ron allen paid a visit to the honeys and bear, a synchronized swim team that's making a difference. >reporter: when the harlem honeys and bears hit the pool they come together as one, a mostly african-american synchronized team all 55 and older, united by a love of swimming and dance. >> okay, you three -- >> reporter: over the last 24 years -- >> in the middle. >> reporter: have little time for fun and games. >> break! break! break! >> reporter: you're really tough with them. >> but they know and they understand that all is coming from love. >> down. up. >> reporter: the sport in new york, the team is now swimming i would th anniversary be in the doctor's office frequently. 96-year-old latice graham, the most senior member started swimming at age 64. >> i try to get in the pool five days a week. >> is the water healing? >> yes. it's the best therapy in the world. >> reporter: monica hail, team captain, agrees. >> a lot of us came here sick and this was given to us as therapy and it turns out to be the best thing that ever happened. like you realize your body can move in ways that you

ron allen reports from tel aviv r orter: today like every weekend the past year, palestinians in gaza ghave been protestin at the border with israel demanding the right to return to what they see as their homeland. >> what we are calling for isore than dignity and freedom for 2 millioneople who are imprisoned here in gaza. >> reporter: on the other side israeli troops fired tear gas and live ammunition warning the crowds to stay back. the israeli military releasing these ct piures claiming they were attacked by s ri with rocks and in this footage, bombs. today at least three protesters were killed, including this teenager shot in the face. more tha50 palestinians have died during the year of protest. today's confrontations aafter week of cross border violence. palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets into israel. israel retaliated with hundreds of air strikes. prime minister benjamin netanyahu even cut short visit to washington returning home because of the crisis, even more intense with a close national election just two weeks away. it appeared that pleas for restraint byll side

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here's nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: when the harlem honeys and bears hit the pool, they come togethertly african-american sin chronized team, all 55 and older. united by a love of swimming and dance. >> okay, you three -- >> reporter: their coach the last 23 years, oliver pute, has little time for fun and games. >> break, break, break. >> reporter: you're really tough with them. >> but they know, they understand that all is coming from love. >> down. up. >> reporter: the reigning champs of their sport in new york, the team is now celebrating its 40th anniversary and better health and well-being. >> without swimming, i would be in the doctor's office frequently. >> reporter: 96-year-old la theis, the most senior member started swimming at age 64. >> i try to get in the pool five days a week. >> reporter: the water is healing? >> yes, it's the best therapy in the world. >> reporter: monica hale, team captain, agrees. >> this was given to us as therapy. it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened. you realize your body could move in ways you never thought it could. >> reporter:

. >> ron allen paid a visit to a synchronized swim team that's making a big difference. >> when they pool they come together as one. a mostly african american synchronized team. all 55 and older. united by a love of swimming and dance. their coach the last 24 years has little time for fun and games. >> break, break, break. >> you're really tough on them. >> they know, they understand that all of it is coming from love. >> the reigning champs of their sport in new york. the team is now celebrating it's 40th anniversary and better health and wellbeing. >> without swimming i would be in the doctor's office frequently. >> 96-year-old, the most senior member, started swimming at age 64. >> i tried to get in the pool five days a week. >> the water is healing? >> yes. yes. it's the best therapy in the world. >> monica hale, team captain agrees. >> this was given to us as therapy and it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened. you realize your body could move in ways you never thought it could. >> monica and one of the few bears on the team make it look easy. so i gave it a try. >

. >> ron allen paid a visit to the honeys and bears.hat'sonized swim t making a difference. >> reporter: when the harlem honeys and bears hit the pool, they come together as one. mostly african-american synchronized team. all 55 and older. united by a love ofwimming and dance. their coach the last 24 year, oliver -- >> until the middle. >> reporter: has little time for fun and games. >> break, break, break! >> reporter: you're r tough with them. >> they understand it's all coming from love. now. >>eporter: the reigning champs of their sport in new york, the team is now celebratingts 40th aneniversary and better health and well being. >> without swimming, i would be in the doctor's office frequent ly. >> reporter: 96-year-old la trees startedwimming at age 64. >> i try to get in the pool five day >s a week. eporter: the water is heal something. >> yes. theest therapy in the worlds. >> reporter: monica, team captain, agrees. >> a lot of us came the s a to and turned out to be the best thipg that ever happened. you realize your body can mo

