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overall u.s. economy? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer with pamela brown, and you're in the situation room. we begin this hour with new reporting about anxiety and impatience over at the white house. sources now telling cnn there is intense pressure to produce deals or announcements, especially on new trade agreements. president trump and his top economic advisers have said trade deals are close. but with economic concerns growing and poll numbers dropping big time, the administration is looking for a deal to celebrate. let's go to cnn white house reporter alayna treene. she's standing by with the latest. elena, what are you learning? >> yeah, well, while you're exactly right, i mean, in my conversations with top white house officials, trump administration officials as well, they told me that pressure is mounting for the administration to announce some

sort of good news to give the american public some sort of optimism and really a reason to, in the president's word, be patient as they continue to try and negotiate these deals. that's why we're seeing such an intense focus now behind the scenes on them trying to hurry and kind of hustle to announce some sort of trade deal. now, we have heard from the president himself, but also his top economic advisers, including treasury secretary scott bessent. we just heard from kevin hassett, his director of national economic council, just moments ago, telling cnbc, i'm sure there'll be news by the end of the day. when it comes to potential trade deal. all of this again, as i'm learning that behind closed doors there is anxiety to show some sort of progress here. they recognize that there's only so long americans can actually be patient. now, one thing that struck me as one of the sources familiar with some of these conversations told me about the behind the scenes dynamic. they said that the messaging is strategic and that they are not where they need to be right now when it comes to these trade deals. so again, i think if we

hear any announcements in the in the short to immediate term, it's going to be because they recognize they really need to get out there and publicly give americans good news, wolf. >> lots of concern over at the white house. alayna treene. thank you very much, pamela. >> all right, wolf. after months of negotiating the u.s. and ukraine finally have a minerals deal, this economic partnership agreement is giving washington access to kyiv's rare earth resources. and in exchange, the u.s. is establishing a joint reconstruction investment fund in ukraine. cnn chief national security correspondent alex marquardt is here with us. so, alex, help us understand the complexities of this agreement. >> it's very complex. after so much back and forth, we finally have this deal. scott bessent, the treasury secretary who negotiated it, said it called it a historic economic partnership. but we need to be clear about what this is. this gives the trump administration an argument that they are getting something in return for continued u.s. support. and this gives the ukrainians an effort to keep the americans engaged amid this very, very tumultuous relationship. there is a win in

this deal for ukrainians, and that there is no paying back element. that's something we've heard trump talk about numerous times. the u.s. will only profit for assistance that they provide in the future. there's also a bit of a blow in this deal for ukrainians, in that there's nothing guaranteeing future american security guarantees, which is something that they have also been been seeking. it's also there's a very important point to make here, though, in terms of the natural resources and the minerals that are in ukraine. it's very unclear what they actually have. so we don't know what kind of profits are going to come from this joint investment fund. there is no modern day assessment of what they have, what we know ukraine to have in terms of critical and rare earth minerals are fairly modest in global terms, and much of what they have is in the eastern part of the country, which is occupied by russia. it takes a lot of time and a lot of money to extract and process these

minerals and natural resources. so it's very, very unclear to what extent the u.s. will actually stand to profit. i think the key point here is that kyiv is trying to hug washington closer in order to keep them engaged and maintain that u.s. support. >> it's interesting because stephen miller was just in the white house briefing room. he's a top adviser in the white house, and he framed this as payback for what the u.s. has already given ukraine. you're saying that's not exactly what's in this deal? the white house is also argued that it would it could deter future russian attacks because theoretically, you would have u.s. contractors in there trying to mine for these minerals and that that could potentially deter attacks from russia. what about that argument. >> to be clear on the paying back part, as the u.s. continues to support ukraine, they will get paid back in profits from this fund. but it's what's going forward, not what has been provided in the past, for example, from the biden administration. and amid all these arguments, and please, if you will, from ukraine for security guarantees going forward so that russia can't

