so wolf, again, this is specifically related to what happened in surfside and now out of concern -- >> and that's the building right behind you, right? >> reporter: that is. that's the building right there, wolf. >> all right. we'll watch it together with you. that's very, very disturbing information. they're checking a lot of buildings in that area. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer "the situation room." erin burnett "out"outfront" sta now. a capitol rioter shows up at the southern border. this as kevin mccarthy won't commit to naming any republicans to the special committee investigating the insurrection. plus a blow to the defund the police movement. a judge orders the city of

minneapolis to hire more police officers despite calls to cut the police force in the wake of george floyd's death and the billionaire's race to space. richard branson seat to beat jeff bezos on a space voyage. is he ready for the historic trip? he's my guest tonight. let's go "outfront". good evening, everyone. i'm poppy harlow. campaigning with a rioter. cl cnn's k file is uncovering pictures and video of anthony traveling with a group of house republicans to the u.s., mexico border this week a trip scheduled to coincide with president trump's trip to the border. he had almost unfettered access to interview lawmakers for his own youtube channel. >> congressman, real quick question. >> this is a lady i was just speaking to right now, guys. a congresswoman that i was just speaking to. how are you doing? >> not only did he speak with many of the lawmakers, he even

drove one of them in his truck and later he appeared behind former president trump at a town hall on fox. his actions on january 6th are well documented, even though he has not been charged in connection with the insurrection, he was unapologetic about his actions there that day. >> we were all there. it was not antifa and blm. it was trump supporters that did that yesterday. i'm the first to admit it. being one myself. >> cnn's k file has done a lot of reporting on the close ally of marjorie taylor greene. the congress woman had strong praise for him in the past. >> i told you my friend anthony aguerro. >> my friend anthony, my dear, dear friend. i love him so much. he's one of the greatest guys i know. anthony is one of my best friends. i'm telling all of you, support this man.

support him. >> his trip with the republicans this week came on the same day that the house was voting on a select commit tee to investigat the january 6th insurrection. the republicans on the trip chose to be there instead of voting in person on this committee. it is a committee with five open republican seats house minority leader kevin maccarthy has yet o fill and pelosi filled the remaining seats. congresswoman liz cheney but mccarthy has not named one republican to the committee and cnn's reporting tonight many republicans from all corners of the conference want nothing to do with this investigation, an investigation mccarthy tried to block at every turn. >> i don't think a select committee is the proper way to go. >> seems like she wants to do something political instead of get to the truth. >> i'm sure it will be political. >> cnn is learning tonight that now mcelccarthy could find hims pulled into the investigation

with republicans that pushed trump's lie the election was stolen. manu, what are you hearing about the democrat's game plan and who else may want to testify? >> they will hear about their experiences on that day and then they want to move into looking at the failures from law enforcement from the intelligence community and talk to all those professionals about exactly what went wrong and also, get into the root causes of the insurrection and that's what could bring in these republican members of congress, people who work to try to overturn the election, people who discussed their strategy with the white house in the runup to january 6th and people talking with donald trump on january 6th itself. kevin mccarthy had that infamous phone call with donald trump on january 6th, which is publicly revealed. i asked mccarthy whether he would be willing to testify before the select committee a about it. he said he is willing to talk to

anybody about it and also others, including greg pence is the brother of the former vice president mike pence. pence was targeted by the insurrectionists on that day. he was with his brother. there could be questions what happened at that point and tommy tubber erville tuberville, someone who fueled the phone call by the president after pence was ushered to safety and hung up on donald trump saying he had to go. there could be questions they decide to pursue that way and they want to get the full picture of what happened. they don't want to close any doors if that leads to trying to seek testimony from these republican members of congress, they will and that the flip side, poppy, republicans are signaling they may try to do something different once mccarthy names the picks, perhaps they could have after pelosi and argue she did not do enough to secure the capitol that day as a proposition democrats are rejecting so you're seeing here, poppy, a

partisan fight already breaking out here about this investigation which has yet to get off the ground but you can see where this could be headed in the weeks ahead. >> certainly at the expense of answers. straight answers for the american people. manu raju, thanks. >> on the newly formed committee and retired navy commander. good evening. before we get to the select committee, i'd like to get your response to the video that shows anthony aguerro accompanying several of your colleagues at times ss serving as a translato. he entered the grounds of the capitol and cheered it on. it's hard to believe. >> poppy, it is. i was not aware of this video before. i'm just seeing it now. it's very concerning and i think this is part of why we're having this select committee. we need to get to the bottom of this and understand everyone, all of the influences that led

