watch golf from the best seat in the house with xfinity. from the tee to the green, catch every pivotal moment of the players championship in crystal clear enhanced 4k. find tee times, tour your favorite holes and see live leaderboards and scorecards. and with xfinity multiview, never miss a moment. watch up to 4 live events at once. brought to you by comcast business, proud partner of the players. just say “the players championship” into your xfinity voice remote. just. 4.99 a month. >> call 1-888-246-2612 or visit homeserve. com. >> right now on msnbc, the trump team scrambles to stop the bleeding in the stock market over tariffs after giving automakers a month long reprieve. the president does the same with mexico. hours after his commerce secretary says

other industries could also see a little relief. in europe, president zelensky meets with eu leaders and hopes that ukraine and the u.s. can secure a minerals deal and reset relations. while some u.s. allies consider scaling back on the intelligence they share with washington, as the trump administration seems to move closer to the kremlin. and before the potential second phase of a ceasefire with israel. the president hits hamas with another ultimatum as his team engages in direct talks with the designated terror group. good to be with all of you. i'm alex witt. in just two hours, president trump will sign another round of executive orders as tariff whiplash hits the country and the stock market. in fact, the dow. look at it. it is down there. 376 points and change. after a rocky start this morning over tariff confusion. and just moments ago, the president temporarily rolled back portions of his days old

25% import tax on mexico, agreeing to pull all import taxes on goods covered by the usmca, the north american trade deal, implemented during his first term as a replacement to nafta. now, this morning, president trump lashing out at canadian prime minister trudeau after he said the trade war will continue, quote, for the foreseeable future. but the u.s. commerce secretary saying he expects canada could get a carve out similar to mexico. >> if you lived under donald trump's u.s, mexico and canada agreement, you will get a reprieve from the tariffs now. and if you chose to go outside of that, you did so at your own risk. and today is when that reckoning comes. >> but here's the thing. the north american supply chain is so interwoven that a single car part might cross the border 7 or 8 times before a vehicle is finally ready to roll off the assembly line. and all this can

also have a direct impact on the parts we all need to keep our cars running. >> a lot of the parts, you know that are being used because some parts aren't available, the alternatives are not great. and yeah, the cost is crazy. >> a lot of the undercarriage. >> a lot of your suspension components, engine blocks, cylinder heads. i see bottom line invoice prices that i've never seen before. >> also adding to the whiplash, the white house is vowing more tariffs next month that could potentially hit every u.s. trade partner. we're going to begin with nbc news white house correspondent aaron gilchrist, nbc news senior business correspondent christine romans, new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker and marc short, white house legislative affairs director during the first trump administration. he is now board chair of advancing american freedom. welcome to all of you. aaron, you first here. so explain this tariff reversal, however temporary it is. >> so, alex, i had to sort of make myself a cheat sheet here

because things are changing so quickly. just this morning. things are changing so quickly here. so what we most recently heard through a truth social post from president trump is that he is going to pause the new 25% tariff on mexico after having spoken to the mexican president just in the last hour or so we believe, saying that this was a decision that would allow goods that are compliant with the usmca, that us, mexico, canada trade deal that president trump himself brokered in his first term. goods that are compliant with that trade deal would not be subject to this 25% tariff for a month. that, of course, follows what we heard, as you noted earlier today from the commerce secretary, howard lutnick, that perhaps something like this would be happening for both canada and mexico, though we haven't heard any more about canada at this point. and this comes after us automakers got an exemption just yesterday from president trump after these tariffs went into effect early early tuesday morning. and so that's the timeline of how

things have developed over the last couple of days here. again, this is the president saying that his major concern was about the flow of fentanyl, in particular across the us border, from canada, from mexico. but there were also some concerns that perhaps this wasn't just about drugs, that perhaps it was about fair trade as well. and so now we're seeing a pause for car parts. we're seeing a pause in total for mexico on goods that are compliant with this trade deal. and i should note that this trade deal effectively said that if products could meet a certain requirements for having been made in north america, then they would be tariff free. so that explains the usmca, i think, in a nutshell. and christine will correct me if i'm if i'm wrong about that. and so that's where things stand right now. we're still waiting to hear whether there might be some change with the canadians and this tariff. and you noted that this all changes in a month because those reciprocal tariffs on everybody that the administration announced would go into effect. and so if the

canadians or the mexicans have tariffs on any us imports exports, then it would also apply to in the other direction. alex. >> you did a great cheat sheet on that one. thank you so much for that. and again, it is april 2nd that this all runs out. so christine, to you explain what the usmca covers generally and the sectors that you think could be next. we know auto with regard to canada, what is it with mexico? is it food? it's a lot of food. >> it's also autos, too, because some of those auto parts are going back and forth across the border. as you pointed out, the usmca is essentially the nafta replacement. the usmca is donald trump's trade agreement. >> right. >> and so that's what the automakers and so many of these industries have been arguing. they're like, wait a minute, wait a minute. in 2020, this is your deal, mr. president, that you put into place. and now you're telling us this deal is not is not good enough. so they at least for now, for the next month, everyone who agreed to that deal will be able to keep these rules. and we're talking about in fact, i printed i was printing a list of what they

