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of an elder or dependent adult. and more protests across the country over cuts to government spending and the department of government efficiency, federal workers union leaders and democratic lawmakers rallied right outside the department of health and human services in washington, d.c. under elon musk, the department of government efficiency, or doge, has cut thousands of federal jobs through buyouts and layoffs, including scientists working on critical health care research. those protests have also stretched to san francisco, where tonight, federal workers were among those protesting doge related cuts. >> layoffs, cutbacks. they're the worst. >> time to put the people first. >> layoffs, cutbacks. they're the worst. >> a large crowd, including union members, gathered outside a tesla shop right there on van ness avenue. they say the federal layoffs are part of a deliberate strategy to dismantle public services and replace them with for profit corporate control. >> it's not a democrat issue. this is not a republican issue. this is a worker issue. >> you. if you work, if you're retired. >> this is your issue. you need to stand up and fight back like you never have before. >> tonight, the protesters say that these cuts will lead to benefits and servi

of an elder or dependent adult. and more protests across the country over cuts to government spending and the department of government efficiency, federal workers union leaders and democratic lawmakers rallied right outside the department of health and human servicessk, the department of government efficiency, or doge, has cut thousands of federal jobs through buyouts and layoffs, including scientists working on critical health care research. those protests have also stretched to san francisco, where tonight,

. >> reporter: tonight across the country, tens of thousands of federal workers from the department of education to health and human services, from veterans affairs to the department of energy, suddenly told they are out of a job. >> last night, i got an email around 9:00 p.m. saying that that my position was terminated. >> reporter: in greensboro, georgia, carley worked at the department of agriculture. >> i saw the subject of it, and i kind of screamed. i didn't think it was real at first, so i reread it like three times. and then kind of started crying. because -- yeah, i was relying on this job. my husband and i just purchased this house in december. and now we're not really sure what we're going to do. >> reporter: in a meeting at the office of personnel management, some employees were told to, quote, gather your personal belongings and exit the premises. abc news obtaining this audio. >> you will receive your termination notice via email shortly, and it will include the reason for termination. as a result, your employment with the office of personnel management will end today. >> reporter: the layoffs across at least

federal government. it has already resulted in a lawsuit challenging the legality of the dismissals and continued protest outside federal agency buildings. like outside the department of health and human services. our white house correspondent has more. >> eight of those fired inspectors general are suing the trump administration, seeking to be reinstated to their positions. these independent government watchdogs are key check on waste, fraud and abuse. to discuss the impact, i am joined by two of the top watchdogs fired by the president. the former inspector general for the department of health and human services, and the former inspector general for the department of defense. thank you both for being here with me today. we were both fired on a friday night. and the white house said that it was terminating you and other ig's due to changing priorities. did that language stick out to you? >> it did. it is a great question because, you know, administrations come and go, and they all have their own priorities and that's fine. elections have consequences . ig's are nonpartisan independent watchdogs. whatever the priority is of the administration may be we do independent oversight to look for ways

step out of personnel decisions at agencies, and also don't get in to any software systems at a whole slew of federal agencies, including the department of education, health and human services, the department of energy and judge chutkan, she said. there's just not enough here at this time for her to know that there's imminent, irreparable harm and to meet the legal standard for her to tell doge, stop it. so that is where a lot of these cases are right now, as the judges are looking on what to do with doge on a temporary basis as these cases move forward to the meatier legal arguments about elon musk and the ability he has to do things in the federal government right now, the judges have to be hands off because they just don't find that the law says they can get involved at this point. kate. >> at this point, let's see. it's good to see you, caitlin. thank you so much for tracking it, sara. >> all right. thank you. kate. the next target for elon musk and doge the irs. they're looking to gain access to the irs complex and interconnected data systems, just as the nation is entering the very busy tax season. now, advocates and unions are filing emergency lawsuits to stop doge f