to the events of january 6th, the causes and really the goal of this is to create an unbias report that gets to the bottom of the facts and prevents something like this from happening again. >> you heard manu raju saying your january 6th committee is strongly considering calling multiple members of congress to testify, potential witnesses would include kevin mccarthy, the minority leader and congressman mike brooks, greg pence and senator tommy tuberville. i wonder who else you have questions for. >> it's early. we still formed this committee and we're waiting for five more members to be named. nothing and nobody is off the table. we need to get to the bottom of the facts. we'll investigate and where the evidence leads us we'll collect the appropriate information in order to conduct a thorough investigation. >> we spoke, by the way. it congressman mo brooks.

con continuing on this topic, he has not committed to even naming republicans to the committee. many of your republican colleagues said they want no part of this committee for all different reasons. do you think that this committee can fulfill its mission without republican members? >> well, we do have republican members. i'll note -- >> without more. more than liz cheney, fair point. >> yes, we went to extensive links to try to establish a nonn non-partisan commission outside of congress but not with enough votes to overcome the 60-vote threshold and the goal is to no make this partisan. we're looking at this like the n n 9/11 commission. protecting the capitol, really why did a violent insurrection happen that attempted to stop

the certification of the election results? that's the reason we're doing this. and, you know, i personally served for 20 years in uniform. i took an oath to support and defend the constitution and protect against all enemies foreign and comdomestic and howd we get to a place like this? this is above partisanship. this is about protecting our democracy. we have very important work to do and in no way do i view this as partisan and i fully expect leader mccarthy should appoint the additional members to get to work and find the answers that people need. >> clearly, it's important to have more republican representation on the committee than just liz cheney is what i'm hearing you say. before i let you go, you have republicans saying this is all politics. i want your reaction to the exchange i had last night with mike shields, he's now a paid consultant for mccarthy, listen. >> if the democrats want to run

on 22 about january 6th which affects nobody's lives in this country every day -- >> wait. january 6th affects no one's lives in this country? >> in commission -- >> is that what you --? >> of course not. >> how could you not have answers to an on going threat -- >> it won't help with taxes -- >> mike. an on going threat. a life or death threat according to dhs. >> what's your reaction to him saying january 6th affects no one's lives? >> i think he exhibited an appropriate amount of outrage. i think i would have done the same. this affects our lives and the stability of our democracy and to have an event where a mob of thousands of people over ran the u.s. capitol to stop the proceedings of our government affects all of our lives and the democracy which this country is founded is fund mamental to the elements. we have to focus as a government and nation and i would stand to disagree.

i think this is incredibly important for the american people to understand what happened and why and to prevent it from happening again. >> countless officers and the mother of the late officer brian sick in sicknick, as well. president biden echoing ronald reagan as today he to thes -- totes the jobs report is for a victory lap. >> hiring more police after earlier calls to shift resources away from the city's police department. the woman leading this charge is my guest tonight and breaking news, the death toll from the florida condo collapse climbing this evening as rest denidents a building not far away are evacuating. we'll be right back. ♪ don't flex your pecs. terminix.

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biden says number like that and the cow economy projected to gr 7.4% show the american rescue plan is working. president and ceo of the federal reserve bank of san francisco. mary, good evening. >> thank you for having me. nice to be here. good evening. >> you just heard the president very happy and echoing ronald reagan but the economy is still down 6.8 million jobs from, you know, before the pandemic. is it time for a victory lap? >> well, it time to celebrate. we should celebrate good news and we can string together a series of victories and when we do that, we'll do the job fully and completely. the good news is yes, let's celebrate this nice jobs report. we need it. and let's recognize the hard work we need to do ahead. i was doing a simple tabulation. if we grow at this rate on a monthly basis, it's about 570,000 per month jobs added. it would take us until the end of '22 to fully regain all the

