the ongoing efforts to 30:00 p.m. trump meeting with texas governor, granik abbett, to talk about border security obviously. it has dwindled down illegal crossings below .500 a day now. very impressing. 3:00 p.m. eastern the president to sign executive orders at the white house. we have been talking a little bit about this our what is coming getting biological men in and out of women sports. and of course senator tuberville ahead of the president signing that executive order on the senate floor fighting for that to become law. not just an executive order action but for congress to get involved to make sure no other president can simply flip that back where men are in women sports. we are watching all of it so stay with fox news. we have you covered, "america reports" reports now. ♪ ♪ >> john: harris, thank you so much and we are awaiting a briefing at the white house and a couple of

hours before president trump expected to sign executive order delivering on campaign promise to protect women sports. wednesday, john roberts, good afternoon to you. just good afternoon to you, i'm jacqui heinrich and forcing for smith and this is "america reports." that is the big story it's tracking this hour and keeping an eye on the mideast after the suggestion the u.s. could take over gaza. breaking today the justice department with a memo to clarify the request that has roiled the fbi. >> john: in any employee who and carried out their duties in regards to january 6th are not at risk of determination. let's bring in chuck grassley who serves as judiciary committee chairman. thank you for being with us. you may know these are busy days for you. >> very busy. thank you for having me. >> john: part of the memo, let me be clear no fbi employee who followed orders and carried out

duties in an ethical manner with respect to january 6th investigation at risk of termination or penalties. to the only ones secured about the process by me january 125 memo are those who acted with corrupt and partisan intent and blatantly defied orders from the department leadership or exercise discretion in weaponizing the fbi. what is your take on clarification here? was there an overreach or a misunderstanding? >> i think it is a very important clarification. people at lower level, not at the supervisory level have to take orders from their bosses and if told to work on a case even if they disagreed with the case, they have to work on it. i think there ought to be some consideration to that. now, i have answered journalists on capitol hill on the same question that i'm not going to write to the white house now to

get information. i am going to wait until we get kash patel in place as head of the fbi and ask him for the very same questions that we are talking about here. because those who have used the fbi for political weaponization need to be -- that is not the role of the fbi. and i think over a period of three or four years, i put out enough evidence in just two weeks ago emails showing how people at the lower level still in a supervisory capacity were promoting the crimes that presumably trump did. that is just not the rule of the fbi. at the lower levels today that. >> senator tester to be clear, do you have any issue what has happened over at the fbi? i remember you raising concern about the removals of

inspector general and not following process. did you think the process was followed here? >> well, i think i have made clear that the fbi shouldn't be used for political weaponization. their job is law enforcement and anything beyond that has to be cleaned up. and i think kash patel is the person that can do that. here are just feeling so, let me come back to something else about the fbi. you and ron johnson are concerned about. you released emails that cast a new light how the investigation into trump 2020 election began. you right in part, click "timothy tebo in charge for the bureau after grassley with anti-trump bias offered initial language what ultimately became a chex mix federal case against trump regarding 202020 presidential election. records show he approved his own investigation. at the fbi entitled the ensuing

investigation of arctic frost, which was turned over to an official at the doj you claimed had troubling record. that person approves the investigation going forward to. you are very, very troubled how this whole thing began. tell us more. >> sure, the person at the level of tebo was not in the person to instigate any sort of thing that it had to be approved by higher level people and it wasn't. and my emails show and also the regulations, the fbi show that tebow was not in a position to do that. if he did it inadvertently, he had to show evidence to back up his actions. none of this stuff happened and that is why tebow has no business being in the fbi. that we concentrate too much on tebow. to the whole idea the culture of

the seventh floor of the fbi building is that it is okay for fbi agents to promote the challenges and positions against former president of the united states because he is a political threat. well, the voters of iowa are the voters of the united states on november 5th. they did away with that and proved he was wrongly condemned. the voters didn't buy it. >> jacqui: senator, i hear you are pushing back on democrat's calls to have another hearing for kash patel before his confirmation saying it is ridiculous that nominations has to answer for actions by the government before they were ever in place at the agency. but kash patel in suwanee and pam bondi pledged against any sort of retaliation or enemies list and at pam bondi swearing d

