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take the stage at cpac today. will he set the stage for more big actions under his administration? what we're expecting to hear as the president enters his second month in office. and final round of hostages released in phase one of the israel-hamas ceasefire. but with cracks in the deal, could fighting pick back up? house armed services ranking member adam a smith on where he thinks things go from here. plus, the budget battle heating up as the house and senate move forward with two separate plan, but does the house's big, beautiful bill have all republican members onboard? new york gop congresswoman nicole malliotakis is here. good morning, everyone, i'm bryan llenas, and this is "fox news live." we begin with lucas tom lynnson in maryland where president trump will be speaking later today at a cpac. hey, lou rahs. -- lucas. >> reporter: good morning, bryan. right outside the nation's capital where day three of cpac

is already underway, it's already a packed house at 10:00 eastern this morning. the crowd eagerly awaiting president trump speaking sometime this afternoon, expect president if already firing up the the crowd at least virtually with a number of posts to his truth social. i'll read you a few, bryan. the first has to do with elon musk. he says, quote, elon is doing a great job, but i would like so to see him get more aggressive. remember, we have a country to save but, ultimately, to make greater than ever before. maga. and our southern border is closed, simple sentence. six hostages have is have just been released by hamas as you read off the top, bryan, and highest poll numbers ever, i guess we're on the right track, thank you. and then firing up the us crowd, see you at cpac today, big crowd. again, already a packed house this morning, bryan. president trump, as you said, another busy week. signed an executive order barring illegal immigrants from receiving principally-funded benefits -- federally-funded

benefits. here is part of of the text, we will protect benefits for american citizens in need including individuals with disabilities and veterans. and yesterday trump hosted governors from across the country at the white house. during his remarks, trump handed his attorney general, pam bondi, a list of social security numbers that he and his doge team thinks are fraudulent. here was the scene yesterday at the white house. >> they're 110 years older than the country. here, pam, you're going to take a look a. [laughter] [inaudible conversatio is, are y getting paid, because somebody maybe is getting paid. >> we're on it. >> i have a feeling you would. what a convenient thing, this is so nice. >> reporter: trump also a weighed in on the latest negotiations that his country's willing with ukraine and russia to end the war. >> president putin and president zelenskyy are going to have to

get together because, you know what? we want to stop killing millions of people. and i want to get the deal done. i think we have a chance to get the deal done. i had the make sure that a russia wanted to do it. >> reporter: and some of those negotiations are coming right here in national harbor at pac when president trump meets with poland's president duda, last weekend traveling with defense secretary hegseth. hegseth called duda an ally. trump wants all nato allies to spend 5% on their defense to stand up to russia. bryan? bryan: lucas tom runsson live in maryland. thank you. what do we expect to hear from the president as he enters his second month in office? let's bring in real clear politics' cofounder tom bevan and democratic pollster carly cooperman. thank you both for being here.

i'll start off with you, tom. really interesting in lucas' report, the president p going to truth social and saying that he wants elon musk to be more aggressive with doge. what do you make of that, and what do you expect to hear from the president at cpac? >> well, i think at cpac is president is going to take a victory lap -- [laughter] and cite all the things that he has gotten done over the first 30-plus days of his administration and probably preview what's coming up. obviously, the big tax cut is the sort of crown jewel in trump's agenda, and, you know, the house and senate are starting work on that. so i think he's going to the talk a little bit about what he's done so far and what's to come. and as far as elon musk goes, look, there were questions about how long this bromance would last and, you know, we've seen them doing interviews together. i think it's full steam ahead and obviously trump's, you know, behind him all the way. bryan: you know, carly, the polls are showing president

trump's overall approval rating is better than his first term in office, but there have been two weak links brought up. one, there's concerns about his presidential -- overstepping his presidential authority and that he's not doing enough to address inflation. that is according to to two of the latest polls that have come out from cnn and the washington post. what do you make of what a he could say today to address both of those things? >> yeah, that's right. i think the polling that's come out this week has shown the first cracks in support for donald trump since is he's become president again. there were six polls this week that a came out showing his approval if underwater and with those people saying they strongly disapprove being much greaser than those -- greater than those who strongly approve. 62% in that washington post poll said e trump is not doing enough to reduce the price of goods and bring down inflation. while i think that the people who are at cpac especially, his biggest supporters, absolutely love this shock and awe strategy that he's taking, these big,