are, and it's still printing over there. it's thousands. and thousands of items. it's autos, trucks, auto parts, it's fruits, vegetables, textiles, manufactured goods, washers, dryers, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, chemicals. it goes on and on and on. so there's a lot the bulk of american trade falls under usmca. >> is there something one sector that does not fall under that to your mind? >> interesting. like, i mean, most of the stakeholders were part of this negotiation with the first trump administration to make sure north american trade fell under this bucket of rules, these rules that allow those parts to go back and forth so many times, if the bulk of the if a certain majority of the car is actually assembled and made in the us, then then if the parts are going back and forth, they didn't have to pay tariffs. and mr. trump wants to get rid of the rules, basically that he he helped devise. and the auto industry is where it really would be felt dramatically and right away. also all the stuff that, you know, avocados, for example, next week i was talking to grocery stores yesterday. they're already printing the signage for the higher prices for next week. >> how long is that going to take? just a week for that. for

about a week. >> to about a week. yeah, but now they've got a pause. it looks like on the avocados now, so we'll see at least for a month. but it's still uncertainty. i mean business owners are still facing an awful lot of uncertainty. they don't know what happens in april. >> and it is extraordinary because trump implemented this in july of 2020. what has changed so radically in the last four and a half years for him to pivot this way? >> i mean, that's the question. and i think a lot of people keep reminding him, this was your trade deal, mr. president, but he feels like canada cheats. that's what howard lutnick said. and canadians say that's not true. he's really angry about fentanyl, and rightfully so. there should be no fentanyl crossing these borders. and so he's using sort of he's using trade to do a lot of different things that he wants in terms of priority for the administration. >> with fentanyl, i think only 43 pounds were confiscated crossing from canada right into the united states to. >> illustrate stories on those borders. >> absolutely. peter, let's get to you. i'm curious, what leverage do you think the big three use to get this pause? we're talking about ford and gm, we know made big donations to trump's inauguration. is there

any kind of a concern that donald trump is playing favorites? >> well, he does play favorites. he has, from time to time shown that he's willing to pick winners and losers in the marketplace depending on his his whims or his, you know, ideas of retribution in some cases. but look, you know, he he, like many americans, of course, venerates the old idea of american carmakers as the symbol of american manufacturing power, economic strength in the world. and i think, you know, when they say, look, this is going to cripple our business. this is going to make things a lot harder for us that has an impact on him. he sees that as a potential, you know, damaging not just to the economy, but to his reputation as a, you know, a steward of the economy. so they have outsized influence in that sense. but, you know, i think all this back and forth is up and down. it's on, it's off, it's on for this. but not that. that's not what business wants. business wants predictability. they want to know what the rules are going to be this week, next week, in april, in may, because

they make a lot of plans based on that. and this kind of volatility, i think is exactly why the market's going down right now if you invested in the market when donald trump came into office, you've lost money at this point. and that's not what he likes. he loves showing the stock market going up as a metric of his success. right now. it's obviously, you know, looking the other direction. >> yeah. even though only about 10% of americans are actually invested in the stock market. but let me quickly ask you, peter, what is the mentality in the white house behind the scenes for all this chaos, chaos? do you have different chiefs of different departments doing something and then they're trying to get others to play catch up. are they not communicating properly? why do you think it is so chaotic? >> well, look, mark would've been better about this than i will. he was in there and i'll. >> be. asking you that first. >> but i but i was just talking with a former trump aide just a few minutes ago. in fact, he said, look, he is the he is the most short term thinker in the history of the world, right? this is not somebody who is

often thinking in big strategic terms. he tends to react to what he's been told. he tends to react to events. he he follows his instincts, whatever they might be. on any given day, somebody gets on the phone with him and tells him one thing. he tends to kind of, you know, take that in and begin to act on it until somebody gets him on the phone and tells them something else. so, you know, within trump world, there's always, of course, this struggle to, to influence him, to get information to him, to get sometimes disinformation to him, to shape his decision making thinking. but they also know that the decisions could be different in a day from now. i think he thinks that acting tough by putting on tariffs gives him leverage in these negotiations, and then when he can pull them off, he demonstrates his power to penalize or reward depending on other people's behavior and that they have to respond to him accordingly. and he does see get some reaction that way. other nations and other players do respond to his threats and his imposition of penalties. >> i'm going to ask you specifically, mark, about

tariffs in a sec. but but to this point, remember during the first campaign back in 2016, it was said often that the last person to get in donald trump's ear before he would get out on a campaign platform, on a stage to speak, that was the most effective thing, because that's what he would talk about when he was out there campaigning. is that true? something that peter just alluded to? do you think that exists? and that is what contributes to the chaos? >> you know. >> alex. >> i don't. >> think he's that mercurial. >> i think the reality. >> is that there's a couple positions. he's been very. >> consistent on one. >> the border. >> the other trade. and i think that in the first. >> administration. >> there were a lot. >> of. >> people and advisers around him who advocated for the benefits of trade, whether or. >> not that. >> was secretary mnuchin or teams inside the white house. then he seeing gary cohn and larry kudlow or the vice president's office, or even, frankly, when mike pompeo was secretary of state, who viewed it as positive for international relations, he has surrounded himself this time with a group of advisers who are who are true