today the president said this. take a listen. >> i'm supposed to say she will be totally impartial with respect to democrats, and i think she will be as impartial as a person can be. i'm not sure totally but as total as you can get hear a joke that she will be fair. >> jacqui: any concern with that? what you think he meant? >> she is totally prosecutor by profession. she is going to be the chief prosecutor of eric government and she made very clear that she will follow the constitution and follow the laws and follow the evidence. and there isn't going to be any retaliation. evidence came the second day of the hearing when we had people who knew and worked for her and we even had somebody that has never voted for trump testified in favor of her that she was a

person that left politics out of the prosecution. >> john: just real quick, senator, do you have the votes to get kash patel out of committee and get confirmed by the full senate wish to mark. >> i have the votes to get him out of committee, and i think there will be the votes to get him approved the united states senate, but i will take a step at a time in a week from tomorrow, we will have that vote. he will be on the floor of the united states senate. >> john: senator, thank you so much for joining us. i really appreciate it to now to the white house for the briefing. >> secretary leavitt: has the president said the bonds of affection between the american and israeli people have endured for generations and are absolutely unbreakable. killed the president is committed to eliminating hamas in securing a lasting peace for the entire region. the historic proposal for the united states to take over gaza

announced by president trump last night underscores this commitment. insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting different results. president trump is an outside of the box thinker and visionary leader who solves problems that many others, especially in this. we have already seen the results from president trump's pulled feet to make peace through strength on the stage and the response to trump's tariffs both mexico and canada took immediate steps to alleviate the illegal alien migration and flow of illegal drugs particularly fentanyl into the country. mexico's president claudia sheinbaum currently to supply ten thousands soldiers on the u.s. boulder who will be specifically designated to stop fentanyl and criminal aliens from pouring into the country. canada's prime minister, justin trudeau agreed to appoint

a fentanyl czar and to assist frontline personnel at our northern border with canada. and recognition of the steps, president trump paused tariffs for one month while continued deals can be structured. throughout the transition and during inaugural address, president trump made it known the united states cannot and will not allow the chinese communist party to continue with its effective and growing control over the panama canal. following secretary rubio successful first trip and visit over the weekend, panama's president said he will allow participation in the chinese communist party's -- no longer allow the participation in the initiative and that participation will expire. this is significant because panama was the first latin american nation to join delton road in the first to back away from it because of

president trump. and to assist with the ongoing mass deportation effort, el salvador's president agreed to unprecedented agreement anywhere in the world. because president trump is back in charge, el salvador has offered for illegal aliens have any nationality facing deportation in the u.s. to be booked in his country's prison system. and finally, president trump's ongoing for special missions ric grenell traveled to venezuela and secure the release of six american hostages, that venezuela also agreed to accept return of the tren de aragua gang members. all of these incredible victories prove how well president trump's peace through strength approach is working. in the days of american leadership meeting week is over. another success, to seal the border and carry out the last meet mass deportation continues at lightning speed. customs and border protection has approximately 79 miles of

new border wall projects underway in various stages of construction and planning. the first flights arrived to guantanamo bay yesterday afternoon out of el paso. and who are some of the passengers aboard you may ask? there were ten members of the transnational gang, tren de aragua, on this flight. overall, heroic i.c.e. agents prioritize the removal of violent criminal illegal aliens in communities across the country. on february 3rd, i.c.e. arrested a citizen of nicaragua of nicaragua convicted of sexual assault, strong-arm in lewd acts with a minor and sentenced to 15 years in prison. i.c.e. los angeles arrested a mexican citizen convicted of lewd acts with minor with a minor and sentenced to 364 days. and i.c.e. atlanta arrested a citizen of mexico convicted of homicide by vehicle hit-and-run and sentenced to six months confinement. i.c.e. new york arrested a

venezuela national and own tda gang member who was a prior conviction for assault and the third degree causing physical injury. americans are safer every single time when it these criminals is arrested and deported from our country. on another important and ongoing topic, the senate is working fast to confirm president trump's exceptional cabinet nominees in the face of relentless smear campaigns. as of right now 12 members of the president's cabinet have been confirmed and most recently pam bondi, who as you all know i was and the oval office surrounded by pam's lovely family and we look forward to see her serve as attorney general for the united states. according to cnn, president trump is getting more cabinet picks confirmed than the average president in modern era, another success story. we believe it is critical that republicans and the senate majority stay tough tough and come from all the remaining nominees as quickly as possible

