exchanging high-speed data through the moon's first cellular network which nokia is developing for the next lunar astronauts. >> that time is very appreciateous. we don't want them to figure, set up and deploy the network. it will be self-optimizing in the future. >> bill: america wants to humans to the south pole before china gets there. it presents countries from encroaching on each other's activities there through a treaty. >> the reality is whoever gets their first even with little commercial probes or scientific investigations will be able to claim that territory is excluded and eventually develop the resources on it. >> columbia sportswear developed a therm nall protection by leveraging the private sector. nasa is able to survey potential

landing sites for astronauts at a fraction of what they would be spending if they were doing it alone. >> bill: a whole new world kind of, right? whole new moon. thanks, nice to see you in atlanta. thank you for that. >> dana: washington makeover. president trump holding the first cabinet meeting in his second term. musk playing a key role highlighting his progress and rooting out fraud and waste in the federal government. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. the president making it clear his push to save taxpayer money is a top priority. while musk put doge's mission as a simple matter of financial life or death for the country. >> president trump: we put together a great cabinet and had tremend tremendous success. a very successful first month. one the most important initiatives is doge. we have cut billions of dollars and looking to get it maybe to a

trillion dollars if we can do that. >> the overall goal with the doge team is help address the enormous deficit. we cannot sustain as a country a 2 trillion deficits. if this continues the country will become bankrupt. it is not an optional thing. it is an essential thing. that's the reason i'm here. >> president trump: we're cutting down government. the size of government. we have to. we're bloated. we're sloppy. we have a lot of people that aren't doing their job. >> dana: meantime congressional republicans are taking the baton unveiling several bills that focus on wiping out abuse and demanding accountability. >> bill: to the hill we go. aishah hosni is leading our next hour now. good morning. >> good morning to you, both. what house republicans are trying to do is mirror what elon is doing and then codify it so that another president can't just come in and reversal this stuff through executive order. they are starting with themselves actually.

the doge caucus in the house announced three new bills this week and we'll start with the first one called the put your money where your mouth is act. it calls on all lawmakers to reduce spending in their congressional offices by $1 hundred thousand over the course of a year. the next one is called the drain a swamp act requiring agencies to relocate 30% of the workforce outside of the district. the rest do still have to show up to work in person at the federal offices inside washington, d.c. the third and final one, the cuts act. the one that will claw back all that covid relief money that didn't really go anywhere. republicans want president trump to know that they will not allow another president to come in and reverse everything that he is working so hard to do. >> i told him that we've got his back. there is a lot of folks that are, you know, excited about making government smaller, affordable again. so let him know that as well. >> so on the senate side, they are busy working, too.

the doge caucus chair says her office discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars from usaid. supposed to alleviate economic distress in ukraine but used for things like sending ukrainian models to fashion week around the world. and by the way, we're watching right now over at the ronald reagan building. we'll pull the shot up for you. terminated usaid employees are going there to collect personal belongings. they get 15 minutes bill and dana. no boxes or packaging materials. 15 minutes to get in, get your stuff and get out. we're watching that right now. i believe a few people have already gone in. >> bill: thanks. aishah hosni on the hill. a lot to follow. we shall with you. >> dana: let's bring in charlie hurt "fox & friends" weekend co-host. wearing one of the coats with big pockets. if you can't carry a box you can throw everything in there. they will do that. meanwhile let us play this for

you. charlie. hakeem jeffries slammed trump and musk when asked about cabinet meetings. i want to hear what you fwhi this. >> what do you think of elon musk being at the cabinet meeting >> he has turned the white house elon musk show. a malignant clown show. nothing that is being done, nothing, is actually making life better for the american people. they are trying to take affirmative steps to make life worse. >> dana: i just feel like they are floundering and we're five weeks in, charlie. >> yeah. i think they probably should stick to egg prices. that's probably a better argument on their part than complaining about what elon musk is doing. of course, the real problem for them is if you get under the hood and start looking at some of the stuff that elon musk is identifying, i'm just here tech support with his black t-shirt on, what that process is identifying democrats can't

