On whether we will be required to wear masks in public again. To give first this afternoon republican Senator Rand Paul asking the Justice Department for criminal referral on welcom to the program, this is americ reports. Great to be back with you fo the day. So this new development comes after the two sparred on Capito Hill yesterday. Senator paul slamming dr. Is fauci previous the possibly par possibly came from. The senator a leader telling fo news, warrants doctors didnt agree with him about covid, but are afraid to cross impaired. This is that as gained a lot of traction in recent months, and as we await the results, th 90 Day Intelligence Committee review which are expected next month. We begin with jenkins live with more. Good afternoon. The hearing was supposed to focus on thats viking Delta Variants, but it turned into a brawl over covid origins. Watch. This paper, that you are referring to, was judged by a qualified staff up and down the chain is not gain of function. You do not know what youre talking about pretty. Gain of Function Research Wa Going On in that lab and you ar evading the true threat. If anybody is lying here senator, it is you. He not only denies the assertions, but he reasons them. Task force testings are that ha this to say earlier. It was a concerning exchange and i do believe probably that dr. Fauci was hiding behind the technical definitions of what they might consider Quote Gain of Function Research for it. He maintains a 2015 Paper Ab written by a Wound Home Lab researcher known as bat that woman is proo that they financed gain of Function Research which increases the transmissibility of viruses, now, paul wants the doj involved. I will be sending a Letter T the department of Justice Askin for criminal referral because h has lied to congress, we have scientists that will line up by the dozens to say the research he was funding was gain of function. Shannon paul also cites a paper that he wrote in The American Society Of Microbiolog and in it he wrote it is more likely that a pandemic would occur in nature and we need to stay ahead of such a threat as primary reason for forming an experiment that might appear to be risky. Thats where the president s 90 day deep dive on that lobbying theory, the president announced on may 26, 90 days to august 24th, and weve found out by The End of summer. Thank you so much. More masked mandates could B Reimposed as the agency sees spiking cases due to the Delta Variance very Los Angeles Count has reinstated an indoor mask requirement. New York City and kansas city, our both considering that. Doctor Nicole Saphier is an author of the Book Panic Attack playing politics with science i the fight against Covid 19. Doctor comey have the municipalities in many parts of the country reinstating the Mas Mandates which goes against Cdc Guidance and it was reiterated yesterday the cdc doesnt plan to amend its mask guidance, so what were seen across the country and you see how that cuts across, Cdc Guidance, what are people willing to think about where we stand and where we might be headed . John, lets Talk About the Delta Variance. We know the variance is more contagious than the preceding variance, which is why we are seeing a rise in cases. We have been over Testing Problem right now. A lot of the new cases happen t be in asymptomatic individuals whove already been worried the have antibodies, but were testing them because it surveillance testing, and when you find a positive Pcr Test because someone may have a few viral particles in their nose, its really an immunity Success Story because their Immune System is fighting it off, so i really shouldnt be counted as new cases. Heres the good news, the vaccines are both still over 70 percent effective at preventing any symptomatic illness in the Delta Variance and over 90 percent at preventing severe to be disease thats a good news, thats why although we see a rise in were not necessarily seeing the same parallel and hospitalizations and deaths. When you see certain localities recommending indoor mask mandates, thats not really following the science and we need to stop making Policy Decision based on public pressure and fear. Anyone who wants to be vaccinated over 12 can be, they have been given the opportunity to do that. Anyone who wants to continue wearing a mask, they absolutely can make sure there are some Breakthrough Infections happening in people who have been vaccinated, but the far majority of them are very mild symptoms, and that is great news. Again, if your having symptoms, you shouldnt be around people anyway. Anyone who is unvaccinated or unable to be vaccinated, they can continue wearing masks, but when it starts talking about children, people get concerned about my Child Cant get vaccinated, what are we doing for the children. Lets remember a year and a hal ago. We started putting masks on children not because we were worried about severe Illness Bu because we were worried they were the Super Spreaders that were going to infect their teachers and theyre parents an other vulnerable adults. But here is the good news, data has now shown us that yes, they still are essentially going unscathed from Covid 19, thats not to say there arent severe cases, but its about five or six hospitalizations for 1 Million infections in kids, thats great news. We also know theyre not transmitting it to the adults a much as we may have originally thought. Any vulnerable adult around a child has the opportunity to be vaccinated. So we could not be masking our children until the vaccine is available for them. It doesnt make sense, it certainly doesnt follow the science. Certainly there are a lot of people including the American Academy Of Pediatrics saying Al Children should be masked up. Of former Surgeon General dr. Jerome adams is recommending a return to masking, as the Delta Variance continues to spread. Im wondering if this idea of threatening more lockdowns migh push more people who are eligible to get a vaccine . I really dont think so grea i think the best thing they can do to get more americans to get vaccinated is for the fda to i dont know, come into the picture, we havent heard much from them, but actually look at the vaccines and get that full Fda Approval. They have the data, they have the people to review its, they need to do everything they can to get the Fda Approval because i think a lot of people are waiting for that. Once that happens, i think you will see more americans getting vaccinated. The truth is the best way to protect yourself and your famil from this virus is to get vaccinated. It needs to be a conversation between you and your physician first and foremost, but yes, th vaccines are the way to help lessen transmission and protect yourself from severe illness very. Its pretty much iniquitous across the united states, but i you need a place to find out where you can get the Vaccine G to vaccine. Gov. We have a bit of a Fox News alert, House Speaker Nancy pelosi says no to two of the five republican pics for the committee investigating the January 6 at the capitol in a statement she says i am much reject recommendations of Representatives Banks and jorda to this committee. Congressman Jim Banks from indiana, they are both Allies O Course of trump, so pelosi said she spoke to House Leader and the Minority Leader about her decision this Morning Prayer there are reports, or working o running this down, that Mc Carthy is going to pull all the republican members from the January 6 committee in response again, two of the members that she is objecting to, banks, and jordan, and it may become a joh that house Minority Leader of the top republicans is okay, no dice, if your not going to let us use our number members, wer not going to play this game for it get you have to wonder if this was a play or they know that Jim Jordan and Jim Banks are not necessarily viewed favorably by the democratic party, so you put them on as tw of the five members, you know that shes going to veto the minute you can pull everybody outbred. We heard Jim Jordan saying might very unabashedly, i want to get in there because i feel like this is going to be a partisan witchhunt, im going t be The Voice of the other side. You made it clear he wasnt going to be an easy to get alon member of this whole thing grates he can see why the speaker would object to that, but he said its an necessary balance. It is make or break a day fo 1. 2 trillion in bipartisan infrastructure, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer needs all 50 democrats and ten republican to vote yes on advancing the bill, but republicans are expected to block the boat arguing the Bill Isnt done yet and they need more time to examine it very schumer says if the senators dont draft a bill by thursday, he will have them vote on an already bipartisan committee approved bill. Senator Lindsey Graham and othe senators holding a News Conference on all of this slamming democrats for their quote reckless Tax And Spending spree. We will keep an eye on that. Lawmakers in Dc Debating doing away with title 42, that allows officials to quickly expel grins at the border for a specific. The Migrant Surge at the border continues to works in. Texas State Troopers are battling the overwhelming Migrant Surge, but also the flo of drugs. Hey, bill. Sandy, good afternoon to you. Right here in the Del Rio Sector , were averaging more than 900 Apprehensions Happenin every single day. Weve already had a busy mornin out here. We will show you some of that activity here and a moment, but first we want to show you a rid along we did last night. We embedded exclusive with a late Texas Rangers and Texas State troopers, especial Ops Team as they went out into the brush and searched for illegal activity whether it be cartel, smugglers, or illegal immigrant we tracked a group of 39 people who were crossing the Rio Grand in front of us. You can take a look at a photo snapped, youll be able to see if i if you look closely, eight of those people wading through the water coming into the unite states. Some of those migrants, the majority of them eventually apprehended by that elite team, but we Talk About the activity out here today. It as soon as we got out here today, once again We Saw Anothe Group of migrants arriving at the border gate. They get themselves up your bir this is one of three groups weve seen here today so far. We saw Border Patrol picking up some groups from the other side of the Border Fence and taking them into the united states. The via a Pickup Truck Veritabl could this Video Right here, we were talking about that outofstate reinforcements coming. Those are Florida Department of fish and wildlife, boats that are unseen here deploying to th Rio Grande about a halfmile behind where we are right now T Help Texas State troopers patrolled the river. He sends his Rate Resources out to help with that. Look at this, this is out of