dramatic cuts to government spending and the like, at the same time he's got to come back and tell people that that he's going to do what he said he's going to do in terms of reducing the costs of their day-to-day life because that is kind of what's impacting -- what's bringing him down as well as the belief that he is potentially overstepping his power. a majority of voters in that washington post poll also said that they think he's taking this too far. bryan: tom, that may be the case, but, you know with, he has signed multiple executive orders, it seems like multiple every single day. he signed one limiting taxpayer money to supporting illegal migrant, completely banning that. he also a signed one that puts all the sec, the ftc and the fcc, all these independent agencies under the control of the white house. he's doing a ton. it is shock and and awe a, but on the other end the democrats don't seem to have an answer for that, tom. >> no. but those are two good examples that speak the what a carly just said is, right?

on the one hand, immigration's probably his strongest point. republicans love it. independents are moderately favorable, split, democrats hate it. but he's got a lot of momentum on immigration. that was a key issue in the election. but democrats are getting traction on him overstepping his bounds, and when he's gathering this power and bringing those agencies under his purview, that's something that that i think democrats can really get of after him on and probably score some points. so i do think, you know, trump cutting federal aid, that was low hanging fruit. that's easy. everybody hates federal aid. getting into things like social security and medicare, he has to tread carefully because those are issues that the public cares a lot about, they pay a lot of attention to, and he doesn't want to be seen as a, you know, overstepping and going in there and, you know, rooting out sort of the agency itself. so he has to -- he's entering a phase where he really does have to be careful. bryan: carly are, who on the democratic side here is going to the take the reins and be the leader here in as of right now, there isn't one, nor does there

seem to be a really cohesive message. what a do you say to that a? >> i think you're absolutely right, the democratic party has been trying to figure out how to best respond. i think in the first month if because of trump's flooding the zone strategy, it made it even hart -- harder for them to figure out what what to coalesce around, yes, people want to cut government waste and excess, but at the same time they don't want public safety, health benefits, things like that cut. and so i think as a result of the extreme measures of trump's taking a rapid pace, you're going to start to see some things that happen badly. and, you know, the democrats are trying to coalesce around where to lean in. immigration is a thing where, again, voters broadly have moved farther to the right on that. they do want less immigration. they don't want illegal immigrants here. but then they don't also like the approach that trump is taking to do it in terms of if

you're not a criminal and you're here, they don't necessarily want them to have to be deportedded. they don't want i.c.e. agents raiding schools and churches. so the democrats are trying to figure out a cohesive way to pick at the things that trump is doing that, you know, you can have a strong opposition to without trying to pull a apart and attack everything he's doing. bryan: all right. carly cooperman, tom bevan, thank you so much. one thing is for sure, the president will definitely be having a victory lap at cpac. whether you're for or against, this has been an astounding month of just action, and we expect him to, perhaps, really double down on stage today. tom and carly, thank you again. >> thanks, bryan. >> thank you. bryan: to israel where the final round to of hostages were released in the first phase of the ceasefire deal. so what happens next? plus, what president trump and ukrainian president zelenskyy's war of words could mean for the war with russia. at old dominion freight line,

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bye if january: phase one of the israel-hamas ceasefire if nearing its end today with a final round of six hostages released. greg palkot is in tel aviv, israel, with the very latest. greg? if. >> reporter: bryan, it was a dramatic day here in israel. the return of more hostages held

by hamas. first coming out of the captivity, 40-year-old tal snatch ifed on october 7th. plus, a 39-year-old held after crossing into gaza ten years ago a. militants putting on a propaganda display before the handover to the red cross. next, three israelis in their 20s, grabbed by hamas if at that music festival on that same day. in another terror photo op, all looked thinner and showed some signs of illness. and a 36-year-old having also been held captive for a decade after he, too, crossed into gaza. the freed hostages brought to the idf and israel all reuniting with close family members, most now at a hospital here in tel aviv said to be exchanged after

