to -- eye contact is missing. >> we have been strict with screen time for our kids and i do worry about the ramifications decades from now, how are they going to grow up differently than everyone else? >> we know so much, simone. i wonder why congress doesn't -- or honestly why there aren't regulations even from the companies who, by the way, the people who run the tech companies don't let their kids have phones. >> i think the companies don't want to have to take the responsibility. congress doesn't want to wade into the responsibility. so, it is up to the rest of us. >> it is going to be cigarettes. >> up to parents. >> it is up to parents. wake up! >> i like to take the ipad away from dinner. they don't like it. >> i'm taking it ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on "ana cabrera reports," it is the biggest day on the calendar, vote areas cross the country heading to the polls on this super tuesday. donald trump enters today with

delegate dominance, but can he deliver a decisive sweep and get ever closer to that magic number? or will nikki haley pull off the seemingly impossible and turn a last stand into real momentum to remain in the race? good morning. thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. and welcome to the most consequential day so far in the race for the presidential nomination. it is super tuesday. the single biggest day on the primary calendar. the polls are open, are about to be, in 16 states across the country, and our team is in 13 of them. by the end of the day today, donald trump could be much closer to that magic number. unless nikki haley can defy delegate math and political gravity. >> at some point maybe we should say the reason that america

keeps losing is because of donald trump. >> haley, she's not a problem. i think she's very negative for the party, but she's not a problem in terms of winning because we're winning by a lot. >> and nbc's vaughn hillyard is following the trump campaign from florida. ali vitali is in nikki haley's home state, on the road there, in south carolina. and our steve kornacki is at the big board for us. vaughn, what is the message coming out of trump's camp today? >> reporter: first, ana, the fact i'm standing here in florida and ali is in south carolina, the home states of these individuals, is telling about the state of this race. there is no last minute effort to turn out the vote in any of these 16 states. and for donald trump and his camp, you played that sound bite from him last night, that was with the trump loyal tv outlet that had that extended conversation with him, in which he called on nikki haley to get out of this race, so that republicans could unify and put

their focus on the democrats and joe biden in november. and just this morning, he phoned in to fox and friends, and communicated the same message, repeatedly when asked if he was brokering or trying to broker any sort of a peace deal with nikki haley for her to step aside, but he has not held back any punches, calling her bird brain, questioning why she ran against him in the first place. for donald trump and his team, they insisted they want to focus their financial resources towards november, and the other element of this is that the rnc is convening in houston, just 48 hours from now, to most likely vote on the next chair and co-chair who would be his hand-picked selections, including his own daughter-in-law. so, for this week, you know, regardless of whether nikki haley continues after today or not, donald trump and his team insists that they are looking beyond her and the republican primary, noting his big win in north dakota last night, and the fact that they expect to have

wins in every single one of those 16 states here today to send a loud and clear signal that this republican race is locked up for them. >> ali, there are 865 republican delegates up for grabs today. the math, though, doesn't look good for nikki haley. what do we know about how she's looking at this? >> reporter: yeah, the delegate math has never quite mapped for nikki haley. that's something i've asked the candidate and the campaign about over the course of this entire campaign. nevertheless, they say they're going to keep going for as long as they're competitive. i'm aware that's a vague metric. when you talk to voters, haley supporters, that's all they want. they want to continue to have an alternative. haley, of course, willing to give them that, at least until super tuesday. but listen to what she said this morning, also over on fox, because after all, it is a republican primary, and she is trying to turn out the base voters as well, listen to what she says her thinking is at least right now.

watch. >> this is not personal. this is about the fact that we have to win. we can want to change the country all day long, but if we can't win an election, we can't do any of that. and, you know, he -- i know he's in denial about the fact that we win general elections, this is just about winning elections. this is about getting our country back. >> reporter: and, look, we have said it once, i will say it again, for nikki haley, the electability argument in a general election has always been a central selling point for her. it is one i hear echoed back from haley voters as well. it is probably something donald trump is going to have to contend with if and likely when he wins this nomination. the fact that a lot of these haley voters may not come back into the fold for him, but for haley, to make a general election argument, and actually be able to play in one, you have to get through a primary and to begin where we -- to end where we started, the delegate math doesn't work out for her, even on a day like super tuesday, where they do see states that could be fertile ground for her, but because of the rules and how

