Charged. Do you think this is only going to get bigger . I think thats right. I still dont know whats going to happen, as i said, with kind of the other tentacles of the investigation as far as manipulating Asset Values for Bank Fraud and Tax Fraud and that side of things, the hush money payments, et cetera. But as far as this particular scheme is concerned, the indictment was very careful to not only talk about weisselberg and his son but to make clear that other people benefited and other people were involved on the Trump Organization Side as far as making this scheme happen. So i fully expect that more people will be charged in this particular scheme in the weeks to come. Michael, if weisselberg was being paid off the books, what are the chances others like the Trump Family were too . Well, i think the chances are very good. In fact, the first person id imagine theyre looking at is Ivanka Trump because it was revealed in the press a couple of years ago that she was paid in a way that was quite similar to the offthebooks payments that went to allen weisselberg. This involved paying her contractors fees. In weisselbergs case, the prosecutors noted that he used that status of selfemployed that he got by taking these fees as a consultant to engage in Retirement Programs that he would otherwise have been ineligible for. So he got taxfree retirement investments. And i think in ivankas case, she too accepted sort of a Doubledipping Scheme where she was paid on a certain project as both a Trump Executive and a consultant. So this is, i think, going to have much bigger dimensions than were aware of right now, and i think it may even wind up pitting the various trump children against each other, and we may see them vying for their Fathers Protection in one way or another. Jennifer, you know how this works, but what does this all mean for Donald Trump . If prosecutors had something on him, would they have already put it out there . Not necessarily. But, you know, what they need on Donald Trump is the knowledge, the intent. They need to prove not only that he signed checks that went to, like, allen weisselbergs grandsons private school, even if he knew this benefit was going to someone, he had to know that they were also not paying the taxes on it. They had to know that there was something wrong that was being done with it. Thats the piece that we dont know that they have now, and its likely to require some sort of cooperating witness because, you know, he doesnt email, so its unlikely those kinds of communications will be found in writing in the documents theyve obtained from the Trump Organization. They are likely going to need a live witness who can say, of course he knew about this scheme. We discussed it on these various dates and time. Obviously a lot of pressure is being brought to bear on allen weiss weisselberg. If michael is right and other people in the trump orbit, the close orbit get charged, it will be interesting to see whether someone else comes to the table and wants to cooperate against Donald Trump. You theres another michael who knows how this works as well. Hes the former attorney for Donald Trump, and its michael cohen. This is what he said about the Trump Organization today. Every single thing, whether it was the acquisition of paper clips, light bulbs, furniture, mattresses, you name it, allen weisselbergs kids payments, rent, everything, would have Donalds Signature on it or his initial. So according to the indictment, trump signed the checks, but it seems like weisselberg was the one taking all the risk. Is that just the Way Trump operates . Well, it is the way that he operates, but i think one of the things that also indicates that Donald Trump may have been at the heart of this is that it was such penny ante stuff. Donald trump is notoriously cheap. So the idea that he would want to keep a set of books to make sure that allen Weisselbergs Compensation Scheme didnt exceed what he expected Wi Weisselberg to get paid in total is very consistent with the personality of this man. Hes very controlling, but hes also very cheap, and he doesnt want to pay a penny more than he has to for anything. Michael, jennifer, thank you. One of you should go check your car because an alarm was going off somewhere. Make sure everythings okay. I appreciate it. I want to turn now to House Speaker Nancy pelosi announcing her eight picks for the new select committee to investigate the January 6th insurrection. Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney accepted Pelosis Offer to join seven democrats on that committee, saying her oath to the constitution is above concerns of partisanship and politics. So joining me now, one of the seven democrats selected, and Thats Congresswoman Elaine Luria of virginia, and were so happy that she is here. Representative luria, thank you so much. So republicans are already calling this Committee Partisan even though they were the ones who shut down a bipartisan commission. Given their obstruction and attempts to whitewash what happened, how will you find out what happened on January 6th . Well, don, thanks for having me. You know, what id say is the point of this is to get to the bottom of the facts. The events that happened that day, the causes, and come up with Policy Recommendations and a way forward that this cant happen again. And, you know, we attempted to have a nonpartisan commission. That passed with a majority of votes in the house and the senate, but didnt meet the threshold in the senate to be enacted. This is the way forward with this group. It is already a bipartisan group with Liz Cheney joining our ranks, and we look forward to the republican minority leaders appointing the additional members so the committee can get to work. There are two gop sources that are telling cnn that Kevin Mccarthy threatened any republican what happens if he doesnt appoint members . How is this committee going to work if he doesnt do that . I cant really comment on the internal deliberations within the republican caucus, but the committee does have a quorum. The committee is bipartisan and, you know, the committee intends to move forward with its work as soon as possible. We know that mccarthy spoke to trump during the insurrection. Your colleague, bennie thompson, says that that evidence is necessary to produce a report. How are you going to figure out what was said on that call . Well, you know, as Chairman Thompson said, everythings on the table. We really have to dig in deep into all of the events that happened on that day. You know, i cant say every Witness Or Everything that we will move forward with in the investigation, but we will examine all of the facts and where those facts take us, we will draw from that to come to the conclusions for the committee. Speaking of witnesses, are you willing to subpoena the former president or people close to him to get answers . You know, don, like i said and like Chairman Thompson has said in good into this, everything is on the table. The committee is just now coming together, Coming Up with a plan, waiting for our additional members. I think were all because we took an oath as members of congress i did, the first time i was 17 and spent two decades in uniform. We truly think that that oath to protect the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic is very important. And in light of the events that happened on January 6th, it could never be more important than at this motion in our nations democracy. So we take this very seriously, and we will consider any witnesses who can provide evidence and facts to help complete and paint a full picture of what happened on January 6th. Something thats also very serious is were hearing Homeland Security officials warning about more violence this summer. Apparently rightwing Conspiracy Theorists think that trump is going to be reinstated in august. Does that underscore the importance of what youre investigating, and is that concerning to you . Its very concerning, and i think that, you know, part of what were going to be looking at in this investigation through the committee is where was the breakdown . You know, were the signs there . Was there intelligence, and how was that fed to the appropriate people to maintain the safety of the capitol and, you know, the process that we were undertaking on that day in order to certify the election results. So really this is about what examining what happened on January 6th but in the framework of moving forward, how to identify those threats and prevent this in the future. Any potential threats underscore the purpose of having this committee. Congresswoman, thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Now i want to turn to Washington Post Columnist Max Boot and cnn senior political Analyst Kirsten powers. Good evening to both of you. Max, Kevin Mccarthy is doing everything that he can to kill this committee. Is he worried about trump, republicans, his own actions, all of the above . Of course. I mean thats what the republicans are worried about is keeping the support of trump and keeping the support of trump supporters. They dont want to get to the bottom of what actually happened on January 6th, and its pretty rich, don, because remember one of the reasons that Kevin Mccarthy gave for voting against the impeachment of Donald Trump was he said, we have not done an investigation. We have not conducted hearings on what happened on January 6th. And now this is the second time in a row that republicans have attempted to stymie an actual investigation. The last time, of course, was a bipartisan commission, a bipartisan compromise, which died because of opposition from senate republicans. And now you had 190 house republicans on Wednesday Voting against the Special Committee that Speaker Pelosi decided to put together. So its pretty obvious republicans just dont want to know what happened on January 6th. Theyd rather propagate their crazy Conspiracy Theories and blame it on the fbi or antifa, anybody except trump and his followers. Kirsten, mccarthy is denying that he threatened to pull Committee Assignments from republicans like cheney who serve on the January 6th committee. Take a listen to this. I did not say let me be very clear. Im