we are so looking forward to that interview with kristi noem today. thanks, kristen, as always for that preview, and we hope you join kristen for this morning's meet the press. as mentioned, she will have that exclusive interview with the new homeland security secretary, kristi noem, as well as missouri republican senator eric schmidt and arizona democratic senator mark kelly. if you just stick right here with us for today in the bay, meet the press is on at 8 a.m, right after our newscast, and we will look into the newly reignited battle over issuing h-1b visas, that nonimmigrant visa that allows u.s. employers to temporarily hire foreign workers in specialty occupations like tech. that's coming up in about 30 minutes from now w with nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston. local activists upset over the recent immigration and customs enforcement raids, rallied and marched yesterday in san jose. our ancestors have been traveling up and down this continent for thousands of years. this march in particular started at emma prusch farm park on south

you heard from homeland security secretary kristi noem earlier in the broadcast. i.c.e.ady being carried out across the country. you have pushed for tougher standards, tougher border policies. do you support what you are seeing so far? the deportation plan, as it's been carried out by the president? >> yeah, i don't, for a number of reasons. it seems to be more about intimidation of a big population of people. it's going down the road of mass deportation, which he said he would do, which would rip communities apart. these are really bad ideas. trying to send folks back to colombia, which we do routinely, but sending them on military airplanes, which, by the way, costs a lot more money than putting them on a chartered airline flight, which we've, you know, done for decades. it's all about scaring and intimidating people. it's the same thing for guantanamo bay. building a facility there, is because it just sounds very frightening to a lot of folks. when you're a criminal, we need to find where you are. we need to take you into custody. and iyou're not documented, you shoul

kristi noem is now doing it as well.ut there on the waters, but he's out there speaking on things that nobody was waiting to hear him talk about. no insight, no added value. >> so, you know, what we do as journalists is that we get on the phone and we talk to sources. right. so i was talking to a flight planner who works with air traffic control, and i was like, when the when your colleagues hear this being said, what's the reaction? he's it's very simple actually. so we all fly in planes. we all see the amount of people flying in planes. there's a lot of air traffic and there are not enough air traffic controllers and flight planners to keep up with it. now, the united states of america is actually becoming a more diverse country. whether donald trump and all of his people like it or not, the demographics of this country are that it is becoming more and more nonwhite. therefore, when he this is what the person i spoke to said, attacks on di are only going to further exacerbate air traffic controller staffing issues beca

homeland security secretary kristi noem em delivered welcome remarks to staff at the department's headquarters in washington, d.c. the former south dakota governor was confirmed by the senate 15 9 to 34. what. i. thought. was what quite. three three that are. oh, say ken, you'll see my. early life. what's a friday morning? oh oh. the highlights. i'm going to leave me who's brought right and i stop. oh no. oh oh, hi. oh, know what we were so tired. history me. yes. oh, no, no, no. never tell. oh. oh, my god. oh, spangler. oh. oh, oh, oh, oh. i. oh. 040. one one. what have you. one what. i invite you to pray with me briefly. eternal one. the history of our great nation is replete with change and transition. today we look forward to a new chapter. we open a new page and we look forward to seeing the writing that will happen in the next few years. we ask you our blessing. on secretary nome as she steps into this position and leads us, we ask that you will give her the wisdom of solomon, the patience of joe, the strength of samson as she provides leadership. we ask the blessing on the transition, o

. >> well, congresswoman, have a listen to dhs secretary kristi noem. what she had to say today on meet the press and where and what she says. needs needs to happen. watch this. >> i encourage their. >> leadership teams to get on board and to make sure that they're not pushing up prices. if prices go up, it's because. >> of other. >> people's reactions to. >> america's laws. >> congresswoman, she says, i encourage their leadership leadership teams to get on board as if they aren't sovereign nations with their own interests. >> you know, she doesn't make any sense at all. we know when tariffs like these go into place that they raise prices on american families. americans are the ones who are paying this. this is a tax on american families. so the administration can try to divert or make things up. but the reality is there's a direct impact on american families and costs as a result of these tariffs. and you know, he's putting higher tariffs in place against our allies canada and mexico. this is it makes no sense. and he didn't even consult with congress

