>> you've got a city the size of tuscaloosa that gets over 100,000 people in a stadium on a saturday, and that is decades and decades of success, of people leading a program that made this place what it is, and that is our job to continue to hold onto it and make it better for those that follow us. >> watch the brand-new series "the tides that bind" inside alabama football, with new episodes every wednesday on fox nation. thanks to you all for watching "outnumbered." don't forget to dvr us when you cannot watch us live peered special things to lisa and griff for joining us today, and for now here is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> john: emily, thank you so much. at any moment now we are expected in the first white house briefing since president trump's historic

address to congress that laid out his vision for the country. and we've got a lot more coming up, as well. hello i'm john roberts in washington. it's going to be another busy day sandra. >> sandra: of course, you can always assume that. i'm sandra smith in new york. a big focus right now are trump's tariffs, and we are learning there may be some developments on those exact tariffs. so we see if we can get an announcement coming up, john. >> john: all right, yes, and who better to talk about that then secretary of commerce howard lutnick who joins us now. good to see you, things for being with us. so what's going to happen with these canada and mexico tariffs? you indicated to larry kudlow yesterday that there may be some modification. we are hearing there may be some carve outs before the reciprocal tariffs go into effect on april the 2nd, so what can you tell us? >> both the canadians and mexicans used enormous, enormous opportunity to just come flying in with anything they could. mexicans said they would put a

thousand more specialists on to get rid of fentanyl. we have to stop americans from dying. 75,000 autopsy deaths. but we know, as the president said, it has to be three times more, imagine if i lost my kid when i really worry about doing an autopsy of why they died, i would be heartbroken and ruined. we've got to stop it. it's an attack on america and it's got to end, so the president said if you do more, i will listen. he has been listening. he spoke today, to justin trudeau this morning and i was on that call, so i think he is leaning towards coming up with an idea that allows usmca, the deal he struck with mexico and canada, about half mexico and canada, about half, maybe those markets for the next month get excluded from the tariff. and the other half, so basically if you were doing trading with the united states of america and you ignored donald trump's agreement that he made years

ago, you did it at your own risk, and so the president is thinking -- now he hasn't decided this yet, so it's up to him -- but he spoke to the big automakers yesterday, so he was leaning towards helping them out for just this month, and then we need to see the canadians and mexicans put long-lasting protections into protect america. or not this, oh, i'm doing a lot of work for the last three weeks, give me a break peered. >> sandra: mr. secretary, thank you so much for coming on the program. you said this will be for about a month. the president has not said he is on board with it yet so who is floating this idea? why is it even out there? whose idea is it? >> look, the automakers, for instance, as an example, they made their pitch, and what they said was look, we are domestic american automakers, and if you put a 25% tariff on us and you do not put it on the germans and you do not put it on the koreans and you do not put it on japanese, you are helping everybody but us, so come on, can you help us?

if we comply with usmca, meaning if we've got u.s. parts in our cars, can't you help us think about it? you know the president, he is the greatest businessman who has ever sat in that chair, and he understands the keys to business in america, and i think he is going to lean towards helping american business during this interim period of time. if they lived up to his terms, he will probably allow them to have -- for this month, for this month only, then of course apri, not april 1st, april 2nd he will, with his tariff agenda, and it is going to cause reciprocity in the world. stop treating us poorly. >> john: so explain to us if you could the strategy with canada and mexico because right after the inauguration the president came out and said there's going to be tariffs on canada and mexico and then he came out and said there is not going to be, we are going to pause that for 30 days. then he comes yesterday and says the tariffs are going into effect and out today saying

well, maybe not everything. is this push i can pull, is it taking two steps forward and one step back? i'm trying to figure out -- >> there has never been a step back, just a pounding forward move which said i need fentanyl and the border closed. remember how we started this. you are our greatest trading partners, canada and mexico, right? if we are so important to you, why is the border wide open? why do we have to build a wall? why are you building a wall? why aren't you respecting america? why do you think it is okay to disrespect america? what they did is disrespected america, had caravans coming in from mexico, visas flying off the shelf from canada, and every coming in through canada -- the president said i've had enough. you guys are totally disrespectful and i'm going to teach you a bit of respect. so he says tariffs. than they say hold on, hold on, hold on, we will start to

respect you, we will start to respect you, and they start doing work. then mexico 10,000 troops on the border and canadians help with 10,000 troops on the border and he said if you were going to stop it, i will give you 30 days stop it. show me what you can do for 30 days. but does that sound a for off the gas? that sounds like a foot on -- >> sandra: mr. secretary, the critics of these tariffs say this is a tax on american consumers. and there is a lot of worry that this will ultimately lead to higher prices. the ceo of target and best buy coming out saying that they do believe ultimately they are going to have to pass this along to the consumers. so can you tell us today, will we see higher prices as a result of these tariffs? >> well, as the president said last night, there is going to a short period of time where there will be some high prices on certain products. it is not inflation. that is nonsense. it is certain products for a short period of time. what happens, like i met today

with a giant commuter maker, and what he said was i can bring it all in it i can bring it all and fast. and i'm going to bring that production here. you heard the president say $1.3 trillion coming in. i think you are going to see two, three, ultimately by the end of this year $4 trillion of committed investment coming into the country, lowering prices, not paying the tariff, hiring americans for great american jobs, you are going to see the resurgence of america, and it just -- it just doesn't make sense -- look, the canadians build cars. the mexicans build cars. this is an april 2nd comment. why are our michigan jobs in canada? why are our michigan jobs in canada? and that is what the president is going to address. he is going to say come on back, come on back, we are going to build michigan, we are going to build ohio, here we come, here comes america under donald trump. >> john: all right, that is canada and mexico, china is another deal.

