not cheap at all. but if you did plan it last minute, don't say that, say you had it months in advance. >> i like it as a good excuse to get out of the house without the kids. i know. exactly. got to love it. thank you, brian, for bringing us that fun segment. that's going to do it for us today. happy valentine's to you at home and thank you for being here with us. i'm andrea cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. new overnight, democrats flip a u.s. house seat in the special election to replace expelled congressman george santos. how the win could be a sign of things to come in other elections nationwide. the house votes to impeach a sitting cabinet member. what is next for secretary alejandro mayorkas?

the next two days will be critical for former president trump with major developments expected in three of his legal cases. overseas, palestinians are fleeing ahead of an expected ground invasion in the city of rafah, home to more than a million people, many of them refugees from other parts of gaza. and back at home, the amount of migrant encounters dropped from the record numbers in december. we're live at the southern border with the very latest on this humanitarian crisis. and we begin this very busy hour with two major stories we're following on capitol hill. the republican majority in the house is tightening after democrats flipped a key swing seat. nbc news projects democrat tom suozzi is the winner of the special election in new york to replace ousted republican congressman george santos. >> this race was centered on

immigration and the economy, much like the issues all across our country. we won this race, we, you, won this race. because we addressed the issues and we found a way to bind our divisions. >> also last night, the republican-led house impeached the department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas over his handling of the southern border. the vote passing by just one vote after it initially failed last week. it is the second time a cabinet secretary has been impeached. joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, and steve kornacki as well. steve, let's go with what happened in new york last night. what should both parties take away from this? >> i think there is a couple of ways to look at this. democrat here tom suozzi is going to win by eight points

roughly, few more votes to come in, it is going to be an eight-point victory. what that means is this district is kind of on a political journey the last few years, in 2020, joe biden won this district by eight points over donald trump. in 2022, in the midterm election, george santos, of course, the republican won this district by eight points. and now you come back to a democratic victory by eight points in this special election. so, for democrats, obviously, just the fact of their victory is something they want to tout, but the sort of political geography here, the suburbs, the suburbs of new york, suburbs all across the country are going to probably be decisive in swing states, in battleground states in the general election this november. so to win a race in the suburbs, nassau county, long island, part of queens, a lot more residential and suburban in character, and democrats want to tout that as well. and the fact that this district

and really all of long island for that matter in 202 is one of the places on the map where the red wave did hit. it missed in a lot of places. but it did hit on long island. for democrats to be able to claw that back and win the district back is something they want to tout. and they think there may be a strategy there from tom suozzi. from the republican standpoint, what they're going to say and hoping here is that the turnout in special elections like this one, what we have been seeing in the last couple of years, is that core democratic voters just turn out in droves. especially college educated suburbanites. there are a ton of college educated democratic leaning suburbanites in nassau county, especially along the north shore there. republicans are hoping that in the general election, when it is going to be a bigger and more expensive electorate, that is going to bring out more voters disproportionately for them than they're getting in special

elections. but i think at the bottom line here is the democrats are demonstrating in these special elections that a big part of their base is just extremely off the charts motivated, no question they're going to be out there to vote in november. the question mark is for republicans. because they don't in these special elections, they have not demonstrated a base comparable to the democrats in terms of turnout and energy and the question for republicans is if they can find those less engaged voters, and actually get them to turn out in november, to offset what we're seeing in a race like this. >> so, interesting, it is all by eight points, one way or another, and i'm just wondering if you think that what happened in 2022 there with santos and his eight-point plus was that because of the zeldin factor or was this because it was a candidate like santos who was able to, you know, breakthrough on other aspects? >> yeah, no, i don't think it was santos related at all. he happened to have the r next

to his name on the ballot, which was a huge advantage in 2022. look at long island, it is all red. the four long island-basd districts, all republican. this was an eight-point biden district the third that republicans won in 2022, chekd check out this district, this district voted for biden in 2020 by 14 points. this was one of the big shockers of election night 2022. and these two districts here were already republican-controlled, democrats thought in '22 they had a shot, they got blown out in both, they lost both of these. long island and really kind of new york in a lot of areas was an exception in 2022 to the national story of a red wave that wasn't really materializing. it absolutely did all along long island island and other parts of new york. that's what makes this a little bit more interesting too.

