welcome back, everything. it's 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm yasmin vossoughian in for josé diaz-balart. right now the united nations top court holding historic earings in real estate just as potential cease fire agreements between israel and hamas hit a major

roadblock. plus, the widow of alexei navalny, putin's fiercest critic is accusing the kremlin of hiding his body to cover up his murder as the kremlin denies putin's involvement in his death. former president donald trump takes his legal losses to the court of public opinion, promiing to the appeal the fine in the new york civil fraud case, what that could look like. and dangerous weather taking aim on the west coast, 35 million people under flood alerts. we're going to have a live look at that forecast. hey, everybody, good to see you. we're going to begin with new developments in the israel-hamas war. this morning the international court of justice began day one of six, historic public hearings into israel's nearly six decade long occupation of palestinian territories. the hearing is happening before the same court that last month ordered israel to prevent its forces from committing a genocide in gaza. it's coming as efforts towards a new cease fire appear to stall

after israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu called hamas's demands, quote, delusional and netanyahu now says he will not call off israel' plans to invade the city of rafa where 1.4 million people have fled for safety. israel says rafa will be invaded unless hamas releases all remaining hostages by the start of the muslim holy month of ramadan. we want to bring in for the very latest from jerusalem, molly hunter. good to talk to you, give us the latest where things stand right now. >> reporter: good to be with you. last week it really felt like a race between a possible cease fire deal that not only would pause all of the fighting but also see the release of the hostages in a phased-out deal and that threatened ground incursion to rafa. israeli officials are making it seem much more inevitable they

will go into rafah with a ground incursion. the qatari prime minister speaking over the week in munich said they're not very promising. as far as what we've heard from israeli officials about rafah, benny gantz was speaking to american jewish lead e. not the final word, a member of the war cabinet for the first time laid out a possible israeli time line. he talked about that march 10th date. that is the estimated first day of the ramadan of the muslim holy month of ramadan. prime minister netanyahu spoke about it over the weekend, and he said he vowed to finish the job cease fire or not. now, last week, u.s. president biden warned publicly that the u.s. would not support an incursion like this unless israel -- unless the israeli military presented a plan to safeguard the 1.4 million displaced palestinians who were in that southern city. and over the weekend, vice president kamala harris speaking to our andrea mitchell did the same. we have not seen a plan from the israeli military, and just to kind of update you on the

humanitarian situation in rafa, not a lot has changed in the last couple of days, yasmin. 1.4 million people, conditions are horrific. we are hearing kind of a growing, louder alarm from international aid agencies who say the humanitarian situation there is catastrophic. the w.h.o. says that field hospitals really cannot -- are overwhelmed, cannot cater to the massive need in rafah right now, and then starvation, we have been talking about that a lot. the wfp now warning -- this is a new warning, one in four people in gaza are suffering acute food insecurity and half a million face famine by may if fighting does not cease. rafah is ground zero for some of the worst suffering we're seeing. >> molly hunter for us, we're going to break this down in a moment. we want to talk about russia and ukraine as well. the russian opposition leader,

alexei navalny accusing russia of killing her husband. yulia vowing to continue her late husband's work. she said we know why exactly putin killed alexithree days ago. we will tell you about it soon. we will definitely find out who exactly and how exactly committed this crime. we will call their names and show their faces. the investigation is being carried out. all due actions are being taken but no results of this investigation have been published so far. they are not known yet. in ukraine, russian forces have retaken a key city in eastern ukraine. i want to bring in now from ukraine nbc's richard engel to talk more about this. i want to talk first, richard, if we can about the killing of alexei navalny, the death of alexei navalny, and then i want to talk a little bit about the advances that russian forces have made on the battlefield in light of all of this. so talk to me first about what we're hearing from navalny's

team. >> so we heard this statement from yulia navalny. she went to youtube which was a platform that alek si navalny had used extensively quite effectively. youtube was what really put him on the map. he started with an anticorruption video blog in which he would put out videos, some highly produced drone videos taken at great risk inside russia showing the mega mansions of russia's elite, including vladimir putin, his inner circle and showing their yachts, showing what he described as their lavish lifestyles and ill gotten gains. now we saw yulia on youtube strongly suggesting that she's going to take up this opposition mantle. she said that half of her heart died with her husband, that russia killed half of her soul, but that the other half wants to

continue on his mission, his life's work, and she made these statements. this somewhat intimidating statement if you're in russia, that they're not over. they're looking into this and they have investigators working on this case to try and figure out who from their point of view assassinated alexei navalny, and she believes he was potentially poisoned, possibly again with novichok, which was a nerve agent. he was poisoned with novichok according to german officials in 2020, when he then returned in 2021 to russia, ended up in prison. and that according to yulia is the reason why russian officials are holding on to the body and won't release it, won't release it to the family, and when the family members including navalny's mother went to a morgue not far are from this penal colony where he died in siberia, she was turned away.

