. >>> secretary of state marco rubio touring the panama canal on his first foreign visit. what he says about the u.s. taking it back. our andrea mitchell is there. >>> and the nba shocker being called one of the biggest blockbuster trades ever. why fans are stunned to see superstars luka doncic and anthony davis switching teams. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with hallie jackson. >>> good evening. we are coming on the air with scary moments for passengers on board a united flight from houston, which had to be evacuated before takeoff because of an engine problem. i want to show you here. passengers could see smoke and flames, look at that, before the windows, before being told to get off the plane. you saw some folks sliding out those emergency chutes that deploy. no one was hurt. and while statistically speaking commercial air travel is considered very safe, it is yet another incident putting passengers on edge. it comes as we're learning more about the victims of the deadly medical plane crash that sent fiery debris into northeast philly. and here in washington

secretary of state marco us secretary of state marco rubio says is absurd that us rubie seys it is'ebserdaim. authority rejected the claim. the us makes up a significant of traffic through canal. thank e canal. thank you e canal. thank you for e canal. thank you for your cana| today. you for your ca na| today. sportsday ur ca na| today. sportsday is cana| today. sportsday is up company today. sportsday is up hey. it's lucy with the catch up. but first, the bank of england has cut interest rates to 4.5%. what does that mean? the bank hopes it will get people spending more. threats of violence and sex. you can listen to those interviews on bbc sounds. some survivors and relatives of those who died have voiced anger about the decision. and scientists in australia have they're hoping the process could here is 10 seconds of the puppy bowl. game using puppies. super bowl is on. how cute! that's us for tonight, have a good one. sarah mulkerrins. 0ur headlines: centres isn't finished. you're very welcome along to the programme. let's start then with liverpool, who overturned final at wembley next

criminals and those deported from the u.s, according to secretary of state marco rubio. hat el salvador's president has offered. >> he has agreed. >> to accept. >> for. >> deportation any. >> illegal alien in the united states who is a. criminal from any nationality. be they. ms13 or. >> agua. >> and housed them in his jails. and third, he has offered to house in his jails dangerous american criminals in custody. >> in our country, including those. >> of u.s. citizenship and legal residence. no country has ever made an offer of friendship such as this. >> joining us now, nbc's aaron gilchrist. aaron. good morning. let's start with the flight carrying migrants going to guantanamo. what else do we know about that? >> well. >> jose, the white house press secretary, caroline leavitt, just announced that in a tv interview this morning that the first flight carrying undocumented migrants from the united states to guantanamo bay, cuba, has been in the air this morning. this, of course, follows the expansion of raids that we've seen the president keeping his promise to conduct ma

well, the new us secretary of state, marco rubio has admitted america's unique polar moment has passed. so how will that affect the super powers foreign policy moving forward across pop debates by that, the, the, [000:00:00;00] the, [000:00:00;00] the hello and welcome to cross top floor. all things are considered, i'm peter level, better late than never trump secretary of state, marco rubio admits america's unipolar moment. his past viewers of this program understood this long ago. how well this emission make comes for them policy different. will diplomacy make a comeback, the cross fucking problems, foreign policy? i'm joined by my guess. daniel is our in new york. he's a journalist, an author of 3 books on the us constitution in nashville, we have ryan christian, he is founder and editor of the last american vagabond, as well as co founder of the independent media alliance. and in brisbane, we crossed to what we could poll. he's an advent professor at queensland university and technology and senior fellow at the ty, hey, institute, or a gentleman, cross talk roles that effect, that

thank you. >> we have heard the secretary of state, marco rubio.t this time, we will answer questions. the first question by guatemala. reporter: good morning, president. the military. -- secretary rubio. i'd like to ask, how ready is guatemala to be considered a third safe country? and what is your official position regarding china and taiwan? >> good morning. pleasure to see you again. safe country is not a topic that exists. it was not discussed in title or content. what we have now is a new migration arrangement that guarantees safety for repatriation processes in the case of guatemala and the case of deportations of other nationals, in such a way that they can continue on to their respective countries of origin, which are elements that have nothing to do with the concept of third safe country. about your second question, our relationship with taiwan, we have stated from the first moment that we maintained i would diplomatic relationship with taiwan, and and we hope to be able to improve on them within the framework of our government and admini

