president congratulating dan bongino saying great news for law enforcement and american justice, dan amed next deputy director of the fbi and dan bongino himself reacting this morning saying there are dedicated people in the fbi who take their oath seriously and deserve leadership that will back them up. those are your headlines. >> ainsley: we apologize to dan, i think you called him dianne. >> brian: did i? >> ainsley: dianne bongino. >> brian: dan bongino. >> lawrence: happy for the country. does have to go through 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. >

dan bongino, the former secret service agent, turned right wing media personality, will serve as deputy director. brian todd has more on the story for us. brian bongino will wield significant power in his new job. an enormous amount. >> of power. >> wolf will be running the bureau's day to day operations, but bongino's lack of experience at the fbi and his media background have raised concern among former agents. >> president trump. >> now has two of his most loyal maga champions heading the fbi kash patel as director and now 50. >> year old dan. >> bongino, a former secret service agent turned right. wing podcaster. as deputy director. >> i got. >> a call from the. president and it couldn't have. he couldn't have been nicer. folks, it's a lot to walk away from. >> and a. >> lot to walk into. according to former fbi officials who spoke. to cnn, who believe. >> the. >> hiring of bongino will be controversial. >> and putting somebody in who's never been an fbi agent, uh, is potentially troublesome. uh, i have no problems. >> with, uh. >> dan bongino intelligence. >> or his. >> uh, the fac

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. >

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trump named dan bongino to be the deputy director of the fbi. opular 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

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

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

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

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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

so dan bongino can start today. >> all right. let's talk a little bit about what we've been seeing around the country. there. there appears to be a bit of dissent inside the trump team as you just spoke to. but it is voters who are making some things clear. they're beginning to lash out at their republican representatives. um, for what the trump administration is doing in some cases, whether it is taking more power than they think he should have, or when it comes to these cuts, because, as you said, these jobs are all over the united states, and they're starting to see some of their neighbors, perhaps their friends, perhaps they themselves are experiencing this worry or job loss. what does this spell out for you, especially as 22 2020, 2026 comes around the corner? >> well, so a couple of things right now, donald trump couldn't be in a better position having elon musk carry out basically all the dirty work. he is the bull in a china shop. elon musk is in there. he is destroying everything in his path. but the end of the story of

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

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 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

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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that he wants to cut the defense department budget by $50 billion with a b. >> and then there's dan bongino, someone who has never spent a day working at the fbi. >> but will. >> now be the deputy director. ken, tell us. >> about bongino's. >> background and what kind of reaction we're seeing to this pick. >> well, the most important thing to know about his background is that, as you said, he hasn't worked at the fbi. this is a job that, for 117 years has been. held by a career fbi agent. because this person is. actually in charge of. >> operations at a very complex law. >> enforcement agency. dan bongino. >> was a former secret. service agent, but he's. >> better known. for being. >> a. right wing. >> podcaster, a very successful podcaster who has spouted conspiracy theories. most recently on. he claimed that the fbi was lying when they said they didn't know. who placed the pipe bombs outside the. rnc and the dnc the day before the january 6th attacks. the fbi came out with a big information. >> push to. >> try to get more, more info from the public. they said they were seeking information

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

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

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

dan bongino is not being put up for the publicity director, the spokesperson. number two deputy fbi director. that position is hugely powerful. you're running the whole thing. you're reporting the director. if anything happens, you could be acting director. he does have experience as a new york city police officer, and he served as a secret service agent, which are pieces of his tenure that he has drawn on in his media career. but nbc reports that he joins what is now two dozen fox veterans. if you count broadly in this administration, which again suggests that the presentation seems to matter in the hiring process a heck of a lot more than what people did otherwise. the times also notes this is unusual the fbi top positions are filled by senior agents with extensive experience, while bongino's appointment suggests an abrupt departure from that practice with startling questions about how what are now two people atop the fbi who have never served as fbi agents, will oversee the agency? the times, obviously referring to the director, kash patel, who also has some

