that similar partisan reviews are now taking place or being proposed in wisconsin, in michigan, in georgia, and in pennsylvania. quote, the proposed election reviews failed to satisfy basic security, accuracy, and reliability measures and the auditors themselves fail to meet

then on the night of january 3rd, the day trump's call with georgia's secretary of state was published, the man in charge of the maricopa county election got this voice mail. >> hello, sir. this is the white house operator. i was calling to let you know that the president's available to take your call if you're free. if you could please give us a call back, sir, that would be great. you have a good evening. >> trump has never stopped that pressure campaign. it was a multi-pronged effort that included pressuring elected officials, storming the capitol, and now passing restrictive

yet another member of congress is arrested for getting in good trouble by georgia republicans take steps to undo the 2020 election. the fight for voting rights is next. s is next

we know that in states like georgia that went for democrats not only in the presidential but any those senate races, state houses led by the gop are going to come back with a vengeance and try to silence the very voters who don't vote for their party, and that's why it's important for democrats to step up, pass something that mirrors the for the people act in the substance about combatting partisan gerrymandering. >> as well as dealing with -- in georgia where they're now replacing even some of those that are in those election commissions. >> yes. >> where they can nullify the vote. but i want to quickly address the new evidence against the former president in his attempt to overturn the election. new notes handed over to congress show trump instructing the justice department to lie to the american people, saying, quote, just say the the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me. susan, what do these revelations tell you about what trump was trying to do in the days leading up to january 6th? >> he's very consistent. he has been trying to undermine and use our government against ou

listen, i live in georgia, the community of buckhead is trying to become the city of buckhead because they don't feel safe with atlanta pd being the only way to protect themselves. that is a big problem and it is not something just specific to georgia, so now we are further dividing ourselves in urban areas because people want to be safe and if the cities will keep them safe, they will keep themselves safe. it's not the america we want. it's not the america anybody wants. >> jason: larry, we've been watching videos of people streaming out of walgreens or n target and stuff like that, they just brazenly go in, grab stuff and go out. there is no consequence and they know there is no consequence.eo they don't even run anymore. they just open up the door of the vehicle and stroll away. >> surprise surprise, when you make it easier for criminals to not get caught, not be convicted, not be incarcerated, crime goes up. regarding the order made by the texas governor, he's going to be called racist but never mind the generations of hispanics that live in texas, generations of hispanics that ha

. >> and choice, is this information relevant to what's happening down in georgia in the investigation that the fulton county criminal probe into that phone call in which trump tried to put russian georgia secretary raffensperger to, i think it was fine me 1000 thousand votes? >> so jonathan the interplay between those two events is pretty interesting, and let me talk about one way that it might be significant. prosecutors worry a lot about moving a detentions intent, what's he just saying stop for was that actually a cohesive plan to overturn the results of an election. something that makes it more likely that it was intentional rather than an accident or a stumbling was that if there's evidence of repeated conduct, it's actually admissible evidence that you could put in an insane giorgio word to indict, they could likely offer evidence of other similar related courses of conduct like this pressure that trump wanted to bear on the justice department to show that it wasn't a mistake, it wasn't unintentional but there was an intentional effort to subvert the election in georgia. >> cong

i am very grateful for senator raphael warnock of georgia who i think has been instrumental in bringing the party together, including senator manchin. it's really good news. it's a sign of progress. frankly, it's a sign that would bishop barber the poor people campaign and others who are willing to take direct nonviolent action across the country, what they're doing is actually working it's bringing the parties to the table, they're feeling the pressure and they know that they need to move forward. i would argue, and agree fully with bishop barber, that as important as the physical infrastructure of our country is, if we do not save the infrastructure of our democracy, protect the right to vote and guaranteed field for elections going forward we will lose it forever and nothing else is possible. raising the minimum wage. expanding access to health care, confronting climate change, legalizing illegal immigrants in this country. all these things only become when we bring people in the voting places, so that their voices are heard. i hope that senator warnock and others who believe in this

