tom: ontario have scrapped their potential deal with starlink.n conversations with ontario about replacing that service? >> canada is interesting, because of the canadian operator has their own plans for lightspeed. that will probably only get there in 2027, 2028, 2029, so we can provide them in the short term. there is conversations we will have with telesat, while they launch their own consolation what we do in the short term. tom: you talked about the need for additional funding to it comes to supporting ukraine and the rollout of 1 web. how much additional funding would you need to ramp up capacity to replace starlink? >> this is mainly a question of terminal because, because the capacity has already provided. this is in the multiple tens of millions rather than the hundreds of millions, but terminals because typically between 5000 and 10,000. very secure military terminals are a multiple of that, but again, when you talk defense that is a reasonable amount for the needs that are served with having a stable and sovereign communication forum.

if successful, these changes would funnel billions in taxpayer dollars to starlink. despite its well documented short comings compared to fiber broadband. mr. hale, what would be the implications both today and in the long term of allowing starlink and other satellite providers broader access to bead funding? are there any drawbacks to consumers and businesses by prioritizing satellite broadband over fiber technologies? mr. hale: i think you all know i'm a fiber fan. that's what we're building. there is no technology that can match what we can provide for fiber. if we're talking about long term, i think it's the best solution in many cases. that being said, i think you hear a common chorus that we need to use every tool to reach every american if that's our goal. so the best thing to do is to absolutely take a long-term view of what that would mean and i think that's the best done at the state level. they know their locations better. they know their unique circumstances. they know what technologies will work. they don't know what that will be until they see applicati

they say starlink was initially expected to get about $4 billion. they could receive between 10 and $20 billion. so more to watch here. we have reached out to the commerce department ourselves and haven't quite heard back yet, but that's from the wall street journal and something to watch as we look for all of these changes that are being made to policy that could potentially benefit, i would say, elon musk and other members of this administration. >> also comes amid the headline this morning from ontario's premier doug ford, who we've interviewed here. of course, he said they're ripping up their contract with starlink as a whether they do or not. that was the first thing that was put on the table, which was interesting as well. megan, thanks. was megan cassella. both stocks and yields are under pressure as trade tensions ramp up. tesla, meta, amazon, microsoft and intel are still the biggest drags on the nasdaq 100, but nvidia is bucking the trend after its nearly 10% sell off yesterday. broadcom, alphabet, amd are also some of the names in the gre

being government contractors, but the question -- >> elon musk has a contract with the pentagon for starlink. >> i'm clear, yeah, so you know, transparency, conflicts, but to be positive about something. there are a lot of legacy platforms that are still being acquired because of the home state congressperson, senator saying you've got to keep buying these. this is a chance to inject a little entrepreneurial urgency in terms of looking at new systems and platforms. it's also a chance for there to be some really ugly deals cut that don't actually serve our national security and the question that we rely on a free and independent media to ask repeatedly is why is this being cut? why is this added? what are you changing? i think the right way to do this is through what we call regular order hearings, oversight, appropriations. >> i was going to ask you if you as sacd chair were going -- ranking, sorry, going to focus on oversight of these particular, you know, this back and forth over what gets cut and, and, and what gets plussed up? >> absolutely to the extent i can get the chair to agree that

if successful, these changes would funnel billions in taxpayer dollars to starlink.despite its well documented short comings compared to fiber broadband. mr. hale, what would be the implications both today and in the long term of allowing starlink and other satellite providers broader access to bead funding? are there any drawbacks to consumers and businesses by prioritizing satellite broadband over fiber technologies? mr. hale: i think you all know i'm a fiber fan. that's what we're building. there is no technology that can match what we can provide for fiber. if we're talking about long term, i think it's the best solution in many cases. that being said, i think you hear a common chorus that we need to use every tool to reach every american if that's our goal. so the best thing to do is to absolutely take a long-term view of what that would mean and i think that's the best done at the state level. they know their locations better. they know their unique circumstances. they know what technologies will work. they don't know what that will be until they see applicatio

