i'm joined by georgia's lieutenant governor, jeff duncan. lieutenant governor, great to have you on. elected officials right now are split on whether to offer vaccine payouts to boost rates. we've heard that the white house is considering up to $100 to get people vaccinated. is this something that you and governor kemp would consider statewide? >> well, certainly if you look at the data, we're in the midst of a pretty significant wave that's beginning. and you know, i look back to the lessons learned from the early parts of this pandemic, and you know, those lessons learned were, you know, that -- try to leave the partisan battles to the side to make good decisions. and you know, for me the majority of folks i talk to that are not vaccinated just have a couple of questions. they have some concerns. you know, somebody last night at dinner told me they said, you know, i keep being told to talk to my health care provider. how do i call and ask a question about the vaccine? there is no vehicle for it. the push i'm making is that we try to flood

let's begin coverage in georgia where new coronavirus cases are up 230% right now. cnn's natasha chen is live dekalb county. one of the new hot spots for covid infections and the surge is already interrupted the start of the new school year at one school, more than 100 kids now in quarantine. bring us up to speed with the latest. >> reporter: right. so the charter school in atlanta started class last tuesday and within a couple of days, they had to inform families of more than 100 students to quarantine and that's because as of friday afternoon, they've had 14 positive cases. that's because they've been actually doing a lot of testing to detect these. employees of theirs required to get tested before the school started and must continue that weekly. students strongly encouraged to test, and so out of about 1900 tests done before tuesday, they detected some positive cases and then a few more after classes started. mostly affected is that sixth grade class. nearly 100 sixth graders in quarantine. eighth graders are the ones having to move classes online because the ei

reporter: jessica, more than 200 people have come through to get vaccinated at this site in dekalb county, georgia, that's more than county officials expected. that's a good thing. there were people sort of skeptical in line about the vaccine but said it was the money being given out, $50 gift cards that brought them here. america is waking up to a new day of increased covid restrictions, president biden says we're likely to see more as cases of the highly contagious delta variant continue to rise. >> in all probability, by the way, had a good day yesterday, almost a million people got vaccinated, so i am hopeful people are beginning to realize ho how essential it is. >> they show the new rate of vaccinations the highest it has been in weeks. just under half the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. the fda says it is pulling in extra help to get covid-19 vaccines fully approved as quickly as possible to ease minds of those worried about vaccine safety. this comes as we learn more from the cdc about just how dangerous the delta variant is. the agency now says 74% of covid cases in one massachusetts

. >> so, we want to start in georgia right now. the case rating there has tripled in the last days. cnn's natasha chen is with us. we know dekalb county is a lot of places in georgia, where experts are encouraging people, roll up your sleeves. get vaccinated and they're pointing out some of their own incentives to do this. any indication it's working this morning, natasha? >> reporter: christi, the incentive is definitely working. they're giving out $50 pre-paid debit cards and there was a line before this even started. you can see all of the folks behind me, they're getting good numbers here. that is a good sign. it's tracking with what we see across the country that vaccination rates are on the steady rise. especially a sharp increase in some southern states that have been lagging in vaccinations, this is definitely a race against time. a race against that delta variant. america is waking up to a new day of increased covid restrictions and president biden says we're likely to see more as cases of the highly contagious delta variant continue to rise. >> in all probability -- by the

we start this morning in dekalb county, georgia. natasha chen joins us live. it's where many experts are encouraging people to roll up their sleeves by offering incentives, right, natasha? >> reporter: yeah, boris. they're giving out prepaid gift cards today in hopes more people will come to this spot at a mall and get the shot especially as school districts in this area sometimes a bit early to make up for lost instruction time during the pandemic. in many places across the country, georgia is seeing a rising 7-day average new covid cases and that has a lot of people concerned. >> america's waking up to a new day of increased covid restrictions and president biden said we're likely to see more as cases of the highly contagious delta virus spreads. >> almost 1 million people got vaccinated yesterday. >> cdc data shows the rate of new vaccinations is the highest it's been in weeks. just under half the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. the u.s. is pulling in extra help to get it approved as quickly as possible to ease the minds of those worried about vaccine

