susie wiles, michael whatley at the rnc. what a difference a campaign can make. john mcglocklin on the polling, thank you for your great work. jim: we have been with president trump from the very beginning. believe it or not, we talked about running back in 2011. i can tell you, this campaign was head and shoulders above anything we ever did in the past. i can't tell you that matt is exactly right. susie wiles, chairman whatley. i don't the guy who never complement it and rnc chairman. just unbelievable. most of all, the guy we need to think the most is donald j. trump. matt: amen. as we have set on the stage, when you have confidence of the national committee, it makes it easier for the outside groups like cpac to figure out their lanes. i think we were able to do that effectively as well. thank you all for your great support. we saved our country. jim: i will tell you this. you know how i knew donald trump was going to win? the people in this room. when we did the cpac polls over the years and have the mainstream media saying donald trump cannot win again, dona

but, but but susie wiles laying out the structure. i think there have been a lot of questions.elon musk the head of doge? no, no, no, that's this woman. it's not. he's just this. he's that. everyone trying to figure out kind of what is the set up. she says he reports directly to president trump, which i don't think is really a surprise to anybody. um, and then president trump is working with the cabinet secretaries. how do you think that set up plays going forward? >> i have to imagine this is going to come to a head at some point. but again, we've been saying that about trump and musk before, and so far it hasn't. there are sort of, you know, no one's been willing to come out and say it super publicly yet. but there are republicans who i think are frustrated behind the scenes wondering, okay, if there's congressionally appropriated spending and i'm out there, you know, trying to navigate that for my district or my state, trying to bring home federal projects and federal dollars and then someone i don't have a relationship with is just, you know, can just sort of cut that at th

and susie wiles made clear to senators that elon musk works for the president, not the cabinet secretaries. so. so, jake, that pecking order was very clear, expressed by the white house chief of staff. she was also sitting at the table, but she too was silent today, jake. >> and president trump was also asked about his negotiations with russian russian president vladimir putin about ending his assault on ukraine. what did he have to say? >> he was of course, we've seen this a relationship really a flourish in the last couple of weeks. he met with him six times. the first time he was president. but the president was asked directly what it's like doing business with putin. >> he's a very smart guy. he's a very cunning person. but i've dealt with some people that i've dealt with some really bad people. but i will tell you as far as this is concerned, we've you have to understand he was he had no intention, in my opinion, of settling this war. i think he wanted the whole thing. when i got elected, we spoke, and i think we're going to have a deal. >> so kind words there. certainly dictator did

president has appointed to the board are political appointees, such as his new chief of staff, susie wiles, his aide, dan scavino, um, the second lady, usha vance. et cetera. they will be replacing a lot of um, democratic appointees. uh, you know, president biden appointed his top aide, mike donilon. karine jean-pierre, et cetera.. um, hopefully the kennedy center will continue the tradition of letting the people at the kennedy center make the decisions about which artists perform. you know, the kennedy center. we don't have a broadway like you fancy folks up in new york do, uh. >> i work. >> nights. >> so i don't get to go see these things. >> i know, i know, it's a tough life. the the we you know, we have some theaters, warner theater and and others, but but generally speaking, the kennedy center is where it's, you know, it's where i took my daughter to see hamilton. um, so there is just a lot of other business that goes on. um, but you heard mr. trump, president trump there talking about how it got to wokie. um, and i think that probably was a reference to the fact that there was a i be

for the board, it now includes attorney general pam bondi, secondly the usha vance, jeff of staff susie wiles chief of staff dan scavino, allison lutnick, who is the commerce secretary's wife. >> jordan: first of all, what's up with this photo? [cheers and applause] [applause and laughter] "you need a head shot? unfortunately the only picture that existed him is when he walked in on his parents bumping uglies." but hey, donald trump loves arts and entertainment and you can hear his genuine passion in a phone call he had with the board. >> i think we are going to do something very special. it got very wokey and some people were not happy with it and some people refused to go. and we are not going to have that. we are going to have something that will be very, very exciting and we will do things both physically and in every other way to make the building look even better. i think we are going to make it hot. and we made the presidency hot, so this should be easy. you and i'm sorry, hot? only trump would look at a building and go "un-[bleep]-able." yeah, performing arts centers have gotten very

