i love that the washington post reached out to caroline leavitt and said, what's your proof? her statement from the press conference. that was her proof. the washington post said. that's not proof. that's why they gave her four pinocchios. the idea that hamas, trump is reading off a teleprompter to when he was saying that wasn't like off the cuff. >> yeah, it was prepared. >> it is an administration wide lie to say $50 million were going to gaza and that hamas was making condom bombs, i guess. i don't know how you do that. and so and 1.5 billion of them to them, i guess it just plays to their base. i would imagine the palestinians in gaza would love $50 million, not for gaza, not for condoms, but to rebuild their homes and hospitals and stuff like that. we saw the devastation. it's unlike anything we've ever seen in our lives, but they're not going to stop. it's i guess it plays well with musk and those guys on the right, that's all. >> and i was going to say like, you know, we can kind of laugh about it a little bit. and regardless of what the actual lie is or what the joke

caroline leavitt is a ten, but also ten. the amount of beers it takes for a homeless guy to have sex with joy behar. not homeless, takes 100. all right, so right now, the democratic party is finding itself in a very uncomfortable spot. and no, i don't mean in a men's room stall next to a very lactose intolerant bernie sanders. no, the dems are screwed because the republicans have pulled the high ground maneuver by becoming the party of common sense, which means anything that might challenge that has to be the opposite, as in bat crazy, because parties are about differentiation. and how do you differentiate from saying see by staking out the common sense middle, i.e. public safety and actual border cutting a bloated federal budget budget. the republicans have put the dems in the crazy corner. they're stuck now at odds with basic truths americans desire. it was always the case, but now it's really transparent. and if any democrat tries to deal the common sense card himself, like, say, fetterman, then you now look a whole lot l

now, with more white house press secretary, caroline leavitt. caroline, great to have you. great job on your first day. i think you brought a little shock and awe into that room yourself. how'd you like it? >> well. >> thanks so much for having me, sean. and i loved it. you know why? because i work for a president who is getting things done, who is delivering on the promises he made to the american people and who speaks the truth. so i'm so humbled by the outpouring of support i've heard from people across the country saying, you know, we're doing such a great job at the white house. well, it's easy to do a good job when you are acting on common sense and you are speaking the truth. and that's exactly what president trump is doing every single day. >> canada, mexico, panama, denmark, colombia, venezuela all have given in to donald trump. they've all caved. and well also over the weekend. not a small note. he did kill a bunch of isis terrorists that did not get a lot of media play. >> that's right. there is so much good news, so much winning out of the trump white house righ

. >> next, white house press secretary caroline leavitt answers questions on tariffs, the deadly planerash in washington, d.c. and other items. from the washington press room, this is 20 minutes. sec. leavitt: good afternoon, everybody. good to see all of you. happy friday. it is good to be back with you. dent's actions in the wake of the catastrophic air collision that claimed the lives of 67 people at reagan national airport on wednesday night. everyone in this white house continues to mourn the victims and keep their friends and families in our thoughts and prayers during this unimaginable time. first, within moments of the collision, the president and his team were in immediate communication. the president was briefed on wednesday evening following the crash. again on thursday morning. he has continued to receive updates as recovery efforts continue on the ground. the president, as you know, took time to address the nation yesterday afternoon. to deliver accountability, he swiftly signed a memorandum directing an immediate assessment of the federal immediate -- federal aviation adm

. >> during the press briefing, karen leavitt -- caroline leavitt was asked and he said he wouldn't take migrants back who were in handcuffs. thanks so much. >> hundreds of troops arriving at guantanamo bay to set up a migrant detention center as trump pulled out all the stops to tackle the illegal immigration crisis. here we go. it is already the top of the new hour. welcome back. we head into our two. >> what a difference a difference and then our makes. thousands of people rallied in downtown los angeles. protesters pour onto the busy 101 freeway, completely shutting it down for hours. it is not clear if anyone was taken into custody. >> two illegal immigrants charged with the murder of a 63-year-old man in his own home. >> paul perez is here with his thoughts. what more can you tell us about this awful murder in chicago? >> he led a multiply agency immigration enforcement last sunday and on the same day, prosecutors say two targeted and killed a 63-year-old businessman and a gruesome death. a21-year-old from venezuela and a 29-year-old from ecuador each faith one felony count of murd

. >> are, white house press secretary caroline leavitt said yesterday.who entered the country illegally is, quote, by definition, a criminal, and they are subject to deportation. hamas today released three more hostages as part of the gaza ceasefire agreement. one of the people freed this morning is a u.s. citizen. this is video of 65 year old keith segal being released in gaza city early this morning. hamas also freed two other hostages who had been held captive since its attack on israel in october of 2023. the three hostages were released in exchange for more than 180 palestinian prisoners. they were greeted by a huge crowd of supporters. israel has agreed to release around 1000 palestinians who were detained on suspicion of militancy as part of the ceasefire deal. they have been held without trial since the day after the october 7th attack. the release marks the first of several releases planned during phase one of the ceasefire agreement. rickey henderson was larger than life. how fans remembered one of the greatest of all time at an event celebrati

