hello, and thank you so much for joining us it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york there are a lot of fast-moving stories we're staying on top of this hour. right now donald trump is sbak in new york, just over a week aftering after being indicted by the manhattan district attorney. the former president will be questioned in another case this morning, this one involves new york's attorney general. remember, he pled the fifth hundreds of times in his first deposition in this case, which we have on tape, but according to new reporting, as of now he is not expected to plead the fifth this time. if that's the case, why then and not now. also overnight, a mixed ruling of sorts in the battle over this abortion drug mifepristone, what the new ruling means for women across the country sk. and just in the last hour and a half or so, president biden's most extensive comments yet on the massive intelligence leak from the pentagon >> there's a full blown investigation going on with the

intelligence community and the justice department and they're getting close. >> the new details we are getting on who potentially leaked these documents plus, frightening flooding scenes out of florida, torrential rain, submerged cars, and emergency calls like this. >> in reference to a vehicle stuck in the flood water, caller advises she does not know how to swim. >> more on this wild storm and a head scratching weather realities up and down the country. we're going to start with former president trump back in manhattan this morning to be questioned under oath in a civil fraud case brought by new york's attorney general the former president just arrived at the new york attorney general's office moments ago i want to bring in nbc's rehema ellis in new york city for us, florida state attorney dave aronberg and joyce vance former u.s. attorney in alabama and msnbc legal analyst. rehema, starting with you, talk

to us about what we can expect to unfold in the coming hours? >> reporter: well, we know that will letitia james, the new york state attorney general wants to ask him questions about this civil lawsuit that she's filed against him claiming that he engaged in a habitual routine habit of filing false claims about the value of his properties in order to get good bank loans, and that would be on hotels, high-rises and golf courses. it also names trump, his three oldest children and the trump organization, and as she's found that there's merit on this, she's seeking $250 million in damage as well as something like a five-year ban on trump doing any sort of real estate deals in the state of new york. now, whether he will answer questions about that or not, as he did not answer questions when he was deposed back in august, he took the fifth amendment, which is his legal right to do so, but he was talking last night and this morning on social media. he called letitia james the

attorney general here, he said that she is racracist he said this and all the investigations against him are ridiculous he said that this is also a part of an effort to engage in election interference. will he say any of those things when he's questioned, we don't know >> joyce, trump has been deposed as part of this investigation before as rehema just outlined, in our reporting as he pleaded the fifth more than 400 times initially. that was actually before he was formally charged in this civil suit the a.g.'s office did release a portion of that video from his earlier deposition let's take a look. ing. >> accordingly under the advice of my counsel and for all of the above reasons i respectfully decline to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the united states constitution same answer. same answer. same answer. same answer.

same answer. >> according to "the new york times," people familiar with trump's thinking said as recently as of last night, he wasn't expected to take the fifth this time. so joyce, if that's the case, why then and not now >> the answer to questions in depositions really depends on the question so the former president may have an intention of not repeating his previous performance that he was mocked for because this is someone who has said the only people who need to assert the fifth amendment are people who are guilty but now tish james is very close to finalizing all of the allegations in this case, which is often referred to as a sort of corporate death penalty this could terminate trump's ability to do business in new york the focus of her questions will have to determine his answer he might go in intending not to assert the fifth amendment, but he doesn't know exactly what she

has up her sleeve at this point. >> dave, again, we're talking civil charges here, not criminal like the manhattan d.a.'s case involving the hush money payments, but how could one impact the other >> ana, if he takes the fifth, which i still expect him to do, that can create a negative inference for his civil trial and then he could lose that civil case if he doesn't take the fifth and speaks freely, those statements can be used against him in his upcoming criminal trial. he's in a bit of a trip bag here i expect him to take the fifth hundreds of times again, even though he once said that the mob takes the fifth. and people who are guilty take the fifth. he now has a new appreciation of our constitutional rights. i expect him to do that. both cases are similar, one involves financial fraud, the other one involves the hush money payments there is not much overlap as of yet. if he lies, that gets him a perjury charge if he speaks freely that will be

