Rolls through the seventh week. The circus of a Recount Company that entailed searching for bamboo in the ballots because of some Weir R weird theory that they were shipped in from asia has become a Pilgrimage Site for republicans who support the Big Lie. Many of them hoping to replicate the Sham Audit in their own states to breathe fresh life into the conspiracy of a stolen election. Npr is reporting that republican officials from nevada, Georgia And Alaska have visited the Recount Site and lawmakers from wisconsin and virginia are expected there this week. Meanwhile new reporting is shedding light on the links between the phony audit and the stop the steal movement and the disgraced expresident himself. Documented Show A Correspondent for one America News with close ties to trump is helping Arizona Senate republicans in the audit for months. The New York times reporting people in former President Trumps Circle Joke that the most Senior Adviser to the former leader of the free world is a correspondent with the far right pro trump one America News network whom he consults frequently and while the expresident pinned the delusions of a return to power on the Arizona Audit and his republican allies across the country are using the audit to stoke the conspiracy election fraud, theres signs out in the real world of a backlash. Also from The New York Times a review of 2. 1 million votes in Arizonas County ballooned into a political windsock for the republican party. An early test of how its renewed to sub serve yens to would play for trump. High ground, inc. Found that more than 55 of respondents oppose the vote review. Fewer than 41 approve. But 45 to 33 said they were les likely to vote for a republican that is in favor of the recount. Arizona political reporter Ryan Randozo is here. Also Jason Johnson. And Charlie Sykes for the bullwork. I usually start with the news and the reporting. I will do something different today. I want to start with the best Smoking Gun Evidence of why this is all bs on the part of republicans. I want the show you the governors, Charlie Sykes, bragging about how secure their elections were while they are now signing into Law Voter Suppression laws to deal with now insecure their elections were . Lets start with that tape. The people are actually looking at florida and asking the question, why cant these states be more like florida . Florida was able to 11 Million ballots why the Way Florida did it i think inspires confidence and how elections should be run. Me signing this bill says, florida, the Vote Counts and going to be cast with integrity and transparency. As ive said before we do elections well here in arizona. The system is strong. And thats why i have bragged on it so much. This bill is simple. All about election integrity. Look at texas, florida, ohio. We didnt have a problem and we had more mailin ballots. Americans no longer trust The System. In a country where voters do not trust The System is a country in peril. Charlie psychs, i will play Thatter Day why the republicans said that the Election Results trusted because they were in charge and models. Now signing laws based on lies. That they know are lies because they told the world theyre lies. Think about how fast this accelerated since november. We thought that the country was divided and movered quite a distance because this is the Heart And Soul of the republican party is to embrace this Big Lie to cast doubt on the election and to use that then as an excuse to change the laws. And as we have said before we can roll our eyes and treat the Arizona Audit as a joke but a clown with a flamethrower still has a flamethrower. This is spreading state to state. That illustrates that you dont need to have any evidence that there was a problem for the republican governors and legislatures to embrace the Big Lie and theories to begin to change that. Theres no logical connection to it. Except that this is now become this has become gospel in the republican party. And it is not just arizona. I think that the latest count you had legislation to bes from serve states visit this Arizona Audit. What you are seeing is here is about to metastasize across the country. Jason, i think Theres Something exasperating for our viewers about this dynamic but it doesnt have to be this way. The whole thing, the whole wave of laws can be undone by a piece of legislation and i think the letter from Arizona Democrats that we mentioned in the lead to sinema puts her on the spot. She either sees and hears no evil in her own state, this fake recount in arizona, and she has no interest in changing a tradition in the senate to do something about it. Yeah. Senator sinema is in a different position than Joe Manchin and not just the democratic party in arizona is mump more organized and show victories in the last couple of years. They point out her argument for being in power, winning the Senate Seat she said im the only democrat to be elected in arizona so you have to deal with my quirky attitude and occasional inconsistencies because thats what arizona wants. Okay. Now their putt in Mark Kelly and arizona has flipped blue and not the only kind of democrat to win in this state so you have to listen to your constituents, not just the independents and right wingers but democrats. This is the kind of pressure i think to make a difference with her but again its just one vote. Unless it also turns into a push on Joe Manchin you need both democratic senators to actually Care About Democracy more than their egos to stop the ridiculous attempts to overturn elections happening around the country. Why cant a group of people who Care About Democracy, jason, make the filibuster so toxic that its a political vulnerability for sort of moderate or endangered senators in both parties . Why cant it be an impediment to access to the right to vote and not Living In a country where everyone is Armed And Dangerous . Why cant a campaign be launched to make people understand that the filibuster stands in the way of bills with support . That can be done. The question is going to be whether or not that moves the senators. Like i said i think sinema look. I want this to be clear and not a way about Age Or Experience or gender. I think her position is much less defensible than Joe Manchin. He is doing this because he knows he doesnt have to be reelected and Ego And Power and always liked being the contrarian guy. Sinema i think likes to be different. I dont see as much substance behind what she is saying so a national campaign probably will work on her. Just being threatened, people who i know in arizona say people line up to primary her already. Right . I dont know that that will work on Joe Manchin. When he decided to hide the message and write that note that was giving the middle finger to the democratic party, Joe Biden who he had a great relationship with and American Democracy in general and i dont know if a national Cam Pane or a moral Monday March or anything will change his mind at this Point But Sinema i think can flip. Ryan, President Biden on a foreign trip expected to meet in a few more days with russian president Vladimir Putin and what is on russian president Vladimir Putins are the problems at home with democracy and brings us the Maricopa County audit. Tell us the latest. They say theyre going to finish up counting in a couple days and takes possibly weeks to examine the ballots. We dont know what that means. They have tables around the outside of the arena there with cameras set up. Previously they said they were looking for Bamboo Fibers and then uv lights but we dont know all of the techniques to use to review the ballots after theyre done counting the ballots. What is the dynamic . You brought us some really vivid color from inside the room. Of the kinds of people that were involved. Has there been any turnover . Is cyber ninjas still at the helm . There are now republicans, allies of the disgraced expresident traveling to maricopa to observe ostensibly to replicate that in their own state. Tell us what that dynamic is like. The Arizona Audit appears to be a brand that these folks want to associate themselves with. While the media is mostly restricted to the 19th Row in the coliseum the folks from other states, lawmakers or hopeful lawmakers and governors to get to tour the floor, see behind the scenes down there and then some of them do choose to giver Press Interviews and i have to believe they think the brand will sell with voters back home so theyre really making a Big Show of whos coming to town. We have lawmakers in arizona who support this audit who announce it like im clear to announce now that we will have a delegation from this next state to really sort of build up the suspense on whos coming next and really give a platform to the folks to show basically that they are still aligned with President Trump. Its hard to do that in another way when hes out of office but you can show that you still are a trump loyalist. You have some great Reporting And Analysis about the vote ina. You write that the groups Cyber Ninjas Run analysis