. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian. u.s. military prepared to launch a preemptive strike against north korea. intelligence officials saying the u.s. would strike with conventional weapons if they become kochb vinced north korea is about to test a nuclear weapon. a possible nuclear test coming as early as this weekend, coinciding with the anniversary of the nation's founder 105th birthday, the grandfather of current leader kim jong-un. janice, what's the latest on this increasingly tense situation? >> good morning, yasmin. north korea blaming the united states for heightened tension on the korean peninsula with the dispatch of aircraft carrier strike group as well as threats of a pre 'em tuf u.s. strike if the u.s. believes north korea is preparing a sixth nuclear test. the speculation has been mounting for weeks and was rekindled again with commercial satellite imagery showing increased activity at the site where north korea has carried out the past five tests, seeing increased activity at the north portal as well as appeara

i'm yasmin vossoughian. i'm frances rivera. on this friday, one day shy of his first 100 days, and president trump is making a startling admission. >> i loved my previous life. i had so many things going. i actually, this is more work than in my previous life. i thought it would be easier. i thought it was more of -- i'm a details oriented person, i think you would say that. but i do miss my old life. i like to work so that's not a problem but this is actually more work. >> the comments are part of a free ranging interview where the president discussed everything from the 2016 election and trade to health care and more. but it's comments on north korea raising eyebrows this morning. >> well, there's a chance that we could end up having a major major conflict with north korea. absolutely. >> and that was not all. here is what the president had to say about the country's leader, kim jong un. >> he's 27 years old, his father dies, took over a regime. so say what you want but that's not easy, especially at that age. >> the presiden

i'm frances rivera. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian.nd a live look outside at san francisco--- as the rain lingers into your morning commute. be >>> live look outside at san francisco as the rain is lingering. be careful for the slick spots out there. we have more rain on tap throughout the morning. today in the bay starts right now. >>> good thursday morning. yes, it is thursday. >> i thought yesterday was thursday. >> we like thursday. >> exactly. welcome to thursday. this is a soggy start to our morning. heavier rain has cleared but there will be more moving through. some rain has shifted towards the east and you see more just offshore approaching marin county and will be

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. a horrifying ideal for so many families. kids will be returning to school with counselors after a gunman opened fire in a san bernardino classroom leaving three people dead. 53-year-old cedric anderson walked into north park elementary school telling the desk he was dropping something off for his estranged wife, 53-year-old teacher karen smith. he entered her special needs class and began firing, killing his wife and wounding two children who were behind her. police say he then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide. one of the children, 8-year-old jonathan martinez, died at the hospital. the 9-year-old is in stable condition. nearly five hours after the shooting the evacuated children were allowed to reunite with their families who had been anxiously waiting outside. >> it's just like unimaginable. you would never think you would have to go through something like this. the fear of not knowing. >> last night a candlelight vigil was held for the victims and this isn't the first time san bernardino dealt with

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. a lot of news happening overnight. could a government shutdown have just been averted? word from the white house this morning that the president amid swelling backlash from democrat has walked back his decision to have a budget standoff over funding for his proposed border wall deciding against a possible government shutdown. it is a stunning reversal on what was then candidate trump's central campaign promise. >> we will build a great wall along the southern border. and mexico will pay for the wall. >> we're going to build the wall. we have no choice. >> for more we're joined by nbc's tracie potts live from washington. what's the latest on this reversal and what led up to it? >> what led up to it is democrats and republicans didn't want to deal with it this week while they were trying to prevent the shutdown. the wall was a big campaign promise. so far the president has fulfilled ten of his 38 campaign promises and that wall was not one of them. he wanted a billion dollars built in this week to prevent the shutdown an

. >> and i'm yasmin vossoughian. we have a lot to talk about this morning. breaking news overnight out of georgia where a special congressional election pinned as referendum on president trump himself has the political world on edge. there is news this morning the race is heading toward a runoff in june after none of the candidates who vied for the vacant seat received the majority votes needed for a win. the leading democrat in the race and the president himself are claiming victory. for more, we go to nbc's tracie potts. >> reporter: this is a big deal outside of georgia. democrats are pinning their hopes on jon ossoff, the 30-year-old filmmaker who wants to replace health and human services secretary tom price who gave up this long-time republican seat. ossoff won 48% of the vote. check out the results. we learned early this morning the closest republican, karen handel, a former secretary of state in georgia won 19% of the vote. both sides are claiming victory. democrats say this shows that the people even in a state and in a district like this that's bee

