marianette miller-meeks. thank you for your time, have a great day. moment of need wearing green -- did you lose a bet doocy that your chiefs lost to eagles? >> steve: tell them i can't hear today. [laughter] >> todd: that is what my wife says, steve. >> steve: there might be a bet with jesse watters regarding the green eagles. not a good day to be a kansas city chiefs fan. busy post-combam game-show and kickoff with philadelphia eagles lifting the lombardi trophy after hammering the kansas city chiefs in the super bowl. eagles were great. crowd going wild and president trump becomes first sitting u.s. president to attend the big game. he showed up on the jumbotron, standing next to ivanka. and you heard about plans to tariff steel and aluminum, florida congresswoman maria salaz ar will break that down. and doge setting sights on the military and education department. senator joni ernst is on the doge committee and will tell us more, it kicks off eight minutes and 12 seconds from now. todd and the crew for "fox and friends first" back in a couple, you

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if we don't do that, we see that leadership to other people. >> i now recognize member meeks. >> i too am chairman emeritus of this committee, and i remember when president trump he blew past some and some in this term. and that's the well of what presidents do at times in that regard. but in this instance 93 missions, every one, has been closed. every one. that's not trying to fix something, that's destroying something. but let me stop there because one of the reasons why i asked to testify here, because he is a lifelong republican and he understands the inside and the outside of running usaid, more so than anybody, no disrespect to anybody that's on this panel, he's the one that has done it and i will admit we don't agree on certain things. democrats and republicans don't agree. some things that republicans do that i believe is full of waste, destructive, but if they win the election, they have a choice to try to move it in that direction. when democrats win, what we stand for, we move in our direction, that's part of having a free democratic society. we're not russia. so i want to p

miller-meeks, for five minutes. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i feel compelled to remark on the outrage of my colleagues and others over the special government employee status granted to elon musk by the executive branch. we are hearing a lot of oh, he's unelected, he's unaccountable. let me remind my colleagues and those voices that the vast majority of government employees who review and authorize grants, disburse billions of dollars, issues rules and laws, or even handle our nation's pandemic response like dr. anthony fauci are unelectable and unaccountable to the voters. how about the i.r.s. bureaucrat lois learner, and acorn. none of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle were calling for accountability or investigation when is dr. fauci was forcing his mandate on 300 million americans. none of them were expressing outrage when unelected bureaucrats were forcing 6-year-olds to wear masks or closing down schools or forcing head start students to continue to wear masks long after the rest of america stopped wearing them. and cl

miller-meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, from 712 to 215 to the super bowl, former iowa hawkeye and current philadelphia eagle, cooper dejean, is now a world champion. the rookie cornerback helped lead the eagles to their second super bowl victory, returning his first professional career interception for a touchdown against the reigning champion, kansas city chiefs. and this -- that wasn't special enough. it was also coop's 22nd birthday. what a way to celebrate a birthday. first career interception to a touchdown and winning the super bowl. cooper, a proud at thissive of identify -- proud native of iowa, grew up wanting to be a university of hawkeye player. he even wore shores with the 712 area code during the biggest game of his life. during his time with the hawkeyes, he earned all american honors and was regarded as one of the nation's best cornerbacks. his nfl success comes to no surprise to those of us who watched him play in iowa. with last night's performance, cooper solidified his place as one of the greate

well. >> you know. >> i. >> don't often agree with. >> gregory meeks, but i think he makes a good point here, which is this is a really difficult situation that donald trump is walking himself into. president trump is walking himself into, i think at the end of the day, though, you have to ask yourself, is this just another trump gambit? does something so crazy on the table that you might that might make the make something else look like the middle ground, as opposed to a more radical idea? so that may be what's going on here. but i will say, if the u.s. intends to go in, forcefully remove people putting troops on the ground, this will make afghanistan and joe biden's disaster there look like amateur hour. >> all right, well, listen to how the white house press secretary today tried to defend this plan this is an uninhabitable place for human beings. >> do you really think that that families can live their dream in a region that looks like this, with no running water, no electricity? and the president made this decision with a humanitarian heart for all people in the region. >> so what

