In tokyo, and vulnerable communities here at home. And back to the former guy, one of Donald Trumps close friends busted by The Feds and it goes straight back to what was happening inside the trump administration. Well get to that developing legal story in just a moment, and a lot more on this wednesday, july 21st, but first, willie, lets begin with the very latest on the virus. Good morning, mika, the dangerous, highly contagious Delta Variant as of this morning was responsible for 83 of new covid infections, a full seven months after the first highly effective vaccine became available in this country. Hospitals are inundated with a surge of patients who are very sick, and the number of cases is climbing across the country. This latest wave is impacting the most vulnerable states and communities that have low Vaccination Rates. In a moment, Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez will report from louisiana on why people are deciding not to get the shot. First, Miguel Almaguer with the latest numbers. Ins
efforts to overturn the 2020 election. let s get starts. kristen holmes is live. a lot of secrecy, kristen and this hearing and this witness and what we could learn today. reporter: kate, that s right, we re told in part that secrecy is actually about concerns about hutchinson s access to the testimony. given the proximity to trump s chief of staff mark meadows also proximity to events and sources described hutchinson as always by meadows side. and given the urgency at which the committee brought this hearing it just goes to show you how explosive they believe that this testimony may be. reporter: her testimony had rattled capitol hill. are you aware of any other reporter: once awe top aide to former white house chief of staff mark meadows, cassidy hutchinson is now a key witness in the house january 6 investigation. giving hours of testimony in multiple sessions. mr. gaetz and mr. brooks, i know, both advocated for blanket pardons of all members involved in that
tonight with what is expected to be an historic vote on tax re form. the senate is still debating the gop legislation. you re looking at a live picture from capital hill. members began this debate more than six hours ago. a vote is still expected sometime tonight. earlier today the house of representatives passed a sweeping rewrite of the nation s tax code, the first in three decades, but a prosed yurl naf yew basically wiped out that vote. senate democrats say three provisions in the house bill violate senate rules and therefore have to be removed and so the house will have a redo tomorrow. the legislation is expected to pass again. we will of course keep an eye on this throughout the evening. also developing tonight a single vote may spell the end of the republican control in va s house of delegates. the democratic delegate shell i simmons seems to have won by one vote. her victory would mean an democrats in the statehouse. it would also mean a rare power sharing agreement
program. ellison, why did they decide to do this? reporter: there was a lot of different information that came out in the meeting, and it actually started an hour late, and when they finally got to what is the biggest news in the meeting, 12 members voted to relinquish the grant. the classes will still start next week. students who begin school on august 29th, you will have uninterrupted head start services for the entire 2016- 17 school year. we will collaborate with our partners in county government to administer an agreement, and to develop a long-term solution. reporter: that was not all we saw. therwa there was no say sis for adding the emergency item to the ageneral. reporter: and pushback from some members of the board and the chairman. whether you consider it an emergency or not, we have a lot of legislation that is spending. reporter: five board members called for the vice chair and eubanks to retine tonight. tonight members of the board asked for the
dallas has already seen record rainfall. at least one person was swept away. crews are out searching for that person. the secret service takes a man into custody for jumping the white house fence. the man was able to get over the fence. meeting with french president, hollande says russia will cooperate in the fight against isis. terror level is lowered one level and say the threat of an attack is no longer imminent. a pilot had to make an emergencying landing on gliledlong island. donald trump demanding an mj from the new york times after the newspaper accused him of mocking a disabled reporter. i thought i could get there to another different convey. all that. rodgers fires in the end zone. incomplete. chicago pulled off a pretty stunning upset. epic upset! look at this group. do you think they are confident and having fun? all that matters. prince harry visited a children s center. we share a similar feeling of loss. having a loved one, in my