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>> federal criminal charges have already been filed against over 700 people in the attack with one-fourth pleading guilty. in the days leading up to the anniversary of the capitol riot there's been an uptick in calls for unspecified acts of violence. a senior intelligence official tells nbc news that some of the unspecified threats are directed at lawmakers who voted to certify the 2020 presidential election and joe biden's win on the night of january 6th last year. the official added that some websites are circulating conspiracy theories that the january 6th attack was actually a false flag...

Invade secretary antony blinken. joining us now of the best-selling book "isis: inside the terror," michael weiss. let's start with the basics. what is your assessment of the president's comments about the russia/issue, and why is he guilty? >> there's not unanimity within nato about what to do if russia crosses the line, which is to say, sends any number of troops, regular or aregular into ukraine, mounts of provocation including teicher attacks and so on, however, given the scale of buildup, and i've just gotten off the phone with a senior european intelligence official who told me, quote,...

>> reporter: french president macron in moscow today, pushing diplomacy with president putin, who again said he would not invade and praised some of macron's ile president biden met with germany's new chancellor, trying to within nato. germany has so f against russia or send weapons to ukraine. >> germany is completely reliable, completely, totally, thoroughly reliable. i have no doubt about germany at all. >> reporter: a senior intelligence official tells me tonight russian agents have tried three times since january to carry out attacks or start riots to create instability, all thwarted, and...

How does this disclosure of your reporting, this false flag plot, how do you think this disclosure plays into this? >> i think that's a perceptive question here because what we do know is that russia is planning for the possibility of an invasion. we do know that they are using disinformation now to try to undermine the ukrainian government and build support within russia. what we don't know is the intentions of vladimir putin, that's very hard for any outside analysts, any intelligence official to really ascertain. so is this a real big threat by putin that he intends to back down from or are...

Americans. they say they are not allowed to say what this data is. an intelligence official told me this had to do databases on both former and americans. the cia can only look at american data if it is related to foreign intelligence. the cia issued a statement saying the agency recognizes and takes very seriously our obligation to respect the privacy and civil liberties of americans and operate in compliance of the law. senior congressional aide told me the senate intelligence committee has been briefed on this and none of the other members have a problem with it. bottom line we are working ...