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in new york city. the presidential race 2024 style. with words like deranged, corrupt and crooked, is donald trump's latest a rallying cry that will motivate supporters or are those 77 social media posts in a single day, many of them nasty, a sign that that joe biden's new strategy to get under trump's skin is working? the new nbc reportreporting, and the move backfire. and massive protests putting serious new pressure on benjamin netanyahu. it is day two of some of the largest mass protests since the israel-hamas war began. what they are demanding and why protestors are no longer waiting for the war to end. and we're waiting for a key ruling from the florida supreme court. will abortion protections be on the ballot in november? what it all means for floridians and how the decision could have impact far beyond that state. but we begin with the specter of

negative and violent political rhetoric that is once again rearing its ugly head. donald trump posting 77 times on easter sunday alone attacking the president, prosecutors, judges, sitting lawmakers and reposting dozens of far right articles praising him and trashing the biden administration. his primary easter message contained just seven words about easter itself, but 11 more calling his enemies evil and sick, america a failing nation. he even reposted an article comparing his held troubles to christ's crucifixion. this is not new, but the timing is making many house republicans increasingly uneasy as politico reports painfully aware that their own campaigns will constantly be asked to answer for his controversial or erats tick statements. so is this trump's intractable strategy now focused on his legal opponents with less time spent on traditional campaign

events, and will it add fuel to president biden's new strategy to get under trump's skin. potentially provoking more of the kinds of attacks we saw over the past 36 hours. i want to bring in jonathan lemire, host of "way too early." and matt gorman, adviser for the tim scott campaign. and vaughn hillyard is here with me on set. trump is clearly in an escalating attack mode, but why now, is trump getting under his skin? i mean, it, i don't know, the clock ticking on the hush money trial which is starting in two weeks, right? is it about the losing the fund raising race against joe biden, all of the above? >> $175 million and he has to post bond on thursday. look, the clock is ticking for donald trump on every single

front. the family business, the legal, the political. this is the moment here where donald trump is watching all of this come to a head. and for anybody that has a truth social account, if you were to look at those 75 posts, boy, it hits the spectrum. he posted an article from a right wing commentator that suggested that he was thechosen one, he posted another link calling it the crucifixion of donald trump, he posted about fani willis. i mean, donald trump is who he's always been. last christmas he said jack smith would go rot in hell. but this is for donald trump here ultimately the political, all of this comes to convincing a part of the american electorate, a majority of the american electorate, that he is the one being unfairly persecuted. take a listen to him just about an hour ago on milwaukee local radio. >> this is total nonsense.

it is on j 6, it's speaking about elections, when you catch somebody rigging an election, you're not allowed to talk about it. it happened and we have proof of that. >> what do they not want to talk about? >> that will be such a defining part of his campaign message, quote, it is all nonsense. during the republican primary, a good part of the reason he won is because he was effectively able to convince a vast majority of the republican electorate that he didn't actually lose the 2020 election, that if things had just been fair and not rigged, he would still be in the white house. so the question is can he convince the electorate as a whole whether all of this is truly nonsense. >> that is a trick, right? matt, trump has two campaign events tomorrow but those will be his first in several week. are these kinds of online attacks even more of a campaign strategy now than they were in

the past, kind of making up for time he will have to spend in court for maybe a lack of campaign cash to hold some of those rallies? can he use this as effectively as he did almost eight years ago? >> two things to keep in mind that i think color a lot of this. you're right, him and the rnc need campaign cash. and they want to really supporters, they want folks talking about what they are saying in fundraising emails and on truth social because among the donors, low dollar digital donors, they will get money off that, at least they hope they can. and you look back, and vaughn mentioned this too, he has a pattern of using this sort of thing especially around holidays. i don't think it is an accident. i think number one holidays tend to be slow news days. and number two, he uses the dichotomy of christmas or easter with more vitreal stapless

stapless -- statements because he knows it will get covered. >> do you think when it is 77 posts, and they are overwhelmingly negative, there is absolutely no concern and again we're talking about the small middle of the electorate that they will need to win that they don't look at that and say really, easter, that is how you're spending your time? >> i think the very, very small middle who would be swayed, say the double harouble haters who p and biden, i don't think his posts will be convincing of that. they priced in what you get with a donald trump presidency. so i don't think that is a factor for those folks in the middle who you seem to be talking about. >> but you do wonder what the line is, right, jonathan? there is this video of the trump campaign showing an image of president biden khashoggi tied -- hogtied in the back of a

