About trump . Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. The Special Committee to investigate the January 6th insurrection as Kevin Mccarthy pulled all five republicans he named from the panel as President Biden is about to speak to the nation on cnn. Tonights exclusive Town Hall comes at a pivotal moment in bidens presidency. Hes facing head winds and crucial issues, the most pressing is the pandemic and also the economy. Infrastructure, Voting Rights, police reform, immigration. A daunting list. Especially when washington has descended into an all out partisan war, well have more on that in a moment but first, Kaitlan Collins is outfront live in cincinnati, ohio where bidens Town Hall will take place shortly. The stakes are high for the president tonight. What is his message to The American people . Reporter well, erin, it a critical Junction Tour for his presidency. Hes going to come here tonight and talk about what he believes hes accomplished in the first six months but looking to sell his economic agenda and domestic agenda for going forward and what the rest of his first term is going to look like and this comes as this Town Hall is coming and the Infrastructure Deal, the bipartisan one the president toted is in limbo as you see Lawmakers Race to finish the final text and the White House feels good it will come together In The End but they are still actually waiting on it to come together. Of course, he is still dealing with the Kmal Lchallenge He was dealing with on Day One of his presidency. That is, obviously, the coronavirus pandemic. Its a new aspect about the pandemic because its the Delta Variant and misinformation. Those are other questions the White House is expecting hell get from the Audience Tonight but of course, inflation is another one. You see that increase in demand in prices raising concerns about inflation and the economic team says they are not concerned about it now. It is something we know voters are concerned about. Thats another area he could be questioned on, as well as several foreign topics, as well as it comes to Foreign Policy and international challenges that are facing the president. Yes, erin, hell be talking about his first six months in office but also talking and shaping hopefully according to the White House what the next six months are going to look like. Thank you very much. In washington the epic battle that is down right ugly that will No Doubt be part of tonights conversation. Kevin mccarthy pulling the picks for the committee investigating the January 6th riot after Nancy Pelosi rejected two of his picks. Mccarthy calling it a political sham. Its an egregious abuse of power. It shows exactly what i learned back at the beginning of january that pelosi would play politics with this. Pelosi has created a sham process. Unless Speaker Pelosi reverses course and seats all five republicans, we will not participate. Okay. My way or the highway. Were taking his ball and going home. Lets be clear. Mccarthy has never wanted to be part of any investigation into the deadly insurrection because he actually voted against creating a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the riot. It was a commission that had been negotiated by democrats and republicans. They agree and it was one that actually gave mccarthy what he wanted. Here is the letter. This is the Letter Mccarthy actually sent pelosi back in february. She released the letter and in It Mccarthy asks for pretty specific things, equal 55 ratio, equal Subpoena Power, no predetermined findings or conclusions and Pelosi Acre keyests to every request. She said yes, yes, yes, gets everything he asks for and still votes no and doesnt want the commission. He and most of his fellow republicans still voted no so for this Special Committee, right, thats where it went to, that was the only option because he rejected the bipartisan equally staffed one, then he gets to name people so he names three people that had very clearly told the Trump Line of the Big Lie including trusted Trump Ally Congressman Jim Banks who is obviously not going to take this investigation seriously. I mean, just look at the statement that banks released after mccarthy selected him for the committee. He said make no mistake, Nancy Pelosi created this commit to align conservatives and justify the authoritarian agenda. There is your open minded person. Of course, there is congressman Jim Jordan who has repeatedly defended his actions on the day of the insurrection. The facts are how do you insight a breach of the capitol when it was already planned . How do you Insight A Riot the breach happened before the president completed his speech. I dont think there is language that provoked them or got them or insicitement in any form whatsoever. So Liz Cheney was picked by pelosi. She backsspeakers decision. The Minority Leader attempted to prevent american people from understanding what happened. We cannot allow those voices who are attempting to prevent the people from getting the truth to prevail and we certainly will not. For pelosi, she upped the Ante Setting off a chain of events that seems to have dashed, for