the new episode of alex wagner's podcast trumpland just dropped today. this episode is called the war on yolk. it's about how the avian flu, the bird flu, is messing with everybody from farmers to consumers to everybody who has to do anything with eggs. it's really, really good and i recommend that you should listen. anyway, just came out. you can use that scan scannable code on your screen there to get it. all right. i'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for the last word with the great lawrence o'donnell. good evening. >> good evening. rachel. >> you know, your last segment there about donald trump and elon musk setting back alzheimer's research 20 years. that final response in your discussion was really stunning, but also completely understandable. that's the way medical and scientific research works. your your lab specimens aren't going to sit there waiting for you to decide about funding. and it's and this is exactly the kind of thing that donald trump and elon musk do not comprehend in the slightest. >> no. and to know that to hear one of the

. >> follow her podcast, trumpland >> follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner.: by late september 2018, lauren mccluskey's good friends at the university of utah were increasingly unhappy about her new relationship with shawn fields. carmen: i would make comments like, this guy is literally not good for her. he throws us off. josh mankiewicz: you were afraid of him? yes. physically afraid? yes. because he was a huge guy. josh mankiewicz: and when lauren's friends heard that shawn wanted to give her a gun, their concern intensified. carmen: we would just tell her, like, no, you don't need it. your safety is fine. if anything, he's compromising your safety. josh mankiewicz: then, in early october, lauren made a frightening discovery. alex: she had called me, and she seemed very shocked and scared. josh mankiewicz: lauren had seen her boyfriend's id. it had his photo with a different name. suspicious, she turned to google. did she have any idea what she was going to find when she started searching? alex: no. josh mankiewicz: because suddenly, shawn fields is melvin

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and what is trumpland? i'm josh howie and is trumpland? sophia wenzler. >> josh. thank you. good evening. these are your headlines at 11:00, sir keir starmer has warned that vladimir putin will attack again unless america agrees to underwrite the security of ukraine after a peace deal has been signed. speaking on his flight over to the us tonight, the prime minister also made clear that he was considering deploying british troops as part of a wider european force in ukraine. but he said it would be a decision not taken lightly and relied on continued involvement of us forces in the country. it comes after donald trump confirmed president zelenskyy will visit him on friday to sign a very big agreement. the us president held his first cabinet meeting at the white house since his inauguration last month, joined by his billionaire adviser elon musk. attention quickly turned to the minerals deal with ukraine. >> president zelenskyy is going to be coming on friday. that's now confirmed, and we�*re going to be signing an agreement, which will be

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland withvoiceover): it was a kind of obsession now, the determination to give her back her name, to identify the anonymous young woman murdered and set on fire and then buried here in longview, texas. god knows law enforcement had tried every trick in the investigative book, except for a new book, if you could call it that, the dna doe project. a bunch of amateurs really, but committed? oh, yes. it's not that law enforcement has not tried. most of the cases that come to us were kind of the last resort. keith morrison (voiceover): us meaning a group of people who had never actually met in person, who labored away in a kitchen or a bedroom or a basement, who knew each other only online, like lori gaff, a former black hawk helicopter pilot who stumbled on a facebook posting about dna doe. i was completely enthralled. and i-- me being me, had to know absolutely everything there was about it. then i thought, i totally want to be a part of this. keith morrison (voiceover): and was soon addicted. it

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> we're going. > future of tiktok in the us. >> president trump has promised to carry out the largest deportation force in american history. >> the surge of international. >> outrage following. suggestion that the. >> us take control of gaza. the congressional progressive caucus calling for. elon musk to be. >> fired from. >> his position. >> reporting from philadelphia. >> el paso. >> in the. >> palisades. >> virginia. >> from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. >> that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. >> tonight, president trump held his first cabinet meeting and gave elon musk the floor while others just sat by, watched and applauded. what that meeting says about the state of the trump administration. then trump ramps up his trade war and the ma

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner.mes in democratic politics, with the biggest ideas for how democrats can win again. the blueprint with jen psaki. listen now. >> that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. >> tonight, president trump held his first cabinet meeting and gave elon musk the floor while others just sat by, watched and applauded. what that meeting says about the state of the trump administration. then trump ramps up his trade war and the markets don't like it. plus, we'll talk to the

