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all tonight on laura coates live in. all right, everyone, at this point, you are probably asking yourself this very question are we in a trade war with our neighbors, or are we not in a trade war with our neighbors? it seems like every even president trump, doesn't actually know what direction to take because he's hitting the pause button again, delaying most tariffs on mexico and canada for now a month. our allies, frankly, they're confused. businesses don't know what to do. and the markets well they're in the red. trump was asked about all of this in the oval office. >> some of these exemptions that have been announced and some of these temporary delays, have you been influenced in those decisions because of the market reaction? >> well, there are no delays at all. no, nothing to do with the market. i'm not even looking at the market no delays. >> not quite. he outright delayed the tariffs on canada and mexico. you remember last month and in the past two days, he's put targeted pauses in place as far as not looking at

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laura coates live starts right now. >> call it the one 800 doge hotline. republicans demand elon musk keep them in the loop on government cuts. but will musk giving them his digits be enough to give them some sway? plus, president trump's trade wars took another wild turn. now markets and frankly, americans are trying to figure out exactly what comes next. and target becomes, well, a target for rolling back dei programs. why is it facing boycott when other companies are not? one faith leader heading the charge is my guest tonight on laura coates live. so elon musk has a message for republican lawmakers. call me. call me on my cell phone on the doge leader making the rounds on capitol hill tonight. he didn't bring his cost cutting chainsaw, but he is handing out his personal number to republican senators who are worried that his government cuts are getting too close to the bone. >> yeah, it's, uh, something. 80808. >> try to figure that one out. now, the beef between the world's richest man and nervous republicans isn't just a clash of egos or some kind of

. >> laura coates. live tonight at 11 eastern on cnn. >> tonight, his version, jd vance is telling the country what he thought and felt during that now infamous, potentially history altering oval office shouting match. the vice president saw himself and donald trump as mediating forces, not the instigators. >> great tv. the president just tried to be diplomatic. i think that's that's his natural instinct in that situation. and then when it really went off the rails, of course, is when i asked or you had a polish journalist who asked a question, the president answered it, and then i answered it. and then something about my answer just really set zelenskyy off. so then he came at me. so you're blaming yourself? then i then i went back at him. and what i tried to do originally was actually try to diffuse the situation a little bit because i'm like, you know, we're having this meeting. obviously there are 100 television cameras here. let's try to have this conversation in private. i do think that there was

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. >> laura coates live tonight at 11 eastern on cnn. >> tonight, a classic lesson in spin. donald trump is taking credit for a better than expected jobs report today. >> we're going to talk about how good some of these numbers are way ahead of schedule. these are private sector manufacturing jobs. so we gained all of those jobs 10,000 jobs. and we've barely started yet. these numbers really reflect a lot of the a lot of things that took place since november 5th. >> even after his cabinet spent the week warning everyone that the numbers would be bad and that the person to blame would be joe biden. >> the president spoke about it last night, he said biden left him a pile of of poop. you're looking at data that biden data do not try to besmirch my president trump with biden's nonsense. >> the february jobs. >> number that's coming. >> out friday could be flat, even negative. i got people on the left who are blaming trump. how can you blame trump when he wasn't president? when these seeds were planted? >> well. >> you couldn't. >> be more right about that. >> because we've only

. >> switch laura coates. live tonight. >> at 11:00 eastern on cnn. >> last night was a very clarifying moment for our country. the democrats exposed themselves as the party of insanity and hate. the party that wants to put america last. >> just 24 hours after the special shirts and the bingo like paddle board signs and a notable outburst from representative al green of texas. democrats and republicans had a shouting match. as dems still grapple with what their message should be and how to deliver it. in response to president trump. >> what's the next? article? >> let me proceed. data from texas shows that u.s. born americans commit more rape and murder than immigrants. >> this trend of you all trying to get thrown out of committees so you can get on msnbc is going to end. we're not going to put up with it. sheria smith. >> of this committee. >> you can go. you can go. >> with mr. frost and mr. green. >> reclaiming my time. that's what you want. >> no. >> no. >> mr. president, i've been very i have been very.

