this is good for arizona. a week ago, 84% of the state was in the highest two levels of drought. a few days ago when the new drought monitor came out, the number was down to 52% because of rain they've been able to get. the problem is it is not the only state in drought. 96% of the western states are in some level of drought. yes, adding rain into the mix is certainly going to be helpful. the reason we started to see a shift of moisture going from the southwest surging into the pacific northwest, they need it there, too, even if not much. most areas are about an inch or so of rain. remember, doesn't take much to be beneficial. even a half inch of rain, that's it, that's enough to stop spread of the ongoing wildfires. if they're able to get two inches or more, that's enough to extinguish fires. there's plenty of them, not just in washington, but oregon, idaho, montana. 83 active wildfires out there. yes, jessica, they could certainly need any rain at this point would be beneficial for a lot of the areas. >> sure looks like it. allison chinchar, thanks so much. >>> hi, everyone. th

>> i want to ask you specifically about senator from arizona, christyn cisin ema. some of them have drawn the ire of people in her own party. how does the white house successfully balance these two wings of the democratic party? here are some of the tweets for our viewers. >> basically it's carrots and sticks. i do think there is a role for president biden to keep reaching out to her to try to persuade her, as he has done with republicans on the infrastructure bill to go along with the party, but there's also pressure that can be mounted in the states against her in her home state. and i think it's a combination of the two that gets people to move. that's what happened with republicans on infrastructure. it wasn't simply that senator mcconnell played nice. it's the realization if he didn't go along, democrats might have gotten more with reconciliation. >> i want to ask you about the white house and covid. first, listen to this message from president biden given to a maskless crowd. >> over the past year we've lived through some of our darkest days. now i truly beli

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kyrsten sinema, the arizona democrat, came out against the price tag. she said she is willing to negotiate but is opposed to spending that much money. we are hearing push back from one senator like bob menendez who said we would not get everything we want. >> at some point any member of the democratic caucus will say, "i will not support x if x doesn't happen." so this is not unique to our colleagues who have made those statements. i could say i will not support reconc reconciliation if immigration is not in there. i will say i would not support reconciliation if some of the things i care about are not realized. when that happens, then nothing succeeds. >> reporter: now, this is just this one step in a two-step process to approve the larger $3.5 trillion plan. the first step is actually to pass a budget resolution that would set the stage for that larger bill. importantly though, alisyn, democrats are signaling they will support moving forward with that first step, the budget resolution. that includes joe manchin who told me earlier today they should mo

they're winning the audit in arizona raking in big bucks. $5.7 million linked to individuals who promote the big lie including michael flynn, sydney powell and the former overstock.com ceo patrick burn. donations are on top of $150,000 the group was paid by the arizona senate. >>> the fight against a looming recall election in arizona. >> we've seen trump republicans across the country attacking election results and the right to vote. now they're coming to grab power in california. >> that's the massachusetts senator, elizabeth warren, former president candidate, linking to restrictive voting against the country including the former president. thank you for joining us. we'll see you back here tomorrow. ana cabrera picks up right now. >>> thanks for being us. we are entering a new era in the pandemic fight in the u.s. vaccine requirements. soon president biden is expected to say all federal employees will have to prove they're vaccinated or face strict routine testing. corporate america already going there. facebook, google, netflix and more now requiring or mandating shots. the resoundin

now that you've heard that from manchin, but kyrsten sinema of arizona is saying i can't get on board with $3.5 trillion but i'll move forward in good faith. is that ironclad-ish enough for you in. >> i think we're at the point where we have a very strong consensus from 50 democrats to move forward. now, we're going to be debating the component parts of the next part of this and that still has to be worked out. even when we are doing the budget -- the so-called budget resolution with instructions, that process will not have specific numbers that will determine the outcome of a program or a new initiative. so we're still a long way, a very long way from numbers. but getting to the budget resolution part of this process is critical. and i think we have all 50 votes for that. >> i want to get your reaction to something that is very concerning to your fellow pennsylvania senator, pat toomey. listen to what he told jake tapper over the weekend. >> and we know in a couple of months the democrats are going to pass what they call a $3.5 trillion bill but really over ten years it is over $5 tr