defend any of it. republicans can't defend anything. you can't defend any of the stuff that they are highlighting. and, of course, the remarks that musk made at the cabinet meeting is right about this and something we've talked about for ten, 15 years about how the u.s. government is tipping on insolvency. if it was a private company it would be -- it would go bankrupt. most people would go to jail the way we run a lot of it is kind of a ponzi scheme. if it weren't for people continuing to pay in you wouldn't be able to keep the operation going. the idea you are going through and recognizing the grave dangers that we face financially and finding specific examples of where people's taxpayer money. literally democrats talk about that's a drop in the bucket, 14 million is a drop in the bike et. 14 million is more than all the taxes i've ever paid in my entire life going to some

strange program that has no benefit. >> bill: get the teacher tech support. another story that is big in washington, d.c. and ripple across the country is the opinion editor of the "washington post" stepped down. jeff bezos went to him with an idea this is what i want to do. you either answer hell yes or say no. he said no. a piece of what bezos put out last night. we write about two pillars, personal liberties and free markets. viewpoints opposing the pillars will be left to be pun -- published. bp is going back to fossil fuels. norwegian energy coming is going back to fossil fuels. what were the post and energy companies doing during the obama and biden years. is it a shift in common sense or smart business or maybe both? or have the political winds

blown them in that direction? what do you think? >> i think it's a combination of the both, really. it exposes the absurd lunacy. "washington post" has been a lunatic outfit over the past 20 years. but they really sort of lost it. i think it started in the obama administration where they stopped questioning the administration and then come 2016 when donald trump became president they went just completely stark raving mad and didn't pretend to try to actually cover the news. they just became this attack organization that whatever trump said had to be bad. they lost all of their independents. i think it is a reflection of that. but also a reflection of the realities of what is going on in newspapers. the newspaper business is all but dead. and you can't -- when i started in the business, we printed

money. it was unlimited the amount of money we could make. that's no longer true. i think that jeff bezos looks at the situation and says look, if this editorial page isn't going to reflect a reasonable, sane position that i could defend i'm not going to keep bankrolling it to the tune i have to do right now. it is not making the money that they used to make. the personal freedom thing i think -- i think it would be so interesting to look at every editorial they wrote about say covid lockdowns and put it through the new lens of personal freedom. man, every editorial these people wrote over the past ten or 15 years, you would have to flip it over and it would almost be the opposite. >> dana: fascinating. we'll see you on "fox & friends" weekend this weekend. thanks, charlie. >> thank you so much. great to sigh. >> this will make you sick. 200 victims.

200. so well over, 250 actually. so we have to make sure that their identity is protected and their personal information. breaking news right now, you will see some epstein information being released by my office. >> bill: that's the a.g. pam bondi. going to release some of the classified files. when that happens, maybe today, what do they say? she said it is sick. that was her quote. griff, good morning. >> good morning. here we go. no timeline yet when bondi will release anything. it could drop at any moment. if her teaser to jesse is any indication we could indeed see some shocking stuff. >> what you are going to see hopefully tomorrow is a lot of flight logs, a lot of names. a lot of information. but it's pretty sick what that man did. >> this all started after then candidate trump first told our own rachel campos-duffy he would

be opening to releasing info if elected on epstein. last month he signed an executive order as president calling on agencies to release secret documents pertaining to epstein and jfk and mlk. now congresswoman luna says she just heard from the d.o.j. posting a letter from the d.o.j. to x that reads in part the integrity of criminal investigations and prosecutions is essential to every component of the department's mission to keep our nation safe and have civil rights and blackburn is thanking bondi for her efforts. >> we can begin to break apart what became a global human trafficking, sex trafficking ring, $150 billion a year business. it is time to get some justice for these victims. for these women and children.

and this will be a phase one release. there will be more to come. >> so phase one we'll see what we get. it is also unclear, bill, at this point how it might affect epstein's co-defendant maxwell serving 20 years for her role in covering for epstein. >> bill: we'll see. griff jenkins in washington, d.c. [shouting] >> dana: they're at it again. pro-hamas mob seize es control of a college and physically assaults a staff member in barnard. >> bill: the man accused of killing his younger brother and a family cat set to appear in court for the first time this hour. we'll break down the case in a moment and the details are not good. >> dana: california's democratic governor newsom with a bombshell

announcement perhaps moving lyle and eric menendez one step closer to freedom after decades behind bars. >> the question for the board is a rather simple one. do eric and lyle menendez pose a current what we call unreasonable risk to public safety.