invade again, the u.s. has declined to give that. but what they're saying is, if we have investments in ukraine, if we have people on the ground in ukraine, that's a kind of security guarantee, because we'll want to protect that. >> all right, alex, thank you so much. >> and the former vice president kamala harris is back on the national stage. and she's not holding back at all when it comes to the man who defeated her in november. in her first major speech since she left office, harris slammed president trump for setting off, in her words. and i'm quoting her now, the greatest man made economic crisis in modern history. that's what she said. cnn national politics correspondent eva mckend is here with us in the situation room. what else did we hear from the former vice president? >> well, this speech really served as a call to action and a pep talk for democrats. she focused heavily on the economy, calling the tariffs reckless and hurting, impacting american families regardless of political affiliation. so really, the economy continues to be the

north star for democrats. but she also called out other aspects of this administration, saying that it is not okay to disappear. american citizens or anyone for that matter, without due process. she applauded democrats who, in her view, are standing up in this moment, having backbone, resisting the administration as well as colleges and institutions who are fighting back to maintain their independence. let's take a listen. >> we all know president trump and his administration and their allies are counting on the notion that fear can be contagious. they are counting on the notion. that if they make some people afraid, it will have a chilling effect on others. but what they're overlooking, what they have overlooked, is that

fear is not the only thing that's contagious. courage is contagious. >> so all eyes now, wolf, on what the vice president does next. does she decide that she wants to run for governor in california? does she want to hold off and mount another presidential bid? does she decide to not run again at all? we do know from advisers that if she does, in fact decide to run for governor, we will know by the end of the summer, wolf. >> we'll see what she decides. thanks very much. eva mckend reporting for us, pamela. >> all right. wolf, new this morning. the state department is now responding after a cnn report that the trump administration is considering a plan to send undocumented migrants with criminal records to libya and rwanda. cnn's priscilla alvarez joins us now. you broke this reporting, priscilla, what is the state department saying now? >> well, this is something that the trump administration has been increasingly interested in, that something is sending migrants to other countries,

even those countries that they may not be from as they try to ramp up deportations. now, in this case, the conversations and considerations by the trump administration are centered on migrants with criminal records sending them to libya and to rwanda. unclear what nationalities they are considering here, because so much of that would be dependent on the receiving countries as well. but it is telling of the strategy here by the administration to try to expel people and do so quickly. now with rwanda, the conversations that my colleague kylie atwood and i have been reporting on have been more on an ad hoc basis. the the receiving of migrants, and they're still finessing the cost structure of this because unlike el salvador, the conversations here are not about sending people to prison so much as sending them to these other countries. now, with libya, i'm told the trump administration is interested in potentially negotiating a safe third country agreement, which is to say, allowing for asylum seekers at the u.s. southern border to be sent there. this is an idea that came up in the first trump administration,

specifically with the western hemisphere and having other countries in the western hemisphere receive migrants for them to make their asylum claims there. but this is an idea that is being tossed around internally within the administration. the trump administration now as well. now, again, secretary rubio has said and he said throughout the cabinet meeting yesterday that he is working on negotiations with third countries, with these countries to try to negotiate where these migrants may be sent to. but certainly this is just part of a trend that we are seeing with this administration and wanting to do this. i will also note that there was a ruling by a federal judge not long ago that temporarily blocked the administration from sending someone to a country that wasn't their own, without prior notice or an ability to contest it. so even as these ideas are being considered, there could be some legal challenges that arise moving forward. >> all right, a quick question. >> if this does get approved, would these migrants who be deported by the united states to libya and rwanda, would they go to prisons in libya and rwanda, or would they simply be able to

move around freely in those countries? >> these considerations don't appear to include anything about prisons, as we saw with el salvador, but rather just going to those countries and roaming freely. >> all right. >> thank you. >> very much. >> a big distinction, because there's a big difference between going to a mega prison, like what we saw in el salvador and being released into. >> a country. and i don't think you. >> want to be in a prison in libya or rwanda for that matter. i'm sure it's a tough place. >> sure. yeah. >> alvarez, thank you so much. >> and new. >> this morning, tesla is now denying a wall street journal report that its board is searching for a new ceo to replace elon musk. this comes as tesla has lost more than a third of its value since donald trump returned to the white house, with musk overseeing trump's department of government efficiency, or doge, as it's called. car buyers are looking to other brands, and wall street has backed away. cnn media correspondent hadas gold is joining us from new york right now. hadas, what are you learning about all of this? >> well, well, according to the wall street journal, this search began about a month ago. and let's take a look at what tesla's stock was looking like

