we're awaiting president trump's remarks at the annual retreat in doral, florida. there's a lot of action and senate moving to confirm scott bessent as treasury secretary of this hour. take a break. we'll be back in two. also, this story coming up, espn, steven a. smith gave democrats a big reality check saying he regrets voting for kamala harris. we'll get that story for you and the cia coming clean about covid not likely leaking around for china and they said that after moments of trump's cia picks and rfk junior for running hhs this wednesday and growing bipartisan agreement with rfk jr. the food supply is sick. we have this story. >> it's an honor to be here and honor to serve on behalf of the president and behalf of the country. talking to the chairman and other folks here, we're in capable hands. war fighters are ready to go. liz: that was pete hegseth, his first day on the job as pentagon chief and ready to warrior culture and democrat culture wars and the pentagon getting rid of that and retires u.s. special forces jim hanson here to weigh n. first this. >>

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new senator dave mccormack will tell us how we can beat russia, fox news aishah hasnie live in doral, florida, she continues to get the choice assignment in flood sunshine, go ahead, tell us how difficult it is to be in florida. reporter: i am a very lucky girl, thank you very much, it gorgeous. we're making news, house ar-- house republican leadership pushing message of unity, president trump wantwants to unite the conference. that message not really being received by every single house g.o.p. conference member, i talking with congressman chip roy who not here, about why he is skipping this. >> if you are asking me to spend money to sit in a resorts rather than our damn job in washington. with a plan we put forward while you have no plan? we have presented a plan, leadership said we don't have votes for that show me that. reporter: so house freedom caucus offered two bill plan to acome plir arto okay accomplish president trump's goals last night president trump said he is open to one or two bills, vice president jd vance spoke today, to g.o.p. conference. and ralph norman told us he wants to

aishah hosni is reporting from doral, florida. >> good morning, sandra. easier said than done to try to get everybody on the same page. you have a slim majority in the house and all these different factions who want different things. a senior house gop source tells us that's the goal of this weekend or this week is to try to get all these different folks on the same page. remember, though, president trump not too long ago before his inauguration invited these folks for in-person meetings down in mar-a-lago to talk about his one, big, beautiful bill including expanding tax cuts, energy legislation, everything and the kitchen sink. the house freedom caucus continue to divert from speaker johnson's plan by lobbying for two different bills, sandra, with tax cuts put in the latter bill. a group of republicans who want salt caps lifted. another group wants massive, massive cuts. >> i think we're getting close to being there. there is not one person that is going to get absolutely everything that they want in this bill. i think we have to get this bill right bec

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good luck, something we're all watching out of doral, florida today. thanks for your time. >> dana: former doge co-chair vivek ramaswamy explaining why he stepped down from his role at the department of government efficiency and got candid about his relationship with elon musk. >> different approaches. i focused on a legislative approach and he approached it technology. i wish him well and we're on the same page. divide and conquer in saving the country. >> bill: okay. >> dana: two very strong personalities, intelligent people and it seems like maybe room for one. >> bill: a lot of alpha males in the room. he will run for governor in ohio. set up an interesting election back there. we'll watch that and see. >> dana: a lot of vance's team is moving over to help him do that. we have to watch that. >> bill: trump won the state by 11 and by eight points both times. federal agents conducting raids in new york city as we speak trying to take more illegal migrants with criminal backgrounds off the streets. we'll see how they do and there is also this. check i

ilia: donald trump estÁ en su club de golf de doral, florida, y hablÓ sobre lo que sucediÓ con gustavold trump mencionÓ lo que pasÓ. primero, agradeciÓ a marco rubio por ayudarlo con las negociaciones. tambiÉn dijo que colombia se opuso a recibir este aviÓn con inmigrantes porque estaban encadenados. indicÓ que eran criminales, asesinos y capos de la droga. [habla en inglÉs] reportera: dijo que los aranceles eran una de sus palabras favoritas en el diccionario, y que serÍa una tÁctica que va a utilizar con otros paÍses. ilia: gracias. esta crisis diplomÁtica entre colombia y estados unidos deja a muchos colombianos con la suspensiÓn indefinida de citas para avisar. los bovinos anunciaron que se —— los gobiernos anunciaron que se superÓ el impasse, pero estÁn en la cuerda floja. reportero: una calma. >> se emborrachÓ el presidente. reportero: asÍ dijo que fue su actuar en redes. >> el trino tiene 33 millones de personas que lo leyeron. me va mejor si me traduce unas personas que ni entienden las palabras que digo. reportero: en teorÍa, ya no hay crisis. un comunicado de ambos paÍses dic

