And propel us into the future. From pandemic star to politic al parriah. I never touched anyone inappropriately. That is just not who i am. The governor must resign. Can he no longer do the job. Inside politics, the best stories sourced by the best reporters now. I m manu raju in for abby. 108,753, the new number of cases a day right now, the highest in six months. In 50. 1, half the country is fully vaccinated, a major milestone, but that means half the country still is not. Today, about 400 people will die because of the delta variant in this country. A tragedy. Virtually all of these deaths are preventable if people had gotten vaccinated. Get vaccinated, please. It s safe. It works. It will save lives, maybe save your life. Polls show most unvaccinated adults say they won t ever get the shot. Messages like biden s are just not breaking through. Perhaps this one will, from a 43yearold father in the icu. Any second, it could be over. I can t go back and change it. If i could, i would
Protecting our constitution. And saving the lives of a duly elected in the senate in the house. And their staffs. It breaks my heart, it breaks the heart of the nation, to remember that you were assaulted by thousands of violent insurrectionists at the capital of the united states of america. President biden today also talked about the capitol attack in some of the starkest terms. We have heard him. Use not even during the civil we, did insurrectionists breach the capital of the united states of america. The center of our democracy. But on january 6th, 2021, they did. They did. A mob of extremists, of terrorists, launched a violent and deadly assault on the people s house. On the sacred ritual to certify free and fair elections. It wasn t descend, it wasn t a bid, it wasn t democracy. It was insurrection. My fellow americans, the tragedy of that day deserves the truth above all else. We cannot allow history to be rewritten. We cannot allow the heroism of these officers to be forgotten.
Talked about the capitol attack in some of the starkest terms we have heard him use. Not even during the civil wae did insurrectionists breach the capitol of the united states of america, the citadel of our democracy. Not even then. But on january 6th, 2021, they did. They did. A mob of extremists and terrorists launched a violent and deadly assault on the people s house, on the sacred ritual to certify free and fair election. It wasn t dissent. It wasn t debate. It wasn t democracy. It was insurrection. My fellow americans, the tragedy of that day deserves the truth above all else. We cannot allow history to be rewritten. We cannot allow the heroism of these officers to be forgotten. We have to understand what happened, the honest and unvarnished truth. Tod we have to face it. We have to face it. The president s determination there not to let history be rewritten, to face what happened that day. That s a determination shared by officers who have spoken out publicly in the aftermath of
Rachel s on vacation but we ll get through it together. We have so much to get to tonight, a lot of news developing today on a number of different fronts. We start with a solemn ceremony in the white house rose garden this evening where president biden signed legislation awarding congressional gold medals to the police officers who defended the u. S. Capitol on january 6th. One medal goes to the u. S. Capitol police, another to the washington, d. C. Metropolitan police department. Medals honoring the heroism of all the law enforcement officers who protected the capitol that day will be displayed at the capitol itself as well as at the smithsonian museum. The ceremony was attended by many law enforcement officers who were at the capitol on january 6th, and in an emotional speech the president offered his gratitude. Thank you, thank you, thank you for protecting our capitol. Maybe even more importantly for protecting our constitution and saving the lives of duly elected members of the se
Saying that it s just weakness, suck it up. We all know better. Can you imagine, though, having gone through what they did and having people deny the existence of what happened, deny their efforts to protect and their lives could have been taken from them some of them their lives were taken in a different way. Another lost his life the day after the insurrection. But can you imagine having to deal with this every day now for months and months and months and then having the very people you protect deny it even happened? as michael fanone said, i went to hell and back and now i have people telling me there is no hell or hell wasn t even that bad. I can because we watched it happen and we ve seen it happen before. The good news is there s always a chance for change and hopefully we ll see that here. But our hearts and thoughts have to go out to the families of these officers who took their own lives. I m going to make my witness as you say. Make your witness. I love you, brother. I love y