Following the Money Raising lots questions, David Cay Johnston is joining me to talk about Donald Trumps bond problem. As i bid you all a good day from the tom brokaw news center, welcome to alex witt reports. President biden is hosting st. Patricks day events today. His campaign announcing raising 53 million in february, and reporting 155 million in cash on hand. New reaction today to donald trump ramping up dark rhetoric at a rally for a Republican Senate candidate in ohio yesterday. More on that in a moment for you, and new reaction from republicans on the hill to trumps rhetoric, casting january 6th defendants as hostages and patriots. As you know, he did not call for the storming of the capitol. You we are a nation of laws, and those folks were convicted, and pled guilty. If you plead guilty, obviously you are not a patriot. You are someone who committed a criminal act. We have Breaking News on the israelhamas war as leaders negotiate directly for the First Time Since the start of ramadan, Benjamin Netanyahu on the defensive after top u. S. Leaders criticized his handling of the humanitarian crisis in gaza. The problem is not getting the trucks in. The problem is once they get in, they are looted by hamas or gangs. There is starvation. There is famine. There is dehydration because israel has not allowed the food and the humanitarian assistance to go right in. Again, it is a fact that so many people are dying from a lack of food. And then on the legal front, The Trump Trial Calendar is looking very different with all of His Criminal Trial Dates In Limbo as his election bid rolls on. Joining me now is jillian frankel. Donald trump made controversial remarks on saturday. Fill us in on what he said. Reporter alex, donald trump was in ohio, rallying on behalf of Bernie Moreno who will face off in a primary next tuesday, but he made notable comments saying there will be, quote a blood bath if he is not reelected this comment coming up as he talked about the potential for a trade war with china over the Automobile Industry and manufacturing. I want you to hear what he said about that. Take a listen. Those big, Monster Car Manufacturing plants youre building in mexico right now, and you think youre going to get that and not hire americans and sell the cars to us . No. 100 tariff on every single one across the line. Youre not going to be able to sell those. If i get elected, and if i dont get elected, its a blood bath. Thats the least of it. A blood bath for the country. Thats the least of it. They are not selling the cars. They are building massive all he does is build car manufacturing plants. Reporter and, alex, i want to read you a statement from the campaign, bidens policies will create an economic blood bath for the auto workers and the industry. Framing trumps comments as a criticism of President Biden and his policies rather than a direct suggestion of violence. Alex . Uhuh. Okay. Thank you very much, jillian, for that. Now to allie rafah at the white house. You heard jillian lay out the context here with President Trump and his team and the gop allies saying his comment is taken out of context, and the Biden Campaign is saying they are not buying that, and they are seizing on the comment. The first Statement Last night, accusing trump in the statement of doubling down on political violence, and accusing him of wanting another january 6th. We heard from the Biden Communications director, Michael Tyler in an interview with our colleague earlier today. He doesnt have the values to ever step foot in the oval office ever again. It speaks to the continued problem that trump has given his ability to expand his appeal beyond the maga base. If you share the concerns with the people who understand the threat he poses to our democracy and to progress, and theres a home for all of you in joe bidens campaign. Reporter alex, i would not be surprised if we continue to see the Biden Campaign seize on the comments as their trail ramps up this week. He will be headed out west to arizona and nevada over the next few days, and the ramped up travel is coming against the backdrop of new reporting our team has about some behindthe scenes anxiety and frustration that the president has had about his reelection effort, and one of those concerns he has, his ability to get out more in front of the American People to be able to have the facetoface time with them to hear their concerns, and many have long said thats one of his political strengths. The president saying as recently as last week with our colleague, he loves to leave the white house to meet people facetoface to hear their concerns. The president and campaign will head out west this week with the wind at their backs. New Record Fund Raising Numbers by the Biden Campaign, the dnc, and democratic fundraisers, raising 53 million in february alone, obviously widenly the campaigns financial edge over the Trump Campaign of 155 million in cash on hand, alex. Well, at least that has to make him feel pretty good. Those are extraordinary numbers. Thank you for that. From there to capitol hill where the next deadline to fund the government is a week away. Julie is on the hill for us. Welcome to you on this sunday. That Means Congress has to tackle some of the most controversial issues like defense funding. Where do negotiations stand . Reporter its not just defense funding. The next funding is tied up with 70 of the government. They have to work through a lot of sticking points including the foreign operations bill concerning the underfunding, the humanitarian agency in the areas democrats are advocating for, despite the allegations we have talked about in recent months. You also have the Homeland Security bill im told could be a full year continued resolution, because republicans and democrats cant get on the same page with the issue. The clock is ticking, and they have just a few days to get it done. The deadline on midnight on friday, and then that would presumably unlock or give the house and senate the ability to start to tackle the foreign aid bill. I want you to take a listen to what mike mccall, what he had to lay out about that. Watch. I think we are moving through the normal preparations and process. Should be done by this friday. The speaker indicated he is committed to putting it on the floor. That would be israel. We should attach iran sanctions, ukraine and indopacific. He said speaker johnson committed to putting the floor on the bill. This is presumably the Senate Passed bill providing aid to israel and ukraine, badly needed lethal assistance and humanitarian assistance as well. Based on my conversations, Republican Leadership is weighing their own plans on how to unlock aidover seas. Will democrats accept that . We have to see what happens after the government funding deadline. Can i ask you about the tiktok bill . Any indications how the senate is leaningen it . Reporter thats a really great question. Of course today, on the sunday shows, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, speaking largely in support of the bill, that overwhelmingly passed the house. Alex, we rarely see numbers like this. Just 15 republicans ended up voting against it, despite former President Trumps comments saying perhaps congress should not restrict tiktok in this way. It forces the Parent Company bytedance to essentially sell