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MAX FOSTER, CNN LONDON CORRESPONDENT AND ANCHOR: Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us in the U.S. and around the world. I'm Max Foster in London, ahead on "CNN Newsroom."

Jubilation in Philadelphia. The Eagles dominate the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl. We'll go live to New Orleans for the highlights.

U.S. President Trump announces plans for even more tariffs. We'll tell you what's in the crosshairs this time.

And Ukraine's President says he's ready to negotiate with Vladimir Putin to end the war, what he wants in return.

UNKNOWN (voice-over): Live from London, this is "CNN Newsroom" with Max Foster.

FOSTER: Philadelphia is the new home of one of sports most prestigious trophies, the hometown Eagles, denying the Kansas City Chiefs a chance for a third consecutive Super Bowl title.

Philadelphia won in dominating fashion in New Orleans, coming away with a 40-22 victory. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was named the game's MVP after throwing two touchdown passes and running for another, whilst rushing for 72 yards, would you believe. That's a Super Bowl record for a quarterback.

Philadelphia fans celebrated the convincing win, a sweet revenge for the Eagles who lost to the Chiefs on a late field goal in the Super Bowl two years ago.

World Sports' Andy Scholes joins us now from party town. Andy.

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Yes, Max, we're on the field where Super Bowl 59 took place, and we came into this game thinking we were maybe going to see some history, maybe see the Chiefs be the first team ever to win back-to-back-to-back Super Bowls, but instead we saw a different kind of a historic performance from the Eagles' defense. They just took it to Patrick Mahomes from the start of this game, and

by halftime this one was all but over.

But the stars were out here in New Orleans for Super Bowl 59. President Trump, he was on hand, first ever sitting president to attend a Super Bowl. He got a big ovation from the crowd when they showed him on the jumbotron.

Now, Taylor Swift was also here supporting her boyfriend Travis Kelce. Eagles' fans -- all the Eagles fans in attendance actually booed her when they showed her on the jumbotron. It was actually kind of a funny moment. Swift played it off rather nicely.

Now the story of this one was just the Eagles' relentless defense. They sacked Mahomes six times in this game. They just had him under pressure all night long, and the big moment of the first half was rookie Cooper DeJean picking off Mahomes, and he took it back 38 yards for a touchdown.

And this was Cooper's 22nd birthday, so what a present for him. I'm sure a moment he will never forget. Made it 17-0 at that point.

Mahomes, he then threw another interception before halftime. It was the first time in Mahomes' career he threw two picks and was sacked three times in a first half. Certainly bad timing for that to happen.

Jalen Hurts, on the other hand, he was fantastic in this game. He found A.J. Brown before halftime, made it 24-0. Hurts, just you couldn't say enough about his performance. Only five incompletions. He threw for two touchdowns, ran for another.

Also had 72 rushing yards in this game, which was a record for a quarterback in a Super Bowl. Eagles would just win in dominant fashion, 40-22, and Hurts was named Super Bowl MVP.

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JALEN HURTS, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES QUARTERBACK: It's been a journey of ups and downs and highs and lows, and I've always stayed true to it in the end, and having this vision of just being the best that I can be, and that evolving over time into this desire and this flame inside to win.

COOPER DEJEAN, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES CORNERBACK: It's crazy. World champs. Best birthday ever. Best birthday ever. I think everybody in my family would agree, too. I'm just happy they get to be a part of it.

HURTS: Defense played their (EXPLETIVE) off. They played how they played all year. I truly believe offense wins games, but defense wins championships.

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SCHOLES: Yes, now the defense certainly won this championship. The Chiefs only had 23 yards of offense in the first half, while the Eagles had 24 points.

Patrick Mahomes, he now falls to 3-2 in Super Bowls. It was just a struggle for that Chiefs offense from the start. Mahomes obviously upset of his performance and the team's. Here's what he had to say after the loss.

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PATRICK MAHOMES, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS QUARTERBACK: Credit to the Eagles, man. They played better than us from start to finish. We didn't start how we wanted to.