temporary restraining order to block access to the records of three federal agencies, those being the department of labor, health and human servicesand the consumer financial protection bureau. the judge acknowledged privacy concerns -- worker unions that brought the lawsuit on, but ultimately decided that doge likely qualifies as a federal agency, and has the authority to access federal records. they have been asked to file a preliminary briefing on the junction by february 18th that is similar to a temporary restraining order with less urgency. >> not seeming to buy their arguments of imminent harm. >> they are in the theory of -- money being saved, which is a lot of people. that is the opposite of rubber bar. alex, thanks. sandra? >> let's bring in fox news contributor and constitutional law professor jonathan turley. couldn't wait to talk to you today. good to have you on to ask you where you think this is all going next. this seems to be the moment for doge. how will it go, legally? >> i love the fact that one of these arguments occurred on presidents' day. it's a reminder that we actually do have a president, someone who is

government waste and other temporary victory with us district judger denying a order to block records of three federal agencies being the department of labor, death of health and human services and consumer financial protection bureau and judgebates argued workers unions but ultimately decided doge likely qualifies as a federal agency and therefore has the authority to access government records. so in that case, the judge requested plaintiff's file a briefing on a potential preliminary injunction by the 18th that's similar to a temporary restraining order but requires less urgency and lasts longer. liz? liz: i don't know how you do it such complex stuff you just made it seem so understandable. thank you so much. >> that's nice. liz: let's please watch this. look. >> this is your favorite president. i am a really big fan of how you do this , i don't know but i just want you to be safe. you're talented people and great people and great americans. have a good day, have a lot of fun and i'll see you later. liz: president trump literally taking a victory lap at the daytona 500 talking to them on the radio as his loudspeaker as they pace the field to start the race. let's bring in

and perhaps even the department of defense. >> from outside the department of health and human services to the va, federal workers and democratic lawmakers are slamming elon musk and doge. his initiative to shrink the federal government. >> we're not just going to fight this. we're going to fight this with everything we got. >> the doge team has already accessed more than a dozen federal agencies, including the irs, department of education and fema and the wall street journal reports. officials could visit the defense department as soon as today. >> we welcome those to the pentagon. there are waste redundancies and headcounts in headquarters that need to be addressed. there's just no doubt. >> mass layoffs of federal workers have also begun. washington's office of personnel management directed agencies to lay off probationary employees. that's likely hundreds of thousands of workers out the door. >> we need to bring in and resist. we all. that's why we're all here. we all have an obligation to stand up against illegal actions. >> there's a lot of complaining now. i didn't see anyone complaining when the budget deficit was blown

of president trump and elon musk's effort to dramatically slash the size of the government. they're laying off tens of thousands of federal workers across the country from the department of energy, to veterans affairs, and health and human servicese veteran tells us he feels betrayed after being fired two years from retirement. critical workers are being fired from the cdc. health experts say this could harm the government's ability to respond to the ongoing bird flu outbreak, and elon musk is also sparking concerns within the intelligence community. doge recently posted details on its website about the head count and budget for an intelligence agency that designs and maintains u.s. satellites. sources tell us that this could be a major security breach, whit. >> whit: all right, selina wang. thank you. >>> for more on all of this, let's bring in jonathan karl who will be hosting "this week" later on this morning. good morning. always great to have you. >> jonathan: good morning. >> whit: let's start here at home and doge making its way through the government. thousands of federal workers as we noted there being fired. president trump insists he's fulfilling a campaign promise, but how deep are these cuts likely to go? >> jonatha

of the layoffs. >> hey, hey ho ho! elon musk has got to go. >> anti doge protests continue in the nation's capital with federal workers, union leaders and democratic lawmakers rallying outside the department of health and human services running a coup on this country right now, and the congress isn't doing a #### thing about it. >> under elon musk, doge has cut thousands of federal jobs through buyouts and layoffs, including scientists working on critical health care research. >> there's no sugarcoating this. these cuts will kill more americans. >> the sweeping dismissals, even concerning some republicans. >> the fact that workers were let go who were working on avian flu, who are responsible for nuclear safety, shows that we need a far more careful approach. >> but musk is staying focused on doj's ultimate goal. >> the overall goal is to try to get $1 trillion out of the deficit. and if we if we if the deficit is not brought under control, america will go bankrupt. >> doge team members have already visited dozens of federal agencies to map out where they can cut costs. and now they're digging into government issued credit cards claiming there are roughly 4.6 million accounts responsible for $40 billion in spending l

