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[no audio] >> hundreds of suspected criminals and deploying troops to the border. are officials down there finally feeling supported? we'll talk to one. >> and four more israeli hostages reunited with their families this weekend as to seesfire deal with hamas seems to be holding -- ceasefire deal seems to be holding. but israel's deal with lebanon cracking? israeli ambassador to the u.n., danny danon, is here. >> plus, more of trump's cabinet picks facing senate hearings week, the fireworks that could be coming, and the warning north korea is sending to the united states after its latest missile test. >> good morning. as howie kurtz posted this morning, he's battling a case of pneumonia and hopes to be back soon. we hope so too. welcome to "fox news live," i'm jonathan hunt in los angeles. alicia: we do wish our best to howie. i'm in denver, and we start with c.b. cotton in new york with the

latest on those i.c.e. arrests we're seeing all across the nation. c.b. >> reporter: hi, alicia. yeah, the new administration continues to carry out its promise of mass deportations, and a senior trump administration official has just told our colleague bill melugin about more results from this effort, telling him that two men with ties to the violent venezuelan gang tren de aragua were taken into custody in the nashville, tennessee, and another in san antonio, texas. the senior official says all three men were previously caught and then released at the border during the biden administration. president trump, he spoke about this gang just yesterday and made another promise. >> heroes of i.c.e. have been hunting down and arresting hundreds of illegal alien criminals -- [cheers and applause] and it's immediate expulsion including those with charges of convictions for rape, child sexual assault, terrorism and

even murder. members of the savage venezuelan prison gang known as tren de aragua have been all over the place. we'll get 'em out. we'll get 'em out. >> reporter: and speaking of getting them out, week our bill melugin was there as i.c.e. agents in boston arrested eight people all in the country illegally and wanted for a wide range of crimes. also this week our alexis mcadams learned from a senior trump administration official that in new york i.c.e. arrested a man who they say is a known or suspected terrorist. officials say he is from turkey and entered the country illegally. this week white house press secretary karoline leavitt shared these photos on x of a plane taking 80 guatemalan nationals back the their home countries after officials say they crossed into the u.s. illegally. so get this, in a single day this week i.c.e. reported making more than 500 arrests. alicia. alicia: wow. things are really moving.

c.b. cotton live in new york, good to see you. thank you. jonathan? jonathan: so how are officials in border cities reacting to the all of this? joining us now, the republican mayor of mcallen, texas, javier villalobos. mr. mayor, thank you so much for being here and, simply put, how do you think the trump administration is handling these early days of the crackdown? >> well, you know what? first of all, thanks for the invite. i think the majority of the country is excited about what's going on. promises made, promises kept. i think most of the majority of the people will not disagree that if somebody's here illegally, if somebody is a criminal, they should immediately be deported. so even though right now we have not seen anything down here on the border, we know what's happening in different areas, and i hope it sends a message to people that that at least people that want to come in without legal authority to, look, stop. don't come in. you can't do it.

we're finally going to be active, we're finally going to do something to secure our borders, our national security. jonathan: and, mr. mayor, i wonder did your reaction to the deployment of the military on the border, i'm not sure if you're seeing any troops in mcallen, texas, yet. but what we heard from our own jennifer griffin at the pentagon that the 760 military police battalion was deploying yesterday to the border. there are a machines -- marines, i know, on ime peerl beach in san diego. will the troops make a real difference, do you believe? >> we still have not, but i know we're getting about 400 troops. we know we should be getting about eight helicopters. and you know what? when we had operation lone star with governor abbott, it was very beneficial. at the very end, it assists the border patrol to stop doing administrative duties that's taking their time instead of being out in the field and

taking care of some of the issues. the asylum seekers were not much of a problem -- well, it was, because it was too easy to do it. however, the people or the persons going outside of the port of entry, that is what's the biggest concern. the people that were on the terrorist watch list, people that just came in without really a good purpose. now they're going to be able to, border patrol's going to be able to man the fields, do what they need to do and really, really secure our border. jonathan: mr. mayor, the numbers of those coming across, as you mentioned between the ports of entry, it diminished greatly when the biden administration changed their approach just a few months before the election. has it dropped even further since president trump was elected and came into office? are you seeing a real difference? >> especially asylum seekers, december picked up a little bit and then january has gone down. it keeps on going down, and we hope it keeps on going down. and that's, you know, our border