but secretary of state, marco rubio described it as an offer of friendship and says he's profoundly grateful. c has agreed to accept the deportation. any illegal alien in the united states who is a criminal from any nationality be they m. s 13 or claim that are well and housed him in his jails. and 3rd, he has offered to house in his jails. dangerous american, criminal's in custody in our country, including those of us citizenship and legal residents. your thoughts on this, and i think it's undeniable that the united states is, are most important partner our most important trade partner, our biggest buyer of our exports, the biggest source of our imports. we have a large number of salvadorans living in the united states, and also we use the us currency. our currency is so us dollar a heavy m guys and hate to have attacked a neighborhood near the capital that's home to most of the countries of late at least 40 people having killed including passed as teachers and children. the attack on can scoffed again on january the 27th, and left more than 1600 people homeless. the u on has moved on to cr

department previously described this over crowd of detention centers as caution. dangerous secretary of state, marco rubio described it as an offer of friendship and says he's profoundly grateful. he has agreed to accept for deportation. any illegal alien in the united states who is a criminal from any nationality, be the m. s. 13 or claim that our and house them in his jails. and 3rd, he has offered to house in his jail dangerous american criminals in custody in our country. including those of us citizenship and legal residents. us, us marines have been sent to guantanamo day to prepare for an influx of to pull for the migraines. president trump wants to expand the military's role within his campaign to shut down the the plans to pull it up to 30000 undocumented migraines from the us to the notorious detention center in cuba. a unilateral seas 5 declared by rebels allied with m. 23 has taken effect in east and democratic republic of congo and groups. as the pauses for humanitarian reasons. there are conflicting reports about the number of casualties. the u. s. has 900 people have been killed for th

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and secretary of state marco rubio trip to central america under the new straying. "washington journal" joining the conversation live saturday morning on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span. org. >> if you have missed c-span coverage find it any time at c-span organ other events feature markers that guide you. these points of interest markers appear on the right-hand side of your screen. this timeline makes it easy to get an idea of what was debated. scroll through and spend a few minutes on c-span's points of interest. earlier friday, officials from the washington ddz area briefed reporters on the latest of the deadly helicopter and passenger jet that happened on wednesday near ronald reagan national airport. this is about 20 minutes. welcome and thank you for being here. i'm chief of the district of columbia and fire and e.m.s. department. and clint osborne, the homeland security and emergency director for the district of columbia, military district washington. metro airport authority and fire and police chiefs, the united states coast guard, the maryland state

now the agency is under review, authorized by its new acting director secretary of state marco rubio.> this is not about getting rid of foreign aid. there are things that we do through usaid that we should continue to do. is that better through the state department or is that better through something, you know, reform usaid. >> launched in 1961 by former president john f. kennedy the united states agency for international development was seen as a way to counter soviet influence through american goodwill. now republicans say the agency has been used as a slush fund doling out money on wasteful initiatives like $20 million for a sesame street workshop in iraq and $6 million to fund tourism in egypt. >> what we have seen with usaid is just blatant disregard for what americans want to see. >> democrats argue usaid will undermine u.s. position on the world stage leaving opportunities for russia and china to seize. they are also slamming its takeover as an abuse of power. >> it's illegal to do that because it's contrary to a congressional appropriation and a statute creating the agency. >>

officials say ships do not pay more than other countries, but secretary of state marco rubio doublednt's claims. jorge administered the canal when vice president pence visited in 2017 and worked there for 44 years. >> instead of bringing in the hammer, extend the hand. we will get further than we are now. the canal will not go back to the united states. >> reporter: people say panama is america's closest ally in the region cracking down on illegal immigration and drugs. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. when we come back a close knit community on the ice is coming together after the tragedy in the sky. foreign made floor mats. but they really stink, so put these on. ♪♪ really, gary? mom, i'm thirsty. don't settle for cheap, stinky floor mats. at weathertech we make our floorliners and cargo liners here in america, out of pure non-toxic american materials. dad, next time get weathertech. they don't stink! i'm on it. find out everything we have at wt.com. [monologue] ♪♪ i got somebody for that! you guys got somebody for peyronie's disease? ♪♪ find a urology specialist who treats pd at gog

