efficiency, you just remember: it's the department of government evil. >> department of government evil. one should ask if it is evil to stop usaid from giving money to international terrorist organizations. wing of the money was funneled to tarmac hamas, funneled across the globe to entities who are on the terrorism watch list. is able to eliminate the penny that costs us nearly $0.04 to make? these are common sense items, taxpayer priorities, not to see a $59 million go to illegal immigrant luxury hotel rooms up along with fema to help victims in north carolina, to help victims in california of the wild fires. evil or common sense, i think you know the answer. thanks to everyone. here is "america reports." >> j.d. vance said judges aren't allowed to control -- what is your take? >> we will see what happens.

we have a long way to go. we are talking about fraud, waste, abuse. when a president can't look for fraud, waste, abuse, we don't have a country anymore. >> i think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced since watergate. the president is attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes. the president wants to be able to decide how and where money is spent, so that he can reward his political friends, he can punishes political enemies. >> we have to solve the efficiency problem, have to solve the fraud, waste, abuse, all the things that have gone into the government. you look at the usaid, the kind of fraud. >> congress billed to the cfpb, and no one other than congress -- not the president, not musk, not -- you can shut it down. there is power in fighting back. power. we will not let up in congress or the courts. >> you heard it there yourself.

democrats are bowing to fight president trump's cost-cutting agenda. they're getting big assists from the federal courts. judges across the country look to block some of trump's biggest moves, including most recently a decision to block doge from accessing treasury records. >> as "the new york times" reports this morning, with a little resistance in the streets or from congress, judges are taking up that fight. >> hello, and welcome. and sandra smith in new york, as we begin a brand-new week. great to be with you, john. >> it is promising to be very interesting week as well, sandra. sandra. i'm john roberts in washington. this is "america reports." one of those big court battles will play out in the next hour in boston, where a federal judge will hear arguments in a case brought to you by federal workers unions. >> they are going president trump's buyout offer is an unlawful ultimatum. we are told about 65,000 federal employees have already accepted

the offer. >> jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn with the latest. >> good afternoon. in the lead up to all of this, while the president was at the super bowl, his team at the white house was preparing more executive orders. later on today, he is set to announce a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the u.s. later this week, we are supposed to be hearing about reciprocal tariffs that are ahead to. any charges the u.s. will also be charged. it is unlikely, may be, this time that an 11th hour deal can stave off these tariffs, as we saw with canada and mexico. he sat on air force one that what was working out with them might not be enough. he had said as much in his interview with bret baier ahead of the super bowl too. >> you announced tariffs on the canada and mexico, got action on both of them from border security and drug interdiction. >> a lot of action. >> is like it enough? >> no. >> some more needed in 30 days? >> something has happened.

it's not sustainable. and changing it. >> some changes are hitting roadblocks. a federal judge blocked elon musk and doge from accessing treasury records after democratic attorneys general fire old suits. musk called the decision insane. -- and vice president vince went on to say that this could precipitate a constitutional -- he couched a statement, referring to their legitimate power. the president was asked about this. here's what he had to say. >> we have tremendous fraud, tremendous waste, tremendous abuse and theft, by the way, and the day you are not allowed to look for theft, fraud, et cetera, we don't have much of a country, so no judge should be, no judge should come should, frankly, be allowed to make that kind of a decision. it is a disgrace. >> it is not clear if vp vance was suggesting defying a court order rather than appealing it

to a higher court, but elon musk said in the post responding to another user over the weekend, it isn't -- like the president of defying a ruling, but he is left wondering what other options there are if the judges continue to act this way. >> it is going to be an action-packed afternoon at the white house. jacqui heinrich, thank you. sandra? >> thank you. will spring in the former deputy assistant attorney general, john knew now. -- as i get to this breaking news, a federal judge has ordered a trump administration to unfreeze funds. this is a federal judge in rhode island ordering the trump add to unfreeze funds. he previously order the same but is telling the and mr. risch in his order was not followed. these are funds for nih and other agencies, but notable that it's nih. what does this say about where this is all going? >> sandra, this is another example of the courts trying to

