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correspondent andrea mitchell, nbc news senior white house correspondent gabe gutierrez, symone sanders townsend, former chief spokeswoman for vice president kamala harris and republican strategist sara fagen. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press". >> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with kristen welker. >>> good sunday morning. we begin with president biden's historic overhaul of the federal government that is proceeding at an unprecedented pace and scale. the president has tasked elon musk, the world's richest man, with carrying out his mission and now musk and his team of young tech engineers have inserted themselves into at least 17 federal agencies, according to "the new york times," accessing sensitive federal data like social security numbers and bank accounts for millions of americans. on friday, president trump defended musk's role. >> is there anything you've told elon musk he cannot touch? >> well, we haven't discussed that much. i'll tell him to go here, go there, he does it. he's got a very capable group of peop

i'm joined now by the employment lawyer at payne hicks beach, james townsend.ter? well, it may not matter. well. >> we've all got career histories. we're talking about something 15 years ago. why does it matter? well, she is chancellor. it's important that she's accurate on her cv. >> let's break down what happened here. she's. she's restated her linkedin cv. it's a cv on the on the website called linkedin, which has looked at looked by a by a recruiters and other employers twice, once in november last year when a previous issue was raised, and once today when a bbc article appeared shortening her time at the bank of england. she's now the bank of england. she's now the chancellor mp in leeds. you know, she's she's made it. does it matter that it was a bit slightly wrong? >> well, it matters for her. we're all talking about it now, aren't we? it's interesting. what? why? why has she missed out those months? she seemed confused about the length of time she was at the bank of england. i've read five years, ten years. people know their employment history and they

. >> symone sanders townsend, former spokesperson. >> for former vice. >> president harris and. anchor of the weekend. >> right here on msnbc. >> fantastic show. also with us. >> former republican. >> governor john. >> kasich from ohio. >> he is. >> also an. msnbc political analyst. >> so. >> governor. >> first, with your reaction to what we heard from the president this morning as he's focusing in on the. >> issue of. >> religious liberty. >> well. >> you. >> know. >> listen, jose, i have. >> a book. >> coming out in april called heaven help us, which there's a promotion there, but it's designed to say that for people who are really upset, the. >> the faith institutions. >> of churches and synagogues and mosques can give people a platform. >> and resources. >> to be able to solve everything from hunger to homelessness to the challenges. >> that we have across. >> the board. people who are in. foster care, helping, helping schools to do better. it's all laid out in this book, and. >> i think these. >> institutions should. >> not. >> be viewed negatively at large, and that we sho

what townsend measures, aging has in mind, does say that they will be some on the way. it is, of course, important to look at the broad economic context, chinese economy don't space a number of challenges at this moment. we look at things like unemployment, low consumer spending, property sector crisis with exports, exports remain a bright start for the economy. in fact, in 2024, the latest data from just january shows that china reported a trade surplus of more than $990000000000.00. of course us china trade remains crucial. and these terms will have an effects, particularly on businesses that focus on that us market. but it is important to note the lessons that china learned from the 1st round from the 1st trump administration. when of course, it did feel the heat of those terrorist imposed by that administration. one of the lessons was the importance of diversified since then. we have seen china extending its trade opportunities elsewhere in the world, particularly in places like south east asia, central asia, africa as well. and in china hopes that this should provi

symone sanders townsend, thank you.how, the weekend starting at 8 a.m. eastern. and that was way too early for this friday morning. morning joe kicks off right now. >> because here in america, we are once again a nation that believes in ourselves. we believe in our destiny and

homes in southern lebanon, are returning home off to the is really military partially withdrew from townsend villages on tuesday. many neighborhoods have been left unrecognizable by the scale of destruction leaving these government says it has the right to use all possible means to ensure the full withdrawal of israeli troops from the south. it cooled as well as prisons and 5 areas. an occupation may be fighting is taking place in the eastern democratic republic of congo as in $23.00 rebels and the allies advance in the provinces of north and south keeper. and because of the capital of south cuba, officials at one hospital say that treating thousands of patients with gunshot ones . there were ones, in fact, in 23 and allied forces, incense, bukasa on sunday, after taking the city of government and north cape 3 weeks ago, where you can just military says it has into the city in the atari region near the border with democratic republic of congo official side, the deployments to bonia has been agreed with the congolese army to carry out enjoyed operations in the area. nearly $5000.00 uganda and

