president biden urged unity as america reflects on the attacks. everybody says, biden, why do you insist on bringing the country together? that s going to affect our well-being and how the world responds to us knowing that we can actually, in fact, lead by example. i think we can do it. meantime, former president george bush honored the lives lost on flight 93 in shanksville where president biden also paid his respects to the victims. contrast all this with the most recent former president, native new yorker donald trump didn t attend any ceremony paying tribute to the victims today. however, he visited a new york city fire station and released a video statement to mark the anniversary where he discussed the attacks for about 30 seconds. spent more than double that time slamming president biden over america s withdrawal from afghanistan. well, other presidents honored the victims today and trump plans to wrap up his day comment take thing on a pay per view boxing match in
friday evening around you know i know the news has been really incredibly heavy lately. it has been unrelenting on so many fronts for quite some time now. can i tell you, though, what story shocked me and made me happy? just sort of need this today. i will caveat this saying it is still terrible we need this thing. it is as weighty and terrible lately, still, look at this amid everything at some very important level, this is good. specifically this is a good girl named cobra because why not? a dog looking for covid-19, is it even possible? evidentially the it is, now you can find them at miami airport four dogs detecting covid-19. this is cobra, one of the dogs trained to detect the virus. watch how she sits after she smells the inside of a mask that has the activated virus in it. then watch how she keeps walking when she smells the mask of someone who is not infected. the dogs are 97% accurate. it s the same as a pcr test. it s a great thing. reporter: miami internat
mccarthy, as the requests for evidence begin to come in. plus, is colorado redistricting about to pick joe neguse against lauren boebert? i will ask him about his chances tonight. and as schools reopen, the key tool on top of vaccines and masking that could keep families and their kids safe. when all in starts right now. s good evening from new york, im chris hayes, the first big high stakes political test of the biden era and the post trump era is happening one week from today. the recall election in california, faced by gavin newsom. forces have come together to try to replace governor some. and the man best position to replace him as larry elder. he is a far-right talk radio host, been won four years, no governing experience. he opposes abortion rights and the minimum wage. recently told me that he would replace diane feinstein with a republican. he told stephen miller he wants to see him become president. crucially, larry elder is also spreading the big lie. the 2020 el
beginning we will be guided by the science. following the science. we know we can dramatically lowers the cases, we just need to finish the job. we are not changing the science, the virus changed. the science involved with the changing virus. laura: the science is not changed. like all pandemics there are viral variants and mutations but the science, the immunology has not changed. the variance become more transmissible but usually not more deadly, often less so. that is immunology 101. for many months very smart and thepolitical scientists have been saying vaccines would never mean 0 covid infections that would curb hospitalizations and deaths. for 15 months we ve known those who died from covid have one if not two, three, or more serious morbidities. we ve known the elderly and those with metabolic syndromes would suffer the most. the more we see this disease the more we understand the severe rapid covid is in diabetics or pre-diabetics. we haven t had anyone under 70 7
floor, despite new cdc guidance. republican critics say democrats are engaging in political theater. well, former white house chief of staff mark meadows joins us on that straight ahead. this hour, media and politics columnist joe concha, brian mast, and legal analyst mercedes colvin. john: we begin with horrific attack caught on camera in los angeles. pro-palestinian group assaulting two jewish men outside of a restaurant. the city s mayor calling it an organized anti-semitic attack. welcome to the first hour of america reports. i m john roberts. good to be back. thanks for having me on this beautiful afternoon. i m jillian. shouting anti-semitic slurs at the diners before they attacked. take a listen. so far, no one was seriously hurt. the police department is investigating it as possible hate crime. john: fighting continues for 11th day, pressure on president biden to deescalate the violence. senator tom cotton will weigh in on that in just moments. first, tr