jared? can't sell karma without a messed up misspelling of the word car. that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." new overnight. another legal blow to president trump's revised travel ban. a judge in has stopped. a deadly crash in texas under authorization. authorities say a pickup truck veered head-on into a church van. at least 48 million people across the country are at risk of severe thunderstorms today. large hail, strong winds and tornadoes all possible on the radar. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, march 30th.

lawmakers in north carolina may vote today on a plan to overturn the state's controversial bathroom bill, potentially end, the month-long standoff over the legislation. roy keeper announced late last night they had struck a deal on a plan to overturn house bill 2, or hb-2. that measure curbs legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and sets rules that affects transgender bathroom use in public buildings. according to estimates it's cost the state millions of dollars in lost revenue. joining us in the udio, msnbc's cal perry. good morning to you, cal. what all is involved in this agreement? you have republicans, you have the governor and how did this law become really toxic enough for republicans to repeal it? >> the initial law was passed in march. it's costing, as you said, the state a lot of money. this is going to happen very fast. it's going to happen this morning. quickly, what is the new bim year looking at? it's going to repeal house bill 2, hb-2.

puts state legislators in charge of the public bathroom policy so takes it a way from the local ordinances and puts it in the hand of the state legislators. timeline, it's going to happen very fast. it starts at 9:00 a.m. they'll hear the senate rules and move to senate at 11:00 a.m. it will then go to the house and then executive branch, governor cooper, if lawmakers approve. what is the governor's take on th this? he's basically said it's a step, not a final deal yet, this vote put a step in the right direction. as he said, it helps addition repeals house bill 2, begins to repair our republic nation. this is costing them, as you alluded to, a lot of money. >> let me ask you quickly about the reaction from those who oppose the initial bill. what do they say about this? >> we have two quotes. people are not happy about this because it's not a feel repeal.

the newest hb-2 proposal is a bad idea that does not actually repeal. it doubles down on discrimination. another from human rights campaign. their take on this is that anything short of a full repeal, anything short of a full repeal by democrats and republicans, is not acceptable. >> cal perry, thank you very much for that. well, this morning authorities in southwest texas are investigating a deadly crash involving a church van and a dodge pickup truck. 13 people were killed and 2 others injured after authorities say the pickup truck veered into a southbound lane and hit the van head-on. all of the dead were on board the church van. so far authorities have not released the names of any of the victims. the first baptist church of new brun fells released a statement saying a group of senior adults was returning home from a senior retreat. 14 people were on board the bus. the lone survivor is in serious but stable condition. the pastor says the congregation is asking for prayers. >> you never know what a day is going to bring.

you know, the lord tells us that we have today. tomorrow is not -- tomorrow is not promised. >> authorities say the driver of the pickup truck survived the crash sxfs air lifted to a nearby hospital in san san an stone yoe. ntbs will investigate. the risk of severe weather continues across parts of the country. strong storms are expected to flare up along the ohio valley, tennessee valley and parts of the south. in all, about 48 million people are at risk of seeing severe thunderstorms. two boys believed to be 11nd 12 years old were electrocuted by power lines brought down by strong winds. firefighters say the children were in a park when they encountered live power lines on the ground. at least two tornadoes touched down near dallas and ft. worth. some areas saw straight-line winds that clocked in around 90 miles an hour, damaging homes and cars there.

