from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news right now. vice president kamala harris is heading back to washington after taking part in the munich security conference. the vice president using her keynote speech today to condemn moscow while formally announcing the u.s. has determined russia committed war crimes against ukraine. in the case of russia s actions in ukraine, we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards. there is no doubt, these are crimes against humanity. [applause] u.s. calling off the search for the unidentified object over lake huron. that is two of former objects shot down by the u.s. military which included that chinese spy balloon. the last hour, democratic making member of the house adam smith spoke with me about the questions and concerns that still remain over the spy balloon that moose mystery objects. if the hobbyist and meteorologists can do this, so can the russians and
we, the people, in order to form a more perfect union 221 years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched america s improbable experiment in democracy. the document they produced was eventually signed, but ultimately unfinished. it was stained by this nation s original sin of slavery. i chose to run for president at this moment in history because i believe deeply that we cannot solve the challenges of our time unless we solve them together, unless we perfect our union by understanding that we may have different stories, but we hold common hopes, that we may not look the same and may not have come from the same place, but we all want to move in the same direction towards a better future for our children and our grandchildren. this belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the american people. but it also comes from my own story. i m the son of a black man from kenya and a wh
accountability for the failures that horrible day. this week in no smart part due to the reporting of shimon revealed the school district police department hired a former state trooper under investigation for her actions during the mass sacre, i should say lack of actions during the massacre and shimon uncovered this video of her on the day of the massacre talking to other officers. listen. reporter: an officer asked if her children attend rob eloquent men starry. her response. do you have kids in there? my son is in daycare. he s not old enough. i saw you yeah, no, no. if my son had been in there, i would not have been outside, i promise you that. she said if her son had been inside the school, quote, i would not have been outside. i promise you that. so last night we learned there officer has been fired by the school district. fired the day after shim mon ha tried to get answers why she was hired in the first place since she was under investigation. the studen
mr. obama, one of your supporters has raised the concern that perhaps you re not connecting with african-american voters as much as you should. well, look, the african-american community isn t monolithic any more than the white community or latino community or the asian community is monolithic. and i think that s a healthy thing. that s part of our democracy. i certainly don t think that i would want to restrict my support to african-americans any more than dan would want to restrict his support to whites. part of what i think makes the democratic party rich is the fact that we have to build coalitions. mr. hall, you moved to chicago in 1980, is that right? i was doing a story about chicago and the democratic party s ability to reach voters through its messaging. and i was calling around and i was saying, who should i talk to? several people said, you need to talk to this guy named barack obama. and it was really interesting. he was saying things that were
we wanted to create a movement that inspired people to believe that we could overcome some of these really great barriers in our politics, that we could overcome the cynicism. you know, i thought that this speech was going to have a galvanic effect for obama. didn t realize how much until i was in the room in boston. this year, in this election, we are called to reaffirm our values and our commitments, to hold them against a hard reality, and see how we re measuring up to the legacy of our forbearers and the promise of future generations. and fellow americans, democrats, republicans, independents, i say to you tonight, we have more work to do. i was sitting up in one of the boxes, and i had some activists with me. and they were like, well, why isn t he talking about voting rights? and why isn t he talking about