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the fallout from south carolina, donald trump picks up more endorsements. nikki haley loses a big source of campaign cash and why michigan just got even more interesting brand-new this morning, ukrainian forces are retreating from a city in the east as russia intensifies its attacks, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy >> says, millions we will be killed if the united states does not send more aid, an >> american couple disappears from their ransac yacht. this morning, fingers pointing at escaped convicts. i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate baldwin in this is cnn news central

>> this is cnn news central is john berman says, and yes, the south carolina well in primary just happened. it's over and it's also are already election eve. once again, >> michigan's primary tomorrow, donald trump is picking up endorsements while nikki haley is losing them. after getting trounced in her home state, trump won by 20 points in south carolina, but nikki haley it's pushing forward >> they can say donald trump won. i give him that >> but >> he, as a republican incumbent, didn't get 40% of the vote of the primary and so the issue at hand is he's not going to get to 40% if he's going and calling out my supporters and saying they're barred permanently from maga he's not going to get the 40% by calling them names. he's not going to get to 40% by trying

to take over the rnc so that it pays all as legal fees now, in just a few hours, nikki haley will be back in michigan to pitch to voters once again before then heading to minnesota tonight for some campaigning. her promise to fight on just got a little bit tougher. the political network backed by the billionaire koch brothers announced overnight they're suspending any more funding to promote her campaign paying just as donald trump picked up some potentially important support, the number two, the number two republican in the senate, john thune, he is now backing donald trump giving him his endorsement. this is the same john thune who told cnn just last month, the following, i've always been worried about trump's viability as a general election candidate. well, how times change >> this all leaves us where on this monday morning, well, here at least is a delegate math that tells you a little bit of where we are, donald trump now has 110 delegates. nikki haley, 20 delegates. a reminder, a candidate needs 1,215 delegates

to lock in the nomination. cnn's alayna treene has more much more math. she's going to do for us from washington this morning. >> oh >> nikki haley says, the math is still not in donald trump's favor, not adding up for donald trump in the long term. she may say that, but what is donald trump in the team around him saying about thinking about this week and what it means for him a look at the math. is there for donald trump and his campaign's still is very confident, but by mid-march, they will >> have the necessary delegates. that 1,215 number that you shared kate, to declare him the presumptive republican nominee, and he's still the favorite in the majority of the primary contests coming up. but look after south carolina, i know from my conversations with donald trump's campaign, they essentially think that this primary is over and they want to shift in earnest to a general election strategy against joe biden. now, we know that donald trump himself has been really pivoting to that general election rhetoric for weeks now but this is more from

a campaign perspective. they want to start building out their infrastructure on the ground in these crucial battleground states, places like arizona and michigan, and georgia, places they know that donald trump needs to pick up support. they want to start really focusing all of their attacks on joe biden and leaving their attacks on nikki haley behind. of course we have to put out the disclaimer here that donald trump is trump and he will continue to use whatever rhetoric he wants on the trail. i know even just this weekend, he got up on stage in south carolina to give his victory speech. and he didn't mention nikki haley, but i know that before he got on stage, his advisers were not sure whether or not he was going to attack or they had told him that they didn't not want him to. they wanted him to ignore her and just focus on joe biden, but they never know with donald trump. and so that's something to keep in mind when you think about the general, but they are really going to be looking at these battleground states. they're going to be looking at different coalitions, like trying to get more black voters, hispanic voters, working class voters, to try to chip away at joe biden's support that is really what

their key goal is now, they're ready to leave this primary behind them. >> kate, it's good to see your lana. thank you so much, sir. >> all right. thank you. kay. joining us now, republican strategist sarah longwell and cnn senior political commentator ana navarro. good to see you two ladies. sarah, i'm going to start with you. haley's morning with independent swing voters, but the vast majority of republicans are staying with donald trump. should she stay in the race? and why is she staying in the race i definitely think she should stay in the race. and one of the reasons is, is that this is the first step to building what is going to be critical for defeating donald trump in the general election, which is building the anti-trump coalition, the fact is, it's been good to see how many independents and democrats are motivated enough against donald trump that they're turning out in these primaries to go vote against him. and i think once you've cast a vote against donald trump, it makes it much more likely that you're going

