This and that and hes stomping me. Trump is also on the list of speakers today at apac. Several protests and boycotts are planned as well. But before all of that he is going to meet with republican lite leaders and power brokers d. C. Longtime alabama senator Jeff Sessions who endorsed donald trump half the month will be there and politico is reporting that arkansas freshman senator tom cotton will alsoen in attendance. All of this as conservatives start a 100day push to cut off trumps path to the gop nomination. And tomorrow voters go to the polls in three more states. Arizona, idaho and utah. Our Political Team is up and ready for us this morning. We want to start with Nbcs Kelly Odonnell who is at Verizon Center there in downtown d. C. Hillary clinton comes in to this as the former secretary of state but what are we expecting to hear from her now as the frontrunner for the democratic nomination . Reporter well, good morning, thomas. This will be an opportunity for Hillary Clinton to really show her prowess in Foreign Policy and especially in dealing with International Figures and the unique Security Issues that relate to israel. She has far more experience on that than the other candidates. Speaking first today will let her sort of lay the groundwork for her policy ideas and as the day goes on, the attendees here there are already many thousands behind mere here in Verizon Center theyll be able to compare and contrast when the republicans come later in the day. Now we know that there will be an opportunity for Hillary Clinton to lay out her vision of what the u. S. , israel relationship is and should be talking about issues on how to keep the u. S. And israel safe. And shell also have some messages that i think will be a subtle, perhaps notsosubtle dig at someone like donald trump where she will be calling for no n neutrality in the position between ourselves and israel and what that should be, nonnegotiable as the u. S. Support for israel. Donald trump has talked about his negotiating skills and about being neutral in the issue of a twostate solution between the palestinians and the israelis. That is not an issue that will go over well in a crowd like this where you have a lot of people who are concerned about policy as it relates to the u. S. And israel. So this should be a welcoming crowd for Hillary Clinton. This is a nonpartisan group, apac, but you do have different constituencies, some who are liberal democrats, some who are republicans, and some who may fall somewhere in between. The main concern that brings them together is the relationship between the u. S. And israel. Hillary clinton as a former secretary of state will find herself on pretty comfortable grounds here today and well be looking for those messages to contrast against someone like donald trump. It would also be a comfortable place for bernie sanders, though his campaign and he himself opting to skip it. Why . He would, of course, be the first jewishamerican to be on the top of the ticket if he were to get the nomination for the democratic party. The next contests are out west and so Bernie Sanderss campaign felt that the time involved between flying back and going back yet again was too costly in terms of that precious commodity of time for a candidate. So he will will be delivering a Foreign Policy speech, unmuone like he would give if he were here, but hell do that from salt lake allowing him to be closer to the primary contest that happens tomorrow. Donald trump will be addressing the apac meeting later today. Nbcs katy tur joins the gop frontrunner and joins us to talk about the issue, certain attendees are not happy that donald trump is going to be there. Where of he goes he causes controversy. Weve seen that over the last several months. But explain their main point of contention with his address today. Reporter well, there are a number of points of contention. A lot of people out there dont agree with his rhetoric or with the way hes gone about this campaign. They believe that hes fueling racial divisions, hes fueling ethnic divisions. They dont agree with his Foreign Policy. They dont believe that he ha is a Foreign Policy plan. They also dont agree with what he has said about israel in the past. He said repeatedly that he wants to remain neutral between palestine and between israel saying that in order to negotiate you cant tip your hat to either side. That hasnt made a number of folks happy. It was in the israeliamerican community. Hes also said that he didnt think that the capital of israel was jerusalem. Thats a contentious point for a number of israeliamericans. So hes going to have to go in there tonight and really try to adr. Es those concer address those concerns and try to mitigate any damage hes caused in the past and to try to tound a little bit president ial, to try and sound like somebody who knows what theyre talking about when it comes to the unique cal lengths that israel faces and, in turn, knows how to talk about Foreign Policy. So far he has not been able to do that. Last time he spoke in front of a large jewish group in december at at rjc. That speech was filled with jewish stereotypes. The room was laughing along with him in many ways, because i was in that room, but a lot of them seemed to be scoffing as well to his rhetoric. He said the a the time you guys dont like me because im not taking your money. But this is a much bigger gathering. It in a lot of ways could be a much more important gathering and it is a big opportunity for donald trump to come out and prove that he knows what hes talking about. Well see if he is able to deliver. As you have seen following the Trump Campaign, offthecuff donald is the one primarily folks get. Have you heard from the campaign whether there are drafted remarks . Weve heard there will be notes through this campaign. I do not believe there will be a teleprompter. He always prides himself on not using a teleprompter. Weve seen him talk off the cuff but we have, frankly, seen him reach for notes. His stump speeches are pretty similar from day to day. He doesnt change too much from his main talking points. So i think were going to see much of the same talking points that we see on the trail from donald trump but we will be probably seeing him read from some prepared notes. But i dont expect to see him be giving a very rehearsed, very tight speech as some of the other candidates might deliver today. Katy tur in washington, d. C. For us, great to see you, thank you. As we mentioned, the violence that was witnessed this weekend at trump rallies over the weekend. Now this morning the campaign denying the Campaign Manager, seen her on the left in the suit, yanked a protester by the collar at a rally in tucson on saturday. That was just one incident. Jacob, this seems to be a recurring theme for the Trump Campaign but there is video that goes along with this. How are they trying to take this off the headlines that there was any physical contact . They dont really try to take things out of the headlines. Some of that may be on purpose. The issue with the Campaign Manager is separate from the protesting that were seeing and the violence there. This weekend we saw very organized protests. In fact more organized and more bold than ive ever seen them outside of chicago. First in Salt Lake City on friday night, hundreds of protesters, mostly students from a chapter at the university of utah, part of a National Organization that actually protested as well in chicago and st. Louis. They planned for days for this protest. They held a rally. Then we watched them go over and confront trump supporters. And it got violent at times. There were big shouting matches and some pushing. The police had to get involved. But then there were clashes with police as well which did get very violent. Then moving over to phoenix and tucson as well, there you had hundreds of protesters. We were with some of them that had been planning for days, a very elaborate plan to shut down. They wanted to at least, the trump rally. They blocked in one instance a main road leading to the rally near phoenix. They were successful in that for two hours they blocked it. And it was very planned out. They planned on having their trucks towed. They kabld themselves to the trucks. Very elaborate. Then moving on to tucson where you had hundreds of protesters outside who were heckling the trump supporters, and then inside, of course, you had that video of that pro tester who was beat. He was suckerpunched and beat while on the ground. Donald trump was asked about that over the weekend and heres what he said. How come a group of people is allowed to use horrible language, hold up horrendous signs, scream at the top of their voice, close roadways, close an entrance to a facility that i rented, so is its my facility for the day. I mean theyre not supposed to even be in it. Okay . How come were the bad people all the time . Okay . What about the people that are using horrible profanity, horrible words, and closing up highways . Why are they never the bad people . Its an incredible thing. Were seeing a lot of anger on both sides. But if i may say, being with these protesters over the weekend, hundreds of them in these three different areas, the protesters seem to me the more angry bunch in fact. Theyre very angry about this and theyre not afraid to confront the trump supporters. Theyre not afraid to confront the police and theyre not afraid in fact as well to get violent. They push and shove. So on both sides donald trump does have a point there that there is a lot of anger and violence in the protesters who are becoming more and more organized and bold. I would say Going Forward, were going to see even more organization among these protesters in mostly groups that are not connected. Theyre just offended at some of trumps rhetoric. Guys, in the control room, can we rerack that video jacob referred to about the violence with the one man thats the wrong one. This is corp corey. Jacob, there was a woman. You see her at the bottom of the steps with a kkk hood on. She rips it off right now. They say that that man was reacting to that type of reference from this protester and thats why we saw that violence. Donald trump was quick to point out that we didnt show that enough. What are you hearing about what these protesters the message they were trying to carry at this rally that incensed that supporter so much . So, we reached out to this person who was arrested and charged with assault with injury, a misdemeanor charge. An airman there in tucson. We werent able to get a hold of him. We wanted to ask him about this. We did though get ahold of the protesters, brian sanders, who was beat up. He went to the protest alone. He says he was not with the woman who had the kkk hat on. We tried to reach her and were not able to. It is not an unreasonable thought to think that this trump supporter did see the kkk hat and attacked for that reason. Again, brian sanders, the protesters who was beat up said he had nothing to do with that woman. He went alone. His neighbor told us the same thing, that he did go alone and he wouldnt have put that on and done anything like that. But we dont know really what the trump supporter was thinking. He snapped obviously and its not unreasonable to think that it might have had something to do with that hat. Especially because donald trump mentioned that on the stage. Jacob, the other point about the Campaign Making physical contact, they deny . They sidestepped it saying the person who pulled the protester was somebody else. If you look at the video closely and repeatedly, thats also not an unreasonable thing to say because it does look like even though the Campaign Manager does touch