. >> brian: you are saying we should -- you have to take starlink from our allie in order to get them to do an economic deal or get them to the table? last thing you want to do, europe sees this. europe says if ukraine falls, selfishly, eastern europe will gradually come in next five or six years, georgia infiltrated maldova, took over belarus, and a portion of ukraine. they see the soviet union reforming and are stepping up all because of president trump and that is great. if they could stop them here, it is for their own safety, too. and vladamir putin is the bad guy. zelenskyy might not be leader of choice, he is ukrainian's leader of choice. >> lawrence: everybody knows putin is the bad guy, we don't need to virtue signal and say putin is the bad guy. that does not end the war. what ends the war is zelenskyy partnering with united states from economic standpoint, that is his security guarantee and he won't do this or let us get to putin. >> ainsley: he used to be so grateful, we have given three times more than europe. he came to our country. disrespectful, someone forgets what we

. >> sandra: elon musk has hinted that starlink is the solution. >> it is not.some terminals up in alaska where it is hard to access fiber wires. it is mountainous. some facilities that starlink can be helpful, but we want to make sure we have fiber connected systems in place, so i think it play some part, but not all of it. spacex send me some engineers and other great companies have sent their engineers. we have to move at the speed of business, not government. they are helping us through the procurement process, plan process. americans want to make sure they have the best air traffic control system in the world. we are not there right now, but we can get there with help from the private sector and if congress gives us money. >> john: i remember a debate back in september of 2016 where then candidate donald trump lamented the state of airports in this country. listen to what he said. >> our airports are like from a third world country. you land at laguardia, kennedy, lax, newark, and you come in from dubai and you see these incredible -- you come in from china

. >> spacex has launched its latest starlink mission on sunday.falcon nine rocket delivered 21 starlink satellites into low earth orbit. after the launch, a series of controlled engine burns guided the booster to an autonomous drone ship in the atlantic ocean. thank you so much for your company. i'm rosemary church for our international viewers, the whole story with anderson cooper is next. and for our viewers in north america. state of the union starts after a short break. then cnn newsroom continues with rahel solomon starting at 5 a.m. in new york. >> carlos de oliveira had it with your old phone. we've got you at verizon. trade in any old phone for iphone 16 pro on us on any plan, and get ipad and apple watch series ten. all three on us. that's up to $2,000 in value only on verizon. >> easy. find a pet friendly italian restaurant with outdoor seating nearby and. >> text it to luca. find it real quick. send it to the good one. this is sick. >> my eyes. they're dry, uncomfortable. looking for extra hydration. now there's blink nutri tears. it wo

well, now to cape canaveral in florida, where spacex has launched its latest starlink mission.on sunday, the falcon nine rocket delivered 21 starlink satellites into low earth orbit, including 13 with direct to cell capabilities. after the launch, a series of controlled engine burns guided the booster to an autonomous drone ship in the atlantic ocean. and these breathtaking images of the moon are courtesy of the blue ghost lunar lander. the uncrewed spacecraft successfully, successfully soft landed on the moon's surface in the early hours of sunday morning. firefly aerospace, the texas based developer behind blue ghost, is now the second private company to score a moon landing. the lunar lander is part of a privately owned fleet, helping nasa in its aim to return astronauts to the moon later this decade. just ahead, smoke billows in the sky above the carolinas. firefighters in the region are battling dozens of blazes in less than ideal conditions. we'll have the latest after the break. >> harakat al-muqawama al-islamiyya. >> amid upheaval and sweeping changes. >> the president

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obviously there's starlink.ld you ever consider canceling canada's contracts with starlink, for example? >> absolutely. and canadian premiers have already said that they would do that. i think you made a really important point a minute ago, jen, which is right now, this is maybe abstract for americans, but if these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt americans. anyone who has a 401 k is going to be hit, because the stock market is already hurting. anyone who needs to fill their car up with gas is going to be hit. you are going to be putting tariffs, a tax on the oil and gas and electricity that we sell you. totally absurd. your grocery prices are going to go up because you know what? you need to grow food in the united states. you need fertilizer. and 80% of it comes from canada. and you're going to put a 25% tax on it. i mean, the wall street journal is right. this is dumb. this is utterly self-mutilating. and our retaliation is going to make it worse because we just we can't stand for these attacks o

there was another protest targeting elon musk, specifically at the spacex and starlink offices in redmond, washington. this was yesterday. they seem to have had a pretty good turnout there up in redmond, washington. it will also be interesting to see what kind of turnout there is this saturday, march 1st, in hawthorne, california, which is right near lax, right near the airport in la. they're telling people to dress up like elon musk for the protest at that spacex headquarters building on saturday. so if nothing else, it should be funny. they specifically went out of their way to say, if you do dress up like mr. musk for the protest, please do not choose to express your opinion of him by dressing up as a nazi. they do not want anybody there in nazi elon musk outfits. thank you, thank you. please no. that protest at spacex global headquarters in la again expected saturday as the concerns and objections to elon musk now are starting to extend, not just to what he's doing to the rest of the government, but what he's doing for himself as he's taking apart the government. the washington post i

