he proposed to his 216 million followers earlier this week, asking -- would you like doge to audit the irs? one of the responses that he reived was from the ways and means chairman of the u.s. house , congressman jason smith, posting a cartoon showing elon musk as the grim reaper, knocking on the door of the irs. other federal agency doors that have been opened after being knocked on, the fbi and the u.s. agency for international development. a lot of scrutiny around cuts and changes that usaid, whether that agency will be folded into the larger state department. it was yesterday at the white house that the press secretary, caroline levitt, answered questions about those changes at usaid. this is what she had to say. [video clip] >> secretary rubio is the acting administrator of usaid, we have streamlined it into the state department -- hello, rachel -- and we want to be sure we are being good stewards of taxpayer dollars. he's going line by line to make sure that foreign aid to private and public organizations, government organizations, line up with american interests. >> 2% of federal em

the irs systems are quite poor. en i started in college in 1980, i learned the program, i think there are 12 different systems at the irs that still run on it. as of now, there is no engagement at the irs. >> if they request that access, would you sign off on that? >> they haven't, so we will take it when it comes to it. i think there is a lot to do there, but the president was elected with a big agenda and to the extent that getting the irs in better shape is part of that, sure. because look with the irs, what am i concerned about? i'm concerned about collections. i'm concerned about privacy. and i'm concerned that the system is robust. jackie: that was u.s. treasury secretary scott bessent, let's bring in meg sheppard now. before we get into doge, i want to address a story that just crossed the wire from reuters. trump plans to issue reciprocal tariffs as early as friday, he told republicans yesterday of his plans. can you break down what we know so far? >> we are still trying to confirm this report, but it is sign

the irs is the most powerful collection agency on earth, and being in debt to the irs can have serious consequences. oftentimes, it begins with the irs sending you a collection letter, but then escalates. and before you know it, you're having your paychecks garnished, your bank accounts seized. even your home or business could be at risk. >> my problem was i hadn't paid my taxes in eight years. i was trying to take on the irs by myself. i have five children. i'm trying to take care of my kids, and there was a lot of stress. >> i owed the irs over $10,000. they told me the possibilities of garnishing my wages to resolve this debt that i owed them. >> i owed a lot of money to the irs, almost $15,000, but there was nothing i could do about it. i was just overwhelmed with what to do. these stories are all too common, but thankfully there's optima tax relief, america's number one most trusted tax resolution firm. optimas experts have helped thousands of people with stories just like these resolve their tax debt. i owe 15,000. i only had to pay 3500. and now my debt is clean. i don't owe any

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>> well, i think the irs is needed. there will be some republicans say to abolish the irs. and collect taxes, but at the end of the day, i do think the irs has a record of inconsistency. i think they have a record of targeting conservatives. we saw in my investigation of the biden family with the two irs whistleblowers came forward. an, you know, validated much of the claims that we were making in the committee and said they were told to stand down, but that at the same time they were going after donald trump. so you had a two tier system of thinking at the, at the irs. i think that the irs needs to come in and explain themselves. i think they need to be transparent. they haven't been transparent. we know that the previous administration wanted to double the size of the irs and double their budget. but i can tell you with certainty, the irs is one of the worst offenders in washington. from the stay at home policies of the biden administration, there's still a significant percentage of irs workers who aren't coming to work every day. they're working from home. and i don't kno

. >> then the irs got involved in the investigation, i. >> would imagine for the irs, >> they're used to dealing with much bigger sums of fraud. right. how, how and why did the irs get involved? >> i think they felt it was the right thing to do. and they and they ran with it. my understanding is it's the first case for the irs in which the person that participated in the wire fraud did so with faking cancer. so now they have something on the books to move forward with. if other cases come up. >> in july 2020, amanda was charged with wire fraud. charlie was in the courtroom as it played out. >> you could hear a pin drop, and then amanda spoke and she was kind of, like, hunched over and like, said that she was sorry for what she'd done, but didn't really kind of admit what she'd done. and then the judge just said, i can see why people were convinced by you. you're a good actress. >> over a year later, amanda pleaded guilty, and in may 2022, the judge sentenced her to five years behind bars. did you feel as though when you were sitting and speaking with her, when she was in prison, that