wednesday, protesters and congressional democrats rallied outside the department of health and human services in support of thousands of federalorkers who were let go. >> we're looking for a few good republicans to come over and join the democrats and overturn this radical assault. >> reporter: so far most republican lawmakers say the cuts at hhs and in many other federal agencies are needed. >> our national debt has become a national security issue. and we understand that we're going to have to make some changes. >> reporter: condolence news has learned more than 6,000 irs workers are expected to be terminated by the end of the week. about 3500 of them are expected to be probationary hires who, quote, were not deemed as critical to tax filing season. erica brown, cbs news, the white house. >>> new york city mayor eric adams was in federal court on wednesday where a judge was considering whether to drop a corruption indictment against him. it came after the justice department requested a dismissal of the case so that adams could support president trump's efforts to fight illegal immigration. cbs' bradley blackburn has the deta

protests continue in the nation's capital with federal workers, union leaders and democratic lawmakers rallying outside the department of health and human serviceshey're running a coup on this country right now, and the congress isn't doing a #### thing about it. >> under elon musk has cut thousands of federal jobs through buyouts and layoffs, including scientists working on critical health care research. >> there's no sugarcoating this. these cuts will kill more americans. >> the sweeping dismissals, even concerning some republicans. >> the fact that workers were let go or working on. avian flu. who are responsible for nuclear safety, shows that we need a far more careful approach. >> but musk is staying focused on doj's ultimate goal. >> the overall goal is to try to get $1 trillion out of the deficit. and if the deficit is not brought under control, america will go bankrupt. >> doge team members have already visited dozens of federal agencies to map out where they can cut costs, and now they're digging into government issued credit cards claiming there are roughly 4.6 million accounts responsible for $40 billion in spending last year. >> i th

and they all agree the federal department of education needs to go. and return it back to the states and the localities. now, it started out as a small division under health and human services or what used to be health education and welfare before they split it up. so, that is what i would do. now that, that is just one agency. but when you have 15, count them, 15 cabinet positions, each one of them must have, must have numerous, numerous agencies that are being funded by congress. when was the last time, when was the last time they cut a budget that did not dissolve or just move an agency into another department, or just rename it? when was the last time our, our senators and representatives, both chambers, have they done that? for them to say -- they are all screaming about elon musk being an unelected bureaucrat. how many of them -- that is what the chevron decision in the supreme court was all about. that agencies cannot make bureaucratic mandates. now, senator kennedy talking about money just from usaid that congress did not have, they knew the money was going to usaid, but they didn't know where it was going from there. host: that was paul in virginia. phil, land o la

his new role, he will run the department of health and human services, overseeing agencies that regulate food mr kennedy will also oversee medicare and medicaid — federalcans. earlier, the senate voted to confirm mr kennedy largely along party lines. only one republican chose to vote against the confirmation — senator mitch mcconell, a polio survivor whose long been an advocate for vaccines. he addressed those concerns about the stance on vaccines. if people actually hear what i feel about vaccines, which is common sense, vaccines should be tested and safe, everybody should have informed consent. now, during friday night, this band of cloud and patchy rain pushes northwards and eastwards. we may see some snow developing, especially over high ground in northern england and up into scotland. a real mix of temperatures — cold and frosty towards the north and the east, mild in the southwest. but of course, you can check the overnight temperatures for where you are by having a look at the bbc weather app. so into saturday, it looks like we'll see another pulse of cloud and rain pushing in from the west, again, weakening as it runs up against this area of hi

and the university of chicago. in d.c, outside the department of health and human services, scientists protested scientists whose work is funded by the federal of these protests are happening in in d.c. and in other big cities. but because of the kind of leverage that we've been talking about tonight and on previous shows, i do think it's really worth watching what's happening in local press around the country to how they're covering, from a local perspective, what's going on in the government right now. take, for example, the des moines register. look at this headline from yesterday. quote, elon musk's indiscriminate carnage brings needless misery to these iowans. here's the oil city news in wyoming. quote, valentine's day massacre, uncounted throng of wyomingites fired by trump administration. also, this headline out of kansas city, kansas city doesn't have enough jobs available for all the federal workers getting laid off. end quote, trump jobs. quote, trump jobs. purge hits michigan. quote. why did the president fire you? mommy? we talked last night about how this has been playing in virginia, where the republican governor there is glenn

