a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. new polling on both sides of the political aisle shows almost three-quarters of americans saying this country is divided and headed in the wrong direction. 70% say americans can t solve issues and differences will continue to grow. topping the issues are jobs and the economy and the coronavirus. encouraging words from dr. fauci suggesting infections from the omicron variant are expected to peak in the coming weeks. it s by no north koreans exempt from making people sick and putting them into the hospital, particularly those who are not vaccinated. however, what we would hope is as we get into the next weeks to month or so, we ll see throughout the entire country the level of infection get to below what i call that area of control. meanwhile russia is denying a new report from the british government. as tensions remain high, secretary of state antony blinken says u.s. i
with his personal aide, walt nauta, and a new defended, mar-a-lago employee carlos de oliveira, with obstruction conspiracy. the new obstruction counter significant, and based on allegations that the defendants attempted to delete surveillance footage at mar-a-lago in the summer of 2022. that third defendant, carlos de oliveira, was maine and supervisor at mar-a-lago. also, trump already faced 31 counts of illegally retaining national defense information. this new indictment as a 32nd to the list. it s related to a recording of the former president and bedminster, where he is discussing classified documents involving iran. well, with milley, let me see that, i ll show you an example. he said that i wanted to attack iran. isn t it amazing? i have a big pile of papers, this thing will just come up. look. this was him. they presented me this. this is off the record. but they presented me this. this was him. this was the defense department and him. this was him. this wasn t d
he has already been accused of mishandling classified material and blocking the government s efforts to get them back. believers afternoon the special counsel released a superseding indictment and adding three new cherry charges and adding another codefendant in the case. nbc s laura jarrett has the details. these new counts add a charge of willful retention of national defense information. mr. trump is also charged along with his personal aide, walt nauta, and a new defended, mar-a-lago employee carlos de oliveira, with obstruction conspiracy. the new obstruction counter significant, and based on allegations that the defendants attempted to delete surveillance footage at mar-a-lago in the summer of 2022. that third defendant, carlos de oliveira, was maine and supervisor at mar-a-lago. also, trump already faced 31 counts of illegally retaining national defense information. this new indictment as a 32nd to the list. it s related to a recording of the former president and b
protect democracy as it becomes the first to file charges against so-called fake electors. the states top election officials here. and talk of expunging trump impeachments takes over capitol hill. but it s a move even some republicans can t get behind. as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night good evening, i am alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. we begin in washington d.c., where the grand jury assembled by special counsel jack smith another witness testified today about former president donald trump s role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election and interfere in the peaceful transfer of power. remember, trump has already received a target letter from smith, raising the possibility of a third indictment, which could come at any time. this afternoon, former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann shared his thoughts about jack smith s strategy. that s where my money is. i think that if jack smith is going to bring a charge like this, which i think he is d
president biden say in his inaugural speech he was going to focus on uniting both parties and america. unfortunately, that is not happened. in my opinion, in fact, the parties in the country are more divided than ever. and i as a mom, as a coach of young children, and as an american i am tired of the fighting. what specific steps would you take as present to bring all parties to the table, and bring americans together to end the divisiveness in this great country. well, thanks for the question. . it s something that s very meaningful, as i share your aspiration for our country. look, i said before, i think democracy depends on heavy doses of civility. and over the last 20 years of my career, we ve always tried to aspire to that ideal. my faith requires me to treat others the way i want to be treated. and while earlier in the career, the first time i ran for office, i didn t live up to that. ten years later, when the opportunity came around, we thought to do just that. and q