. look, i have no intention of meeting with him, but if he came to me at the g20 and said i want to talk about the release of griner, i would meet with him, probably. it depends. he s acted brutally, he s committed war crimes. i don t see any rational to meet with him. good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m brianna keilar here with john berman. president biden is also sending the russian leader a chilling warning. follow through with your threat to use a tactical nuclear weapon against ukraine and it could end in armageddon. biden said that putin totally miscalculated by invading ukraine but he believes the russian president is a rational actor. jake tapper asked president biden what a u.s. response might look like if putin deploys a nuclear arsenal. there have been discussions on that, but i m not going to get into that. it would be irresponsible for me to talk about what we would or wouldn t do. have you asked the pentagon to game it out just
greater likelihood the house flips than the senate. he blames candidate quality. but who s to blame for that? we re going to look at the key races where warning signs are flashing for the gop. plus, when americans think of the irs, accountants come to mind, but some republicans are now portraying the agency as an armed strike force. the potentially dangerous implications of the party s escalating rhetoric. we re going to start, though, with that affidavit and the doj s investigation. joining me right now, nbc news correspondent sam brock in west palm beach, florida. nbc s julia ainsley in washington. also with me is kyle cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for politico, and harry litman, former u.s. attorney and host of the talking feds podcast. thank you all for being with me. sam, first, we want to go to you. the government has until thursday to submit the redactions it wants to this affidavit. what will this process look like and what else did the judge say? re
members of congress were arrested at an abortion protest for blocking traffic. they were warned three times to move, including you alexandria ocasio cortez who you see getting arrested by capitol police. and here is what member ilhan omar taking the same position. both have their hands behind their back acting like they were handcuffed, but the handcuffs were invisible. you can see for yourselves, they were holding their hands behind their back seemingly to appear they were handcuffed for a photo op. thanks to the media, they got their wish. abc and nbc, of course, plastering their pictures all over with their hands behind their back. let s pull up the slo-mo video of aoc, julie, this is amazing. i have watched this a few times. i really like the one where they have braveheart and lift up her fist. freedom, like from the movie braveheart, you see the hair top. then you see dutifully resume the position of handcuffs and then a free frame of her smiling at the camera because
to his home to seize a handwritten welcome letter from barack obama, which turns m out to be a state secret possession of which is aic serious felony. after you do all of thatu woul and they have, you wouldn t think there d be a lot left toink they accuse the guy of. you think they d have run out of sins. . but no, it turns out there sth one left and it s the big the crime of all crimes an offense. so diaboli dk so morallyy repu repugnant, so contrary to the laws of god in nature thatpc once revealed to the public, donald trumpmp i is done foreven he will never again darken. the door of american democracy. he will slink back in shame to e his lair off the fifty to. prepare for his well-deserved punishment. you won t sesee begin until sentencing. that s how bad this is .p do, ls what, ladies and gentlemen, did donald trump do? we can now tell you donald trump created the covid vaccine . he did that himself and on purpose with malice aforethought. the vaccine is donald trump s
top of a brand-new hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. i m alisyn camerota. the house committee investigating the january 6th attack is questioning donald trump s former cabinet members. sources tell cnn the committee has a particular interest in conversations that trump officials may have had about re removing him from office in the aftermath of the capitol siege. a source says the committee is speaking with former chief of staff nick mulvaney this afternoon. it s possible they could speak with mike pompeo as soon as next week. pompeo talked about his interaction with the committee this morning on fox. we ve had discussions with them about potentially appearing before them, trying to make sure we understand what it is they re asking for. as i always did when i was in service to america, i m happy to cooperate with things that are fair and transparent and deliver good outcomes for the american people. i ll always do that. today you re a no. you mean i m te