. >> arizona's democratic senator kyrsten sinema said today she does not support the other infrastructure bill. how much does that complicate things? >> well, it certainly had a lot of people up here nervous on the democratic side of things when day saw sinema come out and make such a bold statement, particularly on such an important day. and it could complicate things. now, sinema did make it clear that she is going to vote for the budget resolution, which is the framework to begin the negotiations around that budget package. but that, she's uncomfortable with that price tag of $3.5 trillion. and those house progressives that we talked about, before, reacted strongly to sinema making that statement. saying that they are much more concerned about that reconciliation package and, perhaps, they won't vote for the bipartisan deal, as a result. but everybody up here believes that this is just part of the long-term negotiating process. that this is kyrsten sinema and joe manchin just finding a way to get what they want in this package. and ultimately, when push comes to shove, they will vote f

governor doosy of arizona. if you took this in historical context, might be a little rich but welcome to politics. republicans see an opening. >> that's exactly right. you are seeing this play out on capitol today in a very micro environment which is that house speaker nancy pelosi said masks need to come back because of the spread of the delta variant and the fact that there are still several republicans that have not said if they're vaccinated or not. that's a concern. you hear all these republicans on the hill saying this isn't following science. you heard mccarthy say that early today. the bottom line is then you have to get erveryone vaccinated. at this point we don't have answers on whether 90 plus members of the republican conference are vaccinated. >> this is the speaker of the house today. >> leader mccarthy says it's against the science. >> he's such a moron. >> it gets to there's trust, there's no respect, there's no bipartisanship even on a pandemic facing the country. >> yeah. in fact, it gets wors

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he said arizona does not allow mask mandates, vaccine mandates, vaxing passports or discrimination in schools based on who is or isn't vaccinated. we've passed it into law. one doctor had a message. >> i am so sick of this virus filling my emergency department and those of my colleagues around the country. i'm sick of watching sickness, severe illness and death. and to the folks that don't want to put a mask back on for a short period of time until we get these surges understand control, i would ask them, to you live with anyone who is unvaccinated, do you live with anyone for whom the vaccines might not work perfectly? do you have kids, do you have elderly parents, wear a mask for them for the short term to keep them protected while we try to get this back under control. >> and the mask debate is heating up in florida. a group of anti-mask protestors burned some outside a school board meeting and it forced a delay in the meeting. and governor desantis is also criticizing mask recommendations in schools. he said that he trusts parents to make their own choices when it comes to masking

i was on the floor of the house, helping to defend the voters of arizona to a challenge to their electors while you were out trying to keep a violent mob from invading the capitol. so i really do want to thank you for your tremendous courage and stamina and heroism. not just for myself, i chair the house administration committee and i know how many others work in this capitol not only the staff to the members of congress, but the food service workers who were present and clerical staff, you saved them as well. and so they also owe you a debt of gratitude. i do realize that ultimately the rioters breached the capitol. but the time that you kept them out really made a tremendous difference. you saved the day. you saved the constitution. and it made a tremendous difference for our country. and officer dunn, i did hear you about the need for additional help and i want to pledge to you that we will work with the capitol police to make sure that the resources and the mental health unit has the resources that officers need. i'll make that pledge to you right now. i would like to ask sergeant gon

then it's going to fall to joe manchin, to kyrsten sinema, the senator from arizona, let's give bipartisanship -- if it falls apart, there's going to be tremendous pressure on them to play as part of the team and not bring down the agenda of this new democratic president. are they willing to do that? i think the white house doubts it. but they can't know for sure. >> john harwood, thank you very much for being with us this morning. >>> let's bring in cnn contributor, dr. abdul el-sayed, and former adviser to the pete buttigieg campaign, and former obama pollster, joel beninson, you have a warning for democrats about being greedy, too greedy in their commands. explain this position. >> well, what i said is that you want to push your agenda as far as you can without losing support of voters in the middle. and what i mean by that is, you know, we don't have a majority of people on the left or on the right, so to be successful, you've got to persuade centrist voters, a lot of them in swing states. president biden did a good job of this with his campaign in 2020, and i think the infrastructure bill

the latest example this past weekend in arizona. but the house select committee will try to get to the bottom of this starting with their first hearing tomorrow. so what more did you guys learn in all your excellent reporting for this book about how that january 6th insurrection actually unfolded for the then president? >> there were some jaw dropping moments that day, wolf, as a result of the president basically being pretty supportive of this group. as you know, again, because you have read our interview with the president, he told us that it was this incredible, loving crowd and that it was the largest crowd he had ever seen, that they were hugged and kissed when they arrived at the capitol. they were ushered in by the capitol police. we all know that's not true. but the president was watching television that day, kind of giddy at the idea that his supporters were charging up capitol hill to quote, unquote stop the steal. we also know from our reporting that ivanka trump, his daughter, and his chief of staff mark meadows were wor

