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hours to end the department of ed. there's just one thing standing in trump's way. senate democrats and growing calls among maga pundits to pardon the officer who murdered george floyd. a call now being amplified by elon musk to his 319 million followers on x. what does the floyd family think of all this? we have one of his brothers here live. i'm sarah with john berman and kate baldwin. this is cnn news central. >> so many new and impactful headlines this morning, including cnn is learning that president trump, as soon as today could take executive action to eliminate the department of education. this is something that the president has threatened and promised that he would do. republicans have applauded this effort. democrats have vowed to block it. here is one house democrat that i spoke with just last hour.

>> will he do it? sure, he'll do it. will it stick? no. he's so erratic. he's so unreliable. this is an incompetent administration that is making life very difficult for my constituents. >> just how far the new education. the question this morning, according to a draft of the order, donald trump will direct linda mcmahon to take all necessary, necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the education department. let's get right over to kevin liptak. he's at the white house for us. kevin, what are you learning about this this hour? >> yeah. this is a step that trump has signaled for a long time that he was planning to take. but now the order is drafted, he could put his signature on it as soon as today. what it would do is tell linda mcmahon, who has just confirmed on monday to be the secretary of education, to start these steps to begin the closure of the department. to the extent

that it is permitted by law, which i think is the white house's acknowledgment that to fully get rid of any federal agency, they will need congress to act. in this case, they will need 60 votes to break a filibuster, which they just don't have right now. there are only 53 republicans in the senate. instead, what the plan seems to be is to dismantle the department of education, essentially, piece by piece, to move some of its essential functions to other parts of the federal government. the department of education has a pretty broad purview. they, you know, enforce civil rights laws to prevent discrimination in schools. they oversee billions of dollars in grants for schools and high poverty area areas. they oversee $1.6 trillion in federal student loan programs, including pell grants, the fafsa form that students fill out to apply for federal aid. and that could all be up in the air as they move to dismantle this department. but linda mcmahon is fully on board. she wrote a

letter to agency staffers earlier this week saying that this is a momentous final mission for the education department. she says it's an opportunity to perform one final, unforgettable public service to future generations of students. i think it's clear that trump is working very quickly, not only to dismantle the department of education, but to work across the government to truly reshape the federal bureaucracy to his own liking. >> yeah, kevin. thank you. great to see you. thank you for the reporting as always, john. >> all right. breaking this morning, u.s. employers have cut more jobs last month than any february since 2009. that's according to new data. and it says moves by the trump administration, coupled with economic uncertainty, have fueled a recession level spike in jobs cuts. in total, u.s. based employers slashed more than 172,000 jobs last month. we are keeping a close eye on futures to see how the markets react. not well right now, down

almost 100% in all the major indices. as for congress, we're getting reports overnight that some republicans, republicans think that the sweeping cuts by elon musk have gone too far, or at least the way he has been doing it. let's get right to cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox on capitol hill for the latest on that good morning, lauren. >> good morning, john. republicans yesterday met in two separate meetings with elon musk. first, the united states senate met with him. then you had a group of house republicans meet with him later in the evening. and a key takeaway from that earlier meeting in the senate was that lawmakers are trying to reassert their power of the purse, suggesting to elon musk in this meeting that as part of his strategy to make these across the board cuts, he should send that up to capitol hill in the form of a kind of package where lawmakers could vote by a simple majority to repeal some of the spending that congress had already authorized

in past spending bills. and i think that this is really a sign of some of that tension that you are seeing behind the scenes, where republicans really do want to have more control over what is happening. here's what a couple of republicans said following that lunch there was. >> some. talk in. >> the meeting. >> about using. >> rescission. >> which takes. >> 51 votes. >> in the. >> senate rather than. >> 60. >> using rescission to implement some of the waste and fraud cuts. so i think that that's particularly in light of the supreme court's decision today. >> if the. >> white house put. >> together a rescission package encapsulating. >> the really egregious stuff doge has found and brought it to the floor of the senate, i think it would pass and that would make it law. >> now, the challenge for republicans is that they then have to decide whether they are going to vote to cut certain programs. and just to flash back to 2018, this was part of a $15 billion package that was sent up to the hill by the trump