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already, there have been some violent clashe nbc's ron allen is following this from tel-aviv.ood morning. >> reporter: good rning, ter. it is a huge day here. there are reports of two palestinians wounded, one man killed overnight. the protest today marks the one-year anniversary of demonstrations that have been happing every week along t border between gaza and israel. in the days leading up to this event, mediators have been calling for retrain on both sides the past year. 200,000 palestinians have been wounded.d thousands they're urging protesters not to go near the border fence. on the other side, srael has reportedly agreed to some concessions, some easing of restrictions on gaza, likein le more power, electricity, and water flow into the territory. it's been annt extremely vio wee week here, with palestinian militants firingockets into israel, and the israel military firing air strikes. netanyahu cut shortis meeting to washington to return home to oual with the crisis. he is in a re-election battle, facing allegations of corruption and bribery. voters go to the polls her

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman, matthew calamari. >> and where would the committee find more information on this, do you think we need to review his financial statements and tax returns in order to compare them? >> yes, and you'd find it at the trump org. >> a little background, weisselberg is the trump organization cfo, among the oer associates the committee plans to question. >> cohen may also be facing a perjury problem. two have referred cohen to the justice department for possible criminal prosecution. they claim to have evidence cohen knowingly made false statements to lawmakers. among the areas of cohen's public testimony they want the justice department to investigate, this claim -- >> i was extremely proud to be personal attorney to the president of the united states of america. i did not want to go to the white house. >> congressman jim jordan and mark meadows point to court filings from federal prosecutors in manhattan, the documents state that cohen privately told friends and colleagues including seized text messages that he expected to be given a prominent role and title in

. >> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman and matthew cal 'smarry. >> reporter: the plans to call allen weisselberg. >> it doesn't seem as if the president and his campaign i don't ows are out of the woods yet. >> reporter: congressional investigators with the long awaited mueller report expected anyday. >> cohen is scheduled to make a reappearance on capitol hill next wednday. in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. >>> the race for president is growing. this morning washington governor jay inslee announced he's running for the democratic nomination. in his announcement, he emasized climatehange and highlighted his liberal record state. state, washington the 68-year-old is a former member of congress and served as the dtic governor's association chair last year. a dozen people have annoued their candidacies and more are expected to announce soon. >>> in a rare move in the tamaryland s house, delegates essentialured one of their own for making a racial slur. she called parts of prince george's county a, quote, n-word district. she represents hartford county northeast of baltimore. members of the h

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman, and matthew calamari. >> that is just one of the many moments where allen weisselberg's name came up in yesterday's hearing. the chairman of yesterday's hearing, elijah cummings, said today that the committee will pursue the testimony of allen weisselberg and trump family members. >> you said you're going to be sfolg up with some people. are there some people -- are there people like allen weisselberg that you -- >> all you have to do is follow the transcript. if there were names that were mentioned or records that were mentioned during the hearing, we want to take a look at all of that. >> do you want people in the trump family? ivanka trump? donald trump jr.? >> just follow the transcript. >> would it be fair then to say if any names came up multiple times in that hearing -- >> they have a good chance of hearing from us. >> and we learned today that yesterday's smoking gun almost didn't make it into the hearing. reporting in "vanity fair," emily jane fox tells us that michael cohen's first draft of his prepared remarks to the committee which he star

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman and allison calamari. >> do you think we need to review his financial statements and tax returns in order to compare them? >> yes, and you would find them at the trump org. >> today new york regulators started probing the trump organization's insurance practices in the trump business. that is an investigation, in addition to the ongoing investigation from the feds here in new york. the democrats requested documents about jared kushner and everyone else. the president overruled top officials and ordered them to give jared kushner a top secret clearance. but the administration may not be able to resist for long. democrats now have subpoena power. the ap is reporting the white house has been preparing for this, quote, white house officials describe their plan for addressing the mounting requests as multi-layered. lawyers in the counsel's office plan to be cooperative but are unlikely to provide the democrats the vast amount of documents they're looking for. they intend to be protective executive power and privilege. we quote, indeed some people close to mr

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman. >> weisselberg has been southwest up in the investigation.e was granted immunity for providing information on cohen's role in hush money payments to women alleging affairs with president trump. trump denies those affairs. weisselberg's immunity deal doesn't guarantee he will be spared from inquiries from congress or prosecutors looking into other matters. he could be a treasurer trove of information. weisselberg knows where all the financial bodies are buried, a source prieviously told cnn. >> another man who has done a great job is matthew, my chief operating officer. >> you know i don't care for jen very much. gotta be honest with you. wow. because -- i'm not doing too good. >> aside from that awkward moment, matthew has kept a relatively low profile. trump liked how he dealt with hecklers at the u.s. open tournament and hired him as a security guard. he climbed the ranks to become trump's personal bodyguard and eventually chief operating officer. >> i have some of the best people in the world. i have guys lined up, believe me. >> reporter:

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman and matthew calamari. >> and where would the committee find moreormation on this? do we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them? >> yes, and you'd find it at the trump org. >> so that's apparently what kicked things off. joining me on the phone elie honig. when we see this, it comes from the new york state department of financial services and it's important to point out this nine page document, according to the "new york times" is asking for information back to 2009 but this department doesn't necessarily or can't conduct a criminal investigation but they can refer whatever they find, of course, to prosecutors? >> exactly, right. this is the new york state department of financial services. they are primarily a civil agency. what they are able to do directly is to levy fines and revoke licenses and that kind of thing. what they also can do is refer cases to criminal prosecutors whether at the state level or perhaps indirectly to the federal level. when i worked at the u.s. attorney's offices, we would com

>> allen weissleberg, ron lieberman and matthew calamari. >> today in the wake of this testimony, the daily beast was first to report that trump chief financial officer allen weissleberg will now be summoned to testify to congress. the daily beast was first to report he will be called to testify before the house intelligence committee. house oversight chairman elijah cummings told reporters today that if you are looking for a guide as to who else may be summoned to testify in the wake of cohen's testimony, a pretty good way to anticipate those witnesses would be to read through the transcript and highlight every name mentioned as to someone who could potentially provide useful information. one of the provocative things that may signal, one or more of the president's adult children will be included in that. we shall see. before anyone is called for questioning in the wake of cohen's testimony. cohen has already handed over exhibits and documents, including the checks and the trust that controls the president's businesses. reimbursing cohen for payments he made ahead of the election and

>> allen weiselberg, ron lieberman and matthew calimari. >> a top law maker say democrats plan to formally demand president trump's tax returns if about two weeks. congressman bill parscale says they will seek a week's of tax returns from the treasury department. they were almost ready to go. the chairman will be ready in two weeks to sent e send his letter. i volunteer to deliver it. a 1924 law allows the heads of congress' tax committees to look at anyone's confidential tax filings. they could vote to make those returns publicly available. aimed at addressing suicide among veterans yesterday, donald trump was asked about the democrat's sweeping new probe of his presidency. >> the witch hunt has continued. the fact is that i guess we got 81 letters. there was no collusion. that was a hoax. there was no anything and they want to do that instead of getting legislation passed. 81 people or organizations got letters. it's a disgrace. it's a disgrace to our company. i'm not surprised it's happening. basically they started the campaign. so the campaign begins. president obama from what they tel

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman, and matthew calamari. >> and where will the committee find more information on this? do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them? >> yes. and you would find it at the trump org. >> well, with us to talk about it, david farenthold, pulitzer prize-winning "washington post" reporter who happens to cover the president's businesses and conflicts of interest. he is very busy generally, and has been reporting on the new york a.g.'s new investigation specifically today. and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon, and importantly, former chief counsel to house intel. gentlemen, welcome to you both. david, a very basic question. tell us about this new york investigation, and folks may want to know how is it that there were investigations heretofore unknown and unopened that waited for the cohen testimony to be triggered? >> well, the interesting thing about cohen was that he's given investigators sort of a concrete specific thing to look for. there had been questions sort of genera

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman and matthew calamari. >> and where would the committee find more information on this, do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them? >> yes. and you'd find it at the trump org. >> tonight "the new york times" reports new york regulators have issued an expansive subpoena to the trump organization's long-time insurance broker, the first step in an investigation of insurance policies and claims involving trump's family business. meanwhile yesterday jerry nadler issued document requests, as the president mentioned, to 81 individuals and entities with a focus on investigating possible obstruction of justice, public corruption and abuses of power. adam schiff's intelligence committee is stepping up its investigation hiring among others former federal prosecutor daniel goldman who has overseen prosecutions of russian organized crime networks. maxine walters is probing how deutsche bank loaned money to him and they are demanding documents in jared kushner's security clearance after the report trump ove

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman, and matthew calamari. >> that's right.'s an actual human person named matthew calamari. [ laughter ] or at least i think he is a person, and not squidward's dead beat uncle on "spongebob." [ laughter ] if there's any upside to electing a new yorker as president it's that we will at least get to hear a member of congress say the words, thank you for being here, mr. calamari. we would urge you to remember you're under oath, and for you not to forget about it. [ laughter ] and you can tell trump and republicans are worried about cohen's testimony because leading up to it, they've been publicly threatening him. on tuesday, congressman matt gaetz threatened to reveal information about cohen's personal life. and last month, trump went on fox news, and said investigators should look into cohen's father-in-law for committing some sort of crime, although he wasn't very clear on the specifics. >> in order to get his sentence reduced, he says i have an idea, i'll give you some information on the president. well, there is no informati