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast trumpland with alex wagner. >> we are fillingand we're going. >> to have to. >> not allow. >> anybody. >> else into the gym. >> so folks on the back wall. >> that was hillsboro, oregon this weekend as a middle school gym. obviously a very hot ticket. a very full house. and that was not like some highly anticipated local sports playoff that was not very well attended. auditions for the middle school musical. this was a political event. this was a town hall. all these people turned out in person on a saturday night in hillsboro, oregon, to come talk to and hear from their u.s. senator, senator ron wyden, and that announcer who was saying she was going to have to call capacity. she did end up calling capacity. they had to close the doors and not let anybody else in. so many people showed up at this town hall. people were standing out in the hallways outside the gym, listening in on loudspeakers. senator wyden participated in two separate town halls this weekend for his constituents in oregon. the local abc affiliate reported that be

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with ken wakisaka, convicted of killing his wife, shirlene, was out on bail, guilty verdict overturned thanks to an error discovered by ken's new defense attorney, john edmunds. but edmunds wasn't finished digging. and pretty soon, he found another error, a big one, that occurred even before the trial. there was a witness that the grand jury had asked to be called whom the prosecution didn't call. keith morrison (voiceover): thing is, it's an ironclad rule. if a grand jury asked to hear from a witness, then prosecution must comply. didn't in this case. it wasn't a minor witness either, said edmunds, but someone in the position to know a great deal about what really happened to shirlene. the wakisakas had an upstairs room that they rented out to a guy. and he had been there and seen a lot of what went on that morning. keith morrison (voiceover): though the grand jury didn't hear from the roommate, detective nick cambra did. cambra asked him, what did shirlene say to ken on the day she died?

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast trumpland with alex wagner. >> welcome back to rights groups opposing the trump administration have their work cut out for them. in the midst of trump's war on di and the rule of law. those assaults are now landing in court, even as the administration is now flirting with simply rejecting legal rulings it doesn't like. joining me now is damon hewitt, president and executive director of the lawyers committee for civil rights. damon, good to see you. the lawyers committee has been pushing back at trump 2.0 since day one. i know, and you publicly oppose the nomination of pam bondi for attorney general. you are pushing colleges and universities to continue diversity efforts despite the ban on college affirmative action and trump's war on dei. you've also come to the legal defense of capitol police officers injured by january 6th rioters. the president has now pardoned. how is the committee preparing for the next year? this next four years, based on what we've seen in the last four weeks. >> well, good to be with you. >> what we're doi

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast trumpland with alex wagner. >> throughout hisal career, donald trump has been a stickler for the rules when it comes to the alleged conflicts of his perceived enemies, from hillary clinton's speaking fees to robert mueller's unpaid golf club dues. but trump has always counted on america taking a blind eye to his own questionable dealings and those of his closest allies. the wall street journal reports this week that trump's election has resulted in a nearly $80 million windfall for the trump family, as corporations line up to do media deals and donate to the president's library fund. and that's not even counting the crypto coin offering made by trump and the first lady on the eve of the inauguration. elon musk, the man trump has put in charge of cutting government spending, has been given free rein by the white house to infiltrate government agencies that regulate his private businesses, like tesla and spacex, with no transparency into what musk is doing. it's fair to ask whether elon is truly draining the swamp or just rooting a

who knows, you know, after we take over greenland or take over canada, maybe we rename it, like, trumplandh. instead of greenland? if. lisa: didn't the associated press share office space with hamas in they were accused of doing back in the day? you have a lot of these -- ray pick your battles. [laughter] lisa: a lot of these media organizations that have failed to behave as media organizations and have failed to be accurate in their reporting, so maybe delegitimizing them a little bit might if course correct them to a certain dee. i don't know, what do you -- rachel: i think you're right. i think you're right. charlie: they certainly do enough on their own to delegitimize if themself -- lisa: i think they said service accidental -- rachel: so you're saying that the senator of alaska prefers denali? charlie: yeah. and i think most people in alaska i remember at the time, most peopleported the change to de-- people supported the change to denali. but, again, this is not -- we're talking about bigger issues here. we're talking about distracting democrats from the actual fights that actually

