freezing aid to ukraine, this announcement from ursula von der leyen.erall led by defense, sales and profits were up 13%. they did get weighed down by and remember they are in talks for a potential joint venture when it comes to satellite operations. they just to give you a little bit of color for some comments, the latest for ukraine is equivalent to a year's revenue from thales subsidiary and that gives you all the context impacting the business. for 2025, organic growth between five and 6% and it won't affect 2025 just yet. in my further down the line. they are waiting to see how it translates into actual investment. they are behind on innovation spending, so they are waiting to see what happens. and some issues on supply- chain. some raw materials, whthose bar materials-- raw materials come from. certainly increase in defense spending. shares are up almost 75% the past 12 months, 16% this morning and here again up around 7%. >> you raise such a good point around this investment not only for thales . it won't even turn up in the 2025 numbers. this is

we may hear more later this week, and certainly ursula von der leyen, the european commission presidentng that meeting, talked about this unanswered questions, of course, on the sort of political elephant in the room, donald trump. will donald trump shift on security guarantees from other european leaders. but what are they? i suppose because they have their own domestic audiences, but they maybe need to get approvalfrom cabinets or their own parliaments. we may hear more later this week, and certainly ursula von der leyen, the european commission president, leaving that meeting, talked about this summit on thursday that she will be hosting. unanswered questions, of course, on the sort of political elephant in the room, donald trump. what will the us�*s role be in all of this? will donald trump shift on security guarantees or on sovereignty? and some would argue, though i suppose, that donald trump, in a quite sort of, unexpected way, may have achieved a lot in recent weeks because certainly european nations seem willing to spend a lot more on defence. and certainly he has said that eur

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ursula von der leyen said they need to turn into a steel porcupine. she said it is time to prepare for the worst. that said, european leadership is not yet ready to fully give up on the united states. uk prime minister keir starmer, who embraced president zelenskyy this weekend had this to say. >> europe must do the heavy lifting. but to support peace in our continent, and to succeed, this effort must have strong u.s. backing. nobody wanted to see what happened last friday, but i do not accept that the u.s. is an unreliable ally. >> reporter: it is important to keep in mind that starmer, for the moment, has no real choice other than to say this. not only has he been the most successful leader to engage with trump so far, but the fact is that europe is not prepared militarily to lose america as an ally. and many hope to salvage the situation. but friday's disaster in the oval office fundamentally changed the tone of the conversation over here. frances? >> matt bodner for us, thank you. >>> israel stopping the entry of food and humanitarian goods into g

for example, ursula von der leyen, president of the european commission, be what you called a -- theykraine be what you call a steel porcupine, and the e.u. writ large must rearm itself. take a listen. >> after a long time of underinvestment, it's now of utmost importance to step up the defense investment for a prolonged period of time. >> reporter: e.u. leaders are excited to unveil a package that excited to unveil a defense package that also includes ukraine and brussels. there are many questions. for one, how much assistance will they give? what weapons and potentially troop deployment if any? and, whether it will all be enough to counter russia, and john, possibly without the united states. >> john: ramy inocencio for us. thank you so much, ramy. >> reporter: you bet. >> john: the reshaping of the u.s. j justice department continues, with more career prosecutors being fired or moved out of long-held positions. cbs news has learned nearly a dozen senior prosecutors who handled january 6th related cases were demoted last week. the move was at the direction of the acting u.s. attorne

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ursula von der leyen wrote, your dignity honors the bravery of the ukrainian people.k's top diplomat wrote, it's clear the free world needs a new leader. french president emmanuel macron. >> we have to thank all those who have helped and respect all those who from the beginning have done the fighting because they are fighting for their dignity, independence, children and the security of europe. >> complete, utter disaster. >> at the white house, lindsey graham said diplomacy with zelenskyy was all but dead. >> i talked to him this morning, do not take the bait. what i saw in the oval office was disrespectful and i don't know if we can ever do business with zelenskyy again. >> president trump repeated the message saying that zelenskyy wanted to come back to the white house tonight but that the president was leaving for mar-a-lago. present said to restart u.s.-ukrainian talks, zelenskyy would have to say i don't want to fight a war any longer. right now it's not clear how or if u.s. support for ukraine will continue. geoff: what are european leaders telling you about ho

