>> he operates in a certain way. he is a great. >> deal maker, as everyone will have to acknowledge whether they like it or not. he wrote the book the art of the deal. right. and i think of this i liken this to my former law practice, where we. >> would be engaged sometimes in. >> arbitration or mediation between two parties that were at war, metaphorically. and when you begin an arbitration proceeding, you don't bring both parties in to the. meeting at the for that first table set because they're they're at odds. >> listening to. >> you, speaker johnson, we're going to pull away. >> here as i hand it. >> over to the next hour. but we were waiting for him. to say, one way or another. >> if there will. >> be a vote today on the budget, we have not got any confirmation otherwise. so that appears to still be on. that's going to do it for us this hour. i'll be back at noon eastern. and now jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage. take it away. >> my friend. >> thank you. and good morning

to ana. good morning to all of you. it's 11. >> a.m. eastern. >> 8 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we begin with new. >> backlash over. >> president trump's sweeping crackdown. >> of the us government. just this morning, federal workers fired by d.o.j. gathered on capitol hill in protest. here's what. >> we heard from. >> one former usaid worker. >> i don't even. >> have the vocabulary. >> anymore to describe. how devastating it is to not only see our jobs going away like this is not about me and my job. this is about what america is in the world. >> it comes as federal workers on the. >> job. >> are dealing. >> with another directive. >> after a lot of. >> confusion over the. >> weekend, an email sent by elon. >> musk requesting workers. >> list their. accomplishments or face. >> termination. >> the. >> office of. >> personnel management now says that email survey is voluntary. but just last night, musk. >> posted workers quote will be given. >> another chance. >> failure to respond a second time. >> will result in termination.

>> joining us now is aaron gilchrist. ashley etienne. >> former communications director for former vice. >> president harris. >> and speaker nancy pelosi, and former republican. congressman charlie dent from pennsylvania. >> so, aaron, what's the white house. saying about. >> all of this. >> back and forth. these different emails? >> well, jose, the white house really isn't saying much about that particular part of this, as we've asked questions about some of the emails that have come out. we've asked questions about the posts from elon musk as well. and the white house really has not been responsive to that. president trump, however, has taken questions about what elon musk is doing and what the doge team is doing, and he tried to say that this is an effort. elon musk is making an effort to figure out who is actually working. i want to hear a little bit of what the president had to say about this, that email that went out on saturday in the oval office yesterday. >> i think it was actually there was a lot of genius in sending it. we're trying to find out if people are working. and so we're sending a letter to people. please tell us what you did last

week. if people don't respond, it's very possible that there is no such person or they're not working. >> now, as you noted, jose, the back and forth has been between agency heads who told their their workers not to respond or to pause or response for various reasons. we've heard from different agencies around the government, including a message that came from the department of health and human services that ended with telling people if they responded, they needed to be aware that their responses could be read by malign foreign actors, not really explaining what exactly that meant. no response. again, from the white house to that particular part of the message from hhs. but it's all fueling the confusion that federal workers are feeling about what they do and don't have to do in regards to responding to these emails from opm and messages from elon musk, also trying to do the jobs that they were hired to do at the same time. jose. >> yeah, i mean, and aaron, there's. >> another issue. according to three sources. >> with knowledge. >> doge is planning.

>> to use artificial. >> intelligence to. >> assess the responses. >> to that email. >> how's that going to work? >> well, our understanding from these sources is that the idea was to take those responses, those five bullet points that were asked for in that email on saturday about what workers had accomplished in the prior week to take those responses, feed them into a large language model ai system that could process a lot of data text, message, text, text, data all at once, and then be able to use that data to figure out whether work that these folks are doing is mission critical. and the thinking there being that if it was determined that the work wasn't mission critical, then those people could be terminated. those positions could be terminated. this is something that elon musk seemed to respond to in a post on x last night as well, that this idea of using a large language model, he said that it was not something that was needed here, that this was really a check to see if the employees had a pulse, he said in his post. and was capable of

