in fact, our actions we post our actions to the doge handle on x. and to the doge website. so all of our actions are maximally transparent. in fact, i don't think there's been i don't know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the doge organization. >> a lot of people, if they're being candid, are very skeptical of the definition of transparent that he is using. i mean, do you see any evidence that he is being transparent? >> it's a certain type of transparency. um, i was talking to, uh, the open government advocate, alex howard, who called it weaponized transparency. so you you offer transparency into the things that you want the public to know. sometimes, arguably too much transparency. uh, you know, putting out there things that haven't been vetted or fact checked. there was an example yesterday where, uh, musk seemed to be upset about reporting that the news agency reuters did, and he said, let's look into what funding reuters gets from the government. and again, he has a circle of people who follow him and back him up on x, and they started dig

till can doge buddy somebody now.is looking for money misspent in our tax dollars periods we are looking forward to that. "america reports" now. ♪ ♪ >> [bleep]! [bleep]! no, no, no, no! >> tropic, come on! -- drop it, come on! [bleep]! [bleep]! >> we didn't up upside down and we were hanging by our seat belts upside down. two i didn't feel like anything was wrong until the second the wheels touched the ground and it all went mayhem from there. >> john: terrifying scene in toronto, canada,, delta flight crashes and flips upside down as it hits the runway periods no and windy conditions and the officials gave an update, everybody survived but to cope people remain in the hospital and the plane remains on the runway where it will sit the next couple of days. john roberts in washington and sandra you can't imagine being at the airport 70 times and flung that aircraft so many times. you can imagine finishing the flight up upside down but they all survived. >> sandra: so many personal accounts once that moment did touchdown

america first legal, the first judge, judge mcconnell who ruled against doge tried to stop doge. we're hearing his non-profit got nearly more than 120 million bucks in taxpayer funding for his, it's called crossroads rhode island. so, but he shouldn't have recused himself? >> of course he should have. not to mention the fact this is what you're talking about when people mention draining the swamp. the layer upon layer of the way these people just continue to fail upward, use government dollars, to further their own political ideology. this is the problem donald trump and doge are exposing. it's exactly what this country needs to restore the faith, trust and confidence in our federal government. liz: hogan great to have you on. stay on the story of doge auditing the irs. now, somebody leaked to the washington post that doge is accessing private taxpayer data. elon musk is saying no they aren't doing that but a basic anti-fraud review to stop people literally stealing your money and to stop waste and corruption in government. the government literally keeping millions of dead people

what does doge really want with this data? what possible reason is there to give right-wing extremists people's social security payments, medicare payments, and personal information? will doge try to halt social security or medicare or medicaid payments? god forbid, god forbid. will doge cut funding to programs approved by congress that donald trump decides he doesn't like? what about cancer research, food banks, school lunches, veterans aid, literacy programs, small business loans? how do we know doge won't use its access to the treasury to enrich donald trump's billionaire friends? what if they go after business competition of doge's leadership? it is laughably naive to look at the wealthy billionaires who run doge and take them at their word that all they care about is efficiency. give me a break. the treasury department must revoke doge's access to the treasury payment system at once. we must halt this unlawful and dangerous power grab. doge has no business anywhere, anywhere near the federal government's payment systems n

we are learning that doge attended meetings at the pentagon on friday. doge individuals. we still do not know exactly how many people have already been fired by doge, and apparently neither does doge in the court hearing challenging these mass firings yesterday. government lawyers, trump administration lawyers could not give a number to the judge. last night, they followed up by submitting a court brief saying they are, quote, aware that a select set of agencies, in fact terminating a number, terminated a number of employees at the end of last week. how many were fired? a number? well, that's that's probably true. the judge went on to call doj's tactics unpredictable and scattershot. some examples. the trump administration last week initially fired more than 300 employees of the national nuclear security administration, but then had to rehire almost all of them. you'd think the world nuclear would have offered some clue as to the agency's important. trump was asked just about this moments ago. >> some of these workers. focus on nuclear weapons security. were immediately r

