profitable. >> all right. and we're still not allowed to announce certain guests, but you will come back and do so. huma abedin and megan mcgrath, thank you very much. by the way. we would love for you to join us at the 350 summit. you can get all the details at know your value.com and forbes.com, and be sure to check out this week's episode of morning mika, which just dropped at youtube, and peacock and maggie preview what we have in store for this year's 350 summit and explain why it will be our most impactful event yet. i'm excited. so excited. >> it's it is the super bowl of. >> it's. >> actually the international. >> women's events. it's international women's day. it is the big event. mika, i just want to make one quick note. while over 50 million women watched the super bowl last year, you were not one of them. okay, are you going to be watching this year? >> i guess i will, okay, i will, i don't know if i'm good luck

for the eagles, i will. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports breaking news on the government overhaul. the usaid workforce gutted overnight, going from thousands to just shy of 300. the sweeping impact halting programs for hiv, malaria. >> and famine. >> around the world. more breaking news. >> out of. >> the fbi, the acting director saying he was directed to hand. >> over the. >> names of agents who. >> worked on january 6th cases. >> more on this escalation by the doj. also ahead, democrats versus doge. the top dem on the doge subcommittee joins us with her concerns about elon musk's sweeping access to. >> sensitive government data. >> and breaking weather news overnight as a massive winter weather system spawns tornadoes, leaving at. >> least two dead and a. >> path of damage across several

states. it's a busy friday morning. thanks for joining us at ten eastern, 7. >> a.m. pacific. >> i'm ana cabrera, reporting from new york. thousands of federal employees are entering. >> the weekend. >> jobless as elon musk's doge task. >> force hollows. >> out key federal agencies, including new developments at the u.s. agency for international development overnight, where the workforce could go from 5000. >> to just. >> 290. >> with a few. >> key strokes meaning in europe, asia and. >> africa. >> there wouldn't even be one dedicated. usaid staffer per country. but musk and president trump's methods are facing some hurdles. >> a union. >> lawsuit over these. >> usaid layoffs. >> 12 states set to sue doge, a court freeze on the federal buyout offer, and a doge staffer now already forced out for posting racist posts. >> in the past. >> let's go.

>> to. nbc news. >> chief white house correspondent peter alexander. also with us, msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin and msnbc political analyst and staff writer at the atlantic, ashley parker. peter, what more are we learning about this. >> move to gut the staff. >> at usaid? >> well, it's clear that president. >> trump's desire is not to. >> just be. >> gutted. >> but that the staff basically. >> evaporate altogether. >> only a short time ago on truth. >> social. >> his favorite. >> megaphone, the. >> president wrote in part, closed. >> it. >> down. >> saying that the money has been spent. >> so much of it, he. >> says fraudulently. >> he says it's totally, totally unexplainable. >> nonetheless, it's. >> striking to hear these comments from him right now, given all. >> the. >> works that. >> usaid does around. >> the world. many of those works. >> that were. >> witnessed by. >> his own wife, the first. >> lady melania. >> trump, back. >> in 2018. >> traveling throughout africa. >> in partnership. >> with usaid. >> at the. >> time. >> she described. >> some of those programs. >> as successful. >> says it was. >> her desire. >> in cooperation. >> with. >> the usaid. >> to demonstrate to. >> those faraway.

>> places that we care. >> that was. her language. >> notably ivanka trump as well. the president's own. daughter worked in partnership. >> with usaid. in the past. >> so clearly, something. >> changed, and a. >> lot of it. >> likely has to do with elon. >> musk. >> who has been. >> in the ear. >> of. >> president trump and many of the. >> conspiracy theories broadly about it, which i know we'll get. >> to in a moment. >> but the baseline. here is that the president. >> himself is calling. >> for closing. >> it down. and even if this doesn't close. >> it. >> down, it sure. >> gets close. >> and the. lawsuits make very clear that they. believe that this. >> violates the law. >> and they. >> also note. >> that only congress can. approve the dismantling, the. erasing of an agency. >> nonetheless. >> the president is. >> trying to get. >> very close. >> to doing. >> that all by himself. >> ashley. >> in addition. >> to these. >> layoffs, these. >> cuts mean. >> hiv drugs. >> are held. >> up, malaria prevention is being slashed. >> famine response. >> will be slower, victims of cartel violence. won't have emergency help. >> the international. community sees the richest man in the world. >> cutting off. >> these u.s. programs. will this.