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

. >> and joyce, is the information relevant to what is happening in georgia, the fulton county criminal probe into a phone call in which trump tried to pressure the georgia secretary of state, find me 10,780 votes? >> so jonathan, the interplay between the two events is pretty interesting. let me talk about one way it might be significant. prosecutors have a hard time so prove intent. was there a plan to overturn the results of a legitimate election? and something that makes it more likely it was intentional rather than an accident, if there is evidence of a repeated course of conduct, and it's actually admissible evidence, say georgia were to indict, prosecutors would offer evidence of other similar related courses of conduct, like the pressure that jump bore on the justice department, but an intentional effort to subvert the election in georgia. >> congressman swalwell, considering you have been an impeachment manager, and devised questions to ask witnesses, what kinds of questions should investigators be asking now? >> at this point, tries to understand what trump and those around hi

that rolls back voter suppression, in texas, in georgia, in florida, and so many other places. and it opens up our elections to every-eligible voter. that -- that's not a democratic-party position, nor a republican-party position. that should be an american-democracy position. and that's why we're marching and that's why we want folks to join us in austin, tomorrow, 10:00 a.m. in front of the capitol. we'll be joined by impacted people and willie nelson, who will be giving one of his first concerts since the pandemic there. so, big day, tomorrow, in austin. >> reverend dr. barber, you -- i think, in the last few weeks, you've been arrested at least a couple of times. doesn't scare you. doesn't scare the texas representatives, who are under threat of arrest. they have done nothing criminal. but the -- the governor has implied that they could be arrested. that's what the summer actions turning out to be. people marching, people putting their bodies on the line. doing what they have to do to remind people that this is the kind of energy that is required. very reminiscent of the --

so he also gets wrapped up in, if you remember, the fights between president trump and the state of georgia over the count. and he has to navigate doj's you know essentially staying out as best they can from that fight. so he keeps touching these very complicated, very tricky issues. i think you are right, the notes are taken for a reason. they were taken because he feels there need to be some kind of record that this is going on. and importantly, he needs to preserve as much what trump said, which is what we are focusing on. i think from the justice department's view, they need to preserve what they said and they did. that very important, you can see, in rosen's public and praft statements. >> yes. devlin barrett, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> donald trump's request for the justice department to sigh the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me sounds a lot like his request the ukrainian president said in his first impeachment who said, quote, i would like you to do us a favor, though. he was more desperate to misstate his q. because these were his people. daniel goldman serv

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

here in george a just 5.5% of the $522 million dedicated for renters here in georgia has actually made it to these tenants who this week are getting those eviction notices put on to their dear and suddenly this is a hail mary of a pass to congress to pass this moratorium off a few more weeks. i want to let you know of a mom who we talked to, breanna. she gave birth to twins. a week after that she got an eviction on her door. take a look at that conversation. >> i am trying to find assistance to be able to pay it, but as far from now i don't have a plan yet. >> do you have a court date yet for -- >> i have to go up there tomorrow. >> what does that look like to you? >> i don't know. i just hopefully will be able to get assistance. >> they could evict you. >> yeah, they can whenever they feel like it. >> so tomorrow -- are you scared? >> yeah because, you know, i don't know where else i will go with three kids. >> where will you go? >> i don't have a plan of where i will go. >> andrea, you see sitting on those stairs two moms that said they were brought together. sierra who was there wit

we watched in georgia what voter registration and education did. it's a combination of what we do at the federal level and what people can do on the ground. we need both in order to do what we need to do this year. >> victoria, same question to you. what should joe biden do, the biden administration do? are they taking all the steps that need to be taken right now? >> i think that the voice of the president, the vice president, and all of the resources available to the white house could really help continue to build that momentum but also help get us across the goal line. i know that joe manchin cares about voting rights. he has talked about it. and so now is the time to act with urgency and to realize that we are about to go off a cliff that will be very hard to come back from. and as elissa mentioned we cannot watch our democracy be taken from us. and the voices of some of the most vulnerable, people of color, the disabled, just completely silenced as we try to face major challenges going forward. we need every voice at the table, that means prot

it comes as a small group of senators work on scaled down legislation spearheaded by georgia senator raphael warnock. >> i think we can walk and chew gum at the same time. we have to work on the physical infrastructure of our country and the infrastructure of our democracy. it is the responsibility of congress to provide baseline federal standards for voting. >> senate democrats hope to unveil a new bill in the coming days. >>> joining us now, author of the "washington post's" early morning news letter "power up," jacqueline alemany. good morning. thank you for being here. walk us through the new proposal by democrats around is it possible it could sideline the voting that is in the works that seems to have stalled? >> yeah, jon. a small group of senators met on the hill to talk about the back-and-forth of the bipartisan deal revised on thursday. this revised legislation is bill around a framework that senator joe manchin had provided and released earlier this year after he came out against for the people act, which has fallen into the legislative graveyard in the senate after it was

