caitlin clark, she can hit it from anywhere. they're a one seed first time in 32 years for that. how about usc, a one seed for the first time. here's a name from the past, cheryl miller, 1986, they get it in here. and what's really interesting, a lot of attention to iowa, but look at this region iowa's in. they are the top seed, lsu who they played in the national championship game is up here. ucla is up here. if iowa makes it, they're going to have to achieve a lot. >> i heard the women's championship game, tickets are almost double right now the cost that the men's are because it is so popular. so i say, hey, go ladies. girl power, thank you so much. steve kornacki, that's going to do it for us today. i'll see you at 1:00 p.m. eastern today filling in for chris jansing. for now i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york, josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now.

♪♪ good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm josé diaz-balart, and we begin this busy hour with the intensifying 2024 race for the white house. this morning former president donald trump faces criticism after making a new warning when discussing placing tariffs on cars from china. >> we're got to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you're not going to be able to sell those cars. if i get elected. now, if i don't get recollected, it's going to be a blood bath for the whole -- that's going to be the least of it, it's going to be a blood bath for the country. that will be the least of it, but they're not going to sell those cars. >> trump's critics say he was inciting violence, but this morning trump posted he used the term blood bath in reference to imports allowed by president biden, which he said are killing the auto industry. meanwhile, the campaign for trump's democratic opponent, president biden said february

was its strongest fund-raising month since its launch last year bringing in $53 million. as we learn new details about the president's frustrations with his re-election bid. joining us now, nbc news correspondent garrett haake and carol lee, nbc news washington managing editor, so garrett, is it the understanding of those in trump's circle that using rhetoric like blood bath when talking about car imports is part of conscious purposeful effort or just something he says? >> yeah, jose, i think it's mostly the latter. those who have been around donald trump a long time understand this is largely the way he talks just about anything and they think the complaints about this language from the left is hyperbole and meant to be a distraction and meant to invoke images of january 6th and things like that that might damage donald trump in a general election. that said, he's aware of this blowback. you just showed the truth social posts in which he continues to

try to clean up these comments and make sure people understand the full context. using this kind of language and particularly leaving it open ended and that's just the least of it commentary out there allows these comments to be a political rorschach test where supporters of donald trump can see one thing, his opponents can see something else, and never the two can agree on what he means by the words he says. >> yeah, but then, garrett, there's trump repeating false claims about the 2020 election, and is now commenting on november's race. what's he saying? >> and the same kind of thing here, jose. this is the way that donald trump talks about these issues and he has taken the language of the stolen election, what he believes was a stolen election of 2020, and sort of pumped it up into 2024 and what he sees as the stakes of the coming election. we'll play a little bit about what he had to say about that at his rally in ohio this weekend. listen. >> if this election -- if this election isn't won, i'm not sure that you'll ever have another

election in this country. does that make sense? i don't think you're going to have another election in this country if we don't win this election, i don't think you're going to have another election or certainly not an election that's meaningful. >> it's worth pointing out, you hear similar language on the left, the idea that if donald trump wins he'll become a dictator, this is the most important election because he would be an authoritarian and there might not be other elections. you continue to see the volume get turned up and up and up, and we're only seven months to go until election day. we'll see how much higher the volume can go. >> carol, you're out with new reporting about how the president feels his re-election bid is going. >> that's right, jose. to garrett's point, seven months from an election, and what we're told is the president is feeling a lot of pressure and he's very frustrated that he and his team have not been able to gain traction with voters. this is a sentiment that the president has felt going back two years on and off. we first reported this in 2022.

