top priority of the trump administration. republicans from across the ideological spectrum have expressed support for the panama canal move. we will see if there is any progress there, any action that congress can even take to empower the trump administration to look into negotiations on the panama canal. there has already been one proposed bill on that from representative dusty johnson of south dakota. whether that is needed, we will see. host: david is waiting in massachusetts. pittsfield, massachusetts. good morning. go ahead. caller: good morning. i just have a sure thing here, as far as his legislative agenda goes. i really believe, and i know -- i don't like to call him a president because his agenda is about him and him only. he is going to tear this country down if he is not impeached and the republican party disbanded, because they are the ones that put him there. that is all i have to say. have a good day. host: that is david. impeachment. what would it take in a completely republican-controlled house and senate for

there have been a variety of, well, just many actions taken by the trump administration so far that have resulted in legal challenges and some that have been successful that are still in progress. i just want to talk about one of them. the administration had argued for a temporary pause in funding while it examines spending practices. this was a statement from the former acting director of the office of management budget, matthew veith. i should say that we have now a current acting omb director, russ vought, who was confirmed on thursday night. but back in juary, what the omb was saying was in the interim, to the extent rmissible under appe law, federal agencies must temporarily pause al activitie related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance and oer relevant aactities that may be implicated by the executive orders. this temporaryprove the administration timto review e best uses othe funding fore those programs consistent with the law and the president's priorities. this created a lot of backlash. what is your take on the legality of this approach? well, it's

happy to see you. >> let's talk about san francisco right now and santa clara county suing the trump administration over its policy to try to punish sanctuary cities and basically withhold funds. is there a constitutional argument to that? >> so let's be clear. this happened in trump's first administration and san francisco sued and they won. the law is actually very clear that the federal government cannot compel state and local officials to do anything to execute federal law. so if san francisco wants to have a policy that says nobody can assist in the federal immigration efforts, that's a sanctuary city, this case from, you know, 1997 says they can't make you do it. now obviously you can't obstruct justice. you can't obstruct whatever the feds are doing, but you don't have to help. >> okay. so you think that once again, this lawsuit has some merit. how long do you think it will take it to go through the court system? >> well, in san francisco it shouldn't take very long. first, you've got a precedent that's right on point. second, you've got some friendly judges. we are a jurisdiction -- you kno

than 100 indian nationals who had entered the us illegally, so, obviously, something that the trump administrationeen to have from allies. and, you know, this all against the backdrop, administration, that he was very critical of india, saying it was the tariff king and that it had very unfair trade practices, and so you get the sense here that this is a delicate line that allies are trying to walk with this trump administration to ensure that they are on the right side of the playing field here with donald trump and that they feel that both sides have, you know, a mutual deal to give. i mean, iwonder, you know, courtney, i know that covering narendra modi and that us relationship, but what your sense is of how that's being of how much the power dynamics have shifted on the world stage, particularly because, you know, modi is treated as a rock star everywhere he goes, right? and we saw him in washington for a state dinner. they rolled out the red carpet there. you know, it wasjust an absolute spectacle, right? administration foreign policy on containing china, right? and here we are with, you know

the trump administration is telling them, well, trump is now demanding that you break that law. what are the people who work there supposed to do? you guessed it, quote, some agency employees are openly revolting, quote, an eeoc administrative judge emailed acting director lucas on monday, copying in most eeoc staff. the email said, quote, the tactics you are employing and the actions you are you have taken in lockstep with this new administration are illegal and unconstitutional. in a reference to trump's billionaire adviser elon musk, the judge wrote to lucas, quote, if upon reflection, you feel like now would be a good time to take a vacation and resign from your position, please reply all to this email and put i'd like to occupy mars in the subject line. in other words, you know, no, we're not doing these illegal things you are telling us to do. but also, while you're pondering that, why don't you resign and go to mars with elon? ta da! that's one way to do it. former eeoc officials tell the wall street journal in this reporting that they do expect soon to end up in court try

