In our history. I dont have any conservative on this network, any who has done anything but condemn what took place on capitol hill the other day. It was outrageous, breaching the walls and the security of the Capital Building, 14 Capital Police injured woman shot dead, that is not who we are and those people who did that are not us. There were hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people who came out to march in support of the president of the United States, hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people and now theyre all been accused of violence. They are all being attacked and be painted with the broadest of brushes. Why cant we focus on the hoodlums . Why can we focus on the people who actually did this . We need to find out who they a are. We need to prosecute them and we need to know all about them. Why is that so controversial . And went back and listen again to the president s speech, not once, not once does he incite violence. Not once did the president of the unites say charge
I dont have any conservative on this network, any who has done anything but condemn what took place on capitol hill the other day. It was outrageous, breaching walls the security Capitol Building. 14 cab toll police injured, a woman shot dead, thats not who we are. And those people who did that, are not us. There were hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people who came out to march in support of the president of the United States. Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people and now theyre all being accused of violence. Theyre all being attacked being painted with a broadest of brushes. Why cant we focus on hoodlum and find out who they are we need to prosecute them, we need to do all about them. Why is that so controversial . I went back and i listened again to the president s speech. Not once not once did he incite violence. Not once did the president of the United States say, charge the Capitol Building. Breach the Capitol Building he said the opposite. About peacefully protesting
Prophecy. Welcome to thursday, it is meet the press daily, and im chuck todd. Happy new year. Because today feels like the start of a new year. I think 2020 finally got put to rest yesterday. President biden on his first full day in office is scheduled to speak an hour from now at the white house as he signs a series of executive orders and as his administration rolls out its plan to defeat the pandemic. After a day of pomp and celebration President Biden is turning his immediate attention towards the crisis that has now killed more americans than world war ii. It is projected to kill another 100,000 in the next 30 days. Yesterday set a new record with more than 4,100 reported deaths. Our average is over 3,000 a day these days. The Administration Today announced a multipronged strategy to accelerate Vaccine Distribution and surge federal resources, including a number of executive actions but theyve also pinned 2 trillion worth of hopes on emergency funding to come out of Congress Altho
Can to ensure the safety, well being, the future of you, and your families. I want to mention for a moment families. Families are always in a difficult spot. Maybe the most difficult spot. They are dealing with a lot of uncontrollables. Ere doing our job that consumes us. That is good. But the families have a tough time. It is important for you to know that im committed to assuring that every person in the department of Defense Associated with the department of the defense is treated fairly, honestly, equal benefits, everything that each of you do should be dealt with on a fair and equal basis. No discrimination anywhere in any way. I have always lead that america asked role in the world is one that we have had variations of. It is one that should engage the world. We cannot dictate to the world, but we must engage in the world. We must lead with our allies. Allies are important. No nation can do any of this a long. A loan. We need continue building strong relationships no nation can d
Oath. Attorney general sessions should resign. This morning my interview with the Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer. Did Obama White House officials leave a trail to make it easier for congress to investigate russia and the election . Ill ask a man who would know, the former director of National Intelligence under president obama, james clapper. And President Trumps tweet claiming president obama tapped his phones. Can the white house provide evidence, or is the president just trying to get people to stop talking about russia . Joining me for insight and analysis, tom freyiedman from t New York Times. Kim strassel. Democratic polster Cornell Belcher and Danielle Pletka from the American Enterprise institute. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. Its a pretty good bet that the white house hoped and expected that the big story this week would be President Trumps initially well received speech to the nation on tuesday night. Instead, almost immediately the whit