Morning for all of these lawmakers. Bring us up to speed on whats going on now and what it means for americans who need help in the pandemic. Reporter i thought when i woke up this morning i thought it would be over and its still going on. Voterama is still going on. Marathon session to try to pass amendments for budget reconciliation. First step that needs to happen so that they can pascoe individual 19 relief without any support. Now the senate doesnt do this very often. It shows how important it is. There was one amendment that all senators agreed on except for rand paul. Targeted stimulus checks for the next round of covid19 relief. This comes as 10 senators were clear with biden they want to continue this dialogue. They want to continue talking about covid19 relief. They have concerns about his 1. 9 trillion package. They want something smaller. They want something more targeted. They sent a letter to him hoping to continue that conversation, but janet yellen has been clear, she s
undisclosed hospitalization now revealed to be the result of complications from prostate cancer surgery. and there s more breaking news we re following. boeing s ceo acknowledges the company s, quote, mistake during a safety meeting on the alaska airlines mid-flight fuselage blowout. we have new details on the investigation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. first up this hour, donald trump s deeply skeptical reception in federal court today as a panel of judges heard his arguments for presidential immunity. our chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid is on the story. reporter: former president trump traveled to washington tuesday to watch arguments in a federal appeals court hearing over whether he should be shielded from criminal prosecution. i feel that as a president you have to have immunity, very simple. reporter: trump was not requ
ourselves because it was almost 250 years before a woman could stand at this desk not just to give a prayer. but to get the gavel. pennsylvania s new house speaker, joanna mcclinton, just one of a rapidly growing number of powerful women in this country, but ironically women now have less bodily ought omthan we had in 50 years. also new developments in jack smith s investigation into why the lawyers who did donald trump s bidding have reason to be very nervous. and if he doesn t win a grammy, it s rigged. tonight, you ll hear donald trump s new song recorded with a choir of prison inmates. no, i m not joking. and we begin tonight with the vital role of women in american history. something especially celebrated during women s history month which started this week. it is pretty remarkable when you think about it, the gains women have made since the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920, when women, but really white women, secured the right to vote. of course, women of col
reality, a phrase you may have heard this is what democracy looks like. that can be an appeal, an argument, or a kind of protest, and lament to how democracy is going, which is how many view what is going on tonight, as we keep track of some of the first hearing of this new republican congress and some of the floor speeches defining the new agenda. alcohol, tobacco, and firearms. in western colorado, we call that a fun weekend. bottom line, socialism bad, capitalism good. sounds like you re prepared to go over the cliff if you have to. over the cliff. shut it down. drag queen story time, where men dress up as women and read confusing books to children. first i thought you said dry clean. confusing indeed. now, in all fairness, selected rhetoric or a few sound bites need tot define an entire party. take other eras in history, a few sound bites and that would not be the whole story. but the spats we re seeing, the often bizarre and downright hateful speeches tha
president biden looking to flip the script on republicans with a law and order midterm swing. we re live in pennsylvania with more on that. the news on another speech later this week, and why the president s advisers think now is the time to make a broader pitch to voters, besides the obvious pre midterm timing. two u.s. officials telling nbc news russia has combat drones from iran. what we re learning about how they plan to use them on the battlefield in ukraine and the push to prevent a nuclear disaster in that country. i m hallie jackson in washington. we start with the latest fallout after that mar-a-lago search. i want to bring in nbc s julia ainsley, ben collins, charles coleman, former prosecutor, sich rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst and clint watts, msnbc national security analyst. julia, let me start with you first. the dod ruling is expected to come down at some point today. we don t know the timing. that s what i m trying to say here. we do know it s expect