the off to the is riley ministry, partially withdrew from townsend villages on choose day. many of the neighborhoods have been left on recognizable by the scale of destruction under the cease fire agreement as well is required to remove all its forces and babies has cooling, israel's presence in 5 areas don't keep patients. one of those displaced by the is ready bombing is mine offer, as she has now returned to her lebanese village of calf akita, or need to find her home in words at the table. doing is it when it gets mad that is the silver, the silver the will this and she'll have the yeah, so i'm and of the lift gate and then you will have the they to of the if guys agree that the law has a civil benita, how may i have to be a good welcome? no wish i don't remember the didn't have that and you boy the mission, the has them and i've been why i could love eserman suddenly see if there is this a little neck on those. i don't him nickel, mom the not the blow on the list that the but i know have have i feel i have this email? what do columbus update not be involved. look, does

what's happening in townsend? yeah, because heads of state, all the regional data is have got that in the end. so long to discuss the prices in the neighboring deal. see, meanwhile, the un human rights council over in geneva, we sold the 2 parties to the conflict trade fobs a demo, catching you for the democratic republic of the congo, calls for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry to examine the violations of human rights. committed in our country, we strongly reject the continued involvement of certain states in particular, lawanda in the logistical military and financial support to arms, groups operating on a territory. follow in the far off boma new evidence as a common light regarding an imminent large scale attack. again, so the one that consists of bucked coalition has distilled, filed a large number of weapons, the military recruitment, and the other one does border most of the in, oh, i don't to go my airport body of this. we cut a stadium in east and you all see sits yells, guy was

let's take a look of what's happening in the townsend it and because heads of states and other regional, he does have doubt that in does allow them to discuss a crisis in the neighboring p o. c. kenya has cooled an old policy to the conflict to agree on an immediate safe bar. we joined together in order to lead to the course to the parties, to discharge the conflict, to immediately fees or stay with these uptake, positive action to allow meaningful dialogue in the restoration of the building. specifically, was done to get that the call on or parties up to lives. the sci fi on specific, on, on the m, 23 to hold for the advancement the. i'm the process of d, f. c, to seize or retaliate. 3 mission quite a. this way he got a stage of a mason, tlc, a city of go law, a crowd gathered around minutes on p. m. 23 group. this was that 1st public meeting since the sergeant seized control of the area, then i'll play me without mocks towards the capital can shots fighting has been accompanied by some monetary in crisis. residents warning about disruptive food supplies to the reach. the you have to c

spots. kinshasa has repeatedly accused them of abuses, soldiers from law away south africa, and townsend their present as pontiff. it's southern african development community force, but we're in the close ally has supplied 821-0000 soldiers since october 23. to strengthen the d all seeds defenses. while the gun and military is deployed to combats, an armed group linked i sold that operates near its border. the eastern dmc is rich in minerals and for decades. conflict has been fueled by groups vying for control of the resources. the 202341 percent of the global supply of coal time, which is essential to the production of electronics came from the deal. c, on thousands of african leaders have been missing for the 2nd and final day of the african union summit in ethiopia, and fighting in the democratic republic of congo as well as all the conflicts have been among the issues being discussed. permit tests as well. i accidentally to say a lot has happened diplomatically in the last 24 hours. they are to be processed in the peace process. and the matter of when it comes to the company and the

so now returning to the north of townsend, i call them all those traveling palestinians was attacked on sunday. the sports they had tried was killed in this striking. the idea of confirmed its assault, saying it's fighter jets fired on a vehicle moving outside they agreed upon doing well with the cease fire, largely holding for knob and gals at the idea of how shifted focus to the west bank, which huge explosions. again, rocking to me the ongoing rates in the north of the city has seen the most demolition of homes with fort say at least one hospital was damaged to mean all these rails hard line finance minister has called on is leader to a start sovereignty over the west, by referring to the area by its historical name judea, and somewhere between which one would hold a great deal. is it state the complete victory and gaza, the destruction of mazda and the return of all our hostages, the strengthening of our security on all borders? this danger must be removed. we must strengthen our griffin sovereignty over the homeland and judea. in some areas we have such a small country and there

