>> you are looking live at vatican city, it is about 8:00 here in the morning on the east coast we're continuing to watch what's happening abroad as it relates to the holy father welcome in to everybody this is

"fox & friends" starting with a fox news alert all eyes on the vatican as pope francis gives a public message as he battles a respiratory crisis. >> president trump take ation victory lap as he promises to clean up washington. >> globalist and deep state bureaucrats are being sent packing. rachel: white house press secretary caroline levitt gives behind scenes look of briefing room as she reveals her favorite part of working at the white house. third hour of fox and friends weekend starts right now. >> we take you right into a fox news alert we're continuing to keep an eye on pope francis, the vatican updates us on his health this morning saying he had a restful night regular mains in critical condition. >> stephany bennett is live from london with the latest. stephany.

>> good morning yeah i think everybody is taking things hour by hour at this point. the vatican releasing an alarming statement last night saying that his health had deteriorated saying his condition was described as critical. well they also said that pope was not out of danger he experienced an asthma like respiratory crisis of prolong intensity which required administration of high flow oxygen. they say he also needed blood transfusions because of a low platelet kowjt associated assoch anemia said he remains alert saying at the moment, though, prognosis remains guarded this morning vatican said he had a tranquil night and passed quietly as the pope rested. of course, he will not be leading sunday prayers for second week in a row instead prepared words to be read asking people to pray for him he also thanked doctors and health care workers. within the last hour on pope francis official x account he said, quote, i have recently received many messages of affection and i have been particularly struck by letters

and drawings of children and thank you for closeness and prayers i have received from around the world pope francis admitted back on february 14th diagnosed with pneumonia and both lungs along with bacterial viral and fungal infections on top his chronic bronchitis and doctors say at 8 years old he's a fragile patient. of course pope has a history of respiratory illness having lost part of one lung as a young man. and doctors have warned main threat right now would be the onset of sepsis but as of friday, they said there was no evidence of that. this morning at a mass in st. peters basilica archbishop they should make their prayers stronger and more intense tonight there will be a special mass. people, of course, around world are praying for a speedy recovery including argentina where pope francis was originally from. obvious question circulating right now whether he might resign in 2022 he wrote a resignation letter incase they impeded his duties but there's

no provision in law on what to do if the pope becomes inxat at a timed a further update of the pope will be coming later today for now all eyes are on that. back to you guys. >> thank you stephany thank you so much. so many people praying for the pope right now. >> praying for the pope also as she said -- hour by hour almost minute by minute. it looks eminent how cryptic the news from the vatican has been and this is as frank of a conversation about a pope's health that i've ever heard so i think preem really bracing themselves for what is to come. let's bring in our own shannon bream from fox news sunday to get her take on what she sees happening in rome and at the vatican. shannon: good morning guys i did think it was so sweet as stephany pointed out that tweet from his x act saying he loved

drawings and colorings from children and hopefully getting to him in the hospital getting him encouragement. i thought it was interesting until we started looking into this this morning there's non a plan if a pope is incapacitated but he left a letter saying he would be resigning from the post if he became medically incapable of continuing so there's provisions in mind he's thinking ahead. but we also know that this is something that just takes time and world kind of watches with baited breath for, you know, what the next update will be from hem. we know some of the remarks he left behind sips he's not making them this morning. did note the anniversary unprntsly of the russian invasion of ukraine tomorrow. and saying you know what sorrow he feels about that and what it means for humanity. still this morning, the vatican representing that he's very engaged on issues of the day and repray the best for him. >> shannon it is kind of interesting i can't they have