the trend in 2022 and local races in nassau county in particular, in the last couple of years, has been toward republicans and against democrats. against that backdrop for a democrat to win by eight points in a special election is noteworthy. >> indeed it is. what does this outcome mean for republicans in the house? >> reporter: it means that they're going to have to create more opportunities for bipartisanship. the fewer republican votes they have at their disposal, the more difficult it is going to be for them to get anything done. that was demonstrated in real time over the past two weeks, they struggled to get the impeachment of alejandro mayorkas done on strictly partisan lines. they were able to finally get that done last night, by one vote. it is going to be more difficult for them to do that type of messages on the house floor. that means if they get anything done big, it is going to mean they have to partner with democrats. that's proven to be a very difficult task. one of the things that is lingering out there right now,

jose, is the situation at the border, but also this national security supplemental package which the senate has passed. the house speaker mike johnson signaling today he is not really interested in bringing that bill to the floor. instead, he wants a face to face meeting at the white house with president biden, something the white house has rejected. listen to what speaker johnson said about that earlier today. >> it has been mentioned, i've been requesting a meeting with the president for weeks now, a month. i've been asking to sit down with the president to talk about the border and national security. and that meeting has not been granted. i'll continue to insist on that. there are very serious issues that need to be addressed and if the speaker of the house can't meet with the president of the united states, that's a problem. >> reporter: the question is what would the contents of that meeting en tail? the president specifically is very frustrated that the senate negotiator spent so much time crafting this bipartisan border deal which was initially part of that supplemental package and it was a deal that democrats

conceded in many respects as it relates to the issue of migration and it was republicans led by the house speaker mike johnson who backed away from that deal and basically threw it out before it even had a chance to be voted on. at this point, the white house not specifically responding to this request for a meeting by speaker johnson. but there is a big question as to what it would actually produce. >> the house impeached dhs secretary mayorkas after that failed vote last week that we have been talking about. what happens next here? >> reporter: so it will now go to the senate, where they are required by the constitution to hold some sort of a trial, the way that trial looks is an open question right now. there is the possibility that the articles of impeachment are introduced and then there is an effort by democrats to dismiss the charges before the trial really gets going. we know this for sure that the senate is not going to even address the articles of impeachment until they return from their break. they are off now for the president's holiday, in they're

state work period. we know there won't be movement on this until the end of the month. the speaker actually has to forward those articles of impeachment over to the senate. at this point that has yet to happen. jose? >> ryan nobles and steve kornacki, thank you so much. appreciate it. for more on this, joining us now is ashley parker, senior national political correspondent at "the washington post," also an msnbc political analyst, and lonnie chen, former policy adviser to mitt romney's 2012 campaign and the stanford university director of policy studies and i thank you for being with us. the white house says president biden will take the strategy on the road for his re-election bid. how could this resonate with voters? >> that's right. what was interesting is, it is important to say that special elections are not indicative of national elections, but what he did was he showed a playbook

where democrats can lean into the issue of immigration and fight back. he came out and he took some stances that were tough on immigration. he advocated for closing the southern border, he advocated for deporting the migrants who assaulted the police officers in times square, and he also made it about bipartisanship and said his opponent was just trying to score political points, he supported the bill in congress that we now know has died. so, with president biden, there has already been chatter in democratic circles, in his circle, about biden too needing to sort of do this playbook and maybe have a sister soldier moment where he takes a stance that you would not typically expect to be popular with liberal base, he said immigration is out of control, this is unacceptable and here's what i'm going to do to solve it and that proved to be a winning message at least in a special election. >> the thing about that is that

in the case of the president, you know, he is in charge of immigration policy, right? the congress has a major role in that, but essentially the executive is in charge of the border policy. how do you step away from that if you are the ultimate responsible for that? the president did just recently say, if this border bill passes, i'll shut down the border as soon as i sign it into law. >> you're right. he's in charge. but you're also right that congress has a huge component. and as we saw under president obama, who wanted to do the opposite there is only so much a president can do with his pen and his phone through executive order. so there is some congress is saying they want biden to do that. some people are saying that. but he can also, this is as much political as it is policy when we're talking about elections, of course, and so biden can take

strong stances that appeal to the voters who will decide this election, who are worried about immigration. talking about closing the border, hanging the blame on congress for not getting this bipartisan bill that it is worth noting that republicans had initially insisted on, and then voted against through congress. so, policy is as much politics as it is policy and this is something that the president can message and point out, i can do certain things, but republicans in congress were the ones who dropped the ball on this bipartisan immigration bill. >> what should republicans take away from suozzi's victory? >> i think a couple of things. you'll hear a lot of republicans talk about this in terms of what steve kornacki was saying, you got a special election, how much of this is really applicable beyond the bounds of this particular race. i do think it demonstrates there are some potential vulnerabilities on issues where

republicans previously felt they were very strong. namely immigration. this is an issue where we have to see how this unfolds over the next several months. to ashley's point, democrats have an opportunity if they make an argument that maybe runs counter to what people expect democrats to say about the border that could present an opportunity particularly in some swing districts and it could ultimately boost president biden. i think the big question will continue to be to what degree the debate over immigration plays out and then kind of i think secondly the question of how the economy goes between now and the election. if the economy continues to improve and people's impressions of the economy change, that could have an impact on the election as well. but the really big question in my own mind is how applicable are the results from last night to the broader context we see as we enter the fall election cycle later this year. >> do you think all of that political broader context includes, for example, what we

