she told colleague kristin welker, i will stay in as long as i'm competitive.t the bar is changed. right before south carolina, she said, i want to do better than i did in new hampshire. beyond the delegate math, the reality is that there's probably no state left on the calendar that is more favorable than her home state of south carolina and new hampshire that we saw last month. that's a grim reality. she can continue to fight on and try to remain competitive. i actually -- when we look at tonight's results, when we look at the delegate hauls, it might not be all that competitive after all. >> mark murray, thank you. good luck tonight. we will be with you. >>> tens of thousands of meta users are having issues assessing their facebook threads and instagram accounts. brian chung joins us. what's going on? is this a total failure? is it a hack? >> these issues began about two hours ago, issues with meta platforms, including threads, facebook and messenger as well. they said around 10:30 that they were aware people were having trouble accessing the services. we ar

kristin welker sat down with the retired supreme court justice exclusively for his wide ranging firstshe joins us. tell us about it. >> this was an extraordinary conversation. he is obviously retired now. he chooses his words very carefully. he did not want to weigh in on the current cases before the high court. i did ask him about the decision to overturn roe v. wade. i asked him about the reporting that there were some discussions coming together, coalescing around a compromise that would have banned abortions after 15 weeks. here is what he had to say about that reporting. did you think that a compromise was possible before the leak? around 15 weeks? >> i usually hope for compromise. >> you were hopeful there could be a compromise? >> you want to put words in my mouth. i'm careful what i say on this. because i say our interests are different. i don't want -- i have written what i felt. if you think there's anything here or in the dissent, go right ahead. i don't want to say something in addition. >> just to be clear though, did you think a compromise was possible? >> i always think

it left cypress on tuesday, kristin welker sat down with chef oj -- josi andres who has been providing aid to people in gaza for months. >> what we cannot do is fail the people of gaza. that would be the true failure, not trying. so we are trying and i hope in a few days we can say we have had success. >> welker will hold exclusive interviews with the former fulton county prosecutor nathan wade and senator bill cassidy of louisiana. you can watch meet the press every sunday at 8:00 a.m. on nbc bay area. >>> meta is being investigated for involvement in the illegal sale of drugs. the wall street journal reports prosecutors in virginia are probing whether social media platforms facilitated and profited from illegal drug sales, they are asking questions as part of a grand jury probe and gathering document, the food and drug administration is also involved. meta has said the sale of illicit drugs is against its policies and it is working to find and remove such content. >>> the app many people use to get home safely late at night, but some say their rides have turned into a nightmare. >> t

haley with our kristin welker about her expectations for tuesday. >> that's always been the fact in each race, can we stay competitive? when 70% of americans say they don't want joe biden or donald trump, you keep going so people have a choice. >> reporter: in some states, just getting some votes won't help her much. five of these states award candidates all their delegates for the person who wins at least 50% of the vote, like mr. trump has done in every state so far but technically, the republican race won't be over because even if donald trump has a gang busters evening, he still can't hit the magic number to clench the nomination 1,215. that could come as early as next week >> our thanks to hallie for that report >>> donald trump will appear on co colorado's primary ballot today, in part because of a major supreme court decision yesterday. in a unanimous ruling, the justices decided that states cannot kick the former president off the ballot colorado's highest court ruled that trump could not run for office again because he had been part of an insurrection. but the supreme court deci

kristin welker did an interview with nikki haley and asked her about the trials before the election.e a listen. >> i think all of the cases should be dealt with before november. we need to know what's going to happen before the presidency happens, because after that, should he become president, i don't think any of it will get heard. >> joyce, can trump's team just delay, delay, delay, delay, delay? how likely are we to see this trial, the mar-a-lago case, or the d.c. election interference case, or the georgia case before the election? >> as to mar-a-lago, trump's team can delay as much as the judge will permit them to delay. look, paul will agree with me on this, i think. as a prosecutor in virtually every criminal case set for trial, there are a lot of pending motions. judges still set trial dates. there's no reason she can't set a trial date, even if she allows for a gracious plenty of time, two months for the manhattan trial to take place, that would still permit her to grand jack smith's request for a july trial date. of course, what trump really wants here -- lisa points this o

