very clear, too, that no one, no one, including a president of the united states, is above the law. by the way, today is the six-year anniversary of that speech in indiana. happy anniversary to the president, as the fbi goes through his documents this morning. what a long road it s been. you know, he actually, i guess, in 2018, willie, he passed a law. he signed a law that actually made the protection of classified material even stronger. that is a good thing to do. it is a good thing to do. he said in the campaign law and order party. he was going to protect all classified information. so says it in the campaign. willie, he actually passes legislation. kept his word. he signs it, comes into law. that the penalties for not protecting classified information going to be even tougher because of hillary clinton s emails. yeah, remember the context of that speech six years ago was all about hillary clinton and the emails and the private server that she had.
alaska. i have three kids, two step grandkids. i am pleased to be in the race with these fellow alaskans, think you. palin: i am sarah palin, thank you for being here on this beautiful alaska day, it is tough to be indoors on a day like this, thank you for being in the arena you are a participant, you are walking the walk, not just talking to talking the talk. you understand what the issues are, and we want someone in d.c. to build on rep. young: shoes. understanding that it is impossible to fill his shoes, i appreciate the opportunity to apply for a job. if you would have me as a representative of alaska s interests, it would be an honor of a lifetime. i also wanted think miss sweeney for being here, we love her, and she is wonderful for alaska. i am nick begich the third, how does a begich become a republican? i was raised in a christian school, i received a baylor university undergrad, later i went to indiana university where i picked up and nba with a focus on informa
police after firing a nail gun into the fbi s cincinnati field office. while on saturday, armed protesters gathered near the fbi s office in phoenix, arizona. and in the last 24 hours, just checking the ex-president s truth social account, he is still releasing statements criticizing the fbi and justice department, just as his explanations for why he even had classified documents at mar-a-lago keep shifting. as the new york times lays out, first, he says that he was working and cooperating with government agents, who he claimed had inappropriately entered his home. then, when the government revealed that the fbi had recovered nearly a dozen sets of documents that were marked classified, he suggested the agents had planted evidence. finally, his aides claimed he had a standing order to declassify documents that left the oval office for his residence and that some of the material was protected by attorney general/client and executive privilege. the evolving arguments are ex
on the political front, our correspondents have the latest on tomorrow s two big primaries for prominent republicans on opposing sides of the trump divide. january 6th vice chair liz cheney and former vice presidential nominee sarah palin. we begin with the fallout from the fbi s search of former president trump s home in mar-a-lago. joining me, nbc justice and intelligence correspondent ken delanian. ken, the latest on the investigation, the increased security, the concern about threats to the fbi and to law enforcement, the criticism of merrick garland, all of it. the most disturbing part is the fbi and dhs issued a joint intelligence bulletin yesterday saying they had seen a massive uptick in specific and credible threats to federal law enforcement. this was reflecting reporting we did last week and open source intelligence firms are also seeing this in message boards and chat rooms online. we re not just talking rhetoric here. we re talking specific threats. they re eve
inquiry back here in washington, with senate intel leaders demanding the fbi show them the receipts, formalry asking to see those classified documenting taken during the mar-a-lago search. plus, two primary elections that could tell us about the state of the republican party, all happening just hours from now. we re in wyoming and alaska with what might be the final stand for at least one former leader in the republican party. i m hallie jackson in washington. we have a lot to get to. covering all of this for us, tom winter, msnbc political analyst greg bleustein, and kim whaly from american university, former white water independent counsel. tom, i ll start with you as the tip of the spear. you spoke with giuliani s attorney who confirms he s now a target in the investigation. what does target mean and how significant is it? great question, hallie, and one we re still trying to answer. robert costello is the attorney for rudy giuliani who has told nbc news within the las