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BREAKING NOW:. Japan pledges $2M to the U.S. for Hawaii's recovery after the #MauiFire destroyed much of Lahaina.
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"What we need is the support of everybody". @chefjoseandres opens up to @jdbalart about what @WCKitchen needs to keep feeding people in Ukraine: "We need to make sure that we are next to these men, women and children because one day it can be us in another country." .@MSNBC
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BREAKING: Trump lawyers have been told to expect an indictment against the former president. Three sources tell NBC News Trump attorneys are meeting with prosecutors in the Special Counsel’s office in DC. #IndictmentWatch
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"For people at home, what is a no-fly zone? It is in effect an instrument of allies to protect civilians. So that's urgent. The world has to understand that at the heart of this is a genocide," @AndreaChalupa states. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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BREAKING: U.S. Coast Guard says debris field discovered in search area for #OceanGate Titan submersible. #OceanGateSub
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“If Putin loses this war, the Russian people are going to say 'we don't like a loser, and we particularly don't like a loser who's cost us so much money and so much pain and so many dead bodies' and that will be the end of Putin," Bill Browder states.
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"The big message I want to send to the world is this; winter is coming." @chefjoseandres, founder of @WCKitchen, warns the world that the Ukrainian people will need more humanitarian aid in the months ahead. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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.@MaxwellFrostFL will be the first Gen Z member of Congress. He says economic instability can be a barrier to entry for Gen Zers interested in running for office: "Young folks are in debt not because we live beyond our means, but because we've been denied the means to live."
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"Putin, who failed to take over Ukraine in two or three days, is now intentionally hitting civilians. It's a campaign of terror. And it will intensify," @Kasparov63 says. @HRF .@jdbalart .@MSNBC
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Iranian Journalist and Activist @AlinejadMasih calls on international sports leagues and athletes to support Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi. "All female athletes, around the world. now is the time to show your solidarity.". @jdbalart .@MSNBC .#ElnazRekabi
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Exposure to leaded gasoline lowered the IQ of about half the population of the U.S., a new study estimates.
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Protests across Iran have intensified since the death of Mahsa Amini. “This is a revolution… a turning point for Iranians and a tipping point for the Islamic Republic,” Iranian journalist and activist @AlinejadMasih says of the widespread protests. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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.@fred_guttenberg, who lost his daughter, Jaime, in the Parkland shooting, discusses gun reform: "It’s not just my daughter who was killed, it’s also my son who was there and heard the shots. Gun violence affects so many people beyond those that we bury.". @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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#JDBWeekInReview .(From 3-1-22). "Putin, who failed to take over Ukraine in two or three days, is now intentionally hitting civilians. It's a campaign of terror. And it will intensify," @Kasparov63 says. @jdbalart.@MSNBC
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Former U.S. Attorney @JoyceWhiteVance says the arrest of a Texas woman charged for an alleged abortion "is the sort of step that's designed to chill the exercise of woman's rights.". @MSNBC
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"None of these co-conspirators were charged in [Trump's] indictment," fmr. federal prosecutor @glennkirschner2 says. "What I suspect Jack Smith is doing here is focusing like a laser beam on the leader of the conspiracy, Donald Trump, with a view toward ensuring a speedy trial."
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"We call the people from Europe that are coming here now refugees. We call the people coming here from Central America illegal immigrants. That basically tells you the problem," @allenorresq tells @jdbalart. @MSNBC
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Former Ukrainian President @poroshenko: "Please, do not have any doubts that Ukraine will throw Russia away from every square meter of Ukrainian soil.". @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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.@JoyceWhiteVance reads Justice Jackson's dissent to ending affirmative action:. "Every moment these gaps persist is a moment in which this great country falls short of actualizing one of its foundational principles—the 'self-evident' truth that all of us are created equal."
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The Iranian regime uses "tools to oppress people and silence them: One of them is sports, the other is cinema.". @AlinejadMasih says the Iranian soccer team does not represent the people of Iran. "This is a team which represents gender apartheid, represents dictatorship.". @MSNBC
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"The people of Iran are going to get rid of the Islamic Republic, but history will judge the democratic countries,” @AlinejadMasih tells @jdbalart as calls grow for investigation into the suspected poisoning of Iranian schoolgirls. @MSNBC .
