this is dan bongino.uy like me who discusses partisan content in an opinion show can go have you seen what i did before i came here? i'm committed to service. people play different roles in their lives. people are dads. people are carpenters. people are plumbers. i've been there. i know what this is like. and it's time for me to step up. from podcasts or to deputy director of fbi. jim, he does not go the same approval process that kash same adproval processthat kash has to go through, is a concern of yours? i that a concern of yours? i think high—level people are in think high—level people are - in the _ think high—level people are - in the american . pointed in the american all pointed in the american _ all the - pointed in the american _ all the time pointed in the american - _ all the time that government all the time that don't — government all the time that don't have _ government all the time that don't have senate _ government all the time that i don't have senate confirmation. am acquainted with h

how about dan bongino? >> bongino has been promoting far right views on his podcast, promising retribution, saying. >> that trump is. >> going to get revenge against his enemies and saying that trump should just ignore court decisions that he doesn't like. >> now, as the hands on official handling the bureau's daily operations, bongino has a unique challenge. >> the one. >> thing you do not want to do day one is lose the loyalty of the fbi when they see their own management appearing to go off the rail. you lost them. >> as for how the fbi's rank and file feels about dan bongino, according to a mass email obtained by cnn that was sent to its members just before donald trump posted that bongino had been selected as deputy director. the fbi agents association, representing thousands of agents, said it had been told by kash patel that the new deputy director would come from within the ranks of the fbi. contacted by cnn today, the agents association declined to comment on the appointment of bongino. wolf. all r

dan bongino will be deputy director of the fbi. confirmation necessary. >> john: neither apparently is fbi experience. bongino, a former secret service agent and new york city police officer never worked for the bureau. scott macfarlane has more about him. >> reporter: dan bongino touts his army of followers, millions of talk radio and podcast listeners who share his devotion to president trump, his conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, and his pledge to own the libs. >> every kooky, lunatic anti-trump, swampy media progressive left-wing aoc-bernie sanders type person loses it. "taking over the world." >> reporter: bongino confirmed he is trading his army for g-men. >> i'm committed to service. >> reporter: neither bongino nor the new bureau director kash patel has ever served in the fbi and both are maga loyalists who critics worry threaten an independent fbi. bongino's new position was announced hours after an association of current agents asked patel to ensure an active special agent would get the post. as has been the ca

>> yeah, i. >> mean, bongino really has huge reach. i remember just before the election for a story i did a day living in the maga media universe, only watching as maga media outlets. and bongino is omnipresent there. he's across every platform. he has, i think, more than 6 million followers on x or on the same on facebook. he was he was banned permanently from youtube for breaking their rules. breaking their rules on covid misinformation. but i think what bongino especially has, has really showed is just how well in the post january 6th world, when, you know, a lot of people, including the now president and then president trump was suspended from major social media platforms for quite some time. bongino has really thrived in this alternative space, especially on a video platform rumble, which is basically designed as a right wing youtube. he has millions of followers there. i think about 3 million and all his videos where he streams live every day, get more than a million views. so really has a huge audience there. one thing i do want

and look, here are some of the things that dan bongino has said. dan bongino said that the fbi lied a few months ago when they said, we don't know who the suspect is that planted the bombs outside the rnc and the dnc the day before january 6th. they had this whole campaign seeking information from the public. dan bongino went on a podcast and said, oh, that's wrong. they know who did it. it's a conspiracy. now he's going inside to run the place. and that's what i'm hearing today is just horrifying people who work there. >> i mean, i can't some of these people have been there for decades. let me ask you, george, one of the questions i get asked a lot. i mean, when you're in a train station, it's like, what are the guardrails? what can be done to stop this? i mean, i think there are a lot of people who might be on a political enemies list who might be targeted, just who are concerned about what they could do with their power. what are the legal guardrails here to stop the two of them from. >> the legal guardrails ultimately. >> would be the courts. >

