all around to focus instead on her mental health. why this move could for many make her an even more inspiring role model. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the national lead and a response to the hearing we heard yesterday, a desperate call for support from some of the law enforcement officers who were viciously attacked during the january 6th capitol attack. they say neither the fraternal order of police, the largest police union in the united states, nor politicians who regularly claimed to back the blue have been supporting them enough. here s d.c. metropolitan police officer michael fanone, one of four officers who testified in yesterday s select committee hearing, talking about politicians not supporting them enough on cnn today. i would challenge all police officers not to take anyone s word for whether or not they support law enforcement officers. in fact, any american that s passionate about any cause should challenge their representatives to
said is very hard to watch. the new video just released. here it is. these two men wanted in connection with the violent mugging. it shows them getting on subway after one of them beat a 68-year-old man unconscious. they left him for dead on a brooklyn sidewalk. that was on one coast. in oakland, california former democratic senator barbara boxer was attacked and robbed yesterday afternoon. claudia cohen leads our coverage in california. the former senator joining the growing ranks of bay area crime victims after being mugged in broad daylight near a busy dining and retail area along the city s waterfront and not far from a building where boxer has an apartment. she was alone taking her daily walk around her neighborhood and talking on her cell phone. she tells fox a filliate she was then approached by a young man who got out of a black sedan double parked. i tried to cross the street and get away and he slammed me on the back and reached across me. he was behind me and
joining us is nbc news chief white house correspondent, peter alexander. what s happening so far and what s on the agenda? as you noted, those meetings are under way behind closed doors. within the next hour or two we ll see the president visiting with the french prime minister, emmanuel macron. these summits can take on the tone, the character of the american president. the past four years had summits that were much more standoffish. yesterday a dramatically different scene as we saw macron and biden literally arm in arm, sharing that embrace, which wasn t just symbolic, it was in many ways descriptive of this effort to bring together, to embrace america s european allies after the last four years to erase the america-first policies. all of it comes ahead of the crucial summit set to take place with vladimir putin next week in switzerland. this morning a white house official telling us that unlike what took place in helsinki a few years ago between former president trump a
were some of the greatest attacks on democracy in u.s. history, yet it can be easy to forget that all the horror, reaction, discussion, and coverage, for all the trials of people that stormed the capitol and the convictions of seditionists there was no coup probe of indictment for years. the man who led the january 6th rally, impeached for inciting an insurrection, that man, two years after those events, the person at the center of it all was not facing a serious coup probe let alone charges. reporting shows quite the opposite. not only was he not facing that, but the fbi and doj avoiding investigating trump for optics and review of the evidence. we all know that. that was the status quo for years. so, in our special report tonight, let s begin with the very simple question what changed? one thing, and it s the kind of change in law enforcement that can change everything as so memorably put in 48 hours . there s a new sheriff in town. and his name is reggie hamlin. a n
will the support in the party continue to grow. the fake charges put forth by thet biden sham indictment, i would assume he s mentally ill. will his top rivals rally around him or start to attack and can our democracy survive this challenge? my guests this morning, john lura and jamie raskin, a member of the january 6th attorney and the former lead january 6th impeachment manager. joining me for insight and be analysis are hallie jackson, peter baker, republican strategist al cardenes and kimberly atkins stohr. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. announcer: from nbc news washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. good sunday morning. voters next fall may be faced with an unprecedented choice, whether to put former president donald trump back into the white house or to essentially sign off on his sentencing if he is convicted and send him to a prison or a secret service protected home. the latest indict