inside politics, the drumbeat grows louder. another house democrat is calling on the president to get out of the race hours before a news conference where biden must prove he is up to the task. i m running yet, donald trump, in serving four more years as president, plus scandal the century. well, that s how republicans are framing the biden campaign turmoil in a new ad as a jew he ll be accused his opponents in down-ballot races of covering up concerns about the president s age and treading climate protections criminalizing pornography in disbanding the commerce and education department s. those are just some of the controversial plans and project 2025. now, donald trump claims he knows nothing about it. but we have new cnn reporting trying him to more than 200 people who crafted those 900 page our manu raju in for dana bash, let s go behind the headlines. and inside politics we start with some very unwelcome news for the biden white house. and 11 congressional but democrat
plan to get all fully vaccinated americans a third shot. that rollout was supposed to start next week. here was dr. fauci this morning. are you expecting pfizer booster shots to be approved? you know, i don t want to get ahead of the fda deliberations. the data that i ve seen i believe strongly suggests that will be the case. our position about at least planning for the eventuation we might have to give boosters. we have planned and are ready to go pending the decision that s made from a regulatory standpoint by the fda and their advisers. so here is what happens now. all of that is up to the full fda and the cdc who, throughout the coronavirus pandemic, have typically agreed with this committee s nods of approval with the use of existing vaccines. those vaccines, the fda said, are still effective, though, against severe disease and death. a third shot can increase immunity against the milder breakthrough infections and it all adds some uncertainty in terms of what the
health policy, just who could get a covid booster shot and when. plus the latest push for congress to save voting rights even though the senate keeps killing the bill. top house democrats hakeem jeffries joins me to discuss that when all in starts right now. good evening from washington d.c. i m mehdi hasan, in for chris hayes. no matter whether you are for or against the war in afghanistan, i think those observers will agree that the way it s been brought to an and has been a disaster. the taliban is again in control of the country, and in addition to political power, they have their hands on u.s. supplied military equipment including guns, ammunition and combat aircrafts. so, we all agree that it s bad right now, but did you know that there is a good chance we could have maybe avoided all of this. that s because in december 2001 the taliban seem to be on the verge of striking a deal with the afghan government to surrender, this was at a time when the taliban itself said t
do my republican colleagues remember that day? do my republican colleagues remember the savage mob calling for the execution of mike pence, the makeshift gallows outside the capitol? well, they remember and it s not like there s nothing more to be learned. today a cnn review of court records reveal one in ten people charged in the insurrection are veterans or service members. a quarter have connections to right wing extremist groups. how deep do the extremist and insurrection dies reach into the ranks? a troubling question we don t know. there is a lot we don t know about the day but the threat to democracy which clearly still exists. so what could be more frightening to these senators than that? minority leader mitch mcconnell said nothing on the floor today or after the vote. alaska senator murkowski spoke to the question late last night before playing what she said i just want to read all six names, bill cassidy, susan collins, ron por portman, mitt romney and murkowsk
shootings. we are going to take a look at where the investigation stands tonight. plus, pro wrestler and fast and furious star john apologizing for referring to taiwan as a country. if hollywood once again puts profits of to over human rights. we begin tonight and wuhan, china, as more media and medical experts are now coalescing behind the need to examine the possibility that covid-19 originated in a virology lab and not in a market. good evening kevin. good evening, better late than never, that seems to be the prevailing profane critics who accuse the biden administration of slow walking of rigorous investigations into the origins of covid-19 and the possible involvement of the wuhan lab in china that may i repeat, may be a starting point. it to that end, we learned that the biden administration went so far as to shut down a trump administration state department investigation into the same. the president believes that there needs to be an independent investigation, on