. ultimately, do you think you'll need to take action on all devices in the u.s.? >> of course, similar to what we did with tiktok, we should be looking at. i also would say this, john, i start with the predicate. let's not forget china has a plan to replace the united states, and they're working at it every single day. they want to beat us technologically, militarily, economically, diplomatically. and again, it's interesting. on deep seek, you will never see any criticism of xi jinping of the communist chinese party. you won't see any support for taiwan and their freedom and opportunity there. this is something that shouldn't be on government devices. we cannot

trust the ccp to be involved with this app and this a.i. apparatus. >> so, congressman, your concerns sound a lot like the concerns that you voiced when you voted for the tiktok ban last year. correct? >> correct. >> and president trump has kind of paused that because he said he used the app and he liked it. so what concerns do you have over the fact that that, you know, this ban, the tiktok ban that you voted on, that congress passed is not currently now being implemented? >> well. >> i think it will. i mean, it's going through the legal process. if you look at the vote in the house of representatives on the tiktok ban, overwhelmingly bipartisan. and by the way, at the time, jd vance supported it in the senate, marco rubio supported it. mike waltz supported it. elise stefanik supported it. all people in the new administration, i have confidence that the way we wrote the law, the way that it's been

upheld by the supreme court, i think it's just a matter of time before what we ask to do, which is to have the communist chinese party not be a part of tiktok. and i think there'll be a divestment, divestment here soon. >> do you think it's unfortunate that it has to wait at least until april? yeah. >> well, yeah, i think waiting an extra month and giving time to find a new buyer and and separating it from the communist chinese party is part of the process. i would also say that putting vice president vance in charge of this, as president trump has done, working with the national security advisor, mike waltz. i have immense confidence in both of them to look out for the best interest of u.s. citizens and to protect our data and make sure the communist chinese party, our adversary, is not, you know, stealing our intellectual property. >> you mentioned some of the news that i first saw. i think it was in punchbowl this morning, which is that the vice president and mike waltz, the national security advisor, have been put in charge of trying to

find a buyer. do you actually think that bytedance wants to sell its algorithm? and would you be satisfied with anything other than a complete separation from china altogether well, if you look at the genesis of the legislation related to tiktok, that's exactly what we asked for. >> that's what the congress overwhelmingly voted for. yes, we can have any affiliation with the ccp. again, the ccp abides by a different set of rules and standards. go back and look at huawei. look at what tiktok has done. look at the fact that again, they there's a back door to the communist chinese party and they have a track record that, you know, has been adversarial to the united states. they they are an adversary need to be treated that way. and i think both of them will come up with a solution that protects america. >> well. well, we will see. as you said, there is a law in place not exactly being followed by the letter of it at this point, but we'll see what happens. congressman darin lahood, we appreciate you being with us this morning. kate.

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discrimination. >> that was the first openly transgender ncaa division swimmer. for more on this, i am joined by our cari champion, cnn contributor and host of naked sports with kari champion, your podcast. now, we just should be clear that no one is naked. >> yes. >> we're all clothed. this podcast. >> yes, exactly. >> but you look fabulous. all right. i do want to ask you this. so there i looked up the numbers of female athletes, and as you know, i played volleyball division one at university of florida, and there are about 262,000 female athletes playing in the ncaa. and only according to the ncaa president, there are less than ten transgender athletes in college sports as we speak today. so a tiny number of people. i guess the question is, why has this turned into such a big deal? >> i think that's a. >> great question, because i do believe that people who. >> cover sports. >> such as. >> myself and others are

wondering. >> how did. this become a huge topic and something that people. >> really were. >> upset about when there are only ten? and to your point, there. >> are. a little over half. >> a million student athletes according to the ncaa. and i think this became a big issue because people were concerned or there was a fear that was put out in the atmosphere. that was a real issue. and and quite frankly, those that i've been speaking with said it's really not a concern in terms of there isn't a line of transgender athletes trying to compete in women and girls sports, and so they don't know how we got to this point. but now what they're trying to look at is what to do next with this executive order. does it violate title nine? is it a constitutional violation? and so we'll see because it's playing out right now in the courts. >> i do want to talk to you because i have talked to several female athletes over the years, because this has been an issue that was brought up mostly by, you know, sort of trump and the right. but it has been a long standing issue that has been sort of blown up. and many of the female athletes that i've

spoken to, while they do not like most of trump's policies, this is the only one that they say, you know what? i hate to admit it, but i actually think that this is a good policy because they are concerned of the biological differences and the fact that they may lose scholarships that women have fought for so long to have in sports. so this is one of those issues that sort of jumps. >> i agree. politics a little bit. you're right on. i most female athletes that i've talked to really don't like to get into it because it's such a controversial conversation. but if they're honest, they will say what you have heard as well and what it is. as we talk about the science, i am no doctor by any means, but i think one of their main concerns and what i keep hearing over and over again, is the puberty issue, especially if a transgender athlete has already gone through puberty and then they decide, okay, i want to play in high school or college sports. they feel like there is an edge, a competition edge, a physical edge. as we talked to, as you just mentioned, about biology. however, i think right now with trump's executive order, they're

in the process of, of as as we just saw charlie baker, head of the ncaa, says, we're going to institute this rule. we are this is the executive order. and if anyone needs in on the collegiate level, especially need some sort of assistance implementing it, or if there are athletes who feel like they are being marginalized, they'll try to work with them as well. they're trying to say the right things, but this is one of these issues. when it's all said and done, was never, to me, a huge issue because, as you pointed out, ten. >> less than. >> less than ten. and that was in december of 2024, less than a month ago when we got those numbers. >> and those less than ten athletes feel attacked under the gun because they are being being attacked. kari, champion, it's always so wonderful to see you. thank you. >> so much. thank you so much. good to see and congratulations. >> thank you. >> i appreciate it. >> over to you, mr. john. >> all right. breaking just moments ago, the jobs report matt egan is here. up, down. better or worse than we thought. what's going on? >> worse than we thought. we knew that the jobs market was

going. >> to. >> slow down at the start of this year. it slowed a bit more than we expected. 143,000 jobs added in january. now, that's not a bad number overall, but it is noticeably slower than the gangbusters growth we saw at the end of last year. december's job growth was actually revised higher to 307,000 jobs. so this is less than half that pace. we saw the unemployment rate, though tick lower, went down to 4%, which is obviously a good sign. and when we look at the pace of job growth here, you can see again there was this acceleration at the end of last year and then a slowdown here in january. now we also know there were some one time factors going on there right. we had the l.a. wildfires that was expected to slow job growth. and that may have been a role. we also had extreme cold. another negative that was likely to slow down hiring. so those factors are going to go away. perhaps that could allow hiring to rebound. we also have to look at what's going on with wages. because

when we think about the economy, obviously it's all about the cost of living. i think there's some good news on that front, because we saw that paychecks increased by more than 4%, 4.1% year over year, and that is well ahead of the most recent inflation rate, which is under 3%. so this is a good sign for workers because it does show there's still demand out there. and it also just shows that paychecks are outpacing prices at the grocery store and elsewhere. so we hope that this trend continues. and we also got some major revisions there very backwards looking. these are routine revisions that are designed to try to give us a better sense of what happened to the jobs market last year. we'll still parsing through some of those numbers. we'll have updates on cnn.com on that front. but i do think overall, look at this unemployment rate. clearly it's low, historically low. and john, this jobs market it's been historically resilient. this is now the second longest streak on record

of consecutive months of job growth. more than four years at this point. >> it's really really interesting. just a long run right there at or below 4%. that's just good news for the u.s. workers. matt egan, thank you very much. uh, kate. >> i shall take it, friend. thank you very much. kobe bryant, not just one of the greatest basketball players of all time. in the final episode of kobe the making of a legend. it explores his life as the ultimate girl dad and as an oscar winning storyteller. here's a preview. >> the year., like the. >> wnba. orange hoodies first came out. >> kobe is. >> the first that. >> i can. remember wearing the hoodie. >> sitting courtside. >> once they saw his. >> focus on wanting. women's basketball. to to grow, they wanted his mentorship and. >> he was more than willing. >> i think there were a couple players that could play. >> in the. >> nba right now, honestly. >> i mean, there's a lot of players that have a lot of skill that can do it. >> you know. >> training with. >> players like. sabrina

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>> from a lamb on the bed. ooh, the mama, i think of it. stranger yeah, my flippers. >> i think that one's a little bit on the nose. jeanine poggi is the editor in chief of a.d. age. thank you for being with us. so i guess this absurdist thing is in i guess the question is how in and why? >> yeah. look, we are seeing a lot of super bowl ads sort of adopt the humor we're seeing on social media. media, sort of that unhinged absurdist humor that is resonating with gen z. i think the mountain dew spot you just showed seal as a seal. it's sort of like hits the mark of what a super bowl commercial is. you take a celebrity with this, like sort of out of the box kind of idea and pair them together and bring back an iconic song. some new lyrics, and there's a super bowl ad. >> i'm glad people are taking their cues from the cesspool of social media as to what is what

is funny. we'll see how that works out for everybody. i do understand and i'm going to play one here. there are also some serious ads. let's watch. >> so at my last job, i. >> was working. >> across several different groups. you know what? let me practice that one again. >> okay. when you're. >> ready, tell me about the. job that taught you the most. >> okay. >> well. all right, so who is going serious and why? >> yeah. look, most of the ads this year will definitely err on the side of humor, lightheartedness. a few ads will take a more serious tone. this one is from google promoting its a.i. capabilities. i actually think this one will stand out because so many ads will have that slapstick humor to them. so when this comes on during the game, i think with such a different tone, people will stop and take a look. but there are not many ads that are going to

