Has prompted the American Association Of Pediatrics to issue new guidance ahead of the coming school year. The doctors advise all students older than 2 years and auld School Staff should wear face masks at school. On the Vaccine Front, it has stalled. About half A Million shots being given out every day. That is down from more than 3. 3 Million at our peak. While the cdc describes the current surge as a pandemic of the unvaccinated, there is growing concern about vaccinated people getting the virus nonetheless. The socalled breakthrough cases. The Florida Congressman Vern Buchanan revealed hes tested positive after being fully vaccinated. And a woman on the u. S. Gymnastics team tested positive just days before the tokyo olympics. Her coach said she was fascinated two months ago. Dr. Fauci says even if someone is infected after a vaccination, they are still much more likely to avoid serious illness. The vaccine still protects you against infection but not completely. You are very highly protected against severe disease if youre vaccinated. If youre unvaccinated, then you have a reasonable chance of getting into trouble. In another closely watched story, five house republicans have been appointed to serve on the select committee investigating the 1 6 riot and insurrection. Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy has selected these members from his republican caucus and they are indianas jim banks, Rodney Davis from illinois, Jim Jordan of ohio, Kelly Armstrong from north dakota, Troy Nehls from texas. Banks, jordan and nehls all voted to overturn the Election Results. You got a mix there the entire conference. House Speaker Pelosi has still yet to sign to these appointments before the committees first hearing july 27th. Today federal judge sentenced the first Felony Defendant in the 1 6 insurrection. He got eight months in prison. Prosecutors have wanted Floridaman Paul hodgekins sentenced to 18 months. He is clearly seen carrying the 2020 flag. He pleaded guilty last month to a single count of obstructing an official proceeding. Also Chuck Schumer is moving forward with a Wednesday Vote to start debate at least on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. The measure is still being written as we speak. The senate democrats not giving up on a Federal Voting Rights bill. The Rules Committee led by senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota, is holding the u. S. Senates first field hearings in two decades to try to bring Voting Rights issues to the publics attention. First stop, atlanta, georgia, where one witness described the obstacles to voting in georgia. This past year, i had to go to extraordinary lengths to accomplish the simple but consequential task of casting my ballot. I along with thousands of georgians, had to wait for hours in order to cast my vote. In fact, i had to go to the polls twice in order to vote. With that, lets bring in our leadoff guests. Phillip rucker, Pulitzer Prize Winner for the Washington Post, his highly anticipated new book written with his colleague called, i alone can fix it. Donald trumps catastrophic final year. Generating a lot of headlines, even though it doesnt come out until tomorrow. Phils coauthor will join us a bit later for a full conversation about it. Also with us, amy stoddard, washington journalist, For Real Clear Politics and former u. S. Attorney joyce vance. She also happens to be one of the cohosts of the podcast sistersinlaw. Good Evening And Welcome to you all. And phillip, i would like to begin with you and your beat. This new virus surge. Lets take political consequences, the Disappointment Aspect of it out of the conversation anD Dwell on Public Health. I am guessing that biden West Wing is about to address this with some urgency. Certainly. And weve seen the biden administration and the Health Officials throughout the government speak with increasing urgency in recent weeks about whAt The cdc is calling the pandemic of the unvaccinated. The fact that so many americans, tens of millions of americans, many of them in red, republican leaning states wont be vaccinated in part because of what is spreading on sxoem conservative media. This is a growing urgent concern for leaders in washington. They feel the Infection Rates and further complications from california to the East Coast could be continuing to rise as people resist the vaccines. So i think well see in the coming days, the president as well as others in the Administration Step forward with increasing pleas to get people vaccinated. To get the shots and try to push past this as the Delta Variant becomes a really severe threAt To the country. Lets talk politics. I brought something for you. Here is ar Inch Fleischer on Fox News tonight. Fdr jr. , licensed to go on as maive trilliondollar Spending Spree and hes not. That was not whAt The 2020 election was about. Hes out of sync with where the american people are. So a. B. , tomorrow marks six months since the inauguration of Joe Biden and one is tempted to ask, hearing that, how