. >> secretary of state marco rubio has been named acting director, and sources say some of usaid's functions could be absorbed into the state department. president trump does plan to speak to chinese president xi jinping later in the week. meanwhile, multiple sources tell cbs news the president is considering an executive order that would dismantle the department of education and move some of its functions to other parts of the government. eliminating the entire department, however, does require an act of congress, michael. so we talk about these first 100 days, and there is a lot going on and more to come, certainly. >> a lot to go on, and also the president really testing the powers of the presidency. naomi ruchim, thanks. >>> the decision to pause new taxes on goods from canada and mexico for 30 days has importers breathing a sigh of relief. but if those tariffs end up going through next month and the tariffs on chine continue, it could have a big impact on americans. cbs' kelly ogrady has that story. >> reporter: tariffs on mexico imports are on hold, but if they are eventually imposed,

states of america. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. we welcome you to the ambassador's hall, the seat of dominican government where we welcome his excellency marco rubio, u.s. secretary of state. the u.s. delegation on his official visit to the dominican republic. we will immediately start this conference, his excellency, constitutional president of the dominican republic has the floor. >> we welcome marco rubio, his delegation, madam vice president, foreign minister, ministers, thank you all for being here. it is an honor for the dominican republic to welcome the secretary of state, marco rubio, on this visit that reaffirms the goal to strengthen bilateral relations with the united states of america. in our meeting we discussed issues of great importance to both countries, highlighting cooperation in security, migration, and trade, areas where our relationship has shown significant progress. i thank the u.s. for its support in the fight against drug trafficking, organized crime, and irregular migration which shows our shared commitment for a caribbean that is safer and more prosperous. given the growing threat of synthetic drugs and as a result

it was a tense start to secretary of state marco rubio's first diplomatic mission.spent about two hours meeting with the president of panama. but in the end, the state department says he laid out a simple choice either do something about what he called china's unacceptable control over the panama canal immediately, or face consequences from the united states. >> we've learned over time, the more prosperous, the safer other countries are, the safer and more prosperous it makes us. >> later today, secretary rubio will travel on to el salvador and then costa rica and guatemala as he looks to take on president trump's number one priority. and that's cracking down on illegal immigration. i was going to do that in two ways. first, by convincing countries to take back more of their own deported nationals and then to do more to stop other migrants from ever crossing through their territory, preventing them from reaching the u.s. southern border. andrew. rhiannon. >> shannon. thank you. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is heading to washington to meet with president

. >> marco rubio terry of state of the united states of america. e] >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. we welcomeme you to the impassae dominican republic welcome marco rubio and delegation on his officials to the dominican republic. we will immediately start this. thank you all for being here. it is an honor to welcome the secretary of state marco rubio of this visit that reaffirms the ball to experience with the united states of america. in our meeting we discussed greater importance of our country and cooperation security migration should be. our relationship has shown significant progress should. struck and organized crime commitment and it has taken many lives in your country. prepare him to leave this initiative successfully. it has shown to be a strategic ally in the region. we have a holistic control and fighting criminal structures and strengthening armed forces for heartening measures against models and strengthening legislation. your commitment of facility in this regard we discussed it a coordinated response from the international

. >>> secretary of state marco rubio makes his first trip abroad. >>> crews preparing to remove the wreckage from the potomac as families pay tribute to the 67 victims. >>> the grammys strike a chord for the california wildfires. the emotional performances. plus cowboy carter finally wrangles beyonce an album of the year. the moments from music's biggest night. >>> and the mavs trade luka doncic to the lakers, leaving fans stunned. we tip off this monday, february 3rd. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm frances rivera. president trump is beginning his third week back in office, risking a trade war. signing an order this weekend to enact 25% tariffs on mexico and canada, with 10% ariffs on energy products from canada. the u.s. is expected to start collecting on most of the tariffs tomorrow. alice barr joins me now. good morning, alice. there is a lot of concern about the prices americans will be forced to pay. >> reporter: frances, good morning. these tariffs hit the united states' three biggest trading partners. drivers could see the cost of gasoline rise by 15 cents to 25