Obviously, the turnovers hurt, and I mean, I just got to take all the blame for that, and I mean, just those early turnovers swing the momentum of the game, and then they capitalized on them, and they scored.

I mean, they scored on the one, and then they got a touchdown immediately after, so that's 14 points that I kind of gave them, and it's hard to come back from that in the Super Bowl, and so just didn't play to my standard, and I have to be better next time.

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SCHOLES: Yes, and you know, we're so used to Mahomes just coming through in those big moments, but we kept waiting and waiting and waiting for it to happen in this game, but it just never came because the Eagles' defense was just so good.

And you know, Max, the final score was 40-22 Eagles, but it wasn't even that close. Their fans, you know, I was sitting around many of them. They could not believe what they were watching.

It was just a dominant performance, and it was pretty much a party from halftime on because Philly fans knew they were going to be Super Bowl champs.

FOSTER: What an incredible night to be there. Andy, thank you so much for joining us from New Orleans.

Now, before President Trump arrived in New Orleans for the Super Bowl, he told reporters a wide range of new tariffs will be announced this week. That includes 25 percent on all importers steel and aluminum expected later today. He says there's more coming later in the week too.

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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: I'll be announcing probably Tuesday or Wednesday at a news conference reciprocal tariffs, and very simply it's if they charge us, we charge them. That's all.

REPORTER: When is it going to impact? TRUMP: Almost immediately, but I'll be announcing the details of it,

highly detailed, and it'll be great for everybody, including the other countries. But if they are charging us 130 percent and we're charging them nothing, it's not going to stay that way.

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FOSTER: Well CNN's Betsy Klein is following the latest developments for you.

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BETSY KLEIN, CNN SR. WHITE HOUSE PRODUCER: President Donald Trump continuing to flood the zone with content, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One for about 30 minutes as he made his way to New Orleans to attend the Super Bowl on Sunday.

President Trump announced that he would be unveiling reciprocal tariffs on countries that tariff the U.S. on Tuesday or Wednesday at a press conference. He also unveiled plans on Monday to announce steel and aluminum tariffs at a rate of 25 percent.

That is 25 percent on all steel and aluminum imports coming into the U.S. Both of these moves taken together mark Trump making good on a key campaign promise of his 2024 campaign.

President Trump also doubled down on his plans to redevelop Gaza, telling reporters aboard Air Force One to, quote, "think of it as a big real estate site." Take a look.

TRUMP: I think that it's a big mistake to allow people, the Palestinians or the people living in Gaza, to go back yet another time. And we don't want Hamas going back. And think of it as a big real estate site.

And the United States is going to own it and will slowly, very slowly, we're going to rush, develop it. We're going to bring stability to the Middle East.

KLEIN: Trump again suggested that other Middle Eastern countries would house displaced Palestinians in what he described as, quote, beautiful sites.

But we should note that most regional leaders, with the exception of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have rejected these plans. We should also note that 90 percent of Gaza residents have been displaced and many have been forced to move repeatedly, according to the United Nations.

So all of this will be a major topic for discussion later this week when President Trump hosts the King of Jordan at the White House in Washington.

Betsy Klein, CNN, traveling with the president in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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FOSTER: As the Trump administration's attempt to remake the federal government meets resistance from federal judges, Vice President J.D. Vance is pushing back on social media. Vance says the courts can't control the executive branch's, quote, "legitimate power."

He didn't refer to a specific court order. But judges have dealt numerous setbacks to President Trump's agenda recently. In one of the latest moves, a federal judge temporarily barred Elon Musk's government efficiency team from accessing a Treasury Department payment system Musk called the judge corrupt.

Natasha Lindstaedt is a professor of government at the University of Essex. She joins us now from Colchester, England.

I mean, it's a different view of democracy, essentially, isn't it? These different branches of democracy are meant to sort of play off against each other. And what J.D. Vance is saying is that the executive should have all the power.

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NATASHA LINDSTAEDT, PROF. OF GOVERNMENT, UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX: Right. And I would argue that that's not really a democracy when there's not any checks and balances, when you have almost like a super presidential system that you see in hybrid regimes. That's not really a democracy.