this year which accounts for about 34% of the state's budget. >>> a federal judge ordered the trump administration to halt its plans to put thousands of employees at usaid on administrative leave. the agency for the international development distributes aid to foreign countries. before the judge stepped in 2,200 employees were about to be fired or placed on indefinite leave tonight. >>> we have now learned the identities of two men killed during this week's storm. the body of 61-year-old john radecke was found. authorities recovered the other man's body in santa rosa the next day. >>> though the rain has moved on, there is a big mess in the north bay. our chopper was over those flooded fields in sonoma county earlier today. there are still plenty of downed trees and power lines all around the north bay. we spotted pg&e crews working after a tree fell on south wright road in santa rosa. >>> let's check in with paul. the rain has gone. i went outside this afternoon. it was cold. >> it was chilly. it's going to be cold tonight but still within 6 or 7 degrees of normal for this time of year and the ra

a new report reveals that in less than three weeks since trump administration, the trump administrationres within the president's inner circle. one self-described ride or die maga republican operative who knows president trump personally confided to wired something they claim they never thought they'd find themselves saying just weeks into trump's second term. this is a quote. they say there could be a collision course coming here at some point. when asked about if there's a brewing freakout over musk and trump world quote, he's getting too big for his britches. joining us now, the author of that report, politics reporter, covering president trump and wired contributor jake. jake, this is a really fascinating look inside the trump white house. you spoke to half a dozen trump loyalists, republican aides and advisers inside and around the administration. i think many of them, even though they say they're shocked to be saying this, the rift almost seemed inevitable. but how much of a rift actually is it? and what is the sense behind the scenes? >> so i. >> still don't have a clear sense of

in the first administration, there were their trump administration. there were tariffs on things from china, but there were exemptions. donald trump entertained ceos. and then if he was impressed, he would give an exemption for those products. at this point, everything looks like it's across the board except for oil from canada, which will be taxed at 10% instead of 25%. but now what happens next? how long does it take for the consumer to feel these these higher prices? i will say one thing washing machines is a good example. in the first trump administration, he put taxes on washing machines from mexico, i believe, and washing machine prices for domestic and imported washing machines all went up. so prices went up. when you put tariffs and any place in the supply chain. >> given what you know about this industry, though, last quick question. when donald trump says i want everything to be manufactured in the united states. now, that's the goal here, along with trying to curb fentanyl coming in and the illegal immigration, the issues that he's tacking

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that was the 1st sign that was not dictated by the trump administration. we have nothing to do with it. so now we're working within that rubric and we're figuring things out we were able to get to the right place on phase one. we're hopeful we'll get to the right place on phase 2. and what me and the national security advisor are identify which by the way, president trump identified is that phase 3, the reconstruction can't, is not going to go with the way that agreement talks about which is a 5 year program. it's physically impossible. and so what we're trying to do is be transparent to these people. if you go to gaza today, i was there, i witnessed that you see people going there picking up a tent and literally in some circumstances, turning right around again because there is nothing left there. that's bringing knowledge. a 0 is patty go hand in washington dc. patty, the special envoy with cough, setting the tone of the meeting there. what can we expect from donald trump and that you know when they meet later at the white house, we've already had the pr

trump. and you know, so there's an interpersonal that he forged through his first administration. and you saw that up close and personal, courtney. and that namaste trump trip. how do you think that will influence their negotiations next week when modi is here for these three days? that's why you're seeing all of these foreign leaders sort to come to washington and get in a room with him. right? it's it's about convincing him of your worldview, you know, convincing him that, you know, whatever their agenda or motives are make sense within, you know, donald trump's foreign policy view. ministerjump at the chance to come here as soon as possible. um, and really lean into that, that bromance. at the the inauguration in the capital. um, jaishankarand he said at the time, after coming back, that he sees donald trump as an american nationalist, are so close and probably because of that relationship as you're describing. but, you know, a broader view in the region as this threat and could be hit by these tariffs as well. so there are concerns about, obviously, the specific economic intere

