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>> follow her. >> podcast, trumpland with alex wagner. >> right now. >> on anna cabrera reports. breaking news from the white house. >> president trump. >> escalating his. >> trade war, hitting mexico, canada and china with new tariffs overnight. canada and china already retaliating. >> what could soon cost. >> you more? >> plus, the president. >> also pausing military aid to ukraine overnight. the latest volley after. >> that oval office. >> clash with zelensky. >> how it could impact ukraine's defense. >> also ahead, the president's. >> address to. >> a joint. >> session of congress tonight. >> as. >> democrats struggle with this. >> question. >> should they even attend? >> good morning. >> it's ten eastern, 7 a.m. pacific. >> great to. >> have you with us. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we are following several breaking news stories. >> this morning. >> first, the president

escalating trade tensions with american allies, levying new tariffs on mexico, canada and china overnight, with canada and china already responding with retaliatory tariffs of their own. now, we expect to hear from canada's prime minister within the hour. the stock market already showing some signs of turbulence this morning. you see the dow is down here about 570 points just 30 minutes after the opening bell. and all of this as. president trump prepares to address a joint session. of congress tonight for the first time of his second term. let's bring in nbc news white house correspondent. aaron gilchrist. >> nbc news. >> business and data correspondent correspondent brian chung, and professor of economics and public policy at the university of michigan. >> justin wolfers. >> brian. >> walk us through the numbers here. the us we know has these new tariffs and then we're already seeing retaliation. what is it all looking like. >> yeah. so let's start off with what happened at midnight. that's when the 25% tariff on both mexico and canada took impact, as well as the

additional 10% on china. after that first round of 10% tariffs that was implemented at the beginning of february, we've already seen some counter action from other countries. canada announcing that they would be doing 25% tariffs on $20 billion, roughly of us goods, with plans for another $80 billion to be covered by tariffs in a few weeks. and then china responding by saying they will reduce imports of logs and also soybeans from the united states. soybeans, by the way, a major u.s. export to china. so that's a big deal for u.s. agricultural producers. but you have to recall that china had already put into into effect. some retaliatory tariffs about a month ago. >> of. >> 15% on coal, lng, and also launching an anti-trust investigation into google. so we're in very much this kind of first stage of these tariff impacts. and the question now is when will consumers start to feel the impact? i think that the big one to pay attention here is that now that we've tariffed our neighbors to the north and also to the south, the automotive industry is going to take a huge impact here. in fact, there's an estimate from the anderson economic group

saying that in some cases, some automobiles could go up by more than $10,000 on the msrp. and that's because we bring in so many parts from from mexico. and then we assemble a lot of these cars, even american companies in canada, which means that every time it crosses the border, it gets tariffs. so the same car can get tariff multiple times before it gets sold to someone at a domestic auto dealership. the impacts of this are just so wide ranging. >> yeah. ford ceo previously said a 25% tariff. >> would blow a. >> hole in the us auto industry. >> erin, how is the. >> trump administration. reacting to the. >> retaliatory tariffs from china and canada this morning? >> well, anna, i think the administration is signaling that it expected that there would be these retaliatory tariffs. we heard the commerce secretary say just a little while ago on cnbc that he expected prices could rise here in the us as a result of the tariffs that were put in place by the trump administration. and now the retaliatory tariffs that we're seeing or expect to see from canada, mexico and china. he said that there may be short term movements, but that the

tariffs could also be removed if the trump administration sees enough progress. slowing of the of the flow of fentanyl into the united states from canada and mexico. that's according to the commerce secretary. brian noted that we're already starting to see so much movement in prices already, or we're anticipating them. target indicating that we could see produce prices at target stores rise in the next couple of days. best buy is saying that likely we will see prices increase in their stores as well. i had a chance to talk to the premier of ontario, canada, the leader of that province in canada, yesterday, and he was really taking a hard line on what he expected the canadian prime minister to do and what he would do himself as the leader of a large province in canada, saying that he's going after absolutely everything when it comes to retaliatory measures against the united states. he talked about energy that is supplied to new

