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cnn. >> welcome to all. >> of you watching us here in the united states. >> canada and. >> around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is. >> cnn newsroom. >> federal employees. face a choice. explain their roles immediately, or risk losing their jobs. but not every agency says it will comply. plus. >> we're going to have so much money coming in from tariffs all. >> as donald trump gloats about tariffs. >> american consumers grow fearful of how the president's actions could reignite inflation. and prayers pour in from around the world as the vatican issues an update on the pope's health. we're live in rome with the latest. >> live from atlanta. this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. >> federal employees are being told to justify their jobs or face dismissal. have a look. this email with the heading, what did you do on the job? last

week was sent to federal employees in multiple agencies. it tells them to outline their accomplishments within the last week. elon musk, head of the department of government efficiency, announced that, quote, failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. the fbi and multiple other federal departments advised staffers not to respond immediately, but not the director of the secret service, who instructed his staff to comply with the request. and at a conservative gathering on saturday, president trump gave musk a glowing job review of his own. >> i signed an order creating the department of government efficiency. you probably haven't heard of it, which is now waging war on government waste, fraud and abuse. and elon is doing a great job. he's doing a great job. we love elon, don't we? >> cnn's betsy klein has more from the white house.

>> president trump taking a victory lap to a friendly crowd at cpac on saturday, ticking off some of his accomplishments, taking aim at his political rivals and saying that he believes he has, quote, a mandate for dramatic change in washington. now, to that end, we have seen president trump take steps toward dramatically reshaping the size and the scope of the federal government. and he has dispatched elon musk and his so-called department of government efficiency to find ways to dramatically slash federal spending and trim the federal workforce. so trump at cpac said that musk was doing a great job, called him a patriot. but during that speech, musk himself announced a new ultimatum for federal workers, saying, tell us what you did or you'll be fired. in a tweet he posted, he said consistent with president donald trump's instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done.

last week, federal failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. now, cnn has obtained multiple copies of that email sent to federal workers. it includes the very stark subject line, what did you do last week? and asks those workers to respond with roughly five bullet points. replying to that email and seeing their manager with an 11:59 p.m. deadline on monday. of course, there are federal workers who don't have access to a computer between now and monday at 11:59 p.m., there may be federal workers who are on vacation, and there may be federal workers who, frankly, are doing work that is classified. they cannot put in writing what they accomplished. but certainly president trump, for his part, also taking aim at federal workers who are working remotely. take a look. >> they don't report for work. we're firing them. in other words, you have to go to office, right? right. look at her. if you don't report to work, you know that's another scam. you

know, who the hell if i'm staying home, i'm going to. let's see. my golf handicap would get down to very low number. you'd be shocked if i told you the real number, but i would be so good i'd try and get on tour. i would be so good. >> of course, we should note that president trump himself worked remotely this past week. he was also on the golf course on saturday, monday, tuesday and wednesday of last week. but taken together, really a dramatic effort to reshape the federal workforce. betsy klein, cnn, the white house. >> so as president trump enjoys his victory lap, many americans are growing increasingly concerned about the future of the u.s. economy and, more precisely, the impact it's had on their household finances. new reporting from the university of michigan shows consumer sentiment dropped more than expected to a 15 month low in february. that's a startling turnaround from the economic optimism shown after trump's

november election win and fears of growing inflation are driving consumer confidence down as americans worry about how the president's plan for steep tariffs will impact prices. still, trump continues to sing the praises of his controversial strategy. here he is. >> we're going to have so much money coming in from tariffs all. you're going to say your senators and your congressmen are going to say, please, sir, please, you're making us look so bad. we have so much money coming in. i didn't know this was going to happen. please don't do this to us. we look very bad. >> i want to bring in connor lockhart, who's a senior forecaster and senior economic consulting speaker at etr economics, and he joins me now from manchester, new hampshire. thank you so much for being with us early here. so break it down for us. why exactly are u.s. consumers feeling so pessimistic about the economy right now? >> well. >> kim, i think. >> it goes down to the rising inflation expectations. and i

think a lot of that expectation shift owes to the recent tariff announcements. now, the most important thing with any government policy, economic or otherwise, is you can't grade it on intention. you have to grade it on outcome. now, in a vacuum, the intentions. there are things that sound good, right? we're going to further incent the on and reshoring of foreign production back to the u.s. market to create jobs for the u.s. worker and u.s. manufacturing drive a more resilient supply chain and ultimately, um, you know, put us in in a stronger position. and, you know, as mentioned in the lead in there, you know, maybe generate some additional incremental government revenue. but as always, the devil is in the unintended economic details and outcomes. and among other things, it carries a prospect of escalation of global trade war, retaliatory tariffs, fraying diplomatic relations with our trading partners. and ultimately, again, the primary concern and why i'm here this morning is inflation concerns. and we think that's a legitimate concern, that this

