white house. good morning. >> good morning, dana. we can report today from the white house that president trump still has a long memory. he has not forgotten taylor swift endorsed kamala harris and explains the truth social late last night. the only one that had a tougher night than the kansas city chiefs was taylor swift. she got booed out of the stadium. maga is very unforgiving. field level last night defensive tackle chris jones from the chiefs sought out the president for a handshake during the pre-game and in the suite the president and patrick mahomes family posed for a friendly-looking photo. back in d.c. the doge cost cutting effort continued despite democratic protests. the president has no problems with this team led by the world's richest man. >> you say you trust him. >> president trump: trust elon? he is not gaining anything. i wonder how he can devote the time to it he is so into it. i'll tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours, to go check the department of education. he will find the same thing. then he will go to the military. let's check the military and we'll find hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse. but i campaigned on this, bret. >> the plan is to save trillions $0.01 at a time. truth social far too long the united states has minted pennies that cost us more than $0.02. so wasteful. instructed the secretary of the treasury to stop producing new pennies. let's rip the waste out of our budget even if it's a penny at a time and plans to tackle bigger things too. >> any steel coming into the united states will have a 25% tariff. , 25%, about. >> president trump does not have any official events on the schedule today. the tariffs are supposed to be announced at some point by the close of business unless, of course, like last time some kind of a deal can be worked out beforehand. >> dana: keeps us on our toes. thank you. >> bill: clay travis joins us now. we'll get to the news from the interview in a moment. first you are a big sports fan. the eagles showed that they were bigger and better in every aspect of that game last night. what is your take? >> yeah, my biggest take and congratulations to eagle fans. i was wrong. i think the biggest take away for everybody. i would say this if you are a parent out there, jalen hurts's story, bill and dana, is one of the most compelling in all of sports right now. for people who don't know, he was benched at halftime before and had to stand on the sideline and delete with that. he transferred from alabama to oklahoma. bill, two years ago we were sitting next to each other when he really outplayed in many ways patrick mahomes but his team lost. this is a perfect example of being steadfast, mentally tough, of using a downward moment in your life to build back something better, and i just think jalen hurts embodies what kids should want to aspire to do in sports. it was a big story for a long time. michael jordan getting cut from his high school basketball team helped to fuel the story of michael jordan. i would argue jalen hurts getting benched, coming back to be the mvp of the super bowl is one of the great stories in football history and up there with jordan in terms of someone being so mentally tough that they were able to handle the slings and airs owe and come back. to me that's the biggest story in addition to maybe finally the chiefs running into somebody that they couldn't win a game late against. we'll see whether the die nasty is threatened by the chiefs. right now congratulations to philly. >> dana: i look forward to seeing jesse watters at 5:00. he'll be very happy. >> is he still sober, dana? i saw your tweets, dana. you looked like a diehard sports fan. i don't know who was helping out. i was -- did somebody else -- you were questioning the offensive line of the chiefs. you were praising the d-line of the eagles. you got football tutorial. >> dana: knows are all my tweets but sitting next to abby hornacek and she was collapsed in laughter. the other big thing of the game is donald trump went. the nfl a few years ago led newscasts with how woke they had become. bret and the president yesterday. >> you won the popular votes, all the swing states. have you thought how to try to bring the country together to reach out or to find common ground? have you thought about that or how that might go? >> president trump: i would love to do it but i would say this. we have to come together but to come together, there is only one thing that will do it. massive success. success will bring the country together. it is hard. >> dana: did you feel that in the air last night? >> i did. and i think there are several things that are important. first of all, congratulations to president trump for doing this and his team to think to do it. the fact that no sitting president had ever been to a super bowl before was a record scratch moment for me and i'm a big sports fan. we have past presidents, first ladies, vice presidents. i predicted he would get cheered. first, players, coaches and executive in the nfl i believe voted for trump. you saw chris jones, star defensive lineman for the kansas city chiefs specifically seek out trump on the field to shake his hand. you saw patrick mahomes's family come into the suite to get a picture taken with him. and look at the numbers. 60% approval rating for trump among men. i don't remember the last time that happened. that's according to a cbs poll that game out yesterday. also plus ten among voters under the age of 30. i think this is a sign that the country is rallying around trump and you know what they did? they booed taylor swift. now to be fair, i think a lot of nfl fans are tired of the taylor swift/travis kelce story force fed to them and there were a lot of eagle fans who didn't want to root for taylor swift. i think the feeling and cheering that trump got during the anthem was also connected to another reason i think it was important for him to be there, he honored the terror victims of one month ago down in new orleans, a fabulous city. i thought it was a very unifying moment. he made the right call. i think the nfl now loves trump. i think sports fans do, too. i think he will be going to more and more sporting events. one, he is a fan but two, i think it's good to see an energetic president after joe biden has sleeping for most of his term in office. >> bill: when you is a i