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plus since the january 6th attack on the united states capitol, the most important so far has been the arrest of this man. meet stewart rhodes the founder of the far right militia the oath keepers, a former army paratrooper who was honorably discharged after he was injured in a night parachuting accident. he then worked for libertarian congressman ron paul and went to yale law school. so far what would seem to be a kind of main stream conservative. according to the southern policy law center it s only when rhodes moved to montana that his believed turned a hard right away from small d democratic politics the justice department announced thursday it was charging rhodes and ten of his coconspirators with something called seditious conspiracy for their roles in the january insurrection. seditious conspiracy is a rarely used civil war era statute reserved only for the most serious of political criminals. i look at the court documents for rhodes arrest reveals why the gover ....
also, an update on the hours long hostage stand-off at a texas synagogue. and my take on a dangerous rise in anti-semitism here in the united states. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. of the hundreds of people who have been arrested in the year plus since the january 6th attack on the united states capitol, the most important so far has been the arrest of this man. meet stewart rhodes the founder of the far right militia the oath keepers. he is a former army paratrooper who was honorably discharged after he was injured in a night parachuting accident. he then worked for libertarian congressman ron paul and went to yale law school. so far what would seem to be a kind of main stream conservative. according to the southern policy law center it s only when rhodes moved to montana that his beliefs turned a hard right away from small d democratic politics the justice department announced thursday it was charging rhodes and ten of his coconspirators with something called sediti ....
administration is taking to combat it. the white house still has not offered comprehensive details about its plan to distribute half a billion tests for free. joining me now is dr. vivek murthy. how much higher do you think it will go and when will it peak? well, john, you know, it is troubling to see these numbers, to see how high the cases are going, to know our hospitalizations have increased like this. unfortunately this is the consequence of an extraordinary transmissible variant, the omicron variant. as troubling as this is and as tough as the next few weeks may be there is something important we have been learning during this experience and that is that our vaccines, especially when combined with boosters, have remained extremely effective at keeping people out of the hospital and it is saving their lives. it is why we have been encouraging people to get vaccinated and boosted. when i talk to doctors in the emergency room and colleagues in hospitals around th ....
and legacy of former u.s. senator bob dole who died at the age of 98. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. new covid testing requirements are now in effect for all travelers coming into the united states. it s part of the effort to curb the spread of the omicron variant which has already been found in at least 16 u.s. states. now anyone boarding a flight to the u.s. must have proof of a negative covid test one day before take-off. plus, foreign nationals must be fully vaccinated to enter the country, but that requirement is not yet in place for u.s. citizens. a travel ban is also in place for south africa where the variant originated, and several other african countries. the top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci says that s being reevaluated. now as you mentioned as we are getting more and more information about cases in our own country and worldwide, we are looking at that very caref ....
john leguizamo will join me to discuss the project and how it shines a lite on the criminal justice system. let s get started. yesterday s acquittal of kyle rittenhouse on all charges, including homicide, ignited protests that continued today. thousands expressing outrage over the verdict and the message it sends about america s legal system. after the verdict, the parents of anthony huber, one of the two men killed by rittenhouse, released a statement suggesting justice was not served for their son or the other two vicms. it read, in part, quote, today s verdict means there is no accountability for the person who murdered our son. it sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, insight violence and use the danger they created to justify shoot toing people in the streets. and for example, contrast the rittenhouse acquitual the case of crystal mason. she s a black woman in texas sentenced to five years in prison for boating while on pr ....