inch our way towards a vote. plus, we re learning new, disturbingol and the imminent danger officers faced. and fully vaccinated doesn t necessarily mean a full return normal. the cdc delaying the release of new guidelines for those who have gotten their shots. and. that plateau is about 60 to 70,000 cases, a day. when you have that much of viral activity, in a plateau, it almost-invariably means that you are at risk for another spike. stark warning from dr. fauci, as the nation hits 29 million cases. and some states move to open, at 100%. . and that senator was absolutely right. the sun is coming up above washington, d.c. as we say good morning, at 7:01 a.m. on this saturday, march 6th. i am kendis gibson. i m lindsey reiser. they have been up all night. so have we following everything so that you don t have to. and we have a crew of stellar reporters, and analysts following the very latest for you, right now. msnbc s amanda golden is following the developments
united states of america. we need it and we are really grateful for it. 18 are still unidentified. of the ones that we know, the age range is 5 months to 86 years and six are younger than 18. it s just horrific. the national guard is on the ground working with state and local officials to find dozens of residents still not accounted for. while thousands of people who live and work in towns like may field and dawson springs brace for this long road ahead. we had no water within the city limits. all the power was cut just for safety reasons after everything fell. so there s no power within the city limits, and the natural gas has been turned off because of so many leaks. so we have no resources to that. i didn t think anybody knew what happened. i didn t know if they knew that we were hit, and i needed them to know so that somebody could come so they could send people to come and get us because, i mean, look at it. we were under that. it was horrible. it was really, r
this is not the usual gun violence and chicago. this is outside of the city. what is the quintessential north shore suburb. the fourth of july highland. there are reports the shooter took an elevated position. you can see from the video there s a strip of stores that run the main street in center of town. you can see tactical teams on the scene. we have reports someone was on the rooftop of some of those strips of stores or took an elevated position from a high rise possibly shooting out a window. wgn in chicago reports one person killed. chicago sun times says multiple victims from the shooting there. are different accounts saying as many as nine people have been shot in this incident. tactical teams have arrived. there s a big presence including state police an lake county sheriff. what you can see from the video with the police presence you can see the kind of things people would have brought to a parade folding chairs coolers abandoned as people ran from the scene.
between president biden and governors to discuss plans to protect access to abortion. this morning the trial of wnba star brittney griner began in moscow. we ll bring you the very latest. we start this friday morning with the holiday rush. if you hit the road or the skies this weekend you will not be alone. far from it. according to aaa nearly 48 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more. that s almost at 2019 pre-pandemic levels. if you thought high gas prices would slow down traffic think again. ron allen is talking to drivers in new jersey. good morning. 42 million drivers exec expected to hit the road this weekend. that s a lot of problems potentially. reporter: there they are right over there. a bunch of problems starting over there. new jersey turnpike heading south to philadelphia and beyond. yes. the traffic is already piling up. it is only what? 10:00 in the morning. the worst time is afternoon and gets worse as the day wears on. this is the first su
a preemptive measure, they decided to argue the negative that electing republicans in the future wouldu be akin totu electing terrorists who would seek to blow up our entire system. this is just an extraordinarily dangerous course for republicans to be taking in terms of our democracy. republican party can no longer say that they don tst agree with the insurrectionists, with the bigots, with racists. there may now be people aligned with white supremacists who are in congress. how do youou protect the country from them? it could be that we havean a republican majority in congress this fall and iff that happens, you may see republicans in congress wanting cut the money tot the department of justice to turn the lights. we may lose our democracy. ge the attorney general issued ominous warnings. the top domestic violence extremist threat comes from racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists, specifically those who advocated for the superiority of the white rac