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this is cnn breaking news. >> good friday morning. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i'm pamela brown in washington, and we begin this hour with breaking news on your money. we have the first jobs report of 2025. and the first of president trump's second term. this morning, we've learned that employers added 143,000 jobs in january. but there's a lot more behind that headline. joining us now is cnn's matt egan and diane swonk, the chief economist and managing director at kpmg. that's a global firm that provides audit, tax and advisory services. so, matt, to start with, you walk us through these numbers and what they signal. >> well, pamela, january has a history of having really messy jobs reports. and this one definitely lived up to the hype right. there were a lot of revisions, a lot of mixed

signals here. the big number is 143,000 jobs. that's how many were added in january. now that's not a bad number. that's kind of in line with where things were before covid 19, but it was worse than expected and it was a significant slowdown from the gangbusters growth that you can see on your screen at the end of last year in december, the economy added about 307,000 jobs. so this is less than half that pace. the good news, though, is the unemployment rate went down to 4%. that is historically low. you can see on your screen there's been so much improvement on the unemployment front. and it's just stayed low for a long amount of time. and so when you put those things together, it really shows that people are generally not getting laid off right now. but workers are also not really quitting. and so we've had the pace of hiring slowed down significantly. now, there had been some thinking that hiring might slow down in january because of the los angeles

wildfires and because of the extremely cold temperatures. but the bls put in a note where they said that there really was no discernible impact from the wildfires or from the cold temperatures. although some economists and diane may want to weigh on this, some economists do think that that may have been a role. we do also have to talk about prices, right. because when we think about the economy, it's all about the cost of living. i think there's some good news on that front, because today's numbers show that paychecks increased by just over 4% year over year in january. that is a solid pace, and that is well ahead of the inflation rate, which was just under 3%. so that means that paychecks are going further, right, that wages are going up at a faster pace than prices. we want to see that trend continue. one last point here, pamela, is when we look at these numbers, we now have more than four years of consecutive job growth. that is the longest streak that we've seen, the second longest streak that we've seen on record. >> all right. so to bring you in

diane how are you looking at these numbers and the factors that contributed to them. >> well the bls always says that the disasters don't dramatically affect the numbers. that's pretty much how they did it, because it means the surveys they were able to make the surveys. what's important is to look under the hood and particularly under the hood of the household survey. what we saw was 591,000 people could not get to work due to inclement weather. that's the highest january since 2011, when we had a blizzard, and the highest on record was, of course, february 2021, when texas went off the grid and we had a cold snap in the southern part of the country. but that's important to understand because we only see those kinds of numbers. when you really have a big disaster like you did in l.a., we also saw a loss in leisure and hospitality jobs, which we expected to be hit hardest by the fires. the hiring in retail was a bit of a head fake because we didn't see as much run up in

the retail hiring due to the shorter and compressed holiday season, and then therefore there weren't as many layoffs as you usually see in january. so seasonally adjusted, it looked like a better january in terms of that than we had in the past. the other thing that was interesting in the numbers is that the participation rate actually increased. that was due to a rise in prime age men participating more. but the places where, again, we see disasters tend to hit women. women tend to participate less in the labor market when either they're small children, when they have small children, and their small children can't get to school due to disasters, and or which it was both. this month we also see a number of illnesses rise. the month of january had the highest number of people out sick and unable to work due to illness that we had since january 2022, during the height of the omicron wave of covid. so all of that suggests that yes, there was an imprint of the fires in los angeles, but

that the underlying labor market is still stable. some people think it's stuck because, of course, what matt may point out is exactly right. people are not quitting. we're not seeing a lot of hiring, and we're not seeing a lot of firing. any increase in firing that means could see a much more rapid acceleration in the unemployment rate. >> all right. thank you to both for helping us better understand these numbers. and now to the escalating confusion in the federal workforce. after a judge pauses the deadline for the trump administration's so-called buyout offer, government employees had until midnight on thursday to accept this plan, but now they have until at least monday to decide. that's when the next hearing is more than 65,000 employees have already accepted the offer. some 10,000 usaid workers are waiting to hear if they'll be put on leave, furloughed or just fired outright. it's all part of president trump and elon musk's widespread efforts to dismantle the humanitarian agency. less than 300 usaid employees are

