Burgdorf. Plus, chapel hill finds redemption. Big night. First, Senate Republicans are preparing to invoke the socalled Nuclear Option as the confirmation of president Trumps Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch heads toward a dramatic final vote. Yesterday the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Approved gorsuchs nomination in an 119 vote. It went along party lines. That vote essentially served as a preview of what will likely be a seismic contentious vote by the full senate. At some point today Mitch Mcconnell will file the proceeding to end debate on gorsuchs nomination with hopes of a final vote by friday, but 42 democrats have publicly announced their opposition to the nomination and support for a fill buster. In response, senator mcconnell has left open the option of changing the senate rules so that gorsuch, and potentially future Supreme Court nominees k pass the senate with a simple majority instead of a 60vote threshold. Those likely to fundamentally reshape the way the senate does business, senators took time to express their grief. I dont think were ready to stop the debate on the floor. Frankly, i dont think we have a clear miment yet from the Republican Party they wont change the rules. They wont change the rules on this nominee or the next nominee. As you heard from many of my colleagues and from myself, we are still very angry over what happened to judge garland. So, mr. President , we can go back and forth and blame each other. Brut in the recent history of the vacancy caused by Justice Scalias death. We both lost. We lost judge garland, and republicans will lose on judge gorsuch because were doing something that we think is reasonable in asking he be able to earn 60 votes as so many others have. We think the two are equivalent. In either case, we both lost. Is this the beginning of the end of the senate as we know it . Yes. Because its a slippery slope. Next will be the legislative 60 votes. Why is that why is it . Its because its a slippery slope. Means theres no reason for us to be bicameral. Why not have one body of both rules apply to both. Save taxpayers a lot of money. It certainly is the end of bipartisanship on judges. Well have a partisan vote on every federal judge, at least at the circuit Supreme Court level, which across the aisle will be a thing that passed. It makes every open senate seat a referendum. Thats what happens when you do it within one party. The political fight over filling the late justice antonin scalias seat has left lawmakers pointing fingers at one another. Republican members criticized their democratic counterparts over their planned filibuster over neil gorsuch, including senator ted cruz. Take a listen. What we saw today was the position of the modern Democratic Party as they are opposed to donald trump appointing anyone to the Supreme Court. If they will filibuster neil gorsuch, they will filibuster any nominee from a republican president. That obviously is not a tenable standard for advice and consent, and that is the reason why if democrats persist in this foolish filibuster, the Senate Majority will have no choice but return to the standard that has prevailed for over two centuries which is confirming Supreme Court justices by majority votes. That was the same senator ted cruz who just this past october during the president ial campaign suggested republicans could seek to block Hillary Clinton from filling Justice Scalias vacancy indefinitely had she won. Cruz told reporters at the time, quote, theres certainly long historical precedent for Supreme Court with fewer justices. I would note just recently Justice Stephen breyer the vacancy is not impacting the ability of the court to do its job. Senator tim kaine suggested that democrats would use the very Nuclear Option republicans are now considering to push through neil gorsuch to get President Trumps pick merritt garland confirmed. These guys think theyre going to stonewall the filling of that vacancy or other vacancies, i democratic majority will say, were not going to let you thwart the law. Well uphold the law so the court will be ninemember. So pryoure predicting hell change the law. Im predicting if the if they stonewall. Then i think that will happen. We call that segment in their own words there. Joining us now, reporter for politico and coauthor of playbook, daniel lippman. It seems they will have to go nuclear to get neil gorsuch confirmed. Talk to us about the ramifications of that. Will this fundamentally change how the senate functions going forward. I think this may be all overplayed by both sides trying to create drama and justice their extreme measures in both parties. It does seem like in the next couple weeks after gorsuch is approved, the senate may go back to its normal way of business. This may just be a huge storm that wont have actual legislative effects because the senate does not want to devolve into aitter partisan battle every day. Wait minute. You think with all this bad blood between both parties theyre going to go back to normal business . You really think senate and members there will put aside their differences and find Common Ground and Work