While they were trying to defend our nation s capitol. The big question this morning, did their words have any impact, will there be any consequence sns we ve got to start with the biden administration considering dramatic new action to combat the delta variant s rapid assault against unvaccinated communities. We are talking coronavirus. Sources tell nbc news the white house is strongly looking at requiring federal workers to be vaccinated or face tough covid protocols like regular testing and wearing a mask. This news comes after the department of veterans affairs became the first federal agency to issue a vaccine mandate for all front line workers. And after california and new york city announced they will require vaccinations or weekly testing for all public employees. At the very same time, the cdc is out with brand new guidance, now recommending indoor masks again for everyone, including vaccinated americans, in specific covid hot spots. As a result, in the nation s capitol, masks
On interstate 95 in wakefield, is my understanding, and pulled over to see what they were doing. The trooper found the occupants of the vehicles refueling the vehicles and interacted with them, thought they were fully dressed in sort of tactical militarystyle gear is how chief mason referred to it. The state police say the trooper asked for their drivers license and license to carry, that the men wouldn t give the licenses, and then it sort of escalated from there. How did this escalate? did some of the people in this group head off into the woods and then police called for backup and created sort of a situation where they could contain the area, block it off? yeah, more or less. I think that pretty quickly the first trooper called for backup, is what the state police said, two of the members were arrested fairly early on and others went into the woods. One of the members actually posted youtube videos from the middle of the highway showing himself and a few of the other members sort o
Expected today against the trump family business and its chief financial officer. We ll have the latest from south florida as crews recover more bodies from the rubble of that collapsed condo. And president biden visits the disaster site today. We re also following bill cosby s release from prison. The assault conviction against him overturned on a technicality. The house votes to establish a committee to investigate the capitol insurrection with only two republicans voting yes. We ll tell you who they are. And also we ll show you some incredible the new york times investigation footage that stitched together all the video from the insurrection into a must see compilation of exactly what happened that day from every angle. And how many entrances were breached. And how the cops were desperately outnumbered for hours. We ll dig into that, it s incredible. Everybody should take a moment. It s 40 minutes long, to watch it. This morning, where things stand with the new york city mayor race
This time wasn t even close. The question, is i think there is an answer, is obamacare here to stay? plus, democrats make progress on a critical voting rights bill as senator joe manchin s proposal gets a key endorsement. The question is, will it get enough republican support? and two of the biggest names in tennis withdraw from wimbledon. Will we see them at the olympics? it s way too early for this. Good morning. Welcome to way too early, the show that is serving up a busy hour of news ahead. I m kacie hunt. We ll start the news. A conservative dominated supreme court dismissed the latest attempt by republicans to eliminate obamacare leaving intact insurance coverage for 31 million americans. By a vote of 72, with justice stephen breyer writing for the majority, the case was dismissed on basically the procedural basis of lack of standing. The court held that a texas led coalition of gop controlled states as well as two individual plaintiffs hadn t suffered any injury and, therefore,
Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. It s friday, june 11th. This morning, there are stunning new allegations of abuse of power by the trump white house. And the trump administration. Just how far did donald trump, bill barr, jeff sessions push the justice department to go to go after trump s perceived political enemies? new reporting this morning reveals, pretty far. Definitely. Prosecutors subpoenaed apple for iphone records of at least two house intelligence committee democrats, chairman adam schiff and eric swalwell along with their staff and family members, including a child. The new york times first reported the story that prosecuted were hunting for leakers trying to find out who was behind media reports about contacts between trump associates and russia. According to the times, even after investigators thought they hit a dead end and discussed closing the inquiry, bill barr told them keep digging. That s one of the big red flags in all