patients with covid and we re struggling to find icu beds and i need people that are working to find the solution. i ve said before that at this point in the pandemic you are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem. the solution is getting more people vaccinated and boosted. you know, senator paul has refused to get vaccinated, instead relying on natural immunity. it doesn t work. i need people, you know, who will help us to get better masks to more people. you know, senator paul states that masks are useless. all right. i need people helping to protect children. senator paul has stated repeatedly that this virus is of no risk to kids. we have lost 1,000 children to this virus. so i m looking for people who are part of the solution, not who beclown themselves the way senator paul did today. you know, when i say other i used that word earlier today because that s exactly what he is doing.
going to try and find a way to get him to talk. victor, i do think it is an important point to make that they have not had a ton of success with those that are very close and loyal to donald trump and there s no doubt that giuliani is in that category. ryan, also, we re learning that the department of justice is announcing that it s going to form this new unit to combat domestic terrorism. so, how will it do that? reporter: yeah, what s interesting about this, and this was part of hearings that took place here on capitol hill, is that they are worried about not just domestic terrorism across the country but they re also worried about the internal threats that could, you know, be a problem here at the capitol, and that goes with not only staffers and people that work for members of congress but also capitol police officers. in the capitol police chief tom manger said during this hearing part of what they re going to do to try to root this problem out is begin at the hiring process a
laura: it doesn t work. [laughter] it doesn t work. doctor, you have been a clear voice of understanding and common sense, thank you. speaking of experts, the advice biden implemented vaccine mandate for health care workers but the result predictable peer thousands of health care workers fired or quit. just yesterday mayo clinic fired 700 and vaccinated employees. 700! but the mandate future is uncertain because tomorrow morning u.s. supreme court over the constitutionality. my next guest will present arguments against these forest vaccinations. louisiana attorney general joins me now. an attorney general landry, how do you feel before the big night? i don t know if americans understand, tomorrow is one of the most important hearings of the supreme court that we will hear, arguments that they will hear.
senator manchin and senator sinema are on board with this. he needs to work in washington, d.c., to lead in the senate, the senate that he knows very well, to make sure that we can get a positive vote and move voting rights protections forward. i hear you. i hear you, and i hear what you think would be more effective than going to georgia, but again, do you think that showing this chasm in the democratic party between you and the president and the vice president who are in your state today, do you think that s helpful? georgia showed up for president biden. georgia showed up for senators warnock and ossoff. we did the work to make sure to make that happen in georgia. now it s time for the president and the vice president to work in d.c. to make it happen in the u.s. senate. we elected them to get things done. they promised they would get this done. now it s time for them to be held accountable to that, and actually get the work done in washington, d.c. they need to go back to the
breakthrough heart transplant. on friday, doctors transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into the man who had terminal heart disease. this could help solve the shortage of donor organs in the u.s. let s bring in cnn medical correspondent, elizabeth cohn. this is a medical breakthrough with major implications so what could this mean for the future? alisyn, if this works, if this man lives and lives a healthy life for any period of time, really, or for more than just a few days or weeks or months, this could be a game changer. if it doesn t work, it might not end up meaning very much. so everyone agrees here, his doctor, he agrees, this was not anyone s first choice. no one wanted to do a pig heart plant. he didn t qualify for a human heart or for an artificial heart pump, so he said this was his only choice, this was all he could do. it was this or death. that s david bennett, a 57-year-old man from maryland. now the video of the surgery