used against him in the criminal case. >> we know how much his image of being this very wealthy businessman means to him could he potentially have more to fear with this case than the criminal one because of the financial damage he may be hit with >> yeah, that hits him where it hurts in his pocketbook and his business reputation. so i expect him to fight this, but look, this is a tough situation for him because unlike a criminal case where you need to prove things beyond a reasonable doubt, letitia james in a civil case only needs to prove that trump did it by a preponderance of the evidence, is it more likely than not that trump did it there are advantages to proceeding in a civil way compared to in a criminal trial where the defendant gets a lot more constitutional rights and prosecutors have to prove things beyond any reasonable doubt. >> joyce, let me pivot just slightly, trump's former attorney and fissxer is a witnes

definitely in the criminal case. trump is suing cohen seeking half a billion dollars in damages arguing his former lawyer violated the attorney client relationship. it accuses cohen of spreading falsehoods about trump likely to be embarrassing or detrimental what do you make of it >> right, so when you abuse legal process, you can intimidate a witness, and intimidating witnesses is something that judges and prosecutors react strongly to. it can even form the basis for criminal charges i think that's unlikely here with the lawsuit, but it becomes additional evidence about the lengths that trump will go to to try to suppress evidence of his criminal conduct it's a really bad look with the criminal charges pending, and it will be interesting to see if this lawsuit goes forward because when you're the plaintiff in a lawsuit, that involves certain obligations he will ultimately have to sit down for a deposition if he intends to go forward with this case i don't think we'll see it go

that far. >> dave, the prosecutor pursuing criminal charges against trump, manhattan d.a. alvin bragg was sent another threatening letter yesterday. it had white powder in it, the letter inside read you effing fat pig. now, the powder turned out to be non-hazardous thankfully, but this just speaks to how volatile this situation is right now. how do you turn the temperature down >> a lot of this is spurred on by trump's comments calling alvin bragg an animal. his comments are instigating people in his rabid base one way to turn down the temperature is for the judge to step in and say cool it and impose a partial gag order you don't want to impose a total gag order yet. that could impede his first amendment rights, especially because he's running for president, but i think somebody hay need to be done because it could escalate from here so that's a problem for donald trump because if there is a partial gag order in place, i don't know if he's able to abide by it, and if he violates that, he could be sanctioned with up to 30 days in jail

that would be the quickest way for him to end up wearing an orange jumpsuit. >> all of you thank you so much, dave aronberg, joyce vance, ra r hay ma ellis. a federal appeals court blocked part of that texas judge's ruling on mifepristone the result, the fda's original approval of the mifepristone pill back in 2000 will stay in place, but the court allowed other parts of the texas judge's decision to go into effect including rolling back more recent changes to the drug's approval like distributing it by mail and allowing people to get president bill after just one in-person visit instead of three. and joining us now nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. talk to us about how this might impact access to the pill and where this legal battle goes next is it going to go straight to the supreme court now? >> there are both practical implications and legal implications of what the court

has done let's start with the practical women still have access to the pill as in this moment right now, but if this decision goes into effect meaning it doesn't get blocked by the supreme court in some way or another, what that essentially does is take us back to the year 2000. the fda made a series of changes after that original approval, during covid making sure people could get it through the mail knowing it could be burdensome in person. that's now off the table you have to go to a doctor's office you have to take it in front of a doctor you can't take it in the privacy of your own home, and you have to get that all done by seven weeks of pregnancy no longer ten weeks of pregnancy, which is one of those changes they made. so it really goes to sort of the burdens that one might have in trying to access the pill. the pill is still available. it's not as if the fda approval doesn't exist anymore. that piece of it is off the table. the legal consequences are really remarkable. the actual decision from the fifth circuit sort of embraced a