laredo, a Rental Truck was stopped while it was traveling on highway 35, Border Patrol ha those xray machines. Like what they found inside, five illegal immigrants were being smuggled inside of the Rental Truck. You can see them in the attic o the truck, they were all taken into custody. You look at our drone down in the Rio Grande Valley Or Fox reporting a major story, Surgin Covid infections with migrants down in the Rio Grande valley. Up 900 percent in the first two weeks of july and just about an hour ago, dhs announcing they are going to extend Nonessentia Travel Restrictions at all Port Of Entry with mexico and canada through august 21st, they say theyre doing that for covert precautions because of the delt variant, so essentially what though do is they will continue banning legal crossings at our ports of entry, but you can see that illegal crossings are happening behind is here daily with folks just being walked into the united states. We will send it back to you. This is not slowing down. Whats interesting is that they are extending the ban on Border Crossings at the same time that democrats are having hearing on Capitol Hill about rescinding title 42 which is turned back to more than 600,00 people at the border this year alone. And that is numbers on top o what we already have, and theyre so overwhelmed down there. Men and women of the Border Patrol and all the agencies dow there doing more than they ever probably planned on. That is Ground Zero for all of this and republican of texas whose district includes the Rio Grande valley sector, will be joining us coming up in just a little while here on America Reports. Democrats continuing their push to pack their supreme Courts Freight a look into what change may be coming from Bidens Commission on court reform. In the Media Hypocrisy over, texas of texas democrats versus how they covered justice amy. Swearing in. 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As we previously reported, the Department Of Education did include a link to that group an its cool reopening handbook, but a spokesperson now telling fox that was an error. We have more on this as this story develops. The Department Of Education essentially admitting that it made a mistake great lets go ahead and pull up a statement they released to Fox News after our reporting, the department does not endorse a recommendation of this group, nor do they reflect our policy positions. It was an error in a lengthy document to include this citation. This is a big move is the department now tries to distanc itself from the group that want the white teachers all across the country to go through Antiracist Therapy. Watch. After a turbulent year of protests and covid lockdowns, americas children are heading back to school and there could be new lessons to learn. President Joe Biden american Rescue Plan authorized 120 to billion dollars through to the Department Of Education for State Education agencies. 90 percent of that money Will G to local School Districts which in turn much reserve at least 2 learning lost during the last school year. The administration astley do that by using evidencebased programs like Summer Learning and afterschool activities, but thats not all. Inside the department of eds Covid 19 handbook called road back to reopening safely come a the department recommends schools use some of the money towards race and social emotional learning. The manual offers a direct link to a group called the Abolitionist Teaching Network who will help schools transform. The network that is dedicate to not reimagining schools, but destroying them. Doctor bettina live, an activist created the Abolitionist Teaching Network i 2020 to supports educators to fight injustice within their schools and communities. If you realize White Supremacy is in everything we do , we have a problem. She wants white teachers to undergo Antiracist Therapy to stop them from what she calls Spirit Murdering Black and brow students read. One of the things i bring to this work is a significant history of trying to hold my ow identity. And internalized their anti blackness Frisky We found the group hired paid activists across the country whose job they say is going into schools to dismantle oppressive structures by mapping, canvassing, Building Groups and coalitions, creating media, and propaganda. Education cannot save us, we must save education. I want us to be feared. If teachers find School Uniform to be oppressive, they would send in their activist to help abolish them. You call us, we will an activist resident, and he or sh or they will find out and they will do the research, do the organizing, we show up and we dismantle, we hope to have hundreds of them around the country doing this work for it. Love has a history of making controversial statements on twitter like this tweet from 2020 in which she writes Mediocre Reedy white Richman Ar killing us great its unclear how the hyperlink made its way into the handbook as the resource for race and social emotional learning. Although bidens deputy Education Secretary Cindy marti is an Advocate And Bettina love last fall while she was still superintendent at San Diego schools, martin invited love to train teachers to stop Spirit Murdering Black students. Im sure youre wondering what that term means feared weve also reached out for comment to try to find out some answers, we havent heard back yet. So has the Department Explai Whod made the mistake, the error in the decision . Are they going to put out any different guidance now that weve finally gotten a response . No, we dont know who made this error, this mistake, but shannon, you also have to wonde what if we had not found this mistake and reported about this group, the handbook also came out out in April 3 months ago, its guidance serves 13,000 School District across the country, so were also especiall interested in finding out what happens now to these schools that may have spent three Month Planning lessons based on the teachings right now we just dont have many answers. Thank you very much. Here is the deal with this, it was a mistake to put it in there, but it certainly wasnt an error, it was an error in judgment may be, but it was don deliberately, but it. It will be interesting if we get a Decision Or Something definitive about who chose to put that in because those aren neutral statements that we hear from this group at all. And when she does at the second ago is very important because this material has been out there for months now, and a lot of School Districts have been planning Lesson Curriculum based on this as well. It will be interesting to see. What if we hadnt found it . Would it still remain and go ou to schools across the country . We come they ignored us unti we went to the air with all of this and then they got back to us. It often works that way. We will talk more about this and the next hour. Covid 19 restrictions at the border have blocked Hundreds Of Thousands of migrants from entering the united states during the pandemic, but now th White House is weighing a plan to phase out the policy. Good the massive speak how dangerous will this move be for millions of americans . Progressive pushing to pack the supreme court, white critic are saying it could didnt know it could destroy our Nation System of justice. We will break it down next. Was the same old story for years. Trying this. 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For more on these and other stories download the Fox News app. Or go to foxnews. Com apps. At this moment, we want to take you over to the pentagon where the Secretary Of Defense and th chairman of the joint chiefs of Staff Art Meeting with the pres and an Opening Statement there secretary expected to Talk Abou his upcoming trip to asia which included stops in vietnam, the philippines, and singapore, he will also Talk About withdrawin troops from afghanistan. The second trip to the regio as Secretary Of Defense, this time were headed out to southeast asia, and im glad to have the opportunity to engage in person with leaders they are. I am especially looking forward to making keynote remarks in singapore about how we are strengthening one of our unmatched strategic assets in the region which is our Powerfu Network of allies and partnerships. I will follow that up with stop in vietnam, and the philippines where i will meet with my counterparts and other leaders. Though its going to be a busy trip. There is no shortage of Nationa Security Interest that we and our partners share in this dynamic region. I will be carrying a few key messages and agenda items. The first is simply that the united states remains a reliabl partner, a friend who shows up when it counts. We have been there to maintain stability and let we have long been there to maintain stabilit and let sovereign states in the region make their own choices. Today we have moved urgently to help our partners tackle Covid 19 and to build back even stronger after. We also continue to make the case for a more fair, open, and inclusive regional order and fo our shared values to ensure tha all countries get a fair shake. We dont believe that Anyone Country should be able to dictate the roles or worse yet throw them over the transom, an in this regard i will emphasize our regard to the freedom of th seas, and make clear where we stand on some unhelpful and unfounded claims by china in th south china sea. Finally, i will be working closely with our partners about how we are updating and monetizing our capabilities and their capabilities to work together to tackle some changin forms of Aggression And Coercio that we are all seeing. Ill be talking with her friend about how it will work handinhand to pursue our new vision of integrated deterrence. Let me briefly Talk About where we are On Afghanistan. I am very proud of the professionalism that our forces have displayed, odd drawdown continues in a safe and orderly manner. And we are still on track to finish up by The End of august. The president has made a decision that we are going to get it done and were going to get it done right. We have for ongoing key tasks. We remain committed to protecting our diplomatic presence in afghanistan, and to providing funding to the nash national Defense And Security forces into advising Afghan Security Ministries into preventing the reemergence of transnational terrorist organizations. We have the fifth urgent task, and that is working closely and urgently in support of the Stat Department as they relocate brave afghans and their familie who have provided such exceptional service during our long mission. These are friends of the united states who have done exemplary and courageous work. We take our obligations to them and their families very seriously. You have seen we will be hostin the first group of afghans in Fort Lee in virginia. We expect them to arrive soon and most likely will only stay there