it's in basically states like louisiana and south carolina and georgia and florida, the southern states. and if that were to happen, we would see children losing another year of school. i need not tell you what happens to an eighth and ninth grader if they are out of school for two years. we cannot have continued education for our young people, to deliver by them without broadband. broadband to me is to the south today what electricity was in the 20th century. >> thank you so much, congressman, especially those important topics on education and health. i want to turn it over to commissioner stark. millions of americans don't have access to broadband either because it is not available or can't afford it. this is the case for black residents in the rural south. the emergency broadband benefit was developed to help families struggling to afford internet service during the covid-19 endemic, but it is only temporary. can you share your perspectives what lawmakers must address to expand internet to low-income americans? >> thank you, first of all for allowing me to be here today and we're all

neighboring georgia, the new case rate tripled in in the past two weeks. in indian, daily vaccination rates jumped 111% from three weeks a. >> the delta variant is a game changer and at this point it's not whether we vaccinate or mask, we have to do both. >> reporter: an internal document from the centers for disease control and pre investigation says the delta variant feeling much of the rise across the country produces similar viral loads in vaccinated and unvaccinated people affected. they may spread the krarnt as unvaccinated people. but it's critical to know break-through infections among vaccinated people are rampl as the cdc pushes for people to wear masks indoors, president biden says, more restrictions could be coming s. and health experts agree, unless many more americans get vaccinated, things could get much worse. >> what we can say is this virus is doing exactly what we predicted it will do. if we can't get extremely high rates of vaccination and those rates now need to be higher than they were with the original strain because of the increased

places, like georgia, missouri, and texas. those with the country's lowest-vaccination rates. with the delta variant sweeping through, doctors began pleading. >> we really need your help. to help us. >> reporter: and republican governors, taking a louder stand. >> it's time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks. >> reporter: now, data showing progress this weekend. in alabama, vaccinations are up, 159%, compared to three weeks ago. and florida, up 78%. a local pharmacist in missouri encouraged by the new demand. >> it's gone up by at leas where it was end of june. >> reporter: but why now? what took you these many months to finally decide to get the shot? >> um, because i saw the cases are rising. >> because i've seen more people, my family and friends have taken it and they are okay. >> reporter: one entire family in st. louis decided to roll up their sleeves before school starts. >> i wanted to get the shot because i wanted to protect myself, and i also wanted to protect other people. >> we do know. >> in some states, offering $100 with the shot. >> um, you know, the pros

in georgia, where the case rate has more than tripled in the past two weeks and schools are about to reopen, one metro atlanta county decided to start offering cash as an incentive. cnn's natasha chen joins me with more. >> reporter: ryan, the bad news is the number of new covid cases have been rising in the state of georgia. the good news is so has the vaccination rate. the seven-day average of new vaccination doses administered is up 85% since three weeks ago. one thing we're seeing that's working today at this site is that incentives work. they're giving out $50 pre-paid debit cards. we've seen lines of cars even before the event started at 8:00 a.m. today they've vaccinated more than 200 people. we talked to the very first person in line who showed up in a wheelchair. he arrived by public transit. i talked to him about the dangers of covid but here he is, talking about what really drove him to get here today. if you are unvaccinated, you're 25 times more likely to end up in the hospital or die from covid. >> right, right. i've been listening to all of that. but really, like i say

>> and in the united states going back through 2008 she promised ukraine and georgia no interim security guarantee so i will say first of all i don't think formal american alliances are something the bush administration would've argued against that and i making that promise in some ways we have gotten the worst we put it a bull's-eye a on and ukraine because those want to bring them in so he tries to destabilize those countries to keep them ineligible for any near-term membership. the only way out of this conundrum to my mind is to a large the conversation to allow putin in russia told their forces out of northern georgia and eastern ukraine what they want into the former soviet space think we have the right dialogue and concept we could do a better job to help georgia and ukraine but to some extent created those perverse incentives that putin look to destabilize with those that are east of nato in and that former soviet space. >> so would you say forget about the membership that's off the table? >> you want to get that unilateral concession to putin if we are partially responsive to rus

we're also looking at georgia's overall numbers, data relative to the vaccinated pop lanes. then, of course, because we do offer surveillance testing, we are carefully monitoring the numb bers of individuals testing positive, and we're watching the up tick of the delta variant. we recognize those are critical data points to help us determine how to proceed day by day. >> lisa, the governor vowed no new mask mandates, no lockdowns. if these trends continue, how much responsibility would the governor bear if the schools had to shut down, if you hit some of the triggers? >> i understand that governor kemp has articulated his position around the masking mandate. that's an open question, to determine how much of that responsibility is there to bear. i will safe, for me as superintendent, part of what is mission critical is to issue every strategy that gives us an opportunity to say we did as much as we could to help prevent the spread. again, watching the data helps drive that. i'm certain and i'm optimistic that that would be true for our state government as well. >>> 100 studen