disciples and believing that protectionism is the right policy, not just economically but from a national security perspective. and so it looks far more whimsical right now. i think he's probably reacting to the markets, but he advertised pretty clearly in his speech of the night that come april 2nd is not just reciprocity tariffs. it's going to be tariffs on aluminum, on steel, on copper against the eu. and so this is really just the tip of the iceberg. and i think that he's not going to want to look weak and continuing to retreat from promises he's made on tariffs to then pull him back. and so i think we're in for a more protracted trade war, regardless of how the news cycle of today goes and whether or not there's relief in canada and mexico, in the short term, he's still signaling that we're going to have more tariffs. and i think that the advisers around him all are in unison and supportive of it. >> okay. but here's how americans across the board mark seem to be already feeling the tariff anxiety. take a listen. >> it definitely. >> costs a lot to get groceries

and stuff right now, so i hope that it doesn't go up too much. >> i'm just crossing my fingers hoping things will, you know, will get it better. it will not be that quick, but soon it will happen. >> i mean, we don't have a choice if there's certain things that we need, especially food, we don't have a choice but to purchase, you know? so, i mean, what are you going to do? it's anticipated that the spring sales will be down significantly. >> our metal roofing is going to go up 25% as well as sheetrock. contractors are going to have to raise theirs. it's going to cost them more. building the average house is going to cost more. >> so mark, the president has called this a little disturbance. but how big is this political gamble? because taxpayers aren't going to want to bear with it for too long. >> i think it's. >> a. >> huge political gamble. i think the reality is that a lot of americans voted for him to secure the border, and there's been a lot of progress on that in the first six weeks, but also on the economy. and i think that this his trade policy is an enormous wet blanket on his deregulatory and continued

extension of tax relief policies that are very pro-growth. and so i think this is really counterproductive to his overall economic agenda. and i think that it's also very damaging politically. and i and i think that there's going to be, you know, more and more uncertainty because i said, i don't think it's just right now, i think it's been advertised. there's a lot more coming about a month from now. >> okay. a big thanks to my power panel, aaron gilchrist, christine romans, of course, peter baker and marc short. and we are also following this breaking news from capitol hill. everyone where the house has voted to censure democratic congressman al green of texas for disrupting president trump's joint address to congress on tuesday night. ten democrats joined all the republicans present in approving the resolution. it ended up as a 224 to 198 vote. joining us now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie sirkin. julie, my friend, what does this censure vote mean for both the congressman and for democrats in the house? >> well, think of the censure vote as essentially a slap on the wrist. it is meant to be an

embarrassing note in the record of a member of congress who is censured. it is something that was rare. it's becoming a little bit more frequent as the capitol has grown, just more polarized. we've seen this happen to republicans. also, when democrats were in charge of the house. now, of course, we're seeing it in the case of al green. and it came after that moment during the president's joint address to congress when mr. green, a democrat from texas, stood up and interrupted the president. about four minutes into his speech. the speaker, johnson then ordered the sergeant at arms and capitol police to then forcibly remove green from the floor because of his outburst today. the vote was interesting, though. we had green voting present as he has in the last couple of days. on the other matters related to this censure vote. and we also had democrats, as you mentioned, ten of them, vote with republicans to make this happen. in terms of what comes next for green. well, like i said, it is a slap on the wrist. so he will continue on performing his duties as a member of congress. he's not going to get removed from the committees he sits on or anything like that. but again, just an embarrassing mark more than anything on his

congressional record. alex. >> yeah, okay. julie sirkin, thank you so much. from capitol hill in 90s, president zelensky meets with european leaders at an emergency summit in brussels with new concerns over u.s. russia relations simmering among allies. >> sadly, windshield chips can turn into windshield cracks, but at least you can go to safelite. com and schedule a fix in com and schedule a fix in minutes. sweet safelite can com upset stomach iberogast indigestion iberogast bloating iberogast thanks to a unique combination of herbs, iberogast helps relieve six digestive symptoms to help you feel better. six digestive symptoms. the power of nature. iberogast. -what've you got there, larry? -time machine. you gonna go back and see how the pyramids were built or something? nope. ellen and i want to go on vacation, so i'm going to go back to last week and buy a winning lottery ticket. -can i come? -only room for one. how am i getting home? sittin' on my lap like last time, ronald. fine, but i'm bringing this.

[ whirring ] alright. or...you could try one of these savings options. the right money moves aren't as far-fetched as you think. there it is. see? told you it was going to all work out. thanks, future me. new projects means new project managers. you neo hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job on indeed, it's easier for talented candidates to find it. which makes it easier for you to hire them. visit indeed.com/hire (♪♪) (♪♪) get 0% apr for 60 months on 2024 gmc ev models. (♪♪) to ukraine and russia, lieutenant general keith kellogg, speaking at the council on foreign relations, blamed ukraine for washington's decision to stop sharing

intelligence with ukraine. >> very candidly, they brought it on themselves. ukraine is what i mean by that. >> so this is european leaders are holding emergency talks today on ways to increase their military budgets to help ukraine. ukrainian president zelenskyy, at the meetings in brussels, thanked europe for its support. >> you made a strong signal to ukrainian people, to ukrainian warriors, to civilians, to all our families and it is great that we are not alone. we feel it and we know it. thank you so much for everything. >> zelenskyy also meeting with french president emmanuel macron today after macron said wednesday that europe must be ready to defend ukraine without u.s. assistance. joining me now is nbc international correspondent kelly cobiella and evelyn farkas, former assistant secretary of defense. she is now the executive director of the mccain institute. ladies, welcome to you both. so, kelly, what happened to today's meeting in brussels? and is europe stepping up to help ukraine?