There needs to be some way of checking the executive. And that's why we have Article 1 in our Constitution, which empowers Congress to have the power of the purse, to set the budget, to allot spending for different agencies and organizations.

And so that's why we're seeing all this legal pushback, because what Trump has been doing, and he's been on a rampage trying to dismantle the U.S. government, but what he's been doing is not constitutional. And so I think if you look back into 2017, right after Trump was elected, what we saw was a lot of protests on the streets.

This time around, we don't see so many people protesting as much, but you're seeing all kinds of legal resistance, whether it be to the attempt to shut down USAID or to get millions of federal employees to resign and take some sort of deal, or the fact that they were allowing DOGE, with Elon Musk, had basically tried to take over the Department of Treasury's payment system and access highly confidential and sensitive information.

There have just been all kinds of legal forms of resistance to this because it violates the Constitution.

FOSTER: Effectively, they're talking about the courts being unable to control the executive branch because they have legitimate power. How do you think the courts will handle this? Because they're independent, aren't they? They're meant to stay away from politics altogether.

But do you think they'll be more proactive in defending their position?

LINDSTAEDT: I mean, this is a great question, and we don't know the answer. What we do see thus far is some of the judges, the federal judges, that have pushed back against this. Some of them have been appointed by Trump.

And if you look at, in totality, the number of federal judges appointed, 57 percent of the current judges were appointed by Democratic presidents. And then you have those that are appointed by Trump and a few by Reagan and Clinton. But for the most part, we've seen judges push back.

Now, if this goes all the way up to the Supreme Court, that's another important question. Thus far, the Supreme Court has been incredibly pliant towards Trump's wishes, granting him immunity, which was just a monumental decision.

But will they really decide to weaken the power of the legislative branch and grant the executive this much power? I mean, that, I think, might be one step too far.

And of course, all of this is going to come down to whether or not Trump will adhere to these judicial decisions.

FOSTER: Okay. And in terms of these tariffs we're expecting to be confirmed later on, I mean, we know about the steel. That's obviously attacking Mexico and Canada again, because that's where most of the steel comes from. But some potential for other tariffs as well. What are you expecting?

LINDSTAEDT: So, this is another move that I think will have horrible knock-on effects on the U.S. economy. As you mentioned, Trump is going after the U.S. allies, like Canada, like Mexico. The U.S. also gets a lot of steel from Brazil.

And this is an input. This is an important input to making cars and vehicles and other things of this nature that is going to make it more expensive to produce manufactured goods.

So, while he sees tariffs as this negotiating tool or something that the U.S. needs to apply to countries to get even with them or to get a fair deal, he's not looking at the long run about tariffs.

And the other issue is that with these countries that the U.S. has been trading with, our economies are complementary. So, it doesn't really make sense to apply tariffs. We're not in competition with one another.

FOSTER: But they're going to go ahead anyway. And steel seems like a different prospect from some of the other tariffs because this is a long-term strategy, isn't it, for President Trump to bolster American steel. It's not necessarily -- it doesn't appear to be some sort of vehicle to get him to another set of negotiations.

LINDSTAEDT: No, you're right. And he's applied tariffs on steel before. He thinks this is a way of catering to some elements of his base. But I think this is one of the really dangerous things that you see when you apply tariffs.

It leads to cronyism because you're going to have key powerful individuals jockeying to get preferential treatment on these tariffs. Say, oh, no, we need to be exempt from this.

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And what will I give you in return? I'm going to give you X, Y, Z. And we see that because Trump is a very transactional president, he's going to have a lot of these types of interactions.

And this isn't good for the economy overall to devolve into some form of cronyistic-style economy. And I think this is one of the things that worries me about it. But the other thing is, of course, there's going to be retaliatory tariffs.

And this isn't good for global trade, for economic interdependence. And we're going to see a rise in prices, not just in the U.S., but across the globe.

FOSTER: Okay, Natasha, thank you so much for that. Wait to see what comes in terms of tariffs today.

Still to come, President Donald Trump says he's spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and he's hoping the war in Ukraine ends fast. We'll have the latest details on that conflict, next.