the new episode of alex wagner's podcast trumpland just dropped today.sode is called the war on yolk. it's about how the avian flu, the bird flu is messing with everybody from farmers to consumers to everybody who has to do anything with eggs. it's really, really good and i recommend that you should listen anyway, it just came out. you can use that scan scannable code on your screen there to get it. all right. i'll see you again tomorrow. way too early with ali. vitali is next. >> the president has called zelensky. >> a dictator. >> does he view putin as a dictator? and does he want zelensky out of power? i know he's called

heads up that the new episode of alex wagner's podcast, trumpland just came out. it's really good. episode at the trump administration's strengthening ties to russia and russian authoritarianism. as ukrainians in the us mark the third anniversary of russia invading ukraine. if you want to listen to the podcast, it's great. just scan that little circular code on your screen with your phone and it will take you right to it. it's easy. way too early with ali. vitali is next. >> think of it. a modestly successful comedian, a dictator without elections. zelensky, better move fast or he's not going to have

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast trumpland with alex wagner. >> welcome back. agencies have been affected by the trump administration's continued mass layoffs across the health and human services department. that is, of course, just one. but several sources tell politico the cuts have hit staffers at the food and drug administration, as well as the centers for medicare and medicaid services, centers for disease control and prevention, and the national institutes of health. the firings were part of cuts affecting about 3600 probationary employees across the department. joining us now, white house correspondent for politico, adam cancryn. adam, first, trump officials are saying that these are methodological firings and that they are meant to serve the larger goal of cutting 10% of the workforce. but there are actual tangible impacts to this. >> there absolutely is. anytime you do. >> a. >> culling of. >> this many. >> people and we're talking. >> about the administration is said about 3600 people across. the health department that's. >> going to hit several. >> o

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast trumpland with alex wagner. >> all right, beforealists and publishers working to keep ukrainian literature alive. joining me now is yaroslav trofimov. he's the chief foreign correspondent for the wall street journal. he's the author of several books, including the new historical novel no country for love. yaroslav, thank you for being with us. we appreciate you taking your time this morning. you recently wrote a piece in the wall street journal titled russia wants to erase ukraine's future and its past. and you detail the soviet era atrocities that russia committed against ukraine, from famine to the mass murder of the ukrainian people in the 30s. you write about how intellectuals of the time writers, historians, artists, teachers, they were specifically targeted and murdered, not incidentally. so this is very close to two ukrainian authors. i want to just quote from what you wrote, the war that russia is waging against ukraine and that president trump says he is determined to end by opening talks with the kremlin, isn't just about

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast trumpland with alex wagner. >> well, we made it our favorite game. who won the week? back with me are wajahat ali and eugene craig. wajahat ali, who won the week? >> democratic women. governor. governor mills, aoc. jasmine crockett. senator warren with chutzpah, with fire, with boldness. punching a bully figuratively in the mouth. democratic men. schumer. pay attention. follow their lead. >> a man who beat that? eugene craig. who won the week. >> listen. well, my book. erica claudio, the chair and founder of my body pac black women, led us this last cycle and lead us this next cycle. and she's the tip of the spear, charging the resistance. young black women taking lead with my body. pac. >> okay, both of you guys picked women. so let me go and help out the men. i'm going to pick the men of the canadian national hockey team who won the four nation games. justin trudeau tweeted at trump and got back his dignity against that man. trying to say that the 51st state. no they're not. they're the first state when it comes to canada. you ca

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> in the late 1980sed one of the most comprehensive examinations of the civil rights movement. almost 40 years later, the third installment, eyes on the prize three. we who believe in freedom cannot rest, is set to premiere tuesday on hbo and max. the six part series will examine the struggle for freedom and racial equality. from 1977 to 2015. here's a preview. >> as a child. >> i watched the civil rights movement on television. all those struggles that were in the 60s, they still today. >> if we unify, we would create a. >> domino effect for peace. >> we're not just. >> here for the moment. we're here for. >> a movement. we cannot rest. i'm about to do. >> something of substance. >> we cannot. win racial justice. >> in the dark. >> joining me now is the executive producer of the documentary series eyes on the prize. three dawn porter. dawn, welcome back to the saturday show. so what made you decide to continue this this series and extend it only to 2015? >> well, thanks for having me. i love being on yo