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meeks: hell yes! [cheers and applause] let me first thank all the men and women who are working here at cfpb for you and what you stand for and what you do on a regular basis, trying to make sure that the average everyday american gets a break and gets justice. thank you for all the hard work that you do. [cheers and applause] and let there be no question that we are not going to allow the look arcs that are around the person --allow the oligarchs around the person that is president of the united states to destroy who we are as american citizens. we are going to stand and fight and our voices are going to be heard until we get done what is right, what is just for everyone. [cheers and applause] i happen to be here in congress when maxine waters and i and others decided it was important to have a bureau that was focused on one thing, the consumer. we have agencies and bureaus that are focused on everything else. we had nothing for the consumer. but we had was the greatest financial crisis since the gre

and i now recognize my colleagues ranking member gregory meeks. >> i want to welcome our witnesses to our first full committee hearing this congress, but i would be remiss if i didn't make clear my disappointment in the midst of the chaos created by the trump administration, unlawful amount to shutter usaid and pause foreign assistance funds. we don't have anyone here today from the administration to explain, to appear and to explain their actions before this committee. it shouldn't be just private sector individuals here. we are the oversight of the u.s. government and we should have members from the state department, the secretary of state rubio present, and my democratic colleagues and i have asked the chairman to have a committee hearing with secretary rubio and i urge that to be done as soon as possible. the american people deserve to have their elected representatives question the administration about the decision to shut down a government agency established in law by congress. we don't have a king, we have a system. if the administration believes what they have done is legal an

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joining me now, democratic congressman from new york, gregory meeks. he is the top ranking democrat on the house foreign affairs committee. i want to read you a headline. our stephen collinson has put out. our political analyst. he says u.s. relations with europe will never be the same. after trump's call with putin. do you agree? yeah. >> look. >> if you. >> listen to donald trump. you would think that russia was america's ally. >> and our nato friends were our enemies. >> donald trump. >> is with russia. >> we knew. all along. because russia's been punished. ukraine has been. >> winning this war. the only thing. >> that putin. >> has been trying. >> to do is to hold. >> on and. >> pray for. >> and that's. >> what's taking place. so it's upside down. >> and i would hope. >> my republican allies, my. >> republican colleagues. >> i should say in congress who. >> were allies. >> with nato and. >> ukraine. >> their voices now need to. >> be heard. >> you know, we. >> traveled to ukraine. >> together. >> collectively talking. >> about russia and their ille

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. >> that goes for jermaine coby, chris riley, pusha t, meek mill, asap rocky, drake, big sean, jay electronicac miller, i got love for you all, but i'm tryna murder you. >> a lot of his peers and contemporaries, they appreciated the competitive nature because hip hop is a competitive sport. but for drake, who had just brought him on tour with him, had given him shared his platform with him, he was a little taken back. >> drake tried to play it down in a crown interview with elliott wilson for watch loud. >> that verse had no malice behind it, because i saw him five days later at the vmas and it was all love. >> after a decade of exchanging subtle barbs in 2023, their feud reached new heights when the diss tracks began. when drake drops first person shooter with j. cole, they claim that the two of them, plus kendrick, are the top three rappers in the game. >> love when they argue the hardest emcee is it? is it aubrey or me? we the big three like we started a league. but right now i feel like muhammad ali. >> that seemed to set kendrick off. he wanted to make it known that there's only one king

