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>> and we. >> begin this hour. >> with new questions surrounding president trump's. >> plan to end the. >> conflict in ukraine. tonight, a ukrainian official tells cnn his country was, quote, not informed. >> about. >> negotiations set to take place in the coming days between the u.s. and russia. in saudi arabia. but trump officials are pushing. back on any claim ukraine is being left. >> out. >> i am. >> pretty sure. >> that a, you know, a lot of our. >> cabinet people, including treasury secretary bessent, the vice president. mike waltz john ratcliffe, our secretary of state, marco rubio, have been meeting with various ukrainian people at the munich security conference. so i don't think this is about excluding anybody. in fact, it's about including everybody. >> and just. >> moments ago, president trump told reporters. ukraine's president will. >> be involved in. >> talks with the u.s. >> and russia. >> though. >> it's unclear exactly what. >> that means. >> meantime, european leaders

are scrambling to have a say in the future of ukraine. after the trump administration announced europe would not be included in those peace talks. the leaders of nato, the european union and more than half a dozen european nations will be holding an emergency summit tomorrow. the prime minister of the u.k. calling it, quote, a once in a generation moment for national security and saying, quote, we cannot allow any divisions in the alliance to distract from the external enemies we face. cnn senior international correspondent fred pleitgen joins us live from moscow with more on how the kremlin is reacting to all of this. fred, what are you hearing? >> well, the crowell continues to be very optimistic about the way things are going with the trump administration. i think there's two things that the kremlin is eyeing right now. on the one hand, it is, of course, that possible deal to end the war in ukraine on terms favorable for the russians. but i think the russians are also looking for a lot more than that. for instance, better

relations in general with the united states and possible sanctions relief as well. it's been quite interesting throughout the course of the day and really throughout the course of the weekend, the russians showing some of that optimism in the form of the kremlin spokesman, dmitry peskov. he came out today and said he believes that with president trump now in office, that the u.s. and russia would be entering into an age of dialog, that they would be talking about peace rather than be talking about war. and he also believed that everyone who is of sane mind, as he put it, would see things the way that president trump does as far as russia is concerned. so the russians, definitely, if you will, at least diplomatically rolling out the red carpet for the ideas that president trump, trump has had to end the war in ukraine. of course, all of that eyeing those talks that are set to take place in saudi arabia between top level u.s. and russian officials. the russians have said that they are putting a delegation for that together. it's unclear who exactly is going to be on that delegation. but of course, we know from the u.s. that it is definitely going to be top level administration

officials and they're the russians. for them. the key things right now are they want to get that face to face meeting between president trump and russian president putin, going as fast as possible to show that russia is back on the international stage, that russia is talking directly to the united states. and then one of the things that they said, and this was yesterday, also from a phone call between the russian foreign minister and secretary of state marco rubio, where the russians have said that both sides talked about not only ending the war in ukraine, but then possibly once again expanding economic relations and talking about sanctions relief as well. paula. >> and, fred, on this emergency summit that's set to take place tomorrow. how does the kremlin view this push from european leaders to try to unify, even without the support of the u.s.? >> well, i think as far as the official messaging that we're seeing here in moscow, from from political moscow, if you will, they believe where their telegraphing, if you will, that they think that the europeans essentially are being sidelined in all of that. we're on the one hand, you have the europeans

speaking with volodymyr zelenskyy at the munich security conference, whereas the u.s. is speaking directly to the trump administration. they believe that that's where the momentum lies at the moment, and that's where essentially the power is going to lie to end the war in ukraine. again, the russians looking for terms that would be favorable for themselves. the russians, of course, want to keep the territory that they've occupied so far on the ukrainian side of the border. they also say with that one pocket that the ukrainians still control on the russian side of the border and the kursk region, they want to oust the ukrainians from that. they don't want that to be part of the negotiations. but speaking to russian officials this past week, i managed, for instance, to ask the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov, about all of this, and he almost indicated that he believed on the part of the europeans that there was almost panic at this point in time, now that president trump and the russian president are speaking directly to one another. >> paula fred pleitgen, thank you. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to, quote, finish the job against

iran with the support of president trump. now, his comments came during a news conference with secretary of state marco rubio in jerusalem. rubio linking iran to the major threats in the middle east, blaming tehran for the troubles with hamas, hezbollah, syria and iraq. the secretary of state warned there must never be a nuclear iran. cnn's nic robertson has more from jerusalem. >> paula, that joint press conference with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and secretary of state marco rubio, very clear the two countries in lockstep. and on iran absolutely joined up in their thinking, the prime minister of israel saying very clearly, the ayatollahs cannot be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. marco rubio, doubling down on that. >> the common theme in all of these challenges is iran. it is the single greatest source of instability in the region.