and hold the collar of this protester, it looks like hes actually pulled by another man whos a member of the trump private security. So the campaign is saying, look, sure, he was out there. The Campaign Manager. But he didnt yank the protester as some are saying which may have been the case. So the guy in the black and pink strike is the yanker, coreys arm. He makes some contact with the shirt but they are saying the original contact was this private Security Guard in the black and pink. Jacob rascon, thank you. All of that violence is likely to make its way into the conversation today with trump meets privately with Republican Leaders. Nbcs luke russert is covering this for nbc. What do we know about this meeting . There are two sides from the Republican Party that are interested in attendance. Reporter well, thomas, we dont know a lot about this meeting and the Trump Campaign is playing the attendees list very close to the vest. Ive done capitol hill for a living. I reached out to numerous sources on the hill and no ones really owning up to this meeting, perhaps thats to protection their members which would be unpopular, or because their members are not going to actually go. Schedule wise the senate is in recess until april. The house is not in town. With the Washington Post reporting that trump supporters, senator Jeff Sessions of alabama is the one who called this meeting to occur right behind me at the Jones Day Law Firm, a very powerful and popular law firm amongst republicans here in washington, d. C. The idea that trump will sort of sit here and hold court, meet with different people within the Republican Party, perhaps members and operatives who have not gotten a chance to know him, to kick the tires a little bit, figure out what his longterm vision is for the party, especially if he is the nominee. Most members of the republican are very apprehensive about him become being the nominee. A house of representatives, in theory, could be in play. Many of the republicans thought that was unheard of especially after redistricting in 2010, that the senate might as well be lost if the trump is nominee because of his negatives being so high. Well soo what progresses here. This is a very well staked out, tons of Media Outlets surrounding this law firm. Theres also somewhat of a protest movement going on here. What i mean by that is there are conservative news if you outlets that dont like donald trump who are trying to look for any republican that goes in here to essentially publicly shame them. So there is a parking garage behind the law firm, i suspect thats where most people who attend this meeting will enter in from to troo i to hide their face. Its kinds of unique. Since ive been covering politics, most people would do anything to get their picture taken with the presumptive nominee. In this case they dont want that. Unique. Luke russert, well talk later today. Robebringing in the former bushcheney Senior Advisor and msnbc contributor. Also robert costa from the Washington Post. Bob, il you broke some news ab video trackers as luke was just making that reference there about conservative organizations trying to peg whos taking this meeting. What are you hearing . Im hearing from several sources close to antitrump super pac that there will be cameras and trackers outside of the Jones Day Law Firm today to try to get footage of republicans who are entering the building. The footage is going to be used for what, bob . Why would they want this . The strategists close to the super pacs tell me they may use these in ads against members of congress and senate who believe that trumps an acceptable nominee, that they think this nomination is going to go on for months and they want to shame some of those who are associating with trump. Robert, do you think thats going to work or is the coalescing of antitrump forces only helping the protrump forces, that is the voters . Good morning, thomas. I actually think it may work. Heres why. As a lot of people are reporting, donald trump as the republican nominee sounds good in theory to trump supporters. But when you take a look at donald trump, republican nominee going into the general election, it is almost disastrous. The senate most likely will flip. House most likely will flip. A lot of people out there, myself included, who think that donald trump is a very, very flawed candidate on so many different levels. Whether or not he is a true conservative. We dont know. When you take a look at his issues, if you can pin him down on any issues, he is very vague on specifics and looks like he has offended probably halfadozen constituency groups, if not more. When you take a look at his candidacy, it is fundamentally flawed. I think many republicans on capitol hill, particularly those who are up for reelection either in this cycle or perhaps 2018 are probably saying to themselves i probably want nothing to do with this. I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. It is a conundrum. Mitch mcconnell reportedly said we will drop him like a hot rock. So this is really tough for a lot of republicans out there. Rich lowery said on sunday well see a lot of these rats in the form of former elected officials jump on the trump ship and as soon as it appears to be sinking in general, theyll scurry right back off. So from the issue of video trackers coming out there to potentially use this video in a way to link them to trump, shame them out of being linked to it, are there any other people other than tom cotton and Jeff Sessions that youve heard that will be attending . Yes. I just actually spoke to a few people who will attend the meeting off the record. I cannot reveal their names but some very prominent republicans will be at this meeting today. Former officials in the party. Some current members of congress. You will see them going to jonesday, whether t