the wider implications in moments. as i bid you a very good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york. happy easter to everyone celebrating. we begin with breaking news and new reaction on the catastrophic collapse of the key bridge in baltimore. president biden says he plans to visit the city this week. while he is taking strong criticism over a pledge to use federal funding to rebuild, pete buttigieg also pushing back today. we are using an authority call emergency relief through our federal highway administration. that is how we got the first $60 million out. there will be more where that came from. what would be the pitch to any skeptical lawmaker who says why should we have to pay for this? the page is your district could be next. this has historically been bipartisan. i am not just reaching back the bygone eras. new video release today of the record-breaking biden- harris fundraiser in new york city and a new hand on whether we might see more former presid
. with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. removing records from the baltimore bridge collapse, we will be joined by governor wes moore and senior adviser to president biden tom perez, state and federal response to the disaster. trump attacks the judge in his hush money case, again. could it be a turning point in the legal system s accountability. jamie raskin is at the table. has pushed up jared kushner come before the oversight committee. grab your coffee. settle in. it is sunday. this news breaking overnight. donald trump attacked the judge in his criminal hush money case . calling for him to be, quote, sanctioned and recused. it comes after a week of withering attacks from the ex- president targeting the judge and his daughter, private citizen. this week, we will learn whether the judge will expand as partial gag order against trump after a manhattan district attorney alvin bragg asked him to clarify whether the gag order applies to family members. let s
was preparing for two major events, the official kickoff of his 2024 campaign and the first of his for eventual criminal indictments. he was not handling it well. on march 24th of last year, he posted on truth social his then impending indictment would lead to quote, potential death and destruction. the following day he held the first rally of his third presidential campaign in waco, texas, a town with a violent history and he used that event as an opportunity to launch more attacks against those working on his criminal prosecutions, quote, the thugs and criminals who are corrupting our justice system will be defeated, discredited, and totally disgraced. but one week later manhattan district attorney alvin bragg indicted trump on 34 felony ed counts and collection to an alleged cover-up of a payoff scheme to prevent a prevention just days before the 2016 election. it was the first time that a former american president had ever been criminally charged in the history of this
goodwill to christians everywhere celebrating the resurrection, and to the biden reelection campaign after enduring months of dire predictions and disheartening probes. now, going into april with several headwinds from a strong economy and opponent facing no less than four criminal cases, and showing gains against the opponent, donald trump, in several must- win states. it s too early to tell whether the president will re-ascend to the highest office in the land, but with seven months to go, his campaign appears to be back from the dead. will it be enough to convert the undecided and to bring back black and latino young voters he lost ground with back into the democratic fold to get them to return the biden campaign s principal deputy campaign manager joins me in a minute as democrats try to build on that momentum. also, capitalizing on republicans vulnerability with women voters over abortion and ivf. hey weakness fully on display in last week s special state house race i
important conversations. embracing donald trump s big lie appears to be a requirement for anybody that wants to work at the rnc. the washington post reports those seeking employment at the organization after a trump backed purge this month have been asked in job interviews if they believe the 2020 election was stolen. according to the paper, trump advisers in recent days asked key employees that are reapplying for jobs. the questions about the 2020 election were open ended to people familiar with the questioning said. but as one former rnc employee asked, if you say the election wasn t stolen, do you really think you will get hired. an rnc defended the questioning as candidates being asked about their work experience. we want experienced staff with meaningful views on how elections are won and lost and real experienced based opinions about what happens in the trenches. oh, this is so unfortunately rich. it really is. and if you look, michael steel, in the wall street jo