she and a lawyer say they were forcibly removed from the building. another member of navalny's camp believes that the government's intention is to hold the body for 14 days in order to allow any traces of poison, any suspicion to move on. the government says that these claims are outrageous, obnoxious was the word that one russian government official described -- used to describe these accusations that navalny was assassinated. >> we're seeing some battlefield gains for russia. the president just spoke on the south lawn. he put alexei navalny's death on russian president vladimir putin, but he's saying the battlefield gains we've seen from russia is on congress because they have to pass an aid package for the ukrainian military. what are we hearing from that perspective? >> reporter: we hear the same thing out here in eastern ukraine. they absolutely believe that it

is on congress, and they -- they're fighting here, fighting in the trenches throughout this area where we are in eastern ukraine. it's highly militarized. there's almost -- there's some local people still living in the area, but a lot of them have evacuated because of the incoming fire and heavy russian shelling over the last two years, and russians have been making advances in this area. all the more reason for ordinary civilians to leave, but soldiers who are here, the civilians who are still around all say that they need more support and that they need more support from the united states in particular. they need more weapons, more ammunition, they are out gunned, out manned. these are proud fighters. these are people p who want to defend themselves. they have not asked even once for extra troops, extra manpower, but they are dependent on weapons supplies, particularly advanced weapons,

long range weapons, and they say without them, they are barely able to hold on to the territory they have now, let alone attack russian troops and go on the offensive, and recently this weekend, russian troops who just on the opposite side of the spectrum, they have been resupplied from iran. they've been resupplied from north korea. they have been making advances, and they took the small city of devka over the weekend and it was the first significant advance in a year. >> appreciate it. i want to bring in rick stengel, former under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs under former president obama and an msnbc political analyst. thanks for joining us on this. let me first get your reaction to the killing of alexei navalny. >> well, yasmin, it's just appalling. here's a head of state who is murdering his main opposition.

i think the one thing that americans need to be aware of is just the colossal, almost super human courage that navalny demonstrated in being an opposition figure, putin's primary opposition figure in russia. he was the one person who helped organize those demonstrations all around russia and moscow and all around measure in 2012 and 2013 where putin actually felt that his dictatorship was threatened, and i think, you know, even when we look at our own thought politics at home, people have to realize that abroad when people are in opposition against vladimir putin, it takes a colossal amount of courage and navalny demonstrated that. it's very sad what happened. i really was encouraged by navalny's widow stepping up saying she will carry the torch on for him. the russian opposition needs a figure to look up to, and she's demonstrating extraordinary courage too. >> it's interesting, i look at

the video of alexei navalny when he was arriving back in moscow after he was poisoned from novichok and recovered. he was on the bus being brought from his plane to the terminal and he was rearrested, if he knew at that point his destiny, knowing how russian president vladimir putin reacts to opposition. >> well, yasmin, i think he did know his destiny at that point. one of the things he said in that fantastic oscar winning documentary that follows that situation is he said that when i am killed by the party in power and vladimir putin, then in a way my power is at its greatest. then you know that i really threatened them and then people have to come to the ramparts and protest as well. can we talk about sanctions. we've talked about sanctions when it comes to iran, and we could argue all day about

whether or not sanctions actually work or not when it comes to these more corrupt government systems, right? and the president was just asked about sanctions on the south lawn earlier today if he was thinking about more sanctions against russia in the wake of the killing of -- or the death of alexei navalny. he said we're considering it. do you think it's going to make a difference if they level more sanctions against russia in light of this death? >> i don't think it's a bad idea to continue the sanctions and tighten them. i mean, in this case they would probably be more surgical around putin's inner core of these oligarchs that navalny showed their yachts. one of the things we've seen with the international sanctions particularly against the oil trade is that china has violated those sanctions. china continues to buy russian oil. iran violates those sanctions. so russia has found markets for

its products, and it's pretty much hard to kind of tighten it in a way that they can't do that. so i'm all for more sanctions, but to think that they will be the most critical element in stopping russian aggression at home and abroad is not really true. >> do you think this is going to spur congress for more aid to ukraine as we're seeing russian president vladimir putin kind of acting with impunity, retaking or taking over key cities in light of this killing? >> i would hope it would act as a stimulus to those people that won't bring up the bill that republican party members who were voting against it who enhave shown sympathy for vladimir putin, we've seen what he has done abroad, invading a nation. now we see what he does inside russia. he's a person that needs to be stopped in any way, shape, or form we can. coming up next, everybody.