the effort to arrive at an Attack Line against biden is faring these days on the republican side. Well, brian, weve watched both parties get concerned about deficits when theyre not in power. But President Trump was the first republican leader to completely abandon. The party gave up on it watching the voterers who supported Donald Trump give up on it. Thats whAt The biden administration is betting on. That a lot of spending on infrastructure and other programs, vaccination distribution, the child tax credit, all the things theyve done in their first three to six months are not only popular in their party, in the democratic party, but with some of the republicans in the Trump Coalition as well. So you will see, especially among those, not Ari Fleischer but several senators positioning themselves to run for president in 2024 if Donald Trump does not. A lot of talk about piling Debt And Spending by the democrats and the social. I programs. No matter what passes, in the reconciliation of the bills, you can count on it. Stig brand, it turn out to be a florida man who receives the first Felony Sentence for his role in the violent attempt to overturn the Election Result on 1 6. What do you make. Eightmonth sentence and what might it mean for all the others that are pending . The eightmonth sentence was clearly a disappointment to prosecutors. They had asked the court for an 18month sentence and argued pretty vigorously about the consequences of January 6th. The judge distinguished this defendant from defendants that well see down the road saying he didnt want to burden this particular individual with the conduct of those who may come to him for sentencing later on. Whether the judge is correct or not there, i think the sentence really extends wrong message. It is clear that prosecutors are intent on these future cases of people who committed Property Damage or acts of violence and will watch the Sentences Amp up pretty dramatically. For instance, simply for someone involved in Property Damage, the lowest sentence would be in the range of 41 to 51 months. So i think people who were disappointed today need to suspend judge a little locker and let prosecutors do their job. I dont need to tell you that democrats on the left would love to see people like Schumer And Biden Play Rough for a change. Especially right now with. That in mind, what is going on in the u. S. Senate . What do we mean when we say that as early as this week, they may begin debate on infrastructure . The bipartisan deal for an Infrastructure Package that we thought was in the cards a few weeks back appears to be in real serious jeopardy At This hour. There is some republican waivering on how to pay for it and in part because of pressure from outside conservative groups that are against any additional spending increases. WhAt This has done is force a Decision Point for Chuk Schumer and President Biden to move forward with the vote to begin Consideration And Debate on this bill. Thats what schumer has said today he plans to do later this week. And it speaks to the growing impatience, both At The White House among bidens advisers, but also with democrats in the senate and progressive liberal leaders who are allied with the biden administration and with the key senators. They feel like enough is enough. It is time to call this vote. To call the Republicans Bluff to get to the 60vote Margin and push this vote forward. Well see in the next couple days whether the votes are really there when schumer begins the debate on this infrastructure bill. A lot of people on the left feel like theyve waited far too long for a bipartisan deal and it is time on bulldoze through and get the package passed. A. B. , also on the hill. Lets talk about this 1 6 committee and the questions our viewers would be right for wanting answered. Number one, does pelosi have straight up Veto Power over the republican selections . Im asking this because we learned Mccarthys Choice to so many people, the unserious name stood out on the list was Jim Jordan. What happens there . And is it conceivable Jim Jordan could end up on a Witness List . Well, we dont know what information they have that would bring him to the Witness List that is within the realm of the possible. We dont know. Jim jordan was always going to be on Kevin Mccarthys list, and Nancy Pelosi knew that all along. This is a mandate from President Trump. Kevin mccarthy doesnt even have to consult with the former president to know that he had to put three 1 6 truth orders this panel and then throw in some, quote, credible people that would stand up, that would be credible. Would be suitable to the majority of people in this country who thought thAt The insurrection was as severe as it was, and are not in the maga umbrella. So he was always going to pick one or two people who voted to certify the election. He was always going to pick Jim Jordan and others to be a Combat Fighter from minute one, trying to discredit this investigation and this committee and to fight for Donald Trump. And the first