doge will do or not do next.awrence, steve, ainsley and brian. >> steve: madeleine, you starlighted with $4.7 trillion. essentially untraceable. we don't know why they never said what account it was going to or where it came from this came came from here and went there. >> madeleine: exactly. that's the hope. that's part of what doge is trying to do. that's why they say they are doing what they're doing right now. they say part of the problem is that there is a lack of trainers over here. you can't figure out what certain payments are doing. this is part of cost-cutting effort or rather what their efforts are to trim waste and fat as they say. we will see whether or not now that that change has been made with certain payments, we'll see what efforts -- >> ainsley: what about doge worworking with social security. elon said if you look at the checks going out to people. millions in database listed between 100 and 159 years old. obviously people aren't living to be 159. why are they still getting -- why are they sti

going to doge one of those unhinged, left wing liberal democrats worried that the doge exploration willgraywall of coin base on cryptofirms being de-banked? no. destroyed by regulators. >> also, liz peek will come on and tell us about nancy pelosi making her case for tax hikes on msnbc. she picked the right venue and guy benson here and we'll talk about long, sad history and wasteful history of department of education. >> tom of the hour. ...to empty nest... ♪ ...to free birds. ♪ vanguard. we got this. fifty years of helping you invest for every chapter. (vo 1) when you 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. (vo 2) viking. exploring the world in comfort. when caroline has a cough, she takes robitussin. so she can have those one-on-ones again. hey, jim... can we talk about casual fridays? for sure. what's up? get

the victory for trump and doge. judge tonya chucktin gave the green light to doge. this is the third democrat-appointed judge to reject democrats. now the trump revolution really begins. overturning democrat-run d.c. stopping waste and corruption including spending your tax money on special interests that likely recycles back as donations in order to stay in power. also tonight, this disturbing controversy. doge found the government is not tracking or tracing a mass massive $4.7 trillion in spending of your tax money. plus, social security lists 25 million people over the age of 100. even someone whose older than america and older than the u.s. constitution. tonight, congressman jeff van drew is here to react to more and more corruption and fraud getting exposed in d.c. also tonight this story. >> it's this whole sort of, trump derangement syndrome and you don't realize how real this is until you can't reason with people. liz: elon musk spoke exclusively to fox news shawn hannity about his personal experience with so-called trump derangement syndrome. american major

doge downsize.ident trump and elon musk -- they say they are not backing down. jonathan turley will join us with that just ahead. ♪ chocolate fundraiser. ♪ with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. [coins clinking] ♪ that's convenience from chase. make more of what's yours. tempur-pedic designed the ergo-pro smart base, to help you fall asleep — more easily. it's gentle massage and relaxing sounds... help calm your mind, every night. during our presidents day sale, save up to $500 now on select adjustable mattress sets. when bad allergies attack... ♪ trust claritin to keep you in the game. ♪ nothing is proven more powerful for continuous non-drowsy allergy relief. live claritin clear.® ♪ >> topping off the new hour, a live look at washington, where it is a day off for federal workers, but not for those looking to protest the trump administration's attempt to reshape ferment and cut costs. these protests taking place near the capita

i think you hit the nail on the head with doge. underrated, and i think the biggest surprise of this year is that the 10-year treasury yield is going to 4% before it goes to 5%. and the reason being is because doge is going to continue to cut, cut government spending. there's going to be a lot of layoffs which is deflationary if which may not if be absorbedded into the public sector as quickly as people think because skills or lack thereof may not be transferable. so as a rates come down, it's going to open up the opportunity for a lot of these underperforming sectors in the market. the second thing that's been really positive, stu, is earnings have blown out of the water. 16.9 earnings growth compared to just 9% estimates for this quarter with 77% reported. so a lot of good things happening. why is the market a little bit uncertain? because we're in sandbagger season which is when they take down guidance so they can beat for the rest of the year. this is the a normal seasonal occurrence. the market's a little nervous, we're many t

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there is only one big problem with the doge effort. most of its work can be undone by a future president with the stroke of a pen. to make president trump's doge reforms permanent congress must act and the best way to do this is to pass the reins act. this would return article one budgetary power of the purse to congress while promoting deregulation. it would also help lock in the doge reforms and cement president trump's legacy as the most deregulatory and cost cutting president in u.s. history. the american people are watching. it is time for congress to act. thank you and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, i now recognize the next witness for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairwoman greene, ranking member and members of the subcommittee. i'm the director of government affairs at the project on government oversight. appreciate the opportunity to be with you here today to talk about the critical issue of bringing more accountability and transparency to federal spending including rooting out waste, fraud and abuse.

