do you know what elon musk does not seem to be looking into? his own contracts. do you know how much money a day mr. musk will receive from the federal government? >> no. >> the answer is $8 million a day. just last year he was promised $3 billion. do you know how much the average person in this country who survives on social security, a senior who has worked their entire life, has to survive on? $65 a day. this subcommittee, chaired by marjorie taylor greene, is looking into your grandmother's $65 a day. i think we would all support taxpayer savings. look into money we might needlessly send to billionaires and big corporations. find taxpayer savings and send it back to your hard-working families. but what this administration wants to do is look into your kids lunch money. your kids teachers salary. your grandparents social security. they want to take that money and give it out in billionaire tax cuts and they are talking about that a committee tomorrow. they just released their plan. when republicans talk about government efficiency in this congress, they are not

elon musk come here? if you are confident that what he is doing is in the american -- the interest of the american people, why not have him here? i hope that the chair will consider that request. i have great respect for you and i have great respect for your service. but with respect, this is not a time for caution in speaking out. your predecessor -- to court because gerald ford was not willing to comply with the impoundment act. this was not a decision that she made -- moyers spoke out and i want to ask you whether what you think the president is doing in pausing these payments automatically is a violation of the impoundment act. >> yes, we are looking at that issue. we have already sent letters to the administration asking them to explain their legal position to us, and we will be making rulings as to whether or not these issues violated the act or not. >> when will you be making that? >> as soon as we can get the information from the administration. you're following the court case -- court cases as we

ask your doctor about nurtec odt. >> elon musk is there.l of a sudden he is. >> going. >> oh, he. >> is going. >> to be able to. >> force congress to look at things. like aircraft carriers. >> overall, which. >> would. >> make you otherwise. >> okay. >> now the laughter. wisconsin's republican congressman glenn grothman faced backlash from his own constituents for his support of elon musk in a town hall last week. that righteous anger was directed at republican town halls across the country, and those republicans have had enough, but not of elon musk. they've had enough of the voters. nbc news reports a gop aide said house republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether. obviously, we're very aware of those headlines, a republican national committee official familiar with the dynamic said. i don't know that a specific edict is going to come down from on high that they need. to stop or anything, but a message, i believe has been clearly sent that this narrative should end very soon. >> don't be so. >> sure about t

but what's elon musk's excuse for?mp media personality, not respecting the dignity of this office, all while upending federal agencies and destroying the federal workforce under questionable authority? and now he's looking to take over the federal aviation administration's air traffic control communications system. the washington post reports the faa is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract with verizon in favor of elon musk's starlink. one government ethics expert told the washington post, quote, because of musk's current position in doge and his closeness to trump, he and his company are getting an advantage and getting a contract. who's looking out for the public interest here? when you get the person who's cutting budgets and personnel from the faa suddenly trying to benefit from still another government contract. house democrats are fighting elon musk and donald trump's government takeover with a newly created rapid response and litigation task force chaired by our next guest, congressman joe neguse. and toda

of the taxpayer coffins. >> they blame elon musk for what they call an attack on essential institutionsd for cuts to federal jobs and services. >> the work work that musk is doing is hurting our country. he's not an elected official. he's not someone that people said we want in that position. >> and so protesters stood in front of tesla's office hoping to be heard. they represented labor unions, immigrant rights groups, faith based organizations, even local politicians. >> we need to make sure that we have representation, both on the dais and on the streets. >> for some, like sharon patterson, this is personal. she fears cuts to the services that help her disabled son. >> stop what you're doing and let us live and breathe and take care of our loved ones. because if you take the money away, you hurt us. hurt us all very deeply. >> but conservatives see this differently. they say president donald trump gets to choose who he works with, and is simply delivering on his promise to get rid of waste, fraud and abuse. >> cuts happen to balance budgets to make companies profitable. it has to hap

does he praise elon musk?his is going to be an interesting and pivotal moment, and then also how democrats respond. i'm learning that some house democrats may not even show up to this meeting. do democrats try and show a show of force for ukraine here? it's going to be notable to see how republicans respond in that room if there's any mention of ukraine as well. >> and i think so much of this for president trump is about that opportunity to be able to say, this is an effort to help you, the american public, because that ultimately is what he will be judged on is, are these actions in washington which may be controversial, they may look chaotic. will they ultimately help americans in terms of their own economic security? that is -- you're right, rachel. that's the opportunity for him to take it if they want to make that case. >> george: there's so much going on here, it's hard to keep up with all of it. one of the things to i want to ask you about is the associated press has been blocked from basically covering

