protected. women should not be raped. women should never be genitalized. so i really hope people can watch this documentary because you can hear it for yourself, from first responder, from released hostages. just watch with an open mind so you can see what happens. >> sheryl sandberg, again, the documentary is "screams before silence." thank you. >> thank you. and you can watch the full documentary on youtube, called "screams before silence." and that does it for andrea mitchell reports. remember to follow the show on social media. i'll see you back here at 3:00 p.m. eastern where i will be joined by nancy pelosi. chris jansing reports starts right now. good day.

i'm chris jansing. a protest movement expanding and challenges are growing. less than an hour from now, columbia students face an ultimatum over their israel-hamas war protest. leave or be suuspended. but also the major shockwaves in the race for president. and donald trump's time scrunch, can he log enough time in battleground states when he is not in court? his plans this week in michigan and wisconsin. the help he is getting from a conservative group to swing hispanic voters. but also the worries he reportedly has about the impact of an outspoken ally. and u.s. officials think that they have a dwindling window to push for a ceasefire. the talks happening right now as the world waits for hamas to respond to the latest hostage offer. but we begin with the growing protests across the u.s. that are setting off a politically charged blame game.

finger pointing at students, outside agitators, administrators. and then there is a political fallout that could be consequential for an already volatile 2024 presidential race. hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested as protests intensify at college campuses all across the country against israel's invasion of gaza. right now at columbia university, protestors have been told they need to leave their encampment in the next hour or face suspension. but as the "new york times" points out, these demonstrations are "exposing fresh tensions over how to balance free speech protections and support for gazans with concerns some jewish americans are raising about anti-semitism. couple that with donald trump and republicans who are now seizing on these protests trying to spin them as their latest example of chaos and unrest under president biden and democrats. a lot to get to.

and let's get out to los angeles and also jonathan lemire is with us, host of "way too early." and jake sherman from punch bowl news. great to have you all here. jonathan, trump is now using this for his overall theme of blaming joe biden for this is his word lawlessness. along with his attacks on border and crime policies. he's already been doing that. is the white house worried this could be a problem for joe biden? >> yeah, it is part of trump's argument here and also connected to the wars in ukraine. saying when i was president, these things weren't happening. but you're right, lawlessness or chaos trump is trying to say at home or abroad and trying to blame president biden for this. the biden team is a wear is this a problem and a growing one,

that certainly these kreens of unrest at these protests and some of the vile anti-semitism and vile language used turns off a lot of voters. it is an issue. the administration though, there is a limit to what they can do at this point. certainly the president has completely says he supports the idea of peaceful protests. and there is no space for anti-arabic or anti-muslim sentiments. so they are dferring to the local locals. but at a certain point advisers do worry that the president may have to take it more head-on. the question now is what that approach might be. we do know that this is already something that even before this outbreak of protests in recent weeks, the with a war in gaza and the president's support for israel has dragged down his approval numbers over -- across the board particularly among

young and progressive voters that he needs in november. while aides say they think that have increase would older voters, but they say this is a water. >> and so where do the protests go from here? >> i'm at ucla and this encampment behind me has grown dramatically in the days since i've been covering this. as least tripled or quadrupled in size. and also we have a big screen set up and blasting music and videos toward the encampment. yesterday there were some scuffles. so i'll see if we see more of that today. what is happening at ucla is an example of what happens when the university decides not to crack down on the encampments. they have more or less allowed it to flourish. and compare that to usc where they called campus police and lapd on a burgeoning encampment

last week. but that did not work to squash the protests. there is now a new encampment at usc where also police were called and various disciplinary measures threatened and protestors there are not budging. that is what i've heard from the students i've spoken to, they say they intend to keep the encampments going until the universities meet their demands. given that those demands include divesting completely from israel, not just divesting school investments from israel but for example israeli academic institutions, the way things stand right now, that is not likely to happen anytime soon. so these encampments might be up more or less indefinitely. >> and in new york city at columbia, george solis is just off campus. the clock is ticking. they have 55 minutes until the deadline is up, right? >> yeah, that's right. and what that exactly looks like and what that means remains to be seen. but one thing that immediately caught our attention here as we arrived on campus, the presence

of the nypd. moments ago we saw a good gaggle of officers arrive here outside of the gate. unclear, and it does remain to be seen, if they will actually enter campus. keep in mind this comes as the university has completely said they would not allow the nypd back on campus after the initial arrests and their presence there when those hundreds were arrested. so interesting to see. it has caught the attention of all of the local, national and international media following this story. so i can see some. command posts here, some of the officers here off in the distance. again, sort of staging around the perimeter waiting to see what will happen at 2:00 p.m. earlier this morning the university president detailing what is happening. they were silent over the weekend. the barricades had been removed. and now no sign that they will go back up.

