right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the february jobs report showing more job growth than expected despite rising interest rates and inflation. >> what does this mean for families trying to get by? i will tell you. it means more people with good

jobs and the dignity and security that comes with a paycheck. >> former president trump awaiting a decision that could be coming soon about possible criminal charges as the manhattan district attorney appears close to wrapping up his investigation into the role of the a -- the alleged role of the former president in hush money payments to former adult film star. the apology from a mexican drug cartel for the murder of who americans who died in a case of mistaken identity in a kidnapping just over the border with texas. good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the labor market is strong. the pace of hiring is slowing. 311,000 jobs added in february. higher than markets had expected. january's big jump was also revised downward. the unemployment rate rising to

3.6% amid persistent concerns about inflation. >> we created more than 12,000 jobs since i took office. nearly 8,000 manufacturing jobs. overall, we created more jobs in two years than any administration has created in the first four years. people who were staying out of the job market -- this is good news -- are getting back into the job market. we still have more to do and there may be setbacks along the way, inflation is down 30% from what it was this summer. >> the job news coming a day after the president unveiled his nearly $7 trillion budget plan in pennsylvania yesterday. what he is calling a value statement aiming to cut the federal deficit by $3 trillion over a decade, impose a minimum tax on billionaires and tax corporations at higher rates. republicans saying it's dead on arrival in congress. joining us to talk about that and breaking news about the silicon valley bank, cnbc senior

market correspondent dominic chu, peter alexander, and ryan nobles. dom, the fdic closing -- rather, putting this silicon valley bank in receivership, the california consumer protection agency closing it. they closed stock trading in it earlier. this is a bank failure, clearly. how much could this spread? is this limited to regional banks because of the high capitalization of the big banks? >> andrea, to your point, the reason why i think you might have seen regulators and banking authorities act as swiftly as they did, we had reports that it happened over the course of the last 24 hours, and what i'm holding is the notice from the fdic right now in essence saying what you just did, that

california banking regulr -- regulators have moved to shut down the bank. they bring in the fdic to take it into receivership. they are also saying by the way that in order to protect insured depositors, the fdic created a vehicle, a separate bank associated with the fdic, run by the fdic, that will take over all the assets at silicon valley bank. this is important. it speaks to the risk management of the government and the regulators. they say that all insured depositors will have full access to their fully insured deposits no later than monday morning, march 13th. if you had uninsured deposits or in excess of fdic insurance, they will pay an advance dividend next week. they will receive a certificate of receivership for the remaining amount of any

unsecured funds as the fdic sells off the assets of the silicon valley bank. when they do, future reparations will be made for those uninsured deposits. this is the latest developing news here. if you were wondering, this is the first fdic insured bank to go down or go belly up so far this year. the laugh time an fdic insured institution was to close was the almina state back in 2020. a quick move and why from lessons learned in the past. the quicker you move to isolate this incident from other banks, the less likely there is of a contagious affect. that's probably the reason why the fdic and california regulators act as quickly as they did. >> how do we know they have enough assets to cover the

depositors? >> they point out that about $175 billion worth of deposits are at the bank right now. as of december 31, 2022, silicon valley bank had approximately $209 billion in total assets. right now, the reason why the fdic is a key figure in this is because they do guarantee some of the deposits, up to a certain threshold dollar amount for individuals that have deposits at the bank. the bigger fear right now is that you did hear a lot of folks in silicon valley, heavyweights out there, talking about this idea that you might want to take your money out. is this going to be a run on the bank? right now, it doesn't appear as though there is that. the fdic has taken steps to make sure that there is not a run on the bank. the curious part about this is the contagion aspect. what we are seeing are banks that are based in the west coast at the regional level also seeing a lot of downside volatility to their stocks. the reason why is because some

folks might feel as though there could be that contagion. we are not seeing signs of it yet. >> are you seeing signs on the stock market, in the tech sector? >> we are seeing some of the signs. this is silicon valley bank. it's important because they do back a lot of venture capital, entrepreneur situations. we aren't seeing a lot of those companies that are associated with them seeing stress yet. again, a lot of active steps are being taken right now to make sure the silicon valley bank does not have some of those ripple affects we might have seen in years past. >> stand by a second. we want to talk about the jobs numbers, as well. peter, the president was looking at the glass being half full. there are warning signs in the numbers. they are higher than expected. to some economists, it's going to mean the fed, depending what the inflation number is when the cpi comes out, that the fed may have to go to 50 basis points, not 25, in two weeks when the fed makes its move.