behind every terrorist group, behind every act of violence, behind every destabilizing activity, behind everything that threatens peace and stability for the millions of people who call this region home is iran. and by iran, i mean the ayatollahs. by iran, i mean its regime, a regime who, by the way, its people don't support. the people of iran are victims of that regime. >> they also spoke about syria, about lebanon, that neither of those two countries would be allowed to have a footing or a place for forces that would target israel's security. and on hamas and gaza, prime minister netanyahu saying the united states, israel in lockstep and that hamas could be no more. >> i want to assure everyone who is now listening to us, president trump and i are working in full cooperation and coordination between us. we have a common strategy, and we can't always share the details of this

strategy with the public, including when the gates of hell will be opened, as they surely will if all our hostages are not released until the last one of them. ie. israel is determined to achieve all the war objectives we set after the horrific attack on october 7th. the worst attack on jews since the holocaust. we will eliminate hamas's military capability and its political rule in gaza. we will bring all our hostages home. >> and on that key issue in what happens next in gaza, prime minister netanyahu sending his envoys to egypt to continue negotiations about phase one. the first six weeks of the hostage ceasefire deal. on monday, his meeting with his security cabinet, where he says they will decide their next moves on the all important and much tougher phase two that could lead to an end in the war. after that security cabinet meeting, he said he would give his negotiating team

instructions about phase two. paula. >> nic robertson, thank you. joining me now, democratic congressman adam smith of washington. he's also a ranking member on the house armed services committee. congressman, first, i want to get your reaction to ukraine claiming they were not informed about trump officials meeting with senior russian officials in saudi arabia in the coming days. what is your reaction? >> well, the most alarming thing by what about what trump and. his administration have been saying? they have not talked about the need to make sure that ukraine. >> has security guarantees. >> i mean, they've talked about the compromise. they're talking with the russians. but look, putin won't stop if he thinks ukraine is defenseless. >> we need. >> to make it clear. and our european allies do as well, that security guarantees for. ukraine are a cornerstone of any negotiations. so that's the biggest thing i'm worried about that he's talking with the russians is fine. he certainly shouldn't sideline the ukrainians. it's worth being

worried about that. but secretary hegseth secretary rubio, mike waltz donald trump. >> i. haven't heard. >> a single one of them say ukraine needs to be strong enough to defend itself. and we, the u.s. and our partners are going to continue to be committed to that even as we try to stop the war, which needs to be done. there needs to be a negotiated settlement, but you're not going to get a negotiated settlement by simply showing weakness to putin. >> and as you know, european leaders plan to hold an emergency summit after trump's special envoy to russia and ukraine, general keith kellogg, announced that europe will not be part of these talks, do you think that's a mistake? >> well. >> i think it's a mistake if you're not consulting them. look, you can't have i mean, we have a 53 nation coalition that's been helping ukraine defend itself. i don't imagine a scenario where all 53 nations are represented, sitting around the table as ukraine and russia and the u.s. try to work it out. but if you completely ignoring that coalition, that's a huge

problem. and that's certainly the signal that president trump, vice president vance as well have sent. they've been brushing off the europeans and pushing them away in a way that undermines our alliance, undermines our strength, and again, shows weakness to vladimir putin. so completely shoving the europeans to the side, i think is a huge mistake. even as we attempt to negotiate an end to this war. >> and as you know, there are fears a russia's part in these negotiations will not be in good faith. this week, the vice president, jd vance, told the wall street journal that there are ways for the u.s. to keep russia honest, saying, quote, there are economic tools of leverage. there are, of course, military tools of leverage. do you agree? >> well, i think there are tools of leverage that we can use. what i'm worried about, as i said at the outset, is we don't seem to be using them right now. i've heard some talk from president trump about sanctions on russia. no. talk about making