for a short while as they complete theyre paperwork. Were also working on several overseas locations to host othe individuals not as far along in the Visa Process is the first group. Some of these locations belong to us, and some are in third countries and when we can provide more details about whic ones will use, we certainly will. This is a priority for the administration. Not only do we in the departmen of defense have a responsibilit to these brave Men And Women an their families, so too do we have a responsibility to suppor the State Department as it carries out the president s directive. Of course, even though our mission in afghanistan is not over, i would be remiss if i didnt take the opportunity to honor the american and allied troops who have served bravely over the last two decades of war. And those who gave their lives they are. We owe them and their Families Debt that we can never repay. We know these are difficult times for them, and we will never forget all that they gave for their country. So now, for more context on where we are in afghanistan, le me pass this over to the chairman for it. Thank you, i appreciate that and your comments in leadership very good afternoon to everyone. I want to extend also think you do all of you because you are a reminder that Freedom Of Speech is alive and well, and Freedom Of The Press is element of our constitution last week i traveled to norfolk to attend a ceremony recognizing new operational capability of the first and only nato headquarter on u. S. Soil. At joint Forces Command nor folk , which is part of the vital network of alliances and networks that enable us to protect u. S. Military strength throughout the world and during those discussions of my Visit W also talked about the geostrategic changes and those changes that were going to fac sometime in the future. Also last week, the secretary and i were honored to welcome home general Scott Miller, from afghanistan, and i want to publicly thank him one more tim for his incredible leadership a the Longestserving Commander i afghanistan, twice wounded in combat over the years, Scott Miller is an American Hero of the first order. He is representative of the mor than 800,000 service members wh have served in afghanistan across the last two decades. We should always remember their faithful service. Joe miller and his team, along with it, and many others in the force have paved the path for a safe, orderly, transition for this Year Volume of movement involved in this operation has been extraordinary. 984 air lifts over the last les than three months have enabled us to reach almost 95 Percent Completion on the retrograde to include equipment, we also move 9,000 people. Both civilian and military. Furthermore, all the Military Operating Bases outside of kabu have been fully transferred to the Afghan Ministry Of Defense and the afghan Security Forces, a small contingent of predominantly Military Personnel , but some civilians and contractors along with the Department Of State remain in afghanistan to provide security and bolster our diplomatic president in kabul. The forces here are key to achieving the ongoing task the secretary laid out in his comments. In major component of sustainin a robust diplomatic presence is to maintain a functioning and secure airport in kabul. So we continue to dedicate our Security Resources to that, to secure the international zone, and to secure the national airport in kabul for our diplomats, and our continued support to the government of afghanistan. The afghan Security Forces have the capacity to sufficiently fight and defend their country, and we will continue to support the Afghan Superior Purity Forces were necessary in accordance with the guidance from the president and the Secretary Of Defense. The future of afghanistan is squarely in the hands of the afghan people and there are a range of possible outcomes in afghanistan and i want to emphasize repeatedly and ive said this before, a negative outcome, Caliban Automatic Military Takeover is not a foregone conclusion. We will monitor the situation closely and make adjustments as necessary. Additionally, we will always maintain the capability of selfdefense. We possess the military means and have several options at our disposal to fully protect our force in afghanistan and throughout the region. If needed, the Uss Ronald Reaga is on station, a package of longrange bombers, additional fighterbombers, and two formations are ready to quickly respond if necessary and directed. Further, we will always protect our nation. We maintain an agile rise in Counterterrorism Capability set up an effective now to detect, and oppressed, any Terrorism Threat to the united states. In addition to our mission in afghanistan, we continue to defend this country from all kinds of other threats from monitoring russia, north korea, iran, we watched Joseph China closely while making sure to safeguard our peace. The Department Of Defense assures no terrorists were able to launch attacks, we keep a watchful eye on haiti and cuba, and we do all these things what we serve here at home as well. We want to recognize the great efforts of our Reserve Component , our National Guard, soldiers coming the Fighting Wildfires in california in the pacific northwest, and as of Tuesday Morning California And Nevada national Guard C130 units were operating near sacramento, california and have flown 205 sorties and provided 4. 5 million pounds of fire retardant. We will continue to provide support as required. Our force is incredible because of the Skill And Determination of our Men And Women and theyr leaders. There is no test they cant accomplish. Thank you for the opportunity and i look forward to your questions. I have a question for each o you. Both of you have mentioned a number of times that the united states intends to continue providing supporting afghan forces through its financial assistance and remote Logistica Assistance Bird given the tenuous state of security there im wondering whether in your view with the u. S. Do more beyond August 31st to prevent a collapse of the government. And if i could pose the Questio To General Miller also. In general, Year Portrayal in books and have founded the alar publicly at the possibility of President Trump manufacturing a crisis involving the military either domestically or overseas or as would you now that the historical record straight, and were you concerned about the possibility of a kook, and on what basis was that concern . To keep their first fees, thank you for your question there. We are doing a lot to support the afghan military, an the afghan leadership as we speak. We talked a lot about the Fact That were going to provide security assistance, Weve Stoo up a node in qatar, that is operational now. We have begun the provision of the aircraft that we mention to you earlier that we are going t provide on friday, three newly refurbished Uh 60s Landed In Kabul and they will continue to see a steady drumbeat of that kind of support going forward. We have talked about setting up a note to be able to conduct where the horizon strikes, that is in place. After august our focus as we said is on those threads that those elements that present a threat to the united states of america. It will be Counterterrorism Focus there. So and that is currently where we stand. We have not change that. But make no mistake, we remain committed to helping the afghan Security Forces and the afghan government going forward and we are doing what we said we were going to do in terms of putting the pieces in place to ensure that we can provide that support. Thanks for the question. I know theres a lot of interes out there and all of these book that are out there, i am not going to comment on whats in any of those books. Let me just say this. I always, personally, provided the best military Military Advice to members of the government and i do that for th national Security Council as well, i will speak also for thi one time on the part on behalf of the joint chiefs, the same applies to them, we always adhered to providing the best professional Military Advice ba none, honest and candid and every single occasion we did that all the time, every time. The other thing i think is important to note here is that other members of the joint chiefs, and others in uniform w take an oath, an oath to a document, and ellis to the Dog Constitution of the united states in not one time did we violate that, the entire time from the time of commissioning until today, i can say with certainty that everyone of us maintains our oath of allegianc to that Constitution And Everything that is contained within it. We also maintain the tradition of civilian control of the military. We also maintain the traditiona of an apolitical military. We did that then, we do that now , and we will do that forever. I would like to add a commen to that, bob. I have known the chairman for a long time very we fought together, we have served a couple of times in the same unit , so im not guessing at his character. He doesnt have a political bon in his body. I think, you know, i clearly have tremendous faith and confidence, but what i want to make sure we do is maintain our focus on the threats ahead. Maintain our focus on our Challenge Regina and all the things we are trying to do to make sure this force is ready t meet the challenges of the future. Are you concerned that as th Tele Band Gain ground, that Al Qaeda will be able to move back in and be able to strengthen enough to attack the west. If so can you give us a Sense O how long before they will be able to have that Cap Ability . General, i know you dont want to Talk About the book, but you have not denied any of the recent reporting thats been ou there including the comments an some of the actions, and the american public and members of the military because of your silence on it and denying it, have no reason to believe that that was anything, but accurate. Looking back now, i know you said you didnt violate, buT Looking back now, were you to political at the time, and are you concerned about the message that that sends to the Rank And File . Courtney, on your first fees and whether or not we are concerned about Al Qaeda coming back, that is something we are watching very closely currently and we will continue to keep an eye on. Again, our major focus going forward is to make sure that terrorism cannot be exported from afghanistan to our homeland. So we will maintain the capability to be able to not only observe that, but to also address that if it does emerge. The Tele Band early on committed to not providing Safe Haven for Al Qaeda we expect fo them to meet that commitment. If they want legitimacy going forward, that is something they will have to consider. That is one way to earn it. So we will see what happens. Most importantly, we will maintain the horizon capabilities to be able to