way republicans rushed him into the cabinet. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. "first look" is up next. shannon, shannon, shannon glenn, this is not a tv program. shannon, you don't just get to yell out. we are going to have you sit down like big boys and girls. >> glenn, glenn, who here hates glenn? that shows that everybody raised their hands because everybody hates glenn. >> it was a slow of unity at cpac. steve bannon and reince priebus denied reports of tension and

ca called upon the opposition party. and steve boehner says that the repeal of obamacare is simply not going to happen. good morning, it is friday, february 24th. i'm alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. donald trump called for a military deportation during manufacturing of ceos. >> we are getting really bad dudes out of this country. and at a rate that nobody has ever seen before. and they are the bad ones. and it's a military operation because what has been allowed to come into our country, when you see gang violence and you have read about it like never before,

all of that, much of that is people here illegally. >> but just hours later, sean spicer and john kelly who was in mexico did damage control. >> no, repeat no use of military force in immigration operations. none. yes, we'll approach this operation systematically in an organized way. and the result-oriented way. and in an operational way and a human dignity way. this is the way great militaries do business. the united states, mexico and many others. >> the president was using that as an adjective, it's happening with precision and in a manner of which it is being done very clearly. we have made it clearly in the past, the president is clearly describing the manner in which this was being done. and so just to be clear on his use of that phrase.

i think the way it is being done on all accounts is being done with a high degree of precision and a flawless manner in terms of making sure that the borders are carried out and it's dominating in an extremely efficient manner. >> amid the mixed messages from the president and his administration, a new poll from cbs news shows that 60% of voters believe that mr. trump does not understand the complicated problems that a president faces. yesterday secretary kelly elaborated on the trump administration's new immigration policies ruling out mass deportations. >> let me be very, very clear, there will be no, repeat, no mass deportations. everything we do in dhs will be done legally and according to human rights and the legal justice system of the united states. all deportations will be according to our legal justice

system, which is extensive and includes multiple appeals. the focus of deportations would be on the criminal element that have made it into the united states. >> the comments came as kelly and secretary of state rex tillerson wrapped up their meetings with mexican leaders amid the recent tensions between the two neighboring nations. tillerson acknowledged the strains on otherwise strong ties. >> in our meetings, we jointly acknowledged that in a relationship filled with vibrant colors, two strong sovereign countries from time to time will have differences. we listen closely and carefully to each other as we respectfully and patiently raised our respective concerns. our conversations covered the full range of bilateral issues. >> all eyes on a conservative conference this week as the trump administration seems to permeate its ideas in the republican party. in a joint appearance at cpac, senior counselor to the

president steven bannon labeled reporters the opposition party. and reince priebus joined in to slam journalists. >> we're hoping that the media would catch up eventually, but we're so conditioned to it, i'm personally so conditioned to hearing about why president trump isn't going to win the election. why one a controversy in the primary is going to take down president trump. i lived through it as chairman of the party. and it really hit me because it was maybe the summer of 2015, and you remember the media was constantly pounding president trump. and the polling kept getting better and better and better for president trump. >> it's not only going to get better, it's going to get worse every day. and here's why, the internal logic makes sense, their corporatist media, they are adamantly opposed to an economic nationalist agenda like donald

trump has. >> then he laid out the sum of the trump administration, which he called deconstruction. >> the first is kind of national security and sovereignty. the second line is economic nationalism. the third, broadly, line of work is deconstruction of the administrative state. and if you look at these cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason, and that's the deconstruction, the way the progressive left runs is if they can't get it passed, they are going to put it in some regulation in an agency. that's all going to be deconstructed. >> interesting commentary. joining us now from washington, kasie hunt at cpac yesterday. help us understand reince priebus and steve bannon. on camera they have a good working relationship, but some have been saying just the fact they have to appear together suggests something else. >> reporter: ayman, i don't

