we heard mike waltz, the national security advisor, call it an exchange today. did the u.s. or an ally release someone in exchange for marc fogel well, what happened here is. >> there was. >> consideration one way or another for. nonviolent criminal. and so the united states gave some consideration, although it wasn't linked one way or the other. and so at the end of the day, what we wanted to do here is look at a step forward. and i think you see russia making a step for the president, for president trump, based on his focus on hostages. >> so tell me what you mean by that in terms of of whether there was a direct exchange for this or is it is it an agreement to have a conversation about releasing other people from either the u.s. or other other nations? >> for us, it was the start. this was a unilateral decision. it means for us we make and give thoughts to other people that are nonviolent. from a russia perspective. and so it means the president is open to things now because this was a first step one way or the other. >> okay. so so it's signaling a conversation for somet

it's part of the another country. >> joining me now is national security adviser mike waltz. welcome to "meet the press." >> thank you. good to be with you. >> it's great to have you. let's start with president trump's attempts to scale back usaid, essentially stepping back from countries that have long relied on american support. the former administrator of usaid under george w. bush called it a huge mistake, adding, quote, this assistance is one of the most powerful tools washington has to push back against chinese and russian influence and to prevent transnational threats such as disease and terrorism from reaching u.s. soil. is america basically handing china and russia an opportunity to expand their influence on the world stage? >> no. absolutely not, and in fact, kristen -- excuse me, kristen, this is exactly what president trump, secretary of state rubio, elon musk, myself and many others who have worked with usaid are talking about. all too often these missions and these programs, number one, are not in line with strategic u.s. interest like pushing back on china. the

so the statement has come out from the national security advisor mike waltz. imagine is the president, we just saw and heard from him a moment ago, speaking there with the king of jordan, that we will hear more from the white house shortly. dan, obviously very big news. >> yeah, this is a great bit of news. look, marc was teaching in since 2012. he is a teacher. that is all he was doing. it really does reflect on russia, dictatorship today, vladimir putin, operatives in the kremlin, that is how it works, wrongfully detaining u.s. citizens and getting the best deal possible, the release of viktor bout, the merchant of death who we had to trade to secure brittney griner's release. again, this is a great success. democrats and republicans and american citizens should be celebrating it, and i am sure there is more to come down the road. >> john: yeah, just for clarity, it was august 1st, 2024 that jake sullivan declared tha. so as i mentioned a moment ago, dan, this is an administration that is not given to exchanging high-value targets like viktor bout or tens of

he does have people in his administration, marco rubio, mike waltz, among them, who previously thought these were important things. and their public comments backed that. but it doesn't appear that they're moving the president off this this change now. >> no, the people that he appointed to his administration, he wanted to be completely in fealty to him and following him. it also in congress. right. you look at these confirmation votes, people who voted for pete hegseth and tulsi gabbard, who put themselves forward as being very serious about national security issues and taking all these things in real, real depth before, but have voted for people that they have previously been very critical of themselves. lindsey graham, incredibly critical of tulsi gabbard, but voted for her to be the new director of national intelligence. but look, with trump here, i think you have one of four things basically going on. one is possibly what joe said, that he's just doing what putin wants to is that he's actually going at this from a position of weakness, saying, i don't really care, i don't it doesn

joining us now is national security advisor mike waltz. great to have you with us today. or joining us. can you give us a sense? a lot of people were caught by surprise, secretary waltz. tell us a little bit about when did you get in the loop on this proposal last night and this idea? were you immediately on board with it? >> hi, martha. actually, this is something that the president has been thinking about quite a bit, even since october 7th. but then special envoy witkoff is traveling and we've had meetings. the first foreign leader he called was the saudi arabia, big abdullah. spoke to the president of egypt on saturday and we had prime minister netanyahu. this didn't -- mainstream media wants to pretend it sprung up overnight. really, this is framed -- it is not the case. this is framed in terms of the hostages that we have coming out. you remember the president's truth there will be all hell to pay. we now see israelis and the first american keith siegel being reunited with their family. cease-fire in place that the biden administration couldn't get without president

