action. several hundred earthquakes rattled the place as few as getting five on the richter scale. officials decided it was time to get some people out. 10,000 of the 15,000 inhas been ants away on try and steedier land. no damage or injuries but authorities aren't taking chances. schools closed, construction halted, pools empty. the last big quake in the 1950s. hundreds of buildings destroyed. as for the volcanoes they have been mostly quiet. they acted up in the 50s, too. fingers crossed. back to you. >> martha: thank you very much. >> dana: americans voted for change and boy, are they getting it. president trump and his team wasting no time grabbing the reins of power to rework washington. welcome to a new hour of

"america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> martha:. i'm martha maccallum. the shake-up promised in the election process of trump, he is in the early days of his second term. administration, doge forces are taking steps to right size the federal workforce and cut wasteful spending. doge disruption has democrats in a panic as president trump and elon musk slash budgets, cut red tape and transform the federal government to be more efficient, effective and accountable. >> dana: thom tillis saying it's about time. >> elon musk is trying to look at waste in government that continues to grow and grow and grow. if we don't come up with a structural approach for reducing the cost of government, we're all going to be confronted with a debt driven fiscal crisis that nobody wants to see. >> dana: fox team coverage. mike emanuel on plans to

dismantle the department of education. first fox business hillary vaughn on capitol hill. hi, hillary. >> hi, dana. good morning. federal workers have one more day to decide if they want to quit and take the buy-out. eight month paid vacation or stay on the job. so far 20,000 federal workers have taken the buy-out option. the government expects the final number to be a lot more than that. but if not enough workers take the offer there could be layoffs. a supervisor at the government service agency sent a message saying layoffs are likely. two to 5% reduction in force government wide is the goal. the spending is being downsized. doge has been busy deleting contracts that they think are unnecessary. yesterday alone canceling 12 consulting contracts, saving taxpayers $30 million. also ending 12 more leases for unused office space, saving 3 million.

so far president trump is happy with what elon musk and his doge squad are doing. >> president trump: he has done a great job. look at all the fraud he has found in this usaid. they have things that nobody would have believed. the whole thing with 100 million spent on you know what with money going to all sorts of groups that shouldn't deserve to get any money. >> elon musk's demolition project on government fraud and waste is sending some democrats into a spiral. they are mad that musk is making all these changes. so mad that some of them want him locked up. >> we have to tell elon musk nobody elected you. >> he must be made to pay. we must enforce the law. >> lock him up. >> it is pretty clear we have to -- >> shut down the city. we are at war.

>> some democrats think the enemy is elon musk but other republicans think that the real threat is our debt. >> dana: thank you. >> martha: president trump hoping his education secretary will help. >> president trump's education focus is on empowering parents and improving results in the classroom. there is a layering on the house side in the capitol in a few minutes and hear from the leader of a national parents grassroots group and education scholar. the point person to fix education in this country is linda mcmahon and the president says she will fight to expand school choice and sounds like he is hoping her role will only be temporary. >> president trump: i told linda, linda, i hope you do a

great job and put yourself out of a job. i want her to put herself out of a job, education department. we're ranked number 40 out of 40 schools, right? number one in cost per pupil. we spend more per pupil than any other country and ranked in the bottom of the list. >> reading scores have declined since 2019. math scores have improved since 2022 but not to the pre-pandemic levels. the largest teachers union is defending its members. >> we are dedicated to our work and passionate about what we do. and one presidential election will not change that. >> parents argue our schools must do better. >> i think that dismantling the department of education can actually fix some of the huge problems that we have in our department of education and society as a whole. we're seeing record low reading and math scores that we haven't seen in a decade.

>> education department spokesperson tells fox they are evaluating staffing to prioritize academics over divisive ideology, martha. >> martha: academics is a good idea at school. mike, thank you very much. >> dana: imagine that. joining us is jessica tarlov and kennedy, host of kennedy saves the world. listen to more democrats against elon at their rally. watch. >> we are here today because an unelected billionaire and his team have been giving full access to our taxpayer money and our government. >> we know we work for the american people and what we won't do is stand around while they pull this bull [bleep]. >> we have to tell elon musk nobody elected your [bleep]. >> dana: they did elect president trump. one of the things they said in a fox news exit poll is 83% wanted substantial or complete and total change and that's what they are getting.