learning that multiple agencies within the department of health and human services, a number of their probationary employees or employees that have been with the federal government for a year or two, they've now received a letter that looks very similar across those agencies. i want to read to you part of that letter. it says, unfortunately, the agency finds that you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the agency's current needs and your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment at the agency. so what we're seeing here is the trump administration and of course, doj's that department of government agency that's being headed by elon musk. they're really trying their best to cut costs here. and in doing so they're trying to trim down the federal government. of course this is being led. this is being met by a number of criticisms. first is of course, the legal challenges that are playing out in court. but also democrats have been very vocal. so here's hakeem jeffries, who is, of course, the leader of the house democrats. take a listen. >> they've broken their promise. they have n

we're also seeing at the department of health and human services a number of probationary employees. those are federal workers who have been with the government only a year or two. they're getting a similar letter. it says this in part, unfortunately, the agency finds you are not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and skills do not fit the agency's current needs and your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment at the agency. so that's what a number of employees are getting at hhs. we're also seeing a lot of both criticism and praise for these moves. republicans, congressional republicans are really coming to the defense of president trump and elon musk, saying that they are doing what needs to be done in order to cut costs here. but democrats have been pointedly critical of this. take a listen to what we've heard. >> i think. >> you're going to see a paper trail come back to. >> washington, d.c, and. >> that's why i think a lot of people are nervous, and you'll see a lot of retirements because they are stealing from the american taxpayer. and now they'

federal work force. the latest group of layoffs from the department of health and human services. they expect today lay off 3,600 employees. they said that this would cost the taxpayers just about $600 million. now, the list of agencies affected by this layoff is long. take a look, including the sectors of department of education, agriculture, energy, and veteran affairs. now, president donald trump, he emphasized that job opportunities for americans will continue to rise. >> but i'll tell you what will go up is jobs. the jobs will go up tremendously. we're going to have great jobs, jobs for everybody. this is something that should have been done many years ago. >> and kevin, we're taking an eye on the firm ultimatum that president trump gave to israel demanding releasing all hostages by 12 today. >> thank you so much. we appreciate that. for more on what's happening with doge, we want to bring in a very important member of congress, republican congressman from the great state of florida and house oversight committee brian donalds. thank you for joining me. a number of people will

federal funding. while that litigation continues. and bonta also joined 21 other lawsuits challenging federal budget cuts to medical research. the lawsuit seeks an injunction to stop the national institute of health and the department of health and human servicesenacting budget cuts that are set to take effect this week. bonta and the other plaintiffs allege the action violates the administrative procedure act, calling it arbitrary and capricious. the nih is the primary source of federal funding for medical research in the united states. president trump tonight signed off on his latest round of tariffs. he is imposing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports. that includes canada and mexico, which provide much of the u.s. supply. president trump's 10% duty on all chinese imports is already in place, which could eventually hit american shoppers with price hikes on goods such as toys, clothing and electronics. trump also announced reciprocal tariffs on other countries. >> every country will be reciprocal. the ones that are taking advantage of the united states. we're going to have a it's reciprocity. >> now as payback. china has now added two different tariffs on american imports and an additional 15% duty on coal and liquid natural gas pr

federal government. >> demonstrations over job cuts and funding freezes are planned across the country. one of them was held outside the health and human services departmentdadquartersin washington, d.c. organizers say they are fighting elon musk and his department of government efficiency. yesterday, a federal judge denied a request from 14 states to block musk and doge from firing workers or accessing data systems. >> now nbc news learned that doge workers are at the pentagon less than a week after president trump suggested cutting defense spending. vaughnville yard is in miami where president trump will be speaking later today. so president trump and elon musk defended their actions to reduce the size of the government in a joint interview that aired last night. what exactly did they say? >> reporter: right. it's typical to see the president of the united states doing joint interview from the white house with normally his vice president. but in this case, it was elon musk who sat down for this interview. and frankly, we have not seen somebody who went from private citizen to a position in the government that is not a confirmed cabinet position with suc

department of justice. they hear about other important federal agencies, the department of health and human services, but whatomb? omb is the office over at the white house. it's in the executive office of the president. and it is the command and control center for the budget of the united states government. it oversees the budgets of every federal agency of the federal government. they feed their information, they feed their budget requests up to the office of management and budget. as the office of management and office that makes the final decisions and signoff on all of those federal agency budgets, across the government. so as i say russell vought will be in the cockpit of this decision-making, overseeing every federal agency in our government. so let's learn a little bit more about russell vought because we will be voting on that nomination later today. so what does he think about the federal employees all of those agencies that omb will oversee with respect to their budgets? here's what he said about g. employees -- about government employees, and i'm quoting here. he wants them to be -- this is his qu

