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now. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. blackmailed over her son s burial. one week after alexei navalny was found dead in a russian prison, his mother is now in a very public fight with putin over his body. does it suggest the russian president isn t really worried about those brand new u.s. sanctions? plus, alabama s chief justice with a higher authority in mind when he ruled frozen embryos are people. how his comments about god and the bible are raising concerns about the separation of church and state. and just 25 worked, that s all it took for judge arthur engoron to reject donald trump s desperate plea to stave off that enormous civil judgment. $355 million plus interest that s already 100 million and counting. we start in russia, on a day it was hit with more than 500 u.s. sanctions, the most since the war began, the focus for vladimir putin and his allies is clearly domestic, not international politics. worried about r ....
the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. where a grand jury may be on the verge of indicting the former president for his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. that grand jury did not meet today. we do not know why they didn t meet or what this means for this investigation, but the jury is expected to meet again on thursday. in the meantime, we have significant revelations about what special counsel jack smith may be investigating. this week we ve got new reporting that the special counsel has been focusing in on a white house meeting on valentine s day of 2020. february 14th which was of course months before election day. on that day, president trump reportedly met with senior u.s. officials and white house staff to discuss the election itself. and during this meeting, the president was apparently bragging, not just about, while all the things he brags about, but just how secure the election was going to be. according to the reporting we have, trump touted his admin ....
investigation, but the jury is expected to meet again on thursday. in the meantime, we have significant revelations about what special counsel jack smith may be investigating. this week we got new reporting that the special counsel has been focus sing in on a white house meeting on valentine s day of 2020, february 14th, which was of course months before election day. on that day president trump reportedly met with senior u.s. officials and white house staff to discuss the election itself, and during this meeting the president was apparently bragging not just about, well, all the things he always brags about but about just how secure the election was going to be. according to the reporting we have, trump touted his administration s work to expand the use of paper ballots and support security audits of vote tallies. president trump was so encouraged by federal efforts to protect election systems, that he suggested the fbi and the department of homeland security hold a pr ....
a highly credible confidential human source with the most corroborating evidence we have said judiciary chair jim jordan last month. sounds big. and according to reporting from multiple outlets, it was big. alexander smirnov was the lynch pin, perhaps, of the entire gop impeachment inquiry into president biden. except that lynch pin now looks more like a poison pill. in a new court filing, the special counsel tasked with investigating hunter biden s business dealings said smirnov is a lay liar, that he can t be trusted on anything, not about his financial conditions, not his alleged meetings, not about his supposed insider information, and certainly not about the bribe claims. in fact, special counsel weiss says the lies smirnov is still telling are linked to russian intelligence and could, quote, impact u.s. elections. oof. so where does the house impeachment inquiry go now? hunter biden is supposed to testify next week, but first his uncle james is behind closed doors ....
house republicans about a bribery scheme that s already been debunked. a mix-up too wild to make up. hunter biden s lawyers accusing the special counsel of confusing sawdust for cocaine. what might that mean for his case? plus, the american ballerina accused of treason by russia. did a simple donation to ukraine get her locked up? and are mitch mcconnell s days in leadership numbered? what donald trump is saying about that. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin on capitol hill with republicans questioning the president s brother. julie tsirkin is there. what s going on? reporter: exactly. they have been questioning him behind closed doors for the last few hours, only breaking for lunch, and little breaks here and there. for james biden, the brother of the president, he did read as part of his statement to the panel, again, behind closed doors, but we were able to get our hands on it. he pointed out four points, i know they ....