. >> newly appointed secretary of state marco rubio on usaid, after announcing that the agency tasked with humanitarian aid will be under the state department, after critics argue it's wasting taxpayer dollars on projects that invest in plans like dei. we have this committee chairman brian mast on deck. first, mattie rivera with more. >> a lot of turmoil surrounding this issue. usaid buildings remain closed today. the acting head of the agency at secretary of state marco rubio says a review is being done of usaid. rubio said this is not about getting rid of foreign aid. he argues usaid has veered off course from its original mission of advancing american interests abroad. there also reports that usaid has fallen short of its goals for some projects in years past. republicans have pointed out usaid has spent $20 million for a sesame street workshop in iraq, $1.5 million to advance dei in serbia's workplaces and business committees. it has given $6 million to fund a tourism in egypt, all initiatives republicans say are not -- are just plain wasteful. >> i've been on the case for years n

famine ensued on the us system for monitoring global famine as being taken offline us secretary of state marco rubio assigned an additional way. the exempts in life saving humanitarian assistance from the fries, leaving humanitarian organizations. so you can clarity on what qualifies as life saving assistance. but the waiver does not apply to abortions. family planning and programs that do not align with trumps conservative policies. a few monetary and assistance programs in ukraine had been forced to cut services and stopped many social projects, including the veteran hub, the support soldiers and their families. with them was one of the authors of we have not been able to pay salaries or any expenses since january. this means we are not allowed to ask people toward the united nations secretary general as code for additional exemptions to be issued. but the picture remains unclear. and it is in danger, the lives of millions of people globally. but some recipients of a say the phrase is an opportunity for them to work towards self reliance. what are we going to do? yeah. to support themselves.

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some live pictures coming in from these are the lights has pictures rather of us, secretary of state, marco rubio, arriving that in panama to meet with the panamanian president jose at our own will you know a lot to talk about all of this coming on the, the background of the demands by the us president donald trump, for the return of the panama canal, to the us to us own the ship. so clearly a lot for them to talk about new us tired of some 3 of its largest trading partners. this box swift responses from the government's mexican present. and claudia shine balm says a government is working to improvise a plan b, which would include its own terrace, china. it says it family diploma, that opposes the move and will take necessary counter measures. canadian prime minister justin to dial and he's responded with levies on us impulse adding the actions taken by the lighthouse splits us apart instead of bringing us together. kristen, so the reports from detroit knew the canadian border denying accusations. canada was not protecting its border. prime minister justin trudeau responded to the united st

host: secretary of state marco rubio is now acting head of usaid. this is the hill. marco rubio taking over as acting head of usaid amid agency turmoil. and we are going to hear quickly before we take your calls from senator andy kim, who is a democrat of new jersey. he once worked at usaid, and he talked to reporters. here he is. [video clip] >> about 20 years ago when i first came to work for the federal government, i walked through these doors right behind me. i started off my career in public service at usaid. i just have to say how proud i was to be able to serve the country, how proud i was to be able to work for usaid, to be part of the foreign policy of this country, and i can tell you it was really tough today walking through the same doors 20 something years later only to see it shut down to employees. all weekend long, i was getting calls and phone calls from people i worked with at usaid before, the people that are there now, people who have been disrespected by this administration that pushes them to decide, basically calls them criminals, and tells them

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he is an allie of the united states. >> todd: marco rubio revealing his plans for u.s.a. id, u.s. aid as taking over as acting director. >> there are things we should not be involved funding or that we have questions about. they are uncooperative, we had to take dramatic steps to bring this under control. >> todd: doge leader elon musk says usaid is beyond repair and looking to shut it down. drug cartels are ordering members to target border agents with drones. using social media to encourage illegal migrants to spit and urinate on agents. officer safety alert reminding them to stay armed and alert. pete hegseth visited the border with tom homan yesterday declaring new era of determination to stop illegal migration. lawrence jones interviewed the new secretary during that visit, that will come up on "fox and friends". >> carley: and protesters take to the streets of los angeles to rally against president trump's immigration policies. police disbursed demonstrators who were blocking intersections and tied up traffic into the night. getting a lot of residents on their side who are t

the mexicans have been very cooperative and senator -- excuse me, secretary of state marco rubio, love the guy, just -- and i want to talk about the broader trade team in a minute if you wouldn't mind. but he has done a very good job along with steven miller and personnel at d.h.s. going through a checklist of things we need from mexico. so we're making progress on that front hence the 30-day extension. prime minister trudeau, his initial reaction was kind of the similar reaction we got back during the first term is ok, we're going to tariff you if you tariff us and we'll go up that ladder and i think he looked at the problem and looked at what mexico is willing to do and came to understand this is a drug war and not a trade war. what the president is concerned about -- got the news yesterday, he was on the call. the president, part of the deal, we're getting a fentanyl czar and billions spent on this and we're branding terrorists, drug cartels as terrorist organizations and there's a number of other steps. >> a lot of that stuff from canada, though -- host: he said this is a drug war,