the president frustrated with his poll numbers being low. the difference in this moment, jose, is that he's got a very limited amount of time to really turn this around, and nothing they've tried so far has worked, and that's the frustration that we're told the president is expressing to his team. sometimes in very colorful language and he's essentially saying, look, i've done it your way. i've held back on going directly after donald trump. you know, govern, be presidential, stay above it all, and it's not working, and so i'm going to do a little bit more my way. we're told what the president want thes to do is get out there and be in front of people more, he's asking questions, specifics about how his team is translating his accomplishments to specific constituencies and in specific states, and he's really asking the questions of how they're going to make this a better situation for him heading into november. one of the things that we're also told is he's felt cocooned

at times, he's probably regretting not listening to his own instincts, and the question is whether this shift that the president wants to make in terms of how he's communicating his accomplishments and how he's engaging with voters, if that's actually going to do the trick. because we have just seven months until the november election, and the one thing that he does have that you mentioned at the top of the show is money, and so that's one thing we're going to see the campaign spending a lot more money, and we'll see the president trying to raise a lot more money, jose. >> garrett haake and carol lee, thank you so much for being with us this morning. for more on this, i want to bring in former republican governor john kasich from ohio. he is an msnbc political analyst. always great seeing you, so we're already seeing some republicans defend trump's comments about the blood bath. here's a bit of what we heard over the weekend. >> what's your reaction to comments like that? >> i think, you know, first off,

i want to congratulate you martha, that you correctly identified that the president's statements concerning blood bath were about what would happen in the auto industry. >> you can also look up the definition of blood bath, and it can be an economic disaster. >> the president was clearly talking about the impacts of imports devastating the american automotive industry. >> was that clear to you? because it was a little muddled. >> i think it was. >> john, was it clear to you? what do you think that the former president meant to say, and then the reaction? >> he says whatever comes to mind. apparently the teleprompter in ohio wasn't working, the wind was blowing and he just goes off on these wild tangents, and then they try to clean it up. so that's a signal to these republicans that don't like him and those independents. on the other hand i listened carefully to the report from your reporters here about joe biden. part of the issue, jose, is

trump says some of these crazy things and people have a tendency -- some people have a tendency to just dismiss them, but then they look at joe biden, and remember elections -- you know this, elections always come down to how people feel about the economic security and physical security of their family, so you look at biden's latest tax proposal. he wants to raise the capital gains tax to like 45%. that kills economic growth, you know. it makes no sense. so what biden has to realize -- and go and talk about all this infrastructure and everything else, but people are not feeling it when it comes to the economic situation. he's very frustrated, jose, because he's saying i deserve credit. i'm not getting credit. i understand that. i felt that myself when i've been doing things or saying things or thinking i'm accomplishing things, so he's frustrated. but right now people are not feeling the economics, so many people are willing to dismiss

what the heck trump ace and just chock it up as another crazy trump thing, and that's the issue. >> true, but john, but then there's the issue of look at the numbers, right? and so just looking at it without any, you know, filter, you know. look at the stock market. look at the jobs numbers, look at record unemployment, record unemployment in the african american community, record unemployment in the latino community, you know, there are real things that are economic numbers but that matter to people. >> you remember, jose, when george bush the first was president, and he started saying in the last year, look how much better the economy is, and he ended up loing the election because people didn't feel it. i understand what you're saying. i agree. if you take a look at people's

401(k)s, they're up high but people are not agreeing that they feel better about the economy today and particularly about the economy tomorrow. that was the one thing in the state of the union joe biden didn't -- to quote bill clinton didn't feel the pain of people out there shopping. he should have acknowledged that he didn't. he can't say everything is fine. this is the way i see it. neither republican nor democrat on this, i'm just saying to you right now people are not feeling it, and he's going to have to figure out how to deal with that. >> and meanwhile, trump once again referring to gang members as animals saying other countries are emptying their jails and sending prisoners to the u.s. >> terrible. >> take a listen to this, john. >> i would do the same thing if i had prisons that were teaming with ms-13 and all sorts of people that they've got to take care of for the next 50 years,

right? young people they're in jail for years -- if you call them people, i don't know if you call them people. in some cases they're not people in my opinion. these are bad, these are animals. >> john, this is something that trump has been using for years literally, 2015 he started the campaign announcements with similar rhetoric. is this part of the plan? >> jose, i was so turned off in 2016 i didn't even go to the republican convention are held in my own state because i couldn't go there to support this guy. i didn't support him in '16 all the way up to now. i went to the democratic convention and supported joe biden. whatever political career i had, i threw it away, trump and what he does is so terrible. there's one other factor, jose, we have to think about. that's robert kennedy. who's he going to take his votes from? i think he takes his votes from