through their leader, forming a quiet resistance so that they can push back to the white house until susie wiles, this goes too far. we put up with a lot out of you. but there's a limit and here's where some of the limits are. until that happens, the really brutal political treatment of individual senators is going to be what carries the day. at some point, people do get sick of that. i think making sure that the republican senators are hearing from their home states and organizations in their home states the cries of pain and anger and dismay is really important. if we do care about our mail and our phone calls and we do care about what comes in on social media. the other point that i would make is that in our frustration, it's very easy and almost a favorite practice for democrats to turn on each other. we need to be very wary of that. at the moment, there are dozens of instant experts in senate floor procedure. who have no idea what they are talking about. describing imaginary techniques which we could use to win this battle. there's a magic button somewhere. most of these people have no idea

but i think, again, to your question about, you know, the luncheon today was susie wiles. i think the president has shown he's effectively neutered the senate. he basically showed that to this confirmation process. but the question happens. there's a lot of things come in the next 30 days between a likely government shutdown in mid-march and a full on trade war in april. and if that begins to shatter some of the confidence, then i think you'd see something different. but for right now, i don't think the senators who have any concerns about elon musk, they're more concerned about being primaried by elon musk and donald trump. >> which is disappointing, that they're more concerned with staying in power than they are about everything that's going on. their constituents who are being impacted by these firings and all of that. but i think that i even read an article today in the bulwark that was talking about all of these gop congressmen who were going to town halls and facing a lot of backlash. there are people who are really upset with what doge is doing, and then there are p

if you want to know crazy the idea is, you have to look no further than susie wiles face as he said it. there is a great shot of her. i think they call her looking very expressive. what is he saying? mike wallace kept it together but he looked surprised as well. last year jerrod said i think can have great water from property. in gaza. they could be really beautiful. it was widely covered so maybe he has been brewing this, maybe there is great con -- great contracts to come but the point is you cannot -- >> i have to step in. first of all, call me back podcast today, they were talking about apparently donald trump watch the entire october seventh video on monday. this is not something where he is like i can >> put my hotel down there. -- i can't wait to put my hotel down there. nobody is saying they will do anything for them. >> but if you are the one that is going to drop in and save people, don't you have to put money where your mouth is? [multiple people talking] >> i know that gaza was overrun with terrorists, i watched a significant portion of the october seventh footage, it not t

the white house chief of staff, susie wiles.he most exciting of all is the fact that every single day the entire white house staff, the entire administration, the entire cabinet on behalf of president trump and his extraordinary leadership is getting the lies out of our schools, the man out of women's sports, the poison out of our foods, the woke out of our military, the predators off of our streets, and the illegal aliens the hell out of our country. [applause] it's happening. it's happening every day under president trump. he is saying hell no to dei, to crt, hell no to the indoctrination of our children, and hell yes to the idea that america belongs to americans. a historic slate of executive orders have been issued by president trump to reclaim control of this government and control of our destiny, reclaim control of our future, and restore the idea that under a democracy the entire federal bureaucracy works for president trump and not the other way around. he is the elected head of our government. to all of the people in th

obviously di, the first official higher he had for major seat was susie wiles so a woman for the positionnothing to do with it, he's always been extremely support supportive. everything to do with the best person for the job which again is what everyone wants to hear and what everyone wants and people are finally realizing how important it is to have them in that position and run the country like a business. i haven't read the deal but in the last two weeks, i need to read that book. >> absolutely but daytona 500 kicks off in two weeks, the bush card came to our plaza and they said you want to get in? i thought they would open up with the demo but if see anything with my mounting or dismounting of the car, be brutally honest. >> how do i get in? >> bring your leg up. [laughter] >> you going. >> this is the actual car you are going to be driving? >> this is the car. good flexibility. [laughter] >> what does it feel like? >> it feels like it shouldn't be for human being. [laughter] >> the first concern i had was when you said, he thought they were the door for this car, that is the first mi