a week ago it was georgia congressman hank johnson. and today it was texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee, arrested in the same place for the same reason. you can see her here being handcuffed in white zip ties. she was later placed inside a police van. she later tweeted this photo of herself in handcuffs. her caption, quote, i will never stop fighting for voting rights. the time is now to move the voting rights bill in the u.s. senate forward. enough is enough. #goodtrouble. the protests and resulting arrests are part of a summer of action on voting rights. and the list of reasons to fight just keeps on growing. today this was the headline in the "atlanta journal-constitution." quote, georgia republicans take first step to fulton elections takeover. fulton county is the largest county in the state, 1/10 of all georgians live there. it's where atlanta is. it voted overwhelmingly for joe biden. it also contains a sizable proportion of the state's black voters. the paper obtained a letter showing that two dozen republican state senator

i live in this county. 159 counties in georgia. there is a reason why republicans are only investigating one. out of all the other counties that had problems on election day, no other county is being investigated and at risk of being taken over by a republican pair a gram. it's only fulton county. they are afraid to say what we all know is true out loud -- that, is too many people that look like me showed up to vote and fulton county. now they want to do something about that. what we also know, when you look across the board and how we've made changes in fulton county, in june, we had our primary elections. the fulton county board of -- commissioners came in to see what happened on election day. they came in got things together for the november election. give people more access to get the lines, down they made sure they had more poll workers. you know what the state did? they passed espy 2:02 to say you can't do mobile voting units. we will not do all these drop boxes to reduce the waiting in line. the republicans are still to blam

who controls the counting room, if republicans have had that kind of power, political power in georgia and in other places, arizona, pennsylvania, these key battleground states we ulha had all trumpy successful and stealing the election. a lot of these laws have provision that would make that kind of change. i think it's under the category of, they call it election subversion, that's the new category of negotiation that these voting rights from the senate is all about. i think it's ball game, i think republicans understand that if they control the counting rooms and the counting process that is the way in which they can systematically undermined democracy in the most profound way. we saw it on display on the threat of 2020. and any bill the democrats take up in the senate or in the house or in congress or in these coming months if it doesn't address this issue it misses the point. >> before it was written, it was run before the election, long before we saw these new republican legislative proposals and zerlina, we see that george is already acting on that new law and they're basically

georgia republicans take first step to fulton elections take over. fulton county is the largest county in the state, one tenth of all georgians live there. it's where atlanta's. it voted overwhelmingly for joe biden. it also contains a sizeable proportion of the states black voters. the paper obtained a letter showing that two dozen republican state senators support a performance review of fulton election chief. they have the power to request this thanks to the restrictive voting bill that georgia passed earlier this year. according to that bill, states senate bill 2:02, the state can replace any local election official with enough republican support. the chairman of the fulton county board of commissioners, a democrat, a sounding the alarm saying that is an attempt to take control of the senate and retain the governorship in 2022. it's been record rick until this point. this letter is the first official step in the process. we've got allies in the legislature, we have the court and the court of public opinion. the law as it currently stands is on th

later, they said abrams noted even losing races as she did for the governor in georgia can galvanize voters and produce winners down the road, as it did in the two georgia senate runoff races this year. democrats in texas, marching for a second day that started in georgetown, texas, and is expected to end in the state capital of austin, on saturday. two of the leaders of the march, former texas congressman beto o'rourke, and bishop william barber, join me now. bishop barber, why are you marching? >> we are trying to nationalize texas, as in '65, to say we have to have federal protections of the we have to have -- end the filibuster. we have to fully pass all the provision of the true john lewis bill, the for the peoples act, the one he wrote before he died. when it's ready and written, we have to pass the restored voting rights act. we need $15 living wage. we need to protect immigrants. we've got to -- you can't litigate your way out of this. mobilize your way. i met with the texas legislators of the -- the other day through zoom. and they understand that, clearly. and what's happen

