it is good to be back with you for this second hour of "chris jansing reports." at this hour, inside donald trump's latest attempt to get the georgia election interference case thrown out. but will the judge buy it? we're live outside the fulton county courthouse. more fallout for former members of trump's inner circle.

john eastman and jeffrey clark trying to save their law licenses right now. the painful, heartbreaking grief for four families waiting for answers about their loved ones who are presumed dead in that horrific baltimore bridge collapse. the challenging recovery effort underway. and the new $2 million ad buy from tiktok, how the wildly popular app is fighting back against a possible u.s. ban. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin in atlanta with donald trump's latest bid to get the election interference case thrown out. nbc's blayne alexander is there. what happened today, blayne? >> reporter: well, chris, what we saw today in the fulton county courtroom is what we have seen play out many times over the course of this, between either the former president or his many codefendants in trying to get this indictment thrown out. basically today, steve sadow arguing that everything alleged

in the indictment fell under first amendment protection, that it was nothing more than political speech. the state pushed back on that, of course, basically saying that all of those allegations contribute to the overall charge of a criminal enterprise. take a look at what happened today in court. >> when you look at the allegations against president trump, all of the allegations, all of the allegations involved expressive conduct or speech. we have false statements alleged in overt acts, and, again, all of which are political core value, political discourse. >> what we have heard here today is an attempt to rewrite the indictment, to take out the parts that are inconvenient and say it's all speech, all talking, and he was just a guy asking questions and not someone who was part of an over arching criminal conspiracy trying to overturn election results for an

election he did not win. >> reporter: to underscore what we saw in court today was fairly routine. we saw defense attorneys doing what they do, trying to get the charges dismissed, we have seen it before and will likely see it again. what it represents and what's significant about it is this is the first time the georgia trial is back on track after the long extensive 2 1/2 or so month campaign and push to get fani willis pulled off the trial. this is the first time we're having a hearing that deals with the charges against the former president, and kind of get us back on that time line that we have been focused on all along. chris. >> blayne alexander, thank you. now to the two lawyers who helped trump spread lice about the 2020 election now fighting to save their law licenses. msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin joins me now. john eastman and jeffrey clark are facing disbarment, what's going on. >> they're in different places. let's start with john eastman who over the summer and this fall was part of a 34-day long

trial started by the state bar of california with respect to his ability to maintain his law license. after that 34-day trial and post trial submissions, judge yvette roland released a 128-page opinion in which she not only strongly recommended that john eastman lose his law license but also recommended other remedies against him including a $10,000 fine. why? because john eastman, she found, was nonapologetic about his role here, that he had accepted no responsibility and was not contrite in the least. john eastman has an opportunity to appeal these findings all the way to the california supreme court. in the meantime, chris, he will be placed on what is called the inactive rolls of the california state bar, and that will prevent him from practicing law in the interim. with respect to jeffrey clark, the former department of justice official who almost became attorney general but for the strong wills of a number of

officials. he is in the middle of his own disbarment trial in the district of columbia. earlier today we heard witness testimony from an expert hired on his behalf who said mr. clark might be confused about who his client is. his client was not the former president of the united states but rather the department of justice and the executive office of the president itself meaning his loyalty was not owed to donald trump as a person but to the institutions. it remains to be seen what will happen to jeffrey clark in those proceedings. the ntsb reveals details about what went wrong with the dali cargo ship before it crashed into the francis scott key bridge. jay gray is in baltimore for us. what new have we learned? >> reporter: well, they've pulled the voyage data recorder and are getting snapshots of what was going on before and during the time that ship

slammed into the francis scott key bridge and it crumbled into the waters below. we know that alarms were going off at the time. they've also pulled audio recordings, which they are working to analyze and clear up the muddled sound on that. the ship lost power and propulsion just minutes before the accident, and we had heard that. now we know that investigators are spending a lot of time, i'm told, inside the engine room on the ship right now. they are back on the ship for a second day. they want to figure out how that loss of power, how that loss of propulsion happened, and why black smoke was billowing from the stack of the ship just before impact. we also know that they continue to interview the crew on board, 21 crew members, most from india. they are still living on the ship, by the way, and they are cooperating fully with this investigation. they will continue that work gathering what they call perishable evidence, everything they can before turning that

