germans have national elections in two weeks and that party has made gains against a frontrunner cdu. few say they would work with the national grouping. john, back in the u.k. it might be a few years before there is a national election but local elections in a few months and that has establishment policy very worried and elsewhere with an unhappy electorate and right ward shift in politics. >> john: big change across the continent there. >> dana: two of president trump's cabinet picks tulsi gabbard and rfk, jr. will facing votes today. welcome to "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. bill hemmer is off today. >> john: great to be with you. enjoy it. i'm john roberts. rfk, jr.'s nomination for health and human services secretary will face a critical vote in the senate finance committee any

minute. kennedy will need a majority of votes to advance out of committee for consideration before the full senate. >> dana: the afternoon tulsi gabbard is up for her vote. president trump sounding positive about her chances. >> have you called senators who have concerns about tulsi gabbard. >> president trump: i've gotten a great response. they want to do what's right and we've had a good response. i think we'll do well. >> dana: senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has more for us on capitol hill. >> good morning. tulsi gabbard and rfk, jr. are the most controversial nominees of all. everyone is looking to see what bill cassidy of louisiana will be on kennedyment former senate mine -- >> vaccines are critically important to health. to living normal lives. i expect to support most of what

this administration is trying to accomplish so what happened in the past is irrelevant to me. >> mcconnell is not a member of the finance committee but cassidy is. committee breakdown is 14-13 favoring the g.o.p. a tie could block the nomination. but there are ways to send a nomination to the floor without a favorable recommendation. on the intelligence committee susan collins will now support gabbard. she worried about her support for spy edward snowden. >> i am satisfied she will not seek in any way to have him pardoned. a question that i answered in open session. and in the closed session she elaborated further on her reluctance to use the word traitor. >> it is unknown if indiana republican todd young will

support gabbard. democrats are tinkering with putting up roadblocks to slow down confirmations on the floor protesting elon musk and doge. >> cannot wave away an agency you don't like or disagree with by executive order or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers. that is not how the american system of government works. >> vice president vance has worked on skeptical senators. the senate votes today to confirm doug collins as v.a. secretary. a vote on attorney general nominee pam bondi comes tomorrow. eight of the nine nominees confirmed so far have received bipartisan votes. dana. >> dana: all right. chad, let me ask you one other thing as members are filing in there. the ranking member and the chairman are there. bill cassidy is on the hot seat, here. my guess is he goes ahead and votes for it reluctantly but i expect that we might know that.

we'll know it soon but that's my gut instinct. what do you think of my gut instincts? >> we really don't know. the committee breakdown there is 14 republicans, 13 democrats. if you get a tie or something like that or maybe somebody isn't there is the only way to get a tie but as i said, even if he votes no there are ways to extract that nomination and put it on the floor. we have had nominations without favorable recommendations or no recommendations. there are waives to do this. everybody is looking at bill cassidy. he is up for re-election in 2026. >> dana: we'll circle back when it comes up for a vote. thank you so much. john. >> john: meantime, china the lone hold-out under president trump's tariff pressure responding with its own retaliatory tariffs and antitrust investigation into google. fox business's white house correspondent edward lawrence

live on the north lawn. is this the beginning of a trade war or staking out positions in anticipation of some sort of negotiation? >> i think we're looking at posturing now. now that the economic conflict with mexico and canada is on the sidelines for a month. china is on focus. china retaliated with the tariffs. >> president trump: we'll have some good meetings with china. we have meetings planned and we'll see what happens. that was just an opening salvo. if we can't make a deal with china the tariffs will be very, very substantial. >> what china did. impose 15% tariffs on imports of u.s. coal and natural gas, oil, all toural machinery cars and trucks. counter tariffs not a huge deal for the u.s. economy. china locks out american products anyway. they get their oil from russia now. they will open an antitrust

examination in google. china's version of the nuclear option. they control 80% of rare earth minerals. critical for computer chips, military fighters and smart weapons and cell phones. with these complications from rare earth. trade advisor navarro americans need to stop dying from fentanyl that ultimately comes from china. >> the difference between canada and mexico versus china in all of this problem is that china has a long history going back to the first term and the efforts that kellyanne conway led of simply not doing what it said it was going to do. >> president trump does not have a scheduled call yet with president xi on his calendar. the white house press secretary says that call will happen soon. >> john: soon but maybe not today. >> she would not give a date. she just said soon. when the president spoke in the oval office he said the u.s.

