alice barr is following reaction for us from d.c. good morning, alice. what are we hearing from lawmakers? >> reporter: good morning, frances, and we did see new reaction on nbc's "meet the press" over the weekend with senator bernie sanders calling musk's comments outrageous. while house speaker mike johnson defended doge. >> what he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of the social security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste and abuse. >> it's worth noting the internal watchdog found less than 1% of benefit payments were improper. >> don't believe it. hey, don't believe it. >> half of elderly people are trying to get by on $30,000 a year. 22% on $15,000 a year. we've got to raise social security benefits, not go afteo important. >> reporter: and this comes as the social security administration just announced that it plans to let go of about 7,000 workers and close some regional offices. some democratic lawmakers plan to invite fired federal workers to be their guests tomorrow night when president trump addresses a joint sess

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. well, as all this unfolds tomorrow night, president trump will address a joint session of congress at the capitol. i want to give you a live look for you this midday. you can see there. now, that speech, not technically a state of the union address, coming just weeks after mr. trump took office for a second term. the president's speech is expected to outline his legislative priorities for the next four years, and the war in ukraine will likely be a topic. and you can watch the joint address right here on nbc bay area that's airing at 6 p.m. tomorrow. and join us for a special edition of nbc bay area news at 9 p.m. well, dangerous wildfires are raging in the carolinas. south carolina, in particular, has been hit hard by the erratic blazes as wind changes and those dry conditions wreak havoc on the region. nbc's emily akita is near myrtle beach, tracking the ongoing firefight. hey there. well, you can see and i can tell you certainly smell the smoke from the wildfires burning in the reg

today in the bay's alice barr joins us live from washington. and alice, when we're looking at whether peace talks for ukraine and russia can get back on track, opinions are mixed. yeah, kyra, and it's hard to overstate how much that single meeting on friday in the oval office really shook up the dynamic between the u.s. and ukraine. european allies are among those that are trying to figure out a path forward now. and over the weekend, we heard from them an announcement of a multi-billion dollar aid package for ukraine, while still working to restore really critical relations between ukraine and the u.s. what's your message to donald trump this morning? the u.s. and ukraine, navigating a diplomatic detour with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, spending the weekend shoring up european alliances after friday's oval office shouting match the war. not in a good position. you don't have the cards right now with us. you start having cards. cards right. zelensky was asked to leave the white house without signing an agreement to share ukraine's cr

we're going to check back in with today in the bay's alice barr live from washington. and alice, really, opinions seem to be divided on whether peace talks for ukraine and russia can resume. good morning. yeah. european leaders are among those who are trying to keep an olive branch extended to the u.s, even as they're announcing a multi-billion dollar aid package for ukraine of their own. those european leaders know how important it is to still have the u.s. on board, and they're working to restore critical relations between ukraine and the u.s. what's your message to donald trump? this morning, the u.s. and ukraine, navigating a diplomatic detour with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, spending the weekend shoring up european alliances after friday's oval office shouting match. the war not in a good position. you don't have the cards right now with us. you start having cards. cards right. zelensky was asked to leave the white house without signing an agreement to share ukraine's critical minerals with the u.s, seen as a first step toward a peace deal with russian