administration to make some cuts. that's obviously much smaller than the kind of discussion that they are having now when it comes to doge cuts. it couldn't pass, jon, because there were not enough republicans who were willing to support it. it's one thing to say that you support cutting waste, fraud and abuse on paper. it's another thing when you see what those line items are and you have to make decisions about whether or not it affects people back in your state. jon. >> no, very true. but the law is the law. and when people like rand paul, senator rand paul, no fan of spending, says, you know what, if you want these to stick, we have to vote on it. you get you get where the members of congress are coming from. lauren fox on capitol hill, thank you very much, sarah. >> all right. joining me now is democratic congressman from virginia, gerry connolly. he is a ranking member on the house oversight committee and sits on the house foreign affairs committee. all right. i want to start with this because this just happened. breaking news last month, job losses were the worst we've seen in almost two decades, typically, economists say that we don't see these

kinds of bad numbers unless we're in a recession. it was a tech sector responsible for a lot of these cuts. how do you explain this to the american people? >> well, i think we put it right at the doorstep of donald j. trump and elon musk. they've created so much uncertainty about an economy that. was strong when he was inaugurated. right. he inherited a very strong economy from joe biden. biden doesn't get the credit, but he deserves it. and in the last six weeks, donald trump and elon musk have gone through the federal government, you know, with a chainsaw, reckless and irresponsible. and donald trump on. >> top of that. >> has jeopardized long standing relationships. >> you. i don't know if we can hear you. you can hear me. i am not hearing your audio. i'm hoping that our that our audience is. congressman go ahead. i think i think we can now hear your background. go ahead with your thought.

>> sure. >> i was just saying that. donald trump and elon musk have created an environment of economic uncertainty. and i think the markets are responding to that. you're not going to expand. you're not going to make that investment. you're not going to have new hires. if you're facing 25% tariff. impositions in canada and mexico and another 10% in china. these are our biggest trading partners. so it's not a surprise that the economy is reacting and negatively. >> certainly wall street is reacting very negatively as well. donald trump says he's going to close the department of education. he cannot do that unilaterally, but he can crush it by defunding it. what are democrats going to do about this? >> well, from my point of view, if you want to create or recreate a federal agency, it requires an act of congress. so he's going to try to get around that, as you say, by crushing

elements in the department of education. but at the end of the day, he still needs congressional approbation. i think it's a terrible decision. it's going to hurt. k through college education throughout america. it's going to hurt local school districts. it's not going to make our kids smarter or more competitive in the 21st century. >> look, american children have been struggling compared to the rest of the world when it comes to education. what? why do you think, though, that donald trump wants to get rid of the department of education? >> i think it became a slogan in the right wing. it was another government agency. they don't need or want. education is a highly. professional career path that many have, many of whose members, of course, are unionized. they don't like the fact that it is a government run

public service, public education. it's kind of a cornerstone of what made america great, gave us our greatness. public education. and they don't like it. they prefer private education. and people are sort of getting private tuition funded with public dollars rather than public education funded with public dollars. so it's always been part of their ideology. and unfortunately, he's now in a position to try to implement that ideology. and that bias against public education. >> there has been a lot of hand-wringing since donald trump's very long speech attacking a lot of it democrats, but a lot of hand-wringing from democrats on how to respond and who's leading the party, who is the leader of the democratic party in your mind right now? >> well, certainly here in congress, it's hakeem jeffries in the house and chuck schumer in the senate. you know, it's a difficult period of time. what

do you do? you want to keep your composure. you want to keep your dignity while president trump is, of course, throwing all kinds of ratchets into the audience aimed at democrats. so it's a difficult task. but we'll get through this, and i have full confidence that hakeem jeffries is the right leader at the right time. >> congressman gerry connolly, it is a pleasure to have you on. sorry about that little glitch there. it happens sometimes. i appreciate your time this morning. >> my pleasure. >> thank you. all right. kate. >> well, right now european leaders are meeting in brussels. ukraine's president is there and thanking them for standing with him. quote, during all this period and last week, you stayed with us as ukraine's ambassador to the u.k., says the u.s. is destroying the current world order. more to come and how canada is now fighting back against president trump's sweeping tariffs. we have new details. and attorneys for blake lively and justin baldoni back in court this morning. the judge

