cousin about this. you know can you dm me or message me some papers or junk science that scares my family, basically. that is what this is about. it's not about fixing people inside of the group, they're in the group, it's about the real life administration of the documents. >> thank you for being on, ben collins. thank you for watching this hour. we'll be back in washington then. >> good morning, i'm chris jansing. big new details about the skts committee investigating the

insurrection and now all eyes are on her next move including will she add to the committee, will it be another republican. >> we will proceed in this. as i said they're in the process of the committees and they're in the process of hiring staff to that end. it is my responsibility to get to the truth of this and we will not stand in the way of this. house leaders call on their supporters to get the vaccine. but is that enough on the ground at the local level. in arkansas cases are up and the vaccination rate is abysmal.

ahead i will talk with chris jones, a democratic running for governor there that could face off against sarah huckabee sanders. let's start with new developments. the battle over investigating january 6th. leann caldwell is on capitol hill so look. speaker pelosi knows what she has done in taking these members off of the committee. she thought she had to do it anyway. what are the other big headlines from the press conference? >> speaker pelosi wanted to make clear that it is not because of representative banks and jordan's votes as the reason they were removed from this committee. it's important to note that another member that mccarthy

chose also voted to object to the electoral college count. they want to do it with their past and current statements and their position as it relates to january 6th and she says that they don't operate in the truth and that it would be ridiculous to put them on. let's listen to how she put it. >> these people will act out, cause a problem. people say put them on and when they act up and then when they act up take them off. why should we waste time on something so predictable. they will have their own point of view. no one is saying that it should all be one point of view on the committee, but it is when statements are ridiculous and fall into the realment of you must be kidding, there is no way they will be on the committee. >> speaker pelosi was also asked

if she will appoint anyone else to the committee. she has five open slots now. i'm told there are discussions about appointing representative amend kinsinger. he has been very vocal and what happened on that day. and i'm told that speaker pelosi is going to meet with him in the next hour or so. so we'll see how that develops. but you know speaker pelosi rejected the premise that this will look like a partisan circus because of the republicans that mccarthy said was not going to be on it. she insists that the members of the committee will be chosen reason, right? >> kinsinger is not necessarily besties with mccarthy. i think this was from political. gop leaders wanted to scare him

away from serving on the democratic led panel. who gives a -- expletive. should she appoint someone like adam kinsinger, but they will continue their rallying cry, right? >> leader mccarthy threatened that, but he has accepted the position. i tell my 6-year-old and my 8-year-old that we have to follow through on threats. so in the conference, he doesn't seem to have many to lose.

>> it is very strong on that workout. where we're left right now. it is a republican on the select committee, and she minced no words. let's listen. >> at every opportunity the minority leader prevents the american people from understanding what happens to block this investigation. i think that any person third in line must demonstrate the rule of law. >> what do you make of that and how important does she remain now to the committee? >> yeah, representative cheney's

role was prominent before it happens and now it has elevated so much. she has the weight of the republican party that she believes is a true republican party. so it was before the mccarthy de debacle. so her role gained in borns. >> i think we're getting a window into how the former president and our current president view very differently what happened on january 6th. former president trump was interviewed by phil rucker. >> it was a loving crowd too, by the way. many, many people told me that was a loving crowd.

and you know, it was too bad. too bad that it got, that they did that. >> a loving crowd. of course the video from that day what we have seen in court shows us otherwise. and least night president biden gave us his take. >> i don't care if you think i'm satan reincarnated. the fact is you can't look at that television and say nothing happened on the 6th. you can't listen to people who say this was a peaceful march. >> so many democrats on the hill, the pieces of sound represents where we are in this horrific political divide. they're not even on the same planet. >> exactly, not even in the same

constellation or galaxy. i think you can see president biden is allowing speaker pelosi to take the lead on this. but the president has expressed over and over begin his desire for it to be bipartisan. back in the days we were talking about a commission, and that was since derailed. the president said he really wanted to see it happen and when that was not the option and now we have the select committee again and the president stressed that he thinks this should be done by democrats and republicans. now republicans are using a little bit of the biden administration on january 6th as a talking point when there wasn't one. that was under the prior administration. the white house is making clear that the distinction, the

