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Navalnys death just as the leader solidified his grip for another six years. Navalny died in one of your prisons during your campaign. Mr. President , is this what you call democracy . Well bring you putins response. And the middle east is bracing for an offensive in rafah with Hostage Negotiations still stalled and tensions high between netanyahu and President Biden with their first call in more than a month set for today. Good day. Im in for my friend whos on assignment today. Donald trump is starting this week defending those controversial remarks insisting his warning of a blood bath as he described it, if he were not to be reelected, was for the Auto Industry, but the Biden Campaign says hes doubling down on Political Violence and quote, wants another january 6th. Mr. Trump was discussing auto imports before the comment where critics say he was inciting vie lens. Were going to put a 100 tariff on every single car that comes across the line. And youre not going to be able to sell those. If i get elected, now, if i dont get elected, its going to be a blood bath for the whole, thats going to be the least of it. Its going to be a blood bath for the country. But theyre not going to sell those cars. If this election isnt won, im not sure that youll ever have another election in this country. As of now, donald trump has no Campaign Events scheduled this week. He was supposed to be at maralago for trial prep but that could change after a new york judge delayed the criminal Hush Money Trial that mr. Trump was supposed to be at starting a week from today. Right now, President Biden, he is marking womens history month. Hes at the white house as you see before embarking on another west coast swing. We want to begin with Vaughn Hillyard where the president is head ed. Monica alba is joining us as well. Vaughn, i want to start with you. Mr. Trump says he was talking about cars. We have heard similar inflammatory comment from him throughout his campaign. You witnessed it on a regular basis. Most recently, the focus has been about undocumented immigrants who he said quote are not people. How is all of this playing right now . Reporter right. This is i think what we should expect from donald trump here in the months ahead. His campaign has even indicated its not like hes going to be having Daily Campaign rallies so instead, hes going to focus largely on the weekends and what you saw this weekend was in dayton, ohio. Republican nominee for the president of the United States suggested he views some of the migrants coming into the United States as not even people. He suggested while standing on stage that those january 6th defendants were in his words, hostages. There was a rendition of The Star Spangled Banner that played sung by some of those defendants. In the last 36 hours, hes pushed back on the Quote Blood Bath remarks. He made that remark while talking about the Auto Industry. He has pressed that if there was a second biden administration, there would be a blood bath in the auto market. Of course, during his own four years in the white house, there were just about 45,000 Auto Industry jobs added. Several plants did close. There is much that could be judged over the distinctions between the biden and trump administrations approach to the Auto Industry. But youve got to take into account on his own social media platform just last night, calling for the prosecution of liz cheney. For donald trump, there is a lot at stake. Of course on the legal front as he prepares for the criminal trial in new york city over the alleged Hush Money Payments but just this morning, his own attorney in new york filing a motion to stay the more than 450 million that he owes by next monday stemming from the financial fraud decision in new york against him and the trump organization. For donald trump, he is taking an aim at every one and everything that is coming for him, his family, his business, and his political future, peter. You make a lot of good points there. I think its worth noting as you and i both witnessed, the former president really plays in that delicate space between controversy and condemnation. He always knows how to raise the temperature and can always fall back on the suggestion it was not about what his critics say it was. Monica, i want to ask you ahead of his west coast swing early this week, the president today as we showed is focusing on Womens Health, Reproductive Rights obviously a crucial issue for his campaign. The president announced what is a massive haul, 53 million they raised last month alone. Talk about his priorities right now. Weve seen a lot more him on the road in the last couple of weeks following the state of the union. Exactly, peter. The Campaign Announced he and the Vice President were going to be blanketing every Battleground State in the weeks that follow in what theyre calling this march month of action. Theyre trying to tout where they are seeing this momentum. Fund raising was a big haul over the weekend and focus. Theyre really trying to say were going to put that money toward this very long general election. Were going to be opening dozens of offices. Hiring and doubling staff in key places. Things that really, they had received criticism for in the last couple of months for not doing sooner in terms of the infrastructure of the campaign. Youre also seeing the president do this kind of delicate dance himself where he is still trying to talk about Administration Priorities and things he can do in his capacity as president to try to really tell voters heres why you need to, in his view, reelect me for four more years. So today, he is doing this Major Initiative when it comes to Womens Health and trying to really advance the Research Portion of it and the study of it. Thats something the first lady has really taken on as a key issue and its something that is grossly underfunded. So they want to be sure to highlight that today and these are the kinds of things that when the president goes out and he campaigns and hes talking to voters, he can really you know, lift them up and say when women are coming to support me, this is a reason they might be and they were critical to his victory in 2020 so they want to be sure to do that again. But he is going to be heading to arizona. To nevada. Hes going to be doing more fund raising on the west coast which has been critical to this effort. You really saw in the last couple of week that is the president is trying to sort of talk about every critical issue in the bucket of what they feel theyve been able to accomplish so far in the