>> of. my prized possessions. >> this incident. >> and others, prompting the fbi to issue a formal warning to. >> sports leagues about organized. >> theft targeting. >> their athletes. >> now. >> as for the break in at nicole kidman and keith urban's home. police have not yet named a suspect or said if they believe a similar transnational group might be. behind it. >> the burglary. >> did happen around the same time that beverly hills police arrested. three people who they say are allegedly connected to burglaries carried out by. south american crews. but it's unclear if that incident was connected. there have been a string of recent break ins in wealthier parts of l.a. in recent weeks. now, as for the couple, neither have publicly. >> commented on what happened. >> back to you. >> liz creutz, thanks for that reporting. that does. >> it. >> for us today. great to have you with us. i'll see you back here tomorrow. same time, same place. i'm ana cabrera, reporting from new york. jose diaz balart picks up our coverage right now. >> good morning. 11 a.m.

>> eastern, 8 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we begin with president trump's sweeping. >> crackdown on the. >> federal government with the. >> help of elon musk. >> thousands of federal workers are fired. musk defended his efforts to root out what he calls government waste. >> listen to. >> what he said last night, appearing side by side with president trump in a fox. >> news interview. >> if the will of. >> the president. >> is not implemented. >> if the. >> president is representative of the people, that means the will of the people is not being implemented. and that means we don't. >> live in a democracy. we live. >> in a bureaucracy. and so i think what we're seeing here is the sort of the thrashing of the bureaucracy. >> as we. >> try to restore democracy and the will of the people. >> it comes. >> as a judge. refused to block the department. >> of government efficiency, or. >> doge from. >> accessing federal data systems and making personal decisions. >> judge tanya chutkan. >> said the. >> possibility that. >> doge could harm. >> the 14 states that followed the lawsuit. >> is not enough. >> to. >> stop its activities. joining

us now. >> nbc's garrett. >> hake, former democratic senator heidi. heitkamp from north dakota. she is. >> the. >> director of the university of chicago institute of politics. >> and former republican. >> congressman carlos curbelo from florida. >> he is also an. >> msnbc political analyst. >> and garrett. >> just before we get into the doge issue, just moments ago, the president posted on truth social. >> about zelensky. >> and ukraine. >> what did he have to say? >> yeah, not a friendly post by any stretch of the imagination. jose, our readers can look it over now, but they will have to read quickly because it is a lengthy missive from donald trump. the relationship between he and zelenskyy seems to have gone south over the last week or so. since that conversation with vladimir putin. he concludes this post, which is too long and has too many questionable claims for me to fact check in its entirety by saying that zelensky has done a terrible job and that his country is shattered. trump argues that it's only trump who can end the war in ukraine between ukraine and russia. now this comes on the heels of zelenskyy suggesting, i think

just yesterday all starts to blur together, that the president was trapped in kind of a disinformation space and that he might be susceptible to lies from vladimir putin. and trump last night claimed that it was somehow zelenskyy or ukraine's fault that the war in ukraine began, despite the fact that it was russian invasion of that country. so the latest step in a back and forth that shows no signs of abating, as the president and the russians have begun this delicate dance towards trying to find a solution to the war in ukraine, which both sides say for now will include ukraine. but reading that, that truthsocial post, it's hard to see how that relationship is going to work. >> yeah. i mean, and just adding to. >> some of what the president said. and gary, you're. absolutely right. i mean. >> this is a long. >> post he. says about zelenskyy. >> a dictator without elections. >> zelensky better. >> move fast. >> or he. >> is not going to. >> have a. >> country left. in the meantime. >> we are successfully. >> negotiating an. end to the war.

