daniel dale notes in his fact check that the faa wrote in 2019 that the quote, candidates in this program will receive the same vigorous, the same rigorous consideration in terms of aptitude, medical and security qualifications as those individuals considered for a standard public opening for air traffic controller jobs. president trump did later in his

. >> cnn's daniel dale is joining us for a fact check of some of this. , daniel, can you tell us about what trump said there? is it true? >> i showed a social media post from the president elect yesterday to an expert in california water policy, a man named jeffrey mount. he said, abby, none of it is true. so this has just been a staggering quantity of wrongness from the president elect in a very short period of time. and there have been some small specific examples, like he keeps saying that governor newsom refused to sign a so-called water restoration declaration. in fact, no such declaration even exists. as newsom's office has pointed out. he also said yesterday that they're not using firefighting planes. we've seen those planes. they're there. but more than that, abby, i think the president elect has promoted an overarching false narrative. you heard a bit of it there that this the challenges we're seeing in the firefighting effort have something to do with a long running policy battle about how much water should be kept in the north of the state to p

let's bring in cnn's daniel dale to help us fact check what president trump said there in the oval office. daniel, a lot of golden oldies there in terms of false claims by president trump. what stands out? >> so, jake, i missed a bunch of that, honestly. so forgive me if i omit some golden oldies, but i'm told that he repeated the story he's been telling a lot this week. this claim that former house speaker nancy pelosi has admitted on tape that she rejected an offer of 10,000 national guard troops for the capitol on january 6th, 2021. that is not true at all. that's not what the tape shows. so it is true that pelosi has a filmmaker daughter who was filming her on january 6th and showed nancy pelosi saying on that tape, she said, i take responsibility for not having them prepare more. talking about capitol security, but nothing in that general statement saying, you know, i wish i had done more to prevent this from happening is a specific admission that trump made some sort of offer to her. in fact, she has steadfastly denied that he ever made such an offer to her, not admitted it, denied

. >> thank you, by daniel dale to fact check some of what we just heard from president trump. and there was certainly a lot. daniel, what stands out to you? >> there were a lot of big lies there, anderson. he said again the u.s. is the only country with birthright citizenship. that's not close to true. at least a couple of dozens have it including u.s. neighbors canada and mexico. he said the u.s. took hundreds of billions of dollars in from china thanks to the tariffs he imposed in his first term that revenue came from u.s. citizens, u.s. importers pay those tariffs and often pass on the costs to u.s. consumers. he spoke again about how nato, european members of nato have contributed $200 billion less to ukraine than the u.s. have. in fact, data shows that the european members have provided 10s of billions more aid than the u.s. has. so he has that reversed. again, he repeated his assertion that china controls the panama canal. china does have influence in area and control to operate two ports on the canal. but that canal is operated by the panamanian canal authority staffed b

cnn's daniel dale is standing by. daniel, first of all, i just have to say he's kind of contradicting himself, at least in in what i'm hearing. he's blaming the accident on lower standards. he says when it comes to diversity hiring for air traffic controllers, although i don't know any evidence that the standards were lowered, there certainly is an effort for diversity in hiring and the standards he's talking about were implemented in 2013 and were there throughout his first term and then the biden term. but beyond that, he's also blaming the pilot of the black hawk. so if he's blaming the pilot of the black hawk, i'm not really sure why. it's the fault of the air traffic controller hiring system. >> i'm entirely with you, jake. i think those are very good points. three other quick things from those remarks. we heard. number one, again, there is precisely no available evidence right now that anything related to biden rules and regulations caused this crash. we'll wait and see what the investigation uncovers. number two

daniel dale, cnn, washington. >> all right.oining me right now to discuss the president elect's inclination to name, call and criticize california's leadership at a time of such devastation. cnn politics white house reporter stephen collinson. stephen, great to see you. so while trump has long feuded with california governor gavin newsom, why does the incoming president see this as advantageous right now? >> i think firstly, because it fits into this conceit that we heard a lot on the campaign trail from the president elect, that democratic cities are obsessed with progressive priorities, like the environment, as daniel was talking about. and don't do the basics for their people. so that's one thing you heard jd vance, the vice president elect on television this morning talking about incompetence in democratic governments, especially in l.a. and in sacramento, also in eight days time, donald trump will be the president and he's going to inherit this massive crisis, at least the federal end of it. as soon as he walks into the wh

