halting this pandemic will improve our response to the next one and national security. that's why 500 national reservists have deployed in support of fema and other vaccination efforts. with the pace of climate change accelerating, we are seeing more frequent and more intense storms. we call for you to respond. year was the most active hurricane season on record, 30 named storms. the coast guard was always there to respond during the pandemic. but you have also been part of our response to wildfires in the west. record flooding in the middle part of the country. these patterns will only get worse if we fail to make

immediate action on climate. whether it's intimating drug ships at sea. the coast guard has always recognized the broader part of our nation. economic security is national security. it was recognized when the cutter service was created. if it was true in 1790, it's gospel in 2021. the best way to beat those threats are to invest in america's enduring advantages. our economic vitality at home, our ability to trade with the world is essential to that strength. more than one-quarter of the

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the flow of unimpeded. it's why we will continue to support the united nations convention on the law of the cease which outlines many of the key principles to ensure that our waters are not exploited for any one nation, but preserved for all. but it is being challenged now. as we work with our democratic partners around the world, and work through this new age of holding all of us accountable to live up to these rules. your mission will become more global and important. you have an essential role in our efforts to ensure free and

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disrupt and deter chinese fleet operating near the galapagos islands. nations like to partner with the coast guard because of your reputation and skill. it will be an increasingly essential element in the endo pacific to safe guard sovereignty throughout the region. in the arabian gulf we are in the process of deploying six new fast response cutters. our expertise is helping partners in the region to perform maritime law and perform search and seizures. i'm sure you all saw the weapons confiscated in the arabian sea

all laid off across the deck of the u.s.s. monterey. it was essential to keeping conflict out of the region. bahrain, you have to face down iranian ships. the world is changing. we need you and more. in the arctic the coast guard is the proud american presence in an area rapidly growing in strategic importance as the ice recedes and ice lanes open. the united states must demonstrate our leadership in

engagement. our diplomacy and operational skill must continue to model responsible maritime behavior and uphold clear roles of international agreements to protect this pristine environment and secure it for future generations. by the way, as you know by now, to protect our homeland security as well. we have to make sure that every country respects these international los angeles. we need modernize breakers, but just as critically we need to stand shoulder to shoulder with those who share our values, including indigenous peoples. class of 2021, it's time for you to go out and be the future,

make the future. you have learned your history and science. you are predicted and practiced your disciplines on land and sea. you've shown that you are salty. this year the academy is graduating a class that is just over one-third women. i just appointed three women as commanders around the world. those numbers are going up year by year. as i said i recently nominated a vice-admiral, class of '85 as the first female four star admiral. we need to see more women at the

highest levels of command. we have to make sure women have the chance to succeed and thrive throughout their careers. there is a saying, a chinese saying, it says women hold up half the world. it's an absolute stupid position not to make sure they represent at least half of what we do. every member of armed sources should feel safe and respected in the ranks. that's why my administration is committed to taking on the scourge of sexual harassment in the military. you are joining a service that not only serves as america's front line, but that increasingly looks like america. this year's class is also one-third underrepresented minorities including some of the highest numbers of

african-americans, asian-americans and island americans. your challenge as a leader is to treat every single person with equal dignity and respect and find ways to unlock everyone as talent. you have already done some important work as a class, including with a class wide equity walk in discussion groups in the wake of george floyd murder. our national success depends on harnessing the full range of ideas that exist in our country and deliver on the promise of the american dream. america is unique, the only country in the world founded on an idea. you can define every other country but america on its geography. based on an idea, not a joke.

the idea was we hold these truths to be self-evident. all men and women are created equal. life and liberty to pursue that. we hear it all of the time, but it's who we are. we can't be different and need an arc to move towards justice. for this group who have volunteered to serve our country, i have never been more secure about our country. you understand in your bones you are one of the inherent strengths to america. in your careers you are going to face challenges you can't prt. you will be asked to lead in ways and navigate new paths. but when the storms gather or

the seas of life feel rough, remember the coast guard's marching song to sing on land and sea, to surf and hollin gale. class of 2021, you have it all, you really do. and we need you badly. the country needs you. the press always asks me why i'm so optimistic about america's chances in the world. i've said from the time i decided to run, because of this generation. you are the most progressive, best educated, least prejudiced, most open generation in american history. we need you badly.

