former president. reporter: in georgia, trump endorsing david perdue for governor as a way to get back at republican governor brian kemp for not doing enough to undermine the will of georgia voters and turn the 2020 election for trump. and your r.h.i.n.o. governor brian kemp. reporter: attempting to stack the party with loyalists even if those candidates come with controversy. in pennsylvania, trump endorsing former army captain sean parnell. he s a real hero, a real tough guy and he ll never let you down. reporter: parnell went on to suspend his campaign in november after a messy and contentious custody battle. in the georgia senate race, trump recruiting and endorsing political newcomer herschel walker. herschel is not only a georgia hero, he is an american
approaching the first anniversary of the attacks on january 6th. we ll see a prayer vigil and a service at the capitol. but on the same day we ll also see the former president hold a press conference about his version of the events that day. so what impact will that split screen have on the nation? well, it all depends on who covers it, doesn t it? and i assume cnn will be there. it sounds like it s going to be a potentially big press conference. but, again, i think that what is still so surprising is how locked in republican voters are to support donald trump no matter what the issue is, no matter how badly framed it is. it is and what s new i must say in the last few days is how much the conversation is starting to turn to the use of violence as a way to get your point. there are numbers out today that say that as much as a third of americans believe that violence is justifiable against a government in certain
and because of concerns of short-staffing, there s been this mandate or it s basically been issued to these ems workers to not transport any noncritical patients to the hospital that are experiencing influenza-like symptoms. but the goal here is to try to transport only those that actually need to be transported to the hospital to try to deal with those staffing issues. so that s one way that new yorkers are being affected. the other way of course is parents and students and staff at the nation s largest school system right here in new york city. they will be implementing a new policy to try to limit the amount of disruptions to day-to-day life. basically, what nyc public schools are going to require now, they re going to be distributing at-home tests to students, staff who have symptoms and have been exposed to a covid-positive person on campus. kids who don t have symptoms and
make their way obtnto the senat floor. cnn s melanie zanona is on capitol hill. melanie, explain where this new evidence fits in with what the committee already knows. we know so much of their work goes on behind closed doors. it s so interesting to hear about some of this key evidence they ve collected. what the committee is really trying to do here is paint a picture of what trump did and didn t do during those 187 minutes that he was publicly silent as his supporters stormed the capitol building. last month the committee revealed a tranche of text messages sent to chief of staff mark meadows of people essentially begging him to call it off. we know house leader kevin mccarthy had a phone call with trump as the building was under attack. and ivanka trump also urged her father twice to call it off and to put an end to the attacks. now the committee is still fighting to obtain access to a number of critical documents that could shed even further light to that day, and
mcconnell renamed that section of the bill for vice president biden s son, beau biden, who of course died suddenly of a brain tumor and was, of course, a major reason why joe biden didn t run in 2016. kate? kasie hunt at capitol hill, and as we re saying, we re keeping oon an eye on the senat floor. it was scheduled to start right at 3:00 eastern time. any moment now vice president joe biden being honored by his colleagues. i want to turn to amanda love n loveday, former executive director of the south carolina democratic party. nice to have you with us, amanda. thanks, kate, for having me. you know the bidens. this is a big day for joe biden. talk about how nostalgic this will be for him. it s an incredible day, and it s a true testament to his bipartisan efforts not only in the senate but in his time as vice president. there are very few people in politics that c bring senator mcconnell and senator reid together and he will be doing that today. and you followed him