mike emanuel, ashley strohmier. tonight's topic, air and space.threatening injuries but given the sudden rise in plane crashes, is it a good idea for elon musk and spacex, the engineers, to work with the faa, mike emanuel? >> absolutely. we learned a lot about commercial aviation in this country since the crash at reagan national january 29th. we don't have enough air traffic controllers. it's not a matter of hiring them and putting them in the tower. you have to spend two years training them so it's a great time of shake-up here in washington. why not shake things up with elon musk and his team and the latest technology to see if we can make things safer and be better? >> absolutely. elon musk has built massive businesses. he's efficient, proficient, he has done spacex, tesla and if he faa at least we know sheryl crow will never fly commercial again. >> trace: marianne. >> i agree with everyone. he should help. anyone who can parallel park a rocket probably has some good advice. >> look, they are getting treated like we do in the police world whe

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i'm mike emanuel. anita: great, mike. i'm anita vogul in new york. we begin with lucas tomlinson live at the white house with a rush to pass the president's agenda. >> good morning, anita. it was busy on thursday when about two dozen house republicans came here to the white house to meet with president trump. the meeting lasted about five hours. president trump said the meeting went well. he told lawmakers that do not touch the following. >> i listened for a little while and then i said why don't we just balance the budget? why don't we cut certain things and balance the budget? don't touch social security, don't touch medicare, medicaid, just leave them alone. >> now, that's about half the budget. medicare, medicaid and social security, anita. now, trump met with republican senators to discuss the budget at mar-a-lago last night. and house speaker mike johnson says he'll work through the weekend. democrats, hakeem jeffries and democrats are impatient. and democrats tried to enter the department of education in washington to protest what president tr

elizabeth: mike emanuel, thank you so much. that was a great story.nk you. >> reporter: and on the education department, why follow nate if linda mcmahon to be the education department secretary if you're going to get rid of the education department? >> because i told linda, linda, i hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. i want her to put herself out of a job. education department. so we're ranked number 40 out of 40 schools, right? we're ranked number 11 in cost per pew -- number 1 in cost per pupil. we're ranked at the bottom of the list, we're ranked very badly. and what i want to do is let the states run schools. i believe strongly many school choice. elizabeth: that was president trump on overhauling the u.s. u.s. education department. look who's here, he's at prager-u, he's xavier derusso. it's great to see you. what's your reaction to this? you just heard the sound that, you know, we won two u.s. world wars without a u.s. education department. trump wants to put education back inside the u.s. states, again giving u.s. states th

fox news mike emanuel has the latest from washington, d.c. >> sparks flying at the very first meetingf the newly formed house doge subcommittee tasked with congressional oversight of elon musk's new department of government efficiency. >> we as a country are $36 trillion in debt in 2025. interest payments are projected to be $952 billion, which is more than our entire military budget. >> president trump must say it's a necessary step to curb waste and fraud in government spending. but democrats say musk is acting recklessly and taking a hatchet to programs he doesn't fully understand. >> if you are trying to conduct audits and figure out where the waste, fraud and abuse is, i don't know why you would go to some tech guy. i would welcome auditors to come in and do forensic audits. >> the world's richest man turned special government employee has been tearing through more than a dozen federal agencies moving to transform and dismantle a bureaucracy that he and president trump say has gotten out of control. >> it's essential for america to remain solvent as a country. your tax dollars ne

fox news mike emanuel takes a closer look at the trade war. >> president trump's tariff war rages on, but this time china is responding. mr. trump announcing new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to go into effect monday. >> any steel coming into the united states is going to have a 25% tariff. >> what about aluminum? >> aluminum to 10%. no, 25%. >> president trump's 10% duty on all chinese imports is still in place, which could hit shoppers on goods such as toys, clothing and electronics. president trump also announced reciprocal tariffs on other countries. >> every country will be reciprocal. the ones that are taking advantage of the united states. we're going to have a it's reciprocity. >> as payback, china slapped not one but two different tariffs on american imports an additional 15% duty on coal and liquefied natural gas products, and an extra 10% duty on crude oil farming machinery and large engine cars. >> there are no winners in trade wars and tariff wars. they harm the interests of the people in both countries. >> china is also restricting its exports of five rar