on the data and say that the key to the loss in arizona were republican voters who supported the party in nonpresident ial races, identified tens of thousands of ballot didnt vote for trump. Explain that. Yeah. That analysis was run not by the cyber ninjas but the founder of clear ballot why thats an actual Election Auditing Company thats actually audited elections for states before and certified to do that. They analyzed what happened in Maricopa County and found about 50,000 disaffected republicans. Who voted down ballot for lots of republican candidates but left the President Rm Nomination blank or voted for biden. They found disaffected democrats that voted down party democrats and not for mr. Biden but not nearly to the same extent. What they found was that tilted many republican dominant districts in Maricopa County to President Biden. Places where republicans had a Registration Advantage but because so many of them were as they said disaffected and didnt vote for the president or voted for another candidate that he lost in those precincts. Charlie in a normal time, not what we are Living In, but in a normal time that would be such valuable data. Right . Go as a party and examine how ignoring the covid19 pandemic, how lying about your own diagnosis affected your ability to sit atop a ticket and do worse than the people under you. Donald trump could never accept republicans on the ballot that got a vote and not him. Usual when the party did an autopsy after the 2012 electns . Theres no similar autopsy but if there was wouldnt that be at the Heart And Soul of the question . For the republicans. Why are so many republican voters turned off by Donald Trump . If you have a huge gap between republicans and the people willing to support trump what does that say about the Partys Decision to join itself at the hip with Donald Trump . Is he the leader forever of the republican party . I think that that should be a blinking Red Light for republicans that, look, youre losing your own people. That there are people willing to support republican candidates but not trump. Are you going to do this all over again . Are you going to run as the Trump Party in 2022 and putting him at the top of the ticket again . And then speaking of blinking Red Lights, Jason Johnson, i want to read you reporting that follows up on the points of sinema. About one of her backers there. Former Arizona Attorney general woods that backed her election to the senate is now saying she doesnt belong in office unless she helps abolish the filibuster. Quote i think that the senator and every Senator Support ending the filibuster. Adding to keep the jim Crow Filibuster while losing some basic Voting Rights is propostrous. Senator sinema should know that Senator Manchin. Im hopeful they will do the right thing but if they dont i dont think they belong in the senate anymore. This is a supporter. You have got sort of a tragic group of people taking this view. Major league is one of them. After the Georgia Law moving the allstar game. What about that idea that this is about an antidemocratic wave of bills that you Cant Theyve been enacted too fast. 22 signed into law. This legislation is the only one. If you see senators feeling the heat from both parties in their home states do you think that changes the conversation . It should because i believe that this former backer is former backer is a former republican. Right . Yeah, yes. The very people that propelled Senator Sinema into office as the not traditional democrat are saying you are screwing up American Democracy. This is what is key and every person with an opportunity to talk to or interview Senator Manchin or Senator Sinema should be saying. Okay. You dont want to eliminate the filibuster. Fine. But reforming the filibuster is something that is well within reason and thats where i think both of these senators have been able to wiggle. You can just say, we want to change the filibuster back to where it was 15 years ago with a Double Dare Physical Challenge and if you wanted to Filibuster Something you had to stand on stage and talk. Because i have said if the filibuster is something to physically talk, the only people to do it is ted Cruz And Josh hawley and maybe rand paul. There is no Way Mitch Mcconnell will Stand Up to fight against fighting rights. You dont want to get rid of it but there are plenty of options in between. Youre not happy with the for the people act, what suggestion do you have . Those are the kinds of questions. These kind of frustrations from former supporters are the kinds of questions that the senators should be asked because if they are consistently it will make it harder to maintain whats otherwise a ridiculous position. Speaking of ridiculous, i want to sort of get you, charlie, bullwork is out front on this and the undercurrent, the thread that ties it together is republican party turning into an antidemocratic movements in the world. At the forefront was that lawsuit. Signed on by more than 100 house republicans. It laid the foundation for the event of January 6. I want to read you something about whats happening to the Texas Politician who spearheaded it. Texas Bar Association probing the attorney Generals Effort to overturn the election. The State Bar of texas will reconsider whether paxton made false or misleading statements. Claiming that former President Trump lost because of fraud. Paxton could be cleared or face penalties including suspension or disbarment. We are talking about democracy and big problems but if it becomes a professional liability, if you can no longer do the thing you went to school for for pushing the Big Lie it seems to fall into lawsuits using the remedys that are available to hold bad actors accountable. I think that any of the remedies need to be employed. In that particular case i am less disturbed by the fact that the Texas Attorney general filed the lawsuit than the republican congressmen signed on because that is signing on to a completely obviously bogus lawsuit designed to overturn the election but its time for Reality Check here. Hr 1 is dead. Joe manchin and Kirsten Sinema who are not the only democrats taking this position and time for the leadership to get very serious about passing something. I guess im into one basket of one piece of legislation thats too big and i dont think designed to pass the senate but the need to pass something is urgent for the reasons you have been describing. One of the things we wrote about today is that democrats really do need to address the counting of the votes. Hr 1 and the John Lewis Bill dont address the elephant in the room which is how electoral votes are counted and i do think that at some point we need to go back and say whats the Worstcase Scenario of 2024 with the legislatures overturning the popular Vote Or Congress refusing to certify electoral votes sent there . And the reality is that the law on the books right now is a complete mess. It is a joke. And if nothing else democrats do need to put things on the floor that can pass as opposed to doing this because frankly sin em and manchin are not changing the position because theyre not the only democrats who feel this way. Let me just press you then. Do you think that it is a tragedy that we need a new law to make sure that the actual votes get counted. I dont disagree thats where we are as a country. Do you think theyd support that . I dont know. I dont know. I think at this point you put the legislation that is the most popular, that is the strongest up and force republicans to vote and then maybe go back to manchin saying how about a carveout on something like this . Not getting rid of the filibuster. Can we do a very narrow carveout on this but try and i think it borders on political malpractice they havent tried to do this stuff until now. Its so sad. Talking about trimming our sails to save democracy. But that is where we are. Ryan, thank you for starting us off from arizona. Jason and charlie are sticking around. What is your Fist Reaction seeing the 500 Million Pfizer Vaccine doses to donate to the world . Your response may tell us whats currently hardwired in you. Well explain. Hearing today of the firsthand account of what happened in the halls of the capitol January 6. Clear and emotional evidence that Fbi Director Wray was asked to explain today. His answer, well, it is complicated he said. 