quite want to call it a buddy comedy routine, but i almost think there were ways they were going for it, or at least reince priebus was. he was asked, what is the biggest misconception of the trump administration in the immediate gentleman media, and he said, actually, steve bannon and i get along pretty well. and if anybody embodies what was the accomplishment of the republican party, it's probably reince priebus. he was running the party. he was somebody close to a lot of the other people who ran against trump and lost in the primary. and even the way he talked about donald trump and the conservative movement yesterday. it had echoes of coming out of that world. take a look at how priebus kind of focused in on donald trump. >> president trump brought together the party and the conservative movement. and i have to tell you, if a

party and conservative movement are together, similar to steve and i, it can't be stopped. >> so notice he's really focused on unity and the idea that he's bringing together the activists in the room with another piece of the grassroots of the republican par tip. it was in very sharp contrast to how steve bannon seemed to talk about his own world view. take a look at bannon's version. >> if you think they're going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. every day, every day it is going to be a fight. and that is what i'm proudest about donald trump. all the opportunities he had to waiver off this, all the people that said, you have to moderate. every day in the oval office he tells reince and i, i committed to the american people, i promised this when i ran and i'm going to zlideliver on this. >> and bannon very much has the president's ear. he was also asked to say something kind about reince priebus at the end, they both

were, but steve bannon praised his diligence and aggressiveness in the day to day, but also mentioned that priebus is running the trains on time. which isn't always high praise for people behind the scenes in washington. >> kasie, i wanto talk about the alt-right withichard spencer, you were right there and he was shown the door, let's say. what happened there? >> reporter: he was. and i sort of walked out with him as he was being thrown out. you're looking at a little bit of it here. richard spencer a white nationalist. he's somebody who kind of adopted the term alt-right as well. he ran a website around this. and they frankly didn't want him at cpac yesterday. they wanted the headlines to be that he was thrown out, not allowed to stay. he was holding an impromptu press conference when he was stripped of his credentials. guys? >> kasie hunt, thank you for being there from d.c. for us. meantime, john boehner is casting doubt on the republican effort to repeal and replace

obamacare at a health care conference in orlando, florida. the ohio republican said obamacare would survive due to the difficulty of getting lawmakers to settle on an alternative version. >> in the 25 years that i served in the united states congress, republicans never ever one time agreed on what the health care proposal should look like. not once. and all this happy talk that went on in november and december and january about repeal, repeal, repeal, yeah, we'll do replace, and i started laughing because if you repeal that, first, anything that happens is your fault. the effects of obamacare, i shouldn't have called it repeal and replace, i shouldn't have said that because they are basically going to fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it. >> all right. town halls continue to be heated across the country. in fact, our own cal perry was

out on the road at one in north dakota where passions were running high. he joins us now, cal? >> reporter: ayman, good morning. this was a town hall like many of the previous ones we have seen. quite a bit of an nimosity in t room. there's been 413 of these held, 170 more than any congressman here, but we have been speaking to those coming to the town halls and they said this is just as tense as a town hall they've heard the congressman hold. they talked about affordable care act, planned parenthood and a discussion about president trump, his campaign and the potential relationship there with the russian government. people here very interested to hear about that. we caught up with the congressman after the town hall and i asked him specifically if he thought that republicans, specifically in congress, were perhaps getting distrangted by the town halls instead of pushinging through t ining thro.

here's what he said. >> this is why in congress i say do not get overly concerned. pay attention. don't shy away from it. but remember, we are all here. because of obamacare. this position i hold was held for 30 years by democrats until people voted for obamacare. >> reporter: the congressman will continue to hold town halls and wants to hear from hemopepe here. i would say 70% are democrats. this place was packed. the capacity around 100 people, we saw double than that. some people stood outside to try to hear from the congressman himself. ayman? >> cal, thank you very that. next half hour, we'll talk about one republican congressman who opted to cancel a public town hall. and multiple sources are telling nbc news that new york city mayor bill de blasio is expected to interviewed by federal prosecutors today. the meeting comes as part of a federal probe into whether the mayor and his aides traded government favors for donations.

a wide-ranging corruption investigation has been in full swing for over a year and is likely in its final stages. according to nbc new york, de blasio will attempt to convince federal prosecutors there was never any quid pro quo nor any trading of government favors during his time at city hall. the mayor also reportedly plans to answer questions without the protection of immunity. he said his fund-raising followed the law. but the spokes person for the mayor's office has declined to comment. well, still ahead, it's been a violent start to the year in chicago. the city just marked the deadliest day of 2017. the number of shooting incidents is unbelievable. plus, we're learning new details about the death of north korean leader kim jong-un's brother. those stories and more are coming up when we come right back.

