reference. >> immediately. >> daniel dale. >> i'm pretty sure mia love 30 days from the. anyhow. >> and with easter approaching, i don't want to have to have all the kids have plastic eggs. it'd be nice if they had some regulars. we're not going to be able to afford easter. >> no. at a certain point, an economy does become a president's economy, even though if we're being honest, the levers that presidents have to adjust the economy are few. >> but that's the thing. i mean, i spoke last year to hundreds of voters ahead of the election and talking to folks who had made the decision to vote for donald trump before the election and in the wake of the election, how they were feeling, many people were saying they recognized that things weren't going to change overnight. so i think there is that grace period that he's going to have for at least a few months. >> thanks to the group for hashing this out the morning after. thank you for waking up with us. i'm audie cornish, and cnn news central starts right now.

>> a victory lap just 43 days after taking office. president trump addressing congress, talking about his rapid fire changes to overhaul the federal government and the nation. democrats holding up signs, walking out and even getting kicked out. >> deal or. >> no deal. >> the tariff. >> whiplash continues, with the commerce secretary suggesting the president may be ready to meet in the middle today. and also igniting hope on wall street. this mammoth winter storm. >> sparks. >> fires, dust bowls. now, there are. >> concerns of blizzards and tornadoes. we have the latest severe weather forecast. >> i'm john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. this is cnn news central.

>> this was not about unity. the people elected me to do the job and i'm doing it. and this morning, major questions on what president trump will do next. after telling congress, america and the world that his divisive agenda is just getting started. trump signals full speed ahead. combative trump vows to press an unrelenting agenda. the new york times trump celebrates disruption and defies backlash. politico some of the reviews this morning as trump laid bare his power in a historically long speech that touted his future plans on tariffs, trade wars, foreign wars and more. all the while attacking democrats who attacked back. >> we have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four years or eight years. and we are just getting started. >> get out. get out. >> the chair now directs the sergeant at arms to restore

order. remove this gentleman from the chamber. >> these people sitting right here will not clap, will not stand, and certainly will not cheer for these astronomical achievements. they won't do it no matter what. tariffs are about making america rich again and making america great again. and it's happening. and it will happen rather quickly. there will be a little disturbance. but we're okay with that. it won't be much. earlier today i received an important letter from president zelenskyy of ukraine. my team and i stand ready to work under president trump's strong leadership to get a peace that lasts every single day. we will stand up and we will fight, fight, fight for the country our citizens believe in and for the country our people deserve. >> today, we are standing by for president trump to speak with canadian prime minister justin trudeau amid trade war fears.

trump also today will meet with gop lawmakers. cnn's alayna treene is at the white house. what did last night tell you about how trump is going to move forward? it was certainly a divisive conversation or speech, if you will. >> you're right, sarah. i mean, look, this was a classic. >> trump speech. as someone who spent the last two years following him all over the country and listening to his his campaign rallies, this sounded almost like a campaign speech. it was, you know, defiant. it was very partisan and it was very long. this was one of the most the longest joint addresses or see the union addresses. essentially. that's what this was last night. uh, in modern history, coming in at around 99 minutes. but there was a couple of moments that i really want to highlight here. and one is tariffs because, um, look, the president seemed very dug in on the tariffs that just 12 hours or not even 12 hours earlier that day had been enacted on canada and mexico. now, despite what we've been hearing from some of his top advisers,

including commerce secretary howard lutnick, uh, the. president did not seem very eager to want to roll them back or try to have further negotiations to change those tariffs. um, but at one point, as well, he also acknowledged that, look, there are going to be some disturbances. he told americans, and particularly farmers, singling them out, saying, bear with me. he added, um, that there was going to be an adjustment period for the economy. and it comes as i know that yesterday the president but also many of his advisers were closely monitoring the stock market reaction to the tariffs. we know that over the past couple of days now, we've really seen the stock market plummet on the news of that. so interesting as we continue to look forward to that conversation between the president and canadian prime minister justin trudeau today. but another moment i want to highlight as well is immigration. this is actually the topic that the president spent the most time on. about nine minutes and 49 seconds. but one of the most interesting moments of that part was that he appealed directly to congress. he essentially said, i am frustrated and i need more