starlink or other things. iran has a lot less energy to muck around abroad if they're looking internally at their own folks. and we from a moral standpoint, should be supporting these people. we did it in the cold war, those dissidents, whether it's the solidarity movement or inside the soviet union, were household names that we absolutely supported. and why aren't we taking that more unkind attentional approach now? i also tell a story about an afghan elder that i have been working with the better part of a year, like my teeth were brown from drinking so much tea with this man, and he kept going on and on. he commanded a pretty large militia. i was trying to win over to our side about his secret weapons. oh, commander mike, my secret weapons. this is how we're going to defeat the extremists. this is how we're going to win this war. this is the long term approach. and eventually i kind of had to call him to the carpet because i didn't know if he had stinger missiles or what. and he said, he says, okay, okay, c

then they'll award it to starlink, which is owned by, as i'm sure you all know by now, elon musk.ntly not a waste of american taxpayers money, so long as it helps the richest man in the world. that's the bar. neera tanden has had more jobs in government than almost anyone i know. she also knows more about government than almost anyone i know. and she's going to join me next. >> to back pain. when you've got it, you know it. introducing the x back from copper fit, our groundbreaking technology designed for compression support of your lower back and core like you've never experienced before. engineered with our most innovative patent pending advanced x compression system. evenly distributes the support across a broader surface area of your back for relief of lower back aches and pains. a lightweight mesh fabric ventilated to increase airflow and release excess heat. an orthopedic designed alloy support panel, and four built in flexible stabilizers to help improve alignment and promote better posture. the all new x back from copper fit the most customizable support for relief of lowe

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, by the way, elon musk's starlink that has been critical to their defenses against vladimir putin. and this onslaught cannot be replaced by europe. so there are a lot of things that europe can do. they're putting soldiers in place, they say, but they cannot replace the critical technology and intelligence that the us can offer. >> andrea mitchell thank you. and now to defense secretary hegseth, order to call off cyber operations against russia. nbc's courtney kube has been looking into it for us. explain what we know about this order, courtney, and what it's supposed to accomplish. >> yeah, so we don't know a whole lot about it, frankly, chris. and that's generally the. >> case when you're talking about any kind of an offensive cyber operations. in fact, the military hasn't even acknowledged that they do offensive cyber operations until just the past few years. but in this case, what we are told, according to a u.s. official who is familiar with this planning, is that secretary of defense pete hegseth, late last month, late in february ordered u.s. cyber command to pause or halt. a

y en otra noticia de ultima hora, spacex lanzo un lote de 21 satelites starlink a la orbita terrestreo hizo utilizando un cohete falcon nine. la nave despego segun lo previsto a las 21:24 de la noche, hora del este, desde cabo canaveral, florida. ahora, estos satelites tendran que unirse al grupo que proporciona internet de alta velocidad a todo el mundo. ocho minutos despues del lanzamiento de la primera etapa de la nave, aterrizo de manera exitosa en una plataforma en el oceano atlantico . y este domingo, una nave espacial llego a la luna uniendose a otras historicas misiones. el primer lanzamiento lo realizo estados unidos en 1958 y termino en fracaso poco despues. la antigua union sovietica tenia el mismo problema. el primer hombre que llego a la luna fue neil a armstrong con apolo 11 en 1969. en el siglo 21. china, japon, india, emiratos arabes unidos e israel, por citar algunos, se unian a esa carrera espacial . en 2024 fue la primera nave privada que llego a la luna. la de hoy, la nave blue ghost fue la segunda mision privada. francisco fajardo tiene mas de este proyecto. >> tr

if successful, these changes would funnel billions in taxpayer dollars to starlink. despite its well documented short comings compared to fiber broadband. mr. hale, what would be the implications both today and in the long term of allowing starlink and other satellite providers broader access to bead funding? are there any drawbacks to consumers and businesses by prioritizing satellite broadband over fiber technologies? mr. hale: i think you all know i'm a fiber fan. that's what we're building. there is no technology that can match what we can provide for fiber. if we're talking about long term, i think it's the best solution in many cases. that being said, i think you hear a common chorus that we need to use every tool to reach every american if that's our goal. so the best thing to do is to absolutely take a long-term view of what that would mean and i think that's the best done at the state level. they know their locations better. they know their unique circumstances. they know what technologies will work. they don't know what that will be until they see applicati

