right now china's president xi jinping is hosting a state visit for france's president emanual macron, and it's not a visit they want to upset diplomatically, so there is the kperktation there'll be continued tension over this perhaps into next week >> thank you for your reporting. that does it for me this busy hour i'll see you back here tomorrow. jose dias reports start right now. and good morning i'm jose diaz-balart this morning new fallout in the political universe as trump goes from former u.s. president to criminal defendant after being arraigned in a new york hush money case we'll break down the unsealed indictment and the legal questions that remain still to be answered. democratic congressman bennie thompson who was the chairman of the january 6th special committee will join us

with more. >> happening right now in missouri search and rescue efforts are happening as a massive tornado ripped through the state. plus, what you need to know about what's being calleded the most consequential election in the year liberals have a won of the supreme court in a major battleground state that could shape the 2024 race. and in chicago a win for progressives in the highly watched mayoral race and just hours from now a high profile meeting between house speaker mccarthy and the president of taiwan despite warnings from beijing. how the chinese government is responding coming up this morning former president donald trump is plotting his next legal steps one day after becoming the first american president ever to appear in court as a criminal defendant. trump is accused of falsifying

business records as part of what prosecutors say is an illegal conspiracy to undermine the 2016 election manhattan district attorney alvin bragg says hush money payments were made to two women and a former doorman of trump tower to keep potentially damaging stories out of the news >> that is exactly what this case is about. 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes. these are felony crimes in new york state no matter who you are. >> hours after he pleaded not guilty in a new york courtroom, the former president lashed out at the investigations and the investigators in a speech at his mar-a-lago club in florida trump's comments came after the judge asked both sides to, quote, please refrain from making comments or engaging in conduct that has the potential to incite violence, create civil unrest, or jeopardize the safety

of any individual. one of trump's attorneys defended his comments on the "today" show earlier today >> it's not an attack on the judge or certainly his family. no one is suggesting anything should happen to the judge or his family, and president trump's comments did not in any way, shape, or form incite violence joining us now vaughn hilliard, gabe gutierrez, susan, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, and charge coleman, civil rights attorney and also msnbc legal analyst gabe, you were able to watch what was going on in that courtroom from a room right beside >> we were in that room right beside that courtroom and were able to see a head on video feed of all the president's actions it was just incredible do see the former president of the united states facing these charges plead not guilty in his own voice. now, we walked through heavy

security to get into the courthouse on the first floor there's a metal detector, another metal detector on the 15th floor as the president walked into the courtroom he was flanked by those secret service agents. it was just incredible, and this arraignment, jose, we expect it to be 5, 10 minutes or so of formality even it was nlgunlike any arraignment i've ever seen donald trump's defense counsel even jokingly said as much when he got up to speak because the prosecution started blasting the defense -- the defendant for making these comments that potentially according to the prosecution could have jeopardized those proceedings. the comments before, it threats as they saw it to d.a. alvin bragg as well as to the judge. that was a huge back and forth with that. they also bought up the potential for conflict of interest and joe tacopina and

allegations he may have had conversations with stormy daniels. tacopina for his part came back and said he never spoke with her, never took on her case. and then they discussed the proceedings and what's to come, motions, discovery over the next coming months. and then the prosecution wanted the trial date of january 2024, right smack in the middle of a heated presidential election donald trump's lawyers said that's not really relitzic we'd like a little bit more time, potentially into the spring all of that, this proceeding lasted a little more than hour, jose >> from that proceeding the former president left, got out at ludpardia airport and went to mar-a-lago that's where exactly vaughn hilliard was you were actually inside mar-a-lago when the former president spoke last night how was that >> reporter: right, just six hours separated his arraignment in lower manhattan from his

arraignment. for donald trump so much of his address was not only hitting this particular case but the special counsel jack smith's investigation, fani willis' in fulton county. for donald trump it's the lack of defense from donald trump on specific allegations or the specific statement of facts that were laid out by alvin bragg in that indictment yesterday. instead there was a broader attack on the near prosecution of him, suggesting that the charges are being brought against him for political purposes i want to let you hear from donald trump himself we play part of these remarks for the purpose of understanding millions of americans were tuned into this on various right-wing outlets here last night, and that this is their version they are hearing from donald trump. take a listen. >> everybody said this is not really an indictment, there's

