Their roles. The decision could change the direction of the party as we know it. Lets begin with jessica dean who joins us on the hill with more on this Power Sharing Agreement. Reporter the big thing here is democrats will now take control of the senate committees. When youre in control, youre setting the agenda. That means thing in joe bidens agenda that they wanted to get ahead, President Bidens agenda they wanted to push ahead like Merrick Garlands nomination for Attorney General can now move forward. Youll remember there has been a holdup on some of these nominees including Merrick Garland who is the nominee to be Attorney General because republicans maintained control of these committees, because they had to operate off the last congress because they didnt have this agreement in place. Now that democrats will take over these committees, that means democrats are going to have a much easier time getting things on the table. Theyre going to hold control. We expect now that someone l
Encouraging news on the fight against the virus. A first of its kind study kinds the vaccine developed by astrazeneca can very much cut the spread of the virus. Were talking about our medical expert about that. And call it a booster shot, the Biden Administration expanding Vaccine Distribution with plans to send doses directly to pharmacies next week. Dr. Fauci says it cant happen soon enough. Are we vaccinating right now at a pace to keep ahead of these mutant strains . Well, were Getting Better and better, but, savannah, were not. Im Hallie Jackson in washington. We start this morning with Garrett Haake on capitol hill. Garrett, that tribute for Officer Sicknick is starting in just a little bit this hour but as we come on the air there is big news youve been covering from the senate regarding what you could perhaps technically call a power sharing agreement, but if you put in in laymans terms it basically means that congress, now the senate, can function as its supposed to function w
brianna, the senate report into the senator break downs that day lists officer smith and officer liebengood lost their lives related to this riot. there s this big question about should these be considered line of duty deaths. should they be afforded the same benefits as other men and women who are killed in the line of duty. certainly a conversation that won t go away any time soon. it s so important it s raised now not just for january 6th but for law enforcement in general. it s time to talk more about it when it comes to service by police officers. whitney wild, thank you so much for that. new testimony from two top former justice department officials put a trump appointed environmental law chief at the justice department at the center of a major effort to help trump subvert the results of the 2020 election. according to sources former acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and former acting deputy attorney richard odonhue said that jeffrey clark sought to deploy the department
was responding to the capitol. the other officers who took their own lives following their response to that attack, officer jeffrey smith, also a metropolitan police department officer, and officer liebengood. this is tragic and the news follows calls from their own colleagues who went to lawmakers in late july last week to tell them about the extensive trauma they underwent on the day of the insurrection and to call for more resources and to remind officers that if they need help they must seek it. it is a reminder of the immense burden law enforcement takes on, takes on willingly when they run into an attack like what happened at the capitol that day. it is also a reminder that mental health resources are a matter of life and death, victor, alisyn. it is just so horrible, whitney. i want to ask you a related question about misinformation. so wisconsin senator ron johnson
what about gladys and chuck s son? what about officer smith s family? officer liebengood s family? what about all of the children of the officers that were there, that day, that fought, valiantly, that have to deal with nightmares and flashbacks and physical injuries that are, still, unhealed. and the unseen injuries. you know, an officer lost an eye. that s that eye isn t coming back. officers that lost fingers. those aren t coming back. does he care about them? you know, that s loving america. caring about the people that you are overseeing. so, you know, i really want to, you know, have my voice out there to say he is not somebody who symbolizes loving america. he is far from it. and i want people to know that you don t have to go with the trump clan to perpetuate this because that s what is going to happen. this is not loving america. we want to, you know, unite