scene over to salvage teams, and we now know that the navy, as well as the coast guard will lead the salvage effort here. in fact, right now, navy ships carrying lifts, as well as cranes are on route to be here at the location and be ready to move in and start to clear away some of this debris as soon as possible. of course that's vital, chris, because as we've talked about over the last several days, this is the 11th busiest port in the nation, and they need to get at least one channel moving in and out to get things back and operational. >> jay gray, thank you. now to tiktok and major new ad buy, as the senate weighs the future of that wildly popular app. nbc's christine romans is back with us now. what exactly is the ad's message? >> yeah, $2.1 million ad buy targeting important swing states where you have democratic incumbents who are in a tough

fight and media markets like massachusetts and new york. the message here is pretty clear that tiktok is a job creator. these are small business owners, and it's kind of a warning for senators. listen. >> there is no doubt that i would not have found the success that i have today without tiktok. tiktok has made me a better teacher. it's helped me to connect with people far beyond my classroom. >> think about the 5 million small business owners that rely on tiktok to provide for their families. >> the village is always there of the moms on tiktok. >> to see that disappear would be so sad. >> it's going to affect people's livelihoods. >> we have to make enough noise so they don't take away our voice. >> now, a reminder, what that house bill passed would do, it wouldn't effectively outright ban tiktok, it would force bytedance to sell it, to divest it to a different buyer not affiliated with the chinese government. there's a distinction there. what they're trying to tell the

senators is, look, americans like tiktok, millions of them use it, and some people make their livelihood on it. i have been talking to a few influencers, finance influencers who told me their business, if tiktok were to be banned, which of course is not exactly what's on the table. if it were to be banned, 30% of their revenue would be gone. that's how important this vehicle, this social media vehicle is for small business owners. an interesting, interesting ad push that started yesterday that will continue into the month of april, chris. >> christine romans, thank you. coming up in 60 seconds, the historic fundraising push featuring three presidents, happening at radio city music hall. how much it's expected to bring in for president joe biden, and what exactly is going to happen there. d what exactly is going to happen there. then add the whoa! of listerine to your routine. new science shows listerine is 5x more effective than floss at reducing plaque above the gumline. for a cleaner, healthier mouth.

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tonight, tonight is something the likes of which we have never seen. president joe biden and former president obama arrived in new york city this afternoon to be joined by another former, former president bill clinton for the most lucrative campaign fundraiser ever, along with a lineup of movie, music and tv stars who rally the democratic base and grow biden's sizable cash advantage over former president trump. the cheapest ticket is 250 bucks. those willing to shell out six figures can have annie leibowitz snap their photo with the three presidents. as play book describes it, this is biden's new york city money bomb. joins us now robert gibbs, former white house press secretary under president obama and msnbc political analyst.

nbc's mike memoli is reporting from outside music city, and -- adrian el -- adrienne elrod, what's the plan? >> stephen colbert is monitoring the conversation, we have lizzo to cynthia arizo. it's important to take a step back and look at the fact from high dollar fundraisers, to low dollar donors, this event is raising a ton of money from every corner of the democratic party. >> for 25 bucks, you can't be there, but you can be online. >> you can watch it virtually no matter where you are in the world, you can watch this for $25. that's going to be really exciting. it also just shows the fact that there's enthusiasm and

excitement in the democratic party for president biden, vice president harris. rupert gifford, the campaign cochair, michael platt, there are incredible people on the team working hard to make this event good. you have to look at the historic nature of this and the fact that every democratic president who's living has endorsed president biden, how many republican presidents have endorsed trump, it's a different ball game, and major leaders in the party, it shows the unity, excitement, and enthusiasm we have for the democratic ticket. >> we saw the picture of the guys arriving early. is clinton there as well, and what's going on in there right now? >> reporter: this is so interesting. you have been on this beat. you know that typically a presidential fundraiser, there are no video cameras, no still cameras, a small group of reporters. given the interest, the excitement around the event, you would think there are going to be cameras inside showing what's