mike waltz supported it. elise stefanik supported it. all people in the new administration, i have confidence that the way we wrote the law, the way that it's been upheld by the supreme court, i think it's just a matter of time before what we ask to do, which is to have the communist chinese party not be a part of tiktok. and i think there'll be a divestment, divestment here soon. >> do you think it's unfortunate that it has to wait at least until april? yeah. >> well, yeah, i think waiting an extra month and giving time to find a new buyer and and separating it from the communist chinese party is part of the process. i would also say that putting vice president vance in charge of this, as president trump has done, working with the national security advisor, mike waltz. i have immense confidence in both of them to look out for the best interest of u.s. citizens and to protect our data and make sure the communist chinese party, our adversary, is not, you know, stealing our intellectual property. >> you mentioned some of the news that i fi

nuclear fresh old state but china is the one we need to focus on with national security advisor mike waltz is focused on china. you look at the theft of intellectual property and we are sir they are threatening taiwan militarizing the south china sea and there's work to be done including with allies to counter and defer china we appreciate your time thank you thank you for joining us. mark vogel was taken during the biden years held in custody and he was detained by russia and today president trump as well as a special envoy obviously we had the secretary of state rubio all these people involved and there is on american soil and an entrance to the white house we expect the president will be speaking this hour when it happens we will bring it do you live and a lot of people put a lot of effort into this as we expect a hostage release and with report joining us as mark meredith is with us thank you for being with us you are looking at live pictures of the white house where we expect him to root arrive momentarily it's been snowing here and the last several years is expected to speak with tru

what a job you've done front of the fantastic job national security advisor mike waltz. thank you, mike for working. so our thank you to the we have in addition, marco rubio, who is on the phone right now, listening to every single word that we say. and he's going to be great. and pete, congratulations and scott, congratulations. i see you're here. and caroline's been doing a great job. she's really probably talked about more than anybody here. she's done a fantastic job and thank you very much carol i, we're proud of you but will only be satisfied when all of these problems are solved and we have the team to solve them. and that's going to happen. and it's going to happen. i think very quickly, i also strongly believe that the guys a strip which has been a symbol of death and destruction for so many decades and so bad for the people anywhere near it. yeah, the especially those who lives there and frankly has been really very unlucky. it's been very unlucky spin and non lucky place for a long time being and his presence just has not been good. then it should not go throug

he mentioned the cia director, john ratcliffe, mike waltz, the national security advisor, and witkoff, who again, is the middle east envoy. he did not mention dana, his own special envoy for russia in ukraine. keith kellogg, who has been fervently working towards figuring out some kind of deal here. now, he appears to have been left out in the cold on the most critical issue when it comes to his portfolio. >> i want to play another layer of what we're talking about here, which is capitulating towards what russia wants. one of the things that has made russia so upset, particularly since it invaded ukraine, was the idea that the u.s. was for and supportive of ukraine joining nato. and i want you to listen to what pete hegseth, the president's new defense secretary, said while in brussels about that today. >> the united. >> states does. >> not believe. >> that nato. >> membership for ukraine is. >> a realistic. >> outcome of a negotiated settlement. >> instead, any. >> security guarantee must be backed by. capable european. and non-european troops. >> eva. >> i think. >> as surprising. >

president trump's national security advisor, mike waltz, said other realistic solutions haven't been offered. he puts. some very bold, fresh new ideas out on the table. i don't think should be criticized in any way. i think it's going to bring the entire region to come with their own solutions. if they don't like mr. trump's solution the comments come at a delicate time. while negotiations are underway to implement the second phase of the hostage release ceasefire deal with hamas. >ryan>and still ahead at noon and streaming on cbs news bay area, you get to meet an accomplished high school senior from berkeley. we're going to show you how she's using poetry to help young girls of color find their own voice. let's give you another live look outside before we head to the break. beautiful shot there. blue skies. a nice break between the storms. a chance to when migraine strikes... do you question the tradeoffs of treating? ubrelvy is another option. it works fast, and most have migraine pain relief within two hours. you can treat it anytime, anywhere. tell your doctor all medicines you t

reading the usa of long had in store for palestine wheel. donald trump's national security advisor mike waltz, be fine. does he already verified saudi arabia was swift to attack drums planned to ethnically cleanse guys? i even though it was in the middle of the night, saturday time when the us president sitting beside israel is netanyahu. so to defacto destabilize egypt and jordan with millions of refugees as expected vassal states in europe and no sovereignty were muted. but trumps erroneous claim that saudi arabia no longer thinks the palestinian states also and good china, russia. and they to remember tech a. this is trump facilitated ukraine bombing of russia, bomb somalia, and signed it ordered to approve bombing iran. well that in the week that i'll, you'll be so trump operating the c i a and shelving the globally destructive usa. i, the agency, does he, a veteran kind of learns wilkinson is in full stretch virginia. he was chief of staff with us state department now led by monica rubio, when nato power has invaded iraq. this kind of thank so much for coming on right off the top. i supp

