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good morning, everybody. it is 11:00 a.m. in the east, 8:00 a.m. pacific. thanks for sticking with us or joining us. i'm yasmin vossoughian in for jose diaz-balart. we are now just three days away from the south carolina primary. two candidates remaining. donald trump seeking to continue his dominance, while defiant nikki haley promises she's not going anywhere. plus, fresh fears for the most vulnerable in gaza. 50,000 pregnant women about to

give birth in the worst conditions. the desperate humanitarian crisis. and right now, the brother of the sitting president is set to testify behind closed doors on capitol hill as republicans double down on their impeachment inquiry into the president. and later on, sky high baggage fees, raising the price to check a bag for the first time in five years. what it means for the next time you fly. all right, we're going to begin this hour with the state of the 2024 presidential campaign. with just three days to go until the south carolina republican primary, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley vowing to keep her campaign going even if she loses her home state. a new poll showing her trailing former president donald trump by nearly 30 points in south carolina, despite that, haley says, she has no intention of quitting.

>> south carolina will vote on saturday. but on sunday, i'll still be running for president. i'm not going anywhere. [ applause ] i'm campaigning every day until the last person votes. >> so then a few hours later, donald trump responded to haley's comments during a town hall on fox news. >> i don't think she knows how to get out. actually. i really don't. she did terribly in new hampshire. she got the only votes -- >> a lot of money behind her. what are they thinking? >> they're trying to hurt me because of the general election so the democrats are giving her money and she's playing into the game, and i think she just can't get herself to get out. >> so with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent ali vitali in north augusta, south carolina, for us. "new york times" chief white house correspondent brandon

baker, and maria theresa kumar is on set with me. welcome. thank you. ali, start us off, if you will, you're in south carolina right now. you've been speaking to voters on the ground there. how are they reacting to nikki haley staying in this race. what are they telling you ahead of the primary on saturday? >> reporter: look, i've been speaking to voters on the ground, republican strategists and, of course, the haley campaign and i think that if you're a voter here on the ground in south carolina, and you want to vote for nikki haley, you're happy to still have the option. some of the folks i've spoken to here over the course of the last several weeks since i've been down here have said they remember her as their governor. they're surprised in many cases that more people aren't even entertaining voting for her. but i also think that the explanation for that, when i talk to operatives and others in the republican party, is that this is a state where trump has

really managed to remake the republican voter in his image. i remember back in 2016, covering the trump campaign, this was one of the first states where it really set in for all of us following that campaign and, of course, for the republican party writ large that trump had a lot of staying power, and was able to do well in places where we had previously thought, okay, maybe jeb bush or marco rubio has a chance here. haley is now in that rubio/bush model and she's playing the underdog even though this is a state she's won state wide twice in both gubernatorial bids. they know it is an uphill climb. they look at the polls the same way all of us do. but the haley campaign said they want to show they can continue to consolidate support. some of that support is coming from independents and potentially democrats who may not have already voted in the democratic primary, and could potentially come through this weekend. but at the same time, they know that they're not making the inroads they need with that cluster of voters. they need to do well with

republican actual base voters and that's why it is striking to see her both going after former president trump, but also saying she is planning to stay in this for as long as it takes through super tuesday and potentially even beyond to provide people a trump alternative. >> so, brendan, it is interesting because the sound that i played of donald trump on the fox news town hall, he says at one point, nikki haley is getting votes from democrats. she's getting money from democrats and goes on with this. but we have seen some of the polling and she's doing much better with independents. you would think, if the republican party wanted to have a better shot at the general election, they would go for nikki haley as the nominee, right? if this was a strategic thing for them, considering how she is polling amongst independents. >> yeah, if voters voted empirically, that makes a ton of sense. but voters vote emotionally. they're much more fired up by what donald trump has to say.