pickup truck. and that came out right before politico writing about house republicans wanting trump to tone down the really negative rhetoric. so tell us more about that reporting. because generally when you say house republicans, you are talking about some of trump's most loyal reporters -- supporters. >> yeah, first of all, i think that there is something to be said for the intention to do this around the holidays. almost something of a tradition for him to wish happy hoidays to the haters and losers because he knows that he can get tension. but this is aimed at his base. truth social posts simply don't resonate like what he used to post on twitter. the audience is a fraction of what it used to be. and i think those who are on the fence, those who will decide the election this fall, they will probably never see this because they are not on truth social and probably not watching a political show on cable news right now. they might see it come the fall, but not necessarily today.

but you are right, i think that there are some republicans though who see this sort of behavior and it concerns them. they worry about the drag on the ticket. republicans first of all are deeply worried about losing the house. margin is basically down to a single seat. gop feels pretty good about the senate map, far less so about the lower chamber. and i think there is a concern that trump could drag them all down however with some of this sort of frankly unhinged behavior. yes, it is priced in, yes, this is who he is and i think a lot of republicans cheer it. but there is a sliver that just isn't. the theory of the biden team, once americans do start paying attention, they will have to tune out donald trump for a number of years and now when they listen to him again, they will say we can't sign up for that. >> and i want to read part of david french's article in the "new york times" because it

addresses trump's long appeal to evangelical voters as part of a carefully orchestrated plan. and part of what he writes is this, the maga method is clear, first it whips up to a religious frenzy, it lies to convince them that the democrats are an existential threat to the country and the church. it he wills worried christians that the fate of the nation is at stake. and just as it builds up the, it constructs an idol of trump and spreadinprove fessities of his coming return. so everything he is doing comparing himself to christ, i guess selling bibles, could be seen as part of that strategy. do you see it that way? >> it kind of reminds me a little bit of that scene from the batman movie where the joker leans over and said do i look like a guy with a plan. i've been through this and number one, a lot of this --

>> running campaigns against him. >> yeah. look, number one, they like a winner. i think in a lot of respects, you know, they like somebody who can win. and who will bring some of their issues into the white house or win with some of their issues. they don't need to be a devout believer necessarily, they just need to win. and they also can relate to the feeling of being attacked. i think in a metaphorical way. when i went out especially with iowa, tim scott, you feel the sense of -- and i don't think it is necessarily wrong -- that they feel like their way of life has changed. what they believed ten years ago suddenly now is sexist, racist, bigoted among a large part of the country. they didn't change, the rest of the country did. so i think those feelings of being under siege and how their way of life is being attacked, they resonate. and when trump sends those messages, it resonates with

them. >> and so tell me what you think is going on here with team biden? are they like this is exactly what we want, we want him to get all riled up and be under his skin? >> part of this is once americans start hearing it, they feel like donald trump's getting his own message out here. what you are seeing president biden do, particularly fundraisers and private settings and now increasingly in public, take little jabs at donald trump expressly, causing him broke don, suggesting that he was a defeated man, that he couldn't help him out. and this is a moment here for joe biden where through his campaign our colleagues mike memoli and monica alba have a great post where he is coming up with this off the cuff because he is work shopping this, he is the one who said that he was eager to have a send go against donald trump, that there is nobody else that he would want

to run against. in large part that is why he's running again. so he's had a lot of time to think about donald trump. and it is not for a lack of preliminary need either to begin to workshop some of these in ways that even republican primary opponents never really took donald trump on. >> and to say there is no love lost is a grotesque understatement. and coming up in 60 seconds, thousands of israelis taking to the streets again today calling for the removal of benjamin netanyahu. we have the details next. s next