meteorologist bill karins will have much more on the forecast in a few minutes. the federal judge in hawaii who blocked the president's revised travel ban extend his order. he granted the state's request to turn the temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction, meaning it cannot be enforced until the lawsuit is resofld. the administration asked the judge to apply his ruling to the six-nation ban but that request was denied. hawaii argues the president's executive order discriminates against muslims and hurts the state's tourism industry. calls continue for devin nunes to recuse himself from the investigation but it's caused a uproar, as the mystery behind the source of claims of surveillance on the president deepens. nbc's peter alexander has details. >> reporter: ahead of a senate intelligence committee's first hearing on russia investigation,

a bipartisan show of force. >> i have confidence in richard burr. we together with members of our committee will get to the bottom of that. >> reporter: is that cooperation a stark contrast to the house committee. devin nunes under fire from critics who questioned his impartiality after reviewing classified documents on the white house grounds last week. the president's okesman still refusing who cleared nunes in. >> i have asked preliminary questions. >> reporter: former white house officials tell nbc news that information would be easy to obtain through visitor logs. dismissing growing calls to recuse himself, nunes is now accusing his democratic colleagues of stalling. the committee's leading democrat firing back, calling for a postponed hearing with former top officials to be rescheduled immediately. tweeting, what's the holdup? a bipartisan group of ethics are urging congressional ethics department to investigate whether nunes went too far,

disclosing classified information. >> i have seen intelligence reports that clearly show that the president-elect and his team were, i guess at least monitored. >> reporter: revealing secret details about surv surveillance targets. >> he should not be disclosing classified information. there's some concern he did just that. >> reporter: nunes later backtracked. senate republican chair is declaring his independence from the white house despite supporting trump. >> i'll do something i've never done. i'll admit i voted for him. i have a job in the united states senate that overrides any beliefs i might have or loyalties i might have. >> the test of this committee is whether they'll go relentlessly at connections between the trump campaign and russia. >> reporter: the white house is signaling a new willingness to work with democrats on health care even though president trump said he would let obamacare

explode. the senate's top republican mitch mcconnell saying, obamacare is likely here to stay. let's talk more about health care for a moment. despite efforts to jolt reform efforts back to life earlier this week, the future of the federal health care policy remains in doubt. on tuesday president sounded bullish while entering a bipartisan group of senators, but on saturday he tweeted, obamacare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great health care plan for the people. do not worry. yesterday, though, health and human services secretary tom price faced questions on capitol hill about whether the president and his administration intended to do just that. >> i have been deeply disturbed by president trump's recent threats to sabotage health insurance for millions of americans that rely on the affordable care act every day. will you work to avoid premium hikes as projected by cbo by enforcing the current law? yes or no. >> i would suggest to you that can current law is increasing

premiums. what we're trying to do, the commitment of the administration is make sure every single american has access to affordable coverage. >> will you continue that effort to disallow advertising to let people know about enrollment? >> that happened before my arrival. >> but what will you do? >> as i said, we're committed to making certain every american has access -- >> you will continue to dot a advertising? >> we're committed -- >> you'll do advertising? >> last week top white house officials indicated a willingness to work with democrats to go forward but that was an idea not sitting well with some republican leaders. >> wants to make sure people don't get left behind. he wanted to make sure that there's competition in the marketplace so that rates are lower. and people can choose their doctors. so, if those three things are incompatible with some members of the republican house, then it's going to be imcompatible and then we need to work with moderate democrats to make sure

that happens. i think it's more or less a warning shot that we are willing to talk to anyone. we always have been. >> he really rolled up his sleeves. actually, he's up to speed on the issue. he knows the circumstances. what i worry about, nora, if we don't do this, then he'll just go work with democrats to try and change obamacare. and that's not -- that's hardly a conservative thing. this is a can-do president who's a business guy who wants to get things done. and i know that he wants to get things done with the republican congress, but if this republican congress allows the perfect to be the enemy of the good, i worry we'll push the president into working with democrats. >> well, joining us from capitol hill, reporter for the hill, molly hooper. such a partisan time on capitol hill, molly. there's also a shutdown looming. but then you have republican senator john cornyn saying, they're going to have to work with the democrats. so, game this out for us.