the irs is the most powerful collection agency on earth, and being in debt to the irs can have seriousquences. oftentimes, it begins with the irs sending you a collection letter, but then escalates. and before you know it, you're having your paychecks garnished, your bank accounts seized. even your home or business could be at risk. >> my problem was i hadn't paid my taxes in eight years. i was trying to take on the irs by myself. i have five children. i'm trying to take care of my kids, and there was a lot of stress. >> i owed the irs over $10,000. they told me the possibilities of garnishing my wages to resolve this debt that i owed them. >> i owed a lot of money to the irs, almost $15,000. but there was nothing i could do about it. i was just overwhelmed with what to do. these stories are all too common, but thankfully there's optima tax relief, america's number one most trusted tax resolution firm. optimas experts have helped thousands of people with stories just like these resolve their tax debt. i owe 15,000. i only had to pay 3500 and now my debt is clean. i don't owe anything.

, because i believe statistics have shown that when you hire more irs workers and invest in the irs, you can recover quite a bit of money for the government. my final comment would be i don't think anyone wants to have waste in government. of course there will be waste. but the way that trump is going about it is slash and burn and it's not a professional way to go about trying to save money and i really wonder about elon musk's motives i'm sure if someone looked at his company, there would be a lot of waste. thank you very much, john. go>> washington journal continu. host: we are back this morning with matt barnum, of the k-12 education reporter at the wall street journal here to talk about this headline. trump advisors away plan to dismantle education department. matt barnum tell us about your reporting. what did you learn. guest: what my colleagues and i reported earlier this week is the trump administration officials are weighing executive orders at dismantling the u.s. department of education. it is consistent with the campaign promise he made to end the department. we don't kn

host: you mentioned the irs. what is the keep act? guest: keep each and every penny. the idea behind that is to eliminate federal income tax on overtime pay. that was a bill we released last year. didn't get a lot of traction, but now with president trump, he has caught onto that. what we want to do is encourage work. we want people to be able to keep more of what they earn. especially in this post-covid world there is a real problem with that. the idea is if you keep more of what you earn your going to invest that money and you were going to do it more efficiently than some government program. that is what the idea is. it is similar to the no tax on tips president has come out, but now he has -- he is supporting both of those. hope to put those in the reconciliation package and reward work and people willing to take that initiative. host: when you say it is similar to the no tax on tips, what is the major difference? guest: it is difficult to put a number, like, a cost or benefit on those things, but what we do know is that when people are able to drive where their m

host: you mentioned the irs. what is the keep act? guest: keep each and every penny.hind that is to eliminate federal income tax on overtime pay. that was a bill we released last year. didn't get a lot of traction, but now with president trump, he has caught onto that. what we want to do is encourage work. we want people to be able to keep more of what they earn. especially in this post-covid world there is a real problem with that. the idea is if you keep more of what you earn your going to invest that money and you were going to do it more efficiently than some government program. that is what the idea is. it is similar to the no tax on tips president has come out, but now he has -- he is supporting both of those. hope to put those in the reconciliation package and reward work and people willing to take that initiative. host: when you say it is similar to the no tax on tips, what is the major difference? guest: it is difficult to put a number, like, a cost or benefit on those things, but what we do know is that when people are able to drive where their money goes it

he teased an audit ever the irs on x asking in a poll if the agency should be next?1 percent said yes. and nearly 41 percent said f-yes. only 8 percent said no. joining me now is missouri senator josh hawley. senator, it is amazing that whether you call it turning over the rocks and seeing the creeping crowley things scatter or sunlight the best disinfectant in washington, man, they are panicking in the democrat party over this they are panicking because power base is being. they have used it as personal play thing and that includes billions and billions of taxpayer dollars that are gone, yeah, to fund outrageous stuff overseas like trans affirming projects in zimbabwe or whatever. also let's not forget fund favorite political outfits like politico and what other left wing rags have been getting federal money from this agency and there has been no accountability. yes, what is happening then, trump is exposing all of this. is he cutting off the liberal supply chains as it were, and the liberals are losing their minds. they are totally losing their minds. we need more

