place we are. so in that regard, yes, we are failing. we have vaccines that we know are highly effective and safe. and, yet, half the country is still not fully vaccinated and about 90 million people have not gotten one dose. we would not be in the place we are right now with this delta surge if we d been more effective in getting everybody to take advantage of these immunizations. the point is this was preventable. and this just in. due to the explosion of covid cases in new orleans and the state of louisiana, the new orleans jazz fest, a major event scheduled for october, has been canceled. let s bring in cnn medical analyst and professor of medicine and surgery at george washington university, our friend dr. jonathan reiner. doctor, great to see you on set. this is terrific. are we really at this point again where events are going to have to be canceled in this country? a lot of people thought we were going around, around the bend over this, getting over this hump. doesn
committee can do about it. judge for yourself, is it working or not? we think that it is. plus as kids go back to school, how pro covid governors are putting backlash ahead of the health of their constituents. letting my people have freedom. it starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. after a week of breath taking revelations about the scope of donald trump s failed coup plot, the investigation into that plot is accelerating. political reporting, the senate judiciary committee is scheduled to interview former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and former acting deputy attorney general richard donahue in the coming days. based on great reporting and e-mails obtained and released by the house oversight committee it is clear that they were pivotal in stopping part of trump s coup. trump s ally jeffrey clark proposed that they sign a letter to officials in multiple states encouraging their state legislatures to send new electors, overturning the ele
this is all in an effort to capture what happened on the ground that day and show the afacts attempt to whitewash what happened that day from many of the forces of allegiance to former president trump. our potential of experts is here with me standing by to discuss what we expect to haeshgs the politics of it all and more. let s start on capitol hill. what more do we know about the opening statements? the opening statements are expected to set the tone for an emotional and dramatic day of testimony from the four police officers, two capitol police officers, two d.c. police officers who defended the building that day throughout the day s testimony will be never-before-seen footage, body camera footage of what the officers experienced and this is all part of an effort of what the democrats say and the two remembers who are a part of the committee saying in an effort to tell the truth about what happened that day. pushed back on the conspiracies about we re hearing from a lot
don t go anywhere. but we begin tonight with the appalling right-wing reaction to the gut-wrenching testimony we heard yesterday. that hearing was a reminder that without the heroic efforts by the d.c. and capitol police that day, the insurrection of january 6th could have been far worse. at the very least, the sworn testimony of those brave officers conveyed the life-threatening struggle they endured on the front lines as they tried to repeal a determined and violent mob of trump supporters. and that s what makes the reaction from right-wing cable hosts and republican members of congress so incredibly shameful. last night numerous tv personalities on fox news mocked the investigation. they downplayed the insurrection and ridiculed the officers who risked their lives that day. here s just a fraction of what they said. the whole thing turned into in the eyes of many nothing more than performance art. let s see if we can impeach and smear and slander donald trump one more t
black and brown americans who look very much like washington d.c. s nearly 60% majority minority population. many of them serve on the capitol police force and were beaten with flag poles and fire extinguishers as well as maysed by the angry, trump-crazed crowd. they also worked on the maintenance crews tasked with the cleaning up the vandalism, trash, and feces left behind by right-wing hooligans. one republican lawmaker would call normal citizens. many washingtonians found it shocking but not necessarily surprising. after all, president trump used their fair city as a prop during his most overt turn at dictatorial cos-play casting a crowd of peaceful black matter protesters so he could flaunt a bible in front of a church he had never shown any worship in though it had been the favorite place of worship for dozens of presidents who preceded him. even now republicans stand in the way of d.c. s third s statehood even though the population exceeds that of wyoming and vermont, s