i'll note she's actually the youngest white house press secretary in white house history. she formerly served as trump's spokesperson for his campaign, so she will not be a stranger to any of his supporters. she ran unsuccessfully for a seat in new hampshire, and now, of course, she will be taking the podium at a time when there are a lot of questions about all of the activity that we have seen out of the west wing in just over a week of trump's second term, boris. >> and of course, we'll get back to you, caitlin, once the action there gets underway. for now, let's bring in cnn chief media analyst brian stelter. brian, what will you be watching for during today's briefing? >> during his first term in office, donald. >> trump did not want a free and fair press. he wanted a subservient press that would promote his agenda and stop with the pesky questions. during his first term, he stopped with briefings altogether, discouraging his aides from taking questions. but we also know that donald trump loves attention, and right now he's getting so much attention through his own q&a

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this white house believes strongly in the first amendment.it is why our team will work diligently to restore the press passes of the 440 journalists whose passes were wrongly revoked by the previous administration. we are also opening up this breathing room to new media voices who produce no real -- news related content and whose advent is not already represented by one of the seats in this room. we welcome independent journalists, podcaster's, social media influencers and content creators to apply for credentials to cover this white house. and you can apply now on our new website, whitehouse.gov/new media. starting today, this seat in the front of the room which is usually occupied by the press secretary staff will be called the new media exceed. my team will review the applications and give credentials to new media applicants who meet our criteria and past united states secret service requirements to enter the white house complex. so in light of these announcements, are first questions for today's briefing will go to these new media members

trump white house.point. is exactly correct. >> having conversations with somebody who's only lying to you has extremely limited value, and i hope my colleagues in the press corps keep their eye on the ball. the ball is not how much time you personally get to converse with the president, how entertaining he is when you converse with him, how what kind of play your story. >> gets. >> how much your face. >> gets. >> on television. the ball is what is he actually doing? how does it affect american citizens? how does it affect the interests of the united states? and i think sometimes people get confused on priorities. and given the fact that donald trump almost never says anything, that's true. i think the access, as patrick. >> indicated. >> has very. >> very limited value. >> norm, how do you get the white house press corps to understand or. i don't mean all of them, i mean many. there are some great people working there, but that a donald trump answer a donald trump words after a question mark is not an

trump white house.th somebody. who's only lying. >> to you. >> has extremely. limited value, and i hope my colleagues. >> in the. >> press corps keep their eye on the ball. the ball is not. >> how much time you personally get to converse with the president, how entertaining he. >> is. >> when you. converse with. >> him. >> how what. >> kind of play your. >> story gets, how much. >> your face. >> gets on television. >> the ball is what is he actually doing? how does it. affect american citizens? how does it affect the. >> interests of the united states? and i. >> think sometimes people get confused on priorities. and given. >> the fact that. >> donald trump almost never says. >> anything, that's true. >> i think the. >> access, as. patrick indicated, has. >> very, very limited value. >> norm, how do you get the white house press corps to understand or. i don't mean all of them, i mean many. there are some great people working there, but that a donald trump answer a donald trump words after a question mar

. >> white house press secretary caroline leavitt began the first white house briefing of the second trump administration, saying america will no longer tolerate illegal immigration. she took questions on recent iced attainments and deportations of undocumented migrants and the recent positive federal grants and loans. she's the youngest person to serve in the role of white house press secretary. the briefing is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon everybody. >> how are we? it is an honor to be here with all of you. a lot of new faces. president trump is back and the golden age of america has most definitely begun. the senate has already confirmed five of president trump's exceptional cabinet nominees. secretary of state marco rubio, defense secretary pete hegseth, cia director john radcliffe. , and treasury secretary scott bessent. it is imperative that the senate continues to her confirm nominees as quickly as possible. as you have seen during the past week president trump is hard at work fulfilling the promises that he made to the american people on the campaign trail. since taking

