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we want to focus on one thing karoline leavitt said. she said she's going to hold the media accountable for their lies an the media went along with the biden white house lies for years, misleading america. so what can we expect going forward from here? >> which was always confusing, because as we know, the mainstream media carries the water for and covers up for democrats for the most part and the joe biden administration was a prime example for that. why they ran from them and why they refused to give them access or transparency is beyond me, but what's fascinating about karoline leavitt is the new ushered in era of press secretaries where she says look, i'm going to tell you the truth. i'm going to give it to you short, sharp and strong which is exactly what she did but at the same time, press, you have a responsibility to shoot straight with the american people as well. you have not done that in the past and i for one am going to hold you accountable. it was a brilliant moment moving forward you'll see more successes from donald trum

actually, there is karoline leavitt now heading to the podium. let's listen in to this first press briefing of trump's second term. >> it's an honor to be here with all of you, a lot of familiar faces in the room, a lot of new faces. and president trump is back. and the golden age of america has most definitely begun. the senate has already confirmed five of president trump's exceptional cabinet nominees. secretary of state marco rubio, defense secretary pete hegseth, cia director john ratcliffe, homeland security secretary kristi noem and treasury secretary scott bessent. it is imperative that the senate continues to confirm the remainder of the president's well-qualified nominees as quickly as possible. as you have seen during the past week, president trump is hard at work fulfilling the promises that he made to the american people on the campaign trail. since taking the oath of office, president trump has taken more than 300 executive actions, secured nearly $1 trillion in u.s. investments, deported illegal alien rapists, gang members and susp

press secretary karoline leavitt takes on the media. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: karoline leavitt making her debuthouse press secretary and warning reporters. >> we welcome independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers, and content creators to apply for credentials to cover this white house. we know for a fact there have been lies that have been pushed by many legacy media outlets in this country about this president, about his family, and we will not accept that. we will call you out when we feel that your reporting is wrong or there is misinformation about this white house, so yes, i will hold myself to the truth, and i expect everyone in this room to do the same. >> greg: sandra, in the green world, you were telling me this girl did a terrible job. >> sandra: [laughs] she did a fantastic job. we carried this live during "america reports," and she came in there prepared. i don't think you can argue t that. she took questions. she took questions from the front of the room. she took questions from the back of the room. she laid out a couple of changes that could be interesting. in

i mean, and at the very beginning of this, the white house press secretary, karoline leavitt, made veryclear that there is a shift underway in media, which she's right about that, obviously. but she was derisive toward legacy media. easy target, i would say, but otherwise it felt pretty normal. and i thought for a 27 year old white house press secretary, she was a remarkably fluid on issues but look similar to the campaign and to her multiple interviews on fox and other places. i mean, the it required a fact check, so i'm not sure how much information will come from these briefings in terms of like the depth of congressional relations and legislation. but i thought in terms of an opening round, i thought it was it was pretty decent. >> yeah. for all the questions over the last two months since trump won, whether they'd remove the white house briefing entirely or try to put another building, you know, the change was that they had new media to reporters who were sitting alongside in those seats. those are actually controlled by the white house. reporters don't typically sit in those seats

press secretary karoline leavitt, she blames biden.onus on this white house for the increased cost of eggs. i would like to point out to each and every one of you that in 2024 when joe biden was in the oval office or upstairs in the residence sleeping, i'm not so sure, egg prices increased 65% in this country. we also have seen the cost of everything, not just eggs, bacon, groceries, gasoline have increased because of the inflationary policies of the last administration. stuart: she got that one, whilst biden was upstairs sleeping. [laughter] just tell me, why did egg prices go up so much? why? >> avian flu. stuart: right. that's it? >> that's it. i think that's why they've gone up sharply. avian flu has reduced the supply of eggs, of hens that are laying eggs. obviously, it's a consequence. smaller supply, higher prices. i think the important fact on the inflation front is that you have to do manager about this gargantuan federal budget deficit with the federal government is spending almost $2 trillion more than what it takes in in te

. >> press secretary karoline leavitt's first white house briefing dominated by questions about the office of management and budget temporarily freezing all federal assistance programs affected by the president wants executive orders beginning 45:00 p.m. today. >> people are scrambling in all of our states to figure out what it means. i have gotten hundreds of calls from everybody head start, hospitals. firefighters, what does this mean? what does this mean? people are worried. people are in a panic. >> the order impacts programs affected by trump's eos on ending dei, unleashing american energy and re-evaluating u.s. interest funding foreign aid and nongovernmental programs plus some others. there were stated exceptions for programs like social security, medicare, welfare. small businesses, farms and pell grants but the medicaid website portal went down after the announcement spurring confusion about the goals. >> there was $37 million that was about to go out the door to the world health organization. doge and omb also found there was about to be 50 million taxpayers dollars that went out

