In our news wrap Sunday, Arab leaders will gather to discuss Gaza’s future at the request of Palestinian leaders, Trump will become the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl, the Trump administration instructed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop all work, and dive teams are preparing to comb the Potomac River for smaller pieces of wreckage from the deadly D.C. air disaster.
News Wrap: Egypt to host Arab summit on Gaza’s future after Trump remarks
World
Feb 09, 2025 05:45 PM EDT
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Ali Rogin:
As uncertainty grows about the next phase of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, Arab leaders are preparing to meet to discuss the future of the region. Egypt's foreign minister said nearly a dozen countries will gather later this month at the request of Palestinian leaders.
During the Arab summit, leaders will analyze what they say are escalating developments in Gaza, including recent remarks by President Trump about possible plans to, quote, take over the Gaza Strip.
Tonight, President Trump becomes the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl. Mr. Trump left his beachside resort in Palm Beach, Florida, to fly to New Orleans for the big game. Ahead of his travels, he kept a presidential tradition of sitting down for an interview during which he touted his collaboration with Elon Musk and government cost cutting.
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Donald Trump, U.S. President:
Then I'm going to tell him very soon, like maybe in 24 hours to go check the Department of Education. He's going to find the same thing. Then I'm going to go to the military. Let's check the military. We're going to find billions, hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse. And you know, the people elected me on that.
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Ali Rogin:
Security in the Big Easy is already tight after last month's deadly Bourbon Street attack, but will be even more so with the president's attendance. About 2,000 law enforcement officers and hundreds of National Guard members are on duty for tonight's festivities.
Workers at one of the country's most well-known watchdog agencies, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, have been instructed to stop all work. The announcement came via an email to staff Saturday night. The newly installed head of the bureau, Russell Vought, also said he plans to zero out the agency's funding for the next quarter.
The watchdog was created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to enforce financial laws and protect consumers from unfair, deceptive or abusive practices. Elon Musk has vowed to, quote, delete the bureau.
Dive teams will comb the Potomac River this week in search of smaller pieces of wreckage tied to last month's deadly air disaster in Washington, D.C. The National Transportation Safety Board has said it has now pulled out all the major pieces of the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the crash. That wreckage will be brought to a nearby NTSB facility for further analysis.
67 people were killed when the Black Hawk and an American Airlines plane collided. The cause of the crash may not be known for months.
Still to come on PBS News Weekend, we look into a painful condition impacting tens of millions of women around the world and how the red state of Utah is embracing renewable energy and going green.
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