the wider implications in moments. as i bid you a very good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york. happy easter to everyone celebrating. we begin with breaking news and new reaction on the catastrophic collapse of the key bridge in baltimore. president biden says he plans to visit the city this week. while he is taking strong criticism over a pledge to use federal funding to rebuild, pete buttigieg also pushing back today. we are using an authority call emergency relief through our federal highway administration. that is how we got the first $60 million out. there will be more where that came from. what would be the pitch to any skeptical lawmaker who says why should we have to pay for this? the page is your district could be next. this has historically been bipartisan. i am not just reaching back the bygone eras. new video release today of the record-breaking biden- harris fundraiser in new york city and a new hand on whether we might see more former presid
tone-deaf mistake of hiring mcdaniel. the outed anchor got a $6 million contract. mcdaniel did her first and last interview on meet the press an chuck todd said this. there is a reason why there is a lot of journalist uncomfortable with this because many of our professional dealings with the rnc have been met with gaslighting and character assassination. no one wanted to be left out. every left wing host joined the piling on. you wouldn t hire a mobster to work at a da s office. you wouldn t hire a pickpocket as a tsa screener. there is an easy way to avoid the controversy nbc news stumbled into. don t hire anyone close to the crimes. not just election deniers can do that on the airway but do that as one of us as badge carrying employees. the sacred airways means get with the program. they would like the company to have a cohesive message. meaning a network that petaries donald trump as a threat to democracy. they fall into two categories. republicans and exrepubl
that s the [ music ] that evening and welcome to a special defendant donald j trump tower. i am andrew wiseman, and i am melissa murray. there are just 17 days until donald trump goes on trial in manhattan on 34 criminal charges related to 26 campaign scam to purchase adult film star stormy daniels silence, so she would not talk about an alleged encounter she had with trump shortly after his youngest child was born. with the pressure of the trial looming, donald trump has spent the last three days escalating his attacks on new york judge juan merchan who will preside over the upcoming criminal trial. these new attacks aren t limited to judge juan merchan, but also include the judges daughter, who trump attacked by name yesterday on social media. all of this is part of a pattern. donald trump s attacks on juan merchan s family echo previous attacks you made against both the wife and law clerk of arthur, the judge in the civil fraud case against trump point now, donald trum
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about the kid who may be sick. and am i say tell a story, i m not talking about making a story. i m telling how you feel because people trust you all. your neighbors trust you. that was part of a discussion between president biden and former presidents obama and clinton who all came together last night in new york city for a major fund-raiser. we ll have much more on that show of democratic unity in just a moment. donald trump, meanwhile, also in new york city but for a very different reason. he spent part of his day ranting on social media about the daughter of the judge in his ongoing hush money case. and also ahead, a possible positive step in getting desperately needed aid to ukraine as speaker mike johnson got a first-hand account yesterday of the dire situation in that war torn country. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 29th. it s friday and we made it barely. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin