my body clenched up. my stomach was in knots. and i just began praying. i just began praying for the return of them. a frndiend of the four americans kidnapped in mexico describing the moment she knew something was terribly wrong. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. let s begin with one trump investigation that could be close to a dramatic end. the new york times reporting that the manhattan d.a. s office has offered to let the former president testify next week before a grand jury. the times saying it is a signal that criminal charges are likely. this all has to do with that $130,000 in hush money paid to stormy daniels just before the 2016 presidential election. the adult film star claimed she had an affair with trump a decade earlier which he denies. investigators are looking into whether that payment for her silence broke campaign finance laws. trump has denied knowing about that payment. want to bring in david a
finance laws. good morning. listen, we don t know what happened if there is going to be an indictment. they say it s pointing that way. no one knows. good morning, everyone. poppy is off. the testimony you just saw that, was from four years ago. now will this be the case that finally sticks against the former president sflum donal trump? we re tracking a violent mexican drug cartel that written an alleged apology letter saying, sorry for the deadly kidnapping of four americans that killed two of them. did they actually turn over their own gunmen? we ll investigate. new trouble for tiger woods. his ex-girlfriend is now suing and trying to tear up a nondisclosure agreement. we re going to discuss all of. that but we re going to begin with this story that we told you off the top. donald trump hush money and a potential indictment that could be coming soon. the new york times is reporting the district attorney s office here in manhattan is signalling trump will face cri
storms threatening the west coast. 17 million people across california and nevada are under flood watches. the storm is known as an atmospheric river, basically a fire hose of water. the big concern, flooding from rising rivers and melting snowpack. the ground is already saturated from weeks of heavy rainfall. look at oakland. parts of the interstate shut down because of flooding. east of oakland, the roof of a dollar store collapsed from the wait of the rain on top of the snow still there from earlier storms. the store said to be a total loss. the good news, no one was hurt. evacuation warnings are in effect for five central california counties. officials are telling people to move to higher ground now. we re covering this from all angles. nick watt is just outside san jose. let s go to we ll start with nick. nick, what are you seeing there? reporter: victor, we re seeing a lot of water here in felton. we re a little bit up river from santa cruz. as you can see, if you
good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. could we be on the verge of the first ever criminal indictment of a current or former president? the signals coming out of the manhattan d.a. s office say yes, but how strong is their case? plus, the february job numbers blew by expectations adding over 100,000 more jobs than economists had forecast. will that help the markets? and the bad week on a good note. and the fda s brand new guidance designed to give women a better chance of detecting breast cancer earlier. but, at this hour, we are waiting for a decision by donald trump, will he make the unorthodox move of agreeing to testify before a grand jury investigating potential charges against him? the simple fact that manhattan district attorney alvin bragg invited him to testify is being seen by legal experts as a sign his investigation into hush money payments made to stormy daniels may be wrapping up, and that an indictment could come soon. i
missing in mexico after crossing the border more than two weeks ago. what we know about the case. plus, former vice president mike pence not mincing words. his harshest statements yet about president trump s role on january 6th and the republicans now trying to downplay the capitol attack. i ve been doing this a long time and have to say donie o sullivan is probably best in the business. incredible. very kind of him to say that. should be honored, really. but anderson didn t say that sthe online could be almost anyone s voice and real concerns its raising, coming up on cnn this morning. we begin with a break in the storm center battering california moved out of the northern and central parts of the state for now but leaving in its wake flooded towns washed out roads and thousands out of their homes. in monterey county the river is surging after relentless rain and the levee couldn t keep up. it probably early saturday morning sending floodwaters into the small