>> we have two things going on here. number one, the health care aspect of all of this. president trump was a threat to members of his own party or a dare to democrats to work with him to repair obamacare. and that's what's going on behind the scenes because as you heard paul ryan is basically publicly shaming his own party, which is what some in the republican party on capitol hill want to hear him say after the failure last week to move a bill. in terms of the -- in terms of john cornyn, keep in mind, next month, the short-term funding that was initially approved to last through april, that runs out. so, president trump has his first test of, you know, having his -- i guess they would call it a skinny budget or a short-term funding deal to keep basically the government running through the fall. so, in order to pass that bill in the senate, republicans are going to need eight democratic votes. so, it looks like they won't include the border wall funding.

probably not as much military funding as trump would like. >> molly, by different measure, the president's popularity is really cratering to lows by any measure. his approval rating in the gallup track poll down to 35%, disapproval stands at about 59%. in fact, "the new york times" tweeted in his opinion, that 35% is just about the sweet spot where he's down to his core fans, those that really voted for him throughout the entire primary season and the general election. so, noting that trp's gallup favor ability rating was usually in this range in general, is he losing the power of the bully pulpit? >> again, he wasn't that popular when he won the election. and i think that's what republicans on capitol hill are looking to. democrats also are saying, hey, we're feeling empowered because the republicans can't get their act together to pass anything that this president wants. and so it's unclear how those results are going to fare among

folks who will be moving his legislation forward. but it's very -- it's an unusual dynamic up there on capitol hill, i'll say that much. >> that's for sure. >> yeah. >> molly hooper, good have you with us this morning. thanks. still ahead, press secretary sean spicer and reporter april ryan seemed to made amends after that head-shaking moment at the white house. a dramatic moment caught on camera. a pair of firefighters are being called here rose after this rescue. we have those stories coming up next. plus a check on the severe weather facing large parts of the country.

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forecast. bill, scary stuff out there. >> so much for in like a lion, out like a lamb. this will be difficult with snow in the northeast and severe weather throughout the day today and maybe a little tomorrow. yesterday we caught a break. we said it was a three-day severe outbreak. yesterday we had four reported tornadoes. we thought it would be worse, thankfully it wasn't. the storm is spinning over top of kansas city, storms heading through norms, just passed jacks jackson, minussissippi. it goes from the ohio valley, indianapolis, columbus, st. louis southward back down through tennessee to the gulf coast. the greatest risk of tornadoes today is in this enhanced area. what's good is that we were in a moderate risk. that's one of the higher levels. we dropped it down to the enhanced risk. doesn't mean it can't be up later today. from nashville to tupelo to paducah, that's the favored area f we get tornadoes.

keep that in mind. the other story, this is the one i do not wish to talk about, but we're forced to. spring snow. today at 10:00 a.m. some of that snow breaks out in the northern edge of the storm in northern portions of michigan. as we go through friday, there's enough cold air in new england, this is the ride home tomorrow night. snow through central new england, mass pike, even boston. i hope to not give any more of these maps but the snowfall forecast map shows the potential for a foot of snow in the mountains of northern nene. lower elevations would get a sloppy 2 to 4 inches, including areas like boston. here you're thinking you're almost done but it's cruel in northern nene. it goes winter, mud season and then spring. >> not in the clear just yet. just when -- >> if you want to put a spin on it -- >> it was a great day on saturday. >> bill karins, thanks for is that. white house press secretary sean spicer is responding to

critics over his heated exchange with a veteran white house reporter, speaking on hugh hewitt's radio program, spicer commended april ryan of the american urban radio networks before offering her a much warmer welcome in yesterday's daily press briefing. >> april, is a tough reporter. i think if you ask april, both on and off camera during the briefings, she comes up here often. we have very spirited back and forth. i think that's what makes her a tough reporter. i'm somewhat astonished that i mixed it up with the best of them. to suggest because of her gender or race she's treated differently is demeaning to her. she's a tough woman that fights every day, to get out there and for her publication and for her audience, to get the questions she wants answered and i respect that. >> with that, i'd like to take your questions. april. >> why, thank you, sean. >> how are you today? >> i'm fine. how are you? >> fantastic. >> that was good.