will engage in china in 24 hours. that's not necessarily president to president. could be the representatives of the administration engaging with representatives of the chinese government. >> john: it's 10:00 at night in china. edward lawrence for us. thank you. >> got it. >> we'll get control of this border. as i mentioned, to the cartels, all options are on the table. we will secure our border and our men and women guarding it and we're proud to be here. >> this is a game changer. we will finally succeed in having operational control of our southern border with this president in charge. >> dana: president trump's defense secretary and border czar visiting the southern border firsthand promising total operational control to prevent illegal crossings and warning that cartels all options are on the table. full coverage on fox, border czar tom homan joining us in a moment and let's get an update

from brooke taylor live in dallas. >> defense secretary pete hegseth there visiting el paso calling it a new era at the southerner border and took time to meet our troops and really highlight their mission. hegseth shaking hands with many different service members alongside border czar tom homan. president trump deploying more than 1500 active duty soldiers acrows the southern border adding to the 2500 soldier already there. troops were there to help free up overwhelmed border patrol agents and now have operational control. >> guys and gals of my generation have spent decades in foreign countries guarding other people's borders. it is about time we secure our own border. >> we just spent two weeks in el paso and i saw firsthand the increased military resources and partnerships between agents and the military. we witnessed two removal flights, had exclusive access to

a c-17 aircraft where we saw dozens of illegal migrants being returned to ecuador and guatemala and took a helicopter ride over one of the busiest areas for illegal crossing. the new troops have made a real difference allowing them to operate more effectively without being stretched too thin. mexican cartel reacting to this major crackdown threatening their billion dollar drug and trafficking operations. "new york post" reports agents are being warned to stay on high alert. cartels are ordering their members to attack u.s. border patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives. when we were on the ground and i spa he can to many different soldiers and agents the best way to describe it is really the shift in energy. the people i spoke to said they were finally felt like they were no longer handcuffed. they were excited to fulfill their oaths and most of all secure the southern border,

dana. >> dana: thank you so much, brooke taylor. bear with us we have breaking news. senate finance committee mark-up on the nominee for the health and human services secretary rfk, jr. is about to get underway. we have most of the republicans there. senator thune is there. john, you are with us as well and of course you can help me as we sort of peer in here waiting for senator cassidy. senator from louisiana. not sure how he is going to vote. this is a critical vote for rfk, jr. he gets out of committee he can go to the floor and try to fight for it there. if you don't get out of committee, then i guess you revert to plan f. >> john: you see the chairman talking with the ranking member as we wait for this to get underway. there are a few republican senators with collins leading the charge there who were unsure

about rfk's stance on vaccine, shifting stance on abortion. susan collins has been satisfied by some of what he was talking about, i believe, joni ernst as well. if it comes to a full vote in the senate they would seem to be on board with it. but as you pointed out the big question is whether or not it gets out of committee. if he doesn't, he doesn't go to a full vote. >> dana: maybe you heard more than i have. there is a possibility that he could pick up some democratic votes. not in committee but perhaps on the floor? >> john: it's possible. bernie sanders and he had a fairly civil conversation. i think that they share some common ground. certainly on some things. >> dana: senator fetterman. his assessment of rfk, jr.'s hearing last week was not glowing to say the least. so we have probably cross that one off the list as well. maybe there aren't many out there.

>> john: if you could get one or two you can lose a couple on the republican side. tulsi gabbard also still in some uncertain territory. her confirmation vote will happen this afternoon in the committee. there are probably five republicans who expressed reservations on her. >> dana: they have gaveled in. on tulsi gabbard to get susan collins of maine to say yes was a big deal. this is chairman crepeau of idaho. >> the u.s. department of health and human services, we're still waiting to get all our members here. while we wait for that to occur, we'll proceed with statements. and i will proceed first, then senator wyden and then we'll rotate from one side to the other until we are at a point where we're prepared for the vote. is that okay with you? >> yes, sir. >> mr. kennedy, if confirmed,

will have the opportunity to deliver much-needed change to our nation's healthcare system. he has spent his career fighting to end america's chronic illness epidemic and has been a leading advocate for healthcare transparency both for patients and taxpayers. mr. kennedy has also clearly responded to our questions during the rigorous due diligence process in his hearing also and in the course of answering over 900 questions for the record that were asked by members of this committee. in response to members of the committee, mr. kennedy has even amended his ethics agreement going beyond what is required by the government office of ethics. he has proven his commitment to the role of secretary of the hhs. and i will vote in favor of his nomination. i strongly encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do the same and with that i recognize our ranking member senator wyden for his remarks.