will drive some additional incremental inflation pressure. and obviously that was a lightning rod last year. and it appears it's going to be one this year as well. >> yeah. that's right. i mean you talk about unintended outcomes but not unexpected perhaps because certainly people have been ringing those alarm bells when trump mentioned all of those tariffs. and now those bells are ringing even louder this week. nobel prize winning economist joseph stiglitz raised the specter of stagflation. that's the combination of rising prices in a slowing economy. and he says it might happen because the shifting tariffs make the u.s. a scary place to invest. is that a real fear? do you think? >> it might be a bit early to say that at this point, for outright stagflation, we do anticipate that the economy is going to grow this year. but we do think inflation is going to be a part of that. our forecast prior to the election and after the election, prior to the

inauguration and after prior to tariffs, and now was that inflation was going to average around 3% this year. we were not in the camp that it was going to go to 2% below 2%. it was that it was going to cease being an issue this year. but our expectation was that the economy would continue to grow despite that, because incomes currently, anyway, are growing faster than inflation. and that's the math that really matters for us. so we're seeing some upward momentum in manufacturing, industrial production. recent retail data has been good. so the question can really is going to be for this year is does the incremental additional inflation pressure that this is likely to drive on the margins. is that going to be enough to undermine that fundamental rising at this point, inflation adjusted disposable income trend to the point that, you know, real growth outcomes do start to buckle. and maybe we do tilt in that stagflation direction. we're not ready to go there yet, but that's what we're going to be tracking as this year wears on. >> yeah. and that that fear then uh, might result in, in a recession. right. so how likely do you think that is if the

president keeps sort of taking these wild swings with tariffs. >> as things currently stand, with 10% on china, 25% on steel and aluminum? uh, we are not forecasting recession at this point. however, two, three, four weeks from now, we could find ourselves in a drastically different position with 25 points on canada and mexico, potentially on vehicles and europe. so that level of escalation, we may have to reevaluate at that point. but with what we know now and what we see so far, uh, we do not think that this will be fatal, uh, to our forecast for reasonably good growth outcomes for the u.s. economy in 2025. >> you talked about you had projected these, uh, certain, you know, inflation numbers before and after inauguration, before tariffs, after tariffs. uh, certainly in terms of the consumers themselves, in terms of the voters, they voted for change. and that was one of the drivers of the of the election was the fears of rising prices.

and donald trump promised to do something about that. um, certainly voters don't seem to think that he is doing that, at least consumers so far. how much blame do you think the the administration has? how realistic is it for them to to actually sort of try and get those prices down so quickly after after an election? >> well, it's a tall mountain to climb, you know, independent of any sort of additional inflation pressure derived from tariffs. there are a number of structural factors in play, um, for the new administration coming in, whether it's prior government and deficit spending and borrowing, structurally tight labor markets that are going to continue to feed labor cost increases into the economy, the probability of a higher commodity price environment this year, ongoing rise in electricity, for example, uh, we were struggling really to find a bear case for inflation to the downside that would ultimately drive us, you know, below 2%, um, before which is why we felt that, again, it was going to be

sticky, uh, this year. and then when you add on some inflation pressure and some, some complicated policy there that, uh, you know, like i said, in driving towards some well intended long term outcomes, uh, that that could complicate what we already thought was going to be a pretty difficult task here in 2025. >> all right. so bottom line, you're not predicting a worst case, at least right now. but still plenty plenty of unknowns out there. connor lockhart, thank you so much. really appreciate you taking time with us. >> thanks, kim. >> the vatican says pope francis is resting in the hospital, having had a peaceful night after a difficult day of illness. on saturday, the vatican said the 88 year old pontiff suffered a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis. he required oxygen and received blood transfusions for anemia, but remains in critical condition. but francis will miss the weekly angelus prayer for the second sunday in a row and for only the third time in his nearly 12 year long papacy.