the right call david axelrod put this on x last night. a year ago biden refused the super bowl interview. that decision was a major sign of trouble. trump is all over it today. so that is in hindsight. clay, nice to get your reflections today. thank you for coming on. appreciate it. >> condolences to you and your family. love you and you guys keep up the good work. >> bill: i appreciate that. very much. more on bret's exclusive interview tonight ott bret's show. more news to be made. >> dana: by the time we get there. president trump signing a proclamation declaring february 9th gulf of america order. it was formerly named the gulf of mexico. not long before burgum put on a photo showing the name change. just like that. we now have a view of the gulf of america. >> the pilot made a big announcement on air force one. a cool moment. that from yesterday. now we want to go to the middle east with weather the hostage matter there is a big and serious matter. watch here. >> turning directly to president trump and to mr. witkoff. get the hostages out this week, end of war. >> the shocking conditions by the latest hostages released by hamas are being compared to holocaust survivors. the parents of one of those hostages killed in captivity makes an emotional plea. they will join us in a moment live with a message that everyone needs to hear. >> dana: the deadline is fast approaching for federal workers to accept the trump administration's buy-out offer. could a judge toss out the whole thing? 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released last year. his daughters say they were shocked with how frail he was, barely recognizing him. it was a much more grim homecoming for the other two hostages. 52-year-old man came home not to find his wife and daughters waiting for him but nor him to find out they had been killed on october 7th. the same for 34-year-old. who didn't know his wife had been killed when he was taken hostage. there was this moment, the reunion with his son, his 3-year-old had been without both parents for the last 16 months. he said during this time in captivity, he had been held barefoot in a tunnel so small that he couldn't even stand. so giving insight into what he dealt with during that time. hamas paraded the hostages this weekend ahead of their release. some said they had been told repeatedly they would be released only for hope to be shattered. the fifth swap since the cease-fire began in exchange for these three israelis this weekend israel freed nearly 200 palestinian prisoners. i interviewed the brother of orr, one of the hostages released this weekend who said he would do everything he possibly could to get his brother home. he was never going to stop. the fight that so many of these other families of the hostages were willing to continue. we know an israeli delegation is in qatar to continue some of the talks to be able to continue the cease-fire. >> bill: if that was their condition you wonder how many are still alive. alex, thank you, alex hogan in london on that. >> dana: let's bring in john and rachel, their son was murdered by a hamas terrorists in captivity. they joined us before and you have an important message. let's hear from president trump. his reaction to the treatment of the hostages. >> president trump: they look like they have aged 25 years. they literally look like the old pictures of holocaust survivors. the same thing. the same thing. and i don't know how long we are going to take that. >> dana: for those of us following this story closely and you follow it more closely than anybody, that it was so shocking and so upsetting that when president trump said that it gave maybe some people a little hope that we could move this thing along because hamas is benefiting from this. being able to have all the propaganda and all the thing and the cruelty was unbelievable. rachel, let me start with you on what you think should be done next. >> well, we both feel very strongly that president trump and mr. witkoff are the most professional deal makers that could be handling this situation. and all of the people that we talk to feel grateful that they are the ones who are involved. that's why our plea on instagram saturday night after we saw the release of these emaciated holocaust-looking hostages, we said we have to expedite this deal. this deal that is currently written to stretch over the coming months. it is clear that these hostages don't have time. if these are the hostages that are coming out it means the ones who haven't yet been released are in worse condition. and so our plea and our cry and our greatest prayer is that president trump and mr. witkoff will figure out how to make this deal happen quicker, faster, more speedily. >> dana: one of the things it feels urgent. those hostages provided information back to the idf that yes indeed there are hostages there who are alive and being held in terrible conditions. >> it's true. i even want to back up for one second and say these conditions they're being held in we are learning how terrible they are. it is not totally new information. i remind you and the viewers that 163 days ago our son and five others were found bullet ridden in a tunnel with no electricity, no water, no food, no air. and our son was six feet tall and weighed 150 pounds. they were skeletal. we wrote and talked about it and we thought that maybe then that would be the trigger to get world leaders to push to action. it didn't work. thankfully right now president trump and mr. witkoff are getting things moving in the right direction and we just want it to happen faster. the people of the region need it to happen faster. >> dana: before we came on air bill hemmer asked how you are doing and rachel you said we're breathing and i'm sure that the days feel extremely long for you. there was a tweet i saw from somebody a person who i follow on x talking about the former hostage at times i said to myself you aren't getting out of there and i saw the people and you who came on the streets for us. it is what gave me the hope to go on. on occasion the hostages were able to find out that maybe catch a glimpse of the news and find out that people were fighting for them. obviously you continue to do that. if they're able to hear anything from you right now what would you like to say? >> they have got to know that every single person is fighting for them, loves