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guests explore how the democratic party is facing this political. moment and where it's headed next. the blueprint with jen psaki. listen now. >> welcome back. 11 a.m. eastern, 8 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart, and we begin this hour with new developments in the efforts by president trump and his allies to reshape the federal government. nbc news has learned that the acting commissioner of the social security administration left her post over the weekend after refusing a request from elon musk's department of government efficiency, or doge, to access sensitive government records. white house press secretary caroline leavitt talked about what doge would be doing at the social security administration. >> president trump has directed elon musk. >> and the doge team to identify fraud at. >> the social security administration. >> they haven't dug into the books yet, but they suspect that

there. are tens. of millions of deceased. people who are receiving fraudulent. >> social security payments. >> now, the social security administrators inspector general has found that between 2015 and 2022, less than 1% of benefits payments were improper. we're talking about tens of billions of dollars. meanwhile, one federal judge has denied an effort to immediately block doge staff from accessing americans personal data stored at the department of education. and any moment now, a federal judge could rule on a lawsuit aimed at barring musk and his allies from accessing data or causing firings across a broad swath of the federal government. with us now, nbc news white house correspondent aaron gilchrist in west palm beach, florida, near mar a lago. criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and jeremy peters, new york times reporter and msnbc contributor. so, aaron, what more do we know about what's going on at social security?

>> well, jose, as you mentioned, michelle king was the top official at the social security administration, and she retired after refusing to give musks team access to these sensitive government records you referenced. that's according to two sources, things like bank information, social security numbers, birth dates, in some cases medical records. and as you noted, the white house did confirm that king was no longer head of that agency. the president has nominated a new administrator for it. the white house press secretary said that the president has has directed doj to identify fraud at the social security administration. and as you noted, she said that team hasn't dug through the books there just yet. but it does suspect that there is widespread fraud happening there. and our team looked at an inspector general report, an audit last year that showed that over a seven year period, the social security administration made almost $72 billion in improper payments, as they termed it, a little less than 1% of the payments in that time period, seven years. the report also says that most of those improper payments were

overpayments, not payments to dead people, as the press secretary seemed to suggest there, or to people who didn't really qualify for any payments at all. >> jose i mean, jeremy, what kind of information i want to ask you also about, you know, this thing that $72 billion over a ten year period were found. and that's without a detailed analysis, right? that's not what's going through minuscule checks. that would be a little over $10 billion a year. but what kind of information, etc, could a doge into social security be looking into? >> well, i think fraud is a big issue here. you know, it's not made up. the extent to which it exists, though, seems to be significantly exaggerated. as long as there has been government aid, of course, there's been government fraud. people have long sought to take advantage of these government programs, making up whole identities, dead going after the benefits of dead people. even that does happen. but it's known

as, you know, what people in government refer to as an accounting trick? people when. >> you know, when politicians. >> put forward their budgets. >> every year. >> in every state legislature across the country, they cite savings from the. finding of waste, fraud and abuse. however, they rarely find as much as they say they're. >> going. >> to find, if any at all. so this is this is hardly, you know, a case closed here, i would say. >> yeah. but i mean, i don't recall. maybe it's just me. i don't recall this type of minuscule search through data, through records, through etcetera, to look into whether there is any kind of, you know, misuse of, of funds and the fact that it's at least according to the trump administration, going to be going across the board in the federal government. first of all, that's not something that's been done before. i mean, certainly clinton did some of

this, but there's the issue of what's congress's responsibility, right? in the other ones that, you know, give the money. >> exactly. and congress has completely abdicated its responsibility here. i mean, this is. >> what has. >> allowed trump to take on this, like, really expansive view of executive power and republicans who control all three. >> branches of. >> government, essentially are not. >> doing anything. >> to stop him. the house and the senate. >> certainly have. >> not shown any type of backbone or will to. >> stand up for. >> trump. and reassert their. >> authority over. >> budgetary matters, which is what they are supposed to do under this, this three branch framework that we have. >> yeah. i mean, and, danny, social security records can include all kinds of different things. how, you know, is there any kind of legal potential legal issues here? >> yes. >> i mean, to name a few. >> you have. >> the federal privacy act, you have the internal revenue code. those all have. strict rules about disclosure. but it's really interesting. a decision came out yesterday involving the