delegates are allotted, winner take all or having to meet certain percentage thresholds, the polling shows it is a steep climb for haley, who will likely reassess after this point as she watches results here in her home state of south carolina today. >> ali vitali and vaughn hillyard, sending you both an extra boost today. it is going to be a long one. thank you so much. steve, let's take a step back for a moment. look at the map. walk us through the national landscape today. >> let's look here. you see on the left, this is the current delegate count on the republican side. 276 for trump, the magic number 1215. now, yellow here, these are the states voting today. and i'll just pick up on what ali was saying there, even the places why you look at the demographics of the places and the demographics of the places where haley has done well so far, even on those places on the map today, a lot of them the rules, the procedures, are

aligned against haley. there is no better illustration of that than california. california the biggest state in the country, the biggest delegate hall of any states will be in california, 169 delegates up for grabs. two things about california, number one, it is a closed primary. and those are very, very bad words if you're nikki haley's campaign. she's gotten so much support from independents and even from democrats where they have been allowed to participate. they are not allowed to participate in california. secondly, the rules in california, a simple majority, if you get 50%, plus 1, you get all 169 delegates. with no independents, no democrats for haley to draw on that puts trump in a tremendous advantage with a pretty minimal threshold there. 50% plus 1 to take all 169. you go to the second biggest prize today, it is texas, the rules are a little bit different there, but in texas, of course, relative to california, you're talking about a much more conservative electorate. you're talking about demographics in texas and most

of the states that are very favorable to donald trump. unfavorable to nikki haley. so, again, trump, they give out delegates, winner take all, an at large pool for the state wide vote and they do them by congressional district. win the district, get three delegates in the district. and, again, just based on the demographic patterns and the results so far and what texas looks like, no reason to think trump is not going to get a very, very large share of the 161. meaning that just between california and texas, trump could get somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 delegates, maybe more, just from those two states. you add that to his total, look at the magic number, he takes a big jump in that direction. look at oklahoma, you can look at arkansas, you can look at alabama, maybe even tennessee, opportunities for trump to win all of the delegates there as well. and really climb up a few places on this map and haley could make a stand tonight. i look at vermont, i look at virginia, northern virginia, outside washington, d.c., and maybe take a look at minnesota and colorado. but even if she's performing in

those places, the delegate math i walked through will still leave her far, far behind donald trump unless she pulls a major rabbit out of the hat today. >> okay. steve kornacki, thank you. let's bring in mark mckin mckinnon, and alessia johnson. great to have you both with us. mark, tell me what you're watching for today and what states could be interesting. >> well, there is not going to be much drama this week. effectively what is happening is the general election starts this week. trump will wrap up close to enough delegates to be the nominee. and then biden will have the state of the union address. so welcome to the rerun that nobody asked for and nobody really wants to watch, but the reality is that's going to be the only channel we're going to get for the next seven months. >> haley just won in d.c. on sunday. some of the states have open primaries, meaning you don't have to be a registered republican to vote in that

primary. could that lead to some surprises? >> i think it could lead to some surprises whether or not nikki haley gets 30 and 40% of the vote, and particularly some of the states that have an open primary, like my state of virginia. but i do think it is going -- she can continue to be a thorn the side of donald trump. if nikki haley, you know, provides a surprise for us, we could see her continuing on until next week, which, i think the republican party would have to kind of grapple with, where nikki haley, primary voters what are they going to do in a general election? not all of them are going to be sold on donald trump and we'll have to see if the republican party pays attention to the ways they need to in order to bring them in. >> mark said, haley said she

would be in this race until at least super tuesday. the question is what is next for her? she still has money. she just announced a campaign leadership team in louisiana, that isn't until march 23rd. do you do that if you're considering dropping out after super tuesday? >> i think win, lose or draw, it is really good not only for the country, but good for her to keep running. she is really represented herself well, i think, and that wing of the republican party that doesn't feel represented, gives a voice to a lot of people who feel like they're homeless right now in the republican party. and she's communicating a message a lot of people want to hear. 43% of america are independents now. only 27% identify with either party. she's a voice for a lot of people out there and the interesting thing is about her future, you think about this, you have a future in the trump republican party, i mean, if she ran as an independent, in this environment against biden and trump, she would get a lot of votes. >> that's interesting to think