replying to that email message. at the same time, though, jose, it's important to note that the sources we've been able to talk to indicated that part of the idea here was to feed that data into a system that would help to fuel some of the work that doge is doing. >> aaron gilchrist, i thank you very much. >> so. >> ashley, let's talk a little bit about this whole artificial intelligence issue. what do you think the repercussions. >> would. be about. >> the executive, elon musk. >> and the president. >> utilizing artificial intelligence. to help. determine what positions are kept? >> i mean, the main concern. >> here is. >> what we don't know about what elon musk is doing. i mean, we shouldn't see these things as isolated incidents. i mean, you've got a situation where he's accessing secure information at the treasury, at other, at the irs. i mean, these are very sensitive things. and you couple that with, you know, the data that he's trying to collect on whether or not federal employees are working.

it's all just alarming in. some respects. and. >> you know, and. >> it's the. american people are starting to feel it. and they're expressing outrage. >> and. >> protesting at these republican town hall events. you know. >> if you look at the polls, a plurality of them suggest that. >> the american people. disagree overwhelmingly. with how elon musk and donald trump are dismantling the federal government, one. agency at a time. so this is. >> really causing. >> i. >> think, a. vulnerability for the president. this is. >> has been nothing but a chaotic sort of no method to the madness. >> process that. >> we're seeing right now. >> it's incredibly. >> indiscriminate in terms of the cuts. they're firing essential people, rehiring essential people. so there. >> is no. >> method to. >> this madness. but i think what we have to keep our eye on the ball, which is. >> what we don't know about what what elon musk is doing and what he plans to do with all of the information that he's amassing. >> yeah. i mean, charlie, there has. >> been some reaction. and for example, you know, republican senator lisa murkowski. >> weighed in on the recent doge

cuts, urging the administration to work with congress. >> to shrink the. >> size of government. listen to what she. >> had to say. >> we can help you. >> but when the executive basically blows. >> by congress. >> or. >> rolls right over congress, and we allow. >> that. >> we're ceding our responsibility. i believe that you can absolutely be a 100% supporter of president trump and still stand up for the institution of. >> the senate. >> charlie, do you think you can actually do both of. those things? >> well, i think senator murkowski is spot on in her analysis that congress is article one. authorities are being trampled by the executive. full stop. the executive branch does not have the authority to shutter agencies or departments that have been created,

authorized and funded by congress, like usaid. she is right. and i would also add to that the idea. >> of a. >> doge, of finding efficiencies in government is actually makes a lot of sense. the problem with doge is they're not simply an advisory body. they should be offering advice to congress and the president about ways to save money. and then it's up to congress and the president to enact those recommendations if they think they're appropriate. that's what should be happening. but doge is taking on this operational life of its own without any consideration, frankly, for the dignity and the humanity of the people who are working in the government. i mean, they just fired a guy at a national park who was responsible for all the codes and the keys for the bathrooms. and there's, you know, where i come from, we call that an essential employee. but so this is what we're dealing with an indiscriminate, haphazard approach to downsizing government, not trying to find any real efficiencies. and congress should have a central role in all of this. >> but but, charlie, here's the question.

>> what happens when that congress or. >> the executive in the. >> past has simply. >> had that power. >> and not exerted it? so there is also. an action through inaction. that's right. and by the way, i remember i remember simpson-bowles, i was around for that. they made recommendations. i was one of a handful of people who actually voted for a budget outline that mimicked that, that we wanted to do it. look, if congress chooses not to act on those recommendations, well, then that's on congress. now, look, you can you can elect new people to congress then, or a new president if you don't, if people don't think they're doing enough to rein in spending. but everybody knows, everybody knows that if we want to try to get this budget something closer to balance, we're going to have to deal with the real tough issues of social security, medicare and medicaid. that's where the big money is. everybody knows it. and so just simply laying off people is really not going to

have much of an impact on the budget deficit. everybody knows it. and simpson-bowles actually tried to address those issues in a thoughtful, responsible manner. unfortunately, congress did not take him up on it. once again. >> in action. and actually, last night, the top democrat in the. >> house. >> hakeem. >> jeffries, joined. >> my friend. >> rachel maddow. here's what he. >> said about. >> how democrats are facing the ongoing d.o.j. cuts. >> it's all hands on deck in the congress. it's all hands on deck in the courts, and it's certainly all hands on deck in communities across the country. >> ashley. >> do you really think that democrats. >> have all hands on deck approach everywhere? >> i do believe that. >> is the desire. that is. >> the aim, that that. is the actual goal. now, whether or not we're achieving. >> that. >> it's not incredibly clear yet, but most of these processes. >> have. >> to work themselves out. we're seeing now where people are protesting on the ground. so the ground game is getting stronger. we you know, we have.