the chinese embassy in washington, d.c., posted on x after the president's speech last night the following: if war is what the u.s. wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war, or any other type of war, we are ready to fight until the end. now china is obviously famous for complaining but every thing under the sun but it is also increasing defense spending this year, saying changes unseen in a century are unfolding across the world at a faster pace. that could be complaining. it could also be taken as a less than veiled threat. >> well, in 2019, president xi sat across from president trump and said he would put the death penalty on anyone who made ingredients for fentanyl. okay? he said i will put the death penalty. you know where they are now? they have the highest subsidies, they subsidized the production of fentanyl to try to kill our workers. they are trying to kill our workers. so the president knows that

president xi can end it now. in one sentence, he could say death penalty if you make precursor ingredients, and bang, you know how china works, it's over. instead he is doing the opposite. so the president sat across the table. he knows this is a game that he's got to get president xi to end it. he is sick of americans being killed, and he is going to play hardball with the chinese on this topic, and this is just a drug war. this is not a trade war. this is a drug war. and they are not living up to what they can. and donald trump is going to stand up for american families and he is going to do it hard and he is going to do it strong and that is why we love him as our president. >> sandra: and mr. secretary, we know you as a markets guy, a wall street guy, and we have been watching the markets react to this. as you all know, investors don't like uncertainty, and, whether this works or not, there is a

lot of uncertainty out there, and we have seen not a huge hit to the u.s. stock market but it is down about 5% or 6% since the highs in february, as we await the outcome of this trade war. what do you say to market watchers out there, investors who are uncertain about the future of their investments? >> i would say the american economy, bonds, right, interest rates will come smashing down because the president said he is going to balance the budget come anybody bets against donald trump is a silly person, okay? he is the best person to bet on i have ever seen. so interest rates going to come smashing down, energy costs come smashing down. these tariffs are going to create amazing production in america. you are going to see the american stock market explode peered i think if you look from the day before the election to today, you are going to see the markets are up, the markets went a quarter of a percent, you are worried about now, i am actually on tv talking about a quarter of a percent, you've got to stop

it, you've got to stop it. tariffs are going to drive america better. remember, we pay taxes into the internal revenue service. wouldn't it be amazing to stop paying taxes to the internal revenue service and have the external revenue service? of make america great again replace our taxes? that is the goal of donald trump, and i think he is going to get there. he is going to do everything he can to make that happen, lower our taxes, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on seniors, come on. this is an amazing country and we are winning. >> john: off the back of what you said about the president's call with destin trudeau, he just put this out on truth social, justin trudeau canada called me to ask what could be done about tariffs peered i told him that many people have died from fentanyl that came to the borders of canada and mexico and nothing he that it has stopped. he said that it has gotten better but i said that is not good enough. the call ended in a somewhat friendly manner, the president says. he was unable to tell me when the canadian election is taking place which made me curious like

what's going on here, i then realized that he is trying to use this issue to stay in power. good luck, justin, the president said. we will see where this goes. mr. secretary, thank you for coming in today. really appreciate it. the weather and d.c. traffic. >> this president is so good. he is just amazing. >> sandra: mr. secretary, thank you very much for coming on. come back when you have another update. >> appreciate it. >> sandra: so john, we will see. there is a lot of wait and see in the markets. of course we have been following that. it sounds like perhaps there is some room to be met somewhere in the middle, after talking to the secretary there, but we will see where this goes. >> john: we will definitely follow it. now this. ♪ ♪ >> the policies of these mayors and our previous president have consequences. this young man was killed by an

illegal immigrant in texas that never should have been in our country. >> let's talk about tom homan. shame on him for lying about my city, for having the nerve to insult our police commissioner, who has overseen the safest boston has been in anyone's lifetime. bring him here under oath and let's ask him some questions. >> you can release him in the parking lot, give i.c.e. one hour notice, and they have to send six officers to arrest this guy, or you can say hey what, we are going to hold him, you come in and bring to officers in and turn him over there, why not do it that way? you know why you don't do it that way? >> we have a city ordinance -- >> sanctuary city. this is the whole point. >> yes, sir. >> john: sanctuary policies on blast as mayors in major american cities testify before congress. this blockbuster hearing comes as the trump administration continues its crackdown on illegal immigration and crying. mark meredith life for us now on capitol hill, and mark, how he did did the hearing get today?