manu raju in doral, florida, for us. i want to bring back our political experts in lulu garcia-navarro. let me start with you. as you know, trump is taking a bit of a victory lap right now after the country of colombia backed down in the face of the tariff threat that he had issued. how big of a win is this for trump? >> it's a win, there's no doubt. i mean, he basically faced down colombia, which is an ally, which is a country that actually the united states has a trade surplus with, which is a country which has a very strong strategic partnership in fighting the drug war. so yay, victory. but it's a victory against an ally. so the message that he's definitely sending is one that he's going to play tough. but the person that he played tough with, quite frankly wasn't really vladimir putin in russia. >> good point. valencia johnson does colombia backing down show the effectiveness of these trump tariff threats? >> i don't know if it fully shows the effectiveness to what lulu was saying, because of who the government of c

actually in the district i'm privileged to represent, the republican conference is meeting in doral, floridautheast florida, to go through these issues to figure out how we move forward because our margins are so slim that there's very little margin for error. cheryl: well, that's interesting. and that certainly -- that conference is going to be hopefully you all can get on the same page, you know. all right, certainly it's great to speak with you, congressman, mario diaz-balart, always great see you. have a great weekend. thank you. >> likewise, thank you. cheryl: all right. we'll be right back. (♪) (♪) what took you so long? i'm sorry, there was a long line at the thai place. you get the sauce i like? of course! you're the man! i wish. the future isn't scary. not investing in it is. before investing, carefully read and consider fund investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and more in prospectus at invesco.com ♪ only servicenow connects every corner of your business, pfft ... every corner? every corner, nick. ow! so kate in hr ... hey kate. can focus on people, not process. patty in

let's head to doral, florida, president trump is meeting with house republicans, will be very important. fox news aishah hasnie is joining us live. how come you get the florida beat? reporter: well, i love it i am so happy to be be here. the weather is glorious and president is in good spirits a ran into him by ha happen chance, and i asked how is he feeling, he said he had a great week and looking forward to speaking to house republicans, i am told by senior g.o.p. source, the remarks at 5:00 will try to unite the republican conference behind his agenda, he wants to get it done as quickly as possible, here is speaker mike johnson talking about what we can expect this week. >> some d big decisions will be made, and align with senate and our colleagues there and move forward on that. reconciliation process, and other issues that are upon us. reporter: so this is the first time that president trump is hosting full g.o.p. house conference, s since becoming president, he met with smaller key groups in mar-a-lago a few weeks ago, one was house freedom caucus, he prefers his one big beautiful

first up, ice news aishah hasnie live in doral, florida, and keeps getting the best assign el pasos in the florida sunshine. good, high supra aural headphones. tell us how -- go ahead, aishah, and tell us how difficult it is to be done there. reporter: i'm a very lucky girl, larry. we're making news and house leadership is down here and pushing the message of unity and president trump wants to unit the republican conference and don't have a big margin in the house and can't afford to lose many republicans and that message not really being received by every single house gop conference member. i talked with chip roy not in doral about skipping this one out. watch. >> asking me to spend money to sit in a resort without doing our job in washington and the plan we put forward and you've not no plan. we have a plan. leadership says we don't have the votes for that plan. show me that. reporter: house freedom caucus, larry, offered up a two bill plan to accomplish president trump's goals to pass border security, rate the debt ceiler -- raise the debt ceiling first, and then expand the tax cuts

. >> bill: aishah hosni is in doral, florida with the latest on what happened last night and what the message is today. aishah, good morning to you. hello. >> bill and martha, good morning to you. president trump last night acknowledged he doesn't have the wide margin in the house. he can't afford to lose three or four republicans or less than that. unfortunately, not every republican in the house gop conference is here at this unifying annual retreat. in fact, i was just told that only about 170 out of the 218 are here in miami and they are missing critical figures like chip roy who as you know demanded cuts and off sets. he is not here and neither is congressman andy biggs. this was the first time that president trump addressed the full gop conference in person since becoming the president and he laid out his agenda, his goals to expand his tax cuts, pass border security and energy legislation. also raise the debt ceiling. he told the gop not to get bogged down in how many bills it would take to get it done. right now the house freedom caucus continues to push forward two separate b

president trump expected to address all things policy while hosting the group at his golf club in doral, floridawith us, and you just talked to trump and how was his golf game? >> john, i was in the right place at the right time, and he it just gotten off the golf course after he golfed and i was just finished with lunch, and he sat a table next to where i was, and i said, hello, mr. president, and i asked how he is doing. he said we had a great week and he said he'll see me at 5 o'clock which is when he addresses the house gop conference during this annual issues conference here in doral and the main goal here, john, of this week is to really unify this conference behind the president's agenda, his very ambitious agenda. remember, he posted a couple of different factions of the gop conference in mar-a-lago not too long ago and they spoke about his preference for the one big beautiful bill that would include all of his priorities like expanding his tax cuts, border security and energy legislation, and the house freedom caucus, john, continues to divert from speaker johnson's plan by lobbying for

