and a sudden turn of events. a freshman republican with a documented history of publicly supporting dangerous and violent conspiracy theories refusing to back down when faced with her own words and also a republican house conference that despite a dramatic meeting last night, that went late into last night, they have decided to do nothing to rebuke her and what she stands for. so today there will be a full house vote on a measure that will strip marjorie taylor greene of her committee assignments. a vote that will also force republicans to go on the record on where they stand when it comes to the conspiracy theories that led to the january 6th insurrection on capitol and are being embraced by some of their own members, some of the new members. and as you could see in marjorie taylor greene. we ll hear this house from the white house. they ve taken a firm position they are not going to discuss marjorie taylor greene from the briefing room. but will the president s press secret
she can t ignore the literal elephant in the room, the gop. that s because right now republicans face a reckoning. it centers on two key figures representing two directions for the party. congresswoman marjory taylor greene s comments are putting her party on the spot. today, lawmakers will have to go on the record over whether or not to strip her of her committee assignments. in the next hour, the white house or rather, the house will start proceedings to make that happen. when it comes to conference chair liz cheney, republicans were okay saying one thing about her publically after she voted to impeach former president trump but in a closed-door meeting last night, a majority voted to keep her in a position of leadership even after her break with the former president. more on that in moments. right now, the white house is trying to keep the focus on foreign policy. that includes a trip to the state department and president biden s first major policy remarks since taking
place a year ago at the united states capitol. it s a horrible event to think about. body counts are the traditional measure. 40,000 casualties in getsy burg. 2400 lost in pearl harbor and 3,000 dead on 9-11. but that won t work observing a moment of silence for the fallen of january 6th. on january 6th there was let s just ashli babbitt. she was not a soldier or a deck hand on the arizona or a fireman rushing into a collapsing office tower. she was a trump vote. unarmed and shot to death with a capitol police officer. ashli babbitt was the death toll. it s not only about the numbers. about how many people were killed on january 6th. a list of those who were not killed is long. it include all 535 members of congress as well as their entire staff and the press corp that covers them. none of them died. who cares? it s not about body count. it s about feelings. it s about how the survivors feel. especially the reporters who survive. the feelings of reporters in washington matt
capital. so how do you commemorate something like this? a history changing event that s horrible to think about it so significant of the life of the country? body counts are the traditional measure with unimaginable loss. that 40,000 casualties in getsyburg. is how we remembered it 2400 lost in pearl harbor and 3,000 dead on 9-11. but this is a new time come a different age and antiquated metrics won t work with a moment of silence for the full 1 of january 6th. on january 6 there was let s see, there was just ashley babbitt. ashley babbitt was not a union soldier and she was not a heroic fireman rushing into a collapsing office tower. she was nearly a trump folder. she was unarmed and shot to death with a capitol police officer with document of reckless behavior. in the end, ashli babbitt was the death toll. on january 6. but so what? it s not really about the numbers, is it? it s not about the number of people killed on january 6th. in fact from a list of those who were n
new fears kicking off of an outbreak putting americans on edge. the president still on vacation in the home of a billionaire in nantucket, massachusetts. let s turn now to jacqui heinrich in that town. we saw the president yesterday, but what s he saying now about the new variant? reporter: hey, good morning to you, edward. despite holiday sales that were expected to climb at a record pace this year, national retail federation predicting up to 10.5% the global markets are reeling from the news of this new variant, and yesterday president biden announced travel restrictions from south africa and seven other neighboring countries will be imposed similar to those imposed by the u.k., more than a dozen other countries after they spoke with scientists about how fast new variant was spreading and also whether vaccines are effective against it. the president said the decision to hut down travel from south africa was made out of an abun cannes of caution, but he abundance of caut