now for an entire year. we had the polish general on here who made i thought the most poetic case for supporting ukraine a year in now. he said what we do right now is for eternity. meaning we're making a statement in the west for what we stand for right now. the outcome of this war will determine so much, and he said but also what we don't do will be for eternity as well. >> bottom line, joe biden's speech? >> listen, it was -- it was one of his most -- i think we all agree it's one of his most successful speech, and you have to give a big assist to the republican party. >> very helpful. very helpful. >> that does it for us this morning, josé diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern, i'm josé diaz-balart reporting from the nation's capital. the staggering number of people killed by two massive earthquakes in turkey and syria is now more than 11,000. time is running out for rescuers

to find survivors trapped in the rubble. we will take you to the turkey. back here in the u.s., president biden is hitting the road this morning to deliver his post state of the union pitch in wisconsin. in his speech, biden defended his accomplishments, took on republicans and pled for unity as he laid out his plans for the future. >> fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict gets us nowhere. >> we will speak to congresswoman nn anette barragan and get her message. president zelenskyy is in the uk right now for the first time since the war broke out. what he just told the british parliament. and lebron james making history, breaking the nba's all-time scoring record. we begin this hour with a rising death toll in turkey and syria after those two massive

earthquakes and the race against time for rescuers. more than 11,000 people have been confirmed dead, tens of thousands injured, untold numbers still trapped. many of the rescuers coming from all parts of the world like this crew from spain seen searching through the rubble for any survivors. in turkey, a worker gives a young boy some desperately needed water during a rescue operation just using a little bottle cap and providing words of encouragement as they worked to free him. in syria, the "associated press" reports residents in one town discovered a newborn baby likely born in the rubble. her umbilical cord still attached, but a relative told the afp the baby's mother, father, four siblings, aunt all killed. this tiny little girl only hours

old when she was found was the sole survivor of her family. and we're starting to get an understanding just the level of destruction caused by the disaster. take a look at these satellite images showing a striking before and after visual of an entire community in turkey completely ravaged by the earthquake. joining us now is nbc news correspondent kelly cobiella from turkey. kelly, what are some of the challenges these crews are facing today? >> reporter: jose the weather was better today during the day, a somewhat warm, sunny day. but really the bigger challenges are logistics challenges and having enough people. the damage is spread across a huge area, and there are places like this neighborhood where we're standing this evening which is about 25 miles north of the epicenter. it sustained severe damage just

as we were walking around. we saw a lot of what you see behind me. we saw homes that were completely destroyed, other homes badly damaged on block after block and lot of people, nearly the entire neighborhood really, staying outside, not having the confidence to go inside their homes, worried about aftershocks, worrying about those homes falling down. we also heard from a lot of locals here, criticism about the response. they said that they felt like they were sort of left to fend for themselves in the two days, first two days after this massive disaster. the woman who lives across from this home said that she saw her neighbors calling for help in the hours after the earthquake, and there was simply no first responder in the area to help rescue her, and we heard similar stories from other neighbors. just around the corner from here, there's an ongoing

recovery operation in yet another destroyed home where they're trying to retrieve the bodies of victims, and one of the volunteers told us that, look, we're trying the best that we can. it's a massive disaster, some 60,000 personnel deployed, turkish personnel deployed around the country according to the turkish government, but she says it's simply too much for all of us to reach at all one time. so really there are deep, deep logistical challenges, not just here in turkey but also, of course, in syria where, frankly, the biggest problem, jose is trying to get aid into that war-torn area. the area not controlled by the government. and that continues to be a problem, jose. >> kelly cobiella, thank you so much. here at home, just about 12 hours after he finished giving his state of the union address, president biden is hitting the road to sell the message he delivered to congress and to the american people last night.

