joining me is gary peters, the ranking member of the senate homeland security committee. senator, thank you for being with us. >> great to you with you, reverend sharpton. >> in your state we've seen some real unrest. we've seen people go to the state capital in lancing, and literally go into the capitol on the grounds, go into the halls of the capitol armed and some with swastikas and some with confederate flags, in 2020. we're not talking about 1920. how as a u.s. senator to that state do you respond to this in the middle of a pandemic? if people say i want to go back to open the stores and that kind of thing but to do it armed and using swastikas and confederate flags. >> there's no question those images are incredibly disturbing. and we saw the pictures of armed folks up in the gallery of the state legislature looking down at legislators. that's simply unacceptable. i'll just say that that doesn't speak to who we are here in michigan. it's a relatively small group. we need to call it out and say that that type of behavior is certainly unacceptable. but for the most pa

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years ago that's unacceptable for illinois democrat cheri bustos and michigan democratic senator gary petersould have happened the should be a straightforward issue drizzle. but it hasn't it hasn't been done for years public records show the federal government issues up to $800 million in benefits the dead americans every year lawmakers say the simple fix is to require the social security administration does your updated death records what federal agencies information has got to be shared legislation could provide a long-term solution. >>but for now lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on the treasury department to do everything they can to prevent future mistakes. >>from a botch a budget expert with the heritage foundation says the mistake could cost taxpayers millions of dollars i can't make a prediction for what we do know is that coffee 2 million people die on an annual basis, the irs is instructing families to return the money but it's unclear if there's a legal obligation think in many case this money won't be lost for now the irs is it threatening any penalties but catchin

years ago that's unacceptable for illinois democrat cheri bustos and michigan democratic senator gary peters say this never should have happened the should be a straightforward issue drizzle. but it hasn't it hasn't been done for years public records show the federal government issues up to $800 million in benefits the dead americans every year lawmakers say the simple fix is to require the social security administration does your updated death records what federal agencies information has got to be shared legislation could provide a long-term solution. >>but for now lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on the treasury department to do everything they can to prevent future mistakes. >>for me to watch a budget expert with the heritage foundation says the mistake could cost taxpayers millions of dollars i can't make a prediction for what we do know is that roughly 2 million people die on an annual basis, the irs is instructing families to return the money but it's unclear if there is a legal obligation think in many case this money won't be lost for now the irs is it threatening an

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. >> michigan democratic senator gary peters first sounded the alarm last year. the pandemic only heightened his fears. and, last week, he sent a letter to vice president mike pence and hhs secretary alex azar. urging the federal government to take immediate steps to ensure america is prepared to administer a coronavirus vaccine. >> time is not on our side here. we need to get this done as quickly as possible. >> in a similar warning, a whistle-blower complaint by rick bright, the demoted director of a key federal research agency developing vaccines, said his warnings about the shortage of needles and syringes had been ignored. and that the u.s. needs between 650,000,850 million needles and syringes. bright may have been pushed aside. but, in testimony before congress this week, bright suggested someone in the federal government may have been listening. >> i learned that they placed an order, the first order, for needles and syringes on may 1st. >> and were the amounts adequate? >> i believe they asked for 320 million needles and syringes. >> and could you, pleas

. >> reporter: michigan democratic senator gary peters first sounded the alarm last year. the pandemic only heightened his fears. and last week he sent a letter to vice president mike pence and hhs secretary alex azar, urging the federal government to take immediate steps to ensure america is prepared. >> we need to do it as soon as possible. >> reporter: a similar complaint by rick bright, the demoted leader of a key federal agency that develops vaccines, saying his warnings about the need for needles and syringes had been ignored. bright may have been pushed aside but in testimony before congress yesterday, bright suggested someone in the federal government may have been listening. >> i learned that they placed an order, the first order for needles and syringes on may 1. >> were the amounts adequate? >> i believe it was for 320 million needles and sir innyrin. >> and could you describe the situation if every american doesn't have access to the vaccine due to a supply shortage? >> that situation would be catastrophic. the decisions have not been made yet, who to vaccinate

half years ago that's unacceptable illinois democrat cheri bustos and michigan democratic senator gary peters say this never should have happened the should be a straightforward issue drizzle. but it hasn't it hasn't been done for years public records show the federal government issues up to $800 million in benefits the dead americans every year lawmakers say the simple fix is to require the social security administration does your updated death records what federal agencies information has got to be shared legislation could provide a long-term solution. >>but for now lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on the treasury department to do everything they can to prevent future mistakes. >>from botch a budget expert with the heritage foundation says the mistake could cost taxpayers millions of dollars i can't make a prediction for what we do know is that coffee 2 million people die on an annual basis, the irs is instructing families to return the money but it's unclear if there is a legal obligation think in many case this money won't be lost for now the irs is it threatening any pena

half years ago that's unacceptable illinois democrat cheri bustos and michigan democratic senator gary peters say this never should have happened the should be a straightforward issue drizzle. but it hasn't it hasn't been done for years public records show the federal government issued up to $800 million in benefits the dead americans every year lawmakers say the simple fix is to require the social security administration does your updated death records what federal agencies information has got to be shared legislation could provide a long-term solution. >>but for now lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on the treasury department to do everything they can to prevent future mistakes. >>for me to watch a budget expert with the heritage foundation says the mistake could cost taxpayers millions of dollars i can't make a prediction for what we do know is that coffee 2 million people die on an annual basis, the irs is instructing families to return the money but it's unclear if there is a legal obligation think in many case this money won't be lost for now the irs is it threatening any