thing he said when he was named to the committee, he said basically, this entire things to make up, you know, lies about Donald Trump. So this is exactly what we expected. I dont think Nancy Pelosi, knowing this is exactly what mccarthy woulD Do, is going to veto the choices. I think she will just proceed. She has liz cheney, we are very credible republican, and i think she will let them drive a Clown Card on the side. It was never going to be serious. It was always going to be an effort to project Donald Trump in the narrative that it was another love fest. Joyce vance from a Clown Car on the side, take us to the intersection of law and Public Health. Im asking because of the excerpted portion i have from the Washington Post today. He writes this in park. Governors have used their Public Health powers to mandate mask wearing and social distancing to fight covid19. They ought to now take the next logical Step And Mandate vaccinations for the use of indoor spaces outside the home. Well, first of all, lets say it together. That will go over well. Secondly, joyce, to your lifes work, talk about the potential thickett of legal issues that opens up. It is quite a thicket. I think it will make a. B. s Clown Car look like it was in the amateur leagues. Of course we know any effort by the biden administration to impose a mandate on a national level will be met with endless litigation. In reality, it is a tough objective. Governors control. So of this terrain and theres little thAt The administration can do if governors in Red States dont choose to reimpose Mask Mandates, dont choose to require vaccination and take other logical steps to combat delta. Thats what happens when we live in a world where Public Health has become fully politicized. WhAt The administration coulD Do, and max has a very interesting point. They could look at federal sort of operations like travel, to enter a plane or a federal building. That would certainly be something that would help to bring the virus under control. There would be litigation. There is a little uncertainty right now, brian, because the vaccines are still approved on an emergency basis. That puts the administration on a little bit less secure of a footing once that Approval Rate is stepped up to permanent approval. Then for instance, well likely see more urgency and requirements that people who are members of the military and federal employees have mandated vaccination like people do for so many other illness thats are, whether this administration can overcome what is certain to be political hurdles with better messaging than theyve proven capable of today. Indeed, it is already out there on display. Our Starting Line for a new week. Our greAt Thanks for starting us off. Coming up, critics are praising phil ruckers new book out tomorrow. And apparently detachment from reality is a Running Theme where the last president is concerned. Well ask the authors about the many revelations within. And later, Unvaccinated Americans once again filling hospital beds, battling covid, fighting to breathe. One of our leading physicians standing by to take our questions. 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The pair have written yet another book, a new one on the trump presidency. I alone can fix it. Donald j. Trumps catastrophic final year which comes out tomorrow wherever fine books are sold. Good evening to you both. And congratulations for the smattering of advance reviews that i read this afternoon. And tonight, tell us more about the last thing we raised here. Trumps regret over not calling out the military following the murder of George Floyd, during the blm protests. And a subset of that question. Who would tell him if he wanted the second marines or the 81st to take positions in seattle . Wow, brian, thats a Twopart Question that is important. Let me deal with the first part first. You know because youve covered this administration and chronicled it every night at 11 00, thAt The president , the former president , rarely regrets anything. In fact, in our interview we learned that he really doesnt regret anything about 2020 except for one thing. Though it was one of the most catastrophic years weve seen in our history, his big Regret Speak didnt unleash active duty military troops on the people who were exercising their first amendment rights to protest the death of George Floyd and the chronic, systemic Racist System in which many black men and women have been killed At The hands of police. That was his big sadness. Now, for the second part of your question, what we learned, and what was so chilling to us was that many insiders in the Trump Administration felt very strongly thAt They had to basically band together to keep Donald Trump from sicking active duty troops on americans in all sorts of cities. Seattle, portland, washington, d. C. , philadelphia, new york. It felt so frequent a demand and a request from the president that Bill Barr told aides he was tired of going to the White House because he knew whAt The conversation was going