karen finney, you worked for the john edwards campaign. we never had a president. edwards, you worked for the hillary clinton campaign. we never had a president hillary clinton. don't give me what experience does elon musk have? i'll say this spacex first private sector company to get a man in space, neuralink helping quadriplegic people to walk. i'll take elon musk over karen finney in the cnn resting place crowd any day. >> get in the cross tab. >> yeah, yeah. >> i don't even know what a cross tab is. >> i'll show you in your office. >> very angry soda. >> yes. up next, canada. better watch out. president trump is responding to justin trudeau squealing like a schoolgirl after winning the big hockey game. >> in rome. it's where i drank my first beer. it's where i found you. jesus. where i wrecked. my first car. i tore it all. >> to pieces. >> at ameriprise financial. >> we know. >> our clients are so. much more than clients. >> they're conquerors and champions. >> and what matters most to them matters most to us. it's no wonder we have a 4.9 out of five client sat

cnn political commentator scott jennings, former senior adviser to senator mitch mcconnell, and karen finney, former senior adviser to hillary clinton's 2016 campaign. scott jennings, favorite son of kentucky kentucky has largely spoken overnight on what it thinks about these tariffs. i want you to listen to the senior senator from kentucky. your former boss, mitch mcconnell. >> it will drive the cost of everything up. in other words, it'll be paid for by american consumers. i mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this? >> and, scott, your junior senator rand paul, said tariffs are simply taxes. conservatives wants united against new taxes. taxing trade will mean less trade and higher prices. and i'll just add one more to this. scott jennings, the wall street journal, which has a lovely profile of you in it this morning. they called this the dumbest trade war in history. so what's your reaction to all this? >> well, first of all. >> i agree. >> the profile was amazing. >> number two. >> this is not without risks. i mean, look, there are risks in engaging in this ki

co-founder of the dispatch, lula garcia navarro, cnn contributor, journalist for the new york times karen finney, cnn political commentator, senior adviser to hillary clinton's campaign, and kristen soltis anderson, cnn political commentator, republican strategist and pollster. good to have you all here. lots to talk about this morning. karen, i want to ask you what the politics are. where are the politics on this? because elon musk is, of course, a billionaire with an enormous amount of business himself before this government. certainly potential for conflict of interest here. uh, in terms of him leading these cuts of key government agencies, do trump and he have the politics right? >> i think in terms of cutting agencies, you will always see people say in general, government needs to be shaken up. we need to cut spending. they will say that things like foreign aid are top of the list that they want to cut. but when the rubber meets the road, that's when the politics become different. and i think if right now what elon musk is doing is shaking up washington, making people in this town agitated,

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ramesh ponnuru, karen finney, great to have you both.i do want to bring us to some breaking news this evening, as there is a mid-sized jet that has crashed into another plane in arizona. we're just getting details. but what we do know so far, at least one person has been killed. we're going to bring you what else we know right after this quick break. also following this other breaking news tonight, that case against new york city mayor eric adams, the trump justice department has just called for those charges to be dropped lockerbie premieres. >> sunday at nine on cnn. >> ontario, canada. your third largest trading partner and number one export destination for 17 states. our economic partnership keeps millions of americans working. we're here right by your side. >> with dexcom g7. >> managing your diabetes just got easier. >> so what's your glucose number. >> right now? good thing you don't need a finger stick. >> how's all. >> that food affect. >> your glucose? >> oh, the. >> answer is on your phone. >> what if. >> you're heading low. >

he does not say karen finney. who that person was, but there was an exchange. and well, frankly, as you know. well, that's how these things tend to work. >> absolutely. although just to this question about whether or not why won't trump say it's sort of it's kind of the who won the 2020 election? you know, the election denialism, you know, if you are on the russian talking points, you don't talk about, you don't say that russia invaded ukraine. you call it a special operation. right? and so, perhaps as part of the negotiations, trump is saying is going to say, okay, i'm going to putin. i'm going to go with your talking points as part of the conversation. but again, i mean, it would be interesting also to know who was released because, again, the level of importance of that individual to russia could tell us something about, again, whether or not this is going to have any kind of impact on any. negotiations. >> that's right. and it is it is it a sign of good faith, as the president. >> said, the difficult thing here to you talk we talk about leverage. i mean, th

