When the u. S. Quits the country all together. Just anecdotally, alex, as you know i work in iran a lot, it shares a very porous border with afghanistan, so you see a lot of afghans pouring to iran. They have a terrible life there but it is still preferential to staying in afghanistan for them. I have to tell you, it is a heck of a story. Allie arouzi, let me thank you for covering two big stories for us, from climate change to how to extricate our afghan partners. Thank you, ali. And a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. Welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. Here is what is happening just a bit past 2:00 p. M. Eastern,. We begin with the president hitting the campaign trail for the first time since his candidacy. He touted his vaccination push and efforts to pass an infrastructure deal and even calling out his predecessor by name. This is a big deal. Terry and i share a lot in common. I ran against donald trump and so is terry. Look, this is
Ahead. Tonight, also new information how the house select committee will begin to investigate the deadly siege on the capitol six months ago. Just today the justice department released more brand new video evidence, showing rioters literally dragging and beating police officers. Made the footage public at request of nbc and other news organizations. Warn you this is among some of the most violent and graphic video release sod far from january 6th. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. Beating police officers, they said it was antifa, they said it was blm, some said it was just tourists. Panel of house members will examine the events. Republican leader kevin mccarthy has yet to name appointees to the panel but chairman betty thompson from mississippi, said will not delay the first hearing later this month. Either the 21st or 22nd of july, the committee is committed to doing our job. As i said, we hope that mccarthy gives us the final recommendations to populate the committee. If he chooses not
Trends here in the u. S. Cases up where vaccinations are down. We re going inside the country s clashing covid realities and a new survey showing that red/blue divide growing. I m hallie jackson on this friday morning with you here in washington. That s where we start with nbc news washington investigative reporter scott mcfarland and political contributor jake sherman cofounder of punch bowl news with us. Scott, bring us up to speed on what you re hearing with the last of the security fencing set to come down today. A physically small gesture. I didn t see any workers, contractors or equipment being staged so the removal is not imminent. A capitol police union official tells me he expected to begin sometime today. Capitol police aren t saying. Here s what i can say for certain. The sergeant at airports sent a memo to members of the house saying the work would likely begin friday, weather permitting and the weather is fine, would take about three days and feels like the soft deadline i
When it comes time to give somebody a present. Tell them i sent you. That does it for us tonight. We ll see you again on monday. Now it s time for the last word where ali velshi, is in for lawrence tonight. Good evening, ali. I m glad you said that rachel. Because you and i think a lot about the big problems in media. And then this issue of news that is an accurate. News that isn t real. A bulwark of local news across this country is what pushes back on that. Because you have local reporters who are often not influenced by the powers that influence national media. And when we see that road, there s just less of a check and a balance for news that is that spreads like wildfire on social media, because that s where people go. To some deeply appreciative that you put that meshes out. To get out there and support local news anyway you can t. Rachel, have yourself a great weekend. Tell thanks for telling us about. Thank you so much, ali. Thank you. See you, monday. Tonight we begin with the
Let s go to nbc s monica alba in washington, d. C. Another welcome to you. We have the president, as you know, preparing for his first international trip in office. What does he hope to accomplish with it? it s. Reporter: a critical test, alex, and i m told he s preparing for these highstakes summits. He was in discussions with his national security team yesterday in the oval office, for instance, because this is going to be a week where we see him head to multiple countries and meet with so many leaders on the international stage, beginning in the uk with boris johnson and then head to the g7 in cornwall, and we know this from a washington post oped published today, that he wants to reengage america s leadership internationally and restore strained alliances after the last four tumultuous years. And the way he says he s going to do that is by trying to rally the world s democracies against threats like china and russia. One particular topic of conversation we know for sure the preside