money. he talked about how he campaigned on mass deportations of undocumented migrants in this country. but really, even though his border crossings are down, the deportation levels under his administration are basically in line with what we saw under the biden administration. and he told congress, i need money. and this is really the crux of one of the biggest issues that the president faces, which is essentially he can sign executive orders every single day, but he needs congress for the big things, including trying to get his tax cuts renewed and also on immigration. then finally, i just want to quickly touch on ukraine, because this was a moment that i know his advisers knew was going to be one of the closest and most closely watched moments of the evening. and he did. he did make a huge announcement on ukraine, but he did strike a more conciliatory tone toward ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. he essentially said, um, that he appreciated a letter that the ukrainian president had sent him, saying he was ready to move forward on that very important minerals deal. and he said, i just got it a little while ago. and, you know, essentially signaled that a deal could be coming on that in the

coming days. so all of that kind of signaling where the president's focus is, sarah. >> all right. thank you so much. alayna treene live for us from the white house there this morning, john. >> all right. let's get right to elsewhere in washington to find out how democrats are feeling this morning about all this. cnn's lauren fox not far from capitol hill this morning. what are you hearing, lauren? >> yeah, obviously, this was a real low. >> point in. >> terms. >> of congressional. >> relationships on the floor of the house. >> traditionally. >> this is really an opportunity for both sides to express some concerns about a president's message when they are addressing a joint session of congress. but it doesn't always devolve in the way that we saw last night. i mean, a member, a democratic member, representative al green, was removed from the chamber during the first minutes of this speech because he continued to jeer at the president. and despite the fact that he was warned by the speaker of the house to return the house to

order, he continued to. he continued to stand. and i think that that's going to be a real moment to watch here, because there could be repercussions for him. you heard yesterday from some republicans in leadership that they potentially could look at censuring him because of this action. here's what republicans were saying about some of those actions by democrats yesterday. >> even me. we thought it was a new standard for vitriol. >> well. >> you. >> saw a lot of disgraceful displays. >> by the democrats. >> from al green. >> yelling and no clear. violation of the house rules that he was trying to interrupt a speech that that we were not going to let happen. he knows what he did was a clear violation of the house rules, and it shouldn't have happened. it's going to be dealt with. >> and the president went after democrats as well. during his speech, targeting them, he called elizabeth warren pocahontas at one point. and there's obviously a lot of concern among democrats about

the president's message last night. they were really distracted, though, from the fact that they were upset with his message, as many of them just walked out of the speech last night, many of them, despite urging from their leadership, held out signs expressing discontent. so this was really a moment where i wonder what the impact is going to be moving forward. lawmakers are going to have to come together to fund the government in just a matter of days. john. >> good luck with that. lauren fox for us in washington, thank you very much, kate. so meeting in the middle, president trump is expected to speak with canadian prime minister justin trudeau today. could this mean the president is ready to roll back on the trade war that he just ignited? we will find out in a holy day of prayer without the pope. a new update on the pontiff's health as catholics around the world observe ash wednesday and talk about a rental car nightmare, how three tourists wound up facing police with their guns drawn all over, reported stolen rental car.

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happen today? matt? >> well, kate, listen, we saw that canada and china wasting no time firing back. and so that means that in this retaliatory for tat, you're going to have american workers, investors, farmers all kind of caught in the middle. right? and that's by design. it's supposed to be painful. so say you're an orange juice farmer or you work for a company that makes motorcycles. your products just got less competitive in canada because canada firing back with a 25% retaliatory tariff on $21 billion of goods, including motorcycles and orange juice, as well as beer and footwear and spirits and wine, and also $86 billion of goods face a tariff in the coming weeks, including fruit, vegetables, cheese, footwear, guns and ammo. and there's also non retaliatory tariffs, non retaliatory non tariff retaliation in the works as well because we heard from

