chairman of that committee who raised concerns, so i talk about this because the grip of the trump white house is so strong, and we know there are still detractors within the house and senate, particularly the house, when it comes to support for president trump, mitch mcconnell, thom tillis and others, but we are not seen -- susan collins and lisa murkowski, but we are not seeing them flex their muscles too much because of the wrath from the trump white house. the current nomination process shows elections matter, in order for the small group of republicans to band democrats and tank a trump nominee, it would take four publicans to oppose, a huge number when you talk about the senate. i talk about why elections matter because they were close senate races the last cycle. for example, pennsylvania, if bob casey beat mccormick, a race determined by .2%, this would be an entirely different ballgame. i think this is showing the grip on the trump white house is strong, but the margins in these two chambers is the ballgame. host: we talked about the fear of being primary to have lawmakers mentioned a

the four white house chiefs of staff and donald trump's first white house didn't allow the biggest data breach in the world at the united states treasury and at the centers for medicare and medicaid and social security. donald trump's new white house chief of staff, siouxsie wiles, was profiled as the adult in the room in trump world. the washington press corps cannot let go of the idea that there will be an adult in the room with donald trump, who makes sure that the bad stuff doesn't happen. it has never been true, but the washington press corps clings to that idea. and so far, the new white house chief of staff is the weakest white house chief of staff in the history of donald trump, white house chiefs of staff. she is having the worst start of any trump white house chief of staff in the pre-trump era of american government. a treasury secretary would be impeached and removed from office for giving the richest person in the world the keys to the treasury. but the republicans in the house of representatives controlling the impeachment process. and so everyone in the trump administrati

mark fogle, wrongfully detained in russia but russia just released mark after talks with the trump white house. coming up president trump is now saying about a possible peace deal between russia and ukraine. what he's getting in a new deal with ukraine in return for america, giving at least 175 billion bucks in military aid to ukraine. also we have this story for you. >> we ran a presidential election. if we would plan a superbowl we started our seventh string quarterback. we have not had an inspirational presidential candidate since 2012. liz: that was top democrat james carvelle calling his party for being increasingly out of touch with america and also slamming democrats for circling the wagons to protect government waste and corruption. so are david axlerod and ram emmanuel. joe concha is here with his take on why this is no longer the democrat party. it is an extremist radical far left party plus this years superbowl commercials pretty wild but one type of super bowl commercial that took off under joe biden but went mia, awol, didn't see it. can you guess which commercial was not there an

trump white house itself is labeling misinformation. around the same time that vance was saying that the trump white house announced that it is barring reporters from the associated press, one of the biggest news outlets in the world, from the oval office and from air force one indefinitely. the reason for this, associated press editors are not abiding by the president's renaming the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. the u.s. is the only country calling this body of water the gulf of america, and the ap has read all over the world. so its editors say they're going to use the name gulf of mexico, while also acknowledging trump's renaming. this move by the white house is questionably is questionable. legally, it may fall under rules preventing the white house from engaging in, quote, viewpoint discrimination. but beyond that, it's without question this move to ban the ap from the oval and air force one. without question, this is contrary to freedom of speech. this is the most powerful people in the world punishing a legitimate, import

are behind the scenes conversations, but there's also a desire not to try to play into the trump white house's hands here, not to take the proverbial bait. if the trump white house wants the journalists to seem like the enemy, to seem like the opposition, it's important to show that we're just trying to be observers. after all, the ap didn't go looking for this fight. they're just trying to report the news. and the news right now is that trump has renamed the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america in the united states, but mexico doesn't recognize that. other countries don't recognize that. so because the ap is a global news outlet, it needs to report the news fully. and that's why it is including in its stories, the gulf of mexico name, as well as the acknowledgment about trump's executive order. this stuff is nuanced. and by the way, other news outlets are doing the same thing. other global news outlets are still referring to the gulf of mexico. which raises a question is the trump white house going to take action against other news outlets as well? for the moment, it's just the ap. >> all ri

