to an internal temperature of 165 degrees to kill any bacteria or viruses. the most immediate impact, though, may be to your grocery bill. egg prices which have already doubled since 2020 could be inching higher if this current outbreak continues to spread. now, officials warn that backyard or even pet chickens are at risk because of a wild bird that flies over them carrying the virus could potentially pose risk of infection. they also do not suggest this is all the start of a new pandemic. back to you. >> morgan chesky, thank you. that does it for us today. thanks for joining. see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place. for now, i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. our coverage continues with jose right now. and good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with the very latest in the israel-hamas war.

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

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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.

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26 past the hour. today in taiwan, an urgent search is under way to find people still missing after that powerful 7.4 magnitude

earthquake struck on tuesday. look at this, first responders navigating around boulders, blocking a highway to rescue a man trapped inside his truck. this as a toll continues to rise. right now, ten people have died, more than 1,000 are injured, hundreds still trapped. at least 15 others still missing. janis mackey frayer joins us from taiwan. what is the very latest there? >> reporter: jose, we're in hualein. the building behind me is leaning precariously. it shows the force with which the earthquake struck and this area was the hardest hit, we're 11 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake. the number as you mentioned have been rising here. more than a thousand injured. hundreds are said to be trapped and there is now an all-out search to try to reach those people. helicopters have been used to airlift workers away from two rock quarries, there are still

dozens who remain stranded there. the urgency is in the mountains around here. emergency teams have been trying to reach these hundreds of people who are trapped. they're on blocked roads, some are stuck in tunnels, on hiking trails. and also dozens of people stuck at hotels around the national park near here. landslides have been blocking major routes. the roads are covered with debris and fallen rock. there is a dash cam video today that showed huge boulders actually rolling down the road and crushing cars. earthquakes are not uncommon here in taiwan. it sits on seismic fault lines, part of the pacific ring of fire. and there is a good system in place to prepare people for these earthquakes. there are cell phone warnings and strict building codes, but here in hualien, it means buildings like this one needs to

come down. it will be demolished starting tomorrow. they say that it is part of the necessary cleanup after this disastrous quake. the focus, though, does remain on finding those people and getting them to safety. jose? >> janis mackey frayer, thank you so much. happening right now, tennessee court is hear, oral arguments about the state's strict abortion ban, the center for reproductive rights is requesting the court to temporarily block the ban for women who have dangerous pregnancy complications. joining us now from nashville, tennessee, is priya shreya. what has been happening in court today? >> reporter: the hearing began about over an hour ago. they're representing seven tennessee women and two doctors and they're saying that tennessee's total abortion ban violates the state's constitution's right to life when it comes to pregnant women and that asking for more specificity when it comes to the necessary medical exceptions that allow tennessee doctors to

perform abortions in certain circumstances. they're saying what is actually happening on the ground here is that tennessee doctors are simply afraid of performing abortions even when they meet those circumstances that allow them to do so because they're afraid of the legal repercussion. performing unnecessary abortions here in the state of tennessee is considered a class c felony, so it is punishable with anywhere from 3 to 15 years in prison and a hefty fine and your medical license could be revoked. what is happening in practice, according to the center for reproductive rights, women are waiting until they're at near death circumstances or they're being quote, unquote, forced to flee the state of tennessee to go to other states to get an abortion, which is happening in those cases is that sometimes it is too late and their medical conditions are being worsened when they finally come back. what they're looking to do is put a temporary block on the enforcement of this total abortion ban and also looking like i said for more specificity when it comes to those exceptions, jose.

>> priya, thank you so very much. appreciate it. now to alabama, the hospital at the center of the state supreme court controversial ruling on embryos has just announced that it is shutting down its ivf services. back in february, alabama supreme court ruled the frozen embryos could be considered children, which led several ivf clinics to pause services in that state. state legislators drafted a new law to protect ivf treatments. now the hospital says it can no longer provide ivf services because of, quote, pending litigation and the lack of clarity about the current law. up next, the dire situation in haiti and in other parts of the americas could impact how some voters here in south florida cast their ballot in november. plus, the price tag of some of the nation's top private colleges continues to skyrocket. it is close to $100,000 a year. what can families do?

