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white supremacist site. and the others have been drowned out by hateful garbage and it is no longer a social media site with a white supremacy problem but a whitesupremacy site with a social media problem. >> if you look at the output of a system as you know, what it does, right? i think that you can look at -- it is very difficult to evaluate a network you know, like x or twitter holistic lee, right? we do not have access to the internals and there is less transparency now than there was in the previous ownership days. but i think anyone who spends time on their understands that the types of voices that have been elevated since he has taken over but also in the last you know, six months of the campaign, the types of people and accounts that have been reinstated including conspiracy theorists and other white supremacists, you see that this kind of content that is really attention-getting because it is in reaching to certain people and delightful to others and a lot of it is very racist. that stuff is more prevalent on the site now and it is something that i think elon musk delights in that because it triggers the liberals but it also fits into

whites put together. he also said, quote, potentially every white man is a klansman. as far as the in competition with white, socially, economically and politically is concerned, there is no use in lying now. those views are not criminal. those statements are not criminal. but to what extent do you believe they play a role in the decision to pardon or not? >> you know, i think that these individual quotes happened in the 1920s, and i think that was a time when, um, there were members of the ku klux klan who were mayors of towns, and we had a resurgence of that type of activity across the country. so you have to understand the context of 100 years ago before you take individual quotes and see that as a representation of the views of someone who spent decades fighting for justice. and, you know, doctor martin luther king talked about his admiration for marcus garvey and how, you know, in doctor king's view, garvey's legacy was one that was about uplift. it was about human rights. and that was was about justice for all people. and, you know, i agree more so with what doctor king's judgment was of marcus garvey. and i th

whites joining meta's board of directors. mark zuckerbergs says he admires him. white says i'm a huge believer social media and ai are the future and excited to join this team. and u.s. steel and japan-based dn nippon steel are suing the government after the merger deal was blocked. the companies say political considerations undermind pr proposed merger. there is no need or reason to give up, we're convinced it is beneficial for both nations. >> carley: president biden rolling out environmental regulations on his way out the door establishing new monuments in california to ban drilling, mining and industrial activity on 800,000 acres of lairn, just day after announcing ban on offshore drilling. brian brenberg is co-host of "the big money show," and joins me now. what is impact of this? >> if it stands, it will be huge. coastsal shelf of america is offline for drilling and putting up new national monuments in california. he hates fact that donald trump said we're going to drill. out of spite or disregard for americans, he wants to take all this, this is like a perm be nant ban on this drilling. what t

social media. the chiefs will wear white. the philadelphia eagles are technically the home team and have chosen to wear their midnight green jerseys in the last 20 super bowls. the team wearing white6 times in the last decade. only two teams wearing colors have won. the chiefs lt year and the eagles in 2018. you can watch the super bowl sunday, february 9th right here on ktvu channel two. well, that's it for sports. the 11:00 news with mike starts now. >> the 11:00 news on ktvu. fox two starts now. >> and good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach right to some of our top stories here at 11. the trump administration's sudden freeze on federal funding was put on hold by a federal judge just minutes before it was scheduled to take effect. today, the u.s. district judge granted a stay until monday in response to a lawsuit by nonprofit groups. reaction from bay area leaders coming up here in just a few minutes. a man accused of stabbing a landlord to death in vallejo has been tied to a woman who was connected to the deadly shooting of a u.s. border patrol agent in vermont. investigators say the two applied for a marriage license in washington state back in november. maximilian snyder was

white house briefing room. in her very first briefing today, press secretary caroline leavitt announced the white house is allowing, quote, new media such as axios and breitbart into the room. she even invited social media influencers and content creators who say they want to cover the white house to apply for credentials. today marks four years since a san francisco grandfather was killed in an unprovoked attack. 84 year old vicha ratanapakdee died two days after being brutally knocked to the ground while he was taking his morning walk in the city's anza vista neighborhood. his death galvanized asian americans in the bay area, and the street where he died has since been renamed in his honor. the suspect, antoine watson, is still in custody on a murder charge. ratanapakdee, his daughter, posted on social media today that a new judge had been assigned to the case, with a trial set to begin next week. still ahead tonight. chatgpt for government how domestic ai companies are looking to rebound after a chinese ai startup rattled the markets. [music] >> and we are waiting on rain in the bay area. looks like we're going to get some, especially as we head into the weekend. and beyond that, i'll have the forecast. >> sounds good bill. and up next, an iconic oakland hotel is closi