. >> podcast, trumpland with. >> alex wagner. >> powerful message there from former vice president kamala of the other things, she said, because i caught the image awards last night before i actually tried to go to sleep a little early. and she talked. michael was up. she talked about that. we have been here before. we as a people to and i mean, the naacp image awards is a room full of folks who have there in the media, there in entertainment. it is a predominantly black room. okay. and she said, we have been here before. we know what to do. we have the tools. like it is on the people. and i think that that needs to be stressed now more than ever. it is on the people. and i talked to a bunch of i was texting with a bunch of folks who were there. and they said, you know, people were very happy to see her. she looked great, but they she her message was what they needed in the moment. >> yeah. >> michael. >> no, i. >> you know, i just really hope all of this is, is really starting to resonate with people. i mean, that conversation with doctor patel was sobering. i mean, when you stop and thi

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner.ators, the despots. >> and the enemies of science. >> yeah. >> all over. >> america we. >> are going to build. >> up massive. >> herd immunity to the fascists. >> in america. that's what we're going to do. >> today, hundreds of federal workers and others gathered outside the health and human services headquarters in washington, dc, to protest elon musk's cuts to federal science research. it was just one part of a series of nationwide protests today in support of federal employees who have been targeted by donald trump and the oligarchs that he enables as they run roughshod trying to dismantle the entire government. and i think it's worth asking yet again, when americans went into the voting booth last november, did anyone actually vote for this? do the american people want the world's richest man to fire federal scientists who are doing cancer research? senator bernie sanders is an independent of vermont. this week, he's launching a national tour to fight oligarchy here in america. he'

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> there will. >>the fbi. >> and outside. >> of the fbi. the men and women at the fbi. >> i have. >> your back because you. have the backs of the american people. you will have you will be held to the. >> same high standard. >> any deviation from that standard. >> will. >> not be tolerated at this federal bureau of investigation. >> well, that's a fun first day message to start with. that was the message of donald trump's newly sworn in director of the fbi today, kash patel, a trump loyalist with an enemies list who has repeatedly attacked the bureau and vowed retribution. kash patel was narrowly confirmed yesterday despite bipartisan opposition, with two republican senators citing concern that kash patel would use the fbi to settle political scores rather than to root out crime and corruption. critics from across the political spectrum warned that kash patel will gut law enforcement and act as a rubber stamp for a trump revenge campaign. and kash patel's actions in just one day signal that those warni

it's called trumpland, and you can scan the qr code on your screen to listen.now also, i have an event for my new book, the siren's call, this saturday night, february 15th, in the wonderful town of kingston, new york. there are still tickets available, so you can scan this qr code and i will see you there. you can also, if you would like to catch me later tonight on the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle, i'm doing the very rare morning joe to stephanie ruhle. brutal today. but first, even more problems for trump's pick for fbi director. senator adam schiff dangerous ladders. gutter muck. director. senator adam schiff joins me on what yuck. no wonder you hate cleaning your gutters. good thing there's leaffilter. our patented filter technology keeps leaves and debris out of your gutters forever. guaranteed. call 833- leaffilter to get started. and get the permanent gutter solution that ends clogs for good. they took the time to answer all of our questions. they really put us at ease. end clogged gutters for good. call 833.leaf.filter, or visit leaffilter.com today.

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> the wave of high level resignations in response to the trump administration continues to swell. this is not people being fired by the trump administration, or people taking them up on their threat to resign, or else. this is people resigning on principle after they tried to stop the trump administration from doing something they're not supposed to be able to do. late last week, you will remember the department of justice had seven high profile resignations, all of them over the decision by the trump administration to drop corruption charges against new york city mayor eric adams, which the trump administration was demanding explicitly in exchange for a promise from mayor adams that he would help with trump's anti-immigrant policies. to understand why this was such a rubicon, that principled, even conservative members of the justice department were not willing to cross. today, a former u.s. attorney named carol lam drew an analogy in an op ed for the new york times that i think is quite clarifying. she

