maria: welcome back. 30 minutes before the opening bell sounds for a friday, valentine's day. markets are lower across the board. final thoughts, john lonski. >> my opinion right now is doge matters a lot more than tariffs as far as the the long-term performance of the u.s. economy goes. maria: yep. cheryl casone. >> happy valentine's day, maria. [laughter] maria: michael balboni. >> president trump continues to deliver with all the a cuts. great news. maria: all right. great show, everybody. thank you so much. michael, john, cheryl, have a great weekend. "varney & company" picks it up. ashley webster in for stu. take the it away. ashley: thank you. and good morning, maria.

good morning, everyone. i'm ashley webster fill or in for stuart varney. by the way, stuart will be back on monday. president trump just signed a reciprocal tariff plan if targeting countries that tax or restrict american goods. commerce secretary lutnick if says a report for each country should be ready by april 1st. after a several weeks of being banned, tiktok has been restored to app stores by apple and and google. the companies have been just a little cautious to make the move despite the fact that president trump's executive order would pause the tiktok ban. we're going to get into that. all right. let's take a look at these markets. we finished up in yesterday's session, looking the start slightly lower today. the dow and s&p and nasdaq all just slightly lower. on the show today, vice president j.d. vance is in munich for a security conference where he'll be meeting with ukraine's president e eleven skp

pushes for a peace deal with russia. back home, tom homan met with new york city mayor eric adams who just gave a big boost to i.c.e. to, he is going to reopen the rikers island office to remove criminal migrants. that's a turn-around. also today, philly getting ready to host one million eagle's e -- eagles' fans at a lincoln financial field and ends up at the steps of the philadelphia art museum. it's going to be a spectacle. it is also friday, february the 4th, valentine's day -- 14th. "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ modern love walks beside me. ♪ modern love walks on by. ♪ ashley: thank you, producers. a little bit of david bowie to

kick off the show, modern love as you with look down an almost empty sixth avenue towards central park. it's cold out there. right around freezing, but with the wind in the mid 20s, well, it is february the 14th, after all. let's begin with president trump's big announcement with the prime minister of india. he has secured a deal to supply more oil and gas to india. good morning, lauren. what's he saying about the agreement? lauren: happy friday, ashley. the president says he wants to the increase bilateral trade with india, eventually becoming india's top energy supplier. >> the prime minister and i also reached an important agreement on energy that will rester the united states as a leading -- restore the united states as a leading supplier of oil and gas to india, hopefully their number one supplier. the ground breaking development for u.s. nuclear industry. india's also reforming its laws to welcome u.s. nuclear technology which is the highest level into the indian market this will bring safe, clean and

affordable electricity the millions of indians. lauren: the deal for u.s.-designed nuclear reactors in india, india looking to install 100 gigawatts of nuclear power by the year 2047. that's enough to power 60 million homes. but this is part of trade agreements with our allies and also an all of the above energy approach. not just fossil fuels. you can do some green. ashley: yes, indeed, you can. lauren, thank you very much. now this, a top doge staffer reportedly arrived at the irs on thursday, but president trump said he does not expect the to close the agency. listen. >> i think that the internal revenue service will be looked at like everybody else. just about everybody's going to be looked at. i call it the force of supergenius withs. it's building. they go up and they talk to some of the people about a certain deals, expect people get all tongue-tied, they can't talk,

because these people get it. ashley: well, take a look at the reaction from if oregon senator ron wyden. he posted this on x. quote, musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about a every taxpayer in america, and if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason. boy, isn't that positive? joe concha joins me now. henchmen, joe in i mean, okay. this is scare tactics. but if you listen to the democrats, it's the beginning of the collapse are of the western civilization. >> yeah. and henchmen, can we find a word not from the '60s to use in this situation? [laughter] it's, for lack of a better word, it's amusing that there are democrats defending this audit as if defending the irs is a solid political move. and it's beyond crap-tastic, the democrats in yen have have this huge issue with the chief executive of this country