>> thank you very much. mr. chairman. i will have a brief statement and several of my colleagues on our side are also going to make brief statements. this morning we're going to vote on robert kennedy's nomination to serve as our nation's chief healthcare officer. before we get to mr. kennedy, and why i believe he is singularly unfit to serve as hhs secretary, i would like to say this. the last several days we witnessed an authoritarian takeover of our federal government by elon musk and donald trump. they have set their sights on a full purge of anyone in government that doesn't bend the knee and follow their orders. they've taken over the treasury department's payment system and colleagues that has a direct affect on major programs within our committee's jurisdiction

that includes social security, medicare, and medicaid. for example, this committee voted for a major reform of pharmacy benefit manager legislation. we passed it 26-0 but trump and musk killed it. think what they could do with abuse of the payment system. now in my view much of this is dubious legality and constitutional authority and flies in the face of congressional responsibilities. i will wrap up on this point by saying i hope our colleagues on the other side of the aisle will not sit by while musk and trump make a mockery of the power republicans hold in their congressional majority. now more than ever the american people need leaders that will stand up to these abuses.

that brings me to mr. kennedy. a recent analysis showed that mr. kennedy has made 114 separate appearances in just the last four years where he has talked about anti-vaccine views or spread information about the efficacy of vaccine. misinformation specifically. 36 of those instances mr. kennedy directly linked vaccines to autism. last week mr. kennedy was given am el authority to recant his decades long career peddling anti-vaccines conspiracies. instead he spent his time limits dodging and weaving and gave no indication if confirmed as hhs secretary he would stand by the long settled science surrounding routine vaccinations.

just take the somoa measles outbreak as an example. he told me and i quote, we don't know what was killing them. speaking about the 83 measles deaths during an outbreak of the disease in 2019. just yesterday colleagues the director general of health from somoa called this claim a total fabrication peddling these conspiracy theories as the nation's chief health officer is going to be deadly for kids across the country. on abortion, mr. kennedy's answers once again raised still more questions. he refused to tell us whether he would blindly follow a directive from donald trump to break the law and end access to the abortion drug and no understanding his role in enforcing existing federal laws that guarantee women the right to life-saving abortion care. mr. kennedy also failed on

several occasions to show a basic understanding of the medicare and medicaid programs he would be tasked with overseeing. colleagues, that alone should be disqualifying. mr. kennedy has given us no reason to believe he will be anything other than a rubber stamp for plans to gut medicaid and rip healthcare away from the american people and be a yes man if ordered by musk or trump to take illegal actions. i close with this, colleagues. today we are going to make a judgment about the future of science in this country. we are going to make decisions that will impact the health and well-being of americans for years to come. i agree and say this to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, that the healthcare status quo needs substantial changes so we get better, more affordable care to patients.

and that leaves, given my statement, the question in front of us now that's pretty simple. do senators want their legacy to include disregarding basic health science and instead elevate conspiracy theorists making robert kennedy secretary of health and human services in my view would be a grave threat to the health of the american people. and i urge my colleagues this morning to vote no. >> senator wyden we have all of our members here. senator wyden and i have agreed we'll have two or three on each side who wanted to make statements do so before the vote. so please, everyone, hold with us while we have those statements made and then we will proceed to the vote. i know we have a lot of folks

pushing on some -- you want to vote now? >> mr. chairman, i've got several colleagues who were under the impression, after we talked, that we would have two or three -- i'm happy for both sides to make brief remarks and i still would like to stay with that. >> i did make that commitment and so i can say to my colleagues on my side i would appreciate it if you would hold your remarks until after the vote. we'll let a couple on your side have their remarks and then we'll proceed to the vote. who would be next? senator cantwell. >> i didn't know who you had in minute. being next in seniority i appreciate the opportunity. today is very concerning to me because of the future of what i

think our nation faces. when i think of this issue, i think of specific northwest leadership how paul allen on his own invested $1 hundred million to fight ebola and bill gates and the gates foundation not just trying to eradicate polio on work on these issues but to think of a regime that helps not just our nation's health but global health. so with the university of washington, the cancer research center, all of these entities are a collaboration of saying we have to go faster in solving these threats to our nation as it relates to health. now we can have a big discussion, which i think you guys want to have a big discussion whether and when what happened in the wuhan province but i can tell you we were the

