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Philadelphia Eagles Beat Kansas City Chiefs to Win Super Bowl LIX; Trump Set to Announce 25 Percent Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum in Latest Trade Salvo; Vice President Vance Warns Federal Judges Trying to Block Trump Administration's Agenda. Aired 5-5:30a ET

Aired February 10, 2025 - 05:00   ET

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JIM SCIUTTO, ANCHOR, CNN THIS MORNING: It's Monday, February 10th, right now on CNN THIS MORNING.

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CROWD: E-a-g-l-e-s, Eagles!

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SCIUTTO: Big party in Philadelphia. The Eagles dominate the Kansas City Chiefs, winning their second Super Bowl title. Plus --

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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If they charge us, we charge them.

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SCIUTTO: A trade tit-for-tat or a trade war. President Trump preparing to announce more reciprocal tariffs as he calls them on other countries. And testing the limits of executive power. Vice President Vance has a warning for the federal judges trying to block the administration's agenda.

Five A.M. here on the east coast, here's a live look at the New Orleans Superdome, home of last night's Super Bowl all lit up in green for the Philadelphia Eagles. Good morning everyone, I'm Jim Sciutto in this morning for Kasie Hunt. There will be no three-peat. The Philadelphia Eagles are now Super Bowl champions.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Take the Vince Lombardi home to Philadelphia.

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SCIUTTO: This game was not close if you watched it. The Eagles routed the Kansas City Chiefs 40 to 22, even at 22, a little misleading, two late touchdowns for the Chiefs. Quarterback Jalen Hurts soaking it all in after winning the Super Bowl MVP.

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JALEN HURTS, QUARTERBACK, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: Still processing it. You know, it's been -- it's been a long journey. 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.

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SCIUTTO: That's Broad Street in Philadelphia, turning into a sea of brotherly love last night. Eagles fans celebrating their second Super Bowl title in seven years.

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SCIUTTO: Andy Scholes now live in New Orleans. Andy, listen, Eagles look strong. And you know, I'm a Giants fan, I see Saquon Barkley, he had a great game. Happy for him. I might even say I'm happy for Eagles fans today. Takes a lot.

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Jim, this is a CNN exclusive because we are the only people left here on the field at the Superdome after Super Bowl LIX. But you know, we came into this game, we thought we might see some history. We might see the Chiefs be the first team ever to win back-to-back-to-back Super Bowls.

Instead, we saw a whole different kind of history. It was a historic defensive performance from those Philadelphia Eagles. We'll show you how it all went down. You know, the stars were certainly here for Super Bowl LIX. President Trump, the first-ever sitting President to come to a Super Bowl.

He got a big ovation from the crowd when they showed him on the jumbotron. Taylor Swift, meanwhile, she was also here supporting her boyfriend Travis Kelce -- a funny moment when they showed her on the jumbotron, all the Eagles fans booed her, and she had a classic reaction where she kind of side-eyed the camera.

It was one of the funnier moments of the night. But the story of this game was just the Eagles relentless defense. They sacked Mahomes six times. They just had him under pressure all night long. And the big moment in the first half was rookie Cooper DeJean picking off Mahomes, taking it back 38 yards for the touchdown, and this was Cooper's 22nd birthday.

What a present for him a moment he will certainly never forget. So, that made it 17 to nothing. Mahomes, he then threw another interception before half-time. It was the first time in Mahomes career he threw two picks and was sacked three times in the first half. Certainly bad timing for that to happen.

Jalen Hurts meanwhile, he was fantastic. Found A.J. Brown before half- time, made it 24 to nothing. Hurts just five in-completions in this game. He threw for two touchdowns, ran for another. He also had 72 rushing yards, which was a record for a quarterback in the Super Bowl.

Eagles win in dominant fashion. It was 40 to 22, Hurts was named the MVP.

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HURTS: 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.

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

HURTS: Defense played their -- off. They played how they played all year. You know, and I truly believe offense wins the game, but defense wins championships.

