good night from our nbc headquarters here in new york. ♪ attorney general william barr testifies before congress. he told lawmakers the mueller report will be released within a week. but with help from the special counsel's team, parts of it will be blacked out. plus, president trump denies that he's cleaning houses. in shake-ups with the department of homeland security. this as another top dhs official offers up a resignation. and with election results nearly complete, benjamin netanyahu appears to be heading towards a historic fifth term, amid a series of corruption scandals.

good morning, everybody, it is wednesday, april 10th. i'm yasmin vossoughian. attorney general william barr is going to testify before the senate appropriations committee this morning, after yesterday's hearing before its counterpart in the house where he said the process of redacting the mueller report is going, quote, very well. and stood by his decision to withhold an unknown amount of its material from congress. >> my original timetable of being able to release this by mid-april stands. so, i think from my standpoint, by -- within a week, i will be in a position to release the report to the public. we intend to redact information that implicates the privacy or reputational interests of

peripheral players where there is a decision not to charge them. we will color-code the excisions from the report. and we will provide explaintory. >> and barr issued a subpoena to the report and underlying reports of which nabler reacted. >> are you intending to go to court and ask for direction and/or an order where you are uncertain whether you should in fact release materials? >> chairman of the judiciary committee is free to go to court if he feels it's applicable. >> it's your right to ask. i'm asking what is your intention? >> my intention is not to ask for at this stage. >> congress has need of the

entire report, including the grand jury steeler. inclu material. including everything. i presume we're going to get the redacted report within a week. when we do so, if we don't get everything, we will issue the subpoena and go to court. >> so, after repeated public demands from president trump for his justice department to take action against the fbi for investigating the trump campaign ties to russian interference in the 2016 election, bloomberg reports that attorney general barr has assembled the probe. in yesterday's testimony, barr said he was open to investigation when asked about the decisions to seek foreign surveillance warrants. >> the office of the inspector general has a pending investigation of the fisa process in the investigation.

and i suspect that will be complete in probably may or june, i am told. more generally, i am reviewing the conduct of the investigation. and trying to get my arms around all of the aspects of the counterintelligence investigation that was conducted during the summer of 2016. obviously, if there's a predicate for an investigation, it will be conducted. >> joining us now on the set is msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and also author of politico, blake hansel. danny, i'm going to start with you, what is the origins of the russian investigation going to look like. this is actually different than the inspector general's investigation into the doj handles of the probe. >> that's right, these are investigations of essentially who watches the watchmen. in particular, in the case of

fisa courts which are so secret, what kind of investigation, what is the genesis of an investigation that begins in a fisa court. what goes into a warrant application? on the one hand, fisa courts are so secretive, it's almost impossible to find out what kind of information a judge considers before issuing a warrant. but with the fisa, there's so many back and forth between the fbi, between the courts themselves, that there is a degree of protection. but to the public it is a very opaque process. and this is an investigation into what began the counterintelligence information. whether it was based on legitimate information. >> how long could this type of investigation go on for, concerning the fact that the mueller report itself went on nor two years or so? >> this, in scope, is narrower than the entire mueller investigation. and at least in terms of the fisa court documentation, those

are fine knit arite areas of do. but it really is what was the genesis of the investigation, all in all, not as broad a scope. >> you can't help but understand the president is calling for repeatedly of a probe. blake, i want to go to you on this one. what do you make of the lack of commentary from the attorney general, if asked if the white house had actually seen the mueller report? >> yeah, i'm just speculating here, but it could be there was some sort of privilege claim being silently invoked here. and that barr is not really at liberty to discuss his conversations with the white house. on the other hand, it could be nothing and maybe he's just being a cautious lawyer. we don't expect that the white house will get a heads-up just for sort of pr reasons. so if there is any kind of back channel to the white house, it's probably likely the white house council's office.