delegating to advisers or that he hires like elon musk and departments that he's created like doge to check the books to see if we're spending in any wasteful way or if there's any corruption on top of that. and and, look, what elon musk is fining on a seemingly hourly basis, it's being done in a transparent way. this is a 9 900-10 issue -- 90-10 issue that americans agree with. are we spending money that's wasteful and if not in the best interests of the united states? yes. when you think about all the cuts that can be made, there's some real potential here. ashley: yeah. advisors who, by the way, have been incredibly successful in the private sector as opposed the lifelong politicians who like the city status quo. anyway, i want to move on to this. comedian jon sue wart comparing the state of the -- stewart comparing the state of the democrats to that of the the new york giants, and keep in mind the giants only won three games this year. listen. >> the giants feel like the

democratic party. [laughter] the personnel decisions that they're -- everything that they are doing could not work out more humiliatingly and continues to do so. they better clean their [bleep] up if they want to compete. because the [bleep] kicking that's been laid upon them in all aspects sometimes feels like a permanent state. [laughter] ashley: you know what in i think he's absolutely spot on, joe. what say you? >> well, to compare the democrats to the state of the new york giants, that's an insult to the new york giants. as you said, one of their worst seasons ever. but the democratic party is polling at 3 is % -- 31% approval right now. installed a candidate, picks a worse running mate, lost every swing state,, the senate, did

not take back the house, the supreme court is 6-3 to the right at least in theory. so where they're at this point is they have no message, certainly not a positive one. a lot of yelling, a lot of screaming, but they have no leader, and if it's very clear because they can't coaless around a basic -- coe coalesce around a basic theme. ash a ash they don't have a plan, much like the join withs. joe concha, thank you very much. >> thank you, ash. ashley: thank you. relatively flat right now with about 23 minutes before the opening. the dow, s&p and nasdaq down ever so slightly. good time to bring in kenny polcari. kenny, the rally seems to have stalled a bit. you know what? we know that cpi, ppi, fyi all a came in hotter than expected -- [laughter] but the algorithms didn't go crazy with that. >> you know, what's interesting is they did on wednesday when

the cpi came out hotter. then yesterday the ppi was even hotter, the 3-month rate is at 4.4, well above the target, yet they somehow were able to create a story saying that some of the inputs that are going to the go into the pce, which is jj's favorite inflation gauge, seem to be going down. health care items and airfare. which i'm not sure that today see is. i put it in my note this morning, i fly back and forth to new york every two weeks, and prices are doing nothing but going up along that route and i'm sure along other well-traveled route. it makes no sense to me. yet they now said it's not a progress, everything's good. i actually think the market ended up rallying yesterday, i think it rallied on the idea of the trade tariffs and how everyone's coming to the table. ashley: yeah. but, you know, the tariff talk does kind of create this lurching in the market but you say, look, just a negotiating tool. even though president trump

himself says, oh, no, it's not. but it is, right? >> i think it -- look what's happened so far. colombia with came to the table, mexico came -- they all came to the table. and trump has said i'm ready to flip the table on trade if people don't come to the table and make this fair, and i'll impose these reciprocal air tariffs. you impose 25% on me, i'm going to impose them on you. we'll see where we go. i suspect is, like a lot of guys and a lot of analysts and strategists do is that it is, in fact, a negotiating tactic. i don't think it's going to be the disaster that some people are saying it's going to be the at all. ashley: right. we'll have to the leave it right there. hope you're right, kenny. ing thanks so much. have a great weekend, sir. >> you as well. ashley: okay, thank you. now this, america's top banker, jamie dimon, is addressing the pushback from workers who don't want to return to the office full time. he's quite passionate about this.

what's he saying, lauren? lauren: enough is enough. there's a petition circulating in jpmorgan by some bankers and and staff who want to keep their hybrid arrangements. [laughter] dimon shut them down at a fiery company town hall. watch here. >> it simply doesn't work. and it doesn't work for creativity, decision make, and don't give me this [bleep] that work from home friday works. the young generation is being damaged by this. that may not be in your particular staff, but they are being left behind. we didn't build this great company by doing that, by doing the same semi-diseased [bleep]. everybody else does. lauren: he also said some workers doze off on zoom calls, and don't waste your time trying to carve out ap exemption that keeps you home for part of the week. he wants everybody five days of the week. it keeps you creative and helps younger people learn. ashley: it and keeps you if falling asleep, apparently. lauren, thank you very much.

