let's be honest, the reason this is taking so long is because trump and jeffrey epstein spent more timen planes together than the wright brothers. [ laughter ] they will release diddy before they release all the epstein files unredacted. [ laughter ] one thing they are releasing is thousands of federal workers. elon and the doge bros have been reportedly using a.i. to decide which federal employees to fire, which is interesting, because someone used elon's own a.i. engine, which is called grok, to answer the following question. they wrote -- "what is the likelihood, from 1-100 that trump is a putin compromised asset? use all publicly available information from 1980 on." and this is the response from elon's a.i. -- "weighing the decades-long, opaque, and substantial financial ties, intelligence suggesting russian intent, and trump's unwavering refusal to criticize putin despite attacking allies tilt the scale. the lack of transparency -- e.g., hiding tax returns, seizing interpreter notes after putin talks —- amplifies suspicion. no smoking gun proves direct control, but the 'useful idio

. >> and what happened with the jeffrey epstein document release. >> or the lack thereof? you may remember it was only about ten files. >> that the attorney general of the united. >> states. >> pam. >> bondi, posted through the justice. >> department on their website. >> then, of course, there was. >> that scene. >> at the white house where you had a. >> number of. >> social media influencers. >> holding up binders. >> the binders said declassified. >> on them. there's no classified. documents that were declassified in the course of releasing it. i had seen most. >> if not all of the. >> documents in court previously. >> i've checked the jeffrey epstein docket. >> and the glenn maxwell docket. >> not that i really needed to. because i remember those trials quite well. >> having covered. >> those. >> proceedings. >> there was no classified information that was supposed to be. presented there. but the ag's explanation of this has been a bit of a winding road over the past couple of days, and people in. law enforcement, frankly, just don't believe the things that she's saying

potentially reckless action by elon musk and doge, conspiracy theories about jeffrey epstein and overhauling the fbi, not concrete steps to reduce prices or help americans find annable -- affordable house to buy. that is the modesto bee. the pages of the new york post, their editorial on last night speech in part reads, new presidents to such joint addresses in an official state of the union speech but this is none of the try list taking off trivia affairs even though the president didn't shy from telling details to make a point. elicit promises made and promises kept with more promise keeping well in a motion. he joked and inspired and baited the opposition and spoke to the country and owned the room. it was one speech on one night still early in his term but donald trump did his cause and the nation as much as good, insuring america that for all the sound and fury, for many, the confusion of the early going he is in total command and has americans dreaming. you can find both of those online if you want to read more for yourself. john in ohio. democrats line. you are next we go ahead. calle

, pam bondi, who accused the fbi division in new york of withholding documents related to the jeffrey epstein case. now we're a hop, skip and a jump away from that. is this related? >> i can't tell you. i think the writing was probably on the wall anyway. you know, if you look back at emil bove asking only for the list of fbi agents and intelligence professionals who work january 6th cases, not the other task force officers who work with us. you know, going after fbi employees specifically. and this is just building on the years of misinformation and disinformation and propaganda trying to undermine the trust and institution that this country desperately needs. so who's going to hunt down al qaeda and i.s.i.s. members if not for the fbi? who's going to go after the russian fsb members and chinese intelligence officers who are going to try to recruit the out of work government employees who are now going to be looking for, you know, money or might have a grievance. and that's been reported recently. i mean, the country is is really facing some national security threats. that's what the fbi doe

attorney general pam bondi says more jeffrey epstein files after accusing them of withholding additionals evidence is sitting in the southern district of new york so based on that i gave the deadline friday at 8:00, a truckload of evidence. it is in possession of the fbi. kash patel will get me a detailed report as to why these documents and evidence have been withheld. >> reporter: document included a list of epstein's contacts but fell short of releasing his anticipated claim list. tim walt's floating at 2028 presidential ran after his -- alongside democratic candidate kamala harris. made the comments during a recent conversation with the new york about critics blasted him on social media when user writing, quote, needed a morning chuckle. others simply started posting laughing and mojis. maria: that one, come on. you think there is a presidential run in his future? >> reporter: he was supposed to win the male demographic vote for kamala harris, his masculinity was terrifying, turns out 2020-2024, 18 to 29 shifted 20 to the right, he won't get that demographic. they are going to lose.

don't believe in honesty >> trace: she has some reductions in there but she wants everything on jeffrey epstein to be public. >> i know pam bondi, this is a woman of integrity. she's an honest woman and she's a straight shooter and this is what americans want. they have lost trust in the department of justice and the fbi because there's been no transparency in the last several years and she's promising that and she's going to deliver. obviously you are not able to show everything if it comes down to victim information that cannot be shown. national security information cannot be shown. and grand jury information cannot be shown. anything that will be redacted she even said that she will explain why it is being redacted. that's unprecedented. i've never heard of that and i love that she's saying i'm going to tell you as much as i possibly can which is the opposite approach of what we have recently seen where there was little to nothing that was being told to the american people. i appreciate pam bondi. kash patel is on fire at the fbi making drastic changes that are necessary to move the doj and

well, turning now to a couple of headlines, the justice department released a wave of jeffrey epsteinweek but stopped short of releasing his client list. many conservative lawmakers including congresswoman anna paulina luna are expressing their frustration about the document rollout. listen. >> i was tasked with the task force on declassification to look for and investigate the files once they are released from the attorney general's office. now, i want to be clear about something. what we found in the last couple of weeks and what's definitely apparent if there's shawl a war taking place in the intelligence agencies. i have full faith in kash patel and a.g. bondi to deliver those file, but the american people want the truth, we don't want redactions. rachel: attorney general pam bonn canty is accuse the fbi of withholding thousands of files -- pam bondi -- and they demanded they be delivered to her office immediately. i wonder why that hasn't yet happened. >>> happening today though, a 12-mile stretch of interstate 40 will reopen today in western north carolina five months after it s