to vote again and stem again. and so i think that she should stay in as long as she can as long as she has the resources to do so obviously, the path hasn't been there. the math isn't there. >> but she seems to have discovered a mission driven reason for being in which is important. i feel like we're seeing a real nikki haley right now, which is what not what we saw at the beginning of this race. and the fact is i wish we'd seen this version of nikki haley all along. i think it might've made a bigger difference, but i appreciate what she's doing now. i think staying and through super tuesday shows a lot of grit and determination on her part, and i'm glad she's doing it i'm curious what you think about the threats that donald trump has made about those who stay with nikki haley throughout this or who back >> her throughout this, that they will be pushed aside or pushed away from the party well making threats is part of donald trump's modus operandi, right? i mean, who is he threatening today? and he has

said it over and over again. his administration would be one of retribution would be one of vindictiveness would be one of revenge. he does not shy away from that. so it is not surprising that he is making those threats and that i agree with sarah. i think nikki haley should stay in. i think she has siro chairs and i you know, i'm not as much a fan of the current version or the past version because i don't know what version is the real version, but i think she should stay in because it irritates donald trump because they don't hinges him and anything that does that is for me a positive but i think at the end of the day, nikki haley needs republican voters to be able to win a republican nomination. and those voters aren't just there. she can't wait when our republican nomination with 50% of independence and she's losing republicans to trump by

75%. that's, that's just insurmountable. she's also now lost this very large donor group, the koch network when she needs it most because the schedule is accelerating tremendously. mean understand this. there was what, a month between new hampshire which she lost and south carolina, which was her home state, and she lost and she's only been campaigning in south carolina and in that month, donald trump got found liable of defamation to the tune of $83 million got found liable of tax fraud to the tune of half $1 billion. and she still has pretty much the same results as she did in iowa as she did a new hampshire. there the republican votes just not there for nikki haley. >> yeah. the numbers are making it very clear. i do want to ask you about what donald trump has been saying over the weekend when he went after he's sort of has been ignoring haley and

going after who he sees as his real opponent now. and that's in the general election, and that's joe biden, that's just point. here's what he he said about a potential for more years of joe biden when it comes to the immigration crisis >> medicare, social security, health care, and public education will buckle and collapse. so i can tell you that while weaponized law enforcement hunts for conservatives and people of faith, religious, hamas, and, and teofil will terrorize our streets. >> all right, so the fear mongering, that sort of throwing things out there, that everything is going to be destroyed even though it hasn't been while this administration has been in place will this work with the general public? this is to you on it's worked with the republican party, but will it work in the general? >> i don't think so. i really don't because i think that more the general public sees of trump, the more you realize,

just as joe biden was quoted as saying last week that crazy things that were crazy stuff that donald trump says on a daily basis. i mean, you know, on that same speech he claimed to have one california let's not forget the ducey from this weekend where he said that black voters like him because he's been indicted and that makes them identify with him i mean, sara really it's a running tally of just incoherent, stupid, crazy, divisive things that donald trump says every day. and i think that the more we see of him the more we will remember the chaos and the hostility that comes with donald trump that some people have forgotten because he hasn't been precedent for the last three years >> and nikki haley has been, as you said, sort of jabbing him a bete talking about that chaos over and over and over again. anna navarro, sarah longwell. thank you both so much for

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>> new this morning, we're learning from one of alexey navalny's top aides, negotiations were actually underway to free him in a prisoner exchange before he died in prison. the aide says that russian president vladimir putin had been presented with a deal to free navalny and two americans in exchange for vadym crush, it calls a convicted killer in germany. the deal, according to navalny's aides within the final stages, the day before navalny's death ten days ago, cnn's matthew chance is in moscow for us. matthew, what can you tell us about the details of this? what are you learning >> what it said is absolutely extraordinary, isn't it? because we know that there are negotiations that have been underway for some time between the united states and russia to free us citizens in russian jails. evan gershkovich, that wall street good to report and former marine paul whelan. and we know that the russians want back this basically fsb hitman vadim krasikov, who is being

