tv Chris Jansing Reports MSNBC February 13, 2024 11:00am-12:00pm PST
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director to broker a cease fire in gaza as the president's frustration builds over netanyahu's tactics. can a breakthrough be reached? also ahead, stocks tumble on a hotter than expected inflation report. what the numbers may mean for anyone trying to buy a home or pay off their credit card bills. plus, house republicans on the hunt. their new push to get materials documenting president biden's poor memory. and check those valentine's days. thousands of ride share drivers set to strike. our reporters are following the latest developments, but i want to begin with the latest push for a cease fire deal inside gaza. raf, what's the latest at this hour as all these leaders get together for another round of high stakes negotiations? >> reporter: as we speak, cia director bill burns is in cairo: he is huddling with officials
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from qatar and egypt and importantly, in israel. i say that because this time last night local time, it was not clear whether or not israel was going to send a high level delegation to these talks in cairo. that came after prime minister netanyahu last week pretty forcefully rejecting a hamas counterproposal to that earlier framework that was hammered out by the cia director and others in paris. netanyahu calling hamas' proposal delusional. it wasn't clear there was much to talk about, but the israelis have gone to cairo. those talks are continuing to pause the fighting in gaza, get more humanitarian aid into palestinian civilians and free at least some of those 134 hostages still being held. one of them is itai hen. he is an israeli american soldier taken on october 7th. i spoke earlier to his father,
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who yesterday was meeting with jake sullivan for an update ahead of these talks and the message from this father from the parents of other american hostages is now is the time to make a deal. these officials need to stay at the negotiating table until there's an agreement. take a listen. >> there's a window and we need to seize that window. i look at my president as well as the other international leaders. seize the moment. don't let this slip. >> reporter: now, these talks are happening in the looming shadow of this potential israeli ground assault on the southern gazan city of rafah. a lot of concern. not just that this attack could lead to massive civilian casualties among some 1.4 million palestinians who had fled to rafah in search of safety, but also that this
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attack has the potential to derail these hostage negotiations at what is a very, very sensitive moment. there is a lot of concern. hamas may feel that it cannot stay at the table while this large scale israeli assault is going ahead. you heard president biden yesterday at the white house speaking alongside the king of jordan saying israel should not move ahead with this attack without a credible plan to get those civilians to safety. the israeli military says at this point, they are still drawing up a plan to both attack rafah and evacuate the civilians. they say they'll submit it to the government and we'll see whether netanyahu will move ahead with that despite those american warnings. >> thank you. to the economic news now and a hot report that wall street didn't want. christine romans is following the story for us. inflation report, big takeaways. not the one that people were hoping for.
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>> it was 3.1% was the number for january. while that's better than december, it's not as good as people wanted. 2.9% is what they expected. let me show you this on a chart. you know inflation spiked above 9%. that was really terrible. look at all the progress to the right of your screen and now it looks like we're kind of muddling along. the next innings of this game are going to be more difficult to win and that's why the stock market is having some trouble here today. but there could be some beginning of the year price increases lifting this number. day care, rent, car insurance, healthcare. some of these other, some of these kinds of categories that went up. but overall, you know, grocery is still the other thing we're closely watching. some grocery categories are right back where they were close to last year. eggs have come back down. gasoline is actually lower than last year. milk also coming down. and bread right along last
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year's level. so improvements or stabilization in the grocery bill but i was looking at these numbers going back four years to just before covid in january 2020. grocery prices are up 25%. even with all the improvement we've seen, price levels are still high. i think that's one of the reasons why so many consumers say inflation is still issue number one even as economists say oh, it's improving. but price levels are still high. >> they may not know that number, but they feel it. thank you. let's go to washington now where house republicans are after the special counsel's records on president biden. julie is reporting on capitol hill. so, exactly what kind of information are republicans asking for? >> reporter: chris, these are the republican chairs of the committees, really the panels in the house who have been full steam ahead on their impeachment investigation of the president. looking into hunter biden
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beneath that. what they are requesting in a letter to the attorney general, any records having to do with the special counsel report, specifically the interviews. the five plus hour interview conducted with biden by robert hur over the days of october 8th and 9th. we heard from a source familiar that audio recording of that interview is available, however, most is currently classified. the source also adds that a lot of the information talked about in this interview can be made to be declassified. so certainly the committee chairs are going to go after that. we did hear from some republicans coming out of a closed door interview with one of hunter biden's associates this morning. take a listen. >> it's prosecutorial discretion. how does the special counsel go after one former president but then at the same time, will not prosecute the current president based on his mental state.