now, at least, the last hope this country has for any bipartisan investigation. So who does that hurt the most . Well, it hurts the family of fallen Capitol Police Officer brian sickni kck. In a moment ill talk to his longtime partner sandra garza. It hurts every american that watched in horror on January 6th as our capitol was attacked by a mop of trump supporters and deserves and needs to know who, what, when and why. Brian nobles is outfront on Capitol Hill. Speaker pelosi is going full steam ahead with the committee but obviously you have no republicans on it. Now she could ask Mccarthy And Jordan to testify. Tell me where this goes from here. Yeah, from the very beginning, erin, the members of this Come Mrcommittee said theyo wherever this investigation leads them. Thats calling mcelccarthy, or n Jim Jordan to testify in front of the committee about their role as to what happened on January 6th and after everything that we saw today, the Back And Forth between both sides, there doesnt appear to be any wavering to find the truth. Liz cheney that remains the Soul Republican on this panel doubled down on her commitment to this committee and suggested that Jim Jordan who was one of the picks by Kevin Mccarthy could be what she called a Material Witness to what happened on that day meaning shes open to calling him before the panel and caught up with Jamie Raskin of maryland, a member of the select committee and i specifically said would you call Trump Or Mccarthy in front of this panel and he said they will go wherever the investigation leads and he said i thought this was interesting. He said quote, if people were not involved in the Attack Or Insurrection or plot to over throw the electoral count process, they dont have anything to worry about. And this was after i specifically asked him about trump and mccarthy. So this committee will move forward and their first hearing is next week. Erin . Thank you very much. I want to go now to sandra garza. Shes the longtime partner of fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick who was attacked outside the capitol by protesters on January 6th and later died. Sandra, you see this happening. Speaker pelosi rejects the two republicans and mccarthy responds by saying im going to pull all of my republicans from the committee. How do you even respond to this . Well, i think its a very infintile move on his part and hopefully, in my humble opinion, i think Speaker Pelosi is doing the right thing by at least from what ive heard, by continuing to just press right ahead and go forward and just, you know, continue with the investigation, you know, and not give into this kind of political playground here. This is serious business. We need to get to the root of what happened. You know, Kevin Mccarthy has been given every opportunity to have things his way and i think Speaker Pelosi was more than generous and gracious to work with them to have a true bipartisan commission. They didnt want to do that and now with the select committee, you know, she you know, i think she did the right thing in my humble opinion. This is just my humble opinion by saying no, were not going to have sorry, did you have something you wanted to say . No, i wanted to ask because i know you met with Liz Cheney and she supports the speaker like you do and shell remain on the committee. Do you feel that the committee, you sknow, should continue even if the only republican on it is Liz Cheney . Are you confident they can reach the truth . Yes, i do. I mean, i think its a shame in the sense of for people who are still not convinced that the facts that are found that come up in the select committee are just that, facts. I mean, clearly, if theyre going to subpoena emails, text messages, have witnesses come forward, i mean, you Cant Dispute that, right . But i realize that for some of the supporters, theyre still going to say, oh, well, its very partisan so it cant be true, which is very sad but, you know, facts are facts and history will show that. So i think, you know, if pelosi does in fact decide to continue anD Press ahead and maybe i was, you know, given incorrect information or read something wrong, but if she does, i think thats the right move, you know. I dont think they should sit around and continue to play these political playground games. This is serious stuff, and i understand that the officers are going to be testifying next week. Yes. I really hope that thats going to be public and so that we can all hear their witness testimony. So let me ask you, sandra, because you have been pounding the pavement on this. Obviously, you continue to speak out because you want justice but you also literally went to Capitol Hill and tried to meet with as many republicans as you could but you trieded ied to meh others and appeal to them, to talk to them and obviously, they failed to do so. But do you believe from those meetings that there are other republicans that maybe viewers may not know the names of some of them who may listen and may still want the truth here or were you trully just saddened and demoralized by your experience meeting them . I mean, no, there was