about. and there have been a lot of questions of whether she would run with no labels or some other third party ticket. she dismissed those suggestions or those questions. obviously for president biden, he really isn't facing a significant challenge on his path to secure the democratic nomination. but there is this vote uncommitted movement among voters who are unhappy with his handling of the israel-hamas war specifically. we saw it in michigan, over 100,000 voting uncommitted. usually it is about a fifth of that in that state. listen to what the president of cal berkeley democrats said about how this issue may affect their support for president biden. >> yeah, i mean, i would say to president biden, if he wants students and young people to be part of his winning coalition, in november, he needs to change. we aren't single issue voters. we care about our healthcare. we care about making sure that

we have affordable housing. but really it is hard for us to understand the administration's position when it comes to just supporting the ethnic cleansing in gaza. >> do you expect to see more of that protest vote today? >> i do, actually, expect to see more of that protest vote. but what these young people and the people who are galvanizing around the uncommitted votes are saying is that they understand the primary process, right? understanding that they are able to send a message to the white house, and president biden's campaign, but the issues they care about, yes, what is happening to the palestinian people, but as this young college student said, there are other issues like housing and student debt and this also gives the president information for the state of the union to talk about some of these issues, to talk about the things that his administration, would love to

achieve, but congress or the conservative judiciary won't allow for him to do. i think it is actually helpful to give democrats the case to be made between now and the convention and the convention and the general election. the other thing we're talking about is a lot of these uncommitted voters are clearly saying they're not willing to vote for donald trump. they don't see him as the answer. they're using this as an opportunity to directly tell the white house and the re-election campaign what it is they need to see more of. you see the president and vice president harris embracing it a bit and talking a bit more about some of these issues, particularly around what is happening with palestine in the last week. >> we, the voters, and these two campaigns, three campaigns, technically, still all going for it. we'll have a lot more information by this time tomorrow, i have a feeling. alencia, mark, i look forward to continuing the conversation with you. thank you for being here today. much more ahead this morning, including the electoral fallout from the supreme court ruling over trump's place on the

ballot. also, the gop front-runner's latest eyebrow raising rhetoric surrounding migrants and the fictional serial killer he's comparing them to. the stakes of super tuesday, are we watching the final hours of nikki haley's campaign? it is going to be a political brawl at the ballot box no matter what. >> what made you switch from trump to nikki haley? >> the man is a lunatic. >> the stronger voice, which might be a little quieter, is nikki haley. it is the voice of reason. not the voice of treason. >> you never even considered her? >> no. mainly because she's a woman? >> because she's female. mainly because she's a woman >> because she's female. i know what it's like to perform through pain. if you're like me, one of the millions suffering from pain caused by migraine, 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.

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them in two critical states. virginia and north carolina. and nbc's gary grumbach is in glen alan, virginia. what are you hearing from voters there and how is it different than the d.c. suburbs? >> reporter: when we're talking about the suburbs in virginia, richmond, charlottesle have, washington, d.c., that's where most of the democratic voters live in the commonwealth of virginia. and many of them we talked to today are saying they want a return to normal. we're hearing that from nikki haley voters. we're hearing that from democratic voters. and from trump supporters we're hearing the issues that matter to them are the border, the economy, the kitchen table issues that we hear time and time again after elections. i want to have you listen to one conversation i had with a supporter of donald trump, just a minute ago. >> what issues matter most to you as you're filling out your

ballot there? >> honesty. mr. trump is straightforward, honest and he speaks his mind and that's what we like. and he can put the country first. >> reporter: now, donald trump and nikki haley, virginia is an important place to be in the weekend before super tuesday. they held rallies in different parts of the state. when you talk about the get out the vote effort, neither campaign is doing all that much as it relates to big surrogates coming in. glenn youngkin, a massive get out the vote effort in 2023, it was nonexistent here. secure a vote was nonexistent for either candidate. glenn youngkin said he will not endorse until the general election. >> okay. and, so shaq, you're in north carolina, meantime, another key battleground state. it also has a big gubernatorial race this year. how does that factor into what is happening there? >> reporter: well, look, it drives turnout. it gets people to come out to the polls for other races down

the ballot. the gubernatorial race is expected to be in november one of the most competitive races for governor in the country. so the primaries that are taking place today, you have both republican and democratic voters wanting to have their say on who is going to be in that matchup once we get to november. and then further down the ballot, you have five open congressional seats based on the new maps that were passed by the legislature here. so, competitive races down the ballot. but, based on the conversations i've been having with voters today and yesterday, it is still clear a lot of focus is at the top of that ballot in the presidential race. and, you know, we talk about the support that nikki haley has been able to get away from donald trump, but when you dig into it a little bit and ask even nikki haley voters about what they plan to do when you go to november, you hear answers that vary a little bit. listen to one conversation with the voter who went and cast an early ballot for nikki haley. what made you switch from trump

