schiffer here in a rural county of clinton, will eric listen, county and exchanged gunfire with troopers as he got out of his car. that led to an hours long standoff in a cornfield, trooper says he did try to negotiate, and try to capture him with less than lethal force. in the end they shot him, and pronounced that at the scene. early today there was speculation and fear that this attack may have been motivated by the dangerous far-right response to the fbi s search of former president donald trump s personal residence at mar-a-lago. and tonight, there are new indications that that may in fact be the case. nbc news has confirmed that ricky shiffer was at the capitol riot on january 6th, but it was his actions in recent days that are most unsettling. the day after the raid on mar-a-lago, he took to trump s social media network, the truth social it s called and he posted a tiring calling for violence. i m not gonna repeat the whole thing here but cause a doesn t deserve to be amplified,
their very being. and i think when politics becomes total war, we all lose. jon meacham, as always, thank you for walking us through the stakes for taking the time, that is all in on this thursday night. msnbc prime starts right now with ali velshi. in on this thursday night. msnbc prime begins right now with ali velshi. good evening. what a busy and interesting evening, thank you for your great reporting on. this we ll see you tomorrow night. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we literally have a metric ton of news to get to tonight. you ve been hearing some of it, including the latest on aattack that took place at an fbi field office in cincinnati, ohio. an attack that comes as conservative politicians continue to vilify the fbi over its search of donald trump s home. law enforcement sources say the man identified in that incident posted online about his desire to kill fbi agents, shortly after the search at mar-a-lago. we re also learning tonight that he was at t
another installment in the crazy stuff that happens in america. good to see you, my friend. thank you for being here. former federal prosecutor barbara mcquade. one other important piece of news reporting the story we can report tonight. nbc news confirms that someone familiar with the documents stored at mar-a-lago tipped off investigators in june to the fact that there may have been more classified documents at the club which led to monday s execution of a sent. separately, nbc news has identified the man that attacked an fbi field office in cincinnati, ohio today, at the capitol riot on january 6th and posted alarming things about the fbi raid of mar-a-lago online. that story next. away suitcases are designed with 360-degree spinner wheels. so you can go with the flow.
the fbi is completely out of control. it s a number of, you know, different field offices that are their own fiefdoms. god knows what they re up to, particularly the washington, d.c. office which has carried this current raid. 100 fbi agents raiding the home of the former president, potential future presidential candidate, it s incredible as you had people say. it is unprecedented. it s frightening, because the fbi is supposed to be doing something about crime and terrorism. yet their biggest ever investigation has been into the capitol riot on january 6th, which was bad, but in the context of things that are wrong in this country it is really not the worst thing to be looking at. yet, it seems that nancy pelosi, adam schiff, chuck schumer,
capitol insurrection in any way. this brand-new poll was taken entirely after the committee wrapped that primetime hearing last thursday, this summer series of hearings and the answer to your question is not much has changed. a little bit at the margins. we asked, do you see that the capitol riot on january 6th represents a crisis, a major problem, a minor problem, or not a problem at all? we asked that in january and february, jake. you see very little movement here. 27% now say it s a crisis. 42% call it a major problem. a little uptick from january. minor problem, 19%, about the same. not a problem at all, 13%. and then look over time, over the trend here by party. okay. these are people that call it a crisis or a major problem. 96% of democrats say so. back in january, that was 91%. little uptick. independents, you see a slight uptick from 63% in january, now 71% of independents call the attack major problem or a crisis. but look at this, jake.