going on. tonight, some still cameras, but i bet you're going to be seeing a lot from the biden campaign. what is happening right now, the former presidents joining president biden, spending a lot of time not just preparing for tonight's event but recording other content, a podcast, a number of videos you will see roll out in the campaign. this speaks to the strategy to use every leverage, including the star power of three presidents to reach voters where they are. we would like to have the access ourselves as news reporters to be able to show this event live tonight but the campaign feels that people who are going to decide this election are not necessarily political junkies watching us right now, frankly. they are using new media, tools trying to reach voters where they are. they want to maximize this moment. i'm told as part of the planning for the event, the clinton, biden, having regular calls and discussions. the theme, really is how to look back. obviously these men want to talk

about their work together, what they have done for the american people in the past, also what president biden is going to do in the future and just the significant stakes of this election, a big night in store. >> adrienne, give us inside information that's not out there yet. are we going to be seeing stuff that's maybe taped as we speak that goes all the way to november? how are you going to use the time that you have with these three men together? >> i think that's the importance of having this grass roots component that the campaign put together. anybody who wants to participate in the country throughout the world, for $25, if you are a u.s. citizen. >> are you taping conversations that are going to end up in ads? are you taping things that are going to end up on the web site? how much content are you going to get out of tonight? >> i don't want to speak on behalf of the campaign. i'm not on the campaign, and i think the grass roots enthusiasm, the buzz coming out of this. the fact that there's obviously going to be a lot of media

attention that comes out of this too. this is the first time that president biden, along with his predecessors have been together in a room having a conversation. there's going to be a lot of talk about that. of course, chris, this is the end of the first quarter, an important quarter for the biden campaign, and important to know that the event is going to raise $25 million. president biden is clearly going to have another historic fundraising quarter. he has out raised president trump every quarter so far, and this tonight is surely going to put him over the top in terms of having another strong quarter against president trump. so robert, leon panetta who served under clinton and obama, as you know, told the ap, there's everything to be gained by joe biden standing next to bill clinton and barack obama, because that picture is worth is a hell of a lot in politics, besides the $25 million, dhs a -- which is a heck of a lot, how does the campaign take this

and turn it into messaging that resonates across the country, beyond big donors. >> it sounds like they're going to take big advantage of it. i'm reminded of the 2012 democratic national convention, when bill clinton got up to speak on behalf of what president obama, vice president biden and the administration had accomplished in moving the country out of the economic downturn and getting us back on track to move forward. and what was so powerful about that, one, is bill clinton, as you remember, an amazing communicator, he was able to say things about president obama and vice president biden that quite frankly don't sound as good coming from one of them, instead of i did, i did, you have this great revered messenger talking about what they did, and what the impact was. and that really was a big moment in the campaign. it crystallized what had been done and i think tonight what you're going to see, and it sounds like content we'll

probably see through election day, two really good communicators, bill clinton and barack obama both talking about what joe biden has been able to do, lifting up and out what he's accomplished in a way that really starts to drive it in for people. i know it sounds subtle, but boy, i remember distinctly in 2012 what a big moment that was at the convention. you're going to get to see a lot of that now for many many months. >> tell us a little bit the vibe. you've got three men who have held the most powerful job in the world. you don't get there without a pretty big ego or a big sense of competitiveness. they are famous for how competitive they are. generally and with each other. but the three of them really do have a kind of relationship that none of us will ever know or understand, but what's going to be the vibe on that stage? >> well, i'd pay $25 to watch them all on one minute why they