get to the middle of a fight between the president and congress. that is where the battle should rest. president trump is trying to restore what the founders had in mind, what alexander hamilton called the energetic executive. maybe, we've had four years of a comatose president, so people are not used to seeing what an energetic executive is like. one of the areas that the president has more discretion, leeway that his critics think, and these judges think, is in spending. there's nothing wrong with the president saying "i want to freeze spending now that i have come into office and see what's going on, see whether we should continue spending money on a versus b. congress can't, for example, force the president to spend money unconstitutionally. they can say "here's $100 billion only to hire whites but not blacks." congress cannot intrude into -- j.d. vance. as they said, the power of the presidency is using its money. $100 million, go prosecute the trump -- i think congress cannot

force the president to waste the taxpayers money. trump can say "i prove research going signs, $500 million -- instead of the one billing goes congress wants to spend." he could pause it and let congress and the executive branch have a fight about it, but what should happen is for -- to try to get in the middle of it and say "we will join the president here, allow them to do this, not allow them to do that." i think that's intruding into the executive, which is what the american people voted for last november. >> it looks like with the judge in rhode island is saying is you can't freeze funds while you are looking for product. what you do is if you find fraud, you can talk about freezing it then. in terms of what doge is up to with elon musk at the helm, here is how larry kudlow put it in the last hour. >> the law must exercise is about systems -- >> the elon musk exercise is about systems, efficiency, and delivery. it's not changing policies on the fly. hence, there is nothing wrong

with an audit. they are finding judges, okay, who are all slightly to the left of whoopi goldberg. there is nothing constitutional, nothing policy about this. >> larry is arguing this is simply an audit, that this doesn't answer constitutionality. what do you say? >> larry stole my idea. [laughter] was going to come to the show and say that. he steals every buddy's ideas, come on. what i was going to say is this was just like you and me and every taxpayer -- we all have to go to the accountant, get our taxes done april 15th. we still make the decisions. the government, president trump on down, still makes the decision. should we stop wasting money in this -- all doge is doing as far as i can tell is looking at the books and showing the information to the president and the cabinet to the american people. elon musk himself -- no power to do anything. just showing you with the books show. i don't think there's any constitutional problem. i think these lawsuits by

democrats are going to fail. if they really believe it, democrats should have hearings, pass laws to try to stop musk. instead, i think they are showing enormous constitutional weakness by begging the courts to do the job for them. >> john yoo, great to have you on the breaking news with us. thank you. a new poll shows 53% approval rating for mike president trump as he carries out his agenda, at record pace, but it comes as two-thirds also say he's not doing enough to bring prices down. let's bring in robert wolf, fox news contributor and former economic advisor to president obama, and steve moore, the heritage foundation and senior fellow, economic advisor to president trump. i will start with you first on this. while most of us who have studied history, and obviously canonic history, we know how difficult it is to bring prices down once they go up. we can slow a --

inflation, but bringing those prices down is difficult. has the administration done enough to manage expectations and make sure of the american public knows that the target is inflation, to slow inflation right now? >> the problem for trump is that, in the last few months that biden was president, we saw inflation rising again. i think this next report we get out later this week is going to show a significant bump in prices. trump wasn't even in office when that happened, so it will take, i think, about 3 to 6 months to start seeing the effect of trump's policies on inflation. the main influence that i think trump will put in terms of downward prices is for drilling more oil, cutting people's taxes, deregulating the economy, all of those things increase the supply of goods and services. that brings prices down. i think it will take 3-6 months. >> fair enough.