anything else like the pope -- where news like this about him it's -- so much more than just sort of it is not a religious story. it's a cultural it is a political story. it's leak it breaks all of the barriers. >> it really does, and as you note there it crosses all of the things because this pope in particular has been very vocal on some political issues he has spoken about migration he's spoken about suffering around world about political conflicts, i mean, he has engaminged in those for years as pope. so that's part of it too. but you guys know that there are always these most revered respected list that come out every year top ten men and respected women the pope is universally near the top of that list. he's kind of this uniting figure that people around the globe look at him and see goodness and hope and advocating for good and right in the world so always widely respected. >> i think the next 24 hours will probably prove fairly pivotal we'll keep an eye on things meantime i want to be

remised we didn't ask you to talk a little politics. we've been watching cpac here only in washington once again been a gathering. i want to share the president promising to, you know, do what he likes to do which is -- give washington insiders grief. listen to what he has to say get your reaction on the other side. >> liers, cheap and bureaucrats sent packing illegal aliens are being sent home we're draining the swamp and restoring government bit people for the people we're liberating communities like aurora, colorado, an springfield, ohio. that have been occupied by illegal alien criminals from all over the world. we're rescuing the americans qhiewz jobs have been stolen wages have been robbed -- and whose way of life has been absolutely destroyed. i have to clean up the mess.

i'm cleaning up the mess and it is a mess on the border with the inflation. every single thing he touched turned to [bleep] okay. everything. >> now, i know you're not going to say what he just said you'll put it in -- rachel did in the -- >> oops. i can't believe it. rachel. >> potty mouth here. pg-13 on the couch in new york. >> i said it and they were like what and i was like oh -- what did i say your reaction to what you heard him say there, shannon. shannon: you know he had four years two think about this. he had fourer yews to sit back and really think about what he would do if he came back so he's unleashed this flood the zone as steve bannon coined it years ago so washington is kind of upside down, obviously, we'll talk about that on the show this morning one of the democrats with us is congressman jim hines ranking member on intel democrats are on their heels they don't have much lempleg on

capitol hill they've got some. but they have rallies sometimes only five people showing up besides fbi and flooding the courts that is the main tool to fight back. but it is a floods. it really is a president trump oche another each day and people want this this they said they wanted major change and june upheaval whether they want it or not. >> by the way polls are correcting you can feel that as you talk to people a lot of people saying i can't wait people telling me i can't wait to get up in the morning and peenged out what donald trump is doing next. one of the thing he's done is empowered elon musk to, you know, take on the government bureaucracy to take on the administrative state. and we're seeing what i think -- charlie apply called some growing pains which is he sent out an e-mail this week saying

hey, to all of the bureaucrats -- you need to, you know, respond to the e-mail and let me know what you did last tbheek your job if you don't respond i'll take this as a resignation meanwhile kash patel just installed into -- his agency at the fbi sent out a follow-up e-mail saying, hey, hold on. we're going to assess all of this and there's probably some legal issues he needs to deal with, and so you're seeing -- , obviously, everybody onboard with this but a little bit of we've got to coordinate a little better. shannon: i think that's a good word to use coordination because agency heads are now we're told in this, you know,s reporting that does not name names but people, you know, who are speaking behind scenes say there's frustration here in washington. that there are people who are running these big agencies who are saying listen, i'm in here.

president nominated me i'm confirmed i'm about his business but when we do this and maybe we lose people that i would want to keep and it is killing morale in agencies like let's press the pause button let us do a analysis like kash patel director of the fbi is saying. they want to be supportive of elon musk. president is clearly supportive what did he say this weekend on true social he needs to get more aggressive that i think led to the e-mail that now federal workers are getting. but there are some concerns cloorly among democrats but even some republicans who say listen right now the republican is on your side they hear about these crazy use of taxpayer dollars that they're definitely not for. federal workers are not most sympathetic character out there but you'll turn the tide if you're not careful and lose some of that make the people more everyone thet sympathetic to carry out the president's agenda.