area has always been very good and safe because i always say the immigrants, legal or not, go through here. hay don't stay. but the numbers haven't gone down. we're excited about about that. jonathan: i'm sure you are. mayor javier see low boss, excuse me, sir, from mcallen, texas, great to have you with us today. thank you so much. alicia. >> pleasure. alicia: jonathan, from the battle at the border to the battle in the courtroom, president trump is planning to appeal a federal judge's ruling that blocks his executive order to end birthright citizenship. the judge is calling it, quote, blatantly unconstitutional. the read now from former federal prosecutor and constitutional law attorney katie cherkasky. katie, thank you so much for being here, we appreciate it. before we get started, i'd like you to take a listen to the president's response once this happened. >> reporter: a u.s. judge temporarily blocked the birthright citizenship order. do you have any reaction? >> no.

obviously, we'll appeal it. they put it before a certain judge in seattle, i guess, right? and there's no surprises with that judge. alicia: so the judge was nominated to the federal bench in 1981 by president ronald reagan. what's your read on all of this? where do you think this is headed. >> well, there has never been direct supreme court precedent addressing the question about whether the children of illegal immigrants are, in fact, entitled to citizenship here. there have been cases that have adjudicated other surrounding issues, a big case that many point to is from the 1800s. but that case actually dealt with the child of lawful permanent residents here in the u.s. and determined that that that was, in fact, a person that was entitled to citizenship. that still stands under president trump's current executive order. but inevitably, i believe the supreme court will have to weigh in on this, and it comes down to the interpretation of whether the 14th amendment automatically requires the children of illegal

immigrants to be recognized as american citizens. alicia: there are 22 states and a number of groups that have filed at least six lawsuits regarding this executive order. and there are people on both sides of the aisle who question whether or not there will be anl have much luck at the supreme court should it make its way there. but also changing the constitution is a heavy lift. >> well, those are actually two pratt issuesal altogether. or -- separate issues altogether. the first question is whether this would require an actual constitutional amendment. many, of course, have claimed that the 14th amendment is clear, that this obviously would require an amendment to the constitution in order to say that undocumented, the children of illegal immigrants here are citizens. but the argument that the trump administration is making is that it does not, in fact, require an amendment, it is simply an interpretation question that the supreme court has not directly addressed. so, certainly, i think it's very important, the incentives that come from the idea of coming

here and simply getting citizenship regardless of the status of your parents is a big deal mt. immigration realm, of course. but whether the constitution requires it as written is not determined as of yet. alicia: and this would impact estimates are around 150,000 children every year are born to women who are not u.s. citizens. but what's interesting, regardless of where where this goes with this particular fight, this does open up the conversation. and a lot of corners in the united states people really hadn't been talking about this that much other than the campaign trail. >> well, that's exactly right. and i think that we have to look at the big picture of why people, obviously, want to come here, the benefits of being an american citizen are enormous, and the money and cost that goes into that for american taxpayers is also enormous. so certainly, it's understandable why people would want to pursue fighting for this and retaining those benefits. but the question of whether we

actually recognize that as part of a constitutional guarantee is a whole other conversation. big picture though, i think this it just highlights how important it is do cut off at the pass here any people coming in here for purposes to take advantage of this so-called birthright citizenship realm. but, i mean, if we have to take in people endlessly and supply benefits, that's going to be something that's not sustainable in the long run, and i think that's the point that the trump administration is making here. alicia: and you heard the president talking about the judge in this. you know, he always hasta kind of rhetoric when he's in any kind of battle. do you think that helps? hurts? does it even matter? if. >> i think that he knows that this case was going to, hopefully, go up to the supreme court ultimately and that there was no chance at the lower levels hat executive order would be upheld. and, of course, the injunctions issued are important because there is going to be a irreparable harm to people that

don't get recognized as a citizens if this is upheld before the case is fully adjudicated. so, certainly, i don't think it was a surprise that the courts at these lower levels in the states that these lawsuits were filed are going to put a stop to this in the short term. but long term this is something on the constitutional side of this things that has really never been thoroughly analyzed to this extent. so i think the court will weigh in. it's going to be an uphill battle to, i think, convince the court hat 14th amendment does not -- that the 14th amendment does not require recognition of birthright citizenship of children of illegal immigrants, but it's not an impossible task. alicia: interesting. katie cherkasky, thank you very much. >> thank you. alicia: president trump announcing big plans for fema after visiting california and north carolina. but first, more israeli hostages released this weekend as to