resolve the ongoing hostilities, 2000 leaders of african states convened at an emergency summit in townsend. there. they directed the ministry chase to come up with the pond to achieve both the temporary c spy and along the last in peace. can you also made a painful apologies to the conflict to sit down until we joined together in order to retreat of a course to the parties. the discharge of conflict immediately fees hostilities and take positive action to allow a meaningful dialogue in the restoration of the building. specifically, we've done to get that the call on or putting up to lice the seats by a specific cutting on the m 23 to hold for the advancement on the process of d. f. c. to seize or retaliate 3 mission, the concrete with reliance which is associated with them in $23.00 group says that the cover in crisis is not for war, nor rebellion or all but a constitutional resolution. we have from civilians in the region who say, well i read today is praying for peace. let this meeting lead to a concrete solution and finally bring us peace because we live in constant suffering. they've f

move be how we would retaliate to these measures because it has promised townsend measures. what we don't know at this point is what those measures will be. jessica, can you just explain for us what china could actually potentially do the important context is that there are a few tools that china has in its kids. if it wants to use them, those would include export control input controls, making it more challenging for us funds to do business. here in mainland china, the question is whether it wants to resort to those measures. the key detail is, of course, the broad a theme of the us china relationship in recent years has result revolves around this theme of retaliation. if we take just one example in the technology sector, well when the, when the by an administration announced restrictions on the export of say, for example, send me conductors, trying to responded very quickly with the further restrictions on things like critical minerals. so that retaliatory nature of the us, china relationship. if something we've all come to know and expect in recent years, the difference

thing was displaced from the original townsend villages before the beginning of the military and cogent for the 16 back in may. 2024. now the signed operation has come to an end on what we are expecting now that it is fairly comfortable drumming. just so child she'll have, will be now released from her most as custody to the how to be handed over to the awesome. now absolutely not clear about a fight. so those are now openings. adults only be kills. and now the one of these valley captives, well, completely, bro. to be handed over to the members of the i see i see. now we can see that john, sure home has been completely now. i imagine when the vehicles and we'll definitely move to the stage. because this has been one of the main protocol that the military ringal from us has been preparing to now use the bike to flight just from the shuttle unit. he looks, it looks a completely in a very good health condition. we ring a new d. a and uniform that has been handed over to him by the military wing of how much i know we just are standing in the middle of the stage surrounded by fighters with

gregor townsend's side. the ball, it goes behind you or across you, but today he was onto football ande — forest this season. arsenal who play tomorrow. but it's an extraordinary result for forest who last week, were hammered 5—0 by bournmouth. the players, their response on the pitch was those tries. where league leaders liverpool have beaten the in—form bournemouth 2—0 away to stretch their lead at the top of the table to 9 points. plenty of goals for nottingham forest — premier league victory. the win moves them level on points with second placed but it's an extraordinary result for forest who last but it's an e: theirdinary but it's an e: their response on the pitch was beyond our expectations. we were concerned, we wanted to put it right, because they weren't good enough and they were aware elsewhere, david moyes�* incredible turnaround at everton also deserves plenty of plaudits. his side beat strugglers leicester 4—0. the relegation battle at ipswich went the way of southampton. newcastle lost at home ot fulham. and in the late kick off wolves beat aston 2—0. well, no doubt marc

now the minute trimming of how much is officially townsend over this is where they come to a to the i see us see, this is a historic moment and the perspective of palestinians, this is one of the most viewed items in over operations that has been made since the implementation of b, c spots c o o, we can see that the boo spikes is, are returning back with the members of the international committee or direct costs to sign. the paypal of receiving a b is rarely comp since on this page that has been set by the military wing of how much that is marked by the promised premium slot. we sell such seems before in garza city that for flicks highest tons of preparation. i know that the members of the international committees of direct costs off taking a seat in order to assign the are receiving paper in which they're going to confirm that they have a hand this over and received the is rarely top to be seen at the moment is quite incredible for palestinians who are patiently won't change without competing, without any sort of overwhelming seems that had been observed before. the so what's a so im

meanwhile jag stands still as a statue, head against the trailer trying his best not to wake his buddy townsendod. jessica? >> jessica: california firefighters left a noted in the mailbox of a palisades resident telling them how they were able to save his home. tony returned home seeing his house was there. got the note. love it. very sweet. >> dana: it a sweet note. that's it for everyone. have a great night. >> bret: great show. thanks, dana. >> dana: thank you. >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. president trump moments ago signing a proclamation t

