and airport strategy. what do you think? >> go through security, pick up my starbucks, preordered come and get there right -- i love it, walking right on the plane as i walk up to the gate with my coffee, not waiting at all. you got to learn the times, the ropes, the airplanes are my life. >> you have to test it out before you just start winging it at arriving 15 minutes before, though? >> real quick, just one thing, don't run in airports. is a bad thing for a thousand reasons. >> i would never cut it that close. my system is i live like 30 minutes from laguardia, so i leave two hours before my flight takes off, that way i have an hour in the cab, dinner hour at the airport. i don't want to rush. i want a nice glass of wine in the delta lounge. >> you guys go to lunch and watch for runners and you and i will go to lunch. >> thanks, everyone, for watching "outnumbered." here is "america reports."

>> john: emily, thank you so much. we are awaiting a briefing from the white house amid another down day on wall street. fears of a recession triggering a sell-off. president trump is borrowing short-term pain for long-term gain. with that, hello, i'm john roberts come and welcome. >> sandra: thanks, john, good to be with you. i'm jacqui heinrich in washington, sandra smith has the day off, this is "america reports." a few hours away from a critical vote to keep the government open. republicans facing a test of unity over their spending bill as democrats refuse to buy in peered the g.o.p. will be support from members and both chambers and some help from senate democrats to avoid a shutdown. >> john: fox team coverage, katie pavlich to touch on all of this and chad pergram on deck to break down the government spending bill. first, let's get to peter doocy at the white house as we anticipate today's briefing. peter? >> yes, any minute now, john. what we are seeing before president trump sends his spokesperson out is a different approach than last week. last week when he was taking

some heat including from a conservative economist about this tariff strategy come he decided to tinker with it a little bit. there were exceptions made for products from mexico, canada, for a few weeks. this week, amid the criticism, the president is doubling down, and what remains to be seen is how exactly he can help this 1.5 million-person block in new york, minnesota, and michigan that is going to be affected by higher prices for canadian energy, but he and the canadians are going back and forth, back and forth, so we do expect to hear a little more about the president's thinking on that. we didn't see him at all yesterday but he is going to speak to some nervous ceos later on today. president trump, of course come has great job security. he never needs to run for reelection again. but these ceos coming to town from ibm and hp at qualcomm, the only to go back to their boards and their shareholders to

explain what exactly is going to happen, and we also expect the white house to try to reassure folks who are sitting there looking at their 401(k)s going down and down and down. this is the white house. they came in trying to get federal workers to retire by the hundreds of thousands. but it is tough to make the argument you should retire if your retirement accounts are getting throttled which is what is happening right now. so we expect, we hope for answers to all of these curiosities any minute. john? >> john: all right, peter doocy with a preview from the white house, thank you. now this. ♪ ♪ >> if our democrat colleagues want to increase their 21% approval rating with the american public, they ought to start by doing the right thing and keeping the government open. >> this bill basically says whatever president trump, whatever his assistant or vice president elon musk wants to do cover they are going to do. >> that is what they're going to vote for, a democrat shutdown of the u.s. federal government.

>> is really repugnant, and i'm hoping the house will think twice about passing it. >> if a shutdown happens, the democrats will own it. >> jacqui: the new g.o.p.-sponsored spending bill causing a divide in d.c. as lawmakers try to make friday funding deadline to avoid a government shutdown. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill for us. so chad, when exactly are they looking to do this vote? >> well, likely around 4:00 p.m. eastern time. president trump again calling a skeptical republican last night, i just talked with tim burchett republican from tennessee who spoke with the president, still has things to work out but we know cat hammock of florida and beth van duyne of texas are still up in the air peered vice president j.d. vance appealed to house republicans in person this morning. >> well, i think there is still some work to be done. i saw some looks in there that didn't leave me feeling good securing the votes of those who may be having questions but i am

confident that those questions will be answered by leadership and the president to win those over. >> it is about the math. democrats are imploring all of their members to be present at oppose the bill. that's the case republicans can only lose one vote. thomas massie of kentucky is a "no." republicans control the house, but if the bill fails, house g.o.p. leaders are ready to blame the democrats. >> you continually criticize the democrats here. doesn't that imply that you don't have the votes on your side? because you wouldn't need democratic assistance to keep the government open. >> no, we will have the votes. we are going to pass this cr, we can do it on our own but what i'm saying is democrats ought to do the responsible thing, follow their own advice in every previous scenario, and keep the government open. >> and even if it passes the house, it still faces hurdles in the senate. the bill must overcome a filibuster, and it's unclear that all 53 g.o.p. members will

vote yes. >> we are going to watch and see what the house does. i've been talking my friends in the house so we will see with the house does and make a decision. >> are you voting for acr? >> i've never voted for a cr, no. >> g.o.p. kentucky senator rand paul is opposed. at least some democrats we need to break a senate filibuster. the government funding deadline is 11:59:59:00 p.m. eastern time friday. jackie? >> jacqui: going to be dicey come always is. chad pergram, thank you. >> john: katie pavlich, fox news interview and townhall.com editor peered stock market still in the bathroom for throwing up in the toilet but charlie gasparino says don't worry about this. here's what he rode in "the new york post." ignore the stock market. wall street dealing with painful detox from government spending. the real economy he writes most people care about is poised to do just fine given what trump is planning and eventually so will the stock market, taking away government spending is now giving the aforementioned junkie

