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across the country some experts now warn the perfect storm of troublesis putting the country's national security at risk new inflation numbers this morning were better than expected what it says about where the economy is headed and what it means for your wallet. and right now, toxic smoke is filling the skies over eastern indiana, as a recycling plant burns and thousands are forced to flee how long could that fire keep burning. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments to that breaking news first in eastern indiana, a massive warehouse fire is forcing families to leave their homes, schools are closed maggie vespa is in richmond, iowa the state fire marshal says the smoke is definitely toxic. obviously you're wearing your mask what is the situation, what is the major concern there right now? >> reporter: of course the biggest concern is basically

what could be lingering in the air right now. i want to be clear, we're wearing a mask out of an over abundance of caution we're more than a half mile away from that fire just over my shoulder here. you can see the dark smoke billowing out of it, and downwind from where we are that has been burning for more than 24 hours at this point. and as you said, the state fire marshal, the fire chief, the mayor all getting on the air having their latest news conference saying it's very possible that cancer causing chemicals, including but not limited to styrene and benzene could be floating in the air and breathed in by people in the evacuation zone, a 1/2 mile radius this is a former plastics center and now being used as a storage site the city says they have been in a legal battle with the owner of the site, saying they had safety concerns about the way buildings and trailer, like semi tractor-trailers were stacked up and filled with

plastic. that's why this is burning, officials say, the way it is it is just pure piles and buildings of plastic covering this 175,000 foot facility there are multiple buildings on that site. that's everything that's burning. firefighters raced to keep it from spreading to nearby neighborhoods as well. they say they were successful in that there was one skinjury, a minor one, a firefighter who sprained his ankle falling during the chaos. so far they say this is kind of a best case scenario, knowing what's there, what's burning, having prayed it never happened. we have 2,000 people ordered to evacuate from within a half mile from the site, schools remain closed districts urging people to shelter in place if they can as firefighters say this will likely burn for days >> maggie vespa, thank you for that. there's new data showing inflation cooled last month.

msnbc white house correspondent kayla tausche is following that for us it has fallen significantly since it peaked in june. what's it mean for every day people everyone wants to know, what's it mean for me what are you telling them? >> inflation is moving in the right direction. it's the 9th month consumer prices have been going down, the best read on inflation since may of 2021, and the federal reserve could stop raising interest rates around june, so many things like credit cards or mortgages could see their interest rates cap out around then if that proves to be the case consumers are getting pinched in a lot of places, though the numbers are trending down. take a look at food, for instance, the price of groceries and food outside the home up 8 1/2% last year the cost of electricity is 10% more expensive apartment and home prices up

8.2%, that's up nearly 14% the white house is acknowledging that inflation is still uncomfortably high they're chalking this up as a small win. that's why president biden earlier today issuing a statement saying inflation is now fallen by 45% from its summer peak. gas prices down $1.41 from the summer grocery prices fell for the first time since september 2020. we have seen priced declines for used cars, smartphones and other electronics. the white house calling this continued progress, but noting there's still more work to do, and there's still the open question of whether the u.s. can avoid a recession as the work continues. >> kayla tausche, thank you for that. and developing in israel, growing security and political crises converging in a moment to create a kind of perfect storm of turmoil nbc's josh lederman joins me now from tel aviv. josh, how is all of this shaping this moment of unrest there

where you are? >> reporter: well, chris, we've talked a lot in recent days about the domestic political turmoil over the controversial judicial overhaul being pushed by the most far right government in israel's history, and we've talked a lot about the recent flare ups in fighting between israel and palestinian groups on so many fronts, from the occupied west bank to the gaza strip, to lebanon and syria to the north. but what we're seeing now is that increasingly those two buckets of problems are starting to bleed into each other and to make each other worse with a growing number of military reservists and young draftees here in israel saying they may refuse to serve because of the direction the government is going, the defense minister who prime minister netanyahu fired and then unfired, warning that this is harming the national security of israel and weakening the morale here, and we're seeing israel's enemies, like hezbollah leader openly gloating