so that we can continue president trump's important work here at the white house and across our entire federal government. and lastly, throughout his historic campaign, president trump pledges to restore common sense to our country. he is continuing to deliver on that with an executive order that he will sign later today. the president will be signing an executive order keeping them out of women sports. to defend the safety of athletes, protect competitive integrity, and uphold the promise of title 9. this common sense action for president trump and a disgusting betrayal of women and girls by the previous administration who for years catered to radical activists who wanted biological males to be treated as women and workplace showers, competitive sports, prisms, and shelters. gender ideology and insanity is over. summations for individuals across the country interested in participating in the new media

seat at a briefing continued to flood in and we are at 12,000 and counting. if you are watching right now and interested, you can continue to apply medium collegial white house. in the seat we have a long time national television broadcaster and i'm sure many of he recognized her when she came into, sage steele who is the host of incredibly successful podcast, "the sage still show" on all platforms and a fixture at espn from 2007-2023. primarily hosting "sportscenter" code to which we all know well before leaving the company to ee first amendment rights more freely and we are honored to welcome her to the briefing room today and she will join the president at the dining later this afternoon and i know many will be there as well. sage, kick us off on this exciting day for women and girls across the country. >> thank you for welcoming people like me with different

perspectives and background. it means a lot, thank you. obviously the house pass protection of women and men and girls sports. the senate has not voted to. we know that executive orders can be overturned so i'm wondering how important it is for the president to get congress to bring this legislation so the past administration that really tried to destroy title ix? >> secretary leavitt: it is incredibly important congress immediately asked on this priority. the president is setting the tone to make this immediate priority for this administration just as he promised to do on the campaign trail. i like to get into the executive order a little bit because it is the news have the day here at the white house and talk about what the executive action will actually do. they executive order that the president will be signing later this afternoon, as i said, upholds the promise of title 9 and require the doj to

abide by the nationwide previous administrations illegal title ix rewrite with single-sex bases and opportunities and requires immediate action including enforcement actions against schools and athletic association's of schools that deny women single sex and single sex locker rooms and sporting bodies in the white house, we want them to come to the campus of the president can hear in person of the stories at the female athletes who have suffered lifelong injuries and have been silenced and forced to shower with man and compete with men on athletic fields across the country. many of those women will be at the white house today. i encourage you in the media to talk to them and hear their stories and i would add one more thing, this is a wildly popular position with the american people. in fact, a poll showed overwhelming democrats support keeping biological men out of

women sports. i know the president is very excited about the bill signing that will take place 3:00 this afternoon. he will hear more from him later and we look forward to see you there. thank you very, very much. garrett, great to see you here today. >> reporter: on gaza the president has spent entire career criticizing foreign entanglements, nation building and sending american troops to fight abroad particularly in the middle east. this plan could ultimately involve all of those things. can you explain this reversal and how building and owning gaza square is american first policy? >> secretary leavitt: i would reject the premise of your question that this forces the united states to be entangled with iraq. to the president has not committed to putting boots on the ground. he said the united states will not pay for the rebuilding of the gaza. his administration will work with our partners in the region to reconstruct this region.

let me take a step back here. this is out of the box idea and that is who president trump is and why the american people elected him. his goal is lasting peace in the middle east for all people in the region and as i said in the opening remarks, we have seen people pushing the same solutions to this problem for decades. it has been very, very clear to the president that the united states needs to be involved in this rebuilding effort to ensure stability in the region for all people. that does not mean boots on the ground in gaza. it does not mean the taxpayers will find this effort. donald trump who is the best dealmaker on the planet will strike a deal with apartments in the region. >> reporter: he did not rule out american troops and gaza but are you doing that now? >> secretary leavitt: the president has not committed to that just yet and you know that. >> reporter: at the foreign partners that jordanians, saudis have planned to this plan but what forum partners have expressed interest in being a

part of this? >> secretary leavitt: the president has been socializing this idea for quite some time. he said in his remarks last night this was not a decision or announcement he takes lightly. the president has spoken to the president and that was his first call. he is meeting with the king of jordan, abdullah next week and he spoke w with the king of bahrain and that crown prince of saudi arabia and has made it clear and been vocal he expects our partners in the region, particularly egypt and jordan to accept palestinian refugees temporarily so that we can rebuild their home. i would like to show you images have gaza taken by fox news as they put it in apocalyptic seat gaza. this is on habitable place for human beings. do you really think families can live their dream in a region that looks like this with no running water, no electricity and special envoy to the president steve witt, traveled