>> john, good afternoon to you. the hearing is ongoing. it has gotten he did at times. so much of the debate usually on this kind of immigration policies as with the congress and the white house. today lawmakers are hearing from four people on the front lines, the mayors of four major american cities who say they believe not every illegal immigrant should be deported from this country, and they think at times that they should not cooperate with federal law enforcement officers. as of today we have the leaders of four major cities, denver, chicago, boston, and new york all testifying before the house oversight committee. these lawmakers telling them why they think sanctuary cities should protect some legal immigrants from potential deportation. today these mayors arguing by not cooperating with some efforts they are actually making their cities safer. >> put simply, any actions that amplify fears of deportations make chicago more dangerous. those fears because witnesses and victims to avoid cooperating with police. the cooperation of all people

regardless of their immigration status is essential to achieving the city's goals of reducing crime and pursuing justice for victims. >> president trump and republican lawmakers as well as the administration's new immigration enforcement leaders argued the opposite, that's actuary policies are seemly making america cities unsafe and prevent law enforcement officers from simply doing their jobs. >> the mayors here today, each of these so-called century cities, and let's be clear, these policies only create a sanctuary criminals. sanctuary policies violate, by protecting criminal aliens at the expense of the american people. >> the tone with these mayors has been pretty polite from these lawmakers. we will see as the afternoon goes on, 60 lawmakers getting to ask questions today and john i just office was kind of funny, right across from this hearing they are giving out ashes for ash wednesday sweet seen a number of lawmakers pop by wondering what is happening in this room, an indication hear this debate is going to continue

on capitol hill even after these mayors wrap up. john? >> john: 60 people who are talking, it is going to take a while. thank you, mark meredith. sandra? >> sandra: former let's bring in a chicago resident who traveled to d.c. to attend this hearing. thank you so much. we have heard from you before and have you on the program. please share with us your thoughts about what you have heard so far. >> i want to start by saying thank you so much to the united states congress on behalf of the taxpayers and the citizens of chicago. we have been in a situation where our tax dollars, resources, and time have been allocated to illegal aliens because our city has been magnetized for illegal immigration to the century policies. >> john: you got brandon johnson there defending the city's actuary policies, obviously j.b. pritzker that the governor is defending the states sanctuary policies but at the same time i.c.e. in the initial phases is going after criminal illegal aliens, so you've got the mayor of chicago, your town,

defending the status of illegal criminal migrants in the city. does that make any sense to you? >> no, sir, it doesn't. at the end of the day we care about the health, safety, and security of our families. our goal is to protect our families, not people who chose to skirt our u.s. immigration laws and sneak into country. it is not fair that they are held to a higher, a lesser standard than us. it is like they are special, and we want to know what makes these people so special that they can't be prosecuted, they get our tax dollars, they get free housing, they get free health care. it's like we are at a disadvantage because we are citizens. >> sandra: if we could, real quick, we are going to dip back into that hearing. ayanna pressley is speaking right now, let's listen. >> thank you, mr. chair. i just wanted to bring up a bill that is going to be before the floor, hr 32, a bill that would basically take away federal grants that the administration

thinks you are a "century city" -- >> sandra: wd to catch about policies that are leading to destruction of their cities. >> well, it is really important that we realize the legislation allowing this was in place before this last election peered we heard the mayors all this morning say these are city laws that they are following. so it is really important that this federal government comes to give us relief against these very harmful policies that are

affecting us on the city level, or on the municipal level. and again we thank them for coming, thank them for making them answer before congress, and hopefully we will be able to get some kind of reprieve through the federal government. >> john: we have seen a tremendous amount of money in these cities and states, taxpayer money -- >> my money. our money. >> john: going to service these migrants, such as this. denver $79 million as of november 2024, chicago $638.7 million, since august of 2022 through january 2025. massachusetts more than $1 billion to date. and look at this, new york city projected this fiscal year to hit $3.3 billion. you add all of that together, p-rae, and that turns into real money, and american taxpayers are forking over. when we heard from joe biden, there is nothing more i can do about illegal immigration until congress acts, and then we see in the first month and half of

the trump administration, cross-border illegal traffic is down 95%. do taxpayers rightly asked, why have we been spinning all of this money? >> yes. we don't go to work to pay for illegal immigrants. we don't fight the snow and the rain and the heat to go out into this world to pay taxes in order to pay for the entire third world. it's not fair to us, especially me as an american negro woman. i'm not an american at all so this is not my business as a 100% eighth generation free american, i find this very insulting because the laws and our sovereignty are not being exprespected right now and they want to make this a racialized issue, they want to make this xenophobic, but by doing that it ignores people like myself who are not a part of the white majority but are 100% americans. we can't stand for this, and right now we are one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> sandra: all right, p-rae, always a pleasure to have you on.

