also, you want to file early so if there are any surprises, you know how to manage it heading into that april deadline. >> okay, thank you, christine romans, so nice to see you too. >> celebrations in the bay area, in kansas city last night as the san francisco 49ers and the kansas city chiefs advance to the super bowl. this marks the fourth time in the last five seasons the chiefs have reached the final game cementing that team's status as a dynasty and perhaps crucially giving america's most famous couple another moment in the spotlight. some fans concerned taylor swift wouldn't be able to make it to the big game given her concert in japan the night prior, but it does look like if she flies directly to vegas after her show she could make it. she'll have to travel close to 6,000 miles and a 17-hour time difference is in all of that as well, in case you're counting. that does it for us today, see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place. for now, i'm ana cabrera

reporting from new york. josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm josé diaz-balart. this morning president biden vows to retaliate after three u.s. service members were killed in a drone strike on a base in jordan. it's the first u.s. service member deaths in months of attacks by iran-backed militants. we'll ask retired four-star general what retaliation could look like. back at home, senate negotiators are inching closer to a bipartisan border security deal as president biden promises to shut down the border if it means locking in an agreement. new this morning, e. jean carroll speaking out for the first time on camera since a jury ordered donald trump to pay her more than $83 million for defamation. and breaking overseas just a short time ago, king charles and the princess of wales both released from the hospital after medical procedures. ♪♪

we begin this hour with president biden vowing to respond after three u.s. service members were killed and more than 30 injured in a drone attack by iran-backed militias over the weekend in jordan. these are the first u.s. service members to be killed from hostile fire, iran denying any involvement. u.s. facilities and personnel have now come under attack approximately 164 times since the 17th of october. this morning white house national security council spokesperson john kirby was pressed on whether targets inside iran are being considered as part of a retaliatory strike. >> we are not looking for a war with iran, we're not looking to escalate the conflict in the region. there will be a range of options that the president will take a look at. again, i don't want to get ahead of him on this. >> joining us now, nbc's courtney kube at the pentagon

and keir simmons in iman, jordan. who are these service members that lost their lives? >> that's really the big question today, jose, is how did this attack happen. it was a one-way attack drone that was packed with explosives. it was able to evade the air defense systems at tower 22, which in case our viewers aren't familiar with it, that's a small outpost in northeastern jordan. it's just on the other side of the border from syria. it mainly functions for u.s. troops to train and advise the jordanian military, but it also serves as an important logistical hub for a u.s. military garrison that's just on the other side of the border there in syria. this drone was able to evade the air defense systems and strike right near a shelter where u.s. troops were sleeping at the time. now, that's why we saw such a high casualty count here with these three u.s. soldiers who were killed, and upwards of three dozen who were injured, and jose, those injuries range

everything from some minor cuts and bruises to cases of potential traumatic brain injury all the way up to a number of service members who had injuries so severe they had to be medevaced out of the area. so a large attack and the big question now is how does u.s. respond. so we've been asking that question. we heard from president biden, from secretary of defense lloyd austin, from john kirby earlier today on msnbc and on the "today" show vowing to respond, but not giving a lot of answers for what that would look like. the u.s. has responded already to other attacks by these iranian-backed militia groups in the region, but what we are waiting to see is will this one look different considering the fact that american service members were killed here, jose. >> indeed, and so keir, what's the reaction on the ground there in jordan? >> well, this is a place that

is already incredibly nervous, very tense as a result of october 7th and then the war in gaza. remember, of course, jose, there's a large palestinian population here in jordan, but the jordanians and the jordanian government did release a statement condemning this as a terrorist attack. the u.s. here in jordan works with the jordanians to try to stop smuggling across that border. this happened as courtney was suggesting right on the border with syria and iraq and jordan, so a place of great tension in and of itself, and then just across the region, jose, other countries, u.s. allies, allies, bahrain, egypt, echoing that sentiment talking about it as a terrorist attack, but at the same time also warning about the potential for instability. this puts the focus right back on that relationship or lack of relationship between iran and the u.s. as courtney was saying, the big question now here in the region