saw at the house with the impeachment of dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas? >> well, there is no question that house republicans to the degree that they want to push forward on immigration, they see the impeachment of the secretary as an opportunity to demonstrate that they're doing something about immigration. we can debate whether that something is productive or not, we can debate whether voters see it as productive or not. but in the absence of broader immigration legislation, which the house had an opportunity to consider in terms of the senate package that was agreed on by republicans and democrats and the alternative, they have nofd moved in a more political direction, in the hopes they can also say they have done something about immigration, but i think the reality is that the senate is going to dispatch with this very quickly and we are going to come back to the basic problem, which is that we do have a situation at the border, where legislation would be helpful and unfortunately house republicans at this point have not indicated an interest in moving the senate, negotiate a

package forward. >> ashley parker and lonnie chen, thank you both for being with us this morning. appreciate it. up next, we're following breaking news, live to washington, d.c. where three police officers have been shot and schools at this hour are on lockdown. plus, why what happens in a georgia courtroom tomorrow could have major implications for the state's election interference case against donald trump. we're back in 60 seconds. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." 60 seconds you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. from pain caused by migraine, nurtec odt may help. it's the only medication that can treat a migraine when it strikes and prevent migraine attacks. treat and prevent, all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. relief is possible. talk to a doctor about nurtec odt. there's nothing better than a subway series footlong. except when you add on an all new footlong sidekick. we're talking a $2 footlong churro.

$3 footlong pretzel and a five dollar footlong cookie. every epic footlong deserves the perfect sidekick. order one with your favorite subway series sub today. fair, freckled, or melanated. we are appreciated. ultra hydrated. glazed and glowing. confidence overflowing. vaseline lotions 90% more moisture for my one-of-a-kind skin. and there's no other skin i want to be in. 16 past the hour. we have breaking news out of washington, d.c. three officers have been shot. right now police are responding to a barricade situation where a suspect continues to fire at officers. here's what we heard from police just in the last hour. >> this remains an active situation and the individual has continued to fire from that location. we're asking everyone to please

stay out of this location until we're able to apprehend the suspect. >> joining us now at the scene in washington for us, nbc's gary grumbach. what's going on as of right now? >> reporter: so this all started, jose, around 8:00 a.m. when metropolitan police joined the humane society in serving an arrest warrant to an individual inside a home about three blocks behind me here. and that's when shots started firing from inside the house toward officers outside. we're told three officers were shot and were injured. one officer also has unrelated minor injuries. they're all transported to a hospital and we're just learning that all three officers that were shot are expected to survive. so that is some good news out of all this. this has residents in the area very much on edge. the schools are on lockdown in the area. we saw students being brought by police officers into the school just behind me here. here's what some parents had to say. >> i'm outraged because my son

goes right here to this school. i was just coming to take him to school and i wasn't able to get through and i'm just, like, i'm just shocked. i'm really shocked. my son goes right here. and this is -- this is ridiculous. >> this is a magnitude of police cars i've never seen in my life. so imagine a person, you know, 7 years old, trying to put it together, it is unfathomable, for real. >> reporter: this is an ongoing active situation. we believe the individual is still barricaded inside the residence about two or three blocks behind me. we'll bring you the latest as we have more. >> thank you very much. keep us posted, really appreciate that. this is turning out to be a pivotal week in the cases against former president donald trump. tomorrow, trump is expected to be in a new york city courtroom for a pretrial hearing in the hush money case against him. he's pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. also tomorrow, the judge overseeing the georgia election

interference case against trump will hold a hearing on misconduct allegations against the to prosecutors leading the case. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney who is now a law professor at the university of alabama, an msnbc legal analyst. what can we expect from tomorrow's hearing in the new york city hush money case? >> reporter: right. what a striking the next 48 hours is going to be for donald trump. after holding a rally later tonight in north charleston, south carolina, he will then fly to manhattan ahead of that hush money payments hearing tomorrow. this is the pretrial hearing that has been on the books. his attorneys presented multiple motions to dismiss the indictment against him in its entirety, all 34 felony counts against him on several technicalities. the a rights had been violated, that the delay that they argue in bringing these c if that is his intention, is the day that this

hush money this trial does star march 25th and if a jury were to find donald trump guilty on any of these 34 felony counts, he could potentially go to the republican convention here this summer with felony convictions next to his name, jose. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you very much. good to see you, my friend. appreciate it. so, joyce, let's talk about that. this new york case tomorrow, what are you looking for there? >> well, this is one of these all or nothing hearings for donald trump. this is where he has filed motions to dismiss the indictment against him if judge marshawn rules against them and it is very likely that he will, then this case is on the trajectory to go to trial in late march.