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the french defense minister is now promising to speed up its deliveries of aid, and the french president is saying he's willing to extend protections from its nuclear arsenal to its european allies, russia. just this morning called that a direct threat. cnn's nic robertson is in brussels. joining us now. nick, there's a lot coming out of this summit already. what's the latest yeah. >> and there really is. and it really underscores the concern that europe has about its support from the united states, not just about the erosion of military support that's coming out of president trump's white house for ukraine. the europeans, when you hear the french say, we'll extend our nuclear sort of umbrella across the whole of europe. the subtext of that is they're worried the united states support for that, which is part of article five of nato, at the core of which is, you know, one one nations attacked everyone, defends all the others and comes to their aid. and the question now is, would the united states really do that? so that that's where the french are coming from on

that point? what we're going to hear here is the discussion about how the european union finds an additional ÷800 billion. that's about $861 billion to finance a massive growth in defense spending. and we've heard from the british prime minister, the french president, the european leaders here all saying this is a crunch time. this is a necessary moment. we heard also from the european parliament president roberta metsola. you might not remember her, but she stood out because she was the first leader to go to ukraine in the early days of the war to give support for the ukrainians. and today, she's speaking about how important it is and about time europe steps up with its own defense. this is what she said. >> it is about time. >> this is. >> something that we have been asking for a long time that the european union, that europe is capable of standing up on its own two feet. for europe to say

that we are ready to put our money where our mouth is so what you're actually witnessing here right now is europe and europe's leaders working at absolute speed. >> they can't go as fast as the white house making decisions, but they do do it and can do it quickly. and president zelenskyy, i watched him come into the hall here today. two european leaders, the commission president, council president, were right on him talking, talking, talking before they even went towards the meeting. that shows you how much is going on in the background. but this is important for zelenskyy not just to know that this military aid and financial and military support is coming, but because this has such a tough time from the united states recently, this is what he had to say to the europeans. >> during all this period and last week. you stay with us. and of course, from all the ukrainians, from all our nations, big appreciation. we are very thankful that we are

not alone. and these are not just words. we feel it. >> but to go back to the ground reality here, the european union cannot work fast enough to fill those security and military holes that are popping up in ukraine right now because of the drawdown of u.s. support. they can put weapons in in the short term, but they massively need to stand up their own militaries. that's what the meeting is about. but this is only about how to raise the money. it's not even yet got on to how to spend the money or having it in their hands, and which weapons to buy all of that. it just takes time. and that's a hard reality at the moment. >> still, it is quite something to see and really hear this shift that is taking place behind you. it's quite a remarkable thing. nick, thank you so much. thank you so much for being there, john. >> all right. elon musk now floating the idea of a pardon for the convicted killer of george floyd, the new response this morning from floyd's

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presidential pardon, a move that is gaining what looks like support from elon musk. musk shared a post on his platform x from conservative podcaster ben shapiro, saying it's something to think about. listen. >> president trump. should in. >> fact pardon derek chauvin. >> he should. he should pardon him. his federal charges. if we are talking about reversing the evils of the last several years in american life, but when it came to blm, the inciting event for the blm riots that caused $2 billion in property damage in the united states and set america's race relations on their worst footing in my lifetime, was, in fact, the railroading of derek chauvin in the death of george floyd. the evidence demonstrates that derek chauvin did not, in fact, commit murder of george floyd. >> that is not what a jury found. and we want to note, even if president trump does pardon chauvin, his state sentence would still stand. as we heard earlier this morning from the minnesota attorney general. joining me now is george floyd's brother, terrence.

