Ippei Mizuhara’s lawyer Michael G. Freedman put out a statement tonight saying his client is trying to reach a deal with the government so he can take responsibility and that he apologies to Ohtani.

Haberman: Trump appeared to be asleep. His head would fall down… He didn’t pay attention to a note his lawyer passed him. His jaw kept falling on his chest and his mouth kept going slack.

EXCLUSIVE and BREAKING:

Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara is in negotiations to plead guilty in connection with the purported theft of Ohtani's money. Ohtani has been interviewed by the feds as part of the investigation.

w/Tim Arango

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New: NCAA men’s basketball championship (Purdue-UConn) draws smaller TV crowd than women’s final for first time ever.

Men’s final on Monday (primetime): 14.82 million viewers.

Wm’s final (Iowa-So. Carolina), Sunday (not in primetime): 18.87 million. hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/wom…

On with Nicolle Wallace in a minute

BREAKING: #Earthquake confirmed, felt in #NYC , New Jersey. Updated information coming in thread below.

On with Nicolle Wallace around 4

.Fred Guttenberg & I will be on MSNBC with Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House at 5:30pm ET today talking about our “Two Dads Defending Democracy” tour. How Fred and I learned how to respectfully disagree. Tune in. Thanks

Networks need to have experts on autocracy on contract (none do) to be reference points and 1) assess the unfolding democratic breakdown and 2) prepare Americans across the political spectrum for outcomes just as financial and legal experts do in their fields.

New — GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Trump and her party on Inside Politics Sunday

“I wish that as Republicans, we had a nominee I could get behind. I certainly can’t get behind Donald Trump.”

Asked if she would become an independent, Murkowski said: “Oh, I think I’m very…

Testimony from Trump's valet to the Jan. 6 Committee has just been released:

The threat from Trump to Mike Pence was clear and direct: If you defy my effort to overturn the 2020 election by certifying the results, your future in Republican politics is over.

'Mike, this is a…

Watching MAGA buy the Russian line that it was Ukraine and not ISIS….

This movement hates America.

Liam Neeson and Glenn Close Perform Chilling Readings of the Trump Indictments, to Save You the Effort people.com/liam-neeson-gl… via People

Awww shucks now, who do you think gets to sit in the chair for Nicolle Wallace tonight on Deadline White House? Lucky me! Please join in the conversation MSNBC 4pm east!

So great to see uncle Karl Schwartz getting recognition for his hard work, determination and legal skills.

cnn.com/2024/03/18/pol…

An alternative version of history is being written right in front of our eyes. Take it seriously

To use this language about the EU, a voluntary alliance that Hungary can leave at any time, at a moment when a real dictatorship has invaded a European country and is murdering its people is the height of hypocrisy

Trump’s former Chief of Staff John Kelly told me a second term would be “fundamentally a catastrophe” for the country. His former National Security Advisor John Bolton told me Trump doesn’t have “enough of a brain” to have an articulated China policy. Fmr VP Pence is not alone.

Sen. Lankford appears to mouth “it’s true” as Biden goes over what was in the bipartisan border bill

Technical difficulties - we will be right back folks - don’t go anywhere !