held in a german prison after murdering a dissident in a park in berlin but what's new, according to navalny's team, alexey navalny and former opposition leader of course, late opposition leader. is that alexey navalny was part of this negotiation. how this has been rumored before, but this is the first time that navalny's team has come out and publicly said that part of that swap negotiation involved alexey navalny's at the maleness team are also saying that that explains why he died in his penal colony. they of course accused vladimir putin of ordering his death. there's been a rejection of that from the kremlin. but basically they're saying that the night before he dies, the negotiations were in their final stages, and then the next day on the 16th february, he was pronounced dead. and so that's the latest extraordinary allegation coming from the navalny team. i should say there's been no confirmation either from the kremlin from the united states. of course, it had been part of

these negotiations or from the germans either. so we're waiting to try and get more verification on that. in the meantime, there's, been a separate bit of developments when it comes to alexey navalny's funeral. of course, it's been some time now since friday when he was pronounced dead and everybody is waiting to see when and how he is going to be finally laid to rest. it could be a big political moment in russia at the valleys team now saying that they're expecting to have that funeral at, the end of this work week, not giving an exact date, but presumably that means friday or even thursday. the details clearly not finalized yet, but that's what they're saying that at the end of this work week, that's when alexey navalny will let be laid to rest. they say in a public funeral again, that could be a major rallying point for anti-kremlin, anti-government protests matthew chance. thank you so much for all of that reporting. >> there on alexey navalny and the situation there and russia, john kate, i will take it. >> my dear sara. we're also just learning this morning that ukrainian forces have now

retreated from a village in the donetsk region. this clearly not the way ukraine wants to be entering its third per year of full-scale war with russia. and with that president zelenskyy is warning millions of people will die if the united states does not send more help so you see the difference that us egg makes its what you're saying. >> yes, advance that this year >> if >> avant-garde and saying we will not add any success. >> and also, i will have any success. >> any new success? and i think the route will be closed with a grain because it to defend it is also about some ammunition, some air defense and some other systems. so that's why without it and without we can't count on this really stark comment. you're basically saying that there'll be no new success for ukraine if there's no new us aid essentially this all depends on us aid.

>> steps success forward will depends on your say >> yes >> not defending not only defending line. because if you defend, just defend, you give possibility. russia pushed you yes, small steps back, but any anyway, you we will have this steps back. >> small one. but when you step back, you lose people we will lose people well, on that point, president biden is trying, once again to push the aid package >> that is floundering in congress, trying to push it forward. he's getting ready to meet at the white house with the top republicans and democrats in congress is going to be bringing them together for a meeting tomorrow. cnn's nick paton walsh is in zaporizhzhia, ukraine with much more on this nick, what are you learning about this new retreat? we're just hearing about this morning of ukrainian forces in the eastern front yeah. look, the big fear after

the withdrawal by ukrainian forces, essentially >> it being taken by russian forces from avdiivka that happened two weekends ago, was it that might potentially spark a general sense of momentum monks russia? from forces and they would keep going. that's what ukrainian military officials warn. that's what russia said it was going to do. now today, after days of pressure on a small village, three he miles to the northwest of avdiivka. last dodge keener. it is clear from ukrainian forces and russian forces that ukraine has withdrawn back to potentially some strategy or say, easier to defend higher ground around it. some argue that taking, holding last-ditch kenya was kind of pointless because it's the difficult place to defend. but nonetheless, 3-4 miles outside of avdiivka. russia is continuing to advance. and indeed there are even suggestions that it's able to pressure some of the village such as that ukraine has fallen back to you from lastochkyne as well. and so that is essentially continued bad news. yes, you can justify it as being a strategic decision in the same way, leaving abdivka

was but again, a sign that ukraine is not able to hold certain parts of ground or does this herald a larger push by russia? many western analysts think the russian simply don't have have the juice yet to try something like that. but again, bad signs for ukraine on the ground here after zelensky's lengthy press conference yesterday in which he first, we'll now the first official number we've heard from him about number of ukrainian military dead in this war so far, 31,000 in which he gave us a twinkle or a germ of the possibility of what a unilateral peace process might look like from ukraine unclear if russia will have anything to do with that he also made it attorney clear how difficult it will be for ukraine going forward without usaid, the loss of this village small as it all is still another sign that things are there's simply not going away they want on the battlefield quite the opposite. bad news again and again exactly great to see you, nic. thank you so much for being there. thanks for the reporting, john. >> all right. with us now cnn military analyst retired army major general james spider

