the january 6th committee. that house committee is still at work. one of the washington post reporters behind the latest january 6th scoop will join us. plus, for the first time we re learning of the secret scramble on the day of the insurrection, prompted by something president trump said and something the house committee is now investigating. also, the race to lead the country s second biggest city going down to the wire, a billionaire businessman up against someone who at one point was reportedly on the short list for president biden s vp. we have a lot to get to. i want to bring in garrett haake, along with white house correspondent carol lee. i want to start with you, cara. at times briefings can be somewhat lighthearted. now this one. matthew mccoy hi had a very clear and emotional message not just to the audience in the briefing room, but presumably the audience watching live across the country. that s right, hallie, he made an impassioned plea to pass legislat
More than 31,000 have been infected, including a dozen confirmed cases in the United States. Of course the vast majority of this is happening on the chinese mainland but as you can see on this map on screen, it has spread across the globe. We have team fox coverage as we wait for the News Conference to begin. Jonathan serrie is live in atlanta, which is home to the cdc. They have guidance for all the doctors out there. First lets begin with bryan llenas live on the ground in bayonne. Tell us what the scene is like. Good afternoon. All the passengers on board a Royal Caribbean anthem of the seas, behind me here in bayonne, they disembarked this morning. This is what we know thus far. The governor of new jersey, phil murphy, says 27 passengers were screened by cdc personnel this morning. 23 of them were immediately cleared. Four of those passengers were taken to an area hospital to be evaluated further. These 27 passengers were all from Mainland China. From what we understand, they are n