expected to keep their jobs. two labor groups representing workers there are now suing the administration. so i want to bring in cnn's arlette saenz. arlette, so much has been going on. but first off, let's talk about this monday hearing and what to expect. >> yeah. well, pam, the federal judge in massachusetts wanted more time to hear the briefings and consider this case. that is why he put this pause on that deadline that was supposed to go into effect last night for federal workers to decide if they were going to take this so-called buyout. those workers now have until at least monday to make up a decision or potentially risk being laid off, as the trump administration has signaled that they could potentially have massive layoffs. for those who decide not to take this offer now. so far, the white house has said that 65,000 people have accepted this so-called buyout. that amounts to about 3% of the eligible workforce the white house is targeting between 5 and 10%. and yesterday, the white house press secretary tried to say that they were grateful for

the judge pausing this deadline to try to give workers more time to accept that offer. but for those who are going to accept that offer, there are real big questions about how this will actually play out, whether the trump administration will follow through with their promises to pay people out until september 30th. and there's a lot of people who are frankly, skeptical about what the trump administration has put forth. you've heard from democrats and unions telling workers not to accept this offer because they believe that it's not legal, and also just unclear whether the trump administration will follow through. it's also important to remember that people think of washington, d.c., as this massive federal workforce. but it's not just people in d.c. who are going to be impacted is there are tens and thousands of federal workers across the country who could also be impacted by these so-called buyouts, but also the potential for layoffs down the road. >> yeah, i think that's a really important point. it's not just washington, it's all over the country. so then what about, you know, the the tens of thousands of workers who have already

taken this buyout option? what's going to happen for them? >> well, i think that's the big question is if they they're waiting to see what the details of these plans will look like, whether the trump administration will follow through. and then there's the question of those who are staying behind, people who want to stay in these jobs, people who don't trust that the trump administration will actually follow through with the plans that they have laid out. so there's still a lot of uncertainty for those who have accepted the buyout. the white house is hoping that they'll be able to get that figure a little bit higher. all right. >> so let's turn to usaid. a lot's been going on on that front. there's less than 300 workers who are expected to keep their jobs out of 10,000 employees. so who is the agency keeping on? why? what could be the impacts of usaid being downsized so drastically? >> well, so far they haven't exactly outlined who those essential workers will be, but this is going to impact people not just here in the u.s., but those stationed around the world, as so many tens of

thousands are now going to face this deadline of the next 30 days to come back to the u.s. now, the usaid is facing this deadline of this evening at 11:59 p.m., which is when people will find out. or by then they'll find out whether they are being placed on administrative leave or potentially fired. there have been two labor unions representing workers at usaid who filed a lawsuit saying that the actions that have been taken to dismantle usaid fall outside of congressional authorization. and they've also tried to outline some of the impacts of what dismantling this agency and firing these workers would be. they say that these would shut down efforts to prevent children from dying of malaria, stopped pharmaceutical clinical trials, and threatened a global resurgence of hiv. now, one thing that's unclear is that this lawsuit was filed yesterday. it's unclear whether a judge could potentially step in to pause this before tonight's deadline, similar to what we saw relating to that

buyout, so-called buyout offer. but certainly there's a lot of uncertainty facing so many federal workers, and especially at the usaid, as the trump administration has been very clear, they plan to dismantle this agency plan to really reduce the workforce there. and then major questions about the widespread ramifications this could have around the world, as usaid is one of the key groups offering assistance when it comes to treating disease. a push for recovery after humanitarian disasters and those types of issues. >> all right, arlette saenz, thank you for bringing us the latest there. and joining us now is the attorney general of california, rob bonta. thank you, rob, for joining us. so you're part of this coalition of 12 attorneys general that have urged federal workers not to take this resignation offer. you said, quote, the trump administration's so-called buyout offer is a pointed attack aimed at dismantling our federal workforce and sowing chaos for americans that rely on a functioning government. with the deadline now paused, what is your message to these employees? >> listen to your union. who's

