are the folks that put life into our cities and they make it worth living in them, cities like minneapolis every single day. these people, my people, walk pass the american flag and pledge allegiance and they are good americans and i am a veteran. i know what a patriot looks like and they deserve the gratitude of a thankful nation and not demon niecessation and this is unacceptable and it must end. [applause] i thank the members seriously especially congresswoman omar. all of the advocates and to help my push back. we will not stop elevating the stories of those who have been impacted. thank you. [applause] i'm louise. i have four boys, i served as a unions navy seabee and i urge congress to put families first and prevent cuts to the programs that familiar lies like mine rely. after i left the navy, i felt abandoned. the one i have worked so hard to serve. in the navy they don't teach you to live life as a civilian and i don't know how to keep me and my children afloat without these programs. during the difficult times that i have lived through, medicaid, sthap and w.i.c. i needed these an

cities like minneapolis every single day. these people, my people walk past the american flag and pledge allegiance to it every day as they serve their communities. they are good americans, and i'm a veteran. i know what a loyal patriot looks like. and every single one of those people deserves the gratitude of a thankful nation and not the demonization and criticism that they've been getting. this is on except double, and it must end. i think the members, seriously, i thank the members, all of the advocates who have gathered here today and to help me push back. we will not stop elevating the stories of those who have been impacted. >> sorry, i'm small. my name is luis. i'm from a small town in pennsylvania. i'm sure many of you have children. i myself have four boys. they are 3, 12, 13, and 15. i served as a united states navy cp for three years. i'm here today to urge congress to put families first and prevent dangerous cuts to the programs that families like mine rely heavily upon. after i left the navy, i struggled to find

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. >>> and a flight headed to new mexico from minneapolis was diverted. it landed in texas without incident. it's not immediately clear what led to the dwirgs. the airline said the unscheduled stop was out of abundance of caution. the fbi in el paso later saying an investigation determined there was nonoafety threat to the passengers, crew, or plane. >>> millions are reeling after a deadly storm system terrorized the south with thunderstorms and tornados. at least six people were killed. three in nebraska and three in mississippi. nbc's kathy park brings us the details. >> reporter: extreme weather striking all corners of the country. a powerful line of storms ununleashing hurricane-force wis in the carolinas. >> this is insane. >> reporter: and whiteout conditions in the midwest, grounding flights, making a mess on the road. even shutting down parts of the interstate in nebraska. the south was covered with torrential downpours and flash flooding. the storms blamed for at least three deaths and several injuries in mississippi. hard-hit wayne county was st

a flight headed to mexico from minneapolis was diverted to el paso over a security concern. the sun country airlines flight landed in texas without incident, though it's not immediately clear what led to the diversion. the airline said it was made out of abundance of caution. the fbi saying an investigation determined there was no safety threat to the passengers, crew or plane. >>> it is day 46 of the new trump administration and day three of sweeping tariffs against canada and mexico. but there could be an exemption coming for american farmers. they could carve out exceptions on some goods like fertilizer. if these carve os don't come through, americans could pay even higher prices for fresh fruits, vegetables and other foods. the administration already granted u.s. auto makers a one-month exemption. christine romans has more on the impact. >> reporter: a new protectionist era in america, and the president acknowledging americans will feel it in their pocket books. >> tariffs are about making america rich again and making america great again. and it's happening, and it will

minneapolis, santa fe and seattle have also joined the lawsuit. overall, local leaders argue the federal government cannot commandeer local law enforcement to carry out its vision of mass deportations. since the lawsuit was originally filed, the trump administration has doubled down by suing states now and local governments that uphold so-called sanctuary policies. a bay area woman falsely accused of driving under the influence and causing a crash is calling out police. she says they arrested her without running a single test. happened on january 17th at the intersection of san ramon road and amador valley boulevard. according to the police report, lindsey hooley's tesla was seen speeding before hitting several objects and another vehicle. it then flipped over several times and landed on its roof. officers placed lindsey under arrest without a breath or blood test, and reported she showed signs of being under the influence o of alcohol. but a test taken at the hospital show her blood alcohol level was in normal range. hurley says she has epilepsy

minneapolis, santa fe and seattle have also joined the lawsuit. overall, local leaders argue the federal government cannot commandeer local law enforcement to carry out its vision of mass deportations. since the lawsuit was originally filed, the trump administration has doubled down by suing states and local governments that uphold these sanctuary policies. we're going to switch gears now and turn to our weather. friday is here. take a live look across the bay area. another nice sunny day with blue skies but clouds. i saw them moving in. let's bring in our meteorologist, vianey arana, and we are in for some changes this weekend. we are? you nailed it, janelle. the clouds are the first signal of what's already underway. and that's the approaching change in our weather. and we're also going to notice the increase in the swell around the coast. so let's get right to your microclimate forecast. because if you are going to be heading around the coastline, some things you should look out for. right now, though, we still felt the warmth throughout the re