. >> florida at his doral resort. the lead starts right now. the trump. >> administration kicking. >> off week number two with two major overhauls, one cracking down on who gets to serve in the u.s. military and two who is in the united states illegally. the new rules and new raids happening nationwide. plus, thousands, tens of thousands of palestinians in gaza are returning to their homes as the cease fire appears to hold. what they are coming home to as world leaders debate what could happen to them and their land. but first, the chinese ai startup called deepseek taking the world by storm. operating like other ai companies but at a fraction of the cost, its crazy price tag and censorship that comes along with it. welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. and we're going to start with breaking news in our money lead and deepseek a relatively new chinese ai company, rattling u.s. stock markets today. the tech heavy nasdaq closing down more than 3%. deepseek is only one year old, but already claims it can keep up with other ai platforms such as cha

in doral, florida, i'm dana marie mcnicol, fox news. >> when president trump's executive orders that signed on his first day in office was ending birthright citizenship. well, three days later, a federal judge called it, quote, blatantly unconstitutional and issued a temporary restraining order. saint mary's college political science professor corey cook joined us earlier to discuss the president's order. >> this was a promise to his base that he was going to do this. he's done this. it's unlikely to, you know, barring a constitutional amendment, it's unlikely to have the force of law. but he did do what he promised to do when he was running for office. >> 22 states and four civil rights organizations have all filed lawsuits claiming the executive order is unconstitutional. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer is urging the newly confirmed department of homeland security secretary to reinstate a safety board that was aimed at protecting children in schools. the trump administration disbanded the entire federal school safety clearinghouse external advisory board. that bipartisan gr

correspondent vaughn hillyard, traveling ahead of the president's trip or his his meetings in doral, florida, i should say, and nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley here in washington. vaughn, the president is fulfilling his promises. he's also flexing his muscles with u.s. allies in latin america. >> right. >> we are going to hear from president trump for the first time since a standoff with colombia's president and other officials. this is a moment for president trump, where he is going to set to speak to the house gop conference here at his doral property. and after a 24 hours in which donald trump levied 25% tariffs on goods that were set to come from colombia into the united states, including the flower and coffee market, and that was in response to gustavo petro, the president of colombia, rejecting two u.s. military aircraft that were in route to the country with deportee migrants that had been caught by u.s. ice officials. as part of this first wave of efforts to track down undocumented criminals and send them back to their native countries, and in response to the r

also tonight, president trump due to arrive at his resort in doral, florida, after today's trip to las. it has been a whirlwind first week back in office for the president. cnn's steve contorno is there. he joins us with the latest. and steve, it hasn't even been a week. it's been five days with with a lot that's happened in between. we just saw trump rallying with supporters in las vegas, and we saw him both talking about what he's doing in the future and going backward and attacking, continuing to attack. now, former president biden. >> that's right jessica. donald trump, going through many of his first week actions, including his new plan to. pause aid to foreign countries. this will. >> be a. 90 day. >> moratorium that his administration will put in place. and during that time, they will look, they will look to determine. which countries deserve aid, which countries align with the u.s. interests. of course, all that will be under donald trump's decision as to determining that alignment. and just one of many areas that he covered in what was essentially an extended victory lap for d

trump in doral, florida for the g.o.p. meeting down there retreat. congressional institute speaking for an hour and five minutes. here comes the dance. [ymca] ♪ >> exactly one week to the day since being president of the united states he need to vote for big things legislative agenda. covered all kinds of topics going to deal with some of them on the rest of this show. good evening, welcome to "special report." i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, just moments ago as the president was speaking, the senate confirmed president trump's nominee for treasury secretary 16 democrats voted in favor of scott bessent treasury secretary of the united states. also tonight the world as you heard the president talking about there has reacted to news that china has developed its own artificial intelligence start-up and it might be very good. in fact, scary good according to some. the news sent global tech stocks plummeting today. the uaai leader nvidia lost 17%. erasing $593 billion in market value. largest ever one day loss for company on wall street. largest ever. a

reporting from doral, florida, nbc's vaughn hillyard, jake sherman is co-founder of punchbowl news andntributor. good to see you, gentlemen. okay, vaughn, what kinds of issues are republicans going to be hashing out today? >> right. jake is about 200 yards from where i'm where i am right now. and i know we're waiting for a 3 p.m. press conference with speaker johnson and other house leaders ahead of a 5 p.m. eastern. that's 3.5 hours from now. remarks that are going to be delivered by president trump, who is already here at his doral property just outside of miami. there is a lot on the line for the republican majorities in the senate, in the house in these two years ahead of the 2026 midterms. and let's be very clear, they're going to have a test right out of the gate. and that is where conversations between particularly speaker johnson and president trump are going to be so key come march 14th. you have the government funding deadline, a potential shutdown looming a little while after that, later this spring, you're also looking at the u.s. hitting the debt ceiling. those negotiation