flagging the multiple issues in this proposal? thank you for your service. your service is important. federal employees do all sorts of important things from protecting our veterans, making sure we have clean water and clean air, providing health services and housing services. the list goes on and on. this attempt to purge our federal workforce should not stand, and there are no guarantees in this proposal. there is no congressional appropriation to fund it. there is no guarantee that you might not get fired immediately after you take it, or that you'll even get paid, or that you'll even that you still have to, that you won't have to work, and that you will still have to work. under this arrangement. so all the flags, the red flags that have been put up are appropriate. i think it's appropriate that the court paused the the proposal for now and continue to know your rights and and thank you for your service because it's important

don't let the trump administration purge the federal government's critical essential services. >> so then what do you say to the 65,000 workers who have already accepted this buyout offer? >> everyone has an opportunity to make their own decision. um, it's important to make the decision. eyes wide open with, you know, fully informed. the unions shared with them, their members what the concerns were. and and, you know, still people can make their own decisions. so if they're comfortable with that decision and they balanced all the different factors and weighed them, you know, that's up to them. but it's important that they know that there are a lack of guarantees and unenforceability, a lack of funding for this proposal, this buyout. and so if given all that, that's what they decided. that's up to them. >> all right. so i want to take a listen to what democratic senator mark warner said. >> every scam artist is the same. they want to, you know, rush, take this offer right now.

expires at midnight. how many times do we see that? my fear is these folks are going to get scammed and then be the first to be fired because they've raised their hands? >> so you've echoed that concern. but, you know, some employees, some who have accepted this offer might say, look, this seems to be a better option. take the risk. go ahead and sign it. and potentially be paid through september or not. and then just get fired and not have that that benefit. what's the drawback from that? what do you say? >> i deeply believe that workers deserve dignity, respect, fair treatment, promises made, must be promises kept. this is a high pressure exploding offer meant to coerce and urge federal employees to take it out of desperation and under pressure, and with no guarantees. so it's not something i'd take, but but

every individual can make their own decision, and if they think it's worth the risk, if they want to take that risk, if they think they're going to get paid, if they are fine going back to work, um, if they want to take the risk of being fired, that's up to them. but broadly, for our federal government and the critical services that it provides and the stated and articulated mission of the trump administration to purge and dismantle the federal government from within, it is not a good policy, but each individual, again can make their own decision. and i respect whatever they decide. >> attorney general rob bonta, thank you so much. we appreciate your time. and up next, we're learning new details about the people supporting elon musk's hostile takeover of the federal workforce and just how much access they're getting to some of the government's most sensitive systems. >> nothing is what it seems in the lockerbie story. >> lockerbie, the bombing of pan am flight 103, february 16th on

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in just a few weeks. joining us now for more on this is power and platforms reporter at wired. victoria elliott. victoria, i was speaking to a source close to all of this who said, elon musk has just been laser focused on this effort. he's been in washington for weeks, which is unusual. and they're really on a mission here. and you have some new reporting about the access that this team has had at the treasury. tell us about that. >> yeah. so initially our reporting found that one of the young doge engineers who had previously worked for x, um, appeared to have access to the treasury's payment systems and to con and to sort of offer some context on that. the treasury is responsible for around 5 trillion plus dollars of payments a year. these specific systems, you know, if you like getting your tax returns on time and things like that, these systems are critical to that.

and not only did this person have what's known as read access, where you can actually go in and read the code and sort of do auditing there. they also had write access, which means they could actually go in and change the code. and this is particularly important because we first reported that appeared to be the case. and then representatives from the white house and the treasury both said at a later time that that was not the case. and our reporting from yesterday seems to also indicate that it was, in fact, the case that this person's access was initially to be able to write and deploy code. and that is particularly concerning because, you know, these systems are big and complex and, you know, with a startup where you're moving fast and breaking things, you know, if your app goes down for a little bit, if there are glitches, you know, it can annoy your users. but this is the u.s. government and it could potentially impact tens, if not hundreds of millions of

people. >> so to be clear, though, now they just have read only access. correct. because that's what my understanding is of our latest reporting. so initially that wasn't the case from your reporting. but now is it just read only. >> well, now that person has resigned from treasury. i they resigned yesterday. the wall street journal contacted them. around social media accounts that appeared to be linked to them with, um, what appear to be racist comments. and they resigned shortly after. um, so that person is no longer there. but i think it's pretty reasonable to expect that someone else from doge will eventually be in treasury again. um, there do seem to be, you know, a lot of people possibly interested and in just working with the effort more generally. obviously, when musk put a call out in the fall for people who wanted to work with doge, there seemed to be a pretty big groundswell of response on x.