>> ainsley: dianne bongino. >> brian: dan bongino. >> lawrence: happy for the country. nomination process and people forget he has a career in law enforcement, career in the feds and if you look at the old obama photos, you see dan bongino protecting him. even though he disagreed with his politics. loved the family. >> brian: we've been talking, racing this morning and talking indy racing, indy racing coming to fox squares. >> ainsley: check in with bill hemmer and dana perino for what is coming up. >> dana: no fun on "america's news newsroom". >> bill: good morning, name five things you will get done at work is challenge musk laid down over the weekend. >> dana: and pardon czar, meet the woman in charge. >> bill: sean duffy is bringing in space x to make the agency better. >> dana: and potomac will help us understand what is at stake with ukraine. >> bill: transgender sports in maine coming to a head, a guest will tell us about that. a new week begins anew in minutes top of the hour. let's get started. bill, where's your mask? i really tried sleeping with it, everybody

lisa: bongino is very well known in the maga world.this massive reach, millions of followers, but he also has repeatedly pushed misinformation on critical ideas. amna: president donald trump has picked a loyalist, dan bongino, to be second in command at the fbi, one who grew a massive online following spreading lies about election security, including that the agency he will now help oversee tried to rig the 2016 and 2020 elections against trump. geoff: lisa desjardins is here with more. so, lisa, there are some fbi officials who say that the deputy director position is in many ways more important than the director role, because the deputy oversees the day-to-day operations of the agency. what does it mean that dan bongino, someone who's never served as an fbi agent, will occupy this role? lisa: bongino is very well known in the maga world. he has this massive reach, millions of followers, but he also has repeatedly pushed misinformation on critical ideas. so when you talk about bongino, you have got to talk about the podcasting audienc

dan bongino happening in the secret service. thought he was going to get the secret service post. now probably leading the investigation into who tried to assassinate the president. >> brian: i think he was offered the secret service post he turned down. this is even better. white house told national security adviser mike waltz to work around the clock this weekend on russia, ukraine peace talks and he did. >> lawrence: he is here to tell us what he has accomplished. that's next. ♪ in 10 years, lisa schneider will have an amazing second act. thanks to career reskilling courses from aarp. to help make sure her income lives as long as she does. the younger you are, the more you need aarp. join thousands of advertisers who have built their businesses, reaching america's most influential audience. need creative? we can help. fox news media impact starts here. advertise with us today. there are many ways to deliver a shipment. at old dominion freight line, we deliver them this way. this way uses technology and goes the extra mile to

i know we just played some clips of what dan bongino has said about the fbi.you know, obviously, the context here is usually the person who gets this job is someone who knows the institution and the organization. that's why you pick that as your number two. and obviously his he's the opposite, right? he wants to dismantle it. and it just again here's a few of the things that he said. >> what the fbi did to donald trump that wasn't law enforcement. it was tyranny. i mean it when i say it, it's way past time to clean this fbi house up. >> so, greg, what are your you know, you worked for the justice department. i mean, what are your fears here? >> there's a lot to be worried about. we have a highly performing justice department with very professional prosecutors. very professional fbi agents. are they perfect? no. are there opportunities for improvement? of course. and i'm not opposed to this administration or any administration bringing in some reformers. but these are not the kind of leaders you would choose if you had actual concerns about any perceived or rea

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the appointment of bongino is a departure from tradition. the post deputy director is normally filled by a career fbi agent, something newly confirmed fbi director kash patel said he would abide by. with me now, cnn's evan perez and cnn legal analyst elliot williams. so, evan, newly confirmed fbi director kash patel had told allies that robert ines sainz. is that right? robert castaigne, the acting deputy director, would be named to the position. so what happened? >> yeah. >> i mean, that's the reason why he came down from new york right at the beginning of, of the of the new trump administration. and the idea was that he would help usher in, make some of the changes and get get things ready for patel to take over. but all of that came to a crashing halt because both hussain and brian driscoll, who was the acting director, uh, stood up when emil bove demanded thousands of names of fbi agents. anyone who had touched trump investigations or january 6th investigations, and he demanded this in a memo that was labeled terminations. right. and it

