i ll discuss it all. with the u.s. surgeon general. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with an emotional and very powerful testimony about the capitol riot. let s go to our congressional correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, these officers shared graphic details of the horrors they faced on january 6th and the consequences. no doubt about that, wolf. this explosive hearing shocked many of us who thought we had learned so much about the capitol insurrection already. even the members of congress asking the questions seem surprised at the serious risk against their lives on that day. so help you got. reporter: from its opening moments, the first hearing of the select committee to investigate the january 6th insurrection was a jarring display of the violence on that day. never before seen video and clips previously released showing front line officers dragged into the mob and beaten an
should wear masks regardless of vaccination status, to keep everyone safe. dr. walensky saying it didn t have to be this way, had the vaccination rate in this country been higher. dr. jha is standing by with your questions tonight. and tonight, new reporting, could there soon be a vaccination mandate for federal workers? cecilia vega with late reporting live from the white house. the other major story tonight, four officers in their own words in front of congress, in front of the american people. the horrors of the january 6th attack on the capitol. describing being outnumbered and fighting for their lives. what was said to them, what was done to them. one officer saying, i thought i was going to die. i told them, i have kids. and how they feel about efforts to redefine what really happened that day. rachel scott on the hill tonight. team usa at the olympics and the bomb shell headline. simone biles withdrawing from the team gymnastics event today. what she said about her
i ll ask the capitol police chief about his top priority to prevent a repeat of the riot. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden taking direct action to try to combat what he calls the pandemic of the unvaccinated. let s go straight to our senior white house correspondent phil mattingly. the president laid out new vaccine incentives saying this is about life and death. yeah, wolf. it is a stark reminder about the moment the country finds itself in where despite months of work by aed the min strags, more than 163 million people fully vaccinated, have a vaccine that actually works, there is still major problems. when you look at the data, there is backsliding and hospitalizations in cases and even deaths. now the president is moving to try to address it. we need some straight talk right now. reporter: tonight palpable frustration turning into a dramatic poli
infections with the delta variant produce similar viral loads regardless of vaccination status. in other words, even the vaccinated, who likely won t be anywhere near as sick, thank goodness, can still spread delta. the war has changed. today president biden acknowledged the additional measures might be coming because of it. in all probability, by the way, we had a good day yesterday, almost a million people got vaccinated. so i m hopeful that people are beginning to realize how essential it is. the president signaling tougher tactics against in tougher adversary. the cdc study was based on a large outbreak in the massachusetts vacation spot at the tip of cape cod. ken owns a hotel there. we started to get the initial reports of some strange infection rates among vaccinated individuals, and then as time went on we saw more and more cases. until we eventually saw a number that was large enough to make a lot of us kind of scratch our ahead and said, wait a minute, is this
capitol physician, official mandate from him. i have nothing to say about that. except we honor it. leader mccarthy says it s against the such. he s such a moron. why did the house speaker speak out? because house republicans are playing down covid as it makes a comeback across the country. as far as the former president goes, he has so far failed to sabotage a bipartisan infrastructure plan that just cleared a major hurdle in congress. is trump losing his grip on the gop? good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it s thursday, july 29th, it s good to have you all on board with us. senators celebrated with us yesterday after finally coming to an agreement on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. the break through came after weeks of disagreements over sticking points such as public transit, how to fund it and all of that. within hours of announcing the deal, senate majority leader, chuck schumer, moved to hold a procedural vote exactly one week after the prev