>> the oversight. >> committee and the ways and means committee, democrats. >> who are. >> requesting documents about what doge is doing. that's going to be very important. they can compel votes with committees to pressure republicans. the key is, i think what the what the leader. >> is saying, the key is we've got to keep. >> the pressure on republicans at home. and here in washington, d.c, nbc is. reporting that not only these republican members are feeling it, but they're meeting with donald trump today to actually talk to him about doge and see if doge could be more compassionate, to use their word in terms of how they're making these cuts. so i agree with the leader. all of that is happening. >> it takes. >> time for it to all play out. but the. pressure they have to keep it on and it feels like. >> it's actually working. >> to a degree. >> ashley etienne and charlie dent, thank you both so very much. up next, we'll play for. >> you. >> what french president. >> emmanuel macron. >> said when he publicly corrected the president after their meeting on ukraine. plus, pressure on. >> all. >> sides, house speaker. >> mike johnson is working. >> to finalize.

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year. >> nbc's richard engel is in. >> southern ukraine. gave us. >> this. >> report about. >> what it's like there now. >> a little. >> different shot today. this time i'm going to make it personal. >> this is the. >> hotel that. >> i and our team. >> normally stay in here in the ukrainian city of odessa. but we're not. staying here now. because the hotel was bombed. >> by russia. >> they're still. >> trying to fix it. >> this is the reception here. but right now it's out of commission. and the reason. >> that. >> that i'm doing. >> the report from. here is because. >> this is the. >> kind of thing that can happen. >> now. >> any time, any. >> place in ukraine. >> we always. >> used to stay here. >> we enjoy. >> staying here. this time we. came and we were found out. no, you can't stay there because it's been bombed. and when you live under that environment, like ukrainians have been living for the last three years. >> it makes. >> it. >> all the more shocking when they see the united states joining with russia to shut down

a resolution that would have blamed russia for starting the. >> war. >> or when ukrainians hear from president trump that. >> they. >> started the war. >> and that they're responsible. >> for this conflict. >> when at any. >> time of the day you can be in your house or. >> in a. >> hotel and suddenly a russian drone or. >> bomb. >> explodes from the sky. >> richard engel. >> thank. >> you very much. >> see, that's why it's. >> so. >> important that we. >> have experienced. >> reporters and correspondents that understand and can bring us shine. >> a light. >> on parts that. maybe normally. >> there are no. >> light at. as efforts to end the war ramp up here in the united states, president trump met with french president emmanuel macron at the white house. >> with. >> macron telling. >> mr. trump to be careful. >> in his. >> negotiations with russian leader putin. meanwhile, the trump. administration voted. >> with russia, north korea and iran, among. >> others. >> against a un. >> resolution condemning. >> russia's aggression. >> in ukraine. joining us now.

is nbc's peter. alexander at the white house. susan page. >> washington bureau. chief for usa. >> today, and. >> joel rubin, former deputy. assistant secretary of. >> state. >> under president obama. >> and the president. >> of the washington strategy group. so, peter. >> what came. >> out of. >> the president's meetings. >> with macron? >> well, there were a. >> lot of hugs and handshakes that we saw, certainly. but there's. also evidence of real discord between the two in. >> terms of their. >> positions as it relates. >> to the war taking place there. >> macron making very clear. >> that he wants whatever. >> deal. comes out of this. >> situation, not to be a surrender of ukraine, that ukraine should be able to maintain its territorial sovereignty. here. president trump, who in the past has. referred to vladimir zelensky as a dictator, yesterday declined when asked if he would say the same about vladimir putin and give you a sense of sort of where this divide is right now. yesterday. >> there was a critical. >> united nations. >> resolution that basically would have condemned russia for the aggression taking place in ukraine right now. the u.s. did not side with its european

