mahomes to sustain what they've been doing is pretty special. the eagles look like they really mean business. >> steve: you have to pick one. >> i'm completely neutral. >> brian: you have enough history, you got your super bowl but never three-peat. bob, look forward to seeing you in new orleans. >> ainsley: congratulations on all your success. >> thank you, great to see you and thanks for hearing the ad. let's stop the hate going on in america. >> brian: absolutely. >> steve: that was a quick three hours. >> ainsley: do you watch the documentary? bye, everyone. >> dana: tripling down on tariffs, taxes and mexico and

canada imports. could we see an 11th hour solution? bill is off today. good morning, bret. >> bret: good morning. i'm bret baier, this is "america's newsroom." president frumpily is forging ahead with his promise to slap 25% taxes on mexican and canadian imports. chinese imports 10% tariff. all they count reese vowing to retaliate. >> dana: the talks -- there might be some room for negotiation, bret. >> bret: the president is saying he won't back down until mexico and canada stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal immigration. even if that means americans may pay higher prices in the short term. >> president trump: we may have short-term a little pain and people understand that. but long-term the united states has been ripped off by virtually every country in the world. we'll change that. we'll change it fast and make

america great again. >> dana: jackui heinrich has more for us live at the white house. comp morning. >> good morning. the president is et to speak with leaders of canada and mexico this morning. urn less he changes his mind. he says he won't. at midnight the u.s. will put 25% tariffs and 10% tariff on china and canadian energy. it impacts 40% of imports into the u.s. >> the thing i can say i think it is 100% being miscovered. go back and read the executive order. president trump was 100% clear that this is not a trade war. this is a drug war. >> the white house accused mexico's government of having an intolerable alliance with mexican drug cartels which their president called slander demanding trump stem the flow of u.s. guns to the cartels and expected to announce retaliatory

tariffs today. trudeau pushed back claims less than 1% of fentanyl and illegal migrants come across the northern border. he has already set a 25% retaliatory tariff in motion on american lumber, plastics and more. china is also promising counter measures. >> 3,000 americans die every two weeks from fentanyl poisoning. mexico makes them. precurseers come from china. illegals across the mexican border. stop poisoning americans and stop sending fentanyl into america to kill americans. >> president trump says the short term pain for americans will be worth it in the end but says this is just the beginning. >> president trump: it will definitely happen with the european union, i can tell you that. they've really taken advantage of us. we have over $300 billion

deficit. european union is really out of line. uk is out of line but i think that one can be worked out. >> democrats are estimating it could cost $1200 per year for the average american family on most goods people buy. >> dana: jackui heinrich, thank you for getting us started. >> bret: president trump's foreign policy bearing fruit on other fronts. panama now pledging to end a key development deal with china on the panama canal. reversal coming following trump's tough talk and a visit from secretary of state marco rubio. he spoke moments ago on working with the central american nation to stem illegal immigration. >> recognize many of the people who seek mass migration are often victimized along the way. it is not good for anyone. the only people who benefit from mass migration are traffickers. this is a program that shows how cooperating with our strong

allies in panama can help stem the flow by creating a disincentive by sending a clear message if you come you may be stopped and you may be returned to your country of origin. >> bret: steve harrigan is live in panama city with the latest. good morning, steve. >> good morning, bret. we're at a regional airport in panama with the secretary of state. he has been watching the panama government fly out illegal migrants. they just boarded 43 people from columbia. they were not in shackles. they patted them down, took them on buses, took them on a plane and flying them back to columbia. cooperation between u.s. and panama when it comes to illegal immigration. as far as the big crisis here, who controls the panama canal, we're seeing movement from panama on that issue. on the one hand the government has said here they are going to audit two chinese-owned

corporations located on the canal, also panama president said they will end participation in a chinese infrastructure program. is that going to be enough for president trump? the president of panama says he hopes so and that he does not expect any u.s. military intervention here. >> there is no question that the canal is operated by panama and will continue to be so. i don't think there was any discrepancy on that. i do not feel any threat. >> there will be more cooperation, too, when it comes to illegal migrants. panama is offering the u.s. to use an airstrip it has near its southern jungle to help the u.s. send back illegal immigrants trying to get to america. >> dana: we'll bring in the former deputy press secretary. marco rubio is hitting a home