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35 past the hour. we're looking this morning at how what happens in latin america and the caribbean has a direct impact on the united states and on politics. on the politics of november 2024 included. i had the opportunity to speak with some voters in the heart of little havana here in miami. we heard from them on a wide variety of key issues yesterday,

but i want you to listen to what sandra dennis, the executive director of the miami worker center, had to say about why what is happening in places like haiti, venezuela, cuba, plays an important part in how she votes here. >> when i'm talking about you earn my vote, we're watching what happens in these countries because it is going to impact us. our funds, our stress levels, our health, right? and so our futures are linked. our humanities are linked. for me, it is really important for the right, for america to have a right stance, to have their policies, to be mindful about what it means to support and help and not dictate what happens in folks owe countries. and if the caribbean and latin america is not successful if they are on a spiral, downward spiral, it is absolutely going to show up here. >> for more on this, i want to bring in nbc news washington

couldn't yamiche alcindor and carlos curbelo from florida, an msnbc political analyst. so, i was just thinking about this, all three of us were actually born here in south florida, a place where what happens in haiti, cuba, venezuela, colombia, feels almost like it is happening here in many ways, right? and in haiti, just in the last three weeks, 53,000 people have had to flee port-au-prince. the spiral of violence continues. why, yamiche, is this not part of the national political discourse? >> jose, it is such a good question and the discourse is filled with so many other topics, abortion, housing, the economy. in south florida where we all grew up and where we all come from, the international is the domestic. you have haitian americans in particular, my family and people that i interviewed, who are looking at that is going on in haiti and will absolutely be voting for the person they think will best impact the situation there, and, of course, we know

that former president trump, he had not kind words for haitians, at thym times equating to them people felt were problematic. so you really have in joe biden, someone who is talking about haiti, talking about countries, saying he wants to do more, but also there being frustration with what america is able to do in haiti. you have these two people that are likely going to be the people that are going to be having the rematch in november, both of these people, voters are really weighing their international policies and domestic policies. it is something we need to talk more about because the voters are in critical places like florida, which while it has become redder and redder, it is also a swing state, jose. >> it is. and just thinking about the reality for hundreds of thousands of people in haiti that are really in many ways kind of always forgotten, unless something really bad happens. and it is such a tragic reality

that they're living through, and, carlos, that's what's going on in haiti. meanwhile, in venezuela, you have the largest exodus of people in the americas, the maduro regime is as we speak shutting down any democratic institution or possibility of democracy. could ignoring what is happening there have political repercussions here? >> jose, foreign policy is local policy and politics in south florida. there are many voters in the south florida region as you well know that pay at least the same amount of attention to what is happening to the south of us and around us in our neighborhood than in our own country, because these are people who have family members in these countries, they might have come from some of these countries in recent years, so the ties to latin america are very strong and you often hear in south florida a lot of frustration from voters who say why do u.s. policymakers always look east and rarely look south?

why do we invest so much in europe, in the far east and pay such little attention to what is happening in our own neighborhood and to our south? there are real political consequences for this. we have seen in south florida that a lot of voters have started moving from being reliable democratic supporters to republican supporters because they feel that democrats, biden administration, before that the obama administration, really did hold regimes like nicolas maduro's regime accountable, the castro regime in cuba, the ortega regime in nicaragua. so a lot of this explains the shift we have seen in florida politics over the last decade or so. >> and, yamiche, perceptions about and around immigrants seem to be changing a little bit here in our country. more people believe legal immigrants bring a higher risk of crime than they did seven years ago, perception that

clearly contrasts with the reality. but, yamiche, how responsible are politicians here in creating this narrative that immigrants and migrants are a negative versus a positive? >> well, political leaders have a huge impact in the way that americans see immigrants, especially when you have people frankly like former president trump, who is now running in the republican -- as a republican nominee. you have him talking about immigrants in a way that -- saying they're criminals, in a way that is saying they're bringing in drugs, in a way that is saying they're taking people's jobs, and i've heard from voters both democrats and republicans, frankly, who don't agree on a lot of other things who are very concerned about the border, even if they live in places like ohio, michigan, where there are thousands of miles away from the border, they still think that some of the bad and negative things that are the perceptions of immigrants including as you said legal immigrants, if that's going to negatively impact what they're doing and their lives and their

states. i also have to underscore that when we think about the role that legal immigrants are playing in this country, not only are they doing things like repairing potholes on the bridge that collapsed in baltimore, thinking about those immigrants, but they're also doing things like sending money back to places like haiti, where you see the remittances that are going into that country really holding up the gdp, meaning that haiti's economy, the actual country, is being held up by the haitian diaspora that is not only working hard here in america, but sending money back to their families. so this really underscores the legal immigrants, they're feeling as though the perceptions of them are impacting their lives while also trying to help out their family members. so political leaders, their discourse including president biden, because i heard from some immigrants, he's talking about being tough on the border and immigration, it can feed sometimes into the negative vibe that immigrants are dealing with in this country, jose.