we saw this conversation about the irs. we saw this conversation about usaid. and it's just lies, right. and the challenge that we have is we're sitting here and, you know, i sit at my institution and i try and say, here is what's happening in the world. and there are, you know, 45% of americans think that i'm a liar by virtue of where i work. right? and they just don't listen. and they think that elon musk is telling the truth, or they think donald trump is telling the truth. and that's the disadvantage, that's the imbalance. but we don't know how to. >> beat that. okay. but here's the thing. >> sure. >> it's easy to call us liars and it's easy to believe the grievance media when donald trump isn't in power. donald trump is in power right now, and every single thing that is happening is happening on his watch. right? think about grocery prices. and i am not saying that the president is responsible or can control grocery prices, because everyone at this table knows he can't, but he promised to lower them. day one. obviously that hasn't happened. we're now experi

the irs, the fbi, terrible, and other agencies. >> now, this is all part of the trump administration really elevating christian conservatives here. josie, as you know, the president, when he took office, pardoned several anti-abortion protesters. and just yesterday he signed that executive order banning transgender athletes and women's sports. they say. >> and, vaughn, you've. >> been on capitol hill. >> this week. >> how close are the white. >> house and. >> the republican. >> party to finalizing. >> their. >> common agenda? >> right. >> it seems a little far off here at this point, and that's largely because of the distinction between the house and the senate on who will first move forward with their own budget. and for senator durbin, the democrat here is behind us here. and in large part, it's democrats that are waiting on how republicans are going to proceed themselves. senator graham, suggesting that beginning as early as next week, they would begin through their own budget markup process. but house speaker mike johnson, who should be arriving any moment at the white house with

knows, maybe it will be at the postal service or the irs. >> laura: oh, thanks for the idea to check. it sounds like elon musk was listening. he teased the audit of an irs on x and a poll should be next and 51 said percent and nearly 41% said f ts and only 8% said no. missouri senator josh hawley, it is amazing whether you call it turning over the rocks and seeing the creepy-crawly things scatter or just some like the best disinfection in washington, man, they are panicking and the democrat party over this. just because they are panicking big time, laura, the power base is being threatened. that is what is going on. look at what they are doing at usaid youth. they have used that as their personal plaything and that includes billions and billions of taxpayer dollars that have find outrageous stuff overseas like trance affirming projects in zimbabwe or whatever. but also let's not forget to find preferred media outlets like "politico" and who knows what other left-wing rags have been getting money. federal government money from this agency, and there is no accountability. so yes, what i

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today, musk asking users on x if doe should audit the irs. >> he's throwing out big ideas. d if anybody thinks that all of these big ideas are going to be implemented to conclusion, they don't understand the process of disruption. >> meanwhile, some of trump's most controversial cabinet nominees are one step closer to confirmation. tulsi gabbard, trump's pick for director of national intelligence, approved today by the senate intelligence committee. robert f kennedy jr. trump's nominee for secretary of health and human services. approved by the senate finance committee. >> there's tens of millions of americans who are hopeful that rfk jr will be the next hhs secretary, and we expect all senate republicans to stand tough and strong and vote for him. >> gabbard and kennedy will now face a final vote by the entire senate. that could happen in the coming days. in an effort to keep communication ongoing with senate republicans, president trump has invited the senators and their spouses to mar-a-lago for dinner on friday. their support is critical to advancing his cabinet nominees

democrats do, like during the obama administration when they noticed into conservative's files over at the irs. the democrats big pilot phase elon musk do you think? it doesn't look like it. he knows the numbers don't lie. a comprehensive audit of federal spending, we have needed it forever. it shows billions upon billions of dollars are being blown on projects by globalist and of course the hard left. money flows to ideological bedfellows for things such as $361,000 to wear trans bisexual nonbinary and two-spirit people how to farm. $1.5 million to advance dei and serbia businesses, goody, $2 million changes and activism in guatemala, $2.5 million evs for vietnam and $3 million on girl centered climate action. and what if you are feeling kind of stressed out and you are an employee at usaid? well, for the modest price tagged $31.5 million, they hired a consultant cons to assist youh counseling organizational, wellness and work life. is work-life balance now abbreviated to work life? i guess i'll. this is all obscene and we know it. it is still a drop in the bucket compared to what we already

