video campaign offering russians a secure way to safely share secrets about the war in ukraine. inside that strategy, next. and the critical meeting in the next 60 minutes between president biden and kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling. what we just learned from an influential member of congress. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments for us. let s start at the white house where against backdrop of a slightly nervous wall street, that high level, high stakes meeting is about to get underway with the full faith and credit of the u.s. at stake. monica alba joins us with more. so, monica, what is the white house saying ahead of this meeting? well, much like last week when we were in this exact position, chris, when the president had invited the top congressional leaders to come to the oval office for this meeting, remember that white house officials lowered expectations, saying there wouldn t be a major breakthrough as a result of this meeting. we ar
right now, our top story right here out of new york, alvin bragg is sweating even more than usual tonight. now, his pathetically weak case against former president trump has totally imploded. let s be very clear here, the case died this very week. it is very obvious, it is very clear, it s transparent, alvin bragg had every intention of indicting john all j trump this week, second day, grand jury proceedings canceled. telling reuters, it was former president donald trump that created false expectation of arrest. it was never actually going to happen according to bragg, it seems. really? after multiyear investigation, the formation of a grand jury, the da s meeting with law enforcement to create an impending arrest of a former president, and we re supposed to believe that somehow, donald trump created the false expectation of arrest. now the new york times, they reported, of course pulitzer prize reporting, they reported that criminal charges against trump were likely on mar
that you do have some congressional offices that have less security than the average office building i go to every day here in washington, d.c., but on the other hand, i never think that hardening the buildings is the best solution. it s lowering the rhetoric and having political discourse that isn t violent, over the top, and that doesn t treat human beings like they re your enemy. capitol police chief mentioned the problem of increased heat t rhetoric. it s a threat to safety. but if you re looking at risk assessment and how you prevent these things from happening. and we re going into 2024. no one will be surprised if the already political rhetoric escalates more. how does law enforcement deal with that? you re right. because this is quite the challenge because ironically, when you re talking about protective security, you re usually talking about high profile celebrities, actresses, rock stars who just by their
and everyone we aware, they are not going to stop, they are not going to stop before election day in november and not going to stop after election day. show me where it says protests are going to be light and peaceful. peaceful protests. destroying property which can be replaced is not violent. our country was started because this is how the boston tea party. rioting. so, don t do not get it twisted and think oh, this is something that has never happened before and this is so terrible and where are we and these savages and all that. this is how this country was started. i can t with folks that are saying, you need to stop this unrest. we need to stop violence as though charging someone a thousand dollars a month for insulin they need to survive isn t violent. sean: democrats, the mob,