allies. >> countries like. >> germany, the u.k. france and others. instead, it. >> sided with. >> russia and north korea and iran and beyond. >> one of the other. >> points the president made in. >> the course of his conversation with macron. >> yesterday is. >> that. he believed that. >> russia was. >> open to. allowing nato. >> or european peacekeepers. >> to be in ukraine. >> after an agreement. >> the kremlin on that topic, jose overnight pushing back, saying in effect that that is unacceptable, a nonstarter for them. the president's focus has been heavily, obviously, on. >> this. >> desire to get a rare. >> earth. a rare earth. >> minerals deal. >> with. >> ukraine. basically focusing on. recouping money that the u.s. had given to ukraine. >> for this war effort. >> jose. >> and so, peter, let's talk about. >> that, because i want to. show this. >> to our friends in. >> that oval office meeting. macron corrected. >> trump after the president said europe's support for ukraine was a loan. >> here's that moment. >> just so you understand,

europe is loaning the money to ukraine. they get their money back. >> no, in fact, to be to be frank, we paid we paid 60% of the total effort. and it was through, like the us loans guaranteed grants and we provided real money. to be clear, we have 230 billion frozen assets in europe, russian assets. but this is not as a collateral of a loan because this is not our belonging. so they are frozen. if at the end of the day, in the negotiation we will have with russia, they are ready to give to give it to us. super. it will be loan at the end of the day and russia will have paid for that. if you believe. >> that. so the. >> president did you know exactly believe that one? >> yeah, yeah. i was going to say the president basically said that's. >> that's not the case. in fact, it is the case right now, as macron detail it, the president trump of the course of that back and forth repeated the false claim that the us has given $350 billion. i think he said to ukraine and has nothing to show for it, saying that europe had

only spent about $100 billion. the real figures are nowhere near that. the us has provided about $119 billion in military and humanitarian aid. europe has given about $139 billion to this point. but macron for. his part he was right saying that while some of it is in the form of. >> loans and. >> loan guarantees, much of that money is. >> also in the. >> form of grants, where europe expects nothing in return. jose. >> and so. >> joe, let's talk. >> a. >> little bit about. >> this whole issue. >> of the. >> united nations. >> the us siding with. >> russia. >> north korea and iran voting against the europe backed resolution at the un, condemning. russia's aggression in ukraine and calling for an immediate. >> international withdrawal. >> by russia. >> what's the. >> significance. >> of this, do you think, joe? >> well. >> jose. >> what a. >> shameful betrayal of an american. ally at the united nations. >> that that's. >> that's the big takeaway. yesterday's vote. >> was probably. >> the worst single. >> vote by the. >> united states. >> at the united nations. since

the war in. iraq back in 2002, when we were misled. into or when we were misleading, that is the rest of the world. and the american people. >> were misled. >> by the bush. administration to invade that country. >> and the significance is real, because what. >> it basically now says is that the united states. >> is on the side of russia in the diplomacy, and we're seeing it in real. >> time with. >> richard's report, where i don't think we're hearing. >> the white house. condemning the. >> bombing of ukraine right now, certainly. >> and then. >> even yesterday. >> this sort of. disinformation bubble. >> that. >> president zelenskyy spoke about. >> we saw in real time where president trump is completely wrong. >> on the. >> facts on american expenditures. and it really creates concerns about what the way. forward is. and i don't think that the president has a. realistic view that can be connected. >> to security. >> for ukraine and for our european allies. and that un. >> vote really. >> crystallized it yesterday. you know. i think a lot, joel. >> about. >> you know.