i also want to play for you some sound of the new department of homeland security secretary, kristi noem. listen to what she had to say. >> these countries have an. opportunity to get on board with. >> the president of the united states, and. >> to partner. >> with us to deal with illegal. >> immigration. >> to take. back their. >> individuals that have been in. our country illegally. >> we want to repatriate. >> them home, and they can be partners. so economically, yes, they will. they will feel pain. they will feel. >> what this. consequences are and. >> will. >> be able to continue. >> to go forward with a president who's strong, who's putting. >> america first. >> now democrats are blasting these new tariffs. they're saying that it's going to hurt american families. we also heard from foreign leaders who say that they are going to be putting their own tariffs on u.s. goods from that's in mexico and in canada. and china is also saying it might now file a lawsuit with the world trade organization. so a lot going up in an escalating trade war here, alex. >> oh, 100%. okay, yamiche, than

homeland security kristi noem set to be in new orleans tomorrow and dhs said she'll be meeting with jeffd a local police captain and discussing security measures for the super bowl and honoring the 14 people killed in the new year's day terror attack on bourbon street that shook the country just over a month ago. they'll be meeting to observe security preps and law enforcement efforts at the attack site and cesar's super dome. there's a large security perimeter with check point screening ands there'll be a lot more law enforcement officers around the city overall. governor announced this past week and police search any large bags and it items like coolers d bag checks are banned. that did not go off were the bombs on bourbon street. >> we have a cooperation with the pup lick and balance -- public and freedom to enjoy the quarter with the need for these highenned security measured -- heightened security measure we saw on january 1. going on wednesday and going through january 10th and chief security officer very confident the team is ready for this super bowl. alicia. alicia: madison scar

a lot of viewers saw kristi noem on a deportation operation, wearing a sort of law enforcement uniformey sent dr. phil out. they sent all sorts of other right-wing personalities out there to show how these operations are working. and what it has done is, a, it has made the operations look different or stale. it is also -- has also sewed fear in migrants, saying these arrests are ubiquitous, they are everywhere and they are coming for me next. people have really responded in a rational way, which is that they are too scared in some cases to go to work or go to the grocery store. we have heard reports that public transportation like subways or buses are more empty than they would have been a few weeks ago. that is having an impact on the country and the economy already. host: let's hear from bill in alabama on the line from republicans. good morning, bill. caller: there is no law that you have to return illegals to their country of origin. why don't we make a deal with low-cost countries where people are desperate for money, pay a billion dollars to somalia or sudan or chad and just load

hegseth they tried to knock out, kristi noem, scott bissett had to go to the same process.y, he had to go to the same process. lee zeldin didn't he had to go to this same process. and doug burgum had to go through all this in order to get confirmed. this is what the democrat party is doing. so, all these departments of government they say don't cut them, don't change the rules, every person there is essential. no, no, no. but, when it comes to choosing a cabinet secretary they are apparently don't want any. they set will pick them if they are rational and reasonable in other words rational and reasonable people to judge i can go to the whole list the whole conga line of reprobates these democrats have appointed one cabinet position or a net that republicans do this. they actually don't they don't. republicans vote for democrats all the time. like three of them you may have heard the names mitch mcconnell, susan collins and lisa murkowski them over democrats all the time it's the republicans those have problems with and they are not the only ones pretty got the senator from

. >> that is significant strides last 30 seconds i have speaking of secretary kristi noem she is on thef this morning with the border patrol, horse patrol unit per we have video we can show you here. you see her writing. that is a stark contrast to the previous administration and secretary mayorkas under the biden administration that accuse the horse patrol unit of whipping migrants when that was not in fact the case. >> that is right. and recall secretary mayorkas knew in advance that whipping did not occur. and yet he still went out to the podium and accused those horse patrol agents of doing that. which put the dagger in the faith and trust of those agents in his leadership for the remainder of the binder ministration. griff: they are out of office now but perhaps they could still issue that apology. a lot of border patrol agents upset it never came too. >> they deserve that apology. griff: thank you for much for being a great insight as always. coming up, how tariffs can affect your wallet next. so i sa. with the money i saved i thought i'd get a wax figure of myself. oh! right in t

so i am so grateful for the men and women that he's appointed, tom homan and kristi noem if.henomenal job. and i'm just, i'm very end encouraged. there's a lot of people just here in our community that are still afraid, you know, to go out after dusk or walk down the sidewalk to check their mail. and i've a gotten letters and e-mails and just phone calls from people across the nation that are afraid. and we shouldn't be afraid to live in our country and to live in our homes. so i'm really very encouraged. rachel: well, patty, you took a really brave step yourself in bringing your daughter's story to national attention. i believe it actually -- your story, the story the of jocelyn's mother, of laken riley's mother, all of you angel moms who so bravely stepped forward, i think, changed this election and are changed our whole entire approach to border security. and for that, you should be commended. i'm just so sorry that your daughter's life, that that's what it took for this to happen in our country. is god bless you, and we send all our love. >> thank you. rachel: god bless y