>> well, the big message coming. >> out. >> of the meeting, in the words of the danish prime minister, is spend, spend, spend on defense and deterrence. european leaders say they're close to agreeing to spend more than $850 billion to rearm europe. i think the figure is closer to 8.65 billion. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, calling this a watershed moment for the continent. poland's president andrzej duda urging nato members as well to immediately hike defense budgets to at least 3% of gdp, saying if the whole of nato, of the nato alliance does not increase defense spending, he said putin may decide to attack another country. french president emmanuel macron saying european countries will also combine resources to buy and produce some of the most advanced and modern munitions, tanks, weapons and equipment, and also floating the idea that france's nuclear arsenal could

be used as a deterrent to protect the continent from russian threats. that message was welcomed by poland and the baltic states today. moscow has responded to it, calling it extremely confrontational. in the more immediate future. france's top intelligence chief said today that france will continue providing military intelligence to ukraine, and the government is also looking at how to accelerate various french aid packages to make up for the u.s. suspension of military aid. just in the past few minutes. president zelenskyy has spoken after holding talks with macron. he said that we have a clear vision that real peace is possible through cooperation with the u.s. alex, just to note that at the same time, they're talking about spending more money on defense. some european leaders also trying to push zelenskyy toward talking to the u.s. again. poland's president duda encouraging him to, quote,

return calmly to the negotiating table with the u.s, saying that if a minerals deal is reached, that will make ukraine strategically important to the u.s. and contribute to its security. absolutely. alex, we are we're waiting on a final statement from the e.u, but we haven't had that yet. >> but indeed, i was just going to say europe has reiterated several times to zelenskyy, we need the u.s, you need the u.s. so let's get back to the to the table as soon as we can. so, evelyn, the question to you is, how are lieutenant general kellogg's comments putting this on ukraine going to be interpreted by zelenskyy? >> well, okay. first, alex. >> i was actually. >> in the room. when general. >> kellogg was making. >> his comments and he went even further. he talked about the minerals deal as sort of really the only deal. when he was asked about security guarantees for ukraine, he said, well, not everything is kinetic, which is

kind of interesting coming from a general, because really a security guarantee has to involve kinetics, meaning it has to involve the military. an economic guarantee is not a military guarantee. it's not a security guarantee. so unfortunately, i think what we heard from, you know, general kellogg in that public forum. well, it was a public forum, but it was open to the press at the council on foreign relations today would alarm president zelensky. and though i'm guessing that he would not be surprised, and that might explain why he was really hesitant to just sign the agreement without clarifying the issue of a security guarantee for ukraine. >> but you don't think it would upend him returning to the table to speak with the united states? speak with trump. >> it might. i mean, what i was quite alarmed myself to hear that it sounds like the president, the administration, is considering another reset. there are four living presidents, starting with president bush, actually

starting with president clinton and then going through all four living presidents. they've all tried to reset with russia. and actually, i think all of them were more or less at least the last three with putin. and so and none of them worked. we know what putin's agenda is. he's not going to suddenly change his stripes because president trump is a different kind of negotiator. putin is going to stick to his agenda. and so i'm quite concerned not just for ukraine, but for europe, which obviously is showing their own concern and frankly, for the united states and our interests. >> look, specific to donald trump. nbc is reporting that as trump is pivoting towards russia, some of our allies are considering sharing less intelligence with us. what are the concerns of our allies, and what would this mean for the u.s. if there is a dwindling of intelligence sharing? >> well, alex, i mentioned reset. you know, the previous presidents tried to reset by using diplomacy, by getting

russia to cooperate with us on certain things and cooperating with russia in a way that served them. so, for example, providing transit through russia to afghanistan, that that provided money to russians and also helped our troops. in this case, it looks like we don't know what president trump might provide to the russians. and we know in the first trump term, when he was in the oval office with the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador, he revealed highly sensitive intelligence that we were sharing with israel, but it involved israel. and so i think that the allies are quite nervous about what president trump means when he's talking about a reset. and president trump has not clarified that for us. we don't understand fully his approach to russia, frankly. >> well, here's another concern, because nbc news evelyn is reporting that president trump is considering a major change to the u.s. participation in nato by favoring alliance members that spend a set percentage of their gdp on defense. how would

this work? >> well, what you're not seeing on the screen right now, alex, is me wringing my hands. nato is an alliance. article five is part of the alliance. it says that, you know, an attack on one is an attack on all. when we were attacked by al qaeda, you know, coming out of afghanistan, all of the allies came to our defense and fought then against the taliban. so we had a very clear understanding then. and nobody, nobody hesitated. you can't you can't pick and choose among the allies. every ally who signed on the dotted line now has the us commitment, which has been ratified by the us senate. so in order to change that treaty, all of the members, all 32, would have to decide to amend the treaty. and i highly doubt they're going to do that based on a random thing, like how much you're spending year to year on your defense. of course, we should all spend more, or the europeans certainly should spend more, but they have been

increasing and 23 out of 32 have met the 2% threshold. and there are five who are above three, which is to say they're higher than the us in terms of their their spending per gdp. >> okay. kelly cobiella. evelyn farkas, ladies, thank you so much. next, hamas leaders respond to new ultimatums from president trump, with tensions running high as dozens of hostage families hope the hostage families hope the ceasefire prilosec knows, for a fire... one fire extinguisher beats 10 buckets of water, and for zero heartburn 1 prilosec a day... beats taking up to 10 antacids a day. it's that simple, for 24 hour heartburn relief... one beats ten. prilosec otc. this is what joint pain looks like. when you keep moving with aleve. (♪♪) just 1 aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted joint pain relief. aleve. strength to last 12 hours. ♪♪ grandma! ♪♪ still taking yours?