about a month ago. we have seen its stock absolutely tank. so look at what started happening after january, february, march. and then last week we also heard that tesla posted first quarter earnings that were down 71% during the first quarter of 2025. so about a month ago when the wall street journal says this was going on, this is when we were really seeming to be in the peak of the sort of brand crisis for tesla, where we were seeing attacks on tesla dealerships, their sales plunging. the wall street journal says that board members started engaging with executive search firms to try and find a successor for elon musk at tesla, and that board members had also demanded that elon musk spend more time at tesla. this is also something we had heard from investors over the last few weeks saying, elon, please come back to tesla. spend your time there. i also heard from some investors are saying, elon, you have so tainted the brand with your politics that you actually just need to step away entirely and leave as ceo. but why? this matters and th is such a bombshl, is that elois so connected toesla. i's so much a part of histor his perna and his wealth. if y look at

some of hiother companies like spacex, like x, he has installed ceos there, peop that he trusts to run his companies. that is not the case at tesla. some people that i've spoken to o know musk, they say sla is ellen, elon is tesla. and i portant. we have heard the denial from the board chair calling it absolutely false. and i want to i do want to put up what elon musk posted on x. he says that t this story was an extremely bad breach of ethics, that the wall street journal should would publish a deliberately false article and fail to include an unequivocal denial beforehand by the tesla board of directors directors. i have asked the wall street journal for a comment, a reaction to that have not heard back yet, but some analysts, including dan ives from wedbush, are saying they believe that this sort of prompt for a search was a warning shot, sort of a big flashing sign for elon saying, hey, you really need to do something right now and come back to your companies. >> well, all. >> right, excellent reporting. thank you very, very much,

pamela. >> all right. still ahead, right here in the situation room, wolf, the last tariff free shipments. new cnn reporting on exactly when you'll feel the staggering 145% tariffs on goods coming from china. >> and later, the ceo of general motors tells cnn tariffs will cost the automaker 4 to $5 billion this year. what that means if you're shopping for a new car. stay with us. you're in the situation room. >> my happy place sunday at ten on cnn. >> between molly leaving and mom's osteoporosis, i thought life was going to slow down. boy, was i wrong. if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and are at high risk for fracture, evenity can help you rapidly build new bone in just 12 months. evenity is the only bone builder that also helps slow bone loss, and is proven to significantly reduce spine fracture risk. she said the evenity she's taking builds new bone builds new bone. so yeah,

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into american ports. so that means the countdown to supply shortages anrisingricehas offially beg. goods that were loaded afr april 9th ar going to be hit with a 145% tariff. >> huge tariff. >> let's go to new york right now. cnn business and politics correspondent vanessa yurkevich is watching all of this unfold. vanessa, how soon will we see the prices on chinese made products jump here in the united states? >> well, if it could be weeks. and as pamela said, you have ships that are sailing across the ocean into new york ports that next week will be carrying that higher tariff of 145%. but i should note there will be fewer ships and less cargo because it is simply too expensive for some importers to do business with china right now. so once those ships come into the u.s. ports, some retailers have said that they have about 5 to 7 weeks of pre-tariff inventory. however, once that inventory runs through and for smaller businesses, it

will be less those higher priced, higher tariff items will make their way onto store store shelves, and businesses will have to make a decision. do they continue to place those orders with china at that higher rate, or do they choose not to bring that product in? and that is where you can wind up with a situation of shortages. now j.p. morgan is projecting that they expect a 75 to 80% drop in imports from china this year because of these higher tariffs, especially around back to school items and holiday items, because pamela and wolf, those items are starting to come in right now and will be coming in through october. those are the key time periods to watch for consumers. >> right. and just to follow up on that, you heard president trump yesterday acknowledge that the price of toys could go up, that shelves won't have as many toys, dolls for for kids, but