delineation, and where he believes an investigation is essential to get to the truth on what happened. it is a very dark day that he spoke to repeatedly. >> i want to bring in lisa who is a politics correspondent. good of you to join us as well. when we look at this dichotomy, how important is the january 6th position and the way it is run by a gauge of who we are and what we stand for. >> it is deeply important, and i think the fact is that she is really going to face a uphill battle to get a lot of the american public or a portion that are republican to see this as a nonpartisan inquiry. it is deeply divided politically. they share a common set of facts and you can say i have been

spending a lot of time talking to republican voters and listening to focus groups and republican voters are where mccarthy is. they have been questioning what happened since september 6th. they question the violence and how bad it was. they see it as the work of a couple bad actors. so i think they're going to, a lot of those voter wills look at this effort by speaker pelosi. it is technically bipartisan. they join her on the committee but i'm not sure that many republican voters may perceive it that way nap is really a struggle for the country as we move forward and we're trying to firth out what happened on january 6th. who was responsible. we know some extremist groups were involved. it was really important that the country established a couple set

of facts. >> and they are seeing what is before their eyes. but i want to make sure we have time to talk about infrastructure because republicans blocked that test vote in the senate on wednesday night. >> i am told they are finalizing details with the white house waiting on this final budget analysis of how the legislation would they are giving democrats some time to get their ducks in order on a 3.5 trillion partisan climate infrastructure package they want to pass.

so things will continue slowly for the next couple days and early next week we could really see if it has any legs. senator schumer is indicating that he will do the vote again. the bipartisan negotiators are indicating they would vote for the process to start early next week. i think they have most of the things under wraps. so we still have a couple days to go where things could really fall apart or they could really jell and come together. >> modern history tells us that what is phenomenally popular doesn't always translate to what happens on the hill and in congress. having said that when you have something that is so phenomenally popular with the american people that answers a lot of the complaints that if you can't get infrastructure,

what else are you going to get done. i don't think if they are unable to get a deal on this, i don't think it will boost anyone's opinion of covet or congress, but that opinion is not particularly high right now. but i think it could pose a big problem for the biden administration. let's not forget that president biden made a lot of promises being able to work across the aisle, ushering in some bipartisan cooperation. there is a few discreet areas. this is really the administration's best shot to get bipartisan cooperation, infrastructure is something both parties talked about for a very long time. it is something that affects every american and that has you point out is really popular. everyone loves a road that doesn't have potholes. so if the administration can't find a way for congress to get

some bipartisan deal, on some pieces of legislation, it's hard to see if they accomplish that goal in other areas. that could end up being a problem for them. >> thank you all so much. rising covid cases and rising tensions. what happens when kids go back to school this fall? what is one school district doing to keep students safe. >> plus, gun violence is up and attorney general garland is out with a new plan for the problem. gun traffickers. those details are coming up, too. details are coming up, too. ♪ when technology is easier to use... ♪ barriers don't stand a chance. ♪ that's why we'll stop at nothing to deliver our technology as-a-service.

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. this morning a big new indication. top house republicans and doctors in their caucus held a news conference for skeptical supporters to get the shot. here is what steve scalise had to say. i encourage people to get the vaccine. i have high confidence in it, i got it myself. >> new covid cases have tripled in the u.s. in the last two weeks mf more than 95% of people right now are unvaccinated. we have dasha burns outside of a middle school in north carolina

where there are growing concerns about the number of new cases among children. good to see all of you. so this news conference from republicans seems, i think, to be the biggest most organized shift we have seen in tone and messaging. how much of the party is where they are and is anyone going to listen? >> yeah, chris, there is a still a split in the republican party. but there is a recognition, why is that? they predominantly identify as republicans, as rural residents, as white evangelicals. and we know from data that people can be persuaded. they can ultimately get the vaccine if they learn things and hear things from trusted