you are ready. it's time to get underway. god protect you all. may god protect all who wear the uniform. god bless america. thank you very much. good day. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington. you have been listening to president biden address graduates in the coast guard academy. president trump, it is announced that the investigation in new york that was a civil investigation is now a criminal investigation. then on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell

have come out against the january 6 commission investigating the causes of the insurrection even though it was negotiated with republican congressmen designated by the house leader. now the question is how many house republicans will vote for it in defiance of their own leaders. and can they get enough votes to pass it. and president biden has given israel's prime minister netanyahu a deadline on cease-fire. but first we talk about donald trump's potential new legal troubles. peter, first to you. we have just gotten new reaction

from the former president. >> this is our first reaction from former president trump coming moments ago. it is an extensive 12-paragraph statement where he attacks the new york attorney general and hypercritical about new york, not just the state, but the city itself. here are the specifics of what he says pushing back against this investigation now becoming one that is a criminal matter. he says -- here he goes on to describe it as a political and partisan witch-hunt. he takes on james who is the attorney general in new york. when she was a candidate she said she would be going after then president trump and prosecuting him. he said she made those statements without any facts and

insists he has done nothing wrong, suggesting it is all part of the witch-hunt. but we have now learned according to a source familiar with this matter, that the attorney general's office has cross designated two of its attorneys to help with the investigation. it was already a criminal one being done by the district attorney's office in manhattan. the president has had a series of investigations into his business dealings, but the one in manhattan was the one at the forefront of all of this. it was the one by james. so i will leave it to the rest of the panel to get into what it means. but from cy vance, he said if anything would happen, he thought the statute of limitations would end soon. if any prosecutor sees reason to

go forward, something to charge the former president, family or company, that would likely happen before the end of this year. andrea? >> and you made the point this could be about corporate criminal case, individual with criminal liability, a combination of both? >> all we know at this point is that letisha has indicated the investigation has morphed into a criminal investigation. chuck and i know this, although some statutes permit you to hold corporations accountable, that doesn't result in the sort of justice needed when there is bad motive by people who participate in them. sometimes these cases involve

indictment of individuals. we don't know if this case is headed in that direction. >> chuck, you wrote several years ago about a former acting attorney general and letisha james. there is an issue of recusal. that's what donald trump is seizing on, that she criticized him before she was in office. >> that's right. one of the things that caused me to write the article is that both matt whitaker and letisha james who was then a candidate for attorney general seemed to make statements that seemed to prejudge cases under their supervision. joyce knows this well. in the department of justice, we

have to be two things all of the time and simultaneously. objectively fair and perceived as objectively fair. being just one of those things will not do. my concern was that by prejudging the cases that would be under their supervision, they raised an appearance, even if it wasn't objectively true, that they had prejudged the case. i urged both to recuse themselves from cases under their consideration. we have to be fair and perceived as fair. whenever prosecutors talk about cases before they know the facts, that is a problem. >> let's hear how the former president is reacting. the mar-a-lago season is open and he's in new jersey. >> the former president has to

be prettyi irrate. they have had access to his financial records. the courts ruled against him so the documents are there. we don't know what the documents show, but we know prosecutors have been looking at them and that may very well have shaped this investigation by the attorney general. former president trump is using the playbook he has used time and again, to throw up a bunch of dust and call this a political witch-hunt, claim that the investigators, prosecutors, whoever they may be, are politically motivated to smear

him and hurt him. that's from the statement a few minutes ago and i'm sure that's what we will hear in the days and weeks ahead including from his surrogates and from don jr. and eric. >> thanks to you all for a lot that happened overnight. this morning mitch mcconnell following in kevin mccarthy's footsteps that mcconnell is opposed to the january 6 agreement for the bipartisan commission that was negotiated. >> aftercareful consideration i have made the decision to slam the commission to study the events of january 6.

there is, has been and will continue to be no shortage, no shortage of robust investigations by two separate branches of the federal government. so it is not at all clear what new facts would be present to have another commission to lay on top of facts of existing law enforcement. >> garrett, first of all, we know that the republicans won a lot of concessions from where nancy pelosi started out on this. it was going to be democratic majority of house and senate members and now it is nobody from congress, independent people and evenly split, republicans and democrats with

equal veto power. so there were a lot of concessionings. >> they don't use the same framework to justify why they are against it it. you hear mcconnell about the process. if you have a democratic in charge of the panel, it would be democratic staff hired. that's not fair. he also makes the argument there are several other hundred criminal investigations being done here in d.c. as well as congressional elements and says it's not worth it. mccarthy's argument is different. he says the scope needs to be broader, wider, other forms of political violence, perhaps going back to the 2017 shooting at the congressional baseball practice. democrats see this as a bad faith argument. they say republicans stalled and now that it comes down to it,