as fox news mike emanuel reports, china is striking back as it is already facing new tariffs on all ofoods coming into the u.s. >> president trump's tariff war rages on, but this time, china is responding. mr. trump announcing new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to go into effect monday. >> any steel coming into the united states is going to have a 25% tariff. >> what about aluminum? >> aluminum to 10%. no, 25%. >> president trump's 10% duty on all chinese imports is still in place, which could hit shoppers on goods such as toys, clothing and electronics. president trump also announced reciprocal tariffs on other countries. >> every country will be reciprocal. the ones that are taking advantage of the united states. we're going to have its reciprocity. >> as payback, china slapped not one but two different tariffs on american imports an additional 15% duty on coal and liquefied natural gas products, and an extra 10% duty on crude oil farming machinery and large engine cars. >> there are no winners in trade wars and tariff wars. they harm the interests of the people in bot

in washington, mike emanuel, fox news. >> president trump's planned tariffs on canada and mexico may be on hold for now, but they could expose a weak spot in america's lumber industry and potentially lead to higher home prices. wood imported from canada already has a 14% duty on it, so if the 25% tariff is implemented at some point, that would raise the total tax to 40%. president trump has said the u.s. has all the trees it needs, but experts say we don't have the mills or the manpower. >> in the future. if more mills expand capacity in the u.s. and the supply chain is there. as far as the management on federal lands, that could change, but it's not going to happen. you know, the next year or the next four years, and probably not for the next, you know, ten years. >> this week, the national association of home builders asked the trump administration to reconsider the tariffs, saying consumers will end up paying for them in the form of higher home prices. coming up tonight on the news at 5:00, we're now learning what may have sparked one of the recent wildfires in southern california

fox news chief washington correspondent mike emanuel has more from washington. >> more than 150 peopleay in the u.s, from overdoses related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl. that's why the senate judiciary committee is considering legislation that would permanently reclassify fentanyl related substances as a schedule one drug. it would allow for tougher penalties and remove barriers for research. >> we need you to stand with us and enact these pieces of legislation so that our country's kids have a fighting chance and stop losing their lives. >> on tuesday, parents who lost children to fentanyl poisoning made an urgent plea to congress to stop the crisis. republicans say china and weak border policies under the biden administration are to blame. >> it's time to make this temporary scheduling permanent, so that the drug cartels do not have the opportunity to flood our country with even deadlier versions of fentanyl. >> it is part of the reason why president trump's tariffs against beijing took effect today. but experts say finding a solution is more complex. >> the pill press is it's

our very own mike emanuel. he's here with the latest mike.deaths here. >> that's right. >> sean, good evening to you. a delta connection crashed at toronto's pearson airport, ended with a commercial jet belly up on a frozen runway. flight 4819 from minneapolis, arriving with strong winds and drifting snow before flipping over on the tarmac. none of the 80 people on board were killed, but there have been some injuries, three reportedly in critical condition. but officials in toronto say 76 passengers and four crew were successfully evacuated. >> we are very grateful that there was no loss of life and relatively minor injuries. we are very focused on the care and the concern and the passengers and the crew, some of whom have already been reunified with their friends and their families. >> the plane came in for landing in toronto at 2:45 p.m. local time, the crew dealing with wind gusts of 40mph coming from the right, and it appears the right wing may have slammed into the runway with such tremendous force that it apparently snapped the wing com

i am mike emanuel. anita:good to see you. we begin with lucas tomlinson with more on those doghe cuts. it seems there is no lack of things to take a look at and cut. >> reporter: 65,000 federal employees have taken the buyout. this week and thousands more mulling it over ahead of that monday deadline. trump standing alongside japan's my minister says he wants dogeach to take a look at the pentagon and the department of education. >> directed elon musk to review pentagon spending. >> pentagon, education, we will go through everything as it was so bad with this horrible situation. >> reporter: peter hegseth saying looking forward to working with you, need to cut the fat, headquarters, and grow the muscle, war fighters, hash tag pentagon audit. letters were ripped off of the reagan building's headquarters in washington. a trump appointed federal judge ruled to hold off on putting 2200 employees on paid leave. jesse waters had a whistleblower from the agency saying changes are needed but highlighted some good the organization doe

mike emanuel is here at the latest. mike. >> reporter: good evening.s fears that those in runway. it arrived with strong winds and drifting snow before flipping on the tarmac period none of the 80 passengers were killed but there been some injuries three reportedly in critical conditions but officials in toronto say 76 passengers and four crew were successfully evacuated. >> we are very grateful that there is no loss of life and relatively minor injuries be a wee or very focused on the care and concern of the passengers and crew some of whom have already been reunified with their friends and families. >> reporter: it came in from landing at 2:45 p.m. local time. the crew was dealing with wind gusts of 40 mph coming from the right and it appears the right wing may have slammed into the runway with such a tremendous force that it apparently is synaptic completely off. the transportation safety board of canada is expected to lead the investigation. the transportation secretary sean duffy offered assistance from the united states. sean. >> sean: all right