this is an actual picture of trump's chief of staff susie wiles when she realized trump was pitching upside of ethnic cleansing. there you go. that's the face of a woman hoping she gets bumped up to first class on the flight to nuremberg. or possibly the face of a woman realizing she took her pot gummies instead of her centrum silver. anyone who isn't currently employed by donald trump knows this is beyond insane. which is why republicans took such a brave stance, with senator john cornyn saying, "i don't know what to make of it. check back with me tomorrow. that's a good idea." yes, when history calls, stall. as patrick henry said, "give me liberty or give me 24 hours. the british are making some really good points." [applause] patrick henry. thank you for your service, patrick henry. there might be one more problem with trump's plan to have the united states government take over gaza. he's firing everyone in the united states government. last week, an email was sent to many federal workers offering them a buyout if they resign. the message was titled, "fork in the road." better tha

. >> when he called me and asked me to do this job, he believes in me, susie wiles, josie garrett.f course he believes in you. one of my favorites is caroline lovett. this young woman, youngest press secretary ever and look at the job she's doing with the baby at home going nonstop, he supports all of us, men and women alike and empowers us. >> a great thing to remember is he wants the best person for the job. >> it's fun to work together with everyone and for the united because making america great again, that simple. >> we have so much more ahead with pam bondi including the surprise she found in her office on day one was director of national intelligence josie garrett tells us her top concern for america's national security and white house press secretary carol caroline lovett gives an inside look how she balances motherhood with one of the toughest jobs in the country. this is my view, don't go anywhere. ♪ (auctioneer) let's start the bidding at 5 million dollars. thank you, sir. (man) these people of privilege... hoarding the financial advantages for far too long. (auctioneer)

vance as well as susie wiles the president. and we all determined that it was credible, that there was an opportunity to get him back and that i should pursue it and the president, as he usually does, listens carefully, decided it was actionable and said hop on the plane and let's hope to get a good result. that's really how it happened. >> sean: so when you got on the plane you did not know the ultimate outcome? >> we thought we had a very good chance of market coming back. we weren't positive. there was still some things that i'm not at liberty to talk about tonight but there were some things that were up in the air. we thought it was a strong enough opportunity that we had to go and hopefully we would have a good result and of course we did. so i'm grateful for that. grateful for the family and i'm grateful for the world to see our friend. he called it the privilege of his life to meet the president. it was snowing out. came out in his coat, greeted mark. and spend time with him like they were best buddies from their college

look at this reaction from his chief of staff, susie wiles, who is usually so calls her "the ice maiden that's his nickname. [ laughter ] that what you're seeing there, that is the face of a woman whose soul just exited her body at the speed of light. [ laughter ] speaker of the house and human squirrel mike johnson said trump's little project in gaza is a quote "bold move," and majority whip tom emmer used it to make the claim that democrats are anti-semitic. >> the far-left's continued embrace of vicious attacks against the jewish community has shown their true colors. there is no denying that today's democrat party is the proterrorist, anti-semitic party. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: isn't that the guy who said jews are responsible for all the wars? in fairness, he's only anti-semitic when he's drunk. [ laughter ] here's the thing. everyone around trump knows this stupid idea just popped out of his head. but it's not like he didn't warn us. say what you will, but trump is delivering exactly what he promised to when he started his campaign. he even put it in an ad! >> hello, everyone. it's

