jacqui heinrich has details from the north lawn and of the same way the news flows every day like this good evening, jacqui. >> jacqui: good evening, bret. the president just signed a litany of executive orders and proclamations. the biggest one was that 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports. no exceptions. the white house says that u.s. allies have been evading tariffs by sending relabeled chinese and russian metals through product exclusion and alternative agreements. so this ends all of that most steel and aluminum imports come from canada, mexico and brazil during the president's first term imposed similar tariffs but he did grant exemptions to those three countries and some experts think a deal might be ahead, especially with respect to canada. that's where the u.s. gets 70% of aluminum and the president's to get tonight that canada should become a 51st state and then it would face no tariffs. president faced processes act bribery of foreign officials. doj pause enforcement to put u.s. businesses disadvantage over foreign competitors. then he signed an order on paper straws

. >> first, jacqui heinrich is reporting live from west palm beach for us at this hour. what is the latest from there? hi, jacqui. >> hey, sandra. the president's which includes marco rubio, national security advisor mike waltz, and stephen kraft, is set to sit down with the russians tomorrow in saudi arabia. ahead of that meeting, the russians foreign ministry set a hard line, which is no territorial concessions as part of any peace deal. it follows the recurring presidents morning to president trump that putin does not want peace. >> what i can tell you is i know of no better negotiator in american politics than president trump. i think president trump will know quickly whether this is a real thing or an effort to buy time, but i don't want to prejudge that, i don't want to foreclose the opportunity to end a conflict that has already cost the lives of hundreds of thousands. >> president trump disagreed with president zelenskyy that they want to pause and fighting to establish its war footing and disagreed that russia would wage war on nato if u.s. support shrinks, but g

kevin. >> kevin: jacqui heinrich at the white house. thank you. >> agreed to file a motion to dismiss a corruption case. against democratic new york city mayor eric adams. at the discretion of president trump's justice department. now, this comes as he appears to be working closely with the white house to address immigration and public safety. mayor adams claims he did not cut a deal to end his case. correspondent alexis mcadams takes a closer look at his immigration initiatives and his relationship with the trump administration. >> teaming up to get migrant criminals off the streets of new york city. people in our street. and now i have someone that understands that narrative and we are fighting together to get it done. >> border czar tom homan has previously slammed mayor eric adams but now they appear to be on the same page. >> i have called the mayor out many times for not stepping up when it comes to public safety threats. i will tell you when i sat down with him, i saw the cop in him. he really does want to do the right thing. >>

we go to fox news jacqui heinrich live at the white house.eporter: yes president trump said on air force one today he would be announcing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports and this we're, reciprocal tariffs to any country that charges the u.s., sounds like an 11th hour deal, like with canada and mexico, might not stave it off, he said to our bret baier ahead of super bowl, those deals are not really working out, he might revise them too. >> you announced tariffs on canada and mexico, you immediately got action from both on border security. >> i dod a lot. >> is that good enough. >> no. >> something has to happen. it is not sustainable i'm changing it. reporter: some changes are hitting roadblocks, federal judge blocking elon musk and doge from accessing records, elon musk called that decision insane, vice president jd vance went far as to suggest that judges can't control the executive branch. vance did couch his statement, in referring to the executive branch's legitimate power, president was asked about it last night. >> tremen

. >> senior white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us now from west palm beach, florida. ning, jacqui. >> hey, good morning, guys. we are all awaiting a ruling today from a federal judge in response to a suit from 14 attorneys general tried to stop doge from accessing agencies or laying off or firing any employees from those agencies. the steats are demanding a temporary restraining order. they're arguing imminent harm is likely department of education labor, health and human services, energy, transportation, commerce and the office of personnel management tanya chutkan is not convince q. instanced. she wrote yesterday the things i'm hearing are serious and troubling indeed. the things you are hearing not seeing it so far. awaiting a ruling on whether this request for a temporary restraining order can move forward. meantime doj lawyers are arguing that elon musk does not have federal authority to make decisions himself. chutkan disagreed issue a filing musk is not the administrator of doge nor is he an employee of the department of government efficiency, declaring him inst