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“Rape is weaponized in this war," Ukrainian civic activist @MelaniePodolyak says. "It is disgusting and it's very representative of what this war is.". @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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"We need those sanctions— Russia needs to be hit where it hurts to get the message that this is not just inappropriate, but that the countries of the free world will not tolerate this kind of behavior," @MelaniePodolyak says. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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"There are no clear ethical guidelines for Supreme Court justices like there are for lower court justices," @JoyceWhiteVance explains to @jdbalart. Justice Thomas' trips "involved rubbing shoulders with people who had conservative litigation interests before the Supreme Court."
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Doctors at the largest hospital in Ethiopia's Tigray region tell Reuters that lack of supplies is largely the result of months-long government aid blockade. “Signing death certificates has become our primary job,” the hospital said.
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.@glennkirschner2 says the prosecution has reached the “end game” in its investigation into Former President Trump's alleged election interference. “Usually, that [indictment] come[s] pretty quickly after prosecutors deliver that target letter.”
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#IndictmentWatch. Donald Trump’s lawyers have finished their meeting with the Special Counsel’s office. They were told to expect an indictment against Trump. NBC's @GarrettHaake breaks down what happens next.
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MIRACULOUS RECOVERY. Kansas City teen #RalphYarl "was shot twice when he went to the wrong house to pick up his brothers." Yarl has recovered and is starting his senior year of high school, @jdbalart reports. #GoodNews
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BREAKING: Judge issues ruling in protective order hearing. "There are hundreds of [witness] recordings that Donald Trump and his legal team will get access to. they cannot be disclosed to the general public" under this protective order, @lawofruby reports.
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“I saw Ukrainians, average citizens uniting against the invasion.” Journalist @terrelljstarr describes to @jdbalart what he saw in Ukraine during the first month of the war. “You saw Ukrainians fighting in ways that many people in the West didn't expect.” . @MSNBC
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Former Ukrainian President @poroshenko calls for sanctions against Iran for supplying Russia with drones that they are using to strike Ukraine. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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"Long overdue." . Former World Chess Champion and @Renew_Democracy Chairman @Kasparov63 reacts to breaking news that the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. @MSNBC @jdbalart
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The Russian warship Moskva was seriously damaged by an explosion. "This is the triumph of Ukrainian missiles," former Ukrainian President @poroshenko tells @jdbalart. @MSNBC
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Legislation to support Afghans who aided U.S. armed forces was excluded from government funding. “I see no difference between those who worked specifically for the U.S. and those who fought on our behalf,” Afghan war vet and the son of the late Sen. John McCain @McCainJack says.
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.@neal_katyal comments on today's Supreme Court decisions: "Yes, there's a small win for the Biden administration with respect to 'Remain in Mexico, but the climate decision is such a dramatic thing. [it strips] Congress' ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.". @jdbalart
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Judge Aileen Cannon restricted the DOJ’s access to documents seized from Mar-a-Lago. @FrankFigliuzzi1 on what this ruling means for the FBI’s probe: “I’m sure there’s a lot of head scratching going on at FBI headquarters right now over how to proceed.” . @MSNBC .@jdbalart
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Tonight, the Jan. 6th Cmte. will start public hearings. "If we see that evidence [that Trump and others were involved in a conspiracy] . the DOJ will have to act. They will have to indict the people responsible for those crimes," @glennkirschner2 tells @jdbalart. @MSNBC
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#JDBWeekInReview .(From 10-11-22). A message to Putin from former Ukrainian President @poroshenko: "Ukrainian people, Ukrainian state, Ukrainian armed forces are unbreakable. Please learn it, Mr. Putin.”
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Putin "has turned his country into a pariah state," @general_ben tells @jdbalart. "No one trusts anything that comes out of there.". @MSNBC
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“I’m struggling to find new memories and pictures and videos to share of Jaime. Because it stopped. There are no new [memories].”. @fred_guttenberg lost his daughter Jaime in the Parkland, FL school shooting. He reflects on his loss nearly 5 years later. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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"You've got to kick it into high gear if you're law enforcement and realize our lawmakers are soft targets" @FrankFigliuzzi1 says after Friday's attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi. @MSNBC .@jdbalart
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Journalist and author @AndreaChalupa reviews major points in the history of Russia-Ukraine relations. @jdbalart.@MSNBC.
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"I recognize we're living in a moment when international cooperation has waned," President Obama says at the COP26 international climate summit. "And yes, in part because of a lack of leadership on America's part for four years on a host of multi-lateral issues.". @MSNBC
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"This is nuclear terrorism against the whole world." Former Ukrainian President Petro @poroshenko describes the dangers he sees in Russian forces controlling Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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“It’s possible that information in this affidavit might actually include references to cooperators, witnesses in other investigations, maybe Jan. 6,” @FrankFigliuzzi1 says of potential connection between the Mar-a-Lago search and other Trump investigations. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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British tabloid loses its appeal against a judge’s ruling that it invaded the privacy of the Duchess of Sussex by publishing parts of a letter she wrote to her estranged father.
