country. joining me now, ali arouzi nbc correspondent. ali, thank you for being here. to start things off, could you tellrt us the reaction in teher to what s happening on their border? reporter: well, it s a mixed bag, jonathan, from teheran. traditionally iran is ideologically opposed to the taliban. they are suni, the iranians are shi a and they never read off the same hymn sheet. as history has always told us, your enemy s enemy is your friend, and they are an enemy of the united states and iran is welcoming a large swath of u.s. troops disappearing from their border. and we ve also seen extraordinary scenes, jonathan, of afghan military personnel pouring acrossta the border int iran in advance vehicles with advanced equipment. no doubt provided to them by the united states which the iranian defense ministry will be very happy to get their hands on. that s the military side of it. the humanitarian side of it is that the iranians have opened up three border crossings on
texas state legislature last week as she shepherded them around on capitol hill. i am both officials attended the reception with the texas democrats, only six of whom who have now tested positive for covid. sandra: the nation s top health officials testifying before the senate committee today. there were some fireworks. republican kentucky senator rand paul and anthony fauci at one point going at it. listen here. it is a crime to lie to congress. do you wish to retract your statement of may 11th where you claimed that the nih never funded research in wuhan? senator paul, i have never lied it your microphone. senator paul, i have never lied before the congress, and i do not retract that statement. this paper that you are referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being of function. let me finish. you take an animal virus, increase the transmissibility to humans. that is correct. senator paul, you do not know what you are talking abo
former president trump s inaugural committee chair tom barrett in federal custody today come a seven-count indictment of acting and conspiring as agent of the united arab emirates without registering into the second year of the trump presidency. he was also charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements to the fbi, but first, our top story, the coronavirus. joining us now nbc s gabe gutierrez in manhattan and stephanie gosk covering the olympics in tokyo. gabe, you ve seen the worst of this down south in the southern states for a good part of the year and across the country, as well. now there are local leaders from all parts of the nation including there in new york city taking action to stop the latest spike. reporter: yeah. that s right, andrea. mayor bill de blasio in new york city announced that all employees at city-run hospitals like the one behind me, bellevue, will be required to be vaccinated or they ll have to submit a weekly covid test that goes
mask with photos their private jet. we are told to follow these rules and they did not follow them. the rules were up but not for them. the white house is downplaying all of this and the plotting those members against becks. it s not a characterization we from here. we understand there s going to be breakthrough cases per go th message is thank you for standing up for voting rights and the rights of americans to have their voices heard. we are still waiting to get the details. we are plotting their so-called bravery. we refuse to be a hostage. a hostage within the state of texas. i m ready to be arrested what d you do to a person if you aren going to arrest them when they flee. i m ready to be arrested. no one of the members has seized the opportunities to challenge her. her name is michelle and she tweeted this. i m one of those brave texas democrats they came to fight fo voting rights in my state. critics were ready for this. if you had to help people what you are do
cfo allen weisselberg was one of those executives. he is charged with grand larceny, tax fraud, after being accused of dodging taxes on one point $7 million in parts that should ve been reported as income. those port perks include red luxury cars, private school tuition for family members as well. weisselberg surrendered to authorities earlier this morning, then came the walk as he was marched in handcuffs to his booking appearance where he was ordered to surrender his passport, where he pleaded not guilty. reports indicate he is so far resisted to cooperate with investigators. michael cohen, who is cooperating in this investigation pointed out that, today s ex grow shading public experience might push weisselberg to start talking. i can tell you that the feel of the handcuffs behind your back, it s not comfortable. nor is it sitting there and having your photograph taken. allen could be a tough guy for donald, which is what we all want him to be, but that s when you re b