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the final score. we are still in the first quarter. keep your pads on. the game has just begun. >> right now. >> on ana cabrera. >> reports, the. >> president and his billionaire. donald trump. >> and elon musk's. >> new joint interview. >> as their slash and. >> burn. >> overhaul nets. >> one victory. >> and a slew of. >> fresh opposition. >> in the courts. >> plus, the corruption. >> case against. >> new york city's. >> mayor. >> goes before. >> a judge. the big. >> name the. >> doj is sending in. >> as eric adams faces growing. >> calls to resign. also ahead, american and canadian. officials rushed to determine what caused a delta flight to crash land. >> leaving passengers. >> dangling upside down. >> and later, arctic blast. >> the. >> dangerous cold. >> and relentless. >> snow hitting millions across the country. >> thanks so much for joining us. it is ten eastern, 7 a.m.

pacific. >> i'm ana. >> cabrera reporting. >> from new york. and we begin with president. >> donald trump. >> and elon. >> musk's new joint interview, sitting down with. >> trump's fox. >> news ally. sean hannity. trump and musk. >> using this appearance. >> as a chance. >> to compliment each other and defend. >> doj's mass layoffs. >> even as. >> the. >> white house. >> backtracks on some of them. the latest the administration. >> is trying. >> to rehire several fired. >> usda employees. >> who worked on the bird flu response. but the doge campaign. >> to. >> downsize is. >> expected to. >> barrel ahead. >> the washington post reportin. >> firings at the pentagon. >> could soon. >> be. >> hitting. >> and we are joined. >> now. >> by nbc news senior. >> white house. >> correspondent garrett. >> hake. >> former republican congressman. >> charlie dent. >> and former. >> u.s. attorney. >> msnbc legal analyst. joyce vance. >> garrett. >> this is the second. >> time in a week now. >> that president trump. >> and elon. >> musk have had a. >> high profile. >> joint appearance. >> what exactly. >> is the strategy here? >> well, i think. >> there are a couple of pieces to it. first, i think there's an effort to put a sort of patina

of transparency on. >> the work. >> that they've been doing, largely behind the scenes to reform the federal workforce. second, to put a. >> friendlier face. >> on what have been mass firings around the government. and i think third, to show that they can't be separated, that these two are presenting a united front and that, you know, attacks from democrats about musk as the co president or complaints that he is an unelected person doing the work of the president, don't seem to be bothering them. musk described his role in a way that i think is useful for people to understand, too, essentially saying he is part tech support and part enforcer, that he sees it as his job to make sure that the executive orders that the president is signing are actually getting followed through upon. but this, as we've learned just this week, that his role is technically just that of a senior adviser. he has no independent authority of his own beyond his suggestions to the president. >> and speaking. >> of executive orders. >> garrett, president. >> trump signed an executive. >> order giving. >> him more. >> power over independent regulatory agencies.

>> what exactly. >> will this. >> do and how. >> does. >> it change the current structure or. the way things work normally? >> yeah, ana, it's not entirely clear, frankly, how this is going to play out in practice. but the theory here is that some of these nominally independent agencies that fall under the executive branch, like the federal trade commission or the fec, where you typically see a president nominate a person to take over or persons to take over for these commissions for some period of time and then take a more hands off approach as those agencies go about their work. this executive order, this memo essentially says these agencies are going to appoint are going to work through the. white house, through the executive, and that they can't take positions that are contrary to what the white house believes. this goes. hand in glove with musk's theory here that the bureaucracy ought to report directly through donald trump, you know, exact only his will essentially in doing what they do. how this shows up in the day to day workings of these agencies. i think we're only going to find out over time. and i think we're probably going to

find out in the form of lawsuits that will be filed when these things clash with the expectations of how these agencies are run and the duties that they have to perform around the country. >> all right, garrett. >> hake. >> thanks. >> for bringing. >> us the latest. more lawsuits expected, joyce. >> in. >> that joint interview, president trump and elon musk weighed. >> in on. >> some controversies. >> over potential. conflicts of interest. >> let's watch. >> i mean, i haven't. >> asked the. >> president for anything ever. >> and if it comes up, how. >> will. you handle it? >> well. >> he won't be involved. >> yeah, i'll i'll recuse myself if. >> it is. >> if there's a conflict, he won't be involved. i mean, i wouldn't want that, and he won't want it. >> okay. sounds good. >> but we. >> know it's. >> not. >> that simple. new york times had reported just last week at. least 11. federal agencies that have. >> been. >> affected by. >> doge moves. >> have more than. >> 32 continuing. >> investigations. >> pending complaints and. >> enforcement actions into musk's. six companies. plus, we now have. >> the department of transportation. soliciting input from. >> spacex on air traffic control. >> there's trump's order. >> to eliminate.