trump named dan bongino to be the deputy director of the fbi.popular conservative podcaster who served as a secret service agent and an nypd officer. he does not have fbi experience. joining us now, nbc's aaron gilchrist at the white house. barrett, a former federal prosecutor. david drucker, senior writer at the dispatch. so, aaron, what is the white house saying about this email to more than 2 million federal workers over the weekend? >> well. >> jose. >> the response across. >> the administration has been somewhat varied. >> you had elon musk. saying over the weekend. >> telegraphing that this email was going to be going out, saying that it was going. >> out from him and his team. >> at the direction of president trump through. >> the office. >> of personnel management. >> the office of personnel. management has said that. >> this is about. accountability and efficiency. >> it stood behind this email going out across the federal government. >> across so many different. >> agencies that. that have federal workers. and said that they. >> wanted

kash patel is the director and dan bongino is deputy director. they intend to make? >> reporter: kash patel ordered a thousand fbi agents must be reassigned to the field and others sent to huntsville, alabama. that, while extreme, was expected. what fbi employees are concerned about is the notion that they will be asked to do things that are political. they'll be asked to target and investigate donald trump's enemies. that hasn't happened yet, but that's the concern when you have two partisans leading the nation's premier law enforcement agency. >> ken dilanian, thank you. >>> new developments on the menendez brothers murder case. the district attorney now pushing the judge to reject the petition for a new trial saying the evidence presented did not meet the requirements. the fight for the brothers' freedom is not over. ura jarrett has the details. >> reporter: the tension between the supporters of the menendez brothers and the new d.a. heating up. some family members said they were concerned they weren't being heard by the d.a. now they're worri

that person is named dan bongino. he will be the deputy director of the fbi, the number two at the country's top law enforcement agency. it is a job that does not require senate confirmation. not that republicans have had any objection to any of trump's picks, anyway. but if you're not familiar with bongino, here's a small sampling of the things he's had to say over the years. >> trump is an apex predator. he's the lion king. trump went out there tonight and did what trump does. he's the shark in the ocean. and he acted like it. he lost. no one from his base. no one. >> shame on us if we don't. >> enter the legal. profession and start to pull people out of the d.o.j. >> i have no. >> problem with donald trump investigating jack smith either. and you. >> shouldn't either. jack smith. >> doesn't have a pardon. >> what happened. yesterday with president trump. >> and the targeting of him and his attorneys. >> by this piece of human scum. >> all of. >> these people targeting him in the justice department that have forfeit

michael wolff's new book, dan bongino, he posted a couple times on dan bongino and the joy reid firing. none of those are about inflation. >> or eggs. >> nor are those about eggs or the economy. and i wonder, just as a question of how much he's focused on things, if this is beginning to have an impact. >> it is beginning to have an impact. in fact, when you look at his polling on how he's doing on the economy, he's doing worse now than he ever did in the first term. the number one thing that he was popular for in his first term was the economy. 49% of people said that he did a good job. right now, he's only at 44% approval on the economy. and that's going down because he hasn't focused as much as he would have on other things. but he has been focusing on some things that are getting a lot of attention. a lot of people are giving him credit for his role on immigration and what's happening there. a lot of people are saying this role on government efficiency is something that is a good thing. not everybody. we can talk about that too. but there's a lot that he has been doing that is popul

this time it is podcaster and secret service agent dan bongino. the president announced in a social media post late last night that, quote, great news for law enforcement and american justice. dan bongino, a man of incredible love and passion for our country, has just been named the next deputy director of the fbi by the man who will be the best ever director. kash patel. now, we should point out the deputy director oversees the day to day operations of the bureau, and typically the role is held by career federal agents, which bongino isn't. a decade or so ago, mr. bongino appeared on this program a number of times, giving thoughtful and serious commentary on law enforcement matters. this was him in 2014. >> police departments in general, anderson, there is a there is a crisis in policing, and it's a crisis in training, despite what some of the other guests have said. i was there. i went through the police academy three times, twice with the nypd and once with the secret service. there is a crisis in training. it is not taken seriously in america.