this is really the last point at which this case could get disrupted. and so we'll know by the end of the week where there will be at least one criminal trial this year for the former president. >> and let's focus now, if we could, on what's going on in georgia. georgia prosecutors potentially facing any legal aspects of -- as a result of tomorrow's hearing? >> right, so, jose, i think this has been poorly understood. fani willis has two potential problems. one is whether she can be disqualified from participating in the prosecution of donald trump. and georgia law would seem to suggest no. at least if the facts are as she has represented them to be in her sworn affidavit. the defense says she may not have been truthful and if that's the case, there may well be repercussions. so that's her participation in the trial. she may have some ethical responsibilities to the county, in terms of how she is selected

and paid nathan wade, the man who she now acknowledged she had a personal relationship with. but those would be issues that would involve her employment, her administrative status. they will not be part of tomorrow's hearing. >> so, what is it that we can expect at this hearing and what are the -- i know you touched on them, what are the possible repercussions for fani willis going forward after tomorrow? >> right. so, the trump allied defendants want to have willis removed from this prosecution. and there is a suggestion under georgia law, by the way, if fani willis is removed, her entire office is disqualified, and that would mean that the case would be reassigned to another georgia district attorney. that would at best slow the case down, at worst, it could derail it. the reality is that georgia law only provides for

disqualification if there is a financial conflict of interest. and willis and wade, they're on the same side of this case. they're both prosecutors. there is no reason that his involvement in the case creates a conflict of interest about the goals of the prosecution and, jose, ironically, michael roman, the defendant who raised these allegations, his lawyers are a married couple who are participating in the case together. a very interesting situation all around. >> indeed it is. joyce vance, thank you for clearing this up. appreciate it. up next, the new and urgent plea to hamas this morning to finalize the hostage deal. we got the latest on negotiations. and late, a major disruption for people who rely on ride share and delivery apps. why thousands of drivers are on strike today. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ay you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

i'm getting vaccinated... ...with pfizer's pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine. so am i. because i'm at risk for pneumococcal pneumonia. i already got a pneumonia vaccine, ...but i'm asking about the added protection of prevnar 20®.

if you're 19 or older with certain chronic conditions... ...like asthma, diabetes, copd, or heart disease,... ...or are 65 or older, you are at increased... ...risk for pneumococcal pneumonia. prevnar 20® is approved in adults... ...to help prevent infections from 20 strains of the bacteria... ...that cause pneumococcal pneumonia. in just one dose. don't get prevnar 20® if you've had a severe... ...allergic reaction to the vaccine or its ingredients. adults with weakened immune systems... ... may have a lower response to the vaccine. the most common side effects were pain and swelling at the injection site,... ... muscle pain, fatigue, headache, and joint pain. i want to be able to keep my plans. i don't want to risk ending up in the hospital with pneumococcal pneumonia. that's why i chose prevnar 20®. ask your doctor or pharmacist about the pfizer vaccine... ...for pneumococcal pneumonia. in san francisco, two people a day are dying from fentanyl. this is a national crisis that demands new strategies. prop f requires single adults receiving

cash assistance to enroll in treatment if they use drugs. i know what it's like to lose family to drug addiction. it's too late for some families. but our city needs to do what's necessary to save lives. pthings have gotten better recently, but too many businesses like mine are still getting broken into. it's time our police officers have access to 21st century tools to prevent and solve more crimes. allow public safety cameras that other bay area police departments have to discourage crime, catch criminals, and increase prosecutions. prop e is a smart step our city can take right now to keep san francisco moving in the right direction. please join me in voting yes on prop e.

27 past the hour. new today, u.s. central command is revealing american forces carried out a new strike yesterday in yemen. officials say they targeted a mobile antiship cruise missile in an area of yemen controlled by iranian-backed houthi rebels. we're also following new developments in the israel-hamas war. no agreement was reached yesterday during cease-fire talks in cairo, the cia director is in the region trying to get some kind of deal. meanwhile, the military released

this video from october of hamas' leader, alleged mastermind, of the october 7th massacres inside a tunnel in gaza days after the assault. nbc news has not verified the location of the video. joining us now, nbc's raf sanchez from tel aviv and former congresswoman jane harman, chair of the bipartisan national defense strategy commission. what are israeli officials saying about this new video from october? >> reporter: so, jose, they're saying this video shows sinwar, the leader of hamas in gaza, fleeing in a tunnel with his family three days after the october 7th attack. israel says they believe he's still somewhere in that vast network of tunnels underneath southern gaza and they're closing in on him. he's the number one target. we went with israeli forces to the city of khan younis in the hometown and they took us deep