>> with your extraordinary. >> experience and knowledge. >> of history. >> and actually being a participant. >> of much. >> of. >> it. you know, i think of, you know, roger fisher's international. conflict for beginners when he talked. >> about the carrot and the. >> stick and the need for both. >> a carrot and a stick and how to. be tactical in negotiating. >> when you're talking and dealing with trying to resolve conflict. >> how do. >> you see. >> joel? the resolution. thesis of the trump. >> administration. >> as far. >> as carrots and sticks. >> but towards ukraine? >> yeah. >> you know, what these resolutions can do is appropriately set the. table for constructive multilateral dialog and bilateral negotiations, if that's the way it goes, where you can see the us in this case, president. trump playing a lead role and he look he says he wants to. >> be a leader on this.

>> but what he did not do was bring together the parties with a meaningful united nations. blessing of a diplomatic process that can be trusted, that can be verified, and that can bring the active participants. together for a real solution. instead, we got caught up in arguing with our best allies in. >> europe and. >> latin america and africa and asia, and basically finger pointing at them, saying, this is all polemics. and of course it is. this is diplomacy. diplomacy is about words and converting words into real world actions. and so this diplomatic fiasco at the united nations really should, should cause concern about the ability of the trump team to actually negotiate in a manner that brings stability and security to ukraine, which is what they say the goal is. and i think that the united nations role in this is essential to creating a diplomatic framework that we currently just don't have. >> yeah. i mean, i keep thinking about the united. >> nations role in srebrenica. >> you know, when thousands.

>> of people were massacred. >> in the united. >> nations, had representatives there and stood by. but susan, after calling president zelensky a dictator last week, president trump declined to use the same term for putin. >> here's what he said. listen to this. >> i don't use those words lightly. i think that we're going to see how it all works out. let's see what happens. i think we have a chance of a really good settlement between various countries. and, you know, you're talking about europe and you're talking about ukraine as part of that whole situation. the other side has a lot of a lot of support also. so let's see how it all works out. susan, what do you make of that? what do you think. >> is behind that? >> well, of course, president trump has. >> had a. >> kind of problematic relationship with president zelensky from his first term. >> you remember that his. >> efforts to. pressure zelensky to investigate. >> what he. >> saw as allegations of corruption against then president biden led to his first

impeachment. so they have had a difficult relationship from the start. president trump during the campaign said he would bring it this war to a conclusion before he took office or in his first 24 hours. that has not happened. so i think with president trump, his concern is ending the war, not protecting ukraine. i wouldn't think that is his top priority. he wants the war ended. i know there are americans who are who think that it ought to be resolved as well. but when you hear his rhetoric against ukraine and in favor of putin, the assumption is this would be settled on terms that will be good news to russia and not necessarily good news for ukraine. >> peter alexander, susan page and joel rubin, thank you so. >> very much. >> up next, we're live on capitol hill, where. >> house speaker mike johnson. >> is trying. >> to deal with if he. >> has enough. >> votes tonight to pay for president trump's agenda. plus,

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>> look for this budget resolution? >> well, you heard it right there, jose. maybe there's going to be a vote tonight. maybe there's not. >> i mean. >> the. republican leadership has been working overtime to try to get votes. and at the core of the issues is kind of the two. >> poles of the house republican. >> conference, right? >> you have conservatives. >> who want more cuts, and you have republicans from moderate districts. some districts that kamala harris won, others who just have been from districts that have leaned kind of in the middle of the political spectrum for years, who don't want to cut deeply from social safety net programs. now, i will say this because it is true. >> and it's. >> important to note the resolution that is going to be voted on tonight does not specify any cuts. it's a budget framework. it's a blueprint. it specifies amounts that need to be cut from. different committees jurisdictions. so it will. >> say the energy and commerce. >> committee has to cut $880 billion. agriculture has to cut $230 billion. but once you pass this resolution then you need to start filling those numbers in. so the fear from moderates is that it's going to cut deeply from medicaid. it's going to cut

deeply from snap from pell grants. and the leadership says, just hold on. let's see where this goes. let's see where this debate goes. and we'll the first step is passing this budget. and we'll have to see where it goes next. but you know, i don't know whether there's going to be a vote tonight. the part of that clip that didn't make it, jose, is that the speaker said, stay tuned. stick around. it's what you're paid to do. and it is, in fact, what i'm paid to do. so i will stick around. >> right. but so explain if. >> you would, jake. >> when you're talking about what essentially is there going to be voting. >> on a. >> an outline, a blueprint that. >> all of. >> these different areas have to. but is that in and of itself enough to avert the shutdown? >> no, those are two different things. so this is the budget. this is a budget resolution. this deals with getting the president's agenda through. so that's the tax cuts and. border policy and all these things. these are his this is his agenda. the government shutdown is. >> a whole. >> other process. and they.