take a serious tone. i think the mood of the country is to go into the super bowl to laugh and have fun, and that's what brands are trying to deliver. >> so let's take a look now at a celebrity ad, a lot of celebrity ads. but here's one. >> i can't believe they let us back. >> in this place. >> why? >> hello. >> nobody remembers. >> that something wrong? >> it's not. >> doing. >> it. well, good. >> nothing. >> well, we can't have that. >> yeah. mhm. mhm. >> mhm. >> what's happening. >> mhm. >> oh there we go. >> mhm. mhm. >> ah. >> oh my. >> gosh. >> because everyone's got a price right. so what are the celebrity as people are going to

be talking about. janine. >> yeah. look celebrities are a staple of any super bowl ad as is nostalgia. you saw the helena lins when harry met sally remake. people love seeing sort of those iconic celebrity moments. this one, you know, from the 90s and bringing those back. and you're seeing a lot of those. we have a ad with vin diesel and fast and furious from haagen-dazs. the muppets will be in an ad from booking.com, so you're going to see lots of celebrities. matt, damon and stella. there are just, you know, they run the gamut from really the a-list to even some cartoon muppet characters. >> i feel. and i maybe live in a cave, but i feel like people haven't been talking. we haven't seen as many of the the pre-super bowl ads as normal. are they more waiting to unveil them on sunday night i would say there's a good mix right now. >> there's definitely those that have been out early. i do think if you just hear sort of the chatter on social media about what consumers want and

viewers want, a lot of people are actually complaining that ads are coming out early. there is that idea and desire to sort of save that creative to the game. we will see some super bowl advertisers making their debut during the game, which will be fun to see how those resonate. will they resonate differently than the ones that are already out there? but yes, definitely. some are holding creative back until the game. >> all right. great to see you. thank you so much. we will wait and see sunday night sarah. >> all right. thank you john. all right. so will this be a super bowl three peat for the chiefs or will those birds swoop in and get their second ever super bowl win? you can hear that lovely sound of new orleans. >> let's go down to. >> bourbon street. so good. let's go. cnn's coy wire has been there in new orleans all week. oh, oh, oh, he's getting. >> a lot of this. >> he's getting he's getting beat up over there by the mascots. corey, you do it in

style i love that. all right. as the chiefs look to make super bowl history we're talking about a three peat. over philly. what do the numbers tell us harry enten. >> thank you for introducing. >> me i appreciate it. look yeah i just was so taken. >> we do have the chyron just in case the banner. >> can. >> show it. so taken by and coy enjoying himself. and i just kind of wanted to be there with him. no offense, but what are you seeing? here? who's the fave? >> okay, who is going to win the super bowl? so let's just say you don't really understand football, but you're going to be one of those folks who are going to watch. you want to go into your super bowl party smart. let's take a look. super bowl favorites chance to win. you know of course the chiefs are going for a three peat. this is the first time they are actually favored to win in these three super bowls that they've taken part in a row. they are a 55% chance favorite to win. last time around the san francisco 49ers were a 57% chance. this looks an awful bit like the repeat back in 2023 when the eagles were 55% chance. so the odds have flipped. historically speaking favorites have won about 65% of the time. but here's what i'll note. of

course, in 2024, it was the chiefs who won. in 2023, it was the chiefs who won. so the favorites did not, in fact, win. we'll see this time around if the bettors have it right. if they do, the chiefs are going to three peat. but if history repeats itself, in fact the chiefs will lose. >> it could be deja vu all over again. don't hate me eagles, because you know, those are some crazy fans. all right. but who does america prefer to win. so who do they really want. >> yeah who do they want to win. so these are the favorites. but who does america actually want? well this is interesting because what do we see here. well when the chiefs took place in their first part of the potential three peat folks wanted the chiefs. the second time around, folks wanted the chiefs. but do folks actually want the three peat? uh, they don't want the three peat. americans don't want that freaking. >> three peat. but you're not a chiefs fan, to be fair. >> i mean, look, if you're in kansas city, missouri, or kansas city, kansas, there may be so. but the bottom line is that americans do not want that three peat. they want karen bronzo, my dear friends, eagles to fly

high. >> as my best friend kia says, fly, eagles fly. she only calls him the birds when she's mad at them. so? so we will see what happens. but when you look at this, this tells you a little story about how people feel about kansas city, doesn't it? >> yeah, there is a bit of kansas city and patrick mahomes fatigue, and it turns out that we can see this in another way. and this, i think, kind of says it all. americans who don't care who wins, i am one of them. and you can see it's a rising share. it was 43% in 2023, 47% last time around. and the majority, including myself this time around. it's no wonder that super bowl prices are plummeting. we just don't care. to quote stephen a smith. >> usaid is still mad about the bills. let's be clear about that. >> hey, yeah, but my guy did win mvp last night. >> there you go. you got a little something. something. >> i got a little something. >> no trophy though. harry enten. thank you so much. thank you. a new hour of cnn news central starts right now.