and an important message as well, coming at this summit from ursula von der leyen, the european commission president, saying that in just a couple of days, on the 6th of march this week, european leaders would gather and lay out a comprehensive plan on how to rearm europe. that is something president trump has been looking for europeans to do to step up their defense spending. so the europeans appearing to come together on a plan for that as well. nic robertson, cnn, london. >> david sanger is a cnn political and national security analyst and author of new cold wars china's rise, russia's invasion, and america's struggle to defend the west. he joins me now from los angeles. appreciate you being with us. >> great to be with you, rosemary. >> so europe is stepping up in the wake of that explosive exchange between the u.s. president and his ukrainian counterpart on friday. but european leaders are keeping the u.s. involved, with france and the uk proposing a monthon truce and a peace plan that will be presented to the u.s. where do you see all of this going from here? >> well, it's. >> a nice

ursula von der leyen, the european commission president, saying that on the 6th of march this week, european leaders will get together and lay out a new defense architecture and plan going forward. so significant steps being made and the importance underscored of doing this with the united states, when precisely to get president trump engaged again, that not entirely clear. nic robertson, cnn, london. >> and here at home, president trump's america first agenda will take center stage this week as he delivers his first address to a joint session of congress since his november election victory. cnn senior white house producer betsy klein is in west palm beach, and cnn correspondent arlette saenz is in washington. hello to both of you. betsy. you first. the fight to secure the border. that oval office clash with president zelenskyy and the slashing of the federal workforce that is upending washington and beyond. all of those issues likely to be in this address. >> that's exactly right, fredricka. i think we can expect president trump to take a victory lap for his first six weeks in office, and t

. >> the head of the eu, ursula von der leyen. she's a very strong diplomat. she comes from germany. germany will be really important. she is german. germany will be really important and i think the. eu is actually ready. they are really worried, the members of the eu. but you have to bring the uk in as well, maybe bring the uk back into the eu. so i think there is potential leadership, michael, but i don't know. they'll have to decide for themselves. >> all right. >> evelyn farkas, thank you so much. barbara comstock, please stay with us next hour. john bolton, donald trump's national security adviser during his first term, is calling on secretary of state marco rubio to resign over the oval office debacle. he will join the conversation. but first, elon musk, doge, is sending a new email to federal workers demanding they explain what they did this past week. write it down, folks. you're watching the down, folks. you're watching the weekend. (man) got one more antoine. (vo) with usps ground advantage, it's like you're with us every step of the way. ♪ (man) coo

the way, one of the strongest figures supporting ukraine is the head of the european union, ursula von der leyen, former defense minister of germany. the europeans just yesterday committed to over $900 billion of defense spending. i think the light is going on not only in brussels but across the continent, that they need to be prepared to go it alone. if the united states continues down this reckless and dangerous course of walking away from ukraine. >> admiral sirvydis, nice to see you this morning. thanks so much for being with us. okay. >> so mardi gras celebrations in new orleans are coming up, and the city has ramped up its security ahead of all of the festivities. mardi gras this year is taking place just weeks after that deadly new year's attack on bourbon street that killed 14 people. so there will be local, state and federal law enforcement all on the ground this time to help ensure that the thousands of people expected to attend are kept safe. cnn's lee waldman is live in new orleans ahead of all of this. and, lee, what are you learning? one. fantastic. two. what are you seeing and hea

there was a component in the messaging today coming from the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, and she said on the 6th of march that this week there will be a european leaders meeting where they will lay out a comprehensive plan on how to rearm europe. i think this is the message coming from europe, listening to what president trump has spoken about, the need for europe to galvanize and step up. this is them saying we're doing it. we're in the process of doing it, and there will be a coordinated coordination communication about that coming from the french with the british and the ukrainians. >> mhm. and then just looking at the photo op where they were all standing, you know, on those steps in alliance with zelenskyy, what kind of reception did he receive. i mean i'm seeing some hugs right now. and also handshakes. >> yeah it was really fascinating again yesterday zelenskyy got this big hug from the british prime minister walking down downing street to give him a hug. and today i really noticed, you know, we were standing there as all the leaders were going in and they all got

ursula von der leyen says that is just it. jonathan: a great time to very bad news.e news. a copy and paste error at citi meant transferring $6 billion to a customer after a staffer put the account number into a field for the dollar figure. it was caught and reported the next business day. the story follows from another story we mentioned in the past week. lisa: $81 trillion moving to someone's account. the idea from human error. this happened before. people were secretly relieved this took the pressure off them because $6 billion is a lot less than $81 trillion. at the same time, pay raises the question of manual processes that could be automated. you have to wonder how much this will ask what i debt plan. jonathan: we all want the net worth to be the length of our account number. lisa: yes. the first of them i not be numbers you would want to have at the front. jonathan: foreign-exchange. traders digesting the 25% tariffs on mexico and canada. kit juckes writing, "the canadian dollar is up despite tariffs arriving. friday's jobs numbers might be important as the u.