. >> trumpland with alex wagner. >> andrew weissman gets tonight's last word here. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. >> tonight, exactly one month into trump 2.0, his administration is stepping up the mass firing of federal employees. while elon musk defends the doj's cuts to government agencies and pledges maga loyalty to conservative activists. plus, the senate confirms one of trump's most controversial picks to be in charge of the fbi as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i'm stephanie ruhle. it is day 32 of the second trump administration, and it has been one month since trump's inauguration. so let's get into everything that has happened in just the last 24 hours, including just tonight. the washington post reports that trump is getting ready to dissolve the leadership of the u.s. postal service and absorb the currently independent agency into his administration. the agency would be controlled by the commerce department and its secretary, howard lutnick. nbc news has not yet confirmed that reporting. earlie

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner.s a week again. >> weed and listen. >> staying up half. >> the night. reading executive orders. >> for this defining time in the second trump presidency. stay with msnbc. >> well, as i was just saying, the saga surrounding new york city mayor eric adams isn't over yet. on friday, a federal judge ruled to adjourn the adams trial, but he didn't dismiss the case outright. instead, he appointed a conservative legal star to basically stand in for the government at a hearing next month as he considers his options. now, at the same time, we're also watching the state legal system because even if adams becomes a free man under federal law, manhattan district attorney alvin bragg could still choose to charge adams himself. and joining me now is former manhattan district attorney cyrus vance. it's great to see you. thank you so much for taking the time. i just want to start with the federal case. it seems like it's in a bit of a gray area. i say this for maybe lay people like myself between bein

heads up that the new episode of alex wagner's podcast, trumpland just came out. it's really good.e trump administration's strengthening ties to russia and russian authoritarianism. as ukrainians in the us mark the third anniversary of russia invading ukraine. if you want to listen to the podcast, it's great. just scan that little circular code on your screen with your phone and it will take you right to it. it's easy. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening. >> good evening. rachel. you know, i have had my disappointments. i guess i'll put it from time to time about the white house press corps and how they handle certain things and things they don't do. today was kind of great because we have a winner. we have a winner tonight for best question asked by a member of the white house press corps. and the winner is going to join us during during this program. i'm going to give him the award and through the screen because he's in washington and it's a joy to do that because, you know, i'm a i'm a critic of the white house press corps. when they get it

your seat warm and trying to do right by you and holding down the fort while you have been out in trumpland been going? >> oh. >> rachel. >> it's tough out there. >> you know. >> i will say. we talk a lot about how crushing this fear is, how omnipresent it is. >> the fact. >> that sometimes the. ice agents may show up at schools or hospitals. they may show up at church, they may be wearing ice uniforms. they may not. they may have. >> a warrant. >> they may not. and certainly. the communities, these marginalized communities that have been thrust into the shadows feel terrified, right. that part is working. but at the same time, you know, these trainings that are happening across the country, led by community groups, are a form of. empowerment that i honestly wasn't expecting to see. right? one of the things they. do is. they run these role playing exercises for what, you know, immigrants should do. if ice comes to your door and they literally have one immigrant play the ice. >> agent and one play, you know. >> him himself or herself, and they sort of map out a strategy. >> for how to. >> de

my friend and colleague, msnbc anchor alex wagner, host of the new podcast trumpland.ton this week and talking to federal workers targeted by musk and his aides. what did you learn? >> first of all, i think the vengeance with which this is being taken out should not be understated. >> i was. >> talking. >> to some. >> of the folks who worked at usaid, in particular a woman named christina drye, who is the now one of the now former spokespeople there, and the absolute disregard for not just the people who work in the federal government, but the people they then serve the american public, but also the global community. we have national security interests in doing this work. let's just put that out there. in addition to the humanitarian aid, there are scores thousands, hundreds of thousands of people who are in real need who have no idea what america is doing. i want to play you a little bit of my interview with her, where she gives us kind of a sense of the chaos that's unfolding behind these walls. >> in addition to the us aid folks. >> that are losing their. >> jobs wi

the new episode of alex wagner's podcast trumpland just dropped today.. it's about how the avian flu, the bird flu, is messing with everybody from farmers to consumers to everybody wh

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast trumpland with alex wagner. >> right now. >> on anna. >> cabrera reports. a ton of news from capitol hill this hour. the final confirmation vote for rfk jr. as head of health and human services. will any republicans come out against the longtime vaccine skeptic? plus, critical steps forward now for two other trump picks kash patel, former fbi director, and linda mcmahon for education secretary. the hurdles they both face this hour and we're following breaking news out of munich. dozens injured after a car plowed into a crowd of pedestrians. what we know about this incident the day before a major security summit there. hello, i'm ana cabrera, reporting from new york. let's begin with that. breaking news out of germany. at least 28 people injured after a vehicle ramming incident in munich. police have detained the suspected driver, a 24 year old afghan man. authorities say he intentionally drove a white mini into pedestrians, which would make this now the second such attack in germany in less than two months. also, notable world lead

