. >> mika. mika. mika! stop reading twitter. stop reading twitter. stop it. >> it's the voices in my head. >> just stop. yes, and you do have voices in your head, there's no doubt about that. also when kasich said that everybody out there said that they really like you, mika is a really nice person, they need to spend more time with you. but anyway -- i'm joking. but, listen, here is the deal, guys, watch msnbc throughout the day and tonight. this is a critical day in the campaign in 2016. if donald trump does well in michigan and minnesota then we keep moving in the same direction, but if he underperforms in michigan and mississippi the way he underperformed in louisiana based on the polls we could be in for a very long battle. a fascinating day, mika, and a fascinating night to come on msnbc. >> so, steve kornacki, he is going to pick up his chalk and chalkboard and the coverage on this election day after a quick break. >>> tomorrow we will have full results and analysis from washington. have a wonderful day, everybody. (burke) at farmers, we've se

mika? >> kasie hunt, thank you very much. >>> so, joe, to recap this block, i think we have some interesting things happening on both sides. i'm becoming really concerned about foreign policy on the republican side. >> it's far too late in the day to be saying that 1.5 billion people hate the united states of america because of the god they worship. what donald trump has done is impressive many american politics. other than a few of us around this table, very few people saw this coming. it's pretty stunning what he has done. at the same time, the big question, the big challenge is does he shift gears? mika, can he shift gears? can he win this thing? and more importantly than that, can he govern? i look back to bill clinton who had all the campaign infrastructure around him in the world. because of the people that he appointed for positions to serve in his administration that were thought out, bill clinton stumbled for the first two, three, four months of his administration when you start lo

>> well, mika, there's two stories out there. one is what's going to happen today and the other is what's going to happen this upcoming weekend as winter returns to the great lakes and new england. we're not seeing anything too bad, heavy rain, southern minnesota, snowstorm. casper will have a foot of snow on the ground before the end of today here's the severe weather threat. almost 19 million people at risk of severe storms, des moines, tulsa, oklahoma city, dallas. southern portion is the area i'm most concerned with. area of oranges is at risk. the potential of storms. shreveport, southern areas of arkansas. here's the timing of those storms. dallas, the storms form over the top of you right around the lunch hour. by 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., northeast texas, southern arkansas, northern louisiana. this is the greatest threat for the tornadoes. storms through missouri. then tomorrow a heavy rain threat here in areas of the southeast. now let's talk about the cold. this is the temperatures, 13, 13, 9, negative wind chills in burl

mika, willie and i have been saying this since july or august. it's always the media's overreach that feeds right in to donald trump. >> here is the other thing from a journalism perspective that i think is important. off the record status in an interview granted affirmatively by a reporter is truly one of the last handshake business arrangements alive in america. because i know with certainty that if i said to eugene robinson, i would like to say something off the record. say i am a whistle blower and gene says, yes, i'm going to give you off-the-record status, i know that gene robinson will go to jail before he discloses the source of an off-the-record attribution. it's a big deal. >> everything we've just said is true. i really believe it. the one thing on the other side kind of unrelated issue but i have to mention it. the way trump treats the media at his rallies, i think is disgraceful. >> horrible. >> the way he shouts at them and points at them and says that they're scum and all that. >> right. >> all that said -- >> here is the deal. if

. >> mika, just to put it clear, i disavowed him in the past, i disavow him now. it was very clear that i disavowed but the press doesn't want to go with it. they love the story.

. >> donald -- >> mika, they didn't vote for romney last time. they didn't exist because they were democrats and independents but they didn't vote for romney. the republicans didn't vote for romney last time. >> talk about a big tent.