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cnn's daniel dale is standing by to fact check a bit of what we've just heard from the president. daniel, i've heard the president say this so many times, he did not win the youth vote. he did better with youth than republicans normally do. but he did not win the youth vote, let alone by 36 percentage points. >> he keeps saying 36. >> points, jake. >> and this is one of these cases where it's like, if you just told the truth, it would be impressive. it is absolutely true, as you said, that young voters shifted toward trump compared to 2020, did better than most republicans past as well, but did not win them. cnn exit polling shows that vice then vice president harris beat trump 54% to 43% among voters age 18 to 24, 53% to 45% among voters age 25 to 29, harris led 51% to 45% among voters aged 30 to 39. the ap votecast estimates had similar, although slightly narrower, margins, so he didn't win youth voters at all, let alone by 36. as he keeps saying. >> all right, daniel dale, anything else jump out at you. >> that he just started talking, so i'm sure there'll be more as he continue

let's bring in cnn's daniel dale to get the facts on what trump said today and in the past about fema's response in north carolina to hurricane helene. daniel, walk us through the president's comments. >> jake. >> the president is totally. >> entitled, of course, to criticize fema. >> and today. and in. >> months past, he has delivered some. >> accurate criticism of fema. >> but he's also. >> said a lot of things about fema and the general federal response to helene that are just wrong, including a bunch of claims that i think could potentially dissuade americans who need federal disaster assistance from even applying for it. so. >> for example. >> trump said this month that fema is out of money. if you're thinking of applying for fema. >> aid, please know that. >> is not even close to true. fema's disaster relief fund had about $27 billion in it as. >> of. >> two weeks ago. similarly, the president has said repeatedly that fema has no money for north carolina because it took all that money and gave it to illegal immigrants. that did not happen. what actually happened was that congress

. >> in we have our daniel. dale brian stelter and jeff zeleny with us. but i do want to go to you first, daniel dale. >> to. >> talk about a very big issue that is going to affect a. >> lot of. >> americans. and that is. the recent. >> pause by the white. >> house on these federal grants and loans. let karoline leavitt tried to say repeatedly that she had answered this question, that direct assistance like social security, medicare, food stamps, if you're getting that direct assistance or that direct check from the government. >> it's not going to. >> be affected. but there's a lot of groups that you would expect in nonprofits that you would expect. will asked about meals and wheels head start. she wouldn't answer that question. and there's also so much other federal funding that goes to nonprofits that goes to local and state entities. so not directly to individuals, but to entities that provide that essential aid than to individuals that's held up. what did you think about what you. >> heard? >> yeah, i think. >> it's a it's a classic spinmeister tacti

we're going to daniel dale is getting ready to do a fact check on what he said about january 6th. and, um, who was killed and what the sort of what actually happened that day. but before we get to that, before this press conference and what we heard about panama and the panama canal and greenland and canada and a whole host of other things, by far the biggest news story was mark zuckerberg saying this morning that they are totally changing their rules. they're getting rid of third party fact checkers, um, effectively saying exactly what what x is doing, what elon musk is doing and what donald trump and maga world have been asking for for a very long time, are steve contorno asked whether or not he believes that these changes, capitulations are a direct response to trump's threat, and trump just said one word. probably. >> well, i mean, the value to listening to trump and to airing these press conferences is that he often says what he really thinks, and he just had dinner with mark zuckerberg. exactly. at mar-a-lago not that long ago, not far from where he was standing. and that is

and that is where we bring in cnn's daniel dale. niel, so you have donald trump talking about that, as we've discussed. but i want to play for you some another topic that the president elect took on was talking about january 6th. once again, let's play this. >> this would be the only insurrection in history where people went in as insurrectionists with not one gun. okay. and let me tell you, the people that you're talking about have a lot of guns in their home for hunting and for shooting and for entertainment. a lot, of lot of good reasons. but there wasn't one gun that they found daniel not true. >> kate. in addition to the knives, tasers, batons, axes, chemical sprays, baseball bats, rioters carried guns during that capitol riot. >> we've known this for years now we know it because it's been proven in court over and over again. i have an incomplete list here. ryder mark mazza brought two loaded handguns onto capitol grounds, pleaded guilty. got five years in prison. a guy reffitt was convicted for bringing a handgun to the capitol

but then daniel dale, the fact-checker on cnn, decides to do this. this not one gun thing, danna, has been debunked for three and a half years if not more. it's an out and out lie. we will never get a complete inventory of guns brought by the capitol that day most of them were permitted to leave before later being arrested. there have been numerous cases in which people carried guns on capitol grounds and were convicted for it. >> laura: isn't it the case that they understand what trump was saying there that this was not an effort to carry out an insurrection at the capitol. there were people who shouldn't have done what they did but, in general, this -- this was not the way it was portrayed by the media or by the democrats. and, again, they continue. they won't let it go like they have learned nothing. >> and the whole country knows that, laura. the whole country has looked at this. they know the fax. they know the democrats tried to turn this into their issue that they thought they could win on forever by frankly lying to the country what happened