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"You see a mixture of people coming together, working to ensure that they will survive," @terrelljstarr speaks about his experiences in Ukraine during the Russian invasion. @jdbalart.@MSNBC.
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A message to Putin from former Ukrainian President @poroshenko: "Ukrainian people, Ukrainian state, Ukrainian armed forces are unbreakable. Please learn it, Mr. Putin.”. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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.@Kasparov63: “I always reject any comparison between Putin's criminal activities and chess, because in chess we have rules. Putin denies he has to abide by any rules.”. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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"It was an epic final—I think the best I've seen in my lifetime," the voice of soccer @AndresCantorGOL says of Argentina's World Cup win. "My call of 'Argentina; campeón del mundo, Argentina; champion of the world' has been 36 and a half years in the waiting.". @jdbalart
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Fmr. Ukrainian President @poroshenko on the threat of nuclear war from Russia: "Don't trust Putin. Don't trust Russia. Don't be afraid of Russia.". @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “actually defined the Ukrainian identity; not as a victim, but as a fighter.”. Zelenskyy’s former press secretary @IuliiaMendel comments on how he is faring, one year into the war with Russia. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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Fmr. Ukrainian President @poroshenko shares details about his recent visit to Kharkiv with @jdbalart: “In the villages we visited, there is no electricity— completely destroyed. No heat, no gas, no water, nothing.”. @MSNBC
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“No one wants to find themselves prosecuted or sued civilly, so these laws will achieve their goal whether they’re lawful or not,” says @JoyceWhiteVance about laws like one proposed in Missouri which aims to stop people from leaving the state for abortion care. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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"If you swing at the king, you best not miss." . @AshaRangappa_ says that in both Manhattan and Fulton County, GA, it is better for investigators to "really get all of their ducks in a row." . @jdbalart @MSNBC
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"Putin is a liar, obviously. Russia is exhausted," the former press secretary for @ZelenskyyUa reacts to Putin claiming that there is no longer need for widespread attacks against Ukraine. @IuliiaMendel says her sources tell her that Putin “wants a break to recharge."
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.@chefjoseandres is on the ground in Ukraine helping deliver food to those in need with @WCKitchen. @MSNBC .@jdbalart
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Following the mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, @manueloliver00, the father of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver, is requesting a meeting with President Biden on gun control. @jdbalart @MSNBC.
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President Biden will sign the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law. @trymainelee joins @yasminv. @MSNBC
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10am ET/7am PT on @MSNBC: Former Ukrainian President @poroshenko joins @jdbalart to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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.@terrelljstarr, who is back from Ukraine, joins @jdbalart live at Rockefeller Center. He’ll tell José about what he saw and experienced. Watch live on @MSNBC at 10amET/7amPT.
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"You cannot even count the number of the dead people. They've been burned. They’re being buried in the mass graves. It's impossible even to identify people anymore," a Ukrainian man describes life under Russian occupation in Mariupol. @ellisonbarber .@jdbalart .@MSNBC
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Veterans groups and Jon Stewart are protesting at Capitol Hill, putting Senate Republicans on the defensive for holding up a bill to provide health care for veterans exposed to burn pits. "I think this is cruel and unusual punishment that's going on," @jonstewart says. @MSNBC
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Fmr. Ukrainian President @poroshenko praises global solidarity with Ukraine, saying “our victory is unavoidable.”
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“They keep shoving that dagger further and further in.”. @BCross052422's son Uziyah Garcia was killed in the Uvalde school shooting. He calls for accountability: "The powers that be refuse to acknowledge their culpability.”. @jdbalart.@MSNBC
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COMING UP: Former Ukrainian President @poroshenko joins @jdbalart today on @MSNBC at 10amET/7amET to discuss the latest on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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BREAKING: Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is expected to settle his suit against the Trump Organization. Cohen "was suing the Trump Organization for what he said was $1.3M in unpaid legal fees," @GarrettHaake reports.