>> and you were saying, mika, why does she do it? >> she doesn't need the money, does she. >> yes, she needs the money. and rick we're back to introduce you but we'll -- >> go ahead. >> this has been a foreshad foreshadowing. how incredible. a traditional candidate has all the scenery behind her, has to to raise money like politicians have had to do and yet bernie sanders, what kind of month did he have in member? >> february, $43 million? hillary raised $30 million, but $43 million, mostly low donors. >> $27. >> bernie can go back to those. bernie sanders has a fund-raiser, he coughs and he says "give me money" and they just -- >> and they do. >> and send it in. >> he doesn't have to spend a single minute going to fund-raisers. you cover a campaign, they go behind closed door -- i covered mitt romney, they spent half the time sitting outside a fancy rich person's house, guest houses of the rich people of america, beautiful, we got to see a lot of them with mitt romney. i have not covered a single candidate -- you say to his aides is

>> good morning, mika. a few hours ago, police raided a house in a suburb of brussels not far from here and they arrested someone. now belgian media quoted judicial sources as saying it was najim laachraoui, the man in the cream jacket at brussels airport wheeling their suitcases containing bombs just minutes before they blew helmss up. najim laachraoui's bomb did not go off and he escaped along with the other passengers but we now understand the belgian media and judicial sources are withdrawing the claim that it was laachraoui. so someone's been arrested but it's not him. so it mean this is guy who is 25, from here in brussels, who's been evading capture by the police for four months because we know he was involved in the paris massacres as well is still on the run. question kwha we do know is those two brothers, khalid and ibrahim bakraoui are both dead. they're the two men in the photograph dressed in black. we believe both are suicide bombers and both are dead. they were both known to the police. they

mika, what did you learn? >> i learned that no matter what you say about this election cycle it is misconstrued ten times over. >> what do you mean? >> i will just leave it there. you can't say anything. >> they are just some stupid -- >> you can't say anything. >> you know, people are so angry right now that they're just looking for a fight. >> angry, yeah. >> the very people that are arguing about what happened friday night, basically live that way every day. very angry. they need to take a deep breath or two. we're going to be okay. >> donald trump needs to learn how to deal rhetorically with the anger of the crowds. >> no doubt about it. he needs to stop playing, you know, the short game. being a day trader only gets you so far and it's not going to get him much past, you know, the republican nomination. and if that's all he wants and then lose by 20 points then he can keep day trading. if he wants to grow he's got to do the hard work and bring people together, stop dividing, stop using inflammatory langua

but if he has his worst night, this will, as mika suggested, go on for a long time. democratic side, because of the republican shade over shadows, his side is feeling optimistic, he could have a good night. hillary clinton will pick up more delegates, but he could win enough contests tonight to raise more money and to go into further states in a way that that contest will go on for a good long time. >> so really, the reason why mark is talking about florida the way he is before we've had the fares wave of exit polls, mark and i have been getting everyday updates on voting in florida, early voting in florida. the first time voters in florida. despite that monmouth poll, everything seemed to be moving towards a huge donald trump victor radio florida. 50% of the voting already in. >> more than 1 million votes come in in early voting the the story is in ohio. clear averages in florida, 16% lead for donald trump, depending on where you look, but ohio is up for grabs. we talked about it this morning, you have john kasich, extremely popular governor, who has done well, endo

get with the game plan. >> the momentum, mika, he just keeps moving forward. rolled over ted cruz and marco rubio last night. >> looks like donald trump has a path to the nomination. i'm not sure what the kasich plan is in cleveland. that could be exciting. i think people need to start accepting what has happened. >> yeah. >> something needs to move to bring the party and him together. >> might be. >> "the new york times" actually got the headlines right. both hillary clinton and donald trump rolled up big wins last night. i will tell you that the scope of hillary clinton's victories to the degree. wow, she had a huge night tonight as well. >> it's a big day ahead on msnbc at 11:00 a.m. eastern. stay tuned for full coverage of president obama's announcement of the supreme court nomination. steve kornacki picks up analysis of last night's big primary results right now. >>> all right. well, good morning, everybody. a big hour ahead for us after the biggest night yet in american politics in the year 2016. a full hour of results, of analysis, of what this all mean