administration. But the work that is left to do. Theyre going to see him talking about those issues in the next couple of days and it had frame of what he thinks he could do with another term in office. Not to be lost in all of this, the Silent Statement Made by maria shriver, the cousin of robert f. Kennedy jr. , who may be competing in the white house against joe biden and donald trump this fall. She obviously, theyre standing behind dr. Biden and the president himself. Monica, vaughn, we appreciate both of you. We want to bring in our nbc legal analyst, the former federal prosecutor and georgetown law professor, paul butler, to join this conversation. When it comes to the Blood Bath Comment or any other incendiary language mr. Trump has used, legally speaking, where is the line between protected speech and potentially inciting violence . Peter, trump is really testing that line in a way that no president ial candidate in recent memory ever has. Free speech is protected by the constitution. Incitement is a crime under federal law promoting or encouraging others to throw. Its a felony. Trump usually has a plausible excuse like here where he says he meant blood bath in the financial sense. The federal election case, theres a gag order that prohibits trump from attacking witnesses. Gag orders wouldnt apply to political speech like this. This is a striking moment. Weve seen a lot of moments like this and its one to have the former president and his allies defend their statements. Its another to consider how so many of those allies around this country, remember when he said the proud boys were listening. They took the message very differently than some americans may have taken his messages. Heres another thing he said repeatedly. He refers to federal criminal defendants behind bars from january 6th as hostages. We want to be clear, the overwhelming majority of those behind bars, the overwhelming majority of them behind bars, have either pled guilt to crimes or been convicted. It is rare to be detained when theyre accused of violence of the attack on the capitol, but on that topic, two of the men arrested in connection with the attack have actually killed people in the past. We just want to make that very clear for people who hear this language and when the president refers to these detainees or these convicts as hostages. How concerned, paul, are you about the idea of a mass release . Im extremely concerned, peter. But Inauguration Day 2025, doj will have prosecuted around 2,000 people related to january 6th. Theyve been convicted from Seditious Conspiracy to criminal trespass. So under the constitution, the president has the power to pardon people convicted of federal crimes or to commute their sentences so could trump pardon all of these people on day one . Yes. It would be highly unorthodox. Not not that matters to trump, but theres usually a Pain Staking Process where a lawyer makes a detailed presentation to the justice department. Theres an office of pardon attorney. That office can take years to decide a case. It often turns out people who seem very deserving because they serve years or decades in prison and they clearly turn their lives around. So trumps summary pardon will completely circumvent that process. I want to ask you about some of the other things former President Trump is facing. I want to tell everybody with us now the white house tells us President Biden has just wrapped up a call with the Prime Minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. It is the first time the two men have spoken in more than a month. Before that, it had been roughly 26 days the last time they had spoken. Well get more of that reporting from the white house. But paul, trumps attorneys filed a motion responding to the nearly half A Billion Dollar Bond Requirement imposed in the new york civil fraud case, saying it is quote, a practical impossibility to find the money. They say mr. Trumps been turned down by 30 surety companies. What does that tell you about trumps assets and about the future of mr. Trumps appeal . Last week, trump asked the judge to extend 100 million rather than the whole almost 500 million bond. The judge let him now haggling is not a thing when you have to post bond. What trump is doing is asking the court to trust them to pay up, which for any defendant would be a difficult task but its almost an impossible as for a person who has been found liable for civil fraud. Basically, the jurors found that trump lies about money and that he tries to get over on lenders. So it would be irresponsible for any judge to trust trump to pay up now. So peter, theres a remedy that Leticia James knows about. If he doesnt come up with the money on march 25th, shes got her eye on his property, including 40 wall street. Shell have a legal right to start seizing that property if he doesnt come up with the cash. Theres a lot for folks to keep track of. Another is the criminal hush money case. The judge delayed that. Your reaction to the judges decision and how that could really have a Ripple Effect on the other trump cases. Could that impact the way the rest of these cases are hard . It absolutely will. The judge almost has to delay this trial. Hes already delayed it a month but considering there was this Document Dump of about 100,000 pages that the u. S. Attorneys office in new york just turned over to both the Trump Defense and to the d. A. s office, it all got a legal plan that they need more time to go over all of these papers. So that pushes it back at least one month. I wouldnt be surprised if it ends up being more time than that. Were kind of having a traffic jam with a bunch of trials that in theory could be ready to go in this summer, june, july, and august. For many of those trials, that would mean the trial would continue even during the election day. Honestly, im not sure that any of these cases at this point are going to go to trial before election day. Trump, when hes actually brought to judgment, usually loses. He wins by delay, delay, delay. And peter, it sure looks like hes winning now in all four cases. Yeah, publicly and privately, that has been the strategy for mr. Trump and his allies. Paul, a pleasure to have you. We appreciate your time and expertise. Next, supreme focus. The justices are back on the bench today. Theyre hearing oral arguments on a critical First Amendment case. Actually a series of them. Thats next when Andrea Mitchell reports is back just 60 seconds from now. Youre watching msnbc. M now. Youre watching msnbc. How about bogo 50 off footlongs . Like the irresistible philly. Whatd you got to say klay . Theres Nothing Better than a sub sorry buddy. This deal is so big, we had to cut your screen time to fit it all in. Order now in the subway app. The ladies have been doing a lot of talking recently. She looks great what they dont know is i got inspire, a Sleep Apnea Treatment that works inside my body. I feel refreshed because im not struggling with cpap anymore. 