secretary of state marco rubio had this to say. >> our goal for u.s. to align the programs that it fulfills with the foreign policy of the united states. and yet over the last two decades, it has not and it has gotten worse and worse and multiple administrations have complained about a but none have done anything about it. we are going to do something about it. this is not about ending foreign aid, it is about structuring it in a way that furthers the national interests of the united states. >> for perspective we turn now to andrew -- the administrator for usaid during the george w. bush administration peer he is now at texas a&m university. welcome back to the news hour. i want to start with your response to what we have seen over these last few days, essentially a complete takeover of usaid by elon musk and now the entire team placed on leave. >> it's not a takeover, it is the destruction of the agency. i just want to say have always had respect for marco rubio. and i don't now because of the nonsense he just said. aid was more aligned with president

the secretary of state, marco rubio described it as an offer of friendship and says he's profoundly grateful. he has agreed to accept for deportation any illegal alien in the united states who is a criminal from any nationality they m. s. 13 are claimed that are well and housed him in his jails. and 3rd, he has offered to house in his jail dangerous american criminals in custody in our country, including those of us citizenship and legal residents. we're not going to guess you may god bless your thoughts on this. i think it's undeniable that the united states is our most important partner, our most important trade partner, our biggest buyer of our exports, the biggest source of our imports. we have a large number of salvadorans living in the united states, and also we use the us currency. our currency is so us dollar, which julia got a on or has this update from mexico, se, se, what we know so far is that now your booklet has agreed to receive the parties of all nationalities, not just solve the dorians from the u. s. and he went on to say that that would include convicted criminals. this ha

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the recently installed secretary of state, marco rubio had this to say a number of years ago with respect to elon musk and tesla. quote, right after president biden signed senator rubio's forced labor prevention act into law, tesla opened a store in chang jang. he went on to say that corporations are helping the chinese communist party cover up genocide and slave labor in the region. that is secretary rubio. and as we speak, he is allowing elon musk to essentially take over usaid. this is a corrupt abuse of power that is going on. as my colleagues said, it is not only a gift to our adversaries but trying to shut down the agency for international development by executive order is playing illegal -- is plain illegal. it is illegal. elon musk may get to be dictator of tesla. he does not -- he may trait -- he may try to play dictator in washington, d.c. but he doesn't get to shut down the agency for international development. as we are speaking, at a federal court, district court right down the road, there is an ongoing hearing about the earlier effort of the trump administration to stop fede

secretary of state marco rubio continues his five nation visit across central america as guatemala's fers to accept deported migrants from the united states, including those from other countries. >> guatemala is and will continue to be a partner with the united states, a partner to address the problems that we face as a region. >> that follows a similar agreement from el salvador this week, as one of president trump's top priorities -- immigration -- gains more foreign partners. >> the state department announced that panama agreed to allow u.s. government vessels to tgo through the canal. in sweden police , are trying to figure out the motive of a gunman who carried out a deadliest mass shooting in a country's history. authorities now say 11 people are dead including the shooter. at a school for adults in the city -- the king and queen laid wreaths. stunned locals said they never expected an attack like this in their community. >> not in this place. i mean, you have heard about it in different parts of the world, but of course -- it is your hometown. yeah, so many lives destroyed. har

great secretary of state, marco rubio, confirmed 99-0 by the u.s. senate. at home and abroad we have more to do to secure religious liberty for all people of faith. i'm grateful for the painstaking work that everyone in this room has pour food that effort. i pray that together we will be able to better protect the dignity of all peoples as well as the rights of all believers to practice their faith according to the dictates of their conscience. so thank you all for your work in preserving religious liberty. thank you for safeguarding the rights of faith communities across the globe. and thank you most of all for believing. because we know that the source of religious liberty is the recognition that all of us are equal under the rights and laws of god and that principle will guide us in the years to come. god bless you all. thank you for having me. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] >> saturday's watch

the secretary of state marco rubio said that this was not a rdhie said thatthis was not a takeover help and try to about what he try to talk about what he was saying but he is doubled down :s 7- this. we have seen this with trump, he donald trump, he says something and members of his to and members of his team try to roll back but he doubles down again. as i mentioned before, again. as! menttoned hefore. war to be over, he wants he war to be over, he wants he war to be over, he wants he has been attending peace and he has been attending some events he attended and in some breakfast prayers and in it said, he wants his legacy it he said, he wants his legacy to be that he wants to be known a unifier and a 55 5 em“? 555 5 555555555r very 55 5 em“? 555 5 55555555? very much. in the thank you very much. in the last hour or so egypt said last hour or so egypt have said the israeli backing of that trump plan threatens the gaza andthe 7 7 777777777and7the7egypt7ians 7 7 negotiations and the egyptians of course are key players in 7 that is a real worry that. that is a real worry because tho