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>> points the s&p 500, only 0.4%. this is a very tiny rebound after what we've seen in the last few days because the dow plunged 1300 points combined on monday and tuesday. >> the s&p 500 has given back all of the post-election gains. look at this. we're back to election day right now. i think the the message from the market, kate, i think is pretty clear, right, that tariffs are dangerous and they're particularly dangerous right now because inflation is already a problem. everyone is very sensitive to higher prices. the federal reserve is worried about inflation. and listen the economy is already slowing down. it's hard to see how waging a trade war with your three biggest trading partners is going to help any of that. >> yeah. so if as president trump and his tariff team economic team want to argue that this is good for the american worker and the american people, they've got a lot of work to do to convince people of that. >> yeah. i don't think the

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say. the trolling has become the focal point. with us now, cnn political commentators, democratic strategist maria cardona and republican strategist shermichael singleton and maria, one of the things that seems to be emerging this morning, questions from democrats about what's the best way, the most effective way to counter the message from donald trump? is it al green shouting and getting escorted from the chamber, or is it senator elissa slotkin after giving a message, an economic message saying donald trump will make you pay? what do you think? >> dare i say, john, at this moment, it's all of the above because we're talking to many, many different audiences. i guarantee you that al green's voters, his district, is incredibly happy with what he did because he stood up for what he thought was the most important thing for his voters. uh, senator slotkin, i think, was brilliant in the way that she really focused on the issues that care that most voters care

about, especially in her district, and who want to hear from somebody who is measured, but who understands that what donald trump did last night was not just pettiness. and i totally agree with punchbowl. it was massive pettiness. but he lied to the american people and it was a massive betrayal of the one thing that he promised voters he would take care of, and that is bringing down costs, taking care of inflation. we heard nothing last night that would bring down costs for america's working families. and instead, everything that he has done thus far has actually exploded. costs, has actually made inflation worse, has actually made consumer confidence plummet. and you're seeing it in all of the numbers. his approval rating right now is worse than any president except for his own presidency. you know, the first time around. and so i think that the message for democrats, they can carry this message in all the various forms

that they need to going into the midterm elections, and they can tell america, look, democrats are the ones who have the backs of america's working families while donald trump is knifing them in the back in the various forms that he talked about last night, choosing billionaires over america's working families, cutting all of the life serving, life saving services, firing workers left and right. i think that is going to be a very effective message for democrats going into the midterm election. >> i just want to be clear when punchbowl is talking about pettiness, when punchbowl was talking about pettiness, they were talking about pettiness, both from the podium and both from the crowd. among the democrats, they weren't saying only donald trump was being petty. go ahead, shermichael. >> yeah. look, i wanted to address that right. there should be a level of sobriety that comes with losing. and when one loses, you typically go into a mode of self-reflection. you discover why we lost. what aren't we understanding? they thought they were going to defeat donald trump. they campaigned and said he's

reprehensible. it's impossible that the american people would vote for someone like this. and yet the president performed incredibly well with latino men and women, with certain black men in states like north carolina, pennsylvania and texas. we saw him increase his performance with younger voters writ large. that cannot be ignored. and if we're going to talk about pettiness, was it petty when democrats wouldn't stand for kid who survived cancer? was it pettiness when democrats wouldn't stand for a mother who lost her daughter, who was murdered by an illegal immigrant? was it petty when democrats didn't stand to support law enforcement? and as it pertains to caring about everyday americans, i think the president did a good job when he talked about, let's not tax tips, let's not tax social security because we care about our elderly. those things performed fairly well. and if you look at the cbs poll, you look at our poll from cnn last night, it appears that the majority of americans actually thought the president hit some high points for the hour and a half speech that that he delivered. and so i think democrats need to get off of the high horse here for a minute,