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i think this is the biggest shocker to the american people that the special counsel found joe biden unable to stand trial because his memory loss is so severe but yet he's currently serving as president of the united states. >> the judiciary panel are also in talks with robert hur to have him come and testify and sit before the committee. this is not unusual. this is a step we did expect. they're eyeing the end of february for that interview to take place. that is in part because the first week of march, we have those two government funding deadlines and this is something they want to get under wraps as soon as possible. certainly the committee will be looking to see whether this special counsel report and the findings in it including the pointings to biden's mental capacity and mental state are another reason for the committees and republicans to pursue impeachment articles based again on this special counsel report. we'll just have to see. >> thank you. now to a looming valentine's
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day strike involving thousands of uber, lyft, and door dash drivers. maggie vespa is following the story. they are not in love are their paychecks. >> no, they're not. basically, what the group organizing this is promising is they say 130,000 delivery drivers, ride share drivers across the country who they say they represent will go on strike tomorrow. doing it on valentine's day because obviously that's a big day with people going out to eat. maybe having drinks, ordering a ride home or ordering food from door dash and other services into their homes. they're also striking. picketing, i should say, at ten major airports nationwide including miami international, o'hare here in chicago, newark, philadelphia, you name it. you'll see those picket lines out there tomorrow and they're calling for a full moritorium including to and from airports.
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they want to also get that crowd as well. they're demanding, we have a list here. better pay, better safety standards and to make it more difficult for passengers to basically be able to cancel a ride last minute. we know how easy that is. you just press the button. they say often a driver will drive to a house or drive close to it, drive to a location. the passenger cancels and they're just out that time. out that pay. we've reached out to all the major players. lyft, uber, door dash. lyft said we are constantly working to improve the driver experience which is why just this month, we released a new series of offers. you can see they point to their at least 70% toward the bottom there, of the weekly rider fares. that was a big deal, a first in the industry. they say when you extract external costs like gas, tolls, parking, that kind of thing a driver has to pay to do their job, if those costs put them below that 70% take home
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threshold, lyft will make up the difference. it kind of gives you an idea of where we are as far as how much drivers are making from these companies per ride and basically they say they want to make more. we know each ride has a different cost to it. so it's really about the percentage and how much these apps keep. and door dash released a statement that caught our eye. this group and they're referring to the justice for app workers group. they say this group does not speak for or represent the overwhelming majority of dashers who aren't on their own terms with door dash. we've heard that across the board. some people are saying in this industry that listen, we've seen these boycotts, these strikes from the industry. this is by definition an industry of independent contractors. they're hoping, these companies are hoping this has minimal impact tomorrow, but this group, this justice for app workers group, is saying this is going to be the biggest organized strike and they're doing it on
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this holiday when the spotlight they know is going to be on them. if nothing else, might be a good idea hoping to catch a ride tomorrow, have a plan b. >> thank you. in 60 seconds, voters in new york braving the weather for a critical special election. >> i think my son wants my inheritance because he told me it would be okay to drive, mom, and the cars were swerving on 25a all around the place. it was really bad. on 25a all around the place it was really bad. wanna know why people are getting a covid-19 shot? i'm turning the big seven-o and getting back on the apps. ha ha ha. variants are out there... and i have mouths to feed. big show coming up, so we got ours and that blue bandage? never goes out of style. i prioritize my health... also, the line was short. didn't get a covid-19 shot in the fall? there's still time. book online or go to
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district, tom suozzi, and mazi pilip. here's elise stefanic who's backing pilip. >> every vote matters so when we talk about being the last line of defense as house republicans, we mean it. we need a republican to hold this seat, to stand strong against joe biden's failed policies. >> let's go to president biden. >> by margin of 70-29 to move forward with the bipartisan national security bill. now, now it moves to the house. now, i urge speaker johnson to bring it to the floor immediately. immediately. there's no question that a senate bill was put on the floor in the house of representatives, it would pass. it would pass. and the speaker knows that. so i call the speaker to let the full house speak its mind and