Together after all this . I never said theyll find Common Ground on everything. The senate was already kind of had broke as an institution. But i dont think that this move this week is as seismic as everyone thinks because both parties and both senators in the senate, they feel like they cant go further down the path of kind of destroying the institution. So i think that on real legislation, theyre not going to abolish the legislative filibuster. And so im kind of taking a counterintuitive take, but thats just how i see it. Because it doesnt seem like the senate will be the blood bath every day the world is not going to end because of well, listen, its hopeful listening to you, but i have to say listening to john mccain it was like yes, yes even Lindsey Graham himself suggested that. Mccain is always negative on, you know, every move they make in the senate. We appreciate optimism, lets say that. Thank you for that. Meantime, at least 14 people are dead, dozens more injured following an explosion in the subway in st. Petersburg, russia. The train was between two stations when that blast occurred. Russian Authorities Say a second explosive device that did not detonate was found at another station in the city. One russian official said it was filled with ball bearing screws and pieces of metal. President Vladimir Putin was in the city at the time. Donald trump spoke to him and offered condolences and support. Keir simmons, good day to you. We have the u. N. , theyre calling this a terrorist attack already. Thats right. President trump describing it as absolutely a terrible thing. No organization has taken responsibility for the attack at this stage. There is some confusion, honestly. There is mixed messages about whether this was a suicide attack. At one point Interfax News Agency in russia said that russian officials were searching for a suspect, issued a picture of that suspect. Then there are reports that that person had gone to officials to say that it wasnt him, that he was the person in the picture but it wasnt him. There was said to be a Surveillance Video of somebody, a man seen leaving a device on a train. In fact, a second device was found and was diffused. So, its not clear who caused this. What was behind this. There is there are reports that it goes back to kyrgyzstan, this person may have been a Russian National from kyrgyzstan. Keir simmons, thank you so much. A lot of questions to be answered. We appreciate your input. President trump is preparing to welcome king Jordans King Abdullah to the white house tomorrow. In fact, the president played host to egypts president yesterday looking to reset relations. President trump drove home the new tone, heaping praise on the president before offing enthusiastic handshake with him. Compe that to when the president seemingly ignored germany chancellor Angela Merkel during a photo op. No handshake then. Meanwhile, President Trump is set to welcome chinese president xi chin ping to tjinping to mar five deaths are being blamed on the storm system. Storms killed to people in mississippi, including a woman whose car ran off the road into a rainswollen creek. She dialed 911 from inside the sinking vehicle buttress skew crews couldnt reach her in time. In glendora, mississippi, a tree fell on a home and a mobile home flipped over several times. A mother of three a mother and her 3yearold daughter, excuse me, in louisiana, also died after a tornado flipped their mobile home. In total, at least 15 tornadoes were reported across the south yesterday. In central georgia, heavy winds toppled trees and power lines but no serious injuries were reported there. You could hear the roots coming out of the ground loud. So, it was like it was just tearing and then a loud noise, fell down and collapsed. Everything crushed. Mobile, alabama, a Lightning Strike sparked this massive blaze at an apartment complex. Luckily, no one was hurt. Meteorologist bill karins will have a che on the forecastn just a few moments. Survivors of the deadliest floods in colombias recent history, theyre starting to lay loved ones to death as the death toll rises to 273. Incredible. The city of mocoa with mud slides. Rescues are still searching for. 175 killed, many children. Declaring an economic, social, and eke logical effort. Jared kushners visit to iraq is raising eyebrows and secretary of state Rex Tillerson has yet to step foot in the country. North carolina finds redemption after last years heartbreaking loss. Tar heels celebrating a National Victory against gonzaga. A check of those stories when we come back. The average familys hectic home its witnessed 2 diy duos, 31 crashes, 4 food fights, and the flood of 09. Its your paradise perfected with behr premium plus paint. The best you can buy starting under 25. Only at the home depot. Are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Dry mouth can affect how your mouth feels and how you feel. Discover act dry mouth, specially formulated to soothe and moisturize your mouth. And try new act dry mouth spray for relief when you need it. So yourhow nice. A party . And try new act dry mouth spray ill be right there. And the butchery begins. What