mariannette miller-meeks. great job you did. great job. mary miller. julia letlow. hi julia.laudia tenney from new york. hi claudia, a great job. nicole, hi nicole, so i great pole with you. michelle fishbach. thank you. great job. ann wagner missouri. sherry biggs, south carolina. great job. nancy mace, where is nancy? there's something. are you a believer in what we are doing. nancy takes it on right from the start. would you like to say something? would you like to say we are doing the right thing? good. thank you very much. [applause] pres. trump: stephanie bice, oklahoma. thank you stephanie. diana harshbarger. thank you diana. good job. tim burchett and i watched you on television the other day, you are unbelievable per you ripped that guy apart. that poor guy he started getting a little fresh with tim and tim ripped him apart. i left a message. that is good. great job tim. monica delacruz. ronny jackson. ronnie, dr. ronnie. he is a doctor, a great doctor and great admiral and a great congressman. he has his choice. what do you like doing best ronnie? [laughter] pres. t

today netanyahu is set to meek with house speaker mike johnson who called trump's gaza plan a bold move that should be considered. for more, let's bring in nbc's raf sanchez. good morning, raf. >> reporter: frances, good morning. after relatively rare pushback from republicans in the house and senate, president trump now saying his controversial plan for gaza does not require american boots on the ground. that is raising new questions about how this proposal would actually work. the president saying israel would hand control of gaza over to the united states when the war is finished. now, under international law, israel can't just hand somebody else's territory to the u.s., and this is also raising new fears for that fragile cease-fire in gaza. delicate talks are beginning to get under way to try to move to phase two of that cease-fire. that would see a permanent end to the fighting in exchange for the release of all living israeli hostages. but egypt, which is one of the mediators in those negotiations, but also one of the countries where president trump says those displaced palestinia

so he is saying to canada and meeks to china and japan your tariffs are up here we are down here. you lower yours so we have fair trade or we will raise ours to the level you have. in a frank way i believe that trump is going to prevail. i think a lot of the other countries will be forced to her tariffs on the things we produce to create more jobs here. so he is using this leverage that the united states has to force other countries to lower their tariffs. it is a risky game because if we raise ours on them we don't want to satisfy a trade war but i'm pretty convinced because the united states is the alpha pail economy, everyone has it trade with the united states, that gives us a leverage so i think this will work out and believe it or not trump's threat of re-cipro can challenge tariffs will lead to lower tariffs. host: all right. we will see what our views have to say. milton nfl democratic call. caller: i had like to make a couple points. your figures are which off base. let's look at the 2017 tax cuts. you had master cuts and trump added $8 trillion to the deficit. big corpor

marionette miller meeks. great job you did. great job. mary miller. i know. julia letlow. julia. claudia tenney from new york. hi, claudia. great job. nicole malliotakis. hi, nicole. doing good. great poll with you, nicole. michelle fischbach. great job. thank you. ann wagner, missouri. thanks. sherry biggs, south carolina. thanks. great job. nancy mace. where is nancy? she's something. oh, are you a believer in what we're doing, nancy? nancy takes it on right from the start, right? would you like to say something? would you like to say we're doing the right thing? [inaudible] president trump: thank you very much. thank you, nancy. stephanie bice, thanks, stephanie. diana harsh barger. thanks, diana. good job. tim burchett. tim. i watched you on television the other day. you were unbelievable. you ripped that guy apart. man, that poor guy. he started getting a little fresh with tim and tim just ripped him apart. that was beautiful. i actually left a message. [inaudible] president trump: great job, tim. that was great. monica de la cruz. ronnie jackson. ronnie, dr. ronnie.

neguse: with respect to your first question, i'd refer you to ranking member meeks who released a statement, to answer that specific question you posed. in terms of your second question, i know representative panetta feels the same way, wildland firefighters have been on the front lines defending communities in colorado, california, across the rocky mountains and western united states. it is unconscionable that this administration issued federal funding freeze edict that in effect, at least for a period of time, working our way through this now, did not include an exemption for federal wildland firefighters, particularly around the n.p.s., the national park service, and how firefighters are classify. bottom line, we know that the chaos and the disruption that the turn administration is engaged in through doge and other actors will have real-world consequences for communities like the community i represent in northern colorado where wildfires are common and are becoming more per tracive as we transition from wildfire seasons to wildfires year-round as we saw recently in southern california.