>> hey, mika. well, you guys touched on it right there, they think that the back half of this map favors them. they are not wrong in that all these western states, we are in arizona, you've got hide hoe, utah, washington state late next week all voting and those are places where people are really excited by bernie sanders. they also feel like eventually we're going to get to the point where there's basically one contest every week so the next big one like that is wisconsin. so that's a place where they feel like they can basically park bernie sanders, he can hang out there for, you know, full seven days if you listen to what they said about what happened on this past tuesday, it's that, well, we didn't -- if we had given bernie sanders himself a little more time in missouri, a little more time in illinois we would have been able to push those over the edge, but, you're right that the money is what's enabling this and as long as people are continuing to give him small amounts of money there's no tel

, march 23rd, i'm mika brzezinski. police have identified three of the suspects in yesterday's terror attacks in belgium. nbc news has confirmed that two of the suicide bombers khalid and ibrahim el bakraoui were brothers and one remains at large, laachraoui. but first, witness accounts are shedding more light on yesterday's wave of coordinated terror attacks in brussels. here's what we know so far, at least 31 people are dead, 260 wounded. according to authorities 11 people died after two explosions went off at the brussels airport shortly after 8:00 a.m. local time.

>> well, mika -- >> hold on. why when you are the secretary of state would you set up your own private e-mail server in your home while you're running a foundation that deals with lots of different foreign governments? why? why? why? when you know that you might be running for president? i just want to know the simple answer to that question. is there one? >> i think you're conflating two things. >> i'm not. i'm just talking about the issue of -- >> you're talking about two separate things. first of all, i think -- >> i'm talking about trust. >> i think hillary clinton says it very well. i think hillary clinton's argument, a very compelling argument, is yes, i spoke at big banks, yes, they gave me money but look at my public record. look at what i've done when i was elected and when i took on wall street, look at that and judge me by what i've done then you can look and see whether -- >> you're avoiding the question on that. >> i'm saying why when you know you're going to run for president -- >> i'm not avoiding

that's the point i made to mika. that's the biggest problem with the movement is that you have to rally behind a candidate and maybe senator ted cruz -- >> they don't have a strategy. >> here's the thing, there is an undeniable anti-establishment sentiment. eight governors are gone, four senators are gone and now we're sitting with donald trump and ted cruz who are as anti-establishment as you can possibly get. donald trump wants to completely blow up the system and governor kasich has only one his state. >> well, anyhow, the club for growth has spent about $5.9 million against donald trump this cycle and now they're hitting trump in utah with an ad there ahead of tuesday's caucus. take a look. >> some people think government-run taxpayer paid health care is a disaster. and some don't. >> so we will have quality, affordable health care for every american. >> universal health care? >> i'm going to take care of everybody. >> who pays for it? >> the government will pay for it. >> ask donald trump why he sides with hilla

>> hey, joe, hey, mika. they are saying that this race is going to continue exactly the way it has so far. that line about 15 states voting that you heard from ted cruz is the same line bernie sanders is giving at this point. i was talking to his staff late into the night. they feel like the night went fairly well for them considering that the southern firewall was going to go for hillary clinton and they feel like the map takes a favorable turn for them through the end of the month and into april. they're up on the air in places like kansas. there's caucuses in kansas, nebraska, maine, they think they can do well in and you should look for them to go up on tv in ohio for example. that's a place they also think they can win. they'll also fight with hillary clinton for michigan and that actually could be an interesting test to watch. we've talked about these demographics and they are a big part of the puzzle for sanders and if he can't overcome that or change it a bit it's likely not going to go terribly well

>> well, i don't want to say that now, mika. he has a big decision to make and he should make his own decision. i always liked him and he hit me very, very hard -- >> could you forgive him for hitting you and make him vice president? >> i got along with him great until a few weeks ago when he started playing don rickles. it was very surprising to see. >> would you consider him, though, as a vice president? >> i became very nasty about it and i guess he's really got a decision to make. i know what you're talking about, i don't want to be involved in his decision, his decision is a personal one. >> if he decided to drop out. >> if he called you and said "i want to give you florida." >> since you need hispanic voters and the help with republican establishment, could rubio as your vice president be a bridge to that republican establishment? >> well i think this. i think if he runs and loses and, you know, i don't think he would win right now, but if he runs and loses i think he will never be able to do anything very big politically