>> they are getting it and there are questions what is legal for him to be doing and what isn't. i've been noticing the democrats most successful in the election are going it alone representing their constituents. the they are people like pat ryan or gerad golden. he posted on x i get a lot of calls from constituents. none about trump but elon musk. we have to address this problem. he is not down there shouting from the rooftops in front of usaid. that works for you if you are a a safe district and say whatever you want. we'll have to have a different approach to this. party leadership. hakeem jeffries has a communications plan he put out there. he understands his caucus needs to do what they have to do on the senate side, chris murphy. haven't seen anyone standing tough and tall about this. i don't think chuck schumer is being as effective as he thinks he is. people are going to have to do

what they are hearing from their constituents to keep getting reelected. >> martha: a great point. kennedy, i just wonder how constituents will end up feeling about this because i don't think that you are going to see tremendous opposition to cutting spending in washington, d.c. >> absolutely not. there is too much spending. there are too many agencies. there are too many redid you know dan sees. taxes are too high. there are too many regulations for people trying to start businesses. literacy rates have plummeted not just since the pandemic but since the department of education was created and signed into law under president carter. so having this big federal bureaucracy has not made american children more competitive. therefore they aren't going to be competitive workers on the global stage. people want control of their lives back and want their money back and being overtaxed. i would have to problem if they were making the federal government bigger. i would have a problem if someone came in and adding more

agencies and higher taxation. they're dismantleing it. if maxine waters has a problem with unelected bureaucrats, throw all of the unelected bureaucrats out of d.c. not just elon musk. if the bureaucracy -- the emotional hysteria is not countering that. >> dana: somebody that gets the i told you so award is dean phillips from minnesota. there is no one, as simple as that. no one certainly that the party, i would argue, looks to or feels led by or inspired by. that's the truth. and i sort of feel like they have to have an insur gent that comes out of nowhere. nobody now appears to be ready to -- what did you say, upset the apple cart.

>> well, that's how we got obama, right in 2004. no one saw it coming. josh shapiro has been quietly tweeting things about his efficiency saying it's nice if you can get your liquor license in less than six months or we can rebuild i-95 in 20 minutes on a relative bases and people will be looking to efficiency. a lot of people aren't partisans in the same way they used to be. they want the things they want and don't necessarily care in terms of party i.d. for all of that. donald trump is special. he won't be on the ballot in 2028. a lot of people are trump fans, not republican party fans. dean phillips is right. there was a column last week that resonated with a lot of democrats said throw biden under the bus. he wants a candidate who isn't willing to say we did the wrong thing, take responsibility for

whatever role you played in that and that's how a lot of people in my orbit certainly feel. >> martha: when you look at elon musk there will be legal challenges obviously but kennedy, if you are so panicked by opening the books at your organization, your agency, what does that say about the way that you are running things? if you are freaking out and saying lock him up, what's going on in there? >> dana: hysteria is really hard to glob onto. >> it is a really hard mechanism for people to get behind and cheerlead. they would much rather see more transparency because people in their gut have a feeling their money is being wasted. so i don't have a problem with this at all. this is something that makes my heart swell. so go ahead and challenge away. challenge all of it away. almost all of it to the point where we only have what is absolutely necessary to truly help people who are most in need, who are always the last to get it, and it is because of

some of these outrageous squawkers not offering solutions to individuals and families. only amassing more power for their party. >> martha: they fired a bunch of consultants to the education department. if you aren't getting results since the beginning of the agency, we've declined in our competitiveness and our kids have to be the best, they have to be able to compete against china and everyone else out there. >> dana: and they have to move fast. if you have a litigation strategy to oppose it by the time the litigation gets through the jobs are gone and not coming back under this administration. great chat. see you on "the five." read you and listen to you. f.b.i. raided mid town manhattan turning up a collection of the burglary of joe burrow's house in ohio. >> martha: president trump getting ready to sign an

executive order about women's sports. >> think of any girl being robbed of that opportunity because a male athlete want to take her spot or bump her off the roster is heartbreaking and why it is so important we all stand up for this and again why this executive order is such a win. >> dana: the president is reinstating his maximum pressure campaign on iran. what that means for the country and its terror proxies. >> president trump is projecting strategic strength. we'll bring back peace and stability to the middle east to make sure our ally, israel, is safe.