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they're being spent on chasing conspiracy theories about jeffrey epstein.g, inflicting trauma. okay, on the federal workforce and golf at mar-a-lago. the president playing golf today. of course, they're being spent on everything. but you know what? some of these folks said that they voted for. so i would just like to say, america, perhaps we have to have a very hard conversation with ourselves. okay, okay. there are people that are like, oh, i did not i didn't think he was going to do this. the rest of that sentence is to me because he was very clear about what he was going to do. and i would just like to ring the bell. ding ding ding. for the 92%. that said, we tried to tell y'all, so now we need to. it wasn't about the eggs. it couldn't have been about the eggs. look what they're doing right now. >> i just want to say executive producer just got in our ear to say that according to the pool, donald trump is, in fact. >> stop it. is he playing golf. >> or is it a day that ends. >> in y. of course. come on. >> well, do you. >> do you have a sense of what we'

general, she recently accused the fbi in new york office of withholding information about, uh, jeffrey epstein. i don't know how she i mean, she was promoting this release of documents that turned out to be really documents that had already been released. i don't know why she didn't know that in advance. once the reaction to it kind of blew back on her, she suddenly said, oh, well, it's the fbi. i now learned they've been withholding stuff. >> right. and two weeks ago she said, you know, it's all on my desk. >> she saw it the night before. she was like, you're going to be surprised, you know, by it. >> and so i think you got two things going on here. one in right wing blogger circles, they were saying, you know, where's the client list? where's the real stuff? and i think the material is the material. then they started putting out rumors about, you know, people in new york shredding documents. um, there's a lot of this kind of one off from qanon stuff going on out there. but as far as, as far as i can tell, whatever was supposed to be released was turned over to the department of justice. but

she posted on twitter, if pam bondi really wants to release jeffrey epstein documents, she'd need look no further than the ones on the fbi's own website, where more than 10,000 pages are blacked out. here's a rundown of what is still secret, including documents held by other u.s. agencies. again, the failure to appreciate expertise can undermine trump and bondi's own goals here. >> absolutely. and every entity within the justice department civil, criminal, environmental, they have their own comms person that is an expert in these things. look, i believe it was the attorney general who said that the release of the of the epstein files was symbolic to show, uh. openness, transparency, transparency. right. sorry, i forgot the word transparency. it's not revealing anything that the public didn't already know. it's purely, in many respects, a stunt. >> all right, elliot williams, paula reid, thanks to both of you. just moments ago. new, uh, news of prayers at saint peter's square for pope francis. the 88 year old has had two more episodes of acute respiratory failure. what we're learning ab

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she has been really focused on the jeffrey epstein investigation, demanding all kinds of records from the fbi and prosecutors. she had actually written to kash patel, the fbi director, saying that she believed the fbi's new york office was essentially hiding documents from the justice department. this was the office, of course, that dennehy led. so i think you take that the epstein investigation, her focus on that, which, by the way, we haven't heard, you know, any information to substantiate that. documents are being hidden, but that taken with the fact he's been so vocal in trying to defend the force from what many in the fbi perceive to be political retribution, it appeared that he had a mark on him, on his career. and again, he is out now, just one of many senior executives who have been shown the door. >> that's right. josh campbell, good to see you. thank you for your reporting, josh, as always. coming up still for us, a new health update on pope francis this morning, the vatican saying that he is awake and resting, but he is not out of danger yet. and mattel now celebrating int

division was withholding thousands of pages of documents related to the epstein investigation to jeffrey epstein. she was highly critical, as she had sent a letter to fbi director kash patel essentially demanding an investigation into why she believed that these documents were being hidden. and so all of this taken together, that investigation, which obviously she has been focused on, and then this larger effort, someone who is so forcefully came out there publicly telling his troops, you know, amid all of this potential action from the trump administration to clear out members of the fbi, which is largely seen for political reasons inside the bureau, he stood up and said, no, i've got your back. i'm here, i'm going to fight for you. and in the breaking news now, he's been told he is out. >> josh campbell, thanks so much. meanwhile, in our politics lead, elon musk's department of government efficiency, or doge, wants to charge the office of personnel management, which regulates the federal workforce, millions of dollars for doj's work. this is according to a draft agreement obtained by cnn. the

files related to the jeffrey epstein. >> case. >> and our. >> reporting really is. >> that there's. >les. >> but apparently. >> there were some files in the fbi office up in new york that bondi wanted. she didn't get. so that may have contributed to him being essentially ousted from his job. but here. >> you have a person who. >> devoted his career to national security, one of the top leaders in the fbi are now out at a time when the fbi is really starving for experienced leadership, guys. >> coming up, president putin's three years of humiliation. our next guest says the russian leader cannot win his war against ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray him. and applebaum joins us straight ahead on morning joe. >> i'm away alone. but all i heard. was a drunk. >> yoo hoo! >> you're making everything orange. >> we're showing we're consumer. cellular gets great coverage. we use the same towers as big wireless, so you get the same coverage. >> wow. >> for unlimited talk and text with. reliable coverage starting with. reliable coverage starting at just $20, call or visit (sigh) (sn