>> lawsuit filed against trump administration. local attorneys or heart rate. they won the first time going up against the trump administration for their confidence will win again. national guard helping keep president safe in the north bay. how the cleanup is going after this week's storms. final straw for environmentalists, president trump's plan sign executive order bringing back last august. >> thanks for joining us here on kron for just involvement today. the city of san francisco joined forces with santa clara county officials announcing they will not be bullied by the justice department to kron four's. terisa stasko joins us now from our news room with more details on this it just staying in everyone. a san francisco along with santa clara's legal team saying that the law is on their side and they are going to fight back. >> no one is interfering with the federal government's ability to do their job. standing up san francisco officials taking on the united states department of justice friday after the trump administration threatened to withhold funds fro

do you have any idea what their mission is going to look like the same as the first trump administration going to help to secure the border. >> i mean, president trump has made it clear in mexico mexico has to help, you know. guarding their southern northern borders keeps mexico safe too, but the president been clear that border is going to be secured partnership with mexico is very important and having their people on the northern border along with you know what he sent to the southern border along the border. it means a more secure border. we know the death threats and the violent threats being made by the cartels will be diminished with the presence of our military, our border to mexican military. it only makes sense. it helps secure the border and helps protect our officers and agents. pardon the pentagon. chaser. go away. >> on thursday caroline lebed addressed questions on continuity of humanitarian aid, the state employee and federal buyout and proposals.

people have been taken into custody in the roughly three weeks since president trump's inauguration, but an administrationial says that i.c.e. is, quote, way behind. cnn's phil mattingly and priscilla alvarez joins us now. so a lot to sort through, including this call trump made today with the president of panama following his threats over the panama canal. phil, you recently traveled there. um, we're going to get to that moment. here's some of that video from when you traveled there. but, priscilla, i want to go to you first. what more are you learning about these conversations going on in the administration about this? >> so the state of play here is that right now they're arresting over 900 people, including 1000 a day. that is above where the biden administration was in the last year, which is around 300. so clearly, they have >> that is what i'm also hearing from sources. ice has limited resources. yes, they've been able to pull in all parts of federal government to help with the arrests in the interior of the united states, but it is still not enough. >> and often when you hear from tom homan is tha

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and the trump administration had not gotten around to replacing him. it was not until a press conference about the plane crash that the president announced that he had decided to get around to naming an acting director of the faa. still, though, that same day, after the plane crash, the white house sent out another email message to air traffic controllers and faa staff and ntsb staff and all the rest, again reiterating that they should resign their job, telling them that their jobs working for the american people, working for the federal government. those are, quote, low productivity jobs. and they should get out and go work in the private sector, because that's where the real high productivity jobs are. now, to be clear, the white house was not saying, listen, we need you out of here because we've got people who are better than you, who are all trained and ready to take your job as air traffic controllers and faa staff. they're not telling them, we've got somebody to replace you with. they're just telling the people who do work there, who do work at t

going to keep a lot of lawyers busy, jake. >> look, the success. >> of the failure of the trump administration, at least in the first year or two, will depend in large part on the fate of all of this litigation. trump is moving very hard, very fast. the position they've taken is we are going to do whatever we want, and we will see if the. >> courts stop us. >> so that is the question. i think what we're going to see in all of the cases you mentioned, jake, is we are going to see the administration probably meet with defeat in a lot of the lower courts. so far, the plaintiffs who have sued, they have chosen their forums wisely, strategically, they've gotten orders telling trump to cut it out. but of course, they are not the final say in this. and i think all of these cases birthright citizenship, a freeze on federal spending, other challenges to administrative actions are going to work their way up, in all likelihood, ultimately to land on the doorstep of the supreme court of the united states. >> elise pam bondi, the new attorney general, sailed through confirmation 54 to 40 something, 4546 no