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FOSTER: As Russia's war in Ukraine approaches its third anniversary, U.S. President Donald Trump says he has spoken to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and he hopes the war ends, quote, "fast."

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REPORTER: I know you don't want to tell us about your conversation with President Putin. But can you clarify whether you had that since you've been in office or whether it happened before you became President?

TRUMP: I've had it. Let's just say I've had it. And I expect to have many more conversations. We have to get that war ended. It's going to end.

We have to get it ended. And we have to get it ended so it should have never happened, would have never happened if I was president.

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FOSTER: Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is saying that he's ready to negotiate with Putin if certain conditions are met.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT (through translator): If I had an understanding that America and Europe would not abandon us and that they would support us and provide security guarantees, I would be ready for any format of negotiations.

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FOSTER: Joining me now live from Kyiv is Kira Rudik, a member of the Ukrainian parliament and leader of the Golos political party. Kira, thank you so much for joining us.

Where is the negotiation room for President Zelenskyy then when in the past it's always been Russia has to get out, that's the only option, we need to win this war?

KIRA RUDIK, UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT MEMBER AND LEADER OF GOLOS PARTY: Hello, Max, and thank you so much for having me. Well, we see that political situation changes and President is trying to get the best future for Ukraine that is currently possible. We understand that it is not our wish to have any agreement with Putin because we know that he will break it.

But of course, the main goal of Ukraine is to continue as a state and to protect our people. When President is talking about any discussions with Putin, the main question still remains the same.

This question is who or what will make sure that Russia would not attack us again and that they will actually go with any part of the deal that they will sign off to.

Because what we have seen in the past, and these are facts, that in 2014 we already had a ceasefire that actually never worked and there was no one to ensure that Russia will honor their part of the deal.

FOSTER: And when we are talking about any discussions, potential discussions with Russia, the main thing is how to make sure they are actually executed in future. But what is the basis of the deal? Would Ukraine give up land, for example, as part of a deal?

RUDIK: I don't see any legal or political way for Ukraine to give up any territories that are right now temporarily occupied. But same way as there were territories that were temporarily occupied by Russia since 2014, there could be territories that will remain in this state and that perhaps may be something that will be in discussion.

However, that would be up to President Zelenskyy and then Ukrainian Parliament to be working with this deal. Again, we are not talking about any details right now because for us the main frame is the most important.

And the question in this frame, whatever is within the discussion, is okay, well, if Russia breaks this, then what?

And before we have any answer to that question, there is no point in discussing territories, then making sure that war criminals are brought to justice, anything else. It doesn't make any sense before we know what would happen if Russia breaks their part of the deal. Because in our hearts we know that that will happen.

FOSTER: So you want to hear from President Trump that there will be sanctions if Russia breaks the deal, is that what you're saying?

RUDIK: No, we want to have real assurances, because as we have seen that sanctions are not --

FOSTER: Sorry, not sanctions, but America would -- if Russia breaks the deal, Russia would -- the United States would step in and get involved more.

RUDIK: Absolutely, not only United States, but our European partners too. This is why President Zelenskyy was saying that he is looking at the options to have a deal if Ukraine will get our seat in the NATO.

Because we need a practical way of assuring our security if Russia attacks us again. And right now assurances of the sanctions are actually not giving us the necessary way of moving forward.

So would that be additional military support? Would that be international military intervention? That is something that needs to be discussed.

But any of the details about any of the negotiations should come within this idea. Okay, if not, then what?

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FOSTER: Okay, so what we're talking about here then is, not going straight into negotiations with Russia, but Ukraine getting assurances from the United States and Europe that if you go into talks with Russia, these are the conditions of those talks, is that right? So it will be a while off.

RUDIK: Well, if we are going into the talks with Russia, these are the conditions and assurances that Ukraine has that Russia would not be able to attack us again, or these are the things that would happen if Russia will go ahead and break their part of the deal. This is the key point. And this has been our key point for a while right now.

Because, you know, Max, here we have a very bad experience with Budapest Memorandum, when in 1994, Ukraine has gone into this agreement with the United States, Russia, and United Kingdom, that we are giving up on our second largest nuclear arsenal for the assurances of the sovereignty and territorial integrity.