[laughter] we know where mr. dimon stands on this. coming up, democrat dean phillips is criticizing his party for refusing to work with doge. >> sometimes it's better to join them and actually play a role in how the strategy works rather than so pathetically, frankly, try to combat something that cheerily is a steam roller. clearly is a steam roller. ashley: will his democrats listen? newly-minted hhs secretary rfk jr. is saying he's thanking god for a chance to be part of the trump administration. >> i'm up every morning on my knees and praying that god would put me in a position where i could end the childhood chronic disease epidemic. god sent me president trump. ashley: strong words. he's also, by the way, promising to launch a vaccine injury reporting system right away. and president trump is already moving to make america energy dominant again. pennsylvania congressman dan

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♪ ashley: president trump's latest deals are sending a clear message to the rest of the world, america's energy security is a top priority. edward lawrence joins us this morning. edward, you were exclusively in kyiv this week when treasury secretary bessent offered the rare earth material deal to zelenskyy. must have been fascinating. what more can you tell us about the deal?

>> reporter: yeah. i can tell you that it's not just rare earth minerals in this economic partnership they released. so, yeah, i just got back from ukraine actually yesterday afternoon, and, you know, i have a few sources who are saying ukrainian president zelenskyy is going to sign this economic partnership today many in munich. however, the ukrainians have been going over this deal since it was presented on wednesday by treasury secretary scott bessent in person in kyiv. i was there there at that moment on wednesday. the ukrainiansn't want more money for -- want more money for weapons with this plan, so i wanted to know fresh out of that meeting with the treasury secretary and the ukrainian president if the agreement could be the start of something more. listen to. this could this economic keel be the -- deal be the foundation for a larger peace deal? >> this is part of the foundation for a larger peace deal that president trump has many mind.

in mind. he looks forward the moving very quickly to to try to resolve this conflict. >> reporter: so in the economic deal, the u.s. would get a percentage of the profits from the ukrainian joint venture. ukraine would get the rest of the profits from the pivot. the agreement includes mining for rare earth minerals, emergency and natural gas as well as infrastructure. this is not a loan ukraine has to pay back, it's a joint venture so ukraine and the u.s. makes money. today in munich the vice president was asked about the signing. listen. >> reporter: -- rare earth deal with ukraine today, sir? >> well, let's see. >> reporter: so we know that president donald trump has sent representatives to russia the try and talk with them about negotiating a larger peace deal in this. the president moving on the economic front for the u.s. as well as in the diplomatic front the get everything solved in that part of the country. back to you. ashley: fascinating.

great stuff, edward. thank you very much. pennsylvania congressman dan meuser joins us now. good morning to you, congressman. are you confident that the president's policies can make u.s. energy dominant again? >> ashley, great being with you. boy, watching your show for the last 20 the minutes, so many exciting things happening throughout the world, throughout our country. strengthening our national security, strengthening our economy, worldwide stability, seeing what's happening there and in the ukraine. yeah. energy is an essential part of all of this. president trump knows that. his secretary of energy, chris wright, who i was just with a couple of days ago a clearly knows that. he put out a 9-point plan if on how we're going if to be energy dominant, not just energy independent. it's permits, it's the national emergency that president trump initiated, the lng exports are getting kicked back into gear. it's bringing exploration,

minimal regulations, we're out of the ridiculous paris climate, we will deliver the cleanest energy in the world and be energy dominant, and it will be so important for pennsylvania and for my state and for the whole country. ashley: talking of your tate, congressman, your tate's governor or, josh shapiro, has filed a lawsuit against the trump administration making it the 24th state to sue over the federal funding freeze. they claim it's unconstitutional. what say you? >> well, it's not unconstitutional. look, unfortunately we have a governor that wants to get in the way, and he doesn't want to be part of the solution so, therefore, he's part of the problem. and that's my concern when it comes to energy and when it comes to the growth of pennsylvania's economy. and certainly, the knee-jerk reaction the sue the trump administration, why not lay something out and say, look, these are the areas that are very critical talking to us, this is what's being paused, and we need -- we'll do the accounting for you to show that

