josh, clearly andrew saul is refusing to step down. got to wonder what is going to happen on monday morning. do you have any insights into what happens next? >> reporter: well, a looming showdown, alex, with the ousted commissioner saying he's not going anywhere, calling this a friday night massacre and telling "the washington post" he believes he's entitled to serve out the rest of his six-year term, which is not scheduled to end until 2025. he does have some history to go on there because these independent agencies like the social security administration typically have had directors that serve for a set period of term regardless of if the white house changes hands. but the biden white house also has some ground to stand on here because in recent years the supreme court has ruled not once but twice that the executive branch does have the ability to hire and fire the heads of these agencies just like they would for any other political appointee in the administration. so the biden white house, they have now tapped the deputy commissione

president biden fired the head of social security, andrew saul, a trump appointee and prominent republicanonor. he refused request -- president biden has named a replacement to serve as acting social security commissioner until a new permanent leader can be confirmed but saul and says he will continue in pushed the role. he has pushed anti-union and anti-benefits policies at the social security administration. bill pascrell jr., chair of the house ways and means subcommittee on oversight, said saul's agenda was "to impose cruelty on seniors and the disabled." in immigration news, government data obtained by the aclu has revealed the trump administration began separating asylum-seeking families at the u.s.-mexico border as early as may 2017, nearly a year before trump's zero tolerance policy officially went into effect. from july to december of 2017, some 234 families were separated in yuma, arizona, according to government documents, though the overall numbers are likely higher. many children remain separated from their parents four years later, while some parents are missing after having

the president dismissing andrew saul, a trump administration holdover. the white house says saul's actions ran contrary to the agency's mission. saul is fighting back, telling the "washington post" he plans to be back at work monday morning as he claims his term is protected. speaking of protection, the protective fence surrounding the capitol is in the process of being taken down six months after the january 6th attack on the capitol. but concerns are growing that capitol police officers could be furloughed if congress doesn't fund the agency and soon. january 6th committee bennie thompson making a plea on msnbc. >> i hope the senate works its wheel so we can keep people employed, we can continue to secure the capitol and give our opportunity of a committee review of exactly what went wrong on january 6th. we are concerned about it. >> we're also getting a brand new look at the violence that unfolded during the capitol riot as the justice department releases new video evidence. the doj making this footage public at the request of msnbc and other news or

president biden firing the top social security official after andrew saul who was a trump pick said heng commissioner to take over until he picks a nominee. and haiti's acting government is asking the u.s. to send in troops to help in the wake of the assassination of the president. and they have no plans to send troops. the assassination is uninvestigation. a milestone in the capital of the nations, and the house target of arms says building restrictions will remain in place even after the fence is gone, and it's certainly going to change the way things look around this area. our fox studios here just a block from the capitol where we've seen the fencing for six months, jacqui. jacqui: i'm happy to see it go away. nice to get in and closer and not have to walk around if you're someone who actually goes into the capitol buildings during the week like i do, and also nice to be able to see tourists getting closer to the white house. they took down the fence there as well. griff: it's a return to normalcy. it will be interesting. the new house committee that deals with things like security

andrew sowell has been fired. the white house says the president asked for saul's resignation this morning and he was terminated aftered. the president has appointed an acting commissioner while a search for the permanent commissioner is conducted. the dow rose 448 points to a record close today. the s&p 500 closed at all-time high after gaining 49 points. nasdaq finished ahead 142. for the week, the dow rose 0.25%. the s and p 500 and nasdaq gained four tenths of a percent since monday. president biden was competition by lowering prescription drug prices and cracking down on big tech in what looks like a play straight from the trump administration handbook. fox business correspondent connell mc/sshane joins us live from the white house with details. good evening, connell. >> good evening, shannon. same targets with the president even with a somewhat different approach today from president biden as he broadly goes after what he sees as not enough competition across a broad spectrum of the american economy. >> without healthy competition, big players can change and charge whatever they want. and treat you however they

andrew sull, the head of the social security agency and a trump administration holdover, the white house saying his actions ran contrary to the agency's mission. saul, however, rejecting the move saying his term is protected and he plans to be back at work on monday morning, which should be interesting. >>> nbc's josh letterman is in delaware. welcome to you. what sparked the president's decision to fire the head of the social security administration? >> reporter: well, senate democrats, as well as advocates for the retired and the disabled have long called for commissioner saul's dismissing, accusing him of undermining benefits as well as being anti-union. in fact, the white house seems to have ultimately come to that conclusion, too, alex, putting out a statement saying that commissioner saul had undermined and politicized benefits, as well as having bad relations with other federal agencies, as well as ending the agency's telework policy, which was used by a whole lot of employees. president biden asked first for the commissioner's resignation. we are told when he refused, he was then fired with the president appointing the deputy commissioner t

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just this month we witnessed the firing of andrew saul, the head of the social security administration. and listen to n. he was just two years into a six-year term. mr. saul had kept a critical agency functioning through a historically challenging year. he was not some partisan hack. we're talking about someone the senate confirmed with 77 votes, 77 votes, a bipartisan super majority for mr. saul. but powerful liberal interests got the president's ear. they wanted their own handpicked insider. norms and precedents had to go out the window. now the american people deserve to trust the independence of crucial watchdog agencies like these. but with these firings, this administration has instead decided to explore frontiers and partisan hardball. we just spent years listening to the left and the media express outrage over personnel decisions and dismissals, many of which amounted to a heck of a lot less than the three i just mentioned. now, mr. president, on an entirely different matter, later today the senate is set to do some bipartisan legislating. back in 1984 congress passed the victi