Bipartisan infrastructure deal faces a major test this week with a vote scheduled for wednesday. The question is will lawmakers agree on how to pay for the package? and u. S. Tennis star coco gauff won t be competing at the olympics after testing for the covid virus. Way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is still here. I m john lemaire and we re start with the news. Covid cases are on the rise driven up by places with low vaccination rates. The surgeon general is suggest once again everybody should mask up indoors. Reporter: no signs of covid backing down. In los angeles county, a 700% increase in positive cases in just the last month as masks go back on while indoors. I think better safe than sorry for sure. Reporter: former surgeon general jerome adams weighing in. He added, instead of vax it or mask it, the emerging data suggests the cdc advises you should vax it and mask it. The current surgeon general defended the cdc s suggestion that yo
there are still more legal challenges. we ll talk to a doctor about why he has concerns that even though the pill is protected for now, explosive mistake by russia after accidentally bombs, one of its own cities and leaves a trail of destruction behind, including a 65 ft wide crater. will show you the stunning, stunning images ahead fighting in sudan despite a 72 hour ceasefire. now, officials say preparations are being made in case diplomatic personnel need to be evacuated from the country will have a live report ahead. women across the u. s continue to have access to a commonly used abortion drug , at least for now. last night, the supreme court stayed a ler court s order or blocked that order that placed restrictions on the drug mifepristone. it is the first pill in a two drug cocktail, which has been used by millions of women over the past two decades that it has been on the market. the justices previously paused the lower court s order, but that freeze had been set to ex
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schools from teaching classes on african american history. plus, we will speak to the director of the oscar nominated documentary, stranger in the gate, the powerful story about how love and community can instill islamophobia in a small american town. that coming out, good evening. you know it stood out to me, as you at-home watched the videos of the brutal police assault of a 29-year-old father, and amateur photographer tyre nichols in memphis. he died in hospital, three days later on january 10th. the moment where he called out to his mother. he screamed her name, again and again. i don t know about you, but that broke me. not going to play for you tonight, because i m sure you have all seen some of those videos on this network. another networks, on social media. if you haven t, you can go watch it somewhere, you can go see for yourself tyre nichols, an unarmed fedex worker weighing 140 pounds, getting pepper sprayed, taser, punched, kicked, and repeatedly hit with a ba
i am just trying to go home. brian: you see an officer approach tyre nichols with their guns drawn and yank him out of his vehicle. he threw them to the ground. he was on the ground and put his hands behind his back. a few moments later you see him get up and run. multiple officers repeatedly punch him and pepper spray him. you see an for walk up and kick him in the head two times. they strike him with a baton over and over again. later dragged and propped up against a police car. he didn t receive any medical attention even though there were medical personnel there. he would die two days later in the hospital. people in memphis and across the country are protesting, but there is no widespread violence. but fear of it does remain. almost universal agreement this is unacceptable. the you five officers are black. they are members of an elite unit. they require specific qualifications and training. it is inactive now since nichols passed away. the officers have been fired and ch