hey, mika and joe. this place is packed, actually. they're seeing bigger turnout here. we're in springfield, illinois. bigger turnout than they've seen in previous elections, really, anybody can remember. the place is the full. they usually only have a few people here in the afternoon and they're getting ready for the bigger rush, after people get off of work. this is a primarily majority republican county, so we're talking to a lot of trump supporters here, but, remember, that ted cruz was all over the state of illinois yesterday. his last stop was late last night, right here in springfield. and he made the argument that donald trump had contributed in the past to rahm emanuel, up in chicago, and to rod blagojevich, who, of course, was the convicted ex-governor of this state. so trying to tie donald trump to them. but we're talking to a lot of trump supporters here. i talked to a couple of voters on the way out. take a listen. so this is your first time actually voting in a primary? >> correct. >> and? >> kasich. i've worked in government a long time and i'm very impre

mika? >> nbc's bill neely, thank you very much. >>> up next on "morning joe" -- >> you don't like ted cruz? >> i don't dislike ted. ted and i have a lot of differences. i'm getting better at this. [ laughter ] >> i feel like you guys are a like a buddy cop movie. >> he's not completely crazy. good. >> so partially crazy. >> well, that works in washington. >> all right, let's see the if he still feels that way. senator lindsey graham joins the table next on "morning joe." know your financial plan won't keep you up at night. know you have insights from professional investment strategists to help set your mind at ease. know that planning for retirement can be the least of your worries. with the guidance of a pnc investments financial advisor, know you can get help staying on tck for the future you've always wanted. [eerie music] i am the ghost of cookies' past...residue. oh...so gross. well, you didn't use pam. so it looks like you're stuwith me! bargain brand cooking spray leaves annoying res

mika. >> all right. rehema ellis, thank you. >>> let's bring in msnbc correspondent ayman mohyeldin who is in the process of traveling to cyprus. ayman, you said on "way too early" that when the story broke you couldn't help but think back to the plane bombing over egypt in october. explain why you said that. >> reporter: well, since october when isis militants claimed responsibility for a downing of a russian metro jet plane egypt had beefed up security at all of its airports. so if in fact today this account of this individual did manage to actually bring real explosives onto the plane, this is going to be a major, major setback for egyptian security at its airports. the airport in alexandria is an international airport. by egyptian standards, it is supposed to have very sight securi -- tight security. the egyptians vowed to beef up. it's premature to say because we don't know whether he had real explosives. from the perspective of what's happened and what egypt is going through with some of the securi

john and mika are off to attend mrs. reagan's funeral. chris jansing is in ohio, chris, tell us about the president obama weighing in on the 2016 race. >> during his press conference with canadian prime minister justin trudeau, he was asked about plit i ccritics who claim polarized climate under his administration have contributed to someone like donald trump. here's how he's responded. >> i have been been blamed by republicans for a lot of things but being blamed for their primaries and who they're selecting for their part yy is novel. [ laughter ] i don't think that i was the one to prompt questions about my birth certificate, for example, i don't remember saying, hey, why don't you ask me about that. why don't you question whether i'm american or whether i'm loyal or whether i have america's best interests at heart. those aren't things that were prompted by any actions of mine. and so what you're seeing within the republican party is to some degree all those efforts over a course of time creating an environment where somebody like a do

willie and mika? >> andrea, for all the strength you laid out and all the significant roles she played in his presidency, i love what you touched on at the end which was the final ten years of ronald reagan's life, that long good-bye from 1994 to 2004 and the grace she showed during that period. >> well, it was grace and courage. she was terribly lonely and -- loneliest after he died, of course. but, you know, she could have had so much help. she could have done a lot of other things. she chose to be with him at every moment. they were together till the end of his days and her courage against what was republican orthodoxy on stem cell research, standing up and advocating for alzheimer's disease, our friend maria shriver can tell you best having experienced it with her own sad with sargent shriver, she fought for that, going to the republican national convention and beyond. you hear from people -- from diverse areas in hollywood and in other parts of american life who have suffered the disease, parkins