he has spent zero dollars in arizona to help this audit. as a matter of fact, taxpayers have picked up more than $6 million of cost because of this sham audit. so this is just going to be continuing to basically do two things. number one, create more chaos and more violence. and number two, put more money into the coffers of people like donald trump and other republican grifters using this as a way to raise money. >> all right. thank you for coming on, sharing your perspective. >> thank you, pamela. >>> and be sure to join wolf blitzer for our special coverage of the january 6th elect committee beginning tuesday morning right here on cnn. >>> there is another notable conservative who is now come out in full throated support of vaccinations. sarah sanders, the former trump white house secretary. in theory, that sounds like a step in the right direction. it is but there is a catch. in an op ed, she said she had a hard time making the decisions to get vaccinated and she thinks she knows why others are vaccine hesitant, too. she's blaming, wait

but i'm glad now that he has at least halfheartedly in arizona last night he did encourage it. the most important thing we can do is stop looking back at the mistakes we've made and continue to educate people. it's not just a conservative/gop red state thing. there are a lot of rural people that have hesitancy and it's really all about education. >> the former president could take credit for it to a certain extent which is baffling he doesn't. our numbers expert harry enten showed fox news viewers are less likely to get vaccinated than cnn or msnbc viewers by a 20-point margin. pretty shocking. >> i admire the great harry enten who was my guest this week at my new employers at the dispatch. everyone should subscribe right away. harry is right. the groups that are the least likely to get vaccinated are those with low income and low levels of education. that has a big red state overlay because as alice was talking about, a lot of poorer folks, a lot of rural voters. more factors at work. >> a little more nuanced. chris stirewalt and alice. wolf blitzer will have special live cove

. >> to that point, not that we want to dwell on this, but last night the former president was in arizona. and he basically told that crowd that there is no moving on from the election conspiracies and the january 6th conspiracies, frankly. >> they say, well, sir, we have to get on to the future. let me tell you, you're not going to have a future. first of all, our nation is being destroyed. you're not going to have a future in '22 or '24 if you don't find out how they cheated. >> that sound you hear is republicans being like, great. this again? haven't we been down this road? >> it's the last thing that mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy want. right now in the house they're in a very good position to win back the majority. and all of their message ing is focusing on the biden agenda and why, in their view, the biden agenda is not beneficial for the republic. and because this january 6th commission is going to keep that and president trump in the h headlines but then president trump is trying to constantly relitigate. >> there's also a thing where republican leaders and people in the part

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most arizona voters, the majority of arizona voters believe that. they don't support this ongoing fake audit. they see it for the sham that it is. and they are tired of these political games. they want leaders who are going to put the partisan games aside and get to work on real issues we're facing, funding our schools, investing in infrastructure, rebuilding the economy. that's why i'm running for governor and folks can join me at katiehobbs.org. >> president biden is reportedly more at odds with leaders of the voting rights movement. they don't think his words are squaring with his willingness to push congress to pass legislation. do you think they're doing enough? >> the bottom line is that we need to have action taken at the federal level to protect access to the ballot for all americans here in arizona and across the country. we're seeing unprecedented attacks on americans' right to vote. and we can fix that with federal legislation. and i think this is an all hands on deck moment to do that. >> all right, katie hobbs, thank you so much for joi

arizona is in the middle of a so-called audit. it's really a sham audit of the 2020 election results in maricopa county. as these lies about the election continue to spread, the brand new chief of u.s. capitol police says he is certainly concerned about the threat of more violent attacks there. tom manger was sworn in as capitol police chief yesterday more than six months since the deadly insurrection. not only does he face the possibility of future riots, he's also dealing with the complete denial about what happened from the very lawmakers he's sworn to protect. cnn security correspondent josh campbell is here. josh, you sat down with the new chief. he has a lot on his plate, no question about it right now. >> absolutely. you know, he knows that this is a challenge he's stepping into but he's someone who's been in law enforcement for over 40 years. this was a nationwide selection. they picked him to lead this department that has come under such scrutiny. and despite that scrutiny, what we're hearing from him is that he's not afr

what do you think the lasting effect of this audit will be for the republican party in arizona? it sounds as though it could become a litmus test, republicans trying to win elections in that state may have to attach themselves to the results of this audit. what do you think? >> i think most people have even forgotten -- most sane people, let me rephrase, have forgotten that this audit is going on, right? joe biden has been president for over six months now. he swore in six months ago. but the people who are not -- who are part of the trump cult are putting all their eggs in this maricopa basket and there is people that actually believe that trump is getting reinstated in august. they can't tell you how, they can't tell you why, they can't give you any sort of legal precedent, they can't make a logical argument. but the same way the tooth fairy shows up, they think there's going to be somebody showing up and spreading dust and trump is going to be president. and then we ask ourselves how is it possible that people are not getting vaccinated? and it's because the republican party,

