katie frost, maria cardona, mark preston, stick around. we're going to bring you back in a few minutes. we'll talk about some of these executive orders we're expecting to see, and we're going to see a lot of them, at least as far as what we've heard so far. so stay close. meanwhile, we're going to bring you up to speed on a few other stories, including trump is claiming full credit for the gaza ceasefire hostage deal and at his rally on in dc on sunday, the president elect said the agreement between israel and hamas happened as a result of his, quote, historic electoral victory. now, the first stage of the deal played out sunday in tel aviv, the scene of an emotional reunion between the three freed hostages and their mothers. and look, hamas and its allies are expected to release over 30 hostages over the next six weeks for what is expected to be the first phase of a potential multi-phase ceasefire deal. these were some of the scenes, of course, as freed hostages were reunited with their family after years at this point in captivity, nearl

joining us to discuss mark preston, cnn senior political analyst. alex thompson, cnn political analyst, national political reporter for axios. kate bedingfield, cnn political commentator and a former communications director for the biden white house. and brad todd, cnn political commentator and a republican strategist. welcome to all of you. thank you so much for being here. i kind of want to underscore how we got here and why this is such a flip flop. like, let's watch what donald trump say. said. this is him going back and forth and back and forth. because if you remember, this whole thing was actually originally his idea. watch. >> we're looking at tiktok. we may be banning tiktok. we may be doing some other things. it'll either be closed up or they'll sell it. so we'll either close up tiktok in this country for security reasons. i'm going to save tiktok. biden wants to get rid of tiktok. you know why? why? because he has no idea. i'm now a big star on tiktok. i have a warm spot in my heart for tiktok because i won youth by 34 points. i think tha

and mark preston. i mean, you and i are the same age for us. i mean, 22, obviously.h, jimmy carter is the first president. i remember i was kind of aware of, yeah. >> you know, not only that, was it somebody that you recall? but, danny, you and i were covering congress 20 ish. i want to say how many years ago. and i remember jimmy carter, though, if we go back 20 years, he was not held in such high esteem, you know, and and i really i'm a big believer in the comment that the historians will always get it right. and over time we have, you know, really recognized jimmy carter for not necessarily everything that he did in office. although if you were to go through his list of accomplishments, i mean, they're pretty, pretty big. given the time that he was governing. and but really what he did after office, right? i mean, isn't that the true mark of a person who has held the most powerful position in the world to then go back to plains, georgia and teach sunday school and just be a normal person? that's what the framers, when we talk about government. and what did the fra

mark preston, nia-malika henderson, kai bird, and of course, kate anderson brower. stay with cnn. our coverage continues right now. i'm going to go over to victor blackwell, back in georgia. >> dana, thank you. and good morning. i'm victor blackwell, live from the carter center in atlanta. this is cnn's special live coverage of what is the start of the late president jimmy carter's state funeral. right now, six days of events honoring the late former president jimmy carter have officially begun. they are underway. these are live pictures of the carter family motorcade. there it is on its way to georgia. i think we have one of the vehicles there that's providing security. just moments ago, though, we saw a tribute to the former president at his boyhood home and farm in archery, georgia. the national park service honor guard paid tribute by ringing a farm bell, 39 times, of course, for the 39th president of the united states. and this comes after former and current secret service agents who protected carter during his lifetime escorted his casket to his hearse in an emotional ceremo

mark preston is standing by, as well as paula reid. let's start. paula, let me start with you, if i could, to talk about pam bondi up for attorney general. people are seeing her as a more traditional pick when compared to matt gaetz. but in you which who was his first pick. you have new reporting on how she is preparing for what is sure to be some tough questions ahead. >> yeah, i think it's fair to say that many people would seem traditional compared to former congressman matt gaetz. >> but when they say that about pam bondi, they're referring to her resume. >> she comes to today's job interview with three decades of experience as a prosecutor, including eight years as the attorney general of florida. >> now, i'm told that she has spent weeks with her team preparing for tough questions. today, she has kept a remarkably low profile considering how significant this position could be in a second trump administration. >> trump has signaled that he may want to use the justice department, leverage it to go after his political enemies. now, in preparatio

cnn senior political analyst mark preston, cnn political commentator scott jennings and ashley allison and presidential historian douglas. to a very different washington right than than for his first inauguration, republicans control congress. he's got a tight grip on his party. he's got tech leaders cozying up to him. there is far less resistance than in the initial days of a donald trump first term. how do you see him playing that? >> you know, eric, i recall when donald trump had his first inaugural and in january you had the great women's protest march in d.c. and it was sending a loud message that women were not going to tolerate what they thought would be trump misogyny. and you had a protest here in washington today, but it's less the resistance isn't there yet to the second trump, largely because democrats are so demoralized. also, biden is leaving. and the question is who's the head of the democratic party? who's leading the new wave? and i think it probably is barack obama that now really has to be the leader of the democratic party as they figure out how to regroup, and peop