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about this, "new york times" investigative reporter suzanne craig who has spent years looking into donald trump's financials and dave aronberg, state attorney for palm beach county, florida. welcome to you both. sue, what does the former president have to secure here for this appeal? by the way, not only for this because we talked about an appeals bond he had to secure for e. jean carroll which i don't know he's secured as of yet. >> right, there's the large number that we know about the 83.3 million that happened in recent weeks, and then there was a separate number from e. jean carroll from another trial, and that was $5 million, and he has posted that. but on this most recent one, the very large one, the $370 million plus with interest, it's going to go much higher. he either in a matter of weeks has to put up the cash for it in order to appeal, and he's indicated that he wants to appeal, or he has to get an appeal bond.

and that looks like he's going to have to find a company that's willing to underwrite that. they're risky, but there are companies that do it. they're in the business of doing it. for that he's got to put up hard assets equal to that amount plus a little bit more. >> so when you talk about hard assets, i talked a lot on friday because i was standing outside of trump tower, the value of trump tower, right? it seems as if from all estimations he could possibly walk away with 60 million or so from trump tower if he were to sell it off. which could mainly make logical sense. he doesn't spend much time here in new york city at all. i was taking a look at the value of truth social these days and his interest in truth social. i think it's valued now at $4 billion. is there a possibility he could look into selling off his interest in truth social to make up for this money? >> well, truth social's interesting, and i think first, though, we should just -- we don't know how much cash he has on hand. i think that's just a good thing

to say upfront. there's been filings that were presented in the attorney general's case that was recently decided, you know, documents that they got in the course of discovery in that case, that indicated about a year ago you're seeing that he had maybe 300 million. he said 400 million. i don't necessarily -- we don't know, i don't doubt those amounts just given some of the paperwork we've seen. in the interim he could have taken out a lot of cash. we don't know how much cash he has on hand. in addition to trump tower, he does have other assets that he could potentially pledge, and i know that they're looking now at doing this potential appeal bond. but you mentioned truth social, and it's interesting. that is of course his social media company, and it has been losing money. it's kind of this fledgling company, but it was recently green lighted by the securities and exchange commission to merge with a public company that does have some money and his share in that, just based on the shares

trading of that public company, are worth about $4 billion. it's a big number, but it's paper money right now. he's got -- his shares are locked up until at least the fall. >> wow. >> and we don't know what the company will be trading at then, and of course if he does go ahead and sell, it would be pretty devastating to the company. it would be a large percentage of the company that he would have to sell. but of course the proceeds of that sale would be subject to taxation, whatever it is. so it's a hypothetical 4 billion. it is not to say it's nothing. we just don't know what that company would be valued at on the day he could sell it. i would imagine anybody that would be looking, any company that would be looking to the appeal bond would not want that as security just because there's a lot -- there's just a lot of ifs to get to that 4 billion. >> that's not necessarily something he can offer as collateral. as we look through this appeals process, he's going to

be accring more interest the entire time. every day that passes, he owes more money, which does not work to his benefit necessarily. is there anything that you think that the trump team can prove here in this appeal possibly that would maybe reduce what he owes. >> yasmin, i think this verdict is pretty airtight because judge engoron meticulously went through every reason why he ruled the way he ruled, and he gave trump a lot of leeway at trail. he even let trump give part of his closing argument and sat by as trump lit into him, just attacked him pretty ferociously. no other judge would have done that. he wanted to assure this verdict would stay on appeal. at present it is about $450 million if you include the interest. even if it gets brought down some, i don't think it's going to get brought down that much. it's still a real hit in his pocketbook. he's going to have to sell a lot of those gold sneakers with red

soles to pay this off. >> he has sold a lot of them though. just got to put that out there, giving credit to those gold sneakers. dave aronberg, thank you. suzanne craig, thank you as well. up next, everybody, a moving tribute at a texas mega church, one week after a shooter opened fire at a sunday service. plus, more extreme weather headed for the west coast. the new system that could bring flooding and mudslides to an area already drenched with rain this year. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports." we'll be right back. rts. we'll be right back. want luxury hair repair that doesn't cost $50? pantene's pro-vitamin formula repairs hair.