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.@neal_katyal and @TaliFarhadian comment on the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court hearing. "She’s just about as experienced and ready as one could possibly be for this moment," Tali Farhadian Weinstein states. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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"The time to do something is now." . BREAKING: Club Q shooting survivor Michael Anderson testifies about anti-LGBTQ hate crimes on Capitol Hill. @MSNBC
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"The U.S. government must learn from Iranians, because we never bow to the hostage takers," @AlinejadMasih says of the U.S. deal with Iran to release imprisoned Americans in a proposed prisoner swap. "The Iranian regime sees that hostage taking diplomacy works."
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"Making a mistake in America is now deadly.". @fred_guttenberg, whose child was killed in the 2018 Parkland shooting, reacts to recent mistaken shootings and calls for stricter gun control. “There is so much we can do that the majority of America agrees with.”. @jdbalart
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“If we’re not going to make significant progress on immigration reform, I’ll be damned if we take steps backward.” @SenAlexPadilla talks about the need for Democrats to stand together to stop poison pill amendments Republicans will try to tack on to the Inflation Reduction Act.
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“Do not ignore the Putin threat.” @poroshenko shares his thoughts on why the West should apply more pressure to Russian leader Vladimir Putin. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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Jan. 6 rioter with felony record who stormed the Capitol while out on bail on a first-degree attempted murder charge should be held until trial, Justice Dept. says in court filing that reveals his white supremacist views and affinity for Adolf Hitler.
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.@NBCNews has exclusive video of Special Counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing the Trump classified documents investigation. "A lot is resting on his shoulders right now," @KenDilanianNBC reports. @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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After Brittney Griner's release, @JacksonLeeTX18 says "there is jubilation with her mother and father in Houston and her family in Houston." . "And when I say her family, I'm talking about the whole great big city of Houston, and Harris County, and Texas.". @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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Fmr. Ukrainian President @poroshenko says there is “no evidence” that an attack in Russia was Ukraine’s fault, and adds this is likely a provocation by Russia itself. @MSNBC .@jdbalart
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Maine brewery owner, Jon Stein, tells @jdbalart how he has to close his own business next week as a result of labor shortages and how giving immigrants citizenship can help ease the hardships.
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.@Kasparov63 on Ukraine-Russia tensions: "We also should not forget that in 1994 Ukraine, under American pressure, gave up its nuclear arsenal. under the guarantee that their borders would be protected. Putin basically ignored this agreement.". @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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"Every single step for the coalition is a game changer." Former Ukrainian President @poroshenko on the possibility that Western allies may provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets.
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VP Harris says the U.S. has delivered two Patriot missile defense systems to Poland,.Harris also announced the U.S. will give $50M in humanitarian assistance to help Poland as it deals refugees fleeing Ukraine.
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AG GARLAND FIRES BACK: NO ONE TOLD ME TO INDICT TRUMP. “No one has told me to indict, and in this case, the decision to indict was made by the Special Counsel," AG Merrick Garland responds to Trump's allegation that President Biden told him to indict Trump.
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“They are actually throwing a fit and they're doing it on the backs of the American veterans.” @RepJasonCrow (D-CO), a former Army Ranger, on Senate Republicans blocking a bill to help veterans exposed to toxic substances at burn pits overseas. @MSNBC
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Mick Mulvaney, the former acting chief of staff for President Donald Trump, will testify before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in a virtual taped deposition. NBC News' @alivitali reports.
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Fmr. U.S. Ambassador to Poland @SteveMullUSA comments on Poland's efforts to assist Ukrainians: "The Polish government has been absolutely extraordinary in extending a hand of friendship and help.". @jdbalart .@MSNBC
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"The NFL knew that Aaron Rodgers was unvaccinated, his team knew he was unvaccinated. behind the scenes, everyone knew what was going on." @stephgosk reports. @jdbalart @MSNBC
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BREAKING: A new report from Attorney General Merrick Garland found mistakes by the Federal Bureau of Prisons which allowed convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to die by suicide. @KenDilanianNBC reports.
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#JDBWeekInReview .(From 5-27-22). @fred_guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime died in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, shares his message for those in the Uvalde community who are grieving. @jdbalart.@MSNBC.
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.@AlinejadMasih says students in Iran think the suspected poisoning of schoolgirls "is an act of revenge" by the regime. "But you know what bothers me and millions of Iranians? [T]he US government actually called on the Iranian regime to do an investigation." @jdbalart @MSNBC
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Over the summer, vaccinations increased among Latino adults. @PeterHotez and @jdbalart discuss. @MSNBC
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“Ukrainians have shown incredible, remarkable resilience and determination to oppose. [Putin's] plans and to fight for their country to remain free and independent and democratic,” Ukrainian journalist and researcher @olgatokariuk says.
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