the shakes. ditto for trump's trade policies. so he is saying this is just a minor period of adjustment and that is the argument trump is making. >> charlie in the president i would stare absolute the correct. for far too long the federal government has been propping up the economy and the president over the weekend made it very clear to maria bartiromo, he wants the american economy to be set afloat by the private sector, not by discontinuation of pumping in government money and bailing out number of industries and continuing to feed this crisis of inflation, of making sure that things -- there is too many dollars chasing too few goods. this is a period, a hangover from the biden administration, but also just big government spending over the course of 20 years, and hangovers are tough for a lot of people but ultimately you come out and the solution is not to pump more into the economy, it is to get over the period of time and get to a place where you are stable with real growthking money from taxpayers and spending it on government,

butchering can government so that american workers and taxpayers have more money to spend inside of a private economy. >> jacqui: well, that's the case, why wouldn't the president just say i'm not worried about a recession? even if something happens, it will be brief periods adjust his superstition that is blocking >> i think the reality is that he understands there could be a recession based on the contraction of all this government money flowing into the economy. the reality is there are choices that have to be made when it comes to tough decisions about remaking an economy and when it comes to this big fight he is having on capitol hill today wanting this cr to pass, their goal is to get that past and make it onto his agenda because right now the policy positions in the economy are left over from the previous administration and they want to get to 3% growth in the gdp. they want to trump tax cuts to be permanent so that americans don't see the largest tax hike that they have seen over the last 20 years. so these are things they want to move forward with to get onto

the trump economic agenda because right now they are still working off of last year's agenda which was the biden economy which americans voted against in november. >> john: there is reason for optimism in the latest job numbers, 151,000 jobs added, not a stellar number but 10,000 jobs added in manufacturing, minus 10,000 jobs in the federal government employment, which saves taxpayers money, and president trump continues to insist that everything is going to be just fine. listen to what he said. >> we are going to take in hundreds of billions of dollars in tariffs, and we are going to become so rich, you are not going to know where to spend all that money, i'm telling you, you just watch. we are going to have jobs. we are going to open factories. it's going to be great. >> john: so much winning. you were going to get tired of winning. it's true that european nations tariff the heck out of us and they are doing just fine. >> there is a lot of talk of the trade war, obviously, but all of these countries were completing about the president putting these tariffs on them could easily stop this by saying okay we are going to take some tariffs off of u.s. goods, and

the president's other point is the united states of america has a lot of these resources that we are getting from canada, threats of electricity getting cut off because we take it from canada, well, why is it that americans are getting so much of their electricity from canada when we live in a large, resource-rich economy? why are we getting dairy from other countries? we have a number of dairy farmers here who can provide those goods to us without the cost of paying the tariff, which he has made very clear. when you explain it that way and you point out that other countries tax us, and it is reciprocal in a lot of ways, the american people can understand that, it instead of him saying, look, everything is fine, he is actually acknowledging there might be some pain, but let's get through it and ultimately, as he just said, his goal is to change the economy in a way that americans haven't experienced in the last 100 years. >> jacqui: so if the tariff problem is causing the market to puke, what's going to happen if, as charlie gasparino so

eloquently put it, what's going to happen if the government also shuts down? and will align the democrats are responsible actually sell when republicans have control? >> generally, the prospect of a government shutdown are overblown. the government when it shuts down, people eventually get paid, although they don't get paid in real time. generally government shutdowns are oversold as being a catastrophe beforehand when they actually happen as the result isn't always that bad and they ultimately come to a conclusion and people get back paid. however, republicans are in charge of washington now, and they have very slim margins. they are trying very hard to get the last members they need to pass a cr. it is interesting with the communication point because democrats as we have noticed the last six weeks have been saying they really care about federal workers, they care about the federal government, but now all of a sudden they are not willing to get on board with a continuing resolution which simply freezes the funding levels commit is not cutting anything, it is freezing the levels they had under biden, and they are willing to vote against it for the sake of shutting down

the governments of the things like elon musk's d.o.g.e. are stopped, and that is really what they are voting against. >> john: there is a montage floating around the network today of how many democrats that it is important to keep the government operating. nancy pelosi. >> yes. >> john: great to see you. we are still waiting for the white house briefing. i was led to believe it was going to happen -- >> jacqui: it is usually -- >> john: they are running a little bit behind. maybe they haven't gotten it. >> jacqui: are just getting ready. all of these questions we are going to have on the economy and also the ukraine talks happening. >> john: miss being there? >> jacqui: i am, but we have peter in the seat and i'm excited for his questions, always something interest into ask about, usually something other people are talking about, too. >> john: we will get to that as soon as it happens, but first this. >> really i don't want america to go bankrupt. unless we are stopped, we will get to a trillion dollars of savings. >> john: elon musk touting his projections for d.o.g.e. and his hopes to save america from financial ruin but will it be enough as the stock market