first city, we had the first patient, we had the first people who died in nursing homes. we had an emergency room at a hospital who basically was just begging for any equipment we could get them. the whole community stood up and moved as fast as we possibly could and broke down barriers to save lives and that is what we have to continue to do on innovation. we cannot let another country get ahead of us on some sort of warfare issue and not have a response when it comes to a vaccine. so the most challenging -- i wanted to vote for mr. kennedy in the context of my family's history. my dad stood behind his father the night his father gave the famous speech. in my families the kennedys stood up. but when he answered senator cassidy's question and he couldn't even give him the answer that yes, the data is

there to support vaccines today, i don't need anymore data, all of a sudden i saw this world that we got affected by in seattle not being stood up for. i need someone at hhs who is going to say we're going to be a leader in medical technology, science, vaccines, we're going to fight foreign powers and be there to provide global health and i don't want a -- i am voting no. >> senator warnock will now speak following senator warnock we'll proceed to the vote and anyone else who wants to make remarks will be allowed to make remarks. senator warnock. >> thank you so very much, mr. chairman. at a rally a few months ago, donald trump said that he was going to allow mr. robert kennedy to, quote, go wild on

health. go wild. of all the things that i can think of that i would like to see a secretary of health human services do, go wild is not on the list. mr. robert kennedy is manifestly unqualified for the job he seeks. in both my live and written questions for the record he failed to commit to protecting access to affordable healthcare, failed to commit to protecting the people who are protecting us. the problem that the cdc has is that every day these noble civil servants and workers protect us from dangers that we don't see. often you don't get credit for protecting people from things that they don't see. i simply do not trust him to oversee the cdc. he is unqualified and i dare say everybody here knows it. we need a serious person at the

helm of the hhs, an agency responsible for about half of the -- the health of about half of all americans. mr. kennedy appears more obsessed and chasing conspiracy theories than chasing solutions to lower healthcare costs for working families in georgia, and to make sure that we are protected. the last thing we need is a dilettante battling in conspiracy series at hhs. i cannot vote for a nominee who is not going to lower healthcare costs for people in georgia, undermine basic science, and public health, who puts his own interests above the health and well-being of others. for the health and well-being of all of our families, the people who count on us, to think about them in these rooms of power. i urge all of my colleagues on

both sides of the aisle to look past politics and think of country and to find the moral courage to do what's right, oppose this nomination. >> thank you, senator warnock. we now have not only a quorum but all members of the committee are present. i move the committee favorably report the nomination of the honorable robert f. kennedy, jr. of california to the secretary of health and humans services. is there a second? >> second. >> there is a second. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. grassley. aye. >> more cornyn aye. >> mr. scott aye. [vote taken]

>> mr. chairman. chairman votes aye. mr. chairman, the final tally is 14 ayes, 13 nays. >> the vote -- would the clerk please restate the vote. >> the final total was 14 ayes and 13 ayes.

we'll look to other senators and i will go to the republican side next. first senator tillis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i voted aye today. i want to briefly explain why. i believe in my 65 years i will be 65 in august. that mr. kennedy will be one of the first people coming before who -- >> dana: you have it. the hurdle to get out of committee cleared by rfk, jr. the nominee from president trump to be health and human services secretary. there was a little bit of tension and drama leading up to it. cassidy from louisiana hadn't said how he would vote and he was a yes in the end. the vote now 14/13 to get rfk, jr. out of committee. now the challenge is to get enough votes to get off the floor. that will probably happen for him. john, what do you think john

since it was unanimous on the republican side, i would -- collins might still waiver, murcowski or mcconnell but you can get him through along the lines of the hegseth confirmation. so much for bernie sanders maybe throwing in with rfk, jr. he was a definitive no. with collins there might have been interesting phone calls between collins and the white house over the last 24 hours. i know the man you see there right now, senator thom tillis of north carolina was thinking of maybe voting a no on hegseth and insiders told me there was some spirited conversation between the white house and tillis, which maybe led him to change his vote or his say in this. >> dana: a long piece in the "wall street journal" today about that 24 hours to get him to be a yes on hegseth. chad pergram, you are standing by to give us your analysis and