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The White House was able to secure the deal in time for President Bidens European Trip and hopes to repair the relationships that sour in the last four years and after pressure from other nations to share the vaccine. Our friend Charlie Sykes says its a political Rorschach Test for americans why what was your first reaction . Did you think, hey, this is what makes America Good and great . Or, why should we care because America First . Charlie is back and pbs alcidor traveling with President Biden. This is the most interesting thing i read this morning and looking for feedback. What have you been hearing . I was listening to your Show Yesterday talking about this and he described this as a modern Day Marshal Plan and when i got the idea to write about this because it struck me this, how you react to this tells you what you believe and it really helps define what we think america should be all about. So you inspired that. Overwhelmingly my listeners say that they thought it was a that this is a sign that america is good and great. But a sizable minority said why only 500 Million . Is that really enough . Huh. If we are going to do this maybe we should go bigger because its a big world out there. I thought that was an interesting response, as well. That people understand the scope of it. The people also get the sense that yes it is being good and humanitarian but also in our interests to lead again, to establish these diplomatic ties and because it is in the interest, this is a global pandemic and as long as you have an air born pandemic in the world thats a threat to us so this is enlightened self interest. Yeah. That Conversation And A. B. Stoddard, as well and Mike Memoli and Eugene Daniels and i think this is the Biden Doctrine. At home and abroad. Hes not baited by the debates of the twitter moment. It is not that he doesnt read twitter. His bet is that you deliver why you deliver and thats how you are sort of able to show outputs and that is his bed here at home and why they dont get drawn into the political noise and his bet internationally. It is absolutely his bet and a bet to make domestically and internationally and when pressing biden officials ahead of the trip to say how will you convince European Allies that that is the american way and this last four years of trump some ways a shift away from what is the True Core Of American Beliefs and they said by showing that america leads and will be taking the lead coming to fighting the virus. What you heard from President Biden today was him saying it is our responsibility as americans to step up. He said very clearly we are not perfect, nodding in some ways to the issues at home with the gridlock and January 6 and the things still dealing with as americans but made it clear with that drama, with all the issues we still are the leaders of this world when it comes to showing people heres what you do for the least among you and nodded to the people wondering why should we care . He said this is in the best interest of america because this is a virus spreading here in the uk. A variant started first seen in india and will continue to be an issue if we as a society and he said as a world dont get the pandemic under control here. So i think President Biden was both saying this is part of the american values and also how we keep americans safe and show america that america is back and there is skepticism about that here among European Leaders but i think they are also saying, okay, heres biden with a plan and a strategy. It is so interesting, charlie. You do start to see this sort of Biden Doctrine taking place. If you piece together the right dots and they are always obvious, not always shiny objects but his view of all the spending because i pressed various officials. Always that it is about competitiveness against china and standing up to the adversaries strong at home and they have blunted the sort of standard republican attacks and i think this idea that the vaccines, the reaction you have, you have a diverse sort of ideological spectrum but no ones questioning that he did it. I like it or it should be more. It does suggest hes succeeded in reframing the debates. On this he has. This is a reminder of what america looks like when it is good and when it is compassionate and also leads. It looks strong. I think that that is a reference to the Marshal Plan was really responsibility because this took place after World War ii and the most unsordid act in World History when the united states decided to help rebuild europe. Not about Welfare Society but about Compassion And Strength at the same time. And so we after four years of looking at the rest of the world with disdain and thinking that America First is somehow to make Fortress America we are seeing this strictly transactional terms. Well do this but you have to pay for it. This i think is refreshing because it reminds people what genuine american greatness feels like and looks like. I think americans said this makes us proud that we are doing this and thats the different kind of pride than being sold over the last four years. This is something i understand very well. Americans like to feel like the world likes us. I know this from working for a president whose post9 11 policies were extremely controversial the world over. I want to read some Pew Polls how people view President Biden around the world. 75 expressed conferred in President Biden compared to 17 last year. Trump scared the bejesus out of me and all but 17 of these respondents. Thats right. Talking to experts trying to explain i covered Nato And G7 with trump. I said what does a normal Summit Look like . They said it doesnt look like what you experienced. The elbowing of leaders why not what should be done in the organizations but to exist. European leaders were frankly scared, Deep Scars in the relationships and thats why you see President Biden leaning in to what america can do and the ideals and should be proud of. Historically where america has been and one thing they underscore is looking at American Democracy whether its republicans or democrats they have a feeling of america being a leader. And that was lost for a large part coming to President Trump so hostile and mean to the European Allies and still big questions whether or not President Biden just in being here can do that. Deep scars are really something that takes i have been told by experts years and many leaders looking at america for a long time wondering what is going on with that democracy. Might take several election cycles to do the sum of work of restoring trust in america that President Biden wants to do with this trip. You pack more reporting in to one block than just about anybody i know. Well continue to bother you as youre many time zones away. I think we are even now, charlie. Thank you both. Up next, Fbi Director Wray today says we should anticipate more charges related to the January 6 insurrection but trying to answer questions about how and why it happened is proving a bit more complicated he says. That story is next. Ping nationw, and returns right from the doorstep. Its a whole New World out there. Lets not keep it waiting. Ive got the brains youve got the looks lets make lots of Money Youve got the brawn ive got the brains lets make lots of uh uh uh oohhh theres a lot of opportunities with allstate, drivers who switched saved over 700. Saving is easy when youre in good hands. Allstate click or call to switch today. New projects means new project managers. 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You know . It was a significant amount of people that felt agrieved and felt that invading the capitol to impose their will was an appropriate action. It looked like a sort of hoard of zombies. People as far as you can see salivating. At this point that is the best kind of testimonial to hear. Aufrss who were there on the front lines offering clarity to what led to and happened on January 67 and Fbi Director Wray under grilling unable to explain whether an intelligence failure, a Law Enforcement failure, perhaps both that led to an unprecedented assault on the democracy. Rather wray called it complicated which it is but perhaps that is the best argument yet for bipartisan commission to investigate. Watch. Did the fbi have information about the violent threat that occurred on January 6 on january 5. Well, the answer is complicated usual so we have talked about a little bit this morning. It shouldnt be complicated. You had information or you didnt. So theres different kinds of information. We had online chatter we just talked act and the so Falled Norfolk situational Information Report has that but what we did not have to my knowledge did you pass that investigation on to chief sund . On to the Capitol Police in three different ways. Joining us now pete Strzok And Author of compromised and Jason Johnson is steal with us. Pete, help people how chatter from the norfolk officer that turns out to be present and what happened isnt always the case. I think he is saying a couple things. There was information available to the Fbi And Anybody reading the internet that there was a lot of chatter about a violent set of activities to go on January 6. And in this case coming out of the fbi they putt this together in a report published by email to a variety of Law Enforcement partners and the Capitol Police. Some of this is like people saying i didnt read the Weather Report but if you look outside and the skies are dark and you see lightning and hear thunder you dont need the weatherman to tell you that it will rain and not to minimize whether the fbi did everything it should have but it is there are a lot of nuanced issues to this event but theres warning for everybody that theres a chance