department of education and a challenge. >> to access. >> of that information. and this is a decision that i think folks should look at, because it's one district court. judge concluding that there is a difference when it comes to determining irreparable harm. there is a difference between disclosing information to the public and internal agency disclosure within the agency of that information. even if there is a risk that that information could be disclosed publicly. >> those statutes i just. mentioned have remedies. >> for that. and these plaintiffs, at least in the department of education case involving this kind. >> of access. >> the court found that disclosure internally may not be the kind of irreparable harm that would warrant a restraining order. now, it's not the final word. there's going to be so much litigation on this. but that's one interesting take. by one court. >> so, danny, in civilian talk, what's the difference between internal and external? well, the. >> idea is bringing these folks in. they're getting deployed technically as members of the

agency for several months. so if they access that information, the response by the administration is going to be, well, that's internal. it's not like it's getting put out in the public. it's not publicly available. it's not on a website. it's not something people are supposed to access. the same rules of privacy apply to someone who comes in from doge as to somebody who is already in there, although there are all kinds of complex rules, for example, in the irs, about even who can access that sensitive information in the agency, not everybody gets access. so this is going to be the subject of a lot of legal challenges. and the district court decisions are hardly the final stop. many of them may go up all the way to the end. the supreme court. >> and aaron, we're also getting word this morning that the food and drug administration's food head is also leaving. >> yeah. there are some reports, jose, that the head of the food division at the fda stepped down yesterday because of cuts across that particular agency. when our team asked the white house about those reports, the press

secretary did provide a statement to us, and i'll read part of it for you here. it says that there are a number of bureaucrats who are resistant to the democratic process and mandate delivered by the american people. president trump is only interested in the best and most qualified people who are also willing to implement his america first agenda on behalf of the american people. it's not for everyone, and that's okay. that is the extent of the statement, jose, we got from caroline leavitt, the press secretary. >> and, jeremy, there's a clear intent to kind of downplay from the white house elon musk's role in all of this. what's that all about? >> it's about. >> trump trying to reassert his. >> authority as. >> the president, which elon musk seems sometimes to forget that trump actually is. i mean, look, this picture right here, this is not a good look. the white house and president trump especially do not want an image like that. elon musk standing up, looming. over a sitting, quiet president of the united

states. >> i mean. >> it kind of blows my mind. and i know it ruffled a lot of feathers. internally in trump world that elon in this this i mean, this picture speaks a thousand words even though that. >> was kind of i mean, it was set up. it's absolutely staged. it wasn't a surprise. >> it was, it was it shouldn't have been a surprise. and i think that. >> we are. >> all waiting to see when the bottom drops out here. i mean, this is not a sustainable relationship. ever since. the two of them started. working together, these two huge personalities and egos inevitably will clash. and it will be. >> at. >> some point, i'm sure, the final straw for trump. as you know, someone inside trump world told me not that long ago, this relationship will end in tears. >> danny. meanwhile, the wall street journal is out with a big piece on how president trump has used the emergency powers to advance policy objectives, writing, quote, i'm going to, you know, read this. his declaration of an emergency

energy emergency comes as u.s. oil production is at or near record highs. trump's border actions come as illegal crossings have dropped substantially, even though one could argue that maybe those drops are because of a no small part. the different actions taken by the trump administration on day one. is there a specific definition or test that needs to be met in order to declare an emergency? >> short answer is not really. the national emergencies. >> act sought. >> to. >> reel in some of the presidential power to issue or declare these national emergencies, but it really hasn't done much to give us a definition. there's guidance in different statutes, because what it does is it requires the president to issue a declaration and cite the federal statute under which he has that kind of emergency power. so, for example, epa deals is a. >> statute that deals. >> with international money. so there has to be some reason related to international money or financing. that's just one example. so there isn't a hard