these monies won't be wasted. [laughter] instead they just the do what lawyers do and send in a ridiculous lawsuit. and i'll tell you, look at the waves that has occurred. $59 million to luxury he tells for if illegal immigrants out of the inflation reduction act. there's so much waste, it's absolutely essential that the american people -- accountability was on ballot x we're going to the deliver on that. and trump's leading the way. and doge is. ashley: very exciting. i -- yeah. [laughter] a hey, we have to talk about this, congressman. i want to talk about the mine in pennsylvania. if -- why is the government storing records there? surely there has to be a more high-tech solution are. [laughter] >> it's unbelievable, right many i mean, these are the things -- and, you know what? this is my home state. we wouldn't is are known about this if it wasn't for doge, their investigation, digging deep, if you will. and they did, they find a mine where we're keeping paper records, millions and millions -- [laughter] it's something out of raiders of the lost ark, for crying out

loud. [laughter] so that's going to change, that's going to be improved. right in. [laughter] so is it needs to be brought into, how about in the 19th, the 20th century if not the 21st century, obviously. ashley: it's insane, isn't it? last one, very quickly, the house budget committee has advanced a $4.5 trillion budget resolution. it includes plans to fund trump's agenda on on the border, defense, energy, extends the tax caps for the next ten years. can republicans get this massive piece of legislation to the president's desk? >> yeah, great question, ashley. and, yes, i know we can. there's something in there for everyone. look, it's about pro-growth, it's about strengthening our economy, it's about a savings, it's about cutting waste, it's about energy, it's about border security. there's so many good things in here: you know, there's a couple of last nuances that'll take place, but as far as i'm concerned, the only red line my member should have is there are no red lines. this is what the american people

voted for us for, and we need to deliver over the next several months. i think we will. ashley: one big, beautiful bill, as the president called it. congressman meuser, terrific tough as always, sir. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, ash. is have a great one. ashley: thank you. all right. of let's check the futures. pointing slightly lower at the opening bell which, by the way, as you can see, just slightly lower, the opening bell is coming up next. stay with us. ♪ finish. ♪ ♪ ♪

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ashley: just a couple of minutes now away from the opening bell, and the futures show us essentially flat across the board. looking for direction, is what we like to see9 as you can see, the s&p and nasdaq just ever so much higher. if mark mahaney, great to have you here. i want to start with doordash. you just raised your price target from 200 to 240. what do you like about it? >> yeah. they had a really strong earnings print, this week. there's a couple of new disclosures. they got close to 200 -- i'm

sorry, 25 million dash pass user s, and about a quarter of them are using dash, doordash, to hop many multiple verticals. not just for your restaurant delivery or restaurant meals, but for groceries, convenience, pet stores. and so is what you've got is an emerging kind of delivery platform, one that's experimenting and successfully expanding into new categories. they're generating consistent profitability. i like the stock. ashley: on the other side of the coin, you're lowering your price target on lyft to $15 is. what's the issue here? >> well, i think the issue is that the number two player, and at the margin i think they're losing share to uber, which is actually my favorite idea, and stu's heard me talk about that if times. but lyft, yeah, the problem they had is the numbers came down. they had to lower their guidance because they're seeing pricing pressure. if you have 25, 30% market hair and the number one player closer to to 70%, at the margin your

economics are determined by the number one player in the industry. so it's very hard for them to come up with great product innovations that can differentiate themselves. they've done an okay job with that, i'd much rather buy uber. ashley: 30 seconds, mark. you're raising your price target on airbnb from 155 to 165, right? >> yeah. and i'll just step back, we've just had, we've had a very strong, currently having a very strong season for travel. i guess people can't buy eggs, but they're spending money on travel. and your seeing it in airbnb's results, expedia with's results. they had their strongest december quarter in white some time. accelerating user growth, so it's a good place to be, generally a lot of prix cash flow. i prefer in the space expedia. ashley: very good. great job, mark. thank you very much. we are off and running on this friday, valentine's day. lots of smiles, clapping.

the confetti nices, so there we are. -- flies. we are out and off on this friday session. let's take a look at the big board. the dow 30 stocks, right down the mid manying. the dow off barely are, but you can see home depot, caterpillar, nvidia on the top line are, leading the way. microsoft, nike and procter & gamble on the lower end, on the lower end of the 30 stocks. take a look at the s&p. see how that is performing. it gained a percent yesterday's session. today just essentially flat, up 3.5 points thereabouts. let's a take a look at the nasdaq which also gained 1.5% in yesterday's session. today modestly opening higher by 20 points or so. let's take a look at the big tech names which, of course, we like to do every day because they carry. so much weight. and most of them are moving lower except for apple which is up half a percent. meta, amazon, alphabet, microsoft if all a moving slightly lower.

