doubling down and giving credence to a group that is a megaphone for dangerous and deadly conspiracy theories. most of the 211 of house republicans are silent tonight over congresswoman marjory taylor greene s past comments supporting the execution of prominent democratic politicians. instead, greene, a qanon supporter has been given a seat on the education and labor committee. and that should alarm everyone, all of us. for one she tried to make a name for herself by suggesting the 2018 massacre of a high school in parkland, florida, was a false flag, in other words a planned event. a planned event to kill kids. and then posted this video in march 2019 where she s seen confronting a survivor of that shooting, student david hawk. david, why are you supporting the red flag laws? if scott peterson the resource officer had done his job, then why are you supporting red flag gun laws that protect our second amendment rights? and why are you using kids as a barrier? do you not k
international, ccnnespanon. that said, those problems are many and the pain is intense. this has been the deadliest month for americans and it is not over yet. today the nation s new cdc director signalled more darkness ahead. if we continue on the current trajectory, the cdc most recent national ensemble predicts 479,000 to 514,000 covid deaths will be reported by february 20th, 2021. that s the doctor that will join us shortly. here is white house senior covid advisor andy slavid doing the same on vaccine ability. right now on the level with the public we re facing two constraining factors. the first is getting enough supply quickly enough and the second, is the ability to administer the vaccines quickly once they re produced and sent out to the sites. we are taking action to increase supply and increase capacity, but even so, it will be months before everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one. we ll be devoting a good deal to the subject tonight. that
tonight the department of homeland security warning about the threat of possible violence by domestic extremists emboldened by the attack on the capitol. and meanwhile the biden administration moving to battle the climate crisis vowing to create clean energy jobs to the stimulate economic recovery. and with a few days still to go, january s already the deadliest month for covid-19 since the pandemic began, nearly 80,000 deaths so far. good evening to both of you. john, you first. today we saw the first coronavirus briefing in months and sweeping plans to combat climate change and create jobs. it seems like science is driving the biden agenda. there s no question about it. and, look, the reliance on science and data and evidence and reason is one of the key dividing lines between democrats and republicans now. and that was the message that the biden team was trying to showcase today. there was some audio glitches. it was a little technical and wonky at times, but they re mak
by february 20th, 2021. that s dr. rochelle walensky, who joins us shortly tonight, along with dr. anthony faucfauc. here s white house senior covid adviser andy slavitt doing the same on vaccine availability. right now, i want to level with the public, we are facing two constraining factors. the first is getting enough supply quickly enough and the second is the ability to administer the vaccines quickly once they re produced and send out to the sites. we are taking action to increase supply and capacity, but even so, it will be months before everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one. we ll be devoting a good deal to the subject tonight. that s right, anderson. we re going to ask dr. walensky and dr. fauci how the administration inteds to get the states 16% more doses, using the defense production act to boost production and just generally how to remove obstacles to getting people vaccinated. we ll be joined by the head of the newly created health equity
emboldened by this month s attack on the u.s. capitol. and there s other breaking news on the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. death toll has now passed 427,000, with more than 25 1/2 million confirmed cases in the united states. the urgency of the crisis underscored during the first formal briefing from president biden s new covid task force. top officials vowed to speed up vaccine distribution and pledged, i m quoting now, everything is on the table to tackle the growing national emergency. let s start with cnn s brian todd who s following these truly alarming developments. brian, first of all, tell us about this new warning from the department of homeland security. right, wolf. some disturbing new information tonight from homeland security officials who say the threat from violent extremist groups did not tamp down at all after the inauguration. an ominous warning from the department of homeland security in the wake of the assault on the capitol. a threat bulletin today sa