bolduan. the january 6th committee building its case against former president donald trump, and his plot to overturn the 2020 election. but could the former president face charges? plus, inflation and the fight against it making the american dream unaffordable for some. i ll ask one of the president s top economic advisers what can be done to help those who need it most. and more than three weeks after the school shooting in uvalde, texas, a community is still waiting for answers. that s what we re watching at this hour. we begin with the january 6th committee laying out more evidence that donald trump knew his plan to overturn the 2020 election was illegal. he tried to do it anyway. that finding leading to a critical question, will the justice department criminally prosecute the former president? a former federal judge and conservative legal expert testified thursday that trump s plan promoted relentlessly by
bolduan. here s what we re watching this hour. masks and losing restrictions. the cdc standing by for some guidance. and mask confusion. does this put him at odds with the rest of his party? the debate over gender identification in classrooms. why the white house is jumping in. in massachusetts the governor there just announced its school mask mandate will not be extended past this month, joining other blue states, like oregon, new jersey, delaware, canada. the government has said the full blown pandemic of covid is nearly over in the u.s.
these prime targets. there is a political angle to this, as well. we heard today from the democratic mayor of the city from oakland. she spoke to our colleague, indicate bolduan. she said in her view the lack of police officers, not enough police on the street are partially to blame. take a listen to what she said. let me be clear, oakland needs more police. we have been impacted by staffing reductions, covid interrupted our recruitment and training processes, and the defund rhetoric is challenging our ability to attract and retain recruits. reporter: so all those things taken together, the targets themselves prime for these robbers staging their acts and at least in the mayor s view there, the lack of police on the street is the perfect storm that s allowing this to continue and worth pointing out there are things that police officers are trying to do both behind the scenes and things that we can see with our own eyes. we know they re working together, trying to build out
bolduan. here s what we re watching at this hour. president biden, a packed schedule for his first trip abroad. we ll lay out what s at stake. priorities in peril. as he heads to europe, his domestic agenda seems to be falling apart. is biden s trip coming at the worst possible time? dr. fauci joins us to talk about what worries him with the covid crisis and his legacy. right now president biden is on his way to england for his first international trip since taking office. he leaves behind a domestic agenda stuck in grid lot, as he faces the major challenge of bolstering relationships with international allies. his scheduled is jam-packed, eight days of diplomacy from england, brussels, jean new year s eve have, where he ll end
well. because especially major countries are trying to gen in conversations, it s gold. fascinating reporting. thank you for bringing it, i appreciate it. thank you. coming up for us, the cdc is calling it an outbreak, the disturbing rise in deaths and illnesses associated with vaping. now the trump administration is weighing a major ban. bolduan, thank you so much for we have detail on that next. joining me. what is in a word, such deep questions we ask on this show. that seems to be still a big question on capitol hill right now when it comes to impeachment. the house judiciary committee just this morning approved new ground rules for its impeachment inquiry or investigation or both. those words, though, are not something the democratic chairman at the least is shying away from this investigation will allow us to determine whether to recommend articles of impeachment with respect to cal