100 bucks she got work done. Great sleep, at the click of a button. Did she get implants . Yeah, i got an implant, sheila relax, its inspire. Inspire. Sleep apnea innovation. Learn more and view Important Safety Information at inspiresleep. Com [stomach growling] its nothing. Sounds like something. When you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion upset stomach, diarrhea pepto bismol coats and soothes for fast relief when you need it most. Were back. The Supreme Court today, the justices are hearing oral arguments in two major First Amendment cases challenging the Governments Authority to regulate social media as well as guns. The republican attorneys general of louisiana and missouri along with social media users claim that the u. S. Government went too far in trying to regulate covid and election misinformation. The other case challenges new york states authority to crack down on the nra following the Mass Shooting in parkland. Joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian. Theres a lot at stake as we have this conversation. This defines our era. The challenge of free speech and misinformation. Help us understand why the Social Media Case is being so closely watched and what were hearing from justices. Peter, this case got to the Supreme Court after a ruling, a sweeping ruling by a very conservative judge in louisiana that held that Government Officials were unconstitutionally coercing social Media Companies when they went to them and described misinformation and disinformation and violent rhetoric and misinformation about covid vaccines. The court was asked to define the line between persuasion and cohearse. The government said thats not what was happening. A majority of justices seem skeptical of this idea when the fbi for example goes to facebook and flags a foreign disinformation campaign, that that somehow violates the First Amendment. Justice Brown Jackson really crystallized the argument here. Take a listen. Some might say that the government actually has a duty to take steps to protect the sennes of this country and you seem to be suggesting that that duty cannot manifest itself in the government encouraging or even pressuring platforms to take down harmful information. L. Able to get out of this case by ruling on the narrower issue of standing. But a lot of experts hope they weigh in because we really need Rules Of The Road for how the government can interact with social Media Companies. Walk us through if you can, this nra case as well. What is the issue there . Theres a similar principle. In this case, the nra is accusing a Government Official in new york, a financial and insurance regulator, of improperly pressuring companies under her control to stop doing business with the nra. This is after the 2018 Hostage Negotiations<\/a> still stalled and tensions high between netanyahu and President Biden<\/a> with their first call in more than a month set for today. Good day. Im in for my friend whos on assignment today. Donald trump is starting this week defending those controversial remarks insisting his warning of a blood bath as he described it, if he were not to be reelected, was for the Auto Industry<\/a>, but the Biden Campaign<\/a> says hes doubling down on Political Violence<\/a> and quote, wants another january 6th. Mr. Trump was discussing auto imports before the comment where critics say he was inciting vie lens. Were going to put a 100 tariff on every single car that comes across the line. And youre not going to be able to sell those. If i get elected, now, if i dont get elected, its going to be a blood bath for the whole, thats going to be the least of it. Its going to be a blood bath for the country. But theyre not going to sell those cars. If this election isnt won, im not sure that youll ever have another election in this country. As of now, donald trump has no Campaign Events<\/a> scheduled this week. He was supposed to be at maralago for trial prep but that could change after a new york judge delayed the criminal Hush Money Trial<\/a> that mr. Trump was supposed to be at starting a week from today. Right now, President Biden<\/a>, he is marking womens history month. Hes at the white house as you see before embarking on another west coast swing. We want to begin with Vaughn Hillyard<\/a> where the president is head ed. Monica alba is joining us as well. Vaughn, i want to start with you. Mr. Trump says he was talking about cars. We have heard similar inflammatory comment from him throughout his campaign. You witnessed it on a regular basis. Most recently, the focus has been about undocumented immigrants who he said quote are not people. How is all of this playing right now . Reporter right. This is i think what we should expect from donald trump here in the months ahead. His campaign has even indicated its not like hes going to be having Daily Campaign<\/a> rallies so instead, hes going to focus largely on the weekends and what you saw this weekend was in dayton, ohio. Republican nominee for the president of the United States<\/a> suggested he views some of the migrants coming into the United States<\/a> as not even people. He suggested while standing on stage that those january 6th defendants were in his words, hostages. There was a rendition of The Star Spangled Banner<\/a> that played sung by some of those defendants. In the last 36 hours, hes pushed back on the Quote Blood Bath<\/a> remarks. He made that remark while talking about the Auto Industry<\/a>. He has pressed that if there was a second biden administration, there would be a blood bath in the auto market. Of course, during his own four years in the white house, there were just about 45,000 Auto Industry<\/a> jobs added. Several plants did close. There is much that could be judged over the distinctions between the biden and trump administrations approach to the Auto Industry<\/a>. But youve got to take into account on his own social media platform just last night, calling for the prosecution of liz cheney. For donald trump, there is a lot at stake. Of course on the legal front as he prepares for the criminal trial in new york city over the alleged Hush Money Payments<\/a> but just this morning, his own attorney in new york filing a motion to stay the more than 450 million that he owes