>> create blowback? >> well, yes. >> i mean, it depends who you ask. you have republicans. you have people in the trump administration who very clearly want elon musk to compete with the like. usaid is there there is room. a lot of democrats would agree there is room for reform. there are some programs that, if they were even accurately outlined to the american public, which is not what elon and some of these other right wing allies are doing. you know, american voters might reasonably say, i'm not so sure about this program or that program, but the blowback is, you know, taking an agency as you just put up on that slide from 5000 people down to 290, and the manner in which he there will also be chilling effects of there's workers there who, you know, are being recalled, are potentially being let go who

have children in the middle of the school year in a foreign country. so it has a chilling effect on just public service in general. and the last thing i'll say is for the blowback. what's fascinating is that when you look at the polls, and i've heard this from a number of democrats, elon musk is not super popular even among republicans. so democrats have really struggled to land a real attack on donald trump, but they are successful in going after elon musk. and so that is going to be one of the things we're likely to see from democrats as a way of getting at the president is to say, look, he is empowered. this billionaire who is not like you, who doesn't care about you, whose actions very clearly are not meant to help you. and if you don't like elon, let's think about the person who empowered him. and that's the president of the. >> it certainly seems. >> like elon. >> musk's approach is really all. >> about the numbers. >> and the bottom line. while we're. >> talking about. >> countless lives around the. >> world who are impacted. by the lack of aid, by the lack of staff and outreach that would be happening on behalf of.

>> usaid. >> not to mention the thousands of workers. >> whose lives. >> are now upended. >> and nbc. >> has this new reporting, peter. >> that workers at places like. >> state and usaid are now worried that their personal devices are. >> being monitored. now, this is part of a. >> theme of doge. >> secrecy overall in trying to gain access. >> to. >> information and systems. >> do we even. >> know really what information. >> they're. >> getting and what they. >> plan to do. >> with it? >> well, we know. >> they're getting access. >> to data. >> even financial. >> systems, the. >> justice department indicating. >> that they were going to make. >> it read only the. >> access over. >> the department. >> of treasury. >> but i think. >> it is this, this secretive manner. >> in which this is happening, the. >> lack of transparency. >> that. >> is. >> creating so much concern and. anxiety among. >> federal workers. >> federal workers. throughout this country right. >> now, i have. >> to say, i've been speaking. >> to. >> many of them. >> over the course of the last week, one. >> saying to me that this. >> has been the worst couple of weeks. >> of their life. they say. >> we. >> are not faceless bureaucrats. >> we are. your neighbors. >> notably. >> they're not just neighbors. >> in. >> the washington. >> d.c, the greater. washington area. 80% of these workers work.

>> around the country and. >> around the world. >> right now, they. >> say that there are individuals. >> who, in particular. >> have done. whatever the government. >> has asked. >> of them over the course of the. >> last several. >> years and decades. >> and now. >> we're being told, with only a matter of. days and hours, that they have to make major. >> decisions about. >> their own life. >> and even. if they don't. >> accept this. >> buyout that's presently on. >> pause. >> at least the. implementation until. >> monday that. >> according to. >> a memo from. >> to all. >> eligible federal. >> workers, they. >> could still lose. >> their jobs. >> so what. >> happens to. >> their data? >> what happens to all. of americans? >> all americans data? >> those questions. >> remain unclear. >> and again. >> to. >> fortify the point. >> that. >> you're. >> making. >> the real. >> concern is the lack of transparency is. >> what leaves. >> a lot of. >> people with these real, this real anxiety. >> peter. thanks, lisa. so many questions. >> we got this surveillance. >> claim. >> the. >> you know, doge staffers. tapping into the treasury system. who knows if these staffers even. >> have security clearances? >> we know. >> elon musk. >> didn't have. >> to be. >> confirmed by the senate. >> right. >> is any. >> of this legal?