biden, i think. maybe i'm wrong, but i think so. we've got very complicated stuff going on and the biden people have to wake up, and they can't just think everything's going to be fine. they've got to change what they're doing, change what they're saying and deal with this third-party influx that could -- let's see, you know. i don't want to be a predictor here, but when it comes to trump and his rhetoric, there's no bounds, right? there's no bounds. what has amazed me, jose, these republicans know this language is so horrible and they turn around and endorse him. you'd think they would say, pence said he's not endorsing trump, hurrah for pence, where's these other ones? crazy, isn't it? >> former governor, john kasich, thank you very much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. >> thank you, sir. we're following breaking news, former president donald trump's lawyers say today he cannot come up with a bond in his civil fraud trial judgment in new york.

we'll tell you what that means. plus, our own keir simmons is now the first journalist to get vladimir putin to say alexei navalny's name in public. israeli forces launch a raid on al-shifa hospital in gaza, one of the few functioning hospitals in the region. we're back in 60 seconds. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ée diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. crohn's disease. now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are looking up, i've got symptom relief. ♪ ♪ control of my crohn's means everything to me. ♪ ♪ control is everything to me. ♪ feel significant symptom relief at 4 weeks with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements. skyrizi is the first il-23 inhibitor that can deliver remission and visibly improve damage of the intestinal lining. and the majority of people experienced long-lasting remission at one year. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur.

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to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there. that's something that israeli public does on its own, and we're not a banana republic. >> israel's military launched a new operation at the largest medical facility in gaza where thousands have been seeking shelter. israeli forces moved in earlier today. they say they killed a senior hamas operative inside the area. authorities in gaza are accusing israel of a new war crime for besieging the medical facility. joining us now from tel aviv is nbc's raf sanchez. good morning. what do we expect from today's call between biden and netanyahu? >> reporter: jose, good morning. one of the key issues likely to be the fate of the city of rafah in southern gaza, a city we've been talking about so much, more than a million palestinian civilians are sheltering there. prime minister netanyahu saying he is determined to send israeli forces into the city. he says that is the only way to defeat hamas to recover the

israeli hostages who are being held there. the white house has said very consistently it believes any attack on the city of rafah would be, quote, a disaster without a credible plan to evacuate those civilians, get them out of harm's way before any israeli attack begins. we know prime minister netanyahu has approved a two-stage israeli military plan, first stage to evacuate those civilians. second stage to attack the city itself. what we don't know yet is whether that plan meets the white house's criteria, whether it can be considered credible by the administration. that's likely to be something they're talking about. another big issue, jose, is aid. we have seen the first aid ship over the weekend coming in from gaza reaching the -- from cypress, excuse me, reaching the coast of gaza. this is the ship laden with food from world central kitchen.

that food was successfully unloaded into gaza. we understand it's being held at a warehouse now. it hasn't yet been distributed. not clear exactly why that is, but the president likely to push the prime minister as he asked repeatedly to allow more aid into gaza by land through crossings from israel. and finally, jose, i'd expect that they're going to talk about the state of the u.s./israel relationship, and don't be surprised if the prime minister registers his frustration at what he and his allies see as american interference in israel's domestic politics, especially that explosive speech by chuck schumer, the most senior u.s. official in the u.s. government calling for new elections and making pretty clear he believes prime minister netanyahu is an obstacle to peace. jose. >> raf, what do we know at this hour about what's happening at the al-shifa hospital?