federal prosecutors in new york officials allege even more corruption by both the mayor and the trump white house. henry rosoff has more. >> a rallying outside city hall immigrant advocates and lawmakers say mayor eoic adams has sold them out by cooperating with the trump white house on mass deportation in exchange for his federal corruption case being dropped. is a moment of serious crisis for new york city. the mayor is so deeply compromised. mayor adams has now agreed to let ice agents on rikers island and into nypd intelligence briefings. it came just days after a justice department memo that ordered his case be dismissed. but with the possibility it could be brought back acting u.s. attorney daniel sassoon resigned thursday night saying this all appears to be part of a quid pro quo. she alleges adams attorney repeatedly promised cooperation on immigration in exchange for the trump justice department. moving to make the charges go away. then a wave of additional federal prosecutors also resigned, all refusing to dismiss the case against adams, which they described as solid appearing friday mo

federal prosecutors new york officials allege even more corruption by both the mayor and the trump white house. henry rosoff has more. >> a rallying outside city hall immigrant advocates and lawmakers say mayor eric adams has sold them out by cooperating with the trump white house on mass deportation in exchange for his federal corruption case being dropped. is a moment of serious crisis for new york city. the mayor is so deeply compromised. mayor adams has now agreed to let ice agents on rikers island and into nypd intelligence briefings. it came just days after a justice department memo that ordered his case be dismissed. but with the possibility it could be brought back acting u.s. attorney daniel sassoon resigned thursday night saying this all appears to be part of a quid pro quo. she alleges adams attorney repeatedly promised cooperation on immigration in exchange for the trump justice department. moving to make the charges go away. then a wave of additional federal prosecutors also resigned, all refusing to dismiss the case against adams, which they described as solid appearing friday mo

is trying to make a point, that china can dig in, too, and won't back down from president trump. >> the white house is the new tariffs are because of the deadly drugs pouring into the u.s. >> that was the reason for the tariff. president trump thing he will speak with china's president but gave no timeline. >> i'll speak to him at the appropriate time. >> after speaking yesterday with the leaders of canada and mexico, he paused the 25% tariffs he announced for those countries but for china, the tariffs are in effect and likely to be felt by almost all americans, china, responsible for one third of the active ingredients in medicine sold in the u.s. and domant and personal electronics accounting for 70% of smart phone even mor for expensive. t phone even mor >> reporter: many small business owners like sharell mosey are left struggling with uncertainty as s, and 87% of videogame consoles sold in the u.s. >> it's going to make it even more expensive. >> tonight many small business owners like cheryl mosley, who imports handbags from china are left struggling with uncertainty as well. >> added tariffs

dividing government for ukraine have gone that side of the suspension of for an aide by the trump white house has officials worried in keys. one person is confirmed and bad enough to for others injured in the russian capital by an explosion inside an elite residential complex in the northwest of moscow. and despite destroying most of gaza and internally displaced, thing is people is really prime minister punches to keep pushing. the palestinians as the heads are tossed with his allies, us president trump our decisions and the courage of our soldiers redrawn the map. but i believe that working closely with president trump, which and redrawn even further and for the better the we are watching our to international live in moscow. i'm rachel room over covering the top new stories from around the worlds as questions grow over where us taxpayer money is going head of the newly established department of government efficiency. eli mosque says the us agency of international development must be shut down because it's impossible to fix. the president shutting down here is uh the, the, the, the, the reas

geoff: the trump white house indefinitely banned the associated press from the oval office and air forcene for refusing to accept the renaming the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america. the ap makes the point that other countries don't recognize the change. the associated press has customers all around the world so it uses the term gulf of mexico. i will draw on your experience, as former president of the white house correspondents foundation, because the associated press is foundational to white house coverage. unwrapped that for us and give us a sense of the implications. >> the ap is at the core of the pool, the group of reporters that have been following the president around wherever the president goes, going back to fdr. the white house, by going after ap for an editorial choice, is going directly at the first amendment, going directly at the freedom of the press. it is not coincidental that they are going after ap. ap is influential. they are also kind of straight down the line. they are not a partisan news outlet in any way. they have the ap style guide that is used as a basis for