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SCHOLES: Yes, and that defense certainly won this championship. A lot of people just in shock of what they were watching that this Chiefs offense, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce couldn't get anything going all game. And it really was because of that Chiefs defensive line. They were just in the backfield nonstop in this game.

And I got the chance to catch up with one of their defensive tackles, Jalen Carter on the field right after they won. Take a listen.

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SCHOLES: How does it feel to be a Super Bowl champ?

JALEN CARTER, DEFENSIVE TACKLE, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: I feel good man, you see the smile, you see what family, brother, happy for me, I'm happy. Man, that's what it's all about. That's what it's all about.

SCHOLES: What about that performance from your defense?

CARTER: Oh, my God, right. This right here, this crazy Super Bowl I ever seen with defensive players turning up, I got like eight sacks in this game. It was crazy. You've got to give props up to everybody who made plays today.

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SCHOLES: Yes, and that Eagles defense, I mean they held the Chiefs to 23 yards in the first half, think about that. The Chiefs had 23 yards, the Eagles had 24 points. It was -- the Chiefs did not get past the 50-yard line until two minutes to go in the third quarter. It was a dominant performance, obviously Mahomes and that Chiefs offense very disappointed in their performance, and here's what Patrick Mahomes had to say after that devastating loss.

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PATRICK MAHOMES, QUARTERBACK, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS: 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 -- I take all the blame for that. 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 a -- in a 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, so Mahomes drops to three and two now in Super Bowls. This was actually the fourth time ever we had a quarterback rematch in a Super Bowl. It's the first time ever that the quarterback that lost the first game actually came back to win the second game. So, that's another thing Jalen Hurts can hang his hat on.

And James, you know, Saquon Barkley, he set the record in this game for the most rushing yards ever for a player in a season plus playoffs. Obviously, he's thrilled with his decision to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles, as are all of the Eagles fans. I was going to ask you, Jim, how do you feel right now watching Saquon as a Giants fan --

SCIUTTO: Oh, I mean --

SCHOLES: Celebrate winning that Super Bowl in his first season with the Eagles.

SCIUTTO: The Giants messed up, but I'm happy for Saquon Barkley. No question. I got to say, watching Cooper DeJean as a guy with kids who play sports, I feel like he looks like just yesterday he was playing youth football and here he is, you know, a pick six against Patrick Mahomes in the Super Bowl.

SCHOLES: Yes, Jim, he was already a legend in the -- you know, the state of Iowa. He was a -- you know, a three-sports star. He did it all there. And then in his very -- his rookie season, comes to the Eagles, and he is beloved by the Philadelphia fans. Every time he was back there ready to catch a punt, all of the Eagles fans here in the stadium were going Coop, they just absolutely --

SCIUTTO: Yes --

SCHOLES: Love him. And after that moment there in the second quarter, a Philadelphia legend for life now. SCIUTTO: Well, good for you, and it must have been fun to watch,

thanks so much for joining this morning. And coming up on CNN THIS MORNING, a new set of tariffs, President Trump expected to announce his latest trade escalation today, this time focusing on aluminum and steel imports. Plus, pressing pause on pennies.

Why the copper coin is getting the boot, that's in your morning roundup. And the Super Bowl is not just about football. We're going to take a deep dive into the best ads of the night.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You can't be confident. So be confident. You can't challenge, so challenge. You can't dominate, so dominate.

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SCIUTTO: Whether he's been in the Oval Office signing executive orders or holding near-daily press briefings, President Trump is now inventing new ways to keep the cameras on him in new places. Last night, he became the first sitting President to attend a Super Bowl in person, taking a box seat in New Orleans for the showdown between the Eagles and the Chiefs.

Ivanka next to him there. On his way there, he held a press conference over the gulf, now Gulf of America, highlighting that with, well, a poster board, as you can see there. And for the second weekend in a row, the President promised more disruptive tariffs on U.S. imports.

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TRUMP: We'll also be announcing steel tariffs on Monday.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: On this -- tomorrow?

TRUMP: Monday, yes, tomorrow.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What countries will those go on?

TRUMP: Everybody, steel.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Including Canada and Mexico?