. >> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman and matthew calimari. >> it doesn't seem that the president and his companions are out of the woods yet. federal prosecutors in manhattan are continuing their work. >> as are congressional investigators with the long-awaited mueller report expected any day. and cohen is scheduled for a repeat appearance on capitol hill next wednesday, and kris, you said we're all anxious to hear from the president. he has been tweeting like crazy this morning, bashing cohen, saying he perjured himself and saying the russia investigation is a witch hunt. >>> new details the recent winter storms are helping wash away the state drought. the u.s. drought monitor reports that 80% of california is now free of drought conditions. state water resource officials say that the vital sierra nevada snowpack is now at 153% of average. a measurement taken yesterday near sierra at tahoe found 113 inches of snow, compared to 13 inches a year ago. good news for us, kari >> absolutely. there's more rain and snow in the forecast, as we get a live look outside in oakland this morning,

. >> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman and matthewic icacali. >> it doesn't seem that the president and his companions are out of the woods yet. federal prosecutors in manhattan are continuing their work. >> as are congressional investigators with the long-awaited mueller report expected any day. susan mcginnis, nbc news, washington. >> it is 5:06 now. >>> back here at home, a south bay neighborhood this morning feeling rather shaken up by the discovery of a woman found dead inside her own home. here is a live look from the scene, where officers just cleared the area. this is a short time ago, the coroner took the woman's body away. police were called to the home yesterday afternoon on knollfield way in south san jose. so far, police are not saying anything about how that woman died, but they do say that there are homicide investigators on the case. there was a heavy police presence, and taped off streets, raising concern among the neighbors. >> normally this street is really quiet, so seeing this many police officers on our street is just kind of bizarre. >> the santa clara county coro

keith davidson, allen weisselberg, ron leaieberman an matthew calamari. >> those are some of the people who know everything. and is this a new reality for president trump. for two years he had been protected by a republican controlled krocongress and now faces intense pressure. his best line of defense today was to say that michael cohen is a liar. when asked about cohen's testimony -- >> he called you a liar, a con man, a racist. what is your response to michael cohen? >> well, it is incorrect and he lied a lot. >> so the president says cohen lied a lot and he is a liar. except when he isn't. >> he didn't lie about one thing. he said no collusion with the russian hoax. and i said i wonder why he didn't just lie about that too like he did about everything else. he lied about so many different things. >> he said i wonder why he didn't lie about that just like he did about everything else. so wait, donald trump is saying that michael cohen lied about everything else. everything but russian collusion, which means according to the president that cohen was lying when he said these things --

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman, and matthew calamari. >> and where would the committee find morethis? do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them? >> yes, and you would find it at the trump org. >> it was an important exchange for her. >> it was. now, to be clear, "the new york times" had done reporting based on anonymous sources about five days earlier talking about the fact that michael cohen -- >> that's where they got the question. >> exactly, had gone and spoken to prosecutors in new york about this very issue. having said that, we know in our business and your business, a follow-up question is half the battle. and getting him to say that under oath was huge. absolutely huge. the question is how much does the southern district already have or know based on that reporting and also cnn's reporting from a couple months ago that they had already been looking into trump org, asking for documents, asking to talk to senior officials there. these are dots that are now be connected about what that topic was. and potential other

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman and matthew calamari. >> and where would the committee find more information on this? do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them? >> yes, and you'd find it at the trump org. >> or deutsche bank perhaps. the new york inquiry is a civil matter, it's not a criminal one it's important to point out, and it joins a long list of other investigations surrounding the president of the campaign, administration, inauguration, and the charity which the state of new york ordered resolved. he almost made it through a full day without tweeting about any of it, but he didn't. with more now, preet bharara, former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. he's also the author of a book just coming out titled "doing justice, a prosecutor's thoughts on crime, punishment and the rule of law." preet, what does this mean? how concerned should the president be about an investigation in which deutsche bank records are subpoenaed? >> you add it on top of all the other investigations, basically every aspect