>> well, they clearly don't get what elon musk is trying to do. the doge caucus in the senate, which i'm on, met with elon musk, and let me tell you, maria, i've got to tell you, it is so refreshing to have somebody who has some business sense and, frankly, common sense asking basic questions about how we run our government operations. it's amazing we're able to get anything done at all with some of the stuff that elon musk and his team have uncovered about how just inefficient our government is. and he and president trump are trying the get that turned around. it's a very, very exciting time. maria: well, i mean, you would imagine that most people when looking to cut bloat or wasteful spending would first look at what a you're spending the money on. >> yeah, absolutely. this is something i did when i was governor of nebraska. we asked basic questions and found a lot of stuff, but compared odd to what elon's finding, it's really stunning. we had one government agency that had 13,000 employees, yet 37,000 software licenses. many of the licenses had

i find interesting, angela, that in the midst of all of this, you've got republicans begging for elon muskssionate. why? please, mr. musk, please. >> yeah, please. >> be compassionate to show some compassion for the little people that we represent. >> chainsaw guy. >> yeah, you have though, the reality which we started to level up in about a year ago, this time on on this show about this little thing that everyone would come to deny called project 2025. and as the new york times has noted, mr. musk transformation of doge from a casual notion into a powerful weapon is something possible only in the trump era. it involves wild experimentation and an embrace of severe cost cutting that mr. musk. musk previously used to upend twitter. we see how that turned out, as well as an appetite for political risk and impulsive decision making that he shares with president trump and makes others in the administration deeply uncomfortable. that's the play. so this idea that somehow there's compassion in any of this, especially as expected from these republican members of congress, is ludicrous because the

i don't trust elon musk on this any more than i trust elon musk. on being concerned about the country or anything beyond his personal ambition. i've been critical of him. i don't understand this decision. i mean, i hear what the administration says about the ap, but i think that the ap and many of these outlets, i get you wanting to bring other outlets, more independent outlets in. i understand that, but the ap serves a role, and i think that the administration is being petty by not allowing the ap to be there. >> ap and reuters, when. reuters was was in there. and by the way, then you end up with questions like we heard with zelenskyy, which is why don't you wear a suit? i mean, so we're leaving out the real reporters and allowing these other ones to come in. what's more troubling to me, though, is the jeff bezos situation, because that, to me is a billionaire bending a knee to trump. he apparently had dinner with him after he made that announcement at the washington post. so getting even more chummier. >> and is this. >> because trump was the one

elon musk has confirmed that ashley st.ose claim we reported last week, has a five-month old baby that's his 13th child, but casts "the situation" in very different light posting messages allegedly from st. clair shared by an allie that say, elonfollowe. i need his rocket babies. also, i take one for the team. seduce elon, get in a rocket and see what's up and later i need a caption to seduce elon musk. this , from a woman in a custody battle who says she wants privacy. her lawyer had no comment. what a mystery in the tragic death of legendary actor gene hackman, found said in his santa fe home along with his wife betsy and one of their dogs. authorities say no sign of foul play, and the deaths are suspicious. an open prescription bottle and scattered pills found near her body. did the two time oscar winner who was 95 choose to end his life? we won't know until further investigation. one new media reporter added to the pool was brian glenn of the pro-trump real america's voice. here is what he asked. >> the harvard approxim

so could we see things like depose of elon musk? rrespondence with musk and doge administrators? >> one of the very interesting things in both that case in san francisco and the federal court ordering that that termination of probationary employees was illegal. and in our case today is both judges talked about how important it is to get these basic documentary records. that's all discovery is saying to the government, turn over basic information about what happened here. who authorized this? who had the power to take these actions? where's the delegation? we call them the memos that give the power. how is this done? according to law. and it was missing in my case, saying elon musk is acting unconstitutionally at usaid. as you know, i'm suing him. both in this and in other cases, in his official capacity as an individual government worker. and in the san francisco case, the judge ordered the production of discovery information. so very important aspect of achieving accountability against trump, musk, doge and the rest. >> we're lookin