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

very similar to georgia. even the climate, north to south, hills and the north, flatland in the south. an distance wise was accurate. if you call and say baghdad was around, we got transferred down you would call that may be that's probably geographically close. we were relieving a texas national guard unit those escorting feelers all the way up to, sometimes albeit a few -- if you are sorting feelers was heard service road or dirt? >> guest: and you still had issues? do they had local nationals driving print you don't know what their intentions are. they don't move with the same necessary urgency that we move with. you don't know if they're trying to set you up. you are always second-guessing who you were escorting, where, and sometimes would have issues with some of them, they would not go with us. but we did that for a week or so. they had been getting hit. they had taken some casualties they needed a platoon. so they chose my platoon and sent us up there. we were not there very long before time for us to

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

we also know the situation in georgia where he -- his folks told georgia election officials, find me 11,780 votes. so when you get this pattern over and over, that's evidence to prosecutors that this guy knew that he was doing something wrong and yet he kept doing it. >> could it also though be evidence, paul, of the fact that this former president didn't even know what he was doing, that, in fact, he was just so incredibly naive to believe these lies, right? you think about the phone call the president had with president zelensky that was a topic of the russia investigation in his impeachment trials obviously, and the way in which he talked about investigating hunter biden in that phone call, how these are related and whether or not that evidence can be used either for our against bringing a case against the former president when it comes to these phone calls with doj officials? >> yeah, you know, that's a great point, yasmin. again, i think that when we see this repeated conduct over and over, and it is not just that the president is making this request. it is that government offic

jessica learmonth, georgia taylor brown, alex yee and finallyjonny brownlee. finishing first is some achievement, but being the first to finish first is how olympic history is made. this, the inaugural triathlon relay. a 300—metre swim, 6.8 kilometres on the bike, followed by a two—kilometre run, before handing over to your team—mate. first to rise isjessica learmonth. emerging from the water first then the turn ofjonny brownlee, individual bronze in london and silver in rio, this his final olympic race. a last chance to complete the set. into the water, they run, they fly, they swim. - by the time georgia taylor brown finished her leg, britain had a 21—second advantage. would it be enough? this was drama to the end. the lead wiped out as alex yee was caught by the french team but on foot, yee is in a class of his own. he will win gold. alex yee is the olympic champion. jessica learmonth and jonny brownlee has his olympic gold _ and georgia taylor brown adds the gold to her silver- from the individual. yeah, i can't believe it, i was slightly nervous b

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

rights advancement act, and understanding that it is not just about texas but we see it in arizona, in georgia, in florida and in a number of other places. and also, people are encouraged perhaps by the daylight that there is with senator manchin and the possibility of a negotiation to create legislation that's workable and can get enough support to get passed. >> but you're right, it is an incredibly important story which is why we here at msnbc for the last four or five weeks have incessantly been covering it because it has a national domino effect as well. this rally in austin, it is coming as the texas democrats, as you know, left their state. they are trying to block restrictive voting measures, but republicans have certainly been hammering away at them for leaving, including during a congressional hearing this week. do you, julian, have any concerns of the optics of lawmakers fleeing texas? do you think it might dilute the concerns of voter suppression? >> i think the lines have been drawn very, very clearly. the legislators seem to have been doing a good job of informing their own const