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welcome back. happening now, 35 million people are under flood alerts after an atmospheric river lashes california. heavy snow in the mountains as well. the national weather service warning of tornados, hail, gusting winds from thunderstorms, officials have issued evacuation orders in parts of southern california. take a look at this, by the way. mudslides triggered by the rain. wow, look at that, uprooting trees, sending them tumbling into the highway. i want to bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins. a lot of startling images. walk us through what can be expected. >> it's a long duration storm, yasmin. last night was kind of the heart of it. kind of like the bulk of the heaviest rain. it's going to rain on and off. ending wednesday morning. we say atmospheric river, we're

picturing a river in the atmosphere of a lot of moisture. you can see that on the satellite. that was this that came in overnight and now is shifting into areas over los angeles. behind that, the storm is still sitting here spinning unlike previous storms that came in and moved out, this one's just going to linger and weaken. here's what we're dealing with currently. you mentioned the 35 million people under flood alerts from san diego to northern california. it's also pretty windy in northern california. not like the last storm where we had like hundreds of thousands of people without power. we'll probably have thousands. we do have high elevation snow out of this. the worst of it now currently, we do have flash flood warnings. this is santa barbara here. this is the santa monica area, oxnard. this is los angeles. you can see the heavy rainfall north of the 405. when it gets into the hills and the ground is saturated from our wet winter, that's where we get concerned with the mudslides, debris flows, rock slides. this flood warning goes, this is from thousand oaks to glendale

north of santa monica here in the mountains. as we mentioned, maybe another 1 to 2 inches in the next couple of days. the worst of it is now and scattered storms the rest of the week. >> thanks for keeping us updated on that. appreciate it. we want to go to houston and an emotional sunday service at pas tor joel osteen's megachurch. the shooter was killed and two others were wounded including the shooter's son. >> reporter: this was an incredibly emotional service that included a standing ovation for law enforcement, prayers for the family of the shooter and a message about faith and fear. tears of gratitude filling the sanctuary at houston's lakewood church sunday. >> a week ago, lord, pushing back forces of darkness that your angels were here protecting us. >> reporter: just one week after a shooter walked into the mega church with her 7-year-old son

and an assault rifle and opened fire. an emotional pastor joel osteen honoring the church's security team and the two off duty officers who fired back. >> these are heroes, courage rose up in them. they fought fear, and they saved us all. >> reporter: and helped congregants feel safe to return. >> it could have been so much worse. god's protection was there. didn't feel any hesitation. >> reporter: the shooter, a 36-year-old woman was killed. records show she had a history of mental illness and that authorities had confiscated guns from her several times before. >> that's the problem in our nation. those individuals who are suffering from mental illness to let's get together and let's do common sense legislation on gun laws. >> reporter: police have not given a motive but said a dispute between the shooter and her ex-husband's family may be related. police say her son was shot in

the head and remains hospitalized in critical condition. the boy's paternal grandmother writing on social media, he's clinging to life after doctors removed a portion of his skull. osteen also encouraging his congregants to remain faithful and fearless. >> this is a time to shine brighter than ever. to share more hope, to dig down deep and say we will not fear for our god is stronger. >> reporter: and as for the investigation, police say it remains ongoing and that they do intend to release body cam footage from this incident in the coming days. and a bit of good news here, we are told that the other victim, a 47-year-old man whose leg was attendance at yesterday's service, and we are told that he is walking and doing well. >> that's some great news, thank you. cing up next, a new push from rashida tlaib.

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in a video posted on x, talib called for michigan democrats to vote against the president in the primary, which is on tuesday. >> right now we feel completely neglected and just unseen by our government. if you want us to be louder, then come here and vote uncommitted. >> i want to bring in now mona sharon, policy editor of the bulwark, a nationally syndicated columnist and host of the bulwark's beg to difference podcast. and victoria defrancesco soto, an msnbc political analyst. mona, start us off, if you will. i think it's interesting in asking the voters to vote uncommitted in michigan. there's a difference in doing that, right, than saying don't vote for joe biden in november. this is trying to send a message, it seems, to the president and to his administration with their policy decisions when it comes to