>> the. >> electric vehicle. >> subsidy. >> which you could argue helps tesla by potentially reducing some of its competition. >> joyce. >> aren't we already. >> seeing conflicts? >> you know, there's. >> a big gap on it between what they're saying and what they're doing and the fact that they claim that there's no conflict that they'll recuse is just really put to the lie by what we're seeing in practice. as a federal employee, i wasn't able to participate in any sort of activity, even if i owned stock in a company. and as the congressman knows very well, federal employees report those conflicts. and especially if you're working at a high level, they're made public so that everyone can see them. there's a real failure of transparency here. >> musk laid out. >> his top. >> line goal for doge. let's watch that part. >> of the interview. >> well. the overall goal is to try to. get $1 trillion.

>> out of the deficit. and if. >> if the deficit. >> is not brought under. >> control, america. >> will go bankrupt. >> this is. >> a very important thing for people to understand. >> so just. >> to. reiterate that, congressman, he. wants to. >> cut $1 trillion. >> president trump. >> just this morning. >> is calling on congress to pass a. >> budget that calls. for 4.5. >> trillion in. >> new deficits. >> through tax cuts. >> look, math. >> has never been my. >> strength. >> but i know those numbers. >> don't add up. >> if the. >> goal is to reduce. >> the deficit. >> well, there's a certainly an incoherence here. on the. >> one. >> hand, elon. >> musk is saying we're going. >> to cut. spending by. >> $1 trillion. >> last i checked, that was the role of the. congress that has the power of the purse authority on. >> both revenue and expenditure. >> they're the ones who. >> should be doing this. in fact, i think doge is misnamed. department of. >> government efficiency ought to be called the department of. >> governmental downsizing, because that seems to be what they're doing. and by the way, i have no problem. >> with a. >> reduction in force exercise, but it should be done thoughtfully after review process, not arbitrarily and

capriciously as. >> it's been done here. >> and it's. >> very haphazard. so i have all sorts of issues here. so on the one hand we're talking about cutting the budget deficit by $1 trillion. but there. but the president's budget obviously doesn't reflect that because he's going to have to find. money in places like medicare, social security. defense and medicaid. i don't think he wants to. >> put those. >> on the table right now. >> and when. >> you talk about the downsizing, congressman, in recent. >> days. >> we know trump has. >> fired critical workers that were involved in overseeing. america's nuclear stockpile that he scrambled to on fire. then the department. >> of agriculture. >> fired staffers. >> handling the. >> national bird flu response, now trying. >> to rescind those firings. congressman, republicans. >> we know have been wanting to. >> shrink the federal government for decades. is this. >> the. >> way. >> they. >> wanted to do it? >> no. this is these. >> firings are being done indiscriminately to fire. >> those who oversee the. national nuclear. >> stockpile is insane. getting rid of these. >> these folks at. >> usda who are helping us

combat the bird flu epidemic is also crazy. you're hearing many republican leaders now speak up. you know, the nih right. >> now is being. >> affected by. >> something called indirect. >> cost recovery. but basically, it's going to affect the ability to do. >> medical research at places like. >> oh, the university of alabama. so you're hearing senator. >> britt and. others speak up. >> so i think a lot of republicans are really. >> having problems. >> with this. >> mike simpson of idaho, talking about the changes or cuts to the national parks. many employees of his out in idaho. there are all sorts of things happening here that are just wrong headed. i mean, if they want to do a strategic downsizing, that's one thing. that's not what they're doing. this is completely indiscriminate across the board. >> and by the way, they. >> fired all the inspectors general, many of. >> the. >> inspectors general whose job it is to identify waste, fraud and abuse on an independent basis. and they fired them. they should be allies of d.o.j. inefficiency, but they're not even being considered. they're being fired. >> well, those actions have triggered dozens of lawsuits, including.