um, so i think we can expect that we may see someone else in treasury eventually. and just because that person is gone doesn't mean that the changes they made to the code are, i think the biggest thing right now is we don't know what changes are made, and we may not know until something breaks. >> so i want to play some of what treasury secretary scott bessent told bloomberg about doge. >> when you say the doge team, these are treasury employees. there are two treasury employees, one of whom i personally interviewed. in his final round. there is no tinkering with the system. they are on read only. they are looking. they can make no changes. it is an operational program to suggest improvement. elon and i are completely aligned in terms of cutting waste and increasing accountability and transparency for the american people. i believe that this doge program in my adult life is one of the most important audits of government or changes to

government structure. we have seen. >> does this characterization square with what you've been hearing? >> well, i think there's a real difference between people who are very technically talented and people who have government experience. you know, i think, you know, maybe some of these young people who are being brought in may have really exceptional coding abilities or technical talent, but that's very different than understanding the complexities of, say, u.s. privacy law and how data should be accessed and how systems need to be structured to abide by that. and i think what's really important to note as well is that, you know, no matter how talented someone is, these people weren't touching these systems until at least january 20th. you know, they probably do not have a fully robust understanding of the systems that they're tinkering with. yet whether or not they are totally pure of motivation and great at their jobs. and so i think the idea that they're coming in, they're making changes. they've had the

ability to make changes and that we really don't know what's happening. and even read only when we're talking about access. you know, there's still a lot that people can glean from seeing government payment data from getting these sort of inside data points that other people wouldn't have. and i think what's important to note is a lot of these doge people are coming in as special government employees. they are not permanent government hires. they're not subject to the same level of transparency that a regular civil service employee would be. and that is also concerning. >> yeah. let me just follow up quickly, because there is a lack of transparency around all of this. and frankly, most of the information we're getting is from reporters like you and here at cnn about what is happening, um, behind the scenes. and, you know, you talk about this treasury system and i wonder, i mean, could they potentially access, you know, information about elon musk's competitors, right? i mean, there are concerns about potential

conflict of interest here, and there aren't disclosures coming from elon musk right now that i've seen. so, i mean, could that be part of this? >> yeah, i mean, i think the reality is it's very important to highlight that musk and some of his other allies, like peter thiel, who's co who's um, uh, chair of the board of palantir, which is a big data company that works with the military. you know, musk's spacex has billions of dollars in government contracts. like a lot of these people in the tech industry rely on contracts with the government for the success of their companies. and it definitely is concerning that people who are close to them or who have worked for them, who are coming in on the doge effort, might have access to data about their competitors, have access to, you know, government contract information when when companies apply for government contracts, they share information that is not public in order to have a level of transparency with the government and, you know, yeah, it's entirely possible that they may

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than 8000 people have been taken into custody in the roughly three weeks since president trump's inauguration, but an administration official says that i.c.e. is, quote, way behind. cnn's phil mattingly and priscilla alvarez joins us now. so a lot to sort through, including this call trump made today with the president of panama following his threats over the panama canal. phil, you recently traveled there. um, we're going to get to that moment. here's some of that video from when you traveled there. but, priscilla, i want to go to you first. what more are you learning about these conversations going on in the administration about this? >> so the state of play here is that right now they're arresting over 900 people, including 1000 a day. that is above where the biden administration was in the last year, which is around 300. so clearly, they have