run. president trump said last night taking back the panama canal. >> president trump: we're talking about the panama canal. what they have done is terrible. violated the agreement. they aren't allowed to violate the agreement. china is running is panama canal. it was not given to china, it was given to panama foolishly. they violated the agreement and we will take it back or something very powerful is going to happen. >> dana: hogan gidley, what do you think monday morning. a lot of news today. let's start with the panama canal. >> seems like america is waking up from a four year long nap under the previous administration. donald trump moving quickly on a host of issues and a host of fronts. the panama canal one of those things he talked about during the campaign. people mocked and made fun of him. now we have a competent, strong, secretary of state of state marco rubio making deals and trying to get china out of the mix. so far we've seen control of the panama canal with that communist nation. a lot of the world is concerned

about that and america is, too. with the diplomats we have in place working to put the american people first this is a logical step. marco doing incredible stuff down there. looks like a deal is imminent. for us to make that place much better suited to deal with the american people versus communist china. >> bret: what about the control element of it? is that a negotiating point as far as panama controlling it, the u.s. controlling it? is he happy if china gets out of their and panama still runs it? >> how that actually manifests remains to be seen. donald trump wants whatever deal that happens to benefit the american people first. when you have chinese control over it that's a real problem. it puts not just america in danger but the world in danger as well. their interests in china don't align with the rest of the world obviously. they are more dictatorial and want to take over more things. america wants to partner with other nations.

us having control of the panama canal puts us in a better place for trade. puts us in a better place domestically and internationally. donald trump is always going to make moves to that end. now how that looks again remains to be seen. we're in the beginning stages of this. but expect more news from the panama canal and from this administration on this very, very significant trade route. >> dana: let's move to tariffs. a lot of people this morning might be confused about what is happening. they haven't gone into effect yet. the president will speak to the leaders of mexico and canada this morning. there might be some room to stop this before it goes into effect at midnight. here is a canadian-based company -- saying canada thrives when it works with america together. trump believes canada has not held its side of the bargain and set terms to prove we'll work together and get the borders under control and crack down on fentanyl deaths. the president was honest with

the american people last night it might cause short term pain at home. >> absolutely. every campaign i've worked on in my life in politics almost 30 years now, every candidate always says they want free and fair trade. the free trade always comes. it is the fair trade that never follows. donald trump changed that four years ago when he was in the white house. you are seeing more of that in this term. he wants the american people to benefit. you will see a common theme. putting the american people first. only in washington, d.c. would it be a november elata where someone runs and wins on an issue and does what they say they were going to do. donald trump is solely focused on making sure the fentanyl, the deaths, the human trafficking, the child smuggling, the rapes, murders, illegal immigration stops. if canada and mexico need tariffs as a lever of incentive and influence to bring them to the table to help stop that, donald trump is going to do it. >> bret: last thing.

do you think that this pace where the news is flowing at this rate is going to continue for the next few months? >> i don't see it slowing much, bret, as you know working for donald trump the last four years in the administration and off and on in the last few as well, he never stops. he never sleeps. his sole focus is winning. he doesn't want to do it just for him, of course, it is for the american people. what they voted for and the jarring juxtaposition of where we were just a few weeks ago in the calm and the kind of status quo in d.c. is absolutely changing because someone like donald trump is yes, a disruptor but does it with a purpose. it is to bring america back to global power on the world stage to help us out domestically and internationally. he is doing that with his executive orders. you'll see legislation through congress coming soon and all of these deals that we are seeing manifest in realtime are because donald trump wants to see us

succeed, the american people have been getting kicked in the teeth is last four years. that all stopped when donald trump was inaugurated. expect the pace to continue. >> dana: glad you had your coffee this morning to get us going on a monday. great to sigh. >> bret: coming up on sunday i will sit down with president donald trump. part of the interview will air as part of the super bowl pre-game show on big fox. the rest of our conversation will air monday on special report. should be interesting. >> dana: today defense secretary pete hegseth is going to the southern border since his confirmation. arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants are moving along at break neck speed. kristi noem tells lawrence jones how the president's actions are impacting those on the front lines. >> you also deputized the texas national guard as well. why is that important?