>> so it is the belief of this white house and the white house counsel's office that the president was within his executive authority to do that. he is the executive of the executive branch, and therefore, he has the power to fire anyone within the executive branch that he wishes to. there is also a case that went before the supreme court in 2020, scalia law, llc versus the customs. the bureau protection. i would advise you to look at that case. and that's the legality that this white house was wrestling on. >> so you're. >> confident that if. >> they bring lawsuits. >> against you as prosecutors. >> you were fired, that that they will succeed. we will win in court. and did he personally. >> direct this, given they worked on the. >> classified documents. >> investigation and. >> the election. interference investigation? >> this was a memo that went out by the presidential personnel office. and the president is the leader of this white house. so, yes. yes. caroline. >> caroline. caroline. caroline. >> caroline. >> thank you. congrats on your first day behind the podium. >> thank you. >>

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the question is, can the white house, can the. administration can any white house. >> or the administration. >> or any administration impound withhold money that congress has already appropriated and presidents have signed into law? the answer to that broadly. >> is no. but listen. >> katie, you're going to have a omb director. that's the office of management and budget, russ vought, who is if confirmed, and we. >> expect he will. >> be confirmed. will test the outer limits of the law. >> he has said. >> that he does not. >> have conventional. views on the. >> budgeting process. >> he said in his confirmation hearing, he was asked about that impoundment act. and he. >> said president. >> trump. >> ran against. >> the. >> impoundment act. well, it's an interesting. data point, katie, but if the president doesn't. like a law on the book, it's his. responsibility to attempt, if he would like or she would like to change. >> said law. >> not to ignore. >> it, and said, i campaigned. against it. >> that's not how our system of governmen

when i talked to a senior white house adviser -- excuse me, senior white house official yesterday theyard has to step up, too. they want to see her follow pete hegseth's playbook and fight harder for this job, show that she understands the seriousness of what she's being asked to do in top of these intel agencies and hearing from white house officials and hill sources there's a llot of expectation that this hearing will be very critical. if she gets to the hearing and gets to the floor, that's one thing, but if she stumbles in this hearing she could be in serious trouble. >> leigh ann, i thought it was fascinating that senator lindsey graham said he is a we willy see. he didn't say i'm a yes. he is one of the senators who has been most vocal about saying president trump deserves his picks to be in place. senator langford saying he is in yes on tulsi gabbard. what are you hearing about the top concerns in her uphill bat snl. >> as garrett said this hearing will be extremely critical. not only the public part of the hearing but, remember, this is in front of the intelligence committee. t

look, the president is the backs -- best spokesperson this white house has. i can ensure you will be hearing from him and be as much as possible. >> the question about tax cuts. the president has promised to extend the tax cuts from the previous term. as the president support corresponding spending cuts, as some republicans have called for? and will the new treasury secretary be leading those negotiations with the hill? sec. leavitt: the president is committed to tax cuts and spending cuts, and he has a great team negotiating on his behalf. but there is no better negotiator than donald trump and i'm sure he will be involved in this reconciliation process as a moves forward. >> the announcement being made last night on the iron dome, it said the president had directed that the united states will build this iron dome. when you read the executive order it seemed short of that. it asked for a series of studies and reports back. and you tell us whether the president has directed this, and if he is concerned on this issue, why the suspension's we saw listed by omb

he has talked to the white house.ool and child care funding. healthcare for seniors, low income families. funding for meals and lunches any other misinformation has spread. suggesting this was much to do about nothing. how do you respond to that? >> it's chaos and it is unnecessary. and if the president wants to work with us, the congress, article one, the congress of the constitution of the united states, instead of having some bureaucrat in the office of management and budget send out a memo saying hey all of this funding is paused, we will work with him. but that's not what this is. and i got a different message than glenn youngkin got. i got calls from my constituents there were portals shut down for head start for kids. there were moms calling who had teenagers had their kids in teenagers in cancer studies, cancer trials that are federally funded through the national institutes of health. you have got firefighters subject of our discussion today. and i appreciate our bipartisan work on this, who are the recipient

