today, president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu are expected to speak by phone. it will be their first conversation since seven world central kitchen aid workers were killed in israeli strikes on monday. overnight, the group called for an independent international investigation and world central kitchen founder chef jose andres is calling for accountability, accuseses you israel of systematically targeting the workers. let's get more from raf sanchez. >> reporter: israel's military is investigating the killing of the aid workers, but world central kitchen is saying that's not enough. they want an independent investigation, conducted by a third party. they're calling on israel to preserve evidence and chef jose andres is demanding accountability. overnight, world central kitchen calling for an independent investigation into the israeli strikes that killed seven of its aid workers. >> some of the people that died were -- were my friends. and i served with them. >> reporter: the founder of the charity, chef jose andres speaking out, demanding answers on why israeli forces opened fire when the aid convoy was prominently marked, and shared it route in advance. >> they were target, systematically, car by car. this was not a situation where oops, we dropped a bomb in the wrong place. we need to know the truth. we owe it to the palestinians, that they died for them, to every single other humanitarian organization. we own it to every children that has died under circumstances that should not be happening. >> reporter: israel calling the attack a tragic mistake, saying early findings suggest the vehicles were misidentified in the darkness of night. >> it shouldn't have happened. >> reporter: among the world central kitchen dead, 33-year-old jacob flickinger, a dual u.s.-canadian citizen and father of an infant son. the president making his frustration with israel over the attack public. >> he's outraged and he's heart broken. >> reporter: while more reports emerge of a difficult private meeting the president held this week with muslim community leaders. one palestinian-american doctor walking out after just five minutes. >> out of respect for all of the people who have suffered and who have been killed in the perfect process, i need to walk out of the meeting. >> reporter: and the first lady is urging him to end civilian casualties. but the white house says it will continue supplying israel with weapons, including massive 2,000 pound bombs 678g9 while in jerusalem, families of the hostages crying out from the gallery of israel's parliament, smearing the glass with yellow paint, as they demand prime minister netanyahu make a deal to bring their loved ones home. and president biden's scheduled to speak to prime minister netanyahu today. it will be their first call since the killing of those aid workers, and it comes amid a very public disagreement between the u.s. and israel over israeli plans to press ahead with an attack on rafah. back to you. >> raf sanchez, thank you very much. with us now to continue our conversation is peter alexander, nbc y courtney kube, also with us is former florida congressman ted deutch, who is the ceo of the american jewish committee. so, peter what do we know about this call between the president and netanyahu today? >> well, jose, for one, i spoke to a u.s. official, the call has not yet started. we expect it to happen in the not too distant future. we'll keep you posted as we gather that information. this call as raf noted is the first time that netanyahu and president biden will be speaking since this awful strike that took the lives of the seven world central kitchen aid workers on the ground inside gaza. this call was requested after that strike took place. as for the president, he has said as much in a public statement, he released earlier this week in response to the strike there, he said he was both outraged, and heart broken, as it was described to me, by u.s. officials, just within the last couple of hours, the president is very angry about the situation on the ground, specifically related to these aid workers, the president made clear that much more needs to be done by israel to help protect humanitarian aid workers on the ground. right now inside gaza. by some counts there are as many as 200 aid workers who have died over the course of the last six months since this war began. we're told by multiple officials that the president will directly raise this anger, this concern, with bibi netanyahu, with prime minister netanyahu, when they speak today. as it relates to an investigation right now, i asked this official whether or not the u.s. is calling for an independent investigation. the u.s. has not called for that, though you did hear jose andres say as much. right now the u.s. is waiting for better understanding of exactly what israel's investigation will look like, with the president saying it must be transparent, that the results must be public and that it must be very thorough. those are some of the biggest takeaways ahead of the call. it is obviously a very tense moment in this relationship, i moment in a relationship that has already been very tense for the course of the last several months, and, jose, we're waiting for any better information for when it takes place. the vice president will be joining this conversation remotely as well as likely some of the national security advisers to the president as well. >> i understand you just returned from israel. what would you like to see come out of this call? >> i'm really glad they're having a call. i think it is important for friends and allies to be able to communicate. this is a horrific tragedy. my heart goes out to the families of the workers who lost their lives and, jose andres is a hero. this is what he does around the world. i can't imagine the pain that he's feeling. i know during the conversation that they had, they will also talk about the fact that this conversation is happening because of this war that hamas started on 10/7, because there are still hostages, over 130 hostages being held, including six americans that i know that this white house is so committed to bringing home, and that when i was in israel, i spent time with survivors of the nova music festival where 3500 people went to celebrate music and over 