>> the reaction do you think. >> about ice. >> coming to knock on your front door? >> tea for president trump's first 100 days? alex wagner travels to the story to talk with people most impacted by the policies. >> were you there on january? >> i was there on january 6th. >> did it surprise. >> you that you were. >> fired. >> given how resolutely nonpartisan. >> you have been? >> and for more in-depth reporting, follow her podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> good day. i'm chris jansing, live at. msnbc headquarters in. >> new york city. >> is president trump ready to walk away? the future of u.s. support and u.s. aid for ukraine seemingly in doubt after president trump blasts president

zelensky today, saying america won't put up with this much longer. what exactly does that mean for a possible. peace deal? plus, fleeing the flames, wildfires erupt across the carolinas, ripping through bone dry forests, threatening homes and forcing officials to order evacuations. we're live with the dramatic images. and another monday, another missive from elon musk. federal workers on a deadline again to justify their jobs. something they may have to do now. every single week. we saw the chaos those demands caused last time. will it be any different now? so much to get to on a monday. but we start with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky taking steps to try to salvage his relationship with the us and president trump. he posted a video expressing gratitude to the us, a nod to president trump's demand that he be more appreciative. he spoke in ukrainian but with subtitles in english.

>> we. >> started america. >> nebula award. >> that message coming after the now infamous oval office blowup on friday, with trump officials and some congressional republicans lining up to take a shot at zelensky, questioning his motives and his leadership. house speaker mike johnson and senate senator lindsey graham actually suggested zelensky may need to resign if he doesn't change his approach. that's in sharp contrast to the warm reception he got from european leaders, who emerged from a summit in london with promises to draw up a peace plan and a pledge to provide billions more in additional aid to help turn ukraine. in the words of a european commission president into a steel porcupine. i want to bring in nbc's gabe gutierrez, who is covering the white house for us. so, gabe, has there been any efforts to get this relationship between president trump and president

zelensky back on track? what do we know about where things stand now? >> hi there chris. >> good afternoon. well. >> since here at the white house is that essentially the ball is in president zelensky's court right now? we understand from two administration officials that there have been discussions among administration officials with the president, president trump, that is about whether to potentially pause military aid to ukraine, although it's not clear if the president would take such a step. on friday, when he was asked flatly about it, he dodged the question. but as you said in that video that zelensky posted, it got president trump's attention when president zelensky said that a peace deal with russia was, quote, very, very far away. we'll just a short time ago, president trump posted on social media that this is the worst statement that could have been made by zelensky, and america will not put up with it much longer, is what i was saying. this guy doesn't want there to be peace as long as he is. he has america's backing. now. that is something that administration officials have said repeatedly.

several of them went on sunday shows yesterday talking about the progress in the negotiations. and right now it all appears deeply uncertain. listen to what secretary of state marco rubio had to say. the question now is, can we get them to a table to negotiate? that's our goal. don't do anything to disrupt that. and that's what zelensky did, unfortunately, is he found every opportunity to try to ukraine on every issue. i hope this could all be reset. i hope he comes to the realization that we're actually trying to help his country here. so again, chris, this all appears deeply uncertain at this point, and the white house does believe that it is up to president zelensky to come back to the u.s. and try to salvage this. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. i want to bring in nbc's chief international correspondent, keir simmons, who is in moscow for us. keir on sunday, the kremlin spokesman said, and i'm quoting the new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. this largely aligns with our vision.

can you explain what that means from president putin's perspective and the potential implications of it? >> well, the kremlin is watching, and what it sees is that it is now a major crisis for nato and for europe. just what gabe was reporting there, that there is, again, a conflict between president trump and president zelensky, a split while president trump was posting that message, the british prime minister was in parliament trying to reassure his parliamentarians. he was being praised for bringing the two sides together. at one point he said, well, we don't know anything about plans by the trump administration to pull away from ukraine. extraordinary. now look here in moscow, they see all this. so we had dmitry peskov, the kremlin spokesman, saying today we see the collective west has begun to

partially lose its unity, calling it a fragmentation. we have kirill dmitriev, putin's newly appointed envoy, posting on x over video of that clash between president trump and president zelenskyy. simply the word historic. a leading russian anchor describing president trump as behaving stoically, saying he stood up for vance like a lion and called said trump looked like a grand chess master. so what the russians are doing is they are praising president trump. they are doubling down on their attacks on president zelenskyy. and the same kind of language as you are hearing from the trump administration. and they are also doubling down on their fundamental demands, the kinds of demands you heard from president putin over many, many years. so the spokeswoman for the russian foreign office saying over the weekend, russia maintains that a truly just and lasting peace can only be achieved by addressing the root causes of the ukrainian crisis.