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colonial pipeline also headquartered in georgia. i want to thank your personal who assisted in response to that incident. my request for you, mr. secretary, is that you commit that the next time your vacation to visit george and i hope to welcome you soon, that you will sit down with me and georgia ports authority personnel to discuss had dhs can better support cybersecurity to protect the port of savannah and perhaps you could comment now as well on your overall assessment of efforts to protect ports from cyber attack. >> so this is a very important area for us, cybersecurity structure agency is focus on port security and the cyber domain, and yes, senator, i would be pleased to visit georgia and visit the ports authority with you and address their concerns with respect to cybersecurity. and, of course, i would bring colleagues from cisa your most expert in that work. >> thank you, mr. secretary. finally on the same note we face a significant shortage of qualified cybersecurity professionals. this is a field growing importance to n

this is wrapping up in dekalb county, georgia. they vaccinated 230 people today. that's better than they expected to do. this is the third time the county has run such an event, only the second time they offered such incentive like a gift card give away, and each time in the past month, they've seen more people come in. that's a good thing. across the country, we know vaccination rates are picking up, that's true in georgia as well. the vaccination rate, 85% higher than it was three weeks ago. that's the seven day average of new vaccine doses administered. some of the people coming here have been teenagers who are getting ready to go to school this week. we talked to one 13-year-old who was a little skeptical, in the last week, decided it was best to do this before she goes back to class. >> i don't want to go to school, catch the virus. first i thought if i got the vaccine, virus went into my body, i saw people sick that didn't have the vaccine. >> that's worse, right? >> yes. >> reporter: the fear of actually getting covid. of course, that's a worse experience t

but we begin our coverage in georgia. cases there have exploded in recent days, and health officials say in the last two weeks ago, new cases have risen over 200%. natasha chen is at a vaccination drive in the atlanta area. obviously, there is a big push to get more people vaccinated right now. what are you seeing today? what are you hearing from people who are showing up to get vaccinated? >> reporter: well, jessica, it's clear that incentives actually work. because this is the largest number of people dekalb county has seen at recent vaccination events in the last month or so. that is partially because people are wanting the debit cards that are being given out. $50 debit cards for each person who gets a shot today. the first person in line that we talked to said he definitely came because of that. just now, they told us they reached 200 people vaccinated since this event started at 8:00 a.m. eastern time. we did also talk to some families who brought their young kids here. of course, you have to be 12 or older to get t

educators in georgia developed item units, put them into the georgia history curriculum. it altered social studies in the state afterwords. here is where danielle and i don't disagree on the characterization. i don't think that is the central story of america. the story of america is a stunning assertion of individual freedoms, not group identity and there's a tradition of anti-group identity in united states history. think of all the figures who are individualists, rogues, runaways, orphans, benjamin franklin, emerson, self-reliance, the road heading off to the wood dancing leave me the hell alone, emily dickinson going into her room and shutting the door, ralph ellison's invisible man, all the way to those motorcyclists in easy rider, one of the nicknames is captain america. anti-group identity. ask them what group, no, not part of any group. i don't want to be part of any group. that individualist lineage, where is that in the roadmap? >> lots to go back. >> let me start by disputing mark's characterization. he misunderstood the early question. we did not have group id

she's live at a vaccination site in dekalb county, georgia, with that story. natasha, what kind of incentives are being offered there, and are they working? >> well, boris and christi, this is billed as a back to school vaccination event, so they're giving out backpacks as well as $50 prepaid debit cards. i can tell you, the $50, that is working. because there were people lined up even before this event began. it's been going on for just about two hours now, and they have vaccinated about 100 people. that's definitely more interest than they've been seeing in the past, so something as simple as a gift card could be the trick here. the seven-day average of a new vaccination dose administered, that has also increased just as it has across the country, as you were saying here in georgia. it is 85% higher than it was three weeks ago. that average dose administered to people in the state here. so that is a positive sign. it is a race against time. it is also still a challenge convincing people to come here. we spoke to the first person in line today who actually sh

look in georgia. republicans there are taking the first step toward taking over the elections process in fulton county which is home to atlanta, also the state's largest county, also mostly black. what they have done is request a so-called performance review of the top election official in fulton county, loug allowing the republicans to replace the election official with a temporary superintendent of their choosing who would then have full authority over vote counting apology places and staffing. that's the type of covert effort no amount of organizing by activists will be able to defeat. what's happening in texas is an overt attempt to make it difficult for black and brown voters to cast a ballot through restrictive election bills. organizers and religious leaders are tackling those republican led efforts head on. today marks the last leg of a march through texas where voting rights advocates such as beto o'rourke on the reverend dr. william barber led a group of protesters directly to the state capi