georgia, for example, which is not even 39% vaccinated according to cdc data. state officials there, saying hospitalizations have risen 50% in the last two weeks. and deaths, by 18%. more companies are requiring employees to be vaccinated. disney and walmart becoming the latest today. in addition, walmart employees will, once again, be told to mask up, regardless of vaccination status. and of course, there is the president, late today, opening the door to new, federal measures. that said, not everyone's getting onboard. even with the threat to the unvaccinated becoming clearer than ever, today, florida's governor ron desantis issued an executive order blocking mask mandates in schools. blocking mask mandates, that would protect unvaccinated students against a virus that's exploding in his state. the governor saying there will be no lockdowns, school closures, restrictions, or mandates in his state. the war might have changed today but some on the battlefield have not. here to talk about it and take your questions are dr. peter hotez. author of the aptly titled

these allegations of fraud in georgia and other states. the president responded you guys may not be following the internet the way i do. again, illustrating that despite everything that the justice department was doing to try to find what the president was looking for and not finding it, that wasn't enough for the former president. he wanted the justice department to simply say those words so that then the politics could take over and this is why this is now still under investigation by these two committees on capitol hill. the oversight committee, the senate judiciary committee and the new committee that is looking into the events that led up to january 6th, erin. >> evan, thank you very much. i want to go to democratic congressman of virginia who is a member of the oversight committee that obtained and released these notes. let me just read it again. one of the notes, right? trump on this phone call says just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressman. and then they listed notes of which rep

secretary of state raffensperger in georgia. there is an effort to replace them with sycophants who will do what trump wants. >> right. and the conversation was december 27th, i believe, it was with acting attorney general rosen. why was he acting attorney general? because bill barr had quit or been fired ten days before. because he was not a shrieking violet in pushing the edge of of the envelope, knew he couldn't stay because of what he was about to be asked to do. rosen gets fired and gets replaced by a lower-level assistant attorney general who trump thought would do his bidding. mark esper, the defense secretary had been fired after the week of the election. think of this in a foreign country. the defense secretary fired a bunch of cronies. it's lucky that even though esper was gone, mark milley held the line are defense, it's lucky that deputy -- acting attorney general rosen seems to have held the line at justice, but the degree to which this was a genuine attempt by a sitting president. and he is still the leader of the

so in georgia, that fear has become a reality, just two days after starting their school year, more than 100 students at one school in atlanta are now in quarantine after nine students and five staffers tested positive. so cnn's natasha chen is following that story for us. natasha, you have some breaking news about what that school is now discussing. what have you learned? >> reporter: yeah, alisyn, just within the past hour, we got the update with the number of cases, as of this afternoon. as you mentioned, 14 total cases, more than a hundred students in quarantine. and now, the drew charter school behind us is discussing possibly having mandatory vaccination for staff. the head of school, peter mcknight, told me that about three quarters of the staff were -- are already vaccinated, but now there's discussion about whether to make that mandatory for all employees. now, of the positive test cases, only one of the staff members who tested positive was actually vaccinated. so one breakthrough case. we talked to a parent and his child who attends this school about the frustration of this ha

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across the board they changed arizona, georgia, and parts of nevada. and then after that, republicans said well, we'll need voter restriction laws. that's occurring right now. not only is it occurring, but it's continuing. and we're having challenges to the supreme court. allowing people of color to vote and seeing these voter restrictions. he set the tone. he's sending dog whistles to say the number of people voting is corrupt. the republicans are saying we agree with you and need state laws to prevent it. >> elie honig, walk us through number one, i'm not a lawyer, i know this is grossly inappropriate. grossly inappropriate for the president of the united states to call the country's chief law enforcement officer and say help me lie and cheat. but walk us through the specifics of why this is such a morass. >> yeah. first, this is a closl abuse of power by the president. i think it's important we not take this for granted. we've seen plenty of evidence that the president was willing to do anything to overturn the election. here we are getting confirma

there were nearly 50,000 people in the georgia dome and billions of people watching. just think, the whole world is watching simone biles, no one is there to help, there's no family or friends in the stands. it's a lot for this young 24-year-old, and let's not forget about how outspoken she's been about how the culture of gymnastics needs to change. she's the only survivor of the larry nassar scandal left on the floor. >> it's even beyond that. what she has to do, if she messes up, it can cause serious injury. it's easy for people to understand a physical injury. but she has a mental block happening, it's a called the twisties. can you tell us what that's like, and what she's been going through? >> i experienced the twisties, i never knew it had a name until now. in the '90s, we called it bulking, you would lose a little bit of spatial awareness, get lost in the air, it's very scary. i went through it quite a bit throughout my career. many times leading up to a competition, even in the warmup or touch, you can lose that sense of awareness. it sounds like that is what

