times, this is a relatively new development that was triggered by cassidy hutchinson s testimony last month. the times says a number of hutchinson s key assertion, including the idea that trump knew his supporters were armed and wanted to lead them to the capital, were new to investigators. quote, in conversations at the department the day after ms. hutchinson s appearance, some of which included deputy attorney general lisa monaco, officials talked about the pressure that the testimony created to scrutinize mr. trump s potential criminal liability and whether he intended to break the law. ms. hutchinson s disclosure seemed to have opened a path to broaching the most sensitive topic of all, mr. trump s own actions ahead of the attack. exploring the link between the former president and the extremists who traveled to d.c. on the 6th. axios has learned the committee has evidence that some pro trump groups were planning to come closer to the date of the inauguration but chang
scheme. these things happen, at all levels of government. but, that wasn t what this was. this was something stranger. michigan township, part of a statewide investigation. sources tell news a, michigan state police raided irving township home, and berry county, this past friday. this, after someone was allegedly given improper access to voting machines. the investigation, starting here in roscommon county. michigan state police say, there, a third party, allegedly, was given unauthorized access to voter tabulation machines, and data drives. state police confirmed, the investigation has since spread to several other counties in the state, but would not, explicitly, confirm if irving township was on that list. they say this township in the hall, is part of the investigation. state police, rating the town hall, investigating whether someone was given unauthorized access to voting machines. the township supervisor, later confirming, a state police seized voting tabulator
so, my call to action today is simple. tear off a small piece from your commencement program, and write life is for service on it. yes, we gave you the pens to really do it. up and on that no, i wish you a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with, us i will see you next week. thanks for staying up late doctor anthony fauci, joining us later on. we ll be asking, him how do we understand this rise in covid cases, across the country? how worried should we be that new funding, to fight covid, is still, bottled up in congress? let me start tonight with the story picked up last week in western michigan. sources tell the nbc affiliate at the town hall, more of the communities they covered, were like raided by law enforcement. if your reporter, and here the town hall is rated, your mind goes to corruption, graft, or some small town embezzlement scheme. these things happen, at all levels of government. but, that wasn t w
since january. the number of hospitalizations are up as well. how worried are you at this moment, dr. fauci, about the ba.5 variant, and what do we need to know about how to protect ourselves? well, it s something we absolutely need to take seriously. it has a transmission advantage over the prior variants that were dominant. the dominant variant was first ba 1, then ba.2, then 2.1. then you get to ba.5, which clearly has a transmission advantage which is one of the reasons why we re seeing throughout several regions of the country including in particularly the new york area, you re starting to see cases go up. it needs to be taken seriously. everybody wants to put this pandemic behind us and feel and hope it doesn t exist. it does. however, the good news is we
lineage of omicron that has a transmission advantage. it transmits more readily. with waning immunity, we re seeing a situation where we don t have as many people vaccinated as we d like. and the hospitalizations, and the dust that we are seeing, predominately are among the vulnerable. the elderly, and those with underlying conditions. sadly, even those who had been vaccinated, so there are a lot of things that we can do, and we need to do, that unfortunately, in this country, compared to other countries that are developed and rich countries, the total proportion of people that have been vaccinated and boosted is below where we would like to see it. but all those things together, and that s the reason why we re seeing the surging of cases. how does this play out for you? because what tends to happen here is, right about that moment where everybody thinks you out of this thing, we then