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joe biden screwed it up by causing the worst inflation crisis in four decades. president trump was honest about where we are while making clear that help is on the way. as the president declared last night, he will make america affordable again. last night, you also saw who motivates the president to work so hard. every day americans, who president trump shined a spotlight on last night in his speech. from marc fogel, who president trump was finally able to reunite with his family and his beautiful 95-year-old mother, after being detained in russia. to peyton mcnabb, whose heart-wrenching story motivated president trump to end men and women sports. and to allison and lauren phillips, the mother and sister of laken riley, who president trump honored by signing the laken riley act to ensure her name will live on forever. and other amazing and surprising moments, president trump honored

the life of jocelyn nungaray, who was brutally murdered by illegal alien gang members, ensuring joslin will not be forgotten by renaming a national wildlife rescue in her home state of texas to honor her life and in one of the greatest surprise moments of the night, d.j. daniel, an incredible 13-year-old boy, who is beating brain cancer, so his dreams fulfilled by president trump when he was made an honorary secret service agent. and finally, after nearly four years, president trump delivered justice for the families of 13 american heroes who were cute not killed at abbey gate in the biden-botched afghanistan withdrawal which is one of the worst evaluations in the history of our country. president trump announced we have to take the monster who was responsible for that horrific attack. he was delivered to dulles airfield earlier this morning. on his first day in office, president trump national

security team across the federal government prioritized intelligence gathering to locate this evil individual. president trump's team shared intelligence with regional partners such as pakistan who helped identified this monster in the border land area last month. mohammad confessed to his crimes in abbey gate, russia, iran, to the pakistanis. traveled to pakistan over the weekend where he again confessed his crimes to the fbi. as president trump said last night, this killer will now face the swift sword of american justice for these atrocities right here on united states s soil. joe biden was responsible for this botched withdrawal, and he had three years to find this evil terrorist, and he didn't even try to get the job done. but president trump campaigned on behalf of and grew very close to the gold star families. he promised them accountability, and last night, he kept his promise. he spoke to those gold star

families yesterday ahead of his speech in an incredibly heartwarming call to share this incredible news. and as president trump asked in his speech last night, how could anyone possibly be opposed to any of this action that he is taking? well, apparently the modern-day democrat party could. the behavior of democrats last night was completely disgraceful and demonstrated how severely out of touch they are with the american public. it was the most shameful moment in the history of presidential addresses in that beautiful chamber. and what was supposed to be a unifying moment for our country, democrat members of congress instead screamed at the president of the united states, who was just overwhelmingly reelected by their constituents, walked out of the chamber, and worst of all, they disrespected the american people. democrats didn't stand to keep men over women sports. they couldn't even clap for a girl who got her head smashed in by a man on a volleyball court.

democrats didn't stand for an innocent and beautiful child who is surviving brain cancer. they opposed eliminating taxes on tips and social security. they didn't stand in favor of cutting taxes for hardworking americans. they couldn't even clap for two mothers whose daughters were killed by illegal aliens. one of the only things that could get democrats off their feet last night was cheering for ukraine.not for america. last night was a very clarifying moment for our country. the democrats expose themselves as the party of insanity and hate. the party that wants to put america last. they've allowed their trump arrangement syndrome to stop them from celebrating america and our people, and we will not allow them to forget that. and it's not just the democrat party. the mainstream media still doesn't get it. last night, msnbc's nicole wallace disgustingly looped in a 13-year-old boy with brain cancer into an attack on the

president over january 6th. and cnn's first chyron out of the speech called it divisive. president trump wasn't divisive. the democrats were. and cnn was proven wrong by their own viewers. 69% of whom in a post-speech poll said they had a positive reaction to the president's speech. it's sad, and frankly pathetic, that democrats and liberals in the legacy media continue to allow their hatred for the president to override their love for our country. but nevertheless, the president will continue to unify this nation through policies that are grounded in common sense and that uplift all americans. we have an individual in our new media seat today, mary margaret all hand, who is the daily wires first ever white house correspondent, congratulations,. the daily wire was founded ten years ago by ben shapiro. the daily wire now has over 1 million paid subscribers, a monthly network reach of 138 million, and has evolved

into a leading conservative multimedia giant. they are now the fifth largest podcast network in the world and home to some of the top rank shows, with that i will take your question, mary margaret, what are you kick us off? >> reporter: than you so much, karoline peered two questions. you talked about behavior from democrat lawmakers, a lot of disruptions, and i just wanted to kind of go back to that. we saw democrat lawmakers not stand for laken riley, payton mcnabb, or the sun of the slade police officer, 13-year-old cancer survivor. what are the objects of that nationally just in terms of not just the people but across the nation, and also, was president trump expecting this type of behavior when he was crafting his speech? >> secretary leavitt: so i gave a quote to one of the media outlets in this room yesterday that democrats behaving like children would be the least surprising thing of the night. and unfortunately, that quote did turn out to be true. i think the president and everyone frankly was surprised by the democrats refusing to

