iowa. griff: president biden spending the afternoon in delaware, after the first campaign speech, on the anniversary of the january 6th riots. he called trump a threat to democracy. and criticism grows of his handling over the southern border. lucas tomlinson is live from a chilly delaware with the latest. griff, president biden launched a broadside against former president trump, mentioning him 44 times in his first campaign address of this year, not too subtle message and invoking the memory of the january 6th capitol riot three years ago. trump is running as the denier in chief, the election denier in chief. once again, he s saying he won t honor the results of the election if he loses. trump says he doesn t understand. well, he still doesn t understand the basic truth, that is you can t love your
basically lay out how this should work in all the various states. you can t have different states handling this all across the board. it s going to be a really big mess if that continues down the way in 2024, as all of the states handle these issues, alex. okay, thank you so much, ryan riley, for that. former prosecutor msnbc legal analyst, charles comiskey, going to join me in just a few minutes to talk about the supreme court development, plus, the upcoming hearing about trump s immunity. meantime, on the third anniversary of the attack of the capital, donald trump is back in iowa today. he is seeking to maintain his significant lead against his republican rivals, who are also campaigning in iowa ahead of the caucus is just nine days away now. and president biden was also on the trail in pennsylvania, using the day to tie trump to the violence at the capitol. our team of nbc news reporters joining us from across the country, with today s developments. as i welcome you both, nbc s v
raised from the saudis, from the uae, from the persian gulf, basically, in exchange for what? well, we can guess. we ve become numb to this, to these numbers and to these violations of the way this country is supposed to work and the way the presidency is supposed to work. the constitution says presidents are supposed to behave a way, yet here we are. the entire republican party is going to ignore this and say it s no big deal and let s move on. what about hunter biden and his laptop? yeah, to the peril of the entire country. coming up in just one minute, president biden will mark tomorrow s third anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol in a campaign speech in pennsylvania
officer dunn, i ll start with you and just get your reflections on where we are three years on now. this day three years ago, you thought you had not routine, you had a big rally and a group of people there, but you never could have anticipated what was going to happen. your life is so different since then. what are you feeling as we approach this anniversary? good morning, willie. good morning, guys. good to see y all and good to be here with everybody. man, i never anticipated that my clear would take the turn that it has now and that i am in the space that i am now. i never thought i d be on a morning show with the title, former capitol police officer attached to it. but, you know, it s a little heartbreaking, a little bit. one, for selfish, personal reasons, but also for the direction that our country is headed in. i mean, who would have ever thought that, you know, like you said, we thought it was a normal protest that we d dealt with
right now, i m focused on myself and my family. i have been able to overcome a lot of the adversities that, you know, came about with the physical therapy and whatnot. you know, having that separation in time away from the capitol, not dealing with protecting the same people who are now saying that nothing happened on january 6th, allowed me to heal. one issue that i do have is with the new speaker of the house. you know, he claims to be on the side of law enforcement officers. he claims to be the party of the law and order. a couple weeks ago, he said, in the same sentence, we want transparency in blurring out the faces of the rioters, the same people who were hunting them