it's march 21, mika and willie have the morning off. we're reaching out the joe who will be with on set in new york. we have managing editor of bloomberg politics mark halperin. veteran -- i hate saying that, can we change that? legendary columnist in and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. hello, mike. >> hello, nicolle. >> senior political editor and white house correspondent for the huffington post fresh off his "way too early" success. >> good to see you this morning. >> and msnbc political analyst and professor -- how did you get such a better intro than poor barnicle? >> shock to me as well. >> former democratic congressman harold ford. and in havana, cuba -- how often do you get to say that -- nbc's senior white house correspondent chris jansing. hello, chris. >> good morning. good morning. got a lot of news to get to this morning. >> i know, go ahead, chris. >> about 100 republican convention delegates up for grabs tomorrow with a winner take all primary in arizona and a caucus in utah that has a proportional split but becomes winn

. >>> good morning, it's wednesday, march 23rd, i'm mika brzezinski. police have identified three of the suspects in yesterday's terror attacks in belgium. nbc news has confirmed that two of the suicide bombers khalid and ibrahim el bakraoui were brothers and one remains at large, laachraoui. but first, witness accounts are shedding more light on yesterday's wave of coordinated terror attacks in brussels. here's what we know so far, at least 31 people are dead, 260 wounded. according to authorities 11 people died after two explosions went off at the brussels airport shortly after 8:00 a.m. local time. >> turned immediately opaque and there was dust and debris and there was a smell. then the other uncomfortable fact of being surrounded by suitcases that had been abandoned and, you know, wondering are they full of clothes or full of something else? >> at least 20 people were killed in the maalbeek metro station. belgian fire and rescue services say more than 200 people were injured in the series of explosions including 30 who were critically wounded. isi

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joe and mika have the morning off. joining me on set, former communications director for president george w. bush, nicolle wallace. msnbc contributor mike barnicle, managing editor of bloomberg politics mark halperin. the former governor of vermont and former chairman of the dnc howard dean also with us at the table. good morning. we're going to talk about gary

i'm in for joe, mika and william. i'm reporting live from london and we're following that major breaking news out of europe. in belgium there have been at least two explosions at the brussels airport. at least 13 people are dead, many others have been injured. a senior european counterterrorism official says that isis is suspected in the attacks. all airport operations have been suspended. the interjior minister has raisd the security to the highest level. and there's a posted on social showing smoke coming from that station. all public transportation in the city, including the buses, the trams, and the metro subway system, have been shut down. the euro star train line is also closed there. the european union is asking their personnel to stay home or inside buildings. the u.s. embassy in brussels ordered staff to shelter in place and avoid public transport. the nypd tells nbc news that they're in the process right now of ramping up security for mass transit, the bridges and tunnels as well as city landmarks. this morn

joe and mika have the morning off. joining me on set, former communications director for president george w. bush, nicolle wallace. msnbc contributor mike barnicle, managing editor of bloomberg politics mark halperin. the former governor of vermont and former chairman of the dnc howard dean also with us at the table. good morning. we're going to talk about gary shandli shandling, that was shocking. >> one of the greatest shows on tv, larry sanders. >> we have breaking news h th i morning. overnight in belgium, prosecutors say they've detained seven people after raids. the prosecutor's office didn't provide details. meanwhile french officials said last night that police there foiled another terrorist attack which they say was in an advanced stage of planning. police raided a home outside paris after arresting a french national early in the day. officials called it a major arrest but said there was no evidence linking that plot to the bombings this week in brussels or the attacks in paris last november. that coming as th