some that we met with that certainly were, you know, moved and do care about america because really, thats what is at stake here is really caring about america and our democracy, you know, senator murkowski, Senator Collins and several others that i Cant Think of right now. Im sorry im put on the spot. Thats okay. Certainly, yes, there are those that do truly care and do want to get to the bottom of what happened and are very concerned about the events of that day. They were there in the capitol when everything was going on and they were terrified. It was a very scary event and we cannot have that happen again. Its horrifying that the majority of republicans are taking this as a joke and more concerned about their political careers and worshipping Donald Trump than they are to ensuring that this never happens again and keeping america safe. All right. Sandra, i appreciate your time. Thank you for speaking. Thank you. And now, van jones, he was former special advisor to President Obama and mike shields, strategists for leader Kevin Mccarthy. So let me just ask you, mike, what do you think is going on here . Mccarthy was we showed the letter. He got the letter. He sent a letter to pelosi and she did Acre Keyest everything on it and he still voted against that so did he ever have any intent of supporting a committee . Sure and the Goal Post kept getting moved. If you have a bipartisan commission, you ought to let the other party choose the members. I think what Nancy Pelosi did today is prove Kevin Right on everything he said about this from the very beginning, which is this is about politics and so what kevin first said was, the leader said, lets have something that looks not just starting on 1 5 and 1 6 but like the 9 11 commission went back to the bombings in africa and the coal being blown up in the Middle East to find out what happened on 9 11. No, i only want to stick to this. Let have a bipartisan commission. No. Im going to have Subpoena Power from my side only. Finally kevin said no, no, she did give coequal Subpoena Power. And moved the Staff And Subpoena goalpost after that and even saying all of that. As of today the leader said fine, this is partisan. Ill take part. Ill name my members and in an unprecedented move, this never happened before, Speaker Pelosi said no, you can only have the members on your committee that i decide and that puts the lie to her entire argument look, she did. He did pick two people who said the whole thing is a joke. They think that about it. So it would seem that he was talking elected members of congress and there are people on the Benghazi Committee when republicans were the majority, we did not do that to the democrats. The language for the select committee is exactly the same in both. We confirmed that. For the Benghazi Committee and the January 6th committee. Iden who is moving the goalpost now . First of all, with benghazi and others you go back and went back and stayed in the same form of violence, the same kind of organization. What was happening was there was a demand from the republicans we look at every form of violence much of which had nothing to do with what happened with this attack on our democracy. The other thing thats very important. Kevin mccarthy put Nancy Pelosi in an untenable position. This is a poison pill move. If youre trying to put together a bipartisan commission, you have to put people on the commission who are serious about the mission of the commission. When you go and get people who have already discredited the commission, the intent of the commission, the point of the commission and have already preg D Press prejudiced themselves, had you gone forward with these kinds of people, youd have nothing but a show of kangaroo court. I think she did the right thing. Mike, let me ask you a question because i want to give you a chance to response, banks and jordan. Banks gets tapped and before anything happens, he says make no mistake Nancy Pelosi formed this committee for the agenda. How can someone like that be picked and say this person was taken seriously at all . He told you he wasnt. Nancy pelosi and democrats said 1 6 was about Donald Trump. You had a guest on a moment ago, someone on cnn that said that and democrats have all said 1 6 was Donald Trumps fault. Look, the chairman of this commission is benny thompson. Benny thompson is an elect denier. He didnt believe the 2004 election was correct. You had Jamie Raskin on earlier. He was an Election Denier in 2016. So this is a joke. The idea you have to have someone that believes in the mission and Nancy Pelosi should remove the Election Deniers she apoenpointed to the commission herself. This is part of the problem. In 2004 you had a few people who raised their hand to try to call attention to a couple problems. You didnt have half of the caucus or more of the caucus reject the election. To carawl back through the history back and hold up and pretend its the same thing as the Mack Truck that run through the democracy doesnt make sense. Here is the problem. You got people at home, put reasonable people together. Nobody wants violence and this kind of stuff, though, i think is going to result in more of it going forward. Our Law Enforcement on Capitol Hill deserves what you said. I wish they could be bipartisan and hadnt played games. Nancy pelosi admitted today this is a game well, she didnt admit it was all a game to be clear. I understand both sides are playing the hands theyre dealt. Its tragedy. Youre going to get Nothing Or Something thats all one side that it is i agree. Sit is a tragedy. Appreciate you both. Dont milszss the Town Hall hosted by Don Lemon at 8 00 and some americans are having a Change Of Heart about the vaccine. We should get the facts out there and encourage people to take it. Better late than never, yes. 