Information as we can to find a way to peacefully resolve this. So, we are in communication with the suspect. As you can imagine the threat is prompting a major security response on capitol hill. The cannon office building has been evacuate and the nearest metro station is closed. Joining with us a live update is justice correspondent pete williams and also correspondent garrett haake, and what can you tell us about his identity? well, he is a man from north carolina named floyd ray rosebarry, and what is extraordinary is that he tried to call attention to him to provote a response, and so police say he drove to the library of congress and he drove the pickup truck to the side of the sidewalk and as if that did not call enough attention, he claims that he called 911 himself, and this is maybe what got to police response. So he clearly wanted to provoke a response here. And then, this is a picture of the pickup truck from a building a long way away, and you can see it parked up there on
Starting with several antigovernment comments he made on facebook live during his standoff with police today. And, of course, no matter what his motive is, this underscores the ongoing danger faced by u. S. Capitol police in the months since january 6th and the urgency of another brand new dhs bulletin released just late last week that warned of a heightened threat of domestic terrorism. It is against that backdrop that today s incident played out among the police and residents of capitol hill. We start with some of our most favorite reporters and friends on this breaking news story. Nbc news investigation correspondent tom winter, capitol hill correspondent garrett haake is here for us, near the site of the bomb threat, and former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence and msnbc national security analyst, and our friend, former senior aide to mike pence and director of the accountability project. Tom winter, take me through all of nbc s reporting. I know a lot of it is pete wi
Pfizer, 91% effective after the same timeframe. J j, onedose vaccine, right? provides at least eight months of immunity. But again, these findings predate the delta variant. And we are, now, told the vaccines don t stop delta from spreading, completely. And at this rate, because we re not getting vaccinated quickly enough, we may need to extend our fight against the pandemic, which means extending our protection. Which means we may need to do something to enhance our vaccines. Now, yes, you are hearing me say may, may, could, what, when, potential. That s the way they speak. Okay? they re analyzing data. They don t know things, for sure. They re learning, in realtime. That does create hesitancy and confusion. And their messaging is not the greatest. And the biggest reason why, and i hope they re hearing me, you don t go out enough. You need to have these conversations, every day, or every other day. And you need consistency in who is giving us the messaging. You want it to be the presi
Here s what we know. The fda says it could lay out a national strategy for vaccine booster shots sometime early next month. Are they certain? no. Are they certain we need it? no. Why? data. And they have concerns, but the current data, which they haven t really adjusted for the delta variant, still very promising. Moderna vaccine 93% effective through six months after the second dose. Pfizer, 91% effective after the same timeframe. J j, onedose vaccine, right? provides at least eight months of immunity. But again, these findings predate the delta variant. And we are now told the vaccines don t stop delta from spreading, completely. And at this rate, because we re not getting vaccinated quickly enough, we may need to extend our fight against the pandemic, which means extending our protection. Which means we may need to do something to enhance our vaccines. Now, yes, you are hearing me say may, may, could, what, when, potential. That s the way they speak. Okay? they re analyzing data. Th
That massive infrastructure bill on one of president biden s biggest legislative goals, obviously. So, the question is where do things stand right now. Plus opting out, simone biles withdrawing from two more recents at the tokyo olympics. Hear the response from fans, coming up. Hope the sun is shining wherever you happen to be waking up this morning. We re grateful to have you with us, good morning, boris. Good morning, christi. Great to be with you. Grateful that our viewers are with us now. We begin this morning with a race to stop a new wave of coronavirus infections sweeping the country. Officials are sounding the alarm about the spread of the deadly delta variant. The rate of vaccination against covid19 is going up in the united states, that is the good news. Yes, take a look at the map here to get perspective. It shows new cases compared to last week. Every state is showing a surge, fueled by that delta variant. Now, the cdc says it can spread as easily as chickenpox, but they st