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not allow minority of most extreme voices in the house to block this bill even from being voted on. even from being voted on. this is a critical act for the house to move. it needs to move. the bill provides urgent funding for ukraine. so it can keep defending itself against putin's vicious onslaught. we've seen the terrible stories in recent weeks. ukrainian soldiers out of artillery shells, rationing munitions. families worried the next russian strike will permanently plunge them into darkness or worse. this bill sends a clear message to ukrainians and our partners and allies around the world. america can be trusted. america can be relied upon and america stands up for freedom. we stand strong for allies. we never bow down to anyone. and certainly not to vladimir
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putin. so let's get on with this. remember, united states pulled together a coalition of nearly 50 nations to support ukraine. we unified nato. we can't walk away now. that's what putin's betting on. he flatly said that. supporting is bill is standing up to putin. opposing it is playing into putin's hands. 74 of the stakes extend far beyond ukraine. if we don't stop putin's appetite for power and control of ukraine, he won't limit himself to just ukraine. for republicans in congress who think they can oppose funding for ukraine and not be held accountable, history is watching. history is watching. history is watching. failure to support ukraine at this critical moment will never be forgotten.
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i want to be clear about something. because i know it's important to the american people. while this bill sends military equipment to ukraine, it spends the money right here in the united states of america in places like arizona where the patriot missiles are built. in alabama, where the javelin missiles are built. in pennsylvania, ohio, and texas where artillery shells are made. and the way it works is we supply ukraine with military equipment from our stockpiles then we spend our money replenishing those stockpiles so our military has access to them. stockpiles made right here in america by american workers. and not only supports american jobs and communities, allows us to invest and maintain and strengthen our own defense manufacturing capacity. this bill meets our national security priorities in the middle east and includes greater support for troops serving in the region who continue to defend against militia attacks backed by iran.
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also provides israel when it needs to protect against its people from hamas and hezbollah and others. it will provide life saving humanitarian aid to the palestinian people who desperately need food, water, and shelter. they need help. finally, this bill includes critical funding for our national security priorities in asia because even as we focus on the conflicts in gaza and ukraine, we must not take our eye off our national security challenges in the pacific. it's the responsibility of a great nation and we are a great nation that the rest of the world looks to. i mean that. the rest of the world looks to us. stakes are already high for american security before this bill was passed in the senate last night. recent day, those stakes have risen. that's because the former president has set a dangerous and shockingly frankly un-american signal to the world. just a few days ago, trump gave an invitation to putin to invade
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some of our nato allies. he said if an ally didn't spend enough on defense, he would encourage russia to quote, do whatever the hell they want. can you imagine? a former president of the united states saying that. the whole world heard it. worse thing is he means it. no other president in our history has ever bowed down to a russian dictator. i never will. for god's sake, it's dumb. shameful. it's dangerous. it's un-american. when american gives its word, it means something. when we make a commitment, we keep it and nato is a sacred commitment. donald trump looks at this as if it's a burden. when he looks at nato, he doesn't see the alliance that protects america and the world. he sees a protection racket. he doesn't understand that nato is built on a fundamental principle of freedom, security, and national sovereignty because
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for trump, principles never matter. everything is transactional. he doesn't understand that the sacred commitment we've given works for us as well. in fact, i'll remind trump and all those who would walk away from nato, article five has only be evoked once. just once in our nato history. and it was done to stand with america after we were attacked on 9/11. we should never forget it. you know, our adversaries have long sought to create cracks in the alliance. the greatest hope of all those who wish america harm is for nato to fall apart. you can be sure that they all cheered when they heard donald trump and heard what he said. i know this. i will not walk away. i can't imagine any other president walking away. for as long as i'm president, if putin attacks a nato ally, the united states will defend every
