selina, i want to start with you.nt trump and ukraine's president zelenskyy who ended up leaving without signing that mineral deal that trump had demanded, and what is the reaction from home and abroad about that astonishing meeting. >> yeah, janai, the reaction is shock. that was something we have never seen before. a meeting in the oval office between the u.s. president and a world leader descending into a shouting match in public on cameras for the entire world to see. you have got republicans defending the president while democrats are slamming trump for embarrassing zelenskyy to putin's benefit. what our european allies want is a peace agreement that ensures that putin doesn't invade ukraine again, something that comes with strong security guarantees. our european allies, they are currently rallying around ukraine, but they are at this moment more concerned than ever that trump could cut a deal directly with putin that is more favorable to russia, and also right now, future american support for ukraine, all of th

good morning, selina. >> reporter: hey, good morning, gio. workers are getting even more anxious and confused. thousands have already been laid off, and those who still have their jobs are now getting yet another email asking them what they did at work last week. elon musk says if they don't respond, they'll be fired. this morning, federal workers bracing for more layoffs as they receive a second wave of emails demanding they list five tasks they completed at work last week by monday night. elon musk saying those who fail to respond will be fired. writing on x, the president has made it clear that this is mandatory for the executive branch. the email doesn't include musk's threat, only adding to the confusion. it's the latest push for musk's department of government efficiency to dramatically slash the federal workforce. the department of education giving workers a monday deadline to accept a payment of up to $25,000 to voluntarily resign or retire. according to a memo obtained by abc news, and the social security administration which provide

here's correspondent selina wang. >> reporter: he didn't have an official seat at the table, but thisn musk took center stage at president trump's first cabinet meeting. >> so i'm going to ask if it's possible to have elon get up first and talk about doge because it seems to be of great interest to everyone. >> reporter: trump calling on musk first, a show of unprecedented power at the hands of the richest man in the world. musk infiltrating the federal bureaucracy at rapid speed through his newly formed department of government efficiency, and its crusade to slash government spending. >> the overall goal here with the doge team is to help address the enormous deficit. we simply cannot sustain as a country, a $2 trillion deficit. >> reporter: musk directing mass firings and calling for the dismantling of entire federal agencies as the pentagon braces for thousands of layoffs any day now. this 30-year veteran currently working for the army corps of engineers tells me he started the hunt for a new job. >> it's almost like it's happened like we don't even matter. we don't count. >> repor