>> are nowhere. >> on that process either. that is. march 14th. the government runs out of money march 14th. and they need to figure out how to fund the government by march 14th. >> and democrats. >> are saying, why would we help you as elon musk and donald trump in. >> their. >> mind. tear us down huge parts of the government, and that's a process that they need to figure out once they get past this budget resolution, which is again, a different a different part of the legislative framework, a different thing they have to do. so those are two huge priorities that have to get done in the next 3 or 4 weeks. >> if they can't. >> do one, how. >> are they going. >> to get to the other, is the question. but, but but jake, is there. a plan b? and i mean, when the house has a. >> i mean. >> what 2 or 3 vote majority on these types. >> of issues? >> what's plan b and who are you looking out for? >> yeah, the plan b will have to be. >> unfortunately for. >> house. >> republicans. >> it will be picking up what the senate did on trump's

agenda, which was a much more. narrow piece of legislation. it was it was a package that mandated just. >> border energy and military. >> spending, nothing on taxes, which the house, the senate republicans want to leave. >> to. >> later this year. that is not what the house. republicans want. they want the. totality of trump's agenda passed soon, instead of. passing it in two parts and maybe letting putting the. >> tax, the tax. >> portion at risk. so that's that is the crux. that is the crux of the argument between house republicans and senate republicans right now. >> jake, thanks. for always bringing up. >> the issues. >> in a way that we can understand it. >> i appreciate it. >> they're complicated. >> i know i try to try to boil it down to its to its to its core. >> and you do. >> so brilliantly, my friend. >> thank you. appreciate it. today, defense secretary pete. >> hegseth will. >> visit the guantanamo bay u.s. naval base in cuba. as we're learning, the trump administration is pausing work on. >> tents to house. >> migrants there. >> and now, for the first. >> time, we're hearing from migrants. >> held inside. >> the military base. one

migrant spoke to telemundo exclusively about the two weeks. >> he. >> was detained at guantanamo, before being deported. >> back to venezuela. traumatic porque ya estamos en una. practicamente en una una carcel de maxima seguridad. donde como criminals practicamente. >> como terrorista. >> de una manera no pork in verdad. somos migrants. >> no somos criminals, no. >> dormir porque no sabiamos cuando vamos a salir de ahi. >> he said. >> his detention was. traumatizing and that he was treated like a criminal. >> even though he says. >> he's just a migrant. >> the department of homeland security and the immigration and customs enforcement did not. >> respond to emails. seeking comment. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> is with us this morning. >> gabe. good morning. >> what more are we learning. >> about. >> the trump administration's different. plans at guantanamo? >> hi there jose. >> well. >> you mentioned. >> that. >> the trump administration. >> was pausing. constructing those tents. >> as the administration

considers whether to scale back its operation. >> at guantanamo. bay amid its crackdown. on illegal immigration. now, that's according to. >> two us officials. >> and those officials say that the. >> tents that they had. >> constructed so far. >> did not. >> have electricity or air conditioning. >> and that. >> is. not technically up. to ice standards. >> now. >> we're told. >> that they don't plan on taking. >> down the tents just yet, that. >> they're simply waiting. >> on policy. >> guidance on how to move forward. >> and one defense official. telling me that this was. >> quote. >> an evolving mission. but, jose, you remember that just last. >> month, the trump administration said it had plans at guantanamo bay to house up. >> to 30,000. >> migrants and one u.s. official telling me that those plans have been. scaled back. >> and nbc news reported last week. that the. >> administration was. >> considering housing migrants. >> at other. >> facilities. >> potentially even fort bliss in texas. >> now, we should note, jose. >> right now there are. >> more. >> than a thousand. u.s. service. >> members at guantanamo bay.