today the president heads to madison, wisconsin, where he will talk about his economic plans at a union training center. biden used this first address to a divided congress to strike an optimistic tone about the state of the union. he touted his achievements including the bipartisan infrastructure law and the chips act. he also called on congress to act on police reform and pass an assault weapons ban. he also talked about the need to get tough with china and help ukraine. a big highlight of the speech was this exchange with some republicans over plans to make changes to social security and medicare. >> some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset, i'm not saying it's the majority -- let me give you -- anybody who doubts it contact my office. i'll give you a copy, i'll give you a copy of the proposal. that means congress doesn't

vote. i'm glad to see -- i tell you, i enjoy conversion. you know, if congress doesn't keep the programs the way they are, they'd go away --. so folks as we all apparently agree, social security and medicare is off the books now, right? >> with us now to take a closer look at this, nbc news senior white house correspondent, kelly o'donnell, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, tia mitchell, washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution, and victoria defrancesco of the clinton school at the university of arkansas. what's the feeling today as the president hits the road? >> there is a sense that the president had a successful night and advisers say as they were watching this, there was real joy inside the building because they felt that the president was able to accomplish some of the big things they set out to do, and that was for him to appear as the mature statesman willing to work with the other side,

while they anticipated that there would be some degree of heckling, what played out actually was something that the president was able to use in the moment, as you just showed in that clip where he was able to take a policy issue that matters very much to him to democrats and, frankly, to many americans across the country and try to win that moment. the argument about if you sunset, which is a term used in legislative writing, causing it to end programs like social security or medicare, then you'd have to vote to reinstate them. and while that proposal, which was offered by senator rick scott of florida, a similar idea by ron johnson of wisconsin has not been adopted by all republicans, it is something that's been talked about, or other changes to the program. it was a volatile issue and he was able to use that moment. and beyond that to try to bring in some of the other issues

important to the president, talking about gun violence, talking about police reform, while also honoring the service of police officers around the country and saying there needs to be reforms but knowing they take great risks in doing their jobs. on a number of issues, the white house feels that the president who, as far as we can tell, is preparing to run again was able to outline his arguments for what work is still to be done and that he is the right person to lead that forward. jose. >> i mean, the fact that he was using that line finish the job i think like 12 or 14 times, it seemed like there was a lot of elements of a campaign in birthing. >> yeah, i think so, and i think everything that president biden does at this point is considered a soft launch or testing the waters of what a re-election campaign would look like. you can't -- you can't separate the two at this point. and that was his message, give me more time to finish the job, and he does have a record now to

run on, which will make it very different, and that record is what he championed at last night's speech. and there was so much for him to talk about, but also there was a lot for him to about it about what he still feels that is undone when it comes to health care, policing, veterans, immigration so he can tell the american voters if you like what i've done so far, come on, stick with me, and we'll finish the job. >> what were do you think the parts that he most focused on and by not focusing on some other issues that are also equally as important, was that a message too? >> well, i think he's trying to address the priorities that he feels that american voters wanted to hear from him. so we know the economy remains at the top of mind, jobs, getting america back on track post-covid. that was a big push of his speech. we didn't hear as much about some of the cultural issues,

abortion. yes, he did talk about immigration, crime, policing, but he still was very careful to keep that focus on some of the bigger picture issues when it comes to paying for things, getting americans back to work, and again, champion -- i really think he really wanted to use this speech to lay out what he accomplished and what he wants to focus on if he gets another four years in office, and also, the last two years of this first term. >> and victoria, did this speech, you think, give the president in some ways a reset as he looks forward to 2024? >> i do, jose. i mean, looking back at the poll numbers of the past couple of weeks, joe biden was not doing great. his negatives were high, characteristic, you know, all of this in light of the classified documents, so even going into the midterms, president biden was doing well. we saw a pretty significant dip over the last couple of weeks. last night's performance is

classic joe biden. he was witty. he spoke to that base of blue collar workers. he did exceptionally well in the back and forth with republicans. i think back to the 2009 outburst of calling president obama a liar and how flustered president obama was. he didn't expect it. joe biden was expecting this and used it to his advantage. so i think that we've seen a strength in joe biden in going forward into the -- what may be the 2024 election. >> and the president, you know, there was that moment of kind of i guess, you know, clash in some ways with republicans, but then there was also calls for bipartisanship last night. which of those sides are going to win? >> reporter: yeah, i think the president was given a reality check in realtime when it comes to his calls for bipartisanship. if it were just him and kevin mccarthy in a room, they seem to