secretary of state marco rubio came to panama with a warning. the increased presence of chinese companies and interests along the panama canal is a threat, and the u.s. could take measures necessary to protect its rights, unless changes are made. but after meeting with rubio, panama's president insisted his country's sovereignty is not in question. completed by the u.s. in 1913, president jimmy carter signed a treaty that gave panama control of the canal in 1999. it's a deal president trump has repeatedly questioned. >> we're going take it back or something very powerful is going to happen. >> reporter: on the southern end of the canal, there is this port managed by a hong kong-based company with signs of early construction of a new bridge being built by a chinese firm. >> the government of china in a conflict tells them to shut down the panama canal, they will have to. >> reporter: that's why rubio made panama his first stop, trying to reassert u.s. influence. this 51-mile canal is critical for cutting the cost of shipping goods around the worl

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the us agency for international development — with the us state department, making secretary of state marco its administrator. they have also been locked out of their email accounts. control of the us agency under the remit of the state department. to 130 countries, and managed a budget of about $40 billion. its budget. president donald trump at the white house for the gaza ceasefire. he is already in washington meeting with middle east envoy of the gaza ceasefire. on what mr netanyahu hopes to accomplish while in washington. to emphasise that. in his words, "redrawn the map of the middle east". to see him since he returned to the white house — about unrwa — the un agency for palestinians — and very keen to emphasise what he sees as the strategic threat posed by iran, israel's great rival in the region. although it's worth pointing out there has been, at points, a fractious relations between the two. he would be heartened to hear ppresident trump's words about unrwa — the un agency for palestinians — and how it will no longer be funded. and very keen to emphasise what he sees as the strateg

today, secretary of state marco rubio said he is now the agency's acting director, confirming that it's essentially been folded into the state department. usaid spends billions of dollars each year to fight poverty, treat disease and respond to natural disasters around the world. we're joined now by jeremy konyndyk, a former senior official at usaid. he's also the president of refugees international. jeremy, thank you so much for being with us. first, i just want to get your reaction to what you heard there from donald trump in the oval office, not just saying that he doesn't need congressional approval to scrap usaid, but also making these accusations about fraud and corruption at the agency. >> yeah, there's a lot of disinformation flying around from the administration right now. but to be really clear, what's happening, this is the world's richest man deciding the world's richest country should stop helping the world's poorest people. that is the story here. the president does not have the authority to unilaterally shutter a federal agency that has been established in congressional a

the us secretary of state, marco rubio, has been named acting head of usaid. in the world's poorest countries. to more than 130 thousand babies acquiring the disease. the move is unconstitutional. the united states congress does that. and just like the president who is elected to something i lived in a refugee camp for four years as a child the world rely on. and it is our soft power. let's bring our panel in — author and former speechwriter for us president barack obama — david littand former republican pollster and strategist — robert moran. just want to talk about the points that those speakers, beints that these 552.311.ng " ~ ' of beinte thet theee eeeeieerezz " ~ ' of congress were making members of congress were making" the members of congress were melting" the protest mm programmes, yes, they help populations in right pepeletieee—ie need piglet — ,. the globe but are a off of {us of ll 5 soft of {us soft power abroad. we've heard from of the republican party members of the republican party talking about $20 million being used for street in iraq. used for sesame street in iraq. that ac

state department. and that's not a good thing. as marco rubio said today, everything usaid does or the bureaucracy does needs to be aligned with the foreign policy goals of the united states. and so putting rubio in charge of usaid today helps begin to achieve that alignment. i'm actually a supporter of american soft power. that's what we call it soft power. i believe it's good. i believe it's often been used as a tool to help the united states combat influence from china and other adversaries around the world. but there is a difference between soft power and soft stupidity. so whether you're funding. like scott, so whether you're whether you're funding like die musicals in some country or transgender surgeries somewhere or whatever, that is not. >> what. >> most americans. >> are, not what. >> is happening. >> that is that is not what most americans would say is an effective tool of u.s. >> foreign policy. >> everything that that. >> i'm not usa, i. >> have a whole list right here. i mean, if you want to, if you want me to forward it to y

