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first press briefing for donald trump's white house. there may have been a sense mr.ould have shown up. we know he believes he's the best spokesman for his agenda. but it was 27-year-old caroline levitt who ran the show. youngest ever press secretary. i think the general consensus was she did pretty well. if you think back to 20, when it was donald trump's first term, the press secretary was sean spicer and it descended into a big row over the size of the crowds at the inauguration. mr. trump wrongly claiming his crowd size was bigger than obama's. nothing controversial like that in this press briefing. one thing i found interesting was she did say the traditional press would not be prioritize. so when you go into that room, all the front row seats are given to the legacy media in this country. but she said they were going to stop prioritizing new media, tiktok, podcasting, because these people were very crucial in helping donald trump spread his message during his presidential campaign. a very new tone from this administration. but exactly as we expected it to be in

trump white house.th somebody. who's only lying. >> to you. >> has extremely. limited value, and i hope my colleagues. >> in the. >> press corps keep their eye on the ball. the ball is not. >> how much time you personally get to converse with the president, how entertaining he. >> is. >> when you. converse with. >> him. >> how what. >> kind of play your. >> story gets, how much. >> your face. >> gets on television. >> the ball is what is he actually doing? how does it. affect american citizens? how does it affect the. >> interests of the united states? and i. >> think sometimes people get confused on priorities. and given. >> the fact that. >> donald trump almost never says. >> anything, that's true. >> i think the. >> access, as. patrick indicated, has. >> very, very limited value. >> norm, how do you get the white house press corps to understand or. i don't mean all of them, i mean many. there are some great people working there, but that a donald trump answer a donald trump words after a question mar

more big moves today from the white house.ing people under 19 go through gender transitions. >> the president offered federal workers a buyout with seven months pay to shrink. the government. >> and the white house budget office today ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans. that pause has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge until next monday. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes joins us live now in san jose with a closer look at the freeze. >> zach. >> yeah. now, the federal judge made that pause just before it was supposed to go into

the white house and the new explanation tonight. the video now emerging that show what some believe could be the possible start of that devastating and deadly eaton fire in southern california. the surveillance video appearing to show small sparks coming from power lines. the utility tonight responding. >>> tonight, one of the worst tuberculosis outbreaks in the u.s. in decades. the toll so far. and what we've learned. >>> the powerful cross-country storm moving into the northeast. damaging winds, and already tonight, the images. the collapse of a home under construction outside boston. multiple injuries reported tonight. and four-story scaffolding also coming down in the winds. >>> and tonight, moving the mona lisa? should the famous painting be brought to italy? french president emmanuel macron tonight and his own message on the mona lisa's future. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening. it's great to have you with us here on a very busy tues

the question is, can the white house, can the. administration can any white house. >> or the administration. >> or any administration impound withhold money that congress has already appropriated and presidents have signed into law? the answer to that broadly. >> is no. but listen. >> katie, you're going to have a omb director. that's the office of management and budget, russ vought, who is if confirmed, and we. >> expect he will. >> be confirmed. will test the outer limits of the law. >> he has said. >> that he does not. >> have conventional. views on the. >> budgeting process. >> he said in his confirmation hearing, he was asked about that impoundment act. and he. >> said president. >> trump. >> ran against. >> the. >> impoundment act. well, it's an interesting. data point, katie, but if the president doesn't. like a law on the book, it's his. responsibility to attempt, if he would like or she would like to change. >> said law. >> not to ignore. >> it, and said, i campaigned. against it. >> that's not how our system of governmen

