Jose diazbalart picks up the coverage right now. Reporter good morning. It is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. We begin this very busy hour with the intensifying 2024 race for the white house. It is growing increasingly contentious. Right now President Biden is delivering remarks in washington before heading to New Hampshire to tout his efforts to Lower Health Care costs. It comes as biden and trump ramp up attacks on one another as the countdown to november is in full swing. We all know donald trump sees a different america. An american story of resentment, revenge and retribution. That is not me. That is not you. Everything Joe Biden Touches turns to [ bleep ]. Everything. Joining us now, Vaughn Hillyard and also monica alba. What can we expect to hear from the president today . He is as we speak right now speaking. Reporter exactly. This is the first of two scheduled remarks for the president today. And it is a day where the white house is unveiling its budget plan and proposal. Now, every year when we take a look at this list of priorities, we would put it into the context that it is not necessarily something that will become law automatically, it is really a blueprint for where the white house and the Biden Administration wants to showcase what they are talking about and carrying about most. But in the context of a reelection year, you can really look at it as a roadmap to if he is able to win reelection President Biden would want to do with four more years in office. So i believe he is discussing that generally in these remarks here in washington today first when it comes to trying to talk about a fair tax code, that was one of sort of the questions and call and responses that he had in the state of the Union Address when he was addressing people at home directly saying is there anybody watching who thinks we have a fair tax code. So these are kind of some of the things that will be in that Budget Blueprint and in addition to renewing calls for trying to expand a child care tax credit, to discuss things like paid family leave. And other priorities that havent been able to be realized in this congress and wont be of course before november because republicans control the house, but it is something that he can try to then run on and try to talk about when he heads to New Hampshire later today and when he is in michigan and wisconsin, the president and Vice President will be hitting all of the critical Battleground States in the coming week and in this Month Of March Action which the campaign is really touting as something that they are doing aggressively and with some wind at their back because they were able to raise they say more than 10 million in the 24 hours that followed the state of the union, which is quite haul. And they are trying to ride that momentum on to the trail itself. And meanwhile, vaughn, over the weekend, trump launched new attacks on President Biden, at times really personal attacks. Is this standard trump or he is ramping things up even more . Reporter we saw him do this during the republican primary against ron desantis, against nikki haley. And this weekend is just further evidence that he has no intention of needling the current president , joe biden. Instead, he intends to bludgeon him in his campaign over the course of the next 7 1 2 months. At that Campaign Rally in the hometown of Marjorie Taylor greene in georgia, donald trump went on the attack against joe biden saying everything Joe Biden Touches turns to good expletive. He even suggested he coughs as a never us tick. That joe biden is out to undermine the american people. He also went on to mock his stutter. So for donald trump, there is one way of campaigning and that is to play offense in the way that he knows and that is to be as aggressive and frankly as mean as he can in order to undermine joe bidens credibility in the minds of the American Public. Just this morning trump weighed in on the efforts to ban tiktok in the u. S. What is he saying . This is notable. Donald trump who was opposed to tiktok calling a lot of attention on to whether the chinarun app should be allowed in the United States. But in the last week he suggested otherwise that in fact tiktok should exist in the United States because if it went away, it would only help facebook which he has been a long time opponent of. Take a listen to his new remarks to cnbc this morning. The thing i dont like is that without tiktok, you could make facebook bigger. And i consider facebook to be an enemy of the people along with a lot of the media. Did you believe tiktok is a National Security threat or not . Because if it is, and i believe that the Emergency Powers order that you had put in place at the time suggested that it was. Was that not true . I do believe that. I do believe it and we have to very much go into privacy and make sure that we are protecting the american peoples privacy and data rights. Of course donald trump there talking about Mark Zuckerberg and meta. And you will recall that after the january 6 attack Donald Trumps facebook and Instagram Account were suspended. And for donald trump he was long critical of article that he is says were censored and kept from the American Public in the runup to the 