and right now on andrea mitchell reports, outrage in israel after three of their hostages are killed by israel s own troops even though the hostages had made white flags, had sos messages with leftover food on the walls and the troops have been told to withhold fire. large crowds in israel this weekend protesting outside the military compound demanding that hostage talks resume. the cia director in europe with israeli and qatari officials for secret talks to get those negotiations going while defense secretary austin arrived in israel today as the administration is increasingly frustrated with prime minister netanyahu including failure to stop violence against palestinians in the west bank. attacks by extremist settlers against palestinians in the west bank must stop and those committing the violence must be held accountable. plus, congressional overtime. senate immigration talks to unlock millions in aid to israel and ukraine running out of time to get a bill passe
to charge the marine vet and will not present the case to a grand jury at this time. his attorneys have said penny could not have foreseen his efforts to subdue neely would be deadly. a former of the manhattan d.a. testifies before the house judiciary committee about bragg s decision to charge former president trump criminally for taking hush money from an alleged affair. what you just saw moments ago, laura. yeah, it has been a busy day here in lower manhattan. daniel penny was just arraigned in criminal court on the charge of manslaughter in the second degree. we learned about the charges yesterday, in the subway chokehold case that ended with the death of jordan neely. he was released on $100,000 bail moments ago, we want to show you what happened earlier. the former marine surrendered to the nypd, the charge he is facing could bring him 15 years in prison if convicted. penny, who was handcuffed for his arraignment, was quiet throughout the court proceedings. his attor
sieve. you didn t see a lot of drama or palace intrigue. what you saw was surgical execution day after day after day. ron desantis taking a not so subtle jab at former president donald trump. the florida governor s book tour is bringing more attention to the 2024 gop presidential race even though he s not yet officially a candidate. also ahead, the latest on the kidnapping of four americans in mexico and why officials think the group was ambushed right after crossing the border. plus, we ll have expert analysis on the major fight happening right now in ukraine as both sides battle over the city of bakhmut. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 7th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin here as election deniers are claiming victory this morning after three more republican led states announced that they re pulling out of a national bipartisan program that helps protect against voter fraud. election official
obtained by cnn suggest otherwise. cnn s sam kiley has more on a potential diplomatic breakthrough in an attempt to avoid a nuclear disaster. here s more from sam. yes, it could be seen as some kind of diplomatic breakthrough that the russian president has endorsed the idea that the international atomic energy authority, the body responsible for inindividuallating, if you like, nuclear power stations around the world, should be allowed to go to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and check it out, and install and reinstall the monitoring systems. the fact of the matter, though, is that this is a repeated russian offer and amidst a russian rejection of the international community s demands that they demilitarize the nuclear power station and the town around it. the reason the international community wants to see that is that this has been the locus of fighting. it s effectively on the front line. we know for an absolute fact, jim, that there are missiles being fired out o
pat cipollone will sit down for a deposition with the january 6th committee tomorrow. will he help connect the dots? and the georgia prosecutor makes it clear if her investigation uncovers crimes committed by former president trump, he will be held accountable. we ll have her exclusive interview with nbc news. plus, two former fbi directors spurned by trump get swept up in highly invasive and rare tax audits that are supposed to be random. targeted? the odds on that daily double pretty extraordinary, really, for that s a coincidence. yeah, it was a special audit that very few americans got. but somehow, somehow, right after donald trump was upset with james comey and mccabe, both of them hit the daily double, the odds, pretty extraordinary. we ll be talking to michael schmidt who broke that story, willie. that s a tough exacta, even for the two of us. i think the odds are something like 1 in 20,000, to be audited that way. purely by coincidence, the two of the