o toole. there are more than just two candidates. they re also major candidate from quebec separatists. there is a major green candidate. there s a new democratic party which is more to the left then justin trudeau and the liberals. they are led by a charismatic member of parliament named jagmeet singh. elections on our monday. no one s really sure what is going to. happen but it is close enough, particularly among the top three candidates, liberal candidate, the conservative candidate, and the mvp candidate, it s close enough now that american democrats, politicians who may or may not have sway with canadian voters, they are nevertheless weighing in with last-minute endorsements. former president barack obama yesterday, effectively, endorsing justin trudeau to be reelected as canadian prime minister. today, former democratic presidential candidate also endorsed justin trudeau coming up fast on the left. flank of their s burn mont senator bernie sanders, not to be outdone,
lived through january 6th and will be on duty again this weekend, an undercurrent of fear remains. quote, am i scared? absolutely, an officer told the post. this saturday rally forces a traumatized police force to once again protect the capitol from protesters who openly sympathize with the people who attacked them the first time. take a listen to what the officers told the january 6 select committee back in july. on january 6th for the first time i was more afraid to work at the capitol in my entire deployment to iraq. i witnessed the rioters using all kinds of weapons against officers including flagpoles, metal bike racks that they had torn apart, and various kind of projectiles. officers were being bloodied in the fighting. many were screaming and many were blinded and coughing from chemical irritants being sprayed in their faces. as my physical injuries gradually subsided and the adrenaline that had stayed with me for weeks waned, i ve been left with the psycholog
disgraced usa. still testifying before the committee. in a few minutes we expect to hear from senators who participated and joined by the gymnasts who are survivors of nassar s abuse. when that press conference happens, we ll take you there live. also this hour the president is scheduled to meet with leaders in the business community about the pandemic response as cases are rising nationally, again. vaccine soft mandates for u.s. businesses, if you will. today s top story is a reminder of the potency of the pandemic politically after a recall defeat in california. despite some serious concerns about voter enthusiasm, could governor newsom s strategy be a model for democrats around the country in elections this year and perhaps next year, though i would hold off on the next year given the uncertainty of covid. he did handily defeat the recall vote. republicans did not put any dent in his level of support. he may emerge from this ordeal even stronger politically. wait until y
in return, the taliban stopped attacking our forces, our partners, and it didn t commence an onslaught of the afghanistan cities. had the president not followed through on the commitments that his predecessor made, those attacks would have resumed. we would have reupped the war in afghanistan after 20 years for another 5, 10, or 20 years. house members also questioning blinken on the parameters for u.s. engagement with the taliban-led government. when it comes to engaging with that government or any government to be named on a more permanent basis, we re going to do so on the basis of whether or not it advances our interests. and those interests are very clear. they are the expectations that we have set and the international community has set. the ongoing freedom of travel for a government that makes good on the commitment to combat terrorist. reporter: blinken said as of last week, about 100,000 americans remain in afghanistan who would like to leave the country. we im
make the choice between keeping their job and getting a jab in the arm. it s just wrong. i ve talked to people, a number of people, who have told me if they make me take the vaccine, i m going to be fired. i m not going to do it. but you say it s a personal choice. in fact, to attend school in your state of nebraska, children must be vaccinated against a number of diseases. let me put them up on the screen. they must be vaccinated against diththeria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps and rubella and chicken pox. why are those mandates parents in your state must comply with and do comply with routinely, why is it that they are not so objectionable and such a violation of personal freedom but biden s vaccine mandates are? well, for all those that you just listed, there s a long history that parents have had the opportunity to see how those things have been implemented. there are a lot of people who don t know what to trust. because of people like you. but it s not