that outlined a path for vice president pence to toss out the election results on january 6th. the memo formed the basis for the pressure campaign by pence on trump by eastman and others. eastman was just caught on camera defending that memo saying that trump had intended to go to the capitol that day and referring to the insurrectionists who stormed the capitol hags quote, our guys. he was caught by a legal activist lauren windsor who approached him at a event saying she was at the rally on january 6th and that she was a sporter of his. watch. all your legal reasoning is totally solid? no question. it was a set-up. unfortunately, our guys walked into the trap. he would have gone down there if it hadn t been for the violence? yeah. like he decided not to go because people were engaging in violence and breaking stuff? yeah. raises more questions than it answers, doesn t it? nbc news reached out to him, that was eastman, and he had no comment. little fact check he
one new hopeful sign, merck announcing their antiviral pill cuts hospitalizations deaths by half. it won t be a replacement for the vaccines, it s why local leaders and businesses have worked to implement vaccine mandates. three major airlines are now adding american, alaska, and jet blue and california becomes the first state to require covid-19 vaccination for students who attend in person class over the next few weeks. the fda will meet on pfizer s vaccine for ages 5 to 11. joining us to discuss, dean of public health at brown university. doctor, thank you so much for being with us. what would it mean for the big picture of this pandemic if vaccines are authorizes for children ages 5-11? i suppose that s a decent chunk that will get the number to go up somewhat. that s right. as a mom, the thought of getting my kid who lies in that bracket finally vaccinated, it s just huge. it takes a weight off of my family, allows us to feel less nervous about going out and about an
the campaign trial. in south korea, police are taking the blame for that deadly halloween crowd stampede that killed more than 150 people. mostly young adults including two americans. and the conservative supreme court majority takes up affirmative action today in college admissions. singling a possible reversal on another issue that had been law. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington on halloween. the attack on paul pelosi spurring a flood of conspiracy theories and disinformation including from twitter s new owner, elon musk, who tweeted an opinion, an opinion article from a low credibility source to his 100 million followers about the attack. and although many republicans have condemned the violent attack on the speaker s husband, republican governor glenn youngkin made light of the assault just hours after it happened. speaker pelosi s husband had a break-in last night and he was assaulted. there s no room for violence, but we re going to send her back to ca
Extremism and disinformation. usa today washington bureau chief, susan page, joyce vance, and ab stoddard. ben, paul pelosi now has spoken to investigators we understand from tom winter. he s awake. has all of his cognitive functioning, thank goodness. but what do you know about the suspect s online footprint? the suspect was this idea of there s a kai ball running the world and the people obsessed with this believe nancy pelosi is running that kai ball. another thing is elon musk tweeted this conspiracy theory over the weekend to try to deflect against this. you know, he said there s a tiny possibility there might be more to the story. he linked the santa monica observer. that s a website that claimed hillary clinton died before a debate in 2016 and was replaced
Threats. certainly from my role, but also the fact i have a another member of the household who s on the same elections board. the threats are disturbing. it s reminiscent of what would have happened under daniel ortega as well as vietnam after the communists took over in 1975, but this is again, you know, this is a long game process that s taking place that is fomenting the chaos and it s leading to intimidation on the part of the kai ball of cronies and con artists that are supporting this former president and that is very sad to see, but it s very destructive right now. i have often observed the, not from the sort of close up vantage point you have, so i wonder your thoughts on this theory. that trump is a match. but republican silence is the