that was confirmed by the white house and also confirmed by mike waltz. and so i imagine that that that detail is, is accurate and true, and that steve witkoff personally flew to russia, met with vladimir putin for a number of hours, had long discussions with him on behalf of the president that also happened in the lead up to the release. and so i'm sure a lot of other items were discussed as well. all credit to everybody involved in this man's release. it should have happened a long time ago. and that door that we're looking at right now, it is expected that president trump will come outside and greet mark foley. he landed, as mark pointed out, at joint base about an hour or so ago, we would expect it would be any moment that he'd be pulling up. it looks like they're preparing for his arrival. when that happens, we'll bring it to you. joining us now on the phone is the host of special report. our own bret baier is with us. bret, i know you feel the same way i do. and that is any time an american hostage is released. it's. it's a special moment, not only

national security advisor mike waltz. thank you. we have, uh, in addition, marco rubio, who is on the phone right now listening to every single word that we say. he's gonna be great. pete, congratulations. scott, congratulations, i see you are here. caroline has been doing a great job. she has really probably talked about more than anybody here. she has done a fantastic job and thank you very much, caroline. we are proud of you. we will only be satisfied when all of these problems are solved and we have the team to solve them and that is going to happen. it's gonna happen i think very quickly. i also strongly believe the gaza strip, which has been a symbol of death and destruction for so many decades and so bad for the people anywhere near it, especially those who live there. and frankly, it has been very unlucky. it has been an unlucky place for a long time. being in its presence just has not been good. and it should not go through a process of rebuilding and occupation by the same people that have really stood there and fought for

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mike waltz about whom we joke about him going on the ground on saturday because there is some room is that he may be going because he's reading wrong information to donald trump, who clearly thinks the sanction somehow some way to leverage the russian government to over at ukraine as restaurant daily wins the war. but let's switch gears now. donald trump insists, quote that no us sewage us will be needed for his plan to evict millions of guidance from the war twan strip. now his defense secretary appeared to contradict that claim, saying that nothing is off the table. are you working on all of that right now? the president is involved in very complex and high level negotiations, agree consequences to both the united states and the state of israel, and we look forward to working with our allies. our counterparts spoke diplomatically militarily to look at all options, but we certainly would not get ahead of the president, provided details about what we may or may not doing that. it was at the meeting with benjamin netanyahu on tuesday that the us president, the 1st voice, his bombshell

mike waltz about whom we talk about him going on the ground on saturday because there is some room is that he may be going because he's reading wrong information to donald trump, who clearly thinks that the sanction somehow some way to leverage the russian government the over at ukraine as rush at daily winds, the war now we're from ukraine. now the us treasury has announced a new package of your brand related functions, and this time pocketing company is shipping your reining oil to china. the move comes just days out. the donald trump called for more pressure on to ron. today the department of the treasury is office of foreign asset control is sanctioning an international network for facilitating the shipment of millions of barrels of uranium crude oil with hundreds of millions of dollars to the people's republic of china. this action is consistent with the president's february 4th national security presidential memorandum directing the treasury department and the us government agencies to enact maximum economic pressure on a wrong in order to deny old pods to a nuclear weapon encou

mike waltz about whom we talk about him going on the ground on saturday because there is some room is that he may be going because he's reading all the information to donald trump, who clearly thinks that the sanction somehow some way to leverage the russian government to over at ukraine as restaurant daily wins the was well, in case you missed, it is ready. 5 minutes to benjamin is. he also visited washington on tuesday, but he did not come empty handed on his visit. is there any media reports and that keeps gifted from a gold plated page of apparently a note to the deadly attacks on has pulled at last year and with thousands of devices exposure as well as simple changes to that story multiple, besides on our website, all to dot com and donald trump insist quote, no us soldiers will be needed for his plan to evict millions of causes from the war to him strip. but his defense secretary and pitt, to contradict claim saying that nothing is off the table. are you working on the right now? the us really is involved in very complex and high level negotiations of great consequence to both t