marks spider. this is the region we're talking about largely in eastern ukraine. we can push in here and let me show you the cities of play. defka right here is the city that fell two weeks ago. and lastochkyne, the city that we're just getting word over the last few hours is now in russian hands with ukrainians were told retreating to some kind of aligned behind that. what's the significance of that spider? >> what significance is that? clearly, russia is making a push and is achieving some success on the ground. ukraine obviously has not been able to prepare its defensive positions well enough. to resist that so where what we see right now as a potential inflection point for the ukrainians to acknowledge. maybe they need to trade some space for time. what that means is, let's give up some of this terrain. let's not resist at this point in these tactical engagements. let's determine where we want to fight. a little further to the west, as was pointed out, maybe

there is better terrain when you look at the map, there can be better terrain as you continue to move back to the west and establish those position to those defensive positions, which is exactly what the russians did last year. remember when the ukrainians are trying to conduct their offensive operations? you and i had these significant conversations about these belts, defensive belts. now's the time for ukraine to acknowledge. we're in a transition. look at the united states and nato are not going to cover down with additional support ukraine's got to make a decision. we're still in this fight. and here's a way we can prosecute that spider. you say trade space for time, and i made this slide here so people can see those words. so you can explain what it means, how much space do you think that ukraine can afford to give up in this region that we're talking about right there. >> well. let's significance is how does the grain continued to move toward odessa? what are the routes that go in there so that that can be protected? so that's one of the key

determinants. the other thing is where can you position your forces, ukrainian forces? to advantage what they do have, which is familiarity of the train. this incredible morale that they have. they are going to resist. and then the application of force very, very precisely. but you've got to use the terrain to your great advantage that i mean, so when you look at that map, you could start drawing lines. that's what happens. so it could be a little further to the west, john and the notion of trading space for time. it, it's exactly that, but the ukrainians, this is what's in their calculus right now. they need some time to figure this out. they've been thinking about this. they have multiple plans in place they now need to be able to move to position to execute those plants. that means you're going to give up some of your terrain. but you're going to position yourself to ultimately get it back. that's what they hoped to be able to achieve and to be clear volodymyr zelenskyy told kaitlan collins that they will have no new success. what sounds like no new advances?

without us aid >> what that's, that's the problem and he tried to correct himself once kaitlan jumped him, he tried to correct himself. >> they're >> going to need to be a you can be successful in the defensive you can have your opponents slaughter himself. going against your positions. and the ukrainians know how to do that. they know how to get themselves into the appropriate position have interlocking fires, take advantage of what they know about the terrain and the support that they're going to get locally that needs to be the next step. that's a success >> spider, as always. thank you very much for being with us this morning, general james spider marks always a pleasure. sara. >> all right. just ahead. >> why an active-duty >> member of the air force set himself on fire? outside a dc embassy will have more on that disturbing protests also, at&t

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is joining us now. what did you learn? you spoke with kathy, son. they were on a trip of a lifetime. and what did her son say? you know, what happened to them remains very much a mystery. sara, it's now been eight days since there last seen and that eastern caribbean nation of granada, they each have sons, as you mentioned, i had an opportunity to speak to them over the weekend. they are without words, but they're also not without hope. they are still clinging on to that hope and praying for a miracle that seems extremely unlikely every day that is because there are also in close contact with authorities. there are granada and they tell them that currently the working theory, though it has not been confirmed by authorities yet, is that their parents likely became the victims of these hijackers, brendel and hendry were actually, as you correctly describe it out there cupp of a lifetime, they were cruising through the caribbean for their winter. at the same time, we do know that on sunday there were three men who escaped police custody in granada and they are believed to have encountered the couple and it wasn't until

about three days later on wednesday that they found that catamaran, this simplicity and police were eventually able to rearrest these three individuals. no sign of the couple. but unfortunately, there was signed that this is likely going to have a tragic end. cabin of the simplicity had been ransacked and they also found bloodstains. nick buro, kathy son, over the phone. you can hear his heartbreak in my conversation with them he told me, quote, we are doing our best to try to get answers to find out what is next in terms of hopefully finding them safely recovered somewhere on the islands. but of course, from the evidence that's been found on the boat, we are concerned that there might be a possibility that they aren't with us. they had been married for 27 years. they sold their home in virginia. in fact, the simplicity was their home. they spent their their years selling up and down the eastern seaboard. they've been preparing that vessel and training to actually go all the way to granada. this is something that they had been.