>>'m yasmin vossoughian. i make the most of a few minutes with instant moisture from k-y ultragel. >>> 4:30 on your monday. a very happy monday to you. with that, a live look at the bay bridge this morning. lots of baseball fans making the trek back and forth this weekend for exhibition games between the a's and giants. now, the games count. play ball. >> here we go. >> here we go. good morning. thank you for joining us here on this monday. what is basically opening day for most teams. i'm sam brock. >> that's right, the a's and giants home opener next week. i'm laura garcia-cannon. vianey is in for kari. >> we have a system passing just past the east of us. that's what's going to bring the breezy conditions. we're not seeing a lot of cloud cover. that means it's a little cll

i'm yasmin vossoughian.ationwide tax day march as protesters demand president trump release his tax returns. marchers are taking place in 150 cities across the country. president trump is the first u.s. president since richard nixon not to release those tax returns. he claims his taxes are under audit and that no one cares about them. a new bloomberg poll suggests otherwise. 53% of voters say he should be forced and 51% say they are very or somewhat important to them. in berkeley, california, there's a face-off between supporters and detractors. police showing up in riot gear with fetear gas. reporters are on the ground following all of the action. i want to start in new york morgan radford is live.

i'm yasmin vossoughian here in new york.s earth day is kicking off with a worldwide march for science. the main event is happening now in d.c. where thousands of scientists and teachers and activists are marching on the nation's capital. out west, senator bernie sanders and chairman tom perez are holding the last union rally in las vegas. they spoke in front of large crowds in an attempt to bridge the divide. overseas right now, u.s. defense secretary james mattis in qatar for the first leg of his regional tour that included stops in israel. he will focus on key u.s. alliances with regional allies. >>> turning now to vice president mike pence, australia vowing once again to deal with any threats presented by north korea. he said thatgain during a news conference with the prime minister. i want to turn now to sara james in melbourne for more on the president's visit. hi. >> reporter: hi, yasmin. yes, it was an interesting meeting there, that news conference held. the vice president talked about strengthening the allies. that'

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian. let's get right to it this morning. president trump, the billionaire businessman who stormed his way into the white house, set to unveil his long-awaited plan to revamp the tax laws. zeroing in on a campaign promise ahead of his 100-day mark. enough to boost wall street sending the markets surging smashing records many there asking for the specifics behind the highly anticipated tax reform. nbc's peter alexander has those details. >> the nasdaq above 6,000 for the first time in history. >> with wall street booming the president's preparing to unveil his new tax reform plan slashing the corporate tax rate from 35 to 15%. >> a rate reduction that high is going to cost above $2 trillion. without a plan to pay for it, that's going to explode the debt. >> reporter: how to pay for the tax cut a major sticking point. house speaker paul ryan's proposal for a tax on imports getting poor reviews. also being floated, removing the popular tax break for contributions to 401(k) retirement plans. republican leaders not ruling it out a

i'm yasmin vossoughian live in new york.re some of the stories we're following at the bottom of the hour. vice president mike pence made a stop in ohio. he touted job growth and his promise to repeal obamacare. >> obamacare is a burden on the people of ohio and a burden on ohio's job creators. that's why the president has worked so hard to keep his promise to the american people to repeal and replace obamacare with something that actually works. >> three people are now in custody facing charges following a massive fire that engulfed i-85 near downtown atlanta and caused the highway to partially collapse. the mayor is calling it a transportation crisis. the governor of georgia has declared it a state of emergency. nobody was hurt in the fire but repairs are expected to last several months. >>> voters are speaking out in states that supported donald trump during the election making their voices heard so far about his performance as commander in chief. senator lindsey graham holding a town hall meeting and getting an earful fro