>> well, any of this this is a big bucket on as you just referred to. so there is the question of doge access to data in various government agencies. the access at treasury is peter just referenced has been agreed upon as read only right now for only two doge staffers. that's through a consent order that the justice department has agreed to with plaintiffs who have sued the treasury department. there are other agencies, though, where doj's access is now at issue, for example, last night, a number of student organizations sued the department of education. why? because they have given doge access to student debt data. there are also questions about the legality of doge going in and getting data at the department of labor and other places. and then there's the question of the broader usaid shutdown, which, of course, is not an official shutdown because usaid has been absorbed by the department of state. secretary of state marco rubio is now functionally the administrator of usaid. but at the same time, our understanding is a workforce of thousands of people is now

being reduced to 290, with some being granted exemptions overnight. that hasn't stopped the nation's largest federal employees union from suing overnight. to say that the functional shutdown of usaid, the furloughing and firing of these employees is not only a violation of federal law concerning how you make regulations, but it is flatly unconstitutional, according to these plaintiffs. they say it's a violation of the separation of powers, because only congress can decide where money should go and appropriates appropriates it every year, pursuant to acts of congress. they also say it's a violation of the president's take care powers. the president is required to take care of the laws as enacted by congress, and they say that's a violation as well. that suit was filed last night. ana. we'll have to see how quickly it moves in dc federal court. >> and we mentioned. >> that there are now at. >> least 12. states talking about suing doge. >> ashley. >> all these moves. >> by doge. >> is this ultimately. >> a. >> power grab that will. >> be resolved by the courts or

by congressional action? >> well, it's someone who's close to president trump told me is they believe and there's some merit if you just to this theory, if you just look at the public facts out there that what will slow elon musk down are the court cases. now, certainly congress has a role. they could try to exercise for more musk about you know, congress could pull strings. but right now we're not seeing republicans who control by a narrow majority of both chambers, the house and senate doing that much. so where we are seeing more of the action right now in this moment is on the legal challenges that's likely going to remain. but there is an irony that congress could be playing a bigger role if they wanted to. but right now, the republicans, there seem largely fine with trump and sort of his prime minister, elon musk, riding roughshod over what

what should be also their authority. >> and we plan to talk. >> to a. >> democrat who is on the doge. >> subcommittee coming up. >> but, lisa. >> the federal buyout. >> also in legal limbo. >> right now. >> again. >> we've been. >> reporting that there were now i think. >> it's more than. >> 60,000 employees who had. >> said they. >> agreed to. >> this buyout offer. >> but there's. >> question about. >> whether that is. >> binding and whether. >> it's possible. >> they wouldn't see. >> the money. >> ultimately. >> i guess the. >> question i have. >> is, you know, what happens if there's a government shutdown? >> it's on a none of this is clear. we are totally in unprecedented waters. i'll remind you also, the administration fought the lawsuit against the federal buyout. there are people who wanted to pause or stop that federal buyout. the administration wanted to fight back against it and continue with the federal, buy it and hold the line on the deadline that they set. once a court pressed pause on that, and it's paused until monday, until there

can be further briefing and a hearing. caroline leavitt, the white house press secretary, cheered that, claiming that it was an extension of people's opportunity to claim the buyout for itself, even after the government had just said the evening before. no, the deadline is the deadline, so it's not even clear when people had the last opportunity to claim the buyout, let alone if the buyout is going to be lawful, how it will be funded, if at all. and then, of course, there are other people who may have claimed the buyout and now have jobs that no longer exist, such as people in the development world who had jobs with usaid. all of this is one big cloud of uncertainty, and it will be left to the courts to resolve because, as ashley noted, congress has a major role to play here, and many would argue that they have abdicated their constitutional responsibilities by not exercising those powers of the purse that are expressly given to congress in our constitution. >> i'm so. >> glad i have. >> smart people like. >> you. >> ashley and peter, to help us peel back. >> the layers. >> of. >> the onion, because it's a lot. >> ladies. >> thank you so much. >> lisa ruben and ashley parker.