lot of the theories that the plaintiffs in this case had used the case is not being brought by a woman who says she was harmed by this drug it's being brought by advocacy groups, some claimed they don't have the standing to sue this circuit didn't buy that at all, which is a remarkable development and part of why i think you will see the justice department and the pill manufacturer take this up to the supreme court. they can't have that ruling stand out there. >> assuming it goes that direction, i mean, how long could this all play out? >> well, it kind of depends on how fast they move to the supreme court. they could go as soon as today they had asked another judge for guidance on what to do because we still have these conflicting rulings out there. remember way back last week when all of this happened, a different federal judge had actually told the fda you can't make any changes to the status quo. fda keep this drug on the market that decision is still lurking out there. >> that was the judge in washington state >> exactly and that impacted those 17 states that wasn't going to be

impacting everybody nationally. >> exactly but arguably, when this decision from texas goes into effect on saturday, there will be significant tension to use the justice department's words there will be significant tension between those two decisions, and so i think you could see a lot of movement on this within the next day or two. >> laura jarrett as always, thank you so much. more here on "ana cabrera reports" in 60 seconds, what president biden just said this morning about the investigation into classified documents posted online and what we're learning about the potential leaker. plus, a massive toxic industrial fire is still raging in indiana forcing thousands to evacuate we're near the fire zone. and crazy scenes like this, in florida of cars submerged by torrential rain. ahead, the national weather service is warning of life-threatening flooding.

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this morning in ireland, president biden talked to reporters about that leak of highly classified pentagon documents saying they are, quote, getting close to finding the person responsible. >> mr. president, could you give an update on that leak investigation? >> i can't right now there's a full blown investigation going on as you know with the intelligence community and the justice department, and they're getting close. i don't have an answer for you >> i'm not concerned about the leak -- i'm concerned that it happened, but there's nothing contemporaneous that i'm aware of that is consequential. >> the president's comments after "the washington post" cited a friend as saying the leaker worked on a military base adding he is, quote, a young, charismatic gun enthusiast who shared highly classified documents with a group of far flung acquaintances searching for companionship amid the

isolation of the pandemic. their source is a minor who was granted anonymity and who was online with that leaker. nbc news has not independently verified this report ken dilanian is covering the leak investigation for us, and nbc's mike memoli is in dublin traveling with the president ken, based on the president's comments and your reporting, where does this investigation for the leaker stand >> good morning, ana, well, the president said they're getting close. that's what i'm hearing from inside the government, and based on the astonishing level of detail laid out in that "washington post" story, it would stand to reason that the fbi is very close because we -- the post disclosed the gender, the age, and the fact that this person worked on a military base that would really allow the fbi to dramatically narrow down the list of suspects, and this is really a case we haven't seen before according to "the washington post," this person began posting these highly classified documents on a discord server as

long as a year ago, so the military, the intelligence community was unaware that this was happening until very recently it's just a -- it's a stunning reach that has my sources in the intelligence community absolutely beside themselves. >> mike, what kind of pressure was the president under to respond to this while he's meeting with allies overseas >> reporter: it's a good question, ana, because the handling of classified information and the leaking of classified information are recurring issues it seems not just in this administration but with the former president as well the white house did say specifically this morning that this leak did not come up in president biden's meeting yesterday with the british prime minister, rishi sunak. we've seen president biden this morning meeting with ireland's president and prime minister did not come up in the context of those meetings as well, but given that this morning karine jean-pierre the white house press secretary deflected and declined to answer multiple questions about this leak, it was notable that the president

seemed perfectly comfortable discussing it. it's worth unpacking some of what the president said. for instance, the president noting as he called it there is this full-blown investigation that he was concerned about the fact of the leak, but he was not concerned because as he put it, it does not seem that anything contemporaneous was leaked or had been made public that's a claim from the president that is going to be certainly scrutinized in the coming days. it's also worth noting that the president did say that they seem to be close in finding out who this was this was a question i posed to karine jean-pierre this morning. "the washington post," the breadth of it reporting about this case, i asked if the administration knows as much as "the post" did the president's willing to say more than the members of his team. >> that reporting in "the washington post" makes it sound like that journalists were able to get very, very close to the source if not know who this person is who leaked and, yet, the intel community is still searching as far as we know. ken, we're also starting to learn a little bit more about