look, one of the sort of interesting dynamics here is nikki haley consistently, to your point, polls the best of any republican candidate, she would easily trounce joe biden in a lot of polls. the problem is, joe biden is so weak at this point, a lot of those same polls show donald trump also beating joe biden or at least neck and neck. and republican voters have heard so many times that hillary clinton is definitely going to win, whatever it may be that donald trump doesn't have a chance and that he won. they don't trust those polls. whether it is what they actually respond to, but also they just don't believe the polls. and they think that he is much -- he's easily capable of beating joe biden himself, there is no reason to look for an alternative. >> can i ask you, you said joe biden is so weak at this point, what did you mean by that? you mean he's weak in the polls? what do you mean by that? >> yeah, consistently there are polls showing republicans, nikki haley, or donald trump, beating

him. joe biden has a lot of problems. the age one we talked about quite a bit. sagging perceptions of the economy are not helping him. every republican looks at this as someone who is very beatable and we don't have to worry about the best candidate against him is, let's throw up the candidate we like best and we think we can beat him. >> maria theresa, you want to react to this. democrats are looking at this and saying, yes, but you have a 91-count indictment on former president donald trump who is facing four criminal cases, one is definitely going up, march 25th, another this summer as well, the jack smith case. he should be beatable as well. >> one of the reasons that we see nikki haley staying on is because of all the indictments you just cited. we do not know going into the election where donald trump is going to be come august. we're just in the beginning of a race, and she's basically saying, i want to hold on because we don't know what is going to happen to the other guy

and the other guy being donald trump. i do think, though, democrats seem to be taking this polling very seriously. we're seeing not just this idea that it is independent and moderate republicans possibly going for a state in the jp camp, but young voters are disillusioned now with what is happening with biden. they they will he has not taken care of their issues, but he has. he addressed student loan forgiveness, ensured there is a lower case in insulin. i think the challenge is how are the democrats with their wins, because they do have wins, start strutting and sharing that with the american people, because they're not feeling it. and what we're finding ourselves in, very different from past elections, is this is all a communication warfare. not just with us and the traditional media, but also very much on social media. in places that young people absorb and consume information, that no one is paying attention to. >> could you think democrats should be more worried about

young voters casting a vote for donald trump and/or in the general election, or apathy, not turning out at all? >> they won't cast a vote for donald trump. what they may think is they can go ahead and cast a third party vote. and who that third party candidate is, i bet you it is folks we haven't even heard of, yasmin. so that's where we need to start educating folks that if people really want a third party at the end of the day, they have to start from the bottom up. you don't send someone directly to the white house. that's a spoiler vote. and we have to remind folks that when we talk about the difference between donald trump and joe biden, joe biden has a list of policies that we could point to that have been incredibly successful. donald trump has very few. but the other thing is democracy and freedom is on the line. one thing we learned during the midterm election 2022 is that moderate republicans, independent dads, they didn't like this idea that trump was going to go and the republican party was going to go after the rights of their daughters when it came to abortion care. and that is something that is

very much fresh in the minds of many, many independent moderate voters. and so what we're going to see, now that trump decided to sign a 16-week ban, he said he would sign, the moment he stepped into the white house, he's keeping that issue fresh and alive and only progressives, young people and independents can capitalize on it and say that's not what you're going to do with my freedom. >> i want to stick with the conversation about immigration because the president certainly is dealing with this as well and the images coming across from the border right now. nbc news has some new reporting right now that the biden administration is considering taking action without congress to make it harder for migrants to pass the initial asylum screening that we have in this country at the border and then quickly deport migrants who don't meet that criteria. what do you see here, peter, as the potential implications of this for the president and his re-election bid? >> well, i have to wait to see how the orders are actually

crafted and what impact they have in terms of policy, but it shows that the president actually does have the power to do some things on the border, which is an argument the republicans were making when they decided not to pass that bipartisan compromise. that doesn't mean this is really enough to change the outcome of what is happening there. i think that it could -- i'm not a policy expert, but my guess it probably isn't the be all and end all solution to this issue. and as a matter of politics, the president says, i'm doing everything i can, but the congress refused to give me the tools i need to do more and they did it because donald trump told them not to, he told them not to for political reasons and they're the obstructionists here if you want to blame someone for what is happening at the border. >> i want to play the sound of donald trump with the fox news town hall, coming up with new terminology when it comes to crime. let's listen. >> it is a new category. i don't know if you heard this, but i came up with this one,

