own citizens. using actors to portray ukrainian soldiers committing atrocities against russians. then he s going to valued at the whole thing and secretly releas. when people in the west see the clips of that on facebook they will understand why he was justified in invading ukraine. pretty diabolical. but you may be wondering how exactly do we know that vladimir putin is actually planning to do something like this? because in real life, the global intelligence world is a very complicated place. people in it rarely tell the straightforward truths. if you are devising propaganda for the ukrainian government, this might be exactly the kind of story you would place in the new york times. a story like this would give you a way to plausibly deny attacking russian citizens. is that what happened here? we don t know. we have no idea if the new york times account is true or not. then again, neither does the new york times. right in a story, they conceded that the biden offici
citizens. putin will use actors to portray ukrainian soldiers and intel operatives committing atrocities against russians. then he s going to videotape the whole thing and secretly release it to the world when people in the west see the clips of that onip facebook, they ll understand why putin was justifieder in invading ukraine. so it s a psyop that was the claim. pretty diabolical. but you may be wondering how exactly do we knowng that vladimir putin is actually planning to do something likee this ? because in real life the global intelligence world is a very complicated place. people in it rarely tell straightforward truths so actually if you were devising propaganda for the ukrainian governmenting, this might be exactly the kind of story you would place in the new times, which of course is compliant there on your side story likee this would give you a way to plausibly deny attacking russian citizens. is that what happened here? we don t know. we have no idea if the new yo
he was trying to stay above the fray. brendan, i have not read as mike has, the full transcript. i read the new york times analysis of it. again, something for everybody. times when joe biden, they point out, couldn t remember specific dates. didn t have specific memory of how some of these documents were handled but they also said to mike s point about sense of humor, mr. biden went into great detail about many manners, the transcript shows. he made jokes over the two days, teasing the prosecutors and at certain points, he corrected his interrogators when they were the ones who misspoke. is it clear to you on either side, brendan, that one side or the other walks away with something politically advantageous? well i think to answer that question, you have to think about where we started from. when this report came out, it was an absolute bombshell, really underscoring the president s difficulty politically with his age. it was a gift to republicans. now, when you get to
went that far. plus, the high stakes arguments at the supreme court, the smoke signals from the justices and what it could mean for colorado s bid to ban donald trump from the ballot. also ahead, trump s nevada win, his march toward the gop nomination, and how long can nikki haley hang in the race? we made it to friday, thank you for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with a defiant president biden firing back against blistering accusations in a special counsel report. robert hur writing in a 340 page report that while there was, quote, evidence that president biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials, there wasn t enough evidence to charge the president and prove beyond reasonable doubt his guilt adding that a jury would likely see him as a sympathetic, well-meaning man with a poor memory. even suggesting the president didn t know the date his son beau died, prompting this response in an impromptu news
into the official record what so many democratic voters have been complaining about publicly, and so many movers and shakers have been worried about privately. the president is not as sharp as he used to be. but the question for them is how is that worse than the alternative. another senior citizen who has serious memory and confusion problems and also facing 91 criminal counts for trying to overturn an election, hiding and endangering extremely sensitive national secrets, including information about our nuclear arsenal. a man found liable for fraud, defamation, and sexual assault, let me repeat that. a man who a jury found sexually assaulted a woman. listen, i get it if you want to tune out and talk about super bowl snacks. nachos sound great, especially if you add crab on top. as americans, we don t have the luxury of tuning out. there s too much at stake. join me as we try to understand the playing field. monica alba, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dil