but elon musk thinks that's obviously a waste. these cuts may seem, it's striking how well they also serve his bottom line. it's pretty ironic, given that musk basically owes his success to the federal government. the washington post reported that at least $38 billion of your dollars have propped up musk's businesses for about two decades. yes, you, the american taxpayer, were a crucial early investor who saved a struggling tesla and a struggling spacex. but instead of rewarding you for that, he's cutting programs that help you. and he's still adding to his own total. the post also reported that after musk tweeted that it was bad, the faa is getting ready to take a $2.4 billion contract away from verizon to update the communication system that is the backbone of us air traffic control. then they'll award it to starlink, which is owned by, as i'm sure you all know by now, elon musk. so it's apparently not a waste of american taxpayers money, so long as it helps the richest man in the world. that's the bar. neera tanden has had more

in fact, we've seen some shareholders, at least in tesla, which is public kind of wish they saw elon muskcompany building is that he kind of thinks in sprints. right. he thinks i'm going to focus obsessively on twitter. i'm going to focus obsessively on tesla or on spacex when they were having their own challenges. right now, his obsession is the public sector. and that's why he's, you know, frankly, in washington since election day, basically nonstop in washington, since inauguration day in mar-a-lago before that, because he believes this is a full time job. but definitely fair to question, if you are a tesla shareholder or a spacex or x shareholder, frankly, where's the guy who owns this company? >> and i guess it's a pure speculation about how long this sprint is going to be running. but let me get to what you say, which is the structure of doge, that it was thought out and secrecy was at its core. in fact, musk became aware of the possibility people could sue for records or emails under the freedom of information act. but foia requests don't apply to presidential advisors. is there a

you notably asked elon musk to come testify in the first hearing. i want to play you in the doge subcommittee hearing on foreign aid. you called out the reordering of international affairs on wednesday. take a listen, folks. >> so today, in this hearing on foreign aid, which the gop has called, you're going to hear. >> all kinds. >> of wild conspiracy theories, accusations and unfounded data. it's designed to confuse and provide cover for donald trump and elon musk in their reckless gutting of our foreign aid and our reordering under the trump administration of international affairs. well. it's true, that's what they're doing. and that was actually two days before what happened in the oval office on friday. but it was already i think the writing was on the wall. >> yeah. and i think it is important. >> that you were. >> connecting those dots. >> congresswoman alicia. >> menendez in. >> new york. it is good. >> to see you. >> i want to ask you. >> about. >> hampton dellinger. we talked a little bit on the show yesterday. >> about the role that dellin

i guess the democrats' immigration policy is to deport elon musk and keep ms-13. look like 16 year old girls here. they love musk because of his cars, but now they hate him because of who he hangs out with. jessica, i have a feeling that when we do colonize mars that musk is not planting a south african flag, okay? everybody knows that. questioning elon's loyalty to this country after not questioning the thousands of unvetted chinese, muslims, venezuelans who they let into the country is insane. they have no message. first musk was an anti-semitic gangster, then he was copresident for a long time, then he's racist, and now he has dual loyalties. the democrats used to have this awesome media machine where they could just destroy you with smears and lies. and that is broken. it's not working anymore. so why don't they just say his policies are bad, it's not good for the american people? or maybe they can join the cause in getting rid of waste, fraud, and abuse. it is silly, because this dual loyalty thing is ridiculous since you guys are constantly america last. you

doge isn't slowing down and i don't know if you got to hear any insight from the elon musk, joe roganout what is happening and you've got the reality of the fact that what musk is doing out of executive branch, more than really congress has done in years and yet, it begs the question, because you have experience on the hill and on the house side. is it time for the house to catch up to what musk is doing or is musk allowed to be running loose despite democrats' anger? >> i don't think that musk is necessarily running loose. i think that the american people elected this because trump for months said if he were put into office he would sick elon musk loose on the federal government. and the mentality towards doge has been nothing short of beltway entitlement. if the federal government were a corporation it would have more legitimacy from some of the organizations for a long period of time. when you peel back the layers, you realize it looks more like enron than a better business bureau organization. so much waste, fraud and abuse. i don't think it's beneficial for the american people to