And look where these assurances got us. So we are looking at something very practical right now.

FOSTER: Okay, thank you so much, Kira Rudik. Really appreciate your insight on that from Kyiv.

RUDIK: Thank you.

FOSTER: Now, still to come. China is giving the United States a taste of its own medicine with new retaliatory action against Donald Trump's tariffs, raising concerns of an all-out trade war now.

Plus, sanctuary cities in the U.S. are attempting to disrupt Trump's mass deportation plans. Just ahead, the latest on the backlash against migrant crackdowns.

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MAX FOSTER, CNN LONDON CORRESPONDENT AND ANCHOR: In the coming hours, President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new 25 percent tariff on all steel and aluminum coming into the U.S.

It's not clear yet if these levies will be on top of the tariffs already in place on exports from places like China, which has announced its own retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. products starting Monday. They include a 15 percent levy on U.S. coal and natural gas and 10 percent for crude oil, farm equipment and some trucks and sedans shipped to China from the U.S.

Beijing's move comes in response to President Trump imposing 10 percent tariffs on all Chinese products last week. All of this back and forth has some worried that an all-out trade war could be coming.

CNN's Kristie Lu Stout has more from Hong Kong.

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KRISTIE LU STOUT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: China's response to Trump's tariffs could be the opening salvo of a new tit-for-tat trade war and they go into effect today. These are broad measures that appear to vary in terms of potential impact, and here is the breakdown.

They include a 15 percent tax on certain U.S. coal and liquefied natural gas, 10 percent tax for crude oil, farm equipment, trucks and big-engine cars.

Now these tariffs take effect today and join other countermeasures from China, including controls on metal exports and an anti-monopoly investigation into Google.

Look, China is striking back. After U.S. President Donald Trump imposed 10 percent tariffs on Chinese goods, all in a bid to hold China accountable for the fentanyl trade. The U.S. says that China is a source for fentanyl precursor chemicals.

China has called fentanyl America's problem and has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization.

So what impact will China's tariffs have? Analysts say that the tariffs are modest, especially compared to U.S. measures and that they're designed to send a message. But new analysis from the Brookings Institution says that China's retaliatory tariffs will hurt American communities that voted for Trump. According to the report, it says this, quote, "similar to the 2018

tariffs, the industrial heartland is again bearing a disproportionate impact from Chinese retaliation. Some of the most intensely affected counties are energy and manufacturing communities in North Dakota, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama and West Virginia." Unquote.

Now the study says between 400,000 to 700,000 American jobs could be affected by China's retaliatory tariffs.

Kristie Lu Stout, CNN, Hong Kong.

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FOSTER: Now, with Donald Trump's tariff war now apparently focused on China, other countries are watching closely to see how far this tit- for-tat will go.

CNN's Richard Quest sat down for an exclusive interview with French President Emmanuel Macron and asked him how concerned he and other European allies are about all this.

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EMMANUEL MACRON, FRENCH PRESIDENT: Look, I think it's not the top priority in the current environment given all the challenges we have. We have to fix Ukraine. We have a situation in the Middle East. We have this competition between the U.S. and China. And we have all this innovation from A.I. to clean tech as well to deliver.

Honestly, I don't think it should be the top priority. Nevertheless, what is the concern of President Trump? And you know that we have a very good relation and we speak very regularly. He says, I'm not happy with the situation with Europe because I have a trade deficit.

When you look at the situation, my first question to the U.S., is the European Union your first problem? No, I don't think so. Your first problem is China. You should focus on the first problem.

Second, Europe is an ally for you. If you want Europe to be engaged on more investment and security and defense, if you want Europe to develop, which is, I think, the interest of the U.S., you should not hurt the European economies by threatening it with tariffs.

Third, the integration of the value chain between the U.S. and Europe is super high. What does it mean? It means if you put tariffs on a lot of sectors, it will increase the costs and create inflation in the U.S. Is it what your people want? I'm not so sure.