it has been perhaps the most significant day of court action for the second trump administration so far. amna: multiple judges have temporarily blocked efforts by president trump to dramatically gut the federal government hurried more lawsuits are yet to come. lower burrell lopez has this to report. >> a federal judge paused a takeover by billionaire elon musk and his team. blocking access for now from a sensitive treasury department payment system. that system holds personal information on millions of americans. from social security numbers to bank account details. a group of unions are you the agency was illegally sharing information with elon musk's team, known as the department of government efficiency. also today, an effort to purge the government of federal workers has been paused until monday by a federal judge in massachusetts. in an unprecedented move, his team directly emailed 2 million civilian federal workers urging them to take a deferred resignation offer by midnight tonight, promising pay through september. unions representing workers who sued warned of a dangerous one to

they certainly were in the first trump administration and will be even more so in the second trump administration. [applause] now in his first term president trump advanced religious freedom in foreign policy. in china, across africa and the middle east, the first trump administration took critical steps to protect the rights of the faithful while by rescuing pastors persecuted by foreign regimes or bringing relief to faith communities facing genocidal terror from isis and president trump's term brought a high water mark for religious americans and defended religious liberty and combatanty semitism and conscious rights. and remove barriers for religious organizations and businesses to contract with the federal government. you shouldn't have to leave your faith at the door of your people's government and under president trump's leadership you won't have to. . . we are only in the third week of his second term but i think it's safe to say we have accomplished maybe more in the last two weeks than a lot of administrations have in a few years. but this administration is intent on not just restoring b

and this is the 2nd one during the trump administration now. and it was very different because the group was welcomed by people from the human rights ministry by healthy regions of, by people that had set up small chips that had tooth brushes, samples, everything that a person needs when they arrive at a place. and they don't have their belongings, some of them left the united states was nothing but a plastic bag. others do have the means and were received here by their families. and the reason what, what changed this time because there has been the presentations before. would change was that in the previous one, the one last january, the 1st one during trumps administration. since there was this whole wave of, of branding and documented migraines as criminals. and then there were the scenes of these 1st deputies arriving 10 tufts and shackles. it costs a very strong impact and, and an outrage among brazilians were not people are here, are not used to seeing the prisoners this way and these aren't prisoners. that is what the minute what lula pr

the trump administration can appeal this decision. donde recibimos secretary of state rubio, now overseeing the foreignid agency, says the administration is trying to put an end to wasteful spending. we're not trying to be disruptive to people's personal lives. we're not. this is we're not trying. we're not being punitive here. but this is the only way we've been able to get cooperation. we spend less than half of 1% on foreign aid. the fbi agents who investigated the january 6th riot won a legal round. the government agreed not to publicly name the men and women involved in thousands of cases. the justice department had said it had no plans to release the names to the public. the acting fbi director says agents who investigated january 6th won't be fired for following orders. but at a news conference this afternoon, president trump said some of those investigators must go. i'll fire some of them because some of them were corrupt, i have no doubt about that. president trump, facing pushback as the reality of his second term sets in. th

of federal workers under pressure to take buyouts, the growing nationwide protests as the trump administration races to shrink the federal workforce now saying 60,000 government employees have taken the offer to leave. all of it as serious questions emerge about elon musk and his doge allies' efforts to access sensitive data. >>> the winter storm wreaking havoc, whiteout conditions in the midwest, a tornado touched down in kentucky as west virginia's capital floods. thousands of flights delayed, plus the coming storms ahead. al roker tracks it all for us. >>> also tonight, washington reagan airport scaling back flights after that deadly midair collision. that black hawk involved hoisted today from the icy potomac. >>> the flu explosion, one of the worst seasons in years, leaving classes empty and schools closed. >>> the warning about addiction to nitrous oxide, known as whippits, the popular flavored gas that's easily available. one woman's stark warning after she had to relearn how to walk. >>> our bird's eye view above bourbon street, the epic effort to secure the super bowl after the deadly

and what does the current trump administration's relationship with them look like?st: it's a really good question because it's one of the most complicated issues before the trump administration. obviously, the main countries of deportation, we have a well oiled machine with them. mexico, guatemala, some countries in south america to ecuador and honduras. the big problem is venezuela. that regime has not been in good relations with washington for at least a decade or so and categorically refuses to take its citizens back. it's a really big problem because, especially in the last few years, we are not seeing regular venezuelan refugees. we have seen in that flow, a relatively small but significant number of gang members. those people, i don't want to downplay it, they are genuinely pretty dangerous people. a lot of them have been arrested or are in jail in the u.s. but, we have nowhere to put those people. if you have that person, we can't deport them even the we want to. they have to make the tough decision of holding somebody indefinitely in jail in a precious deten

