President trump s white house. An insider including the former president himself. A very good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. It is tuesday, july 13th and we are beginning with the firing of tennessee s top vaccine official, dr. Michelle fiskus says she lost her job over an argument about vaccinating teenagers against coronavirus. Now she s worried about her state. All of this stems from a memo she sent in may to medical providers about minors getting medical care without their parents position. Cnn reached out to the tennessee state department. They said they cannot couldn t on health care matters. She joins us now, a pediatrician who served as the medical director of the vaccine preventable diseases and immunization programs at the tennessee department of health. Doctor, thanks so much for being with us. First, can you just tell us about this memo, what it said and why you drafted it? sure, good morning, and thank you for having me on this morning.
candidates simply act like trump and refuse to admit defeat? the warning lights are blinking red this could happen. it s been dubbed the precinct strategy, and guess who s the senegaly driving this hostile take over? we re taking action, and that action we re taking over school boards, we re taking over the republican party precinct, we re taking over all the elections. we re going to take over the election apparatus. american citizens that are volunteering, they are going to volunteer to become a precinct committeeman, volunteer to become an election official, take over the secretaries of state. we re going to take this back village by village, precinct by precinct. we re going to take over the election apparatus, take over all the elections. the battle cry from insurrection brave heart steve bannon. bannon who appears to have as many political lives as he does shirts he wears at the same time served at the trump white house until he was fired and then he was charged in
plus, she was one of five people who died during the insurrection. tonight roseanne boylan s six-month descent into conspiracy theories and how she became an american radical. and new reporting on the number of people potentially exposed to covid during trump s deception and some really important news about why you need a booster shot, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. a big development today in donald trump s ongoing quest to turn the republican party into a vehicle for his own authoritarian aspirations. of course, the former president continues to exert this power over the republican party with a litmus test he created for republican politicians after his ignominious defeat. and the question, the single question they must answer is did they support his attempted coup? and would they support a coup in the future? and if the answer is no to either question, they re in trouble. we re seeing this again today. now donald trump has set
house promised to, quote, pull out all the stops to contain the still ongoing pandemic as tonight more new cases of this new omicron variant are emerging across our country. at least ten cases of the variant have now been detected across five states. there is now a second case in california. there s one out in hawaii, minnesota, colorado. so far. and all but inevitably, we have to say new york has the largest number. tonight officials there announced five new cases. we knew this was coming. this is not a cause for major alarm. i need say that because we do not have enough information. we re not having shutdown. we re not changing our protocols. this is not march 2020. we have learned an enormous amount over the last 20 months. the patient identified out in minnesota had recently return frd a convention in new york city held at all places at the javits center which served as a mass covid vaccination and treatment site. today president biden unveiled his new strategy to fig
are not changing our protocols, this is not march 2020, we have learned an enormous amount over the last 20 months. the patient identified in minnesota had recently returned from a convention in new york city held all places at the javits center which earlier this year served as a mass covid vaccination and treatment site. today president biden unveiled his new strategy to fight the pandemic during a visit to the nih. the plan includes boosters for all adults, more vaccination sites for children and families, free at home testing that will be covered by private insurance, and new testing requirements for those traveling internationally. beginning monday, passengers have to test negative 24 hours before boarding an aircraft flying into the united states. even as biden laid out the new policies, he acknowledged the political toll this pandemic has taken on our country. it s a plan that i think should unite us. it has been very divisive in this country. we knew there would