bongino. >> history of calling for. >> mass firings at the bureau. also ahead critical condition. >> the latest on the health. >> of pope francis as he remains in the hospital this morning. >> and three years since. >> russia's invasion. >> zelenskyy's new. >> comments about. >> trading power for. >> peace in ukraine. >> amid new tensions with. >> president trump. it is. >> ten eastern, 7 a.m. pacific. >> thanks for joining. >> us on this monday morning. >> i'm ana. >> cabrera reporting from new york. we begin this morning with elon musk's ultimatum to every single. federal employee. we're talking millions. >> of federal workers. justify your. >> work by. >> midnight tonight or be fired. >> that new. >> demand igniting a new standoff with trump. >> loyalists. >> leading other federal. >> agencies who've told their employees not. >> to respond. >> this as the trump musk. >> slash and burn continues. 1600 usaid workers. >> now officially fired, and the pentagon. left in upheaval after. >> severa

for example, here was bongino in 2018. >> owning the libs is a lifestyle.eatedly. you can't just own the libs once. it has to happen every day. >> the new york times in 2020 also cited research that shows that bongino was seen as one of not just many people who might have hit like on or hit share on election misinformation, but he was one of the top five people spreading it the most. now, he hasn't gotten in legal trouble for that. i'm not suggesting he has. but i would remind you, organizations like fox news and other places have paid out major defamation settlements for breaking rules around election misinformation. this is not some small matter. fbi officials, meanwhile, saying they're shocked and dismayed. this is a giant development at a time when there are so many other competing stories. we are going competing stories. we are going to dig into it with our special ever feel like a spectator in your own life with chronic migraine? 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine.

what do you think of the bongino pick?>> uh. >> let me. >> tell you. >> that this administration is. replacing people. >> of merit. >> people who are. >> patriots with loyalists. >> and what happens? >> the security of the. >> american people is being threatened, and they. >> understand it. they see it in what's happening in the economy. they see it in what's happening in the federal workforce. when they are looking at delays in social security checks, in irs refunds, real implications of of what they are doing to the federal workforce. when you replace it with the criteria that you have unfailing loyalty to donald trump. >> i want to ask you about this, because the president is also replacing the head of the u.s. navy, a position held by admiral lisa franchetti, the first woman to lead a military service. he fired the nation's highest ranking military officer, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, air force. general cq brown, highly decorated and seasoned leader, who also happens to be a black man, and replace him wi

well, we're going to take a look at the unlikely rise of dan bongino to fbi deputy director. we're following all of these major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news center. >> president trump is now weighing in as some of the heads of u.s. federal agencies push back on an ultimatum from elon musk. there's a midnight deadline for all federal employees to submit five accomplishments they've achieved in the last week. but there is a growing list of agencies defying those demands. leaders at the department of justice, the pentagon, the fbi, state department, homeland security and the department of energy are all telling employees not to respond individually to the email. just moments ago, president trump had this to say. >> about the last email that was sent, where he wanted to know what you did this week. you know why he wanted that, by the way. i thought it was great because we have people that don't show up to work, and nobody even knows if they work for the government. so by asking the question, tell us what you did this week. what he's doing is s

dan bongino has never worked at the fbi. he was a former secret service agent, a former nypd officer before that ran unsuccessfully as a republican candidate for a couple of offices and then became a very successful right wing podcaster. and part of what he's been saying on these podcasts for many, many years is he's been criticizing the fbi. at one point, he called it irredeemably corrupt, and he's been spinning wild, unfounded theories about the fbi, including most recently, he said that the fbi was lying when they said they were seeking information about the suspect that planted the bombs outside the rnc and dnc before january 6th. he claims that the fbi knows who did it, but isn't telling people. this is absolutely bizarre, that a guy like this is now going to be the deputy director, which some fbi people think is a more important job than the director, because the deputy actually runs the place, supervises the special agents in charge of the field offices, traffics in some of the most sensitive intelligence in the gover

look, kash patel also named conservative commentator dan bongino as the deputy fbi director. trump, he tweeted about it, newly sworn in fbi director kash patel has been given another agency, he's been named the acting director of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, congressman. your thoughts on kash running all of these agencies and bringing on dan bongino as deputy fbi director. >> i have no problem. like i told you, when i was mayor, i reduced the number of departments from 42 to 26 and yes, some of my department directors now were in charge of other agencies or other parts of the government that i kind of combine them and so, yeah, that's a good example of how can use one person to run more than one agency. you should be using your talent as much as you can and that reduces and now you don't need a director of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. you've goat kash patel running the whole thing. that is exactly what i'm talking about. that's how can start to shrink the size of this government and the number of people that you have in this government over 2 million people

