the president offered the job to barr. five weeks after his confirmation the mueller report was in his hands. >> this is all we know bob mueller has submitted his report to the attorney general, period. >> reporter: barr says he couldn't legally release the full report at first, classified and grand jury information needed to be redacted. instead, he wrote a four-page letter to congress about mueller's conclusions. >> and the conclusions were there was no collusion. and that he didn't make a decision on obstruction but he lays out all the facts in the report and i say that he does not exonerate trump. >> but critics say barr essentially did exonerate the president. he said mueller's evidence did not prove trump obstructed justice. it became a mantra that stuck. >> there is absolutely no collusion that has been proven there was no obstruction. >> among the details that barr left out mueller's description of multiple acts by the president that were capable of exerting undue influence over law enforcement investigations this

that was a moment of true arrogance by bill barr.l of merrick garland but i will say this. he has helped to restore two of the things that bill barr took away. credibility. merrick garland hand lied to us. kind of that a athletic pick we have to praise the current attorney general for not being a liar. that's where bill barr has left us. and second, he hasn't criticized the do jmpl. when you asked why out of the ten of thousands of cases, the twoe interfered in after the prosecutors were approved. merrick garland hand done that. he seems to be bending over too far to prevent doj from doing anything that might be politically tumultuous. so garland has taken key steps toward undoing some of the damage. >> one of the headlines from the interview was barr saying he would absolutely get involved and endorse another republican in the primaries if trump runs for re-election. what did you make of that? >> i thought it was interesting. he seemed to say he would support another candidate but he didn't actually make it clear whether he would su

you both talked about bill barr.out election fraud. and you know, it was wrong to be shoveling it out the way his team was, and he started asking me about different theories, and i had the answers. i was able to tell him, this is wrong because of this. >> you're trying to set him straight. >> yes. and you know, he listened -- he was obviously getting very angry about this. i said, okay, well, look, i understand you're upset with me, and i'm perfectly happy to tender my resignation, and then boom. >> he slaps the desk. >> he slapped the desk and he said, accepted. accepted. and then boom, he slapped it again. accepted. go home. don't go back to your office. go home. you're done. >> so, by the way, somebody that was in there for that meeting, when that was all going on, not barr, somebody else that was in that meeting said that donald trump, that moment, had the look and manner of a madman. this is somebody who had been in a lot of meetings with donald trump and said this was the angriest and most uncontrolled that he

. >>> more of my nbc news exclusive with former attorney general william barr, what he is now saying about then president trump's photo-op with a bible in front of a church as police got protesters out by force. barr on what made him feel embarrassed >>> and the stanford soccer star who tragically took her own life her parents speaking out about their heartbreak the email from the university they're raising questions about. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone it seems no one and no thing is safe from the bare knuckles russian assault on ukraine what to many there is feeling more and more indiscriminate. the russians applying sheer brute force strategy that destroyed residential areas and overnight targeted europe's largest nuclear plant, setting it on fire thankfully no signs of radiation release. but ukraine's president giving voice to the close call that shook us all we experienced a night that could stop history, he said in kyiv, the closing approach of russian troops setting off a desperate panic. families urgently trying to escape

i like bill barr.nd i would say, brit, i have a feeling that the book trump lovers are going to hate and trump haters are going to hate. i hope he can find a market for it. >> bret: what's interesting is that he talks about misgivings about the former president, especially after the election. a very explicitly. but tomorrow we are going to get into the crime. illegal immigration, chinese spying, a lot of substantive issues that he really devils into. >> yeah, i'm excited to see that part of the interview and read the rest of the book. i have started it. this is one of the few political memoir that's can remember really looking forward to. because it seems like in this town in our politics there is a dwindling number of adults in the room. and bill barr was one of them under two presidents really three two as attorney general. to brit's point some partisans who love and hate the former president will and have loathe bill barr at various times to the pointed of derangement i would say. but is he a seriou