the white house and the new explanation tonight. the video now emerging that show what some believe could be the possible start of that devastating and deadly eaton fire in southern california. the surveillance video appearing to show small sparks coming from power lines. the utility tonight responding. >>> tonight, one of the worst tuberculosis outbreaks in the u.s. in decades. the toll so far. and what we've learned. >>> the powerful cross-country storm moving into the northeast. damaging winds, and already tonight, the images. the collapse of a home under construction outside boston. multiple injuries reported tonight. and four-story scaffolding also coming down in the winds. >>> and tonight, moving the mona lisa? should the famous painting be brought to italy? french president emmanuel macron tonight and his own message on the mona lisa's future. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening. it's great to have you with us here on a very busy tues

the white house has just released these images. migrants lined up, handcuffed and led onto a military aircraft. we should note cnn cannot independently confirm the details because our crews were not there on the ground when these images were being captured. cnn white house correspondent priscilla alvarez is here to talk about this. priscilla, what are we learning about these flights? and we should note just we were just showing this a few moments ago. those images were tweeted out or posted by the white house press secretary. so this is coming from the white house. >> that's right. this is part of their show of force. after the president signed his executive order declaring a national emergency at the u.s. southern border. now, if we can bring the photos up again, because i do want to point out what's different here, it is the use of military aircraft that marks a difference from the way this was handled before. now the you see there a line of migrants. they are arrested as they or rather they are handcuffed as they are boarding th

and the question we will continue to ask throughout this administration is this white house for sale?licans have been gathering this week for their annual retreat to game plan, the president's agenda. and they didn't just go anywhere. they went to the trump national doral golf club. his previously underperforming resort. back in his first term, trump faced a whole lot of criticism for shuttling elected officials, secret service agents and others down to his properties. but the washington post notes this year marks the first time house republicans spent money directly on a venue owned by the president. full financial records are not yet available, but from 2017 to 2023, the annual gop retreat averaged about a million bucks each time it was held. with me now to discuss brian schwartz, wall street journal, white house economic policy reporter, and david jolly. still with us. david, i want to know how we got here, because the last time president trump was president, we were told by democrats elect us and we will never allow this self-dealing to happen again, whether it's trump or anyone e

the white house by president eisenhower. typical of the many receptions held throughout washington for the best in attending the inaugural ceremonies was this reception given by senator and mrs. bridges in honor of the governor of new hampshire. the senator and the receiving with lovely mrs. bridges with champagne music by this marine quartet directed, by lieutenant king. the morning of january 21st dawned cold, cold and overcast. the plaza, as seen from a navy blimp overhead. as the president and mamie came out of the white house. he paused momentarily, thought back to his first inauguration when he came to the white house to be accompanied by president truman on his first ride to the capitol capitol. the president continued down the steps. the the vice president waiting. and as the presidential caravan leaves the white house grounds, the president's his second such historic journey down pennsylvania avenue in four years. the waiting crowds herald, his arrival at the capitol, where the ceremonies are to be held. like ever t

. >>> tonight president trump testing the limits of his power as the white house order a pause on multiple forms of financial assistance. chaos and confusion in washington, swift backlash including lawsuits. a federal judge tonight delaying the start date. president trump's new buy out offer for all federal employees. ice round ups in new york city. the new homeland security there as undocumented immigrants are arrested, including she is as a ring leader of a violent gang. a dangerous outbreak. the unprecedented spread of tuberculosis in kansas. the historic number of cases detected. kennedy family split on the eve of the confirmation hearing to lead american health agencies. robert f. kennedy's cousin, caroline kennedy, blasting him as a predator. return to auschwitz. she was a 14-year-old when the nazi death camp was liberated. at 94 she will return for the first time showing jesse kirsch what she is as the world must remember. tiktok's newest suitors.e new d shut down the airbus a-321 catching fire while preparing for flight and the good news for two endangered manatees returning to the