of violence on the 6th. Pete, i will press you on nuanced. If the norfolk Memo Or Report was about Al Qaeda would it be treated differently . Is it because its a Trump Supporter . There are real issues that the fbi needs to examine and im certain going on in the halls of the building right now and also important for outside bodied to ask the questions, as well. What you mentioned. Were there sufficient resources that might have provided additional warning . Was there information to be collected by the fbi and provided to the Law Enforcement . Are the fbis regulations interpreted appropriately in terms of what they can and cant do online and monitor on twitter are not . Are additional laws needed . These are the sort of questions that need to be asked and absolutely the kinds of questions addressed through the commission. I want do go back to some reporting from post9 11 because one of then Fbi Director muellers missions to never again not connect the dots why this is from Abc News may 15th, 2002. An agent in arizona alerted Washington Headquarters that several mid easterners were training and recommended contacting other schools nationwide where arabs might be studying. Discuss this Mat Ere with other elements of the u. S. Intelligence Community And Task the community for information to support the suspicions. The agent recommended. This was a i bring this up because i think youve just articulated the impediment. When a Field Office learns something to follow up on, after 9 11 we vowed to never have this happen again. Right . Thats a reform that a 9 11 commission flushed out. They educated the public. This was explored and investigated. Without a commission will we ever explore or understand why the chatter about war, that the Norfolk Fbi Office sent up to washington resulted in nothing . I dont know. Thats a great reason to have a commission. There is nothing like institutions can look at themselves and improve themselves but nothing does that better than an outside Commission Or Entity asking the questions and recommending things. The frustrating thing is unlike 9 11 and the fbi under Director Mueller went under a radical reorganization. Increasing the pace of the investigations. What was so frustrating about January 6 this wasnt a plot that was hidden known only to a Couple Fbi offices. Right. Everybody that picked up a Paper Leading to January 6 knew full well elements in america talking about violence and interpreting the Certification And Nobody should have been surprised this was coming. This information was there, available to earn and i think thats why so many of us were shocked to see what we saw January 6. No. You just roll the tape again and again and you can see people were paralyzed. It was everywhere. Including Donald Trumps Twitter Feed come to washington. Thank you so much for this. Really important to understand whats going on. Jason is sticking around for more because Up Next for you Congresswoman Demings is taking on Marco Rubio for the senate. Well preview what is sure to be a race to watch. Tch. So then i said to him, you oughta customize your Car Insurance with liberty mutual, so you only pay for what you need. Hot dog or. Chicken . Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Trelegy for copd. Birds flyin high, you know how i feel. Breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. Its a new dawn. If youve been taking copd sitting down, its time to make a stand. Start a new day with trelegy. 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Com promo January 6th. I was there to watch the peaceful transfer of power when we know all hell broke loose. What we thought was just people demonstrating turned out to be an angry mob. Found myself crawling around on the floor, donning a gas mask. Now, we have an obligation to find out what happened, who was involved, how that happened, who funded it. Who would not want that . But Marco Rubio voted against it because he doesnt obviously does not want to know the truth. That was congresswoman Val Demmings hours after announcing shes running for the florida senate, going after the occupant of that seat, Marco Rubio. Shes not scared or daunted by the tough fight ahead, pointing out the hypocrisy of rubio being in the capitol on January 6th, first acknowledging trump did bear some responsibility, then deciding he doesnt want to know anything else about what happened. Lets bring into our conversation juanita toliver. Jasons still here. Shes a really powerful member of congress who would make a great senator for that state. Shes also making one of the most important arguments that the countrys going to hear in the midterms, and that is that the republican party is a danger to our security. You think its going to work . I absolutely think its going to dig up some ground in florida, and this argument about the insurrection is going to only be compounded with the argument about covid relief, which we know Marco Rubio also opposed and really telling that personal story, telling these deep connections that the impact of those decisions that he is making every time he cowers to trump, every time he does not put people first, is going to be a cornerstone of her campaign. And i think thats going to resonate with voters, because that is not just in history. Thats just six months ago, nicole. And i think coupling that story about the insurrection with the real impact that covid had on these communities across florida is going to be important, especially as we know, rubios going to proactively try to throw the regular type of attacks at her as he has with other democrats, calling her a socialist, calling her too liberal, but when shes a motorcycleriding former Police Chief who knows florida well and is from florida, thats not going to stick here. And i think shes going to continue to beat those drums, not only in her personal story but also in her time on The Hill and this campaign trail. Yeah, i mean, the republican playbook in florida is to tout the kind of messages, jason, that juanita just mentioned, to call someone a socialist. Theyre not going to work on her. And i also want to ask you to speak i banished on this show this foregone conclusion about whats going to happen in the midterms. If Val Demmings makes that threat about the threat that Marco Rubio contributes to by not wanting to understand the threat of domestic violent extremism in our own country, you could see a repeat of the 2002 cycle where the threat of 9 11 was still on peoples minds. What do you make of her Opening Interview there with my colleague, joy, and of this contest as its shaping up . Well, i will begin by saying this. I think Val Demmings is a very good politician, and thats not something i can say about everybody who was in office. She was on my Bingo Card for a potential vp. Shes shes a very good politician, commanding, interesting, has a great personal story. She has gravitas, like, actual gravitas. Ive been in the room with her. So this is not going to be an issue of political weakness. But what we have to understand is the landscape of florida itself. You are on a this is like a tilted Pool Board at this particular time. Shes on the most slanted side with desantis running the state, you Cant Trust where votes are going to come in and what people are going to get access to so in a neutral field, shed be able to beat Marco Rubio. Id be willing, in a neutral field, i would be willing to make that prediction now but it is not a neutral field, so whats going to have to happen is not only is she going to have to run a flawless campaign, which is almost impossible, but the democratic party as a whole, youre going to have to battle Marco Rubio, desantis, and Donald Trump next year. And if the party is interested in putting the money and resources into that state, then she could be competitive. But if theyre not, she will lose, because you cannot trust the Electoral System in the state of florida to actually represent what the people want as opposed to what the powers that be have tried to maintain. Thats such a good point, especially considering where you and i started, jason, this hour. 