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see, to shoot the antichoice agenda. georgia state representative, things got heated. she will join me live. and later, the evolving threat of domestic extremism. how far-right militia groups could be grown stronger and more dangerous, after being exposed and the january 6th hearings. all that and more, coming up. let's get started. >> we start today's show, in uvalde texas. where parents are demanding answers, after surveillance video shows police waiting for over an hour in the hallways of robb elementary school, that video was leaked to the public. the video and questioned shows officers standing around, inside the school hallways. all of this of course happening as an active shooter was murdering 19 children and two teachers, and injuring several

others. today around 3 pm eastern, pants are expected to get a preliminary report from the texas house investigative committee. and where they will see the full video. nbc's priscilla thompson, is live in uvalde texas. >> hello. >> priscilla, good morning, i can't imagine how tragically hard it will be today for those parents. what are they hoping to get out of this briefing today? >> katie, good morning. a big day here, this committee was formed a little over a week after the shooting, over the past several weeks, they have spoken to law enforcement, even visiting the rob elementary school, the site of this massacre, together, to gather information and it is all culminating in the release of this report, today. we expect that the families will make it a copy of the

report early this morning, so that when they go into that afternoon meeting, they can speak to the committee members, and ask questions. that is also when later this afternoon, the report will be released publicly. i did have an opportunity to speak with adam martinez, ahead of the release of this report. his second grade son, was in rob elementary school, one of the students who was evacuated, unharmed. one of my questions for mr. martinez was, whether or not this report was going to provide any sort of consolation, or comfort for these families. for this community. and help them to move on. he said he was not sure about that, but he did hope that it might provide some answers. i want to play a little bit of what he shared with me. >> where they told it was a barricaded subject? that is why they backed away? we don't know that. we do not know everything. but, we need some type of

answers, and some type of accountability, that is what i hope comes out of it. any little thing. >> accountability is a really big piece of this. martinez told us that he would like to see criminal charges, if this report finds, that there were students, or teachers who died in that classroom during the 77 minutes that it took for police to endure, i should know that the district attorney has signaled that criminal charges could result from this investigation. katie? >> wow. our thanks to nbc's priscilla thompson, who is live in uvalde texas. now we are going to shift our attention to europe. where some countries are seeing high temperatures, that have never even been recorded before. i read extreme heat warning has been issued for the united kingdom, a first for that country. the government declaring, a national emergency. meanwhile crews are battling wildfires, across spain, portugal, and france. thousands have been evacuated,

and extreme heat there has contributed to hundreds of deaths. nbc's megan fitzgerald, is live in london england. megan, good morning. we are not talking about any type of regular lure heat wave, right? >> katie, good morning, you are absolutely right. what we are seeing across the continent of europe, is really a tragic situation, that is unfolding, because of this extreme heat. you look at portugal, and spain, where temperatures have exceeded 114 degrees. meanwhile, they are battling with these raging fires, that are breaking out throughout the country. we know collectively about, nearly 300 people died because of heat, as thousands of people are being asked to leave their homes for their own safety. you go to france, we are seeing a similar situation there, right now, more than 25,000 acres of land is on fire, in the wine country region. we know that police are going door to door, frantically trying to get people out of their homes, before it is too late, as temperatures, they're also just continue to rise.

as you mentioned, here in the united kingdom, a crisis situation. temperatures are expected to hit 104 degrees tomorrow, and tuesday, the highest of this country has ever seen. this is triggering cabinet members, and it is ministration members, together yesterday for this emergency meeting. ahead of these temperatures, that are to be expected. to try and organize and figure out exactly what they need to do to make sure the people in this country, are safe. because keep in, mind a lot of people live here without air conditioning. there is a real concern for safety here. making sure that schools, are safe. and have what they need, because they are still in session for a lot of schools, this is the last and final week, before they break for the summer. but then of course, nursing homes, as well as making sure that first responders have what they need, going into the next two days. i will tell, you climatologists are really concerned here, that this is just the beginning of what we are seeing here. and that we will continue to see these heat waves, more frequently. bringing hotter temperatures, and for longer periods of time