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. one day before friday. we've got to deal with news and drama around the white house after president trump gave revealing interviews with new york news papers, he down played steve bannon's role in the campaign and called him a guy who works for me leading to rumors of a possible departure. the president's former campaign manager may register as a foreign agent because of his past political work in ukraine. and now despite promising better relations with russia on the campaign, president trump is saying they, quote, may be at an all-time low. that wasn't the president's only surprising reversal. nbc's kristen welker brings us more. >> reporter: president trump making a number of stunning reversals as he faces foreign policy kree sis after calling nato obsolete on the campaign trail. >> that's okay. >> reporter: mr. trump changing his tone while standing next to nato's secretary general in the east room. >> i said it was obsolete. it's no longer obsolete. >> reporter: aimed at getting allies and also pressing

i'm yasmin vossoughian, msnbc world headquarters in new york. it's 1:00 out east, 10:00 in the west. now here's what's happening. happening right now, you're looking at climate marches happening in denver, chicago and washington, d.c., all happening on day 100 of the trump administration. a live report in just a moment. >>> and today, president trump marking 100 days in office, but that hasn't stopped him from looking ahead, way ahead to the next election. at a meeting of the nra on friday, the president offered his prediction for his matchup. >> i have a feeling that in the next election you're going to be swamped with candidates, but you're not going to be wasting your time. you'll have plenty of those democrats coming over and you'll say, no, sir, no, thank you. no, ma'am. it may be pocahontas, remember that. pocahontas is a favorite trump nickname for massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, who claims native american ancestry. but warren, she had some fighting words of her own for the president in an interview with bill maher later that day.

i'm yasmin vossoughian, i'm frances rivera. >> the president says atrocities carried out in syria are now his responsibility. the president declared the horrific attack as an affront to humanity, claiming the attack has changed his mind about syria and its leader bashar al assad. >> these heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. when you kill innocent children, babies, little babies with a chemical gas that is so lethal, people were shocked to hear what gas it was, that crosses many, many line, beyond a red line, many, many lines. it's very, very possible, and i will tell you it's already happened that my attitude toward syria and assad has changed very much. >> however the president will not say what, if any, action he'll take against assad while still pointing blame at the obama administration for not take action. despite cautioning against action himself in 2013 saying there was no upside. still mr. trump's new stance and the first real test on his america first doctrine comes as u.s. officials confirm it was a nerve agent used in syria, quite possibly sarin. that n

i'm yasmin vossoughian live in new york. new tension this afternoon between the u.s.and an extraordinary claim by the kremlin. russia now suggesting the chemical attack that brought world outrage, the one that moved president trump to carry out air strikes after seeing images like thyseese was not rey a chemical attack. sergey lavrov told rex tillerson today the assertions about the syrian armed forces using chemical warfare are not consistent with the reality. nbc white house chief correspondent hallie jackson is in florida for us. so secretary of state tillerson heading to russia this coming week. any response during his phone call today? >> not at this point. it was very frank, tough talk to the secretary of state and it certainly sets the table for what you are talking about which is that very important now increasingly important meeting next week when secretary of state tillerson heads to moscow. we've seen him take on a more visible role before and since th

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frr.ost of a few minutes with instant moisture from k-y ultragel. >>> right now, 94:30, a microclimate weather urlurt. check out the radar along the golden gate bridge. look at san jose this morning. pretty soggy out there. we're tracking the rain and pretty strong winds reported overnight. thanks for joining us. you made it to friday morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. i like that message. by the way, we're tracking a major fire in san francisco where there are injuries to report. pete is on scene. we'll check in with him in a few minutes. >> but first, this rain that came just as you said it would. >> you know, the winds were really strong. >> howling. >> okay, can you believe this? mt. diablo had a wind gust of 74 miles per hour. you know, we were all feeling it overnight. the winds are starting to diminish. we'rels

