right thing to do, and that s what biden and the democrats, i think, are doing here on this law and order issue. they realize they ve lost political ground. the republicans have given them this massive opening with their horrific treatment of the police on january 6th and the fbi, and i think they re really smart to do it. a.b. stoddard, there s the political, which has obviously been our focus, but it s also really important at a tomb when i think in the last week the irs, the national archives and the fbi and justice department have all had to harden their security measures, both their physical office space and their security protocol for their human for the people that work there, really important to hear the president out there condemning all this loose rhetoric and threats of violence. exactly. i think democrats really have to echo this message as we go through the fall and all of these employees at these different agencies doing the
alex? let s hope that interview with and as she is spot on. thank you for bringing this to us, liz. overseas now, the latest in japan. the nation is in a state of shock and mourning after former prime minister, shinzo abe, was assassinated by a gunman carrying what police described as a homemade shotgun. raising some new questions today about how that suspect was able to get that close to abe in the first place, and why he did it. joining me now, carrie and jody, a local reporter in tokyo. thank you for joining. tell me about two things, the security and the motivation. well, alex, the head of the police department in charge of security for the former prime minister, shinzo abe, when he was shot on friday here, had a press conference today and said that he cannot deny the possibility that they there were lapses in security protocol during this event. he did not go into more detail,
protectees, primarily the president and first family but anything that requires security for any individual that has presidential protections, so the chief of staff or national security adviser, as well as the vice president team to. tony would oversee all of that. he was the conduit for security protocol between white house staff and the nights a secret service. thank you. you also describe a brief meeting between mr. ornado and mr. meadows on the potential for violence. the meeting was on january 4th. they are talking about the potential for violence on january six. let s listen to a clip that testimony. i remember mr. ornado had talked about intelligence reports. i remember mr. are not of coming in and saying we have intel reports saying that there could potentially be violence on the six. you also told us about reports of violence and weapons at the secret service receiving
i received a call from robert o brien, the national security adviser. he asked if he could speak with mr. meadows about potential violence that he was hearing that was potentially going to happen on the hill in january six. i had asked if he connected it with tony ornato because tony had a conversation with him, with mark about that topic. robert had set, i will talk to toni, i don t know if robert ever connected with mark about the issue. miss hutchinson, can you describe for us mr. ornado s responsibilities as deputy chief of staff? the deputy chief of staff position for the white house operations is arguably one of the most important positions that someone can hold. they are in charge of all security protocol for the campus and all presidential
connected with mark about the issue. miss hutchinson, can you describe chief of staff? deputy chief of staff at the white house for operations is arguably one of the most important positions somebody can hold. they re in charge of all security protocol for the campus and all presidential protectees, president and first family, and presidential protection, so the chief of staff, or the national security adviser, as well as the vice president s team, too. tony would oversee all of that and he was the conduit for security protocol between white house staff and the united states secret service. thank you. and you also described a brief meeting between mr. ornato and mr. meadows on the potential for violence. meeting on january 4th, talking about the potential for violence