be fond of each other. they're at the early stages of this relationship between the two lawmakers seems to be positive, but the reality is that kevin mccarthy has so many people that he has to answer for, and you saw them as this speech continued on cat calling, you know, creating a raucous environment for president biden as he tried to lay out his agenda. so, you know there, is a real personal animus with many within the republican party all of who kevin mccarthy has to answer to. and so while there is probably a long list of issues where you could find bipartisan support, you could find enough votes for, i should say, jose, between republicans and democrats, the reality of getting that through the legislative process particularly with all the concessions that mccarthy had to make in order to become the speaker are going to make all of that very difficult. that's not to say they're not going to work on it. that's not to say that they're going to try and at least attempt to do it. if anything last night showed us, it is that there is still a lot of bad blood between certain parts of the republican party and joe biden, and they're going

to do everything they can to prevent him from getting any kind of legislative victory here over the next two years, particularly as he heads in to a possible bid for re-election. >> and victoria, in the about one hour long speech, the president only made brief remarks when it came to immigration. here's what he had to say. >> american border problems won't be fixed until congress acts. if we don't pass my comprehensive immigration reform, at least pass my plan to provide the equipment and officers to secure the border. and a pathway to citizenship for dreamers, those on temporary status, farm workers, essential workers. >> he also made only brief remarks about abortion, which was the second most important issue in the midterm elections. how do you see that, victoria? >> what i heard joe biden say is essentially comprehensive immigration reform is dead.

i'm going to try to carve out these two pieces, one of border reform and one of the dream act. and jose, if there's one thing that americans agree on, 80% of americans believe there should be a pathway to citizenship for folks who have been here, these dreamers. this is such low hanging fruit when we're talking about bipartisanship, and quite frankly, i was frustrated that we didn't see a little bit more of a light shone on that. but i think this, again, reflects the reality of our political context in that he had to just kind of pass over immigration because it is such a heated issue, but the american people are in the middle, and they want immigration. >> victoria, interesting, there was also very little talk of the humanitarian crisis at the border. i mean, there have been millions of people in the last year and a half who have come to the united states requesting asylum. that process is really -- some say it's broken, others say it's

just been delayed by so many months and maybe even years. and i'm just wondering, is it now that everything and anything is dead because politically these two issues, immigration reform and humanitarian crisis in the border have been interlinked? >> jose, look, i am an optimist by nature, but i really do think that given the congressional makeup right now where we have republicans in the majority in the house, it is going to be a tall order to see our asylum and refugee system overhauled. i hope that there will be tweaks at the margins, but i just don't see an appetite for this because the focus is really on the borders being secured, on the defense of the border rather than figuring out how do we assimilate these push and pull factors that bring folks to our border and create this human crisis. >> tia, arkansas governor sarah

huckabee sanders gave the republican response. here's a little of what she had to say. >> most americans simply want to live their lives in freedom and peace, but we are under attack in a left wing culture war we didn't start and never wanted to fight. every day we are told we must partake in their rituals, salute their flags and worship their false idols all while big government colludes with big tech to strip away the most american thing there is, your freedom of speech. >> huge contrast in this republican response. >> yeah, a huge contrast, and i think it shows that while president biden was trying to strike a tone of, hey, i'm willing to work with anyone who's willing to work with me, let's get this done to improve our economy and address the needs of americans, republicans are really dug in on the culture wars, and that's going to be a big shift for the next two years for biden in working with this congress, the house that's