sources. so people like steve scalise, the number two republican that you just heard there, he is trusted by a lot of people and he could have a role to play. the number three republican also did some events and given some remarkets. there is also a split. mitch mcconnell has been consistent and clear about vaccines for a long time now. how far the shift goes remains to be seen and i will add the press conference with the members of the republican doctors caucus. it started off by talking about china and it's role and criticizing speaker pelosi for not doing more no investigate the origins of covid. but there is a shift and i would not be surprised. many people out there are still

persuadable. i never cease to be amazed at the ones that praised donald trump for operation warp speed, but they themselves don't trust the vaccine if it seems to be a disconnect. how many persuadables are out there and how many members of the leadership can have some influence? >> we have seen study and study again when trusted individuals in the community speak up for the vaccine this can have a profound impact on vaccine confidence and vaccine enthusiasm. when it comes to vaccine enthusiasm and risk perception, and now the tide is turning. the issues are becoming more pronounced. they're in these peoples

backgrounds. it is hard to say that covid is a hoax when icus are filling up with young, healthy, vaccinated people. >> let's talk about where you are, nearly a third of all new cases are among kids 17 and younger nap is a devastating statistic. >> yeah, chris, the numbers are not good and they changed pretty rapidly here. north carolina has seen a 32% of cases and here in durham there are children that are already back to school as they have year round education here. so there are kids in classrooms at this moment as we're seeing this surge.

they should require masks regardless of vaccination status, but he saying for high schools if they're vaccinated they can take the mask off. it is going to fall down to the district to the local level and as we know, we have seen this become a flash point at schoolboards across the country and it's not yet clear if or how the state would enforce the rules in the districts more hesitant to mask up. meanwhile they are taking a step further. they are requiring masks in high schools as well. so masking up across the board i spoke to the durham public schools chief communication advisor on this. >> we're all in masks now.

the sooner everybody has the vaccine in their system, you know, we're close to normal now, we get closer with every shot in every arm. >> it is low in this state, it is about 24% fully vaccinated and the message from the district is if a 12-year-old is vaccinated their helping protect the kids that are not eligible and they're hoping that families take that into account. >> there is a tragic story as we see more kids get sick, we see kids dieing of covid. there is a 5-year-old, yatt gibson, he had no under lying

conditions and he died of covid. how concerned are you about this. and what should every parent know? >> i'm very concerned and that is why the american economy of academics set up new set of guidelines encouraging masking for all children greater than two. we hope the cdc takes this into consideration. we have five weeks until the first day of school. largely most school systems are unvaccinated ecosystems. we have 48 million children under the age of 12 that by definition are unvaccinated. only 25% of children are vaccinated and from 16 to 17 in that age group, 37%. by my math we have 66 million individuals that are under the age of 17 in the u.s. who are unvaccinated. and masking does offer the greatest safeguard at this time. >> no place in the world has as much accessibility as we do right now. for getting vaccinated.

if you live in new york city and a lot of places, it seems like every street corner i can get tested if i want to but there was, just this minute, jeff signs was in the briefing and said this. three states, florida, texas, and missouri, just those three states account for 40% of all cases worldwide. what are we doing wrong? >> that is a million dollar question. you know we had multiple missteps nationally because of the wide discrepancy in covid cases. we need to focus in a coordinated and deep way to make sure the states that have largely unvaccinated people, get people on the ground, get people to speak up who are leaders, all of the things that we talked about today to really make an impact. i think we can do that and we're starting to see a change in the

tide, but it has to be a deeply coordinated effort on all levels. i mean obviously there is a lot of politics in this, right? just this morning the atlanta public school system will require masks. virginia health officials announcing they believe all elementary schools should require all students and staff to wear masks indoors. and we're still in a situation with the young kids not being able to get the vaccine. do you, i don't know, have any hope, do you have any anticipation that the politics of this and the hesitancy to make these, put these requirements in place, will change? is that what is needed? are we at the point where if you don't require things we have already gotten as far as we're going to get? >> i am incredibly hopeful. i think once we start recognizing, and we are

recognizing that this has a tremendous impact on all walks of life, covid is a bipartisan issue. it has always been a bipartisan issue. the virus does not discriminate. unfortunately right now we're seeing it is targeting unvaccinated people, most of whom are republican. so we need to ban together to make sure all people are vaccinated and that we have, like you said, access, vaccines, very effective against the delta variant at this time. one quick correction, still a shocking number. i want to make sure we qualify this. doctor, thank you all. attorney general merrick garland has a lan and we'll talk about where they're headed. a lak about where they're headed