terrence, thank you so much for being here. i want to ask you what you first thought when you heard this push, and to see elon musk, who is at the white house, who is extremely influential with donald trump, reposting this idea that george floyd was responsible for his own death and that he believes that derek chauvin should be pardoned for the federal charges. >> well, when i first heard the. >> a few friends of mine sent. me articles from social media and i was trying to ignore them because i didn't want to relive. >> it. >> you know, but i wasn't surprised. because i was not surprised because i, you know, how they say you trust a liar to lie, you trust a snake to bite you? i when when he when he was elected and i seen, i seen all the things happening that was put in. um, the document he had,

uh, excuse me. i'm sorry. >> it's okay. >> i just, i really i wasn't surprised to see that that all this news about him. pardon, pardon. pardoning, um, derek chauvin once he did it with, uh. >> january 6th. >> january 6th. then i was like, okay, let's let's let's keep watching. let's keep watching. but, um, i wasn't surprised. >> so you in your mind, once you saw the january 6th attackers, many of whom were very violent, all of them getting pardoned in your mind, you thought this is going to be next. there's going to be a push for this next. i'm curious what this does to your family. when you hear someone blaming your own brother for what a jury said unequivocally that derek chauvin, as the police officer putting his knee on his neck, all of the experts coming out and saying the same killed your brother. what does this do to you? to have to hear someone say, hey, he should be pardoned for something that he

pleaded guilty to in federal court. yes. >> it's like an. reinjuring an open a wound. you know, you have to go. you have to go through this since 2020. you had to go through the whole trial of seeing his actions over and over and over again, and people claiming that it was the drugs. it was this. it wasn't chauvin's knee on his neck. you know, we had to go through all of that, all the lies, all the all the different disgusting stuff on social media. and now to relive it, for them to bring it back up. this is the fifth year we were supposed to see progress. we were supposed to see progress. so many people promised things, you know, um, especially going to go with the die, you know, so many things was promised to us, promised to us as a people, not just not just the black and brown people, as a people. and they're back pedaling. >> were you surprised that all of these companies, um, there

are a myriad of companies who came forward and said, we've got to do something. they were moved by what happened to your brother. the entire world came out and marched, moved by what they saw happen with their own eyes. to your brother on video taken by a 17 year old girl. and now you're seeing a complete move away from that at the behest in part of the president of the united states. what do you make of that? >> well, it kind of it kind of makes me rewind back to the, um, speech i did in minnesota in front of cup foods when i said when things happen, people fight at at that time, they're fighting. they're fighting and they want justice. one justice. but as time goes on, they seem to get back to regularly scheduled programs. and i'm hearing a lot of people quiet a little, a lot of people backpedaling on their promises and, um, because this is coming up, i really want to see whether

people are going to move forward or go backwards. >> one thing you would say to ben shapiro, who floated this idea of pardoning derek chauvin, the man who killed your brother. >> stay in your lane. you know, i would just say stay in your lane. you know, um, your opinion is your opinion, but facts is facts. and the fact is, chauvin's knee was on my brother's neck. the fact is, he held him down there to his last breath when he shouldn't have. when he. once he seen that my brother was not responding or not even moving, complying. he should have just did what normal police officers do restrain him, cuff him, put him in the back and just do what he have to do. all of that, all of the knee on the neck. complete murder was not called for.

>> terence chauvin, terrence floyd, thank you for talking this through with us. it is a very difficult subject. i know for your family, you all have been through a tremendous amount of pressure and stress, and i do appreciate you coming to to talk to me about it. >> i appreciate you for having me. >> all right. it's a great pleasure, kate. >> coming up still for us right now, the markets are off to a rocky start to the day. what's driving investors? and another light blinking on the economy. employers cut more jobs last month than any february since 2009. >> are you hungry? >> i'm hungry. >> oh, perfect. >> i'm so excited. >> this is cuisine at a different level. >> oh, yeah. >> food makes me so happy. >> eva longoria searching for spain premieres april 27th. >> on. >> like a relentless weed. >> moderate to severe. >> ulcerative colitis symptoms can.