>> reporter: that's exactly right. you see the number on your screen, more than 300,000 new jobs added last month. unemployment rate going up to 3.6%. white house says that's evidence that more americans are rejoining the job market right now. the president casting this as yet more evidence that progress is being made, that the country is headed in the right direction right now. he is really using the unveiling of his budget yesterday as sort of a messaging tool to put more pressure on republicans, call them out for not releasing their own budget proposal and for not finding more urgency as it relates to the debt ceiling, the potential crisis that could be catastrophic if there were a default to take place in the course of the next several months, if there isn't some agreement made in that time. the president in the eyes of some of his allies and aides viewing that budget, which isn't going to get passed through the house with republicans in control right now. as a messaging tool, his legislative affairs director

describing it as a starting point for a dialogue. on that dialogue, the president is trying to cast himself as an ally of working class americans, calling for the billionaire tax and looking to shore up medicare and social security. >> and ryan, what about the republican reaction to the president's budget? they haven't presented their own. they are saying it's dead on arrival. >> reporter: obviously, republicans are not interested in the budget plan that the president released. in some respects, they are taking it further. the house freedom caucus releasing their own version of a budget plan that would not only mean cuts in certain areas, but a rollback of the inflation reduction act. they are talking about other cuts as well. there hasn't been a unified republican message in terms of what they prioritize in a spending plan. but when you go back to the speaker's fight that happened a few months ago, it's clear this

conservative faction is going to have a very strong influence over the budget process. they have set out a marker that is so unbelievably far away from where the white house is right now. this just forecasts the tough times ahead. it's also going to be connected to the debt ceiling, because despite the white house not wanting it to, kevin mccarthy said he plans to use that as a leverage point. >> of course, the key to any budget negotiations, especially over the debt ceiling, is mitch mcconnell. he is hospitalized. we know they say it was a concussion. any idea how long he will be hospitalized? >> reporter: they are describing it as a few days right now. his office not providing any updates today. they have been guarded about his care. those around him say that he is in good spirits. he has been able to talk to people. he is going to be in the hospital for the next couple of days. we do not know how long he will be out of the senate. they are not in session today

next don't come back until next week. he may just decide to take some time off before coming back. his future remains uncertain. >> dom, how are the markets reacting to the jobs number? >> in a measured manner. that's probably a good thing. a lot of traders and investors are viewing this as a goldilocks scenario. jobs growth is there. the economy is strong. wages are still growing, albeit at a slower pace. that's taking some of the fear out of the inflationary story. >> thanks to you. peter and ryan, of course. our whole team on the economy. joining me now is brendan boyle, budget committee ranking member. he was with the president at the unveiling of the budget. >> great to be with you. it was great to be with the president yesterday in my district where he officially unveiled his budget proposal for this year.

those are the priorities that we are going to be fighting for. i love the contrast, frankly, of everything the president talked about yesterday versus what the house freedom caucus just released today, which is extreme on steroids. that's the document that's dead on arrival. >> when you are talking about the freedom caucus, you are talking about increase on defense, but cutting domestic spending. >> massive. their list of ten demands reads like a ransom note. they came out with a very important report recently that analyzes what's been out there -- as you pointed out, the republicans don't have their own official budget. based on what they put out there, moody's said it would cause the economy to go into recession. it would cause job losses numbering 2.6 million.