is how will the u.s. respond? how measured will that response be? folks here are seeing those republican -- for some republicans, for example, calling for strikes inside iran. interestingly, all the signals are while the u.s. is saying it doesn't want to avoid iran, iran doesn't want a war with the u.s. the worrying thing for me is there's a lot that can happen in between those two sides, before you get to a war, and that kind of escalation could mean things run out of control. that's the kind of fear that some have. other analysts suggest that the u.s. just hasn't been strong enough, hasn't been tough enough with its messaging to iran and that iran needs a much clearer signal if it is going to listen to demands from the u.s. to deescalate. >> yeah, and keir, meanwhile, we're also following some developments regarding the efforts to free more hostages being held by hamas. >> reporter: that's right.

there are many in this region who would say that you have to solve the crisis in gaza before you manage to deescalate things in this region, and part of that are these talks that have been happening. we did see the egyptians, the qataris, the u.s. and the israelis meeting in paris over the weekend. now we know from nbc reporting that one of the proposals is for stages, hostages released, aid brought into gaza, palestinian prisoners released, which is one of the demands of hamas and then finally a demand from hamas for a total and enduring cease fire. israelis haven't wanted to agree to that last point. hamas have been insistent on it. i think there are still many questions even with the qatari prime minister in washington today, even with continuing shuttle diplomacy, i think there were still many questions over whether they can reach some kind of a deal at seas. >> and courtney, any information

on when we will find out the identities of these three people who lost their lives and of course more than 30 that are injured? >> yeah, we should know more about that today, jose, including the identities of the three who were injured in their units. tower 22 is a pretty small installation. there's only about 350 u.s. service members there at any given time. it can ebb and flow a bit. some of the identities, including the units are starting to trickle up out already. the department of defense should put out their names today. >> you want to know them as soon as we get them. courtney kube. joining us now is general barry mccaffrey. general, thank you for being with us this morning. what was your reaction to what happened yesterday? >> well, look, u.s. forces are being attacked with near impunity.

the responses have been deliberate, moderate. understandably the biden administration has made every effort to avoid escalation of this conflict, but i think they're in a real dilemma right now. i cannot imagine we will directly attack iran over this issue, but i think there's going to have to be some significant response preemptive response, enduring response so that these u.s. military forces in iraq, syria, the red sea, and now jordan aren't subject to periodic bombardment, so pressure on the biden administration, they've got to up the response clearly in the coming days. >> general, iran says that it does not want a war with the united states. there have been more than 160 attacks since october 17th on u.s. personnel and facilities. now we have three dead service members, more than 30 injured. is not iran already in war with

the united states? >> i don't think there's any question of that. i agree they are orchestrating funding, training, equipping these proxy forces throughout their region. the al kuts force, they're a special operations group of the ircg is physically present in syria and lebanon and in the other confrontation points, so we shouldn't spend an undue amount of effort trying to forensically describe and learn if they gave specific instructions for this attack. i think the bottom line is it's not just the war in gaza either. iran is trying to become a preeminent power in the region. they have neutralized saudi arabia to some extent who wanted a truce. the biden administration relaxed system of the restrictions on iran trying to get a nuclear deal back on track.

to some extent, iran has felt unbounded by u.s. and allied response, so that's the challenge facing the national security council this morning. no one will want to escalate the war, but i think they realize they've got to take some significant military response just to protect our presence. you know, like 2,500 u.s. forces in iraq, 900 some odd in syria, some sources are saying 3,000 troops in -- u.s. troops in jordan, which surprised me, and a very significant u.s. naval presence in the region. self-defense is not enough. they're going to have to have preemptive authority to strike threats to u.s. military units. >> and so what do you think, general, a strike would look like that would not prompt even a further escalation? >> well, it's hard to know. that's the dilemma. secretary austin, secretary

blinken, treasury, is there a diplomatic, a covert action response that's better, economic return of sanctions on iran. i don't think it needs to be just a military response, and it could include a warning to iran that draws a red line and says the next time we have u.s. service members, we're going to mine your harbors and prevent you from conducting, you know, irgc naval operations in the persian gulf. probably warning them convincingly is another aspect of this. but in the short run, right now all the iranians have gone to the ground. it shouldn't be an attack on two days. it ought to be an enduring authority to u.s. military forces to preempt in a significant way threats to their operations. >> general barry mccaffrey, always a pleasure to see you. i thank you for your time.