the powers of doge facing high profile court battles as we wait for a decision on doge efforts to access federal records and the authority to cut government jobs. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm dana perino. >> bill: how are you doing? >> dana: it's upsetting to watch the plane landing that way. >> bill: a chance to get more imagery and more video in as well. bill hemmer, good morning. doge digging deep peeling away layer upon layer of hidden spending saving taxpayers billions already as elon musk and doge push uncle sam to show me the money and where it is going. >> dana: a steady flurry of legal action. waiting on a court ruling on a bid from several states to block doge efforts. the white house saying it's time to pull the plug on government waste. >> far too long we've had a bureaucracy running these agencies. look at what has resulted in. tens of billions of dollars in waste, fraud and abuse every single year. more than 77 million americans reelected president trump to promote monumental, fundamental change. to shake up the washington swamp and nobody better than

i don't know, but, i will say, about omb we will find in doge process, is that omb has a lot of dogeresessions, you know what happens, nothing, maybe this year will be different, that would be a good thing, it is understood that there are programs that are not working. they need to be eliminated it just never gets done. david: dog will we claw back -- doug will we claw back that money. >> no. >> really? >> it won't happen? >> all right. >> if it's out the door it's on the the door. >> da douglas holtz-eakin, take care, if you, we'll be right back. oh yeah. consolidate bad debt and save money for your next goal. take a swing at your kitchen reno... meant that literally. or design your actual dream wedding. all your ambitions. all in one app. sofi personal loans. low fixed rates. borrow up to 100 k. no fees required. go to sofi.com to view your rate. sofi. get your money right. it's time. yes, the time has come for a fresh approach to dog food. everyday, more dog people are deciding it's time to quit the kibble and feed their dogs fresh food from the farmer's dog. made by vets and deli

doge service or u.s. doge service. temporary organization. mr.. mr. musk is not the u.s. doge service administrator. fisher made that argument in a case before d.c. federal judge tanya chutkan. now, you may know that name. she's the person who, you'll recall, earned the president's insults and other verbal attacks for being the trial judge in his election interference case, which is now dropped. in this latest case, she ruled in his favor, denying a request from a number of states for a restraining order against musk and doge, saying that they lack sufficient evidence of immediate and irreparable harm from the job cuts. now, this comes just days after a federal judge in boston, george o'toole jr.. lifted a similar restraining order. by the way, he's a clinton appointee. judge chutkan was appointed by president obama. both ruled in president trump's favor. back to the question of who runs doge, though. and that court document claiming that it's not elon musk. here's what the white house press secretary says. >> this affidavit actually says he doesn't work for doge at all.

there is an x account with a doge handle. they are tweeting out what they are doing on a daily basis. they have a website where they are posting the receipts of the contracts that they are reviewing and the payments that they have stopped from going out the door, the sex of our departments -- the sex of our department -- the secretaries of our departments have stopped going out the door. before it was elon musk making our government efficient sand accountable, it was some unnamed bureaucrat that none of you knew. elon musk is the richest man in the world, he's also now one of the most highly scrutinized men in the world alongside president trump. because of what he's doing and the access that he's allowing. so there's great transparency. as for the actual receipts, we are happy to provide them and i actually brought some today. because all of you know i love to bring the receipts. we have contracts upon contracts that we can send and provide this information to you. let me be very clear. we are not trying to hide anything. we

wait until doge gets to the pentagon and some of the other big departments. i think that it's going to be mind blowing for some of the american people who have been told for years, liz, that they are not a priority. we can't fund southern border wall. we can't fund border security, but we can spend tens of billions of dollars every year on other pet projects of left wing idiologs and what elon musk and trump are doing, i think, it's a common sense, it's a triumph of americanism, of how do we prioritize the american people and all these decisions being made and how taxpayer dollars are being spent and there's a ton of insanity in d.c. for years. liz: yeah, and elon musk said, you know, just said he's going to look into, wait for this , why federal workers who make like six figure salaries, maybe 150k, why all of a sudden they are worth millions of dollars in net worth maybe tens of millions and he said he's looking into that. they are rattling the cage there and let's get to this. ned, it's against federal law to provide support to terrorists. it's punishable

