i ll be joined today by people who are in the nation s capital on that fateful day. including washington d.c. mayor, mario bowser. and former capitol police sergeant casino gonell. and because of the violent uprising on january 6th, the insurrection, president biden says 2024 election is about deciding whether democracy is still americas sacred cause. and the dire threat of another trump presidency. we re going to dig into his comments and donald trump s response. plus, the supreme court will weigh in on whether donald trump can be barred from colorado s primary ballot. it is the latest in several challenges across the country to keep trump off the ballot because of his role in the insurrection. i am symone sanders-townsend, i have something to say. we begin today with efforts to hold the former president donald trump accountable for his actions three years ago today. on january 6th. and with the ongoing consequences of that insurrection on american democracy. the unite
fundamentally aligned. as we stand at this inflection point in history, i had a professor who once explained the infection point as you re going down the highway at 60 miles an hour, you rapidly turn and run a direction 5 degrees, and never get back on the same path again, but you re on a different course. whether the decisions we make in the coming years will determine the course of our world for decades to come. it happens every five or six generations, but we re at that point. nothing gives me greater confidence in the future that knowing canada and the united states stand together still. today i d like to speak a little bit about the future if i may. a future that s ours to seize. you know, i get criticized at home sometimes for saying that i used to always for president obama used to kid me because i d always say in our private meetings, the country is never more optimistic than its president or its leaders. i ve never been more optimistic in my life i really mean th
it s good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, the dramatic rise in antisemitism on college campuses after the october 7th attack left one student at m.it asking quote, when can i go back to being a student. what we heard from top university leaders and the students on capitol hill today. inside israel. the heartbreaking stories trickling out from former hostages and their loved ones about what it was like being held in hamas captivity. the nightmares they re still having at home. also, the new details on what rudy giuliani s defamation case against ruby freeman and shaye moss could look like when it goes to court. and the elephant not in the room. donald trump. four of his rivals will get a chance to make their case against him at tomorrow s primary debate. who made the cut and what to expect. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. i want to begin on capitol hill where we heard from leaders at top un
today i spoke with prime minister netanyahu and other senior officials about concrete steps to do that. president biden has consistently stressed the need for israel to operate in accordance with international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank where incitement and extremist violence against palestinians must be stopped. we violence against palestinians must be stopped. violence against palestinians must be stopped. we asked our diplomatic must be stopped. we asked our diplomatic corresponded - must be stopped. we asked our diplomatic corresponded aboutl diplomatic corresponded about the status of aid going into gaza following anthony blink and s call for humanitarian pauses. and s call for humanitarian auses. ~ u, and s call for humanitarian auses. ~ a, and s call for humanitarian auses. ~ , pauses. the american say they have been pauses. the american say they have been putting pauses. the americ
attack this morning in florida. jonathan pollack was at large to the summer of 2021, his sister olivia pollack and of her person, joseph hutchison also wanted since 2023, when both failed to show up for the trials, all three are appeared to federal court monday. more on defense secretary lloyd austin s unannounced hospitalization this week after complications from a recent medical procedure. to senior administration officials say austin spent four days in intensive care unit. a senior defense official said yesterday secretary it was not able to perform his full duties since new year s day and that he remain hospitalized as of friday evening. the pentagon s press secretary is now saying austin has since resumed his full duties. more symone right after this break. break.