>> that is what i'm also hearing from sources. ice has limited resources. yes, they've been able to pull in all parts of federal government to help with the arrests in the interior of the united states, but it is still not enough. >> and often when you hear from tom homan is that he needs more from congress. so there's two things happening at once. you have the white house putting out the images of the arrests and touting the work that's been done by i.c.e. while behind the scenes, there are these tense phone calls that are happening on a daily basis where they're being told, do more, do more. so that is one part of the equation. but i'm also bng told is that while they are doing all of this, they are pushing more on their on the immigration agenda and contemplating new moves. for

example, we saw with el salvador they're willing to take migrants from other countries. while i'm being told that another plan is being conceptualized to do the same with african nationals, though, where they would go is still unclear. they are also thinking about putting buoys in the rio grande. remember, there was a lawsuit between the biden administration and texas over that exact issue. they're also looking at more military bases to expand detention space. so if you take this all together, they're trying to move their agenda forward, but they are hitting those realities on the ground. and that's really what it boils down to ambition, meaning reality. >> there you go. all right. let's turn to panama canal. you visited there recently. we know trump has this call with the president of panama today, as he is threatening to take back the panama canal. and as he is claiming, without evidence that china operates the canal. you went there. tell us about the tense sort of diplomacy at play here. >> this actually threads really well into what priscilla is laying out in the contrast of the intensity and pressure behind the domestic immigration efforts that we've seen in deportation efforts and panama's government officials. just absolute confusion slash puzzlement at this moment in

time. even after secretary of state marco rubio made a visit to panama to the canal, had a one on one meeting with president josé raúl mulino. the reason why is this mulino is pro-american, conservative politician, pro-american at least compared to two administrations ago, which moved very sharply toward china in terms of its relationships, in terms of its financing, in terms of its diplomatic role and mulino right out of the gate when he was inaugurated, the first thing he did with the biden administration was sign off on an immigration crackdown, assisting at the darien gap, which is a huge passageway for migrants. he made very clear before trump took office. i am here to help you with one of your central problems immigration coming through the darien gap, he thought, and i think his team thought that would be the way to reach out the panama canal becoming an issue shocked them. when i was down there, the biggest question was we don't know what they want. like, this feels like a negotiating tactic. they want something. what is it that they want? it has not gotten any clearer. even in the wake of rubio going down there. and it actually got a little bit more complicated because after rubio departed, the state department

announced that panama had agreed to end charges of u.s. naval vessels that transit through the canal. u.s. naval vessels get priority, but they pay the same rates as everybody else. what's fascinating about this, that's not mulino choice. there is an kind of a quasi private entity that runs the canal, that sets the rates, that goes through a very similar regulatory process that we have in the u.s. it's public. it takes time. there's comments, periods. so they couldn't actually do this even if they wanted to. my sense is, and what i'm hearing is there were discussions about going through that process, perhaps to give something on this state department front ran. it caused a whole lot of problems. where this call goes today, i think the biggest thing you hear from panamanian officials, what do they actually want? because we're trying to make it work. >> interesting. and it was interesting that secretary of state marco rubio had to walk back the comments about the u.s. yeah, u.s. fees. exactly. all right. so we also have a visit today from homeland security secretary kristi noem. she's going to visit guantanamo bay. as we know, the trump administration has been housing migrants there. tell us about

this visit. >> yeah, there's a second. she is coming on the heels of a second military flight that arrived overnight. again, the venezuelan nationals, they say that they have criminal convictions, including drug trafficking, arms trafficking, et cetera., so that this is all part of a cadence that they are trying to build of military flights going to guantanamo bay with migrants as they are building up their facility. now to remind viewers there is a migrant operation center that already exists. >> there, i interrupt you, i'm sorry, because speaker mike johnson is speaking with prime minister netanyahu of israel. let's listen. >> the remarkable progress over the past year and to renew, of course, our steadfast commitment to the us-israeli partnership. the prime minister and i have developed a strong bond since i became speaker. i consider him a close friend, and we've spoken often. the first piece of legislation i passed after taking the gavel was a resolution reaffirming the u.s .'s commitment to the security of israel. that was a very important gesture on our part. and of course, i was happy to pass the security assistance