department of health and human services. the trump administration also asking the u.s. supreme court to allow it to fire the head of the federalrtment filings obtained by the associated press asked the court to lift a past order from a judge that reinstates hampton dellinger to lead the office of special counsel. now, dellinger is has argued that the law only allows him to be dismissed over problems with his job performance, which were not cited in his dismissal email earlier this month. >> our time is now 535. police in san jose say they've arrested several people after a huge fight broke out in downtown san jose over the weekend. it happened early sunday morning, about 1230 near san pedro square, which was busy with valentine's day celebrations and also the nba all star event. san jose police say a big fight broke out. it turned into a brawl. police say when they tried to arrest people involved, other people tried to attack them and that started another fight. visitors in san pedro square were surprised by the violence. >> that stuff is more personal. it's not random attacks and stuff like that. it's just people got problems

. >> reporter: today, outside health and human services, valentine hearts left for federal workers to protest elon musk's department of government efficiency. >> the first convening of federal workers against doge. >> reporter: among those let go, first-year employees with probationary status, like 39-year-old elizabeth, fired from the consumer financial protection bureau. >> i never would have imagined that this is what would have happened and it would have happened so swiftly. anso inhumanely. >> reporter: at veterans affairs, more than 1,000 employees dismissed. u.s. forest service, 3400. energy's national nuclear security administration overseeing the nuclear stockpile, no specific figure, but a doe spokesman stated less than a half of a percent of the total nnsa workforce was dismissed. a big target for doge, waste or abuse of tax dollars. the government accountability office found in 2023, $236 billion in what's considered improper payments, wrongly sent by federal agencies. today, newly sworn in agriculture secretary brooke rollins. >> as far as the layoffs go, i don't have the exact number. >> reporter: today,

and health of all americans. the department of health and human services also oversee the federal medical research, as senator durbin pointed out. the research has unlocked groundbreaking achievements in public health and will continue to help us cure diseases and work towards solutions for a variety of illnesses. however the white house announced late last week that they are slashing funding for the national institutes of health. this will have devastating impacts on researching projects in colorado and across the united states, including places in colorado like fort lewis college and national jewish health. our colorado institutions are at the forefront of medical research for everything from clinical trials for veterans struggling with ptsd to individuals with downs syndrome. these cuts from research institutions, rural hospitals for our veterans will impact our most vulnerable communities. all this to give tax cuts to the wealthiest americans. again, i'm all for making government more efficient, smaller. if you want to seriously look at how we spend money and where we can cut actual fraud and waste and abuse, i'

federal agencies and putting on leave or laying off employees from the agency. they are claiming there is risk of imminent harm at the departments of education, labor, health scomb human services, energy, commerce and office of personnel management and demanding a temporary restraining order. dc judge chutkin is not convinced. i am not seeing it so far, she says. doj lawyers are arguing elon musk does not have formal authority to make decisions himself. chutkin said she disagreed with this and they said musk is not administrator of doge or government efficient, declaring him a special government employee and senior advisor to the president and cited anita dunn under former president joe biden. president trump has credited musk for his work on doge. anti-trump protesters took to the street on president's day, holding not my president sign and holding sign that says no one voted for elon musk. doge is working to access irs data, that access would allow doge employees with appropriate clearance and approval to communist through tightly controlled files including bank records and taxpayer information. any mistakes that happen could have disruption to tax filing system as hundred m

department of health and human services. we have tonight just filed a new lawsuit by by federal workers and foreign service unions asking the et alone all of those firings. what do you make of the prospects for these things in terms of stopping the short term actions of the president, but also in the long term, whether or not he'll be enjoined from, from, from doing these things that we all thought would be illegal. >> oh, they're. >> openly illegal. the very first congress of the united. states decided what departments we would have. >> they debated that. >> george washington didn't set up the state department. congress did their statutes creating all of these agencies that mr. trump says he's going to get rid of. he simply doesn't have the power to repeal those statutes. and i think the courts will recognize that most of these things they're doing aren't even plausibly legal. the question is going to ultimately come down to the supreme court and whether they're willing to give up their legacy and buy these completely preposterous legal theories. i don't think they are. >> given that. professor super, is there anything lega

