That and more to cover on this thursday, july 22nd. But first, willie well start on yesterdays move by Nancy Pelosi that is being called unprecedented. House speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthys picks tasked with investigating January 6th. Garrett haake has details. Reporter a committee in chaos. Its an egregious abuse of power. Pelosi has broken this institution. Reporter republican leader Kevin Mccarthy withdrawing all of his selections for the January 6th special committee after Speaker Pelosi announced she would reject two choices for the panel. Republicans now calling the committee a sham while democrats vow to push ahead. We have a bipartisan quorum we can proceed. Reporter the speaker saying not seeing them was necessary to protect the integrity of the p investigation. The fact that she rejected two members that indicated they are not supportive of the committee, is serious and how serious it is to have patriots. Reporter now just one republican r
Pelosi says this shouldnt impact the Panels Ability to get the work done. We have a bipartisan quorum. We can proceed. Reporter now on the other side of the capitol the senate is set to vote soon on whether To Begin Debate on the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. A vote is expected to fail because republicans want to see the final text first, and later this hour were going to talk about all of this with connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal Hand Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine clark. As President Biden heads to ohio to make another push for his build back better agenda, the White House announced that Ukraines President will visit the White House for a meeting on august 30th. Meantime, a new study suggests the oneshot Johnson Johnson Vaccine may be less effective against the Delta Variant of the coronavirus and that people who got the shot may need a booster. And we are hearing from the nations highest ranking Military Officer about what a new book has to say about his statements a
Of his January 6th committee picks after Speaker Pelosi rejects two of them. The question is will the bipartisan Credibility Rest solely on Congresswoman Liz Cheney . Plus, coronavirus cases have spiked. The question is what can cities do to get more people vaccinated . Also, a blocking of a vote on the bipartisan deal. The question is will we see another vote, and when . Its way too early for this. Good Morning And Welcome to way too early, the show that still has one day to fill its olympic dreams. Im Jonathan Lemire on this thursday, july 22nd. Well start with the news. Over the past two weeks, covid19 cases nearly tripled in the united states amid an onslaught of vaccine misinformation. Its putzing some hospitals at a tipping point. Meanwhile concerns are mounting over the covid deta variant. This comes after an alarming report of a child who died. Its calling on the Vaccines Effectiveness against the delta strain. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has the latest. Reporter as the u. S. Sees A Th
Tuesday in his speech in philadelphia. In advance, of course, he tasked the Justice Department, his Justice Department with boosting Voting Rights enforcement. And last week he announced democrats will pour 25 Million into getting voters engaged ahead of next years midterm elections. It is not Money Or Manpower i refer to when i talk about resources. No. My concern is that the intangibles of democrat express and a principled opposition, those values that should drive our lawmakers, are nearly totally absent in this version of the Republican Party. Hence, the stalemate on voting Rights Legislation is in congress, where you have an engineered blockade in the senate. The republican caucus continuing to exploit the thinness of the democratic majority with the inevitability of a filibuster should they feel the need. When it comes to suppressing black voters, they have always felt the need. Joining me now, michigan Senator Garrett peters. He is the chair of the democratic senatorial Campaign
9/11, literally. this is by far the most horrific thing i ve seen in my life. the whole thing came down. it looks like a bomb went off. we re pretty sure a bomb didn t go off. heartbreaking for anyone still trapped inside. this stunning new hopeful. a young boy being rescued from the rubble. there are fears, understandable fears, more people could be trapped. right now more than 80 emergency teams are working to find survivors if they can. this is what the 12-story ocean front condo building looked like before this morning s collapse. and now a huge piece of that structure came down. cnn s leyla santiago is on the scene in surf side, florida, with the very latest. do we have any idea, leyla, how many people were inside that building when it came down? reporter: that is a very big unanswered question at this point. i can tell you it is still active search and rescue where the debris is, the building, what s left of it, has been cleared, the portion that is still standi