nothing here my lirs came to me and said there's nothing here, they're not even saying what you did the criminal is the district attorney because he illegally leaked massive amounts of grand jury information which he should be prosecuted or at a minimum he should resign. >> reporter: now ultimately it'll be up to the prosecutor alvin bragg to lay out his case and it'll be up to a jury whether to convict him or not. but what you heard from donald trump last night was a pure attack on the character of the prosecutor and an attack on the judge overseeing his case suggesting he's trump hating there is no evidence of that donald trump suggested the judge leaked and there's no evidence of that. so many of the statements and attacks being brought by donald trump are not on the actual merits of this case here but

more so the individuals and the mere existence of the investigation and prosecution and potential trial ahead for him. >> gabe, the judge didn't issue a gag order and said he wasn't inclined could this change in the future? >> well, the prosecution didn't ask for a gag order here but did bring up the possibility of some restrictive protective order when it comes to perhaps preventing the former president from posting discovery, evidence in this case on social media as the defense team will have to get that evidence over the next coming months. i want to point out something, jose, down there in south florida. the former president, if we thought he was going to calibrate his message at all based on the judge's comments last night, he did not he went after d.a. bragg again, went after the judge again as well as his family, and donald trump's defense team is trying to make the case he's not inciting violence, he's just defending himself from what he views as a political persecution. now, the judge said in that

arraignment, in that court proceeding he asked the defense team to please do not engage in words or conduct which jeopardizes the rule of law particularly as it applies to proceedings in this courtroom. so the judge walking a very fine line here, jose. he was very measured i heard him inside the courthouse i wouldn't say he admonished the former president, but he did tell him essentially to be careful. he says he would not issue a gag order at this time even if it was called for but going forward he said if something came to him, if the former president said something -- he said this for both sides, but he was actually pretty much addressing the defense counsel, he said it's something that might be considered in the future and whether former president trump in his view crosses that line and the judge does issue some sort of protective order, some ort of gag order in the future >> d.a. alvin bragg said the charges are all felonies however

falsifying business records can be a misdemeanor you and i have been talking about this for days and weeks. it can be raised to a felony if the act was committed to cover up another crime >> correct >> the d.a. says it has to do with the new york election law, but the crime was not mentioned anywhere in the indictment you've studied it, read through it what do you see there? >> this is where a lot of people have had criticism of alvin bragg and how he's chosen to go about this prosecution in most cases as you said when you have this sort of crime you're alleging, the falsified business documents, what you need is another crime in order to get into a felony to basically say you were falsifying business documents in order to conceal this particular crime, this second crime the bare bones of this indictment, which is not a surprise, by the way, to be issued by the manhattan d.a.'s office does not specify what that crime is. there's nothing that says it should or has to specify, but i

do think in a case being so closely watched it is to alvin bragg's credit he should have or would have actually talked about it he discussed it a bit and teased it during his presser. but the fact in the indictment in black and white, it concerns me, jose the thing about donald trump i find to be interesting and troubling at the same time is that the most offensive things that he does are usually not illegal. and the most illegal things he does are usually not offensive this case is not a hugely surprising and shocking case this is not the case of the century, but he did apparently break the law, and alvin bragg as the manhattan district attorney has an obligation to do his job and uphold the law here in new york city >> susan, there is no doubt that politics is either in or certainly around everything that donald trump does and that which is happening to him. how is this playing for him? >> well, think of this as a

dress rehearsal in that he's probably going to face other indictments. so he is attacking the judge as of course only donald trump would until maybe early may if georgia comes out with an indictment then he'll move onto that judge. politically all he's trying to do are two things -- keep his base energized i should say three things. have them give money and most of all donald trump could say something against the judge on social media and no he runs the news day and ron desantis can't do anything because he's on a book tour and he can't break through, so politically that's how donald trump works. he looks as them as pr and political problems >> charles, going forward in the

new york case what exactly do you think we're going to be seeing going forward >> i think we're going to see a different of maneuvers by donald trump's team up to and including a motion to dismiss at least just one and likely a motion seeking to change venue. now, i don't know either of those motions will be successful, but what they will do is elongigate that time frame we're talking about in terms of where we're going forward and when we get to see this case reach trial. i don't think there's are the only two motions we're going to see. i think we're going to see a bevy of different emotions as we go along, and i imagine they'll be strategically timed so they're not one way after another in a way going to have the effect of lengthening the duration of this prosecution that puts it square in election season which apparently is one of their goals >> i can't tell you how nice it is to be with all of you

together this morning. really appreciate it and vaughn, all the best to you as always in sunny south florida. >> we're following breaking news this morning tornados rip through south eastern missouri fatalities and injuries have been confirmed this is a developing story we will update you with the very latest plus major elections results in it midwest. steve kornacki will be at the big board to break it all down for us, and more reaction to the charges against trump from the former chair of the january 6th committee. missouri representative bennie thompson will talk with us and whole lot more we're back in 60 seconds you're watching jose dias reports. wouldn't have believed . eating is believing steph. the subway series. try subway's tastiest menu upgrade yet.