it's not just toys coming from china that american consumers buy, right? >> oh yeah, we buy a ton of stuff from china. we get apparel, footwear, electronics, microchips that are used for anything that beeps. these are key items that we rely on china for, and we get more apparel, shoes and electronics from china than any other country. and pamela, i have spoken to retailers and supply chain economists about whether or not they can reposition to manufacture in other countries and then bring that product in from those countries. it takes too long to set that up, and it is not going to replace now that deficit of product that we normally get from china. >> pamela mcdonald's, for its part, just reported its worst quarter since the height of the pandemic. is trump's trade war to blame for that? >> yeah, in some ways it is, because this is the second decline in quarter that we have seen back to back a decline of 3.6% in same store sales. that

is the worst since covid in 2020, when people were told to stay home. and the ceo of mcdonald's says this is because of economic uncertainty and they're just not seeing the foot traffic. i will say that it's not just mcdonald's. you have chipotle, you have domino's, you have starbucks all reporting weaker earnings just because of this economic uncertainty. consumer sentiment declining and consumers starting to pull back in their purchases. >> we're also getting a new look at the scope of the doge sweeping job cuts here in the united states. vanessa, tell us about that. >> yeah, we were waiting to see when these cuts would really show up in data. and we're getting it right now. we're hearing from challenger in gray this new report signaling that government jobs were the largest cuts all year of any type of industry. the cuts were up 680% from the same time period last

year, amounting to over 280,000 job cuts from the federal government. we will note, though, that also other industries are expecting to do layoffs in the month of april. we just finished the month of april, but they were projecting layoffs up over 100,000. compare that to last year when it was 64,000. so really, this all just paints that picture of uncertainty for businesses as they're trying to figure out how to position their business among this, among this trade war. >> vanessa yurkevich thank you as always, wolf. >> and the. >> price of toys. so many of those toys being imported from china is going to go up and up and up. and if you were planning, i know you have three little kids spending, let's say, $100 for various toys coming up over the next few months, you could wind up spending about $150 for all those toys because of the the tariffs that are now being imposed. >> it's why you're seeing a lot of people stockpiling right now. they're trying to get that in by those future gifts before the tariffs really hit, because it

can have a big impact on a lot of american. >> families, a huge impact. >> on a lot of families out there. we're watching all of this unfold. meanwhile, president trump's tariffs will cost general motors up to $5 billion this year that, according to ceo mary barra, the automaker is the first major company to estimate in dollars just how much these tariffs imposed by trump will cost. listen to what barra told our friend and colleague erin burnett earlier this morning. >> february 1st, tariffs were announced and they changed in march. then they changed again in march. now they have changed in april. mary, i know you've spoken to president trump directly about tariffs. when is the last time you spoke to him and was it this week post his most recent shift, and has he given you the confidence that this is it, that you actually know the rules of the game and they're not going to change again? >> well, i've had i spoke to the president when i last visited the white house, but i've been speaking to many members of his administration. multiple times a day over the last several weeks.

so i've had regular communications and really feel that the, the white house and the administration are listening to understand the situation. and so we do know that there's more conversations going on. for instance, the negotiations going on with japan and south korea, china and many of the other countries that impact from a supply chain perspective. so we think that there's more, more impact potentially. but again, right now, the clarity that we got was so important because it allows us to make decisions for our footprint in in the u.s. and in north america to be able to respond to the tariffs and make sure that we have a growing and strong u.s. auto industry. >> that was general motors ceo mary barra, speaking to cnn's erin burnett. and pamela. clearly, a lot more of that interview will air on erin burnett outfront later tonight, 7 p.m. eastern. >> that's right. she's been doing a great job getting these ceos to talk about how the tariffs are impacting their companies. and up next, here in the situation room, 24 states

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million worth of programs were terminated. let's get reaction from the official leading this legal crusade. colorado's democratic attorney general philip weiser. so americorps isn't the only agency that's being targeted for major cuts by the trump administration without congressional approval. why are you fighting back against these americorps cuts in particular? >> pamela, we're taking on all of these illegal dismantling of agencies from the department of education to the consumer financial protection bureau, institute of libraries, and here, americorps. this one is personal to me. i wanted to play a leading role because national service is critical to our future, inspiring in young people a sense that they can make a difference. bringing them to parts of colorado and my state, like the san luis valley, where they can fall in love with our rural communities, work on meaningful projects. it's transformative. and now it's being decimated. even though congress is the one that set this agency up, the president can't just terminate it.