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman, and matthew calamari. >> and where would the committee find more information on this? do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them? >> yes. and you would find it at the trump org. >> although we do not know specifically what the house judiciary committee is seeking from the trump organization, we do know that the company either has or is about to get a letter in the mail and there's more tonight. including another avenue that a number of leading conservatives believe could lead to impeachment on its own with nothing added. it involves the president reportedly leaning on the justice department to block a business deal involving our parent company, because, again, reportedly, the president didn't like cnn's coverage of him. we'll talk about that, we'll talk about all the other ways the president could now be vulnerable, either legally or politically or both and you'll hear from some who have called this wide-ranging scrutiny long overdue and those who disagree, say it's completely unfair. what y

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman and matt calamari. >> and where would the committee find more information this? do you think we need to review his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them? >> yes, and you'd find it at the trump organization. >> problematic. that came out because michael cohen testified. >> that's how to conduct an examination with all of the congressman and done so well. she follows up with the right question. who do we need to talk to? in the case of cohen's credibility, we use people in court like him all the time to get convictions, many of the best sources i've had in my life were crooked cops who were telling the truth when it was in their interest to do so -- >> i want to come to this quickly. the trump organization, even before this president, it clearly appears that donald trump inflates his assets and deflates them and destroys records. >> correct. >> let's listen to a piece of sound that i think is a problem that donald trump could have as a result of michael cohen. this is about what else might be out there. take a listen. >> is there a

>> allen weisselberg, ron lieberman and matthew calamari. >> do you think we need to review his financialx returns in order to compare them. >> yes. and you'd find it at the trump org. >> that's a really small room. during that line of questioning what was the mood like? was that sort of like a perry mason moment? >> of course the objective of a hearing like this is to give democrats an opportunity to draw out evidence of wrongdoing by the president. in that sense, it was almost like an impeachment proceeding against the president or the early stages of them. being in the room, you could really feel that. at the very end of the hearing when we finally got to alexandria ocasio-cortez and presley and rashida talib and katie hill, i think the mood in the room was kpexasperated and exhausted because it had been the end of the seven hours of testimony. what we saw from them was not any grandstanding or bloviating. it was really an attempt to draw out that evidence of potential criminal wrongdoing. in the process, blowing up this entire investigation and giving them more lines of inquiry to go

>> allen weisselberg ron lieberman and matthew calamari. >> in a statement to fox news a spokesman forpublicans it's completely appropriate to conduct proffer sessions and allow witnesses to review their prior testimony before the committee interviews them. such sessions are a routine part of every serious investigation around the country including congressional investigations. yesterday fox news asked cohen's legal and pr team to comment on the meetings with the democratic staff and the spokesperson would not answer our specific questions but said they believe cohen will ultimately be vindicated and they want the transcript from this week's private testimony before the house intelligence committee released, sandra. >> sandra: catherine herridge on that story for us, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> bill: the president left his white house on his way to visit alabama tornado victims down there. before he spoke to reporters on the south lawn he had a wide range of topics including paul manafort's sentencing last evening. >> bill, good morning to you the president had a lot to say about

. >> allen weiselberg, david pecker, larry levine or dillon howard. ron lieberman. don trump jr.a trump. >> lawmakers equally listening, taking notes. >> president trump's former business associate will testify before his committee in open session on march 14th. as we timely hear from some of these individuals, a big question remains will public testimony shift public opinion? robert blizzard said public opinion of mr. trump had proved remarkably fixed over time. he dismissed the possibility that mr. cohen would shift opinion on either the right or the left. michael fuchs, adviser to secretary of state hillary clinton, joyce vance is a former u.s. attorney, now msnbc contributor. sally cohen, author of the boom "the opposite of hate." joyce, i want to start with you in this conseat, that we're seeing new life breathed into these documents. you have spent your career going over them, writing them and reading them, as well. what kind of a difference does this make to the case being laid out? >> it makes a difference to the public because prosecutors conduct their investigations in

>>t allen weisselberg, ron lieberman, and matthew calamari. >> and where would the committee find more information on this? do you thinkio we need to revie his financial statements and his tax returns in order to compare them? >> yes, and you'd find it at the trump org. >> fast forward six days and new york state regulators appear to have decided to take michael cohen's suggestion on tuesday, they issued a subpoena to the trump organization's insurance company. nbc news investigations tom winter hasnb been looking into that and has been for quite some time. tom, when we will see alexandria ocasio-cortez ask that question last week, it was pretty obvious there was a i trail and you're w following it. >> right. so this had come out actuality weekend before, first the po "new york times," then we was part of some discussions michael cohen was having with federal prosecutors in new york. there was something around insurance and assets and insurance policies that had gotten the attention of prosecutors, something that michael cohen was discussing with them. then from there, what came up was