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. it is five days dins is trump administration fired 59 missiles into syria after its deadly chemical attack. the president is taking a hard stance against vladamir putin for what he says is the backing of an evil regime that is quote bad for mankind. >> frankly, putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person. and i think it's very bad for russia. i think it's very bad for mankind. it's very bad for this world. but when you drop gas or barrel bombs, these massive barrels and they drop them in the middle of a group of people and in all fairness you see the same kids no arms, no legs, no face, this is an animal. >> the president's comments coming as officials provide evidence confirming the assad regime used sarin gas on its own people last week and claiming russia is helping assad perpetuate false claims. a report that read in part the syrian regime and its backer russia have sought to confuse the community about who is responsible for using chemical weapons against the syrian peo

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. it has been five days since the trump administration fired 59 tomahawk missiles into syria after its deadly chemical attack. the president is taking ard ha stance against russian president vladimir putin for what he says is the backing of an evil regime that is, quote, bad for mankind. >> frankly, putin is backing a person that's truly an evil person. and i think it's very bad for russia. i think it's very bad for mankind. it's very bad for this world. but when you drop gas or barrel bombs, massive barrels with dynamite and they drop them into a group of people, and in all fairness, you see the same kids with no arms, no legs, no face. this is an animal. >> the president's comments coming as officials provide evidence confirming the assad regime used sarin gas on its own people last week and claiming russia is currently helping assad perpetuate false claims of the nature of the attack, releasing a report that read part, the syrian regime and russia have sought to confuse the world com

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i'm yasmin vossoughian. last night president trump phoned russia's vladamir putin for their first time phone call. the beginning of the new administration. mr. trump offering condolences over the subway bombing and offered full support as russian police search for suspects in the st. petersburg attack. at least 11 were killed and 40 wounded. a second bomb was found in another subway station. >>> there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. a russian news agency without specifying its sources reported that police now suspect the attack was the work of a suicide bomber. keir simmons joins us. what more do we know? >> reporter: you guys pretty much said it all. we know that they are claiming that a kyrgyzstan 23-year-old was behind this attack. it's not clear whether it is a suicide bomber. the news agency in russia did issue a picture of a man. it said russian authorities wanted to find, but then there were further reports that the man had gone to authorities to say that it wasn't him. russia

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian. we're going to start now with the u.s. military on high alert and prepared to launch a preemptive strike against north korea. officials saying the strike would strike with conventional weapons if convinced north korea about to test a nuclear weapon. a possible test as early as this weekend with the anniversary of the nation's founder kim il-sung's birthday, the grandfather of the country's current leader. are what's the latest on this tense situation? >> reporter: good morning. north korea today is blaming the united states for heightened tension in the region, with that aircraft carrier strike group on the way as well as the threat to launch a preemptive strike. north korea's vice foreign minister says president trump's tweets were causing trouble and that if the u.s. were to launch a preemptive strike north korea would not quote keep its arms crossed. this at a time when there is a lot of speculation that kim jong-un may be preparing for a test. increased activity at the probable launch site, data from april 12th showing

i'm yasmin vossoughian. fbi and police are scrambling to find a man who shot someone point-blank while streaming live on facebook. police say steve stephens is armed and dangerous. are asking residents of pennsylvania, new york and michigan to be on high alert. nbc's steve patterson has more on this. >> reporter: terror in the streets of cleveland, a city wide murder manhunt. >> find somebody i'm about to kill. i'm about to kill this guy right here. >> reporter: police scouring the street, searching for a man live streaming and execution in broad daylight and telling viewers he's responsible for several more deaths. graphic video streamed live appears to show the suspect getting out of his car, telling the man he is about to dry. >> she's the reason this is about to happen to you. >> reporter: the shot rings out and the victim laying in a pool of blood. >> it is shocking, a kill canner trying to show his power. >> reporter: police identify the suspect of steve stephens. >> we know who he is. he will eventual

. >> glad to have you, i'm yasmin vossoughian. europe state of emergency after terrorist bombers struck two coptic churches killing 42 people. the pope set to visit later this month, a trip the vatican says will go on despite the attacks. nbc's matt bradley has more on these deadly blasts. >> reporter: a day of devotion turned to horror. a crowded palm sunday mass at st. georges church north of cairo ripped apart by what police believe was a bomb placed under a pew. hours later a suicide bomber at st. marks church in alexandria, security camera footage shows a man blowing himself up just feet away from a playing child after police stopped him from entering the church. that officer now hailed as a hero. the twin bombings have left at least 43 dead, more than 100 injured and the middle east largest christian community in shock. many of the dead are children. the situation is painful, a relative of one of the victims said. why weren't proper measures taken to protect the people. isis quickly claimed responsibility for both attacks fu