with the elon musk and mike lee's of the world who put out a tweet in which musk says the only way toe in america is to impeach judges. no one is above the law, including judges. that is what it took to fix el salvador. same applies to america. and then this little ditty from mike lee. corrupt judges should be impeached and removed. pass it on. if you agree. like you know you're passing the hat on something, it should be noted that he filed articles of impeachment on thursday against the us district judge, a court judge who ruled that the trump administration could not suspend or cancel u.s. foreign aid. that judge got materials in front of him that told him what he needed to do. and so you have representative andy ogles filing articles of impeachment against him for making an impartial decision based on the facts and the law. talk about the chilling effect that this has, both on prosecutors and judges who still are trying to do the right thing. >> yeah. so two things. one is, you know, you talked about the articles of impeachment. that is about judge john bates in the district of col

invite and we'll see u on tesla's headquarters in palo alto, voicing opposition to the actions of elon musk and president trump, including deep cuts to government spending and stepped up deportations. [music] plus. >> you're gambling with world war three. you're gambling with world war three. >> questions this afternoon about the future of ukraine after that contentious meeting in the oval office between president trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is the four. >> you got to be more thankful because let me tell you, you don't have the cards with us. you have the cards, but without us, you don't have any cards. >> first at four this afternoon, president trump demanding more gratitude from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky during a heated exchange at the white house. welcome, everyone to the four this afternoon. i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm alex savage. we will get to that tense exchange at the white house in just a moment. but first, some breaking news we are following this afternoon. a deadly crash on the oakland side of the san francis

god bless elon musk. this should not be a partisan issue.es who don't get behind this and try to wade to threat l get through this. are they taking all the dead people marked as alive? they need to get on board and support what's happening here. i was the chairman of the oversight committee and we could never get this and he's able. jay wee: jason former member of shame on demo democrats and the truth is shame on congress. this isn't even partisan and don't touch a voter block that might not vote for you next time. >> they don't focus on the most important issues and it's the taxpayer dollars and clinton and al gore talked about this and going through the government and clean it up and find our money being waste through spent al dorman was on television on david letterman. can you believe there's an actual study we've paid money for to see how many pieces this ashtray breaks in to no thank godness for doge and elon musk and go on the site and see what our money was being spent on inclusive, trans-subsequenter step i dids at columbia and all

democrats are mindlessly chasing elon musk around dc. over to usaid, over to whatever department they want to stand in front of and try to make noise instead of focusing on what's most important to the american people. democrats don't have a strategy right now, so they're chasing elon. and for the vice president right there. he was always very much about there needed to be limits to what we were doing with ukraine. so again, him being the foil there, setting the stage for trump to be able to say, yeah, actually, that's right. you should be more appreciative about what we've been able to do to help you maintain your sovereignty and fight off the russians. so both of these can be great foils for trump to stand there and cut the deal and make the government swallow well. but there is no deal when it comes to ukraine. and actually the only person, well, the. >> only the only. >> person who. >> benefited from the outburst on friday was vladimir putin. it did not benefit ukraine, it did not benefit america. and i know that the white house like

musk is not planting a south african flag. okay? everybody knows that questioning elon's loyalty to this country after not questioning the thousands of unvetted, chinese muslims, venezuelans who they let into the country is insane. they have no message. first, musk was an anti-semitic gangster. then he was co-president for a long time. then he's racist and now he has dual loyalties. the democrats used to have this awesome media machine where they could just destroy you with smears and lies, and that's broken and it's not working anymore. so why don't they just say, you know what, his policies are bad. this is not going to be good for the american people. or maybe they can join the cause in getting rid of waste, fraud and abuse. it's silly because this dual loyalty thing is ridiculous since you guys are constantly america last, you're always sending billions of dollars to state sponsors of terror. you're working with the cartels to invade the country. didn't the other day you guys were cheering for america to lose to mexico and canada? i believe that was crockett. not to b

speaker, is that a sign that social security is elon musk's next target? >> no. ve met with elon about this multiple times. we meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. when he's inding with as algorithms is enormous amounts of fraud, waste and abuse. >> so it is a target. >> the american people want us to -- >> no. no. kristen, don't put words in my mouth, what i am saying is we have a moral responsibility to ensure that those programs are conducted in a way that does not allow for this massive fraud and abuse and that's what he is finding. he's finding, for example, that one social security number can be assigned to dozens or hundreds of people so that every time there's a check distribution it goes to all those different addresses, was there no safeguard in the existing software and the social security to prevent that from happening. that is outrageous and when these examples are presented to the american people they're going to be on the side of doge and elon and president trump and the republicans in congress and we look forward to clea

