vamos a empezar con la de michelle king.e los estadounidenses a miembros de dodge. el departamento de eficiencia gubernamental que se ha asociado con elon musk. ese departamento, el del seguro social. tenemos una grÁfica que les podemos mostrar ahora. se dice segÚn una auditorÍa, pues entregÓ mÁs de 70 mil millones de dÓlares en pagos, de manera que no eran necesarios. eso es menos de un 1% del total de los pagos, eso esÁa claro. sin embargo, lo que estÁ diciendo el gobierno, la administraciÓn trump, es que el dodge estÁ buscando esa informaciÓn para protegy no para daÑar a los estadounidenses. escuchemos. >> suspect that there are tens of millions of people who are receiving fraudulent social security payments. >> bueno, y ahora hablemos de otra renuncia. se conociÓ esta maÑana. es de jim jones. Él estaba encargado de la secciÓn de alimentos de la administraciÓn de alimentos y medicinas de los estados unidos. es el. se retira, dice bloomberg news. porque no querÍa estar citando los recortes que le estÁn haciendo a la agenci

michelle king, that's her last name, right? michelle king, who refused to give him this. >> access. >> 30 year employee. and she ends up stepping. down because of the other king. the guy who thinks he's king of our country. and that is elon musk, who was not elected to do that. >> who. >> has so many conflicts because of the major multi-million-dollar. >> contracts that he. >> has with the government. and so i hope and i know there's already lawsuits that have been filed on this that once again, just like with the. irs data. >> the court a court will. >> find that, no, you can't just start rifling around rummaging through people's social security data. if you think there's fraud, then why did you fire all the inspector generals? okay. if you think there's something we can do here, then let's do this the right way, according to the law and not what they are doing in agency after agency. >> so donald trump campaigned promising. absolutely will not cut social security, will not cut medicare, but will not cut social security. by th

acting commissioner of the social security administration, michelle king, has resigned from her role after facing pressure from staffers working with the department of government efficiency to try and access some of these highly sensitive systems, you know, including social security numbers. et cetera. getting into some of that data. it's a trend we've seen now with a lot of these different agencies, a lot of these highly sensitive systems that these doge staffers are trying to gain access to, causing a lot of consternation among employees within the agency. but look, just to dig in a little bit more about king. she was someone who worked for decades at the social security administration, at the agency. she was named last month as acting commissioner, but she resigned over the weekend. over, you know, this spat with the department of government efficiency. now, we know that, as i said, this comes as really we've seen so much criticism and skepticism from all corners of washington, from capitol hill to the courts over whether doge has the legal authority to do this. also, for question

a source tells cnn michelle king stepped down from her role over the weekend because of concerns over doge staffers and access to sensitive information. cnn's alayna treene joins us now from the white house. elena, what happened that led to the commissioner stepping down? >> right. and just to give you a sense, more of a sense about michelle king, she is someone who has worked at the social security administration for several years and was named last month as acting commissioner. but she resigned on sunday. i'm told, after employees with the department of government efficiency were attempting to seek access to highly sensitive government records related to, of course, social security. just to give you a sense of how broad social security is, because we've heard about these concerns from others, right? this idea of department of government efficiency employees getting access to these very highly sensitive systems. just to give you a sense, like i said, about social security, it touches 72.5 million people, a 72.5 million people receive social security benefits. that includes retirees,

michelle king she had been at the agency for more than 30 years, and she walks away from her decades worth of service after clashing with doge. doge wanted to get access to sensitive systems within the agency that contain social security recipients. personal information from medical information, financial information. it's worth noting some 72.5 million americans get social security benefits from the disabled to children to retirees. and so it really raised some concerns with her as far as the access they were looking for and what they planned on doing with that information. of course, musk and his doge has said that this is all about identifying waste and fraud and rooting it out. the white house, in reference to her resignation, said in a statement that the president is committed to appointing the best and most qualified individuals who are dedicated to working on behalf of the american people. but then there's also the fda, um, that agency's food chief has also resigned. he actually his name is jim jones. he started at the agency in 2023. he was actually in line with rfk jr.'s vis