. >> the trump administration looks to shrink. the federal government. plus, right now, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is. meeting with top republicans on the hill after. >> he backs. >> president trump's. proposal to, quote. >> take over gaza. >> we're following. >> the. >> very latest. >> and what. >> caused the. >> wildfires last month in southern california. one utility now says it may be to blame for at least one fire, and possibly more. >> we're following. >> these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central right now. >> federal workers. >> are bracing for what. >> could be a. >> life altering decision. they have. >> just hours. >> left, midnight tonight, to decide whether to accept the trump administration's offer to resign from their jobs while still getting paid, allegedly for several months. we're told. >> at least 50,000. >> people, about 2.5% of the federal workforce has accepted the so-called buyout, but that's far short of the white house's target, which is aiming for 5 to 10%. so this is

both trump. >> and his. >> administration make sure that we're.ave to win every. >> single battle. but we do need to win. >> the war. >> and what i mean by that is we have to give people a. sense of who they are. and this. >> is really. >> a question of which side are they on, which side are we on? right. and the contrast is very clear. the trump administration and his billionaire cabinet is. >> on the side. >> of. >> the robber barons. this this current. crop of robber barons, which are trying to profit off the backs of hard working men and women in this country. i know whose sides i'm on. i know whose side the democratic party is on. and we're on the side of hard working men and women who just want. the country to not forget about them, to make sure that we are. center in their lives, and focusing again on making the american dream real for all americans. you know, this this group of people. that now control this government are doing everything they can to set. >> this up. >> so that. >> rich people and. >> corporations in this company can make.

“mm trump administration? also the trump administration?ike 7 for th places like 7 for example.r.ike 7 for example.rso what mexico, for example. so what strategy do you expect from the seems to very much be a strike seems to very much be a continuation of things that were already in place from the biden there biden administration. there seems to been a lot of seems to have been a lot of operational preparation that operational. oreoaration that executed, essentially, in was eaecoted. essentiatty. in... e . ,, . strikes was execoted. essentially. inrrr ~ , ~ , strikes today. so this the strikes today. so this may reflect, in more of the reflect, in fact, more of the biden administration's counter terrorism approach to somalia than a new trump policy towards somalia. i think that this will be a second �* priority for be a second tier priority for the trump administration. it has so many security has so many national security that it has so many national security thatitis has so many national security that it is focused on. issues that it is f

the trump administration's unprecedented removal of several top fbi officials and prosecutors who broughtfederal charges against president trump or investigated the january 6th rioters, is stoking new fears that the president will further follow through on his threats of retribution. joining us now is washington post democracy reporter sarah allison. sarah, you have this new article out in the post where you spoke to more than two dozen trump critics, and they talked about ways they're trying to protect themselves and their families, should they become the target of this administration. what did they tell you? what really stands out from those conversations? well, thank you for. >> having me first. >> these are people. >> some of whom are not. >> trump critics at all. >> we spoke to people who are. >> election officials who. >> were just. administering elections in their county. >> or in their state. and but what they told. >> us, and we. >> were talking to them even. before some of the actions. >> that. >> you mentioned. >> had been implemented. >> these are people who have been afraid o

this has been a great discussion covered basically all of apple's history but new trump administration coming in, by the way, as mentioned, extremely important to china's aspirations around chips and artificial intelligence. as you know. are we likely see the administration doubling on trying to totally handicap huawei is it could be part of some great bargain you know what what can we think about how do we think about huawei in the next year? hammer well, i think i think what we've seen so far is president trump has named a number. notable security hawks to administration. and so from that sense, i think. his administration is going to take a very tough line on, china, on security issues, including huawei in general. that being said, think one of the lessons of the first trump administration is that he he is willing to trade off some issues for others as he's looking for his deal or grand bargain. you will. and so and there's not always complete ideological consistency across. all his moves in there, he's okay that so i think most likely what we'll see is tougher policies towards huaw