not threatening anybody with Committee Assignments. When im saying is it was shocking to me that if a person is a republican, they get their Committee Assignments from the republican conference. For somebody to accept Committee Assignments from Speaker Pelosi, thats unprecedented. Unprecedented that cheney is more committed to the truth than politics . I mean what message is he sending here . What . Yeah, i dont think he realizes what hes saying. Of course its unprecedented because shes having to do this because hes not willing to show any leadership on this, and republicans arent willing to show any leadership on this. And it might be easier to understand what hes saying if we werent talking about Liz Cheney, who is, you know, just dyed in the wool conservative, former you know, father is the former Vice President of the united states. This is somebody who is through and through a conservative and who is basically saying, im not going to go along with this. This is somebody you cant try to pass off as being a democrat or too liberal or something like that. This is somebody who has all of the credentials and is still saying, no, this isnt okay. And if youre not going to appoint people to this committee and youre going to oppose us every step of the way, then im going to show some leadership, and im going to accept this offer because shes interested in actually getting to the bottom of what happened. And this is the only way to do it. Yeah. Max, i want to take a look again at the new video that cnn obtained. You have a new piece about the house republicans, the Majority Voting against removing confederate statues from the capitol, and against a Special Committee to investigate January 6th. And heres what you write. You say, in part, taken together, these two votes show that the gop has become a white Power Party that is hostile to american democracy. The radicalization that has occurred in the past few years is dizzying and dismaying. Add to that mccarthy tolerating Paul Gosar Planning fundraisers with white supremacists. Where is this all going in. Its going in a very bad direction, don. For a brief moment, i had some hope that being chased around the capitol by a Trump Lynch Mob might bring republicans to their senses, and clearly that happened with a few of them like Liz Cheney and adam kinzinger, but most of them are as bad now as they were in january or perhaps worse. They are openly embracing these white supremacist views. I mean i cant imagine any argument for why you would want to keep a statue of Jefferson Davis on the capitol, and they are opposing the investigation of January 6th, which, again, i cant imagine any reason you wouldnt want to get to the bottom of one of the most serious attacks on our democracy in our history. But republicans could not care less. They know what their base is. Its protrump. Its basically people who are motivated by a desire to maintain white power. Thats who theyre catering to. Its shameful. Its disgraceful, but sadly its getting worse. You know, max, you still consider yourself a republican . Oh, no. I left the party the day after Donald Trump was elected president , don. Because im wondering, do you remember how the former First Lady says the presidency doesnt change you, it reveals who you are. Do you think trump just revealed who the base of the republican is, or do you think that its just changed . I think its some of both, don. I think it did reveal that there was this malignant base of the republican party that longtime republicans like me, we were blind to it. We chose to ignore it, but it was there all along. But i think what Donald Trump has also done is hes also radicalized the base and given the worst elements of the Party Permission to come out into the open. And there always used to be this disreputable part of the party, but it was kept on the fringes by people like John Mccain and mitt romney, and Donald Trump moved it from the fringe to the mainstream. He made these disreputable views the dominant ideology of the republican party. Now his torch is being carried on by the republicans in congress. This is just a very distressing development, and it really augers poorly for the future of american democracy. Yeah. Now its the leadership. Now its the leadership. Kirsten, i also want to get to the supreme Court Decision that arizonas Voting Limits dont violate the voting rights act. President biden responded saying this, and i quote. This is our lifes work and the work of all of us. Democracy is on the line. So what happens next . How do democrats respond . I mean its just incredibly disappointing, and its incredibly disappointing just on the specifics of this instance, but the broader issue of how were watching Democracy Sort of slip through our fingers. And its just been its been happening right in front of our faces. I think that democrats just have to keep pushing this issue and make sure that people understand whats going on and keep fighting back against this kind of stuff. But i think that the republicans are really dedicated to undermining democracy on many different levels. And even what we