and, zerlina, we see a report in the "atlanta journal constitution" that georgia is already acting on that new law, and they are basically trying to pull the vote-counting process away from fulton county in a major democratic county. so the republican strategy seems to be, we don't care how many of you show up. we're going to try to suppress that. but if you do conquer us there and you show up, we're going to be counting. and when we do the counting, you're not going to like what happens. >> yeah. it's rigging the game on the front end and the back end. it's making sure that no matter what happens and no matter what wave of people show up to say, we don't want these people in office, it won't matter because you have your folks in place. it's like playing the referees. i hate the sports analogies, about you it works here, i think, in helping folks understand what's happening here. and i think, you know, i think republicans actually have overplayed their hand, and i think that the momentum is on the democratic side if the biden white house is willing to take this courageous step and be

she's also the chair of the georgia democratic party. congresswoman, first maybe just a little bit of level setting here on what the situation is. there's a county board of elections and there is someone who has the job of managing those elections that the county board appoints, rick baron, is that right? >> the county board of electioning is comprised of democrats and republicans appointed by each county democratic party and republican party and then you have staff that actually run the election system, which are hired and come out of the fulton county board of commissioners' budget. so it's an independent body that is running the election. these are career bureaucrats. these are people who have signed up to protect elections, to administer elections across the board. >> and so one of those people has become a real target of ire of state republicans, rick baron. i want to just give the argument here, the sort of -- the argument that actually fulton county, independent of the big lie and these accusations of fraud which are ridiculous ha

galvanize voters and produce wins down the road as it did in two georgia senate races this year. as this were happening, they were marching for a 2nd day in texas for a moral march in democracy. it started in george town and expected to end in boston saturday. two of the leaders of the palm beach, former congress mach beto o'rourke and bishop barber join me now. bishop barber, why are you palm beaching? >> well, we're trying to nationalize texas. sema was nationalized to sigh we have to have federal protections. we have to have the end of a filibuster. we have to fully pass the true genres for the people's act before he died. when it's ready and written, we have to pass the restored voting rights act. we need $15 living wage. we need to protect immigrants. you can't litigate your way, mobilize your way. i met with the texas legislators the other day from zoom. they understand that clearly. what's happening it's not just democrats, it's people of all race, creeds, colors, parties, for the organization. my brother down there who said we would march from george town to austin and on

georgia senator rafael warnock who said he asked leader schumer to call the meeting emerged from it saying he wants the american people to understand that voting rights is on the senate's radar and they're, quote, committed to getting some progress. the meeting included senators alex padilla of california, oregon's jeff merkley, minnesota's amy klobuchar and west virginia's senator joe manchin who last month released a three page framework that scald back some of the more expensive provisions of the bill that failed. to pressure the federal government to act, the poor people's campaign is holding a four-day march. >> i'm tired, but i am not nearly as tired as the people who are having to fight for their rights over and over and over again. so i used to watch all of the '60s documentaries and say if i was alive and of age i would be there and now this is my chance, unfortunately to have to be here. >> if they asked me to run a marathon, i would say no but i can put one foot in front of the other and walk. and the emergency here is very empowering. it truly is. >> the group started yesterday

i do think it's important to note you have raphael warnock, the senator from georgia, pushing the teen yiflt conversations not just with democrats but republicans. but all those photo use just put up, that's negotiation among democrats to try to get them on the same page, let alone trying to figure out if there's going to be any votes on the republican side. >> anna, very few have covered as closely the ins and outs of this drama as you. tell us where we are now. what do you expect? what sort of timetable are we looking at in particular on the republicans? a number of them ended up siding to advance this yesterday. but we're hearing obviously sharp criticism from former president trump on the bill. do we think these republicans will be able to resist caving in to the pressure applied by someone who still enjoys remarkable popularity among their voters? >> yeah. i mean i think it was a pretty stunning vote. 67 senators voted for this infrastructure package, alarmer number than a lot of folks thought, including fact you had senate minority leader mitch mcconnell sign on at the end and ot