update. hello. >> just before the vote started we got a statement from bill cassidy, the republican senator from louisiana who chairs the senate health committee. not the committee with the main jurisdiction over this nomination. this was the senate finance committee that had to vote to get the nomination out and send it to the floor. that vote was a party line vote. this is what he said. he indicated yesterday that he was kind of working through this nomination. he indicated that the hearing before his committee late last week that he needed to talk with the nominee over the weekend. we're told that happened. in his statement he says the following. i've had very intense conversations with bobby and the white house over the weekend and even this morning. he thanks vice president jd vance specifically for what he terms his honest counsel. with the serious commitments i've received from the administration and the opportunity to make progress on the issues we agree on like healthy foods and pro-american agenda i will vote yes. here is what happens.

he gets out of committee. they could have reported this out of committee with an unfavorable recommendation, say he would have gone the other direction. maybe that was something that bill cassidy just did not want to deal with. it is not unprecedented, i will say this. i'm not saying this is how senator cassidy would vote on the floor. it is not precedented to someone to vote for somebody in committee to get them out there and vote no on the floor. it will be about the math on the floor. the numbers right now are 53-47 in favor of the republicans and even with vice president vance they could probably get this through. a confirmation vote is a week or two away. >> dana: chad pergram, thank you for all of that. the final vote in committee 14/13 specialty rfk junior advances to floor consideration for health and human services secretary in the new trump cabinet. we'll turn it over to you, john to get us to break. >> john: we await the

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committee. so rfk, jr. now advances to consideration on the senate floor and we'll see how that goes. but looks better for him and also for tulsi gabbard who will get a vote this afternoon. >> president trump: every single one of those countries is dying to make a deal. they're ripping us off really badly. and the united states is tired of just being ripped off. >> john: president trumps explaining why he is using tariffs as a deal making tool as canada and mexico quickly cave to border security demands. china allows a 10% tariff on all its imports to take effect. the president is expected to talk with xi jing ping today but

that window may have passed today. do you think they can strike a similar deal to the one trump with mexico and canada? >> i would have to believe he can do that. we have about a $250 billion trade deficit to china right now. so i think we're in a position of negotiation with strength. we have to understand president trump said early on in the campaign he would use tariffs to benefit our economy. and to grow our economy and make sure america was safe again. he has done that with mexico and canada already. i continue to believe we'll see more over the next month. i certainly believe he can do that with china right now. i have a lot of concerns about china. i know one thing we need to start putting our long-term security ahead of our short-term prosperity. >> john: here is what the president said about china yesterday. >> president trump: what i have discussed we'll have some good meetings with china. we have meetings planned and we'll see what happens.

that was just an opening salvo. if we can't make a deal with china the tariffs will be very substantial. >> john: there is a lot we can do without from china but certain things that china has that we really need. rare earth minerals we use for hi-tech goods. so happens that a lot of the same rare earth minerals are in alaska but not allowed to touch them. who is better positioned if this thing emerges into a trade war, who is better positioned to survive it? >> i think we are. in fact, i don't think, i know we are. we are in a position, the largest economy in the world. everyone wants access to our consumers and our industries and so i think that president trump will achieve the goals he intends to at the negotiating table. remember, these are probably the three largest trading partners for u.s. agriculture. we export nearly 20% of our goods.

i look at these grain silos behind me. $35 million of grain if those. if we would lose our export markets, that's almost $7 million to a small business like ours. so i'm confident in the president's word. i trust him at the negotiating table. him and howard lutnick and others to make sure we can have a renaissance in u.s. manufacturing and grow our economy and our agriculture economy. we need to be the supplier to the world of food and agriculture products whether it's ethanol, poultry, dairy, any product. >> john: you are on the family farm there and those are impressive grain silos. i don't know if you come to us from the cab of a tractor or something else but impressive back drop you have there. senator rand paul was one of several republicans who expressed concerns that obviously tariffs could be a

tool for leverage but if they go into effect they act as a tax on literally all americans. what do you say about that? >> yeah. if i look at canada as an example. we import potassium from canada. we don't have that in the united states. when that tax comes in or that tariff goes on at 25% it will cost us 25% more to produce that crop for that fertilizer need. so to make sure we live up to our commitment making sure we lower the cost to consumers -- >> john: looks like we've lost your audio there. i guess as modern as that tractor was it didn't quite have a bandwidth we needed. never seen $35 million of grain in one place. thank you for coming on and appreciate your thoughts this morning. now this. >> president trump: you see this

