more than 400 suspects have been arrested and charged for their roles in the capitol riot. according to the acting deputy attorney general, quote, the fbi has made an average of more than 400 arrests a day seven days a week since january 6th. today on the 100th day anniversary the department of justice secured its first guilty plea in connection to the riot. john shafer, a founding member of the far right group the oath keepers stormed the capitol while wearing a tactical vest armed with bear spray. shafer pled guilty to obstructing an official proceeding and entering the capitol with a deadly or dangerous weapon. both felonies that can carry up to a total of 30 years in prison. as part of his plea agreement shafer agreed to fully cooperate with the government. he s now the first defendant to potentially flip in one of the largest and most complex criminal investigations in u.s. history. the plea agreement calls for a recommended sentencing range between 41 and 51 months, but
tanden on hold, including one that was supposed to be happening right now. our latest reporting on why the white house is showing no signs of backing down. and breaking right now, too, a new coronavirus vaccine one step closer to approval. what insiders at the fda are saying this morning about the candidate from johnson & johnson, the first single-shot covid vaccine may be just a matter of hours away from getting the okay for emergency use. and the potential future cia director in front of lawmakers this hour. 24 hours after we learned serious intelligence failures are partly to blame for the capitol riot response. and why a missed email is making headlines. a former cia director is here with you live on the fallout. good morning, i m hallie jackson in wash along with our nbc news team, leigh ann caldwell, peter alexander at the white house starting us off. let s talk about, leigh ann, some of the votes that relate to neera tanden. why were the votes postponed and why is
whatsoever. they made the argument that it makes sense to try the case and then consider documents. they made no argument that the white make sense to have trial without witnesses are and why, because it s indefensible. it s indefensible. no trial in america has ever been conducted like that, and so you would nothing about it. and that should be the most telling thing about councils argument. they had no defense of the mcconnell resolution because there is done. they couldn t defend on the basis of president, , they couldn t defend on the base of history, based on the constitution, they couldn t defend at all. so what did they say? first they made the representation that the house is claiming there is a such thing as executive privilege. that s nonsense. no one here has ever suggested there s no such thing as executive privilege but the interesting thing here is they have never claimed executive privilege. not once during the house investigation did ever say that a single doc
meanwhile, on capitol hill the house is working its way through legislation, a resolution that would send the whistle-blower s report, the complaint of the whistle-blower on that interaction to the house intelligence committee, the senate intelligence committee. they ll be voting shortly on the house floor about that. you can follow that over on cspan. the senate also in session, follow them on cspa 2. and here on cspan 3, we ll wait for the president.n 2. and here on cspan 3, we ll wait for the president. you re on c psa n 3, back on capitol hill the house is working its way through a resolution calling on the acting director of national intelligence to release the whistle-blower complaint august 12th, and it looks like that report has been released, actually, to the senate intelligence committee. frank thorp of nbc says the complaint has been delivered to the senate intelligence committee, which is reviewing it. we want to let you know, too, that the house intelligence
republicans use (202)-748-8001. for independents and others, use (202)-748-8002. in 20 in its, we will show you president trump s news conference from earlier today, midday today. we will continue with your phone calls and comments after that. quite a bit of news right after the president s news conference today was the firing of attorney general jeff sessions. in his letter, and a look at the attorney general supporting the department of justice earlier today, followed by the man who will take over, matt whitaker. let s listen in. [applause] thank you all. [applause] man there shaking the hand of jeff sessions is matthew whitaker. he is the chief of staff currently. he is actually now the acting attorney general. he took over as of this afternoon. quick reaction to that news from members of the house and senate. f flake from arizona earlier this year we passed the special counsel independence and integrity act out of the senate judiciary committee. the bill would guard r