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saying that it would undermine efforts to bring the hostages home and win the war. in gaza, israeli forces pulled out of al-shifa hospital claiming victory after two week of close quarter combat. 200 palestinians were killed, 500 more arrested in that raid according to the idf. video captures the aftermath. joining us now, josh lederman and courtney kube. jonathan a lemire back with us. let's start with the demonstrations in israel. what is the message and what does it mean for netanyahu and his government? >> this may be the most politically perilous moment for prime minister netanyahu since the war started. he's getting it from the families of israeli hostages and the israeli public who say you've had almost six months of this military pressure strategy that has failed so far to bring the hostages home.

he's getting a ton of pressure from the u.s. allowing the resolution moving forward toward a ceasefire calling for immediate cessation of hostilities. and also now from within his own cabinet now over whether to force the ultra orthodox to serve in the military. that is something that could actually pull his fragile coalition apart with either the secular moderates or the ultra orthodox and far right set to potentially leave his cabinet and cause the down fall of his government if he is unable to find some way to bridge that gap. so right now there are multiple threats to prime minister netanyahu's future leadership. and it is unclear how much longer he is going to be able to hang on as the israeli public does appear talks?

>> they have been frustrated with prime minister netanyahu and his team for quite some time in their approach to the war, believing netanyahu has not paid nearly enough attention to the goal of minimizing civilian casualties. netanyahu has rebuked president biden's wishes repeatedly despite the fact president biden has largely still supported israel during this conflict. you will recall a couple weeks ago when the u.n. held a vote calling for a ceasefire, the united states abstained from that, that led netanyahu to cancel the talks, he was furious with the white house and he should pull the team back from washington. so that was done white house aides believe with an eye on the domestic situation there in israel and now an about-face and the talks are back on.

and the message from the united states will be to try to ward off a full-on military operation because so many refugees, estimated to be more than a million, have sought shelter there in rafah. they do support more surgical strikes going pinpoint attacks to try to pick out hamas leaders. we know that is challenging in the urban environment, but there will be conversations today virtually and then hope for in-person meetings the next week or so before netanyahu makes a decision as to what operation he will green light. >> and there is new reporting on another package of weapons and including massive bombs that could destroy entire blocks. what is the strategic value and did the u.s. demand any assurances from israel about. >> these are a combination of

nearly two thousand 2,000 pound bombs, and additional 500 pound bombs. we have to say these were bombs approved by congress years ago and they are just being delivered now. that being said, it is still very interesting that they are going to the israelis right now when there has been a lot of concern about some of the larger unguided or we from ektly will call dumb bombs being used in gaza and the destructive night of those. the u.s. has also provided with israel in the past with what they call jmpt-dam conversion kits. it take as a large dumb bomb and makes them smarter. but you mentioned the official who said to us that these 2,000 pound bombs have the ability to essentially destroy an entire block in gaza, that is true. and that is the concern. but despite all of this, and the fact that the biden administration continues to send

weapons to israel, we are still told according to a number of officials that they are not putting any conditions on those weapons in advance of sending them. >> so jonathan, on one hand you have massive bombs, no conditions that could wipe out huge areas. on the other hand you still have the official messages from president biden and his administration that israel needs to deescalate the number of civilian casualties. do folks at the white house see any mixed messaging there? >> yeah, it is certainly a dilemma and there is a -- it underscores the challenge the administration faces. there are calls throughout the democratic party to tell israel to slow down and have only increased. the president has been messaging some of that publicly and privately too. but at the same time, he is steadfast supporter of israel. has been for decades. u.s. officials have left open the door that if there is a new

package of aid, that if israel were to defy u.s. wishes about rafah, yes that might be finally the moment where they attach conditions to the military weapons going over there, but biden himself has not yet committed to that. certainly this is a situation they want to wrap up, they believe this war has gone on for so long with such an extraordinary toll on the gaza population. of course as much as biden frequently says israeli has a right to defend itself, but of course the president also is watching his own political future here in relation to the war. polls suggest a lot of democrats, particularly young and progressive, voters of color, muslim american voters, are deeply unhappy with how he's supported israel during this war. we know that could hurt him in places like michigan. so they hope there is resolution of this conflict long before then. >> and i understand there is a bit of breaking news that there was a significant explosion in syria that reportedly killed a