you know, peter, in her first briefing, i think caroline leavitt was questioned by peter alexander about this and came up with that, you know, some untold number of million dollars, 60 to $90 million was spent on condoms. not true at all, according to the washington post. you know, fact check, which we you know, it got four pinocchios from from the washington post. but it's you know, all of us have looked through this and it's just not true. aid into gaza is one of the things we're in. all of these multiple missions that i traveled with secretary blinken last year, he was trying to surge aid in after israel had frozen food, water, fuel in the opening days of the invasion, weeks of the invasion, nine days in. maybe, maybe it was a little later than that. secretary blinken spent hours and hours arguing that that should be lifted. and as part of this cease fire deal, as you guys both know, a surge in aid in trucks going in. you know, israel doesn't trust the un, the world food program and un agencies unwra. but us aid and care and the world food program have all been critical to that effort

from what caroline leavitt, the white house press secretary, said with respect to this crash. and then i'm going to ask you about it on the other end. let's let's listen. when you. >> are flying on an airplane with your loved ones, which every one of us in this room has, do you pray. that your plane lands safely. and gets you to your destination, or. >> do you. >> pray that the. >> pilot has a certain. >> skin color? >> i think. >> we. >> all. >> know the answer to that question. >> i don't even know what the question means, let alone know the answer to that question is creating some kind of dichotomy that we shouldn't value diversity over safety, which means you i don't know, i don't know, i don't know what you think she's saying. i don't know what she's saying. >> it seems. >> pretty clear. >> that the. >> question here is. whether diversity. can coexist with merit. and i. think that answer, just simply based on the show is. >> yes. >> it can coexist with merit. >> it does coexist with merit. but this is something that this president and this administration has been absolute

. >> that was white house press secretary caroline leavitt yesterday, weighing in on elon musk's roleled department of government efficiency is now officially a special government employee. that new designation, confirmed to nbc news by a white house official, means musk is neither a full time employee nor a government volunteer. he's in that middle space, but it's expected by. he's expected to abide by conflict of interest requirements and ethics policies, though they may be less rigorous than actual federal workers. musk, the richest man on the planet, has taken credit for cutting dea contracts, ending billions in federal foreign aid and the dismantling ongoing right now of usaid. when asked if musk is overstepping his role, president trump defended his actions. >> elon can't do and won't do anything without our approval, and we'll give him the approval where appropriate. we're not appropriate. we won't. >> joining us now, us special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. katty, thanks for joining a little early. i know we're doing morning joe later to talk about this relationship b

memo, but judge john mcconnell disagreed, citing this tweet from white house press secretary caroline leavittd the freeze would still be executed even after the rescission. mcconnell said the memo, which caused widespread confusion and chaos, appeared to violate the law. joining us now, marc elias, founder of. democracy docket, partner at elias law group, and birthday boy. happy birthday, marc elias. >> happy birthday. >> marc, and welcome. so you know this this has been a week of additional exposure. you have the hearings going on for fbi director and secretary of health. you've got the courts now beginning to weigh in as these lawsuits are ramping up with respect to, you know, this constitutional showdown that we see in the courts, while the backdrop you've got these illiberal, unconstitutional, unconstitutionally based appointees being leveled up. what how do you see this playing out? what should we should we see more courts now weighing in? how? just give us a sense of how effective this is going to be in terms of stopping what we're seeing, not just in terms of the funding triggers that

. >> caroline leavitt, in addition to the president himself in the oval office, saying that there will be tariffs announced today and they will take effect today. but the challenge is that here we are at 1 p.m. eastern time, and we still haven't heard anything from the white house or seen any sort of documentation that would actually make these official. but look, here's what here's the talking points in terms of what they say they're going to do 25% tariffs on mexico and canada in addition to a 10% tariff on china, which, by the way, could get ratcheted up as high as 60% as was promised on the campaign trail. this would impact, and i can't underscore this enough, an enormous amount of imports into the united states. when you look at just the raw billions of dollars in goods that we take in from these countries, take a look at china, mexico and canada, over $400 billion each. and when you combine all three of those countries, they represent 42% of all imports into the united states. these are the three biggest trade partners for the united states. but what's interesting about this is,

all of this coming after the explicit announcement from the press secretary, caroline leavitt, as well as president trump himself from the oval office yesterday, saying that they would take effect at some point today on this saturday. but again, it's a bit of a schrodinger's tariff situation right now. we haven't had the official reaction, although you can see the reaction over to our friends in the north, where it does seem like they're at least prepping something that seems to point to some sort of implicit acknowledgment that these tariffs are indeed coming. today. >> schrÖdinger's tariff i think you get extra points for that one. you might want to run and copyright that pretty quickly. i'm wondering if you're hearing, like officials i'm speaking to say not only is it not clear if and when these tariffs are going into place, they're not exactly sure what trump wants from them, right. he said he wants canada to crack down on fentanyl and secure the border. but it's very amorphous and it's not specific steps. so do these countries even know what they could possibly do to undo the tari

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and yet you heard, as you say, caroline leavitt, say no, the freeze is still in effect. going forward. so i think we're going to see that litigated even further. remember what jd vance said a couple of years back in a podcast when he was not yet the vice president, but he was talking about the prospect of trump coming back to office. he said that trump should go ahead and just start firing people and doing all kinds of things and let the courts say what they're going to say. and then and then then demand that the courts enforce it. remember the old andrew jackson line? you know what? you know who you know. you know, the chief justice, john marshall, has made his decision. now let him enforce it. we're going to see whether or not this white house and this administration take the court seriously, because the courts are going to be involved in this pretty, pretty deeply. it's hard to imagine that an agency can be shut down without a court jumping in and saying, that's not the power of the executive to do, given how, you know, given what they just did last year on the chevro