>> reporter: right, jose, so al-shifa, the largest hospital in the gaza strip, it's up in gaza city. it is once again a battlefield today, israeli forces entered the hospital early this morning. they say they were operating on precise intelligence and that they tracked down and killed a senior hamas operative. nbc news has not been able to verify exactly who that person they say they killed was, but palestinian health officials are saying this is another example of israeli forces targeting a hospital, a potential war crime. they say that there were a number of casualties during that israeli raid. the hospital, jose, is operating really at a pretty minimal level at this point, but there are thousands of palestinian civilians who have been sheltering on the grounds of that medical facility hoping that it would provide some semblance of safety and hoping also it would be a place humanitarian aid might reach them. >> raf sanchez in tel aviv, that

you think so much. turning to another story we are following this morning, russia's vladimir putin has declared a landslide victory in his country's presidential election, which saw no real political opposition. putin celebrated his victory with more than 87% of the vote follow ago crackdown on political dissidence one month after the death of alexei navalny. the election has been viewed by western officials as illegitimate. nbc's keir simmons was the first international journalist to question putin following the election and has this report from moscow. >> reporter: this morning president putin beginning another six years in power, after an election that saw dye poured into ballot boxes, arson attacks and drone strikes russia blamed on ukraine. putin won the biggest victory of his leadership, russian officials say after years of crushing opposition leaders like alexei navalny and boris who told us he voted by writing his initials on the ballot. nbc news was the first

international news organization to question the russian leader after the election. >> mr. president journalist evan gershkovich spent this election in prison. boris who opposes your war in ukraine wasn't allowed to stand against you, and alexei navalny died in one of your prisons during your campaign. mr. president, is this what you call democracy? >> translator: that's life putin said, and in his answer suggested he had agreed to release navalny on the condition he never return to russia. days later his outspoken opponent was dead putin said his widow yulia joined a protest in berlin sunday as russians demonstrated at polling stations by simply standing in line. >> there could be nothing with mr. putin because he's a killer. he's a gangster. >> reporter: the kremlin spokesman rejecting criticism of the election.

>> alexei navalny's widow is calling on leaders around the world not to accept this election. >> well, you know, those are people who are -- who get themselves deprived of their mother land, and they're staying abroad. the longer they stay abroad -- >> her husband died in prison. >> the longer they stay abroad, the less connection they have with their own country. >> our thanks to keir simmons for that report from moscow. coming up, we have breaking news about donald trump, his lawyers saying this morning he has not been able to get a bond for $464 million. what happens if he can't get that bond? we'll talk about that next. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. and it's natural. treat it that way with aveeno® daily moisture. formulated with nourishing, prebiotic oat. it's clinically proven to moisturize dry skin for 24 hours. aveeno® frustrated by skin tags?

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25 past the hour, turning now to breaking news from former president donald trump's legal team. just in the last hour, trump's lawyers said in an appeals court filing that trump has not been able to get a bond to secure the $464 million fraud judgment against him after his new york civil fraud case. his attorneys say getting the bond needed to halt proceedings while they appeal is a, quote, practical impossibility. joining us now from arizona, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and glenn kirschner, former federal prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. vaughn, what more did we learn from what trump's lawyers said

in this filing? >> reporter: jose, this is a direct acknowledgment by donald trump and his legal team that they are not able to put up the cash or be able to get a bond by this upcoming monday march 25th deadline for that more than $450 million that he owes in damages stemming from the financial fraud lawsuit that he lost in the lower manhattan from the new york attorney general's office. this is notable because he was able to put up a bond for that $93 million in damages for e. jean carroll, but in this filing this morning, from his attorney just in part it says, quote, defendant's ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment's full amount is a practical impossibility. these diligent efforts have included approaching about 30 surety companies through four separate brokers, a bond requirement of this enormous magnitude effectively requiring cash reserves approaching $1 billion is unprecedented for a private company. that is directly from donald trump's attorney. again, we are just one week

away. there have been serious questions about exactly what donald trump's cash flow looks like and the extent to which he could get a bond company to put up an appeal bond based off of the properties and the collateral that he has available but also questions about whether he would have to sell a stake in the trump organization to an individual to come up with such cash. as part of this, new york attorney general letitia james has made clear if he is not able to put up the bond that she has every intent to seize properties in new york directly from him, jose. >> glenn, how would that work? and what's your reaction to this filing? >> jose, my reaction is, you know, when we heard alina habba, the lead attorney for donald trump in the new york civil fraud trial say in an interview not so long ago that donald trump is worth $14 billion, his assets are worth $14 billion, he