. >> you see trump, mika, in the 40s in all of these. and every single one of these polls, once again, everything that everybody said about donald trump has been wrong. >> yeah. >> what we've been saying -- >> a ceiling, you mean. >> a ceiling. willie, we have been mocking people that have been moving that ceiling up for nine months. >> but celebrating, you know -- >> no, no, no. it was 15, then it was 20. oh, that was it. >> i remember when it was 29. >> and it will never get to 30. he'll never get to 30. he's in the 40s in every one of these polls. >> and pushing 50 in national polls. >> the low 40s. >> even in ohio, where he's not in the 40s, and governor kasich may well win today, what donald trump has done there is remarkable. john kasich is incredibly -- incredibly popular. almost 80% approval rating among republicans. he won his last race by 30 points. he's been endorsed by the republican party in ohio, which they haven't done for 50 years. he's got every advantage you can imagine. you walk around ohio, people love him, republican

he is on with joe and mika that i assume they were his principal counselors. >> maybe he should have thrown it back their way. >> it is early on. he hasn't secured the nomination. does he have to be mapping out foreign policy with the generals? >> one is he paying himself a consulting fee? i really hope he is. i am a little nervous about this because maybe he is hearing voices and that's what is going on here. he is consulting with himself and there are voices in his head that are talking back to him? >> don't we all, andy? when we consult with ourself we are using our own voice to guide us. >> we are not all crazy. >> do you want to name names? >> i don't want to name names. i am glad to learn the take the oil plant is not something somebody else told him makes sense. it makes sense he was con resulting himself. he was consulting himself. >> he has no foreign policy. what is his foreign policy? his foreign policy is america isn't winning. i promise you when i win america will win again. you don't need consultants to say that. >> i think there is a lot of people, andy, wouldn't you s

mika in the south of france. but with us on set, veteran columnist in, vets ra -- veteras he? legendary. also writer for the "new york times" nick confessore who's been called in the "wall street journal" disingenuous? >> and maligned. >> i think they nailed you. >> i'm a very nice person. >> also former advisor to senator rand paul and now a contributor to "time" magazine and msnbc political analyst elise jordan. in madison, wisconsin, managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin and in milwaukee, senior white house correspondent chris jansing. i want to start, though, willie, i spoke to -- it's like he's got a crystal ball, right? you remember -- are you old enough to remember romper room. >> sure, oh, yeah. >> they look through that crystal ball and they say "i see will lif willie." >> of course. >> in politics, 2016, that's mark halperin. >> yes. >> and i talked to mark two or three days ago and he was getting that crystal ball thing and he goes "i feel a separation." [ laughter ] "between cruz and trump." i said the polls say 31%/31%. he goes "i feel a separation.

>> well, i don't want to say that, mika. he has a big decision to make and he should make his own decision. >> but would you -- >> i've always liked him and then he really hit me very, very hard. >> could you forgive him for hitting you? >> i got along with him great until a few weeks ago when he started playing don rickles. it was -- it was very surprising to see and he was out of character. >> would you consider him though as a vice president? >> i became very nasty about it and i guess he's really got a decision to make. i know what you're talking about, i just don't want to be involved in his decision. his decision is a personal one. >> if he decided to drop out. >> if he called you and said i want to give you florida. >> since you need help with hispanic voters, since you need help with the republican establishment, could marco rubio as your vice president be a bridge to that republican establishment? >> well, i think this. i think if he runs and loses and, you know, i don't think he would win right now, but if he runs

i don't think he was blaming donald trump for the events that happened overseas, mika, but, of course, some people are up in arms about it, others aren't. how do you think it's going to impact the race? >> well, it definitely is. first of all, with rubio out of the race, it's thrown the gop into the grand old panic party. the old line establishment are trying to figure out which lane to merge into, do they merge into the trump populist lane or the cruz conservative lane? cruz gave an outstanding, substantive speech yesterday at aipac. i think that he is clearly the smartest person in the room when it comes to policy, and that should help him going into utah where the voters are more educated. there's fierce defenders of religious liberty, and romney has had an epiphany and is actually campaigning for cruz. i think it will hit the ball out of the park in utah. i think going into arizona, i agree with gina, he has an uphill battle. those are frustrated, everyday working americans who are very much for trump. charles: so let me go to you, charlie -- >> i think it's going to be more diffi

