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fed up. protestors rally against the trump administration's sweeping cuts to the federal government. how the president and elon musk are defending the moves. >> buyer alarm. president trump's hiring freeze has stalled the on boarding process for thousands of federal firefighters. the growing concern that these changes could have deadly consequences next fire season. nearly 100 million americans are in the path of brutal cold and snow today. our meteorologist is here with when relief may finally arrive. and the x factor, getting along with a former spouse can be a challenge, especially if children are involved. an expert joins us, talking about how co-parenting can work for everybody. >> really important conversation for all families. we are going to begin this hour with the growing pushback over the trump administration's plans to overhaul the federal government. >> demonstrations over job cuts and funding freezes are planned across the country. one of them was held outside the health and human services

department headadquartersin washington, d.c. organizers say they are fighting elon musk and his department of government efficiency. yesterday, a federal judge denied a request from 14 states to block musk and doge from firing workers or accessing data systems. >> now nbc news learned that doge workers are at the pentagon less than a week after president trump suggested cutting defense spending. vaughnville yard is in miami where president trump will be speaking later today. so president trump and elon musk defended their actions to reduce the size of the government in a joint interview that aired last night. what exactly did they say? >> reporter: right. it's typical to see the president of the united states doing joint interview from the white house with normally his vice president. but in this case, it was elon musk who sat down for this interview. and frankly, we have not seen somebody who went from private citizen to a position in the government that is not a confirmed cabinet position with

such power and influence as elon musk. that's exactly what the president defended the efforts of doge and musk specifically over the course of his first month of the administration, despite multiple federal lawsuits that have sought to halt much of doge's efforts. i want to let you listen to the president of the united states talk about his adviser and friend, elon musk. >> i think what we're seeing here is the sort of thrashing of the bureaucracy as we try to restore democracy and the will of the people. >> there's a conflict, he won't be involved. i wouldn't want that. this guy is somebody that really cares for the country, and i saw that early on, really a long time ago when i got to know him. he's a very different kind of a character. >> reporter: notably, last night, a major federal lawsuit brought by 14 democratic state attorneys general against doge and musk making the allegations that they were working outside of their constitution bounds.

a federal judge in d.c. decided not to put forward an immediate halt and restraining order on their efforts. the lawsuit is still ongoing, but at least for the moment, despite the efforts of those attorneys general to put an initial injunction against musk from moving forward with accessing personnel data, as well as millions of american's personal information. that is ultimately the judge did not go forward with that injunction here. but, again, this is a moment in time, one month into the administration, where musk is really having a significant impact. not just in terms of workforce reduction, but also on budget cuts, guys. >> vaughn, they have really been focusing on down sizing the government. but i know nbc news, our colleagues have some new reporting that the department maybe isn't able to back up some of the claims they have made about big cuts that they have made. tell us more. >> reporter: right. there's a lot to this here. in the case of the eye already

back some individuals that they terminated who were working on the bird flu outbreak at the u.s. department of agriculture. we heard a similar thing last week at the department of energy, they terminated self-employees working on the nuclear safety program, and they attempted to rescind some of those letters. all of this is colliding at the same time republicans on capitol hill are working at the white house to draft an upcoming budget that is calling for up to $5 trillion in tax cuts, and also at the urging of president trump, no cuts to social security, medicare or medicaid. but that is where the significant part of the majority of the share of the federal budget goes. and so while elon musk and doge, the white house are touting some of the cuts like to foreign aid, for example, or department of education cuts, in the grand scheme of it all, it's a very small margin, just a small percentage of the actual federal

budget goes towards those programs. so for all the savings doge is seeking the tout, tax cuts and other budget priorities that the president has touted would not come close to making those equal, guys. >> vaughn, great reporting here. stick around for our next story. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is appealing to the trump administtion as the u.s. looks to thaw its relationship with russia. >> zelenskyy said president trump was living in a disinformation space after president trump's assertion yesterday that ukraine started the war. in fact, russia invaded ukraine without cause in 2022. this morning, mr. trump fired back at the ukrainian leader on his truth social platform, calling him a dictator without elections. >> mr. zelenskyy was democratically elected in 2019, after russia's invasion. he did impose martial law in ukraine, which has since suspended elections there. >> so vaughn hillyard is still with us. also joining us, correspondent

