state representative marsh joins me now. i also want everyone to know representative, you re also a doctor. so these objections to vaccine mandates obviously aren t new among republicans so what led you to do this now? erin, this started back in june. we had a bill on the house floor that basically would have put in place desantis style restrictions against what i consider reasonable precautions to control covid. i spoke out against that on the house floor and i won the new hampshire house did not pass that measure. it s been an interesting summer. i won t go into some of the behind the scenes stuff but yesterday they decided to hold a rally in support of desantis regulations prohibiting businesses from mandating vaccinations for employees and prohibiting schools from mandating masks and businesses from deciding their patrons need to be vaccinated and wear masks. we all know what s happen income
neither of their countries was on the verge of a nuclear war. thank you. you re welcome. good to be with you, erin. you, too, sir. next, pennsylvania republicans moving to subpoena the personal information of millions of voters as they obsess over the non-exist tablet wide spread election fraud. as the police call for the national guard ahead of a rally at the capitol, we hear from the organizer why the rally is supporting the january 6th insurrectionists. they ve been charged with expressing their first amendment rights in a public building at the wrong place at the wrong time. the twists keep coming. the father from that prominent south carolina family is admitting he arranged for a hit man to kill him. tonight, there is a new investigation into another death, a mysterious death of family s housekeeper.
requesting the national guard to help for the rally. the temporary security fencing around the capitol is expected to go up in the next half hour or so. jessica schneider is outfront to talk to just who is behind this upcoming rally. reporter: as washington ramps up security ahead of a september 18th rally. organizer matt brainard is on the defensive down playing the concern from law enforcement that his event at the capitol saturday could spark violence. we learned that law enforcement is preparing for some people on saturday to be armed. what are you doing to ensure there is no violence? we got a largely peaceful crowd. we ve had two events in washington d.c. so far at the department of justice and at the prison and there are no incidents so far. no one is going to be bringing a weapon part of our crowd. i can assure the police of that. reporter: capitol police requested national guard assistance for saturday and cnn learned d.c. police will be fully activated and now the
here. you cover congress. right now, walk us through it. what is the level of concern on capitol hill ahead of this september 18th rally? walking around capitol hill you can tell how amped up security precautions have been for this rally coming up on saturday. you have these new security cameras all around campus, increased numbers of law enforcement, the fence going up in a few days, and staff are really on edge about what could happen saturday especially after what happened on january 6th. the thing is when this rally happens, congress won t actually be in session, so unlike january 6th, you won t have as many staff members or lawmakers in any of the office buildings, so,al though there will be a large law enforcement presence, you won t have as many people around the capitol as there have been during prior indens. nicholas, this rally for this upcoming weekend are in support
liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty house speaker nancy pelosi has invited republicans to join her for a briefing with capitol police. a source tell ing cnn that concerns center around saturday s rally in washington and security preparations being made ahead of it. melanie zanona is live for us on capitol hill with the latest. what are we expecting here? speaker nancy pelosi s office, briefing is one of several security briefings that have taken place in recent days as they gear up for the september 18th rally, being o orged in support of the jailed rioters. house administration committee receive aid briefing and rank and file capitol police officers have started to receive briefings in recent days with one of them telling me that that