federal grand jury could mean for the investigation. north korea launches more missiles overnight, defying the u.n. i will speak to the u.n. ambassador about the escalating tensions in the korean peninsula, russia s assaults on ukraine and u.s. efforts to punish iran for its crackdown on women. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where president biden laid into maga republicans in a speech to the nation last night. he was slamming donald trump s big lie, warning republican election deniers could send the country into chaos. only blocks from the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol, the president called the first election since the insurrection a defining moment, framing his speech in the horrific assault on nancy pelosi s husband in their san francisco home. the big lie has been proven to be just that, a big lie. we don t settle our differences in america with a riot, a mob or a bullet or a hammer. there are candidates running for every level of o
hi, it s 4:00 in new york. president joe biden is set tonight to weigh in on the issue that is foundational to every other issue and debate we have in this country, democracy and the threats that loom over our democracy more than a year and a half after the ex-president tried to halt the peaceful transfer of power. it s an issue that would not be an issue if it were not for the fact that one of our country s political parties turned its back on democracy and decided to harness the terms of auto considerates. we are talking about the republicans. days before what could be the most important midterm election in history, president biden is putting concerns front and center with a speech just steps away from the u.s. capitol. nbc news can report, while the topic has been on the president s mind for quite some time, a number of developments have added to the urgency, including the growing suggestion by some republican officials that they may not accept the election results an
watergate affair. ly do everything in my power to ensure that the guilty are brought to justice and that such abuses are purged from our political processes in the years to come, long after i have left this office. i looked at my own calendar this morning as i was working on this speech. it showed exactly 1,361 days remaining in my term. i want these to be the best days in america s history. god bless america. and god bless each and every one of you. stwrcentral to the problems d by president nixon is the tapes and their history. it all began suddenly when an obscure white house official named alexander butterfield appeared as a surprise witness before the senate watergate committee. are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. when i got the confirmation that there was a taping system, i was elated. they would tell much more than i would remember in those conversations.
coup-plotting and pathologically duplicitous ex-president to subvert american democrat see and the process of given the persistent power of donald j. trump in the republican party and the depoched and decrepit party, will end the way it did with wyoming congresswoman liz cheney losing in a landslide. cheney s unforgivable sin in the ice of maga voters and a bunch of other republican voters, too, along with team trump cultivated and blessed the candidate who defeated her when it came to her conviction that trump is nothing more than an existential threat to our republic and cheney acknowledged as much. years ago i won this primary with 37% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear.7% of the vo. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear.3% of the vo. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would have required they go along with the lie of the 2720 election, that i would unravel our democratic system
we ll go to nbc s priscilla thompson, who s joining me now from outside the uvalde civic center. priscilla, welcome. first of, all have you seen the report? what do you know about it so far? and what are you hearing from parents? good afternoon, alex. we have not yet seen that report. we do expect, however but we do know, i should say, is not for the past several weeks the committee members have been speaking to witnesses, they have been speaking to law enforcement and even visiting the school. in order to compile this report that is supposed to shed light on what exactly went wrong on that day. and all morning, those family members of the victims have been coming here to pick up those reports. walking away with those very thick booklets of information. and they are reviewing that information. because, in just a few hours, they are going to be meeting with the committee members to go over that report. and so, they wanted them to have an opportunity to see it, look at it a