It struck fear into the hearts of millions and also killed millions of people every year until a vaccine came along and eradicated it. Antivaxers have been around as long as vaccines themselves. Can you imagine if back then there was a major political party backing them up. Fast forward to 2021 and thats exactly where we are now. Kevin mccarthy, the republican Leader And Colt 45 Groupie Tweeting in all cap rant, no vaccine mandate period. The governor is tHreatening the fine cities and counties that require workers to be vaccinated while passing the mike to antivaxers at his Press Conference. No one should tell you what tO Put in your body. For me, thats a problem. Thats a lot. Thats not true. Wait a minute. What was that part about how No One should tell you how what O Put in your body and about your body. Has the Texas Governor received that message . You think we could agree on this one thing, staying alive. Keeping our children alive, our parents. A large Cdc Report says unvaccinat
Tensions this week which are more about the future than any history of January 6 which trump supporters are invoking that fateful day as an alleged injustice to them And they want to use this gathering they say to address that. But there are many contrasts here to january. Instead of a federal government helped by a supporter of the Big Lie, today the biden administration condemns violence And is taking no chances on preparation. Authorities planning to erect temporary fencing around the capitol this week before the rally begins And doing everything they can to prevent any hint that there could be anything like a rerun. Now, the last probe here that weve been covering, the probe into the last time continues. Theres heat on Government Officials who may have been more secretly helpful to those criminal insurrectionists as they went on. Take Donald Trumps top aide at the time, chief of Staff Mark meadows. Were learning about just how he is one of the targets that the House Committee is ey
a personal level. it was true that my first days in the senate when i needed help very badly, and it was true my last days in the senate as well. in 2008 fritz and i became close friends, i saw his counsel many times. i was asked to join the ticket with barack obama. i was as i usually was, on amtrak, going home. i commuted every day. they later told me over 1,000,200 miles on amtrak give you all kidding aside, he called me after it was clear he was the fact on nominee. he said, he d like me to join him on the ticket. at least considerate. could he do a background check on me? you know he have to do that background check. and i said, no thanks, barack. i thought he was just dragging the bloody claw through the senate like presidential nominates do to get everyone excited. barack told me, no, there s only one other person i m considering. i said, barack, i don t want to be vice president. he said, why? i said, because you basically are standby equipment. i said would i want
well, i haven t seen it either. they haven t given me the subpoena, which is amazing because the press has had information and knowledge of this for 24 hours now. i still have yet to see the subpoena, it has not been given to me. i did write a letter in january when they asked me to come voluntarily. i said there are all kinds of concerns i have with this committee. if they do not comply, the committee could recommend contempt charges as they have done in the past but so far no one on the committee has yet suggested they will go that route. it is fraught. and house republicans have threatened to launch their own control into democrats should they gain control of the house next year. we don t know who in the senate the committee is interested in hearing from. joining me is capitol hill correspondent ali vitale. any news on the next steps? reporter: that s where it goes next, especially if and when these lawmakers say they re not going to comply with these requests. there