>> good to be with you. up next, house republicans take another step towards impeaching secretary of homeland security mayorkas as they plan to deal with the senate's immigration deal. we're going to break this all down for you. we're back in 60 seconds. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ée diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. t. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. ask about nurtec odt. (vo) if you have graves' disease, your eye symptoms could mean something more. nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. that gritty feeling can't be brushed away. even a little blurry vision can distort things. and something serious may be behind those itchy eyes. up to 50% of people with graves' could develop a different condition called thyroid eye disease, which should be treated by a different doctor. see an expert. find a t-e-d eye specialist at isitted.com (christina) with verizon business unlimited, i get 5g, truly unlimited data, and unlimited hotspot data.

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now, over the weekend, president biden said this about the deal being negotiated. >> if that bill were the law today, i'd shut down the border right now and fix it quickly. a bipartisan bill would be good for america and help fix our broken immigration system and allow speedy access for those who deserve to be here. and congress needs to get it done. >> but former president donald trump is urging republicans to reject it. >> please blame it on me. please. because they were getting ready to pass a very bad bill, and i'll tell you what, a bad bill is -- i'd rather have no bill than a bad bill. >> is nbc's julie tsirkin joins us now from capitol hill. good seeing you. let's start by talking about what's going on with this group of senators kwoerkting a border deal even though they haven't released a framework yet. what do we know about what they

have agreed on so far. >> reporter: the so far the senators are keeping some of the final details sort of behind the scenes, but we do have a good sense of where they are landing it is something that senator langford would push back on. those points you heard from former president trump saying this is a bad border bill. this is a bill that congress has not been able to address in decades. it would be the most conservative bill aimed at tightening border security provisions, aimed at tightening immigration policies, and i want you to take a listen to what langford had to lay out himself here. watch. >> this bill focuses on getting us to zero illegal crossings a day. there's no amnesty. it increases the number of border patrol agents. it increases asylum officers, it increases detention beds so we can detain and deport individuals. it ends catch and release. it focuses on additional deportation flights out. it changes our asylum process so

people get a fast asylum screening at a higher standard and then get returned back to their home country. >> reporter: now langford and other republicans have also pointed out that some of the authorities that this bill includes are the very things that former president trump, then president in 2017, had actually asked congress to implement. so they are saying that republicans who oppose this now are hypocrites and are doing so only for political purposes. when it comes to the text of this bill, jose, really quickly, i am hearing the goal is midweek this week. they're hoping to get this out quickly. they're hoping to give republicans a chance to read it, especially those who want to read it, who want to delay before they can vote on it and they hope to do that swiftly. >> meanwhile, julie, in the house, where speaker johnson has said any deal would be dead on arrival, what's going on with the impeachment effort against mayorkas? >> mayorkas has been in the room negotiating provisions of this deal with those senate negotiators we keep talking about. on one hand he's being impeached by house republicans.

on the other he's in the room trying to come up with policy to make the situation at the border better. you're hearing this kind of disconnect, this political puzzle that republicans have put themselves in. they are moving ahead on impeachment. the chairman of the homeland security committee mark green had put forward two articles of impeachment. the first saying mayorkas had willfully ignored the laws, ignored enforcing the laws at the border, and also for breaching public trust. this is in many ways a political exercise. even if and when those articles are processed out of the committee tomorrow morning when the committee will meet, they will need a majority, certainly johnson has a tight one, just two seats that he can afford to lose, and republicans are not all bought in on this idea of impeaching mayorkas. and of course then that effort would be dead on arrival in the democratic-controlled senate. so certainly this is a political exercise as many are saying, but republicans are still going to prur pursue it jose.