white house correspondent peter doocy. you want radical change, it is afoot. >> everybody here at the trump white house knows the democrats are really upset about elon musk's effort to trim down federal spending. but it has not affected his standing here one bit. >> the president is 100% serious about deficit reduction. it's one reason why elon is on the team and we've been overwhelmed with the positive response of elon's efforts. elon is the hardest working guy i've ever seen. >> the principle deputy press secretary at the white house democrats have no plan how to recover from their embarrassing loss and it shows. instead of working to party that focuses on the will of the people they are hell bent on keeping heads in the sand and gas lighting on the widely supported mission of doge. slashing waste, fraud and abuse and becoming better stewards of the american taxpayers might be a crime to democrats but not a crime in a court of law. the plan is to cut the 10,000-person usaid workforce down to 294 people. the president is also looking outside of government at all ngos that get federal money. all being reviewed under a new

trump's return. and jake, the white house is now walking back. president trump's proposal for the permanent displacement of palestinians, saying that it would only be temporary. but his comments have already rippled through this region and will surely have an impact on what we expected to start this week. and that was the resumption of negotiations between israel and hamas to extend the current cease fire. still no clarity amid this hubbub about the israeli prime minister's position and whether or not he will actually push to extend the six week ceasefire. jake. >> all right. jeremy diamond in tel aviv for us. thanks so much. let's bring in some expert voices. voices on this. jamal, let me start with you. you served in the george w bush administration as associate counsel to the president. so most of the 2 million people living in gaza would not want to leave. i think that's fair to say. if trump or someone were to try to forcefully remove them, is there anyone who could or would stop them, and would that even be legal under international law? >>

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levesque ramaswamy and white house press secretary karoline leavitt will join a straight ahead. it was a big day at the white house. every day is a big day at the trump white house. a flurry of activity from the trump administration is unlike anything we've ever seen. nothing but shock and all in the media melting down. democrats melting down which makes it fun. we were witnessing what is a transformational presidency in the making according to donald trump. border crossings now down 93% and he's only getting started. in just the past 24 hours, mexico caved in the face-off of trump's tariff threats. agreeing to send it 10,000 members of mexico's national guard to secure their side of the border. crackdown on fentanyl and smuggling. canada also caving, little justin agreeing to list mexican cartels as terrorist organizations, appointing a fentanyl czar and participating in a joint strike force to combat crime at our northern border to becoming bigger and bigger every day. keep in mind along the border in our north, vermont, new hampshire, new york, border patrol agents apprehended nearly 20,000 illegal immigrants from over 97 different countries last

white house tonight. mary, thank you. >>> tonight, after president trump called president zelenskyy a dictator, the white house now sayi iing trump is very frustra with zelenskyy. the administration allegedly pressuring zelenskyy to sign a deal that includes ukraine handing over 50% of ukraine's mineral rights to the u.s. ian pannell from kyiv again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in the face of relentless russian drone attacks on the capital here in kyiv, president zelenskyy also fending off political attacks from president trump, and now trump's white house national security adviser mike waltz, declining to blame russia for starting the war. waltz, who was once vocal about standing up for ukraine, saying this today -- >> president trump is obviously very frustrated right now with president zelenskyy, the fact that -- that he hasn't come to the table, that he hasn't been willing to take this opportunity that we have offered. >> reporter: this was the deal from trump that zelenskyy was asked to sign. hand over half of the revenue from its mineral resources to the u.s. forever. but without any promise of se

trumps. first, while ben and hasn't return to the white house solve to he and trump fell out, it would appear, his strategy never left. the us presidents has wasted no time in alienating his biggest trading partners, antagonizing allies and b will during critics. we're going to put very serious tariffs on mexico and canada because canada they come to canada to and the drugs that are coming through our at record numbers, the headache for the trump administration. sometimes he's old talk to launch the back down from the launch the back down in mexico, panama. so he has this deliberate policy, as we know, it's a stated policy, of some of his advisors are coming out to some of the shopping things, but it's almost impossible to, to focus on any of them. always off to the state department, announced us vessels would be passing through the panama canal, free the panama canal, or florence. he issued a statement translated here, the 9 any changes to its fees. trump's gamble, in this case, at least, hasn't paid off. it's early days. but trumps media will wind threatens to sweep up every thing and it's

