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squares off while under oath "early today" starts right now >>> good morning and happy friday i'm vinita meyer >> good to be with you i'm frances rivera a warning the video you're about to see may be disturbing authorities say the ordeal when the suspect who two senior law enforcement officials identify as 31-year-old roman cabalerro led them on a car chase and crashed. >> striking three officers the officers returned fire >> police say after the shooting and the suspect allegedly car jacked a woman and barricaded himself inside a home and continued to fire shots. he surendered to authorities after an hours like standoff the three officers suffering nonlife threatening injuries, one was shot in the foot, one in the leg and one in the arm >> the search for the next member of the supreme court has officially begun justice steven breyer hand-delivered his retirement letter to president biden. and in making his announcement at the white house breyer reflected on the changes still facing our democracy, what he called the great american experiment >> it's our next generation, the one after tha

moment to remember the oldest member of world war ii "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm vinita nair in for frances and philip more than 100 ceremonies are planned across the country today, to remember the deadly attack on the capitol a. senior u.s. intelligence official tells nbc news, there has been an uptick in calls for unspecified acts of violence over the past 48 hours the fbi says they are not aware of any credible plot. >> the president is expected to speak, including testimonials with members of congress and an evening prayer vigil congress members, marjorie taylor green and matt gaetz will be delivering the republican response and holding a press conference this afternoon after former president trump cancelled his own. meanwhile, the congressional panel investigating the insurrection are urging sean hannity to cooperate they say dozens of text messages say hannity knew about president trump's plans leading up to the riot here's nbc news' garrett haake. >> reporter: they are seeking cooperation from fox news anchor sean hannity, the committee looking to question a top w

your viewers should know that we have a justice department, filled with people like vinita gupta, who are committed to enforcing the voting rights act, and the bills that are right now on the books. we are going to be mobilizing in state legislatures across the country. we're going to be working to fund elections, with mail-in ballots. there is so much work that we can do, including fixing the electoral college,. but, none of it, i want to make clear, will be a replacement to the freedom to vote act. i would've finally put the standards into law. everyone knows what's happening here. yeah rid of same-day registration, in montana. 8000 people use that in the last election. get rid of registration during the last month, the runoff period in georgia. 70,000 people register that time. that was put into law, with what we're describing as another voting rights suppression law, as surgical precision. we're going to continue to see that, and i will not give up this fight. minnesota senator amy klobuchar. we're excited for you and your colleagues. thank you for helping us understand it. >> rac

. >> after two years of nonstop murder -- morphed into a version of vinita mussolini. >> this is what people say to me, he doesn't represent science to them, he represents dr. joseph mengele. the doctor, the naughty doctor, who did experiments on jews in the second world war in concentration camps. >> hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fund deadly human experiments on puppies. >> doctor fauci is sending puppies to slaughter, basically. >> today, doctor fauci was on capitol hill, testifying on the federal government's response to the omicron variant. as we see a massive spike in cases around the country. and i think, fair to say, a profound sense of frustration, exhaustion with the ongoing pandemic. now doctor fauci has testified in front of congress many times. and by now, we all expect him to face hostile questions from the public. there is one republican who seems to have a particularly obsession with doctor fauci. senator rand paul of kentucky. every time he comes to testify, senator paul tries to the knockdown over and over again. i think that dr. fauci routinely ignores

the civil rights division in the department of justice, putting two civil rights leaders in there, vinita and kristen. suing states who are enacting these laws, and signing an executive order so that we could advance voter registration. this is not been an administration that turned a blind eye to voting rights. this is one that has fully engaged on protecting the right to vote and doing those things and now we're going to continue to take the fight to the people, and continue to urge members in the united states senate to do their job and pass the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights act. >> you talk about the president and the vice president putting their full weight behind this effort but i wonder what you say to some of the civil rights leaders and activists who have said maybe he should have given that speech sooner than yesterday? >> well, remember, we talked about the -- the president talk and voting rights, and the need to pass this legislation in his inauguration speech. in his speech to the joint session of congress. went down to constitution hall in philadelphia

but first, vinita here is here with the headlines. >> i am, and here's some stories we are watching this hour including tens of thousands who are still without power monday one of the biggest storms in four years slammed the east coast the blizzard dumped up to 30 inches of snow in some areas in massachusetts which was hit the hardest officials say cleanup efforts will likely continue into monday as high winds and freezing temperatures remain. prince harry and meghan markle 's foundation is speaking out against spotify for along the spread of covid misinformation on the platform. while the duke and duchess express their concerns, they have no plans of ending their partnership with spotify spotify responded to the growing complaints on sunday saying that they will be adding a content advisory to any podcast episode that includes a discussion about covid-19. well, raphael has won the australian open tennis ship in melbourne,. breaking the men's record for the most grand slam singles titles. he fought his way back two sets down to be danielle mel filled in, sealing the victory after an almo