migrant crime. there is crime, there is violent crime, there is migrant crime. we have a new category of crime. it is called migrant crime. and it is going to be worse than any other form of crime. >> this is kind of stoking fear this is og donald trump stoking fear in his voters, which actually drums up a lot of support for him in an issue like immigration. >> it does a lot more. it also all of a sudden creates an incredible opportunity to harm innocent people. we shouldn't forget that donald trump inspired the el paso massacre where someone said, you know what, donald trump is right, it is immigrants and migrants and mexicans that are hurting our economy, he got in his car, drove ten hours away from a major city, identifying a population, and massacred 23 people. and in his creed, he said i was inspired by donald trump and he quoted the former twice impeached president. so what donald trump is unleashing is this -- he does it

so well, it is an opportunity for americans to turn against each other. it doesn't solve problems. he makes us really much heightened into this idea that we should fear everyone, including our neighbor. and when people say -- >> there is people that don't look like us. >> that don't look like us. that look not white, let's be honest. the biggest challenge that people seem to forget is that there was not a moment under donald trump's presidency where majority of americans did not seem anxious. under president biden, we may not like his policies, but nobody wakes up anxious that we're going to get hurt or something is going to be completely bananas coming out of that administration and it is that anxiety that we seem to have forgotten that makes sure that we don't have the ability to make the best choices when it comes to policy and to make sure we're making best choices for the american people. >> thank you. right now, everybody, we're watching this on capitol hill, the president's brother is behind closed doors as house republicans press on with their

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>> reporter: i think that james biden's appearance here today shows how wide of a net that the house republicans are attempting to cast in their attempt to find some sort of activity on behalf of joe biden that would rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and allow them to push through articles of impeachment. james biden's business dealings, what they accuse him of, are completely separate and different from what they have accused the president of in his connections with his son's business dealings. most of james biden's business dealings are domestic related. they do accuse him of peddling his influence with his brother to help gain business contracts and consulting gigs. but they have yet to demonstrate any evidence that the president himself benefited from the business work that james biden was doing. but i expect them to ask james biden a lot of very specific questions about his business dealings, in particular, this hospital group that he consulted for in the midwest that ended up going bankrupt and whether or

not he was using his brother's positions of power to influence those business contracts. but, again, at the end of the day, they have yet to deliver that direct connection between his brother and the president himself. especially during a period of time where joe biden held a political office of influence and that has been from the very beginning where they have fallen short in this impeachment inquiry. >> betsy there is yet to be this connection as ryan just pointed out, but they're going after his family, after his brother, after his son, could obviously. how seriously is the white house taking this inquiry? >> there is no question the white house is very closely tracking developments in terms of impeachment, as well as, of course, the justice department's two criminal cases against the president's son, hunter biden. it is a dramatic level of legal activity, shall we say, for people who are so close to the president himself. and other members, of course, the president's family, are also

closely tracking developments. today we saw sarah biden, james biden's wife, in the o'neil office building where james biden is fielding questions. my understanding is she is not in the room for the interview with the president's brother, but she is on the premises, just to be supportive as his wife. we also expect that in this interview session james biden will address his connections in terms of business deals with hunter. the president's son. james biden and hunter biden were connected in particular on conversations hunter biden had, interactions he had with a chinese energy conglomerate that since then subsequently has become defunct. we expect james biden to say that he was working in close proximity with his -- with hunter biden, he was tracking him closely because he was so concerned about the intensity of hunter biden's drug addiction in much of the time when these business dealings were also being discussed and considered. >> so, ryan, then we have this

fbi agent, who has been lying, who has had contact with russian intelligence officials. jim jordan was asked about this individual. and especially because he has been key to this impeachment inquiry and whether or not it changes the game when it comes to their looking to impeach president biden and i want to play for you what he had to say. >> 14 years they have been paying this guy and he's a trusted source and now we find out -- plus i think there is sort of the, you know, when christopher steele lied to the fbi about president trump, he gets paid more. when smirnov lies to the fbi about president biden, he gets indicted. go figure. it doesn't change the fundamental fact. >> but it does change, ryan, the fundamental facts. >> yeah, i mean, it is a little head spinning when you listen to chairman jordan talk about this.