william barr reflects on his time in the top administration in his memoir. in sandy hook, elizabeth williamson reports on the years following the 2012 school shooting as peers defend themselves against conspiracy theorists -- parents defend themselves against conspiracy theorists. richard hasan defends facts in cheap speech. monica guzman discusses how to have political conversation. and jeffrey frank looks at the 33rd president. find these title theists -- titles this coming week. here are the best-selling nonfiction books. topping the list is mountains beyond mountains, a profile of dr. paul farmer who treated the world's poor. he died last month at the age of 62. after that is braiding sweetgrass. then it is all about love, first published in 1999. that is followed by the sirens of mars. a study of the search for life on mars. wrapping up our look at the best-selling nonfiction books is maus. it was recently banned from the eighth-grade curriculum of a tennessee school district. some of these authors have appeared on book tv and don't want their programs

did bill barr change in those thirst 30 years? not likely. i don't think he changed one bit.e qualities we want in a attorney general different in 1991? did the senate and confirmation process change? , of course, it has, not for the better. what about us? did we change? did we begin to want or expect something different from an attorney general. what are ideal qualities, who is best to identify that person. does the current process attract, and identify and select the most capable people? each state has its own attorney general. nearly 90% of the states have decided you, should pick your open top prosecutor. should the country also do so? who would you pick? what qualities would you look for? fairness? competence? independence? we should' someone who devoted to facts, fairness, following the right process, and integrity. we should want someone with experience and character, a person who'll not reward friends or punish perceived enemies. a person hopelessly devoted to justice, that is what we should want. it's not what presidents seem to want, president obama picked a friend,

william barr told him there's no fraud. telling him there was no fraud. the head of the office of national intelligence told him there was no fraud. and 60 judges, all the legal challenges they filed, failed. and in light of all that evidence, on the other side, there was not one sen tillau of evidence there was fraud. in other words, trump just made it up. you can't just continue to say there was fraud in a complete and utter absence of fraud. at some point i think the justice department has to conclude they could convince a jury that donald trump knew there was no fraud in this election. >> thank you so much and that's a perfect segway for our next story, an exclusive one. former trump attorney general, william barr, who came under fire for intervening in criminal cases in ways favorable to his boss, is for the first time talking about what happened inside the trump white house and what led him to resign. despite trump's baseless claim, barr told the president the justice department uncovered no evidence of widespread vot

barr said when he offered to quit, trump slammed his desk and said, "accepted." he resigned two weeks later. barr has a new book out next week. >>> and breaking news, the florida lawmakers have passed a bill banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. the bill is modeled after a similar ban in mississippi at the u.s. supreme court signaling it will uphold. the florida bill has no exceptions for rape or incest. the bill no heads to the desk of republican governor ron desantis, where he is expected to sign it into law. >>> coming up now, interstate disaster. fog and smoke trigger a series of fiery and deadly crashes in florida. >>> and caught on video, the moment an apartment building exploded in maryland sending nearly a dozen people to the hospital. this is the "cbs morning news." we were breathing that day and night! that's when we started using swiffer. in just a few minutes, duster captures dust before it gets airborne. it traps and locks dust in one swipe. yes! for our floors, sweeper's heavy duty cloths easily trap dust, dirt and hair... locking it i

bill barr.at trump has described you as a swamp creature, a rino, weak, pathetic, a broken man seeking the approval of the media? >> no, it doesn't surprise me at all. howard: a lot of people -- >> no, it doesn't bother me because he says these kinds of silly attacks on everybody who -- yeah, he is not capable of sustaining a durable relationship with someone unless they are, essentially, dependent on him, and i'm not. people who know me know that i went in to take the job at the department not really caring what people thought. i don't care what the media thought, what congress thought, what the president thoughtment on criminal justice matters, i'd make the decision based on what i thought was right, and that's what you need in an attorney general. howard: the media's favorite question now, and you alluded to this earlier, should you have quit earlier and gone public with the greater concerns you describe in this book? any regrets on that? >> no, because i didn't have grave concerns before the