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Hi again, everyone, its 5 00 in the east a surefooted President Biden there ready to meet with russian president Vladimir Putin, a man hes called a killer before and a man he told to his face he believes has no soul. While the two have met previously, next weeks meeting in geneva marks the first time biden will do so as President Of The United States and will be one of the first major tests of his Foreign Policy agenda. The russian president already sending messages ahead of the summit. From The New York Times report, quote, the russian court on wednesday designated Alexey Navalnys political movement as an extremist network, a remarkable move that sent a message to President Biden ahead of his meeting next week with president Vladimir Putin. Russian domestic affairs are not up for discussion. That move, very calculated, as our friend and former u. S. Ambassador to russia, Michael Mcfaul noted, tweeting this. Putin easily could have chosen to take this action after meeting with biden in geneva. He deliberately did it before. Biden wrote in the Washington Post that he wants a stable and predictable relationship with russia. Putin does not. He is deliberately provoking biden with this move. Yet biden remains undeterred, his team out today with assurances that their meeting is still full steam ahead and the president has a clear objective when he meets with his russian counterpart. Heres White House Communications Director Kate Bedding Field on Morning Joe earlier today. President biden has been doing diplomacy on the World Stage for all of his career. Hes known President Putin for a long time so this is going to be a direct conversation. Hes going to raise a lot of the issues where we have real differences and real concerns. Of course, that includes human rights. That includes incursion on the ukrainian border. That includes cyberattacks and the responsibility that russia has when malign actors in their country are executing the kinds of attacks that weve seen of late. So these are all issues hes going to raise but hes also going to talk about places of consensus. This meeting coming at The End of President Bidens eightday overseas trip was planned strategically, Nbc News reports. It isnt by accident that biden will spend nearly a Week Meeting with americas closest allies before his summit in geneva with putin. National Security Advisor Jake sullivan said the timing is intended so biden can head into the Putin Meeting with the wind at his back. But theres also another backdrop to next weeks summit. The Jawdropping Meeting and News Conference Putin had with bidens predecessor, the disgraced exguy, nearly three years ago when the current administration very much wants to distance itself from. The Washington Post reports, quote, the underlying goal is to demonstrate a sharp pivot from trumps public deference to putin, which was on display when the two met in helsinki in 2018. The post also notes, quote, bidens aides were at pains this week to assert that even though biden initiated the meeting, it did not amount to a reward for putins misbehavior, as some republicans have suggested. A pretty rich comment from republicans, given the fact that when the leader of their party blatantly put russia and its interests above that of his own countrys, republicans didnt seem to think there was much to criticize. And many did not publicly denounce his comments. President Biden Set to assert himself on the World Stage against one of our adversaries is where we start this hour with some of our favorite reporters and friends. Retired u. S. Navy admiral james, former in the Supreme Allied Commander joins us. Also joining us, Frank Figliuzzi is here, former Fbi Assistant director for counterintelligence, host of The Bureau podcast. And the newest member of our family, tim miller, writer at large for the bulwark, now an msnbc contributor. Admiral, i want to start with you on what russia has done ahead of this meeting, and they seem so belligerent. I asked Ambassador Mcfaul this question last week. They seem very much on the offense in terms of the brazenness of russian criminals and their hacks that affect our Meat Supply and our gas supply, but one that took place during the president ial transition that attacked executive branch agencies, including some with national security responsibilities and now this designation of Alexey Navalny as an extremist. What have we done to make sure were on a strong footing . The way to frame this is really to think of Vladimir Putin. I mean, he truly is a modern day czar. Hell Rule Russia until the day he dies. And the president correctly called him a killer. I would say Vladimir Putin is a hater. He deeply, truly, madly hates the united states of america. He hates nato. He believes the collapse of the Soviet Union was the greatest tragedy of the 20th century, which kind of ignores the holocaust, the second World War and a few other things. He channels that hatred by his activities as a spoiler on the international scene. You know, frankly, nicole, he doesnt have a great hand of cards. His economy is kind of a one trick pony, oil and gas. His population is declining. He has a very weak network of allies and partners. But he plays a tactical hand, so you see the cyberattacks. You see the support for a War Criminal like Bashar Al Assad in syria. You see the activities on ukraine. I think were positioning ourselves well here in terms of the President Meeting with him, confronting him. There may be some zones of cooperation on the side, but step one here is look him in the eye, tell him what you think of him, and tell him what is unacceptable. I wonder what you think of all the taunting. Is that for a russian domestic audience, sort of trolling the united states about the weaknesses in our own democracy, saying the 1 6 insurrectionists are being persecuted . Whos he talking to . Like all politicians, he has an internal audience that is very, very important to him. He has a base. And his base is actually quite supportive of him. His Approval Ratings still remain in the 60 , 70 range, and yes, he plays to that internal audience, nicole. He also plays one layer out to the collection of allies such as they are, people like belarus and former soviet republics. He plays to that international audience, if you will. And finally, he plays to china. He wants xi to look at him as a world player, as someone who xi would want to work with. Thats another aspect of this that the president will be discussing in the runup to geneva with our allies is this growing Diplo Speak here, condominium between russia and china. Those are the audiences to whom Vladimir Putin is playing. You know, frank, weve had so many conversations about the disturbing dynamic, really, personally and in the way he acted and at the Policy Level between the expresident and Vladimir Putin. I want to read you some New York times reporting about how that has left this president cleaning up his predecessors mess. Mr. Putin has already signalled that he will reject any criticism of the kremlins handling of the Navalny Case by claiming that the u. S. Has no standing to lecture others. At russias marquee annual economic conference in st. Petersburg last week, putin repeatedly invoked the arrests of the Capitol Rioters in washington in january when pressed about belarus. Take a look at the sad events in the u. S. , putin said. Why is it only our Nonsystemic Opposition that you are interested in . It just seems to be, you know, a final ding against the united states that the expresident has left us, left this president. Yeah, youre absolutely right. Understand the stark contrast thats going to go on here next week. For the past four years, Vladimir Putin has had virtually free license to do whatever he wishes on the World Stage, including assassinate people. And so, now, hes going to be confronted with reality, truth, evidence, and a u. S. President whos not going to let that happen on his watch if he can stop it. And so, really, what im fascinated by is whether or not Vladimir Putin, as the admiral has correctly said, is playing to the domestic audience there and his regional allies but also the longer game, which is putin very much wants to continue sowing Discord And Disarray and chaos inside the united states, so the more he feels like he can weaken biden, make him look weak, see what i can do against a biden administration, see the hacks that i can pull off, see what i can do on the eve of a summit with him, weaken him here in the u. S. , creating more chaos so theres a positioning that might happen that a Trump Replacement or trump himself comes back in another form in another administration here. Hes also playing the game. Lastly, ill say there are signs that hes in trouble. The banning of Navalnys Group is just further evidence that hes got tensions and problems at home. So if he says this is the enemy, america is the enemy, we all need to unite together here in the motherland against america, that helps him. So, im not very optimistic about a great summit here, other than to send a message and then let us look for some signs of hope about how its characterized right afterwards. Did they agree on something . A cyber Extradition Agreement . Did they agree to launch a Counterterrorism Initiative somewhere . Lets look for some signs of hope. Otherwise, things are going to get really, really cold. What does a different sort of american President S approach to someone like Vladimir Putin mean to Vladimir Putin . I mean, does he care that someones going to walk i mean, because i understand this White House is also communicating to a domestic audience. Were going to go in there, were going to be direct. Thats how theyre really sort of defending the invitation to putin to meet. But does it have any bearing on Vladimir Putin when an american President Says to him, frank . Well, understand, he can spin this very, very well at home, so we his people may not truly know how this happened, what happened in the room. Hell spin