is now being asked to put up a bond to secure basically a half a billion dollars judgment, which would represent about 128th of his entire assets as donald trump and alina habba say, and it seems highly unusual that not only did he go to 30 surety companies, but he went to -- and i have the filing in front of me, quote, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, and everybody has rejected putting up a half a billion dollar bond. if his assets were valued at the level he says they are, i would think insurance companies and sureties would be beating down his door to do business for him. so it feels like this is perhaps the next to last step on the road to donald trump's financial demise because, as we've been discussing, new york attorney general tish james said she will

absolutely begin seizing his properties to satisfy this money judgment that has been entered against him, and donald trump is making a last ditch plea to the court to not are to put up a bond to perfect his right to appeal, to secure his ability to appeal without paying out this money judgment, but i think it's highly unlikely the court will grant him any relief, and then i would take attorney general james at his word that she will begin using the mechanisms available in the new york state law to seize his properties. >> and so glenn, what would seizing those properties look like? >> it would -- they're going to go through the courts. it would actually look like tish james figuratively speaking putting a big new york state padlock on trump tower, for example, and then the question would become how does she extract the value from it? does she put it on the market? does the state actually take

possession of it and convert it to a state-owned property. i think the devil's in the details with respect to how she will actually go about extracting the value to satisfy the half billion dollar judgment, but you know, the new york courts are equipped to allow litigants who win partly sunny -- money judgments to go about satisfying those judgments. if they couldn't, it would be sort of a hollow exercise to go through a months' long, sometimes years' long trial process just to have somebody who has been damaged financially the way donald trump has damaged people financially to be made whole. >> vaughn hillyard and glenn kirschner, thank you both so very much. appreciate it. up next, we're just days away from another partial government shutdown. we'll ask senator chris coons who's on the appropriations committee about what the biggest hurdle is and where negotiations stand at this hour. plus, new developments in haiti, the state department

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35 past the hour, shaping up to be another busy week on capitol hill as congress tries to avert a partial government shutdown by the end of this week. funding expires for several government agencies including

the state, defense, ask homeland security departments and with just over 4.5 days until that deadline, there's no sign of an agreement that would avert a partial government shutdown. with us now from capitol hill is delaware senator chris coons who sits on appropriations. senator, it's always great seeing you. i thank you so much for your time. congress is running up against the clock, and are you seeing there's any possibility of an agreement there? >> thank you, jose, for a chance to be on again. i am optimistic that we will resolve these issues this week and avoid a government shutdown, but frankly, one of the main sticking points here is border security issues under the homeland security subcommittee. we've made great progress on my subcommittee that controls our state department, foreign development and assistance programming. these are not easy issues as you just said in the introduction. it's 70% of the funding of our entire government across our military, our state department,

homeland security. so these are complex issues, but the funding levels were agreed to a long time ago. we continue to see a challenging partisan political situation here where we are still fairly far apart on border security issues, and i am optimistic we will conclude this on time, but concerned. as you said, it will be a very busy week. >> senator, i want to pick your brain a little bit on that issue of the border security bill that there was a bill that would agreed to in the senate. it passed the senate essentially doa in the house. where do you see any possibility of on this issue of voter security, there being any possibility for any agreement? >> well, look, at the end of the day, former president trump made it blindingly clear he wants an issue and not a solution. what i hear from folks at home in delaware, what i hear across the country is that americans want us to solve our current border security challenges.

president biden in a strong and stirring state of the union speech made it clear he's willing to work across the aisle to solve this. he actually challenged former president trump to work with him to get the bipartisan negotiated border security package that was defeated here in the senate really solely because former president trump turned on it at the last minute to support that and move it forward. it would provide billions of dollars to improve border security, by hiring thousands of porder patrol agents, by shortening the review time for asylum claims. it was a tough and hard-fought negotiation, but frankly we've got the package right in front of us to take up and pass. i also, just to follow up on your point there, the bill that we did pass by 70 votes and sent to the house would provide critically needed funding for ukraine. as month after month goes by