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an official death toll joining us now with the very latest is nbc news correspondent maggie vespa what more do we know about what happened >> reporter: we're in the middle of downtown chicago, which is one of the major metropolitan areas in the storm zone ahead of this huge band of storms showers that stretches across several states and in missouri we're seeing our first reports about that extensive damage you're talking about, and unfortunately injuries and fatalities. the drone video from glenn allen, missouri, is absolutely stunning for reference this is a small, very rural community, a small population of just from what we can tell dozens according to the census bureau data, about two hours south of st. louis that's the destruction we're seeing on the ground this video into our newsroom just in the last couple of hours. the missouri highway patrol is the agency that confirms they're in the middle of an active search and rescue operation and confirming multiple injuries and fatalities

as you said we don't have a hard number how many are hurt or killed in this case, but our affiliate is on the ground talking to people who lived through this latest round of deadly severe weather. take a listen. >> it was a lot of cracking, loud wind. and then we were outside looking at it, and then them two told me, we ran inside, ran in the bathtub, and it was in the matter of seconds and it just hit, and it was just awful >> reporter: this feels like what we've been hearing so repetitively as parts of the region have been beaten and battered by multiple rounds of severe weather as of today close to 62 million people in what we're calling the storm zone, the risk zone ahead of this band of showers and storms we started having severe weather roll in the first band yesterday afternoon and evening. now the latest round set to last

into the late morning, early afternoon hours. people hoping at this point that we've seen the worst of this one. jose >> maggie vespa, thank you so much former president trump's allies on capitol hill are coming to his defense a day after his appearance in court. just last week house speaker kevin mccarthy accused the manhattan d.a. of bringing politicized charges against trump. he also vowed congress would hold bragg accountable for what he called the weaponization of the federal justice process. joining us now with more is mississippi democratic congressman bennie thompson. always good to see you i thank you for being with us this morning the house speaker vowing to take action against bragg where do you see things going next >> first of all, thank you for having me. as you know weaponization is a new code word for the republican leadership somehow they want to convince the public that they are pure as

the driven snow, and all we're just trying to get to the bottom of what's wrong. i've never known a house committee to attack a district attorney for doing his job and in this instance this has been going on as you know a citizens grand jury found that donald trump had committed a fault, an error, so they recommended an indictment. but i'm more concerned about the fact that as a member of congress we've now gone into uncharted territory. we're now moving toward telling an elected official how they should do their job. i don't think, jose, anybody in their right mind -- we know

donald trump paid the money. we know there were circumstances around the payment of the money, so it's no -- it's not a question of did he or didn't he. but my republican colleagues are somehow saying because the district attorney is doing his job, that's not right. so i think starting in december when they have to come back to court, a lot of things will become clearer by then >> yeah, you know, it is -- it's interesting because it's been, you know, mostly focused on mccarthy and what he's been saying and a group of chairs of the house. but, for example, trump critic republican senator mitt romney had this to say. he said, quote, the new york prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda, the prosecutors overreached, that's a dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents and damages the public's faith in our justice

system i think, congressman, it's the necessary faith in justice system that are one of the pillars of a democracy >> absolutely. and as you know guilt or innocence will be determined by citizens in this democracy and so the prosecutor can present his case donald trump will have his day in court and he'll present his defense, but i think for my colleagues to get out in front of this like they are, is they're disingenuous to our system of jurisprudence in this country. so what we have to do is let the evidence defend itself i'm convinced that donald trump will get a fair trial. i'm convinced that the evidence