do you remember about living a life of joy and love? and now they preparing for a potential funerals and the very real possibility that those lives were cut short when they cross paths with these 33 individuals >> our hearts are with the family as they kind of go through this and you wonder what happened until authorities can figure it out. i know you'll be watching this polo and we'll have you back when you have more details. house. >> all right. john, >> right. this morning, a student at campbell's bill university in kentucky has been arrested in connection with the death of a member of the school's wrestling team, 21 year-old charles charles escalade, nra was taken into custody on a murder warrant after he was found hiding in a barn, 18-year-old desire kilman died saturday after he was found unresponsive in his rule police have not said what caused the death or how the two students are connected. member of the us air force is in critical condition after setting himself on fire outside the israeli well, the embassy in washington, he filmed this act in protest of us support of israel and the war against hamas. this morning, at&t is

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you learned >> well, john donald trump doesn't want to go to trial. that's not new, but the strategy that he is going to be employing through his lawyers does appear to be something we're going to see play out in the coming days. so right now, trump is set to go to trial in new york in his hush money case at the end of march. that'll block out the calendar for him to be in trial as a criminal defendant late march 2, about mid may. >> then the >> calendar's open after that and there are two federal cases that are vying for the possible places on that calendar. there's the possibility that that january 6 case in washington, dc could get back into the hands of the trial court and could be headed to trial. and then of course, his florida documents case. >> but just >> this week, his lawyers are headed into a really crucial hearing in that florida documents case before judge aileen cannon they have a trial set for the end of may. it's very likely that that's going to get moved. so what they want to do is move it just a little

bit, just a month or two into july and then the possibility could arise because that case is so complicated with classified documents that it might have to move again, so it would ascend actually elbow out any other trial if it just has a place in the calendar and gets moved along through the summer. so trump would achieve his ultimate goal of not going to trial before the election. i spoke to a bunch of sources about this and the ultimate goal is not just that he doesn't want to go to trial in these federal cases. says he especially doesn't want to go to trial in his january 6, 2020 election case before judge tanya chutkin in washington dc. really a high-stakes case that would put on display what donald trump was doing during the last election. and what one of the people told me was the entire goal here is to ice her ice. >> judge, >> tanya chutkan, make an impossible for him to go to trial before her.

>> that's what we call that a bait and switch. kaitlan are the legal term might be lucy in the football katelyn polantz. thank you very much for your reporting on this. we'll talk to you again soon. >> okay >> joining us right now is cnn legal analyst, karen friedman, agnifilo, and former us attorney harry litman. let's just dive into what kaitlan is reporting that it's all about the calendar and it's kind of one, the domino effect of his physical gets a little bit pushed. it gets a little, this one gets a little bit pushed trying to pit the pit the judges against each other essentially. does this make sense as a strategy? yes >> none of this is, there's no precedent for any of this, but does it make sense to you, harry? >> yes. so it could it depends what will happen with the supreme court in the immunity appeal. but if they take that case, you're looking probably at about a july trial back with judge chutkan and really, you could say losing the football, i think in basketball, the term would be a moving pick because

the idea is that trump we'll use his fairly sympatric code judge, so far in mar-a-lago, judge cannon, to move things a little then a little more than a little more, they'll block july. that's the hope. but then they will move it thereafter later after judge chutkan's already been sort of bottle stout, that's the play here, >> if that's the play, and it's being reported on and it's known. is there anything a singular judge can do to avoid being iced out, boxed out, being part of this play, karen, i mean, what do you see here? >> so it's clear that that's what's being done because it play has always been donald trump's tactic. he doesn't want to face any of these cases. but federal practitioners, state practitioners, judges, anyone who practices trial law or criminal trial prosecution, everybody knows what is going on here. this is not news to to