sure that ukraine continues to be armed so that they can defend themselves. so yeah, there's tools of leverage. i think you also need to be mindful of the fact that you can't trust anything that putin says. i mean, we'll go back to ronald reagan, right? trust but verify. and the way you verify is you put ukraine in a strong enough position to defend itself so that putin can't lie and take advantage of some of the mistakes that trump has made in the way he has articulated this. so that's the big concern. you know, are we going to keep supporting ukraine? the white house still has a lot of money at its disposal that we passed in congress to help ukraine defend itself. he needs to make it clear that we're going to give ukraine that support. >> i want to turn to some of the questions here at home. elon musk and doge, of course, uprooting and trying to overhaul large swaths of the federal government. the secretary of defense, pete hegseth, says he welcomes musk to come to the pentagon very soon to, quote, find billions of dollars to save as a ranking member of the armed

services committee. have you received any information about what doge could be planning to do at the pentagon? >> no. i mean, i met with one of the lower level officials with doge to talk through some of this. but as you know, i mean, musk and trump, they're not telling anyone what they're doing. they're showing up and they're firing people randomly all across the board in a wide variety of agencies. and it seems at the moment to be more about asserting the power of elon musk and donald trump than it is about any sort of government efficiency or effectiveness. i mean, you're not making usaid more efficient and more effective by shutting it down and firing everybody. you're not making the consumer financial protection board more effective by completely shutting it down. and oh, by the way, taking away regulations from a lot of things that elon musk and a lot of his oligarchical buddies, uh, are worried about. so there doesn't seem to be a focus of doge on efficiency or effectiveness. the focus seems to be on power. look, you could make the pentagon a lot more efficient and effective. the

reason i reached out to them, and i've reached out and asked to meet with elon musk. i've been rebuffed. i think there's a lot of things we could do to make the pentagon work better, but if you're going in there and you're just firing people and you're doing it to make sure that you've got loyalists, people who will do whatever trump and musk ask them. that's not efficiency and effectiveness. that's just a raw exercise of power that isn't going to make our country any stronger or more efficient or more effective. >> all right. now, before i let you go, i have to ask you about the government funding deadline that's coming up in less than a month. how are you planning to work with republicans to ensure there is no government shutdown? or will this all be up to the gop to avoid a shutdown? >> yeah, i mean, there's two two steps here. there's that. and then there's the reconciliation package, both of which are increasingly connected. and look, the appropriations process is simple. we should set top lines and pass appropriations bills. that's what we want to do. that's what we democrats have been urging republicans to do for a while. if the republicans just want to do a

continuing resolution throughout the rest of the year, which cuts government does great damage to the department of defense, by the way, since it's over half of the discretionary budget and now they don't have a budget, they can't plan. that's not a good plan. look, we want to keep the government open and funded. so put a plan on the table. meanwhile, the reconciliation process that would basically cut taxes by 4 to $7 trillion massively drive up the debt while gutting needed services for the american people. we're not for that, okay? we're for funding the government. we're for raising the debt ceiling. but they're doing it in a way that is going to raise the debt. cut taxes for the wealthiest amongst us and take away vital programs to people. so we're not going to be for that. they want to they want to negotiate and get us a sensible budget. i'm all for it. and i know the appropriations appropriators right now are still engaged in those discussions about the march 14th deadline, but those are the basic principles that we democrats are going to stand up for.

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intense flooding and snowy weather. now cnn's danny freeman joins us now from virginia, which was hit with heavy rain and flooding, prompting evacuations in some areas. danny, i can clearly see that water moving behind you. what is it like on the ground? >> yeah, paul. and it's interesting you noted the damage in indiana and kentucky as well. it just goes to show how massive this storm system was, because we're here in virginia, in salem, virginia, it's just outside of roanoke. and this is the roanoke river, as you noted. you can see very much above where it should be right here in this park. there's debris everywhere. it's coming up to parts of these trees and the river still flowing mightily here. now, the good news, at least in this particular part of virginia in salem, is that city officials said the river here crested overnight and has been coming down steadily. but frankly, paula, other cities in this area have not been so lucky. of course, you noted the extensive damage in kentucky. we also just learned in the past hour and a half or so that virginia governor glenn youngkin

submitted a request for an expedited major disaster declaration. as part of this request, the governor of virginia noted that just today, they had 150 swift water rescues and also two towns to the west of here. they've had catastrophic and historic flooding. so it just goes to show you just how intense the damage has been here today. and just i'll run over some of those numbers that you just heard, the governor of kentucky note as well, eight people at this point presumed to have been killed in the flooding. potentially, that number will rise. in kentucky, the rescues there have been over 1000. just you can tell how many first responders have been working all through the night. and the other thing that i'll note, paula, is something that you mentioned as well. it's cold out here still as we were driving down to get to the spot today, we drove through west virginia. it was snowing for much of the drive. it was raining as well at times. this entire system has been challenging for these communities, not just because the flood waters have risen as quickly as they have, but also because that cold is just biting out here. so officials from all