to gaza and came back with imags that he showed the president ofn here. the president made this decision with humanitarian hard for all people in the region. peter. >> reporter: thank you, are they were officials preparing to fight democratic lawmakers in the street? >> secretary leavitt: absolutely not! thanks for the question. >> reporter: some elected democrats are esteemed about doge. monica mciver said we are at war. ilhan omar said we might actually see somebody get killed. and chris van hollen says we have to fight this in the congress and fight this in the streets. so what now? >> secretary leavitt: may i point out, if you are that type of violence and rhetoric from our side of the aisle from republican leaders on capitol hill, i think there would be a lot more outrage in this room today. it is unacceptable the comments made by the democrat leaders and frankly, they don't know what

they are talking about. because president trump was elected from a mandate from the american people to make this government more efficient. he campaigned across the country with elon musk vowing that elon would head up the department of government and the two at them with a great team around camp would look at the receipts at the federal government and insurer are accountable to the taxpayers. that is all that is happening for democrat officials to incite violence in encourage americans to take to the streets is incredibly alarming and they should be held accountable for that rhetoric. >> reporter: what they are most concerned about is doge engineers to access to treasury systems. can you identify can doge read-only access to the systems and not allow to write new code? >> secretary leavitt: yes. >> reporter: one more thing, mbc is reporting some illegal immigrants we have seen rounded up and arrested are not being deported that they are being released with an ankle or wrist monitoring devices or they have

to check in on the phone. is the administration arresting more people ban you have room for? >> secretary leavitt: i have seen the reports and i am glad you brought it up because i want to address it. there have been a total of 461 illegal aliens and this is of this morning when i got the information from dhs released from custody of more than 8,000 that have been arrested since president trump president trump was inaugurated. it is less then 6%. they were a reason for the release and some factors include lack a significant likelihood of removal in the foreseeable future, lack of detention eligibility, which is something this president and administration has been incredibly vocal about. we are doing everything to deport and detain illegal immigrants, that we need congress' help to increase funding for border patrol and i.c.e. with detention capability of the facilities and other serious medical conditions have also been the reason for the release of individuals. none of them have final deportation orders.

many are contesting their immigration status. i refer you to dhs for more details go to but i did get that information because i knew it would be a question, thank you. >> reporter: the president have made clear the devastation palestinians have no choice but to lead gaza and go elsewhere. the palestinians think this is their home and they don't want to go. the president said he is willing to use the military if necessary. is u.s. prepared to remove palestinians by force questioning. >> secretary leavitt: the president is prepared to rebuild gaza in the region and peace-loving people who want real economic development and opportunity in the region. this is a region that has been controlled by iranian-back terrorists, filament that palestinians too. it is because of hamas you see the images on the screen that gaza has become a demolition site because launched a brutal attack on israel october 7th. again i would stress president trump wants to ensure

this can be a place where all people can live and p spiritually as a peacemaker in chief. he made that clear in his first term and how that will be accomplished, the team talking with allies in the region to consider the next steps. >> reporter: should the american people to see u.s. military on the ground fighting a war against hamas questioning. >> secretary leavitt: again, the president has not committed to troops on the ground. i have said he has not committed to that yet. >> reporter: let me follow-up, why not rule out the idea of committing u.s. troops? this has been a long-standing argument that the president has made over the last decade or so talking about the scores. why not rule it out questioning. >> secretary leavitt: that thing about the president is very good at making deals not to rule out anything because he wants to preserve that leverage in negotiations. that is what he is doing here. >> reporter: he also said everyone loves this plan. he said in the oval office this

morning. and fact, a declaration of war n the arab people. so how does he square the fact even republicans on the hill are objecting to this or questioning this? have a t-square the fact that everybody loves this plan? >> secretary leavitt: i can provide you more context that he will have with the president of the united states after that meeting and i would point out a lot of leaders and officials around the world who had doubted, i suppose, dealmaking ability of president trump. you said you heard panama later stating he would not agree to some of the concessions he has now made because of secretary rubio's visit appeared to have the colombian president say he would not accept flights of illl nationals who entered into the country illegally and those whites are underway. select and speak than words. >> reporter: you said working on this idea behind the scenes but is there a written plan based on the president's