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>> martha: police raiding a pawnshop in mid town manhattan

could be related to the robbery at the home of joe burrow. >> a group of men from south america are tagged for stealing. a bust connected in mid town manhattan in the diamond district. check it out where there were lots of federal authorities. the investigation continues. we want to pull up what we saw on cameras yesterday. the diamond district packed with police is now two men who operated the store are facing charges. the feds were seen taking dozeens of boxes out, suspected stolen property. jewelry from the stores, large amounts of cash and marijuana. the two men are accused of creating an illicit market and fueling demand for burglaries by a south american crews across

the country. according to this indictment police records and video link these men to two members of a four-man burglary crew believed to be involved in the december burglary at quarterback joe burrow's house. he was out of town at a game and on the field of playing at the time. >> where are you going? orlando? wrong way. >> wrong way. those were the migrants arrested out in ohio who said they were on their way to florida. the men were in the country illegally according to police and found with some of burrow's things. one of the migrants was spotted wearing his bengal's hat that he stole. a long list of other athletes had their homes hit as well talking about travis kelsey and patrick mahomes. this investigation continues in the city's diamond district and

waiting to see what else could happen. those suspects linked to this case will be in court later today. >> martha: thank you very much. >> president trump: always remember this is so easy, this will be done tomorrow. we will keep men out of women's sports. it's over. [cheers and applause] >> dana: president trump set to follow through on that promise today signing an executive order on national girls on women in sports day barring biologically born males from competing in female sports. attending the ceremony today is this woman. the united nations had this report. by march 30th of 2024 over 600 female athletes and more than 400 competitions have lost more than 890 medals in 29 different

sports. president trump will try to put an end to this. your thoughts. >> that's an astonishing number. to all the people who would say it's a handful, it is not. those numbers are staggering and one is too many. why should a woman have to give up a trophy, a team berth and medal to a man? it should never happen not to mention her safety and privacy in the locker room. so it's a thrilling day. i'm so honored to get to be there for the signing of this executive order. i start evidence this brand ten months ago to change the culture and get the 70% of americans that agree with us and biological reality there are two sexes to stand up and say so. so this is just a huge moment for us. >> dana: you talk about the company you started. i want to show an ad that you had. i think it ran over the weekend. let's play a little of it here. >> female athletes need to work harder. >> not blame others for their

lack of success. >> very much responsible for the boycotts that cost their team a playoff bid. >> see how all that pressure is going. >> dana: the first i heard about this ad was because j.k.rowling said she loved your ad. >> what an honor. she has been fighting this battle for some time. reaction is crazy, over 10 million views in two days. all started by j.k.rowl, inc. 40,000 reposts and tweets within a day really. i think it is evidence of the fact that the culture is changing. people are now comfortable standing up and saying we support this. we celebrate female athletes.

>> dana: do you feel like there are more people willing to say something? i've been dismayed by how few women who are now in retirement who had all the opportunities afforded to them that don't say anything. >> you know what? it's a great point. i say this all the time. not a single high level professional or olympic level athlete that has spoken out for coach. we have a long way to go. trump opened the door for us but important to remember private institutions won't be impacted by this. boston marathon has a man running in the women's category. that's privately run. >> dana: that's crazy. >> it is. the international olympic committee we saw a man win in the boxing ring this summer. international organization not impacted. we have to take the baton and get the 70 to 80% of americans to stand up that agree with us. it feels pretty lonely out here.

>> dana: you are a gymnast and i had aspirations to do that when i was 12. i couldn't do the triple back flip what they were doing so i joined the speech team instead. i inspire to be more like you. have fun at the white house today. >> thank you. >> martha: president trump proposing a takeover of the gaza strip after his first high-level foreign leader meeting yesterday at the white house with benjamin netanyahue, the israeli prime minister. mike waltz was in the room last night and part of the group and discussed this idea joins us next. defense secretary pete hegseth meeting soldiers on the border. trump's win is inspiring americans to serve again.