. >> joining me now is democratic congressman gregory meeks of new york.o jerome powell as he's been pressed on the hill about the impact of the consumer financial protection bureau being shut down. watch. >> if the cfpb is not there examining these giant banks to make sure they are following the laws on not cheating consumers, who is doing that job? >> i can say no other federal regulator. >> no one. >> no one. and a shrug. i mean, what's your reaction to that? >> that's exactly. >> why it was created. look, in my district, people lost the american dream. they lost their home, the largest investment the average american makes. was in their home. they were. defrauded by banks and others in those. and so who was there to speak up and to look and to diagnose the products? there was no one there for the consumer. that was the reason why the consumer financial bureau was put in place, so that the consumer would have someone to go to and just think about all of the individuals who were saved because of the bureau, and to protect them against the oligarchs that

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foreign ministry spokesperson saying that the russian officials happened to actually been invited to the meek security conference. that was a decision that was made several years ago. she described as being a permit to size a decision. however, she has said for sure, but i, since the stalled ultimately to operate and all the way back in 2020 to say almost exactly 3 years ago. russia has not received an invitation to the event that despite the fact that donald trump, the 47th president of the us, was quite clear, the russian representatives would be here. one of the representatives that is here is pete's haig says, he is of course, the new secretary of defense for the united states. he's been in a press conference today with the publish minister, and he's been talking of what the situation is and ukraine basically saying people need to be realistic. and we know from what we've been hearing from the company ministration. that these, those territories, that decided during russia overall ski is, would stay as part of russia crying need to, um, and there's a sense that ukraine shouldn't be looking

miller-meeks: this is one milligram of fentanyl. but yet it's enough to take a life and destroy a family. in 2023, over 107,000 americans died of overdose or drug poisoning with fentanyl responsible for over 75% of those deaths. as a state senator, i authorized the alternatives to pain act. i also helped veterans get access to stop the drugs of coming over the border. it would ensure law enforcement has the authority to seize these deadly drugs before they destroy more lives. if we fail to act, traffickers will continue to exploit loopholes, pushing deadlier drugs on our streets. the time for action is now. lives are on the line. we must pass this bill to protect our families and stop this crisis. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. i want to thank the gentlewoman from iowa but inform her the trump's administration --

and a start basically forcing people as young as 18 years old to join the meek writer. don't many thanks for coming in with the details, but keeping a close eye on the latest developments on this. of course. thank you for the leader of jordan. how's it going to take in 2006? so it's working from gaza in an apparent humanitarian moves. the announcement was made as the sun down for talks with the us presidents. however, king abdulla lisa made it clear he strongly reject donald trump. glad to take over the palestinian and place and displays its entire population to neighboring countries. intriguing the palestinian people. he's made clear he doesn't want to. well, i don't know, but they may have just something to say because we discussed it just briefly. i think maybe you want to say it now or both. um, mr. president, i think we have to keep in mind that there is a file from egypt in the country. so we've been invited by haven't been said mine to discussions and we, i think the point is how to make this work in a way that is good for everybody. but obviously we have to look

chairman, ranking member meeks, members of the committee. it's an honor to participate in this hearing regarding usaid. i served from 2013 to 2021 representing florida's third congressional district. i served on this and the agricultural committee and chairman of the subcommittee during the 115th congress and entered congress with -- >> could you move closer to your mic? >> it will help to turn the it on, too, won't it? i lost that knowledge already, huh? i entered congress with a goal of eliminating foreign aid for various reasons. i was ignorant on what i thought foreign aid was, thought it was unnecessary. soon after my first foreign congressional delegation trip i realized foreign aid when used properly can be a tool in soft diplomacy that strengthens a nation's economy, security and increases trade, decreases migration, creates strong partners and allies. when used improperly it has the opposite effect on both friends and adversaries and wastes taxpayers' money. i became a strong proponent of changing international assistance working wi