a security assessment by israel for some 600 palestinian prisoners. across israel this day people celebrated amid sadness, four more deceased hostages are plan ared to be released next week. after that some 60 dead and arrive -- alive will still be held by hamas. and finally, the body of shiri bibas, the mother of two young sons, is now back the in israel. an unknown woman was brought back with the children. the bibas family saying similarly -- simply, shiri was returned home. mixed emotions on this gray saturday here. back to you, bryan. bryan: greg pal cot, thank you. -- pal cot. a war of words breaking out between the u.s. and ukraine with as american representatives try to broker a peace deal with russia. alex hogan has the latest from kyiv. alex. >> reporter: hi, bryan with. trump's special envoy, lieutenant general keith

kellogg, left the country yesterday after several days meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. he called the president, quote, the embattled and courageous leader of a country at war, striking a different tone after a trump called zelenskyy a dictator. following this week's diplomatic shift and u.s. negotiations with russia, one ukrainian parliament member argues ukraine is still the country the most interested if peace. in peace. >> a because we want to survive, we want our kids to live in a peaceful country, right? however, we know that if it's not made right, the war are return, russia will return. and we know that we're attacked because we have been in this so-called ceasefire since 2014. look where it got us. >> reporter: monday will mark three years since russia saw's full invasion of ukraine, and ukrainians are already mourning this grim milestone.

[no audio] >> reporter: civilians were explaining just the loss that they feel as they looked at hose flags behind them commemorating each ukrainian soldier who had died. another thing that we are watching, bryan, is the development of this minerals deal that would exchange the ukrainian rare earth minerals for continued u.s. military support. we are now hearing from sources telling fox that the ukrainians have sent that agreement back to the u.s. with suggests -- suggestions. bryan? if bryan: that is significant. alec hogan live in kyiv, thank you for that report. on the heels of this back and forth with ukraine, where is the conflict with russia a heading? let's ask u.s. air force brigadier general rob spalding. thank you so much for being here. you know, president trump doubling down on his criticism of ukrainian president zelenskyy yesterday in an interview with hour brian kilmeade.

let's listen. if -- with our brian kilmeade. >> he's been in meetings for three years, and nothing got done. so i don't think he's very important to be at meetings, to be honest. he's been there for three years. he makes it very hard to make deals. but look what's happened to his country, it's been demolished. >> no, no, i hear you, but, mr. president, you know who's the blame for that. don't you think it's vladimir putin who did the invasion unwarranted to try the take back land that he had no right to? and now both sides want to talk, it seems, so we should just get to that point? >> they only want to talk about because of me. bryan: rob, president trump and zelenskyy very much public back and forth here. if trump calling him a dictators zelenskyy going right back at him. and now you have these comments where, essentially, the president is saying that zelenskyy and former president biden could have ended this war, and they chose not to.

rob, what do you make of these latest comments and where we stand? >> well, the frustration here with this war is that we can see from the very beginning when putin invaded that that it was going to reach a stalemate and then it was going to pretty much be like the korean war. and we have to get to a ceasefire. there is no, there is no doubt about that. i think one thing we need to remember, president truman fired general macarthur because he wanted to use nuclear weapons on china a during the korean war. i think what the president is trying to say is we have to -- preserve the peace. we can't, there is no total victory. i think people get washed up, caught up in world war i and world war ii when there was a total victory, and here we're going to have to have a negotiated peace because nuclear weapons are there in the theater, and it's something the that we have to be concerned about. and i think the president really is the only one that really recognizes this.

bryan: the french president, emmanuel macron, and u.k. prime minister, keir starmer, are headed to washington next week where they're expected to discuss the war in ukraine with president trump. what, if initiation do you think will come out -- if anything, do you think will come out of those talks? >> well, it's funny, because you see europe more divided than ever, you know in they're not united. they're never going to be a complement in the same way that the united states is as a large federal bureaucracy. they just don't get along, today don't agree. the germans -- why aren't the germans involved? they've got the the biggest economy in europe. and so so so i think what you're seeing -- and so i think what you're seeing is the indispensable nature of what the united states brings to solving this conflict. the europeans, they just really can't get out of their own way. bryan: and, general, i want to switch gears to the israel-hamas war. the first phase of the ceasefire nearing its end but not without growing cracks in that deal. what do you think happens from