democratic congressman o'rourke is expected to announce plans to fight ted cruz for his seat next week. he would be the first democrat to enter the race against senator cruz. a competitive senate race in texas could benefit the embattled democratic party who are spread thin defending 25 seats in the 2018 elections. they would need three sits to win back majority. firefighters in brockton, massachusetts, are being hailed heroes after saving an elderly man from his burning apartment and it was caught on cameras witnesses alerted firefighters someone was trapped inside and they jumped into action, climbing to the third floor and going through the window and bringing him to safety. firefighters were covered in flames and two firefighters suffered second-degree simpurnz treated at a local hospital. the 82-year-old victim suffered burns to more than 35% of his

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for the end of golden state's regular season. warriors confirmed he's, quote, not experienced any setback to date and has progressed as well as could be expected. he's currently participating in noncontact basketball drills and will be re-evaluated in about a week. as for durant's teammates we go to texas and spurs taking on warriors in what very well may be a preview of the western conference finals. the spurs dominated this one early, opening the game with a 15-0 run. they led by as many as 22 points but warriors fought back with steph curry finishing with 29 points and warriors win 110-98. golden state now has 3 1/2 games cushion over san antonio for stop seed in the west. oklahoma city stormed into orlando last night after being down 21 points in the second half. the thunder clinched a playoff spot with a 114-106 overtime win

against the magic. the comeback was the largest in team history. oklahoma city's russell westbrook hit a game-tying three-pointer sending game into extra period pep finished with 57 points and racked up his 38th triple-double of the season. that's the most points ever scored in a triple-double performance in nba history. pretty unbelievable. finally, depending on who you ask, there are many ways to break in a crisp, new baseball mitt. people have been known to put a car over it or put a rubber band around it and but steven moya might tell you to dig out the tool box. in yesterday's game against the phillies, pounding on his gluf with a hammer. never seen that one. >> interesting. >> that's one way of doing it, right? >> that's one way to do it. >> i've never heard of the shaving cream andutting it in the oven.

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welcome back, everyone. i'm alex witt along with ayman mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. the hawaii judge has extended the president's travel ban. what was a temporarying restraining order is now a preliminary injunction meaning the president's order will remain on holdntil the lawsuit is resolved. the president called the judge's march 15th ruling against the revised travel ban, quote, unprecedented jushlg overreach. lawmakers in north carolina are expected to vote on a plan today to repeal the state's controversial bathroom bill following announcement last night. the original measure curbed legal protections for members of the lbgtq community. let's go to capitol hill as the gridlock continued in the

russian house investigation. a show of bipartisan. richard burr of north carolina and mark warner of virginia discussed the scope of their probe into the shan meddling in the 2016 campaign and their commitment to follow the evidence wherever it leads. >> have you served as adviser on the trump campaign, can you say hand over heart that you can oversee an impartial, serious investigation? >> absolutely. i'll do something i've never done. i'll admit that i voted for him. we always hide who we vote for. that's part of the democratic process. but identify got a job in the united states senate. and i take that job extremely serious. it overrides any personal beliefs that i have or loyal tis i might have. mark and i might look at politics differently. we don't look at the responsibilities we have on the committee differently. and that's to earn the trust and the respect of the intelligence community so they feel open and

good about sharing information with us. >> i have confidence in richard burr that we together with members of our committee are going to get to the bottom of this. if you get nothing else from today, take that statement to the bank. >> senators say the committee has an unprecedented amount of documents and they will be adding sta members. also, they have made 20 interview requests with only five scheduled. the only one they've acknowledged so far is with presidential adviser and son-in-law jared kushner, who volunteered to testify. on the other side of the capitol, the ranking democratic member adam schiff tweeted, sally yates is willing to testify. white house says they want her to testify. public wants to hear from her. former cia director brennan and ex-dni director clapper. wants the holdup? moments later devin nunes claimed it's the democrats holding up proceedings. >> we aim to figure out who is