us that are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.re those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see god. blessed are the peacemakers, they will be called sons of god. blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. join with me, if you will. father, these are difficult things. understand, we ask your help for us to see humility, purity, peace, persecution, as you do. we would like ourselves and our nation be the light of the world. amen. >> ladies and gentlemen, the united states naval academy performing amazing grace. ♪ >> amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me i once was lost but now i'm found was blind but now i see >> was grace that taught my heart to fear and grace i fears relieved how precious is god's grace the hour i first believed tis grace and grace will lead me home ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable kirsten gillib

miller-meeks: mr. speaker, i stand before you today with a heavy heart to honor the life and legacy of a dear friend, a true servant of our state, and an extraordinary public servant, representative martin ghraiber. his unexpected passing leaves a void that cannot be filled. for all who knew him martin was more than a colleague, he was a friend, mentor, and dedicated leader. a proud veteran with 32 years of service in the identify with with a national guard and distinguished representative of house district 100, martin was a man of integrity, always putting the people of southeast iowa first. his commitment to faith, community, and service will never be forgotten. to his beloved wife, connie, their daughters, granddaughters, his entire family, and the rodeo family, we extend our deepest condolences. martin's begin win care and unwavering dedication to those he served left an indelible mark on all of us. may god bless his memory and may we continue to honor his spirit of service as we move forward. than

blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth. the pure in heart for theyth will see god. blessed are the peacemakers, they will be called sons of god. blessed are those who are persecutedth because of righteousness. for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. join with me if you will, father, these are difficult things to understand. we ask your help for us to see humility, purity, peace, persecution as you do grant branches of government. we like ourselves and our nation to be right the light of the world. amen. >> ladies and gentlemen united states naval academy performing amazing grace. ♪ amazing grace ♪ ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ ♪ that saved a wretch like me ♪ ♪ i once was lost ♪ ♪ but now i am it found ♪ ♪ was a blind ♪ ♪ but now i see ♪ ♪ was grace that taught my heart to fear ♪ ♪ and grace my fears relieved ♪ ♪ how precious did ♪ ♪ that grace of. ♪ the hour i first believed ♪ ♪ through many dangers, toils and snares ♪ ♪ we have already come ♪ ♪'s was grace that brought us safe thus far ♪ ♪ and grace will lead us home ♪ ♪ >> ladies

the cartels survived for decades in meek co.r, every law enforcement officer, every politician is corrupt but many are and many are forced into corruption because if they don't take the buyout from the cartels to do what they want they'll kill them and their families. thousands of journalists are killed in mexico, thousands of politicians and government officials were murdered by the cartels. president trump's move to make them a terrorist organization, it will make mexico a safer country. can you imagine no criminal cartels running the operations that killed so many people out there. i think mexico would be blessed that president trump took the cartels out of business once and for all. maria: you're absolutely right. you say border crossings are down more than 90%. illegals reportedly they're turning around and heading back. the officials are saying it's a new trend in trump's border crackdown. they're not coming. canadian police also caught more than a dozens illegal migrants trying to cross the border there. the north border

the al meek, the alameda county office of education recently sent a letter to the district saying thecould be out of cash by november. if they do not make cuts in the next 6 months, the board has considered merging 10 schools. many parents and teachers do not like this idea. the district plans to take another vote. the final vote on these mergers later on this month. another san jose school district is set to close several campuses due to a big budget deficit committee and the franklin mckinley. >> school district is recommending closing 3 of the district's 16 schools because of declining student enrollment. the depletion of one time covid funding. get almost 23 million dollar budget shortfall is contributing to this. the schools recommended for closure at the end of the 2020 for 2025 school year. that's this year include los arboles literacy and technology academy ramblewood elementary and mckinley elementary board members will make the final decision february. 11th. >> more charges announced for the man who vandalize the camp a water tower. police arrested him earlier in january aft