about the fact that israel seems to be distracted, that this is a moment of vulnerability that israel's enemies can exploit and pre predicting that israel may crumble under the weight of internal problems and not last until its 80th year. if there's a silver lining for netanyahu and the israeli government, often times when you have external security threats, there's kind of a rally around the flag effect where people become more supportive of the government, like frankly, we saw in the u.s. after 9/11 but netanyahu's critics, they accuse him of deliberately stoking these tensions with the palestinians, including in jerusalem in hopes of trying to create more support for his government they say he's putting his own political fortunes ahead of the country's national security. chris. >> josh lederman, thank you for that. very soon, tennessee county commissioners are scheduled to vote on that controversy that has riled up massive protests in the state, and garnered almost a week of national attention

nbc's catie beck live on the ground it looked like there were hundreds of people there ready to march with justin pearson, of course the expelled lawmaker who could be reinstated soon talk about what you're seeing there on the ground. >> reporter: we are expecting that crowd to arrive any minute. we are standing outside the shelby county commission board room where they will take a vote in a little less than a half hour on justin pearson's fate. he's leading a crowd right now as we speak of about 300 supporters through the streets of memphis, making his way here, preparing to speak before that county commission. we have heard from county commissioners today that they intend to make this a swift process as was for jones that was just four or five minutes it took for them to reinstate him the county commission says they hope to keep public comment to a minimum. they want to hear from pearson and honor supporters, but they also want to get this done quickly.

there is a high level of confidence that he will be reinstated this is a board of 13 members, 9 of which are democrats all that's needed is a simple majority to send him back to the state capitol, and we're told he will likely be at the state capitol tomorrow morning, and potentially sworn in on the steps there before heading into a house session, if he is reassigned to his seat now, keep in mind, if he is reassigned, he and jones will face a special election in coming months. this is only a temporary interim reassignment this is really the beginning of the process for them, not the end, but here's what pearson had to say a few minutes ago when the crowd gathered at the civil rights museum. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> this is what democracy looks like >> i'm so glad to have our friends in this movement representative johnson, and representative jones here in memphis. to continue what the great

dr. martin luther king jr. said, the movement lives or dies in memphis. the movement lives or dies in memphis, and here at this hallowed place, in this sacred place, we are showing the united states of america and the republicans in tennessee that the movement is still alive. >> reporter: again, an estimated 300 supporters now following pearson from the civil rights museum here to the shelby county commission where they will remain outside and await that important decision chris. >> catie beck, thank you so much, and that decisive meeting in memphis happening very soon i'll be talking with one of the officials who will actually be voting in just 60 seconds. age is just a number, and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein. boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor.

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commissioners just minutes away, it's now a numbers game to see if justin pearson goes back to the state house. p pearson needs seven commissioners, four have confirmed that they will my next guest is one of them commissioner for district 11 in shelby county, tennessee, joins me now thank you so much for being there. we saw energy on the streets as people were marching how would you describe the mood in shelby county, and what are you hearing from your constituents >> hi, chris, thanks for having me the reality of it is since friday, i received over 5,000 e-mails in support of representative pearson i see them on camera marching, but i actually can hear them outside of my window as they're coming down to our board room as we prepare for this vote at 1:30 in just a few minutes. so i am, as you stated, already in support of sending him back a great number of those constituents have already reached out to me, so i'm looking forward to casting my

vote in his honor. >> are you confident of his reinstatement? >> let me say this, we have two of our democrat majority that are out of the country, so i'm hoping the ones that are present all show up at 1:30 so we can cast our votes. >> pearson told "politico" last night that he is hopeful about reinstatement but he also said there's a caveat i want to play that. >> legislators and people in the governor's office, i have been told, are threatening to withhold over $300 million of funding to shelby county and memphis if i am reinstated. >> what do you make of that threat, and are you worried that your funding could be cut for your county if you support him >> you know, i'm in support of it because i would like to believe that people at the capitol building understand that if shelby doesn't do well, the state of tennessee doesn't do well, so they need to make sure that the services, you know, i think the special projects that they all are, you know, thinking