we are still less than one month into the trump white house. hillary vaughn is on capitol hill with more on the story. hillary? reporter: good evening liz. doge has saved u.s. taxpayers $55 billion so far. they are also going on a hunt for $4.7 trillion that they say has left the treasury but is almost impossible to trace because before doge, a majority of payments made at the treasury didn't need to be tied to a budget item, leading to trillions in mystery spending. white house counselor to president trump says she wouldn't be surprised if some of those trillions ended up in people's pockets right here in d.c. >> trillions of dollars with no name, no identifier, that could just be spent. now do we believe there's fraud? absolutely. you're looking at somehow some of these bureaucrats from d.c. that have never left but then make hundreds of thousands of dollars and are somehow worth tens of millions of dollars. do we believe there's a chance they could be funneling these to ngo's with interest? reporter: today doge could be getting access to the

, 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 when it comes to scrubbing magic words from government documents, it's dumb and cruel and perhaps irrevocably damaging when the same logic is being used as their means of targeting people. the washington post headline summed it up what is? i think this washington post headline summed up what is actually going on here pretty effectively. quote trump's die purge targets federal workers who do not work in die. i think it's i think it's pretty obvious now to everybody that they are using dei as a, as just a pretext. they're giving everything that, you know, unfashionable

but this morning there are conflicting reports from the white house and moscow about how this went down and hints from president trump set the stage for an end to the war in ukraine. let's get to nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander and former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul and nbc. >> news international. >> affairs analyst who knows fogel personally. peter, a celebratory mood there at the white house last night. president trump also hinting that another american could soon be released. what more are we learning about how all this came about and what's next? >> well. >> you described. >> it well, saying it was a dramatic. >> turn of events. >> i spoke. to the u.s. >> envoy for. >> the middle east. >> that is steve witkoff. the billionaire who was. >> also engaged with his private jet flying over to russia. >> he said. >> as this came together in the. >> last. >> several days, he told me just a short time. >> ago they were. overseas in russia when he received a call, he said. >> that marc. >> fogel would. be at the. >> airport there. >> he called donald trump, the president, who said. >>

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it's been a busy first 100 hours, weeks, days here at the white house as we await as you look at the east room of the white house. president trumpister netanyahu to address reporters and the dignitaries in the room. another foreign policy issue, the president's top diplomat in central america tonight. secretary of state marco rubio was in costa rica and guatemala today, trying to make arrangements to have more countries accept illegal immigrants being removed from the u.s. senior national correspondent rich edson is traveling with the secretary in sandal have a door tonight. good evening, rich. >> good evening, bret. secretary of state marco rubio is about midway through first trip on the judge. costa rica, guatemala today. yesterday here a meeting with the president in house from the united states. other countries and citizens. acknowledged the legal challenges to deporting americans cop substitution and others things. very generous offer. no one has ever made an offer like that. >> days into central american trip secretary ruby assumed controlling of usaid america's aid organization. the trump administration has largely paused

fiery speech that stunned the diplomats in the room and the makeover that is underway at the white house. trump's mug shot is in jackie kennedy's rose garden. might be out. i'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight we start with brand new reporting on how the white house is viewing the crisis that's unfolding between the justice department and the southern district of new york. more on that in a moment. but this all is happening tonight is that motion is now in with the justice department has officially asked a judge to drop the corruption case against the new york city mayor, eric adams, after the justice department's number two, who until a few weeks ago was serving as president trump's personal attorney, finally found someone who was willing to do it. but that wasn't before. seven senior officials and top prosecutors decided to quit rather than carrying it out. it was the seventh resignation that might have been the most searing today, with the lead prosecutor on the adams case, hagan scotten going full scorched earth earth to the acting attorney general. emil bove writing, and i'm