york, to minnesota, to michigan, saying that he plans to cut things off if these now that these tariffs have gone into effect. i want you to hear a little bit more of what he told me on meet the press now yesterday. >> he's attacking. >> the person. his number one customer. there's no country in the world that buys more products off the us than we do. we're the number one trading customer to 28 states, and a lot of them are red states. they're going to feel the pain like they've never felt before. we're going to feel the pain. we're going to fight back like they've never seen before. >> he says that he's instructing leaders in his province to cut $10 billion in contracts to the united states as a result of these tariffs. at the same time, we know that mexico is expected to outline their actions. the president there, claudia sheinbaum, saying that there would likely be tariffs going to effect going into effect on sunday as a result of the action the u.s. is taking against mexico at this point. ana and, of course, we do know that she indicated that she doesn't

believe there's any justification for these tariffs. >> yeah. >> she says she's going to announce those. retaliatory actions at a rally on sunday, taking a page out of president trump's playbook there. erin gilchrist, thank you. so, brian, you talked about some of the industries impacted. >> but what. >> about specific goods, what americans will be buying at the grocery store or at the retailers that they shop at, like a target or something? >> yeah. well, we just talked about automotives, but as you mentioned, at retailers and also when it comes to grocery prices, the, you know, ripple effects of this are going to be substantial as well. when you talk about some of the products that come from mexico, fruits and vegetables, beer, liquor, also electronics in canada, by the way, there are a lot of agricultural products that come in from our neighbors to the north as well that people don't think about. potatoes is a big one. we import a lot of grains and of course you have lumber and steel. don't forget that oil exports are really important because we actually use a lot of the refineries here in the united states to process canadian crude. so that's a big deal for gas prices as well. so that would be something that americans could feel at the pump. but another big thing that

i want to point out, it's not a word that maybe people are familiar with at the consumer level. but potash, this is a type of material that a lot of agricultural farmers in the united states will import here from canada to help fertilize their soil for their crop growing. so even domestic crops here that don't get imported from other countries, like mexico and canada, could get more expensive if the cost of that potash gets more expensive as well. so again, these types of things can take months, maybe even years to bleed through. so i think the length and the duration of these tariffs is very much going to be a question here. as you do see the trump administration really pegging the results on fentanyl to how long these tariffs remain in place. but don't forget ana. there's also april 2nd. that's the day that the trump administration says that those reciprocal tariffs will be put into place. so again this is just the beginning. >> and. >> more tariffs coming. and as you point out it's not a straight line to the. impact piece of it all brian chung thank you. and of course you'll be watching for the announcement from trudeau, the prime minister of canada, later this hour. justin this this morning we heard from commerce secretary howard lutnick and he talked.

>> about how. >> these these tariffs could benefit americans. listen. >> this is. >> not a trade war. we are going. >> to reset trade. >> policy on april 2nd. you've got china's got. huge tariffs on us. huge tariffs on everything with us and canada. you just talked about why do we. produce cars. >> in canada. >> i know people worry about short term but we are going to bring jobs. you are never going to see the amount of production come back to america that donald trump. >> is. >> going. to bring back. >> to america. >> so trump predicts this will be nothing more than short term pain for long term gain. is that how you see the impacts on the american economy and on americans bank accounts? >> i think what's coming. >> out of the white. >> house is. >> frankly, unmitigated nonsense. and there's not an economist alive who would defend what they're doing. but your viewers don't have to believe me. it turns out that there's a market where people bet on. >> whether those. >> sorts of effects are going to

happen. >> i'm talking. >> of course, of the stock market. if nick is right, and if trump is right that these tariffs are going to lead to a boom in american business, then you should see the american stock market boom in response to a tariff announcement. what we saw was the. stocks fell 2.5% yesterday. an additional 1.5% this morning. this is the stock market telling you we think this is absolutely terrible for american business. and remember it's businesses that are meant to benefit here. the stock market's not even taking account of the fact that higher tariffs mean you and i are going to be paying a whole lot more at the grocery store as well. so there's a lot of losers. all around. >> the treasury. >> secretary claims that trump's. >> tariffs from his first term didn't affect the cost of consumer goods. but we're also hearing from the ceo of target this morning, brian cornell, telling a different story. listen. >> we have the experience. of president. >> trump's first. >> term, where the tariffs. >> they did not affect prices.

