it's coming in the run up to a speech this weekend at the conference in florida and coming as a slew of hearings get to the bottom how the events leading up to on january 6th happened. but for some republicans even asking the question pings it towards truly weird stuff. take senator ron johnson, late today he upped the ante on this alternative reality account of the attack which he read into the congressional record yesterday. >> he said that the mood of the crowd was positive and festive, many of the marshachers were ov weight or frail. trace not attributed to the riot prone. a very few didn't share the friendly earn nest demeanor of the majority. fake trump protesters and disciplined uniform column of attackers. these are the people that probably planned this. >> so does this show positive or

festive? jovial work for you? friendly? earnest? do i hear earnest? the whole thing is ridiculous but when this guy is in for a penny, he's in for a pound or pile. when asked off camera whether he had any regrets about saying that, listen to his reply. >> why not? >> it's an account from pretty knowledgeable observers. have you read it? >> are you trying -- >> have you read it? >> i watched your comments. >> read the article and you can ask me questions about it. >> i mean, you'd do it again? >> absolutely. we need the full perspective. >> full perspective. for johnson, the full perspective apparently includes not just the real perspective, the one that happened but the fantasy bunk revisionary perspective. that makes it full and he is

full of something. a senator known for spreading misinformation and suspected disinformation about the election before, during and after the fact but as rich as that so you bunds, it's nothing. richardson showed size and kevin mccarthy signed onto the attempt to overturn the vote and for one brief moment broke ranks. >> the president bears responsibility for wednesday's attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. >> not long after that he was at mar-a-lago kissing the ring and ever since he's been all on board, which among republicans is the majority view but not the only view. listen to a moment this morning when he and the number three house republican were asked whether the man from mar-a-lago should speak at cpac. >> yes, he should.

that's up to cpac. i've been clear about my views about president trump and the extent to which january 6th oh do -- i don't believe he should be playing the role. >> so congresswoman cheney has been centered by the party including republicans. the true test of the republican loyalty is not only their position on impeachment but embrace, tolerate falsehoods, fantasies and facts in connection with it. here is republican senator roy blunt today when asked whether or not he sees merit in senator johnson's performance yesterday. >> i wouldn't say there is not a merit to what other senators want to bring to the table and obviously, he was quoting somebody else that he thought was a significant addition to the discussion. i think it's dramatically

different than virtually anything else you're going to hear but it's certainly harmful for senator johnson have his time on the committee to present the information he thinks need to be presented. >> to be absolutely clear, the account senator johnson presents bears no resemblance to what happened and whether or not senator johnson knows it, senator blunt likely does. as they say in spinal tap, it's not his job to be as confused as nigel and has a global impact. 89% of republicans in a recent poll said the former president is not responsible for inciting violence at the capitol. which gives republicans strong incentive for letting him off the hook even mike pence. to be hustled out of the senate along with members of his family steps ahead of people that wanted to hang him, even he is all in even the man that attacked him on twitter at the moment you're seeing. cnn learned pence told a group of conservative lawmakers yesterday he maintains a close personal friendship with the man

and harbors no ill will towards him according to one republican congressman at the meeting. it's a political love story and love apparently means never having to say you're mad at the people that people wanted you hanged. or maybe being too scared to say it because you want a future in his party. it's a calculations and that math may work for a time. it might help his poll numbers in the party but one other number to keep in mind, 100. the mob got within 100 feet of mike pence at the capitol. the mob sent by the former president. 100 feet. the ris hek he takes is maybe n time they get closer. plenty to talk about with cnn political analyst maggie haberman and amanda carpenter and director for senator ted cruz and maggie, when you hear senator johnson peddling these lies and conspiracies, revising history before eyes, what does it tell you about the grip that

the former president still has on members of his own party? >> john, what it tells me is that grip remains very strong as you know it remains very strong because the voters of the party are very aligned with president trump and they are being told that president trump is not responsible and being told by their elected officials, they're being told by republican leaders in washington, not all of them but many of them becomes a self fulfilling cycle where president trump ends up or former president trump ends up looking stronger. whether that grip remains, i don't know. i think it is going to be very hard still for former president trump to get the kind of attention he got before, and he doesn't have his favorite weapon of twitter anymore but as long as he remains unwilling to see the stage, you're going to continue to see things like what we saw with senator johnson this week. >> so we see this skism about what his role should be in the party. what's your reporting on what he wants his role to be going

