pelosi says this shouldn t impact the panel s ability to get the work done. we have a bipartisan quorum. we can proceed. reporter: now on the other side of the capitol the senate is set to vote soon on whether to begin debate on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. a vote is expected to fail because republicans want to see the final text first, and later this hour we re going to talk about all of this with connecticut senator richard blumenthal hand massachusetts congresswoman katherine clark. as president biden heads to ohio to make another push for his build back better agenda, the white house announced that ukraine s president will visit the white house for a meeting on august 30th. meantime, a new study suggests the one-shot johnson & johnson vaccine may be less effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus and that people who got the shot may need a booster. and we are hearing from the nation s highest ranking military officer about what a new book has to s
it, it s also odd that mr. mcconnell asked his colleagues a personal favor to oppose this commission, that s according to one of the republicans he pressured. why would this be so important for him. after all, this is the man who said trump was responsible for january 6th. remember? doesn t he want that assertion of his to have findings behind it. 35 republicans in the house thought the terrorist attack of january 6th, all the groups that coordinated weeks out to come to that bloody result, hunting them as they secured the democratic process. they thought it was worth investigating earlier this month. suffer and succotash, even senator lindsey graham was once for it. we need a 9/11 commission to find out what happened to make sure it never happens again. hmm, now he says he opposes the house passed bill with the excuse that a commission will turn into a partisan food fight. let s be honest, once again, common sense is going to lose out to the nonsense of feelty. this is j
senator lindsey graham was once for it. we need a 9/11 commission to find out what happened to make sure it never happens again. hmm, now he says he opposes the house passed bill with the excuse that a commission will turn into a partisan food fight. let s be honest, once again, common sense is going to lose out to the nonsense of fealty. this is just as simple as choosing trump over the truth once again. this is what trump brought to bear. you see the red hats, these are his people. he made them angry. he gave them the incentive to act, and they took it. and now his party, because they too are acting at his direction, are choosing better to cover for terrorists who attacked the capitol, better to whitewash history, better to call them tourists and peaceful patriots than to do or say anything that may sully the teflon don or more importantly ruffle the feathers of his followers that are key to that party s shrinking base. even the mother of fallen capitol police officer b
we have a ton of developments today in the coronavirus vaccine situation. what we do know is encouraging in many waysramping up vaccine production. what we don t know about the effectiveness is terrifying. it makes you wonder if the u.s. needs to dramatically rethink the current vaccine distribution strategy. let s start with the good news. today johnson and johnson leased some promising data from its phase three clinical trials. the vaccine is 72% effective in the u.s. at preventing moderate to severe illness. experts consider that a strong level of protection. here is the potential worrying news. the company disclosed the data suggests the vaccine was less effective against the south africa covid variant we have been dropping. effectiveness dropped from 72% to 57%. it s called that because it was south africa was the first place it was found which is more contagious and resistant to the vaccines we have. it s already in the united states and appears to be spreading. the mor
pearl harbor. but as members of congress reflect on the events of januars are blasting democrats accusing them of exploiting the riot for their own political gain. we will talk with wyoming congresswoman liz cheney vice chair of the january 6th which i who along with her father former vice president dick cheney who appeared to be the only republicans on the floor of the house commemorating a moment of silence. chad pergram leads us off this evening from capitol hill. good evening, chad. good evening, bret. a pro-trump marred vowed for the house chamber chamber january 6th of last year. determined to stop certifying joe biden next president. one year and 302 electoral certified votes later it was president biden who stood in statuary hall he delivered the most strident speech of his presidency presidency. for the first time in our history, a president had not just lost an election, he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power as a violent mob reached the capitol. m