>> we have some new reporting today as elon musk and the department of government efficiency slash federal programs and employees. we're learning that even though republicans and democrats alike have pushed back on some of the cuts, republican lawmakers have been more successful in getting the white house to reverse course. cnn's annie grayer is live for us now with more on this. and tell us what you're seeing. well, republicans are leveraging their personal relationships with. president donald trump and elon musk to directly make their case for certain federal programs that they want to turn back on, or federal workers that they want rehired. and in my reporting, i found several instances where they have had success. and democrats, meanwhile, have a number of programs, as you can imagine, that they would want to make the case for. but they don't have the same end with the trump white house or the

doge team. unlike republican. senators and the speaker of the house. democrats don't have elon musk's phone number, and that's creating a huge concern here on capitol hill about the process with which some programs are getting a second look and some aren't. i mean, i've talked to a number of republicans who acknowledge that the process of how funding is being allocated right now and the doge cuts is super, super opaque and unclear, and there needs to be more streamlined process. but until that happens, it's really occurring on an ad hoc case by case basis where republicans are having to make their case for individual federal programs. and this is leaving democrats essentially in the dark because they are not having that same in with the key stakeholders making the big decisions about where federal funding is going right now. all right. annie grayer, thank you for that reporting. we do appreciate it. and still to come, secretary of state rubio arriving in saudi arabia for talks with ukraine that could mark a turning point in its war with russia. we'll have details

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between presidents trump and zelenskyy last month. trump has said he wants the war with russia to end as soon as possible. and going into these meetings, u.s. officials say that they believe in their eyes. kyiv is ready to move forward. cnn's alex marquardt is live for us in saudi arabia. alex, how is secretary rubio setting the stage for these talks tomorrow? well. >> boris. >> he is making it clear that it is on the ukrainians to tell him and mike waltz, the national security adviser, how they want to proceed. these are discussions that are not only about the future of ukraine. this peace deal, a potential peace deal with russia, but also about the relationship as a whole. of course, hitting a major hiccup two weeks ago in the oval office, that shouting match between president zelenskyy, trump and the vice president, jd vance on his way here, secretary rubio telling reporters that he is in listening mode. he wants commitments from the ukrainians that would make clear that they

are interested in negotiating a peace deal. he says that he wants they they're not going to talk in such a granular level as to pull out maps and draw lines. but he wants to hear about concessions, about potentially difficult decisions that they might have to make in order to get to peace. that could not only be giving up territory, but also potential membership in nato, as well as future elections. we've heard president trump call president zelenskyy a dictator. so in secretary rubio's words, he wants to hear about what concessions are in the realm of the possible during this rough patch. boris, in the past two weeks, we've also seen the u.s. shut off. halt, put a pause on military and intelligence aid that rubio says that they're still offering intelligence that allows ukraine to defend themselves. but tomorrow's meeting, rubio says, is going to be key in terms of getting that tap, if you will, getting getting turned back on. so the

u.s. is kind of taking a two different approaches when it comes to ukraine and russia, essentially forcing ukraine to the table by cutting off that assistance. meanwhile, they've taken a softer approach with russia having that meeting three weeks ago, bringing them back into the international fold, making concessions like no u.s. troops in ukraine, no nato membership for ukraine. but the ultimate goal here, boris, despite these two different approaches, is eventually for the u.s. to get ukraine and russia to the same table. right now, the u.s. is trying to figure out what which what each side is demanding and will need before they can proceed. >> boris alex marquardt live for us in saudi arabia. thank you so much, alex. brianna. >> for more on this, we're joined now by retired army general wesley clark, who is the former supreme allied commander of nato. sir, when you hear secretary of state marco rubio saying, the u.s. wants to hear what concessions ukraine might be willing to make, things like perhaps no nato membership, what do you think about that? what does that signal to you about

these negotiations and what they mean long term? >> well. >> it seems to me that the negotiations are lopsided right now in that we haven't heard anything about any russian concessions. and the russians continue to escalate their demands. but we've had a lot of pressure on ukraine. and even in terms of the pressures, when you cut off intelligence and cut off weapons flow, that's an immediate impact. when you say you might impose greater sanctions, that's no impact on russia. so there's a real asymmetry in the pressures and the incentives. and the united states has already said it doesn't see a nato membership. of course, the united states could block nato membership even if ukraine wanted it. and it doesn't it doesn't see a u.s. force on the ground. and we haven't really heard anything about u.s. security. backstopping for the european peacekeepers. and russia says they don't want a europeans in there. so it's really murky

