after secretaries of state trying to intimidate them around things like voting so i think the scenarios are numerous. i think they are unlikely, but it would be hard to predict where in the country something might happen. obviously been an online component to this, and facebook and twitter seem to have cracked down a little bit on hate speech, so with that in mind where are you seeing these online extremists moving to? it s weird, jonathan. i mean, ten years ago who we were doing international terrorism watching there was a big purge from the main social media platforms, and today you ll see a very similar phenomenon where they go to places like telegram. telegram has been the places that you go right after january 6th last year when they were all pushed off the mainstream platform. you saw telegram having an enormous rise because it has public and private function that al lose you to do direct messages and crypted chats back
special agent and msnbc contributor clint watts. clint, good morning. we re so grateful you re with us today on this anniversary. what trends are you seeing in domestic extremism as we begin 2022 and mark one year since the capitol attack? jonathan, the big one it s gone from national to local. i think if there s any real risk today it s probably a local state capitols or just local community centers where you ve seen a significant uptick in terms of the number of threats online and the number of people that show up in person. i think this is indicative of what we ve seen from everything from school boards, local election officials and primaries. if you look across everything that s happening whether it s militia groups or conspiracy theorists, you see them kind of colliding in these locations and i think that s where the biggest risk is today and even tomorrow, some of the random threats that are out there are actually going
5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. i m jonathan le mire. attorney general merrick garland vows to hold those responsible for last year s insurrection no matter how long it takes. on the eve of the first anniversary of the attack, garland responded to criticism from some, including a handful of democratic lawmakers that the probe into january 6th was moving too slowly. the justice department remains committed to holding all january 6th perpetrators at any level accountable under law. we understand that there are questions about how long the investigation will take and about what exactly we are doing. our answer is and will continue to be the same answer we would give with respect to any ongoing investigation. as long as it takes and whatever it takes for justice to be done.
will be shifting to hartford and boston early tomorrow. how much snow are we talking about in the northeast? it does look like the heavier amounts will be from philly to new york and especially areas of southern new england. a possibility there of at least two to four inches. someone could end up with about six and that would most likely be up around boston. jonathan, the first snow storm of the season is upon us from new york city all the way to boston. tomorrow morning s drive will be difficult, and parents should plan on at least a school delay, possibly some school cancellations. well, i m ready for some snow, but in the age of zoom these kids might have to have school at home. that would be cruel. let s hope the highways, particularly those around washington, d.c. are better cleared this time than they were earlier in the week. bill karins, thanks, pal. we ll talk to you again soon. still ahead, with ceremonies set to take place across the country today, law enforcement of
personally apologized to him for maybing that remark. which teachable moment, commonly known as the right and decent and mature and adult thing to do in such a circumstance. that does it for us tonight. see you again tomorrow. way too early with jonathan le mire is next. i don t think anybody wants to see another war on the european continent and there is no reason why that has to occur. this could be solved very easily by the russians de-escalating, by moving some of these forces away. which they haven t done. and so nato as a defensive alliance, and it is a defensive alliance, has a responsibility to its members. to make sure that they re able to defend themselves if need be. that was the message from the pentagon yesterday. as the u.s. put thousands of troops on high alert ahead of the possible russian invasion of ukraine. the question is, how close are we to another deployment of