energy to news that schools are closed today for hundreds of thousands of students after a clash between the teacher s union and the school district in the midst of a spike in cases. and over 600 los angeles police officers and firefighters called in sick this week, leading to longer response times to medical emergencies. california congressman raul ruiz will join us to discuss how the latest surge is affecting his district. meanwhile, right now, in washington, the senate rules committee is holding a hearing with the u.s. capitol police chief to review security measures just one day before the anniversary of the insurrection. and we begin this hour with the coronavirus pandemic and the cdc trying to clear up the confusion with its new isolation guidelines. the cdc now says that someone who has tested positive and is asymptomatic does not need to remain isolated or get another test before returning to normal everyday activities. the agency has added that someone who has ac
here s how the wall street journal sums up the stakes. both parties are looking for signals about the broader political climate heading into next year s midterm elections. all eyes also on new jersey s race for governor. the incumbent, democrat phil murphy seeking a second term in a tough political climate. he is standing by to join us just ahead. the democratic party s leader is now at the global climate summit in scotland. president biden warned of the need to take action against climate change while reassuring world leaders that america is indeed ready to act. the science is clear. we only have a brief window left before us. this is a decisive decade in which we have an opportunity to prove ourselves. biden also referred to a legacy of his predecessor s administration. i do apologize for the fact that the united states, the last administration pulled out of the paris accords and puts behind the 8 ball. the president pointed to his economic plan as proof of this c
ex-president it all but ensures that special counsel jack smith will hear from the key witness who none of the other investigations into the trump cou plot not the fulton county d.a. has ever heard from under oath we re, of course, talking about mike pence a ruling handed down wednesday night by a federal appeals court rejects an emergency request by trump to block mike pence s testimony. new york times reports this, quote, the 11th hour ruling by the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia paves the way for mr. pence to appear before the federal grand jury as early as this week the ex-president has a few legal options left including an appeal to the supreme court but as nbc news reports, quote, in previous instances, where appeals sent senior aides must testify, his legal team has opted no the to fight the decision further and those witnesses have quickly appeared before the grand jury and trump s argument that executive privilege prevents pence or any of his ai
good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. guilty a south carolina jury s come convicted former attorney alex murdaugh of killing his wife and son back in june of 2021. we ll have much more on all of that in a moment, but we are also following a key development in the efforts to hold donald trump accountable in the january 6th riot. a new justice department filing says trump can be held liable in a civil court for the actions of rioters at the capitol. doj rejected trump s claim of absolute immunity from civil lawsuits filed by police officers and members of congress. the department lawyers argued that protection goes away if a president uses words that are quote an incitement of imminent private violence. as a reminder, here is just some of what former president donald j trump said on that fateful day. we re gonna walk down to the capitol [applause] and we re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we re probably not gonna be cheering much
that protection goes away if a president uses words that are quote an incitement of imminent private violence. as a reminder, here is just some of what former president donald j trump said on that fateful day. we re gonna walk down to the capitol [applause] and we re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we re probably not gonna be cheering much for some of them. because you ll never take back our country with weakness. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not gonna have a country anymore. what congresswoman, who is part of this lawsuit against donald trump, of course welcome the doj s decision today, and earlier she described what happened in the house when the capital was under siege. we had to try to put on our gas max and we were told we had to hit the floor we barely got out of the chambers before they came in. we almost did not get out of there. after january six, the officers on the front lines of the attack t