without resupply to the ukrainian troops in the depths of winter on the front lines against russian troops. now, i'm very worried we're going to see them begin to lose territory significantly. there is more than -- there are more than 300 votes in the house for that bill, if the speaker will let it go to the floor, i am optimistic that we will see the appropriations package come together this week, but i am hopeful that the speaker will see the wisdom of adding this to that and moving them both to the end of this week. >> senator, your colleague, chuck schumer gave a major speech last week in which he said things need to change in israel, calling for a new election there. prime minister of that country responding by saying schumer's comments were totally inappropriate. what are your thoughts on that? >> if you listen to the entire speech, it was a very long and thoughtful and thorough speech, nearly 40 minutes. most folks who are hearing about it are just hearing that one sentence and the exchange

between senator schumer and prime minister netanyahu. senator schumer's been a lifelong passionate supporter of state of israel. a core piece of his message was that for the security of israel going forward, there needs to be a credible path to a two-state solution, and prime minister netanyahu depends for his government on two very far right ministers who are steadfastly opposed to a two-state solution. a core part of his message is afternoon october 7th it's urgent that the people of israel have an opportunity to be heard and be participants in a new election to form a new government. whether that's led by prime minister netanyahu or others is up to israel. this is a shattering change in israeli's understanding of their

security. i did not understand senator schumer to say they should stop fighting hamas or in any way israel doesn't have a right, even an obligation to defend his civilians. on the issue of going into rafah against the remaining hamas battalions there, i personally have said to prime minister netanyahu, you can and should continue your war against hamas, but you have to provide for civilian security. you have to provide for humanitarian relief. and that means he can't go in at scale with a full-on ground assault without providing for safety and security for the million palestinian refugees currently in rafah. that's caused a bit of a point of tension between many of us here in congress including senator schumer and prime minister netanyahu and his government. >> and then senator much closer to home, there is a crisis situation in haiti. there's effectively no government there. gangs control much of the capital and just yesterday,

senator, i know you know this, we saw huge protests in cuba calling for freedom. this is a people that have been living for 63 years under totalitarianism. do you have any thoughts on how we can help the people of haiti and the people of cuba? >> thank you for those questions, jose. these are really important countries in our region. the cuban people continue to suffer and struggle under a repressive authoritarian regime. it's important that we the united states continue to be understood as an advocate for freedom and democracy. in haiti, the collapse of government, the resignation by former prime minister oun ree. make it urgent there be a national stabilization force. well trained and vetted police as part of a multinational force to restore some stability. our state department is now evacuating u.s. nationals from haiti as the security condition continues to worsen.

this makes it even more urgent, jose, that we reach a conclusion on our homeland security bill because when there is this level of suffering, this level of repression in cuba or haiti, historically we've seen tens of thousands of people take to the ae in flimsy boats and risk their lives trying to come to the united states. we should do our best to stabilize situations in these countries and in particular to stabilize the conditions in haiti so that the people there don't continue to suffer through gang violence. >> senator chris coons, it's always a pleasure to have you on. i really appreciate your voice. thank you. >> thank you, jose. up next, we will go to haiti, talk to the leader of peace building organization who worked with the gangs at the center of the conflict. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. t.

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47 past the hour. in haiti the crisis spiraling out of control. violence is everywhere in the capital as there is essentially no government in haiti right now. yesterday over 30 americans were evacuated on a u.s. state department charter flight. the u.s. says that 5.5 million haitians are in need of humanitarian aid. joining us now from haiti, louis henry mars, the executive director of a peace keeping and peace building organization in

haiti. really appreciate you being on with us. what are you seeing in haiti and in port-au-prince right now? >> well, right now there's an offensive that the gangs have made this morning, port-au-prince up in the hills, they are actually encircling the city. there's a s.w.a.t. team that has responded to their attack, and it's something that they had promised to do, and they are following up on their promise. so the gunfire is very much, you know, the order of the day here in port-au-prince in general. >> and louis-henri, something that changed recently is that these gangs that have been there