am i gonna wear . This party is super fancy. Lets go. Im ready. Are you my uber . [ horn honks ] [ tires screech ] hold on. [ upbeat music ] the biggest week in tv is back. [ doorbell rings ] whos that . Show me watchathon. Xfinity watchathon week now until april 9. Get unlimited access to all of netflix and more, free with xfinity on demand. Welcome back. Lets get a check of your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. You say those storms are finished but there may be more to come. There will be. Wednesday looks like a very dangerous day. Well get to that in a second. First, lets start with what happened yesterday. We saw 15 tornado reports, mostly in central georgia. A lot of tree damage. Small tornadoes. A lot of trees on houses and a car. A lot of cleanup to be done there. Look at all the wind reports, the blue dots. A ton of strong winds with those thunderstorms rolling through the southeast. Whats left of that storm system has pushed far to the north. No Severe Weather. A sheet of very heavy rain. Its about a threehour period where youll get about half inch to an inch of rainfall, hartford to boston. New york city had that overnight and now the heavy rain is gone. All of connecticut, massachusetts, pushing northward into maine and New Hampshire throughout the morning rush h r hour. Later on today well pop up a new storm system. Its now in colorado, comes out to the rockies, spreading isolated severe storms. From oklahoma city, springfield, including joplin, a slight risk, large hail is the threat here. Then about this time tomorrow morning, some very strong storms will be coming in off the gulf of mexico on a warm front lifting to the north. New orleans, mobile, montgomery in a slight risk. Thats the beginning of our wednesday Severe Weather outbreak. Thats for today. As we go into wednesday, the map really lights up here. We go up to already a huge moderate risk area from atlanta to montgomery. This is where the greatest tornado threat will be throhout portions of alabama, georgia and even upstate portions of South Carolina. 47 Million People are at risk on wednesday. That looks like a very dangerous day. Everyone needs to know safety plans if youre in any of these brightly colored areas. Also yesterday was our Major League Baseball home openers for many teams. And the white sox, they tried. Their opener against chicago. Excuse me, against the tigers. It was postponed after nearly twohour rain delay. Hopefully not an omen for the rest of the season. The game will be made up this afternoon. Thats a bummer, sflit youre all excited for opening day and then you sit there for 2 1 2 hours and, yuck. Yeah, seems like it was a bit of a bummer not just for white sox fans but tiger fans. I know they were excited to see Justin Verlander on mound. President trumps soninlaw and Senior AdviserJared Kushner is getting a lot of attention for being in all sorts of white house matters. Latest is meeting with iraq Prime Minister al hiyali. Its raised eyebrows since it comes before secretary of state Rex Tillerson visits. Reporter the president s soninlaw and top adviser in iraq on a surprise trip with the head of joint chiefs of staff. Jared kushner thousands of miles from washington, missing meetings at the white house with egyptian leaders to talk instead with the iraqi Prime Minister. The right person to be in iraq is the person that the president will listen to. Reporter its unusual kushner would travel to iraq before the secretary of state. A sign of kushners growing influence as he juggles portfolio. He has a team that he oversees. I think theres a lot of areas that he has been working very dpil gently on behalf of the government, the president s agenda. Kushner seems to have influence with the president. As diplomat thats the first thing you look for. Reporter the white house argues the secretary of state hasnt been sidelined as Rex Tillerson stays home joining talks with the egyptian president and President Trump. Well be friends for a long, long period of time. Reporter you can tell from that interaction and from others that it was a notably warm meeting with president after former president obama never hosted him at the white house, partly because of the egyptian abysmal human rights record. Esident trump did not comment on that publicly, inste chosing to talk about the fight on terror. Still ahead, last year the tar heels lost the game by the last shot by villanova. This year a much different scene for North Carolina. We have all the game highlights from this years ncaa championships. Next in sports. Everyone deserves attention, whether youve saved a lot or just a little. At pnc investments, we believe youre more than just a number. 