stand for not the president's policies, because frankly we expected that, but for the everyday americans who president trump was shining a light on their stories. marc fogel, for instance, an american schoolteacher was detained by the russians, president trump freed him. if joe biden had done that they all would have been on their feet but because it came from president trump, they work. we think it is very sad, but we are very proud of the president today and the american people are the people that this president cares about most and the reviews are in and everybody loved his speech. wing of the governor of maine has really pushed back against the president's executive orders, saying boys should not be in girls sports peered a lawmaker from maine told me she had been censored by state lawmakers for calling a man a man and speaking up on it. what is the next move from the white house to protect integrity of women sports? >> secretary leavitt: there is ongoing litigation. the president has made a commitment to ensure that states are being held accountable if

they continue to allow men and women sports, which he believes is an egregious violation of taxpayer dollars. and so that fight continues, and the president won't back down. again, this is a common sense policy. 80% of the american people, including more than 60% of democrats, do not want men's and women's sports, so that the president will stand by this commitment. thank you. good to see you in here. >> reporter: good to see you, caroline. can you confirm that the president held talks with the big three automakers today, speaking about potentially limiting tariffs? >> max. >> secretary leavitt: i can confirm and i'm glad you asked because the president sent me out here with a statement from him on this. it was reported earlier today by "bloomberg news," and he wanted me to share this with all of you. we spoke with the big three auto dealers. we are going to give a one-month exemption on any autos coming three usmca. reciprocal tariffs will still go into effect on april 2nd, but at the request of the companies associated with usmca, the

president is giving them an exemption for one month so they are not an economic disadvantage. so the three companies that he spoke to are stellantis, ford, and general motors. they requested the call, made the ask, and the president is happy to do it, a one-month exception. >> reporter: the president spoke on social media spoken with prime minister trudeau, says he is not satisfied with what the prime minister has said when it comes to fentanyl, but less than 1% of the fentanyl sees last year was if the northern border. what else does canada need to do? >> secretary leavitt: well, the president did just put out a statement on his call with the governor, justin trudeau, as he calls him, of canada. and he said he was not pleased, as you said, he said it is not good enough. he told prime minister justin trudeau that directly. the call ended in a somewhat friendly manner, as the president said, but he is not going to stop standing up for the machen people. to answer your question direct we when it comes to fentanyl, for the last four years unfortunately our neighbors to

the north and the south, canada and mexico, respectively, have allowed america to be a dumping ground, not just for illegal aliens, but for illegal poisonous deadly fentanyl, which is now the number one killer of young people in this country age 18-34. through the northern border and canada, last fiscal year alone, there was enough fentanyl seized to kill 4.8 billion people, and that number is up 2050% from 2023 the year before, so there has been more than a 2000% increase in illegal fentanyl seizure at the northern border. why? because canada is allowing that fentanyl to come to the united states. the president sees these numbers. he fix about the lives that are lost. and everybody in this room, i'm sure everybody watching at home and across the country knows someone in our lives who has been killed at the hands of this deadly poison. there needs to be repercussions for that. the president feels very strongly about it. >> reporter: it is just

43 pounds, less than a carry-on suitcase. is that a lot of fentanyl compared to say fentanyl? the vast majority of the fentanyl is brought into new mexico, not canada, so what else does canada need to do? >> secretary leavitt: i just told you, i just told you there was a 2000% increase in illegal fentanyl. you are asking me for what the president's justification is for these tariffs. it is not up to you. you are not the president, gabe, and frankie and think it is a little bit disrespectful to the families in this country who have lost loved ones at the hanf this deadly poison. if you talk to them, this president has, they are grateful that they finally have a president was standing up to both canada and mexico, and most importantly to china, as well. the president added an additional 10% tariff on china because this deadly poison is being produced in that country. it is being distributed through our neighbors, and there needs to be consequences for that, period. peter? >> secretary leavitt: reporter matt thank you, karoline. the u.s. has a long-standing

policy we do not negotiate with terrorists. then why is the u.s. now negotiating directly and for the first time ever with hamas? >> secretary leavitt: when it comes to the negotiations you are referring to, first of all the special envoy who is engaged in this negotiations does have the authority to talk to anyone. israel was consulted on this matter. and look, dialogue and talking, two people around the world to do what is in the best interest of the american people, is something that the president has proven is what he believes is good faith effort to do what's right for the american people. >> reporter: is it just about the hostages? or are they also talking about the president's plan to take over gaza? >> secretary leavitt: these are ongoing talks and discussions. i'm not going to detail them here. there are american lives at stake. i would refer you to the deferment of state for further details but i am not going to get into the stalks year. >> reporter: we know some officials here were miffed that zelenskyy showed up last week without a suit for his meeting in the oval office. but elon musk never wears a

suit -- >> secretary leavitt: he did last night periods reporter max what is the dress code? >> secretary leavitt: elon musk or a suit last ni night -- >> reporter: zelenskyy getting kicked out -- >> secretary leavitt: i'm just pointing out he did wear a suit last night. and i think the president liked that very much peered and he looked great. speaking of the president come he just passed me a note while i'm standing here, he wanted me to hold this up, this is the poll i cited, the cbs you go full that shows 76% of those wht night approved of his speech so it goes to my earlier point i made in my monologue abt how incredibly sad it is that we have a modern-day democrat party who is so severely out of touch with the american public. this is a great poll, the ultimate poke came on november 5th when the president won by an overwhelming margin, that he spoke about last night, democrats were not happy to hear that either. weijia? reporter matt thank you, karoline.