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in the latest twist in the murder mystery of kim jong-un estranged half-brother, the weapon vx nerve agent was used in the killing. it is banned in the united states and classified as a weapon of mass deconstruction. it is deadly and can be from a few deadly salts. it was detected in his eyes and face and accused one of the women in the attack fell ill and suffered from vomiting. this footage from japan's fuji tv shows the attack. while it is strange neither of the attackers died from exposure, they may have been given the anecdote. they are decontaminating the airport right now despite the murder occurring 11 days ago. at least two people in chicago were shot last night following the city's deadliest day of 2017.

13 people were reportedly shot in nearly as many separate incidents on chicago's south and west sides on wednesday alone. seven died of their wounds including 20-year-old wiltia jones nine months pregnant with her first child. the unborn baby girl did not survive. last night president trump tweeted seven people shot and killed yesterday in chicago. what is going on there? totally out of control. chicago needs help. illinois democratic senator tammy duckworth responded within an hour tweeting, won't stop the violence. how about working to address the root causes of violence like economic justice and gun trafficking? as senator durbin and i recently wrote, if you are serious about stopping the violence, there's a lot we can do. through wednesday there have been 379 shooting incidents in chicago this year. according to the police department's numbers, that's up from 365 a year earlier. bu early by the "chicago tribune's" account, 495 people have been shot in the city of chicago so far this year. just an absolute tragedy. >> it is shocking what is happening there in chicago.

also this morning, the justice department has rescinded the obama administration order to phase out the use of private prison contracts. in a memo, jeff sessions says the order, quote, imparped the viewer's ability to meet the needs of the future correctional system. the old memo written by former deputy attorney general sally yates said more private facilities were dangerous and expensive and didn't provide the same level of services. they say the reverse in course was to give the bureau of prisons more flexibility to manage the prison population. shares of two of the leading prison companies shot up in after hours trading yesterday. time to get a check on the weather now with bonnie. can you bring us the good stuff. >> well, look at what is happening in milwaukee. lightning, thunderstorms and just to the north, snow. we're watching for blizzard conditions to work their way through a good portion of the upper midwest and the plains.

and then eventually the area you see here that looks dry, well, unfortunately, will erupt with severe weather later this afternoon. in fact, 30 million people under a severe weather risk. the main threat for damaging winds, but we could see an isolated tornado. this is going to be from fort wayne to lexington, kentucky. here's a look at the storm erupting across the upper midwest. the snow is moving in. the blizzard will be happening. we'll be seeing blinding conditions can blowing and drifting snow. early in the morning in chicago, some light snow with the change-over occurring with temperatures dropping by 30 degrees. and then comes the rain for the east coast. we'll get into new jersey, up through upstate new york saturday night and eventually some thunderstorms as well. so really a mixed bag of weather for this weekend. ayman. >> we'll be prepared one way or the other. thank you. charles oakley attends the first knicks came since earlier this month. but was he rooting for his former team? we'll tell you about that next.

