Nato leaders in brussels, belgium, stay ahead of his highly anticipated summit with russian president vladimir putin. Hello, im John Roberts in washington as we kick off another edition of america reports. Sandra update week. Good afternoon, im Sandra Smith in New York. Meeting between President Biden and his russian counterpart comes as both nations a knowledge relations have hit a low. This has the lighthouses walking back, from President Biden after he signaled he would be open to exchanging cyber criminals with russia. John White House aides say the will on the table when the leaders meet in light of Ransomware Tax Targeting critical u. S. Infrastructure. Fred fleitz will join us in the moment. Sandra we began with Benjamin Hall live in brussels. Hi, benjamin. Its become good afternoon, sandra. We are seeing a different approach to nato than we sound or President Trump. President trump tough on the organization but he did force many countries to meet their 2 minimum spend on their
I will speak with a congressman. And Attorney General Merrick Garland says the doj will turn its eye on new restrictive voting laws passing in states all across the country. Well get to all of it. Welcome to the week. We begin with an astonishing story. Former Attorney General William Barr is attempting to distance himself from reporting that the Trump Doj seized the Phone Records of at least two prominent lawmakers. Barr tells politico that while he was Attorney General, he was, quote, not aware of any congressmans records being sought in a leak case. The Justice Department has announced that the Departments Inspector General will investigate and democrats are calling on barr and trumps other former Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, to testify before congress. But really none of us should be surprised. Remember, he literally called for this to happen. I call this receipts. Roll the tape. They ought to investigate Adam Schiff for leaking that information. He should not be leaking inform
I will speak with a congressman. And Attorney General Merrick Garland says the doj will turn its eye on new restrictive voting laws passing in states all across the country. Well get to all of it. Welcome to the week. We begin with an astonishing story. Former Attorney General William Barr is attempting to distance himself from reporting that the Trump Doj seized the Phone Records of at least two prominent lawmakers. Barr tells politico that while he was Attorney General, he was, quote, not aware of any congressmans cords being sought in a leak case. The Justice Department has announced that the Departments Inspector General will investigate and democrats are calling on barr and trumps other former Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, to testify before congress. But really none of us should be surprised. Remember, he literally called for this to happen. I call this receipts. Roll the tape. They ought to investigate Adam Schiff for leaking that information. He should not be leaking informat
In new york nypd officers have been instructed not to take days often until further notice. In washington the d. C. National guard activated approximately 250 troops. Metro pd is at full activation posture with leave and vacation canceled for officers this week. And at the white house, President Biden just told reporters he spoke to the floyd family and heres some of what he said about that call and the case. I can only imagine the pressure and anxiety theyre feeling and so i waited until the jury was sequestered and i called. Theyre a good family. They call for peace and tranquility, no matter what the verdict is. I pray the verdict is the right verdict. Its overwhelming in my view. I wouldnt say that unless the jury was sequestered now, you would not hear me say that. So we just talked and i wanted to know how they were doing personally. We talked about personal things. For nation on edge, local and National Officials were preparing for demonstrations for a verdict in the Chauvin Tri
The undisputed leader of the Republican Party, donald j. Trump. We might join him. The democrats impeached President Trump over a perfect phone call, by the way. The democrats that say they won the president ial race, you are not going put us down for loving President Trump and what he did for the past four years. They thought that you people were done. Were not done. Representatives matt gaetz and Marjorie Taylor greene kchoe to launch their America First tour. You might think this joint appearance of two Lightning Rods at one of the most republicans bastions in an important swing state is a troubling sign. Gaetz and green in the villages. It sounds like a comedy act, one that might cause some to laugh at, not laugh along with. You may ask yourselves how could this possibly end well for a party that desperately wants to retake the house and senate in 2022 and the white house in 2024 . Im a marked man in congress. Im a cancelled man in some corners of the internet. I might be a lauded