clearly he was emotional during parts of that interview. i asked him what his biggest regret was. he acknowledged that he didn t go do his homework. there were a lot of political mine fields in miami he did not anticipate. for his part, his leadership st, but chris, this is part of an unusual turnover across the country. over the last two years, acevedo now becomes the 40th police chief of a major city to depart from the role either through a resignation, retiring, or just leaving the post. so he was known nationally as a reformer. now he s looking for a new job. chris. gabe gutierrez, such a great interview, thank you. and you all can watch the rest of that interview with art acevedo tonight on nbc nightly news. meanwhile, on oh, let s go to the state department, secretary blinken. we lost today colin powell. secretary powell was beloved
president, the president now if he did or if anyone close to him did work with the russian government to help secure his election, even if it didn t have any effect, it would be horrifying to know if that is the case. so i think these things can have an effect over time and you re absolutely right. the new york times is not going to be the people who immediately make people say, oh, wow, i ve changed my mind. it s going to come when their own leaders, the commentators they look to for guidance say, hey, you ve golt to pay attention to this. there s a problem here. salena, i don t want to focus only on the media. let s take note of the fact that i think this was an enormously significant week. the republican leaders in the house and senate have largely been silent, much in the same way that those callers from the base were reacting to me. what do you have to say about the gop leadership on this? i think the gop leadership st in a really terrible position, right? because if you dri