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joined the suit three times later after he public admitted to using performance enhancing drugs. armstrong was banned of his titles and competitions. we'll see how that turns out. we'll tipoff in california as the warriors host the clippers. and caught on tape less than a minute into the game, golden state's dramon green with trash talk for paul pierce retiring after this season. take a listen. >> chasing that farewell tour, they don't love you like that. >> you can't get no farewell tour. they don't love you like that. >> you thought that was kobe? >> talk is cheap, the clippers jump to a double-digit lead after the second quarter. while the warriors did trail at the half, they rallied for0 points in the third quarter going on to defeat l.a. for the tenth consecutive time, 123-113. and on trade deadline day, carmelo anthony ended up in cleveland after all.

only to join lebron james and the cavs but a road trip against the new york knicks. this went like his season, a 119-104 loss. to add insult to injury, chris left the contest with a sprained right ankle and reportedly seen after the game in a walking boot. we'll see how his health fares. meanwhile, charles oakley, who has been at odds with the franchise owner after being ejected from the garden, spent his night next to the cavs owner dan gilbert. he didn't say whether he was supporting his team, only saying i'm rooting for a good game. and finally, in college hoops, arizona state university's fame curtain of distraction is one of the greatest antics by a fan base in sports today and could be one of the single best free throw distractions of all time. there's no telling what opponents will face at the foul line. they will unveil the black curtain ready to distract when

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welcome back. i'm alex witt alongside ayman mo mohyeldin. two officers are dead after a shoot-out on the northeast side of the city in d.c. a weapon was recovered from the scene and two officers are in stable concern. and ready to fight any action the white house takes to crackdown on federal law against recreational miles per hour. during the campaign, donald trump said he would no go after states that have legalized marijuana, but yesterday the white house press secretary sean spicer said to expect, quote, greater enforcement.

recreational pot is legal in seven states including washington, d.c. and the remaining dakota access pipeline protesters have been cleared out. some left on their own and others were carried out. 46 people were arrested during the three-and-a-half hour operation. protesterses were ordered to leave by thursday in anticipation of spring flooding. the president is raising eyebrows on two very important issues. when discussing the immigration crackdown. he described deportation as a, quote, military operation. and on nuclear weapons, he told reuters we must be, quote, top of thing pa. peter alexander has more on both of those. >> reporter: hey, ayman, good morning to you. president trump doubling down on his desire to beef up the nuclear punch saying he wants to expand america's arsenal to make clear the u.s. is top of the pack. meantime, the secretary of homeland security was on a mission to mexico with the secretary of state where he walked back something the president said raising eyebrows about deportations.

the president flexing america's muscles on foreign policy telling reuters he wants to fortify the u.s.'s nuclear arsenal. >> it would be wonderful, a dream would be that no country would have nukes, but if countries are going to have nukes, we're going to be at the top of the pack. >> reporter: president trump whose come under fire for potential ties to russia now vowing he'll confront russian president vladimir putin over the country's recent release of the latest missile. this comes as donald trump tries to diffuse a standoff with mexico. demonstrators torching a fake wall highlighting real tensions. the latest flash point, mr. trump's new deportation policies. >> we are getting gang members out, we're getting drug lords out, we're getting really bad dudes out of this country. and it's a military operation. >> reporter: that comment quickly contradicted by the president's homeland of

security, john kelly. in mexico. >> there will be no, repeat, no mass deportation. no, repeat no use of military force in immigration operations. none. >> the white house later clarifying the meaning of military operation. >> the president was using that as an adjective, it's happening with precision. >> reporter: among mexico's complaints that the u.s. plans to deport anyone who illegally crosses the border back to mexico, even if they're not mexican. secretary of state trex tillersn dealt with the difficulties. >> i said, that's going to be a tough trip, because we have to be treated fairly by mexico. >> reporter: tillerson trying to translate donald trump's tough talk into diplomacy. >> two sovereign countries from time to time will have differences. >> reporter: and emphasizing the differences between the two allies, many mexican lawmakers were demanding the president refuse to meet with secretaries tillerson and kelly thursday. but ultimately that meeting did happen. so far no public comments from