and yet it's precisely what doge is doing. it's letting a small group of unelected people, secret, run rampant through the executive branch, accessing the private data millions of americans need and god knows what they're going to do with it. god knows. so there are two dangers, one, people's privacy is at stake. second, that there's a risk that this small group could cut program after program using one excuse or another, so today leader jeffries and i are joining together to push legislation to prevent unlawful mettling in the treasury department's systems and protect americans across the country. our bill aims to do a few simple things. one, to deny access to special government employees, employees that don't have to disclose their conflicts of interest or any other ethic agreements, two, to deny access to anyone with conflicts of interest or lack of appropriate clearance. and three, include personal tax information into existing privacy protections. we call our legislation, stop this deal. whatever doge is doing, it's not d

and yet it's precisely what doge is doing. it's letting a small group of unelected people, secret, run rampant through the executive branch, accessing the private data millions of americans need and god knows what they're going to do with it. god knows. so there are two dangers, one, people's privacy is at stake. second, that there's a risk that this small group could cut program after program using one excuse or another, so today leader jeffries and i are joining together to push legislation to prevent unlawful mettling in the treasury department's systems and protect americans across the country. our bill aims to do a few simple things. one, to deny access to special government employees, employees that don't have to disclose their conflicts of interest or any other ethic agreements, two, to deny access to anyone with conflicts of interest or lack of appropriate clearance. and three, include personal tax information into existing privacy protections. we call our legislation, stop this deal. whatever doge is doing, it's not d

senator wyden on x go to my office is hearing doge is at the irs.s henchmen to dig through every taxpayer in america. if your refund is delayed, they could very well be the reason. so first of all, democrats screaming into the streets with wasteful spending at usaid and other agencies. now they are circling the wagons around the irs. it is reinforcing it seems to a lot of people what democrats say about and they didn't learn lessons november 5th and completely out of touch with people in the country. >> john, the democrats are completely out of touch with the people in this country. the people in this country strongly support the irs to be audited because the irs audits every single american. why shouldn't they also be held to that same standard? that is in fact what the trump administration is doing beyond the direction of elon musk. >> john: mr. chairman, thank you for being with us. we appreciate it and hope you have a good weekend. >> sandra: u.s. eggs price as you see at the grocery and they are at record highs. and it is cooking the grocery bu

and elon musk says doge, with doge he can cut our deficit in half.top. but with the president, we can cut the budget deficit in half from $2 trillion to 1. david: can he do it? we're going to be asking the founder and co-chair of the doge caucus, congressman aaron bean, how they will make that a happen. he's next. ♪ so, what are you thinking? i'm thinking... (speaking to self) about our honeymoon. what about africa? safari? hot air balloon ride? swim with elephants? wait, can we afford a safari? great question. like everything, it takes a little planning. or, put the money towards a down-payment... ...on a ranch ...in montana ...with horses let's take a look at those scenarios. j.p. morgan wealth management has advisors in chase branches and tools, like wealth plan to keep you on track. when you're planning for it all... the answer is j.p. morgan wealth management. planning to move? join the 6 million families who discovered a smarter, more flexible way to move, with pods. save up to 20% now for a limited time. whether you're moving across town or ac

the white house is arguing not the administrator of doge or doge employee. a new filing they say he is a special government employee and senior advisor to the president similar to anita dunn for president joe biden. the president has credited musk with his work on doge many times. musk revealing on x yesterday the social security database shows 20 million americans listed as 100 years or older 3.9 million age 130 to 139, 3 1/2 million age 140 to 149, and 1.3 million who are 150 to 159. the white house press secretary karoline leavitt says doge isn't digging into the social security books but payments going to dead people and to protect the integrity of this system. >> rest assured to all the people watching your show tonight if you paid into the system honestly, you will continue to receive your social security checks. do not buy into the lies from the legacy fake news media who are trying to fear you and scare you into believing otherwise. this is what we've seen them do about president trump for years with every promise that he has made and he is going in