it. Hes increasingly suppressing and controlling the media in his favor. But word will get out, and the biden message and whatever biden says afterwards will start penetrating society. So, the answer is, yes, he does care to a degree. He certainly doesnt want to get embarrassed. Hes going to try to take the upper hand and then Hell Spin it very strongly afterwards. Tim miller, im not going to play it but i want to remind everybody what the disgraced exPresident Said in helsinki that sent Shock Waves through even a numb republican party. This was from july 16, 2018. He was standing next to Vladimir Putin, and he said this. My people came to me, Dan Coats came to me, some others and said they think its russia. This was about Election Meddling in 2016. I have President Putin. He says its not russia. I say this. I dont see any reason why it would be, but i really do want to see the server. I have great confidence in my intelligence people but ill tell you, President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. Now, im going to name names of the people who heard that and criticized putin but not the disgraced expresident. Richard burr, bill cassidy, tom cotton, james language ford, mike lee, john cornyn, Marco Rubio, john thune, and kevin mccarthy. So, Donald Trump said that. He took Putins Side over Dan Coats, who also happened to be a republican that many of those names i just named knew. And this President Hasnt had the meeting yet and theyre already criticizing him. And i know the answer. Theres no depth to republican hypocrisy but do you think the Attacks Land with anybody . They have zero credibility. You know, i wish that i could say the answer to that is no, nicole, but you know that there is an entire Media Ecosystem out there that are just delivering this to. I remember from 2018 i guess it was 2018 and we were beginning our Focus Groups in the leadup to the republican voters against trump initiative, and sara that was running the Focus Groups asked, the day after helsinki to these soft trump voters that we were trying to win over what they thought about the comments that you just read and most of them hadnt heard them. They were getting their news from, at the best case, fox. Or Facebook Or Newsmax and you can go all the way down the list. So, theres this Echo Chamber that these folks live in, and that is who, you know, the Tom Cottons of the world are talking to. And so, i do think that those attacks will have a little bit of resonance, you know, within that bubble. The question is whether, i think, biden can show the strength to continue where i think hes been successful to date, holding on to these Swing Voters that are looking for, you know, the traditional reagan Foreign Policy. That was what drew them to republicans in the first place, and they moved over and voted for Joe Biden in enough numbers to get him in there. I think that if he says what Jake Sullivan and others say hes going to say next week, then he will have a message that resonates with the key audience, but that doesnt mean that what marco and all those jokers are doing doesnt have impact. It does. It is such a stunning, though, moment, tim, to talk about the republicans, and i like your word. Ill use it back to you. Jokers. I mean, they turned the party into a joke on questions of national security, which is not how the party sees itself. But you make a point about the opportunity this president has. If he can deprive republicans of Credibility And Seriousness on matters of national security with a Big Swath of the middle of independent voters registered either as democrats or republicans but who sort of Pay Attention to world events, that does seem like not just a national Security Opportunity but a political opportunity for him. Yeah, i think so for sure, nicole. It isnt ancient history, right, that there was this bipartisan consensus in the country and in washington about what a president was supposed to do abroad, how a president was supposed to act against a despot, someone who attacks and maligns our democracy like putin. You know, how a President S supposed to act in the leadup before that with the g7 and building up our allies, i mean, you know, it is only 2012 where there was a Big Swath of members of both parties who were, you know, they disagree on the particulars, but singing this same tune about american leadership in the world. The republicans have abdicated that because of Donald Trump, and i do think its a national security and a political opportunity for this president if he can appeal to those voters by really just doing what hes been doing his whole career, which he used to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Lindsey Grahams of the world in articulating these values, american values abroad, whether speaking with allies or adversaries. And now theyve left that entire space to him, and so i think that that is an opportunity for him and hopefully he can live up to that over the next week. I think he will. Admiral, the President S strategy is to sort of stand with and bolster and be bolstered by the worlds democracies before he heads in to meet with putin. Is that effective . And how will we know if weve been effective if sort of confronting putin about his behavior has been sort of a message received . I would say it is unquestionably very effective to do. The greatest Comparative Advantage we have in the world is this exquisite network of allies, partners, and friends, starting with nato. The president will be at a nato summit. Heres an organization, 30 nations, its 52 of the worlds gdp, 3 Million men and women under arms. When i was Supreme Allied Commander, i could pick up the Phone And Sortie 28,000 military aircraft, 800 ocean going ships. The budget lets do a Dollar Assessment here. The budget of nato, collectively, u. S. And europe, is around 900 billion. The Defense Budget of russia is 90 billion. We outspend we, the alliance, ten to one. So, yeah, hes got the right strategy here. And how are we going to know . You know, back to what we were talking about a moment ago. Putin will continue to play this spoiler role. I think the higher Level Conversation the president is going to try and bring home to our allies is, yeah, well keep the pressure on putin. The long game here is china, and the fact that China And Russia are drawing closer together, that will be a real topic of conversation in brussels and something to watch. Admiral james stavridis, we will continue to call on you. Tim miller, thank you both for target us off this hour. Frank figliuzzi is sticking around a little longer with us. When we return, the transcript of former who is counsel Don Mcgahns testimony before the House Judiciary Committee removes any doubt, if there was any, that the disgraced expresident indeed obstructed justice. So, what happens now . Why the case for Prosecuting Trump is gaining momentum next. Plus, a new twist in the mystery of the socalled Havana Syndrome. The debilitating Brain Injuries plaguing dozens of u. S. Officials and why the south and its low, low rates of Covid Vaccinations is threatening to become a danger to itself. And most worrying, the rest of the country. Deadline White House continues after a quick break. Dont go anywhere. 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But just revisiting that exchange and the aftermath of yesterdays testimony or Yesterdays Transcript Release of Don Mcgahns testimony before congress, because that transcript makes it abundantly clear. Any honest conversation surrounding Donald Trumps conduct in Office Centers not on whether you think he criminally obstructed justice but whether you care that he absolutely, positively did. So, given what Robert Mueller said there, what now . Is it time to prosecute him . Hes out of office. Mueller said yes. Its a question at the center of a really provocative and important new series in the Boston Globe, one that asks that proofing, the american presidency, the office, in trumps wake. From that editorial, quote, trumps presidency didnt just expose glaring legal weaknesses. It also made clear that our institutions are incapable of holding President S accountable for breaking even our existing laws. If congress had played the role the founders envisioned by removing trump from the presidency after his criminality became clear in the ukraine affair, that might have been enough of a deterrent to scare future President S straight, but lawmakers did not. So, now, theres only one way left to Restore Deterrents and convey to future President S that the Rule Of Law applies to them. The Justice Department must abandon two centuries of tradition by indicting and prosecuting Donald Trump for his conduct in office. Joining us now is senior Opinion Writer for the Boston Globe and an msnbc contributor, kim atkins. I want to hear from both of you about this series and the case thats being made, but ill start with you, kim, because we had so many conversations and just to button up the significance of the mcgahn testimony, its not as though we needed more proof that criminal Obstruction Of Justice