definition. but since we're already living under dozens of national emergencies without knowing it, that shows that the national emergencies act. because back then there were four when it was passed, has not done that much to either. define national emergencies or reel them in, which was its original intent. >> aaron gilchrist, danny cevallos and jeremy peters, thank you all so much. coming up, officials will give an update on the terrifying plane crash in toronto when a delta flight flipped upside down upon landing. take a look at these pictures. it's really incredible. we're going to bring you all the very latest next. plus, for the first time in three years, us and russian officials were face to face to discuss the end of moscow's invasion of ukraine, why kyiv was not at the table. and later, a new report says the u.s. is stepping up secret drone flights over mexico. what the trump administration is apparently looking for next. we're back in 90s. you're watching jose 90s. you're watching jose diaz-balart time to press rewind with...

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survived. take a look at this. passengers evacuating the overturned aircraft. listen to what one passenger told the today show about the moment the plane flipped. >> i remember just hanging there and me and the lady next to me. we got out pretty quick, and we're kind of able to just, like, unclip like you would, and then just kind of lower ourselves to be on the on the ground, which was the roof, i guess. >> joining us now, nbc's tom costello and captain andre simmons, a retired commercial pilot. so tom, what are we learning today? and, you know, i just been thinking, what what incredible fortune and luck. this didn't seem like it could end up well. and yet, you know, just amazing. >> well. >> i think. >> you're. >> absolutely right. and this. >> is going. >> to go. >> down as. >> a case study in how. >> to survive. >> a plane. >> but when you. >> dissect the video that you. just showed. >> that's going to be critical.

>> for. >> investigators because it. >> shows that plane. >> coming in. >> and investigators are. >> going. >> to want to. >> know how fast. >> and how. >> hard and what was the. angle of descent, if you will. as that plane came in and touched down on the runway. >> because it. >> certainly appears. >> by looking at that video of the plane crash, the actual plane crash as it happened, that as it came. >> down hard, the right. >> wing seemed to hit the runway. >> you then had immediately a fuel ignited. >> as you know, the fuel is in the wing. the wing separates from the fuselage. good news there, because the fire was kept away, at least a good chunk of the. >> fire kept away from. >> the fuselage itself. and then the emergency evacuation. the flight attendants. >> were right. >> on their game. >> immediately ordering everybody. >> to get out. the emergency exits. leave everything behind. >> don't grab a purse. >> don't grab a bag. >> of course. >> they had to unbuckle. >> and. >> they were upside down. >> so you. >> had. >> 21 people injured. >> 19 have already been released. >> so great news there. and then separately. >> i would say you've. >> got to also look. >> at the firefighter. >> response to. >> this. >> thing under faa rules.

>> and the canadians. >> have the. >> same rules. >> fire apparatus has. >> to. >> be at the crash scene within three minutes. >> think about that. >> if you're coming from. >> the other end. >> of the airport. >> the fire. >> department was on that scene. >> very quickly. >> putting foam on that. >> fire very. >> very quickly. >> that also. would have. >> helped to keep. >> people safe, evacuate. >> the plane and. >> rescue everybody. >> so in many. >> cases. >> this. >> is going. >> to. go down. >> as a case. >> and there. >> you go. >> the paramedic. >> and the medevac. >> response was also. >> just really impressive. >> all of that will go into a case. study on. >> how this airport. >> handled this emergency. >> how the. >> flight attendants. >> did a. >> stellar job. but the question is. >> going to be remain, remain. >> how did this. >> happen to begin with? >> did that. >> plane come in too hard? did it. >> come in. >> at a bank that wasn't appropriate? did it get hit by a gust of wind? >> all of that is going. >> to be part of. >> this investigation. they need the black boxes. >> of course. >> the flight. >> data. >> recorder will. >> be. >> critical in giving them the parameters. >> the flight.