white house website and social media. in response, the white house press secretary says the administration is committed to bringing back online the spanish translation section of that website. the government page on reproductive freedom that was created during the biden administration was also taken down. >> today, the state senate plans to vote on several proposed actions to prepare for legal battles with the trump administration. one proposal would give $25 million to the state's department of justice to help pay for legal fights against president trump. another would set aside $25 million to help undocumented people with immigration and legal services. during a special session, republican lawmakers questioned the price of california's sanctuary status. democrats responded, saying that the state must protect undocumented people who support not just california's economy, but also the u.s. economy. >> i think it's an opportunity for us to start looking at ways that we can really defend our communities, and i think that's what we're doing here is finding these these really realistic ways to do that. you upend the agriculture community. you're upending this economy that has really allowed california to flourish. >> after today's vote, the state assembly is expected to start its hearings next week. >> our time now. 537 the state senate and the state assembly plan to vote on the la disaster relief bill today as well. that proposal specifically includes $2.5 billion to help with the recovery from the fires, including removing hazardous waste. shelter for survivors and an emergency response. overall, another $4 million will provide the l.a. area with the resources they need to begin that process. and then another $1 million will go to school districts that were damaged or affected by the wildfires. >> this is an issue for communities across the state. nobody is immune from these fires. and so everybody has important perspective to add to this. and i was just encouraged by the fact that so many folks want to work together on this issue, and we have a lot of work ahead of us. >> now, if that relief package passes today, governor newsom says he will sign it. well, right now, millions of americans are freezing in dangerously cold weather as a polar vortex is moving across the country. it's bringing subzero temperatures and very strong, very cold winds across several states. some schools were forced to close. it's also affecting infrastructure in chicago, people are warned let the water trickle out of their spigots to keep the water lines from freezing and making pipes burst. and in detroit, old water lines burst in one neighborhood and flooded a street. the freezing weather is expected to continue for the rest of this week. >> december 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 1990. that's what happened here. i had to let the water drip out because we had a lot of frozen pipes. 23 where in new orleans? how about that? 23 in new orleans. 56 miami. oh boy, that is sweater weather down there. 26 at atlanta and buffalo 17. that's better. detroit 17. at least they're not in the single digits anymore, but 14 in denver, one below in minneapolis. seattle 27 seattle has had a really cold stretch going back about the last 7 to 10 days. our highs have been in the low 40s. here we go. fairfield, danville, sonoma and novato are in the 30s. pillar point is 61. bolinas 58, pacifica 57. half moon bay 56. that's because a breeze has kicked up. and if you get the breeze, i mean, there's a pretty good gust. i've seen up to 50 miles an hour in the oakland hills there, right above the caldecott tunnel. it's 46 right now near the oakland zoo, 25 due east in the city. i've seen 38 west side of mount tamalpais and then all east or northeast, no doubt even out towards the altamont pass. altamont, due east at 12 mines road north and livermore northeast, even tracy north. so i think you get the idea. walnut creek is 32 yet berkeley's 5959, half moon bay 33. santa rosa. i mean 47 sfo. there's some big differences on the temps here. there's pillar point 61, montara beach is 57. half moon bay has dropped 1 to 55. yet atherton's 35, menlo park, 36, and palo alto at 37. so you don't see this too often. but we are in this pattern 35 down in viva los vegas, 30 for arcata, redding, ukiah, sacramento, fresno, bakersfield, santa barbara. how about that for us. the high though is going to win out. then it changes on the way. it starts a little bit tomorrow, then more so as we head towards the weekend. sunny breezy and warm. today we'll get upper 60s 70s and then a low is dropping in right over us on the weekend. i don't see how you can get around cold windy, but i think some activity in the in the rain department will pop up. it will be hit and miss and it won't be that much. but i'm going to say east and south, no doubt about it. up in the mountains, if you're going up there, they will get some snow. this is one of those kind of unusual patterns where truckee may get more snow than, say, donner summit or blue canyon. it could be it'll be close, but 1 to 3in of new snow is being forecast against the wind today. wall to wall sun and it will be warmer. temperatures will be 60s to low 70s. >> thank you steve. the warriors took on the kings last night in sacramento. we have the highlights and the low points from another disappointing loss. 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[coins clinking] ♪ that's convnce fr chase. make more of what's yours. for some of the stories we're following for you this morning. there are new fires in southern california, prompting more evacuations. the hughes fire started yesterday. it quickly grew to more than 10,000 acres. it's burning near castaic lake in the grapevine area, right along interstate five. no homes have burned, but more than 30,000 people are under immediate evacuation orders, and others are being told to prepare to evacuate. today marks two years since a deadly mass shooting in half moon bay. seven farm workers were killed at two farms. the city is holding a day of remembrance in their name later this morning, and there will also be two public sessions on proposed designs for a permanent memorial at dutra plaza on main street in half moon bay. later this evening, there will be a candlelight vigil, and bart is being sued by the family of a woman who was killed after she was pushed in front of a bart train in san francisco. it happened back in july. the lawsuit claims the man accused of pushing her, 49 year old trevor belmont, had previously been banned by bart for repeatedly jumping over the fare gates. the lawsuit accuses bart of not enforcing that ban and not doing enough to protect riders. >> our time is now. 545. police in newark are out there searching for jewelry stolen from a man who recently lost his wife. the wife of marco lopez, his wife of 35 years, patti, unexpectedly died the day after christmas. her death left him in deep grief. and to help with the pain, lopez wore his wife patti's wedding rings on a gold chain that patti gave him as a gift. a few days after patti's funeral, marco went to the bank in newark. when he got back to his car, a man and a woman was asking him for directions to thank him for his kindness. the woman offered to pray for him, so she placed her hands on his head, and that's when she somehow unfastened his necklace. >> it's her ring is what kept me going. i just thank you. yeah. it's kept me going. every time i. i just touched it. i kissed it, and it was just meant a lot to me. >> it's just. it's horrible that they could just pray on somebody by themselves. nobody in the vehicle to accompany him or have his back. >> well, the newark police department says they want any tips or information about this case. our time is now. 547. a high school gym in oakland will be renamed after nba hall of famer and legend bill russell. the mcclymonds high school gymnasium in west oakland will now be dedicated to bill russell, who was born in louisiana, moved to oakland as a child. he's in the hall of fame. along the way, he won two championships at mcclymonds. he went on to win several nba championships. this man right here, that's ben tapscott, a former mcclymonds coach and a good friend of bill russell, who told us a story about how bill russell came back to support the team at a tournament as they were training for a championship game. >> he walked in and the guy said, oh, bill russell. bill russell. he said, hey fellas, how are you doing? just laid back and everything relaxed. he said, see that trophy over there? it's got my name on it. he said, after this game tonight, it better be mcclymonds high school. so needless to say, i didn't have to do a lot of coaching. >> ben tapscott knew bill russell well. bill russell was known for his humanitarian work and breaking many barriers. he was the first black nba coach to win a championship. his number six jersey is the only one in the nba to be retired throughout the whole league, in his honor. bill russell died in 2022 at the age of 88. >> the rough season for the golden state warriors continues. last night, they lost to their northern california rivals, the sacramento kings. the warriors were up by 17 points at the half, but the kings rallied back thanks in part to 19 turnovers for the warriors. kings went on to win 123, 117. golden state sits one game under 500 and out of playoff position just past the halfway mark in the season. >> well, bay fc announced their full schedule for the coming season. the club will open play on the road march 15th. they will be playing against the utah royals. fc will then come home the following saturday to host the racing louisville fc in its home opener. now, throughout the season, the club will host several special occasions, including cultural and heritage themed nights. by the way, tickets are now on sale. our time is 549 and as fox sports starts setting up in new orleans for the super bowl. look at these pictures. snow probably was not part of their planning, but it sure is. now this is time lapse video from new orleans earlier this week as the crews started moving in their equipment. yikes. there's snow there. the super bowl is just over two weeks away, and don't forget, you'll be able to see it right here on ktvu fox two. >> right now. we need to go back over to sal. if you're just joining us, big problem affecting bart. >> that's right. bart has no service between antioch and concord because of a car that got into a crash onto the tracks. eastbound highway four happened at 330. car going fast. got onto the tracks, and you can see that westbound highway four is slow. approaching that point, it was near bailey road. the problem is, everyone can see what's happening as they try and clear that car out of the way. let me show you a picture that bart tweeted of the car that ended up on the tracks, so somehow ended up on the tracks. obviously they have to get that off. sadly, this was a deadly crash, so the investigation will be even more or even longer. so this is something that if you take bart, let's say, from antioch, and try to get over to concord, you probably need to drive. this might put more people on the road between antioch and concord. bart does have a bus bridge set up. we do have a crew arriving on the scene. we'll find out more about that. the rest of the commute so far is okay. 551 what about today's weather? let's bring steve back. >> in here. sal. thank you sir. i think it will be okay, but we do have a little change today. there is a noticeable uptick in the wind speeds for some. not for all. san anselmo is 32, walnut creek's 32, berkeley is 59. half moon bay is 59. amazing because they have an offshore breeze there. so we're seeing 30s, 40s and 50s on the temps to almost 60. hollister 32, felton, boulder creek 32, a lot of 30s, a little bit cooler, not as much of a breeze, although there is a slight north breeze northeast going into soquel, aptos and santa cruz. so they are i know they're in the 40s, but they were in the 30s yesterday, so a little difference there. 14 truckee, 16, south lake tahoe, 21 up in reno and 18 carson city. the high is large and in charge, but it's going to get knocked down a little bit as we head towards starting tomorrow. then more over the weekend. so cold to mild, 30s to 50 on the low sunny breezy today. but it will be a warm afternoon. 60s to 70s. a low is going to backtrack from the intermountain region and end up right over us. if not, late saturday looks like early sunday, so this will crank up the wind and give us some cloud cover. and also, i think some rain here for few east and south, more likely south. i'd be surprised if santa rosa got 15/100, but in this kind of a pattern nothing would surprise me. so we'll mention some activity popping up on saturday night and sunday. and in the mountains? yes, 1 to 3in of snow up there. so if you're going up there it will be clear. no, no it won't. not on saturday night. against the wind though. today, wall to wall sun. breezy afternoon. everyone will warm up 60 to 70 on the temps. after today though. we'll start to cool down a little bit tomorrow and then a lot going into the weekend. >> thank you steve. new fires to talk about in los angeles county. one along the 405 freeway. we have a live report on the firefight, the closures and the weather conditions this morning. >> and thousands of refugees who've been cleared to come to the united states are now in limbo. 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travel for refugees who were already cleared to come to the u.s. now, more than 10,000 refugees who already went through years long vetting process can no longer enter the u.s. this includes more than 1600 afghans who helped u.s. soldiers in the afghanistan war. it's all part of trump's executive order surrounding immigration. >> our time is now. 556. the head of the bureau of prisons has left her job after president trump took office back in 2023. ktvu talked with colette peters. that's her in the center of the screen, as the dublin women's prison was in the middle of a sexual abuse scandal. no reason was given for why she left her job. last year, peters abruptly ordered the prison to be shut down, saying she just couldn't change the culture there. a lawyer who sued the bureau of prisons over conditions in dublin said she hopes reforms will take place under a new direction. >> i hope that president trump appoints somebody who will take the reform efforts seriously. there is no reason why addressing sexual abuse in the prison should not be a bipartisan issue. >> for now. william lathrop will be the acting director of the prisons until a new prison director is appointed. >> well, people in contra costa county will now get more warnings for incidents at industrial facilities, including the county's four oil refineries. text alerts will now go out for non-emergency incidents, such as minor hazardous materials releases, refinery flaring lasting more than 20 minutes, plumes or orders that are not expected to have off site health impacts. just to let people know about those things. previously, text alerts were only sent for larger concerns. residents can opt in to the alerts on the contra costa county health website. >> time is now 557. baseball hall of famer tony la russa is hosting a star studded concert this weekend, raising money for his family's new nonprofit organization, which helps lost and abandoned pets in shelters. the concert is scheduled for saturday. it will be at the lesher center in walnut creek. the proceeds will go towards la rosa rescue champions. the organization is a contact point for raising and distributing funds to animal shelters around the bay area and around the country. >> companion animals with the magical, unconditional love they deserve to be preserved, not euthanized. and we found that the quality of life, you know, if you have a dog or even a cat, your quality of life improves. >> tickets, by the way, are still available for the concert and they range between 75 and $150. >> homewood mountain resort in tahoe is moving forward with a redevelopment project that's been in the works for 14 years. that's after homewood closed for the winter season, still needing approvals for redevelopment modifications. regulators also made homewood add language to its master plan this week to guarantee the public will have access once homewood reopens, and that it won't become a members only resort. leadership hopes to have homewood reopened next winter. >> well, an investigation is underway this morning after a car was found on the bart tracks in the east bay. we'll tell you where this is all happening and how the impact is affecting the morning commute. >> i know that they're not alone, that we're standing with them and we're here to work together. >> today marks two years since that deadly shooting at two farm fields in half moon bay. we'll tell you why. local groups are working to help that very same community, but in a different way. >> from ktvu, fox two news, this is mornings on two. >> well, good morning and thank you for joining us. welcome back to mornings on two. i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm pam cook. it's thursday january 23rd. beautiful shot over the city. looks pretty clear. let's check in with steve paulson. >> it is clear. but we have big differences in temps here. and i'll show you some right now. walnut creek one observation is 32 yet look at berkeley and alameda. they are 60 kensingtons 55. el sobrante and pinole are 54. martinez is 39. lafayette 35. so. and you say walnut creek. my gosh, it's cold. and you head over to berkeley and you're like, wait a minute. it's pretty warm over here. same half moon bay 59 yet santa rosa is 33. so there's the 60. in berkeley. there's just some big spreads here in areas not that far apart. and it's because there's an offshore breeze or wind. it's been up to 50 miles an hour, 1400 feet in the oakland hills. there. the high pressure will give us another clear day. changes on the way, though. we could get some rain in here saturday afternoon, evening into early sunday with snow in the mountains. there definitely are trending wetter here, which is you know, that would be a good thing. we need it again. it won't be that much. but against the wind today, for many, especially up in the hills there. and temperatures will rocket up here today, 60s to near 70. all right, sal, here. i think we have to head right back out to highway four and bart. >> that's right. highway four is pretty slow, steve. this morning, coming in out of pittsburgh, heading over to the bailey exit because of a crash that happened at about 330 this morning. if you are taking bart between antioch and concord, there's no service. there's a bus bridge between antioch and concord. and this was one of those things that's probably going to be there for a while. right now, let's go to allie rasmus, who is on the scene of this crash. this breaking news here. allie, what do you see there and what's on the tracks right now? >> well, we can see just about everything from where we are. we're standing on westbound highway or. excuse me, eastbound highway four, just before bailey road. and behind us, you see that there is an suv that crashed just before 4:00 this morning in that eastbound direction. crashed and then plowed through a chain link fence and ended up on the bart tracks. and right now, you see, there's dozens of bart workers who are examining the tracks, trying to inspect and figure out the extent of the damage. sadly, the person in this suv that crashed died. we don't know the circumstances surrounding the crash, how it happened. that's all under investigation by the chp. we do know this was the only vehicle involved in that crash, but it's not so much a traffic impact or a traffic mess. but this is a big a mess for people who take bart. and that's because the pittsburg bay point bart station is closed. there is no bart service between antioch and north concord again, because this car, this vehicle in this crash ended up on bart tracks in both directions. and according to bart representatives, damaged that third rail. so that's why you see all these workers here taking a closer look. we don't know the details yet on how long it's going to take bart to repair some of this, or how long it's going to take to remove the car. again, this was a deadly crash. that means the coroner has to come and be involved in this as well. and a full investigation into what caused all this in the first place. so this is going to be a situation that's going to be out here for quite a while this morning. and so there's no estimated time to reopen the bart tracks and bart service between antioch and north concord. it has stopped because of this crash that ended up here on the tracks. live in pittsburgh ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right. ali. thank you. sal. they're all over it. and for the latest developments on the bart crash in the east bay, you can download the fox local mobile app. you can stay up to date on all the latest breaking news. it is free on apple and your android devices. >> two years ago, a gunman killed seven farm workers at two farms in half moon bay. ktvu james torres joins us now from half moon bay with more on how the shooting revealed dangerous living conditions for those undocumented workers and the challenges they still face. james. >> pam, good morning to you. it was just two years ago when we had that news for you live here. and the shooter, a farm worker himself, now accused of having killed seven of his coworkers at two different farms. and then we later learned that these investigations ended up exposing a lot of the really terrible living conditions at these farm workers had to put up with, many of which we know lived on the farms where they worked. now people living in housing units, usually those units were either yellow or red tagged, meaning that no one should be living in those spaces. those workers were often also exposed to drinking water filled with bacteria. all of that prompting local task forces, as well as the governor's office to try to make improvements. we've heard from advocates who support these workers saying this is a vulnerable community. it's a vulnerable time, and the challenges they face still continue today. >> i know that they're not alone, that we're standing with them and we're here to work together. >> those advocates say part of those vulnerabilities seem to be enhanced under the trump administration. the president we know already signing a handful of executive orders in an attempt to try to crack down on illegal immigration. but it was just this week where those community members here were sent a postcard saying to report illegal aliens and, quote, there is nowhere to hide. advocates from the nonprofit group allies have been working to try to inform undocumented workers of their rights while still making sure living and working conditions are acceptable. later this morning, there will be a display of proposals for a farm worker memorial meant to honor those killed two years ago that will be available for the public to see starting at about 1030 this morning. and then later this evening, a candlelight vigil will start at about 6:00. we're live this morning in half moon bay. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> thank you james. the justice department is ordering federal prosecutors to investigate state or city officials who interfere with the trump administration's immigration crackdown. now, the memo from the acting deputy attorney general appears to be targeting sanctuary cities and states that put limits on cooperation with federal immigration agents. san francisco became a sanctuary city in 1985, and its mission district is home to a large latino immigrant community. many are concerned about mass deportations. >> have you heard from business owners who say, my workers are afraid to come to work? >> i've heard from business owners that want help because they have their workers who are telling them that they don't want to come to work. >> what's going to happen to them? they go through those borders and they get raped. they get murdered. >> people that murdered. >> president trump sat down for an interview with fox's sean hannity, and during the interview, he was asked about federal funding for sanctuary cities. >> would you will you get rid of him? we're trying to end him, and a lot of the people in those communities don't want them. you know, california is a big example. >> cut off their money. >> i might have to do that sometimes. that's the only thing you can do. >> more than 560 cities, counties and states have passed sanctuary policies, and the courts have repeatedly upheld those laws. >> our time now. 607 several pages of the whitesing confusion and also raising questions about if there's a link to president trump's first day wave of executive orders. within hours of his inauguration, the new trump administration took down the spanish language version of the white house website. the white house press secretary says the administration is committed to bringing the spanish language part of that website back online. the government page on reproductive freedom that was created during the biden administration. it was also taken down. >> well, the huge fire in southern california is forcing tens of thousands of evacuations in castaic and the grapevine area of los angeles county starting to make some progress now in containing those fires. the hughes fire started yesterday morning. it puts even more strain on resources as firefighters are still on the eaton and palisades fire. >> here's a better look. let's take a look at the latest fire and how it's burning. it is right near castaic lake along interstate five, not far