>> new this morning. >> the fbi. >> is now giving the justice department. >> that sensitive. list of. >> all employees. >> who worked. >> on january. >> 6th cases. >> the fbi. >> originally provided just the employee id numbers as a safety precaution. >> but a top trump doj official. >> demanded the actual names. >> let's get right. >> to nbc. >> news justice and intel correspondent ken dilanian. ken, the acting director at the. >> fbi, capitulated. >> what do we know about this decision? >> ana, we obtained a memo that acting director brian driscoll sent out to the workforce last night, where he explained that he did that. he said he was ordered to do it by the acting deputy attorney general, emil bove. donald trump's former defense attorney, who had previously accused driscoll of insubordination for refusing to turn over certain information. so, look, driscoll can be fired at any time. he knows that he really had no choice here. he turned over the names. he said he did it on a classified system to try to ensure that these names would never be released. ana. >> there are furious negotiations underway to ensure

that those names do not become public. what's keeping the names from coming out at this point? >> well. >> this is the thing, right? so the agents who have sued the fbi are trying to get the doj to agree to a binding agreement that would prevent any government employee from releasing these names, and they're resisting doing that because they're saying they can't control every government employee. they certainly can't control an unauthorized leak. and that's the big concern here. ana. >> also, one of the first things pam bondi did as attorney general, she. >> was just sworn in. >> this week, was halt the justice department's efforts to combat foreign political interference. what do we know about that? >> she disbanded. >> the fbi's foreign influence task force, which was created in 2017 by the trump administration in the wake of russian election interference. and it's been working furiously ever since to try to identify and call out and counter manipulation on social media and elsewhere by russia and china and iran. and people i'm talking to are baffled by the decision to shut this thing

down. in her directive, bondi said that it could be used for weaponization. we know that conservatives were very upset that the fbi went to facebook and google and other social media companies and flagged foreign disinformation, some of which was right wing rhetoric. they called that an impingement on free speech. she also restricted enforcement of the foreign lobbying registration act, which has prosecuted some trump allies over the years. so these are big, momentous moves that bondi made on her first day in office. >> ana ken dilanian, thanks for that reporting. we're keeping an eye on washington with israeli. >> prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> on capitol hill this. hour to meet with speaker johnson, what he hopes to gain, plus doge eat doge. >> i'll talk to the. >> top democrat on the doge subcommittee in the u.s. house. >> who says she's preparing. >> for a, quote, battlefield. also ahead, super bowl security. how safe is. >> the. big easy after the new. >> year's day terror attack? but

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the medical provider at rokos sparks. >> we saw elon musk take kind of a. powerful role did anything. >> about how. >> he wielded his power surprise you. >> do you not need a katrina level type of response. >> that is rebuilding. >> to make sure it won't happen again? you've obviously. >> made a decision. >> to resign. are there any lessons. >> that. >> can be learned as you're talking. >> to members. >> of your. >> congregation, what do you tell them about how. to stand up for their own moral beliefs, but still find grace in this moment? >> welcome back. breaking on capitol hill. in just a few minutes, we are expecting remarks from israeli prime minister. >> benjamin netanyahu. >> and speaker of the house mike johnson. washington still grappling with the fallout of president. trump's gaza comments as he continues. to double down.

on his seemingly outlandish proposal for the u.s. to own the war torn piece of land. nbc's sahil kapur is with us from capitol hill. also joining us, ambassador marc ginsberg, former u.s. ambassador to morocco and a former white house middle east adviser. sahil, this is now netanyahu's second day in a row on capitol hill. what's the message he and u.s. lawmakers are trying to send with these visits? >> yeah. >> that's right, ana. >> this meeting. >> between prime minister. >> netanyahu and speaker johnson. >> started about 15 minutes ago, we believe. >> and we are expecting. >> them to give. >> remarks sometime. >> later this hour. >> we don't. >> expect a. particularly long meeting. >> we also believe this. >> will be. >> a friendly meeting. these two. >> men see eye to eye. for the most part. on the subject. >> at hand. >> speaker johnson is a vocal. >> supporter of israel, wants to maintain u.s. unwavering support to israel. >> which, of. >> course, netanyahu. >> also wants. >> since the. october 7th. >> hamas attack on. >> israel and the ensuing war. the u.s. has given nearly $23. >> billion in military and economic. >> assistance to israel. there is no pending.