agencies, the department of labor, department of health and human services and consumer financial protection bureau. judge bates acknowledged privacy concerns but doge likely qualifies as a federalthe authority to access government records. the judge requested plaintiffs file a brief on a potential preliminary injunction by the 18th. elon musk is celebrated that temporary win posting lfg meaning let's go with extra enthusiasm. setback did comeon friday with a judge extending a temporary order that blocks doge from looking at the treasury department. the judge there is reviewing a revised proposal from 14 democratic states attorneys generals, on friday judge said the initial request was too broad noting you are essentially asking me to shut down the government. this hearing is happening right now and some sense we're getting inside the courtroom the judge is expressing skepticism towards the plaintiffs. this hearing is taking place today, a federal holiday when courts would usually be closed. >> i don't believe in coincidences. interesting timing. good to see you. kerri urbahn. fox news legal editor. when you hear first of all that the judge is doing this on a holiday, how much d

department of health and human services. the trump administration asking the u.s. supreme court to allow it to fire the head of the federaltleblowers. a court blocked the firing of hampton dellinger, who leads the office of special counsel. dellinger has argued the law only allows him to be dismissed over problems with his job performance, and that was not cited in his dismissal email. earlier this month, cattle numbers in the u.s. are dropping, and that's impacting the price of beef. the number of cows in the u.s. has dropped to its lowest level in about 70 years. some say weather conditions across the country are to blame. however, economists say demand for beef has not dropped even as prices rise. wine lovers on a budget can benefit from bayrea vineyards running special promotions over the next month. several wineries across sonoma county are holding $15 wine tastings from february 15th to march 15th. the chronicle reports the popularity of wine tastings caused fees to shoot up by nearly 350% since 2012. the number of visitors has started to drop, and local wineries hope these discounts will bring wine lovers back. >>

health and human services is a life and death department of government. every day federal health officials decide whether to approve new medications. after they've been proven, clinically tested and proven to be safe and effective. we count on the hhs to initiate recalls of contaminated food. we count on that same agency to investigate new therapies for cancer clinical trials. we count on hhs to alert doctors about an emergency disease outbreak. think about the gravity of those situations and how much is vested in the secretary of that critical department. in any of these tasks, critical, often historic tasks, robert kennedy jr. would find himself unqualified, unfit, and dangerous to lead the department of health and human services. mr. kennedy masquerades as a crusader for healthy foods and someone who just wants to, quote, just want to ask some questions, just want to study the science. america, the senate, don't be fooled. mr. kennedy has spent the past 30 years ignoring science and lying to parents about vaccines, all the while enriching himself by the doubt he has cre

of federal health workers to be laid off. >> the wall street journal. >> is saying that. >> it's. >> working on the. >> white house, is working. >> on an. >> executive order to file to. >> fire thousands of. >> u.s. department. >> of health. >> and. >> human services. >> under the. >> order of the fda, centers for. >> disease control and. >> other health. agencies would have to cut. >> a certain percentage. >> of employees. so we'll wait for confirmation. >> from the white house. >> on that. kelly. but clearly. >> the efforts to pare back. >> the federal. workforce are moving. >> ahead on. >> some fronts, even as. >> the federal judge. >> now judge now is issuing this temporary injunction. >> holding off the overall. >> fork in the road effort to cull the. >> federal workforce down to a much smaller size. >> back over. >> to you. to put it differently, eamon, we could say there's nothing standing in the way of layoffs, although maybe the union to some extent. so if they don't allow the buyout offer to move forward, then we could see more layoffs as a result. >> yeah we could, although. >> i would imagine the unions will fight those layoffs too. remember, this is not like a. >> private company, kelly. there's federal civil service protections. >> f

health care costs so that they can line the pockets of their wealthy friends. >> the health and human services department, now led by kennedy, has a $1.7 trillion budget. it includes 18 federal agencies overseeing the nation's food and health, including the cdc and fda. coming up next at six, a group of fourth graders in san jose showing compassion to the victims of the l.a. fires. what the students launched and the goal they want to reach by tomorrow. plus. >> we heard from thousands of oakland residents that they are not willing to compromise on public safety, specifically fire stations. >> also, a new plan to redirect millions of dollars, all in an effort to reopen fire stations in the city of oakland. >> we said it was going to rain, and now we'll tell you when it will end. the bay area forecast on deck, ready to roll. [music] >> and a quick peek of that commute on this thursday night. a live look out at the golden gate bridge, where the wind has been really blowing since the morning commute. but this evening, smooth sailing n both dave's been very excited about saving big with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. five years? -five years. and he's not alone.