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23 past the hour this morning, for the first time we're hearing from writer e. jean carroll on camera since a jury ordered former president donald trump to pay her over $83 million for defaming her as a liar. here's some of what carroll said about trump's conduct in the courtroom. >> the courtroom was not a courtroom. it was a campaign stop. that was clear. so we had two different objectives. ours was to win a case. his was to win voters. >> joining us now nbc news correspondent garrett haake and catherine christian, former assistant district attorney at the manhattan d.a.'s office. she is also an msnbc legal analyst. garrett, what's next for trump's legal team now that the former president has pledged to appeal. >> they're in a little bit of wait and see mode on a couple of other cases that could hear a ruling in the new york civil fraud case this week or in the case that his attorneys argued here in d.c. a couple of weeks ago on presidential immunity.

that's probably the one that has the most of donald trump's attention. he's been talking about it for weeks on the campaign trail and using his social media accounts arguing that a president has total immunity for any act committed while in office. he clearly believes that a favorable ruling in that case could protect him from either of the big federal investigation s into him over the next couple of weeks. there's not much left for his attorneys to do in that case than sit and wait for a decision. >> catherine, how would an appeal impact carroll's ability to get some or all of those funds? >> well, she's not going to be getting a check for 83.3 million immediately because he has a right to exhaust his appeals. he has to put up the $83.3 million either in escrow or he has to give a 20% bond if he's going to do an appeal, so the money will be there waiting for her, but she will not get it immediately. >> and trump has also called on federal courts to intervene in

his other new york civil case. a verdict from the judge there is expected at any point there. what are you watching for? >> i -- you know, i don't like to read tea leaves, but we can expect that the verdict from the judge on his civil fraud trial will not be favorable to donald trump. and remember, his sons are also defendants and two members of the trump organization also defendants. so we can expect that there will be -- it's called disgorgement, also known as a fine, but it will be -- will it be 370 million, it might be that close, and will he be permanently barred from conducting business in new york? that is one of the relives that the a.g. has asked for. so i expect that the verdict from the judge this week, he said wednesday, will not be favorable to donald trump. >> and garrett, meanwhile, trump's by legal calendar is just getting started. the supmeourt is going to hear arguments on whether trump should be allowed on e primary ballot in colorado. what's the level of concern

inside the trump campaign about all of these? >> i think there's two different issues here, jose. politically speaking the level of concern is low. his campaign believes ironically as e. jean carroll point out in that interview that he can use these cases to his advantage politically, arguing that he's being unfairly targeted by kind of the biden justice system or a broad kind of democratic conspiracy of election interference and it's worked for him so far in the primary. legally speaking, though, that's another matter. he's got to protect his ability to continue to make money, keep the money he has, and keep his ballot access. that makes that supreme court hearing particularly important because while it deals with just colorado on the front end, there are still several other cases outstanding in other states including swing states that could limit donald trump's ballot access there. if the supreme court were to rule against him, that could have major electoral impacts. so both his campaign and his legal team are and need to be focused on that supreme court argument next week. >> garrett haake and catherine

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32 past the hour, breaking news from the u.s. supreme court about the case related to a pill commonly used for abortions. nbc's lawrence hurley joins us. lawrence, good morning, what more can you tell us about this? >> yeah, so the supreme court has announced its oral argument schedule for march. it's going to be hearing this big abortion hill case on march the 26th. this is a case where conservative groups are changing fda's approval of mifepristone, the drug most commonly used for medication abortions. that's the day when the court will be hearing the oral arguments. the justice department just last week filed its brief laying out its arguments as to why the approvals should remain in place. that includes access to the drug by mail, which is very important and especially in light of roe v. wade being overturned in 2022, restricting abortion rights, medication abortion is particularly important in the

states where abortion rights have been restricted, and even in states where abortion is legal, this ruling, if the court was to rule in favor of this challenge, it would severely curtail access to this pill nationwide. so stakes are pretty high with a ruling to come close to the end of this quarter term, which is in june. >> well, thank you very much, the 26th of march is whether those hearings get underway. appreciate it. we have another nbc news exclusive, president biden's campaign is working on a first of its kind fundraiser with appearances from president biden, bill clinton, and barack obama. quote, the plan underscores the belief among biden allies that the party needs an all hands on deck approach to help him win a second term. joining us now co-anchor of pbs news hour, geoff bennett, an msnbc political contribute, and victoria defrancesco soto, the dean of the clinton school of public service at the university of arkansas. she is also an msnbc political analyst. so jeff, what's the campaign strategy for this massive show

