other members. condition critical across the united states. the troubling numbers and what exactly is being done. plus a story you have to see to believe. after an alleged drunk driver slams into a mother and child, nearby heroes leap into action. >> i got it. i got the baby. i got the baby. hold up. hold up. yeah. >> just harrowing video there. we have to begin with the newest edition to the january 6th commissionee hearing. nancy pelosi announcing that adam kinzinger has been appointed to serve on the economiee. she teased the move earlier on abc. >> more republicans to the

committee like adam kinzinger? >> that would be my plan. i'm not going to announce it right this minute, but you could say that's a direction i would be going on. she did announce it about an hour later. kevin mccarthy responded in farther with this -- speaker pelosi's rejection of the republican nominees to serve on the committee will not yield a serious investigation. the committee is set to hold their first hearing tuesday. joining me is jackie allemany. thank you for joining us. let's walk through the impact of the addition of adam kinzinger now to the january 6th select committee. >> i think adam is -- as he does lend himself at least to the appearances of more

bipartisanship, thusly adds a bit more credibility. i think democrats are looking for after they were attacked by kevin mccarthy and republicans last week for being overtly partisan, even though republicans had been given the opportunity to cede an independent commission, a bipartisan commission adam kinzinger is still not a friend of kevin mccarthy. the two, along with liz cheney, have become outspoken members of the republican party who have come out against some of the most galvanizing issues that republicans are rallying around, which is election disinformation that former president trump won the election, that there was widespread fraud, all of which talking points that are all patently untrue. i think starting this week on tuesday, with two republicans sitting on the committee hearing, it's going to

potentially lends itself to adding more credibility to this investigation. >> let's talk reactions here. i want to play sound from bennie thompson, who is in favor of the appointment, and then committee reject jim banks and his rye action as well. >> the contingentman is a welcome addition. he's demonstrated he can express his opinion despite what some of his republican colleagues might want him not to express. >> she claimed the reason she booted me from the committee was because of antics on the part of jim jordan and i. in hindsight, what i realize she means we were prepared to ask questions that no one else has asked. >> so, look, let me ask you this, jackie, is jim banks another kind of view the overarching view we can expect

of republicans in washington right now? >> yes, i think what we just heard from jim banks is why bennie thompson and other democrats didn't w57b9 him serving. their red line was not that they had to vote in favor of joe biden's election certification, but it was that they weren't propagating disinformation and taking this investigation more seriously, conducting themselves respectably, and with decorum, in line with the institution. i have jim banks continues to propagate these false talking points that nancy pelosi was responsible in some way for security at the u.s. capitol on january 6th, and president-elect joe biden at the time was also somehow involved in it. again, this is information we have disproved time and time again, and democrats felt

overwhelmingly these talks points just didn't take the investigation seriously, but you're going to see republicans continue to issue the talking points nonetheless, and also level the attacks in order to try to erode some of his credibility. >> good to see you, my friend. coming up in our 4:00 p.m. hour, we have a powerhouse panel, previewing the january 6th commission, and speaker pelosi's decision to draw the red line on republican appointees. you don't want to miss that conversation. senate democrats and republicans sailing they're hoping to iron out the final details and bring it to a vote tomorrow. nbc's shannon pettypiece is

following this for us. good to see you. is a final bipartisan agreement said to be reached before tomorrow's vote, where are we at this point? >> there remains a lot up in the air. we heard from senators involved in the process, that they expect to have text on this bipartisan legislation by tomorrow, so that would give members the ability to actually see what's in this package. there's still a lot of questions about how is this going to be paid for, what is going to be included? is it going to be tied in any way to the $3.5 trillion spending package that pelosi said today she doesn't want to vote on one without the other. there remains so much up on the air. the clock is ticking, because in about two weeks, the senate is scheduled to take its august recess. that could be delayed, but that would be met with a lot of opposition among senators, looking forward to having those two weeks back in their district

or to take a vacation. really there are more questions than answers at this point. one of the big questions being whether or not they still have 60 votes, even, to get a bipartisan deal through. >> so what does the president do, if in fact this fails? what's the plan? >> well, if this bipartisan deal fails, then there's still the democrats-only strategy. there's a $3.5 trillion package that they're already talking about, trying to get through with democrat support only, so you could roll one into another, but not the ideal situation the president is looking for here, though. shannon pettypiece, thank you. we want to turn to america's battle against the coronavirus.

this is a number we have not seen since mid april. in communities with low vaccination rates, infections are ticking higher, while an increase in breakthrough cases continue to say draw public scrutiny. all of this coalescing from a new message from dr. fauci. here's what he told jake tapper earlier today? >> do you think masks should be brought back for vaccinated americans? >> you know, jake, this is under active consideration. >> that is the first time we're hearing in a. we're joined by cori coffin, and vaughn hillyard. cori, talk to me first about this.