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian. buckle up today, 55 million americans in 13 states bracing for potentially strong tornados. in goodman, missouri a fire station took a hit from a tornado. buildings caving in on fire trucks along with trees in the area. and cars were forced to deal with blinding rain and hail in other parts of the state. the next two days are rough weather wise. meteorologist bill karins tracking the storms. what are you seeing? >> good morning. our goal today as forecasters is save lives, it's one of those dangerous days when not just tornados but strong tornados that could be on the ground for a long period of time. we're starting early, not with a tornado threat but hail down in southern portions. the atmosphere is primed in a hurry and this afternoon this area of red, moderate risk we could go under high risk if the situation gets worse. but for montgomery to birmingham, atlanta to augusta, macon and areas to the east of savannah at greatest risk of strong tornados. a lot of large hail and wind da

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. there were developments from the white house overnight, president trump called the leaders of mexico and canada explicitly telling them the united states would not be pulling out of the north american free trade agreement just hours after the administration said he was considering an executive order to do just that in a surprise announcement the white house said the president quote agreed not to terminate nafta at this time and the leaders agree to proceed swiftly. the reaction from mexico came swiftly with the peso surging on the overnight development. >> the news comes as the white house unveiled the massive tax cut proposal, the white house calling it the largest tax cut in history. claiming it could offer many relief. what does the plan do? it reduces the number of individual income tax brackets from seven to three. 10%, 25% and 35%. the plan doubles the standard deduction for individuals and married couples, that would leave more money in people's taxes and make filing taxes easi

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm gigi stone wood. >> the u.s. will be conducting a comprehensive review of its iran policies. if iran is left unchecked the united states could be facing an imminent threat similar to the one presented by north korea. now ali or rouse si with more. >> reporter: good morning. well, first iran made no public comment on this latest development. the eye rain yan regime doesn't respond well to threats from america. so far tehran hasn't made public comments on the latest developments, but it's sure to infuriate the regime here. no more so than the hardliners who are very against this deal in the first place and said iran should never have embarked on any sort of deal with the united states. renegotiating or trying to renegotiate the jcpoa, especially so close to the may 19th elections is going to rock the apple cart here. hardliners are going to lay into rouhani for making a deal with the united states, and obviously this does not bode well for president rouhani who favors better relations with the west and is seeking a

. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian. good to see you this morning. this morning authorities in cleveland have expanded the manhunt nationwide for steve stevens the man they say shot and killed an elderly man then posted it on facebook. cleveland police and the fbi are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to stevens as the victim's family grapples with his sudden death. nbc's robb mott has the latest >> reporter: cleveland police with the fbi for the search for the suspected killer steve stevens who reported and uploaded a brazen murder to facebook is now a nationwide manhunt. >> our reach now is basically all over this country. we are not going to leave any stone unturned. >> reporter: with possible sightings as far away as philadelphia, none have led to the man who killed 74 year old robert godwin as he waited for easter dinner to finish cooking. his two youngest children and their mother were waiting at this home for godwin to return from a quick trip to find aluminum cans. >> he didn't deserve that. i hate that he took my kids' father