>> now these national guard members down here have full authority. they can -- before they felt like they were facilitating the illegal immigration because they didn't have the authority to arrest and detain those that were breaking the law. now they are fully deputized and they can get a bad guys and make sure that they are prosecuting them. >> bret: new video shows hundreds of protestors pouring into the streets of los angeles calling out president trump's crackdown on illegal immigration. [shouting and chanting] >> bret: protestors blocking a busy l.a. freeway for hours snarling traffic there. not clear whether anyone was taken into custody. >> it is not unusual for the ntsb to be investigating two major accidents. our entire mission is safety to

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>> bret: vice president vance set to arrive in east palestine, ohio since a train derailed and

caught fire in the small town. appearing on sunday morning futures he said the catastrophe hits home for him especially. >> it matters a lot to me personally. my first month as a united states senator you had this terrible train disaster. i'll be going back a couple years later as the vice president of the united states and to check in on how the cleanup is going. the big question that i had as a senator is people always ask is the water clean to drink? is the air clean to breathe? luckily we have a great epa administrator who can answer those questions and fix the problems on the ground. >> bret: many residents feel abandoned by the u.s. government and what they say is a lack of transparency. >> dana: terrifying video taken by a passenger on board a flight departing from houston. it shows the wing of the jet catching fire just before take-off yesterday. everyone on board was safely deplaned using slides or stairs. the f.a.a. confirms the incident

was due to a reported engine issue. i guess so, bret. and meanwhile families of victims in the d.c. midair collision last week hold a vigil near the crash site yesterday to pay tribute to their loved ones. crews have recovered and identified 55 of the 67 people who lost their lives on that tragic day. alexandria hoff live at reagan national airport. >> it is the understanding there are more bodies to be found that has made the process of removing wreckage from the water that much more painful and painstaking and delicate. a first responder over the weekend was treated for hypotheerm yeah due to the freezing temperatures in the water and crews were back at it this morning. the sun rose this morning the army corps of engineers used a crane from flight 5342, the wreckage then found today will be put on flatbed trailer and

taken to a hanger for investigation. also a tent on a barge used in the case that anything sensitive is found. yesterday some families of the victims visited the site for a private memorial coordinated by the ntsb and getting regular briefings as the investigation unfolds. outstanding questions. namely about how high the helicopter was flying. data from the regional jet flight recorder found the flight was at about 325 feet in the air at the time of this collision. air traffic control tower data shows the helicopter at 200 feet. they say moments before impact the jet had a slight increase in pitch. not clear if the pilot was maybe trying to pull up to avoid the blackhawk that they maybe spotted or was just making typical adjustments for landing. sunday morning futures yesterday vice president vance echoed president trump's concerned about d.e.i. at faa.

>> we have a massive shortage of air traffic controllers. lawsuits from people who would like to become air traffic controllers against the obama and biden administration who said we were told not even to apply because of the color of our skin because they were white people who wanted to be air traffic controllers and under the d.e.i. regime of the biden administration they weren't welcome. >> now previous transportation secretary pete buttigieg has disputed this. there is something else on saturday the notice to air mission system. that went down. a critical system that pilots used to find out about runway conditions, whether they had to be closed down, different kind of systems that was shut down. it was back online as of yesterday. new transportation secretary sean duffy said that system needs an update calling it antiquated. >> dana: i saw that over the weekend. thank you, alex. >> bret: let's bring in ntsb

chair. thank you so much for being here, jennifer. you are dealing with two different tragedies, one in d.c. and the other in the northeast philadelphia. i want to talk about that plane crash as well. first on the d.c. you heard alexandria talking about thpancy between the airplane and helicopter and what the black box said. is that where your investigation is pointed? >> well, right now our investigation is very broad. we are not ruling out any information or any issue. we are taking in everything we can and not really focused in any particular area in order to collect everything we need to evaluate this particular accident. i will say on that particular issue with respect to the helicopter, it's important to understand that d.c. radar

picked up that it was at 200 feet but that radar doesn't update again for a full five seconds. what we've done is pulled additional data to get better, more granular information to understand the altitude and we'll have that later today for release. >> bret: you think you have the data you need as far as the black boxes and the retrieval of the data from both of those aircraft. >> yes. we do have that data. we will be able to provide that in our press briefing later today. >> bret: we'll tune into that. transportation secretary duffy was on with shannon bream this weekend talking about specifically the helicopter. take a listen. >> we have questions what was the position of the blackhawk. the elevation of the blackhawk hawk. were the pilots wearing night vision goggles, and if so why

would they fly a mission at 9:00 a at night as opposed to flying it at 1:00 in the morning around dca. i want our military to be trained and ready to go. i also want air travelers to be safe as well. there is a time and place to do it. not at 9:00 at night when there is heavy traffic. >> bret: your investigation is looking at a lot of things. will one of the things be a recommendation about how military missions fly around that area specifically? >> it could be. fortunately, the secretary took action, immediate action, which is a part of all of our investigations, we included the d.o.t. and f.a.a. he closed off the airspace for traffic to now and for an extended period of time while we conduct our investigation.