address the threat or any threa if it emerges. You heard me say a while back that my rough estimate was that it would take two years for the to develop that kind of capability, and it was a medium risk, i have not changed my assessment there, but a number of things could happen, they could speed that up a bit or slow it down. Is so i hear what youre saying, but im not going to comment on that, but i want you to know and i want everyone to know, i want america to know that the united States Military is an apolitical institution. Our oath is to the constitution. The military did not and will not and should not ever get involved in domestic politics, we dont arbitrate elections, thats the job of the judiciary and the legislature and the american people. We stay out of politics we are an apolitical institution. These comments attributed you , putting you more into politics and kick it let me jus make a comment here. You know, its really important for me that this department remain apolitical. And so we are going to do everything within our power to make sure that our troops, our leadership, both civilian and military remain focused on the task at hand, and understand that they are not a part of the political apparatus there, so w will remain apolitical. Closer to home, if get the leadership, you dont have the Undersecretary Acquisition they are seven months into the administration. He pulled out last week here. How concerned are you . Just the specifics important . The business of the department, how much how concerned are you, and i suggested to the White House a new candidate . Anon book question, you talked about the afghans having the capability to defend themselves 300,000 we spent 74 Billion on them, theyre facing about 75,000 Tele Band in Laymans Language for the american people , give them the numeric superiority come out why does i appear that the Tele Band is winning . To get your first question regarding the numbers of people that we have had confirmed thus far, certainly, we would like t see this is something the Deput Secretary and i come out my whole all of my leadership remain focused on each and ever day, we continue to work with the White House to make sure that we have quality and qualified applicants to fill th seats. We have six that have been confirmed so far, and ten that are waiting for a vote, and fiv more that our in committee. So the process continues to wor great i think what you will see in the confirmations do occur that they will be experienced, quality people that will add a lot of value. Of course, im concerned about the Ans Position that you mentioned, and it absolutely will make another nomination provide another name to conside for the White House to consider. Thats an ongoing process, and again, when we do get that person, it will be the best person available. Again, i consider that job to b very important, but we will continue to work with the White House on the issues. Tony, what i would tell you is a couple things. You know as well as Anybody Els does that warfare is not just about numbers, so yes, you cite some correct numbers there the afghan Security Forces, atlarge , the army Et Cetera, they are wellequipped, theyve been welltrained, over the years, the past 20 years straight they at great expense to the unit states and other international allies, but theres other factors that determine outcomes the two most important is will, and leadership. And this is going to be a test now of the Will And Leadership of the afghan people, the afgha Security Forces and the government of afghanistan. Right now you Talk About the narrative that the Tele Band are winning, there is a narrative out there that the Tele Band is winning they are propagating in inevitable victory on their behalf, i woul tell you as of today, more or less, i guess its about 212, o 213, the district centers are indelibly in control, thats about half of the 419 out there. 34 potential capitals in afghanistan, none of them have been seized as of today, by the Tele Band although the Tele Band is putting pressure on the outskirts of probably about hal of them. 17 of them in fact great what theyre trying to do is isolate the major Population Centers. Theyre trying to do the same thing to cobble. And roughly speaking, in order of magnitude, a significant amount of territory has been seized over the course of six, eight, ten months by the Tele Band. So the momentum appears to be sort of with the Tele Band for the afghan Security Forces are consolidating their forces so part of this is their giving up district centers big beginners there taking the approach to take the population and most of the population is in the Capita City of cobble. Theyre adjusting forces to consolidate into the provincial capitals and thats what i say, it remains to be seen over the rest of the summer. Right now, that after we are going to find out, we will find out the levels of battles, whether he goes up or stays the same. There is a possibility of a negotiated outcome out there. There is a possibility of a complete Tele Band takeover. All kinds of others in the scenarios we are monitoring closely. I dont think The End is yet written. I wanted to ask both of you question somewhat for both of you following up from your recent testimony. Mr. Secretary, could you explain in more detail, your views on when you think and under what circumstances critical Race Theory should be an appropriate part of Military Education . I know you were asked about it in that hearing and you addressed it briefly, but i would like to better understand your views and that. For you, general, in that hearing, you said to congress that you wanted your Warriors T understand White Rage and what it is because thousands of people to try to overturn that constitution and i want to find that out. Can you offer a more detailed explanation . What led you to the conclusion of White Rage, and since you talked about it publicly before congress, in your view, what is White Rage, and why and when should the military be concerne about that . Can keep barb, you heard me say that the critical Race Theory i not something that this department teaches, professes, embraces, you have also heard a couple of people at academic institutions say that they have required this to be reading for their students in specific courses. But because that is the case does not mean that this department embraces this theory. I stand by what i said earlier, and, i dont want us to get distracted with the critical race conversation. This department will be diverse it will be inclusive, and we ar going to look like the country we support and defend. Our leadership will look like what is in the ranks of our military, and so i am committed to that. This department is committed to that, the chairman is committed to that, and thats what we are going to stay focused on. Were not going to spend too much time debating the merits o this theory or any other theory. We are going to stay focused on making sure we create the right force to defend this country an from work promote our values. I know thats important to you and all of you in this room, bu i thank you for that question. Barb, im not going to address specifically white or black rage or English Rage or any other rage, but the events of the sixth of january happens that is going to get sorted out but i do think its important that we as a Profession Antimilitary not only understan foreign countries and foreign cultures and foreign societies, its important we do that, but we need to understand our own society and understand the society that that our soldiers are coming from. Thats important for the leadership to study. I said im not going to discuss it right now i think its a comp a gated Topic And W dont have time to go into the nuance of it. I would be happy to do that later, but right now is not a good time to do that. Its too complicated. We have time for one more an then were going to get to [indiscernible] i have a question to both of you, into southeast asia, china continues to militarize and the Cells Tendencies [indiscernible] what would you do differently to change Chinas Behavior in the south china sea. On taiwan, you mentioned in the House Committee that china tinted did to capabilities to see taiwan by 2027, do you feel that you are allies in the region such as japan should conduct a joint [inaudible] for the contingency. On the importance of freedom of navigation, of the seas and the skies, this is really important not only to the nine states of america, but are allies and partners in the region and around the world. So what we have done and what w will continue to do is to work with our allies and partners to make sure that we can navigate this the skies and the seas, to the degree that we should have the right in accordance with international law. So our emphasis will remain on that. Our emphasis will also remain o making sure we keep those alliances strong and thats our allies and partners know that they can count on us going forward. Thats the message i will take. I think to answer your question on taiwan, they did th strategic nature of the globe has been changing for quite som time, and were in the middle of that change as well. As we go forward, china is the biggest threat for us in unifor in the united states and its been directed now by the Secretary Of Defense, and previous as well, we are gearin our capabilities, or programs, our training, our knowledge, Et Cetera, militarily with china i mind, no question about it. We will work very closely with japan, with other countries, south korea, philippines, australia, other allies in the region to ensure that we have the proper capability to deal with whatever comes to us in th future. We have to go now, thank you very much. Sorry, weve got to go. Sorry about that. The Secretary Of Defense and the chairman of the joint Chief Of Staff they are addressing a looming threat on the global stage and that is china vowed T Rein in what it continues to be a rogue province, taiwan. Some people think that is something that could provoke a greater conflict if the china were to try to do that by force. We Will Get to millie talking about what you said or as quote as saying in the from the Washington Post reporters in just a moment, but first lets bring in greg, on the issue of afghanistan, general millie is saying that Caliban Takeover Of Afghanistan is not a foregone conclusion, but the momentum appears to be with the caliban, but afghan can forces are consolidating, he said The Endgame has not been written. You got back from afghanistan how does what he said Contort T what you said on the ground Fre Giguere thought it was interesting to hear what both o them were saying at that little bit defensive on the idea that that caliban could indeed take over afghanistan. We spent about a week on the ground in afghanistan and we sa some very very troubling signs fred We Saw the