last night, president trump said there will be a little disturbance, but we are okay with that. can you put a dollar figure amount on how much the average american family should expect to pay as this disturbance? and why should americans be okay with that? when so many are already struggling to pay the bills? >> secretary leavitt: first of all, last night, the president told the truth, and he was realistic, and he level set with the american people. and i think, frankly, it is very refreshing, and everyone in this room should be very grateful that we have a president who tells the truth about the reality of the economic situation that we are in, unlike the previous president who lied to everybody's faces saying inflation was transitory, saying it was under control and the border was secure when none of that was true. so the president is being frank and honest, and the american people elected this president to a monumental reform and change, including rebuilding our manufacturing base in this country, standing up to foreign nations who have been ripping up off our country for decades, and

that requires a little bit of disruption. that requires a lot of effort and work. that this president is focused on doing. with that said, as the president said last night, his it administration is wholeheartedly committed, of course, to ending the inflation nightmare caused by the biden administration. look at the deregulation efforts, look at the president's push last night in his speech for congress to pass tax cuts, to end taxes on social security and overtime pay for hardworking americans and taxes on tips, we need to get that done because that'll put more money back into the pockets of the american people and i did not evenot even mention energy, look at the presidents approach and focus on unleashing the might of our energy, we know that is the number one driver of inflation. he has been slashing back a lot of the burdensome regulation from the previous administration to unleash our energy industry at home which will drive down costs. he said he is committed to making america affordable again, he did it in his first term and americans can trust him to do it again. for president trump has made clear, karoline, that he loves

tariffs, but the stock market does not. how does he factor that into his dish and making? >> secretary leavitt: the president of love tariffs come he said it is one of his favorite words in english dictionary, and he believes in tariffs because they will ultimately make america rich again, they are going to raise revenue at help us pay down our debt most importantly bring american jobs home. but with this president did for you in his first term, wall street boomed, stock market boomed, the president expects that to happen again but most importantly mainstream is going to boom and that is why the president has a whole of government economic approach which includes tax cuts, tariffs, regulation cuts, and an energy industry that will bring down costs for american consumers. monica? >> reporter: you mentioned not one democrat senator voted to protect women in sports, stood to applaud or support protecting women's sports at this joint session to congress, you mentioned at the beginning, so

what message is that sending to not only young women who are competing in these sports across the country, but also to the parents of these young girls? >> secretary leavitt: i think the passage americans should take away from last night as they have a president in the oval office who is committed to doing for them, especially women and girls across the country, it is ironic, thank you for laying out the point that democrat women were wearing pink to support our fellow females, yet they couldn't stand again for a young woman who was almost killed and severely injured by a man on the volleyball court. they couldn't stand for the mothers of two beautiful young women whose lives were taken tragically at the hands of illegal people, so you can't say you are the party of women and then support men and women sports and not stand up for basic law and order and immigration reform that will protect women in this country. that is what president trump is doing. he is the president for women.

lindsay, good to see you. >> reporter: thank you, karoline, good to see you. speaking of tariffs, ready for any kind of war with the u.s. because of these tariffs placed on them, and a chinese put the spokesperson said the tears would not lead to a resolution of u.s. concerns at fentanyl originating in china. can you speak to how the administration is planning on responding to that? >> secretary leavitt: i think secretary hegseth has responded to that this morning. he said that america will always be prepared to defend itself, especially under the leadership of this president in the oval office, and that certainly remains true. again, when it comes to tariffs, the president has been very tough on china, not just now with 20%, and more with the reciprocal tariffs that will hit on april 2nd, but look at what he did in his first term. there were billions of dollars worth of tariffs that he implement it on china, and it is quite telling that the previous administration did not rescind those tariffs because they realize the value that they had in not only to deterring china but also raising revenue here in the united states.

rachel? >> reporter: two quick follow-ups on tariffs. the president mentioned a disturbance with his or marks. the ceo targeted consumers will likely see prices go up on anything from strawberries to bananas to avocados. how long should americans expect to pay higher prices? are we talking a week from a couple of days, a few months? >> secretary leavitt: again i do not have a crystal ball but i can assure the american people that this president and the administration is doing everything they can, and i would remind you and everybody else in this room that it's because of the previous administration's economic policies that americans were left with record high inflation. inflation throughout joe biden's entire 48 months in office was at or above 3%. it hit record highs, as you know. and there is a whole list of what the biden economic disaster this president was left to clean up. iit has been a month -- >> reporter: sorry to cut you off there. one follow-up.

the u.s. imported $43 billion worth of eggs from canada. you mentioned some extensions when it comes to automakers. will there be any other carve outs, including for eggs? we know prices are soaring for americans. >> secretary leavitt: the president is open to hearing about additional exemptions. he always has open dialogue and he will always do what is right, what he believes is right for the american people, but again, as for the egg crisis in this country, the president is wholeheartedly committed to ensuring we are increasing our egg supply and also bring down costs, and secretary rollins has been all over this issue. she comes from an agricultural background and family, that is why she is leading that very important department, she wrote an amazing op-ed in "the wall street journal" all over the media talking about her plans, she has a real plan, the president endorses it and he even gave her an off the prompter shout out last night saybrook, and counting on you, it is an important issue. and this white house is working a result they to address this issue. >> reporter: thanks, karoline.

