i'm joe mathieu in washington.ecretary caroline levitt in the west wing in a moment, the youngest ever white house press secretary hours after donald trump called for a pausing federal grants, called again for bigger tariffs. we will bring you into the briefing room and carry this life for you. the first conversation between the secretary and reporters including those representing bloomberg. a bit of a comeback in the cards. charlie pellett has the markets for us right now. charlie: indeed seeing dip buyers come in. stocks advancing after yesterday's

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz in washington. friday edition of "balance of power. this just coming on the terminal. donald trump's new take on this, his evolving position, is why we are here today. kailey: and the ban is set to go effect one day before tromping back in office and incidentally 10 days before he is back in office, trump also was sentenced today and will become a convicted felon. that sentence of course not really anything, no probation,

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz and washington, d.c.r being with us on the monday edition of "balance of power." it is january sixth, four years later. kailey: this proceeding stands in stark contrast to what we saw four years ago as known inside or outside the capitol is contesting the results. the woman who was defeated in november will be presiding over the proceedings today. kamala harris already standing next to the speaker of the house, the gavel has come down, these proceedings will get underway shortly as the county's electoral votes and donald trump will officially be certified as

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz. we are back here to stay after the inaugural.imate to energy to the border. kailey: and the federal government as well. you could add tiktok, january 6 pardoned. it was a busy first day in office for president trump. 26 executive orders aside, four memorandum. that is a modern record. he seemed to be focusing on these big buckets. of course, he still has to date ahead of him as he is getting ready to meet with republican leadership at the white house, and then this afternoon, and event dubbed by the white house press secretary as a massive infrastructure announcement. cvs is reporting that is a joint venture for artificial intelligence infrastructure by

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz in washington.o a whole new headline after a doozy of a weekend coming from the trump white house. do you have deepseek on your phone? kailey: even if i wanted to, i wouldn't be able to use it now. chinese phone numbers right now only due to some breaches that deepseek says they have experienced over the last day or so. not great if you are a tech

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz in washington.balance of power." it was a tour de force. p news about taking over canada and refused to rule out the idea of military force somehow to cajole panama or greenland. kailey: he described both of those as being important to the economic security of the united states. he said he could not rule out using either economic or military coercion. once again, threatening tariffs on canada and mexico, as we heard from him.

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz in washington. thanks for being with us.e nine degrees out on monday. this sounds like a logistical nightmare. >> the real feel will be even lower than this. one can understand why not everyone is willing to spend hours outside on a freezing monday morning. capital one arena will now be a place that needs to be coordinated as donald trump, according to his post, says people can watch his rem

i am joe mathieu with kailey leinz in washington.o the early edition of "balance of power." based on what we are hearing, the response and funding to clean from these disasters could be more complicated. kailey: he did say more funding is coming, that they would be supplying it, though he didn't get into specifics on numbers he would be requested from congress or what role is and he states would have. he also suggested states should be taking over emergency response. that fema goes into the disaster zones -- and that needs to be

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz. this is the monday edition of "balance of power."are with us on tv and radio. donald trump is asking lawmakers to consensus on this. based on what we are hearing from our first guest this hour, it may involve incentives to some states that actually lower their property taxes. getting interesting. >> we know this is going to be difficult as you have to get the 218 vote in the house and those two aren't from high tax states like new york and california and they may not like the idea of lifting the salt cap as those were from those blue states especially. the question is going to be how long does that take and ultimately what is the form of that consensus, what kind of bill, how large of a package? will it be split off into something else and leave energy and immigration issues to be dealt with separately? >

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz. welcome to the wednesday edition of balance of power. lot of news on the congressional agenda on sequencing, confirmations, and more. kailey: confirmations will be in focus as hearings for donald trump's nominees for second administration, a large number, will begin next week ahead of his inauguration on the 20th. after the inauguration when they are trying to enact his legislative agenda, we have a big question mark as to how exactly tactically he wants to pursue this. if he wants a big, powerful bill, or if senate republicans get his ear and want it to be two. will he decide that is the better way forwar

he spoke with joe mathieu earlier this week. >> i would have lunch with him to tell him what i thoughthat's going on with him here? we are already seeing a breakdown over the h-1b situation. the maca versus musk situation seems tenuous. will he still have the presidency or a year from now? >> no, no. what's interesting about this is he's going up against some really big pacs on the far right. for me, i'm a supporter based on our district being very rural with a lot of technology in the commonwealth. katie: let's bring in the erickson immigration group partner, hiba anver. it's interesting, after you saw the elon musk comments, you had donald trump fall in line invoices on support for h-1b visas. it will be interesting to see if he sticks to that view as we get deeper into his administration. give us some context. we talk about h-1b visas in the context of the tech industry all the time. what role do they play, though? hiba: they actually play a very critical role. american can come -- american companies of the most successful in the world in a variety of industries and sectors and a pa

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz in washington.y edition of "balance of power." great to see you, happy new year, as we hear from authorities today they don't see a connection between these events. they think the attacker in new orleans acted alone. kailey: it does seem based on the inventor fraser and -- based on the information that this was a lone-wolf attack and this was terror inspired by isis, which raises questions as we wait clarity on how if it all there was any connection which authorities do not see at this

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz. to cover here as we lead our way up to special coverage to the federal reserve decision just about a half hour away. kailey: that for decision comes at 2:00 p.m. eastern time, and guess who is going to be counter programming? that would be president of the united states donald trump, who plans to sign the lake and riley act at that time. i wonder if a reporter is going to sneak a question about him on his thoughts on the fed's decision, which is expected to be a hold on rates, not a hike and not a cut, even though donald trump prefer rates go down. kailey:

i'm joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz in washington.evolved from whether it will happen at all to yes, how high. kailey: we will have more in a few minutes republican congressman michael lawler in new york, who is at the white house with president donald trump talking about salt. donald trump spent part of his day addressing virtually the world economic forum at davos, talking about lower oil prices, lower interest rates, and yes, lower taxes. joe: no doubt. he will demand lower oil prices, asking saudi arabia to pump more. i'm not sure demanding though interest rates from jay powell will resonate. kailey: the think chairman will beg to differ on that one. -- fed chairman will beg to differ on that one. he has medically the tariffs could be hybrid he talked about trade relation

i am joe mathieu alongside kailey leinz in washington.on the wednesday edition of balance of power as we bring you political coverage from the nation's capital and this is remarkable timing here knowing the biden administration has been working on a cease-fire. they told us at bloomberg that we are on the brink of a deal but now, do trump is also taking credit for this news. kailey: taking to true social, describing an epic cease-fire agreement would never have happened had he not been elected in november. regardless of whether or not that is true, his incoming administration has been working in tandem with the biden administration on this effort. obviously, this is the result of what has been months and months of effort in which we have seen multiple head fakes. we had reporting that we have been close to a deal before only for no agreement to result and we have