buheckt then daniel dale, the fact-checked her on cnn decides to do this.ch.ee >> this gun thing has been debunked three and a half years now if not more. bit is an out and out light. we will never get complete inventory of thes br number con jamaicans brought to the capitol hill that dave and most were permitted to leave in numerous cases they carry guns>> on capitol grounds and were t haconvicted for it. >> laura: is and if the casean they understand what trump was saying there and this is not an effort to carry out insurrection at the capital. they were people that should not have done what they did but in general, this was not the way ir was portrayed by the media or by the democrats. began, they continue. not they won't let it go like they've learned nothing. >> the whole country knows that, laura. the whole country is looked atek this and they know the facts and the democrat thas tried to turns into their issue they could wino unon forever by frankly lying th the country what happened thate day and by prosecuting people there peacefully, laura, who di

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daniel dale is with me to talk about some of the claims that he made. and, daniel, as i go to you, i just want you to know that i was as we were coming on the air, getting a text from a former senior fema official, just saying, what about the people? the people in north carolina, the people in, in, in, in l.a., but in particular the people in north carolina who are hearing the president come have already gotten the disinformation, misinformation in their sort of echo chambers from their neighbors who haven't applied for aid, that maybe they are eligible for, that could really help them because they don't have the correct facts. help us with that. >> the lies impact people's lives. they really do. so again, people are entitled to criticize fema's response to helene. the overall biden administration's response. but the fact is that trump has made numerous claims about fema and that federal response that are just not true. so, for example, he said in early january that fema is out of money. one of those lies that impacts people. it is not out of money. fema

. >> senior reporter, daniel dale, to fact check some of what we just heard from president trump. and there was certainly a lot. daniel, what stands out to you? >> there were a lot of big lies there, anderson. >> trump did an entire 45 minute press conference with reporters last night. that's more than biden's, given the white house press corps in all of last year. but cnn's probably going to have to fact check me. founder of public news michael shellenberger joins us now. all right. so you're already seeing the avalanche of hoaxes and kind of sinister smears. is this stuff going to work now? >> hey, jesse, it's good to be with you. you know, i don't think so. you know, you get a sense of a real vibe shift, as they would say. it's not just that trump defeated the democrats politically, but there's a moral defeat here. i mean, you know, you have to remember, in 2017, we saw millions of people in the streets. we saw hundreds of arrests this year. we didn't see anything like that. and when it comes to the big issues, affirming that there's only two genders reaffirming the first amendm

. >> okay, just because the facts matter, our daniel dale checked that claim because, i mean, you know, you're like, wait, what? okay, well, this is what it turns out. the white house and the state department had no evidence that even came close to approving this claim. even close. in fact, total worldwide spending on usaid condom spending for the whole world is less than $50 billion. so that that does not add up. meanwhile, it is worth noting that trump's view on the spending freeze did meet bipartisan resistance. i'm sure it was more democrat than republican, but there were republicans pounding the table on this one, some of them now cheering trump's decision to backtrack, backtrack on the spending freeze. >> i made it clear. >> that i thought. >> it was too sweeping, that it was causing a lot of confusion and consternation in my state, particularly for nonprofit organizations and i. am glad that. it's apparently been rescinded. >> and pennsylvania senator dave mccormick posting tonight. i'm grateful to all the pennsylvanians who reached out about the administration's spending pause

daniel dale is, of course, our fact checker. i want to start first with you, richard, you are there. you covered these issues in and out. what was your biggest takeaway? >> well, first of all, good luck, daniel, as you try and fact check that lot. i am absolutely exhausted having listened to all of that. it was a potpourri of of great hits. but if we actually sift it down to policy announcements that that we learned from today, number one, he's calling on opec to lower the price of oil via the saudis. he wants them to lower the price of oil. but at the same time, he wants the saudis, who've already pledged to spend 500 billion to raise that to $1 trillion. he says he's now hoping that the crown prince, mbs will invest $1 trillion in the united states. he's going to now call upon nato to increase the defense spending to 5%. now, he talked about this during the election. but today, as i listened to the president, he said, i am calling on nato to increase the defense spending to 5% when barely. you know, it was a hard job to get th

i know daniel dale and his team is working on a fact check about some of the contested claims that she made at that briefing. right now, of course, we are seeing this flood the zone strategy, this fire hose. in the first trump term, we saw we saw a firehose of falsehood from the president and his aides. and that's keeping the fact checkers very busy. ultimately, it's also an attention war. and i think we have to view this all as a war for attention. trump wants to be ubiquitous. he wants to be everywhere. leavitt bragged about that yesterday. she seems to want to be everywhere as well. that's the strategy of the republicans. if you're a democrat, you're probably asking yourself, what is the strategy to respond to that? how do you combat someone who wants all the attention and all the publicity, even the bad press? we know that's one of trump's strengths. >> brian stelter great to see you this morning. thank you very much, kate. so at least three people were injured after a fire started in the tail section of a south korean passenger jet on tuesday. south korea's news agency said the ai

