What took so long? let s go outfront. Good evening, everyone. I m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. Spooked by covid. The dow tumbling 700 points with fears the delta variant pushing the country in the wrong direction. Covid cases are up 145%. Hospitalizations are up 50%. Deaths are up 12%. And those who are most at risk are the ones who are failing to protect themselves and others with the simple vaccination. According to officials, more than 97% of people hospitalized with covid are unvaccinated. 99. 5% of deaths right now are among the unvaccinated. Dr. Anthony fauci telling me today if more americans don t get the shot, things will not get better. Quite the opposite. If we don t get a significant proportion of these people vaccinated, you re going to be seeing a smoldering of this outbreak in our country for a considerable period of time. And california tonight is one example of that smoldering outbreak. The state reporting the highest covid positivity rate since the winter surge.
Milley was shaken of the gospel of the fuhrer and was worried that he would try to stage a coup. And here is jamie gangel with more. Reporter: we re getting a new glimpse into how unhinged the final days of the trump administration were. The top u. S. Military officer chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mark milley was so shaken by trump s attitude, the big lie, after the election that he might possibly attempt a coup or take other dangerous or illegal action that milley and other top officials planned informally what they would do to stop such a coup attempt. This is according to excerpts in the book, general millie ey spe to top officers and lawmakers about just how worried he is about the possible threat of a coup and he is quoted as saying they may try but they are not going to fing succeed. You can t do this without the military, you can t do this without the cia and the fbi. We are the guys with the guns. He was really afraid after january 6 that there might be another attack.
Good evening from new york. I m chris hayes. I want to begin tonight by showing you a moment from this week s cpac conference that says a lot about where we are as a country and the ongoing danger of the current conservative movement. Now, i m going to confess, and you might be thinking the same thing, i was on the impression there was already a cpac this year. Apparently, republicans really wanted to have another one. You know, covid happened and then everyone is in the conference mood. This weekend, there was a second 2021 cpac, short for conservative political action conference. This one in dallas featuring the usual suspects, republican politicians for aspirations for higher office and disgraced expresident donald trump. It was all about what you would expect, i would say, politicians posing falsehoods like the big lie, the 2020 election was stolen from trump. There s a one moment in particular that almost made my heart stop when i saw it. It s this moment that speaks to something
Hear what george w. Bush has to say about america s withdrawal. We are now getting a better sense of just how unhinged the final days of the trump administration were and how much worse they might have gotten. Among the examples coming to light, the nation s top military officer rallying subordinates to protect the peaceful transfer of power and perhaps even head off a coup. Just one chilling scene contained in an upcoming book, i alone can fix it. And cnn has obtained a series of experts. In one general mark milley reassures his deputies about preventing a coup attempt following trump s election loss. He is quoted as saying they may try but they are not going to fing succeed. You can t do this without the military. You can t do this without the cia and the fbi. We are the guys with the guns. Cnn s jamie gangel spoke about the revelations with anderson cooper. Milley was so shaken by trump s behavior that what he did was he got together with the other chiefs, the navy, the air force, t
What a news night. Thank you. Good evening, every one. I am joy reid. We have a lot of moving parts tonight. Our plan was to spend a large portion of this hour talking about the anniversary of george floyd s murder and the legislation that s moving through congress to try and enact police reform in mr. Floyd s name. The breaking news gods had other plans as prosecutors did in new york. We begin with explosive nutz of new york of the former president of the united states, donald trump and the trump organization. In a breaking story, the washington post revealed that manhattan s district attorney has convened the grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict trump and other executives at his company or the business itself should prosecutors present the panel with criminal charges. That s according to two people familiar with the development. One of whom said that trump related testimony in the secret proceeding has begun. It s not clear whether the grand jury will return any in