here? do you see this deal making it way into phase two which is set to start on march 1st? >> i don't think the israelis can trust hamas. i think if we're going to get to where we can actually rebuild gaza, the president's right, we've got to get rid of hamas, and we've got to start afresh. the people -- if you look at what happened no -- to those hostages that were returned, terrible brutalization. and it's the not just hamas. it's been the population. hamas is pretty ifically, you know -- politically, you know, challenged the population there to be aligned with it. it is a big problem for the united states. it's a big problem for israel, and i don't think we can trust that a ma nas if -- hamas to actually honor the deal. bryan: and quickly, general, just a few seconds here, but do you think that the united states will get what europe wants here in ukraine which is, i suspect, the main ask, the security guarantees that the u.s. will be there if and when this deal, if

it were to be struck, breaks down with russia, between russia and ukraine? >> i do think so, you know? if you look, again, i really think this is going the end up like the korean war where the united states is going to be helping ukraine. but it has to come with conditions. it can't be whatever zelenskyy wants because whatever zelenskyy wants has to keep in the mind that the u.s. has national interests. and one of them's not to get into a nuclear war, but the other is not to continue to pour tens of billions of dollars into a wasted effort. and so i think the president is right. he's gown to have to lean on zelenskyy, and he's going to have to to lean on putin to get to a ceasefire. and if he -- we think that we can just be on zelenskyy's side and not actually be a moderate interlocutor for these two, it's going to -- the war is going to continue.

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♪ ♪ >> the budge battle heating up on capitol hell. senate republicans -- capitol hill. the house prepares a vote on its bill, one that a president trump is backing. maaed a lin rivera is in washington with the details on that. >> reporter: good morning, bryan with. the to house could vote as soon as next week. it pax all of president trump's priorities in one massive bill. this is the approach the president preferses. but senate republicans insist tear budget blueprint is merely a backup plan given the small

majority and the divisions within the republican conference. if the house does pass its resolution, there's a problem, because the house and senate must be on the same page. they must approve the same framework to allow the reconciliation process which allows republicans to enact president trump's agenda with a simple majority. it remains to be seen whether the two chambers can close the gaps. >> whatever it is, we need to do it so that we enact the president's agenda and do it quickly, get some wins for the american people and get this thing moving. so the senate's got a plan, the house has a plan if. we've got a couple fallback plans if neither one of those work. >> reporter: the senate's budget blue prohibit which passed early friday morning focus on the border, military. the house's budget resolution calls for $1 is.5 trillion in spending cuts and more than $4 trillion in tax cuts. it raises the tet ceiling by $4

trillion, but there are some republicans who want to cut more spending, and other gop members many vulnerable districts, for example, who are worried about potential cuts to practice like medicaid. and all of those differences could be laid out again in full display next week. bryan. bryan: we had been watching. madeleine rivera, live in d.c., thank you. can republicans come to an agreement, or will the dueling plans unravel president trump's agenda? if let's ask politico reporter daniel lippman. thank you for being here this morning. that is the question, right? do you think that republicans can get the one big, beautiful bill done in the house knowing they can only afford to to lose one vote to reach that 218 number? >> well, it's going to be very tough because you have these vulnerable members in purple districts, in districts that harris had won who do not want to see the attack ads next year saying, hey, you cut medicaid, and you used all these cuts to pay for tax cuts for rich people. so that's why republicans are doing this dual-track approach.

what has not been helped is that trump hasn't really given clarity. he's said -- he's been waffling. he said, oh, you can do the beautiful bill, you can cut it up into ten bills, so he hasn't really laid down the law and told republicans exactly what they should do. bryan: part of the thinking here is that it would be harder for republicans to vote against a bill that would have all of trump's promised agenda in it, right? if i mean, that's the strategy here. almost daring anybody to vote against the very agenda that america voted for. >> yeah. and we've seen in the past, remember when president biden was trying to pass build back better, it took months of negotiations because they were trying to flip manchin and sinema. and so you still is have these members of congress who have their specific constituencies, and you also have a more populist republican party. so back in the bush years it was much easier to to potentially reform social security or look