also my exclusive interview with former trump attorney general bill barr. what he says about trump's infamous walk from the white house to a church on "nightly news." >>> on the next episode of saving san francisco. >> our unhoused neighbor. >> he rang my dooshl completely neighborhood. >> he doesn't want help. >> he is a representation of a lot of people in this city. >> join us as the search for solutions to move san francisco forward. saving san francisco, episode 2 streams monday. good luck! you too! erin jackson wins u.s. gold! a selfless act from brittany bowe to give up her spot. bitter rivals but absolute respect. ( ♪♪ ) (chiming) ( ♪♪ ) (laughter) ( ♪♪ ) >>> more than a million people have now fled ukraine. many head for nearby poland. but some now arriving here in the bay area. today some emotional reunions. nbc bay area sergio quintana reports from sfo. >> reporter: tears of joy of this man a and his family as they meet loved ones at the international airport. a bittersweet reunion because he knows many more can't leave the battle zone or activel

barr is completely right.he trump campaign based on the evidence that the fbi had. so durham's looking at all of it. what comes of it who knows. elizabeth: that is an important point. a.g. barr said i never seen a adequate basis for launching a counterintelligence campaign on the trump campaign. the whole country has been damaged. the country would have different tenor on russia the day trump walked through the door. they use -- very destructive, unfair to trump. it destroyed our foreign policy to russia because of quote, phony scandal. your word on that? >> that is what every president says. every time you investigate the president, a special counsel investigates the president it is disruptive. that is part of the process but what is so different about this one that was launched by comey and mccabe, is that there was really no basis for it. that is was really, it really corrupt investigation. that's what has been so difficult to get out t was really incredibly a thin predicate for launching the investigation.

attorney general barr was right, the time to give migs was then.ing rent free in this administration's head. he's actually deterring us. the message coming from the white house, the president and the commander-in-chief himself would be don't you dare. there will be a catastrophic response if you go to weapons of mass destruction. it could mean the end of your hold on power, putin. that's the type of strength of message that we need to be seeing. that's how peace is maintained through strength and through effective deterrence. instead, we're not going to get into hypotheticals, these wishy washy answers may lead putin to think he can get away with it. >> martha: the same has been asked about the nuclear option. that our answer has not been, you know, we will respond obviously with nuclear weapons if you use nuclear weapons. that's the idea of having them, so they never get used, right? >> yeah. but martha, it's built in to soviet russian doctrine. they believe they can use small load yield nuclear weapons because we won't respond with the big ones a

after barr refused to say there were irregularities.h lester holt. >> we listened and he was getting very angry about this. i said i understand you're upset with me and i'm perfectly happy to tender my resignation and then -- boom. >> he slapped the desk. >> he slapped the desk and he said accepted. accepted and boom, he said go home. don't go back to your office. go home. you're done. >> in a statement to nbc former president trump denies this and calls the book by barr fake. you can watch the news special tomorrow night at 9:00. >> a funeral service is now set for a police officer shot and killed in salinas. jorge alvarado jr. was a five-year veteran of the salinas p.d. and he'd worked in the army and he worked at the houma police department. alvarado was killed in an exchange of gun fire with a man he dropped for a traffic violation. the funeral service for alvarado will be thursday in salinas. >>> up next, they just keep going up with no end in sight. where our cameras spotted gas well above the $6 mark. free flowers anyone? the rea