into the earth into the hot, damp air of these tunnels into a compound that they said sinwar had recently been staying in, inside that compound, jose, was an improvised cage where israel says it found the dna of three of those hostages who were released back in november. and as we stood in that cage, i asked an israeli general about the hunt for sinwar. take a listen. >> you've been chasing sinwar for four months. why is it you haven't caught him yet? >> we'll catch him. he doesn't care about his people. he's putting his people between him and us. >> reporter: now, israel actually caught sinwar back in 1988, he was sentenced to life in prison on allegations of planning the murder of two israeli soldiers and a former israeli intelligence officer who spent more than 100 miles

interrogaing sinwar told us he used that time to study his enemy. he learned to speak hebrew fluently, he read books about israeli history and leaders. he was released in 2011 as part of a massive prisoner exchange. and he really internalized his israeli officials say the value of hostages as human bargaining chips. >> what do we know about what is going on in rafah today? >> reporter: there is panic, jose. palestinian civilians, some 1.4 million of them have been sheltering in rafah, in the southern end of gaza and israel's military is preparing a plan to move into that city because hamas' remaining battalions are sheltering there. the u.s. has told israel it will not support an attack on rafah without a credible plan to make sure those civilians are out of harm's way.

but the united nations of the humanitarian groups are saying there is simply nowhere for these people to run to at this point. so, our team has seen people knocking down their tents, their improvised shelters, trying to get out of rafah, they say they have no idea where to go that's safe. jose? >> raf sanchez in tel aviv, thank you very much. and congresswoman, i want to focus in on a few of the issues that raff was bringing up. and one of them is what is going on in rafah. the israelis continue to insist that there are many, many hamas operatives, maybe even some of the leadership that is there right now. how does israel, congresswoman, deal with that in a place that is, you know, has a million and a half civilians that have -- many of whom went to rafah because they were getting away from what was going on in northern gaza as told by the israelis. >> well, let me say, first, that

sinwar, the man you were just talking about, was released as part of a hostage deal in exchange for one israeli soldier. gilad shalit. that traumatized israelis about a new hostage deal because that guy was, as everyone alleges, the leader of the october 7th outrage against israel. on rafah, where is the strategy? all these people were told to go south and now they're all south. the human dimensions of this are enormous and now they're told to go somewhere else. he egypt won't let them in because they're afraid of the muslim brotherhood infiltrating these palestinian gazans. i don't know what the strategy is. i understand israel's right to deaf defend itself, but they

have done exemplary work, bill burns is in theater, to try to come up with a hostage deal that would lead to a cease-fire or a cessation of hostilities for six weeks in exchange for getting humanitarian aid in there. other than that, i think things are dire. >> a war is something that is fluid, that, you know, has ebbs and flows. unfortunately civilians are always the ones that suffer, whether there is an ebb or a flow. but if the majority or many of those hamas fighters and leadership actually went down south, as did a million and a half other civilians, what does israel do? do you just say, okay, you guys moved? >> no. >> hands off? >> the options, the short-term options are terrible. there needs to be a long term

strategy and that has been discussed over recent weeks which is a path to a two-state solution with responsible leadership in gaza, and in the palestinian authority, and in israel that supports this idea. if there is hope, this could change. and if there is a temporary cessation of hostilities, and the release of the hostages, and the demilitarization of gaza, with responsible government in charge, this is a way out and it is a way to long-term security for israel. which i think is what the israeli people want and it is surely what the biden administration supports. there needs to be a pluralist democracy in israel, but there also needs to be a palestinian state with responsible leadership, living side by side with israel, with security guarantees for both. >> former congresswoman jane

harman, i always appreciate your time. thank you for being with us this morning. >> happy valentine's day. >> likewise to you. appreciate that. up next, we'll go back to our top story, the house impeaching homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. we'll talk next to congressman jared moskowitz who now says donald trump is speaker of the house. so how can congress get anything done on the border? you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. er you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. s lots of video calls. i see myself more and i definitely see those deeper lines. i'm still kim and i got botox® cosmetic. i wanted to keep the expressions that i would normally have, you know, you're on camera and the only person they can look at is you. i was really happy with the results. i look like me just with fewer lines. botox® cosmetic is fda approved to temporarily make frown lines, crow's feet, and forehead lines look better. the effects of botox® cosmetic may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness

may be a sign of a life-threatening condition. do not receive botox® cosmetic if you have a skin infection. side effects may include allergic reactions, injection site pain, headache, eyebrow, eyelid drooping and eyelid swelling. tell your doctor about your medical history, muscle or nerve conditions, and medications, including botulinum toxins, as these may increase the risk of serious side effects. see for yourself at botoxcosmetic.com. breathing claritin clear is like... (♪♪) is he? confidently walking 8 long haired dogs and living as if he doesn't have allergies? yeah. fast relief of your worst allergy symptoms, like nasal congestion. gwen: hi, we've both got a big birthday coming up. so we have a lot of questions wabout medicare plans., anne: we've got a lot of answers. how can i help? fran: well for starters, do you include hearing benefits? anne: how about a plan with dental, vision and hearing benefits? gwen: i sure like the sound of that! anne: then how does a zero dollar monthly plan premium sound? gwen & fran: ooooooooh! [laughs] avo: if you're new to medicare, call 1-888-65-aetna.