wonderful pen? my desk is the the middle east and this pen, the top of the pen is israel. that's not good, right? you know. it's a pretty big difference. i use that as an analogy. it is amazing they've been able to do what they've been able to do. a lot of good, smart brain power, but it is a very small piece of land, no question about it. >> dana: president trump highlighting israel's small size in the middle east and comments come as israeli prime minister netanyahu is set to meet trump at the white house today discussing the second phase of the cease-fire deal with hamas. joining us is the host of the call me back podcast and former policy advisor in the bush administration. this is a big deal. the first visit and also comes at a time when the israeli defense forces have really changed things in the middle east giving president trump some room to run to negotiate to try to get a bigger deal. >> yeah. there are big issues on the

agenda for prime minister netanyahu's visit to washington this week. you are right to point out not only netanyahu's first visit but the first visit of a foreign leader. a very important statement. even before october 7th, 2023, the biden administration has september prime minister netanyahu at arm's length and not only is the trump administration bringing netanyahu in making a statement first foreign leader to come but so much -- it's not to say the u.s. and israeli government can never have disagreements. they have throughout history. the question is whether those disagreements get aired out in public. when they get aired out in public it creates an opening for israel's enemies to widen that gap. i have this i the -- i think the trump administration is doing a good job. making it clear they won't put political conditions on arms munitions transferred. three big issues for the meeting. one, how to extend the hostage and cease-fire deal and how to

get more hostages home. what that actually means for the future of gaza. who will be in charge of gads yeah? that's one bucket. the second bucket is what to do about iran. israel wants action. they want to take action against iran. they need help from the united states to do so. the third bucket is saudi normalization. israel and the u.s. want that. normalization agreement between saudi arabia and israel. all three of those categories are extremely important, very complex and connected with one another. >> dana: here is something that i think this is what you mean in terms the of keeping any disagreements private. this is from axios that a lot of time has passed and their relations have improved between netanyahu and trump. but this is from a source close to trump but trump still does not like bibi, does not trust him and has more sympathy for the palestinians than one might think. >> i'm not sure he has sympathy for how the palestinians have

conducted themselves. he has sympathy for what they've gone through, innocent palestinians. you have to understand one of those hostages that was released in recent days according to her father basically said to her father you need to understand there is not like hamas and the palestinian people and a bright line between the two. she said dad there are 2 million members of hamas in gaza. she couldn't believe every person she interacted with from an 8-year-old kid to adult, civilians in gaza, were radicalized and would have lynched her had hamas not been using her as currency. there is a cancer in palestinian society. i think president trump understands that. his bigger concern is he just wants to quiet things down in the region. wants to bring the temperature down and so even though he has had a history of a complicated relationship with netanyahu the bigger issue driving him when things sometimes may get tense with israel is his desire to

bring the temperature down. >> dana: a huge press conference today. whatever is said so many audiences are listening at once. you'll be one of them and catch it on call me back. >> we'll do a debrief and recording it tomorrow. emergency podcast. you know the lingo. >> dana: dan, thank you so much. >> john: emergency podcast, i live it. the deadly fentanyl crisis poisoning america getting much needed attention on capitol hill. more on that hearing coming up next.

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>> dana: fox news alert. senate judiciary committee holding a hearing on the fentanyl crisis. witnesses include parents who lost children. law enforcement and medical experts testify and we'll monitor it for news and bring you any updates as we get them. >> john: meantime secretary of

state marco rubio in el salvador and granting a wide ranging interview with fox news and rich edson is live from there. >> we spoke with secretary of state marco rubio a couple hours after announcing he was the acting head of usaid and their headquarters shut erred in washington, d.c. we asked him whether the administration is planning to permanently shut the agency. >> they just think they are a global entity and their master is the globe and not the united states. that's not what the statute says and non-sustainable. >> does it need to die or be reformed? >> the goal was to reform it. we have rank insubordination and an active effort. their basic attitude is we don't work for anyone. we work for ourselves. no agency of government can tell us what to do. >> rubio says after the administration's foreign aid review the united states will still likely be the most