i'll note she's actually the youngest white house press secretary in white house history. she formerly served as trump's spokesperson for his campaign, so she will not be a stranger to any of his supporters. she ran unsuccessfully for a seat in new hampshire, and now, of course, she will be taking the podium at a time when there are a lot of questions about all of the activity that we have seen out of the west wing in just over a week of trump's second term, boris. >> and of course, we'll get back to you, caitlin, once the action there gets underway. for now, let's bring in cnn chief media analyst brian stelter. brian, what will you be watching for during today's briefing? >> during his first term in office, donald. >> trump did not want a free and fair press. he wanted a subservient press that would promote his agenda and stop with the pesky questions. during his first term, he stopped with briefings altogether, discouraging his aides from taking questions. but we also know that donald trump loves attention, and right now he's getting so much attention through his own q&a

we should not pass from the biden white house to the trump white house without noting the grotesque doubletandard that the washington press corps has applied to joe biden and donald trump entirely to donald trump's benefit. it's not just republican members of the house and republican members of the senate who know better, who have accommodated themselves to donald trump. we all know that republicans in congress who know better, who have accommodated themselves to donald trump, do that completely out of fear. the fear of losing their reelections to a trump favored candidate. bravery is not a typical characteristic of politicians, so there's no surprise in politicians. republican politicians, fear of donald trump. and it doesn't take bravery for a reporter to scream at karine jean-pierre in a white house press briefing. and it didn't take bravery for reporters to scream at joe biden in the oval office as they did, or in the roosevelt room as they did. but it would take bravery for them to scream at donald trump or at the white house press secretary working for donald trump if she ever shows

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>> so it is the belief of this white house and the white house counsel's office that the president was within his executive authority to do that. he is the executive of the executive branch, and therefore, he has the power to fire anyone within the executive branch that he wishes to. there is also a case that went before the supreme court in 2020, scalia law, llc versus the customs. the bureau protection. i would advise you to look at that case. and that's the legality that this white house was wrestling on. >> so you're. >> confident that if. >> they bring lawsuits. >> against you as prosecutors. >> you were fired, that that they will succeed. we will win in court. and did he personally. >> direct this, given they worked on the. >> classified documents. >> investigation and. >> the election. interference investigation? >> this was a memo that went out by the presidential personnel office. and the president is the leader of this white house. so, yes. yes. caroline. >> caroline. caroline. caroline. >> caroline. >> thank you. congrats on your first day behind the podium. >> thank you. >>

look, the president is the backs -- best spokesperson this white house has. i can ensure you will be hearing from him and be as much as possible. >> the question about tax cuts. the president has promised to extend the tax cuts from the previous term. as the president support corresponding spending cuts, as some republicans have called for? and will the new treasury secretary be leading those negotiations with the hill? sec. leavitt: the president is committed to tax cuts and spending cuts, and he has a great team negotiating on his behalf. but there is no better negotiator than donald trump and i'm sure he will be involved in this reconciliation process as a moves forward. >> the announcement being made last night on the iron dome, it said the president had directed that the united states will build this iron dome. when you read the executive order it seemed short of that. it asked for a series of studies and reports back. and you tell us whether the president has directed this, and if he is concerned on this issue, why the suspension's we saw listed by omb

and the question we will continue to ask throughout this administration is this white house for sale?licans have been gathering this week for their annual retreat to game plan, the president's agenda. and they didn't just go anywhere. they went to the trump national doral golf club. his previously underperforming resort. back in his first term, trump faced a whole lot of criticism for shuttling elected officials, secret service agents and others down to his properties. but the washington post notes this year marks the first time house republicans spent money directly on a venue owned by the president. full financial records are not yet available, but from 2017 to 2023, the annual gop retreat averaged about a million bucks each time it was held. with me now to discuss brian schwartz, wall street journal, white house economic policy reporter, and david jolly. still with us. david, i want to know how we got here, because the last time president trump was president, we were told by democrats elect us and we will never allow this self-dealing to happen again, whether it's trump or anyone e