the content of these documents that were posted "the new york times" is reporting that it's obtained additional classified documents that says it shows infighting among russian officials, it shows how deeply american spies infiltrated into nearly every aspect of russian intelligence nbc has not confirmed that reporting. what kinds of concerns is that raising in the intel community >> that particular document, ana, is deeply concerning because it was based on signals intelligence, communications intercepts and it suggests that the u.s. intelligence community has so thoroughly penetrated all levels of the russian government so what do we expect russia to do in response to this to completely change the way their officials are communicating, which could shut off the channels of that intelligence. that is the worst nightmare of the national security agency, the people who intercept those coms if there's any good news here, it's that none of these documents so far seem to reflect reporting from human sources that comes at a higher level of

classification it appears that this person did not have access to that reporting. that's the kind of thing that would put agents' lives in danger we're not seeing that, what we are seeing is a lot of reporting that could really, really set back the united states in terms of its ability to intercept russian communications >> ken dilanian, thank you for that reporting mike, stay close, we'll talk to you when the president addresses the irish parliament later this hour i want to take everybody to paris. we have live images where protests are breaking out yet again over the government's plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 earlier today, demonstrators appeared to storm into the headquarters of luxury giant lvmh setting off flares there, calling for the rich to contribute more to financing the state's pension. we'll continue to follow these protests closely, we'll bring you more as we learn additional reporting. up next on ana cabrera reports, historic rain leads to flash flooding in florida,

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we're back with a flood emergency in southern florida, take a look at these images. the rain has stopped, but the flooding remains 20 inches of rain poured down in some areas in just six hours overnight, stranding drivers, shutting down the fort lauderdale airport

the national weather service called it a, quote, life-threatening situation nbc's guad venegas is life for us from fort lauderdale. what are people still dealing with right now, and do they have any warning? >> reporter: ana, you can see what the runway at the fort lauderdale airport looks like right now. people went through a real nightmare here overnight, some that landed in fort lauderdale just before they shut it down, were stuck in the terminals unable to leave the airport. others that wanted to arrive got stuck in their vehicles, and essentially behind me, it's still most of the runway covered with inches of water it still looks like a lake and the airport here is still shut down because of that flooding. overnight a torrential downpour sent swaths of florida into a flash flood emergency, leaving drivers in fort lauderdale stranded and desperate for help in stunning scenes like this >> reference to a vehicle stuck

in the flood water, she does not know how to swim. >> reporter: the national weather service warning of a life-threatening situation. >> it's going to get worse and worse and worse and the cars getting stuck in here. when they get stuck here, it's total loss. >> reporter: no casualties have been reported but the deluge of water coupled with tornado warnings shut down fort lauderdale international airport leaving frustrated travelers stranded with no way out. >> all right, that noise is a tornado watch. as you can see, the waters are not receding, so it's going to be a long night. do send thoep forthelp to fort airport. >> the city of fort lauderdale says it's designed to handle 3 inches of rain within a 24-hour period, but more than 20 inches poured down over parts of south florida in just six hours, all during florida's dry season while the southeast was soaked overnight, up north new york got a sunbath instead of april showers. the temperature yesterday 23 degrees above average. >> taking off everything, this

is it, i'm wearing a t-shirt for the first time in six or seven months it's fantastic perfect day. >> reporter: the summer-like weather stretches from the northeast to the upper midwest, records were broken in dozens of cities including denver and minneapolis, while in new jersey, wildfires scorched nearly 4,000 acres, firefighters got the upper hand on the blaze yesterday hoping it won't spread further. a tale of two weather realities across the country today and the weather has improved this morning, but the forecast does indicate that the rain would be continuing. we'd get more rain later today with the city of fort lauderdale and dania beach declaring a state of emergency as you can see behind me, the water remains, and also i should add that we've spoken to drivers that are still stuck in their vehicles in the surrounding areas still waiting for some help to get out of that. although it's not raining right