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karoline leavitt who at 27 is the youngest person ever to be white house press secretary said at heria briefing said the freeze is not for individuals but for pensions, health care, and food assistance. sacraments -- sec. leavitt: what does this mean? no more funding for the green new scam, that has caused american taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. it means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness across our agencies. no more funding for greenville social engineering policies. people who are receiving individual assistance, you will continue to receive that, and president trump as being a good steward of your taxpayer dollars. samantha: government departments are scrambling to work out the consequences of the freeze. attorneys general from 11 states including california and new york are suing to stop the pause as it is a coalition of nonprofits. they want assurances -- despite assurances the payments will affect individuals, they state this affects grants for lower income americans, medicaid, has been deactivated at all 50 states. the white house insist it will be back on

and meanwhile, in the briefing room later today, press secretary karoline leavitt will hold her first briefing and their there is a lot to of coer, plenty to talk about. >> lawrence: and eagles and chiefs, previewing the game with three-time super bowl champ julian edelman. >> brian: mornings are better with friends. i hope you're dressed. >> steve: breaking news. dhs secretary kristi noem is actually here in new york city at this hour, where ice raids are underway with a dangerous suspect taken off the streets. >> brian: griff jenkins has breaking details on operation of sanctuary city in new york. griff. >> griff: the crackdown in the big apple is underway and expected to last all week long. cartels are feeling heat of the new trump administration. we're just learning that secretary kristi noem's video you see in new york city, that from overnight making lots of arrests. kristi noem saying quote, dirt bags like this will be removed from the streets. they have rescued a dominican national with interpol red notice, he is wanted for a double homicide in his country. this comes after ic

raised at the white house press briefing this is what happened when the new press secretary karoline leavitter over the ice detainment first on the podium watch rc handle this. >> ice arrested 1179 undocumented immigrants on sunday but half of them 566 of migrants appear to know prior under prior record besides entering the country illegally is the president still focused exclusively which is a civil crime not criminal. >> is focused on launching the largest mass deportation in american history of the illegal criminals. if you are in individual foreign national who illegally enters the united states of america you are by definition a criminal so you are subject to port entry deportation. >> of an ever criminal record versus those in the country illegally. >> all of them they illegally brush broker nations laws and their criminals as farces administration goes, i know the last administration did not see it it's a culture shift to view as someone that breaks it as a criminal but that's exactly what they are. >> we pulled the numbers ice reports 4006 a 50 arrest had been made 3338 detainees lod

karoline leavitt the white house press secretary issuing this clarification today. not a rescission of the federal funding freeze. it is simply a rescission of the omb memo why to end any confusion by the court's injunction. the president's eo executive order on federal funding remain in full force and effect. and will be vigorously implemented. with that, let's bring in fox news chief political analyst brit hume. you know, you need a whiteboard at time here, bret, at the beginning as you followed this. basically to sum it up this freeze was designed to scrub any funding going out the door for dei or things that they specifically with executive orders targeted. it was not a blanket freeze, even though that's how many people took it and there was a lot of chaos at the beginning and for all of the politics, whenever they say republicans pounce, this was democrats pouncing on this chaos at the beginning. >> bret: it certainly was, brit. pretty clear that memo from omb which is the sowr source of alls trouble was poorly drafted. read sweeping blocking of funds across th

budget office, government agencies are under instruction to "temporarily pause press secretary, karoline leavitt, said direct payments what does this pause mean? for the green new scam that has cost american taxpayers tens no more funding for green new deal engineering policies. people receiving individual assistance, you will continue to receive that and president trump because he is being a good steward of your taxpayer dollars. jared mondschein is the director of research i asked him if he was surprised about the federaljudge blocking donald trump's freeze on federal grants. i can't say i was surprised. they knew very well a good amount was going to be limited sorts of initiatives in addition to all the other enacting their policy agenda. and nasty chaos. how much relief will there be for those impacted by this, interesting you asked that because in many ways the democrats have been trying to find their footing on how the election in 2016, but lost the popular vote. have been to do with a right to life, anti—abortion protests, which aligns with the trump administration a tangible thing. somet