israel-hamas war. >> yeah, they're trying to send a message, but it's very difficult in the current environment, and this is something that applies to people who sympathize with the palestinians and it applies to many other voters looking ahead to 2024. what people have to grapple with and i think many americans haven't yet really glommed onto the fact that it really is going to be either biden or trump, is that anything that you do that weakens biden strengthens trump at this point. that's where we are. and so she feels very strongly and she's suggesting that, you know, voters should vote noncommitted, but look, i mean, that will potentially have an impact in a state that is crucial in 2024 and that is very close as a swing state. >> critical, victoria in 2024, you look back at 2016, clinton lost michigan by a very small margin. you look at the, for instance,

muslim american electorate in michigan, i believe 200,000 voters make up that electorate in michigan. in 2,020,146,000 of them turned out. their turnout is integral. this call by the congresswoman is incredibly serious. in states such as michigan where you win elections with razor thin margins, you cannot afford to alienate any of your care constituencies. arab americans being one of those core constituencies. that is serious, hard stop, but then you start adding that on to other mounting issues in the democratic party. namely the growing concerns about president biden's age, not from folks outside of the democratic party, but folks from within the democratic party. most recently, we saw a piece by

ezra klein in "the new york times" really talking through why his candidacy is so weak. so it's not just the criticism of the congresswoman on its own and you add that to other things. as a said note, we're starting to see latinos also starting to show indications that they're not as strongly democratic as they have been in the past. >> it's interesting mona, folks have to grapple with reality that this is a trump biden matchup. i want to wring up this monmouth university poll talking about their mental and physical stamina. 51% of voters it seems are showing they are not confident in donald trump's physical and mental stamina. 32% not confident in biden's physical and mental stamina, and this is likely the reality for

2024 is confident, sorry i should say in their physical and mental stamina. what i find interesting is as i spoke to voters on the trail over the last couple of weeks, many of them say to me, well -- and these are folks that are voting for joe biden. i'm going to be voting for joe biden, that's if he's the candidate, as if they're not dealing with the reality that he is running for re-election. he has made clear he is running for re-election. >> yes, but he's doing it in a very non-energetic fashion. for example, turning down the super bowl interview. it is worrying. over the weekend you had a bunch of biden supporters, surrogates come out on the sunday shows and vouch for biden's sharpness and competition, but you know, that's not going to cut it. it needs to be -- the only person who can allay fears that the voters have about biden's ability to do the job for another four years is biden

himself. and if his handlers in the white house are too afraid, excuse me, to let him go out and speak, that is really worrisome. he needs to be out there showing people that, yes, he is physically frail, yes, he shuffles when he walks, but his brain is still good, and only he can do that. >> i want to bring up this poll and be clear about what it said. 51% of voters are confident in donald trump's mental and physical stamina and 32 are confident in biden's physical and mental stamina. coming up next, everybody, ripple effects how idaho's abortion regulations are impacting the number of providers in the state and the quality of health care for prnlt pregnant patients. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports." i'll be right back. "josé diaz-balart reports.

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welcome back, new reporting this morning about the impact idaho's abortion ban is having on health care in the state. idaho is one of 21 states that has either banned or restricted the procedure. the court has allowed idaho to enforce its ban even in medical emergencies. and now some of idaho's medical community, they're considering leaving heading for states where they can practice medicine without fear of legal repercussions from abortion laws. i want to bring in msnbc's

daniella pierre bravo. talk to us about this piece and what the health care workers are telling you about the situation on the ground. >> yeah, so idaho is already a mostly rural state and it ranks high on the list of maternal health deserts in the country. now two years after roe was overturned, retention. >> jennifer atkins was expecting her second child when a 12-week ultrasound revealed severe complications in her pregnancy. her doctor said her baby had turner syndrome, a rare condition that can often end in miscarriage. >> they said it could take days to miscarry. it could take weeks to miscarry and in the meantime, your bloop could continue to deteriorate and get higher and higher. we're all very concerned about the risk. >> jennifer and her family decided not to take that risk.

they traveled 400 miles from their home state of idaho, a state with a near total abortion ban to oregon in order to terminate her pregnancy. now she's in the midst of a lawsuit with three other women against the state of idaho arguing that despite facing severe pregnancy complications, they were denied necessary and potentially life saving obstetric care. the lawsuit, which also includes two physicians, says the state's current abortion bans and its exceptions have sewn confusion and fear among the medical community, making it nearly impossible for doctors to provide care in the minimal i think that's really scary for providers. >> reporter: dr. lauren colson who represents a network of health care professionals in idaho said restrictions on abortion care are taking a toll on those who fear repercussions of the law. >> we're all worried about that pregnant person showing up in the er destabilizing in front of us and we can't do anything about until they are literally dying. >> that worry among doctors is causing many to flee the state.

