crucial role in pushing trump s big lie. who is he and how much power does he have? you ll find out. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, ringing alarm bells. that is the warning from one governor as covid hospitalizations rise in the united states. as americans await the authorization of a third vaccine shot for some immunocompromised people to start off that. is expected to come in next 24 hours. right now, the cdc director warning the situation is getting worse. now, over 90% of counties in the united states are experiencing substantial transmission, and we have been saying, by far, people at highest risk are those not yet vaccinated. and that is evident in some of the states with the lowest vaccination rates in the united states. the louisiana department of health is reporting its highest number of hospitalizations at any point since the pandemic began. mississippi is also surpassing its prior record of covid hospitalizations,
murders. those are events in which four or more people are killed. and nearly 9500 gun violence deaths already this year. the president is using this moment to announce new executive action to tamp down, to try to tamp down gun crime. he s also once again calling on congress to act on gun legislation. let s begin this hour at the white house. our jeremy diamond joins us. what is to come from biden today? reporter: listen, we re going to see the president layout a comprehensive gun prevention violence strategy to address the surge in violent crime that happened over 2020 and appears to be continuing into 2021, with experts warning of a potentially dangerous and violent summer. we re going to hear the president sign some new executive actions on gun reforms. he s also going to push congress once again to enact gun control laws. press for the confirmation of his atf director. this will all follow a meeting between the president, his attorney general, and several mayors and chi
plus, a father on trial, cross-examining the son, that he s accused of trying to kill. we have some surreal scenes in court to share with you. and another sign things are slowly returning to normal. much of europe is rolling out a welcome mat for u.s. travelers. and speaking of getting things back to normal, some gremlins still to shake loose in our system. good morning, amara, it is saturday, june 19th. the very first juneteenth, national independence, now a national holiday. thanks for starting your day with us. sorry about the gremlins. i thought my coffee was working on this one. apparently i snoozed. my isb was out of my here. good morning. we start with images that lawmakers are trying to downplay and trying to distract you from. from january 6th by a mob stirred into a frenzy by the former president and his lies about the last election. even some parrot lies. it s important that you watch this and judge this footage with your own eyes. the latest clip shows
to this day, i don t know. okay. the doctors are now speaking out. last week we heard dr. anthony fauci talk about how liberated he feels working with the biden administration. and now dr. deborah birx is also explaining how difficult things were working under donald trump. good morning and welcome to morning joe . it is monday, january 25th. we have whose reporter for associated press, jonathan lemire, washington post david ignatius is with us this morning, founder and director of the group defending democracy together and editor-at-large at the bulwark, bill crystal is with us. and new york times reporter and msnbc national security analyst, michael schmidt. joe and willie have the morning off, which means we won t be spending the first 10 minutes of the show talking about the nfl playoffs. we ll get to tom brady and how great he is in just a moment. first, house speaker nancy pelosi said the article of impeachment accusing former president donald trump of inciting
since moderate democratic senator joe manchin opposes that measure. still, the house majority whip, jim clyburn, is now trying to see if house democrats have the votes for that bill. cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean is on capitol hill for us, so jessica, will they vote tonight? reporter: that is the question everyone is asking up here right now, victor and alisyn and the answer is, we simply don t know yet. we know that house speaker nancy pelosi wants that build back better vote tonight and is hoping for the bipartisan infrastructure vote tomorrow but victor, as you said, we have been here before. several weeks in a row, where they hoped they could get the votes, hoped they could get organized and it didn t pan out the way they wanted so we are waiting to hear if they will vote on that. they have said they are whipping that vote. they are talking with members to see if they ve got the votes. they don t want to bring it to the floor until they do so we wait to s