funding when israel needed it the most. he and i speak regularly. we were we were honored to host my friend, the prime minister, in july for his historic fourth joint address to congress, which tied for the record of all time, and that showed the world that israel is not alone, and they won't be so long as we are governing here. today. we discussed the special partnership that we have between these two countries, and i thank prime minister netanyahu for his unrelenting commitment to making the region and the world a safer place amid really extraordinary challenges. what israel has done in the past seven months really is a testament to what can be accomplished when we do not let the enemy set the rules. as prime minister netanyahu said tuesday at the white house, when our enemies see daylight between israel and the united states, they will exploit it. and we all know that is true. and that's why strong, decisive leadership is so crucial in this time. president trump and prime minister netanyahu both

understand that peace is secured through strength, not appeasement, and not by turning our backs on our allies. before he even took office in january, president trump and his team helped secure the cease fire agreement and return the return of american and israeli hostages. this week, he announced a plan to exert maximum pressure on iran and its proxies, who terrorize the israeli people and the world. this is what decisive leadership looks like. and with president trump back in the white house and republican control of congress, america will not turn its back on our national security priorities. our support for israel remains ironclad. we are truly grateful to prime minister netanyahu for joining us today, and i'll turn it over to him for a few remarks. >> mr. speaker, and my thank you. i have developed, as you say, a very warm personal bond with you. i think you're an extraordinary leader. you have the job of running, passing

historic legislation in zero time. so we exchange a few tips on how to do that, because we both know what coalitions are. but i have to say that i'm impressed with your leadership, with your initiative. and for me, most of all, your friendship to the state of israel, the jewish people, the jewish state, the american-israeli alliance has never been stronger. i am now completing a week in which which began with an extraordinary meeting with president trump and under his leadership, the critical decisions that show his commitment and the american people's commitment to israel have come to the fore instantly. first, he renewed immediately the supply of weapons that had been stopped, which we need as we're fighting for our future, for our existence, and for the broader middle east. in a seven front war, he immediately released those weapons he issued yesterday. these sanctions on

this scandalous and corrupt organization, the icc, that threatens the right of all democracies to defend themselves by themselves. and he's done so many things in the interim, just in two weeks. but i was deeply moved by the reception that we got, the substantive things that we discussed, making sure that iran never gets a nuclear weapon, and also making sure that hamas is destroyed. we're not going to have a future for gaza or for future for peace in our part of the world. if hamas remains there. and we agreed on many things. but i think it sets the tone for this great strengthening of the american-israeli alliance. it's not only an alliance between. governments, it's an alliance between peoples. this is the house of the people. and you, mr. speaker, represent the american people that

overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly support the state of israel. you know, i was driving through washington. uh, i look outside, there are people on the sidewalks. they see you know, our, uh, the limousines pass and they all go like this. they all go like this. they all support it. and i think, mr. speaker, that's the spirit that animates you. and so many of your colleagues here. and i want to thank you again. and i want to say, uh, you're invited to israel this year in jerusalem. i know you're busy, but find space to do that. >> i can't wait. >> you'll be welcome in a red carpet. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, thank you. >> what is the role of? isa soares in the united states? what is the role? of, mr. speaker? will congress by the u.s. construction of. >> mr. johnson? they didn't take any questions from reporters there. i want to go to kevin liptak from the white house. obviously, this follows the

meeting with president trump. when trump announced that that shocking proposal about the u.s. taking over gaza. kevin. >> yeah. and you didn't hear mention of that proposal in that appearance with netanyahu and the house speaker, mike johnson. and i'll just note, johnson was supposed to meet with netanyahu yesterday. that was delayed because of that marathon, four hour meeting here at the white house. but it is interesting that they didn't mention that, because that, of course, was sort of the major takeaway of netanyahu's entire week long visit here in washington. he was at the white house on tuesday. he's still here now on friday. and i think it's clear that that that plan that the president unveiled on tuesday came as a surprise to a lot of people, including on capitol hill, including a great many republicans who met with a degree of skepticism. johnson did come out afterwards, said it was a bold, decisive plan. and i think the real sort of hope among republicans, as they were talking about it, was that it would prompt other countries in the region to come up with their