and there's probably a conversation going on about what the white house is going to claim privilege on. again, we're just speculating here. >> what do you make of this counterintelligence probe that i was talking to danny about. some could say it's politically motivated. is this something that you expect to happen once the probe is concluded? >> well, you know, republicans on the hill have been looking at this for a long time. he's been making noises about this. i didn't expect attorney general barr to spend his time on this. but it seems now that the mueller probe has been concluded, president trump has been complaining about this for a long time. maybe now he feels like we should just get this over with and look under that rock. republicans have been saying that the probe was started due to bias at the justice department. and the fbi, for months now. and maybe we just need to see --

run that to ground. and get that out of people's system. i see no evidence that there was political bias. but i'm sure the justice department is going to look under every rock and crevice. >> danny, was there any sort of possible legal or ethical reason why bob mueller would not have reviewed the summaries before they were released by the attorney general's office? because we did learn that yesterday that bob mueller did not look at the summaries before they were released to the public. >> i have a pretty good guess, if you look at barr's four-page summary, one of the things that barr indicated is that mueller on the obstruction of justice angle said that mueller essentially put all of the facts together and let barr make the decision. so it may just be as simple as mueller's team didn't want to furtheret d edit or add suggest to barr's summary, to barr's conclusions to leave those

exclusively barr's conclusions and not the mueller team conclusions. they don't want to start red-lining and making corrections because they stand by the facts amassed. >> but respectfully, blake, we have now leaks from inside the mueller team, after these conclusions came out which is interesting that mueller didn't even have a look at these conclusions before barr released them. >> right, and we hear from barr's circle that they're unhappy that mueller didn't make a call. they're saying it was his job as the special prosecutor to make a decision whether to charge or not on obstruction of justice. and he didn't. and they kind of threw his baby in our lap, so we had to make a call and we did. >> throw the baby on their lap, that's a way to put it. president trump says he's not cleaning house at the department of homeland security, the department with its entire leadership serving in an active

capacity. last night kirstjen nielsen who leaves today confirmed that claire grady with potential legal hurdles for the new acting secretary kevin mcaleenan to take over. despite this, trump rejected something major is under way? >> in the attempt to clean house in dhs -- >> i never said i'm cleaning house. we have bad laws. we have a judge that just ruled incredibly that he doesn't want people staying in mexico. we have the worst laws of any country anywhere in the world. we're bucking a world system that never, ever rules for us. but our job can be so much easier. i think kevin is going to do a fantastic job. he's acting, but i think he's going to do a fantastic job. we're not going to do anything very big. >> so a senior administration official tells "the new york times" that the trump administration plans to

aggressively push for tougher screening of asylum seekers making it vastly difficult for those seeking asylum from their home countries from winning protection in the u.s. according to that official, president trump ordered the because they were acting slowly or even actively obstructing the president's desire to confront the surge of migrants. denials for asylum seekers have been on the rise, as "the washington post" notes that may be in part because attorney attorney general jeff sessions said victims of violent attacks would generally not qualify for asylum, an issue being litigated in federal court. while speaking yesterday, president trump denied the changes would restart the family separation policies as well, but argued that it had been

effective. >> separating the children -- just so you understand, president obama separated the children. those cages that were shown, i think they were very inappropriate. they were built by president obama's administration, not by trump. president obama had child separation. take a look. the press knows. you know it, we all know it. i didn't have -- i'm the one that stopped it. president obama had child separation. i'll tell you something, once you don't have it, that's why you see many more people coming. they're coming like it's a pi picnic, because let's go to disneyland. >> you're not going to bring it back? >> we're not going to do that. moving overseas, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu set to be re-elected for a fifth term. it shows netanyahu's likud party with a very narrow margin.

on a bombastic netanyahu, if the results do stand, he would become the longest serving leader in israel's history. it's not all in the clear for him, however, israel's attorney general recommended indicting netanyahu on a host of corruption, bribery and broad charges. netanyahu has called the investigation a witch hunt. meanwhile, netanyahu's likud family has confirmed that he gave cameras to 1200 polling stations. kidden cameras have been captured in several arab towns and several have been detained in an attempt to disqualify one polling station, secretly recording and polling places is, by the way, illegal in israel. still ahead, everybody, tensions flare between mayor pete buttigieg and vice president mike pence. even the vice president's wife karen pence is getting in on it.