donald trump is going to arizona. while a team of volunteers spent weeks scouring ballots for proof they were shipped in they were from overseas here's a news flash that trump did not spend a single dollar from the $75 million raised from the pac for this audit or another ballot review across the country so it seems the team realizes nothing is going to reverse the results 0 of this election. yet here we are 263 days after the votes were cast with very few republicans willing to publicly accept there's no hail mary in arizona. let's check in with kung law there in phoenix. >> reporter: still pretty lively right now as this place is beginning to fill up. this is an indoor theater and expected in a few hours is donald trump to headline this entire event why the atmosphere here when you go around and talk to people here to see trump is absolute refusal to accept the election results. when you talk to them and ask them what they think happened in november 2020, they don't believe what happened. instead they parrot the lie

. >>> later today, former president trump will hold a rally in arizona. it will take place in maricopa county where a sham election audit has made the state ground zero for trump's big lie. it comes as "the washington post" reports that trump's pac raised $75 million this year. and none of that money has gone to arizona's audit or similar efforts in other states. despite trump saying that they are key to overturning the election that he falsely claims was stolen from him. here's cnn's sunlen serfaty. >> reporter: former president donald trump. >> we were doing so well until the rigged election happened to come along. >> reporter: remaining fixated on the baseless claims of election fraud pushing hard for state ballot reviews of the 2020 election results. in a steady stream of public statements and comments, promoting the so-called audit of maricopa county ballots in arizona. >> i want to congratulate, by the way, republican state senators in arizona and other places for their great work. that they are doing and exposing this fraud. >> reporter: but privat

particularly, the arizona one. i mean, that have been just so readily debunked, including by the republican-election officials in maricopa county. >> right. >> so, you know, it is a con. it is a scam. and -- and people are involved in fantasy fulfillment for donald trump. >> and it goes on. i mean, now, maggie, he's going to -- to arizona to go onstage. to have all the politicians who are going to be running are going to be on the stage with him or dying to -- to get a photo with him. and there will be, i'm sure, more e-mails going out about sending money to him to continue fighting for what they are calling is election integrity. even though that's a ruse. >> it's interesting, anderson. you know, he -- he was talking -- some reporting that he was talking to an adviser a couple of weeks ago and he was trying to push this person to say, you know, that -- that this idea that he could be reip st reinstated in august is real, which it isn't, to be clear. squ and he was trying to push this person to say this arizona eff

amplifying the big lie and praising arizona republicans despite what arizona senate president and leader of the effort karen van publicly says. >> this is not about trump. this is not about overturning the election. this has never been about anything other than election integrity. >> reporter: her e-mails tell another story. obtained by watchdog group american oversight last month. van writes in a december e-mail she spoke with mayor giuliani at least six times in two weeks and mentions a private two hour meeting with giuliani and the trump legal team. in november van writes she asked the trump legal team to please file a lawsuit to halt vote certification in the state. she tells another voter last december about a personal call from president trump thanking us for pushing to prove any fraud. but van wasn't the only elected official who received calls from the trump orbit. maricopa supervisor bill gates got a voice mail 2020 from then trump lawyer rudy giuliani. >> i have a few things i'd like to talk. maybe we can get this thing fixed up. >> reporter: do you believe this entire thing wa

now there are no good options for this audit here in arizona. it was -- first of all, it was unnecessary. our republican county board of supervisors, which is 4-1 republican conducted two audits using election assistance commission approved companies, bipartisan commission, non-partisan professional companies two audits confirmed we had a fair election here in maricopa county. it was no purpose to begin with but since it's been a conclusion in search of evidence and now that no evidence of fraud or error has been detected, they've taken to inventing statistics and facts made up out of thin air about more ballots received than requested, which of course is thoroughly debunked. there is no good resolution for this. when i started, there is no good that can come out of this. >> here is the thing, when this audit and, you know, i put the quotes around it, when this is done, whatever it's done, it been going on and on and still goes on and on and there is an outcome and what chris said is powerful. you can go off the cliff or jump off the train going