took place. It was detailed and the transcripts of Don Mcgahn were transcribed in the Mueller Report for anyone to read. But it does strike me that his showing up so far after any opportunity for congress to do anything was part of the maniacal strategy that trumps White House and Justice Department had all along. It absolutely was. I mean, the reason that we are only seeing the transcripts of this testimony as of last night is because the Justice Department fought Tooth And Nail with congress in the attempt by lawmakers to bring mcgahn to testify, not just before lawmakers but before the american public on exactly what happened. Donald trump tried to expand the applicable law of Executive Privilege so far beyond where it was intended that it really served to stall this long enough to, again, allow him to evade responsibility. And that is at the center of this series by the globes editorial board. If there were other levers of accountability in place, and there were, but many of them were toothless, Donald Trump managed to expose every one, and so it lays out all the ways that congress needs to act and the department of just needs to act to close those loopholes, to force President S to be held accountable because if accountability is an if there is that deterrent, then this wont happen again. But as long as things remain as they are, it absolutely could, or we can get someones transgressions that are even worse. Abdullah, what i thought about, when i read the piece, and its so brilliant in its grounding in the Rule Of Law and whats been lost, its not just our founders who would be, i think, horrified at what has been sort of perverted and distorted but you dont even have to go back that far. You look at watergate where republicans were able to be compelled by facts of criminality, and it seems that that is where our current laws and policies do not serve any commitment to the Rule Of Law. Yeah, thats exactly right, nicole, and thanks for having me on. You know, with watergate and richard nixon, theres especially one key difference between that and the Trump Era, and thats the ability to feel shame. One thing that allowed trump to get away with so much is that he was utterly shameless and just pushed through all the, you know, Norm Breaking and law breaking acts of his White House and all the investigations and just, you know, power through it and he got away with it. And so, thats why this is really important to still go after, even after hes out of office. You know, i understand that a lot of americans want to move on from trump and never look back. I mean, you know, its it was a very normbreaking, normbusting time. Each day presented, as you very well know, a new crisis or two, and it was incredibly overwhelming, but you know, we cant just move on from the Trump Era without studying exactly what went wrong and how it went wrong. And if we do that, that would be profoundly irresponsible. We were shown that there are loopholes in our constitutional system. Weve been shown just how weak our checks and balances are against a tyrannical president , and so its our obligation as journalists, as voters, as, you know, lawmakers in congress to actually address that and fix that, and thats really why we wrote this series, to urge lawmakers, you know, beyond the doj Prosecuting Trump if they have enough evidence, but to urge lawmakers to pass a set of reforms to restrain future President S from abusing their power, and if congress fails to do that, then you know, The End of American Democracys in our lifetime, and i dont say that just to, you know, be hyperbolic or alarmist about this. I say this because, you know, already, were seeing the erosion of American Democracy accelerate after trump left office, state after state after state, the republican legislatures, you know, just going after our Voting Rights, and congress, with the help of Joe Manchin, refusing to protect us. And refusing to protect Voting Rights. And so the next trump and i want to be very clear about this the next trump that could be trump himself in 2024 or a far more competent authoritarian leader, you know, will have a much easier time usurping American Democracy because right now, the Road Map has been laid out for them very clearly. And you will be one of the people, if that happens, who, you know, whoever comes down and discovers the remnants of this era in time capsules, who predicted it and saw how it was all going to play out. I want to read some more from your from the really important editorial. You guys write this. After the Precedentbusting Presidency of Donald Trump, congress needs to pass new laws to constrain future office holders. Thats the case the globe has made in this series, curb some Pardon Power, broadening the power of congress to investigate the president , protections for whistleblowers, requirements that President S make financial disclosures to root out conflicts of interest. All of that is crucial to protect americans against a repeat of the last four years. Abdallah, i think we need to dive into these separately but lets just take a couple, Pardon Power and nepotism. Im surprised he didnt combine the two in The End. Placing his Soninlaw And Daughter inside that inner sank sanctum, that was the problem of every chief of Staff And Reince priebus, john kelly, they tried in varying degrees to get this president to sort of adhere to some the norms, i wont even say Rule Of Law, its not clear they had that much sway with him, but it would be very easy to we can do something about this. I mean, its not a prosecute Donald Trump for obstruction for being named Individual One In Sdny for the criminal Campaign Finance Case that sent Michael Cohen to jail. You can choose a future where the President S corrupt and unqualified Soninlaw And Daughter dont run the country. Do you think theres any enthusiasm behind passing Nepotism Laws or curbs to a President S power . Thanks for that question. This is something we wanted to make clear throughout the series. Reforming and restraining future President S ought to be a bipartisan cause. This isnt a partisan issue. Corruption doesnt know a single party. The next trump might be a democrat. Obviously, the two parties arent equal, and theres an asymmetry in which one actually wants to abandon democracy and thats the republican party, so its likely that the next tyrant will be a republican, but you know, its very possible that a corrupt president be a democrat, so republicans ought to be very interested in restraining future President S from abusing their power. Otherwise, theyll be, as well, locked out of The System, and we will see American Democracy end. So, you know, nepotism is really important when it came to Donald Trumps presidency. I mean, the american people suffered. One thing we said in the series was that our government survived a scrape with authoritarianism but the reality is many of us didnt survive. By some estimates, nearly A Million americans died from the coronavirus pandemic, and thats in part because jared kushner, Donald Trumps soninlaw, was, you know, leading, in part, part of the leadership behind the Governments Coronavirus Response team with no prior experience. He was a Real Estate businessman. What was this guy doing leading our Pandemic Response . And now hundreds of thousands of lives are lost. And those people will not get a second chance. You know, for those of us who remain and are lucky enough to still vote, we have to act on this now. If we dont, then, you know, this this is its really urgent to do it now. If we dont, were going to see another authoritarian come and even improve on Trumps Ability to undermine democracy within our lifetime. Maybe even by 2024. Yeah, i mean, someone with an Attention Span could actually and an equally corrupt inner core could actually do even more damage. I would like to ask you both to come back. I mean, i think that what you write about financial disclosures, its an easy fix, and it sounds like Cy Vance has trumps taxes. We dont need them. But youre right, to make sure wetu, there are new fears about the Havana Syndrome and whether our enemies might be weaponizing technology intended for a very different purpose. That story is next. Or a very di purpose. That story is next for members like martin. An Air Force Veteran made of doing whats right, not whats easy. So when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. Thats how you do it right. Usaa insurance is made just the way martins family needs it with hasslefree claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. Because doing right by our members, thats whats right. Usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Usaa no, hes not in his room. Dad, why didnt you answer your phone . Your mother loved this park. She did. Shingles . Camera man yeah, 1 out of 3 people get shingles in their lifetime. 