but the president did say with classes now concluding, it represents a noisy distraction for students studying and everyone trying to complete the academic year. and she says i want to reassure the community we're trying to make plans that we will hold a commendment. that is a big lingering question there. as you enter the campus and look at what is happening around the encampment, there are things that signal commencement will happen. and she says for all the reasons above, we urge those in the encampments to voluntarily disperse. and they are trying to have more discussions saying that the negotiations with the student protestors and calls for divestment won't happen. so now the clock ticking. we're about an hour or so, we'll see what it actually looks like. what it means for the protestors for the encampment and how the nypd presence here may alter or impact any of it. >> so obviously a potentially volatile situation.

and again, when donald trump talks about lawlessness and chaos, can republicans be far behind. what are you hearing on capitol hill? >> last week i was with mike johnson the speaker of the house at columbia, so he has already taken this issue head-on and taken this issue on the road in new york. traveling up to new york for the speaker of the house who lives in louisiana and works in washington. so no small thing there. but listen, this week -- let me take a step back. congress is always intense when it comes to middle east politics, period. even when things are going well. but now we're at a whole different level here. and on the floor this week, floor of the house of representatives, congress will be voting on changing -- tweaking the definition of anti-semitism that the government should use. that is a republican bill. but there will be democrats who vote for it. and i will say just down the road from here, gw, george washington university, maybe

two, three miles from the capitol, there is an encampment of over 200 people. and the local police here in d.c. has not dispersed and "washington post" reported that they refuse to break up that protest in foggy bottom. i cannot imagine that get out of this week without people, and you are seeing some of the images on the screen, without members of congress, political officials, talking about gw in the backyard of the white house just blocks from joe biden's home from the white house. a situation that according to university officials, according to local press, the gw student paper has gotten increasingly volatile. so it is something that will be spilling from foggy bottom to capitol hill to the house floor. >> would you expect then to hear more of these calls to bring in the national guard? >> yeah, i can tell you, there is a certain -- i don't know about hesitation, but definitely among mike johnson who said the national guard to be brought to

columbia. he says the people should be more forceful and that students should get back to work and stop wasting their parents' money. and the way republicans look at this, these are private universities, at least columbia and gw are, and people should follow the rules and if not, they should be brought up for trespassing. so this is obviously a very complicated topic. but we're seeing now more places than just columbia. it is across the country. and jonathan was right at the top of the show, republicans are using this to try to show that the country is on the brink and governments have run amok all over the place under joe biden. again, much more complicated scenario than that, but that is the political calculus republicans are making. >> and jonathan, any conversation at all that the white house is even really considering calling in the national guard? >> no, not to this point. but we should note the white house press briefing with karine

jean-pierre was delayed until 2:00. i'm sure she will be asked completely about that issue and others connected to these protests which really do seem to have hit a fever pitch in recent days. >> thank you all so much. and in 60 seconds from the trial to the trail, can former president trump run a successful campaign in important battleground states while spending a majority of the week in a courtroom? week in a courtroom [street noise] [car door shuts] [paparazzi cameras] introducing, ned's plaque psoriasis. ned, ned, who are you wearing? he thinks his flaky red patches are all people see. otezla is the #1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. ned? otezla can help you get clearer skin, and reduce itching and flaking. with no routine blood tests required. doctors have been prescribing otezla for over a decade. otezla is also approved to treat psoriatic arthritis. don't use otezla if you're allergic to it.