>> one of the most pass night storylines we're following, obviously, is the difference between today in terms of donald trump relationship with republicans on the hillerer versus his relationship with republican eight years ago during first administration, obviously, you always have that covered for us. and you've got a great show lined up for today. tell us a little bit about it. >> we do listen he's clearly calling the shots on capitol hill. this pretty much republicans are in line, and really about the president's agenda top of the list. okay so we have got two members of congress jim jordan republican jim hines ranking in the and talk about to them about foreign policy and the budget showdown which is coming. and, of course, a man you all may know and recognize now -- defense secretary pete hegseth listen, from the massive layoffs and dismissals reassignments to the pentagon there's a lot to

work on what happened on friday night and china as of as we can him. by the way, rachel you've taken charlie from us at least temporarily please do not take kevin as well. >> we have shared custody agreements maybe at least that? >> i owe you by the way. rachel: of a bone to pick with you because i called pete hegseth to come on our show and now your show so i'm going to keep these two and you got pete and -- shannon: i got you. players will be named later we'll do our trades. rachel: i'm a little bit ticked but if he was going to leave us and our show for anybody -- i'm happy it is for you because you know how much if i love you. shannon: with love. but charlie and kevin i'll see you back here soon. >> sounds good shannon. take care. >> that's awesome. rachel: we had a little bit of a conversation earlier about carolyn levitt what she's doing she's remarkable young lady i

remember seeing her on the campaign trail. that's the first time i got to meet her and we, obviously, bonded over babies she was pregnant. >> half of it. had the baby we've had a lot of conversations about that. but she has really impressed the country, i mean, even democrats have to admit that it is, i mean, i certainly wasn't this bold together at carolyn levitt's wage the young child. and just taking on the press -- fearlessly exactly. crushing it. lara trump had her on the show last night e premier laura had an amazing show and carolyn levitt one of the guest here is a little clip from my view with laura trump. >> definitely never imagined this. but i love my job. i'm so honored and humbled to be the press secretary for president trump who as you said truly is the most dynamic

president in our lifetimes. i relish the opportunity to bring the truth and facts to the podium and unfortunately mainstream media has been blinded by this bias, this anti-trump bias. it is actually quite sad because rather than dealing with people who are truly interested in journalistic integrity and finding out the truth and facts they're coming into that room with a preconceived narrative and bias. the president speakings the truth he speaks his mind directly. what's my job to prepare and figure out what the truth is versus what the fake news narratives are, and then bring that to the podium. >> truly remarkable poise. maturity, and she can -- spits fire. when she's defending the president. >> she does it with a lot of class but just this sort of -- just seems not flustered at all. >> i have to admit i didn't have any expectation that she would be this remarkable i've worked

with different press secretaries high, low, great and other. she is outstanding, and i would put her up against any press secretary that i've had the pleasure and privilege of working alongside because she's clear. she follows up, and she doesn't allow the media broadly speaking in particular in the press briefing room to sort of past inconvenient half truths saying what about the president said or didn't do and she's on her facts leak that. she's remarkable to be that young. who knew? >> i'll be superficial here. because i can and i will and i often am. listen, she looks great doing it. she is actually become a fashion icon on top of everything else that she's doing. young women looking up to her, seeing what she's doing, seeing what she's wearing, how she's pulling it together. this is a remarkable young woman again with a very young child

proving that maybe you can have it all. >> i love it that it's -- it flies in the face of i can't remember who it was some irrelevant person that no one remembers -- complained that trump didn't surround himself with strong women. of course -- >> mark cuban. of course he does, and and i loved what she told laura trump about how what she loves about working for him is that he's so generous with his time and listens to everybody in the room and anyone who has spent time with him knows that the guy is like he's an olympic listener. and that really is his greatest gift. he listens very carefully he doesn't care who you are you might have a prpghtive he's willing to listen to you sometimes that cuts both ways because if you say something really stupid he'll remind you of how stupid it was. rachel: one of the things famous stories about donald trump and one the reason why is the generals didn't like him is he