forward and what he might say about it on sunday? >> so, what we expect him to say on sunday at his cpac speech which is essentially a cattle call he's joining with a bunch of other potential 2024 hopefuls will be partly focused on policy and immigration policy in partp part particular. there is a sharp contrast what he did and president biden is undoing in the area of immigration policy. look, as you know, what they write up for former president trump to put on screen for him to read and what he actually says is often very different but what he wants is to remain the formidable front runner for 2024 and hoping to come away being seen that way after he leaves this stage, which is essentially the first outing for any potential 2024 republican candidate of the coming cycle. >> that's the first event of the 2024 presidential campaign in many ways. so amanda, congresswoman cheney was asked about trump speaking at cpac. there were 100 ways to answer

that question that weren't, i think, as bold or direct as she did. particularly after kevin mccarthy said yes, he thought the former president should speak there. is anyone listening to her in the party? does she add at all to her collision with something like that? >> listen, it's no secret that the republican party is an extremely hostile almost inhospitable place for anyone who criticizes donald trump. liz cheney knows that. but she wants to have this debate. i mean, she was deliberately bold about that question in front of kevin mccarthy for a reason because they are so many people trying to shut down any descenting republican voices and she is saying right there loud and clear i don't think he should have a voice in the party. now to your question, do i think she's going to be adding to her ranks, i doubt it. i don't know how a trump critical republican can function in this party, and people like

liz cheney need to consider their options, which i think can be healthy because she's going to have to develop her own fundraising networks, her own new and different collision that doesn't look like the cpac audience. it's going to be difficult, okay, for people like her and adam kinzinger and others but they're trying. there is a fight there. it's showing that they don't want to surrender to trump-ism. there may be no civil war but they are itching for a fight. >> it's interesting. i framed it like was it the party of lincoln or trump and there is a battle within the party. i'm not sure it is. >> listen, rick scott who is the florida senator who is chairman of the national republican senate committee sent a memo saying the republican civil war is cancelled. they want this forced unification behind trump to shut up and move on and not talk about the insurrection, not do an investigation because they don't want to talk about it.

anti trump speech will not be tolerated so people who don't care about stopping this from happening again have to find a different way to work within the party by developing a new collision that will be hard work but could be very productive in the end. >> so maggie, we learned and you've got reporting on this also that mike pence told republicans he maintains a close personal friendship with the former president and harbors no ill will toward him. that's rich given everything that mike pence went through leading up to and during the insurrection and inauguration. what is mike pence want to get out of this? >> look, i can't speak for what is in mike pence's heart about donald trump but certainly we know what mike pence went through on january 6th and we know what then president trump tweeted about him while he was in the middle of that mob attack on the capitol. what mike pence wants is a future in the republican party. remember, he spent four years enduring a lot as one of donald trump's closest advisors, as one

of the people that basically was his main defender and explainer with certain people on capitol hill among others within the republican party. i think what he wants is to be able to be president some day if donald trump decides to run in 2024, that's going to be really hard for mike pence and i think that he doesn't want to have his future completely torn apart as you say for anybody that wants a future in the republican party thanks rode right now goes through donald trump. whether it always will is an open question, whether it even will after 2022 in the midterm cycles is an open question. certainly for right now, donald trump has shown absolutely no willingness to get off the stage and as long as he's there, it will be hard for someone like mike pence. >> amanda, senator mitt romney in an interview said that trump quote has by far the largest voice in the big impact on my party and that if the former president won in 2024, mitt romney says he's pretty sure he would win the nomination. do you agree with mitt romney? does it tell you that mitt