you would see an unemployment rate that right now is at a 50-year low spike above 6%. we house democrats and certainly our democratic colleagues in the senate are not going to let that happen. >> any budget negotiation is a compromise, if they get to one. the republicans say they are not going to go along with the tax increases, tax increases on bill ibility billionaires. you are walling off anything on entitlement. any changes for the retirement age? doesn't there have to be some give on entitlements if you are going to reduce the deficit as the president promises? >> it's not the case you need to cut social security or medicare to achieve deficit reduction. the president unveiled a proposal yesterday that reduces

the deficit by almost $3 trillion. he does it, importantly, without touching social security or medicare benefits. the way he gets to those savings -- i stand firmly behind the white house proposal -- is to go further on the negotiation of prescription drugs that we put into place for first time in american history last year through the inflation reduction act. importantly, as you pointed out, it does not increase the retirement age either on social security, on medicare. it is only republicans, whether rick scott or john thune or others who have talked about raising the retirement age. that's the republican proposal. it's not the democratic proposal. >> congressman, what do you attribute the polling -- our latest poll, 36% of those polled said that they -- 32% -- 36%, rather, approved of the

president's handling of the economy. 32% are enthusiastic about him running again. >> what's interesting about those polls, the same polls when they ask the question, who would you vote for head to head, joe biden or donald trump, show joe biden still winning. look, i'm under no illusions. we are still in a very closely divided time. six of the last seven presidential elections have been decided by 4.5 points or less. they will be close elections and decided by states like mine. in the end, i know pennsylvania voters. so does joe biden. they are going to vote for the candidate and the party that is on their side and not on the side of protecting the billionaires, which are the republicans. >> congressman brendan boyle from the commonwealth of pennsylvania, thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you. stop the clock.

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ukraine is recovering after this week's barrage by russian missiles, including six hypersonic missiles which ukrainian air defenses could not intercept. hitting critical infrastructure, knocking out power supplies around the country, plus residential buildings in ten regions of ukraine. the cia director telling the house intelligence committee yesterday that president putin is betting that russia can prevail by waiting us out. >> i think vladimir putin is very much taking a longer term view. i think he is doubling down in many respects right now.

i believe he is convinced that he can make time work for him, that he can grind down the ukrainians through this war of attrition, that he can wear down western supporters of ukraine. he is convinced also and has been for some time that ukraine matters more to him than us. therefore, the challenge is to puncture that view. >> joining me now the top democrat on the foreign affairs committee. thank you very much. you heard that warning from the cia director, especially on all things regarding vladimir putin, former ambassador to moscow. he is in it for the long haul. are americans, european countries prepared for this kind of long-term commitment? it could be years. >> absolutely. thank you for having me. absolutely. i think the president has been very clear about that. i think that putin has been wrong from the beginning. remember in the beginning, putin never thought that our european allies and nato and some of our other allies around the world

would stay. that's why we are in this spot. ukraine is winning. many thought that it wouldn't last a month. because we stayed united, because president biden's leadership was there to keep us united is why we will stay there. i think that the resolve of the american people, the resolve of overwhelming members of congress, except for some of the maga extremist republicans, they understand the seriousness of sticking by ukraine until it wins. >> do we have to do a better job, according to critics at least, of giving them the f-16s, everything they need now, the atacms, other weapons that have not gone to them yet? >> i think that we have seen that we have given them what they need. right now, we are still giving them what they need. we know they need some ammunition. we know they need some more

equipment that will knock down some of these bombs that are coming in from russia. as it pertains to the f-16s, as of right now, there are conversations going on. i have not had a briefing on this. but you know it has to be training done of the of the ukrainians. why would we broadcast that, if we were? do what we have to do. we have seen how we have progressed. the ukrainians have what they need when they need it. i suspect that that's going to -- i know that's going to continue. >> i want to ask you about china. the house and senate are moving ahead on legislation proposing the president have the power to ban tiktok and potentially other social media platforms. intelligence leaders warning this week that china's government, the communist party there controlling interest in many of the companies, including the company that owns tiktok, giving china an unprecedented level of power to gather data on

americans. but you have doubts on moving ahead on a ban. explain. >> i had doubts on moving ahead based upon the bill that was proposed in the house foreign affairs committee, which i thought was rushed. a bill that had unintended consequences in it. i would wish -- i wish we were able to have a dialogue, because that bill mandated that the president have -- place sanctions on virtually every company in china, but above and beyond that also sanctions on our allies, taiwan, japan, south korea. those would have been imposed. you can go to our european allies. the bill that i see coming out of the senate is different. it's different in a lot of respects. he it doesn't mandate sanctions. it gives the president the authorization to sanction once. he reviews and sees what is taking place. he can do it from company by company based upon the security