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. certainly all eyes on syria this morning after the united states launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles targeting a syrian airfield. the strike was in response to syria's alleged use of banned chemical weapons. the missiles were nired from two u.s. warships in the mediterranean sea. they hit the airfield used to carry out the suspected chemical attack. matt, what can you tell us about the latest on the strikes and also about possible casualties? >> reporter: well, thanks, frances. the syrian government said there were casualties around the area that was struck. this was sort of a support base that rebels said that the syrian regime used in order to attack rebel positions throughout northern syria. of course the syrian government is saying this wasn't necessarily such a crucial base but the rebels who have spoken to nbc and some of the wire agencies said that this was indeed a major point of departure for armed weapons going and attacking rebel positions throughout northern syria. there

i'm yasmin vossoughian. buckle up today, 55 million americans in 13 states bracing for potentially strong tornados. in goodman, missouri a fire station took a hit from a tornado. buildings caving in on fire trucks along with trees in the area. in joplin cars were forced to deal with blinding rain and hail in other parts of the state. the next two days are rough weather wise. meteorologist bill karins tracking the storms. what are you seeing? >> this is one of those dangerous days, only a handful every spring. we're trying to save as many lives and prevent as many injuries as possible. the area of concern, the lower tennessee valley through the southeast. 55 million at risk. the area of red is the greatest chance for a tornado threat especially from montgomery, atlanta, augusta to macon, georgia. this area is most at risk late today. we'll take these storms all the way to the east coast as we go throughout the early morning hours tomorrow with a wind damage threat. once again, the threat is not just for torna

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i'm yasmin vossoughian here in new york and here's a look at the headlines.ing pavement to release trump's tax returns. these are the largest protests since the women's march after the inauguration. >>> an explosion in syria. at least 100 people were killed in a blast near evacuation buses outside this city. >>> and it only took about five seconds for president trump this week to bottom line his new thinking on russia. take a listen. >> right now we're not getting along with russia at all. we may be at an all-time low. >> and just like that, the president who has predicted that russia and the u.s. could team up to solve the world's problems is now suggesting the cold war is back and frostier than ever. secretary of state tillerson's meeting in moscow ended with tillerson telling reporters that the world's two foremost nuclear powers cannot have this kind of relationship. one of the biggest divides is over syria. russia is warning the u.s. not to launch any new strikes against syria after last week's chemical attack, an attack that the russian foreign minister

i'm yasmin vossoughian.trump calling the russia story a fake as sources tell msnbc will not get immunity in exchange for his testimony. we're live at the white house. plus, this -- >> i will never, ever support a single-payer health care system. ever. >> more members of congress holding town halls and get

i'm yasmin vossoughian. is the president starting to look at foreign policy and in the wake of this week's developments, what does assad look like. and clashing roles in the white house. can they make peace or will one of them have to go? we begin with nbc's kelly o'donnell who is near the president's mar-a-lago estate. the president has sent a letter to congress about his actions on thursday. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: good to be with you, yasmin. this is an opportunity for president trump to lay out the legal basis for the action that he took. we know congress has to play and role and that didn't happen in this case before the attack on the airfield in syria, so the president outlining what he believes is his legal authority in this letter to the leaders of the house and senate. he gives it first the play-by-play of what went down the other night at 8:40 p.m. talking about the forces going into syria. he said that he did this in the foreign policy interests of the united states, pur

i'm yasmin vossoughian. to look at foreign policy and in the wake of this week's developments, what does assad look like. and clashing roles in the white house. can they make peace or will one of them have to go? we begin with nbc's kelly o'donnell who is near the president's mar-a-lago estate. the president has sent a letter to congress about his actions on thursday. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter:oo

i'm yasmin vossoughian live at msnbc headquarters.hing in the streets demand the release of president trump's tax returns. berkeley, california, a face-off between pro and anti-trump demonstrated turned violent briefly. >>> and aleppo, at least 100 people were killed in a blast near evacuation buses outside the city. >>> vice president mike pence on his way to south korea. pence briefly stopped in anchorage alaska before his travels. he's expected to arrive in seoul, south korea overnight. >>> it's early sunday morning in north korea. on saturday the nation unveiled some of its newest military weapon weaponry. the recent saber rattling by the north korea and u.s. is the latest drama. joy reed takes a look back. >> reporter: the u.s. ended world war ii with two nuclear bombs dropped on japan in 1945. it also ended japan's powerful emtire, including its rule of the korean peninsula 130 miles away. the u.s. and the soviet union divided korea between them choosing more or less at ran dam the 38 parallel as the dividing line. the soviets i