militants taking over at least one third of the country and contesting as second third of the country. We saw an afghan military that frankly was not up to par, that was falling back, it was clean, it was surrendering, it was backing away from the ongoing offensive by the caliban. We heard a lot of concerns on the ground about this, about et al. Abandoned takeover. We heard it from citizen after citizen and we heard a lot of worries about the u. S. Troop exit and how perhaps it was too hasty. Most experts say they offensive was triggered in part by the exit of the u. S. And nat forces. The rightly said, it has been along 20 years in afghanistan, especially for the u. S. Forces, we have watched it on the groun from the very beginning before 9 11 and embedment after embedment, sacrifices have been made by the u. S. Troops, lots o money spent to. The concerns that it could all go south literally. I also want to mention John Wit the threat of terrorism, terrorism aside from that caliban going up in fact if the do takeover. Al qaeda allegedly is not going to be supported, but thats not what were hearing on the ground , also local chapters of isis Et Cetera Et Cetera. One other last point is the threat to the afghan people. We talked to female leaders talking about the threat to the social gains that has been one of the concrete gains coming from the u. S. Involvement in afghanistan, and certainly we heard very clearly that there could be a threat to women, theyre ability to go out to, T Girls to go to school, just lik it was, just like wheat We Saw 20 years ago when the was running things are heat another group they feel very much under threat, there is an effort as we all know by the Biden Ministration to increase the speed of the Visa Approvals and to bring them to some degre over to america, but i heard a lot of concerns that there are many more that need to come over. Many more that need protection if they should fall. If not, i agree with The General , i agree with the secretary, its not a foregone conclusion that the taliban wil take over afghanistan. The ground they cover is more the Rule Areas and the cities, especially kabul, Not Controlle by the taliban by any Stretch O The Imagination right now. That threat remains out there, it remains a reality, and one other danger comes about and weve heard that a lot to when we were on the ground for a wee that the whole country could break down into civil war, that is the militia could get involved to. The general noting that some of the larger Population Center are under pressure from the caliban, but that it is also right now anybody who has ever been in a muslim country knows that the place basically each had stone, but it could be a return to violence in the next couple of days. Lets bring in former States Department Morgan ortegas. The general was asked specifically about quotes attributed to him, he said he wasnt going to Talk About specific comments, but he said regardless of whether hes advising the secretary of Defense Or President , he gives the same advice, its honest, brutal, and open and he said also he took an oath to the constitution he has never broke that, he said he has devoted to that piece of paper and not any other man or woman. And think what happened in the Press Conference Today happen to me and Secretary Pompeo and a lot of times this happens when the media and the press want to Talk About things that are relevant of the day an you want to Talk About afghanistan or china, so you ca see the frustration in his voic and why he kept saying he would Talk About things at another time, but not today. There is no way for him i think to get outs of discussing this whether he does it at a Press Conference, the Bottom Line is and i believe it was an Nbc Reporter that said this is ther are quotes in these books that part of the country feels are inflammatory so the question is are the quotes real, are these stories that have been attributed to him real or is he going to denounce them. He certainly bobbed and weaved at the Press Conference Today and tried to rightfully so keep the focus On Afghanistan since we are deploying, excuse me, getting rid of our troops by Th End of august. Gig at morgan, great to see you thank you so much for your insight. As we said just as we came o the air, Nancy Pelosi has removed two republicans from th select committee on the January 6th incident and now Kevin Mccarthy, who was the house Minority Leader was just wrapped up a Press Conference which we are going to tape playback for you now in its entirety. Lets listen in. Thank you for coming on shor notice. Speaker pelosi has taken the unprecedented step of denying that Minority Parties fixed for the select committee on January 6. This represents something that has not happened In The House before for a select committee. Its an egregious abuse of power. Pelosi has broken this institution. Denying The Voice of members wh have served in the military, ji banks, a Navy Veteran who serve in afghanistan. He serves on half, chair of the largest caucus in the republica conference. As well as a leader of a standing committee, Jim Jordan is a ranking in his first committee. Jim jordan has served on select committees and serves on one now. It is undeniable this panel has lost all legitimacy, and credibility. It shows exactly what i warned back at the beginning of january , that pelosi would play politics. For more than six months, we have a better example in the senate bipartisan Commission Murder didnt pick who went on as the republicans, he already had the report done by two different committees. To main questions, why was the capital so ill prepared for Tha Day when they knew on December 14th they had a problem. And what have we done to make sure that never happens again . Pelosi has created a sham process. Unless she reverses course, it seems all five republicans will not participate. We think its too important, that those two questions, why were we ill prepared, why did they know on December 14th, why would they jeopardize the lives of the Capital Police. We will run our own investigation. We have Law Enforcement, we hav military, we have doctors, we have people from all walks of life, they want to know the answer and the american people deserve that. They dont deserve politics, they dont deserve destroying the institution. No committee in congress will work if one person is picking all who participate. House democrats must answer this question. Why are you allowing a lameduc speaker to destroy this institution . This is the Peoples House, not pelosis house. We will do our job though. We have to do our job. We want to do our job. I may object to the people that she put on the committee, but i respect her right to do it. Just as every leader has done before. Destroy an institution for your own political gain, america expects more and deserves more. With that, ive front want to bring up congressman Jim Banks. The individual who served his country in afghanistan, served in the state legislature, serve in congress, is the chair of th largest caucus in the republica caucus. Thank you. Think the leader first and foremost for his trust that he placed in me as a leader of the party to put me in charge of this republican effort. This just goes to show how partisan of an exercise we said this was all along. Nancy pelosi would take me and Jim Jordan First Off of this committee and the rest of us as well by rejecting the first two of us, she knows that we were prepared to fight to get to the truth, to find the facts about what happened on that day to make sure that January 6 would never happen again. She doesnt want to go down tha path. She knows were already asking questions in just the first couple of days that we were appointed to the task. Questions that democrats have never asked why the capital was vulnerable on that day, but there was intelligence for week leading up to January 6 they told us something dangerous would happen on January 6. She knew we would fight back against their political games, and thats why she didnt want us to participate in this committee. It goes to show this is entirel a political exercise on her part , its a shame, the american people deserve better and deman answers about January 6 because the american people demand that theyre leaders step up two mak sure that ever happens again. We all know this is an exercise in politics, its not an exercise in finding the facts, and thats whats been fortunat about the speakers move. It goes to show it begs the question that all of us should be asking what is the speaker Afraid Of . I will leave you with that, Jim Jordan. , the leader and jim are exactly right, this is always been about politics and todays actions by the speaker just confirmed that. Frankly, and ive said that before, what else are they goin to Talk About . What else are they going to tal about. They going to Talk About crime . The Fact That crime is up in every urban area of the country . Are they going to Talk About th Border Crisis . March was the highest month on record for illegal crossings until april, april was the highest on record until May Com at me was the highest on record until june, we can Talk About that, are they going to Talk About inflation . The price of everything is up . The price of everything is up, they Cant Talk about that, so theyre going to be partisan an focus on this. That as the leader said, as as Mister Banks said, i dont thin theyre going to address the fundamental question, the fundamental question of why wasnt there a proper Security Presence at the capital that day. Theyre not going to address that and only one person can answer that question. Only one, the speaker of the united States House of representative. My hunch is the reason they dont want to address the question my hunch is because what happened all last year . That democrats normalized anarchy, they normalized riotin in looters, when writing and looters attacked our Law Enforcement personnel, when rioters and looters destroyed small businesses, what do democrats do . They went out and raise Money T Bail them out of jail and they continued to Talk About defunding the police. They did that in all these Urba Areas which is why the crime is up. They just want to be partisan and continue to attack the former president they want to play their political game so i applaud Leader Mccarthy to say that we are going to continue T Work and get to the bottom of the questions that the american people want answers too. On the evening of January 6, when we reconvene to take the certification of the Election Results from our states, i actually spoke with Speaker Pelosi on the dais and she brought up of bipartisan commission to me at that point in time. I introduced a bill to create a bipartisan commission. We had some questions about how this would be implemented in Speaker Pelosi decided instead to put forth her own select committee that