they don't want to talk about january 6 anymore and don't want to talk about former president's trump in it or perhaps their own roles in it. here is benny thompson who negotiated this agreement speaking about this particular slice of this. >> we met republicans at just about every step of the way. kevin mccarthy was kept informed and for four months we worked through this. i'm very optimistic. my humble opinion is that there is some information that he would glean troubling for the republican party if it got out. i think he will do everything possible to prevent that. >> the chairman's opinion is fairly widespread among democrats. even among republicans there is some acknowledgment that a commission report coming out

late this year or early next year keeps them talking about an objective that is terrible for the party and not conducive to the republicans taking back the house next november. >> historically independent investigations are different as the 9/11 commission proved, different from what multiple does history deserve that kind of reckoning? >> not just history, but we all deserve it. even if you look at a national security investigation, this was an attack on congress and the u.s. capitol. the vice president and speaker of the house were in danger of being assassinated. the mahogany boxes were in danger of being taken away and

burned. the inauguration may have been suspended, joe biden's presidency might have been overturned. if the congress is unable to manage to vote for a bipartisan professional investigation of what happened on january 6, that shows that our government really is in many fundamental ways, broken. plus the danger continues. there are questions that have been raised about the loyalty of capitol police on that day, their performance. same thing with the department of defense. same thing with the secret service. there are other questions that still remain and raise the possibility that this might happen again unless this is properly investigated with a force of congress. >> michael, another point here

is that -- something that garrett knows well -- kevin mccarthy's role in this, what he said to donald trump where he was pleading during the siege for help. that is relevant. maybe he doesn't want it revealed, but also other members in contact with these protest members. >> it's like the conspiracy of abraham lincoln not wanting an investigation into what led to his assassination. go back to the beginning of this republic. there was an attack. the capitol was burned in 1814 by the british. congress authorized an investigation by commission. same thing with pearl water, watergate, 9/11. not only were these important

ways of finding who was responsible and establishes exactly what happened as much as possible, although these inquiries, as they always are, flawed, but they helped us to make sure these things were less likely to happen again. as far as i'm concerned, without a bipartisan investigation that is serious of january 6, we are in danger every single day of seeing this happen again. >> thanks to both of you. new white house pressure for cease-fire. is prime minister netanyahu listening? and opening doors. europe makes a big announcement for travelers looking for a holiday. as new york city makes a big step. stay with us. akes a big step stay with us because when caught in early stages, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive and detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers

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president biden has wrapped up his pressure on israel to cease-fire. the president telling the prime minister he expects a significant deescalation today. the fighting raged on overnight. the israeli city just five iles from gaza and facing the brunt of rockets. let's go to our correspondent richard engel. >> what is it like to be operating in what is effectively a bunker? >> this is the best way to feel safe during all of the bombs. i count add few days ago more than 80, 8-0, alarms in 24 hours. all of the hospital is in the bunker. >> joining me now is the spokesman for the israeli defense force.

colonel, thank you very much for being with us. have you been given any sign that the fighting may be drawing to a close? >> unfortunately not. first of all, thank you for having me much the only signs we are getting today are approximately 250 rockets fired from the early morning hours until just an hour ago across all of southern israel and even some parts of central israel. if you are talking about signs. signs indicate that hamas intends to continue to escalate the situation. >> are you degrading their stockpile of weapons and facilities? >> unfortunately, hamas has been able over the years to amass a quite amazing arsenal, rockets capable of reaching almost everywhere in israel. as such 5 million people in

bombshellters and unfortunately caused the death of 11 israelis. that's an unacceptable price that israel is not willing to pay. in terms of capabilities, yes, so far we are quite happy with the effect on their capabilities, especially the long-term capabilities, but there is still a lot of work to do to send a clear, resounding message to hamas, that their aggression, we will not tolerate. >> of course they have suffered hundreds of casualties. children. there is tragedy on both sides. israel's capabilities far exceed what hamas can counter with. what about president biden saying to the prime minister today that he expects

significant indications of a deescalation? what about the u.s. expectation? is that something that has to be ignored? >> by no means. that is extremely important. i'm sure that the communication between the president and the prime minister is excellent. i am not part of that, but from the military level, of course we seek nothing more than stability, quiet and safety towards our civilians. as soon as the rocket fire stops, i am sure that will be the main enabler that will take us to the next stage. perhaps we will speak about that kind of things. but until that happens our job is to continue to defend. we are extremely fortunate to have the iron system which is a lifesaver. there have been over 2,000

rockets fired towards israel. had it not been for that system -- >> i think we are having difficulty with the signal. if we could get that corrected. we will resume this interview as soon as we get this back. we want to let the colonel finish his thoughts and i had a lot more questions for him about how israel is responding to this u.s. pressure. significant pressure that has escalated today from the white house. meanwhile after more than a year of covid required travel restrictions, europe is said to reopen travel for the summer. beginning today neighboring new york, the epicenter of the pandemic is beginning to reopen.