-- last trump administration reversing obama rules so hopefully the senate and the house they already hit the ground run to go get rid of biden rules over the coming months. what are the relevant rules, what can kind of impact can it have. it's great to be back here and thank you very much for organizing this event. i think it's an important event to hold at this moment because i remember being in your shoes in 2017 when the cra was kind of a -- not new statute but statute for a long time. resolutions back in 2017 so i think it's great to be part, great youth and your bosses to t understanding of how this works. so if you weren't here in 2017 it cra statute and gives congress more oversight and requires submitting final rules and government accountability office before the rules can take effect and, in fact, actually back before 2017 there is a question that a bunch of agencies forgot that part of the process so there was a question actually if the rules can go much further back because a lot of them hadad never

and i say that not as a huge fan of tariffs but a vigorous trade agenda from the previous trump administration led to the usmca and led to a trade agreement with kenya which was pretty much ready to go and nothing was done by the biden administration. in fact the biden administration said we'll talk to to the biden administration but not tariffs but it is a agoa and i'm bewildered by the fact that so little was done but more specifically we didn't engage more with kenya on a continent that i think provides huge promise for what our needs are economically and what the opportunities can be across the continent of africa and aren't dependent on our trade partners as we have become. >> in terms of opportunities, i mean it doesn't seem like there is much talk of expanding our exports right now. and nebraska, your district, agricultural trade is a key component. would you like to see more of a focus on that? sphend this out, the trade war, a lot of the way this may play out, might be going the other direction? mr.smith: it is a concern and former committee chairman kevin brady was quick to say about

the federal judge has blocked most trump administration officials from accessing treasury records. the playbook here seems to be for the trump team to kind of move fast and get in before the courts can stop them. >> i think you're absolutely right. i mean, doge particularly raises so many questions about what elon musk's real authority is, what type of sensitive information he has access to. federal judge said in his ruling that by handing over treasury's payment and data systems to musk's team, there was a possibility of doing irreparable harm, which is really strong language and, you know, just practically giving basically full access to the federal government data to aides who work for musk really should raise alarm bells. but i think you're right. i mean, musk is sort of going in there quick, try to attack. right. flood the zone very, very fast. and essentially, you know, democrats are going to have to rely on the court system to block this, which tends to be quite slow. >> are you getting any sense that there might be opposition brewing from any republicans to what musk is doin

so yes, it's, i should stress that this isn't, i mean, deportations didn't start with this trump administration. there have been thousands of resilience deported before during the previous administrations as well. but what they were saying is that this administration has branded on documented by grants of races this criminals. so that is what is that was what caused the outrage. because if you brand and then documented my friend as a criminal and you and the people see him on television and shackle handcuffed and shackles that causes you know, that it seems like you're, you're saying that that's true. and the truth says that the people that came here, they weren't a criminals, they were just many of them were businessman or small businesses, or just people trying to make a better future. so what the brazilian government is doing is setting up a whole task for it, let's say to welcome migrants which they think that will be more and more in the coming months. all right, so i'm going to give you an idea of live for us that from below his on to in brazil, monica, thank you. what time for so break h

the argument from the trump administration as you well know i think that any administration and presidentthe way we are non—partisan of course — because of the union and the workforce. any administration has the right to look at programmes and see which ones are more in line with their view of the world, and that is to be expected, but this is sort of unprecedented. this is a wholesale stoppage of what usaid is doing around since 1961. i think that is an absolutely unprecedented, and what we are seeing. i have never seen it before, and i don't think any of my colleagues have either. when you speak to your colleagues and the people are they saying they already crisis zones? kind of what your reporter just talked about — all the things that are done. usaid is the premier development humanitarian assistance, life—saving medicine, are so many implications. i don't think we even know all of them yet. you lose a huge amount of expertise, you lose with the continuation of these vital services. it is pretty bad. itjust is. president trump's pick for head of the office of management financial prot