. >> we have a lot to talk about with our moderator of meet the press, kristin welker as well as hallie jackson happy super tuesday. >> here we are >> they call it super tuesday because the sheer number of states sometimes it's been decisive about who will pull away that has not been this night no suspense, it's donald trump's night. how do you see this playing out? >> i what competitive look like the fact that vermont is the only state in play does that make her competitive in a republican primary? that's the question for her. there are vulnerabilities in the general election with former president trump, if you look at virginia and north carolina. >> let's get nerdy for just one moment >> you're speaking my language >> this is about delegate map. you need a certain number of delegates to clench the republican nomination. in many, many states tonight, even if you get 40% of the vote, if you're less than 50%, you don't get any delegates, it's winner takes all can you just explain why the delegate map is so difficult for nikki haley if she doesn't get over a 50% threshold >> the rules fav

kristin welker speaks with him about this case on "meet the press." ith stephen breyer, who retired nearly two years ago. this was a wide-ranging interview at a time when the court is at the center of the nation's most intense political debates. in his book, he urges the justices to look beyond the words as originally written in the constitution to the real world consequences their rulings may have. one of the most notable exchanges i asked him about the decision to overturn roe v. wade and reports that prior to the leak of the draft decision, discussions were coalescing under a ban that would put roe in place. did you think a compromise was ? >> i usually hope for compromise. >> so you were hopeful there could be a compromise? >> you want to put words in my mouth. i'm careful what i say on this, because i say our interests are different. i don't want to make possible around a leak, around i have written what i thought. if you think there is news in here or in the dissent, go right ahead. but i don't want to say something in addition. >> yeah. just to

." >> i got to sit down with my friend kristin welker.w york times" best sellers list for the fifth week. and it deserves to be there. >> it is there because we need it. >> that's right. >> we're really proud of you for that. let's show you what we've got for your weekend ahead. a march chill in the northeast. texas warmth all the way up to the plains. then on easter sunday, sunday chickville, new hampshire 48. rabbitville, indiana 76 and some showers. spring lake, texas clouds and a nice little easter egg. hoppers, montana, 35 and snow. hopland, california 66. tulips, washington, some clouds and 58 degrees. while we have sunny >>> good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are seeing some rain moving into the bay area. it's going to get heavier as we go throughout today. and it's also going to be the potential of thunderstorms as we go into this afternoon into the evening with this storm system very close by. we are going to have unsettled weather, high winds and heavy rain ramping up late morning into the afternoon. there will

also here in washington with us, kristin welker, moderator of "meet the press" and christine romans good morning to both of you. we'll talk substance in a moment but this performance issue, the one peter raised, the age, all of this, the elephant in the room, how did he do? what are you hearing >> democrats are breathing a sigh of relief one democrat told me this performance was a total 10 because the president was strong, because he was energetic, because he took on donald trump within the first four minutes of starting this speech, savannah what are republicans criticizing him on this morning? they say he's too partisan they're not criticizing him for a lack of energy that was the point he took on the age issue head on. >> we saw him taking on the age issue. we're going to talk about economy in a minute. but immigration is a big issue many voters are putting that on the top of the list as the issue they care most about over the economy. and he had some moments there where he kind of tried to say, look, republicans, stop playing politics let's go. >> he's trying to cast republicans as t

let's bring in kristin welker, moderator of "meet the press." she caught up with nikki haley last night. haley is, of course, the lone republican left standing against mr. trump. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, craig. good morning to you. with just days to the nomination, nikki haley's path to the nomination is getting more narrow by the day. but her donors are largely standing by you. haley has the resources to get going, brushing aside calls to drop out so the general election can begin. >> all in the name of protecting. >> reporter: overnight, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley making her case in battleground, virginia, which votes on super tuesday when 15 states and one u.s. territory hold primaries. >> we have a country to save, so that's the purpose of this. >> reporter: despite no clear path to beating former president trump, haley insisting she's in this race to stay. do you see super tuesday as your last stand? >> we're looking at it as we're hoping for a good, competitive showing. that's always been the case is can we c

. >> let's turn to kristin welker, moderator of "meet the press" and nbc national political correspondent steve kornacki, who has memorized primary and caucus rules for all 16 states and 1 territory. it all boils down to a very hard road for nikki haley after tonight. >> yeah. two big problems for haley. let's just call up what's at stake today. in yellow, these are all the states voting today. the problem for haley is she hasn't won states yet. she won the district of columbia, but that's very different. you look at these states and you see two things. number one, you see demographics. a lot of these states are conservative, southern states. they don't have electorates that have been friendly to her so far. the other big problem for her is the rules. we have seen before where she has 43% in new hampshire, 40% in south carolina. she's been able to collect some delegates. take a look at the biggest state on the map today, california. the rules, closed primary, no independents, no democrats. those have been haley's bread and butter in this primary. also winner take all. if trump gets a simp