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

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

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

dan bongino will be deputy director of the fbi.senate confirmation necessary. >> john: neither apparently is fbi extremes. fbi experience. bongino, former secret service agent and new york city police officer never worked for the bureau. 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 swappy 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 associate of current agents asked kash patel but an active special agent would get the post. as has been the case for 117 years. >> you want someone who can build faith. instead, he's chosen someon

and i know that the fbi is going to benefit by having kash patel and dan bongino there running the agencytart is to go for accountability and transparency. that is what the american people are wanting to see. they want an end to this two tiers of justice. and, of course, my item on his early to-do list is to make certain that the epstein files are released. we need to know who participated with jeffrey epstein in building this global human trafficking, sex trafficking network. david: what about lawfare? if i know most of that is concerning the department of justice itself, but the fbi is involved in a lot of investigations. we saw how they were acting as a rogue agency, in particular there was one fbi agent himself who made up tough in order to get a fisa a warrant. how can we, how can we really stop the fbi or hold the fbi accountable when any of their investigations deal with political figures? >> well, and this is why you want to end that two tiers of justice and root out the the politicization that has taken place in that agency. and kash patel has said that he was going to do that, a

. >> president donald trump says dan bongino, a former secret service agent, turned right wing media personality, will be fbi deputy director. in a post on truth social, mr. trump called bongino a patriot with, quote, incredible love and passion for our country. bongino, a longtime trump ally, thanked the president on x. this position does not require senate confirmation. well, russia's full scale invasion of ukraine enters its third year. why? the ukrainian president now says he would be willing to step aside under certain conditions. the latest. next. >> you'll love this. centrum silver is clinically proven to support memory in older adults, so you can keep saying you mastered it, you fixed it, you nailed it. you did it with centrum silver, clinically proven to support memory in older adults. >> i'm getting vaccinated with pfizer's pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine. >> so am i because i'm at risk for pneumococcal pneumonia? >> i'm getting prevnar 20 because pneumococcal pneumonia could put me in the hospital, and my risk is six times greater because i'm over 50. >> the cdc just expand

president trump announced that dan bongino, the controversial right wing podcaster and former secret service agent, will be the bureau's new deputy director. so he'll be number two there. evan perez, cnn senior justice correspondent, joins us now. evan, i used to cover the the fbi beat with you. yeah. and i know this appointment breaks with tradition, but it also goes against what director kash patel said about the job recently. right? >> that's right. i mean, the fbi agents association put out a statement last night welcoming kash patel to the to the to the directorship at the fbi. one of the things they pointed out was that kash patel had made a couple of promises in private meetings with them. one of them was that the deputy director would continue to be an agent, a career agent, which is the tradition at the fbi, as you know, pamela. this is a job that has day to day oversight of everything the bureau does at the deputy director knows about cases. often more information about investigations going on than the director or the attorney general knows. and so this is certainly breaks

. >> 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

late last night, president trump named dan bongino as deputy director at the bureau.gino is a former secret service agent turned conservative media personality. in 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 a

president trump also announcing he's named conservative commentator dan bongino as deputy fbi director fbi experience, previously served in the new york police department and in the secret service. continental 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, g

he just announced on his knockoff ex that he is appointing right wing commentator dan bongino to serve, you heard that correctly. in his announcement, trump called this great news for law enforcement and american justice. bongino is a former secret service agent and former nypd officer. we will, of course, bring you more updates as we get them. the time to fight back 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

another key appointment posting that a former secret service agent turned pro-trump podcaster, dan bongino his pick to be the deputy director of the fbi. he has never served in the fbi and his selection comes over the fbi agents association who argued it should be filled by a career special agent, which is typically the case. this position does not require senate confirmation and this move, plus kash patel's confirmation, now puts two trump loyalists at the top of the fbi. savannah. >> garrett haake, thank you very much. >>> the world marking three years now since the start of russia's war in ukraine, the largest conflict in europe since world war ii. the anniversary playing out amid a major shift in the u.s./ukraine relationship, as well, under president trump, with ukraine's president, zelenskyy, now saying he is willing to quit if peace can be brought to his country. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us now. he is in ukraine for us this morning. richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, craig. ukraian troops at front line positions like this one say af

another headline from last night is that president trump announced that former fox news personality dan bonginocement roles. trump named bongino as deputy fbi director yesterday to note that job is traditionally held by a career fbi agent. in fact, i believe this is the first time a political appointee got that post. he is a former secret service agent, an nypd officer, though he has never served in the fbi. as a pro-trump podcaster, he has advanced a number of baseless theories about the bureau he is set to lead. the appointment does not require senate confirmation, but it's already receiving real backlash. here's how one former fbi official reacted to bongino's new role, saying in part, quote, this is really concerning. any hope that cash meaning cash bail, the fbi director could be steered by having experienced leaders around him is out the window. we now have two conspiracy theorists and election deniers running our premier law enforcement and intelligence agency. that is beyond problematic and catty. bongino has repeatedly on his podcast calling for the dismissal of any agent who had anyth