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lynn liver four more israeli hostages are with their families

this morning. the ceasefire deal holding for now, but the deal with lebanon if facing some uncertainty. trey yingst is in tel aviv with the latest. hi, trey. >> reporter: alicia, good afternoon. these developments come as israeli forces continue their operation against hamas and islamic jihad cells in the west bank. this is the story of one young palestinian, a victim of these military maneuvers. the shrouded body of a 2-year-old is carried by her grandfather through the streets. her grandmother weeps over the young girl draped in a palestinian flag. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: they started to shoot at us through the windows without any warning, the grandmother says. all of a sudden the special forces raided us and were shooting through the windows. leyla is the youngest palestinian to be killed in a nearly week-long israeli raid of the west bank. the israeli military says they

are investigating the circumstances of her death but admit to firing on the house during operations against militant cells in the area. >> translator: i used to care for her and she used to always can ask for rice pudding. she loved it and always asked for it but now leyla is gone. [speaking in native tongue] >> reporter: as israeli forces continue to operate across the west bank, there is that shaky ceasefire if currently between israel and hamas. the israelis say that hamas is not holding up to their end of the bargain. they were supposed to release a list of hostages set to be released from gaza during phase one of the agreement. they have not given the israelis that list. hamas as halls not released a young israeli woman that was taken during the october 7th massacre. the israelis say they will not allow palestinians to return to northern gaza until this issue is taken care of. alicia? alicia: trey yingst live in tel aviv, thanks, trey.

jonathan? jonathan: so how are israeli officials looking at this complex deal and how it is playing out? in with us now, the israeli ambassador to the u.n., danny danon. mr. ambassador, as always, great to talk to you. i just want to pick up on what trey was saying about the fifth hostage who was supposed to be released yesterday. we're hearing if from islamic jihad now that she will now be released. are you confident that that is going to happen? >> -- signed a very detailed agreement with hamas and with the negotiators. unfortunately, hamas is breaching the agreement. we are negotiating the release, and we hope by the end of the week we will see her back home. she was supposed to be released by now, and we are working on that. so we are continuing with the agreement, but we expect hamas to stand up for the agreement and not only with this woman,

also they were supposed to give us a list of all the hostages with the details of their health conditions. we haven't got that list yet. jonathan: mr. ambassador, i was interested hearing president trump say on saturday that he would like to see egypt and jordan take in of the displaced palestinians who have lost hair homes in gaza. a pushback from egypt and jordan. and it seems to me, an ongoing part of the situation in the middle east that those countries and others do not want to have the palestinian people on their territories. how much of a problem is that? and what does it speak to in a broader perspective? >> well, i think president trump, you know, he has very creative ideas, and he realizes that you need a sustainable solution. you need to think about new ideas. and we cannot allow hamas to stay in charge in gaza. there is no future for the

palestinians in gaza if hamas is there. so i think it is about time that many countries will not only talk about the palestinian issue, but will actually take action in order to support the future. and so say clearly there is no future for the palestinians if hamas is still in power. that's a very clear for us. jonathan: mr. ambassador, it was fascinating when the four idf soldiers, the four women were released. next to them, sort of as they were being paraded, they were full of smiles. next to them were masked hamas fighters. it does not appear that a hamas has lost its grip on power in gaza. is that a failure for the israeli war effort here? >> we haven't completed the mission, i agree with you. but, you know, hamas today is not the same hamas that was in power before october 7th, you know? all the a leadership, they're all dead by now.

