Good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. We begin with President Biden saying donald trump should not receive Intelligence Briefings. In a new interview with cbs, biden breaking with tradition, saying trump has no need for those intel briefings now that hes out of office. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not . Because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection. I just think that theres no need for him to have that Intelligence Briefing. What value is giving him an Intelligence Briefing . What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and Say Something . Also in that interview, the president says he will not budge on the 1,400 stimulus checks but maybe taking a more targeted approach on exactly who will receive those checks. I will talk with Congressman Ro about covid relief in just a moment. Today marks one month since the attack of capit
killed in syria, iraq, or some dumb [bleep] that doesn t know to get out of the way. we gave them a week s notice and if there s another round of strikes coming, i hope they really will hurt iran in their pocketbook or kill their leadership because if you don t, nothing changes. jake sol vin not ruling out they ll take strikes into iran and spoke earlier and of course the super bowl here in las vegas next week, mike. lucas tomlinson live in las vegas, in thanks. israel reacting to the unit launching air strikes in syria, chiropractic semi-en and yemen and iraq and trey yingst joining me from tel aviv. trey, what s the latest? reporter: mike, good afternoon. the middle east is bracing for possibility of further escalation following u.s. strikes in iraq, syria, and yemen. israeli forces tonight remain on high alert across the country understanding as the war rages on inside gaza, the country s northern border is actually the most concerning. throughout the day, rocket
derail the special counsel probe of donald trump. president biden tells the dnc and his campaign team to stay quiet about trump s indictment inside his 2024 strategy. plus, fierce fighting in ukraine as vladimir putin tries to claim kyiv s counter offensive is failing. we re live with an update on what s happening on the front lines. and breaking right now, what investors have been waiting for, a key decision from the federal reserve on interest rates. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we do begin this hour with that breaking news from the fed. cnbc s morgan brennan is here for cnbc on msnbc. i think, morgan, we re on a ten-meeting streak by the fed of raising interest rates. what just happened? hold, that is what just happened. so we had ten raises, and now we hold. the federal reserve hitting the pause button on its campaign of interest rate hikes, as i say these words, keeping the federal funds rate unchanged at 5 to 5 1/4%. this a
of sight since trump s charges were filed, but that ends today. an event set to begin any minute now is focused on violent crime, but the real question is will he talk about trump or special counsel jack smith? and a group of kids suing the state of montana over their right to a healthy, livable climate. is it meant to make a political point or is it a real case based in the law? but we start with brand new nbc reporting from inside trump world that the former president is bracing now for even more indictments. a source in contact with donald trump also says he knows that means a long and uncertain period of legal battles, even as he s telling allies he can t believe the florida case has gotten this far. but while trump seems to know that the level of legal peril is shifting, he s sticking to a tried and true political strategy, attacking his enemies while insisting he did nothing wrong. today we witnessed the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our c