to nikki haley? >> the man is a lunatic. and i think he's terrible for the country. >> reporter: what are you thinking about when you say that? >> just that he lies, he cheats, he bankrupted millions of businesses and people, and i don't see anything good about him. >> reporter: let me ask, if donald trump is the nominee, in november, do you support joe biden over donald trump? >> no. >> reporter: so, despite her vote for haley, despite her calling donald trump a lunatic, she says that she could see herself supporting him in november. i heard voters tell me the exact opposite, that they voted for haley and they can't vote for trump no matter what. it gives you a sample of as we watch the votes come in tonight, just because you see voters going away from donald trump in some of these states doesn't mean that all of them won't go back to him or stay away from him once we get to november. >> of course, just a saplesampl

good to hear from the voters. gary grumbach and shaquille brewster, thanks for bringing us your reporting. up next on "ana cabrera reports," the ripple effects of the supreme court decision ruling colorado and other states cannot remove trump from the ballot. and what voters think about that. >> i don't think that the court should decide who the president is. i think the people should vote. >> i disagree. i think that he's an insurrectionist. and, you know, on the one hand, you got people saying states' rights, states' rights, and the states say we don't want him on the ballot because he's an insurrectionist, and they say, no, we're going to strike that down. and they say, no, we're going to strike that down

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welcome back. donald trump walks into this super tuesday with his name on all respective ballots and a legal win under his belt after the supreme court ruled states could not remove him from the ballot for violating the 14th amendment. and this morning, there is fresh fallout from that decision. new concern it could dampen the ability of lawmakers to rein in insurrectionist candidates. potentially setting significant limitations that reach beyond the states to congress. and joining us with more on

this, msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin and former federal prosecutor renato mariati. some interpretations suggest even congress has a narrow path when it comes to enforcing the 14th amendment. so, just how restricting is this ruling when it comes to keeping insurrectionists out of office? >> i think that remains to be seen, ana. one of the concerns is that the supreme court even though they say only congress can implement section 3 of the 14th amendment is imprecise in how they're supposed to do that. they say they can only react remedial legislation and that they're supposed to do so narrowly. but the concern is that we could be back before the court with respect to later efforts to disqualify either particular candidates or categories of candidates. for example, people who have been convicted of crimes related to january 6th. is that narrow enough for this court? we don't know yet. >> help me understand, if they're saying, yes, congress

has the power to do this, how is congress' hands tied? >> i think the question is how narrowly does such remedial legislation need to be drawn? >> what does that mean? >> that's part of the question. like, if you have somebody who is an insurrectionist, need they be found guilty in a criminal court to have remedial legislation? does that remedial legislation need to be very, very specific as to a particular person? or can they enact remedial legislation with respect to categories of people as i just posed, people convicted of certain crimes related to their participation on january 6th. and we just don't know how narrowly the court will cut that. there are concerns that we will be in cycles of litigation for years to come, to the extent that congress chooses to enforce its powers under section 3 of the 14th amendment now. >> trump has been praising the supreme court decision. yesterday it seemed he was

expressing confidence about how the high court might handle his presidential immunity argument that is to come. listen. >> so it was a great -- we had a great day with the supreme court. it was a great win for america. i was rally very proud of it. and now, hopefully, on immunity, which is a big one coming up, because you can't take the power away from the president. >> did the justices give any clues on the immunity question? >> they did give one clue. in the question presented to the supreme court. so there are a number of arguments that were made by trump, some of them as i think has been discussed on this network and in this program before have been fairly absurd, right? sort of very wide ranging immunity arguments that trump can do anything and not be prosecuted for it. and the supreme court took up a narrow issue, whether and to

what extent there is immunity for an act or alleged to be official acts that were undertaken during the course of the presidency. and i think that's important because it sort of hints at the fact that supreme court might split the baby, so to speak, and have a ruling where you end up having a small narrow presidential immunity that does not cover what trump did, but nonetheless provides, you know, a reason to not only have an oral argument and decision, but remand to judge chutkan that runs some time off the clock in which she has to make a finding that this -- the actions by trump that are alleged in the indictment fall outside that very narrow presidential immunity. >> so i want to turn now to trump's georgia election interference case, because new developments there, one of the co-defendants of trump's is seeking to enter new testimony where he claims that he would