about funding, it needs to be in support pof of shelby county we have a voice like the rest of the state, and if that becomes the case, we will show up at the capitol steps and push to make sure we get the funding we deserve. >> there are some things that haven't changed, and eric holder said that the expulsions were only possible because of gerrymandering and voter suppression, and tennessee's redistricting means half of republicans in the house chamber ran uncontested in 2022. so even with all of this energy and all of what we're hearing on the streets and all that you're hearing 5,000 e-mails from constituents, where does that leave democrats in your state going forward? >> we have to do some work it's the idea that our voices are not being heard, here locally in shelby, we're making sure that each voice is tasked properly we have an election committee,

ad hoc committee, we make sure we spend time to vote when necessary. the reality is we need to take that same type of energy to middle and east tennessee so those citizens are being held as well it's important to have pearson and jones in place so they can work together in the state of tennessee on the same issue. >> i know you have business to attend to. i'll let you know, but thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us we're going to be following this closely. turning outrage into action on guns, i'll be talking to an expert about how state and local officials frustrated by federal inaction can and are taking matters into their own hands. plus, a legal showdown between the d.a. set to prosecute former president trump and one of trump's top defenders in congress. plus, president biden's touring his ancestral homeland right now. we've got a live reporfrt om dublin coming up you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc while loading up our suv,

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stunning new numbers from the kaiser family foundation show the breadth of the impact of gun violence. a majority of u.s. adults now say they or a family member have been impacted by after gun-related incident the survey showed that including suicide, nearly one out of every five americans say they have lost a family member to gun violence that number disproportionately impacting people of color. and horrifically, 17% of adults

say they have personally witnessed someone being shot in front of them. some states and local governments are making changes in nashville, tennessee, the governor there, bill lee, signed a new executive order strengthening background checks following the covenant shooting that killed six people in his state. in columbus, ohio, we're seeing a conviction under a new safe storage law for guns, a dad pleating guilty after his small child found a loaded gun in his living room couch cushions and fired. it burned that child, even caused short-term hearing los. i want to bring in giffords law center senior counsel and director of local policy, allison anderman, thank you for being with us. that incident could have been so much worse there was actually security footage from the house that shows that little kid almost shot himself i'm wondering if a local law in columbus is an example of what can get done, even if some people would say it's the kind of thing that's incremental?

>> well, yes and no. i think that the law in columbus is a very effective law, a child acts as prevention or safe storage law that prevents a minor from accessing an unattended firearm those are laws that we know are effective. and we certainly work with and encourage localities and states to adopt these laws, however, most states in the country vary strictly preempt local governments from passing gun laws columbus was able to pass its safe storage law because it successfully overturned part of the state's preemption law, although that case is on appeal, and while certainly taking this incremental approach is important, i do think that there's much broader change that can be made at the state and local level. >> you know, exactly what you said was talked about by the mayor of louisville just yelled.

i want to play what he had to say about the challenges he faces when he tries to enact reform take a listen. >> i as the mayor would be committing a crime if i seek to create or enforce any type of regulation to reduce the amount of gun violence in our city. that is absurd that is dangerous. >> again, there is a state law that says municipalities can't do whatever they want, and i think that's surprising to a lot of people that, you know, any locality that decides they want to do something to keep their kids safe, to keep people safe at work and their church and their local grocery store can't do it. is that really the rule rather than the exception >> well, unfortunately the gun industry and its lobbyists have been very successful at getting states to pass at the state level that preempt local

governments from taking action on gun violence. in states like california and new york and new jersey and massachusetts where they don't have such preemption laws, we've had tremendous success passing gun safety legislation, but i want your viewers to understand that they can change this. they can vote in legislators who refuse to accept the status quo on gun violence and repeal the firearms preemption law, and then not only can localities pass gun safety laws but the state can too. that's exactly what happened in colorado when the state legislature flipped to be controlled by people who wanted to take action on gun safety and localities around the state began passing effective gun safety laws. >> let me ask you about what we know is effective because president biden has acknowledged that the major change he talked a lot about, a ban on the kind of assault rifles used in