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want to have. >> jacqui: a gem of a human being. we were so blessed to have him as a colleague. it's hard to believe he is not with us anymore. we expect her to say something. she reached out to me yesterday and shared condolences. indicated that they might be doing something for him here today, and we will look forward to that. >> john: of course, the big topic of conversation in terms of policy, as well, what's going on with the tariffs? doug ford, the somewhat bombastic premiere of the province of ontario, people might know him as rob ford, the former mayor of toronto's brother, has decided he is going to take donald trump on one on one end tariffs will be matchedh tariffs but this potentially hurts a lot of consumers in the united states because ford is promising a 25% tariff on electricity. ontario, where i grew up, by the way, predominately goes to michigan, minnesota, new york state.

let's listen. >> secretary leavitt: how are you? let staff get settled. there is a lot of news today so i look forward to taking your questions. good to see you. i have some updates for you, as well. later today, president trump will address the business walk roundtables to quarterly meeting where he will tout pro-growth economic agenda and answer questions before more than 100 of our nation's leading ceos. in fact, it's the largest attendance ever for this event because business leaders are so eager and encouraged by president trump's return to washington. this follows president trump's roundtable yesterday with the technology ceo council here at the white house where he met with key leaders in the technology industry, and last night president trump also held an official swearing in in the oval office for sean curran, who is now the 20th director of the united states secret service. sean demonstrated unbelievable bravery under gunfire in butler, pennsylvania, this past july when an assassin tried to kill

president trump. as someone who got to know sean personally throughout the campaign last year, i can say unequivocally that there is nobody better suited for this important role. and following the confirmation of lori chavez-deremer last night the senate has confirmed 21 of president trump's well-qualified cabinet level nominees, far outpacing the previous administration. and looking ahead, tomorrow, the president will welcome leticia me home martin of ireland for the annual white house shamrock. and thursday president trump will welcome the nate oates secretary general for a working meeting and much peered on the economy, february job reports with good news for america. particularly our manufacturing sector. 10,000 new jobs in just one month under president trump. this rebound was led by the automobile sector where we saw a

9,000 new auto jobs created already. the most auto jobs added to the economy in 15 months, this was a complete turnaround from the biden administration where we were losing an average of 9,000 manufacturing jobs per month last year. reuters is out with a report that a number of companies are now looking at expanding their presence or bringing their businesses into america because of president trump's policies, and just moments ago, before coming out here, i saw another report by reuters revealing that merck has opened a $1 billion facility at its north carolina site. this is just the latest pharmaceutical company to boost its u.s. manufacturing in lieu of president trump's tariffs. this announcement follows eli lilly's plans to invest at least $27 billion to build four new manufacturing plants here in the united states and pfizer has also said it is considering moving their manufacturing overseas right here to the united states of america. as the president has said over

and over again, when we purchase products made in the usa, profits stay here, the revenue stays here, and most importantly, the jobs stay here. despite the globalist mainstream media's attempts to worry consumers, president trump all not repeat the trend of past american presidents who broke their promises to the american public and smiled while they stuck a knife in the back of american workers and shipped their jobs overseas. our country has lost more than 5 million jobs and more than 90,000 factories due to devastating globalization over the last three decades alone. north carolina lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs including 60% of its furniture manufacturing jobs in the years following nafta. in michigan, globalist policies destroyed 250,000 jobs including 40% of the auto industry which again we know is clawing back because of president trump's action already. these are harrowing statistics

that represent countless talents and families who have been completely destroyed. but the america last globalist era is ending under president trump. he will no longer allow our country and our workers, our hardworking american families to be ripped off. on a another very important issue for the president, he continues to work hard to secure the border. if you missed it yesterday, cbp launched an enhanced home mobile app with a new feature, the intention to depart, which offers unlawfully present aliens or those aliens whose parole has been revoked and orderly and defined process to notify the u.s. government of their intent to depart the country. the cbp home app's strengthens our mission to secure the border and provides illegal aliens with a straightforward way to leave now before facing much harsher consequences later. a new report from bloomberg just found the number of aliens trying to reach our country by

traveling through the jungle to central america dropped a whopping 99% last month. in this follows the incredible news that illegal border crossings plummeted last month, as well, down 94% at its southern border from last february under the biden administration. as president trump made clear during his historic address to congress, we must finish this job and continue to carry out the largest deportation campaign in american history. that is why the president fully endorses the continuing resolution that is before congress and was negotiated by speaker johnson. he is encouraging all republicans to vote yes on this clean cr, which freezes funding at current levels and will prevent the democrats from getting their long-awaited government shutdown. voting against this cr will hurt the american people and kill the incredible momentum that president trump has built over the past 51 days. and lastly, before i take questions, i would like to

