The rapid spread of the highly contagious delta variant now pushing the number of new covid cases to over 100,000 per day. But some unvaccinated americans clearly getting the message. More than 860,000 doses administered on wednesday, the highest number in a single day in more than a month. Also tonight, investigations into embattled new york governor andrew cuomo s conduct expanding. At least six county district attorneys requesting investigative material from the state s attorney general to determine if the allegations of sexual misconduct lodged by multiple women amounted to potential crimes. And president joe biden honoring heroism of police officers who defended the capitol on january 6th, signing a bill awarding the congressional gold medal to capitol police and d. C. Police forces. The tragedy of that day deserves the truth above all else. We cannot allow history to be rewritten. We cannot allow the heroism of these officers to be forgotten. We have to understand what happened,
The rapid spread of the highly contagious delta variant now pushing the number of new covid cases to over 00100,000 cases a day. But the highest number of vaccinations were given today in a month. Also tonight, the investigation into embattled new york governor andrew cuomo is expanding. Materials have been requested from the state s attorney general to determine whether the allegations of sexual misconduct lodged by multiple women amount to potential crimes. And president joe biden heralding the heroism of police officers, signing a bill to award the gold medal to capitol police and d. C. Police forces. The tragedy of that day deserves the truth above all else. We cannot allow history to be rewritten. We cannot allow the heroism of these officers to be forgotten. We have to understand what happened. The honest and unvarnished truth. We havto face it. I want to bring in now cnn white house correspondent john harwood. John, good evening, thank you so much. Powerful words from president
Charges? and cnn has learned that the impeachment probe into new york governor andrew cuomo is nearing completion. How much longer can he hold on? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. I m wolf blither. You re in the situation room. Let s get straight to the white house where there s growing concern right now about this latest covid surge. Our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is working this part of the story for us. Phil, how is the white house reacting to this very alarming sharp acceleration with the covid virus now topping 100,000 cases a day here in the u. S. ? wolf, it s a jarring number, but white house officials say they are laser focused on one thing, getting shots in arms, and they are seeing some results, particularly in some of the lowest vaccinated states. However, it is one state in particular in that group of low vaccinated states where it s not just public health issues they are having. It s also political problems. Tonigh
days leading up to the maga invasion at the capital. the basis of the president s second impeachment trial starting next week. the genesis of the siege, revealing it wasn t an up rising but a coordinated campaign by the former president and his allies. that was rooted in a lie that was so convincing to some of his most devoted followers it made the assault on the capitol almost inevitable. and a growing list of people and organizations involved in planning, promoting and financing the rallies that precipitated the insurrection. alex jones, ali alexander, the pilly gee, mike lindell, and people who have been in the republican party, and establishment groups like the republican attorneys general association. the heiress to the publix supermarket fortune. her money paid for the lion s share of the $500,000 at the ellipse where the former president spoke. before they converged on washington, all the forces rallied around a single goal of stopping the so-called steal. and the time
january 6th investigations. a congressional probe closing in on his inner circle and a federal probe looking into the fake elector scheme. trump admitting in a bombshell statement that he wanted mike pence to over turn the election saying pence did have the right to change the outcome unfortunately, he didn t exercise that power. he could have and this is the important word over turned the election. to be clear, pence did not have that right and pence, himself, made that clear when he was certifying the results. he could not have over turned the election and he did not. this is first time trump is confirming his intention that he wanted pence to over turn the election. something we know rudy giuliani and his legal team were efforting behind the scenes. we have been reporting on that fake scheme. another one of trump s legal team members admitting right here on the beat that he was part of this plot. trump s legal team and 14 of those so called alternate electors have been sub