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inch of nato territory. let me close with this. you've heard me say this before. our nation stands at an inflection point in history where the decisions we make now are going to determine the curse of our future for decades to come. this is one of those moments. and i say to the house members, house republicans, you've got to decide. are you going to stand up for freedom or are you going to side with terror and tyranny? you going to stand with ukraine or putin? stand with america or with trump? republicans and democrats in the senate came together to send a message of unity to the world. it's time for the house republicans to do the same thing. to pass this bill immediately. to stand for decency. to stand for democracy. to stand up to a so-called leader hell bent on weakening
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american security. i mean this sincerely. history is watching. history is watching. in moments like this, we have to remember who we are. we're the united states of america. the world is looking to us. there's nothing beyond our capacity when we act together. in this case, acting together includes acting with our nato allies. god bless you all. may god protect our speakers. i promise i'll come back and answer questions later. >> what's plan b if the speaker doesn't act? >> sir -- >> president biden not answering questions but making what arguably is not his strongest argument yet, the dividing line between what he wants, what his administration stands for and that of donald trump saying we can't walk away now, referring to nato. saying either we stand up to putin or we play into his hands calling it a dividing line
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between freedom and tyranny. let me bring in gabe gutierrez at the white house. for him, this is about america's role in the world. this is about the future, but i think the politics of this particularly after the comments by donald trump, have made him be even stronger in the statements he's making. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, chris. this is not only an urgent call to action but a direct reputeuation of trump. the comments over the weekend as you just heard the president refer to, he described it in very distinlt language calling it dumb, shameful, dangerous, shocking and un-american. essentially urging mike johnson to finally put this bill on the floor. saying let's get on with it, essentially. history is watching. now, chris, the white house has been making this argument now for several months and you'll recall when the president first
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put forward the supplemental that the president gave an oval office address making this case, but since then, it has watched as it has gone down in flames in congress. the white house trying to seize on a small glimmer of hope with the senate passing this supplemental without the border security portion and the white house believes this is the time to finally get it over the line, chris. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. but those words from the president either going to stand for america or with trump. as strong as we have heard and of course, all of that relating to the power of trump, particularly when it comes to influencing the house. let's get back to our coverage of the special election in new york to replace disgraced former congressman george santos, which has tremendous implications for the house. sahil joining us inside our polling location. also with us is the state politics and government reporter for the "new york times," grace
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ashford. thank you, both. it might be fine where you are, but it's cold outside. it's been snowing. what is the issue or issues that have been compelling people to get out and vote today? >> reporter: hey, chris. well, it's a snowy day on long island. the storm's been intense and i've talked to some very determined voters here in new york. one mazi supporter told me he's seen this kind of bad weather before. he wasn't going to be deterred. one tom suozzi supporters said the roads have been horrible and she joked her son said her inheritance must be horrible. immigration, border security, abortion, democracy, fighting extremism. let's hear what some voters had to say. >> normalizing our government again. getting people back to work. that lost their jobs during the pandemic like myself. and making sure that my children
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have safe streets to go out and play on. >> well, i'm jewish and the israeli issue is important to me. the immigration issue is important to me. >> the abortion issue. the immigration issue. the economics. >> reporter: now the through line here, chris, all of these are national issues playing out in battleground all over the country. that's why this race is so important. it's about more than just mazi versus suozzi. this is a bellwether district. this district voted for joe biden in 2020. it voted for santos in 2022. the outcome today will tell us a lot about where the 2024 election is headed and finally, both candidates are taking the weather very seriously. both campaigns have tweeted out numbers that the supporters can call if they want free rides to the polls. >> so, grace, we see the effects of the thin house majority every day in congress.