tennessee and kentucky isn't going to happen right now. but what can get done? what do you know from all of the research you folks and others have done? what are the laws that are effective? >> well, there are many laws that are incredibly effective, permit to purchase laws that require someone to get a background check and a permit in order to purchase a firearm. we know we are very effective at preventing gun homicides and gun suicides waiting periods that put a small buffer between a person's decision to purchase a gun and getting ahold of the gun are also effective at reducing homicides and suicides because it doesn't allow someone to act in the moment of crisis or upon a suicidal impulse, and also extreme risk protection order laws that are commonly referred to as red flag laws, and we also know these are very effective at

preventing gun suicide which takes the most american lives each yoear but can also be used and have been used to prevent mass shootings. >> always worth reminding people the number one killer of children in our country, guns. thank you so much for what you do and talking to us today. the nation's capitol versus the big apple. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg sues congressman jim jordan, so what happens now? plus a trio of lawmakers take on the partisan gridlock in washington, the place where their team work began. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc save up to 30% on moving and storage until april 17th. and see why pods has been trusted with over 6 million moves nationwide. save up to 30% now until april 17th. you're doing business! in an app driven, multi-cloud world. that's why you choose vmware. with flexible multi-cloud services that enable digital innovation

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now to the politics of the d.c. versus new york show down between alvin bragg and jim jordan the manhattan d.a. filing suit against jordan, one of donald trump's top defenders on capitol hill who is investigating bragg and his office in the suit, bragg calls it a constitutionally destructive fishing expedition, a free ranging campaign of harassment in retaliation for his prosecution of the former president. but jordan is known as a counter puncher, and he is hitting back and hard let's bring in nbc's ryan nobles on capitol hill, and former new york congressman max rose, a democrat who represented parts of new york staten island and brooklyn ryan, jim jordan and house republicans are getting quite a bit of criticism for getting involved in a local prosecution,

so what's their argument, and what's the latest from them on the hill >> reporter: that's right, chris, and the argument that jim jordan and the house republicans are making is that they have some degree of oversight over the manhattan district attorney's office because part of their budget is made up with federal funds. now, that is kind of an unprecedented argument it's not something in general that congressional committees get themselves involved in jordan has argued this is a unique circumstance, and it's part of why his committee needs to be involved take a listen to what he said last night on fox. >> they're obstructing our investigation, we have a constitutional duty to get to the facts, particularly when you have a district attorney interfering with the most important election we have, which is election of the commander in chief, the president of the united states, and understand what happened here, alvin bragg used federal funds to indict a former president for no crime and then when we ask questions about it, when we want to investigate, he takes us to court.

>> reporter: now, a couple of pieces of context for the chairman's remarks there the district attorney's office has explained in a great deal of specificity exactly which federal grants are part of the office's budget, and there's no direct correlation with this investigation into the former president itself, and what this lawsuit really is about is trying to prevent the judiciary committee from hauling before the committee members of the district attorney's office, including a former member in mark pomeranz and a future potential subpoena for bragg himself, so they're hoping the courts intervene before this becomes a real important show down, chris. >> ryan nobles, thank you for that. so congressman, parts of what you did as a congressman was for new york, staten island, and brooklyn to get federal dollars, right, to come back to the place you represented. so the fact aside that alvin bragg says no federal dollars are being used for this, is the extension of what jim jordan is

saying because every congress nal district al district across america gets federal dollars. is everything the same >> bragg is right here in the sense that what jim jordan is doing under the auspices of the judiciary committee is interfere ing with the case, and there's a deeper point that centers around politics the entire focus of the republican party right now is on bragg and this purported notion that new york city has more crime than any other city, which is patently false. new york city is one of if not the safest cities in the united states of america, and the reason why they're doing this is they actually want to distract everyone from the details of the actual case. they kodon't want to talk about the fact that donald trump committed business fraud they don't want to talk about the fact that irrespective of the fact of any legal issues he