. >> reporter: the new white house press secretary karoline leavitt, in her first briefing, defending the move, saying it's needed to make sure these programs don't run counter to president trump's agenda. >> what does this pause mean? it means no more funding for illegal dei programs. it means no more funding for the green new scam that has cost american taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. it means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness across our federal bureaucracy and agencies. >> reporter: the broad directive immediately prompting confusion, even at much bigger programs like medicaid, which provides health insurance for 72 million low-income americans. states reporting the online portals down. medicaid warning of possible payment delays due to executive orders regarding potentially unallowable grant payments. the white house says they expect the portal will be back online shortly, and payments are still being processed and sent. tonight, the administration is adamant programs that provide direct benefits to americans like medicaid, social security, medicare, and feder

for karoline leavitt it makes her job a lot easier.esn't have to be the face of this administration. she is paired with the president who is an accomplished communicator. i think they would like to hear from him to such a great degree compared to the four years of hiding the ball. >> harris: they played it with kamala harris coming in at the tail end. we didn't know that much about who she was as vice president or not. look, i know at the spectator and other media outlets, some of the most frustrating words you can hear from a press secretary is i haven't talked about that. the top three breaking news items of the day. one thing i know about karoline leavitt and those around trump is that he is communicating with them and that's important for the american people. >> she is a very young press secretary. people have pointed that out. but i would just say look, i with as the youngest political appointee of the george w. bush administration at the time i went in as a speech writer. i think communications is something that the president lik

as karoline leavitt said, there's no, of course, no reference to what law. but it is flatly illegal. >> congressman dan goldman, i appreciate it. thank you. joining me now is cnn political commentator and republican strategist shermichael singleton, cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elie honig, and journalist gretchen carlson. elie, is this constitutional? >> i do not think this is constitutional, and i think this will be struck down by the courts for two reasons. >> first of all, by the supreme court. >> yes. but ultimately, i think this will land in the supreme court, and i do not think they will support donald trump. first of all, just basic constitutional law. article one creates congress, the very first power given to congress in the constitution is the power of the purse. second of all, there was a law passed by congress in 1974, the impoundment control act, that basically says the president cannot refuse to spend or block money allocated by congress except in very narrow circumstances, for a brief period of time. and third of all,

karoline leavitt our first briefing yesterday. we heard her at the beginning talking about the decision to revoke the security clearance and the security detail for former chairman of the joint chiefs, mark milley. that has also been done to john bolton, mike pompeo and brian hook. back with us. paul begala and scott jennings. let's focus on mark milley for a second. the former chair of the joint chiefs, paul, you woke up, as we all did this morning to this news that these actions have been taken against him. in addition to an inspector general investigation. >> well, it's a massive betrayal of our national security by general milley. general milley was put in the position of our top military officer by donald trump. right? he served honorably. he served 44 years in military. he is a hero. and i mean special forces 101st airborne, 10th mountain division. this guy is a hero. he's an american hero. donald trump, you know, less illustrious military record, even called our heroic war dead at arlington cemetery. and in europe, where th

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so but a very interesting a first press briefing today from karoline leavitt. >> yeah. and i, i also want to let our viewers know that the newly minted homeland security secretary, kristi noem, it's her first day on the job officially, and she's speaking to staffers literally right now about these immigration crackdowns. we're going to turn some of that sound for you as we get it. jeff zeleny live from the white house. thank you so much, brianna. >> joining us now is the president and ceo for the national council of nonprofits, diane yentel. and diane, you, along with several nonprofit groups, just sued the trump administration over this freeze. tell us more about the suit. >> yes, we did. thank you. and we are suing to stop this order because it could have catastrophic consequences for people and communities throughout the country. this order that would halt federal spending on a multitude of programs would impact programs like housing assistance for veterans or food assistance, food for infants, women and children, disaster assistance would be impacted. so the very co

another first, press secretary karoline leavitt will take our questions for first interview on the new job. >> steve: country super star jason aldean joins us live after last night's inaugural ball performance. ♪ ♪ >> steve: that's right, the final hour of this four-hour "fox and friends" live from capitol hill starts right now. ♪ >> ainsley: happening today, the president will meet congressional gop leadership as confirmation for his choices are set for 10:00 a.m. >> steve: jacqui heinrich is on the north lawn of the white house. it is 10 degrees, she joins us live. >> ainsley: bless your heart. >> jacqui: it feels less than that, if possible. before heading to three inaugural balls he fired off executive actions and orders and brought press to the oval office. they spanned energy, trade, cultural issues and immigration. most were geared at unwinding biden policies. most likely to face consternation, including legal challenges, namely 14th amendment, is this order eliminating birth right citizenship. aclu sued trump administration over this and president trump acknowledged there might