romney is saying then ? >> i think if the primary were held today, this is no doubt who would oppose donald trump in this environment. it gets to the point about the silence and i think mike pence would like to be president. realistically, he probably never will but what he does know is that if he keeps his mouth shut, the mob that came after him on january 6th won't come after him again. he will have a safe comfortable life in the warm bath of the conservative movement at think tanks and conservative media but they will never ask him a tough question about the events that he witnessed that led up to the insurrection and what it felt like to become a victim of it. like, he has a safe comfortable life if he just keeps his mouth shut and waves the flag for trump. that's what he's aiming for. anything after that, gravy. >> that's something. maggie, last time we spoke and i can't remember if it was this morning or last night or yesterday morning, that's how things are at this point. but you told me that the former

president has been talking a lot about 2024 lately. what's the nature of that conversation and also, what's the intersection of that conversation and the focus on the criminal investigation surrounding it? >> it's a great question, john. look, it's hard to know what goes into donald trump's kak ll -- k calculations but he appears to be in the political arena the more he can paint investigations as political. there are a number of investigations he's facing and his company is facing and worried about investigations into his children and the manhattan district attorney's office is pursuing an investigation related to his business practices and taxes. so all of that is on his mind, but there is also just the general question of relevance with him which we know he dr craves. he's been clear with people he wants to be seriously seen as a 2024 contender and more open about it with some than others.

some walked away thinking he's very serious about it and that's top of mind. others think he's more sort of toying with it but he is not going to, i think, say one way or the otherer for most of the next two years if anything he'll lean into the idea of running and that is going to make it, again, very hard for other republicans to ignore him. whether that means the media does is a different question but it will make it very hard for other republicans that want to be president to move forward with their own plans. >> maggie haberman, amanda carpenter, thanks for being with us, have a great night. next, breaking news on the latest covid vaccine and questions you might have about taking it. dr. sanjay gupta and leeann are here with answers and will president biden's first nominee without the senate confirmation process being held to a different stan dard about being nice on twitter with senators that had no problems with the former president's twitter

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chain. dr. sanjay gupta and also, cnn mec nrkscnn medical correspondent. the johnson & johnson data came out when we were on tv this morning and we were reading it in realtime. you had all day to go through it. what's important? what do the numbers mean? >> you know what my day has been like, john. let me show you the numbers because as you point out, i think there is some good news here. this is what the fda is going to be looking at to determine whether or not they will authorize the vaccine. the numbers on the left are basically the protection this vaccine offers against moderate to severe disease. you mentioned that if you look at the bottom line on the left south africa, that trial done in south africa, most of the virus circulating was the variant from south africa. previously they said it was 57% protected. now 64%. some out numbers have gone up. really, it's that number on the

right that will be so critically important across the board, you know, this vaccine is 85% protective against, what people care about the most. that they would get very sick. may need to be hospitalized or die. it was very protective against that. one other thing, john, you may remember you asked me this morning and i didn't know at the time how beneficial is this vaccine with preventing infections because we know it can prevent people from getting sick. there is early data on that, as well, out of the 62 pages. small numbers of people but basically around 70% protective to the person who takes a vaccine against getting infected, not carrying the virus, not subsequently transmitting it to others. small data but we'll keep looking into that, john. >> that is good news. to be clear, people want to know is one vaccine better for you than another? to that you say? >> right now, take what you can

get because demand is out weighing supply. if you look at the data, you can make some judgements, although the other vaccines were trialed at a different time. the very very ariants weren't wy circumstance lating. the fact johnson & johnson is a single shot vaccine maybe a little less effective than the other vaccines. it starts to give you sort of an idea how to approach this, maybe it should be reserved for people who live more transient lifestyles unlikely to come back for the second shot. maybe because it may not protect as well against serious disease it could be reserved for people 60 and older and you keep the moderna and pfizer vaccines for people more at risk. we're going to hear from the cdc but as we have more vaccine, we'll get more granular. >> a third vaccine on the

market, how does that change things and what benefit will that have for people? >> the first is we know supply is the constraining factor here so having one more vaccine authorized hopefully soon will be a big difference in and of itself. this is a one dose vaccine. definitely simply things things when it comes to distribution. if you don't need to have people come back for a second dose and make a second appointment, that makes a big difference. in terms of storage, this is a vaccine that can be stored at regular refrigerated temperatures. think about your regular community pharmacy and local doctors office doesn't have special iized medical grade freezers. opening up additional sites will make a big difference. one thing sanjay mentioned that is so important to under score that the end point that really matters is the end point of preventing severe disease, especially at preventing hospitalizations and deaths which this johnson & johnson one dose vaccine was 100% preventing such severe disease that it resulted in people getting