everyday! made to care for you, every day. nature made, the #1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. the darkness of bipolar depression made me feel like life was moving on without me. then i found a chance to let in the lyte. discover caplyta. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta is proven to deliver significant symptom relief from both bipolar i and ii depression. and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. caplyta is not approved for dementia-related psychosis. call your doctor about new or sudden mood changes, behaviors, or suicidal thoughts right away. antidepressants may increase these risks. report fever, confusion, stiff muscles, which may be life-threatening, or uncontrolled muscle movements, which may be permanent. high cholesterol and weight gain may occur, as can high blood sugar, which may be fatal. common side effects are sleepiness, dizziness, nausea, and dry mouth. these aren't all the side effects. ask your doctor how caplyta can help you let in the lyte.

find savings at caplyta.com. (♪♪) owner's manual. freedom is getting to write your own. so get 10% off a jeep wrangler or get into a jeep grand cherokee where freedom is on road or off where it's a front row seat to the city, or a second row seat, maybe even a third. life doesn't come with an owner's manual, so get out there and write your own. during the jeep celebration event. get 10% below msrp for an event. get 10% below msrp for an average of $5,650 under msrp on my husband dean always worried that his diabetes would keep him from enjoying retirement but dexcom g7... has made it easy for dean to manage his sugar levels... and spend more time in range. we're feeling good about the future... wherever it takes us.

the way i approach work post fatherhood, we're has really trying to abo understand the generation that we're building devices for. here in the comcast family, we're building an integrated in-home wifi solution for millions of families like my own. in the average household, there are dozens of connected devices. connectivity is a big part of my boys' lives. it brings people together in meaningful ways.

postings. get your own paychex recruiting copilot now at paychex.com/tv. >> there is a lot going on tonight. you've been in these rooms. how are you digesting it and how do you think the world is digesting what trump is saying? what are people saying to you in new jersey about doge and what they're seeing musk and his team do here? what are the global politics for some of these leaders, and why do you see them stating the opposite of what the united states president is saying?

>> the white house has confirmed for the first time ever, the u.s. is in direct talks with hamas. it's a group long designated by washington as a terrorist organization. those reported talks are all in an effort to negotiate the release of american hostages still being held in gaza. but president trump may have further complicated those efforts. following a meeting at the white house with recently freed hostages yesterday, president trump posted a threat toward members of hamas and palestinians in gaza, saying, quote, it's over for you if those remaining hostages are not released immediately. joining us now, nbc news international correspondent matt bradley, who's joining us from tel aviv, and former cia officer marc polymeropoulos. he is a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council. welcome, guys. matt, how is israel reacting to the news of these direct talks? first of all? >> we got a very terse. reaction that said almost nothing from the prime minister's office, alex. but we did hear from actually israel's envoy to their

consul general in new york. he spoke with israeli media and he said very terse as well. but he said, that's okay. he said that it sounds as though he's supporting the fact that the united states is speaking directly to hamas. remember, israel, of course, not only considers hamas to be terrorists and designates them as such like the united states, but also considers them to be their arch enemy, hamas being the authors of that october 7th attack that started this latest round of fighting for the last year and a half. so it's surprising that they might accept that, but it really is an indicator of just how warmly the government here in israel is embracing the new trump administration and just about anything they do. they are so confident that the trump administration is on their side, even if that means reaching out directly to designated terrorists. >> and, mark, it's the new york times that reports israeli officials did not hear about these talks from the united states, but from, quote, other channels. how unusual are these

talks right now? and what worries could israelis have? mark has said they're probably comfortable, they believe in the united states having their back. but why would the trump administration go it alone with hamas without including israel? i'm curious if this is a new trump type approach, given the administration talks with russia, not including ukraine, over ending their war? >> well. >> alex, let's first note that if the biden. >> administration had done this, there would have been an apocalyptic reaction, both. >> from members of congress. >> and also from the israeli government. so. >> you know, there's. >> there's certainly a different level of reaction here. as as matt noted, i'm not sure the consul general, the israeli consul general in new york, is speaking for exactly for the israelis, because he also saw a statement from the israeli prime minister's office saying that essentially, the americans know our position on this. but i do think that this shows some level of frustration in the trump administration that this move from phase one to phase two is not going well, and that they're willing to. try something else.