. >> i've been up here in doral, florida, at. >> the house republican retreat for the last. >> two. >> days, and republicans have been talking about how they've. >> completely changed. >> the face of the republican party. >> they're digging. >> in deeper with with constituencies they had never seen before, lower income, working class, all these other, you know, groups that they had no success with in the past. many people in many different groups benefit from government programs that they are trying. >> to slash. >> and i just think and remember. >> i just when they. >> go in the next. >> couple of weeks to. craft a budget. >> which will. >> unlock this process to pass the tax. >> cuts that donald trump wants, they're going to have to make tough. decisions about what they are willing and unwilling to cut. and every republican save one will need to sign on the dotted line and vote for that. that is where the rubber meets the road right now. they can say, oh, we don't know. we don't know what this is going to impact. the white house is saying this. you're saying that, okay, fine. but wh

eastern, congressional republicans will hold a news conference at their annual retreat in doral, floridarn, the senate returns to continue work on the nomination of sean duffy to be seetary of transportation. a final vote

he's in that retreat in doral, florida, with president trump and other republicans saying that he's already heard from constituents who are worried about this. i want to play some sound for you, karen, from senate democratic leader chuck schumer. this is just a short while ago talking about this executive action. >> this decision. >> is. >> lawless. it's destructive. >> it's dangerous. >> it's cruel, it's illegal. >> and it's unconstitutional. donald trump has done a lot of bad. >> things in the last week, but nothing is worse than this. >> i'm curious about the messaging here, whether you think it's the right approach, given that donald trump vowed on the campaign trail that he was going to be a disruptor, perhaps even more so than he was during his first term, and he's essentially following up on a campaign promise. >> yeah. look. >> i think. >> it's. >> we have to be very clear. donald trump. >> is doing. exactly what he said he would do. >> and a lot of this is project 2025. coming to life. and i would love to hear my democrats say that over and over and over again. but here's the thing

let's go to cnn's chief congressional correspondent, manu raju, who is live in doral, florida, right outside miami. that's where house republicans are currently holding their annual policy retreat. what a what a coincidence that it's a trump resort. manu, is there clarity among the house republicans with whom you're speaking about whom this federal spending pause might impact if it goes into effect? >> there really isn't. >> in fact, jake. >> most. >> republicans down the line were defending donald trump's decision to do this, even though they themselves passed the legislation appropriating this money that donald trump decided to hold back on. and that includes the chairman of the house appropriations committee, tom cole, who suggested to me that this was not a violation of the law. but it's the law. it's the law. >> well, an appropriations is not a law. you know, it's a directive of congress. >> but regardless. >> again, i don't mind slowing things down. >> i think. >> that's an. overblown concern. >> those kind of horror stories or scenarios that's not going to come to pass. >> wha

and when donald trump spoke last night in doral, florida, to his two house republicans as they're debating how to proceed, he did not give much clarity. >> we just want, uh, whether it's one bill, two bills, i don't care. let these guys, they're going to work it out. >> now, senate republicans are concerned by putting everything into one big bill. it could essentially collapse under its own weight. they believe strike now fast on issues of immigration and the energy and energy issues. get that off the table and then punt on taxes until much later. but the question ultimately is going to be what can they actually get through the house? and that's one thing they have to begin to figure out. starting in these breakout sessions today as they move to washington next week, to try to move ahead with this early part of the proposal. can they get it done? that's going to be a major question and a huge complication in the months ahead. >> all right. our thanks to manu. let's get back to the big story breaking overnight, the trump administration announced it is freezing all federal grants and loans,

republican congressman don bacon of nebraska joins us from the house republican retreat in doral, florida, right outside miami. congressman, you're already hearing from people in your district back in nebraska. what are they saying to you? oh, you can't hear me. >> okay. i'm sorry. jake, you were you were silent for about 10s. okay. this is what i could. i think i. >> got enough now. >> to respond to you. first of. >> all, this morning. >> i woke up with a lot of constituents very scared that their programs that they've. >> already been. >> awarded contracts on. >> or grant money was being terminated. >> so i would just say reading the original executive order, it was very vague, and i think there was a lot of confusion, and i had a chance to talk to the trump team, and they put out a clarification in the last hour. that really narrows down what this executive order means. and so the things that you were mentioning, whether it's school aid, medicare, medicaid, head start, they assured me that these programs will still be funded. the things that they were concerned about was the inflation