mike waltz about whom we talk about him going on the ground on saturday because there is some room is that he may be going because he's reading wrong information to the little trump, who clearly thinks that the sanction somehow some way to leverage the russian government over ukraine as restaurant daily when is the will what it will be very interesting to see of course, why the given take his from both sides because they are inevitably will be something i've seen. i do. i do want to get a little feel tape even though it is fall. so cool. a comment from now me about ties between the u. k and ukraine going back a thousands of thousands of years. i mean, the statement was marks, maybe not surprising. we remember, let's trust refusing to recognize russian suffering t o, but rushed off, and virginia is which all as russian, as they come. i mean, what does it these to cindy slips of the tongue. i mean, she has to be corrected by her and i'm past that it was pretty humiliating. or is it just lack of knowledge of history? is this a different level of diplomacy? when we come back, you know, to

, on a flight out of russia and is expected home in the coming hours. national security advisor mike waltz says the deals assign, it's moving in the right direction in the war and ukraine bodies because there are plenty of the leaders of canada and you say they'll take a firm stand against us president donald trump's plan to raise tariff on imported steel and aluminum. 25 percent trait taxes are due to take effect from march. the 12th president trump says he signed to the executive order to help american manufacturers. few cases. it's engaging with us to work through the details. prime minister just introduce as canada, will strongly resist trumps terrace, which he describes as entirely unjustified speaking on the sidelines of the artificial intelligence summit in france, trudeau said otto will work with us to highlight the negative effects of the trade taxes on both canadians and americans. together we make north america more competitive. we will be working with the american administration over the coming weeks to highlight the negative impact on americans and canadians of these will also

mike waltz about whom we joke about i'm going on the route on saturday because there is some room is that he may be going because he's reading all the information to donald trump, who clearly thinks that the sanction somehow some way to leverage the russian government to over at ukraine as restaurant daily wins the war until the middle east. now donald trump insist that no us so just will be needed for his supplies to evict millions of policy. and in some guys a well, he's decided psychiatry appeared to contradict that. came say that nothing is off the table. are you working on the right now? the president is involved in very complex and high level negotiations of great consequence to both united states and the state of israel. and we look forward to working with our allies. our counterparts spoke diplomatically militarily to look at all options, but we certainly would not get ahead of the president provided details about what we may or may not doing now the us secretary of state demarco. rubio has doubled down on transplant to relocate. palestinians from guys are saying that the enc

yesterday benjamin netanyahu met with mike waltz and the president's middle east envoy, hopeful about negotiations but donald trump expressed skepticism about the cease-fire's future. >> i have no assurances it will hold. i've seen people brutalized. no one has ever seen anything like it. no guarantee the piece is going to hold. >> reporter: according to the white house, the presidencies gaza as a demolition site, it will take 10 to 15 years to rebuild. also reuters is reporting the president is expected to sign an executive order to restore maximum pressure on iran. back to you. >> reporter: christian, these talks, i suspect benjamin netanyahu wants permission to attack iran. what say you? >> in perhaps an indirect way i don't know if we will see israeli fighters and bombers over iran attacking the iranian nuclear project. that has been thought of as a firewall for some time. i think instead, benjamin netanyahu wants to demonstrate good atmospherics with trump because there's tension between these two men after the 2020 election when benjamin netanyahu congratulated biden on his vict

rachel: president trump reportedly tapping vice president jd vance and national security adviser mike waltze the sale of tiktok ahead of the april 5 deadline and social media users are turning to chinese owned app red note in fears that the tiktok app might once again go dark. big money show cohost tailorings joining us now. we've been getting into it during the break and stop, we've got to break this down and tell us where we're at right now. >> it works if it's been downloaded on your phone. trump came in and gave it a 75 day deadline and have till apris always a national security and tics touchdown kansas city owned by -- tiktok owned by bytedance. rachel: national security. code for censorship. >> all the data going back to china and tiktok owned by bytedance giving data to china and how do we keep that data obstructing cerumen u.s. soil and we don't know how the chinese are using the data they're gathering from tick touchdown kansas city from their interest. the key is how do we get tiktok to re-municipal main in u.s. donorship to protect u.s. owners data. rachel: that's what the gover