what does it say that the democrats could not stand for americans or stand for victims, they stood for war and clapped for war and clapped four years of war? >> secretary leavitt: the president dressed that last night, i think when he called out senator elizabeth warren, as i said in my opening speech, very telling that the democrats refused to clap for americans, people, and american interests, and american priorities, but they did clap for the country of ukraine, which by the way, the president is working very hard to end that war, so democrats should be applauding him for actually doing some thing about it. >> reporter: follow-up on that, if i can. you are spoken recently about what happened in the oval office last week gave americans an inside look behind the scenes, discussions with zelenskyy. is this how he treated joe biden and just treated him disrespectfully and received billions of dollars? >> secretary leavitt: it's a very interesting question. i don't know of anybody in here ask the previous -- my predecessor stood at this podium about that, but there was a report from nbc news that

president biden also got increasingly frustrated with president zelenskyy when he was handing out blank checks, and president zelenskyy kept asking for more. joe biden was quite frustrated with that. so again, as i've said repeatedly, friday revealed the frustrations that this administration has had in closed-door negotiations with the ukrainians. however, president zelenskyy did put out a statement yesterday which we believe is a positive step forward, and national security advisor mike waltz has been talking to his ukrainian counterparts, so we are in the midst of this and we will see what happens. >> reporter: i have two questions. a reprieve being granted to these three automakers for one month while the tariffs on canada and mexico, how did the president settle on one month? >> secretary leavitt: the reciprocal tariffs will go into effect on april 2nd, and he feels strongly about that, no matter what, no exceptions, exemptions, so that is where the one-month comes from. >> reporter: to see expect them to shift production within a month? >> secretary leavitt: they

should get on it, shift production to the united states of america where they will pay no tariff, that is the ultimate goal. >> reporter: on the conversations between the white house and the ukrainians and the letter that president trump revealed last night that he got from president zelenskyy, director radcliffe said today the president has paused also intelligence sharing with ukraine. is that temporary or permanent? >> secretary leavitt: i believe at the national security council told me in regards to that was they paused or they are reconsidering the funding for ukraine, as you saw, the pause in the funding, as for intelligence matters i refer you to either the national security council or the cia. >> reporter: they are considering lifting or reinstating the military intel to ukraine which they paused? >> secretary leavitt: it is a pause for a review. >> reporter: follow-up on that. the president read parts of the letter he received last night from president zelenskyy. can you give us a sense of when president trump now plans to sign that minerals deal after receiving that letter?

>> secretary leavitt: those talks are happening as we speak. i just saw the national security advisor. he is working very hard on it, i believe going to the oval office to get the president an update on where it stands but again the president is committed to a peace deal. he wants to see this more end. i think president zelenskyy's message, which he also shared on x, as well, is a positive sign in the right direction. >> reporter: the presidents of the united states is reclaiming the panama canal. the the president of panama said the president was lying. i wanted to get your response to that, it also curious if the president and a reason for not specific the mentioning blackrock last night when he was praising the company that is buying, reports around the panama. >> secretary leavitt: i'm not sure panama knows was going on with their own canal but blackrock is not interested in investing and taking over the two ends of the port which is very important because the president was very vocal several weeks ago about the need to ensure that china is not controlling the panama canal.

this is a very important place for the united states of america. we also saw that the panama canal lifted fees on our u.s. naval ships that are going in and out of the canal, that is a win for the united states of america and the president will continue to ensure the chinese government, the ccp, cannot be infiltrated in the western hemisphere, and certainly not in the panama canal, which is a very important place for our country. >> reporter: the president continues to call the prime minister of canada justin trudeau governor of canada. i'm curious what he means by that and if there are any plans that are moving forward with trying to make canada the 51st state, and i have a follow-up on the economy, as well. >> secretary leavitt: sure, the president put that in his truth social post earlier today. he feels strongly that it would be a very beneficial for the canadian people to be the 51st state of the united states. they wouldn't be paying for these tariffs. they would have much lower taxes if they were part of our great country. >> reporter: you and i

traveled the country during the campaign. this is an issue that so many voters decided to cast ballots on when they voted for president trump. he has started to have that realistic conversation with the american people, that comment last night, but i'm curious if you can been the real with americans right now is all of these factors are playing outcoe things potentially going to get worse before they get better? >> secretary leavitt: i have not been asked and answered this question just given to me indifferent verbiage of three different times, and i will answer it again in an effort of transparency to the american people because this is an important issue and the american people, this president understands that it is, and again that is why in his joint address to congress last night he addressed this issue with a realistic and honest approach. he talked about what the said administration is doing to unleash american energy and to make america affordable again in this administration is wholeheartedly committed to doing it, and i would remind the american public that the first