jobs we lost from the pandemic. so we have a ways to go. >> we certainly do. one thing that struck me so much in the jobs report this morning, mary, is the number of unemployed americans that left their jobs voluntarily. it was 942,000 last month, that's up, you know, 164,000 from the month prior. the highest we've seen since november of 2016. i wonder if you read this as a sign of workers feeling empowered and believing they have more options and choice than any job. >> well, workers do have more choices. employers are opening jobs. they're saying there is lots of opportunity here. this is good and parts of what makes a dynamic and healthy economy is workers look for jobs that fit their needs and desires, and career aspirations and it iffits their lives and employers get workers they may not have had before and they can go out and search and this makes better matches and makes the economy healthier. this is good news and sometimes

hard to see your employee leaving but there are many other workers we have as you mentioned overall most 7 million workers who need jobs and so there are plenty of workers out there that can take these positions. >> to this debate over why there is a labor shortage in some sec sectors, a big one, this working paper by you guys got a lot of attention and it found that one in switch potential workers would decline a job offer because they were getting the extra $300. many republican led states have stopped the labor shortage and something that is a california restaurant owner on "outfront" pointed out in terms of impacting his hiring. listen to this. >> i think it's part of the problem. you know, definitely the additional $300 that people are getting right now on top of the $400, that's more than minimum wage so they essentially can sit at home and make more money than

they were before, especially for the lower wage positions. >> i don't think anyone can really say it just that. there are so many factors to child care. but do you see an economic benefit to continuing this past thing. >> that would be for the legislators to decide on. we have this tremendous shock of the pandemic. we need to build a bridge over the pandemic so americans can remain as whole as possible and re-engage when the economy is ready to return to activity. the economy is ready. so we've got the bridge to where it needs to be and they'll start to roll off in september. people are -- jobs are plentiful. when jobs reopen and people can

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going to prove to be? >> well, our job as americans is to heamake sure it doesn't end unequal. the pandemic is a tale of two pandemics. those of us that work from home, we were pretty good. for those of us that worked in travel and house spitality, notd at all. we need to bring every american to the finish line and get through this. that's how we'll judge ourselves in terms of whether we succeed it. >> let's hope so. mary daily, president and ceo of the federal reserve. "outfront" next a year ago the city of minneapolis city counsel pledged to disband, defund the police department. tonight a judge ruling the department has to hire more police officers as the city faces a spike in crime. plus, breaking news out of surfside, florida where the death toll is rising and

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tonight a district court judge ordering the city of minneapolis to hire before police officers after a group of residents sued the city pointing to high levels of crime after the city of minneapolis voted to overhaul the police force following george floyd's murder. omar jimenez is "out front ". >> reporter: they were rallying cries of protest after the death of george floyd shifting p resources from police elsewhere. a court order is reinforcing the opposite saying the city must raise the officers it has and ensure they fund the police force at .0017 employees per resident which translates to 730 officers by the now ordered deadline of june 30th, 2022. up more than 30 officers from the current total and accelerating an effort already underway by the city. eight minneapolis residents filed the petition represented by the center right non-profit

law firm the upper midwest law center. >> this is in minneapolis where the defunding movement started. if we are successful as this court order indicates we should be, we're hopeful that will inspire people around the country to take similar steps. >> reporter: the petition was filed in august 2020 because these residents didn't feel safe amid a rise in violent crime and believed the lack of police was the reason. in january 2019 there were 910 sworn officers according to data released by the city. by may 2021 the number dropped over 20% to under 700. the pandemic, protests and moral playing roles. even still, stroot gees over how much to invest in police have been divided at times with calling from themen hen city counsel and more to dismantle the structure of the department for a public safety department. multiple attempts failed but one of the proposals is likely to

end up on the november ballot for a vote after successful review by the city's attorney's office but not everyone feels that's the right approach amid a five-year high over violent crime. >> you don't think police should be defunded but reformed. >> what we're going to do and are doing is to make sure we have proper law enforcement in our black community and our brown communities. >> the mayor of minneapolis couldn't k0comment but said support for recruiting more community minded officers uphold his and the chief's vision is reflected in every budget proposal and the mayor will continue working to increase officer staffing levels, one of the latest public safety proposals said the mpd will replenish links by bringing more police officers. >> more police is definitely the