john, and realize that the american people would, at a minimum, like for them to try to figure out where they can work with republicans and the president instead of opposing every darn thing at every second. when they have no vision, they have no plan, and they don't have a leader to help them figure out what direction they should head in. and that was obvious last night. >> um, shermichael one of the. hang on one second here. uh, one of the things that i. that i like to do in these mornings after speeches like this is figure out what what has changed. right. what did that speech change? and i asked maria and you obviously about democrats, how they approach this going forward. i think that's one thing that may be different this morning than it was last night. the other thing that may have changed is, is how the president talks about tariffs and the economic discussion and everything that's happened in the last 24 hours. howard lutnick may have had the most important sentence yesterday on tariffs, basically indicating the administration may back off a little, even though he said he wouldn't. this is what president trump said about tariffs in the speech last night. >> the tariffs are about making

america rich again and making america great again. and it's happening and it will happen rather quickly. there will be a little disturbance. but we're okay with that. it won't be much. >> there will be a little disturbance shermichael but will be okay with that. it won't be much. one of the things you're hearing from some republicans this morning, analysts across the board, is that may be a sentence the president comes to regret with all the economic turmoil that we are seeing right now in the markets and elsewhere. >> yeah. look, howard lutnick, i believe yesterday stated that he's having conversations, um, with individuals in canada and mexico to try to level the playing field in terms of trade between our three countries. uh, donald trump has always been clear that the usage of tariffs is sort of a tool in his toolbox to, again, have that equal playing field. i do think, though, john, to the point that i think you're getting at, we do have to be careful. the economy is still very fragile right now. we saw the stock markets, billions and billions lost in a single day. and so my

expectation is that the administration is going to do what's necessary to focus on driving costs down, focus on cost of living for the average american, and make sure that american workers usaid release. a uaw released a statement yesterday saying, hey, this is a good thing in terms of trying to bring manufacturing back to the united states. that will boost the middle class, which has continued to shrink decade after decade. and so i want to give the president a little more time here, john, to figure out what the ultimate strategic aims are with tariffs as a maneuvering tool. >> maria, it's got to be a super quick last word, like 15 seconds or less. >> sure. so democrats understand that donald trump won because of what he promised voters on the economy. and that's why last night's speech was so insidious, because it had zero solutions on that. and and my dear friend shermichael talked about the young man who was suffering from childhood cancer, but yet who is cutting cancer research, talked about farmers, who is cutting grants that go to farmers, talked about law enforcement, who pardoned cop

killers. so that is the problem with donald trump's speech last night. it was incredibly hypocritical. and it doesn't focus on the one issue that voters were counting on him for, and that is bringing down costs. and that's what democrats are going to focus on. >> maria cardona shermichael singleton, thanks so much. kate, thanks. >> an update on the measles outbreak now in texas. it is getting worse still. now, at least 159 confirmed cases of the highly contagious and highly preventable disease in west texas. one person, a school age child, has died. hhs secretary robert f. kennedy jr., a known vaccine cynic. he has offered to this point now mixed messages at best on the single best solution, which is to get vaccinated. instead, dismissing the outbreak first as not unusual, then saying vaccines can help. but that is a personal decision. and now focusing on other treatments for the disease. cnn's meg tirrell is tracking this one for us.

joining us now. what is the latest? i mean, how quickly let's start with how quickly this outbreak is growing in west texas. >> yeah. again i mean, we just first heard about the first cases in west texas at the end of january. and so now you can see we're approaching 160 cases. and that's just the ones we know about at this point. and so west texas officials are expecting this could potentially keep growing. they update us on tuesdays and fridays. right now there have been 22 hospitalizations. and as you said, one death of a school age child, the first death from measles in this country since 2015. and we have been hearing about sporadic cases popping up across the united states. but the west texas outbreak is by far the largest. there is obviously local spread happening there. a lot of these cases that we've been hearing about are travel related cases. folks go to another country, maybe they're not vaccinated. they come back with measles. whether those cases turn into outbreaks to a large extent depends on how vaccinated the people around those cases are. and so luckily, in many of these cases, we've seen that confined to a single