jacqui heinrich following it all from the north lawn. >> jacqui: good evening, bret. elon musk responded to criticism saying that work buyouts and funding cuts are not a hostile takeover but the big government reform that the american people voted for. he warned bankrupt. he said he will comply with court orders as legal challenges continue. president trump compelling agencies to work with the department of government efficiency to begin large scale reductions in the federal workforce. the executive order limiting one new hire for every four employees that depart from government service and keeping new hires to essential positions. musk taking questions on some government payments doge has sought to block. >> it's not draconian or radical, i think. it's really just saying let's look at each of these expenditures and say is this actually in the best interest of the people? >> dong's plans have been held up by court orders. the president saying he will comply. >> i always abide by the courts and then i will have to appeal it. but appeals take a long time. i would hope t

>> sandra: mike waltz was part of the talks and he is on deck that first jacqui heinrich. is lived in miami beach for us with the latest, hi. >> sandra, the president told me he likes zelenskyy personally coach about personally doesn't matter to him. he cares about getting the job done and he had to zelenskyy for letting the war go on for too long and not taking a deal. he confirmed what we reported yesterday, the u.s. supports ukraine holding elections before any peace deal. that is something russia has been pushing for but the president said this is not a russia thing. this comes from. zelenskyy fired a back this. listen. >> unfortunately, president trump with great respect for him as a leader of the people which we respect very much, the american people constantly support us. unfortunately, lives in a disinformation space. >> zelenskyy took issue with trump with 4% approval rating countering his approval is 57%. president trump respondent untruth social but this, "he refuses to have elections and very low and ukrainian polls and all he was good at was playing biden with

jacqui heinrich, thank you. sandra? >> thank you. will spring in the former deputy assistant attorney general, john knew now. -- as i get to this breaking news, a federal judge has ordered a trump administration to unfreeze funds. this is a federal judge in rhode island ordering the trump add to unfreeze funds. he previously order the same but is telling the and mr. risch in his order was not followed. these are funds for nih and other agencies, but notable that it's nih. what does this say about where this is all going? >> sandra, this is another example of the courts trying to get to the middle of a fight between the president and congress. that is where the battle should rest. president trump is trying to restore what the founders had in mind, what alexander hamilton called the energetic executive. maybe, we've had four years of a comatose president, so people are not used to seeing what an energetic executive is like. one of the areas that the president has more discretion, leeway that his critics think, and these judges think, i

look whose here the one and only fox news senior white house correspondent jacqui heinrich standing by live with the story. what's happening now great to see you again. reporter: great to see you, liz. this war of words between the u.s. and ukraine has really ramped up. the national security advisor mike waltz said that the relationship between presidents trump and zelenskyy is frustrated right now and it's not moving in the right direction, but he said the root of the problem is really ukraine's refusal to sign on to this u.s. proposed deal that would continue u.s. military support in exchange for access to ukraine's rare earth minerals. take a listen here. >> we look at the type of aid the europeans are providing and it's often in the form of loans that's being repaid with the interest on seized russian assets. we believe the american taxpayer deserves to recoup much of their investment. all of that's an opportunity for ukraine. reporter: trump said ukraine should hold elections ahead of a peace deal and it's something russia has been pushing for but trump said this isn't a russian t

. >> ainsley: senior white house correspondent, jacqui heinrich joins us on the north lawn, good morning the president is at the national prayer breakfast menu a progressive's holding a news conference. it will likely echo what we saw on tuesday outside the treasury department and nobody elected elon rally. you had democrats there casting musk's role on doge illegal and even calling it a coup. >> elon musk was not elected or appointed by anyone. the behaviors and actions he is taking are unconstitutional. and illegal. there is nothing about copresident musk that is about saving the american people. >> this comes as democrats have been pressuring their lawmakers to do more to stop president trump's agenda like protesting senate votes and throwing up roadblocks calling musk elected democrat with unchecked power. but their party has few levers to really use with republicans controlling the white house and both chambers of congress. so, it is only the courts so far successful to rainy and doge's pace. the administration to restrict from the payment system. other agencies go to the question a