>> but at the end of the day, i. >> think that doing this without the israelis look is not a good idea. when the biden administration actually suggested this. >> i and many others said. >> well, hold on a second. this doesn't seem right. the israelis should be a. >> party to the talks. >> and the real question is, will these negotiations directly between the us and hamas go anywhere? that is something that certainly we have not seen unfold. and of course, the statement yesterday, well, the truth shows truth. social statement from president trump threatening a hamas kind of throws those direct us hamas negotiations into some turmoil as well. >> and look, matt, let's pick up on that statement being thrown in and how it will complicate things, because it has been almost a week since the cease fire ended. right now, there are no plans for extending it. so how have things changed since saturday? is there any hope for another phase to the cease fire? and again, what donald trump puts out on truth social? how does it complicate negotiations?

>> yeah, i mean, alex, i mean, we're talking about what donald trump just said on truth social. i mean, we already heard from hamas, almost a shrug, almost an eye roll on in several successive statements, the last one being just a couple of minutes ago from their spokesman, essentially saying that the enemy's threats won't get them anywhere. and it was unclear whether the enemy was israel, who constantly are making threats against hamas, who are at war with hamas, or whether he was referring to donald trump himself. but the fact is, we haven't really heard much moving on from this. so it doesn't sound as though this is really complicating anything anymore. but the circumstances have changed dramatically over the nearly a week since that cease fire expired. we saw that the israelis, the day after on sunday, stopped allowing in further aid into the gaza strip. and they said that any aid that goes into the gaza strip goes to hamas. and so they were going to stop it. now, that elicited widespread criticism from the united nations, from partner countries of the united states in the region, saying that the

israelis were using food as a weapon of war and saying that it was tantamount to a war crime, that it was illegal. now, however, we have heard that prices for food items have spiked in the gaza strip especially. it's really dire during this holy month of ramadan. but this is a situation that looks like it's going to get worse, and it really does look like both sides with the lack of any progress in those negotiations, are teetering once again on the edge of an all out war. >> mark, i want to get to a question about the us and israel, which has rejected a reconstruction plan for gaza. it was proposed by arab states. what happens next? >> well, you know, once. >> again. >> the israelis don't seem to want to talk anything about the day after. and you can make a very kind of coherent argument that, you know, there was never going to be any, you know, wholesale destruction of hamas. the notion of eradicating hamas was not possible. we needed a day after we needed perhaps a renewed palestinian authority or

some kind of arab initiative to move in. and if this is going to be rejected, you know, there's doesn't seem to be any kind of solution to this, because at the end of the day, there is there is going to be hamas members in gaza, hopefully not armed. but the idea of removing them entirely just doesn't seem feasible because there was never any movement for a day after plan. and i think this is, you know, this is coming home to really to bite the israelis. now, so many of us had called for this to be so much part of the last several months of negotiations. the israelis have rejected this. so now we're stuck with this, with this idea that hamas has to be eradicated. but it is almost a growing insurgency right now. no real, real solution in sight. >> okay. matt bradley, marc polymeropoulos, guys, thank you so much. next, the trump administration drops the legal battle in idaho over the right to an abortion in a medical emergency. what that decision emergency. what that decision could mean for abortion rights your record label is taking off.

but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. our advanced matching helps find talented candidates, so you can connect with them fast. visit indeed.com/hire nature knows best. that's why new chapter vitamins... ...follows her example. with key vitamins, minerals, herbs, and whole food ingredients... ...crafted to work with your body. ♪♪ bringing the power of nature... ...into your new chapter. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. our friend sold their policy to help pay their medical bills, and that got me thinking. maybe selling our policy could help with our retirement. i'm skeptical, so i did some research and called coventry direct. they explained life insurance is a valuable asset that can be sold. we learned we

could sell all of our policy, or keep part of it with no future payments. who knew? we sold our policy. now we can relax and enjoy our retirement as we had planned. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit coventrydirect.com to find out if your policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining insurance. hi, my name is damian clark. and if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plans available in your area, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special needs plan. most plans include the humana healthy options allowance. get $1200 a year. that's $100 each month help pay for eligible groceries, utilities, rent, and over-the-counter items like vitamins, pain

relievers, first-aid supplies and more. the healthy options allowance is loaded onto a prepaid card each month. and whatever you don't spend, carries over from each month. you pay nothing for covered prescriptions, all year long. even name brand drugs. all plans have $0 copays for covered preventive dental services, which include 2 free cleanings a year as well as fillings. they may also have vision coverage including vision exams and a yearly allowance towards eyewear such as lenses or contacts. even hearing coverage, which includes routine hearing exams and coverage toward hearing aids. you'll even have a $0 copay for routine vaccines and telehealth visits. plus, your doctor, hospital and pharmacy may already be part of our large humana networks. so, call the number on your screen now to speak with a licensed humana sales agent. wouldn't you love benefits like $1200 a year to help pay for eligible groceries, utilities, rent

and over-the-counter items? so, if you have medicare and medicaid, call the number on your screen now and speak with a licensed humana sales agent. if you're eligible, they can even help enroll you over the phone in a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special needs plan. so, call now. humana. a more human way to healthcare. 'll

ask it for action items in the channel. and maria already asked for a budget reminder. >> smart buy. >> got it, got it. >> boss otter. you got this. >> the battle over abortion rights is playing out state by state in idaho, a state with some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation. the trump administration has moved to make it harder for women to obtain emergency abortions, even if their health is at risk. team trump is dropping a biden administration era effort to require hospitals getting federal funding to offer abortions in emergency

situations. idaho's largest hospital system has succeeded in getting a temporary pause, though, preserving access to emergency abortions for now. but there is real legal uncertainty for women and doctors, and the idaho case has major national implications. joining me now is mark heron, senior counsel for the center for reproductive rights, which is suing idaho on behalf of women denied emergency abortions due to complications. mark, welcome. give me a sense of the big picture here. what does this move by the trump justice department mean for potential mothers in idaho right now? and are you concerned this could extend to other states imposing their own strict limits? >> so alex, this is really basic. >> this is about. >> what happens when you have an emergency and you go to the emergency. >> room and you need health. >> care because your. >> life or your. >> health is in danger. for over. >> 40 years. federal law has. required hospitals and emergency rooms. >> to provide.