case or maybe 1 or 3 cases, but they haven't continued to spread. but we are off to a really accelerated start for measles cases in 2025. if you look at this graphic, the purple line there, 164 cases just so far this year of measles in the united states. and that's an undercount because that's based on cdc data from the end of last week. so that's even higher at this point compared with 285 in 2024 for the entire year and 59 in 2023. so, kate, a lot of people are paying close attention to what health secretary robert f. kennedy jr. is messaging about the measles, and he gave an interview to fox news that aired yesterday, in which he did acknowledge that they are suggesting that people in the mennonite community in particular, where this is centered in west texas, should get vaccinated. it protects not just them, he noted, but also the community. but as you noted, there have been very mixed messages about this, including in an op ed he published on fox news's website over the weekend where he said, quote, all

parents should consult with their health care providers to understand their options to get the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine. he said the decision to vaccinate is a personal one and, as you said, also emphasizing those treatments, which doctors point out are not necessary if you prevent measles with the vaccine, which is highly safe and effective and has been around since the 1960s. >> yeah, meg, thank you so much. really appreciate it. we've got to stay very close to this because it is not over. sarah. >> all right. thank you. kate. millions are in the path of a massive storm heading east today. it has already killed two people and spawned possible tornadoes that caused the damage you're seeing here in gramercy, louisiana. that risk continues today in the carolinas and virginia. the storm system also brings blizzard warnings in the midwest and central u.s. this is video of heavy snow from nebraska. good gracious. let's turn to cnn meteorologist derek van dam, who is in the extreme weather center for us this morning. holy smokes. where are

you? what's happening in there? >> it's a whole new world, right? sarah? look, people's lives have been upended this morning from this massive mega storm that's moving eastward across the country, now located over the east coast. but i want to show you what it's capable of doing. look at it. slicing this, uh, warehouse in half, almost figuratively and literally. you can also see some of this damage of residential buildings. this is all coming out of the dallas fort worth suburbs area. just incredible to see. the walls that have toppled, the trees that have been snapped like matchsticks. and of course, the debris strewn around the neighborhoods there. now, this is all part of a larger storm system that's got its eyes set on the carolinas as we speak. and so far with this storm, we have had over 225 reports of severe weather, and many of them include the tornado reports you see right here across oklahoma and into portions of texas as well. this has knocked out

power. we've got 400,000 customers without power, many of which are in texas, but a lot are located across the southeast. this number likely to go up, especially considering what's happening in the carolinas. and i'll show you that in just one moment. this is our severe weather threat for the day today. can't rule out tornadoes, especially within this enhanced area. the shading of orange. but look at towards the mid-atlantic, the nation's capital. a slight risk, damaging winds, large hail. this is new. actually just updating as we're on air this morning. this tornado watch and my producer here, monica garrett, actually broadening this view to show you a new tornado watch that is just issued across north carolina and south carolina. the reason for this is because a line of storms has actually spawned radar, indicated tornado, including columbia, south carolina, as we speak. so this is valid through 8 a.m. this morning. these lines of storms have been known to produce rotation and tornadoes. so heads up if you're heading out the door this morning again on the back side of this, it's full on blizzard conditions across the upper midwest. and that will continue as the system

edges eastward. by the way, it's going to be a rough commute home this evening. john, kate and sarah in new york city. look at that rain heading into the big apple. back to you, dan. >> i just want to come over there and play with that whole situation that you've got going on there. that is a very, very cool. >> we got a lot of inquiries. you're not alone. you're going to have to take a line for this one. okay. one of 100. >> i'm going to skip the line. much like my colleague kate at the airport. over to you, kate. >> i mean, i this the one life i will embrace. i will be kate tice till the end of my days. okay? if you don't know what we're talking about, just stick around because it's called silent rebellion. okay? just silent. okay, let's move on. sarah, coming up for us. a nightmare for three tourists confronted by police at gunpoint after renting a car that had been reported stolen. that is not a good day. and a surprise performance by celine dion. a remix of her classic my heart