Fourth, it's very simple. When you look at the trade deficits, you can have the figures mentioned by President Trump. But I insisted in my discussion with him on some very small issues. Look at the financial outflows.

A lot of the European savings are going to finance the U.S. economy. If you start putting tariffs everywhere, you cut the links. It will not be good for the financing of the U.S. economy. Second, digital services. We are big, huge buyers of digital services.

It is unfair not to take the digital services in the trade deficit and to say, I have a trade deficit, but I don't speak about the digital services.

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You will keep buying them. Why?

RICHARD QUEST, CNN BUSINESS EDITOR-AT-LARGE: Are you prepared to go head-to-head on this or toe-to-toe on this?

MACRON: I already did so, and I will do it again. And I think we should be ready to, obviously, be in the room and react. But I think more than that, the European Union has to be ready to deliver what we want and what we need for ourselves.

QUEST: Can I suggest to you that the European Union is not fit for purpose when it comes to dealing with something like President Trump, who's threatening tariffs and basically saying, my way or the highway?

MACRON: I think it could be the opposite when you have direct contacts and you are clear. I think the European Union should not be the one to wait for the initiative of the others and just react.

What we have to do is to act for ourselves and to tell our people, this is our project. This is what we want. This is why, for me, the top priority of Europe is competitiveness agenda, is defense and security agenda, is A.I. ambition.

And let's go fast for ourselves. If in the meanwhile we have tariff issue, we will discuss them and we will fix it.

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FOSTER: Three weeks into his second term and now a majority of Americans are happy with the job Donald Trump is doing.

A new poll from CBS, CBS News, finds that 53 percent of adults surveyed approve of how he's handling the presidency. 47 percent disapprove. That divide is much wider, one broken down by party, with 94 percent of Republicans approving of the job he's doing, compared to 15 percent of Democrats.

CNN data reporter Harry Enten looks at how things compare to this point in Mr. Trump's last presidency.

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HARRY ENTEN, CNN SR. DATA REPORTER: And I decided to average all the polls. And you know what? The average of the polls also has him on the positive side of the ledger. All right, let's take a look.

Trump's net approval rating on February 9th. Look at this. In 2025, he's at plus four points. Look where he was in 2017, his first term at this point. He was at minus five points. So he's doing nearly 10 points better on the average. And more than

that, as I mentioned, it's not just the CBS News poll. It's the Ipsos poll. It's the Gallup poll. It's the Pew poll.

All of these polls have him in better shape than those respective polls had him at this point back in 2017. So the bottom line is no matter where you look, Donald Trump is more popular than he was eight years ago at this point in his first term.

And he's on the positive side of the ledger versus the negative side of the zero-point line as he was back in 2017.

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FOSTER: Local authorities across the U.S. are pushing back against the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda. They are accusing ICE, the federal agency spearheading the effort, of targeting sanctuary cities. But in New York, a memo from City Hall is sparking confusion about whether to comply with the crackdown or to resist it.

CNN's Gloria Pazmino has the story.

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GLORIA PAZMINO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right. There's been a lot of controversy and criticism over the last several days here in New York City after Mayor Eric Adams sent a memo to city workers reminding them of the protocol and what they should do should they encounter law enforcement officers on their property, say a school or a hospital or any other city agency where officials might try to enter.

Now, the reason the memo has caused so much concern among some of the city's Democrats, as well as migrant advocates, is because they say that it creates too much of a gray area for how employees should respond.

The memo outlines some of the basic things that we have heard in recent weeks, that an officer should be asked for their I.D., that a person should request to see a judicial warrant, that the city's lawyer should be contacted.

But it also goes on to say that if the person feels like their safety is in danger and if they feel threatened by the presence of law enforcement officers to essentially step aside and let them in.

Now, advocates and other Democrats here in the city says that that essentially goes against the city's sanctuary city protections and that it gives essentially law enforcement officers encouragement to come into the city and act in a way that might be seen as aggressive or threatening.

Take a listen.

ANA MARIA ARCHILA, NEW YORK WORKING FAMILIES PARTY CO-DIRECTOR: New York City is a proud sanctuary city. We made it through. Eric Adams sent a guidance to city workers encouraging them to give away the power that the law has granted them. He has told city workers that if they feel intimidated by an ICE officer, they should open the doors of our schools, of our hospitals, (inaudible) of our city agencies.