i was so proud of joe and mika standing up against this islam is against us. that's just bigotry. >> talk about crowd behavior because i was in the marshal. there's no doubt you get a crowd attitude. some of these people would pass each other on the sidewalk and wouldn't think of insulting the other person or slugging the other person. in this arena, it is an arena tonight. we saw people, we never met each other before. ones on one side of the line. the other is on the other side. they're going at each other. what's that about? why would they do it here rather than on a sidewalk walking on the street outside? >> you have contagious behavior and you get a feeling in the crowd that you're anonymous. you get a feeling you can act as part of the crowd and get away with it. that feeling is more inaccurate in these days and times where everything is recorded on video. the candidate who says these things and directs these attacks at others. mr. trump should change this if he's going to run for president. >> what's he do now? >> well, now she should say the rallies ov

then he says after joe pushed him on mika, he said well, i might put him on the ticket. what does that mean? >> well, i mean, i they he doesn't want to offend latinos any more than he already has. he is making this trek back to the center, to the establishm t trying to mend faces soften his making nice with paul ryan. he's trying to be more sort of candidate and more presidential. >> does he get boring? >> boring frankly. >> any way -- >> no, donald trump is a new day for him. you never know what he is going to say or do. you know, one day he is for, next day he is against it. he loves everybody. absolutely awesome. and you know, donald is going to be great friends with the members of the house of representatives and senate, they're trying to figure out how can we get out of the frame with this earn. they're in a bind. >> it must be nice having breakfast with the guy in the morning. you don't know who he is going to be. it's always new. >> thank you. henry, you're soldier. a soldier. any way, coming up, donald trump is holding a rally right now in north carolina. he is i

. >>> mika, thank you. good afternoon. live from brussels i'm erika hill as we continue our coverage of the terror attacks here. just a half hour from now there will be a nationwide minute of silence to remember the 31 people who died in the bombings earlier this week. we will bring that to you when it happens. it's now been more than 48 hours since those attacks and there are more questions today than there are answers. chief among them, how many people took part in the attacks, you how many are at large and just how deep is the connection between what happened here tuesday morning and the paris attacks that left 130 people dead last fall? nbc news has learned the two brothers who took part in tuesday's attacks also aided the paris gunmen. a u.s. counterterrorism official telling nbc news one of the bakraoui brothers rented a belgian safe house for the paris gunmen last fall, another helped to secure weapons and ammunitions used in the massacre. both of those men died on tuesday, ibrahim at the airport, his younger brothe

mika, of course, is in the south of france. >> nice today? >> i think it's nice today. >> yes, if it's friday it must be nice. >> monaco is tomorrow. >> she goes down the coast tomorrow. >> she does her whole princess grace thing. >> i hope not the whole princess grace thing. >> well, she doesn't drive off a cliff or anything like that. i'm talking like you know princess grace, you know 1960s, 1970s. it must be nice. everyday a different place. and there is willie going to be one or two people this morning that, like, think she's actually there. >> yeah. and she's faxing in the must-reads. >> instead of doing what we know she's doing which is, you novkn vacuuming and smoking a cigarette and watching soap operas. >>> let's introduce everybody. it's mike barnicle, legendary columnist in. >> legendary. >> member of the "wall street journal" editorial board, host of "opinion journal" on "wall street journal" live, mary kissel. >> very angry, angry. >> no, she's good. >> angry. [ laughter ] >> look at the smile on her face. >> it's okay: >> treasu

. >> joe, mika and willie will be back on monday morning. mike, you cut me up. catch us all with all due respect at 6:00 on msnbc. steve kornacki picking up the coverage right now. have a great day and sigh a nar ra. >>> and good morning. i'm steve kornacki coming to you live from lakewood, ohio. we are right outside cleveland. cleveland, the home of cleveland state university, the vikings, and we are four days now from the all important super tuesday, the second super tuesday, five big states voting that day including ohio where we are right now and we begin this hour with breaking news. any minute now donald trump fresh off that debate last night is due to hold a press conference in florida and he is going to be announcing a brand new endorse mtd, this is a big one, it's from ben carson who dropped out of the presidential race just a week ago and that is the same ben carson who trump mocked relentlessly last fall questioning his foreign policy smarts, his life story, even at one point comparing him to a child molester. here is what carson said about trump on t