for more on the doge's efforts. let's bring in texas congressman and house doge congress co-chair pete sessions. thank you for joining us this afternoon. recapping what lucas reported there, the court system allowed doge to access labor department, not treasury. court cases continue. the argument is basically you have this international businessman who has plenty of conflicts of interest. shouldn't have access to this type of information, should he? >> really, the bottom line is the president of the united states dually elected across the country in a positive fashion promised on the campaign trail that we would get to the bottom of not only finding the spending that was taking place, but those things that were done against the best interests of the american people. you can say doge, you can say elon musk with every one of those employees, but the bottom line is that these are professionals that are gaining information, information that is important to not only congress, but important to the administration. it is no

doge has targeted $2 million for the buy-out. not a whole lot of people taking the buy-out but are feeling the job insecurity. but that is the total number of jobs that could be at stake. i don't think it will be anywhere that. usaid has been gutted, gone from 10,000 employees and the goal is to get it down to 300. i'm thinking about the economic consequences of that. to shift so many jobs out of the government sector into the private sector. even if the courts stop it, you can't rebuild the agencies or put the tooth paste back once it is out. i think that is a useful metaphor. >> caroline, thank you so much. good to see you. >>> up next, his north bay dream home left a muddy mess after a clogged culvert during the last big storm. now he is worried about what the next round of rain will bring. mmmm... planet oat's so creamy and not watery like- exactly! and unsweetened has 0 grams of sugar. and it's an excellent source of calcium. wow! planet oat really has it all! ♪♪ >>> the incoming atmospheric river is making a lot of people n

the democrats ramping up or on elon musk and doge. attorney general letitia james about to speak live to stop doge. the next hour the judge will hear arguments brought by 19 attorney general to block doge to get access to treasury department payment system. >> sandra: jonathan turley with the legal fight doge is up against. >> john: by pursing her white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn bracing with incoming flight of news, peter appeared. >> john, next our lawyers for the trump team expected to tell the judge that they think after winning the election, they should be allowed to make changes at the treasury department if those changes would make the treasury department more efficient. it is the name of the game, efficiency. that is why they want to look under the hood not only treasury but also the irs. >> with the irs, i have three goals. what is collections, privacy, and customer service. and i don't think there is anyone, anyone in the country who thinks that the irs has achieved its potential in either of thos

the formation of doge is not new. are any other previous presidencies were they formed organizations like doge via executive action? >> the agency occupying is one that was created in a previous administration.s i is something that happens routinely. i don't if that answers your question? >> office of budget management environmental protection agency u.s. digital service was created all by executive order. >> and what other i would add is u.s. aid was originally created an executive order by president kennedy and later. >> and madam chair i have a video i would like to end with. let's review if we could cue that and i want to remind my democratic friends at a point in which you once held the majority of the american people on your side. this is what your party believed in. >> this report tells us how to cut waste. cut red tape. streamline the bureaucracy, change procurement rules change the personnel rule create a government that works better and cost g less. i have read it where it says the president showed, the pres

we post our actions to the doge handle on x and to the doge website. all of our actions are fully public. it's not like i think i can get away with something. i'll be scrutinized nonstop. >> and tonight, cnn learning that whoever is doge is also attending meetings at the pentagon. this after seeking highly sensitive information at the social security administration and the irs. jeff zeleny is outfront, live in west palm beach, florida. so, jeff, why is the white house making it so officially unclear who's heading doge when practically speaking, it does seem to be elon musk. >> brianna, that is a great question. and for all of the controversies and really questions surrounding this first month of this administration, one of them did not seem to be who was running doge. it was hardly something being hidden. in fact, it was being celebrated by the white house. but this all came about, as you said in a court filing, when the white house has said that the administrator was not was not elon musk specifically. that is for litigation purposes. we've seen all t