term record of this president speaks volumes. that's why they reelected him, because they know he can fix our broken economy, and it's very, very broken, from the previous and administration. stephen? >> reporter: thank you, karoline, i have two questions, one on press access and the other intentional and tariffs. your predecessor karine jean-pierre presided over many novel press access restrictions. criticize the recent changes to the press pool made by your office. she said in an interview, quote, what we are looking at is what north korea is doing. what is your response to that and can you say anything to allay concerns that unfavorable coverage will be punished? >> secretary leavitt: i think that's the same individual who said from this podium numerous times that the commander in chief was mentally and physically up for the job, which we knew was a lie. many people in this room knew it was a lie. many of you were admonished for asking questions about that truth. so when it comes to truth and transparency, this

administration, this white house is setting the example, this president is taking far more questions than his predecessor joe biden date on a daily basis, and that will continue. >> reporter: fentanyl produced largely in china has killed 334,000 americans over five years according to cdc data. that is one in every thousand americans. president trump has cited this for applying tariffs to china and mexico, but in addition to china talked about being ready for a kind of war, they said yesterday the foreign ministry s an excuse to raise u.s. tariffs and responsible for the fentanyl crisis. what is the response to china that talk of fentanyl is just an excuse for tariffs and what does that say about president xi -- >> secretary leavitt: of course the country getting very rich off of distributing this deadly poison to american citizens is going to say that. again, the president knows where the american people stand on

this issue, fentanyl overdoses. all of us campaigning all across the country, they talked about inflation. they also talked about the border. the illegal immigrants that were pouring through, but also these deadly drugs, and again the president keeps in mind those families every single day when he is making these tough decisions, but it is a necessary decision, and he is no longer going to allow the united states of america to patent the ground for illegal immigrants and illegal drugs that are killing our people. there needs to be action taken thank you very much, we will see later. >> reporter: thank you, karoline. >> sandra: karoline leavitt briefing at the white house, the first briefing that happen since the president's big speech last night, news on tariffs, confirmation that the president did meet with the automakers this morning and granted them that one month exemption but that does not define where this will all go next and it does not

tell us in the near future was happening. >> john: was interesting as we had commerce secretary howard lutnick on at the top of the hour and he was laying out for us what the president was like the going to decide and it is like broadcast news, say it in here and it comes out there. it didn't take long for it to become official. >> sandra: indeed. so we will see, john. not a whole lot of market reaction to that. and also peter doocy's question on the conversations that the u.s. envoy is having. she did confirm that, as well, with hamas. peter doocy asked about why that would be when we don't negotiate with terrorists, but she said he is open -- they are open to that envoy discussing and having discussions with hamas. so we learned a little bit about that, as well. >> john: i thought it was interesting at the top of the briefing she came out with a long soliloquy, if you will, about the democrats and how they comported themselves at the joint session last night, and i think a lot of people, after that, are wondering, who is

writing the playbook strategy for the democrats? because what they are doing does not seem to be working. they are not getting any traction against a president who gave numerous polls, including that one from cbs, that she brought out at the briefing, appreciated by the vast majority of people who watched it, could be said the majority people who watched the republican president speech do tend to lean if not all the way over on the republican side. but the speech was pretty powerful, i think, and the democrats' response to it in some peoples eyes was not seen as being the best way that they could have responded. >> sandra: in the eyes of even some democrats, the media analysts, as we saw in the minute that followed that speech. all right, john, we will move on as we head to the top of the new hour with this. ♪ ♪ >> i have several articles. i need to enter them. let me go ahead with the articles -- >> what is the next article?

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>> sandra: fireworks on capitol hill as lawmakers target each other and four democratic mayor's tough questions about immigration policies. how they put americans lives in danger. welcome back as "special report" heads into a new hour. sandra smith in new york. >> john: point the exchange. john roberts in washington. leaders of the cities in boston, chicago, denver, and new york all testifying about their administrations approaches in a marathon hearing that started four hours ago and shows no signs of winding down yet, with the situation at the border itself improving immensely, republicans in the house oversight committee now want to know why sanctuary cities are still interfering with the white house's immigration crackdown. >> sandra: fox team coverage, brooke taylor at the border have the visit for vice president vance but let's start with nate foy live in new york city with a look at some of the dangerous criminals the policy to protect it. what is the latest from the

hearing? >> hey, sandra, you just saw some contentious moments which i guess is expected. congressman nancy mace of south carolina just said that all of these sanctuary city mayors have blood on their hands. and that happened after a heated exchange between congressman jim jordan and denver's mayor mike johnston after an illegal migrant was accused of assaulting i.c.e. agents last week. take a look. this is the illegal migrant who is also a suspended tren de aragua gang member. eight denver county jail released him to the streets last friday, forcing i.c.e. agents to arrest him in public where he later is accused of assaulting officers. those are necessary because sanctuary laws limit cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. in boston i.c.e. agents arrested this illegal i migrant from guatemala last month. he was set free after being charged with the aggravated rape of a child. border