thankful to the work of the idf. but they don't have the capabilities to threaten us. but we have to continue the mission to finish the job, and that means that we have to make sure that hamas is not -- in gaza anymore. if they will stay in power, it's only a matter of time before the next attack. jonathan: and, mr. ambassador, if we can move north to lebanon. some problems -- i gather that the lebanese if army fulfilling its role near the border area there. how is that playing out. >> first of all, we will comply with the agreement, we will respect the agreement. we want to move out of lebanon, but the agreement state very clearly that the lebanese military must come in and take the positions. we cannot allow hezbollah to regroup and -- [inaudible] so we expect the military to move move faster. that that's why i think we need a little more time to allow the lebanese military to get

organized and take the positions that we are advantage ate what -- evacuating. jonathan: and then very briefly, mr. ambassador, islamic jihad seems to be getting more of a hold in the west bank and to some extent in gaza. how concerned are you about a group as radical as islamic jihad beginning to get more support in areas like the west bank? >> we are very concerned, and we have seen the influx of terror the attacks. but, you know, all the issues we discussed today is all connected to iran. they are the ones who are -- the hamas, sending weapons and ammunition, so i think at the end of the day israel, the new administration, western democracies, we have to deal with tehran. that is the problem for the western world. jonathan: for sure. okay, mr. body, always a pleasure to talk to you -- mr. ambassador. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you very much. jonathan: the senate confirming two major spots in president

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♪ ♪ if jonathan: top republican senator chuck grassley e is speak out this weekend after president trump fired 17 inspectors general at a various federal agencies late friday. the iowa senator points out congress was left in the dark, and he says congress is supposed to get a 30-day notice before any i.g. is dismissed. grassley says there may have been good reason they were axed, but he wants an explanation. meanwhile, president trump is standing by the move saying it was, quote, a very common if thing to do. alicia: more of president

trump's cabinet picks preparing to face the senate after defense secretary pete hegseth and dhs secretary kristi noem were sworn in over the weekend. health and human services nominee rob f. kennedy jr. and director of national intelligence nominee tulsi gabbard both preparing for their confirmation hearings in the coming days. do these controversial picks face a tough road ahead? if let's ask real clear politics' phil wegmann. phil, good to see you. you know, or this past week was filled with so much drama. it came down to the wire friday night. what are you looking at this week? if who are you watching in. >> well, the takeaway if what we saw this last week that the republican dam in the senate, it didn't break yet. and that's why we're so folks focused on those two nominees now -- you just mentioned, rfk and til tulsi gabbard, because we're going to see whether it can stay together. there weren't enough defections

to sink either of them. the reflects, first, donald trump has remade the republican party in his own image. but more than that, he's won the debate on some of these items like immigration, like defense policy. and i think what we're seeing is sort of the realignment in realtime where you have, according to polling, the majority of the public supporting his visioner for -- vision for these things. we'll are to see just how durable that realignment is when it comes the national security, to health policy x. if that's why we're focused so much on this, because it's going to set the tone for how the administration governs in these areas and others. alicia: we did see democrats really trying to slow the role of republicans, especially when it came to hegseth. republican senator marsha blackburn called out her democratic colleagues for slow-rolling the confirmation process. listen. >> they want to slow the process. they want to say obama and biden got their nominees first and faster than these trump nominees, and they are doing in

this because they do not like president donald trump. you look at what they're trying to do to tulsi gabbard which is disgusting. they are trying to say she's a russian asset. she isn't. she has been through five background checks. she is a reservist. she's in the military. they do not see her as a russian asset. alicia: phil, do democrats have to be careful here? >> they do, because democrats know that the name of the game is not them voting all together, t getting republicans to jump ship, to join them. and thus far what we've seen is that with noem who is less controversial than tulsi gabbard, she got seven democrats. with hegseth it came down to the wire. yes, there were some defections like mitch mcconnell, susan collins and murkowski, but this white house, they're more than happy to send the vice president to to capitol hill the cast that tie-breaking vote. with democrats and tulsi gabbard, i think they're trying to appeal to that old guard of sort of neo-conservative,

national security republicans, but that's an increasingly rare breed on capitol hill. and some of these attacks and allegations against tulsi gabbard like senator senator blackburn just laid out, allegations that she's somehow a russian spy, well, you know, or that dog didn't hunt, you know, previously when republicans were more than happy to welcome her into the fold, and we'll see if it, you know, is something that frightens away more than three republicans this week. alicia: it will definitely be interesting. phil wegmann, thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you. herb liver jonathan? jonathan: alicia shah, thank you. president trump announcing a major a.i. investment. what it means for the economy and for you at home. but first, mr. trump also putting fema on notice. the new warning that has the emergency management agency scram is,ing -- the scrambling. ♪ ♪ action! louis, louis! cut mud on her face!

