good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, i m john berman with brianna keilar. it is friday, september 17th. major developments overnight as our friend, new york times reporter maggie haberman puts it, this is how trump wins. violence and the support of violence, giving the former president to an extent what he want. this is why. the u.s. capitol on high alert this morning. a rally is planned for tomorrow in support of the january 6th insurrectionists. an unclassified briefing from the department of homeland security warns of potential violence as early as today. overnight president trump endorsed those connected to january 6th. our hearts and minds are with the people arrested at the insurrection and also overnight we saw a vivid example of what that violence and the threat of violence accomplished. ohio congressman anthony gonzalez, one of ten republicans who voted to impeach trump the second time announced he will not run, citing toxi
a beautiful day there in washington as we look at the capitol. still lit up as the sun s coming up over the horizon. we hope that you are seeing some sunshine today as well. or will. wherever you re waking. you good morning to you, i m christi paul. and i m boris sanchez in for victor blackwell. right now, more than 77 million americans have received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine. that s nearly 13% of the u.s. population that s fully vaccinated. now hhs says the country will have plenty of shots available. but the issue will likely be getting people to take the vaccine. yeah. several states are pushing forward with easing restrictions. nearly all amc movie theaters are set to reopen on friday. and disneyland in california set to open its doors next month. now, the u.s. has seen a significant drop in infections this winter, but the average daily number of new cases still around 53,000. yeah, experts fear that we could still see a spike. they say that vaccin
everything. that was in january, which was flummoxing. and then today we learned that we did it for a second month in a row and it turns out we were the most watched show on cable tv for january and february. i have no idea what to make of. but even better than that, for february, for this past month not only were we the most watched show on cable, but this network, msnbc, was the most watched network in all of cable tv in the month of february. you know i don t talk about ratings and all of that stuff. i will not mention it again. but it is a really big deal for us. it does blow my mind but i am so grateful and humbled. we will do our best to keep you worthy of your time and trust. let us never speak of this again. sorry. i had to get it out. today the nation s new commerce secretary was confirmed by the senate. the governor of rhode island or she was and now she is our commerce secretary. yesterday the new education secretary, miguel cardona. the chair of the council of eco
cbs news in moscow. covid cases are surging nationwide. infections and deaths set new record. this is jeopardy. we remember the amazing alex trebek. let us play jeopardy. the man with all the answers dead at 80. this is the cbs overnight news. good evening everyone, i m major garrett in new york. today, president elect joe biden attended mass and visited his son s grave, he began worker on his transition. tomorrow, mr. biden, only the second catholic to win the presidency is set to announce a coronavirus task force to prepare him for the work ahead. much has to be done. last week was the worst ever in terms of new cases. hospitals are stressed. the death toll keeps rising. biden s victory was in part powered by voters critical of president trump s handling of the pandemic and his approach to public health precautions. the president s temperment alienated voters in kay states. today the president tweeted more false claims about fraud and theft of an election. h
was closed except for official business, that everyone who was due to be there for that official business was there and accounted for, and these republicans know they could not come in. now, the official business that was under way that day is that michigan was going through official process by which the s state s electors cast their votes in the electoral college. biden and harris won the state e of michigan, so that means the electors for biden and harris were b chosen to be the officia electors for the state of michigan. the electors that day had to meet officially at the state capitol at noon and cast their votes in the electoral college. it is an elaborate and performative process we go through to pick a president in this country, but that is the part of the process that was under way inside the state capitol that day. it s this crazy thing to see s that these republicans were outside banging on the door trying to get in. because they said that they were there for the of