catholics around the world are, of course, praying for his recovery. cnn vatican correspondent christopher lam joins me now from rome. so, christopher, yesterday the pope at least seemed on the mend. and then seemingly suddenly, this this big setback. what more can you tell us about how he's doing? >> well, it was a bit of a surprise last night to get that concerning update from the vatican saying that the pope is still in a critical condition, that he had an asthmatic crisis yesterday, on saturday. of course, the doctors had informed journalists on friday that the pope was not out of danger, that he was in a critical condition. and obviously, yesterday was a bad day for the pope. now, francis is a very popular pope, particularly in latin america and across the world. and the news of his condition has sparked an outpouring of prayer

and concern amongst catholics. and here's my look at how they are responding to this news. prayers for the pope are crisscrossing the world in buenos aires, where pope francis was born and served as archbishop. the city's iconic obelisk was lit up with images and a message of hope for his health. it's part of a wave of care and concern across the globe, as the faithful far and wide light candles and bow their heads in prayer for the pope. many catholics say they feel a special kinship with, especially those in latin america. >> latino. since he's a latino, he speaks our language and he shares the feelings of the latino community because we come from a similar culture, even though he's from argentina. >> our prayers. >> to god for. >> pope francis. >> in the philippines, a mass was held in manila to pray for the pope and the medical staff supporting him, with some parishioners saying they hope the worst would not come to pass. >> in malaysia.

>> we are not yet ready for him to pass away. that's why we've been praying for his recovery so he can live longer and continue serving the catholics in the world and in the philippines. >> but on saturday, the vatican gave an update on the pope's health. that wasn't what many people were hoping to hear. it said the pope suffered an asthmatic respiratory crisis and received blood transfusions for a condition associated with anemia, and said he remained in a critical condition, something his doctors had warned on friday could deteriorate even further. >> but the question is, is the pope out of danger? no, the pope is not out of danger. the door is open to both possibilities, because such a major infection with so many microbes, with the appearance of bilateral pneumonia in a man. and we see this who walks very little and is in a wheelchair, and who is 88 years old. >> christopher walrath back at the vatican, the pope's absence is hard to miss, especially since he hasn't led the weekly angelus prayer since he's been

hospitalized. and as disappointing as that may be, many people say they are relying on prayers that he will be okay. >> i'm just. >> being. >> like, worried. >> about his health and i hope he will recover. definitely he will come back to his health soon. definitely. >> thank you. terance skjersaa. >> well, kim, the wider context to this is that the pope is 88 years old, and before his hospitalization was working so hard, he was keeping up a relentless pace of schedules and meetings. and i saw him on the day of his hospitalization, and it was clear then he was struggling to speak for long periods because of his breathing difficulties. he is a pope who has essentially sacrificed his health for the mission of the church. he's driven himself into hospital and, of course, is battling now pneumonia in both of his lungs. we are expecting a further update from the vatican

later today. kim. >> all right. we'll wait for that update when it comes. so much concern around the world. as you say. christopher lam in rome. thank you so much. when we come back, why israel is refusing to release hundreds of palestinian prisoners after hamas followed through with another hostage handover. plus, the u.s. and ukraine are negotiating a deal over minerals. but kyiv may not be happy where things currently stand. we'll have the latest next. stay with us. >> jaren barajas love. >> love will. >> keep us together. >> now for something you can both agree on a sleep number bed is perfect for couples. the climate 360 smart bed is the only bed that cools and warms on each side, and all our smart beds adjust the firmness for each of you. let's agree to agree on better sleep and now save 50% on the new sleep number. limited edition smart bed plus 0% interest for 48

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>> hamas is accusing israel of violating the cease fire deal. the militant group was expecting the prisoners to be released after it handed over six israeli hostages on saturday. cnn's nic robertson reports from tel aviv. >> shaky on his feet, 40 year old tal shoham also looking weak. a avera mengistu nearly 11 years a hostage. hamas as ever in force and in control of the propagandized handover. this day, the last of the planned and agreed living hostage releases. avira's friends bursting into song as they watch his release. tal's family greeting his freedom from 505 days in captivity with tears. and then the real deal. tal waving to the crowds, hugging his son.

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long sentence prisoners, as well as over 600 people detained in gaza since october 7th. moments of reflection this day, too, for those israeli hostages who didn't make it home alive. the bibas family and oded lifshitz, his grandson daniel, hoping, talks and releases can be extended through islam's holy month of ramadan. >> if we will make sure there will be a release on the first day of the ramadan of at least, let's say, 20 hostages, we can have 30 days to have secure conversations about getting to that. to that point. >> there's a real hard and somber reality here in hostages square as people begin to drift away. they know this may be the last live hostage release that they get to come here and

witness. no. others are scheduled. they are certainly hopeful. but it hasn't happened that there's an agreement yet. and that's a big, big issue right now. nic robertson, cnn, tel aviv. >> the white house says a draft deal over rare minerals between the u.s. and ukraine isn't a guarantee of future aid for its war with russia, and it wouldn't include any commitment of u.s. personnel in the region. a source familiar with the negotiations says the deal isn't one that ukraine's president would accept, since it appears kyiv would be doing the heavy lifting. earlier, a u.s. official told cnn the deal over minerals and other natural resources is nearly done, but it wasn't clear how any official agreement might occur. protests took place in several european countries over the weekend, with demonstrations expressing feelings on issues from international conflict to domestic reform to economic autonomy. in london, protesters marched on the russian embassy ahead of the third anniversary of russia's full scale invasion