they didn't -- >> donald -- >> mika, they didn't vote for romney last night. they didn't even exist because they were democrats and independents, but they didn't vote for romney. the republicans didn't vote for romney last night into talk about a big tent. so, donald, you don't mince words and a lot of voters -- a lot of trump supporters say they like that about you, so you just called mitt romney a catastrophe and a disaster. those are the two words i caught of many. you've called ted cruz a liar and a bad guy. marco a lightweight. how would you characterize to put this to rest how would you characterize in more words than one david duke? >> david duke is a bad person who i disavowed on numerous occasions over the years and the one question that was asked of me i guess on cnn, he is having a great time, he talked about groups of people and i don't like to disavow groups if i don't know who they are. you could have federation of jewish flan throw piece in groups, i don't know who the groups are, he's talking about disavow groups and that's what i was referring

mika is with us, and want to go to you, you are a ted cruz fund-raiser. you have been on our program before. you just heard what donald trump had to say. i am going to say that was a pretty good, even-handed rebuttal to what your guy was saying last night. what say you? >> first of all, mitt romney tried to rally the troops as an elder statesman in the party i respect him. i am not sure he was the right person to deliver the message because he represents the elite establishment which a lot of republicans are rebelling against. i think he even galvanize voters to rally a round donald trump. stuart: we are not expecting this from you. i was expecting a full throated support of ted cruz and a vigorous knock on donald trump. when are you coming from this morning? >> ted cruz fired some shots last night once he could get a sentence in during the circus act. i think that he was very effective in going after donald trump especially when he talked about hillary clinton and donald trump's support of her and other democrats. i think as voters get to know ted cruz a

mika brought it up, you had a research document. >> yes. >> a report from mr. del toro. >> yes. >> and you deny that he was treated like a whistle blower and we believe that happened. we have always seen e-mails from epa officials to epa officials on their personal e-mail by the way, which apparently that is okay at the epa. you use your personal e-mail and texting. and it went to deq governor snyder saying that the epa was going to provide cover so that they can literally say they didn't get the report. we have got the e-mail. so, it appears to me, that not only did you not take action, there was a cover up going on that involved both the state of michigan and the epa. but, i think fundamental lly th problem is with the epa and not taking adequate action on revising the lead and copper rule. you guys have a history of covering up. you covered up the toxic release in georgia. you tried to cover up the toxic release, your responsibility in the toxic release in colorado. there's a pattern here. and i just -- for the life of me, cannot understand why the federal g

mika brought that up. you had a research document. >> yes. >> a record from mr. del toral. >> yes. >> and you deny that he was treated like a whistleblower. and we believe that happened. we've also seen e-mails from epa officials to epa officials on their personal e-mail, by the way, which apparently that's okay at the epa. you use your personal e-mail and texting. and it also went to deq, governor snooild yder, saying t was going to provide cover so they could literally say they didn't get the report. we got the l. it appears to me not only did you not take action there was a cover-up going on that involved both the state of michigan and the epa. but i think fundamentally the probl problem's with the epa and not taking adequate action on revising the lead and copper rule. you tried to cover up the toxic release -- your responsibility for the toxic release in colorado. there's a pattern here. and i just -- for the life of me cannot understand why -- the federal government has the public trust to protect the people of this country. and we fail time and time and ti

i am katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie reporting live from london and we're following major breaking news out of europe. in belgium there have been at least two explosions the brussels airport and another at a subway station. 13 people are dead and many others injured. two sources tell nbc news that at least one and possibly multiple suicide bombers were involved in these attacks. all airport operations have been suspended now. belgium's interior minister has raised the security alert to the maximum level. federal police have also confirmed an explosion at the maelbeek subway station in central brussels. video posted on social media shows smoke coming from the station. and video is now coming in of people being evacuated from subway cars as well. all public transportation in the city, including the buses, the trams and the metro subway system, have now been shut down. the euro star train line is closed to brussels as well. the european union is asking their personnel to stay home or inside buildings. president obama has been informed of the attacks, and the u.s. embass