will determine guilt or innocence and that he'll be judged by his peers. it's not an intimidation process. i'll tell you i am concerned about the language he continues to use with respect to the prosecutor, with respect to the judge, with respect to the judge's daughter that's not the kind of language that you would expect a former president of the united states to be doing. he's been admonished by the court to tone it down. i suggest that he does but more importantly some of his same rhetoric i saw develop during january 6th, so the potential for somebody to take donald trump at his word and some of the other members of congress at their word harbors potential danger for the rest of us in this country >> and congressman, i want to turn to your district, mississippi is still picking up the pieces after that violent

storm ravaged the community almost two weeks ago you're actually about an hour away from rolling fork right now. what do the people there need today? >> well, thank you, jose i was there yesterday. they need just about everything. water is still a challenge, diapers for children, our school system is unable to open, our hospital is unable to open we don't have public transportation, so the challenges some people take for granted on a daily basis, we don't have the industry in the area is primarily agriculture, and so a vulnerable community is -- is really challenged during this time thanks to the fema response, the state and local response, it's been on point as well as the

religious and other communities have stepped up. if you go there now people are trying to make the best of a bad situation, but for the most part those individuals impacted by the storm, they're very resilient. and i see that coming, but we're in for a long haul >> yeah, you know you talk about it a mostly agriculture community that is made up of so many types of people, and some of those people live very much invisible in so many ways in our country. and congressman, i think it's so important that all of those people affected get help and i thank you so much for being with us this morning i'm going to continue seeing how we can all help those folks that have been so affected. congressman, i thank you very much for your time >> thank you for having me next, a pair of big wins in the midwest overnight has

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28 pas candidates in wisconsin a liberal canned tit, a milwaukee county judge defeated the conservative member on the court, giving liberals their first majority in 15 years in that state. and in chicago's mayoral election, progressive brandon johnson defeated fellow democrat paul vols. >> what's required in this moment is real collaboration as i said last night bringing

people together, that's something i'm actually pretty good at. as a teacher, as an organizer, growing up in a household with nine siblings, one bathroom, learning to organize and work collectively, that's something i was raised to do >> joining us now shaquille bruster, live in milwaukee also with us is steve kornacki here in studio at the big board. shaq, help us break down what we saw in wisconsin and just how critical the results of this race are >> hi there, jose. and ultimately it will come down to what the court decides to hear in the future, this newly liberal court. it could potentially result in fewer house seats for republicans if they take up a redistricting case it could result in fewer election challenges to the state after we saw in the 2020 presidential election. when you have a divided government there are so many issues settled by the state supreme court. one of the challenges we expect to hear is from the 1829

abortion law that is on the books and in effect since the overturning of roe that's why you have so much attention on this race and record amount of spending on this race and that's why it's so contentions to this very end i want you to listen to what we heard from both candidates during the speeches last night >> my opponent is a serial liar. she's disregarded judicial ethics she's demeaned the judiciary with her behavior, and this is the future that we have to look forward to in wisconsin. >> today i am proud that we are going to be able to live up to our motto. our state is taking a step forward to a better and brighter future where our rights and freedoms will be protected

>> going back to that abortion issue, i'll tell you that is something that voters at polling locations yesterday if you watched any of the campaign ads, that was an issue that was central to this campaign, protasiewicz saying she saw that as a key value but she said that was one of her core values, a woman's right to choose and you see how voters reacted with a pretty sizable win in this battleground state. >> so, steve, what did you see in these two races >> it's interesting, picking up on those themes. we talked last november when democrats had that better than expected mid-term election, about two factors potentially driving that, donald trump his claims about the 20 election being center stage and a voters reacting to that in a lot of states and obviously the abortion following the supreme court's decision last summer overturning roe v. wade. and you heard in the reports there the democratically aligned candidate and technically this was not a democrat, republican

election the democratic candidate said she was going to rule in favor of abortion rights if elected to the court here, and republican aligned dan kelly you heard him saying he says he was smeared, but what democrats were saying about kelly they were playing up abortion and playing up what they said were his ties to trump aligned efforts to overturn results of the 2020 election in wisconsin, one of those states the trump folks targeted with their lawsuits and i think what's striking some of the patterns that we saw nationally last november that gave democrats that better than expected night, they were very much in evidence, this 10-point victory. for instance take a look at deign county, this is where madison is this is most liberal county in the state of wisconsin here. no surprise protasiewicz wins it, but two things one, her margin here she actually outperformed joe