thank vom— the us secretary of state marco rubio has told panama washington will take action unless there, panamanian presidentjose raul mulino told reporters he saw "no real threat" but he has over the canal. of donald trump and marco rubio. with more here's our state department correspondent tom bateman. lasting around two hours. very warm greetings. but i think that belies the rapid tensions that the argument of the us administration and marco rubio chinese investment. in america's own back yard. and i think mr rubio is effectively trying to make an example of panama to suggest that if there isn't a tilt back to perhaps unpredictable threats made by president trump. refusing to rule out military force to do so. the last two days, and it's created a real degree of fear memories are quite near to the surface of the us invasion of panama in 1989. and so it has scared a lot of people. and it's also aroused deeply patriotic feelings. many panamanians, the overwhelming majority, it is to try and get lower costs for us shipping. here in panama. with their families in gaza, after being release

america's top diplomat — secretary of state marco rubio citizenship.afe country marques from bbc mundo. and as you say, president trump singled him out and singled him for his admiration, the way he has treated the security so in his second term, he has promised growth and he might get that by more or less dancing to the us tune. so do we have any details of what kind of agreement has well, initially it's been, he has agreed to receive deported migrants from anywhere, any country, not just salvadorians. residents or us citizens. to fund his very complex security and prison system. he has this huge mega prison which houses these called maras had overrun el salvador completely. and so, first of all, he created, he declared an emergency situation. of popularity because of that. what's happening in el salvador politically at the moment? knife crime problem. jessica lane has the latest. all morning police have been in and out of all saints school, 15—year—old was arrested on suspicion of murder. a terrifying time. gracie saw what happened. you saw everythin

president jose rabo. marino says the withdrawal was agreed before a visit from the us secretary of state, marco rubio, ukrainian president below them here as a lensky has welcome to the delivery of the 1st. i'm a ross, 2000 fighter jets from france. you said the aircraft would help ukraine defend its aerospace against russia, france president, manuel nicole has committed to training in creating pilots to fly the plants of bangladesh is confronting a new wave of anger unleashed by the ousted former leader. the began when ex prime minister, she has seen a deliberate of speech from exile in india, calling on her supporters to protest that infuriated student groups and other activists who proceeded to tear down and vandalize buildings linked to a scene of protest. this caused it to is their march from were on big sticks and how most of this project creed, excuse me, to, to demolish the host of sheep. when she put him on who liked the country is independent from buckets done in 1971. he's the father of the now ousted leader, she a casino, and that has depicted against him as well as you seem. yes, w

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secretary of state marco rubio is headed to the middle east next week after president trump announced plans for the region. from a takeover of the gaza strip to renewed nuclear talks with iran. stephanie bennett is tracking this from our london bureau, hi, stephanie. >> marco rubio has a jam packed itinerary in less than a week. a lot to discuss and a lot at stake. secretary of state marco rubio will be travelling to the munich conference in germany before heading to israel, united emirates, qatar and sawed raub february 13th through the 18th and his visit comes at a pivotal time as israel and hamas are staging a cease-fire. earlier this week president trump suggested the u.s. take control of the gaza strip to rehabilitate to livable location. under that palestinians would be temporarily relocated in order to successfully rebuild. it's something that rights groups fear and palestinians fear being driven from their homes. while in a news conference in the dominican republic, rubio says that president trump has offered to be a part of the solution. >> i think that president trump has of

president jose rabo molina says the withdrawal was agreed before a visit from the us secretary of state, marco rubia revels, and the democratic republic of the congo have seized another town in the east, despite declaring a ceasefire. the when says the m 23 insurgents are closing in on because they captured the keys city of goza. last week you would estimates that nearly 3000 people were killed. your granite and positive automated zalinski has welcome delivery of the 1st mirage. 2000 fighter jets from france. you said the aircraft would help you frame, defended the air space against russia. french president emanuel mac roland has committed to training ukrainian pilots to fly the plane. and finally, a tiger chasing its prey in india fell into a well. both the tiger in the wild board struggled to keep their heads above water local sold, the animals were in trouble. so the sound of the alarm conservation is from a nearby reserve. managed to save both the tiger and the boy. you seem right there . they were unharmed and released back into the forest and sources. tell us. then they went their separa