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> i have nothingis not affiliated with the trump campaign. >> this is a document i know nothing about. it's called project 25. i don't know what the hell it is. it's project 25. he's involved in project, and then they read some of the things and they are extreme. i mean, they're seriously extreme. but i don't know anything about it. >> yeah. when donald trump and jd vance were on the campaign trail, they went out of their way, as you saw there, to assure voters they have nothing to do with the far right dystopian, as donald trump said, extreme project 2025. of course, those were just outright lies to get votes, because now that they are in office, the heritage foundation's plan is being put into place and it is music to russell vogt's ears. and according to the online project 2025 tracker, the trump administration has already implemented 36% of the far right blueprint, and that includes fulfilling 100% of objectives to rid get rid of usaid, 89% for the state department, 12% for the white house, 58% on

. >> trumpland with. >> alex wagner. >> and these are pictures from right outside the white house.g the president to begin his first cabinet meeting of his second term. any minute now, of course, we're monitoring for you and bring you all the information as soon as it begins. but meanwhile, i can tell you that there's new reaction this morning after house republicans adopted a narrow adoption of a multi-trillion dollar budget resolution last night, it's a major step in advancing president trump's agenda and a big victory for speaker mike johnson. the measure calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, along with 2 trillion in spending cuts, in addition to new spending on immigration enforcement and the military. it asks for 880 billion in cuts to federal programs. some of the cuts, republicans say, will come from reduced medicaid spending. joining us now, nbc's melanie zanona. melanie, it's good to see you. thank you. so what exactly was this victory for speaker johnson all about? how did it come to fruition? >> yeah, it was quite a dramatic scene on the house floor last night. house repu

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> for the secondate from the middle east to the white house and claimed the united states would be taking over the gaza strip, which is currently home to around 2 million palestinians. this time, it was jordan's king abdullah who, unlike israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the previous week, did not share trump's enthusiasm for what would amount to an ethnic cleansing. but what the meetings did share in common was this. world leaders and regional powers continue to discuss the fate of palestinians without giving the palestinians themselves any say. now, this dynamic not of people determining the lives of palestinians without their input, along with trump's takeover plan, prompted the prominent palestinian poet mosab abu toha to write in the new yorker that gaza must be rebuilt by palestinians for palestinians. mosab abu toha joins me now. he is the author of forest of noise. mosab, thank you so much for making time. i want to start by showing our viewers a portion of what donald trump said about

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> donald trump'scrash occurring just days into his second term in office, has been to lay off workers at the faa. nbc news reports that a union spokesperson said close to 300 of its members received termination notices over the weekend, and those affected worked as maintenance mechanics, aeronautical information specialists, environmental protection specialists, aviation safety assistance, as well as management and program assistants. this comes after this afternoon's crash landing involving a delta airlines flight that was landing in toronto. 18 people were injured after the plane overturned while landing. the cause is still being investigated. the trump administration is also trying to unfire some federal workers who deal with the safety of our nuclear weapons stockpile. in an email sent to employees at the national nuclear security administration and obtained by nbc news, officials wrote the termination letters for some national nuclear security administration probationary employees are being resci

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> 25 past the hourfrom washington, where the pentagon has revealed its new policy on transgender service members, in a court filing. nbc's courtney kube joins us. courtney good morning. what is this new policy? >> yeah. >> so it's not really surprising. >> with. >> the. >> exception of one part. okay, so i. >> should point. >> out we've been asking. >> the. >> pentagon for this new policy for some time. as you mentioned, it came out in a court filing overnight. in dc court. it was not released by the pentagon. >> still. >> at this point. >> it basically. >> lays out scenarios that are virtually. impossible for anyone who identifies. >> as. >> transgender or who has. has gender dysphoria to continue to. serve in the military. in fact, it says that if you. have been diagnosed with, had a. >> history of. >> or even. >> have. symptoms of gender. >> dysphoria, you are. now no longer eligible. >> to continue to. >> serve in the military. it calls on one. >> of the secretaries for manpower. >> and reserve affa

