party. then, new reporting on the right-wing group coordinating the state-by-state effort to roll back democracy. we re working with the state legislators to make sure they have all of the information they need toraft the bill. plus, the activist sting to try to trap fbi and trump administration officials trashing the 45th president. the latest on the nightmare in gaza and tel aviv. and a momentous day for everyone who follows cdc mask guidelines. if you have been fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. there are 212 republicans in the house of representatives. on january 6th, just hours after an angry mob of trump supporters stormed the capitol, trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power, 139 of those republicans, a sizable majority, voted to overturn the election. they voted to give the mob exactly what it wanted, what donald trump wanted. even after the mob assaulted police
congresswoman liz cheney is not backing down in her fight against the two articles of faith in the current-republican party. the first being the disgraced, twice-impeached, former president s big lie. and the second. that the violent insurrection, that the big lie wrought, the maga mob s deadly siege on the capitol on january 6th did not happen, as we all saw it happen with our very own eyes on live tv. well, turns out, liz cheney wants to find out what actually happened. unlike, the clowns in her party. she for a commission looking into the insurrection was bipartisan. it needs to look, only, at january 6th and the events leading up to it, not at the blm and antifa riots last summer. and i think that, that kind of intense, narrow focus threatens people, in my party, who may have been playing a role they should not have been playing. playing a role, they shouldn t have been playing. hmm. like, perhaps, the trio who ali alexander, the organizer of the rally, preceding the in
effective. but we are still urging people to be cautious. matt gaetz adding two new york attorneys to his defense team. federal investigators are looking into gaetz s role into an alleged prostitution ring as part of a wider probe of the congressman and his associates. they lie about me because i tell the truth about them, and i m not going to stop. the funeral, we now know will be next saturday. the public aren t invited. there won t be any crowds. that s really because of the pandemic. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world on this saturday. you are live in the cnn newsroom. and tonight, michigan is facing a crisis. it leads to nation in coronavirus infections with a positivity rate of 18%. and now we are learning the federal government plans to help with this surge and new cases. a senior administration official telling me tonight that 160 fema vaccinators will head to michigan. that s people delivering the
boat that capsized just off the coast of san diego. officials say it looks like smuggling. and last night we asked you for your photos of things that helped raise your perspective in these troubled times. i call it the observatory effect. and you did not disappoint. we will share some of our favorites throughout the hour. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. well, president biden had a good week. he marked his 100 days in office delivering his first presidential speech to a joint session of congress. a new poll out today shows that nearly two-thirds of americans expressed optimism about the direction of the country. the last time we came close to that level of optimism was in december of 2006. i often think about a quote from abraham lincoln. public sentiment is everything. with it, nothing can fail. against it, nothing can succeed. perhaps it s clear why many americans are upbeat. 100 million of us are fully vaccin
senator ted cruz isn t alone. why americans are heading to mexico despite covid travel warnings. can-undrum how an aluminum shortage could soon hit your home. and later, a clue on how alex alex trebek s jeopardy! wardrobe is going to good use. what would your dad think about what you re doing? i think he would be happy. this is the cbs weekend news from chicago. here s adriana diaz. diaz: good evening. president biden today approved a major disaster declaration for texas. that makes emergency federal aid available to those in the lone star state impacted by those severe storms and the record cold that pummeled the south this week. at least 50 people are dead. millions of others are left without power, heat, or clean drinking water. a warm-up is forecast for this weekend, but as temperatures ri, so dfrustrion.raa is in dallas with the latest. good evening, omar. feed the people are sorting produce behind me here for a food drive. in the last two days, this group has s