if you can bring those gas and fuel prices down, you almost see immediately a direct impact on the consumer pick the cost to transport those goods goes down. to steve's point, robert, is the point that prices are going to have to go up a bit before they come down? bret baier put that question to president trump. lesson. >> wendy think families will be able to feel prices going down? groceries, energy? or are you saying to them "hang on. inflation may get worse until gets better?" >> i think what will become -- we are not that rich right now. we have $36 trillion. that's because of we have these nations taking advantage of us. same thing. like $200 billion with canada, we have a deficit with mexico. $350 million. i'm not going to do that. i'm not going to let that happen. >> trump wasn't smart. he didn't answer the question on prices coming down. you are seeing consumer sentiment is slowly coming down, inflation expectations to

steve's point is slow coming up. tariffs are inflationary. protectionist trade is inflationary. my big concern -- listen: he has been clear in the election he won with a relative landslide that he was going to do this. my concern is the daily volatility. a couple days ago, he said with canada and mexico, will have a 30 day pause, but then today, if he comes out with the 25% tariff on steel and aluminum, that hits canada and mexico the most. i think that corporate america is saying "we just need to understand where he's going with tariffs, as opposed to across the board, maybe use it more as a blunt instrument." is it on solar panels, tires, that is, as opposed to hit in germany on steel and aluminum too, as opposed to just on china. >> "the wall street journal," steve makes a similar point to robert, and a ceos and bankers. the headline reads that trump euphoria is fast, deal markets

get curtailed by uncertainty delivered in the president's first week's. no matter what the policy may space be, wall street like certainty. they want to know what is coming. there is a level of uncertainty out there. case and point, tariffs. years more from president trump on that. speak i will be announcing -- >> i will probably be announcing tuesday or wednesday, reciprocal tariffs. very simply, if a chart -- we judge them. i will be announcing steel tariffs on monday. >> what country will those gone? >> everybody, steel picked. >> including canada? >> at a still coming into the united states is going to have a 25% tariff. >> what about aluminum? >> aluminum too. 25%. about. >> final thought from both of you on what impact this will

have. >> i agree you can't change the policy every day, we will put this tariff, then suspended. i like the idea of the reciprocal tariffs. we have the lowest tariffs in the world and he wants those other countries -- that's a positive thing. you may actually see more free-trade as a result of those policies big bibby tariffs will down. i think that's something that robert would agree is a big thing. >> we are already at a high of barrels per day. i would say energy ceos one of -- stephen's idea for getting inflation down i don't think we'll meet expectations. wow. that sets up for many conversations i had come a gentleman. thank you very much to both of you for being here. >> thank you. take care.

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>> helping safety and children. the gas shows that it shows how far democratic parties are. the republican leader of the washington state senate. it's great to have you with us today. we saw the statement last week by the democratic leader of the senate, jimmy peterson, who basically said parents don't have the rights to know about their teenage children's health in school. listen to this. >> kids over 13 have the right to make their own decisions about their mental health care. parents don't have a right to have notice. they don't have a right to have consent about that. >> i either talk to her showed that clip to a number parents, and a person -- there reaction was "that's just nuts." what do you say? >> i am a parent and i agree with their reaction.

it is nuts. unfortunately, that is the direction the democrats are going here in the state of washington. they are looking to undermine parental rights. and initiative was passed last year by restricting ability to share medical information with parents. it's a bad bill. it divides parents from their children. is undermining trust in our public education system. they are 100% on the wrong track. i think the people are very frustrated. >> it involves a eight hour notification. the schools can wait until 48 hours -- child safety otherwise or their health. if it's not the health, it is a nonemergency basis. one of your colleagues in the house, a fellow by the name of kravis culture, tried to -- he tried to fight against it and failed. listen to what he had had to say about it. >> that schools can wait 48 hours before they tell parents if their children were involved in any kind of criminal action,

or if there was any sexual misconduct of staff. with sine stunning amounts of sexual misconduct and sexual -- we have seen a stunning amount of sexual misconduct and sexual assaults in our schools in the last year alone. >> here is what you wrote in the op-ed chronicle. "i know no parent that would become awaiting up to two days to know that the child had been part of a crime or had been -- on school grounds during school time." why do they want to wait 48 hours? i guess according to the senate leader, they don't, but parents at home would think "wait a minute. i have the right to know something's happened to my child at school." >> well, on the floor of the senate, we got that changed. the difficulty they had in the house and the outcry they have for parents. what they would not back off on is the ideological requirement of schools not to tell parents about medical issues. schedule -- by school districts.