stuart: trump's white house rolled out a new social media account, it is called rapid response account of the trump whiteled plans to hold fake news accountable. what do you make of that arie? >> i love it. we're in a different era stuart we're really in a time now where people in power particularly the president but all politicians can communicate with people directly in a way they couldn't before. the mainstream media strangle on the public is broken that started to break in trump first term and really gone now. i think the 2024 election showed that. this is an opportunity for trump for news makers everywhere for people in corporate america, to tell their own story to build their own list of followers on -- whether it social yeetd or podcast or influencers in addition to the mainstream media. we're in a very different world and it is what you make of it now. stuart: just seeing pop up arie cnn anchor jim as acosta contentious in the first week of trump's presidency what do you make of him leaving cnn now? >> first of all, he is the epitome how the media went all the rails he was not there to report --

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white house, i went immediately to social media. i was here in florida, meeting with donors and party officials and stepped out of that meeting and said the congress will backup the white house and we will move as necessary on any country -- this was a message to columbia and anyone else, you have to participate. you have to take back your illegals who came here that come from your country and if not, then we will act and we will engage with sanctions or any other measures that are appropriate to back up the president's agenda. that is what the american people demand and deserve. we are going to secure that board and make america safe and secure again and congress will have no daylight between us and the white house on the issue so every nation around the world needs to hear us loud and clearly. this is not a game. we are going to take care of the american people. i will take a few questions. go ahead. >> one of the things you had to deal with is -- [indiscernible] the president said on friday that he insisted -- condition for aid. is that going to be a redline for you? >> yes, we have got to work out the details. i have not spoken to the president about that issue since he said that. he will be here tonight for dinner with us and that is one of the topics of discussion. there are a lot of issues going on in california and we have been lamenting the lack of voter security for some time, election security. we were deeply concerned about it in this last election cycle and we saw three of our seats slip away from us in the weeks it took to continue in california when seemingly every other nation in america could get it done. it is inexcusable. gavin newsom provides a thing such a lack of leade

white house actually posting these photos showing these off. essentially the new white house press secretary posting them on social media, saying the deportations have begun. now the president has promised millions of people will be rounded up. the photographs show just a few dozen boarding a u.s. air force cargo plane. now it says davis on the tail. so the plane comes from arizona, but we don't know where the picture was taken or who the people are. the white house press secretary, though, saying president trump is sending a clear message to the entire world if you illegally enter the united states of america, you will face severe consequences. now, do keep in mind the u.s. deports people all the time. the statistics office at dhs says 4 million people were deported during the biden administration. i suspect you didn't hear biden's press secretary talking about it, because it would alienate parts of his own party. a federal court in seattle says donald trump's order changing the definition of birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. the federal judge in the case, appointed by ronald reagan, has put a temporary stop to the implementation so the two sides can argue their case in court. the case brought by the state of california. and like a dozen other states, the judge saying, i've been on the bench for over four decades. i can't remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. this is a blatantly unconstitutio

white house only specified that medicare and social would not be touched and said medicaid and snap wouldn't be touched. o.m.b. said they were rescinding the memo and white house press secretary said this should end the court case. this was a move to get around the lawsuits but said over and over again today this does not halt that spending freeze and white house officials said the memo served its purpose and they are not backing off the freeze. amna: and the white house rescinded the memo to stop the backlash but it doesn't? >> judge john mcconnell plans to issue a restraining order against the funding freeze and brought by a lawsuit. and reporters, judge mcconnell said the memo was ambiguous and a distinction without a difference. the white house is facing two restraining orders from two judges in two different lawsuits that are temporarily stopping that funding freeze. and so essentially the heart of the matter is that memo whether it is in effect or rescinded does not change the way judges are viewing thinks lawsuits. geoff: how are people concerned? >> little to ease the confusion and just one example. white house officials said meals on wheels, a program that delivers food to seniors would not be affected. meals on wheels said that's not how they are approaching this and still flying completely blind, they told us. while this is ha

to speak with a party was a so-called white lie party, a game popular on social media. partygoers wear whitedy in the morning. "i never post on social media, and i am not addicted to starbucks." >> we had the age range of about 13-17 years of age were people that were attending the party. >> cocoa beach cops say the principal made no attempt to stop the party at any point and seemed okay with what was happening. cops believe one student attending the party actually made a fake 911 call to distract police officers who had been called to the principal's house. the caller says there was "satanic activity at a local park involving a gun" but it wasn't apparently an effort at misdirecting police. >> we got an anonymous phone call, there was a guy being held at gunpoint. someone was possibly held at gunpoint. >> i was not attending the party. >> teacher carly anderson says she went to the house with the principal after they had been out to a restaurant. >> did you see anything going on inside the house? >> there was nothing going on insiinside the house. >> to use the alcohol? >> i did not see any

white house press secretary and warning reporters. >> we welcome independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers, and content creators to apply for credentials to cover this white house. we know for a fact there have been lies that have been pushed by many legacy media outlets in this country about this president, about his family, and we will not accept that. we will call you out when we feel that your reporting is wrong or there is misinformation about this whitemyself to the truth, and i expect everyone in this room to do the same. >> greg: sandra, in the green world, you were telling me this girl did a terrible job. >> sandra: [laughs] she did a fantastic job. we carried this live during "america reports," and she came in there prepared. i don't think you can argue th that. she took questions. she took questions from the front of the room. she took questions from the back of the room. she laid out a couple of changes that could be interesting. in fact, she said one of the seats that has historically been a seat for white house staff member is now going to be a new media seat. she wants more representation from podcasts and social media influencers and all these other areas where people in modern days get their news so that it's not just the legacy media from whom she also took questions in that room. she did a great job, great job. >> greg: she is still not, you know, lesbian woman of color but i'm okay with it, jessica, because she has dive