>> so the white house says americorps failed eight consecutive audits and is a prime target for the president's efforts to eliminate waste. how do you respond to that? and does that concern you that it failed so many audits? >> when you have audits that show concerns, you address the concerns you don't take apart an agency in its entirety, thereby undermining what congress decided. congress makes the laws. this is the way our constitution works. congress set up americorps as an agency to serve this critical purpose. and here we are talking about whether the president can unmake the laws. that's not how our system works. that's why we're in court. >> do you think the larger question of trump's authority to dismantle federal agencies, not just americorps here, ultimately winds up being answered by the u.s. supreme court? how do you see that bigger fight playing out? >> in these cases? we have this basic point about separation of powers. we're winning in the lower courts. if this administration continues to act

like it's above the law and can ignore the constitution. yes, it will be up to the supreme court to tell the trump administration that separation of powers is a cornerstone of our republic, and the president has to faithfully execute the laws. to quote the constitution doesn't get a chance to unmake them. if the president wants to end an agency, department of education, americorps, consumer financial protection bureau, it needs to propose that to congress. have congress consider it and have congress act. what's happening here is lawless. it's reckless, and it's harming. in colorado, where we depend on this critical service that americorps provides. >> tell us more about that. how how does colorado depend on this service and what will it mean across the country? frankly, for those services to go away? >> colorado is a perfect example. 8 to $10 million a year in grants, all for voluntary service organizations. hundreds of volunteers who work in americorps projects, often in hard hit parts of our state,

places that are more vulnerable. i mentioned the san luis valley in the southern part of our state, working on critical services like helping young people learn how to read. after the pandemic, we had a really hard setback. a lot of young people weren't in school. their reading levels fell. they're reading below grade level americorps programs, working with young people, helping improve literacy, americorps programs addressing the opioid crisis, americorps programs supporting veterans. this is what we're talking about. programs designed to help people to inspire a sense of service and helping people develop this commitment to make a difference. i don't understand why this is on the chopping block. if there are ways to improve it, that's great, but that's not what's happening here. this is dismantling this program. >> you talk about congress. republican lawmakers have been reluctant to assert congressional authority over spending in the face of trump's cuts across the federal workforce, with one branch of government essentially ceding some of its power to another. is that affecting your legal strategy here?

>> ultimately, we do need congress to do its job, and we need people of both parties in congress to show a commitment to protect the constitution, to rein in a presidency. that, as you put it well, is overreaching, taking on responsibilities. the constitution does not give the president and someone, ideally from the republican party is going to say, you know what, this is too far and start drawing lines. the courts can and will enforce the constitution. but there's another coordinate branch, the congress, who also has responsibilities for checks and balances. we need congress to do its job as well. >> all right. philip weiser, thank you so much, wolf. >> important interview. thank you very much for doing that. and just ahead, steep doge cuts almost half of all layoffs this year in the united states are tied to doge. up next, i'll discuss this and more with democratic congressman jared moskowitz of florida. he was the first democratic lawmaker to join the doge caucus.

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is that what you've seen? and have these cuts been good for the country so far? >> no, wolf. first of all, let's just talk about the first 100 days. i mean, maybe the only president to have a worse 100 days was william henry harrison. i mean, it's just been absolutely disastrous. first of all, the doge caucus in congress is dead. it's defunct. it met twice. i was there and never met again. they weren't included in any conversation. so the doge caucus in congress officially dead. doge of the executive branch. a complete failure. they have not met their goals by 85%. and they didn't do any efficiency. nothing in government is more efficient. they just did dog. they forgot the e part. and so it's been a complete and utter failure. that's why elon's had to run away back to his company. he's ruined his name. he's ruined his company, and he's gone on to ruin the federal government. and so look, consumer sentiment is down to the lowest level to 1990. gdp obviously is underwater completely reversed. the tariffs are the biggest man made economic disaster of the