>> and it's. >> a holistic approach. that there will. >> be tariffs. >> there will be cuts in regulation. there will be cheaper energy. we know for certain categories like fruits and vegetables, where during this winter season, we depend on mexico for a significant amount of supply. now those are categories where we'll try to protect pricing, but the consumer will likely see price increases over the next couple of days. >> so really opposing messages there. what's the reality? >> the reality is that you. >> can't suspend the laws of economics. and the laws of economics say that when you raise costs on businesses, that is, if home depot has to pay more to import a washing machine that you might want to buy, it passes on those higher costs. any argument to the contrary is just saying home depot or the washing machine. manufacturers would be happy to trim their margins. just because the white. >> house. >> says so. we know that's not. >> how it works. >> and we actually have very

clear evidence from the first set of. trump tariffs. that these are passed through almost dollar for dollar into higher prices. and it's not just imported goods you've got to look out for because american corporations. >> they charge. >> us low prices, not because they like us, but because competition forces them to. but if they have less competition from. >> abroad. >> they're going to start to fatten up their profit margins and charge you and i higher prices as well. so there could be not just direct effects on higher. >> prices. >> but ripple effects throughout the whole economy. >> let's take a look at this new cbs news poll showing americans are still not thrilled with the state of inflation. even before these tariffs, a minority 46% approve of trump's handling of inflation. remember, president trump had promised to immediately bring down prices starting. >> on day. >> one of his administration. how's he doing on that promise? >> he's doing terrible. look, the original promise that he would bring down prices is a lie. no one ever expected that. what we hoped was that inflation

would start to come down. now, in fact. what's happened is people understood that tariffs were coming. a lot of people started buying their durable goods or businesses were buying raw materials before the tariffs were in place. that extra demand has actually already led to higher prices, and they're going to lead to even higher prices once again. and so yes, the cost of living is painful. >> an important. >> fact that i think your viewers need to understand is normally with inflation, prices rise and then your wages rise to catch up. this kind of inflation, the inflation that's caused by tariffs. >> prices rise. >> but there's no reason for your wages to rise to catch up. >> which is to say this. >> will permanently or in an enduring sense undermine your family's purchasing power. >> justin wolfers, thank you so much for helping us understand the impacts. it's good to have you with us. up next, the other breaking news we're following this morning, president trump pausing military aid for ukraine after that oval office clash with zelensky. >> we'll talk to. >> congressman jason.

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openly. applauding the first concrete military move by. >> the. >> trump administration to weaken ukraine's war stance. the white house now pausing aid to ukraine. one official saying they are reviewing whether that aid is contributing to a solution. the decision follows president. trump's contentious oval office meeting with ukraine's president and his accusations that zelensky, not putin, is a dictator and. >> that ukraine. >> not russia, started this war. here was. >> vice president. >> jd vance just moments ago on capitol hill, on the administration's goal. >> we want. >> the ukrainians. >> to have. >> a sovereign. >> and an independent country. we think the ukrainian troops have fought very bravely. but we're at a point here where neither. europe nor the united states nor the ukrainians can continue this war indefinitely. so it's important. >> that everybody. >> comes to the table, and the president is trying to send a very explicit message. the ukrainians have got to come to the table and start negotiating with president trump.

>> joining us now, nbc. >> news senior. >> white house correspondent garrett hake and lieutenant general mark. >> hartman. >> former commander of the u.s. army europe. so, garrett, the halting aid. this is just the latest in a flurry of pro-russia actions taken since trump. >> took office. >> the administration also paused cyber operations against russia, stopped efforts to seize the assets of oligarchs, halted efforts to combat secret influence campaigns inside the u.s. by russia and china. how is the administration explaining these reversals, and is there any meaningful pushback there in washington. >> on this. >> latest move? >> well, administration officials have said essentially that president biden tried it the other way. and what he got was three years of war. their argument here at the white house is that donald trump is trying to be, and this is my phrasing, essentially good cop here towards russia to try to lure them to the negotiating table to make the case that he's willing to be a partner with them on some kind of conversation to end the war, rather than simply digging in further, arming