elon musk would have wanted to have been there but with joe rogan.g on, pope francis is rested after his respiratory condition suddenly worsened yesterday. rachel: jeff is live with more. reporter: good morning. after several days of seemingly slow improvements and the vatican saying last night that pope francis suffered from isolated breathing crisis, though they tell us he had a quiet night and he's resting, but this is the second time pope francis has suffered some sort of medical crisis in the span of about a week or so. and the pope was helped with a mask that covered his nose and mouth and breathing normally and in good spirits and pope francis experienced a bronco 135678 and the area that connects the windpipe to thelings tightened in the pope's case and led to vomiting with inhalation and pope francis remained alert and the pope spent 15 nights at the hospital in rome where catholics continue to show up and pray more the pope's full recovery. >> we're one with the pope in this situation. we come here to pray for him and as we believe that we

um. >> elon musk, that to me. >> seems rash.it seems not appropriate. >> doge specifically, but the cuts. do you have any concerns about that? >> we're having conversations with. >> the district about that. >> yeah. last congressman wants this money from arizona in a swing district. people are hearing about it back home. >> yeah, they absolutely are. um, and, you know, republicans are trying to back-channel with the administration. um, tell them about how it is impacting their districts and see if some of these cuts can be either misdirected or directed elsewhere. um, you know, i called it the the nimby republicans who say, uh, you know, these cuts are great, but just don't impact my people. um, uh, but that's why at the state of the union, to bring it full circle, you're going to see a lot of democrats bring people as guests who are impacted by these doge cuts. you're going to see them bring veterans. there are a lot of veterans. i think a third of the federal workforce are veterans. um, there's a lot of veteran contracts as we

when doge and elon musk came up.ing for a more considerate approach to the way the trump administration is handling those doge cuts, adding to some of the frustration, republicans have been given a little heads up about doge's moves, nor have they been given any messaging guidance. let's bring in columnist of the washington post, philip bump, his latest piece, which discusses some of these confrontational town halls, is titled the right wing media machine is hitting a wall. phil, it's always good to have you on the show. so let's talk about this moment, which we're seeing really spill out into some of these town hall meetings, frustration of why is this guy we didn't vote for coming in and taking all of our jobs and firing us willy nilly and wielding that chainsaw. how does that factor into what the you call the right wing media machine is doing? >> yeah. >> i think. >> it's. >> important to recognize. >> that those town. >> halls. >> are a rare moment. in which a. >> republican elected official. >> from washington,

this thing that elon musk is doing far away doesn't touch their lives.eing that, you know, with folks, you know, who've lost their state government jobs or who aren't getting access to services. so in a sense. >> you know. >> congress, congress overstepping with his budget is the. >> biggest is this. >> huge gift. and i really disagree with james carville. i actually think democrats have to step up and keep making the case that all of this is happening, not to make government better, to enrich people like elon musk. like you have to keep saying that they have been, but they're going to have to keep hitting that from now until the end. >> of the election cycle. >> coming up, actress julia schlaepfer joins us to discuss season two of the hit drama series. 1923. morning joe weekend is back after a short break. >> 10,000 by next month. >> i don't see hey. >> we won't know unless. >> we try, right? how long have we. >> waited for something like this? >> we'll have to alert suppliers, coordinate shipments. already alerted, already coordinated. every supplier.

first of all, is elon musk going to go? do we know if he's going to go? where will he sit? uh, and secondly, how does trump address doge? >> we don't know if he's going to go, but if i were a betting man, which i'm not, i would guess that he'll be in the first lady's box. i mean, rush limbaugh was in the first lady's box. >> yeah, that was another thing. >> exactly. um, i'm sure he'll bring up doge. i mean, it's a key part of his administration's agenda. >> how does he address the firings, though? it's really impacted so many people and obviously deeply personal level. >> absolutely. i mean, to the extent that he gets into the firings directly from from during the speech in congress, he probably will talk about government being bloated. and he uses this rhetoric of waste, fraud and abuse. and he applies that broadly to people in addition to contracts and spending, et cetera.. so i think he'll probably do that. but to your initial point too, about the polling, the blowback from people's neighbors getting fired from people themselves getting fired. i've seen republicans compl