proposal for gaza? when was it drafted and who had a hand in that. speaking the president rebuild it to the world into the american people and his team are continuing to be engaged on this effort. choice health and national security advisor this morning and he has a busy day of calls they will, it can engage with the partners and that includes steve with cop as well, mary. >> reporter: two questions on the news at the date. how is today's executive order impact 2028 summer olympics in los angeles with a man who thinks transgender women would not be allowed to compete as female on u.s. soil? >> secretary leavitt: it is a good question and the president has mentioned he does expect the olympic committee and the ncaa can no longer allow men to compete in women's sports. i think the president with the signing of his pen starts a very public pressure campaign on these organizations to do the right thing for women and for girls across the country.

i can coach at this is incredibly popular position. there have been notable females that have the courage to speak out against powerful institutions in the country. they deserve to have a voice nasa appeared to the president is bringing their voice to the highest level at the white house this afternoon and expect the organizations to comply with federal order that he will sign today. >> reporter: media coverage of this executive order and the topic in general what is the white house view of framing that transgender females are similar rhetoric coming from organizations like acl you? >> secretary leavitt: it is clear the policy of this administration is that they are only two sexes male and female, pretty simple. >> reporter: usaid has gotten a lot of attention the last couple of days and bizarre things that we have been in the taxpayers have been finding that now it looks like a couple of media outlets dragged into this conversation as far as usaid

ponding as well. does the present have commenting on that? >> secretary leavitt: coming out here to the briefing room, i was made aware of the funding from usaid to media outlets, including politico who has a seat in the room. i can come from million taxpayer dollars have gone to essentially subsidizing subscriptions to politico on the taxpayer's time will no longer be happening. the doge is working on canceling those payments now. this is a government effort to ensure that we going line by line when it comes to the federal government's books. this president and his team are making decisions across the board on did these receipts serve the interest of the american people? is this a good use at the american taxpayers money? if it is not about funding, it will not be sent abroad and taxpayers will see significant

savings because of that effort. i would like to give some love to the back row. unfortunately, they have not been called nine years past so reagan, go ahead. >> reporter: the whd announced amber who is called the president toddler with his pants pulled down will be the entertainment for this year's correspondent center. does the white house have reaction to this choice, will the president attend the dinner the share? >> secretary leavitt: certainly an interesting choice. i have the president's invitation on my desk and the invitation for myself as well on my desk. i haven't talked to the present about it but when he makes the decision, i will let you know bt definitely an interesting choice the comedian. i will talk to the boss and see what we decide, sure, go ahead. >> reporter: on the executive orders to be signed today, you said this will be enforced for the public that how does the administration intent to enforce this at the lower level? on top of that, there are rights groups that say this speaks to

discrimination but what is your response? >> secretary leavitt: kids have been exposed to discrimination especially women and young girls who forced to shower up with biological men who have been forced to compete on playing fields with biological meant, which is incredibly unfair and unsafe and again, incredibly unpopular policy with the american people. as for the actions this executive order takes go, i laid those out at the beginning of the briefing and i'm happy to give you a copy of this fact sheet to let audiences across the country no. >> reporter: what if they don't comply with this? >> secretary leavitt: they should because it will be law an hour and a half. so your colleague to the right. >> reporter: taylor at spector and his code to get talked about doge elon musk is "special government employee who also owns companies with billions of dollars in federal contracts." you said he has abided by applicable laws, but what steps is the trump administration taking to address the conflict

of interest? >> secretary leavitt: at the president was asked and answered this question this week. if elon musk comes across with a conflict of interest in the contracts and funding that doge is overseeing coaches to coaches elon will excuse himself from those contracts and he has again abided by all applicable laws, in the back. >> reporter: asking about external revenue service today and "we will collect tariffs nomex between eight revenues" is that the position of the white house tariffs will lower taxes for americans question why. >> secretary leavitt: at the president believes that it is a tax on foreign nations and committed to causing cutting taxes for the american people that will and believes tariffs are great revenue raiser for the country and that is exactly why he has committed to the creation of the external revenue service, which i think is a nominal idea. we will go down double row. >> reporter: under the president's plan gaza any and all palestinians who want to stay in gaza on the land will be