interests of the united states and our allies. again, as we talked about in ukraine, he will be able to talk and work with our allies collectively if there is a company that has to be sanctioned, it won't be the united states alone and the united states against our allies. it will be all of us together. the warner bill is far superior than the bill that was proposed in the house foreign affairs committee. that's why i don't support the one that came out of the foreign affairs committee. i could and will support the one coming out -- that's a bipartisan bill from the senate. the warner bill. >> congressman, i know time is short. you have a plane to catch. thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. more legal troubles for the former president, donald trump. could he be called before a new york grand jury next week? unlikely he would go. what do we know about what's at

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president donald trump. "the new york times" reporting that members of the manhattan d.a.'s office told mr. trump's lawyers that he could face criminal charges for his alleged role in hush money payments to stormy daniels. trump attorneys tell nbc news that their client has been told he can testify before the new york city grand jury as part of the investigation. these lawyers say they were not told criminal charges would be forthcoming. joining us now to sort this out, nbc's vaughn hillyard, eugene daniels, susan delpersio and barbara mcquade. talk to us about what we know the former president's lawyers have been told, his response -- i read your notes last night. it was a very lengthy and trump trumpian response. it's up to a grand jury, but legal experts will tell you it

could be the final stages. >> we have crumbs dating back to a year ago making the case of what evidence they had in the d.a.'s office to bring a potential indictment against donald trump. donald trump has continued to deny he had sex with stormy daniels. he ashe said -- if he were to testify, he would have to be told he was a potential defendant. at this point, that's still outstanding is the extent to which the d.a. made clear whether he is the center of the investigation. >> given his track record with the civil case, the state attorney general, where he took the fifth how many times? that was his right. in a criminal case, it would be more serious. >> surprising in a criminal case

if he did not. this is very separate from that civil litigation. there were questions that she put forward about his family business at the time. he pled the fifth every step of the way. it would be surprising for him to go in front of a grand jury and testify knowing that could be used against him not only to indict him but in criminal proceedings. >> barbara, give us your view on what this means in terms of a criminal indictment. >> we can draw some educated conclusions about what is happening here. if the reporting is true, that donald trump has been invited to testify before the grand jury, we can conclude two things. one is that bragg has reached the end of his investigation. if you are going to invite the target of a grand jury in to testify, it's after you have talked to all of the other witnesses, reviewed all of the documents and are as informed as you can be. this is an invitation, not a

compulsion to come. it's that person's opportunity to explain, is there another side of this story that we ought to know? is there something we are missing? that says we are at the end. the other thing is that charges are likely. that's because if they were going to decline to bring charges after having interviewed all of the witnesses and reviewed documents, there would be no need to invite donald trump to come in and share his side of the story. it's a tremendous undertaking to invite a former president to come in and testify before a grand jury. it's not a step anyone would take lightly. that says to me that not only are they at the end, but charges are very likely to be filed. >> barbara, to follow up, we understand that michael cohen, who was one of his chief accusers and served time for this more than a year, is meeting with prosecutors again and will likely be talking to the grand jury for the 20th time on this case next week. what does that tell you? >> well, 20 times to meet with

prosecutors or testify is really a lot. it is unheard of. i will also add that if i were prosecuting a case where michael cohen was a key witness, i would want to make sure i pushed him on every possible detail. because you need to not only ensure that you believe him but that a jury will believe him when he testifies. what you would want to do is find ways to test the veracity of what he is saying and to corroborate it with objective evidence. you find other witnesses who can repeat what he had to say from their own perspective or find documents, phone records, bank records, checks, other things that confirm what he is saying so that even if a jury remains skeptical of someone who is, after all, a convicted perjuror, they can still believe it.

