of my book coming out about women in politics, but you look at the field of women candidates, it is a system that tends to reward candidates that could build consensus. those are traits that are associated with female candidates. so it is interesting to see how and if that shakes out in alaska with the heavily female primary fields. thank you. an your new book out is next weaken titled electable why america hasn t put a woman in the white house yet. and i just got my copy. congratulations and we look forward to talking you to more about your book. thank you. it is now 1 minute past the top of the fourth hour, 9:00 a.m. in the east and 6:00 a.m. out west. and jonathan lemire is here with us. and boy do we have a lot to get to this hour. following up on ali s report and talked about this rank voting that alaska avoting for, it makes people connect a little bit better, try to be a little bit less harsh and add a little bit of civility. you heard sarah palin saying we hav
call, i think that could represent a real watershed. the atlantic s tim alberta, thank you very much for your analysis this morning. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up live coverage right now. 7:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart. we begin with the ongoing repercussions from the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago club, one week ago today. two senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news the fbi and the homeland security department are warning of a spike in threats against federal law enforcement officers and their families in the wake of that search. the fbi responded to the threats by putting ground control barriers and crowd control barriers in front of its washington headquarters. it s also bolstering security at offices across the country. this comes days after a federal judge unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the search of trump s florida residence. they show the items federal agents seized include
going to be really interesting moving forward, do those republican officials, some of whom have been loyal to trump, i m thinking of a handful of u.s. senators in particular, if in fact what comes out as we learn more and more, if in fact it was clear that it wasn t a close call and they had every reason to go in and what they discovered was damning, then could you potentially see the first real rupture between trump and elected republicans at the highest levels in the u.s. government where they actually maybe not turn on him, so to speak, but where they say to his voters, listen, whatever he s telling you, some of these republicans are telling you, they are wrong. they re lying thank you. in fact, what the fbi did was appropriate, it was called for, no man is above the law, and what federal law enforcement is doing here pertaining to donald trump is entirely appropriate. if in fact that were to happen, joe, because it s not a close