just a few weeks ago was talking about how this fbi tip sheet of which alexander smirnov was the main source for was the kind of the foundation of this impeachment inquiry and the most direct evidence that they had that joe biden was being bribed in a way to use his government powers, influence in his son's business dealings and now he's telling us that we shouldn't put that much stock in it. and that, you know, on one hand, we shouldn't trust the fbi because they were paying him for a long time and now we shouldn't trust the fbi because they're now saying that he wasn't a credible source. regardless, you know, i think at the fundamental core of this, and there are certainly questions for the fbi as to why he was on the payroll for such an extensive period of time, where he turned out to be a liar and someone that may be cooperating with the russian government, that's a separate question than whether or not there is any validity to this impeachment inquiry. that's where i think republicans find themselves kind of trapped in the corner here, you know, they kind of cherry pick certain

pieces of what they would describe as evidence when it helps prove their bottom line point. but when that evidence is pulled away, they then take us in a completely different direction and that's been the difficulty in trying to make the case, particularly with moderate republicans that articles of impeachment are an avenue worth going down, because, remember, if they're going to make articles of impeachment happen, they basically need every single republican to vote for it because the margins in the house of representatives are so small. >> ryan nobles, thank you. betsy woodruff swann, thank you as well. coming up, we got new details about a los angeles woman who was bound and blindfolded by russian authorities before being detained on suspicion of treason. also, we're going to look inside gaza, where the humanitarian crisis facing new mothers and babies has reached a breaking point. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." we'll be right back. atching "jo diaz-balart reports. we'll be right back. tough day , nice cruise will sort you right out. when i'm riding, i'm not even thinking about my painful cavity.

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leave right now. that is the new warning the white house is sending to americans in russia. that warning is coming as we're learning more about the dual american russian citizen who was arrested in russia. the kremlin claiming the los angeles ballerina contributed to ukraine's war effort, what russia calls an act of treason. this saturday, it is going to be two years since russia's invasion of ukraine. and historic number of ukrainian women are among those who remain undeterred on the front line.

43,000 women have volunteered for duty. and now serve across ranks. richard engel talked to some of them. >> reporter: a soldier code named mavka and halyna have faced intense combat and some sexism from male soldiers which they say only motivates them. >> i can do even better than people around me. and now i teach them. >> reporter: mavka is a sniper and drone operator. ludikova is a combat medic. what is it like now, two years into the war? >> we are really tired. but we understand why we are fighting. our destination is important to us. >> reporter: what would you say to our viewers, particularly women? >> russia is evil, right now. i think it is unfair that we have such a neighbor and we need

your help, guys. we need your help. >> and richard engel joins us now from ukraine with simon shuster who has closely covered alexei navalny. richard, start us off, if you will, i love that you spoke to these women, such an incredible piece and so much good information and knowledge from these women showing the power of what it is like for them to be at the front line. john kirby said yesterday one of the reasons why that key ukrainian city fell into the hands of russians was because of a lack of funding. it was because aid has not been able to get across the finish line in washington. what are those women telling you when it comes to their needs on the front line? >> reporter: these women are speaking like all the soldiers we have been speaking to out in the east. i'm in the city of kramatorsk now and the front lines are not very far from here. there is sometimes incoming russian fire into the city

