tensions this week which are more about the future than any history of january 6 which trump supporters are invoking that fateful day as an alleged injustice to them and they want to use this gathering they say to address that. but there are many contrasts here to january. instead of a federal government helped by a supporter of the big lie, today the biden administration condemns violence and is taking no chances on preparation. authorities planning to erect temporary fencing around the capitol this week before the rally begins and doing everything they can to prevent any hint that there could be anything like a rerun. now, the last probe here that we ve been covering, the probe into the last time continues. there s heat on government officials who may have been more secretly helpful to those criminal insurrectionists as they went on. take donald trump s top aide at the time, chief of staff mark meadows. we re learning about just how he is one of the targets that the house c
recall vote, we ll look at what is driving the anger of his opponents. as people around the world remember the victims of september 11th, we re seeing the first of what could be several documents released by the fbi related to its investigation of those terror attacks. this follows an executive order by president joe biden, the document still contains seg redactions but here is a bit of what we re learning. it points to alleged logistically support provided by a saudi consular official and saudi intelligence agent. based on multiple connections, the agent is described as a saudi student in los angeles at the time. the document designdescribes hi being deeply involved to help the two hijackers. the saudi embassy in washington says it welcomes the document but any allegation that saudi arabia was complicit is false. now, thousse documents were released after sole almost ceremonies earlier in the day for the 9/11 victims. for the families left behind the tragedy remains a
desantis that wants a ban on masks. the mystery deepens over the shooting of a once w once promi attorney whose wife and son were murdered three mormt evnths ear outfront tonight, president biden facing republican outrage over his covid-19 vaccine policies that will impact up to 100 million americans. what is your message to republicans who are calling your vaccine requirements an over reach who are threatening to challenge it in court? have at it. look, i am so disappointed that particularly some of the republican governors have been so cavalier with the health of these kids, so cavalier with the health of their communities. this is this is we re playing for real here. this isn t a game. he s referring to republican governors because some of them are piling on the outrage. the governor of south carolina henry mcmaster tweeting rest assured we ll fight them to the gates of hell to protect the liberty and livelihood of every south carolinaen and then there is t
good day, everyone. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington, with our special coverage of a day that transformed our nation. the first time in two centuries the continental united states had come under attack from a foreign enemy. just like today, it s a clear, sunlit day, the skies were bright blue until the first plane hit the north tower destroying the lives of thousands and their surviving families. my brother kevin came into the lobby and he reported in to me, and he didn t say a word. we looked at each other wondering if each of us was going to be okay, and then i told him to go up to evacuate and to rescue people, and when he turned around and grabbed his unit, engine 33, that was the last time i saw my brother and engine 33. have you ever, i don t know, tried to talk to him and tell him i m proud of you, you know? i know what you did? there s always when you stop and think, are you there? dad, are you there? you know? stick with us. what does i
to protect those already vaccinated, keeping schools open, increasing covid testing and mask requirements, economic recovery and improving care for covid patients. our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly starts us off this morning. reporter: as president biden heads into what his top advisers are calling a major speech on the pandemic, he is really doing it with dual purposes. one on the policy front, no question amidst the delta surge more than 1,000 deaths per day, more than 150,000 cases on average per day, there needs to be policy changes or in this case of the white house policy advancements. officials say the president will focus on vaccine mandates both for the public and private sector, also particularly on kids going back to school. millions of kids going back to the classroom, the president with a focus on safety and testing. all of this underscores recognition inside the white house of the very real problem the delta variant has opposed, pot just poli