Encouraging news on the fight against the virus. A first of its kind study kinds the vaccine developed by astrazeneca can very much cut the spread of the virus. Were talking about our medical expert about that. And call it a booster shot, the Biden Administration expanding Vaccine Distribution with plans to send doses directly to pharmacies next week. Dr. Fauci says it cant happen soon enough. Are we vaccinating right now at a pace to keep ahead of these mutant strains . Well, were Getting Better and better, but, savannah, were not. Im Hallie Jackson in washington. We start this morning with Garrett Haake on capitol hill. Garrett, that tribute for Officer Sicknick is starting in just a little bit this hour but as we come on the air there is big news youve been covering from the senate regarding what you could perhaps technically call a power sharing agreement, but if you put in in laymans terms it basically means that congress, now the senate, can function as its supposed to function w
Little january 6th insurrection. The highest court in the land today kept him on the ballot in a ruling a dodges the facts of january 6th and trumps role in it. Instead, the Supreme Court handed trump a second gift on a constitutional technicality. The justices say that states do not have the power to bar candidates from running for federal office. They say, quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal Office Holders and candidates, we reverse. Theyre referring to the decision by the Colorado State Supreme Court. Now, that court found that trump did engage in insurrection by trying to overturn the will of the voters by any means possible, including violence, and that section 3 of the 14th Amendment does, in fact, apply to the presidency. Now, the Supreme Courts decision today does not touch on either the question of whether trump is or is not an insurrectionist, or whether the text of section 3 applies to him.
harbored neo-nazi indications. he had essence wants to get tattoos on his body, posted racist, homophobic and misogynistic streets squeezed online that praise the far-right, and wore patch during his killing spree that red rwds, an acronym that means right-wing death squad. authorities say they can t yet confirmed the shooters exact motive, but that kind of right-wing extremist ideation has become the motivating force behind a lot of violent attacks in this country. in fact, we now know that right wing extremists committed every single ideologically driven mass killing identified in the u.s. in 2022 with an unusually high proportion perpetrated by white supremacists, according to a report by the anti-defamation league. we also know that far-right violence is not limited to senseless attacks like mass shootings. just last week, four members of the proud boys, a designated hate group, were convicted of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the deadly january 6th insurrection
safety confirmed this week that the man who murdered eight people at the dallas area mall harbored neo-nazi indications. he had essence wants to get tattoos on his body, posted racist, homophobic and misogynistic streets squeezed online that praise the far-right, and wore patch during his killing spree that red rwds, an acronym that means right-wing death squad. right-wing extremist ideation has become the motivating force behind a lot of violent attacks in this country. in fact, we now know that right wing extremists committed every single ideologically driven mass killing identified in the u.s. in 2022 with an unusually high proportion perpetrated by white supremacists, according to a report by the anti-defamation league. we also know that far-right violence is not limited to senseless attacks like mass shootings. just last week, four members of the proud boys, a designated hate group, were convicted of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the deadly january 6th insurr
great to see you, my friend. much appreciated. thanks for joining us at home. lots of news at all times going on right now. in california, the monsoon styled brains there have literally 10% of the entire u.s. population living under a flood watch right now. the population of california is so big, that when 90% of californians are under a flood watch, as they are tonight, that is 20% of the whole u.s. population. in this accession of extremely wet storms, the north central coast of california has been particularly hard hit already. now, with additional storms still coming, there are all kinds of california rivers that don t usually flood that are looking out like they are going to flood. these are places where there aren t a lot of flood mitigation systems, because they are rivers that don t usually flood. there is not a lot of local experience with inland flooding with people surviving it, and again, mitigating it. it is bad tonight. a lot of california with more rain and s