>> by some. >> of those fired inspector generals. >> a federal. >> judge did. >> deliver a win, though, for president. >> trump yesterday. >> 14 states led by democrat. ags sued trying to block. >> dodge from accessing data systems or making. >> personnel moves. >> but judge tanya. >> chutkan said there. >> wasn't proof of. >> imminent harm at. >> this point. judge chutkan is. >> the same judge everybody remembers who was overseeing. >> trump's 2020. >> election. >> interference case. joyce, what do you make of this. >> ruling. especially given. >> the history there? well, this. >> ruling has. >> nothing to do with the substance of the case. this is a preliminary skirmish where the attorneys generals went into court trying to get a temporary restraining order that would freeze the status quo for the next few days while they tee up the early stages of the litigation. she found that they hadn't met their burden of proof, but she also had some discouraging comments for the trump administration about where this case might ultimately head. i wouldn't read too much into this early ruling.

>> yeah, i mean, just read. >> at least part. >> of what. >> she did say. >> because i. >> think it's important. >> just for. >> the context there. >> she said. that the. >> the suit did, quote, legitimately call into question what. appears to be the unchecked authority of an unelected individual and an entity. >> that was not. >> created by. congress over over which it has no oversight. so more to come in. that case. also. >> joyce. >> in some of these back and forth filings that we saw yesterday. >> we. >> learned at least through one d.o.j. filing that musk is. >> not. >> technically the administrator of doge. he isn't even really on the organizational chart, though. >> even though. >> we all. >> know he's the de facto. >> point person overseeing. the effort. >> so what are we to make of that? is that just. >> a legal technicality? >> what's the. >> purpose of saying, well. >> he's overseeing it, but he's not really. >> a part of it. >> you know, this isn't a legal technicality. this is serious business. because when the government files pleadings in front of a court, they are obligated to be truthful. so here they've said that musk has

a limited role, but donald trump has referred to musk as the person who is running doge. and those two statements are diametrically opposed. i would expect that we will begin to see federal judges dig deeper on this and seek clarification on musk's status, because you can't continue to have it both ways. you can't be official when it suits you and unofficial when it doesn't suit you. this is, in essence, they're trying to give musk as much room as possible to roam without having to confront government accountability procedures, and that's just not sustainable. >> well, there. are lots of layers. >> to. >> all of this. it's complicated. thank you. >> both. >> for helping us find. >> our way. >> appreciate you. >> former congressman charlie dent and joyce vance. we are following some. >> breaking news. >> on capitol. >> hill this morning, where president trump's pick for labor secretary. >> is. >> going before a. >> senate committee for. >> her confirmation hearing. and lori chavez-deremer, a former. >> one term congresswoman. >> from oregon. >> is facing.

>> some. >> republican skepticism. let's go to the hill. >> and nbc's. >> melanie zanona. melanie, senator rand paul has already come out and said he is a hard no. >> why is she facing gop opposition. >> which is a. >> rarity. >> at least. >> when we've. >> been following. >> these confirmations? >> yeah, this is one of those rare trump nominees that could be in trouble because she is not. >> conservative enough. >> at the core of. >> the republican opposition. >> here is her. >> past support. >> for organized labor. >> and unions specifically. >> she voted. in support of this bill called the pro act. >> and rand paul, as you mentioned, who sits on this key committee, has been one of her. >> most. >> vocal opponents. >> now, this. >> is shared by some other republicans. >> who come from. >> right, right to work states. so behind closed doors, chavez-deremer has. >> assured republicans she has. >> no intentions. >> of stepping. >> on those right. >> to work laws in these states. >> she's also prepared to say in her opening remarks this morning that she is going to. >> carry out donald trump's agenda. >> as. >> a way to try. >> to assuage some of those republicans concerns. but given the makeup of. >> this committee, if.

>> rand. >> paul does vote. >> against her nomination. >> it would. >> be enough. >> to sink her in committee. >> though gop. >> leadership could and likely. >> would just bring her. >> nomination straight. >> to the floor. >> however. >> it is. >> an open. >> question of how. >> much. >> democratic support. >> she would need, and she might need it on the. >> senate floor. >> at this moment. >> there are some democrats who are inclined to. >> support her, largely for the same. >> reasons. >> that republicans are. >> against her. >> they like that she is supported organized labor in the past, but other democrats say they. >> want to stay. >> united against everything. >> the trump administration does. >> so we're waiting to see just. >> how much. >> democratic support. >> if. >> any. >> she'll get. >> okay. >> we'll stay on top. >> of it. we know you'll be. >> watching the hearing and keep us posted. >> thanks. >> melanie zanona. and up next. >> the doj's. >> bid to dismiss corruption charges against new. >> york. >> city's mayor goes before a judge today. >> i'll talk. >> to. >> a. >> former watergate. >> lawyer who is urging. >> the. court not to dismiss. >> this case. >> also ahead. mystery solved. >> arrests in. >> athlete home break ins as a famous couple is now. >> targeted in a new burglary.