barr is joining us live. we'll talk to him in a moment.in the trump administration. >> as attorney general, william barr is one of the most powerful members of president trump's cabinet and at the heart of key legal battles. but critics say he politicized the justice department from the beginning. pointing to his decision to clear the former president of obstruction of justice, following robert mueller's investigation into russia's attempts to disrupt 2016 election >> it was a complete and total exoneration. >> the president was frustrated and angered by his sincere belief that the investigation was undermining his presidency, propelled by his political opponents, and fueled by illegal leaks. nonetheless, the white house fully cooperated with the special counsel's investigation. >> barr also faced criticism over his involvement in some court cases of key trump allies. >> i'm supposedly punishing the president's enemies and helping his friends. what enemies have i indicted. >> and as trump continued to make baseless claims of widespread vot

and told us he was the one who demanded barr's resignation. either way barr handed in a resignation letter two weeks later and has not spoken with donald trump since he does not want him to run for president again. >> reporter: january 6th, the riot do you think that president trump was responsible for what happened here, ultimately? >> i do think he was responsible in the broad sense of that word. in that it appears that part of the plan was to send this group up to the hill i think the whole idea was to intimidate congress. and i think that that was wrong. >> reporter: in a three page letter to nbc news president trump trashed barr's book as fake and hurled personal insults at his former attorney general calling him a coward, a big disappointment and. >> among others. lester i know you talked to barr asking why the election lies were going on he didn't speak out earlier. >> reporter: challenged him about the events leading up to january 6th and where he could have been more vocal he says the theme was already baked in and he really blamed wh

former attorney general bill barr breaks his silence.barr in his first television interview. i believe this is part two. barr speaks about his relationship with former president trump. you can watch it here on nbc bay area at 9:00 tonight. is your bathroom over 10 years old? i'm mike holmes, here with ivan from agm renovations america's number one kitchen and bathroom renovators thanks mike! bathrooms over 10 years old cause major water damage, flooding, and mold. [mike] ivan, i've seen a lot of this. homeowners often don't realize what's behind the walls. agm are the only bathroom renovation specialists i recommend. visit agmrenovations.com today, and renovate before it's too late! and remember - we do kitchens too! ♪ agmrenovations.com ♪ in new york city, and remember - we do kitchens too! ♪ ♪ there's always something new to discover. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ come be a part of it. plan your next vacation at iloveny.com >>> looks like high gas prices will be here for a while. u.s. crude surges in early trading this evening as the market reacts to a

william barr reflects on his time in the trump administration in his memoir.re is a new book out called sandy hook's, elizabeth williamson reports on the years following the sandy hook school shooting. she looks at the parents of the victims who had to defend themselves against conspiracy theories. university of california irvine's professor offers his thought on how to combat disinformation and preserving the first amendment. his new book, cheap speech. also being published, monica guzman's book i never thought of it that way. how to bridge the partisan divide and promote political conversations. jeffrey frank looks at the full tenure of the 33rd president in the trials of harry s truman. here are the best selling nonfiction books according to portland, oregon. mountains beyond mountains, a profile of the late physician and anthropologist dr. paul farmer who treated the world's poor. he died last month at the age of 62. is -- next is braiding sweetgrass. then is all about love, this was first published in 1999. that is followed by the sirens of mars, looking

. >> in addition, former attorney general bill barr explains why he stepped down. a verdict for the ex-cop who shot into breonna taylor's apartment, and the rise in kids using and assembling ghost guns. >> live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. >> good evening. vladimir putin's brutal slaughter and bombing of civilians in ukraine is getting bloodier and bloodier. today, the russian dictator bragged that his invasion is going according to plan. new drone video shows the smoking ruins of a town just outside of kyiv, ukraine's capital. apartment buildings gutted, charred, and reduced to heaps of smoldering concrete. ukrainian civilians living under the constant and terrifying reality that a rocket could strike anywhere at any time. take a look at this. a car's dashcam captured video of a sudden bombardment of a residential area in a city just north of kyiv. it happened seemingly out of nowhere. here's the same video againerse but we did a freeze frame to highlight the explosive projectiled before they rain down indiscriminately as people wa