dan bongino thinks that trump should just ignore the courts. plus, the pardoned proud boy leader is confronting a january 6th officer, a police officer, and calling those people cowards. >> you are a coward. that day you are a coward after and you go home. go home. you're a traitor to this country. yes. so are you. >> twitter. >> breaking the bird premieres march. >> 9th. >> on cnn. >> friday nights you bring your a game, flaherty walks, you bring your a-game, bring your a game. when taking care of your sexual wellness and include a prescription medicine used to reduce the risk of hiv. apretude helps give you continuous protection when taken every other month, and it's proven superior to once daily prep and reducing the risk of hiv. you must be hiv negative to receive apretude and get tested before each injection. if you think you were exposed to hiv or have flu like symptoms, tell your doctor right away. more hiv testing may be needed. apretude does not prevent other sexually transmitted infections. practice safer sex to reduce your risk. get

dan bongino does have law enforcement experience.ed as a secret service agent, in new york police officer, but he has no xp -- he has no fbi experience. he is a trump appointee who worked at fox news and will oversee that operation. 38,000 fbi agents right now. that is a lot of day-to-day operations to run. critics are concerned not just because of his lack of experience, but if you talk to fbi agents like we did, his conspiracy theories, the pushing of that, and the way he has talked about trump hyperbolic late, disqualify him. >> you gotta be objective if you're gonna investigate violations of the law. you just have to. you can't come in with preconceived notions because that will influence the outcomes of these investigations. lisa: this will be the least qualified number two that the service has ever seen, along with the least qualified number one they have ever seen in kash patel. amna: you are also covering other things. what is elon musk asking for? lisa: we are going to show you what an email he sent out said, asking all fede

dan bongino served on presidential detail for barack obama and george w bush.pening today, vivek ramaswamy is expected to launch bid for governor of ohio set to kickoff his campaign in his home town of cincinnati aiming to replace mike dewine, who is term limited. last week then lieutenant govern john husted dropped out. vivek ramaswamy left doge and s suspended bid for the white ho house. the pope remains in the hospital today battle ing pneumonia and early-stage kidney failure. here is the latest on the pope's condition. lauren. >> you know, the poinpe is stil in krit can condition, last update, he had a good night and remains responsive and alert. he attended mass yesterday at the hospital. he is still receiving oxygen, increasing blood values, there are also signs -- colon insuf insufficienty and the process remains guarded. prayers for the pope at a mass, several hundred people came to pray at the basilica, including two young people studying abroad in rome. >> i hope he continues to be a beacon of light he has been. as long as he lives and i pray he heals

when you hear that dan bongino is coming on it, i am sure you will be in the same arms, what is that it means exactly what he said, is about restoring public trust in our national law enforcement institutions. it is about focusing the national security apparatus over the united states, defeating our enemies abroad were keeping our enemies out of the united states and going after the bad guys. leading -- leaving the political nonsense as side and cleaning the house. one of the things about dan bongino, agents will respect him, they will respect cash patel and respect bondy because they will lead by example, leave politics aside and stay focused in line with the america first agenda. it's common sense. >> jesse: he is inspired, already pumping me up listening to how dedicated he is. you talked about the trust. we hear about this transgender sex chat room, there is apparently as cia agent in this thing? the eye getting a sex change operations and bragging about her on work platforms. is as a national security threat? >> it's unacceptable. i have no doubt john radcliffe will clean it up