and -- kristi noem and border officials continue to arrest and deport ill illegal migrants from the countrythe u.s. border czar, tom homan. tom homan is in an undisclosedded location as he begins another operation. thanks very much for being here. assess your work so far. >> well, look, we've got the numbers this morning. the crossings on the border are down 93%. 93%. maria: wow. >> that's a bigger decrease than under the first trump administration. so, look, i said it, president trump's the game-changer. no one has had the success he's had on securing the border. he clearly understands we can't have strong national security if we don't have border security. we need to know who's coming in, what's coming in, where and why. we've achieveed success on the border already. we've got more worked to do. and as far as the deportation operation, we're just shy of -- i think we got 5,000 arrested the first week and majority of them being criminals. the non-criminals and the media's talking about who are these non-criminals? the non-criminals are arrested in sanctuary cities because you force us into

. >> tell our new homeland security secretary, kristi noem.whatever you're doing to your face, stop! >> seriously, where. >> are you getting your work done? a strip mall in rapid city. i mean. come to hollywood, where the professional plastic surgeons are. they'll make you look like. oh. >> never mind. new rule. >> someone must explain to me that. jared. i knew i'd fucked that. >> up. >> did jared do whatever that fucking thing is? what is it? >> didgeridoo. >> didgeridoo. >> thank you. >> i've heard the word many times. obviously never learned it. and seen pictures of it. and now i see it so beloved in australia that it's being featured at the sydney opera house on australia day. but please explain to me two things. how do you sustain a continuous tone? by inhaling through the nose while pushing air out of your mouth. and two where do you put in the weed? >> go thank you. i'm very proud. uh new rule. >> let this photo of a model at paris fashion week serve as a reminder of the first rule of fashion shows. never walk in front of another superm

homeland security secretary kristi noem em delivered welcome remarks to staff at the department's headquarters in washington, d.c. the former south dakota governor was confirmed by the senate 15 9 to 34. what. i. thought. was what quite. three three that are. oh, say ken, you'll see my. early life. what's a friday morning? oh oh. the highlights. i'm going to leave me who's brought right and i stop. oh no. oh oh, hi. oh, know what we were so tired. history me. yes. oh, no, no, no. never tell. oh. oh, my god. oh, spangler. oh. oh, oh, oh, oh. i. oh. 040. one one. what have you. one what. i invite you to pray with me briefly. eternal one. the history of our great nation is replete with change and transition. today we look forward to a new chapter. we open a new page and we look forward to seeing the writing that will happen in the next few years. we ask you our blessing. on secretary nome as she steps into this position and leads us, we ask that you will give her the wisdom of solomon, the patience of joe, the strength of samson as she provides leadership. we ask the blessing on the transition, o

secretary kristi noem said the publicity created around the arrest was to show that the new administrationroach. what are your thoughts about these? these stunts is what it looks like, because if you look at the numbers, actually the trump administration is these these raids aren't necessarily new. they're just bringing cameras and the secretaries to execute what ice officers have been doing. even when president biden was in office. so just your your reaction to the target that is on essentially the backs of people who are migrants in this country, undocumented, but also people who are american citizens who are also being swept up into some of these raids. >> that's right, that's right. so let's let's level set here. ice has come into the state of new york for many years. whether it's someone who's already served time in a prison and they're being removed back to their country, if they've been convicted of a crime here, if they have a warrant for an arrest, there is cooperation from state and local officials that is nothing new. so there's a lot of drama around this, but i have to make sur

and so, don't you know, this performative dress up, you know, fun and games with kristi noem has reals the thing that we need to be made aware of, that this performative act has real consequences, as we've already begun to see at the fbi, in raids in new york, etc. >> yes. and to your point, with u.s. citizens who are getting swept up in these raids, just as we were afraid that they always. >> would stick around. folks, there's much more of the weekend after this. and coming up on velshi, ali is going to try to compete with the maryland coroner. maryland senator chris van hollen joins ali to talk about trump's tariffs. good luck with that, ali. that's coming up with that, when the's coming up at 10 temperature drops...ere on you've got two choices. close your eyes and think warm thoughts. or open your eyes and get out here. there's only one vehicle lineup that embraces everything the cold has to offer. the official vehicles of winter. jeep, there's only one. right now, during the jeep start something new sales event, get 20% below msrp for an average of $13,000 under msrp on 2024 jeep