and, chris, you know, top of her list, of course, is the expansion of nato to russia's borders. so russia effectively saying if you want a deal, then you have to actually weaken nato. of course, frankly, where we are now, nato is being weakened. and the both the europeans and the washington, the trump administration don't seem able to back out of that, despite efforts on both sides to try to fix that challenge effectively. what russia is pursuing is a kind of divide and conquer strategy. so, for example, the foreign minister saying that the u.s. openly says it wants an end to the conflict in ukraine and on the other hand, saying europe insists on keeping the party going in terms of war. so trying to say there's a difference. there's a difference between you, the united states and europe, all of all of this, of course, comes after those bilateral negotiations between russia and

the us. and there are signs here in russia that the kremlin, the russian government officials would very much like to see normalization with the united states, even if there is no end to the war, and continuing to claim that it is the ukrainians and president zelenskyy who don't want an end to the war, despite lots of evidence that the russians may not want a ceasefire either. they have tens of thousands of troops still engaged. and of course, and here is some of the irony. if the trump administration does decide to pull back from its support toward ukraine, that might persuade the kremlin here to keep going, to see if it can achieve more of its aims on the battlefield. >> keir simmons, thank you. i want to bring in former cia director john brennan, who served under president obama and helped oversee the agency's investigation into possible russian interference in the 2016 election. he's also an msnbc senior national security and

intelligence analyst. it's always good to see you, mr. director. is vladimir putin in a stronger position now? is he more powerful today than he was just four days ago? >> well, i think. >> putin certainly. >> senses that donald. >> trump is more. inclined to support putin and russia in this. conflict with ukraine because as every day that passes, whether it. >> is a. >> us position. >> in the united. >> nations or. >> the. visit of zelensky to the oval office, it's clear that trump is trying to push zelensky into becoming as accommodating. >> as. >> possible to the russian position. so from. >> that. >> perspective, i think. >> putin is. >> feeling good. >> i think the. kremlin is. >> feeling as though things are moving in the right direction, which is why i. >> think. >> for a number of years, the russians have certainly wanted donald trump to be in the white house. >> there's been a lot of criticism of from republicans, frankly, of the way that they see. and again, it's exactly what president trump said. president zelensky disrespected

him and the united states in the oval office. i want to play some of what we've been hearing from members of the trump administration since friday, including the director of national intelligence and the national security adviser. >> he has. >> said. >> that he wants to. >> end this war. >> but he. will only. >> accept an end. >> apparently. >> that leads to what he views as ukraine's. >> victory, even if it comes at an incredibly. >> high cost. >> of potentially. >> world war three. >> or even a. >> nuclear war. >> if it becomes apparent that president zelensky either personal motivations or political motivations, or divergent from ending the fighting in his country, then then i think we have a real issue on our hands. >> as a former cia director, what are the implications of the us and those kinds of officials publicly, openly questioning whether volodymyr zelensky actually wants peace? do you think that there is anything to what they're accusing him of,

which is they seem to think he wants this war to go on? >> no, i quite. >> frankly, i think it's shameful. >> mike wallace. >> for many years was a very. stalwart supporter. >> of ukraine and opposed to the russian aggression against ukraine. and but right now. >> whether it's gabbard. >> or walls or rubio or others, they are just. >> demonstrating the. >> extent of their loyalty to donald trump. it is clear that in the oval. >> office. >> donald trump did not handle the situation with a wartime leader, zelensky, the way he should have as an american president. >> i think. >> he was upstaged. >> and unfortunately. >> i think donald trump was embarrassed and humiliated. in the eyes of everyone except those republicans who continue to, i think, fawn in front of donald trump. and so, therefore, again, the signals that are being sent both to russia as well as to our nato partners is that the very strong wall of support that has been in place over the past number of years in the united states for ukraine is crumbling and it's going to continue to crumble. but i