of force? >> well, that great reporting by kristen welker, it speaks to a need among the biden campaign to inject energy and enthusiasm into president biden's campaign. of course presidents clinton and obama are still hugely popular with the democratic base, and so the reporting right now is that the cpaign is eyeing a three-way campaign stop effectively, fundraiser this spring. but the core of the biden reelect strategy, jose, i can tell you is in many ways a redeployment of what worked in 2020, that the campaign will try to paint donald trump as a grave threat, not just to american democracy but to american society writ large and american institutions. and then beyond that what you will see is president biden speaking directly to the constituencies that made up the biden coalition, as we saw him do this past weekend in south carolina, talking to black voters about black economic advancement on his watch, as he sees it. the fact that there's now a black woman on the supreme

court, the effort to waive student debt, which we know black college graduates are disproportionately affected by that. so that in concert with a huge spending bid by the dnc, the administration, the campaign rather, hopes that all of that will be effective to once again beating donald trump at the ballot box come november, assuming donald trump is the nominee, which is what the campaign is assuming. >> yeah, and victoria, so there are a lot of things that a national campaign has to do to get the voters out. what are some of the things that the biden campaign is going to have to do to generate enthusiasm? >> they need to speak to the heart, so jeff was just talking about energizing the base, and the way you energize the base is by pulling at the heart strings, by the emotion. it's not just the numbers. it is not just the facts and figures that inflation is coming down, but going to the heart and

president barack obama and president bill clinton, they were known for really speaking to emotion. so you know, president clinton famously, i feel your pain. he was able to connect with voters and with people at this deep emotional level, and then with president barack obama, we saw that hope, of really reaching voters at a time in our country where we wanted to turn the page and provided an optimism and a feeling that voters invoke the across the country, it all comes down to emotion and heart. >> and geoff, meanwhile, on the republican side nikki haley's campaign said it raised $4 million since new hampshire's primary day. she's now touting that she's getting under trump's skin, here's what she told my colleague kristen welker about her campaign's path forward. >> what i do think i need to do is i need to show that i'm building momentum. i need to show that i'm stronger in south carolina than new hampshire. does that have to be a win? i don't think that necessarily has to be a win, but it certainly has to be better than what i did in new hampshire, and it certainly has to be close.

>> and so geoff, do you think that south carolina is at a make or break it state for the former governor of that state? >> well, interestingly, jose, nikki haley isn't saying that it is. she's saying she's going to stay in this race at least until super tuesday, which is march 5th. it's hard to see how she can make a convincing argument for staying in the race to amass delegates when her message so far has failed to win over enough of the republican primary base. she's made the electability argument, that she's more electable against joe biden than donald trump is. there are democrats who would agree with her on that. she's made the generational argument that it's time to turn the page on donald trump, increasingly she's attacked donald trump's mental acuity, said that he's spending more time in courtrooms than on the campaign trail, and while that's an argument that of course reaches, you know, independents in new hampshire, that's not as resonant obviously with voters, trump-aligned voters in south carolina. there are many of them in south

carolina, people who would be willing to vote for donald trump, than there are for nikki haley. as you look at the rest of the republican calendar, it gets even tougher for her, jose. >> victoria, we're talking about on capitol hill this group of senators that are working on some bipartisan efforts on immigration and the border. the house is already rejecting it outright. how important do you think this issue of the border and immigration is going to play not only in south carolina but throughout this presidential campaign. >> it's going to be incredibly important, jose. we know that immigration is an issue that for the republican party really fires up the base. i mean, let's think back to 2015 when donald trump announced his candidacy, it was talking about the border and all of the bad things related to immigrants. he knows that this is an oldie but a goody in addition to the fact that we really do have a crisis at the border. i think this is going to be an