we'll walk you through all your coverage and benefit options to help find the right plan for you. - so this is pickleball? - pickle! ah, these guys are intense. with e*trade from morgan stanley, we're ready for whatever gets served up. dude, you gotta work on your trash talk. i'd rather work on saving for retirement. or college, since you like to get schooled. that's a pretty good burn, right? this is the greatest sleep innovation ever created. (♪♪) it's the patented gelflex grid inside every purple mattress. only purple passes the raw egg test because only purple cradles your body and simultaneously supports it. memory foam doesn't come close. purple conforms to relieve pressure from hips and shoulders while supporting your spine and instantly adapts no matter your position. sleep on a purple risk-free for 100 nights. save up to $800 during our president's day sale. visit purple.com or a store near you.

growing up, my parents wanted me to become save up to $800 during our president's day sale. a doctor or an engineer. those are good careers! but i chose a different path. first, as mayor and then in the legislature. i enshrined abortion rights in our california constitution. in the face of trump, i strengthened hate crime laws and lowered the costs for the middle class. now i'm running to bring the fight to congress. you were always stubborn. and on that note, i'm evan low, and i approve this message. you want to see who we are as americans? i'm peter dixon and in kenya... we built a hospital that provides maternal care. as a marine... we fought against the taliban and their crimes against women.

and in hillary clinton's state department... we took on gender-based violence in the congo. now extremists are banning abortion and contraception right here at home. so, i'm running for congress to help stop them. for your family... and mine. i approved this message because this is who we are. 39 past the hour. we're returning to one of our top stories this morning, the republican led house moved last night to impeach alejandro mayorkas, accusing him of willful and systematic refusal to comply with the law and breach of public trust over his handling of the situation at the southern border. with us now to talk about this and more, democratic florida congressman jared moskowitz, who

sits on the foreign affairs and oversight committees. great to see you. thank you for being with us today. i want to start our conversation with your reaction to the impeachment of mayorkas. >> well, congratulations to my colleagues across the aisle, they continue their historic run here in the 118th congress where they removed the speaker, which had never been done in american history, and now they impeached the cabinet secretary by one vote and they had to do it the night before the election because they knew they would lose a congressional seat, but impeached a cabinet secretary, even though he committed no high crimes or misdemeanors or treason or anything enumerated in the constitution. so congrats to them on this streak of just winning. we're so tired of winning in the 118th congress over here. they have accomplished absolutely nothing. they walked away from the border deal which would have secured the border. speaker trump told them not to

do it. i call him speaker trump because he's running this place. i see mike johnson masquerading as the speaker, but donald trump is the speaker of the house. they walked away from the border deal. mayorkas is still going to be the secretary of homeland security. the senate is not going to do anything with this. this was a whole thing about -- a whole show about nothing, which is what the 118th congress has been more chaos, and the only thing that he has to do is edit his wikipedia page and put in there he was impeached by the 118th congress. >> let's talk about the border bill. it is dead. it is not going to happen. how do you deal with a humanitarian crisis at the border and throughout our country? >> well, i think we have to be honest. which is, look, republicans have been talking about the border for a while now. i give them create for that. and then democrats joined them at the table to try to make a deal. let's remember, go back real

quick, 90-day history here they said we're not going to help ukraine, we're not going to help israel if we don't secure or border at home. democrats say, okay, no problem. we sat the table with them. the senate came up, three months, they come up with the most conservative border deal we have seen in a generation. then all of a sudden, my republican colleagues are, like, holy cow, we got a deal. what are we going to do? and then they're, like, if we solve the issue, we can't use it as an election issue here and politics as usual in washington, d.c. now with a one-man party being able to kill a bill that would have secured the border, would have limited fentanyl from coming into the country, would have ended catch and release, would have done these things that republicans cry for every single day. what do we do? we got to talk about it. i'd like to say we're going to pass this lovely beautiful bill in congress. we have no idea what is geegoino happen. this place is barely functioning. they got a two-vote majority. and so we don't know what zboe

