street journal" reporter even gesh co-vich was imprisoned in rush for doing his job. on friday the newspaper published this powerful front page, an empty space where all of evan's work over the last year should have been. here at "meet the press" we join our colleagues at the journal and news organizations across the country in saying that journalism is not a crime. that is all for today. thank you for watching. happy easter. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." \s 5am \e that's right, it's easter, the time of year when i can bear myself through jesus christ. it's just the thing i do now and people seem to be okay with it. i'm going to keep doing it. and if you think this is a bad look, imagine how weird it

would be if i started selling bibles. well, i'm selling bibles. look at this beautiful bible made from 100% bible. >> that's our friends at "saturday night live," mocking donald trump for hocking his own version of the bible. and he spent easter sunday ranting for hours on social media. we'll show you some of his unhinged posts and how the biden campaign is responding. also ahead, we'll bring you the latest from the middle east, following a massive protest against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that called for new elections. it's the largest demonstration in israel since the war against hamas began. plus, congress has the week off, but it appears to there could be trouble for house speaker mike johnson when the house returns. we'll have more on the far right to oust him. ♪♪

good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this monday, april 1st. yes, it's april 1st, be careful out there. while most people were spending time with their families yesterday, donald trump appeared to be glued to his phone, posting a whopping 77 times on social media. 77. from sunrise to sunset, the presumptive 2024 republican nominee spent the day airing his grievances, and sharing far right news coverage that cast him in a positive light. as is customary for trump on the holidays, one all caps post wished a happy easter to his perceived enemies, including the, quote, crooked and corrupt prosecutors and judges that are doing everything possible to interfere with the presidential election of 2024 and put me in prison including the many people

i completely and totally despise because they want to destroy america. this message was so long you couldn't screen shot it in one post. trump also shared two articles that, yes, compared him to jesus christ. one bore the title, "the crucifixion of donald trump," and the other wrote that, quote, something supernatural was happening with trump that he described as the miracle and the chosen one sent by god. and in typical trump fashion, one of his final posts of this exhausting day was a photo-him receiving a golf trophy for a tournament that he created, posted, and, of course, was going to win. now, trump social media frenzy came after he posted a video depicting violence against joe biden. that happened over the weekend. this is more serious here. on friday trump posted a video which appears to have been taken

by one of his senior campaign advisers dan scavino. we're not going to play the video here. but it shows a truck driving down the highway with a decal of biden on the back depicting the president hogtied and kidnapped. in a statement, a biden campaign spokesman slammed the post, writing, trump is regularly inciting political violence, and it's time to take him seriously. just ask the capitol police officers who were attacked protecting our democracy on january 6th. meanwhile, nbc news is learning new key details about president biden's new campaign strategy, trying to get under donald trump's skin. in the past few weeks the president has ramped up the personal attacks against his gop opponent in both private and public settings, targeting his financial challenges, campaign tempo, and even his weight.

multiple advisers familiar with the approach tells nbc news the strategy has been largely driven by biden himself and the aides are just following the president's lead. one biden aide said this. there's just something about joe biden that gets under donald trump's skin more than anybody, and i think joe biden knows that. they also said they expect these kinds of personal attacks to continue in the coming months as the campaign enters full general election mode. joining us now, politics rorpter for semafor, shelby tack cot. shelby covering the trump campaign. great to see you this morning. let's start with what the biden team has been doing. let's recall for the first year or so in office, president biden didn't say donald trump's name. didn't say it publicly. not in speeches, not in social media posts. that has changed in a major way. sometimes in his speeches about democracy. but now in these smaller

day-to-day actions, behind closed doors, the president uses colorful language to describe his gop opponents, and now perhaps without the expletives, we're seeing it slip into public remarks as well. how do democrats think it's going? >> i think the big shift came because democrats realize joe biden can't run against donald trump and not mention him, right? this is sort of the easy way for the biden campaign and the president himself to, a, target donald trump and remind voters why they didn't vote for him back in 2020, and also it's sort of an easy way as aides told nbc news to get under donald trump's skin. and so i think democrats have been really impressed that he's been able to directly contrast himself with donald trump, because that's been something a lot of people have been asking for for a long time, and now