outfront now, former republican governor of minnesota tim pawlenty and karen finney, former senior spokeswoman for hillary clinton's presidential campaign. karen, what do you say to this? long live the king. >> uh. >> i think. >> the kids say it's a flex. uh, i mean, you know, clearly trump is, you know, kind of feeling his power and trying to, you know, through all the various means through which he's trying to intimidate. the ap and, you know, other media organizations, and he's trying to consolidate power. he's trying to, you know, show himself as a strong man. i would remind us, he did say he was going to be a dictator on day one, although then they tried to say, well, he didn't really mean that. oh, let's be clear. he he means this. he sees himself, uh, as a king. and the last thing i'll say is it's ironic or interesting and probably not by mistake that he made this announcement about congestion pricing in new york on the same day that his deputy attorney general was in the courts in new york regarding the case against eric adams. >> there was a timing. coincidence or not, as you say. and

karen finney, matt gorman, nice to see you both. it's nice to see smiles this morning.reciate all of that. sarah. >> it's all because it's you, john berman. all right. an fda plan to ban hair products with possible links to cancer may be in limbo this morning under the biden administration. the fda proposed banning the potentially cancer causing hair straightening products used and marketed largely to black women. but under the trump administration, there are now questions as to whether the fda will move ahead with the proposal to ban those products. cnn's health reporter jacqueline howard has the story for us. >> we know that scientists and advocacy groups have long warned about the potential cancer risks linked to the use of formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasing chemicals in hair straightening products. those are products like hair relaxers and certain keratin treatments, and these products have been disproportionately advertised to black women. a previous study from 2022 found that among women who have not used hair straightening chemical products in the past 12 mo

former federal prosecutor karen finney, cnn political commentator, former senior adviser to hillary clinton's 16 presidential campaign and kristen soltis anderson, cnn political analyst, republican strategist and pollster. welcome to all of you. i couldn't even figure out what day it was just a couple of minutes ago, because all of this is just unfolding so incredibly quickly. mark preston, i want to just like, let's try to big picture this to the extent that we can. i mean, we tried to state exactly how enormous this potential policy shift would be. the question that i think a lot of people across the world are now asking is, is this real? is this one of these situations where donald trump is saying something to set out a negotiating position like he does with tariffs? does it amount to basically a threat that he will not follow through on? or does it amount to something that he is actually going to do? >> i think you're all misinterpreting what he said here. okay. because what he sees is investment, right? he sees timeshares. he sees casinos, he sees cotton candy stands. there's a lot of op

with that as a backdrop, we're joined now by cnn political commentators karen finney and shermichael singleton. great to see you both. hope you're enjoying this valentine's day. shermichael. it's tough to make the case that these prosecutors refuse to drop the case against adams over partisan reasons. they're federalist society lawyers, people that have served the military. they clerked for conservative supreme court justices. do you buy that as an argument that they refuse to drop over partisan reasons? >> i mean, i don't know why they refuse to drop, but i do have some issues with the allegations of a quid pro. i mean, prosecutors all the time will say, well, if you testify against this person, we'll drop the charges or lessen the charges, or if you give up this bigger name, the person will drop the charges or will lessen the charges that happens all across this country, in courtrooms, across america. and i'm sure millions of americans out there probably have experience with this. with that said, some of the allegations against adams taking trips, you know, maybe that's an ethical