this white house believes strongly in the first amendment.it is why our team will work diligently to restore the press passes of the 440 journalists whose passes were wrongly revoked by the previous administration. we are also opening up this breathing room to new media voices who produce no real -- news related content and whose advent is not already represented by one of the seats in this room. we welcome independent journalists, podcaster's, social media influencers and content creators to apply for credentials to cover this white house. and you can apply now on our new website, whitehouse.gov/new media. starting today, this seat in the front of the room which is usually occupied by the press secretary staff will be called the new media exceed. my team will review the applications and give credentials to new media applicants who meet our criteria and past united states secret service requirements to enter the white house complex. so in light of these announcements, are first questions for today's briefing will go to these new media members

let's go right to the white house and cnn's jeff zeleny. jeff, how is the white house explaining this move? and are they being more specific? >> well, jake, the specifics are still in a bit of short supply other than the fact that the president is simply exercising his vast authority, and this is going to be something we have already seen and will seen, uh, certainly much more in the coming weeks and months ahead. he is starting and setting up a fight with congress over the money that they have allocated. but in terms of the specifics of the program at the white house, a press briefing, the first one of this administration, the white house press secretary, was clear. she said that the medicare, social security and funds directly impacting people would not be included. however, left in the gray area is a lot of that federal money that is sent through the states on to people. so there is much confusion over the medicaid program. for example, the state portals were offline. it is unclear if those will come back online, but karoline leavitt, th

trump white house.point. is exactly correct. >> having conversations with somebody who's only lying to you has extremely limited value, and i hope my colleagues in the press corps keep their eye on the ball. the ball is not how much time you personally get to converse with the president, how entertaining he is when you converse with him, how what kind of play your story. >> gets. >> how much your face. >> gets. >> on television. the ball is what is he actually doing? how does it affect american citizens? how does it affect the interests of the united states? and i think sometimes people get confused on priorities. and given the fact that donald trump almost never says anything, that's true. i think the access, as patrick. >> indicated. >> has very. >> very limited value. >> norm, how do you get the white house press corps to understand or. i don't mean all of them, i mean many. there are some great people working there, but that a donald trump answer a donald trump words after a question mark is not an

the white house said it is a temporary pause.y also said assistance going to individuals would not be impacted. they sent a facts sheet which said medicaid and snap benefits or food stamps would not be impacted. funding for pell grants, headstart, rental assistance, would not be paused. is that consistent with what you have seen in your state? rep. delauro: no. just off the press conference our governor and attorney general, the fact is, direct federal aid connecticut is $14.3 billion, all of which is in jeopardy. they cannot pick and choose what they want to fund or not. the congress has power of the purse by virtue of the constitutional and article i section 9 clause 7, no money shall be drawn from the treasury but in cases of appropriation. we voted on these bills, they were passed, the money is there. they cannot be deciding because they had a backlash that they are going to redirect, not going to take money from this effort, but from that? hell no. amna: we did speak to a constitutional expert and he said in his view, this m

when i talked to a senior white house adviser -- excuse me, senior white house official yesterday they made this point clearly that gabbard has to step up, too. they want to see her follow pete hegseth's playbook and fight harder for this job, show that she understands the seriousness of what she's being asked to do in top of these intel agencies and hearing from white house officials and hill sources there's a lot of expectation that this hearing will be very critical. if she gets to the hearing and gets to the floor, that's one thing, but if she stumbles in this hearing she could be in serious trouble. >> leigh ann, i thought it was fascinating that senator lindsey graham said he is a we willy see. he didn't say i'm a yes. he is one of the senators who has been most vocal about saying president trump deserves his picks to be in place. senator langford saying he is in yes on tulsi gabbard. what are you hearing about the top concerns in her uphill bat snl. >> as garrett said this hearing will be extremely critical. not only the public part of the hearing but, remember, this is in front