were the best president, but leaving that aside, i think, one, i think there are a lot of great story tellings. again, you've got a collection of people that have accomplished an amazing amount in the time that they've served. i think they're going to have a lot of fun. i think they're going to give each other -- they're going to rib each other a little bit, i have no doubt, but i think what you'll see really come through, because so few people in our country's history have occupied this office. there's a tremendous respect and reverence for each has accomplished over their time in office and really, again, to underscore and put into plain language what joe biden has been able to do over the past four years. i think it's going to be a really terrific and special moment for the campaign and for the country to see. >> i want to ask you finally and quickly, if i can, adrienne, because you have worked with this when hillary clinton was running for president about the

role of the other folks there, even though we have three celebrities, lea michele, ben platt, what role do celebrities play when you're talking about supporting a candidate, being there for the candidate. >> they validate the candidate to a different audience, broaden the base of support that you have, and look, let's be honest, as much as i love msnbc, a lot of americans are not tuned in every single day to what's happening in the news. >> i'm shocked and dismayed, but okay. >> disappointing, right, but they're able to use their social media platforms, their voice to bring in a new audience, to validate the candidate with their own fan base, and this is just the beginning. i think you're going to see a lot from the biden harris campaign, the convention coming up. so many exciting things. you're going to see surrogates supporting the president, telling in their own words why they want to make sure the biden

harris ticket are elected. >> appreciate that, robert gibbs, mike memoli, as well. much appreciated. presidents biden and obama are offering condolences today after the death of former senator and vice presidential candidate joe lieberman, biden calling him a good man, and obama saluting lieberman's extraordinary career in public service, including four decades spent fighting for the people of connecticut. lieberman was probably best known for the 2000 presidential election when he shared the ticket with al gore who remembered his running mate as a force to be reckoned with. joe lieberman died at the age of 82 after suffering complications from a fall. his family wrote his love of god, family and america endured throughout his life of service in the public interest. funeral services will be held tomorrow in his hometown of stanford, connecticut, as someone who covered that 2000 campaign, a class act and a really fine man.

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john juan marchan's ruling, it says nothing about the judge himself or his family an opening that trump was quick to exploit, writing that the judge is suffering from an acute case of trump derangement syndrome, then attacking his daughter claiming that she posted a picture of him behind bars, which makes it impossible for him to get a fair trial. but here's the truth. the court says the anti-trump post was not hers. let's bring in nbc's vaughn hillyard who is covering the trump campaign. joining me here. danny cevallos, a criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst. vaughn, give us some background on the post that trump claims was made by the judge's daughter. >> reporter: right, chris, this goes back to a year ago when donald trump was first indicted in the state of new york, the days leading up to the indictment when he went on the attack against judge merchan as well as his wife and daughter. you noted that post there,

suggesting that his daughter not only wanted to get trump in his words, she did at one point work for a progressive marketing agency. but he also posted a photo that contended that she had posted a photo of him behind bars. a spokesperson said this was in the her account, that she had deleted it more than a year ago and that apparently somebody recreated the account using a different e-mail address to make it appear as if it was still judge merchan's daughter. that is moment here, that loophole that you mentioned that donald trump is not able to go on the attack against witnesses or any of the prosecutors or their family members, but the clear loophole was judge merchan who's overseeing the pending criminal trial, as well as his family, and donald trump is going to, quite apparently based on the posts over the last 24 hours, use that loophole to attack the very individual who's going to be overseeing this case. >> danny, regardless of the

specifics of the gag order, can the judge really let donald trump go after his daughter? >> i don't think this was necessarily an accidental omission by the judge in this case. he may have looked at this as, look, gag orders are controversial, they're going to be challenged. maybe i'll seek to protect those who need protection, jurors, witnesses, those folks, and i'll offer myself up as somebody who can be criticized, at the judge. and i would also that in -- >> remember when kids of prominent people were off limits? >> oh, i agree. but on the other hand, consider this, if it were true, and it wasn't true, but if it were true that a relative of a judge in a high profile case was posting a picture of say my client behind bars, that might be an issue to raise with the court but the important thing is the way to do that is you pick up your phone as a client, you call your attorney and say, hey, here's what i found, send it over. maybe you file a motion with the court and have a hearing on the