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him fire the head of a watchdog agency protecting whistleblowers. it's his first appeal to the high court as his president, as president this term. of course, many more will likely follow as he continues to test the judiciary's ability to check his authority. cnn legal analyst carrie cordero joins me now. all right, carrie, a lot of excitement among legal nerds like us that this the first time. and the second trump administration is headed to the supreme court. but some folks aren't even sure they're going to take this up. what is your take on this case and this question? >> well, i think i think in this particular case. >> it certainly would be. >> reasonable for the supreme court. and i think what they probably will do is just let the lower courts have this play out. there's really no reason for the supreme court to take it up at this time, because the lower courts, as you know, haven't ruled on the merits of this case. they just have paused the decision while they have more

hearings and more briefings. and so there's lots of time for the supreme court to weigh in later substantively. but at this point, i'm inclined to think they're going to let the lower courts have their process be carried out. >> i tend to agree with you, though. i would love a trip to the supreme court at any at any juncture. but as you also heard, a number of biden appointed u.s. attorneys across the country have had their government issued phones and email accounts deactivated. now, of course, it is pretty much custom that u.s. attorneys, once a new president comes in, they are usually asked to step down. but do you have any concerns about this deactivating of electronic devices for these top prosecutors at this point? >> well, once i mean, the question is for each individual, had they left office, uh, and or are they still in their current positions? it's it's not unusual for a new president to come in and to remove u.s.

attorneys, the politically appointed heads of each u.s. attorney's office. same with the assistant attorney generals, who are in charge of each major component of the department. you know, usually there's there's a normal course in which this takes place. a person, uh, leaves their office, they are no longer there. they're no longer fulfilling their duties in any way, and they leave government service. and at that point, there's no reason why they would need their government issued devices. so i think for each individual, it just depends whether or not they're in their positions or whether. so much of what has happened in the removal of certain officials within the department, some of whom were even career officials and not political appointees, is that they are just abruptly removed from their position, cut off from information on things that they were working on. and so there's just a, there's a there's a breadth to which these actions are taking place against individuals all across the department of justice. >> i want to pivot to what's been going on up in manhattan.

uh, this deal to drop the case against mayor eric adams so that he can, in the words of the trump justice department, focus on immigration. while the directive to drop the case specifically says it's not a quid pro quo. there's been a lot of questions about whether it is. so earlier today, our colleague dana bash, she had the opportunity to ask the white house border czar, tom homan, about whether this really is a quid pro quo. let's take a listen to what he said. >> no, i think that's ridiculous. meaning? >> mayor adams. >> met a couple of months ago, i think. i think it was probably 8 or 9, 8 or 9 weeks ago. we met. we had the same discussion i really don't think had anything to do with whatever was going on in justice department. we never talked about that. it's kind of out of my lane. i've been talking to the mayor for months about getting in rikers island. that's what we talked. >> about. >> what do you make of his comments there? >> you know, it's hard to say

until we really find out what went on behind the scenes between individuals at the white house, like mr. homan and the justice department, if any, in terms of communications about the removal of the the dismissal of this particular case, the letter from the acting deputy attorney general, um, appears to look that there was a politically motivated reason, that is cooperation from mayor adams. that was the reason for the dismissal. it doesn't seem like the justice department senior leadership has made arguments that there wasn't a substantive merit to the case. and so, um, you know, we don't know, i think yet enough about what went on behind the scenes. obviously, all of the prosecutors who were substantively involved in this case believe and have put in writing and have staked their careers on the fact that the dismissal of this case was politically motivated. and with

respect to the argument that, uh, a person in a political position is needed to carry out policy that is simply, as you know, paula, just not a appropriate justification for not bringing a case. we can just look in another context to the prosecution of senator menendez, who was in a very powerful position in the congress, in senate foreign relations committee. nobody made the argument that, well, we need him in that particular job to do politics, and therefore he's not going to be prosecuted. so there are public corruption cases from time to time, and that individual's role in their political position shouldn't be a factor. uh, when the department is making prosecutorial or dismissal decisions. >> definitely a story we will continue to watch. carrie cordero thank you. >> thanks, paul. >> and beyond the legality of trump's government cuts, there are still questions from both sides of the aisle about whether they're too fast or too deep.