white house visit. for some of those who stormed the capitol four years ago on january 6th. plus, the trump administration showing the door to government dei staffers shutting down programs and initiatives, and making good on a controversial campaign promise. >> and a school shooting in nashville. at least two students are wounded after that shooting, which began in the cafeteria. we are following these major developing stories for you and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news center. >> we are grateful that you're sharing part of your afternoon with us. i'm boris sanchez, alongside erica hill in for brianna keilar today in washington. great to have you here. >> it's nice to be with you. >> yeah, it's been a busy few days for the second trump administration. the president moving quickly to transform the federal government. and right now, dea is on the chopping block. employees who work in diversity, equity and inclusion roles have just three hours left to vacate their offices. they've been put

my next source tonight was at the white house. today. was one of three house republicans who were there meeting with president trump. all three of them represent districts that the former vice president, kamala harris, won in november, we saw two of them moments before that meeting happened. >> that's what everyone. >> said yesterday. how do you feel being here. >> with. >> you guys? >> well, i haven't. >> been in the. >> white house. >> in the west wing west wing in four. >> years, so it's good to. >> be back. will you come out to talk to us after the meeting? >> it depends. what? the president. >> i don't. >> want to. >> keep our. >> conversations private. >> unless he doesn't. >> it's all right. >> i'm pete muntean at reagan national airport. >> this is cnn. >> after the led. >> mask, i brushed. >> my teeth. >> susan. toothbrush. love the digital derm routine. why are you still brushing like it's 1990? no. thank you. you want oral care? >> turn to philips sonicare. >> make the sonicare switch. like and. >> subscribe. >> nobody's born

the white house by president eisenhower. typical of the many receptions held throughout washington for the best in attending the inaugural ceremonies was this reception given by senator and mrs. bridges in honor of the governor of new hampshire. the senator and the receiving with lovely mrs. bridges with champagne music by this marine quartet directed, by lieutenant king. the morning of january 21st dawned cold, cold and overcast. the plaza, as seen from a navy blimp overhead. as the president and mamie came out of the white house. he paused momentarily, thought back to his first inauguration when he came to the white house to be accompanied by president truman on his first ride to the capitol capitol. the president continued down the steps. the the vice president waiting. and as the presidential caravan leaves the white house grounds, the president's his second such historic journey down pennsylvania avenue in four years. the waiting crowds herald, his arrival at the capitol, where the ceremonies are to be held. like ever t

. >> white house press secretary caroline leavitt began the first white house briefing of the second trump administration, saying america will no longer tolerate illegal immigration. she took questions on recent iced attainments and deportations of undocumented migrants and the recent positive federal grants and loans. she's the youngest person to serve in the role of white house press secretary. the briefing is about 45 minutes. >> good afternoon everybody. >> how are we? it is an honor to be here with all of you. a lot of new faces. president trump is back and the golden age of america has most definitely begun. the senate has already confirmed five of president trump's exceptional cabinet nominees. secretary of state marco rubio, defense secretary pete hegseth, cia director john radcliffe. , and treasury secretary scott bessent. it is imperative that the senate continues to her confirm nominees as quickly as possible. as you have seen during the past week president trump is hard at work fulfilling the promises that he made to the american people on the campaign trail. since taking

my next source tonight was at the white house today. as one of three house republicans who were there meeting with president trump. all three of them represent districts that the former vice president, kamala harris, won in november. we saw two of them moments before that meeting happened. >> that's what everyone says. yeah. >> being here with you guys. >> i haven't been in the white house, in the west wing, west wing in four years, so it's good to be back. will you come out to talk to us after the meeting? it depends. what the president. i don't want to keep our conversations private unless he doesn't. it's all right kobe. >> the making of a legend premieres saturday at nine on cnn. >> liberty mutual customizes my car insurance. >> so i saved hundreds. >> but the money i. >> saved thought i'd get a wax. >> figure of myself. oh, right in the temporal lobe. beat it. >> punks only. >> pay for what you need. >> liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. >> do your dry eyes still feel gritty? rough. or tired? with my bow. eyes can feel. >> my bow.

