First, how do you define extremism . What exactly is it . Were talking about groups or sometimes even individuals who, their political views are really on the margins, on the extremes of the political spectrum, but not just that, but they also are militant in the way they promote their views, that means that they are engaging illegal activities as well as in many cases utilizing violence or violent practices to promote their goals. Now were going to talk about right wing extremism with you, later on left wing extremism. Can you tell me the difference or is there a difference between right wing extremism and left wing extremism . Yes. Well the difference is in the ideological ideas theyre trying to promote and when were talking about the far right, were talking about groups that want to promote privileges of specific groups. When talking about the u. S. , were talking about groups that want to restore or to maintain the privileges of white people, these are groups that oppose american s
ongoing threat to democracy. and in ukraine cnn is speaking with the anti-putin rich shan fighters claiming responsibility for cross border attacks. they say they re using american military vehicles during the raids. we ll get reaction from a key white house official, john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s begin with new ve developments in the special counsel s criminal investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents. josh, tell us what you and your colleagues are now learning. right, wolf. what we re learning is that one day before federal authorities came to mar-a-lago last june to pick up classified documents in return for a subpoena that video employees, two employees of the former president in mar-a-lago, moving boxes back into the storage room. as you remember, when the feds arrived at mar-a-lago, trump s team said, come with us to the storage r
him. ohio needs an ass kicker not an ass kisser. the sedition trial is back in trial for the oath keepers today. a live report from the d.c. courthouse. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the war in ukraine appears to be at a turning point. russia continues to hammer cities, knocking out power across the country. richard engel is in ukraine. ukraine s foreign minister says the russians are focusing against the country s energy infrastructure. what s the impact having across ukraine with that? reporter: it is having an impact, even in cities where the war hasn t really had much of a day-to-day consequence so far. in the city of lviv, for example, close to the polish border, now there s large sections of the city that are without power. there have been air strikes in kyiv. there s this city of kyiv, since the early days of the war, has been spared the daily violence. it s far away from the front lines. a sense of normalcy had returned to the city of ky
good morning to you. i m yasmin vossoughian live for you here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. wow. we have got a jam-packed hour for you ahead including russia unleashing fresh terror in ukraine s capital this morning. deadly attacks striking apartment buildings during rush hour. a new shine that russia is shifting its strategy and becoming reliant on these weapons from iran. but ukraine s former president striking this defiant tone just last hour on msnbc. please, don t be afraid of putin. learn from ukraine. we know exactly what does it mean to fight against second biggest army in the world. we prove and surprise the world. we re going to get a live update from kyiv in just a moment. plus, a sigh of relief this morning in northern california. a police arresting a suspected serial killer believed to have killed six people in the stockton area. ahead, how the community helped police crack the case possibly minutes before another murder. but first, fresh alarm be
live. plus, connecting the dots between the election in brazil, brexit, and donald trump. and meet the new attorney representing brett favre and his volleyball welfare scandal. i got a great effing criminal defense lawyer. you re gonna need it. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. well, today, we got an extended look at just how narrowly we avoided the january 6th insurrection becoming much, much worse. because this morning, the seditious conspiracy trial of five members of the oath keepers started. and of course, the far-right militia group who prosecutors say, blotted to use violence, weapons, if necessary, to block the peaceful transfer of power. now, even before today s opening arguments began, lawyers from one of the defendants argued to suppress evidence of to hand when it s found in an rv. apparently, brought to d.c. by one of the alleged coconspirators, this man is named jeremy brown. lawyers say brownstein a was not f