good evening, i am chris jansing. special coverage of the assassination attempt on former president donald trump. next hour, president biden will address the nation from the oval office with a critical question lingering in the minds of congress and the country. how could this happen? and at this hour, we do have some new information for you. a senior secret service source familiar with the planning of yesterday s event tells nbc news that the roof was a well- known, high-priority vulnerability. it was identified just the day before during a security walk- through. we have also just learned that there were two counter sniper teams on site, and that the counter sniper did not need approval to shoot. one source telling nbc news that prior protocols were not followed the fbi announces the alleged shooter, 20 rolled thomas matthew crooks , appears to have acted alone. this all provides new context for the shocking scene last night in butler, pennsylvania, already burned into our
ways. we just seem to have lost the ability to dialogue and to reason, and to do it in a way that s respectful and thoughtful, inside of politics. on monday, the democrats plan to pay for the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill that came into focus. the house ways and means committee announced tax hikes that would amount to nearly $2.1 trillion in increased revenues. but left unscathed, the vast fortunes of the megarich, like mark zuckerberg and elon musk. perhaps that s why congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez struck such a chord with the fashion statement heard round the world at one of the most opulent events of the year. and to aoc s credit, just a few days later, president biden seemed to echo her sentiments. people with tens of millions of dollars. they play by a different set of rules. where is it written with all the tax breaks in the american tax code go to corporations at the very top. i think it s enough. i m tired of it. meanwhile, as democrats plow full ste
correspondent david spunt tells us where things stand tonight. it s been a long time. good evening, david. it really has. this is significant on several levels in almost 2 and a half years. this is only the second prosecution brought forward by special counsel john durham. according to the indictment this afternoon, this attorney mentioned not only provided questionable information to the fbi about donald trump, but he failed to mention his connections to the clinton campaign. late today a federal grand jury indicted michael susman, a cyber security dnc and 2016 clinton campaign. at the request of special counsel john durham sussmann met with fbi general counsel james baker on september 19th, 2016. in that conversation. donald trump. linked then candidate donald trump to russia but failed to properly mention his ties to both the dnc and clinton campaign. sussmann claimed not to be representing anyone at the time. just looking to pass the information along. sussmann,
well, i think he can save it ultimately. there are two separate tracks we re talking about. obviously, you have the whole negotiation between the left and the center of the democratic party over the infrastructure bill and the reconciliation, which is the broader social spending package. and, look, they are arguing about a number on reconciliation. one thing politicians can do is find a midpoint between two different numbers, between the progressives and centrist and ultimately they ll get there. the other track, though, is more significant in some ways. not in terms of the long-term impact but the immediate crisis which is that mitch mcconnell, you know, at the moment, is behaving like a terrorist. and he is holding a gun to the head of democrats and indeed to the whole global economy in threatening to have the u.s. default on its debt by refusing to vote for any expansion of the debt ceiling. the important point to remember is that even though he is the one, you know, mak
that s the message. plus, biden s year end agenda falls short leaving a 2022 scramble. it s healthy that the senators are going home to egg nog and fruitcake. maybe that will improve their attitudes. more evidence that the trump coup attack was real. how we address this is a moral test of our generation. biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday i m phil mattingly in for abby phillip. it is a sobering sunday for what we think could be the biggest covid wave yet. it s a tsunami coming. this omicron variant is extraordinarily contagious. it s as contagious as measles and that s about the most contagious virus we ve seen. this may be the most contagious virus that civilization has faced in our lifetimes. if you want to get a sense of what the doctor is talking about, look at the cases in the u.k. and denmark. they fear those are what s coming here. the world health organization says omicron can double about every two d