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Berry was the only tar heel sinking four from beyond the arc as unc shot less than 31 in the first half but gonzaga wasnt much better without much presence from ckarnowski who wa 1 for 8. There was no love loss for officiating crew in the game, though, with the refs whistling for a whopping 44 fouls last night, slowing play. In the second half neither team was able to take control as time ticked away. Gonzaga took a onepoint lead thanks to eight straight points from nigel williamsgoss. Isaiah hicks extending the lead to three making it 6865 after a jumper with less than 30 seconds to play. The tar heels never looked back. Unfortunate if youre goss. Comes in. Denied by meeks. Up ahead to jackson. No timeouts karnowski go. Kennedy, meeks, jackson takes it to the other end for the putaway slam that seals the victory for North Carolina. Joel berry earns honors for most outstanding player as unc with sixth National Championship. Roy williams in elite company with his third ncaa title. Congratulations to them. Georgetown has hired nba hall of Famer Patrick Ewing as new head coach, a threetime allamerican at georgetown helped hoyas to a National Championship in 1984. Hes an 11time nba allstar and been an assistant coach in the pros since 2002, replacing head coach John Thompson iii after 13 seasons with georgetown. Lets go to hockey headlines. The nhl will not be sending any players to the 2018 Winter Olympics setting a majority owners opposition disrupting the season for olympic competition. The nhl association fired back calling the leagues decision shortsighted. Turning to Major League Baseball. Red sox honor super bowl champion patriots ahead of yesterdays opener at fenway park. Quarterback tom brady raising up his recently reclaimed super bowl jers. Nearly had it stole by Rob Gronkowski but didnt get far. Brady chasing him down and adding a sack to his stat sheet. As for the game, boston rookie outfielder bandy with a threerun homer that put the red sox up 50. They hang on to win it 53. I know mike and joe were in attendance and very happy. So many things to talk to but we dont have time, the nhl, tom brady. And good baseball. Susan rice in the spotlight after its claimed she unmasked trump officials. Mike pence with hopes of resuscitating Health Care Bill with republicans. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. Tidy cats lightweight with glade clean blossoms. Our newest odor fighting scent gives you the power of choice plus. The power of pleasant. Exclusively in lightweight every home, every cat, theres a tidy cats for that. Are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Kevin, meet yourkeviner. 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At least five deaths are blamed on that massive storm system that swept across the south from texas to carolinas, the latest in mississippi where Officials Say two people were killed, including a 52yearold woman whose car ran off the road into fastmoving floodwaters. Although least 15 tornados were reported across the south in the last 24 hours. The senate is headed for a potentially historic clash over the confirmation of neil gorsuch. He passed Judiciary Committee on Party Line Vote and now democrats plan to filibuster before it goes before full senate. Mitch mcconnell has not ruled out the option of going nuclear, meaning change the rules so gorsuch can be confirmed with a simple majority. The republican leader already has the blessing of the president. The Trump Administration is working to reach a Health Care Deal with republicans following failed legislation a week and a half ago. Vice president mike pence met with moderate republicans. Esday group at white house before going to the hill last night with other members of the Trump Administration. This to meet with the conservative Freedom Caucus. The administration is trying to find a compromise on insurance regulatio regulations. Pence presented an idea that would allow states to use a waiver process to opt out of some obamacare requirements. While the Vice President would not discuss the meetings, Freedom Caucus mark meadows called the idea intriguing but no deal. Did you reach a deal . How was the meeting . Vice president , is there going to be a vote on health care . Are you going to vote this week . Theyve laid out a plan that were waiting to see what the legislative text actually outlines but we remain openminded and willing to look in detail at the the details of the plan. Were encouraged by at least the idea, intrigued by the idea, but would certainly need a whole lot more information before we can take any action either in support or in opposition. Meanwhile, nbcs White House CorrespondentKristen Welker spoke with President Trump in an impromptu oval office meeting. He said hes looking to get something done on health care and not looking for them with a colags calling it raw. A story of national intrigue and Trump Administration days before the president was sworn in. Nbc news has confirmed Blackwater Erik prince met with trump according to two intelligent sources familiar with the matter. Prince is the brother of betsy devos. The Washington Post was the first to report this story. What they described as an apparent, quote, back channel line of communication between moscow and the president elect. The meeting took place january 11th, nine days before President Trumps inauguration in seychelles island in indian ocean. The theyve been scrutinizing it as part of a probe in the 2016 russian meddling in the u. S. Election. A meeting sought to persuade russia out of their relationship with iran, including