really hope that these individuals are going to find their principles in terms of what this means, not just for ukraine, in terms of the future. and what we don't want to do is to see ukraine surrender and give up all the territory that has been taken by russia. just because donald trump wants a deal, we have to make sure people understand what the implications are for european security, for u.s. national security, indeed, for international peace and security. if it's going to be that a country like russia can just use its military might and trample the sovereign border of another state, this is something that i think has to be opposed, and the united states needs to continue to adhere to its principles and its values that. it's maintained for the past 80 years, since world war two. >> a u.s. official has confirmed to nbc news that defense secretary hagel has ordered the u.s. to suspend offensive cyber operations against russia, although we should note that that order did come down before what we saw in the oval office on friday. but the paper notes this could be designed to entice

russia back to the negotiating table. do you think that's possible? and is it a worthwhile gamble? >> i don't know what. >> the facts are here. >> but i think it has. >> to be made quite. >> clear that we are very concerned. about russia's continued use of cyber operations to undermine our security. the russians have been relentless. they continue to attack us every day on the cyber front. and so therefore, i hope this administration is not going to be naive. and to think that by pulling back on some of our cyber activities and operations to defend our country, our infrastructure, our businesses and government, this is going to be received well by the russians. no, i think the russians are going to take advantage of that. and so, again, this is something that i think this administration, as it continues to move very recklessly on so many different fronts, has to be very mindful that what they're doing now really has long term implications as far as u.s. national security is concerned. and as so many people have spoken out against what the trump administration is doing right now in ukraine, i think we

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is a state of emergency right now in south carolina, where 175 weekend wildfires forced frantic evacuations. video show masked neighbors sprinting away from the smoke as fire trucks speed in to tackle the flames. >> i didn't. >> realize how bad the fire was. >> you just hear. >> like a tornado. >> going off in the middle of the trees. >> i was. >> like, wow. >> i think. >> i need to evacuate. >> i have seen. >> several neighbors putting out fires. in their individual grass yards. >> we're doing our best. >> hundreds of fires also sprang up in north carolina, oklahoma and east tennessee. and red flag fire warnings went up in texas and georgia. nbc's is reporting from atlanta. also with me, nbc meteorologist bill karins. priya, this all comes as fema reports cuts to its top emergency managers. but give us a sense of what the battle looks like in multiple states today.

>> yeah. >> that's right. incredibly scary pictures developing over the weekend. as you mentioned, in south carolina, where we've seen the peak of destruction. 175 wildfires burning simultaneously 5400 acres, prompting the governor there to issue a state of emergency and a statewide burn ban for residents. we saw eight neighborhoods around the myrtle beach area get evacuated as of yesterday, but as of last night, those residents are now allowed to go back to their homes. the good news right now is that we haven't heard of any structure damages or any people being actually injured in south carolina, but we do know that the army national guard there was deployed, blackhawk helicopters were being used to pour 600 gallons of water onto the fires. but as you mentioned, this is an exclusive just to south carolina. we have also seen these weather conditions in tennessee, georgia and north carolina as well, especially over the last seven days. this is really peak fire season right now in this region. the la nina

weather conditions make it ripe for these fires to just continuously burn. it's extremely dry and incredibly windy. and the fire officials, especially in south carolina, were reporting that it was incredibly erratic, that embers in one area were just flying off to other areas and sparking other fires. but we do know that as of right now, that number 175 has been reduced to about 163 with a 30% containment. so it looks like that things are moving in a positive direction. and there is a cold front expected to come in with some much needed rain to this area. so hopefully the fire officials and the emergency responders can get things under control in the next 24 hours. chris. >> priya, thank you for that. bill. what are the conditions today for fire risk in the south? >> much better because over. >> the weekend it was windy. today the winds are actually down. i mean, they actually had an air quality problem this morning because all that smoke got trapped right near the ground and visibility was bad and the air quality, and we're mostly talking about in between