were talking about before is an example of it. The fact that they have really no problem with people storming the capitol and trying to overturn an election, which is really fundamentally antidemocratic. So we have a party that no longer seems to be invested in supporting democracy, and i dont know how one party can alone carry that burden. So this is a real existential crisis, and i wish i could say that i had a solution for it. But i think we have to name it and be hyper vigilant about it. Well, if you did, then, you know, perhaps you should be in the highest office in the land. Thank you, kirsten. Thank you, max. I appreciate it. President Joe Biden traveling to Florida Today to meet with families as rescuers continue to search the rubble of that collapsed condo. Im going to talk to one of the members who spoke with him, and thats next. It just brought back so many so many memories. Its bad enough its bad enough to lose somebody, but the hard part, the really hard part, is to not know whether theyre surviving or not, just not have any idea. S, Neuriva Plus fuels six key indicators of Brain Performance. More Brain Performance . Yes, please neuriva. Think bigger. 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President Biden Meeting with families and first responders in the Surfside Condo Collapse as teams are back combing the rubble after temporarily halting the search over safety concerns. Biden saying everyone affected by the tragedy is suffering. Theyre going through hell, and those who survived the collapse as well as those who are missing loved ones, theyre praying and pleading that, god, let there be a miracle. Let there be something happen for me thats good. Because i have like many of you do some idea of what its like to suffer that kind of loss so many of them are suffering. Joining me now is rachel spiegel. Her mother, judy spiegel, is still missing. And rachel met with the President Today. Rachel, thank you for joining us. Thank you, don. Emotional day, i know, and i war want to put up a picture of you standing with the president. What did he say to you . Honestly, i cant remember what he said, but i can tell you that he and his wife and the whole team, they were really warm. They were compassionate. The way that they held my hand, the way that they embraced me, my dad, my brothers, i mean they will really warm, and theyre good people. They were really empathetic and were very relatable. As you heard in that clip, President Biden really did describe his own experiences and, you know, and spent so much time there today and spoke to every single family. We were there for hours. He literally spoke to everybody. Yeah. Well, you know he knows loss, and he is not afraid to talk about it. What did seeing the President Today mean to you . I mean obviously this is the biggest tragedy of my life, and Theres Nothing thats going to replace this. Theres nothing thats this is just unfathomable to me. But seeing the President Today meant that all resources are on deck. We are not giving up as a nation. Were not giving up as a community. And, you know, i am just praying that we are going to find my mom because that is my mission. Im not giving up, and im not stopping until i find my mom. Mmhmm. So ive seen you everywhere. The first time i spoke with you, you said youd gotten very little sleep. I imagine that is still the case. So talk to me. My dad yelled at me tonight. Hes like, no more latenight interviews. I was like, i promise this is the last one. But he you know, he wants me everybody needs to be resting. But honestly i cant sleep. And even when i do sleep, i wake up in the middle of the night. You know, its very horrific for me. You know, i heard that you saw other families at the Meeting Today with the president , including people who lived like a couple doors down from your mom. They were in the part of the building that is still standing. What did they tell you . Well, heres the difference of what happened in the Family Meetings to what happened today. In the Family Meetings, the Family Meetings occur twice a day, and, you know, at 9 30 and 5 30 every single day. And you can join in person or on zoom. And so were always there, whether its in person or zoom. And in those meetings when youre physically there, you see the families that are grieving and see the families that are fighting and looking for answers. But today, you know, with the president , it was also the survivors, and there may be some survivors that attended the Family Meetings. Its harder to decipher. But when my dad and i were there, my dad was like, oh, my god, you know. He saw the family that lived two two apartments down, the family that knows my daughter, my moms granddaughter, that knows my parents, and that was really freaky for my dad because, you know, its hard to believe that anybody survived that. But obviously their part of the building is still standing. So, you know, what they told us, you know and they were so nice and lovely. But to provide us with comfort is that it really was instant, and it really was an earthquake. They too were sleeping. I know my mom was