it could be a recommendation that we do issue. we don't wait until the end of our investigations to issue those urgent recommendations. we can issue an urgent safety recommendation at any time and could include military traffic around major airports. >> bret: it is rare to have two tragedies happening, another plane crash in northeast philadelphia and one in which it seemed like a catastrophic failure soon after take-off with that medical flight. this is a philly resident on the ground. listen real quick. >> i was going to fly next month to go to ohio to visit my cousin and now i don't think i'm going to do that. i'm terrified. >> bret: what do you say to folks who, after two back-to-back incidents say is it safe to fly? >> i understand that especially as you are seeing these pictures

or videos on the news or social media or for this individual who is in philadelphia and saw the other devastation, i also was on the ground there and it can be concerning. but what i can say is the ntsb investigates every civil aviation accident in the united states. and it is the safest mode of travel. getting in your car every single day, that is the most dangerous mode of transportation where we are losing over 40,000 people annually and millions of people injured. air travel is incredibly safe. >> bret: we appreciate your time and look forward to the press conference this afternoon and we'll take it live here on fox, ntsb chair, thanks. >> we now have historic low unemployment.

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banks to open or do business there. what is that all about? many such things. a drug war and hundreds of thousands of people have died in the u.s. from drugs pouring through the borders of mexico and canada. just spoke to justin trudeau and will speak to him again at 3:00 this afternoon. >> dana: democrats over the weekend electing minnesota party leader ken martin as the new chair of the dnc. the party still having a bit of an identity crisis after the 2024 election losses. "wall street journal" said democrats have a new leader but haven't come to grips with failure. a former candidate for d fricke c chair and former campaign manager for bernie sanders, the atlantic and "new york times" said first of all the democrats show why they lost. the party seemed to be at pains to demonstrate it learned nothing from its defeat and we have message and the highest number of voters with

unfavorable view of the democrats at 57%. you were trying to change that. came up a little short. what did you want them to do? >> i'm a pro-labor pro-union guy. i'm bothered by massive wealth and income inequality and it bothers me with divisions. you can't be saying i'm latino and i get a seat on this committee or trans person over here, black person there. you have to have solidarity of everybody to get universal healthcare. raise the minimum wage. those are the things that drive me. >> dana: i want to play this one sound bite. jamie harrison, the outgoing dnc chair and what he said. >> our rules specify that when we have a gender non-binary candidate or officer the non-binary individual is counted as neither male nor female and the remaining six officers must

be gend erred balanced. at this point currently two male and two female. in order to be gender balanced we must have at one male, one female and one person of any gender. >> dana: it feels like a complicated algebra problem. is that what you are talking about? >> i was calling to break up to those caucuses. what are we doing here? it dissipates the mission. the purpose is a working class party. let's focus on grassroots fundraising. candidate recruitment, get everybody in the room and get together on ideas that solve for that including young white males. too often you feel like you are excluding certain people out of a way in which to build solidarity for the working class. >> dana: ken martin comes from minnesota. do you expect to see any changes when he comes on board? >> i will try to help him as best as i can. i this i the democratic national committee needs a major overhaul

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roots of the party that might be it. it seems like you get the failing report cards from the nation's students and democrats don't say much about it. >> i will come at this. i see a billionaire who wants to give people an opportunity to pull their kids from public schools and go to private schools and get a tax benefit for it. you see small communities and rural communities losing tax base, losing the ability to build up their public schools. what's the major problem? we need to give teachers more pain. recruit young males to be teachers. why aren't they doing it? the pay of the public school teacher isn't sufficient to the quality and value what they provide to society. you want to invest in public schools and v.a. and post offices. i don't like the undermining of public goods for the common good. >> dana: if the public goods aren't providing for the people who are paying for it, should there be a change for them? >> yeah, our job is to hold that accountable. if you believe in government. i have agree there is failings in the public school system. the best way to deal with it is

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>> president trump: we had a very busy weekend. we got the six hostages out of

venezuela, as you probably know. and they are very safe right now. they are home with their families. and we appreciate the hard work of a lot of people, including rick grenell, we appreciate the cooperation from venezuela. >> bret: six american hostages back on home soil. released from venezuelan cuss too dee. most accused of terrorism or acting as mercenaries. it was after a meeting with rick grenell and nicklaus maduro. grenell also saying they need to accept tren de aragua gang members as the u.s. continues to deport migrant criminals. >> dana: quite an outcome there. two migrants charged in a horrific murder of a chicago man. police uncovering gruesome new details in the deadly robbery. matt finn is following the story and brings us the latest. good morning. >> on the same day tom homan led