>> with russia. senator heitkamp, this is and, you know, garrett was talking about this has kind of. been on. the increase in the last couple of. >> days. >> but these. >> last 24. >> hours, it seems as though president trump is. >> you know, drawing a line. against zelensky. >> well, he's. >> definitely ratcheting up. >> the rhetoric. >> the question. >> is. >> whether that rhetoric. >> is bluster or whether it's. >> for real. let's admit it. >> this relationship has not been good from the very. >> beginning. >> when zelensky refused. >> to. >> play ball. >> on the. >> biden investigation. and so, you know, donald trump is somewhat. >> on a revenge tour. >> let's just all admit that. and so. >> has very. >> little or no respect for someone who has really led his country and been the moral fiber of his country for the last four years. i think the real question is when does congress engage? when do they step back and say, we're all with ukraine? you need

to step back. we need to be standing with our allies in europe, and we need to be standing with ukraine and western democracy. and i don't think. that's going to happen. so let's see. let's see. >> how. >> that plays out. >> up on the hill. >> yeah. i mean, senator. >> foreign policy. >> is a purview of the executive. and in this. >> case, this is, you know, this. >> conversation that's going on in riyadh. >> yesterday between the united states, saudi arabia and russia, at which ukraine wasn't even invited to participate in. and zelensky. later said he was not going to be going to riyadh. >> for. >> at least the. >> next month. >> it just. seems as though, senator. i just don't know. >> what congress's role could be on this. >> well, i. >> mean. >> you you have. >> the power of the purse. and certainly. there was broad support for providing assistance and help for ukraine. and i think that zelensky understands that that may not be

forthcoming, given the president's willingness to basically ignore appropriations. and so the question now becomes what is europe do? and i think the wake. up call came last week at the munich conference. >> we'll see if europe. >> is willing to stand with zelensky and western democracy. and i think trump cannot negotiate this alone without if europe stands up, he can't negotiate it alone without europe and without ukraine. >> carlos. i mean, no doubt congress has the power of the purse. but in this case, how do you see this? >> well, jose. >> i agree with senator. >> heitkamp that. >> this could put a. >> strain on. >> the president's relationship. with congressional republicans. >> there are bipartisan majorities. >> in both. >> houses that support ukraine. >> and while. >> certainly the. >> executive conducts foreign. >> policy. >> congress funds it. >> and in the. >> senate. >> four republicans get together. and they have leverage. >> in the house. >> two republicans. >> can get.

>> together right now, and they have leverage. the president. >> has. a very. >> aggressive, ambitious. >> agenda for the republican congress. so some of these members can. >> stand up and say, hold on a second. >> if we're going to do all of this, we need. your cooperation here. we want you to. >> be perhaps a little more supportive. >> of ukraine. of course, the great irony in what. >> you. >> read is that the dictator in all of this is vladimir putin, who. >> hasn't held legitimate elections in. >> a very long time. >> and i'm just. >> you know. >> going forward into to the senator's point. >> carlos. >> you know. where the responsibility. >> of. >> congress and we just established that. but then europe. >> which is i guess, looks like it's being. sidelined every. >> every day. >> this conference. >> that they had. >> in paris that really didn't get too much. where is. >> i mean. >> is there. >> a new. >> axis of influence. >> in the world led by the united states, including russia. and excluding europe? >> there's clearly a. massive disruption going on, jose. but again, the role of congress is important. right now. there are

congressional delegations. at nato. >> in belgium trying to figure. >> all of this out and. >> sending a. >> bipartisan message to our european allies. that at least congress is still. standing with them in this whole conflict. >> i haven't seen him standing on any of this. but, you know, maybe it could happen. maybe not. but, garrett, let's go back to the whole doge issue, if we could. the washington post is reporting firings at the department of defense. are expected to start soon. what other cuts are we. expecting going forward? >> well, jose, the president and elon musk have both teased the idea that they need to get under the hood at the pentagon over the last several weeks. that's where the bulk of what's called discretionary federal spending takes place, essentially everything that's not already locked up in entitlements or interest rates on debt, about 14% overall of congressional federal spending is at the pentagon. we could continue to see other staff cuts there, although obviously the majority of pentagon employees are uniformed folks, not civilians. you can't go around firing master sergeants the same way. you could lay off probationary