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returns became a minor issue. and then the democrats to force the release of president trump's tax returns may have raised the issue prompting sanders' response. however, sanders has pushed back against the behaviors between his and the president's. >> and bushing back at south bend mayor, pete buttigieg, against the attacks on pence's view on gay rights. defending the vice president, tweeting out the last time she recalled pence speaking publicly about buttigieg back in 2015 as governor of indiana. saying, quote, i hold mayor buttigieg in the highest possible regard. i see him as a dedicated public servant and patriot. however, earlier that year, pence faced backlash signing a controversial law that many viewed as discriminating against

lgbt people. meanwhile, karen pence yesterday defended her husband pointing to the 2020 campaign for buttigieg's recent comments. >> you shouldn't be attacked for what your religious beliefs are. >> of course. >> and i think kids need to learn this from a young age, that this is okay, no matter what faith people have, we don't attack them for their faith. >> well, it's kind of funny because i don't think the vice president does have a problem with him. but i think it's helping pete to get to notoriety by saying that about the vice president. >> buttigieg responded and he wrote, people will often be poe lit to you in person while advancing policies that harm you and your family. you will be polite to them in turn, but need not stand for such harms. instead, you push back honestly and emphatically so it goes, in the public square. >> let's get a check of weather with bill karins.

>> good morning. we're about to begin the big blizzard in the central plains. quite historic for some areas, up to 2 feet of snow heading into middle of april. sorry, apologies. here it is already snowing in south dakota, even thundersnow reporting a couple hours ago. it's snowing and then flashes in the sky and you hear the thunder. and also in the rockies. in all, six different states with portions of blizzard warnin warninwar warnings. it goes from denver all the way to minnesota. 15 million people are isn't the snow forecast. here's the forecast, pretty impressive for the north rockies, then from the plains to the north great lakes, this is a lot of snow. this area, especially in the purple, that's 12 inches. that's a foot of snow from rapid tee, all the way to minneapolis. this area of red here, that's expecting 24 inches of snow.

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>> i'm only going to do it, only way i know how, y'all. that was tragic. let's try it again. let's do it this way. all right. as simple as this, wade county, i love you. >> going to miss that guy. great personality, great player. all right. you want drama? let's go to the lakers. to los angeles, magic johnson in an unexpected press conference ahead of the lakers' matchup against the trail blazers last night. he announced he's done. stepping down as the president of basketball operations. >> i want to go back having fun. i want to go back being who i was before taking on this job. and, you know, we're halfway there with lebron coming.

she doesn't know i'm standing here because i know i would be crying like a baby in front of her. even though i'm about to cry now. but it's the right thing to do, right move to make. >> johnson was referring to lakers owner jenny buss who tweeted her response writing, you brought us a long way. we will continue the journey. we love you. and this drama is going to continue in that rumors are that luke walton and the coaching staff could be fired after tonight's game. >> just because the lakers aren't doing well? >> there's a lot of moving -- it's a soap opera. a lot of moving pieces. >> thanks, bill. steven mnuchin reveals about the tax returns and gets drilled by lawmakers. and actress lori loughlin, her fashion designer husband and more than a dozen other parents

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♪ welcome back, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. it's the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. homeland security officials say border crossings are at record highs last month. u.s. officials encountered more than 103,000 undocumented immigrants crossing the southern border in march. a 12-year high. that's up from just over 76,000 back in february. according to dhs, last month,

there were 92,000 apprehensions or immigrants arrested between ports of entry. of those apprehended more than 30,000 were single adults. nearly 9,000 were unaccompanied children. and over 53,000 were family units. and president trump's florida golf club is reorganizing following a number of immigration-related dismissals. in march, trump national jupiter employees were told they had until the end of the month to provide work eligibility. one by one, the workers began to leave. "the new york times" reports of the seven veteran maintenance workers, only one was a legal resident. the trump organization's effort at the mar-a-lago adjacent course is part of a largelier plan to remove undocumented workers from trump properties as the trump administration targets the policies. it's the organization has been

aware of undocumented workers for years. raising investigations among the members of the hispanic caucus. "washington post" reports the trump administration has fired at least 18 undocumented employees at five golf courses so far. and treasury secretary steven mnuchin is shedding new light on president trump's tax returns in apparent efforts by the white house to keep those documents under wraps. during testimony to the house financial services committee yesterday, mnuchin revealed that treasury department lawyers consulted with the general council's white house office about the potential release of six years of the treadpresidentx returns. democrats are using a federal law that says the treasury secretary shall, quote, furnish the tax returns in a process to keep the white house from not interfering. mnuchin testified that the white

