Served on the front lines on that day. Gonel described what he and his fellow officers encountered. What we subjected that day is from a medieval battle. We fought hand to hand, inch by inch to prevent a overtaking of the capitol. And we re also following breaking news out of the biden administration. Any minute now the cdc expected to announce must masking guidance for those fully vaccinated in areas with high covid19 transmission rates. We re going to have a lot on that. We start with the pandemic and that breaking news. New mask guidance from the biden administration. Now the delta variant is fueling the price in the nationwide. But some vaccinated americans are being advised to wear masks indoors in areas of the country with high covid transmission rates. According to multiple sources, a key point on what is driving this decision, new data suggesting fully vaccinated individuals are not just contracting covid19 but could also be carrying higher levels of the virus than previously u
Chuck schumer is taking steps to bring the bill to the floor next week. And if it fails, house speaker nancy pelosi is warning democrats may go it alone, strongly signaling that she will approve a democraticled house select committee if the bipartisan bill fails in the upper chamber. With no commission, many of the biggest questions about the day may go unanswered. At least by this forum. Like what did former president trump say to kevin mccarthy during their phone call that day? and what exactly was the president doing as the violence unfolded at the capitol? also this morning, a u. S. Capitol police officer on the front lines that horrific day is slamming republican leadership for not supporting the bipartisan commission. This officer anonymously sent a letter saying it represents the views of 40 to 50 of their fellow officers and writing in part, it is inconceivable that some of the members we protect would downplay the events of january the 6th. Let s begin on capitol hill with lau
Important because, again, this was in november, and china reported to the world health organization that the first patient with covidlike symptoms was recorded in december of 2019. One source who has seen the intelligence says, quote, at the end of the day there is still nothing definitive. Cnn s natasha and david culver are following this for us. Natasha, what are you learning about how this piece of intel fits into what the u. S. Knows about the origins of covid19? reporter: it s another piece of the puzzle, ana, the u. S. Intelligence community has low confidence in its assessment of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, meaning that they don t really know exactly where, how or even when the pandemic spread. What this does, though, is it kind of up the timeline a bit with regard to the potential theories about where this pandemic actually began. Importantly, though, the intelligence community still doesn t know whether these researchers were actually sick with coronavirus. All th
harris will visit the u.s.-mexico border on friday to take a look at the conditions there. it also comes as democrats plot their next steps after republicans blocked the senate from debating a major voting rights bill. the president appeared to take a shot at senate republicans as he paid tribute to a friend and longtime colleague former virginia republican senator john warner. he understood that democracy is more than a form of government. democracy is a way of being. he understood it begins and grows in an open heart and with a willingness to work across the aisle and come together in common cause. also at this hour, a sentencing hearing is under way for an indiana woman who pled guilty to taking part in the january 6th attack on the capitol, this as two more accused rioters, including a suspected member of the oath keepers also pled guilty. we ll have more on that throughout this hour. and a major decision on freedom of speech from the u.s. supreme court. the justice
Israelis and, of course, the egyptians also involved in the ceasefire brokering yesterday as well. Jake, this also reveals a big shift in the democratic party, a rift really that s exposed between the progressive members of president biden s party and how they had called on him to not only criticize netanyahu but also to call publicly for a ceasefire, two things that he never did during the course of that 11 days, and we re told that now that the ceasefire has been brokered. Feels pretty confident about the strategy that he took, even though he came under pressure from the international community and his own party he s feeling good about it and it raises the question of whether or not he pushes it up higher and what that really looks like him and i think what he saw is a change of how people in washington are talking about this drain mick between israel and party, at least within the democratic party that is. Even with that ceasefire violence is still erupting in the middle east. They