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>> dana: news out of california. gavin newsom ortering a risk assessment for the menendez brothers. it could be the first step to granting clemency for the killers. >> there are a few known routes hoot the menendez brothers might get out of prison after 35 years. first an all-new trial. number two, governor newsom could grant clemency or brothers

have a resentencing hearing next month and the possibility of parole. ahead of the march 20th resentencing hearing governor newsom sparked new hope for eric and lyle menendez that he may step in. he ordered a parole board to conduct a risk assessment of the brothers. newsom says the risk assessment is a common proper sired and the legal standard by which california determines if someone is a public threat and whether they can be released. >> there is no guarantee of outcome here. this process simply provides more transparency, which i think is important in this case, as well as provides us more due diligence before i make any determination for clemency. >> as far as the new trial. ultimately the courts will decide. last week the new l.a. county district attorney recommended against a new trial for the brothers. he questioned whether new evidence they want admitted to be credible. hoffman said the brothers lied and their father's alleged

sexual abuse does not amount to self-defense. however, he is reviewing their request for resentencing. in that instance the alleged sexual abuse and childhood trauma could come into play as far as reducing the brother's initial sentence of life in prison without parole. we expect to hear from the menendez family when they hold a press conference to react to hochman and newsom. >> bill: 19 past the hour. at the moment, there is a detention hearing underway in princeton, new jersey. looking at it right now. former college athlete accused of murdering his younger brother appearing virtually in court. name is matthew hurt gwen. he called new jersey police over a weekend to report a fire and body. his younger brother, joseph, and a cat were found dead at the scene. criminal defense attorney jonna spilbor is here.

sick stuff here. sick, i say. what do you make of this now in early stages with these allegations against this individual age 31, his younger brother was 26. >> gruesome is an understatement in this case. apparently what is happening today is having a detention hearing to determine where matthew is going to remain while this case is pending. i can tell you just based on the facts that we know publicly, he ain't going anywhere. it was a very sick and sadistic case where he actually not only just murdered his own brother and the family cat, but the allegations right now are that he ate his brother's eyeball. guys, when i say it wasn't like we're having a struggle and ripped her eye out and tried to swallow it. a plate, a fork and knife. i can't get over that right now. i don't think the judge will,

either. >> bill: this is like jeffrey dahmer stuff. police source speaking with the "new york post." tragic. he came from a perfect all american family. no one could predict it happen. to have it end is shocking and the loss of his brother joseph is devastating. he played soccer at the university of michigan and posted a poem online, okay, describing knives and blood and pain on his social media account. that was posted several months ago. have we learned much about the relationship between the two brothers? >> we haven't except that the brother who is now dead, the victim, apparently was a bit of a golden boy. however, this was a well to do family. they had the life in the palm of their hands. so we don't really know a motive at this early stage. i will tell you the post on social media, the fact that he

is the one who called 911, these are items that will come back to bite him when he puts up an insanity defense. this to me as a person doing it for a long time. more like a drug-induced sigh compsigh -- psycho sis. >> here are the charges now against him. murder first degree, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose third degree. two of those charges. what would that be, jonna, real quick? >> probably the knife and the fork. however he conducted the actual crime itself. setting fire. i think he also set fire. >> bill: there is a golf club found and a knife found in his possession apparently as well. unlawful position of a weapon fourth degree.

two of those. cruelty to animals, the cat, third degree. last comment as we try to examine what happened in princeton, new jersey. >> we really have to dig into this guy's history. the one thing that bothers me in new jersey they follow the rule for insanity which means it is not only whether he knew the difference between right and wrong. he did. but that rule also allows him to make a claim of defense if he did not understand the nature or quality of his actions. that means if he thought his brother was a robot or he thought his brother was a shark when he was doing what he was doing, he might have a semblance of a defense. we'll have to wait and see. >> bill: disturbing case and we'll see what comes next. thank you for your time today. >> thank you. >> he saved my life, you know. 30 years ago i was knifed in a

bizarre. he carried me to the hospital on his back. >> who stabbed you? >> he did. >> dana: hollywood mourning the loss of a legend. tributes pouring in for oscar winning actor gene hackman. hamas is bolstering its army. will the fragile deal make it to the second phase? >> we need to find a solution for this. no room for hamas in gaza, in the west bank. you can see from their actions that they haven't earned that right to be there.