trump's post. you know, you could sort of dismiss it as something that he posts. he posts all the time on social media. but then the white houseeposted that post. trump pinned it to the top of his truth social page. and this comes at a time where they are pushing an extraordinarily expansive view of executive power. what do you make of him saying that yesterday? he who saves his country does not violate any law? >> in a way, it. >> summarized, i think the view of many around the president and this approach, which, as you know, we knew we had reporting on unitary executive theory, the idea that this administration and the top people around the president do not believe that the constitution basically or basically interpret the constitution as basically saying that congress should not stipulate these limits on the executive branch of government. and throughout the past couple of weeks of trump being in in office, both through the series of executive orders that we've seen the effort to dismantle cabinet agencies, that federal agencies and pushing the limits, the statutory limits in the effort to dismantle those agencies, putting

now the white house where the is really prime minister has just arrived is being greeted by us present. donald trump, this is the 1st for leader to visit the white house since from the election. the centers. now the winehouse on the bilateral meeting as now has been in washington since earlier this week since sundays met with a number of present trumps advisors. and now he's headed into the white house to meet with the president financial meeting. kimberly helped get his day for us at the white house, so it looks like that meeting is now on the way. kimberly between trump and that's now was just arrived reminders again of the topics that are up for discussions. thanks. yeah, well you know, there are 2 that are really the big focus right now and that is the fragile ceasefire that is currently in place uh in terms of israel's warrant, gaza. and we should point out that the fragile in that israel is essentially continuing its bombardment only in the west bank and a, in the midst of all of this, there is still the ongoing concern about the release of captive. so that is one of the major topics that is g

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let's talk about trump and what's going on at the white house right now. jordan's king i've done law has arrived. he is of course the 1st air leader to be holding talks with trump since he did return to the white house. how much pressure is jordan under us getting on done that goes into that meeting with trump, considering the, the comments that president trump has been making, which and jordan has to take, and palestinians forcibly expelled from gaza if they were to be forcibly expelled. and if jordan does not, then he will be cutting off your waist. we have to wait for the results of the meeting. again, i think that came with the present that the, the case of jordanians and the georgiana perspective. as with the other states of perspective, which is a big, you know, for transfer students into jordan into a and it egypt. this is a know by accepted by everybody i think by or political forces enjoyed in uh by the government, by the people in the position dizzy unity, the united. beyond that king it's, i know the king has said this many times in the united nation in similar locations in

my constituents and a majority of this country put trump in the white house, not this unelected weirdo billionaire we're going to take a quick break. up next, she was one of ten republicans who voted to impeach donald trump after january 6th. it cost her her job. what is her advice to gop lawmakers who are still on capitol hill, but have stepped back from any effort to rein donald trump in? >> the boeing 747 has crashed in the lockerbie area. >> trying to find. >> out the why. >> of it became everything. >> nothing is. >> what. >> it seems in the lockerbie story. >> lockerbie. >> the bombing of pan am flight 103. >> february 16th. >> ontario, canada. your third largest trading partner and number one export destination for 17 states. our economic partnership keeps millions of americans working. we're here right by your side. >> like a relentless weed. moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can keep coming back. start to break away from uc with tremfya with rapid relief at four weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation at one year, many people experienced remission and s

meantime, king abdullah of jordan visiting the white house, donald trump greeted him this morning. trump wants jordan and egypt to house millions of palestinians from gaza. yesterday, the president said gazans have no right to return to their homes now that there's a ceasefire. and many times it said he plans for the united states of america to take ownership of the gaza strip so it can build new cities there. the riviera of the middle east, he says, and the president says he'll pressure jordan and egypt to take the millions of people america removes, as always, a reminder the forced removal of a people is considered by the united nations to be a crime against humanity. would you withhold aid to these countries if they don't agree to take in the palestinians? yeah, maybe. sure. why not? you mean if they don't agree? if they don't agree, i would. i would conceivably withhold aid. yeah. and former trump aide steve bannon has pleaded guilty to fooling people into thinking he was raising money to build a wall at the border. as part of the plea agreement, bannon avoids any prison time.

