balloon after it reveals it was capable of collecting evidence. the president s critics say it should have been shot down sooner. they had a chance to shoot it down over water and they did and recovered major pieces of it. have relations now between u.s. and china taken a big hit? no. no. owl speak to former defense secretary leon panetta whose criticism of the spy balloon and its response has caught the president s attention. and as the death toll rises to 19,000 people, and hope fades to find any more survivors, we ll talk to david milla land, the president of the international committee helping thousands displaced across turkey and syria. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. as the 2024 campaign is right around the corner it seems with president biden arriving in battleground florida at this hour to tout his support for social security and medicare. republican governors and senators have put the stake firmly in the gop column for more than
jobs and the dignity and security that comes with a paycheck. former president trump awaiting a decision that could be coming soon about possible criminal charges as the manhattan district attorney appears close to wrapping up his investigation into the role of the a the alleged role of the former president in hush money payments to former adult film star. the apology from a mexican drug cartel for the murder of who americans who died in a case of mistaken identity in a kidnapping just over the border with texas. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the labor market is strong. the pace of hiring is slowing. 311,000 jobs added in february. higher than markets had expected. january s big jump was also revised downward. the unemployment rate rising to 3.6% amid persistent concerns about inflation. we created more than 12,000 jobs since i took office. nearly 8,000 manufacturing jobs. overall, we created more jobs in two years than any administration has created in
investigating donald trump s role in the january six insurrection has finally secured the testimony of former vice president, mike pence. i will talk to one of pence s former top aides and the day after i last spoke with volodymyr carr moussa, the russian opposition figure was arrested for speaking out against russia s invasion of ukraine. he has now been sentenced to 25 years in prison. his wife, the afghan-y tara bosa, goings me this morning. today s meeting of the velshi book club futures award-winning author, lauren broths, who is acclaimed story of marriage and identity with was removed from public shelves in her home state of. florida chill talked me about the book and the ban. velshi starts now. good morning to, you it is saturday april 29th and i m ali velshi. back in 2020, most of the country had not heard of his always ever. but as the montana legislature was in session that, year she was playing close attention to the bills that were being introduced. and she was
off lies he s told if convicted. testing the waters, florida governor ron desantis trying out new lines in iowa for a very unofficial kickoff to his widely expected presidential run. the latest legal developments for his potential rival donald trump. what he s saying about the manhattan d.a. investigating hush money payments to stormy daniels. we re also watching now a stock selloff which has been accelerating in the past hour. investigators are spooked by the second biggest bank collapse in u.s. history. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments and we begin with the selloff on wall street this hour. nbc s seema mody is with us. what has investors so concerned about the collapse of the silicon valley bank? well, chris, svp is certainly the story of the hour on wall street as the bank has been shut down for the day by california regulators, this as the large institution in silicon valley with really broad reach across the technology industry has f
it is the first significant snowfall of the season there. on the west coast blizzard conditions in the sierra nevada mountains, a whiteout shutting down more than 70 miles of interstate 80. portland, oregon looking at several inches through tonight. chad myers has the forecast. chad, who is getting the worst of it today? up state and also interior new england, but we are going to see slick spots around new york and boston, i-95 still going to see the potential for some slick roadways for today. otherwise just kind of a pretty landscape out there with the snow coming down. 3 inches in most of the areas here, a little less in central park. it was a slushy mess, raining, snowing, 33 degrees so it didn t really pile up all that much. but outer suburbs, some spots looking at 6 inches out your window this morning. not much more left. probably an inch or two and then it is just about done. next storm system coming onshore in the pacific, an awful lot of snow for the sierra. they w