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amazing. would you think that every officer in the u.s. capitol police, and every officer, or on duty because of that, and plus all of the fencing. and it was like one dude and his dog, and a woman doing yoga. it was i mean better to be over prepared than underprepared, given the last time that trump people came to washington. but my god, it was quite a day. and let s hope that it s a positive in to cater about where this whole election fraud thing really stands. that that s how much public support could muster on saturday. yeah, i feel like all the other signs are bad, but that sign was good. yes we will see, thank you rachel. well bob woodward trilogy on the trump white house is now complete. first came fear. then came rage. and now peril, coauthored by bob woodward and robert costa. bob woodward book, is like a large christmas tree with dozens of unique ornaments that you ve never seen before, and news media headlines immediately focused on the biggest, and ....
chairman schiff introducing formally new sweeping legislation to deal with exactly this. my reason for being here is as simple as the title: protecting our democracy act. it shouldn t matter who the president of the united states is. we should want that president not to be able to abuse that office to enrich themselves. we should want them to maintain independence from the justice department, not use it as their own private law firm, not use it to go after their adversaries. the plan here is not partisan as emphasized. the legislation would have rules to limit how presidents use or, again, potentially abuse pardon power. deal with the deadlines that might prevent otherwise prosecution of rogue presidents. that s obviously a look at the legal presidency of trump. and to enforce the ban on presidents who aren t allowed to enrich themselves. also ideas to better protect doj independence. this is all part of congress broader efforts at accountability, deal with what ....
vaccination. it s a ray of hope for millions of american families and a common sense approach to travel as we stair down what looks more and more like a bifercated country. we re sure pasting the devastating flu of 1918 and driven by the tragedy unfolding in largely unvaccinated states like mississippi which currently has the highest covid death rate per capita in the country and if it were a zone country, miss mississippi would be tied for second. republican governor tate reeves tried to down play his own incompetence. as you know, unfortunately, fatalities is a lagging indicator when it comes to the virus, it is a lagging indicator and so timing has as much to do with that statistic that you used as anything else. the president will try to believe the delta variant is only affecting republicans in the united states. that is not true. that is not a fact. move around the country and you re going to see fatalities rise in other states. we believe in personal responsi ....
and moment of truth as a divide in the party throws the president s agenda into question. we ought not talk about these numbers. let s talk about what needs to be done. but can democratic governors get it done. i will speak with jim clyburn ahead. as president biden tries to refocus on his legislative agenda, pushing through a massive $3.5 trillion spending bill that could define his presidency . only furthering confusion, for so many americans, as the pandemic hits another horrifying milestone this week, one in 500 americans have died from the virus, more than 673,000 people represented here on the national mall with flags for each death. this debate over boosters comes as the biden administration is on its heels, with a number of of crises of its own doing, facing a devastating acknowledgment from the pentagon friday that a drone strike in afghanistan killed ten civilians, a surge of migrants at the southern border leaving thousands of people, mostly from haiti, ....
and we re following new twists in a woman s mysterious disappearance during a road trip. the fbi has been searching the family home of brian laundrie a day after the likely remains of his fiancee gabby petito were found. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the breaking news on the ross of life from covid-19 that is both unfathomable and frankly unacceptable. the u.s. death toll from this pandemic just rose above 675,000. that s higher than the death toll from the 1918 flu pandemic more than 100 years ago. the youngest americans are increasingly at risk in this crisis here in the united states, and tonight they may be closer to being eligible for vaccinations. pfizer says its vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11. in a smaller dose, a lower dose than adults get. let s discuss all of this and much more with dr. anthony fauci, the director of the nat ....