now, the flooding does continue in these surrounding areas here. >> you really encapsulated the good, the bad and the ugly across the country with all these wild weather moments thank you, guad venegas. now to indiana and the growing concern over the toxic plume of smoke from a warehouse fire that is still raging more than 24 hours later. the epa says the smoke could spread cancer-causing toxins it could take several days before tests can show what exactly is in the air. nbc's maggie vespa is live from richmond, indiana, and also joining us is dr. vin gupta, a pulmonologist and msnbc contributor. what's the latest on the fight against this fire and evacuations at this hour, and we'll note you're wearing the mask obviously because of the concern of the toxins in the air. >> yeah, and absolutely. we're more than a mile back from the fire, which you can see over my shoulder here the smoke is still kind of

billowing from it. we basically got to a point where we can't smell and we can't feel it when we breathe in and out. we went back to our live shot location from yesterday early this morning to see if we could be there again today, and the smoke had kind of spread and it settled overnight, and immediately when we drove into that area we could smell it in our car. so we did a u-turn and got right out of there and got back to a safe distance. firefighters say they are making progress, they're using bulldozers and excavators to beat back those flames at that former plastics recycling plant, which is now basically just a giant warehouse for storing plastic. in fact, i'll let this engine go by in fact, last night state fire marshal gave kind of an updated time line when speaking to top story on "news now." take a listen. >> i know they've made great progress today we don't have near the smoke we had yesterday, and my hope is tomorrow we'll have great progress again, and so they're making a good impact on the fire hopefully here in a day or two

we can clear the air and be able to have kids back in school in richmond >> reporter: that was the state fire marshal with that update last night, you can see the way it kind of settles over a large portion of richmond, indiana here 1,500 people still under an evacuation order, and schools here today remain closed for a second straight day, and the epa fin finally on the ground once again today testing for those potentially cancer causing t to toxins they haven't found those yet they have found particulates in the air that they say can cause respiratory issues this air is definitely toxic back in that part of the city. >> yeah, big concern about asbestos specifically, dr. gupta. i want you to listen to one mom who lives a few miles from flames that has a baby with a heart murmur >> i kept my kids inside i have a baby on oxygen, so been real hesitant to bring her back outside, which sucks because

she's a baby, and i'm like let's go outside we've been stuck inside all winter, and now we're stuck inside a little longer because i'm just so worried about her lungs and the air. >> again, doctor, she's outside. the current evacuation zone, but talk about the risk related to what this fire is potentially releasing into the air. >> ana, thank you for having me. good morning very difficult situation for that mom as you mentioned and that's what families around richmond are experiencing. there's both acute consequences to any type of fire, ana, whether it's a wildfire or in this case an industrial fire, and then there's more chronic. when it's acute, what do we worry about, if there's any type of acute big fire here, we worry that that smoke exposure will release tiny particles into the air if you do have underlying lung disease like asthma, it might exacerbate it. we know that that tends to drive people to the emergency room there are in utero complications, if somebody is pregnant as an example, acute

exposure to that smoke can cause immune system development problems so there are acute exposure can lead to long-term consequences now here for the chronic piece, we've talked about maybe asbestos being released into the environment here within that radius, that mile radius that's concerning because long-term exposure to asbestoses over the course of the years could lead to cancer of the rib cage lining, messotheliomamesot. short-term exposure is a matter of a few days, especially if folks are evacuating as they should, will be unlikely to result in that type of downstream consequences, things like cancer. so individuals in that one-mile radius, especially if you're downwind of this fire must evacuate that's the most important thing. if you're downwind, if you've stayed put and you're close to that evacuation area an n95 mask is helpful it's not going to do the job, though it's not going to protect against these organic vapors

