brianna. all right. katie bow and alex marquardt, i know you have some news about the usaid, which is feeling earthquakes now all the way overseas to where so many of its employees are stationed. >> yeah, brianna, it, too is being dismantled, one step at a time. for the past few days, we have heard this steady drumbeat of people being frozen out of their accounts. hundreds and hundreds of contractors, the top level career official officials being put on leave. and now we have this, this agency wide, broad mandate directive by the top of usaid that everybody, all the direct hires. so these are the direct u.s. government employees are being put on administrative leave, which means they will go home. they will keep their pay. but keep in mind, brianna, of course, there are thousands of these direct hires, and most of them are around the world. so those agency staffers will have to pack up and get home. they say within the next 30 days, many of them are working in far reaching, dangerous and desperate places

brianna. >> let's talk about this now with former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. andy, do you think that this is going to work this lawsuit? >> well, i think it tips the scales somewhat in the agents favor. >> which is. absolutely necessary. >> it has the advantages of taking. >> this process. >> which seems designed for only one result. right. to put the department and bureau leadership in a position of purging these agents for doing the lawful work that they did. and it now introduces some degree of judicial review or oversight of that process, some some neutral third party, our courts that can step in and say what you're doing here is denying these agents their due process rights, and you are also putting them at risk by potentially violating their privacy rights under the privacy act. if you release their names to the public. so it's i think it's a great move. i think it's necessary for them to stand up and defend themselves. and this is the proper way to do that at this point in the i

it doesn't sound. >> like it, brianna. brianna. brianna, can i ask you a question? was this telework available prior to covid, or was this something that was born out. >> of covid? >> do you know that? >> can you answer prior to covid, sir? >> due to covid. >> prior to covid. >> covid it was. >> yes. >> okay. they could telework. okay. and so what you're saying now is they're not being allowed to telework. or is somebody just telling you that because it sounds anecdotal? >> it's not anecdotal, sir. okay. it's not anecdotal. i'm telling you, it's not anecdotal. >> so, no, brianna, what i'm asking you is, did somebody tell you this? did they call you up on the phone or did you read about it in an article? no, i'm asking the question, sir. >> i'm talking to dozens of military spouses. they had telework before covid. they are in a position where they will not be able to maintain their work because of this return to work. eo, even the opm guidance involving remote work is not being honored to the word by some of these agencies, which is going to have to force them out of

brianna. >> all right, jeremy, thank you. and now to our cnn chief congressional correspondent, manu raju on the hill. what are you hearing from lawmakers? >> well, republicans themselves are uncertain what to make of this. some of them were surprised, and many of them are surprised when they first heard this. others rejected out of hand, said this is completely unworkable. >> and many. >> of them want more details, especially as donald trump is talking about this more and more and suggesting this is not something, just something he was just spouting off at the press conference, but actually something that he actually wants to see accomplished. but even so, there are still republicans who don't believe this is something that can actually be pulled off. >> i'm just arguing. >> what is the logistical challenge. >> of rebuilding. >> gaza. >> which i. >> am told there's not a brick. >> standing upon a brick in a way which implies structural integrity. >> but do you think do you think your constituents would want you. >> should re

we've checked and they have not gotten back to us, brianna. >> all right. we'll wait to see what they do say. jeff zeleny live for us at the white house. thank you. boris. >> federal employees at the epa's environmental justice and civil rights office have been told they could be put on leave in the coming days. they were told that an all staff meeting, the change would be part of president trump's order ending all dei initiatives. cnn's rene marsh is going to break this down for us. rene. the trump administration has already closed the epa's dei office. so what is the environmental justice office do and how many workers could be impacted? >> right. so this is an office. it's the environmental justice as well as the external civil rights office. and these are individuals who are making sure that grant's policies are keeping in mind that there are certain communities that could be facing disproportionate impacts from things like climate change and pollution and making sure that federal funding and programs are equitably distributed so that they can prepare t