. >> ainsley: jacqui heinrich has the latest. >> jacqui: president trump is expected to speak about it this morning. at midnight tonight, tariff a canada energy and on all goods from china. china, mexico and it's00 president says he's fulfilling a campaign promise. >> president trump: we subicide canada by tune of $200 billion a year, for what? what do we get? we don't get anything out of it. mexico, we've had good talks with them, this is reitala tory to a certain extent. >> jacqui: white house accuses -- retaliatory tariffs today and called on trump to clamp down on guns that arm the cartels. justin trudeau set a 25% tariff on u.s. goods from cosmetics to lumber to plastic. china trade secretary promised c corresponding counter measures. >> here is what americans are going to see, higher prices for energy and groceries. >> it means the average american family have their cost increase by 1200 for one year. call this the donald trump super bowl tax, prices going up. >> jacqui: president admits there may be short-term plane, but it will be worth it in the end. the eu said it would respo

. >> brian: jacqui heinrich is all over this from west palm beach, florida. >> we are all waiting on this federal judge today to issue a ruling after attorneys general from 14 states tried to stop elon musk from accessing data at seven federal agencies and putting on leave or laying off employees from the agency. they are claiming there is risk of imminent harm at the departments of education, labor, health scomb human services, energy, commerce and office of personnel management and demanding a temporary restraining order. dc judge chutkin is not convinced. i am not seeing it so far, she says. doj lawyers are arguing elon musk does not have formal authority to make decisions himself. chutkin said she disagreed with this and they said musk is not administrator of doge or government efficient, declaring him a special government employee and senior advisor to the president and cited anita dunn under former president joe biden. president trump has credited musk for his work on doge. anti-trump protesters took to the street on president's day, holding not my president sign and holding si

let's head to the north lawn to see what white house jacqui heinrich reports on president trump's two long distance calls today. important ones, good evening. jacqui. >> jacqui: good evening, bret. president's calls kicked off the peace talks. defense secretary pete hegseth made big news ahead of it in a speech at headquarters overnight appearing to rule out nato's membership in nato as part of a any negotiated settlement as well as nato troops playing any role in peace keeping. pretty clear all day president trump's position as well until he confirmed it in the oval office as the new dni tulsi gabbard was just sworn in. >> i think we're on the way to getting peace. i think president putin wants peace. and president zelenskyy wants peace. and i want peace. >> jacqui: president trump expressing optimism after long calls with russian president putin and then ukrainian president zelenskyy this morning. in the next breath trump casually indication a reversal of u.s. policy is ahead since the bush administration, the u.s. has supported ukraine's future in nato and the alliance's open door

. >> senior white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is live palm beach. acqui. >> good morning to you guys. this appeal marks the first time in his second term that president trump has called on the conservative majority supreme court to undo the ruling of a lower court. documents obtained yesterday by the associated press shoat administration wants permission to fire the head of the federal agency that protects whistleblowers a guy named hampton dellinger. former president joe biden appointed dellinger to the office of the special counsel watchdog office that enforces workforce protections for federal employees. and he is arguing that he can only be dismissed for job performance issues according to the law. the president has sought to dismiss dozens of top officials from posts across the federal government. the lower court though opted to keep dellinger in his position at least until next wednesday, arguing that the legal process should play out because if they lifted this order, a flood of similar requests stemming from lawsuits against the president's e

. >> jacqui: good to be with you, john and jacqui heinrich and for sandra smith.rking with south american crime ring with defense operation of stolen goods. one to be believed to tie it to joe barrows home in december. >> john: one of several superstars with recent home break-ins and investigators trying to determine how all of the cases might be connected to. >> jacqui: alexis mcadams and that diamond district and what did the police find in the pawnshop? >> jackie, john they went into the pawnshop behind me and they came out with the boxes and boxes of stolen items. we are talking expensive watches and other types of jewelry and drugs and lots of cash. take a look on your screen. that video at the investigators working. they were out here for hours. they believe that guy at the pawnshop linked to south american theft ring taking boxes of stolen property out. those that owned the store are facing charges. they are accused of creating an illicit market and feeling demands for burglaries by theft rings across the country. they say a georgia national supposed to be