plus, the obama brothers barack obama's aids now have doge envy.d to cut government waste as well, but democrats neither own doge. former trump deputy press secretary hogan gidley reacts to this new sound, but first this. >> the limiting factor is the speed at which the mine shaft elevator can move determines how many people can retire from the federal government. and the elevator breaks down sometimes and then nobody can retire. liz: elon musk exposed how the u.s. government is still stuck in the cold war era. we've got the report coming up. they were actually still using an old mine carved out of limestone, dates back to the 50s. fox news nate foy live on location outside of it and will explain what they found, coming up. >> this other thing about elon. elon is going to steal everybody's money. he has $400 billion. i'm telling you, he's not stealing your money. like wow, we have a brilliant mind that is examining these really corrupt and goofy systems and bringing in a bunch of psychopath wizards. patients who have sensitive teeth but also want w

that doge representative would not come out. we got no answer. they said that they would not meet with us. and in the cover of darkness, they want to try to not only completely damage the epa, but the department of education, medicaid, medicare, the affordable care act, all of the health and education and environmental programs to protect american families. and we got to bring it all out into the light of day. and i think these court decisions are helping to achieve that goal. >> it is as if we are in science fiction that i'm talking to a u.s. senator who's talking about going to the epa to meet with doge representative. i feel like i'm in the middle of some venetian thriller and not in a good way, but can i ask you a from the oversight that you have been able to do, those biologists, those people who, as you say, are being interviewed by young doge employees, you're saying that the one in charge, there is a 25 year old man? what are these interviews like? what kinds of questions are being asked? do you have any idea what's going on? >> yes, i'm

. >> democrats continue to resist doge. they marched in washington today to protest cuts doge is making and bashed president trump and elon musk. >> everyone knows there is waste in government and should be cut. doge is using a meat ax. >> why does elon musk want to get rid of all of this? because he's a thief, a gangsta. >> a rally a day keeps fascists away. >> multiple democrats saidf trump and said promoted physical trump against trump administration while protesting doge. elon musk and doge revealed that retirement for federal workers, believe it or not, are handled in a lime stone cave in pennsylvania that has been around since 1950s. everything is processed by hand with paper in a process that takes several months to c complete. >> trace: the stuff we learn everyday about this is fascinating. bring in elizabeth pitco and trump deputy communication caroline sunshine. great to have you in los angeles and great to have you on set. newest thing is doge tracker, elizabeth. put it on the screen. 50 sdlt days. 251 per taxpay

in the posting, i don't see anything specific to doge.e know that there are certainly some out there protesting more than just that. >> so far, doge i think has identified several billion dollars that were being spent in ways that probably weren't in keeping with how taxpayers would want their money to be spent. these folks want to spend presidents' day out there protesting that, i guess that's their prerogative, but i think there's a lot of taxpayers in this country who would say "why are they out there?" i'm still not sure. >> may be, some of them don't realize it either, but many of them do see that they are there to protest. for example, doge and some of the early efforts of this administration. we will keep an eye on it. >> we have a bluebird blue sky greeting them today, but it is a little bit chilly. meantime, deadly floods in kentucky. widespread damage, search and rescue efforts still underway. plus this. >> our mission to finish the mission that god put me on many years ago. i'm going nowhere. >> defiant new york city mayor adam

elon musk s has been tasked with overseeing doge on behalf of the president and doge employees, doge folks have been on boarding at respective employees. larry: i love when she pans like that and a lot of legal backup and we found newt gingrich and former house speaker and fox news. newt, this thing is growing and this sort of pile of fraud and corruption. and specifically not on social security numbers but i don't know if you heard the riff but people over 100 -- there's some people 150 years of age who were getting social security and all this has been calculated and numbers have been reviewed and 21 million, roughly 21 million people over 100 could cause $522 billion. $522 billion, one-third of actual social security spending could be fraudulent. i say could be. i don't know that it is. but that's what some early reports are suggesting and what do you make of this because this stuff has never been uncovered and looked up before it's high time. and simple and used old government system and pentagon never audited scenario yet it spends enormous amount of money and some is pure corru