matt, what do you make of the appointment of dan bongino?u know much about his policy views and what he said about the fbi and what he would hope to do there? >> well, i took away from it more than anything else was they kept this very quiet and obviously didn't appoint him until well after kash patel was already confirmed. so this wouldn't be an issue in patel's confirmation. possibly. maybe sway some of the senators. and i will say he is a very, very, very influential voice on the right as podcast is extremely popular. um, so this will be very interesting to see how it goes in that role. and obviously also not senate confirmable. >> yes, that is true. new reporting this morning, a source telling cnn that the cia is conducting a formal review to assess any potential damage from an email sent to the white house earlier this month. the email in question, an unclassified message that identified some newly hired employees by their first name and last initial, a move that could potentially expose the roles of people working undercover abroad. so

he was confirmed by the united states senate, and now he wants dan bongino. that's how it works.nd they're going to do a great job for we, the people. >> laura: congressman, i note you're already taking action on the congressional level to subpoena the fbi for weaponization documents hidden by biden? now, how soon do you expect to get those documents, given the fact that we have, you know, new management over there at the fbi? >> soon. very soon. we think in the next couple weeks we are going to get -- these are key things that we want. key investigation where we still have the information that we think they are entitled to and answers to questions that we think the american people need. we want to know about the school boards issue. why the biden administration did that when they wrote the memo if you are a pro-life catholic you are extremist. how about this one? 26 confidential human sources here on january 6th. 17 in restricted pace. four in the capital which they were not authorized to be in. two of the four who went into the capitol with asked to be here by the fbi. can you

overnight, president trump tapped conservative podcaster dan bongino as deputy fbi director. um, he does have experience in the secret service, but not the fbi. and cnn learned that newly confirmed fbi director kash patel had told agents the deputy would come from within its ranks. cnn's katelyn polantz is here, and that's really only part of it. caitlin. >> yeah. john, the deputy. >> director of the fbi. >> is almost always someone who comes from. >> within the agency, who. >> knows how the fbi works and is an active. career employee. not so with this choice of dan bongino, with his choice being the pick here for the trump administration. >> it goes. >> in the face of what kash patel had been telling people, not only agents across the fbi, but also what was understood to be happening within the agency. recently, he had told people, according to our own evan perez's reporting, that the person who was serving as the acting deputy director during this transition phase with patel coming in, was going to likely be the pick to take on this job in a more permanent role and manage t

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the new york times once named dan bongino a, quote, misinformation, super spreader. but donald trump is choosing to name the far right podcaster, deputy fbi director all but guaranteeing a law enforcement agency of his dreams. here's what bongino said in the last hour on his live show. >> president attorney general bondi and now director. gosh, that sounds good to say. fbi director kash patel. offered this role. role? i expressed an interest in and ladies and gentlemen. i told you, you see, it's hard for me. i am, uh, i'm going to accept the role. proudly as, uh, the deputy director and the number two spot at the federal bureau of investigation. >> and my panel is back now. brian stelter. it's, um. it's not a job that requires senate confirmation. not that. given what we have seen with all of the other nominees, it probably wouldn't have been an issue. but the point is, is that he can go right in. >> right and is and to call him just a conservative commentator really sugarcoats this this story. dan bongino used to be secret service agent. then he transitioned into th

bongino is a former secret service agent turned conservative media personality.a post celebrating bongino's hiring, trump said the podcaster is, quote, willing and prepared to give up his popular podcast and radio show to take the new job. and in this morning's weather across the pacific northwest, heavy rainfall could bring 3 to 4in of rain, and some areas could receive up to seven inches. that rain may cause flash flooding, landslides, and even avalanches. more than 4 million people across the region in the northern rockies remain under flood alerts through this afternoon. coming up on cnn this morning, angry voters speaking out against president trump and elon musk. one congressman feeling the heat at a town hall. plus, the far right in germany making substantial gains. >> i'm very. >> grateful for what j.d. vance said. >> addressing the. >> democracy is at stake. and free speech. >> in germany. >> is really under pressure. so we're very, very thankful for everything jd vance did and said and for elon musk as well. >> cnn is central today. >> at. >> 7:00 easte