staffers at other agencies. but there are certainly contracts that could potentially be canceled at the pentagon. elon musk, for example, has been a huge critic of manned fighter jets, something that the congress and the pentagon have spent an enormous amount of money on in the past. so i suspect we'll start to hear more rumblings of doge staffers inside the pentagon. likewise, we're also hearing from other agencies who are starting to fire and lay off people beyond just these so-called probationary employees. department of homeland security, for example, my colleague julia ainsley reported, citing two sources, is going to lay off hundreds of senior level officials who the trump administration believes are not in line with their priorities on issues like immigration. so expect to see these firings continue for the short term here, especially after this federal district court judge ruled yesterday that the doge, or at least the federal government, has the authority to continue making these cuts for now. >> you know, and, senator, as we hear more and. >> more cuts, we're also hearing stories of some federal workers

who are being impacted by these cuts. one of them did not want to show his face on camera. but take a listen to some of these comments. >> i am. >> here in this. >> job because i care. >> about the results. i actually get to. >> work on things. >> that make. >> people's lives. >> better there. that's a. >> dream come true. >> for me. >> my supervisor. >> had sent me a text. >> message saying that she received a. she was cc'd on. >> the. >> email from the upper. >> administration that said. >> i had. >> been terminated. >> i loved. >> you know, having discussions about the value of these places. >> we don't have any skin in. >> this game. >> other than public service. >> our nation's. >> wildfire response. >> system transcends politics because wildfire transcends politics. >> how do all those people we just heard from. live outside the washington. >> d.c. area? >> these cuts are having an impact. >> throughout our country? >> well. >> without a doubt, you just in my state alone, they're laying off fsa farm service agency

workers right before the spring planting. and, you know, that may not be that popular. and so, you know, what's interesting. >> is they talk about probationary employees. >> but if you. move to. >> another level. >> you're on probation in that job. so a lot. of these employees are very senior. and i will tell you, when i was in the senate, i served on the committee that dealt with federal workforce. guess what? we were worried about the quality of the federal workforce and whether we could recruit great federal workers. what do you think is happening right now for any young person who is looking at this, who may have skills that we desperately need in public service, it really is the decimation of the reputation of public service, and that's beyond this administration. >> the radical. >> transformation of the. >> federal government was one of the key components of. >> then candidate. >> trump during the. >> whole campaign. >> how is the implementation of that promise being seen throughout. >> the country? >> well. >> i think politically.

>> the white. >> house still. has a lot. >> of public. support for what they're doing. >> this idea of shaking. >> up the federal bureaucracy, the idea. >> that the federal. >> bureaucracy is. >> bloated and inefficient, that. >> has really taken root in our country, and in part with good reason. sometimes people get frustrated. >> dealing with the federal government. >> we've seen plenty of. examples of inefficiency of waste, fraud and abuse. >> so i think. for now. >> the president. >> still has the. public behind. >> him on this front. what could change it? >> the human stories. >> i mean, you watch those stories and they. >> really do touch your heart. >> and then if. something breaks, right, let's say. >> something happens. >> at the faa. >> food inspections, our nuclear program, they're. >> federal employees that are being fired who work. >> on these issues. so if something happens. >> to. >> break, then that could blunt the administration's momentum. but for now, i. >> really do think the public is. behind this idea. >> of transforming. >> the federal government. >> garrett. just last night, elon musk was asked about potential conflicts of interest in this new role. take a listen to what he had to say.