>> reporter: yeah, something that's beyond active consideration at this point, uses yasmin, here in the city of new york. it's a vaccine program for healthcare workers. this is the biggest sweeping change. they're trying to tamp down any possible surge of the delta variant. they're trying to make sure they can boost up. simply put, they don't have enough vaccinations here in the city. i spoke with new yorkers about how they feel about this program. listen to what they told me. >> i just hope more industries will start requiring at least testing or a vaccine instead of just like texas, saying, no, there's no mandates at all. i think that thinking is what this got this whole country into the biggest part of the problem? >> i feel safer to take care of somebody if i'm vaccinated. >> if you choate not to get

vaccine, that's on you, but you have to follow other mandates, whatever the case is. >> reporter: so healthcare workers in the city will be required to show one-time proof of vaccination or test weekly. this does not apply to other essential workers just yet, but it's one of the most sweeping programs in the country, but also for this city that was once the epicenter for the pandemic. universities are trying to figure out how to move forward, but there's states even instituting bans on so-called passport vaccines, you know, states like texas, florida, missouri, those three states alone are being ravaged by the delta variant with 40% of new cases. by the way, i apologize for the emergency lights and sirens coming through right now. at any rate, that number, that surge in the southern states

that are largely unvaccinated is something that new york is desperately trying to avoid, since they are so vulnerable to not only new cases, but the delta variant in particular. >> distinctly a new york city reporting problem. we get it. we've been there. vaughn, let's talk cdc and how health officials are reacting. i think the first time we're hearing from dr. fauci saying we're actively considering vaccinated people to wear masks. and once on jonathan capeheart's show, if we don't get it under control, we could have a different fall ahead. how are health officials dealing so far? how are they reacting to so many breakthrough cases we are seeing? >> reporter: i think that's why this conversation is not only taking place today, but in the

weeks ago. as dr. fauci was talking with jonathan earlier, the concern globally is about other mootants and other variants, but within the border of the united states, when you're seeing a spike like this among the unvaccinated, it's hard not to be fearful of what the months ahead look lie. this was supposed to be the summer where folks were able to go out and about, to concert with full venues, without masks on if you were fully vaccinated, without being concerned, frankly of mass community spread. what are we seeing now? we're seeing a spike in cases not just among the unvaccinated, but the vaccinated, when you are looking at the numbers here, they are standardly what we should have expected in a scenario like this year. out of a group of 60 people, perhaps six test positive. those would fall in line with what the efficacy was expected out of these vaccines. i want you to hearn from dr.

sten verman. he goes further particularly to the extent that the vaccines are doing their job. take a lesson. >> if one were to get infected, having been vaccinated, one is very likely to have mild disease, more like a standard flu or a bad cold. so i'm not living in fear of the delta variants, trying to keep distance, consider mask use, these would be additional possibilities. >> reporter: so the vaccines are doing what they're supposed to do, keep folks out of the hospital and from passing away. at the same time, when you were seeing community spread like we are throughout the country and we are seeing a spike in cases, guess what? that conversation will take place about masks in community,

because it's not just the unvaccinated passing this virus, but also the vaccinated as well. that's why we're going to be seeing those conversations. also right here at the cdc behind us here in terms of their own guidance to communities and state governments. coming up a bit later this hour, we have a special focus on unvaccinated rural arkansas now ravages. monica potts of this powerful piece in "the atlantaic," is joining me to discuss why communities are continues to resist the shot, and at what cost. still ahead, a pair of cops and bystandish, they jump into action to try to rescue an infant and mother hit by a car. first to texas and the holdout there. janell ross joins me next, fresh

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in tex. beto o'rourke and others will lead a three-day march in solidarity. it would go from georgetown south to austin. o'rourke called the democrats in d.c. heroes. >> when they broke quorum back in may to deny the republican majority in the regular session, the attempt to pass bills, not only did they galvanize the conscience of the country, but i've got to think they got senator martialing back to the goring table. >> so general ross spend time with the texas democrats in washington, and she joins me now, thankfully. really a glimpse of what they are dealing with now and the purpose they have for why they continue to remain in

washington, d.c. governor abbott had this to say. >> i can, and i will, continue to call special session after special session after special session, all the way up to election next year. as soon as they come back in the state of texas, they will be arrested, cabined inside the capitol until they get their job done. >> here's what you actually write about how some of these texas democrats are reacting to that type of language. jarvis fears what could happen if his son passes the wrong police officer who has heard abbott say the lawmakers fled, are warranted, subject to arrest. it is language, another black texas democrat told me, brings to mind the pursuit of runaway slaves and lost animals. this is not just about the focus of texas, the folks that eye electriced them to office.