to the white house about it. people like senator lindsey graham have said that they do believe that they broke the law in doing that, and they need to follow the law next time. but also about these career prosecutors that were fired, jake, the ones who were on the investigations into trump himself. i asked karoline leavitt about whether or not they believe they do have the authority to do so. earlier today. >> now, what. >> happened on friday night? the administration fired several inspectors general without giving congress the 30 day, legally required notification that they were being fired. i think only two were left at doj, dhs and the doj. and then yesterday we saw several prosecutors, i believe, 12 fired from the justice department who worked on the investigations into the president. as you know, they are career prosecutors. therefore, they are afforded civil service protections. how is the administration deciding which laws to follow and which ones to ignore? >> so it is the belief. >> of this white. >> hou

the white house is reversing course on the action from monday night. that imposed this sweeping pause on three trillions of dollars of programs, as you said, not social security or medicare, but housing programs. so many other things, really, across the federal government. today, the trump administration decided to rescind that. of course, this comes after a federal judge ruled last evening that he was going to put a temporary pause on all of this, sending this entire matter to court as early as next week. that is what the trump administration was hoping to avoid a legal battle. right now, at least, that is essentially a yes. a review on these programs, but also a bigger test on the president's executive authority. there's no doubt that this is the biggest walkback the biggest reversal so far in this administration. it's almost reminds me, at least, of the travel ban in the first trump administration, when there was a chaos that ensued with that widespread travel ban, which was rejected by the courts. however, this does leave in place the executive orde

we will hear directly from the white house press secretary karoline leavitt with a deadly crash of americans plane and helicopter continues. karoline leavitt expected to take questions, i should say, president trump's plans for tariffs and migrant housing at guantanamo bay. but it's all on the table as we began friday edition of "america reports." i am sandra smith in new york. just be when i am john roberts and this is "america reports." karoline leavitt the second press brief because lots of questions pending as well about the freeze and funds and lifting the phrase. in the meantime friends and families morning for 67 victims of aircraft disaster as reports of alarming air safety failures emerge. we are hearing the faa found air traffic control towers to be short-staffed at reagan national airport. >> sandra: alarming findings. hopefully we will learn more shortly and also at this hour flight data suggested the black hawk helicopter shown there on the right-hand side of your screen in the orange may have been flying above its allowed altitude. >> john: alexandria hoff is live at the white

the white house press. secretary was asked mostly softball questions, one of which allowed her to say that she, quote, commits to telling the truth. having made. that commitment to tell the truth, she lied. >> about donald trump. >> using the military to turn on a source of water in california. the california department of water today posted this saying the military did not enter california. >> the federal government. >> restarted federal water pumps after they were. >> offline for. >> maintenance for. >> three days. state water. >> supplies in southern california remain plentiful, so. >> chalk. >> that up. >> as a donald trump and press. >> secretary lie. when the press. >> secretary was asked if donald. >> trump's illegal. federal spending freeze, which was blocked. >> by a federal. >> judge later in the day, applied to medicaid, she clearly had absolutely no idea. and there is no indication that she knows what medicaid is. not a single question about the detailed description of how unfit to serve robert

the court today pausing the white house plan for a week. now tonight a sweeping new shake up to report, hitting the email boxes of every federal worker. >> tonight as part of his promise to reduce government spending president trump is making more than 2 million federal workers an offer. quit now and receive a severance package. federal employees received the offer by email this afternoon and the white house expects 5% to 10% of the federal workforce to accept it leading to hundreds of billions in federal savings. tonight a federal judge temporarily blocked the president's attempt at another shake up ordering a temporary pause on grant, loan or financial assistance that might run counter to president trump's orders. >> no morefunding for transgenderism and wokeness across our federal bureaucracy and agencies. president trump is looking out for you because he is being a good stewart of your taxpayer dollars. >> law enforcement. rural hospitals. aid to the elderly. food for people in need. this decision is lawless, dangerous, estructive and c