>> legislative business before. >> congress regarding israel, but of course. >> netanyahu will. >> want to. >> keep that aid flowing. >> to his country. this meeting was. >> supposed to happen yesterday between johnson and. >> netanyahu. >> but speaker johnson and a bunch of. >> republicans went to. >> the white. >> house for more. >> than four hours. >> to meet with. >> president trump on. the domestic agenda, trying. >> to get donald trump's. >> budget reconciliation plans off the ground. >> speaker johnson certainly. >> has his hands full with that right now. but there is a bill, a bill. >> that was introduced by one of his. >> members, chip roy, to go after the international. criminal court, the icc, which. >> has accused. >> israel of war crimes in gaza. >> okay. >> sahil kapoor, thank you. we'll check back following this meeting when those remarks get underway. ambassador ginsberg, a lot of news made during this visit. >> do you. >> think. >> netanyahu is achieved what he wanted to with his trip to the u.s? >> oh, he won the lottery christmas in february for him, and he's walking away with the diplomatic achievements that

only he could have dreamed, dreamt of. waiting for the biden administration to come to an end, and also leveraging the enormous desire on the part of president trump to play to his christian evangelical audience that, by the way, whose leaders were there at the white house when he announced this hand grenade of diplomacy about taking over gaza. >> and now we're seeing. >> it seems like a scramble amongst. other administration officials. to explain. >> what he meant and what. >> the plan is. >> moving forward. >> punchbowl news. >> has some new reporting on how republicans on the hill are. viewing trump's gaza plan. steve witkoff, the white house middle east. >> envoy. >> had had a briefing with gop senators yesterday and, quote, multiple senators told punchbowl that witkoff appearance at a closed door gop lunch left them with far more questions than answers, giving the impression of an administration with little substance behind its ambitious plan to take control of the war torn gaza strip. ambassador, we've seen this play before

where trump makes big claim and then just sort of leaves the details to be sorted out by his staff. >> where do. >> you see this going? >> this is dead on arrival. when king abdullah of jordan comes here, who has the most at stake, he's going to push back hard to president trump regarding this idea. let me just make sure you have the back story here. this has been the enormous project of the christian evangelical supporters around trump, who met with him before he gave this press conference. they want to turn the west bank into a palestinian free zone, along with gaza, in order to lay the groundwork for the evangelical hope for the rapture. and this is what trump is trying to do. he's playing to his christian evangelical audience. he's making bibi's problems disappear among his own public and his own right wing. and he's also perhaps negotiating with the egyptians and the jordanians to

at least take some of these refugees. >> when it. >> comes to the. >> u.s. sanctioning the international criminal court, accusing. >> the body. >> of improperly. >> targeting the. >> united states. >> and israel, does. >> this raise any risks? >> well, there's there are concerns that the international criminal court sanctions will still leave u.s. companies exposed to icc judgments. but the real issue here is the anger on the hill against the icc. s edicts against israel for engaging in genocide and the arrest warrants that were issued against netanyahu and his former defense minister, galant. >> i want to also ask you about because there's so many. >> different layers, so. >> many layers. >> and complexities. to the middle east. >> situation, to what's happening in gaza and then more broadly, the different. >> sort of allies of. factions that are. >> within the region, including iran being a big player. the supreme leader in a speech today. >> said iran should not.

>> negotiate with the trump administration. >> quote. >> in the. >> 20 tens, we negotiated with america for nearly two years and reached. >> an agreement. >> but the americans did not honor the deal. the very person who's now in power tore up the agreement. ambassador, what kind of situation does that leave the u.s? not only when it we're talking about its relationship with iran, but also. with allies who are wondering whether any deals that involve the u.s. are binding. >> it's the best question that's arising from this summit meeting between netanyahu and trump. trump had declared that he wants to restart negotiations with the iranians. the president of iran dispatched a diplomat to concur that iran is interested in these negotiations. the israelis want to have a commitment from from trump that if negotiations fail, that he will greenlight an

israeli attack on iran's nuclear installations. that's the big elephant that hasn't been discussed in this gaza room so far. >> ambassador marc ginsberg. >> thank you so. >> much for joining us. you always offer really. >> important insights in the region. >> appreciate it. >> and we'll. >> keep on top. >> of this. >> meeting between. >> netanyahu and. >> the speaker of the house. >> bring you any. >> headlines that come out of that. >> in the meantime. >> we're gonna take a quick break. much more breaking news break. much more breaking news on the ever feel like a spectator in your own life with chronic migraine? 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine. in a survey, 91% of users wish they'd started sooner. so why wait? talk to your doctor. botox® effects may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as trouble swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life-threatening condition. those with these conditions before injection are at highest risk.