2020 election. And President Biden sat down with Jonathan Capehart, the president responding to criticism from his state of the Union Address in which he preferred to the migrant charged with killing the woman in georgia as an illegal. Does the white house feel that this is a done deal now . Reporter the white house and the Biden Campaign heard a lot of that criticism from the president s own supporters and allies who immediately spoke up and rejected using that term which is derogatory and pretty insulting to any human being referring to them as being illegal. And this was something where immediately in conversations that people close to the president had with those allies, they said look, you know who joe biden is at his core, you know and the Community Knows what he represents and they tried to put into context that immediately after that section the president then preferred to former President Trumps own rhetoric when it comes to immigrants and he has used language saying that they are poisoning the blood of our country. Still they know this was something that the president wished he could take back and he did concede that in this interview with Jonathan Capehart in terms of what he would have done differently. Listen to that exchange. I shouldnt have used illegal. It is undocumented. And look, when i spoke about the difference between trump and me, one of the things i talked about at the border is the way he talks about vermin and these people polluting the blood. So you greet usegreet reg that word. Yes. Reporter so they feel that he owned it, said he should have used a different term, that they can close that chapter, but it is something where they will continue to stress in the outreach to latino voting blocs that they want to put his policy action and his record when it comes to this issue as compared to the alternative donald trump and that is what they are hoping voters will be swayed by and will focus on come november. Vaughn, monica, thank you both so very much. And for more, i want to bring in the dean of the Clinton School of Public Service at the university of arkansas. She is also an msnbc contributor. And tim miller, writer and former Communications Director for jeb bushs campaign and also a political analyst. Victoria, lets hear what trump had to say about the president s use of the word illegal. Take a listen. He was an illegal migrant and you shouldnt have been in our country and he never would have been under the trump policy. And bine should be apologizing for apologizing for this killer. And it was clear that the president wasnt apologiing to the killer. But what does all of this tell you about the role and how the semantics on this are being used in this Election Cycle . Jose, it reinforces the importance and centrality of immigration in this Election Cycle. The same centrality that it took in the previous election. But even more so given the numbers at the border. I really appreciate that President Bidenage knowledged acknowledged that he made a mistake. The term illegal takes humanity away from individuals. And one of the crises were facing is that we know longer see a human face to those individuals at our borders. There is a bureaucratic issue that we need to fix through resources, through personnel, through infrastructure. Lets not blame the folks trying to look for a better life. Just as all of our ancestors. So i think lets focus on the problem and not point fingers and play the blame game. There is such a deep divide between what the president said in one word to how the former president refers to them and how the former president refers to immigration on migrants who are poisoning the blood of the american people. There is such a vast difference. How do you square that . I think crazy how the democratic politicians were canning. In the context what happened, Marjorie Taylor greene is shouting at him from the crowd and shes saying he was an illegal, an illegal, it was her using the term. And then the problem is respond saying im acknowledging the murderer and he is defending my grant dignity and saying there are criminals that are legal, there are some that were illegal. That was the point. It was Marjorie Taylor greene that was offensive and biden was on the right side of this issue. When while his opponent is planning mass deportation camps. That is his plan. They used the word camps. So for democratic politicians to try to make a stink about this and create a bad news cycle for biden where now were talking about this still four days later and pretend like they were defended, like when you know what is in the president s heart and what his policies are i think a reasonable compromise trying to figure out how to secure the border and while recognizing the dignity of everyone including migrants, i think it was obvious to anyone paying attention that the president was not doing anything offensive. And there is a new ad where he uses humor saying he knows hes not a young guy but he knows how to get things done. Is this more effective way to communicate on this issue . Absolutely. The president here needs to own it. In politics if you dont own it, if you dont define yourself and your issue, someone else will do it for you. So yes, it is an issue, but