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>> martha: house oversight committee holding a hearing on right sizing government. drama brewing over elon musk appeared doge. >> democrats are hyperventilating. we've heard wild claims from democrats that we're, quote, at the beginning of a dictatorship, end quote. and we're in a constitutional crisis. this kind of theatrical rhetoric is exactly what the american people rejected in november. americans know that washington needs reform and doge is taking inventory to bring about change and steward taxpayer dollars entrusted to the federal government. >> dana: >> martha: moments later this from the ranking democrat. >> mr. chairman you correctly cited the role of elon musk. it's a puzzling role for many people certainly on this side of the aisle and for some on yours. who is this unelected

billionaire that he can attempt to dismantle federal agencies, fire people, transfer them, offer them early retirement and have sweeping changes to agencies without any congressional review, oversight or conquerens? therefore, mr. chairman, given his prominence and importance, i move that the committee subpoena elon musk to come before it as a witness at the earliest possible moment. i so move. >> martha: that would be interesting. i would love to see elon musk testify in front of the oversight committee. i think that's a great idea. >> dana: let me get the popcorn. all right. i'll be there with the milk duds, too. >> she is a tough, fair, career prosecutor who built her reputation by enforcing the rule

of law. pretty simple. >> dana: the dawn of a new era at the justice department. today pam bondi will be worn is as attorney generals as the nation's top law enforcement agency amid ongoing turmoil at the d.o.j. where we find david spunt. >> good morning to you. upon her swearing in as the 87th attorney general which we're told will be soon, she will come to the justice department to meet her new team here that she will be working with. the vote yesterday was 54-46 in favor of bondi to be confirmed. fetterman the only democrat to vote for her. she was a florida attorney general for eight years and tough on crime particularly human trafficking and violent crime. served as a local prosecutor before that. she comes to the d.o.j. that has had a shaking up since the trump administration came to town for a second term. her acting deputy attorney general sent out a memo last friday instructing the f.b.i. to

provide names of agents involved in the january 6th investigations. more than 4,000 agents across the country were asked to complete a survey. d.o.j. received a list yesterday with information of thousands of f.b.i. agents. those agents some of them sued in two lawsuits to keep their names and jobs protected. last night the association representing some 14,000 agents across the country, about 90% of active agents, held a news conference. watch. >> f.b.i. agents do not choose the cases they investigate. they are assigned to cases by their superiors. they follow the evidence, enforce the law and do their jobs with integrity. >> fox news obtained a new email from bove to the entire force. let me be clear, no f.b.i. employee who followed orders and carried out duties in an ethical manner with respect to january 6th investigations is at risk of termination or other pen at. the only individuals concerned about the process initiated by any january 31st memo are those

who acted with corrupt or partisan intent to defy orders from department leadership or who exercised discretion in weaponizing the f.b.i. acting f.b.i. leadership did not listen to his orders to put that list together last week so that's from deputy acting attorney general bove. pam bondi will be here and become the attorney general shortly. one of the issues she will focus on human trafficking and border derelated issues related to the crisis at the border. >> dana: look forward to the changes you'll report on. thank you. >> president trump: the u.s. will take over the gaza strip and we'll do a job with it, too. we'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous, unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.

do a real job. do something different. >> martha: do something different. that's the shake-up that was prompted by this discussion last night. discussing a potential u.s. role in the gaza strip. the comments came after the joint news conference yesterday with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. joining us now is national security advisor mike waltz. great to have you with us today. thanks for joining us. can you give us a sense? a lot of people were caught by surprise, secretary waltz. tell us a little bit about when did you get in the loop on this proposal last night and this idea? were you immediately on board with it? >> hi, martha. actually, this is something that the president has been thinking about quite a bit, even since october 7th. but then special envoy witkoff