reveal a witness lied about the timeline of d.a. fani willis' relationship with her special prosecutor nathan wade. lisa, do you expect the judge will allow new testimony on this issue and just how long could this drag out? >> i don't think so. particularly given how many new pieces of evidence folks want to introduce here on both sides. the state, for example, wants to introduce testimony from a winery employee who recalls willis and wade visiting and willis paying in cash. the submission yesterday is from a friend of terrence bradley's, who recalls him telling her when the relationship began, but also overhearing him on the phone with fani willis. i think we reached a place of preposterousness now that the evidence closed and everybody trying to get something in under the wire before mcafee rules with the exception of the cell phone records, which he may be inclined to take a look at. i don't see him opening up the evidence wide to hear from all

of these extraneous figures and what has become a really sordid drama. >> and it continues to delay, again, proceedings in that particular case. so, one that seems to be on fast track is what is happening in new york, trump's criminal trial for the hush money payments set to get under way in weeks now. trump's team is now claiming manhattan d.a. alvin bragg is treating two witnesses who admitted to lying, differently. the trump team saying cohen is getting better treatment because he's willing to turn on trump. what is your read on this? is this prosecutorial misconduct as trump's team claims or just to be expected leverage is how it works? >> i think it is neither. i think it is a spin by trump's team. i think partly they're hoping to get us talking about it, like we are right now. i think partly it is just to throw some shade on the prosecutor. ultimately, the prosecution is

going to put on its witnesses on the stand, they're going to be cross-examined and it is not unusual for prosecutors to put cooperators on the stand who have issues. often they're convicted of crimes. often they're convicted of crimes like fraud and dishonesty, like michael cohen is. so, ultimately the jury will have to weigh his credibility. that's not all that unusual, but by making a big showing of it, it creates discussion, it probably creates talking points or fodder in disinformation. and it also, you know, furthers the narrative. >> thank you for setting it all straight for us as somebody who has experienced these cases. good to have you both here. thank you. next on "ana cabrera reports," down ballot drama in alabama. how the state's supreme court's recent ruling impacting ivf access is shaking up super tuesday in that state. the conundrum facing americans who don't want to vote for trump

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carolina's, you win or take home a shoddy consolation prize of a few delegates. joining us now, msnbc political analyst brendan buck, former press secretary to house speakers john boehner and paul ryan, and juanita tolliver. if nikki haley can't pull off this surprise today, do you think there is an appetite for a nikki haley third party candidacy? >> i sure hope not for the sake of democrats and their political plays for 2024. but i do think that she has a solid base of support who wants to see her stay in as long as she can. i know you mentioned the numbers before, and if trump doesn't hit that 1200 plus delegate count, i could see her staying in until the donors dry up and the money runs out. i think she would have to face the music later this month and at that point her voters and supporters would have to choose. they absolutely probably are not going to donald trump, because the reason they like haley is

because she is calling out trump, because she is naming how much he has cost the republican voters in terms of election wins, and policy ideas, but also because they just don't want to. i think after a poll conducted by the associated press after south carolina, six out of ten haley supporters said they would absolutely not support trump in a general election and that has got to feel good for biden campaign to hear that type of number. >> we have been hearing passion at her events, people cheering loudly or booing depending what she is saying and she's raking in millions of dollars still in donations. brendan, our colleague, ali vitali, asked some haley supporters what they think should happen if haley doesn't deliver and here's what they responded with. >> should she stay in even if he sweeps? >> absolutely. it ain't over until it's over. >> what happens in 2024 if it is trump versus biden? >> are we on camera? >> biden probably.

>> for you? >> what about the people who say texas is trump country and the polls that say it too? >> idiots. >> brendan, haley's gone directly after trump, questioning his competency, his character. regardless of today's outcome, does that have lasting implications on this race? >> yeah, i think the big question is what happens after she drops out. i think anybody looking at this recognizes nikki haley is not going to win. whether she drops out tonight or she drops out a month from now, you know, she's not even articulated a path to victory. the question is does she try to lead a movement away from donald trump within the party? i don't think she is going to be a third party. but does she try to still play spoiler for donald trump in some way? that is dangerous territory for her and her political future. the smart thing to do if you're a republican right now is to just go along to get along, get with the team, endorse donald trump and just go along with it