>> i mean. >> i haven't asked. >> the president for anything ever. >> and if. >> it comes. >> up. >> how will you. >> handle it? >> well. >> he won't be involved. >> yeah, i'll. >> i'll recuse. >> myself if. >> it is. >> if there's a conflict, he won't be involved. i mean, i wouldn't want that and he won't want it. so garrett musk says that he'll recuse himself if there's a conflict. >> of interest. but with. >> the responsibility falling on the president. >> how do we know. >> if there was ever. >> a conflict of interest? >> well, we don't, jose, and this is the problem here. i mean, this is a system entirely based on the honor system between these two men, the way they've described it, that musk would come to the president or that the president would disqualify musk on anything where there's a conflict of interest. and i think we can already, you know, reasonably assume that there are conflicts, at least in the spaces in which he's operating. spacex, for example, his rocket company has enormous contracts with the pentagon, with nasa, with the federal government, his automobile company, tesla, works with the department of transportation, is subject to, you know, various lawsuits and regulations. i mean, he has

enormous amounts of business in front of the federal government. and i think it's just a question of how he defines a conflict is essentially what we're waiting on for him or president trump to tell us that there was one. there is no transparency in that regard beyond what they choose to offer when it comes to conflicts of interest. >> and, carlos, if. >> these. >> cuts continue, i. >> mean, do you think there. >> and. >> you kind of mentioned. >> it, but if these cuts continue, do you think there will be. >> a line in the american public's. >> perception of. >> cost benefit analysis going. towards cost? >> yeah. look. >> at some point any effort like. >> this can go. >> too far. >> and that's really when the public starts pushing back again. the human stories matter. i think people. >> want to. >> see these federal. workers treated fairly. >> and also. >> you know, the, the. >> the goals. >> and the tasks. >> of the federal government are important. >> and there's the. >> nuclear arsenal there. i mean, the federal government does so many things. to keep. >> us safe. >> and to keep the country running. >> every day. >> that if there's a breakdown. >> and. >> they can point to.

>> this dodge effort as being responsible. >> for. >> it. >> that could really have. >> a negative effect. >> i thank you. >> so very much. >> carlos curbelo, heidi heitkamp, and garrett hake. >> thank you. >> very much for being with us this morning. up next, what. >> vladimir putin. >> just said. >> about possibly. >> meeting with president trump. we're going to get a live update back at home. >> new york city. >> mayor eric adams will soon. >> go. >> before a. >> judge who's. >> going. >> to consider. >> the doj's controversial request to drop. >> corruption charges against him. and right now, president trump's nominee for labor. secretary facing questions on capitol hill, the one. >> republican who could. >> stand in her way. >> you're watching jose diaz-balart. diaz-balart. >> reports [♪♪] are you one of the millions of americans who suffer from an upset stomach after a big meal? try pepto bismol. unlike some products, pepto coats and soothes your digestive system, to provide fast 5-symptom relief. stock up on pepto today. when emergency strikes, first responders are the first ones in... but on outdated networks, the crucial technology they depend on, is limited.

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have been killed. joining us now from eastern ukraine is nbc's richard engel. hey, richard, how are the president's comments resonating there in ukraine? >> hello, jose. >> i'm having a little bit. >> of an audio issue right now, but i can tell you these latest comments reflect a. much worsening relationship between president trump and zelensky. >> and that was. >> something that was to be anticipated, that. president trump, during his inauguration, during his first term in office. never seemed to be impressed with president zelensky, didn't seem to like him. and this is now starting to play out. for a while, president zelensky wasn't pushing back. president zelensky in interviews that i did with him and others, was really trying to avoid taking on president trump was doing his best to flatter the president. but it seems that the way that these negotiations have begun have really made him

uncomfortable. and now you're starting to see president zelensky starting to put his foot down, make much stronger statements. and now trump is responding. so the relationship between these two leaders is deteriorating. it seems it seems by the hour. and the latest statement that you mentioned on truth social is quite disparaging. president trump calls zelensky a moderately successful comedian, called him a dictator. he said that there's been no elections here. there haven't been elections here since the war started. there is a state of martial law that that is true. he said that he has very low approval ratings. his approval ratings still remain relatively high. and he said that unless he acts quickly, he's not going to have a country left saying that that russia is going to continue its war and might end up prevailing, that these kinds of comments and the fact that president trump is starting his negotiations by talking with russia, is making many ukrainians nervous, making