he has talked to the white house.ool and child care funding. healthcare for seniors, low income families. funding for meals and lunches any other misinformation has spread. suggesting this was much to do about nothing. how do you respond to that? >> it's chaos and it is unnecessary. and if the president wants to work with us, the congress, article one, the congress of the constitution of the united states, instead of having some bureaucrat in the office of management and budget send out a memo saying hey all of this funding is paused, we will work with him. but that's not what this is. and i got a different message than glenn youngkin got. i got calls from my constituents there were portals shut down for head start for kids. there were moms calling who had teenagers had their kids in teenagers in cancer studies, cancer trials that are federally funded through the national institutes of health. you have got firefighters subject of our discussion today. and i appreciate our bipartisan work on this, who are the recipient

here's a sample of some of the things that the white house press corps said to the white house press secretary, who was more than a week late in delivering her first so-called press briefing. welcome. you look great. this is true. you're doing a great job. i apologize for interrupting. if i may. secondly, if you're willing, that's how they would do a follow up. secondly, if you're willing, it was the most polite session in the white house press briefing room in. let me check. four years because it is the trump white house press briefing room. there will be no screaming. the white house press corps will all sound like reasonable adults, and some of them will sound like fawning fans of the press secretary and the president. because the white house press corps has a special standard of behavior that they reserve. uniquely for the trump white house, it is actually the standard that i really wish they would use for all other presidents. there really is no reason to ever scream at any white house press secretary. there is no reason to be constantly yelling over each other, which did not ha

let's get right to the white house. cnn's priscilla alvarez with us this morning with the latest on this. priscilla, what are you hearing? >> well, john, this was certainly the first major. international clash over immigration. as you mentioned, president trump, trump threatening tariffs. >> after colombia abruptly said that they wouldn't take back flights with repatriated colombians. so how did this all unfold? well, over the weekend, the u.s. had planned two military flights to colombia. now they had taken off and according to documents i reviewed, colombia had authorized those flights. but then the colombian president said in a post on x that he would not take those flights. he would block them. and he talked about making sure that migrants are not treated as criminals. now, the context there is that colombia has taken migrants back on civilian aircraft. he seemed to be implying that he was taking issue with this being two military aircraft. now, of course, earlier guatemala had taken back similar flights. now, this

the white house has just released these images. migrants lined up, handcuffed and led onto a military aircraft. we should note cnn cannot independently confirm the details because our crews were not there on the ground when these images were being captured. cnn white house correspondent priscilla alvarez is here to talk about this. priscilla, what are we learning about these flights? and we should note just we were just showing this a few moments ago. those images were tweeted out or posted by the white house press secretary. so this is coming from the white house. >> that's right. this is part of their show of force. after the president signed his executive order declaring a national emergency at the u.s. southern border. now, if we can bring the photos up again, because i do want to point out what's different here, it is the use of military aircraft that marks a difference from the way this was handled before. now the you see there a line of migrants. they are arrested as they or rather they are handcuffed as they are boarding th

is it different in the white house? >> yeah. listen, i want to get back to the constitutional issue later. article one and so on. power of the purse. but alyssa, you of course worked in the previous trump white house. do you see this reversal as an admission here that they went too far? because of course, we've watched this administration move forward very aggressively on so many fronts. on this one, they pulled a 180. >> listen. >> i think that they're. >> moving at such a. >> pace, over 100 executive orders that this one was sloppy. how it was executed, plain and simple. but the reason you're not hearing a lot of backlash from republicans on capitol hill is it's been a long standing conservative priority to try to get our arms around what's seen as potential waste, fraud, abuse or just excessive spending in the federal bureaucracy. it's kind of why there's actually some degree of bipartisan curiosity around doge and these department of government efficiency efforts that are underway. however, what i'm kind of stunned by and br