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at barnard university. related to columbia university. they assaulted a school employee who required treatment at the hospital. otherwise disrupting normal life on campus there. >> even if we have class we can't come in? >> they eventually left the building late last night. promising to return. that story is not over. in fact, it might be back. okay. >> i wondered if there is any progress towards a second phase of the cease-fire in gaza? >> president trump: i'm very disappointed when i see four bodies came in today. these are young people. young people don't die, okay? young people don't die. they think they do us a favor by sending us bodies. so look, that's a decision that has to be made by israel, by bibi, but israel has to make that decision.

this is a vicious group of people and israel will have to decide what they are doing. >> dana: president trump on the state of the israel/hamas cease-fire. hamas is rebuilding forces in anticipation of a resumed fight. rebecca heinrich national security analyst. let me get your take whether you think this next phase of the cease-fire will actually continue. >> no, i'm very skeptical because as you mentioned, dana, hamas is already building tunnels and training new activity fighters. israel is not going to get out of the areas where they still are occupying. especially along that border with egypt. the philadelphia corridor. in their own national interests, survival to make sure they can defend their people and end the cycle of violence. until hamas is completely destroyed, including those tunnels and their ability to reconstitute israel can't move forward with a second phase. >> dana: when they stage these

hostage release they show they're very much still not in power but they have reinforcements so to speak. that plays into it as well. listen to steve witkoff talking about the broader picture of the possibility of expanding the abraham accords, listen. >> lebanon, by the way, could actually normalize and come into the abraham peace accords and potentially syria. so many profound changes are happening there and yet it has been a flash point of conflict and i think that there is a possibility we end it now. do we have to make sure that egypt is stabilized? yes, same thing with saudi arabia. we have to be cognizant about that. but all in all i think there are some really good things that are happening. >> dana: what do you think of that? >> i think we can certainly -- this administration is trying to make strides toward peace and

more progress at the end of the day to what rebecca was saying. the peace deal whether they extend phase one or move into phase two, that all remains to be seen. instead of jumping to a larger framework of other countries being brought in we have to address the issue at hand, what is happening in gaza. as you know and you have reported on this we still have over 60 hostages being held by hamas that still need to come home to their families. so i think that's what you are seeing this administration continue to push for. whether these peace agreements, this tentative cease-fire still holds remains to be seen. >> dana: one other topic. listen to president trump about the withdrawal from afghanistan and what he thinks should happen next. >> president trump: all the generals and command staff with -- >> president trump: that's a good idea. i won't tell this man what to do but if i had his place i would fire every single one of them,

pete. that's a very good question. >> a question we talk a lot about. we do a complete review of every aspect of what happened. >> president trump: i think they should give our equipment back and i told pete to study that. we have tens of millions of dollars worth of equipment behind. >> dana: possible to get that equipment back? >> i think it's unlikely. the president talked about how it was a mistake to lose the air base built in the 19 50s. took it over in 2001 when the united states overthrew the taliban. the biden administration surrendered that. it is next to china. great if the u.s. had access to that. next to russia, of course, a good location to deal with the pakistan nuclear problem. i think there is still a lot of strategic interest making sure the united states has a foot hold in that country despite the biden administration's reckless withdrawal. >> dana: a quick word? >> who struck the deal with the