itself. there was some incoming fire earlier today, yesterday as well. people here on the front lines, women, men, they all say the same thing, that they need weapons and they need them urgently, that they are counting their rounds, that they are more or less out of artillery shell ammunition. that they can't advance and in some cases they can't hold. the city of avdiivka fell a short while ago, and it didn't just fall, it was a collapse. the troops that were defending the city had decided to retreat, but held on a little too long. the russians advanced faster than they anticipated and there was a route, they broke ranks, soldiers were -- went missing, others were taken prisoner by russian forces. this was a terrible turn of events, right at this two-year anniversary, and people here, men and women, say it is because

they don't have enough weapons, that they can't defend the positions. so, they say this situation is urgent right now as we approach this two-year anniversary. >> i want to pick up on the fall of avdiivka. you've been there, you visited, i believe, with president zelenskyy. talk to us about the importance of this city, and the implications of the fall of this city to the war. >> yeah, i visited with president zelenskyy in april 2021, about a year before the full scale invasion began. and at that time the russian troops were already massing at the borders and preparing for the invasion. and we went there to take a look at the readiness of the troops. it is an important garrison town. we stayed at a military base there that was full of soldiers, preparing and nervous at the time for the invasion to begin. and to see it fall now is really devastating. it was a small town, but it demonstrates russia's strategy,

brutal strategy in this war, to use artillery to essentially level entire civilian areas, population centers, and then try to move into the ruins with mechanized infantry and commandos. that's what they're going to do. it is a slow and devastating type of warfare. that is what the russians are pursuing and the ukrainians just don't have the firepower to withstand that now. >> simon, do you foresee russia ever stopping, you know, folks have said that the loss of -- they feel the loss of the hundreds of thousands of servicemen that have fought in ukraine. do they feel that? does russian president vladimir putin feel that? do you sense that at all? >> i don't get that sense. i think we have to listen to what the russians say on kremlin propaganda, they're preparing their population for a long war, not only against ukraine, but against the west. vladimir putin and his rhetoric and speeches and messages to the

west and to the russian people says that this is going to be a confrontation to humble the american empire, to end what he calls american hegemony over world affairs, so i think we need to take what the russians say seriously over the years they have been pretty consistent in warning of their intentions. and their intentions are much more ambitious than ukraine. i don't see any sign in putin's rhetoric or in the rhetoric on kremlin television that they are planning to slow down after taking avdiivka or widely the eastern parts of ukraine or all of ukraine. i think they intend to keep going. >> so, richard, we talk about putin's rhetoric and the propaganda machine that is coming out of moscow, i want to talk about yulia, navalny's widow, vowing to carry on her husband's fight for democracy. "the new york times" writing this, the russian state propaganda machine cranked into action trying to portray her as a tool of western intelligence agencies and someone who

frequented resorts and celebrity parties. does yulia, you think, carry the influence, does she -- is she able to outpace this russian propaganda machine in which russian citizens, domestic audience, domestic audience there, have come quite used to? >> reporter: probably not. probably not inside russia certainly. that was the key difference that alexei navalny, that he brought to the equation. there is no active opposition inside russia. deep underground, there are activists, but there are no real political parties putting any kind of challenge up against vladimir putin. there are opposition parties in theory, but they all back president putin. so, there is no real political challenge. she'll be in exile, and the russians are not taking her very seriously. she barely gets any attention.

navalny, if you watch russian television, his death is barely getting any attention or notice on state russian media. they are dismissing her as someone who is a puppet of the west, who lives a lavish lifestyle going from conference to conference. so i think she's going to have a difficult time making a grassroots kind of inroads inside russia. she could be very effective outside the country, lobbying for support, galvanizing other opposition figures, but inside the country, probably very hard. and that's why navalny decided to go back. he took this decision, it cost him his life, to go and return home because he knew that if he was just on the outside or if he believed he was just on the outside, he would be dismissed as another russian exile who is sort of complaining in western capitals, and he thought he would be able to have more of an impact in his own country and