either side on what, if anything, was accomplished. ayman? >> peter alexander, thank you. the new fbi official asked to pour cold water on publish stories that trump advisers were in touch with government officials throughout the election. cnn was the first to report the story and that the fbi refused to bat under pressure. the associated press said reince priebus said the admistration it believed the new york times was describing the context was not accurate. the official asked mccabe in a meeting at the white house if the fbi could knock down aspects of "the new york times" report, and mccabe declined to discuss the case in any way. the fbi is not commenting on the story. and today a big day at cpac where the president is set to speak before the conservative conference. joining us from washington, capitol hill correspondent kasie

hunt. good morning to you, we'll talk about yesterday and then set up today for us. >> reporter: alex, you had kellyanne conway as another person who presented yesterday. she opened remarks by saying that by the time this was over, the conference would be called tpac for trump pac. and you saw the beginning of that yesterday. in the evening, we heard from vice president mike pence who talked a little bit about how the expectations for whipping the election played out. take a look. >> you know what? the establishment never saw it coming. i mean, the media, the elites, the insiders, everybody else who profits off preserving the status quo, they dismissed our president every step of the way. and in dismissing them, they also dismissed millions of the hard-working, forgotten men and women who make this country great. >> and pence, of course, has a lot of ties to the republican establishment, still does. has been maintaining them, but one of the real power centers i the white house as well,

somebody who is kind of breaking those ties in talking about how things need to change, that is steve bannon who made a rare public appearance yesterday at cpac. take a look at how he characterized it. >> there's a new political order being formed out of this and it's still being formed. if you look at the wide debris of opinions in this room, where you are a populist or limited government or economic nationalist, we have wide and sometimes did version opinions. but i think the center core of what we believe that we're a nation with an economy, not an economy in a global marketplace with open borders, but we are a nation with a culture and a reason for being. and i think that is what unites us. >> you heard that repeatedly from steve bannon, nationalist, and there was uneasy tension between establishment conservatives and the new bannon wing of the party. the question is, is donald trump a one-time thing or is this

going to change conservativism in the long run? >> kasie hunt, appreciate that. the last time ted cruz spoke at cpac he was a favorite to be one of the last candidates standing as his party's nominee, but he praised much of the president's agenda so far including the mexican city rule and the nomination of gorsuch to the supreme court. >> the first month has been very strong. you look at the cabinet appointments, this is the most conservative cabinet we have seen in decades. >> but early in the day, cruz reportedly said, do i wish president trump's rhetoric more clearly articulated that putin is a kgb thug? yes, that clarity is important. and during aninterview, he said this about his democratic colleagues in the senate. >> it's the anger on left, i have never seen anything like it. i mean, they are right now opposing everything. democrats in the senate are

filibustering absolutely everything. their base, there's a technical term for their base. >> moscow. >> i was going a different direction which is back crack kraiz. right now senators are more dared of the base than the vote voters. many are asking questions on those who deeply opposed the administration's efforts. bill cassidy at times was shouted out with demands to do his job. his office sent out a letter saying, stop shouting. the liberal groups are trying to keep the white house from doing the job we were elected to do. by comparison, he was in smaller towns in parts of the state far from the big cities with much smaller and quieter crowds.

>> you know, the good thing about today is that people actually respected others' desire to hear. and there were good questions. some of the best questions i've ever had in a town hall were today. d even though there were folks who agreed and disagreed, they would listen to each other. >> other senators are being asked when they will meet with the public. one man's questions were to marco rubio yesterday. check this out. >> i saw missing child posters all over town. are you going to host a town hall? i'm glad you are okay, but are you going to host a town hall? there's a constituent town hall today. we need to hear from you, senator. >> the senator's office notes he had been in germany and france as part of his work on the senate intel committee earlier in the day. the senator hosted a roundtable on opiod addiction in his home state of florida.