microsoft down nearly 1%. all right, let's pull out a couple of stocks here. apple and google. good morning, taylor riggs. great to have you here. these companies are bringing back tiktok to their app stores, right in. >> yes, they are. remember, jan 20th tiktok was banned, but we got a 75-day reprieve. we weren't really sure once you had it this in on your phone, that was fine, but you weren't getting updates, and you couldn't download it if you didn't already have it. now they're bringing it back to the app a store. pam bondi saying they are going to be -- they aren't going to be enforcing the ban, so bear we're back down on that tiktok clock to understand if this will be sold and what is the long-term path forward. ashley: yeah. certainly an uncertain future. speaking offing google, what's their a.i. chief saying about deepseek? >> he says they're better than deepseek, and don't worry about

it. deepseek is overexaggerated at this point h. in an all a hands on deck memo to employees saying that they have all the ingredients to lead a.i. over china and over deepseek. basically, deepseek has exaggerated, and google's a.i. is better. ashley: well, as you say, that's what we'd expect them to say. president trump reportedly going to make changes to joe biden's chip act. do we know what is going to happen here, taylor in. >> we have some rumors and some ideas. remember with that chips act a came along $39 billion in subsidies. there were a lot of strings attached to it like you had to use union labor or you had to provide childcare on site or all these dei strings attached to it. so we are hearing from reports that they just basically want to go back and look at all of those strings attached when you're giving out subsidies and if money and grants and loan to these companies. ashley: got it. coyne baste. that's the -- coinbase, just reported earnings. how did they do?

>> better than expected, but the stock's down almost 2.5%. they had their best quarterly revenue in three years and, yeah, it is all related to crypto. crypto trading around the election, they said, in the fourth quarter and so far in the first quarter has been doing very well. revenue was $2.3 billion after less than a billion just a year ago. so, again, a lot of this has really been based on the crypto craze. ashley: wow. absolutely. talking of which, gamestop, is this company going to invest in cryptos? >> you know where, i try to come to you with some fundamental news, but with gamestop i have to ait gets harder and harder every time -- it gets harder and harder every time. the ceo of gamestop, ryan cohen, posted a photo with michael sailor, the executive chairman of formerly micro strategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin. they have about 2% of all bitcoin outstanding.

that sparked rumors. and so now, again, further rumors about maybe they'll put some bitcoin on tear balance sheet or -- their their balance sheet or expand into cryptos. i keep you posted. a. ashley: thank you. fascinating. [laughter] we talked with mark mahaney about airbnb just with issuing their latest report card. based on the stock price, up 13%, they did pretty well. >> yeah, they did. you know, fourth quarter revenue and earnings per share beat estimates. they had a little bit of light guidance, but in a letter to shareholders they said they made a lot of changes to their technology. it's helping conversion rates. so they're doing well and, basically, they're teasing new unfortunately aing that -- offerings that they're going to the launch in may. we don't have details, but shareholders seem to like it. ashley: very good. moderna reported before the bell with. what was the story there? >> this is a struggle, right? i'm trying to get off the a truck thing bus when it comes to

no moderna. the covid vaccine brought in about $1.3 billion. but basically after that, there isn't a lot. and investors, as the shares are unchanged, want to see more in the pipeline. what else can they give us? as you know, covid demand vaccines have been waning in recent years. ashley: yeah. very good. let's take a look at roku, the streaming people. i believe they're up pretty strongly today. yeah, up -- that's an understatement, up more than 18%. [laughter] why? >> yeah. so, or look, beat estimates and they are signaling profitability ahead in the fiscal year 2026 which investors always like to see a path to profitability, right? so if we're signaling that it is coming soon, people are happy about that. they had 89.8 million streaming households and, remember, they generate a lot of of their revenue from advertising or paid services when it comes to