>> the. >> care that their patients need in order to stabilize them when their life. >> or. >> their health is in danger. >> what the. >> trump administration. >> doj's dropping of this case yesterday means is that the. >> trump administration. >> is not going to enforce that federal law when the patient is a pregnant person, and. >> the care. >> that they need is an abortion. idaho has one of the strictest abortion laws in the in the in the nation. there is no health exception. and the way that the doctors and hospitals are interpreting idaho's law is that they are only allowed to provide abortion care. if a patient is essentially on the verge of death, they can't provide care to protect a patient's health. they can't provide a care even if they know that the patient may be at risk of death or some serious health condition if they remain untreated. and so federal law is what requires hospitals to provide that care in emergency

situations. and the trump doj apparently is saying we're not going to interpret the law that way. you know, it's really ironic because president trump keeps talking about, quote unquote, protecting women in sports and locker rooms or in bathrooms. but when the woman at issue is a woman going to an emergency room and needs emergency abortion care, there is no protection for them. >> that's an extraordinary disconnect that you've just pointed out. so your case mark against idaho specifically, what's the goal? are you confident you're going to win and what are your biggest hurdles. >> so our goal is to both get clarity and around the exceptions to idaho's abortion ban, and also to try to expand those exceptions. so as i mentioned, there is no health exception in idaho's total abortion ban. there is only an exception if an abortion is necessary to save the pregnant person's life. and so without

the injunction that has been in place for a while under this federal law, that that a federal court has put into place, idaho hospitals were airlifting patients out of, out of idaho to states like utah or washington, where they could get the standard health care that they need because they can't get it in idaho. we're going to see that continue without an injunction. fortunately, the federal court yesterday did issue an injunction. we're the care, the relief that we're seeking in our case would interpret idaho law and the idaho constitution as allowing doctors to basically practice medicine the way that they were trained. and that means if abortion care is part of the necessary care for their patient to protect their life or their health, doctors should be able to provide that care without concern for being charged criminally or sued civilly, or having their license taken away.

>> does this get bounced back to the supreme court, do you think, mark? >> well, the federal case that was in which the district court issued the tro and that you mentioned saint luke's, the largest health care system in idaho, filed their own case. and so if the federal court there issues an injunction, i imagine that idaho may appeal that injunction. it could make its way back up to the us supreme court. absolutely. >> okay. which means we're going to have you back. there's a lot to talk about. mark heron, thank you so much. coming up next, a new moon landing and new exploration as a private exploration as a private spacecraft takes center stage. upset stomach iberogast indigestion iberogast bloating iberogast thanks to a unique combination of herbs, iberogast helps relieve six digestive symptoms to help you feel better. six digestive symptoms. the power of nature. iberogast. can deplete their coq10

levels. i recommend taking qanon coq10. shnoll has. >> three times. >> three times. >> better ♪♪ with fastsigns, create factory grade visual solutions to perfect your process. ♪♪ fastsigns. make your statement™. goal is to keep on growing and with the help of financing from capetus, you can meet all of your business goals. because at capetus we finance the legacy builders, the creators, the freedom chasers, the opportunity seekers. at capetus, we finance small businesses. >> your business needs to hire

someone now. so in addition to managing your business, you have to go through hundreds of resumes and hope for the best. or you can go and get the best. introducing paychex recruiting copilot it uses ai to help find potential candidates from millions of profiles, whether they're looking for a job or not. then it helps you get in touch and get them hired five times faster than job postings. get your own paychex recruiting copilot now at paychex.com/tv. >> and doug, you'll be back. >> emus can't help people customize. >> and save hundreds on. >> car insurance. >> with liberty mutual. >> you're just. >> a flightless bird. >> no. >> he's a dreamer, frank. >> and doug. >> well. i'll be. that bird really. >> did it. >> did it. >> only pay been. when i hear cancer, i hear death sentence. every 15 seconds,

someone will hear the words, “you have cancer.” at the american cancer society, we're here... to help people through their entire journey. and today, we're asking for your support. your gift helps fund important research that saves lives. [bell ringing montage] i owe it all to the american cancer society... ♪♪ we can't do this without you. donate today. >> purchasing life insurance. >> policies from seniors. >> and in just seconds. >> you can. >> use the free calculator at abacus pacers.com. >> to learn what your policy might be worth. >> for many of my clients, selling. >> their life insurance. >> to abacus. >> was right. >> for them and their. >> estate plan. >> don't sell or lapse your policy without going to abacus page.com first. there are no fees and no obligations. get the real value from your life insurance when you need it with abacus. >> this is the emirates premium