until he's gone. it is not looking like she's like that type of person at this point. she is going hard after it and here at the end, does not seem like someone who is looking for an easy exit ramp now. wouldn't surprise me if her being a politician she does what is in her own political interests and ends up endorsing in the end. this could be such a close election that if she does lead a movement to say donald trump is too big of a danger to the country, to be in the white house once again, it could have a real impact on the margins we're talking about. >> juanita, president biden seems to be banking that more republicans are upset about trump's character and derisive comments. biden sat down with a reporter for "the new yorker" and at one point he pulled out a white note card inscribed with some of trump's most alarming comments, threat to terminate the constitution, his casual talk of being a dictator on day one, his description of immigrants as poisoning the blood of our country. biden tossed the list on his desk and gave a look of

disbelief, what the hell, he said, and biden can now add trump's latest remarks to that list, comparing migrants to "silence of the lambs" style cannibalists. what do you make of biden's strategy to focus on this? >> i think it creates the choice election that biden and democrats want to have in 2024. i think highlighting all the things from trump as well as you discussed in the last segment, all the criminal charges he's facing as well is a pathway for democrats. i do caution because it can't only be that. the choice election is very real. but biden has to address concerns within the democratic base of voters, which we have seen as of late, certainly in michigan, with the bombardment of gaza and protections for civilians in gaza. i think he's going to have to do both of those on top of setting a vision for 2024 in order to be successful. but, my only other concern with banking on calling trump out

repeatedly is that the voters have developed a degree of tolerance and rebounding whether trump makes the outlandish statements, whether it is attacking migrants, whether it is attacking women and abortion rights. there seems to be an ability among the electorate to brush it off and that absolutely has to be concerning for democrats as they try to craft this into the choice election that it is. >> president biden is heading into thursday night's state of the union with strong economic indicators at his back and dnc war chest that is more than double the size of republicans right now. nbc also learned about a fund-raiser just in a few weeks, featuring three presidents, biden, obama and clinton, expecting to raise more than $10 million. brendan, how critical is the money game going to be? >> yeah, i mean, donald trump put himself behind the eight ball here with his legal costs. but i imagine by the end of the day, he'll have the resources he needs. the problem for joe biden as juanita just articulately put,

he's unpopular right now. he has a lot of work to do on both ends. he's got to convince his own voters that he is worthy of a second term in that he followed through on his promises. they made a lot of promises the first time around and there are a lot of people who feel like he just didn't get a lot done. but ultimately i think this election is going to turn on whether joe biden can make this more about donald trump than about himself. count me skeptical that joe biden is going to make himself popular in the next eight months. but we know that donald trump can really animate people, can really turn people out, and that desensitization that juanita was talking about is very real. we turn the other way when he does crazy things and it is the key challenge for democrats right now, can you elevate the crazy stuff, the chaos that comes with donald trump, and remind people how palpable that was january 6th, for example, can you make that emotional issue where people feel like they have to come out to save democracy? and if they can't do that,

donald trump is probably going to be president again. >> well, i don't think it is fair to present it as if trump is much more popular than president biden. they both are facing headwinds when it comes to that favorability and popularity with a lot of voters who don't feel good about either of these candidates right now. appreciate the conversation. thank you for joining us. alabama voters are among those who are heading to the polls today. and while former president trump is expected to dominate in the gop primary, there has been some last minute drama injected into down ballot and judges' races over the recent state supreme court ruling that caused mass confusion and uncertainty over ivf treatments. and since that's top of mind for voters, state lawmakers are also scrambling this morning to pass new legislation protecting ivf care. dasha burns joins us from a polling place in montgomery. how is this ivf controversy impacting voters?

>> reporter: there is so much going on in alabama right now, one of the races that people are casting their ballots on today is to replace that chief supreme court justice that ruled in this -- the alabama case, saying that embryos are children. he's the one that referenced the bible in his opinion, and that's one of the things that folks are voting on today. and so it is top of mind, but i will tell you, this is alabama, there is a reason why this case happened the way it happened in this state. this is the deep religious south and so as i'm talking to voters here, there is a split. there are a lot of folks who are in favor of what the state supreme court did here. and there are others that are in favor, but still want ivf to be protected and then others that are very unhappy with this decision. so, take a listen to just some of the conversations we had. >> i'm a catholic.