betsy devos has a plan of her own and she joins us in just a moment periods chief correspondent mike emanuelident trump station in terms of education is empowering parents and definitely improving results. house lawmakers hold a hearing titled the state of american education with the committee chairman calling for change. >> while many teachers have done an admirable job helping students recover from learning loss, many systems have become fixated on teaching device of the ideologies. unfortunately, these efforts have been fueled by the federal government itself. >> john: president trump's to first fix education in the country as linda mcmahon and it sounds like the present is hoping her role will be temporary to eventually shut down the department of education. >> it is ranked very badly. what i want to do is let the states run -- i believe strongly in school choice but in addition to that, i want the states to run schools. i want linda to put herself out of the job. >> john: today the top democrats promised to defend the department. >> we will fight any attempt to dismantle the department.

mike emanuel on plans to dismantle the department of education. first fox business hillary vaughn on capitol hill. hi, hillary. >> hi, dana. good morning. federal workers have one more day to decide if they want to quit and take the buy-out. eight month paid vacation or stay on the job. so far 20,000 federal workers have taken the buy-out option. the government expects the final number to be a lot more than that. but if not enough workers take the offer there could be layoffs. a supervisor at the government service agency sent a message saying layoffs are likely. two to 5% reduction in force government wide is the goal. the spending is being downsized. doge has been busy deleting contracts that they think are unnecessary. yesterday alone canceling 12 consulting contracts, saving taxpayers $30 million. also ending 12 more leases for unused office space, saving 3 million. so far president trump is happy with what elon musk and his doge squad are doing. >> president trump: he has done a great job. look at all the fraud he has found in this usaid. the

chief washington correspondent mike emanuel looks at what is next for some of the president's top prioritiesmike. >> mike: bret, good evening to you the d.c.'s order to federal health agencies to restore websites containing gender identity information is just the latest legal challenge by judges taking aim at early trump administration action. judgment have also tried to block or at least slow down the federal grant and program funding freeze. treasury department payment system accessed by doge. the federal employee buyout plan and birthright citizenship. today, attorney general pam bondi vented frustration with unelected judges and while federal judges have lifetime appointments, bondi says the administration can appeal their rulings. >> if they don't rule four favor, we will go to the united states supreme court and get clarification and get a ruling because we have outrageous over zealous, unconstitutional judges trying to control federal spending. >> president trump says he will abide by the courts if they rule against his actions but note he campaigned on these policies. >> we are talki

action summit mike emanuel joining me now.im him him him him him him and hear your today him him him other country city a repeat of the crypto portfolio. >> good morning i think you can call the case of somo with the trump administration pro crypto stance institution doesn't want to miss out on the market boom for instance the financial times reporting for the $200 million endowment the university of austin is raising 5 million-dollar bitcoin fund the first of its kind among the countries endowment and foundation georges university became the first college endowment to disclose holding the bitcoin etf in the $4.8 billion rockefeller foundation is reportedly considering its exposure to crypto currency, bottom line a growing number of endowment foundation and corporation for that matter of viewing crypto currency is not only as an investment but also collateral for raising capital in an alternative strategy to higher interest rates and with the trump administration seemingly very much behind crypto seems to make sense. >> of ano

thank you, mike emanuel. >> bill: we have to roll. >> dana: how are you doing back in the saddle?ng we didn't have a wager on that thing last night. we'll come up with a better thing. >> dana: we'll find other things to bet on. harris faulkner is next. here she is. >> harris: we begin with fox news alert. president trump's agenda is up against some hardening now

thank you, mike emanuel. >> bill: we have to roll. >> dana: how are you doing back in the saddle? >> i was thinking we didn't have a wager on that thing last night. we'll come up with a better thing. >> dana: we'll find other things to bet on. harris faulkner is next. here she is. >> harris: we begin with fox news alert. president trump's agenda is up against some hardening now. democratic resistance. for the left, so far it's not working very well. just ask the voters. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." 19 democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit to limit access that elon musk doge has to data. a judge agreed to temporary block doge from those records. president trump is with bret baier, watch. >> president trump: i disagree 100%. i think it's crazy. we have to solve the efficiency problem and the fraud, waste, abuse, all of the things that have gone into government. we talk about hundreds of millions of dollars of money going to places where it shouldn't be going where if i read a list you would say this is ridiculous. you've read the same lists. many y