of course, that's elon musk's starlink. and prime minister justin trudeau is not holding back. >> he has said repeatedly that what he wants is to see a total collapse of the canadian economy. because that will make it easier to annex us. first of all, that's never going to happen. we will never be the 51st state. >> i mean, the what? i can't believe we're living in a world where we're actually talking about that seriously as he was, because trump keeps bringing it up. the backlash has been fast and furious to the tariffs, so much so that suddenly the white house is signaling all of a sudden, right. no way. we're not going to stop. we're doing it, we're doing it. and then here they are. they come in. and then less than 24 hours later, we hear this on fox news. >> it's not going to be a pause. none of that pause stuff. but i think he's going to figure out you do more and i'll meet you in the middle some way. and we're going to probably be announcing that tomorrow. >> what i mean is there's a weird situation to be in, where it

off exports of electricity and nickel, and potentially to end contracts with elon musk's company, starlinke do expect to hear from mexico's president at a news conference later this morning. but, frank, i would say the big question for today is whether we hear anything more from the white house and whether a strong market reaction like we're starting to see so far, whether anything like that could lead trump to potentially pull back. frank. >> yeah, a lot of questions about how this develops. megan, i know you're going to stay on top of it. great reporting on this story. thank you very much. now we want to turn to the response from china. we have our eunice yoon who's live in beijing. eunice good morning. >> hey, frank. well, the chinese government had threatened all to take all necessary countermeasures. but it looks as though even though we're getting a lot of noise, that at the end of the day, these countermeasures are relatively mild. so the main target is the agricultural sector of the chinese government announced 10 to 15% tariffs on u.s. imports of soybeans, sorghum. beef, fruits, c

now starlink is going to be able to solve that problem for much less price.as terrible opposition. i do feel what jesse said. argue with them on the merits, but if you look at what he's accomplished and overcome in his life, any of them would be proud of that person if his name wasn't elon musk. >> greg: rural broadband. is that like the dixie chicks? [laughter] jessica, i think you might agree with me on this. it's another example of how identity politics, if you filter everything through it, you end up being a tribalist just like the people you condemn. so it's like they just see musk as south african, go back to south africa. >> jessica: i'm not even sure they really do. this would have come up a lot earlier. i feel like it's a moment of grasping at straws to fill the tv time, and it would be much easier to stick to the merits of the criticism. i think these are exactly the kinds of immigrants we can all agree we want to have here, to come and build companies, et cetera, but you can draw the line at having an unelected billionaire spend $290 million on the

faa is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with verizon in favor of elon musk's starlink.hington post, quote, because of musk's current position in doge and his closeness to trump, he and his company are getting an advantage and getting a contract. who's looking out for the public interest here? when you. >> get the. >> person who's. >> cutting budgets and personnel. >> from the. faa suddenly trying. >> to benefit. from still. >> another government contract. house democrats are fighting elon musk and donald trump's government takeover with a newly created rapid response and litigation task force chaired by our next guest, congressman joe neguse. and today, it filed its first legal action. more than 200 house democrats signed on to an amicus brief backing a lawsuit that seeks to stop donald trump's efforts to dismantle the consumer financial protection bureau. joining us now is the assistant democratic leader in the house of representatives, congressman joe neguse of colorado. congressman neguse, thank you very much for coming to the last word. so here's the question. are d

department also suggesting a change to the rules to bring internet to rural america that would allow starlink to join in. that's elon musk's company delivering internet by satellite. right now, the rules say it has to be supplied by fiber, not satellite. the associated press reporting the internal revenue system is working on plans to cut as much as half its staff. they've already shed 7000 workers. they're talking about cutting 43,000 more. critics say that will mean longer waits on the phone, longer waits for tax refunds and fewer tax cheats caught. and there's a proposal to end the rule that requires crypto companies to report the sale of crypto to irs the same way a bank tells about you or your employer tells the irs what the w-2 your taxed on, the profits you make selling crypto, or anything else. you may remember a couple of years ago they talked about venmo and whatnot starting to report, and people said, oh, no, i've got to report all that income to the irs. you always have to report your income to the irs. it's just the irs now knows about it. if you sell crypto at a profit, you owe