commend "the washington post," who i believe is in the room today. according to a new report from axios, "the washington post" is overhauling their newsroom structure. it appears that the mainstream media, including "the post" is finally learning that having disdain for more than half of the country who supports this president does not help you sell newspapers. it's not a very good business model. and that is why we have people in our new media. today we have the host of breaking point's a poetical political news and youtube show that has racked up nearly 1 billion views on youtube, several hundred million podcast downloads, and former member of the white house correspondents association but is now a part of the thriving independent media. we are very happy to have you with us today. but you kickoff our briefing? >> reporter: very appreciate you having become a karoline. first on the stock market. it is between he fifth anniversary today of the dot-com

bubble crash. there is a lot of concern for the state of the economy, president trump has refused to rule out recession, secretary lutnick has told us there will not be. can the white house assure americans there is not going to be a recession? >> secretary leavitt: a lot to unpack there. and it comes to the stock market, the numbers we see today on the numbers we saw yesterday on the numbers we will see tomorrow are a snapshot of a moment in time. and as president trump has said and i'm here to echo the remarks of this president of this white house, we are in a period of economic transition. we are in a period of transition from the mess that was created under joe biden in the previous administration. joe biden left this country in an economic disaster. several statistics to point out. the delinquency rate on credit card loans increased 63% under joe biden come hitting in your 12 year high. under joe biden, all net job growth went to foreign-born americans, real wages declined.

this administration continues to combat prices soared more than 20% under joe biden because of his reckless spending and economic policies. so we are in a period of transition from that economic nightmare under a president who had no idea what he was doing, never held a private-sector job in his life, into a golden age of american manufacturing under a businessman and a dealmaker in chief in president donald j. trump who will be implementing, is implementing, the formula that we know works. look at president trump's results in his first term. if people are looking for certainty, they should look at the record of this president. that is why the american people reelected him back to this office. look at everything president trump has already done, his team has already done in just 51 days. the massive effort to deregulate. tax cuts which we need congress to pass the trump economic agenda, the trump tax cuts, which will unleash economic growth, and the president also

addressed this directly, i will point out, as well. when you look at what he said on air force one, he said he wants the american people to have so much money in their pockets they don't even know what to do with it. that's the intent of this administration and we are working hard every day on that. >> reporter: second question. president trump, primary challenge against congressman massey peered he has been a supporter of d.o.g.e. and make america healthy again. what kind of message does this white house sent against a congressman seeking standing up for principles he has long heldn the chamber and voting against continuing resolution ended spending? >> secretary leavitt: i thing the president has made it very clear he believes it is critical for conservatives and republicans and frankie all members of congress to get behind this continuing resolution to keep the government funded. the president wants to continue the momentum that he has built over the last 51 days in order to keep the government funded, we've got to keep moving with these deportations and he believes everybody needs to get on board with this bill. he has been active in this

process and making calls to get this over the finish line, and we are urging every republican -- and democrats, too -- to do what is right for the american public to prevent a government shutdown. >> reporter: last question. does the administration believed that it needs to charge a green card holder with a crime to be eligible for deportation? >> secretary leavitt: well, in fact, secretary rubio reserves the right to revoke the visa of mahmoud kalil, and i'm glad you brought this up come under the immigration and nationality act. secretary of state has the right to revoke a green card or a visa for individuals who served or are adversarial to the foreign policy and national security interests of the united states of america, and mahmoud khalil was an individual who was given the privilege of coming to this country to study at one of our nation's finest universities and colleges. and he took advantage of that opportunity of that privilege by siding with terrorists.

hamas terrorists who have killed innocent men, women, and children. this is an individual who organized group protests that not only disrupted college campus classes and harassed jewish american students and made them feel unsafe on their own college campus, but also distributed pro-hamas propaganda, flyers with the logo of hamas. that is what the behavior and activity that this individual engaged in. and i have those flyers on my desk. they were provided to me by the department of home at security. i thought about bringing them to the briefing room to share with all of you but i didn't think it was worth the dignity of this room to bring that pro-hamas propaganda but that is what this individual distributed on the campus of columbia university and the said administration is not going to tolerate individuals having the privilegs country and siding with pro-terrorist organizations that have killed americans. we have a zero-tolerance policy or siding with terrorists, period. peter doocy? >> reporter: thank you,

karoline. you said that the dow dropping and dropping and dropping is a period of transition. you are sure nobody here at the white house shorted the tile? >> secretary leavitt: i don't think so. >> reporter: but is there any concern here that is going to be harder to ask certain federal workers to retire if they look at their retirement accounts and they are getting dropped every day? >> secretary leavitt: i'm glad you brought up workers because that's exactly who president trump is looking out for with his america first trade policy and his america first economic agenda. and if you look at, there is great indication to be optimistic about where the economy stands, and the american people, investors, ceos, small business owners, but most importantly workers, should bet on president trump because his tariff policies, what he envisions his reciprocity. fair trade practices where american workers are put first and are no longer ripped off by foreign countries all over this world. >> reporter: president trump

