course there has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, not in any state, much less in texas. today, texans turned out in austin, showing they are fed up with the shenanigans, demanding state lawmakers make it easier to vote. i m going to vote and there s too many people, white and black, that died for this purpose, to see that somebody s going to suppress. they should be having voting easier than getting a big mac. easier and even more satisfied. trump s lie has texas republicans moving in the opposite direction. trump is heading to texas tomorrow to speak at cpac in dallas after a week of speeches at the conservative conference that made it clear the gop remains with him. since the election, everyone that i talk to is furious, i mean, we re livid, we re upset, we feel like the election was stolen. every every donor, every voter that i ve met believes there was some level of election fraud and many and most believe that it was enough to over
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m peter alexander in for lester we begin tonight with two major headlines in the fight to combat covid. the cdc releasing new guidance for schools, urging them to fully reopen this fall for in-person learning, saying those who are vaccinated do not need masks, and those who are not should wear them after the ne we told you about last night, ththat pfizer is developing a booster shot to target the delta variant, the fda and cdc now say those who are fully vaccinated do not need a booster. i just asked dr. anthony fauci about all of it. we will have that in a moment but we begin with late-breaking details from miguel almaguer. how you doing reporter: when fully vaccinated students and teachers return to the classroom, they won t need a face mask, says the cdc. the new guidance, which several states stopped enforcing weeks ago now mirrors the same guidelines for inoculated adults. but vaccines are not
officials and to compel their testimony and document production. we are at the beginning of the beginning of the very first investigation into how and why the united states capitol fell to a violent mob on january 6th. today s vote wasn t supposed to happen at all. the fevered dreams of the ex-president of fraud in the 2020 election should have been broken, rebuked, reversed after that attack of january 6. a bipartisan commission should have approved to begin investigating how it was trump supporters overtook the capitol and sent republican and democratic lawmakers as well as the vice president of the united states of america running for their lives. these images will live forever, and they will be used against us forever by our adversaries. not only do they fail to bring the gop to its senses in the wake of the deadly insurrection, the gop has doubled down on loyalty to the liar in chief, the lies about election fraud, and lies about the horrors of that day. and so here we a
believers, attempting insurrection. you re a traitor. you re in a mid ooel 3w589. trump s soldiers. there s a sea of nothing but red, white, and blue, patriots, trump. reporter: trump s true believers. i felt like he was a. announcer:ed by god. i don t think joe biden is president. reporter: new interviews. that s all i heard. reporter: new details. over ryder cup the capitol. i never dreamed he would ever do anything like that. reporter: new democrats. you call january 6th a peaceful protest? i do. reporter: and why it s not over. in fact, it is just getting started. reporter: tonight you can a cnn special report: saumt on democracy, the roots of trump s insurrection. ( the early morning started for many as a day of anticipation. they had come from across the country, tens of thousands, americans from all walks of life. led by a lying president and egged on by propaganda, they would converge on the united states capitol with a singular g