. >> so it sounds a little like that call to georgia election officials that we all heard e ound christmas time. that there's a -- there's a president trying to convince someone to do something, and the person on the receiving end, understanding this is probably unorthodox. somewhere along the line of unorthodox to entirely wrong orr possibly illegal and trying to not commit to anything. >> right. and you see that in an implicit gentle way. in rosen's testimony before congress, back in may. he made a point of spelling out all the things he did not do, in that time period. and i think, in hindsight, now that we know about these phone calls, i think in hindsight that testimony stands out more anhosiy as rosen sort of tryingd to draw a line for people, even though he didn't feel he could say it publicly. of look, whatever was said to me, whatever, you know, was brought my way, i did not go down the road that some of these folks wanted us to go down.hagh >> great reporting, dev lin. important reporting that this -- that may be before us in a matter of days, as congress investigates january 6th

and you might also recognize that on the far left his republican congressman andrew clyde of georgia. and you can see the sheer panic on the man's face. he's pressing and self against a wall as a security officer gun drawn, protects his life. in the months that followed, congressman clyde rather infamously changed his tune about that day at a hearing about security lapses that may have allowed the attack to happen. clyde compared the scene on january six to a, quote, normal tourist visit. of course, that is a ludicrous characters i station, everyone who is not under dame trumps thumb knows. that the suggestion that they were is offensive to the people that were there that day and lift to the terror of it. that includes jamie raskin, last night raskin confronted clyde at a rules committee meeting, clearly feeling that business could not just go on as usual with those comments still hanging in the air. >> did you have an opportunity to see officers hodges and fun none, and done, or sergeant canal? >> mister raskin, let's stick to the amendment -- >> i'm getting to the amendment. if you

. >> so it sounds a little like that call to georgia election officials that we all heard around christmas time, that there is a president trying to convince someone to do something and the person on the receiving and understanding that this is probably unorthodox, somewhere between the line of an orthodox and entirely wrong and possibly illegal and not commit to anything. >> and you see that in an implicit gentle way in rosen's testimony before congress back in may. he made a point of spelling out all the things he did not do in that time period. and i think in hindsight, now that we know about these phone calls, i think in hindsight that testimony stands out more clearly as rosen tries to draw a line for people even though he cannot say publicly, and say, look, whatever was said to, me was brought my way, i did not go down the road that some of these folks wanted us to go down. >> great reporting double, an important report reporting that is in front of us in the following days as congress investigates january 6th and the accusations of election fraud. thanks for being with us devlin. al

this time the georgia congressman couldn't walk away without answering. >> i want to ask you this. they were asked the question by several of our colleagues, including ms. cheney, about statements that you made saying that the january 6th violent insurrection against congress was akin to a normal tourist visit. and those officers said they weren't tourists, they were terrorists. do you stand by your statement that they were tourists? >> i would like you to quote my exact statement. not your interpretation of my statement. >> okay. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall show people in an orderly fashion staying between the

. >> and republican legislatures including georgia's for example, and texas, have been trying to formalize into their state laws what donald trump was trying to do over the phone with the attorney general by basically being able to change the outcome after the vote count, that's what they're trying to put into some of these laws. your hearing today was address something of that. >> yeah, so we have a bill that would preclude some of what the states are doing to replace the local election officials who are just counting the ballots. i mean, this has not been something that has been high profile. this has been a boring activity for centuries where you just count the ballots, now partisans are seeking apparently to take over this function and to skew the results. we can't let that happen and this bill would prevent it. we had a hearing today that was very helpful but chilling as well. because although the registrars and election officials didn't engage in hand-to-hand combat, like our brave officers testified about yesterday, they are facing off with armed militants who are seeking to subvert

>> reporter: in columbus, georgia, remember golden's cast iron? 219 workers. during the pandemic, turning to making kettle bells and dumbbells, because so many americans were looking for them. after our report? >> hey, david. >> reporter: the team telling us business is booming. weekly orders up 350%. >> since the segment aired last week on your show, we have been covered up in orders. >> made in america! woo! >> orders up 350%. we love it. i'm david muir. good >> it feels like the pandemic dominoes are falling again. the cdc first and now the state saying we should all go back to wearing masks. >>> the sonoma county fair is back. changes and even vaccinations. >>> the pacific ocean is the largest reservoir and we can turn it into drinking water. >>> talking about saving california from a drought. >> a heat wave continues for a few more days. all of the details. abc at 6:00 starts right now. >>> building a better bay area and moving forward and finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >>> the big question is the bay area on the brink of a mask mandate, all signs