in wartorn syria. Washington post sources claim though prince had no formal role with the Trump Campaign or transition team, he presented himself as an unofficial envoy for the president elect involved in setting up his meeting with a putin confidante. A prince spokesman told the paper, erik had no role on the transition team. This is a complete fabrication. The meeting had nothing to do with President Trump. Why is the socalled under resourced Intelligence Community messing around with citizens when they should be hunting terrorists . Sean spicer says the white house is not aware of any meeting. While Senior Administration official called the suggestion of a trump putin back channel ridiculous. Sue reports from multiple outlets yesterday citing multipleources says rice ask u. S. Citizens be included in raw intelligence. Typically americans names are redacted. According to the reports identified originally left anonymous and had tie it is to campaign. Sources tell Bloomberg View in february National SecurityCouncil Senior director for intel discovered rices multiple requests to unmask u. S. Persons in intelligence reports that related to trump transition activities. According to the report, cohenwatnick brought this to the attention of the white house general counsel who reviewed more of rices request and told him to drop his own unmasking. Sources tell bloomberg this is the reason devin nunes viewed the documents at a white house secured facility and not a capitol hill one. Quote, it now appears nunes needed to view Computer Systems within the National Security council that would include the logs of rices requests to unmask u. S. Persons. Bloomberg cites a u. S. Official familiar with the report who said, the logs contain valuable political information on the trump transition such as whom the trump team was meeting, the views of Trump Associates on Foreign Policy matters and plans for the incoming administration. Now, on friday, chairman nunes again said they have nothing to do with russia. The reports i was able to review immediately gave me gave me very serious concerns about what i call incidental collection. Maybe legal but im not sure its right. When you add on top of that the unmasking of an americans name, then thatas the end. I mean, and it had nhing to do with russia at all. Ive said that over and over again. Rice was National Security adviser at the time of the apparent requests and the report suggests her calls for unmasking were allowed under law. Susan rice who served as president obamas u. N. Ambassador and then National Security adviser for almost all of his second term has not publicly commented since the reports emerged but two weeks ago when chairman nunes made his claim that the president elect and his team were at least monitored, rice said this to pbs. I know nothing about this. I was surprised to see reports from chairman nunes on that count today. I really dont know to what chairman nunes was referring, but he said that whatever he was referring to was a legal, lawful surveillance. And that it was potentially incidental collection on american citizens. Well, yesterday senator rand paul told nbc news that ambassador rice should be subpoenaed to testify before congress. Meantime, the Baltimore Police department had agreed to undergo a serious overhaul in the wake of the death of freddie gray. Now the Justice Department has asked a federal judge for a 90day pause to review the agreement. Joining us now, reporter for politico and coauthor of politicos playbook, daniel lippman. Walk us through what attorney general sessions ordered. He ordered the Justice Department to look at all those dozens of agreements they had between jtice and local Police Departments order and reform he ask them to basically see if the reforms were in line with Trump Administration priorities, like not blaming entire department based on one officer. I think the point i would make is that this is more for pr than actually changing these agreements because Police Departments who you might think would be welcome to listen to sessions, they want these agreements in place because it keeps these cities safer than they would otherwise be without them. All right. Daniel lippman, thank you for that. Another day, another Foreign Policy shift for the United States. President trump hosted egyptian president at the white house yesterday. It was el sisis first trip to the white house and first in eight years for an egyptian president. Obama never invited him to the white house following el sisis rise. President trump said this is just the start of new relations. We agree on so many things. I want everyone to know in case there is any doubt that we are very much behind president el sisi. Hes done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. And i just want to say to you, mr. President , that you have a great friend and ally in the United States and in me. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Lucky to have ayman sitting right here because you know that region really well. What about this visit stood out to you . This is obviously a reset, reboot of relations between u. S. And egypt. In 20 112 obama described egypts not an ally or emy. That highlighted how much the relationship between u. S. And egypt was strained. U. S. Halted delivery of f16 fighter jets, apache helicopters. Egypt in itself, there was that trial where they arrested several american aide workers and ngo workers in egypt, put them on trial. And it really showed the relationship being strained. Egypt has bern been a cornerstone of u. S. Security policy in the region. This visit is a complete reset of that. Seems the Trump Administration is putting aside the very critical human rights record of president el sisi. They have allegedly detained thousands of journalists, oppressed political opponents. That doesnt seem to be a priority right now for the Trump Administration. Its all about security and counterterrorism cooperation and thats certainly a message the president of ee gimegypt heard clearly. Egypt is dealing with a very stubborn military insurgency, militant insurgency, i should say, so getting cooperation from the u. S. Would be welcome news for president sisi. What did i tell you, lucky to have you next to me for this. Years of living there i guess. Next ahead, were following big business news. Tesla proves it may very well be the automaker of the future. Plus, we have 15 reported tornadoes in the south that lasted 24 hours alone. More Severe Weather expected today. Bill karins will have more on the threat and heads up on possible travel dehi morning. burke at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a coupe soup. [woman] so beautiful. 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We need a day or two to clean up before the next Severe Weather outbreak on wednesday. Let me show you one of the most impressive pictures. We have this tornado down in louisiana. Every tornado is different. Some are big and huge and some are small. This one was a tiny, narrow one. It ended up going through a parking lot in louisiana. And it was so narrow that one car well show you in a second. It picked up one car and not the other one next to it. Well get that and show you that. As far as the rains and delays in the northeast, new york city had hef rain overnight, same with philly. Thats ended. Now just showers. Its pouring from hartford to albany, mass pike and southern parts of New Hampshire. Unfortunately for our friends in maine, its cold enough so this will be a little snow as we go throughout the morning, too. Heres those pictures of that video. This is a very narrow, intense tornado as it goes through the parking lot. Watch the car on the left, it doesnt budge. The car in the background gets completely picked up and tossed. Every tornado is different. Thats you see those pictures of one house thats destroyed and the next house is completely fine. Thats a perfect example of how that can happen. For today the severe threat, again, hail possible in areas of oklahoma and missouri, areas of arkansas. This is late tonight into areas of the gulf coast. This will be actually this time tomorrow morning. This is not during the daylight today. This will be from about midnight to about 2 00 a. M. Then that threat is going to continue into the southeast as we go throughout the day on wednesday. Heres our big map. This could easily be our biggest Severe Weather outbreak we deal with this season. Montgomery to tallahassee. Its unbelievable to see the power of just a small tornado. It can be that narrow and that confined and then picking up a car just like that, yeah. Bill, thanks so much for that. Lets turn to business and a major announcement about the verizon deal that will combine yahoo and aol brands. Aol and yahoo are getting an interesting new name and word is current yahoo Ceo Marissa Mayer will not be following the new company. Thats right, louis. The ceo of aol Tim Armstrong tweeted out the new brand name for merged entity called oath. Its not entirely clear whether Marissa Mayer will be involve in the new combined entity after the hacking incident at yahoo . Really damaged the purchase price. Thats probably unlikely, according to a number of reports out there. Another well known figure, elon musk has been poking fun at critics who may have shorted his stock in the past. Share price jumping 6 . Amazingly has made tesla more valuable in terms of market capitalization than older and much larger ford motor company. One final item for you, bad news for Tech Companies in the u. S. Is department of Homeland Security has announced it will increase oversight with worker visa h1b. The Trump Campaign promised to overhaul the entire system. It looks like this new oversight wont stretch that far but a lot of american Tech Companies will struggle to hire Foreign Workers as Software Engineers and programmers. Thanks so much new things are heating up in a battle of which fast food chain has the freshest beef. Last week mcdonalds announced it would only use fresh beef in quarter pounder burgers in most restaurants by the middle of next year. Wendys seized tweeting back, so youll still use frozen meat in most of your burgers in all of your restaurants . Asking for a friend. Wendys ceo ee llaborated yesterday. If you think about our brand, we have been created