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and in an exclusive, former general william barr speaking out about his confrontation with president trump over the 2020 election results. ♪♪ we begin with the latest on the violence in ukraine, right now russian forces have taken control of europe's largest nuclear power plant after an intense fire broke out over night. it could have triggered an explosion, one that's ten times larger than the 1986 chernobyl tragedy. the u.s. describes the russian attack on that nuclear plant as a war crime. russian forces have taken the worker at the power plant hostage. the director of the plant are working under the invader's guns. president zelensky describing this as a night that could stop history. journalists this morning, russian lawmakers passed the law to jail journalists for publishing what they call fake news of moscow's invasion of ukraine. joining us now with erin mclaughlin live from lviv ukraine and ralph sanchez in moscow. give us an update on this power plant, what kind of damage did it sustain? >> hey, jose, last night was terrifying for the ukrainians. people were glued for the l

one of done disk-- maga verse, one of donald trunch trump's strawnchest supportedders was william barreresting is now that trump sowt of office and barr has a book to tell, well, he suddenly is not a fan, no, he's singing a different tune. >> former attorney general william bar speaking out live for the first time about his volatile time in the trurch administration and his dismantling of the president's lies about the 2020 election. >> i told them that this stuff was bull [bleep] and about election fraud and you know, it was wrong to be shoveling it out the way his team was. he was obviously getting very angry about this, i said okay, i understand you are upset with me. and i'm perfectly happy to tender my resignation and then boom. >> he slaps the desk. >> he slapped the desk and he said accepted, send. don't go back to your office. go home. you're done. after the election he went off the rails. he wouldn't listen to anybody except a little coterie of sick frant-- sycophants who were telling him what he wanted to hear. >> trevor: i'm sorry did bill barr say after the election trump w

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trump responded to barr's interview with nbc by calling him, quote, a coward.rom the people who knew him the best. "road runner" premieres sunday night at 9:00 eastern here on cnn. thanks for joining us. you can also listen to our podcast. download "inside politics" wherever you get your podcasts. ana cabrera and anderson cooper pick up our coverage right now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello. i'm ana cabrera in new york. anderson cooper is with us from lviv ukraine. people across that country are fighting to flee to survive and to defend. russia's attacks on ukraine are inten intensifying. the civilian death toll is mounting. one hit an evacuation route in a kyiv suburb. a warning, this next video is difficult to watch

." >>> an nbc news exclusive tonight, former attorney general bill barr breaks his silence. lester holt speaks with barr in his first television interview after resigning from the trump administration. barr speaks about his relationship with former president trump and his thoughts on the mueller investigation. watch the exclusive interview right here on nbc bay area at 9:00 tonight. >>> i'm sure you noticed the russia/ukraine war has sent gas prices soaring all across california. but how much are you willing to pay at the pump? at this station near big sur, gas is priced, look at that, $7.59 a gallon. this is the americo station. it's the only station for miles in either direction. employees there say a lot of customers are shocked at that cost. >> some people get more of a surprise and i see a lot of people taking punctuaing pictur. and like, wow, i'm paying this much for gas? >> in the bay area the average price is above $5. aaa says some cities have seen that cost jump by more than 50 cents in just the past week. >>> and making it in the bay continues to get harder and ha

new york city this evening and in just a few minutes i will speak with former attorney general bill barrbout his new book "the durham investigation. the 2020 election, russia, and more. but we start tonight with an update from the war in ukraine. the 12th dave russia's invasion brought shelling and missile strikes in cities across the country. russia announced another limited cease-fire and the establishment of safe corridors for refugees. but evacuation routes lead mostly to russia and belarus. ukrainian officials say moscow is resorting to medieval siege

you can see lester's full interview with bill barr tomorrow night at 9, 8 central.orney general will be live monday morning for an exclusive interview on "today." >>> we want to say hello to joe fryer for a look at what's ahead in this morning's pop start. nice to see you. >> good morning. good to see you. coming up, america's friend, courteney cox, opens up how her courteney cox, opens up how her edfe chang your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some...rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, including lymphoma and skin cancer; death, heart attack, stroke, and tears in the stomach or intestines occurred. people 50 and older with at least