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PAZMINO: Now, City Hall tells me that the memo was simply an attempt to remind employees of the protocol as well as making sure that their safety is always the top priority.

They say that that is ultimately the city's responsibility to make sure that its employees are safe at all times. Now, this is all happening in the background as we are continuing to see Trump's administration crack down on immigration enforcement.

One source familiar with the planning tells us that they are expecting to see significant enforcement in the Los Angeles area this month, similar to what we have seen in New York City as well as Chicago.

Now, in terms of sanctuary cities, which Los Angeles is one, there are several cities that have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration alleging that they are being targeted precisely because they are sanctuary cities.

You might remember that one of the executive orders that Trump signed when he took office requires the federal government to withhold funding to jurisdictions that are not assisting with the enforcement of their immigration agenda. They say that this is an illegal targeting that's based on their sanctuary status.

So, it looks like that will play out in court while we continue to monitor this immigration enforcement in Los Angeles and this debate here in New York City about how agencies should respond and whether or not the mayor here, Eric Adams, is seen as doing enough to defend New Yorkers.

Gloria Pazmino, CNN, New York.

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FOSTER: Now, a new variant of bird flu in the U.S. is showing signs that it can possibly be transmitted to humans. Now scientists are studying an outbreak of H5N1 that infected cattle in Nevada where a dairy worker has tested positive, the first human infection reported in that state.

A medical expert explains how this could be possible.

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DR. ASHISH JHA, DEAN, BROWN UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH: What we're seeing is the virus continue to learn and continue to evolve and becoming more adept at infecting mammals. And obviously, the big concern here is that it will get better at infecting humans.

So, this is an unwelcome development watching this much more deadly version of the virus infecting cows. I think we've got to watch this very carefully and we've got to start planning for the potential that we could start seeing a lot more spread in people.

At this moment, we have not seen sustained human-to-human transmission. So, that's good news and let's hope we never do. That's always the hope.

But we now have seen this virus evolve enough and do enough things that we absolutely need to be making a whole set of investments and taking a whole set of actions so that if you do start seeing real spread among people that we're going to be ready to act.

And that, of course, means vaccines, treatments, testing. We've got to be gearing all of that up.

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FOSTER: U.S. health officials say the threat of bird flu to the general public is still low though.

Now, all the major plane and helicopter pieces of the deadly Washington DC mid-air collision have now been recovered from the Potomac River. The latest on the investigation, after this quick break.

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FOSTER: There are new details on the investigation into the collision of an American Airlines plane and a Blackhawk helicopter that killed 67 people last month.

Crews have been able to recover all of the major pieces of the aircraft out of the Potomac River and teams are examining the wreckage for additional signs of what may have gone wrong. Meanwhile, one crash victim, flight attendant Daneza Elder, was remembered on Saturday as her remains were flown back to her hometown. Her fellow flight attendants lined up with flowers to pay their respects.

More winter storms expected to hit parts of the U.S. this week. The new weather systems are threatening to bring additional snow and frigid temperatures to already impacted areas. CNN's Allison Chinchar has the details.

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ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Over the weekend, we had that system that slid across portions of the Midwest and the Northeast, dumping a significant amount of snow, a lot of areas picking up at least a half a foot.

Now comes a little bit of a break before the next round of systems begins to spread in.

Late Monday, we start to see the next system develop over the central U.S. and then by Tuesday, it begins to spread across the Tennessee, Ohio Valley, and eventually into the mid-Atlantic.

Then right on the heels of that system, we have our next one, Wednesday, taking shape across the Midwest. That slides over the Great Lakes and spreads that snow right back into the Northeast.

Then as we get closer into the upcoming weekend, you've got another system that develops late Friday across the central U.S. before spreading all of that snow and ice across portions of the mid-Atlantic as well as the Northeast. But the southern tier is also going to get in on the action. It's just going to be warmer, so you're just going to see a lot of

rain in those areas, but a lot of it.