issue. taking to social media and attacking the judge or the judge's family member is not the way to go about it. unless your mission is something other than your criminal case. unless your mission is sending a message to your followers on that social media platform. this might have been a legitimate concern to raise. this was not the right way to do it. >> so the hush money trial is set to begin on april 15th. trump's lawyers want it postponed for a couple of reasons. one, because they want to wait for the supreme court to hear his claims of presidential immunity on april 25th. also, they argue that prejudicial media coverage makes it impossible to find an impartial jury anytime soon. any merit to either of these? >> let's start with immunity. we don't know yet. all the courts that have considered it are an indicator, the answer appears to be no, but we really don't know because we have never been in the situation

before. second, the issue of having appellate courts hear the issue before it goes to trial. generally speaking you don't get to halt the proceedings and go up on appeal in an issue you lose as defendant. every criminal defendant would be on appeals and would never go to trial. so in this case, you know, delay, yeah, this is going to happen. these are complex cases, the most significant criminal cases in american history, it's not a surprise there's going to be delay. this new york case is going to trial much faster than anyone expected. i don't know about you, but it snuck up on me. we were focusing on the federal cases, here comes the new york case. it looks like it's finally going to trial in april. >> what about the prejudiceal media coverage argument. >> this is an argument that goes back decades to the case that was the inspiration for the tv show and the movie the fugitive. it was the idea that in very rare instances, pretrial

publicity can affect the right to a fair trial. it's exceedingly rare, and there are other remedies for that. you can transfer venue. it's rarely going to prevent somebody from being tried. after all, if that were the case, an extra high profile defendant could simply say i'll never get a fair trial and therefore i'm immune effectively from criminal prosecution, and that's not going to work thchlt --. they're going to go to trial. you can't stop it for that reason alone. >> danny cevallos and vaughn hillyard, and "fugitive" is a great movie. makes me want to watch it again. thanks, guys, appreciate it. we have an update after the deadly stabbing spree in illinois. what we know about the suspect behind the attack, and how the community is helping each other through the tragedy. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. you're wg reports" only on msnbc eque wing. this bottle says i need to pretreat. that stuff has way more water.

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the political challenges just got worse for embattled senator bob menendez, brought on by his democratic colleagues in new jersey. nbc news has exclusive new reporting that new jersey congresswoman miie sherrill will announce legislation to strip menendez of security clearance. the bill prevents officials charged with certain crimes to receive classified information, crimes like acting as a foreign agent, one of the many charges

against menendez. julie tsirkin broke that story. she's here with me now. this could also have implications for former president trump. tell us about it. >> you know those classified documents that the former president was indicted for retaining unlawfully, he's about to receive more classified briefings, getting that information again as has been tradition since 1972. the intelligence committee indicated they're not going to stop that now. this bill targets not only menendez, it's a dig because it's his colleague introducing it, but also targets the former president in that way. there's a couple of things that the bill touches in its legislation that would affect people charged with certain crimes like acting as a foreign agent. menendez did that. it charges people or covers people charged with keeping and retaining classified documents, and it also covers people who have obstructed justice. you see that in the cases of menendez and the former president.

is this something that's going to pass the house? speaker mike johnson there, probably not. this touches trump, too, and he has a lot of allies there. at the same time, this is just an escalation by democrats, colleagues of menendez, seeing him saying he's going to presumably run if he's cleared of the charges in may. mikie sherrill compared menendez to trump-like behavior. all of these things in their minds are connected. she said somebody like the former president on the ballot, you don't want a democrat trying to model that behavior. they want a fresh start in new jersey, and of course andy kim is the front runner among democrats. we'll see what happens with this bill. we know senator fedderman of pennsylvania tried something this, and the democrat senate controlled by chuck schumer didn't go anywhere. >> julie tsirkin good to have you in new york instead of d.c. it's good to see you, thanks. well, women, right here in