as a part of this test flight, they will deploy some starlink satellite dummy satellites in space tocan do that from a moving rocket that's already in space and then in addition in that trademark move that spacex has, they will bring the booster back down and hopelly it will be caught yet again in that kind of pincher move that we've seen. the chop stick move where they grab it right there on the launch pad at the tower. that's going to be critical to see if this mission goes off as planned and then they can continue to build on success as they head towards artemis and a moon landing. separately, there's another lunar mission underway right now. this is a robotic mission. it is called blue ghost. they landed successfully on the moon in the very early morning hours. it's about the size of a small car and what's good about this one is it didn't tip over. you may recall a year ago, another company had a robot land on the moon. it immediately tipped over and therefore didn't get a lot of good data. this one landed just fine. it will conduct experiments for two weeks, surveying the soil,

department suggesting a change to the rules bringing internet to rural america that would allow starlink to join. that's elon musk's company delivering internet by satellite. right now. the broadband for all rules say it has to be supplied by fiber, not satellite. the associated press reports the internal revenue system is working on plans to cut as much as half its staff. it's already shed 7000 workers, but they're talking about cutting 43,000 more. critics say that will mean longer waits on the phone, longer waits for tax refunds and fewer tax cheats caught. and there's a proposal to end a rule that requires crypto companies to report the sale of crypto to the irs the same way the bank tells the irs about you or your employer files a w-2. you're taxed on profits you make on crypto. you're taxed on everything that you make a profit on. we saw this when the real crypto boom, you know, the crypto bros sort of thing, would go out and buy a ferrari with the money they made, not realizing they owe tax on that money as well. yeah. if you're bringing in income, you owe tax on it, right? it doe

musk's starlink. we also know that so. >> much of. >> this is. >> going to be. >> used to. >> fund for. >> tax cuts, which are going. >> to largely benefit. >> the rich. >> so we're already. >> seeing some anger from voters. >> from republicans. >> in these. town halls. and now. >> you're taking away services, rewarding. musk and trump's rich friends. >> where do you think that this is now going to break through? >> we're going to see some real opposition. >> yes. so there is i. >> mean, i think. >> there is. >> some opportunity here for democrats. and you're starting to hear some of. >> them talk. >> about this. there's some new data by a group called grow progress. which does big ai searches and has found that among elon. >> musk. >> is a point of vulnerability for donald trump. first of all, we've seen his approval. >> numbers decline just. >> in the course of the last month. but this new data is suggesting that the general public is. twice as likely to be. >> concerned that elon. >> musk is going

starlink or musk is pushing an issue and he's right 100% of the time with fcc we are going to side 100%ong every, he's going the lose every single time. >> the last question here. donald trump was tweeting recently that -- that comcast should be paying -- i'm looking for the quote. vast sums of money because of program, what is he talking about? he said because -- he was not like i would say a legal brief. he said because of msnbc and it being bad that comcast should pay vast sums of money, is that an fcc issue? >> i'm not sure i'm tracking -- >> i'm not really tracking either. trump tweeted -- >> if you can show it to me i can look at it. what's he talking about? >> if i can see the quote, i can look at it. >> it wasn't directed at you? [laughter] >> thank you so much. >> it was fun, it was fun. good to be with you, appreciate it. >> how do you communicate with the president actually? i'm kind of surprised -- media regulation didn't make it your way. but how do you -- how do you kind of like track communicate? >> standard practice. >> you missed a great one. >> ly come back. >> thank y

putin to switch off the starlink service. they could stop giving intelligence info to the ukrainians and very crucially, disable the patriot patriot missile defense system that would leave ukraine very, very exposed. we'll see what happens. >> big fears for ukraine, indeed. all right. michael bociurkiw always great to see you. thank you so much. continue to be safe there. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. >> still ahead. investigators revealing new details in the timeline of actor gene hackman's death. what his pacemaker is revealing. plus, an encouraging update on pope francis. the vatican saying he is now in stable condition. and how did this 19 year old graduate high school with honors, without knowing how to read or write? well, now she's suing her school because of that. >> it's the news. >> welcome back. >> but it's also kind of not the news. >> we don't fact check here. we don't care, man. why the information on this show so terrible? >> have i got. >> news for you tonight at nine on cnn? >> explore the world.

uh, in egg harbor township, fires a bunch of people, recommends their firing, then gets two starlink antennas put on that very same facility where he fired these people, all while he's trying to get a $2.4 billion faa contract. all this talk about federal workers, in my view, is about elon musk and others getting in there and getting that money, privatizing some of those jobs and being able to benefit from it themselves. it's wrong. >> i think it's really interesting that now you're seeing these town halls across the country where republicans are really starting to yell and scream to their members that they elected, who are republicans, that they're not happy with what's going on. but i think the biggest thing that that really caught my attention was now you have speaker johnson saying that these people who are complaining are being paid by the democrats, that they're actually not true complainers and that republicans just shouldn't have town halls anymore. i mean, so what happened. >> to the this is usually actually the chain of events that happens when these things go on. first, th

they don't have air defenses, they don't have satellites, they don't have the starlink, which provides the intelligence on what russia is doing and can be turned off with the flip of a switch by elon musk or by the us, donald trump. so although the two were in sync on that, they relied. exactly. the threat. and then the cyber thing is really shocking because right now and i've talked to people in health care systems who are still suffering from the effects of that continuing cyber attack, acknowledged and not acknowledged by russia, but attributed by the us intelligence to russia, by the russian cyber attackers against our health systems, our hospitals. and that continues as a threat. and for that to be switched off by the defense secretary is shocking to people. >> yeah, and i. >> want to get. >> to that with ned in just a moment. but ashley first sticking on zelensky, you know, watching the oval office meetings between macron and starmer last week and then seeing zelensky, i was struck by, you know, the takeaway seems to be that the flattery works with donald trump. and that's the pl

elon musk, spacex controls starlink, which is the internet satellites. do they suspend internet coverage over, uh, over ukraine in a way that hampers its military? >> yeah. >> today and beyond, i'm really interested to see how federal workers harness their political power in this moment. they can prove to be really effective messengers for democrats, especially because some of them are conservative, voted for president trump, and now they have the ability and the platform to tell their stories. >> all right. i want to thank you all the group, for joining me today. i want to thank you for waking up with us. i'm audie cornish and cnn news central starts right now. >> we are standing by for the markets to open. after startling upheaval overnight, america's three largest trading partners lashing back after president trump issued new tariffs. economies on edge as the president speaks to congress tonight. >> critical military. >> aid to ukraine cut off. >> just as russia unleashes a new round of attacks. what president trump is now demanding from ukraine's lea

spacex successfully launched its falcon nine rocket with 21 starlink satellites. 13 of those are equippedirect to cell capabilities. the launch marks the fifth flight of the rocket's first stage booster landing aboard the spacex x drone ship stationed in the atlantic. okay. >> so there is a new measles case in a new state this morning to talk about health officials in pennsylvania sounding alarm after the first confirmed case of the disease there. and they're now contact tracing after the unvaccinated child in montgomery county got sick. officials say that they say that the child recently did travel through new york's jfk airport. so this new case comes as the ongoing measles outbreak in texas is getting worse. now, up to 146 confirmed cases across nine counties. one child has died there. at least 20 people have been hospitalized, and most of the cases in texas are among children. joining us right now is doctor megan ranney, the dean of yale school of public health. it's good to see you again, doctor. thank you for coming in. we have this outbreak in texas that we have been tracking, and

elon musk, spacex controls starlink, which is the internet satellites.ey suspend internet coverage over, uh, over ukraine in a way that hampers its military? >> yeah. >> today and beyond, i'm really interested to see how federal workers harness their political power in this moment. they can prove to be really effective messengers for democrats, especially because some of them are conservative, voted for president trump, and now they have the ability and the platform to tell their stories. >> all right. i want to thank you all the group, for joining me today. i want to thank you for waking up with us. i'm aue

now starlink is going to be able to solve that problem for much less price. so i think that he that trump has terrible opposition. i do feel what jesse said argue with him on the merits. but if you look at what he has accomplished and overcome in his life, any of them would be proud of that person if his name wasn't elon musk. >> yeah, rural broadband. >> that's a big issue. >> is that like the dixie chicks? >> very good. >> i like it. >> jessica, i think you might agree with me on this is that it's another example of how identity politics, if it's in your if you filter everything through it, you end up being a tribalist just like the people you condemn. so it's like they just see musk as south african go back to south africa. >> i'm not. >> even sure. >> they. >> really do. >> because this. >> would have. >> come up. >> a lot earlier. >> i feel like it's a moment of. >> grasping at straws to. feel phil. >> fill the. >> tv time. >> and it would be much. >> easier to stick to the merits. >> of the criticisms. >> i think these are. >> exactly the. >> kinds of i