we just heard from white house press secretary karoline leavitt. she used part of her debut from the podium to outline trump's sweeping changes to the country's immigration policy. >> on day one, president trump declared a national emergency at our southern border to end the four year long invasion of illegal aliens. under the previous administration. additionally, president trump signed an executive order to end catch and release and finished construction of his effective border wall by using every lever of his federal power. president trump has sent a loud and clear message to the entire world. america will no longer tolerate illegal immigration. >> in the meantime, some new images obtained by cnn show two colombian planes carrying u.s. deportees arriving in the capital of bogota earlier today. the video, just released by the u.s. marine corps, shows troops reinforcing the southern border barrier near san diego. and joining us now to discuss is sheriff javier salazar of bexar county, texas. sheriff, thank you so much for being with us. and we sho

back in december and now the youngest white house press secretary to ever grace the podium, karoline leavittll be taking questions in her first official briefing. and we will soon have a look at what that looks and sounds like. hello, and welcome everyone. i'm sandra smith and john cook great to be with you. >> john: wait to be with you. and this is america reports. take a look at the picture on the left and inside of your screen. when is the last time you saw the brady briefing room that crowded? it harkens back to the early days of the first from our administration when it was standing room only and people were packed in like sardines. fire marshal -- might have something to say about that. but we're about to launch. plans to from -- to jump kicking up his second term. signing savvy five executive orders in his first week. trump's repertoire actions given reporters plenty of topics for today's briefing. >> sandra: you better believe it. john, the admission possum federal grants and loans starting today. jacqui heinrich has got a preview. she is life in that very busy jampacked white house

. >> martha: they were talking about karoline leavitt and her news conference, their take on why sheand think it is rampant hypocrisy, champion of the strength of other woman, breaking the ceilings and to being equal in all things and then they are trashing other woman's accomplishments. karoline leavitt did an phenomenal job, the youngest press secretary and most importantly is american for the people. those messages staying her down has no place. and sidenote, remember kamala harris refuse to meet with the spouses with the heads of state saying her office was more important than that. going back to melania, as all of these women represent, there is an equality in a global community where they say do not listen to these chicken into the chicken yards here, we're here to send a message of unity and strength not only domestic but goes beyond this order. that grace you cannot put an f print or hear from an talk show host. >> martha: they are putting into the hours and the work. not necessarily sing so much of that in recent years. you think for joining us here this afternoon. joining u

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white house press secretary karoline leavitt with us today. appreciate your time.'s get right to it. tom homan last night with jesse is not happy. watch. >> are you satisfied, tom homan, with the pace of migrant deportations? >> no. we have to do more. we have to open that aperture up which we are going to do. a great start but we aren't finished and we need more deportations, a lot more deportations. that's what we're working on. sanctuary cities are difficult to operate in. >> bill: he says two things. sanctuary cities are difficult to operate in. the other thing says we have to do more. is the white house giving him all the resources that tom homan is looking for now? >> president trump has used every lever of his executive power to insure that we can secure the border and launch this large mass deportation operation. i would echo the comments of my colleague mr. homan. while this has been a great start, we will not get complacent. the previous administration allowed tens of millions of illegal people into the interior of our country and president trump has prom

. >> todd: karoline leavitt will be live 8:00 a.m.the first line for the first interview as the white house press secretary. >> carley: fox news contributor, david webb found fox nation. david webb himself, david, good morning to you. not only did the president signed 200 executive orders in front of an arena of people no less, he made three major speeches and went to the balls, the parade and held 16 minute press conference with the media. 30,000-foot view, how are you processing all of this and what were some of the most important moment yesterday? >> you know what, we will need a longer show with 30,000-footer or any level to build. good to see you guys, what a morning it is. this is one of the biggest swings from a past presidency, thankfully, hopefully, forgotten but not how horrible it was for americans to a new presidency in a change. the past pardons, look what they were, the current ones by the president now president trump that justice was delayed in due process delayed for so many americans. thing you look at important acti

