Joe concha. He is also featured in the new fox nation documentary citizens clint. I can t wait to see that more than half a dozen states now are pushing back against mask mandates, restricting local government from imposing them. President biden is looking to see if he can legally go over the governor s heads and order universal masking in public schools. President intervene in states like texas and florida where they are banning mask mandates? i don t i don t belief that i do thus far. We are checking that. But there are federal workforce i can. Harris: when it comes to masking inside schools, governor ron desantis of florida says parents, not politicians should have the final say. Our view is, of course, that we believe this is a decision for the parents to make. Also talking about imposing a potential nationwide mask mandate on kindergartens, first graders, who knows, regardless of what the parents believe is in the best interest of their kid and obviously if you are talking about t
In a minute i ll talk to congressman bennie thompson, architect of the january 6th commission as the same house republicans who cowered in fear of a violent mob are now calling it a school field trip, if they admit it happened at all. That s because the gop has channelled racism for political gain for so long that they cannot imagine winning without it. So every concern, including our national security comes second to either getting votes or suppressing them. And in just a few minutes, i ll talk to our nation s first latino senator, california democrat alex padilla about the sale mate over voting rights in the senate and the gop s fear of our demographic future. But first, the insurrection and litigating the big lie. My first guest to get us started, congressman bennie thompson, democratic of mississippi. He is the chair of the homeland security committee, and this week was put in charge of an independent commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. Congressma
The cause of what happened. We had witnessed it firsthand. History is watching. Our children are watching. We must be brave enough to defend the basic principles that underpin and protect our freedom and our democratic process. I am committed to doing that no matter what the shortterm political consequences may be. Among the possible consequences, liz cheney s removal as chair of the house republican conference. The party s third most powerful post in that chamber. She is now under siege and calling out trump. Today the second most powerful house republican has joined kevin mccarthy in backing the congresswoman stefanik of new york. President trump agrees calling stefanik a far conspire choice. She responded on twitter thanking trump for his 100% support. This afternoon president biden was asked about the implication of ousting liz cheney from her post in the house. We are in the midst of a significant mini revolution going on in the republican party. We badly need a republican party.
Mandates. Is he right? i think so. I think you will probably be seeing that as we go along and more people get vaccinated. The cdc will almost be in real time, george, updating fo guidelines, and was get more people vaccinated the number of cases per day will absolutely go down. So all of this forward momentum, more vaccinations and relaxing the mask mandates, asking the question, when will the life return towards number. And fauci said he sees next mother s day to be about as close as back to normal as we can. And we have a cnn medical analyst, and a doctor in straight talk, as i like to think, dr. Reiner, thank you for joining us. Dr. Fauci says my next mother s day the country will be back to normal. Does that sound right to you and where we are going to be? that seems right. It seems this summer, life will be closer to normal than what we have had in a long time. And the key to look at is how many adults have had at least one vaccination, and we re at 58%. In israel and the united
Normalcy. As of this week, children age 12 and up can now get the pfizer vaccine. Many parents are making sure they get the shots. Paul vercammen is at a vaccination site. Any difference from the vaccination process from adults? i guess you re seeing a lot more kids. Reporter: it is absolutely notable. They are recovering in this tent after getting their shots. We have seen a torrent of 12 to 15yearolds who have been urging their parents to give them the shot. They re all expressing they want to get out of the house, hang out with their friends and see a lot of daylight. I m excited to hang out with more of my friends, see more people. Reporter: do you have a vacation planned? i m going to go to zion, utah, with my friend zee. It s really fen to always hang out with her. It means a lot, i probably have to say. It s just a matter of convenience, because i just get to fully vaccinated, don t have to worry as much, and life will just be easier. Pretty much. In los angeles county there are