right now on andrea mitchell reports live from munich, but reporting that the georgia special grand jury report has been made public today against the objections of the district attorney that it could hurt imminent prosecutions. the president will finally speak out about the chinese spy balloon and other shootdowns. will he explain his policy after bipartisan criticism? and here in germany, vice president kamala harris attending the munich security conference and world leaders gathering to talk about how to help ukraine survive russia s onslaught. i ll speak to the ambassador and richard engle from the front lines. good day, i m andrea mitchell in munich. it s 6:00 here. you can hear the bells tolling. world leaders, including vice president harris, gathering at a critical time in the war in ukraine. i ll be interviewing the vice president tomorrow on administration plans to help ukraine defend against russiaes spring i ve and hold vladimir putin accountable. breaking
that i m fit to be serving and that s what i believe is where i m standing. democrats are seizing on dr. oz already on defense for criticism of discredited theories he promoted on television saying this when asked whether aside from exceptions should abortion be banned in america. i ve been in the room when there s some difficult conversations happening. i don t want the federal government involved with that at all. i want women, doctors, local political leaders leading the democracy that s allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward so states can decide for themselves. we ll get reaction here as well as reports from other key contests across the nation. and we ll take a closer look at threats to election workers undermining access to the vote and election security in georgia, two years after former president trump tried to change the 2020 results. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell here in pittsburgh and the big question in pennsylvania this morning
and we re seeing the 2024 campaign heating up with the entrance of nikki haley, with people lined up including other former cabinet members from the former president. as this begins to heat up, this will become more resonant, especially because fani willis said that action, prosecution, was imminent. that means that she s got a grand jury, as joyce has been pointing out. she has to figure out the timing. there is speedy action, there are deadlines on all of that and, peter, you know, they have to decide what to do but it s clear she s going to do something with those witnesses and some very prominent trump allies from the inner circle are in that list. no doubt and we ll be watching that as well. blayne alexander in georgia, garrett haake outside the former president s property and joyce vance, we appreciate you. andrea, we ll give it back to you in munich. thanks, peter. and just ahead, russia s escalation and the nato response. what the u.s. is prepared to do
everything that i can do within my power at that precinct to protect the vote. reporter: andrea, a fascinating, eye-opening conversation with her. we have heard a couple of things. either people walk away from the position or they are more determined do it because of what happened in 2020. thanks so much, blayne alexander in georgia. breaking news in wisconsin. a jury there has reached a verdict in the trial of the deadly christmas parade attack. it was on november 21. antonia hylton is following the story. they have come up with a verdict. we know, guilty on homicide. reporter: that s right, andrea. the jury started deliberating last night and then it reconvened this morning around
the investigation which began last year is looking into attempts to influence election officials, including former president trump s call with south carolina zx n which the former president asked him to, quote, find the votes needed win the state. the group will be able to issue subpoenas to individuals who have so far refused to cooperate with the investigation. joining me now to break this down is blayne alexander in georgia. and legal analyst joyce vance. thanks to both of you fobeing here. that special grand jury is seated w. what are you watching for? what can we expect the next sts to be? reporter: 23 jurors, 3 alternates. it took less than two hours to seat that group. that was a very quick process. what we can expect to see over possibly the next year or so is really going to be a lot of use of their subpoena power. they are not allowed to prove indictments, but they do have subpoena por. that s notable because it means