getting that information from parents -- >> this came up in the virginia gubernatorial election a number of years ago. it was the death nail for terry mcauliffe when, in a debate with glenn youngkin, he said this. >> i don't think parents should be telling schools with they should teach. >> this idea of parental rights when it comes to their child in school is something that is very important to parents. i would want to know everything that happens to them in school. >> they have become very dismissive of parents. make schools know best -- and they can dictate that. what i find out is that parents do not feel like that. they recognize that they have a right and obligation to be

involved in their children's education. republicans are about building that trust between a school district and parents. democrats want to tear down that trust. which rest of the relation -- >> he thought was going on -- what's going on in washington state? altogether. senator, great to have you with us and chat with us about this. it is a very important topic for us. >> thank you for having me on. >> johnson says he is still working on that big, beautiful spending bill president trump promised. what should we expect as the budget deadline approaches? >> plus, the latest israeli/hamas hostage release in the shocking conditions. what can be done to get the remaining hostages home as soon as possible, particularly since hamas is now saying hostage releases are on hold? more on that coming up.

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>> republicans on capitol hill are helping push through president trump's legislative agenda ahead of the march 14th government funding deadline. house lawmakers want to advance one single bill, while the senate looks to move forward with a two bill approach. congressional correspondent chad pilgrim live across the street. have that figured out a way to go yet, chad? >> no, the latest of -- the center republicans have a plan but house republicans are still scrambled to forge an agreement. there bill to cut -- spending for weeks. it's still not ready. it was due last week. >> we might push it further.

the details matter. remember that i have the smallest margin in history, about a two vote margin currently, so i have to make sure everyone agrees before we bring the project forward, that final product. we've got a few more boxes to check. we are getting very close. speak of the house g.o.p. bill would eliminate taxes on tips. it would also make the trim tax cuts permanent. however, the senate budget committee chairman lindsey graham is tired of house is a ring. he is forging ahead with his own budget plan. it focuses on energy and the border. the bill goes to committee wednesday. democrats say republicans must do this on their own. >> i am trying to figure what leverage we have. what leverage do we have? republicans have repeatedly -- what leverage do we have? what leverage do we have? >> the government runs out of money march 14th. democrats are putting

republicans on the notice. democrats will not help the g.o.p. unless they get concessions on doge and unilateral cuts. >> this is on them. this is about whether they can get the votes. until i see a change in the behavior, we should not allow and condone that. >> democrats worry about negotiating -- funded with congressional democrats. they are afraid the white house or elon musk might undercut any such deal. >> we will keep watching it. it's always interesting. thank you. >> i have watched the hostages come back today. they look like holocaust survivors. they were in horrible condition. they were emaciated. they looked like many years ago, the holocaust survivors, and i

don't know how much longer we can take that. when i watched that. i know we have a deal where they're supposed to keep dribbling in. at some point, we are going to lose our patients. >> president trump with a clear warning to hamas after it released three more israeli hostages who were in shocking conditions. they say the hostage release planned for next saturday will be delayed until further notice. brett sadler joining us now, the retired navy captain, former pentagon official and heritage foundation, senior fellow. it's always good to get you on the program. horrible to hear those hostages were in such horrible conditions. you hear the president warning that hamas, that the united states -- we could lose our patients with hamas. where do you see this going n next? >> hamas is a terrorist organization. it's morally bankrupt. really, anything is possible coming from this group. week and hope that the remains of americans that are there -- there's seven, perhaps, in

bodies that are holding. this is a sick play on the part of hamas. hopefully, the pressure and threat, the threat that's coming from the white house might be enough to force hamas to relent and give up the remaining hostages. something they should have done many months ago, quite frankly. >> i want to read you this statement we have just received via a reporter. i will read it's you and ask you to react. it reads in part "it's evident that the new american administration under terms leadership is unclear about its objectives in the middle east and is contradicting itself and its statements. on one hand, it claims to seek stability and prosperity in the region, while on the other, it encourages netanyahu and his racist government to commit further crimes against the palestinian people, and promotes plans to forcibly and