is going to happen. we should be doing what the american people asked us to do and sent us here to do, to make sure that we're improving the economy, making things less expensive for the american people, and that we're protecting our allies and friends around the world and right now my colleagues in congress are doing none of these things. too busy doing grievance politics. >> let's turn to the situation in the middle east. it has been 130 days since the october 7th massacre, 110 days since israel went into gaza, tens of thousands of people have been killed, more than a million civilians forced to flee their homes. what do you see and what do you want to see happen there? >> well, what i want to see is i want to see the hostages released, and a prolonged cease-fire in exchange for the release of all of the hostages. that's what i think everyone wants to see now. but until hamas is willing to return the hostages, israel

needs to continue with the war to eliminate hamas from the gaza strip. and free the palestinian people from hamas quite frankly. so that's what i think we need to see now is we need to see hamas release the hostages. i also think hamas should surrender. if you want the war to end tomorrow, you want a full cease-fire for eternity, hamas needs to surrender. there is no scenario in which hamas is going to continue to be the governing authority in the gaza strip. i also think we need to work to figure out how to get more humanitarian aid in to the innocent civilians in the gaza strip. they're caught in the middle. hamas put them in great jeopardy by the atrocities they committed on october 7th. and used them as human shields and propaganda and expendable. don't listen to me, listen to the hamas leaders who have said that. i think we need the approach with humanitarian aid and hostages released for a

prolonged cease-fire. >> todaymarks six years since a gunman opened fire at a hospital in florida, you've graduated from that school, you have led tours of the building for members of both parties. think about what your thoughts are on a day like this. >> well, i mean, it still feels like yesterday when i arrived at the school, couple hours after the shooting and were with the families, you know, in a ballroom, where families were separated by a partition when law enforcement and the fbi came in and told them, you know, where their kid was or where their husband was or family member was and i didn't hear crying, i heard screaming. it still haunts me. my own 4-year-old son was put into a closet at the time, the teacher that put him into a closet was jen guttenburg, fred guttenberg's wife. she was teaching my son how to write, her daughter jamie was

killed. all they did wrong was send their kid to school. the parents didn't do anything wrong by sending their kid to school. that is an indictment on elected officials who before february 14th failed to protect kids at school. thankfully in florida, in the three weeks in the aftermath, democrats, republicans came together and passed monumental gun violence prevention. championed by majority of republicans, raising the age to 21, red flag laws, signed by rick scott, became a u.s. senator. we did the right thing of that. we continue to see these things happening all over the country. the same thing that happened in parkland happened at uvalde. parents when they put their kids to bed at night turn to this place, the halls of congress, to try do what we can to keep their kids safe in school or movie theater, church, synagogue. we're failing those parents and family members. so what i'm thinking about today

is the empty chairs at the dinner tables, the empty rooms at the homes and the families who are visiting their kids or their spouse at a cemetery all day today. >> jared moskowitz, thank you for being with us today. i appreciate it. >> thanks, jose. i want to as we go to break just show this image. the 17 innocent victims of the massacre, six years ago today. take a look at the faces. read the names. we'll be right back. names we'll be right back. illinois. i'm not an actor. i'm just a regular person. some people say, "why should i take prevagen? i don't have a problem with my memory." memory loss is, is not something that occurs overnight. i started noticing subtle lapses in memory. i want people to know that prevagen has worked for me. it's helped my memory. it's helped my cognitive qualities. give it a try. i want it to help you just like it has helped me. prevagen. at stores everywhere without a prescription.

(rachel) i live with a broken phone i can't trade in. (female friend) okay, that's dramatic. a better plan is verizon... (rachel) oh yeah, lets go! (vo) save up to $1800! new and existing customers can trade in any samsung phone for a new galaxy s24+, watch and tablet, all on us! only on verizon. a few years ago, i came to saona, they told me there's no electricity on the island. we always thought that whatever we did here would be an emblem of what small communities can achieve. trying to give a better life to people that don't have the means to do it. si mi papá estuviera vivo, sé que él tuviera orgulloso también de vivir de esta viviendo una vida como la que estamos viviendo ahora. es electricidad aquí es salud.

sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte™. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression. and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common. call your doctor about sudden mood changes, behaviors, or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants may increase these risks in young adults. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. report fever, confusion, stiff or uncontrollable muscle movements which may be life threatening or permanent. these aren't all the serious side effects. caplyta can help you let in the lyte™. ask your doctor about caplyta.