>> parameters for that exact. >> flight, and then the cockpit voice recorder. >> all of the. >> conversations between the pilots. >> before, during. >> and after the emergency will tell investigators a lot. yeah. i mean, and captain, i mean, the fact that there is so much clear video of this from even different angles, what were you thinking when you saw some of these different videos and what tom's mentioning? i mean, the issue of wind shear, it looked like that landing gear was, you know, untouched until it see, i mean, it's all out there. what are you seeing here, captain? >> you know, obviously, the video is shocking. >> to me, just. >> like everyone else. you know, it looks like on the final approach, the airplane looks stable. >> you know, in a crosswind landing, sometimes. >> you. >> try to land. >> a little firmer. but it appeared. >> that, yes. >> it did land on one side. >> i think. >> it is paramount, the. fact that, as tom mentioned, the wing separated from the fuselage. >> and therefore the smoke and fire was. >> away from the people and allowed. them to egress safely. and it's amazing the training

that took place and how. >> they reflected on. >> that. >> in the. >> flight. attendants did do an amazing job. and i think that, you know. >> in a case like this, everybody's. >> alarmed at what's going on in the in the aviation industry. they need to understand that pilots are commercial pilots are the most trained. >> evaluated and tested professionals. in the world. >> so when something like this happens, we need to find out why it happened. the ntsb, the national, the faa, and i'm sure the canadian transportation safety board will be able to piece this one together. the pilots will be able to tell them what happened. they have the black boxes. they have the flight recorder. and then what we do is. we'll learn from it and train so that something like this doesn't happen again. >> yeah. boy. i mean, the flight attendants, the captain, the copilot, i mean, everybody. just extraordinary work they did. but, captain, does the plane in and of itself matter. and i mean, as far as, you know, the structural integrity of the plane, the type of plane it was

and that whole issue of the wing separating almost right after the moment of impact when the fire, you know, started engulfing it. is that kind of like unusual? >> obviously it's very, very unusual. there's no scenario in training. we trained for crosswind landings all the time. sometimes the weather is a little inclement. you know, when you are flying. >> it's like driving. >> a car on a dry day. it's easier than. >> a rainy or an. >> icy day. >> obviously. >> the weather could have. >> been a factor. >> in this incident, and obviously they're going to look at what the winds were. and then sometimes when you're landing an airplane, you're crammed into the wind and one wing is a little lower than the other into the wind. in order to keep your path down the center line. but it definitely looks like a hard landing, maybe a collapsed gear. and that caused the wing to hit the ground. and then when that happened, you basically have an uncontrollable situation. >> yeah. tom, this is the fourth

major plane incident in north america in just three weeks. what are officials telling people who are looking at this and saying, is it like me, or is this kind of a weird time to fly? >> well. >> listen, i. >> think you're absolutely right. a lot of the flying public is. >> a. >> little bit on edge right now. and of course, spring break season is only. >> a few weeks away. >> but every one of these incidents that we've. >> had. >> we had, of course, the washington. dc mid-air crash, we had the medevac learjet go. >> down. >> to northeast philadelphia. >> we had the crash. >> off nome, alaska, in terrible winter. icing and weather conditions. and then this one, every one of. >> these is completely. a separate incident. >> and there does not. at this. >> point to be any. >> there does not appear. >> to be any connective. >> tissue, if you. >> will. between these incidents. >> you know. >> we had. >> gone 16 years. since the. >> last fatal. >> commercial crash in this country. >> and then. >> suddenly now we have a string of these three incidents. by the way, the medevac, of course, is. not a commercial aircraft. but the point being, these seem to be just simply coincidence. and