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. ♪ ♪ >>> topping our political lead, former president trump heads to arizona this weekend to boost the big lie that the election was stolen from him, which we know is not true. this as the so-called audit of the 2020 votes in maricopa county launched by arizona republicans continues. let's launch right into it with our panel of ladies wearing red. you've got on red shoes. [ laughter ] so let's talk about this. really it's stunning what "the washington post" is reporting, that former president trump's political pac stockpiled $75 million, and most of that money is staying in its war chest. why not put your money where your mouth is? >> well, billionaire presidential candidate is someone who's also known for never wanting to really risk his own money when it comes down to it. there's a lot of talk and very little action. and i think it really demonstrates that at the end of the day what this is all about that war chest is all about is his own political future, what happens to him, his ability to run again in 2024, and not so much financing this sham audit in arizona, which i think even h

the arizona cardinals, wide receiver reacted on twitter saying, never thought i would say this but being put in a position to hurt my team because i don't want to partake in the vaccine is making me question my future in the nfl. he has since deleted that tweet. great to have you here. what do you think of the nfl's policy basically penalizing a team if there's an outbreak? >> thank you for having me. it lets me know that the nfl is serious about its efforts to get all players and staff vaccinated. we have to raeealize we're stil many the middle of a global pandemic. something that shut the world down completely last year. for those out there that still think it's a hoax or a joke, there are ramifications for it. the nfl didn't say you have to get vaccinated. they didn't make that stance. what they did say is they're going to protect their brand. they're going to protect the players and the staff that do want to get vaccinated. making this a league wide thing lets us know the nfl is behind all who want to get vaccinated should get vaccinated. >> you're right. they didn't make a vaccine m

tucson, arizona, that is your claim to fame today. it's raining so hard that it can't soak into the ground that needs it so much. there's two to four more inches over the next couple days. a moderate risk of flash flooding everywhere. when it rains in the mountains, it comes down these dry washes. they're dry most of the year but all of a sudden when it rains on top of the hill, all that water goes down in one single place. the haze is now across parts of nashville and atlanta. that's the smoke from the fires out west and the northeast doing slightly better today. and here are your afternoon highs. john? >> chad, thank you very much. >> you bet. >>> climate change is melting roads and warping critical infrastructure in the u.s. the increasing severe weather is also affecting the biden administration's infrastructure plan as costly climate resilient infrastructure becomes more and more necessary. pete muntean has more on this. >> reporter: john, brianna, the weather is getting more extreme, more often. so the biden administration wants

. >> so that means arizona is under a flash flood watch and an sx exceptional drought at the s time. how can you have both while the ground is so dry, it can't absorb much of the rain. 99% of utah is in extreme drought and 72% of minute member is also in a severe drought. sechl s surrounding communities are implementing water spring lynn restrictions. >>> and the bootleg fire has burned one-fifth of an area that were meant to survive 100 years. removing climate warning carbon from the atmosphere. this is the third largest fire in oregon since 1900. firefighters have had to wait to reengage with the fire. lucy kafanov joins some of those firefighters on the front lines. >> reporter: we spent the day out with crews that have been battling the bootleg fire, they have been clearing treeing and digs up lines to block the path. they have made significant progress in containing the fire, in part that is because of more favorable weather conditions. we have seen reduced winds as well as higher humidity which really helped teams improve those fire lines. and we saw firsthand just how dangerou

three kids back to school in phoenix, but now she's reconsidering because there is no mask mandate in arizona. cam irk, thanks for being -- not only is there no mask mandate, but the governor signed a law that bans mask mandates for schools. you've got a fourth grader soon to be and soon-to-be twin sons going to the first grade. how are you feeling about that? >> very nervous and disappointed. >> so what's making you nervous? i mean, are masks optional at your school? could you send your kids to school masked even if the other kids are not? >> definitely, yeah. masks are optional, so, i mean, guess that's one positive thing. there isn't a ban on masks, but, you know, based on what i know about people in the community i'm pretty nervous, but my kids will be in the minority in the school that they are going to be attending, and so, you know, what's really disappointing is that, you know, we kept our kids home from school and did online schooling all last year and i've watched the numbers carefully and watched what was happening in the schools, and, you know, the schools did a pretty good job of

he brought up the fact according to him he won the state of arizona, we know he lost the state of arizona because he was attacking john mccain, i a hero in that state, and he brought that up and attacked john mccain again in our interview. it's just again and again he would say things that weren't true saying they were true, like a different set of facts. a different universe in mar-a-lago. >> we're going to take a break and come back with more clips of the interview with the president including when asked about the vice president's refusal to overturn the election. ♪ ♪ life can be a lot to handle. ♪this magic moment,♪ but there's plenty of magic in all that chaos. ♪so different and so new.♪ ♪was like any other...♪ ♪ born to be wild ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ born to be wild ♪ see disney's jungle cruise. applebee's and a movie, now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. if sweat is your body's natural way of cooling itself down. then condensation is a beer's natural way of saying: drink me. michelob ultra superior light beer. at philadelphia, we know what makes the perfect schme