we're worried about, ana, ors a bes toe sis. you need a key 100 respirator. we've been talking about masks for the last three-plus years. n95's won't do it in this particular case. >> what about when people go back home, what do they need to be aware of? >> well, once the fire goes away, again, if you smell it, you're likely breathing it in this case, ana when it comes to -- the types of chemicals that get released from plastic burning, you should be able to smell it if you don't smell it, the epa is not detecting it, you are in the clear. if you are somebody with an underlying medical condition, make sure your inhalers are optimized so you can withstand any type of residual smoke. >> dr. vin gupta and maggie vespa, thank you both. up next, chilling new 911 audio from the mass shooting at a louisville bank including from the shooter's mother plus, we'll take you to day one of jury selection in the

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nbc's morgan chesky is live with the latest from louisville these calls are difficult to listen to. what do they show about how all of this unfolded >> reporter: ana, every new piece of evidence that comes out following the shooting really paints just an even more frightening picture. that police body cam we saw yesterday really showed the chaos of what was happening outside old national bank. these newly released 911 calls go to show chilling details of what was taking place on the inside as we hear from caller after caller including the shooter's own mother to call police to warn them something may be horribly wrong. >> 911 operator, value, where is your emergency >> my son might be -- he said have a gun. >> this morning chilling 911 audio from the mother of the louisville shooter as the deadly rampage was unfolding. >> i don't know what to do, i need your help i think he -- he'd never hurt

anyone he's a really good kid please don't punish him. >> reporter: the mother called authorities to warn them about her son, sharing her roommate told her something was wrong. >> he's nonviolent he's never done anything please >> okay. and you don't believe he owns guns >> i know he doesn't own any guns >> reporter: the mother unaware of the purchase just six days earlier, when police say the gunman legally bought an ar-15 the family telling nbc their son suffered from mental health challenges, but there were never any warning signs. from inside the bank, more calls pouring into 911 >> i'm in the closet with one person i hear -- i hear gunshots. >> is that shots fired >> yes, yeah >> just stay quiet >> reporter: the first 911 call coming from outside the building, the caller witnessing the horror unfold on a video conference call. >> we heard multiple shots and everybody started saying oh, my god, and then he came in --

>> okay. >> the attack left five people dead and eight others injured. one of them rookie police officer nickolas wilt. the 26-year-old just days into his job struck in the head before his partner fired the fatal shot killing the gunman. late wednesday hundreds of mourners took part in a vigil just blocks away from the crime scene. kentucky governor andy beshear emotional about losing one of his friends and having to tell his wife >> this person murdered my friend, calling your friend's wife who is also your friend to tell her that her husband is gone amongst the hardest things i have ever done >> reporter: and if there is any silver lining in all of this, it's that the hospital almost daily has provided patient updates and that several of the nine who were initially wounded or injured have been released. at last check, two patients remain in area hospitals one of them in fair condition,

the other 26-year-old officer nickolas wilt in critical but stable condition following, of course, that emergency brain surgery he underwent on monday ana. >> thanks so much for that update, morgan chesky live for us in kentucky. jury selection is just getting started in the $1.6 billion defamation case against fox news brought by dominion voting systems. it comes after the judge sanctioned fox yesterday for withholding evidence this trial is expected to last five to six weeks. opening statements are set for monday nbc's jane timm is outside the courthouse in wilmington, delaware what kinds of questions do you suppose jurors will be facing and what exactly does this sanction mean? >> reporter: so how they do this in delaware is they're going to hand the hundreds of jurors who could make up this jury panel a list of questions. things like do you watch fox news and would that affect your ability to be impartial about a case, or have you volunteered as