the president and indian prime minister narenda modi, senior white house correspondent jacqui heinrich reports on the pending plan. she is live in the east room. good evening, jacqui. >> jacqui: good evening to you, bret. president trump said the goal is to work toward a trade deal that will counter the rise of china there are also some efforts toward a new defense framework. but any agreement that comes together will first require significant concessions from india, its largest trading partner is the u.s. and today, president trump announced his reciprocal tariff plan could go into effect as early as april 2nd. >> if you build here you have no tariffs whatsoever. and i think that's what's going to happen. >> president trump announcing what he called the big one. reciprocal tariffs matching the rate for any country charges the u.s. prices go up in the short-term? >> not necessarily. i will tell you what will go up is jobs. >> the plan aims to level the playing field. white house officials outlining examples on a fact sheet, quote the u.s. tariff on ethanol is a near 2.5%. yet, brazil c

. >> brian: jacqui heinrich joins us now with the latest. jacqui?: good morning to you guys. all together, mexico, canada and china account for more than 40% of imports into the u.s. but, unless president trump changes his mind, which he says that he won't, tomorrow he'll be imposing a 25% tariff on all goods from canada and mexico. 10% on canadian energy. and 10% on all goods from china. trump says he's fulfilling a campaign promise to respond to illegal immigration and drug trafficking. listen. >> we may have short-term some little pain and people understand that but, long term, the united states has been ripped off by virtually every country in the world. we have deficits with almost every country. not every country but almost. and we are going to change it. it's been unfair. >> jacqui: the white house accused mexico's government of having a quote intolerable alliance with mexican drug cartels. sheinbaum called the allegations slander and called on president trump to clamp down on the flow of guns from the u.s. that come down and arm the cartels.

. >> brian: wow, senior white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is here with more. jacqui?good morning to you guys. as of 2022, about 97% of the 5 million files were already released to the public according to the national archives. but, former president biden delayed the rest saying that further review was necessary to protect against harm to intelligence sources, military defense, and foreign relations. president trump's executive order mandates that the attorney general and director of national intelligence present a plan to release all of what's left. >> a lot of people are waiting for this for a long -- for years. for decades. and everything will be revealed. okay? give that to r.f.k. jr. >> the exact number of files left unclear. thousands first term withheld others on national security grounds. one reporter who testified to congress about the findings in his book said this is a very long time coming. >> 1998 we talked about a transfer of 35,000 documents from this commission to the national archives. those are the files that we now want out in the public. i can't bel

. >> lawrence: senior white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us live from the north lawn. acqui: good morning, guys. the president is at the national prayer breakfast, progressives holding a news conference that is likely to echo a lot of what we heard at nobody elected elon rally tuesday outside treasury department. you had democrats casting musk's role at doge as illegals. senator chris van hollen called it a coup. >> elon musk wasn't elected or appointed by anyone and the behavior and the actions that he is taking are unconstitutional and illegal. there's nothing about co-president musk that is about saving the american people money. >> it comes as democrats have been pressuring their lawmakers to do more to stop trump's agenda like protest senate votes and throw up road blocks calling elon musk unelected bureaucrat who has amassed unchecked power. the party has few levers to use with republicans controlling the white house and both chambers of congress. really only the courts successful in reining in doge's pace. the administration reportedly ablock doge staffers restri

or might be there now of harriett tubman, rosa parks, billie holiday, aretha franklin, creeng, jacqui heinrichobinson. mohammed atly kobe bryant and tiger woods there in person. if i'm the president of the united states, i got one term left, i would find out not money but opportunity into the black community what do you need? how do you help? don't pander. he doesn't pander. he doesn't know how to pander, actually. let's find out how to do it because it resonates. the person that's missing that president trump would have at the white house every day is booker t. washington. and booker t. washington remarkable story up from slavery so impressive that teddy roosevelt republican vice president at the time eventual president i got to meet this guy they met in new york city. he they coulded up working together in segregated south and started tuskegee in segregated south. don't worry about the racism around you it was everywhere. we are going to become so valuable. learn skills. learn to study. become so valuable white people are going to be forced to look at us differently because they grew up in a

