Another republican voice to the table, congressman adam kinzinger. The question is, what does kevin mccarthy have to say about the move? and team usa continues its quest for medals. Katie ledecky comes up for the first event, but the question is can she still bring home the gold? it is way too early for this. What s up, everybody? we will start with the news. Coronavirus continues to rise and the nation s top infectious diseases expert dr. Anthony fauci says the u. S. Is headed in the wrong direction. Nbc news correspondent meagan fitzgerald has the latest. Reporter: the worstcase scenario among the unvaccinated. It feels like we re going back in the bowel again, and it s definitely another wave. Reporter: the highly contagious delta variant fueling a new surge in cases across the country. The country s top doctor. We could have a considerable problem with the surge of infections. Reporter: the variant sweeping through the south accounting for 40% of the new cases in the country. But i
congress, compared to 46% who prefer republicans, that is a statistical tie due to the margin of error. what isn t a tie is that republicans hold a commanding advantage when it comes to enthusiasm for november s midterm elections. 61% of republicans are, quote, very interested, compared to 47% of democrats, which could make all the difference in who controls congress. and then there is this, which doesn t bode well for the country. not only does 72% of americans say the united states is heading in the wrong direction, 70% of americans agree with the statement that america had become so polarized that it can no longer solve the major issues facing the country and that those differences will only continue to grow. just 27% of americans say that despite the nation s strong partisan differences, the country always comes together to solve the greatest challenges. now, consider this, the last time nbc news posed this question in a poll 12 years ago in 2010, just 45% of americans sa
stepien, trump campaign communications chief, jason miller, the disgraced former new york city police commissioner, exconvict bernie caric, john eastman who devised the strategy that was the reason trump summoned his supporters to washington on january 6th. he s the one that basically wrote the strategy that said vice president mike pence magically had the power to overturn the election on january 6th. also a trump campaign staffer named angela mccallum, she was according to the committee subpoenaed because she apparently called state lawmakers in at least one state and told them on behalf of the trump campaign that they should appoint trump electors, even though trump had lost in that state, lost in michigan. all six of these trump world officials have been subpoenaed today, and along with the subpoenas, they got letters providing supporting documentation about what their alleged roles were laying the groundwork for the january 6th attack. these six people are being asked to
thrown me. and i didn t think it did throw me. but then i noticed i was hitting fatigue spots yesterday and today that aren t supposes to be there. i just keep making all the wrong decisions. i went fishing yesterday. just enough time to fish if part of the river and that part of the river and get back to my vehicle before it gets dark. and there is me in the woods in the dark at the end of it. having completely miscalculated all of it. i can t adjust. we shouldn t do this anymore. just strap a flashlight to your, backpack now for the next month. forehead. it s going to take you a while. it s going to take you a while, rachel. i know. thank you, lawrence. thank you, rachel. well, tonight we begin with the breaking news of the night that contains a mystery. in the middle of it that we hope to clarify with our first guest tonight, congressman adam schiff. the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack on the capitol issued six new subpoenas. three o
Elections and i m joined by one of those fighters now, colorado secretary of state jena griswold. good to see you. thank you for being with us. you re always so kind, you re in a different time zone, it is unusually early for you. but you put meat on the bones of this issue, right? we have discussed this, this voting rights thing is an abstraction to a lot of americans. we released a poll under an hour ago at nbc news which demonstrates 76% of americans answered yes to the question, is there a threat to american democracy and majority rule. that s the good news. 76% of americans think there is. your story of this one official in colorado illustrates how specifically people are doing things to overturn the election or change results, fiddle with results or not honor what democracy actually is. well, good morning, ali, thank you for having me on. time zone change or not, always happy to join you. that s exactly right.