power. so there s no question going forward. bill, let me ask you about donald trump has decided not to do his press conference or whatever it was he was going to do tomorrow, but matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene are going to present something they call a republican response. i m not clear on who allows them to do that or whothies republicans are who think that s a good idea. well, those two do. and they re members of congress. as you know they can get a room or stand outside and have a press conference and make claims if they want. i think it s interesting trump backed off. and it is about donald trump going forward in large part. i ll add that to gene s list. donald trump right now is leading in polls to be the republican nominee for president. there s some chance 30%, 40%, 50%, republicans will win in the next elections. anyway, there s a chance the republicans can win, trump likely to be the nominee.
democratic members of congress will also mark the anniversary of the insurrection with several events on capitol hill. republican leaders are not expected to take part. the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell and a bipartisan group of senators made up mostly of republicans plan to travel to atlanta to attend the funeral of the late senator johnny isaacson, senate minority leader, of course. marjorie taylor greene and matt gaetz will weigh in with their own views of january 6th with what they re calling a, quote, republican response. meanwhile demands for accountability with regard to the capitol riot are growing louder, and they re being increasingly directed to the biden justice department. as the new york times asks, quote, will the justice department move beyond charging the rioters themselves? today the attorney general, merrick garland, tried to respond to the mounting pressure on his department. during his speech garland gave something of an update on the
attorney general garland didn t say. what was left unsaid, anderson, though, is what about the role of those involved not just on the 6th but in the days leading up to the 6th and the aftermath of the 6th who may have broken the law? what comes to mind to me is the efforts of the former president to get the secretary of state of georgia to essentially fined 11,870 of those that don t exist. i don t believe those can be left to a local district attorney s office. meanwhile a new report from axios says people associated with former vice president mike pence are helping the january 6th committee. the piece says they have, quote, been particularly cooperative as the january 6th select committee focuses on what former president trump was doing during the more than three hours hat the capitol was under attack. earlier today the panel did meet with former trump white house
who hadn t even given him the courtesy of calling a mob when mccarthy desperately phoned him from inside the besieged building. the committee wants to discuss any communications mccarthy had with president trump at the time regarding his account of what actually happened on january 6th. the public statements regarding january 6th changed since the meeting. the committee is not wrong. this is all public record. the tone sounded different in this statement. great meeting with president trum top day. house republicans and the trump administration achieved historic results for all americans. and then mccarthy essentially started to do trump s bidding. this summer on the january 6th committee is being formed, he appointed five republicans, three of whom who voted to overturn election on january 6th. nancy pelosi vetoed two of the picks. one has been asked to appear before the committee as a witness to some of the most important events and refusing to cooperate. mccarthy, of course, then pul
multiple sources of now preliminary data indicate a decreased severity with omicron. however, we really do need more definitive assessment of severity with longer term follow-up here and in different countries. but the big caveat is we should not be complacent. public health leaders once again urging americans to stage vigilant as the omicron variant fuels a surge in cases. the cdc says it will not change the definition of what it means to be fully vaccinated, but the agency released new guidance today now recommending that all people all eligible people stay, quote, up-to-date with covid vaccine booster shots. back with us tonight, dr. celine gounder, clinical professor of