of this growing emergency. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the department of homeland security issuing an alarming warning tonight about saturday s rally in support of the january 6 riots. according to a department of homeland security bulletin, officials warning that violence connected to the rally that will take place could begin as early as tomorrow. and that they have detected chatter about kidnapping a specific member of congress. now, officials say they are aware of online threats of violence. also tonight, the fencing around the capitol is back up, and security at airports ramped up in anticipation of the rally. officials are bracing for an event that they re worried could spiral out of control. and president trump is adding fuel to the fire, releasing a statement reading not sure where to start there. hearts and minds with people tre treated unfairly. for things like this. we came this far, what do you say? we re done
good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s offering all of you a friendly reminder that sunday is mother s day. i am kasie hunt on this friday, may 7th. we ll start with the news. in the united states, covid-19 infections are now at their lowest levels in seven months, a sign that vaccines are working and saving lives. deaths and serious illnesses related to the coronavirus have dropped significantly, as well. the u.s. averaged about 48,000 new cases per day over the past week. that is a 13% improvement over the week before, and it s the first time since october that average daily cases have dipped below 50,000, according to axios. over half of all american adults have now received at least one shot of a vaccine and 41% of adults are fully vaccinated. also some more good news on this front. two new studies show the pfizer/biontech vaccine is highly effective against virus variants. researchers used real-world data from vaccinated people in qatar and israel,
house of representatives is expected to hold trump confidant steve bannon in contempt of congress and refer the matter to the justice department for prosecution. then it s up to the acting u.s. attorney in dc and ultimately the attorney general on whether to bring criminal charges against bannon. the house of representatives votes for referral of a contempt charge. the department of justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. it will apply the facts and the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution. the pressure on merrick garland will be intense. and his decision on whether to prosecute will be consequential, not only for bannon and donald trump, but also the future ability of congressional power to call witnesses, demand information and documents, and enforce subpoenas for those who refuse to cooperate. now, if history is any indicator, the doj has historically been reluctant to use its power of prosecution against witnesses fo
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deals with former partner, this is outnumbered i m kayleigh mcenany. anchor shannon bream, fox news contributor and board certified physician, nicole sapphire. best dancer on the couch is todd piro. but first let s go to chad program who is live on this story. haley, good afternoon. the transcript reveals hunter biden tried to use his father and family name to foster business but never directly used his fast her. it was a signal. here is a good example, archer told investigators it was the biden name that kept burisma afloat, as mr. biden threatened to withhold $1 billion in aid to ukraine unless victor shokun was fired, when hunter biden was on the board. people would be intimidated to mess with burisma. now why if his name had been hunter smith, he wouldn t have made a dime. the fact is he was playing off his father and we now know despite joe biden s lies that in fact biden was part of the game. this is why house republicans are getting serious about a potential im