the democrat is a graduate of townsend university of maryland and served as a student member on the board of regents for the state university system. representative elfreth served several years in the maryland senate and wanted 22% primary for her new seat in congress. >> grew up in south jersey in a unit household. -- union household. my mother was a probation officer. those unions stepped up. my stepdad got hurt on the job. he was able to retire early, kept his benefits. it's important that i make sure that i am champion those issues. >> what took you to maryland? >> we had a deal in my family, you have to pay your way through school. i was fortunate enough to receive a scholarship to townson university. i got involved in student government. got appointed to the board of regents for the university system of maryland. just fell in love with the idea of public service. >> what is it about politics and public service? >> it's easy for me. getting things done and helping people. that's what gets me up every morning and makes me fight so hard for my district. we are in a unique position wher

. >> carley: we heard speaker townsend's optimistic prediction about the 2026 midterm elections. >> we going to defy history and we will grow the house majority in two years and not lose the majority. and i think everybody recognizes president trump needs for years and not two. they took the majority back they would try to impeach him, open the border why do, create all sorts of chaos. we have to win and we will. >> carley: meanwhile attorney general, pam bondi, as a message to leaders not cooperating with the trump agenda. listen. speak of the message is clear, i sued illinois first, chicago, first day, first day. i gave a strong warning, if you do not comply with the law, who are next thing guess who didn't listen? kathy hochul and they all got sued in new york. if you don't follow the law, you will be next. >> carley: elon musk making surprised drop-in alongside how the mla. >> this is a change for bureaucracy. >> carley: guys, president trump expected to speak at cpac tomorrow. >> todd: brooke singman, thank you. president trump making a major announcement at the white house with t

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. new overnight donald trump says he's revoking the security clearances of even more political opponents. attorney norm eisen is on that list and he is here to react. plus, congressman jamie raskin is at the table to debut his plan for americans to fight elon musk's doge chaos. and trump says he's firing the chair of the federal election commission, ellen weintraub. she says she's not going anywhere. she's going to join us later in the show. we have a packed two hours today, so grab your coffee, settle in. welcome to the weekend. >> without clear legal authority, donald trump is trying to downsize the federal government. tomorrow, millions of federal employees face a deadline to accept or decline a so-called deferred resignation offer. notice. i didn't say buyout. workers who quit have been promised pay until the end of september. it remains unclear if the trump administration can deliver on that promise without approval from congress. meanwhile, russell vowed to the project 2025 coauth

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. >> i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele here in washington, d.c. >> breaking overnight. >> three more israeli hostages just. >> released by hamas. >> they're already. >> reuniting with their families. >> also breaking ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. >> with a new warning about the. state of war. >> with russia. >> if american support were to end. >> then a judge deals another blow to donald trump's. >> mass firings. >> of federal employees. >> and new. details on the resignations of doj. officials as the department. >> moves to dismiss the case against new york. >> mayor eric adams. friends, grab your coffee. >> settle in. welcome to. >> a three hour. edition of the weekend. >> we begin with breaking news out of israel. three more hostages, including an american israeli, have been released by hamas early this morning. soggy. declan, sasha, alexander trufanov and yaya horn are beginning to reunite with their loved ones after more than 16 months in captivity. a dispute earlier this week between hamas and israel threatened to derail the ceasefire

you can catch me, symone sanders townsend and alicia menendez hosting the weekend this saturday and sunday at 8 a.m. eastern. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. >> good evening michael. >> working triple. >> time i see. >> no rest. >> no rest. >> for. >> the wicked. >> everybody's all in. >> all the time. >> i'm learning from the best. >> well. >> get some sleep. >> you got about five minutes. >> to sleep. >> before you're due. >> back here, michael. >> thank you. >> my friend. >> thank you. well done. >> and thanks to. >> you at. >> home. >> for joining us tonight. >> really happy to. >> have you. >> here on. >> a friday. >> night just. >> after. >> the election, three days. >> after the election. >> a right wing streaming network. >> started airing. >> a. six part. >> russian propaganda. >> special attacking the fbi. >> now, i say it was a russian. >> propaganda special because. >> specifically it was. >> made by a. >> producer who has. >> made a. >> living making propaganda for the kremlin. one of the producers, the guy who financed. >> and produced. >> this f

