on religion. that is coming up. sandra: begin with the suspected pentagon leaker appearing in federal court after being criminally charged in one of the largest intelligence leaks in american history. hello and welcome on this friday afternoon. sandra smith in new york. and bill, here we go into the last day of the week. bill: great to be with you, bill melugin in for john roberts. national guardsman jack teixeira is detained in federal custody until next week, 30 miles from his house in massachusetts, heavily armed fbi agents arrested him yesterday and found several weapons in his possession. sandra: teixeira was charged with two counts of removing and spreading classified information as prosecutors say he began sharing top secret information with a group of online gamers all the way back to december. bill: temporarily reassured officials the leak is plugged, they face growing criticism why a 21-year-old held a top security clearance with the i.t. role with the air n
already closed last month. critics say that is by design, a slow motion strategy playing out little by little until it s too far and too late to stop it. sandra: shannon bream will be here what s at stake and cases at the supreme court, including the abortion pill. but first this. suspect accused of leaking our nation s secrets in court for the first time. 21-year-old national guardsman jack teixeira seen wearing hands cuffs and a khaki prison jump suit as he stood before a federal judge. bill: facing two federal charges for removing and sharing classified information. cameras captured his dad leaving the courtroom just moments after his son was formally charged under the espionage act. sandra: questions grow how a low level employee had access to top secret information. darrell issa slamming the system last hour. secure facilities should not trust everyone that goes in walks out with the briefcase and not looked at. and the system obviously failed at several levels.
the city is under lockdown, protesters seen throwing fireworks at the facility, including one that exploded near police officers. some demonstrators wearing masks and shields to the attack. multiple people have been arrested in connection with the riots. listen. a group of individuals who had been attending an event near the training center left that location and mutualed toward the site armed with fireworks, rocks, molotov cocktails. we have been joined by the georgia bureau of investigation, and the fbi, and making appropriate charges as we speak. brooke: protesters torched equipment. dozens of state troopers and atlanta police officers swarming to the scene yesterday afternoon. the fire burning organized by an activist group throughout this week targeting the public safety training center, calling it an urban warfare campus as part of so-called week of action. these are not the first protesters in the city. on january 21, a major riot under issing the facility caused p
bee he s about to learn his fate hours from now. we ll speak to the attorney representing the family of murdaugh s former house keeper. tornadoes ripping through the south. heavy snow to the midwest and to the northeast. people in california still trapped in their homes. running out of food after the same storm system dumped seven feet of snow there. also this morning on the international front, the situation is critical for ukrainian forces in the besieged city of bakhmuit. the only main bridge into the city has been blown up. russian mers on aries say ukrainian defenders are surrounded. we ll take you live on the ground to eastern ukraine. here s where we begin. with a verdict in the double murder trial that gripped the nation. guilty verdict. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. guilty. all the way around. alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering his own wife and son. took the jury less than three hours. the sentencing is going to begin at 9:30. it
Mcconnell freezes for the second time in front of reporters. The senate has become the most privileged nursing home in the country. Are americas Aging Leaders becoming a liability . Ill speak with franklin foer, the author of the last politician, a new book about President Biden, with an inside account of how the oldest president in history operates. And buy american. The u. S. Warns china that american businesses may stop investing if conditions do not improve. Otherwise, its too risky, and as i said, uninvestable. How escalaing tensions with china made it far worse. Ill talk to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief washington correspondent andrea mitchell, jake sherman, cofounder of punchbowl news, former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson, and republican strategist sara fagen. Welcome to sunday. Its Meet The Press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is Meet The Press with chuck tod