wanted information about, you know, some conflict abroad i think it was, you know, iraq. the iraq situation which he wound out quickly back in the day and he called in the generals and then he said, all right talk to them. bring me the unlisted guys so talk about listening. generals didn't leak to hear that but he got the real deal. from the enlisted guys guys who were on the ground elle say one more thing on karoline leavitt that helped her out during that campaign it takes a family. and that's how she's been able to manage it all. >> it does not attack a village it attacks a family. and -- >> that's a nice mom. that's a good mom a good grandmother. all right turning now to your headlines police officer was killed in five other people shot after a gunman took several workers hostage at a pennsylvania hospital on saturday. officials say the suspect was killed in a police shootout

after walking into the intensive care unit at upmc memorial yesterday he was armed with a pistol and zip-ties. police identifying officer andrew who already died on the san. two other officers who were shot in addition to a doctor, nurse, and custodian were all now in stable condition. and israel delaying the release of 620 palestinian prisoners until hamas guarantees to release israeli hostages without humiliating ceremonies. fair enough. this after hamas was seen mocking several of the hostages released yesterday earlier we heard from the father of an american kidnap by hamas during the october 7th attack. >> we had a sign of life from our son like most of the families at this point remaining hostages which is 22 them. where you have yo to stay strong. keep us strong there mainly young men.

as you see -- and stay hopeful. >> hamas is supposed to return remains of four israeli hostage this is coming thursday before the current stage ends on march 2nd. this is a story i've been following all week 70 christians were reportedly deheaded by isis align militants in central africa in congo according to multiple groups that monitor terrorism in the region. reports say that dead bodies were discovered inside of a church in the democratic republic of congo after victims forced out of their homes and taken hostage earlier this month. we must tell these stories i know they're difficult to hear. but christian prosecution is real. and finally, spacex launching 22 new starlink internet satellites from california last night. >> three, two, one -- ignition. liftoff of the falcon 9 to

spacex go starlink. spacex lampinged this year 17 of them have been star link flights. and those are your headlines. so i guess on the list of things that elon musk did this week he can add this. >> other things. >> a lot of things onlineal check them out with a lot on his plate. >> personal and otherwise. >> everything he's been up to. doing a lot, and launching satellites while at it. >> getting me ready for my test her roadster come on elon let's go. [laughter] rachel: all right. >> white house says peace deal between russian ukraine could happen this week. those details are next.

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three years and nothing got done i don't think he's porpght to be at meetings to be honest with you and been there three years he makes it difficult but it's been demolished. >> co-host of "fox & friends" host of one nation brian kilmeade joins us now. good morning, brian. so do you think that this minerals great to see you. and boy how the tables have turned i get to interrogate you now. so do you think that this -- that this deal regarding the minerals in ukraine could end up being the game changer over there? >> yes, and as you know charlie because you think deep into this look at the next two or three steps two mistakes last week. number one calling out president trump saying that he's the victim of disinformation. and number two, it's showing an anger at the fact russian delegation met with the u.s. delegation in saudi arabia.

and number three i should add instead of two or three when he walked away from the mineral deal he didn't like the deal that's fine but the first overseas trip get embarrassed by coming back without a deal instead countering trying to work it out before he left that ticked trump off. but in the big picture i talked it a sitting senator last night active in these negotiations, i look for that deal to get done. number two zelenskyy is dealt into the talks and made famous by henry kissinger he would meet with one delegation and meet with the other because they knew both synds couldn't come together at the same time and they weren't ready yet. in the big picture keementd on the ground the russians have lost unestimated off the battle field over 800,000 they're losing 46,000 a month. now, these -- the ukrainians ukrainians are pn awful price about 80,000 but they fight like warriors found