colleagues in the house, kicking off this three-day conference, this afternoon president trump's doral gulf:in floridas to hold several reconciliations meets how to pass agenda into one bill president trump signed executive order giving more control over california's water after touring wildfire damage with first lady urged officials reefs to los angeles now whether wildfire raise in salt tax should be added to reconciliations bill how do you see this playing out. >> i think all are possibilities we need to get as many things accomplished as quickly as we uponbly can the situation in florida urgent makes since on a piece of legislation moving through quickly, that is certainly going to help bring along various florida members i think should be part an parcel of this you step back, for a militant, think about where america saw this country, in november of this last year, 75% americans said we were on wrong track as nation, american people voted, president trump won every single battleground state landslide in o electoral college won popular vote these are vehicles will allow changes to occur, i hope we

visit ncicap.org] [♪ "you're the only woman" by ambrosia plays ♪] >> c-span is live in doral, floridait for president trump to address his policy retreat. while we wait, we will take a look at some of today's "washington journal." levin is the american enterprise institute constitutional studies director and also the author of the recent book "american covenant: how the constitution unified our nation and could again." thanks for joining us. guest: thank you very much for having. host: we had you want to talk about it before, but how does that parallel to the days we are seeing now under a new resident when it comes to unity in the united state. >> the argument is that the constitution brings us together helping us fight properly's agreed with our constructive, and that it assumes there will always be divisions but establishes procedures and institutions that are set up to but americans agree in ways that lead to negotiation, bargaining and compromise. especially in the time when we are intensely, deeply divided. the kind of 50-50 moment that we live in now in the united states the la

now you're seeing house republicans are at their retreat right now down in doral in florida. they're setting forward the legislative agenda to make sure that not only because donald trump's doing such sweeping executive actions, you live by the pen, you die by the pen. they are now setting up the legislative agenda to make sure that that can stay in perpetuity and become law. so if they can get to the economy, they can get back to building the dod, and they can get back to the priorities that they told the american people that they were going to deliver. >> the heavy lift, given they've got a lot of cans already kicked down the road till march, for example, on the funding of the government. now they're going to add on trying to codify executive orders. >> i would also like to add that they're down in miami, where it's really warm at the trump doral, doral, whatever they call that thing down there where they're at the hotel. i mean, that not just that they're at trump's hotel, but they're going to do everything they can to appease him. they're scared to death of him. they have

house republicans are set to meet with vice president jd vance today at the trump doral result in florida where you are all talking about executing president trump's agenda as part of this annual congress, the committee chairs expected to hold reconciliation meetings, how to pass president trump's agenda. trump joined lawmakers foredinner last night, saying he doesn't care if congress passes the agenda in one bill or two bills but knows he has to get the agenda passed. tell us what it looks like. are you expecting to be united? because now the work falls to you but you've got one portion of your colleagues saying i'm not going to sign anything unless salt deduction is lifted. we've got another portion of the conference saying i'm not going to agree to any increases in the debt limit and i'm not doing anything with the debt ceiling because we've got 36 trillion in debt. you've got others saying we have to put more money into defense. are you going to come together and get this done? >> if we don't come together and we don't get it done, maria, this is exactly what the american people wante

mast was talking a little bit about how donald trump was going to go republican retreat at doral down in floridaessentially as the quarterback. to motivate the team. well, the team has gotten one big john. a-job.tax cuts border and energ. and essentially it depends on who you talk to. they are either going to have one or two bills. the senate would like two bills. mike johnson yesterday talked to everybody it's got to be one bill, the ways and means guy jason smith said one bill. here is donald trump last night motivating the troops and for the people who have texted us asking what's the president going to do about no tax on tips or social security or overtime, he didn't forget. watch. >> i'm also eager to get to work with congress and the largest package of tax cuts and reforms in american history, we got to get that done and don't want to get hung up one bills, two bills, i don't care. two bills work it out one way or the other. bottom line the end result is going to be the same. we want to have all of those benefits tax cuts and make them lower. not only must we permanently extend the trump t

now, president donald trump is set to speak at the annual house republican retreat from his doral resort in florida. and it comes as he's expected to bring sweeping changes to the u.s. military. cnn has learned that the president will sign four executive orders today, including banning transgender troops, ending the military's diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and reinstating service members with back pay who were discharged for refusing to be vaccinated for covid 19. the president is also expected to sign an order creating a, quote, next generation missile defense shield for the u.s. >> meantime, more than a thousand people have been arrested or detained as part of the immigration crackdown, and sources familiar with the raids across the united states tell us that federal agents are being told to be camera ready in case they're filmed by the media to apparently send a message to the world. cnn's jeff zeleny is live for us at the white house. oren liebermann is at the pentagon. jeff, first to you. talk to us about these executive orders that trump is expected to sign, specifically involving

