the robert mueller has reportedly used his subpoena power to get documents from the trump administration. plus, the 2016 elections, russia is hit with sanctions for meddling. and at least four people have died after a pedestrian bridge collapsed in miami, florida. search and rescue efforts have been going on all night to find anyone who may still be.trapped.

good morning, everyone. robert mueller has sa meaned the trump organization to turn over certain documents, including some related to russia. the timing of the report is not clear, but word of it appeared as mueller appear to be expanding his dealings with president trump. >> your finances, your family's finances unrelated to russia, is that a red line? >> that would be a breach. i would say it's -- >> what would you do?

>> i can't answer that because i don't think it's going to happen. >> does the president still believe -- does he draw a distinction, do you know, between a red line on family finances separately from family finances or business finances relating to russia as it pertains though case? the president believes very strongly there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia. we're going to continue to cooperate with the special counsel and for questions specific to the trump organization i would refer you to them. >> the "new york times" points out that the trump organization has typically complied with requests from congressional investigators for documents. and there was no indication the company actually planned to fight mr. mueller's order. michael schmidt will be a guest coming up on "morning joe" later this morning. so the white house has imposed sanctions on russia for interferesing in the 2016 president equal election and other cyber attacks. it's the first time the trump administration has retaliated

against russia for enter the feerns and the most significant action the add men administration has taken to date against moscow. 16 of the 24 were recently indicted by robert mueller. steve mnuchin says in part, quote, the administration is confronting and countering a line in russian cyber activity including their continued interference in russian elections and critical infrastructure. these targeted sanctions are part of aed broader effort to address the ongoing nefarious attacks emanating from russia. russia is condemning the move saying it's tied to close internal american infighting and russia's upcoming presidential election adding that the authors should better talk about their own madness. and among the cyber attacks specifically outlined, last summer's attack conducted by the russian military and was the most destructive and hostile

cyber attack in history resulting in millions of dollars of damages across the united states, asia and europe. since at least march 2016, russia government has targeted critical is sectors. according to dhs and the fbi, the attacks were part of a multi phase intrusion campaign by russian government cyber attacks. it's the first time the u.s. government has publicly accused russia of attacking america's energy infrastructure. a senior national security official told reporters yesterday that the government assisted victims and prevented the further attempts to access those networks. >> so the new sanctions were announced shortly after the u.s., the uk and germany released a rare joint statement

condemning russia's attack of a former russian spy saying this use of a military-grade nerve agent constitutes the first offensive use of a nerve agent in europe since the second world war. it is an assault on a uk sovereignty and any use is a clear violation of the chemicals convention and a breach of international law. it threatens the security of us all. we call on russia to live up to its responsibilities as a member of the u.n. security council to uphold international peace and security. the french president macron also says that france will announce sanctions against russia if the coming days. president trump spoke about the incident just yesterday. watch this. >> any comment on the russian sanctions, mr. president? >> it looks like it. i spoke with the prime minister and we are in deep discussions, a very sad situation. it certainly looks like the russians were behind it.

something that should never, ever happen and we're taking it very seriously as are i think many others. >> and press secretary sarah huckabee sanders discussed the relations between washington and moscow. >> is putin a friend or a foe of the united states? >> i think that's something russia is going to have to the make that determination. they're going to have to decide whether or not they want to be a good actor or a bad actor. i think you can see from the actions we've taken up to this point, we're going to be tough on russia until they decide to change their behavior. >> joining us now, daniel lippman. good to have you back with us. a lot of stuff moving on russia in the past 24 hours coming out of europe, some are coming out of washington. what's been the reaction to the president's comments on russia yesterday. particularly sarah huckabee sanders's answer as to whether putin is a friend of a foe. >> it's up to them.

>> but that doesn't explain how the united states views them. >> with sara sanders, you have a lot of on questions she doesn't give a full response. she often says the president believes this but doesn't talk about the facts on the ground. i think washington's response to how the trump administration is dealing with russia is actually -- i think they're giving the trump administration a better grade than before. at least we have thegs sanctions against russians and we were worried they would go soft. but it seems like as of now, trump was forced to sanction these people. >> let's turn to the latest reporting that special counsel mueller issued for documents from the trushg organization. the trump organization is saying, look, this is old news, everybody, that you're reporting. so my question to you is this actually old news? and how are others in washington