right now. but from my conversations with people in ukraine and in europe, they're afraid they see a major turn in u.s. policy. they're asking, how can the united states be neutral between an aggressor that stomps on human rights and all the principles of western democracy, and a country that's been attacked, that's simply fighting for our values? how could you be neutral in that and just a mediator and not care about the outcome? >> i think there and there's that fear that you have is one that there are many folks who share. right. and it is that as ukraine starts giving away concessions, they're not just ukraine's concessions, right. they're something that ukraine itself won't be the only one ultimately to pay for that this could ultimately be the u.s. having to pay down the road for these concessions. that does not appear to be how president trump sees it in these negotiations. what do you think about that

difference in approach and view of what is at stake here? >> well, i think president trump sees a real opportunity to bring russia back into the international community. he would like to to sort of pole vault over the problem of ukraine, just to make it go away, bring russia back in and deal with superpowers. and so you'd have china, you'd have russia, maybe india, and you'd have the united states, and each would have their sphere of influence. and a lot of the old rules of the road would be gone. i mean, you know, we're in a multipolar world. maybe the united states can't really use its allies, can't support its allies, can't defend its allies. a lot of the a lot of people associated with trump have taken the position that america is a declining power. it's weak. we've got to cut our ties, cut our cut our responsibilities. i think the economy belied that, at least before this current over the last couple of months and a

setback. but we're growing twice as fast as the europeans. we're growing as fast as china. russia doesn't have anything. we've got great technologies. we should be really proud of what america has. and and the american system of alliances basically kept the world away from major war for 80 years. so it's a pretty frightening prospect to think about giving that up and going back to a 19th century system of balance, of power, where there's secret diplomacy and, and powerful leaders talk to one another and sign agreements and, and war begins. this is how the first world war began. and we thought we would learn from it. we didn't. we tried to form a league of nations and have a concept of collective security. in the 1930s didn't work. u.s. didn't want a part of it. we paid the price with world war ii. we thought we learned our lessons, but we've got a new generation of americans. we've got a new generation of american leadership, and they may not see

the value of collective security. they may think that it's really all about america. first. i just i've been with this for a long time, brianna. i studied it, i've worked it, i've done negotiations. i've worked with our european and asian and and south american allies and friends in the middle east and look, this is a really scary departure for america to cast off our allies. and that seems to be the approach that president trump and i understand. it's great if you can bring russia back in and, you know, the lions will lie down with the lambs. but if you look at russia's values and how they operate in business, if you look at the way president putin has dealt with the media, with his political challenges, with other people, of falling out of buildings and being poisoned and so forth, is those the kind of values those aren't american values. and the reason we've stayed with our alliances for 80 years is those people basically

share our values. so we're going off into uncharted territory, and people are rightly concerned. i think. >> yeah. general clark, thank you so much. we really appreciate your insights. >> thank you. brianna. >> still to come, an update on the menendez brothers case, what the l.a. county district attorney is now asking a judge to do. plus, a search is underway in the dominican republic as authorities are scouring the island for a missing u.s. college student. what surveillance video reveals about her disappearance. >> welcome back. >> have i got news for you? news saturday on cnn. >> kids, i'm sure you're wondering why your mother and i asked you here tonight. it's because it's a buffet of all you can eat. butterfly shrimp and sirloin steak. yeah. >> that's. the reason. >> i don't get it. >> do you have any idea how much this would cost at other restaurants? >> not really. i'm only six. >> a lot, honey. a lot, kiddo.