dasha burns, republican strategist lance trover and cnn political commentator karen finney. good to have you all here. lance, let me begin with you on this, because the treasury secretary says that doge has this read only access. but then cnn's reporting that four days after the inauguration, musk people tried to immediately shut off all usaid and all the payments using the system. so is it that they really just want read only access? what can you tell us? >> well, i'm not in the treasury department. i don't know, but i trust the treasury secretary is being honest with the voters in terms of what what is going on? look, this is a sea change in washington. and i look through i look at what's going on here through two lenses. what's going on here in washington, where the democrats are teaming up with the bureaucrats who want to keep the status quo as we know it. and then outside of the beltway and the rest of america, who's looking and saying, oh, yeah, donald trump's just doing exactly what we sent him to washington to do. if you look at natalie allison's story in the washing

political commentator and former senior spokesperson for hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, karen finney. glad to have all of you here. okay, let's start with these tariffs, because of course, i did say that i think shoes are going to be impacted by this. so i'm particularly interested, brian, in all this. the white house press secretary saying that canada is bending the knee just like mexico. but by the way, that deal was on the table back in december. so why why engage the allies in this way? >> you know, listen, i think it's important to understand that next year, usmca, the sort of the trade agreement between the north american countries is up for another renegotiation. and the reason it's up for renegotiation is when it was first negotiated during trump, renegotiated during trump, there were components that none of the countries could agree on, specifically, mexico and canada said no to the u.s. on some key enforcement components. and so we went forward without we went with the new usmca, without the key components of enforcement. we're now coming to that window where we can renegot

. >> ryan lanza, karen finney, kristen soltis anderson, thanks, one and all. appreciate it. unions for federal workers are taking many of these actions to court. but what about democrats in congress? congressman maxwell frost of florida, he's one of the youngest members of the house. i'm going to ask him what he thinks about what he's hearing from democratic leadership, if anything, and the live bird flu cases detected in the new york city area and the efforts there to contain this virus before it spreads even more. stay with us. >> welcome back. >> have i got news for you returns february 15th on cnn. >> where are you headed? >> where am i headed? >> am i just going to take what the market gives me? no. >> i can do some research. >> you know, that's backed by jp morgan's leading strategists like us. >> when you want to invest with more confidence, the answer is jp morgan wealth management. >> my kids can't hide anything from me. >> i'm home. >> especially when they've been using toilet paper that doesn't hold up. >> new. charmin ultra strong has a diamond weave texture that

karen finney is the former dnc communications director.h ponnuru, editor of the national review, and sarah mathews, who once worked for former president trump in his last term. sarah, when you see trump casting doubt on something that is an incredibly well known part of mitch mcconnell's biography, what what does that i don't know what goes through your mind. i don't even know what to ask, honestly. >> i genuinely think there is a very real, realistic scenario that he didn't know. and that or it slipped his brain. i'm sure a staffer told him at one point. i, i really do think that maybe because that's how he kind of responds when he gets asked things, he's like, oh, well, he could have had it like. and so it sounds like he's casting doubt. but i very really i don't know whether or not he knew. but what i will say is that it's really interesting to me that we're villainizing mitch mcconnell now in the republican party for voting against unqualified nominees, when it's very clear to me that rfk jr. is unfit for this job, lacks the qualificat

. >> karen finney, does this present an opportunity for democrats? imagine it does because they will presumably need democratic votes to get this across the finish line. if republican caucus, if the freedom caucus digs their heels in. >> well, look. >> it presents. >> an organizing opportunity for democrats and a place where we. >> actually have. >> a little bit. >> of power. >> that can be wielded. >> think about what happened when that omb memo went out. people across the country. freaked out. >> and called their members. >> if the bill, if they do the. >> one package. >> and as. >> alex was saying. >> it hangs. >> out there for a long. >> period. >> of time. that creates an opportunity for democrats to organize against. they're going to cut your medicare. >> they're going. >> to cut your, you know, social security. so i hope that across the democratic party, across the progressive movement, they use that as an opportunity to get people to make their voices heard. and at the same time, if they can negotiate to, you know, make it less awful, that wo