on fresh, never frozen north american beef since 1969. Weve been serving fresh beef on all of our hamburgers for 40 years. When we saw that message come across, it was an easy response. My question is, where is burger king in all this . You know, all i have to say to that, just ignore everything. Just in and out. Love that. You go to the west coast were going right to the news. Still ahead this morning, this ambassador, ill begin by using the words you want to hear in eight years. Madame president , i have a question for you. Well, u. N. Ambassador nikki haley dismisses claims she has her eye on the white house. But what about reports she was offered the position of secretary of state before Rex Tillerson . She addresses that next. Nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. Whos with me . Were like a Basketball Team here at ally. If a Basketball Team had over 7. Im in. 7,000 players. Our plays are a little unorthodox. But to beat the big boys, you need smarter ways to save people money. We know what you want from a Financial Company and well stop at. Nothing to make sure you get it. One, two. And we mean nothing. And we mean nothing. 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Politico writing in part, her ability to navigate the treacherous waters of the Trump Administration has renewed speculation about her political future, generating buzz among republican operatives that she may be tillersons heir apparent and a future president ial candidate. Haley addressed the report that the president first asked her to serve as secretary of state. The original call i got to discuss trump tower was to discuss secretary of state. No, he did not offer it. It was the discussion we were having at the time. When we went in, that was the position we were discussing. And then thirdly, i see secretary tillerson as a great partner. We work very well together as i do with general mcmaster and secretary mattis and secretary kelly. It really is a strong group of people committed to results. We all know we each have a place in terms of this administration, but more importantly, we all know were working as a team. Haleys new conference comes as the u. S. Takes the helm of the un Security Council, a position that rotates each month. Secretary tillerson will chair a meeting of the un Security Council focused on the north Korean Nuclear threat. It comes as lester holt sat down with a former ambassador to the united kingdom, he whom words that jim jongun is prepared to use his nuclear arsenal. Do you think he would launch a preemptive strike that he had the weapons and the missiles, he would do it . Once he sees there is any kind of sign of attack or imminent threat from america, then he would use his nuclear weapo weapons. Coming up next on morning joe, well dig into the north Korean Nuclear council with Richard Haass and Washington Post david ignatius. Rand paul, elijah coupumming and tom perez, busy morning joe on the way. Hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. 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Voters in ferguson, missouri, will head to the polls to decide on the next mayor for the city for the first time soins the deadly shooting of michael brown. Mayor James Knowles who operated city hall in the wake of the shooting is challenged by councilwoman ella jones. Nbcs Hallie Jackson at the white house. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. A all signs point to another very busy day at the white house. The president is holding a Business Roundtable here at the white house before speaking before the North American Building trades union for a speech later in the day. Against it all, the backdrop to it, interestingly a push on health care. The president last night called our colleague Kristen Welker into the oval office and spoke to her about how hes planning to reach out and is reaching out to more moderate republicans, conservative republicans to make progress on getting a Health Care Deal done. Well have much more im sure on this development through out the day. For now, back to you in new york. Hallie jackson at the white house thank you. The senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee will hold a hearing on fencing along the southwest border. Set to testify, former u. S. Customs and Border Protection agents. Im alex witt along seed Ayman Mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. Morning joe starts right now. Its tuesday, april 4th. Bloomberg is reporting that it was former National Security adviser under president obama, susan rice who asked for the unmasking of the identities of u. S. Citizens in raw intelligence reports that connect to the donald trump transition and campaign. The other is the Washington Post story on a secret meeting back in january between founder of blackwater and a russian close to president Vladimir Putin as part of an apparent effort to establish a back channel line of communication between moscow and president elect donald trump. Just another day at the office. Amazing. The partisan roar around both of these stories is loud. Well try to separate fact from fiction and lay out how the white use is haning all this