new yorkers are out and about. what is the mood there? >> they certainly are out and about to say the least. this is the new, new, new normal. you have music going to the right of me. green market wide open. folks out and about looking like they are happy things are finally getting back to normal. things are opening up, restaurants, bars, gyms, salons, indoor dining. you are able to do it without a mask on. 100 capacity if they can keep a 6-foot distance between patrons. i have been speaking to a lot of folks and asking them how they feel about the lifting of these restrictions. let's take a listen to that. >> how do you feel about the mask mandate being lifted. >> feels good. feels like we are getting back to normal. >> i am excited. >> i think it's good and bad. i think there are a lot of

people lying about being vaccinated. >> i think it's risky. >> i feel great about it. i follow science and what the cdc says. we are getting more americans and new yorkers vaccinated. it gives me confidence. i feel great. >> there is still some vaccine hesitancy in the city. i talked to a lot of people who are not vaccinated. a woman said she is not sure how she feels about it. when she goes back to school in the fall is when she will think about it. there are a couple of pop-up vaccine sites including at penn station and grand central station. if you get them at those sites you can get a seven-day card. >> one of my favorite places in new york, union square.

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alarming revelations about the agency responsible for protecting the president of the united states. including that personnel secretly rooted for president trump as he ran for re-election. a new book that while some whipped vice president pence off the floor, others rooted for him. secret service director james murray is pushes back that the u.s. people can rest assured

that the agency is apolitical. >> her latest book is "zero fail" the rise and fall of the secret service. they say they have reformed, done a lot of work, not rebutting individual issues raised in this book, at least not that i have been able to detect. at least some personnel were rooting for president trump as he lied about the election while others were defending the rioters. tell us about that. >> this is disturbing for secret service who stood shoulder to shoulder with their colleagues. they sent to me within days concern that president biden was

illegitimate president. it was being shared that liberals, socialists, democrats had stolen the election and the rightful second term from donald trump. there were some presidential supervisors on the detail who had maga hats in their office. some wore red ties with solidarity with the president. it is a conservative leading agency, but it was shocking to many members that there would be friends alongside them responsible for protecting the president and incoming president who were questioning biden's legitimacy and cheering on the patriots at the january 6 storming the capitol. >> you also point there was a delay in ramping up secret service full protection because

former president trump had not yet after the election conceded and it hadn't been certified. >> president trump sent out the word to all of the agencies that he did not want this transition to begin because he was still challenging the presidential election. he was still insisting he won. you can insist you won and go to court and challenge it all you want, but you can still allow a transition time for the presumed president-elect to learn what he has to do on the job and for his team to get ready for the new presidency. donald trump refused to do that. and the secret service followed in his footsteps and request. they did not extend a full president-elect detail to president-elect biden. the reason i shared this in the book is that several people who used to be in charge of this assignment previously were

shocked and calling me complaining saying if i were there now the president would have to fire me to stop me from providing president-elect biden all of the protection he deserves because he has a bigger target of assassination on his back the moment he is the presumed president. >> also, going into the white house, the president and his team wanted a new team, a new protective detail. >> transition advisers to then president-elect joe biden were very worried about all of the things i just mentioned because they were hearing about this from their friends inside the agency and inside the department of homeland security. their urging to the secret service and friends was that we need a total switchout of the agents on the president's detail who we fear are rooting for president donald trump. what the secret service decided

to do was change prominent detail leaders and supervisors and put in their place individuals that had protected biden when he was vice president and also put in charge of protecting jill biden when she was the second lady under the obama administration. >> carol, the book is "zero fail." and with us now is the colonel. sorry for the technical difficulties on one or another of our sides. i wanted to ask you what prime minister netanyahu had to say today. he was addressing some ambassador in jerusalem. >> there are only two ways to

deal with it. you can either conquer it or deter it. we are engaged right now in forceful deterrence, but we don't rule out anything. we hope it quickly. i want to say that we're doing that while doing our utmost to avoid civilian casualties. >> colonel, is there a possibility of some sort of a halt in the hostilities while a broader more permanent cease fire is negotiated? >> andrea, thanks for having me back. that is definitely something that i know that there is interest in. but again, we have to look at reality on the ground. we cannot disregard what is happening on the ground. and i said so before, only today more than 200 rockets fired. that is not the pace and those aren't the movements of somebody the other side is preparing for or signaling towards some kind