is traveling and we've had meetings. the first foreign leader he called was the saudi arabia, big abdullah. spoke to the president of egypt on saturday and we had prime minister netanyahu. this didn't -- mainstream media wants to pretend it sprung up overnight. really, this is framed -- it is not the case. this is framed in terms of the hostages that we have coming out. you remember the president's truth there will be all hell to pay. we now see israelis and the first american keith siegel being reunited with their family. cease-fire in place that the biden administration couldn't get without president trump's help. now the discussion last night is let's talk in practical, humane terms about what is going to happen to 2 million people who are living in piles of rubble,

sewage and sanitation with bullets flying. let's talk real solutions here and eventually we get to saudi normalization. it's part of a much broader strategy. >> martha: you talked about phone calls with saudi and egyptian and other leadership. was this shared with them. are they willing to take 200-0000 palestinians into their territory while the united states takes control to help it rebuild? >> as the president said last night it is not just one, two, three or four. it could be multiple nations involved. we welcome their proposals. but the practical reality is for ten, 15 years i don't know that we have 2 million people literally living in tents with barely surviving. so those things were discussed. i will take you back to moving

our embassy to jerusalem. recognizing the golan heights and the idea of peace with the abraham accords were labeled ridiculous and impossible and now it's happened. president trump is unorthodox and thinking big. but he is also, if you listen to his words he is thinking about what is a real alternative for the palestinian people to live in peace and have a bright future for the next generation? and then as a builder what is practical in getting rid of all that unexploded ordnance and rubble and move on. >> martha: you think about tel aviv and what a great city it is and the potential for this area is clear and something we have heard president trump talk about for one time. >> beirut was called the paris of the middle east several years

ago. >> martha: what was the saudi reaction or egyptian reaction to this idea of the united states taking control of this area for a while and the palestinians being absorbed in those surrounding countries? are they open to that? did they say yes we're willing to do that? >> historically they have been opposed. i think the president's point is has anyone really asked and sat down and worked with all of these countries? everyone's heart breaks for the palestinians. then let's start talking real solutions for them that actually work on the ground. anyone who walks the ground, as steve witkoff did sees it is a wasteland of rubble and nobody can reasonably live there for over a decade that we think it's going to take to rebuild. let's talk those practical solutions and keep getting out the hostages. at the same time, we cannot allow hamas to conduct future

october 7th. they have to be destroyed and removed from power. the palestinian people have ultimately been the victim of this terrorist dictatorship that launched the war. >> martha: netanyahu would like the united states to take over the gaza strip? >> look, there is all kinds of forms of ownership. we have the deal maker in chief sitting right there in the same seat as the commander-in-chief and all of those discussions are ongoing. he is casting a big, broad, bold vision and this won't be the first time we've seen the world come along. >> martha: mike waltz, thank you so much. great to have you with us today. more to come. thank you, sir. >> dana: trump's illegal immigration crackdown moving at full speed with first deportation flights landing at

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>> martha: we have seen a lot of combined agency efforts in some of these confrontations and we are watching this play out right now. this is d.e.a. helping d.h.s., the department of homeland security serving search warrants as multiple locations in denver,

colorado. we saw video of similar operations going on in denver similar to what we've seen across the country and keep an eye on it and we'll continue to report on these developments. but a lot of action with these agencies across the country and this focus in denver today. >> the first flights from the united states to guantanamo bay with illegal migrants are underway. president trump is not messing around. >> dana: the trump administration starting a process of expanding the migrant detention center at guantanamo bay. let's bring in senator tom cotton and chair of the intel committee. this is president trump on guantanamo and why he is using it. watch. >> president trump: >> guantanamo is there enough space? >> president trump: a lot of space to accommodate a lot of

people and we'll use it. we have it. it is already -- we have it for nothing. we can do less expensive and even more secure. we've had other countries come to us saying we would love to do that. we would love to take your criminals and we'll maintain that. we'll be in their jail. i'm only talking for the most severe cases. >> dana: your take on what is going on at gitmo. >> president trump is right. guantanamo bay is a good place to put these illegal migrants. safer than an american base. a large base. i have been there. a very modest american presence unlike bases here in america where we have large families and training grounds and so forth. there is a detention center in guantanamo bay going back to at least the 1990s under bill clinton with migrants there pending repatriation to their own countries. you don't have to worry about losing control of them or escaping the base as happened in arkansas in 1980 at fort chaffee