conway and myrtle beach. most of the pictures that you saw were from the ori fire and horry county just north of myrtle beach, and this was right near carolina forest, and it didn't burn any houses. amazingly, they say firefighters did an amazing job siding on a bunch of homes in a couple of neighborhoods melted, but the homes themselves did not catch, and they're not a total loss. so on visible satellite, you can't even see any smoke this morning. here it looks clear as could be. so that's good. there's no any active flames. they've all been knocked down. the containment lines are being made. there's about 12 different fire departments have been on this ori fire here. that was the largest at 1600. containment at 30%. and that means they have 30% of it with lines around it. but the active flames have been knocked down by aircraft. so we should see things improving. and we do have rain on the way as we go throughout tomorrow into wednesday. this is heavy rain, maybe even thunderstorms, so this will put an end to all of this mess on the not just south carolina, but all through the east coast with this next storm. and this storm is going to cause some serious problems today. it's just snow in the higher terrain. but late tonight we have a tornado risk. severe

thunderstorm risk. our friends from oklahoma city to wichita falls, even dallas is included in this. and this is one of those nocturnal overnight events. so tornado sirens could be going off in the middle of the night and waking people up in this region here from north texas through a good chunk of central portions of oklahoma, including oklahoma city. notice that this is at 1 a.m, that we're showing thunderstorms near there, and then this entire line plows through the southeast as we go throughout the day. tomorrow. again, additional tornadoes will be possible from shreveport to central louisiana, southern portions of arkansas, really little rock southward and then eventually into southern mississippi. and then finally we'll watch this line get into the east coast on wednesday. but chris, this is going to be a classic spring storm. we're going to have tornadoes. we're going to have blizzard conditions in the plains and a lot of strong, gusty winds on the backside of it, which could mean additional fire concerns in the middle of the country behind this storm. it's that time of year in spring where we get it all. >> bill karins, thank you. and still ahead, we have some new polling on what the country thinks about doj's fast, furious and broad budget cuts. it's not

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voters were quick to voice their unhappiness and discontent. >> in those. >> programs that. our our daca. >> lots of boos, but elon musk is doubling down with a new midnight deadline tonight for federal workers to list their accomplishments and instructing them going forward to report their activities every week. let's bring in nbc news white house correspondent vaughn hillyard. also with me, nbc's laura strickler and former republican congressman carlos curbelo, who is an msnbc political analyst. so, carlos, you can hear the frustration from those crowds at the town halls. now, the polling data gives us a sense of how widespread it is. i should say only 39% have a favorable view of doge. the poll also shows 56% think trump is rushing to make

changes. but will this growing frustration have any impact politically on the white house, do you think? >> well. >> chris. >> this is more. >> important to congressional republicans than it is to donald trump, because they. are up next when it comes. >> to elections. >> 2026 is right around the corner, and there are a good number of. >> house republicans. >> who come from swing districts and a few senators who come from swing states. so that's why you're hearing. >> them sound. >> the alarms and. quietly push back against the administration, saying, you're going too fast on this doge effort. >> i'm sure. >> a lot. of people are for reforming the government, making it more efficient. >> but how. >> you do that matters. and these first few weeks have been controversial, chaotic. elon musk taking the lead, as you just said, he is not popular. we saw that in that poll. so it's going to be congressional republicans who are going to be sounding the alarm because they remember what 2018 was, which was the midterm of president trump's first term. well, they don't want to have the same fate

in 2026 because back in 2018, 40 house seats were lost. those are the people who are most paying attention to these polls right now. >> despite the public frustration, elon musk is not backing down. in fact, he's doubling down. what more can you tell us about his new directive to federal workers? >> right. and i think that this. >> new directive, which i'll tell. >> you about in a moment. >> is. >> i think. for really the first. >> time. >> a true. >> test and. >> challenge of whether. elon musk. >> in. >> the white. >> house, chris has direct power or indirect influential power. >> and that's because. >> an email that was received. >> by government. workers over this weekend told them that. >> yet again. >> they are. required to go. >> and send an email. >> about their list of. >> five accomplishments, and they're. >> supposed to. >> do it by the close. >> of business every single week on mondays. and i even received a text message from one government worker on saturday night who informed me that she had just received that email. in