for pound one of the finest fighting forces in the world. the russians are at the table i believe because they have to be at the table they also can't continue like that they're in thorough isolation but the big picture -- the ukrainians and russians where i think trump sees is i want to pull russia from china. and only way to do that is to go there and show that thement they want to engage that's the big picture instead of nixed and pulling from soviets trump is trying to pull russia a little bit away from china. and that's where this is all heading from china. >> so i want to jet over to the middle east read you a tweet from secretary of state marco rubio saying hamas treatment of hostages including its brutal murder of the family further illustrates savagery and another reason why we're saying terrorists must release all of the hostages immediately or be destroyed. it is kind of remarkable,

though, to look at the situation over there -- we've had a year and a half of israel going into gaza. and hamas is still the -- there's still the authority that they're negotiating with. they're still in power. >> surely estimated they lost 17,000 fighters but they're still there they got the guns nobody else has guns we dongt know what the palestinian people really want because they're being basically held down. by mobsters who are being armed by the iranians. we're really getting 9 prime minister and the people of israel upset is not only hostages being held for no reason. being let go and paraded on stages, repeatedly netanyahu said stop this. stop parading them stop with the hostage videos latest thing according to the jerusalem post that they now were watching release -- seeing the hostages who are left behind the video is released of seeing hostages watching others released to see trauma they're going through knowing that they

still keapght get out yet. so i asked -- president trump if netanyahu says enough i'm going to wipe them out or saying i want to continue to do deals how would you handle it? he said whatever he wants. now think about that charlie. with joe biden he was trying to orchestrate everything don't go into rafah or drop it ,000 found bombs don't go into the tunnels or hospitals he was trying to orchestrate it just holding back always staying in the middle hurting both sides. now netanyahu he has an arrival he has a -- a real ally with president trump who says you know best. what to do -- so they've got sex out goal was 33 israeli hostages out for 1900 criminals. palestinian criminals, many of which are murderers within were on that path but it is just been totally agonizing for the israeli people and at one point i think the prime minister says, deal done i'm going in. which is terrible for the hostages being held in unless

they've gotten enough intelligence on the release to see where exactly they are and maybe one of the best in the business can do some hostage rescue. >> among prisoners held by israel not a single civilian not a single noncombatant or child. so what we have a new time for your show tonight tell us what we should be looking for. >> charlie kirk is joining me tom cotton is with us we've got kid rock providing a little bit of the entertainment and flair to what does it mean to have friends that don't like trump and still friends. he knows thousand get through it. he's going to be joining me too. chris looking to sell out madison square garden one of the funniest in the country he's with us too. so -- people tune in tonight it will be the last show before new shows coming up on monday morning "fox and friends first" so it will be 10:00 tonight charlie i hope you whip out your tv guide. see all of your choices and choose to watch one nation. >> we can go to bed with brian

kilmeade wake up and what could be better? >> i don't think anything but i'm a little biased. >> thank you brian. [laughter] >> go get them. charlie stay within yourself. >> fda new warning about counterfeit weight loss drugs. that's next. since starting the farmer's dog, bogart has lost so much weight. and he has so much more energy. he's like a puppy again. ♪ (banjo playing) ♪

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rachel: welcome back to fox and friends a live shot there of vatican city where pope francis remain hospitalized in critical opinion following a respiratory crisis yesterday. fox news contributor dr. nicole saphier joins us now. we're going to talk a little bit about what is happening medically speaking to pope francis what are you see and

interpreting from what you're hearing out of the vatican? >> we have good news from the vatican overnight essentially the night was uneventful with a restful sleep when people are in critical condition sometime that's the best thing that we can ask for. we know pope francis has a history of chronic bronchitis and had a portion of his lung removed he is hospitalized for exacerbation over a week ago now and that has been now complicated by what we call a polymicrobial pneumonia and infection of lungings in both of the lungs testing positive for virus, bacteria and a fungus this is a very serious condition. often times we see a bacterial infection superimposed a virus but the fact with a fungal infection as well that is due to chronic lung disease the fact that he's 88 so he's somewhat immune know compromised with acute respiratory event yesterday requiring high flow oxygen to help kind of decrease his work of breathing and help open up his lungs a little bit the good news is he's not