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notice from the white house says schools have discriminated against students on the basis of race, including white and asian students. >> february is also black history month. president trump hosted an event at the white house thursday. black history meet real mccain with a legal defense fund says the president is contradicting himself by holding the event days after putting school districts on notice minutes you can celebrate our recognize a teacher about martin luther king. but you can't actually teach about the rest of >> black history before page letters, language has been described as big by civil rights groups leaving school districts like filet to seek guidance on what to do next. we are. >> both talking our legal support teams were talking to reaching out to the state department of reaching out to our county superintendent and trying to get guidance on what israel the department of education's letter also included an online complaint link for anyone to click on who believes that a school has committed unlawful discrimination. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 2 schools are closing in valais hope by the end of this school year and another will be re

from the white house, they are 5 trump to speak :t overnight from the white house, they are 5 trumpt he's now delayed planned the countries — which neighbour the us — with more details, here's david willis. a ceremony welcoming the victorious florida panthers hockey team to the white house was delayed for nearly an hour a second call between the two leaders yielded it followed news of a similar deal with mexico, whose leader, permanently, like for ever. to the south drew boos from canadian sports fans comes to trade discussions with other nations, and has confirmed he now has europe in his sights. but we also recognise potential challenges in the relationship with the united states and we are ready for that. when targeted unfairly or arbitrarily, the european union will respond firmly. a 10% tariff on goods from china came into effect a short while ago and china has already announced plans to retaliate. and a reminder we have a live page running with the latest moves in the trade war. so you can go to £57 and the the prime minister and denmark's premier as well as migration. henry,

we reached out to the trump white house, but it did not respond to our questions and during the nomination hearings for howard lutnick, trump's pick to lead the commerce department which oversees noaa, he said he does not support breaking it up. project 2025 is saying noaa's alarmist. >> we're required by law to give the full picture and if there's a reason to not be alarmist, what is that? what we're seeing is alarming, is very alarming. >> reporter: mcclain says we should all be alarmed by any threats to the integrity of the science that supports what we know about our changing climate. >> going through that again is very concerning to me. >>> the federal government has put some fire mitigation efforts on hold. the bureau of land management has confirmed projects paid for with the bipartisan infrastructure law are now due. it has been urged the projecting be restarted. in the meantime state and federal agencies are starting to clear debris from the recent southern california wildfires. the army corps of engineers says they're starting with clearing hazardous waste from schools. the on go

we know that because house republican leaders right now are meeting with president trump at the whiteouse as party infighting is paralyzing a part of the president's agenda. the one that still does need to get through the legislative body to see the light of day. punchbowl news puts it this way. quote, it's not even five weeks into the 109th congress and the white house and senate republicans are already growing tired of waiting for house republicans to get their act together. how do you think the republican trifecta is doing? you are punchbowl news, but you got the last word. so i'm going to come back around to you. before, uh, i mean, i think what we're going to get to is that they're a mess when it comes to the legislating, like making sure that the immigration policies that the president wants are funded, tax cuts that he ran on, and he wants to continue to get done and other things. it that all of that is true, as is what we talked about in the first segment, is that they are doing other things, just the things that they don't need to have congress deal with, or in spite of the f

we also have to address the trump white house's relationship with the pharma industry overall.ominee for secretary of health and human services has faced scrutiny over his vaccine skepticism. >> i believe that vaccines play a critical role in health care. all of my kids are vaccinated, i have written many books on vaccines. my first book in 2014, the first line of it is i am not anti-vaccine, and the last line is i am not anti-vaccine. scarlet: we should note that he has been cleared of the committee level and is due for a full senate vote but it is not clear his stance on vaccines, even though in the past we have known his stance, and today he says something otherwise. is rfk good or bad for a company like merck? he has this ongoing lawsuit, tied to this ongoing lawsuit against merck over injuries from products like gardasil for instance? chris: it is unclear. uncertainty is not a friend of investors. so much has been said and captured versus what actually might be possible. from a vaccine standpoint specifically, there is a lot of foundational science, and clearly from a publ

