criminals. the president calling for additional $300 million for policing and more funding for federal agencies like the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. you know, i want more cities and states to use some of the $350 billion we sent to them on the american rescue plan. to fight crime to keep our communities safe, by hiring more police officers, community policing and paying police overtime. crime in new york city is up more than 38% and more than 100 shootings in january compared to 76 this time last year. 23 people were shot, eight of them killed in a week leading up to the president s visit. ripping the president for failing to condemn radical far left policies and d.a. s like alton bragg. kevin mccarthy exclusively telling fox biden lex ape prosecutor in new york city who refuses to prosecute crime, downgrade felony charges or crimes like armed robbery and releases criminals on low bail. he poses for photos and tries to divert attention to gun control as if g
no right to my testimony. that was mike pence last year talking about the january 6th committee which never sent him a subpoena, but now he is facing one this time from the special counsel investigating former president trump s role in the attack on the capitol. meanwhile on capitol hill the first hearing for the select committee on the weaponization of government goes pretty much exactly as you would expect with republicans hitting their usual list of grievances. and also ahead the state department releases new details about the chinese surveillance balloon. it comes as a prominent republican defends the response from the biden administration. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this friday, february 10th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to an nbc news source, pence s subpoena
what those folks do. so, bless them for all their efforts and i m really glad you put that story on your show. so, we will see you next sunday, my friend. see you next time. meantime, a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex reports. we are tracking hurricane ian at this hour. it is now a post-tropical cyclone. it s making its way north along the east coast and leaving a trail of devastation in several cities and states. in fact, right now, at least 34 people are confirmed dead. and rescue efforts are ongoing, with crews searching for survivors inside flooded and destroyed homes across that state. the coast guard is out today, assessing damage in several areas. survivors say, it has been a terrifying experience. it was terrifying. i ve never experienced winds, the howling, ears popping. i will never forget it. it was scary, it s the worst thing in the world. today, you know, we need basics and they
three different codifications including an unspecified number labeled ts slash sci. documents are sensitive that they could only be viewed in secure locations. this part of the trump drama appears to have started in june, when trump was hit with a federal subpoena for classified documents. according to new reporting from the new york times, at this trump one trump lawyer signed a statement saying that all information marked as classified mar-a-lago had been returned. for people with knowledge of the document, msnbc news has not independently verified this report and trump has not responded to nbc s request for comment. this isn t trump s only legal whoa in the news. two days after the mar-a-lago search, he pleaded the fifth more than 440 times in a deposition with the office of attorney general tish james, leading a civil investigation into his business practices. joining me now, an all-star panel. congress dean of pennsylvania, a former house of. manager anna house chair
it is a great honour to be welcome to the white house to discuss the issues of anti asian hate crimes, inclusion, and diversity. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. we start with a significant development in the russia ukraine conflict. president biden has confirmed that the united states will provide ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and munitions, something the ukrainians have long been requesting. writing in the new york times, mr biden said the weapons would enable ukraine to strike russian targets more precisely on the battlefield. he did not mention what weapons would be provided, but a senior official said the m142 high mobility artillery rocket system would be provided. meanwhile, a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. the ukrainians say russian forces now control most of severodonetsk, the