susie wiles. thank you. most powerful woman. that's pretty good. that's pretty good. also we all know jared kushner. very special guy. [applause] thank you. thank you, jared. and elon musk. he's been making a little news lately, hasn't he, though? very positive news. stand up. he's a great guy. [cheers and applause] we did a little show last night. i heard it got very good riddance too appeared "hannity." sean hannity. fantastic man, fantastic guy. he did a show. the show with him. i come with a simple message for all around the world. if you want to push boundaries, unleash breakthroughs, transform industries, make a fortune, because you want to make a fortune. most of you already have -- >> greg: so that's why i have to go to the doctor appeared it's going to be a small procedure. so you had a good point. >> dana: i don't know if it's a great point while he is just getting going. going back to the drones and president trump, i do think we can all agree that our own neighborhood has been ignored for a long time. every time we try to go do something

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came a discussion between me, the president, national security adviser waltz, our chief of staff, susie wilesforget him john ratcliffe who was critical here they sent me over there we got a good outcome thank god. i know you are deflecting a lot of it imring us inside the meeting with vladimir putin. >> i don't want to talk about what specifically happened over in russia. i just more want to focus on the outcome outcome was marc fogel came home. i met him at the airport. it's hard for me to describe what it was like to meet him and see him and what it was like to put him on the plane, what it was like when we rode on the plane in and spent nine hours together most importantly what it was like when we touched down at andrews air force base and i turned to him and said you are on u.s. soil now. the tears he had, it was an amazing moment. blessed that's the adjective. >> brian: 2021 arrested. 20202214 years in prison. he was transferred to a penal clone. they said that's as bad as it gets in terms of prison life. what did he tell you about those moments being held? >> first of all, you hear some

. >> jessica: you want to know how crazy the idea is, though, you have to look no further than susie wiless he said it. there is a great shot of her, his chief of staff, the ice maiden, i think they call her, looking very expressive, like oh, my god, what is he saying? mike waltz kept it together but he looked a little surprised, too. we know 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

. >> i think that elon musk and susie wiles would do well to sit down and have a little heart to heartries in my opinion. >> the bottom line is americans do not like how much power elon musk currently has in government decision-making. >> bret: a lot of focus on elon musk in that first cabinet meeting. the hill writes it this way musk grabs spotlight. president trump on wednesday hosted first cabinet meeting of his second term gathering cabinet officials in one place fielding questions for an hour. musk the social media owner of the platform x is technically not part of the president's cabinet but his influence was on full display as he joined wednesday's meeting. with that bring in our panel tonight fox news chief political analyst brit hume. susan page "u.s.a. today" and charles payne host of making money on fox business. brit, your thoughts on today and what you heard from secretary lutnick here? >> well, it was an interesting interview with secretary lutnick to be sure, bret. and if enthusiasm were cold hard cash, we could pay off the national debt now. the man is absolutely brimmi

so this was a move for both donald trump and susie wiles to just end any opportunity for casey desantis're right. we were looking at a chaotic primary of matt gaetz, casey desantis, byron donalds and maybe one of the trump kids whose primary is not until next august. but it largely is over now, given the makeup of the state. byron donalds is now the frontrunner to succeed ron desantis in 2026. >> all right. >> anything you you might want to add any rumblings on the democratic side? >> well, look, there hasn't been a democratic governor in in florida since, i think chris christie was the last democratic governor. i suspect that's not going to change. >> you hear any rumblings, david? >> i'm not sure a democrat can win in 2026. >> but i don't. >> think this race is over. don't overlook a broad coalition, a democratic coalition that either involves a democratic candidate or an independent, no party affiliate candidate. i don't think people in florida are 50% of the state right now, is willing to lay down and usher in byron. >> dunn. >> maybe even a former republican congressman might look