answer. a requirement for any answer, really. >> reporter: an answer alone some still question with the city attorney's office clearing the way for that issue to be on the november ballot. one of the stipulations in that decision would be to eliminate the requirement of .8817 police employees per resident. that said, the minneapolis police chief said in the past large reductions in police staff make them as a department one dimensional as you can imagine is a complicating factor when it comes to trying to reform. >> of course, it is, omar. thank you for this and your reporting in minneapolis throughout. let me bring in a leading voice in this suit to get more officers on the streets of minneapolis. she's president and ceo of the zone, a non-profit. this is a huge win for you, sandra. that's for sure. i wonder what it means for the city and neighborhoods you live

and work in and also, is it about more police or is it beyond that? >> yeah, thank you, thank you, poppy. so great to be back with you. yes, poppy, this is a win for not just me and my neighbors, the minneapolis eight we're call w who brought this suit last year but a wipinn for the children, elderly and neighbors and we call neighbors naynays. we cannot thrive, we're going out of business because we can't keep customers and employees safe and the economy. there are corporations downtown wondering if they will return after this pandemic because they can't keep their customers and employees safe. so this is a win for all of us and it really about a relationship with our city and that's what the charter is that said we have to have a minimum amount of police officers to keep us safe. it's not poppy about more police. it about a balanced approach to a healthy and safe community.

>> so sondra, after george floyd's murder in minneapolis, democrat controlled minneapolis city counsel you well know moved to defund and dismantle the police force and defunding police is a progressive rallying cry. listen to prominent democrats making the case. >> the minneapolis police department is rotten to the root. and so when we dismantle it, we get rid of that cancer. >> defund the police does not mean apolbolish the police. it means a dramatic reduction in the number of police in the poor communities and particularly, poor black and brown communities. >> i understand people don't like the slogan. i get that. i don't like black death. i don't like to see my people die at the hands of police and nothing is happening. >> you say, sondra, this judge's ruling does not conflict with calls for accountability from the police or with the black lives matter movement. why? >> no, not at all, poppy.

you know, we're not against anybody and i can understand the emotionality of saying let's get rid of the police when you watch the killing of george floyd and there are so many killings. breonna taylor, philando castile. i'm a black woman with a black husband and black cousins and children and we have to have radical reform and the movement was started because of the egregious murder of too many unarmed black and brown people. we said black lives matter. what we're saying is if black lives matter, they have to matter even when we're killed by community violence and whenever there is a reduction in policing, whenever we vilify every police officer as if they are all chauvin, we have a demoralized and dea fini diminie and the people who are hurt most

are the very people black lives matter and the people that you just held up want to protect and those are african-americans. in minneapolis, poppy, we make up about 20% of the city but of all the gunshot victims this year, we make up 83%. >> it's a stunning statistic and i'm glad you pointed it out. it needs to be highlighted. let end on the children of minneapolis. i want our viewers to see three children who were shot in minneapolis in april and may of this year. this aniah allen who died sitting in the back of her car eating mceldecdonald's trinity smith shot jumping on a tramp line and another boy shot in the head while riding home with his parents. you told the minneapolis star tribune today if there were more police, they would still be alive but you heard in omar's

piece, this will add about 30 more police officers to the force. isn't it even beyond just more police when it comes to saving our kids? >> yeah, it is, poppy and i -- you know, it's hard for me to hear that, yet again because this is my neighborhood. ladavion. trinity was down the block from my house, aniah 6-year-old eating a happy meal in the back of her car. it not about more police, poppy. it is about we're at a coalition of black and white neighbors and what we want is again, a healthy and safe community, and if we, the adults of the community cannot keep our children safe, poppy, then who are we? and ours is a both end approach and we're saying yes, we demand radical transformation of the police force and accountability. we want justice. we demand it and we want social and economic support that under minu

pin violence in any community and a sufficient number of police for a city our size to keep our babies alive. >> sandra samuels, clearly speaking for those children, as well, who don't have a voice in this. >> right. >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you, poppy. >> wow. "outfront" next breaking news, another condominium building in florida being e evacuated this hour because there are fears it's not safe as crews in surfside make a heartbreaking discovery. 7-year-old daughter of a miami firefighter. >> also, this ahead, richard branson may beat jeff bezos into space. richard branson is my guest tonight. oh! don't burn down the duplex. terminix. can you be free of hair breakage worries? we invited mahault to see for herself