new york city are sounding the alarm on a string of attacks. they are posted online about being punched in the face in broad daylight. nbc's stephanie gosk is here for us. what do you have? >> what's striking about these stories is how similar they are. in the last month, multiple young women in new york city have described being hit in the head in the middle of the day, just walking down the street. some falling and even suffering from concussions. the stories are harrowing. >> i was literally just walking and a man came up and punched me in the face. oh, my god. it hurt so fast. >> college student mikaela says she was leaving class in manhattan. >> so i just got punched in the face walking home. >> he hit me right on my cheekbone. this doesn't hurt as bad as the concussion does. >> reporter: she says she didn't see it coming. you've got visible signs, you have the black eye, but mikaela, emotionally, how are you feeling? >> no, it's been really really hard. i think it hits me in waves. a lot of crying because it was really really scary.

>> reporter: the nypd confirms it is looking into at least four similar cases like the one shared on social media. in one of them, a 40-year-old man has been arrested and charged with assault. >> i was punched in the head in new york city in times square. >> reporter: the police have not linked the cases to the videos. in recent days, dozens of accounts of alleged assaults have popped up online. nbc news has not been able to verify all the videos. the troubling stories surfacing at the same time there's been a rash of violent crimes on the city's busy subways. in response, the national guard has been brought in to search bags. and 1,000 additional nypd officers are now riding the trains too. but the mayor pushing back on the idea that crime is rampant in this city. and expressing concerns that social media is stoking fears. >> i know a city out of control because i visit some of them in this country. this is not one of them. >> reporter: 77% of americans

believe crime is on the rise, according to a gallup poll. misdemeanor assault is up 10% from this time last year in new york city. in most places, the fbi says violent crime is down. >> i'm really scared to go back to school. i've just been delaying it as long as possible, but i'll have to go back eventually. >> reporter: mikaela says one reason she's sharing her story, she wants women to be more aware of their surroundings, and prevent women from getting hurt like this. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. moments ago, we mistakenly showed artist richard cera on an article about bob menendez. rockford, illinois, the community shell shocked after four people were killed and several more injured when a man went on a stabbing rampage yesterday, leaving blood and bodies strewn across what residents say is normally a peaceful neighborhood street.

nbc's shaquille brewster is reporting from chicago for us. i know the city, shaq, started providing free counseling this morning. how is this community coping? >> reporter: you get the sense that this community is heartbroken by what they are going through. the mayor was particularly emotional during the latest press conference. he even said that the city has been providing grief counselors, and they had to call in additional support because of the need in that community. and as we learn the details of exactly what happened as investigators have been going through the entire attack, you get a sense of how horrifying it was. they said began 24 hours ago, and happened across five different locations. you're seeing some of those locations there on that screen, now including inside several homes. the suspect in all is accused of fatally stabbing two adults, of beating a woman to death with a bat and running over a mailman and was only arrested after police say a good samaritan stopped another woman from being attacked, essentially was

wrestling with that 22 year old suspect who you see on the screen. we learned the names of the four who were killed, starting with 63-year-old romona shoeback, the police suggested that the suspect knew or had some sort of relationship with jacob. and then 49-year-old jay larson who was a 25-year veteran, postal worker and letter carrier. then there was a 15-year-old girl, jenna newcomb. listen to what the mayors and other officials said about jenna's death. >> jenna's mom wants the community to know that jenna died saving her sister and her friend. and protecting them from further harm. it's pretty difficult to know

where to begin to describe what's taking place. our community has experienced such unthinkable tragedies. the trauma of the magnitude impacts all of us. >> reporter: you hear the emotion in his voice. there are also several other injured, including one person in critical condition who's intubated in the hospital. we expect to see the suspect in court. he should be in court as we speak. he's facing several counts, including four counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of home invasion, chris. >> shaquille brewster, thank you. coming up, what should be a day of celebration in baltimore for baseball's opening day, but it of course is happening alongside mourning for that community. our reporter is inside orioles stadium. but first, a major break for one of cincinnati reds stars ahead of their season today

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