TRUMP: Yes --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With --

TRUMP: Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25 percent tariff.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What about aluminum?

TRUMP: Aluminum too.

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SCIUTTO: It was the latest weekend edition of the Trump show, and while some ratings from the public show high marks, Americans could be running out of patience on some issues. A new polling from "CBS News", overall, Trump's approval rating sits at 53 percent, a figure higher than at many points in his first term.

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But when those same people were asked if the President is focusing on lowering prices, two-thirds answered, he is not focusing enough on what was a key campaign issue. And many economists agree his recent tariff threats and actions could end up raising prices for consumers, something the President was asked about in an interview on "Fox News".

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BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS: If all goes to plan, when do you think families will be able to feel prices going down? Groceries, energy, or are you kind of saying to them, hang on, inflation may get worse until it gets better.

TRUMP: No, I think we're going to become a rich -- look, we're not that rich right now. We owe $36 trillion, that's because we let all these nations take advantage of us. Same thing like $200 billion with Canada, we owe 300 -- we have a deficit with Mexico of $350 billion. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to let that happen.

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SCIUTTO: Of course, he didn't answer there about prices coming down. Joining me now to talk about all of it, Shelby Talcott; White House correspondent for "Semafor". Good to have you, Shelby. So, new tariffs are coming, this time on aluminum and steel. Economists are unified that tariffs raise prices for consumers. Are folks who voted for him because of high prices thinking this helps or hurts their well-being, their wallets here.

SHELBY TALCOTT, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, SEMAFOR: I think it depends on who you talk to. But again, the wide-ranging analysis is that tariffs are not going to in the immediate future, at least, help bring down costs. And that is of course, one of the big things that Donald Trump has campaigned on.

Now, of course, he -- since he has gotten into office, he has said he actually thinks that the border, which was another big topic in the -- on the campaign trail, won him the election. But certainly, what voters who backed him by and large are looking for are lower costs as soon as possible.

SCIUTTO: Another big development over the weekend, and I think we should pay attention to this, because as federal judges have acted as I think, how the constitution describes the country should work with the balance of powers among the various branches, they have paused some of his -- of his actions. Now Trump allies are attacking them, and the Vice President went so far as to post on social media, quote, "if a judge tried to tell a General how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal.

If a judge tried to command the Attorney General on how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power." I mean, again, constitution might say otherwise. I just wonder, are Trump, Vance and others preparing the country for them, just defying -- straight up defying judges orders?

TALCOTT: Well, you know, I think that's a question that's going to be answered in the next few days. Now, this particular order that you're talking about is sort of a pause until Friday, until a judge will then sort of re-evaluate the Treasury, whether or not DOGE can access these payments at the Treasury Department.

But this is going to be just the first of many lawsuits and legal setbacks, and the -- and Donald Trump's campaign or team are prepared for that. They have -- they have spent the last two months of their transition team preparing not only for all of these executive orders, but also for potential legal pushback. So, that's something that they're not necessarily incredibly surprised about.

SCIUTTO: Yes, I mean, listen, as many constitutional scholars noted over the weekend, the way to respond to orders you don't like is to appeal, not ignore. But we'll see -- we'll see how they handle it. Here's Senator Chris Murphy speaking about what's unfolding in some of the executive branch agencies.

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SEN. CHRIS MURPHY (D-CT): I think this is the most serious constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly since Watergate. The President is attempting to seize control of power and for corrupt purposes. The President wants to be able to decide how and where money is spent so that he can reward his political friends, he can punish his political enemies.

That is the evisceration of democracy. This is a red-alert moment when this entire country has to understand that our democracy is at risk, and for what? The billionaire takeover of government.

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SCIUTTO: Chris Murphy has been one of the more vocal voices here, you know, trying to find not just an argument, but it strikes me a message that's going to move folks, move voters, particularly. Do Democrats feel they've struck on that message or close to striking on that message?

TALCOTT: I think Democrats are still a little bit lost in terms of what their message is and who their leader is, and sort of where they are going to go in the next few years.