permanently displaced palestinians from their land. this will undoubtedly undermine security and stability of the region. the palestinian people will not be displaced, and all such schemes will fail -- yet the region will remain a volvo tinderbox, perpetual unrest." i believe we have lost our connection. if you could join me here. as i just read this new statement, okay, we have brent. i just read the statement. perhaps you didn't hear some of it. i heard your skype went down. you are back with us. they are calling out new administration, the trump administration, and its leadership, saying it's unclear about its objectives in the middle east. can i get your reaction to that that's just into us? >> well, i missed the statement. a technical glitch. american interest and israeli interests are both aligned on the future. it does not include hamas. only way for a positive future and sustainable peace in the

middle east, quite frankly, and specifically with israel and the palestinians. we pretty much have to look at new integrative ways. we cannot keep doing the same thing over and over again. sure, there's going to be some questions from our adversaries in the region. i don't think anything we do is going to change that. i'm thinking of around in this case and the palestinians themselves, their leadership, hamas specifically. our partners like saudi arabia and others and you ae, certainly. they should be working with us with a new approach that can get us to a place for the palestinian people have a better future, and peace with the israelis. >> it seems to be a question that keeps coming up with the media, president trump asking about phone calls with vladimir putin, his intentions, how much they will be in contact. this was president trump responding to a question from a reporter about his phone call with putin. >> everyone is going to assume you're talking to president putin regularly. >> while they can assume it.

it make sense. i don't want to talk about it. if we are talking, i don't want to tell you about the conversations. it's too early, but i believe we are making progress. we want to stop the ukraine/russia war. >> decimating it with him? >> i would imagine i would be meeting with putin -- >> would you be meeting with him? >> i would imagine i would be, yes. >> thoughts? >> yes, do not rush into anything when dealing with vladimir putin, for sure. he needs to be brought to a weaker position, going into negotiations going forward. watch the situation on the battlefield to get a sense of how the russians are feeling the pressure and heat to sincerely come to the table, get a phone call or meeting between the two heads of state is premature. >> it's always good to get you on the program. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> moments away now from a big court case in boston that we are watching. will adjudge step in and stop

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aurora and denver a little while ago, and now it's spreading across the country. here is what the "l.a. times" wrote. "leaked argument, large scale immigration enforcement action coming soon to l.a. federal law enforcement agents planning to carry out a large scale immigration enforcement action in the los angeles area before the end micah february according to a federal document reviewed by the times." where are these leaks coming from? >> if that's right, they are coming from the government, which is pretty scary that somebody would be putting that information out there. regardless of what you think of trump's immigration policies -- when they are lawful and two you are putting men and women in danger every time they make an arrest. if it's of somebody off that they are about to be arrested, that could put law enforcement in danger, the numbers of the community in danger, and not to mention that it thwarts the ability to deport people. ultimately, i think people are going to realize that this administration has a lot of resolve. these people are going to be

deported, and when they get caught, the first question is going to be "who tipped you off and how did you find out about it?" they will find out about it. my asked is someone will behold accountable, and by that, i mean arrested for obstruction or other crimes. >> dhs secretary kristi noem seems to think that leak comes from within the fbi. here's what she put "the fbi is so corrupt, we will work with every agency to stop leaks and prosecute these crooked deep state agents to the full extent of the law." do believe fbi agents would leak this? >> i hope not. i was a federal prosecutor for 17 years. we did lots of operations that did lots of law enforcement operations. whether it was gang offenses. most of the agents on the ground are not going to put the lives of other people in danger, but it does beg the question how many people know -- and the bigger the operation, the more people know. it's not just agents. it could be staffed, it could be local officials as well because

you have to notify them "we will bring a lot of people to jails and things like that." i don't want to jump to any conclusions. it's not fair, but it does seem to be that these are government-related leaks. these need be investigated. unfortunately, somebody -- will have to be made an example out of. >> is the only times rights, according to a internal document review -- seem to suggest that he came within the government. cash patel -- kash patel will likely have a committee vote on thursday. might not be far away from getting into the fbi. tom homan vowed to prosecute anybody who gets in the way of these immigration operations. listen to what pam bondi told us on fox. >> if anyone leaks anything, people don't understand: that jeopardizes the lives of our great men and women in law enforcement. if you leaked it, we will find out who you are and come after