sleeping at that hour. And they said it happened instantly, and it was like an earthquake. And when they opened the door, they only had, like, three feet of flooring in front of them. The rest of the building was gone. I dont know if that gives my Dad Comfort or is scary, but im not sure my mom could have done anything else. And thats the debate that everybody has in their mind, you know. Its its your best friend. This is my mom, my best friend. I love my mom. Im obsessed with my mom. Obviously i think everybody knows that by now. But, you know, for me, i still Cant Fathom that this happened. Its still like a real nightmare for me, and its just really crazy to see, you know, the survivors and what their experience was like, you know, experiencing this rumble. Yeah. Well, listen, rachel, were all its so weird. Were all closer than we know. Rachel and i just found out we dont know each other, but her family knows my inlaws to be from the East End of long island. So its a small world. If we can help any way, let us know, okay . Were thinking about you and your family. Thank you. We did open up a fund for our family. Feel free to look at my instagram. My handle is rachi rachiespiegz. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks, don. Be well. Bye. You too. Olympian Gwen Barry getting all sorts of criticism for this, protesting while the starspangled banner played. But shes not concerned about the critics. She speaks out here, and shes next. [ Me And You by barry Louis Polisar ] Me And You just singing on the train Me And You listening to the rain Me And You we are the same Me And You have all the fame we need indeed, you and me are we Me And You singing in the park Me And You, were waiting for the dark tonight u. S. Hammer Thrower Gwen Berry is speaking out. Shes facing criticism for her protest on the podium at the olympic trials. While the starspangled banner played, she turned from the flag and draped a tshirt carrying the Words Activist Athlete over her head. She placed third and was on the podium with the first and second place finishers. This is the second time that she has qualified for the olympics, which will be under way in tokyo in just a few short weeks. Olympian Gwen Berry joins me now. Gwen, thank you so much. I appreciate you taking the time. I know its a busy time for you and a bit of a controversy, so i know you have a lot going on. So thank you. Yes. Thank you for having me. Thank you for having me, and thank you for allowing me to be able to speak for the black community that i am trying to speak for and stand for. Lets get into it then, gwen. Why did you turn away from the flag during atten them at the olympic trials . Lets be clear. I do respect the constitution because obviously i was exercising my constitutional right. But i will not stand for any type of Symbol Or Song that does not stand for all people in america. And you think the symbol, the flag and the anthem are symbols and signs that dont stand for all black people in america . Yes. Why is that . The songs, the lyrics, the symbols. It just doesnt. We know our history. Everybody knows the history, and i feel like it is something that people are trying to pay attention to instead of paying attention to the real issues that we need to be talking about. And we need to be talking about the racial and social injustice issues that still face the black the black community still face to this day. Its the same thing, and people are trying to divert the attention to a song and a flag when thats not even the biggest thing that we need to be focusing on right now. So heres the thing because i think its always important to educate people so that if they do disagree with you, theyll be coming from a place of knowledge rather than a place of ignorance. I would assume that youre referencing specifically the third stanza in the national anthem or the starspangled banner. Correct me if im wrong. So what parts of the anthem do you disagree with, and why is it so hard for you to hear that song . Its not that its hard. Its the first verse. Its the third verse. Its all of these words freedom, justice. It mentions slaves. These are things that do not hold true for all americans, and thats just it. Its not true for all americans. Even the flag because you said symbol as well. I mean we could say that. Same thing . I just wont stand for it. I just wont stand for it. You know that, and i guess, look, to you, some things are important enough to stand up for, and i certainly respect that. But you know you can get a lot of backlash. People are going to call you unam unamerican. Youre going to lose sponsorships. Ive already done it. Ive already been through all of it. Ive already done all of that, and yet i am still here, still saying that my black communities need help. And i will for always feel like that, and i will for always stand on that until these issues are fixed. America is the greatest country in the world, and yet we still have to talk about these issues. So what are we really saying . What do we really need to be paying attention to . Lets be real. The question people have asked, and you