this is person for many texas democrats. >> that is true. >> one of people i extend time with has been in the legislature for 50 years. really, i don't think had anticipated spending this portion of her career on an issue as elemental at voting rights. i also don't think she had anticipated needing to leave texas and try to lobby federal lawmakers to perhaps restore the protections that existed for voting rights in the 1960s. so i think for her and many other people, it has come as a disappointing surprise or development. you also write the way they view texas 20 years ago versus what texas actually is now, becoming more and more of a purple state. you write texas is now how much

to nation's largest latino and -- it's not only a number of texans identify as black, latino or asian, and the big cities on the eastern part of the texas -- and you go on to say some of the legislation being passed does not at all reflect the population that now resides in texas. >> as one exact there was appear bill that restricted the carries of guns, but did not restrict it by individuals who hit a -- but did restrict the gun rights for people identified as gang members. there was legislation that prohitted large cities from reducing their police budgets.

>> that's a very effective way to schiff that conversation down. >> janell ross, your piece is fantastic. a lot to learn there. thank you for the reporting. a new study revealing a connection between, get this, coronavirus cases and one of the worth western wildfire seasons in recent history. that's after the break. seasons in recent history. that's after the break so she used her american express business card, which lets her earn extra membership rewards points on purchases for her business. now she's the office mvp. get the card built for business. by american express.

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welcome back, everybody. we're tracking overwhelming flooding across the world. heavy rains in western india triggered landslides and serious

flooding, in over 900 villages. in china over a million people have been displaced. one city saw a year's worth of water in three days' time. in belgium cars were washed away. more than 200 people have already died there from flooding in the region. now to an alarming new study here in the united states. in the midst of one of the worth wildfire seasons, researchers in nevada have found a link between the inhalation of wildfire smoke and increased risk of the coronavirus. tell us what experts are saying about some of the health risks. >> yes, we know the immediate impacts of wildfires.

nobody knows that more than the people here in paradise, california, the site of that horrific camp fire that killed people in 2018. a new fire is building about miles from here, and you can see what it's doing to the air. it's something we've gotten used to here in the west, this just acrid air. last time this year in reno, they were dealing with similar conditions. research institutes decided they were looking at a pandemic, and what is the relation between the pandemic and all of those tiny particles in the air? >> they're very fine. you know, maybe feeling like a haze in the air. they're very easy to get deep boo your lungs? we were looking at the -- and hospitalization here in reno.

what we found was that there were quite a few more cases that could be attributed to wildfire smoke, about an 18% increase. >> reporter: here's the pretty scary numbers. they looked at 36,000 patients at the renown regional medical center in reno, over a period last summer. they found that they're looking at an estimated nearly 18%, as you heard, increase in covid cases that was directly correlated to the wildfire smoke. they're not exactly sure why that is. it could be the smoke particles are carrying virus particles. it could be they irritate the lungs and make them more susceptible, or maybe people are spend are more time indoors, make it more likely for exposure. this year now we have a vaccine.

>> my next guest was a park ranger intern a yosemite national park almost 30 years ago. in a "new york times" op-ed, she describes a recent visit to the park with her son and just how different it looks to her all these years later, devastated, of course, by climate change. she writing -- i looked out onto mountains appeared studded with giant charred toothpicks. the 2018 ferguson fire had decimated this once magnificent fors. other trees were dying off. victims of bug infestation, abetted by warming temperatures and milder winters. the waterfalls pathetic with his ups in the wind. joining me now is that writer,

susanna meadows. your writing is incredibly beautiful and poetic. >> wow, thank you for saying that. >> thank you for allowing me to read that portion of it. it really gives you a glimpse as to what yosemite is dealing with right now. this was really incredibly personal to you, this visit, in taking your son there. >> it was. yosemite is a sacred place to me, but i think to most people who have seen it. even people around the world, it's an absolute treasure. what struck me was this is protected land, and this is a global treasure, and we couldn't even protect it. that, to me, was devastating. >> you write this -- the evidence of our planet's warming is all around us, but many, the

more cataclysmic fallout is still a ways off. perhaps the gradual worsening has lulled us into a sense of complacency. what i saw in yosemite feels like a wake-up call that's come to late. i wonder, at this point, do you feel lick anything can be done? and do you think folks are reacting the way you are? it may be a wake-up call, but i wonder if there's still folks that don't even have that wake-up call. >> one of the things that struck me, i live on the east coast. i did, you know -- i read the newspaper, i watch the news, we see the reporting that's done of the devastation in california, the california wildfires, the drought, we see it, we know about it, but if you are not hear seeing it , then it