the american people did not vote to let doge get ahold of doge's social security numbers, to give them a chokehold on treasury payments is outlandishly dangerous, it is like letting a tiger into a petting zoo and hoping for the best. the bureau of the fiscal service which oversees these treasury department payments, executes over one billion transactions a year worth over $6 trillion. if these payments were accidentally halted or ma nip lated it could paralyze the economy if we're not careful. one mistake and people's social security payments could be stop, loans to businesses could be in danger. the treasury department is using extraordinary efforts to make sure we do not default. this all begs the question, what does doge really want with all of this data. what possible reason is there to give extremists, right-wing extremist people social security payments, medicare payments and personal information? will doge try to halt social security or medicare or medicaid? god forbid. will doge stop funding program by congress that donald trump he doesn't like? what about literacy programs, sm

anybody who supports doge. let's listen to congresswoman presley who says we want to censor you if you don't agree with us. let's get your reaction to this , watch. >> let me tell you something. i'll take a bit here and speak on behalf of my colleagues. i think i can say we are all willing to work with anyone serious about doing the work on censoring the american people and advancing progress. but they are not serious. liz: she said it right off the bat. she said i'll take some offense here and be annoying. so, what do you make of her saying we want to censor the american people if they disagree with them. >> republicans aren't for censoring, we're for freedom and you've seen the transparency that the trump administration has brought through these different information and investigations and this the tip of the iceberg of all of the atrocities we'll see of our government spending go gone amu. liz: it's about changing the left extremism so out of touch for the american people. final word. isn't that it? >> what'

a doge made a lot of sense. there are lots of ways to bring efficiency. defense can contracting, making loser pays with resolutions, have more fixed price contracts. that is where you could bring innovation, that is what i thought we were going to get instead a sledgehammer at the workforce with people who have no knowledge of the functions of the agencies they are going after. then the backtracking at department of energy when they said oops maybe we schuppe fire the people will take control of nuclear materials. that kind of lack of knowledge and irresponsible approach is making people scratch their heads. it is making americans scratch their heads, the european people, that is one reason with some of my republican colleagues as we were coming over there before the vice president' spaefrp that -- speech this is the most important munich conference we had to come to to say regardless of what is coming out were the white house we are not walking away from nato or alliance or trading partnerships. >> so that is w

we welcome doge to the pentagon. elon to the pentagon very soon and his teamworking in collaboration with us. there is -- are the waste, that need to be addressed. climate programs pursued at the defense department. we are not in the business of climate change, solving the global thermostat. we're in the business of deterring and winning wars. we want to find ways to to find efficiencies. we want the keen eye of doge. we'll do it in coordination. we won't do things to the detriment of american operational and tactical capabilities. president trump is committed to delivering the best possible military. defense department is not usaid. usaid has a lot of problems that i talked about with the troops pursuing globalist agenda with no connection to america first. that's not the defense department. we aren't perfect, either. where we can find billions of dollars -- he is right to say billions inside the defense department. every dollar we save there is a dollar that goes to war fighters and good for the american people. >>

the formation of doge is not new. are you familiar with any other previous presidencies where they formed organizations like this by executive action? >> the agency that doge's occupying was created in a previous administration. it is something that happens routinely. i don't know if that answers your question. >> the office of management and budget was created. all by executive order. >> when actually i would add was usaid. it was created by executive order by president kennedy. >> i have a video i would like to in with -- end with. i want to remind my democratic friends at a point in which she once had the majority of the american people on your side, this is what your party believes in. >> this report tells us how to cut waste, cut red tape, streamlined the bureaucracy. change the personnel rules and create a government that works better and costs less. >> among the 800 recommendations were eliminating 12% of the federal workforce, merging some agencies, closing hundreds of government offices outside washington. >>

host: you support or oppose elon musk's doge efforts? caller: i opposed doge -- i oppose doge.nd i wanted to point out that donald trump has -- he misled his followers. i believe they had no idea that elon musk would be put in that type of position and doing what he is doing. he has not been cleared of security. this is outlandish. you have to really look at it. i don't even know if donald trump is the president as he was before. he seems like he wants to be a developer. he throws out these shiny balls saying this shiny ball, we will take over gaza. what? what common sense is that? clearly he does not have the american people in his heart to do right for the american people while the grocery bills are going up higher during all of this calamity that is going on. it is despicable, and he should be ashamed. and to the caller from texas, there are many people that live in america. he is not the only person america represents. i don't know why people don't get it, that there are a lot of different people here in america. he is a christian. hopefully someday we will all learn to liv