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announced in february. that is twice as much as what we saw last february. it's the most for any month since july of 2020, which of course was during covid. it's also done the most for any february since the great recession back in 2009. when we look at the trend here, you can see that these layoff announcements late last year were hovering around 50,000, 60,000. but there's been this notable spike up to 172,000. in february. challenger. they've been tracking this monthly figure for 32 years. and there's only been 11 months over that span that had a higher number than this one. and john, all of them were during recessions. now, i'm not saying that's where we're going right now, but i think it does give some context here. and i think this is telling to write layoffs by industry. two things stand out here. retail a big spike so far this year in layoff announcements. and we know john consumer spending consumer confidence have taken a hit

recently. but the big big increase here is government. look at this. just 151 layoffs were announced at this point last year. now it's more than 62,000. challenger said that the number one reason cited for layoffs in february were actions taken by doge. and listen, we know that they're trying to cut costs, right? they're trying to make the government more efficient. they're trying to get at the federal deficit. but there's a real economic impact. and john, look, there's real people involved too, right? these are moms, dads, millennials with student debt. and their lives have been turned upside down just over the last few weeks by all these layoffs. >> you know, it is interesting when we saw that chart before. yes. a huge chunk of this government layoffs, but not all. i mean, retail too. it's across all sectors. it probably would be one of the, you know, worst months we've seen in a long time, even without the government cuts. and then these swings we're seeing in the markets right now, just day after day, huge losses after big gains yesterday after huge losses the day before.

>> yeah. so investors are just living and dying on first of all the trade headlines, all the volatility all the uncertainty. tariffs are on. they're off. they're dialed back. there's exceptions. and now they're reacting i think to some of these concerns about the economy itself. >> this makes everyone uneasy. no question about that. matt egan thank you very much. kate. >> so let's talk more about tariffs. a tariff detour from president trump, a one month reprieve from the tariffs slapped on all vehicles coming from mexico and canada. while the three biggest u.s. automakers now have a 30 day break, the 25% tariffs on all other goods coming from those countries still remain. that includes oil. the u.s. is canada's largest energy customer. the u.s. received about 97% of canadian oil exports in 2023. most of those exports come from alberta, canada's largest oil producer. joining me right now is the premier of alberta, danielle smith. premier, thank you very much. so where things stand today does a one month pause on auto tariffs change things for

your province? >> i was just looking. >> at your pretty grim jobs number. >> and i can tell you it's only going to get worse in march. i mean, you've already had 100,000 private sector job losses in the first two months of the year. and now with these tariffs overlaid, it's creating a dynamic where instead of talking about how we can each buy more from each other so both of us can benefit from higher job growth. now a tariff war creates the dynamic where each nation is going to buy less from each other, and that may include oil and gas. but if it doesn't include oil and gas immediately, then it's just going to be higher costs. i've seen some of the analysis that $0.40 a liter or pardon me, $0.40 a gallon is going to be the increase in the amount of gasoline prices at the pump that relies on canadian oil to to for the supply. so this isn't good for american consumers. it's not good for american job creators or those who need to work. and i think it's only going to get worse as long as these tariffs stay in

place. >> what is it going to mean for what is it going to mean for people in alberta? >> i can tell you that because we have 4.3 million barrels of oil, we've got access to the west coast through a brand new pipeline, trans mountain. we also are oil goes all the way down to the gulf coast. if the americans don't want to buy our products, if that's part of the solution is that they want to buy less from us, then we're going to have to look for new markets, for our oil and gas, for our uranium, for our nickel, for all of our critical minerals, for our electricity. and again, i don't think that that's the intention of what american job creators want. i think they want those raw materials so they can create good american jobs. so they can, can can create american goods that the world can buy. but that is unfortunately the reality of what we're seeing. as long as these tariffs stay in place, we're going to have to start looking for new markets. i'd prefer to work with the americans on increasing the amount that we sell, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards right now.