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wrote in 2010 about the importance of adhering to the constitution. democratic senator adam schiff said, quote, spoken like a true dictator, and democratic congressman richie torres said in part, trump seems to believe he can do whatever he wishes in the name of saving the country. torres adds the u.s. constitution trumps the policy preferences of president trump. joining us now is margaret talev, senior contributor for axios and director of the institute for democracy, journalism and citizenship at syracuse university. margaret, i want to get your reaction to trump's post. what do you make of this? >> well, paula. >> it's certainly designed. to get. everyone's attention. >> and create quite a reaction. >> and it's doing that. >> so far. he's taken steps like. >> uh, pinning it or putting it out. >> there to begin with is. >> uh. >> it's obviously. >> he. >> wants people talking about this. so the question. is what

is he trying. >> to. >> tell us? is he foreshadowing. >> um. >> a series of actions. that will. >> flout the law. >> that judges will push back on and that. he'll say. >> i'm doing. >> it anyway. >> because it's for the country? >> or is. >> it is the purpose of it. to get the reaction. >> or is the purpose of it. >> somewhere in between? >> and the truth is. >> at this point. >> we don't know yet, but we. >> do know. >> that, um. >> the, the very essence of the quote it's been attributed to napoleon. yes. the former french emperor. >> who was then exiled. >> after waterloo and who. >> uh. >> took hold of leadership. with a coup. so it is a provocative quote, and it's designed to be provocative. i think. >> the question. >> or the. >> concern. both from. >> lawmakers and also from the legal community is, uh, is this more than. >> just a provocation? >> is this. >> him, uh. >> broadcasting his intentions as he continues to push boundaries? >> well, speaking of someone who is not known to be provocative, former vice president mike pence wrote and linked to this article

where he says, quote, without proper adherence to the rule contemplated in the constitution for the presidency, the checks and balances in the constitutional plan become weakened. what is he getting at here? >> there has. >> been, um. >> a debate. or a provocative. >> discussion, uh, again, inside sort of trump world about the idea. >> of. >> whether we're in a post constitutional. >> era. >> whether the constitution, uh, that founded the united states, um, continues to be relevant or should continue to be relevant. but, of course, you know, to your point, you're right. it's a nation of laws. there's a rule of law, and they're three separate branches of government. and the supreme court ultimately decides whether actions fall within the law. that's those are the rules of the country. and if there weren't those rules, there would be, you know, lawlessness and violence and everything would be a jump ball. so, um, i think, you know, there

again, i think it looks to me like all these various parties where there whether they're republican, whether they've been aligned with trump in the past or not, are trying to figure out, is this, um, again, meant to have a chilling effect or get everyone's attention and that's it? or is this foreshadowing of steps to come? and at this point, because we're only a few weeks into the new administration, all you have to go on are the early actions of the administration. but certainly, uh, with doge, with some of these mass firings, uh, with uh, many moves that are already headed to the courts, the president has shown a willingness, certainly, to push the boundaries of what has ever been, um, allowable behavior by an executive in the modern united states. >> now, trump is also responding to critics who say it's elon musk, who is actually the one in charge. let's take a listen to what he said in a joint interview with musk on fox.

>> actually, elon called me. he said, you know, they're trying to drive us apart. i said, absolutely no. they said, we have breaking news. donald trump has ceded control of the presidency to elon musk. president musk will be attending a cabinet meeting tonight at 8:00. and i say it's just so obvious they're so bad at it. i used to think they were good at it. they're actually bad at it because if they were good at it, i'd never be president. >> what do you think is going on with that interview and behind the scenes? >> i mean, if if it were a reality show, it would certainly be a scripted moment. it seems like, again, a moment that is meant to entertain, to provoke to people, to talk about it. but the truth is, elon musk isn't doing anything that president trump hasn't empowered him to do. if president trump didn't want him doing the things he's doing, he wouldn't be doing them anymore. so i think for a lot of members of congress, there was

all of this debate early on about, um, how how much scrutiny should cabinet nominees get? well, it if you can install someone outside of the nomination process who, um, doesn't have to answer to anyone in the senate and is empowered uniquely by the president unless a court says they can't be, then why does it matter who the cabinet nominees are? so i think, again, you are really seeing something very different here play out. and it is meant to provoke. it is meant to, um, get, you know, people who are concerned about boundaries in the system all whipped up and fired up. it is it. they are playing it as they have intended it. and that's what's going on right now. >> margaret talev. thank you. more when we come back. >> it's the news. >> welcome back. >> but it's also kind of not the news. >> we don't fact check here. we

