vaccination. it s a ray of hope for millions of american families and a common sense approach to travel as we stair down what looks more and more like a bifercated country. we re sure pasting the devastating flu of 1918 and driven by the tragedy unfolding in largely unvaccinated states like mississippi which currently has the highest covid death rate per capita in the country and if it were a zone country, miss mississippi would be tied for second. republican governor tate reeves tried to down play his own incompetence. as you know, unfortunately, fatalities is a lagging indicator when it comes to the virus, it is a lagging indicator and so timing has as much to do with that statistic that you used as anything else. the president will try to believe the delta variant is only affecting republicans in the united states. that is not true. that is not a fact. move around the country and you re going to see fatalities rise in other states. we believe in personal responsibility
oh, he says much worse in a new book. and the authors are here to talk about it. i m jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. this sunday it is full steam ahead at the capitol, where in less than 48 hours lawmakers will gavel in for first scheduled hearing of the january 6th select committee. capitol hill and metropolitan police officers are expected to give their personal accounts of that harrowing day. but the time and place of the hearing is about all we know. since plans to create a more bipartisan committee crumbled this week. now, republicans are threatening to run their own investigation after speaker pelosi vetoed kevin mccarthy s, quote, ridiculous appointments of trump sycophants jim jordan and jim banks to the slate. it is my responsibility as speaker of the house to make sure we get to the truth on this, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that. joining me now is mississippi congressman benny thompson, chair of the house homeland secu
dana: violence in the middle east escalating as israel trades rockets with palestinians. and iran backed hamas. bill: the crisis at the border no sign of letting up as migrants stream into the u.s. cdc under fire from numerous fronts over these conflicting and confusing guidance measures we ve heard by the day. dana: in a moment a live report from the white house and senator mike lee will join us to react. let s begin with the gas shortage in the southeast where the cyberattack led to panic at the pump. jonathan serrie live from atlanta. what does it look like this morning? good morning. right now we re at a qt station in atlanta and there is a steady clientele moving in and out of the pumps here. this station still has diesel and regular. we were at a different qt yesterday and when we arrived they were out of premium and mid grade. after an our of our arrival they ran out of gas all together. i checked back this morning and they were still out. this particular qt st
the ongoing surge of illegal immigration at our southern border. good evening, william. reporter: yeah, i used to work in san diego and covered several of these things. ate appears that the boat broke up as it tried to negotiate the rocky coast near point loma south of san diego. and frequently these mexican fishing boat drivers don t want to actually beach their boats on u.s. soil. they ll try to drop people off basically in the water. and this is not an area like miami beach or even coronado, it s very, very rocky, and it could have lost power, the waves could have knocked them into it, unfamiliar area for one of these drivers. so maritime smuggling off san diego not uncommon especially in these kind of boats which are like a coastal fishing boat. they re open bow, outboard motor, a little longer than an suv, and sometimes they smuggle drugs, sometimes people. and here s one being chased by the coast guard in 2019. now, typically they take off south of tijuana, they go ar
led to the january 6th attack on the capitol with key players offering contradictory statements, the question is, how will congress get to the bottom of what happened? and new polling shows a majority of americans, including 60% of republicans, support president biden s covid relief plan. with the bill being so popular, the question is, how exactly do republicans plan to oppose it? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early. i am kasie hunt on this thursday, february 25th. we ll start with the news. we are learning more about the security breakdown behind the january 6th attack on the capitol. according to prepared testimony for a house hearing set for today, acting capitol police chie pittman will tell lawmakers that while violence by an extremist group was likely, quote, it did not identify a specific credible threat. on january 6th, pittman was the assistant chief of police for the department that oversees intelligence and coordinates w