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alicia: the los angeles area is devastated by the wildfires, getting some relief from rain this weekend, but it comes with risk of flooding and mudslides. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is tracking the conditions. hi, rick. rick: listen, yes, this does bring a chance of a mudslide, maybe some debris flow in spots that have burned. we desperately need the rain, and certainly any mudslide would not be as destructive as these fires. take a look at what we've got going on, we've had a lot of containment that has happened on all of the fires over the last, say, ten days or so. this is great news. 80% on the eaton fire, 84% on the palisades fire. those are the two most destructive fires. all of this happening because of this drought that has exploded over the last few months across southern california. look at that, from l.a. southward, we have very significant drought. at least severe, in some cases extreme. and if it has been because of the rain that has not fallen during the rainy season. california has a rainy season, it is the winter.

northern california's had incredible amounts of rain, but southern california, l.a., you've only had .16 inches of rain, it is your second driest on record. san diego, your driest stretch here. this is all about to change. we've got a system that is moving in towards southern california, started bringing some rain last night and it's going to continue through early morning hours tomorrow morning. notice this, showers already coming in here. we'll see the snow levels begin to drop, so the mountains getting snow. that snow really beneficial because it melts slowly, and that absorbs into the ground a lot better. one other problem we've had is the last two winters were really wet, and we have a lot of brush that grew which was great, but now it's dry with this dry spell that we see here. so this rain certainly important. this is the future radar, how it's going the play out. continuing to see this rotation here bringing more rain, more snow. by tomorrow morning a lot of this is largely out of here, moves towards parts of arizona, another state, by the way, that

desperately needs moisture. so we're going to get in the next few days. l.a. the next few days, rain today, the rain tomorrow. temperatures really cool as well. we'll dry things out a couple of days after. i think even a little maybe more beneficial is the longer term pattern that we're seeing here. this is an indication we might start to see a little bit of a shift here, and we'll start to see better. chances of rain coming in across southern california as we move through, say, the month of february. in fact, february looking like we're going to see a big change in our pattern which has been so cold, very cold across most of the u.s. except the immediate kind of west coastline. and look what happens for us today. new orleans, you're 65 degrees. we had 8, over 8 inches of snow in new orleans which broke our prior snow vent record by about 6 inches. incredible amounts of snow that we had this week right along the immediate gulf coast. finally, that melting today because of these warm temperatures around coming back in here. and temps even towards new york

city getting into the 40s. it has been a brutally cold week. these temps are going to moderate a lot for us, and we're going to see much of the eastern part of the country warm up a lot. one other thing just to look forward to, this storm that we're talking about out across parts of the west, by the time we get towards wednesday and thursday, becomes a big rainmaker across parts of texas, louisiana and arkansas, maybe a little bit of flooding, maybe severe weather for that that we'll watch. but i'll tell you what, after we saw snow and temperatures that remained below freezing for a number of days along the coast, i don't know if you saw this, alicia, jonathan, but we had snow on the beaches in louisiana and 8.9 inches in pensacola, florida, of snow. paralyzed the area. you don't even have snow shovels in that, no reason to have it because you would never get snow. now we saw snow that fell 8,9, 10 inches in some spots, and the temperatures remained so brutally cold. all of this is about to change a little bit, and we have a much

more favorable weather pattern setting up for a lot of teem. -- people. alicia: it was quite a shock to the system. rick reichmuth, thank you so much. jonathan: and we're hearing the rain hammer down on the roof of our studios right now here in l.a. as rick rightly says, it is a double-edged sword with the threat it brings of mudslides. president trump, meanwhile, toured the damage here in l.a. on friday and took the opportunity the to rip into the local, state and federal response. the president later signed an executive order to review fema and potentially get rid of the emergency management agency altogether. the hill's julian manchester now on whether that is smart politics. great to see you. it strikes me that this might be the president engaging in the art of the deal negotiating, putting pressure on fema merely to step up its game. what say you? >> yeah, jonathan, that really could be part of it. we know that the president has been critical of state and local