allowed to do so? >> secretary leavitt: i can confirm the president is committed to rebuilding gaza and temporarily relocating those who are there. as i showed you repeat a late, but it's a demolition site. there was no running water. there is no electricity. the president wants them to live in peace and he has committed with this new bold plan and we will keep you apprised of updates as we receive them. >> reporter: so, now that the president's policies are starting to take shape, how long will it take to sign through and get some actual prices americans are paying to come down questioning. >> secretary leavitt: prices at the store and prompt? sure, the president is doing everything he can to reduce the cost of living crisis across the country as quickly as possible. that is why he signed a litany of executive orders across the board in the first couple of weeks. he declared national energy emergency. he committed to cutting ten regulations for every new one on

the books. walking for a fox business related outlet coach at deregulation and energy independence is drivers for inflation of the country and i d by the results present from patty and his first term when, again, 1.4% inflation when he left office. >> reporter: will the americans have the patience to wait for it? >> secretary leavitt: i don't have a timeline but the president is doing everything to reduce cost of living for americans at home. >> reporter: is it worth risking the life of single u.s. marine to turn the gaza strip into riviera of the middle east? >> secretary leavitt: i'm not sure why you asked that question because the president is not committed to sending marines orbits on the ground in gaza. >> reporter: is there a possibility? the tizzy on the front row, karoline. on title ix coach with the scales back the education, what will enforce? >> secretary leavitt: as of

now this will be forced through title ix as if the abolishment of the department of education continues, which the president said yesterday something his team is looking at and considering. it is something he talked a lot about on the campaign trail. we will, of course look at additional maneuvers to ensure these important policies can be implemented. >> reporter: so the -- >> secretary leavitt: at the president talked about it yesterday in the oval office. our education system is failing students in this country. to the nation's report card i brought it up in my remarks last week, which shows fourth graders are not ready to make reading at the level they should be. 40% are proficient in reading. as a mother of a child, i want an education system that helps my child read, right and teaches him math and nothing else in the classroom. the president is wholeheartedly to make academia great again in the country. >> reporter: thank you peer to

the president, is he looking at offering anything to the arab countries of taking palestinians or willing to give them anything in return? secondly, when the president announced his taking over of the policy yesterday, was benjamin netanyahu aware of this and what was his reaction when trump presented the idea to him? >> secretary leavitt: i won't get ahead of the president's discussions or negotiations on the first question about what would be offered to. i think the president has made it clear he expects the nations in the region to step up and to accept palestinian refugees who will be temporarily relocated for the rebuilding of gaza. as if to whether prime minister jjim and antennae who aware, he was, indeed but i was not there for the reaction. to the president has been socializing and thinking about for quite some time, net, good o see you. >> reporter: secretary had seth announced yesterday army recruiting have reached 12 year

highs in december, 15 year highs in january but what is making young people who want to serve under the trump administration and how does that contrast to bidens failure consistently? does dei play a role? president trump dei? >> secretary leavitt: first of all recruitment level for all branches have military are at crisis level answer assess national security risk and our military breaches are not fully staff to where they need to be. and i do believe it is a culture problem within the institutions that the president is very much committed to fixing and sized by the root of dei out of the military. when young women and men in the military see somebody like pete hegseth a new secretary of defense, who is a proven war fighter and who risked his life in battle for this country and who understands what it means to

deploy and to defend the constitution and the nation abroad and to put your life on the line and when they see a leader like that and a leader like president trump committed to peace through strength, that is very inspiring. we look forward to seeing recruitment numbers and retention numbers skyrocketing over the next few years. pete hegseth will increase recruitment in the military and i will if i get to the department of defense what he plans to implement, jeff. >> reporter: two questions and the present use permit for permanent resettled palestinians and i heard you say temporarily today. is that a shift or specific change that you want to highlight? and my second question is yesterday he spoke about the u.s. owning gaza. who owns gaza now, and how would the u.s. acquire ownership? >> secretary leavitt: gaza is ran by iranian-backed terrorists and we all agree in the region and everybody agrees that can no

longer stand. just look at the events of october 7th and the offense and spirit of the president again to rebuild the region for all people who want to return to it and once it is no longer a demolition site in a place where people can actually live and thrive in harmony as he said last night, his words, not mine. daniel. >> reporter: any temporary resettled question my. >> secretary leavitt: the president has made it clear temporarily relocated for the rebuilding of this effort. i can, it is a demolition site and not a livable place for any human being. i think it is quite actually evil to suggest people live in dire conditions. daniel. >> reporter: thank you so much. the president meeting with governor abbott from texas and governor newsom in california after the president turned the water back on in california. millions of gallons flowing in and what can you tell us about the two meetings and importance of president trump to help the people in california? >> secretary leavitt: those