senior political analyst mark preston. but let's start on capitol hill with the aforementioned lauren fox for the comings and goings and what we're about to see. >> yeah, i mean, there's a huge line that has developed as people are waiting to get into this hearing in just a couple of minutes, it will get under way. >> and like you noted, this was supposed to happen earlier this week. this is a rare friday confirmation hearing here in the united states senate. she is going to be coming before because she, of course, is donald trump's selection to lead the department of homeland security. you can expect that she's going to get a lot of questions about immigration, even though that is not going to be something that is going to be a huge focus for her, given the fact that trump did select tom homan to lead that role, but it is also going to be a huge opportunity for democrats to really begin to stake out what exactly trump's policies are going to be in this second term. you can expect a lot of really pointed questions from dem

. >> also joining me tonight, cnn senior political analyst mark preston, cnn political commentator scott jennings and ashley allison and presidential historian doug brinkley. nice to see all of you on this saturday night. so as we look at where things stand as we move into the festivities, this is not the first time. of course, doug, that inauguration has been forced inside because of the cold. more broadly, how does this impact the event itself, if at all? is there something that's lost when we go from this massive outdoor event to something a little bit more intimate inside? >> well, i think the decision was correct, at least with the weather forecast of this arctic blast. if the temperature is down to, you know, ten degrees. but, you know, there was a blizzard in william howard taft couldn't have a inaugural. andrew jackson didn't have a second inaugural. ronald reagan, most famously in recent times, couldn't. so it's going to be indoors, i think, in a perfect fantasy world. donald trump was hoping there would be bluebirds and sun shining, and there would be the larger crowd than obam

mark preston, as we're waiting for that, one of the things i'm thinking about is the outgoing secretary of homeland security. alejandro mayorkas was one of the top targets of republicans throughout the biden administration. did i just hear a gavel? i think i heard a gavel. hold on, mark, let's see what's happening right here. >> the hearing to consider the nomination of kristi noem to be secretary of the department of homeland security will now come to order. >> the department of homeland security, with 260,000 employees and nearly 20 distinct components, epitomizes in many ways unchecked power. its vast responsibilities from border security and disaster response to counterterrorism and cybersecurity demand rigorous scrutiny to ensure that they are executed within the bounds of the constitution and with respect to the freedoms of americans, of the american people. nearly two years ago, when i became the ranking member of this committee, my team sought to understand the extent of this bureaucratic labyrinth. we asked dhs for a comprehensive list of collaborative entities it participates

we've got jackie kucinich here and mark preston. jackie, i am struck by the fact that that this the the rescinding of this order came much like the original one did, which was by surprise. right. and i think i mean, i think you heard. >> during that hearing, maybe some members didn't quite know that this had happened yet. but listen, as much as the white house tried to say it's all in the letter, look at the letter. the letter tells you everything. it didn't. and i can tell you why. members of congress were telling us they're getting calls incoming from constituents and not being able to explain to them what's open, what's closed. i mean, there were questions about meals on wheels head start, like jeff said. i mean, really, it ran the gamut. and it it the fact that they had to rescind it because they couldn't point to which exact programs would not be implicated, really tells you exactly why this happened. because it was it was it wasn't going away. >> there's going to be no political fallout, right? i mean, the fact is we're going

just one more step for preston, who recently signed with the global music group and who is now working with people like markollaborations to advance his message. and as he looks to this new chapter, he finds himself in awe of the journey he has traveled. >> up until now, i've been very blue collar, right? like everything that i've done has been so blue collar and so, you know, just kind of who i am the first responder, the veteran, just living my life. now we have people that literally live that as a company, that hard work that drives that dedication to give us kind of, you know, a different level to this. and we know it's going to reach people. we know it's going to help people. >> claudine wong, ktvu, fox two news and john's video can be seen on his instagram page at john preston music. >> okay, we're still waiting on the rain around here. tomorrow is thursday. we're not going to see it by then. when will we see it and what's the weekend going to be like? i'll have the forecast. >> all right. now to alex savidge and a look at some of the stories we're working on for west coast rap alex. >> all right mike

preston jelen has been the hardest working man in politics. this president has sent more than 300 executive orders since taking -- he has taken historic action. marking first 100 days of this administration, 4:00 p.m. first 100 hours. and this and this person that martin the first 100 hours from the previous presented in the first -- >> john: the youngest white house press secretary of ever making her debut for the the biden administration. break down a number of executive orders that were signed by 47. >> sandra: and he, the person, making that on the promises he campaigned on the bar these mass shakeups moving too fast? i suppose you could ask are they going fast enough? alina habba is on deck to break down trump's first week in office. that is next. >> john: the trump administration is cleaning house more than a dozen career prosecutors who worked under former special counsel jack smith shown the door and the latest move to fight local weaponization at the justice department. will come back as will come back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i'm john roberts and washington. >> sandra: and good to be with you. i'm sandra smith any aspect