mÁs, hoy, tras confirmarse la renuncia de la comisionada de la administraciÓn del seguro social, michelle kingcluÍa desde datos bancarios, nÚmeros de seguro social e ingresos, hasta rÉcords de salud. esta tarde la versiÓn del mandatario fue diferente. afirmÓ que fue despedida tras insistir, sin mostrar evidencia de que doug ha descubierto que el seguro social estÁ pagando miles de millones de dÓlares a personas ya fallecidas e incluso a inmigrantes indocumentados. una de tres Órdenes ejecutivas que trump firmÓ hoy exige que los departamentos publiquen los abusos o fraudes que sean encontrados. y en una entrevista conjunta con elon musk y donald trump, que saliÓ al aire esta noche en la cadena fox, el presidente dice que musk lo llamÓ y le dijo presidente, estÁn tratando de alejarnos, asegurando que usted me cediÓ el poder. trump le contestÓ que eso no iba a pasar y le dijo que Él ha aprendido que la gente es mÁs inteligente. >> arantza cristina, muchas gracias por este reporte desde washington d.c. el departamento de agricultura dijo hoy que accidentalmente a oficiales que trabajan ena respues

propÓsito de musk de Última hora, dimite la funcionaria de mÁs alto rango del servicio social, michelle kingno es mi presidente. fue el lema en el dÍa del presidente de protestas en distintas ciudades del paÍs en las que el multimillonario elon musk fue a veces hasta mÁs atacado que donald trump. como jefe del departamento de eficiencia gubernamental o doge, musk lidera los despidos masivos de miles de trabajadores federales. muchos prefirieron mantener el anonimato. otros hablaron por ellos. >> tienen miedo por sus. trabajos, por sus familias y por la naciÓn. >> los despidos se han seguido sumando, incluyendo a cientos en el centro para el control de enfermedades en la agencia federal de emergencias y el departamento de seguridad nacional. este fin de semana, omar quintero hablÓ por su esposa. >> en cualquier momento en la noche, en el dÍa reciben un email donde donde los despiden. >> el nerviosismo se disparÓ aÚn mÁs al conocerse que un trabajador del servicio de rentas internas afiliado con el departamento de musk, segÚn confirmÓ nbc, buscarÍa acceso a un sistema de computadores que tiene

. >> michelle king. >> she has been at. this agency for some 30 years, more than 30 years. and she walked. away from all this time of service because she clashed with doge and doj's request for access to these sensitive systems that house american sensitive information at the social security agency. we're talking about financial information. medical information. there are about 72.5 million americans who receive social security benefits, from retirees to children, as well as disabled people. so we're talking about millions of americans and their personal information and doj's access. and we understand that was at the core of why she left this agency. uh, but, you know, you hear from doge musk and even the white house. they say that we have to get access to these systems because we have to root out this fraud and waste that is happening from agency to agency. and actually, the white house spokesperson on this recent resignation saying, uh, president trump is committed to appointing the best and most qualified individuals who are dedicated to working on behalf of the american

two sources say michelle king refused to give access to some sensitive information. nbc's alice barr joins me now. good morning. i want to know what else you're hearing. >> reporter: nancy altmann is the president of the advocacy group social security works. she says some of the information involved in the dispute involved bank information, social security numbers and in some cases medical records if a person applied for disability benefits. the white house says the agency will be led by a career social security anti-fraud expert until a new commissioner is confirmed. and this comes after concerns were already raised at the irs that an employee helping doge could soon gain access to sensitive taxpayer information. white house deputy chief of staff steven miller was asked about this on fox news. >> wouldn't they, then, have access to personal identification numbers and bank information? >> no. what we're talking about is at the programmatic level, being able to analyze and assess for signs and symptoms of fraud that would involve established criminal organizations and

michelle king resigned over the weekend after refusing to grant access to the department of government efficiency, or doge. a white house spokesperson confirmed king's exit. the agency, by the way, manages payments for more than 70 million americans. other agencies in doj's crosshairs for cost cutting. trump has promised not to cut retirement benefits. doge has faced legal challenges over whether its staffers can actually access private data. okay. get ready for higher monthly payments. a u.s. appeals court has blocked the biden administration's student loan relief plan, known as save. the court sided with seven republican led states that filed the lawsuit. they argued that the former president did not have the authority to establish student loan relief plan, and was instead a move to go around the supreme court after it blocked his initial debt cancellation plan. the ruling comes as house republicans float proposals that could raise federal student loan bills for millions of borrowers. lawmakers want to use the extra revenue to fund president donald trump's tax cuts. homebuilder confi