a usjudge orders a limited on certain steps by the trump administration to dismantle the world's largest aid organisation. dozens of countries, including some of america's closest allies, condemn donald trump's decision to impose sanctions on the international criminal court. the uk government demands the technology giant apple give security services access to users�* encrypted data. hello, i'm helena humphrey. the us's role in foreign aid assistance, with prior moves already upending humanitarian programs around the world. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, has more on both these developments. set up by president kennedy in 1961. but it's long been criticised, especially by republicans who claim it's mismanaged. of his campaign promise to save public money. when you look at usaid, that's a fraud, the whole thing is a fraud. very little being put to good use. and transactions, is either corrupt or ridiculous. the agency signs are being removed from its offices. of all us government spending. however, donald trump considers many of the projects out of line with his policy agend

the first is the trump administration's revoking of the order to allow transgender troops to serve in the u.s. military. tell us about how many people that would affect as far as active-duty and reserve and what impact that might have. guest: it is my understanding it affects about 10,000 servicemen and women. and again, we had people who are willing to put their life on the line for this country, who are willing to put themselves in harm's way to defend the values of equality for all, for everyone. and the transgender members serve with valor, they serve with distinction, they serve with honor and bravery. and to just unilaterally wholesale dismiss them is disrespectful to our men and women in the military, all who serve. to say that you can be summarily discharged from our military service even though you have served with exemplary honor, just because the president does not like a characteristic has nothing to do with the quality of your service. it is just disrespectful to everyone who serves and it is really unfortunate we don't have enough people wanting to serve our country in t

. >> well, the trump administration is also targeting u.s. aid. america's agency for international development. and now elon musk says donald trump agrees that it needs to be shut down. >> this comes after a flurry of speculation that the white house meant to fold the independent federal agency into the state department, even though democratic lawmakers say they have no legal authority to do so. cnn's alex marquardt has the story. >> on saturday, personnel from doge, the department of government efficiency, which was created by elon musk, essentially tried to barge into the headquarters of the u.s. government's aid agency, usaid. at first, they weren't allowed in, and they threatened to call the u.s. marshals service to force usaid to let them in. sources tell cnn that the team from doge wanted access to security systems, personnel files, and areas where classified information is held. a reminder that you need a security clearance to access areas and information like that. now, eventually, the doge team did gain access, and cnn learned on sunday th

we have seen multiple federal judges temporarily at least pause some of the trump administration's most controversial actions. are the federal courts. the only real way to stop trump's dismantling of the government? >> well, i think. >> public opinion also matters. for example, with. >> the funding freeze. >> if you remember. >> there was. >> a salutation. >> from omb, the office of management and budget that had to be pulled back because of public outcry, because. >> all of a sudden people realized the programs they cared about that affected their lives in red states. >> and. >> blue states. >> were going to. be frozen. >> and all of a sudden really important lifelines to communities all. >> over america were. >> frozen and threatened. and the pushback and the playback. >> from the. >> public was so great. that within 48. >> hours that had to be rescinded. >> so public. >> opinion matters. and the. >> public did. >> not give trump a mandate to dismantle the. >> whole chunks of the federal. >> government gave him a. mandate to, you. >> know, kick the. >> tires. >> check the. >> dipstick

so i want people to understand their power to shape public sentiment and not only are the trump administration's actions ludicrous, they are harming people. so, this example in california, donald trump ordered the army corps of engineers to release a whole bunch of water from these dams. when no one needed it. so over two billion gallons of water have now been wasted in l can. thwart from northern california isn't even going down to southern california, it's largely going to evaporate. farmers don't need it. congressman valadao is going to have to answer to his farmers when in the summer months they need water and they don't have enough. those are the harmful action this was administration and i want people to understand that pushing back gets this administration to fold. mr. aguilar: thank you. questions? ryan. reporter: mr. leader, the republicans just accused democrats of being willing to shut down the government if they don't get their way in terms of these negotiations and pushback on donald trump. you mentioned the legislative component of your plan to push back against trump. how far is y