ok. in theaters april 5th. rated pg. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. yet another norfolk southern train derails this morning just as the ceo faces members of congress who have a lot of tough questions but don t always get clear answers. a full month after the train crash that got many residents sick, will the railroad keep its word to be in east palestine, ohio, into the future, and what are lawmakers willing to do to make sure he keeps his word? plus, president biden about to lay down a critical marker ahead of the 2024 presidential race unveiling his budget just about 90 minutes from now, how it will frame the critical economic and political fight with republicans going forward. and more misery in california as a series of unrelenting storms escalates the danger and the disaster. at least a dozen people have been killed. now a new storm could dump another 8 inches of rain risking flooding in areas that are already buried under 16
string of derailments, primarily the derailment and toxic spill in east palestine, ohio, that s terrified residents. i want to begin today by expressing how deeply sorry i am for the impact this derailment has had on the residents of east palestine and the surrounding communities. i am determined to make this right. you have my personal commitment. norfolk southern will get the job done. this hour, an update on mitch mcconnell s health. the longest serving senate leader in either party hospitalized overnight after tripping at a private dinner in a d.c. hotel. tammy baldwin joins me to discuss her bill to legalize abortion rights across the nation, restoring the rights stripped away by the supreme court s dobbs decision. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. at a hearing today, senators in both parties are pressing norfolk southern s ceo to honor his company s commitments to the people of east palestine for months or years after the train derailment rais
there s no way around it, that s just the best one. believe me, i ve tried it every which way, and it really doesn t get better than pete butt. but this would have never happened under my administration. people are saying i made the trains less safe. not true, okay? not true. i did a lot for trains. i made them bigger, faster, less safe perhaps, but yeah, perhaps you did. perhaps. saturday night live s take on donald trump s recent trip to east palestine, ohio. meanwhile, president joe biden says he doesn t have plans to visit the town devastated by the train disaster, and we ll have his comments on why. plus, the first lady seems to have given away the president s plans for 2024. we ll play for you what she said. also ahead, a weekend of deadly russian strikes in ukraine brings more attention to the debate over supplying ukrainian forces with fighter jets. and a new report from the department of energy on the origins of covid. good morning. welcome to morn
neighborhoods in oklahoma and kansas in ruins today after tornadoes reportedly ripped through that region. and another astonishing twist at the double murder trial of alec murdaugh, the jury is going on a field trip just days before they re expected to start deliberations. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments for us. we want to start with catie beck outside the courthouse in waltersboro, south carolina, as she has been throughout. first of all, some graphic testimony today, but also that block buster decision by the judge. they re going to take the jury to the scene of the crime. reporter: yeah, chris, that was a bit of a surprise. this jay way more often than not sides with the prosecution, and today he granted that defense motion to take the entire jury to moselle, to this hunting property, to the crime scene to get a spatial understanding of exactly how these murders happened. at least that s what the defense said they were hoping. separa
after she tried to soften he remarks. the last thing i ever want to see in america is a civil war, but it s going that direction, and is we have to do something about it. howard: fox s laura ingraham eviscerated the idea, including greene s notion that people who moved from green states to red states wouldn t be allowed to vote for five years. first, a law prohibiting american citizens who have not committed a crime from voting would probably not withstand legal scrutiny, and second how would this, like, national divorce be good for conservativism? howard: now let s look at this grenade from the left. ripping nikki haley with msnbc host mythty hassad. she uses her brown skin as a weapon, and she uses her brown skin to launder white supremacists talking points. howard: we re talking about a woman of color, south carolina governor banned the confederate flag from statehouse grounds, and ali is making the racist charge shah thiess that she s a piece for mouthpiece for