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>> was a catastrophe. that was a market top. nobody remembers that. look where the nasdaq is now. look what the big components were back then. >> and intel and cisco and. >> long forgotten now it's all about tesla, nvidia. markets pullback markets correct. markets have bear markets. it's all part of what is inevitably kind of an inexorable rise upward. >> i'm an old millennial so i'm going to take that compliment like i'm the oldest of the millennials. i'm not even included in some of what they consider millennials. but i do wonder, robin, as we hear the president being asked about a recession and he won't dismiss it. i mean, what are you seeing when it comes to that question? >> yeah, on wall street, it's called kitchen sink it. you throw everything but the kitchen sink in it because you could still technically blame the biden administration and policies of the biden administration. like, i'm only trying to put us on a right footing. so if he jawbone's tariffs and worries and the talk of recession into, you know,

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in his words, a transitory, a transitional phase, a minor disturbance for a long term good. is that actually the case? >> you know, it's also called harsh medicine. he is talking about this in stereo. you saw last week when he had the taiwan semi plant announcement very proudly in the united states. that's onshoring jobs. we have the standard and poor's 500 index, the main benchmark in the u.s. about half of its sales are derived abroad as our currency is more expensive. you're going to see these exporters complain where importers are going to say even with tariffs, you're seeing the european currencies, you're seeing various currencies, canadian currencies, the mexican peso, the weakness. they're going to be able to dump their wares. it's very interesting when a stock market is at an all time high or the way he was running victory laps when the market did rally after his election in november. but when the market is selling off, it's very easy to say, oh, this

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>> 808 two one 4000. >> this just in to cnn. a young man who is believed to have been the last person with a university of pittsburgh student on the day that she went missing, allegedly told police three different versions of their last moments together in the dominican republic. this is according to a cnn source with the dominican national police. authorities say 20 year old sudiksha konanki was last seen on surveillance camera early thursday morning, entering a beach in punta cana with seven other people. all of them were eventually seen leaving, except konanki. cnn's rafael romo has the latest for us on this story. all right. so, rafael, this young man is an american tourist as well. tell us about him. tell us what he's told police. >> yeah. >> there's been different versions. >> as to what happened. and according to a cnn law enforcement. >> source. >> brianna. >> the young. man who was the. >> last person. >> 20 year. >> old sudiksha konanki.

>> was with first said in a verbal statement that once he was out of the ocean, he. >> saw her still. >> in the water. >> and. >> she was. >> okay, but didn't see her again. >> when he turned around. >> then he said in a written statement. that he got out of the water, threw up. >> and laid. >> down on a. lounge chair, and when he. >> didn't. >> see her, he believed konanki had left. >> and finally. >> this is the third version. our source said he told police he turned around after throwing up and saw the young woman walking along the beach with water up to her knees in the direction of where she had left her clothes. but at the same time, several things have remained the same in every version, he said. they were at the beach of the republica hotel in punta cana and went into the ocean, but he got out after feeling sick and fell asleep on a lounge chair. according also to our source, in the last hour we've also learned that authorities found a sarong style cover up belonging to konanki on a lounge chair on the beach. we've also learned that so far, investigators have found no sign

of violence. konanki was last seen on surveillance camera, with seven other people entering the beach at the republica hotel in punta cana on thursday at 415 in the morning. she was reported missing to the hotel staff at four in the afternoon. that very same sunday night. brianna, i spoke on the phone with her father, who has traveled to the dominican republic. subbarayudu konanki described his daughter as a very nice girl and very ambitious young woman who wanted to pursue a career in medicine. she's a pre-med student at the university of pittsburgh, where she's a junior. the dominican national emergency system is coordinating search efforts on the island for konanki, and according to a statement, of drones equipped with advanced technology that have been deployed to conduct a thorough search in the coastal area where she went missing. brianna. >> all right, rafael romo, we know you'll continue to watch this. thank you so much, boris. >> president trump is hailing the arrest of a student

protester who helped lead the demonstrations at columbia university last year, demanding an end to the killing in gaza. mahmoud khalil, seen here in a cnn interview last april, is a recent graduate whose green card is expected to be revoked based on a law that allows the deportation of a legal resident if the person's activities would have potentially seriously adverse foreign policy consequences for the u.s. that's according to a senior homeland security official. and this just in to cnn news central. a source is telling cnn that khalil is now at a detention center in louisiana. he was first taken to a facility in new jersey. president trump posted that khalil is, quote, a radical foreign pro-hamas student on the campus of columbia university. trump goes on to say, quote, this is the first arrest of many to come. we know there are more students at columbia and other universities across the country who have engaged in pro, anti-semitic, anti-american activity. and the trump administration will not tolerate it. many are not

students. they are paid agitators. let's discuss with donna lieberman, the executive director of the new york civil liberties union. donna, thank you so much for being with us. dhs, via social media, is accusing khalil of having led activities aligned to hamas. do you know what that is in reference to? >> well, i know what it's in reference to, but it's totally wrong. and it's an attempt to justify what is really a mccarthyite attack on free speech. this is a targeted attack on mr. khalil because he opposes, the politics of the trump administration, it's retaliatory and it's a violation of the first amendment. you know, the first amendment protects everyone in the united states. and this outrageous arrest and detention are obviously designed to intimidate

and chill speech on one side of the public debate. >> i do want to get some clarity on that definition of activity. so i wonder if you were able to tell us if you're able to confirm, as far as you're aware, that khalil never offered any money to hamas, and he supplies any expert advice, training, coordinating on recruitment. did he take any money from a terrorist organization? was he a paid agitator? >> there is not a. hint of a claim that he did any of those things. the claim is that his opposition to the activities of israel in, in with regard to the palestinians are grounds for him to be deported. and that is simply illegal. it's wrong, and

it reeks of mccarthyism. >> the administration has argued that pro-hamas vandalism and calling for an intifada amount to intimidation. we've been covering this story. last year, a university task force found what they described as a troubling pattern of behavior toward jewish students, citing a long list of incidents. i wonder if you think anything khalil did would lead the united states government to think he would pose a potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequence. >> yeah, well, i listen, i'm relying on the public record so far and what we have heard, what has been reported in the media, is that he was a negotiator for the students with regard to the encampment at columbia. there is not a single hint of any tangible support for hamas. what the administration is calling

support for hamas. that would be grounds for deportation is publicly disagreeing with american policy and publicly criticizing the state of israel. and that that that activity is protected by the first amendment. and when you have a green card, whether you're a student or a lawful resident, married to an american citizen, which he is, his wife, by the way, is eight months pregnant. you have the right to due process. what the government is trying to do is try this case with false and one sided information in the media, and not based on facts. and this is designed not to serve any interests of free speech or fair immigration policy. this is really designed to chill and intimidate people from expressing viewpoints that are

contrary to this administration. it is a shot across the bow. it is an attack on our universities and the new york civil liberties union is deeply troubled, as should all americans be by this effort to, to to use immigration to suppress opinion. >> i just noted that he has been transferred to a facility in louisiana. several folks that cnn spoke with, migrants rights organizations argue that that is designed to make his defense and access to legal resources more difficult. are you aware as to whether he's secured legal representation? i don't imagine you've spoken with him, but but i imagine you've spoken with his wife. >> i have not spoken with him or his wife. but i do understand that he's been transferred to louisiana. and 100% that is designed to take him away from his roots, from his family, from

access to counsel and from his support network. but i know that there are lawyers involved, and they are fighting hard to ensure that he is released immediately. the government does not have a legal basis to hold him. they don't have a legal basis to rescind his green card. in fact, it appears from the reporting that they didn't even realize he was a green card holder when they detained him initially. and we hope that he will be released very soon. >> donna lieberman. we have to leave the conversation there. very much appreciate your time. >> okay. >> thank you. stay with cnn news central. we're back in just a few minutes it's the beauty of oman.

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wall street. and no question, investors want to forget days like today. the dow, nasdaq and s&p in the red. >> that's right. well into it. the widespread sell off mostly driven by concerns over president trump's tariffs and their effect on economic growth. plus, market watchers are noting how he said the u.s. economy would see a period of transition. he said that's because of how big the things are that they're doing. but also, he was asked about the possibility of a recession and he wouldn't rule it out. and no one likes the r-word, boris, for sure. >> yeah, it's interesting that he would not rule it out. he says he doesn't want to make predictions. that was during a fox news interview that aired yesterday. yet his commerce secretary howard lutnick much more bullish. he says a recession is not going to happen this year. and there is your closing bell on wall street. yeah, it's a it's a tough one and there's a lot to discuss regarding the stock market. you're going to hear mor