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attorney general who pressured. >> for the dismissal of this case against the. >> new. york city. >> mayor. >> will be. >> there. >> in court for this hearing today. >> now, this follows a round of. >> meetings between. >> the. >> governor. >> kathy hochul. and several local leaders yesterday. >> as. >> she's now weighing her gubernatorial powers. >> to potentially. >> remove the mayor from. >> office. >> something that would be. unprecedented in the city's history. >> meanwhile. >> the political. >> fallout for. >> mayor adams. >> continues as four deputy. mayors all resigned. >> in. >> protest, leading to growing. >> questions about his ability. >> to lead new. >> york city. >> nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken. >> dilanian joins us now. >> ken, what do we. >> expect this afternoon? >> could this. >> judge refuse. >> the doj's order to dismiss the case? >> in theory, yes. >> good morning. >> anna. i think. >> what we certainly expect is. >> fireworks. >> because this, as you know, has been a hugely controversial decision by the justice department that has drawn criticism from both the left and the right. just yesterday, former new jersey governor chris

christie wrote a piece calling this an embarrassment to the justice department and questioning the doj's stated reasons for dismissing these charges. in fact, he argued that, look, if you're going to say that this was political, which they are saying this case was, then you should dismiss it with prejudice, not have it hanging over eric adams. and he suggested that this was a weaponization of the department of justice. so can this judge dale ho, a biden appointee, refuse to dismiss these charges in theory? he can, but he's got a very narrow legal window, and any decision that he would. >> make. >> along those lines is likely to be appealed. but what he certainly can do is require the justice department to explain in detail its reasoning, question. >> them. >> and even question whether the case, if it's going to be dismissed, should be dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought. the meaning that the doj would not have a sword of damocles hanging over the new york mayor. even as they are demanding policy outcomes from that mayor. >> okay. >> ken, thank you for laying it out for us. i want.

>> to bring in a former. >> watergate prosecutor, nick ackerman, who motioned. >> the court on. >> behalf of the public in this case, arguing. >> the adams case. >> should not. >> be dropped. >> nick, good to have you here. i know you're. >> getting ready. >> to. >> actually head to the. courthouse to be there for this hearing. we know emile beauvais is expected to be there as well. the doj official who really triggered. >> all of this. >> what are you hoping to accomplish? >> well. >> i'm acting on behalf of. >> common cause. >> they're a nonpartisan, independent. group that is essentially looking for the right. >> thing for. >> the people, for. good government, and for the processes to work out. >> the way they should. >> what we're looking for here is, hopefully the judge will. actually question mr. beauvais about his motives, will also. question the lawyers for. >> adams. >> and hopefully we'll come up with ordering. >> a hearing. so that testimony is taken. >> under oath. >> so this. >> could. >> just be one. >> step forward in the process. >> without any. >> decisions made today. >> it's not just your

organization. >> that's crying foul here. we know the american bar association, which represents, i think 20,000 lawyers, has also expressed concerns. >> i'm wondering how unusual. >> would it be. >> for. a judge. >> to intervene. >> especially when it. >> comes to. >> an order. >> to drop a prosecution? >> well, this. >> is extremely. unusual in the sense that i don't ever remember this ever. >> happening at any time. >> on the other. >> hand. >> i don't. >> ever remember. >> the department of justice using a. prosecution like. >> this as a political weapon to basically take over mayor adams, control him and control his. >> ability to. >> independently decide. >> how the. >> immigration laws are. >> enforced in the city of new york. we, in effect. >> elected mayor. >> adams to. >> be our. >> mayor, not. >> donald trump. and donald. >> trump under this agreement is really has the ability to call