at entitlements. now this is a much more working class party that is more suspicious of big business and sometimes of tax cuts for wealthy americans. and so they want to kind of cater the their voters themselves, and a lot of these people are trump voters too. a lot of trump voters, you don't want to -- trump has had two positions,, don't cut it, but then he said, oh, i back the house bill which has significant cuts. bryan: daniel, if they don't touch the entitlements, if they don't touch med medicaid, right, they need $4.5 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years, $2 trillion in spending cuts, how to do you do that without touching entitlements? if what's the plan there? >> the numbers are just very hard to add a up. [laughter] and so congress, it's very hard to cut spending programs which have constituency, which are lighting up members on the hill in terms of their hill office as, the phone lines are going

crazy. and so the only alternative is, hey, let's add on to the debt and the deficit. and, of course, that's hard for republicans to do sometimes because they are deficit hawks, and there's still a significant part of the party which says, hey, we are facing $36 trillion of debt. that's not fair to our kids and grandkids in terms of passing ate a long as a burden to bear. bryan: and quickly, democrats, do you expect them to use the government shutdown deadline on march 14th, to use that a for any leverage in this discussion about the big bill? >> i'm sure they'll try to use some leverage, but they are usually in favor of keeping the government open, so that's more of a tactic republicans do during a democratic presidential administration. bryan: okay. we shall see, daniel lippman, thank you so much for being here this morning. >> thank you. bryan: coming up, the trump administration issuing a new terror designation for mexican drug cartels.

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response to illegal immigration. madison. >> reporter: hey, bryan, yeah. riley was found dead on uga's campus one year ago today, a 26-year-old illegal venezuelan migrant brutally killed her when he was out on her morning run, and the case quickly became a centerpoint of the national immigration debate especially in the election. and it led to president trump signing the first bill of the new administration in her honor. the laken riley act had bipartisan support, and it requires federal officials to detain any if migrant charged with crimes like shop lifting, assaulting a law enforcement officer or any if crime that causes death or injury. just this past week the new law reportedly was used to deport an undocumented migrant in indiana. authorities say a guatemalan citizen killed a 27-year-old in a a car crash last year. local officials are praising the laken riley act for helping with his deportation that. expect university of georgia has been actively taking steps the

to protect students this past year with. it installed 23 emergency call boxes which all have security cameras and a direct line to police. there are now 3,000 feet of security fencing around a campus including near the apartment where 26-year-old jose i bar a rah lived before murdering riley. there's also beefed-up campus police force and more security throughout the night, and many students say they notice and can feel the changes. and the university plans to expand on all of these new measureses. here's uga's vice president for prick safety. >> -- public safety. >> there's never going to be a day where we get to the finish line and we can say, we're done, there's no other efforts. the key is to recognize that tomorrow, we always a want to be better tan we are today. >> reporter: also in the past year, riley's family created the laken hope foundation. the ultimate goal is the to promote safety awareness for women and to help prepare them if they ever are in the event that they're in danger. bryan?

bryan: madison scarpino live in atlanta, thank you. illegal immigration a major focus in president trump's first month in office. my next guest is committed to helping the trump administration address cartel activity in america's biggest city right here in new york. new york drug enforcement agency special agent in charge frank tarantino. thank you so much for being here, the drug enforcement administration, i should say. let me just ask, how are things going? i know that the dea a here has been helping the trump administration with deporting illegal immigrants. how is that effort going in the first month in. >> you know, bryan, immigration enforcement and border security are a top priority for this administration and the department of justice. and the dea is working closely with our partners at the department of homeland security is, cbp, border patrol to target and arrest the most violent illegal criminal drug traffickers that are causing the most harm in our communities, and we're having significant success in this effort. bryan: there's been reporting the numbers are lore than what

they wanted. is the city getting in the way? what's making it perhaps a little more difficult to reach the numbers that perhaps the administration had hoped the reach by this point in. >> you know, bryan, this is a whole-of government approach and commitment, and we're using all the different tools and resources to assemble the intelligence that we need to go out and safely and successfully arrest those violent legal criminals, and we're doing that. it will take a little time to be more efficient and effective in that a reforts. bryan: it's been a month. operationally, has there been a real change from your perspective as to how things are being run here with president trump in charge at the d dea? >> you know, bryan, there is a clear unity of effort and clarity of purpose emanating out of the white house and at the department of justice, and it has cleared away obstacles and provided a pathway forward for us to do our job. and we are significantly making progress in that effort. bryan: we've heard a lot about how the border apprehensions. >> is have come down.