>> that haitian diaspora that contributes so much to our economy, our culture, and to the growth of the united states. yamiche, turning to another issue for voters, the war in gaza. you're out with new reporting today about some of the behind the scenes conversations happening at the white house. what you learning? >> i learned about conversations on tuesday with muslim leaders that jill biden had been privately urging president biden to put an end to the war in gaza and the mass civilian casualties that we're seeing happen in gaza. the person said that during that meeting on tuesday, that the president was listening to a doctor who had been treating people in gaza, that doctor was saying that his wife did not want him to come to the white house because she frankly didn't want him to be sitting down with the president because he hasn't called for a permanent cease-fire in a number of other things. and the president's response was, well, my wife, i understand that, because my wife has been urging me on this issue and the

person who was an attendee, she said they didn't have dinner because they didn't want to break bread because of the people starving in gaza. she really wants mass casualties in gaza and this war to be put to an end. it tells you within the administration and jill biden in particular she is using her face to privately urge president biden to put an end to this war as he's going to be talking to benjamin netanyahu today and has a tougher language on why the u.s. policy might not have changed. you're seeing a more biting stance on the u.s. policy with israel, so it really tells you a little bit about the internals going on in the white house, jose. >> yamiche alcindor, carlos curbelo, thank you for being with us this morning. up next, what we're learning about the american woman killed on safari in a horrific elephant attack. it was all caught on video.

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to happen in recent weeks. video capturing the moment the trip of a lifetime turned deadly >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: tourists on safari spotting a bull elephant. the animal then charging their truck. the elephant t flipped the truc over, leaving a 79-year-old american woman dead. the woman's daughter identifying her as gail madsen of minnesota, sharing photos from the trip in a facebook post, writing, she lost her life in a tragic accident while on her dream adventure. another woman was injured and treated at a nearby medical facility. the ceo of the tour company said guides areid well trained and experienced but the terrain and vegetation was such that the vehicle couldn't be moved out of harm's way quickly enough. is there blame to be placed on the guide for leading them into an area where there's no way

out? >> it's rares to see an elepha that irate, react so aggressively. >> reporter: it's not the first time an encounter with these majestic creatures got too close for comfort. last month, a bull elephant rocked this 22-seat safari truck in south africa. this man filmed the encounter while hiding nearby. >> the elephant was there. he was huge. he was head to head with the truck. >> reporter: no one was hurt. the guide said the elephant was inid a state of breeding, which could have been the case in zambia. wildlife attacks on safari are rare. deaths among tourists, even more so. >> across africa, there are thousands and thousands of guests on safari on a daily basis. no negative consequences.

>> reporter: that guide and the photographer we spoke to said that if this does happen to you, if you find yourself in this situation, listen to your guide. trust them. absolutely, do not run. elephants can go up to 20 miles an hour when they are doing something like chaing a video like you see in the video. this tour i group is one of the best in africa. back to you. >> jacob, thank you so very much. appreciate it. up next, why tuition at some of the top private colleges is topping $90,000 a year. you are watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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57 past the hour. millions of high school seniors decide which college they will be able to attend this fall, the cost of a higher education keeps going up and up and up. the ap reports the cost of attending a number of private colleges has exceeded $90,000

for the first time. thank you for joining us. what's driving the cost of colleges up year after year? >> remarkable. $90,000, the new $70,000. i thought $70,000 was the ceiling. they are building out campuses, high-tech campuses with high-tech facilities. that's one reason. government and state funding has been declining. you have higher costs, wages, many of the colleges report that it costs more to provide the education every year. i will note that most students receive financial aid. it's really only the wealthiest families that are paying that $90,000, for those elite colleges. 72% receive financial aid. >> there are in the case of many students and parents facing

delays in finding out about financial aid. >> this has been the most frustrating year for seniors and their parents because of the federal student aid form was rejiggered this year. there were glitches. kids right now don't know what their financial aid package is for the colleges they have applied to. i have a senior in high school, got an email from a perspective college saying they won't know until the end of april if there's any financial aid. by the way, this government form also is used for merit-based aid, not just need-based. there's a lot of kids, i can't tell you how frustrating and disruptive what's happening. they don't know what kind of aid they will have, and they rely on it. >> what is it that changed? >> they changed -- they tried to make this form simpler. there were glitches. it made it more complicate and more difficult. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> nice to see you.

that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. that is all. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," president biden and prime minister netanyahu scheduled to speak on the phone today after israeli strikes killed seven world central kitchen aid workers in a convoy marked with their logo and also had notified the idf of their movements in advance. the president said to be furious over the attack which israel says was an accident. will mr. biden give in to mounting pressure, including from his wife, to change his israel policy? a live report from taiwan. devastated by a massive earthquake and aftershocks, where at least ten are dead, hundreds more trapped or missing. president truman's oldest