the acting commissioner michelle king, a 30 year veteran resigned after she refused access to sensitive social security records such as citizens' financial and medical information to the doge government efficiency team. the white house said he wants the most qualified individuals, not to appease the bureaucracy. at the food and drug administration, the division chief over safety of the food supply resigned. at the department of homeland security, a new round of terminations is expected among hundreds of high level civil servants at odds with the administtion's goals. accordg to three sources familiar with the matter. >> listen to these numbers. this is all fraud. >> reporter: president trump read from pages of spending that he called fraud and corruption. but provided no evidence. >> there's also late word about employees working on the country's response to bird flu who were let go. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: they were fired over the weekend. now the government is trying to get them back. the department of agriculture says it is working to swiftly rectify the firing

mas, hoy, tras confirmarse la renuncia de la comisionada de la Ádministracion del seguro social, michelle king organizacion de corte liberal social security works, le dijo a nbc que fue porque la funcionaria se nego a darle acceso a funcionarios de dei a informacion privilegiada de los estadounidenses, que incluia desde datos bancarios, numeros de seguro social e ingresos, hasta records de salud. esta tarde la version del mandatario fue diferente. Áfirmo que fue despedida tras insistir, sin mostrar evidencia de que dodge ha descubierto que el seguro social le esta pagando miles de millones de dolares a personas ya fallecidas e incluso a inmigrantes indocumentados. una de tres ordenes ejecutivas que trump firmo hoy exige que los departamentos publiquen los abusos o fraudes que sean e encontrados. y en una entrevista conjunta de elon musk y donald trump en la cadena fox, esta noche, el presidente dice que elon musk lo llamo y le dijo presidente, estan tratando de alejarnos diciendo que usted me cedio el poder. trump dice que le contesto que eso no va a pasar y que el ha aprendido que la gente es

conflict leads to a top official quitting at the social security administration, acting commissioner michelle king, a 30-year veteran, resigned after two sources said she refused access to sensitive social security records, such as citizens' financial and medical information to the doge, government efficiency team. the white house confirmed the resignation and said the president wants the most qualified individuals, not to appease the bureaucracy. the division chief over the safety of the food supply resigned. at the department of homeland security, a new round of resignations is expected, at odds with the president's goals. >> listen to these numbers. this is all fraud. >> reporter: president trump read from pages of spending that he calls fraud and corruption but provided no evidence. fired over the weekend and now the government is trying to get them back. the department of agriculture says it is working to swiftly rectify the firing of several employees working on the bird flu outbreak who are considered frontline public safety workers. >> all right, kelly, thank you. >>> and mr. trump is, aga

she says from statements michelle king, this is a horrific set. of proposals that, that trump is put forward, it's a little hard to know whether these are meant to be taken seriously as he described them, or whether they were serving some other purpose. or they designed to distract attention from the escalation that's now underway in the west. back something that began with the ceasefire and gaza. the escalation in the west bank has been quite for i think there have been more than 55 people, 56 people i think kill since the beginning of this year. just in these last several weeks. mass of displacements, virtually the entire population of engine need refugee camp are facing some level of, of destruction, of their homes and force displacement. so some of this may be a kind of cover for that. i radically, one of the things that he has said about the us would take responsibility for the left over mines and bombs that we've made and gaza. that is a us responsibility regardless of what happens to us, is dropped these bonds. uh and has provided them to i

michele king had been serving as acting commissioner of the agency at time of the apparent dispute. doge employees looking for internal data system which included personal information of millions of americans. we showed this clip of music blaring from brian's office while he was on the couch down here conducting an interview. ♪ ♪ just want to let this story die ♪ ♪ >> carley: it was what was on brian's desk catching attention of some viewers, rich pointing out after all complaining about ainsley's heater, brian has a giant space heater front and center on his desk. very suspicious according to rich. excellent points, my friend. >> brian: very good point. >> steve: caught red-handed. >> lawrence: and in dc on the rooftop, you cried like a baby, you wanted heaters around you, this is becoming a trend. maybe you like the heater. >> steve: i love it. >> ainsley: i will turn it toward you. >> steve: no, turn it this way. >> brian: in the morning, the heat is not on, i thought they would address it, they said, here is a heater. you can have this, if you want. i can see my breath in the mo