vance there as well, susie wiles, big cast of characters and a lot of news coming out of that, john, also suggesting the president did that may 9th may be too soon for that meeting to happen. although that could be a part of a negotiation. as he said towards the tail end, everything is on the table. and we will see what comes of this. they will go on to a lunch. they will meet again and then they are going to hold that news conference where we will be listening for more detail on what we just heard. xp on the irony of the bilateral news conference i will have been around 3:00 eastern time, they will probably be asked fewer questions than they were asked in that oval office pool spread. one of the things that the president was asked about was the famous elon musk email, the doge email about tell us five things you did in the last week and if you don't reply we will take that as a resignation. president trump saying that that email really was designed more than anything to find out if people are actually working. so. we will see. a lot of controversy surrounding that. you know, particu

susie wiles van a la escuela. do you send your children to school?> no no no. >> por quÉ y. >> por miedo? >> because of the fear. >> with this level of fear. >> chicago's police superintendent acknowledged the fear in immigrant communities could impact public safety. >> i'm pretty sure that there are some people who have not stepped up and reported a crime that may have been committed against them out of fear. >> it's heartbreaking. >> sam says it's not just undocumented moms who are in fear for their children. what did you tell your son to say to i.c.e. >> if he was questioned by i.c.e.? i told him to say, i'm an american citizen. please call my mom. >> she and her ten year old son. >> will be back in a little bit. >> are both u.s. citizens? >> it breaks my heart. >> rosa flores, cnn, chicago rosa flores, thank you for that. >> and coming up, we will see a few more. will we see a few more weeks of winter or an early spring? in a few minutes, punxsutawney phil will let us know. >> maybe thunder tromsØ possible. >> this park changed my life. >> superm

have you talked to chief of staff susie wiles or the president about this? >> i've not had any conversation with the white house, but i do expect that as we get closer and closer to march 14th, that those conversations will perhaps intensify and at the end of the day, what we have been clear about is that this budget that is working its way through the house of representatives is a nonstarter. every single democrat opposed it a few days ago, and i believe that will continue to be our position because it's out of control. >> jonathan: all right. democratic leader hakeem jeffries, thank you very much. >>> up next, trump officials are heading to saudi arabia for peace talks on the war in ukraine. ian pannell and martha raddatz join us next. >> announcer: "this week" is sponsored by pacific life -- creating financial security for nearly 160 years. in ukraine. ian pannell and martha raddatz joi join us next. during its first year, a humpback calf and its mother are almost inseparable. she lifts her calf to its first breath of air, and then protects it on their lo

obtained, notably the resignation letter, was specifically spelled out that they addressed this to susie wiles, the white house chief of staff. and in the letter they say in part, quote, we will not use our skills as technologists to compromise core government systems, jeopardize americans sensitive data, or dismantle critical public services. and they go on to add, we will not lend our expertise to carry out or legitimize doj's actions. and the source i spoke to about this said that this goes back to, obviously, the valentine's day firings that we've reported a lot about. the next tuesday was the first time the staff meeting was called and led by a doge employee for the very first time. and the message from this doge employee to this specific team as part as usd, u.s. digital services, the message was let's turn the page. i know it's been a hard time, but let's keep going forward. and this source says that that did not go over very well within the group. and then that set off this discussion on what can we do. what is there to save? do we really want to stay here. and that this decision was m

white house chief of staff susie wiles meeting with senate republicans after the cabinet meeting, and they asked her about musk's role in the government. and she told them he reports directly to the president, not to the cabinet. the president then talked to the cabinet secretary, joining us now to discuss isaac dovere, cnn senior reporter, karen finney, cnn political commentator and former senior adviser for hillary clinton's 2016 campaign. and mike dubke, former communications director in the first trump administration. good to have all of you here with us. um, there was a lot to kind of chew on yesterday because we really got to see it play out in front of us in this kind of made for tv cabinet meeting. mike, i want to start with you. in terms of the dynamics between trump and musk, much ink has been spilled. many words have been said. i just said many words about it. but what did you glean from seeing that play out? >> a couple of things. well, and we'll continue to say a lot of words and spill a lot of ink on this on this subject. um, one of the things that you said that jd vance

