Outfront tonight it s coming for us, it s a beast. A quote and a chilling warning from a doctor in louisiana, voice raising the alarm about what is now again a growing number of covid cases across the united states. The number of cases is now rising in all 50 states. Look at that map of new cases compared to the prior week. You can see, right, if you re green or, you know, yellow, you know, you re sort of steady or improving. Orange you re bad. Red is terrible. And you see that dark red blanketing all most the entire country and it s not just cases that are up. Hospitalizations are now also on the rise. One state surging is florida. The white house s covid response coordinator jeffrey saying one in five covid cases in the united states are in florida. You can see the spike there from a month ago. Tonight, the state s governor ron desantis is taking a different tax selling campaign merchandise hocmocking dr. Fauc selling hats and shirts that say don t fauci my florida. Telling cruise li
The only way to save our republic is to make sure democrats completely control elections by keeping them nice and wide open. The assault on free and fair elections is just such threat literally. I have said it before. We re facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. That s not hyperbole. Since the civil war. Pete: literally, as the clip goes on he says it many times. How many times can one human being say literally without saying anything that is actually literal. But if you don t believe we are in a civil war, maybe you will believe that all republican voting bills are racist. The 21st century jim crow assault is real. It s unrelenting. Pete: it was a doosie. It is unrelenting racism. Using shear fear tactics and, of course, maximum hyperbole in their ultimate quest for power. That s nothing new for the left. But with issues like, i don t know, rising crime, doortodoor vaccines, by the way we have an update on that. Thank you local news. The border crisis a
and as the defund the police movement marches on, many other police departments are reporting the same mass exodus. the oscar goes to no mad land. feeling all right. ainsley: there is a shot of the statue of liberty at the base of new york city. it is supposed to be a beautiful day today here in the northeast. i hope you had a wonderful weekend. thanks for watching us. brian: ainsley, you are welcome. [laughter] brian: watch us in the monitor. number two, i think it s also important to point out that the statue of liberty, if did you go there, if things continue this way, we might be able to go there without a mask on. we get vaccinated and the numbers are going down in new york. i think we are under 3% now. steve listen, i m surprised they didn t put a mask on her just for the narrative that everybody needs to be wearing a of course that. as you know, i was out of town for the last week or so. ainsley: welcome back. steve: thank you very much. i it some traveling and
good evening. good evening, and they want investigation some calling for a former secretary carrie s resignation all in response to claims from iran s foreign minister in a conversation leaked right in the middle of negotiations over the iran nuclear deal. a leaked discussion with iran s chief diplomat reveals how powerful their military is. and what john kerry was saying about one of the closest allies. iranian foreign minister claims it was foreign u.s. secretary john kerry who told the acme israel had launched 200 attacks on iranian forces in syria. the israeli government had no comment on the claim. and pointed to reports where the israeli government to publicly confirm the strikes. i can t speak to the theocracy or any motives that may be behind its dissemination. i would just make the broad point that if you go back and look at press recording from the time this certainly was not secret. it is unclear if the reef mentions when john kerry could ve told him this
overnight president biden calling governor abbott telling him he will in his words work relentlessly to get his state what they need. we re also learning from texas energy officials that the entire power grid was seconds and minutes away from a catastrophic failure that could have left the state in the dark for months. we re asking a texas congressman about that in a moment. plus, cruz damage control. the senator back in texas this morning with backlash building after he flew to cancun with his family while millions of his constituents shivered in the dark. we shouldn t have had to be without lights. i know it s freezing, but somebody is responsible for this. you ve got people dying out here. you ve got hypothermia, dying. you know? people s houses all busted up because of water and the pipes that busted. i m surprised mine didn t bust. lady behind me hers busted. and breaking this morning capitol police confirming dozens of officers are now under investigation, six sus