white house, the trump white house has started deportation flights. that's according to his press secretary. the press secretary posted photos on social media showing people in restraints, boarding an u.s. air force plane. the department of homeland security has conducted deportation flights in the past, but using a military aircraft, that's a first and a lot more expensive. according to a homeland security official, there are many changes happening in the trump administration's first week. we're keeping track of the first 100 days you can as well at abc seven news.com and on the abc seven bay area app. >> thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators are at the u.s. capitol today for the annual march for life. this is the 3rd march for life since the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v wade a few years ago, taking away the constitutional right to abortion. vice president jd vance was one of the speakers in attendance at today's march, while president trump appeared by prerecorded video. >> in my second term, we will again stand proudly for families and for life. we will protect the historic gains we have made and stopped the radical democrat push for a federal right to unlimited abortion on demand. >> in 2020. mr. trump became the first sitting president to attend the rally in person. rally organizers estimate this year's march would draw up to 150,000 people, and thousands of marchers are expected to take part in san francisco's own walk for life that will take place tomorrow. it's the 21st year of this event, which starts at civic center plaza. the walk for life is scheduled to begin tomorrow afternoon at 1230. all right. take a look at the forecast now as we head into the weekend. changes coming. maybe some sprinkles. >> i mean, we could use that. so let's get right to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya. >> it's going to be like another day. kristen and larry, let me show you live. doppler seven. right now, there is an area of low pressure that is developing its to our north at this hour, and it's going to drop down from the north. and as it does, it's going to start to make its presence known as it pushes in across california. so let's start with what you can expect. certainly will be cooler. the winds will pick up some isolated showers initially, but then spotty showers for the afternoon and evening hours. and this continues into sunday. now you will notice there is a wind advisory for the north bay hills. 10 p.m. tonight until 10 a.m. sunday. gusts up to 50 miles an hour. that is concerning as it could cause a few power outages or topple some tree limbs. we have a frost advisory that is going up tomorrow morning for our inland valleys and hills. temperatures down to 31 degrees. we are expecting frost to form. a freeze watch is going to replace the frost advisory. i'll be back with a full look at the weekend forecast, which does include sierra snow. coming right up. >> kristen sandia, thank you. today, local leaders and a half moon bay nonprofit for farm workers is remembering the seven pee killed in a mass shooting at two mushroom farms in 2023. abc seven news reporter luz pena is in half moon bay, where the community is still healing. >> it's been two years and arcelia hernandez still comes to work, hoping to see the smiling faces of two of her chineseling coworkers who were killed. many here knew them as grandma and grandpa. >> la ultima sonrisa. >> the last smile that grandmother gave me arcelia viewed coming back to work after the shootings as a way to honor them. >> gracias a nosotros estamos bien. pero esta la tristeza. >> we're here, thank god. but at the same time, we're thinking about our friends, our coworkers who we spend so much time with here in this place. in the last two years, arcelia, along with many farm workers who survived the shootings, have been getting mental health help, some through music, others through community support groups. belinda hernandez arriaga, founder of the nonprofit alas, has been spearheading the resources farm workers have received since the shootings. she described this anniversary as one of the hardest. >> our farm workers were sharing just how sad and vulnerable they still felt, and the tears are still here. and now, on the heels of this new presidency, it brings another wave of trauma that continues. and we're still fighting for housing. >> so the shootings exposed deplorable housing conditions at the farms, half moon bay city manager telling us housing has been the priority for farm workers. one of the sites opening in may. >> coming on board in just the next couple of months that will house those families that were directly displaced by these shootings and many, many more of our farm workers here on the coast. >> at the county level, changes to the housing codes after the shootings have helped speed up the process. >> we need to continue to add to our affordable housing stock. we need to improve our existing housing stock. we need to make it easier for farmers and ranchers to build affordable housing. farmworker housing on their sites. >> is honoring the seven farmworkers killed with this memorial, and seven hearts that adorn the tent where many will gather to remember them. we're still here, and we're remembering them, and we're here for them forever. in half moon bay. luz pena, abc seven news. >> luz has put together an abc seven special right after the shooting about the challenges farm workers face with housing. it's called hidden crisis, tragedy in half moon bay. you can stream it on demand on our abc seven bay area app. >> in san francisco, six suspects have been charged in an organized retail theft operation taking place in the ingleside neighborhood. so they were arrested, cited and then released at the scene. officers seized stolen property, returning it to the stores as part of a larger enforcement operation. san francisco police say they've made dozens of arrests in that district in recent months, and they believe it's had a huge impact for retail stores there. and they're continuing to investigate these incidents. >> a major renovation of santa clara county's largest homeless shelter is now complete. that's the receptn center in san jose. it provides unhoused individuals with a place to sleep and shower, three daily meals and year round access to supportive services. the renovation includes privacy panels for each bed, a second ada bathroom, and an overhaul of the lobby. >> this is the largest center in santa clara county. we house about 250 individuals every single night, and the changes that we made took a lot of hard work. >> this really is a celebration of the clients and the program participants that come through home first. >> the work costs about $150,000. it was donated by the housing industry foundation to home first. officials say nearly 10,000 people are homeless in santa clara county. >> the pacifica school district board has voted to close one school and also relocate dozens of middle schoolers from another school. the board approving a plan that includes shutting down ocean shore. that's a k through eighth grade school. those students, along with six through eighth graders from vallemar school, will be moved to other schools within the district. the district claims the closures due to budget issues, but many parents say the district's financial problems really aren't severe enough to require a school closure. >> a turf war is playing out in the south bay, a literal one. people are choosing sides in the battle over artificial turf for sports fields. >> san francisco making a push to get city employees back in the office five days a week. the question is, will it work? >> and easier? public transit for san francisco's chinese new year parade? we've got details. when but then i thought mom's osteoporosis might keep us stuck on the couch. no way. ♪ if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis, and are at high risk for fracture, you can do more than just 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the payoff should not be their health and their future. >> several community groups supporting a ban came together friday to highlight the health risks artificial turf poses, like the risk of injury from turfs, extreme heat and less giving surface, as well as exposures to chemicals in the synthetic materials. >> it terrifies me that the plastic that i've grown up playing on could increase my risk of cancer and other long term health risks. >> while plastic is everywhere, even microplastics in our bodies and our wildlife. we really need more agencies to look , leaders to say no more. >> supervisor otto lee intends to take that step. he believes new builds, like the proposed san jose earthquakes project at the county fairgrounds, and existing fields like twin creek sports complex, should opt for grass and not turf when installing or replacing their fields. >> the future is not plastic and should not be plastic. >> the future is natural grass. >> sandra todd with the sunnyvale lions soccer club disagrees. she says many of the health risks mentioned are not definitive, and turf fields offer greater accessibility because they are more cost effective and easier to maintain than grass. >> best guess is that maybe can get to 1500 hours of use per year, whereas an artificial turf field, it's 3000. so yes, better grass fields are going to get us closer. it's going to give us more fields. but removing artificial turf means we're never going to get the fields that the communities need. >> the turf ban will be heard at tuesday's board of supervisors meeting in santa clara county. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> well, today the nba announced that steph curry once again has the top selling jersey in the nba. curry, sitting atop the top selling jersey rankings for the third consecutive time. and yesterday the league announced that steph will be a starter at the nba all star game at chase center next month. it's his 11th overall selection as an all star. he's now the franchise leader in all-star game selections. all star weekend begins on february 14th, runs through the 16th with events both in san francisco and oakland. and you can watch the dubs next game right here on abc seven tomorrow night. the warriors taking on lebron james and the lakers at chase center. tipoff is at 530, followed by after the game. >> i know we've been struggling a bit, but you know what? it's always a great game against the lakers. >> star lebron. it's fantastic. so in the break i had mentioned it felt a little cold this morning. yes. and sandy basically basically said toughen up buttercup. >> she was i did not shouldn't say buttercup. i mean, that's. >> what the. >> inference was, don't you think? i may have to go with larry on this one. you know what? wait a second here. first of all, i never said buttercup. let's get that clear. larry and kristen, i did say wait until you see what's coming. so let's talk about the temperature change first, and then we'll talk about how much colder it is going to get. so it is cooler, no doubt about it. you can feel it. 11 degree drop in san jose down eight san francisco concord five degrees cooler in santa rosa and half moon bay. all right. the changes are coming about as the wind has switched direction. it is onshore. we have a lot more cloud cover and a trough is developing to our north. it is going to drop down here, bring in a cooler air mass. so be prepared for it. and it's going to be downright cold in the morning. so right now you can see a lot of cloud cover on live doppler seven as we check out a live view from our east bay hills camera, the clouds are stacked up. it is in the mid 50s san francisco, currently oakland and hayward 59 degrees, san jose and redwood city 62 and half moon bay 54 degrees a gorgeous view from san jose camera. it is 62, in santa rosa, 60 in fairfield you're in the upper 50s around napa, concord, livermore. and good afternoon to you all here in san francisco. as we look from our kgo roof camera, a breeze is blowing this weekend. spotty showers. the mornings will be cold with frost right on through early next week, and a gusty pattern is setting up. it is not only going to get cooler as we head towards the afternoon hours, but windy in the hills as well. so even cooler than where we are. temperatures first thing in the morning down to the upper 20s, ukiah, lakeport 34 and santa rosa, 35, in livermore. so definitely cold. and then those spotty showers show up for the afternoon. cooler conditions expected mid 50s to the upper 50s across the region. i want to show you the timeline here. so tomorrow morning a few showers developing in the north bay as we head into the afternoon. spotty showers showing up in the south bay and then really just scattered in nature as we head towards 830 in the evening. then here comes another push sunday morning. so you're probably wondering why no storm impact scale? not quite yet, because it's not expected to be a widespread event, but we certainly are expecting the potential for snow over mount hamilton going into sunday. and then after sunday morning, things wind down here in the bay area. rainfall projections anywhere from about 100th of an inch to about 15 hundredths of an inch, is what we're expecting. could see a few higher totals. winter weather advisory tomorrow morning until sunday afternoon for the sierra, expecting snow above 5004 to 6in, but the snow dusting could be down to 3000ft. so this is how cold the air mass is going to get. gusts 45 to 55 miles an hour. slippery roadways, chain controls. that's a concern. this system will also bring gusty winds to the north bay hills. as we mentioned at the top of the show, wind advisory goes up tonight. you can see it is still gusty in that area and then breezy for all of the bay area going into sunday. a freeze watch goes up sunday morning through tuesday morning, temperatures down to 29 in the coldest locations. yeah, you'll want to protect your pipes, your pets. and don't forget if you do know, obviously, of somebody who does not have housing, that is very important. it is dangerous to them. the accuweather seven day forecast. spotty showers, windy in the hills tomorrow, some morning showers sunday and then we're going to go dry for a few days next week. but notice thursday a chance of rain. rain is looking likely. kristen and larry next friday and even beyond. >> well, i hope we get a little bit of accumulation. we need it. >> yeah, definitely. >> all right. thank you sandra. >> all right. target is joining the growing list of american companies scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. the retailer established its dei program to help black employees build meaningful careers and to promote black owned businesses. following the police killing of george floyd in 2020, dei initiatives have come under attack from conservative activists and as of this week, the whiteell. but target says it had already planned to end the racial program this year. >> monday is international holocaust remembrance day. this year marks 80 years since the auschwitz concentration camp in poland was liberated at the end of world war two. today, abc seven news reporter tim johns talked to people who believe sharing the history of the horrors of the holocaust is more important today than ever. >> it's been 80 years since the auschwitz concentration camp was liberated at the end of the second world war. but for rabbi andrew baker, keeping the history and stories of auschwitz alive has never been more important. >> when you visit there, you know you're walking in the very same place. you see the barracks, you see the train tracks. >> rabbi baker is the director of international jewish affairs for the american jewish committee. over the weekend, he'll travel to auschwitz to attend a special memorial being held monday for international holocaust remembrance day. the rabbi says

white house briefing room on the other hand now wide open. >> we welcome independent journalists, pawforts, social media and apply credentials to cover this white house starting today this seat in the front of the room usually occupied by the press secretary's staff will be called the new media seat. >> peter: karoline did her homework. prepared to talk about the issues of the day but everything that her boss had already answered which is probably kind of hard when he is answering questions off the cuff roughly 10 times a day. back to you. >> brian: peter, isn't the advantage it seems she is with the president all the time so she doesn't to look in a book she know what is he thinks, she knows what he said? >> peter: that helps a lot. also just when the president is making it known so often. >> peter: right. >> peter: what he thinks about stuff. i haven't heard the president talk about this yet. i would have to ask him. i think reporters are running out of questions because they are covering everything it's like go "new york post" and say let's start on the first page, what do you think about this general milley? did you see this thing about the obamas? what do you think about that? that's where we are going to be soon just because he talks a lot. >> ainsley: also the deputy under kay kayleigh mcenany first term. very involved and experience and knows his agenda. >> steve: peter, does fox have the same chair second over from the right on the front row? >> peter: yes. everything with the seating chart is the same just there are a lot more people standing on the sides. it looked like dozens of people standing on the sides where in as the end of the biden administration not only not people standing on the side but empty seats. only people who lost seats whiteouse staff. there would usually be two aides that the press secretary could kind of look down at and say hey we are going to get them something about this, right? those two seats are now going to be taken by new media outlets yesterday it was axios and breitbart. >> lawrence: what's the temperature in the room? is it more adversarial like it was the first term or is it more probative? >> peter: that's the a great question. yesterday, it seemed like for the reporters in the room and i was not there jacqui heinrich was there. it seemed like for the reporters in the room and for karoline everybody was feeling each other out. they wanted to see how far they could push her with questions and how she would answer. and it's going to take time for reporters in the room and also for karoline to develop a rhythm but yesterday, i think was just kind of everybody was feeling each other out. >> steve: peter, you said they are going to have white house staffers kind of right there where she is turn