. >> is a privilege to serve on this committee with you and ranking member meeks, it's also a matterr my first foreign affairs committee hearing. i am looking forward to working alongside each and every one of you in a bipartisan manner in support of. [singing] interest. unfortunately, right now we are seeing a partisan attack on usaid one of the most effective tools of american leadership in our national security. by gutting this agency president trump is not just turning his back on our global commitment, he's undermining american interest and our security. he is causing unnecessary deaths. if president trump can get away with gutting usaid he can do it anywhere. that means that no part of the federal government including programs like medicare and social security and medicaid will be safe from this administration the president and the majority conference in this house are fostering opposition of vital government programs by mischaracterizing diversity efforts in using it as a trojan horse to gut programs that all americans rely on. this hearing is titled usaid betrayal but let's b

congressman gregory meeks says the trump administration went ahead with the sale, despite his unanswered questions. as the leading democrat on the house foreign affairs committee. now it comes just days after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met with president trump at the white house. the house foreign affairs committee has review powers along with its senatorial counterpart. the arms sale includes bombs as well as thousands of hellfire missiles. >> new this morning, israel is denouncing the, as they call it, shocking images of the three israeli hostages who were released by hamas just a few hours ago. >> we want to show you a look at the before and after pictures of ohad ben ami. on the far left or levy in the middle, and eli sharabi. this is following their release there. at the bottom, the three men freed were freed. the three men were freed as part of the cease fire agreement in the israel-hamas war. >> cnn jerusalem correspondent jeremy diamond joins us now from hostage square in tel aviv, israel, and shocking images of these these men, after 16 months now in captivity. >>

. >> i'm congressman gregory meeks from the state of new york and the ranking member on the house or in affairs committee. i'm here today -- the house foreign affairs committee. i'm here today first to say thank you to the hard-working men and women of usaid. they are heroes. they are sheroes. they are working americans who have taken an oath not to a king but to a country. they are the people that put their families at risk to make sure that we are helping people around the world so that we can also stay safe here at home. they are people who are real patriots. they stand alongside our military and others to make sure that the world knows who we are as americans and that we care. they are the individuals who fight to make sure that when we work in collective together that we will get rid of hiv and aids. they are the individuals that make sure that polio does not continue and go around the world. they are the ones that are fighting to make sure that ebola is not in africa. it is not in the united states or no place around the world. they are the ones that are making sure that people

joining us now from the scene of the crash is reporter lauren meek from philadelphia station wcau. lauren, i really appreciate you joining us. as this story continues to develop, can you just describe to us the latest from the scene and what's what's the latest update on. >> your reporting sound from mayor cheryl parker as she was speaking here on the scene just minutes ago, she told us she does not have at this moment any information about any fatalities and also delivering that message to people here in philadelphia to not touch any debris and to stay away from this area. that is difficult for people who live in this area. we've seen a number of people trying to get back to their homes. and let me describe to you where we are. we're a couple of miles from northeast philadelphia airport, that smaller airport that you were just describing. and this is an area where there is a very busy highway. it is six lanes on either side, so 12 lanes altogether. and it goes through an area that is both residential and commercial. you've got the mall here and businesses. you've got people who mi

. >> congressman gregory meeks. basically suggested they're. >> going. >> to. >> have to depend on republicans to work with them, to try. >> to hold back on the trump administration. and given what we have. >> seen over the past few weeks on capitol hill, as republicans have very much just fallen in line behind trump. and obviously, this is a very different republican. party than it was eight years ago when trump first arrived. it seems questionable whether or not that would happen. >> other person i. >> asked about this was congressman hakeem jeffries, who of course, leads the democratic coalition in the house. and i essentially asked him, what is the game plan if trump does not abide by a court order, what do you do then? and his response was that this is something that litigants have to confront all. >> the time, and. >> that he expects the judiciary will continue to hold. that's maybe a little bit of sunny optimism from hakeem jeffries that you have to not navigate because of the way hakeem jeffries tends. >> to