president zelensky feel that he's being cut out of discussions that could change the future borders of this country. and as you said, he in in perhaps his strongest comments yet against president trump. but right now, president zelensky is really one of the only world leaders pushing back against president trump. you've seen european leaders talking amongst themselves, but not taking them on in a serious way. whenever president trump has pushed for tariffs, world leaders have folded in front of him. and now president zelenskyy said that he thinks that president trump is trapped in this disinformation bubble. and it reflects what he's been saying in the past, that he thinks that president trump is echoing too much russian propaganda when it comes to the war, because these same points about his legitimacy, because of the emergency law here, imposed because of the russian invasion is something that that russian tv often talks about. >> jose richard engel. >> in.

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hill right now. a senate committee. >> is holding a confirmation. >> hearing for president. >> trump's nominee to. be labor secretary, lori chavez-deremer, but she's facing pushback from some republicans, including kentucky senator rand paul, over what. critics say is her support for a bill that favors labor unions. >> the chairman asked you, and then the. >> ranking member asked. >> you, do you. >> still support the pro act? the reason we want to. >> know is this is a. tremendous sort of invasion. >> of the states rights. >> to decide these. this would be overturning. >> the right. >> to work. >> laws in. >> half of. >> the country. >> nbc news chief capitol. >> hill correspondent ryan nobles. >> is. >> with us. ryan, good morning. >> so what's the pushback from these republicans? >> well. >> they are. >> just worried. >> that chavez-deremer might be a little too pro-union in. the responsibility of being the next labor secretary. and oftentimes, as the administrations go back and forth, democrats will often appoint a labor secretary. that's very pro-union, often

sometimes comes from a union shop. well, on the other side, republicans are looking for someone that's a little bit more pro business in that position. >> and this is actually an. >> interesting dichotomy. >> in. kind of. >> the direction of the republican. >> party right. >> now, because republicans. >> are making. >> tremendous inroads with. union members across the country, blue collar workers in particular, which is part of the reason that trump. picked someone like chavez-deremer for this job. listen to how she. >> responded to this criticism. >> over her. >> past support for these late pro-labor bills. >> i signed on to the pro act because i was representing oregon's. fifth district, but i also signed on to the pro act. >> because i. >> wanted to be at that table and have. >> those conversations. >> but i fully, fairly and support states who want to protect their right to work. i have said that to every senator that i have visited. >> you no longer support. >> the aspect of the. >> pro act that. >> would have overturned state right to work laws. >> yeah. >> there were so many parts. >> that's a yes. >> yes. >> so the. >> question is, will this.

>> be enough for republicans? but even if she loses for republicans, which would be enough to sink her nomination, would there be some. >> democrats that. >> backfill and give her the votes that. >> she. >> needs to get over the finish line? >> right now. >> democrats aren't inclined to really support anything that donald trump is doing right now, so that at this point remains an open question, as does her potential confirmation. >> so, ryan, just as far as the process and the procedures for her to get to a full vote, is that in jeopardy? and so. what what. >> are the steps here? >> yeah, it's a great question, josie. so she needs to get out of committee first before she could even potentially get a vote on the floor. and rand paul, as you saw there, sits on the committee which would determine whether or not she gets to a full vote on the floor. now, there is a scenario where perhaps rand paul expresses his displeasure with her as a nominee, but still allows her to get to the floor for a full vote. >> and there's even an. >> opportunity for the majority leader to end run the committee process to allow her to get a full vote on the house on the