issue that if there isn't some movement forward, resolution is going to seriously hurt the democrats. that's why it's so important for them politically to remedy it aside from the sheer humanitarian crisis that we're seeing down there. >> geoff bennett and victoria francesco soto, thank you very up much. we're going to get a live report from the border, a record number of arrivals last month. we'll be speaking with texas congressman henry cuellar and get his take on former president trump's efforts to sink any border security deal. congressman, it's good to see you. we'll chat in just a minute. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ée diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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44 past the hour. more now on efforts to deal with the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the fight over border security continues on capitol hill. the government says a record number of migrants crossed the southern border last month. u.s. customs and border protection says it encountered more than 302,000 migrants at the border just in the month of december. and cbp says there was a 50 had % drop in migrant encounters between ports of entry during the first two weeks of this month. guad venegas is in eagle pass, texas, this morning. what's being talked about in washington is one thing. what's the impact on the ground there in eagle pass?

>> reporter: jose, we saw a big change here. i'm going to speak loud because we have an airboat in the background. we saw a big change here after there was that visit at the end of last year from dhs secretary mayorkas and secretary of state blinken going to mexico to speak to mexican authorities and make sure they began enforcing immigration laws in mexico. so it was after that that we began seeing a change in mexico, less migrants arriving at the u.s./mexico border. we were also seeing a large caravan, jose, that began making its way in october and arrived here in december. so all that surge that we saw was a result of what was happening in mexico. that of course has slowed down, and it's been very quiet. we have this standoff happening here at shelby park, this is that epicenter of the latest surge, the park that belongs to the city, but then was taken over by state authorities, who you have texas dps, state troopers, and the national guard that have taken over control of the park, and jose, there was also some controversy about the boat ramp from this park.

i should say that today we've seen border patrol enter the park to make use of that boat ramp. in fact, the boat you can see or hear in the background, i don't know if you can see it, but i can hear it back behind me, that's a border patrol airboat that's in the water right now. so make sure that people understand that border patrol does have access to this part of the park to use that boat ramp, but you do not see the troopers or the border patrol officers around this park. again, this is shelby park, the epicenter of that surge, and another thing, jose, that's interesting. after the supreme court ruled that border patrol is allowed to cut the razor wire fence or the concertina wire or remove it if they choose to do so, texas state national guard are still putting up more of that wire to protect this area. so that's sort of the dynamic happening right now at the u.s./mexico border, jose, as we've seen the number of migrants come here slow down.

those that do arrive in this area, jose, are still being arrested by state troopers and being charged with criminal trespassing. >> guad venegas, thank you so very much. appreciate it. and with us now to continue our conversation is texas congressman henry cuellar who represents the border district, the top democrat on the house homeland security committee homeland security's subcommittee. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, jose. >> the cdp says more than 300,000 migrants crossed the border just last month alone. that's an all-time record. you obviously represent a district that while the humanitarian crisis is unfolding directly, you've also seen and you've been talking about this for some time about the crisis. just how critical are things right now, congressman? >> you know, we certainly know that in december we had over 302,000 encounters by border control, large amount of numbers. now they've gone to half. why? did we add more border wall? no. did we add more border patrol? no. did the government's work stop

this? no. what happened was that mexico now started to enforce its law. they started getting people off the trains that were coming up here. they started getting people that were coming to the north and take them back to the south. they started putting people down there, national guard at the southern border and enforcing the law. in fact, they have about 10, 15,000 more people national guard doing that than we actually have border patrol. so the big thing is how do we get mexico to continue its work, do more so the numbers will slow down coming to the u.s./mexico border. >> so i know, congressman, you met with the mexican president just recently along with other mexican government officials. i'd like your thoughts on what it is that you learned or you were able to tell the president manuel lopez obrador. congressman, is it mexico's role and responsibility to control u.s. border policy?