here's alice barr. >> reporter: president biden taking to the road today in hopes of turning a corner, traveling to wisconsin to drive home key messages from last flight's state of the union address. >> vladimir putin's latest attack on ukraine is premeditated and unprovoked. >> reporter: mr. president r you considering banning russian oil? >> nothing is off the table. >> reporter: theu.s. department of justice opening a new investigation into oligarchs close to putin. antony blinken announcing new sanctions. republican leaders accusing the biden administration of weakness against russia. >> the president articulated no meaningful new steps or specific plan. >> reporter: also slamming the president's strategies to stop the pandemic. avoid shutdowns, and ramp up treatment, including allowing pharmacists to prescribe on the spot when someone tests positive. in washington, alice barr, enbusiness news. >> president biden spent the first 12 minutes of his speech on russia's invasion of crane and the rest on his american agenda and moving americans forward. hi, larry, was the president's me

barr, former ag william barr, equally disturbed and he is shocked about the president lied about hisring the debate when candidate biden lied to the american people about the laptop. he was clearly confronted with the laptop and he suggested it was russian disinformation and pointed to the letter written by some intelligence people that was baseless. which he knew was a lie and i was, i was shocked by that. elizabeth: you know, there is also this, former bush cia director michael hayden, he is also yet to retract his claim it was russian disinformation. he sits on the advisory board of a media watchdog group that sets out to correct errors in news stories. then you have james clapper, he is doubling down saying he still stands by his statement at the time he was saying. that he was sounding a cautionary note. remember james clapper, he was the one who said more and more of the steele dossier is true, actually corroborated. james clapper worked under both presidents bush, he was implicated in the false intelligence assessment that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. >> wel

alice barr. >>> a tech company is mourning the death of one of its workers. the worker was a chief accountant for the global firm, s.e. ranking which has offices in silicon valley. a colleague tells us she'd just been on a company trip with tatiana the weekend before the invasion. >> when they announce add safe passage or as we call it the green corridor, she decided to use the chance, because just one day before they died the missile hit the apartment above them. so they had no more place to stay. they were hiding in the basement. >> she adds she's furious that russia lied to at that time yaw others. her son was 18, not allowed to leave ukraine because he was of military age. >>> twitter has used two tweets from russia's embassy in england for what it calls the denial of events in the attack on ukraine. one of them referenced the attack on the children's hospital. russia's embassy claims a pregnant woman seen in video and photos was actually a ukraine beauty blogger, suggesting the photo was staged propaganda. many on twitter complain while the message was r

in washington, alice barr. >> president zelenskyy did spend time with lester holt. he talked about the possibility of this invasion leading to world war iii. >> president biden's been very clear that he's worried about provocations that could trigger world war iii. do you understand his concern there, and do you agree that it wouldn't take much to end up in world war iii? >> translator: well, nosh knows whether it may have already started, and what is the possibility of this war if ukraine will fall. >> you can see more of lester's one on one interview ahead on nightly news. president zelenskyy expands on what he hopes the united states can do to hope. after this newscast, nightly news begins at 6:30. >>> gas prices at an all-time high in california. averaging $5.77 a gallon. but it appears the national average may have peaked last week. so fall ago few cents since then. also the price of crude oil dropped their week, which could cause gas prices to fall within the next few weeks. >>> today the federal reserve implemented its first interest rate hike since 2018, thr

former attorney general william barr's memoir about his time in the trump administration will be released next week. several new sources have cited passages from the book already according to the new york times mr. barra searched that the republican party should support another candidate in 2024 saying quote donald trump has shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed. in regard to the last contested election the former attorney general rights quote. the election was not stolen trump lost it. also in the news to los angeles times has announced the finalist for their 42nd annual book prizes. and this year's lifetime achievement award will be presented to author luis rodriguez. according to the los angeles times book editor mr. rodriguez wrote his way out of poverty and pain through poetry memoir essays fiction and journalism. over the decades he has used his craft to advocate for youth loss to gang life to promote. peace in our communities and to bring people together in this chaotic world. the lifetime achievement aw