susan, i want to talk about dan bongino, right. for our audience, if they don't know him. far right wing podcaster, former fox news host, and of course, newly named number two at the fbi. i just want to read a few of the things he's posted online previously to familiarize our audience with him. here's a few. quote. the fbi is no longer a law enforcement entity. it's an oppo research firm for democrats with an armed political enforcement branch. he called for the fbi, as it's currently constituted, to be disbanded. and when talking about the bureau, he said, i don't trust these people at all. how's this going to work, susan? >> well, look, this is supposed to. be an apolitical job. it's one that historically has gone to a career official. >> apparently. >> kash patel now confirmed as the fbi director, had told his employees that he was planning to have a career person in this role. instead, they've. >> taken the exact. >> opposite approach. >> with the most. >> hyper partizan, hyper political alternative possible in this crucial role. who is, you know, essentially in charge

patel appointed bongino to the deputy position, which does not require senate confirmation.et service member and fox news host in 2022. he was banned from youtube for spreading covid 19 misinformation in a social media post on monday. bongino praised fbi staff as dedicated people who deserve leadership that will back them up. a federal judge has blocked president trump's plan to move transgender women inmates to men's prisons. judge royce lamberth expanded his preliminary injunction to protect a dozen prisoners who faced relocation by ordering the federal prison bureau to continue their housing and medical care, including hormone therapy. lamberth noted there are only about 16 transgender women in federal women's prisons. 13 of them are covered by landry's order. the prison bureau has not commented on the litigation. >> the trump administration's proposal to place the postal service under the control of the commerce department was met with anger and protest in washington, d.c. >> oh. #### no. ####, no. ####, no. #### no. #### no. ####, no. >> us postal service workers and un

. >>> late last night, president trump revealed the next deputy director of the fbi, naming bongino. he has been a conservative radio host and podcaster, something he is prepared to give up for the new job. he does not need senate confirmation. >>> olaf scholz suffered a stinging defeat. the conservatives got the biggest share of the vote with about 28.7%. crucially, the far right party afd placed second with a fifth of the vote. let's turn to matt bodner. what are the take aways? >> reporter: frances, good morning. these elections come at a critical time for europe and for germany, as they find themselves at a crossroads with a new trump administration, america's future relationship with europe as well as with russia and the ultimate outcome of the war in ukraine. this election saw historic turnout. 83% of the electorate made it the largest turnout since 1990. the moderate conservative party known as the christian democratic union leads with 30%, putting its head friedrich merz in position to form a government. what is most noteworthy about it is that the right wing alternative for

dan bongino is prepared to walk away from his successful conservative podcast to take on the leadership role. the role of deputy director does not need senate confirmation. >>> german chancellor olaf shold suffered a stinging loss. for the latest, let's go to foreign correspondent matt bodner. this was a high-stakes election. what are the take aways? >> reporter: frances, good morning. these elections come at a critical time for europe as well as for germany, as the continent finds itself at a crossroads with the new trump administration, america's future relationship with europe and russia in the outcome of the war in ukraine. this election saw historic turnout. 83% of the electorate, that's the largest turnout since 1990. the moderate conservative party leads the vote with nearly 30%. that puts its head, friedrich merz in position to lead efforts to form a government. he was expected to come out ahead in the election. what is most noteworthy about it is that the right wing alternative for germany party, the afd, came out in second place with 20% of the vote. to say that afd is controv

cass patel, dan bongino, the harshest critics. they will be leading the department. >> neither within the experience at the fbi. thank you very much. overnight, the trump administration gutted the usaid after we can purge of generals at the pentagon. chief white house correspondent mary bruce. >> this was in the story got a thing of senior leadership at the pentagon for the president over the weekend firing to members of the joint chiefs of staff including chairman general and for other senior officers. the president had previously praised brown calling him a patriot and a great leader. he had become a target as the trump administration tries to get rid of leaders who support diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. his replacement will be lieutenant general dan kane, a retired three-star general. now prepares to start laying off 5400 civilian workers. >> we have the overnight layoffs at usaid. >> george, the administration continues its dismantling of usaid, placing most of its staff worldwide o on the event firing 1600 u.s.-ba