serious about the investigation. it appears like the democrats are not too serious about this investigation. we have no idea who they even want to interview. as far as i know, they have looked through the documents the intelligence agency provided them. >> are you worried about working with mr. schiff? >> he's concerned about this being bipartisan. at end of the day, we'll do an investigation with or without him. >> the white house controls all points of entry to its grounds and keeps strict logs but press secretary sean spicer is still not answering questions about who let devin n nunes to view information. >> monday you said to us from the podium you were looking into how chairman nunes was cleared here and with whom he met. do you have any information to live up to the commitment you made here on monday to provide more details about how that happened in a process you just told us yet again is above board

and totally appropriate? >> i don't have anything for you on that at this time. again, i don't -- >> have you looked into it. >> i've asked preliminary questis. i have not gotten answers yet. no i don't have anything further. >> joining us from capitol hill, reporter for "the hill," molly hooper. welcome back. the senate has really has always been the more collegial between the two. is that the case again when you see the division on the house intel side? >> if you watched the press conference yesterday, the senate certainly did seem like the cooling saucer, as they like to refer to themselves. but, you know, it's interesting because while the house intel committee is sort of devolving into this he said/he said, you know, public spat, the senate intelligence committee is moving forward. in fact, today they're having a hearing basically their sort of first public hearing on the russian meddling and influence

on the campaign with witnesses. there will be two panels. former nsa head keith alexander will be at one of them and basically -- it's a primer for people to look out for, you know, coming into the 2018 elections. then, of course, as you mentioned, the 20 people that the committee wants to interview behind closed doors. whereas on the house side, you know, chairman nunes and adam schiff, the democrat -- the lead democrat on the committee, they intend to meet apparently today. republicans on the committee are saying that work is still going on even though all of the hearings have been canceled for this week. but we'll see. you know, they're focusing on something a little bit different with nunes wanti to look io the leaks that have come out from the various conversations the trump administration have had and these claims of wiretapping. so, there's a little bit of a different focus. we'll see what happens. >> this collegial nature that ayman is referring to in the senate, that could change in the

confirmation of neil gorsuch. democrats say they'll vote no, and the nuclear option lowering from 60 to a mere simple majority at 51, is that inevitable at this point? and if that happens, what is the fallout? >> you know, it actually -- it depends on what issue, i suppose you're talking about when it comes to the cooling saucer and collegiality, but in terms of the intelligence aspect, the senate's really trying to differentiate themselves from the house. in terms of the gorsuch hearing, the fallout could be if this nuclear option is triggered, a similar situation we saw when president trump's cabinet nominees were able to be confirmed without getting filibustered. that's what happened when harry reid decided to change the -- change the situation -- the rules in the senate to allow nominees to go through without being filibustered. the next time there will be a democratic president and, say, a democratic congress, then republicans won't be able to filibuster any supreme court nominee. it will be interesting to see

how it plays out because i think not all of the democrats are comfortable with losing that right, right of the minority in the senate. >> thank you very much. a lot remains to be seen there. let's turn to business now. a business deal between the real estate business of jared kushner's family and a chinese company to redevelop a manhattan skyscraper has been scrapped. this after some members of congress raised a red flag over ethics concerns. cnbc nancy joins us live from london. can we expect more deals like this for kushner companies to kind of evaporate as long as the president's son-in-law maintains his senior advisory role in the white house? >> well, we understand that kushner companies said they are still in talks with other investors for the redevelopment of this property on fifth avenue, but as of now talks with china have collapsed amid conflict of interest concerns. reportedly, the chinese company was in talks for investment into

this tower of around $2.5 billion. now, these talks started as early as july. at that time jared kushner was still overseeing the family properties, the development of that group. he has, of course, sold his interest in these properties into a family trust. but many said that just was not enough to offset conflict of interest concerns. elsewhere, keep an eye on oil prices because it was a stellar two days for crude prices. yesterday despite strong inventory records from united states, up 3% for the week but a pare back in prices this morning for crude. >> thanks so much. two former high-ranking political appointees in new jersey chris christie have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the bridgegate scandal. former deputy chief of staff kelly was sentenced to 18 months