house was not playing a official role in releasing the trump tax return and was pressed about coordination between the two sides on this very matter. >> did your team ask for the white house's permission to release the president's tax returns? did the white house ask your team not to release the tax returns? >> we would not ever ask for the white house's permission. on this. nor did they give us the permission, as i've said, we consulted, which i believe was appropriate of our legal department. >> all right. joining me again from washington, editorial director of politico blake hounshell. let's talk about this mnuchin testimony from yesterday. we all knew it was going to come down to steven mnuchin with release of the tax returns, being the treasury secretary. now, we hear he's consulting from the white house, saying

specifically not getting permission from them, but consulting with the white house which means that white house council as you know would be advocating for the president. and we know where the president stands on this, he does not want anybody to see those tax returns because he's said he's been in a decade or so of audit which some people dispute as well. of course, michael cohen being one of those individuals when we heard from his testimony about two months ago or so. what could be the fallout from all of this? >> well, remember, acting chief of staff mick mulvaney was on tv this weekend and he sort of ripped off the mask. he said democrats are never going to see trump's tax returns. that's the president's chief of staff saying that. so, it's pretty clear the white house has no intention of letting this come out. and whatever level of consultation that is happening between lawyers at the white house and the treasury department, when have we ever seen secretary mnuchin do something that put him crosswise

with president trump? so, i think it's pretty clear there's going to be a fight here and it's going to be probably playing out in the courts. >> but it seems as if the law supports the democrats' push to see the president's tax returns so this, as you say, go all the way up in the court system, how long this could actually go on is really the big question. what are the next steps here for house democrats in their push to gain access to the president's returns? >> well, i think they're going to have to take legal measures, whether it's a subpoena or whether it's a court filing. but, you know, when these things happen, they have to demonstrate that they've made every effort do things collaboratively. and if they don't get what they want, then they're going to have to use other means at their disposal. >> blake hounshell, thank you, blake. >> thank you. federal prosecutors have piled on more charges against 16 wealthy parents embroiled in a

sweeping college admissions scheme which keeps getting bigger. lori loughlin and her husband are among those. the two are accused of paying upwards of $500,000 to secure their two daughters' admissions to the university of southern california on phony athletic scholarships. the latest charge alleges that the group of parents funneled money outside of the u.s. to a fake charity for a, quote, purpose of promoting the fraud scheme. more than two dozen lawyers for the parents accused of judge shopping to get in front of a judge with a tough sentencing history. calling the claim quote, procedurely inappropriate and disingenuous. the new indictments come a day after 14 defendants including actress felicity huffman announced their attempt to plead

guilty next month to a separate charge leveled against them. joining me on set, nbc legal analyst danny cevallos. this begins to get more complicated, it seems. now we're seeing money laundering charges. >> we are seeing a textbook federal investigation and prosecution. and having defended these cases, this is classic. two roads divulge in the yellow wood. and if you're felicity huffman, you can come in and plead early and we'll just hit you with mail and wire fraud and you have a shot of staying out of prison. if you are lori loughlin and the other defendants, and you elect to take your case to a trial, then we're going to file on other charges like money laundriering. and as the sentencing grows and the likelihood of spending time in prison increases. this is why 95% of federal

criminal cases end in a guilty plea. >> why would someone like lori loughlin, why would see elect to go to trial on this? is this because of the fact that she and her husband spent $500,000 on this, versus felicity huffman who spent $15,000 or so, they felt her punishment would be a lot less to lose? >> when you look at the charging, each parent did have different factual situations. and the key for loughlin and the other defendants, it's going to be what was their intent at the time they made the payments. the more in the dark they were, the more they could have felt that the payments were for true college preparation, then they've got a shot. but you've got title 3 wiretaps. >> nobody is arguing that any parent is in the dark, they're? >> that may be one of their only

defenses. if they think they have a defensible case, that could be the reason why they're going forward. and another reason may be that the offer by the government is just something that these particular defendants can't stomach at this time. maybe they'll plead guilty later. if they are going to plead guilty, take the felicity huffman route. run, don't walk to your nearest federal prosecutor and get that guilt plea deal if you're planning to plead guilty. >> yes or no, is there a case when it comes to regards to judge shopping when it comes to prosecutors? >> in my dated defense attorney opinion, possibly. but probably not. the government is against us, darn it. i don't believe that. i don't believe that. sometimes, i get frustrated. >> thank you. still ahead, everybody, vladimir putin speaks out about bob mueller's russia report. nbc's reporter keir simmons is here with comments from the president mocking the special