committed moral and ethical huge mistake in the eyes of many, they don't want to talk about any of that. the sinners always sit closest to the alter, in situations like this this is strictly about politics when the republican party and any political party for that matter realizes they don't stand on solid ground. they seek to obfuscate and distract that's what they're doing here >> if this is as alvin bragg says, a move, jordan's move is constitutionally destructive, do you have faith in the courts that it will get settled on the side of the constitution >> if there's anything we've learned over the past few years, the courts move extraordinarily slowly in circumstances like this look at how long it takes them to compel to go before congress when they refuse to answer a subpoena so i don't think that this story is going to play out here with the court's actually influencing this you're going to see a constant and consistent dynamic played

out in the media and the court of public opinion with republicans attempting to influence this case through a series of actions that are basic acts of intimidation what's interesting here is you see jim majojordan acting with vigilance, if only he had acted with even a minute level of that vigilance related to the sexual harassment of the six wresters on his own team by his own coach. this is only politics, and it's a travesty, and it goes against the very essence of separation of powers. >> can i ask you about something that isn't political but very important because when you were in congress, you were on the homeland security committee, and those leaked security documents, those national security documents, some of them classified have caused within the pentagon a very serious risk to national security, they say they're trying to do some diplomatic moves, right, because some of the countries that are

talked about in those documents, very sensitive allies. how damaging do you think this is >> this is actually far more damaging than we've seen with previous leaks over the course of the last decade. >> because >> the reason being is because it has direct operational implications what you see in the leaked documents are the actual locations for the future placement of things like air defense systems. you see not only operational considerations but also evidence for where the united states is gaining its intelligence in the first place, and how it conducts its analysis, so there's going to be an investigation this is an investigation right now as to the source of this what there also needs to be is a real rethinking of how many people get their hands on this level of classification during an ongoing operation part of the problem here, and they're not saying this, is hundreds, if not thousands of people had access to these documents. and that's really the crux of the problem.

>> former congressman max rose, good to have you here. thank you so much for coming in. we've got breaking news out of florida, attorneys for former president donald trump have filed a lawsuit against his former fixer michael cohen and they're asking for half a billion dollars. i want to bring in nbc's justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, gets hard to keep track of all the lawsuits, what's trump suing him over this time >> chris, donald trump is claiming that michael cohen is guilty of breach of contact, breach of attorney/client privilege, unjust enrichment this is a 30 page complaint, he details all the nice things that michael cohen has said about him over the years, when michael cohen was faithfully representing him as his attorney and the whole saga of how michael cohen ended up turning on donald trump, and michael cohen is the key witness in the criminal case against mr. trump in new york, and this legal complaint has the feel of a press release. it reminds me a bit of the

lawsuit that donald trump filed last year against hillary clinton, the democratic national committee and a host of other defendants over alleging that they engaged in the quote unquote russia conspiracy. that suit was essentially laughed out of a court a judge said it was completely unfounded. this one we'll have to see how it fares in the courts i've reached out to michael cohen's attorney, i haven't yet heard back i'm sure they'll be responding soon the other thing that trump alleges is that cohen violated nondisclosure agreements, that trump requires almost everyone to sign who works for him. no doubt cohen is going to argue he was required to do that when he was indicted and convicted and forced by the federal government to talk about the crimes that he says he committed while he was employed by donald trump, chris. >> got a three-year prison sentence, although if i recall correctly, he spent most of it on home confinement, nevertheless was convicted

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that is the inside of the room where county commissioners have just voted to reinstate justin pearson to send him back to the state house. you can see some of the cheering going on there there were shouts of justin, j justin nbc's catie beck has been watching all of this what can you tell us >> reporter: just a short time ago, that crowd of 300 people showed up here with pearson leading the way from the civil rights museum. they were on this plaza for just a few minutes, went inside, and i think within minutes of that meeting beginning, they had passed and made the decision to reinstate justin pearson in his house seat so that happened very quickly. commissioners we spoke to earlier today said that was their goal, that the nashville decision for jones took less than five minutes to achieve, and they were hoping to have a similar expeditious process here today. they were expecting that this would go in pearson's favor, and they were right.

