Is a, quote, serious threat to public health. It loses lives, frankly. The biden administration is growing increasingly concerned Bts Vaccine lies as the Delta Variant fuels a rise in cases of 47 states, new infections are up by more than 50 in 35 of those states. Our John Harwood joins us from the White House with more. So, look, i mean the White House has done a lot to try to get a handle on this disinformation. Clearly it is not having enough of an effect. And it is not all on them as jim pointed out last hour, it is a lot of republican lawmakers continuing these false claims, state governments, you know, making moves to discourage people to take a vaccine and then the Social Media platforms. Well that is exactly the situation. And the answer to it is very difficult to find. Because calling it out in partisan terms, would only serve to further polarize the situation. So what youve got today is this 22page Paper Advisory from vivek murthy, the Surgerion General calling on average cit
Not wearing masks and they think they will come and do something. They have done a couple of things. Some of the legislation has been stripped out thAt They disliked so they were effective there. They wont be effective here and theyll get arrested. You dont go to jail, just back to work. Bill whAt The governor says well arrest you but theyll take them to the State House and pass this. The problem is we dont know when this is. In the meantime for today there will be a Press Conference in washington, d. C. They are getting all kinds of attention and follow it. Dana President Biden giving a speech as well. Dana nearly 60 texas legislators. Going to hold a News Conference in washington, d. C. In an hour to urge congress to federalize elections nationwide. Bill the second time this year the texas democrats have walked out in order to try to block republican Voting Legislation. Senator cornyn on that. Its a very untexan thing to do to cut and run in the face of a fight. And obviously they ar
Officer Thomas Webster who is facing several federal charges including assaulting police, unlawfully entering Capitol Ground with a dangerous weapon and civil disorder. Youll see webster in red carrying a flagpole and this video is disturbing. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] hey hey [ bleep ] [ bleep ] get over [ bleep ] no, no, no stop stop okay, Ron Johnson and others, for months you guys accused the left of hysteria over claims that what happened on January 6 was dangerous. And that protesters werent armed. Now more proof that the right continues to lie about what actually happened. Another one of their arguments is handicapped overnight. The Justice Department is charged a January 6 defendant, 48yearold Guy Wesley with bringing firearms to the capitol which our own Scott Mcfarland described as a tough break for the not an armed insurrection crowd. Thats the late ers evidence emerged in the last 24 hours. In todays the Washington Post theres the case that the longstanding attempt by the right t
who took to the streets after george floyd s death last may while ignoring the deadly violence including rioting, looting, arson and killings that shattered many cities. president biden: the murder of george floyd launched a summer of protest we hadn t seen since the civil rights era in the 60s. protests that unified people of every race and generation with peace and with purpose to say enough, enough, enough of this senseless killing. today today s verdict is a step forward. harris: more than 140 american cities saw violence in the three weeks following george floyd s death. the overall cost hit more than $1 billion with some estimates as high as $2 billion. many businesses as you know, we watched it all. many of those business owners lost everything. kristin fisher is live at the white house. kristin. let s start with this big news from attorney general merrick garland who announced a sweeping investigation into the minneapolis police department. now remember the ju