further empowered by these hard right republicans, but it's going to be something that he's going to have to address if he does run for a second term, republicans are making it all about the culture wars. >> utah senator mitt romney had an exchange, looked like an intense exchange with embattled republican congressman santos. this really demonstrates what a pain in the neck george santos and that situation is for kevin mccarthy. santos staked out a claim to find a seat right along the aisle where the dignitaries come in. which gave him all kinds of television time and led to this confrontation with senator romney. take a listen to what romney said about what he told george santos after the speech last night. >> i can't recall precisely the words, but i don't think you had to be there. i don't think he ought to be in congress or in the aisle trying to shake the hand of the president of the united states and dignitaries coming in. it's an embarrassment. >> reporter: remember, romney is a republican, but this just

shows how difficult the situation is with george santos. he's still a sitting member of congress, santos is, jose. this gives him all the rights and responsibilities including finding a prime location at the state of the union where everyone, the millions of people who watch can see. >> kelly o'donnell, ryan nobles, tia mitchell, and victoria defrancesco soto, thank you so much. the justice department tells are the supreme court the pandemic era health policy called title 42 will end in may. we'll ask congresswoman nanette barragan about whether that's soon enough. and a little later, the latest development in the investigation of tyre nichols' death at the hands of police, what newly released documents say one officer did right after the beating. you're watching josé diaz-balart reports from washington, d.c. "é diaz-balart reports from washington, d.c. "josé diaz-balart reports from washington, d.c. " from washington, d.c. " from washington, d.c.

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last night the justice department told the u.s. supreme court that the biden administration's intention to end the country's covid public health emergency in may should moot the closely watched case on the pandemic era health policy used as a border policy, title 42. meanwhile, we're hearing new reactions from the president's state of the union address where he called on congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. telemundo spoke with a venezuelan migrant in ciudad

juarez, mexico, and asked him what he thought about the president's remarks on immigration? >> so if you're listening to us on sirius xm, the man told telemundo he was hoping the president would say more in our favor, what he would acknowledge the obvious issues within the system and give these people a light at the end of the tunnel. a gentleman from venezuela right on the mexico edge of the border. joining us now nanette barragan, it's a great pleasure to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> what did you think of the speech last night? where were you? >> i actually sat on the republican side of the aisle, the fist time i've ever done that.

it was quite fascinating to be able to talk to my colleagues as this was happening, to hear their reactions under their breath, sometimes agreeing, sometimes disagreeing. so it was a good opportunity, and they actually appreciated it and said let's find opportunities to see where we can work together. >> what did you take out of that speech? >> i thought it was a great speech. i thought the president did exactly what he did and that was lay out the successes of the last two years, talk about how we still need to finish the job, and i love that the president highlighted a lot of issues impacting the latino communities. he talked about construction jobs. those are jobs for latinos, right? we have latinos who have 3 million more latinos have jobs than they did when the president took office. again, highlighting the work that he's done and the congress has done, clearly he talked on immigration. he spoke on the insulin cap, huge issue in the latino community. diabetes has a high number. so i was happy to see us talk about that. of course he's on the road now to talk about those successes that something as the chair of the congressional hispanic

caucus i want to do, take the hispanic caucus on the road to engage latinos. we don't do that in the off year, and we need to do that, and that's one of my priorities. >> what other priorities of you and the caucus? >> one of them is to get out and engage latino communities. tell people what we're doing, what we have done. we hear it all the time, nobody's talking to latinos unless it's a couple of months or a couple of weeks before an election, and that's wrong. people ask me what are we doing? we need to go in and tell our latino communities especially the growing latinos in arizona, nevada, he's going to wisconsin, new mexico, to go in there and talk about things like jobs, infrastructure, some of these new energy programs that are going to save them money. these are all latino issues, of course, health care, access to health care. >> you're on the energy committee and you've been so outspoken on climate change issues, especially how it affects marginalized communities. our communities are affected disproportionately. >> absolutely. we're on the front lines.

