it is really important. can this be put in any form of policy which becomes operational procedure for the agency so that this committee and others know that things are going to change based on what has happened in the recent past? the report makes clear and what we ve heard today makes clear and senator blumenthal absolutely. what i m talking about are your procedures, not what we say. no. right. what has to happen is what director wray mentioned that they are doing already and what we all need to do, the fbi, the oig, this committee, is do the follow-up you re talking about. we are going to continue to do our independent oversight of how those recommendations have been implemented like we do in all our reports. we will follow up with that. i am happy to report back to the committee what we ve seen. but steps do have to be taken, because there does have to be and it sounds like the fbi has taken the steps to ensure recordkeeping on the fact that something did occu
siege in harrowing detail recounting the trauma they endured at the hands of violent insurrectionists. listen, some of what you re about to see and hear is quite disturbing. what i witnessed and experienced on january 6th, 2021, was unlike anything i had ever seen. on january 6, for the first time i was more afraid to work at the capitol than my entire deployment to iraq. until then, i had never seen anyone physically assault capitol police or mpd let alone witness mass assaults being perpetrated on law enforcement officers. what we were subjected that day was like something from a medieval battle. we fought hand to hand, inch by inch, to prevent an invasion of the capitol by a violent mob intent on subverting our democratic process. at some point during the fighting, i was dragged from the line of officers and into the crowd. i heard someone scream. i got one. as i was swarmed by a violent mob, they ripped off my badge and i heard people in the crowd yelling, get
probe. and a shocker at the summer games, simone biles withdraws from the gold medal event as team usa falls to russia. what s behind the move by perhaps the greatest gymnast of all time? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. and we start with breaking news in our health lead. a major announcement just moments ago that should give pause to every person vaccinated or not about the state of this pandemic in the united states. first, the centers for disease control and prevention, the cdc, is revising its mask guidance. they re now recommending those in high or substantial virus transmission areas, even those who are fully vaccinated, wear a mask again when you are indoors. right now nearly two-thirds of all u.s. counties are considered higher or substantial transmission areas. so that new indoor mask guidance also applies to schools. the cdc says all students, all faculty, all staff in k-12 schools even those who are vaccinated, should wear a mask. here s the cdc director
but today, the select committee released new video of the attack during the hearing. just a warning, some may find this video disturbing. [noise] watch out, watch out. [noise] [noise] along with that video came harrowing testimony from officers who are under attack as they fought for hours, trying to hold the line against the rioters. we should warn you, some of the testimony included a racist term. we were subjected that they put something from a medieval bottle that rioters attempted to attack the capital said trump sent to us. we want trump. i could feel myself losing oxygen and recall thinking to myself, this is how i m going to die. i was dragged from the line of officers and into the crowd. i heard someone scream, i got one. i heard chanting from someone in the crowd saying get his gun, kill him with his own gun. so many of the people i put my life on russ to defend, are downplaying or outright denying what happened. the indifference shown to my colleagues is disg
hurt is here along with florida congressman byron donalds. we begin today, new reaction pouring in after the biden administration invites the united nations investigators to the united states to examine america s record on racism and human rights. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports for a friday eve. sandra: it is. hello, john. reaction pouring in to that. secretary of state anthony blinken making that announcement yesterday saying the u.s. should lead by example on the world stage. critics say the biden administration should be focusing on oppressive regimes like china, russia and iran instead. tony blinken like his boss, joe biden, is sticking a kick me sign on uncle sam s back. they should tell him to head to china. we don t need this. it s divisive and benefits status quo and the liberal elite. i thought the biden administration was extreme leftist. this is insane, martha. the u.s. is asking the united nations, a cess pool to come in to the