Misfires: Arbitrary Firings Jeopardize Nukes and Airlines

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5 • 664 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Jen Psaki sounds the alarm on Donald Trump and Elon Musk's latest round of firings that put the safety of everything from air travel to our nuclear warheads at risk. She is joined by David Spero, president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists Union, to discuss Trump and Musk's firing of FAA workers amid internal turmoil and growing concerns about flight safety. Next, Jen is joined by Norm Eisen, lawyer and co-founder of The Contrarian, to discuss the concerning implications of Musk's latest attempts to access sensitive information at the IRS and the Social Security Administration. Then, Jen is joined by DNC Vice Chair David Hogg and Faiz Shakir, More Perfect Union executive director, to discuss protests across the country against Trump and Musk, and how that energy can be translated into real change. Later, Jen outlines a historical parallel to the mounting pressure New York Governor Kathy Hochul is facing to remove NYC Mayor Eric Adams from office. She is joined by New York Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado to discuss his view on whether Hochul should remove Adams and what that process might look like. Finally, Jen shares another moment from her recent conversation with Rahm Emanuel who had an interesting take on the kind of candidates Democrats should be fielding - as part of her new podcast "The Blueprint with Jen Psaki".

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0:00.0	Well, everyone, you won't be surprised to hear, because you may be among them.
0:12.8	It turns out the American people don't love watching Donald Trump and Elon Musk take an absolute wrecking ball to the federal government.
0:20.0	I mean, today we saw massive protests right here in Washington, D.C., and also all across the
0:24.8	country, you can see some of the photos on our screen.
0:26.7	We saw protests in big cities, in small towns, and at state capitals.
0:31.0	We saw just how pissed off people are about what's happening right now.
0:36.4	And who could blame them?
0:38.4	I mean, we just learned that Elon Musk's Doge crew is trying to get access to personal tax payer data at the IRS.
0:44.8	So basically, the world's richest man and his band of 20-something cronies want access to your personal
0:52.6	data. They want access to your tax returns, your addresses,
0:56.7	your employment information,
0:58.5	your banking details,
1:00.1	and your social security numbers.
1:02.2	I mean, this is the kind of issue that hits home for all of us.
1:06.4	I'm sure it hits home for you,
1:07.7	because most of us pay taxes, right?
1:10.2	Just like most of us fly in on airplanes.
1:13.4	And today, unbelievably, there was another major commercial airline incident. A Delta
1:19.6	plane that took off from Minneapolis flipped over when it was attempting to land in Toronto.
1:25.1	Nobody was killed, but at least 17 people were injured. And of course,
1:29.5	it's just the latest in a series of air incidents since Trump was sworn in. And since an army
1:34.6	helicopter and an American Airlines plane collided right here in Washington, killing 67 people.
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