a poll worker. or do you work in election infrastructure, the kind of questions that are going to help lawyers and the court discern whether or not these people are going to be able to be impartial. now, of course the lawre trying to see who's going to be most favorable to their side as one outside media lawyer told me, here in delaware, you know, it's a small state and everybody knows everybody. the kind of conflicts like a distant relative who might do something or knowing, having a friend who is involved in something might not disqualify you here in delaware simply just because of the size of the jury pool and how they do this. a judge has even teased to the lawyers that, you know, they don't do it the same way hear. the fireworks, of course, have been pretty considerable in these pretrial conference hearings they're typically very procedural motions we saw fox sanction yesterday over dominion's lawyers played a tape they said they got only a week ago, really sort of important to their case, they say, footage

of -- or sorry, audio recordings of interviews conducted before some of these broadcasts that are being challenged as defamation they said if you need more decisions we're going to have them and it's going to be at fox's cost. >> jane timm you will be covering every twist and turn here for us, thank you very much. up next, why members of senator dianne feinstein's own party are calling on her to resign. plus, a triumphant return, tennessee state lawmaker justin pearson is back on the job this morning. he just was sworn in his message next, this is "ana cabrera reports" back in a moment

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this happened just a few minutes ago, tennessee democrat justin pearson sworn back in as a state representative after the shelby county board of commissioners voted unanimously to reinstate him yesterday, and speaking in front of the crowd moments ago, pearson called attention back to gun violence, and criticized the republican speaker of the tennessee house take a listen. >> god needed to wake us up to the reality of this moment that we've got a new generation and new ideas and new beliefs in order to guide us into the future, so what cameron sexton meant god has turned into good. >> let's get right out to nbc's kathy park in nashville, kathy, pearson and justin jones are back in the state house.

they walked in together. sounds like they want to get back to work, especially regarding gun control. >> reporter: good morning to you and welcome to the team, first off. that's right these two men, exactly one week ago they were expelled from the tennessee state legislature, and as you mentioned just a few moments ago, we witnessed a swearing in of justin j. pearson. he was introduced by both his mother and father in the swearing in, it took just a matter of minutes, and as you mentioned, he has walked in to the state capital building, and he's standing by to walk into the house floor. but yesterday it was quite an eventful day in memphis, the shelby county board of commissioners voted unanimously to reappoint pearson we saw hundreds of supporters gather there, many of them traveled with him. this morning we understand they have entered the capitol building as well, and we know that the house speaker, cameron sexton will likely honor this reappointment, similar to what we saw on monday, i was here in nashville monday when we saw a similar scene play out for his

colleague justin jones, the national metro council also unanimously reappointed him. so now the tennessee three back at work today, obviously gun control will be a top priority as they move forward ana, the state of tennessee, a spotlight has definitely been on these lawmakers to do more, especially in the wake of that mass shooting a couple of weeks ago here in nashville at the covenant school where six people were killed, three of them children, and just this week republican governor bill lee actually strengthened background checks for gun purchases so we are seeing some movement there. we'll be watching closely to see the reaction that we see with house republicans when justin pearson officially enters the house floor momentarily. >> i just want to reiterate that last point you made. the republican governor has taken action just in recent days and is pushing the republican counterparts in that state legislature to do something more it will be a lot to watch, and i'll be anxious to come back to

you as new developments occur. thank you so much, kathy park for your reporting this morning in california and around the country there are some new calls for california democratic senator dianne feinstein to step down these calls coming from her fellow democrats feinstein is 89 years old. she has been absent from washington for nearly two months because of health issues yesterday california congressman ro khanna became the first member of congress to call for her resignation saying feinstein can no longer fulfill her duties nbc's ryan nobles is with us from capitol hill. ryan, explain why now? why these calls for her resignation in this moment >> well, there's a couple of reasons, ana, the first being that feinstein herself had hoped to be back here the end of march after she was diagnosed and hospitalized with a case of the shingles and now here we are, about to see the senate return after a two-week hiatus and her office still cannot put a timeline as to when she will come back

