in six weeks, come in whatever, well, we ended that. now they want to go back to the levels where we cut those folks that now provide that kind of help. this amounts to $22 billion cut in veterans health care. now they dispute this. they know where their actual proposal or exclusive protection for veterans, but they say it s unusual language we use with presidents these days, they say i m lying when i say that. the truth is, why do so many veterans groups speak out in opposition to the republican proposal, they re not all democrats, they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing, anytime you single out the impact of their overall cuts, they tell you, no, no, no, it s not true. but they re wrong. they want to protect something. they would have written it down and say we re protecting it. you can t cut this program. you can t cut it. so he can see it. here s another example. under the republican plan, nationwide, 100,000 teachers and support staf
jobs and the dignity and security that comes with a paycheck. former president trump awaiting a decision that could be coming soon about possible criminal charges as the manhattan district attorney appears close to wrapping up his investigation into the role of the a the alleged role of the former president in hush money payments to former adult film star. the apology from a mexican drug cartel for the murder of who americans who died in a case of mistaken identity in a kidnapping just over the border with texas. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the labor market is strong. the pace of hiring is slowing. 311,000 jobs added in february. higher than markets had expected. january s big jump was also revised downward. the unemployment rate rising to 3.6% amid persistent concerns about inflation. we created more than 12,000 jobs since i took office. nearly 8,000 manufacturing jobs. overall, we created more jobs in two years than any administration has created in
jokes with him alongside a budget proposal while he was in philadelphia yesterday. his plan has little chance of passing the republican-controlled house, making this more about campaign messaging than the actual numbers. meanwhile, there are significant developments this morning out of the manhattan d.a. s office that signal criminal charges could be coming for donald trump. we ll get into the details of why. also ahead, a lackluster debut for the subcommittee on so-called weaponization of the federal government has some republicans frustrated now with congressman jim jor t jordan an game plan. we ll be joined by the writer of the piece in a moment. good morning to morning joe. we have jonathan lemire. pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene washington. and special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. good morning to you all. as i mentioned, we re going to begin with the new york times report that the manhattan district attorney
were traveling in. bill: they pulled the u.s. citizens from the wreckage of the vehicle and toss them to a truck bed and haven t been seen since. dana: they were driving a white minivan with north carolina plates. you can see it is riddled with bullet holes. the group is said to be in mexico. one could have cosmetic surgery. they believe cartel members have mistaken them for drug smugglers. dana: the white house is working with mexico to bring them home. according to bill barr, it s the cartels that call the shots. mexican government is being held hostage by tens of thousands of parra military members of terrorist organizations that control mexico. it is close to a failed narco state at this stage. they are sitting next door producing mountains of poisonous drugs and killing over 100,000 americans a year. we are sustaining the same damage as we would in a major war from these groups operating right beyond our reach. bill: william la jeunesse from los angeles has t
pale palestine. no plumes though. welcome, everybody. this is your world. i m neil cavuto. the latest derailment to chicago where you ll find garrett tenney crunching the latest. this could have easily been another chemical disaster, this train was about 2 1/2 miles long. you can see the aftermath of the 28 cars falling off of the tracks. none of those cars were carrying hazardous materials. but 25 other cars on the train were. that s why an evacuation order was issued near springfield, about 50 miles west of columbus until crews could see if anything dangerous was spilled. this is the fourth time in five months that a norfolk southern train has derailed in ohio. the state representatives are demanding answers. the fact that we re having derailment after derailment shows a loss of investment in our infrastructure. that needs to change. the rail companies are not spending on safety equipment. researchers from texas a&m and carnegie melon says while their independent