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Appreciate you and your time ton tonight. I know you have a video thats been shared by thousands. I want to ask you are, the hos hospital. Do you think when you hear politics suddenly speaking like this or personalities like this it will make a difference where you are . I do. I think that those are inflew Wex L influential people in a state and i welcome anyone that has a message to get vaccinated. Thats the only way to get through this pandemic so republican, democrat, independent, lets be on the same team here, absolutely. So i do want to play part of that video that you made. Youre really begging people in your community to get vaccinated because you see what happens when they come into where you are right now. Youre warning specifically about a dramatic Spike Youve seen in younger patients in their 20s and 30s at your hospital. Let me play a clip from it. What i really wish you could see is to look into the eyes of a young Father Or Gentleman who knows they may be short for this world because they didnt get their vaccines and the Regret And Remorse on their face and fear. I mean, what is it like, doctor, for you to see that, to see that look on peeoples face and look at them and know at that moment they know they could have done something to not be there . I mean, in a word heartbreaking. My voice is cracking down just even seeing that and talking about it. That morning i had seen three males in a row that were 32 years old, 28, 27 all healthy before this and i just called our Marketing Team and said i dont know what im going to say but i need a camera and im going to say something. There is so much misinformation about the vaccine and were not seeing vaccinated patients dying from covid. Ive been doing this for 16 months and when the vaccine came out, it was a miracle and we all thought yes, we can finally be over this and to see a 40 Vaccination Rate and to sueee Human Beings dying and struggling for each breath over a vaccine, its Mind Boggling and heartbreaking. So more than 170,000 people watch that video on youtube and facebook and i hope that number will be many times that, doctor. I hope people will watch it now. One woman commented and said you convinced her three children all in their 20s 20 get vto get vac. Youre having an impact saving lives by what you said. Have you hearing more response to it . I have. Ive gotten texts and messages from so many people that people i havent talked to in a decade in some instances that just a quick text and say hey, dude, where do i get my vaccine . They know me and they know im one of them. Im from rural america. Born and raised here. I dont have an agenda. 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I mean, look, we need Progress And Move 789 President Biden provided that so many different ways but this bill is our bridge between ohio and kentucky. Donald trump promised to fix it. He never did. Its time to get it done and, you know, the fact is republicans have led the state of ohio for 28 out of 32 years and they havent gotten the job done on bridges, on roads, on infrastructure and clean water and High Speed broad band internet. The republicans here in ohio have failed us. So, you know, this is all coming, of course, the republicans are saying why do all this trillions of spending when there is inflation now . One can argue about how long this inflation is here for, but its here right now, right, where you are in the midwest according to the labor department, Gas Prices are up 45 . Used car prices 46 . Home energy prices 11 . Thats the backdrop of course that youre well aware of and republicans have seized upon. Just listen to these few. Talk about inflation . They are going to talk about the price of eggs is up, the price of milk is up, the price of Airline Tickets is up. The price of everything is up. Small businesses are struggling to hire workers and our families are paying much more for far less. Underst bidenomics, the price up. Six months since Joe Biden became president i would give him a grade of i for ininauinflation. Its a real problem for families. How worried are you about this . Lindsey graham said if this Reconciliation Bill passes, it will take an Inflation Problem we have today and pour Jet Fuel on it. Do you share that concern . Nobody wants to see prices coming up. The fact is were coming out because of Joe Biden doing a great job on the vaccine and the economy is hot, the Biden