requiring medical ventilation he's not on a ventilator but still in critical condition. he also had to receive a blood transfusion for low platelets an they'll start attacking this is a consequence of it and sell in critical condition. it is gong to be an up hill battle but good news out of the vatican overnight that he was able to sleep and no more acute events. >> we've been seeing that he's been sick those of us who have sources but you can see it for a long time he's bloated inflamed so battling -- something for a while. it is just got ton a critical state right now. >> certainly. >> let's move to this because you know we hear so much about ozempic wegovy maybe you can clear up this a heavy demanding for both diabetic people and people tries to use it for weight loss and now there are these counterfeit drugs that are

mimicking these drugs but problem with that. explain. >> because of a high demanding for the gop1 agonists we have had a decreased supply so this has had people kind of turn to, you know, off label supply of these medications and people are going to xowngd pharmacies and the fda has warnings right now if you're going to xowngd pharmacies which by the way -- can be less expensive. but sometimes these compound pharmacies are not doing correct doses and adverse dosing whether patients are doing it or compound pharmacies are doing and salt compounds within their mixing which can have adverse events you have to remember if you're going to the compound pharmacy medication that you're getting from them is not under the scrutiny of the fda looking for the safety and efficacy with a higher risk. now that the pharmaceutical companies are saying they have more of a supply, perhaps that maybe it will be more available. but again if you go through the pharmaceutical company it is tends to be very expensive not

everyone can avoid these medications. people need them. >> i was going to tell you i have a cousin who is diabetic and losing weight it's been a real struggle for people who actually need it to survive. so yeah, it is a very important topic on both sides. so let's talk about this. probiotic soda gut health is the new thing to talk about. everybody is talking about gut health and idea is i need more probuy yacht egg people are getting it through drinks is that really a good way to get it? >> so listen. gut health is extremely important for our physical and overall mental well being, and we have very poor gut health here in the united states that is led to a rise of colon cancers, chronic inflammation of the colon also immune diseases a lot has to do with our diet. food that we consume, sugar all of the chemicals and we also

have overuse of antibiotics done away with the good bacteria so we have to do a state of good health. some drinks that contain probuy yachtings they can be good for you but do it the right way not just about taking probiotics good ways to improve your gut health is to exercise, you want to hydrate. you want to avoid antibiotics if you don't need it don't call your doctor every time you have a sniffle you want to increase your fiber, you can increase your probuybiotics from a capsue or natural ways i love girning and pepper mint to the diet antiinflammatory and whether you can get them fresh from a garden store on use supplements those are great for your gut and eat more fiber and everyone knows fiber apples, pears leafy greens black beans chia seeds to make sure that your gut is the healthiest version become. >> fermented foods. i love pickles.

sauerkraut pickles, thanks for that especially for the update on the pope i think a lot of people wondering what's happening you broke it down really well thank you so much dr. saphier elon musk is give federal workers a weekend ultimatum. explain what you did last week or quit -- if you might pray with me real quick. lord, you know what's on our hearts. you know where we struggle. you know where we need to be pushed. help us give it all to you. the good, the bad. help us turn to you in everything we do. amen. i invite you to join me in more prayer on hallow, stay prayed up when winter season hits emergen-c supports your immune system with so much more than vitamin c. be ready to fight back with emergen-c

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rachel: well elon musk is sengtding an overnight message saying all federal employees will shortly receive an e-mail requesting to understand what they got done last week failure to respond will be taken as a resignation. >> joinings now director of the council kevin great to have you what have you done in the past five days? [laughter] >> that's great. >> yeah. you know, i think that that's a good question because what elon is doing is rebooting american government workers. and in the white house there's a little question about what we're allow to the say what we're not allowed to do top secret things, things covered by executive privilege i think it is exactly right to get people back to work if they're going to do the business of the american people. or stay home -- if they don't want to work at