have come down. i know the trump administration has designated the six mention car -- mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. how does that designation help stop the flow of illicit drugs like fentanyl into new york city? >> you know, bryan, the foreign terrorist organization designation significantly enhances our capabilities, and it provides the clarity of purpose and the relentless pursuit that is necessary to eliminate the cartels. you know, the cartels are a public health, public safety, national security threat to the united states of america. these cartels, as you know, are the two most prominent, most dominant if cartels, the sin is low what and jalisco cartels, work closely with the chinese groups who are smuggling precursor chemicals into mexico whether sint -- where they are synthesizing and mass producing pills. and they're using violent criminals and vicious gangs to

flood that poison across the border and into the united states that's killing americans at a catastrophic rates. bryan: have you seen a difference in cartel activity in the past month with president trump in charge and and with all these things being put into place? if. >> our partners at the fbi, hsi and including our state and local partners, we are working tirelessly every single day to identify and eliminate those significant drug trafficking organizations like tren de aragua a and ms-13 who are causing the most harm, and we've had significant success in that regard, and we've arrested a number of ms-13 members with drugs, illicit drugs here in the new york region. bryan: wha seeing with fentanyl? what's the trend right now? is it going down? i know you guys have the drug lab here. and is there another drug that this we're starting to see more and more at the dea's lab here that has you concerned? >> well, first, fentanyl is the greatest threat we've ever seen

in drug law enforcement. it's responsible for up to 70% of all the drug deathses -- deaths and overdoses here in new york city. we have seen a noticeable drop in the lethality in the pills that a we're analyzing across the country. it was once 7 out of 10 pills, it's dropped down to 5 out of 10 pills. but this threat is still very real, and we're working tirelessly every single day to make the efforts that are necessary to keep our citizens healthy and safe here many new york city. bryan: and kindly, for folks that can understand, how are those drugs typically making their a way into new york city? because i think it's important they understand this as to how perhaps the border plays a part here. >> you know, bryan, we work tirelessly every single day here in new york and across the country working with our partners in the federal government, in the state and local municipalities to identify the threats that are causing us the most harm, which is why we work our cases from brooklyn, new york, all the way back to

mumbai, india, from queens, new york, back to bogota, colombia, and most importantly, the bronx, back to mexico. this is our global pursuit mindset, to identify and to eliminate if those drug trafficking organizations that are causing the most harm. and we have had tremendous success across the country and right here in new york city as recently we have seized 4.3 million pills right here in new york city. and over 450 pounds of fentanyl powder, enough to kill 29 million if americans. bryan: wow, it's astounding. the drones flying over mexico looking for fentanyl labs, hugely beneficial to you guys, dea? is that stuff you're using in realtime, that intelligence? >> absolutely. that's using all of the federal law enforcement community, the department of defense and the intelligence community to wield all their tools and resources to attack this threat from every possible angle. bryan: new york's dea a special agent in charge frank tarantino, thank you so much for being here. very much aappreciated9.

>> thank you, bryan. bryan: coming up, scares in the air putting fliers on edge. now a move by the trump administration has some worrying each more. should americans be afraid to fly? an aviation expert weighs in. plus, doge going on a slashing spree with elon musk's cost cuts, will they pay off? if more new york stock exchange. y of you have served our country honorably. one of the benefits that we as a country give you as a veteran is the eligibility for a va loan... ...for up to 100% of your home's value. if you need cash for your family, call newday usa. with automatic authority from the va... ...we can say “yes” when banks say “no.” give us a call. (vo) call: 1-844-383-1567. you're so much more than just a landowner. ( ♪ ) you're a gardener. ( ♪ )