not allow vladimir putin to chase him away and we'll see if in death he can do more than he could do in life. his memory is certainly being celebrated outside of russia, but inside russia, officially they're not talking about him at all really. >> richard engel, thank you. simon shuster, thank you as well. so this morning the u.s. argued before the international court of justice in a hearing about israel's occupation of the palestinian territory. today's day three of public testimony as the u.n.'s highest court prepares to decide whether israel's occupation is illegal. the u.s. representative arguing for a palestinian state and for ensuring the security of israel while saying the u.s. hoped the court ruled in favor of israel. it is coming as the state department says that israel has not presented a plan for how they will protect the more than 1 million civilians in rafah ahead of the potential invasion there. i want to bring in from jerusalem, molly hunter. molly, talk more about what you

know with the situation in rafah and specifically how it is affecting women, mothers to be, children. >> reporter: yeah, yasmin, absolutely. quickly on that icj hearing, we're watching it very closely. that hearing has been scheduled for more than a year. it is obviously very kind of front page news now given the war. it is expected to go on for six days and then the judges are expected to take months to come up with that nonbinding advisory opinion. on rafah, in rafah, we know we have been talking about the 1.4 million displaced palestinians who are shoved into a very tight area up against the egyptian border, one of the most vulnerable populations are pregnant women. the u.n. estimates there are 50,000 pregnant women in gaza right now. our team there met some of them. take a look. >> reporter: the u.n. estimates there are 50,000 pregnant women in gaza.

with nearly 180 babies born every day. our team meets 30-year-old salma in rafah. she's 8 months pregnant with no prenatal care, no vitamins no fruits and vegetables, she says, no clean water, she's worried her baby is already seriously harmed. i'm worried, she says, i will give birth right here in a tent. it is no place for a baby. but nearby, merriam rocks 15 day old rosan. she walked out of the hospital two hours after birth. i hoped i would die, she says. they have killed our motherhood. in the occupied west bank, we speak with dr. najib who says the biggest risk is where labor starts. and with extreme shortages of antibiotics and pain medications, infections are almost inevitable. how dangerous in your assessment is it to be pregnant in gaza

today? >> going always to be concerned about your pregnancy, to provide yourself and your baby with the best medical service. >> reporter: back at the maternity hospital in rafah, it doesn't stop. four babies to an incubator, and these are the lucky ones. women told our team in rafah and across gaza that some hadn't eaten in days. many hadn't felt their babies kick in months. and the doctor you just saw in the case talked about the psychological toll, the stress, the terror, the anxiety. in one word, he said, being pregnant in gaza right now is a nightmare. >> being pregnant already you have the psychological toll and in a war zone, in which you have food ensecurity and you're worried about your safety and your other family members, unimaginable. molly hunter, thank you, appreciate it, fantastic reporting. up next, new york ag tisch james says she is prepared to seize trump's assets in order to fulfill the more than $350

million fine he faces from his civil fraud case. what she could do next after the break. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." we'll be right back. watching " diaz-balart reports. we'll be right back.

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against donald trump. >> if he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek, you know, judgment enforcement mechanisms in court and we will ask the judge to seize his assets. >> joining me now is charles coleman, former prosecutor, civil rights attorney and nbc news legal analyst. thank you for joining us on this. appreciate it. i'm wondering here, i'm not quite sure if this is what she meant, she can't go after his assets in he's in the midst of an appeal. if he can't secure an appeal bond, right? >> that is correct. he is going to have to try to stay in office the best he can. letitia james is extremely clear, there are three elements to a civil trial, first you want to prove liability, then establish damages, and after you get your judgment, you want to be able to collect. so she understands very clearly that this is an important part of the overall puzzle and everything that she has done in

her office thus far doesn't mean anything if she doesn't actually get the damages she's been awarded. she's going to fight doggedly for this. but it will take some time because as you said, with respect to donald trump, seeking an appeal, and then also having to issue an appeal bond, this could be an arduous process. >> i want to talk about two of the decisions we're awaiting from the supreme court today that ended up not coming out, the colorado case is one and i want to talk about the potential for this ruling, when we could get it and how do you think it is going to land? i'm sure you took a listen to the oral arguments. it seemed like the majority of the supreme court was on the side of allowing the former president to remain on the colorado ballot. what was your takeaway from that and what do you expect timing-wise? >> well, yasmin, i think the supreme court ultimately is going to side in terms of giving donald trump an opportunity to be on the ballot. i think that the supreme court justices are also aware of what