peter doocy at the white house.what else will the law do? reporter: stu, looking at last couple of days since trump was inaugurated. we're learning that if you arrest more people to be deported, you need more places to put them. we are now learning the buccally space force base in aurora, colorado, will hold some of these de-portanova tees to be repatriated to their countries of origin. >> i was in new york city yesterday and the people of this country want these dirt bags out. they want their communities to be safe and so amazing to me to see people walk by us on the street early in the morning and just say thank you. thank you for being here. this is part of our plan to make sure that we're protecting america keeping it safe again like president trump promised. reporter: ice is posting about hundreds of arrests every day since trump's swearing in but the immigration czar said hundreds are not enough as the new team figures out how to operate with the old apparatus. >> are you satisfied, tom homan, with the pace of

. >>> tonight president trump testing the limits of his power as the white house order a pause on multiple forms of financial assistance. chaos and confusion in washington, swift backlash including lawsuits. a federal judge tonight delaying the start date. president trump's new buy out offer for all federal employees. ice round ups in new york city. the new homeland security there as undocumented immigrants are arrested, including she is as a ring leader of a violent gang. a dangerous outbreak. the unprecedented spread of tuberculosis in kansas. the historic number of cases detected. kennedy family split on the eve of the confirmation hearing to lead american health agencies. robert f. kennedy's cousin, caroline kennedy, blasting him as a predator. return to auschwitz. she was a 14-year-old when the nazi death camp was liberated. at 94 she will return for the first time showing jesse kirsch what she is as the world must remember. tiktok's newest suitors.e new d shut down the airbus a-321 catching fire while preparing for flight and the good news for two endangered manatees returning to the

the white house is reversing course on the action from monday night. that imposed this sweeping pause on three trillions of dollars of programs, as you said, not social security or medicare, but housing programs. so many other things, really, across the federal government. today, the trump administration decided to rescind that. of course, this comes after a federal judge ruled last evening that he was going to put a temporary pause on all of this, sending this entire matter to court as early as next week. that is what the trump administration was hoping to avoid a legal battle. right now, at least, that is essentially a yes. a review on these programs, but also a bigger test on the president's executive authority. there's no doubt that this is the biggest walkback the biggest reversal so far in this administration. it's almost reminds me, at least, of the travel ban in the first trump administration, when there was a chaos that ensued with that widespread travel ban, which was rejected by the courts. however, this does leave in place the executive orde

to the white house about it. people like senator lindsey graham have said that they do believe that they broke the law in doing that, and they need to follow the law next time. but also about these career prosecutors that were fired, jake, the ones who were on the investigations into trump himself. i asked karoline leavitt about whether or not they believe they do have the authority to do so. earlier today. >> now, what. >> happened on friday night? the administration fired several inspectors general without giving congress the 30 day, legally required notification that they were being fired. i think only two were left at doj, dhs and the doj. and then yesterday we saw several prosecutors, i believe, 12 fired from the justice department who worked on the investigations into the president. as you know, they are career prosecutors. therefore, they are afforded civil service protections. how is the administration deciding which laws to follow and which ones to ignore? >> so it is the belief. >> of this white. >> hou

heard any indications that they are going to reinstate it. >> and there was other news from the white house today. two things, really. the president signed a memo directing the government to prepare the naval base at guantanamo bay to house tens of thousands of migrants. and he also settled a lawsuit against mark zuckerberg's meta. and essentially, zuckerberg's going to meta is going to pay $25 million, some of it for lawyers fees, but the bulk of it to go to the president's future presidential library. >> yeah. and a lot of key things happening in front of the cameras and also behind the cameras, that executive order he announced earlier today when he was doing his first bill signing of his presidency. this time around, that was the laken riley act. and on that executive order on guantanamo bay, he said that they are going to open up 30,000 beds at guantanamo bay for detained migrants. we know bed space has been a really big issue. i've been talking to tom homan, his border czar, about this, saying very clearly, they need more money for congress from congress because they need more money f