national security adviser mike waltz. thank you, mike, for working so well with us.ve in addition, marco rubio who is on the phone right now listening to every single word that we say. and he's going to be great. and, pete, congratulations and scott, congratulations. i see you are here. and karoline has been doing a great job. she has really talked about probably more than anybody here. she has done a fantastic job and thank you very much, karoline. we are proud of you. but we will only be satisfied when all of these problems are solved and we have the team to solve them and that's going to happen. and it's going to happen, i think, very quickly. i also strongly believe that the gaza strip, which has been a symbol of death and destruction for so many decades and so bad for the people anywhere near it and especially those who lived there and frankly who has been really very unlucky. it's been very unlucky. been an unlucky place for a long time. being in its presence has not been good. and it should not go through a process of rebuilding and occupation by the same peop

administration sat on and refused to release and they're releasing to israelis and national security adviser mike waltz believes they can move things forward. >> getting back to where we were in the first term, which is the abraham accords and the next round of the acura ham accords and ongoing conversations that special envoy steve witkoff had with the sa saudis and emradis d allies. reporter: the president sees the gaza strip as total demolition site and steve witkoff said countless unexploded munitions are there and damaged buildings that make it unlivable adding it might be 10-15 years to rebuild. if a ceasefire can hold, president trump believes that life needs to change for palestinians. >> it's unsafe, it's unsanitary. it's not a place where people want to live. nobody is going to -- they have no alternative but if we go back and give them alternative of liliving in a beautiful open ple with nice quarters and housing of sorts and the money and middle east can build that. reporter: steve witkoff said they're in phase two of ceasefire deal and negotiating about release of hostages. back to you. la

north carolina israel purchased, and bi biden administration sat on and refused to release, knaba mike waltz believes that u.s. can help move things forward. >> we need to get back to where we were in president trump's first term. the abraham accords, and next round. and you know the on going conversations that special envoy steve witkoff had with saudis. reporter: administration officials say that presidencies gaza strip as a ddemolition site, witkoff said countless unexploded munitions are still there and damaged buildings that make it unliveable, it might be 10 to 15 years to rebuild, if a cease-fire can hold president trump believes that life needs to be changed for palestinians. >> it unsafe and unsanitary, not a place -- they have no alternative but to go back, if we gave them one, living in a beautiful open place, with some you know nice quarters, nice housing, of sorts, and we have the money and middle east to build it. reporter: special envoy witkoff said they are in phase 2 of that ceasefire deal they are negotiating about next release of hostages. larry. larry: all right, edward l

election in florida, and you're going to get two republican members of the house replacing gaetz and mike waltzhen, closer margin ever in the history of the world. larry: very close for him. then again, by april, you know what happens in april, byron? it gets warmer and sun comes out, the snow melts. things are much easier. >> people have to pay taxes too. larry: that too. byron, you're the best of the best. thank you. coming up, talking to cynthia lummis about de-banking among other things. de-banking, she knows enough about that. we haven't talked about it enough on the show. we'll be right back. ♪ chocolate fundraiser. ♪ with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. [coins clinking] ♪ that's convenience from chase. make more of what's yours. at t. rowe price, we help advisors move forward by building agile etfs designed to outperform the index. that's the power of curiosity. better questions can lead to better solutions. t. rowe price invest with confidence larry: welcome wyoming senator cynthia lummis. thank you, senator, for

joining us now national security advisor mike waltz. by the way, thank you for the role that you played in all of this and secretary of state rubio and steve and everybody else involved. what are the broader implications to this because i see this as a gesture that vladimir putin would never show to joe biden. >> first let's be clear, there are a number of people involved but this is president trump. this is the trump of fact that we were talking about before he was even inaugurated. even in the week since we are now up to 11 americans released. the ones today, cnn couldn't believe it that belarus just release them for nothing. this is the taliban. this is venezuela. this is now russia and of course gaza when he said all hell to pay. so president trump is one of the greatest of all time coaches, he's deploying all of us out on the field including now ambassador steve witt cough. what's so amazing about steve is he's not burdened by all of the decades of talking points and this can't be done and only that can be done. it's kind of like t