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welcome back. russia's vladimir putin is speaking out for the first time since attorney general bill barr released his summary of special counsel bob mueller's yet to be released report. taking a mocking approach, putin says, quote, it was clear for us from the start it would end like this. a mountain gave birth to a mouse. putin said the findings validate the doubts of collusion. he failed to address the dozens of russians who have been indicted on charges of hacking the email accounts of del cattic party members. and spreading misinformation. joining me on set, nbc correspondent keir simmons. this is putting it lightly from the russian president vladimir putin. and also says it exonerates

rushy fromrush russia from collusion. >> right. >> that is not true. >> right. >> but what does this is a in a big picture way about the fact that the attorney general chose to release a four-page summary, without fully releasing the mueller report, and all of the details that are involved in that? >> right. well, first of all, isn't it fascinating the russians can be pretty good at spin. >> oh, yeah. >> so president putin is trying to pivot off the alleged summary of the mueller investigation. to say, you see, we're completely innocent of all of this. and you get these great president putin quotes like, you know, it was a mountain and it gave birth to a mouse. and talking about this as just sheer nonsense aimed at a domestic audience. as you say, actually 25 russians have been indicted. there are clearly, even from barr's summary allegations against the russians that still

stick, after the mueller inquiry has been wrapped up. so, you know, don't -- you don't get away with it that easily, president putin. but what we are seeing are a number of russian oligarchs, very rich russians, who are now coming to us, and wanting to make their case that they were unfairly pointed at. and, so, i think you'll see more of that. i think the russians will be desperate to try to get those sanctions lifted, to use this to move the needle politically. i think you'll see president putin attempting to shift the relationship. >> but it's just interesting, considering all of the intelligence reports that have come out, even in the four-page barr memo that has been criticized, all signs point to the fact that there was election interference by the russians over and over again. >> right. >> and yet they continue to deny it, categorically, along with, let's just say it, president trump who has not necessarily come out and pointed the finger

at the russian which is can be criticized as well. >> right, absolutely. i will say one thing for america, there are some conversations that haven't happened that still do need to happen. >> absolutely. >> one of them is the technical issues around election interference. because it may not just be the russians who try to do this in the future. other nefarious states, and potential criminals could use the same kind of internet technology, opportunities, to try to have that. >> yes, a broader conversation. are we prepared to protect ourselves especially when it comes to this as well. >> and not just the russians. >> obviously, we've seen criticism with facebook as well. are they ready to cover up the black holes of 2016, do they have the measures in place to protect that from happening once again. while i have you here, i have to ask you about brexit. it seems that the eu is holding this emergency session in brusselses to decide the fate of uk going forward. what do we expect to happen

here? >> well, we talked about it earlier in the week. i said a long delay is the most likely outcome. i still think that. >> so, another extension? >> yeah, at the moment. both sides, both britain and the europeans agree they want an extension. the deadline is friday. if it does crash out on friday, then the european consequences are bad for britain, for the world. i think that's unlikely. everybody wants an extension. the question is how long is the extension. but, you know, the europeans have the upper hand. and for them it seems like the best option is to delay it as long as possible. you keep the british in. you make it more and more likely that you get a brexit of sorts, or maybe not even a brexit at all. of course, the french are the folks who have to be persuaded. they like to try to humiliate the british. so, the opportunity is very tempting to them. by humiliating the british from president macron's perspective,

that could mean forcing the british to crash out and suffer. or forcing the british to have no brexit at all. >> it's like a soap opera. >> it's europe. >> with a very long history. keir simmons, thank you. we'll see you on "morning joe." still ahead, everybody, president trump speaks with the saudi crown prince. details on whether they grilled mbs on the murder of jamal khashoggi. and the rampup up of remarks coming up next. 300 miles an hour, that's where i feel normal. having an annuity tells me my retirement is protected. learn more at retire your risk dot org.