for their parts in punishing a small-town mayor for not endorsing christie's 2013 re-election bid. the political payback scheme lasted four days with lanes shut down and traffic redirected from the george washington bridge to the mayor's town. they apologized for their actions and said they plan to appeal. the prosecutor in the case claimed christie knew about the closures as they happened, something the governor disputes. while christie wasn't charged, the scandal did change his presidential ambitions. christie was alongside the president with his new appointment to the government drug task force. here's what he said before that. >> do they need to serve some time? >> the judge will do what the judge believes is appropriate, matt. it's not my role or anybody else's role other than the judge in that courtroom to pass sentence on people who have committed crimes. >> chris christie yesterday on the "today" show. let's switch gears and look ahead. we're tracking another day of

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not far from garner state park. a pickup truck and a church bus collided head-on. we now know all 13 victims were on that bus and members of the first baptist church of new braunfels. the church bus that seats 14 people left early monday morning for a senior adult choir retreat. tragedy struck on their drive back. on wednesday night, the church opened up its sanctuary to the community for prayer and counseling services, as the town waits to learn the identities of the victims. the senior pastor of the church says the prayers sent in these tragic hours will be key in helping this community move forward in the coming days and weeks. their church family, he says, is devastated. he says they find comfort in knowing all the victims were believers. authorities could begin to release the identities of those victims as early as today. that as the national transportation safety board takes over the investigation.

back to you, alex. >> thanks so much for that. let's get a check on your weather from nbc meteorologist bill karins. i guess it's a rock 'n' roll couple of days ahead. >> the snow in new england and then the severe weather today. yesterday we were fortunate with only four tornadoes reported. we had a scary situation in the houston area. one point late yesterday morning we had a tornado warning for downtown houston area. everyone was told to go to the shelters. a nasty thunderstorm was going overhead. it did do wind damage but wasn't any reported physical tornado in the area. can you see the wind damage did enough problems by itself there with some of those big trees. for right now, the severe weather threat has ended. we'll fire it back up this afternoon. miserable morning in chicago, heading into areas of michigan, cold rain. thunderstorms to the south. later on today, obviously, we'll fire it back up. we'll get 48 million people at risk. not everyone will see the severe

storms but the potential is at least there. the area of orange is enhanced risk. that's the greatest risk of storm. if we get tornadoes the favored location would be northern mississippi, tennessee, some areas of western kentucky. here's the snowfall map. again, we're talking snow. massachusetts, new hampshire, vermont, upstate new york and all portions of maine as we go through friday night into saturday morning for them. it's going to be a heavy, wet snow in those areas, too. one decent day today from d.c. to new york. that will change. friday looks ugly in those areas. a lot of rain and travel delays. if you have a flight on friday, you know, you may want to try to change that. >> okay. >> thanks for that update. a warning the united nations is issuing over a stark assessment of the world's largest humanitarian crisis that's been taking place. famine has been ravaging millions in somali and yemen is also in danger.

it comes as cuts to aid from the white house. experts are warning that kind of move by the u.s. could have far-ranging effects including a new wave of migrants headed to europe and possibly more suppo for islamic extremist groups. joining us on set msnbc's cal perry. go through the numbers for us. how bad of a crisis is this as it unfolds? >> as said, i a senior oou.n. official saying this is the largest humanitarian crisis in the history of united nations. 20 million on the brink of famine. one in five households facing extreme food shortages. 30% of the population acutely malnutritioned. 2 million people right now, right now at risk of imminent death in these three countries, somali, yemen and south sudan. as we go through them country by country, the vast majority of what's happened is man-made. 7 million people in need of urgent food aid in yemen.