the tune as. >> to. >> what mayor adams does, certainly. >> as to. >> immigration and. >> who knows what else. donald trump is trying to get out of this deal. >> well. >> as you know, mayor adams. >> and his attorneys. >> are saying that's just. >> not the case. >> there was. >> no quid pro quo. >> they submitted as part. >> of. evidence before the judge. >> in a filing, a letter that was. >> sent to the acting. >> deputy ag. >> following their meeting on january 31st. this was before. beauvais ordered the case. >> to be dropped. and adams attorney writes writes this. >> let me read it. >> with respect. >> to day to day. >> leadership. >> mayor adams political muscle. is weakened by an indictment. >> leaders of various city agencies. >> such as the. >> nypd. >> the office. >> of the corporation. >> counsel, serve. >> at the. >> mayor's pleasure and are. >> subject to removal. >> by him. the letter continues. if mayor. >> adams is removed. >> from office, he would. >> replace be. >> replaced. at least temporarily, by public advocate jumaane williams. >> a. >> frequent outspoken. critic of mayor adams desire to. protect new yorkers. >> jumaane williams excuse me. >> that he's. >> a critic of mayor adams. desire to. >> protect new.

>> yorkers by. combating the migrant crisis. so they. >> lay this out. they sent this letter. >> and presumably they're submitting. >> this as evidence that there was no quid pro quo. >> they're saying these are. >> just the facts. >> what say you? >> nonsense. >> nonsense. >> what they're doing. >> here is, first of all, this letter came after the meeting. that danielle sassoon attended. in january. with those lawyers. >> and she wrote in her memo that. >> the entire. >> you know, the whole import of what was. >> said was. >> basically a quid pro quo. give merrick adams get rid of that indictment, and he'll do whatever you want to do. on the immigration issue. if you look at the whole. >> letter. >> first. >> of all, it's not. >> even copied to anybody. >> at at the. >> u.s. attorney's office. >> it's not copied. >> to danielle sassoon. and if. >> you read the whole letter, the entire letter, you'll see that what they're saying throughout that letter is. >> if you. >> dismiss this indictment. against eric adams. >> you'll get whatever you want in. >> terms of how you. >> want to. operate in new york.

city on immigration. it goes on and on. >> every single page has some little item where they promise. they promise. >> the department. >> of justice that mayor. adams will. >> do whatever. donald trump wants. >> and if you look. >> at the last page of that letter, he actually says that eric. >> adams will. >> act in. >> tandem with donald trump. >> that is not what the people. >> of new. >> york elected eric adams for. we elected him to be mayor and an independent mayor for all the people of new york. we did not elect donald trump. and it's the position of common. >> cause that. >> eric adams should not be. >> the mayor. >> of. new york if he's going to be under the thumb of donald trump. >> well. >> we'll see what the governor does. >> we'll see. >> what this judge does. >> in this case. >> lots to follow. >> dick ackerman. >> thank you. >> so much for coming. >> in. >> and making. >> your case. >> helping us. >> understand the. >> perspective of you. >> and many others on. >> this issue. appreciate it. up next. >> here on. >> ana cabrera reports the. >> key questions. >> investigators are.

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>> the runway. >> aviation safety. >> investigators are. focusing on the. >> flight data. >> recorders along with eyewitness video. >> nbc's stephanie gosk joins. >> us from toronto. stephanie. where does. >> this investigation stand. >> and how are those injured passengers doing? >> hi there. anna. i mean passengers who we have spoken with, some of them still trying to wrap their heads around. what happened here monday, and it's understandable. you know, the plane is still. >> here on the. >> runway, upside down. it is remarkable that all 80 people on board that flight survived it. what investigators. >> are looking. >> at specifically. >> is why. >> the wing the right wing. >> popped off. >> that was what. >> made it roll. >> and that was what left all of those passengers upside down in their seats. >> this morning, investigators are focusing. >> on these. >> crucial moments when delta, 4819, hit the runway in toronto. all hoping the flight data and

cockpit voice recorders. >> may help. >> explain how this crash. could have happened. everything appeared normal during. >> the. descent at. >> first, but when the plane hit the runway, the landing gear on the right appeared. >> to blow off. >> followed by the. >> wing. >> sending the plane tumbling. according to nbc news aviation analyst john cox. review of crash footage. >> investigators are going to look very carefully at exactly what caused that wing to separate. >> they will also be looking. >> at what role the wind may have played. weather reports recorded gusts of up to 40 miles an hour with drifting snow. >> the conditions were challenging, but nothing more than than professional pilots can handle. the airplane is designed for it. the pilots are trained for it. >> remarkably, all 80 people on board survived. >> i was upside down. the lady next to me was upside down. we kind of let ourselves go and fell. >> to hit the. >> ceiling. >> which is surreal feeling. >> most of. >> the injuries were minor,

