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adverting a potential russian invasion of ukraine. later this hour, we ll talk with a journalist in ukraine about a move on the ground. the house january 6th committee is asking ivanka trump to cooperate with its investigation. as a georgia prosecutor seeks a special grand jury to help investigate a call trump made during the elections process trying to overturn results of the 2020 election. meantime, one major city tries a new approach to reducing the sufrmg in covid cases. and out west, california is about to get more help from the federal government to fight wildfires. and we begin with the urgent diplomatic efforts aimed at averting a potential russian invasion of ukraine. secretary of state antony blinken and russian foreign minister sarah guy lavrov met in geneva today for nearly 90 minutes, but there was no breakthrough in the standoff. after the meeting, secretary blinken said the two sides agreed to keep talking and made it clear there would be a st ....
but the clock is ticking, so we gotta hurry. there s new rotisserie-style chicken, new peppercorn ranch, new hickory-smoked bacon, new. (whistle blowing) did you just spike the footlong? sorry, i didn t want the delay of game. save big. order through the app. hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. happy friday. the sprawling investigation into the capitol insurrection now has in its possession hundreds of records, the twice impeached expresident tried really really hard to hide from them. he took that case of course all the way to the united states supreme court. these are documents that promise to reveal the inner workings of the trump administration in the run-up to the insurrection. we are now getting our first glimpse at some of those records thanks to some extraordinary reporting from our friend bets ewoodruff swan at politico. she obtained an executive order that was never issued but would amount to a dangerous power graph. it directs the defense diplomat to ....
kits. in ukraine, secretary of state blinken met with ukraine s president. the u.s. is warning that putin could invade at any moment. one nation can t simply change the borders of another by force. one nation can t simply dictate to another its choices. and cannot invade spheres of interest to subjugate neighbors of will. we will open a very large pandora s box. i ll speak to senator mark warren on the threshold, and updates ahead of votes this evening. and big new developments from the new york attorney general s overnight. leticia james saying she has, quote, significant evidence that former president president trump, his son don junior and daughter ivanka fraudulently with the property of the brand. james sweeting the office is seeking to compel the president and former family members as part of the civil investigation. joining me now, the nbc investigations tom windt, nbc capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. joyce vance and pulitzer prize winning investig ....
with her defense of the senate filibuster. however, democratic leaders, like south carolina congressman jim clyburn, not giving up hope. he sent this message to senators this afternoon on msnbc. we re going to be steadfast here in this. this is worth doing. not just for african-american voting rights but hispanic american voting rights. i don t understand how any senators can look at what s going on in georgia and florida and texas and 16 other states, and not know that this fragile democracy of ours is teetering on collapse if we do not stop this foolishness. meantime, in a column for the washington post, former-vice president mike pence accuses democrats of attempting a, quote, federal power grab over state elections. the truth is the real power grab is coming from republicans at the state level, and it s not just ballot access. gop-led states have passed new laws to control the process of counting and certifying votes. republicans are also proving unfair distri ....
the question is can we actually focus on the tennis now? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that honors the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. today. i m jonathan lemire on this monday, january 17th. we ll start right there with the news. today the nation is remembering the civility rights leader who was as sass nated in 1968. he would have celebrated his 93rd birthday on saturday. king s day is honored as a member of civil service around the country. president joe biden and first lady jill biden volunteered at a food bank in philadelphia, highlighting the challenges facing many american families. how have you been? i m doing well. [ indiscernible ] the monthly child tax credit just mentioned there was part of the president s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package, but the relief ended in december for millions of americans after senator joe manchin objected to extending it saying the money will discourage peo ....