Good day. Im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in New York City. Could the war in gaza break what had long been considered unbreakable. The alliance between the u. S. And israel being tested as never before with Prime Minister netanyahu openly defying President Biden and pressing ahead with plans to invade the Southern City of rafah. Biden called it a red line. So what happens if netanyahu crosses it . New jersey senator robert men den dez and his wife back in court today pleading not guilty to more federal charges. At the heart of the newest allegations, whether they tried to hide an alleged Bribery Scheme even after the feds were already on to them. The prosecutor who described President Biden as an elderly man with a poor memory set to testify on capitol hill tomorrow. Will the hearing undo the president s attempts to put worries about his age to rest . We begin now with the growing split between the u. S. And israel. Unlike anything in the long and strong history of that all
Photo. We begin with nbcs Aaron Gilchrist in New Hampshire where President Biden just touched down a short time ago. Aaron, what are we expecting there . Reporter chris, good afternoon, we expect to hear from the president near the bottom of the hour here, and this is an official event as opposed to the Campaign Events we saw on saturday and on friday in philadelphia area, and in atlanta. Today the president s focus as we understand it from a white house official, will be on lowering health care costs, something he talked about during the state of the Union Address and will reiterate today, highlighting in particular his call on congress to make some changes to enact some policies that he believes would Lower Health Care costs, proposals that are in the president s budget that was released today, the 2025 budget. In particular, theres one portion of the president s policy plan that would reduce rather, cap costs for prescription drugs, theyre drugs that are already capped for people wh