asked michelle king to have a seat because she was about to get canned she says you can't fire me becauseuit. and the press is acting like this is not suspicious. >> you may assert there's no waste and the pentagon, you may assert there's no waste in the treasury, you may assert there's no waste in hss. >> i don't think anyone -- >> then why are you not celebrating these cuts if you agree there is waste, if you agree there is abuse, corruption, why are you not celebrating the cots, the reforms that are being instituted? every day that no action is taken, the entire salaries event american workers that are taxed disappear forever. >> .com down. we are not having a debate about whether there are places -- >> you are clearly trying to debate me and i will be as excited as i want to be about the fact that we are saving americans billions of dollars. >> jesse: if loving stephen miller is a crime, lock me up. d.o.g.e. says they've already saved $55 billion of your money, 55 billion. so instead of putting that money back into the treasury, trump should give it back to the taxpayers. we should be

michelle king, the acting social security commissioner, stepped down today.ore that, senior treasury official retired after a clashing with the doge people. countless lawsuits have been filed but, you know, this begs the question, what has missing found out so far -- musk found out so far? if okay, look at a this. over 15 million people are on the social security rolls aged between 1 is 10-159. and nearly 3,000 are listed between to 200-360 -- it's laugh laughable, isn't it? hardly of these people are alive, obviously. clearly, the government's bookkeeping is in absolute shambles which opens the door to waste and fraud. we wouldn't is have known this if it weren't for the doge guys. why does anyone object to us finding out? then there is the $4.7 trillion worth of treasury payments that are, quote, untraceable. musk found there was no tracking code on the checks that went out, so nobody knows who got the money. no wonder there is serious opposition to musk burrowing into the computer system. these are young, brilliant engineers. who else is going to dive into

michelle king had been serving as acting commissioner of the agency at the time of her apparent disputethe doge employees were reportedly looking for access to an internal data system which may have included personal information of millions of americans. those are your headlines, brian, i apologize for cutting you off during the shoe discussion. >> brian: that's the way it is. >> carley: it was weighing heavily on my mind. >> steve: we were talking about eric adams and he is talking about double breasted suits. he is a handsome man with a double breasted blazer. >> lawrence: did you miss me. >> brian: it's very striking. >> steve: a judge set to rule on a key court case today regarding doge. doge details coming up. ♪ ♪ chocolate fundraiser. with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. ♪ that's convenience from chase. a sleep number® smart bed is perfect for couples. it helps reduce snoring with a tap so you both get your best night's sleep. and now, save 50% on the new sleep number® limited edition smart bed. shop a sleep

. >> yeah, jose michelle king was the top official at the social security administration, and she retireds team access to these sensitive government records. that's according to two sources. we're talking about things like bank information, social security numbers, birth dates, some in some cases medical records. the white house did confirm to us that king is no longer head of that agency. the president has nominated a new administrator to fill that role. at the same time, the white house press secretary, caroline leavitt, did an interview last night, and she said that president trump has directed the doge team to go into that agency and to try to identify fraud there. i want you to hear a little bit more of what she had to say in that interview. >> they haven't dug into the books yet, but they suspect that there are tens of millions of deceased people who are receiving fraudulent. >> social security payments. >> that's exactly why these social security employees, i may add, are. >> digging into. >> the books. >> and going line by line because past administrations have. >> refused to do t

michelle king's departure comes after she refused to provide doge staffers access to sensitive information. your information? king had been with the department for 30 years. it's the latest act of resistance meant to slow cost cutting moves by president trump and elon musk. doge had to go to court to gain access to treasury payment systems, and it is fighting to enter a sensitive database in the irs. with me now, brian lanza, former senior adviser to trump's 2024 campaign, and joe crowley, former new york congressman and former chair of the house democratic caucus. thank you both so much. brian, let's start here. people at home here at the social security administration, the head of that administration, stepping down and alarm bells do go off. what is the end goal here? >> first of all, thank you for having me. >> i think alarm. >> bells. >> do go off, but a lot of it just has to do with more hysteria than anything else. we know for a fact that donald trump and his his administration are entitled to have access to this. this is why they're winning. court decision after court decision after