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pretty important stuff going on. how did they shake this campaign and i guess spending as well as on both sides? >> hi, chris. thanks so much for having me. yes, obviously both sides have been incredibly focused on this district. both for some of the reasons we just heard about but also because every day votes are being shaped by the absence of santos. just a few days ago, republicans attempts to impeach mayorkas fell short by just a single vote. they are very much focused on this. so we've seen millions of dollars being poured into this race. my colleague reported that the gop leader in nassau county had been pushing national leaders to invest more in this race. tom suozzi's campaign has been pulling in really, really big totals and you're seeing it in ads everywhere. you're seeing lots of door knocking. just a ton of investment here. >> it is interesting, isn't it,
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grace, to listen to those voters talking about the issues and the repetition of the issues that are driving them including abortion. including immigration. maybe it's just nbc forum watching here in new york, they're playing mazi pilip ad against mazi pilip. to what extent do you think both sides, democrats and republicans, are looking at this as a bellwether for the issues resognating with voters? >> i think it's hard not to look at a race like this that occurs in an election year, especially in a district that's actually flipped between the last presidential and this. you know, president biden won in 2020 and santos won by eight points in 2022. obviously a lot has happened since then and i think another key question is to what degree voters of the third district are going to hold george santos and his you know, kind of many
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scandals, against gop. so, you know, there's been a lot of questions. specifically coming from the suozzi campaign about pilip and attempts to frame her through that lens saying they don't know where she stands. it's true she is less of a known quantity than mr. suozzi, but that can also backfire on a campaign as well. you know, the pilip campaign has sought to tie suozzi to joe biden, who is also seemingly unpopular in this district. it's really up to the voters and we're going to find out. >> it's hard to forget, grace, george santos. he doesn't want us to forget him i think after the mayorkas thing. he tweeted miss me yet or something along those lines. are there lessons you think both parties have learned since his expulsion from congress? >> good question. i think you know it's a little early to know. i think both parties want to sort of say they have learned the lessons. and that there's been more
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scrutiny of candidates going forward. the, joe cairo as i mentioned, has sort of the said they did a full sweep of mazi pilip when they were deciding who to nominate. special elections are unusual in that the county parties have a lot more say in who goes as opposed to a full primary. clearly, they are very invested in her and feel confident in that. the degree to which voters feel like they can trust that. we'll find out. >> we're out of time, but sahil, i have to ask you quickly. what's the expectation for turnout overall? >> reporter: well, fear has been that the snowstorm could dampen turnout. i'd be surprised if it doesn't to some extent. the roads are very difficult to drive. i saw two cars abandoned on the side of the road on the way over here. i saw one tree in the road. i looked out the window and saw some sun a couple of minutes
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ago, so the weather is improving. the big question is what impact could that have? one thing we know is that democrats vote early. they vote by mail. that could be an asset to suozzi if his voters have early votes. i make no predictions. this is a unique election. we'll see how election day pans out. >> unique election and weather. thank you both so much. coming up, donald trump endorses an election denier and his own daughter-in-law to lead the rnc, but will the party go along with it? and now, where was i? nope. that was not a mistake. just an homage to how jon stewart kicked off his highly anticipated return to the daily show. last night after nearly nine years and he was on fire. taking on the 2024 election and of course, the two leading candidates. >> they're at the age there are no more age related milestones to hit. they got the aarp card.
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today, more signs that it's donald trump's party and republicans are just living in it. the former president shoring up control of the republican national committee by endorsing an election denier as the new rnc chair and his daughter-in-law as co-chair. simultaneously, more and more republicans are defending his promise to encourage russia to invade any country that doesn't pay nato dues, even the one candidate in the race against him seems to contradict herself on trump. >> he showed that with that kind of disrespect for the military, he's not qualified to be the president of the united states because i don't trust him to protect them. >> are you not going to commit to voting for him if he becomes the nominee? >> well, what i'm saying, what i said from the very beginning when there were 14 candidates on the stage, that any one of the 14 would be better than joe biden. >> nbc's garrett haake is covering the trump campaign.
