said they ll begin proceed ural votes. and jeff bezos picked an 18-year-old to go on the test flight after a winning bidder pulled out due to a scheduling conflict. the question is will that person get a $28 million refund? it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that is really wondering how on earth no pun intended you double book something for the day you re supposed to go to space. i mean, what? i m kasie hunt on this friday, july 16th. we made it. we ll start with the news. vaccinate rates plateau. now the nation s largest county, los angeles, is turning back the pandemic clock, issuing a new indoor mask mandate. nbc correspondent miguel almaguer has the latest. reporter: los angeles, the nation s largest county, taking a step back, requiring masks indoors, even effective for the vaccinated. breaking with cdc guidance, it s a clear signal concern is growing over the highly contagious delta variant. meantime for some o
with president biden which unlike a summit with bush 43 did not have any spontaneous shoulder rubs. all that and more on this friday, july 16th. that bush/merkel shoulder rub never gets old. a little shoulder rub diplomacy from the 43rd. we do begin with the growing fears of a new covid wave as cases climb, nations plateau. now los angeles is turning back the pandemic clock, issuing a new mask mandate. reporter: los angeles, the nation s largest county taking a step back requiring masks indoors even for the vaccinated starting sunday. breaking with cdc guidance, it s a clear signal concern is growing over the highly contagious delta variant. meantime, for some of the 48 million children under 12 and their parents who were hoping to get them vaccinated this fall, a longer wait. the fda will now review several additional months of safety data. meaning a vaccine for kids won t likely be available until early next year. it makes it a very stressful time to be a parent, ed
new exclusive interviews. the sounds surrounded us but then once they started banging on the door that s all i heard. new details. over ran the capitol. i never dreamed he would ever do anything like that. it just getting started. tonight a cnn special report assault on democracy, the roots of trump s insurrection. the early morning of january 6th, 2021 started for many as a day of anticipation. they came, tens of thousands from all walks of life. led by a lying president they would converge with a singular goal, do whatever it takes to prevent the peaceful transition of power in the greatest democracy on earth. president donald j. trump lost the election. they were deceived into believing the presidency had been stolen, their country was threatened. they had come to washington to fight for what they thought was right. they feel they re the heroic revolutionary courageous warriors saving democracy. but they were wrong. it was all a lie. january 6th was i
security athletes forcing the house tonight to cancel tomorrow s session. as i speak, lawmakers are pushing through a vote that was actually planned for tomorrow. a joint intelligence bulletin issued by the fbi and department of homeland security warning that violent extremists have discussed plans to take control of the u.s. capitol tomorrow and remove democratic lawmakers. this threat coming exactly eight weeks to the day from when trump supporters stormed the capitol because of a lie they were fed again and again and again and again by the former president. and today mike pence, the former vice president, perpetuated that lie, of all people, a lie that almost killed him on january 6th and resulted in five others dying that day. from a vice president breaking his silence since the daily insurrection, writing an op-ed opposing a house bill that overhauls election laws, but he began with this. after an election marked by significant voting irregularities, i show the concerns
which we saw happen for a couple of hours today. that may or may not continue tomorrow morning. i guess we ll find out soon enough. and then it s time to cast our votes one way or the other on this. so i do see this coming to closure sooner rather than later. and if justice will prevail, enough of our republican colleagues will be true to their conscience, true to their values, true to the oath they ve taken and vote to convict donald trump. all right, senator alex padilla, new senator from california. first time we ve gotten a chance to speak. thank you very much for coming on tonight. thank you, chris. hope to be back soon. all right, that is all in on this friday evening. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, chris. thank you very much, my friend. much appreciated. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the day started today with a small moment of grace, a moment of grace delivered in a baso provuno. as agai