listen, doge -- you're not wrong in that doge is responding to -- it's responding to a real problem. and that problem being that there are -- there are many functions of government that are not working the way they should that are not delivering in the way that they should in an efficient way, in a way that -- that is being good stewardess of the taxpayer dollar. and people see it. right? they see it in their every day lives. it takes sometimes 10 years to complete a bridge project. give me a break. you drive past and you see a bridge under construction for 10 years. and the government says this is funded by our taxpayer dollars and it makes people pissed off and they should be pissed off. there's a lot of things like that. that is what it's in response. to i think it's the wrong remedy and i think sit largely a theatrical and perform active response to that that -- that's picking small little examples out of the air and then pretending that those examples are -- are policy at large and our illustrative of the larger response in government and how government works. that's not largely

he is the doge employee who was cut.s let go because of that connection to those racist and eugenic posts on a twitter account associated with him. elon musk said he's getting his job back. writing on x, quote, he will be brought back. anderson. >> all right. thanks very much. up next, more on the fate of u.s. aid and the impact on millions of people's lives and u.s. security and influence in the world. fareed zakaria joins me to discuss that also. would you vote for someone found guilty of trying to overthrow or destroy the united states government by force? a key figure in the january 6th riots that trump pardoned says he wants to run for office. keeping them honest ahead. >> the boeing 747 has crashed in the lockerbie area., trying to find out the why of it became everything. >> nothing is what it seems in the lockerbie story. >> lockerbie, the bombing of pan am flight 103, february 16th on cnn. >> ontario, canada. stable and secure. when the world around us isn't, you can rely on us for energy to power your growing e

quite a contrast from anti-doge protests. there were several protest events here today around midday. in austin, texas, there were protests against the trump administration's actions. hundreds of people turned out of the texas capitol as part of the no kings on presidents' day movement. despite the holiday, federal judge heard arguments about elon musk and his team's access to federal data. there was no r ruling issued. the judge seemed skeptical about the state's argument that for her to issue a temporary restraining order there needs to be imminent harm. fox sources suggest doge access to the system at the internal revenue service is imminent. critics worry because that system contains sensitive taxpayer information. experts note elon musk and his doge team are government employees and if they've been hired to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, they must be allowed to do so. layoffs are hitting at the irs, doge will dig into tax collections. >> trace: mike emanuel live in d.c. let's bring in the founder and ceo of -- former trump

. >> with the holiday came a rare court hearing and a temporary doge victory. obama appointed federal judge who oversaw the election interference case decided to halt doge, making personnel cuts in seven federal agencies. >> this is about restoring democracies. >> they're trying to restrict doge's access. the judge said she would issue a ruling on the request within 24 hours, but did express skepticism on the ag's argument that doge poses imminent harm. the u.s. district judge bates. the labor department, health and human services, and the consumer protection bureau. judge baits acknowledged privacy concerns argued by workers unions, but ultimately decided that doge ultimately qualifies as a federal agency, and has the authority to access government records. a separate emergency appeal is poised to become the first legal challenge of the president's second term to reach the supreme court. it involves president trump's decision to fire the chief of the office of the special counsel, the federal worker watchdog. fox news has obtained ail copy of the appeal filed

ashley: keep on doging, now to this.or education secretary, linda mcmahon appearing before the senate health committee yesterday, the future of the department hanging in the balance. erica donalds, faculty member at the leadership institute, you were at the confirmation hearing. does the man have the votes? >> reporter: it was an honor to be there and watch her show the worldwide donald trump selected her as executive of the department a lot of the shut it down as he promised to do, not only is she experienced as executive of an international organization, the wwe but she knows education it is passionate about it having served on the state board of education in connecticut. the hearing was uneventful in some ways because there wasn't anything they could get her on. she was well prepared except the hecklers, there were quite a few hecklers, haters, the teachers union and their allies but other than that it was a display of her prowess as an executive and how well prepared she is to lead this agency. ashley: the haters wil