the amount of confusion it stems, because it was coming from the office of personnel management, which we've already seen from one federal judge, stipulate that the office of personnel management or dodge, doesn't have the ability to unilaterally tell departments and agency workers what they can do, or whether, in the case of that actual federal judge ruling, whether individuals in these departments and agencies can be terminated, that it is the actual power of the agency heads and department heads to make these sort of requirements of their workers. and yet, what we saw elon musk do was go forward and tell these workers yet again, you know, you got to send this email back. and in a social media post on x, elon musk, he wrote in part that, quote, the president has made it clear that this is mandatory for the executive branch. anyone working on classified or other sensitive matters is still required to respond if they receive the email, but can simply reply that their work is

sensitive. so you hear and see elon musk directly citing the president of the united states, saying that it's required. now it's a matter of who are workers supposed to listen to the agency heads, the department heads, or elon musk? and i think that in a matter of days and weeks, it will be become very clear whether elon musk has that indirect, influential power over those agency heads or direct powers over the employees that are working within those agencies. >> carlos, if you were a betting man, how do you think this goes? >> look, i think that this is going to be an issue for the coming weeks. and the more i mean, remember that the full cabinet hasn't even been confirmed. all of these agency heads, they are going to want to lead their departments. and as long as elon musk is kind of hovering above them, that is going to be very difficult. and it's going to make for very uncomfortable cabinet meetings. and this is very important when it comes to the executive branch. right. the communication among all the different agencies, the autonomy that each

of these agency heads have to carry out their mission. in many cases, the president's own priorities. so this is going to be very unstable here until there is a clear message sent by the white house, by the president as to who is actually in charge. is it elon musk or is it the cabinet secretaries? >> meantime, laura, you've been doing some reporting about some unusually long lines outside of hud today. what's going on there? >> yeah. >> chris. so it started. >> early this morning around 6 a.m. >> when workers showed up. >> and they were told to go through. >> security. that was more. >> like tsa in. >> the airport. >> they had to remove. coats and sometimes shoes. they also had to put their bags through metal detectors. >> and sources told us this is a. new practice and something. >> that federal workers. >> at. >> hud have never had to. >> do before. >> however. >> this caused. >> some significant delays with lines stretching around the building. >> we asked. >> hud about it, and they told us that they could not comment on what had happened in the past, but they said while these

long lines weren't ideal, the department is pleased to see so many employees returning to work, and they say they'll continue to make adjustments for a safe and secure workplace. one hud worker told me. >> employees are. >> just trying to work, chris. >> but no indication that they're doing this because i don't know, there were threats or they're concerned about any kind of security problems. and is this going to be the way it is going forward? yeah, it's unclear, but. >> they did not say that they received any threats. so far. >> okay. carlos, nbc spoke to a group of fired federal workers who say, look, they understand the goal of shrinking the size of government, but they worry about the effects it will have. let me play that for you. >> to just kind of eliminate programs at random and eliminate employees at random does not achieve that goal. >> these are nurses. these are park rangers. >> these aren't. >> just people in. >> d.c. buildings. >> doing miscellaneous tasks.

>> i really worry about the future in which the federal civil service has been demonized, and we don't have skilled workers in the federal civil service. and things start to happen, like our parents and grandparents stopped getting their social security checks. >> well, you got to wonder, carlos, would it take something as drastic as social security checks not arriving to give president trump an elon musk a chance to rethink this approach to a complex issue? i think what you heard from that one employee, you know, sort of speaks to that poll that says americans think this is all just moving too fast. >> that's right. >> chris. when you hear those employees speaking, you really can understand why independent voters in particular are uncomfortable with the way in which this is being done. again, i think you can find a lot of support in the country across the board for making government more efficient, for getting rid of waste, fraud and abuse. but when it appears that federal employees are being bullied, that they're being badgered,

that they're being mistreated, that there isn't really a method here to this reorganization of the government, that people are being indiscriminately let go. and then if there are actual consequences as a result of that, where the government isn't meeting its mission to the public, that's when you can really start seeing these poll numbers collapse. and again, it's going to be congressional republicans who first say, no more of this. we need to take control of this whole of everything that's going on through the appropriations process and through congress's other tools, because they do not want to face a tough fight in november, which they likely will. right. given what we know about midterm elections for the party that controls the white hous >> vaughn hillyard, former congressman carlos curbelo and laura strickler. thank you all. up next, gazans mark ramadan amid the rubble as israel makes a new move to block humanitarian aid from entering the strip. we'll explain why next. and later, germany's carnival season