officials in california and their handling of this disaster and essentially saying, look, we don't want to necessarily, you know, spend federal aid if democratic officials in california can't, in his words, get their act together. but it's unclear how president trump would even go about dismantling fema or restructuring it. remember, fema is part of the department of homeland security, and every year they're replenished, andrd in to be replenished with those funds, they have to go through congress. so this could take congressional action. and it's really unclear how republicans are going the want to move ahead on this. remember, a lot of states that get fema funds are red states like florida, louisiana, texas. so it'll be interesting to see how lawmakers from those states react to it. we know that susan collins from maine, someone who isn't exactly 100% in trump's camp all the time, has been critical of the move. but i think we just would have the get more details as to what this would look like going

forward. jonathan: yeah, a lot easier said than done, for sure. it was fascinating watching the politics of all of this play out here in l.a. on friday, julia, when we saw gavin newsom, california governor, waiting at the bottom of the steps of air force one in a somewhat surreal moment to greet president trump. it hadn't been previously scheduled. the who made nice, but -- the two made nice. but when president trump went up to the pacific palisades and had this round table, he clashed a little bit with mayor karen bass. i just want to play a little bit of that and get your reaction on the other side. >> i think you have to -- you have emergency powers just like i do, and i'm exercising my emergency powers. you have to exercise them also -- >> i did exercise them -- >> because i looked, i mean, you have a very powerful emergency power -- >> yes. >> and and you can do everything within 24 hours. >> yes. and if individuals want to clear out their property, they can. >> everyone's standing in front of their house. they want to go to work, and --

>> and the most important thing is for people to be safe. >> they're safe. they're safe. you know what they're not safe? they're not safe now. jonathan: everybody's sort of making nice if overall, but thau could feel the underlying tension there, julia. what did you make of it? >> yeah, there certainly was tension and, look, there's still tension between trump and gavin newsom. look, it's been easy for the administration and also republicans to criticize democrats in california other this. and politically, you know, it's expected. california is the quintessentially blue state, of course they're going to go after democrats in that state especially at a time when you have newsom and particularly karen bass who is really under a lot of scrutiny, under a lot of pressure as to how to move forward and how she handled. karen bass initially faced a lot of statute nhl and criticism for going abroad and was coming back at the time when those wildfires broke out. so she is very much seen as weak

in this situation. but going back to the trump-newsom if dynamic, look, uh-uh think it's good to see, you know, for americans to see that interaction between the two of them despite the war of words that has been going on for weeks now and predating the situation with the wildfires. i think it was good, obviously, for the president to be out there, but there's clearly a difference in opinion on the strategy as to how to move forward between president trump and people like karen bass. jonathan: julia manchester, thank you so much for being with us today. >> thanks, jonathan. alicia: the cia under new leadership and or already issuing a new analysis on the covid-19 pandemic. plus, new missile threats from north korea in trump's first week in office. those details next. ♪ ♪ ic cities and unforgettable scenery with viking. unpack once and get closer to iconic landmarks, local life and cultural treasures.

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alicia: the cia changing us tune on the covid-19 pandemic, now saying it's likely the virus was leak ared from a chinese lab. madeleine rivera has the details from washington. >> reporter: good morning, alicia. for years the cia a could not say with certainly where covid is the came from, where it came from an infected an that mall that spread the virus to a human or from a lab leak. now the cia says this: cia

assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the covid-19 pandemic is more like likely than a natural origin. cia continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the covid-19 pandemic repain. [applause] if,. no new intelligence has been found to back up this shift. instead, the new york times reports the c -- cia is working on the same evidence it's had for months. former national security adviser jake sullivan ordered a new assessment of covid's origins at the end of the biden administration, and the director bill burns asked agency analysts to take a stand one way or the other. new cia director john ratcliffe ordered for the analysis to be declassified. ratcliffe has long been a proponent of the lab leak theory. he even co-authored opinion piece on fox news digital back in march 2023 stating that the biden administration wanted to avoid the see -- geopolitical