and as of today, brianna, the answer is yes. both attorneys for both blake lively and for justin baldoni, they have said they are ready to move full steam ahead. today, outside of court, our colleague nikki brown, who was covering for us, she caught brian friedman. and this is what he said. he said, quote, my clients are devastated financially and emotionally. and he is saying that is the reason why they want to move quickly with this. now, i have received a statement from attorneys for blake lively. here is what they tell me. quote, the court granted our request that all attorneys in the matter actually follow the rule of law and not make any statements that could prejudice a jury. this case deals with serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation. we will hold the defendants accountable, and we are confident that once all the evidence is submitted in this matter, miss lively will prevail. now, her attorneys also telling me they are ready for discovery. so both sides, brianna, ready to go, ready to go to trial. >> al

brianna. >> all right. jeff zeleny, thank you for that. live for us from the white house, for us., as these dramatic cuts to the federal workforce start to take shape, elon musk remains on his mission to revamp the federal workforce. >> he's also sowing confusion and chaos within government ranks. the white house calling musk a special government employee working only at the approval of the president. what remains unclear, though, is whether an unelected businessman can wield this level of authority. joining us now, former defense secretary and cia director under president obama, leon panetta. sir, thanks so much for being with us. the white house, obviously, with the help of doge, has targeted omb, the treasury, usaid and all federal employees across the country. ultimately, what do you think their goal is? >> well, there's no question that their goal is to create a great deal of turmoil and uncertainty. look, the problem is, at least in my experience, that presidents are really not able to produce change through executive orders alone. h

. >> for those details, brianna. >> and here with us now is randi irwin, the president of the national federation of federal employees, which represents more than 100,000 government employees across many different government agencies and departments. randi, thank you so much for being with us. and i do want to note, you've called this resignation deal, this buyout a scam. you've warned federal workers against taking it. tell us why. >> what this administration is describing. >> as. >> the deal they're offering is not the. >> deal they're offering. when you read what the. contract says. they're making it sound like federal workers are going to be. >> put on administrative leave and. >> paid until the end of september. >> there's no guarantee of that. they're probably. going to have to. >> continue working. >> so it's. >> not that. >> we're opposed to it. all of the union attorneys have looked. >> at it. >> there's a consensus among them. and who are you going to believe. >> you can believe this administration that. >> it has. >> is dead set. >> against federal employees and has said the

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thanks, brianna. >> and let's talk now with billy nolan, former acting faa administrator. he's currently the chief regulatory affairs officer for archer aviation incorporated. he also flew army helicopters and was a pilot for american airlines. billy, thanks for being with us. and maybe you can give us a sense of what we should be expecting here, because the ntsb will be holding a news conference here in the next few hours. they have this data recovered from the black hawk helicopter. they will be releasing. what information might we learn? what might we not learn? >> yeah. >> well, thank you for having me on today. >> i don't think. >> we will learn. >> today at this briefing that you will have a definitive answer. you know, once, once they've got the data off of the the black box for the, the black hawk, it will take them time to look at that, to transcribe that, to make sure that they've got that exactly right. and this is just a part of what's a very methodical process. and i know there's this really, really need and want for desire for answers. but it is critically im

brianna. >> all right. stephanie elam, we know you'll continue to follow this story. thank you. boris. >> the first jobs report of 2025 is out. and the numbers for january not quite what economists had expected. the labor market added only 143,000 jobs, though the unemployment rate dropped to 4%, which is historically low. cnn's matt egan is here to crunch the numbers for us. matt, how do you read them? well. >> boris, january. >> has a. >> long history. >> of being. >> a messy month. when it comes to jobs reports. and this one definitely lived up to that reputation. there's a lot of conflicting signals here, a lot. >> of. >> moving parts. let me go through the numbers 143,000 jobs. >> added in january. >> that is worse than expected. and as you. >> can see on that. >> chart, this was a big slowdown from the gangbusters growth at the end of last year. december was revised upwardly to 307,000. so this is less than half of that pace. digging into why. >> this happened. >> economists had been bracing for a slowdown, in part because of the los angeles wildfires and the extremely col