says he is going to buy a tesla today. did he buy it? and when is the last time he drove a car? >> secretary leavitt: that's a very good question. i have heard the president remarked that he misses being able to drive. that luxury of driving his own vehicle, although the beast is nice, but he is going to be viewing a tesla that is making its way to the white house complex now. i can confirm. perhaps the press pool today will have an opportunity to witness this very exciting moment later this afternoon. but tesla -- a tesla is on its way here now, and we will see if the president takes it when he checks it out. >> reporter: so they are bringing him a tesla to look at come and if he likes it, he's just went to buy it? >> secretary leavitt: he is intent -- he is definitely going to buy one, but he will take a look at it when he gets here. >> reporter: full retail? >> secretary leavitt: full market price peered kelly? >> reporter: can we talk about canada? what is the status of president trump having a conversation with mark harvey? we have seen the president use the term governor to refer to

justin trudeau. will that moniker also go to mr. carney going forward? and is the decision to increase the tariffs, is that based on specific economic metric that he looked at? is it impulse? how would you describe his reaction to canada? >> secretary leavitt: the president has not yet spoken to mr. carney. not since i checked, which was just moments ago. but certainly his phone is always open to leaders who wish to speak with him. as for the tariffs, the president made his position on this quite clear with the statement that he put out. and it was a retaliatory statement due to the escalation of rhetoric that we have seen out of ontario, canada. the president saw the premier doug ford make an egregious and insulting comment, threatening to shut down electricity for the american people, for hardworking american families. he made that threat to. the president saw that and has an obligation and a responsibility to respond

accordingly. and represent the interests of the american people. so he has made a decision to add a 25% tariff, so now steel and aluminum tariffs will come into effect tomorrow at the rate of 50%. and our steel and aluminum industries have actually applauded these tariffs because again they know it is going to grow their industry here. it is going to allow them to export more steel that is made right here in the united states with american workers. >> reporter: insulting, your words here, but that is what many canadian leaders have set about the actions president trump has taken toward canada, and what do you think the timeline is for speaking to mr. carney? normally a sitting president speaks to close ally very quickly when there is no leadership. >> secretary leavitt: well, the president is again responding to the fact that canada has been ripping off the united states of america and hardworking americans for decades. if you look at the rates of tariffs across the board that canadians have been imposing on the american people and our

workers here, it is egregious. in fact, i have a handy-dandy chart here that shows not just canada, but the rate of tariffs across the board. if you look at canada, since you brought it up, american cheese and butter, nearly 300% tariff. he look at india, 150% tariff on american alcohol. you think that's helping kentucky bourbon be exported into india? i don't think so. 100% tariff on agricultural products from india. japan terrifying rice, 700%. president trump believes in reciprocity and it is about ten time we have a president who actually looks out for the interests of american businesses and workers. all he is asking for at the end of the day are fair and balanced trade practices, and unfortunately, canada has not been treating us very fairly at all over the past several decades. to the woman in the purple because i saw you were making a face at my previous answer, so what's going on? [laughter] >> reporter: well, i actually

have a couple questions. at the core of pro-palestinian protest on college campuses and elsewhere is a demand to end the war in gaza, a goal that this administration actually supports and has pursued, so why has this not been acknowledged or highlighted even? >> secretary leavitt: because these colleges and these protests have again put out hamas propaganda. the flyers that have been distributed call for violence. the flyers that have been distributed have the logo of an organization that has held americans hostage. that murdered innocent babies. that murdered men, women, and children. they are a designated foreign terrorist organization. and we are not going to tolerate noncitizens, foreigners, who come here on a visa, engaging in such behaviors, citing with terrorists. emma secretary of state reserves the authority to revoke the green card or the visa of an individual who serves -- who

actually, it says right here, reasonable grounds to believe that the aliens' presence or activities in the united states would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences to the united states. and i think siding with hamas makes that quite clear. secretary rubio exercised that authority, and we fully believe that we are going to move forward with more arrests as president trump previewed in his statement yesterday. >> reporter: are their conversations between the administration anti-canadians going on over this tariff? the ontario premier says the next step is to cut off electricity to the u.s. >> secretary leavitt: emma president put out a statement after seeing those comments and- there would be grave consequences imposed on canada if they think about shutting off electricity for the united states of america and our citizens, and the president is also determined to ensure that we are depending on american electricity, not the electricity production of foreign nations,

including our allies in canada. as for conversations, there is continued correspondence between the president's team, particularly secretary lutnick, and the canadians, as well. >> reporter: how do you sell to the american people then, after look at what is happening in the market this week's, and say the tariff policy long-term is something good? >> secretary leavitt: well, justin capote with the tariff policy long-term will do for our country. many of us probably grew up in small towns come at know a at least i know i did and the main street in my small town looks have a lot worse than it did decades ago before i was alive,t least my parents and karen pence tell me so, and i know many americans feel that same way. what the president envisions for this country and the united states of america to be a manufacturing superpower where there are american factories and businesses owned by americans, producing goods that we are exporting to the rest of the world. those revenues will stay here. it will increase wages for people here in our great country. it will ensure our national