to be. Lets send troops in. The president wanted to burnish his image and look like a tough Law And Order guy because he wanted to win reelection. And all those people inside the administration saw right through it. And they worked to stop him. Of course, they made up for a lot of that in Lafayette Park alone. Phil, as i read it, your scheduled interview at maralago was for an hour. It went for two and a half, or there abouts. For people who will never get that distinct pleasure of sitting down for that long, what is it like . B, what shocked you the most during that conversation . Well, brian, it was an entirely bizarre season for carol and me. We came to the Interview And Trump wanted to hold it in what is effectively the lobby at maralago At The Dinner Hour so scores of his dinner guests were parading past us as we were trying on interview him about the serious substantive matters of his presidency. He is so fixated on the 2020 election. He kept reverting back again and again and again to the election and to the conspiracy thats we all know are not true. The false hoods that he won arizona, the falsehoods thAt There was fraud in fulton county, georgia. In trumps mind it is so real. And he would tell it to us with real animated cadence. He thought people would finally figure it out. He kept saying, im trying to get the word out here about the fraud that simply doesnt exist. What you had at maralago, when we were there at The End of march, is a king of republican politics sort of in his briggadoon that doesnt stack up to the facts. And by the way, hes also filled with grievance. He brought up people like Bill Barr, mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, he even instroked late senator john mccain. All people that he made fun of, he blamed them for things that had gone wrong and he also blamed Mike Pence. His loyal Vice President for not doing whAt Trump considered to be the courageous thing on January 6th by trying to overturn the results. The former president still bitter about that. Carol, back to the subject of the military, and Donald Trump, and had this been a full on Third World style coup, it is plausible that he would have wanted to call out the military to enforce whatever his Election Goals were. Tell us what leaders At The pentagon were willing to do in the event of such an order. There were so many things that very senior Military Officers and officials were in a near panic about, and feared that Donald Trump woulD Do. Things they felt he woulD Do to basically maintain his grasp on power. That was a feeling that had been growing for months. Did it start on June 1 for general mark milley. He believed the president would show no remorse no, regret, not be worried about breaking any laws to deploy the military for his own political gain. WhAt The joined chiefs all agreed was thAt They would start planning for how to block Donald Trumps worst impulses. Ones in which he might try to create chaos and fear, again, to keep power, or indeed engage in a coup. WhAt They wanted to do was basically stop him from using the military. And they decide that had maybe they would have to resign one by one. In essence, a reverse Saturday Night massacre to stop the president and they were talking about this privately as something that could really happen. And they were quite glad when Inauguration Day came, thAt They had not had to use that secret plot. Our guests to our audience, both Pulitzer Prize recipients and it strikes me Donald Trump has now come one title of the last two books about him. He, of a very stable genius and now i alone can fix it. Well get to our next line of questioning with both of our guests Coming Up after this break. 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And carol, this one is for you. This is about a scene in the book where the secretary of Defense Esper learns from the general in charge of Operation Warp Speed thAt The vaccines are coming along. And heres how you guys write it. Esper was initial will delighted when perna told him he was authorizing contracts to produce two promising vaccines. But the Secretarys Eboolence then turned to concern. If the president learned they had millions of doses produced, would he or a white House Adviser Start Demand Theg administer them to the public before the vaccine had been fully vetted by the fda . This Dove Tails with the reporting in this book thAt The president s concern over the coming pandemic was more about polling than Public Health. And it is cheer the people around him were concerned about that. You know, everything with Donald Trump, especially so in 2020 is seen through lens of how it benefits him. In the year 2020, many of those insiders got too close a shocking look at just whAt That meant. A callousness. A burnishing to make sure the polls were good. How am i doing in the numbers . Those were his priorities. And in this part that you just described, it was stunning to learn the secretary of defense upon finding thAt There is a light at The End of the tunnel, upon hearing thAt