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one example, new reports suggest that he is increasingly worried that senate candidate kari lake might hurt him in arizona. and indictments of his allies there as well as in nevada, michigan and georgia threaten to keep election interference in the news long after trump's new york city trial is over. i want to bring in dasha burns and john kasich. this is, governor, we've talked about this, trump's political reality now. one, maybe two days on the campaign trail during the week, the rest in court. you wonder if he can run a successful campaign this way even if he just focuses on that handful of battleground states and there is also the exhaustion factor. you've been on the campaign trail so you know what that is like. what do you think? >> there are some people who think that it is better that he is in court and not out there saying things to get him in trouble. interesting perspective.

but it is still very close, battleground states are very important. obviously. mitch and pennsylvania are absolutely critical. and, you know, so that is where the focus has to be. and that is why of course he will go to wisconsin, he will go to michigan. that is where he will put his energy. but to me, the fact that he is not on the field i think hurts him. but again, some experts think that he is in the courtroom. if you have a hung jury or something like that, he will say you see the deep state was after me. so we just have to keep watching where this is going. and then the other issue gets to be, chris, frankly, it is the state of the economy. and can in fact biden people convince people that the economy is doing well. and that you don't want to change these -- make these big decisions and change people out when things are going well. and that is an issue. i've been telling you all the time that it all gets down to the economy. how do people feel about their

pocketbook, how do they feel about the future for themselves and for their children. >> it is always the economy stupid as we know from quoting james carville 1 million times from when he actually said that. the one thing trump does get out of the courtroom, he fund raises off it early and often. but he's been behind joe biden in fundraising. so there was some secret meeting i guess you could say between donald trump and ron desantis. what was that about and can it help? >> let's not forget it was a bitter, bitter rivalry between those two during the primary. i mean, some brutal arrows shot at each other. so this was really kind of an olive branch sort of meeting. there was a mutual connection, a man named steve witkoff that facilitated the meeting. desantis was golfing in miami, trump met him there for breakfast. but let's be clear about one thing. there is a lot of consideration around veep stakes.

that is not what this conversation was focused on. i don't think that desantis is in that realm of consideration. >> what does he bring to donald trump? >> money. he is very good at fundraising. so that is where he can be helpful. i don't think that you will see the two of them on the campaign trail very much, but desantis can lend assistance on the money front. >> so trump is also getting help from a conservative group that is targeting latino voters focusing on what they claim is the damage done by to your point biden's economic policies. and nbc news polling shows biden's lead among those voters has eroded sharply from 33% to just 10%. be that is just barely outside the margin of error. but the hispanic voters make up roughly 15% of the electorate.

so if you are biden, how worried are you? >> you have to be worried. and hispanic voters are beginning to trend more and more republican. this is an issue of the economy. if you listen to what the hispanic leaders have said, they say there is not the opportunity that we had under donald trump, that we'll go out and do what we can to support donald trump and try to deliver him a greater percentage of the hispanic votes. and again, we're back to the biden campaign having to get out there and tell people, wait a minute here, don't have some memory of the trump campaign where everything was so great. mine, wake up to what it was like then and look at where it is now. it is also a matter of strength. you know, to some degree you can criticize donald trump, but he comes out there as no doubt with what he does or what he says. with biden, i think that some of those voters are looking at his age and they are wondering is he tough enough. so biden will have to show that he is tough enough and the fact that we made significant gains on the economy. and that will help him

dramatically with the hispanic vote. >> what we do know from polls in addition to those polls we just showed is if donald trump were to be convicted, that would be a problem for him. we know some people say it would be disqualifying. but there is some reminder that we're seeing over and over and over again with indictments. there are the multiple indictments linked to the fake elector schemes that were in a number of battleground states. have you heard anything on the republican side, in the trump camp, that says they are worried that this stuff stays in the news even long after donald trump may have moved on? a lot of people think this trial is the only one we'll see before november. >> it keeps it in the news and it is a problem for a lot of those local level grass roots republicans. i'm talking county chairs and critical swing counties and swing states are trying to encourage voters to vote early, to use mail-in ballots and use