we know since yesterday, there are school districts such as gwinnett county here in georgia, okay, we'll do masks now. three larger school districts in the country, new york, los angeles and chicago said they will do masks. but there's going to be a lot of heated discussion about this, i think. >> sanjay, you're nicer than i am. that's a statement of fact. dr. walensky is nicer than i am. that's a statement of fact. i have forgiveness issues. i will stipulate that right now. i asked her whether or not we should be blaming unvaccinated people for this. take the word "blame" out of it, sanjay. isn't it just a statement of fact that this is happening right now? that kids are going to have to wear masks in schools again now that these communities are going to have to mask up again now? because people chose not to get the vaccine? it just seems to be a statement of fact. >> i think it's absolutely right, john. i think -- what is the problem? what you're asking here, what is the problem you're trying to solve? the problem fundamentally, again, you elicited this from her. unvaccinated people, w

i would beg any republican in georgia, anyone in the phone book, he comes from a very red district. anyone would be better than a fool like this who is doing you no good to be in congress. but what's so painful for these officers, i think, is they go to work everyday. with people they protect who they protected on january 6th. think what we realized, many of these members don't realize how close they came to real danger. how close these people were to -- if there had been one wrong turn, gone left or right, what they would have been in for with this very angry dangerous mob. and we also learned that there were weapons there. that some of the people there did have some guns. officer dunn talked about seeing a gun imprint on somebody and of course none of these insurrectionists and i will point out that gold medal the officers got, they got it for battling, quote, the mob of insurrectionists who violently attacked the capitol. so, these were insurrectionists. even jim jordan voted for that to say that these were insurrectionists. very dangerous people. but now the american people got

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. >> so, in other words, you are in an area that's red, atlanta, georgia. you are vaccinated but the reason you're supposed to wear a mask is so that just in case you don't become infectious, not so much that you're going to get sick, so that you don't contaminate other people, you would wear a mask for the benefit of other people. >> correct. and some of those other people in my case i have three kids, they are all just at the age now where they're vaccinated. but for people who may have unvaccinated people in their household or work in a healthcare setting or something like that, it's really about that. this should not suggest, again, just to reiterate, that the vaccines don't work. i feel very comfortable that i'm not going to get very sick even if i do develop some symptoms. but what's new here, again, jake, according to dr. walensky, this is data that hasn't even been published yet. but basically they found enough evidence to say that even if you are vaccinated and developed one of these breakthrough infections, you could carry enough of a viral load t

the cities of provincetown, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, are announcing requirements for indoor masking. florida now the epicenter of the surge. 20% of the nation's new cases. every county in the state has high levels of community transmission. joining me now is dr. jerome adams. former surgeon general under president trump. thank you for joining us now. new cdc guidelines for mask wearing for individuals who are vaccinated. what should they do? >> i think the guidelines cannot come soon enough. we need to understand we tried the honor system and it failed. the cdc guidance said mask it or vax it. we know there are many more people out there going without a mask than the statistics suggest or vaccinated. that is number one. number two, the delta variant is 1,000 times more infectious. we are seeing breakthrough infections, not leading to death or hospitalizations, but it could cause the spread we are seeing. we have to take that into a account with masking. public health officials are left in a lurch. >> you like to see more mask wearing inside for vaccinated and unvaccinated pe

the city's of province town, massachusetts, of course in the middle of tourist season, savannah, georgia, st. louis as well, announcing new requirements for indoor masking. florida is now the epicenter of the surge we are seeing. cases have more than tripled in the past few weeks, and every coin county in the state has high levels of community transmission. cnn went inside one florida hospital where covid patients are pleading for vaccines after contracting the virus. >> we're getting ready to intubate the patient, putting them on a ventilator, and they say if i get the vaccine now, could i not go on the ventilator. so they are begging for it. >> bad? >> yeah, i cannot breathe good. i have shortness of breath. i feel sorry about not getting a vaccine. >> you're sorry you didn't get the vaccine. do you think you would be here if you had gotten the vaccine? >> no. >> all right. joining me now is politico reporter, gary fineout, who has spent the past two decades covering florida politics. it's tough to hear from patients in the jacksonville hospital. it's tough to see the numbers right now

the cities of provincetown, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, are announcing requirements for indoor masking. florida now the epicenter of the surge. cases have tripled in the past few weeks in every county in the state now has high levels of community transmission. now, cnn's randi kaye visited a florida hospital in jacksonville that's now really in crisis mode, randy, and i understand people there are more or less begging at this point for the vaccine. >> they absolutely are, and you will hear from some of them in a moment, john, but this hospital i visited, baptist medical center in jacksonville where nearly 100% of their new covid patients are unvaccinated. they're getting new patients every day, and even if they are eligible for the shot, they didn't get it. that's why they're in the hospital now fighting to survive. >> the increase started happening so quickly, and it's multiplying so fast every single day, we can't open up beds fast enough to meet the demand. >> we met chief nursing officer tammy daniel in jacksonville's baptist medical center on one of the hospital's covid fl

