Senator chris coons joins us what it means for the party and ahead. And new fbi warnings from director chris wray, as he tells my colleague Pete Williams he was, quote, blown away by the state of espionage inside the United States. Well have more of petes exclusive interview coming up. Exclusive interview coming up. Welcome to meet the press daily. Im chuck todd, the u. S. Has put itself on firmer war footing as ukraine and our nato allies brace for this possible russian invasion of ukraine. The pentagon announced its deploying thousands of troop to Eastern Europe, Repositioning Thousands of troops already in the region as well. Heres where the new deployments are going, romania, poland, germany. Include a mounted cavalry and brigade teams. In total, it adds up to 3,000 soldiers. This is in addition to the 8500 troops placed on alert to deploy. This is in addition to nato troop already there. This morning, pentagon secretarygeneral john kirby addressed it. I want to be clear about some
Legal basis for directing National Security agencies to take such an extreme action. As we reported on this broadcast yesterday the New York Times lays out the multipronged effort by trump and his allies to get just one federal agency to bite and join the crusade to overturn the result by seizing machines. Trump reportedly tried to get doj to seize the machines and then rejected by ag bill barr so then a plan for the Defense Department to do it. Only to get pushback from white House Counsel and Lo And Behold his own lawyer Rudy Giuliani. So then giuliani was asked if he could look into whether dhs could seize the machines. Giuliani said, sure. He tried but then he too was rebuffed by secretary Ken Cuccinelli and now another attempt by trump to get an official to agree to the plan. The New York Times Reporting This, quote, Cuccinelli Who told giuliani that the Homeland Security department didnt have the authority to impound the machines later encountered trump at a meeting on a differen
Persecution of ordinary citizens engage this had legitimate political discourse. Again, they are talking about this, the riot at the capitol. And the riot that ultimate ared in the deaths of five Law Enforcement officers, the riot that featured them chanting for the execution of the Vice President. Prior on the of which a dozen have been charged before and look at these images. Were these purposes. Call what happened on january 6 legitimate political discourse . It is an orchestrated attack on our democracy. On the same day mike pence painted a different picture calling out his former boss in his most pointed language yet. I heard this week that President Trump said the had the right to overturn the election. President trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election. The presidency belongs to the American People and the American People alone. And frankly, there is no idea more unamerican than the notion that any one person could choose the american president. Constito right to
Asleep, remember, and was clearly startled, reached for a gun. A gun. He had a legal permit to carry. When he did, police shot him to death. It all took less than 15 seconds. His mother spoke to my colleague. Just minutes ago. I want everybody to know that my son is going to make sure that everybody across the United States is going to be able to sleep on the couch without having to be worried about being executed by the police. Yes. Yes. Friday, minneapolis mayor announced a moratorium on no knock warrants in the city. Minnesota Attorney General promising to review the case. What else can we do as a society to prevent the ongoing senseless shooting deaths of Black Americans . Joining me now. Contributor of the cut and communications at blue state. And activists and host of the pod cast undistracted. Also a political analyst. Talk about the moment were in right now. Another young black man. Dead at the hands of police. And a lot of questions about how this could have happened given the
Asleep, remember, and was clearly startled, reached for a gun. A gun. He had a legal permit to carry. When he did, police shot him to death. It all took less than 15 seconds. His mother spoke to my colleague. Just minutes ago. I want everybody to know that my son is going to make sure that everybody across the United States is going to be able to sleep on the couch without having to be worried about being executed by the police. Yes. Yes. Friday, minneapolis mayor announced a moratorium on no knock warrants in the city. Minnesota Attorney General promising to review the case. What else can we do as a society to prevent the ongoing senseless shooting deaths of Black Americans . Joining me now. Contributor of the cut and communications at blue state. And activists and host of the pod cast undistracted. Also a political analyst. Talk about the moment were in right now. Another young black man. Dead at the hands of police. And a lot of questions about how this could have happened given the