by next monday stemming from the financial fraud decision in new york against him and the trump organization. For donald trump, he is taking an aim at every one and everything that is coming for him, his family, his business, and his political future, peter. You make a lot of good points there. I think its worth noting as you and i both witnessed, the former president really plays in that delicate space between controversy and condemnation. He always knows how to raise the temperature and can always fall back on the suggestion it was not about what his critics say it was. Monica, i want to ask you ahead of his west coast swing early this week, the president today as we showed is focusing on Womens Health<\/a>, Reproductive Rights<\/a> obviously a crucial issue for his campaign. The president announced what is a massive haul, 53 million they raised last month alone. Talk about his priorities right now. Weve seen a lot more him on the road in the last couple of weeks following the state of the union. Exactly, peter. The Campaign Announced<\/a> he and the Vice President<\/a> were going to be blanketing every Battleground State<\/a> in the weeks that follow in what theyre calling this march month of action. Theyre trying to tout where they are seeing this momentum. Fund raising was a big haul over the weekend and focus. Theyre really trying to say were going to put that money toward this very long general election. Were going to be opening dozens of offices. Hiring and doubling staff in key places. Things that really, they had received criticism for in the last couple of months for not doing sooner in terms of the infrastructure of the campaign. Youre also seeing the president do this kind of delicate dance himself where he is still trying to talk about Administration Priorities<\/a> and things he can do in his capacity as president to try to really tell voters heres why you need to, in his view, reelect me for four more years. So today, he is doing this Major Initiative<\/a> when it comes to Womens Health<\/a> and trying to really advance the Research Portion<\/a> of it and the study of it. Thats something the first lady has really taken on as a key issue and its something that is grossly underfunded. So they want to be sure to highlight that today and these are the kinds of things that when the president goes out and he campaigns and hes talking to voters, he can really you know, lift them up and say when women are coming to support me, this is a reason they might be and they were critical to his victory in 2020 so they want to be sure to do that again. But he is going to be heading to arizona. To nevada. Hes going to be doing more fund raising on the west coast which has been critical to this effort. You really saw in the last couple of week that is the president is trying to sort of talk about every critical issue in the bucket of what they feel theyve been able to accomplish so far in the administration. But the work that is left to do. Theyre going to see him talking about those issues in the next couple of days and it had frame of what he thinks he could do with another term in office. Not to be lost in all of this, the Silent Statement Made<\/a> by maria shriver, the cousin of robert f. Kennedy jr. , who may be competing in the white house against joe biden and donald trump this fall. She obviously, theyre standing behind dr. Biden and the president himself. Monica, vaughn, we appreciate both of you. We want to bring in our nbc legal analyst, the former federal prosecutor and georgetown law professor, paul butler, to join this conversation. When it comes to the Blood Bath Comment<\/a> or any other incendiary language mr. Trump has used, legally speaking, where is the line between protected speech and potentially inciting violence . Peter, trump is really testing that line in a way that no president ial candidate in recent memory ever has. Free speech is protected by the constitution. Incitement is a crime under federal law promoting or encouraging others to throw. Its a felony. Trump usually has a plausible excuse like here where he says he meant blood bath in the financial sense. The federal election case, theres a gag order that prohibits trump from attacking witnesses. Gag orders wouldnt apply to political speech like this. This is a striking moment. Weve seen a lot of moments like this and its one to have the former president and his allies defend their statements. Its another to consider how so many of those allies around this country, remember when he said the proud boys were listening. They took the message very differently than some americans may have taken his messages. Heres another thing he said repeatedly. He refers to federal criminal defendants behind bars from january 6th as hostages. We want to be clear, the overwhelming majority of those behind bars, the overwhelming majority of them behind bars, have either pled guilt to crimes or been convicted. It is rare to be detained when theyre accused of violence of the attack on the capitol, but on that topic, two of the men arrested in connection with the attack have actually killed people in the past. We just want to make that very clear for people who hear this language and when the president refers to these detainees or these convicts as hostages. How concerned, paul, are you about the idea of a mass release . Im extremely concerned, peter. But Inauguration Day<\/a> 2025, doj will have prosecuted around 2,000 people related to january 6th. Theyve been convicted from Seditious Conspiracy<\/a> to criminal trespass. So under the constitution, the president has the power to pardon people convicted of federal crimes or to commute their sentences so could trump pardon all of these people on day one . Yes. It would be highly unorthodox. Not not that matters to trump, but theres usually a Pain Staking Process<\/a> where a lawyer makes a detailed presentation to the justice department. Theres an office of pardon attorney. That office can take years to decide a case. It often turns out people who seem very deserving because they serve years or decades in prison and they clearly turn their lives around. So trumps summary pardon will completely circumvent that process. I want to ask you about some of the other things former President Trump<\/a> is facing. I want to tell everybody with us now the white house tells us President Biden<\/a> has just wrapped up a call with the Prime Minister<\/a> of israel, benjamin netanyahu. It is the first time the two men have spoken in more than a month. Before that, it had been roughly 26 days the last time they had spoken. Well get more of that reporting