reading this newest development? >> i don't think it's old enough because no one reported it before. and the trump organization has not -- they didn't post a subpoena or give it to other news organizations. it's worthy in the public interest for us to know this. they could have just asked for documents to be voluntarily happened over. the fact that it's more of a forceful thing, that is very indicative of ba they'what they looking at. and this crosses one on of trump's red lines about not investigating his family business. clearly robert mueller is ignoring what trump wants in this investigation. >> and i think more importantly, jeff, that this investigation is going to go on for several more months. the trump administration was hoping it might be binding down you. >> and i heard from an msnbc legal analyst yesterday saying that by issuing a subpoena, you're basically sending a

message. >> this is what your colleagues in politico are reporting. gop lawmakers are fearing that they botched the rollout of it. why are they saying that and how did they botch it? >> i think the worry among republicans is that the headline the media focused on was not someone they wanted. they wanted to us be talking about how their investigation was closed. instead, it's talking about whether russia interfered or not. and they just don't want that. everyone in america knows that russia interfered. the they should not be having that debate. >> daniel lippman, we'll talk to you at the bottom of the hour. thanks. >> right now, officials in florida are giving an update on that pedestrian bridge that collapsed in miami. here is a live picture of the briefing under way right now. we learned moments ago at least six people now have been confirmed dead. officials say multiple vehicles were crushed by the collapse of

the bridge at the florida university campus. and authorities announced this morning that they no longer believe they will find anyone alive in the rubble. we have a package are from nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> the 950-ton pedestrian bridge collapsed without warning. crushing cars, drivers pinned under mass theive slabs of concrete. >> it sounded like an earthquake. >> eyewitnesss in shock. >> it was like an explosion. it was like a bomb. >> suzi says she missed it by seconds. i'm very grateful to be alive. thank god. >> we started running towards there and we see these cars crush down. and everybody getting out of their cars and beepg aing and beeping. >> the bridge had been built after a student die last year walking across a busy road. seen here in an architectural

rendering, it was just finished on saturday. a 175 section was prefabricated income to the street and moved into position in just hours. >> if you don't get them right, then there will be some much bigger forces in the bridge than you might have the expected. >> the bridge was scheduled to open to foot traffic next year. the company that built it says it's cooperating with investigators and that our family's thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy. but had this is not the first time the company has been under scrutiny. it was sued after a makeshift bridge injured a worker at an airport. they are sending people to the scene to find out what went wrong. >> absolutely heartbreaking. still ahead, how a trump lawyer's lawsuit against buzz

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relates to his liable lawsuit and all communications between cohen and trump, cohen and stephanie clifford, a aka stormy daniels. all communications between cohen and karen mcdougall. here is buzz feed's attorney connecting all of these dots. michael cohen's lawsuit is based on a part of the dossier that says that he was sent by the trump campaign and the dossier actually uses the words to clean up the mess that the trump campaign had made. and that is the type of allegation that we're having examples of with the stormy daniels accusation and it would help us in our defense of the lible litigation. >> can't you win your case and essentially defeat michael cohen's claims about defamation without getting into stormy daniels and karen mcdo yugall.

>> sure. but in american litigation, you have an unusually broad scope because you're talking about the reputation of a single person. and there's new developments on that "60 minutes" appearance. two sources tell "the washington post" that cbs will air the interview on march 25th. mean wile, the lawyer representing the the former porn star says six other women have come forward with stories that are, quote, strikingly similar to his client's. at least two of them have nondisclosure agreements, but admits he has not vetted their stories to a great fwre. the attorney has not determined whether he intends to represent any of those other women. the white house has denied all allegations of affairs involving the president. let's get a check on your wlvr weather now with

meteorologist bill karins. >> as we head into the weekend, it will be cold. we place our eyes on what is going to happen next week. let's get into the maps for today because we still have some areas getting snow in south dakota, western number number, some showers and thunderstorms heading for nebraska and kansas city early this morning. temperatures are still on the chilly side, too. it hasn't exactly warmed up. remember how cold it was yesterday in florida. it's still very cold in areas of florida, too. temperatures right now, 36 jacksonville. 38 in tallahassee. detroit, you're at 10 and buffalo is at 14. let's take you into today's forecast. we're at least warm in texas. that's nice. san antonio and oklahoma city. but we will get some thunderstorms later today. if you're from missouri, arkansas, louisiana, that's your best chance of showers and storms this afternoon. tonight, those all push into areas of mississippi. we're clear on the east coast. it's cold, but we'll have some sunshine. st. patrick's day, early morning

wintry mix, southern ohio/indiana and then that will end. showers move through the mid-atlantic. nothing really too bad. and we will have a snow event in the mountains of idaho and in through oregon. sunday, mild air ohio valley. strong storms along the gulf coast. this is the beginning of our storm system that we'll watch that will move across the country. it's only in the west. we have a lot of time to watch this storm. it's still going to be cold enough for snow in some areas, by the time we get into tuesday night, wednesday. the areas around d.c. are in play and so are areas in eastern pennsylvania and new york in. it's too early to say who is going to get it, but it's going to be cold enough. so whoever gets closest to that storm will be shuffling once again. >> that's not the news we want to hear going into the weekend. >> i'm okay with it. >> all right. you're not going to be here. that is the secret, guys. that's the give away. let's turn to the middle east and what appears the to be a change in recent behavior coming out of iran.

