seeing to voters our democracy is at stake. whether you vote for joe biden, or you vote for a republican, nikki haley, do not vote for an insurrectionist to be president of the united states. our democracy is at stake. >> reporter: congresswoman, annie kuster, very powerful words. i think for joining us today. i really appreciate it. after this break -- thank you, congresswoman. after this, park you will hear from capitol police, officer harry dunn, he defended the capitol on january 6th, and now he is running for congress. first though, to richard louis with other big headlines. richard? >> thank, you paola. first, some breaking news -- for you, a u.s. official confirming to nbc news that president biden did not know defense equatorial lloyd austin was hospitalized until three days after that fact. yesterday, the pentagon said austin was hospitalized on new year's day due to complications from elective surgery. in a statement today, austin said he could have done a, quote, better job of notifying the public. the faa, now grounding all boeing 737 max nine airplanes that operate in the united states for safety inspections.