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the belief among democrats that a horrible political climate is improving some. plus, a high stakes trip. multiple officials now tell cnn the house speaker nancy pelosi will touch down in taiwan, ignoring dramatic warnings from china. and this week, democrats promised to put a vets bill back on the floor a second time. that after republican rejection prompts angry viral protests. we begin the hour, though, with death and devastation and sadness in kentucky. more heavy rain coming tonig...

President dialed back. >> you saw clearly he attacked fox news over this pause he wasnt -- you know, for all that fox news is supportive of his agenda, once they read it -- >> and his campaign, his campaign is trying, understandably. they look at the unemployment rate. african-american employment is down. latino unemployment is down. he is not going to win the black vote, hispanic vote. they are trying on the margins to improve his standings. and then he does things like this time after time aft...

Dramatic action of denouncing this. he could have dialed back. >> could have cut the money for other economies. >> if he was serious, he could have said lets find a new standard. >> he could have said i dont want to pay for you to find ways to be greener. find your own way. >> panel, we will talk about it through the program. we are following breaking news on another front. the high stakes battle over president trumps halted travel ban is going to head to the highest court in the land. will th...

>> any moment now, we could get the justice departments response to a federal judges ruling that blocks president trumps travel ban. >> that judge temporarily filed the order that keeps people predominantly coming from seven countries into the us. initially, the white house called the decision outrageous. but later, dialed back the language, omitting that word. saying the doj would file an emergency stay at the earliest time possible. now, u.s. customs and border protection is working to reinsta...

Ultimately nobody shot anyone and the alerts got dialed back, but phew. the presidents talking about nuclear weapons is nothing to mess around with, not even if youre obviously joking.s talkin nuclear weapons is nothing to mess around with, not even if youre obviously joking. yesterday just before noon, apropos of we dont know yet what, the president-elect announced via itter what appears to be a 180-degree u-turn in weapons policy. the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclea...

That joke from the president in 1984, it started in motion a series of events that put nucle nuclear-armed warships and military command units in a state of confusion and in some cases a state of alert. ultimately nobody shot anyone and the alerts got dialed back, but phew. the presidents talking about nuclear weapons is nothing to mess around with, not even if youre obviously joking.s talki nuclear weapons is nothing to mess around with, not even if youre obviously joking. yesterday just before...

>> definitely. >> i spoke to an educator this week who talked about how the anxiety level among parents is just off the chart. part of his point was, that has to be dialed back. people have to get right with the fact that you live in a society that protects freedoms to the point it makes us more vulnerable in some ways, and some things you just cannot prevent. >> look, i go back to this central point, how many people have died in terror attacks in the last 12 years in america, 9/11 was nominalis...

>> majority leader harry reid follow the president? its not working there. >> clearly, its not working. >> but in those states in which the senators voted against the background checks, its not even close to 90% in terms of wanting it. its probably down in single digits in montana and arkansas and alaska and north dakota, the states that block it are democrats, so you have to take that into consideration. >> newtown, 90% move it. small, discreet parts of a bill, push it through. call it a victor...

So eloquently, too. >> president obamas budget may include cuts to medicare and social security along with some new tax increases. it will be unveiled wednesday. white house officials say the cuts are meant to show the president is willing to compromise with republicans. it also has $400 billion in savings to medicare over ten years. a must-see event on wall street this morning. the march jobs report due out at 8:30 eastern. were expecting to hear about 190,000 jobs were created last month. no...

Obama made to house speaker john boehner of $400 billion in savings to medicare over ten years. the white house hopes this will help kick-start talks on a long-term deficit reduction view. >> all right its the most important factor in the economy. the jobs market. and your ability to get and keep a job. were going to know more about that in about 2 1/2 hours when we get the jobs report for march. were expecting to hear about 190,000 jobs were created last month. thats not as good as february whe...