according to a spokesman for u.s. naval forces central command, there have been no unsafe or unprofessional actions by u.s. navy ships in the persian gulf since august of last year indicating that iran is liberally halting its provocation. however, defense secretary jim mattis said iran is mucking around in the upcoming parliamentary election using a significant amount of money adding, quote, iran is following russia's example. coming up, is your bracket bust busted yet? >> yes. day one, out the window. >> day one of march madness is officially in the books. all the highlights next. 3, 2, 1...

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welcome back. time now for sports. fourth seeded gonzaga narrowly escapes number 14 greensboro's upset bid with a 68-64 victory in round one, eking that one out. and another matchup that could have gone either way, number 7 rhode island ousts 10th seeded oklahoma in an overtime win there. while some of you might have

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houston down to the wire. in the end, the cougars survived, 67-65, barely. and something to make our own "morning joe" very happy this morning, our own alabama tide is rolling on. let's switch gears to golf's arnold palmer invitational in orlando where tiger woods appears to have carried the momentum from last week's open. just two strokes off the lead at a 4 under 68. he recovered from a double bogey early in the day. that's the only blemish on his scorecard with three straight birdies, including a 71-foot putt that sent the crowd into a frenzy, looking like the old tiger there. we'll keep an eye on this through the weekend. >> he had a little bounce on his step there. >> look at that putt. >> he had a good run. >> still going. >> still going.

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welcome back, everybody. it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. we're learning new information about special counsel bob mueller's russia investigation. there's new reporting from the "new york times" that mueller had issued a subpoena for information from the trump organization. >> now, it comes as the u.s. imposes new sanctions on russia for meddling in the 2016 election. peter alexander has all the details. meanwhile, the white house is denying reports that general hr mcmaster is in danger of being fired. last night, in fact, shortly after 10:00 p.m., sarah huckabee sanders tweeted out, just spoke to the president and general

mchaefrt. contrary to reports, they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the national security council. that tweet follows new reporting in both "the washington post" and the "new york times" that hr mcmaster may soon be replaced. nbc news broke the story two weeks ago that master was expected to be ousted by the end of march. five people say president trump is comfortable with ousting mcmaster but willing to take time executing this because he wants to enensure the general is not humiliated and there is a strong successor lined up. the president himself signaleded yesterday that more changes at the administration and cab met could be on the way. >> i've gotten to know a lot of people over the last year. i've been in washington for a little bit more than a year where some people have been here for 30 or 40 years. i've gotten to know great people. so there will always be change and i think you want to see change. and i want to also see different ideas. >> meanwhile, "the washington post" is reporting on the mood

inside the white house in recent days saying this, quote, verged unmania as trump keeps his own counsel and senior aides to determine the gradations between rumor and truth. at times, they say they are anxious and nervous wondering what each new million may mean for them personally. it goes on to say white house officials have begun to wonder which staffer will be ousted next. though few have very little information about what is going on inside the white house. sarah huckabee sanders told reporters just yesterday that the trump administration believes andrew mccabe is, quote, a bad actor, but stopped short of calling for his firing. >> does the president feel the justice department should act -- >> that's a determination we would leave up to attorney general sessions. but we do think that it is well documented that he has had some very troubling behavior and by

most accounts a bad actor and should have some calls for concern. but that would be a determination that doj would have to make. >> so the comments came as mccabe made a final pitch to the justice department about why he should not be fired just 72 hours before his retirement started. "the washington post" reports that mccabe yesterday met with senior officials including the more senior career attorney in the department. mccabe did not meet with attorney general jeff sessions because he was traveling. it was recommended terminating mcka kab over accusations he authorized disclosing sensitive information to a reporter and lied about it. due to mccabe's seniority within the justice department, the decision of sessions to make if mccabe is fired he could lose significant retirement benefits. and on monday, president trump is expected to roll out his plan to tackle the nation's opioid crisis.

an official tells nbc news the plan is expected to call for tougher penalties including the death penalty for traffickers. they are expected to propose changes in the treatment and recovery for those dependant on opioids, prevention and education efforts. the plan is expected to help those who recover from interviews abuse to find jobs and long-term help, that they would be aided by the government. the administration the claims will reduce opioid prescriptions by one-third within three years and that initiative will fulfill trump's campaign promise to stop opioid abuse. back with us from washington is daniel lippman. good to talk to you once again. what kind of reaction do we expect to see from the president's opioid plan? and do you foresee this opiate issue in general being a major issue come midterms in november?