find savings and support at caplyta.com 50 past the hour. new numbers from u.s. customs and border protection show migrant encounters felt 34% from the record number in december. now there has been an increase in migrant encounters in arizona and california. joining us now, nbc's david noriega in san diego and correspondent julia ainsley. david, what's the latest? we are talking about men, women and children willing to make the most dangerous trek to get to the united states. >> reporter: yeah. i want to show you what's happening right now currently behind me on the other side of this fence. we have a group of i want to say

about 20, 25 migrants. the vast majority are from ecuador. they are being processed by, from what i can tell, two border patrol agents who are taking them into custody. they are being patted down. their belongings are being searched. they are about to be taken into custody where they will enter in many cases -- not all cases but many cases will enter the legal asylum process. this is very similar to what we saw here in this same place yesterday. a lot of these people were here overnight. they spent the night here outdoors. it got very cold here last night, almost into the 30s. there were volunteers here giving them blankets, hot drinks, food, water. those volunteers say that's a job the border patrol should be doing, not them. they are here doing it. here is what i have been thinking about in the last couple days. san diego where we are is the origin point of the modern era of immigration enforcement. this is the first place the u.s. built border walls like this that they invested heavily into

significantly increasing the ranks of the border patrol, invested into high-tech surveillance technology, all of the things we associate with border enforcement. that entire regime was designed around stopping the kinds of immigration happening at the time, in the '90s, which was mostly mexican men intending to sneak into the country undetected for work primarily. that system of border enforcement is now effectively obsolete because of what we have now is something completely different. it's what you see behind me. it's people leaving situations of in this case mostly ecuadorians leaving intense violence, threats to their lives, businesses, looking to turn themselves into the border patrol in order to enter the asylum process. it's a form of migration that is impervious to fences,barbed wire and border agents. it happens to be taking place

right now. >> david, to think that just in doing rough numbers, as you were speaking, from ecuador -- i'm thinking we are talking 3,500 miles. think about that for a minute. david, thank you. julia, we have seen an unprecedented number of arrivals. officials are concerned about their budget. >> reporter: that's right. those mumnumbers did fall. they are expected to rise again. dhs officials are look at more than a $500 million deficit for i.c.e. they will start cutting in key areas by may. they are looking at what those areas might be. "washington post" this morning reporting that one area they are considering could be detention. they could have to do mass releases from i.c.e. detention. this is all because they didn't get the money they wanted in that supplemental. if they continue to be funded at current levels, which is what most likely under a continuing

resolution that would be decided upon in the next few weeks, fw they don't get more money, they have to start cutting. dhs has pulled from other areas. what i'm told is there is not a lot of fat left to trim. thank you so very much. up next, why thousands of uber, lyft and doordash drivers are on strike. you are watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. m. . don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion and stomach pain. now i'm in control. with nurtec odt i can treat a migraine attack and prevent one. talk to your doctor about nurtec today. (christina) with verizon business unlimited, talk to your doctor i get 5g, truly unlimited data, and unlimited hotspot data.

so, no matter what, i'm running this kitchen. (vo) make the switch. it's your business. it's your verizon. feeling claritin clear is like... ♪♪ is she? playing with the confidence of a pro and getting all up in that grass as if she doesn't have allergies? yeah. is it possible to count on my internet as if she doesn't like my customers count on me? it is with comcast business. keeping you up and running with 99.9% network reliability. and security that helps outsmart threats to your data. moaire dida twoo? your data, too. there's even round-the- clock customer support. so you can be there for your customers. hey billy, how you doin? with comcast business, reliability isn't just possible. thanks. it's happening. get started for $49.99 a month. plus, ask how to get up to a $1000 prepaid card with a qualifying internet package. don't wait, call and switch today!

56 past the hour. right now, thousands of drivers for uber, lyft and doordash are on strike demanding fair wages. steven, good morning. what are drivers telling you? >> the group justice for app workers are organizing at airports in ten major cities across the country asking for, as you might expect, higher

wages. the plan is for the striking drivers to not accept riders from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., specifically to and from airports. they are hoping that will get the companies' attention. the drivers we talked to today saying that they are just having trouble making ends meet. they say they are not seeing any of that. here is more of what they had to say. >> most of the drivers, they have the perception as if it's a modern day slavery. since they are caught up in this web, they don't know what to do. since they are new in the country. how expensive things are here. they are feeding family here and back home as well. they are not making anything. >> we are bleeding right now. i make $80 all day yesterday working. monday, $42 all day. how am i going to pay my rent?

>> they want a right to unionize. we heard from uber and lyft. they both say that they are listening to their drivers and trying to improve the driver experience. uber is saying that these demonstrations rarely have any affect on driver availability or the prices of the rides. >> thank you very much. before we go, the victory parade for the kansas city chiefs gets underway to celebrate their super bowl win. they are expecting 1 million fans to come out to this celebration. the entire team, including kelce and maholmes are expected. no news as of this moment if there will be other celebrity guests that maybe have albums coming out or anything like that.

coming out or anything like that.

a big celebration expected today. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on social media. you can watch clips online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the house on fire. republicans impeach homeland security secretary mayorkas on its second try by one vote over a policy dispute. no evidence of wrongdoing. the immigration issue driving democrats to a special election victory in new york, flipping a seat in long island held by george santos. craig melvin's one on one with nikki haley, hitting back at donald trump. he