department of health and human services. despite decades of anti-science, anti-medicine activism, all of this comes as trump's long promised firings of federal government employees have begun at least dozens so far no longer have jobs. while some employees are being fired, at least 75,000 other employees have accepted trump's deferred resignation or buyout program, which a judge allowed to move forward today after it had previously been paused. other trump agenda items, though, still are caught up in court today. a judge extended the pause on trump's plans to dismantle the usaid agency. we have cnn team coverage of every one of these headlines. let's start with cnn's jeff zeleny at the white house. and, jeff, the president today had a whole lot to say about a whole lot of things. he was asked more questions about these proposed peace talks between russia and ukraine. tell us more about what he's saying today, jake. the reverberations certainly continue for. this reset. >> relationship, if. >> you will. >> between the u.s. >> and russia. >> the president. >> saying flatly. >> he trusts. >> vladimir putin. >> and yes, he said ukraine should. >

federal workers to either resign with pay until september or run the risk of being fired. a federal judge putting it on hold yet again prompting confusion and uncertainty for many. april goggins works for the department of health and human services>> i'm not resigning. >> reporter: why? >> first of all, you're not gonna bully me out of a job. >> reporter: the administration says they have heard from 65,000 workers who are willing to resign. >> i got elected on making government better, more efficient and smaller. that's what we're doing. i think it was a very generous buyout, actually. >> reporter: so after elon musk and vice president j.d. vance openly questioned the authority of the court, several republicans on capitol hill including john thune drawing a very clear contrast. he says the courts have an important role to play in moderating power, michael. >> michael: we'd all have to agree with that. musk and sam altman, they're feuding again. >> reporter: they're at it again, this time after elon musk put in a $97.4 billion offer to buy open ai, leading artificial intelligence company. sam altman is the ceo of that company. he responded bluntly by saying no, thank you. the president launched an initiative with several companie

department of labor, department of health and human services and consumer financial protection bureau and judge bates acknowledged privacy concerns that brought on the lawsuit and ultimately decide that had doge likely qualifies as federalhas the authority to access government records. in that case, the plaintiffs have been asked to file a briefing on potential preliminary by the 18th and similar to the restraining order and less urgency. david: bring in mike davis, president and founder of article 3 project and julian epstein and attorney and house judiciary council. good to see, gentlemen. mike, appears looking at ruling of judge chutkin and bates and they're skeptical of claims for different reasons by the states against the president. it seems so logical and the president to put it in business and the president was hired by the american people to run the executive branch of government and yet can't get into the records of the executive branch of government and have his people do so. doesn't make sense. >> it does not make sense ask saw some of these earlier ex parte tros by some of the activist judges receive tremendous political blow back because like you said the american people heard that president trump wanted t

department of labor, health and human services and consumer financial protection bureau of. it acknowledged privacy concerns argued by worker unions that brought the lawsuit but ultimately decided doge likely qualifies as a federal agency therefore has the authority to access government records. plaintiffs have been asked to file a briefing on potential preliminary injunction dubai the 18th. similar to a temporary restraining order but with less urgency. >> martha: thank it alexandria. with that we bring james friedman fox news contributor he will be cohosting the bottom line fox news this evening, always good to have you with us. let's pull this up from the editorial board at "the wall street journal" and the media claimed to find no fraud in government. here's a quote from the peace published yesterday in "the wall street journal". remember being told joe biden's verbal clips were assigned for normal aging and rising crime was a figment of the public's imagination. chaos at the border fabricated by mad republicans. the same tribunes of truth in the press proclaim government fraud is a mirage. welcome james. >> thank you great to be here. that's a great peas by my colleague alicia finley i urge everyone to read