white house, >> deadline white house, weekdays from 4 to 6 on welcome back. wild bill cortez ran the jolly roger social club, where americans living on a group of panamanian islands liked to gather. but he seemed just as interested in acquiring some of the local real estate. just how far did bill go to get his hands on these properties? local police were about to find out. continuing with "stealing paradise," here is kate snow. kate snow (voiceover): in the tiny ex-pat community of bocas del toro, all eyes were on one of their own, wild bill cortez. in four months' time, he'd snapped up the homes of two people who'd mysteriously vanished, bo icelar and cher hughes. now cher's husband, keith, was telling anyone who would listen that the disappearances and property transfers were no coincidence. i right away thought that bill has done something to these people. i was telling people in bocas, obviously, of the suspicions. and in a small community, we're all saying the same thing. and bill's still living nearby. bill's still in the area, and he told people he was going to come and shut me up. he told people that? he told three or four people that. i moved out of my house and moved into a hotel that had security. kate snow (voiceover): keith wasn't the only one who was nervous. i just got to the point where i became convinced that this guy, cortez, had killed these people in order to steal their property. that's when i said, i'm going to the authorities. kate snow (voiceover): he urged keith to do the same. he said, you need to come to panama city, get to the prosecutor, get to the dij, and really turn up the heat. kate snow (voiceover): keith went to panama city and laid out the case against wild bill to the dij, the panamanian fbi. from that point on, kudos to the panamanian police in there. they just stepped it up. kate snow (voiceover): but for all the suspicion, there was still no hard evidence of a crime. that's when don winner got an idea. he'd heard a lot of stories about wild bill and his ak-47, how he'd even fire it off sometimes to impress his friends. but in panama, it's illegal for a civilian to own that type of weapon. so don made a suggestion to police. execute a search warrant on his house, find the ak-47, get him in custody. so-- get him on possession of a firearm. find the gun, lock him down. kate snow (voiceover): and then figure out what role, if any, he might have had in the disappearances of two people. police drew up the warrant. on a steamy day in july, authorities descended on wild bill's home. bill and jane were nowhere to be found. police began the search. so police are looking around. they're here. they have a search warrant on this property, looking for a gun. they're-- yeah, they're executing a search warrant for an ak-47. and when they got here, they encountered cher's dog. kate snow (voiceover): jack, the doberman who adored cher, was already at bill's place. no one knew exactly how he got there, but the dog was anxious, pacing nervously. jackie was really animated and agitated and just kept circling and running up into the jungle. and the dog would come down and, like, bark at the people that were doing the search and then run up the hill. and it-- follow me, guys. and the dog led them up there-- this hill right here. right here, and went up into the back of the property. kate snow (voiceover): jack bounded up and down the hill until police followed him. and there, they found something shocking-- a mound of disturbed dirt. they began to dig. cher's husband, keith, waited at the bottom of the hill. the police went up with shovels, and then they came down about two hours later and said, we need you to come up and take a look. kate snow (voiceover): in a shallow grave, hidden under a mound of garbage, the police made a horrible discovery-- the body of cher hughes. she had been shot once in the back of the head. i imagine that was one of the hardest days of your life. yeah, it sure is. i mean, no one should ever see someone they cared about look like that. kate snow (voiceover): now keith finally understood why jack kept swimming to bill's place. keith werle: he'd swim that mile back and just stay right there. he was staying true to mommy. kate snow (voiceover): but the horror wasn't over. as police continued searching bill's property, they discovered another mound of disturbed dirt, another shallow grave. and there, buried beneath more rubble, the body of bi icelar, the other missing american. don winner: when they found the bodies, that's when they realize that it's not just people with suspicions and making accusations. it's really happening. kate snow (voiceover): keith watched as authorities raided bill's home. he says they found evidence of the ghastly crimes-- bo's id, cher's passport, her purse, and her cell phone, used to send those text messages saying cher had simply gone for a sail. and there was more-- nazi memorabilia, strange satanic signs, jewelry that may have belonged to the victims, and the most gruesome discovery-- about a dozen gold teeth. he lived with these things. he lived with corpses and people's personal effects around him. kate snow (voiceover): the expats in bocas were in turmoil. two of their friends were dead, their bodies found in the backyard of a man they once trusted, wild bill cortez. keith werle: to know that he lived next to me for 2 and 1/2 years and i had him in my home, i invited him to dinner, we did the social neighbor thing with him, and he shot my wife. it's just inconceivable. kate snow (voiceover): authorities launched a search for bill and his wife, who they also suspected was involved, but it was too late. they had already fled. this is now a major manhunt. right, i knew he was probably out of the country already, that he was on the flight. so the most important thing at that point was to get his picture out there on every television screen, on every newspaper cover, on every computer monitor. it's got to get out there in a big way to get him caught. kate snow (voiceover): by then, wild bill and his wife jane were in costa rica. someone recognized them there and contacted the police. as the search intensified, bill and jane made a desperate attempt to cross into nicaragua by boat, but they were stopped by soldiers at a checkpoint. they got the drop on them with machine guns and basically said, halt or die, and he stopped. he gave himself up. at the end of the line. that was the first time he had ever had handcuffs on in his life. kate snow (voiceover): it was also the first time anyone on the island heard wild bill's real name. my name is william dathan holbert. kate snow (voiceover): fun-loving bocas del toro bartender wild bill cortez was, in fact, william dathan holbert, a 30-year-old who'd been on the run from american authorities since 2006. as the islanders absorbed the headlines of a killer among them, they discovered that wild bill had a long and notorious past that stretched nearly 2,000 miles from the whitee mountains of north carolina. that's where he grew up, going by his middle name, dathan. he played high school football, married his sweetheart, had three kids, and worked as a landscaper. his old boss at a gym, kevin hoover, liked dathan until dathan had an affair with one of his employees and, hoover says, embezzled $25,000 from the gym's accounts. he had told me he had thought that was part of his pay, his package. and i said, no, dathan, it's not part of your package. kate snow (voiceover): and that was just the beginning. dathan left the job and his wife. he ran off with laura michelle reese, who'd later be known as jane cortez in bocas. in 2005, police say dathan started in on real estate scams. he sold a home that wasn't his for $200,000. police charged him with obtaining property under false pretenses. by the time the owner realized what had happened, dathan was on the run. that landed him on the television program, "america's most wanted." somewhere along the line, police say