350 were slaughtered, others taken hostage and survivors of kibbutz bheri, 10% of their village was slaughtered by hamas. this is a really important moment. i'm glad the conversation is taking place. i hope that it focuses on all of the ways that the administration will continue to stand with israel to defeat hamas, not only for the benefit of israel and the people of israel, but ultimately for the benefit of the united states, because these are the same people who are launching attacks against american troops, killing american troops. iran supports hamas, iran supports the houthis. that's all going to be part of this conversation as well. yes, this is a horrific tragedy and our heart breaks. it has to for what happened for the loss of life here. >> courtney, you have new details about what is being described as a tense meeting between israeli and american officials earlier this week? >> yeah, that's right, jose. i will say the more that our colleague looked into this virtual meeting that took place on monday between israeli officials and biden administration officials, the more that we learned that these meetings have become increasingly tense. but the one on monday, again, a virtual meeting, attended by jake sullivan, secretary of state antony blinken and other top national security officials from the biden administration, the contentious part grew out of the israeli officials, including ron dermer, sharing details about the humanitarian plan for potential invasion, ground invasion of rafah. it includes ideas like trying to evacuate more than a million people, upwards of 1.4 million people out of rafah in just a couple of weeks and moving them north of rafah, which has been all but destroyed throughout the course of this conflict and potentially putting them essentially in camps, in tents. but according to the officials who we spoke with, they said that the israelis hadn't worked out some of the key details like sanitation, food, and where the tents would come from that these civilians would move into. over the course of the meeting, as the u.s. officials questioned the israelis, one of them specifically, ron dermer became agitated, waving his arms around as they were defending the humanitarian plan. an israeli official present in the meeting denied the characterization as it being contentious and said in fact it was a constructive meeting. but, again, what we have learn throughout the course of the reporting on this is these meetings have become more and more tense as they discuss the plans for rafah, which according to a number of u.s. officials the israelis still have not presented much of an actual war plan or invasion plan and the u.s. still believes that the idea of how they would tackle this tremendous humanitarian concern about getting these civilians out of the way is still anything but complete, jose. >> noga, how would you describe the tension between the united states and israel right now? >> i would describe it as pretty bad, for two closely allied countries, it's -- i don't want to say a rupture, it is not a rupture, we remain allied and share strategic goals, but between the biden administration's culture, the way the biden administration thinks that this conflict should move forward and sharing israel's goal of wanting to demolish hamas, they are crashing into the very culture of benjamin netanyahu and his administration that israelis have been protesting against for more than a year. and what we just heard is an excellent example. you know, kind of unfinished plans presented. my understanding is that the biden administration, as it must, is taking seriously netanyahu's constant promises and threats to invade rafah. and i think that the reason the plans appear so underbaked is that there really aren't plans, that netanyahu's threats are mostly for domestic audience, he's promising his kind of extremist base of ministers that he will invade, but i don't think it is a tangible plan. and that's where we're, you know, clashing. >> yeah, and i know you met with dermer while in israel. what do you make of this? >> i think that the focus on rafah starts with an acknowledgement that there are still at least 3,000 terrorists in rafah. probably more than that. that was the number of terrorists who came in to israel, on october 7th, and committed the worst massacre of jews since the holocaust. i think they're right, i'm glad that they're continuing to have these conversations, they're right to focus on how to move forward in order to defeat hamas and make sure that hamas plays no role in the governance of gaza going forward, and that hamas can never again do what it did on 10/7. they exist, an organization that is dedicated to the destruction of israel and massacring jews, that is very clear and that's the importance of the conversation that is taking place, both between the president and the prime minister, and the conversations that have been ongoing at the highest levels of the national security establishments of both countries. >> and, courtney, ted was talking about iran and its role. is there any fear at the pentagon that this week's strike on that iranian compound in damascus, syria, could widen the conflict? >> yeah, that fear is not just at the pentagon. it extends throughout all of -- all of the agencies here in d.c., the white house, state department. there is a tremendous amount of concern that that strike could lead to retaliatory action by iran and i think that the clearest indication of that is the fact that soon after that strike on monday, in damascus, on what we're seeing here now, what some are describing as a part of a consular building or the consulate in damascus that killed a number of high level iranian revolutionary guard core figures, the concern is that could lead to some retaliation and the fact that the americans reached out directly to iran to deny any involvement in that strike, only hours after it occurred, that right there just shows how concerned the u.s. is about the potential for retaliation which could draw the u.s. and the region into it. and, jose, i will say that the concern about -- i think there is a tremendous amount of concern that iran will retaliate, just a matter of what that looks like. >> and, ted, what could that look like and what should the united states and its allies