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a terrorist attack and are now trying to determine whether he acted alone. hamas praised the rampage but stopped short of claiming responsibility. that act of violence comes at a moment of high tension in the middle east, as the first phase of the ceasefire in gaza expires, with no clear plan in place for a phase two. the u.s. has proposed a deal that would extend the truce through ramadan, the muslim holy month that began over the weekend, and continue through the jewish passover holiday, when it ends on april 20th. a number of hostages would also be released. and now, in order to pressure hamas into accepting the terms, israel has stopped the entry of all humanitarian aid into gaza. nbc's matt bradley is reporting from tel aviv. matt, what more can you tell us about this plan and what comes next? >> yeah, i mean, this decision by the israelis yesterday, in order to halt new aid into the gaza strip has been widely condemned, particularly by qatar and egypt, the two intermediary states who have been dealing with a lot of these

negotiations, trying to extend this deal. and they're the ones who helped negotiate the deal in the first place back in january. and as you mentioned, you know, this is the month of ramadan, where muslims throughout the world, they fast all day and they gather together and they eat and as families. and so without this aid, there's going to be a lot of sparse tables around the gaza strip. so this is a really critical moment as well, because without this negotiation continuing, it looks as though basically the two sides, hamas and israel, could actually return to war. now, so far, it was hamas that has rejected this israeli proposal to extend the first phase of the deal, as you mentioned, that saw those mutual exchanges, palestinian prisoners for israeli hostages in the gaza strip. but it's israel who has so far said that they don't want to negotiate, to move on to phase two of the deal that was described in the initial deal back in january. phase two would see a more permanent treaty in the gaza strip and eventually

the full withdrawal of israeli forces from the gaza strip. now both sides, it looks like, are refusing each other's requests here. and that means that we are looking at a very, very difficult moment here, with both sides saying that they could potentially and are prepared to return to war. chris. >> matt bradley, thank you. well, it was, to put it simply, quite a moment. at the oscars last night, israeli and palestinian filmmakers side by side accepting the award for best documentary. no other land. they took the stage together to offer both hope and a blunt assessment of politics. >> may hope to my daughter that she will not have to live the same life i'm living now. we call on the world to take serious actions, to stop the injustice, and to stop the ethnic cleansing of palestinian people. we made this film palestinians and israelis. because together. >> our voices. >> are stronger. >> i look. >> at bassel. >> i see. >> my brother. >> but we are unequal.

>> we live in a regime where. >> i. >> am free. >> under civilian law, and bassel is under military. laws that. >> destroy his life. >> and he cannot control. there is a different path, a political solution, without ethnic supremacy. foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. >> the film is about a west bank village under israeli military occupation. reviews were strong, but it did not secure a theatrical distribution in the us, which the filmmakers attribute to the political sensitivities surrounding the war. nbc's chloe is here with me. aside from that moment, it wasn't a heavily political oscars. give us some of the highlights. >> it wasn't, but i just. >> want to say about. >> no other land, chris. >> that this is one of those. >> oscar moments. >> that should embolden and. >> empower filmmakers everywhere. this is a movie, like you said, that could not get. distribution with any sort of streamer. it couldn't get in theaters. they self-funded it to. >> put it. >> in theaters in select cities in the us. this is like the

little engine that could. and here it did. it won an oscar. there were not huge political moments last night, and there were a lot of reports that conan o'brien was specifically chosen by abc because he wasn't going to be overtly political and play it safe, and there were some soft undertones of politics throughout the night and some of the speeches. and i want you to take a listen. i am the first american. >> of. >> dominican origin. to accept an. academy award, and i know i will not be the last. >> and i believe. >> if the past can teach us anything, it's a reminder to not let hate go unchecked. >> norah is having a good night. >> yeah. >> that's great. >> yeah. >> that's great news. two wins already. i guess americans are excited to see somebody finally stand. >> up. >> to a powerful russian. our. >> so there was a little quip right there from conan about