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But some officials suspect that the side effects, which are thought to be byproducts of foreign efforts to collect intelligence from government employees devices, could now be weaponized and used to cause physical harm. More than 130 people from across our government have had possible symptoms of Havana Syndrome with 60 to 80 coming from inside d. O. D. On that note, lets bring in nbc News Pentagon Correspondent courtney kube, Frank Figliuzzi is also with us. Courtney, what are you learning . You mentioned the 60 to 80 here within d. O. D. And we should point out that just in the last month, one former d. O. D. Employee came forward with experiencing some sort of symptoms of this. So, this continues to go on. This investigation. More and more people continue to come forward. Its more than 130 who have come forward. Not all those people have been substantiated. Theres some cases where they figured out it was something else that caused their mysterious sickness and illness, but some of them, they do believe, may have been exposed so what were talking about here is the intelligence community, this initial assessment is ininclusive. They dont know what is causing this. They dont know whats behind it either but the officials i spoke with, they are saying that now there is more and more thought that its possible this wasnt necessarily, at the beginning, a directed attack or a directed Energy Attack. That it is possible that, in fact, this may have been some sort of a Surveillance Mechanism or some sort of way of gathering information from some of these individuals personal devices, their Cell Phones and things, and that something about the rays or the waves or the energy that was beaming towards them as they were trying to gather their information or steal information from them, it sickened them. So, this theory is not new. You know, people have been talking about it for some time, but what surprised carol and i was that the officials were talking about it in more of a way that now even if it was not originally intended to be a directed Energy Attack against these individuals, the concern is that, well, now, whomever is behind this may have realized they have this ability to sicken people and they may try to weaponize whatever this effort. So, thats really, you know, this is such a confusing story. Even trying to explain it, nicole, is very confusing because theres so little that we know about whats behind this or whos behind it. There was a time a couple years ago where officials were saying to us that they believe russia is behind it and now they are very quick to say, well, thats a theory, but we dont know that for sure. So, you know, still way more questions than we have answers on this entire case, nicole. Frank figliuzzi, either scenario, either beaming something into devices to steal all the data and or doing so to hurt peoples brains, are they both aggressive acts . Are they acts of war . So, the moment that this turned from Intelligence Collection into weaponization and offensive attacks deliberately against u. S. Personnel, indeed, it could be considered an act of war, and in fact, one of the things that President Biden might want to be discussing with the allies during his trip overseas is whether our allies also have experienced the same thing with their intelligence personnel hosted abroad. And quite frankly, while i know its delicate, theres really no harm in him posing a question to Vladimir Putin when they meet next week, not in an accusatory way, but rather to see what his response is, rather by asking, have your intelligence personnel, your diplomats around the world been reporting something like this . Just to see what his response is to that question would be fascinating, i think. But i know this. And i want to say this clearly in support of the men and women who are suffering from these attacks. This is for real. I know a lot of folks are out there going, come on. This this is bizarre, right . This isnt happening. And i know people involved in this program. It is for real. And i think the question really for us is, was It Jamming Communications . Because the people i talked to say this could have been Collateral Damage either from attempting to jam encrypted communications or intercept communications, but either way, it has turned offensive. And its theres far more here than meets the eye, nicole. This is across europe, across asia, now allegedly on u. S. Soil right outside the White House with national security personnel. We have to get to the bottom of this. The National Academy Of Sciences says its directed microwave energy. Lets figure this out. The men and women who serve the country deserve better than a headscratching mystery. We got to take Care Of them. We will stay on it to that note. Courtney kube, i appreciate your and carols new reporting on this and i appreciate you, frank, for talking to us about it. Thank you both. When we return, with so much of the country entering postpandemic life, the Lagging Rate of vaccinations in red states, many of them in The Deep South, could spell big trouble down the road. That storys next. Ould Spell Bie down the road. That storys next. Hey, you wanna get out of here . Weve got you. During expedia travel week, save 20 or more on thousands of hotels. Just book now through June 12th to plan your escape with expedia. Expedia. It matters who you travel with oh dont burn down the duplex. Terminix. Welcome to allstate, are you down, dddown, dddown, dddown where were driving down the cost of insurance. Are you down, down ddown, down . Are you drivers who switched saved over 700. Allstate. 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Peter hotez, codirector of the Childrens Center for vaccine development, the Founding Dean of the national school of tropical medicine at Baylor College and author of the book, preventing the next pandemic and ill add another title, tip of the spear against vaccine disinformation. I feel like youve been waving your arms and jumping up and down and warning this could happen if the disinformation about the Vaccine Wasnt combatted and sadly, that seems to be where we are right now. Yeah, nicole, and the gap seems to be widening every day. Weve nations where were fully vaccinating new england, the midatlantic states, california, new mexico, all blue or bluish states, and The Deep South is vaccinating at about half that rate. So theres a huge vulnerability now to the southern part of the united states, and heres what im worried about. If you look at where we were at this time last year, we were at our nadir, and then around the July 4th holiday, we started to see the beginning of this massive surge in the south all through july and august into september that was really devastating. That was our big Second Wave after the first wave in New York, and im worried its going to happen again. It could happen for two reasons, not only the low Vaccination Coverage but now, unlike last year, we have these new variants of concern. We already have the b. 1. 1. 7 variant. Now we have the Delta Variant from india. We have the P1 Variant from brazil. So im holding my breath for what happens in the south this summer. Im quite concerned. Well, and hospitalizations are already rising, likely due to those two dynamics. Dynamics. In The New York Times, in newton county, missouri, where 15 of the population are vaccinated, Area Hospital was treating 46 people for covid19, a 47 rise over the last two weeks according to the department of human services. When you describe a tale of two countries, you could even between two states have a tale of two counties. Are you sort of resolved that people who arent convinced of the Vaccines Safety never can be or do you think further i mean, what is the road ahead for getting more people to get vaccinated . So i still take the road that failure is not an option, that we need just to work harder. Were not really, you know, addressing this. The biden administration is not really talking about it. I know its uncomfortable to start talking about blue versus red or north versus south or conservative versus liberal. For a scientist like myself, im uncomfortable here talking about it, but i think its what we need to do to save lives. Remember who is going to get hit. Its going to be young people, young adults. Its going to be adolescents. If you look at the adolescent vaccination rates, you see this in louisiana or mississippi, its under 10 . So there is this massive vulnerability. We have to work harder to reach out to conservative groups and do whatever it takes to make this happen. Im doing the best that i can, but i cant do it alone. Youre doing more than than just about anyone else i know. I appreciate you coming here. Doctor, thank you for coming here and spending time with us. When we return, a historic first as President Biden works to balance out the federal judiciary. That story the next. That story the next. Dont flex your pecs. Terminix. Hey google, turn up the heat. Trelegy for copd. Birds flyin high, you know how i feel. Breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. Its a new dawn. If youve been taking copd sitting down, its time to make a stand. Start a new day with trelegy. 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