ukraine further, and the idea that there's sort of one kind of global deal that could be made behind closed doors with him, vladimir putin and perhaps president zelenskyy all sitting at the table to end this war. he talked about it at some length yesterday. listen to what he said. >> i think everybody has to get into a room, so to speak, and we have to make a deal. and the deal can be made very fast. it should not be that hard a deal to make. it could be made very fast. now, maybe somebody doesn't want to make a deal. and if somebody doesn't want to make a deal, i think that person won't be around very long. that person will not be listened to very long, because i believe that russia wants to make a deal. i believe certainly the people of ukraine want to make a deal. they've suffered more than anybody else. we talk about suffering. they've suffered. >> that is the way the president thinks about foreign policy. and if by being friendlier towards

russia, he can give himself a little bit more space to reach a deal, i think that's the tack he would take. as for meaningful pushback, i would simply strike the word meaningful to this point. there has been significant pushback and complaints from both democrats and republicans to some of the president's action. but so far, they've just been that complaints. >> all right, garrett haake, thank you for bringing us the latest. general hertling, in practical terms, on the battlefield and in strategy, how big of a deal is this pause in aid for the ukrainians? >> well, i'm glad you mentioned the word strategy, ana, because i'd like to talk about that in a minute. strategy has nothing to do with deal making. it has to do with what are your strategic objectives? what are you trying to accomplish? and right now, there is no strategic clarity in terms of what the president wants to do. you just heard vice president vance talking about, we want ukraine to have to be a sovereign country and regain its territory, and they want to contribute to a solution. but what is that solution? if the if the tables are leaning continuously toward russia. well, when you ask me the

question about what, what does the stoppage or the pause in shipment of ammunition and equipment, what i'd say is i'll use a military acronym. we sometimes kid about dots. it depends on the situation. we have now a situation in ukraine where they're going from what the military calls a required supply rate. what do they need on a daily basis to a controlled supply rate? and because you're talking about all different kinds of things, anything from small arms, bullets all the way up to patriot missiles and parts and the kinds of things that any military commander needs in warfare. as soon as you put a pause or a stoppage on that kind of thing and a disruption in the supply rooms, it causes just dysfunction on the battlefield, confusion, and it's going to hurt ukraine. so if that's part of the strategy that will contribute to ukraine regaining their territory, i can't connect the dots between what the administration is doing. >> and of course, congress has a big role in terms of approving

aid. i want to point out that exactly three years ago, march of 2022, senator lindsey graham had called for putin to either be arrested or assassinated after he invaded ukraine. and he slammed then president biden for not defending ukraine more vigorously. listen to this. >> i smell a sell out coming when it comes to the ukraine. your last guest mentioned neutrality. well, here's what i would say that putin wants. he doesn't want a neutral ukraine. he wants to eradicate ukraine. i will be dead set against any deal that requires the ukrainian people to recognize half of the ukraine belongs to russia by force of arms. >> back then, a lot of republicans agreed with him. right now, russia controls roughly 20% of ukraine, and graham is defending the administration's stance that there needs to be a negotiated settlement here. general, if russia walks away with a large chunk of ukraine, what kind of footing does that leave the rest of europe on? >> we don't have to guess

because russia has already done that in moldova. they've taken a part of moldova called transnistria. they have taken a part of. a place called nagorno-karabakh between armenia and azerbaijan. they've taken crimea and the donbas eight years ago. they are looking to take more countries like that and what they do. it's a russian technique, and i became very familiar with it as commander of u.s. army europe. they will take a bite out of the land. they will plant their flag, stay there, cause disruptions in that government as part of irredentism. oh, i forgot to mention georgia too. with two provinces of abkhazia and south ossetia and georgia. we have seen this over and over again over the time of mr. putin being in office. what he will do is take seize that 20% of ukrainian land, continue to harass the ukrainian government. we can put peacekeepers in place, but it just causes dysfunction in a