. >> 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

with me is hank johnson of georgia. he's a member of the house transportation and infrastructure and judiciary committees. thanks for being with us. how do you see this unfolding? we have bipartisan support for the part of the bill that you would have assumed we had bipartisan support for. the fixing of roads, bridges, public transport. we've got some problems on the much bigger bill that democrats are interested in. >> well, i tell you, thank you for having me this morning, ali. i think the fact that democrats control the house and the senate, though those -- that control is very slight. we do have the ability to deliver for the american people. we already delivered the american rescue plan which lifted our economy from the doldrums of another great recession. and we injected money into this economy which got people back to work, got our children back to school safely or at least gives them a chance of returning to school safely now. and put money into peoples pockets. and made an initial investment to rebuild america.

cnn's natasha chen is live at a vaccination site in dekalb county, georgia, with that story. what kind of incentives are you seeing there today, natasha? good morning. >> reporter: good morning, christi and boris. today they are giving out backpacks and $50 pre-paid debit cards. the debit cards are something they tried in the previous vaccination event that they had and they found that it was effective in a sense that they got more people arriving at that event than previously before that. so today, this morning, the event doesn't start for almost another hour. we can see there's a line of people already prepared. they have a choice to either get tested or get their vaccine. i suppose they could do both at the same time. both are being offered here. this is being billed as a back to school event. that's why they're giving out backpacks trying to encourage the school-aged children who are eligible for a vaccine to get a shot as well. but it's a good sign to see at least some people waiting here knowing that it doesn't start for another hour and as we've been mentioning, the mo

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

in albany georgia. that is his hometown and jaelyn george, so proud of you that you're making this run. what did you decide to step up to the plate and run for the oval office. >> yes and i have had my life, i had a praying grandmother, my great-grandmother is 80 years old and lived in my ward and i want to hear about the crime in my hometown, have about a lot printed it but i cannot let allow my city to fall apart that way. i see firsthand on the federal level and possible heart it over things that they can't control. the local politics is everything. this is what we can make a direct impact and i can help fight for my community help save my family sprayed after brothers in the praying grandmother at home and i would hate for anything having to them them's ongoing step up to the plate. >> that's a powerful message. this tough that's where everything happens on the ground. what happens when you get elected pretty. >> the first up when i'm elected up i went make sure the albany police department is fully

alex yee and georgia taylor—brown added to their individual silvers. they were joined byjonny brownlee and jessica learmonth. then, in the pool, great britain claimed another gold in the mixed axioom medley. so where does all this leave the medal table? well, great britain remain sixth, with eight gold medals and 27 in total. up at the top is china with 20 golds and 44 overall. meanwhile, the american gymnast simone biles has pulled out of two more olympic events as she deals with mental health issues. on the track, the leading nigerian sprinter blessing okagbare has failed a drugs test and is out of the games. she won her heat in the 100m on friday and had been due to run in the semifinals later. let's take you now live to tokyo and speak to the bbc�*s sarah mulkerins, who is following all the action. a great day for the mixed events. we have the mixed triathlon relay, two men and two women in the team. we know that team gb had a very strong triathlon history and pedigree, the two individual silver medals, as you say. they were highly fancied coming

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mark kelly will not be helped by kamala harris and neither is senator warnock in georgia. >> this is the kind of weird thing we have right now. you have president biden whose governing like he's bernie sanders but he's not bernie sanders. there is no enthusiasm for him and kamala harris equally uninteresting but if you govern like you are bernie sanders go for broke. president biden should get rid of kamala harris and go with aoc, somebody who is interesting and will take the hits for governing like a crazy socialist so you might as well get the good benefit of that if you are going to take the bad as well. >> who would be hot if kamala harris lets democrats down and they feel their numbers are bad who would be -- who is up next? >> that is the truth, if aoc and Élan omar and the squad that is in the news all the time, making the splash or the big democrats other than them? can't think of any attorney sanders will run again because why not, the same people we've been talking about would be the challengers. brian: it has been a struggle to keep up the biden administration changing it

