playing. signs of the governor of texas who has opted not to throw out the first pitch here. meantime, to grady trimble on play ball. grady? hey, neil. they say they do things bigger in texas and that s the case about opening day today. you can see minutes away from first pitch. a ton of fans still waiting to get in to this brand new globe life field. if this is a sell-out or anywhere close to it, 40,000 fans would be the largest sporting event since the pandemic started. for perspective, let s show you other crowds at major sporting events. you have the super bowl. that only had about 25,000 people in it. it s also going to be a bigger event than the world series, that was hosted here. the daytona 500 and the ncaa final which takes place tonight for basketball. it s also drawing a lot of criticism from as high as the president himself. president joe biden says that this is a mistake having 100% capacity here. it s not responsible. the rangers fired back saying they can do
the former president. the president did not act swiftly. he did not do his job. he didn t take steps so federal law could be faithfully executed, and order restored. no. instead, according to public reports, he watched television happily, happy. as the chaos unfolded. where does that leave the republican party and its willingness to cooperate with president biden? joining me now, nbc white house correspondent kelly odom, nbc capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt, host of way too early, and former democratic congresswoman donna edwards. kelly, first to you at the white house, the president hitting the road after his first weekend at camp david. it will be notable for the president, who, of course, for covid reasons has not been doing domestic travel, can kick that off this week, and as you point out the official shadow of donald trump is not lifted. no one suggested he should be a player in his own making, but not for the official way for the foreseeable future. tomorrow
at least for now, responding to a leaked audio mccarthy saying he plans to tell trump to resign, just days after the capitol. trump told the journal that mccarthy quickly changed his stance, when he quote, found out the facts. while we don t know exactly what facts he is following, we do know the mob that stormed the u.s. capitol after the now former president told him to quote fight like hell, to overturn, again, biden s fair and free election victory. but even with trump s forgiveness, mccarthy is still working to skirt the truth. yesterday, he was just describing a phone call he had with trump. take a listen. my conversation is very good, because the conversation here is what they, what they said we did we never did. let me be very clear, i have never asked the president to resign. so what the book said was not true. i never asked the president to resign. we talked about the ability to win the majority back in congress. win the majority back in congress. sure, and then
republican politics, in a new interview with the wall street journal, trump s stance by house minority leader kevin mccarthy. at least for now, responding to a leaked audio mccarthy saying he plans to tell trump to resign, two days after the capitol. trump told the journal that mccarthy quickly changed his stance, when he quote, found out the facts. while we don t know exactly what facts he is following we do know the mob that stormed the u.s. capital after the now former president told him to quote fight like hell, to overturn, again, biden s fair and free election victory. but even with trump s forgiveness, mccarthy is still working to skirt the truth. yesterday, he was just describing a phone call he had with trump. take a listen. my conversation is very good, because the conversation here is what they, what they said we did we never did. let me be very clear, i have never asked the president to resign. so what the book said was not true. i never asked the president to r
volodymyr zelenskyy says he s open to negotiations, but he adds the assault on mariupol makes that less likely to happen. zelenskyy also insisting that he will not give up any territory to end the war. as the fighting drags on, so do the atrocities. search teams recovering bodies of over 40 innocent civilians killed when russian shelling hit a high-rise apartment building near kyiv. president zelenskyy tells jake tapper that ukrainians have grown skeptical the western world is truly prepared to stop the war. here s more from jake s exclusive interview from ukraine. you lost ancestors in the holocaust. every year on holocaust remembrance day, politicians put out statements that say never again. never again. those statements must seem really hollow right now to you. when the world says never again, do they ever mean it? i don t believe the world. after we see what s going on in ukraine. we i mean, i don t believe to this feeling that we should believe. to some countries o