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
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
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
inflation reduction act into law. we ll talk about the impact it will have on families with congressman gregory meeks. we begin this very busy hour with the results of last night s critical primary races. liz cheney, once the third most powerful republican in congress, lost her primary bid last night to her trump-backed challenger by a whopping 37%. here s some of what she said about her political future in an interview with today. are you thinking about running for president? that s a decision i ll make in the coming month. i m not going to make any announcements this morning, but it s something i m thinking about and will make a decision in the coming months. a different story for another trump critic in alaska. senator murkowski finished first in her primary bid, allowing her to advance to the general race. but she won t be the only republican on the ballot. the candidate endorsed by donald trump will advance to the november midterms. here to start us off is
Escalated in portland, oregon. We have the new video coming for us within the last hour from the scene in portland, oregon. The live images we are seeing went up until just a half hour ago which means this situation has been ongoing throughout the night. This is pretty interesting video. This is day 57 of the protests that have been taking place in portland. They have been happening ever since George Floyds death. Authorities overnight unleashed what we believe to be tear gas and pepper balls on the crowd. Marches against Racial Injustice have been happening for two months since the death of george floyd. Joining me is the former director of the atf jim kavanaugh. Jim, what is your concern here . My concern, kendis, is they really dont have a strategy to deescalate this. That is contributing to the exacerbation. The department of Homeland Security has the right to protect the courthouse as the department of justice. We need to protect the federal courthouse and building there. We have