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then he quizzed his cabinet about their loyalty to elon musk. >> very unhappy to. >> say it. will throw them out of here. >> anybody unhappy? >> hey, i. >> have a lot of respect for elon and. go ahead elon. >> joining me now to talk about it is former member of president biden's cabinet, interior secretary deb haaland. secretary haaland is running for governor of new mexico. she would be the first female native american governor in our nation's history. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, reverend. i'm happy. >> to. >> be here. thanks for. >> having me. >> now, as we mentioned, madam secretary, you participated in numerous cabinet meetings. what was your impression of what we witnessed this week at the white house? >> if i could sum. >> it up. >> in one word, reverend, it would be embarrassment. it's an embarrassment. you know, cabinet meetings are serious undertakings where you exchange information that's vital to the country that the president leads. and in fact, when i was in the president's cabinet, that was the tone of our cabinet meetings. president biden, professio

of the taxpayer coffins. >> they blame elon musk for what they call an attack on essential institutions, and for cuts to federal jobs and services. >> the work work that musk is doing is hurting our country. he is not an elected official. he's not someone that people said we want in that position. >> and so protesters stood in front of tesla's office hoping to be heard. they represented labor unions, immigrant rights groups, faith based organizations, even local politicians. >> we need to make sure that we have representation both on the dais and on the streets. >> for some, like sharon patterson, this is personal. she fears cuts to the services that help her disabled son. >> stop what you're doing and let us live and breathe and take care of our loved ones. because if you take the money away, you hurt us. hurt us all very deeply. >> but conservatives see this differently. they say president donald trump gets to choose who he works with, and is simply delivering on his promise to get rid of waste, fraud and abuse. >> cuts happen to balance budgets to make companies profitable. it has to

it's a renewed attempt by elon musk and his department of government efficiency or doge to cut government spending. the first ones were sent out last week and said anyone who did not respond would be fired. despite that many agencies told their employees ignore the email. >> california's snowpack slightly improving but still not exactly where it needs to be. that's according to some brand new measurements. the california department of water resources shared results from today's snow survey. it shows the snow pack across the state is better than last month. but standing at 85% of average for this time of year. researchers say storms over the last few weeks of helps to improve the state's snowpack. but they'd like to see a little bit more. >> those storms in the middle of the month really did help us out. not as much as we help sum up some more warming storms. again, that, you know, it fell as rain and not snow. so we didn't get it as much of an accumulation as we had hoped. >> up to this point to the northern sierra region has done well, snowpack. there is more than 100% of average for thi

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elon musk says if they don't respond, they'll be fired.rning, federal workers bracing for more layoffs as they receive a second wave of emails demanding they list five tasks they completed at work last week by monday night. elon musk saying those who fail to respond will be fired. writing on x, the president has made it clear that this is mandatory for the executive branch. the email doesn't include musk's threat, only adding to the confusion. it's the latest push for musk's department of government efficiency to dramatically slash the federal workforce. the department of education giving workers a monday deadline to accept a payment of up to $25,000 to voluntarily resign or retire. according to a memo obtained by abc news, and the social security administration which provides key benefits to older americans, saying it plans to cut 7,000 workers. >> only the federal government can get away with this level of waste. >> reporter: secretary of defense hegseth telling workers to comply with musk's order as the pentagon braces for thousands of

there in the cabinet meeting when the journalists reported between some of the cabinet members and elon muskge and some of the cuts that have been made. and president trump kind of turned to the room and said, you know, criticise musk in any regard. and it was...it was crickets. there was total silence. and i thought that was, you know, just a kind of a unique way that you don't see very often in america, that he is very much the boss in the room. and one wonders, you know, behind closed doors, whether some of those discussions didn't become a little more heated too. and, you know, some have instructed employees not to reply to the emails for now, for example. especially when musk is there as not a member of the cabinet, you know. noticeably not a member of the cabinet, even dressed in a t—shirt that said actually, someone mentioned that to me from the republican party. a very formal affair. everyone was there in their suits. little teacup or an espresso cup, as he went through it. a bit, too, that this was, you know, a pathway to citizenship and very much an immigration policy. but the way