katie. >> thank you megan fitzgerald. live in london. a big week ahead for the january six committee. this thursday the panel will hold its third primetime hearing, which is expected to focus on former president trump's 187 minutes of inaction, as his arm supporters stormed the u.s. capital. with over 100 days to go, until the midterm elections in november, many right-wing commentators are already claiming the fix is in. democrats they say, have cheated before. and we'll do it again. of course these claims are totally false, but the new york times reports, that mentions of quote, democrats cheating, and similar ideas were raised more than 5000 times on conservative radio, just this year. with tens of millions of americans, listening to this false information regularly. now, a new report from a group of high-profile conservatives, is debunking each in every one

of a former president donald trump's false election fraud claims. the report, entitled lost, not stolen, saying that there is quote, absolutely no evidence, of widespread fraud, in the 2020 election. listen to what the coauthor of the report and republican election lawyer ben ginsburg, told the january 6th committee. >> the 2020 election was not close. the most narrow margin was 10,000 something in arizona. and you just do not make up those sorts of numbers, in recounts. that put the trump campaign, on a process, of bringing cases without the actual evidence, that you have, the simple fact, is that the trump campaign, did not make its case. >> for more on all of this, we are joined now by another coauthor of this new report, dave hoppy. dave was the former chief of staff, to then house speaker,

paul ryan. dave, it's a pleasure to have you here this morning. i'm grateful that you are taking the time, to spend with us. this report called lost, not stolen, it's a doozy. it runs about 69 pages, with 280 footnotes. you any other coauthors prepared, it to be quote, digestible, and easily understood. tell us who, was the intended audience for your report? >> well katie, the intended audience, are conservatives, who have looked at, this and, they have, in some cases, not taken it at the deep dive that we did. i am not a lawyer. this is written so that i can understand. it it's not written lawyer-y. but if you do the type of a thorough dive, that lawyers need to do, as they look at the questions that are asked about the election. and whether the election was honest and fair. and what we determined, by doing this is that, the election, was clearly one, by

president biden. and it was not stolen from president trump. and that is what we are hoping fellow conservatives will look at. all of us are people who believe in a limited government. believe in opportunity. and want that our fellow conservatives to look at this, and really carefully. and look to see, that we have gone through, it case by case. every one of the cases submitted, on behalf of president trump and found that they did not prove that the election was stolen. and, over the years, from 2016 election, where there were a lot of questions, sort of put into the ether, about whether the elections were fair or not, there is an understandable concern, among people, that this, there was a problem in the election. that is one of the reasons we did this deep dive. was the election fair? where the electors truly elected state by state? did president biden have

answers to those arguments? >> dave i want to make sure it's clear to those people who are listening right now, do you and the other co-authors of this report, remain republicans? it's not like you left the, party and became democrats, or became independence. do it in your co-authors are not anti trump, you want to make sure that the truth is out, debunking the lies that have been there? you have a storied career dave. you know the halls of congress, better than most. did it shock you, that you had to actually do this? the no stone left unturned, to have to do it at this stage, did it shock you that the state of politics, especially republican politics, as come to this point? >> i think what we were concerned about is, there were people who had not looked at all the evidence. that is what we wanted to do. put it in one place, in a manageable digestible form, so people can look at it, and read

through it. and see that all the work that had been done on behalf of president trump, by those people, who were questioning, or concerned about the elections in 2020, that those cases were heard, and put to rest. that is why we felt we needed to do this. so that people could find this all easily in one place, and make a determination for themselves. that is what we are asking people to do. it's not that hard, and they can look through the different cases, as i said, i was able to look through them, and make sense of them. but you don't have to, look at the introduction, and the executive summary. you will have enough information to know, whether or not, you think this was a fairly -- we determine that it was. >> as we mentioned dave, right-wing media outlets continue to propagate false information, about the integrity of our election system. your former boss, as we mentioned was paul ryan. he is serving on the board of the parent company of fox.

