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restrictions and soaring cases from the pandemic that has now killed more than 800,000 people in the u.s. and this thursday, january 6th, marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. despite the months that have passed and hopes that the country might come together, the nation remains bitterly divided and influenced by the lies that instigated at tack a year ago. a brand new poll from the washington post and the university of maryland shows 92% of democrats believe former president trump bears a great deal or a good amount of blame for the attack on the capitol compared to just 27% of republicans. the poll also shows that one in three americans now believe violence against the government can at times be justified. the largest share in more than two decades of polling. in congress, the january 6th committee is attempting a reckoning, investigating to understand and expose what went wrong that day, and what role the former president played. h ....
reporter: how worried should americans be about what s to come? dr. anthony fauci joins me to discuss ahead. plus, remembering reid, from a house with no running water to the highest perch in the senate, the late senate majority leader harry reid in his own words on his legacy and his parting push for democrats now. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of the union is hoping for a good year. happy new year. it s not where many expected to be at the start of 2022, facing new restrictions and soaring cases from the pandemic that has now killed more than 800,000 people in the u.s. and this thursday, january 6th, marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. despite the months that have passed and hopes that the country might come together, the nation remains bitterly divided and influenced by the lies that instigated the attack a year ago. a brand new poll from the washington post and the university of maryland shows 92% of de ....
clung to power. the times describes, quote, a half dozen right-wing members of congress who became key foot soldiers in trump s effort to overturn the election, according to dozens of interviews and a review of hundreds of pages of congressional testimony about the attack on the capitol on january 6th. those lawmakers jim jordan, andy biggs, paul gosar, louies gohmert, mo brooks, and scott perry. some of the most vocal advocates for the big lie, but thanks to the times reporting, we know extent of their behind-the-scenes efforts to undermine democracy, as well. here s more from the reporting, quote, the circle moved well beyond words and into action. they bombarded the justice department with dubious claims of voting irregularities. they pressured members of state legislatures to conduct audits that would cast doubt on the election results. they plotted to disrupt the certification on january 6th of joseph biden s victory. there s clear evidence in the hand of con ....
because i focused on the situation with ukraine and russia. but to your point, don, what really matters most, at christmas is your son going to get the g.i. joe with the fung fu grip? this is not the 60s or 70s or the bionic man with the eyeball. this is ps-5 territory. have a good show. thank you, sir. see you later. this is don lemon tonight. breaking news. we want to talk about the house just passed legislation to increase the debt limit with a simple majority instead of 60 votes. you know what that means? ten republicans would have to get on board. k congress has until next wednesday to address the debt limit. as that joe biden is taking on vladamir putin as we just talked about here. thousands of russian troops amass on the border with ukraine. joe biden s message to president putin, just a barely veiled threat, saying things we do not do in 2014, we are prepared to do now. a warning that russia could face a world of hurt economically, if putin decides ....
and medical researchers in south africa reporting the omicron coronavirus variant partly evades protection offered by pfizer s vaccine, but people who were infected with coronavirus and then vaccinated are likely well protected against omicron. joining me now, mr. evan perez. thank you for joining us sir. what are we learning about these new subpoenas tonight? is the committee getting the records they re asking for? reporter: they are, don. one of the first things that this committee did when they first got stood up some months ago was they sent letters to phone carriers, to telecommunications carriers asking them to preserve these records. and now we know that they ve gone ahead and requested and gotten the records of more than 100 people. and some of these people, this includes people inside trump s inner circle. and obviously some of these people are people who have been investigated by the justice department. but what s significant is that it includes people who w ....