. >> and in other staffing news, conservative podcaster and former fox news host dan bongino has accepted the role as deputy. fbi director. the position does not require. senate confirmation. >> and. >> typically goes to a career fbi. >> agent, meaning the. >> top two people in the bureau come to. >> the job. with zero. fbi experience. let's begin with nbc news senior white house correspondent garrett hake, former rnc. chairman and co-host of the. weekend michael steele, atlantic staff writer. ashley parker. new york times white house correspondent tyler. >> page, and. >> former manhattan assistant district attorney catherine christian. so, garrett, give us the latest on this email from doge. elon musk. >> says. >> this is coming from the president. >> but the heads of these agencies. >> all trump picks are saying. >> no, you don't need. >> to do that. >> you don't. >> need to answer this email. >> it feels like. >> a power struggle. >> yeah, katie, it's not at all clear what the end game is here, but it's certainly clear that this has been a mess. >> you have agencies. >> from the state

president trump says dan bongino is prepared to walk away from his successful conservative podcast to take on the leadership role at the bureau. he previously served as a new york city police officer and member of the secret service. the role of deputy director does not need senate confirmation. >>> german chancellor olaf scholz suffered a stinging defeat at the hands of voters, placing third in federal elections. the conservatives got the biggest share of the vote with around 28.7%. crucially, the far right party afd placed second with a fifth of the vote. for the latest, let's turn to foreign correspondent matt bodner. this was a high-stakes election. what were the take aways? >> reporter: these elections come at a critical time for europe and for germany, as the continent finds itself at a crossroads with the new trump administration, america's future relationship with europe as well as with russia and the ultimate outcome of the war in ukraine. this election saw historic turnout. 83% of the electorate. that is the largest turnout since 1990. the moderate conservative party known a

in the meantime, the president is announcing the far right podcaster dan bongino to be second in command he is a loyal trump supporter. he stoked conspiracy theories about january 6th, and david has been deeply critical of the fbi. >> david: mary bruce leading us off at the white house. thank you. >>> we turn to the delta flight out of atlanta flying to columbia, south carolina. they had just taken off when the cabin filled with thick smoke. you can see it in the images. the pilots immediately turning back to atlanta. the passengers rush to go cover their faces, then using slides to escape once they landed. gio benitez covers aviation. >> reporter: thick smoke seen filling the cabin of this delta airlines flight, passengers covering their noses, the plane forced to return to atlanta. >> smoke in the cabin and need to plan a return back. >> reporter: the 25-year-old boeing 717 bound for south carolina this morning with 99 passengers onboard. but just minutes into the flight, the cabin filling with that thick haze. delta saying the flight crew followed procedures, making an emergency rescu

bongino, who doesn't have fbi experience, previously served in the new york police department and inental resources founder harold hamm telling the financial times u.s. oil producers will not be rushing back into russia if a peace deal with ukraine is reached. a notable supporter of president trump says russia has previously been a tough area of operation for the producers. and shares of jesse takeaway are soaring in europe on a potential takeover bid by process for a $4.3 billion. shares of just eat surging on the news while process is actually pulling back. you see right here. shares of just eat up more than 50%. all right, turn it back to the markets. stocks looking to shake off friday's sell off and kick the new trading week off in the green. taking a look. futures in the green across the board right now. looks like the dow would open about 300 points higher for much more on the trading day ahead. let's bring in gina sanchez, ceo of chantico global and a cnbc contributor. gina, good morning. good to see you. let's say we're having some technical difficulties. gina, can you hear m

bongino is a former secret service agent and former nypd officer.is now. those were the words of senator bernie sanders as he kicked off his coast to coast fighting oligarchy tour. 3400 people gathered in omaha, nebraska, on friday, with 800 more being turned away at the door. the independent senator followed this up with another packed event in iowa city on saturday, and plans on visiting more districts that flipped from biden in 2020 to trump in 2024. for those out there who have been anxiously wondering where the resistance is to trump and musk, sanders had this to say. >> we can. >> defeat them. i know how much money they have. i know their ownership of the media. i know that. >> they can buy and sell politicians. i know. >> all of that. but this i. >> also know that when. we stand together and not let them. >> divide us up by the color. >> of our skin or where we were. >> born, or our sexual orientation or our religion, when we. >> stand together, we can defeat them, and we must. >> defeat them. >> sanders has been warning us about the oligarch