economy seat. economy seat. >> economy. my wife gina was born to be a chef. exploring new foods is her passion. but diabetes threatened to take that all away. then gina got dexcom g7... ...now she can see how food affects her sugar levels in real time. with dexcom g7... she doesn't have to choose between the foods that she loves... and her health. i can't wait to see what she creates next. you know it's going to be good. ♪♪ mattress made with certified organic cotton, wool and latex, plus ergonomic coils to support your body's natural curves for cool and restorative

sleep. featuring a one year in-home sleep trial. save up to 20% on organic mattresses. shop today at avocado mattress.com. proud supporter of 1% for the planet. >> moments ago, well, something landed on the moon. we think it's a private spacecraft which came to rest on the lunar surface. it is there to look for water and ice around the moon's south pole. it is a robotic lander. it's named athena. it's about the size of a dishwasher. it is the second private spacecraft to make it to the moon in less than a week. a separate lander built by a different private company, both of them built in texas, though, landed on the lunar surface early sunday morning. so joining me now, nbc news correspondent priya shroeder. do we know for sure that it happened? i mean, we see some photos, as nasa said, yay! good to go. hey, alex. >> well, actually there was a live stream where we were able to watch this actually happen on

youtube for about the last hour and a half. and we can confirm that it appears that athena, this dishwasher like vehicle that you just mentioned with six legs, made a landing on the moon's south pole. and as you mentioned, this is the second lunar landing that's happened in the last week, which is quite incredible. this texas based company called intuitive machines actually landed a different object on the moon last february that was called odysseus. that time around, odysseus actually tipped over, which was pretty unfortunate. this time around, it's looking like athena has managed to stay upright. and that's great news because athena has a lot of work ahead of it. as you mentioned, its primary goal right now is to look for ice water below the moon's surface. and most scientists believe that the most amount of water on the moon does exist, in fact, on the moon's south pole. and the reason this is so important is because nasa has the goal of trying to get astronauts back to the moon in 2027. so all of these experiments that athena will be

conducting will help them find resources on the moon that could potentially help sustain those astronauts who will be going to the moon, hopefully by 2027. and this is all part of a larger program that nasa has called the commercial lunar payload services program. and essentially what that's trying to do is incentivize private sector, american based companies to take different devices and equipment up to the moon for nasa to conduct these different research experiments. and so this athena mission is part of that program. and prior to the odysseus landing last year, the last time that an american based company had actually landed anything on the moon was during apollo 17, and that was in 1972. so in addition to looking for ice, there's going to be a vehicle that's going to be taking 3-d pictures of the moon's terrain. it's going to have a little astro ant on it, which is a thumb sized device made by researchers at mit. that's going to take a look at that vehicle and make sure that

the temperature is okay. and then there's also going to be a drone that's looking at different craters around where athena lands, looking for that ice water, as we were talking about, and also hydrogen alex. so this is pretty neat to be able to see it all unfold. >> can't wait to look at the moon tonight and see it a little moon tonight and see it a little bit differently. priya thank you when our numbers guy, frank, goes on vacation the deals on the most affordable german-engineered car brand in america get even better. he's coming back! hop in during volkswagen deal days. the deals are in while frank is out. models during volkswagen deal day. >> i love that my. >> daughter still needs me. >> but sometimes i. >> can't help due to. >> burning and stabbing. >> pain in my hands. >> so i use nerve.

>> i've nerves. clinical dose of ayla reduces nerve discomfort in ayla reduces nerve discomfort in as little as seven days. home. it's where we do the things we love with the people we love. celebrating, sharing—living. so why should aging mean we have to leave that in the past? what if we lived tomorrow in the same place as we did yesterday? what if we stayed home instead? with help, we can. home instead. for a better what's next. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or

visit coventrydirect.com. slimming the magnesium plus calcium supplement that helps relax tense muscles so i can rest comfortably and slow. meg tablets have a slow release formula that's gentle on my stomach. that's why i use slow meg. >> this might be a surprise. >> i don't like. traditional makeup. >> the first time. >> i got my makeup done when i. >> was 15. >> it made me look awful. i like makeup that makes you look like yourself, but better. miracle balm is the center of my beauty philosophy. it's not just makeup, it's not just skincare. it's both. it gives you moisture, and it only takes a nanosecond to put it on. it just makes you glow and look healthy. it's the ultimate you but better product. learn more at jones road beauty.com. >> yellow and. black is. >> back and this spring. >> you. >> can save a. >> lot of green. >> on your new floors.

>> at lumber liquidators. >> we cut. >> out the middleman. >> not the quality. >> to. >> deliver these. >> absolute low prices. waterproof flooring as low as $0.69. >> a square foot. >> pre-finished. >> real wood flooring. >> as. >> low as 149. >> a square. foot pre-finished solid saddle hickory flooring is just 2.99 a square foot. make your next project exceptional and save a lot of green on all floors. findtart

at just 4.99 a month. >> call 1-833-735-4495 or visit homeserve. com. >> as the trump administration forges ahead during these critical first 100 days, rachel maddow is on five nights a. >> week more than ever. >> this is not a time to pretend this isn't happening. >> the rachel maddow show weeknights at 9:00 on msnbc. msnbc presents a new podcast hosted by jen psaki. each week, she talks to some of the biggest names in democratic politics, with the biggest ideas for how democrats can win again. the blueprint with jen psaki. listen now.