subscription. but, again, this is what could be a good profitability story for this company going forward. ashley: all right. just quickly wanted to talk about draftkings. their earnings are out. good, bad or not in. >> yeah. pretty good, right? better outlook than they thought even though they missed last quarter. no one cares about the last quarter as long as you're guiding me to better sunshine on the horizon in the future. they're raising the midpoint revenue guidance and, again, monthly unique payers increased, up about 36% year-over-year. ashley: fantastic run-through, as always, taylor. thank you so much. and, of course, we will be watching you on "the big money show," 12 p.m. eastern, it bins. it's a great 2-hour show. thank you, taylor, so much. >> thanks. ashley: coming up, president trump says he is interested in pursuing denuclearization. >> he really wanted to do it, so did i, denuclear arize. and it's so -- it's such a beautiful term when you think about it.

ashley: well, question is, can he get china and russia onboard with that? if that's a big question. illegal crossings at our southern border are already down over 990% compared to last a year -- 90%. they're on track to hit 60-year lows. can donald trump make this a permanent thing? border sheriff thaddeus cleveland will talk about it next. ♪

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ashley: welcome back, everyone. take a look at this, eagle fans lining the streets ahead of the super bowl victory parade. it's kicking off in philadelphia beginning at 11 a.m. and, by the way, officials are expecting up to one million people. that that's a heck of a crowd to celebrate hair super bowl win.

all right, now this, fox was with given an exclusive inside if look at i.c.e.'s daily operations in houston. brooke taylor joins us this morning. brooke, you spent the day with i.c.e. the question is, what did you see? >> reporter: we did. we got an inside, exclusive look at just the day-to-day operations here in houston. the i.c.e. officers we were with told us with this new priority to go after these criminal illegal aliens, they are seeing at least 2-3 times the number of arrests they usually have in just the last few weeks. >> target's coming out of the house. >> reporter: i.c.e. enforcement and removal operations officers have been watching his movements and patterns for days now. [background sounds] the suspect, an illegal migrant from mexico convicted in 2004 for alien smuggling and already removed from the u.s. in 2005 but snuck back in. >> we're really looking at our public safety threats, national

security threats. heavy had their due process, they've never shown up for deportation. those are our primary target. >> reporter: how many people roughly are on this target list? >> we've got multiple lists, so is it's hard to say one specific number. >> reporter: dozens, hundreds, in houston? >> on the list? thousands. >> reporter: thousands. next on their list, an illegal migrant from hondurans -- honduras, convicted of indecency and exposure to a child. according to i.c.e., the 28-year-old was already deported twice and slipped back into the u.s. illegally sometime after 2022. >> let me see the order or manager because i don't know -- >> we're trying to keep the community safe. that's the immigrant community,, the u.s. citizen community, it's everybody. >> reporter: in houston, unlike sanctuary cities, ero officers say they feel supported. and can they clap a rate with the fbi, cbp and atf, all with a common if goal -- >> to see these criminals taken

out of the committee. that's the thing you can't measure, what crime is it that you're preventing by taking these folks out of the community that that, to me, is most rewarding. >> reporter: and the i.c.e. officers tell us that second criminal illegal migrant you saw get arrested is also a wanted in his home country for that child sexual assault conviction, ashley. ashley: thank goodness they're catching tease people finally. brooke, great stuff. thank you very much. now this, border crossings have hit record lows under trump's immigration crackdown. "the new york post" reporting that border patrol has only recorded 359 encounters per day in february, that's down 90% compared to the same time last year. finish texas border sheriff thaddeus cleveland joins us now. of sheriff, great to to see you. if can donald trump's policies keep crossings consistently low? >> hey, good morning, ash. great to be on with you.