he brought up the fact according to him he won the state of arizona, we know he lost the state of arizona because he was attacking john mccain, i a hero in that state, and he brought that up and attacked john mccain again in our interview. it's just again and again he would say things that weren't true saying they were true, like a different set of facts. >> we're going to take a break and come back with more clips of the interview with the president including when asked about the vice president's refusal to over turn the election. and me...the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. overturn the election. philadelphia. schmear perfection. what if you could have the perspective to see more? at morgan stanley, a global collective of thought leaders offers investors a broader view. ♪ we see companies protecting the bottom line by putting people first. we see a bright future, still hungry for the ingenuity of those ready for the next challenge. today, we are translating decades of experience into strategies for the road ahead. we are morgan stanley. and there you have it - wireless on

i have had occasion to talk to other lawmakers from arizona. sounds like they're organizing and mobilizing. perhaps we can partner together. again, we are here through the first week in august. we will not give up, and we will talk with anybody who wants to have a pragmatic discussion about bringing a fair voting rights standard to this country because i think it's necessary that we have that discussion. the issue is also important and it's not a democratic issue or republican issue. it's an american issue. we should be talking to anyone who has an open mind. >> thank you, representative, for being here. we hope that your symptoms continue to be mild and you get better by the day. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> jim. >>> just ahead, the white house has met with top executives with fox news over its coverage of the coronavirus. is that why we're seeing an aboutface from some fox personalities on vaccines? we'll talk about it next. mm. [ clicks tongue ] i don't know. i think they look good, man. mm, smooth. uh, they are a little tight. like, t

banner health a nonprofit that is one of the largest private employers in arizona is requiring employees to be vaccinated if they want to deep their jobs. six supervisor level employees in new jersey have been fired for not getting vaccinated. and new polling shows a majority of unvaccinated americans are unlikely to get a shot regardless of outreach efforts. some of the hesitancy comes from misinformation on social media and conservative media and some information comes straight from the halls of congress. >> take an animal virus and you increase -- >> that is correct. and senator paul, you do not know what you are talking about quite frankly. and i want to say that officially. you do not know what you are talking about. >> what we're alleging is that gain of function research was going on in that lab and nih funded it. you can't get away from it. it meeting your definition and you are objec objects few skati truth. >> i want understand to everyone that if you look at those viruses and that is is judged b vir roll guests and evolutionary biologists, those viruses are molecular impossibl

three of them even voted to disenfranchise all the voters of arizona and all the voters of pennsylvania based on those lies. the three congressman i'm referring to are congressman jim banks, jim jordan, and troy nehls. will house speaker nancy pelosi approve these congressman for the committee? republicans are telling cnn they also want to investigate pelosi now and her role in approving security. >> reporter: yeah, that's going to be one of the focuses that republicans will have going forward looking at the role of nancy pelosi, what she did and she did not do on january 6th. what they are not saying is whether they will look into what donald trump in the run-up to january 6th. i asked several of them, they said they want to investigate everything and go where the facts lie, but they also made the point that nancy pelosi will be part of it. whether or not democrats call republicans who were in contact with donald trump in the run-up to january 6th to testify. that could include jim jordan himself. i asked jordan if he'd be willing to testify before this committee. he says he has nothin

and there is also troy nels who overed to over turn for arizona and pennsylvania after what happened on january 6. and i just caught up with both jordan and nels and they see where they want things going. nels wants a deep dive and jim jordan had conversations with donald trump on the run up and he should testify and he's willing to do so. >> i mean, i don't know why. >> but that is why. >> you had conversations running up to him on january 6. >> i have a conversation with the president all of the time. >> but if they asked to you come, you would say -- >> if they call me. i have nothing to hide. again, what we have to do is we have to get the community to have a hearing next week and we start to get through the process and take a deep dive into january 6th and then form some conclusions conclusions and make sure that we take action. >> and republicans want to look into is why wasn't the capitol secure that day. looking into nancy pelosi's decision-making about this. i asked several of them about looking in donald trump. his role as well. his role in promoting the rally and everythin

