irritated by the backlash and what he views as the probable sloppiness of his aides who packed his things when he left office. but the constant drip of new information is intensifying calls for transparency. and on the hill it s providing fuel more republicans hungry for investigations. in moments, the latest reporting from inside the white house and on capitol hill. and the unrelenting barrage of storms battering california has 7 million more people under flood was. half an inch of rain could fall per hour for people dealing with mudslides, buckled roads and homes submerged. in ukraine, the race to find remaining survivors after a russian strike destroyed an apartment building in dnipro. we are in the region with concerns about russia s new military strategy. we start with more pains found from president biden s post obama years. nbc news reports that president biden is frustrated with the backlash. explain what we re learning and what s happening inside the white hous
that s what u.s. bank is for. huge relief. yeah. politicsnation. tonight, crisis management. the war between israel and hamas is entering its fourth week. according to prime minister benjamin netanyahu a new stage, israeli forces are now inside of the gaza strip, following an intense bombardment from the air. nbc is reporting that some communications access has been returned in gaza after a blackout over the weekend. warnings about that civil order breaking down as conditions deteriorate in the region. and in washington congressional republicans are leaving to discuss their response to an angry quest for israel from the white house. the new house speaker is pushing for a stand-alone aid package that would not address the administrations call for additional funding to ukraine as well. i m in tallahassee florida today as head of the national election network to preacher sunday morning sermon, meet with community leaders and explicitly call out the anti black policies of gover
just yesterday, president biden became the first sitting president to deliver a sunday morning sermon at the ebenezer baptist church in atlanta. he emphasized that our democracy is in the middle of a perilous moment. it s a constant struggle between hope and fear, kindness and cruelty, justice and injustice. against those who traffic in racism and insurrection and extremism, a battle fought on battlefields and bridges from courthouses and ballot boxes to pulpits of protest. tomorrow joy reid, chris hayes will host national day of racial healing, an msnbc town hall. they ll look at the recent rise in hate speech across the u.s. and how we can cork towards becoming a more just and equitable society. that s tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. eastern. that does it for me this hour. andrea mitchell reports is next. .
those empower value. especially presidents on their first two days in office. they re reminded of the responsibility they face. and simply the power of absolutely. i remember walking into the oval office the first day when president george hw bush became president, he kind of pulled me aside, and he said, boy, i understand abraham lincoln. he said he spent more time on his knees after he became president than he ever has before in his life. nixon sorry abraham lincoln has been rather fill so o philosophical about god and was famous for repreaching the sunday morning sermon on a sunday afternoon with great sarcasm and attracting a great crowd of people, and his
jesus and this generation. people say maybe that s the oldest picture of jesus. they don t think of it as something that has to be scientifically confirmed but i am fascinated since i ve got that image on my book with what they re going to be uncovering throughout this process of deeper scientific investigation. definitely. one of the most contentious scenes from the passion of christ, mel gibson s very controversial movie, depicted the crucifixion, of course, and he was lambasted for this. your book sounds to me not just a vindication of mel gibson but perhaps he didn t go far enough. well, this is part of the problem. in an easter sunday morning sermon or good friday sermon in mel gibson s film, how can you depict a man being scourged to the point where the flesh is being ripped from his body, how can you depict a man whose back is in shreds, moving up and down on the cross, gasping for breath, pushing down on those nails through his feet. it s so much beyond what mel