musk has this company, starlink, and he's proposing that noaa be supplanted by a private company. and just to the young guys that have gone to work on this, that have gone in to the digital services office to destroy or mess up our electronic systems, keep in mind that this is fundamental corruption. this is it's just corruption when you're trying to monopolize a government service and say what you will about woodrow wilson. back in the old days, he was a big anti-monopoly guy. this is trying to undo the robber barons. and so if you read the book about elon musk and so on, he there's a whole section on his unrealistic goal setting. so he found this weak part, this weakness in the u.s. government exploited it as fast as he could. and now for it's one thing leading to another. and he's trying to undo a public service and supplant it with one of his. and this is is just good old corruption. so sooner or later, i believe the court system will catch up with these guys. and so it's just going to be it's just talk about efficiency, destroying a system that was working and then trying to

i'm actually more concerned about whether they cut off the starlink communications channels to the ukrainians. that would have a devastating blow in many ways far worse than the intelligence. >> we'll be looking for that then. brigadier general mark kimmitt, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. brianna. >> next, president trump's tariffs already driving some prices higher. we'll be speaking with a car dealer in pennsylvania who says he's already lost business want a next level clean. >> switch? swish with the whoa of listerine. it kills 99.9% of bad breath germs for five times more cleaning power than brushing and flossing alone. get a next level clean with listerine. feel the wolf. >> this is the emirates premium economy seat. economy. perhaps they need to call it something else. >> if you have heart failure or chronic kidney disease, pozega can help you keep living life because there are places you'd like to be serious side effects include increased ketones and blood or you're in, and bacterial infection between the and genitals, both which may be fatal. severe allergic reacti

. >> with starlink. >> it's done. it's gone. we won't award. >> contracts to. >> people who enable. >> and encourage economic. >> attacks on our province and our country. >> this is a time to hit. >> back hard. >> and to demonstrate that a fight with canada. >> will have. >> no winners. americans will lose jobs. americans will be paying more for groceries, for gas, for cars, for homes, because we have always done best when we work together. >> mexico's president says he doesn't want a trade war, but she will announce retaliatory tariffs and other measures against the u.s. on sunday. claudia sheinbaum says that her government has cracked down on crime and drugs, making the u.s. tariffs unjustified. lots to discuss. let's bring in michael schnell, a congressional reporter for the hill. she is with us from washington. michael, great to have you this morning. your takeaways from what we heard in this this long address from the president. >> yeah. hey. >> good morning. thanks for. >> having me. i think. >> that, you know, despite. >>

but they're talking about other things, tearing up some contracts, potentially with starlink, trying to get at elon musk, talking about restricting their exports of nickel. that's a critical material used in a lot of manufacturing. the defense department here buys a lot of that. so canada really coming out swinging. mexico we have to wait. but it's likely to be a lot of agriculture potentially some cars and car parts that they hit if we get to that point. so as you know, the retaliation often hurts more than the initial impact. >> all right, megan, thank you. megan cassella. tariffs impact already being felt across industries. nearly half of the s&p 500 mentioning tariffs in q1 earnings calls so far even higher than the jump around the 2018 tariffs. materials. staples. health care. energy among the most heavily affected groups. the topic coming up more than 30% of materials companies calls already. so does all of this combined warrant the growth scare that we've seen roil the markets this week? guy what do you say? >> i believe it does. you know, i think. >> the growth. >> scare was

more worrisome here is, um, what what happened to things like intelligence sharing, uh, whether the starlinkby mr. trump shadow elon musk will still be operational. and again, those air defense systems, the worst case scenario that is feared here is that mr. putin, as he is well known to do, will exploit this pause, this void where there is no solid red line enforced by the united states. and go further, if i can add one more thing, however, um, based on my discussions last night, mr. trump has done more for the popularity of mr. zelenskyy and more to reverse the sagging fortunes of the liberal ruling liberal party in canada than anyone else. um, mr. zelenskyy popularity here is actually is really, really soaring because he is seen to have stood up to mr. trump and that's something that he'll be very happy with. >> yeah. i mean, circling back to that point about the connections, if you might, between how trump is handling ukraine, how he is handling canada, how are you seeing the relationship between the two and how he is treating both countries? >> yeah, well, you know, this is bad for both