security and it will boost the morale of the american people to have thriving industries again. think about detroit, michigan. think about north carolina, as i mentioned, that used to have a thriving furniture industry that no longer exists because of the globalist trade policies of previous and past administrations. and the american people gave the president a tremendous opportunity to restore american greatness and restore our manufacturing dominance, and he is intent on doing just that. john? >> reporter: two questions. first on the cr you put up the screen the president's message to republicans to support this continuing resolution. is their outreach to democrats? because what we have seen since the beginning of the fiscal year it is that in order to get a continuing resolution, you need bipartisan support and unique compromise. >> secretary leavitt: well, right now we are focused on house republicans and on the house because that is the first step, as you know, john, and so the president has engaged in correspondence with house republicans, whipping boats and

getting them to a "yes," which i understand has been pretty successful this morning plus far, so again the president is encouraging republicans. as i said all members of congress should vote to continue funding this government so we can continue the business of the american people, which elected president trump to do. >> reporter: financial markets, we have seen this decline yesterday, we see it today, as well. it seems that the read on the president's policies is one in which they do not have confidence in his trade tariff policy, they do not have confidence in what the president said to fox news over the weekend, that he didn't rule out the idea of a recession. what is your read in terms of the decline that we have seen over the last week and a half in financial markets? >> secretary leavitt: well come i think there is a lot a reason to be confident and many people do feel confident, just look at the nearly $2 trillion in private investment that this president has secured. look at the comments made by the ceo of apple, one of the biggest

companies in this world, who said that he is bullish on the future of america innovation under the leadership of president trump. look at ceo confidence according to the conference board measure of ceo confidence, in q1, 2025 come under the leadership of this president, he jumps to its highest level in three years, from cautious optimism to confident optimism. again if you look at the $2 trillion in investments from some of the biggest companies in the world, look at the jobs report last friday as i also cited in my opening remarks, fox business reported that trump sees a manufacturing boom and first full jobs report of his second term. look at the auto jobs that have already poured back into ame america. those are sticky jobs, good paying jobs. that's 9,000 american families who will now be able to live the american dream because of the policies of this and administration. you also look at small business optimism, the end i fight be put out a report this morning, small

business optimism continues to be far higher than it ever was under the previous administration. there is a lot of reason to be optimistic and the american people, ceos and people on wall street and mainstream shin bet on this president. he is a dealmaker, he is a businessman, and he is doing what is right for our country, he wants to restore wealth to the united states of america. michael, good to see you. >> reporter: two questions, if i may. will the administration be providing any relief to states affected by the ontario power tariff? >> secretary leavitt: the president has made it very clear that canada would be very wise not to shut off electricity for the american people, and we hope that does not happen. as for what would happen if that does take place, i will leave it to the president to make those decisions. >> reporter: does president trump share the justice department's concern over the rising prices and possible collusion of big egg? >> secretary leavitt: we definitely do share the concerns

of the american people when it comes to the price of eggs. however, good news, the average cost of a dozen eggs is actually down since secretary rollins and president trump announced their plan. it is down $1.85, so that is good news on the cost of eggs. as we know under the biden administration egg prices went up 22%. this is another example of an economic mess that president trump inherited and the secretary of agriculture and the president are focused on fixing it. secretary rollins put out a four-point plan to address this crisis, and she has been honest and realistic with the american people as this and administration always is, it will take about 3-6 months to get the egg supply back to where it should be but she is focused and this administration is focused on doing that every day. karen? >> reporter: just back on the markets you said that what we are seeing this week right now in wall street is a snapshot of a moment in time, but does the president think he bears any responsibility for the turmoil in the stock market this week?

>> secretary leavitt: look, the president is unwavering in his commitment to restore american manufacturing and global dominance, and i think he doubled down on that this morning with his new statement and the tariffs that will be implemented tomorrow on steel and aluminum. >> reporter: he has said recently he is not looking at the market, he said you can't really watch the stock market, but all of the gains his election day have been erased in the s&p 500 come at what what point, how far do stocks have to follow for the president considers it a factor and change his course? >> secretary leavitt: as i just said, the president look over wall street and forming street just like he did in his first term and people on wall street and mainstream should bet on this president come his doing what is right for this country. nick, good to see you. >> is the president prepare like what we saw with congressman massie to pressure other republican lawmakers into supporting this continuing resolution? >> secretary leavitt: he is very much, as i said, engaged in this process. he has been making calls to

lawmakers on capitol hill and i think his statements against congressman massie speak for themselves, and i will let the president put out any additional statements if he chooses to but he fully expect all house republicans to vote for this continuing resolution. >> reporter: can we start to anticipate more of the present weighing in on upcoming 2026 races like we saw this morning? >> secretary leavitt: i'm not sure about that. i'm not even sure from allowed to speak about that from his podium. i would check in with outside political team for guidance on future races. and the president's involvement. elaina? >> reporter: i want to ask about some comments made yesterday. he said there was $500 billion to $700 million, the big want to eliminate, also referred to social security as a ponzi scheme. should americans expect changes, big changes to social security and medicare? >> secretary leavitt: president trump has been unequivocal clear on this. he is going to protect