. >> president donald trump: including at the doj which was terrible, the irs, the fbi, terrible. and other agencies, in addition to task force we will work to fully prosecute anti-christian violence and vandalism in our society and to move heaven on earth to defend the rights of christians and religious believers, nationwide. >> those not in the constitution, democrats are denouncing the president's remarks and action suggesting he is violating their principal of separation of church and state. >> this is been something they have been going for for a long time and enables them to indoctrinate, diffuse their particular religion with our government. in ways that would make our founders role on their grave. >> he continues to pilot the executive orders and actions with 54 already, and the trump 100 day mark does not even come to the end of april well on his way to breaking that mark set by fdr. pause the deadline for tonight's doj buyout offers for federal workers, that deadline extended we are told at least until mondays 2:00 p.m. hearing. >> trace: be we'll talk about that, live f

the irs for bank fraud and.lso for basically embezzling this money so. >> that he could. >> pay his gambling debts. >> he could pay his. medical bills. >> and also. >> so that he. >> could buy. >> some baseball. >> cards here. >> the u.s. attorney making it very clear that shohei ohtani. >> was. >> a victim. >> in this case. >> saying that. >> the behavior. >> of mizuhara. was shameless. he said that. 24 times. he. impersonated ohtani to call his bank and then to transfer money to mizuhara's bookie. >> he is expected to be. >> sentenced or sent to jail, begin his term in jail on march 24th. and obviously, this is a win for ohtani, who also won the world series with the los angeles dodgers last year and was voted most valuable player. >> wow, five years in prison, millions of dollars. stephanie elam, thanks so much. i'm jim sciutto in the situation room. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett out front starts right now.

drugs, cartels put them together in the hideous drug factories, then the cartels bring them into the irs., the worst thing, mr. trump is more than willing to tariff mexico until the end of their days until they stop allowing this and, china is investing in mexican factories, so they can export their cheap goods and labor into north american free trade zone, called usmca, but that is illegal and must be stopped, who can tell if tariff truths between mr. trump and ms. sheinbaum will continue longer than a month? my question to republican and republican senate and house members, please, crank up those tax cuts. and to one big beautiful bill to be finished this spring and help launch of trump golden era, blue collar boom. that is the riff. all right. we have john charge -- john carney, breitbart economics and finance editor, and coauthor of breitbart business digest, david malpass, former president of world bank and joe lavorgna. and what is the name of your bank? >> snb nikko securities. larry: got it. it went past me. >> this is an all-star cast. larry: unbelievable. >> john and david. lar

like during the obama administration when they nosed into conservatives files over at the irs. the democrats big file musk do you think? doesn't look like it. he knows that the numbers don't lie. a comprehensive audit of federal spending, we have needed it forever, and it shows that billions upon billions of dollars are being blown on moronic projects supported by globalists and, of course, the hard left. money flows to their ideological bed fellows for things such as 361,000 to queer trans pansexual nonbinary and two spirit people on how to farm. 1.5 million to advance dei in serbian businesses, oh goody, 2 million for sex changes and lt. activism in guatemala. 2.5 million for evs for vietnam. and 3 million on girl centered climate action. huh? and, what if you are feeling kind of stressed out and you are an employee over at usaid? for the ahmadest price tag of 31.5 million, they hired a consultant to assist you with counseling organizational resilience, wellness, and work life. is work life balance now abbreviated to just work-life? i guess so. this is all obscene. we know it

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find out if you're eligible, head directly to the irs website and look under the direct file program.he actual address for any direct file. dash. dot dash irs dot oh my gosh. dash gov. all right just go to irs comm. fans. get ready for a new season of the voice premiering tonight on nbc. it includes a new coach who just happens to be a country music superstar. oh, i love john and i love michael, and i love adam, but they're not kelsea. and that's how i like, you know what i mean? and they're not. there you have it. there you have it. multi-platinum artist kelsea ballerini joins the team this season. long time fans will note th in the past, she actually stepped in as a special coach and adviser. i recently got a chance to speak with h her about the upcoming season. she says that her past experience really got her fired up and rea to go. being in that seat and being in the room with all these amazing artists and sitting next to coaches that are so inspiring, i was like, i want this job one day. if it ever, if i ever could be in a place where they would ask me. and so fast forward a coup