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tonight, an about-face from the white house. rescinding that funding freeze. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: after 48 hours of chaos and concern that millions of seniors and children would lose aid programs they count on, tonight, a stunning about-face from the trump administration. now rescinding its sweeping directive to temporarily freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding that could have had major impacts. >> we are merely looking at parts of the big bureaucracy where there has been tremendous waste and fraud. >> reporter: but the president still hasn't specified what funding exactly he wants to cut. the freeze designed to follow through on his executive orders to overhaul government spending, but the move immediately sparking questions. the medicaid portal going down for a time in the confusion, though the white house now saying it wasn't even supposed to be affected by the freeze. leaving americans wondering what comes next? monsignoral fred la pinto from catholic charities in new york worried. >> the most immediate threat would be in our child care

the white house rescinded a memo that called for the freeze. but the white house press secretary just said the freeze is still in place. >>> also the president's controversial choice for health and human services secretary, robert f kennedy junior facing questions about his position on vaccines, abortion rights, nutrition, the agriculture industry among other things. if confirmed, he would lead one of the most important agencies. >> the department of health and human services is massive. overseeing 13 different divisions including the cdc, the fda, the nih and the center for medicare and medicaid services. if confirmed, he could make sweeping changes to the way those agencies work. the hearing began today with kennedy rejecting claims that he is anti-vaccine. >> all of my kids are vaccinated. i have written many books on vaccines. my first book in 2014, the first line of it is, i am not anti-vaccine. and the last line is i am not anti-vaccine. i support the measles vaccine, i support the polio vaccine, i will do nothing that makes it difficult

he brought in these three tech ceos into the white house.was his first full day in office, and he dedicated an entire event to this. and then elon musk came out hours later and poured cold water on it, saying, one of the ceos, they don't have the money that they were promising. he said he had it on good authority. been feuding with sam altman, the openai ceo. trump was asked about this today, specifically elon musk, and this is what his view of that was. >> i don't know if they do, but, you know, they're putting up the money. the government is not putting up anything. they're putting up money. they're very rich people. so i hope they do well. but elon, one of the people he happens to hate, but i have certain hatreds of people to. >> he seemed a lot less bothered by it than some white house people i've spoken to who were quite bothered by it. >> right. i mean, donald trump loves to create drama, but he doesn't love it when other people create drama. so i think he's willing to put up with this for now. but if elon musk keeps, you know, throwin

first press briefing for donald trump's white house. there may have been a sense mr.ould have shown up. we know he believes he's the best spokesman for his agenda. but it was 27-year-old caroline levitt who ran the show. youngest ever press secretary. i think the general consensus was she did pretty well. if you think back to 20, when it was donald trump's first term, the press secretary was sean spicer and it descended into a big row over the size of the crowds at the inauguration. mr. trump wrongly claiming his crowd size was bigger than obama's. nothing controversial like that in this press briefing. one thing i found interesting was she did say the traditional press would not be prioritize. so when you go into that room, all the front row seats are given to the legacy media in this country. but she said they were going to stop prioritizing new media, tiktok, podcasting, because these people were very crucial in helping donald trump spread his message during his presidential campaign. a very new tone from this administration. but exactly as we expected it to be in

we're giving you a live look at the white house. because any moment now, president trump will leave for his first trip of his second term. the president traveling to north carolina first and california after to see the devastation left behind from hurricanes and wildfires. trump will go first to asheville, still reeling from hurricane helene, and then west to los angeles, where wildfires are still burning at this hour, trump has threatened to withhold federal aid to california. i spoke earlier with the mayor of pasadena, who is urging him to put politics aside. >> i'm calling on all sides, including president trump, to set politics aside. this is not a time to engage in political gamesmanship, to hold hostage entire communities or even threatened communities with withholding desperately needed aid at a time that they need it most. >> let's get right to cnn's alayna treene, who is at the white house awaiting the president. his first trip of his second term. are you expecting to hear when he goes out to these different places, him use