when bill clinton was the governor and we put the boat lift people there. it is a smart idea to put some migrants pending repatriation in their own countries. he is very pro-american in el salvador and supportive of the united states and willing to take foreign national pending repatriation. we should consider that as well. the unconventional thinking the president has brought back to washington to serve american interests, to get dangerous and violent migrants off our streets and back to their home countries. >> dana: we saw some of that possibly happening in denver. wanted to ask you about army recruiting. an issue that has been a real concern for america. the post from the u.s. army said they have had their most productive december in 15 years by enlisting 346 soldiers daily into the world's greatest army. recruiters have one of the toughest jobs inspiring the next

generation to serve. congratulations, keep up the great work. what do you put that down to? >> i don't think it's rocket science. the trump effect. you had some number of young men and women who didn't want to join the army under joe biden and the former secretary of the army when they thought it was more focused on wokeness and d.e.i. and climate change. people want to serve our country and a cause greater than themselves next to battle buddies who will be friends for a lifetime. that's clearly what is on the mind of these new recruits joining since president trump won re-election and i believe it will continue to improve in the future. that's not the only reason. there are still issues with getting kids medical waivers if they need it for a long-ago injuring or processing them through the initial entry system more quickly. the army can do a better job of that. i discussed that with pete hegseth and dean driscoll.

it was at a lot of young people didn't want to join the army with joe biden as the commander-in-chief. >> dana: senator tom cotton. thank you so much. you are busy before we started. we haven't gotten halfway through wednesday yet. thank you, sir. >> thank you, dana. >> martha: super security for the super bowl. the latest on the preparations that are underway in new orleans coming up next. ♪ like a relentless weed, moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya... with rapid relief at 4 weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation.

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>> harris: landing at gitmo, the first flight of illegal im granulitis. the administration is calling them the worst of the worst. new numbers out of texas, illegal immigrant encounters at the border absolutely have plummeted since president trump took office. we will hear from the voters' voices live in studio on how they feel about the president's crackdown. how is he doing since election day? plus the president is set to sign an executive order today banning biological men from playing in women's sports. you remember when he and i talked about that in the all-women town hall in georgia. senator tommy tuberville also. >> martha: security preparations well underway for super bowl lix in new orleans as the city reels

from the new year's day attack on bourbon street. president trump will be at the game. he will be interviewed by bret baier that day. >> excitement and music picking up ahead of the big game. just a few weeks ago an isis-inspired terrorist killed 14 people in the french quarter. security is top of mind. you can see one of many roadblocks going up in the french quarter and we're told that more will be going up today. we talked with the superintendent of the louisiana state police on the ground and tells fox he couldn't be more confident about safety for the super bowl. he points to the partnership between state, local and federal agencies and assures us this will be the safest security bowl on record. the superdome is not far from the mississippi river. fox news rode along with the u.s. coast guard creating a secure zone for the game and managing ship traffic.

coast guard captain we said they're ready for the super bowl that includes the president who plans on attending. >> the president's trip doesn't change anything for the coast guard. we have mobilized enough assets to provide adequate security and adjust as need be. so we're fully ready for -- to assist homeland security's along the waterfront and provide resources as they become necessary. >> on the ground here we are seeing security intensifying, more roadblocks going up. harder to get around by car. 100,000 fans expected to pour into new orleans. >> martha: exciting weekend ahead. matt finn. >> dana: who will win? before we go. this is not your normal dog and pony show. look at the rider here. that is the terrier.

staying on when they jump hurdles. not easy but cute. my family had a jack russell for a while and he was a pistol. very protective of my aunt donna, that was for sure. if you ever gave him the bird he could come after you. it was a crazy dog. milo was his name. >> martha: we'll covering this d.e.a. raid and speaking about the big gaza news and what it will mean and the implications. more executive orders coming from the white house at 3:00. we'll take that live as well. >> dana: one to protect girls' sports. a lot happening today and only 11:00 on wednesday. harris faulkner is next. here she have is. >> harris: we begin with this fox news