core commander. what do we know? >> the iranian ambassador to syria has appeared on television from inside that iranian diplomatic facility where he says that israeli missiles and f 35 fighter jets attacked that consulate and destroyed it killing somewhere between five and seven people. and according to iranian officials state media, among those who were killed was one of the most senior commanders in iran's revolutionary guard corps. and so the israeli government is not commenting on this yet, not surprising. they don't tend to publicly acknowledge these kinds of strike strikes in syria, but the shadow war that we've seen playing out between israel and all the iranian backed proxies may be breaking out of more into the open if it is the case that

israel has struck not iran proxies, not hezbollah or irg officials, but damaged and potentially destroyed the consulate there and taken out one of the senior irg officials, that could be an escalatory step. iran of course vowing that they will respond to that aggression from israel. >> thank you all. and coming up, florida supreme court set to issue a major opinion on abortion. the impact it could have on the political landscape in november and beyond. plus convicted killer alex murdaugh all right serving a life sentence for the murders of his wife and son, facing punishment again. we'll explain that after the break. ain that after the break. we're still going for that nice catch. we're still going for that perfect pizza. and with higher stroke risk from afib not caused by a heart valve problem,... ...we're going for a better treatment than warfarin. eliquis. eliquis reduces stroke risk. and has less major bleeding. over 97% of eliquis patients

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in just a handful of hours, we're expecting to get a critical ruling from the florida state supreme court that could have major implications for the general election. today is the deadline for the justices there to rule on whether amendment 4 or the abortion measure will make it on the ballot. it is a major decision that could fuel turnout and influence messaging ahead of election day. marissa parra is on the ground in miami. what are the stakes there? >> reporter: i'll point out that this proposed ballot initiative would allow florida voters to

decide whether or not to protect abortion until, quote, viability around 24 weeks specifically. but on the ground here, i would not say that it is top of mind for people walking on the streets here. i actually haven't found anyone that was already previously aware that today could be the day that they find out if abortion is on the ballot to begin with. but what i did find is every single person i've spoken to does have a very strong opinion on abortion all together. and so i want to take you to some of what we heard, two friends, first is a democrat, the second a self identified republican. >> i'm finding hard to believe that in 2024 we're still arguing about this. it should have been resolved in 1973. >> i think abortion is a very delicate topic, but i think it is something that woman has the right to make that choice what is best for her. it is not something that i think should be politicized. >> will it impact your vote if your republican candidate does not believe in abortion rights? >> it would be a strong

consideration i would say. >> reporter: so what you heard from again a democrat to begin with, with the man not the same friend i was thinking of, but also a republican. and what you heard i thought was very interesting and something i've heard several times, a republican in florida saying and expressing that they could break from party lines depending on who they have to choose from and what is happening in terms of abortion on the ballot. that is the big question today. but remember, we're in miami-dade county, this is very much more progressive area than other parts of the state. we've seen far more conservative counties in this state. so if you go to a different county, you might hear something more along the lines of this -- >> if the florida supreme court does indeed disqualify the amendment, i think it is an answer to many, many people's prayers. >> reporter: that was an

executive director with florida voice for the unborn. so now you've heard the different opinions here, but i really want to point something out that is so interesting. we are also waiting for a separate ruling from the florida supreme court that would decide whether or not the pr present 15 week abortion ban is constitutional. that ruling could come anytime between this week, this summer. if they decide it is constitutional, that would automatically trigger a six week abortion ban that would go into effect 30 days later. so today is significant because hypothetically speaking, depending on all the outcomes here, we could see a world where florida goes from a 15 week abortion ban to a six week abortion ban that could then get overturned by voters in november to that roughly 24 week abortion ban. and that is all dependent on whether voters can have a direct say as all. >> thank you so much. carlos curbelo is also with us.