in my district i have the port of los angeles, we're surrounded by three freeways. you have a lot of immigrant communities right there. growing up my mom said we don't speak up. we don't speak out. we're just happy to be here, and that's not what it's like, that's not what it should be like. so making sure that we're highlighting environmental justice issues, something that we need to do as part of finishing the job to making sure those dollars are going to latino communities and addressing environmental injustices. >> you know, we all have a story, right? all of us, every single human being has a story. >> yeah. >> you have a story that typifies the american dream. your dad worked repairing tvs, your mom cleaned houses, dignified jobs, an incredible work for this country, and then their daughter, one of 11 children. >> yes, the last accident i like to say. >> there were a lot of accidents there. is a member of the united states congress. the american dream is so -- i mean, it's so real when you get

here. how do you feel every day when you walk through those corridors? >> i still get that chill. i still have to pinch myself and say i can't believe i get to work here and represent the people, and so it was just amazing when i got sworn. it was my mom's only time coming to washington, d.c., to see that she was able to live to see that moment. but it's a huge opportunity and a responsibility not just for people in my community and my district, but across this country, ask that's what the congressional hispanic caucus is doing. it's fighting to make sure that we are taking care of latino communities, that we're making their lives better and that's through legislation. and we're going to do everything we can to work across the aisle to do that. and you know, there's a growing latino caucus right, the hispanic caucus, which is democrats. i reached out to tony gonzalez

and said let's talk. let's see where there's overlap that we can do work on. >> why is it so difficult for there to be, that just the fact that you're talking, just the fact that you're sitting with republicans, why is that so difficult and so rare? >> well, it's not as rare as you think. on camera it might be, but behind the scenes there's a lot of that that happens. if you take a look at most of my legislation, ps been actually bipartisan, which shocks people when they hear about that. constituents want to hear about the bipartisan work you're doing because they want you to get things done. it's happening, it happens behind the scenes. it's harder because it's way more politicized these days than it used to be. >> congresswoman, i can't thank you enough for coming in, for giving us the time, and i hope we continue our conversation. you know, what you are doing is making such a difference in the lives of so many people, and we do have a responsibility. >> absolutely. >> we really do. and i'm so glad that you're here with us today. let's continue our conversation. >> absolutely, thank you so much for having me. >> thank you, congresswoman, for being with us. up next, ukrainian president

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33 past the hour, for just the second time since russia's invasion last year, president zelenskyy made an unannounced trip outside of ukraine, this time to london. zelenskyy met with the british prime minister at 10 downing street before heading to parliament where he thanked the people of the uk for their support. made a call for more advanced military aid including a combat aircraft. zelenskyy presented leaders there with a helmet from a ukrainian fighter pilot with a request for more assistance. >> the helmet of a real ukrainian pilot, he's one of our most successful aces, and he's one of our kings, and the writing on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. [ applause ] >> joining us now from london is nbc's molly hunter. great seeing you. what's the latest on president

zelenskyy's trip? >> reporter: jose, you heard that applause in westminster's great hall, it's just behind me from politicians here in the uk, a very warm welcome for president zelenskyy. now prime minister rishi sunak met the president earlier today. both officers released a picture of the two men hugging. they then went to 10 downing. didn't speak to the press, we tried, they waved to us, took a couple of nice photos, a nice handshake, walked into prime minister's residence, and you could hear applause from inside 10 downing. the main event was that speech and he spoke on behalf of the mothers, he said, on behalf of the brave. it was one big thank you letter essentially to this country, to the former prime minister boris johnson to current prime minister rishi sunak. he had one big ask, you already alluded to it. take a listen to a little bit more of his speech. >> parliament two years ago, i thanked you for delicious

english tea. [ laughter ] and i will be leaving the parliament today thanking all of you in advance for powerful english planes. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> reporter: and jose, you hear that applause. that is what he is asking for. now, the uk along with his surprise visit is announcing that they are training ukrainian fighter pilots, not just troops which they've been doing since last week, but fighter pilot to, quote, ensure that ukraine can defend its skies well into the future with sophisticated nato standard fighter jets is the language the uk is using. you heard from president zelenskyy, he is asking for british planes. right now we believe he is at buckingham palace meeting with king charles. i think we do have a couple of pictures of the meeting. later today we are still expecting a joint press availability with prime minister sunak and president zelenskyy,