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a drive by shooting in chicago wounded eight people that were riding on a party bus yesterday. just the latest example of gun violence in the u.s. attorney general merrick garland plans to target gun

traffickersing in five places in the nation. here was the explanation earlier this morning. >> we want to understand where the guns are coming from and go after the sources as well as the markets where they're being used. >> pete williams is here with more on this. pete the numbers have been disturbing. there is no doubt we're in the midst of a pandemic era surge in gun violence. walk us through the government's plan here. >> this is an attempt to get at the guns used on the street that are illegally obtained. there are many ways that street crime guns are illegally obtained. they are often stolen, sometimes they're bought from dealers that don't require a background check like private dealers. this is an effort to get at one of those sources, draw purchases. someone legally allowed to buy a gun under federal and state law. buys a gun, and gives it or

selling it to somebody else. that is trafficking and that is what this is entended to get at. it doesn't involve what you normally think of as a surge of federal agents into a community. this is trying to step up the prosecution of people that make these illegal purchases. it's a difficult crime to prosecution because there is no such offense. most often they have to try to make a case that someone lied on the federal form when they say the gun was bought for themselves or someone they were illegally entitled to give it to, like a child into it is an effort to step up those prosecutions. an official with the bureau of tobacco and firearms, you think of big main routes into a community with truckloads of guns. they said think less of truck

convoys and think more of ants marching in one by one. >> shutting down the street level stuff, too. just weeks after cubans took part in historic protests we're seeing ak activists being put o trial. they fuelled part of the video that fuelled the demonstrations. he was fuelled with instigating unrest and was sentenced to a year in prison. family members say he was not provided a lawyer. this is just the start of trials for hundreds of people detained in those historic protests. tonight we have a in-depth look at fight for freedom. that is on cuba's fight for freedom streaming tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on nbc news

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and people take it to heart. >> chris, this was such a fascinating conversation with someone basically on the inside. he is a professor at cambridge and he studies social media and how misinformation goes viral and infects people's minds. he unveiled to us what he think the social media giants could be doing to promote facts and stop the spread of bad information. this morning an intense push to vaccinate. vaccine misinformation is also spreading beyond. he said they found dozens of post saying that the vaccines alter your dna, diminish your dna, and even make you magnetic. it is so bad the surgeon general issued a rare formal advisory usually for warnings on tobacco,

drugs, and obesity. >>. >> facebook, which also owns instagram fired back in a blog post titled "moving past the finger pointing." saying when we see misinformation we take action against it citing more than two billion people have the authoritative information about covid-19 and vaccines on facebook. twitter agreed saying as the covid-19 pandemic evolved we'll do our part to elevate authoritative information. one professor of psychologist at cambridge advices facebook to help the company debunk misinformation on several from covid to climate change. >> what did you think of the u.s. surgeon general's statement?

>> misinformation about vaccines can harm public health. >> he said always they have taken significant measures to quash statements, their a gor -- algorithms make it still out there. it shows us more related pages with group that's have questionable vaccine information. a similar experience here on twitter. when we start on the page of robert f. kennedy junior, a prominent vaccine critic twitter shows that we might like other profiles of people critical of vaccines. polarizing posts create more comments welcome likes, and shares. >> what should they be doing? >> they should be looking how to reward people for sharing accurate information.

>> but social media companies may not be motivated to e rate all information. that's the way the business model runs is they profit from engagement and if negative content promotes engagement that will not change. they are not be part of the solutions. >> so what can you do to reduce junk information? get your news from diverse sources. don't reshare misinformation. >> chris, one more tip, this is where the conversations can get tough, aside from just not engaging online in a public way, reach out, have that conversation directly, but listen first. affirm what that person is saying, and perhaps present facts and evidence to the contrary but give them space to let them process and make their own choices.