>> as part of. >> this mission, and there's only. 17 migrants. housed at. >> the naval base, as you said. secretary of defense. >> pete hegseth. >> is expected. >> to tour the. >> facility today. >> and they're. >> expecting another flight. >> full of migrants later. >> on today. >> jose. >> and so, gabe, has there been. >> any clarity on. how long the administration. >> plans to keep migrants in guantanamo bay? >> whenever and however. >> many are sent there? >> that's an open. >> question at this point. now, the. >> administration has repeatedly said. >> that. >> they're sending. >> the worst. >> of. >> the worst. >> however, i spoke with one migrant family. >> who disputed. >> that, said that there that. their loved one was not. >> the worst of the. >> worst, did not have an extensive criminal record. you just heard from that migrant right there. >> that spoke. >> with telemundo. >> but from what we. >> understand. the migrants. >> that were taken. >> to guantanamo. >> they were. >> abruptly cleared. out last week. >> so at this point, it. >> appears that. >> they're not spending a.

>> whole. >> lot of time there. one official described it to me last. >> week as a. >> sort of staging. >> area, as. >> they're deported. >> to their home countries, but right now, not. >> a whole lot of clarity as to. >> how this moves forward. and again, they're waiting. >> on. >> policy guidance. >> to decide exactly how they're going. >> to end up using. >> those tents. >> that have already. >> been constructed. >> jose. >> gabe gutierrez. >> thank you very much. up next, we're going to go to the vatican, where prayers are ramping up. >> for. pope francis as he remains in critical condition in. >> the hospital. >> plus, another. >> mission completed just moments ago in the effort to. >> put more. >> civilians in space. >> watching jose diaz-balart. >> reports on msnbc. >> you. >> you're making. >> everything orange. >> we're showing we're consumer cellular gets great coverage. >> we use the same. >> towers as big wireless. so you get the same coverage. >> well. >> unlimited talk and text with reliable coverage starting at just $20. call or visit consumer cellular. >> our restaurants.

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pouring in for pope francis. >> as he remains. >> in critical condition. the vatican says he rested well last night and is. >> continuing his therapies. >> and anne thompson. >> is at the vatican. >> this morning. >> and what more are we learning today? >> well, we know, jose, that the pope is doing some work. yesterday, he made his nightly phone. >> call to the catholic parish in gaza. >> as he has almost every night since october 2023. and he also met in person with his secretary of state and another vatican official. and that's significant because obviously they met in person, which means he had to be

well enough to see other people also. in that meeting, they discussed a future meeting of cardinals to discuss saints in the church. so clearly, the pope is looking ahead. we have found we have been told by his doctors that while he is in critical condition, there has been some slight improvement. that mild kidney failure that he had over the weekend, they say, is now no longer of concern. there have been no new respiratory crises. that also happened over the weekend. we understand he is on supplementary oxygen. he still is because he's got double pneumonia. but the levels of that oxygen have been reduced. despite all that, the that good news, if you will. his doctors say this is still a very complex situation. and because of that, they will not give a prognosis on his health. jose. >> and, thompson, i got to tell you, anne.

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>> basic training. >> ready? one. two. three. >> so. >> brianna, who's in the army, finally falling into. >> the arms of her. >> loved ones. >> after months far. >> from home. >> oh my. >> gosh, brianna. >> so take me then to the to that ceremony when you had your mom and your abuelita together. >> just seeing everybody there in front of me just made me so emotional because i just love my family so much. when they both hug me, it just felt like it. >> was real. >> they're here. >> brianna's dedication to service a personal victory. she says she never could have. >> achieved without. >> all their support. >> what does. >> that moment represent for you? >> i feel like i accomplished something big because, you know, i've never, like, thought i would be able to do that. >> oh. >> and that wraps up the hour for me. >> i'm jose. >> diaz balart. >> you can. always reach. >> me on social media at jd

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