that says, your neighbor, your coworker, your family member could pose a threat to our nation s security, and that means we need to be in a kind of post-9/11 posture, alex. by that, i mean, remember all the signs that came up. if you see something, say something. that s what the fbi s looking for right now. and now, nearly 5,000 national guard troops will be deployed in d.c. through march as some congressional staffers and extremism researchers say there are concerns about possible violence surrounding the upcoming impeachment proceedings. let s go to msnbc s vaughn hillyard standing by on capitol hill. what can you tell us about this new video? reporter: yeah, this new new york times video that you re looking at is video from the insurrection on the steps there of the capitol. and quite frankly, it s tough to watch. it s tough to listen to. and it shows just how intense, how direct, and how concentrated these rioters, these insurrectionists were on entering the capitol
because this is new, this is a legal precedent, this is a rarity. you can see defendant giuliani looking fairly stern. this is a new mug shot we got today. he was released on $150,000 bond. the d.a., fani willis, charged giuliani with 13 counts that includes rico, false statements, solicitation of a violation of oath and the pierce to commit forgery. what we re seeing tonight, and we re going to go through it together with our experts, marks the ultimate visualization as well as a defenestration of r.j. r.j. we re looking at the scene outside the jail where he, under likely rejecting advice of council or what would be the advice, speaking out publicly. he was booked on the very rico charges he used to bring against defendants. speaking out here we have more on this later this hour. i want to bring you some of what he said before surrendering, arguing that because he is a lawyer, he basically how would not be booked in the photo you see and not be charged. they re destroyi
and more shocking pictures coming out of vermont. rapid flood waters pounding that area following those massive storms. so much damage that the federal government has now officially declared a state of emergency there. so lots to get to, but we begin with the high stakes nato summit in lithuania. members making decisions that could change the course of the war in ukraine and that are already reshaping the alliance itself. this as the man with arguably the most at stake, ukrainian president zelenskyy here, you see him arriving ending speculation on whether he would even be invited or show up to this summit. well, he will meet, as we said, with president biden tomorrow less than three days after the president poured cold water on the idea of ukraine joining the transatlantic alliance. and ahead of his speech, where he ll make his case for his country s membership. zelenskyy tweeted earlier today uncertainty is weakness. nbc s monica alba is traveling with president biden in lit
because of an insurrection led by the leader of the wagner mercenaries that ended nearly as soon as it started. an apparent clash between wagner and russian troops which was followed by a fire at that oil refinery you see on your screen there. under the deal done, the kremlin says wagner troops will not face any legal action, but they ll sign new contracts with russia s defense ministry while moscow will drop its charges against prig prigozhin, who will go to belarus. wagner s leader says he agreed to that in order to avoid bloodshed. translator: therefore, realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps, according to the plan. the kremlin says it doesn t know where prigozhin is right now. what you see there is video of people cheering as he left ross stor-on-don where his troops seized military facilities on saturday. officials now tell c
discussion it lasted about 35 minutes, during which time the chinese leader acknowledged that the two sides had candid and in-depth conversation and acknowledged common understanding. it appears that any talk regarding any more contentious topics may have happened away from cameras. remember, this visit was already delayed once after a chinese spy craft was found drifting over the u.s. president biden this weekend called that airspace intrusion silly. but blink s visit he said to the country could serve to ease tensions. the white house recently acknowledged that china had secured a i do buckeye base in china there had been tensions to sooth. this conversation between blinken and xi capped hours of high stakes meeting between the secretary and other chinese officials including top diplomat wang ye, according to the state department, the meeting with ye, quote, underscored the importance of importance and manageability competition between the united states and china through op