from the white house. But paul, trumps attorneys filed a motion responding to the nearly half A Billion Dollar<\/a> Bond Requirement<\/a> imposed in the new york civil fraud case, saying it is quote, a practical impossibility to find the money. They say mr. Trumps been turned down by 30 surety companies. What does that tell you about trumps assets and about the future of mr. Trumps appeal . Last week, trump asked the judge to extend 100 million rather than the whole almost 500 million bond. The judge let him now haggling is not a thing when you have to post bond. What trump is doing is asking the court to trust them to pay up, which for any defendant would be a difficult task but its almost an impossible as for a person who has been found liable for civil fraud. Basically, the jurors found that trump lies about money and that he tries to get over on lenders. So it would be irresponsible for any judge to trust trump to pay up now. So peter, theres a remedy that Leticia James<\/a> knows about. If he doesnt come up with the money on march 25th, shes got her eye on his property, including 40 wall street. Shell have a legal right to start seizing that property if he doesnt come up with the cash. Theres a lot for folks to keep track of. Another is the criminal hush money case. The judge delayed that. Your reaction to the judges decision and how that could really have a Ripple Effect<\/a> on the other trump cases. Could that impact the way the rest of these cases are hard . It absolutely will. The judge almost has to delay this trial. Hes already delayed it a month but considering there was this Document Dump<\/a> of about 100,000 pages that the u. S. Attorneys office in new york just turned over to both the Trump Defense<\/a> and to the d. A. s office, it all got a legal plan that they need more time to go over all of these papers. So that pushes it back at least one month. I wouldnt be surprised if it ends up being more time than that. Were kind of having a traffic jam with a bunch of trials that in theory could be ready to go in this summer, june, july, and august. For many of those trials, that would mean the trial would continue even during the election day. Honestly, im not sure that any of these cases at this point are going to go to trial before election day. Trump, when hes actually brought to judgment, usually loses. He wins by delay, delay, delay. And peter, it sure looks like hes winning now in all four cases. Yeah, publicly and privately, that has been the strategy for mr. Trump and his allies. Paul, a pleasure to have you. We appreciate your time and expertise. Next, supreme focus. The justices are back on the bench today. Theyre hearing oral arguments on a critical First Amendment<\/a> case. Actually a series of them. Thats next when Andrea Mitchell<\/a> reports is back just 60 seconds from now. Youre watching msnbc. M now. Youre watching msnbc. How about bogo 50 off footlongs . Like the irresistible philly. Whatd you got to say klay . Theres Nothing Better<\/a> than a sub sorry buddy. This deal is so big, we had to cut your screen time to fit it all in. Order now in the subway app. The ladies have been doing a lot of talking recently. She looks great what they dont know is i got inspire, a Sleep Apnea Treatment<\/a> that works inside my body. I feel refreshed because im not struggling with cpap anymore. 100 bucks she got work done. Great sleep, at the click of a button. Did she get implants . Yeah, i got an implant, sheila relax, its inspire. Inspire. Sleep apnea innovation. Learn more and view Important Safety Information<\/a> at inspiresleep. Com [stomach growling] its nothing. Sounds like something. When you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion upset stomach, diarrhea pepto bismol coats and soothes for fast relief when you need it most. Were back. The Supreme Court<\/a> today, the justices are hearing oral arguments in two major First Amendment<\/a> cases challenging the Governments Authority<\/a> to regulate social media as well as guns. The republican attorneys general of louisiana and missouri along with social media users claim that the u. S. Government went too far in trying to regulate covid and election misinformation. The other case challenges new york states authority to crack down on the nra following the Mass Shooting<\/a> in parkland. Joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian. Theres a lot at stake as we have this conversation. This defines our era. The challenge of free speech and misinformation. Help us understand why the Social Media Case<\/a> is being so closely watched and what were hearing from justices. Peter, this case got to the Supreme Court<\/a> after a ruling, a sweeping ruling by a very conservative judge in louisiana that held that Government Official<\/a>s were unconstitutionally coercing social Media Companies<\/a> when they went to them and described misinformation and disinformation and violent rhetoric and misinformation about covid vaccines. The court was asked to define the line between persuasion and cohearse. The government said thats not what was happening. A majority of justices seem skeptical of this idea when the fbi for example goes to facebook and flags a foreign disinformation campaign, that that somehow violates the First Amendment<\/a>. Justice Brown Jackson<\/a> really crystallized the argument here. Take a listen. Some might say that the government actually has a duty to take steps to protect the sennes of this country and you seem to be suggesting that that duty cannot manifest itself in the government encouraging or even pressuring platforms to take down harmful information. L. Able to get out of this case by ruling on the narrower issue of standing. But a lot of experts hope they weigh in because we really need Rules Of The Road<\/a> for how the government can interact with social Media Companies<\/a>. Walk us through if you can, this nra case as well. What is the issue there . Theres a similar principle. In this case, the nra is accusing a Government Official<\/a> in new york, a financial and insurance regulator, of improperly pressuring companies under her control to stop doing business with the nra. This is after the 2018 Parkland School<\/a> shooting. And what the new york Officials Say<\/a> is they were just warning about reputational risks, but the nra and the plaintiffs here are saying no, in fact, they were improperly coercing businesses under their control to stop doing business with the nra and that was a violation of the First Amendment<\/a>. This one seems a closer call than the Social Media Case<\/a>. Just shows you the real impact the Supreme Court<\/a> is going to have on america and the way we live our lives. Ken dilanian, nice to have you. Thank you so much. Later today, the Supreme Court<\/a> is also expected to rule on a controversial texas Immigration Law<\/a> known as sb 4. Youve likely heard about this. The court issued then extended a pause of this law temporarily blocking state and local enforcement, law enforcement, from having the authority to arrest and detain people suspected of illegally enter texas from another country. Without further action from the court, that pause is set to expire at 5 00 p. M. 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Boris, who opposed your war in ukraine, wasnt allowed to stand against you, and Alexei Navalny<\/a> died in one of your prisons during your campaign. Mr. President , is this what you call democracy . Translator thats life. He took part in this election campaign, then this is first of all a result of his unsatisfactory work during the preparatory period of this election. He has perished, that is always a sad event. Weve had other instances people died in prison. Has nothing like that happened in the United States<\/a> . It has and not just once. Another powerful piece of work by keir simmons. Our colleague is with us right now. Matt, i want to ask you about that, but i want to tell our audience were getting live pictures coming from moscow. These pictures are from red scare. This is notable. You see putin and some of his top allies there celebrating the tenth anniversary of the russian annexation of crimea, a piece of land that ukraine still claims as its own. Matt, i want your take on what were seeing and also on that exchange that we had with putin from kier where putin breaks his silence on navalnys death, saying his name for what i believe is the first time. What do you take away from this News Conference<\/a> and from this moment were witnessing in russia right now . Thank you, peter. What were seeing now, this is billed as a kind of tenth anniversary celebration of russias annexation of crimea. Of course, they use different wording to describe that. This is sort of the kind of cherry on top of the entire election. I think were going to see all of the messaging that weve seen not just over the past few days, that Press Conference<\/a> yesterday that were going to talk about in a second, but throughout the entirety of the year and going back to the start of the war two years ago. That is that i think the primary message being there is only putin in russia. Theres no alternative. But i think primarily, especially with this election, this concert tonight, this celebration, the message is that all of russia is united behind putin. United behind the war. So were going to see crimea tonight. Once again as it kind of has been used for the past ten years, used as the symbol of the kremlins ambitions for ukraine. This defiance theyre refusing to even talk about the idea of returning crimea to ukraine ever whenever they talk about negotiations. Theres going to be a lot to talk away from it but this is the prestige finish to putins weekend. He was in a very good mood last night at his Press Conference<\/a> where keir simmons was there with that incredible question, getting the russian president for the first time in about ten plus years of kind of battling Alexei Navalny<\/a> at multiple levels, getting him to mention his name out loud for the first time. His widow today calling President Putin<\/a> a coward for only saying it after he died. I just want to point out like, it really was something putin seemed to emphasize over the years. You know, hed been directly questioned about Alexei Navalny<\/a> so many times including by keir simmons in the past and he would just make a point of not mentioning his name. I think that speaks to confidence. Matt, help us understand how the kremlin defends this election. Its easy for putin to be celebrating tonight when you dont have a free or fair election. Thats how you can claim you won 87 . How does putin, the kremlin, defend an election like this . Very straightforwardly. The kremlin has been saying this was an extremely transparent election. You know, no real irregularities in there. Emphasizing the turnout, 76 , was the largest ever. So theyre kind of not even hesitating in saying this is evidence of massive popularity of President Putin<\/a>. Keir simmons challenged the spokesman on this last night after that Press Conference<\/a>. Lets take a look. Around 87 after 24 years in power. Its extremely unprecedented for that. If 80 is accurate, if 87 is right it is right. It is right. Everything is extremely transparent. Alexei navalnys widow is calling on leaders around the world not to accept this election. You know, those are people who are, who get themselves deprived and theyre staying abroad. Her husband died in one of your prisons. The one where they stay abroad, the less connection they have with their own country. That was last night, but weve seen that tone continuing throughout the day today in peskovs press briefings. Every russian official down the line, the Russian Foreign<\/a> ministry bragging essentially about having one of the greatest elections theyve ever had and noting all kinds of international support. I do point out, those are just russian allies. Thank you so much for that and to keir simmons. Live pictures from the white house. You can see the president who is speaking there, marking womens history month. Kamala harris speaking about the impact of Abortion Access<\/a> and restrictions were seeing in some states following the overturning of roe v. Wade. The East Room Of The White House<\/a> there filled with women of all backgrounds. We are going to monitor the president s comments. Well let you know if he says anything today that makes news on that topic. Next here, the state of anxiety. A look inside the Biden White House<\/a> as the president faces tough poll numbers. Youre watching Andrea Mitchell<\/a> reports. We are live only on msnbc. G anl reports. We are live only on msnbc. shouting i cant im just telling everyone . Hey see your tax refund go further with buy one get one free at visionworks. See the difference. Power e trades easytouse tools, like dynamic charting and riskreward analysis, help make trading feel effortless. And its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. E trade from morgan stanley. 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Nbc news interviewed 20 officials who say Quote Frustrations Rippling<\/a> through the party have reached the top with Biden Second Guessing Travel Decisions<\/a> and Communications Strategies<\/a> that have left much of the electorate clueless about his record. Joining me now, former White House Press<\/a> secretary for president obama, robert gibbs and jennifer palmeri. Jen, let me start with you. Our sources tell my colleagues that President Biden<\/a> has recently lashed out at some of his staff. Given his successes passing bills and improving the economy, quote, biden was irritated his message was not sinking in with the broader electorate. Is he right to be second guessing given his low Approval Ratings<\/a> in polls now . I was in wisconsin recently and when it comes to infrastructure, the chips act and others, some of those supporting the president really arent familiar with his biggest successes to this point. I think thats because you cant get those kinds of successes to breakthrough in this Media Environment<\/a> without paid media and the good news for the president is that he has raised a lot of money and the campaign, you see this now both on television and in digital. They are targeting their media, too, for specific accomplishments to specific demographics. With all the tools available now, all the media ecosystems, youre able to do that. I understand why hes frustrated. You should be. Given everything hes accomplished and where poll numbers still are. Poll numbers are a curious thing. The numbers when you expect that to move will be late. Much later than the president would like. Probably the summer, maybe even fall. And you know, but whats great about biden is he asks a lot of questions. I worked for the obama house. He pushes. This is something he does but hes also a loyal boss and he knows not to undermine the team. Right . So fine. Ask a lot of questions. Be frustrated, but hes not undermining the team. I want to ask you about this if i can, robert. The number, 53 million, just raised 155 million or so, cash on hand right now. We just heard from jen about the competitive advantage that gives you. The ability to buy the paid media where you get to go around the media and speak to americans via commercials and other advertising right now. But youve been through this before. What does the white house need to do now to help benefit itself in getting its message out . They havent been able to amplify this message in the way they believe should have to this point. Well, i agree with jen. It starts with using a pile of that big pile of money and putting it directly in front of voters. Showing them whats happened. Showing them how that impacts them then reminding them day after day from now until election day that those two money figures you showed, thats a structural advantage for this white house. We read over the weekend stories of really the Trump Campaign<\/a> scurrying to try to raise, desperately raise money knowing theyre getting farther and farther behind, as donors worry more and more about whether theyre contributions are going to a campaign or to pay trumps legal bills. I also read that longer story. I think the tension that is being talked about in that story is a good tension. I think the president wanting to be out there talking to voters, campaigning every day. I think thats the kind of excite democrats want to feel from the white house and the campaign and from the president. I think, look, weve got a long way to go. Theyre not going to fix all of this in a day or in a week. We saw that in 2012. Its a long game and i think theyve got a good plan to play that long game. Susan, i want your take on this because i think a lot of people watch this and think, oh, biden has the Money Advantage<\/a> but donald trump has rewritten so many other rules it almost feels like money is no matter. Doesnt matter if hes Spending Money<\/a> on his own legal cases or campaigning because so much attention is sort of sucked into this trump vortex. The media plays a role in that right now. How challenging is this issue for former President Trump<\/a> who to this point weve seen in every campaign, faces a ceiling he hasnt been able to surpass. Well, it is a big challenge for donald trump because when you look at the national polls, i get why you can look at that and why biden may be frustrated but heres the thing, peter. When you start looking at the swing states. And the organization needed. Donald trump just took a part the rnc. The Republican National<\/a> committee and is broke. You cant build organization from the ground up. Thats one of the reasons why the democrats are in a good position because they keep growing their ground game. I understand it could be frustrating for the president , President Biden<\/a>, but theyre also spending a lot of money in targeting online media. And thats stuff that we dont typically see because its not targeted to us. So i think operationally is where the republicans and it wont be just donald trump that suffering because of this. Especially with the rnc takedown. The ground game is hurting. Yeah, you make really good points. Cant tell you how many allies of the president i hear from who say the real priority of the next several months is going to be those low information, sporadic voters. The folks who are not hearing this conversation right now who you really need to get to where they receive information. Its likely not on cable or network television. Jen, you can see the president marching down the line, shaking hands as he enjoys doing. Just made remarks for womens history month. Said again if he has the votes in congress, he will restore roe v. Wade. Its this community, the community of women in america, that is on this issue, benefitted democrats so strongly in the course of the last couple years. We saw Kamala Harris<\/a> at an Abortion Clinic<\/a> in minnesota the first time a president or Vice President<\/a> has ever done that while in office. How crucial is getting the Womens Community<\/a> or all communities affected by the issue of Reproductive Rights<\/a> to engage . I think it will be the margin of victory. You know, i suspect i think its going to be a close race but i feel bidens going to win. I think this issue will be among the issues that drives voters to him and i think we underestimate just how powerful it is. Not just for women, for a lot of women, particularly women in the suburbs. The kind of counties he needs to win when this happened. Every couple of months, the real impact overturning roe has on you know, on womens lives reveals itself. Alabama ivf ruling is the most recent stunning example of that. And i just, you know, i think it is, its an extraordinarily motivating issue. An all americans issue. Nice to see you. Appreciate you making time to talk to me, too. Coming up next, war posture. Next, were going to go live to israel as the netanyahu war cabinet prepares for a military offensive on rafah, which could inflame the situation in gaza further. Youre watching Andrea Mitchell<\/a> reports. This is msnbc. Watching andreal reports. This is msnbc. A new kind of classroom. Using our technology to power different ways of learning. Harnessing ai to plant new beginnings. So when minds grow, opportunities follow. This thing . Its whats going on inside of me. Its my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. It wasnt always this calm uc went everywhere i did. 