you we were clear w with the lawsuit we filed in chicago that if you don't follow the law, you will be prosecuted by the department of justice. >> i think these leak-euros probably feel like they are tough on, that if you've got pam bondi on the trail, there is a good chance you end up arrested. >> they are not playing around and will not be pushed around by the anti-or pro-illegal immigrant crowd. people put in danger, and sanctuary cities, which she also mentioned, in a lot of respects they are doing the same thing. the other offense will be harboring of illegal aliens, which is anything to conceal or shield them from being deported. these are -- policies that may be in fact in violation of federal law. this will come to a head pretty soon, not only with the leak-ers but with century cities. they will either have to get in line or regret that they didn't. >> we will see what the

administration does, but i feel it is an administration that will -- >> certainly. unlike the last four years. good to see you. >> transportation secretary sean duffy in north carolina today. what does the white house plan to help people -- still reeling from the aftermath of the hurricane? >> goodbye paper, hello plastic. the president's push to change that straw in your drink, cominh up next. age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. so, here's to now... now available: boost max! on chewy, save 35% and shop all your favorite brands. for any taste, or any diet, at prices you love. delivered fast. for low prices, for life of pets, there's chewy.

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>> fox news alert. fox news confirming that president trump is expected to pardon the former illinois governor rob mccoy of much. a foot -- rod blagojevich who was a former "celebrity apprentice" contest, and serve eight years in prison whose -- allegedly selling barack obama's senate seat in the election.

his 14 year sentence was commuted back in 2020. the record will soon be expunged, sandra. >> we saw he was present at the inauguration. a few other parties in washington. this is also happening as their reports, political reporting that the president might be considering them for ambassador to serbia. we will see where this goes. the news you just reported, just in. >> interesting tidbit. the first time i met rob mccoy of which was in belgrade, in serbia, in 1999, when he was over there to try to release three american servicemen who were being held hostage by the serbian government. a long way from there, but ambassador to serbia. that would be a natural posting for him. >> we were --

will see where that goes. that's just into is not. president trump announcing he will be signing an executive order -- wait for it -- that will promote plastic straws. this is after former president biden tried to phase out single-use plastics from government departments by 2035. everyone seems to have an opinion on that. >> they don't last long enough. >> i prefer paper straws. i feel it's more safer, more eco-friendly. it saves the turtles. >> i prefer paper straws. it's more environmental friendly. >> the plastics -- i don't know for how long. i got upset when they give me these paper straws. i'm like "where's a plastic straw?" and they are like "we don't have that anymore." >> i used a paper straw last week and it broke on me. >> at what point in the drink? >> soda, and a good probably 2 minutes it started to get weak. it crumbled. >> would you do?

>> i threw it out and started drinking it without the straw. plastic is definitely better. >> i mean, they just don't work. we all want to do well for the environment, but the plastic straws are necessary to consume your beverage. >> there are some paper straws i've encountered that are pretty good, fairly -- >> up for how long? >> they might even be made out of bamboo but they are probably too expensive to put in your average soda. >> that would be little different, bamboo. >> i don't know if it is a bamboo fiber straw, but it was -- i mean, you couldn't quite play the drums with it, but -- >> doesn't fall apart in your mouth, is that what you're saying? left and. >> no it didn't. since movie straws made of paper. it's a shame that we have to go back to plastic, because of the environmental concerns, but paper straws definitely are -- a bone of contention. >> the straw altogether, when you don't need when you don't need one, but things like smoothies, sometimes you need a straw and you need it to work.

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>> live look outside of the federal courthouse in boston, where -- federal terms federal buyout offer is in a judges hands. a hearing underway to determine if the offer will stand. the latest in a series of legal challenges, putting much of the trump agenda on hold. welcome back to "america reports" as we roll into our second hour. i'm john roberts i