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. >> reporter: in tucson, arizona, at least two people are dead and several others injured after a shooting sunday afternoon. among the victims, an emt worker who was shot in the head. >> this is a highly tragic, really horrific incident with many unknowns at this time that's going to involve a lengthy and complex investigation. >> reporter: and this started last year. fbi data showed that country-wide murders jumped 25% from 2019 into 2020 and sadly that trend, for many places, has continued into this year. one analysis showed across 70 major united states cities, murder jumped at least in some way compared to last year, mainly driven by gun violence. >> no question. we're seeing police forces struggle with their response. omar jimenez, thank you very much. >>> bezos' blast-off. the amazon founder will speak with cnn. hear what he has to say ahead of his launch to the edge of space tomorrow. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for i

in tucson, arizona a shooting left at least three crime scenes with two people killed. an emt worker and the suspect in critical condition, and search underway for at least two children. in philadelphia, there are more than 30 shooting victims, including a 1-year-old. in chicago, at least 53 people were shot over the weekend. >> yeah. speaking of chicago, you have the violence but criminal justice reform. illinois now the first state in the country to ban police from lying to young people during police ensbar graciouses. the governor signing the bill promoting restorative justice practices. the new laws allow the state's attorney to request resentencing if someone's original sentence, quote, no longer advances the interest of justice. it creates a task force to study ways to reduce the state's prison population. >>> okay. good news we hope for the nation's drivers. opec and the allies reaching a deal. why the boost can help ease the pressure on gas prices. jeff's been to the bottom of the ocean. the tops of mountains. and wherever this guy runs off to. a life well lived

the recent ruling in the arizona case is a perfect example of where even president carter at one time said that the biggest problem, the biggest potential for cheating in elections is through absentee ballots. even he said that. that was part of the reasoning for the arizona decision there. >> if you're going to apply that principle, then that same principle would have to apply in the other states that trump won, north carolina, texas, ohio. if you look at the voter fraud and so forth and the amount of it, if you look at that, it's less than .001%, meaning that the election itself from all we know was like 99.99% successful with eligible voters having their voices heard through their vote. that's pretty good, is it not? >> what i know is this, is that the changes made to the election process in the state of georgia were made by the executive branch without the approval of the legislative branch. our constitution is perfectly clear that it should be made by the legislative branch. that's why i applaud the georgia state legislature for the election integrity act that makes voting easier

and according to cnn analysis there are seven states, arizona, georgia, iowa, south carolina, texas, utah and vermont have banned schools from requiring masks. in california k through 12 students are to wear masks but it would be enforced by the local school district. so have you made a decision about what families can expect in your state? will it be required that kids who are not eligible to be vaccinated wear masks? >> right now in our last school year and during summer school children are required to wear masks in school under my executive order. we are looking at the latest cdc recommendations. our health team is looking at it. we will be making recommendations i think in this coming week about what we ought to be doing. you're not going to see us say you can't do it because we know that masks, particularly for children who are under 12, we know that they can't get vaccinated yet. so we know that they may be vulnerable. we have to find ways to try and protect them. we're going to be announcing that strategy in the coming week or two as we approach the school year. but we know th

you said rupert murdoch was involved in the election night decision to call arizona for biden. i've never heard such a thing. fox denies that's true. your response was when we tweeted about it with each other, you said, well, they're liars. fox is a bunch of liars, that's your response. so here's my question -- >> but actually it's -- but it is an interesting thing that week after week all you do is question fox, question its veracity, question its honor, question, et cetera, et cetera, but suddenly now you think that they might be -- >> i've never questioned the decision desk, the professionals who made the call. >> but let's go back -- let's go back to that -- the issue that began this that i told the story of election night, them making the call about arizona, and then bill hemmer, before they made the call, the on-air call, him calling the trump election headquarters and telling them that they were going to make this call. okay, then the fox people came out, they denied this. >> right. >> and then you jumped in and said, you know, you had a headline that they denied this. t

, that has led to a flash flood watch for arizona today. we could see in some areas up to 4 or 5 inches of rain. and again, with the ground so dry and picking up this much rain in short order, that is the recipe for some flooding. and also right here, i want to show you that across the midwest today, we could see a significant severe weather setup later on this afternoon on into this evening, there is a level three out of five ring, and that includes madison, wisconsin. we could see very damaging winds later. >> thanks for keeping a close eye on all of that, tyler mauldin with that. >>> and if you are feeling pain at the pump or in the pocketbook, inflation is likely to blame. over the past dryear, prices ha skyrocketed. the cpi was up more than 5% annually last month. and gas is up a whopping 45%, which is programs not all that surprising after so many months of empty roads zs and lower dem. but the president of the federal reserve bank believes the surges will be temporary. >> we know that as the economy goes through this first rapid shut