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ali vitali, the haley campaign and carlos is an msnbc political analyst. we'll get haley's comments speak for themselves. garrett, donald trump can't simply appoint the rnc chair. it's an in-person vote of the committee they have to do, but what are the chances? .1%? .7%? that this doesn't play out as trump wants? >> i'm not a big math guy, chris, but i'd say they're low. donald trump doesn't have the power to do this unilaterally officially, but we will see a vote at the rnc sometime after south carolina in which the slate of people he endorsed will almost certainly take the positions for which he has endorsed them. now, it's not to say they're joining the rnc leadership table to universal acclaim. i just got off the phone with a republican strategist who compared the idea of lawyer trump being the co-chair to cousin greg becoming ceo in succession. that it's not something that's widely received as helpful to the rnc, but it does speak to
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the fact that these party committees always become tools of the candidate who is running, who's the nominee of that party. what we're seeing here now is something done very early in that process but the party and candidate is supposed to work together in a general election and donald trump's thinks this it is team that gives them the best chance to catch up with president biden and the dnc. we will see. the rnc has had a terrible time fund raising, messaging. they've been a mess up until now and have a lot of work to do. >> there are supporters of laura trump who say she's had success fund raising. ali, haley is hitting trump for these moves. what more can you tell us about that? >> it feels like in this final stretch of the primary, we're watching this really intensify as a chaotic period on the campaign trail. of course, nikki haley is starting to sharpen her attacks against trump.
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i think we're going to end this feeling like we're playing a game of boar on the floor as they play nd the finale. but at the same time, when you look at someone like haley sharpening her attacks, even going as far as she did this morning saying these moves at the rnc are trump's attempt to take an election, she still can't say she would vote for him. therein lies the rub. listen to her comment this morning. >> now he has decided he's fired the rnc chair. he's named who's going to be the new rnc chair. his daughter-in-law will be the co-chair and he is making his campaign manager the officer that runs the party. think about what's happening right now. is that how you're going to try and take an election? >> haley there being really specific with her words, i think, saying that trump is taking this election. we've heard haley as well as her
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top campaign brass continue this make this point. that they feel this is a primary that's still very active. that only voters in three states at this point have voted and that haley herself is vowing to stay in. not just through south carolina, her home state, but all the way through super tuesday. of course, it's different when you lose in your home state. that could change the calculation after south carolina. never the less, haley continuing on a bus tour throughout the state then later this week, going to texas to campaign in yet another super tuesday state. only the second time that we've seen her outside of the early states like iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, chris. t. >> and in no way, carlos, to diminish that, because all is significant, these rnc moves. i don't think it's necessarily in the same category as seeming to encourage russia to take land that doesn't belong to them. that are independent countries. and just moments ago, president biden called trump's comments on nato un-american.
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so the threat russia poses to our nato allies is making headlines around the world. finland, the baltic states fearing world war iii has putin is doubling the number of troops on the border there. and listen to this conversation in the halls of congress. >> putin scared to death of donald trump. he treats joe biden like his boy. like his puppet. >> those comments really caused shock waves in our country and in other countries in our region. how can we rely on a president who claims that he will let russia do whatever the heck they want? >> i think that's totally inaccurate reporting of what president trump was saying. >> what would you say to those countries who are now kind of panicked about what you just said? >> they need to get over it. they need to stand up and be tough. >> so, senator marshall says get over it, carlos. that's the advice republicans are offering to our nato allies? it does make you think that this line that we just heard the
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president draw is a pretty clear one. >> that's right, chris. look, roger marshall, like most republicans in congress, know that what president trump said was wrong. know how dangerous it is. know that it weakens the united states on the national stage, but too many of them are motivated by a fear of donald trump and his base. that's why they refuse to criticize him even when it's easy. even when it's obvious. now, on the other side of the aisle, you have democrats who despite president biden's terrible polling numbers, still have faith that he can win because of this very reason. because they know they can count on donald trump to say extraordinarily terrible things that while trump's base may applaud, a lot of the swing voters in swing states that end up deciding these elections, they do by and large reject this kind of rhetoric. so this is why donald trump is not only reckless in his language, but tends to become
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his own worst enemy as elections draw nearer. >> it's interesting because in "the new york times," peter baker writes that trump's comments may actually be helping joe biden by taking attention away from unwelcome questions about the president's age and providing the biden camp a useful contrast. in many ways, again, it seems that's what the administration believes because again, you see the president going out there another time just a couple of days after he was out before, and making a strong statement between what he sees as support for america and support for tyranny. >> this is exactly what joe biden needs. something else to point to. for a long time, all of the focus and the attention has been on him. rightfully so because he's the commander in chief and hey, his administration has had some struggles. the southwest border is an obvious one. but he hasn't had a foil. he hasn't had a real opponent until now.