They are looking at vaccines with an 80 effectiveness rating, his reaction is first happiness and then panic. What if Donald Trump finds out . And what will he do . What will the White House do . What will trumps closest aides want . What will the president want . They all know whAt The president wants. He wants a vaccine before the election because he wants to have delivered on that promise and he wants to get reelected. But actually, esper is worried thAt The president may order people to get the vaccine before it is properly vetted, before it is safe and before the trials are completed. He starts Wonder Figure they should try to hide this light under a bushel basket. Talk about the call that Mike Pence made on 1 6 over to the pentagon which according to the body of reporting only day is one call more than Donald Trump placed on the subject. Thats exactly right. This was a moment of national crisis. The capitol was under siege by vlt rioters and you would expect the president of the united states, the commander in chief, to be active. To be calling the pentagon. To be trying to get control of the situation. Our behind the scenes reporting in this book shows that President Trump spent those hours in front of a television set, watching what was unfolding At The capitol and essentially paralyzed from doing his duty as the commander in chief. Instead, you had Vice President pence who was in a hideaway, effectively. He was under threat physically At The capitol. His family was in danger. People were channelling hang Mike Pence all around him and it was Vice President pence who was calling the pentagon, who was saying get these troops here now. Get these buildings under secure. Get this building cleared out of these rioters. And importantly, he refused to be evacuated from the capitol because the Vice President thought it was essential for the american people that he remain in the capitol to do his job, to certify election whenever the senate and the house could reconvene. It is a chilling bit of reporting and it speaks to how little President Trump did in that moment. Effectively melted away. Carol, let me ask you a final question about process. There are so many people floating around washington who want a little dose, who want a chance to get the stink of having worked for trump off their otherwise stellar resumes. And some of them are vaunted people. Esper, barr, milley, pence, eivanka and jared. So an offer comes along and how do you guard against becoming their resume burnishing tool in the scope of a massive project you two are involved in. Im really glad you asked that question. And im really glad you used the word guard. Thats exactly how phil and i felt in these moments, in these interviews. Sometimes we sat with people for seven hours at a time. And we were on guard for people wanting to make everything a little more gossamer about how they handled the situation. Make themselves look a little more brave or perhaps a little more resolute. In fact, i think we all know whAt The standards for serious journalists are. Ill repeAt Them here. We dont have anything in our book we couldnt corroborate independently. Every time it was possible, we asked our sources for additional people who knew this information. Or we sought out those as well. We asked our sources for Calendar Entries and text messages. Were pretty pushy and nosey. And they showed them to us to help again make sure that whAt They were alleging is something that we can take to the bank. If we could not find that kind of information, if we could not find trust in whAt They were alleging, we didnt publish it. I want to say theres another reverse element to this. People who want to be associated with Donald Trump for their political benefit. They want to tap into the political base of Donald Trump. Some of those people were running from us as well. Because they had raised serious questions about Donald Trumps ability to lead. About the insanity of some of the things that happened in the final month of the presidency. And in fact, confided to people thAt They were quite afraid of what Donald Trump woulD Do. And theyve tried to deny those things to us and weve corroborated them. But theyve tried to avoid being critical. President. Because it is important for them to be alined with him. Two friends of our broadcast. Our thanks for coming on on the eve of your books release to our audience. The book is out tomorrow. It is i alone can fix it. Donald trumps catastrophic final year. Best luck to both of you. Thank you for coming on. And Coming Up, a top doctor on what we all need to know about these Breakthrough Infections were hearing about. Where the fully vaccinated are getting the virus nonetheless. N. Its a beautiful reflection of everything youve been through. Thats why dove renews your skins ceramides and strengthens it against dryness for softer, smoother skin you can lovingly embrace. Renew the love for your skin with dove body wash. New customers get our best deals on all smartphones. Renew tthats right. Our skin but what if im already a customer . Oh, no problem. Hey, cam. . Ah, same deal yeah, its kind of our thing. Huh, thats a great deal. What if im new to At T . Cam, can you. . Hey. But what about for existing customers . Same deal breathless its the same deal is he ok . 