he says one of his concerns has been the physical threats to him and his family. he calls the former president a cancer for the country and now he s bowing out. this shows in many ways how at every turn since january 6th those who have stood up to trump in the republican party have been marginalized, left behind, pushed down. this isn t just about gonzalez. as maggie haberman noted this is how trump wins. no sitting member of congress is expected to attend tomorrow s rally on capitol hill, but that hardly means that many of them don t support the cause. despite more than 600 people currently facing federal charges related to january 6th, here is texas republican congressman louie gohmert. the overwhelming number of people caught up in this, quote, unprecedented investigation, they re actually non-violent, peaceful americans. their only crime was supporting donald trump. north carolina congressman madison pushing the rioters defense narrative further, labeling them polit
surrounding the 2020 election, and immediately thereafter. and in the broadest possible structure, we know it was fraud and dangerous. we had our national capital come under violent attack. but the thing that is so bracing in nerve-racking, and important about this new book, is what it reveals about how much worse it was than we knew. how much closer we came to real disaster, then we have known before now. again, this comes out next, week we have obtained a copy of it. this is how the book starts. quote. two days after the january 6th 2021 violinists on the u.s. capitol by supporters of president donald trump, general mark milley, the national security military officer in chairman of the joints of staff placed an urgent call on top secret black channel line at 7:03 am to his chinese counterpart, general li, chief of the joint staff of the liberation army. he knew from extensive reports that lee and the chinese men leadership were stunned in distorted by the televised images o
closer we came to real disaster than we have known before now. so, again, this comes out next week. we have obtained a copy of it. this is how the book starts. quote, two days after the january 6th, 2021 violent sought on the united states capitol by supporters of president donald trump, general mark milley, the nation s senior military joint chiefs of staff placed an urgent call on a top secret back channel line at 7:03 a.m. to his chinese counterpart, general lee, chief of the joint staff of the peoples liberation army. general milley knew from extensive reports that li and the chinese leadership were stunned by the unprecedented attack on the american legislature. lee fired up questions to miley, was the capitol collapsing? what was going on? was the u.s. military going to do something? milley said in response, quote, things may look unsteady. quote, but that s the nature of democracy, general li. we are 100% steady, everything is fine but democracy can be sloppy sometimes
finale of melrose play. title undetermined, by the way. chairman of the board. do something with that, you freak. i bet the board is spelled b-o-r-e-d. it took me about 15 minutes to recover from that. of course former saturday night live star norm mac donald who tragedy passed away after a long battle with cancer. we ll have more about his legacy coming up. norm macdonald was one of the funniest guys out there. he just held a special place in so many of his fans hearts. such sad news. truly, i mean, i gasped when i saw this yesterday. i guess he had been sick with cancer for almost a decade, and hadn t told anybody, kept it private or had told very few people anyway. nobody makes me laugh harder. i know that s for sure, and you could see it on conan s face as the clips were going on. these are the funniest people in america, conan, letterman, john stewart, and nobody did the slow burn joke on a talk show, better than norm macdonald, he would wind it up for two
simply put, health information has cost us lives. joining me now is dr. dave choxey, new york city health commissioner. thank you for being with us now. i want to start with what s happening in los angeles. what happens the scientific justification for reinstituting a mask mandate even for people who have been vaccinated? this is an important question, and we ve been following the science very closely, particularly in the context of the delta variant which now makes up 69% of cases that we re sequencing here in new york city. what we do know is that when you re fully vaccinated, it does offer strong protection against particularly severe illness, but there are some cases where you will see particular places like los angeles that s going through a surge right now, reinstate those mask mandates, primarily to protect people who are unvaccinated. right, but i guess the issue there is, then, unless you put down the mandate for everybody, the unvaccinated people just won t w