you could hear the crowd now probably getting the news that that has happened, and celebrating out here on the plaza. after this, what comes next is that pearson will go back to the state capitol tomorrow we're told he'll be sworn in early tomorrow morning on the steps and go back to the house floor. the house does have an open session in the morning where he could return to a full house and reclaim his seat so right now, we're told there's going to be public comment there were several people that went into the shelby county commission meeting wanting to speak. pearson standing at the podium wants to make remarks we're told, and kind of did this in the reverse order. normally public comment comes first and then the vote. it seems these commissioners wanted to get the vote out of the way and get the question ans answered as to whether or not pearson will return to his seat. >> you're outside, i'm watching what's happening inside, and somebody just addressed him as

repres representative pearson and said it's so good to call you that again. there you see some applause we're getting, and as you say, pearson is at the microphone i don't know that we're set up to be able to hear, but let's listen and see if we can hear what he has to say >> i know what you experienced i've been there. and i'm happier than all of you-all, and let me just tell you why. because i look behind me i looked behind me and there was no one there, but i kept moving forward. i looked behind me and there was no one there, i kept moving forward. and then when i looked again, i looked again last week and there were babies, i'm sorry, i'm 74, but there was some babies behind me, someone for me to pass the torch to thank you. thank you, justin. thank you so much. >> thank you, commissioner

brooks representative, as a constituent of district 86, thank you. we look forward to your voice being heard back in nashville. keep up doing the good work. keep representing all of us to the best of your ability and know that you all have support from this body all right. representative pearson, you have three minutes. [ applause ] . >> the shelby county commission is filled with some courageous leaders who have threats of not giving us resources. threats about withdrawing funding or stopping funding wouldn't stop them they didn't know that justin

j.pearson was standing with the courage of people he come from built in memphis, tennessee, built in shelby county with the courage of people who knows what it means to be in the fight. who know what it means to never quit who knows what it means to never bow, to never break. we will forever be and we got problems in this city we got a proliferation of gun violence because of policies and practices and legislation come from the same legislature, reducing the age from 21 to 18 we got a problem in nashville,

and it's called a promise that ir they're holding on to with the status quo allegiance is to business as usual. their allegiance is to the national rifle association their allegiance is to the tennessee firearms association representative johnson, representative jones, we said we have an allegiance to the people, the people who are tired of business as usual the same old, same old politics. people who are tired of the same old politicians. we have an allegiance to people who are willing to march for justice, fight for justice, vote for justice, in that spirit which i will head back to nashville with here in shelby county, we have shown we are memphis, tennessee, my fiance, my brothers, my family, my parents and my family here is that we do not speak

alone. we speak together. we fight together. so a message for all the people in nashville who decided to expel us, you can't expel hope [ applause ]. >> you can't expel our fight we look forward to continuing to fight, continue to go advocate, until justice rolls down like water. let's get back to work [ cheering and applause >> so justin jay pearson is once again representative pearson, put back into office by the members of the board of

commissioners who represent the same people who decided that they wanted to keep him. they saw this as a threat to democracy, and it's really a two-fold fight that he has been fighting, that one against the will of the people being taken away, but also the original point of him even going in front of the house, which was three young kids and three adults were killed in the covenant school, and he wanted to speak about the scourge of gun violence. now he will have a chance to speak again as a member of that house. catie, what happens now? >> reporter: well, chris, we expect that tomorrow morning he will be back at the tennessee state capitol, and he will be sworn in on the steps and be able to rejoin his colleagues in the house later tomorrow during the day. i think there will be a welcome party of some kind for him in nashville. we're told there will be crowds there as well that will be celebrating this decision. what's interesting is to see

that both of his colleagues of that so called tennessee three were here today in support, and they were both here doing the march, standing behind pearson, and saying, you know, this is the right decision this is what should be happening here the crowd, very excited outside. also the crowd as you can see inside that meeting celebrating this decision. yesterday, also, hearing from the governor, hearing from bill lee that there needs to be stronger gun laws in tennessee and that his executive order hopes to achieve that. one thing he said yesterday that was very interesting was that he wants the legislature to put pride and politics aside, that he really feels like there's a bipartisan road that they both can join, and somehow come up with a solution in the wake of this horrible school shooting. to hear that from a republican governor who has not really made those comments before. interesting timing seeing all of that unfold here in the past 48 hours or so.