taliban and that happened under the trump administration and donald trump was the architect of that. >> dana: the execution of it was under biden. >> the execution of it was under joe biden. as you recall many of the individuals involved with that withdrawal actually have retired. again it was a full department of defense holistic approach to addressing the withdrawal of afghanistan from central cam com and to the transportation command. a lot of people involved. a lot of lessons learned. i hope we can apply that going forward to avoid future crises. >> dana: lots of consequences there that decision. great to have you both on. thank you. >> bill: now the so-called gold card. president trump's immigration visa expected to launch in two weeks. it would be an opportunity for wealthy foreigners to buy a potential pathway to citizenship in america to the tune of $5 million. that's the starting number. mark meredith has more on that. what's up? >> good morning to you. when i hear gold card i think credit cards in general. what the president is proposing

is ending the ev5 visa program. people to buy access into the united states for $5 million. >> sort of a green card plus. a path to citizenship. we'll call it the gold card. and i think it will be very treasured and do very well and we'll start selling hopefully in about two weeks. >> it would be a change for the state department. eb5 was created by congress. the current program. it appears it will be up to commerce secretary lot nick to implement the idea. he said there would have to be safeguards in place. >> will they be vetted first of all? >> of course. deeply vetted and we said that from the first minute go. these are vetted people. these will be great global citizens going to bring entrepreneurial spirit, capacity

and growth to america. >> other countries offer similar programs in exchange for investment. australia, canada, new zealand. some nations are trying to get away from the idea. some governments in europe are trying to change course. ireland closed its program in 2023, spain is stopping this in april. greece and portugal have modified programs. another issue. progressives on capitol hill say the changes won't work for them. they don't believe the president has the power to create these new visa categories. >> bill: buck up, mark. >> what's the matter with you guys? what's the matter with you? >> i'll make it >> all right.

up on the second floor. the keys. >> bill: such a great film and great performance. he is the legend of the screen. hollywood mourning the beloved actor gene hackman today. he was found dead alongside his wife and dog inside their home in sante fe, new mexico. the investigation is underway how they died. tributes pour in. do they ever. the director of the conversation coppola saying what a great contribution. brolin writing. banderas a sad day for the fame look. others writing one of the true giants of the screen. he was 95 years old. we remember him fondly today. when you grow up in southwestern ohio, by the way, you know all about the film hoosiers. >> dana: is there a reason we keep showing that clip?

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>> dana: attorney general pam bondi dropping biden era lawsuits against several police and fire departments accused of racial discrimination as the trump administration reverses d.e.i. policies. david spunt is live from the justice department with more. >> good morning. attorney general pam bondi says it is simple. if you want to be a police officer or firefighter it should be based on merit in the united

states and any type of diversity, equity or inclusion or d.e.i. initiative should not play into that equation at all. directed the civil rights department at the justice department to remove agreements called consent decrease with several different lawsuits and against police and fire departments by the previous justice department. the merrick garland d.o.j. attorney general says the agreements in north carolina, indiana, maryland and georgia unjustly targeted to scene firefighter and police candidates. firefighters and police officers should be chosen for skill and not meet d.e.i. quotas. it made it appear that these tests were discriminatory and cities were coerced into conducting d.e.i. hiring. a social media post shared an article from a local los angeles television station about the fires that plagued l.a. last

month saying if there is anything we learned from recent events it is that america is not safe when its firefighters, police officers and first responders are selected based on d.e.i. instead of skill. all of this talk about d.e.i. stems from the president's executive order shortly after he took office. attorney general bondi signed something similar when she came to the justice department. >> dana: thank you. we'll keep an eye on that. >> bill: late last night courts, judges and justices were dueling in fast form. the u.s. supreme court extended the administration's freeze on billions of dollars in u.s. foreign aid. that ruling coming from the chief justice john roberts. former deputy a.g. john yu with me. a little bit of background. you freeze the money on usaid and get rid of it together. a judge came and said you have contracts you must fulfill. then late last night justice

roberts says not so fast. so where does this stand and does the administration win this in the end or not? >> good morning, bill and dana. you are right. this is just the first skirmish in what will be a momentous battle that gets to the supreme court whether the president is going to be able to restore energy to the executive as the founders wanted to be able to stop wasteful spending, especially to groups that might be hostile to the national security or foreign policy of the united states. here what chief justice roberts did is trial judges, lower courts, you aren't in the business of getting in the inside of a foreign policy making ordering which money is to go out or which is to stay. let it get up to the supreme court. the cases will get up to the court quickly and you will see, i think as you suggest, i think you will see the supreme court side with president trump because there used to be a long history of presidents being able to suspend spending that harmed the national security. >> bill: okay.