modern era. >> strong words indeed. congressman. we've also learned that the u.s. economy contracted during the first three months of this year. that's the worst showing since 2022. many economists blame president trump's policies, including, of course, his tariffs, the trade war. but the president is pointing the finger at former president biden. how do you respond to that? >> i thought biden was in the basement, right. i thought biden didn't have all his faculties, but yet they continue to do this. two things with biden like, oh, he's he's slow and he wasn't with it, but yet he's this mastermind. let's be clear. donald trump said this was his stock market in january of this year. january 24th, he put out a nice tweet and said, this is the trump stock market. and then on april 30th, he put out, this is the biden stock market. what happened? oh, it was liberation day, liberation day. he liberated the american economy of $5 trillion. and so, look, this was a major mistake of theirs. they didn't calculate how this would go. they tariffed

the whole world, including the penguins. at the same time, friend and foe alike. they didn't do reciprocal. it was more they can't make all these deals in time because they got to deal with governments that then have to vote on things. and so yeah, look, they've walked a lot of this back. they've walked it back because they're trying to save the bond market from completely collapsing. and so look, i want the president to figure a way out of this. right? i don't want the economy to collapse. i don't want the american people to lose money in their pensions and their stock market. i don't want people to be laid off. and so i do want him to find a way out. and if he wants to work with congress, we can do that. but, you know, congress took power away. the republicans took power away to even be involved in tariffs and gave it to the president. so look, i hope he finds a way out of this for the american people. >> let's see if that happens. congressman, i also want to get your reaction to something president trump said during a news nation town hall when asked to name the biggest mistake of his first 100 days. listen to this.

>> i'll tell. >> you, that's the toughest question. >> i can have, because. >> i don't really. >> believe i've. >> made you made any mistakes. we're in a transition period. >> all right, congressman, no mistakes. what's your reaction? >> well, i don't know, wolf. is canada the 51st state? have you bought a condo in gaza? i mean, is greenland part of of the united states yet? i mean, i could go on. i mean, clearly the tariffs are the largesmistake that that he has made. andy republic podsts, wt o they're saying, i tnk really true that, look, some of their ideas had merit, but the execution of what they did is what has killed all of this finding government waste. good idea. execution, total failure. right. trying to figure out how to bring jobs back to america. good idea. execution. total failure. and so it's been the execution of how they've done this, rather doing it rather than doing it with a scalpel. they've done it with a chainsaw. and that's what has

been the mistake. >> you know, i'm hearing from friends down in your district in boca raton that a lot of canadians who normally visit boca raton tourists are stopping coming to boca raton and other communities in florida right now in protest of what trump is saying about canada becoming the 51st state. have you noticed a drop in canadian tourism to to florida? >> yeah, it's 80% less is what we're seeing in the travel data. and yeah, they don't want to come and look. we're obviously we're getting into better weather for for folks in canada. so as we're getting out of that season, we're not going to see as large of an impact. but when we get back into season, i mean, i expect businesses to to suffer. unfortunately in florida and, and in america. and it's not just the canadians. we're seeing this sentiment obviously, around the world. and so, look, this is not too late to reverse some of this damage will take time to

fix. but figuring out a way out now is what this administration needs to do. i mean, look, donald trump, you know, he's good at winning elections in america. he's also good at swinging elections in canada. the guy was losing by 20 points. and donald trump said, make it the 51st state. and he wound up winning in the party won won the election. and so look, the canadians are paying attention to this and this. this was this was not the fight to pick with canada. >> it's not just the canadians. people all over the world are paying a lot of attention to what's going on here in the united states. on a separate issue, congressman kamala harris gave her major first speech since leaving last night, and she used her remarks to go directly after president trump's policies and which he called his greatest man made economic crisis. i want to play a clip of what she said. listen to this. >> some people are describing what's been happening in recent months as absolute chaos. and of course, i understand why. and