welcome back. president trump continues to attack democratic congresswoman omar in the wake of a recent death threat made against her. after omar called the white house adviser, stephen miller, who is jewish, a white nationalist on twitter, trump responded with a quote from a fox business segment, blasting her for the comment, claiming she, quote, keeps on assaulting jews. the congresswoman responded to trump, quote, in the words of my 6-year-old daughter, knock it off. you're the president. president trump and saudi arabian prince had a, quote, productive conversation. that was yesterday, which apparently centered around the kingdom's quote, critical role in ensuring middle east stability, iran, and human rights issues. it comes one day after the trump administration banned 16 saudi individuals from entering the united states, including mbs's

right-hand man, for their roles in the murder of the journalist khashoggi. it comes days after saudi arabia arrested at least ten people reportedly associated with women's rights activists, including two u.s. citizens. the cia has concluded with high confidence that mbs ordered khashoggi's murder. president trump has dismissed that conclusion and cites arms sales as evidence the kingdom is a vital ally. coming up, mike allen has a look at the one big thing. on "morning joe," the attorney general faces off with lawmakers on the mueller report. more on bill barr's testimony to house members on giving them access to the document, even seeming to dare lawmakers to issue that subpoena. senate appropriations committee member chris coons will preview the questions he plans to ask barr when he appears in front of the panel today. "morning joe" is moments away. w.

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days right after easter. we've seen here on the show that he was taping a commercial back home in scranton. that is exactly what it looks like, an announcement commercial. we're told by an associate that joe biden knows that the rest of the field is going to try to crush him as soon as he announces. we're told he is totally prepared for it. >> so what is his game plan once he does actually announce, and what is he going to lead with? what issue is he going to lead with? >> as soon as he announces, we're told he will follow it up with big speeches that will give him a substantive work against other criticisms of him, criticisms by women who said they felt uncomfortable, criticisms about his record in the past. the idea that he's a man out of time, he's going to try to flip that on its head by talking about some of the big issues of our day, including his strength on national security and his plans for working americans at home. >> all right. i also know that axios is

looking at senator and presidential hopeful bernie sanders' plan to renew his medicare for all push. what are you hearing on that end? >> yeah. this is a pay attention moment for your viewers. everybody wants to talk about trump and cover trump, but some of the fascinating policy debates of our time are happening here in the 2020 democratic race. we're going to see that again today at 11:00 a.m., when senator sanders reintroduces his medicare for all plan. the senators against him, gi gillibra gillibrand, booker, harris, they'll be with him on this. sam baker is up with a great piece that explains the basics of that. that is, this is going to be the most ambitious plan in the world. the most robust and one of the most centralized, if it were come to pass. under the medicare for all plan, you could not keep your insurance but you could keep your doctor. networks will go away, so you

don't have the problem you had in the past with a doctor being out of network. >> mike allen, thank you. we're going to be reading axios am in a little bit. to all the viewers out there, you, too, can sign up for the newsletter at signup.axios.com. that does it for me on this wednesday morning. i'm yasmin. "morning joe" starts now. we're going to close the borders. we're going in a tougher direction. we want to go in a tougher direction. our country is full, we're full. system is full, country is full. can't come in. >> thursday, friday, and saturday of last week, he's firing his own deputies and blaming everyone else, judges, congress, barack obama. the conservative "wall street journal" editorial board calls president trump incoherent on immigration. completely. we'll have more on that. we'll have a sound bite of the president yesterday where he lies and says three things at once in less than 30 seconds.

good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is wednesday, april 10th. joe has the morning off. along with willie and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle. anything going on in the sports world, mike? nothing? >> keep moving on. >> really? bad? >> move along. >> oh, god. here we go. >> getting serious at fenway. >> very bad. we don't want to talk about it. >> okay. well, then we won't. historian, author of "the soul of america," and professor at vanderbilt, john is here, msnbc contributor. white house reporter for the "associated press," jonathan lamere is here. former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele is with us. >> talking about those nats. >> oh, nats? >> they won yesterday. >> yeah. >> nats won. >> she doesn't know what a nat is