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
world headquarters in new york. a busy hour ahead. right now, president biden is on his way to wisconsin on an unofficial post state of the union tour after his rousing address before the joint session of congress last night. imploring lawmakers to finish the job, the president defended his record and called for more bipartisanship. but did manage to tangle with republicans at times. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not saying it is a majority. anybody who doubts it, contact my office, i ll give you a copy. i ve give you a copy of the proposal. coming up, we ll talk about how president biden may use those gop outbursts to his advantage. plus, the drama on the floor before the president even walked out. what senator mitt romney is saying about this moment, the moment when he called out george santos to his face on the house floor, with cameras rolling. he shouldn t have been there. he shouldn t be in the look, he s a sick puppy. also t
it s been one year of death and destruction in russia s war on ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy insists his country can win this war. here s what he said to troops earlier today. [ speaking non-english ] translator: it depends entirely on you whether we all survive or whether ukraine survives. every day, every hour depends on you, the ukrainian soldier. you are our most important person who is standing and thanks to whom millions of ukrainians are standing and thanks to whom ukraine will survive. thanks to you, glory to ukraine will ring out forever. let s bring in our chief international correspondent clarissa ward on the ground in kyiv. clarissa, always great to see you. so, tell us what it s like one year in on the ground there. reporter: it s really a mixed picture, alisyn. the very fact i m talking to you from here in kyiv is something that a year ago we might not have expected because all the intelligence services were saying the city would likely
with lethal aid and also talking peace. we don t know what they ll do. that s what the white house spokesperson admiral kirby said. tiktok, data privacy, fentanyl. the list was scrolling there. bipartisan calls for the president to do something on all of it. democratic chairmen of the senate select committee on intelligence here. china is investing in economic areas. they have $5 hundred billion in intellectual property left. we are in a competition on technology basis. you guys would like that kind of return 90 minutes a day on tiktok. taking date why from americans and not keeping it safe. harris: it affects all of us. it is nonpartisan. it is all americans. and, of course, as americans we went through the covid pandemic together. republicans pushing now for accountability on how it all started. that matters. chairman of the house select subcommittee on the pandemic with this. do you expect the f.b.i. and energy department to testify to your commit snow i would hope
is seeking to compel a lawyer for the former president to testify before the grand jury. according to a source familiar with the matter. prosecutors alleged in a sealed filing that they have evidence that some of trump s conversations with the attorney were in furtherance of a crime. the special counsel is reportedly asking a judge to invoke the crime fraud exception. and force an attorney to testify under oath about conversations between him and his client which in this case, would be evan corcoran and one donald trump. the new york times which was first to report the news at the special counsel is zeroing in on this quote, whether trump or his associates obstructed justice in failing to comply with demands to return a trove of government material he took with him from the white house upon leaving office, including hundreds of documents with classified markings. one potentially very important piece of evidence determining whether the ex-president or his attorneys obstructe