just broadly speaking, do you think they win on most, all or some of these cases? >> i think the cases that are coming up right now are to president trump's favor because they involve the internal management of the executive branch. another case following up behind this one whether president trump can fire members of the executive branch. he is playing before a friendly home court talking about the hoosiers all today. if you want to play on the home court president trump is not making up these theories about energy and the executive. protecting the national security, about controlling subordinate officers. these are theories laid out by the roberts court itself for the last 25 years. you could say president trump is taking the supreme court at its word trying to remove and control officers help him restore the law and --

>> bill: a special counsel -- >> immediately after this will go to my office and continue working with my colleagues to think through the available remedies and have them be as broad as possible. if and only if the facts in the law would justify it. >> bill: so you got him standing his own ground. he is not giving in. the acting solicitor general says this about that. in short a fired special counsel is wielding executive power over the elected executive's objection to employment decision made by other executive agencies. does that argument fly for you? if it does, trump wins there, too. >> an argument isn't the creation of donald trump or me, it is those are the words of the supreme court itself on previous

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already saying it will make you sick. and new moves by president trump and republicans to save taxpayers' money and cut government wasteful spending. plus a lot of reaction to the first cabinet meeting of the president's second term. interior secretary doug burgum was at that table and will be my guest. congressman pat fallion, ben ferguson. top of the hour. >> dana: the vatican says pope francis is showing some improvement as he fights double pneumonia. the results of his ct scan showed positive signs and mild kidney issues over the weekend have receded. the 88-year-old pontiff is taking physio therapy to expel the liquid from his lungs and his condition is still guarded. we'll keep an eye on that. >> transportation secretary sean duffy touring the faa academy as there are growing concerns about

air traffic. grady, hello, from oklahoma city. >> transportation secretary sean duffy is here right now on that tour getting a firsthand look at some of the training that takes place here and some of the technology they use to train those air traffic controller students. we actually got a behind the scenes look at some of it as well here at the faa's air traffic controller academy. i want to show you some video. this was pretty cool. a simulator the students here use. i'm told the transportation secretary might actually give it a whirl himself today. this simulator plays out real world scenarios that controllers would encounter on the job. the head of training for the faa says the agency would like to invest more in this type of cutting-edge technology to get controllers trained faster but here is the thing. one of those simulators costs something like $750,000. another challenge that they are dealing with is that right now

only about 65% of students actually make it through the academy. do the math. that's a 35% failure rate. the faa has a plan to increase the graduation rate. >> we'll have the new curriculum in place sometime in fiscal year 26. different initiatives we have looking at the technology we use, train and teach and looking to increase the success rate. we aren't lowering the standard. we want to most qualified people for the job. >> when we talk about that shortage of air traffic controllers, this is what we mean. the industry needs some 3600 controllers to meet faa targets. that is according to the air traffic controller union. here is what the faa says. >> we are moving in the right direction. it doesn't look like it or feel like it as we stay in the news for various thing shortage-wise. when you look back from a year ago to where we are now we're moving the needle in the right

direction. >> and once secretary duffy finishes his tour he will come here and do a press conference where we expect a pretty big announcement about hiring related to air traffic controllers specifically. he says he wants to surge hiring of them and this is the first step toward doing that here today. we expect to hear from him in about an hour's time. >> bill: he hit the ground running. busy guy. thank you, grady. nice to see you in oklahoma city. >> dana: 25 seconds. here we go. a dog in california is feeling better. a vet performed surgery on her stomach and pulled out two dozen stocks and a scrunchy, hair ties and one si. she is recovering at home with her family. they have to keep the clothing and socks out of reach. >> bill: she has terrible taste. >> dana: that's an expensive surgery indeed, luna. harris faulkner is up next. here she is. >> harris: breakin