tonight, the trump white house says both countries are quoting now bending the knee. also this hour, secretary of state marco rubio says his department is taking control of usaid and reviewing its fate. the trump administration making new moves toward potentially scrapping the world's largest foreign aid agency, with elon musk leading the charge. plus, wreckage from the deadly dc plane and helicopter collision is now being removed from the potomac river. the recovery operation underway as investigators pour over new clues about what may have gone wrong. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm phil mattingly, and you're in the situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin with that breaking news, canada joining mexico and getting a reprieve from the hefty tariffs. president trump threatened to impose tonight. we have live reports from canada. and here in washington. first to cnn's jeff zeleny with details on the president's decision and what happens next. >> reporter tonight, president trump backin

what's the white house saying about this and the latest iteration of the trump-putin relationship? >> well, look, i think there are people at the white house who are probably discovering this in real time, as we are today. it was pretty closely held how all of this was going on with russia over the last 24 hours or so, and i want to step back a little bit and relate these things, because you cannot possibly overstate the enormity of the shift that this conversation that this truth social post represents and how the u.s. is treating russia promises to visit these countries, naming a delegation to engage in negotiations about the future of ukraine, something that the president has been telegraphing for quite some time, by the way. but i do think this started, or at least a jumping off point, was the fogel release. i was on the phone with an official about an hour ago, talking about the exchange that took place here, and the idea that the white house felt like there was a goodwill gesture here by the russians, that this was the kind of thing that might start things moving. and i asked

trump and his white house, orthe suppose? trump administration, have almost been echoing some of russia's about not wanting points about not wanting ukraine to be part of for ukraine to be part of nato, for example?— example? yes, that's right, it is to example? yes, that's right, it is _ to note - example? yes, that's right, it is _ to note that - example? yes, that's right, it is _ to note that the | is interesting to note that the us talking points prior to the w insaudi arabia 7 in saudi arabia between us the russian side the us and the russianside or less gave moscow a lot more or less gave moscow a lot of concessions on things that have been major could have been major diplomatic cards for the us to play. things like whether the united states would get in a peacekeeping on in a peacekeeping on ukrainian ekeeping on ukrainian soil, ing no| ukrainian soil, ing no| l that. an soil, ing no| l that. and >il, ing no| l that. and so ing no| l that. and so this said no to that. and so this is effectively trading some your best

you know, the day of the inauguration, after trump is inaugurated and sworn in, he goes to this lunch with republicans. we went straight to the white houseroximity is real. and you know, he is there, and he is showing up everywhere and going to everything. >> seth: trump seems fine with it. how do you feel like the trump staffers are with elon's proximity to the president? >> i think they are less enamored by it. >> seth: yeah. >> i mean, trump obviously is a huge fan of his, and publicly praises him. i think they feel like it's two planets kind of orbiting around each other. because typically, in both of those universes, it's one person who is the disrupter and kind of the whole staff is operating around. with elon musk in the picture, it's elon musk and donald trump who are kind of doing that. and i've heard from officials who say, "we don't fully know what elon musk is doing," or, you know, "he's not reporting back to us." and so they're kind of learning about it sometimes in real time with the rest of us. >> seth: that seems healthy. [ light laughter ] i feel like that's the right way. if you like, are running the federal government,

the trump team, trump white house talked to a senior white house official today and they feel pretty confident that canada and mexico are coming to a bargaining table and are specifically trump's opposition is the way in which mexico administers and handles floods of mig migrants and immigrants crossing the border. in the case of can darks there's concerns with fentanyl labs and likes to proliferate along the boarder and they want those taken care of. they're signaling there's a certain amount of openness for trump to have the discussions and schein balm of mexico and -- sheinbaum of mexico and trudeau of canada. in the meantime, the world is in it together and brace what happens on tuesday. >> president trump pointed out the amount of fentanyl that crosses the canadian border was e give lent to the amount that could kill 9.5 people in the country. what does cooperation look like and how would the countries get any sort of relief. >> i'm asking that question and it's one of the great unknowns and starting with sheinbaum and mexico and trudeau and canada picking up the phone and asking