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

republicans in georgia are actively trying to take over elections in a crucial democratic stronghold. the atlanta journal-constitution says that still with us, victoria defrancesco soto, bill kristol. pictorial, you know this, activists are capping a four-day march for democracy with a rally where you are. the reverend william barber said, look, democracies in trouble, if this is the worst attack we have seen since the civil war, this needs to be massive. what needs to happen here? >> we need to see a movement. and it's really very much looking at the playbook of the 1960s. what was that playbook? it was pushing against over two dozen jim crow laws that restrict voting across the american south. we are starting to see the same thing, chris so what we are seeing in this fight is, folks going to washington, i'm going to assert my texas bias here, but i think the presence of the texas democrats from the legislature here, has really helped keep this in the spotlight. at the same time, you see the civil disobedience, grassroots marches, with sheila jackson lee that you saw yesterday. we sa

attorney in georgia from telling the house oversight committee why he, abruptly, resigned during trump's promotion of the big lie. nor, will the doj, publicly, stand in to defend congressman mo brooks in a private lawsuit that was filed by congressman eric swalwell, who was forced to run for his life from a violent mob after his colleague stirred up the rally crowd. now, whether it's refusing to, now, be a roadblock to a select committee's pursuit of truth. or the ways and means committee's attempts to view a presidential tax return. in the end, the goal is to provide the transparency that a coequal branch of government needs to serve as the effective check and balance that democracy requires. now, we will, one day, and perhaps soon, be able to answer the question that was on all of our minds, as we watched what officer daniel hodges described as domestic terrorism unfold. how could this have possibly have happened in america? >> to my perpetual confusion, i saw the thin blue line flag. a symbol of support for law enforcement, more than once, being carried by the terrorists as they ignor

put coercive pressure on vice president mike pence to reject electoral college votes from arizona, georgia and pennsylvania, to proclaim a power no vice president ever exercised and doesn't exist in the constitution. and mike pence refused to do it. do you know what? they trashed the place and they entered and wounded 140 police officers. now we have representatives from a major political party in texas representing african americans, mexican americans, white people, native americans, who are coming forward to say the voting rights are subjected to a gauntlet, an obstacle course. they say this is a up form of voter suppression. i was delighted to your my friend that it pained him -- to hear my friend that it pained him, mr. fallon, to hear about voter suppression inflicted on african-americans. but at some point apparently, it all ended and what you have come to washington to talk about is apparently just a figment of your imagination. so we can't trust the african-american community or hispanic community or native american community or voting rights lawyers about this. we are supposed to,

january 2, 2021 he calls the secretary of state of georgia and lean on him to overturn the election. why should it shock anyone that he was calling senior justice department officials and trying to put a thumb on the scale with respect to the election? big revelation today is that the justice department is making that available to congress and that is how a function government should work. we want a president to be able to talk to his cabinet officials but we don't want him to be able to engage in misconduct. when a president does, that information should be turned over to congress. >> is there any question whether or not what trump did with the acting ag was obstruction, was wrong behavior by a president? >> there's absolutely no question about it. look, there's a long standing tradition of presidents of the united states putting in place the attorney general, obviously he nominates them, they come from his political party in all likelihood. however, there is a long tradition of distance and separation. so for instance, when i was there, working on nominations, if there were white h

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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

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

the doj is picking on georgia. they are not looking at what they do in new york or new jersey or delaware. we have more opportunities, more days of early voting than any of those states. >> there's a reality of this. before georgia passed anything, they bought the domain name jim crow 2.0. they were basing a lot of the stuff on what was originally introduced, which was unnecessary. the reality is that they would raise money off of this whatever was passed. they were going to say it's terrible and oppressive. they filed the motion to dismiss yesterday. the filing of the law, they filed the lawsuit three days after the act failed. this is about fundraising and politics. every side keeps escalating this and politicizing it. somebody has been saying, we have to stop weaponizing this. >> both sides are doing it. is it doing serious damage to americans confidence in their electoral system? >> it has damaged confidence. it goes back to bush v gore. it got ramped up in 2016 when president trump won. they said it was russia

they happened to lose the two georgia elections. they would like to have all of the energy of trump, all of the demagoguery which is successful. let's not kid ourselves, that trump engaged in, and get rid of the less attractive aspects of it. i don't think you can do that. they don't have the courage to repudiate him. they're scared of the primary challenges. one can step back and say it is unwise for them to do this. they don't think they're doing badly. does mccarthy think he's going the lose the house in 2022? no, they think republicans have a decent chance. they don't think republicans have a chance in 2024. i would say honestly they do despite the lack of repudiation. they have not paid a price. who has paid a price? liz cheney. a huge number of republicans who voted to overturn the election of january 6th, they haven't paid the price. >> let's talk a little bit, victoria, about something i hear all the time from democrats, they want to see donald trump's taxes. the doj says the irs has to release them. democrats say it is a vi