depicts trump lawyer rudy giuliani on election night pushing trump to forget that fox news had called arizona for joe biden. quote, just go declare victory right now, giuliani told trump. you've got to go declare victory now. giuliani's interjection of his just say you won strategy infuriated trump's campaign advisers. >> you know, these two old guys press together trying to determine what's really going on in the world, and they don't get it. they don't get what's unfolding around them. >> reporter: rudy giuliani did not respond to cnn's request for comment. another book by michael wolff portrays a person isolated right after the election. quote, by the friday after election day, there was not a single white house aide or trump campaign official or trump pollster who believed that the vote count could be reasonably or effectively challenged. >> he is a man alone. his lawyers are saying, we're not going to do this. we're not going to fight these cases. >> reporter: and wolff writes that as the attack on the capitol raged on january 6th, quote, the president seemed to just not be grasping the

depicts trump lawyer rudy giuliani on election night pushing trump to forget that fox news had called arizona for joe biden. quote, just go declare victory right now giuliani told trump. you have got to go declare victory now. giuliani's interjection of his just say you won strategy infuriated trump's campaign advisers. >> these two old guys trying to determine what's really going on in the world, and they don't get it. >> rudy giuliani did not respond to cnn's request for comment. another book by michael wolf portrays a president isolated right after the election. quote, by the friday after election day, there was not a single white house aid or trump campaign official or trump pollster who believed that the vote count could be reasonably or effectively challenged. >> he is a man alone. his lawyers are saying we're not going to -- we're not going to do this. we're not going to fight these cases. >> and wolf rights that as the attack on the capital raged on january 6th, quote, the president seemed to not be grasping the facts as they were coming through. these people were protesting the elect

same thing in maricopa county, and in arizona, same thing in michigan, there were individual republicans with integrity who stood up. none of what's being talked about here really would do anything to protect that. i agree with what ramesh is saying. >> i think a couple things are happening. first, states are trying to change laws so that exactly what you just detailed, the power of who controls these elections, secretaries of states, it's being shifted in many states, in michigan, this is what happened with the flint water crisis. they changed who actually was controlling, who was controlling the election. the for the people act is not a fix-all solution, but it definitely would make voting more accessible, would make it fair and put some backstops in like we saw with the john lewis voting rights act to make sure there is federal protection, just like the democrats in texas, they can't do it all on the state level. some federal protections have to be in place. >> we'll keep talking about this. great to see you guys. >>> democrats are also facing major headwinds on another top biden agen

something similar to arizona. you've had some choice words about this aemt itted move. but regardless of whether it happens or not or moves ahead at all, do you worry this still works to undermine the confidence of voters in the commonwealth? >> as i've said, my choice words, like, this is the very back of the gop bench. again, this is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier that is behind this. the bottom line is that the main line republicans don't want to talk about this any more. they don't want to run on election conspiracies. and if they end up performing an audit, that would be fine because it would just confirm what we already know, that joe biden won. this is all theatrics on this side. but it is not something that we need to be taken seriously, but it also works to the democratic advantage because you could not win in pennsylvania talking to the lunatic fringe and you cannot win with a news max candidacy state wide here in pennsylvania and that is exactly what this is rooted in here. >> well then i'm curious, to this, we know the election result in pennsylvan

it's even more absurd because the audits were done in arizona and found no fraud. so take a step back. look at the results of these audits and recounts and republican-led investigations in eight states. and you'll see there is just no actual evidence of mass voter fraud. there is only the desperate attempt to keep doubt alive, to please donald trump at the expense of our democracy. and if you're still not solved, remember how fast fox news and newsmax backtracked when threatened with lawsuits. bill barr thought trump's claims were -- and look at the top lawyer describing trump's legal team as a joke. that was getting them, quote, laughed out of court because of wishful thinking. if you believe their claims, i'm sorry to say the joke's on you. of course, the real insult is to our democracy. that's a causal real patriots should rush to defend. and that's your reality check. >> john, let me ask you, we've had a number of authors on today about this period. the friday after election day there was not a single white house aide or trump campaign official or pollster who

not recommended for use, in arizona's summer. cooled by fans and a network of portable coolers, the white hoses hanging all over the facility. this is now home to maricopa county, arizona's, 2020 ballots. a handful of workers began the day with the "star-spangled banner" and god bless america with some ymca dancing. the song donald trump used at his rallies leading up to the 2020 vote. why is all of this happening? the arizona audit spokesman says the numbers they have, after a hand count, don't match with maricopa county's. >> sometimes, we counted more. you know, so it's -- but there's variations in the -- the count. and we are just trying to get to a number that's -- we believe is accurate. >> reporter: whatever they do find, it won't impact the 2020 election because arizona's vote was, already, certified. also, two previous audits by maricopa county didn't find any widespread fraud, but he maintains they could find gaps to continue the question the election. >> i'm saying that's the possible. i'm not saying it did. just a ris