sovereign territory. and that's what we'll see. and mr. putin will once again have gotten away with taking an expansion of his territory, a bite out of other people's lands in his attempt to reestablish the soviet union. >> retired lieutenant general mark hertling, really appreciate you being with us. thanks so much. >> thanks, sam. >> joining us now is democratic congressman jason crow of colorado, who also sits on the armed services and intelligence committees. he's also a former army ranger. congressman, thanks for joining us. what's your reaction to the us now halting military aid to ukraine? >> well, why this should matter to all americans and why every american should be shocked and worried about this. is that our economic security, the prices of our goods, our cyber security, our national security, and the peace and prosperity of the democratic world relies on peace and prosperity in europe. right. and what we know about vladimir putin is he respects only strength, that he is a war criminal, that he has kidnaped

tens of thousands of ukrainian children and is brainwashing them, that he has said very clearly that he will not stop at ukraine, that he will go after our nato allies, he will go after our largest trading partners. he has larger ambitions. so the fact that donald trump thinks that he can strike a deal with this man who only understands power, is tantamount to walking into a car dealership and telling the salesperson, you know what? i am absolutely going to buy a car from you today. no, no questions asked. so let's try to make a deal now. it's absurd, and it's not how anybody would make a deal. >> we've seen criticism from some of your republican colleagues over this decision. senator murkowski saying she was sick to her stomach. senators john curtis and bill cassidy also expressing critical sentiments there. do you expect them or other republican ukraine supporters to take any action? >> no. i've come to expect nothing from them because then i won't be disappointed like i constantly am year after year, for people to stand up and push back against donald trump and

show some independence. all right. we just need independence. as a member of congress, it's your job, your constitutional obligation to be independent and to push back against the president, regardless of who that is. i did the same under the biden administration when i disagreed with president biden. i was vocal about that. that is our constitutional obligation. we need more of it. unfortunately, there's very, very little of that to go around right now. and the same people as your prior segment pointed out who are up in arms criticizing president biden about slow support for ukraine, not enough support for ukraine. those folks are largely silent now, and it's pretty shocking. >> i also want to ask you about the escalating trade war with canada, mexico and china. experts have warned this could mean higher prices within days and then also down the road. what are your concerns? >> yeah, prices. you know, for a president that campaigned on lowering the cost of goods and making things easier for everyday americans, he has done nothing, nothing to address that. in fact, he has done the opposite. there are two ways to

lower prices or increase prices really fast. one is to engage in a trade war and impose tariffs. the other is to threaten to deport vast swaths of our workforce. you know, in colorado, 40% of our construction laborers and construction workforce are immigrants, right? and what i'm hearing from my business is folks are not showing up to work anymore. they're having to shutter restaurants. they can't complete jobs. he is taking a cutting blade to our economy, and it's going to get much worse. obviously, the stock market is a reflection of that. but people see every day when i go to buy groceries now, it just keeps on going up week after week after week. >> i have to think the economy will be top of mind for a lot of americans who are listening tonight to president trump's joint address to a session of congress, some of your democratic colleagues are planning to boycott this address. we have also some reporting that democrats are others who will be there considering disrupting the speech with signs, noisemakers, hand clappers, empty egg

cartons, or they're just going to walk out during the speech. what's your plan? and what does this moment mean for your party? >> yeah, that's an individual decision. my plan is to show up and to be present. you know, i am not going to disrupt anything, but i am going to let my thoughts be heard. right. my job is to show up and to be in that room so that the visual that america and the world sees is not a room full of people clapping and applauding, but people who are resisting, people who are pushing back. people need to see, you know, what america really is, and it's people who show up and say, no, this is not the direction we need to go. this is not leadership, regardless of what donald trump says. and he says a lot of things. we are paying attention to what he does. actions always speak louder than words, and americans should pay attention to the actions. >> democratic congressman jason crow of colorado, thank you for being with us. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> next here on ana cabrera reports new details about president trump's plans for his address to congress tonight,

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freshman senator elissa slotkin of michigan will lean into her background as a former cia analyst and will highlight a proactive economic vision that she believes democrats can deliver. joining us now are two former members of congress who have seen their fair share of presidential addresses. former republican congressman charlie dent of pennsylvania and former democratic congressman max rose of new york. thank you guys for joining us. congressman dent, president trump has posted that tonight. he will, quote, tell it like it is. so how is it? well, this new poll from npr and marist is painting a less than rosy picture. 53% say the state of the union is either not very strong or not strong at all. 54% say the country is headed in the wrong direction, and 56% think trump is rushing to make changes without considering their impact. that includes 65% of independents. so if that's the backdrop, how does the president address these concerns tonight?