tiktok to an american company, and it would apply to other apps controlled by foreign adversaries. The proponents of the bill, democrat and republican, have said this morning, its not a ban of tiktok. That is not their intent. All the while, the senate has not indicated how fast they will move on this, only with Chuck Schumer saying he will talk to Committee Chairs about it, but its safe to say they will not move as quick as the house did, alex. They said they want to proceed thoughtfully on this. Julie, thank you so much. Coming up, i will speak to congressman Jake Auchincloss of why he cosponsored the bill and his reaction to cease talks and more. Delay, delay, delay, what to make of the legal challenges to Donald Trumps legal calendar. Back in 60 seconds. Special prosecutor nathan wade canceled his appearance on Meet The Press today, citing a family emergency. His resignation was one of two options given for the case to move forward. Joining me is former Fulton County deputy d. A. Melissa redman, and Criminal Division deputy chief and former prosecutor kristy greenburg. Welcome to you both. Melissa, some feel that judge mcafees language went beyond what was necessary. Do you agree . I do. I think the language in the order expressed her being emotional in the testimony with the allegations against her, and the first forum she had to defend herself. He talked about their agreement or testimony that the expenses were split evenly or roughly evenly between the two of them unchallenged, but maybe involving some dishonesty. Basically he said theres no evidence that the defendants failed to meet the burden they were being dishonest, but maybe they were. I think thats unnecessary given you found or the judge found no actual Conflict Of Interest that would have required a removal or appearance of impropriety being one that could be remedied by the removal of mr. Wade as opposed to disqualification. Kristy, can trump delay this case even more by appealing the decision . Do you see that happening . Did judge mcafee really close all of the loopholes with the Strong Language and severity of what he ruled . Donald trumps counsel came out and said his first legal option is to appeal. I suspect the judge will grant the immediate appeal and the appeal court will hear it its desirable to establish clear precedent. Theres multiple points he says this is what he thinks the law is, but theres not good precedent in the area. I do think this there will be an appeal, and i think its interesting that Donald Trumps counsel said his first option will be the legal option, implying theres other options he will pursue. Primarily political, like the new law implemented on wednesday by the governor of georgia to have a commission to discipline and remove prosecutors, and expect Donald Trumps counsel to go that route as well, to attack this both legally and politically. Judge mcafee dismissed three counts against trump, but made it clear that willis can refile at a later time. What did you make of that move . Is the d. A. Likely to do that . I dont think she is. The charges were solicitation of violation of oath by a public officer. The issue the judge found was the oath of the Public Officials in question were vague. They only require the public official to uphold the constitution of the United States, and that the prosecutor did not point to a particular term or article or paragraph in either of the constitutions that the solicitation would have caused them to violate. To reindict the case and add the language, they have to find those particular terms, and you dont really need the language to pursue the case and tell the full story to the jury because they are charged in the rico count. You dont really need them. It will be nice to have them. Even if they were in the indictment and the defendants were convicted, they would not emerge with the rico conviction. I dont see her going back to try to get the charges added back to the indictment as opposed to moving forward. Okay. Kristy, lets pivot now to the hush money case, delayed 30 days, and the doj dumped thousands of documents ahead of the trial. Bragg asked for the documents a year ago. Im curious why did they delay getting the information to the District Attorney . Thats the 64,000 question, and look, the bad news is that theres going to be a delay here, but the good news is that this judge is moving quickly to figure out the circumstances. He is wasting no time, setting deadlines for later this week on the 21st to hear from both parties about the time line of their exact correspondence with sdny. What did they request . When did they get it . A Hearing For March 25th to get to the bottom of who is to blame here . Did anybody suffer . Any sanctions . Lets get the show back on the road. Look, trumps lawyers are saying these are documents that are helpful to him and damaging to michael cohen. For not producing them a year ago when they were requested by the state. The judge will get to the bottom of this, and bottom line, i dont think he will dismiss the case. Trump says it amounts to a Discovery Violation on behalf of the state. They can only produce what is in their position and what sdny had was not in their position. Does not seem like it rises to a Discovery Violation. I will it will be a brief delay. Expect the train to be back on the tracks, and i think there will be a trial maybe later in may or perhaps early may. Okay, let me ask you, kristy, as well of what you make by the decision by judge cannon to dismiss one of his requests. Trump moved to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that certain phrases like unauthorized possession and relating to National Defense were vague, and then judge cannon took the bait and said these definitions are still fluctuating, and she cant decide the motion now, and she kicked the can down the road. Theres nothing vague. What the statue prohibits is clear. It was clear to donald trump and should have been to judge cannon, yet, again, she gets it wrong. Charged with unauthorized possession of interNational Defense possession. It is well established in the law, and these claims have been rejected previously. It was clear to donald trump. He said he understood he possessed classified materials, told he could not have them after he left the presidency, told by former white house members, and his own lawyers. It was not vague to him. He understood, and judge cannon by not making the decision and kicking the can down the road means he can appeal it, and perhaps Double Jeopardy will apply if he makes the motion later, and the jury is empanelled, and no ability to appeal later. Its a bad decision for the special counsels office, and one we can expect to have frustration for the people who want to move this along. She clearly does not want to do so. Yep, okay, melissa and kristy, good to see you both. Thank you so much. It may not be a simple yes or no, but to make it a potential tiktok ban . Potent ial tiktok ban . The virus that causes shingles is sleeping. In 99 of people over 50. Its lying dormant, waiting. And could reactivate. Shingles strikes as a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. And it could wake at any time. Think youre not at risk for shingles . Its time to wake up. Because shingles could wake up in you. 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