even if they don't have a social security number, the irs has a way for them to pay taxes which a lotpeople feel they need to do in case they ever have a path to become legal here. they want to be able to show they have done their part paying taxes. it is much broader than that. i would say our country, for better or worse, has priced these people into being here. the example i always give is that there are people here picking our strawberries. if they were not coming and taking those jobs steadily, replacing each other, this is an exhausting job that a lot of people can do for very long. the price of our strawberries might double because we would not have anyone pick them. even more broadly than that, if you think about it, you always want the economy to be growing. you want more people to be coming in. more people are working but more people are also consuming. that is a basic economic principle but it is something that immigration really helps with. host: let's hear from keith in palm bay, florida. line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning, ladies. hope you're having

we're in good standing with the irs, the franchise tax board, california attorney general's office and the california secretary of state. we're 5a1c3. i would really appreciate your support to move this forward. i thank you for your time and attention. if there's any questions i'm here. >> thank you sergeant howard. colleagues, any comments, statements seeing none. >> mr. clark let's go to public comment on item number four. yes. members of the public who wish to speak on this matter should line would speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. >> good morning supervisors. my name is john mickey. i'm a resident of san francisco . >> i was a civilian volunteer with s.f. pd for 14 years and i've been a board member at bay leaf for the last couple of years. i was recently elected the vice president and i'm the only civilian not affiliated with law enforcement sitting on the board. this board is run with integrity and this board supports law enforcement individuals, their families and civilians who work for law enforcement agencies. >> and i think the appeal for me was to

host: you mentioned the irs. what is the keep act? guest: keep each and every penny. the idea behind that is to eliminate federal income tax on overtime pay. that was a bill we released last year. didn't get a lot of traction, but now with president trump, he has caught onto that. what we want to do is encourage work. we want people to be able to keep more of what they earn. especially in this post-covid world there is a real problem with that. the idea is if you keep more of what you earn your going to invest that money and you were going to do it more efficiently than some government program. that is what the idea is. it is similar to the no tax on tips president has come out, but now he has -- he is supporting both of those. hope to put those in the reconciliation package and reward work and people willing to take that initiative. host: when you say it is similar to the no tax on tips, what is the major difference? guest: it is difficult to put a number, like, a cost or benefit on those things, but what we do know is that when people are able to drive where their m

. >> elon musk may have his eyes set on the irs next. x, asking if people wanted to see doge audit the tax agency. >> hillary vaughn live on the hill, thinking. >> that would be a turnabout. canada and mexico striking an 11th hour deal with president trump. trade -- trying to avoid a trade war. trump is doing tariffs against japan. is tariffs on chinese goods went into effect today, and china hitting back with its own economic retaliatory measures. while several republican lawmakers are praising trump's, kentucky senator rand paul is sounding off, and he is joining us now. you posted on x the following on saturday. "tariffs are taxes. conservatives once again united against new taxes. tax and trade will mean less trade in higher prices." would put that yesterday to the president's trade advisor peter navarro. here is his response. >> it's a drug war, not a trade war. anybody was talking about inflation right now is dishonoring the men and women and children who have died at the hands of chinese, mexican, canadian fentanyl, coming across o

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the irs, the fbi, terrible, and other agencies. >> so that is certainly something that many people in his base like to hear. the idea of rooting out what the president describes as anti-christian bias. and, brianna, one other one, we're told, is sanctioning the international criminal court for how it has treated the u.s. and israel in the middle east, brianna. >> all right. jeff zeleny, live for us at the white house. thank you. and even though a judge did pause tonight's buyout offer deadline for federal workers, some 2 million of them still face uncertainty as the trump administration pushes ahead with these plans for massive cuts. with us now is rob schreiber. he's the former acting director of the office of personnel management, which is the human resources department for the u.s. government. he's now managing director for democracy forward's civil service strong initiative. and, rob, i first just want to get your reaction to the breaking news that the judge has put this deadline on hold, and this buyout may be in question. >> i think that, brianna, that's a win for all federal em

i go back to the irs. remember lois lerner? hing the way it should be done: criminally. let's see if they keep yelling when we start to see what's under those rocks. >> and ignore the noise. we can't do a segment about noise without bringing in joe scarborough. >> the world's richest -- man goes in and says he's basically going to tear this organization to the ground. not only will cause immeasurable suffering across the globe: it will put us in a strategic disadvantage. this is a strategic. what he's talking but doing is -- i'm sorry -- it is stupid. >> so it's happening right now, a hostile takeover of the u.s. government. if this were happening in any other country, i promise you, i'd be on the air calling it a coup. >> a coup or a terrorism funding case? >> and the irony, to your point, you are calling a coup, an audit of my dollars, not there dol dollars? every income of this government comes from us, their salary. the notion of the downright shock and horror at the concept of cleaning house and ensuring that your tax dolla