if the intended audience for this report are fellow conservatives, if somebody like paul ryan has come forward, to disavow fox and the election lies, do you think that diminishes the purpose of the, mission behind why you guys did this report? >> i do not think so at all. the mission is, for everybody to be able to look at, this easily and quickly, and see, from people who believe like they do, and limited government. in freedom of religion, freedom of speech. and, equality of opportunity and prosperity for all. and believe in those things, and support people like ronald reagan, and the two bush presidencies. those people,, those people should look at this from the point of view of, that we have taken, which is to be open to all the case in arguments made, by the trump people. and see that in the end, they were not able to prove any of the questions that they raised. that is how our system works.

that is part of the reason we got together, to decide, let's look at these. let's do the work, to analyze these cases. and see whether they hold water or not. it was a preconceived idea as to what the answer would be. and having three, former circuit court judges, -- we have been with the type of people, who have experienced this, and have been looking at judicial cases. we felt that we had a group of people, who could appeal to conservatives, because we are all conservatives. and say, let's look at the evidence. it's important. also to run the election on ideas. i've worked for a number of years on the hill, and jack's view was always, elections are about the future. and about having better ideas. that is what we want to get back to. we've gotten much better ideas in the democrats, and we want to have the elections here in 2022, to be run on those ideas.

hopefully get a republican congress. >> dave, i would note before i have to let you, go that one of the other co-authors in addition to ben ginsburg, who we heard, from his former federal judge, jay michael luttig. who also testified in front of the committee, so he, you, then and a few others took the time to do the deep dive, that you spoke of. i appreciate you dave, for coming on the show today, to talk about the importance, of the truth and the facts based on evidence. >> happy to join you this morning. coming up, disinformation danger! >> if a ten year old became pregnant other result of rape, it was threatening her life, then that is not an abortion. >> yes, you heard that right. anti-abortion rights activists, one of the republicans so called expert witnesses trying

to magically redefine what and abortion is. we pulled out the dictionary for that one. we will play the whole exchange for you in a bit. later this hour, the latest bombshell in a case that has transfixed the public.

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should choose to carry a baby? >> it would probably impact her life, therefore, it would fall -- fall under any exception, it would be an abortion. >> -- it would not be an abortion of a ten year old with her parents made the decision to not have a baby that was a result of a rape? >> if a ten year old became pregnant as a result of rape, and it was threatening her life, then that is not an abortion. it would not fall under any abortion restriction, in our nation. >> that is the ceo of a prominent anti abortion rights group. apparently trying to re-define the word abortion. trying to redefine science and medicine. why? because republican-led abortion bans, have created a situation, where in, at least one instance, a ten-year-old victim of rape had to cross state lines to terminate her pregnancy. just like some on the right, tried to spin that young victims story, they now want to change, what constitutes an abortion. >> a spokes person with the american college of

obstetricians and gynecologists told politifact, the definition of abortion, is not dependent on the reason, for needing an abortion. this is not new. we have seen republicans woefully spread misinformation, when it does not fit their political narrative. namely the whole election fraud lie, which led to an insurrection. california representative barbara lee's room warning, we are witnessing the birth of a new big lie, post-roe. here is what she told my friend, nicole wallace about that witnesses false claim. >> which she put out, there was trying to create a new lie. she is denying the truth, she wants that to catch on with their base, so they can begin to redefine with the truth is. this is another big lie, that is just beginning. >> joining me now is georgia state representative, she was one of the witnesses that actually testified at those house hearings.

