the jury finding trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarding carroll $5 million. what would you want to say to him? i said it to joe tacopina yesterday. he came over to congratulate me. he put out his hand. i said, he did it and you know it. this hour, disgraced republican congressman george santos now in custody at a long island courthouse facing federal charges, including wire fraud and money laundering and renewed calls to resign from members of his own party. white house and congressional staff negotiators working around the clock ahead of friday s next white house debt ceiling meeting after tuesday s first session ended with angry accusations from both sides. i think he knows that default would be disastrous. and i think he knows it couldn t pass in congress. it s dead on arrival. i didn t find progress in this meeting. we will get back together on friday and hopefully the president then can change the path of the last 97 days. good day. i m a
good day, everyone, i m andrea mitchell in washington where the biden administration is bolstering support for close ally south korea in response of course to kim jong-un s nuclear threat, a growing threat for the first time in four decades, u.s. nuclear armed submarines will dock in south korea for what national security officials are calling official visits, but no american nukes will be deployed onto the peninsula as part of the new agreement. and the u.s. has agreed that south korea will have a role in any u.s. use of nuclear weapons in a conflict with the north joining me now, nbc white house correspondent and today co-host, kristen welker. also jen psaki and victor cha, senior vice president for asia and korea chair at the center for international studies. the biden strategy on north korea is nothing more than love letters from president trump and kim jong-un. that s absolutely right what we re seeing today is effectively this show of force, pomp and pageantry that
balloon after it reveals it was capable of collecting evidence. the president s critics say it should have been shot down sooner. they had a chance to shoot it down over water and they did and recovered major pieces of it. have relations now between u.s. and china taken a big hit? no. no. owl speak to former defense secretary leon panetta whose criticism of the spy balloon and its response has caught the president s attention. and as the death toll rises to 19,000 people, and hope fades to find any more survivors, we ll talk to david milla land, the president of the international committee helping thousands displaced across turkey and syria. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. as the 2024 campaign is right around the corner it seems with president biden arriving in battleground florida at this hour to tout his support for social security and medicare. republican governors and senators have put the stake firmly in the gop column for more than
jobs and the dignity and security that comes with a paycheck. former president trump awaiting a decision that could be coming soon about possible criminal charges as the manhattan district attorney appears close to wrapping up his investigation into the role of the a the alleged role of the former president in hush money payments to former adult film star. the apology from a mexican drug cartel for the murder of who americans who died in a case of mistaken identity in a kidnapping just over the border with texas. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the labor market is strong. the pace of hiring is slowing. 311,000 jobs added in february. higher than markets had expected. january s big jump was also revised downward. the unemployment rate rising to 3.6% amid persistent concerns about inflation. we created more than 12,000 jobs since i took office. nearly 8,000 manufacturing jobs. overall, we created more jobs in two years than any administration has created in
in the office s possession prior to my time here. he is talking about some new evidence are you aware of what that might be there s no new evidence that s spin. also this hour, house speaker kevin mccarthy meeting with taiwan s president tsai at the reagan library in california a show of support for taiwan how is beijing reacting? international pressure for vladimir putin to release evan gershkovich falsely charged with spying as he remains locked in a prison in moscow in my own mind there s no doubt he is being wrongfully detained by russia good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell. today in los angeles, former president trump continuing his attacks on both manhattan s district attorney and the judge presiding over his case while dismissing the felony charges that he is facing. there is no case. there s no case. my lawyers came to me and they said, there s nothing here never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our na