republicans who are refusing to take action on an issue they clapriority. and asked the question whether they re smart enough to get away with it, which i actually, you know, started thinking over the past couple days. you ve got all of these republicans who are following this guy from louisiana, who just sort of stumbled into the speakership and doesn t seem to be that effective. this guy is now putting around the republican s political neck an open border for the next eight months and all that that brings, the collapse of ukraine, to former soviet kgb agent s invasion, and the refusal to fund israel in its time of need. so you have all of these republicans in the house, a lot of them who want to do the right thing but they re blindly following this young, inexperienced speaker who is blindly following there you go. a guy with 91 counts against him. that s the important point right there. yes, it s speaker johnson voicing this, but he is a vessel for what donald
first of all, big amen to all of that. this hour, the former president doubling down, donald trump telling a crowd, immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country. and quoting vladimir putin, condemning american democracy. all well questions swirl about reports around a binder that s been missing, containing highly classified russian intelligence. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news on capitol hill, top senate negotiators are scrambling right now to hammer out a bipartisan deal to fund the wars in both israel and ukraine. while also clamping down on u.s. border security with a framework needed by the end of today. nbc s julie tsirkin is reporting from capitol hill for us. julie, welcome. tell us who is negotiating there, and with the latest issue here on the talks? hey, alex, the next couple of hours we ll see the new consented to go cheaters once again h
3.4%. black unemployment a lowest ever level of 4.7%. job gains in health care, in the restaurant industry, construction, wages climbing, us is purltives are plenty. but yes, also disruptive. the fed suggesting this week it might be done with interest rate hikes, but these jobs numbers spiking after a downward trnd the past three months underlies the effect to cool the economy to tame inflation. let s get to new york and matt egan. walk us through the big numbers, and forgive me if i have to interrupt. this historic jobs boom continues. despite everything going on now, despite the fed slamming the brakes on the economy, despite the worst banking crisis since 2008, and despite the wave of tech layoffs we keep hearing about, people thought hiring would slow down in april. instead, it accelerated. 253,000 jobs added. 3.4% unemployment rate. to go low you have to go back to 1953 under dwight eisenhower. we saw across the board solid numbers here. professional services, health c
achieve a, quote, major break through. they re building up an extensive system of trenches in the south. tell us what you re seeing. yeah, there has been an extraordinary network dug possibly according to this british intelligence report the largest we ve seen since world war ii across the southern area of vap wreegsa and we ve driven along the ucrayian side of it for quite a past number of weeks here. often these are deep trenches followed by a significant sand back backed up by razor wire and these dragons teeth peer med shaped pieces of concrete form a complex set of defenses but certainly a challenge. there ll be very much in the mind of ukrainian forces as they probably in the days ahead if not already in the days behind begin the counter offensive in these areas. we simply don t know the full details of their plan to be honest, and weather is potentially playing into it. there s been an extraordinary lack of videos from ukrainian military over the past weeks they norm
soon because time is running out. congress is ready to get on the easter recess. they had gop priorities, too, into the administration, all sidelined because they re rallying again to the defense of donald trump who continues to exert influence over the party thank you, as always great to see you this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts now. after he was arrested, apparently today, donald trump has called for america to de-fund the police, ithe fbi, te department of justice, because the democrats have weaponized law enforcement. all right. who in this panel, who thinks that is a good idea? all right. nobody oh, man well, yeah. donald trump s vengeance messaging doesn t seem to be resonating with his base the former president continues to rage post that s a thing, on social media. despite a warning from the judge not to do so meanwhile, mike pence will have to testify before a federal g