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the trump russia probe. he found not much, but well tell you about the brand-new reporting later in the program. were also waiting to see the police body cam video from the horrific attack on paul pelosi, the husband of speaker nancy pelosi last year as well as the audio from the 911 call he made. a judge ordered that evidence to be made public in response to requests from multiple news organizations. that includes nbc news. and well bring you that footage as soon as it is released and...

dangerous rhetoric. were talking, of course, about the elevation of some of the fringiest of the fringe members of the republican caucus, the seats on important congressional committees. when we say it is happening on today of all days, thats because today would have been the late congressman elijah cummings 72nd birthday. he passed away in 2019, the son of sharecroppers, he would go on to become a force of nature in congress, and ultimately the chairman of the powerful house oversight...

documents found by the fbi at trumps private residence and golf club. they dismissed the criminal investigation as a document storage dispute that has sfie ruld out of control. most notable aspect of their filing, trumps lawyers tip-toeing around trumps claim that he declassified any or all of the documents. its a claim for which they cant and dont provide a single shred of evidence. instead, saying this. quote, the government has not proven these records remain classified. that issue ...

One of those lawmakers who helped send a very clear, very blunt message about exactly where the governor can put those antiabortion bills will be our next guest. plus, one day after the united states and germany pledge to send tanks to ukraine, russian missiles strike kyiv and other cities across the country. well check in with our good friend igor novakov. the brand-new blockbuster reporting from the new york times this afternoon blowing the lid off the now infamous bungled durham investiga...

To president zelenskyy, who talked about speaking to his young daughters, the 13-year-old and a 2-year-old, about a bioweapon attack, about what to do, and about these difficult conversations with his wife about how bad it would have to be for her to leave kyiv with the kids. i imagine those are conversations happening all across ukraine. >> theres a lot of speculation, and then once you add in this idea of weapons of mass destruction attack, it brings a whole new level of concern. and we are no...

Weapons? thats -- thats a scary thought. whats the world come to if it takes chemical weapons to realize they sponsor terrorism thats bad. i might be wrong. im ukrainian. maybe its the bombs talking. >> igor, will you please tell masha that i will take her to diz nir world as soon as she gets here. as soon as you are free and check in with you over did weekend and hope to see you back here on monday. please stay safe and keep your family safe. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much. we are g...

>> i know that the russian people aware things are happening. i urge the russian people and the russian soldiers in ukraine to understand the propaganda and the disinformation that youre being told. i ask you to help me spread the truth. >> speaking in english, sub titled in russian, one thing to note, very important at last check, the official russian president twitter account only follows 22 accounts. one of those accounts is arnold schwarzenegger, so hes obviously very popular in russia and t...

Wars in europe. the best thing we could do to avoid that is to get involved. i think theres a very kind of famous line from winston churchill. americans will always do the right thing after exhausting the alternatives. thats the formula right now. i think theres a still great deal of wishful thinking from the administration to stay limited. we will be dragged in and need to make courageous decisions now that are not risky. risk informed. we are entrenched based on misplaced fears of risk. >> igo...

Were here. we are not here for tourism. >> not sleeping. >> reporter: here to bear witness. >> thank you. thank you. >> reporter: glad to do it. >> thank you. igor novakov is with us, a former adviser to president zelenskyy. you, too, i wanted to check in with. our team reaches out often. how are you? >> im fine. i heard the sirens. got an alarm as well. richard is a perfect example of what it is like in kyiv. so many air raid alert that is we have a system to know where you are in danger and wh...

Systematically kidnap local officials and replace them with puppets. again, this is already begun. >> i want to bring in igor novakov, former adviser to president zelenskyy. thank you for your time this morning: lets start with our last point from our secretary of state antony blinken there. he says that this kidnapping has already started. in fact, your former boss said this week that the mayor of mariupol was fleed on wednesday after russian forces captured him last week. how much of a concern...