daniel dale notes in his fact check that the faa wrote in 2019 that the quote, candidates in this program will receive the same vigor, the same rigorous consideration in terms of aptitude, medical and security qualifications as those individuals considered for a standard public opening for air traffic controller jobs. president trump did later in his news conference today backpedal a bit. >> we don't know that necessarily. it's even the controller's fault. >> on dei and the claims that you've made. are you saying this crash was somehow. >> caused and the result. >> of diversity hiring? and what. evidence have you seen to support these claims? >> it just could have been the people in the helicopter should have seen where they were going. i can't imagine people with, uh, 20 over 20 vision not seeing, you know, what's happening up there. >> so he's kind of all over the place. he was blaming diversity. then he's saying that maybe it wasn't the air traffic controller's fault, suggesting that the pilots in the helicopter were the problem. should have seen. then he was seemed to be unsure of his

. >> cnn's senior reporter daniel dale fact checked some of those statements. according to his reporting, experts on both the democratic republic of the congo and the neighboring republic of congo have told cnn there's no evidence for claims that they have emptied their prisons in the u.s. as for the number of migrants who've entered the u.s. during the biden administration through december, there had been 11 million encounters with migrants during the biden administration. joining us now, the hills national political reporter julia manchester. julia, good morning to you. morning. so they are, in fact, moving very quickly. and they are involving u.s. troops from the department of defense. you heard the press secretary there talking about it. what has the reaction been to this on capitol hill from both sides of the aisle? well, it's interesting. >> yesterday we saw the laken riley act pass through the house. it will go to president trump's desk. obviously a different, you know, a slightly different immigration topic. but i think you're going to see, obviously, r

i want to bring in cnn's daniel dale to fact check what we just heard from the president. i was texting with governor newsom's director of communications, ezzy garden, about what he claimed about the water being withheld in california. and he texted back, quote, the president is deeply confused. what's the bottom line here? what are the facts? >> it's possible that state. >> and state and local officials in california made a whole host of errors in preparing and responding to these wildfires, so this isn't to absolve them, but the fact is that whatever happened in los angeles has nothing to do with a little fish in northern california. like president trump keeps saying. he keeps saying or suggesting that there was insufficient water in los angeles. you know, those dry hydrants we heard about in pacific palisades because the state didn't send enough water down from northern california to l.a., instead was doing environmental protection like protecting the delta smelt. i've talked to a bunch of experts in california water policy. complicated stuff. but on this subject, it's

dale, thank you. 10 45 is the time. >> in san francisco, we have new mayor daniel lurie stepping up efforts to confront the city's fentanylsis on wednesday, he introduced the fentanyl state of emergency ordinance to the board of supervisors. now, if it's approved, the city would expand shelter capacity and treatment options for those dealing with drug use and homelessness. the city would also implement some new mental health initiatives and also higher additional health and public safety staff as well. >> we have a lot of work to do. we can no longer treat this fentanyl crisis like 95 issue. this a crisis that happens. 24 hours a day. >> well, this proposed expansion of services comes a san francisco is facing a two-year 780 million dollar budget deficit. lori says that if the emergency ordinance is approved, it would unlock previously allocated funds, although he didn't elaborate on exactly where those funds would come from. contra. costa county deputies, meanwhile, are investigating the theft of nearly 200 bronze vases from gravesites. these are examples of what the missing faces look like. they went missing from oaklan

garza ceased fine hostage dale was due to the gone about 8 minutes ago, but it looks like that might not happen. i just wanna bring you some lines that are coming in from daniel her gar. it is rarely on a spokesman. he is saying that the military is fully ready, full, the implementation offices, fine. i'm ready to respond if, if the terms are broken by him us. in the last couple of minutes we have of course, had from a, the is rarely saying that they are waiting from us to get the names of the captives that are due to be released today. that they have not received those names. and until those names are released by him, us, the safe spot will not begin. let's go to tom. erica moved, associated professor of public policy at the doe institute for graduate studies. and he's also a specialist on conflict resolution international aid. so tell me i, what do you make of where we're at a 10 minutes into uh when the cx 5 is due to stops it's, it's not looking particularly good as it and indeed, but at the same time, i think even days of eighty's, i realize think that's how mass is facing many technical hopkins to identify and to ensure that this kept his lives and to p