Take a look at this. A huge swath from Louisiana all the way up through the Carolinas of at least three to five inches, but it's not out of the question some of these spots could pick up maybe six or even seven inches of rain when it's all said and done by the end of the week.

The northern tier, you're looking at widespread of about an additional four to six inches of snow. Keep in mind, this is on top of what these areas already got this past weekend, and because the temperatures are below average, all of that snow is not going to go anywhere.

It's going to stick around and just start to accumulate as all the additional snow comes in. The southern tier, because those temperatures are going to be on the warm side, that's why these areas are just simply going to get rain, but a lot of it.

You have a slight risk for excessive rainfall not only Tuesday, but also Wednesday across portions of the southeast. This includes cities like Atlanta, Birmingham, even stretching back into Shreveport, Louisiana. You look at a forecast save for Atlanta.

The temperatures are relatively mild, either at or pretty close to the average high with the exception of Tuesday, but look, several days of rain for at least the next week.

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FOSTER: A centuries-old portrait by Renaissance master has been found in the past. In the last place, you'll think to find it as well. We'll show you how researchers discovered a painting behind another painting.

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FOSTER: It is officially carnival season in La Paz, Bolivia. Celebrations kicked off Sunday, beginning with the traditional awakening of the spirit of carnival, who goes by Pepino or cucumber in Spanish. Pepino is one of the three main characters of the Bolivian carnival

season and represents joy. The annual unearthing parade of the Pepino begins at the General Cemetery and continues through the streets of La Paz, showcasing the country's rich folklore and history.

A painting has been found after hiding for centuries under another painting. Researchers in Cyprus discovered the hidden portrait under an oil painting by 16th century Renaissance master Titian.

CNN's Nick Valencia explains how they found it.

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NICK VALENCIA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This work of art has been hidden for more than 400 years. The portrait created by Renaissance master Titian remained undetected beneath another painting since the 1570s.

NIKOLAS BAKIRTZIS, CYPRUS INSTITUTE PROFESSOR: It was like uncovering a puzzle. We said, okay, maybe this is a part of something, and then the artist changed his mind. But then once we started realizing that there is a complete work underneath, we became extremely excited, happy, and intrigued also.

VALENCIA (voice-over): The newly discovered portrait depicts an unidentified man bearing a thin mustache, a quill in hand, and standing beside a stack of papers or books, an ordinary image compared to the one of Jesus Christ, bound, wearing a crown of thorns that Titian ultimately painted over it.

BAKIRTZIS: Titian is somebody who was reusing his canvases. There have been other paintings discovered or partially painted works under some of his other canvases.

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VALENCIA (voice-over): The painting of Jesus, called Ecce Homo, was undergoing a conservation process when researchers using a microscope spotted varying pigments through the fine cracks of the old painting. Using a combination of imaging, x-ray visuals, and other non-invasive methods, researchers in Cyprus were able to detect the full buried portrait and created a new oil painting version of it.

BAKIRTZIS: The discovery and mapping of this underpainting has helped us to understand a lot more than what we knew until this day about the reuse of canvases and the reuse of paintings in Renaissance studios.

VALENCIA (voice-over): Titian's original painting, along with the recreation of the once hidden portrait, are now on display in Cyprus until March 10th.

Nick Valencia, CNN.

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FOSTER: Since its new CEO took over last year, Starbucks has tried to raise its flagging profits by cutting down on discounts and giveaways. But today, stores in the U.S. will be offering free 12-ounce hot or iced coffees only to members, though, of the Starbucks reward loyalty program.

The coffee chain tying the event to the Superbowl, saying people who stayed up late may need some caffeine, probably true as part of the new changes at Starbucks.

CEO Brian Nicol is encouraging baristas to write messages on the paper cups for customers, although some employees worry it might slow them down on a busy day. There's also some confusion and some misreading of some of those messages, particularly the hearts, apparently, when the baristas leave them on there.

Might get a bit mixed message from that, but slowing things down, as I say, as well.

That wraps up our coverage this hour. I am Max Foster, in London. I'll be back with more "CNN Newsroom" after this short break.

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