our meet the most conversation with poet amanda gorman. >> and why do you think poetry is so critical to who we are as a nation? >> we are people who share common humanity. typically, poetry is the rhetoric that encapsulates that the best. >> joining me for insights and analysis are nbc news chief washington correspondent andrea mitchell, nbc news senior white house correspondent gabe gutierrez, symone sanders townsend, former chief spokeswoman for vice president kamala harris and republican strategist sara fagen. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press". >> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with kristen welker. >>> good sunday morning. we begin with president biden's historic overhaul of the federal government that is proceeding at an unprecedented pace and scale. the president has tasked elon musk, the world's richest man, with carrying out his mission and now musk and his team of young tech engineers have inserted themselves into at least 17 federal agencies,s, according to "the new york times," accessing sensitive

with national security adviser mike walz, as i mentioned, as well as senator andy kim and poet amanda gorman. if you just stick right here with us for today in the bay, meet the press is on at 8 a.m, right after this newscast. and coming up in about 30 minutes from now, we will talk to nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston for our weekly segment will take a look at the task president trump gave elon musk to look for what he calls wasteful spending within the federal government. back here in california, local skateboarders held the capitola classic 2025 yesterday. take a look at this. this was set up inside an old sears store at the capitola mall. it's been empty since back in 2018. the event was free and raised money for the santa cruz animal shelter. love that. now to coffee for a cause. haagen-dazs is teaming up with habitat for humanity to support wildfire relief. whenever someone buys a coffee collection milkshake, the ice cream shop will donate $1 to the rebuild l.a.a. campaign organizd by habitat for humanity. the campaign is running at haagen-dazs stores nationwide through marc

the tariffs against chinese products starts today also on meet the press this weekend, a poet, amanda gormanbiden's inauguration. it was pulled from the shelves. that poem of some elementary schools in florida. what was your reaction when you learned that your poem had been banned? oh, to be honest, it was a bit like a gut punch. it was. it felt surreal. i had understood that book bans have been happening, but i think this hit me so incredibly hard because not just that it was something i had written, which is besides the point that it was a moment in history. the miami-dade school district restricted the book from younger schoolchildren after complaints. here's one from a parent posted to the public record, and i'll read it for you. quote. it is not educational and have indirectly hate massages. now, we were talking earlier in our business segment. something to watch this week. whether elon musk and trump will obey recent court rulings like the one issued over the weekend, barring musk from accessing certain computers in the u.s. treasury, musk says that judge should be impeached, and he re

for a great conversation and to see my full interview with amanda gorman go to meet the press.com. that is all for today. thank you so much for watching. enjoy the super bowl. go, birds. we'll be back next week because if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." ♪♪ ♪♪ >> for the second time. the vince lombardi. trophy is handed to philadelphia. >> eagles. >> fly in super bowl 59. >> if you. >> didn't stay up. >> late to watch. which no. >> one gets it. >> more than this show. >> now you know. >> the. philadelphia eagles crushed kansas city last night. >> in super. >> bowl. >> 59. >> denying the chiefs what would. >> have been. >> a historic. >> three peat. >> the question is what happened to the. >> defending champs. >> we'll have full highlights straight ahead in sports. >> meanwhile. one of the. >> people who packed the. >> superdome was. >> none other than president trump. >> we'll show you what. >> he had to say. >> during a. >> newsy pregame. >> interview. including his ideas. >> about taking. >> over canada. >> the question is, don't. >> you get flagged for that? >> and back in wa