i'm yasmin vossoughian. president trump calling the russia story a fake as sources tell msnbc will not get immunity in exchange for his testimony. we're live at the white house. plus, this -- >> i will never, ever support a single-payer health care system. ever. >> more members of congress holding town halls and getting an earful. but first, nancy pelosi has tough words questioning the ability to lead the questioning into russian meddling during the 2016 election. take a listen. >> does he have credibility? >> no. he not only has lost all credit bui credibility, he's brought discredit to something that is a very, very serious position in the congress. >> tarnished the office he holds. nunes responding to those criticisms with our nbc affiliate. >> he's just too close to give a fair investigation when that investigation might involve the white house. do understand those criticisms? >> yeah, i do. but it always goes back to, then who else is going to do it? because there's only so many -- at the end of the day

i'm yasmin vossoughian, msnbc world headquarters in new york. east, 10:00 in the west. now here's what's happening. happening right now, you're looking at climate marches happening in denver, chicago and washington, d.c., all happening on day 100 of the trump administration. a live report in just a moment. >>> and

i'm yasmin vossoughian.s week's chemical attack in syria was one of the worst in the country's history, and it drew's world's attention. heartbreaking images emerged showing children gasping for air, parents clutching their dead children and aid workers trying to save lives. joining us is nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres. thanks for joining me. the russians are now contending this was not a chemical attack. from what you can see. >> it's hard to think of anything else. some of the symptoms they're showing are very typical for this type of attack. their pupils are very pinpoint and that only happens a couple of times, and it particularly happens when they get that nerve agent attack. on top of that, no other external injuries. it doesn't appear to be any kind of bomb or anything else that might have killed these people. what you're hearing from witnesses are what you hear here. their clothes are contaminated so rescue workers were getting the effects of the nerve agent as well and people were ly

i'm yasmin vossoughian in new york. happening in cities across the country and around the world, tens of thousands of people are coming together marching for science. the event brings scientists and advocates together wanting lawmakers to use evidence-based data when enacting policies. here in the united states, marchers are protesting president trump's proposed budget cuts to federal agencies that fund scientific research. >>> nbc's morgan radford is in new york city. first to ali vataly in washington, d.c. >> hi there. how are you today? so we're looking at the capital which is where the protest for -- where the march ended up as we were heading from the capitol. and most people have dispersed now so we're definitely seeing a wrap-up at the end of the day. not without a trump tweet. he tweeted in celebration of earth day saying we celebrate our beautiful forests, lakes and land. we stand committed to preserving the natural beauty of our nation. a lot of the people who showed up here today disagree with how he thinks h

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i'm frances rivera, i'm yasmin vossoughi vossoughian. russian police search for a suspect or suspect in the saint peets burke attack. >> no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. nbc's keir simmons is following development from our london bureau. what's the latest we know on the manhunt? >> they say they have issued a picture of somebody that they want to find, but there are alternative reports suggesting that that person has gone to russian officials and said that they are that person in the picture and it was not them. so there is confusion over whether this was some kind of a suicide bombing. they have found two explosive devices, one at the site of the explosion and another that did not detonate, that they were able to defuse. the carriage itself, the car itself exploded in a time when it was able to get to a station. meanwhile, president trump spoke with president putin and offered support for russia at this difficult time. it happened in saent petersburg. perhaps the place and timing is not coincidental. that is presiden

i'm yasmin vossoughian. >> i'm frances rivera. very busy to end your workweek. all eyes on syria this morning after the united states launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles targeting a syrian airfield. "t special edition. it's a friday morning. we end the week with a lot of breaking news. >> yeah. incredibly momentous things going on in the last 24 hours. >> if you're just waking up to this, let us tell you what we know. two navy destroyers fired 59 tomahawk missiles at the shayrat airfield. that was where the planes take off in this week's >> reporter: what we're hearing this morning is these tomahawk missiles killed six to seven people depending on the sources. that's the number we've been hearing from various different groups and almost all of them, if not all of them, were military personnel at this base. now what we're also hearing, and this would be surprising if true, is the russian defense ministry is saying fewer than t richard engel. richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this operation was limited. it was specific. and seems designed t