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in the white house briefing room, karoline leavitt was asked if trump directed the firing. >> this wasemo that went out by the presidential office in the president is the leader of the white house, so yes. laura: u.s. immigration and customs enforcement made 179 arrests yesterday, the most in a single day since trump returned to the white house. the crackdown resulted in more than 3500 arrests since last thursday. they said undocumented migrants with no criminal record will be deported and ignored the administration's does -- decision to allow raids near churches, schools and hospitals. >> what is the standard, to go into an element you school? we heard this will provide a chilling effect of parents in the school drop off line. >> it should not be a chilling effect unless your child is a terrorist or public safety threat. if they are a national security threats, they should be afraid because we are looking for them. laura: this as kristi noem addressed dhs staff after joining i.c.e. for a raid in new york city. president trump's cabinet further solidified. >> in this boat the nominatio

and the youngest woman to ever hold that role, karoline leavitt.have access to the current president, which they have not in his years after being elected in 2016. so different from previous administrations under particularly joe biden. so this is different and they will have a chance. but of those questions get answered early part of the way because the current president talked preston fox to the press. it has been a week in office. a series of executive orders and actions. carrying out trump's campaign promises. and among those to the source of his is to reshape america into a golden age. to lift up the economy t up the idea that everybody can which the american dream. so that is where we said today. will see what questions they ask. we will be here for it on fox. "america reports" now. ♪ ♪

laura: back in the white house briefing room, karoline leavitt was asked if trump directed the firingss was a memo that went out by the presidential personnel office, and the president is the leader of this white house, so yes. laura: also last night, u.s. immigration and customs enforcement announced that it made 1,179 arrests yesterday, the most in a single day since trump returned to the white house. the crackdown has resulted in more than 3500 arrests since last thursday. last night, trump's border czar, tom homan, said undocumented migrants with no criminal record will also be deported, and defended the administration's decision to allow raids at or near schools, churches and hospitals. >> what is the standard to go into an elementary school? what we had heard from immigration advocates is that this is going to provide a chilling effect to parents in the school dropoff line, or something of that matter. >> it shouldn't be a chilling effect unless your child is a terrorist or public safety threat. if they are a public safety threat, national security threat, they should be chilled,

a leaked government memo from the head are under instruction to temporarily pause secretary, karoline leavitt federal beeron roxy and agencies. you will continue to receive that and president trump since taking office, the president has carried out 21 executive actions this signifies peace through strength is back. this president will not tolerate planet again to co—operate with the repatriation into our country and broke america's laws. it will not be tolerated and the colombian that's about three times the single day average for ice. that was followed up on monday with over 1,100 arrests. jared mondschein is the director of research blocking donald trump's freeze on federal grants. i can't say i was surprised. or restricted by the courts or by different processes enacting their policy agenda. and nasty chaos. to criticise the trump administration. have been to do with a right to life, anti—abortion protests, which aligns with the trump administration is one instance where it may be there because it is a tangible thing. assistance and childcare centres, if that goes through, you talk about a

. >> and white house press secretary karoline leavitt said the drones were, quote, not the enemy, and the new information came directly from president trump. there were no details on what kind of research the drones were doing. new jersey congressman josh gottheimer called on the faa to release more details on the drones and the research. >>> the winter weather is battering the northeast. high winds toppled a house under construction killing one worker and injuring several others south of boston. and the extreme cold has turned niagara falls into a frozen wonder with thick ice and snow surrounding the landmark. people from ohio to maine will see scattered snow showers through this afternoon, and lake-effect snow will impact parts of pennsylvania and new york through the evening. >>> and in the south, a strengthening weather system will bring thunderstorms and heavy rain from dallas to san antonio this evening. those storms could become severe tomorrow with damaging winds and isolated tornadoes as they move into louisiana. >>> now to deepseek, the chinese artificial intelligence upstar

press secretary karoline leavitt clarified that this is not a blanket pause on all assistance. she says direct payments to individuals will continue for benefits like social security and medicare. >> if you're receiving individual assistance from the federal government, you will still continue to receive that. however, it is the responsibility of this president and this administration to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. >> reporter: the white house said the early childhood program head start would not be affected. but senator chris murphy says that the re-im bursment system was shut down in his home state of connecticut. local leaders and non-profits are concerned. >> the funding goes through the states, which then ultimately gets down to a meals on wheels provider who then provides that service to a senior in need. but it's not, there's no direct cash to that person. it's not considered a direct federal assistance program, like social security or medicare would be. so we're concerned. >> services to our most vulnerable, to our seniors, to our children, to our sick, to our