i'm boris sanchez alongside brianna keilar in washington, d.c. and at any moment, president donald trump is expected to hold a joint press conference with japanese prime minister shigeru ishiba. live from the white house. >> and cnn's kaitlan collins is there. caitlin, the president likely to face some tough questions as the administration pushes forward with its federal worker crackdown. tell us more. yeah. >> they've been praising that deadline that was extended because the judge who blocked it from happening last night and going into effect, they're saying that the fact that it's extended until those legal arguments can happen on monday actually benefits them. we know the numbers last night were about 65,000 federal workers who had decided to take that. what is being described essentially as a buyout here. we'll see what happens with those legal challenges that have been running head first into president trump's agenda. but right now, we're here waiting for him to come out with his second world leader that he has met with this week. this time,

brianna. >> i certainly snapped to attention with that question. and one of the one of the key things here is that we've been fighting for are the due process rights of the agents. and if someone did something corrupt or illegal, they can be held accountable. but we certainly want, you know, it to be a fair process. and as mr. patel testified, he said all employees will be protected against retribution. and we're certainly going to hold him to his word on that. >> all right, mike, stick with us. we'll be right back after a quick break with more on what was a pretty eventful press conference there at the white house. >> cnn news central, brought to you by viking. exploring the world in comfort. >> when it really philosophize about it, there's one thing you don't have enough of, and that's time. time is a truly scarce commodity. when you come to that realization, i think it's very important to spend time wisely. and what better way of spending time than traveling? continuing to educate ourselves and broaden our minds. >> viking. exploring the world i

brianna. >> the clock is ticking for staff at the u.s. agency for international development. employees around the world will be placed on administrative leave friday in order to return to the u.s. the directive comes as the trump administration has begun dismantling the agency and has frozen almost all foreign aid. secretary of state marco rubio says he is acting administrator of the agency, confirming the day facto takeover by the state department. when asked about the future of the agency. here's what president trump said from the oval office. >> it sounds like you're. >> going. >> to wind. >> down. >> usaid. >> which sounds like it. >> now, if usaid is winding down, that would end a decades long mission for the agency, which was created by president john f kennedy at the height of the cold war, kennedy wanted to use foreign assistance as a way to counter soviet influence. ironically, the agency would eventually outlive the soviet union. fast forward to today, with the u.s. spending roughly $40 billion in foreign aid annually. sounds like a lot actually accounts for less th

brianna borghi, wcvb newscenter five. >> fluffy snow, thank you so much, brianna borghi. >> you know, the snowfall. not impressive, but that snow measuring stick that they sell. >> you out. >> there in new england. that's nice. they don't waste their money marketing that to us in georgia. >> no they don't i don't know when i saw. >> that wish it was hand holding her hand. i was like, what is that? >> it's fancy. it's a snow measuring stick. >> all right. well, the white house and elon musk's so-called department of government efficiency blasted a judge's ruling to block access to the treasury's payment system. >> musk says the treasury jointly agreed to a number of changes, all of which would be implemented by existing longtime government employees, not members of his team. cnn's betsy klein explains what could happen next with that ruling. betsy. good morning. >> well, victor. >> and amara, president trump ran and won in 2024 on slashing waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. and as. part of those plans, he has really empowered elon musk and the so-called doge department o

. >> reporter: it's the same situation a few doors down at another family restaurant, brianna's ice cream, which has a large clientele. >> what's keeping people away is the news on tv about immigration raids and how immigration is going and they aren't just going for criminals, but they're going for everybody. if you look the part, if you fit the profile, they'll stop you and, you know, they'll try to get you. people are scared of going out right now. >> reporter: at iguana's the dishwashers' hours have been cut to keep costs down. >> it's a big situation we're going through. i'm afraid if we keep going like this, we might lose our business because rent doesn't stop. our bills, cost of goods and everything, it's more, you know, than what it used to be before. >> reporter: store owners say the impact is being felt throughout the community. >> latinos don't only go and spend money on a mexican restaurant. they go and spend money in an american breakfast restaurant, 7-elevens, gas stations. so it affects everybody. >>> navigating the immigration system and changing policies can be a real cha