we now know is a completely partisan process. Its very disappointing because i think all of force were looking forward to our first year and next week to get answers to some of the question raised by Leader Mccarthy. By banks, and Jim Jordan. Were not going to get those answers in the evening of partisan matter because she chose to take the impressive ended step to try to veto our own members. We are going to continue to ask questions, and frankly there ar many unanswered questions about why this capital was so unprepared, and the key questions as Leader Mccarthy said, are we in a better position now security wise . There are many issues that We Saw in the Capitol Police Id reports and others that laid Ou Reasons why our officers didnt have the equipment they didnt have the training, and they didnt have the preparation and the backup to adequately addres what happened on January 6. Why . And what have we done, what has the speaker done, and more importantly, what has she asked the Capitol Police Board that i made up of her own appointees, what have they done to put this Capital Complex in a situation to address another Security Issue . Those questions would have been asked, those questions will still be asked, regardless of whether or not she continues to play politics. I will end this by saying i hav seen and witnessed political bias personally on a Baseball Field in virginia a few years ago. Ive seen what welltrained Capital Police were able to do to run toward gunfire as we ran away from it. Its disappointing to see the Capitol Police officers, still not put into a position to be able to make sure that another type of January 6 would not happen again. She needs to answer questions furd we were hoping to get thos answers, but unfortunately were not going too. It like to introduce you to kelly armstrong. You thank you. I agreed with everything thats been said. Ive served for two Years With Jim Jordan on oversight and promote weve been through a lo of tough hearings together. Hearings that are going to be similar to this. I think its important to recognize every time Speaker Pelosi uses the word unprecedented, and happens to consolidate absolute power in the speakers office. It was unprecedented to make sure she got the gavel, it was unprecedented to put on the floor of the house, its unprecedented to have Proxy Voting and it is sure unprecedented for the Majority Leader to strike Minority Leaders for a committee. An absolute Iron Grip on her conference in the Peoples Hous for for the next 18 months. Im concerned after 200 Years W are completely altering how things are done in the Peoples House. I would be concerned if i was a Majority Member right now. The policies are going to help us take back the majority in tw years, in these things never go back to the way they were once they start. We need to be calling out what Going On. Every member of the u. S. House of representatives is elected b the district. The minority has a right to put the people on the committees they want. We shouldnt be changing those from this committee or any othe committee. When i was chosen by Leader M Ccarthy to serve on the select committee, i assured him i told him i said i will take for 30 years of Law Enforcement experience i have come at the years that as sheriff to uncove and find out what took place on January 6, to find the truth as to why this capital was so unprepared. I spent countless hours, i brought this binder up, i examined the Senate Report, examining Ticking Looking at witness statements, looking at the Capitol Hills policies and procedures. And i was alarmed, truly alarme at what i uncovered. I was certainly prepared to hel this committee get to the Truth Or Hate i wanted to get to the truth. Unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi has shown she is more intereste and played politics. I stand with Leader Mccarthy and the other colleagues on thi committee. I assured the leader that i wil continue to play a role and do everything i can to make sure that what took place on January 6 can never ever happen again in this great country of ours. I made that commitment and i will remain strong in that commitment to the leader, thank you. Mister leader, your complaining your bipartisan effort to investigate, but you stood in the way of a Bipartisa Commission made up of independent members of an equal number of republicans and democrats, your Conference Vote against that, at least a majority of your Conference Voted against that, why did you not allow that to move forward if what you say you want is a bipartisan investigation into what happened on January 6. At the same time that use, remember how long it took. January 13th, even those 9 11 commission criticized what she wanted to do. Officer evans. Mileage microscope that you can get the answers too. The report is done, the fbi has arrested more than 500 people. The architects in the capital, and what does she do today, she continues to do the same tent shes done all along. Never, never in the history of this institution for a select committee. Have they ever done something like this. He served his nation, served in afghanistan. The long she wants to say, that pelosi can pick and choose. Jim jordan, is she Afraid Of Th Question from jim. She Afraid Of what she might fight or. As a Ranking Member, not his first committee, but his second. Why would she be afraid . It she set the Committee Itself to be onesided . Yes, more so than any select committee before commit yet she did. We warned you from that moment in time she was playing politics , today just showed the american people exactly what everybody said. The american people lose in this , but were not going to allow that to happen. Were going to get to the answe of the question, why were we il prepared, why if they knew on December 14th, why had they found aeds earlier in the morning why were the National Guard not at the capital . Who made that judgment . Can get you said in your statement that of the killings will pursue our own investigation of the facts, wha does thaT Look like First Off, and secondly, is this your Fina Move pulling your appointees, o as there a chance to reverse this . Gave the only way to reverse this is to thats the only way, i will add to this to be able T Look at the challenge of what happened, and answer those two questions, why were we ill prepared, and make sure it neve happens again. In terms of an actual body, what is the investigation . Ticket we intend to look at wha happened, not the security failure, but why there was an attack on the capital, what led up to a. We will answer all the questions. Again and want to know what you say to these families and these officers including officers you met with about this, and more specifically, many of them are just frustrated, they see this as politics. It is politics. Your pointing the finger at Eac Other pretty get iT Helps them is we Will Go forward just as i promised them and we Will Get the answer to those questions. We will make sure they are protected just as we Talk About officer evans that died on good friday. We Will Go through and get the answers. Mister leader, on may 20th, you told us that you were prepared to testify about your conversation with President Trump the afternoon following January 6, do you still stand b that . Are you still prepared to testify . The question is you make a Phone Call after people are in the two Advisor President of what is Going On that doesnt get to the answer of why we wer illprepared. That is really playing politics and it really shows that that i the issue they want to go to, w want to get all the answers. The Ranking Members of the scope of the bipartisan committee on the January 6 committee as he crafted, had Th Ability to have a wider scope outside of January 6. Unfortunately, pelosi said n to that part get you and political leaders still oppose it, the question is, what would you need to have it, you oppose it, what would it take for you to sign on to something similar to that fred could get its ver easy, exactly what we said on the 13th of january, pelosi mad it politics. Why was that decision made the National Guard were not here when on December 14th. Let me answer the question. On December 14th, we became aware that there was a problem. They made the decision to have National Guard without weapons, down on the streets to do traffic, but not on the capital. The found aeds earlier in the morning, we had an officer killed beyond that day, on good friday, but pelosi would only lead us at the scope is far, i dont believe it was allowed to go farther. Speaker pelosi didnt enumerate her objections in her official notice about rejecting your members, kk she did to me for. Thats was going to say, i will let you respond to this, our that republican members recently photograph was someone here and broke into the capital on January 6. This is something we are being told is an issue. She said heard members didn want her. Could you say that numbers fred. I dont know what youre talking about. Get the idea that some of your words about needing in the investigation of last Summers Protest kick it now, let me be clear. Let me be clear. If they want the 9 11 commission , the 9 11 commission looked at september 11th, but they looked at what to build up and cause 9 11. Should we noT Look at the buildup and because this . Should we not question why the National Guard was not allowed onto the capital . Should we not question why are the Capitol Police not fully trained . You are putting their lives in danger. Why were the right gear stuffed and locked in a bus down the street . We need these answers for these officers. They need to never be put in this position again. Will the republican Committe Look at President Trumps actions leading up to and on January 6 . We will look at Anything Tha built up to what because this place to not be protected. We will look to make sure it never happens again. Sorry, its my first press or, you mentored, mister bigs and Mister Jordan not being allowed given that Mister Jordan is a ranking Member And Mister banks also is a leader of a large caucus, Mister Davis is also a Representative Davis, im sorry Representative Davis is a Ranking Member and Speaker Pelosi didnt object to it, and then representative nels also voted to object along with representative banks and representative jordan, why do you think there was a differenc between her objecting to representative banks and representative jordan as it opposed fred. I dont know, i dont know i the objection matters because her have objected before. What happen with the locked bus with the gear on it, that i a finding from the Senate Report , that is exactly what they investigated, what you wan to find out, who blocked locked the bus . Why didnt they have a Bette Position pretty get you think the answer was just that they are incompetent . If they are incompetent, tha we want to find