it's certainly true of those tariffs. tariffs that, as i predicted, are clearly inviting a recession. >> do you think, congressman, the former vice president, speaking out now publicly as she did last night, is going to be helpful for democrats. >> well, look, it's good to see her back. i'm glad she's out there. obviously we'll have to see what what she wants to do on a on a go forward basis. what what what wants to run for or want to have a position. but she has a big voice in the party, right? she was our last nominee. she the former vice president. and yes, she was right on tariffs, as was every economist, you know. but look, trump is doing everything he said. i know there were people are like, oh he doesn't mean it, right. but he's doing everything. he said the only thing he hasn't done is he hasn't had dinner with hannibal lecter. everything else that is that he said on that stage, he has done exactly as he said it. i'm sorry some people didn't think he was telling the

truth. but again, i want i want the president to succeed. i don't want to i don't want him to continue to ruin the economy. i want him to figure out how fix this. i got seniors who depend on their pensions. i got seniors that depend on their social security, their medicare, their medicaid, which they're talking about cutting up here. and so we have to figure out how to now get us get ourselves out of this. now that we've opened pandora's box. i mean, i can tell you, i meet with ambassadors because i'm on the foreign affairs committee, and i'm not going to name different countries, but they all recognize that this is an economic disaster created by america. this is that's a different conversation than wanting to bring jobs back to america. look, i was the director of emergency management for ron desantis during covid. i saw the supply chain issues. right. we do have to onshore some jobs. we could have done that when we spent $6 trillion in the trump administration, the biden administration, we could have figured out how to onshore jobs. that was a missed opportunity. but we can do it now. we can't tariff the whole world and bring all those jobs back, because then the cost of

goods is going to go up dramatically. trump talked about how, you know, you'll only be able to afford $2 instead of 30. it's a weird analogy for an 80 year old president. but at the end of the day, costs are going to go up and we have to figure out how to make things more affordable for americans. >> congressman jared moskowitz, a member of both the foreign affairs and judiciary committees, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, pamela. >> all right. well, coming up on defense, why bill belichick is now taking aim at cbs after a viral moment between the legendary coach and his girlfriend. >> are you. >> ready for more? >> ready. tapas. >> tapas are. >> the answer. >> yes. >> that is really good. >> fortuna. >> eva longoria searching for spain sunday at nine on cnn. >> my utis were a recurring nightmare. >> for the both.

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>> is cnn. >> coach bill belichick is throwing a red challenge flag at critics. his interview with cbs included his girlfriend, jordon hudson, objecting to a question about how they met. now, belichick says that cbs did not honor the expectations set for the interview. cbs denies there were predetermined conditions. >> cnn sports anchor andy scholes is joining us right now. andy, the legendary coach, is no stranger to being combative with the news media. what is he saying? >> well, wolf. >> and pam, you know, bill belichick released a statement yesterday defending his girlfriend jordon hudson in the wake of that cbs sunday morning interview. and in that interview, the 24 year old hudson, she shut down a question about how they met. here was that interaction. >> how did you guys meet? >> not talking. >> about this. >> no. >> no. >> it's a topic neither one of them is comfortable commenting on. >> now, belichick in his statement said, i was surprised when unrelated topics were introduced and i repeatedly expressed to the reporter, tony dokoupil and the producers that i preferred to keep that

conversation centered on the book. after this occurred several times, jordan, with whom i share both a personal and professional relationship, stepped in to reiterate that point to help refocus the discussion, cbs responded to belichick's statement, releasing a statement of their own. they said there were no preconditions or limitations to this conversation. this was confirmed repeatedly with his publisher before the interview took place, and after it was completed. now, many people are interested in this relationship. belichick says he met hudson on a flight back in 2021. and pam, you know bill belichick coaching the north carolina football team. now i know you went to north carolina. how closely are you following this? >> i actually am following it much more closely than wolf, that's for sure, because he's a tar heel now. yeah. and it's interesting. i mean, she's 24 years old. >> yeah. i mean, hey, i haven't watched a lot of north carolina football games over the past few years. i probably will now. >> there you go, andy.

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