>> where this started was as the trump's trade adviser said to me often, is this is a drug war, not a trade war, he donald trump said after a call with the canadian prime minister that efforts to slow fentanyl trafficking across the u.s. canada border is still, quote, unquote, not good enough. setting aside the fact that less than 1% of the fentanyl coming into the united states came through canada, that that clearly does not matter to him. is there more that you and your province can do on that front? do you think our province is really met the, the the objectives. >> we're putting $30 million into interdiction teams for contraband smuggling, including tobacco, which is a problem. we know we've got another $30 million that we've got sheriffs at the border with drugs, sniffer dogs, drones and blackhawk helicopters. we've been doing more commercial vehicle inspections. and in point of fact, we've actually found cocaine and crystal meth coming up from america. so i. we

have a north america wide drug problem. if you think it is just canada and mexico, you'd have to believe there are no cartels or organized crime or or meth labs happening in the united states. we know that to not be true. so we can only do a portion of the work in making sure that we're addressing this, this egregious drug death problem. the americans have to do some of the work internally themselves and and can't just blame their neighbors for that. this is a north america wide problem. and america included. >> which raises the question of what is good enough and what is the marker that needs to be met in order for all of these tariffs to be lifted? once again, what i do want to ask you, though, one way you are responding is i saw that you're pushing all liquor stores in the province to pull american made alcohol. the ceo of jack daniel's parent company just this morning called the move to pull the bottles disproportionate. here's the quote that's worse than a tariff, because it's literally taking your sales away. worse than a tariff. does that make you think twice about the move?

>> well, i guess what we're seeing with the tariffs, what's the purpose of them? the purpose of them is so that american businesses buy fewer canadian products. so our reaction is, well, if the americans aren't going to buy products from our canadian companies, we have to. and so that means that we should be buying more canadian beer and more canadian spirits and more canadian wine. and so that's the reality of what we're facing. we're also looking at all of our procurement. government buys a lot of goods and does a lot of contracts through the provincial level, federal level, municipal level, school board level. and we're asking them to do the same thing. if our canadian companies are going to be hurt, it's the best way we can help them is to redirect our purchasing. for products that are available here, produced by canadian suppliers. again, it's not ideal, that is just going to exacerbate american job losses. it's going to reduce the amount of dollars going into the the american economy to in order to to create additional jobs. we are i think it's important to

remember canada is the largest consumer of american goods of anyone in the world, even though we're only one tenth your size. and what the reality of the tariffs is doing is it's causing us to look for other places to buy our products. so the sooner they're gone, the better it'll it'll be better for both economies. and i hope that happens very quickly. >> well, we will stand by to stand by on that. premier danielle smith, thank you very much for your time. sarah. >> it was an excellent discussion. thank you kate. this morning, the legal battle between blake lively and justin baldoni heads back to court. what his attorneys want the judge to do now. >> all there. >> is with anderson cooper. listen, wherever you get your podcasts. want a next level clean swish with the whoa of listerine? it kills 99.9% of bad breath germs for five times more cleaning power than brushing and flossing alone. get a next level clean with listerine. feel the

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has denied this fiercely. he then filing his own suit against blake lively and her very famous husband, ryan reynolds. he's alleging that they actually took over creative control of the film and sought to destroy his career. so today, there is going to be a hearing, as you said, just moments away. and what this is about is blake lively is asking for a stronger protective order that she wants some information to be shielded from the public. now, i want to read you what her attorney had written last month to the judge. they said, quote, as detailed in miss lively's amended complaint, miss lively, her family and other members of the cast, various fact witnesses and individuals that have spoken out in support of miss lively have received violent, profane, sexist and threatening communication. so that is pertaining to this matter of the protective order. they are

alleging that she, since she has filed this complaint, that she has been subjected to online threats and bullying. while baldoni's team. here's what they had to say. in a letter to the judge john, they say, quote, given how actively the lively parties have publicized and litigated miss lively's claims in the media, we are surprised to now learn how vehemently she wants to prevent the public from from accessing material and relevant evidence. so baldoni's team is saying no, they just don't want this to be in the public because of her tarnished reputation. so john, much more to come in just a few moments. >> yeah, it is beginning to amp up for sure. elizabeth wagmeister thank you very much. >> just as we amp down. >> that's right. >> good times. >> this is just the beginning for us. >> this is just the beginning of mayhem. thank you so much for joining us. we will create our mayhem somewhere else so you don't have to deal with it. this is cnn news central situation room. up next. >> i'm. >> going to tell you.

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