We have to be able to make sure that whenever we come across a situation that everyone has situational awareness of this. I will take this you know, in my time when i was operational on the President S detail, you know, we you know, we were given the explicit instruction, hey, if you are going to pass it, and if its relevant enough you feel like you need to pass that information, do it over the radio. That was the protocol we had and i think over the years, perhaps, with the advent of technology and smart phones, perhaps we have gotten away from that. We need to get people back on the scope, and back on the mission and back focussed on what they need to be responsible for. The next question i will put in writing. Its just that we have seen a rise in threats against members of congress, and 8,000 just last year and more than four times over the past seven years. I want to ask you in writing about the steps the Justice Department is taking to prioritize these cases. I know there has been
We ll have special guests to see how we take it from here. Many of if not all of our engaged staff were not present on the embassy compound. They were working remotely given the volatile security situation. Many of them were at home were not at work. I can tell you that we have been able to relocate members of our staff. They were not brought to the airport s compound with the americans direct hires because they weren t at the embassy compound by and large that day. I ve been told at the airport military has been complaining about bureaucracy from dhs, customs and border patrol, and state to do theful entering a civet, presumably on sivs rather than doing a preliminary vet and letting them board and do that in doha, ramstein or wherever. This is frustrated the military and becoming a road block. It s not just state, primarily with dhs, but with states. So this is the ic, the whole interagency lengthy vet before letting people move on. Can you look into that? i m happy to look into that
Prices that keep spiking. We begin with peter. Charles, good afternoon. President biden says he wants to spend a few trillion more because the trillions he s spent on pandemic relief have been panning out. We needed to act quickly and boldly to save jobs, save lives. We had a more than 600,000 jobs a month since i ve taken office. 3 million jobs all told. It s the fastest growth at this point in any administration on record. That kind of fast growth and fast spending means inflation. Inflation has increased notably and will remain elevated before moderating. That s as some republicans are against letting the government intervene the way the president wants. This bill has been looked at from people on the right and left. It does not add to inflation. The democrats are doing with the $3. 5 trillion bill would add to inflation. Have a look at this video from this afternoon. Know masks, no social distancing. Lots of touching, which is normal for a biden exit. But it s notable because he en
Office. Joining me now is kristin welker and garrett on capitol hill. First, what about the meeting with the senator republicans. He is going to talk about the order he signed yesterday which is aimed at strengthening the nation s infrastructure as it is aimed as protecting against these attacks. I. T. Companies who work in partnership with the government will alert the government if they believe there has been a hack. And it calls for government agencies to try to shore up their infrastructure and supplies to ensure they are guarded against these type of attacks. This is an executive order and only goes so far. He will talk about what the government is doing. Then he will call on people not to the hoard gasoline while this is getting back online and while gasoline is becoming more readily available in the wake of what has really been a crisis in some areas. In terms of the meeting later today with republicans, at the forefront of that will be infrastructure. Republicans, white house,
Who shut down the colonial pipeline. What that ability means for future attacks, especially ones with the rise of cryptocurrency. And vice president harris is in her first diplomatic trip in office. She sits down with nbc s lester holt as she tries to tackle the ongoing crisis in our southern border. We re live ahead. Welcome to tuesday. It is meet the press daily and i m chuck todd. There are plenty of headlines from the january 6th report on the insurrection on the capitol, like the planning failures before the attack. The breakdown of communication and lack of resources available to authorities on the ground during the attack. There are new harrowing accounts from police and what they experienced amid the siege and whole host of recommendations about beefing up capitol security capabilities. Here s what s not in the report, an analysis of why the attack happened in the first place, what fueled it and just as importantly, who fueled it. Those are the questions that, of course, involv