>> i think a lot of midterms the in general are about the economy and presidential approval ratings. this plan has been long overdue. it's, you know, march 2018 we've been hearing about this opioid plan for months and apparently jared kushner and kellyanne conway are working on it. but this issue for the death penalty for drug dealers, that's not going to go anywhere. even many trump supporting republicans were against this. they say it brings back the drug wars of the 1990s which clearly have not worked given that we're in this crisis. >> let me switch gears for a moment and ask about your opinion with the white house with all the turmoil that's going on. how do you reconcile the messaging going on in the white house, talking about the changes and how it's good and he's almost getting the cabinet he that he wants with the news reports that are coming out talking about the kind of

anxiety and mania that exists within the white house and people wondering who is next on the chopping block. that uncertainty cannot be function for the functioning of the white house. >> yeah. there was this funny onion article about how they were going to have a continual going away party in the white house. i talked to one white house source of mine a few days ago and she said she had going away parties every single now for administration staffers. and it's clearly, you know, maybe people like going out to party, but no one is joining -- there are no parties celebrating people going into the white house because there are just fewer people willing to risk their reputations. and it's really hard to work for a president that even if you believe in his policies, clearly trump people are saying why is he, you know, firing secretary of states by a tweet? >> it seems like his circle of people to choose from for the administration are getting smaller and smaller and that's a

reason why he would choose someone like larry kudlow to be his economic adviser. before we let you go, i want to get a quick preview of today's playbook. what do you have? >> my colleague has a great story looking at a career holdover from the obama administration, the person who directed iran policy at the state department, how she was maligned by people like newt gingrich who called her part of the deep state and, you know, trying to subvert trump. and so he was talking to rex tillerson's people trying to get her fired. this raises concerns about how the trump administration deals with career officials. >> daniel, have a good weekend. as we mentioned earlier, we're learning new information about special counsel bob mueller's russia investigation. >> and it comes as the u.s. imposes new sanctions on russia for meddling in the 2016 election. peter alexander has this report.

>> robert mueller using his subpoena power to reach deep into the heart of president trump's businesses as reported by the "new york times" demanding documents including some related to russia from the trump organization. what the president previously said would cross a red line. >> would that be a breach of what his actually -- >> i would say yes. i would say yes. >> the trump organization insisting it's fully cooperative with all investigations and is responding to their requests. but mueller clearly wasn't satisfied. it comes as the white house, for the first time, is retaliating for moscow's meddling in the 2016 election and other malicious sign her attacks. and a disturbing new warning insisting that russia keeps targeting key u.s. infrastructure systems, successfully infiltrating companies even accessing this screen, part of the controls for a power plant. how dethe they do it, at times sending around fake resumes that

allow russian hackers to penetrate a wide range of networks once opened including nuclear and aviation systems. >> it's a very sad situation. it certainly looks like russias was behind it. it's something that should never, ever happen. >> a is russia is friend or a foe of the united states? >> i think that's something that russia is to have to make that determination. and the white house is looking to clarify remarks made by president trump to a group of donors in missouri earlier had this week of what he says are practices by japanese regulators when it comes to american automobiles. the president describes what he called the, quote, boling ball test which the white house claims he wasn't serious about. >> they were ready to approve it

they said no, no, we have to do one more test. they take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air and drop it in the hood of the car. if the hood dents, the car doesn't qualify. guess what. the hood dented and they said, no, this car doesn't qualify. >> the president has been talking about unfair trade practices for decades. it's not new for him. part of the reason he was elected was to end unfair trade practices so american goods can compete in more foreign market. obviously, he's joking about this particular test, but it illustrates the creative ways some americans are able to keep american goods out of their markets. >> so the washington post points out there are a number of theories out there on where the president may have gotten the bowling ball test from. some believe trump may have gotten the idea from a 2010 nissan ad. others have speculated perhaps the president is taking the idea

from mattress ads involving bowling balls. and when asked about the matter, the director from automotive research said i have to idea what he's talking about. ryan zinke is facing criticism over his response about funding on of japanese schools in interment camps. >> i believe it is essential that we as a nation recognize our darkest moments so we don't have them repeat again. so, mr. secretary, i'd like to know, even with the president zeroing it out, are you committed to continue the grant programs that are identified i believe as the japanese american confinement sites grants program which were funded in 2017? would we see it funded again in 2018? >>. [ speaking foreign language ].