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele here in washington, d.c, breakinght. >> trump's retribution. >> tour begins as officials force out the heads of fbi field offices and prosecutors who. investigated january 6th rioters, also breaking a second federal judge, has temporarily blocked trump's federal aid freeze. marc elias explains what comes next and trump's first. round of tariffs set to go into effect today, hurting your bottom line in the process. illinois governor j.b. pritzker is here to respond. it is a big morning of big developing news. so grab your coffee. settle in. welcome to the weekend. >> breaking overnight, nbc news is reporting that trump officials have forced out all six of the fbi's most senior executives. >> multiple heads. >> of fbi field offices across the country, and about two dozen prosecutors who investigated capitol rioters. a letter to those fired. prosecutors said their removal was based on their role in the january 6th prosecutions. in a separate memo to the fbi workforce sent out friday night, the bureau's acting director tol

. >> i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. >> here in. >> washington, d.c. today. >> top trump. >> officials look. >> to. >> start ukraine-russia. >> peace talks. >> but ukraine's. >> president indicates he was. >> not invited. senator jack reed, ranking member of. >> the armed services committee, is here to discuss. then a bizarre post. >> from trump. >> suggesting he can't break the law if he's, quote. >> saving the country. >> we're going to get. >> reaction from mark. >> elias and the first. >> biden cabinet. >> member to. >> run for office. >> former interior. >> secretary deb haaland. >> joins our conversation. >> so grab your coffee. >> settle in. >> welcome to the weekend. >> inflation is up and donald trump's new tariff strategy could lead to higher costs. this weekend, the president posted online quote, we will consider countries that use the value added tax system, which is far more punitive than a tariff to be similar to that of a tariff. what? okay. value added taxes, y'all, is also known as vat. okay. you've seen that if you traveled overs

you can catch me, symone sanders townsend and alicia menendez hosting the weekend this saturday and sunday

sanders townsend and michael steele. breaking overnight. canada and mexico strike back america's closest trade partners retaliating after trump imposes. >> stiff tariffs. how it. >> impacts your. >> bottom line. plus, new details on the administration's purge at the fbi. the one official standing up to trump's loyalists. then democrats elect a new dnc chair. our own chris hayes is at the table to react. it is another busy sunday morning. >> so grab. >> your coffee. settle in. >> welcome to the weekend. >> with the stroke of a pen on saturday night, donald trump thrust the country into a possible trade war with its neighbors and risked higher prices on everyday goods for millions of americans. the president signed an executive order issuing a 25% tariff on goods coming into the u.s. from canada and mexico, as well as a 10% tariff on goods from china. the move has forced leaders of america's closest allies to issue stark warnings of what's to come. here's canadian prime minister justin trudeau. >> like the. >> american tariffs, our response w

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. >> i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. breaking overnight, donald trump fires the chairman of the joint chiefs. >> of staff. as conflicts simmer all around the globe. >> plus, elon musk's campaign of the mass firings. well, it is set to hit. the pentagon. >> and beyond. we'll talk to the head of. >> america's largest federal employee union. >> and the new dnc chair, ken. >> martin. >> is going. >> to tell us how. >> democrats plan to turn trump's. >> unpopular policies. >> into a winning message. so grab your coffee. settle in. welcome to the weekend. we begin with breaking. >> news overseas. hamas released five israeli hostages in exchange for 600 palestinian prisoners. this is our knowledge. our knowledge, now that we have, is that the six hostages hostage is set to be released later today. he was kidnaped while crossing the gaza border in 2014. today's release is the final exchange of the first phase of the israel-hamas ceasefire deal. negotiations over the second stage of the deal are expected to begin in the coming da

meanwhile jag stands still as a statue, head against the trailer trying his best not to wake his buddy townsend and let him sleep. it must past temperature bedtime. >> dana: oh. very good. jessica? >> jessica: california firefighters left a noted in the mailbox of a palisades resident telling them how they were able to save his home. tony returned home seeing his house was there. got the note. love it. very sweet. >> dana: it a sweet note. that's it for everyone. have a great night. >> bret: great show. thanks, dana. >> dana: thank you. >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. president trump moments ago signing a proclamation to reimpose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. the president saying there will be no exceptions or exemptions. we will have a report on that later in the show. my wide ranging interview with president trump moments away. but, first, here are some other stories making headlines at this hour. designated terror organization hamas says it will delay the further delay of hostages violating cease-fire deal. hamas officials say the resumption of hostage releases depends on