the question about elon musk, you hear unelected bureaucrats is such a-unelected bureaucrat is at the irspound or accountable to no one. paul: under the obama administration. >> targeting conservative groups. mere musk assignment he is probably the most accountable guy because trump can form in second if he feels musk is causing too much. he is just another presidential appointee. i think he's being very transparent or they talk about back rooms. that is what we have now. butts, musk is bringing it out. paul: what about access to the treasury payment systems and medicare and medicaid payment systems? it sounds a little spooky and that democrats are playing that up as a threat to privacy. it has been blocked and out temporarily by the courts. but it could go forward. what you make of that? >> that's an area they could stand to be a little bit more transparent about what they are doing and what they intend. the treasury department is one i've looked close at. there's a couple doge a billion people put in the treasury department. especially government employees there working at the treasury

audit of the irs. democrats were out there pertaining to be outraged about the long list, federal waste and funding, president trump was elected with a mandate from the american people to make this government more efficient peered he campaigned across this country with elon musk more than 8 million taxpayer dollars that have gone to essentially subsidizing subscriptions to "politico" on the american taxpayers' dime will no longer be happening peered >> dana: jesse, this week has been going to buildings demanding bit they being let in and don't have access and then filling videos of themselves getting angry because they weren't let in. >> jesse: yeah. you know, sex change surgeries in guatemala for $2 million, not the hill i would die on if i were a democrat, dana. there is a theme here, and it looks like we are just trying to turn the world gay. $2 million for sex changes in guatemala, gay entrance rights in uganda, the western balkans in vietnam and south africa. but the more you think about it, it's

the irs, the fbi, terrible, and other agencies. >> trump's attorney general, pam bondi, will lead thek force. i want to bring in matthew taylor, who's a senior scholar at the institute for islamic, christian and jewish studies. he's also the author of the violent take it by force, a christian movement that is threatening our democracy. and he joins me now from baltimore, maryland. thank you so much for being on here with us. so this task force to eradicate anti-christian bias. what are the claims they're making here? in a nutshell? >> well. >> they are claiming that. >> the federal government has been weaponized against christians. they are claiming that there is widespread christian persecution throughout federal government agencies and that the task force is there to root out that persecution and that bias and to counteract it. >> so in terms of the the persecution, i mean, we, you know, they're citing, you know, some cases for, you know, christian churches being attacked, for instance, but we know christian churches face far fewer attacks than, say, synagogues or mosques. so i imag

it didn't just start off with the passport and end up with the irs, it was the entire government reallywork -- who would work. is and the performance level was lacking. so the american people need a government that matches their expectations. we are going to do that. so government efficiency and money run hand in hand, if we are going to make sure that that becomes a better balance. and that is what donald trump wants. charles: right. and to get to that efficiency, i mean, you've introduced bills, you've been busy, rein in bureaucracy, add accountability. these are things that just haven't resonated with federal government bureaucracy in a long time. i mean, it calls for a true shake-up of the bureaucracy, doesn't it? >> well, it does. but, you see, we have like i spent 16 years with at&t. the chairman of our board had to fight for not just the management, but for the efficiency of the organization. in this case, the president of the united states was the head union leader, literally giving the unions everything they wanted including not just not going to work, but signing long-term dea

reporter: liz, elon musk may have his sights set on the irs next. ted a poll on x asking people if they want to see doge audit the tax agency. liz? liz: you're terrific thank you so much now listen to this. >> your response to the trade war is to tell us guacamole is made of avocados? democrats? can you please stop. >> [laughter] >> trotting schumer out there? >> [applause] >> every time trump traverses into the unreal? he's not good at this. what is the decision-making process here? who should we get out there to effectively battle one of the most savvy presidential media manipulate or in history? how about schumer? liz: that was john stuart telling democrats stop deploying senator chuck schumer. it's not working. people don't believe him. this is the story. the federal government has a record number of workers at 3 million and also there's literally trillions of dollars in waste flying out the door since over the last generation. that's from the cbo and watchdogs. joining us now the host of 100 days with tomi lahren or fox nation. host of tomi lahr