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serenade from celine dion at a golf tournament, of all places. she apparently is a big fan of golf, and she was in attendance at the tiger woods indoor golf league. espn reporter marty smith talked to her and asked her which of her songs best represents her golf game. >> i would say. >> near. far. >> where? come on, you know., you. >> where. >> you are. i believe. >> that my ball. >> will go. >> on. you. >> you're not that. >> all right. a few points here. number one, the real star there was the reporter who found himself in an almost impossible situation in a duet with celine dion. that song, of course, from titanic. and in other news, jack did let go, and there was room on the door for him. kate. >> can you imagine being like,

oh, my god, i have to sing with celine dion right now. >> what are you going to do? you're sort of in it right there. you're like, i have to. >> sing legitimately. you're like, this is the high point of the biggest high and low of my life. it's kind of like how that would feel. thank you. okay, so even as the commerce secretary says, another change in tariff policy could come today, possibly rolling back some of those tariffs. president trump doubled down and defended his strategy last night. >> the tariffs are about making america rich again and making america great again. and it's happening. and it will happen rather quickly. there will be a little disturbance. but we're okay with that. it won't be much. >> and in the official democratic response to the president's speech, senator elissa slotkin focused in on this trade war as well, with a different take. he's going. >> to make. >> you pay in every part of your life. grocery and home prices. are going up, not down. his tariffs on allies like canada

will raise prices on energy, lumber and cars and start a trade war that will hurt manufacturing and farmers. >> let's talk about this. joining us right now is tracy tapani, co-president of wyoming machine, a metals manufacturing company out of minnesota. it's great to meet you. thank you so much for being here. um, and it is great to hear from the business owners, business leaders who will see these impacts as well. the president described the impact of tariffs as a little disturbance, kind of suggesting that any negative impact will be slight and brief. what does that little disturbance look like for your company? >> yes. thanks for having me today, kate. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about this. um, i think a little disturbance in a small manufacturing company that employs local people, um, is really disruptive at this time. manufacturing has been facing a slowdown in the united states, as well as many other parts of the world for quite

some time. um, and a disturbance could mean lower wages for people or less of a wage increase. it could be changes in benefits. um, it could be reduced hours for people. um, this is a competitive market. manufacturers in the u.s. are competing globally, and we're under a lot of price pressure already. >> even before this. i want to play what the president said specifically about tariffs on on metals. listen to this. >> and i have also imposed a 25% tariff on foreign aluminum, copper, lumber and steel, because if we don't have, as an example, steel and lots of other things, we don't have a military and frankly, we don't have we just won't have a country very long. >> can you source your product from within the united states completely? >> no. um, i 100% support the growth of manufacturing more steel and aluminum in the united states, as well as any other

kind of manufacturing that we're able to bring back here to the u.s. um, but the u.s. only manufactures about 50% of all of the aluminum that's used in manufacturing throughout the country. so no matter what we do, some of that material has to come from outside the company. and you can't just flip a light switch and start manufacturing aluminum. you need facilities. you need people, you need infrastructure, and you need the raw materials that it takes to manufacture aluminum. and if we're going to do that, we need to have a thoughtful plan for how to get from where we are today to 50% more production. >> the president and his team continue to say that this is about protecting american jobs. i've heard from leaders in a variety of industries now, though, that this really could threaten american jobs as these tariffs, as this trade war continues, if these tariffs continue. you were talking about some of the impacts potentially. what do these moves mean for your employees. what are you now having to consider? >> i think one of the things

that's been missing a little bit from this conversation is i am a manufacturer of components and parts that go to other manufacturers. so my customers are other american manufacturers and a huge part of their revenue stream is going to be exporting products all over the world. and there is a demand for the products that we make here in america, in other countries. and as we impose these tariffs, we've seen a lot of retaliatory tariffs coming into place, and it's going to make it more difficult for american manufacturers to to sell their products overseas. so i think it's easy to see how that has a direct relationship to the employment of american workers in manufacturing in the u.s. if we're going to sell less of our product overseas, it could put some people's jobs in jeopardy. >> real quick, because there's a lot of whiplash on this. tariffs are coming. tariffs are coming off. maybe they're postponed. maybe they're going to be even more. if you could speak to the president and his team right now what would your message be.