an immigration enforcement in chicago last sunday, investigators say two migrants robbed and killed a 63-year-old man who died in agonizing death in his home. 21-year-old from venezuela and a 29-year-old from ecuador each face one felony count of murder and felony robbery. the two are believed to have illegally crossed into the u.s. in texas in the summer of 2023. police say the man on the right was wearing an ice ankle monitor at the time of the murder and the other man was arrested in chicago on january 12th for child luring but released a day later on a lesser charge. one or both may have had ice detainers on them. the victim was living in the lower level of a house with his sister, court documents read that sister found her brother with his hands wrapped together in duct tape, feet tied together

with an electrical cord. here is a portion of the dispatch audio. >> we have a female calling us she found her brother tied up in the basement. she doesn't think he is breathing. they are attempting cpr. >> the man also had a sock stuffed in his mouth and it was secured with duct tape. the death was ruled a homicide. two migrants also stole the man's wallet and phone and charged more than 4 thousand dollars to his amazon account. court documents read the alleged killers met their victim on a gay dating app and they beat him up because that's what he wanted. police say they were able to access some of the victim's messages and no request to be tied up or beaten. chicago is a sanctuary city. the suspects will appear in court this week. >> dana: matt finn, thank you. >> usaid is a bowl of worms.

there is no apple. where there is no apple you have to basically get rid of the whole thing. that is why it's got to go, you know? it's beyond repair. none of this could be done without the full support of the president. i checked with him a few times. are you sure? i said yes, so we're shutting it down. >> bret: sources confirm that usaid headquarters are closed today coming as president trump and as you heard elon musk agree the agency for international development needs to be shut down after failing to be transparent with their budget of billions. with us now the former head of global health at usaid under president biden. i want to put up your op-ed you wrote in the new yorker. beyond the chaotic attempt to freeze federal assistance. the potential for devastation is made plain by another order concerning the crucial work of

usaid. you heard the criticism there about the budget and the spending. what's the response? >> what's happening right now is dangerous for the united states and humanity. these are people shutting down an agency and having no clue the work that is being done. i'm a surgeon and held global health at usaid. these are programs touching hundreds of millions of people around the world on a budget that is half the budget of the hospital where i do surgery. let me give you some critical examples. number one, in the last four years usaid responded in containing 21 serious outbreaks of deadly diseases at risk of coming to the united states. there is annie bola outbreak in uganda now killing people and usaid, all activities have been shut down. that work is critical and is not even happening.

there is an hiv. 6.5 million are children with hiv where the global program, the u.s. aid leads with other parts of the u.s. government has been shut down. those people need medicine to stay arrive. eradication of malaria and p polio. it is bad for american security. bret brett there are a number of organizations who get money from usaid. the list is a number of names that people are familiar with. the budgeting of that and how that money is allocated has come under some significant criticism. in fact, brian mast from florida head of the foreign affairs committee was talking about it this weekend. >> you want to authorize purging of state department personnel.

what does that mean exactly? >> if you want to take a look at the state department where dei has been a priority over let's say diplomacy. half a million dollars to expand atheism in napal, 50,000 to do a transgender offer in columbia. a comic book in peru, 20,000 to do drag shows in ecuador. shall i continue with more examples? >> bret: overall, you are saying the spending there are crucial things and closing of this agency is a real problem in the eyes. you say it is an advantage for the enemy. for the people who voted for president trump and say you need to purge some of these programs, what do you say to them? >> a top to bottom review of what is being done and a change in policies is normal way of doing business and that's appropriate in any administration. but a shutdown of work that is

predominantly disaster assistance, global health, demining countries around the world including cambodia and vietnam so agriculture can be resumed by farmers. that critical work affects millions. and the effort to shut it down. it's already -- activities are already closed. people are being harmed as we speak. and the destruction of this agency leaves america without the largest civilian operational capacity for action abroad. you don't need to pause it. there is no such thing as a pause of an airplane in flight. you get exactly the damage that that produces. >> bret: we appreciate it and want to have all sides of the story on the air. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> dana: ice keeping up the pressure conducting more raids and arresting more dangerous

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spoke up about his inappropriate behavior during filming. lively reported baldoni while the movie was still being made and all hands on deck meeting was held to discuss his behavior. lively said he would show her nude photos and videos of women and talk about an alleged porn addiction. he denied that and filed suit against she, her husband and the couple's publy sift asking for $4 million in damages claiming he is falsely accused in an attempt to repair her reputation. baldoni had text messages saying shows he did not sexually harass her. we're expected to hear more from the legal team and ask for a gag order. they don't want this case to affect blake lively if it goes to trial.