>> well, it's not their responsibility, but it is a joint responsibility, and that's one thing i learned from them now they're saying that it is a joint responsibility because in the past, they didn't want to be seen doing the u.s. dirty work, that is stopping and deporting people. but now they're doing airplanes where they're returning people to their country of origin, and they're now saying that it's a joint responsibility, not only on migration but on fighting drugs also. so that new twist about joint responsibility, i think that's good news because i think we can improve our working relationship with mexico on slowing downs numbers of people coming up to the in. homeland security secretary for in the complying with the law. what do you make of that move? >> look. first of all, it's a policy difference and it's a policy that i also disagree with the

administration. but does that rise to an impeachment level, misdemeanors, crimes? i don't think it does. it's a policy difference. instead of focusing on that, we ought to be focusing on what the senate might put out and what we need to do to get that done. we need to address this issue and not say we're not going to address the senate deal. we're going to impeach the secretary. i think that's the wrong focus. there are surprises at the border, which i think there is, we ought to focus on working together. democrats and republicans. house members and senate members, also. >> have you been consulted as a latino, member of congress, who knows that area better than most and who actually has been fighting and working on immigration reform for decades? have you been consulted? have you been in on any of the talks at the white house? >> i've been talking to our leadership about some of the things we need to look at.

the senate does their own thing. i have a general idea of what they're doing. from what's been reported are things that i've been talking about for a long time. so i'm glad they're listening. at least indirectly to members who live at the border. we drink the water, breathe the air, we know what's happening at the border. so at least they're picking up some of the ideas that some of us at the border have been talking about for years. >> congressman, always a pleasure. i thank you very much for your time. >> thank you, sir. next, we'll go live to buckingham palace for an update on the king and princess's health. this in london. you're watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. g joseia dz-bat reports on msnbc (ella) fashion moves fast. setting trends is our business. we need to scale with customer demand... in real time. (jen) so we partner with verizon. their solution for us? a private 5g network.

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55 past the hour. today, we're keeping an eye on a south carolina courtroom. just moments ago, jurors were questioned as part of a hearing to decide whether alex murdoch should receive a new trial. earlier today, one juror testified that clerk had influenced that juror's finding. he was convicted last year of fatally shooting his wife, maggie, and his son, paul. he was sentenced to 27 years behind bars. there's an update this morning on the british royals.

princess kate and king charles have been released from the hospital. megan fitzgerald joins us from buckingham palace. how are they doing? >> according to kensington palace and buckingham palace, they're both doing well. we learned this morning that the princess of wales was released from the hospital after spending nearly two weeks recovering from that planned abdominal surgery. that according to the palace was non cancerous and that she was doing well. but she's got a long road to recovery. the palace says we likely will not see her return to her public duties until after easter. so some two to three months there. then not long after we heard that kate was discharged, we learned king charles was also discharged where he underwent on friday afternoon that planned corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate. according to the palace, his condition is benign and he's doing well. he walked out of the hospital

today with his wife by his side. we understand that he has postponed upcoming events so that he can continue recovering. but what's unclear at this point is just how long that recovery process will take. there's been no date set for when we will see the king back in the public eye, but both said to be doing well, jose. >> thank you so very much. before we wrap things up, i have some good news to start your week off on a high note. take a look at the moment one family receives a very special surprise they'll never forget. >> there was suspense this week for a california family. >> for best short film, the nominees are -- >> that's the film maker and his family celebrating his success the moment they found out his documentary is on the list.

♪♪ shawn is nominated for a short film about the every day lives of his two grandmothers. they're best friends who live together. >> in a way, they each represent a part of who all of us are. >> i feel so fortunate that i have these amazing examples of how to lead with joy and humor. we really made this short film as a way to help people like them feel seen. >> what is the message that you and your family receive from these two extraordinary women? >> take the time to really see them and spend time with them. there is beauty right in front of you. growing old doesn't mean fading away. >> there really is beauty in

front of you for all of us if we just look. the oscars i'm told are on the 10th of march and shawn, we'll will rooting for you. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can always reach me on social media and you can watch clips from our show on youtube at msnbc.com/jdb. thank you for the privilege of your time. "andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. rea mitchell reports"s right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," president biden with a promise to the american people after three u.s. service members are killed in jordan and dozens more are injured. many seriously in a drone attack on a u.s. base. >> three brave souls in an attack on one of our bases and we shall respond. >> in just moments, andrea interviews the prime minister of qatar live to discuss efforts to broker another hostage deal with