do about this? >> well, listen, i had lunch yesterday with a group of young israeli soldiers, whose job is to shoot down missiles launched coming out of gaza, coming out of yemen, coming out of syria, and iraq, and, yes, coming out of iran. and there are more of them being called up. that's the moment that israel now faces. what has been made clear here is that iran is behind all of this through their support of hamas, and through their support of these other terror groups. the seven fronts that israel is currently facing, something that is too often, i think, not understood. the united states understands that, and i think is working closely with israel for the purpose of ensuring the security, not just of israel, but certainly and most importantly the security of the united states and the united states servicemen and women. >> thank you so much for being with us this morning. appreciate it. up next, why the judge in former president donald trump's criminal hush money trial is refusing to delay the start date. plus, right now, in tennessee, what could be an emotional day in the courtroom as several women get ready to testify about being denied an abortion despite facing dangerous, even deadly complications. and back overseas, dozens of people rescued from the rubble of a massive taiwan earthquake. we're live with an update on the search for those still missing. we're back in 60 seconds. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. nurtec odt may help. it's the only medication that can treat a migraine when it strikes and prevent migraine attacks. treat and prevent, all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. relief is possible. talk to a doctor about nurtec odt. power e*trade's easy to-use tools make complex trading less complicated. custom scans help you find new trading opportunities, while an earnings tool helps you plan your trades and stay on top of the market. e*trade from morgan stanley. people rescued from the rubble people rescued from the rubble 16 past the hour. this morning, trump's new york hush money case is moving ahead. the judge saying trump waited too long to raise the argument. the trial set to start in less than two weeks on the 15th of april. joining us now, jessica roth, former federal prosecutor for the southern district of new york, a professor at the school of law. thanks for being with us. what does this mean for trump's legal defense? it seems as though this trial is coming very quickly. >> yeah, i read this order as not only denying the motion for a delay, on this grounds that is a little bit difficult to describe. he's not directly asserting immunity with respect to the charges brought by the district attorney. he's actually saying presidential immunity precludes the introduction of certain forms of evidence that the district attorney wants to offer in order to prove the charges in this case. the judge denied that motion because he said it was untimely. and the tenor of the opinion, which is fairly brief, though it is thorough, is basically expressing the judge's lack of patience for the ongoing motions being brought by trump's team to continually seek to delay the trial. >> yeah, there is an interesting quote there in this, the judge brings up, he says -- i'm going to read it, it raises real questions about the sincerity and actual purpose of the motion. how do you see these 11th hour efforts to delay impacting how the judge treats this case going forward? >> you're right. that quote that you just put up goes to the judge's lack of patience and i think his losing. and you saw that emerge most recently when they -- before him on their application to adjourn the discovery that had been turned over. and so the judges i think is continuing to express his skepticism about the claims being asserted by trump's lawyers, so that's coming out in the opinion again today. and that's not going to bode well for them as they proceed into trial because it is really important to have credibility, not only with the jury, but with the judge. when you're making representations to the court. so i would be concerned if i were on the defense team about the substance of this motion, denying the application, but also that language that expresses the judge's losing patience with the attorneys. >> and turning now to the civil fraud case, new york state police charged a 26-year-old man yesterday who they say sent threatening messages to new york attorney general letitia james and the judge overseeing the case. it comes just after judge merchan expanded trump's gag order after he attacked the judge's daughter. what is the real life impact on these judges and lawyers in these cases? >> so this is one of the most upsetting developments in the course of these cases are the threats to judges and court personnel who are presiding over the cases, family members of those judges. it is extraordinary that people who are just doing their duty either as judges or civil servants working for the court or simply family members of those individuals are being threatened for doing their job. i can't recall anything like this in terms of the history of the courts of having this level of threat. there have certainly been instances in the past where judges, their family members have been injured or threatened. but it is reaching a level of frequency and intensity that should be gravely concerning to everybody. >> yeah, i mean, i think back on the judge that -- her son was shot and killed at home, so many threats, just something that is really a worrying kind of pattern in many ways that we're seeing. jessica roth, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> my pleasure. up next, we'll go to a tennessee courtroom where a group of women share their experiences in hopes of changing the state's abortion ban. plus, more of my conversation with miami voters about the 2024 election. how what is happening in haiti and latin america and the caribbean may very well influence how they vote in november. >> we're watching what happens in these countries because it is going to impact us. our funds, our stress levels, our health. here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost. wealth-changing question -- are you keeping as much of your investment gains as possible? 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