on the far left is republican congressman andrew clyde of georgia. you can see the sheer panic on the man's face. he is bracing himself on the wall as a security officer, gun drawn, protects his life. in the months that followed he infamously changed his tune about that day at a hearing about security lapses that may have allowed the attack to happen he compared the scene on january 6th to, quote, normal tourist visit. of course, that's a ludicrous characterization. everyone not under donald trump's thumb knows that. that's offensive to people there that day and lived through the terror of it. that includes democratic congressman jamie raskin. last night raskin confronted clyde at a rules committee meeting clearly feel that business could not just go on as usual with those comments still hanging in the air. >> did you have an opportunity to see officers hodges and fanone and dunn testify today or sergeant gonnel? >> mr. raskin, let's stick to the amendment as -- >> well, i'm getting to the amendment. if you don't like the question, say you can take t

we don't have to outsource e e anything. >> reporter: in columbus, georgia, remember golden's cast iron, 219 workers turning to making butten bells because so many americans were looking for them. after our report -- >> hey, david. >> reporter: the team telling us business is booming. weekly orders up 350%. >> since the segment aired last we covered in orders. >> made in america! woo! >> orders up 350%. we love it. i'm david muir. good night. >>> building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >>> masking indoors is now the official recommendation for all californians, whether you have been vaccinated or not. the state department of public health made that announcement today. several bay area counties already made the same recommendation and the cdc made yesterday. thank you for joining us, i am larry beil. >> you are watching us here on abc7 news at 4:00, hulu live, and wherever you stream. >> the mask recommendation focused on where community spread is high and we have crunched the number on where things stand in bay area counties. abc7 news reporter

. >> nevertheless, the president of a georgia teacher's union says public health officials should be clearer and more consistent in their messaging. >> i would like to see students it roll out a comprehensive plan stick to it and then tell the public why they're changing. beginning to confuse the public. >> federal health officials say vaccination is key to ending the pandemic. but the fda has yet to approve a vaccine for children under the age of 12. and only 30% of youth, ages 12 through 17 have been vaccinated. trace? >> trace: jonathan serrie live for us. jonathan? you can find nearby vaccinations by going to vaccines dot above. now we move tonight french connection. we are learning new details of how the french officials who designed and built the now infamous wuhan lab in china were abruptly removed. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the latest tonight from the pentagon. >> u.s. and french officials sounded alarm bells about security at the wuhan institute of virology as early as 2009 according to state department cables. >> it's a critical piece of data that

>> and representative andrew clyde of georgia who compared the january 6th attack as a normal visit was pressed at a rules committee meeting later in the day. let's watch. >> okay. >> watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stantions and ropes and if you didn't know the tv footage was a normal tourist visit. those are your words. >> and i stand by that exact statement as i said it. >> and that went on for about five minutes with congressman raskin pressing him how can you believe that after what the officers said, what you saw with your own eyes and he kept not responding, basically. just standing by his statement saying that he was being misquoted, and that was clearly jamie raskin, quoting exactly what he said. >> this was an attack done in the open. every american turns on the television occasionally saw this attack as it happened. so his -- his character is in realtomb refuted by what every american can see, and that's why we need to call other actors to hear what happened. that

the changes that are being proposed in texas, the changes that have already been adopted in georgia, impacts us all. and we have to have a new sense of urgency for the senate to act. if we're going to get an infrastructure deal, we need to have a deal to protect the rights of voters. our election infrastructure needs a deal. we need a new deal in america to insure our constitution is upheld, the right to vote is protected, and we push back against all these individuals who are seeking to placate an egomaniac who is no longer in office. >> yeah, and so as you announce a new push to safeguard americans' voting rights, what specific concrete issues and actions do you think need to be taken, and how can you help pave the way for that with this push? >> the senate must, they must, adopt legislation before they go on recess, and no later than the middle of september to protect our right to vote, to restore section 2 from encroachment that the supreme court just had to make sure they're drawing the political boundaries, redistricting. this will be the first time since 1970 we will have a re