Boom is happening and now its time to invest in america, in Middle America, in ohio, in cincinnati. You know, biden is getting us out of these foreign wars that cost money. Its time to spend money in Middle America building the roads and bridges and the viaduct here in cincinnati. We need High Speed broad band internet. We need to spend money in america and its Joe Biden that is getting us out of afghanistan and Joe Biden who is investing in infrastructure. The republicans in ohio havent done any of this and been in charge for 30 years. Let me ask one final question because covid cases are up 120 . More than doubling. So when we look at the breakdown here of what is going on, in hamilton county, cincinnati, you have 29 of blacks fully vaccinated and 61 of asians and 51 of whites. Those numbers are really, really different. What are you hoping biden says tonight to people who still resist getting vaccinated. We have to speak Truth And Morality from the heart. My sister and the wife of a prominent pastor and africanamerican church, new Jerusalem Baptist Church led the first ladies for health to get people vaccinated by taking the Vaccine Distribution to churches and community. My wife and i have door knocked in under served community asking people to get vaccinated. We have to lead by example. Ive been vaccinated. My 12yearold has been vaccinated and my wife has been vaccinated. We have to keep speaking truth to everybody and loving people and asking them to do what is right for then and their families. All right. Ma mayor, appreciate your time. Thank you so much. Thank you. Great to be with you. All right. You, too. Next, the breaking news, cnn learning federal prosecutors believe they had enough evidence last year to charge longtime trump ally Tom Barrack so why did they wait until yesterday . Plus another american out of the Olympics Tonight joining a long list of athletes that had olympic dreams dashed again. I am heart broken. 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Com breaking news, federal prosecutors believe they had enough evidence last year to charge long time trump ally Tom Barrack with illegally acting as a foreign agent from the uae according to people familiar with Yesterdays Indictment as a source tells cnn he committed to fighting the charges and that he has no plans to cooperate with on going probes involving Trump Inkwcluding investigations focud on the inaugural committee. Paula reid is outfront. Let me start with barracks plans to fight the charges. Some thought okay well go with the charges to try to get them to cooperate and give information on other things and this is part of a Pressure Campaign but he doesnt seem to be indicating hell cooperate. Not at all. This is a guy with the money, the resources to fight these charges. I spoke with sources close to this case and im told barrack is not expected to cooperate in any on going investigation related to the former president. Now, weve also learned that prosecutors in manhattan had examined Barracks Role as chairman of the Inauguration Committee but that federal investigation has been dormant since last Year And Nobody was charged. Interestingly, barrack was deposed last year related to a civil suit by the Attorney General here in the district of colombia. And in that deposition, he was actually asked about his dealings with the trump organization, which is of course, under investigation and has been charged in a new York State case. Im also told it is highly unlikely barrack could actually cooperate in that investigation, either. If prosecutors believe there was enough evidence to charge barrack last year as i know the reporting is now that you have, why was he only indicted yesterday . Its a great question, erin. The full context is of course, prosecutors are discouraged in the runup to an election from bringing any politically sensitive cases but were told this investigation was mostly completed far before that period would have kicked in but cnn learned the u. S. Attorney In Brooklyn who is overseeing this case, Richard Donohue had misgivings about the specific case. What is not clear is whether this case was stalled directly by donohue or if the prosecutors who were doing the investigation just didnt want to proceed because they knew their boss did not support it. Mr. Donohue had not responded to our request for comment but we know his former boss, then Attorney General Bill Barr Wasnt supportive because they have been difficult for the Justice Department to successfully prosecute but now a new administration, the biden Justice Department is moving forward with this case. The are, paula, thank you very much. Appreciate it. 