with the white house have approved that answer? >> it's very simple.ead of national intelligence is the president's policy. it is the policy republican senators support and the policy of the american people support and the policy of fiercely protecting our nation's classified intelligence while ensuring maximum transparency and the policy of enforcing all federal laws including the federal laws that govern the illicit disclosure of classified information. president trump was the victim for eight years of the intelligence community weaponized seen classified leaks on fabricating classified intelligence to go after president trump. so what tulsi's mission is, is to restore trust and integrity in the u.s. system. when republican senators vote to confirm tulsi they are voting to ratify their reform agenda that donald trump campaigned on and built a winning coalition. >> jacqui: the senator didn't sound very confident about her confirmation. is the white house considering backup options right now? >> she is going to get confirmed. this is a very important p

my next source tonight was at the white house today. as one of three house republicans who were there meeting with president trump. all three of them represent districts that the former vice president, kamala harris, won in november. we saw two of them moments before that meeting happened. >> that's what everyone says. yeah. >> being here with you guys. >> i haven't been in the white house, in the west wing, west wing in four years, so it's good to be back. will you come out to talk to us after the meeting? it depends. what the president. i don't want to keep our conversations private unless he doesn't. it's all right kobe. >> the making of a legend premieres saturday at nine on cnn. >> liberty mutual customizes my car insurance. >> so i saved hundreds. >> but the money i. >> saved thought i'd get a wax. >> figure of myself. oh, right in the temporal lobe. beat it. >> punks only. >> pay for what you need. >> liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. >> do your dry eyes still feel gritty? rough. or tired? with my bow. eyes can feel. >> my bow.

badge policy with biden white house. but there's a different anti press freedom policy.i wanted to ask about the biden white house. >> adopted a. >> mysterious prescreening process for journalists allowed into large event spaces that in the pre-pandemic bay's first term, were open to all journalists on campus. this effectively limited the diversity of reporters present and blocked the asking of questions that large segments of the american public wanted answered. >> in what i believe is her second briefing, just confirming some major news. in fewer than 24 hours, the white house is set to enact a 25% tariff on mexico and canada, a 10% tariff on china. though the white house would not provide clarity on whether there would be exceptions for certain things levied, essentially saying that that would be coming as the order is rolled out tomorrow to levy those tariffs. this is in line with a vow that president trump made a few weeks ago. she also at the top of her remarks, made clear that the president has received multiple briefings on the situation with the mid-air collisio

but the white house is saying that medicaid will not be affected. what's going on with the portals is altogether another question. >> not the first time that a sweeping executive order by donald trump has created confusion and caused chaos for a lot of americans. we do have a legal mind with us to discuss some of the apparent impending legal fights that this white house is going to face. jennifer rogers joins us now. jennifer, what do you make of this view from the white house that trump essentially acting on his own against congress's allocation of funds is perfectly legal and within his purview as the executive? >> yeah, well, this is a really dangerous thing, boris. i mean, it's not just the allocation. anytime congress allocates funds to something, that's a law. it has the appropriations laws have the effect in force of other laws. and this isn't the only instance, as caitlin was talking about. i'm glad she asked that question at the press conference. he fired, uh, inspectors general last friday night in violation of law, and he has fired career

so the white house says, seeking to add clarity. we'll see what the white house counsel's office says. but for now at least, the point being, these programs are not frozen. but again, this white house, this is the biggest example yet. some questions of the ability to govern. and. competence. certainly coming to the fore in this case, boris and jessica. >> it certainly is jeff zeleny we will maybe we'll have another update. >> more clarity on the clarifying statement. >> yeah, this is still look, we're all still sorting through this, okay? jeff zeleny, thank you very much for that reporting. >> you bet. at any moment, president trump is going to sign the first bill of his second term into law. it requires undocumented immigrants be detained if they're charged or even arrested with certain crimes. following the murder of nursing student laken riley. we're going to take you live for that to the white house just ahead. >> before the spotlight, we struggled to keep the lights on. i saw more for myself and sophie gives members the financi

