targeted at democratic politicians during december and january. just over the last few weeks. we first learned of the shootings at five homes and offices belonging to county commissioners and two state senators and new mexico s newly elected democratic attorney general. then we learned that there is also been an additional shooting at the house of the incoming speaker of the new mexico state legislature. we have since learned some additional details about the shootings targeting individual democratic politicians. it is alarming, it is not an individual pot shot here in there. for example, on december 4th, it was a shots that were fired into a home of one democratic count county commissioner in new mexico. that was december 4th. then on december 11th, it was 12 bullets that were fired into the home of a county commissioner, again, this is all in new mexico, all democrats. december 4th at one politicians home, he s a county commissioner, a shots fired into his home. a week l
more news right now. good morning, everybody. i am lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. president biden is expected to meet with the prime minister of the netherlands at this hour, and that meeting comes as the white house is facing intensified pressure after the classified documents from his home. both the white house and the secret service are pushing back saying there are no logs since this was a private residence. ahead where republicans are likely to go from here and more on inside the white house on how they are juggling this political headache. then the president is set to visit california thursday to get a first-hand look at the trail of devastation left behind by a revolving door of deadly storms. 400 mudslides have been reported in a matter of weeks and thousands are still under evacuation orders. probably about 10 or 12 feet high of mud, tree, debris, mud and dirt. we ll figure it out. it used to be a 50-year flood zone and now it s a 3 to 5-ye
i always had a few questions about it. reporter: the campaign, pretending to be your chief of staff. you know, i didn t know about that. it happened i was not notified about that until a later date. reporter: did you speak to him about it at all? yeah, i didn t know about it until a later date unfortunately. house speaker kevin mccarthy thought george santos resume was questionable before revelations about his lies were discovered and there are so many lies. some of them. others, like the fact that his political person pretended to be mccarthy s chief of staff. there s so many. i m sure he s not thrilled about that at all. as for santos, have we gone from ridiculous lies to russian ties? the bizarre saga takes another turn with new reporting that links him to the family of a sanctioned russian oligarch. hold on now. meanwhile, republicans remain focused on president biden. they re laser focused on biden and his handling of classified documents. the
i don t use that word lightly. that s exactly what the man is accused of doing. terrorizing. they say the republican candidate was so angry over his defeat and claims the election was rigged against him that he hired four men to shoot at the homes of officials, even pulling the trigger himself during one of the crimes. we have one of the officials who was targeted joining us in a moment. she s going to tell us what the bullets hit and how close they came to her and her grandchildren. it is scary. what makes this our top story today is that it s not just about an alleged one off crazy person. it s not isolated. this terror is part of a growing problem. just ask nancy pelosi or pramila jayapal or the one in five adults who said in a survey they would be willing to condone acts of political violence. what is motivating all of these people and what is law enforcement doing about the threats before they turn violent? joining me now is nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent, ga
new reporting, pushing the white house for answers, an nbc news exclusive. house committee s becoming more clear this afternoon. up first, the biden administration on defense over how the president handled classified documents. we ll tell you what the press secretary is saying just as we were coming on the air with our team at the white house and doj standing by live. also this hour, some new reporting you will only see here out of new mexico with the targets of that shooting spree are telling us after the arrest of a losing republican candidate. plus, kevin mccarthy saying the gop is going to be finished doling out committee assignments today. new details on where hard line conservatives and election deniers are landing including the controversial member the speaker confirms will be seated somewhere. with me now is kelly o donnell and justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian. we re about to see the president soon at this event for the golden state warriors. we