those tools to help the republican party. at the same time percent of the top of the ticket continues to remind people this is not a system that you should trust. so there are folks worried who are really on the ground trying to build up this infrastructure and trying to get voters engaged who think that this might end up suppressing the vote for republicans and that it could pose a real problem. >> john kasich, dasha burns, thank you both. and we have breaking news now. nbc news has learned that hunter biden is planning to sue fox news. doord to a letter from his lawyers, the lawsuit is imminent. and ryan nobles is joining me now. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: this is a letter obtained by sarah fitzpatrick that comes from the new attorney that hunter biden has entered into a contract with, entertainment lawyer mark geragos. and he sends a warning to fox

news that they are preparing to sue the company for what they describe as conspiracy and subs sequence actions to defame mr. biden and paint him in a false light as well as the unlicensed commercial exploitation of his image, name and likeness and unlawful publication of hacked intimate images of him. this of course stems from the fact that of course hunter biden has been in the news quite a bit the past couple of years because of his legal issues and of course the broad impeachment inquiry that is taking place by the house of representatives. essentially what geragos is arguing in this letter, it is actually a member of his legal team arguing in this letter, that fox is unfairly and line libellessly attacking hunter biden when there is no merit to the claims. this of course comes at the same time hunter biden is facing legal issues of his own. he is on the verge of facing two

different criminal trials, one in delaware on a gun charge, another separate criminal trial in california that is related to tax issues. both of those trials came as a result of a plea deal with the federal government that fell apart. so this is hunter biden going on the offensive. of course he is a favorite topic of fox news often brought up over and over again. and what is detailed in this letter is how they use many of the images that came from the so-called laptop that was discovered in the midst of the 2020 campaign that had a number of compromising and questionable and somewhat lewd images of hunter biden that have been used over and over again on fox news. the argument here is that they were obtained illegally, they should not have been used in a form such as this. and also they are his property and they are arguing that fox news was using them inappropriately.

again this, is not the actual filing of the lawsuit yet. this is just a threat to file a lawsuit. this is something that his legal team has warned fox was coming at some point. so they are now letting them know definitively that this lawsuit could come soon. and of course we should also point out this is against the backdrop of course of fox settling the massive lawsuit with the dominion voting company who accused them of libelling them during the aftermath of the 2020 election. so this is hunter biden essentially taking the same course of action that dominion did to try to rectify he believes was a wrong done against him. >> ryan nobles, keep us posted. up next, secretary of state antony blinken now in the middle east as ceasefire talks happen in cairo. could negotiators be close to a breakthrough? we'll have a report from saudi arabia next. t from saudi arabia next.

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palestinian prisoners. hamas delegation is in cairo right now for talks and israeli officials could join them tomorrow. in riyadh earlier today, blinken says at this point it comes down to hamas. >> hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel. and in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. >> joining us now on the phone andrea mitchell who is reporting from riyadh and matt bradley. andrea, you are there covering this adidas live effort for a ceasefire. is there a sense this time could be different? >> we are hoping that it is different. there is a feeling desperation here. first of all the gulf countries meeting here today with

secretary blinken, making his seventh trip since october 7. so pretty urgent. and there is a real feeling that it is basically now or never. if they go into rafah, that will widen the war. so under great pressure netanyahu from his opposition leaders as well as from hostage families. and in fact a key opposition leader now saying that the hostages should be the priority. [ inaudible ] this is all up to one man who is believed to be underground in the tunnels.

other hamas leaders are willing to make a deal. so huge pressure here. and the world economic forum is here. so you also have the europeans, british and others who are here and they are all getting together [ inaudible ]. feeling is if it doesn't happen now, the sense is that this is a generous offer, for the first time israel is offering more than six weeks to extend the ceasefire oig to get more aid in. but there is confusion over the numbers. the offer was 33, another says 40. and they are demanding 40 in the elderly, injured, the children.