a white house spokesperson, meanwhile, confirmed that michelle king left her position at the administration one of the sources said the dispute leading to king's departure involved americans bank information, social security numbers, earnings records, marital statuses, dates of birth and in some cases, medical records. if a person had already applied for disability benefits. so the most sensitive of data. as a result, president trump has appointed leland dudik, a manager in charge of the social security's anti-fraud office, as acting commissioner of the ssa. now that king is out and we could get a decision sometime today from a federal judge in washington, d.c. that could potentially limit elon musk and his team from doing things like that, accessing government systems and firing federal employees. the lawsuit was filed by more than a dozen state attorneys general, but judge tanya chutkan hinted at a hearing yesterday that she might not impose immediate roadblocks to musk's infiltration of the nation's government agencies. judge chutkan called the doj's actions, quote, concerning and troubl

so it does not surprise me at all that michelle king, who i know very well and who i served with a woman beyond reproach, a career civil servant who loves the agency and believes in the. mission that she would not. >> be, allow. herself to be an. >> accomplice to any violation of law or the sacred duty that she's been taught her whole life. >> to abide. >> by, which is to protect people's personal identifying information. i mean, that's a firable offense at the agency, no doubt. michelle and her role as being the person that oversaw operations. when i was commissioner of social security for president biden, she probably had to dismiss employees for browsing, you know, looking at the personal data of other people. and that was also something that we would, you know, not infrequently refer. to the inspector general for possible criminal prosecution. but now we. >> can't do. >> that because the president's whacked all of them in the firs. >> week. >> given the regulatory structure and the statutory structure that you just described, is this actionable? if they've improperly accessed this in

the agency head, michelle king, refused to give her okay to those workers ahead getting that kind of data. and then she resigned. joining me now is nbc news senior white house correspondent garrett hake, washington post white house reporter jacqueline alemany and boston globe columnist kimberly atkins. store. she's also the co-host of the sisters in law podcast app right now. garrett, start with you. what more do we know about this major resignation at the social security agency? and what kind of pressure is being put on the white house now in response? >> well, ali, this comes as we've seen similar dramas play out at other agencies where what's happening is staffers who are affiliated with d.o.j. are on boarding at these different agencies, becoming essentially employees of the social security administration or the irs or what have you, and then attempting to gain access to some of these sensitive systems that contain a lot of data about you and me and taxpayers and, you know, benefit recipients all around the country. they have received varying degrees of pushback around the govern

michelle king? >> yeah. >> i think the. >> law. >> is clear. as you just said, congress established. >> them as being independent. >> and it. >> was established. >> that way. >> for a reason. which is to give them the autonomy from the political winds that you don't want. these sorts of important bulwarks for the safety, for the confidentiality of the american people and things like the financial markets. you don't want that to upend itself every four years. you want continuity from it. that's why it was designed that way. so i think that is very, very clear. there's a lot of complexities as to each individual regulatory body. so i don't even think that getting to supreme court on one fell swoop is going to solve all the questions. but i think the law is clear. i think they were meant to be independent. so this would be a violation of that. >> all right. i want to move on to the power of doge. and what we are seeing, um, in that realm, federal judge tanya chutkan declined to block musk and his team from gaining access to the data of seven gover

. >> michelle king, resigned after refusing to give musk's. doge staffers. >> access to. >> sensitive personal data. she's not the. >> only. >> government official. >> to resign in protest of the trump administration today. denise chung, the head of the criminal division in the washington, d.c, u.s. attorney's office, abruptly stepped down, as. >> nbc news reports. >> chung pushed back against donald trump's order to freeze. >> bank assets. >> and. >> open up a criminal investigation into a contract that. >> was. >> awarded by the environmental protection agency. trump's acting deputy attorney general, beauvais, apparently tried to push the whole thing. >> through yesterday. >> which was a federal holiday when presumably fewer people would have been paying attention. in a. >> letter to her boss. >> chung said that there was. >> no legal. >> justification for such dramatic action. she wrote that she. >> was asked. >> on monday. >> to review. >> documentation provided by the office of the deputy attorney general, currently headed by acting deput

the social security administration's acting commissioner, michelle king. sources telling the associated press that king stepped down from her role over the weekend after refusing to provide doge staffers with access to social security recipient information. king is one of several high ranking officials who has expressed concern about doge staffers having access to sensitive government databases. the group also accessed a critical treasury payment system and has attempted to get access to the internal revenue systems taxpayer data. one of trump's top aides is attempting to assuage any concerns about that. >> can you. >> give assurances. >> to people who faithfully pay their taxes in this country? the doge isn't just going to go randomly sifting through the records and maybe come across the personal private records of a lot of americans. >> i can give absolute 100% insurance. i give you complete and total assurance on that point. >> joining me now, national political reporter for the hill. julia manchester. julia. good morning. thank you for being here. um,