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bryan: the west coast bracing for an atmospheric storm that could bring flash floods to the area this weekend. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is tracking it from the if fox weather center. hey a, rick 'em. rick: hey, bryan. yeah, a lot of rain coming into the pacific northwest. this one is going to be extreme even for them. flood alerts in effect across parts of washington, over towards areas of oregon, idaho, parts of montana as a well. you get the idea. and the flood threat is going to be with us for a number of days here. the darker the color, the worse threat. could see us even increasing that a little bit. now, we call these things an atmospheric river, you get kind of a funnel of moisture coming into the higher levels of the sphere atmosphere. a lot of times you'll hear us often the -- talk about the pine apple express, coming from hawaii. this one coming from the philippines. look at all this moisture source it's right there to the north of

honolulu, and that is that stream of moisture that's taking aim across parts of the pacific northwest. about 6,000 miles of this atmospheric river, we call it, ands it is going to hit the mountains right here and wring out a lot of moisture. a lot of areas maybe 4, 5, 6 inches of rain, some spots maybe 5-plus inches of snow, an avalanche threat as well. another story we've been talking about this week and that's been this incredible cold that came a in. in fact, after a lot of rain, flash froze so many of these flooded areas, and this cold air's still hanging on. but it is almost over. get through today, and we start to see a big improvement. we were at a -39 in business mark, north dakota, tuesday -- bismarck. we're going to be 46, almost a 90-degree swing over the week. and we've had very cold temperatures here, but watch what happens. today we get these yellow corps -- colors back here, above freezing. tomorrow it improves even more.

bismarck 49, and watch what happens monday, tuesday, wednesday. temperatures just continue to climb each day, and by the time we get to monday and tuesday, almost the entire country will be looking at above typical temperatures, which is going to be great. one last thing, bryan, we have the new outlook for march through may, and these are our temperature outlooks. everywhere across the south likely to be looking at above average temperature, that does include the northeast and the mid-atlantic that has been so cold, so a big improvement for a lot of people. the precipitation outlook came out, southwest remaining dry, not good news, we have a drought expanding there, but possibly more rain across the great lakes and ohio valleyful bryan, good to see you. bryan: appreciate that. meanwhile, on the heels of several mid-air disasters, president trump facing calls to top the fire beings of faa employees, and transportation secretary sean duffy tells folk if business america's air a traffic control systemses need an urgent upgrade. >> the the faa uses their own

internet. right? spacex uses -- everyone uses the internet. they have their own internet, and it doesn't work. it'll, it'll go out. the faa's using floppy disks to manage some of their systems and, again, some gen-zers right not know what a that is, but if you're old enough, this is ancient technology. bryan with: a new a a p poll shows americans' confidence in air a -- travel has slippedded from last year. is there a reason to be worried? if let's bring in aviation expert mike boyd. is there a concern for fliers to be concerned? >> for scheduled passenger service, to concern at all. let's keep in mind -- no concern at all. this line of air travel disasters don't all involve air a travel -- commercial air a travel. i mean, something that happened in toronto, that's an issue. something that happened in the potomac, that's an issue. but when you look at the overall a safety of air travel, commercial air travel, it's never been better really.

and keep in mind what happened in toronto probably underscores safety. remember, that airplane got turned into wreckage. 80 people got out alive. that means we are doing something right. but the bottom line of it is when you have a small collision between two small airplanes over someplace in arizona a, that doesn't affect air a travel. people want to fly to omaha on a scheduled passenger flight. it is safe. bryan: transportation secretary sean duffy talked about the fact that it is an antiquated system is. what are your concerns with air traffic control and the fact that they're still using flop m? >> i've got to tell you, between death, taxes, and atc upgrades, nothing ever changes. we testified to congress 30 years ago about this. every administration has known it, and no one has focused on it. i'm hoping mr. duffy will. but the point of the matter right now, today, our air

traffic control system needs more than money, it needs more than more people, it needs a complete rebuild in terms of what it's going to do in order to improve our air traffic system and improve the efficiency of air travel. we're not doing that. all a they're talking about right now throwing more money at it to get rid of floppy disks. that ain't gonna picks if it, and i'm not -- fix it, and i'm not confident anything is in the works to fix it. bryan: and last 15 is seconds here, do you think that the cut of faa personnel, those 400 employees being cut, is significant? >> that's outright fake news. when you look at who was cut, it had nothing to do with the today safety issues with the faa. when you hear that, that's a convenient thing to make a political point, but in reality it's a non sequitur. bryan: mike boyd, thank you so much for your expertise, as always a. >> thank you the of bryan: the next phase of the israel-hamas ceasefire closing in, but will

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>> the first phase of the cease-fire deal between israel and hamas coming to an end a