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is sort of giving them an enemy to point at and to sort of coalesce around. And so, in some ways, it's a gift to Democrats. Now, whether they're able to fully capitalize on it and regroup and find a leader who has that strong message aimed at all of these orders and executive actions and what Elon Musk is doing, we'll see.

SCIUTTO: No question. And well, at least in the approval ratings so far, it seems like majority of people are happy with what they're seeing. Shelby Talcott, thanks so much. Straight ahead on CNN THIS MORNING, President Trump's proposal for Guantanamo Bay. How he plans to take it from housing 15 inmates to 30,000 migrants.

Plus, if you stayed up late watching the Super Bowl and are tired this morning, I might be in that category. One coffee chain is here to help with a free cup of Joe next in our morning round-up.

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SCIUTTO: Just about 25 minutes past the hour, here is your morning roundup. All ten people killed in a plane crash off the coast of Alaska have now been recovered and identified. The plane went missing Thursday afternoon, recovered the next day, about 34 miles from its destination on a sheet of ice.

The plane was carrying nine passengers, one pilot. Officials say all of the victims have officially been brought home. President Trump is ordering the Treasury to stop making pennies, citing high costs. According to the U.S. mints annual report, it costs 3.7 cents to make 1 cent, that's up 20 percent from 2023.

The rising cost of metals is part of the reason it's getting more expensive to make a penny. Perk up if you're drowsy this morning after last night's Super Bowl. I can identify you're not alone. So, today, Starbucks is offering one free 12 ounce coffee to members of its Starbucks rewards program. The coupon will appear in your app, and I'll probably head there soon.

A federal court on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from sending some immigrants to Guantanamo Bay. The action temporarily stops the transfer of three Venezuelan immigrants charged with connections to an international gang. This comes as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says some flights of detained immigrants have already landed at Guantanamo. CNN's Patrick Oppmann walks us through the history of the Naval base.

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PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN HAVANA BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): It's the oldest overseas U.S. military base. And throughout the years, no stranger to controversy. The U.S. Naval station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or Gitmo, was first leased from Cuba in 1903, a year after the end of the U.S. occupation of the island. Following the 1959 revolution, which aligned Cuba's government with

the Soviet Union, the U.S. base was no longer welcome. Then Cuban leader Fidel Castro cut off water to the base, and tens of thousands of explosive mines were placed along the base's fence line by both the U.S. and Cuban militaries.

The base became all but inaccessible except by boat or plane, which made Gitmo well situated in the 1990s to house thousands of Cuban and Haitian migrants trying to reach the U.S. by boat and to indefinitely imprison terror suspects following the September 11th attacks.

GEORGE WALKER BUSH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: These people are being treated humanely. There's very few prison systems around the world that have seen such scrutiny as this one.

OPPMANN: Despite those assurances, Guantanamo became synonymous with detainee abuse. Upon taking office, then-President Barack Obama vowed to close the bases prison.

BARACK OBAMA, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I have ordered the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists.

OPPMANN: Closing Guantanamo for Cubans has a different meaning. In 2018, CNN was given rare access to Caimanera, a usually off-limits town just across the bay from the Navy base. Residents here said they hear the gunfire and explosions of military maneuvers from the base, and enjoy the yearly July 4th fireworks show, but otherwise have no contact with the U.S. Naval presence that their government says should not be here.

(on camera): Each year, the U.S. government sends Cuba a check for just over $4,000 to lease the base, which Cuban officials say they don't actually cash. What they want is for the U.S. to return the base to Cuba. But as under the original treaty, both governments have to agree to any changes to the base. It is unlikely to go anywhere any time soon.

Ultimately, neither the Obama nor the Biden administrations were able to close the detention center for terror suspects, instead transferring most of them to other countries. Now, only 15 detainees remain. For the U.S. Marines and civilian employees stationed here, Gitmo has the feel of a small town with a bowling alley for entertainment in Cuba's only McDonald's and Starbucks, but under the Trump administration, the base may be busier than it has been in decades.

TRUMP: Today, I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay -- most people don't even know about it. We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens.

OPPMANN (voice-over): It's not clear how long the migrants will remain or how they would be repatriated to their.