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residents in a fonorth miam condominium building evacuated after it was deemed unsafe. the total number of confirmed dead from the collapse stands at 22 after four more victims were found over the past day. one of them is 7-year-old daughter of a miami firefighter. our brian todd is "outfront". >> reporter: tonight the m miami-dade county attorney made a decision to demoll accomplish

the building. >> this isn't made lightly and difficult for the families that escaped the building and lost their homes and belongings. it poses a threat to public health and safety and bring ig it down as quickly as possible is critical to protect the community. >> reporter: the timeline is net set, two more victims recovered today. and last night, a heartbreaking discovery, the 7-year-old daughter of a miami city firefighter found in the rubble. the father was not part of that rescue but he was called over by his fellow rescuers when his daughter's remains were found. >> every night since this last wednesday has been immensely difficult for everybody and particularly the families that have been impacted, but last night was uniquely different. it was truly different and more difficult for our first responders. >> reporter: new information showing the champlain south condo board knew of severe concrete deterioration months before the collapse. in an october 2020 letter, an

engineering firm hired by the building highlighted the pool structure as a problem area and stated full restoration repair work could not be performed in part because it destabilize the surrounding conkrut crete and t pool was to remain in service and the similar high rise on the next blacock is getting inspections. >> they are getting ready to x-ray columns and do a deep dive forensic study into the structure. >> reporter: he says it not clear if the standing structure of the champlain south tower is in imminent danger of collapse or if there is a risk of h heavy slabs or other debris falling, still, the poossibility of that and rubble shifted is worrisome. should it be demolished? >> bottom line there is an emotional issue 1and structural

issue. most probably this portion of the building you see debris hanging from, that portion of the building most probably should be taken down. >> reporter: he has been hired by the town of surfside to investigate this collapse and assess the safety of other nearby buildings. a key safety concern, a large column and a big concrete slab that are hanging from the open decimated facade. >> the hanging debris is kind of unstable. >> reporter: another big worry, elo elsa, the storm that may be a hurricane and may hit this area. >> this area could see tropical storm force winds. >> the first thing i'd worry about if it's 40-mile an hour winds is debris getting blown off of this building. >> reporter: we have another traumatic and trouble some development. a condominium in north miami beach, the crest view towers south of here has been deemed to be unsafe. it is ordered to be evacuated

and shut down. that according to an order from the fornorth miami beach. a quick look. you see rescuers down there on the pile. about 30 people on that pile at a time, poppy. >> wow, just incredible heroes working day and night. brian todd, thank you for your reporting. "out fronfront" next branso versus bezos. richard branson will be here about his historic trip and ahead, it has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country in the midst of a third covid wave. >> this is arkansas. everybody around here have their belief systems. table until your finished. fine, we'll sleep here. ♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win.

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tonight the billionaire space race virgin galactic saying richard branson flying to space on july 6 -- 11th, nine days before bezos goes. bransons about to realize a dream 17 years in the making. here is what he told me eight years ago at the virgin galactic space port then in the desert.

what is your ultimate dream for this? >> it will start with giving people a taste of space. then we'll send people into orbit and start building hotels in space -- >> really? in our lifetime. >> in your lifetime, definitely. hopefully in my lifetime. >> maybe now in his lifetime sir richard branson joins me tonight. it is happening. it is happening. and look, this is just the fourth trip to space for virgin galactic and i remember being out there with you and you said to me, poppy, unless you risk something, the world stands still. are you nervous? >> i'm not nervous. i'm inkrcredibly excited. 17 years not to get excited and i had the call yesterday from the chief technical officer saying we checked every box.

we're ready for you to go. i'm just going to enjoy the fact that, you know, i'm representing these wonderful people. 800 magnificent engineers and scientists and rocket engineers who build this incredible spaceship and share the experience and a wonderful team. >> look, we know you're known for being adventurous and making a splash so you're driving an amphibious car across the english channel wearing a tux and propelled from a building while drinking champagne and drove a tank through times square. you have insisted it's not a competition but when it comes down to it, richard, is there any part of you that wants to beat jeff bezos to space? >> look, honestly, both of us have spent nearly 20 years building our space lines, and we're both going to go in the

same month, and whether i go a few days before him or a few days after him, honestly, it doesn't matter to either of us. what we want to do is do something extraordinary and we're both doing something extraordinary in the same month and opening up space hopefully for thousands of people in the years to come. >> all right. that wasn't a no but i'll take your answer. i want your response to the announcement of this statement, a little bit of a jab. they say, we wish him a great and safe flight, but they're not flying above the carmen line and it's a very different experience. they're basically insisting you're not going into outer space because you're flying above the kar man line.