thank you so much for being here, we have to talk about all of this right wing disinformation. you, had this bizarre line of questioning is soft. with republican congressman, ralph norment. let's play that exchange, i have some questions for you on the other side. >> if a healthy child is born, is that woman's right to decide if it lives or dies. >> what i think is based on your -- you have a low opinion on pregnant people. excuse me. i'm answering it. do you want to answer, or do you want to keep talking over witnesses. when i'm telling you is no one would carry pregnancy, to decide on a monday, because they're bored, that they want to have an abortion. that is ridiculous. >> i take it with all those words, you agree with, basically, murdering a child, after they are born. >> ralph norman, with a straight face, during a congressional hearing says to you, quote, you agree with basically murdering a child, after they are born.

putting aside the massage any of the talking over, you and the toxicity about this guy saying, and the fact that he's putting words in your mouth, as barbara lee says, is this a deliberate red flag, we are seeing here being waved at an extremist base, just to get them to propagate more lies? it is a deliberate red flag and a lot of it is conservatives are consistently loud and wrong at the same time on issues that will become life or death for many. abortion its health care, there is no other way around, that is something they want to avoid talking about. another thing that is really a parent is something we saw in the hearing, what we hear from conservatives when they talk about abortion, the lack of diversity within their party makes them really unaware on how abortion bans, outlawing abortion, how abortion affects black and brown people. there are many things that came up in the committee hearing you could tell it was the first time the first time they heard and they didn't quite believe it. the fact that folks would be criminalized over having

miscarriages when you outlaw abortion. this is something that has already been happening. they had no recollection of this no experience in talking about this. again, for me, representative norman -- the response to him was, really, it was outrageous! >> what do you make of the republican spin in this debate about abortion as in the changing of the definitions of a medical term? a scientific term! just like some of their base believe the lies on election fraud, they could also believe these new lies. what are democrats going to be able to do? what should they do to counter this brand new frontier of disinformation that is coming out? >> shortly -- i mean, democrats need to get tough. they need to push back on disinformation. a lot of folks are telling me why did i just say no? i don't believe you can murder a baby after it is born. the reason is i don't just say no because it's important to push back on the disinformation,

and educate. they are trying to set a narrative that does not exist. it is important that when we are answering and talking about this issue, we are also pushing back on disinformation. everyone has got to get educated on the subject. everyone has to get educated on disinformation. >> let's focus now on your state of georgia. georgia is a oh boy state sometimes, there is always something that is going on. let's talk about the emerging problems you're seeing in the clinics in georgia. how the passing of house bill for 81 bans the abortion after six weeks can exacerbate things when it goes into effect any day now. >> we have already seen clinics closed because they are anticipating that 41 might go into effect. we are already seeing that folks are coming from other states to try to get abortions where abortion has been outlawed in their state. what we are seeing right now is really just a crisis mode of folks -- not really understanding what

is available, currently. there is a lot of both, disinformation, and chaos around trying to get access to health care right now, specifically abortion. >> representative, i know that this is a very personal topic. have chosen to speak publicly about having an abortion while in college. quickly, what would you tell young girls, women, that are fearful of this post roe america and what it looks like? >> i would tell them that it's important that we all stand up right now for your rights. this is a really scary moment but there are those of us who are fierce warriors to make sure you have access to health care. we are not going anywhere! >> georgia's representative rashida shannon you are fighting the good fight this morning on the show and in congress. we appreciate it. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> after the break, one might think far-right extremist groups would've been weekend after being put on blast by their former members during the

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actions exposed on national television would make these groups less dangerous but there is a very good chance it is actually the opposite. slate published an interview with counter extremism expert colin p clark who said, these groups are quote, going to learn from these mistakes and will likely be a lot more surreptitious in the way that they organized now that they see the consequences are real. they're going to go back to operating in a more clandestine, covert manner, which is even more dangerous. here to weigh in on all of this is extremist analyst, christopher goldsmith. he's also a retired united states army sergeant and the ceo of sparta various. christopher it is always an honor to have you here. thanks for being here this morning. you are very plugged into this world of extremism. how have members have this group reacted to the january six hearing? how will it affect their tactics moving forward? >> to be frank, they are not reacting. it's like the hearings are not