hospitalized or who died and part of the trial, as was mentioned was done in south africa. so even with the variant, it was 100% preventing hospitalizations and deaths. we need to counter the narrative that somehow this is in a more inferior vaccine because it's not and i very much agree with what sanjay said. take whatever vaccine is available to you. >> important, important point for people to know as they approach this. sanjay, moderna announced today that they are dealing with updating their covid-19 vaccine to deal with the veariant found in south africa. a booster shot. what does this mean? >> it's cool science, this idea they can retool this vaccine very quickly. i am told talking to these vaccine makers four to six weeks they could potentially create a new type of booster shot. we can show you the different types that they're now considering. one approach, john, is saying we're not going to create a new vaccine, necessarily, we're going to give more of the

existing vaccine. that would be a booster of the standard vaccine. second is what i'm just talking about, you know, sort of creating new sort of vaccine based on this variant perhaps the south africa very ariant an that would be specific and the third option a combination of both. so these are the sort of -- this is how they're thinking through it and will put them through trials and see if one option works better than others and if they figure that out, that could benefit other vaccine makers as well how they approach this. >> with this booster, one question this poses is if you get the pfizer vaccine this spring, can you get the moderna booster in the fall? >> that's a good question. i don't think we know the answer to this yet. it would make sense that you get the same booster as the vaccine that you got initially but i also think that just because you got one vaccine to begin with, it may turn out over time that we find out that a particular vaccine is more beneficial to a certain group of people.

people immune compromised or older who have certain medical cond conditions. i think over time it may be that you get your initial vaccine that gives you some level of immunity but get another vaccine that may give you additional benefit in another way. we don't know this yet but i want to urge people if something is available to you now, don't wait. don't say well, a booster may be available later so i'll wait until i get that booster. no, get whatever vaccine you have now because it benefits you to get immunity to protect you from covid-19 but it also benefits all of us if more people have immunity that means less covid-19 can spread and that also means we can put an end to this pandemic sooner. >> sanjay, dr. nguyen, thank you both very much. just ahead, another sign president biden's pick to head up the office of management and budget may be the defeat and how the white house may have misdocklated democratic support and republicans suddenly finding religion on mean tweets when "360 "returns. 25 million people

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down in defeat. two hearings scheduled to vote near the nomination to be the top budget official in the white house postponed part of the reason more than 1,000 deleted tweets directed at some of the very senators that hold her political future in her hands, the culprit. >> my friendly advice to president biden is to withdraw the nomination and select someone who at the very least has not promoted wild conspiracy theories and openly bashed people on both sides of the aisle that she happens to agree with, disagree with. >> that's republican senator john cornon didn't seem to have the time to read or comment on the tweets by the former president that are for more cruel and conspiratorial. >> every morning i wake up in my office and scroll twitter and

pretend to see the tweets i saw. >> i'm not giving a daily commentary on the president. i didn't see the tweet. i thought i saw the tweets this morning. i missed that one. >> what do you make of the president's tweets this morning? does the president need to be more cautious? >> check it out. >> the president is hoping to frame the debate over issues of double standards and sexism. tonight, however, they have another problem on their hands, as well. whether they miscalculate the way they handled to seniors in the party. phil mattingly joins us. phil, the republican hypocrisy aside, is this nomination all but sunk? >> flash backs to my last four years on capitol hill. to relay what senior democratic aide told me, if you have money don't bet it. they are sticking by her public. take a listen to what ron klain said tonight. >> let me be clear, we'll get

neera tanden confirmed and she'll prove critics wrong that she works with people on both sides of the aisle. >> john, the reality is white house advisors i spoke to have a math problem. they need at least one republican to support tanden's nomination. there is rone republican everyoe is keeping an eye on, murkowski found that out today when reporters told her and there is recognition while she's not made up her mind yet and white house officials have been reaching out to her over the course of the last couple days, it's unlikely republican leader mitch mcconnell urging members to stick together wheeled power in the new experience in the minority. it is unlikely they will get a republican to support ne neera tanden. that means it's likely going down. the white house is willing to let this play out for another couple days but they understand the dynamics at play here.