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done so since the nazi era. cnn's senior international correspondent fred pleitgen, joins me now from berlin. so, fred, polls just opened, what, two hours ago? so tell us where you are and take us through what we're expecting in these elections. >> yeah, we're inside polling station 129, right in the heart of central berlin. and as you can see, voting is well underway here. one of the things that we have to say is we have to thank all of the volunteers who are making this place run. it's running very smoothly and also for hosting us to see german democracy in action. one of the interesting things, by the way, about voting in germany is that you actually have two votes. when you go to the polling station, you have the first vote and the second vote. one is for the political party that you favor, and one is for your candidate in this district. so, for instance, if you want the conservatives to win the election, you vote for the cdu. but if you like your local green party candidate, you can give him your first vote as well, and then both of them will be

stronger. in the german parliament, in the bundestag. and one of the things that we are seeing here, kim, is that this is a very consequential election, that voters feel that this is a very consequential election. a lot of people that we've been speaking to, when we asked them a simple question, are you optimistic or pessimistic about the way things are going in germany? a lot of people say that they are quite pessimistic at the moment, and the topics are ones that, you know, we've been discussing a lot over the past couple of weeks. migration is obviously a big topic right now in germany. the economy is a huge topic as well. with this country now two years in recession. but then also, of course, the international environment that we're seeing here in europe right now, with the war in ukraine still going on with that new government in the united states led by donald trump being very negative publicly about germany as well. so those are all things that are weighing on voters. but one of the things that we can see is that many of them are saying this is an election that is going to be extremely important in shaping the future of this country. and one of the things when we speak to folks that they say they're

fearful of and concerned about is that there might not be a stable government in all of this because you just spoke about those who might win the election, who will be very strong. but of course, they still have to form a government. they have to form a coalition. and the big question is what sort of coalitions can be formed and how effective is the future government going to be? kim. >> yeah, absolutely. and fred, when you talk about this being a consequential election, i spoke about the far right afd expecting to make huge gains. so walk us through why that might be and what effect, if any, it could have on the political direction of the country. >> yeah. so so the afd is actually projected to become about twice as strong as it was in the last election. so that certainly is already a huge deal for a lot of people. and one of the things there's several layers where it could become an issue. on the one hand, of course, it drives politics here also in this country. it sets the agenda in many ways. the strength of the far right party, but also when we speak, for instance, about coalition building, like, for instance, if the conservatives win the most votes, it can be quite difficult

for them to form a coalition with a large block of the seats in parliament already taken by the afd. and then, of course, you also have that whole complex of the u.s. government essentially getting involved in the german elections here, where you had elon musk trying to really drive votes for the afd going in. video links at big afd party conventions and election campaign events, tweeting that he believes only the afd can save germany and then, for instance, had jd vance, the vice president of the united states, going to the munich security conference, and there saying that one of the fundamental things that parties here have agreed on, which is called the firewall, where they say that the parties of the democratic center are not going to work with the afd, where he called for that to go away. so all of those things are going to be very big factors. and definitely one of the things that pollsters have been looking at for a very long time, the public is going to be looking at how strong this party is actually going to be. kim. >> all right. and as you outlined there, this election could be consequential far

beyond german shores. fred pleitgen in berlin, thank you so much. really appreciate it. the world is warming. and last month was the warmest january on record globally. now, despite that, the u.s. has seen temperatures plummet. january was the coldest among the mainland states since 1988. and that frigid weather has stretched into february, as well as warmer temperatures are set to return next week. meteorologist allison chinchar explains what's pushed arctic winds so far south. >> if you went outside at all earlier this week, you likely noticed how cold it was. but it wasn't just this week. if we go back to january of this year, you'll notice much of the lower 48 was below average for temperatures. but we were really one of the few. in fact, if you look elsewhere globally, a lot of other places were warm, quite warm to be exact. dealing with the warmest january on record. but this can happen where you have one area that's dealing with extreme temperatures on one side, and many other areas dealing with the opposite. so now let's take a look at