trumpland with alex wagner. >> good to be with you. i'm katy tur. elon musk i mean, donald trump held his first tv ready cabinet meeting for the press today. you'd have to forgive me for being cheeky. as elon musk seemed to be the star of the meeting, just listen to how president trump prompted the journalists in the room. >> you could ask me or elon. go ahead please. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. >> mr. musk. >> i just wanted to ask. >> you that president trump put out a tweet today saying that everybody in the cabinet was was. >> happy. >> with you. >> i just wondered if that if you had heard otherwise and if you had heard. >> anything about. >> members. >> of the cabinet who weren't happy with the way things were going. and if so, what are you doing to address those? any dissatisfaction? >> oh. >> i'd let the cabinet speak just for a second. >> exactly. >> very unhappy to say it. >> you know. >> if you are, we'll throw them out of here. is anybody unhappy? >> they are. >> they have a lot of respect for elon and that he's doing this.

. >> trumpland with alex wagner. >> almost three. >> years ago, i traveled to eastern europe. >> to covern of ukraine. my crew and i started our months long assignment in countries that were. neighboring ukraine, including poland. i went from border town to border town, train. >> station to train station. meeting ukrainians who had just fled their homes. >> not sure. if or when. >> they would ever return. >> i spoke with. >> dozens of people whose stories of. >> survival and hope i'll never forget. when i was in warsaw in march of 2022. >> i met. >> a young girl whose story has. >> stuck with me over the years. >> anastasia nastya, for short. >> was 15 years old at the time. she and her family were forced to flee their eastern ukrainian hometown. >> of pershotravensk, except for their father, a military. >> chaplain who stayed behind. >> to fight for their country. >> nastya, who was getting. >> used to her new. >> identity as a refugee, was. >> volunteering in warsaw to. >> help other ukrainian refugees get settled. on camera, she smiled, telling us of her dreams of. returning to her hom

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>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> 34 past the hour news on capitol hill, where right now, a house subcommittee related to tech mogul elon musk's department of government efficiency, or doge, is holding its first hearing. the hearing comes as musk and president trump are facing some questions about musk's efforts to slash government spending and the government workforce. moss defended his actions during an appearance in the oval office with the president and with musk's four year old son. >> it's just common sense. >> it's not. >> it's not. >> draconian or radical. >> i think it's. >> really. >> just saying, let's look at each. >> each of these expenditures and say. >> is this actually. >> in the. >> best interest of the people? >> now, a few hours after that meeting, the president fired the inspector general of the us agency for international development, or usaid, who issued a report critical of a freeze on foreign assistance. with us now, nbc news senior white house correspondent garrett hake and danny cevallos, criminal defense att

but a lot of things don't usually make sense in trumpland, which is where we are. >> well, he did a beautiful questioning of rfk jr.. a much better, i thought, than bernie sanders, who got all red in the face and started sort of spittle flying absolutely everywhere. i thought cassidy did a forensic job of taking his arguments apart one by one. we know he's a terrible influence on the science of medicine and of vaccines, and it's extraordinary that he's been nominated. but i think the biggest critic was his cousin, caroline kennedy, who never says anything about being a kennedy, but who released a video on instagram saying that, you know, he had a life of cheating, of lying, of having second chances given to him. and this is what he's done. >> with it. called him a predator. >> she called him a predator. and she talked about how he put live mice and birds into a magimix to create his own smoothie. >> for his falcons. i don't even know. what that was. the nice part. >> i think of that thing. >> i'm waiting for him. >> to start. >> marketing it. as a health drink. >> tulsi gabbard. i mean, she's

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>> and for more in depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> president trumpn president volodymyr zelensky is not, quote, very important to be at meetings end quote, when it comes to negotiating an end to the war in ukraine. let me repeat that. trump doesn't think it's important for the president of ukraine to be involved in meetings about ending the russian invasion of ukraine. trump made those comments yesterday on a fox radio news show. then he. president trump talked about his desire to abandon ukraine and coddle vladimir putin. that exploded into public view this week. on tuesday at mar a lago, president trump attempted to rewrite the 2022 invasion of ukraine by claiming zelensky was the one who started the war. >> you've been there for three years. you should have ended it three years. you should have never started it. you could have made a deal. >> let me be clear. russia invaded ukraine three years ago tomorrow, a sovereign, democratic nation. putin made false claims about ukraine and nato to justify his invasion. zelensky didn't start this war at all.