white house says, posting t those photographs. right. good morning to you. we just got them the new white house press secretary posting them on social media as well, saying deportations have begun. now the president has promised millions of people will be rounded up. the photographs show just a few dozen people boarding, boarding, rather, a u.s. air force cargo plane, she says, quote, deportation flights have begun. president trump sending a clear and strong message to the entire world. if you illegally enter the united states, you will face severe consequences. a federal court in seattle also sending a very strong message that donald trump's order changing the definition of birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. the federal judge in the case, appointed by ronald reagan, has put a temporary stop to the implementation so the two sides can argue their case. the case brought by the state of california and a dozen other states, the judge says. i've been on the bench for over four decades. i can't remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. this is. but to hear the judge from the bench say that in his 40 years as a judge, he has never seen something so blatantly unconstitutional, sets the tone for the seriousness of this effort. reaction from democratic leadership there. democrats also reacting strongly to trump's pardoning of people who attacked police officers at the capitol on january 6th, donald trump didn't care ait about safer communities when he released those who were convicted of beating the out of police officers. so don't come to us and talk about security and safer communities when you do that. the founder of the right wing oath keepers, who once said his only regret was capital protesters didn't bring rifles, toured the capitol yesterday and said this about police officers. just because somebody puts on a uniform doesn't make them a good person. it doesn't mean that every action that they do is correct. i believe that the i believe that law enforcement that day, i believe they started a lot of the violence that happened. president trump made a virtual address to the world economic forum in davos, where he encouraged manufacturers to bring their factories to america. he said he would demand lower interest rates as well, and then praised crown prince mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia. the united states, says mbs, as he's known, ordered the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi. it's also reported today in the papers that saudi arabia will be investing at least $600 billion in america. but i'll be asking the crown prince, who's a fantastic guy, to round it out to around 1 trillion. president biden called mbs a pariah after the murder, though. as you see, biden met with the prince a few years later, even fist bumped him. khashoggi went to the saudi arabia embassy in turkey. this is video camera of it to get a marriage license. he was murdered and decapitated inside the embassy, his body cut into pieces by saudis. back here at home, fox anchor pete hegseth could get the nomination he's looking for. as soon as today. president trump says he'll make a good secretary of defense. republican led committee agreed. with the exception of susan collins from maine, lisa murkowski from alaska. and we do expect president trump here in california later today in los angeles to inspect fire damage. our kris sanchez has full coverage of that, marcus. coming up shortly. all right, scott, thank you. well, there are some new video showing the moment a vandal takes aim at a cybertruck on the peninsula. so the owner of that vehicle is sure she knows why her truck was targeted. she says she believes it's purely political. today in the bay's bob redell is live outside the tesla factory in fremont. and bob, first of all, we need to explain to viewers what tesla maybe has to do with it. correct. good morning to you, marcus and laura. the woman who owns the cybertruck says she doesn't believe that she was a target of this vandalism, that whoever did this, she believes, was trying to send a message about elon musk, whose company tesla builds those cybertrucks. this happened wednesday night in downtown redwood city. a tesla car camera recorded a man spray painting the word nazi on the side of a cybertruck that happened to be parked right in front of that car. we spoke with amanda lopez. lara, who is the owner of that cybertruck. she was out for dinner wh the vandalism happened and immediately reported the crime to redwood city police, who is now investigating. lopez lara believes that she again was not the target, but believes the vandal was sending the message about elon musk, who made a questionable hand gesture earlier in the week that loed like a nazi salute. with all the social media and the news circulating with, you know, telling him, you know, accusing him of it being related to, you know, hitler andll that, i don't think it's a coincidence. it was just really disappointing and disheartening that, you know, i went to berkeley myself, and i fully understand standing up for what's right. but this isn't doing that isn't working towards that purpose. lopez lara points out to us that she herself comes from a family of migrant farm workers. her fiance is born and raised in the bay area with their families from mexico and el salvador. she says buying the cybertruck had nothing to do with political ideology, ideology, ideology or anything like that. it was, quote, just a decision on a car. now, you may remember on monday, on inauguration day, musk was seen on stage at capital one arena in dc, making a hand gesture which many sayay is reminiscent of a nazi salute. some have since accused him of knowingly performing a nazi salute, while others, including the anti-defamation league, have defended him, saying it was just a, quote, awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, unquote. musk has since joked and tried to make light of the situation after his move sparked a firestorm on social media. reporting live here in fremont outside the tesla factory. bob redell today in the bay. all right, bob, thank you. the family of an oakland woman believed to have been murdered three years ago is expressing outrage after a new decision from prosecutors. the contra costa county da's office announced they will not seek charges against the mother of the man investigators believe killed her. investigators say alexis gabe's boyfriend, curtis jones, killed gabe and it was believed he dumped her body three years ago in amador county. he left the area, and washington authorities shot and killed him while trying to arrest him for therime. with the statute of limitations approaching for his mother, prosecutors say there's insufficient evidence to successfully prove her guilt in being an accomplice. gabe's family says they're disappointed with that decision. it was very disappointing. definitely. our attorney, dara, worked really hard on, on on her presentation and we had a substantial amount of evidence that she presented. gabe's family is organizing a remembrance event for sunday, the day they believe jones murdered her. they're calling it a day of kindness or a day of compassion. asking everyone to perfm acts of kindness to pay their respects. today, people in half moon bay will remember the victims of the mass shooting at the mushroom farms. it's been two years since the deadliest county. there will be ateo heartfelt two year remembrance ceremony to honor the victims and survivors. a press conference at 11:00 this morning. and a vigil tonight at six. this comes as the city is planning for a permanent memorial in downtown and displaced artists renderings of the potential designs. now, we actually spoke with one of the survivors, pedro romero, who says that he shared a converted shipping container with his brother jose, who died in that shooting. pedro underwent three surgeries and has not been able return to work. but he says living without his brother jose haseen by far the most difficult thing. that's what hurts the most, is that my brother is no longer with me. in a pending lawsuit filed last year. pedro's attorney argues the two brothers former employer failed to protect them and their working living conditions on that property. the complaint also claims thathere was a history of violent incidents at the farm. california terra garden did not immediately respond to the request for a comment on that lawsuit. police in san mateo are launching a concentrated new effort to crack down on crime. the department is introducing a new program it calls business watch. it's now encouraging downtown businesses to band together in an effort to reduce crime and foster stronger ties between police and downtown businesses and the people who visit there. the plan envisions new partnerships in areas like education, training and an integrated security camera network. 541 this morning, as we take a live look at this beautiful shot here in downtown san jose. cinthia pimentel has a look at that forecast for us. beautiful sites, cold temperatures. yeah. and the sites will continue up there in napa with the lighted art festival tonight. and it runs through about the middle of february. so you have a chance to check that out tonight. we bring our coats because we dip down into the 40s as we go on and track some incoming clouds as well for our friday. san jose lunar new year celebration tomorrow and on sunday at the grand century mall, you'll notice a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures much cooler than they have been in recent weeks. with all of that sunshine. things are going to change this weekend. if you can't make it to san jose, but you still want to celebrate, there's another one in millbrae, so mid bay. that one is on broadway. that one is also going to be met with a mix of sun and clouds and mid 50s there. for the forecasted highs you could end it tomorrow night. warriors taking on the lakers. there we are looking at temperatures in the city coming down into the low 50s. so definitely bring all of the warmer. warriors gear as you go out and have a fun time. let's go to one of my favorite places in the world, carmel. what a nice day to get away. today we are looking at temperatures in the low 60s, but then maybe some rain showers for the weekend. but that could still be cozy if you just go into a cafe and sit down and enjoy that light rainfall up into the sierra we go, today is your best bet to get up there because things are going to change for the weekend. we are looking at 1 to 2in of some fresh powder up there, so not a complete whiteout, but definitely could make the road situation a bit tricky. so if you are headed that way, practice putting on the chains today and carry them with you just in case things change. we'll be tracking more of the snow and rain chances here in the bay area in aew minutes. but mike, you also have a weekend forecast. yes, mike's version over here, the bay bridge. it's friday, so we'll see a later start to those metering lights. saw the bill happen. it's subtle. nothing major right there and no problems. getting there on the roadway. gave you typical brake tapper right around merritt island. a little more focus now out of vallejo and that's about it. look at this. highway four. no problems. so contra costa county showing that lighter friday commute. we'll have roadwork 101 into sausalito. watch overnight work tonight. that's one of your weekend warnings. good times last night for the warriors at chase center. good times tonight if you're heading to toms concert over there at 730. love that comedian. don't love traffic, so avoid the area if you don't need to be around that parking lot. we still have that one incident working around sfo the exit from north 101. it's open. there's just activity for an earlier crash there. north 101 is starting to show a little slowing for this friday. as we look toward this. 101 here is just fine. just picking up the volume right on schedule. watch those exits from 101 through san mateo county overnight. so over the weekend there may be work as they're working on retaining rails through whipple and hillsdale. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. you know how you're always looking for that perfect parking spot? well, unsanctioned. no parking curbs are popping up in san francisco just ahead on today in the bay. the reason officials believe it keeps on happening. we're live at the sonoma raceway this morning where we're going to talk about cruising into the weekend in a whole different way on that track. stay with us. but first, today is friday, and that means another edition of our school shout out series from jose. these are the english language development classes here at hoover middle school. and we would like to say good morning, matt mahan. bay area. oh, nice. buenos dias. hey, good morning everyone. and don't forget, your kids in their class too. can be right 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things are building up closer to the bay bridge. it's about time. we should see those metering lights. we'll check on that coming up. well, if parking in san francisco wasn't vexing enough already, some people are now apparently taking matters into their own hands and adding to the confusion. they're painting certain curbside red without permission. that falls under the new day lighting law. now that law took effect january 1st. it bans cars from parking within 20ft of a marked or unmarked crosswalk. people in the richmond district say someone recently extended red paint on the curb well past 20ft, even stenciling a transit agency logo to make it look legit. mta is now trying to remind everyone penalties for parking and day lighting zones will not be enforced until march. crews are also trying to repaint those curbs gray again. 549 right now, pandemonium is in full swing for seemingly everyone in the d.c. area, and today, the two pandas will be making their debut. we have a live look. we've been looking behind the scenes of panda cam this morning. take a look. creatures been crawling around scratching on some trees. the smithsonian national zoo welcomed the pair of three year old giant pandas, bo lee and xin bao, in october, almost a year since the zoo's last three pandas left back for china. but the pandas made their official public debut when the zoo opened about 40 minutes ago. the zoo relaunched giant panda cam so that people can see what they're doing in their little enclosure. the giant pandas assistant curator says watching the pandas grow makes coming to work special. it's been amazing to see the kind of things that we've been able to do with pandas. they're amazing animals, and every day they're doing something adorable. and it makes coming to work every day pretty special. wow, what a cool job. that's your job to watch pandas grow. you can watch the full story on today's show at 7:00 this morning. see how the zoo prepared for the pandas big public debut today. it's coming up right after today in the bay. still hopeful we can get some here in california as well. fingers crossed. well, this weekend it's your chance to take a ride on the wild side. all while supporting a good cause. yeah. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab live for us this morning over at sonoma raceway. and, ginger, i understand you're cruising into the weekend with a lot of fun happening today over there. you feel the need for speed. i feel the need for speed. well, not just yet, because i'm still getting warmed up. you know, like it's a cold morning out here. we got to warm up. we got to be safe about it. so we're going to get out there when the. when the sun comes up, hopefully in the in the next hour. but this is kind of like a different visit here at the raceway because typically when we when we come and we visit, we talk about other cars getting on the track. they have a need for speed, but this time we're talking about how you can take your own car and feel and fulfill that need. we're talking to courtney kaiser, who is the director for the sonoma chapter of speedway children's charities. and courtney, this is this sounds like a really exciting thing for us normal folk here who go, you know, the regular 65 miles an hour, we can actually take your car out there. how does that work? yeah. so anyone this is one of the only opportunities that we have all year where we're able to invite our race fans, invite car enthusiasts, invite anyone with a safe, street level legal vehicle to come out and drive the racetrack. so you get to experience the same course that nascar drivers drive in a safe, comfortable environment. but it's also really, really fun. really? i mean, you're just telling me about the track because obviously we're not on the track right now. it's a little bit dark, but there are some tight turns. there are some changes in elevation. so this is like taking possibly like a video game, but then also being in your own car and feeling what it really feels like. yeah, absolutely. it's such a unique course. it's one of the most unique courses in the country, and we have hairpin turns, we have esses, we have ups, we have downs, we have straightaways where you get to go a little bit faster. and so it's a really unique experience. great. well we got to talk about the cause that's behind this. talk to us about where and who benefits from from the driving for a cause this weekend. yeah. so all proceeds from this weekend go towards speedway children's charities. we are the charitable arm of sonoma raceway, and all funds support children and families in need right here in sonoma county. so we have over 40 nonprofit partners, amazing nonprofit partners here in sonoma that we are able to distribute those funds to, to support. all right. okay, courtney. well, we're going to try. i only know of hairpins in my hair, but we'll see how we actually do when we get the wheels in that hair hairpin point of the track. all right. all right, guys, well, we'll wait for that in the next hour. you'll see if lightning mcqueen comes out or not. i don't really know, but all i know is be safe, because we're going to be going up the track. i know we have our order. come out in minivans. yeah. i'm going to give an early traffic alert for the sonoma race. that's what i was thinking. that's exactly what i was thinking. it's bad if there when we do have events like that. but fun. and this weekend we're also going to be tracking fun, at least weather wise. for me right now out there in dublin, it is a chilly start. so people in their cars cranking up the heaters as we start this morning with some upper 30s there in the tri-valley, you'll notice more of those clouds returning today. much cooler temperatures out there in the east bay. we're going to keep it in those low 60s for concord at 62, upper 60s for san jose. cool in the city today at 59 and 62. up there in napa, those high clouds come around, not bringing any rain just yet, but we get on into saturday and there's that counterclockwise activity starting to ramp up, some spotty showers for the south bay into the afternoon and up into the north bay as well. so really it's hit or miss, but at times when it does hit, it could bring some thunderstorm chances embedded in that as well. we look at that white spot right there through the south bay range, and maybe up into parts of lake county. could be seeing a light dusting of snow. so that's what we could wake up to on sunday morning. we're going to keep that that convection going and traveling south into southern california, where they're going to get some much needed fire relief and also some mountain snow. so suppressing the fire concerns for now and also bettering that air quality for them, they've been struggling all month long, and that shower is moving down as we go on into the state. that's not going to be the only rain chances, though. we go on and take a look at the pacific starting to get quite active as we go on into the middle to late part of next week. so that could bring some more rain chances here. as we say goodbye to january and finally get february started. it's been a long month. san francisco and the peninsula. we will see cooler temperatures into the weekend. breezy at times with those spotty showers, clearing it ou