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When you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. Visit indeed. Com hire and get started today. If i ask any patient that is up in a bed right now, they will tell me they wish they had gotten the vaccine. They have told me personally they wish they had gotten it. ThAt They should have gotten it and they did not. Covid cases now on the rise in every state in our union. 97 of those hospitalized are unvaccinated. On the misinformation surrounding the vaccine, our next guest writes this. Quote. The monster is much bigger and formidable than facebook or social media. If the biden administration is serious about countering antivaccine disinformation, it must be willing to take on the empire and launch a counter offensive. It is important to have back with us again Tonight Dr. Peter hotez. A Vaccine Scientist who has been hard at work developing a low Cost Vaccine for global distribution. He also happens to serve as codirector for vaccination At Texas childrens and Baylor College of medicine. Just take for our audience who may not be familiar with you, take a brief moment At The top and tell good people watching how and why it is in your life, you have become so familiar, lets say, with the antivax crowd . Yeah. I wish it were for good reasons, brian. Thanks for asking me. Im a Vaccine Scientist and pediatrician anD Devoted my life the developing vaccines, mostly for povertyrelateD Diseases. I took coronavirus vaccines about ten years ago but im also the parent of four adult kids including Rach Heel has oughtism and intellectual disabilities. A few years ago i wrote a Book Called Vaccines did not cause rachels autism, debunking thAt There is a link that vaccines cause autism. Showing there is no link with what we know of the genetics of autism. Unfortunately, that may be the Number One thing. One called never og villain. That means the original Gangster Villain. So you have the original Gangster Villain on tonight, brian. Were proud of it. This must be an incredible experience. Im guessing there is a set antivax Play Book which youve lived long enough to see employed in the autism sphere. And now youve lived long enough to see it in your other lifes work. And that is suppressing active disease like this. Yeah. Thats right. So what happened with the antivaccine movement is, i would like to think maybe in part because i helpeD Diffuse a little bit the links between vaccines and autism. And i think to reenergize about six, seven years ago, to reenergize, they politicized, they linked themselves to political extremism on the far right. Initial through republican Tea Party organizations political Action Committee started forming in texas and oklahoma, where i am. And now you see it play out nightly. The conservative News Outlets and if you listened to the cpac conference, the Horror Show that unfolded there from very conservative members of Congress Discrediting vaccines and claiming it is Nothing Morning a political instrument of control. And this is why were in this terrible, terrible situation where we have whole regions of the country. Not just outbreak areas but entire regions of the south central u. S. And South Eastern United States where people are not getting vaccinated out of defiance. And were seeing this massive surge. All predicted and predictable when you have that combination of delta and low vaccination rates. It is Heart Breaking because all of this could have been prevented. Speaking of Heart Breaking, lets talk about these breakthrough cases. For everyone watching tonight, people who may have been under the sfumings theyre vaccinated, they are okay, period, end of sentence. What is the truth about these break through cases . Well, its not too far from that, actually. So no vaccine is perfect. The original lineage of the vaccines that pfizer, moderna vaccine, 95 , almost as good as the j j vaccine. We saw out of israel, the numbers were not as robust. 60 to 64 in israel to around 80 in scotland and in england. So that gave people pause for concern. In terms of serious infection, it is just as robust. What youre not seeing are hospitalizations anD Deaths for those who have been vaccinated. But you are seeing people who are either asymptomatic or low grade symptoms and Thats Something well have to continue to watch for. Particularly for those who are immunocompromised and may not respond to the vaccine as well. By now, all the viewers know what exercise and Common Sense means in this and where are the best environments to slip on a mask. It is not as weve learned The End of the world. Doctor, please agree to come back on our broadcast whenever youre on with my friend Nicole Wallace at 4 00 eastern. 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