we ll have more on where the investigation stands straight ahead. plus, tensions and threats heat up as talks stall and worries grow over a possible second russian invasion of ukraine. president biden and his administration telling cnn this morning that a written response to russian security demands could be presented as soon as today. the kremlin warned it will take what it calls an appropriate response if it deems the u.s. response not constructive. and if the west continues what russia describes even as it mounts forces on the border as an aggressive line. we begin this morning with the doj investigating the fake electoral college certifications. cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez sat down for an exclusive interview with deputy attorney general lisa monaco, an extraordinary interview. what did she tell you? well, bianna, one of the first things that we wanted to discuss obviously was the idea that the justice department is looking at the coop la we have be
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. here s what s happening just a minute past 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific. we have more breaking news related to that hostage standoff at a synagogue in texas. the fbi has released the identity. president biden is giving some new details after talking with attorney general merrick garland. and we are also hearing from the suspect s family. let s go to msnbc s sam brock. i think it was his brother that spoke, sam? reporter: that s correct, alex. the suspect s owner brother expressing heartache and also suggesting that mental health issues may have played a role here. now, there s been a lot of developments over the course of the afternoon, alex, including, as you said, the revealing of the identity of the suspect. that came from the fbi s dallas office here just within the last couple of hours. his name is malik faisal akram, 44 years old, a british
on trial this week, the american justice system. several key cases showing bias in and out of the courtroom. in georgia, a defense attorney asking to ban black pastors from praying with the arbury attorneys. we don t want any other black pastors, jesse jackson or whoever it was, sitting in here with the family. and then a judge making a joke about asian judge. and then saying they couldn t use the worth victims but could use rioters, looters or arsonists. all of this as the gop with such rhetoric its members are receiving unrest. and paul gosar showing a video appearing to kill alexandria ocasio cortez. there has been deafening silence from the gop. that s because president trump is setting the precedent listen to this recording. but the law is coming for trump and his associates showing how the justice sis system is meant to work. steve bannon is to turn himself in monday. if convicted, he could be jailed. mark meadows could be next as he failed to testify before t
thinking about is marriage equality, and you will remember same-sex marriage legalized in one case, and i will talk with jim obergefell. 1 million americans have now died from covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. we ll go back to the first epicenter of the virus. we start with the war in ukraine. matt bradley is on the ground in ukraine, and i want to bring in the pentagon correspondent, courtney kube, and former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. you have said the u.s. is providing sensitive information to the ukraines to help them fight, and that intelligence has led to the deaths of several russian generals, and what are we hearing from the national u.n. security council this morning? the national security council is honing in on the word intent here precipitation administration acknowledges they provide battlefield intelligence and have for sometime to the ukrainians, and that s about talking about movement of the troops and equipment around the battle
because the principle reason why the deficit is coming down, no longer handing out big checks to individuals as was done in the american rescue plan. nevertheless, talk about that and make a pitch for the economic agenda that stalled in congress to reduce prescription drug prices, for example, it could reduce the deficit if raised taxes by a sufficient amount to exceed the spending, part of the argument he s making to joe manchin who made inflation and deficit reduction a huge talking point, so some of these remarks seem a little bit tailored to joe manchin, but he s going to try to tout the good parts of the economy. he s taken a beating politically for the bad parts which, of course, are the inflation. the inflation is related, as you know, bianna, to the good parts. the hotter you run the economy, the more growth you have, the more revenues the government has, the lower the unemployment rate gets, but it s also, if you stimulate demand that exceeds the supply, you re going