Vaccinating people fast enough to stay ahead of the new variant, though it is getting better. When that briefing begins, we will bring it to you. There is also a lot going on Behind The Scenes right now on capitol hill. It is about to spill out into public view. The Republican Party trying to figure out what to do with itself in this posttrump era. Who carries the mantle . Who do they stand with . Liz cheney, a lifelong republican, member of House Leadership who voted her conscience and explained very cleary to impeach donald trump and facing blowback. Or do they stand with Marjorie Taylor greene who is on video and online pushing wild, unfounded and antisemitic Conspiracy Theories. Sources telling cnn she has not given any indication that she wants to correct, reject and apologize for that. House republicans met late into the night last night about Marjorie Taylor greene and their future. This afternoon House Republicans will gather once again. The most immediate question is, do repub
So good to see you again. When this all happened last night, i thought of many things, but i did think of you, and ill tell you why. Its evidence related. You have used your knowledge, your program over the many months of this to talk about how initially it was pretty clear that the Justice Department was not going beyond the events of that day, and you and i talked about that. Other reporters have weighed in, and im curious even though i know you have been talking about it for two hours how you think we got here. Because what we saw in this indictment that i thought was both strong, gripping and bad for the indicted donald trump, was how long and repeatedly they tried to end democracy in america. Yeah, the indictment is so harrowing, and i think that jack smith was at this for just ten months, obviously he built on all of the good work of the committee. I have learned that things are never as clean as what they appear, and we dont always have all the facts before them. But i think the
viewed justice clarence thomas as key to stopping the certification of the election. the former director of national intelligence is my guest tonight. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, biden s major speech this hour, with just six days until election day, president biden any moment now will deliver a major speech. the topic is the threat to democracy, and it comes on the heels of a violent attack on the house speaker nancy pelosi s husband paul. biden betting this will turn the tide of the midterms. but as he prepares to speak, only 9% of likely voters say voting rights and election integrity are the most important issues to them. 51% say the economy is their number one concern. 51%. and today that issue was front burner. the fed raising interest rates by another three-quarters of a percentage point. rates have been rising at an unprecedented pace with mortgage rates above 7% for the first time in 20 years. you can see the stage
blunt warning. the president saying the hate and fear that has been allowed to fester in the united states is now threatening america s democracy as he made an emotional visit to buffalo to meet with the families who lost loved ones in the racist massacre over the weekend. plus, the truth is out there. and lawmakers want to get to the bottom of it, today, holding their first public hearing on ufos in decades. why lawmakers warn ufos pose a potential national security threat. leading this hour, it is primary day. the first polls are about to close in what is one of the most consequential days of the year. we re learning the leading democratic senate candidate john fetterman is about to get a pacemaker installed after suffering a stroke last week. jessica dean is live in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, following fetterman s campaign. a lot of health questions for fetterman in the closing days of the race. how is the campaign dealing with it? well, i just spoke with his campaign
backed the plot by voting against certifying biden s win that night. now, what were donald trump s unindicted coconspirators pushing for in their last desperate pitch? you are forgiven if you don t exactly remember. some of this is public, some we re learning from indictment and details. but this is important, again, for what a jury will hear and decide about whether to convict trump. whether trump would spend future days not in an oval office but in a rectangular cage. jack smith notes minutes before midnight, lawyer john eastman was back at it, pressing mike pence s lawyer in writing, in an email, that they should still try to fraudulently claim when they reconvene there was a fake violation in the electoral count act. for ten days that was the pitch. just give us ten more days to allow the legislatures to finish their investigations. you see 11:44 p.m. at the top of