we're seeing it happen. >> so let's talk, if we must, for a moment about dew point's weekend. 77 posts yesterday including the all-caps, multi-page screen. i mean, most of what he says isn't true. some of it downright dangerous. but how is that playing among other republicans? you know, we know that base eats that up, but trump, his team has gotten praise from some of the gop, some of those in the media for being more professional this time around. maybe that's true for campaign aides, but it certainly isn't true for the president. how possibly do they think this style of grievance politics, though popular with the base, how is that going to win over any new votes? >> the donald trump team will argue that they believe in a way it will win over votes because they're so focused on these legal issues, they've seen it work with the base, and they're confident that in a way they'll be able to sort of siphon off some non-trump voters to his

side by using it. at the same time, i think aides will acknowledge that sometimes donald trump does things that won't necessarily benefit him and make their jobs harder. any time i've talked to anybody close to donald trump, you know, some sort of statement has been given, yes, this is a campaign and we have a lot of people working for him, but at the end of the day, what he says goes, and at the end of the day, they adapt to what he says, which includes the off-the-cuff marks and exceeds, as you said, that don't necessarily help him. as for the public by and large, they're so used to seeing these comments, they sort of dismiss them and hope because it's on truth social and not on twitter, that the majority of voters aren't going to see or pay attention or might have a short attention span over it. >> it's true. they don't have nearly the residents now that he's on truth

social. that's violent and should be highlighted. one of the things the biden campaign has been poking fun at trump for is his lackadaisical campaign schedule. that's due to lack of money. that's going to change this week. he's back on the road, i believe this week, in wisconsin and michigan. it's going to be the first time we'll hear him in front of a crowd in a while. >> we'll hear him try to contrast from joe biden. we've heard him start to ramp up even during the primary his attacks against the current president and arguing essentially that life was better under his leadership versus joe biden. you will also, i assume, hear a lot about his legal issues, his campaign. remember, they're going to be right back in the courtroom mid-april, so that's going to still continue to be a major part of his presidential campaign, and they're going to have to figure out how to shift into general election mode while still dealing with all of these

legal problems. >> and that's a great point. jury selection for that first trial, that management criminal case about hush money, two weeks from today, and it's going to change the dynamic of the race one way or the other. politics reporter for semafor, shelby talcott, thank you for starting us off today. we really appreciate it. still ahead, we'll talk about some of the other stories including the cleanup in baltimore now neil a week after the tragic key bridge collapse. and a little later, we'll show you the new biden campaign hitch to the nikki haley supporters. those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. weather when we com right back

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they used cutters to cut the top portion of the north end of the bridge, a key step in letting tugboats reach the disaster site. divers have been checking the water to make sure the ship can safely sail away once the wreckage has been lifted. there's no timeline due to the ongoing complicated situation. meanwhile baltimore mayor brandon scott is still dealing with racist attacks after conservatives falsely contributed the incident to dei. he aims to prove people wrong by doing his job and simply ignoring the noise of such criticism. let's call it for what it is, racist criticism. meanwhile, new york city is now the finish american city to green-light congestion pricing after the mta board voted in favor last week of the

controversy plan to charge vehicle $15/to enter certain parts of manhattan. they have been charged with several lawsuits, but the mta expecting to collect the fee starting sometime in june tackling the area below 51st street. charging drivers in the city's most congested areas would reduce gridlock and contribute in at least $15 billion in updating new york's aging train system. this has been in the works for decades or more. others like london have used it. this is first one in the united states. and, of course, millions of christians worldwide honored easter sunday with prayer and celebration led by pope francis, whose own health issues didn't prevent him from spreading his calls for peace. nbc's marissa parra has more.

>> reporter: the church was filled with hope including on sunday. at times in need of a wheelchair, sounding hoarse, the pope's appearance sounding reassuring days after sparking health worry as f he canceled good friday's procession at the last minute. the royal family, no stranger to health concerns. outside a windsor easter service, not joining his father-in-law for his first public appearance. from australia to iraq to the philippines, signs of the christian holy week written across continents and observed even among those during unspeakable hardships. solemn services in gaza and ukraine.

