Lie about what happened in the 2020 election and look no further than the Cpac Straw Poll for how thats manifesting among this selfselecting conserve this has become a top issue for the party and there is a Reward Structure for lawmaker whose go along with this. If you look into the Straw Poll, many of the people who rank highly on the list, like Ron Desantis and ted cruz, have backed up or not directly condemned this lie about the 2020 election. There is definitely a Reward Structure in this. In terms of trumps Hold On the party, though, you see it from the messaging perspective, especially as hes starting to take much more public posture over the course of these next few weeks and months leading up to the midterm elections this is the message that he is choosing to lead with. A backwards looking message about what happened in 2020, hoping that thats enough Red Meat to actually fire up the base to go vote again in the upcoming midterm elections it may be a different plan than people l
Year, cpac. The agenda is littered with boilerplate big lie nonsense. One of the biggest Applause Lines so far came from someone in the crowd. The big lie [ cheers and applause ] Trump Won the phrase, Trump Won, has become the Rallying Cry of a movement that has tried to hijack americas peaceful transfer of power. The doj just released more Body Cam Footage showing what that looked like. The assault youre about to see is graphic and it put the officer in the hospital with staples in his head. [ yelling ] so when speakers at Cpac Downplay that day or insinuate the 2020 election was stolen, that, the brutality you just saw, is what they are excusing and inspiring, potentially. Lets go to cnns donie osullivan live in dallas at cpac. Donie, its clear that Donald Trump and the big lie still control much if not all of the Republican Party. What else are you hearing down there in dallas . Reporter hey, jim. Its really quite remarkable to hear just pretty much from everyone we speak to, almost
U. S. Health officials are reassuring americans, they do not need a thirdcoronavirus shot, right now. That guidance, after pfizer announced it is seeing waning immunity from its vaccine, and is trying to develop a booster for emergency authorization, in the u. S. But the director for centers for Disease Control says, in the rare cases where vaccinated people get infected, they arent getting seriously ill. And that proves the shots are working. Dr. Anthony fauci agrees. Nothing has changed, with regard to the cdcs recommendations. So, we respect what the pharmaceutical company is doing. But the american public should take their advice, from the cdc and the fda. The cdc and the fda say, if youve been fully vaccinated, at this point in time, you do not need a booster shot. The World Health Organization and the European Medicines agency are trying to calm confusion, as well. Saying, there needs to be more data, before determining whether boosters are necessary. Athena jones, with more deta
The Olympics Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening. Im Peter Alexander in for Lester Tonight what could be major news in the fight against covid. Pfizer now says a Booster Shot of its current vaccine strongly extends protection against the virus. Theyre also developing a booster intended to target the rapidly spreading Delta Variant, now the dominant strain here in the u. S pfizer reports a third dose would likely be needed between six months and a year after youre fully vaccinated, the fda still to weigh in. Miguel almaguer has the breaking Details Reporter Tonight pfizer says a Booster Shot, a third dose of its current vaccine, could offer americans five to ten times more protection against covid, given six months after the second Dose Pfizer believes those inoculated would be highly protected against the Delta Variant, which is now exploding across the u. S. The company expects to deliver new data to the fda within weeks and is also working to develop a de
Peace and a Peace Agreement that will end this senseless violence. I will not send another generation of americans to War In Afghanistan with no reasonable expectation. Laterer, the president will sit down with civil rights leaders at the White House. Well talk with a member of the meeting. And two weeks after a Highrise Condo collapsed in florida, the Death Toll stands at 60. The Search And Rescue effort has now become a recovery mission. Were going to talk with the Towns Mayor about what comes next for his community. And haitis national Police Chief says four people us is suspected of killing the president have been killed and six others arrested amid more fears of chaos. Were going to talk to the former haitian Prime Minister. We begin this hour at the president s speech at the White House. The president making the case as to why the united states is withdrawing from afghanistan. And joining us now, Nbc News white House Correspondent Monica Alba And Nbc news chief foreign correspond