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he talked about how john winthrop and i thought of you, brianna, you are such a history buff.e one that said i dreamt of a city on a hill with a godly society and a link than to serve as an example to the world. he talked about roger williams who found at the state island and named the city providence. he was a theologian. he wants to get back to those ideals of the godly country. >> brian: a lot of those guys were shouting about president trump on the steps of the capitol building. and they are shaking his hand because talking about my bipartisan shipping came together for the laken riley act. he also talked about with this country some people against the border of being sealed and some people for men and women sports. we will disagree there but it is important to have religion in the country. >> lawrence: he also said as she laid out some of the bills and nominations, got 99-0 when it came to marco rubio's nomination. i know you can come together because i have seen you do it before. i hope we can change for the betterment of the country. i thought that was powerful. >> ains

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brianna smith. abc earlier today, city leaders mentioned. >> that there was a remote area with debris where. something happened with. the aircraft. so can you elaborate on that? >> the question is on comment that was made earlier about a remote area and something happening with the aircraft. i haven't seen that comment. so at this time i can't comment on it. but at our next press briefing, we'll evaluate it. yes. >> jennifer homendy jonathan kersley. >> from. channel nine australia. you touched on it briefly before. you're dealing. >> with two major. >> accidents now. >> two. >> major collisions in the space of a couple of days. how do you deal with that? >> well, the question is, how do we deal with two major collisions in a span of days? we are a very small federal agency. most people aren't aware that we only have 436 employees at the ntsb, and that spans all modes of transportation for aviation safety. we have a number of investigators because our mandate is to do quite more than the other modes

and, brianna, these were just some of the moves that musk and his doge personnel were making over the weekend, moves that had actually been in the works for a while. >> exactly right. and his team now has access as well to sensitive payment systems at the treasury department. and the run up, as boris alluded to there, to this started a few weeks before trump even took office, when members of his transition team showed up at treasury wanting answers about how government payments are processed. things really came to a head last friday when the top civil servant at treasury, david lebryk, left unexpectedly after trump affiliated officials expressed interest in stopping certain payments, according to one person familiar with the department. liebreich pushed back on those inquiries, saying we don't do that. and that source went on to tell cnn that the trump officials seem, quote, to want treasury to be the choke point on payments. and that is unprecedented. the person added that it is not treasury's role to decide which payments to make. it is, quote, just to make the effing payments. that

. >> brianna, thank you very much. julianna tatelbaum live in our london newsroom, taking one more look at us futures. again, we're seeing big declines across the board. we just showed you a short time ago. red arrows across the board when it comes to the us futures for the s&p, the dow and for the nasdaq. right now the dow looks like it would open more than 600 points lower. we're also seeing the spike in the canadian dollar and the mexican peso compared to the us dollar, and a fall in the euro that is pushing it to parity with the us dollar. let's discuss all of this now with greg branch, founder of branch global capital advisors, a financial consulting firm, and james pethokoukis, an economic policy analyst at the american enterprise institute. both are cnbc contributors. good morning to both of you. thank you for joining us on this day. >> good morning frank. >> greg, why don't we start with you take a look at us. futures under heavy selling pressure. i want to ask you why the president telegraphed all these moves

my name is brianna morales with the housing action coalition as their s.f. organizer and i am here to speak in support of the amendments proposed by supervisor sauder particularly because it enables projects like the the sutter project to move forward. >> we appreciate the supervisors leadership and work in advancing housing policies that expand our housing opportunities and recognize that these things come with a lot of complexities. so we're eager to see projects like this move forward to bring more homes to san francisco and more neighbors to our community. the sauder the sutter project will bring 303 new homes 33% affordable and that's something that we really want to see move forward. not to mention it also comes with a child care facility and a lot of pedestrian improvements. >> so it represents the type of transit thinking and thoughtful planning that we really desperately need. it also does it in a lot of creative ways that maximize state funding to build affordable housing without relying on san francisco dollars which is a rare and valuable opportu