trump not standing up to putin. but, you know, you heard adrien brody, who won the best actor oscar for his role in the brutalist. talk about antisemitism and talk about calling for peace. you heard from zoe saldana for her role in emilia perez, talking about being the daughter of immigrants from the dominican republic. so there were those moments, and you did see some people wearing lapel pins calling for a ceasefire in gaza and for calling for peace. but again, it wasn't an overtly political night. some people said that they wanted those water cooler moments on social media, that they found it to be a bit of a snooze fest. but again, we don't have the ratings just yet, so we don't know if people actually stayed and watched till the end. and again, the viewership for award shows continues to dwindle year after year. >> well. we also got defying gravity, so that. >> was that was magical and beautiful. >> truly. chloe melas, thank you. and because during an award show honoring the best in the

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more does the vatican is the vatican saying about the pope's condition? >> hi, chris. >> well, in the last hour. the vatican said that throughout the afternoon today, the pope suffered from. >> two acute respiratory. >> crises caused. >> by what they. >> say was. >> a significant accumulation of. >> mucus in his. >> airways, a consequence of that bilateral. pneumonia he's been suffering. >> from for more than two weeks now. as a consequence, the doctors. had to perform. >> two bronchoscopies. >> that and. >> that, you know. >> the they will the doctor. >> will correct me. >> if i'm wrong. it's a thin. >> tube they insert into his airways to look at the lungs, and also then they had to remove the excess mucus. then he was put back on that noninvasive mechanical ventilation system that is a mask that covers his mouth and nose to help him, that pumps oxygen to help him breathe. now, the vatican said that later in the day, the crisis was over. over. the pope is alert, was alerted all times.

he was cooperating all times. but at the same time, of course, the doctors say that especially after this latest crisis, the prognosis remains guarded. it means that the pope is not yet out of danger. chris. >> so, doctor gupta, the vatican's update, as we just heard from claudio, includes terms like acute respiratory insufficiency, aspiration of abundant secretions. put that into layman's terms and the level of concern it would mean for any patient at 88 years old. >> yeah. >> chris. >> i mean, this. >> is concerning. >> so acute respiratory. >> insufficiency essentially for. >> the lay public. >> that means. >> that he's. >> having trouble breathing and it's. >> happening quickly. >> and for many people. >> that. would mean. >> we would. >> to put somebody. >> on a ventilator. >> in his. >> case we're managing. >> it non-invasively. >> what does that mean for those that. >> might be familiar. >> with. >> the cpap mask at home for. >> sleep apnea? >> it's similar slightly different. >> but it's what we do in. >> the icu to prevent. >> it's an. >> intermediate step. >> to. >> prevent having to. >> go all the way. to a

ventilator. pope's very, very fragile right now. you know, we've been. >> watching this for. >> about a little over a week. >> he has underlying. >> lung disease. he's had part of his lung. removed chris. >> he has. >> underlying asthma. >> so what does that mean? that means when you add pneumonia on top, he's battling a severe infection. and he doesn't, like many of us have the ability to just cough that out over time. so secretions are pooling in his lungs and it's resulting in probably his inability, like today, to actually clear them. and he's having to have his doctors assist in clearance of those secretions through the insertion of a camera into his lungs. bronchoscopies, which, you know, i, as a pulmonologist, do all the time, but that's not a good sign that he needs that. and i do worry he might need more support in the form of a ventilator if this continues. >> so look what we've seen over the course of his hospitalization, vin, is that he's had setbacks and then improvements and then setbacks and then improvements, and now a setback again for someone with his medical history. as you said, he had part of a lung removed when he was a young man.

he has had respiratory problems in the past. what does this mean? is it to be i don't know if you would say, what is it to be expected, or does it make it all the more worrisome? >> this is to be expected in the. >> case of. >> somebody with his medical risk at his age, battling a severe pneumonia. this is very common for that specific type of patient. for those of your viewers who have been down this road with a family member or a loved one, or if they themselves have been down this road, you know that there is good days and there's bad days. however, this is trending. the fact that we haven't had a series of good days together is not a good optimistic sign. so i am worried, given today's events. multiple bronchoscopies to clear secretions that that we're not headed towards a place of removing support, that it seems like he needs more support. and what does that mean? that means that the next level here is a ventilator potentially. and so the signs here, the trajectory in the last 24 hours is not

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