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down that suspected chinese spy balloon off the coast of south carolina on saturday, and we're now getting a new look at u.s. service members recovering the remnants of that balloon. joining us now from north myrtle beach, south carolina, nbc's vaughn hillyard. good morning, what's the latest on the recovery efforts there? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, jose. and you also heard president biden last night at the state of the union address give a reference, a quick reference to the shooting down of the chinese balloon here, which drew applause from democrats, of course. you have heard the criticism from republicans that ultimately it was shot down over the waterways. we are here at the intercoastal waterway just off of the atlantic. we're about six miles away from where the balloon as well as its payload went down. i want to let you just see, this is actually the navy in realtime that is heading out on one of their boats. throughout the course of the morning, the navy has been leaving this particular dock in north myrtle beach and going out to help his partner. you saw the navy put out photos

yesterday of them recovering the actual parts of the balloon, but now we are told that they are using sonar -- sonar for underneath the water to help the debris that they are working to pull up from out of the deep waters of the atlantic ocean and bringing up to not only virginia but also to inspect here. however, the department of defense has said that this is going to be a several day process, jose, because not only have the threats of potential explosive from batteries but also they have not ruled out the threat of potential self-detonation explosives that could have been attached to the payload by the chinese here. this is why this is going to be a multiday campaign here on the waters, and you have seen over the course of these last several hours the navy continue to do its work, jose. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you very much. coming up, two weeks after the mass shooting in half moon bay, california, we'll get an update on how that community is coping from our next guest, who

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47 past the hour, the memphis police department said one of the officers charged in the death of tyre nichols snapped pictures of him after the deadly beating and then sent it to at least five people. that's according to new documents released. this news comes as the parents of tyre nichols attended the state of the union here in washington as guests of the first lady. nbc's antonia hylton joins us from memphis, tennessee. what do we know about this officer who allegedly took pictures? >> reporter: well, jose, we know that it was officer demetrius haley, and he is one of the central five officers involved in the beating that led to the death of tyre nichols and who is facing second degree murder charges here. and what we know from these decertification documents that nbc news has obtained, which were sent to a regulatory agency here in tennessee as part of the process to decertify these officers, in other words make it so they couldn't serve as officers here in the state of tennessee anymore is that demetrius haley took two photos on his personal phone of tyre

nichols after he was beaten, bloodied and slumped over there, as many of us have seen in the very graphic footage that came out of these videos and that he sent that to -- what he initially admitted was five people, including city employees but also other people who had no association with the city or the police department at all, and then an investigation found that he had actually sent it to six. this they note in the documents is a violation of police protocol, and of course has disturbed many members of the community here who have continued to grieve his loss, continued to push here for police reform. many of them were tuned in last night to the state of the union, and this news has heartbroken, has left people heartbroken. take a listen to a conversation i had with one woman here this morning. >> it is pretty disgusting. you know, i just don't think somebody of the law that should be doing something like that, i really don't. i mean, it goes back to, again, to there's got to be, you know,

principles on being in a uniform, you know. there's got to be standards. >> reporter: the part of biden's speech last night that stood out to a lot of people here was when he talked about the need for more training. that is a word that comes up here time and again. you know, people know that there's gridlock in washington. they are not expecting to get everything out of a potential legislative package that they might want, but the one thing they keep coming back to is there needs to be a way to remove people who dehumanize the people that they're supposed to protect and serve from the force. there need to be ways in which communities can hold police officers accountable so this kind of stuff just can't happen again. jose? >> antonia hylton, thank you very much. the community of half moon bay in california is still reeling after seven people died in mass shooting at two farms there, just 16 days ago. joining us now is belin who helps folks in half moon bay as the executive director, helping