white house on truth social, and what he says when he is side by side with governor newsom, who the white house did not know until they were flying to l.a. that he was going to be there waiting on the tarmac to greet him. >> it is. that is a fascinating detail, nick, what more can you tell us about president trump's tour of the devastated areas? >> you know, anderson, if you looked at this tour in isolation, you would think it was a very standard presidential tour of a disaster zone. but then, of course. secretary was again calling the governor new scum and saying that, you know, he'd done great harm to the people of his state. and, you know, governor newsom, aides have been telling us over the past few days that they feel like they've been fighting two wars, you know, one against the fire and one against the deluge of bs they say that's coming from the president and many other people. what is clear from president trump's demeanor is he is clearly moved by having actually seen what you and i saw here as the fires happened and the aftermath, you know, he mentioned some of the chimneys are even down. melania trump, the first lady, of course, is with him. they had a walk and talk with people in the palisades. one of those people was heard to say, you know, we feel let down by local leadership. and, you know, in this meeting now, you know, the president is sitting in front of a banner that says, you know, we're in this together. he's surrounded by bipartisan lawmakers. i saw him shake the hand of chief crowley, the l.a. fire chief, who's come under some criticism. and it seemed to me that the president said to her, good job. so it's all very convivial, all very supportive. he's talking about commiserating now and coming back to celebrate. but then, of course, the president went into his idea of, as you just laid out, that, you know, the water from up north should be coming down. and president trump said he's going to sign an executive order to make sure that happens. so right now, they're having a bipartisan meeting. brad sherman, who's a local congressman. one of the first things he asked was, you know, mr. president, you're you like a tariff. how about dropping tariffs on building materials? there was also talk about trying to shorten the permit period. so it all seems like all these levels of government are cooperating. but then we know what's been going on in the background, particularly between the president and the governor. so it's difficult to sort of square. >> nick, nick, let me ask you about this 2019 proposal, which is what the president keeps talking about, letting the water flow. my understanding is that was a proposal to kind of get water from the north to farmers in south of of california, not necessarily feeding los angeles county itself. is that right? >> correct. so the central valley, which is sort of breadbasket of california, that's where there was a lot of push to get the water to go. it all. tell me this smelt water from the north issue and the absolute problem that they had with the hydrants here in the palisades, that those two issues are entirely separate, that the issue here in the palisades was not that they didn't have enough water. you know, coming from the north, it was that the municipal water system here, like pretty much everywhere else on earth, was just not equipped to deal with an inferno like we saw here. and, you know, it's interesting, anderson, this house behind me, the lady who used to live in this house, stopped by and we chatted for a good half hour, and she said to me, stop making this political. stop making this about, you know, newsom versus trump. but unfortunately, over the past few days, it has been made political by the president and to a degree also by governor newsom. you know, this lady was saying there are people in need, you know, why can't we just get on with it? and that's the feeling, i think, of a lot of people in california stop making this political, for goodness sake. there are people in need. let's just work together, as we should, to make sure that people get all the help that they deserve. well. >> caitlin, it will also be interesting to see, given the sort of convivial nature of his side by side with governor newsom there, whether that actually and what he saw, whether that actually impacts, you know, his talk about conditioning this on, you know, this water from the north, which again, is supposed to largely go for farmers and voter i.d. law. >> but you know, what's fascinating, anderson, is that is what president trump said when he left the white house, that he was telling betsy klein at joint base andrews as he was about to get on the plane to go to north carolina and then go to l.a., that. yes, that he could see conditioning that aid on having voter i.d. and changing the water and whatnot. he's at this bipartisan briefing, and i was going to be watching this very closely, because there's a lot of democrats in the room who have been pretty critical of trump at times. brad sherman represents the 32nd district in california. he's a democrat, and he just president trump, to his credit, said anyone who wants to talk or give a statement can can please speak up. congressman brad sherman spoke up and was essentially making the case that he doesn't like what louisiana's abortion policy is. he doesn't agree with it. he thinks it's too restrictive. but he would never say to someone in louisiana who experienced a disaster that they could not get federal aid because of that. i think the phrase he was was, i'm not going to tell someone th

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, the new press secretary, explained the president's actions like this. >> this is not a blanket pause on federal assistance and grant programs from the trump. administration. individual assistance that includes i'm not naming everything that's included, but just to give you a few examples, social security benefits, medicare benefits, food stamps, welfare benefits, assistance that is going directly to individuals will not be impacted by this pause. >> so at that briefing a little earlier this afternoon, she was asked specifically about medicaid funding, and she said she would have to get back to reporters on that. jake. she did. she sent out a message just a short time ago, and she said, the white house is aware of the medicaid website portal outage. they hope it will be back online shortly. so the reality is this showed so much confusion simply because of the speed in which it came. there was, of course, that memo released last evening, and there was a lot of confusion that still exists. but the bigger point, the the bigger takeaway from this is the programs going forward. is the president going to fund things that are already in the pipeline, like the bipartisan infrastructure law, like the investment reduction act? they clearly are gearing up for a fight and watch for lawsuits to start this hour. >> jake and jeff, members of congress are saying they're not even sure that president trump has the legal standing to just pause programs that they have already appropriated, funds that have been signed into law for. >> they don't. certainly, democrats are saying that, and some republicans are saying it quietly as well. and, jake, this is going to be a legal test. perhaps this is th

social media from the white house press secretary. >> caroline leavitt. in the new post. >> the press secretary is saying that the white house. >> is aware. >> of the medicaid website portal outage. she says, we have confirmed that no payments have been affected. >> they're still being. processed and sent and we. >> expect the. >> portal will. >> be back online shortly. now, the shutdown of this medicaid. portal affects, obviously millions of people, billions and. >> billions of dollars. in spending. >> to doctors and hospitals inside the country that. benefit people who are on the medicaid program. scott, all. >> of this. >> resulting from confusion around today's executive order, last night's. >> executive order. >> from the president directing. >> federal agencies to. disrupt their. >> spending, put a pause on. federal spending. and the white house. >> has spent. >> much of today clarifying. exactly what they meant. >> by this. >> and, scott, it may. >> be that a lot of this confusion is. stemming from. >> one comma in. >> a sentence. >> in the original omb memo. >> which said. >> that federal agencies must temporar

white house official said today it would not impact social security, medicaid, medicare or any direct payments of assistance. still, senate minority leader chuck schumer calls it lawlessness and chaos. senior white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. >> good evening, bret. the decision blocks the funding freeze from going into evening there will be a hearing the biden appointed judge who has been on the d.c. district court a year cited the possibility of irreparable harm. the trump administration has until thursday afternoon to argue the merits of what is trying to do some of that happened in the briefing today. >> if you are receiving individual assistance from the federal government, you will still continue to receive that. >> press secretary karoline leavitt's first white house briefing dominated by questions about the office of management and budget temporarily freezing all federal assistance programs affected by the president wants executive orders beginning 45:00 p.m. today. >> people are scrambling in all of our states to figure out what it means. i have gotten hundreds of calls from everybody head start, hospitals. firefighters, what does this mean? what does this mean? people are worried. people are in a panic. >> the order impacts programs affected by trump's eos on ending dei, unleashing american energy and re-evaluating u.s. interest funding foreign aid and nongovernmental programs plus some others. there were stated exceptions for programs like social security, medicare, welfare. small businesses, farms and pell grants but the medicaid website portal went down after the announcement spurring confusion about the goals. >> there was $37 million that was about to go out the door to the world health organization. doge and omb also found there was

social media was abuzz with tiktok posts and instagram posts and zoom fundraisers. white dudes for harris. it's like, oh, god, that■s such a bad look. listen, i'm a whiteetors for breakfast. as enthusiastic as everybody was. no one was leaving the house to express it, so it was like, i'm all in for this chick. as long as i can do it in my sweatpants. so immediate spike in the numbers. the question was, was it going to hold? kamala harris has made her choice for the undercard, and she has selected minnesota governor tim walz. tim walz. walz definitely had the momentum coming into this thing because he had this folksy coach down the block, goofy guy. he's got the double hand wave. he's got the hey, look there point. i'm just a knucklehead. you can call me coach. he may have looked good on paper, but his cartoonish attempts to bring in men or rural voters never stuck. it takes a real man to walk out and support a woman candidate for president while you do jazz hands. vance's net favorability with republican voters in michigan, minnesota, pennsylvania and wisconsin is lower than former president trump's. j.d. vance finds him on the wrong side of the media.

white house, where she promised a new, and more circus-like atmosphere going forward. >> we welcome independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers, and content creators to apply for credentials to cover this white house. and you can apply now on our now website, whitehouse.gov/newmedia. >> jimmy: all right. now i'll take one question from f-jerry and two from the rizzler. [ laughter ] guillermo, fill out that form, you're our new reporter from euunivision or something. this is going to be interesting. they're about to open the whiteouse, to pro-trump influencers, and content creators. maybe even people like this. >> i'm randy quaid, and this is my wife, evie. i help media giants news corp and warner brothers entertainment earn well over $1 billion for the films "independence day" and "christmas vacation." what did i get in return? a warner brothers exec, bruce berman, stole my house. warner brothers had my wife and i falsely arrested six times by tmz. rupert, you want to [ bleep ] me? i'm going to [ bleep ] you. evie? put this on. yeah, rupert! i'm back! >> i'm donald trump, and i approve this message. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i hear he's hosting the oscars next year. while trump was in florida playing golf, the governor of florida, ron desantis, was in washington this weekend to speak at the anti-abortion march for life rally, where he made darn sure everyone in attendance knew where those little white boots of his stand. >> florida is now known as the state where woke goes to die. >> jimmy: florida is the state w

social media. he's sort of a critic, but he's going to have an office in the white house. he has an office in the white house. so what is he going to actually try to do? right? and i think the infighting is going to come when he starts trying to actually push whatever initiatives he's going to actually push for, whether they're things that advantage his companies or whether they're just things that he believes in ideologically. but other parts of the maga movement do not. as we saw with the h-1b debate that played out before the inauguration. so once elon has things he's actually trying to do, and there are others in trump's orbit who disagree with those things, that's when the real clash is going to come. for now, it's just a twitter fight. >> i mean, to be fair, bannon was the one who said he was going to try and get elon kind of knocked out before the inauguration. didn't really go well. and look, the context of this is it's far deeper than purely the trump stuff, right. so elon was on the board of openai. they had some strong disagreements about the future of all of this. and then elon founded x a.

white house provided any proof? >> brianna. >> the white. >> house has not. >> provided any proof to back up the president's statements. as you said, he said earlier today on social media that the. helicopter was flying too high. now, that certainly has been speculation that several people have made. senator tammy. >> duckworth. >> a former helicopter pilot as well, has raised that as a possibility. so this certainly is a preliminary possibility. but the president stated it as fact. the white house, though, talking about those dei initiatives, they simply repeated that throughout the the federal workforce at the faa, they said that the hiring practices of previous administrations have allowed unqualified, um, people to work and serve. there is no evidence for that. but the president again, signing an order yesterday and the white house doubling down again today, talking about those hiring practices. but again, we should point out there is simply no evidence to back that up. it has been something that, you know, has been floating out there in several, um, instances of aviation, near-misses and things that is there, you know, a an experience or qualification factor happening here. but again, there's no evidence to back that up. and specifically on the naming of the of the the copilot on that helicopter, the white house did not comment specifically on that. the president, i should note, is in the oval office right now signing unrelated executive orders. that is often a time w

independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers and content creators to apply for credentials to cover this white house. and you can apply now on our new website, white house.gov slash new media. starting today. this seat in the front of the room, which is usually occupied by the press secretary's staff, will be called the new media seat. my team will review the applications and give credentials to new media applicants who meet our criteria. in past united states secret service requirements to enter the white house complex. so in light of these announcements, our first questions for today's briefing will go to these new media members whose outlets, despite being some of the most viewed news websites in the country, have not been given seats in this room. and before i turn to questions, i do have news directly from the president of the united states that was just shared with me in the oval office from president trump directly. an update on the new jersey drones. after research and study, the drones that were flying over new jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the faa for research and various other reasons. many of these drones were