that's a country where we continue to build our military presence. we'll take a look at somalia. somalia, unfortunately, now back in the grips of famine. 6 million people in need of food assistance. look, we're talking here about conflict zones that are affecting kids. a quarter of kids severely malnutritioned in somalia. finally we'll finish with south sudan, the newest country in the world. 5.5 million facing food shortages there. 1 million people right now today on the brink of dying from famine. >> that sounds like a humanitarian catastrophe, cal. what can be done to keep it from getting worse, to turn things around? >> according to the united nations they need more than $4 billion and they need it by tomorrow. that's not going to happen. the other thing that needs to happen here when we look at the paris accords and we talked a lot yesterday about coal and natural gas and energy and the planet. during the paris accords the experts there said if we don't fix global warming, the three

main problems will be drought, extreme weather and famine. that's where we are. >> cal perry with that very bleak assessment. obviously, a disaster unfolding overseas. thanks for that, cal. nasa's jupiter mission completed another fly by of jupiter. the pictures are unreal. here's pictures of the milky swirl called the white oval. here's another one. this image of jupiter's south pole is actually made up of several photos taken on three different fly-bys. this one of jupiter's swirling cloud. june notice entered orbit on december 16th and it will descend into atmosphere some time in 2018. those photos are stunning. >> i've been obsessed with saturn because of the rings but jupiter, giving you a run for your money. >> you've got a little space

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her earlier plan to serve as an informal adviser prompted ethics concerns. in a statement ms. trump said, i've heard the concerns some have with my advising the president in my personal capacity while voluntarily complying with all ethics rules and i will instead serve as an unpaid employee in the white house office subject to all of the same rules as other federal employees. just four months ago she said she would not be part of her father's administration. >> people think you're going to be part of the administration, ivanka. >> no. i'm going to be a daughter. but i've said throughout the campaign that i'm very passionate about certain issues and that i want to fight for them. there are a lot of things i feel deeply strongly about, but not in a formal administrative capacity. >> well, that was then. this is now. ivanka's husband, jared kushner serves in the administration as a senior adviser. john mccain has rarely

pulled punches since his time in the senate. some of his comments about kim jong-un have brought criticism. here is whate sa tgreta van susteren last week. >> the point is china is the only one that can control kim jong-un, this crazy fat kid running north korea. he's not rational, greta. we're not dealing with even someone like joseph stalin who had a certain rationality to his bar barity. >> north korea media called those comments blast fem mouse and hurt the dig any of the country and added they are a little short of a declaration of war. in a tweet mr. mccain responded, what, do they want me to call him a crazy skinny kid. >> we're learning more about the battle for mosul. cen com commander general joseph votel said the u.s. military opened a formal investigation

into coalition air strikes that may have played a role in the reported deaths of more than 10 civilian. the general added the fight in mosul is, quote, very, very difficult and will continue to be a challenge. joining us from london, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. difficult situation in mosul, getting worse by the day for the civilians and for the fight there among the americans and isis fighters backed by the iraqis. >> that's right. good morning, ayman. iraqi troops are slowly surrounding an important mosque in western mosul. the unuri mosque is where baghdadi announced the establishment of his islamic state caliphate in 2014 shortly after isis took over mosul. if iraqi troops manage to take the mosque in the coming days or weeks, it would deal a major symbolic blow to islamic state. the american air support has been controversial.

a few weeks ago several buildings in the western part of the city collapsed killing dozens, maybe hundreds. the u.s. acknowledged coalition bombs struck the same area at around the same time. it's unclear whether par of the civilian casualties were due to booby traps or use of human shields. >> nbc's matt bradley in london. thanks for that. up next on "morning joe," brand new polling results gives us a snapshot of president trump's first few months in office. >> we'll talk with members of the intelligence committee on where things stand with the russia investigator. senator dick durbin also joining "morning joe." joining "morning joe." just moments away. with the united mileageplus explorer card, you'll get a free checked bag,

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