for decades established an alliance. what is that alliance? how fragile is it? >> it's an alliance of all of the major gangs that have been at war with each other on and off over the years, and they've come to a realization that they needed to prepare for the incoming intervention that has been in the air for a little over a year. so they said, well, we're going to act on our own and be proactive and anticipate this coing intervention. it is a fragile fragile allian. there's a couple of gangs that have already started fighting each other again, but the core root is together until further notice. until they have achieved their goals. >> last an

article in which you really in a way kind of predicted much of what's going on now. among the things you wrote back then, you said quote, confronting gangs with military force will not work without also supporting haitians seeking to break the cycle of violence and establish true democracy and stability. how can that happen when you have so much violence by so many gangs that have been fed by the political class? >> well, first of all, you have to have a force that is contributing to gang. there will not be -- >> we just lost, we just lost luis henri mars from the outskirts of port-au-prince. if you get a chance, look up that article. it's really kind of forecasting

what the problems are going forward in a country where in a sense, there had been an alliance between gangs and different political institutions. it's going to be a very difficult situation. one that is continuing to grow more dire by the minute. up next, how a superior court decision today on a new texas law could have major consequences when it comes to who is in charge of the border. you're watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. diaz-balart reports on msnbc a force to be reckon with. no, not you saquon.

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and blayne test. the u.s. supreme court has just a couple of hours to make a big decision regarding the future of a controversial texas immigration law. the justices have until 5:00 p.m. eastern today to decide whether to allow fayetteville four. it allows texas law enforcement officers to arrest migrants who illegally cross the border. joining us now, david noriega and allen oor. david, what are the main things that law would do? >> hey, jose. so as of now, the act of crossing the border without authorization between ports of entry is a misdemeanor under federal law only. what this law would do would be to make it under texas law.

it would allow texas law enforcement to arrest migrants, to arrest anyone suspected of crossing the border illegally and perhaps most interestingly, it would allow texas judges to issue de facto deportation orders. the last one is the one raising the most questions. deportations are complicated processes that require agreements between the united states and whatever country the person is being removed to. it's never been done by state authorities and from the people i've spoken to on the ground, it's unclear how removals would actually be carried out by anyone other than the federal authorities who already carry them out. there are a lot of questions about how this law could actually be implemented on the ground. the general expectation from people on the ground is that if the law is allowed to stand and go into effect today, the results would be pretty chaotic.

>> alan, how does this compare with the law in arizona, more than 14 years ago. much of that ended up being tossed out by court. >> and the same thing should happen because these are similar laws. show me your paper and stop and frisk laws. the failed lone star program of texas is part of the reason he's pushing for this right to be able to arrest individuals. there is no treaty that will allow him to deport anyone and more importantly, local officers aren't trained to deport somebody. they'll just be taking a guess in the dark based on someone's language and appearance. >> so the fact is you can agree or disagree with how it's being handled or been handled, but it is a right for people to request asylum, right? that's kind of like a basic right. you can agree or disagree how that's been handled recently.

but this is actually kind of also coming in and defining what asylum is or isn't. >> absolutely. and you've already seen texas bus around 102,000 for almost $150 million, which doesn't seem like a good use of money. if congress wanted to change this, they could have done it. so if they choose not to change asylum, it stands. individuals who show up at the border who are allowed at the country are individuals who are in the country by operation of law and therefore not undocumented or some would say illegal. >> and that's kind of an important thing you just said. so, if you come in and you request asylum and you're allowed in, or the processes going through, you are not here illegally. >> that's right. you're here under the operation of our law seeking asylum, waiting for your court date. >> thank you both so much for being with us. once again, the supreme court

has until 5:00 p.m. today eastern time to decide one way or another on that texas law. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can always reach me on social media. you can watch clips from our show on msnbc.com/jdb. youtube. thank you for the privilege of your time. peter alexander picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the 2024 race is in a new gear as the biden trump campaigns look to go on offense, but donald trump today is defending himself after sharp reaction to these controversial comments over the weekend. >> now if i don't get elected, it's going to be a blood bath for the whole, that's going to be the least of it. it's going to be a blood bath for the country. >> we'll play you his full comments. also, keir simmons directly questions putin on alexei