biden. she did better in the state supreme court last night than biden did against trump in probably the most liberal county in the state the other thing is the turnout coming out of deign county, the interest among college educated liberal voters massive she's gotten 197,000 votes, protasiewicz did out of deign count a. the formula for democrats out of wisconsin historically is they get the most from milwaukee and then from deign, but 179,000 in deign from protasiewicz and take a look at milwaukee county, 170,000. she's going to get more votes, and that's a big shift in the state. then there's the traditionally republican suburbs right outside of milwaukee, one of them i'll show you right here. this has the highest concentration of adults with college degrees of any county in wisconsin, and it exemplifies what we've been talking about nationally with suburban

counties with high degrees of college education, college degree attainment moving away from the republican party, so kelly, the republican aligned candidate wins it last night but that margin is only 4.5 points take a look at the journey ozaki county has been on trump won it by 12 in 2020, trump won it by 19 in 2016 back a decade ago mitt romney was winning this county by 30 points it's come all the way down last night to not even 5 points by the republican aligned candidate. you're seeing incredible enthusiasm from liberal voters, and you're seeing a continued shift, a continued erosion from republicans in those suburban areas. we talked last november nationally seeing this in a number of places and the question was, was it abortion, was it trump, was it a combination of those things? you can decide for yourself there, but i think those two factors were very much in evidence in this result last night in wisconsin and were very much in evidence last november when democrats had a better

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40 past the hour today house speaker kevin mccarthy will host a bipartisan meeting of lawmakers in california with the president of taiwan as china issues new warnings against any such meeting. and it comes several days after a bipartisan group of senators met with president tsai in new york joining us now from taipei, taiwan, is nbc's courtney kube can you help break down the significance of this meeting and how china has been responding. >> reporter: china has not been responding well to this meeting expected to take place today, jose one of the reasons is china claims this meeting, any meeting between a high level taiwanese official and a u.s. official threatens chinese sovereignty. and they're also saying, the chinese are saying this will hurt the u.s.-china relationship going forward. so so far the response from china has been a lot of rhetoric, but we've also seen the beginning of some potential

military moves and come in the potential of military shifts in the military strait. they're not specifically tying it to this meeting, but the timing is probably more than a little coincidental, jose. so this meeting is significant for the u.s. because it shows the continuing support for taiwan as you know the u.s. doesn't have formal diplomatic relations. they have unofficial relations with the taiwanese government here in taipei, but again this meeting a high level on both sides is very significant for the taiwanese president showing senior members of the u.s. house of congress, in fact the highest member of the speaker of the house is showing his support and standing next to her at this meeting. now, of course we all saw what happened after then speaker pelosi, nancy pelosi when she visited last year, we saw what happened the chinese military responded with unprecedented drills including live fire

exercises. the expectation here is that this won't be as pronounced as a response this time because the meeting is occurring in the u.s. so we'll see if that actually comes to pass. again, so far we've already heard pretty fiery rhetoric out of the chinese government since this meeting was announced publicly, jose >> courtney kube, in taipei, thanks for the very latest according to adp which a payroll processing firm, private payrolls rose by 145,000 in march, and that's well below wall street expectations the company's chief economist calls the report, quote, one of several signals the economy is slowing. joining us now is cnbc's dominic chu. what more did we learn from these number snz. >> the 145,000 you mentioned is 60,000 jobs less than economists were expecting again, that huge miss is what is leading some people to say that

there is more softness in the jobs economy than people have thought in the past. what the government report says each month has been suggesting at least from the labor department's side of things that the jobs market has been relatively strong. all of this is holding up pretty well given the economic stresses due to inflation, the federal reserve's interest rate hiking campaign and of course the recent bank failures that we've seen over the last month we still continue to see more job strength in certain industries out there, though it was again prevalent this month. hospitality and leisure gaining jobs, construction all gaining jobs but financial services lost jobs, professional and business services lost jobs now, all told the numbers are suggesting what could be the beginning of a bigger economic slowdown now to be fair a number of economists and analysts and experts are been calling for more market slow down or recession in the u.s. for a while, and that's yet to

materialize, at least not widely in the data we've seen but, jose, a lot of experts look toward this private adp payroll data as a precursor to that big labor department report which is due out on friday, good friday morning in two days despite the fact we have a holiday so we'll keep an eye on that and what it does to fed interest rate projections going forward >> meanwhile they're asking more than two dozen ceos to make sure they're complying with child labor laws what can you tell us about that? >> it's two democratic senators in particular looking to spearhead this campaign to hold companies accountable for their alleged use of child labor the two of them sent letters to 27 corporate chief executives, which are in essence asking and demanding that the ceo scrutinize their employment policies and those labor policies of their suppliers to make sure none of these companies are exploiting child