. >> stephen: "but i couldn't find a gentleman named elon musk, so instead i hired this sociopathicdoofus. there he is. how are you? you like the human food?" well, it turns out being an unelected donor running an unauthorized employee kill squad might get you sued at some point in the future. so, in new legal filings, the white house claims that elon musk is not in charge at d.o.g.e. what?! it's literally named after his favorite meme! this is the most confusing leadership structure since ruth's chris steakhouse. who is chris? why does he seem to belong to ruth? wait, wait, wait. does that mean we're eating chris? is he the steak? is he the human food?! [applause] chris! he will be missed. trump is also crippling other countries out there, starting with ukraine. this week he sent marco rubio to saudi arabia for russia-ukraine peace talks, but ukraine wasn't invited. that makes it kinda hard to find peace. "honey, oh, my gosh. that was an amazing couples therapy today. you shoulda been there! dr. brad and i agree, everything is your fault! oh, and i forgot, i'm leaving you. oop, for

are you concerned at some of how elon musk is handling this?ere have been job losses and terminations in my district. and it is difficult. this cave quickly to folks. and this again we need to make sure we are navigating it. we are open for these folks to be able to reach out we help find solutions to what we do. but what's the next step? these are things or try to get out of it and hopefully communicate to them this is how were work with the administration to truly find the best path forward. again, it's not easy but make sure we are there for them too. >> not easy at all. last question and then i got to let you go. do you wish in some way that elon musk might perhaps go a little slower here, take a more measured approach? or are you in agreement with the way he has handled it so far moving at very fast pace. >> the most important thing for us to realize what we need to do is a lot of this is going to have to be done legislatively eventually. and so we went to create an environment for us to accomplish it in congress. a lot of times those have

i mean, i think he i think vance is watching elon musk get all of this praise, and he's always by the president's side. and he's like watching elon constantly shower trump with like, he's the best president. he's amazing. i love this guy as much as any straight man could. and jd vance is like, wait a minute, i want to get in on this action. let me show you what i can do. mr. president, we get this ambush at the white house. tom. >> i'm sorry, i mean, vance, you know vance. vance, until now, has been the invisible man. yeah, you know that. i imagine if you asked a lot of americans who the vice. president did they? they'd say, well. >> it's clearly. >> elon musk, but this is also a place where, you know, the vice president for a long time, and even before, even when he was a senator, i mean, he this he wants to be taken seriously in foreign policy because that's, you know, that's the big leagues in washington is to. >> be involved in. >> those things. and, you know, you can see where that's going and how it works out. yeah. we saw. >> that vance flex there in that oval office time and t

and speaking of third rails first buddy elon musk is now getting close to one. this is what he had to say to joe rogan yesterday about social security. >> social security. is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> well explain that. >> oh so. well, people. >> pay into. >> social security and. >> and the money goes. >> out of social. security immediately. but the obligation for social. >> security is. your entire retirement career. >> so you're. >> you're paying. >> with your the you're. paying like like if you look at the future. obligations of social. >> security. >> it far exceeds the tax revenue. antifa if you ever looked at. >> the. >> debt, the debt clock. >> that is an incoherent answer. it's nonsense. it doesn't even explain, nor does it accurately describe what a ponzi scheme actually is. and it's kind of surprising that elon musk would not know that. well, convincing. trying to convince joe rogan it is actually frightening to 20 million americans who are lifted out of poverty every year, thanks to social security and to the rest of us who pay into it

doge subcommittee member, congresswoman jasmine crockett on why elon musk should testify at a hearing. plus, her thoughts on that ugly oval office episode. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone. to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with breaking news about the emergency ukraine summit in london. european leaders meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky to discuss a path to peace with russia. britain's prime minister, speaking just a short time ago. >> and today. >> i'm announcing. >> a new. >> deal which allows ukraine to use 1.6 billion pounds of uk export. >> finance to buy more than. >> 5000 air defense missiles. >> the prime minister also mentioned that bruising friday oval office meeting. we're going to hear him on that in just a moment. but here's what we heard from american politicians today. >> i want to. >> address directly that this was some type of ambush. >> is. >> absolutely false. >> after what happened. on friday. it's clear. that we need to bring the united states and ukraine back together again.

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