[ inaudible ] -- not to count on 33. >> andrea mitchell in riyadh for us. thank you for that. so she mentioned the hostages. and hamas released a video showing two of the hostages alive in gaza. the families of those men held a press conference earlier today. what are they saying? >> this was a very emotional news conference and also very political. beach hearing this kind of thing from the hostages' families for six months alongside their emotional pleas that their loved ones be returned home. and they are also taking a really hard line criticizing the israeli government and benjamin netanyahu. aviva's husband who was one of the two in that video, she was actually kidnapped alongside him but released a few months ago in a prisoner swap. here is what she said about her husband's pleas. >> i'm not able to see the video of keith because i know that he

is so sad. i know how hard it is to be there. i know what it is like to beg for help. i know the feeling of losing hope. bring keith back to me. bring back my hope. >> and she is speaking from personal experience. a lot of these family members now advocating, they were not so long ago hostages themselves released back in november. but this whole conversation, it is exposing some really familiar political fault lines in israel. benjamin netanyahu's far right allies are very reluctant to do anything that they think would let hamas off the hook even if that means delaying the hostages' release. and many of these families are fearing the longer these hostages are held, the more

unlikely they are to survive. >> 205 days so far. matt bradley, thank you. more than 40 people are dead and dozens missing after a dam burst in kenya this morning. death toll is now 120 and rising with more than 185,000 residents displaced. the kenya red cross performed a stunning rescue of residents swept up in the floodwaters saving more than 20 people. and authorities continue to search through mud and debris still hoping to find survivors. but local meteorologists warn more rainfall is on the way. up next, brand new questions with former president trump's hush money trial getting back under way in less than 24 hours. will he have to face the two women at the center of the case? we've got that next. the case? we've got that next.

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the supreme court has once again shot down peter navarro's request to get out of prison while he appeals his conviction of two counts of contempt of congress. this was his second request. his last was rejected on march 18. and navarro reported for prison the very next day in miami for ignoring a congressional subpoena. actually multiple temperatures. he is currently serving a four month sentence. and anticipation is high, this could be another highly dramatic week in donald trump's

manhattan courtroom. he will be back there tomorrow. the start of a week that could potentially bring him face-to-face with two women at the center of his hush money case. stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. already it is taking a personal and professional toll with trump required to watch his own legal drama unfold from the defendant's chair. as the "washington post" puts it, "despite efforts to squall dinners with dough noers and friends and world leaders join him, trump's moods are worse on trial days." and remember, this is really just the beginning. an estimated two, four weeks left of this trial and a whole lot of other people still set to zest guy. joining us now, legal analyst glenn kirschner. and also gary has been in the overflow room in the courthouse. so what we are looking for this week? and is it possible if not this

week then at some point we'll see stormy daniels and karen mcdougal? >> we're starting to content the dots of everything that we heard last week. the catch and kill scheme, talking about how the women's names were in the trump organization contact list. and then friday we just started to get an introduction into the banker gary farro who can provide the information on the opening of the shell account that they used. and so this week perhaps stormy mcdaniels, perhaps karen mcdougal, but i think some of the most important testimony the people who witnessed everything. one of the executive assistants that followed him to the white house. some of the folks in the financial field that can speak to what exactly is the illegality with the false if i case of the business records.

>> when you talk about those kinds of folks taking the witness stand, for the legal profession, and maybe even the jurors to some extent, it is interesting, right? it starts to fill in the blanks. it starts to connect the pieces of the puzzle. there is a whole different thing if stormy daniels walks into that courtroom, if karen mcdougal walks into that courtroom. what is their legal importance to this case potentially and is it possible that they won't testify do you think? >> i think that they will. and undoubtedly they are going to bring the drama, they will bring the intense interest and perhaps some salaciousness to the jury's attention. they are really important witnesses. and folks shouldn't to get that prosecutors put lots of witnesses on who aren't blockbuster witnesses or who don't necessarily produce some of the most directly incriminating evidence against

the defendant, but they are all part of the story. kind of the criminal tapestry that the prosecutors are trying to weave here. and the danger zones, as best i can tell, donald trump and his lawyers have never conceded had donald trump had a relationship with either woman. the clothes the defense attorneys came, they said in opening statements ladies and gentlemen, stormy daniels' testimony doesn't mean anything. it is not important. that is a sign that he believes that it is probably potentially really damaging. because he is already trying to steer the jurors away from her testimony. but it is important. because if the jury comes to believe that donald trump in fact had this somewhat long term relationship with karen mcdougal and this one encounter or short term relationship with stormy daniels, it will paint a picture of a defendant whose stock and trade is concealment and deception and lying.