>> the white house doesn't have all democratic season tors on board to confirm tanden. we have reports how complicated things are. >> this is the biggest issue. it's a 50/50 senate. there is no margin for error if they move forward on anything with democrats only and they have lost a democratic senator and part of the reason for that, according to white house officials and congressional officials i've been talking to over the course of the last couple days, there is a miscalculations, assumption joe biden as the new president, democrat in the oval office would have democratic support on anything particularly picking his team but the reality is the united states senate, one senator holds a tremendous amount of power, never has that been more clear than this united states senate with these dynamics. the white house stayed in close touch with senator mansion, biden and mansion had multiple conversations by phone and are staying in touch with kirsten

cinema that doesn't speak publicly often but speaking to her office. the one thing i'm being told is they are still trying to navigate this idea two moderate senators hold so much power and obviously had a misstep with kamala harris do television interviews in west virginia and mansion made clear he did not appreciate that. trying to get a better sense of kirsten cinema. given the fact she's a relatively new senator and not served in congress while there is a democratic president in the white house, they're still trying to get a feel for her, what she wants and needs and where she's going to end up. that miscalculations and inability to read where those two senators are at this point in time may have imperilled one of president biden's nominees. >> now dana bash. dana, i get that there are people who have issues with

neera tanden's positions in politics. there are people who legitimately oppose her nomination but there is hypocrisy here when you have republicans talking about her tweets, right? for the four years that they ignored them or didn't read them so is there a different standard here? >> it's the definition of a double standard. i mean, there is really no other way to look at it and the fact that you played just some examples of republicans running the other way instead of condemning some exceptionally vile tweets from the president in their own party for four years, former president trump is just a perfect example, but the word standard is really the key one here, john, and that is because the sources i'm talking to particularly democratic sources on capitol hill say that this is an example of joe biden

promising to raise the standard, to change the standard and to have the country in particular democrats live by a different standard and that they don't think that neera tanden fits that bill. joe mansion and a few others on the fence. >> there is a lesson hear in politics, maybe a lesson in life. actually. if you trash talk somebody on twitter or anywhere, say bernie sanders in 2016 in a few years later he'll turn out to be the chairman of the budget committee and you're going to need him to get confirmed. he hasn't come out opposed to neera tandem yet but it's an awkward situation. how much of this should have she expected? >> well, you know, because you know you covered it realtime when neera tandem was trashing bernie sanders, she wasn was tr bernie sanders, she was being a staunch hillary clinton

supporter. she took it to a much more di direct on social media, a lot of others said that in private. that was the way she saw her role there. the notion of her being nominated for a cabinet position and having oh, bernie sanders to be the chairman of the committee in charge of your nomination i'm sure it never crossed her mind but i think what you're saying is the lesson is be nice. don't say anything even though politicians bean bag maybe before you hit send, think about it. >> you know what they say, they say karma is a budget committee chair. it's something like that is what they say. [ laughter ] >> senator joe mansion who is really, you know, the crucial swing vote now on many different things, democrat from west virginia. he was the first to come out and say he was a no vote on ne

neera tanden saying it would have a toxic impact and nothing pe personal but look, senator mansion voted to conif i firm a of president trump's nominees who had similar things on their record. rick has a full twitter account with stuff like this. what is going on here? >> what's going on is -- well, first of all, i heard phil report that the opposition from joe mansion took the white house by surprise and that's understandable because anybody who has talked to joe mansion or followed his record, rick is a perfect example. he thinks of his role as a senator through the lens of being a governor and somebody who wanted his people around him and was always hoped that the legislature approved his nominees and that is for the most part how he has spent his senate career and the fact that this was a different

calculations was quite note worthy particularly since he understands his role as the centrists, he is very, very disappointed that joe biden and the biden administration is not working harder on the covid relief bill to find a bipartisan deal and, you know, this is a way for him to show that having said that talking about his ceo, you know, the thought that he has and some others have is that for neera tanden, if she were in the real world and up for ceo and these tweets about employees or a company or whatever the analogy you want to use came out, she probably wouldn't get the job, and that's the point he's trying to make. it's the new standard that he says that joe biden is holding them to and should. >> dana bash, great to see you. thanks so much. next, new details from a briefing senators on capitol security and a breaking news curveball on a congressional