>> catie beck, thank you for that, but again, justin pearson back in the state house saying we speak together, we fight tonight. you can't expel hope we'll continue to follow this as a big crowd continues to follow the newly reinstated represent tich in the meantime, we're also going to be going to ireland where president biden is visiting his ancestors' homeland we're told american flags have sold out there around county lyle a live report coming up next e f, astepro starts working in 30 minutes. so you can [ spray, spray ] astepro and go. power e*trade's award-winning trading app makes trading easier. with its customizable options chain, easy-to-use tools, and paper trading to help sharpen your skills, you can stay on top of the market from wherever you are. a ballet studio,

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right now, presidential joe biden is visiting the land of his ancestral roots, the last stop on his overseas trip. after meeting with uk prime minister sunak in belfast, marking the 20th anniversary of the good friday awards

mime m mike memoli is traveling with the president. in the irish times headline is write, the county is mad for the president. tell us what's going on today, and what you have seen so far? >> reporter: well, chris, just about 175 years ago a schumaker by the name of owen finnegan left to the united states in search of a better life. today his great, great grandson returned here as the president of the united states president biden is the 8th american president to come here to ireland, but by some genealogists standards, he's among the most irish to do so. ten of his 16 great great grandparents were from here in ireland, and that's really the story that president biden is tracing here we're in downtown dundalk, the motorcade just passed us in the last few minutes as president biden spent time out shaking hands on the streets, went into a local restaurant we expect to hear him make some informal remarks at a pub nearby here where he's going to be

joined by his fifth cousin once removed, rob carney a big rugby star in ireland. this is as president biden put it earlier today, like coming home he earlier today was able to tour a castle not far from here. later in the week he'll be tracing some of the other side of the biden clan, the bluets of county mayo, that's where the president will be on friday. we expect him to give a more significant address about the irish american experience, his own irishness, so central to his political identity as one of the signs i saw behind me, chris, it did say biden 2024, make biden president again. that's a little bit of the atmosphere here. lots of support for president. there were huge crowds behind me here, despite the weather, it was cold, it was rainy, miserable but a big show of support for the president, and something he's enjoying mere. >> and cold, rainy and miserable

is just an excuse to go in a pub and have a guinness. i hope you get one, mike memoli thank you so much. flames are tearing through central new jersey, a rare but massive wildfire erupted yesterday afternoon in manchester township about 50 miles east of philadelphia a wall of fire with 200 floot flames has forced mandatory evacuations after those flames jumped a major highway as of this morning, authorities say 3,900 acres have burned so far, and the blaze is only 50% contained. we have a new development in the norfolk southern train derailment saga. a tractor-trailer hauling 40,000 pounds of contaminated soil that they took from east palestinian, veered off the side of the road, struck a ditch, and hit a pole, and overturned on a highway in eastern ohio, according to state officials. it's now been more than two months since the derailment brought toxic chemicals and

spurred widespread health concerns in east palestine the ohio epa says the risk has been contained there's no risk to nearby waterways. you may soon have to pay more to send first class mail. the u.s. postal service wants to hike the price of first class stamps from 63 to $0.66. usps says it's needed to offset inflation. stamp prices will have risen 32% just since 2019. and with that, i'm going to say that does it for us this hour join us for "chris jansing reports" every weekday 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc our coverage continues with "katy tur reports" right now ♪ good to be with you. i'm katy tur we begin with that breaking news, which means guns are, again, our top story today this time we're looking at memphis,