when roe v. wade was overturned, there was a lot of confusion over how many lawsuits it would produce and this is a perfect example of this. seen how impac measures can be. just throwing it out there, is there any thought that when you have two cases like this, one that could be unfolding right as people start paying closer attention to the 2024 race, that it could influence the outcome, or is this a republican state that is frankly donald trump's, it it's done? >> democrats are optimistic that no matter what happens today at the florida supreme court, that this is going to be an issue that is going to help them in the fall. if the court allows this language to go to the ballot, then democrats are going to use that to motivate voter turnout. if the court doesn't allow the language to go to the ballot, florida democrats are going to

make the case that they need to elect more democrats and therefore people should turn out. we've seen all over the country that the abortion issue has hurt republicans, it has helped democrats ever since roe was overturned. so democrats are hopeful that they can get a boost in florida, a state where they have been on defense a long time, where donald trump is a heavy favorite to win. can this issue topple donald trump in florida? that would be very difficult. could it help some democrats down ballot? that is more of a possibility. >> and you know the state well and you know saying republicans, it is not a monolith, but floridians protecting freedom, which is the group leading the ballot effort, collected nearly a million validated signatures of registered voters who want this on the november ballot, at least 150,000 of those came from registered republicans. so that is to your point. i do wonder though is there a

world where republican voters say yes to a ballot initiative like this on abortion but still vote republican down the line? >> that's right. i think you could see a lot of ticket splitting. i think in fact if the ballot does make the language, you could see a lot of republicans voting for donald trump and also voting to enshrine abortion rights in the florida constitution. this has happened in other conservative states. so it is really hard to tell exactly how this is going to shake out, but the bottom line is that politically it does give democrats some options, some paths to recovering some of the ground that they have lost in florida in recent years. >> carlos curbelo, thank you so much. and there is more turmoil at united, telling pilots that their flight hours will be cut back because of delays in getting new planes from boeing. the airline is now asking pilots

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convicted murderer and disbarred attorney alex murdaugh is back in court for what could be the last time, sentenced to 40 years for a string of financial crimes. murdaugh must also pay more than $8.7 million in restitution to the victims. he wore a bright orange jump suit and shackles and addressed the judge for 13 minutes saying i'm literally filled with sorrow and guilt over the things that i said. let's go outside the court in charleston. and also with me, former u.s. attorney in michigan, law professor at the university of michigan law school, and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquaid. walk us through what happened in court. >> and murdaugh pleaded guilty to the 22 federal financial

crimes charges back in september that included money laundering, wire fraud and bank fraud. the prosecutors allege murdaugh stole $12 million from his family's law firm, his personal injury law firm clients. they say $6 million of those dollars still unaccounted for. murdaugh had already been sentenced for similar financial crimes in a state court to 27 years. so one of the things that was up in the air today is whether or not the two sentences would happen concurrently. and the judge said that they will. so this would add an additional 13 years on top of the 27 year sentence he already got. we actually got a chance to hear from both sides, the prosecution and his defense lawyers, after the sentencing was handed down today. >> the sentence today was about obtaining justice for the financial victims of alex murdaugh. these victims are not just names

listed in a court filing, they are real people who trusted an attorney at the most difficult times of their lives. >> will he appeal? i mean, i'll talk to him about that later today. he's ready to move on and we're ready to move on frankly. >> reporter: and speaking of the victims, two of them did appear in the courtroom today and they addressed the court. each for about 90 seconds. they say that they forgave murdaugh and they are praying for him. >> barbara, what did you make of the sentencing? >> it is a long sentence but the judge in this case did make some comments to suggest that these were particularly vulnerable victims. and so this was not akin to other more garden variety frauds. this situation a position of trust and his clients were looking to him to help get the best settlement they could. and instead he took advantage of

them. and so it is an important message that he be sentenced here. people sometimes wonder where prosecutors take a second bite at the apple. he's already serving two life sentences after killing his wife and son. and i think the answer is these are different crimes that need to be vindicated. different victims and different restitution. the mere fact that he will be in prison a certain period of time might keep him from killing more people, but it doesn't bring justice to the other vvictims. >> to the outsider if they ask why concurrent sentences, what is the answer? >> well, that is to ensure that there is some accountability and also if any of those cases should drop out because based on appeals or changes in the law, sometimes you see somebody become exonerated years later, and so this would ensure that