wins an election, and then he appoints staff, including myself, including mike waltz, including susie wiles, including elon musk. and those staff report to him. >> okay. well aware. so elon musk a week ago answered a question about transparency at doge. this is how he spoke about doge. >> well, we actually are trying to be as transparent as possible. in fact, our actions post our actions to the doge handle on x and to the doge website. so all of our actions are maximally transparent. >> so you hear him there. we post our actions. all of our actions are maximally transparent. does elon musk know he's not in charge of doge? doge? >> again, the president runs the government. then the president appoints advisers, including elon, including myself, including all the other staff here at the white house. and then those staff, in turn, execute the president's commands and directions to all the agencies of the federal government. this is how democracy works, something that we treasure in america. the whole american people go to the ballot box. they elect the president. the president appoints staff, t

in a new interview, president-elect trump's incoming white house chief of staff susie wiles said that and her team will not tolerate drama. good luck when your boss is president gossip girl. [ laughter ] even andy cohen thinks he's messy. [ laughter ] in a new interview, former republican congressman matt gaetz said that he has spoken with president-elect trump about possibly running for governor of florida. and trump shared some advice, specifically set your venmo to private. [ laughter ] president biden announced yesterday that his grand daughter, naomi, has given birth to a baby boy, and he couldn't have announced it at a more inappropriate time. >> my son lives out here in -- in fact, we just got the notification yesterday -- today, it appears that maybe it's still standing. we're not sure. but the good news is i'm a great grandfather as of today. [ laughter ] >> seth: maybe give people a minute to grieve -- [ laughter ] before chiming in with, "but hey, something cool happened to me." [ laughter ] you're clearly a great grandpa because you say whatever you want at any time with n

. >> susie wiles was married to jack welch of ge fame. she's now an nyu professor, and i read recently that she said, we're not going to groom the next ceo for a fortune 50 company remotely. what's your thought on that? >> well, i, i talk to workers all around the country remotely. uh, workers at wells fargo have been able to organize unions remotely. uh, they, you know, many of them are in branches. so work together in a branch. that's a, you know, they're required to they had to do it all through the pandemic. but i'm able to work with them. uh, you know, all across the country and to date, 25 branches have been able to successfully organize a union. so, you know, i don't i don't buy into that. you know, it's either or. it's really what's what's the appropriate compromise that works for everybody. >> nick, i've been the beneficiary of so many great mentorship relationships during the span of my professional life. and when people younger than me seek my counsel, i'm always trying to give it. you can't do that where everybody is remote. t

i talked to the president, his national security advisor, his chief of staff, susie wiles and john ratcliffe, and the president directed me to go over there and completed if we could. >> and joining us right now is u.s. counsel for marc fogel, martin de luca. martin, thank you so much for coming in. a fantastic morning to be waking up as marc fogel for his family and for you, i mean, congratulations and just, um, being able to see this come to fruition. he seemed so overwhelmed last night. how is he doing? is there anything more you can tell us about his reaction and how he's feeling? >> well thank you. thank you for. >> having me. and we are all overjoyed with the return. what i can tell you about him is we saw him late last night, um, after he was with the president. he was in great spirits, but he's always been in high spirits, even throughout the three and a half years of detention. we had the ability to communicate with him from time to time, and every time he was optimistic, he was, as you know, passed up in in three prisoner swaps in the in the biden administration, um, which is unpre