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This was my final this was my british Rower Una cousins came down with a case of long covid leaving her with chronic fatigue. I was doing 30, 35 hours of training a week when i was well and now i can probably do like three 20minute sessions in a week super lightly. This is more than a year later . Yeah. I struggle with really intense fatigue. Cousins calls her Coronavirus Battle an emotional roller coaster. Were dealing with a disease we didnt know how to define a year zblag cnns Sanjay Gupta says they dont know why the virus hits some harder than others. If youre an athlete it can impact your performance. Are these athletes putting themselves at risk coming here . I think its really tough to justify bringing 206 countries, states, territories together in the middle of a pandemic. A Risk Minesh is willing to take. The indian wrestler is number one in her category. She says postponing competition by a year was an even bigger challenge than catching the coronavirus. Translator i had to start my training again from scratch. It was very difficult. Surging cases in japan and the world mean Olympians Wont have fans in the stands cheering them on. Nobody knows if nearly empty venues will be enough to stop the Summer Games from becoming a Super Spreader event. At tokyo 2020 not just olympic dreams, lives are on the line. Reporter the head of the World Health Organization is here in tokyo. He says before the Olympic Flame is extinguished, erin, 100,000 more people will die from covid. Now we know at least 5 u. S. A. Athletes have been knocked out because of the virus. Because a lot of them are vaccinated doctors say their chances are good because they are much more mild. Thank you so much. Wow, does it look beautiful there. Next, our exclusive Town Hall with President Biden. It is just a few moments away. Well be right back. So i only pay for what i need. cause i do things a bit differently. 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First and foremost is the Health Crisis that he inherited. And the fact that he and his administration were feeling really good just a couple of months ago and feeling less good understandably now because of the fact that so many people are not getting the vaccine and all of the ramifications for that. So expect some real Bully Pulpit moments with regard to telling people, asking people, pleading with The American people who are eligible to get a vaccine to do so. But also about whats going on here in washington, erin. I mean, you saw a vote to start debate on a bipartisan Infrastructure Deal fail today but that kind of masks what we have been reporting, what im told is going on behind the scenes, which is genuine progress. I was told by republican source, theyre like 75 there. Wow. The 25 is a real 25 . It doesnt get them there, but it is noteworthy, erin, that the Lead Republican on this bipartisan Compromise Deal is Rob Portman from ohio, which is exactly where Joe Biden is tonight. Right. Right. Right. All right. So thats crucial. Ill take the 75 . People across this Kun Trip want progress there. In this day and age, exactly. Thats what he has to try to prove. He has to prove that that part of his Campaign Promise is going to see fruition. Absolutely. What about the rest of the agenda. Immigration, voter rights going nowhere. How does he navigate through that tonight . In a difficult way. This is going to be one of the tests of what Joe Biden was selling in the campaign, that he can be the person who can not only try to bring parties together that havent come together in a while here in washington but connect with people in the country. And there is one of the issues that you mentioned, immigration is certainly one and a big political problem for the biden administration just like it was for administrations before him, but Voting Rights is going to be really fascinating to watch when it comes to how he is going to articulate that. We heard him give a very robust speech last week, maybe it was this week, im losing track of time. I think it was this week imploring congress to do something on that. But what theyre hoping not but, and what theyre hoping is they can get a Ground Swell of support among the public to push that. Its a big if and hes going to try tonight, no question. Dana, thank you very much. Thanks to all of you. Cnns Town Hall with president Joe Biden live from cincinnati starts now. Good evening, everyone. We are live in cincinnati, ohio, on the campus of Mount Saint Joseph university overlooking the ohio river. This is a cnn Town Hall with the president of the united states, Joe Biden. Im Don Lemon. President biden is facing a critical moment in his agenda. Nearly half of the u. S. Population is fully vaccinated against covid19 but the pace of the vaccination is at the lowest point since january and the highly infectious Delta Variant is driving a new Covid Surge in all 50 states. Virtually all Covid Hospitalizations and deaths are now among the unvaccinated so tonight we are here in ohio taking questions from a live audience as the president works to keep the pandemic in check and his goal of an Infrastructure Deal on track. It is really a critical moment for his agenda. We will take questions from some who voted for the president and some who did not vote for President Biden. The president and myself and everyone here in our audience, we are all fully vaccinated so without further adieu, everyone, lets welcome the 46th president of the united states, Joe Biden. [ applause ] hi there, don. Good to see you. How have you been . Well. Very well