The former president s statement, latelast night, reads, quote, republicans in the house and senate should not approve the democrat trap of the january6th commission. It is just more partisan unfairness and unless the murders, riots, and fire bombings in portland, minneapolis, chicago, new york, are also going to be studied, this discussion should be ended immediately. Republicans must get tougher and much smarter and stop being used by the radical left. Hopefully, mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy are listening. Well, they were. It was a call and response. Just over12 hours after the former president sent out that statement, i guess. Mcconnell said he d oppose a commission if it made it to the senate. So, today, and tonight, we witnessed two grown adults, elected officials, in positions of true power and responsibility, bending to the whims of a twiceimpeached, defeated, former, oneterm president, and now, golfcourse greeter, and wedding crasher, who could be a big step closer to cri
New details ahead. Let s go outfront. Good ing. I m erin burnett. Outfront tonight, watch out for the wing nuts. As the vaccination rate in the united states plummets, officials are fighting dangerous and absurd conspiracy theorys about vaccines. The misinformation hitting a fever pace at a critical time, when the spread of the delta variant is getting worse in the united states. This variant is even more transmissible than the uk variant, which was more transmissible than the version of the virus we were dealing with last year. There s also some concern that it may be more dangerous, as well. It s yet another reason to get vaccinated quickly. Before those who are unvaccinated, they are increasingly at risk, as more and more variabilities develop. More transmissible, of course, will mean more people will die if they re not vaccinated. The delta variant accounts for 6% of sequenced cases in the united states, according to dr. Fauci at the nih. That was a similar tipping point for the s
like. and even though he s twice impeached and gone, retired, disgraced, facing legal and financial trouble, blocked from social media and playing professional wedding crasher at mar-a-lago, the great purge is on. congresswoman liz cheney is on the verge of being booted from her house leadership position and the gop s heir apparent is openly campaigning to replace her. that s elise stefanik whose embrace of trump has propelled her to the front of the line. her only apparent qualification is her willingness to repeat the big lie over and over and over again, even after the capitol siege on january 6th. naturally she was among the 139 house republicans who tried to invalidate the results of a democratic election. now stefanik says she supports the odd it in arizona which is being conducted by a firm literally called the cyber ninjas with the help of a january 6th insurrectionist to boot. she is also checking another maga world box, seeking the blessing of trump pardon recipient
coronavirus as the cdc warns of a possible fourth wave. you know, it s interesting, mika, he had to say in there that it s not political. it s not political. it s not political. it s science. here we are with over half a million people dead and you know, we heard from dr. birx this weekend, talking about how after the first 100,000, if they had done a better job, if donald trump had not been so resistant, they would have been able to save so many lives. and here we are, willie, i m now i m now hearing lunatics and i ll call them lunatics yeah. that are now of course still pushing back on the masks. but now we re saying if we somehow identifies as having a vaccine, like it s part of satan or the mark of the devil or nazi germany. the idicy is just beyond us. they re acting recklessly and irresponsibly. they re being stupid and falling conspiracy theories. they re falling a failed game show host and or reality tv show host and they don t understand, i guess,
usaa. what you re made of, we re made for. usaa so after nearly a decade of trying, a pro golfer finally makes his dream come true. andy scholes has more in the bleacher report. good morning, john. so michael visacki is finally going to get to play in a pga tour event eight years after turning pro, visacki knocking down a 20-foot birdie putt to qualify and make it to his first ever tournament. check out his emotions when he called his dad to tell him the news. hey, dad. hey. how are you? great. i made it. before this, the 27-year-old only played in one web.com tour event, but visacki said he never thought about quitting. a lot of people give up on their dreams probably because they can t avoid it, but i ve been lucky enough to be with my parents and being able to help me out sometimes to keep living it. good luck to him this weekend. the nhl, meanwhile, is getting a new tv home. starting next season, turner sports announcing a new seven-year term. it