witness the huge crowds converging, ready to make themselves heard. that reporter from the l.a. times was able to capture the scene as we closed in on that noon witching hour. he captured the scene this way at 11:33 a.m. yeah. that was it. and this isn t just like a shot that was taken in the wrong direction or a shot taken of the sidelines. see what we re pointing out there? that s the big screen, and that s the stage. that s the center of the main event less than a half hour before the whole thing was supposed to kick off. where is everybody? now, to be fair, this was 11:33 a.m. things did fill out a little bit by the time noon actually rolled around. but not by that much. this was as big as the whole thing ever got on saturday. this was around 1:00 p.m. about an hour into it. when there is a big march or rally in washington, a big gathering, sometimes news outlets will use like, you know, crowd size experts or aerial views of the crowd or do a bunch of complicated math t
ways. we just seem to have lost the ability to dialogue and to reason, and to do it in a way that s respectful and thoughtful, inside of politics. on monday, the democrats plan to pay for the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill that came into focus. the house ways and means committee announced tax hikes that would amount to nearly $2.1 trillion in increased revenues. but left unscathed, the vast fortunes of the megarich, like mark zuckerberg and elon musk. perhaps that s why congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez struck such a chord with the fashion statement heard round the world at one of the most opulent events of the year. and to aoc s credit, just a few days later, president biden seemed to echo her sentiments. people with tens of millions of dollars. they play by a different set of rules. where is it written with all the tax breaks in the american tax code go to corporations at the very top. i think it s enough. i m tired of it. meanwhile, as democrats plow full ste
attack and taken down in late july is back again today. and 100 unarmed national guard members are right now stationed at the d.c. armory ready to deploy if necessary. the insurrectionist s former president who has taken to calling the rally a setup couldn t help himself from releasing a statement in support of the suspects. the suspects that many would argue he incited to go to the capital back in january, quote our hearts and minds are the people being persecuted unfairly. that s what trump said. adding in addition to everything else it s proven conclusively that we are a two-tiered system of justice. whatever that means. in the end justice will previously. notice the exclamation point. and in that last respect he might be right but in not in the way he thinks. the january 6th suspects are plovg through the system. seven have been sentenced. yesterday a california woman was sentenced to probation but not before she told the court that the insurrection was a quote unique exp
encouraging it and the stunning silence of the republican leaders as this is all happening, treating it as if it is a walk in the park. it is very painful to see. not just silence but outright defense and dismissal of the threat. whitney wild is outside of the fencing, surrounding it. law enforcement making sure it is more prepared this time around. so what steps are they taking and what are they expecting? reporter: well what they re expecting is potentially hundreds of beam to descend into washington as the event organizer for the nonviolent people who are charged in the january 6 insurrection. it is a little bit noisy out here because they re doing last-minute tweaking that surrounds the u.s. capitol grounds, somewhat of a familiar site here in washington following this january 6 insurrection. they are prepared for potential violence today as well as tomorrow and the concern, jim, is that people might be potentially promoting violence in furtherance of this stolen elec
team had planned to begin distributing boosters next week, but even if this fda panel signs off, another approval must come from the cdc. president biden s chief medical advisor, dr. anthony fauci, today suggesting approval is likely. the data that i have seen, i believe strongly suggests that will be the case. our position about at least planning for the eadventureuation that we might have to give boosters, we vernal have planned very ready to go, pending the decision that s made from a regulatory standpoint. cnn s senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen is here to explain the arguments for or against boosters, so elizabeth, what are you learning from the meeting today? alisyn, this issue is so hotly contested, because the data just doesn t agree with each other. let s first look at the argument against boosters. this argument basically says the two shots, the two shots that so many of us have had, they are enough in countries besides israel, and i ll get to isra