own ideas for how to rebuild gaza. but i do think it's notable he didn't mention it there. now, in their meeting today, i think one thing that they'll want to talk about is these new weapons sales to israel. you'll remember under the biden administration, some of those weapons sales had been put on pause, including shipments of 200 0 pound bombs. the biden administration, concerned about how those would be used in heavily populated areas of gaza. now the trump administration wants congress to approve $1 billion new arms sales shipment that would include artillery and weapons, and that's something that i think netanyahu wants to sort of secure before he departs washington and heads back to israel. >> all right. i want to go to lauren fox on capitol hill. thanks for that, kevin. so, lauren, as kevin noted, you know, they they didn't bring up publicly this proposal from trump for the u.s. to take over gaza. but do you expect that to be part of the meetings today? >> well i think that that has been part of a series of questions that republican

lawmakers have had on capitol hill. now, what we have heard from speaker johnson previously is an openness to the idea that donald trump floated. that's very different than what we've heard from some republican senators who earlier this week did ask a series of questions in a private meeting with steve witkoff when he came to the hill about what exactly could happen in gaza, whether or not u.s. troops would be committed to the area, whether or not palestinians would be displaced. i think that the relationship, though, between speaker johnson and netanyahu is one that has been forged over a period of time, despite the fact that johnson is relatively new to the speakership, he has felt and created this really warm relationship with netanyahu. and you really did hear that in the comments. this was, you know, netanyahu being very complimentary of the speaker. and in fact, at the very end, they're inviting him to israel. i think that part of the contrast that we had seen over the course of the last several years has been really some, um,

broader concern between the netanyahu administration and the biden administration in terms of them not always seeing eye to eye. obviously, washington looks really different now. and i think that that relationship between johnson and netanyahu is really one to keep a close eye on, given the fact that congress has so much stake in the ability to get additional aid to israel. and we've seen that over and over again, johnson being very committed to that priority. >> all right, lauren fox kevin liptak, thank you both. more news when we come back. >> welcome back. >> have i got news for you returns february 15th on cnn. >> i had the worst dream last night. you were in a car crash, and the kids and i were on our own. >> that's awful. >> my brother was saying he got life insurance from ethos, and he got $2 million in coverage, all online. >> life insurance made easy. check your price today at ethos. com. >> if you have generalized myasthenia gravis, picture what

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arizona state i need to know what was it like for you when you saw these kids and their faces light up? >> oh my gosh, it was incredible. we kind of surprised them. um, we were hiding behind one of the pillars and they brought us out one by one. it was it was amazing. >> i mean, it's tough for him to hide, but he did. he pulled it off pretty well. and their faces lit up. cam, how about you? i mean, you're not yet part of the nfl, but you will soon be. and you're getting a taste of the importance of maximizing your stage and using it to do good. what did this make you feel like today? >> yeah. i mean, when i walked in and, you know, i heard a kid yell my name and asked me where i'm going. it was it was just a blessing because, you know, i feel like i've i've gotten to that point where, you know, i can make this, make these kids lives better and, you know, put a smile on their faces. so it's been awesome and it's a dream come true. >> it's great. they've been facetiming with friends and family. tristan, i got to ask you, you've played in the big game as a rookie. you won a super bowl. what might added pressures these players will see on sunday feel all the hype that comes along with the super bowl? >> yeah, i mean, so i had the coveted super bowl. so like we

didn't have all the media, all the all the stuff leading up to it. but um, you know, the biggest game of your life, you know, um, biggest thing i say is go out and have fun. you know, it's football. you know how to do it. um, you've done it for a long time, you know, the season's long in itself. so go out and have fun and ball out. >> what's this new orleans been treating you like? how do you like it? the food, the flavor, the how do you how do you how would you paint the picture of what super bowl in new orleans is like? >> yeah, i mean, just just how i, you know, the last 12 hours of, you know, me being here is has been everything i thought about it. you know, the night life is live and the you know, the morning is dead quiet, you know. >> so how many beignets have you had? >> i haven't had any yet. i just i just got my first. but i didn't want to dirty myself up. so,

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