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another key area of business today on capitol hill the future of security there in the wake of january 6th riots. about how threats are being assessed and how long members of congress and the public have to see ten-foot fences and barbed wire. a hearing was held about this and other security issues. ryan nobles joins us. what are you learning about the senators inside the briefing? >> reporter: the senators didn't learn that much. both republican and democratic senators expressing a lot of frustration that the capitol still remains a militarized zone with national guard troops over the campus and as you mentioned, ten-foot fences that are adorned

with razor wire and didn't get to how long this fencing and that security posture is going to remain in place and they were pointed to some events that security officials are concerned about in the coming days, perhaps the chance of president biden delivering a joint session address that hasn't been scheduled yet but concerned about that and also, these lingering concerns about what could happen on march 4th, which is of course, another date that conspiracy theory and qanon targeted for uprisings. the frustration is p pal pable because there are no protesters. >> i understand the team is learning more about one of the capitol insurrectionists who was apparently a close ally of congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. this is interesting. what details do you have on this? >> reporter: yeah, this individual named anthony aguero is a conservative live streamer and long-time supporter of marjorie taylor greene and he posted a number of videos and

photos from the capitol insurrection. he was an active participant in it. now, he isn't somebody that's been specifically targeted for criminal action at this point but what is most interesting about this interaction with him and marjorie taylor greene as you mentioned this is someone that's been a big supporter of hers and proponent and described as a close friend. taylor green suggested perhaps it wasn't trump supporters responsible for what happened on january 6th. aguero a day after the event specific says it was all trump supporters, that there was no one from antifa or black lives matter but trump supporters participating in this event and subsequent riot contradicting what marjorie taylor greene said. a reach out to her office was made and she didn't respond. >> imagine that. ryan nobles, thanks for being

with us. more attention given to the extr extremist groups into society and ties between white sum preli supremacists and the military. supremacists and the military. supremacists and the military. >> the coverup was i want to say six total sessions. >> reporter: the ink can hide the symbols of extremism but the damage runs far deeper. >> when he first came in and showed us the work he had, i think everybody's jaw kind of hit the floor. >> reporter: at redemption ink in colorado springs, dave brown covered more than 70 extremists or hate inspired tattoos more than 20 were military and he has a wait list of 635 people. >> we have covered everything from portraits of the founding fathers of the kkk to swastikas. i've covered up a human

trafficking branding. >> reporter: the army veteran camouflages the form of hate but these ideologies and symbols are still spreading in the military. tattoos can be a calling card for white supremacists in the military. a report obtained by cnn some of the recruiting tactics are more brazen and more open. one example in the report a military member and co-founder of the neo-nazi group said he was open with everything with friends at training. they loved me, too, i was a funny guy. others find each other through obscure symbols on t-shirts or connect on social media or messaging apps. u.s. troops are primary targets for extremists groups that want their training, combat experience and legitimacy they bring to an organization. members of one far right

extremist group shared military manual including a manuel on ieds, imp vised explosive devices. a cnn analysis has shown at least 27 people facing federal charges in connection with the riot are current or former members of the military. secretary of defense lloyd austin has made the fight against domestic extremism, one of his top priorities. >> this tears at the very fabric of cohesion and it's important for us to be able to trust the men and women on our left and right. >> reporter: extremism has been a problem in the military for decades. austin says he believes the number of extremists in the military is low but there is no data to back up his assertion. austin ordered a review of policies on extremism but extremism expert heidi says this will take time. >> this is a massive management

task and it's not going to be something that's done very easily at all. >> reporter: the military has strict legal limits on the screening and background checks it can deeper more intrusive investigations include working with the fbi. he says the military needs a better screening process to root out extremism before it enters the ranks. >> i would say you need to fix your screening measures immediately. social media accounts need to be taken a look at, not just voluntarily, but seriously. you need a functioning tattoo database for your recruiters and they need to be trained in the signs of white supremacy. >> there's the issue of veterans, more than 18 million of them, who are also prime targets for domestic extremists. >> oren liebermann joins me now. this is a problem. we have seen current and former members of military charmed in

