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one within day, he got the nomination. he gets the nomination because of you. he wins the election because of you. two years later the fake news is up there saying will you run against the president? will you run? and he says, i have no comment. i say, that s not supposed to happen. i have no comment. no. so i m not i m not a big fan. joining us now, national political correspondent for politico meredith mcgraw. she was at the rally in texas and writes about it in her newest piece for politico. meredith, you were there. lucky you. what were some of your key takeaways from the rally? set the scene for us in terms of crowd size and enthuiasm and what were some of the key messages former trump tried to deliver? thousands of trump texas supporters lined up in the hot sun to get a glimpse of the
and saber rattling as well. it s unlikely he would use any of these weapons. one thing he talks about is an attack weapon is different than a strategic weapon. you think of the u.s. military s icbm. typically it has what they call a lower yield. now, putin likes to talk about his tactical nukes because russia has a lot more of them than the u.s. does. the u.s. believes that russia has about 2,000 tactical working warheads which is ten times more than the pentagon has. these can be delivered in a variety of ways in terms of missiles, torpedos, et cetera. it s something u.s. is concerned about putin using rather than stla teejic, but it s not something they believe russia is
and alabama. at least 26 people were killed in friday s storm. the ef-4 tornado had winds of over 166 miles per hour. as you can see, it flattened buildings, crushed vehicles, widespread devastation. president biden yesterday declared a federal emergency, freeing up funds to help with recovery and relief efforts. joining us now, nbc news white house correspondent allie raffa. good morning. detail us, if you will, please, what more the white house and the federal government is going to be able to do in terms of its response to the recovery efforts in alabama and particularly in storm-ravaged mississippi. yeah, jonathan. good morning. we saw over the weekend president biden issued this statement, calling the images coming out of mississippi absolutely heartbreaking. he said he and first lady jill biden are praying for these affected communities, especially as these communities face new storm threats today. we know that dhs secretary