mike: absolutely, i'm mike emanuel. fox news live continues with rich edson right now. >> as they move to shut down usaid, allowing doge to access systems at the labor department for now, however, this morning in another ruling, a federal judge temporarily blocked doge from treasury department records after 19 democratic attorneys general sued doge over access to the department. i'm rich edson, we'll have the latest coming up, but we begin with a fox news alert. three israeli hostages are free after hamas released them in exchange for palestinianen prisoners. however, the frail condition of the hostages is sparking outrage in israel. trey yingst is live with more. >> hey, good afternoon. three more hostages were released from gaza today as part of the cease-fire agreement. the men are owe had ben ami, eli sharabi, and or levy. they were barely recognizable and had lost weight while in captivity. as you see their release, they've paid unimaginable prices. sharabi's wife was killed and ohad's wife was kidnapped and later

chief washington correspondent mike emanuel looks at how the vice president plans to sell the u.s.g against china's plans. >> the united states of america is the leader in ai. and our administration plans to keep it that way. >> on its first overseas trip as vice president, j.d. vance warned european leaders against overregulation of artificial intelligence. >> the trump administration is troubled by reports that some foreign governments are considering tightening the screws on u.s. tech companies with international footprints. now, america cannot and will not accept that. >> at a critical stage when the world is watching to see if the united states or china will lead on ai, vance told european leaders not to collaborate with beijing. >> also remind our international friends here today that partnering with such regimes it never pays off in the long term. from cctv to 45 g equipment we are all familiar with cheap tech in the marketplace heavily subdisguised and supported by authoritarian regimes. >> experts note while the united states is seen as the leader on ai. china is not far b

here's chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. >> a personal appeal from a mother who lost they're9-year-old son to fentanyl poisoning. >> we need you to stand with us and enact these pieces of legislation so that our country's kids have a fighting chance and stop losing their lives. >> the theme of today's hearing the poisoning of america. in the senate judiciary committee hearing room it was clear this crisis is spreading quickly. >> if you are a family member who has lost a loved one or a law enforcement official who has stood by that family and worked with someone who has lost a loved one, will you stand up? an emergency room doctor from wisconsin noted it doesn't take much fentanyl to kill many people. >> the lethal dose is nearly 2 milligrams. equivalent to five grams of sand. one teaspoon can kill 2,000 people. that is what is in this packet of sugar. >> orange county california sheriff blamed border policies during the biden administration for making this problem worse. >> the crisis at the border that allowed the drug trafficking organizations cartels open a gateway and th

vance is there, marking his first international trip since taking office peer chief respondent mike emanuely. how significant is this story? >> expected to argue for tightening up ai oversight. as vice president j.d. vance arrived in paris earlier today, he is excited to push back on the europeans and argue for more open approach based on innovation. he is making his debut on the world stage as vice president. the ai summit has part of the world leaders -- tech executives to other interested parties. discussions are expected to focus on artificial intelligence's impact on global security, the economy, government. part of the conversation will be about data protection for uses of the chinese ai app, deep seek. >> i think people are taking the wrong message from the deep seek story and seeing it as a china versus u.s. thing. i have heard somebody call at the toyota moment. that's a much better description. this can be made cheaper, better, and it can come from surprising places to work. >> president trump he wants to be -- the u.s. to be the world capital of artificial intelligence, and exper

mike, good to have you on. i mean, you're reporting that there are some serious folks involved in musk's deal. one being a big time hollywood ceo, ari emanuel. but musk, he must have known that sam altman would have rejected this deal. so why even offer it? >> no. >> you're. >> totally right. and this is honestly the latest sort of salvo in this ongoing war between musk and altman. years ago, they founded openai together as a nonprofit entity. and, you know, as this thing grew in power and stature, elon musk walked away. he's very much convinced that this is an a.i. could be very dangerous for the world. whereas sam altman thinks it's going to be transformative in a positive way. and so as elon broke off, this is his kind of way of trying to get back in. and potentially, if not take over the company, which will probably almost certainly be rejected of an offer, at least make it more complicated for altman to to to take it, make it a for profit entity. >> is there any chance that altman and openai may actually be forced to consider any of this? >> so this is the the interesting thing here. you know, they can reject the bid. it's a it's a pri