let's get right to cnn's alayna treene at the white house with this email. millions of federal workers with, i guess, a decision to make. >> that's exactly right. and 2 million federal workers. to be clear, this email that was sent by and from the office of personnel management was sent out to all 2 million federal workers, really offering them this chance at a voluntary buyout. they can quit their jobs and still get paid until september 30th if they choose to do so. however, it's not certain that if they don't choose to do so, that their jobs will be guaranteed that they still have them. i want to walk you through kind of what i was hearing behind the scenes from trump administration officials and others at opm. they argued that one, they're trying to frame this really as a good off ramp for employees who maybe work remotely or have flexible schedules and don't want to go back to the office full time. as president donald trump directed them to do last week, they're saying this could be a good option for that. but again, this was offered to all federal emplo

we reached out to the faa asking why that was the case, they sent us to the white house, the white houseelaborate beyond the remarks made yesterday and this morning on fox news channel. stuart: not quite cleared up. caroline levitt made her briefing room debut yesterday. she is a no-nonsense press secretary. lauren: and she's only 27. she held her first white house briefing and told the media commit to telling the truth. >> i would like to point out while i vowed to provide the truth from this podium we ask all of you in this room hold yourselves to the same standard. we know for fact there have been lies that have been pushed by many legacy media outlets about this president, his family, we will not accept that, we will call you out when we feel your reporting is wrong and there is misinformation about this white house so yes, i will hold myself to the truth and expect everyone in this room to do the same. lauren: jackie heinrich noted something missing from the podium. no binder. the previous press secretary, jesse waters, used to call her binder and jackie said caroline levitt said my

the white house is aware of the medicaid website portal outage. we have confirmed no payments have been affected. they are still being processed and sent. we expect the portal will be back online shortly. as of this moment, there's been no updates from the press secretary whether a program that affects more than 79 million people by the most recent government count is indeed back up. i want to start with chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins, anchor of the source at the top of the next hour. so what is the latest you're hearing from white house officials about why this happened? and if they're going to comply with the federal judge's order? >> no word yet, anderson, from the white house on their reaction to what this federal judge did this afternoon by saying, hey, we're putting a pause on all of this, which really the judge said was for the court's benefit for the next several days, because this was all supposed to go into effect today at 5 p.m. eastern. now it is temporarily paused until monday because there are real questions about th

>> david: mary bruce live at the white house.ary, thank you. >>> tonight, the fallout from president trump's sweeping january 6th pardons, and this evening, the head of the oath keepers, who has now been freed, up at the capitol late today. he says he was there to meet with republican lawmakers. and rachel scott is there. >> reporter: tonight, the backlash against president donald trump's decision to pardon the rioters who attacked police officers on january 6th is growing. >> ahh! >> reporter: capitol police officer daniel hodges, who the world saw screaming for help, now joining other officers and democrats to denounce the president's move. >> i was beaten, crushed, kicked, punched, surrounded. someone reached underneath my visor, tried to gouge out my eye. and all these people were just pardoned by donald trump. who says they were the real victims. that they were the patriots. i don't understand how anyone can believe that. >> reporter: but tonight, an astonishing sight on capitol hill. the leader of the far right militia grou

the white house press. secretary was asked mostly softball questions, one of which allowed her to say that she, quote, commits to telling the truth. having made. that commitment to tell the truth, she lied. >> about donald trump. >> using the military to turn on a source of water in california. the california department of water today posted this saying the military did not enter california. >> the federal government. >> restarted federal water pumps after they were. >> offline for. >> maintenance for. >> three days. state water. >> supplies in southern california remain plentiful, so. >> chalk. >> that up. >> as a donald trump and press. >> secretary lie. when the press. >> secretary was asked if donald. >> trump's illegal. federal spending freeze, which was blocked. >> by a federal. >> judge later in the day, applied to medicaid, she clearly had absolutely no idea. and there is no indication that she knows what medicaid is. not a single question about the detailed description of how unfit to serve robert