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committee chair bennie thompson wants to know what mccarthy talked about with trump and trump s staffers as the riot was unfolding. there is a lot we don t know, but here is what we do know, mccarthy said himself that he spoke with trump on the phone during the riot and as nbc news reported last year, it did not go well. the sources telling us mccarthy was shaken up by what happened and the republican leader telling trump himself on the phone, who the f do you think you re talking to? well, things are changed. now mccarthy is slamming the committee s probe saying their probe is an abuse of power and do not forget exactly one year ago he publicly blamed the former president for the riot and he called on the house to censure trump. the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action by president trump. accept his share of ....
it was 1 million. as one former twice impeached president once put it, america first. which is why the new and current president addressed the nation today saying the government is adding new testing sites across the country while also doubling the amount of anti viral pills on the market. folks, i know we re all tired and frustrated about the pandemic. these coing weeks will be challenging. please wear your mask in public to protect yourself and others. we re going to get through this. we re going to get through it together. there is however, something standing in the way of the president s message of solidarity. a party that insists on webizing a public health catastrophe going the extra mile today to discourage testing. here is ron desantis and his rather weird surgeon general adapting maga s slow the bad news, slow the testing policy. you do have people when the hysteria gets going, you ll have certain people that will go out and get tested all the time at som ....
the agency now reducing the number of days from ten to five if you re asymptomatic. the cdc also now recommending the same amount of time for vaccinated people to quarantine if they have been exposed to the virus, with no quarantine at all if you re boosted. dr. anthony fauci says the new changes are part of an effort to get people back to work faster, amid major concerns about staffing shortages at hospitals, airlines and businesses across the country, because of the omicron surge. and president biden is grappling with a failure that could have been foreseen. the omicron wave has exposed shortages in access to testing. many americans are wasting in long lines for tests, if they can get them at all. speaking to governors on monday, the president acknowledged that steps to scale up testing capacity were not enough to meet demand. it went from no over the counter tests in january, to 46 million in october. 100 million in november. and almost 200 million in december. i ....
up next. hey, joy. how are you doing? thank you so much for covering that very, very important story. have a great evening. good evening, everyone. we begin the reidout with explosive news into the investigation of january 6th. in a bold and necessary move today, the house select committee requested testimony from a second house republican. congressman jim jordan of ohio. it s a sign that even sitting members of congress cannot evade scrutiny for their role in trump s attempted coup. and for jordan, that scrutiny is long over due. in a letter today the committee expressed interest in jordan s phone calls with donald trump on january 6th saying we would like to discuss each such communication with you in detail. of course, jordan has been almost comically evasive on the details. here is a look back at some of his explanations. did you talk to the former president that day? i ve talked to the former president up teen times thousands not thousands but countle ....
thank you so much for joining us this hour. i m katie phang in for alicia menendez. we begin with the surprise demise of build back better. this morning, a single united states senator, joe manchin of west virginia, went on fox news to declare he just couldn t get there in supporting his party s social spending plan, walking away from weeks of negotiations. breaking deals brokered with the president of the united states and the white house. burning bridges with many of his fellow democrats. it is news that came as a shock to all of washington. politico putting together each and every twist and turn of the day, starting with the half hour heads-up manchin gave to the white house and to congress, dispatching an aide only 30 minutes before he went on fox news. a white house in panic and disbelief. top officials are scrambling to call the senator and, quote, head him off. but as a senior white house official tells playbook, manchin refused to take a call from white house st ....