the pope once again calling for a cease-fire, this cathedral demanding the same. but blocks away and hours later, those tensions have eased in time for the new york easter bon net parade. the streets, a sea of pastels, flowers, and vedders galore. a sea of hope in difficult times. next up here, we'll switch to sports and bring you an update on march madness. plus, lebron james joins another exclusive club in the nba record book. we'll also bring you highlights of major league baseball's opening weekend. a look at that and a look at your forecast to start your workweek when we come right back. your workweek when we come right back i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people

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we turn now to the nba and a milestone night for lebron james again. nine three-pointers, leving the lakers with the win over the portland nets. he's the only player in history with 40 or more points after the age of 39 in basketball. juan soto was fantastic. he had three hits yesterday capped by an rbi single that lifted the bronx bombers to a 4-3 win, making it a four-game sweep of the houston astros. new york got them all four down there in texas. soto, now the first yankees player since 1961 to put up a go-ahead rbi in three of his first four games. also had a great throw the other night to preserve a lead.

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to take down speak johnson with this. i think were ooh going to see broader support to get this job done. >> amid a spate of impending requirements, it's not just congress members but their staffers. in a new report it found a toxic rhetoric have made half of the senior staff on the hill consider leaving public survey. it's summed in washington with just three words, "congress is broken." the nonprofit whose stated goal is to improve lawmaker effectiveness also found that the desire to head to the doors is higher among democratic staff members but almost six in ten republican staffers said they thought about leaving because of their own party's actions. joining us now, congressional reporter for politico, ursula

pirhana. ursula, thanks for being with us. let's start with this ukraine aid bill, which i feel like we've been discussing for months. congress still in recess for this week, back next monday. give us the lay of the land here. speaker johnson has turned up his rhetoric a little bit saying, look, we'll get something done, but we know his grasp on the job is tenuous at best. walk us through how you see this happening. >> what the house seems like it's attempting to do or the house gop is tinker with the edges for what the center passed for ukraine aid. they're talking about different ways they could perhaps mold the bill into their own vision, one key, sort of pitch we've been hearing come up in an increasing amount is to turn ukraine aid into a loan. that is something president trump when last considering this bill has pushed. so it isn't perhaps the most

original idea. trump has said any aid should be ukraine's alone, they should have to pay it back in some way. the senate defined that. now where speaker johnson is looking to pass this can also apiece some of his critics who say he's bowing to these democratic priorities, democratic demands, that perhaps mending it, making it more of trump's vision, more republican vision could make it more palatable, but then you send it back to the senate who doesn't have the appetite for these changes. >> a quick follow-up there. if he were to do that -- you raise a great point. we don't know if the senate will sign off on it. if he does it, does someone like marjorie taylor greene move forward to try to take his job? >> potentially.

that's a real possibility. she filed this motion to dangle itting and she can dangle it as long as she wants. she was very clear. she called it a pink slip, giving the speaker an indication she could consider doing this. there's no indication that she's going to be acting on it immediately, but if speaker johnson does move forward on aid, something marjorie taylor greene is very against, she could choose to act further on that. whether other house republicans would join her is the sort of looming question. some of those mccarthy folks who voted out kevin mccarthy last year seem to be a bit hesitant because they say mike johnson hasn't broken the same promises as they felt kevin mccarthy did. and lastly, your reaction to the quick report i spoke about, the sentiment of hill staffers. it's so toxic in that building behind you. what have you picked up?

you've covered congress on and off. what are staffers telling you on the hill how they're feeling, and do you believe so many would quit? >> i do. and i mean that genuinely. a lot of staffers this come to capitol hill are young ambitious people who take outright terrible pay and awful hours because they want to try to make a dichs on both sides of the aisle, and it is a toxic place to work right now. there's a lot of conflict in congress. it's widely divided, deeply unproductive over this last terming and there are a lot of staffers who are frustrated. and that report covers senior staffers who are so coveted on the hill. as new ones come in, it's better to get poached to outside worknd and the senior staffers are so essential to making things work. >> like you say, people want to come to washington, want to make

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give us a sense where the major averages stand and where investors think they may be going. >> everyone is pretty optimistic about the quarter ahead, which is super interesting. the magnificent 7, the tech stocks, have really been driving so much of the stockmarkets in the last couple of years. in the past quarter, two of them were down. tesla was significantly down. the takeaway is the stockmarket isn't dependent on those stocks anymore. the health and the growth is seen as far beyond that. there's a lot of optimism. there were a lot of optimism and inflation numbers that came in on friday. investors are hopeful about an interest rate cut. things are looking up. >> we had an update on the show about a situation in baltimore, that a smip there that crashed into the francis scott key bridge might be in place for weeks before it can be closed.

