in mississippi. the hospitals are full from memphis to gulf port, natchez to meridian. everything is full. everything is full. the i.c.u. crisis is getting more critical by the hour. some states are at or they are near capacity. only a few hundred beds are left in some of the largest states in the south, or in the case of mississippi you see there on your screen zero. mississippi is now requesting help from the federal government as they are dealing with this crush of coronavirus patients. and a critical staffing shortage. there s a field hospital that s now being set up in a parking lot that could be used to take care of older teenagers with coronavirus. some schools in mississippi, indiana and georgia have already gone back to virtual learning because of growing case numbers. many are now rethinking mask policies. west virginia republican governor jim justice warns that if cases continue to climb, as they clearly are, masks may be required in schools there. more childre
they haven t really had to deal with in quite some time, 1245 his that how do you look at social media threats, things people are posting in online threads, and try to verify and give it credibility? he said, certainly, we had concerning info leading up to january 6th. we had concerning info the day before. but the issue is the credibility. they say they were not able to attest to the credibility of that information. and that is where some of this issue is, is that how do you chase down so many of these leads that you re seeing and this chatter that you re seeing on social media? of course, he s also talking about the fact that there s this explosion in domestic terrorism and how are they going to in the days and months and years to come, going to combat that? and also the idea how do you share some of this information? of course, he was defensive of the fbi, said that they did what they were supposed to do when they received some information the day before. they sent it down
mccarthy his path to the speakership depends on keeping trump happy. the january 6 committee, its latest demands for evidence and a giant question hanging over the panel s work. when will we, the american public, get to see what they have learned? they subpoenaed five figures focusing on some responsible for the day s violence. they are up to at least 45. we have ryan nobles for the latest. ryan? we see this new round of subpoenas from the select committee, a clear direction in which they re heading. this is a group pretty prominent on january 6 involved in the riot that day, members of the proud boys, the oathkeepers, and the qanon group called the first amendment pritorian. they re trying to get as much as they can between these groups trying to get information, information that was peddled by the former president and his associates in the days after the november election, this concerted push to bring people here to washington on january 6, and then the last piece of al
arbery s death. the jury also wanted to relisten to part of a 911 call that was made by one of the defendants in the final moments of arbery s life. 911, what s the address of your emergency? i m here at satilla shores. where at in satilla shores? stop! sir? hello? sir? cnn s sara sidner joins us live there in brunswick, georgia. sara, there are so many questions right now about why this jury wanted to see and hear that specific evidence again. the 911 call was something they referenced multiple times throughout this trial. tell us more about the specific video they wanted to see. reporter: the specific video really is one of the most important pieces of evidence in this case because it is video of the actual incident, of the actual killing of ahmaud arbery, video that much of the public has seen. the video they asked for is they wanted a slow motion version of the video of the shooting of ahmaud arbery, and then they wanted a very high-resolution version of
they have an idea, a predetermined outcome in their mind what they want the result to be, and they work backwards and into a verdict. i don t think that happened here at all. i think the jury came in, they had some leanings one way, and then they went at it. they argued with each other, and they certainly very me tick lou meticulously looked at the law, and tried hard to get it right. as has been said, the prosecution had a tough burden in this case. there might be some jurors on the jury who felt that kyle rittenhouse engaged in wrong doing, shouldn t have been there but looked at the letter of the law, and felt ultimately the prosecution didn t have that you are burden of proof on the case. eric, you have been so patient, i need you to stand by a little longer. we want to reset for our viewers who are just joining us. it s past the top of the hour, i m alisyn camerota, following breaking news out of kenosha, wisconsin. a jury has acquitted kyle rittenhouse on all counts