social security and medicare benefits and medicaid for hardworking americans who paid into these entitlement programs and deserve those hard-earned benefits, and unfortunately the mainstream media has taken mr. musk out of context. i saw a bloomberg headline that our team actually worked on getting updated and fixed because it was so wrong, and it took mr. musk out of context. what he was specifically referring to cutting was the waste and the fraud and abuse that does exist in these programs. according to a 90 report from the social security administration, there is more than $70 billion of fraud in the social security program alone that we know of, so the present will continue to protect these programs for hardworking americans and actually cutting the waste, fraud, and abuse out of these programs will protect it for hardworking americans. >> he said around $500 billion to $700 billion, there was no evidence to claim that and if that was the case that would represent more than one-third of what social security paid out last

year, 20% of social security and medicare. >> secretary leavitt: if you read his full quote, he said we think, so it is an estimate based on what he has seen, he is not saying definitively, he said that is what d.o.g.e. suspects and thinks and that is exactly why d.o.g.e. was created, to ensure that we are investigating the fraudulent spending, the wasteful abuse across our federal government, and i would remind everybody in this room that 70% of the american people support this effort by elon musk ant d.o.g.e. to identify such waste, fraud, and abuse. go ahead. >> reporter: thanks, karoline. if we can step back, when president trump last addressed on the campaign trail, his big push was on tax cuts. he's going there today, as he is proposing tax hikes in the form of tariffs. and i'm curious -- >> secretary leavitt: he is not -- >> reporter: why he is prioritizing that over tax cuts. >> secretary leavitt: he is actually not in permitting tax hikes. tariffs are a tax hike on foreign countries that he can have been ripping us off. tariffs are a tax cut for the

american people, and the president is a staunch advocate of tax cuts, as you know, he campaigned on no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime, no taxes on social security benefits. he has committed to all three of those things, and he expect congress to pass them -- >> reporter: i'm sorry, have you repay tariff? because i have. they don't get charged on foreign companies. they get charged on the importers. >> secretary leavitt: and ultimately what we have fair and balanced trade which the american people have not seen in decades, as i've said at the beginning, revenues will stay here, wages will go up, and our country will be made wealthy again, and i think it's insulting that you are trying to test my knowledge of economics and the decisions that this president has made. i now regret curbing a question to the associated press. mary, go ahead. >> reporter: the first one was on russia-ukraine. the special envoy wycoff said yesterday that zelenskyy apologized in his letter to trump, can you share more about that letter and what else might be interesting that we

don't know? >> secretary leavitt: the president addressed that letter in his joint address to congress and i do have an update, as you know, secretary of state rubio and our national security advisor mike waltz have been negotiating with the ukrainians. today in saudi, they will provide a full read out of that very soon. but i can assure you and everybody here and the american people about the news we have received from that meeting throughout the day and the president has been briefed on his positive. this meeting has been productive. i will let secretary rubio and our national security secretary of state rubio and how national security advisor speak to the specific of what has taken place today when they are ready to do so when the meeting concludes. lindsay, go ahead. >> reporter: referring to mahmoud khalil, the president has said this is the first of many arrests like this. does the administration have a rough estimate of how many arrests you are planning to make similar? >> secretary leavitt: i don't have an estimate. i do know that dhs, based on

very good intel they have gathered at the direction of the president's executive order which made it very clear to the department of homeland security that engage in, as i said, in anti-american, anti-semitic, pro-hamas protests will not be tolerated, so since the president signed that executive order and since secretary has taken the oath at dhs, they have been using intelligence to identify individuals on our nation's colleges and universities, college campuses who have engaged in such behavior and activity and especially illegal activity. and so i don't have a readout on how many arrests will come but i know that dhs is actively working on it, and i also know that columbia university has been given the names of other individuals who have engaged in pro-hamas activity, and they are refusing to help dhs identify those individuals on campus, and as the president said very strongly in his statement yesterday, he is not going to tolerate that. we expect all america's colleges and universities to comply with

this administration's policy. jasmine? >> reporter: on canada, after all of these threats to increase tariffs or turn off electricity come i wonder does this administration still consider canada to be a close ally of the united states? >> secretary leavitt: well, i think canada is a neighbor. they are a partner. they have always been an ally. perhaps they are becoming a competitor now, but as the president also laid out in his truth social post today, he believes that canadians would benefit greatly from becoming the 51st state of the united states of america, and i actually looked into some of the research about the cost of living in canada, and the cost of living is much higher than it is here in the united states of america. the average cost of a home in canada is much higher. in quebec, the highest tax rate for an income of $150,000 or more is 53.3%, more than half of canadians incomes they are being taxed on, so the president has made it clear he believes