made progress on two of the seats to work on filling, and so that is already in process matt gaetz mike waltz thacked add numbers back into the republican column. thing everything to get done they have to a budget to get done we have run out of government fund there's the debt ceiling looming and something things they have to do and there are some republicans who have different ideas just like within the democrat party there are frankture and fish shoes you fissures it is tougher than maybe having a buffer for five which is still exceptionally tight but it gives you a little more wiggle room. joey: can johnson keep his party together and recent year says maybe not. you have a big show on fox news sunday tell what you say you got. shannon: so secretary duffy is going to be join us for all of the latest very, very busy -- joey: look at that handsome fella. shannon: fetterman and graham they could be critical or kash patel and ready to announce their votes we'll ask this morning. joey: that is an interesting side by side fetterman and graham two very different senators. shannon: only one will be

according to national security advisor mike waltz, this was a show of good faith from the russians and a sign that are moving in the right direction to end the brutal and terrible war in ukraine. now the democrats, the media will all be praising the president's strength to make this happen and thanking him but seriously don't expect any accolades from the democratic party or the state run legacy media mob. democrats learned nothing after the election in november of 24 and now seemingly only care about three things. they want biological men playing women sports, they want to protect illegal immigrants who do not respect our borders, our law, our sovereignty. even though... known terrorists in our country and maybe most of all they really want to keep spending tens and hundreds of billions of your hard-earned tax dollars on radical extreme left-wing causes around the world without any audit. no accountability. the hysteria over doge and elon musk has been off the charts. just to be clear, the left is absolutely outraged that elon musk and his team working for free are rooting out waste,

secretary of state rubio, cia director and john ratcliffe and nsa security mike walt and am bass -- mike waltzalked to putin during the war. joe biden's people never tried to set up a process and trump is doing this by himself opportunistic the telephone. >> why would putin want to make a deal and he's getting huge progress going through ukraine and he's losing people and also picking up ground, moving west ford towards kyiv but he pes to get it done. he trusts donald trump and that's end of the day, he trusts trustsdonald trump in negotiatie people around him and knows donald trump wants to get this done and get the war over withand helping ukraine and russia. larry: trump producing more oil and gas and prices come down and i don't know when but it'll come down. that'll ruin putin's war machine because that's the only crop, cash crop they have is oil and gas. price comes down and american energy production and war on putin going for them and the end is near. >> there's no doubt the end is near. he's done about as much as he can do and going for them and&they've lost too many generations for t

mike waltz just walked. in we are inside the two minute warning they should be getting underway here any moment, bret. >> questioning number of questions he has taken more questions first time in office since -- than the previous president did for a long, long time. your sense of what the fallout is on capitol hill on the tariff that was announced today? >> jacqui: you know, i think that broadly most people see this as a negotiation. they have also seen how he has, you know, the threat of tariffs has driven partners and allies and alike to basically come to the table and work with the walking in right now. >> bret: all right, jacqui, let you sit down and now go to the east room and president of the united states donald j. trump and the indian prime minister narenda modi. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. please. a great honor. i'm thrilled to welcome the prime minister of india, my friend,narenda modi back to the white house. he spent a lot of time here and a lot of time in india. and he is a ver

social media platform, we learned today that vice president vance and national security adviser mike waltz are going to be in charge of the white house effort to make that deal happen by the deadline. bret? >> deadline of april, peter, also tonight, president trump overhauling the kennedy center? is that what we are hearing? >> peter: yes, is he specifically upset about kennedy center hosted drag show that were targeted at children, he says, and so he removed several members of the board of trust years and is he installed a new chairman of the kennedy center. donald trump. bret? >> bret: okay. peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, thanks. today some of musk's harshest critics tried to get into one of the billionaires targets. the education department. it's on focus next as you heard from the president. they, the democrats, are upset over the president's suggestion that that agency may be eliminated and things became heated at the department's headquarters. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram shows us tonight from capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret good evening, educati

mike waltz kept it together but he looked a little surprised, too. where the idea came from. last year jared kushner said you could get some really great waterfront property in gaza. it could be really beautiful. and this was widely covered. so maybe he has been brewing this. may be there are great contracts to come. but the point is you can't just -- >> dana: have to step in. first of all, a podcast, they were talking about apparently donald trump watched the entire october 7th video on monday. this is not something that is oh, i cannot wait to put my hotel down there. what was the -- where is the compassion for the palestinian people from anybody else? nobody is saying that they would do anything for them. >> jessica: but that's -- but then if you are the one who is going to drop in and save everybody for it, don't you have to put some of your money where the mound is? >> jesse: we have funded gaza more than any other country -- >> jessica: but what are you doing with the good people? listen, i know that gaza was overrun with terrorists. i have wat