earlier this week. this was all the cold air that surged across the lower 48. and you likely felt it, except maybe if you lived in tucson or maybe miami, where it actually didn't feel all that bad. because this is what can often happen when we look at the more long term trends. look at this for february. all of these light blue dots indicate the top ten coldest february to date. dark blue top five. and all of these purple dots indicate the coldest february to date on record. so why is this happening now? well, a lot of it has to do with the polar vortex. normally, a very strong polar vortex stays up north where it belongs, but sometimes it can elongate and stretch farther south, bringing with it incredibly cold temperatures. but it also will affect the jet stream that surrounds it. and that impacts more of our day to day weather cycles. however, even though you get these brief cold blasts that will come and go, overall winter is actually warmer and especially if you look at the eastern half of the country, it has warmed quite a bit over the last several decades by as much

as five degrees warmer for all of those seasons. now, in the short term, we are also going to see temperatures warming back up as we head into next week. finally, most of the u.s. is seeing those temperatures above average instead of on the opposite end of the spectrum. take new york, for example. the high on sunday, 43 degrees, jumping all the way up to 54. by the time we get to tuesday. atlanta looking at a high on sunday of 58 degrees, but back into the 70s. by the time we get to tuesday. >> 90 confirmed cases of measles have now been reported in west texas. coming up, cnn visits medical professionals and communities there as they fight to curb the outbreak. stay with us. >> twitter. that's great man. >> no one. >> understood where it was going. >> we invented. >> a whole new thing. >> twitter. breaking the bird march. >> 9th on cnn.

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32 have been cases identified in the past week. the vast majority of the infected are children, and many of them are unvaccinated. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta spoke to doctors on the ground in west texas. he brings us a firsthand look at the challenges they face as they work to contain the outbreak. >> so many. >> of the people who get infected with measles, who get sick and need to be hospitalized, are children. so we're here at covenant children's, and i want to give you an idea of how this works over here. somebody pulls up even before they go inside the hospital. they'll actually get evaluated in this shed out here. they want to determine if someone actually has measles. they need to be put into personal protective gear and then taken inside the hospital. >> we've had over 15 patients admitted here in our children's hospital with measles over the past several weeks. >> doctor laura johnson is the chief medical officer here. how do you even begin to approach as a patient comes in? what do you what do you do for them?

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>> instinct is and where. >> you where you. >> think you should go. so really, you're never. >> thinking in those moments. >> you're just reacting. and for me, i don't really remember anything about the last lap unless i see it on on video, because everything is just kind of a blur. it's really subconscious. at that point. >> i. >> was fascinated. >> by. >> the history. >> you're now the. >> fifth. >> driver to have ever won this iconic race back to back. you're also now the youngest ever to do it. that in itself. >> is very, very special. >> what does it mean to you personally, william, to be a to be a history maker? >> well, it's it's just huge for our race team. you know the 24 team. they work so hard and it's just it's special for my family as well because all of them were at the race. my sister was able to be there. i think that was her first win that she's been able to see. so to have her there was extremely special, and just to be able to celebrate with all them has made the week amazing. so the history is, is something that i know my family is proud of. and and i'm sure i'll look back later on and and be really proud of that. >> all right. let's touch it together. >> yeah. >> because no one's ever won it

three times in a row. no one ever. >> yeah. >> can it be done? what's it going. >> to take for that. >> to happen? >> it'd be amazing. i think, um, we have a lot of, a lot of time to prepare for that next year. uh, it will be next february. so excited for that race. definitely some pressure going into that one next year. but we're just going to focus on the process like we always do and focus on the little details. and hopefully next year we can be in a similar place. >> can it be done? >> i think so, our team's very capable, so i'm really proud to to drive their car and to be on such a great team and hopefully we can go three times in a row. that'd be cool. >> i do want to ask you about your family. you mentioned your family and your mother. dana is one courageous person, a cancer survivor. william. um, how is she? proved to be a source of inspiration for you and your own life? >> yeah, we had a pretty, pretty crazy year in 2021 when she was diagnosed with brain cancer. it actually happened at the racetrack. she was, uh, she she had a bit of a seizure moment at

the racetrack. and then hearing in the next couple of weeks how sort of difficult the situation was, it was really a miracle that she was able to overcome that. just super thankful for all the doctors that that supported her and through her treatment. and and it just was yeah, i can say it was a major blessing that she was able to to get through that and really inspired our family because it was bigger than anything i've ever been a part of. just to really understand how important your family is and really have that support for her. >> yeah. great story. well, that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back with more news in just a moment. >> it's the news. welcome back. but it's also kind of not the news. >> all the information on this show so terrible. >> if i got news for you, news saturday on cnn. >> guys, what is peak performance mean to you being

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