happening. right now, organizations like the proud boys are securing seats on the republican executive committee in miami. this is where jim bush grew his base of power years a yellow. now over half a dozen members or former members of the proud boys are on the republican executive committee of miami. we are looking at an evolution of the fascist ring of the far-right extremist republican party that is not afraid of law enforcement. they learned their lesson, don't fail at a coup. the next time they are going to be successful. it's going to be because they have people empower who aren't just afraid of them but are truly on their team. >> christopher, going to the 16 insurrection, they candidate have somebody in power. donald trump, roger stone, all of these people --

steve bannon. people that were advocating using them to be able to get, the means to the and kind of concept. do you agree though with the concept that maybe they are listening, but they have to be listening because if they are going underground to be more quick or -- maybe you disagree with that. but if they're gonna be underground, more cover, learning from their mistakes, it sounds like they will become more dangerous, right? >> part of them becoming more sarah tissues because of the immediate aftermath of january 6th, facebook and twitter purged many or most of these extremists who have been planning or expressing violence, overtly, from their platforms. it seems like they have become more step tissues. they are not. they are still openly planning this stuff on telegram, gab, all of these alternative extremist platforms that saw increases of millions of users just in the first week of post

january 6th alone. yes, they are harder to find but not for the extremism experts. we are literally watching them do this stuff, every single day. what they, again, these lessons are not coming from the january six committee hearings. they are coming strictly from the responses of the mainstream social media companies. what i think congress needs to be concerned about is that every time they hold a hearing where they condemn facebook or twitter for allowing the january 6th insurrection to be planned on their platforms, we're talking about years ago! we are not talking about now. the committees, whether it is the january six committee or whether it's commerce committees, anything that regulates the internet, they need to be dragging executives and u.s. representatives of foreign based companies like

telegram, which is based in russia, to hold them responsible today. we just saw dog mastriano, the guy who is running for republican governor of pennsylvania, he is now getting every single new follower -- every single new user to join cap is an automatic follower of his. he paid $5,000 of the american base ceo, why isn't that something that congress is holding hearings about? this is a platform where neo-nazis, swastika clad neo-nazi that i follow on telegram, they are leaving the russian-based telegram app, because they find gabby to be a more permissive in violent environment for violence and hate. >> quickly chris, less than a minute, i did want to act you. you are and extremism expert. why is it that not -- a stories federal, state, other jurisdictions, why aren't they working hand in hand with someone like you to be able to

assist in finding these people? making sure they get arrested and prosecuted? >> [laughs] this is the thing i'm most frustrated about. they think that the first amendment covers everything. according to the fbi, off until i have a report of a specific individual is gonna commit a specific act at a certain place and time against a certain individual. until it reaches that specific point the fbi is not willing to intervene. we saw on july 2nd, independence day weekend, patriot front. this fascist mob marched through boston. i knew they were gonna march to boston. they sought out and attacked a black man. the same thing that they did in philadelphia a year ago. no arrests have been made for either one of those racist attacks that were planned ahead of time. >> christopher goldsmith, we though are grateful that you are keeping tabs and watching out for us. thanks for being here this morning and answering these tough questions.

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cases that is chock full of shocking twists and turns. we are talking about the saga of the murdoch dynasty. a powerful legal family in south carolina alex murdoch served as the county's top prosecutor asked his father and grandfather did before him. this week he was indicted on murder charges for the death of his son and wife. this all started june 7th when he found their bodies near the dog kennel on his property. no arrests were made at the time. in september's are pissed. authorities say they believe that mardaugh a range for a man to try to kill him, so his older son could collect on the life insurance policy. the next month, mardaugh is arrested in florida for several financial crimes, dozens more charges would be added over the following months. he never got bail. then we get to last week, a grand jury handed outs its