>> well, it seems to me he's going to come in and basically he's going to stoke up his base. j.d. vance said he's going to poke a little fun. i think he's going to do some poking in the eye, to be honest with you. i think he's going to get real aggressive, turn this into a into a bit of a circus. that's what he tends to do. but his political position, as pointed out by those polls, is not particularly strong. and it will only get weaker, particularly as the as we experience economic angst as doge continues to run pretty much unchecked. and of course, the madness that we're seeing now in foreign policy in ukraine and russia in particular. so right now, i think he's going to come in. he's just going to stoke it up. he's going to make this a really partizan address. and the challenge will be for the democrats, you know, how do they how do they sit there respectfully and try not to get into any outrageous outbursts. >> well maybe they won't sit there. respectfully, based on the reporting we were discussing with our our congressman in the last block, congressman rose. one administration official tells nbc news there will be a

lot of surprises and a lot of made for tv moments. democratic senator chris murphy says he expects this to be a pep rally for trump. here's how he sees his party's role right now. >> we have become the party. >> of the status quo. when we're not. we are actually the party of change, the party of transferring power from powerful people to people who have no power. when somebody's trying to grab power, when somebody is trying to destroy democracy, they benefit from people who are static, who refuse to be nimble. i mean, every democrat could just continue to run in the same direction they've been running for the ten years, last ten years. or you could realize that this moment is different. >> senator murphy is planning to skip tonight's address, but house speaker or minority leader, i should say hakeem jeffries is encouraging his members to attend. i know, congressman rose, you're part of an organization, votevets, that's bringing a half dozen veterans to the hill who are either people who were affected

by the cuts or lost their jobs. what do you think? how should democrats conduct themselves tonight? >> look, i think leader jeffries is right that democrats should be there standing firm. you know, what's interesting right now is that the democratic party is, above all else at this point, the party of traditional american values. you know, trump is firing veterans. i just left a meeting with six of them who are incredible, brave american heroes, and they believed us when we all collectively said that we would be there for them, whether they're in war or whether or when they come home. nonetheless, trump has fired them. that's not traditional american values, as i we all have come to know them. we all, you know, were raised to believe that we don't stand with america's enemies. we stand with our allies. but this guy is kissing up to russia and even to

china. that's not the culture that we all have traditionally unified around. so the more that democrats can go there tonight and say they stand with the majority of americans, all the better, because this has been a level of radical extremism in these first few weeks of the trump administration that no one could have ever believed they would see. >> now, i don't know if you could say he's kissing up to china. we just were talking about the tariffs he's putting on china. just this morning congressman dent as we return though to the impacts here at home, we've learned elon musk is going to be in attendance. and president trump is expected to lean in to his administration's efforts to slash budgets and to fire federal workers. does it surprise you that he's going to highlight musk, that he's going to lean into this, given the blowback that we've seen here at home and with some of these fired federal workers in attendance as guests. >> well, as a political matter, i don't think it makes a whole lot of sense to be highlighting elon musk, given that his numbers are much lower than the

president's. and from what i'm picking up, the intelligence i'm getting from a lot of congressional republican offices, many of the calls and complaints they're receiving and they are overwhelmed with complaints are about elon musk and doge and access to social security numbers to treasury. i mean, so elon musk has become, i think, quite a liability for republicans. so highlighting him makes absolutely no sense to me. and you know, if the democrats are smart, they're just going to keep focusing on economics and inflation or they're going to talk about elon musk and doge and the national security situation, and then and then clam up. >> congressman rose, senator elissa slotkin will be delivering the democratic rebuttal, and she's expected to lean into her security background as a former cia analyst. i know you worked with her in the house when she was a representative. why do you think she was tapped for this? and what do you expect to hear in her message? >> senator slotkin means business. and that shows in her