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> lester holt continues to see the fighting first hand. they are making a tall wall with sandbags and wood and tires. people living there are ready to defend their neighborhood, one block at a time. >> do you feel real pride? >> yes, of course. we defend our families, our children and our womans and ourself. >> coming up next, lester visits a shelter to see how families forced out of their homes are finding a safe place to sleep. >>> a look at the covid pandemic. i spoke with the ceo of pfizer. dr. bourla said initially, the vaccine didn't work and they kept at it and ultimately it did. with the success has come a lot of criticism that pfizer is monetizing this pandemic. pfizer's profits went from $9 billion in 2020 to $21 billion last year. your own salary, 20-plus million. do you get offended sore this is this part of the job? >> he and his family members faced personal threats during the vaccine development process and added the vaccine for kids is due out next month. >>> have you gone to your family lately? more than 500 californians h

and it's written by his former attorney general, bill barr. remember bill barr as the guy who shamelessly lied about what was in the mueller report? he says during the final months of the administration he realized that trump only cared about one thing, himself. country and principle took second place. it took him until the final months to figure that out. i came to that conclusion after one episode of "the apprentice." among other revelations barr says he believes the election was not stolen, trump lost. and he urges the republican party to move on, writing -- "donald trump has shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed." and while it seems awfully convenient for yet another trump enabler to now try to distance himself and cash in. working for trump was incredibly stressful for barr -- this is after he worked for trump for two years. this is what he looked like when he started. yes. and so there are a lot of bad, crazy, and bad crazy people out there. and it would seem

barr was his comment with georgia and that phone call.ok. he outlines something bad and then gets to a generous, it's not as bad as you think. >> he looks at him as an animal that has to be wrestled and then he was like, what's going on here, and the fact he gave the exact number he needed to change the vote is just coincidental. this is the line that people try to walk, anyway, when they're on their quest for post-redemption. the question i have is that if he was so keen, if he was so sure that the election interference was nothing, why did he allow u.s. attorneys have an investigation? why was he right there at the very end until it was clear he was leaving and it was time for him to exit out the door? he's still threading the needle but it seems wrong to me. >> there seems to be a form of what-aboutism. yeah, but, look at this. it's so hard to defend. >> it is hard to defend, but there are people who are influential at the end of the day said no to trump. bill barr, i think pence the most influential. the story hasn't ended. for me you

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alice barr has the latest from washington, d.c. and president biden's dilemma over whether or not to ban russian oil. >> reporter: deepening desperation in ukraine, as families scramble to escape cities surrounded by russian troops. >> i just left my home to nowhere. i have no plan. i just wanted to save my child. >> reporter: multiple attempts at safe passage routes to evacuate civilians has failed amid continued attacks. ukraine rejecting an offer to lead refugees straight into russia on belarus. president biden strategizing with top allies. >> the world is saying to russia, stop these attacks immediately. let the food and medicine in. let the people out. >> reporter: u.s. troops joining to military exercises with nato forces near the latvia-russia border as the white house maintains american troops will not fight in ukraine or grant president zelenskyy's pleas for a no-fly zone which could lead to direct military conflict with russia. but the u.s. appears closer to banning russian oil imports, a move gaining ground with lawmaker