courtney. so vaughn, let's start with you. president trump has sharpened his rhetoric against zelenskyy, reiterating what some say are russian talking points really. what else is he saying right now? >> reporter: these last 24 hours are significant in these negotiations, guys. not only were ukrainian officials not a part of the peace negotiations with the saudis and with russian officials yesterday, but then yesterday at mar-a-lago, the president of the united states going on the attack against zelenskyy and as you noted in the social media post this morning, following it up with a litany of falsehoods, but also direct attacks, calling zelenskyy a dictator, and suggesting, much like we heard him foreshadow during his 2024 campaign, foreshadow the idea that millions have given billions to the ukrainians and zelenskyy has not been interested in a deal. the falsehood that he stated

that ukraine started the war runs counter to what we all watched play out three years ago, when russia invaded ukraine, launching missiles. but also military personnel and a ground invasion. this for the president is remarkable. there are republican allies of his who have called into question whether u.s. funding should continue to go to ukraine. but what we are hearing in many ways has been even among republicans up on capitol hill have been referring that this was ukraine's fault in the first place. >> courtney, you have new reporting on vladamir putin's strategy in these peace negotiations. what have you learned? >> reporter: according to u.s. and foreign allied intelligence officials, there's still no end case that vladamir putin is interested in anything other than his original maximum goal for ukraine, that is taking over the country. since the war started three

years ago, vladamir putin, his goal has been to take that entire country over. but even as now we have seen, these bilateral talks between the united states, between donald trump and administration officials, and russian, senior russian officials, these u.s. intelligence and allied intelligence officials say, despite the fact that they are coming to the table, vladamir putin's goals remain the same. now, they do -- all of the officials who we spoke with said putin could agree to some sort of a cease-fire here. but that would really be more about giving his military time to rest a little bit and reform. but his goals remain the same here. why that's so significant is, there does seem to be some potential momentum for some movement towards a peace deal here. but if, in fact, putin is still not going to step away from his goal for taking the entire country, it seems difficult to imagine that there's any real agreement that could be reached

any time soon, guys. >> thanks to you both. tens of millions of people across the united states are dealing with even more bitter cold today. >> take a look at some of these temperatures out there. two degrees below zero. all the way to north dakota, 37 below zero. and it could get worse over the next few days. our climate team is expecting record lows in at least 90 cities from the canadian border all the way to the gulf coast. >> that cold is bringing some ice, but some people are getting outside and enjoying it. just take a look at this man, oklahoma city earlier today, he put on some skates and slid across the icy street. >> bill cairns is tracking it for us. what are you watching across the country? >> the best weather is in the west. the middle of the country is frigid, and the snow that brought the snow is now on the east coast. 84 million people included in the cold, a little slice of

montana and through south texas. by far the coldest air has been coming down through montana. glasgow, negative 36 windchill. you're about 50 degrees warmer in spokane. notice that salt lake city is not bad at all. the warmup is moving from the west into the intermountain west today. tomorrow and into the weekend. it will head towards the middle of the country. there's the snow on the east coast. the biggest travel issues are virginia beach. spring break will be starting there in a month and a half. today, 6 to 10 inches of snow. washington, d.c. is not going to see much, maybe an inch tomorrow. but the heavier bull's-eye areas to the south. as far as the forecast goes, as the weather improves in the middle of the country and on the east coast, we have a new storm coming into the west. this is not going to hit much of california. it's mostly going to be just the northern coast of california all the way up through oregon and washington. by the time we get to sunday, that's when we see it. saturday night into sunday is when the heaviest rain will come in.

snow levels look to be pretty high, but some in the higher elevations. that will be the next weather story across the country. we'll talk more about that. >> good things come over the weekend. bill cairns, thank you. unless you're in the pacific northwest. weekly mortgage demand is dropping. >> and kfc is no longer based in kentucky. hey, ananjelica. >> reporter: mortgage demand fell 6%. according to the mortgage bankers association, each though rates are falling slightly, it is an increase in demand, as economic uncertainty y arkeeping home buyers on the sidelines. a california lawmaker is introducing a bill to restrict skin care to shoppers under 18. the bill is a revamp of

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welcome back. pope francis remains in the hospital at this hour, but the vatican says his condition is stable. the 88-year-old pontiff is battling pneumonia in both lungs after being admitted to the hospital for bronchitis last week. the vatican called his condition a complex picture but is eating, resting and is in good spirits. joining us now is our correspondent in rome. claudio, this is just the latest in a series of issues, health issues specifically for the

pope. how has his condition progressed from what we knew yesterday? >> reporter: hey, zinhle. the vatican issued the latest update today, and says that, as you mentioned, the pope's clinical condition is now considered stable, which is good news. it even says that the latest blood test reveal a slight improvement, especially when it comes to the inflammatory markers, essentially meaning that the treatment is working, and the hope is responding well to it. to the point that the vatican also said that the pope this morning woke up, had breakfast, and also did some work with his closest collaborators there inside the hospital. the statement said he received an important visit today by the italian prime minister in the afternoon. they spent about 20 minutes together. the prime minister also issued her own statement, saying that she was very happy to find the