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Youre watching Andrea Mitchell<\/a> reports. President biden spoke today with israeli Prime Minister<\/a> netanyahu. This is the 20th call between the two leaders since october 7th and it marks longest gap they have had without a conversation. Their call comes amid escalating tensions between the two as Prime Minister<\/a> netanyahu says he is moving forward a plan for a Ground Invasion<\/a> in rafah. A move that faces major opposition from the u. S. And much of the global community. The call follows another raid by israeli troops on Gazas Al Shifa<\/a> hospital. Happened this morning. An Israeli Military<\/a> spokesperson called it quote, a High Precision<\/a> operation after fighters regrouped at the hospital. Joining us from tel aviv is raf sanchez. The idf now says it killed hamas head of internal security in the raid on al shifa. Nbc news has not independently verified this, but what more are we learning about this latest raid at that hospital . Reporter yeah, peter. The Israeli Military<\/a> is saying they went into al shifa based on specific intelligence and tracked down and killed this individual who they are saying is a senior hamas operative. Now, hamas in just the last hour, has confirmed his death. They say he was a fighter but that his primary role was as a civil police officer. That he had been responsible pr police officer, responsible primarily for securing aid shipments inside gaza. Unclear exactly, peter, if he was wearing both hats. Hamas has been in charge in gaza since 2007. Many individuals who are part of the civil infrastructure are also senior members of hamas. Al Shifa Hospital<\/a> will be a name familiar to our viewers. Its the largest hospital in the gaza strip. It is operating at a very minimal level right now. Palestinian health Officials Say<\/a> that this is an example of israel once again targeting a medical facility. They say its a potential war crime, that a number of people were injured, killed during this raid. Israel says that hamas has been operating out of this hospital, that it found weapons inside. There are thousands of Palestinian Civilians<\/a> who have been sheltering there, hoping being on the Hospital Grounds<\/a> would give them some modicum of safety. As we reported, President Biden<\/a> spoke with Prime Minister<\/a> netanyahu only a short time ago. The white house hasnt shared what we call a readout. National security adviser Jake Sullivan<\/a> will brief reporters shortly. This comes at a time not just in rafah but as relates to israel and its neighbor, the palestinian people. Reporter absolutely, peter. Theres a lot of friction in the relationship right now between the white house and the right wing government of Prime Minister<\/a> benjamin netanyahu. I can tell you there was real fury in netanyahus circle about the speech last week by Senate Majority<\/a> leader Chuck Schumer<\/a>, the most senior jewish official in the u. S. Government saying there should be early elections in israel. The Prime Minister<\/a> over the weekend saying that was a totally inappropriate intervention in israeli domestic politics, saying israel is not a banana republic, it cant be pushed around by the United States<\/a>. Peter, it is very notable that despite the Prime Minister<\/a>s fury, President Biden<\/a> said he heard that speech by Chuck Schumer<\/a> and in his words he thought it was a good speech. That is likely to be one of the many topics they talked about. Thats a conversation we want to learn more about. Well continue reporting it out. Raf sanchez, as always, be safe. Nice to see you. Next up right here, march madness. Steve kornacki joins me from the big board. Well run you through the key matchups you need to consider before filling out your bracket. Youre watching Andrea Mitchell<\/a> reports only on msnbc. G Andrel Reports<\/a> only on msnbc how can u see me squinting . shouting i cant im just telling everyone . 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This isnt just about fun, its about cash for a lot of people. Take us through what were looking at upsetwise. If you take a look at the mens tournament in the modern history of it, everyone is looking at their bracket. Here you go. Here is your guide to the probability for each seed pulling off an upset in the first round here. You can see here, look, nine versus eight, game, thats basically a 50 50 game. Then you see the numbers start to shrink. The number 12 seat over the number five seed, 35 of the number 12s beat the number 5. It happens almost every year, at least one 12 knocks out a 5. You can see an almost 1 in 5 shot that a 13 will beat a 4. Then the ultimate upset, 1. 3 here. This is two times in the modern history of the tournament that a 16 has, in fact, beaten a 1. If you take a look here, the number 1 seed is purdue in the midwest. Last year purdue is one of the one seeds that lost to a 16 seed. They got upset. Can they avert that same fate this year . Thats one thing to keep an eye on. A bunch of underdog stories, too many to count. A few here, vermont, theyve been making it year after year. They get a shot at duke in the first round there. How about nc state, they just won five games in five days in the acc tournament to sneak into this tournament. I love this story, down here, the 15 seed, Long Beach State<\/a> fired their coach at the end of the regular season. They ran through it. Pulled off an upset win. Here they go with the fired coach in the ncaa tournament. Peter, i know youve got your eyes on the east region. These are the glory days of northwestern. Theyve never made the tournament until 2016. This is their second bid in three years. They play fau, if they win that, good luck against uconn. Ill be in brooklyn to watch the madness this week, steve. Thanks so much. The vermont catamounts, by the way. You can follow me atd peteralexander. Chris jansing reports with ana cabrera starts right now. 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