. >> 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

they have a couple of races, georgia and arizona in particular where she could help and she was popular. mark kelly is not going to be helped by kamala harris and neither is senator warnock in georgia. >> this is the weird thing we have right now, joe biden is governing like he's bernie sanders but he's not bernie sanders, there is no enthusiasm for him. then you have kamala harris who is equally uninteresting or equally unenthusiastic but if you're going to govern like your bernie sanders, why not just go for broke? joe biden should get rid of kamala harris and go with aoc, go with somebody who is at least interesting. you're already going to take the hits for governing like a crazy socialist so you may as well get the good benefit of that if you're going to take all the bad as well. >> aoc, are you kidding? >> brian: if kamala harris lets democrats down and they feel like their numbers are two bad, who would be up next? >> that's the truth, aoc, ilhan omar, that whole squad in the news all the time, really making a splash. for the big democrats right now other than them was mike berni

attorney in georgia from telling the house oversight committee why he abruptly resigned during trump's promotion of the big lie nor will the doj publicly stand in to defend congressman mo brooks in a private lawsuit filed by eric swalwell forced to run for his life after a violent mob and colleague stirred up the rally crowd. whether it's refusing to now be a road block to a select committee's proof or the ways and means committee's attempts to view a presidential tax return, in the end, the goal is to provide the transparency that a co-equal branch of government needs to serve as the effective check and balance that democracy requires. now, we will one day and perhaps soon be able to answer the question on all of our minds as we watched what officer daniel hodges described as domestic terrorism unfold. how could this have possibly have happened in america? >> it's my perpetual confusion. i saw the thin blue line flag, symbol of support for law enforcement more than once being carried by the terrorist as they ignored our commands and continued to assault us. the sting of cs gas and oc

. >> reporter: the worry is already being felt in decatur, georgia, where classes begin on tuesday. nine students and five staff members at a charter school tested positive for covid. now more than 100 students are in quarantine. in florida, new covid cases topped 17,000, numbers the state hasn't seen since the winter surge. but today, the state's governor remained defiant. wrestns and no mandates in the state of florida. is set for broadway to reopen in september. theatre-goers need to prove they've been vaccinated. ( cheers ) that's also the case at the huge lollapalooza outdoor music fest, now underway in chicago. even with the new precautions, few are wearing masks. the thought of 100,000 people packed together worries university of chicago medicine epidemiologist emily landon. >> i am really worried for those little towns, or small places in unvaccinated america that have sent some of their teenagers to lollapalooza for a really good time, and could they see a faster or more-accelerated bump in their delta cases because of this? absolutely. >> reporter: and in those internal c.

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 --

the chair is pleased -- always pleased to recognize the judgment from georgia, mr. carter, our resident pharmacist. >> thank you, madam chair. let me begin by thanking you for being here and thanking those who have joined us virtually for your testimony. let me say that your presence here, virtually, brings a human touch to als, huntington's and that's extremely important. i echo the remarks of my colleague, representative guthrie when i say that it is important for you to be here, it is important for us to understand. as chairwoman said, i am pharmacist and i practice pharmacy for over 32 years and i will tell you through research and development, i've witnessed nothing short of miracles in the way of medicine and it's extremely important that i continue to encourage companies in the united states federal government to invest in research and development because as i say, i've witnessed nothing short of miracles in the years i've practiced pharmacy it is extremely important and gives help to all of us and gives it to you so please understand i support you. doctor, i

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

might the state of georgia be the first one to indict him because they've got the goods on a recorded phone call where he said i need somebody to find me 11,780 votes that fell off the back of a truck somewhere so i could be declared, wrongfully, the winner of the georgia election. the state investigations are important. and they must conducted. but we need him to be held accountable for violating the laws of the united states as president of the united states. >> eli, so many moving pieces, where are you keeping your eye? >> same as glenn. we need federal prosecutors, stepping up to the plate. but i completely agree. the funny thing about the conversations that we're talking about with the doj, he's already on record of doing it in georgia. and the georgia case for attempted election fraud is to me the most straightforward like do not pass go, go directly to jail offense that we have on the table right now. >> all right. thank you both so much. >>> up next, the house's adjourned without finding a way to extend the moratorium on evictions which expires tomorrow. cori bush and alexandr