while the port's closed, give us a sense, what does this mean for the supply chains and the nation's economy at large? >> the biggest fight going on right now, one of the huge fights going on right now is who's going to pay for that. the big part of that is how big of an economic impact is ing i got to have? you had a lot of local officials over the weekend and pete buttigieg saying this is a national economic problem. i'm not sure everybody is condition vinced. there's some auto impact, coal impact. there's going to be a discussion how far and wide the supply chain effects ripple because that will probably impact who's going to pay for it. not even wants federal spending to fix it. >> we should note that when that bridge in minneapolis collapsed a couple of years ago, quick bipartisan support funded it, but now they say, hie, why should we invest in it.

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welcome back as we turn now to news overseas. thousands upon thousands took to the streets outside israel's parliament in jerusalem yesterday to call for re-elections in that country. there were protests in tel aviv as well. "the new york times" says it was one of the most significant demonstrations against benjamin netanyahu since the war began back in october and it comes one day after thousands took the streets in tel aviv in a separate anti-government protest. nemt ya hue underwent surgery to treat a hernia. the procedure was called successful. meanwhile in egypt, an

israeli delegation held cease-fire talks on sunday. that's according to two officials who spoke to "the new york times" in a position of anonymity. joining us now, national security reporter for politico, paul. good to see you this morning. give us the latest as we've heard these cease-fire talks. they've been stuck in such a holding pattern, frankly, for months. hamas has been the reluctant party of late. give us your sense of the lay of the land as it's coming against the backdrop of large and growing protests against anytime ya hue and growing frustration against benjamin netanyahu from the biden white house. >> yeah. the talks as you said have been staaled for a while now. the israelis want to maintain their military presence within gaza. they're still taking rocket and artillery fire from gaza. the hospital in the past several

days, israel claims to have killed a couple hundred and captured several hundred more hamas militants. so the fight is still pretty hot in the north, and israel says, you know, they can't pull their troops out of the north until the fighting dies down, and they really think most of the hostages are down in the south and rafah. so the israeli government military see the need to press the fight. you see the passion. hamas wants israel to withdraw. talks have broken down several times. it seems like the talks are on as noted. we'll have to see what happens this week. it's very, very difficult at the moment. >> you mentioned rafah there, paul. what's the timing here in terms o of when this israeli delegation will be in washington to meet with delegation officials now that the meeting's back on, and is there any sense

when might they go in to rafah? >> yeah. i mean that's the million dollar question here, right? there's a virtual meeting between israeli and u.s. officials about the operation of rafah. netanyahu just yesterday again said he has plans for rafah. he has approved them. he had canceled a previous visit by is rah i will i officials in washington. it looks like that's going to be back on possibly as soon as next week. we're waiting on that, and this is a very complicated operation that the israelis are planning. urban combat is the most difficult kind of combat you can engage in as we've seen with falu ya ja and other plays. this is going to be tough stuff for the is rah i will is to plan and execute, so i think they're looking for a break in

negotiations or support from washington. lastly, paul, we talked about the ukraine aid bill, and congressman don bacon was on "meet the press" yesterday. he said he received calls from mike mccaul and speaker johnson that this bill will go to the floor in some form. we know this will endanger do 's johnson's speakership. what does that mean? >> they have the votes to get this done. it is a matter of bring lgs it up for a vote. the republicans are to pay for,n order to keep this -- the impact on the u.s. national debt as low as possible. yeah, this is everything that yueng wants and needs, more air defense as we've seen in kyiv, and other critical infrastructure sites being hammered over the past few days by russian ballistic missiles. more artillery, things like that. i mean the ukrainians need

materiel. think about this, they need ammunition and also a major recruiting process, and the u.s. is under the gun in several aspects but getting the new weaponry for the spring offenses and just to remain on strong defenses as the russians keep pressing along the front lines is critically important. >> terrific reporting as always for politico, paul mccleary, paul, thank you for joining us. >> you next here-on-"way too early," president biden is now making a direct appeal to nikki haley supporters. we'll show you the new ad and the key battle ground states the president is targeting. and then coming up on "morning joe," a tale of two easters, we'll break down the starkly different messages from biden and donald trump we heard over the weekend. plus, as we just mentioned, should mike johnson be worried