pope alert and responsive. and she even said that they cracked a few jokes together and she was happy to see that he even preserved his very famous sense of humor. so far, zinhle, fairly reassuring news from the vatican. zinhle? >> great news, claudio. thank you. investigators in canada are looking for any clues into what caused monday's crash landing of a deltplane in toronto. the regional jet, as you probably know, carrying 80 people crashed during landing and completely flipped over on the runway. remarkably, everyone on that plane survived. nbc news correspondent antonia hilton is joining us again near the airport in toronto. investigators have the black boxes from the plane. how could that help them understand what happened? >> reporter: well, they now have access to the voice recorder there the cockpit, and the data recorder for the aircraft. and that's going to give them

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locations as well. address the impact on criminal cases in just a moment. this was the scene earlier this morning. a woman came out of the courthouse in tears, cursing at the striking courtroom clerks when she realized civil court was closed. she berated the workers, wouldn't talk to us to explain her dilemma. other people, including attorneys and their clients, showed up expecting to appear before a judge to move their cases along. one man needed to get some paperwork done for his business. he says today's disruption is going to lead to major delays for him and his livelihood. i got to come back in a couple more weeks. not good for me. what are you going to do? what can i do besides wait and be patient? well, i just met with my client outside. he was expecting to come in and hopefully move this case along forward. so now it's probably means another month or maybe two. delay. the courtroom clerks are participating in this one day strike at courthouses throughout alameda county to try to force the court administration to increase their

pay. and they say better train new workers and increase staffing. the union for the clerks has been negotiating for a new contract since before their last contract ended in december. they say t the court isn't training new workers. well, those new hires end up leaving, which the union says has led to a shortage of staff. but the court says their demands for more money are, quote, unsustainable given the court's dire budget situation caused by the state of california's significant cuts to the funding provided to the court. the court says there would be layoffs if those demands were to be met. here in hayward, bob redell, nbc, bay area news. a fire at the moss landing battery facility has reignited. monterey county officials are warning people in that area to close their windows and doors. that alert went out last night just before nine, after smoke was seen rising from the vistra energy power plant. firefighters say this is the same spot as the first fire, which sparked last month. 70% of the facility was

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were involved and both planes had two people on board. the airport does not have an air traffic control tower, so pie lots use radio to communicate with each other. the national transportation safety board will lead this investigation. the former president of brazil was charged tuesday with attempting to overthrow the brazilian government following his 2022 election defeat in which he falsely claimed it was due to electoral fraud. the plot included a plan to poison his successor and to kill a supreme court judge. brazil's attorney general alleges he and 33 others participated. >> the most decorated dog in u.s. history has passed away at 16 years old. hurricane was a special operations canine with the u.s. secret service. he's best known for taking down a white house intruder back in

2014 when president obama and his family were inside the white house. hurricane received many honors during his time with the secret service. he was recognized by the book of world records. before he passed, he was honored and flown to d.c. to be reunited with the secret service team. there was a court hearing today for new york city mayor eric adams. a judge will rule onon whetheor not to drop the federal corruption case against the mayor. the acting deputy attorney general ordered prosecutors to drop those charges, which sparked multiple rez signations from top justice department officials. the mayor pleaded not guilty to briby and fraud charges. rehema ellis is outside that court. bring us up to date. what happened today? >> reporter: well, it took about an hour and a half this afternoon, where the judge, he questioned the attorneys with the department of justice about their request to dismiss this --

these charges against mayor adams. he also asked mayor adams at one point had you ever been promised anything in exchange for the dismissal of these charges? mayor adams said no, he did not. this is a question that's been brought up several times and led to the resignation of several prosecutors with the department of justice, because they were concerned about what they said was an essence of quid pro quo. they accuse the department of justice of making a promise that they would dismiss the charges against mayor adams without prejudice if, in turn, he would agree to go along with president trump's immigration policies, enforcement of those immigration policies. the judge spoke to that and asked questions about that in the court today. on both sides of this opportunity for presenting this case to the court, the department of justice said no, that was not what was presented. mayor adams said no, he was not

promised anything. the attorney for the mayor said no, he was not promised anything. he said it never happened. i'm quoting here. allow me to read. he said i'm ready to raise my right hand now to testify there was no quid pro quo agreement between prosecutors and adams, that he would deliver on immigration issue there is the trump administration in exchange for dismissing the charges without prejudice. and so, at the end of that, the judge said i'm taking it all underadvisement and he will rule at a later time. >> the mayor has really been defiant sense the moment he was charged. you touched on that. can you talk about the pressure he's facing to resign and also support that he still has among others in new york city? >> reporter: he's facing a lot of pressure to resign, including from four of his top deputy mayors, four of them who announced on monday they will tender their resignation. as he walked into this courtroom