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>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> turn up the volume highly anticipated hearing today, everybody. >> in this town. >> was watching. a judge delayed a decision on whether to dismiss mayor eric adams corruption case. the acting attorney general pushed for the charges to be dropped, arguing that the case made it hard for the mayor to address the white house's immigration concerns. the effort to dismiss the case has caused an uproar at the department of justice, leading to many resignations. a total of eight prosecutors. my nightcap is still here. along with katie honan, reporter for the city and host of the podcast faq nyc. katie, you are our expert. you have been reporting on every inch of this. give us the latest. what do. >> we need to know? >> so the mayor was in court this morning or this afternoon with his lawyer and as well as emil bove. they faced judge dale ho, who wanted. >> to hear. >> from them about. >> why they want. >> his case. >> dropped his five count. federal indictment on bribery and corruption and all that kind of stuf

the new episode of alex wagner's podcast trumpland just dropped today. this episode is called the war on yolk. it's about how the avian flu, the bird flu is messing with everybody from farmers to consumers to everybody who has to do anything with eggs. it's really, really good and i recommend that you should listen anyway, it just came out. you can use that scan scannable code on your screen there to get it. all right. i'll see you again tomorrow. way too early with ali. vitali is next. >> the president has called zelensky. >> a dictator. >> does he view putin as a dictator? and does he want zelensky out of power? i know he's called for elections. >> look, president trump is obviously very frustrated right now with president zelensky. 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, i think he eventually will get to that point, and i hope so very quickly. >> that was. >> national security. >> advisor mike. >> wallace yesterday. >> dodging a question on whether vladimir putin is a d

heads up that the new episode of alex wagner's podcast, trumpland just came out. it's really good. she's looking in this episode at the trump administration's strengthening ties to russia and russian authoritarianism. as ukrainians in the us mark the third anniversary of russia invading ukraine. if you want to listen to the podcast, it's great. just scan that little circular code on your screen with your phone and it will take you right to it. it's easy. way too early with ali. vitali is next. >> think of it. a modestly successful comedian, a dictator without elections. zelensky, better move fast or he's not going to have a country left. >> i still think. >> that mr. zelensky has been taken. >> did i say that? i can't believe i said that. next question. >> he did say that president trump. >> yesterday dodging previous comments he made about ukrainian. >> president volodymyr zelensky. >> the two leaders will meet today at the white house to finalize a mineral rights deal. the question is, will ukraine get any security guarantees along with that agreement? plus, a federal judge rules

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> we're going. >> to start with. breaking news on capitol hill. >> mounting questions over the future of tiktok in the us. >> president trump has promised to carry out the largest deportation force in american history. >> the surge of international. >> outrage following. suggestion that the. >> us take control of gaza. the congressional progressive caucus calling for. elon musk to be. >> fired from. >> his position. >> reporting from philadelphia. >> el paso. >> in the. >> palisades. >> virginia. >> from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. >> that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. >> tonight, president trump held his first cabinet meeting and gave elon musk the floor while others just sat by, watched and applauded. what that meeting says about the state of the trump administration. then trump ramps up his trade war and the markets don't like it. plus, we'll talk to the three brothers whose anti-trump podcast is surging to the top of the charts as the 11th ho

>> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. msnbc presents a new podcast hosted by jen psaki. each week, she talks to some of the biggest names in democratic politics, with the biggest ideas for how democrats can win again. the blueprint with jen psaki. listen now. >> that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. >> tonight, president trump held his first cabinet meeting and gave elon musk the floor while others just sat by, watched and applauded. what that meeting says about the state of the trump administration. then trump ramps up his trade war and the markets don't like it. plus, we'll talk to the three brothers whose anti-trump podcast is surging to the top of the charts as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. see, i'm stretching because it has been a long week and it's only wednesday, but it is time for the midweek nightcap, which means it is day 38. no, not 338. just 38 of the second trump administration and president donald j. t