we had i think it was kristi noem saying that if prices go up for americans, it's because of other countries policy. that's just nonsense. i think you just need to read a pamphlet on tariffs to understand that. that's just not how it works. >> well, ali, that's right. this is pretty simple. >> math, right. >> when you have a big tariff increase on countries, in this case canada, mexico and some on china, it's the american people are going to pay the price. you know, president trump as candidate trump promised he was going to lower prices, lower costs. this is going to do just the opposite. we're going to see increased costs on, you know, fruits and vegetables. we're going to see increased costs across the board. and that's even before we see the damage resulting from the retaliatory tariffs. right. which will help hurt american businesses who are trying to export to this, these countries. so this is this is effectively a big sales tax increase on the american people. >> let's talk about retaliation. there are two forms of it. one is retaliatory tariffs, which canada and mexico have both said

and here's new reaction from homeland security secretary kristi noem. >> the president. >> has been very clear from the beginning that there's a new. >> sheriff in town, that he's going to. >> make sure he's putting americans first and that canada can help us, or. >> they can get. >> in the way, and they will face the consequences of it. if prices go up, it's. >> because of other. >> people's reactions. to america's laws. >> and breaking news on the trump administration's purge of lawyers and agents who worked on the january 6th cases, here's some new reaction from a former house impeachment manager who investigated the capitol attack. >> the attack on the fbi is extraordinary because for decades it really has been an apolitical operation. there are republicans who work there, independents, democrats. they've served all administrations. and now, just because they were assigned to work on the most massive attack on the u.s. capitol in american history and to prosecute top assaulters, they're being fired. >> and breaking news on the midair collision in washington, d.c. officials say there

moving on to former south dakota governor kristi noem, who's been confirmed as secretary of the department of homeland security when she was governor of south dakota, she was actually banned from setting foot in about 12% of the very state which she governed. last may, all nine native american tribes in south dakota agreed to banish noem from the tribal land after she made disparaging remarks about native american parents and pushed claims that tribal leaders were profiting off of drug cartels. at least one tribe lifted noem's ban ahead of her confirmation hearings. it's unclear if the other eight tribes plan to do the same. the irony of the secretary of homeland security barred from stepping foot on the american homeland. noem also made headlines late last year when trump was reportedly considering her for vice president. right around the time she was auditioning for the role, she released a memoir, and in it, she does a little oversharing, revealing that she once shot and killed the family dog, cricket, because the dog was untrainable and had an aggressive personality. cricket was a 14 m

newly-appointed secretary of homeland security kristi noem is set to be in new orleans tomorrow to meet she'll discuss security measures for the super bowl and will honor the people killed in the terror attack. separately, a bipartisan congressional group will also visit nola tomorrow. they'll meet with officials from homeland security investigations, the fbi and nfl to observe security preps at the superdome and in the french gater. already roads near the stadium are closed off. there's a large security perimeter with checkpoint screeningses, and there will be a lot more law enforcement officers around the city. governor landry announced this past week there will also be an enhanced security zone in the french quarter. there will be checkpoints, miswill search any large bags and items like coolers and ice chests are banned. >> this is going to be an unprecedented and safe event. nothing is 10 10 to0% -- 100%, but we are going through every one of the checklists to see if we have missed something. and went we miss something, we're creasing it. >> reporter: -- addressing it. >> reporter:

a lot of viewers saw kristi noem on a deportation operation, wearing a sort of law enforcement uniformey sent dr. phil out. they sent all sorts of other right-wing personalities out there to show how these operations are working. and what it has done is, a, it has made the operations look different or stale. it is also -- has also sewed fear in migrants, saying these arrests are ubiquitous, they are everywhere and they are coming for me next. people have really responded in a rational way, which is that they are too scared in some cases to go to work or go to the grocery store. we have heard reports that public transportation like subways or buses are more empty than they would have been a few weeks ago. that is having an impact on the country and the economy already. host: let's hear from bill in alabama on the line from republicans. good morning, bill. caller: there is no law that you have to return illegals to their country of origin. why don't we make a deal with low-cost countries where people are desperate for money, pay a billion dollars to somalia or sudan or chad and just load

homeland security secretary kristi noem em delivered welcome remarks to staff at the department's headquarters in washington, d.c. the former south dakota governor was confirmed by the senate 15 9 to 34.