senate floor. the question, though, is just how insistent donald trump is in getting her confirmed as the next labor secretary. >> right now, at. >> this point, he has not made it as clear as he has with some of his other nominees, like, for instance, pete. hegseth as the secretary of defense. but as this has gone, jose, throughout this process, donald. >> trump. >> has gotten what donald trump wants. now, she's not as conservative as some of the other nominees that he's put forward, but we'll have to see. >> if. >> he sticks. >> with that goal of getting all of his cabinet picks confirmed. >> ryan nobles. >> on capitol hill. >> keep us updated on this, if you would, i appreciate it. and now to new york city, where. >> mayor eric. >> adams is scheduled to appear in federal court for a hearing this afternoon to discuss the justice department's efforts to drop the bribery and corruption case against him. it comes after new york governor kathy hochul met with local leaders yesterday, as she weighs whether to remove adams from office. this in the wake of four deputy mayors resigning. >> in protest on monday. >> with us now, nbc's. >> tom. >> winter outside the federal

courthouse in lower. >> manhattan, and. >> emma fitzsimmons, new york times city hall bureau chief. so, tom, what can we expect in today's hearing? >> well, typically, jose, if. >> there was. >> going to be a dismissal hearing when prosecutors want to. drop a case, i would say, well, in 15, 20 minutes we would be in court and out of court because these things are typically pretty pro forma. that's because the executive branch, which of course, of the justice department in this case has the authority under the courts to bring indictments, but also to dismiss them, and usually without a lot of inquiry from the courts. but given the extraordinary circumstances of this case, the questions raised by former federal prosecutors, now former federal prosecutors after they resigned about whether or not this case in the way that they're trying to dismiss it, dismissing it without prejudice, meaning that these charges could eventually come back. does that amount to some sort of a concern? and it's been raised in the courts in case law that goes back over 70 years. the idea of, could you make a public official do something you want them to do,

kind of coercing them in exchange for not bringing federal charges? and that's something that the courts have cautioned against in the past. there's also a second circuit opinion that governs this particular district court saying, you know, look, generally, yes, you have to dismiss if you're a federal judge and federal prosecutors want to dismiss. however, we're here to look out for the public interest and the public good. and so if for some reason the judge feels that this goes against that, they can conduct further inquiry, they could even appoint, ultimately a special prosecutor to bring the charges separately and apart and continue this case against eric adams. that's all very unlikely, jose. to be clear, the most likely outcome here today is this dismissal without prejudice, though, according to our colleague melissa russo at nbc, there has been some discussion about dismissing the case with prejudice. just dropping it all together here today and some discussions between attorneys about that. we'll see how it all plays out. about 2:00 eastern time.

>> and, tom, i mean, what. >> part of. >> deputy attorney general beauvais saying that the case is detracting from. mayor adams ability to help president trump's mass deportation program? >> how much could. >> that play into today's decisions? >> well, it could potentially bring one of be one of the reasons that's talked about in court. and it's our understanding that beauvais is going to be here himself. i think one of the things that people have to remember, the executive action, for instance, that the mayor took last week when tom homan, the border czar, was here in new york city. the mayor could have taken that action six months ago, a year ago. that's not something that's particularly new is an option for the mayor of the city of new york. it's not clear to me, absent his direct communication to the nypd, who is already said they'll help out on criminal matters involving deportations. what exactly? the mayor of the city of new york can do. so it's a little bit of a question here as to just how helpful the mayor could be. could that be a line

of inquiry for the judge? well we'll see. >> meanwhile, new. >> york governor hochul. >> is considering whether to remove mayor adams from office. she has that authority. what is she weighing? >> yesterday, she held a series of. >> meetings to. >> talk with. >> local elected officials. >> and al. >> sharpton about. the mayor's future. >> and she's. >> trying to. >> decide she's. >> really weighing. >> i have. >> this power, but. >> i should only use it in the most. >> you know. >> difficult circumstances. >> because the people of new york city. >> elected the mayor. >> and how our elected. >> officials feeling about whether the mayor. >> can govern. the city. >> it seems like. she had stayed with him through the federal. >> indictment. but the resignation. >> of those four deputy mayors. >> was concerning to her. >> she was. >> glad that they were there at city hall, sort of keeping the city on track. >> yeah. >> and so those four. resignations, that impact is mostly felt. you think? certainly not. i mean, it could be by the courts, but but by by