kicking off a three-day retreat, a conference retreat this afternoon at president trump's doral golf club in floridad to speak with them tonight, vice president jd vance also expected to be there for lunch tomorrow. the committee chairs set to hold several reconciliation meetings on how to pass trump's top agenda items in one bill. john thune was with me yesterday to discuss. >> we don't get this opportunity very often. it sometimes doesn't last very long where you have unified control of government and an opportunity to use recognize sill united nations. we should use it -- reconciliation. we should use it as we have talked about doing. and ensure that all those things get done in a way that keeps america safe, makes sure that america is ready to deal with whatever crisis we face around the world, strengthens the economy and makes us energy dominant. we're in the process of figuring that out and trying to determine -- 2 218 in the house, 51 in the senate, that's what it takes to get it done. maria: joining me now is texas congresswoman beth van duyne, chair woman of the budget and spending task for

right now you are, i should say where you are, your fellow house republicans are at trump's doral golf club in florida for your annual policy retreat. here is part of the president's message which he delivered there yesterday. let's watch. >> president trump: the golden age of america has officially begun. i think that's a good thing for us to talk about. the golden age and american dream. the republican party has to stick together. we just can't have people going one, two, three votes and we don't have that luxury. different if we had a 20 or 30 person majority but we don't. we have to help leadership. >> harris: well, president trump covered many topics including his illegal immigration crackdown, artificial intelligence, tiktok ban and looking to reinstate his tax cuts. he also pushed for a bill or bills, several whatever it took to deliver on his agenda. house speaker mike johnson with this. >> some big decisions will be made in the next few days and align with our senate and colleagues there and move forward on that agenda. the reconciliation process, appropriations we have to wrap up and the oth

florida. tomorrow, he'll be attending the gop's january retreat at his doral golf course in south florida, where republican leaders will be gathering to map out a plan to enact a sweeping agenda in congress. two more of the president's cabinet nominees have been confirmed and sworn into office this weekend. homeland security secretary kristi noem and pete hegseth, trump's new defense secretary, who needed a tie breaking vote from vice president jd vance to get confirmed this week. three more cabinet picks will be facing a grilling on capitol hill. robert f kennedy jr., trump's pick to lead the department of health and human services. tulsi gabbard, the nominee for the director of national intelligence and kash patel trump's choice to head the fbi. i'm joined now by ron brownstein. he is a cnn senior political analyst and senior editor for the atlantic. great to see you, ron. okay. so it took a tie breaking vote by the vice president, jd vance, for hegseth to get confirmed. do you see any of these three nominees facing kind of similar, um, difficulties in a confirmation vote? >> yeah, i mean. >>

that's exactly what they're discussing at the doral golf resort in florida right now is how they can cut taxes further for wealthy individuals and profitable companies. and to do that, they want to stop spending on priorities that are already in the law, that help children, help seniors, help keep us safe and help make us strong. whether it's sba loans for small business start ups or it's emergency disaster response, it's not just wrong on policy, it's wrong on the law. and i expect there to be immediate challenges in federal court. and i frankly think this is what we predicted when those of us who campaigned saying president trump would cause chaos would do so. and here we are. >> yeah. and look, i think that he he would agree with you. chaos is what he wants, which is why he's doing this. the question is what comes after that? senator, thank you so much for coming on with me today. i appreciate it. thank you. coming up is the gulf of america about to become. google maps official. we have some details. next. >> february 20th. >> to the 23rd. join us at the food network wine and food

florida for first time since moving back into the white house. he is preparng to host republican house members for meetings at his doral resort today. focus, domestic policy as an international showdown seems to have cooled. overnight the white house said the u.s. and colombia reached a trade war-ending agreement over deportations. over the weekend, colombia's president gustavo pedro refused to accept them. trump threatened a 25% tariff. pedro originally stood his ground, announcing his own tariffs on goods. last night the white house said the colombian gornt agreed to trump's terms including the unrestricted acceptance of undocumented migrants to the u.s. without delay. this as the trump administration ramps up arrests worldwide. jd vance on "face the nation" defended the actions. allowing for arrests in churches and school. >> i desperately hope it has a chilling effect on illegal immigrant it coming into our country. >> reporter: according to i.c.e. hundreds of immigrants have been arrested over the past few days including nearly 1,000 on sunday alone. a colombian delegation is set to travel to washington for follow up meetings t

down at the doral resort in florida, owned and operated by the trump organization.ime we knew that that government agencies were going to trump hotels. now the gop is officially writing a check directly to the trump organization. right. doral, which is a traditionally underperforming resort. that's where they're spending their money. and normally those gop retreats cost about a million bucks a clip. >> well, it'll be interesting to see what what what what they say about this basically line item veto that's been created. >> i mean, look, i don't think anything surprises them. i'm not sure why these republicans just keep acquiescing, but that's their choice. still ahead on morning joe, a live report from capitol hill as robert f kennedy jr is set to face his first senate confirmation hearing to become hhs secretary. but first, a look at the secret story of the world's greatest disruptor. and it's probably not who you're thinking of. that's next on morning joe. >> where were you on? i really wanted. >> hi. i'm jay jackson. for almost. 20 years, abacus life has been. pu