labor especially when it comes to migrant children. they say, quote, many unaccompanied children reported to work in unsafe conditions have already endured horrific trauma again, a slate of companies being asked to make sure their child labor laws are compliant >> dominic chu, i appreciate it. up next donald trump becomes the first ever president to be indicted on criminal charges historian john meacham helps us put yesterday into context you're watching jose diaz-balart reports. and genoa salami. you can't stop that much meat. you can only hope to contain it - in freshly baked bread. try subway's tastiest menu upgrade yet. you didn't live this strong, this long to get put on the shelf like a porcelain doll. but one out of two women over 50 will suffer a fracture from osteoporosis. you should know you can build new bone with evenity®

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just moments ago we got an update from officials in missouri who now say at least four people have died in that massive tornado that swept the south eastern region of the state just this morning. officials not able to confirm the number of injuries at this time the missouri state highway patrol says the situation is still fluid, that officials are moving from house to house to check on residents and turning now to the historic day this nation experienced yesterday. these images from the courtroom will come to define the day donald trump became the first former american president to be arrested and booked as a with us to talk more about this is jon meacham, presidential historian. it's a pleasure to have a chance to speak with you. our country has faced so many difficult times, from the civil

war, the beating of sumner on the senate floor there have been so many massive crises our country has faced where does this one fit in >> it's an unfolding story yesterday is a vital data point in that story. but we're undergoing a remarkable challenge to the durability of democratic institutions, lower case d, to respond to the needs of people an extraordinary number of americans have decided to put their faith in this cult of personality, this figure who will -- is being called to account -- perspective account for his behavior

even this chapter is the beginning of a chapter, because there are potentially two more indictments out there. i think both when we look back on this and as it unfolds, i would hope that what we would see is a system that for all of its flaws can work, that it is, in fact, as winston churchill, the worst system except for all the others. >> indeed. thinking about it, looking at reaction around the world, the president of mexico talked about this, el salvador's president sent this tweet out after trump's arraignment yesterday. think what you want about former president trump and the reasons he is being indicted just imagine if this happened in any other country where a government arrested the main opposition candidate the united states says has lost the ability to use democracy as a foreign policy

i guess people see things through the prism of what they choose to see it internationally, how do you think this is going to be? >> it's a huge story it's a hugely important issue. i disagree the president of el salvador it wasn't as if the president of the united states ordered the arrest of his opponent so that's actually using a different prism to interpret what unfolded here we have always been usually self-appointed, i will note, as you know, a beacon and a model for democratic values and practice we are in the midst of the most profound challenge to that -- to those democratic values, to that democratic practice. and how we do this, how we do this is going to determine a

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57 past the hour in jerusalem's old city, violence broke out leading to an exchange of rocket fire and air strikes between palestinians and israel the violence comes as three major religions are observing sacred holidays. joining us from jerusalem is raf sanchez. what's the latest? >> reporter: it has been peaceful for the last couple of hours. this morning, it was anything but. israeli police at dawn raiding the mosque, the third holiest

site in islam. video showing officers in full riot gear hitting people with night sticks inside. police made some 350 arrests israeli police say the reason they went in is that young palestinian men had barricaded themselves inside the holy site overnight. they stockpiled rocks and fireworks. you can see in the video palestinian men shooting fireworks inside the mosque itself then what started here in jerusalem spread to gaza with palestinian militants firing rockets, israel carrying out air strikes in response. all of this a grim start to passover, which begins tonight we are in the final weeks of ramadan. the fear is with all of these major religious holidays coinciding, we may be facing more violence. a big concern is that it's not clear that either side is looking to deescalate. benjamin netanyahu under a lot

of pressure from the far right of his government to really crack down on the palestinians, both here in jerusalem, but also in gaza. hamas trying to position itself as the defenders of this holy site >> raf sanchez, thank you very much that wraps up the hour for me you can reach me on twitter and instagram. watch highlights from today's show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," former president trump defiant at mar-a-lago tuesday night after his arrest and arraignment on 34 felony charges his legal team goes on offense this morning >> a little relief to see that indictment we are ready to move >> the d.a. said, we have had available to this office ti