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right now were watching the manhattan d.a.s office where we believe a grand jury will hear today from robert costello, a former legal adviser to michael cohen, and heightening the interest today, hes potentially the final act before a decision is made about whether to issue an indictment against donald trump. costello was called in at the request of trumps attorneys, leading many to believe his testimony will be aimed at undermining cohens credibility. cohen himself is also there, he s...

historic, timely, brave. thats how ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy describes the surprise visit from president biden this morning. [ sirens ]. >> with air raid sirens blaring, on presidents day no less. a major morale boost days before the country marks a year since russias invasion. president biden announcing another major military aid package, making it clear that despite domestic pressure to down size assistance, the u.s. support for ukraine is unwavering. >> freedom is pric...

>> peace, not closure. it will never be closed because hes forever gone. >> reporter: catie beck, nbc news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, lets get right to it. >> at this hour, after a weekend of deadly violence, miami beach imposed a cur few overnight and this afternoon, a vote on another curfew. what it means for thousands upon thousands of spring break visitors. the worlds top climate scientists issuing a survival guide for humanity. youve got...

and former legal adviser to michael cohen is expected to testify that cohen is not the guy you want to rely on. a source familiar with jonathan dienst says costello is prepared to say that cohen is a liar, a convicted perjure, an embellisher whos out for revenge, that hes furious with donald trump and blames him for all of his troubles, that the hush money payments were made because cohen felt it was important to keep the stormy daniels matter a secret from melania trump in order to pr...

congress. plus, the ohio governor is visiting the site of this toxic train derailment in east palestine at this hour just as theres news of another train crash thats killed dozens of people overseas. >> and tiktok taking what it considers a major step to limit daily screen time for young people. how far does it go? this is what were watching at this ♪ ♪ >> hello, everyone. im kate bolduan. we begin on capitol hill where attorney general merrick garland is testifying before the sena...

committee, defending his justice depend and to the probes, and allegations that hes weaponized the doj. paula reid is in washington. how has the hearing gone so far? >> he clearly wants to highlight the work of the rank-and-file employees who are not working on the special investigation, but as well at another high-profile investigation into hunter biden. the attorney general was grilled about why a special counsel is not overseeing the huchblter binden investigation. lets listen to ho...

congress. merrick garland answered questions about everything from gun violence to tech giants to child labor and much more. he gave an early sign that he would not go into detail about some of the justice departments most politically fraught investigations. >> that includes the classified dork found at the home of current and former president -- >> it requires as much as possible we speak to our work and our filings in court so we do not jeopardize the viability of our investigations ...

every single day what the meaning of the word courage is. freedom is priceless. its worth fighting for. for as long as it takes and thats how long were going to be with you, mr. president. >> the white house did tell russia hours earlier that president biden would be there. officials said mr. biden wanted to deliver a powerful message of u.s. support for ukraine just days before the first anniversary of the war. the president deciding on friday that traveling there was a manageable lev...

headquarters in new york city on this presidents day. there are high stakes today. joe biden, the first president in modern history to travel to a war zone without u.s. troops already on the ground. the message his visit is sending to ukraine, americas allies and the american people as he gears up for another run at the white house. how is vladimir putin responding to the presidents diplomatic slap in the face as the kremlin tries to spin something positive out of a war marked by frust...

conversation about how to approach classics from the past in todays modern world. >> our thanks to jacob soboroff for that report. weve got a lot to cover in our second hour of "chris jansing reports," lets get right to it. at this hour, president biden is on his way to poland, as we learn new details about his high risk surprise stop in kyiv. back at home, the maga wing is already slamming the presidents trip. could it actually lead to an end to what some republicans call a blank ch...