nearly two-thirds of the country have higher cases including georgia where some are skeptical on how effective the new mask will be. >> i just feel like i can breathe air. >> reporter: from imposing mask orders many states have high transmit rates so in effect, new guidance will be more of a recommendation than a mandate. in another swift reversal, the cdc is advising everyone in k through 12 schools to wear masks indoors, even teens who are vaccinate. >> to hear that means we're executing in the right direction. >> reporter: dr. lisa harrington is the superintendent of atlanta schools who just days ago announced her district would adopt an indoor mask mandate. what do you say with parents who say, look, the government is not going to tell us what to do. >> we heard the voices. and we honor and recognize that. we have a responsibility for all students. a household has a responsibility for those within it. >> reporter: across the country, a patchwork of three biggest districts new york and chicago and florida will require masks. andrea is so confused she's decided to home school her d

they are ignoring delaware's restricted voting laws, but going after georgia a instead. they use the filibuster over two more times over donald trump's presidency but now with biden they call the filibuster racist. and there are illegal immigrants in this country, just processing them. we condemn violent riots and what happened on generally six, what happened last summer. whenever it happens it must be condemned by people of goodwill, it shouldn't be political. we spoke out against the brutal murder of george floyd and of course o david doran and horace lorenzo anderson jr.. unfortunately democrats, their friends in the media and big tech media mob, they don't seem to care about truth, fairness, logic, science, justice. in general, that's all that seems to matter. here is the author of the "do what you said you would do." it was supposed to be on the january 6th committee but is not any longer along with a new york congresswoman elyse. elise stefanik. they took you off this assignment to replace you with, let's see. they both hate donald trump and that will come to the p

are going after georgia instead. they used the filibuster over 200 times during donald trump's presidency and they called the filibuster racist. they demand you wear a mask and to get vaccinated and you socially distance and you follow all the rules while allowing all the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants into this country, just processing them without even testing most of them. a third of them when offered the vaccine turned it down. on this program, we are consistent. we condemn violent riots. what happened on january 6th, what happened last summer. whenever it happens, it must be condemned by people of goodwill -- it should be political. we spoke out against the brutal murder of george floyd and of course david dorn and horace lorenzo anderson jr. that said interview i had with his father. unfortunately democrats, their friends in the media, big tech media mob, they don't seem to care about truth, fairness, logic, science, justice. for them it's politics and power, that's all it seems to matter. here wit

and tonight, the newest heat wave gripping 18 states from mntana to georgia. feel-like temperatures in the triple digits. >>> and that transformer explosion in new york. flames shooting up underneath a man as he was walking in queens, knoc bd eing treated for second degree burns tonight. >>> when we come back here, what so many of you did after last night's made in america. and still going for my best. even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm reaching for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. what's next? i'm on board. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it ma

testifying today about a truly ridiculous press conference held by representatives marjorie taylor greene of georgia, mat gaetz of florida, lumy gohmert of texas. congressman gaetz and his cohorts held their stunt event outside the department of justice in support of the mob that stormed the capitol. when a small group of protesters showed up, they managed to shut the whole thing down after only a few minutes led by a person seemingly very interested in mat gaetz's criminal investigation. >> they owe the people of this country the answers to the questions. >> we got to go. we need to end it. >> thank you. for those of you that really care about due process, thank you. >> the left shot us down. they hate free speech. they hate free speech. >> are you a pedophile? are you a pedophile, congressman? congressman, are you a pedophile? are you a pedophile, congressman gaetz? are you a pedophile? a pedophile? , rollerball design. because with the right pain reliever... life opens up. aleve it, and see what's possible. mission control, we are go for launch. ♪♪ t-minus two minutes and counting. ♪♪ um,

. >> 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

louis county joining savannah georgia in reimplementing the policy. >> these numbers are too alarming to ignore. >> reporter: vaccinations should be mandatory for health care workers, the department of federal affairs became the first to require vaccines for medical staff. >> they're going to require all working in the facilities have to be vaccinated. >> reporter: the state of new york and california saying workers will have to show proof of vaccination or face weekly testing. >> the individuals' choice not to get vaccinated is now impacting the rest of us. >> reporter: boosters could be needed for those 65 and older as well as those with compromised immune systems. covid cases are rising in every state, so is the risk to all americans, including the vaccinated. >> icu barbara norton learned one of her covid patients in her 20s just died. >> it's sad to see people so sick and see their families suffer because they can't be with them in the hospital. >> reporter: did you think there would be another wave of this? >> i didn't. i thought we were on the other side of it. >> reporter: and