it may not be directly relevant to the falsifying business records charges to gain unfair advantage in the 2016 election, but it will still do potentially real serious damage to donald trump in the eyes of the jurors. >> i want to get your take on something that financial times said this morning on "morning joe". he talked about the toll on donald trump. >> final impact of this trial is just the psychological effect on trump. sitting there without his cellphone, being told to sit down, practically having to ask for a bathroom break. and awaiting stormy daniels. the scenario of his nightmare testifying in front of him. >> how does a defense and frankly a prosecution lawyer deal with what you see in the defendant and how might that impact the trial as the jury watches very closely? >> yeah, you know, the jurors

will pick up on everything that goes on in that courtroom and much of it is nonverbal. they are absorbing important information about the defendant donald trump in the way he behaveses in court, in how he reacts even if not verbally to what the witnesses are saying about evidence that may be deeply incriminating. and i'll tell you, the defendants that i prosecuted, i saw it wear on them, wear on their family members. i've always said there are no winners in criminal trials. accountability is a must and justice must be done. particularly to vindicate the rights of the victims. but it can tend to wear on everybody. sometimes no more than the defendant himself. and so let's face it, we have a contempt hearing coming up where it may go from bad to worse. the minute judge merchan holds donald trump in contempt in violation of the laws of new york, that will represent a violation of his release conditions in all four of his criminal cases. so i think things are about to

get significantly worse for donald trump. >> the tria resumes tomorrow morning. thank you both. coming up, deadly tornadoes decimating an historic small town. we'll head there for an update on conditions next. >> it looks like somebody just dropped a bomb on this area. because it is just-it is gone. because it is just-it is gone.

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reeling after 170 tornadoes caused major damage, killed at least five people in oklahoma and iowa. the storms also brought a barrage of rain to texas. look at these pictures. flooding in dallas, creeks like this one overflowing on to streets. and in the south, a potential tornado demolished a three bedroom home. one of the family's dogs is still missing, the other one on the lookout. nbc's guad venegas is reporting from another hard hit area. sulfur, oklahoma. this is some level of destruction. tell me what's happening where you are. >> reporter: chris, extensive damage, no matter how long we have been covering these tornadoes, this is a sign that

was -- it was a sign for the road, and there's a concrete block that looks like it was held into the ground. you can see the power of the tornado. i just spoke with the owner who gathered friends, family, they're clearing out the debris right now. but, i mean, essentially it destroyed all of the vehicles that he had at the shop. these vehicles belonged to some of his clients. that's an awning that fell on the vehicles. for now, the business owners and residents are doing what they can to clean the debris, to see what they can still get from out of these damaged structures. and you can see the downtown area over here. just destruction everywhere. not just the structures, but also the trees. it's always impressive to see how a lot of these large trees are ripped out of the ground. authorities are focusing on getting the power back. you can see the youth poles. it is impressive, i have to say, to see how fast they can work

and get a lot of these utility poles up. having power is a priority for the businesses and the residents. and right across the street, this used to be a gas station. you can see the owners and friend helping them. again, a lot of these businesses have groups of people that are helping each other while authorities are focusing on the larger stuff. they're focusing on getting the power. there's the crews working with the utility poles. we heard the governor say, this is the worst destruction he has seen in oklahoma. this is just here, on the way here, we drove through marietta, which has one of the main freeways that goes right through the town. both side, i mean the number of structures as everything is assessed is probably going to grow. you can see people are hard at work. there's traffic on the main street. everyone is hard at work to clear the debris and to let in some of the federal help that we

expect to be coming in for those affected here, chris. >> guad venegas, thank you for that. today, the national football league is out with a major new safety blitz. giving players the option of wearing protective guardian caps over helmets during regular season games. nbc's george solis dug into the potential impact. >> reporter: the nfl taking its most visual and polarizing steps in drastically improving player safety. the league expanding the use of the far from fashion forward soft shell helmets, given the option to wear guardian caps beyond practice to regular season games and to enhance protection against head injuries by as much as 20%, according to league data. the league cementing their stance. >> if you're going to take a punch from mike tyson, straight to the face. >> reporter: the nfl guardian caps. the guardian cap had a 50%

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