it rather serves the very important task of telling irs employees how to collect taxes, which is their job. before the trump administration started willy nilly control-f deleting anything that had any quote dei reference. there used to be parts of this tax manual that made reference to, say, the inequity of the government holding on to certain taxpayer money. also, the need to check for the inclusion of a taxpayer identification number on a particular form. but now that trump's in there, that's not in the tax tax manual anymore. they deleted those references because oh my god, inclusion. they don't say the white house, the trump white house never did anything for you. they're saving us all from the dangerous references to the inclusion of tax id numbers with certain forms. it was under the same anti dei guys that the white house removed thousands of government websites over the last few days, taking down information about everything from vaccines to substance abuse to veterans health care to census data, because, you know, there's somehow die in the census data. and as dumb as that is

because while this week you are the ire of the trump administration officials, next week it could bew are you all coordinating or are you in this moment. >> especially since he is threatening those who are not compliant with his orders? >> well, i'm not afraid and none of us should be afraid. we should be standing up speaking out. we should be very clear about our messaging. and very importantly, donald trump is attacking working families. we are the front lines of protecting working families. we governors. right, because we're delivering the services that people need in the states. so we are talking to one another. many of us have had phone calls with one another to talk about what do you think? how are you talking about this? what are you doing to protect people from cuts in meals on wheels and others? so there's been a lot of i wouldn't call it coordination, but i just say we're sharing a lot of ideas with one another. and, you know, i started an organization that's focused on safeguarding democracy among governors. we're working hard with one another to think about how do we figh

to your point, because the messaging has people worried and they won't they don't want to direct the iref the trump administration. brennan i'm wondering what the initial impression of this does to the american people. does this denote confidence in trump's handling of a national crisis? do you think his base is buying this and his priorities? is this effective for him so far? >> yeah. important to separate what works well with his base. >> with. >> with the. rest of the country. it does have the feeling of what we saw during covid. a crisis pops. >> up and. >> he seems to be freewheeling. >> obviously not that. >> surprising that he's blaming dei. >> if it's. >> not dei, it's immigrants for really any problem that he can identify. but in moments like this, you're looking for steadiness. you're looking for competent and in control leadership and the free wheeling nature of the way he presents these things and just sort of shoots from the hips. does absolutely excite a lot of people who love donald trump, because, you know, he talks like they do, but that's probably not confidence inspiri

the irs announced its updated federal income tax brackets for 2025. san francisco chronicle reported that new thresholds will impact tax returns filed in 2026. the income limits for each bracket have been raised, as well as long term capital gains brackets and estate and gift exemptions. not everything has been updated. personal exemptions, lifetime learning credits and itemized deductions will all remain the same. well, stores are gearing up for valentine's day as spending is estimated to reach a new record this year. the national retail federation says people could spend over $27 billion this year on the love food holiday. that would beat the last record set in 2020. survey data also showed that men were more likely to celebrate the holiday, and the top three most popular gift categories were, of course, candy, flowers and greeting cards. well, still to come this morning a costco deal. we're not talking about buying in bulk. we're talking about workers paychecks. and for the first time in decades, the fda has approved a new type of prescription pain

a very chaotic scene we saw last week that really triggered the ire of israel and led to a temporary lease of the palestinian prisoners. now we're seeing a very orderly um, release. um, what do you think about that? >> i think that, uh, hamas and well, the problem, um, um, a few days ago was less with hamas and more with the islamic jihad, which is another terror organization. um, that that operates works parallel to hamas, but is significantly smaller. uh, that was the big, you know, the mob scenes that you saw that that actually, um, endangered the lives of the two hostages. um, miss arbel yehoud and mr. gadi mozes, who were the who had to be walked, uh, protected by islamic jihad. uh, um, um, activists into the red cross ambulances. so israel complained of to the mediators, particularly qatar and egypt. and that was taken care of today. so it just shows you that if they wanted to avoid what we've seen a few days ago, it could be done quite easily. and i hope the the next increments, the next batches of releases would be more similar to what we saw today than to what we saw a few da