according to paramedics. >> back springs head injuries, anxiety, some headaches, nausea and vomiting. >> delta airlines says 21 passengers were treated in the. >> hospital for injuries and 19 have been released. >> everything. >> officials applauding. >> the efforts of first. >> responders and flight attendants. >> we saw the most important role that they play in action. the crew of delta flight 4819 heroically led passengers to safety. >> oh, my. >> it's something passengers like peter kuckhoff noticed, too. >> does it seem now impressive, when you look back at it, that they handled. >> it the way they did? >> absolutely. i feel like everybody handled it pretty well considering we were in a plane crash. >> so the wreckage is. still on. >> the runway. it's actually blocking. >> two out of five runways. >> here at the toronto. airport because. >> investigators want. >> to look at it where it is. >> they're also. >> looking at the. >> runway itself. we're told when it comes.

>> to. >> those black. >> boxes they've retrieved. them on, and they've sent them to a lab for analysis. >> well, the more we learn. >> the. >> more. >> amazing it is. that nobody died. >> and. >> you know, obviously thoughts. >> prayers with the people. >> still recovering in the hospital. >> stephanie. >> thank you. >> turning to a. >> new international. >> war of. words after president trump. >> falsely blamed. >> ukraine for starting. >> the war. >> with russia. >> ukraine's president. >> zelenskyy hitting back. >> today saying trump is trapped in a, quote. disinformation bubble. >> after president trump's. >> surprising comments. >> blaming ukraine for. >> russia's invasion. >> today i heard, oh, well, we weren't invited. well, you've been there for three years. you should have ended it three years. you should have never started it. you could have made a deal. i could have made a deal for ukraine that would have given them almost all of the land, everything, almost all of the land. and no people would have been killed and no city would have been demolished, and not one dome would have been knocked down. but they chose not to do it that way. >> those remarks.

>> from the american president came just hours after a. >> sit down between. >> u.s. >> and russian. >> delegations in saudi arabia on the. >> war in ukraine. >> joining us now, former. >> deputy pentagon. >> secretary sabrina singh. sabrina, thank you for. >> being here with us. first, your reaction. to president trump's false claims that ukraine started this war. >> well, i mean, it's. >> certainly concerning. >> that the president of the united states. >> is not only. repeating talking. >> points that could come from the kremlin, but it seems. >> divorced from reality and the facts. >> i mean, the facts are tha europe's. >> largest army invaded its. >> sovereign neighbor. >> nearly three years ago. >> and that's what we. >> need to be. >> focused on, on how to end this war. that gives ukraine the upper hand so that something like this can never happen again. so it's certainly concerning. and you're seeing all of europe and president zelenskyy also reacting to president trump's comments throughout, you know. earlier today and yesterday. >> and again. >> you were deputy press secretary at the pentagon, president zelensky here now suggesting. president trump

lives in a disinformation bubble. sabrina, do. >> you agree? >> is that impacting. >> the us position? >> well, i mean, it's very confusing. >> what. >> the us position is right now. >> because. >> you know, secretary of state marco rubio was a russia hawk at one point. there are people in the president's orbit that understand that the dangers that russia poses to american interests and our allies. and yet you have the president repeating talking points that i mean, really. >> the kremlin could have drafted. >> i mean, calling for an election. >> right. >> now in ukraine, as russia occupies nearly 20% of ukrainian territory. i mean, how are you going to have fair and. >> free elections? >> i mean, just ask vladimir putin if there have. >> been fair and free elections in russia. >> so, you know, it's deeply concerning to see the president of the united states repeating some of the lines that. >> the. >> kremlin would use, and really taking the side of russia, you know, on the world stage. i think that sends quite a message to our allies and partners. >> all around. >> the world. and that is concerning. as someone that was just in. >> this administration.