savannah, georgia, made that change just today. joining me now is savannah's mayor, van johnson. thank you. i appreciate it. this is an important conversation we're going to have. >> absolutely. thank you. >> you're requiring masks in all government facilities as well as savannah city schools and early childhood centers. was this a tough choice for you? >> it was a tough choice, but it was a necessary choice. don, our community transmission index has tripled. on july the 12th, we were at 84. today we're at 289. our percentage of positive tests have gone up from 5.7 on july the 2nd to 12.2 on july 23rd. our seven day rolling average has increased from 8.3 on june 8th to 80 now. our vaccination rates are still very low, 42%. we have 40 folks in our hospitals here where a couple of weeks ago we had no one. so obviously we have to do something. >> yeah. we've seen how controversial mask mandates have become. the thing is, is that, you know, police officers or people say, how do you enforce that? my thing is how do you plan to enforce this because to say you have a mandate and then do

not something akin to tourism, as one georgia republican congressman claimed. this weekend, as you may have heard, house speaker pelosi fl named illinois republican, adam kinzinger, to the committee. accepted and today kevin mccarthy had this to say about it. >> you know, some republicans have been saying that the g -- the gop should play ball with this committee. >> really? who is that? who is that? adam and liz? aren't they kind of, like, pelosi republicans? >> well, pelosi republicans. it's a new spin on the conventional label, which has been to refer to them and a few others as anti-trump republicans. which, cnn political commentator and conservative amanda carpenter says, really, short changes their motivations. she tweeted about congressman kinzinger, why is he being described as an anti-trump republican? he is a pro-democracy republican, who rightly is disgusted by what happened on j. 6. it's about principles, not people. as for what it means to be a mccarthy republican? well, it seems that it means, at least initially, seeing their insurrection for exac

not something akin to tourism, as one georgia

nothing akin to tourism, as one georgia republican said. liz cheney is no longer the lone republican on the panel. they named republican adam kinzinger to the committee, he accepted, and today, house republican leader kevin mccarthy had this to say about it. >> you know, some republicans have been saying that the gop should play a part in the committee. >> who was that, adam and liz? aren't they kind of like pelosi republicans? >> pelosi republicans. it's a new spin on the conventional label which has been to refer to them and a few others as anti-trump republicans. which cnn political commentator and conservative amanda car carpenter says really short changed their conversations. she tweeted, why is he being described as an anti-trump republican. he's a pro-democracy republican who rightly is disgusted by what happened on j 6. it's about principles not people. as what it means to be a mccarthy republican, well, it seems that it means at least initially seeing the insurrection for exactly what it was, and acknowledging exactly who was respo

georgia's election results need to be audited yet again. so, that has become such a focus for republicans is to continue to try to relitigate the 2020 election that was more than six months ago. >> trump arguably threw away the presidency by hyping this vote fraud idea and discouraging mail-in voting by republicans. he threw away the republican senate by convincing a lot of republican voters in georgia not to vote because votes couldn't be trusted. but apparently he's not yet done and he wants to throw away in seats in 2022 as well. >> wonderful panel. thank you so much for being here. you always know how to make me feel so depressed. [ laughter ] >>> the u.s. says it's ending the combat mission in iraq. what this means for the situation on the ground, next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ monitor, check and lock down you money with security from chase. control feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term

. >>> some public school districts like thoizse in georgia are day from start of the school year. driks will have to contend with highly infectious delta variant. children under 12 aren't able to get a vaccine and mask policies are all over the place. some districts will require every one to wear masks. there are eight states in which there are bans on mask mandates. iowa is one of them with vaccination rate at 49%. let's turn to mark lane. he's the superintendent of schools. educates about 170 students, k through 12. thank you for being with us. school starts, classes resume, august 23rd, so about a month out. as i understand it, this ban is not just for students, it's for teachers, the staff. it's for is visitors. how do you keep kids safe in that environment? >> i think we do what we do best in schools. we ugt people and we share the most current information and allow them in iowa to make an informed decision. >> is there a way to incentivize masks for children? i know you will be wearing a mask. you'll be telling others to do it. is there a way to get kid who is are not at hom

