The National Park Service predicted Thursday that D.C.'s cherry blossoms will reach peak bloom from March 23 to March 26.

Peak bloom is defined as the point when 70 percent of the blossoms along the Tidal Basin have flowered. wapo.st/48z51px

When I say I loved being a part of First Read, it's not even the half of it. Big cheers to everyone in its more than 20-year run, but especially some of my NBC favorites who gave me my shot: Ben Kamisar, Mark Murray, Carrie Dann and Chuck Todd nbcnews.com/meet-the-press…

Democrat Tom Suozzi will win the special election for former Rep. George Santos' seat in New York's 3rd district, CNN projects. It's a huge win for Democrats, who have further narrowed the GOP's razor-thin House majority. cnn.com/2024/02/13/pol…

.Nikki Haley said this week Trump was not qualified to be president but when Dana Bash asked if she was 'rethinking' her pledge to support Trump if he's the nominee, she wouldn't say yes or no. Haley said: 'He owes a lot of military families an explanation.'

When Nikki Haley was asked by Dana Bash if Joe Biden should 'resign now' and 'Kamala Harris should be president, she said, 'I do agree with that ... I am not excited about Kamala Harris being president' but 'we have to look at this from a national security perspective.'

TOMORROW: Anderson Cooper and @JakeTapper lead  “CNN Special Election Night” coverage of New York’s 3rd congressional district’s special election to replace George Santos at 8pET. Follow on CNN, CNN Max and CNN.com. More: cnn.it/3SUI0IX

My millennial heart is so happy from that halftime show

Nikki Haley saying she is NOT going to drop out. “I have news for all of them… New Hampshire is first in the nation. It is not the last in the nation. This race is far from over. There are dozens of states to go. The next one is my sweet state of South Carolina.”

Former Vice President Mike Pence just suspended his campaign for president here on stage at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas.

Ido Dan joined me on Inside Politics last week to talk about 5 missing members of his family. Today, they were told two of them were found. Murdered by Hamas. 80 year old Carmella and 16 year old Noya. Our heartbreaking, important conversation here: ⁦⁦ video.snapstream.net/Play/1veODKWgs…

“We must be crystal clear: we stand with Israel,” President Biden says. “We will make sure Israel has what it needs. There is no justification for terrorism. Hamas doesn’t stand for the Palestinian people’s right to dignity…they use Palestinian civilians as human shields.”

President Biden confirms what the Israeli ambassador to the UN said last night — Americans are among those being held hostage in Gaza.

“We stand with Israel. We stand with Israel,” repeats President Biden from the WH adding, “When Congress returns we’re going to ask them to take urgent action…this is not about party or politics.”

Shmuel Hugi knows of at least 5 people from his hometown who have been killed since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel. And he is not alone. He tells his story on Inside Politics.

White House readout of POTUS call with Netanyahu today says 'The President also conveyed that additional assistance for the Israeli Defense Forces is now on its way to Israel with more to follow over the coming days.'

.Dana Bash remembers a date that will echo for eternity: October 7, 2023.

'May the One who brings peace to the universe bring peace to us.'

Biden told Netanyahu today that “additional assistance for the Israeli Defense Forces is now on its way to Israel with more to follow over the coming days.”

President Joe Biden addressed the situation in Israel Saturday, saying, 'The United States stands with Israel.' cnn.it/3rAiH4m

Has there been turmoil at the top of the House before? Yes. But, here's a little context - with David Chalian on Inside Politics

The US job market zoomed higher in September, adding 336,000 positions — far more than anyone expected for the second consecutive month cnn.it/3ZIFBD4