this afternoon, there were supporters and people who were quite literally booing the mayor as he walked into the court. at the top of the stairs of the courthouse, there were people supporting them, and he gave them the thumbs up. but there have been a lot of questions raised about whether the mayor should even be removed from his position in light of these charges. and the governor of new york, kathy hochul, has been asked to remove the mayor. she had a lot of meetings with people yesterday on that question. she has said she wasn't going to do anything at this point. she wanted to review everything. and if she were to remove the mayor, it would be the first time in the city's history that a duley elected stating mayor would be removed from office. she's made no such decision at this point. kate? >> thank you for being there. seven chilean nationals have been charged in connection to a nationwide burglary spree, targeting star athletes. the los angeles home of actress

nicole kidman and musician keith urban was burglarized on valentine's day. joining us now, nbc news correspondent jesse kirsch. so let's start with the athletes. what do we know about those who were charged? >> reporter: we know that they were all chileans. they're all in -- most of them in their 20s. one person in his 30s. what authorities are saying is they have allegedly linked to this group to this series of burglaries over months by reviewing cell phone data from multiple phones, multiple towers, connecting that data and these individuals back to this series of crimes, and they are all charged federally in an unsealed complaint, which was -- has now come to light. it's not brand new but it's new to the public eye in terms of what this group is accused of. so we're getting a clearer picture of the individuals who are allegedly behind this scheme.

but this is something that we have been reporting on for several weeks now. multiple high profile athletes, including travis kelce, patrick mahomes, joe burrow, all three major nfl stars who have all allegedly had items burglarized and taken from their homes. an estimate of upwards of $2 million value in terms of the items, watches, luxury goods, designer goods, things that have been taken from these homes. this is something that's been warned about by federal authorities. we know that the nfl and the nba, both of those pressional leagues, warned players about the possibility of being targeted by individuals, and something that has stood out in all of this series of events have been that these burglaries have happened in multiple cases when the athletes were playing in high-profile games. so you know that this person will not be home, because they're on the field and in some cases, on national television. >> jesse, we mentioned nicole

kidman, keith urban, have we heard from them or representatives? >> reporter: what i can tell you, zinhle, about that, something that we have been curious about is any potential connection between this incident and the incidents involving these high-profile athletes. at this point, there's no indication that those events have all been linked together. we'll be keeping an eye on that. >> jesse, thank you. president trump's hiring freeze has stalled the on boarding process across federal firefighters agencies. and now some are warning that could have deadly consequences. >> reporter: the danger of wildfire couldn't have been any lower when we visited the columbia river gorge this the middle of a winter storm last week. but that's why u.s. forest service firefighting captain ben mcclain wanted to bring us to southwest washgton, where he fought the nnel five fire in

2023. why do you show up and respond here? >> we're a part of our nation's promise to the public to respond to wildfire emergencies. >> reporter: that promise might be getting harder to keep. as president trump's hiring freeze has thousands of federal seasonal firefighters in limbo at a time when on boarding for the next fire season should have already started. so by the time you made it here, this house was up in flames? >> it was in the process of burning down. i had firefighters who have should be bringing on and i'm not able to. >> why are you thinking about hiring firefighters right now? >> yeah, this is the time of year where we're training, getting the qualifications that we need to answer the call to service when the summer comes. >> reporter: they employ more than 15,000 career and temporary firefighters. proof from the forrester this was credited with saving this neighborhood during the eaton fire in los angeles county.

it was a federal crew, like the one mcclain's a part of, where any delay in the on boarding process can effect the readiness of the team. is there a message you want, whether it's president trump or other people to hear and to understand about what you see as the urgency at this moment? >> i would like to ask the firefighters what they think, because we don't have any skin in this game other than public service. >> reporter: over a dozen u.s. senators have called for firefighters to be excepted. pausing the -- exempted. pausing the hiring of firefighters is simply irresponsible and dangerous. >> wildfire transcends politics, and it's the right thing to do, to bring on firefighters and ensure that the public is getting the service that they deserve and that they pay for. >> reporter: even as the snow falls and alarms sounding about fires to come. rapper a$ap rocky has been found not guilty in his felony