>> we know the former president slammed bragg. >> more of that. we have seen this from donald trump for years. he is not going to change the way he operates. he went through the trumpian way he does, bouncing around and talking about these things and released it again in a full statement. this is a president -- this is a former president and candidate for president who is going to use this to his advantage. he has spent years denigraing institutions like the folks investigating him now. he believes and the folks i talked to that talk to him believe this is good for him. it's good for him because what he said is, first of all, they are going to come after me because they want to come after you. that's the message that's going to continue to be the message. all of that grievance politics is going nowhere. it's going to -- because of all of work he has done to denigrate these institutions, it's going

to interesting to see if there's backlash. there will be candidates on stage with him at debates. do they talk about the drama and legal issues that he has that would make him a bad candidate in a general election? >> susan, let's talk about that and whether it is to his favor among primary voters. >> i'm not sure it is a benefit to him to be indicted for the republican primary. although, it makes sense that they feel that they could pull through it. however, what i think the numbers that trump and his team are going to be watching are the head to head matchups with biden for the general election. that's what he is afraid of. he is afraid of having big numbers come out of him losing to biden, which could actually lead him to even potentially withdraw his candidacy because he does not want to lose again. >> vaughn, you know iowa better than any of us having been

living there for a while in past races. in iowa, we know desantis is there today, was speaking this morning. trump is going to be there monday. there's a pretty good comparison in where they are head to head in the new poll that just came out. >> if i may say first, i have lived in iowa a great deal since the first trip i took to iowa in which you dragged me along. never able to leave. on that trip that i went with you years ago, what iowa does tell you is where at least some of the heart and soul of the greater population are. there are tea leaves, indicators, whether folks are getting tired of donald trump, whether folks are open to ron desantis. there's a long process ahead here. when you see some of the new numbers, when you look at favorability of donald trump and the other candidates, donald trump has taken a hit over the

last year here. going down to 80%. you continue to see him outperforming against other candidates. nikki haley, 20% are unsure about her. that's what part of the iowa experience will provide her. at the same time, i was in iowa three weeks ago with mike pence. at his own event, i was asking folks what they thought. one individual after the next was telling me that donald trump was still on their mind. one woman said donald trump was her guy through and through. she liked mike pence and came to hear him speak but donald trump was her guy. if you are donald trump, you are feeling good about that at these early stages. >> better numbers in new hampshire by far over desantis as well. >> he has -- you are talking about inroads, you are talking about a population here that has been long familiar with donald trump. if you are looking at the youth vote, for instance, which right now some early numbers are suggesting he is forming well.

who has been the republican party over the last eight years? donald trump. this new generation that didn't caucus or take part in the new hampshire primary in 2015, 2016, they are a part of the process this time around. being able to strengthen some of the numbers is key for him. when you talk about older voters, that's why you hear him talk about medicare and social security. these are key demographics if he can build that support now that could help him when you are talking about indictments potentially down the line. >> as you are still the best person on iowa. >> i'm going to bring you out there the next stop. >> eugene and vaughn, thank you so much. susan, of course, our friend barbara, thanks to all. so sorry. the mexican drug cartel responsible for kidnapping four americans, killing of them, now they are apologizing. what this unprecedented move means. that's next. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." stay with us. it's msnbc.

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new developments today in the tragic death of two americans in the armed abduction in mexico last week. in an unprecedented handwritten note, apologizing for the deaths of the americans and one mexican woman, the cartel said, guilty parties will pay regardless of who they are. they turned over five men that they claim were responsible pictured here with their hands tied. joining me now is paul charlton. often travels to mexico. how unusual is this apology letter from the cartel? they are saying, we didn't do it. these guys did it or somebody else did it. don't come after us. >> it is an unusual -- it isn't

unusual they send a message, but an apology is never something i have seen before. if they began apologizing, that's an apology they would make every day and multiple times a day. the individuals they turned over is clearly an attempt, a cartel-driven hope, that law enforcement will reduce their efforts to find out who it is responsible for these tragic killings and kidnappings and maybe these individuals had some responsibility. it could be that they are stooges, people who have been put forward by the cartel in the hope law enforcement will move a different direction or slow down and stop their investigation. as you know, andrea, the cartel can't make money, then they aren't going to be in business. in order to make money, they have to keep law enforcement a bay, media attention away so they can continue to move narcotics across the border. >> what happens to the five men who were allegedly responsible?