this morning, sources tell cnn that the acting head of the social security administration, michelle king, has resigned over elon musk's team requesting access to sensitive social security information. let's get right to cnn's rene marsh for the latest on this. what are you learning, renee? >> john. >> good morning. >> king worked. >> at this. >> agency for more. >> than 30 years, and she walked away from her decades of service after clashing with elon musk's doge requests for access to sensitive systems that contain social security recipients personal information, including medical and financial information. now, keep in mind some 72.5 million people, including retirees, disabled people and children receive social security benefits. so we're talking about access to millions of americans personal information at this agency. musk has said that this is all about identifying waste and fraud at government agencies, and we should note that this is not the only agency where doge has access. americans sensitive private information, making many career federal employees at those agencies uncomfort

>> well, jose, as you mentioned, michelle king was the top official at the social security administration, and she retired after refusing to give musks team access to these sensitive government records you referenced. that's according to two sources, things like bank information, social security numbers, birth dates, in some cases medical records. and as you noted, the white house did confirm that king was no longer head of that agency. the president has nominated a new administrator for it. the white house press secretary said that the president has has directed doj to identify fraud at the social security administration. and as you noted, she said that team hasn't dug through the books there just yet. but it does suspect that there is widespread fraud happening there. and our team looked at an inspector general report, an audit last year that showed that over a seven year period, the social security administration made almost $72 billion in improper payments, as they termed it, a little less than 1% of the payments in that time period, seven years. the report also says that most of thos

when dozier asked michelle king to have a seat because she was about to get canned. she says you can't fire me because i quit. and the press is acting like this isn't suspicious. >> you may assert there is no waste in the pentagon. you may assert there is no way in treasury. i'm not. you may assert there's no way in hhs. >> stephen. stephen. i don't think anyone. >> why are you not celebrating these cuts? if you agree there is waste, if you agree there is abuse. if you agree there is corruption, why are you not celebrating the cuts, the reforms that are being instituted every day that no action is taken. the entire salaries of american workers that are taxed disappear forever. >> stephen, let's calm down. this is not this. we're not having a debate. >> no reason. >> about whether there are. well, you. >> are clearly trying to debate me and i. i will be as excited as i want to be about the fact that we are saving americans billions of dollars. >> if loving stephen miller is a crime, lock me up. doj says they've already saved $55 billion of your money. $55 billion. so

michelle king stepping down after a clash with staffers from elon musk's department of government efficiencyover access to sensitive government records. >> they suspect that there are tens of millions of deceased people who are receiving fraudulent social security payments. >> reporter: the resignation comes as a fallout continues from a doge affiliated irs staffer with access to those computer systems containing taxpayers' personal information. the white house defending that move on monday. >> we are restoring security controls at the irs. >> reporter: presidents' day became a day of protests. >> i think the person who currently occupies the white house has no business being there and is making a chaotic mess of our country. >> reporter: nbc news learning the administration is preparing to fire hundreds of high-level homeland security employees this week who are deemed not to be in line with the administration's goals. and the faa's layoffs this weekend drawing protests from the workers' union. >> these are the folks that make everything happen, so the rest of us that are engaged in aviatio

the washington post reports michelle king quit this weekend following a heated disagreement with elonent records. king was reportedly angry over the agency's attempts to access sensitive social security records. king spent several decades at the social security administration before being named its acting commissioner last month. >> as diabetes drugs such as wegovy are increasingly being prescribed for weight loss, researchers have found another possible benefit. a new study finds a dramatic reduction in cravings for alcohol among heavy drinkers who use the drugs. earlier this morning, we talked about the research with doctor mike cirigliano from the fox medical team. >> people who have alcohol use disorder, people who are drinking significant amounts are showing a dramatic reduction. in fact, about 40% report no heavy drinking. these are people that were drinking five drinks at a setting. >> medical researchers say this discovery involving weight loss drugs could be a breakthrough in treating people with alcohol abuse issues. >> rescuers had to travel over eight miles in dangerous co