generous nation on earth just in a way that better aligns with america's national interest. democrats have called the agency closure illegal saying suspending aid programs even temporarily is costing lives, creating mass confusion and is a boon to american adversaries. rubio said if china wants to fund programs not in america's interest they can do it. while in the region rubio told us he was working on agreements to get countries to take back their migrants. in el salvador he said the president here is willing to go further. >> he will agree to take back the ms-13 killers and willing to take back these tren de aragua criminals that are not from el salvador but willing to house them in the prisons he has built as well. he is an ally of the united states. >> salvadoran president said his country was willing to take prisoners who are american citizens. the administration is not

planning on that and face significant legal challenge. >> john: not sure that's a great idea. nice of him to offer. rich edson, thanks. you can come home now. >> dana: president trump's border crackdown picking up steam. pete hegseth and my next guest were there yesterday. tom homan is here. thank you for sticking with us with more breaking news about rfk, jr. president trump on his call with mexico saying it went very well. watch. >> president trump: so the call with mexico went very well in the sense that they are very strong now on the border. they will put soldiers there. actually their best military soldiers. and they will be at the border, 10,000. that's a lot of soldiers. they want to protect it also. >> dana: this in the "new york post." mexican drug cartels plan attacks on border patrol agents with explosives to fight u.s.

crackdown. does president trump designating them as terrorist organizations change the way we can protect our border patrol agents? >> well look, we bring the whole of government against these cartels. it gives us a lot of might. a lot of fire power to attack not only their infrastructure and operations but attack their money. take away their money away. they can't buy -- i agree on the terrorist designation. they have killed more americans than every terrorist organization in the world combineed. like terrorist organizations that kill thousands of journalists, politicians, judges, prosecutors. absolutely. it is a game changer. >> dana: and tell me what you know about what the cartels are thinking. obviously they would like fentanyl to keep coming across

the border. >> look, i have said for months once we secure this border, which we are pretty much there now, once we secure the border and shut down their business, because if they can't get the drugs across, if they can't get the sex trafficking women and children across, they are making more money right now than they've ever made. they are having a war between themselves in mexico trying to take control of each others profits because there is so much money involved. once we secure the border and make it more difficult for them to make money, it will become violent. you'll see violence on the border. border patrol is prepared. great to have the military on the southern border, they are prepared. it would be a bad move on their part to harm any border patrol agent or soldier. i think president trump will reply with great force and i think he has the capability of wiping these cartels off the face of the earth if they harm our soldiers or border patrol agents, so one advice, i

wouldn't go there. >> dana: do you trust the national guard troops of mexico that president sheinbaum said she would put on the -- her northern border, our southern? >> we'll see. under trump's first administration they put military on the northern and southern border and had a great effect. we'll see. i'm not ashamed to say for decades i've said many in the military, mexican military and many in the mexican law enforcement are corrupt. not by choice, either you do what the cartels tell you to do or they will kill you and your family. we'll see. the first administration they were very effective. i hope they are equally more effective now. with our military on the border, their military on the border the cartels will be hurting that means this. when we secure the border, less fentanyl deaths in the united states. less sex trafficking of women children. less known or suspected terrorists coming across the southern border.

it is a game changer. president trump is moving at lightening speed. i'm amazed what president trump does every day the prove to me he is the the greatest president of my lifetime. he makes move every time that supports that. >> dana: i want to ask you about this. secretary rubio has said el salvador has offered to hold dangerous u.s. citizens and criminal migrants in its jails. what do you think of that? >> i think it's great. under president trump's first administration they wouldn't take back ms-13 members. when i told president trump that it took him 48 hours until filling planes with ms-13 members and sending them south. el salvador has a great president. they knocked ms-13 off their feet. he put tens of thousands in their prisons and willing to take the ones we arrest here and criminal aliens we arrest here. great partnership so far with the partnership with the

president of el salvador. great partnership. >> dana: thank you for sticking around with us. we really do appreciate that. >> you got it. >> dana: and you can check out more politics, perino on politics i was with tim murtaugh and was on the campaign and he was there and john you have another big show coming up. >> john: i will be seeing you again with sandra smith at 1:00. a lot going on this afternoon. so we hope that you will tune in. i tell you, tom sounds like he is exhausted. >> dana: i think, right. no one is super human and hopefully they get enough rest. they have a ton on their plate. much more to come. we have netanyahu's visit to president trump taking place this afternoon. "the faulkner focus" is next. >> harris: fox news alert. right now the tragic effects of illegal fentanyl on american families are