. >> of staff, susie wiles and john ratcliffe, and the president. directed me to go over there and complete it if we could. and that's. >> that's what happened. >> we ended up, thank god, with a good result. >> fogel sister told cnn the family started getting hints the release might be happening last week, when they heard he had received new clothes and a haircut. >> we knew that something was happening, but these things can go sideways. >> and we were, um, just. >> we've been on on the edge of our seat for the entire week to hear that he was out of russian airspace. it was just the best. >> in exchange for fogel's release, a trump administration official tells cnn they agreed to release a russian man named alexander vinnik. he's accused of operating a cryptocurrency scheme that allegedly did business with drug dealers and identity thieves. this was van wyk after his arrest in greece in 2017, before eventually being extradited to the united states. at the time, he called his arrest nonsense and a circus that was politically motivated. >> he's health

susie wiles van a la escuela. do you send your children to school? no. no. >> no no. >> por quÉ y. >> por miedo? >> because of the fear. >> you see. >> with this level of fear. >> chicago's police superintendent acknowledged the fear in immigrant communities could impact public safety. >> i'm pretty sure that there are some people. >> who have. >> not stepped up and reported a crime that may have been committed against them out of fear. >> it's heartbreaking. >> sam says. it's not just undocumented moms who are in fear for their children. what did you tell your son to say to i.c.e. >> if he was questioned by i.c.e.? i told him to say, i'm an american citizen. please call my mom. >> she and her ten year old son. >> will be back in a little bit. >> are both u.s. citizens? >> it breaks my heart rosa flores, thank you so much. >> and we'll be right back kobe didn't want to be one of the all time greats. >> he wanted to be the best. >> he may be the one to self-sabotage everything he's ever wanted. >> that's when the black mamba was born. >> kobe. the making

aly vance wrote a letter to susie wiles. they're saying that these systems are used to disperse trillions of dollars each year and contain everyday americans personal information like social security numbers, addresses, bank accounts, bytedance, doge mean all of that? >> well, it doesn't, but they get it very easily. i mean, we don't have a good security in our country, and they get it very easily. and what we're doing, if you look at what has just taken place with respect to some of the investments that have been made on another agency that people have been talking about for years, but nobody did anything about it. it's absolutely obscene, dangerous, bad, very costly. i mean, virtually every investment made is a con job. there's nothing of value to anybody unless there's a kickback scheme going on, which is possible. and we're going to be doing more and more of that. we're going to be looking at department of education. we're going to be looking at even our military. we're going to be looking at tremendous amounts of money

susie wiles van a la escuela. do you send your children to school? >> no. >> no no. >> no. >> por quÉ? >> why don't. >> because of the fear. >> you see. >> with this level of fear. >> chicago's police superintendent acknowledged the fear in immigrant communities could impact public safety. >> i'm pretty sure that there are some people who have not stepped up and reported a crime that may have been committed against them out of fear. >> it's heartbreaking. >> sam says. it's not just undocumented moms who are in fear for their children. >> what did you tell your. >> son to say. >> to i.c.e.? >> um, if he was questioned by i.c.e., i told him to say i'm an american citizen. please call my mom. >> she and her ten year old son. >> will be back in a little bit. >> are both u.s. citizens. >> it breaks my heart. >> rosa flores, cnn, chicago rosa. >> thank you. next, in the face of tragedy, the grammy awards are moving ahead with the plane crash in los angeles. wildfires still top of mind. how the show's planners hope it can be a moment that brings people toge

shortly after the meeting, the white house chief of staff, susie wiles, went to capitol hill to have a lunch with senate republicans. i'm told she was asked many questions by the senate republicans who is exactly running things, elon musk or the cabinet agencies. she made very clear, we're told that elon musk reports to the president, not these cabinet officials. wolf. >> all right. jeff zeleny reporting for us. jeff, thanks very much. and as you reported, most of this cabinet meeting, especially a meeting with cabinet officials discussing what's going on, most of it nearly an hour the president spent answering questions from reporters who were gathered inside. our political and legal experts are joining me right now. let's start with david chalian, our washington bureau chief and political director. david. elon musk clearly dominated this cabinet meeting. in many ways. he was even being talked about when he was speaking. listen to trump respond when asked about whether the cabinet was happy with musk. >> let the cabinet speak just for a second. >> yeah. >> exactly. >> were either ve