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political tensions between the two nations as well. rising to the fore there. canadian fans booing america's national. >> anthem before. >> their nhl four nations face off in montreal. >> on saturday night. >> and that tension really did seem to spill over to the ice as well. just look at this. the friction coming to a boiling point with it literally pulled within seconds of. puck drop. three fights. breaking out within the first nine seconds. hand to. >> hand combat like. >> this. >> the regulator is still common in the sport. we had two american. >> brothers, matthew. >> and brady tkachuk, setting the tone early on, getting in the first. two brawls. the united states would go on to win three one, earning a spot in thursday's four nations title game in boston. let's take a listen. let's listen in more. >> a lot of unhappy people here, and especially. montreal, a place that is my favorite, even if it wasn't for this tournament. so to me to have it that way. but i think it was a group, you know, we were all coming in with that villain

mindset that, you know, we weren't going to be liked tonight and just found a way to win. that's just i'm so happy right now. it was fast again, tight checking, competitive, emotional had everything that you would want in a hockey game. i thought, um, as i said, it sucks it didn't go our way. but, um, it's far from over. >> and competitive to say the least. well, paula, as the canada star. >> there, connor mcdavid. >> saying this thing is not over, the canadians still have a chance to advance to that title game against guess who with a win in their final round robin match up against finland on monday night, it is still all to play for. right back to you. >> the drama patrick snell. thank you. and the nba all-star game has been around for decades, but it will look a lot different tonight with a first of its kind mini tournament. cnn's andy scholes is in san francisco, and he tell us what can we expect tonight? >> well, paula, as you just mentioned, this is the first time ever we're going to have a mini tournament for the all star

game. it's a really cool new format. you know, they drafted the all stars under three different teams and it was shaquille o'neal, kenny smith and charles barkley that did all the drafting. and then the team that won the rising stars game, their mini tournament on friday. they're also going to get to be in this tournament here tonight. it should hopefully help bring some competitive spirit back to the game. now the game. they don't have any time. there's no clock going. each game is a target. score of 40 is what you're going for. so you're going to get a game winning shot in each one of these games, which should be quite exciting. now steph curry damian lillard they are both on shaq's og's team. and i got the chance to speak with both of them leading up to the game. and i asked him do they think it's going to bring a lot of competitiveness back to the all star game, with it being a tournament? >> can't be afraid to. >> try something new. we knew the game was a little stale for a couple of years and, you know, a new format or hopefully it kind of shocked the system a little bit. i think the smaller condensed games can keep the competition high. i think the

newness of it could bring some excitement, but i would say i'm much more a fan of like the traditional. >> east versus west. >> i think it'll work. um, i hope it'll work. >> i don't have anything. hey. hey. nice hearing. how you. just let me know when you feel. all right. now, the game is going to tip off at 8:00 pm eastern on tnt. and this is an extra special all star game, because this is going to be the last one ever on tnt. so it should be a certainly a fun one. and last night the action was incredible as well for the dunk contest. matt mclean putting on a performance for the ages. he became the first player ever to win back to back to back dunk contests, and he jumped over a car for his very first dunk, which was just insane. the whole crowd was on their feet. he got a perfect score of 50 in all four of his dunks and he never missed, which was incredible. and i got the chance to catch up with him on the court right afterwards. and i asked him, how does it feel to be the best

dunker of all time? >> really. >> really, just out of the love of dunkin? i think when you love something and that's your action and you can you can kind of be, you know, better at it than you usually would. are you now the greatest dunker of all time? that's not for me to say at all. i'm just i'm just happy to be here, man. and however this story goes, uh, i don't know, it's mine, and i embrace it. all right, you got my vote. congrats. congrats. yeah. paul was just incredible. mac mcclung is six foot two. just incredible dunk after incredible dunk. had the crowd on their feet the entire time. and he even inspired some other dunkers, uh, to potentially get into the competition. john moran said he might have to start, uh, putting his name into the dunk contest moving forward. we'll wait and see. but what an epic performance that was. >> looks like a blast. andy schultz, thank you so much. and president trump says the courts are attacking his executive power. so he wants the supreme court to settle it as he fights

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