the fact that they all happened in a string is really, really unlikely. >> and unusual. >> the canadian transportation. >> safety board is. >> in many ways duplicative. >> of what the ntsb set. up in. >> the united states. so they are in charge of the investigation. >> the ntsb. >> and the faa. >> will assist. but this is a canadian investigation. and the canadians have a very. >> good. >> rep as. >> it comes to dealing with these types of. >> crashes and investigating them. thoroughly and completely. tom costello and captain andre simmons, thank you both so very much. up next, what came out of the high stakes talks between the us and russia over the war in ukraine? plus, why top officials from new york mayor eric adams office resigned just days after the doj moved to drop its corruption case against him. you're watching jose diaz balart reports on msnbc. >> lumify. >> it's kind. >> of amazing. >> wow. >> lumify eye drops dramatically reduce redness. >> in one minute. >> and look at the difference.

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within minutes. >> of president. >> trump hanging up with president. >> putin. >> he called and spoke with president zelensky. so shuttle diplomacy has happened throughout history. it's happened all over the world. we are absolutely talking to both sides. >> joining us now, nbc's keir simmons from riyadh, saudi arabia. also with us, andrea kendall taylor, senior fellow at the center for new american security, former deputy national intelligence officer for russia at the national intelligence council and former cia analyst. so what do we know about the talks that were held today and what's next? >> well. >> we're just slicing and dicing. i suppose you could say, jose. what we're hearing from the americans, what we're. hearing from the russians. now, let's just focus on this. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, who, as you know, jose, is a man who's been in the role for 20 years. >> frankly. >> you can describe him as

deeply cynical. he today described. >> this as. >> a very useful conversation and said, quote, i have reason to believe that the americans better understand our position. now, that suggests that russians are pretty pleased with what happened today. secretary of state. marco rubio saying breaking it down, saying that the agreement has been for high level delegations to talk about peace in ukraine, to reinstall diplomatic relations and to talk. and this is interesting too, to talk, jose, about potential cooperation between america and russia, on geopolitics and on economics. now, remember that sergey lavrov. >> and a number of the other russian. >> officials in these talks today are themselves sanctioned by the us, by europe, in fact, all of them are internationally sanctioned. >> in one. >> way or another. so for this meeting to finish with this

suggestion, in the future, there could be economic cooperation. that is a tectonic shift in relations between the us. >> and russia. the russians. >> the. europeans were not at the table. the ukrainians were not. >> at the table. >> the europeans. >> of course. >> sanctioning russia too. so there are many, many questions. looking ahead now, marco rubio said it is going to be a challenging path ahead. certainly, i think we can say there is not going to be a summit between president trump and president putin in the coming weeks. this is going to be a slow process. russian officials and american officials making that clear. but that is not to underestimate just how seismic this is. this was the first formal meeting since russia's illegal invasion of ukraine, and it has shifted the geopolitics. >> and european capitals. >> will be taking it in and assessing. >> what it all means. >> keir simmons in riyadh, thank

you very much, my friend. appreciate it. andrew, what do you make of what the american delegation had to say coming out of today's meeting about why ukraine was not in the talks today? there's mike waltz talking about shuttle diplomacy. >> well, i think. >> the most important thing to realize. >> is what. a tectonic. >> shift this. >> is in us-russia. >> relations. for the past three years. >> us policy has. been to isolate. >> russia and to try to increase costs on russia for its invasion of its neighbor, with the goal of trying to weaken russia's ability to sustain the attacks on ukraine. and against. europe more broadly. so this really is now we're talking about normalizing the relationship. and i do fear that that comes with risks, that russia will simply. pocket some of the concessions that the united states is talking about making to strengthen its position for future aggression, not just in ukraine, but really against the rest of europe. >> you know, so fascinating. and when you talk about a tectonic

shift, it's i'm struck by how, at least so far in this meeting and the series of meetings it's carried out in riyadh, it's almost as though there is an attempt to make europe or western europe irrelevant. in many cases, this tectonic shift that has the united states delegation sitting across the table from the russian delegation and on the front of the table, the foreign minister of saudi arabia. this tectonic shift is a tectonic shift also in the axis of influence in this new 2025 world. >> i think that's absolutely right. the europeans are also excluded, even though they have been a major contributor to military aid and aid to ukraine. and so the fact that they're interests are not being represented in these talks is also, as you said, a tectonic shift. and what it seems that