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so you can expect the biden campaign to make the most out of every single one of donald trump's reckless comments to take the attention off of some of president biden's liabilities and put the spotlight on donald trump. if the election is about donald trump, joe biden has a good chance of winning. if it's about joe biden, donald trump has a good chance of winning. >> well, also, we get this tweet courtesy of punch bowl. i don't know if you have it in front of you right now, but according to punch bowl, leader mcconnell in an interview with me, garrett, he writes referred to donald trump as the likely nominee multiple times and said about the nato comments, i totally disagree with him and it was extremely unhelpful to the political point of this. >> none of that particularly surprises me, chris. mitch mcconnell is a pragmatist and he's an old school cold warrior when it comes to issues
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of nato and of russian aggression. he has been very vocal. easily the single most vocal republican about the importance of getting this supplemental passed and his frustration with the politics within his own party that has made it so difficult. he can clearly see the writing on the wall about donald trump and his strength within the republican party. never the less, he's managed to maneuver the bill out of the senate and i suppose will try to use whatever influence he has in the house to get it past. one of the stories that's gone under the radar is the degree to which the influence mcconnell has held when he was standing with the broader republican party has shrunk. his influence remained high until recently. it has started to track downward and we'll see if he's got the juice to help get this bill across the finish line. >> garrett haake, ali vitali, carlos, what a great
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boeing just gave us the first real glimpse into how a series of bad headlines about 737 max planes have impacted its business and the results aren't great. phil lebeau is here for cnbc on msnbc. so, what does this new report tell us, phil? >> well, chris, every month we get the orders and delivers from boeing. also from airbus on a monthly basis. for january, boeing recorded zero orders. there were three net orders. three gross orders, three cancellations. they delivered 25 last month
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being 737 models. stands up to about the same. orders i should say. 5600 planes. now you may look at this and say well, they didn't get a single order last month. airlines are staying away from them. i should caution you not to read too much into this because just a month ago, boeing ordered its all time best monthly orders with more than 1300 planes being ordered. it can be lumpy month to month. we need to wait a couple of months before we can say i think airlines are thinking twice about ordering a boeing plane and that's not expected to be the case when you talk with analysts. they believe that despite the headlines that we've seen over the last three weeks you will continue to see airlines ordering the 737 max planes. >> let's see whether or not customers say i don't want to fly on those planes. that may have an influence as well. always good to see you. thank you. defense secretary lloyd austin is expected to resume his normal duties today after being
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in a critical care unit for a bladder issue. the hospitalization, which is his third in just over seven weeks, forced the secretary to cancel a trip to brussels to meet with his nato and european counterparts. courtney is reporting from the pentagon. so, what more can you tell us? what's the latest with the secretary's condition? >> reporter: we're expecting to get more info about him this afternoon, including whether he's expected to be released from the hospital as early as today. whether he has resumed his duties or taking authorities back from kathleen hicks who assumed them on sunday evening. then exactly what will happen with this ukraine defense contact group meeting that's supposed to be tomorrow. as you mentioned, he was supposed to travel to brussels today to be there for that ukraine meeting tomorrow. it's now going to be held virtually, but it's still not clear whether the secretary will be able to participate virtually or whether one of his senior
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hello, it's good to be with you. right now on capitol hill, house republicans are threatening to yank yet another bipartisan senate bill after pulling an all nighter, the upper chamber pushed through a $95 billion national security package which includes funding for israel, ukraine, and taiwan, but no border security measures. which is why mike johnson is hailing it as a nonstarter in the house and why some like lindsey graham are slamming it. echoing comments from president trump over the weekend who said the u.s. should stop approving aid all together unless it's structured as
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