incredible record of service. you know, she served for years as a cia officer several times downrange, where she herself was in danger, serving alongside men and women in uniform. she served presidents on both sides of the aisle, and then proceeded to continue her service as a member of congress, winning really hard congressional districts where she's consistently won trump supporters. and now, just in her first few weeks as united states senator, she showed that she's putting the people first, not always voting with the democrats, saying things like, i think we need to put identity politics behind us. she represents the future, not the past. and she's going to bring back the north star of economics first. results first. that's exactly where the democrats need to be. i think it's going to be a home run tonight, and i applaud the party leadership for elevating senator slotkin to do

this address. it's absolutely phenomenal. >> well, thank you both for joining us. former congressman charlie dent and max rose, appreciate your perspective and your insights. as we get ready for tonight. be sure to tune in to msnbc at 6 p.m. eastern. when ari melber and jen psaki will preview president trump's joint address to congress. and then at 8 p.m, they will join rachel maddow and the whole team for special coverage of the speech. and now to the latest shakeup at the fbi. the head of the new york field office forced out after he told workers to dig in when the trump administration demanded a list of agents who worked january 6th cases. james donaghy confirmed yesterday he had been ordered to put in his retirement papers. here's part of his parting message to colleagues, quote i have been told many times in my life, when you find yourself in a hole, sometimes it's best to quit digging. screw that. i will never stop defending this joint. i want to bring in nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian in washington. ken, what's the

feeling inside the fbi about dennehy's exit? >> i've heard reactions ranging from sadness to anger to disgust. look, dennehy was a dedicated public servant who spent seven years as a u.s. marine and then more than two decades in the fbi, including time spent leading a swat team. he later specialized in catching spies and keeping up, keeping u.s. weapons technology out of the hands of american adversaries. and he held a series of key leadership jobs, working his way up to one of the premier slots in the bureau, assistant director in charge of the new york field office. and his farewell message, i think, gives us some insight into what kind of leader he was. he apologized for not being able to serve out his two year term, but said he was proud to have served with colleagues who, as he put it, will always do the right thing for the right reasons, who will always seek the truth while upholding the rule of law, who will always follow the facts no matter where they lead and be unapologetic about it? and who will never bend, break, falter, or quit on your integrity. and then he offered the top ten

reasons for why he loves the fbi, including what he called the independence. he said, we will not bend. we will not falter. we will not sacrifice what is right for anything or anyone. and that philosophy obviously explains why he refused to keep silent when the trump administration was demanding the names of everyone who worked on january 6th cases. and now we know that he spoke up at the cost of his career. now, there are plenty of qualified people who can step up and run the new york field office. but the real implications here are what this firing says about what happens to people who stand up to the political leadership. and there's also kind of a really low morale across the country in the fbi right now, as they reel from all these chaotic changes. >> well, you've been following it very closely for us. thanks for the latest reporting, ken dilanian. next on cabrera reports mardi gras celebrations scaled back over severe weather. we're in new orleans as the city braces for dangerously high winds. and speaking of wind, look at this wild dust storm

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moving across new orleans and parts of the south is packing intense rain, heavy winds, and the potential for tornadoes. let's go to new orleans and nbc's jesse kirsch. so, jesse, the weather i see hasn't hit you just yet. looks like people are enjoying it while they can. >> yeah, and i can tell you that we've got the wind. gusts have been starting to pick up. nothing consistent, but that is one of the big concerns here in the big easy is high winds. and if we hit a certain threshold, officials have said they would call off the parades. the first of two major parades here in the city just passed by. as you can still see there, easily thousands of people out here who are trying to take in the festivities, despite the fact that we are looking at tough weather here. and for many americans across large stretches of the country. >> this morning, a major storm system barreling towards the south, whipping up everything from snow, rain and heavy winds in the middle of the country to dust storms in the southwest.

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