susie wiles i love her, never met her. i want to meet her one day. i want them to ask the team what were our what was our message coming out of this week? and if they say that they felt as if it was successful, then we're going to have a very long for you. >> can i make a provocative argument here? what if donald trump also won because of the people who think that black people and trans people and women are taking things that belong to them? isn't it possible that he actually won for that reason, and that they don't think that this is a messaging, you know, change, of course, but. >> this doesn't represent the majority of those. >> but they could very well think that this is the course that they are supposed to be on. >> yes. >> i think this is what economic anxiety has sometimes been euphemized to refer to, that people feel like they're losing their status in society and maybe their ability to climb up the socioeconomic ladder and the easy scapegoat is the black and brown and people and women who are taking their place, who are robbing them of their

but very interestingly, after the cabinet meeting at today, the white house chief of staff, susie wiles, she actually left a little bit early to go have a lunch on capitol hill with senate republicans. they were asking her about this process here, about the confusion inside the workforce, and she made clear, she said. elon musk works for the president. he does not report to cabinet secretaries. so we saw the senior advisor who is the first among equal. he's the power center in this administration. >> that's for sure. all right. thank you very much, jeff zeleny. brian barrett is outfront now, executive editor at wired. obviously, that team has been breaking so much news about elon musk and doge. james surowiecki, contributing writer at the atlantic. long covered musk and lulu garcia-navarro the new york times podcast host. i'm so glad to have all of you. and, brian, you know, we start with, musk said in his email to the federal workers. he said it was perhaps misinterpreted as a performance review. it actually was a pulse check review, which he meant in the literal sense. right? checking

and i got to agree with white house chief of staff susie wiles on this one. [ light laughter ] look atce, that's how my dog looks when someone accidentally steps on his squeaky toy. what the hell was that? after president trump announced during a press conference last night that the u.s. will take over the gaza strip and redevelop it, the "new york times" referred to as quote, one of the most brazen ideas any american leader has advanced in years. are you sure brazen is the right word here? that's like calling jeffrey dahmer an innovative chef. [ light laughter ] former president joe biden signed on monday with the talent agency caa. so if one of the masked singers forgot the words, that's probably him. [ laughter ] "yeah. yeah, it's hot in this thing." when asked yesterday if elon musk is shutting down the u.s. agency for international development, president trump reportedly chuckled and told reporters, quote, sounds like it. i love that he just finds out about this stuff the same way we do, you know. just catching a random notification on hihis phone ter trying to avoid the news all

he said he's abusing his proximity to the president that he at one point advocated for susie wiles to sit him down and give him a talking to and tell him to take it easy. but at the same time, people like bannon and bannon himself are behind the idea of what musk should be doing. and that's largely what i'm hearing from trump world. they like it in theory, but in practice, it's getting a little too big. and they're used to one bull in the china shop. they're not used to two. >> that was your point, though, about the idea of the being different was enticing. but is elon musk as opposed to the mandate of trump, as you said, which is going to outweigh which is going to be more productive in the long run to follow the disruptive nature of elon musk or. >> well, donald trump's disruptive by nature. that's how he ran when he announced in 2015 that's how he ran and how he became president. and i would argue that voters were under no illusions. i say this all the time. voters were under no illusions about what he was going to come in and do. he made it very clear to them. so it should not be

and in their letter, which was notably addressed to the white house chief of staff, susie wiles, they say, quote, as civil servants, we remain committed throughout the presidential transition to delivering better government services through technology and stood ready to partner with incoming officials. each of us left senior private sector technology positions to pursue nonpartizan public service. we swore to serve the american people and uphold our oath to the constitution across presidential administrations. however, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments at the united states doge service. and notably in this letter, they go on to talk about how, in essence, they gave it a beat, started to observe what doge was doing within their department, and they noted that they said they fired technical experts, mishandled sensitive data in their opinion, and were breaking critical systems. so very strong words coming from these staffers. and i talked to a source with knowledge of these resignations, and they told me that last week it was last tuesday, a week from tod