you know, in georgia they had an election. we did so well and everyone knew we won by hundreds of thousands and they stole it from us. what happened is we had two senators running a couple months later. you know what happened to them in the republicans said, we're not going out to vote pause this was rigged. this election was rigged. and they know it. you know when you win and when you lose. if i lost this election, i could handle it pretty easily. when they steal it from you and rig it, that's not easy and we have to fight. >> no, what we know is you lost the election. and you're still not okay with it. so, let's talk. joining me right now, former republican congresswoman from georgia, barbara comstock and amanda carpenter. good to see both of you, ladies. congresswoman, please explain the logic, if you want to, what the president -- former president is talking about. he keeps saying republicans in georgia didn't vote because they thought the election was rigged, but he's the one who had been talking about this rigged electio

was stolen, that it will, therefore, mean it was stolen in other states, like pennsylvania or else -- georgia or elsewhere that he needed to win. >> so, the -- so, the former president is going to -- to arizona tomorrow. the -- this audit, obviously, has been ridiculed as a sham. it's not an official audit, at all. it's, still, going on, anyway, behind you. and arizona republicans are still clamoring to get onstage tomorrow with the former president. what do you expect to happen tomorrow at the rally? >> well, we're expecting to hear the former president say exactly what he's been saying in the statements. he is going to perpetuate the big lie because he wants it to be true, even though it is not true. even though this audit, which has been maligned by federal-election officials, independent auditors, independent people who run these audits, legitimate audits, say that this is completely a sham and a show and an exercise. so, we're expecting him to -- to p perpetuate that myth, anderson. but that's not stopping a number, a very long list of 2022 republican candidates for arizona governor, for

you saw what elizabeth showed you down here, georgia at 38%. alabama, 34%. mississippi, 34%. oklahoma, 40%. this swath here and out here we see the lightest green. those are the states way behind the pack. now, look at this, this is the cdc's map, this is now. this is a couple of weeks ago of transmission. couple weeks ago we knew we had a problem. want to be blue or yellow. blue is low transmission in your community. yellow is moderate. orange and red are bad. come over here now. look at how much more orange and red there are and look where it is. that's significant. elizabeth walked you through the vaccination problems here. vermont, maine, new england, a lot of the best vaccinated states in terms of percentage are up here, they tend to be yellow or blue, blue and yellow here. the red is in the places across the country where the vaccination rates are low. it is just indisputable at that point. let's bring in for expertise and insights, dr. carlos del rio at emory school of medicine. thank you for being with us. i want you to listen before we begin the conversation, the gov

in georgia, the public health directive, it expires this weekend, which did create it to be mandatory to wear masks. and now virginia officials are saying it's all up to every single district. they do have strong guidance, though, that elementary students should still wear masks because they're not eligible to get the vaccine. but, don, this is not over. there's another meeting in august. and i know what you're wondering. did anybody, any parent say they wanted masks? well, according to our affiliate who was there, there was one parent who phoned in saying that they were in favor and in agreement with the board that masks should be worn. >> jean, you'll be covering it. thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> thanks, don. >> and thank you for watching. our coverage continues. - had enough? - no... arthritis. here. new aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength? reduces inflammation? thank the gods. don't thank them too soon. kick pain in the aspercreme. -hey. -hi. whoa, nice car. thanks, yeah. i actually got a great deal on it too, although my interest rate is awful. have you ch

in atlanta, georgia, the public school district announced it will require all students and staff, even those who are vaccinated, to wear masks when school starts, and it start there is in just a few weeks. the top elected official in harris county, texas, urging everyone to once again wear masks. in clark county, nevada, home of las vegas, county workers must mask up in public places indoors. it was a week ago that los angeles brought back the mask mandate. everyone was so surprised. it is confusing. but one state at the center of the current surge will not be returning to mask mandates. the governor of florida saying his policy will not change, even though florida leads the country in new covid cases and seeing an increase in hospitalizations. >> i get a little bit frustrated when i see some of these jurisdictions saying, even if you're healthy and vaccinated, you must wear a mask because we see increased cases. understand what that message is sending to people unvaccinated, it's saying the vaccines don't work. that's the worst message you can send to people at this time. >> it's the

