therabreath, it s a better mouthwash. at walmart, target and other fine stores. tonight the house gop leader kevin mccarthy naming five republicans to be members of the select committee that will investigate the deadly january 6th insurrection. we re going to break it down in just a moment for you. also new cases of covid-19 on the rise all across the country, up 66% over the past week. hospitalizations and deaths on the rise, all fueled by the aggressive delta variant. president biden pleading with americans who are not vaccinated to get their shots. the president also walking back his accusation that facebook is killing people by allowing covid misinformation on its platform but still keeping up the pressure on social media platforms to control the misinformation. i want to bring in now congressional correspondent ryan nobles. he joins us now live from the capitol. ryan, good evening to you. let s talk about what kevin mccarthy is announcing. that is the five republicans
laws, implemented after black and brown voters in georgia gave joe biden the presidency and democrats control of the united states senate. a lot of people were hailing lewis on this anniversary including arizona conservative democratic senator kyrsten sinema, who got quite a bit of blow back for calling him her dear friend and personal hero. since sinema stands in opposition to ending the filibuster. meanwhile, other democrats were making good trouble in atlanta today. for the first time in 20 years, the senate rules committee held a field hearing, starting with impassion remarks from georgia senator, the reverend raphael warnock. john lewis s pastor at ebenezer baptist church. sadly, what we re seeing in georgia is an attempt to deny certain people the ability to have their voices heard in our democracy. as i have said time and time again, some people don t want some people to vote. congress must take action on voting rights. we have no time to spare. there is nothing more
it s still unclear who was in charge of security at the capitol despite the unprecedented security breach just a few months ago. and a fox propaganda host parrotting russian talking points now jumping on a baseless, absurd conspiracy theory that the fbi was behind the attack on the capitol. we ll have more on that in a moment. you are about to hear from one of the heroes of that day. an officer who was assaulted. he says a republican congressman who compared the attack to a normal tourist visit refused to sc shake his hand last night. despite the video proof of the real danger and violence on january 6th, 21 republican lawmakers voted against congressional gold medals for the officers who responded that day. lawmakers who, on any other day, might crow, have crowed about supporting law enforcement and now one of the officers who defended the capitol on january 6th is describing a tense exchange that he had with one of those lawmakers who voted no. he s with us now. officer mic
a, quote, cancer to the republican party. question is, will we see action against her in the house? and a key day in the second impeachment of donald trump. today is the deadline for his formal response to the charge against him. question is, what s his defense? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that has some fond memories of bayside high. we ve really missed you, screech. i m kasie hunt on this tuesday, february 2nd. we ll start with the news. it s looking more and more likely that democrats will push through the biden administration s nearly $2 trillion economic relief package with or without republicans. the president met with a group of senate republicans for about two hours in the oval office yesterday to pitch their much smaller $600 billion package. but the message from the white house is that it doesn t meet the moment. senator susan collins said the meeting was very productive and cordial, but when it comes to s
preparing to duke it out. connell mcshane on where both candidates are dolling out the cash. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. wall street was surging today. some say because they re anticipating a republican romp in a couple weeks. let s not get ahead of ourselves. we ll be all over that. first to jonathan serrie in atlanta, georgia. jonathan? yeah, there s a lot of interest in these elections here in georgia. more than 837,000 georgians have already cast ballots in the form of mail-in absentee ballots or early in-person voting which is what is going on here. more than 18,000 early voted on sunday alone. doubling first sunday voting during the 2018 mid-terms. more than 79,000 voted saturday surpassing saturday voting in the 2020 presidential election that is huge. state elections officials expected to surpass one million total votes by tomorrow. governor kemp says the report high voter turnout disproves democratic challenger stacey abram s clams that the vote