the white house is aware of the medicaid website portal outage. we have confirmed no payments have been affected. they are still being processed and sent. we expect the portal will be back online shortly. as of this moment, there's been no updates from the press secretary whether a program that affects more than 79 million people by the most recent government count is indeed back up. i want to start with chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins, anchor of the source at the top of the next hour. so what is the latest you're hearing from white house officials about why this happened? and if they're going to comply with the federal judge's order? >> no word yet, anderson, from the white house on their reaction to what this federal judge did this afternoon by saying, hey, we're putting a pause on all of this, which really the judge said was for the court's benefit for the next several days, because this was all supposed to go into effect today at 5 p.m. eastern. now it is temporarily paused until monday because there are real questions about th

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white house prepares to hit canada and mexico with 25% on march 1. welcome.ght learn more in a moment, standing by for a briefing. kailey: caroline lovett will probably have to answer for reuters suggesting it is march 1 that is the real deadline here even though this is different from what we heard yesterday from the president. he said tomorrow would be the day. joe: or was that the day thi

more big moves today from the white house.ing people under 19 go through gender transitions. >> the president offered federal workers a buyout with seven months pay to shrink. the government. >> and the white house budget office today ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans. that pause has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge until next monday. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes joins us live now in san jose with a closer look at the freeze. >> zach. >> yeah. now, the federal judge made that pause just before it was supposed to go into

amna: and the white house rescinded the memo to stop the backlash but it doesn't? >> judge john mcconnell plans to issue a restraining order against the funding freeze and brought by a lawsuit. and reporters, judge mcconnell said the memo was ambiguous and a distinction without a difference. the white house is facing two restraining orders from two judges in two different lawsuits that are temporarily stopping that funding freeze. and so essentially the heart of the matter is that memo whether it is in effect or rescinded does not change the way judges are viewing thinks lawsuits. geoff: how are people concerned? >> little to ease the confusion and just one example. white house officials said meals on wheels, a program that delivers food to seniors would not be affected. meals on wheels said that's not how they are approaching this and still flying completely blind, they told us. while this is happening, federal workers are facing a lot of confusion because the office of personnel management, the government's h.r. sent an email seeking mass resignations to say yes

the white house says the freeze will continue.ut the injunction blocks communications between agency heads and ompleght mb and, quote: this action should effectively end the court case and allow the government to focus on enforcing the president's orders on controlling federal spending. >> we stopped an attempt to make illicit payment for illegal alien resettlement. we canceled $181 million in dei training contracts. >> but the legal battle may continue. that means they are still blocking investments congress passed into law to help our communities. investments in new clean energy jobs and a lot of other projects funded by the bipartisan infrastructure law, which trump is stopping with his illegal executive orders. >> the president keeping the focus on the laken riley act, which now mandates detention for illegal aliens accused of crimes, including theft. riley's killer was released after being arrested in new york. >> this is something that has brought democrats and republicans together. that's not easy to do. laken did it. laken

is it different in the white house? >> yeah. listen, i want to get back to the constitutional issue later. article one and so on. power of the purse. but alyssa, you of course worked in the previous trump white house. do you see this reversal as an admission here that they went too far? because of course, we've watched this administration move forward very aggressively on so many fronts. on this one, they pulled a 180. >> listen. >> i think that they're. >> moving at such a. >> pace, over 100 executive orders that this one was sloppy. how it was executed, plain and simple. but the reason you're not hearing a lot of backlash from republicans on capitol hill is it's been a long standing conservative priority to try to get our arms around what's seen as potential waste, fraud, abuse or just excessive spending in the federal bureaucracy. it's kind of why there's actually some degree of bipartisan curiosity around doge and these department of government efficiency efforts that are underway. however, what i'm kind of stunned by and br