ali will be back next weekend. catch him from 10 am to noon eastern. stay right where you are, alex witt reports begins right now. eports begins right now. if you from msnbc headquarters in new york, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we have developing for you this hour, donald trump, trying to keep his hold on the republican party, giving it a nearly two-hour speech to close out cpac, after dominating the stronghold with 52%, the former president has some fiery words. in 2016, i declared, i am your voice. today, i add, i am your warrior, i am your justice. and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution, i am your retribution. the former president was also asked if you are drop out of the 2024 race if he is indicted. here is his answer. i would not even think about leaving. these are fake stories, these are horrible. the press is pressing them to do something. and i think it is very sad for our country, i think it is very dangerous for ou
around this country we have new reaction today from people demanding change. . five police officers. it doesn t matter. if not even one of them said no, this is not. right there is really no words to describe. it i was sick to my stomach. i had to walk away a few times. it just breaks your. heart you have to stand up and be reminded that this isn t just a mentor thing or a sacramento or california thing. this is a national thing. unfortunately, he is right. we have reporters and analysts joining us with reactions of what to expect next in this case. we are going to go first to nbc s tom brock, standing by in memphis for us. sam, good day to you. what can you tell us about this scene just after 11 am central time where you are there? the morning after that video was released? hey alex. good afternoon to. you good morning here. it is calm right now. it is going to be really interesting to see what some of the protesters are saying today alex azar s a 3 pm protest loca
watching simone. we are following breaking developments on the tyre nichols story. reaction and condemnation are pouring in. just last night s release of the disturbing and dramatic video showing the brutal beating of police officers who led to his death. in memphis and in cities across the country, there were gatherings honoring tyre nichols. he was a 29 year old son, a brother, a father. and those gatherings are protesting his killing which should have never happened. we are unpacking the painful truth in this video. we are going to answer questions about the officers charged with murder. and how to answer the culture in america so that we stop repeating this tragedy over and over again. i am someone and i have something to say. by now you may have seen the video of memphis police officers beating tyre nichols. an assault that started with a traffic stop and ultimately caused his death. you may still be processing the brutality, the inhumanity, the reality of what you
the alarming headline breaking late today. police outside syracuse, new york, say they have stopped a mass shooting threat at another upstate tops supermarket. a suspect in custody at this hour. tonight, how they knew of this threat, and why they took it seriously. tonight, the federal investigations now launched after those two u.s. banks collapsed. the justice department and the s.e.c. did high-ranking bank employees know this was coming? did they take advantage of that information? and the video tonight. one of the bank s ceos and what he asked employees to do as this was unfolding. pierre thomas tonight. the race for the white house. and florida governor ron desantis declaring that supporting ukraine is not in the vital interest of the u.s. instead, calling the russian invasion a, quote, territorial dispute. rachel scott tonight. this evening, the epa proposing new regulations to remove what are called forever chemicals from the drinking water in this country. ton
downing of another object off the northeastern coast of alaska. that was near the canadian border. nor is it clear if it is related to the chinese spy balloon shot down last saturday. any chance, any indication that we might hear from the president on this? what can you tell us? reporter: well, we are expected to see president biden in just a short while. he s hosting an event with the nation s governors. it is unclear whether he might address this issue at the top. the white house is saying that president biden and canadian prime minister justin trudeau jointly authorized this operation to shoot down what they described as an unidentified and unmanned aircraft in north american air space. i want to read you this readout from the white house which said that the two leaders spoke in, quote, an bundance of caution. that ll the recommendation of the militaries that they authorized it to be taken down. president biden authorized u.s. fighter aircraft assigned to norad to conduc