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we're joined now by chuck rocha, strategist for the democrats and republican strategist, ashley davise executive orders and he has been speaking afterwards. let's have a listen on what he had to say. have a listen on what he had to sa . r , have a listen on what he had to sa , �* , , ., p, have a listen on what he had to say. as part of the peace deal with putin _ say. as part of the peace deal with putin would _ say. as part of the peace deal with putin would you - say. as part of the peace deal with putin would you be - say. as part of the peace deal| with putin would you be willing to consider removing all american troops from europe? nobody— american troops from europe? nobody has asked me to do that so i nobody has asked me to do that so i don't — nobody has asked me to do that so i don't think— nobody has asked me to do that so i don't think you _ nobody has asked me to do that so i don't think you would - nobody has asked me to do that so i don't think you would have i so i don't think you would have to do— so i don't think you would have to do that _ so i don't think you would

. >> joining us now, democratic strategist chuck rocha, former communications aide to senator lindsey graham, rt aurigae and senior politics reporter for axios marc caputo. good evening, gentlemen. thanks for being here with us. marc, let's start first with you. trump and his aides say the president is in charge of doge. we just heard them lay it out. but when you take all of the facts that musk hired, the staff held a presser in the oval office that he is posting about alleged fraud almost daily. how do you square that? >> well, i don't really square it. i recognize that because it's subject of a lawsuit. the trump administration wants to say that elon musk doesn't really have this role because democrats and plaintiffs in lawsuits are claiming this is such an important role that elon musk operates in, that there needs to be more oversight. he might even occupy a cabinet level type position, and therefore he needs to be voted on or confirmed by the senate. and so the way for the trump administration to sort of avoid that is like, no, he's not really in charge, but he is. >> he's not.

live at the table scott jennings, bakari sellers, congresswoman nicole malliotakis and chuck rocha. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. good evening. i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about. elon musk and his appetite for destruction tonight, a question for the new president of the united states. is the tech billionaire really running your government? >> he's got access only to letting people go that he thinks are no good. if we agree with him. and it's only if we agree with them. he's a very talented guy from the standpoint of management and costs. elon can't do and won't do anything without our approval. and we'll give him the approval. we're appropriate. we're not appropriate. we won't. >> trump says that he's keeping tabs on musk as he works feverishly to kill off entire agencies, including the world's largest foreign aid agency, to outright ignore congress and to rough, rough run roughshod over the law to deny lutheran organizations any government money. money that gets used in places like

live at the table, jamal hill, chuck rocha, malik abdul, katie frost and joanna coles. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> good evening. i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to the breaking news tonight. donald trump escalates his purge. the president and his defense secretary have fired the nation's top general, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. the president thanked cq brown for his service. but remember, pete hegseth said this about brown just three months ago. >> well, first of all, you got to fire, um, you know, you got to fire the chairman of the joint chiefs and you got to fire this. i mean, we're going to bring in a new secretary of defense, but any general that was involved, general, admiral, whatever that was involved in, any of the die woke has got to go. like, either you're in for war fighting and that's it. and that's the only litmus test we care about. >> one prominent retired four star general tells cnn that the firing is, quote, sadly political and tragic