alex murdaugh still serves 40 years even if the other cases should go away for some reason. >> he spoke for a long time and it is always interesting to hear what someone in this position has to say. one of the things he said is that his long time addiction to prescription opoids clouded his judgment. today he said to the judge he is 937 days clean and that his addiction contributed to what he did. what is the point of that, why make that kind of statement in this situation, barbara? >> well, sometimes people are seeking mercy from the judge to try to explain the motivation behind their crimes was addiction, which sometimes can drive people to commit serious crimes. and perhaps excuse some of his conduct. but i think in a case like this where the judge talked about who incredibly sophisticated and complex the schemes were, they did not seem to be the product of someone addicted to drugs, instead someone who was

calculated. and so even though the opoid addiction may explain mr. murdaugh's deep desire for cash, it doesn't really excuse the conduct he committed in this case. >> thank you both so much. appreciate it. and we have breaking news now about donald trump's upcoming hush money trial in new york. a source with direct knowledge of the situation now tells nbc news former trump spokesperson hope hicks is expected to testify. he was with donald trump when he was trying to keep the affair out of the media. the trial is set to begin two weeks from today and we'll have much more on this in our next hour. also next, i'll talk to the reporter behind the new "washington post" headline, how republicans texted and emailed their way into a money problem.

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his case chastised him for showing little remorse last week. he said that while he never meant to hurt anyone, he was ultimately responsible adding quote, i'd give anything to be able to help repair even part of the damage. i'm doing what i can from prison, but it's deeply frustrating not to be able to do more. donald trump meantime, and his campaign, appear to be length an age-old question. you can only go to the well so many times before it runs dry. "the washington post" is reporting that the former president has solicited his donor base so extensively his, quote, vaunted small dollar fundraising operation is not bringing in as much money as it once did. joining me now, one of the authors of that report, josh dossey, a reporter for "the washington post." it's always good to see you. you write among other things, in the years he lost the presidency to joe biden, trump sent so many e-mails and text messages asking for money that republican consultants warned his mailing

list could become useless. i ask this question time and time and time again, is there a point at which the well runs dry, is the answer now maybe yes? >> well, it's not entirely dry but they have seen a precipitous decline in what they used to get from these small dollar fundraising appeals. the trump campaign in 2020 was a juggernaut, raised over $600 million from donors who were giving less than $200 a. --. a lot of them were fueled by the false claims that the election was stolen. what happened in 2021 was that that changed. he started seeing smaller and smaller returns on the pitches and yet they kept sending more and more out, trying to dial it up, and it just wasn't hitting like it did before. that's the long and short of it. we used to get way more money for them, just wasn't anymore. and because they kept using the

list so many times, consultants and others feared that people were going to stop giving all together. >> do we know why some of them have stopped giving, josh? >> well, a lot of it is fatigue, right? a lot of them now get dozens of pitches every day from trump and other republican candidates. they get e-mails and text messages. republicans think a little bit of it could be due to inflation. a lot of the small dollar donors don't have a lot of money. some are giving 10, $20. one of the saddest facts is that we found out some of the people have been hit up so many times for money, they're sending handwritten notes to trump, i'm sorry, i wish i could help you, i don't have any more money to give you. >> trump is trying to raise $30 million at a campaign. the record was set by joe biden at 26 million. if small donors are the heart

and soul of the trump campaign, does he have any shot of keeping track with the reporting that you have? >> yeah, i mean, the trump advisers that i speak to say pretty openly they expect to have less money than joe biden this election. joe biden is far ahead, and the democrats are far ahead rite now. they have a financial advantage that's hard to catch up. that said, we have done a lot of reporting on how billionaire donors, business people are coming back to trump who said after january 6th they would never support him again and now they're thinking about writing checks of almost a million dollars. small dollar fundraising is increasing again after his indictments. a lot of these people feel like he's being treated unfairly. they're still not giving at the levels they were in 2020. you have seen some of this come back. it's not going to be to the level that they need it right now. >> josh dossey, great reporting, and thank you so much for being on the show. appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. coming up, the dangers of

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it's good to be back with you for this second hour of "chris jansing reports." at this hour, 38 million americans are bracing for a big april storm after the west coast took a walloping, from stranded drivers to a highway collapse, even a lightning strike on an airplane. we'll get a live report on the threat that's still ahead. baltimore bottleneck, the plans to give ships a new place to go as crews remove the wreckage of the bridge collapse piece by piece. dallas mystery, the questions swirling around an nfl wide receiver after a dangerous high speed crash.