and so my views on ivf are not the same as probably the general population. i see all life as valuable. so, from embryonic state on, i see it as value and probably i see it as children. >> the supreme court got it wrong, though. >> reporter: you believe the supreme court, the embryo decision? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: why do you think they got it wrong? >> they said embryos are human. how in the world can you freeze humans? you can't freeze me. and have me come back. i'm a human. >> reporter: ana, there is a disconnect for a lot of voters, they believe life begins at conception, they think embryos are children, at the same time they'll say, yeah, but of course people should have access to ivf and aren't necessarily connecting the dots between those two. so the advocates pushing for whether it be legislation or constitutional amendment to enshrine access to ivt and other fertility treatments, they need

to try to make that connection and later today the state legislature will be trying to solve this issue through legislation, trying to protect clinics so they can reopen and start those procedures again, ana. >> okay, thanks for setting the scene there in alabama. we'll be watching there later today. up next on "ana cabrera reports," another u.s. air drop of humanitarian aid into gaza. we're in the region as efforts intensify to reach a cease-fire. . [dog whimpers] [thinking] why always the couch? does he need to go to puppy school? get his little puppy diploma? how much have i been spending on this little guy? when your questions about life turn into questions about money... there's erica. the virtual financial assistant to help you spend, save, and plan smarter. only from bank of america. i told myself i was ok with my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms.

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they have presented a counter proposal and it's up to the u.s. to pressure israel to agree to a cease-fire deal. let's get the latest from tel aviv. we have new reporting on the cease-fire negotiations. what can you tell us? >> reporter: ana, the cease-fire talks in cairo is looking stalled. israel is saying hamas needs to provide a list of the surviving hostages. as you just heard, hamas is saying israel needs to respond to a new counter proposal it just put forward, and it appears increasingly unlikely a deal will be in place in time for ramadan, that begins on sunday. this morning time is running out to get a cease-fire deal before the start of ramadan. >> we are in a window of time

right now where we can actually get a hostage deal done. >> the u.s. putting new and urgent pressure on israel and hamas. >> we need to get more aid in. we need to get the hostages out. >> as fear for the hostages grow, following a chilling new u.n. report that sounds like clear and convincing proof that some have been raped while in captivity. >> there are extreme and inhumane forms of torture and others. >> there's also evidence hamas committed rape during the october 7th attack, including three locations, one being the site of the festival. hamas would release 40 hostages, mainly women, in exchange for

400 israeli prisoners. this view from a jordanian aid shows the staggering devastation in gaza city after five months of israeli bombing. somewhere down below, a woman is praying for cease-fire as she feeds her children papbd cakes made out of barley, made for animals. she's doing what she can to spare her children the bitterness of war. the military here is drawing up plans for a new border crossing to get aid directly into northern gaza where that famine is starting to spread. they say that new crossing would be near the area attacked by hamas on october 7th. this coming under intense american pressure to get more aid in.

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california. what are they awaiting? >> reporter: they have dug out. we are technically in the second storm now, and if you go lower in elevation where i am in truckee, and places like south lake tahoe, they have dug out to where they can handle it, and there are 10 feet piles of snow and so a little dusting on top of that can cause a headache. this morning they are trying to dig out before new snow starts piling up again. >> our windows are buried on our house. >> reporter: it unleashed and dumped five to ten feet of snow across the region. >> it was full on.

very intense periods of whiteout conditions. >> reporter: i-80 finally reopening after disrupting traffic and commerce for days. >> it has been a real mess. >> if you live in it, you're used to it. if you are not, i would say don't come up here if you don't have to. >> reporter: because of heavy snow and winds that reached 190 miles per hour at the highest peaks, officials still urging caution on the roads. e take it slow, going 25, 30 miles per hour. >> reporter: the storm effectively ending the season's snow drought, bringing california's snowpack level up to 100% of snow. with conditions still sketchy up top and deep powder everywhere. >> today we will go east of the tree lines and hopefully avoid the avalanches.

>> reporter: it will turn into rain in southern california, and that means a lot of people will start coming here to enjoy the snow. the officials, though, do have a warning, which is watch out for avalanches. if you are coming here, you better know what you are doing. >> i guess the silver lining for those shovellers are the biceps they are developing. thank you for joining us. we will have special coverage of tonight's super tuesday results. you can catch our show online around the clark on youtube and other platforms. "josé diaz-balart reports" picks up our coverage right now. good morning. it's 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 8:00 a.m. pacific