they are essentially unleashing on the elector by allowing donald trump to remain on the ballot. i think they take that very seriously. that being said, i believe that they're crafting a decision that is going to give a certain level of guidance to eliminate a lot of confusion without necessarily tipping their hand in any way, shape or form that speaks on or comments around donald trump's other criminal matters or civil matters as they relate to his fitness to be president. i think that there is an important line that they are toeing in terms of doing what needs to be done around the constitution and donald trump's constitutional rights and also respecting the fact that they are not trying to be political in this moment. i think they understand the gravity of what it is to get involved in that way and so they're trying to write an opinion that avoids all that, but also eliminates any sort of confusion or back and forth for future states, such that they won't see this issue surface again, at least not in the supreme court. >> charles coleman, thank you. up next, before you book

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hearings for julian assuage's extradition have wrapped up. there was a chance they would come out with their ruling on whether to grant an appeal. instead, the two judges have said they will hold that decision in reserve. they will take all of the evidence under consideration and wait before making a public ruling. they have asked the lawyers in the case to submit any additional written submissions to the court by march 4th, a little under two weeks from now. we are still probably at least two weeks away from actually getting a decision by the high court here in london about whether to consider an appeal to extradition for julian assuage. yesterday, when you and i spoke, we heard from assuage's lawyers arguing he was being persecuted for essentially his political views, for what they say journalists in the u.s. and other countries do every single day. today was the chance for u.s. attorneys to make their case for why he should be extradited. they said assuage's legal team

is totally distorting the nature of this case. they say that the case against him in the u.s., if he is brought there to face espionage and other charges, is going to center on computer hacking and intrusion. they say he conspired with chelsea manning to hack into computers using passwords and accounts that were not theirs. the u.s. attorneys say that's different than what journalists do. >> josh, thank you. this morning, it's getting more expensive to travel. american airlines has raised the price to check a bag. tom costello has more. >> reporter: good day. it's no coincidence. air fares dropped over the past 12 months, but american airlines made a billion dollars in revenue just off of their luggage fees last year. they are raising those fees. if you and the family are planning on traveling over spring break, you will be booking, actually boarding, you

will be paying more for your luggage. don't forget, the luggage goes round trip. just in time for spring break and effective immediately, american airlines is charging more to check luggage. $35 for the first checked bag if in advance paid online. the second bag will cost $45, a $5 increase. american is charging more for checked bags to canada and mexico. but passengers can avoid the luggage fees if they hold elite status with the loyal program, buy a premium class ticket or use an american branded credit card. >> this can impact not just the average consumer wallet, but it hits home for families traveling with multiple bags. >> reporter: there's another change. starting on may 1st, american says customers will only earn

frequent flier points -- american says when you book directly with american, you enjoy the -- to check or not to check has been the debate for years. >> it will fit. it will fit. >> reporter: with many passengers packing everything into carry-ones. will other airlines follow american and hike luggage fees? delta charges $30 for the first. united charges $30. alaska and jetblue raised their prices to $35. at spirit, $44 is the cheapest fee. bags still fly free on southwest. >> the airline industry is a copycat industry. when you see one airline change a policy, you are likely to see

other airlines do the same. as more passengers return to travel, airlines are really raking it in in terms of baggage fees and other fees. >> reporter: air fares dropped 6% over the past 12 months. airlines are looking for ways to raise revenue. one way to limit how much you pay for your baggage fees, check those bags online rather than at the airport. that could save you at least $5 a bag or so. >> tom costello, thank you. that wraps it up for me. andrea mitchell picks up with more news after a very quick break. ♪ ♪

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right now on "andrea mitchell reports," russia detains another american, a 33-year-old ballerina who had been living in l.a. and has dual citizenship, accusing her of treason for allegedly raising money for ukraine. we will get a live report from richard engel in ukraine near the front