after crossing the 54 million mark. cases are piling up at lightning speed now. we ve been averaging 1 million new cases every few days. the fastest at any point in this pandemic. and it s presenting new testing challenges. in fact, take a look at this shot of massachusetts from a few hours ago. lines of cars. stretching as far as the eye can see. who would have thought we d see something like this as we close in on nearly two years of this pandemic? coming up, i ll talk to a massachusetts doctor about what s happening there. we ll also dig into this nationwide testing headache. also apocalyptic. that is the only way to describe this snow-studded burned out aftermath from the wildfires in colorado. we ll have the latest on the ground there. and in just the last 15 minutes, chuck schumer released a letter calling the need to pass voting rights legislation urgent. he ties it to january 6th. he s calling for change to senate rules. will that happen, though? more on that coming u
president was talking to as people were breaking windows and climbing into the capitol. so read into that what you will. we re getting a better idea the sheer scope of that committee s work. 20 new subpoenas are about to be handed out, apparently. chairman benny thompson tonight offering few clues as to who they re going to call. who s in this next batch? like what kind of well, some of the people that have been written about, some of the people who haven t been written about, you know, we re just doing our body of work. among those expected to be served, as they say, and we ve said this many times before, trump attorney general john eastman. he is the trump-friendly lawyer who argued vice president menace indeed had the authority to overturn 2020 presidential election and then blamed him for the attack on the capitol when he didn t. vice chair of the committee liz cheney confirms to nbc news the committee has interviewed already 150 people. not among them, however, i
january 6th just disappear? plus, with the midterms, 102 days away, how is the apparent republicans charge of obstruction and extremism working out? and, in a big lead for the biden administration, we will get into the, winds and the challenges, and the controversial comments of one supreme court justice, with one of our favorite historians, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and we have got breaking news just out tonight from the washington post. the paper reporting the homeland security inspector general, the watchdog, stopped a plan to locate those missing secret service text messages from january six. writing this, quote, homeland security s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative teams effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted secret service text this year. according to for people with knowledge of the decision, and internal records reviewed by the washington post. the inspector general an
get into the, winds and the challenges, and the controversial comments of one supreme court justice, with one of our favorite historians, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and we have got breaking news just out tonight from the washington post. the paper reporting the homeland security inspector general, the watchdog, stopped a plan to locate those missing secret service text messages from january six. writing this, quote, homeland security s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative teams effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted secret service text this year. according to for people with knowledge of the decision, and internal records reviewed by the washington post. the inspector general and his tufted not respond to repeated requests on this reporting. the report was coauthored by carol leonnig, she will be joining us in just a moment. last, night caroline her colleague reported there are ev
played to the attempts to overturn the 2020 election. today the january 6th committee released new surveillance video it says it shows congressman barry loudermilk giving a tour to tunnel entrances at a time when it was still closed to the public because of covid. the hours-long tour was given on january 5th, the day before the insurrection. in a letter to loudermilk, the committee points out these so-called guests seemed very interesting in photographing unusual aspects, like stairways, hallways and security checkpoints, not your average tourist pho ops. the capitol police chief says he s reviewed and saw none of the actions are suspicious. pennsylvania congressman brendan boyle tweeted. this is the stairwell i take to my office. in my eight years here, i have never seen a tourist take a picture of it. he told nbc news the committee is pushing a false narrative that has already been put to bed. but according to committee, that same guy you saw on the tour taking photos in th