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They keep us as much as they can. There are things they cannot provide us information about. As much as they can, they do. We do expect them to continue and push forward for a resolution, to negotiate a deal. It is clear to bring home 133 hostages from hamas dungeons, hamas terrorist organizations are holding them in terrible conditions, in tunnels, and they are exposing them to violence, abuse, and violence. We expect them it is part of the social contract because we have from state and citizen...

Its 10 00 eastern, im ana cabrera, and thanks for being with us. We begin with the Breaking News dominating washington and the country this morning, California Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90. A trailblazer in so many ways. Feinstein was the longest serving woman in the senate, first elected in 1992. On capitol hill where she served california for decades, senators are just convening this morning. Heres majority leader Chuck Schumer. Peter schumer, do you have any r...

All this is a big if, if russia could get weapons from somewhere else that could certainly change battlefield dynamics. katie. >> our thanks to you, erin mclaughlin. please, again, stay safe over in ukraine. were gonna shift gears now to the 2024 presidential race. we are getting the clearest indications yet that biden is planning to run for a second term. speaking with the associated press,, first lady dr. jill biden said there is basically nothing left to do. figure at the time in the place --...

Interview. he is 80 years old. oldest president in history. at the end of a second term we wouldnt be 86 years old. the president saying he would take americans concerns about his age serious. he called the concerns legitimate but said he did not factor is our nation to these decisions. he said that aides are signaling as of right now. >> ali, we did see him do that. ten hour train ride to poland. definitely seeing some signs that it will not slow him down. allie raffa, thank you for joining us ...

>> our thanks to stephanie gosk for that report. joining me is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali raffa. the congress hasnt been the hill at the moment. whats surprising is how republican leadership has been responding with mostly silence to the latest revelations of congressman-elect santos. >> reporter: yeah, peter. it has been complete radio silence from house republican leadership in response to this story. and i know nbc news is one of several media organizations that have reached ou...

Welcome back. im listie reiser here at msnbc headquarters in new york. the investigation into january six is possibly coming to a historic conclusion. next week, the house committee investigating the advance of that day set to hold its final public hearing hold laying out key findings and voting on issuing criminal referrals. the panel is also scheduled to release its final report, which is expected to include all of the evidence supporting possible criminal charges. that is expected to happen w...

Challenge to his position as the top republican in the senate, and in the house, minority leader ken mccarthy is facing potential opposition to his leadership from the most fringe members in his caucus. for more on all of this, we turn to nbc news correspondent, ali raffa, on capitol hill. ali? >> katie, good morning. with republicans growing more and more frustrated by their nearing window at a majority, were starting to see republican members in both the house, and the, senate challenge their ...

Because of the committee only being able to exist until the end of this congressional year because that was the mandates that we are on a bit of a timeline here and as we are wrapping up the investigation we are also pursuing new leads and we want to speak to the president. >> kinzinger are adding that trump can come in and push back in plead the fifth all he wants. the simple requirement of the subpoena would be for trump to appear before the committee. but, alex a tactic that we have seen trum...

President biden definitely is hoping will happen. >> and they need every last one of those votes and every last one of the senators to be in washington. nbcs ali raffa, athe capitol, thank you so much. joining us now, sam stein and presidential historian and rogers chair in the american presidency at the vanderbilt juvenile, john meacham, he is an unofficial adviser to joe biden. sam, let me get into the nut an bolts with it quickly with you. is there really -- is kyrsten sinema, the senator f...

Corporate minimum tax that democrats are proposed to pay for it is bad for business. >> im deeply concerned that we are going to be taxing american workers which is what happens when you tax companies. >> with a 50/50 senate, democrats cant afford any defections. putting the focus on arizona democratic senator kyrsten sinema. a key swing voter who is not part of the discussions about the deal brokered by majority leader chuck schumer and joe manchin of west virginia. sinema spokesperson noncommi...