>> in the previous administration, and understands how important ukraine security is to american security. >> you talk about russia and how they're perceiving what's happening here in the us, the messaging coming from the white house. the foreign minister, sergey lavrov, is now highlighting trump's comments, saying he's, quote. >> the. >> first and so far, apparently the only western. >> leader. >> who's publicly and loudly said. >> that one. >> of the root causes of the ukrainian. situation was the. >> brazen path. >> of the previous. >> administration to draw ukraine into nato. >> and he went on to say, this is already a signal that he. >> understands our position. >> sabrina. >> is this creating. >> a wedge. with nato allies? >> i think. >> certainly the. >> comments coming from this administration is creating a very deep wedge with with our allies and partners all around the world. i mean, under the. >> previous administration. >> you had 50 countries coming together with the ukraine defense contact group supporting ukraine, surging. military assistance to ukraine so they

could fight that war. we are seeing an abdication of. leadership on the world stage from the united states and from the trump team, and that that is, of course, deeply concerning on the impacts and the domino effects that's going to have in the long term. i think russia is certainly applauding what's coming out of this administration. i mean, some of the concessions that the united states is willing to give russia i mean, if i'm vladimir putin sitting back and watching this, i'm certainly thanking donald. trump for his words. but i think, you know, nato allies and our european partners overseas are watching this, and they're waiting to see, you know, what comes out of these talks and, you know, continuing to work with ukraine in their fight against russia. >> sabrina saying, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate your time. still ahead on ana cabrera reports the bitter blast of winter weather impacting 100. >> million americans. >> are you in the snow zone? >> but first, an update on. >> the health. of pope francis. >> as he. >> fights a troubling.

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creutz is following the developments from los angeles. >> liz. >> well hey there. this latest incident targeting the home of nicole kidman and keith urban. >> happened on valentine's. >> day night. according to law enforcement sources, the couple was not home at. the time. it comes. >> as federal. prosecutors have announced charges. >> against a group of men from south america who they say are behind several recent burglaries, including the ones targeting nfl stars patrick mahomes and travis kelce. >> this morning, nicole kidman and keith. >> urban. >> the. >> latest victims of. >> a string of thefts nationwide targeting the. homes of high profile celebrities and athletes. >> two law enforcement sources. >> tell nbc news the couple's los angeles mansion was broken into on valentine's day night, when at least one burglar smashed through glass to gain entry. an employee. >> at the. >> property called police. >> prompting the burglar. >> to flee. >> it's unclear what. if anything, was taken. according to the sources, neither kidman nor. >> urban were home at the time. >> urban has been. >> performing his residency. >> in las vegas. >> it's utopia. >> you would. >> want to be in here.

>> posting a photo of the two on valentine's day. while it's not clear who was behind the break in at the home of one of hollywood's most famous couples, officials have been. >> raising the alarm about. >> robberies. >> targeting celebrities and. >> high end houses. >> after an alarming string of heists against pro athletes in the. nba and nfl. >> overnight, federal prosecutors in florida announcing charges against seven men from chile, who they say targeted. >> the homes. >> of several athletes. >> including kansas. >> city chiefs star travis kelce. >> and patrick mahomes last year. >> it's frustrating. >> it's disappointing. >> but i mean, i. >> can't get into too many of the details. >> according to a criminal complaint. >> the men are members of a. >> south american theft. >> group that. >> stole more than. >> $2 million. >> worth of valuable items. this photo shared in the complaint shows some of the suspects posing with a. safe and jewelry stolen from milwaukee bucks. >> forward bobby portis. following the robbery. last year, portis shared this surveillance video. >> appearing to show two masked. >> men breaking. >> in. while i was at my game. >> yesterday, i had a.

>> home invasion and they took most. >> of. my prized possessions. >> this incident. >> and others, prompting the fbi to issue a formal warning to. >> sports leagues about organized. >> theft targeting. >> their athletes. >> now. >> as for the break in at nicole kidman and keith urban's home. police have not yet named a suspect or said if they believe a similar transnational group might be. behind it. >> the burglary. >> did happen around the same time that beverly hills police arrested. three people who they say are allegedly connected to burglaries carried out by. south american crews. but it's unclear if that incident was connected. there have been a string of recent break ins in wealthier parts of l.a. in recent weeks. now, as for the couple, neither have publicly. >> commented on what happened. >> back to you. >> liz creutz, thanks for that reporting. that does. >> it. >> for us today. great to have you with us. i'll see you back here tomorrow. same time, same place. i'm ana cabrera, reporting from new york. jose diaz balart picks up our coverage right now. >> good morning. 11 a.m. >> eas 8