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>> he won't. >> tell us. >> who gave him. permission to do this. >> all he. >> knows is he's. >> going to stand here. >> and. tell the members of congress. who are elected, who vote for the funding for. all of them. in this. >> building and. >> for the student loans and. >> for the. >> title one families. he's going to tell us. that we can't come in and talk with anybody. >> congresswoman waters is joining us by phone right now. >> thank you. >> so much for taking the time. what were you and your colleagues. >> doing. >> at the. >> department of education? >> well. >> thank you so very much. >> one of. >> the members of. >> the congress of. >> the. >> united states. >> mr. gitano. had tried. to get an. >> appointment with. >> the acting. >> secretary to talk with the acting secretary about. what this decision was. >> all about, what were they

education, and so he did not get a response. he tried over and over again. and so he decided to have a press conference at the department of education. and so about 20 members of congress joined him to go to the department of education, number one, to tell them, do not do not please do not shut down the department of education. what is this all about? the children are depending on you. the title one funds are desperately needed. the loan funds. all of this money is tied up in decisions that are made here at the department of education. we couldn't get in. they sent a man out who said he was a security guard. he said he was a federal employee. he said that we could not come in. don't matter who we are, we cannot come in because we didn't have a special appointment. nobody informed him

to allow us to come in. so we stood there, we talked. we tried to explain to him how important it was for him to go and let the assistant secretary know that we were outside, and that we wanted to come in, that we were members of congress. he refused to move, and we saw in the background that they had, you know, put together about 20 police officers behind the door, so that i guess if we tried to get in, they might stop us. we didn't try to get in. we simply tried to make our case. but this is very important. the department of education is responsible for student loans for title one funds. they assist our state in making sure that children have access to education. education is so important in our country. in this democracy, preparing children to be, you know,

productive citizens, preparing children to take over the important roles in this country, preparing them to sit on boards. et cetera. et cetera, et cetera. >> yeah. congresswoman, i am reminded of what happened just last night, too, because we saw a post from senator ed markey, who was denied access outside the epa building last night, was greeted by a private security guard, apparently, and was told he couldn't come in. is this the new tactic or strategy that democrats are embarking upon to draw attention to the many things that are happening right now within the trump administration? should we expect more of these types of efforts? >> yes, you can expect more. as you know, we had thousands in front of the treasury department just two days ago. we were locked out. this is where elon musk had gone in and has access to all of the payment systems in this country, and who has all of the access to all of our private information, the social security

numbers on everybody in this country, all of what is happening with the tax revenue on and on and on, all of the bills to be paid. he has all of that. elon musk is basically a government gangster who's acting as. protocol rather president of the united states of america. and he is wreaking havoc on this country. >> congresswoman waters, can you hold on for a second? did you did you say that elon musk has people's tax id number, social security numbers? do you do you know that he actually has that information? >> yes, we know he got it. he's got it. yes, ma'am. we know that he's in possession of it. yes. >> and what's your worry that he would do with that. what about what he would do with that information. >> with all of the private information that he has? he can do anything that he wants to do. i think he's capable of monetizing it. he has the he has every database to put together

that he wants that is available to him. with all of this information, to do anything that he wants to do with it, he could turn it into market opportunities. et cetera. et cetera. i don't trust him. he's the richest man in this country. and not only is he in control of our payment system, they have gone abroad. do you know that south africa is being threatened by elon musk and the president of the united states because he wants to build a battery factory in south africa, and he wants them to eliminate the 30% requirement that was fought for when we fought apartheid. and they put in their constitution that the businesses coming into africa that want to do business have to have partnerships with the people who live there, 30%, okay. and he is now being threatened. and now president