a solution. If you look at the sheriff, 30 years of Law Enforcement, what did he do that day . He had been a member for three days. Hes inside the chambers. People are breaking in. First he joins other members an they barricade the door. People are breaking the glass, officers have theyre weapons drawn, to protect from people coming in. A member for only three days we didnt call him congressman Tha Day, we called him sheriff. He looks through the glass, he doesnt have a weapon, but he combs the situation. He talks to those who are on th other side. That is a leader. He saw through the entire senat report, he has laid out every chronological order of what had taken place. Used his own experience of Bein A sheriff for eight years, preparing for situations just like the one he was drawn into. And he had even more questions. Thats why he wanted to serve. Thats where we put him on. This as a microcosm of our conference we have a right to name. This is what Nancy Pelosi is denying. When you initially laid out your reasoning, you had kind of raised concerns about any additional investigation here interfering with other federal investigations that were ongoing. There is a concern because now youre getting individuals that are decisions being made whether there might serving tim or not, you dont want to interfere with it so the language matters, but from the very beginning, remember, i asked for a Commission Back in january just like 9 11, pelosi played games all along the way. She still with the scope, and i was very clear what we laid out equal number, equal subpoena power, and dont interfere with any Law Enforcement going forward. She could not agree to that and we watch today, even when the sides were separate, even when the power went to one, she went further than anyone has gone before. I think its very clear to the american public that this is a sham, but we will make sure we get to the bottom of it. Thank you very much. House Minority Leader reacting to Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the house Kicking Tw republicans off of the january select committee. Congressman Jim Banks and congressman Jim Jordan, they ar very controversial because of their votes against certifying the results of the election, an Ted Burger was life on Capitol Hill where he has been watching all of this. If anybody knows anything about the Way Washington works, it might be forgiven for thinking that Leader Mccarthys plan worked out exactly as planned to. A lot of this on the republican side of the aisle is to make this about Nancy Pelosi and ask questions about what sh knew, what where the Security Provisions ahead of the riots, had talked to senior Security Officials on both sides of the capital on the fourth and fifth of january, and the thing they kept saying to me is they were concerned about the Lone Wolf and there was some indication they might have been dissipated something much larger. What republicans are trying to do here is portray Nancy Ballou Pelosi as an authoritarian. Republicans even said this a couple of months ago they wante to also investigate last summer s rights. Nancy pelosi asked about this earlier this afternoon she said they have a quorum, in other words she has enough members on her side of the aisle leslie cheney, the republican from wyoming who is one of her Committee Members for this process and they will forge ahead with their first hearing on july 27th, they will hear from u. S. Capitol Police Officers and also from Dc Polic officers. Something else interesting and this could come up in this just the past couple of days, we hav confirmed that the new Capital Police chief is going to be tom manger, that he used is to be the Capital Police chief just outside of washington, Dc And Fairfax county, virginia Not Fa From Dc as well. There will be a lot of question and both of these inquiries kee in mind Kevin Mccarthy said republicans will run their own show, as for how prepared the u. S. Capitol police are to defend this, something else mentioned in passing in the Res Conference was the top republican on the house homelan security committee, and remembe Kevin Mccarthy conscripted Him To Go create a bipartisan commission with benny thompson, the top democrat on that commission heard they did so an that was blocked in the united States Senate and blocked in th house, that was a real problem. He said you did we put a bill together which is what you aske us to do, and then kevin Mc Carthy rejected that, so republicans are going to run their own investigation and theyre going to make this abou Nancy Pelosi. Listen to what Kevin Mccarthy said. Was she afraid which he migh ask. Hes a Ranking Member. Not his first committee, but hi second. Why would she be afraid . Did she set the Committee Itsel to be onesided . Yes, more than any select committee before, if she did. From that moment in time it was clear she was being politics Freds Today just showed the american people exactly what everybody was warned about. Kevin mccarthy said the house democrats must answer thi question, why are you allowing lameduck speaker to destroy this institution, he said this is the Peoples House not Nancy Pelosis house. This is all focused on Nancy Pelosi as they go into 2022. Kevin mccarthy pretty confident that the republicans will make gains in November Of 2020 to, or he wouldnt of called her a lameduck. But this really does give him the opportunity to say you wouldnt take all five of the members we submitted so were no going to give you any and then he gets to dismiss and his credit the whole thing as political. Thats why there was a lot o backandforth about what this investigation would yield. There are serious questions to ask Nancy Pelosi and also some of the Security Staff of pure, former Security Staff, like the former House Sergeant in arms about what the preparations were , but this is where republicans are going to say maybe there were things they could have done and kind of tur this around, there has been thi narrative thats been creative by the democrats where they say that Kevin Mccarthy has some pretty serious questions to answer and that came up in the Impeachment Trial, there was yelling that she had with forme President Trump in the middle o the riots and this came out, th republican congressman from washington state, they almost spun off the Impeachment Trial back in february in the weeks o closeddoor depositions and everything to try to get to the bottom of what Kevin Mccarthy knew, so if he is not going to play ball, you immediately have these two separate narratives and then both sides can pick which narrative they want and the voters pick which narrative they want, that is the problem as to getting to the truth because it depends with which side youre on. Kevin mccarthy, not backing down and Nancy Pelosi not going to back down either. A Battle Of Wills and they will likely end up with a split. Chad, thank you. We want our panel to react t just what just happened. We heard Congressman Rockne davis who is been selected by Minority Leader mccarthy to be part of the essay on the ninth of January 6, he actually spoke with the speaker to say we want to get together and put Togethe Something that Will Get to the bottom of this. Mccarthy also says they went to her days later and said. Her commission is weve offered things. From one italian american to another, Nancy Pelosi must have choked on her cannoli when she saw them being on that list. Knowing that republicans embarrassed her Impeachment Inquiry made Gerald Adler look like a bumbling idiot and made least of Monica Hero to conservatives across the countr because they did a better Job A getting to the bottom then the democrats did on the panel and she knew that jordan and banks would upstage any democrats tha she could put on that panel. All of that said, even the medi knows that for it listen to the tone of those reporters questions in that Press Conference we just heard. Everyone had a tone of Mc Carthy, you are doing something wrong, not lets try to get to the facts, not why ar you doing what youre doing in way that he can answer in any way other than trying to explai his position from a almost offensive points because the questions all accused him of doing something wrong. Add to that, none of this actually discusses the Fact Tha most americans think investigations into wrongdoing should be done by the Justice Department so that people who did wrong can go to jail and were not talking about the Fact That Capital Police officers ar retiring on a regular basis because theyre not getting the support from this speaker who i in charge of the Capital Police for them to do theyre job. You look across Capitol Hill two senate committees have gotten investigations done, Tro Niles is one of the congressman congressman, new guy coming heard him Talk About there, a sheriff and his former life, he has poured through the document he said i was ready to go. I want to find answers or because we have to make sure th stuff doesnt happen again he noted the fbi has arrested more than 500 people those cases are proceeding, when iT Looks like the house is really dragging it feet, they are the weak link in the chain of getting things done. Clearly the senate blocked a Investigation Republicans in th senate said they didnt want too. But a couple of committees have gotten their reports done, theyve gotten something done. To get what im saying, in term of a major investigation, that really would have gone into the detail, it wasnt possible because republicans blocked it in the senate its only because republicans have a majority In The House that pelosi was able to get together this select committee. When you look at the reality, i think david i think the reasons of reporters at this Press Conference were so aggressive i questioning Minority Leader Mc Carthy, its because you look at Jim Banks, he voted against even having a commissio here In The House, he voted against certifying president biden as the winner of the election, and iT Looks like you have additional members who hav the same kind of thing. Jim jordan, kelly armstrong, Troy Neill of texas, they all voted against having this commission, so the suspicion here goes beyond the journalist roots and politicians all Acros Washington is that Mccarthys Goal is to undermine this committee so Anything That come out of it is immediately dismissed as political rather than an honest effort to look into an insurrection that threatened the stability of our government here in washington. An honest effort would be to allow the Justice Department to do theyre job. This is theater. Nancy pelosi knew who he was going to put on there so he rejects them just like the texa democrats take off from texas not to do theyre job so they can come to washington and get covid Spreader Event by them no wanting to vote and come to dc. Democrats are all about the politics of all of this. Listen, the republicans