uproar in gold canyon, republican congressman paul gozar canceling his town hall. >> if you would like to ask a question, please press zero. >> reporter: instead of holding one on the phone, a tele town hall. >> thank you for joining us. >> reporter: seven call-in questions, zero from the otherp. on the flip side, the republican went on with her town hall despite a rowdy crowd. let's turn to business where uber found itself engulfed in another controversy now being sued by the google-owned self-driving company wamo. cnbc's nancy hungerford is joining us live fr, it seems th they are using stolen technology here. >> reporter: that's right. the allegations on the table coming from alphabet. google's parent company announced that the former engineer at wamo, the

self-driving unit under alphabet, stole intellectual property information. we're talking about information tied to secret designs when he left to found a company called auto, which in turn was purchased by uber. these allegations were filed in a san francisco court alleging that he stole some 14,000 confidential files he took to an external server. uber takes the allegations seriously and will review the matter very carelly. elsewhere, keep an eye on oil prices today pairing back some of the gains we saw in the session yesterday. this is as information comes that the u.s. exported a record amount of crude oil last week topping that 1 million barrel mark for the second week in a row. it also comes as producers continue to ramp up to levels not seen since april 2016. this, of course, is offsetting some of the cuts we have seen from opec members. back to you for now. >> nancy hungerford live from london. thank you so much. still ahead, she advised president obama as part of the

national security council and decided to stay on to serve president trump. >> well, now the form er staffe is sharing her view about the trump white house. >> if caitlyn jenner were to talk into trump tower and use the bathroom, you would be fine with her using any bathroom she would choose. >> that is correct.

we can we can. caitlyn jenner is responding to president obama's guidelines telling transgender students to use the bathroom corresponding to their identity. he posted a video on twitter yesterday calling out bullies and singled out attorney general jeff sessions and delivered a message to president trump reminding him of the campaign pledge that he made. >> finally i have a message for

president trump. from one republican to another. this is a disaster. and you can still fix it. you made a promise to protect the lgbtq community. call me. >> jenner also voiced her support for the upcoming transgender teen that will tackle the bathroom debate. and the national security is speaking out about experienan ee in the white house. in 2014 this woman worked down the hall in the situation room. she was the only one wearing a hijab in the white house, and she said she felt included. i watched with disbelief, apprehension and anxiety as

trump's style of campaigning instigated fear and emboldened xenophobes, anti-semites and islamophobes. when donald trump won, she said she considered leaving the nsc and explained to chris hayes last night why she decided to give the new administration a chance. >> the reason why i stayed was because, you know, i felt a responsibility to at least try to be able to reach out. i knew that this administration was coming with a very different view and perspective, but if anything, my hope was that at the end of the day, the dust would settle with politics once the new administration comes in, as it typically does, and it would start to be dealing with reality on a day-to-day basis, which is the impact it has on people's lives. >> describing her day in the white house, rather than tex sitement i encountered when i

first came to the white house under obama, the new staff looked at me with a cold surprise. the diverse white house i had worked in became a diverse and male bastion. she said she may have lasted longer if it weren't for the ban on the muslims. >> that's a real shame. bonnie schneider, a good day to you, but not a great weekend for many ahead. >> it is a mixed bag of weather. right now in milwaukee, thunderstorms and just to the north snow. and where we have snow, the storm is so intense we're getting thunder snow. so it is a vigorous storm system rolling through lacrosse right now into iowa. and iowa is where we are watching potentially to see blizzard conditions develop throughout the day. 25 million people right now under some sort of storm risk or winter weather advisory. and this is where we're looking at the heaviest amounts of snow

right here into southern minnesota. so not really milwaukee or into minneapolis or st. paul, but areas further to the south and west. storms, thunderstorms, temperatures are too warm for snow in indianapolis, cincinnati, lexington. and lion people mayave to deal with very powerful thunderstorms and downpours as go through a good portion of the day. that's really where we have the dividing line for the cooler conditions and the warmer numbers where we are looking at record highs to the south and east. but just to give you the heads-up, things are changing. colder air coming in for indianapolis, dropping, and so is chicago. a much colder weekend than we have seen most of the week. alex and ayman? reports that president trump may be about to put his mark on the fight against isis. and we'll have the story behind this dramatic new video of a firefighter in action risking his life to save an apartment full of people. we're back in a moment. this is the story of green mountain coffee and fair trade, told in the time it takes to brew your cup. let's take a trip to la plata, colombia.