what is the flip side of age. Again, we saw this in the last campaign where it is experience. But you can use it to show deliverables. Look what this experience has brought forward in the last four years. So it was well overdue. And really important in terms of getting the general Election Campaign season going. And so do you they should as President Biden taking a page out of the Reagan Mondale moments about age . He has no issue. I think doing it with humor is smart. And i think the contrast is so important for him and one that they will have to keep driving all year long over and over again. I might be old, but i actually got stuff done. And this other guy who is also old by the way talked about getting infrastructure reforms done every week. There is a joke about infrastructure week during the trump years. He never did. Biden actually got it done. It is the results and impacts on these communities in states all across the country, that is what actually matters. I think that is a good contrast for him and they have to continue to drive it. To a lot of voters it hasnt sunk in yet. And so thank you both very much. And were back in 60 seconds. Up next, bob menendez appears in court on new charges connected to his alleged bribery scheme. Plus what would could happen next after President Trump criticized e. Jean carroll again just da days posted a 91 milli bond for defaming her. And princess Kate Apologizing after multiple News Agencies withdrew a family photo calling it manipulated. Ly photo calling it manipulated with nurtec odt, i can treat a migraine when it strikes and prevent migraine attacks, all in one. Dont take if allergic to nurtec. Allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. Most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. Ask about nurtec odt. 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Joining us now is tom winter. What is happening at this hour . Reporter good morning. Yes, the hearing has already started or is about as to start. Our reporters are inside the courtroom right now. And what we anticipate happening here is for the senator to face or be arraigned rather on the two new charge the which is conspiracy to Ob Structure Obstruct justice and okay Obstruction Of Justice. This goes back to what he did once subpoenas started flying and what the senator has to answer for is whether or not he will plead guilty or not guilty and it is entirely expected that he will plead not guilty and he professes innocence throughout. But this idea that he had his attorney relying on menendez Information Go to federal prosecutors and represent the checks that he issued back to two new jersey businessmen, that those checks back to them were loan repayments. But prosecutors say no, they were repayments for bribes. And when you have your attorneys come to us and make those representations, you were in fact breaking the law. That is where the Obstruction Of Justice comes in. So these hearings typically dont last all that long. We know that he will be out on bail. This is a nonviolence crime. He has been out throughout the entirety of this. Hes been speaking on numerous occasions a part of his congressional duties. So i think this is a short proceeding but it does underscore the legal jeopardy particularly now that one of his codefendants has pleaded guilty. If you look at the language in the superseding indictment, it very closely matches what he told a judge he did in federal court. Tom, thank you. And now the latest developments in the legal draw in a surrounding former President Trump. E. Jean carroll had until 11 00 a. M. To decide whether to oppose the bond trump put up. They did not oppose it, but have posted a new filing. Trump has since spoken about carroll at least twice including these comments during an interview on cnbc this morning. If i didnt win on appeal, the most ridiculous decisions, including the ms. Goodman, i have no idea who she is, except i got sued. From that point on, independent wow, that is crazy. I got charged, i was given a false accusation and had to post a 91 million bond on a false accusation. With us now to talk more about this and other things, lisa rubin and david aaronburg. And so they dont oppose the bond. What they did say is that they had limited concerns about a provision in the bond that would have seemed to allow Chubb Insurance to take 60 days or a little bit more to pay e. Jean carroll in the case she wins on appeal. That has been narrowed so now she can be paid within 30 days of any appellate judgment that upholds that jury verdict. Their concerns are now they say alleviated and so there should be no need for a 3 00 p. M. Hearing today. Dave, what do you make of this move . Im not surprised. E jean carroll just wants to make sure that the judgment is secured, that there are guarantees here. But this is like childs play compared to the bond for the Civil Fraud Judgment in new york. So it wasnt i think a surprise today. I think it is just more bewildering why he continues to put his hand on a hot stove and defame e. Jean carroll knowing that he will get sued again. Right now i bet her lawyers are talking about another lawsuit against trump. That will likely succeed. So you will have more sequels than Police Academy p