was just bringing to now amy called, she is a republican political strategist and joins us from minneapolis in minnesota. amy hearing the from eric tom, the it felt a little bit like a campaign speech. what was your analysis of trump speech then? yeah, so as someone who has been to numerous trump rallies as well as the not duration this year of the speech with have many of the same old themes, right. sort of the greatest hits of trump, which is immigration. talking about his executive orders, he harkened back to the assassination attempt at one point, but he did a few things as he did to do things different. he had a fantastic line about, you know, they said that we needed stronger legislation to uh, to secure the border. and i guess all we needed was a new president, very strong line on his probably strong one of his strongest issues which is secure in the border. he had a very lovely moment. he swore in a depth, a deputy secret service member was a young man who was battling cancer. that's. that's your strawman classic trump. and then i actually think he gave us new information about you

a 13-degree drop in minneapolis at 33 degrees. birmingham, 20 degrees at 55.w. baltimore, you will be 11 degrees colder than you are today. raleigh, a 16-degree temperature drop. atlanta, nine. cleveland, 23 degrees colder. you see the chilly temperatures hang around a bit. they are mild. new york city into the weekend in the 50s. 40s in cincinnati. much needed rain in the south bay, while other areas are mostly cloudy and expected to gradually clear up for this afternoon. temperatures in the upper 50s and another chance of rain tomorrow before we get more sunshine and some milder weather, just in time for the weekend. the weekend looks great. we'll see highs in the upper 60s and more rain in the forecast early next week. while san francisco will >>> that's your latest weather. >> it's time for pssp, popstart sneak peek. 30 rock, this duo is teaming up again. >> no. >> equality. everyone should be treated the same. you should change it. >> yeah. okay. i know how to do this. >> no one help her. >> love that. they are getting back together. they have a new serie

ar[laughter] tim walz, he is not known for his ability to deal with a crisis like minneapolis, involvedican support like tampons and boys bathrooms.that what do you think he can run on. >> jessica: it will be very crowded field in 2028,he i wondo the nominee will be tim walz. he has a record for running for governor twice in minnesota that a lot of people would be proud of, sixth best city in the country to do business, nothing about tampons in the bathroom there.t ta i think he would be okay getting up on a big stage. not sure he would be the choice i want to mention, everybody got hot and bothered over the weekend because of this memo thatmo t cam out of a third legf meeting is a centrist democratic think tankwameet. bas the memo basically said, stopdo saying crazy stuff, don't alienate people.far in the far left lost their minds overover this, we want to breakh people who think this way,ng we did not get invited et cetera.dt that is the correct answer to what happened in 2024. people picked folks talking to them like normal people. you look at the results, norlt moderate democrats ov

minneapolis...nd term but which a former boxing champion declared trump is the best present at the country has ever had a? iron mike tyson or floyd mayweather? >> bone bank pallet. >> shoot. >> this is a great president. >> he is the best president we have ever had it. >> money weather. >> jesse: down to two to go. the money you will make is in overdrive or when you are this is over? all right stranger change or -- danger. people are worried about this fire to cnn anchor who posted a video of himself medically chasing new york city subways trying to show passengers a photo of a donkey. was it brian seltzer or don lemon? would you look at that. >> i caught jimmy p again. >> know you did not! >> jesse: should we take a point away? we will have to subtract points. we are all tied going into the final one of. >> stop the steel! >> jesse: not seen at work as painful as it is to watch cnn most of the time it is fun to watch joe fanning shut down some of these crazy liberal lunatics they put on the panels.

so how about i come down to minneapolis and we can drive and try to find a place together? this is why it's good to be nice to friends, college. and so we did. and we got to this apartment building and there are these buttons outside. she says, i don't know, room number and i don't know the apartment number. i said, well, we'll wait for the door to open and you can start at the bottom and i can start at the top and we'll just keep on knocking until we find her. fortunately, i pulled the door open and buy some active faith or complete lack of security. door was open and. we walk in and i hear a voice and i still haven't seen this person of a man who's clearly john kennedy those who are looking for and i said i'm looking for shawanda. and he goes, shawanda even that woman who lives in. and then he gave the apartment number and he didn't say woman said something, but then we went and we knocked the door and you know, i explained to her what i was doing and she said, you're really writing about floyd. and i said, yes. and we really want to make sure we're doing it the right way