trump said they're going to take away all of their usaid money if they don't let them do it. >> you certainly bring up some of the conflicts of interest with the elon musk involvement in all of these different areas. thank you, congresswoman maxine waters, for joining us. we appreciate you shining light. and i want to take you to capitol hill again, where we are hearing from the speaker following his meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who's also speaking here. >> supply of weapons that had been stopped, which we need as we're fighting for our future, for our existence and for the broader middle east. in a seven front war. he immediately released those weapons he issued yesterday his sanctions on this scandalous and corrupt organization, the icc, that threatens the right of all democracies to defend themselves by themselves. and he's done so many things in the interim, just in two weeks. but i was deeply moved by the reception that we

got, the substantive things that we discussed, making sure that iran never gets a nuclear weapon, and also making sure that hamas is destroyed. we're not going to have a future for gaza or for future for peace in our part of the world. if hamas remains there. and we agreed on many things. but i think it sets the tone for this great strengthening of the american-israeli alliance. it's not only an alliance between governments, it's an alliance between peoples. this is the house of the people. and you, mr. speaker, represent the american people that overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly support the state of israel. you know, i was driving through washington. i look outside, there are people on the sidewalks. they see, you know, our the limousines pass and they all go like this. they all go like this. they all support it.

and i think, mr. speaker, that's the spirit that animates you and so many of your colleagues here. and i want to thank you again. and i want to say. to invite you to israel this year in jerusalem. i know you're busy, but find space to do that. >> i can't wait. >> you'll be welcome in a red carpet. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. you got it. thank you. >> okay, so that just was the end of their meeting. some remarks from the prime minister of israel saying the american people overwhelmingly support the state of israel. one of his big takeaways in his visit to the us back with us is nbc's sahil kapoor on capitol hill. bring us your top lines from both their comments. we missed speaker johnson, so fill us in on what we learned. >> yes, a short meeting, short remarks. clearly, as you see, they didn't take a whole lot of questions there. i think we saw prime minister netanyahu reiterating what we know to be his goals. he praised speaker johnson, invited him to israel

at that last, you know, the last few seconds of that. johnson indicated that he does intend to visit israel, to take up prime minister netanyahu up on that request. beyond that, we heard netanyahu attacking the icc. there is some desire, as i mentioned just before, that meeting in our in our earlier hit among johnson's fellow republicans to pass legislation that would go after the icc. specifically, it would impose sanctions against foreign persons, individuals or entities that assist the international criminal court in investigating, arresting, detaining or otherwise certain individuals. this comes as the icc has accused israel of war crimes in gaza. one thing i didn't hear was they was them address the shocking comments by president trump earlier this week that the us, in trump's view, should take control of gaza and have the palestinians live elsewhere. this caught a lot of lawmakers here by surprise. many of them are still wondering if there is anything resembling a real proposal there, or this is just

trump musing as he sometimes does. >> yeah, but we did hear from netanyahu, since he's been here, that it's an idea that should be taken into consideration. sahil kapoor, thanks so much for bringing us the very latest. up next here on ana cabrera reports the first jobs report of the year, what it signals about our year, what it signals about our economy. upset stomach iberogast indigestion iberogast bloating iberogast thanks to a unique combination of herbs, iberogast helps relieve six digestive symptoms to help you feel better. six digestive symptoms. the power of nature. iberogast. some people just know they could save hundreds on car insurance by checking allstate first. like you know to check the weather first, before sailing. it's gonna get nasty later. yep. hey! perfect day for sailing, huh? have fun on land. i'll go tell the coast guard. yep. yeah, checking first is smart.

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jobs for the month. so yes, that's a little bit disappointing. there were revisions, by the way, earlier to the other months of data that we had received. we could talk about that a little bit later. but when we unpack where we saw the job gains, where we saw some job contractions in the month, these are the industries that drove a lot of the job gains in january. health care, retail. so stores, you know, stores at the mall and then social assistance. this is an interesting one as well. i guess maybe this could include nonprofit hiring. maybe that was a little bit of a surprise going into the trump administration. but again, these are some of the industries that added jobs. but leisure and hospitality, this is one we're going to be watching. these are bars and restaurants that drove a lot of the post-pandemic recovery. this industry now contracting, losing 3000 jobs in the month of january. again, threads will have to watch as we go into the further months as well. >> and we're watching those wages. we know that there were higher or increase in wages versus inflation. you mentioned the revisions. the annual benchmark revisions comes with this report. help us make sense of what that really means. >> yeah. so this is something that is done once every year. it