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so a firefighter in china is being called a hero after doing this, literally risking his life to bring a burning gas can out of the apartment building. they found the tank with a broken valve and knew they needed to get it out of there. once the tank was outside, firefighters were able to distinguish it in ten minutes. authorities believe the tank caught fire while the homeowner was cooking dinner but the case is still under investigation. and amid numerous reports of turmoil in the early days of the trump white house, new reports

say the military men in the president's cabinet and inner circle acted as a calming force. jim mattis, homeland security chairman tom kelly and tom dumpford have filed a novice to help calm donald trump. they agreed to watch the number of executive orders being issued. and the president is going to be presented with a range of options to speed up its strategy against isis. one of the options is expected to be sending additional u.s. troops to syria and iraq. joining us live from london, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. m matt, great to have you with us. what else is on the table in terms of possible options? >> reporter: good morning, ayman. the trump administration is considering a few different options, most of which do look like an escalation. now, if you remember, shortly

after his inauguration last month, president trump signed an executive order that pledged to ramp up the fight against isis. he gave generals 30 days to come up with a plan. general joseph ortel, the head of america's central command said he may increase the number of u.s. troops deployed on the ground in syria and iraq. there were already 5,000 to 6,000 american soldiers advise and assist in iraq. and 500 special forces troops in syria. the u.s. may also deploy these soldiers in more forward, more active positions where they would be confronting isis directly rather than just assisting local fighters. but putting more boots on the ground could mean more american casualties, and that is not the only idea on the table. the white house apparently wants to loosen restrictions meant to protect civilians in air strikes against islamic state. president trump is also considering a proposal he floated as a candidate to carve out so-called safe zones for

civilians within iraq and syria. now that plan is still hazy. it will certainly require a larger troop commitment from the u.s. and its turkish allies. but with all the proposals, the fight against the islamic state is being won in iraq and syria. and much of that is thanks to russia whose support of president bashar al assad has tipped the syrian war in the regime's favor. ayman? >> all right, we'll take it from there, thank you so much, matt bradley, in london. still ahead, a look at stories happening in the day ahead. >> and coming up on "morning joe," an expert panel as the president looks to bolster the arsenal. we are joined by richard haass, stephen hadley and ambassador martin indyk. "morning joe" is just moment ace way. you don't want to miss that. every tv doctor knows that when it comes to hospital romances,

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before we toss it to "morning joe," we'll tell you about the stories you'll be hearing about in the day ahead. >> and president trump is set to address those at the cpac conference in a few hours. kelly o'donnell has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, louis. with conservatives gathered here in washington, they will have the highest profile speaker today. president trump will address the

conference known as cpac. now he skipped it last year as a candidate and so he and his team have sort of flooded cpac, a message, they say, to try to show that president trump has the support of conservatives. the president has several other things on his schedule coming up in the next few days. the nation's governors will be in town. we're still awaiting the updated travel ban. that seven-country ban of mostly muslim countries. and then tuesday, it will be a very high-profile event for the president. he's getting ready to address congress for his very first joint session. it will look like a state of the union, but it is something a little different than that. but it will be a chance for the president to lay out his ideas. and we're told he will talk about american renewal. louis? kelly o'donnell from the white house, thank you for that report. >> something tells me the president's speech is going to make headlines. and as kelly mentioned, governors from across the country will gather in washington today to kickoff their annual meeting. the gathering kicks off on

monday when they meet with president trump. >> that's a wrap for us on this friday. i'm alex wit alongsideshannon? shannon? glenn? this is isn't a tv program. >> follow up. >> you don't get to just yell out questions. we are going to raise our hands like big boys and girls. >> sit down, glenn! just a show of hands. who here hates glenn? everybody? 1-2-3. infinity? let the record show that everyone raised their hands because everybody hates glenn! >> poor glenn! >>. >> c'mon! no poor glenn! have you read glenn's tweets? he's a "the new york times" guy and in the white house briefing room and saying wine served with