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welcome back. the biden campaign has released a new ad highlighting donald trump's attacks on nikki haley in an effort to retract her supporters. let's take a look. >> bird brain. i call her bird brain. ♪♪ >> nikki haley has made an unholy alliance with rinos, never trumpers, americans for no prosperity. she's sitting there like -- she's a very angry person. she's not presidential timber. i don't need votes. we have all the votes we need. ♪♪ she's gone haywire. there aren't that many never trumpers anymore. >> how do you bring nikki haley back into town? i don't think we need to anymore. joining us now white house reporter for "the wall street journal," concern thomas hasal

agreed to appear that i not bring up the new york mets. let's talk about the biden campaign. there's been recent criticism about the lack of outreach by biden to some of the moderate or never trump republicans, chris christie, nikki haley among them. this is a square effort to try to get haley's voters. trump hasn't tried to bring them into his camp. what does the binden campaign think they can do. >> good morning, this is probably the most ardent effort by the biden campaign to get nikki haley supporters and some of the donors, try to get some of those on board. but, yeah, this ad is about, really, reaching republicans some of the republicans who voted in battleground areas, in states like north carolina, nevada, like michigan who supported haley and might be of use in a general election. i think there's certainly skepticism among some of the

pollsters i speak to that these voters would come over to biden in large numbers. and haley's pitch to some of these voters was focused on biden's age and the concerns that she had. so it's not like this is a slam dunk for them. but i think, you know in a marginal tight race in some of the these battleground states, haley supporters can be helpful. and the key thing is haley has not issued an endorsement yet. we don't know if she's going to endorse trump or not. so some of her voters could be free agents, as a result. >> so, let's talk about the possibility of third party candidate. it could be home for some nikki haley voters. the biden campaign has been focusing on more the threat post perhaps of robert kennedy jr. as well as no labels which is struggling to find a person at the top of the ticket, and with the death of one of its founders, jobe lieberman. give us where things stand for

know labels? >> no labels is at a crossroads, you mentioned they lost their founding chairman in joe lieberman last week, chris christie said he could not be involved with their organization. he would not run as a third party candidate. so they're really at a loss for finding the right candidate to head the ticket. a lot of the sources i've spoken with around the organization have identified april 15th as an important time to have that ticket in place. because they've -- they're on the ballot in 19 states, but to take that next step, they're going to need, you know, an actual ticket to be able to qualify for the ballot in some of these key battleground states. and ballot access really is, you know, just the most essential ingredient for a third party candidate at this point because if you're not on the ballot, you're not relevant. so, they're really right now struggling to find a candidate who can lead the ticket. you know, they've been looking

at republicans as the likely top of the ticket, because it would insulate them from some of the criticism that they faced about, you know, trying to elect trump in the end. but, you know, it's a real -- very much a crossroads, i think, for the organization. >> reporting son no labels you can check out in "the wall street journal". ken, let's talk about where the biden campaign stands, march, the month of deaction, it's come and gone. it's a good month for the president, a state of the union address, and a blitz of travel, far more than trump has been doing. and a huge event capped off by that radio city music hall event a few days ago. now that we've turned the calendar, we're in appropriate, where does the biden campaign feel they're going and what's their next move? >> they're just trying to keep the momentum going. they've got the advantage on money right now i think right now, they feel like a lot of their voters is starting to come

home. there's consolidation. >> biden campaign with momentum. donald trump, meanwhile, two weeks from today has to appear in a manhattan courtroom in the start of a criminal 2r50i8. white house reporter for "the wall street journal," ken thomas, terrific reporting as always. thank you for joining us, thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. that's right, it's easter. the time of year where i can bear myself to jesus christ. that's just a thing i do now and people seem to be okay with that. many i'm going to keep doing it. and if you think this is a bad look, imagine how weird it would be if i started selling bibles. well, i'm selling bibles. [ laughter ] look at this beautiful bible, made from 100% bible. sounds like a joke, and in many ways it is it's also very real. as you know, i live bib