a bedrock principle of the department of justice and our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets a an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, that s what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, nothing less. the words of rachel math maddow, stunningly simple words in both the indictment and from behind the podium. it was the first time we as an american public have ever heard from the special counsel notably he praised the fbi and the prosecutors on his team. rachel pointed out they have already come under vicious attack by the indicted ex-president. he encouraged all of us to read the indictment itself, an endeavor we re taking seriously. it s known as a speaking indictment, meaning it is straight forward and, frankly, gripping and dramatic. it lays out the alleged crimes trump faces. 31 counts have to do with the espionage act. we re going to unpack all of them.
lot has happened in between. i have gone to a lot of amazon events where a huge part of it is about security and privacy. constantly. but then they do something like sidewalk, which uses all the devices and creates a mesh network and they did it and didn t tell everybody they were sort of opted into it and had to say, no, no, you guys don t have to be a part of that. amazon is learning. you know, by the way, with the ring thing, what happened there, they bought that in 2018, right? so after this happened and, of course, ring again, oh, let s put video cameras throughout the house? what s that going to be like when thousands of people can see the data and we don t really have they didn t have encryption, two-factor authentication. they atdded that in 2018, 2019, 2020. thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. did you show those classified documents to anyone? not really. i would have the right to. what do you mean not really? not that i can think of. g
video campaign offering russians a secure way to safely share secrets about the war in ukraine. inside that strategy, next. and the critical meeting in the next 60 minutes between president biden and kevin mccarthy over the debt ceiling. what we just learned from an influential member of congress. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments for us. let s start at the white house where against backdrop of a slightly nervous wall street, that high level, high stakes meeting is about to get underway with the full faith and credit of the u.s. at stake. monica alba joins us with more. so, monica, what is the white house saying ahead of this meeting? well, much like last week when we were in this exact position, chris, when the president had invited the top congressional leaders to come to the oval office for this meeting, remember that white house officials lowered expectations, saying there wouldn t be a major breakthrough as a result of this meeting. we ar
operational decisions and will always honor the sacrifice of those 13 americans. former secretary state mike pompeo who, by the way, was in the middle of this planning in the previous administration will join us in moments. first to mark meredith live at the white house. mark? trace, good afternoon to you. this report that you re talking about basically blames the trump administration for what happened in august of 2021 under president biden s command where the u.s. ended the longest war in afghanistan. it basically detail what s the u.s. government has learned since that date. repeatedly blaming the trump administration for the conditions on the ground during that time period. the report says president biden still believes that pulling out of afghanistan was the right thing to do and the president thought staying in afghanistan was not an option. the white house admits it was surprised that the afghan government fell as quickly as it did and evacuations should have happene
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, america s school shooting epidemic. vigils held for the victims of the michigan state university shooting, as the country marks five years since the massacre at a high school in parkland, florida. we will hear from survivors of both tragedies. a new report says thousands of ukrainian children have been held in russian camps to be reeducated, militarily trained, and even forcibly adopted. and as the death toll in the turkey/syria earthquake continues to rise, images of rescue teams finding survivors under the rubble offer a glimmer of hope. we ll have a live report from istanbul. live from cnn center, this cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, investigators say the gunman who killed three students at michigan state university was likely planning more shootings. they found a