any of the people involved. and so that's why they will make sure that they aren't used as a pawn in this game. if these cases can go, they will go so i am not as concerned from a strategic standpoint. it's really just a matter of whether they can fit these cases in and whether there is enough time, as harry said, the supreme waiting on the supreme court is really the key as to when judge chutkan's case will go everybody knows that the cannon case is not going in may despite the fact that she won't take it off the calendar. so that that's that is clear to the people involved. >> it seems someone looking from the outside end might think, okay, so one gets pushed, another has to be pushed back. is there a universe of possibility that how the calendar lines up some of these, some of this overlaps very much so. >> and of course, that's the thing that i criminal trial the defendant actually has to be

there. so a judge won't schedule it for actually to be overlapping, but they talked to one another and there's we already know that they sort of check in when you're really go at cetera. judge cannon though, is the big variable well here because they're too all appearances. she now has a whole set of motions that could push things, push things, push things a little more. we'll know friday she is a scheduled hearing and it's already pretty clear she's going to push it just on what she's done so far before even this whole set of motions came in last week. so she could go to about july and that would encumber things if it stays there. and of course, it may will not stay there because when it comes to what judge cannon is faced with, there is the very complicated element of the of classified documents that are involved in this case is that going to be the core of any delay? any push is just everything that out of necessity is involved in classified documents. >> it doesn't have to be, but

it could for sure. and donald trump, one of the motions that he is made as he wants access to more than the more than stuff that's relevant. sent to the case. he wants access to documents in that's where some of the fighting is about correct. to things that have nothing to do with the case. and that's causing a delay. so in some ways, it's unclear whether he actually wants these irrelevant documents or whether he's you utilizing this as a way to just continue to push the case so that there is delay. >> one could question is to be indulgent on that. were other judges aren't so could always be a hearing briefing, et cetera weeks tick off. >> one quick question beyond court dates, there's also time pressure that donald trump seems to be under to start putting up money for the civil judgments that have come against him. a reminder to everyone donald trump is ordered to pay 355 million penalty plus interest. now, in the civil fraud case, and he faces an $83.3 million judgment defamation case brought by e. jean carroll trump. he's vowed

to appeal, but that doesn't necessarily stop the clock in terms of when he needs to search, putting up some kind of money. what happens here? yeah. >> on the contrary, it >> starts the clock. so last friday, that big judgment, 350 maybe for 50 depending on interests is now ticking. he has 30 days to put up a big bond. and if he doesn't have the cash and we really don't know about his liquidity is it looks like he's going to have to post collateral and maybe incumber or even sell some of his landmark crown jewel buildings. yeah. so add that to the >> calendar if things do, we really have to keep an eye on it's great to see you guys. thank you so much for coming in. >> thanks, kate. thanks. >> all right. still ahead. why president joe biden may have an issue in michigan, democratic warning ahead of tomorrow's primary >> the whole story with anderson cooper sunday cnn, sometimes the lows of bipolar

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connections with the mafia and all these nightclubs were owned by the mob. >> you didn't want to make those guys aim was to it vegas, the story of sensitive sunday at ten on cnn >> i'm not sure what we're going to see on tuesday to tell you the truth. i know that we've got this primary and we will see differences of opinion i, just want to make the case though, that it's important not to lose sight of the fact that any vote that's not cast for joe biden supports a second trump term. >> that, is michigan's governor add national co-chair of the biden harris campaign, gretchen whitmer, expressing her concern and warning ahead of tomorrow's key primary in her state of michigan. michigan, so far proving to be the biggest test yet for president biden as he faces a planned protest vote over the work that has been in the war that has been going on between israel and hamas in gaza. and a dismal 39% approval