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. breaking overnight, donald trump's attempt to gut the federal workforce is on hold after a federal judge temporarily blocked efforts to fire some of the usaid workforce. also, breaking elon musk's doge loses its first course fight. connecticut attorney general william tong, one of the officials behind that legal battle, is here. and new this morning, trump is now trying to take away president biden's access to classified information. andrew weissman and mary mccord are at the table. so grab your coffee. settle in. welcome to the weekend. >> breaking this morning, part of donald trump's plan to gut the federal workforce is now on pause. a federal judge has temporarily blocked the effort to place thousands of staffers from the u.s. agency for international development on leave. that's usaid. the justice department tried to justify trump's gutting of the agency by saying the president, quote, decided there is corruption and fraud. but the judge noted no evidence of such fraud was provide

we will catch up with aaron ken non, michael townsend, and stephan slowinski following disappointingesults from alphabet. donald trump saying the united states should take control of the gaza strip. trump: i don't want to be cute, i don't want to be a wise guy that the riviere of the middle east, the u.s. will take over the gaza strip and we will do a job with it. we will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous, unexploded bombs and other weapons, that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area. jonathan: joining us from d.c., here is bloomberg's annmarie hordern. that one was unexpected. annmarie: unexpected, although trump has flirted with this idea last week and even earlier in the oval office but he was pretty serious and firm last night and that press conference saying this is his vision for the middle east and for gaza. it was unorthodox, way out of the box. some in israel who are looking well on this think it is a bold vision. what i would say this morning's adversaries will look at what the president of the u.s. said la

more deputies to come to protect the members and in particular i felt so much for the late arnold townsend who was one of my mentors and he was chair just a very arduous process. and then to have the elections committee commission rounded up by cynthia di to attack the redistricting members. there was no jurisdictional means to remove those on the redistricting task force for merely doing their job. someone who is entrusted with serving the public should be there to make peace, to build consensus and rather than create divisions through a personal agenda. thank you. >> are there any other members of the public who to provide public comment on this matter? >> are there no additional speakers? thank you c and no more speakers. >> public comment is now closed on this item. president mittleman thank you. chair walton i want to start by thanking ms. dai for for your service and your you're willingness to serve in a different capacity. i think we need to be grateful for anybody who's willing to give the kind of time that you have given and and our foolish enough to want to continue to give. >> i

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele.onald trump's attempt to gut the federal workforce is on hold after a federal judge temporarily blocked efforts to fire some ofhe

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. >> with us now, the co-host of the weekend on msnbc, symone sanders townsend, along with adrienne elrodlook back at 2017. >> after trump won. >> the first. >> time. >> there was a real organized effort among the grassroots. >> we had the women's march. >> people were marching. >> every weekend. people were really taking it to the streets. obviously, a little. >> bit. >> of a different scenario. >> this time around. people are. >> realizing that. >> you know, some. >> of. >> those tactics. >> didn't work or were not as effective. so people are really leaning on people in. >> the. >> party and. >> just people. >> who are opposing this sort of authoritarianism that we're seeing coming out of out of the trump administration. there is more of an effort to. make sure that we have. very tactical, strategic legal challenges. >> i'm actually working with an organization called democracy. >> forward, which is doing some of this, and they've had some successes. when it comes to some of the ways that the courts have put in place, including on usaid employees and on some of the doj's requirements to

we did that at townsend street and at second and howard but until we advanced some of that work we were carrying contingency both on schedule and on budget. so as the chair mentioned, things change, they change quickly and if you're not ready to seize those opportunities then you haven't prepared your project for success. so we are trying to prepare our project for success but do it in durable ways recognizing that it is still an aggressive schedule and there are many pathways here that could either lead to success or require an off ramp. but if we have to do those off ramps we we want to make sure that we have something to show for that that we have mobilized our contractors, our consultants to deliver a good that will last. we will have completed design. we will have completed a master cooperative agreement. we will have completed right of way negotiations. we have completed work that is necessary work to deliver this project. i think the region remains committed to this project. this project's been decades in the planning. it's been a century and the thinking it's just now at a very