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i asked karoline leavitt about whether or not they believe they do have the authority to do so. earlier today. >> now, what. >> happened on friday night? the administration fired several inspectors general without giving congress the 30 day, legally required notification that they were being fired. i think only two were left at doj, dhs and the doj. and then yesterday we saw several prosecutors, i believe, 12 fired from the justice department who worked on the investigations into the president. as you know, they are career prosecutors. therefore, they are afforded civil service protections. how is the administration deciding which laws to follow and which ones to ignore? >> so it is the belief. >> of this white. >> house and the white house counsel's office. >> that the. >> president was within his executive authority to do that. he is the executive of the executive branch, and therefore, he has the power to fire anyone within the executive branch that he wishes to. >> now, jake, that is up for discussion and a real question, because there is a chance that some of those people w

trump press secretary karoline leavitt making this point. it is the responsibility of this president and this administration to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. it means no more funding for illegal dei programs means no more funding for the green new scam that has topped cost american taxpayers. >> 10's of billions of dollars. it means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness across our federal bureaucracy and agencies but been 10. his democratic colleagues made clear they're in for a fight against an administration. they argue has exceeded its authority. the federal government should. >> have to follow the rules. follow the process that's laid out by the law say as any of us. they're not. we prepared for this moment. and just as we did during the first administration, we won 80% of our cases and we are prepared to do it again. >> and while trump's directive is now temporarily halted the california department of finance on behalf of the newsom, administration says it is carefully going through it to determine what it could mean f

karoline leavitt had some difficulty clarifying specific portions of what this action meant. the actual initial memo that was released, they had to put out a second version to clarify it further. was there a space for the administration to say, we're going to take a closer look at government spending and taxpayer dollars being spent on these programs without causing all of this confusion? >> i think they could have been clearer. the ambiguity of the first memo, i think, is what created a lot of this confusion here that they have thus tried to clean up, right by saying that not all federal spending assistance is going to be paused, that it's only going to be specific programs as it relates to the executive orders that he's released so far. you also saw, you know, pete hegseth as new defense secretary today, do what is very common, i think, in the department of defense, which is pause new army contracts for a short time in order to review what money is going out the door as his prerogative as new secretary. so i think some of this was intended to be a pause, a true pause, and a

trump press secretary karoline leavitt making this point. it is the responsibility of this president and this administration to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. it means no more funding for illegal dei programs means no more funding for the green new scam that has topped cost american taxpayers. >> 10's of billions of dollars. it means no more funding for transgenderism and wokeness across our federal bureaucracy and agencies but been 10. his democratic colleagues made clear they're in for a fight against an administration. they argue has exceeded its authority. the federal government should. >> have to follow the rules. follow the process that's laid out by the law say as any of us. they're not. we prepared for this moment. and just as we did during the first administration, we won 80% of our cases and we are prepared to do it again. >> and while trump's directive is now temporarily halted the california department of finance on behalf of the newsom, administration says it is carefully going through it to determine what it could mean f

karoline leavitts they deported illegal migrants via planes. it is well underway, promises made, promises kept. each plane holds 80 people and took off from biggs army base in el paso and went to guatemala. murder suspect bryan kohberger will be back in court this morning for second day of his pretrial hearing. his defense team is attempting to have all dna evidence thrown out by challenging legality of search warrants. bryan kohberger is charged with stabbing four university of idaho students in 2022. the father of kaylee goncalves joined us earlier. >> nobody wants to go to court with dna at the crime scene under one of the victims, they are trying to get that thrown out. amazing job keeping this on track and getting it ready to have court in the summer, definitely not for a plea. >> carley: bryan kohberger's trial is set to begin in august. president trump signing executive order to declassify assassination files of j.f.k. and other prominent figures. we spoke to an author about the news this morning. >> i think what the files could have is

karoline leavitt says the fully drafted iepp tariff will be hel in reserve and not signed unless colombials to meet this agreement. customs will remain in effect until first plane load of deportsees is successfully returned. could have made impactful trade war. number one import from colombia to united states is coffee, number three colombian export to u.s., something people would notice, cut flowers. back to you. >> steve: to the point about there goes price of coffee. people heard donald trump say tariff against mexico, people were saying in main-stream media and social media talking about, are you kidding? price of avocados will go up for the super bowl. >> peter: if you buy avocados now, they will be ripe in two weeks. president trump was talking about tariffsesa economic policy as way to get the united states more competitive with the rest of the world he thinks is ripping the united states off. this is retaliatory tariff that i can guarantee trump people yesterday were not tracking these tariffs on colombia. he is trying to use power he has as president to essentially get people to