>> i think it's. [ speaking foreign language ]. but tease okay. >> wow, that was super awkward. >> so that was secretary zinke's response during a house hearing yesterday following her question regarding a grant program that may be stripped under president trump's budget. a number of the congresswoman's colleagues have spoken out against zinke's response. in fact, democratic congresswoman judy chu called zinke's choice of greeting offensive and demanded an apology. democratic congresswoman says zi if nke's comments were uncalled for and was not behavior that a cabinet secretary should exist and the senator of hawaii said the interment of nearly 100,000 japanese americans is no laughing mary. secretary zimke, what you

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financial crimes with sources close to the 27-year-old saying he has struggled with a gambling addiction. there was no indication his gambling walls illegal, but had there was concern he could be vulnerable to outside influence. the top democrat on the house oversight and government reform committee has asked the white house for more information on mcintee's security clearance and subsequent firing. let's get a check on your weather from meteorologist bill karins. how is the weekend shaping up up? >> one spot in southern vermont reported 90 inches of snow since march 1st. 90 inches. and this is the scene ins massachusetts not far from there. so this is a truck that has about three feet of snow on it and, boom. you've seen snow flying off those trucks on the highwayses.

sometimes if it melts and becomes ice, it's dangerous. so let's show you what we're dealing with through the day today. a storm in the middle of the country, snow back through rapid city and western numbebraska. snowfall, we get anywhere from 6 to 9 inches here throughout south dakota, snowstorm for you. areas in nevada, idaho and the mountainous areas in california, that's over a foot in a few spots. in the east, the snow is gone. this time of year, we should be much warmer than this. setting.up days for more potential snow. d.c., 42 on tuesday. allentown, 42. boston in the 30s. lewis, it's cold and it feels like winter. next week once again, it will probably look like winter in the northeast. batten down the hatches and bundle up. just come out in april. i've got a forecast for you

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bankruptcy after months of talks on how to restructure its $20 billion in debt. we're joined live from london. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: so they've asked for chapter 11 which is giving them some breathing space. they missed a payment of $106 million just last month. they had a 30-day grace period to figure that out. they're going to try to restructure that the debt debt. this is 858 radio stations across the u.s. investors will be watching for more in the days and weeks and months to come. >> for the second time in the past month a high profile celebrity has tanked snapchat stocks. some asking whether they would rather slap rihanna or hit chris brown. >> she's not very happy. you remember a few weeks ago it was carley jenner saying is

anyone still using this service. the shares go down 7%. the company offered this as part of an adverse on its platform. but essentially this weird choice. we've seen rihanna really unhappy about this. the company in response said they've blocked the third party creator. they said in a statement this was disgusting, should never have appeared on our service. we're sorry about allowing it through our review process. >> domestic violence is not a laughing matter. as we mentioned yesterday, on monday we're kicking off a brand new segment called the one big thing. it's based on the axios newsletter. we'll get the breaking stories in washington and around the

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welcome back. before we toss it over to morning joe, jeff flake is expected to talk in new hampshire today. he'll address the crowd. the location is noteworthy because the state holds the nation's first presidential primaries. >> meanwhile a hearing is set to take place for the trial of eric

grieittens. that trial is due to start in mid may. >> arue paul will be honored wih a square today. they'll be given a star directly outside the production company for the reality show. >> that does it for us on this friday morning. morning joe starts right now. >> i was looking at your finances unrelated to russia. is that a red line? >> would that be a breach -- >> i would say yes. >> what would you do? >> i can't answer that question because i don't think it's going to happen. >> does the president still believe -- does he draw a distinction on family finances

or business finances relating to russia as it pertains to this case? >> the prt believes very strongly there was no collusion between the trump campaign and russia. we're going to cooperate with the special counsel. >> so president trump told the new york times that robert mueller would be crossing a red line if he started to look into his personal finances. >> it's the first known instance of the special counsel demanding records directly related to president trump's businesses. we're going to talk to the reporter who was inside the oval office for that first conversation last summer and also broke yesterday's news. welcome to "morning joe." it's friday. what a long week. march 16th. >> you think it's been a long week? >> yes. >> i think we've been bored with the lack of news