the reporting, how the faa is going to cancel a contract with verizon in exchange for elon musk's starlink. that is, again, the washington post. actually, speaking of elon musk, let's read from your new piece that you wrote for the atlantic. you wrote this quote over the first month of trump's new term. patterns have nonetheless emerged as a small crew of musk's young technologists work their way through the federal workforce. this new unit has trained its initial attention on the key punchers who make the government work, executing musk's belief that by controlling the computers, one could control the entire federal bureaucracy. instead of taking command of the existing workforce, trump's new team has pressured them to disperse, firing those who were probationary, offering buyouts to others and subjecting many others to 15 minute interviews in what many felt were juvenile tests of their worth. the full impact of the blitz will not be known for months, when the courts and congress decide whether to push back, if at all, but the scale and speed of the transformation now taking place across

. >> you ripped up ontario's contract with starlink. explain that. >> well, we tore it up. i can't have anyone who's connected so deeply with president trump trying to destroy our province and try to destroy our our country. it's unacceptable. i also were the largest purchaser of alcohol in the entire world. ontario is. we have a liquor control board. so it all goes through the province. we ship up 3600 products from the us, from 35 states. we have now cleared off all alcohol across all the shelves. and i just encourage all our premiers, which they just agreed to. they're pulling all their alcohol off. so states like kentucky, their bourbon, they're going to be laying people off. they may be shutting parts of their plants down, which again, as far as i'm concerned, is unacceptable. we shouldn't have to be doing this whatsoever. i'm going to stockpile the high grade nickel and sell to the rest of the world that china. china has the, you know, the market cornered on it. 50% of your products that you manufacture nickel with in the military come from ontario. that's that's stop

does the guy who posted criticizing verizon's work for faa and pitching his own company starlink as an alternative have anything to do with reports the government may reverse course now on the verizon contract? did the guy selling satellite internet have any role in halting funds that were helping my constituents access to broadband? or what about all the watchdogs that have been fired? people reviewing neurolink devices at fda, people at the agency that reviews the safety of tesla's self-driving cars, or the inspector general looking into elon's connections to foreign governments. despite what musk likes to pretend, it is not in the slightest bit transparent for him to decide what he hides and what he shares about his role in government. nor is it transparent when doge is posting updates that are often completely inaccurate from getting basic math wrong to getting wrong basic timelines of what trump did versus biden, to not understanding how our contracts work and counting the same cuts over and over and over again. they aren't being transparent. they are muddying up the waters with f

exports of electricity and of nickel, potentially ending some contracts with elon musk's company, starlinka's also putting up 10 to 15% tariffs on us goods, mostly food, and putting 25 american companies on various trade blacklists. we do expect to hear more from mexico's president later this morning. we might get some specifics on retaliation then. but guys, i would say the big question for today is also whether we hear anything more from the white house and whether a strong market reaction could start to lead, could lead trump, i would say to potentially pull back, guys. >> yeah. >> we different countries, different rationales. fentanyl, you know, make things here, renegotiate. yeah usmca. we've got a lot of different you know some could stay on, some could come off. thanks megan. we're going to talk about all this with commerce secretary howard lutnick is going to join us at 8 a.m. eastern time. >> 848. >> 48 4840. >> all right. it's okay. what did i say? >> 830 you. >> say eight. >> well, i want people on i mean, preparing for. >> it could come as early. >> as eight, don't you? how lon

also, we have to remember they're using starlink, which elon musk gave them for free.or giving them that. if. >> those. >> things are, they can fight. but they will, they will, they will, they will lose faster. and ukraine's job has never been to win. it's been to lose. >> very. >> very slowly and bleed the russians to death. so i don't know if six months they may. be able to last a year, but we do not hold actually all the cards in this, i don't think. >> alex, there seem to be two stories here. one is the fate of ukraine, and one is the fate of the european american alliance in the context. of a new american russian alliance. how do you see this in terms of the kind of broader reshuffling of where america sees itself right now, and who it wants to ally with? >> first of. >> all, let me say so. thank you. >> so very. >> very much. >> for having. >> me on the show. we need to start with a moment. i want to. >> make sure. >> it's enough gratitude. >> at the beginning. if we need to start with. >> a moment. >> i'm not wearing. >> a. >> tie either. >> yes, we. >> actually