assault trial. >> when the verdict was read, he leapt into the arms of another music superstar, his long-time partner rihanna, who was sitting behind him. watch. >> not guilty. [ applause ] >> the rapper, whose legal name is rakim mayers, was facing up to 24 years in prison after he was accused of firing a gun at is his former friend in 2021. but a california jury found him not guilty. danny has been following this trial from the beginning. so what did this decision come down to? >> it's hard to say because we don't know what the jury deliberated about. that is secret to us. but they may have found that he lawfully used self-defense or defense of others, or that the firearm he used was not a real firearm.m. that's a challenge for the prosecution, because they never

recovered the firearm, they just had images on video. >> what about the man who made the allegations against a$ap rocky in the first place, could he now sue him for civil penalties? >> in theory, yes. practically, probably not. he may find some attorney who is willing to take a shot because a$ap rocky has a lot of money and can pay a judgment. but it's going to be really difficult given that this witness likely was cross examined to some degree at trial, so his credibility may have been challenged. and also the notion that the defendant was already acquitted using a higher burden of proof, it doesn't foreclose a civil lawsuit, but it makes it harder. but o.j. simpson was acquitted and later found villy libel. so it is possible. >> time will tell. danny, thanks so much. getting along with a former spouse can be a challenge, let alone if children are involved. we're going to talk about how to make co-parenting work for

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we are talking about co-parenting today. communicating with an ex-partner can be challenging, especially if you have a contentious relationship. >> successful co-parenting is possible, and our next guest says the key is to prioritize the children. joining us now is christina mcgee, a divorced parenting expert. perfect person to talk to. thanks for being here. if someone is recently divorced or they've been co-parenting, what is the biggest thing to keep in mind when we just said the children, i guess, but -- >> absolutely, which is always easier said than done. like there's a lot of simple strategies, but not so easy to implement. i think it's important to raise balanced kids.ed parents

kids are going to be following our lead, and if we want our kids to get through this well, emotionally healthy and well adjusted, then they're going to need grounded parents that are showing up in those tough and challenging moments. >> and divorce and separation happens for a lot of reasons. i imagine a divorced couple might encounter different parenting styles. >> oh, yeah. >> how do you navigate that, communicate through that without letting it affect the child? >> i think you need to remember that different doesn't have to be devastating. good co-parenting isn't about being in sync, chapter and verse and doing everything alike. the truth is, there were probably differences when you were a couple, and those don't disappear when you get divorced. so keep that in mind that differences aren't necessarily bad, and how we navigate them will make a big impact in how our children are able to navigate them. >> got some tips on the screen there, how to handle when you have those disagreements, perspective and common ground.

talk about that. >> giving yourself some perspective. again, we circle back to this idea that there were probably differences before. so you may want to ask yourself, you know, if we were still a couple, how might i feel about this? how would i handle this? and see how you may need to adjust your perspective on that. also with finding common grnd, i recommend that parents go big before they go small. so what are some big overarching items that you can say yes to? so you want your kids to be respectful. you want them to feel loved, secure, have a connection to family. >> yeah. >> and then once you identify those big issues, then you can talk about how you can individually support them as parents. >> to the point of just individuality, maybe you have some boundaries with your partner that you either have or need. how do you maintain those while still trying to raise a shared child? >> i think you need to redefine your relationship, and a lot of

times parents forget that this is really a business relationship, so you're no longer partners but you're alys pants. and so treat it like a business relationship, and the business at hand is raising happy and secure kids. and those same skills that you use in business relationships where maybe you're working with somebody you don't like very much or you don't agree with, can really help you out. so you want to stay focused on the task at hand. you want to don't get personal. you want to be respectful. >> so hard, so hard not to get personal. what if a joint effort becomes impossible? like worst case scenario, what do you do if you cannot see eye to eye? >> i think the most important thing to do is seek support. like don't try and go it alone. the truth is, the defining difference between families that get through this process well and those that don't is often information and support. >> i love that. >> and any big just like no-noes for people who are co-parenting

out there? i remember witnessing it a bit growing up and seeing a lot of things. >> yeah. i would say steer clear of judging and criticizing the other parent.. again, so hard to do. but when we start vocalizing our disagreements or judgments or criticisms, kids start to filter what they share with us. if every time ethan mentions dad and mom goes off, he gets an earful, he's going to stop talking about dad and that leaves your kids in a situation where they deal with problems on their own. >> christina, thank you so much. >> it's been a pleasure. >> it's been a pleasure. >> for us, too. asthma. does it have you missing out on what you love with who you love? it's time to get back out there with fasenra. fasenra is an add-on treatment for eosinophilic asthma that is taken once every 8 weeks and can also be taken conveniently at home. fasenra helps prevent asthma attacks. most patients did not have an attack in the first year.

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