do you care to respond this evening? >> everybody who's been up there from american soil have got their astronaut wings because when you go above 50 miles, you're obviously in space because you're floating in space. and that's one of the wonderful things that i'm looking forward to. so, i haven't seen that note, but i won't respond. all right. i think -- no, i wond respond. >> are you sure you don't want -- are you sure? >> well, i think we've managed to keep a very gentlemanly approach to each other for 20 years. >> fair. >> and i'll let them say what they want to say, and i would rather not respond. >> good, good example for our children. okay. richard, i remember being near mojave, and i was with some of

the people that had already reserved tickets on virgin galactic. they sell between $200,000 and $250,000 each. these are some of the people i met that held their seats back in 2013. they were quite excited then. but this is still so out of reach for the average american. and i remember when i was talking to you in 2017, i was pregnant with my son, luca, and you said, pappy, he'll go into space in his lifetime, along with thousands of others. we wanted to show you luca now. here he is. here's hue ka now. >> congratulations. >> without $200,000. really when are normal folks going to be able to go to outer space. with is this no longer going to be for the 1%. >> let me talk to you the day after i go to space because i've got quite an exciting announcement to make there because ordinary people should

be able to go into space. and people couldn't otherwise have afforded to go into space. and that's one of the reasons that we've started this in the first place. but as far as our actual space line is concerned, the way that we can get the prices down is to show a great success. and that's what we plan to do next sunday. and then we can build more and more spaceships and in time get the price down and down. hopefully someday we'll be able to go into space. >> richard, i think you just booked yourself on our show for july 12th. we'll see you then. good luck. god speed. be safe. thank you. >> cheers. >> cheers. ""outfront" next" it's a different monster. that is the warning tonight from one health official who is seeing more and more people hospitalized because of the delta variant. ahead. and here. which is why the scientific expertise that helps

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the delta coronavirus variant is spreading fast, making it harder for the u.s. to ever reach herd immunity, according to an hhs official. it's a big worry ahead of the july 4th weekend and beyond. here's miguel marquez. >> this is lincoln. >> lincoln reed willis. >> reporter: born six weeks premature. >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: his mom, 28-year-old victoria, she's otherwise healthy and works as an icu nurse. she says she didn't want to get vaccinated, then got covid-19. >> once i got it, it obviously took a turn for the worse and i

ended up in the er. then i ended up in the icu and i ended up delivering him in the icu. >> reporter: despite cdc assurances that pregnant women are safe to get vaccinated despite ample evidence the virus is a danger for pregnant mothers and their children. underneath victoria, nor her husband, who have three children, chose to get vaccinated for covid-19. >> i know i should get vaccinated. i've always known that. it's one of them irrational things of you hear everybody -- everybody around here has their belief system. >> reporter: the state of arkansas now in its third surge of covid-19 infections, say health officials. it has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. only about 34% of all arkansans are fully vaccinated. >> we are seeing widespread covid-19 in our state, and it's hitting the rural areas that

were not previously hit in earlier surges. >> reporter: those growing cases in rural areas clear on this map from johns hopkins university. the bigger the circle, the bigger the outbreak. the highly transmissible delta variant now spreading through the state. >> we're seeing over 85% now of samples that are the delta variant. and keep in mind we only had our first delta variant identified may 1st here in the state. >> reporter: little rock's university of arkansas hospital for medical sciences reopened its covid-19 unit this week and is planning to expand it in the weeks ahead. >> there's no doubt in my mind that our patients now are sicker. they're coming in more acutely ill. they're requiring more intensive care to manage their infections. it's a different monster than it was a year ago. >> reporter: covid-19 and its new variants still very much a threat. >> if i would have known, then i

would have definitely got it while i was pregnant to keep from having to deliver him at 33 weeks. >> reporter: the willis' hope to take lincoln home in the next couple of weeks. they also plan to get vaccinated as soon as possible. miguel marquez, cnn little rock. >> thanks so much for joining us. us. "ac 360" is now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com turns out there's a good reason some republicans have no appetite for investigating the january insurrection. they're too busy hobnobbing with one of the participants. i'm john berman, and this uncovered is anthony asqgary ro seen here on a trip republicans took to the border. aguerrero a right wing youtube personality and close ally of marjorie