but now the forecast, watch the smoke move into georgia, alabama, and then it hangs out for a while. the smoke will stay where the winds are calm. and you will notice it more or less with a hazy sky and sunrise and sunset. but, jim, this is what we do not want. precipitation does look heavy for the desert southwest. but temperature-wise, all of north america will see higher temperatures in the next several days and the weeks to come. that heat dome which has been moving around in the northwest. this will be a bad year. >> tom sayer, thank you for that. tonight the biden administration is hitting cuba with new sanctions in the wake of historic anti-government protests there in the islands. a national security correspondent is joining us with details. give us an update. >> reporter: yeah. so the state department today, secretary of state blinken said these were to go after those violently repressing the protesters in cuba. there were two groups named today. specifically the minister of the revolutionary armed forces and then this elite cuban forces group. they are a group that has been

he's wearing a helmet, gas mask, a kevlar vest with a patch that looks like the country of georgia. he launches at an officer, pepper spray and launches into the crowd. in this video, the female officer who he attacked is seen grabbing her face in pain, being helped by other officers. in this clip, watch the officer in white. officials say this is mckeller hitting a d.c. police captain in the head with a flag pole. the captain was cut near his left eye. these battles took place in the inauguration staging area outside the capitol, the scene of some of the most violent combat that day and where the police line eventually collapsed. the man who officials say attacked the officers so viciously served in the army for 23 year, spending time in the special forces and was deployed twice to afghanistan, twice to iraq, according to the pentagon. federal judges ordered him to stay in jail while his court case progresses. he is charged with 12 federal crimes, including felonies for attacking police. he has pleaded not guilty. >> very disturbing video. all right. brian todd, thank you so much f

you spoke to more than 5,000 people in rural georgia last week. most were not vaccinated because of what you call legitimate and important questions. so what are the concerns? what are you hearing from people? >> yes. so we've been going across the country talking to folks about the importance of covid vaccination, and the number one concerns that people have are really common, important ones. things about safety and about whether or not they might have side effects. people have heard of some of the side effects that are more severe from some of the covid vaccines, and they're concerned about whether those side effects might affect them. so we just have honest conversations so that people know what to expect. >> do they go out and get vaccinated after your talks? do you find that? >> um, we do. we do find that some of the people who call in get vac vacc vaccinated. what we've really been encouraged by is the folks who call in not as individuals but entire families who are on the line. folks whose kids call in for their parents. that's really impor

senate hearing today happening in georgia. you heard that right. the senate rules committee relocated to atlanta for the day to hear testimony about the new restrictive voting law in that state. the committee chair, senator amy klobuchar, joins me now. senator, thank you so much. i appreciate you joining me, i know it's been an extra busy day for you, having to travel. this is the first field hearing held by the rules committee in 20 years. i want to play some of what you heard from witnesses in georgia. here it is. >> one of my colleagues in the house, representative allen cowell, in a committee meeting said to somebody who was testifying, you're correct, it was found, meaning fraud, it's just in a lot of people's minds that there was. he actually said that in a committee meeting. it's really not there, it's just in a lot of people's minds that there was. so this legislation is based on things that are in the imagination in people's minds. >> after an hour and a half of standing outside, we made it inside the building, finally. just to find out th

alabama, georgia, idaho, oklahoma, south carolina, tennessee, west virginia, and wyoming. let's take closer look at arkansas. only about 35% of eligible people are fully vaccinated. in the past week alone, there were more than 7,000 new cases. one doctor puts in it stark terms. the hospital is full. covid-19 numbers increase every day. we are stopping patients in the recovery room. no space for transfers. running out of caregivers. support health care workers. mask up. get vaxed. that position, dr. have the doctor joins me hive from little rock. dr. patterson, thank you for joining us. your tweet from yesterday paints a grim picture, a picture we saw in the early days of the pandemic. not something we would expect to see with three different effective vaccines available in the united states. one of your colleagues says it is heart wrenching to see unvaccinated individuals come into the hospital with regret. what is it like the hear regret when it is too late? >> you know, we talked to people who should know better, and they are now dealing with the worst health care crisis

when you take a look at what's happening in georgia, where they're talking about erasing 100,000 people from the rolls on the pretense, well, they didn't vote in the last election or so. when you look at what they're doing to try to eliminate early voting days, when you're looking at what they're doing that makes the lines longer and try to say to us who would try to make people comfortable by giving them water in line that that somehow would be against the law. this is a dangerous time for our democracy. this is a dangerous time because trump who served as the president of the united states for four years has basically led this country to a point where he's got believers and supporters who thinks that he is the president and he should be the president. and somehow it's been stolen and it's got to be taken back. so january 6th may not be the only thing that they do when they invaded our capitol, when that insurrection took place. they may be organizing again. as a matter of fact, on my way to the christening of the john lewis navy ship, on that road leading into where the ships are bein

