Hold on, whats going on shocking, difficult to watch Body Camera Footage out of virginia. Two Police Officers drawing their guns and Pepper Spraying a u. S. Army lieutenant during a Traffic Stop. Hes now suing for excessive force. New data reveals that nearly half of new covid19 infections in the United States are in just five states, that increasing the pressure on the federal government to act now. New details on funeral arrangements for Prince Philip. Now that we know Prince Harry will attend, what that means for the royal rift. We say good morning. It is sunday, april 11th. Im lindsey reiser. Im kendis gibson. We have a team of correspondents joining us and analysts from all across the world. You see them there. So glad youre here with us. We want to start in south florida, the site of a private Republican Donor Retreat, but the place now known for an airing of grievances by former President Donald Trump. Nbc News Correspondent Ali Vitali is there. Ali, i know there are about five
From the Wright Brothers Original Plane loaned from the museum. On board . Very cool. Very synergistic. Good morning to you. We have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for you. Former President Trump spoke to a gathering of gop officials and donors preparing to chart a path for The Party with him in it. Nbcs Ali Vitale i is in Palm Beach with more. Reporter lindsey and ken, republicans and lawmakers alike flocking to florida and going to trumps Maralago Club last night, they heard from the former president there himself. While these Rnc Spring meetings are behind closed doors, theyre typically a chance for The Party to chart a Path Forward. The republican party right now is grappling with what the Path Forward looks like in the mind of Donald Trump. And it seems, according to reports, that his mind is still squarely on the results of the 2020 election, which he falsely claims he won, and hes still attacking other republicans who have either spoken against that or cri
israel, and over gaza city. joining us now, nbc s senior white house correspondent gabe gutierrez, nbc foreign correspondent raf sanchez in israel, david friedman, former u.s. ambassador to israel in the trump administration, former obama deputy national security adviser ben rhodes, and former israeli foreign minister sidney libny. gabe, first to you, the white house apparently has been on an extended call with prime minister netanyahu. talk to us about the speech, it could be one of the most important speeches of his term. what do we expect? that s right, andrea. they re the second on camera remarks since the fighting in israel in gaza began over the weekend. and as you said, a very long call this morning, the president and the vice president meeting with international security team and also as of just a few moments ago, still on the phone with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the president is expected to offer his support for israel, reiterate his support for is
reporters a little bit earlier. why do it today? the idea that you why not? rip the band-aid off here or what? why not? i think matt has planned this all along. didn t matter what we transpired. you re calling his bluff? yeah. mccarthy or one of his allies can delay by asking the house to kill gaetz s resolution. but he has little chance of winning that vote without at least some support from democrats. and they have been clear this is the republicans mess to figure out. they won t save him. today, gaetz s republican colleagues acknowledge whether mccarthy can survive or what happens if he doesn t is up in the air. most members in the room are solidly supporting speaker mccarthy. there was an admission by matt gaetz, who is my friend, that there is no plan. there is no one that has stepped forward to run. there is no one that is coming out saying i ll be speaker and rallying support within the conference. so there you have it. joining us now, nbc s ali vi
boehner, john boehner that may set the tone for the reality for where the republicans heads are going into this. let s play it quickly. how do you expect the president to trust that you really want to work together? when out of the gate you say that you want to repeal his signature law that you know has no chance of getting a veto-proof majority. how do you expect him to trust you? listen, my job is to listen to the american people, the american people have made it clear, they re not for obama care. you ask all those democrats who lost their elections tuesday night. lot of them voted for obama care. dana, here s the weird thing about this the is that when you look at the data we have about obama care, that doesn t hold up the proposition. not only were governors put in place looking to expand medicaid for obama care. what was the play here? you re exactly right. i think it s about 57% in the last poll that shows that americans favor or want it to go further. so look,