i'm laura coates. >> and i'm abby phillip. president trump spoke for nearly 100 minutes in his first address to congress since returning to power. it was the longest congressional address in modern american history. trump leaned into culture wars. he praised elon musk and the doge firings. he doubled down on his trade war, and he made a big reveal about ukraine. he said a lot of things. it will not come as a surprise to you that are not true. and he is vowing that there is a lot more to come. >> we have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four years or eight years, and we are just getting started. >> well, president trump's appearance at the capitol was contentious from the moment he walked in. one democrat held a sign saying this is not normal. as the president walked to the dais. but not all the protests were silent. a short time after the speech started, congressman al green was removed from the chamber after heckling trump and then refusing to sit down. >> get out. >> the chair now direct

scott jennings, we don't know what laura coates can do on a court. we don't know what five, three and a half looks like in shorts. thank you very much. >> more plays point. and i >> irving oil. laura. you can take him on a one on one first. i'm just saying. give me on the court and i'm trouble. because last week i messed around and got triple. double. thanks for watching, everyone. anderson cooper 360 is next, and be sure to tune in to the new season of united states of scandal this sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. >> tonight on 360. breaking news. elon musk at the center of what the new york times calls an explosive meeting at the white house. a first glimpse of how anger over doge is building inside the administration. also, president trump began the day with a threat of sanctions on russia. but tough talk didn't last long. trump's former national security advisor, ambassador john bolton, joins me tonight and later. we now know what happened to actor gene hackman and his wife, and the cause of her death. and the timing of it is surprising. good evening. we

. >> laura coates live weeknights at 11:00 eastern on cnn. >> a few minutes from now, the oscars will begin amidst some controversy and crisis. the much celebrated film emilia pÉrez, which has 13 nominations, is out of favor after controversial tweets by its lead star threw open the race for best picture. and, of course, the ceremony taking place as los angeles and so many people in hollywood are still reeling and affected by those devastating wildfires. let's go now to elizabeth wagmeister, who is on the red carpet as we speak. and elizabeth, obviously a celebratory night. but there are these other things floating in the air. what's the mood been like? >> you know, the mood is very upbeat. you just brought up the wildfires in los angeles, and firefighters did walk the red carpet and they got a huge round of applause just from everyone that was here on the red carpet. now, samuel l jackson just walked behind me. andrew garfield. i mean, the stars are here. jessica, in the mood, is very upbeat. everybody is excited to celebrate cinema. and i have to tell you, there are going to be a lo

. >> laura coates live weeknights at 11:00 eastern on cnn. >> you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm jessica dean in new york, and we do have breaking news tonight, as new york's governor has declared a state of emergency as crews f

. >> good evening and welcome to laura coates live! now, if you needed more evidence, the entire world order is kind of shifting under our feet. well, today you got it. and a whole lot of it. and now ukrainian president zelenskyy is responding to that epic meltdown in the oval office. you've undoubtedly heard about by now, president trump and vice president jd vance are unapologetic getting into a very public and very aggressive shouting match with zelenskyy, an american ally fighting the power that invaded his country. now, zelenskyy, he went back in front of the cameras a short time ago. he did not apologize either. >> so i'm not hearing from you, mr. president. a thought that you owe the president an apology. >> no, i respect president, and i respect american people. and if i don't know if i think that we have to be very open and very honest. and i'm not sure that we did something bad. >> but he also admits the oval office shoutfest did not help ukraine or america for that matter. >> do you think the public spat in the oval office i

. >> laura coates live tonight at 11 eastern on cnn. >> for big city democratic mayors are in the hot seat on capitol hill today. they're fielding tough questions from congress about their so-called sanctuary city policies amid the trump administration's immigration crackdown. new york city mayor eric adams, chicago mayor brandon johnson, boston mayor michelle wu, and denver mayor mike johnston all appearing today before the house oversight and government reform committee. lawmakers grilling the city leaders about their level of cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. cnn's omar jimenez is here following this for us. omar, what's the latest? >> yeah. >> so these. >> are all mayors of. >> so-called sanctuary. >> cities, even though. >> there's. >> not necessarily a single definition of. >> a. >> sanctuary city. >> but generally they're. >> jurisdictions that might. >> limit local. >> law enforcement cooperation with. >> federal law. >> enforcement in. >> certain circumstances. >> overall, these mayors have talked about honoring. ice coordination when warrants. >> are. >> issu

. >> laura coates live weeknights at 11:00 eastern on cnn. >> you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm jessica dean in new york, and we do have breaking news tonight, as new york's governor has declared a state of emergency as crews fight a major brush fire on long island. you see that giant plume of smoke over the sunrise highway in suffolk county earlier today? cnn's gloria pazmino has been tracking the latest developments on this. gloria, what can you tell us? >> yeah. >> jessica, we have been getting some incredible images of people who are driving around these giant smoke plumes. this is happening on the east end of long island, as you said, governor kathy hochul declaring a state of emergency this afternoon after the brush fires were first reported. now we're talking about significant brush fires in the pine barrens. that's about 105,000 acre nature preserve on long island. so far, the concern is focused on the fact that we are expected to have significant windy conditions tonight. going into tomorrow morning, and that is very worrisome to firefighters who are trying to fight