that has democrats nervous because she sits on a powerful judiciary committee and as a result of her not being there, there has been a backlog of biden judicial nominees that have not been able to be pushed through. more than a dozen of these potential judges are on hold until she can come back and cast a ballot so, what democrats are hoping they can do in the interim is appoint someone to temporarily replace her on the judiciary committee, but, ana, that's not a simple process, it may require some republicans to help out, and they may not be inclined to do so because they do not support some of these judicial nominees that are being held up. >> what is feinstein saying about all this >> reporter: she's making it very clear she has no intent and does not intend to resign. she had promised when she said she was not going to seek re-election, she would fill out the balance of her term and she said in a statement last night, i intend to return as soon as possible once my medical team advises me that it is safe for me to travel she talks here about this issue with the judiciary committee, i

understand that my absence could delay the important work of the judiciary committee, so i asked leader schumer to ask the senate to allow another democratic senator to temporarily serve until i'm able to resume my committee work and ana, last night, a spokesperson for leader schumer did confirm he does plan to ask the senate to do so. what remindremains an open quesi how republicans respond to this. there is a quick way to do it, there is a much longer way to go about it which republicans could delay the process, which would raise more questions about feinstein's role here in the united states senate so, we're going to have it see how this all plays out we may not have answers to some of these questions until the senate returns next week. >> we know you'll be on it she has two more years left in her term we'll see. thank you ryan nobles. good to see you. up next, an irish welcome. right now we have our eyes on irish parliament where president biden could speak any moment we're in ireland, live, when "ana cabrera reports" returns. (vo) with verizon, you can now get a private 5g network.

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where protests are continuing to amplify this morning police are clashing with demonstrators as crowds flood the streets there. railway workers also stormed this train station, fighting the hotly disputed pension plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. some 600,000 people are expected to take to the streets today across france. this comes one day before a

critical court ruling on the constitutionality of the pension law. french president emmanuel macron has argued that these reforms are necessary. while paris mayor voiced her support for the new round of protests we'll continue to monitor this story. meantime, any minute now, president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin it is his latest stop in a political and personal trip to ireland where he has celebrated peace in northern ireland, he's talked about his u.s.-irish ties and faced critical questions about the massive intelligence leak nbc's mike memoli is back with us from dublin now set the scene. give us a little sense of what issues we expect the president to touch on in his speech to parliament >> reporter: well, ana, president biden set to become the fourth u.s. president to address ireland's parliament i think we have gotten a sense of some of the themes of his remarks and some of the remarks the president has already made this morning ireland, for instance, one of the united states' main economic

partners, the one of the strongt economies in europe. the president thanking ireland's prime minister this morning in part for the burden ireland has taken in terms of bringing in ukrainian refugees, something that he noted -- he knows is not easy you're also going to seat president really redouble what we heard yesterday when he was in belfast about the importance of seeing that good friday peace accord remain on track, given some of the political impasse we have seen in northern ireland. the president is going to continue to underscore not just the great affinity that americans, one in ten americans claim irish ancestry, but also his own personal affinity, just how much ireland and his own irishness has become key in defining who he is as a politician all part of what we expect to hear from the president and likely, yes, ana, some irish poetry, which we hear very often from this president. >> mike memoli, appreciate your

reporting. i know you'll be listening to the president and so will we that's going to do it for us today. thank you, all, for joining us see you back here tomorrow same time. same place until then, reporting from new york, i'm ana cabrera. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific i'm jose diaz-balart we're moments away from president biden speaking live in dublin, ireland, where he'll be addressing both houses of parliament we'll take you there as soon as he begins. plus, new comments from president biden about how close officials are to finding the person responsible for the biggest intelligence leak in years. overnight, a federal appeals court rules an abortion pill can be made available for now, but the ruling comes with restrictions and in south florida, more severe weather is coming after historic flooding shut down an airport, schools, left drivers stranded and desperate for help. plus, former president trump,