we've already seen a suit filed against the laws in georgia. we'll see similar suits against the laws in other states. it's getting harder and harder for doj to prove what we call discriminatory intent or discriminatory effect. so they're fighting a very important battle here but they are facing an uphill battle in the courts. >> right, and if they don't take action in congress and they just choose to pursue this in the courts, that could take just years to wind its way through the legal system. let's turn now to the criminal investigation into the trump organization. earlier this month, the manhattan d.a.'s office charged the company and its cfo with a tax scheme. the prosecutors don't appear to have anyone convinced who works at the trump organization to cooperate against the former president. we've seen this movie before. one viewer asks if prosecutors can't get anyone inside the trump organization to cooperate, can they still bring charges against donald trump. my sense is no. >> i'm very doubtful, jim, i'm with you on this one. it's clear

members of congress to step up and pass this necessary legislation to protect voting rights in texas, georgia and across the country. >> my understanding is that some of your colleagues tested positive for covid here in washington. you did not. >> negative. all of our -- >> everybody here on hand for this interview. >> i just tested before i walked in here. >> what's happening there? is everybody staying safe, keeping safe? do we know how this happened? >> absolutely. all of our members in our delegation are fully vaccinated. the three members who tested positive are feeling well, not showing symptoms. you had dr. fauci on earlier, it's really important that folks get vaccinated because we know that covid-19 vaccine prevents serious illness, even from these new strains. but, we knew this quorum break would bring risk. we have members of our delegation left behind sick loved ones. >> i'm at risk of losing my seat in the state legislature and brought health risk because there's an active pandemic. many of the members are over the age of 65. this is so much bigger than one politician. it's so mu

. >>> plus, mounting anger over the death of a journalist in the nation of georgia. local tv stations have joined the calls for the prime minister to resign. we'll explain. stay with us. dad, why didn't you answer your phone? your mother loved this park. ♪ she did. >>> the funeral for haiti's assassinated president jovenel moise has been set for next friday. we also learned the fbi is in haiti and has begun its own investigation. that's because some of the key suspects in the plot appear to have connections in florida. the country's acting prime minister said if it was meant to topple the government it failed. haitian authorities say dozens of police are being investigated over their possible roles including some who were at moise's home at the night of the attack. >>> in the country of georgia, there are growing calls for the prime minister to step down after journalists were viciously attacked while covering a protest in the capital. the death of a cameraman several days later has galvanized the position of the prime minister with several tv stations calling for

pride events are, still, controversial in georgia. a country led by a conservative government and powerful orthodox church. but violence against lgbtq communities has sparked an international outcry. the eu and u.s. government, condemning these attacks. >> we encourage all georgians, including georgian officials, to publicly condemn this type of violence that has no place in a democracy. >> for her part, georgia's president has also tweeted out her condolences to the family. and said those responsible must be punished. >> reuters news agency, meanwhile, is mourning the loss of one of its own. pulitzer-prize-winning journalist was killed while on assignment during clashes between the taliban and afghan-security forces. he was embedded with afghan special forces, when crossfire erupted. a senior-afghan officer was, also, killed. siddiqui had been a photo journalist for reuters, since 2010. and you can see here, some of the footage he shot just days before he was killed on friday. in a statement on his killing, reuters says it's urgently

free and fair election, trump putting out statements including the governor allowed this election in georgia to be rigged and stolen and quote, had the election not been rigged and stolen i would have won easily, that's what he's saying today. christian holms is "out front "livey pence spoke today. the lul tenant full of praise and going against trump's view on the vents of january 6th. >> that's right, erin. pence is really walking a tight rope here. this is a man that wants to stay politically relevant and stay in the arena. there is already speculation he'll run for president in 2024 but sees what we see, despite january 6th. despite this increased rhetoric against the election, against our democracy, the republican party is still very much a party of donald trump. we see candidate afriter candide going to mar-a-lago and seeking endorsement or approval and that's not lost on the vice president. one thing that was clear here today is that pence is trying to form a political identity outside of the shadow of donald trump. he talked about how he was proud to serve in the administration all t