. >> senator gary peters, thank you. >>> ayman mohyeldin picks up the coverage. >> it is memorial day, monday, may 25th. and here are the facts at this hour. as we wake up this morning, a reminder of the stunning amount of loss this country has endured. more than 98,000 americans have now died from coronavirus. that's more than the number of americans killed in the wars in vietnam, the persian gulf, iraq and afghanistan combined. later this hour, president trump and the first lady will honor the country's fallen soldiers by laying a wreath at arlington national cemetery. after that they'll visit ft. mchenry in baltimore. as the unofficial start of the summer, memorial day has seen its share of big crowds across the country. as people gather despite warnings about the outbreak of coronavirus. a new study estimates it's still spreading uncontrolled in roughly two dozen states. the head of the fda tweeted this weekend that the virus is not contained. now with that in mind, president trump is trying to limit new infections by suspending travel from brazil, one of the hardest hit countries

. >> reporter: michigan democratic senator gary peters first sounded the alarm last year.ly heightened his fears, and last week he sent a letter to vice president mike pence and hhs secretary alex azar, urging the federal government to take immediate steps to ensure america is prepared to administer a coronavirus vaccine. >> time is not on our side here. we need to get this done as quickly as possible. >> reporter: in a similar warning, a whistleblower complaint by rick bright, the demoted director of a key federal research agency developing vaccines said his warnings about the shortage of needles and syringes had been ignored and that the u.s. needs between 650,000,850 million needles and syringes. bright may have been pushed aside, but in testimony before congress yesterday, bright suggested someone in the federal government may have been listening. >> i learned that they placed an order, the first order for needles and syringes on may 1st. >> and were the amounts adequate? >> i believe it was for 320 million needles and syringes. >> and could you please describe the sit

gary peters the senator from michigan.he questioned the need for the subpoena. [video clip] >> this is not a serious bipartisan investigation in the tradition of this committee. i believe we should not be going down this dangerous road. we are the homeland security committee. we have jurisdiction over election interference and should be working together to strengthen our national security and fight against foreign influence. unfortunately, this misguided subpoena risks amplifying efforts of our foreign adversaries to interfere in the 2020 election. this should not be about politics. what we need to be focused on his national security, and we should be acting that way is a committee. i have been requesting since december that members of this committee be briefed by the fbi and intelligence community. we can't allow this committee to be taken advantage of by adversaries who are seeking to subvert our democracy. senatorchigan yesterday during the hearing. if you missed the vote to subpoena blue strategies, the pr firm, you can go to c-span.org to find the hearing t

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top democrat on the committee, gary peters, released a statement to nbc news that reads in part the voted on generating headlines. chairman johnson also released a statement saying in part, the public deserves to know what really happened. donny deutsch joins our conversation along with usa today opinion columnist and former senior adviser for the house oversight and government reform committee kurt bardella. his latest piece for nbc news -- >> willie, willie -- >> senate republicans -- yes. >> yeah, no, just hold on a second. let's do a split screen of kurt and donny deutsch. now, kurt has really upped his game. >> he's thought about stuff here. >> it's like he's a really good background. >> and donny's at the dentist. >> but donny deutsch back in the dentist chair. oh -- >> with bananas. >> what's the banana thing? >> that's not hygienic. no dentist is going to -- >> apples with the stickers on them. >> no dentist is going to have bananas right next to where you spit in that little thing that goes around. okay, so donny's not upping his game. kurt, man, whew. >> good stuff. >> that's g

peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. gary 0'donoghue is in washington.ing there, has turned his attention on the world health 0rganisation? his attention on the world health organisation? yeah, he has written a lengthy letter to the who which is conducting it's sort of annual health conference virtually in geneva, as we speak, and he said having suspended the funding the us gives to the who, and that amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars per year, by to hundreds of millions of dollars peryear, by far to hundreds of millions of dollars per year, by far the to hundreds of millions of dollars peryear, by farthe biggest to hundreds of millions of dollars per year, by far the biggest single donor, having suspended that last month, he is considering withdrawing that money altogether and leaving the organisation. he has given them 30 days to reform, to prove they are not a puppet of china. it's not very clear exactly what he is asking them to do, but if you read the letter it's very much addressed directly to the head of the who, and i suspect the head of