meetings will take place shortly so i will get out of here to get to those meetings. we can always provide you a readout as we always do. we try to be transparent with the president is doing in the oval office and perhaps he will call you to join him. you never know as we all know. governor abay is a great friend and ally to the president. he has been on the front lines of the border crisis in this country. as for governor gavin newsom, well, the president is willing to work with anybody from red states or blue states to work with for the american people. the president really enjoyed his trip to pacific palisades last week. he felt inspired by the frustration of the residents there and wholeheartedly committed to ensuring the waters flowing in california to prevent these wildfires and also that people have access to their properties. he has continued to apply tremendous pressure to gavin newsom and also los angeles mayor and to allow private residence and property owners to access their property.

he believes it is their right to do so and they should be able to do it. one more thing before i wrap up because i want to get to these meetings and i will see you at the eo signing later this afternoon or tell brought to mind california and north carolina who continue to be on our hearts and the administration is committed to ensuring these individuals get the funding they need to. i would say a strong message to democrats who are out there pretending to be outraged about the long list of ??? we are cutting, $2 million for changesn guatemala and find tourism in egypt and a new "sesame street"q 4.5 million to combat this information in kazakhstan. i could go on and on and happy to provide this list to every single one of you. democrats are outraged the american people want their taxpayers to go to uses but not stuff like this. they are very quiet about the

fact that still north carolinians and people in california who have lost everything and at the last four years this federal government did nothing to help them. this president will continue to put americans first and the successes of this week so far speak to that and it is only wednesday. i will see you later this week and i will see you this afternoon. thank you very much. >> john: a fast-paced briefing at the white house and karoline leavitt the press secretary wrapping up talking about the long list of crap the american taxpayers don't want to pay for through usaid. a lot of news today, the president expect jordan to take them palestinians and transgender athletes code to which the president will sign the executive order on the top of the 3:00 hour and expects ncaa to follow that an ioc and not ruling out potential troops and gaza if the president did follow through this idea to rebuild gaza. >> jacqui: that was pretty significant and the fact they

didn't want to relive out two have not ruling it out so more questions what that looks like and how it fits into the american first agenda where he has sort of in the past campaign against nation-building and getting out of foreign wars. so interesting. >> john: let's chew over this little bit more and bring in fox news contributor and townhall.com katie pavlich. not only did she talk about the long list of crap as she puts it but the white house not prepared to fight democrats in the streets of funding cuts to usaid. we should point out that it is the democrats jumping off of the precipice over usaid. and rallying in the streets. a new reuters ipsos poll that came out yesterday finds 56% of respondents say that the u.s. should suspend all foreign aid, not just usaid. >> so, in washington today, there are a number of people

with signs protesting elon musk in the administration and, of course visited by democrats on capitol hill who had some very colorful rhetoric saying they are at war with the president. they are at war with doge but yet still out of touch for the american people that voted for this a couple of months ago. when you look at the exit polling we put out fox news after the election, it shows people wanted a disruption in d.c. they didn't vote for just people to necessarily get along, go along with the status quo. they voted to have things look back, torn up, and reestablished in a way that benefits the american people. in this particular issue, the democrats are completely outraged because a lot of the fines from usaid i think going to a number of their pet projects, to their friends, activism and asked karoline leavitt and the white house press briefing they are going to the federal budget line by line and looking at the things to remove that are not serving interest to the american people.

>> jacqui: katie, really quick what about the white house not ruling out possible trips and gaza? does that fit into america first? >> this is part of a broader strategy as you know, jacqui. the president has emphasized jordan and egypt will take palestinian refugees, even though publicly rejected it. it is a change from the decades long planes we've had in the last four decades with a two state solution at the president is doing something new and it is opening negotiation how this will play out periods feeling all right, katie, good to talk o you. thank you for joining on the back an end we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> jacqui: we will be right back sweating all night... no kicking off the covers... or blasting the air conditioning. because only the tempur-pedic breeze is made with our one-of-a-kind cooling technology — that pulls heat away from your body. so, the mattress feels up to 10 degrees cooler all night long. during our presidents day sale,

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