rating in cnn's poll of polls with me now is former democratic presidential candidate and former dnc chair and vermont governor howard dean. thank you, sir, so much for a job. joining us this morning. you heard governor whitmer there. how worried are you and should democrats be about the situation in michigan, not because of the other democratic candidate, dean phillips, but because of this push by some democrats urging people to vote uncommitted. because of their dismay with how biden has handled the israel-hamas war i'm actually not worried about that. i think it's a way of people expressing their opinion which they are entitled to have. i think what's happening here. and if you watch what biden is saying carefully, is there's a reset of american policy towards israel. this has been coming for a long time. i think netanyahu is probably the most destructive prime minister they've ever had in relation to what's good for israel and what isn't he's just

uncompromising ease difficulties, embarrassed american politicians, particularly democrats, for a long time. >> so we >> need a reset on our israel policy. and i think you see biden moving towards that, but it can't we've done all at once. so i am not terribly worried about the protest vote. i think there will be one and i just don't think that's going to have i think the only effect is going to have as to accelerate the move towards a new policy. and israel and i think by underlying the two-state solution that's been very helpful all right, i do want to ask you about something that's happened this morning. senator joe manchin just spoke with our kasie hunt and he talked about the border being a very big issue. here's what he said. >> do you, think president biden is too extreme? >> i think he went too far left and i've told him that not been very clear. he's not the joe biden that basically he ran in 2020 and told us on how to bring it back in. then you look at the problems that we're facing right now, the border, right. okay. too long and we need to get the border fixed.

now but this if they can't come together in washington, if politics is stopping us from doing the right thing and securing our border, then he has to do a national emergency. it's a crisis and you want them to declare a national. i think he asked to. i mean, i really truly believe that if they're going to play games do you think that that would have an impact on joe biden's presidency or potential for becoming president >> i do. i think i don't agree with this soldier that says the statement mentioned statement that gardens too far left, i think because the country the democratic party is moving to a more progressive agenda, but it's painful, painful process. and i think the progressives are always had trouble with perfect being the enemy of the good. i do think i'm substance manchin's right we have to do something about immigration. it isn't crisis the republicans are clearly not interested in helping bring it all, all they care about politics and they sure don't give a about the american people, which has been

evidenced by everything they've done, particularly when trump was president but i think manchin's underlying thesis is yes, we've got to do something, immigration and it has to happen soon. and he's got to do it by executive action. >> so do you agree with the idea of saying that look, this is a national emergency and for the president to step in since congress, particularly the republicans crashed, the bill that was, that was passed by the senate yeah, i think yes, i do think that i'm not sure. i'm sure we needed to call it talk about a national emergency, but they're also a lot of options. for example, the remain in mexico policy requires the cooperation of the mexican government, which we're not going to get on this issue. so biden's in a tight spot, but i agree with the central thesis. he's got to do something he's gotta do it from the executive office. and then we've got to talk about all all fall. we got to be talking about why the republicans did nothing about immigration, why the democrats did, but it has to be substantive. it has to be a big step that biden is going to take, and it's going to get

him in trouble. with the left. >> but as many people have said that this is not the time for the perfect to be the entity, the good, because the, the, the bat is so unthinkable for the country that will never see again if, if trump is elected president howard dean is a pleasure to have you on with your analysis. i appreciate your time >> thank you. >> all right. john, quite this morning, mexico city, home to nearly 22 million people, may be just months away from running out of water years of unprecedented drought combined with outdated infrastructure, have created a severe water shortage that could happen the city's taps running out by the end of june cnn chief climate correspondent bill weir is with us now a lot of people here will bill >> that's absolutely right. and there wasn't many people when the aztecs first built what is now mexico city on an island in a chain of lakes than the spaniards came along in the 16th century and drones trained its salt water as the enemy.

and that mindset pervaded as mexico city was built and expanded, it is now mostly concrete, giant lakebed. their seventh over 7,000 feet in altitude and as a result of all of that infrastructure problems over the years, coupled with climate change, their aquafer for his are woefully low of those who study this sort of thing, say they could be months away from a day zero, wouldn't be like cape town, south africa back in 2018 because that municipality has basically one source of water. but what happens in mexico city is there so dependent on these aquifers that just aren't being recharged urged when the rains do come, it runs off instead of seeping back into the ground where it can be re-used. their kanazawa, the big national water system managers in the country says they will, they've been cutting how much you can pump from that it went from 8% to 25% less. there are lots of problems in the infrastruc