Final hours of the regular session denying republicans a quorum, which is required for final passage of the bill. Republican governor greg abbott says election integrity, those were his words, will be among the 11 items he wants considered during the special session. Democrats say the proposed legislation would add a slew of new restrictions to curtail voting. It s worth pointing out that the former president won texas during last year s presidential election. The news continues right now. Let s hand it over to chris for cro cuomo prime time. Hey, did you hear the new 2022 campaign slogan for congress? here it is. Vote for me, and i promise to do nothing. It s not a cynical thing. It s not a joke. And it s not some backroom promise. It is the ugly and the obvious of our reality. Here it is. Honestly, right now, for the next18 months, our job is to do everything we can to slow all that down to get to december of 2022. 18 months chaos and the inability to get stuff done. Now, the key is
Get help from the national guard. 12 different requests while the attack was underway. Five different times, the national guard was told that they needed to stand by and be ready to maybe do something. But it was close to five hours before and the national guard troops were actually sent to the capitol, at which point the capital was well and truly overrun. Today, one of the pentagon officials could not explain that delay in dispatching the guard on january 6th. One of the officials who couldn t explain it but nevertheless testified about it was general named charles fulton. General charles flynn was the younger brother of trump national security adviser mike flynn who of course called on trump supporters to come to the capital on january 6th. Who publicly called on trump to declare martial law and have the military takeover the country and rerun the election in swing states where trump lost. Mike flynn s brother charlie on january 6th was the deputy chief of staff of the united states
for more than a thousand years in good times and in bad the town of windsor has taken pride in its enduring bond with the monarchy. today, under blue skies, the royal borough provides the setting for a funeral. a ceremonial funeral as the longest serving consort in the history of the royal family is laid to rest. a long and productive lifetime, a history of achievement, a peaceful death at the age of 99. these are all things to celebrate and to mark with gratitude. today s funeral for his royal highness, the prince philip, duke of edinburgh, will certainly celebrate a life well lived. but it will also be a time of grief and loss for her majesty the queen, who for over 70 years, counted on the strength and advice of a dutiful husband and consort. it s a time of loss, too, for the children, the grandchildren, and the wider family. it was here at windsor castle eight days ago that prince philip passed away. and it is here in the private chapel that his body has been lyin
it s just muggy out there. the muggies will make the rain and the storms and even a little bit of potential for wind later on today. by 5:00, a few storms around, maybe even approaching new york city. later on tonight we will see that continue for tomorrow morning. an awful lot of rainful around texas. 4 to 6 more on top of what you saw. new day continues right now. hello, i m brianna keilar alongside john berman on this new day. one conservative compares president biden s spending proposal to a 15-year-old with a credit card, but can america afford it. plus, the lawyer who oversaw the first impeachment of donald trump, which included giuliani s efforts to dig up joe biden, responds to the fbi raid of his home and office. and a new twist with governor gretchen whitmer. she s going to join us to respond as the suspects are facing new charges. children should be taught, quote, the good side of slavery. see the response in the room where it happened. welcome to our
today as covid cases skyrocket. we have the latest for you. a u.s. judge is not buying donald trump s immunity claims, why the former president s reaction or lack thereof during the riots may work against him. and the georgia bulldogs end their drought, stunning alabama and winning their first title in 41 years. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is tuesday, january 11th. and we have a lot of developments to report on the coronavirus pandemic today and starting this hour in chicago where the teachers union has voted to return to in-person learning tomorrow after four days of schools being closed. more on that in a moment. meanwhile, the cdc could be changing its recommendations what kind of masks people should wear. the washington post is reporting advisers are expected to endorse n 95 or kn 95 masks. that comes as the number of americans hospitalized with covid continues to rise as you can see th