implications that came with concluding it came from the lab. here's ratcliffe speaking with maria bartiromo on "sunday morning futures" this morning. >> i think it was important for the american people to see an institution like the cia get off the sidelines and be truthful about what our intelligence shows at the same time of protecting us from adderer shares like china if they caused or contributed to this. >> reporter: the biden administration says it did not suppress information. the cia now joins the fbi and energy department in backing the choi news lab leak theory. alicia, back to you with. alicia: madeleine rivera live in washington, thank you. jonathan: north korea says it has tested a cruise missile system and is vowing its toughest response to the u.s. and south korea as president trump returns to office. stephanie bennet if watching it all closely from london. hi, stephanie. >> reporter: hey, jonathan. yeah, this latest launch suggests that north korea will likely continue its weaponsest thing and won't be slowing down

anytime soon. meanwhile, president donald trump earlier this week spoke to fox news and said that that he planned to reap out to the leader of north korea. -- to reach out. now, the official korean central news agency said kim jong un oversaw the missile test yesterday, describing it as an underwater sea to surface strategic cruise missile that traveled for around 932 miles in just over 2 hours before hitting its targets. the term strategic implies the missiles are nuclear-capable. kim was also cited saying north korea's war deterrence capabilities are being perfected more thoroughly and vowed to strengthen its military. while many experts kim likely thinks he has a greater bargaining power because of their growing nuclear arsenal and deepening ties with russia. south korea's joint chiefs of staff has said north korea actually launched several cruise missiles toward western waters yesterday and is to defend itself. today north korea's foreign men industry criticized the and vowed the toughest response because of the military alliance

and joint drills between south korea and the u.s., describing it as an alleged invasion rehearsals although washington and seoul have repeatedly said their drills are just defensive measures. president donald trump metwomen three time -- kim three times during his first term and during an interview with sean hannity, president trump called him a smart guy and said he will reach out to him. >> he happens to be a smart if guy, kim jong un is a smart guy. i are -- i will. >> reporter: so far no word yet on when that call will be. jonathan? jonathan: stephanie bennet in london, thank you so much. president trump has made a major a.i. investment. will it pay off for americans? the details and the concerns coming up. ♪ ♪

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we've got to stay a leader in ai. that's what so important this is signed and of course was set up to revoke a lot of the biden era policies on ai. >> the president is really concerned about maintaining the competitive edge especially when it comes to china. however the going to build these data centers there's about 500 square feet there's going to be about 20 of them ultimately around the country. that is a lot of energy and big costs there. looks you're absolutely right. ai uses a lot of data. it means wind up the energy infrastructure. it means we need a lot of real steel near energy sources all options are energy are going to be improving. we are going to see investments coming into the marketplace for the going be run energy, real estate and data centers. of course it's going to run chips, that's it gives us the ability to maintain our lead. the beauty of it is

organizations and companies investing in ai realize it's going to be good a market to invest in the u.s. for this $1.1 billion in investments from the 500 billion-dollar stargate project with oracle and open ai at 600 billion from the saudi government they are pledging to actually invest in a hybrid that is a lot of money that's not going to other projects around the world. >> i think what also caught a lot of american's attention is the white house think this is going to create about 100,000 jobs f per that's pretty significant. that's really important factor here. take out the white collar jobs. for example in putting it data center in texas. build the data center, maintain the going cap to de designed and constructed of course that means energy power grids and all the other pieces. and recall jobs request to send exciting time in education and

college. much of buying the things they're excited about ai will play big part of their lives. i've got a senior in college that's graduating as a cs major that's a hot major five years ago. it's going to be very hard for him and his colleagues to find jobs this year because ai is taken away a lot of the coding jobs. you understand ai will be in a lot of what we do, it's going to be a great place to understand ai. >> we are going to be following at all thank you for being here. >> thanks a lot, happy sunday. >> that wraps up this hour of "fox news live." thank you everyone at home for watching. assignment jonathan hunt fox news live continues with mike emanuel. >> a cabinet secretary pete hegset