karoline leavitt saying, the largest massive deportation operation in histories well underway, promisesade, promises kept. bring in gen-z political commentators morgan mc michael. what is gen-z reaction to a president keeping his promises and so soon into his term? >> morgan: we are one week into the trump administration and he has kept his promise. we are getting illegal immigrants off the streets and ep coo ikeeping us safe. -- is doing a disservice to the american people. this is what justice for laken riley and every other american who has been attacked on american soil by illegal immigrants looks like. we need to continue. we shut down cbp 1 app this week. we need to support remain in mexico policy and continue to allow mass deportation effort to take place in america. >> todd: how does this play with gen-zers who have not been used to presidents and political leaders keeping promises they make on the campaign trail. >> i think gen-z is sick and tired of being lied to and will see a truthful president come into play here and keep promises he's making. gen-z, they care a lot about i

. >> i am getting in here, karoline leavitt. >> deepseek but about ahead. >> if you receive individual assistant you will continue to receive it on funding freeze. larry: he is not going --ing -- >> pause includes -- >> it may. >> it could. larry: bidens put that money out, and took away the work requirements, which were actually put in a very long ago, will say 30 years during the clinton newt gingrich years, what happened? people had to go back to work, if they were able bodied, they had to go back to work. millions of people did, economy was soaring. >> run it like a business. larry: all right. taylor just a moment. deepseek. i'm doing it on front page. i happen to think people are overly obsessing about this. moreover i do not believe the thing that chinese government says. taylor, i want to bias your response. >> i have some mixed thoughts, i understand people say china uses more chips than we were told, they st stole the algorithm from open a.i., and a uses higher performance chips, that said i do like what president said this puts us on notice, we're not guaranteed in be number

. >> reporter: white house press secretary karoline leavitt held her first briefing tuesday afternoonh explaining what the pausing of trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans would mean for americans. >> if you're receiving individual assistance from the federal government, you will still continue to receive that. >> reporter: before a judge paused the funding freeze, democratic lawmakers said that average americans could be impacted if programs depended on federal dollars run out of money. >> president trump plunged the country into chaos, a cruel, nasty, and illegal chaos without a shred of warning. >> reporter: there is also fallout overseas after president trump suspended foreign aid to country, including ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says his government is compiling a report on effective programs and determining which are critical. the white house press secretary also addressed tariffs in the president's hard-line immigration crackdown during her initial briefing here at the white house. >> if you are an individual, a foreign national who illegally ente

. >> white house press secretary karoline leavitt shearing president trump's. >> after research and study, were authorized to be flown by the faa for research and various other reasons. many of these drones were also hobbyists, recreational and private individuals that enjoy flying drones. in time it got worse due to curiosity. this was not the enemy. >> todd: is that it? is the mystery over for you, joey? >> joey: yeah. we didn't get a whole lot of information. i came to the conclusion on this a long time ago the simplest explanation probably is the explanation, which is that the government knew what this was and didn't want to put too much out there. really the big question from all of this for me is why couldn't the biden administration give a more full-throated answer even like this one? i there was a lot once people started looking up they saw things that were already there anyway. why couldn't the administration say something? that really still puzzles me. >> carley: the faa released statements saying not us. apparently it was. so, all of that is still a little bit confusing. thank

couple of days from now and looking for clues and sounded like howard lutnick today actually karoline leavitte press room yesterday that mexico and canada are helping us to close the border. now, how did you see in the hearing and what can you add to that from my friend howard lutnick? what do you think about the february 1 deadline? >> well, first of all, let me say howard lutnick did an incredible job and wowed the economy community and showed true character and this guy is an american success story and living the american dream and serving his country. in terms of mexico and cannaday, look at border crossings. they're al all time low and mexico stepped and you happen canada too and getting border crossings down to near see row and ha happens and president trump looks at that and going right with biden getting it done in four years. border crossings going 14, 15,000 and numbers we never thought were possible so his diplomacy works and i think the question is what happens long term. not having mexico and canada treating us unfairly in the labor industry and going to have 4 million cars in me