. >>> controversial congresswoman marjorie taylor greene of georgia says she's seeking a seat on the democrat-led activity to investigate the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. she tweets this. take a look. she says the republicans assigned to the january 6th committee should be the toughest fighters that will stand up to pelosi's witch hunt 2.0. the people know who the fighters are. i have asked to be assigned. joining us now to discuss this and a lot more, democratic congressman adam schiff. he's a key member of the select committee, also the chairman of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thank you for joining us. let me get your quick reaction to the tweet from the congresswoman. >> well, it's not surprising. you know, that's certainly where she's coming from. qanon conspiracy theory and an ardent trump defender. we hope that mccarthy will appoint people who are serious and interested in getting to the bottom of what happened on jan 6th, all the preparation for that tragic day, what happened on the 6th itself. but i fully expect that kevin mccarthy will do whateve

in the 1830s there was cherokee nation versus georgia where the supreme court sided with native americans. that's the case where president andrew jackson supposedly said, john marshall has made his decision. now let him enforce it after brown versus board of education, president eisenhower had to sent 101st airborne division into arkansas because the governor had ordered the state militia to block the schoolhouse doors. justice breyer thinks the way you maintain the credibility that the people will honor the decisions and today we do. whether it's bush versus gore, the death penalty or abortion, once the supreme court speaks, the people listen. and we follow the decision. >> can i just ask, what do you think the pressure from liberals, what do you think the impact of that is on justice breyer? is he aware that there are people out there who feel this way? >> yeah, look, jus tice breyer pays attention to everything. but just as he is aware of the overriding political climate, i think he's aware of it, but he has the muscle memory of years on the court to put that to the side and make the d

legislatures to be reprimanded or to be rebuffed across the nation, who pass similar laws, including georgia, than to have the united states congress to act. so, they do have resolve, don. they are going to stay, and they will block this legislation. let me just make one point. they were there, in austin, to work in a democratic process, to be able to contribute to the writing of the legislation. to amend the legislation. to make the legislation less onerous. and by the way, as the president said, 150 million people voted. this is about every voter in america. >> all right. listen, before we run out of time here, um, i want to ask you about the filibuster. okay? the president did mention it in his speech yesterday. you say the filibuster has to go but that you are willing do do a carveout. senator joe manchin wouldn't commit when he was asked about -- about that, today. what happens if democrats can't come together on this? >> well, first of all, i want to give senator manchin time. i want him to be able to study what this means and to actually -- >> with all due respect, though, how much ti

to colorado because of georgia passing the restrictive voting laws there, but this is a whole chicken and egg thing here, right? >> that's right. they've said over and over they don't want the politics in sports, but now they're participating in it. >> shut up and dribble but we'll run a campaign ad here. >> the message was very clear. >>> this morning, a series of brand new books, frankly we did win this election by michael bender and landslide by michael wolf, they shed new light on the final days of the trump administration. brian stelter has the details. >> i alone can fix it. >> reporter: from 2016 to 2020 -- >> frankly we did win this election. >> reporter: donald trump went from deceptive to down right dangerous. >> we won this election. and we won it by a landslide. >> reporter: and three new books using trump's words as titles underscore just how ugly his final days in office were. >> everybody knew that what was going on here was abnormal and dangerous and on top of everything else, ludicrous. >> reporter: in michael wolf's landslide, trump is portrayed as incompetent and al

we know georgia. we know about texas, and it keeps going and going. so as a black woman in this country, who we've delivered. we deliver and we deliver and we deliver for the democratic party. we really demand that the democratic party deliver for us because history has shown us we're not going back to the '40s and '50s, not without a fight. so we're going to be on capitol hill on thursday for a day of action, for a day where we're pulling together over 40 organizations, many led by black and brown women and others to stand up and show up. we're going to continue to stay there. we're going to go to the district -- >> melanie, just let me jump in and ask you. i've got one more question for you. listen, black women have been the backbone of the democratic party, really helped with the elections substantially. will you keep showing up because you're saying -- you're kind of saying you're sick and tired, right? you want some action. are you going to keep showing up if nothing happens, if this doesn't go the way you want it to go in. >> history is a great

especially if he was asking for votes from those members of congress in the deep south, in texas and georgia and mississippi. and yet because of the courage shown by everyday americans including a 24-year-old john lewis crossing the edmund pettus bridge in 1965, they were able to find the presence of power to get the job down. so, anderson, i believe we do have the votes. we have 51 votes in the united states senate. and if those democratic senators will take a page out of the book of those democratic statehouse members from texas, who though they're in the political minority were able to stop voter suppression legislation, then they'll be able to summon the courage and political will necessary to amend the filibuster. not abolish it but change it as it has been changed before to allow the passage of election law matters or voting rights matters and pass the for the people act. so this is impossible until it gets done. and i think these texas statehouse democrats just made it a little more possible by their display of courage yesterday. and i hope they will stay the distance in d.c. and cont