white house or the trump transition team? >> no response yet from the white house, kate. we have gotten our first statement from a member of donald trump's family. eric trump just posting a statement on social media a short time ago. not much information here. what he did say is that earlier today a reported electric vehicle fire occurred near trump las vegas, the safety and well-being of staff and guests remain the top priority and we extend our gratitude to the fire department from their swift response and professionalism. still, another situation where we are awaiting more information from local authorities that are investigating that there. kate? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> in the past hour, the fbi and local officials in new orleans updated us on the attack on bourbon street and they talked about security concerns ahead of the sugar bowl, which now has been postponed in the wake of today's attack. it will be tomorrow night now. here's more of what they told reporters. >> first, i want to acknowledge the victims of today's horrific attack. the fbi and our partners are working diligently to investigate and find answers on behalf of the victims, the citizens and residents of louisiana and everybody visiting. >> my priority will continue to be that those on bourbon street right now will be serviced and removed as soon as possible, but as state the fbi is in charge of the investigation and are doing everything necessary to make this happen. i also want to acknowledge hearing from president biden, all of our federal partners, but most importantly calling governor landry this morning and responded with haste. we do say thank you, and of course, the unified support in in this room and that's how we collectively responded to the tragedy in the city of new orleans. the mission now is to facilitate, support and coordinate safety procedures to keep our residents and our visitors safe. >> we have been in consultation with espn and the college football playoffs and the southeastern conference and the university of georgia, notre dame, all parties and all agree it's in the best interests of everybody and public safety that we postpone the game for 24 hours. >> this is all hands on deck, from the white house all the way down. i have been in communication with the white house since early this morning. secretary mayorkas, all of the leaders in the local, federal and state agencies and the president plans to provide the resources to bring these cowards to justice. if you saw something, say something. if you know something, tell someone. there are tip lines and information available. please, all hands on deck. >> you have heard some of the details today, and over the last 24 hours we had approximately 400 officers in the french quarter. as we know, this is not just an when we face evil, we have a l. choice, we can run in fear or we can, indeed, stand in strength. >> i will be here to help. i will be here to stand with the city of new orleans. we will bring them to justice. >> they mentioned a tip line there. i want to quickly say 1-800-call-fbi is the tip line. let's bring in our retired seattle police chief. carmen, the fbi believes the suspect did not act alone. we heard that loud and

white house now with cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, i do want to point out that leavitt just posted moments ago on social media saying, quote, the white house is aware of the medicaid website portal outage. we've confirmed no payments have been affected. they are still being processed and sent. she says we expect the portal will be back online shortly. there is the most notable, though, that the white house is trying to clarify this with. about two hours before these changes take effect. so. >> boris, that encapsulates really the confusion that is arranged not just across washington here, but indeed across all federal agencies, state agencies. because of that memo last night from the office of management and budget. now, the reality here is there is some confusion. watching that two press briefing, it was very clear. the press secretary said direct individual payments would not be affected. but then she said she wasn't sure about medicaid. the white house came back and said medicaid funding is not impacted. however, you saw there from the states that those state portals are down. so there is a likelihood that this will sort of work itself out. but the bigger picture here is the what is affected. and this was a sweeping order that the office of management and budget impacted to review and put a pause on all of those programs. and it's unclear exactly which one will which ones will b

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white house as social security, medicare, food assistance, and all direct government assistance to individuals will not be touched, but the future of other funding for other programs that receive federal grants remain unclear. white house press secretary karoline leavitt tried to clear up the confusion. >> is a ministry, if you're receiving assistance from the federal government, you will still continue to receive that. however, it is the response ability of this president and this ministration to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. that is something that president trump campaigned on. that's why he's launched d.o.t., the department of government efficiency. >> joining us now, nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. the legality of this move is being questioned by organizations and at the state level by some attorneys general. what exactly do we know about what funding may be impacted? >> we are in a moment where the big, bold ideas that president trump wants to bring to governing clash with the practical of trying to determine memos written and distributed when many people have questions and people are raising concerns about the constitutional reality of this as well as the practical. and on the constitutional side, legal questions about the checks and balances of government, when congress appropriates the funding for programs and once that is enacted into law, signed by a president -- not this president but the former president -- that has the force of law, and another president cannot simply move the money around or decided cannot be spent. that again is in congress's lane. what the trump white house is saying is that he has put forward some executive order

white house had made clear was medicare and social security would not be affected. a question that came up twice inside this briefing room was whether or not medicaid would be affected. the white house, clearly sensing the confusion here, sent out a memo to capitol hill, a pretty brief one expressing what is included in here, what is not. it's not comprehensive, but i do want to read part of it, because there's a question about what exactly happens with benefits to americans, like snap, like student loans, all of these things that directly affect people on a daily basis. and it says that no program that provides direct benefits to americans is explicitly excluded from the pause and exempted from this review process. but they say in addition to social security and medicare, already explicitly excluded in this guidance, mandatory programs like medicaid and snap will continue without pause. now, that's something to follow up on, because we've seen some complaints about medicaid portals not working in the last two hours or so. that's something to follow up on. but this is a pledge from the white house in this memo to capitol hill saying that medicaid payments will not be paused as a result of this federal funding freeze. >> and, caitlin, i do want to mention ron wyden just tweeted that his staff has confirmed reports that medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. at the very least here, there's so much confusion over this. what do you make of this? >> well, and that's why there are so many questions because saying, you know, that individuals who who get this, this money won't be affected. there's a lot of groups that get this money that then disperse it to individuals. and so that's been a big question here when it comes to these programs or things like homeless shelters, disaster response, veterans organizations as well, that money isn't given to an individual vet, for example, but it is given to an organization that helps these people. and so that's why there have been so many questions about this, as well as with the portals

white house reviewed it, there was mass confusion over. >> what exactly. >> this would mean. the white house was out yesterday, emphasizing that direct aid to individuals would not be affected. they said medicare, social security, welfare and food stamps those were their ofn over medicaid specifically, as well as meals on wheels, head start and other programs. late yesterday evening, a federal judge issued a temporary stay. this wasn't meant to take effect immediately. now we have this new memo and i'll show you guys. it's very brief. >> just two lines here. going to. >> all heads of federal agencies and departments saying that this omb memo has been rescinded. and if you have questions about implementing it or implementing any of the president's executive orders, please contact your agency's general counsel. so obviously, here, guys, responding to this mass confusion that we've seen over the past 24, 36 hours over how exactly this would be implemented now just rescinding it entirely. >> kelly. >> stay with us. >> for just a second. i want. >> to. >> show. >> everybody with this leg lower in the market, there's two things going on at once here. the headlines that megan is telling us about what may be going on with federal funding in washington. also reports out of bloomberg that the government may also be working on tighter export controls for nvidia chips. you see those shares moving down to session. >> lows just a little bit more. >> than they had been, but enough probably to put some. >> further. >> pressure across the markets. >> remember. nvidia's. sales of chips to china. >> specifically are a big question mark for analysts who. >> are trying to figure. >> out what its revenue and earnings exposure are going to be. >> in the next couple of quarters. >> they were able to. >> kind. >> of thread. >> the. >> needle on export controls earlier. that's in part how deep seac was able to. still use those chips. >> to create its latest. >> large language models. >> if there is a further. >> tightening, though, that would. certainly be a. >> business headwind for them. >> megan, back. >> to you, though, on the on the on these headlines. >> coming out of. >> washington and these. questions about. >> i guess. >> for me, from my understanding, do we. >> think. >> that. >> basically the. >> the white house both put out this. >> order yesterday and. >> rescinded it today, or is there some sort of internal white house fight going on here? >> it could be a fight. it could be just a little bit of. confusion over how this was going to be interpreted. so what they were saying yesterday was that this was only it was meant to be more narrow, that it was about things like the green new deal die policies that that was they were what they were meaning to target when they wanted to freeze federal aid. but the way that the initial memo was written, it was written very, very broadly, making it seem as if all federal funding was going to be paused. and then we even saw lawmakers talking about medicaid programs and systems in their individual states actually being. >> on pause. >> and so it was interpreted very broadly. may it was a question about how it was written and who wrote it, and what it was meant to be saying that we could always see them come back with sort of a more narrower, targeted,

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social media and now the white house. i spoke to one official who actually compared it, that singular event to when president obama roasted trump at the 2013 white house correspondents dinner and said, you know, is this was that the event that catalyzed elon musk to go against our administration and side with the republicans for a quarter of $1 billion into the election, the same way that president obama's jokes essentially catalyzed him to run for president. >> that is such great reporting that trump is their guy. >> i think they're their own guy, and they think trump is the vehicle to serve their needs and interests, right? >> you said it in a much more articulate way than i did, and that was what i was trying to suggest. we didn't get to we're going to have a lot of time. the fact that those are, except for elon musk, who's sort of outside adjacent, even though he's going to have an office. the fact that frederica scouten did a great piece, which i encourage everybody to look at online, nearly a dozen people worth at least $1 billion are going to be in his cabinet and in his inner circle. there you see them. up next, we're going to have a lit

white house is the white house reporter for the hill newspaper. let's start at the beginning or with the latest from president trump just posting on tooth social this morning the black hawk helicopter was flying too high by a lot, it was far above the 200 foot limit. it is not really too complicated to understand, is it? what do you make of the three question marks following the statement from the president? guest: we have been seeing the truth social posts that he has been bringing up questions or theories that he has about what happened in this crash. he was asked, why are you bringing up things before the investigation is over, and he pivoted away to say that the investigations are underweight but he has questions and has been focused on the helicopter in the flight patterns which all of us are focused on how this could have happened and how the helicopter was able to get that close to the plane. even yesterday when he was taking questions, he brought up the height of the helicopter, and should it have gone above or below or to the left or right of the plane and then posting again about it this morning was interesting and shows his commitment and pointing fingers at the helicopter pilots as those that were at fault here. whereas he also has brought up other areas he thinks are at fault, including diversity, inclusion and equity programs in the government and air traffic controllers but it is interesting this morning focused on the helicopter pilots. anything new from the federal agencies overlooking the response? guest: we know that they were able to get the black box out of the potomac river and it will tell us information about the final moments of the pilots on the american airlines j a what they were experiencing. otherwise, the secretary of defense pete hegseth usually the role will be the person to answer for how it went with the army helicopter getting that close to the plane and looking into if training should even operate that close to a national airport again. we will hear more from the military on that front. otherwise, it seems like the d.c. fire department, police, and ntsb are taking turns giving us more and more information as they receive it. we will have a white briefing later today that we might get some more information out of the white house. host: the briefing at 1:00 p.m. eastern time and we will have live coverage on c-span, c-span.org and the free video mobile app c-span now. the president also named a new interim faa administrator who is see and why was are not one in place when this collision occurred? guest: he said yesterday in his press conference, he was in the briefing room yesterday and said the deputy administrator at the faa will step in as an acting role. the reason there is not a current faa administrator in place is because mike whitaker, who was just confirmed in october 2023 by the senate for a five-year term at the head of the faa resigned on inauguration day. he announced that in december 2 his team that would -- that he would be leaving. and that left a hole. part of the reason when he decided to retire is he said comments about spacex, elon musk's company during testimony and elon musk then pushed for him to resigned

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