join jacqui heinrich and me top of the hour for "america reports."ecords ever since trump's election win back in november. the branch says that it added 346 soldiers per day in december of 2024. that's over 10,000 new additions, and the army's most productive december in almost 15 years. the secretary of defense pete hegseth saying this on x. "bottom line, america's youth want to serve under the bold and strong america first leadership of president donald trump. >> of those 10,000, 9,000 are women. that said, he is there is a guy who's been through wars. he has fired shots in anger. the truth of the matter is nobody joins that she joined for the mission. they see the sky and say to themselves "this is a mission i want to be part of." feels like we are back. >> and these numbers surged in december. before the confirmations, but certainly after donald trump was elected. that maybe signaled a commander in chief that had a different vision and focus in mind. >> he already talked about how he values the men and women of the military. when some of the miss

just good afternoon to you, i'm jacqui heinrich and forcing for smith and this is "america reports."t is the big story it's tracking this hour and keeping an eye on the mideast after the suggestion the u.s. could take over gaza. breaking today the justice department with a memo to clarify the request that has roiled the fbi. >> john: in any employee who and carried out their duties in regards to january 6th are not at risk of determination. let's bring in chuck grassley who serves as judiciary committee chairman. thank you for being with us. you may know these are busy days for you. >> very busy. thank you for having me. >> john: part of the memo, let me be clear no fbi employee who followed orders and carried out duties in an ethical manner with respect to january 6th investigation at risk of termination or penalties. to the only ones secured about the process by me january 125 memo are those who acted with corrupt and partisan intent and blatantly defied orders from the department leadership or exercise discretion in weaponizing the fbi. what is your take on clarification here? was

jacqui heinrich at the white house for us. how's the administration if responding to that?ll, they've gotten a few wins, stuart. this federal judge, two of them, actually, allowing doge's work to continue. the first suit that was swatted down came from labor unions including the national treasuries employee -- treasury employees' union. the judge there declining to to stop layoffs for any probationary workers or to stop any furtherance of the federal worker buyout program saying the plaintiffs don't have jurisdiction and sending them to a different court. in another case, judge tanya chutkan again denied a request from 14 state attorneys general who are trying to to stop musk and doge from accessing data systems at the departments of education, labor, health and human services, energy, transportation, commerce and the office of personnel management. the judge saying that a doge can continue to operate despite its unpredictable actions causing uncertainty for the plaintiffs. the president defending doge's work and its work force. >> they can take apart the most complex compu

jacqui heinrich at the white house. did the president address any of this at the prayer breakfast?credited god for saving his life in the assassination if attempt and said he's not growing weary of doing good, referencing a letter from the apostle paul. the president said if it were up to democrats, he would be in a much worse place right now, not a good place at all. that was a reference to multiple impeachment attempts against him, federal court cases that he was facing. and congressman al a green is at it again, announcing yesterday a new impeachment bid against the president for his plan for gaza. if meantime, democrats are demanding that the president fire elon musk, calling him an unelected bureaucrat with unchecked power as he continues his campaign to slash wasteful spending. progressives are holding a news conference after a senator markey said millions of people should be descending on washington, d.c. to protest musk's office. one congresswoman said this week, quote, we are at war. the white house says it's not preparing for any such battle. >> any officials here prepari

. >> john: the first jacqui heinrich live at the white house and, god, things move so quickly these days, and makes the first administration look like it was in slow motion, although it wasn't. what can you tell us about the phone call between the president and putin? >> well, john, it is thought to be the first conversation since their last conversation, which i think was in 2017. the president was a little bit cagey earlier this week about acknowledging whether or not he had in fact connected directly with president putin. we know from the truth social post that the phone call that we were made aware of happened today. he said this was a positive move toward winding down the ukraine war, but it certainly comes after the defense secretary this morning overseas made some statements about the ukraine war that were pretty newsworthy, seeming to take ukraine's nato membership or at least u.s. support for ukraine's future in nato off the table, something that is unrealistic, and also saying if peacekeeping troops are sent to that region at any point in the future they should not be nato troo