indictment of alex mardaugh for the double murders of his wife and son their attorneys have held -- long forsman responsible, citing -- more suspicious deaths over the years of people connected to the murdaugh. including a friend's girlfriend, the families housekeeper, and a classmate of the eldest son, buster. joining me now to unwind this tangled web valerie or line, national reporter for the wall street journal who has covered this case extensively and, think of, is writing a book about it to explain it more in detail. valerie, good morning, thank you for being here. were you of the camp that wasn't surprised by yet another indictment of alex murdaugh, but this time for the murder of his wife and son? >> i think last year, june 7th, 2021, we had no idea where this

was headed. over the course of the past year, as you mentioned katie there have been 81 felonies wrought against alex murdaugh for financial crimes, even for drug dealing. i think a lot of people who would've been surprised a year ago, they are not terribly surprised when he was charged with the death of his wife and his son, paul, last week. >> valerie, this family has been involved with so many bizarre incidents. we literally don't have time to get all into them. that is why the book you are writing is gonna be such a great fine. what is the big picture here regarding the murdaugh family? >> the big picture is this is a family that has really exercised power in this part of the world, southeastern south carolina for more than 100 years. so alex murdaugh great grandfather, father, where prosecutors. he was an assistant and a part-time prosecutor himself, at a time in the rural south in this county where they live, for a long time there were only like two deputies, you know? one jailer.

the law was the murdaugh for's a five county region of south carolina. that is the type of generational power that is big in the south. exacerbated in the rural south. but it's not the only place where a family like this can exercise so much power over time. the bigger picture is really the unraveling. giving us a look at the way the power works in a small town and how it unwinds in such a spectacular, fantastical, and sad fashion. >> you talk about the power the influence of them are dogs. they have been, this generational power has been in existence for a while. multiple cases at this point have garnered a lot of national attention. you have done that deep dive into the facts. you know the details. it's there something though that has not been focused upon by the national media that you think is really missing attention? >> i think we will come to understand that, you know, it

is not just one family. but a family that has power that goes out into the judicial system, long forsman, we have seen already three alleged coconspirators be charged. the ceo of the local bank for example. a lawyer who was arranging, alleged to have arranged kickbacks in an appropriate way to alec murdaugh. we will begin to understand that it is not just a family, but the way, in the southeast weekday go along to get along, the way that things work sometimes. it will shed some light on that. >> almost like a cultural thing going on down in the south. the next steps, valerie, in this case are a bond in the murder charges. murdaugh we'll be in court for those charges this coming wednesday. what are you looking for? what do you expect to happen then on wednesday, and perhaps the long term for alec murdaugh? >> you mention katie that his lawyers have strenuously

asserted that he is innocent. he had nothing to do with the murders of maggie and paul. the state has jumped to conclusions here. they have not looked for any other suspects. we are looking for how hard his attorneys come out on this point. what's avid and, if any, bacon glean from the prosecutors in this hearing. i should say it's not clear whether alex murdaugh will come himself, or whether he will waive his right and let his lawyers come for him. that is also something to watch. >> valerie, quickly, do you predict there will be a trial? that there is going to be a trial, when all of the presentation of evidence against mr. murdaugh? >> alex's lawyers have asked for a speedy trial, actually. they would like a trial in 90 days. it's not going to happen but it is an aggressive timeline. one thing to look for in the fall, you mentioned the death of a friend of paul murdoch's, this friend mallory beach was killed in a horrific both crashed in 2019. the wrongful death case in that,

begins in october in hampton. that will be a big trial to watch, as well. >> valerie burr line, there is just not enough time! i wish there was. i will be honest, i am following your work. i know several of us here are very interested in what you are uncovering. we look forward to your book when it comes out. thank you this morning for being here this morning. we appreciate it. >> thanks so much for having me, katie. >> coming up, sometimes in modern american politics you have got to laugh to keep from crying. but make no mistake there was a very real threat to democracy in this country! it is up to all of us to stop it. that's next it that's nex fotheir long-term goals. (other money manager) but you still sell investments that generate high commissions for you, right? (fisher investments) no, we don't sell commission products.

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