know the criticism is like, if she feels that way, why is she representing the u. S. Overseas . Why does she even want to do it . Ive been representing the u. S. My whole career. This isnt my first team. This isnt my first senior team. Ive been doing that. I pay my taxes. I do all of this in america. Thats not the point. Yeah. So is there anything that would get you to stand up for the flag one day or possibly the national anthem, gwen . Of course. When the issues that face that my community faces, that the people that look like me, that we face in america, until these issues are fixed, until these communities are supported, until america takes full accountability for the things that blacks have to face here in america, i wont stand for it because we are capable of doing it. Again, america is the greatest country in the world. We are capable of fixing these issues. I am tired of talking about them. I wont do it anymore. All right. So even the White House has weighed in. The press secretary, jen psaki, said that she has not discussed your protest with the president , president Joe Biden, but did say this about the president. Here it is. Hes incredibly proud to be an american and has great respect for the anthem and all that it represents, especially for our men and women serving in uniform all around the world. He would also say, of course, that part of that pride in our country means recognizing there are moments where we, as a country, havent lived up to our highest ideals and it means respecting the right of people grants them the right of protest in the constitution. They said it. I respect it. At this years trials, the u. S. Olympic committee allowed athletes to take part in respectful demonstrations on the topic of racial and social justice, but there will be a ban on protests and demonstrations at the tokyo games. Are you going to abide by the ban should you make the podium at the olympics . Well see. You wont answer. I wont answer. Yeah. Well see. You know, it just depends. It depends, you know. It depends on how im feeling. It depends on what i want to do in that moment and what i want to do for my people in that moment. And i will do whatever comes upon me and whatever is in my heart. You understand why some people are so mad or offended or no . Yeah, i can see why. I mean i can understand. But it doesnt it doesnt matter. I know how i live. I know how people that look like me, how we live, what things hurt us, the history, the whole History Of America Has hurt us, and thats why were still in this situation. So they can feel how they feel, but im extremely american because ill fight for people here because weve endured it here. People are still capitalizing off of our unpaid labor for more than 400 years. They still capitalize off of it, and we dont. So how can they be mad at me for standing up for my people . Its crazy. Its crazy. They should be trying to help. Gwen berry, thank you. Thanks. The Delta Variant now in all 50 states. Vaccines still proving to protect people. But what happens when youve got kids who cant be vaccinated yet . Stay with us. For people who could use a lift new neutrogena® rapid firming. A Triplelift Serum with pure collagen. 92 saw visibly firmer skin in just 4 weeks. Neutrogena® for people with skin. 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I really appreciate you helping us out with this story. So this Delta Variant is now in all 50 states, and everyone wants to know about, you know, what about kids . Kids under 12 cant get the vaccine yet. The Delta Variant is really contagious. Are kids in more danger now than they have been in the past . Yes, because we have this variant here thats more contagious. And what that means is that the activities that we thought were previously lower risk are now going to be higher risk. Things that we got away from before and just did not get infected because of those activities, now there is a higher chance of getting infected because of it. So i do think that we need to change this narrative. There is this narrative floating around that somehow kids are immune from getting ill from coronavirus, which is just not true. More than 4 Million children have already been infected during this pandemic, and if we have something thats even more contagious around, i think its important to take additional precautions, including schools really should not be dropping their mask mandates. If you have lots of unvaccinated children together with one another in indoor, cramped settings, not great ventilation, its still important to have masking. So lets go through the scenarios because parents want to keep their kids safe obviously, right . Can vaccinated parents pass on the Delta Variant to their kids . Its a really good question, and i think at this point we have to assume that the answer is maybe. So getting the vaccine means that you are very well protected yourself from getting ill, definitely extremely well protected from getting severely ill. You also dramatically reduce your likelihood of transmitting the virus to somebody else. 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