happens in february. basically the bureau of labor statistics which conducts this data. they cover all the data for the year prior. they look back on it and they say, okay, well, we got some more complete data specifically from unemployment insurance claims. that's really the most comprehensive way you can kind of imagine assessing who and, you know, who doesn't have a job. so they look at that data, they go back into the previous months and then they revise it. the impact of the revision that we just got this morning, 598,000 fewer jobs in 2024 than were originally counted from the benchmark in march of 2024. but i want to point out, yes, that's a big eye popping number. oh my gosh, way over half a million jobs. but i want to point out that's just 4/10 of a percent of the overall workforce in america. so yes, that is a big number. but i do want to point out that the overall workforce, it's not like that revision means that it's 10% or 20% fewer jobs in america. but yeah, certainly a notable revision there. >> okay. thanks for bringing us all the numbers and helping us make sense of it. brian chung, good to see you. up next here on anna cabrera reports a bird's

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that's something i want to believe. [skateboard sounds] outside the stadium, the streets, the skies, the river will be lined with thousands of law enforcement officers. nbc's jesse kirsch joins us from new orleans. now, jesse, what can you tell us about the security this weekend, especially with that terror attack still fresh on a lot of people's minds? >> ana, what i can tell you is even from yesterday to today, our team having a much tougher

time getting around. we have credentials, right? we have special places. we are allowed access to that. the general public cannot go right now, and we are running into more literal roadblocks than even just yesterday. so things continue to ram up, ram up here, ramp up here. excuse me. and in reference to what you just talked about there, that deadly terrorist attack. despite that, what we're hearing from officials is, by and large, things in terms of planning are unchanged as we get closer to the big game. while tens of millions are glued to their tvs on super bowl sunday, federal agents will be circling above new orleans and along the mississippi river in the french quarter. heavily armed national guardsmen patrolling on foot. in all, nearly 3000 law enforcement personnel will be spread out across the city. >> so they know where the crowds are, where the crowds aren't, and if any anything happens that changes that scenario, then they'll be able to identify that. >> beyond surveillance, these federal agents will also be

ready to respond. if someone violates game day flight restrictions on the water. boat crews watching for unusual traffic. >> we're also going to be a response force for any sort of safety emergencies. >> at the superdome. k-9s will sweep row by row. >> we're very excited about this weekend and we are really quite prepared. >> but that planning came under renewed scrutiny after a terrorist barreled down bourbon street, killing 14 people here on new year's day. >> i don't know that we've had a major change, because the plan for super bowl has been in place. working on that plan for 18 months. >> that's not redirected by new year's day. >> no, no, we actually take our lead mainly from nfl security. >> highly visible security. reassuring fans like twila moore, who says she considered canceling her trip after the new year's attack. how are you feeling now? >> oh, safe. safe. i feel like this is the safest place in america right now.

>> and the secret service says on sunday, president trump will be the first sitting american president attending a super bowl. new orleans police say that means even more security. anna. >> jesse kirsch, thank you. and no, i'm not intentionally wearing eagles colors today. but for those eagles fans, this one's for you. all right, before we go, this last story is a bittersweet one to report. today is a big day for a legendary journalist, nbc news stalwart, and an inspiration to so many of us. it is the last broadcast of andrea mitchell reports. after 17 years here on msnbc. and andrea has covered it all. countless elections and inaugurations, breaking news all around the globe, and so many historic moments. and while she is stepping away from the anchor desk, she's not going far. we will all continue to benefit from her deep reporting and insights. as nbc news chief washington and foreign affairs

correspondent for all the years of dogged reporting, for asking the tough questions, for getting the answers we deserve and for being a trailblazer, frankly, for all of us women in this industry. andrea, thank you. we are going to miss you here on msnbc every day, but we are grateful that you will still be in the broader family and still help us all make sense of everything happening in the world. congratulations, andrea and best of luck on this next chapter. that does it for us this busy week. thank you so much for joining us. i'll see you back here on monday. same time, same place. for now i'm ana cabrera, reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. >> good morning. 11 a.m. eastern, 8 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart, and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the fbi. this morning, the acting director of the fbis