the governor's decision making process. >> yeah. these deputy. >> mayors. oversaw housing. >> and public safety. >> and really. important things here. >> in this city. and there's. >> a concern. >> of who is adams going to bring in to. >> replace those people. >> and can he effectively independently run the city with. >> all of the. >> challenges he's facing? >> yeah, i'm he's said over and over again, he won't resign. do you see any way that he could possibly step down? >> i think that. if the mayor is not going to resign under any circumstances on his own volition, there's. >> a couple. >> different ways that he could leave office. he could lose in the primary. >> in june. >> the governor. >> could remove him. >> or there is this sort of little. >> known committee called the inability committee. >> it's made up of some local officials. >> but the city council speaker, who would. serve on the. >> committee, said yesterday. >> that she didn't think. >> it. >> was a fair use. >> of. >> the committee unless the mayor was. incapacitated and unable. >> to. >> serve for health reasons. >> so but eric. >> adams, i've been covering. >> him for 4 or.

>> 5 years now, and he's not going to step down unless he's. >> forced to. >> so emma, with these four resignations, if the governor were to take the mayor out, who would be put in? >> so jumaane. >> williams would become acting mayor. >> he's the. >> public advocate. >> and that. >> could also. >> be something. >> that's on the governor's mind because. >> he is left leaning. he's a. >> devout progressive. he's criticized. >> the mayor on his policing strategies. and so some democrats are worried about having a left leaning mayor. >> take over. >> and then, of course, we have the idea that. >> andrew cuomo, the. >> former governor. >> could be. >> entering the mayor's. >> race any day. >> now, and he's. >> already sort of started to quietly campaign. >> and governor. >> hochul does. >> not get. >> along well with. >> andrew cuomo and doesn't. >> really. >> want to. >> see. >> him in that job, either. >> tom winter and emma fitzsimmons, thank you both very much. up next, pope francis battling double pneumonia. what the vatican is saying about his condition this morning. plus, we'll talk to a journalist who spoke exclusively with some of

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>> hit the runway. nbc's antonia horton joins. >> us now. >> from toronto. antonia. good morning. what's the latest in the investigation? >> good morning jose. >> well, right now behind. me here, investigators from canada, us. >> and representatives from delta are still on. >> the ground. >> doing work and assessing. >> the scene here. they are. looking at. >> the aircraft, of course. >> but still the. >> conditions on. >> the tarmac. >> these are the two sort of central pieces of this investigation here that. >> may end up. >> being multifactorial. what i mean by that is that there may be elements or concerns about the aircraft itself. >> but there are also. >> of course, the questions still about the role that the weather and particularly the wind may. >> have played in all of this. we know that. >> there were 40 mile per hour winds at. >> the time that the aircraft. >> made contact with the. >> tarmac here at toronto. >> pearson. >> but we're also now. >> starting to hear more. >> about what's. happened to the 80. >> people who were inside. thankfully, all. of them, miraculously, are alive. >> but 21 people were. >> taken to. area hospitals

yesterday. >> 19 had been. >> released, but we just learned our team, that one. patient was. >> released late. >> last night from a children's hospital. >> in the area as well. >> so that means there's only one person still. >> receiving medical. >> treatment at this time. >> and there are the obvious. physical injuries that. >> people could experience. in a crash like this. >> they described from first responders, people. >> responding to back sprains. >> to head injuries. but there's also. >> the mental and emotional. >> toll that this has taken. >> our team has spoken. >> to people. >> who described hanging upside. down like bats inside the aircraft, and just experience. >> the immense. shock from all of that. jose. >> as you can. >> imagine, that's going to stay with people here for. >> some time. >> antonia hylton, thank you so very much. and right now, pope francis remains in the hospital in rome with double pneumonia. the 88 year old pontiff, facing what the vatican calls a, quote, complex clinical picture. joining us now from the vatican is nbc's claudio lavanga.