get chance to pick it there going t pick, theyre not going to pick someone who is shy who is afrai to go Toe To toe with these democrats, and the republicans estimation, theyre going to name members who are going to g hard after this. If your going to disqualify people who have voted against the electoral college, that means one of the top democrats for impeachment is going to be gone, there are a number of top democrats who have voted agains electoral College Certification in the past including congressman i mean if thats going to disqualify people its going to take out a lot of people on both sides of the aisle, one. To get there not on the commission, so what were talking about is people who hav some investigative background who would in facT Look into thi in a more apolitical fashion because this is a threat not only to democrats, but republicans, people who believe in democracy when you have a Mo Storming the capital to try to prevent a constitutional act, certification of a duly elected president. Two my mind, what youre trying to do here from the Pelosi Poin of view is to establish that sh has some credibility. She has put people there that Will Go add it aggressively to usual language, but are not trying to undermine and discredit the whole enterprise before it gets going. David, if It Republicans are being genuine, and we want to assume people on both sides of the aisle are being genuine, they want to get to the Root Cause of what happened, why forces werent more readily available when we knew there were threats in advance, No One wants to see this happen again. No one wants a repeat of what happened on January 6, so how did the two sides find common ground so they can be genuine about preventing this from ever happening to our country again. To get there cant be common ground where the premises they democrats have an open mind the republicans of already made up their mind and so you cant hav the Minority Leader put who he wants on only the speaker gets the pick by who she decides has an open mind to hear this investigation. It goes back to, shannon, the proper place for prosecution should come from the Justice Department. The only thing the house can do is give more resources to the Capital Police and there is no discussion about that from weaker Pelosi Bird that is why Capital Police officers are retiring. And want to make sure we get this quote in saying the president has made clear that the shameful events of january deserved a full independent and transparent investigation to enter something like that never happens again and has full confidence in the Speakers Ability to lead thaT Work that just in, Jackie Heinrich our Special Correspondent sending that along. An important piece of the puzzl that everybody agrees we need t get the answers too. Hopefully they can get common ground to do it in a way that serves the american people. John. A didnt know you were done with the panel. Surprise. Juan and david, thank you so much. There is not going to be the common ground on this as david was saying because the republicans believe that pelosi is running a political show. She doesnt trust any of the republicans to join in this in good faith, so when you got Tha Sort of dichotomy Going On between these two leaders, they are not going to get you think about the 9 11 commission because the Minority Leader Mc Carthy said they had gone to the january 13th, so a week after this happened and said lets do a 9 11 Style Commission , everybody agreed that people need to be prosecuted, and he said he thought he was hopeful that would come together but then he claims that Speaker Pelosi put together was criticized by the actual 9 11 commission and said this isnt going to work the same way and serve the same purposes. It would seem if everyone was genuine they would get back to the framework in the current environment you think its impossible . Its absolutely a pole impossible. Its not in pelosis political interest to do that. As you noted, now as he started referring to her as a lameduck speaker of the house, there is no love lost. I think that the two of them just like to throw mud at each other. They do, that is washington right now. Public health officials are stressing the need for people t get vaccinated as the Delta Variant and newly 60 percent of adults in the united states are fully vaccinated, but the rate of vaccination is falling. Hi, jonathan parrott. The because of concerns over the Delta Variant, officials in New York City and announced tha they will begin requiring all health workers including Hospital Staff to either get vaccinated or get tested once a week starting august 2nd. Take a listen. Can get this about keeping people safe and stopping the Delta Variant. If we want to beat covid once and for all, we have to beat th Delta Variant fred. Its responsible for and 83 percent of active covid cases in the u. S. About three times more transmissible than the original coronavirus at the beginning of the pandemic although delta is more resistan to existing vaccines, health experts say the shots are so highly effective in preventing serious Illness And Death from the mutation. Vaccination rates vary considerably from state to stat with nearly 75 percent of vermonts residents having received at least one dose, but less than 38 percent in mississippi. What racine right now is a growth in this variant in place with low immunization and that includes, arkansas, missouri, but its also beginning in tennessee, alabama, georgia, florida, could keep more than 8 65 and older have received at least one Dose Offering Protection for the Age Group most susceptible to severe complications, and so overall, hospitals are seeing fewer covi patients now, but the patients that they are seeing tend to be younger because younger people are getting vaccinated at much lower rates than their older counterparts. Could get a big push on now to get more people vaccinated. Vaccinations only 33point Something Percent in alabama where you are so officials believe they have a long way to go when it comes to that. A new oped saying conversation is the best way to overcome vaccine hesitancy. He said ms. Information is the wrong label, great to have you with this now. Can you explain what you mean b that . First of all, we really have to take this seriously, obviously, over 65,000 new case over the last 24 hours and now 24,000 hospitalizations and ove 1,000 deaths, so were headed i the wrong direction. The question is how do we approach People Vaccine hesitant . The administration is using words that highly larson over i the uk, not that i asked her directly about the Biden Ministration, but let me show you what she says. She doesnt like words like misinformation or the sciences or you have a moral responsibility or even convention, she said the word thaT Works is protect. So you say to the patient we want to tell you about protecting yourself and your family, and they key here is in this is very important, patient come with their own ideas and their own emotions and fears an you have to take them where the are. This is her key point, ask a patient and i do this all day long, what is your concern why havent you been vaccinated. Somebody said to me yesterday ive never taken the Flu Shot, why should i take this shot . I said the Flu Shot isnt as effective as they shot. This shot this virus is more dangerous. A woman asked me this morning, she said i want to get pregnant im worried about pregnancy and they shot i said thats a reall smart question because we dont have all the data on pregnancy yet, but what we do have is tak the shot now before you get pregnant, she says what about fertility, i said that we have not well studied. As the patient, the other thing last point its an extended conversation. I can open the door with certai ideas, but it may take a while, its not like youre going to convince someone on the Fence T go over the fence right away. Its an extended conversation. As you say, the conversation between a patient and their doctor is the wisest thing you can do when youre not quite clear in your head about how to proceed, the idea that we see across the country of many politicians threatening future lockdowns if the Vaccine Rate doesnt go up, is that the righ way to get people to get shots in the arm . Nell, great point, thats th politics of fear, your misinformed. If you dont do this were goin to lock you down. The problem with lockdowns is they favor the rich because ric people can afford their house o the water somewhere away from everyone. But if you are poor, your lockdown in a building where covid is probably spreading. Thats the Disparity Weve seen throughout the pandemic. Lockdowns donT Work. Masks work, masks are effective i like the idea of going back t the direction of indoor masking. But again, its the mandates, its the authority, its the scolding, its the stick that doesnT Work, people rebel against that. Lets Talk About the Breakthrough Infections, i personally know people and its not been asymptomatic with them they been very sick with covid, not hospitalized, but a significant case beyond the sniffles. Is that that delta is overwriting the vaccines becaus its a variance, is that that the vaccines have a limited Shelf Life of efficacy for people, or what do you make of it from this point, doctor . A great series of questions very first of all, we think the vaccines get better over time against the variant, not weaker. I dont think its that theyre wearing off. The Delta Variant shows about 80 85 percent effective if you had two shots, but that means theres a 15 or 20 Percent Chance you could still get infected. At deaths, people are dying if theyre not vaccinated, that is key. Only 13 percent of the desks are in the vaccinated group and the hospitalizations as you jus said are predominantly the unvaccinated. You may be in a symptomatic case , you are more likely to get sick from covid or to spread it then before because of the delt variant, but it tends to be muc milder if you are fully vaccinated. They keep being to shots, fully vaccinated. Great information this afternoon. You know, the one thing i didn really think about when i get M Vaccine is the idea that you make get mildly sick but your likely not going to get really sick. I got vaccinated back in march, i felt a little off on a couple of occasions fred. Ive got antibodies because of the facts incurred. Okay. Well, listen, ive been told that the antibody tests can be little bit all over the place. From the pentagon to Capitol Hill, America Reports continues on this very busy afternoon. Day with us. Hot dog or. Chicken . 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Well go through in just a moment. Breaking right now, a Senate Vote any moments. Are we going to get roads and bridges . Maybe not. A 1. 2 trillion bill. Republicans say all of this is a stunt because they say the Bill Hasnt even been written yet, so