alice barr, nbc news. >>> during the pandemic, blood donations took a critical hit. they declared the first national blood crisis in the u.s. we want to see where that need stands now. so we asked about it, reintroducing testing, all blood donation for covid anti-bodies. >> last year we were hopeful as cases were dropping but delta impacted us. omicron impacted us, and really, as we were looking at hospitals' needs and testing indicating those who are immunocompromised can benefit from the conva less the plasma. >> the red cross says if you do choose to donate blood you will get a notification on whether your blood contains anti-bodies. >>> tension appears to be growing between vladimir putin and his military leaders. they say that he is being misinformed about how the military is performing in ukraine. putin feels misled by his military creating tension between him and military officials. it is believed putin is unaware of how many soldiers russia has lost in ukraine. they also say putin isn't aware of the extent the russian economy is being crippled by sanctions. w

let's bring in alice barr from washington, d.c. >> reporter: today in ukraine, little progress in peace talks amid rapidly expanding acts of war. russian launched air strikes over the weekend killing at least 35 in a military base in western ukraine and landing just 20 mile from the polish border. at the doorstep of nato territory, the biden ministration vowed defend. >> pnt p must stop the viol, de-escalate and choose the path of diplomacy. >> reporter: and with concerns growing about a russia/china alliance, both countries now pushing back against reports that russia has asked china for military equipment and other support. >> if they think they can basically bail russia out, they can give russia a workaround to the sanctions we imposed they should have another thing coming. >> reporter: the u.s. working to get an additional $200 million in military equipment to front line ukrainian forces as russia appears to be firing more indiscriminantly at civilian targets, increasing the desperation and the will to fight back. the port city of odesa preparing for an attack by sea. >> different l

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> google is donating tens of m millions for ukraine. some will go toward addressing misinformation and realities. ukrainian families are now arriving at the u.s. border. one woman by the name of sophia fled her homeland with three children, hoping to seek sylum in the u.s. they were turned away due to immigration policies. but a local attorney helped them gain entry. their thoughts remain with those they left behind. >> the most horrible thing in all of those, we all had lives, beautiful lives, full of happiness and friends. >> it feel like everything's changed in the matter of a couple weeks. >> yes, yes. >> up next on nbc nightly news, details on that immigration policy, making it difficult for ukrainian refugees to find safety in america and when that policy might change. >>> a major revelation and question mark about president trump's whereabouts. the house panel investigating the january 6 capitol attack has identified a gap of more than seven hours in the official record of president trump's phone calls. the "washington post" repr

here's nbc's alice barr. >> reporter: no surrender in ukraine's besieged city of mariupol. despite constantly shelling and dwindling food, water, and medicine, russia demanded ukraine hand over the strategically critical city in exchange for safe passage for trapped civilians. the ukrainian government refused. >> there is no negotiation, no trust, no belief in putin's good will. we can only fight and get what we need. >> reporter: president biden speaking today with european leaders before traveling to the region later this week. he'll join a summit of nato allies in brussels and visit poland where the majority of ukraine's 3 million plus refugees are seeking safety. it follows a weekend trip to poland from a bipartisan group of senators who are pushing the president to send ukraine even more advanced military equipment. >> we don't want to give them just enough to stay in the fight. they have to win this and we're going to fight to the end. >> reporter: the biden administration has directed more than $1 billion in military aid to ukraine so far but is walking a line to avo

. >> alice barr is covering the play by play from washington. >> reporter: day one of questioning in the historic confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee judge kentanji brown jackson. and senators are not holding back. the judge's background as a public defender including defending inmates at guantanamo bay, getting a lot of scrutiny with several republican senators trying to paint her as soft on crime. one accusing her of being lenient in child pornography cases. judge jackson forcefully rejecting that. >> i imposed a significant sentence and all of the additional restraints that are available in the law. they can't use their computers in a normal way for decades. i am imposing all of those constraints because i understand how significant, how damaging, how horrible this crime is. >> reporter: judge jackson has repeatedly pledged to be independent and neutral while lifting up the benefits of her diverse experience within the criminal justice system. democrats likely have the votes to confirm judge jackson on their own. she would be the first black woman to serve on the natio