the, the kind of long lines that already existed with our social security office in minneapolis thathen you. lose more. >> of those. >> staff members, that means your checks may be delayed. and when we're thinking about seniors or. >> people. >> with disabilities, these are not people who have savings. they are relying on that check to arrive on time so that they can pay their rent. they can pay their mortgage, they can pay for food and their their essential needs. >> and when you think about, you. >> know, you have a kid. >> you need your. so you. >> need to get their social security card. >> if you lose your social. >> security card, you're about to start a job. >> you need your social security card. so if you go there and. >> the doors. are closed or it's only manned half of the day, you. >> might not be able. >> to get the services that you need. and that's going to have a real world. impact for our our constituents and our neighbors. >> and that's happening across the country. so important for people to understand the real impacts in communities. let me ask you, you mentioned be

. >> it's half past the hour here on the east coast, but i want to say good morning to minneapolis inal time. good morning to all of you. i'm audie cornish. thank you for joining me on cnn this morning. here's what's happening right now. global financial markets are trending down this morning as president trump's new tariffs take effect. they impact billions of dollars of goods from canada, mexico and china. canada immediately hitting back with its own tariffs on $30 billion worth of u.s. products. and it promises more to come. president donald trump will address congress tonight and the nation to tout the sweeping changes he's made during his first month back in office. that includes slashing the federal workforce. he's also expected to lay out more of his agenda. u.s. military aid to ukraine paused at this hour. president trump ordering this after he and after a heated oval office argument with the ukrainian president last week. western officials warn that this freeze could have a major impact on ukraine's ability to defend itself within just weeks. and a trump administration offici

all blizzard conditions on the north side just south of minneapolis, but also inclusive of omaha. don't focus on the snowfall totals. it's the winds associated with this system that will blow the snow around and then reduce visibilities at a moment's notice. then right now, we have a tornado watch that is ongoing through 10 a.m. central time. a line of strong to severe storms just pounded through dallas. in fact, severe thunderstorm warnings just to the east of the metroplex. and this is what dallas fort worth currently looks like right now. yeah, this was lighting up with lightning and rain and wind with, in fact, dallas fort worth international reporting a gust of 74mph within the past hour. so this severe threat continues today with that line you saw on the radar, it could potentially impact new orleans. the festivities there, a lot of the parade routes have been shortened. we've had cancellations of some of the festivities celebrating mardi gras. so something to consider with so many people outdoors today, then that severe weather threat moves to the east coast tomorrow, keepi

i covered this from the very beginning to the very end, stayed in minneapolis for about a year and followedhe trial and followed the case and was there during the protest. so here's what, um, george floyd's brother said to me. he said, if the president were to do this, it would hurt us. it is so personal. we saw our brother tortured to death. my niece would have to see him walk freely while her dad is in the ground. if he does this, it will set america back 400 years. the ones pushing for this are trying to remove any power that black americans have to get justice. it is disgusting. why would you do this? why would you reinjure this family and america? so why is musk pushing this? >> like, i think the good news here is, from my understanding, no one at the white house is entertaining this. there isn't any political advantages strategically for the president to even consider such a thing. sometimes stuff on. >> mike lee elon. >> musk is in the white house. >> well. >> yeah. >> sometimes i think he's amplified on social media. if i'm just being frank, probably should be ignored. i just got to

. >>> tense moments on board a flight from minneapolis to mexico yesterday.ey were provided with hotel rooms for the night. the fbi later determined there was no threat to the safety of the passengers on board. >>> los angeles county is suing southern california edson, alleging the power company's equipment sparked january's eaton fire. that blaze destroyed more than 9,000 structures. it left 17 people dead in altadena. the lawsuit seeks to recover costs and damages sustained in the fire. l.a. county says costs and damage estimates were expected to fall somewhere in the 100s of millions of dollars range. the utility said there's no evidence that its equipment started the eaton fire. the official cause is still under investigation. >>> the severe winter weather that swept through the east coast overnight after punishing the midwest. the storm dumped hail across pennsylvania, intense rain here in new york city. areas in the mid atlantic are getting hurricane-strength gusts, downed trees, power lines, knocking out power to thousands. meanwhile, its heavy snow ma

i come from minneapolis, minnesota, where my congresswoman is representative ilhan omar. she has been committed representative of mine in the fifth district of minnesota the entire time. every time i've communicated a concern, i know that she has made an effort to try and communicate that to the party at large, or to at least find some sort of a solution. but at the end of the day, uh, we're watching political roadblocks get in the way of really common sense government and even business practices. >> um, alexandria, what happens when a facility that you work at? experiences indiscriminate cuts, including the job that you did? >> that's honestly a good question, because truth be told, the mission itself still has to go on. those va providers still have to do their jobs to the best of their ability. it's kind of like a well, we lost this amount of people, but you still have to lace your boots up and keep it pushing. but at the same time, i just think about those vets that we were able to build those relationships with. like, um, a couple of the military vets. i was able to,

