alicia menendez. we bake in by marking three years since violent insurrectionists stormed the u.s. capitol with threats to u.s. democracy that still poses a clear and dangerous presence today. president biden lay that out in a fiery speech laying out what is at stake. now, these maga voices who know the truth about trump on january six, and the man of truth is a man of democracy. they made their choice. now, the rest of us, democrats, independents, mainstream republicans, we have to make our choice. america. but as we begin our selection here, we must be clear, democracy is on the ballot. earlier today, vice president kamala harris echoing biden sentiments, calling out president trump, for referring to the insurrectionists as, quote, patriots. on that day, we saw violence, chaos and lawlessness. but some so-called leaders still try to mislead and gaslight by claiming it was a peaceful protests. can you imagine, like we were not watching? these extremist leaders say that
weeklong tour of the region. we turn to nbc s matt bradley live in tel aviv. matt, what is the current situation on israel s northern border? we are talking about a massive barrage of missiles, possibly the biggest single silva therapy hezbollah ever since this whole thing kicked off back on october 7th, with that hamas terror attack in israel that was so terribly deadly. hezbollah set that launched 62 projectiles. the israelis said it was only 40. there were some 90 different alarms that rang off in northern israel. that was a lot. again, we re talking about what could be the biggest salvo, barrage of missiles ever since this started. so it just goes to show how concerns have increased just over the past three months. i spent a lot of time in lebanon and we saw this same pattern of violence, tit-for-tat fighting over the border. but this is a new level of violence. hezbollah said this was just a preliminary response to that
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assassination you just mentioned of as senior hamas official right and hezbollah territory, south of beirut. just a couple of days ago. so it sounds like they could be in, or is right could be in, for more attacks from hezbollah. we ve heard from hezbollah leaders over the past couple of days, he spoken twice and the past week which is actually quite a lot for him considering how quiet he s been considering the amount of violence we have seen over the past three months. he said that hezbollah will be operated if i pick if israel attacks, but so far what we re seeing in this pattern, despite this uptick in violence, it looks like both sides are trying to stay restrained. matt, put us through that challenge cigarette blanket is going to fight as he continues his visit through the region. when you re talking about hezbollah, and that massive uptick in violence, we re talking about an iran-backed group, like hamas, which is also backed by iran. like the houthis have been
funding for ukraine and israel, for the government in general. despite positive talk of potential breakthrough ahead of the first funding deadline on january 19th, the border visit stunt left far-right members digging their heels in on radical policy changes that would do anything but help. california congressman sarah jacobs also visited the border in san diego this week. posting on social media that her visit underscores why congress needs to pass president biden s border request. congress more when james raising out. she s a member of the house foreign affairs and armed services committee, representative, good to see you. first, tell us about what it is you saw, what it is you heard from officials during your border visit this week. yeah, well, unlike the many republican members of congress who flew to texas, i actually live in a border community and represent a border community, and regularly go and visit the border to make sure i understand what s happening at all times in our c