florida. we'll go over what's on the agenda at doral as the budget battle heats up on capitol hill.w. >> administration as many u.s. cities on edge, plus the war of words between trump and columbia's president and the agreement reached over deported migrants after trump made several threats. also ahead, live reporting from tel aviv after the release of four more israeli hostages over the weekend, an academy award winning actor, f murray abraham, will be live in studio to talk about his off-broadway play, beckett briefs. morning joe is beckett briefs. morning joe is just if you have heart failure or chronic kidney disease, farxiga can help you keep living life, because there are places you'd like to be. (♪♪) serious side effects include increased ketones in blood or urine and bacterial infection between the anus and genitals, both which may be fatal, severe allergic reactions, dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections, and low blood sugar. stop taking and tell your doctor right away if you have nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, tiredness, rash, swelling, trouble breathing

florida for their conference. why is this retreat important and what can we expect? juan. >> this is the opportunity for these house republicans to go and meet with now president at his doral club just outside of miami, the house gop typically does an annual retreat, and this year it's down to florida. and president trump is already in florida. he will be set to meet with them tomorrow over the course of their three day retreat here. and while the senate works their way through these confirmation proceedings, the house is preparing their legislative package. what could amount to one major bill that could seek to extend the tax cuts, to invest in immigration enforcement to energy policies that the trump administration wants to put forward. so there's a lot at stake here for the house gop as they go to meet with donald trump here for the first time. >> okay. thank you very much, vaughn. we'll see you again. meantime, there's more breaking news this hour for you. ice is releasing some new numbers on the nationwide immigration crackdown. the agency arresting nearly 300 people saturday, which is part of the more than 1400 arrests over the past three days. nbc's maria shriver is

. >> trump is back in south florida, and on monday he will meet with house republicans at his doral resort. it's the second time in recent weeks that he is convening with house republicans as they work together to build out his agenda. >> and pete hegseth was officially sworn in as the secretary of defense in the u.s. on saturday. vice president jd vance had to cast a tie breaking vote to get him confirmed. you'll recall, hegseth says the u.s. will will project what he described as peace through strength under his leadership at the pentagon and kristi noem also taking the oath of office on saturday. she was sworn in as homeland security secretary just hours after a bipartisan senate vote to confirm her nomination. noem says fixing what she calls the country's broken immigration system is among her top priorities. as cnn's andy gray reports, another round of president trump's cabinet picks are still facing confirmation hearings this week. >> this week is going to be another jam packed week for senators as they seek to rapidly confirm the rest of donald trump's cabinet. rfk, who's trump's pi

trump administration ramping up, president trump himself is back in florida due to attend a retreat with republican leaders at his doralf club this week. this week, three more of his cabinet picks will face questions in confirmation hearings on the hill robert f. kennedy jr.. to lead health and human services. tulsi gabbard to be the director of national intelligence. and kash patel to run the fbi. cnn's steve contorno is joining us now, steve, as we look ahead to next week, how is the trump team preparing for these hearings? >> well, they're expecting these hearings to be among the more contentious of trump's nominees we already saw last week. donald trump's choice for defense secretary pete hegseth, go through the closest nominating votes that we have seen yet for trump's picks. in fact, we needed jd vance, the vice president, to ultimately break a tie in the u.s. senate in order to get hegseth the 51 votes he needed for confirmation. and these three individuals that you just named have a lot of questions about their qualifications and their past statements, and even from republicans who have said that rfk jr.. s pas

. >> trump is back in south florida, and on monday he will meet with house republicans at his doral resort. it's the second time in recent weeks that he is convening with house republicans as they work together to build out his agenda. victor amara walker. >> steve contorno. thank you. >> two more. the president's cabinet nominees were sworn in on saturday. pete hegseth was sworn in as the secretary of defense on saturday after vice president jd vance had to cast a tie breaking vote to get him confirmed. >> kristi noem took the oath of office as homeland security secretary hours after a bipartisan senate vote this week. three of the president's more controversial picks will face senate committees. cnn's annie gray reports on what's ahead. >> well, amara and victor this week is going to be another jam packed week for senators as they seek to rapidly confirm the rest of donald trump's cabinet. rfk, who's trump's pick to lead the department of health and human services, has hearings on both wednesday and thursday in front of two different committees. tulsi gabbard will also be back on capitol