of deescalation. so on our end, the idea, we have a lot of work to do. there is a lot of military targets that hamas possesses, there are many threats to israeli civilians that we would be happy to deal with. and as long as the situation is that they fire rocket, our obligation is to defend and degrade enemy capabilities. >> and the u.s. has been standing in the way of a u.n. security council statement which would be calling for a ceasefire and might be critical of israel. are you prepared for the criticism from the world as well as increasing criticism from the united states, from the united states congress, democrats as well as some republicans more so than any previous one of these five conflicts between gaza and israel that i've experienced in my lifetime? >> i wouldn't question your

experience. i would only offer my perspective. i would say that i think that it is very sad that many countries, leaders, are interpreting the situation in a way that perhaps goes more towards emotion and less towards common sense and values. when everything boi boils down basic facts here, the fact of the matter is that sovereign state is being attacked by a terrorist organization. none of those countries currently criticizing israel or holding us to other standards that no other country is held to would have accepted that kind of attack against their sovereign countries and i don't think that they should either. and i know that we shouldn't be at the receiving end of such attacks and be expected to just live with it and comply because we have the iron dome. so i would definitely expect democracies around the world, freedom loving country, not only

to not criticize israel so much, but really to support israel and condemn hamas' aggression around our civilians. i mean, this is really the focal point here. hamas are attacking our civilians and they are a terrorist organization that are recognized as such by many countries around the world. we are simply defending ourselves. and international criticism unfounded such really actually serves the purposes of hamas because they see that the type of violence that they employ really gives them political advantage. and i think that that is very unfortunate. >> and of course civilians are dying on both sides. thank you, colonel, for completing our interview. we appreciate that. and here at home, the anti-asian hate crimes bill is now headed to president biden's desk where he is expected to sign it into law tomorrow after

the house passed it yesterday. the bill directs the department of justice to expedite the review of covid-19-related hate crimes after increase of violence against asian-americans. and joining me now is congresswoman marilyn strickland who has been pushing so hard for this. thank you so much for being with us. talk to me but who you think that this can help, the targeting, the dreadful targeting that has really escalated in this past year. >> yeah, the dreadful targeting has not seemed to let up. and with this legislation that will go to the president's desk, we are hoping that, number one, the violence will stop and, number two, that people who commit these crimes will be held accountable and that is why we want to work with the department of justice to collect data to make sure that they can get involved and that we're able to

prosecute hate crimes. and these are hate crimes that happen to all people, but the covid-19 attacks and the rise in hate directed toward asian-americans has to stop. and so this predates me and i fully support this and we need president biden to sign it so we can take action. >> does more need to be done with law enforcement, with police around the country, in terms of education and also helping people in the community have more confidence that law enforcement will help them? >> yeah, i would say that there are two parts to this. number one, we need people to feel comfortable coming forward to report these crimes because one of the things that you have heard in the past is that people say why report the crime when nothing will happen. and number two, law enforcement has to have the ability to collect the data to analyze it and to fully arrest people when these crimes happen. and then of course we have to

rely on prosecutors to make sure when people do these crime, they are held accountable. >> have you seen any diminution of these hate crimes? >> yeah, it seems as though we are paying close attention to these crimes. and so they are getting more attention in the press. and you know, unfortunately, the numbers have not gone down and so we just need to stay vigilant, we need people to report the crimes when they happen. but again, we want the crimes to stop and we want people who commit them to be held accountability. >> and a freshman in congress and your first 100 days, you've had the impeachment, insurrection and all of the terrible racial disputes and the incidents as well. now we're seeing push back on the january 6 commission. what is your reaction to that and why do you think the commission is needed? >> well, the commission is needed for many reasons.

so the question i ask if there is pushback on forming this commission and having them do the important work of investigating what happened, exactly who knew what and when, the question is what are you hiding. people were aiding, they were abetting, and they were trying to undermine democracy. and he were trying to undermine the legitimate election of joe biden. and for people to think that we'll forget about this or let it get swept under the rug is not factual. people need to be held accountable and it is time for us to do this. >> congresswoman, thank you so much. and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. follow the show on line on facebook and twitter. kasie hunt is in for chuck todd up next. chuck todd up next. their own safelite story.toms this couple was on a camping trip... ...when their windshield got a chip. they drove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service you can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

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mcconnell joins a booich commit bipartisan committee. and pressure for cease fire in the middle east as president biden tells israel's prime minister that the u.s. expects a major deescalation today. we're live in tel aviv ahead. and later, new york's attorney general announces a major escalation in its investigation into the trump organization. it is officially now a criminal inquiry. and why the agency went public with it, ahead. welcome to wednesday. it is "meet the press daily." i'm in for chuck todd. and republican leadership in both the house and senate have now come out in opposition to a bipartisan agreement to establish a commission to investigate the events surrounding the january