the capitol riot. what is the pentagon doing about it? >> the military wide review known as a stand out, and that will include not only review of the policy and procedures, but also discussions at all ranks of the military about the oaths of service as well as the sort of the code and what's important to am military and the values here. that, he says, is only a first step. crucially, that only addresses active duty. the question of what to do about veterans who find themselves with extremist ideologies or ranks is a much more difficult question because dod can't do the same sort of monitoring, sk screenings, or keeping track of veterans the same way they can for active duty. this all required data. how widespread is the problem, and that is fundament allacking at this point. >> thank you. >> still ahead, breaking news on the car wreck that left tiger woods injured. hot the l.a. county sheriff is

saying about the golfer's recollection of what happened, next.

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and she'll feel so good about her plan, she can focus on living it. that's the planning effect, from fidelity. breaking news now. as tiger woods spend his second day in a california trauma center after the rollover accident yesterday, the l.a. county sheriff said the golfer told investigators he has no recollection of what happened. earlier, the sheriff said charges will not be pursued and that in his words, this was purely an accident. a statement released on the golfer's twitter page said the accident caused significant injuries to his right leg and screws and pins had to be inserted into his foot and

ankle. this as support has poured in in what is considered to be a very long recovery. kyung lah with more on what happened. >> the investigation into tiger woods' crash will look at speed, how quickly the suv was traveling down this road when the golfer lost control. >> we're hoping this is going to be quick. >> this black box will have some information about the speed. it may be a factor in this accident. >> this winding, downhill road is known as a local trouble spot. deputies did not find skid marks or indications of brakes used or any evidence of impairment. deputies say the engineering of the suv, airbags and seat belt likely saved woods' life. >> we have a rollover with someone trapped. >> responder officers found woods trapped in the wreckage of the high-speed single car rollover. the hospital says his legs were broken in multiple places. surgeons inserted a rod to stabilize fractures exposed to open air.

bones, especially in his right foot and ankle, needed screws and pins. surgeons also worked to relieve muscle swelling and pressure. >> the surgeons likely believed if they did not perform one of those procedures to release that pressure, they actually were worried that he could lose the limb, that amputation might have been necessary. >> woods' family says he is awake, responsive, and recovering in the hospital. emotion continues to pour in from the sports world. >> we love him. and you know, any time someone that you care deeply about is hurt, it hurts. and it's not me, it's everybody out here. >> to those marking the barrier breaking figure in a sport largely dominated by white athletes. >> there is some people who were able to look at tiger woods and understand black excellence in this arena in a way they hadn't understood it before. >> i had come to the realization

i would never play competitive golf again. >> woods has faced potentially career ending injuries before. this video explains his comeback after one of his five back surgeries. a reminder of why even after this devastating accident, tiger woods cannot be counted out yet. >> i went from accepting it and having a peace of mind that i would never, ever do this again to all of a sudden mucking around with my kids, with the green coat, just hanging around the living room. that is just wild. >> now, the los angeles county sheriff has stressed repeatedly and publicly that they're not looking to charge tiger woods or put the blame on him. the emphasis is going to be on the roadway. the county of los angeles has ordered a safety review of this particular stretch of roadway. john, here's a little bit of perspective. just since january of 2020,

there have been 13 car accidents along this stretch of road. that's about one every single month, john. >> wow. all right, kyung lah, thank you very much. reminder, don't miss full circle, anderson's digital news show. you can catch it at 6:00 p.m. at cnn.com or watch it on there or the cnn app any time on demand. let's hand it over to chris at "cuomo prime time." >> appreciate it, john. i am chris cuomo. welcome to prime time. do you want to know why the democrats can't even get a deal on pandemic relief? the answer is trump. the right is in a war with itself over whether it will be defined by principles that work in a democracy or by whether they are in with a demagog. the idea of whether or not conservatives should invite trump to speak at their annual shindig brought out this divide in real time on camera. look. >> yes, he