national security adviser mike waltz. thank you, mike, for working so well with us. thank you.ve uh, in addition, marco rubio, who is on the phone right now listening to every single word that we say. and he's going to be great. and, pete, congratulations. and, scott, congratulations. i see you're here. and, uh, caroline's been doing a great job. she's really probably talked about more than anybody here. she's done a fantastic job. and thank you very much, caroline. we're proud of you. but we'll only be satisfied when all of these problems are solved. and we have the team to solve them. and that's going to happen, and it's going to happen. i think very quickly. i also strongly believe that the gaza strip, which has been a symbol of death and destruction for so many decades and so bad for the people anywhere near it, and especially those who live there and frankly, who's been really very unlucky. it's been very unlucky. it's been an unlucky place for a long time. being in its presence just has not been good and it should not go through a process of rebuilding and occupation by t

national security adviser mike waltz. thank you, mike, for working so well with us. thank you.istening to every single word that we say. and he's going to be great. and pete, congratulations. and, scott, congratulations. i see you're here. and caroline's been doing a great job. she's really probably talked about more than anybody here. she's done a fantastic job. and thank you very much caroline. we're proud of you. but we'll only be satisfied when all of these problems are solved and we have the team to solve them. and that's going to happen, and it's going to happen, i think, very quickly. i also strongly believe that the gaza strip, which has been a symbol of death and destruction for so many decades and so bad for the people anywhere near it, and especially those who live there and frankly, who's been really very unlucky. it's been very unlucky. it's been an unlucky place for a long time, being in its presence just has not been good, and it should not go through a process of rebuilding and occupation by the same people that have really stood there and fought for it and live

his people are going to be secretary of state rubio, cia director john ratcliffe, nsa security mike waltztkoff. so he's got his team -- he's going to start a process. this is so, to me, amazing. joe biden never if talked to putin during the war. joe biden's people never tried to the set is up any kind of process. finish trump doing this by himself, on the telephone. i just think that's remarkable. >> it is remarkable. and if you look at this situation, he's getting putin to talk to him. and and why would putin really want to do a deal now? because he is making huge progress going through ukraine, you know? i know he's losing people, but he's also picking up ground, moving westward towards, you know, kever. but now -- kyiv. but he wants to get it done. and i'll tell you, he trusts donald trump. at the end of the day, he trusts donald trump in negotiating, the people around him. he knows donald trump wants to to get this done. he wants to get this war over with. it'll help both ukraine and russia. larry: and, look, trump's going to produce more oil and gas. price will eventually come down.

president trump saying as these peace talks begin he walked the cia director john ratcliffe, nsa mike waltzd steve witkoff all at the table. >> i myself just spoke to the president about these calls and he told me to tell all of you they were very good calls, they were very positive, and the administration is wholeheartedly committed to a peace deal to end once and for all the russia-ukraine war. >> trump's telling of the putin call reads, in part, president putin used my very strong campaign model of common sense, we both believed strongly in it and agreed to work together closely including visiting each other's nations. there was some breaking news this morning, one american among three detainees released in belarus. that is from adam boehler, special envoy for hostage affairs who says president trump deserves a lot of credit for rapid releases. the president's deeply involved in all of these conversations. he speaks with the hostages, obviously you know his involvement yesterday, and so it depends on the situation. what answer papen usually is he will empower his team. they will say i wa

the israeli prime minister met with trump national security adviser mike waltz and middle east specialay. trump's nominee for special presidential for adam boehler joins us now. great to see you, adam. obviously, trump and bibi have an awful lot to talk about. probably the most important thing at the moment is the fact that as we are getting hostages returned, which is fantastic news, the problem is that hamas still has its deadly grip over gaza and elsewhere in the middle east. what are the moving parts that they are going to talk about to figure out how to solve that problem? >> i think first and foremost. they need to separate out the hostage issue from occupation. sometimes they get intertwined. but the number one priority has to be for the israeli people and quite frankly for us as americans is to get every single hostage out. that's what the president of the united states said. that's what he wants to do. and i want to be clear, there are two americans that are supposed to be released very soon. we have got a soldier that's the second phase. but these are americans. this is someb