a new report by the idaho physician well being collaborative estimates since august of 2022, idaho has lost more than 20% of its obstetricians. maternal fetal medicine obstetricians who handle high risk pregnancies have gone down by 55%. there are less than five left in the state. rory cole, a fourth year medical school in idaho is having difficulty deciding whether to choose a residency program in the state saying the strict abortion laws are discouraging her from staying. >> as more people leave the state, as more doctors leave the tate, as more residents decide not to stay here, as pursue training here, that the outlook of health care for that population, for idahoans is more challenging. >> there's been a big push to continue to train family physicians, with family docs being more inclined to leave the state, leave these rural communities. that's going to leave a lot of places without primary care, as well.

>> reporter: unfilled roles that have affected regular care for pregnant mothers. dr. frank johnson, chief medical officer for st. luke's, the largest medical group in idaho, told me mothers have to travel hours just to find available doctors. he shared the case of one pregnant mother who suffered blood loss but couldn't get care close to home. >> they had to go somewhere else to find that care and during that period of travel, things went awry, and that -- that baby was lost, unfortunately. whether the fetus could have been saved with earlier care i don't know, but certainly the complications to the mom were greater because of that delay that she had to go through with travel. >> reporter: during our interview, jennifer adkins shared that access to regular maternal care is something she's now worried about now that she's pregnant again. and in the last two years two hospitals have closed in idaho. and nbc obtained a letter sent to employees stating that another women's clinic in

caldwell, idaho, is set to close its doors in april. >> it's interesting because as we talked about crippling economying and brain drain, people leaving countries because they wanted more opportunity elsewhere, it seems like we're going to be seeing the same thing in desert states when it comes to abortion laws. good doctors and good nurses leaving because they don't want to be prosecuted. they don't know what to do. they don't know how to take care of patients the way they want. daniella, thank you. excellent piece. appreciate it. going the extra mile, the incredible and improbable search for a missing ring that brought strangers together. a bit of good news to start your week up next. he hits his mark —center stage—and is crushed by a baby grand piano. you're replacing me? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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welcome back. this morning we have some good news to start off your week. my colleague, jose diaz-balart, the person who usually hosts this show, has more. >> good to see you -- >> in arizona, this is the heartfelt reunion between debbie freeman and members of the phoenix fire department. last november she collapsed in a local restaurant going into cardiac arrest. now stronger, she credits this team's quick response with saving her life. debbie and her life partner michael barry forever grateful. >> those seconds is what saved her life. >> don't make me cry. but it doesn't seem like enough, but it was really important that we come and let them know. what we're going to do -- >> and there was this

high-flying retirement surprise for longtime school resource officer troy ensara. >> all good. here we go. >> that's troy waving good-bye from a ride donated by local pilot matt lombard. after 27 years in law enforcement and 12 years at the school, troy's leaving to pursue his dream of getting a commercial airline pilot's license. >> i'm signing off for the final time. in california, 3-year-old jayla flores has a condition that makes walking really hard without help. look at this breakthrough moment. >> she did it! she did it! >> she's with her brother joseph when she gets up the stairs all by herself. those small steps a proud moment for both jayla and her big brother. >> again! again! >> and this moment is about going above and beyond. that's travis goldman and the

team from the greenville, south carolina, public works department after they pulled off the impossible. finding melanie harper's lost anniversary ring among mountains of recycling. the guys didn't even think twice about sorting through it all to help a neighbor in need. >> yeah, just thrilled to have it back on my finger where i think it belongs. >> do you ever think about what you were looking for, what it is that it meant for someone that you didn't know? >> if it was somebody that, you know, i loved and had a ring, i would want somebody to find that ring, too. >> unbelievable. these are things that just never happen. essentially kind of figured that you'd never see that again. >> i was shocked. >> their help is a lesson melanie says she will never forget. >> it also makes me think to maybe go above and beyond in my daily interactions, what can i do to move forward and spread that kindness that was done to

me. >> come on. jose diaz-balart, bringing it home as always. always having hope. that does it for me. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," alexei navalny's wife today on his youtube channel pledging to carry on his crusade against vladimir putin. as donald trump issues his first reaction four days after navalny's death on truth social. improbably comparing himself to the martyr navalny and not blaming putin. >> no previous united states president, regardless of their party, has bowed down to a russian dictator perfect. and now we are seeing an example, something i just believe that the american people would never support.