canadians would be better served economically, militarily, if they were to become the 51st state of the united states of america. reagan? >> reporter: a week ago, attorney general bondi said h cart load of epstein files had been delivered by the st ny, when can we expect those to be released to the public? >> secretary leavitt: i refer you to the department of justice. >> reporter: jfk files? >> secretary leavitt: i don't at this moment, i do for you to our d&i director tulsi gabbard and that the permit of justice come i know they are working on that diligently as the president requested them to do. christian? >> reporter: thanks, karoline. as we have been talking about ontario, any updates on standing at the external revenue service to collect revenue from them? >> secretary leavitt: we need reciprocal tariffs to go into effect first and as you know the president will be rolling those out on april 2nd and then the next start of that process is collecting that revenue to ultimately create the external revenue service which secr

secretary lutnick is working very hard on it is enthusiastic about if you've noticed from his media interviews. >> jacqui: executive action or require legislation? >> secretary leavitt: the present already cited executive order to direct the secretary of commerce to establish the extra revenue service or identify ways in which it can be done. i would refer you to the department of commerce for more on specifics on that. sure, in the back. >> reporter: i have questions on south korea and north korea. legal detention. what is the reaction of the united states as an ally? is there a possibility of a summit with president trump when president yoon returns? second time north korea, several missiles into the west across

yesterday. what is the white house's reaction to this? >> secretary leavitt: i will start with your question on north korea. we condemn these actions and call on north korea to stop their unlawful and destabilizing actions. as for south korea, the u.s. and republic of korea's alliance is ironclad and the trump administration remains in close contact with our south korean counterparts as we work together to promote a free and open indo-pacific. >> reporter: you didn't answer the question. south korean president from jail. >> secretary leavitt: i don't have anything on that, but i can certainly check in with the national security council and get back to you. sure, good to see you. >> reporter: many are concerned about the validity of president biden's official actions and also his pardons of the possible criminal actions of individuals such as his family members and liz cheney as information is emerging that many of his official actions

were auto signed, possibly even without his knowledge or consent. does the white house have any information available currently that biden was actually the one that approved and signed those pardons? second question, will the doj investigate whether president biden's cognitive decline allowed unelected staff to push through radical politics and pardons without his know knowledge? >> secretary leavitt: i don't know the answer that question but i can check in with our folks who may know the answer and get back to you. go ahead. >> reporter: you did a great job articulating president trump has for what his tariffs come he believes his tariffs can do, bring jobs back to the united states. ask you last week about how much americans might need to buckle up for some short-term pain, a conversation that president and secretary, i'm wondering what is -- how high is the pain threshold for president trump and/or this white house as you watch some of the turbulence in the stock markets, as you field concerns from businesses that

potentially see some of those approval ratings drop in the short-term, how much is he willing to stomach that and will he stay committed to his vision for tariffs even as all of this comes up? >> secretary leavitt: the president has been working hard every single day to alleviate the pain that was inflicted by the previous administration, through massive deregulation, through drill, baby, drill as we like to call it. unleashing the might of our energy which we know will drive down costs for consumers at home and again as i mentioned, the president is intent on signing tax cuts for the american people to put more money back into their pockets which will ultimately unlock consumer confidence, and again i will reiterate the president's words, in layman's terms, as he does best, the president wants the american people to have so much money in their pockets they don't know what to do with it. that is the goal of the said administration. through tariffs, through tax cuts, through deregulation, and through unleashing the potential of our energy industry. have two more quick note before i wrap up.

april 28th, i can confirm that the philadelphia eagles will be here at the white house to celebrate their super bowl victory. i know there was a lot of fake news about an invitation that wasn't sent or was sent. we want to correct the record. we sent an invitation. the enthusiastically accepted. and you will see them here on april 28th. and lastly, on a sad note, i would like to express our condolences to fox news and to the entire fox family, who did lose a cameraman, craig savage, who passed away at 61 years old, recently, a very tragic death, an individual who was a great man and covered this building for many, many years. so the entire press office, the commune occasions office here wants to express our condolences with his family and also with fox news, and i will see you guys later, perhaps you will see a president and a tesla later t. have a good one. >> john: all right, karoline leavitt wrapping up with an in memoriam to our beloved craig savage, who passed away on sunday after spending

some 37 years covering the white house. he is a terrific fella, always had an optimistic outlook on life, a smile on his face despite what the circumstances were, traveled around the world with him many, many times. i'm sure you got to know him, as well. at any time that craig was behind the camera, you knew things are going to work out just fine. >> jacqui: a selfless guy, wonderful person to be around, a great teacher, always had a positive attitude, and really leaving a mark on all of us, positive one, for having worked with him. >> john: our condolences go out to his family, and we will always hold craig in our hearts. we will be right back. kubota orange days delivers the savings you need for the life you love. shop a wide selection of equipment at your local dealer including america's number one selling compact tractor and get your perfect match delivered to your door. designed for comfort and built for performance. now through june 30th, get zero down, 0% apr for 84 months or up to $3,000 off select compact tractors.

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