official there that's acting administrator michelle. >> king. >> stepped down from her. >> position after refusing to allow. employees affiliated with. doge to access. sensitive information. >> so think. >> things like social security. >> numbers. >> bank information, earnings records. king was replaced by a lower ranking career employee. >> one who had. >> been outwardly. >> supportive of doge. >> online. and then she chose. to resign. and that's not the. >> only standoff over sensitive personal data that's. >> taking place. >> this morning, because a doge employee is. also expected to. >> soon. >> access a highly. >> guarded data. >> system at the irs. that's one that houses sensitive taxpayer information. and it's alarming. officials at that agency. >> and both. >> of these moves is an escalation of doj's attempts to access. sensitive or classified information across the government. the white house says, though, that direct access to these. systems and these files, that it is required in order to root out. >> the types of. >> waste, fraud and abuse that they're looking for. and i shoul

the washington post reporting that michelle king left following disputes with elon musk's doge over attemptst records. king spent decades of the agency before being named acting commissioner last month. taiwan semiconductor and broadcom are reportedly exploring separate deals that would break intel into separate companies. the wall street journal reporting that broadcom is interested in the design and marketing business. tsmc has control over plants. those toxins eliminate stages. that is a brief -- those talks are in preliminary stages. that is your brief. jonathan: up next, negotiating with russia. >> what do you think he wants? >> he wants to end it. they want to and it fast -- end it fast. zelenskyy wants to end it too. jonathan: scott lincicome to come next. ♪ you think those phone guys will ever figure out how to keep 5g home internet from slowing down during peak hours? their customers have to share a wireless signal with everyone in their area. oooh. you know, it's kinda like when you bring a really big cake for your birthday, and then there's only a little, tiny sliver left for the

records at the social security administration prompted the resignation of acting commissioner michelle king. king served at the administration for more than 30 years. she was named acting commissioner back in january. the doge team published a website detailing the savings it says it has made so far, totaling $55 billion. it ranks the biggest cuts as coming from usaid, the department of education and the office of personnel management. and it posted a wall of receipts detailing cuts that it has made. meantime, in a court filing yesterday, the white house said senior or said elon musk is a senior adviser to the president and not an employee specifically of doge. it said he has no decision making authority and can only advise the president and communicate the president's directives. the filing specifically says that musk is not the administrator of the us doge service, but it does not specify who is or if there is one. >> i guess it's because of conflict. >> of interest policies. >> that's probably. >> the reason. >> for the. >> but for the for the technical. >> nature of this. >> but i think

. >> michelle king stepping down after. government records. >> they suspect that there. are tens. >> of millions. >> of deceased. people who are. >> receiving fraudulent. >> social security payments. >> the resignation comes as. >> the fallout. >> continues from. >> a doge. affiliated irs. >> staffers expected. >> access to that agency's. >> computer systems containing. taxpayers personal information. the white house defending that move on monday. >> we are restoring security controls at irs. >> it all. >> comes as. >> presidents day became. >> a day. >> of. >> protest against. >> the president. >> and musk. >> in cities nationwide. >> i think. >> the person who currently occupies the white house has no business being there and is. making a chaotic mess of our country. >> nbc news learning the administration is. >> preparing to fire hundreds. >> of. >> high level homeland. >> security employees. >> this. >> week who were. >> deemed not. >> to be. >> in line. >> with the administration's. >> goals. >> and the faa. layoffs of

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king men's store. saw this beautiful girl in a rabbit fur coat, black dress, high-heeled shoes, blonde hair. then i was like, that's michelle. dennis murphy: curt and michelle were friends from school. she joined him for his break, and they went for a stroll, at one point, passing by a shop girl curt had a crush on, teenage drama at the mall. and it pops in my head, well, i'm never going to get a dance with that girl, because i just walked by with a blonde-- dennis murphy: i've got miss america here on my arm. yeah. dennis murphy: curt says, he and michelle spent his entire break catching up, until he had to get back to work. he walked her to an exit. and that's when we're saying goodbye, and she said, well, don't be a stranger. did you think you'd see her again. yes. of course, i did. dennis murphy: since there was school the next day, it wasn't a night to stay out late. so when michelle hadn't returned home, even well after the mall had closed, her sister says, their mother janet started to worry. my parents started calling around to see with her other friends but the situation was. and why is she not back here home? mm-h