this us administration is asking of europe is really to sit on the side to wait and see what the united states negotiates. and then, oh, by the way, over to you, europe, to both pay for and implement whatever it is that we agree to. so the europeans, i think over the last several days, not just with this meeting, but comments made by secretary of defense hegseth at nato, the comments made by us vice president vance at the munich security conference. i think they're just reeling. they recognize they have to move quickly in order to address this new reality, but they are having a hard time figuring out just how to move forward. >> yeah, and i mean, when you have what is really kind of a also a tectonic shift in, in western european countries. i mean, germany, political issues that germany is having. look at

spain. france, austria. i mean, it's really an interesting different time. andrea kendall, jack taylor, i thank you so much for being with us. really appreciate it. after the break, an update on the political fallout in new york city after the doj moved to drop its corruption case against mayor eric adams. plus, the covert new steps the trump administration is taking to search for fentanyl labs beyond us borders. watching labs beyond us borders. watching jose want a next level clean? swish with the whoa of listerine. it kills 99.9% of bad breath germs for five times more cleaning power than brushing and flossing alone. get a next level clean... ahhhhh with listerine. feel the whoa!

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>> realm or the. >> cia's realm. >> and what this program. >> is set. >> out to do is to fly these surveillance. >> drones over. >> mexican territory. >> looking for. >> fentanyl labs. and traditionally. >> this has been an intelligence. >> sharing program. >> so this. >> information is. >> passed from. >> us officials. >> to their. >> mexican counterparts and then used. >> for. >> things like arrests. this is. >> a nonlethal. >> program. >> we should probably say. so this is not. >> something where like. >> this is not like. >> a. >> pakistan level where. >> we're seeing. >> drones that. are outfitted. >> with. >> with missiles or other. >> munitions that. >> are tasked. with killing. >> whatever the. >> target is in pakistan. >> that would. >> be a. >> terrorist leader. >> for instance. >> so these are not drones that. >> are taking out fentanyl. >> labs. >> but they're more. >> to gather. information and. >> then to be. >> passed on to. >> america's counterparts in. >> mexico to then take. >> out. >> these fentanyl labs. >> it's interesting, maria, because as you say, this is not

a new program yet. what is different about it? >> well, first of all, that the fact that. >> the program is. >> this program was. >> not knowledge before. >> so even under biden, we were the ones to break the. >> fact that this was. >> a biden era program. >> what's new at this. point is that the frequency with which. these drones are flying. >> over mexico. is. >> much more ramped up than. >> under biden. >> and. >> you know, one month. >> that trump has come into office. >> secondly, trump is using, you know, he he and his team are basically threatening mexico, which is. >> crack down on fentanyl. >> although when. >> they say crack. >> down. >> it's very vague. >> crackdown on fentanyl. >> and we will do things like. >> ward off tariffs. >> and so trump and his. >> administration are. >> trying to get their. >> mexican counterparts to act on. >> the intelligence. >> that this program is

providing. >> yeah, i understand that. just a couple of minutes ago, someone was able to essentially scream a question to mexican president claudia sheinbaum, who said her reaction to these reports are that the la campanita this is part of the campaign, the little campaign. i don't know what she was referring to there, but i'm just wondering, julian, what is your reaction to this? >> well, i mean. >> jose, assuming. >> that this is cooperative, the mexico obviously knows about it. they've agreed to it. they're taking some of the information and using. it ostensibly to shut down these fentanyl labs. this is part of the constructive cooperation that can exist between two countries and does exist between the us. >> and mexico. >> so apart from all of the bluster and the threats that you hear from trump on immigration, the cooperation still does run underneath that surface. but as