they certainly can. and, honestly, it kind of goes back to the old e.f. hutton show began. when president trump talks, people listen. he has had a huge impact, just his voice alone. and, of course, his polls -- policies coming in. working with other countries, forcing their hand to take back their criminal aliens and those currently crossing illegally. we will continue to see that. we will cartels maybe start to shift their tactics, and i anticipate us probably seeing a bit more activity than normal just due to the urban-urban environments, across from del rio, eagle pass and el paso. some of that traffic shifting out to more of the rural areas of texas. ashley: all right. i've got this one for you, sheriff. new york city mayor eric adams, border czar tom homan making an appearance on "fox & friends" morning. listen to what they had to aabout tackling new york city's immigrant crisis. listen to this. >> when i sat down, i saw the

cop in him. he is a cop, he's a lifelong cop. he wants to help take public safety threats off the streets of new york, making new york safer. he also wants to help find these missing children. >> people want to hijack this narrative and turn it into a political narrative where we're saying we need to have public safety. this has been an issue i was talking about before the election. spring of 2022, you look at these quotes over and and if over again, we need to go after these dangerous people on our street, and now i have someone that understands that narrative. and we are fighting together to get it done. ashley: i never thought i'd see it happen. are we finally seeing an end, do you think, sheriff, to places like new york city's sanctuary city policies? >> you know, ash, hope's not a strategy, but i certainly hope so is. [laughter] look, you know, what tom homan brings to the table is, you know, like president trump, great negotiation skills, straight shooters. and, you know, who doesn't want to see bad guys be locked up?

and if you're here illegally in our country and you're a bad guy, you get caught, to be deported. i hope we see more sanctuary cities go along this same line of activity ands if start to cooperate. and really it comes down to those local law enforcement, state law enforcement to have people many jail that have been identified as criminals and turn 'em over to i.c.e. to they can be deported and and make america safe. ashley: and very quickly, sheriff, i would imagine the morale among those good folks who protect our borders is so much better now than it was. >> you know, just hike we saw in that prior segment with the i.c.e -- ashley: yeah. >> -- representative speak about their morale, here along the border, i've still got a lot of friends that are working at the u.s. border patrol not just here, but up at headquarters. completely different mindset meaning they know they're supported by a president that has their back, that that supports them and is willing to go even further with them. so it's great. ashley: yeah. it's a wonderful thing to see.

sheriff, as always, thank you so much, sir, for joining us. we do appreciate it. >> thank you. god bless you. ashley: california -- thank you. california governor gavin newsom planning to veto a new bill on deportations. he's actually siding with the republicans on this one, lauren, right? lauren: rare. a rare siding with republicans -- [laughter] and also a rare veto, if that should happen. so to governor says this bill, which hasn't even had a hearing yet, is dead on arrival. the bill is called a.m. a b. 15. it would -- called a.b. 15. a jail couldn't hold a migrant in custody if i.c.e. requests that they do. that means a jail couldn't share information with the feds or even tell them when migrants are being leased. current state law -- released. current state law does require california prisons to do all of the above. newsom is saying he's not going to sign it, and this is a massive change for governor newsom if who who continues to fight trump but not in this

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ashley: this week who two of donald trump's more controversial cabinet picks, tulsi gabbard and rfk jr., were confirmed by the senate. chad pergram joins us from capitol hill with where he lives. chad, is it looking like president trump will get all of his picks confirmed? >> reporter: ashley, good morning. so far so good. president trump and senate

republicans are pitching a perfect game. 16 nominees up, 16 nominees confirmed. the next big name, fbi director nominee kash patel. democrats are pushing back. >> kash patel will turn the fbi potentially into a sycophantic goon squad ready to crush political opposition instead of the independent law enforcement agency that the nation needs and deserves. these folks will haunt my republican -- these votes will haunt my republican colleagues. >> reporter: the confirmation hearing underscored why he believes the nominee is qualified to lead the fbi, but republicans say this is just sour grapes from the democrats. >> i think senator durbin9 and the democrats having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that they got their butts kicked in november and the lawfare that that they engaged in to take out their chief political opponent

didn't work. and if now we're going to restore credibility to the department of justice and the fbi. >> reporter: rare deviations by nat republicans, the one exception, former senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. he's voted no on three nominees including robert f. kennedy jr. >> i think it's very unfortunate that senator mcconnell has chosen to vote against some of president trump's nominees. these people are outsiders who have not spent decades of their time in washington d.c. >> reporter: democrats will likely filibuster patel, but he has the votes to be confirmed. also in the queue next week, commerce secretary howard lutnick and kelly loeffler to run the small business administration. ashley? ashley: chad, thank you very much, indeed. we appreciate it. still ahead, over 40 hauts have already been file filed -- lawsuits have been filed against the trump administration. former u.s. attorney guy lewis

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