latinos dream, she attended the state of the union last night. what a pleasure it is to see you. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> belinda, how is your community doing? >> well, we're heart broken. we're in shock, disbelief. it is a beautiful little town where people come to pick pumpkins and cut christmas trees and come out to the beautiful beaches. and they see our farms, they see the flowers, and the nurseries and to wake up one day and know this is happening is truly heart breaking. >> these are people who are doing such fundamental work. and they do it with such rigor and professionalism, and yet many times they're almost invisible for so many. and they're suffering and they live in very difficult circumstances on a daily basis. >> absolutely. and that's why i'm here, to tell that story and to remind american people that we cannot

forget about our farm workers. you know, on so many occasions they say to us, they're our heroes, but we need to take action, to make their lives better, to fight for their rights, to fight for human rights and to make change. >> how? what change do we need? >> we need immigration reform for our farm workers. we need better healthcare. we need better living conditions. one of the big areas that i'm a expert in is mental health and we heard from farm workers in the study done with stanford, uc merced, that mental health is something they want and need, but we also need to improve access. we need to rethink how we get care to our farm workers, and for us, the organization that i run, it is going out to the fields, it is taking this brand-new double-decker equity express created by live science cares that is going to have telehealth, mental health, education, wi-fi technology, to

them. >> to them. >> to them directly on the farms. and i think we have to be more creative and continue to push washington for change. >> yeah, and, you know what, they do such important work, and you have to go to them because they're not going to take time off of their work to do it. that's how hard they work. that's how much they care. and yet, and yet they are just not taken care of. and, belinda, i thank you. thank you for speaking for them, thank you for working with them. and thank you for everything you do. >> and thank you for having me on this show and we hope that america continues to put them first, because they are the soul of our can country. >> they absolutely are. belinda, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you so much. right now as members of congress investigate twitter on the hill, we're going to hear from a former twitter insider about why she says musk is, quote, a grave threat to democracy. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose

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57 past the hour now on capitol hill. former twitter executive to testify before the house oversight committee as part of the investigation by republican lawmakers into what they allege is an effort by the social media platform to suppress a story about hunter biden's laptop. joining us now with more is jacob ward, good morning. you spoke to a former twitter insider, what did you learn? >> well, jose, what is so

interesting about today's hearing is that it will be a political event. it is one in which conservatives are pointing the finger at twitter saying they have suppressed important information about the hunter biden laptop. but what we learned from speaking to the man who ran ethical ai at twitter and one of the first people fired by musk, this is a missed opportunity. she says having musk in power as somebody who has been pushing the same narrative that conservatives have is -- amounts to a big change and a grave threat to democracy. have a listen to how she describes it. >> often there is this tacit -- a gentleman's agreement, right, that, you know, it is important to address this information, it is important to address radicalization and elon musk is a reminder that sometimes the problem is inside the house. what if the problem is a person of power? >> the missed opportunity she describes here, jose, amounts to a misunderstanding, she says, of what twitter actually is when it

comes to being politically neutral. she said that in research she conducted along with many colleagues inside twitter, they found in seven of eight western democracies, twitter is in fact a center right leaning platform. so today's grandstanding on capitol hill, she says, is a missed opportunity to look be at the big danger we have now that someone very, very partisan is in charge of that platform. jose? >> jacob ward, thank you very much. >> well, lebron james can now add another record to his legacy. james became the nba's all-time lead scorer during last night's game against the oklahoma city thunder in los angeles. james broke the record set by kareem abdul-jabbar, surpassing 38,387 career points. abdul-jabbar was in attendance at the game, able to celebrate, along with james. and the queen of salsa will soon be the first afro latina to ever appear on the u.s. quarter. the cuban-american icon was born

in havana in 1925, came to the united states after the revolution, she was exiled shortly after. she died in 2003. she was 77 years old. she recorded more than 80 albums earning 23 gold records, three grammy awards, four latin grammys, and a lifetime achievement award, the national mensa says the celia cruz quarter will debut in mid-2024. here is my suggestion, on the one side, have her face, on the other, asuka, that would be the way to honor her. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can watch the highlights from today's show online at jdbalartmsnbc. lindsey rogers picks up with more news right now. good wednesday morning. i'm lindsey reiser l