government to you go arpsd these buildings not the one behind us i guess you see the white house back there but they're empty people are getting paid second jobs with about they're not going to work and a lot of people that are doing important work. but a lot of people who aren't and one way to tell is hey tell what you say you did last week and people don't respond because they've stopped looking at their government e-mails enthough they're making 100, 150,000 a year. >> i love that you pointed to the building behind you because that's on early in the oval office people are getting their moneys worth out of donald trump out of president trump who is -- just a workaholic and somebody who is on top of everything. that said wouldn't it be easier to deal with the actual union issue? i think people aren't opposed to government workers people understand we need government workers. we need these departments -- to function and to function they need workers. but it is the inability to fire those who aren't, you know,

doing what they're supposed to or who aren't meeting the level of efficiency and output that they need. so is the trumple trump administration dealing with that aspect? >> for sure we are and what we're doing is studying agencies looking at what they're doing you see usaid or epa where they sent billions and billions of dollars into nonprofits they created in the last minutes of the biden administration things that never existed before from stacey abrams got 2 billion dollars and didn't know how to budget things so the point is we're looking at all of those things tracking down most product eve workers and getting rid of those who dongt do product eve work. >> thanks for your time. great to see you. >> we have to bring it back to talk about the union. [laughter] >> exactly. >> l.a. mayor karen bass fires her fire chief after deadly blazes rock the city. why the fire union said she's

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welcome back to "fox & friends" why are you all here it is february? >> new york baby, why not? place to be right? j it is but i'm saying february it is cold take a look at the

weather map show you five to six degrees warmer than 24 hours ago that is going to improve and improve this week. so much improvement temperature wise and nt you see a few things going on on the map one down across the central gulf coast looks worse than it is that is going to move down towards parts of south florida and really needs rain actually. so a little bit of that. by tomorrow and tomorrow evening. another story is out across the pacific northwest a lot of rain coming in. it is going to be here for the next several days flooding concerns and avenue large concerns and snow coming as well. all right go someplace warm. >> thank you my friend appreciate that the los angeles firefighters union slamming mayor karen bass after she cut fire chief kristin crowley over her response to the big wildfires there. >> we all know that a thousand firefighters that could have been on duty on the morning the fires broke were instead sent home on chief crowley's watch.

these actions required her removal. >> here to react is the president of united firefighters of los angeles city freddy escobar i have so say people heard remarks by mayor some are shaking their heads. how about you? >> well i'm disappointed when i received the phone call for the reasons what i've heard why they've removed her from office. i can tell you we have receipts that why she's being removed is simply just inaccurate. so that's our disappointment we have a general manager who stepped up, told the truth. you know, we wanted to hear the truth -- and we support her. the united firefighters of los angeles city support chief crowley and we thank her for her leadership and telling the truth. we are an underfunded understaffed fire department, and we need additional resources and staffing, and properly

funded budget for 2025lafd. >> i've got about 30 seconds or so but i want to give you a chance to share one of those receipts often people will say listen we know more than the public knows about this. and we're upset because we know she was doing all she could in the meantime. share if you don't mind freddy one of those receipts that you mentioned. >> well i show you that you can look it up by requesting so she said that she was removed for not doing an investigation. it is inaccurate. the fire chief at fire commission was asked to do a after action report this was largest fire in los angeles. we're doing an after action report but literally with like a combined operations with state, federal, city and also county leaders to find out what happened what we can learn from it and it is going to take

months not maybe over a year to have a very comprehensive nonbiased report she's doing it. the fire commission does not investigate the fire department. they don't. review the fire department. >> spot on. listen this is an investigation that will continue but i think a number of americans wonder how mayor seems to be blaming the fire chief when, in fact, they were all working with similar information and a devastation, obviously, for the south land freddy escobar we certainly appreciate it. >> thank you brother for having us on and god bless you. >> meantime all eyes on the vatican this morning. that's where pope francis remains in critical condition. we've got the latest coming your way next.

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