ursula von der leyen left the meeting and said we need to talk about security agreements now to givene an upper hand at the negotiating table. when it comes to the security agreement, europe and the united states are not aligned. lisa: that said, where is the leverage? any deal needs a u.s.-backed stop. on the flipside, europe, at least the u.k. and france, trying to put together a deal with ukraine to give to put in themselves so they can bypass the united states. it is a really interesting dance. i am curious how this ends up and what it means for u.s. membership in nato. very interesting moment between the cross atlantic relationship. annmarie: i would say two things on nato. trump has not changed his position, and have seen other presidents, like president obama and president biden talking about the fact europe needs to do more. they outsourced their defense to the united states and need to do more. now, trump will push it even more. before the election, 5%, they want to see that spending when it comes to gdp. but there's a fantastic quote -- let's stop the gossiping about what u

i'll just make one final point here that the president of european commission, ursula von der leyen,s expected to publish a letter early this week. one official suggested that could happen as early as today. exactly. giving the leaders a bit of a roadmap in terms of how they can spend more on defense as well. >> i think looking at the summit in london, there was a question going into it whether the message coming out would be one of, you know, condemning the events in the oval office on friday. that wasn't the message. starmer came out very clearly saying that the europeans want to work with the united states, and the europeans are working on the basis that they're going to ramp up defense spending in order to appease the us request for more or demand really for more support. and the europeans are essentially saying we continue to need your backing from the us. and what do you make of that? the europeans are moving forward to essentially spend more so that the us doesn't walk away. >> they do not want the us to walk away. they realize that they needed the us in order, not just, you k

and then, of course, the people of europe, the leaders of europe, ursula von der leyen, having the strongest words of support, talk about that. and what does it mean long term for the united states, long term for europe, long term for ukraine? >> look, trump. >> sees ukraine not as an ally, not as. >> a. >> courageous leader. >> he sees zelensky. >> as a supplicant. >> he sees. >> him as weak. >> and america. >> gets to make the rules. no. >> no different. >> in that regard. >> than the way. >> he'd see the panamanian leader. >> or the danish leader, or the mexican. >> leader or the canadian leader. >> these are people that have to come to him and who have to jump. >> when he says jump. >> and the fact that the ukrainians have. >> fought for three years. >> is irrelevant. >> from trump's perspective. >> he wants. >> to end. >> the war. >> that is. >> the priority. it's the only priority. >> and why is he calling zelensky? why is he calling the victim the tyrant and the dictator and calling the invader, refusing to call the invader the invader? >> he wants to. >> do a deal with putin. he's ma

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so far, ursula von der leyen and the european commission president, she spoke to journalists, talkedy of the european council of eu leaders to further take forward increased defence spending. same with the european council president. he also spoke to us costa, but otherwise we're waiting to see what what these leaders say to their domestic audiences because the people are paying for this will be their taxpayers in their own countries. many countries have stretched budgets. germany can is having is in a bit of a, of a, of a, of a slough of despond in terms of their economy, how can they afford it? lots of countries will be having difficult conversations with their own electorates about how to fund this. and as you say, with, with ukraine, we're giving them more missiles to protect them. what about our troops? but of course, the question of the war question was one which was raised earlier to sir keir starmer. and he says he wants to preserve the peace. but as sir keir starmer left the conference here, i shouted out some personal questions about the timeliness of what is announced. >>

but the quote that got me and it's on the front of the telegraph is eu president ursula von der leyenut it was that, you know, europe is now on a war footing. that worried me. >> carr europe go it alone, >> can europe go it alone, though, without the us? that's though, without the us? that�*s the question. >> well, i don't think they can, and i don�*t think they will. but i think as an edifying as the spectacle was in the oval office, it's had an effect. and the effect is. >> that unifying europe. >> that unifying europe. >> is europe are all going, oh, actually, we can't just >> is europe are all going, oh, actually, we can'tjust kind of and as crazed as trump often appears, there may be method in his madness there because it�*s his madness there because it's had an effect. i also think that they will eventually sign that deal because he wants to sign that deal because there's something in it for the united states, and it will zelenskyy i don�*t think is against doing don't think is against doing that deal. he just was, you know, against the kind of way they were talking about, excus