. >> com laura coates.e tonight at 11 eastern on cnn. >> a new cnn original series follows the creation of one of the most famous social media platforms of all time, twitter. a group of tech visionaries came together in 2006 to create the app, and in just a few years, it transformed how people connected all around the world. you're going to see some interviews with those who were closest to twitter's developments, and the behind the scenes moments that led to the creation of a trailblazing app. here's a preview of a new cnn documentary. >> we were a real mix. >> of actual anarchists. and people who were dreamers, like people who believed in a world that could be created through the internet. more than half of the team. >> knew how to juggle. yeah, we have a. >> lot of jugglers. i think that this speaks to. >> their counterculture. >> kind of backgrounds. when you do a startup, the play is the work and the work is the play. these are the people i'm laughing with all day long. i'm working through problems, an

. >> laura coates live tonight at 11 eastern on cnn. >> president trump is again trumpeting the success of doge. while more lawmakers are expressing reservations about elon musk's efficiency team. in a new post on truth social, trump writing doge has been an incredible success. and now that we have my cabinet in place, i've instructed the secretaries and leadership to work with doge on cost cutting measures and staffing. >> notably, trump also says he now plans to convene cabinet members on a bi weekly basis to confer with elon musk about these cuts. we're covering both angles with cnn's lauren fox and cnn's katelyn polantz. first to you on capitol hill. lauren, lawmakers have suggested holding votes on these cuts, but that can also prove risky. >> yeah, that's exactly right, boris. republican lawmakers are making the point that they do want to assert themselves more and having control over the power of the purse and what they are arguing to elon musk behind closed doors is you've seen in court decision after court decision that some of what you are doing is just not holding up in court

. >> laura coates live. >> weeknights at 11:00 eastern on. >> cnn. >> can president donald trump andcongress stave off a crisis in just 12 days? well, that's when the government is set to shut down. unless there's a bipartisan deal to avoid it. and sources in both parties tell me it is highly uncertain whether a deal can be reached. my reporting with my colleague sarah ferris and lauren fox highlights how the doge cuts in particular, are raising shutdown fears. a major question will trump allow congress to fund federal agencies that he and elon musk want to dismantle? and for democrats who have leverage because their votes will be needed, they want to force trump to spend money appropriated by congress. but the gop chairwoman, chairwoman of a key senate committee, susan collins, tells me that the democratic demands won't fly in the gop led congress. what do you say to democrats who say that they should force the administration to spend money here? is that feasible in this effort? >> no man who. >> controls both. >> chambers and. >> the white house. >> and my excellent panel is back.

all tonight on laura coates live. well, let the countdown begin. just an hour from now, president trump's trade war kicks into high gear. his sweeping 25% tariffs on america's neighbors, canada and mexico. they go into effect at midnight. it applies to anything and everything they export to the united states. on top of that, trump is doubling tariffs on all chinese goods from 10 to 20%. now, you know that thing that trump is really sensitive about when he often uses a kind of barometer for his success as president? yeah, i'm talking about the stock market. well, it took a beating today. the market was shaky all day over tariff fears. but when trump confirmed them at around 251 this afternoon, it was a downhill ski slope. the dow, tumbling 650 points. if there was any hope, trump would reverse course. well, he quickly squashed that idea. >> is there any room left for canada and mexico to make a deal before midnight? and should we expect those chinese tariffs? the extra 10% to take effect? >> no room left for mexico or for canada? no. the tariffs, yo

. >> and i'm laura coates. president trump delivering a lengthy and partisan speech to america tonight before a bitterly divided congress. he touched on every issue that has dominated these first few weeks of his presidency, from tariffs and trade wars to doge cuts. >> and we will, of course, get to the analysis of all of it the good, the bad and your takeaways. but first, speaking of doge chaos. joining me now are three veterans who were all fired just in the last month from their federal jobs, but they were all invited by the representatives in congress to attend trump's first address to congress tonight. we have with us retired army sergeant alexandria hunt. she was a supply technician at the virginia va medical center, six year air force veteran. kris wicker. he was a deputy director at the small business administration at the minnesota district office. that was his dream job, he said. and also with us, a 20 year army veteran, adam mulvey. he worked at a chicago federal health center as an emergency managem

. >> laura, you are exactly right and i agree with doug go to the party of jfk is dead right now. but the coatinge said the enemy is able to make a mistake and let them every single day. the democrats continued to do just that, making mistake and ensuring we remember because they have not still a learned the lesson where they last november. app to tell you, it is embarrassing when i see congressman al green and jasmine crockett become the face of the democratic party because it is embarrassing to the black community. and who propelled trump to the white house, a black man, black women and we are sick and tired of the status quo and sick and tired of being sick and tired and i have to tell you, this is not helping them win than in terms periods. >> laura: doug, you heard bits and pieces from people like john fetterman and there aren't many like him, but nevertheless, you heard a little bit how this stuff is not working and the stunts might be cute and you might get clicks on tiktok, fine. but it is not a way to grow a parting. you start looking frivolous and unserious at some point. do you foresee