>> they will be held and investigated clearly. but whether or not they are responsible or not is something we are just going to have to see. there's very little transparency what happens when the cartel is involved. in a very real sense of impunity that you can't truly investigate the higher ups, the real people responsible and lead the cartel. whether these five individuals were involved at the bottom, we don't know. what is disappointingly true is we are unlikely to know who those vi individuals at the ver top are responsible for the killings and kidnappings. >> what do you make of senator lindsey graham to name these terrorist organizations? would that help law enforcement? >> it's an interesting idea. you could understand why you use a word like terrorism. the problem is that terrorism itself has a very technical and legal definition. terrorism means an individual who for political gain commits a

crime. al qaeda is the best and well-known example. these cartels are not doing anything for political gain. their goal is to make money and kill people, kidnap people if they have to. if we will call them terrorists, we have to change the definition and our understanding of what that word means in the law. >> the whole story is just so tragic and bizarre at the same time. paul charlton, thank you so much. oscar buzz. a documentary about the story of a key player in the watergate scandal and the lasting impact of her story for hollywood's biggest award this weekend. two of the filmmakers joining me now. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc.

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mitchell? >> well, when we first heard about her story, we couldn't believe that it actually was true, and so we started digging more into the archives and realized that there was a larger story here of martha and the systematic gaslighting campaign that was launched against her by the nixon administration, and so we forged ahead. the parallels to today's political climate are so uncanny. it was the perfect time to exhume her story. >> so debra let's watch another clip involving one of my friends the late great helen thomas. >> martha mitchell hit this town like a bomb shell. >> she is getting to be known as the unguided missile. >> i do say what i please. >> it wasn't that the president didn't like women, he didn't like loud women. >> she was the first to say

nixon should resign. >> this man knew what was going on. he was negligent in being president. >> did you see what martha mitchell did? >> no. >> she called "the new york times." >> i mean, debra, she spoke out about everything, president nixon said she was crazy. she was mentioned 100 times as you report on the nixon tapes. they called her crazy, drunk, sick, actually, you know, held her captive in a motel room in california so she wouldn't talk during one of the key weekends. how did this all happen? >> yeah, well, martha mitchell was actually someone that the nixon administration enjoyed having in their corner in the early years. they really sort of deemed her an unofficial spokeswoman for the administration. so she was very convenient, and they were able to use her and use her popularity in a way that leveraged the power of the

administration. until she started speaking out against the administration saying the vietnam war stinks and saying things out of turn. we always say that martha colored outside of the lines, and that made her a very inconvenient person for the administration after all. she was privy to some of the dirty things happening. we don't know exactly what she knew, but she -- you know, she knew things that were going on, and she was willing to speak out against, you know, the most powerful government in the world, so she was incredibly brave in that sense. >> and as a journalist, you know, i so admire what you all did and you went through those archives and you found so much material. talk to me about the search. >> yeah, i mean, it was a wide net that we cast from going to the nixon library to sort of mining the primary sources, the newspapers to try to figure out

where martha was. if they knew martha showed up at a city that the press was inevitably there. so there was a lot of local news that we gathered. we also were able to contact a journalist who did the sort of seminole interview of her in 1974 right before nixon resigned, and he found the interview in his attic, so we were able to exhume that and show it for the first time in 50 years. >> debra, in the film there's a scene where martha mitchell comes up to reporter helen thomas on air force one in that cramped press compartment in the back, it's an old 707 and asked her a question about vietnam. tell us what happened? >> yeah, so they were on the air force one plane together, and basically the nixon administration wasn't very friendly with the press, they weren't interested. so when the press got wind of martha mitchell and saw how popular she was, they leveraged that to their advantage. so helen thomas asked martha

what do you think about the min mini skirts and martha quipped back and said why don't you ask me something more important. she wanted to be treated with respected. she had a really interesting relationship with female reporters. they took her seriously, and we owe them a debt of gratitude for telling martha's story. if we didn't have them on the record with martha, then we wouldn't really know what had happened to her. so helen thomas was incredibly crucial in telling martha's tale. they really -- you know, they benefitted from each other i guess i would say. >> women reporters in those days at the white house could not cover the president as much as so-called east wing first lady activities and cabinet wives and therein lies the tale, they took her seriously. she had a really sad, sad fall and the end of the documentary is very sad. you'll have to see it. it's on netflix. so catch "the martha mitchell

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