them. they must stay strong. they must survive. they must come home. everyone is waiting for them and no one is giving up on them. we workday and night. every one does for them to come home. >> dana: final word to you, john. >> well, i like that the story before ours he talked about president trump and showed him saying successful bringing the country together. that's so true about israel as well and success for israel right now is bringing home 76 hostages. and so the world needs it, the families of the hostages need it. i remind the virus on fox there are six americans remaining in captivity among the 76. success is bringing is every one of them home. as many as possible alive and doing it today, tomorrow, this week, getting it done. >> dana: i love seeing your faces. thanks for coming back and we'll keep in touch. thank you. >> thank you, dana. >> bill: stay strong. president trump main wheel sending additional active duty troops to defend the southern border as the crackdown on illegal immigration is in full force. get to that and this. check it out. >> the government is far too big, far too bloated and 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what? kayleigh mcenany and guy benson are here with more. here are cory booker and andy kim on the sunday shows. them talking about how they want to resist. >> the strategy is to do whatever we can to stop donald trump from hurting americans, for making us less safe, less secure and from raising our costs. >> you are open to voting yes to shut down the government? to make this point? >> this is on them. we're at a point where we're on the cusp of a constitutional crisis. seeing this administration taking steps that are so clearly illegal. and until we see a change in that behavior, we should not allow and condone that nor should we assist in that. >> dana: nbc news has this headline. we're figuring it out. democrats struggle to keep up with trump's dizzying pace. they don't know where to look. >> trump has done more executive orders in ten days than most or all have done in 100 years. a dizzying pace. and he kim went on to say we're at the cusp of a constitutional crisis. that's the new buzz word. chris murphy said oats a constitutional crisis. >> dana: that signal has gone out. >> they now learned the rhetoric did not work, the threat to democracy. not to mention we have hakeem jeffries talking about government shutdowns hurting working people. that's out the window 60 days later. >> bill: james carville has another twister. play this with his unique idea now inside the party. >> it's like there is a plant somewhere in quote progressive unquote america that just sees how many stupid things they can embrace. it is stunningly stupid, both of them. >> bill: i would have liked to have seen that on camera. it is stunningly stupid when the imagine -- imagine ortive of americans have to balance a budget. they are trying and the democrats are saying you keep doing that we'll shut this place down. >> one buzz word is constitutional crisis. another phrase we're hearing argument from the democrats is no one elected elon musk for his team. i just don't understand from the party that has fully supported to the hilt every federal -- now one person unelected making recommendations to try to reduce the size and scope of government that's the crisis? who elected them? that's logic, that argument could be easily applied to the bureaucratic state they are defending possibly with a government shutdown. i haven't heard them grapple with that hypocrisy at all. no one has asked them. i wonder if there will be pushback from many of our colleagues in the media. so far not so much. isn't a surprise. >> dana: i read this morning in the liberal patriot. they are pretty moderate democrats saying perhaps going after elon musk all the time is not the best bet. these are voters to abc and how they support musk and trump. >> it's pretty characteristic of elon musk and i think that the whole idea of coming in and looking at government efficiency was going to be very destructive by design. immigration and safety and security and one of the things that swayed me. so i'm glad to see bold action because i think it's needed. >> i'm not entirely certain he is going about it the right way. what he is setting out to do needs to be done. >> dana: getting the same goal may not be the right way to do it, who knows, but like what they're seeing. >> they like what they are seeing. he is not touching medicare, medicaid, social security that effect all americans. he is finding common sense items like the penny. who would have thought we're watching the super bowl and trump says i have instructed the treasury secretary not to produce the penny because it costs $0.02 to produce it. if you are going to call that waste let's do it. can it be disruptive? sure. usaid preserve funding is very important but he is disrupting the system. fixing the problems with band-aids along the way. >> bill: he told bret the department of education and pentagon will be next. he is convinced you will find millions of dollars inside those departments as well. if this works, guy. we could look back on this moment as saying you made our government better. that would be a good thing. >> especially in some of the low hanging truth. it would be definitely in the billions at the least you would save. a lot of these gigantic unaccountable agencies and look the idea there is no oversight whatsoever. there is congressional oversight. the judges are already fielding the lawsuits. judicial side of the government, that element will also look at this. so i think the way the democrats are talking about it like elon musk has this band of unaccountable people and storage the castle and burning everything to the ground is not actually what's happening. it feels like the democrats are casting about for something to find a purpose again and they've chosen this. they've chosen defending federal bureaucrats and illegal immigrants. interesting priorities they have settled on. maybe they could have waited for a better one but here they are. >> bill: maybe carville is right. >> he is sometimes right. >> sometimes. >> bill: on the legal front president trump is moving at break neck pace to implement his agenda. a few federal judges trying to tap the brakes over the weekend. will they be successful? 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