florida for a congressional republican conference. it's a three- day gathering that will happen at the trump national doral golf club near miami. the president is scheduled to speak there tonight. party leaders planning a series of meetings where house members will try to hash out the elements of upcoming legislation and how to offset the cost of that legislation. >>> this week in washington, senators will pose questions to some of trump's nominees for key positions. they include the nominee for secretary of health and human services, robert f. kennedy jr. trump's pick kash patel and tulsi gabbard. >>> now to southern california where communities of the fire zone area are on alert for a whole new natural disaster. that is mudslides. four of the biggest fires are almost entirely contained. much needed rain has arrived, but as you see here, the heavy bulldozers moving mud and water, that's because they are now looking at the risk of flooding and mudslides in that area scarred by wildfires. extra crews have been brought in to help clean up the mud flows in the burn area of the pal palisades neighborhood. tow trucks had to be used

republicans heading to trump national doral in miami today for the florida retreat meetings expectedy. items on the top of the agenda, of course, include reconciliation and tax policy, tariffs and so much more. house majority whip congressman tom emmer joins us now from miami. good morning to you. i want to talk about crypto and all the issues that have been going on. but i do want to talk about what just took place over the weekend on two fronts. both the hegseth confirmation, which was so, so very close. and then also this back and forth with colombia on the illegal immigrants being being sent back and what turned out to be a potential debate over tariffs. and whether you think this is just the beginning of what we're going to be seeing in terms of debates with other countries. >> well, good morning. >> and happy. >> new year. great to be with you for the first time this year. i first, when you talk about colombia and the little back and forth that we had over the last day or two, it actually proves donald trump's point. i mean, initially they said, we're not taking these illegals

doral. >> thank you for hosting us and thanks to all of you. we are so grateful to be here. it is great to be out of dcm to be in the free state of florida. i am a little under the weather as well. i think we all are. it was a long inaugural week. right after that we had louisiana's annual mardi gras celebration right on the heels, so four more days of that. my poor wife was dragged to nine balls in a week and we're still recovering but we are glad to be here and really, really grateful that the new golden age of america has begun. it is an exciting time for the country. you have all felt it, those of you who came from washington, you know the atmosphere has changed in washington and we are feeling that around the country. i came down to florida and was meeting with friends of the party and donors and folks in south florida and they feel it here, just as we do all around the country. something has changed because there is a new sheriff in town and we are excited because we have unified government. we have president trump back in the white house. the work began the day after inauguration. i was summoned there early in the morning on tuesda

florida. he spoke at the dinner for the 2025 house republicans members conference, which is being held at trump national doral golf resort just outside miami. the event, which lasts through wednesday, is the annual retreat for house republicans to discuss policy goals, and he is about to take off from marine one, having just landed at joint base andrews in air force one to return back to the white house. well, a small business owner in san francisco is really frustrated after cars were used to drive through the front door to burglarize the shop four times in six months. but the most recent incident, which was caught on camera, is leaving him and others asking could police have done more? abc seven news anchor dion lim went to sfpd for answers. >> not safe. it's horrible. >> bars on the windows and boarded up doors. cigarettes cheaper at 17th. and geary is no stranger to mass theft. >> i think a car has driven through this guy's front door probably 5 to 6 times. >> the most recent seen in this surveillance video, when a car drove into the building early wednesday morning and multiple suspects allegedly made of

florida. aishah hasnie is there. i think he will lay down the law on unity, what say you. >> we will see about that he tried this in mar-a-lago maybe the weather and doralgop source that is the goal of this week to get everybody on the same page. like i said a few weeks ago not too long ago trump invited these folks in the house gop conference in mar-a-lago to talk about the beautiful bill that would include everything including expanding his tax cut, border security and energy legislation but the house freedom caucus continue to divert from speaker johnson's plan by lobbying for two separate bills with tax cuts in the latter bill then you have a group of republicans that want salt cap lifted and another with massive massive offsets. >> i feel like were getting pretty close to being there there is not one person that is going to get absolutely everything that they want in this bill. i think we have to get the bill right. if we get this bill right we can truly change the trajectory of this country for the next 15 - 20 years. >> the president will address the members later this evening and then to bring in vice president jd vance who will also address the

florida, dana marie nichol is live there. >> reporter: hey, mike. it has been nonstop for the president hitting three major cities in just with two days. as you mentioned, he's here in doral, taking the time to prepare for a busy week ahead when republican lawmakers will be here to talk strategy on how to move his plan through congress. he was last night in las vegas, we saw him take a victory lap there thanking his supporters at a campaign-style rally. he promised to fulfill his campaign pledge of no tax on tips for the service industry. he then celebrated by hitting the casino floor where gamblers there, you could hear them chanting, "usa," as he walked through. it was monostop to board air force one. president trump spoke to the press about what's to come in the future. he said he will soon talk with russian president vladimir putin about the war in ukraine. he touched on the future of tiktok and will decide in roughly 30 days, he says, on who will buy the app adding oracle is not in the running right now. he's also hoping jordan and egypt will take more palestinians from the gaza strip, and he defended the firing of 17 inspectors general late friday night. >> this is