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members at a base in jordan. joining us now, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us from erbil, iraq. we do not have keir yet. we are waiting to get him. we are waiting to get in to you some of our correspondents waiting at the pentagon. help us understand the planning that did or did not go into this attack, the targets of this attack, the significance of this group. again, this is breaking news happening as we come on the air. we have learned that there has ...

Were committed beyond a reasonable doubt. That was arizonas Attorney General announcing grand jury charges against 11 Fake Electors including seven of Donald Trumps key allies in their attempt to keep trump in power after the 2020 election. Well go over what the sweeping indictment reveals, plus hours from now the former president will be in New York City for his Hush Money Trial just as the Supreme Court in washington, d. C. Hears his immunity case. Our legal expert joins us on what to expect. ...

the presidency into a dictatorship, after his friend and ally sean hannity gave him repeated chances to deny it. we will play it all in a moment. judge for yourself. president biden telling donors off camera, he is not sure he would be running for re-election if donald trump werent. but retracts that when reporters ask him about it later. >> would you be running for president if trump wasnt running? >> i expect so. look, he is running. i have to run. >> the former president respondin...

right now on "andrea mitchell reports," breaking news across capitol hill. a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling the presidents of elite universities on the carpet over their response to a spike in anti-semitism on college campuses. >> what is it about the way that you hire faculty and approve curriculum thats allowing your campuses to be infected by this intellectual and moral rot? >> leadership matters. you are leaders. in academia, at your institutions as well. new grave warning...

could collapse at any moment. what we know about the talks happening right now behind the scenes, and what happens if it all falls apart. a reminder, the current pause expires in just two hours time. in the meantime, egypt says these 11 israeli hostages are being handed over today. this in exchange for the 33 palestinian prisoners. so we will get to that, plus the other end of the current cease fire. it still appears to be holding, much needed humanitarian aid continues to across over ...

>> [question inaudible] >> thank you very much. >> charles: a.b. -- all right. a.b., you still with us? >> yep. >> charles: weve just got the tail end of that. president trump talking about the need for workers. even though in the state of the union he talked about immigration, legal immigration, its unfortunate that so many people, particularly in the media, conflate illegal and legal immigration. your thoughts on this, border wall fight and the thoughts of capitol hill resolving this issue alt...

Cheer and say yes, proper merit-based immigration. the other part of it, the legalization, people will say fine but it never happens and you never get the border security component. what is your response to that criticism? >> when you have seen bipartisan immigration deals in the past, they havent been truly bipartisan. they have been fake bipartisan. theyve been an alliance between people who want cheap labor and guestworkers and people who want amnesty, rather than those who want to deal with ...

Cheer and say yes, proper merit-based immigration. the other part of it, the legalization, people will say fine but it never happens and you never get the border security component. what is your response to that criticism? >> when you have seen bipartisan immigration deals in the past, they havent been truly bipartisan. they have been fake bipartisan. theyve been an alliance between people who want cheap labor and guestworkers and people who want amnesty, rather than those who want to deal with ...

Seeking and anyone who would be apprehended for a crime would be separated from their children. past administrations have not taken that view. the president has said this is a democrats law. s not. he does have some room to argue that democrats have blocked attempts to change immigration laws, including the program for dreamers, daca, so there has been a lot of tension between the parties. democrats have n voted in support of previous attempts for that for their own reasons and the hard line rep...

Im confident we can bring a bipartisan solution to the floor that can get signed into law and solve this problem. we want a daca solution. im confident we can get there. by the way, getting this budget agreement done allows us to shift our focus on the next big priority. >> dana: michael hameehan forme chief of staff for senator cantwell and josh holmes is a former chief of staff to mitch mcconnell. thanks for being here. you both have been down this road before. im going to ask you to prognasti...