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i come from minneapolis, minnesota, where my congresswoman is representative ilhan omar. she has been committed representative of mine in the fifth district of minnesota the entire time. every time i've communicated a concern, i know that she has made an effort to try and communicate that to the party at large, or to at least find some sort of a solution. but at the end of the day, uh, we're watching political roadblocks get in the way of really common sense government and even business practices. >> um, alexandria, what happens when a facility that you work at? experiences indiscriminate cuts, including the job that you did? >> that's honestly a good question, because truth be told, the mission itself still has to go on. those va providers still have to do their jobs to the best of their ability. it's kind of like a well, we lost this amount of people, but you still have to lace your boots up and keep it pushing. but at the same time, i just think about those vets that we were able to build those relationships with. like, um, a couple of the military vets. i was able to,

well, minneapolis, they got 9.5in of snow, officially 13in south of town. you may think that's a big storm. and it was, but the deficit is still significant even with that. still 16in behind normal and about 20in behind in chicago. and we're not going to get much help from mother nature. things warm up. temperatures around 60 in the 60s in chicago through the middle of next week. atlantic gets near 80 degrees. a big warm up, no snow in sight. your local forecast in 30s. >> consumer reports. >> ranks car brands on more than 50 road tests. reliability surveys, owner satisfaction surveys and safety ratings from ihs. and for 2025, consumer reports most reliable automotive brand is subaru. it's no surprise they also named subaru the best overall automotive brand. get 2.9% apr for 72 months on america. >> coming up. why hundreds of students are dancing this morning. thanks to steve carell in the commercial break. we should fill out our march madness brackets. >> we'll do it quick. >> all right, do. >> it quick. okay. >> make sure you do it at home as well. >> you

they continue to be a solid organization, based up in minneapolis owned by own spring and that's the one thing that we continue to keep on our radar, they are owned by two private equity funds. they still have a long runway for anything to happen. stable value is their core business, and they are the second largest in the stable value universe. on slide four, just kind of give the bullets for smft key factors. when we meet with the external fixed manager as well as the wrap providers, they have nothing but glowing things to say. we've got a great experience, we've got a lot of client exposure and we know them very well and every time it comes back to a solid organization that executes on behalf of their mandate. i'll stop there and again they offer a fee concession through this process going from 6. and six and three quarters down to six and a quarter basis points is one of the additional factors that certainly help the cause. i'll stop there and see if there is any questions on process or the conclusions? >> questions? >> even earlier, we did bring this to the dcc who listened and a

wash dishes restaurant in minneapolis. they called the food chains. i didn't even recognize it.e in the bay area. you may have caught him on netflix or amazon prime or maybe you saw him in person as the 2023 grand marshal of the san francisco chinese new year parade. rich ting is back and he joins us live this morning. >> morning to you, man. marking yet could eventually says that was from tulsa king, right? really cool. i want to ask you all about that in just a minute here. but first of all, you are a town just for the imagined. talks conference yesterday. how did that go? all those great. shout out to france's kong and. >> and roads chamber use. it was a great experience. aren't stanford yesterday. so yeah, got meet and speak to a lot of great people. yeah. what did you guys talk about? we talked about like my career kind of like in any advice i had for like the younger generation. but, you know, francis was moderating did excellent job. and israel had really good tihe just interacting with their when they came out. >> that testing know, rich, i want to get right to your proj

are the folks that put life into our cities, and they make it work living in them, cities like minneapolisevery single day. these people, my people walk past the american flag and pledge allegiance to it every day as they serve their communities. they are good americans, and i am a veteran. i know what i patriot looks like, to visit one of those people deserve the gratitude of a thankful nation and not the demonization and criticism that they've been getting. this is unacceptable and it must and. [applause] >> i thank the members especially congresswoman omar. thank you. all of the advocates have gathered here today and let me push back. we will not stop elevating the stories of those who have been impacted. thank you. [applause] >> hello. my name is luis. i'm from a small-town pennsylvania. i'm sure many of you have children. i myself have four boys. they are three, 12, 13 and 15. i served as a united states navy cb for three years. on her today to urge congress to put family first and present dangers cuts to the programs that families like mine rely heavily upon. after i left the navy i