speaker nancy pelosi announcing the formation of a select committee to investigate. this morning with great solemnity and sadness i m announcing that the house will be establishing a select committee on the january 6 insurrection. again, january 6th was one of the darkest days in our nation s history. i ve said it now three times. it is imperative that we establish the truth of that day and ensure that an attack of that kind cannot happen and that we root out the causes of it all. speaker pelosi s announcement follows months now of public and brazen obstruction by senate republicans including voting against the establishment of an independent bipartisan commission. last month only six gop senators voted alongside all of the democrats in favor of it falling short of the 60-vote threshold. the select committee follows months of white washing of the horrors of january 6 by republicans including calling it a peaceful protest and likening the insurrectionists to everyday touri
the congressman who compared it to a tour visit was apparently barricaded in an office to keep them out. the supreme court takes on a huge human rights case. i think the possibility of roe v. wade being overturned is small. i don t see it happening. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. yesterday in these united states of america, there were just over 16,000 new cases of covid reported. now, if you ve been watching the show over the course of the pandemic, you know that it was a sunday. that s still the low reporting day. but that number, 16,000, it is still the lowest daily number since the end of march 2020. the outbreak was still localized in a few areas around the country and there was still basically no testing structure. remember that? and also, for the first time since the pandemic started, we now have cases that are declining in all 50 states, that s right. that fact president biden touted today when he talked between the status of the virus, he had som
very minimal. i don t say that happening. and as the devastation continues in gaza, why did it take so long for the united states to even discuss a cease-fire? all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. yesterday, in these united states of america, there were just over 16,000 new cases of covid reported. now, if you ve been watching my show for the course of the pandemic, you know it was a sunday that still the low reporting day. but that number, 16, 000, is still the lowest daily number since the end of march 2020. when the outbreak was still largely localized in a few areas throughout the country and when crucially, there was basically no real testing infrastructure. remember that? and also, for the first time since the pandemic started, we now have cases that are declining in all 50 states. that s right. that fact, president biden touted today when he talked to the status of the fight against the virus and presented some really really encou
the power grid. thousands of people are waiting in long lines if they re able to do so trying to get their hands on bottled water. and today several democratic congresswomen are surveying the damage left by that winter storm which knocked out power to millions of texans. when disaster strikes this is not just an issue for texans, this is an issue for our entire country. and our whole country needs to come and rally together behind the needs of texans all across the state. all right, the storms have also created a backlog of coronavirus vaccines. the white house saying 6 million doses have been unable to be distributed because of the weather. let s get started with the millions struggling in texas right now. cnn s natasha chen is at a food bank in houston. natasha, certainly, you know, a disastrous situation there across the state. what are you seeing and what are you hearing from people there? yeah, the desperation right now is really related to the water crisis that s
the biden transition team and government officials began to sound the alarm to increase shelter space for migrant children whom they expected would soon be crossing the border in large numbers but the trump administration didn t take action until days before the inauguration according to two biden transition officials and a u.s. official with knowledge of the discussions. they were sitting on their hands a transition official told nbc news who doesn t currently work for the biden administration. it was incredibly frustrating. the report adds that as of february the department of health and human services was only able to use about half of the congressionally funded capacity with covid protocols and a shuttering of facilities. because of those limits unaccompanied children are backlogged in stations. their numbers reaching a record high of 5,200 children in custody last week with hundreds held past the three-day legal limit. that is the backdrop to news breaking this afternoon