maria points out, and kudos to her and her team at the new york times for uncovering this. there is an implicit threat. this is moving in more to the pentagon and a military style operation. >> and what happens. >> for instance, if trump. decides to do something crazy. >> like actually. >> go on offense and use a drone offensively on one of these, these supposed fentanyl labs and mexican civilians get killed. that's the kind of thing that i think we need to be concerned about. hopefully that's. >> not. >> going to happen, and they're going to be able to get the information they need and shut down these fentanyl labs. but really quickly, just. >> as a. >> thought experiment, illegal guns coming from the us into mexico is a problem. >> for mexico. >> so let's. say that mexico flew its drones over. >> texas. >> for instance, and one day said, you know what? we think that illegal stash of weapons needs to be obliterated. and they used a drone offensively, and that killed us civilians. >> that would. >> be a. huge problem between

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community, from city politicians, several of whom have called on the mayor to resign, particularly. >> after. >> his appearance on fox. news last week, appearing alongside tom homan, who's the immigration czar, and talking about basically the steps adams is going to take to help enforce immigration, he referenced an executive order that. he signed. that's something that he could. have signed six months ago, a year ago. >> so that's not. >> something that's particularly new. and the question here is based off of what is happening in the judicial system. so the political question on whether he's going to resign or not. obviously, the four deputy mayors, including his first deputy and the mayor of deputy mayor of operations, an incredibly important position in new york city government. i mean, those four individuals, particularly the three women you see on the screen, there are the ones that the buttons and the levers of the power and the mechanics of this city. and so the fact. >> that they've. >> resigned, they've been loyal to the mayor, they've been part of his inner circle for a long time, is really a devastating blow to him and the office. that's the reason why hochul is looking at it. there's the legal

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vote on a procedural step to begin his confirmation process, but he could be confirmed as soon as thursday. and despite all the controversy around kash patel, the talk that he has made about political retribution using the department of justice as a tool for political retribution against donald trump's political enemies, the role he played in the stop the steal effort in 2020, he's received almost no pushback from republican senators. his confirmation hearing while he faced a lot of tough questions from democrats, he faced almost no tough questions from republicans. and while we've seen republicans push back on some of these more controversial nominees like robert f kennedy jr, like tulsi gabbard, like pete hegseth, all of them have ultimately gotten confirmed. so in patel's case, not only has he not received the type of scrutiny that some of these other nominees have had, it seems very likely that he will also cruise to confirmation later this week. remember, any of these nominees can afford to lose up to three republican votes and still win

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play. racism and discrimination. did you experience any of that? >> oh, sure. but i didn't care what you said to me. as long as you didn't bother me, it didn't bother me. >> instead, many local black caddies focused on reading the greens, becoming experts of the course, and the secret weapon for golfers like arnold palmer and jack nicklaus. inspired by it all. dent decided to take his swing. >> it was a long journey. it was hard. >> turning pro in 1966, going on to win a dozen senior pga tour tournaments. what do you feel like that first job as a caddie gave you? >> it gave me everything i own. if i didn't learn how to do caddy, i never would have been the golfer that would have made the little money i made. you know. >> in the 1980s. after nearly 50 years, augusta national began allowing outside caddies and the black caddies all but vanished. now 85, dent reflects on the irony of that original rule

rooted in racism. and so you all learned. >> by caddy. >> and when the time came. >> it was easy. >> you were ready to take your place out there? >> yeah. >> claiming their spot in a storied tradition as masters of the green in their own right. priscilla thompson, nbc news, augusta, georgia. >> and that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can always reach me on social media at jd, and you can watch clips from our show at youtube at msnbc. com. thank you for the privilege of your time. picks up with more news right now. >> right now on msnbc reports a jaw dropping scene on a toronto tarmac as a delta airlines jet crashes and flips over with 80 people on board. amazingly, everyone survived. what we know now about what caused the wreck. coming up. and the resignations continue in washington as the social security adm