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a raging forest fire that will grow in size and strength nap is how they are scribe desca surge of covid cases in arkansas. capita. in just the last two weeks the state has seen a 135% spike in cases. deaths have gone up more than 89%, and only 35% of the population there is vaccinated, the fifth lowest vaccination rate per capita according to the cdc. arkansas-based journalist monica potts writes, my local facebook

feed has become a steady stream of families asking for prayers and memorial services. someone who wants to take on this challenge head-on, chris jones, democrat running for governor of arkansas to replace the retiring asa hutchinson. he is a physicist and ordained minister. good to see you. i want to get straight to the major challenge in your state. in the article i just mentioned monica potts, she writes this, quote, unvaccinated people continue to go about their life as if this pandemic never happened, even as the delta variant's presence makes the virus as dangerous as ever. those of us who rushed out to get vaccinated feel personally safe, but remain cautious. persisting in this contradiction can seem like living in the distorted reality of a funhouse mirror. do you agree with her perception of what's going on in your state and what more can officials in your state do?

what would you do? >> chris, thanks for having me on. you're right, the covid rates are soaring in arkansas. we've recently had 13 deaths so 13 families will have to bury their loved ones because of this. there is a severe urgency that's going on and i agree with it. as we said, we have some of the highest rates in the country and folks are not getting vaccinated. in the last segment, we talk about the lack of trust in our institution and that's part of the issue. our politicians are cynical and they're exploiting this and we have folks in little rock that are trying to ban that mandate than they are trying to figure out how to get people vaccinated. personally, i see it. i see it at home. my wife is an e.r. doc and for disaster preparedness. the hospitals are packed in full and staffing is an issue, but as an engineer, i always want to identify the problem and figure out the solution. so under a jones administration,

from day one we'll be out in communities trying to hear and understand what the issues are, what the hesitancy is and again, as the last segment said, a lot of this has to do has to do with listening with grace. there are communities here that are not getting vaccinated and part of the issue is a lot of our information is passed on via the internet and they need broadband access and they don't have broadband. we have to figure on the different ways to get where people are. >> that's a huge uphill battle in arkansas, but you have one of your own. first, obviously, you will face at least a democratic opponent and you did get a lot of attention, i should say, for your announcement video. it's approaching 5 million views. it touts an impressive resume, you went to morehouse, a ph.d in urban planning, but your potential opponent is sarah

huckabee sanders, close ally of donald trump. she's got big name recognition and she raised almost $5 million in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the first two weeks you raised $575,000. how do you realistically, how do you go up against that? what are your chances? what's your goal? >> chris, you're right. the -- first of all, let me say that we have a primary and we are out there pounding the pavement like all of our other primary opponents and it's not a foregone conclusion. >> you don't think sarah huckabee sanders is not going to be the republican nominee, do you? >> look, i can't predict the future. all i can do is prepare for it. >> okay. >> we are prepared for a future where sarah huckabee sanders is the nominee. what does that mean? she's going to raise a lot of money. she has a huge network. what i know is with arkansans

when you engage with them authentically, they'll give you a chance regardless of who your. there are thousands of arkansans across the state that i will engage with and all i need is a good pair of shoes to reach every door in every community. >> it will be an interesting campaign and i should note that i have asked sarah huckabee sanders to be on the program as well and we are waiting to hear back and chris jones, i'm sure we will continue to be in touch. thank you for taking the time. i appreciate it. that will do it for me this hour. i'm chris jansing. i'll see you tomorrow at 11:00. andrea mitchell reports starts next. and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscle health. try boost today. the instant air purifier removes 99.9% of the virus that causes covid-19 from treated air.

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take delta variant seriously. this virus has no incentive to let up and it remains in search of the next vulnerable person to infect. >> on capitol hill an escalating battle over that january 6th investigation with house speaker nancy pelosi today vigorously defending her decision to remove two republicans from the january 6th committee for recent comments, their comments and actions, she says, disqualify them. >> this is deadly serious. this is about our constitution. it's about our country. it's about the assault on the capitol that is being mischaracterized for some reason at the expense -- at the expense of finding the truth for the american people. >> mccarthy is promising to have his own probe? i'm not talking about him. no, i'm not concerned. let's not waste each other's time, okay? >> but we will be hearing from house republican leader kevin