claudio, what's the latest on the. >> pope's condition? >> good morning jose. well. >> the vatican. >> early this morning. >> said. >> that the. >> pope had a restful night. he woke up, had breakfast and even managed to get off the hospital bed and sit. >> in an arm chair. >> which is very good and reassuring. >> news. >> especially considering the latest statement. >> from the vatican last night. >> where they. >> said that the doctors. >> diagnosed a bilateral pneumonia, which of course it is dangerous for, especially for an 88 year old man with a history of respiratory. >> problems and other. health issues. >> and with. >> a weak. >> immune system. >> but the vatican said that. >> he is responding well, that he is in a good mood and he spends his days. >> eating. >> resting and even reading texts. >> and another sign that he's doing fairly well in the hospital comes from giorgia meloni, the italian prime minister, who today but a couple of hours ago said that she went to visit him in the hospital and she was very happy. she said to

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who. >> have said that they. >> are being held. >> against their will. >> they came to. >> the. >> united states. >> to seek asylum, were swiftly deported by. >> the united. >> states. >> and wound. >> up in. >> panama, never. >> expecting. >> of course, to be there. >> and julie, do we know how many in total have been deported from the united states and into panama? >> 300 people. have been. >> deported from the us. >> to panama. 170 or so of them. >> have told the international. organization for migration. >> which is working with the. >> panamanian government, that they. >> are willing to go. >> back to their countries. >> and so the iom is working. >> with the panamanian government to facilitate that. >> and another 100 or so of them have said, no, we don't feel that it's safe to go back to our countries. and those are the folks. >> who have now been transferred to this. >> camp by. the panamanian jungle. >> and so, julie, i mean, they're just being transferred to a camp. any indication by

panamanian authorities or anybody on what. their fate is? i mean, why do you send them from panama city, the capital, which you know, has an international airport, etc, to a camp in the darién area? >> i mean, the government has said that it was its plan to send some folks to this camp. it's not 100% clear why they would send them to this camp, but we know that for some, for some nationalities. >> it's very difficult. >> to send people. >> back to their home. >> either. >> because the governments. >> don't want. >> to accept them. >> or because. >> they don't have paperwork. and so the panamanian. >> government needs somewhere. >> to put them. i should add. >> julie, i mean, no, please. please do. >> yeah. you know, i just want to say that, you know, what this comes from is that, you know, the trump administration, as so many people know, has made these big promises to deport so many people from the united states. but it really struggles. >> to deport. >> folks from afghanistan, from china.

>> from iran, for. >> these reasons that we're talking about. and so it has basically created an arrangement with the panamanian government. the panamanian government is under intense pressure to please the trump administration, in which the panamanian government. >> says, okay. >> we'll take your most difficult cases. now. those most difficult cases are the challenge of the panamanian government, which, upon receiving these people, has locked them in that hotel, then transferred some of them to this jungle camp and we are told, has not allowed them access. >> to. >> lawyers or given them any indication of when they will be allowed to have any kind of freedom, if any at all. >> so with all of these realities, is there any law in any country that these human beings can exist under? >> sure. they're these human beings exist under many different laws. when they're in

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>> so far, more than 3200 early adopters have preordered their $300,000. all electric flying car, and the company is aiming to begin production by next year. but practicality might be where the. rubber meets the sky. only a few countries allow for the kind of road to air reality duchovny envisions. >> it's going. >> to be slow. incremental approach, which. >> is. >> good for legal. >> integration. >> which is good. >> for. >> consumer integration. >> but he says. >> as demand grows. >> regulations will catch up with the tech. >> for now, it's. >> still that. >> cutting edge. >> pie in the sky. steve patterson, nbc news, silicon valley. >> exactly what's needed in miami. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. cristina ruffini picks up with more news right now. >> right now on msnbc reports. president trump applauds elon

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