doesn't -- i think the effects of climate change are not driven home the same. i'm looking. i see you're showing these beautiful shots of yosemite, it doesn't look like that anymore. that footage of the waterfalls is -- it's not what's happening right now. there are -- i also want to say natural, wildfires are natural occurrences, the dwindling waterfalls, but all of these problems are exacerbated by climate change. i do think there's something about seeing it, and where you really realize, my gosh, it's here, and it's happening now much worse than we realize in other parts of the country. >> susanna, thank for you your piece. i appreciate it. >> oh, thanks for talking about it. still ahead, everybody, a dramatic rescue caught on

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population is fully vaccinated. children are beginning to suffering the consequences. our next guest has add liquiditied merely one dozen children, nearly half are critically ill. joining me, our writer monica potts, and the chief medical academic over at the arkansas children's hospital. welcome to both of you. monica, you write about how one nurse asked this, saying, and i quote, why are they the unvaccinated public not understanding how this is putting people's lives in danger? you go on, like her, i've been haunted by this question. 62% remain unvaccinated for complicated interrelated reasons that map onto existing bitter division, any solutions equally complicated will likely come only after we've seen more death. talk to me about some of these divisions, monica.

>> we have a large number of people who are unvacated here where i live, who very deeply believe the vaccines are dangerous, that covid was a hoax, that it's not a real threat to them. so they refuse to get vaccinated. there's a perhaps, or perhaps equal group of people who are unsure, but hearing these very convinced people that he, so they haven't been vaccinated. the issue is they're putting themselves at risk, but also putting people at rfk who can't take the vaccine because of the valid medical reasons. then they also are putting children at risk, especially children too young to get the vaccine. so it's -- the loudest voice --

and they hold a lot of sway here. >> doctor, give me a sense as to what you're dealing with in your hospital right now. >> well, we've seen a definition change since the delta variant has emerged in how it's affecting children. throughout the early days of the pandemic we would have one, three, maybe five children admitted to the hospital that were positive for covid. i would call those incidental or, um, infections where children didn't really have symptoms. they were admitted for some other reason. we have 17 children admitted, and they're symptomatic with covid. eight of those patients are in the icu, and five children are requiring mechanical ventilation. i think it's important to note that all the children on mechanical ventilation, and all

but one in the icu are vaccine eligible and have not been vaccinated. >> wow. >> so it's important to this information out, this is affecting children as well, particularly teenagers. they're at risk, and vaccinate could prevent this. it's a preventable disease. >> what you want i think is most striking to me, that many of these children in the icu, could in fact have been vaccinated. what are their parent now on subsequently saying in what are sudden hearing from them? >> we had one parent who was very brave. she went a tv and pleaded with other parents and not make the decision that she had made, and get their children vaccinated. the barents of our hospitalized children certainly understand, and spreading that message to the other parents is the best way to protect that you are

children. >> for everybody in the family to get vaccinated, and if children are too young, under 12, parents and older siblings being vaccinated is the best way to protect those children. >> doctor, are you seeing this delta variant reacting differently than the alternate for a variant, the original form of covid? >> well, we know that the delta variant is so much more contagious, probably because children are carrying a much higher viral load than the alpha variant. we don't know if it's more virulent, if it causes worse disease, or we're just seeing the fact it's just so much more contagious in the community than the alpha variant. >> moan could, before i go, i want to talk about how this misinformation is spread. you were saying last year more people went online, especially

facebook. today that is where the vaccine's loudest opponents announce why they're not getting the shots. what is the role of the internet for all of this? >> well, partly because people who don't want to take the vaccine, can find someone who looks official to tell them a reason why they don't have to get it. so that gives them some kind of ammunition that looks official. so that's definitely been a component in this. i should also say that we have the local people who are in positions of authority, who are also themselves healthcare workers, who are repeating some of these things. the people closestest to people here spreading this information, a lot of themselves should no better than to do that.

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olympic athletes in tokyo will soon start day four on the

game, but a day three, a major upset. the u.s. men's basketball lost 83-76 in the olympics opener. this is the first lost in men's basketball since 2004. it does not eliminate the team from medal contention. they should still be able to advance to the knockout round. but a big victory for the u.s. in swimming. the u.s. took home its first gold and silver medal. by the end of the day, america was in third place, china in first place. progolfer bryson dechambeau has tested positive. my next guest has covered ever olympic games since 1992. although the pandemic has stopped him from making the trip over to tokyo this year, it has

not stopped him from bringing the latest updates. take a listen to just some of these latest interview with craig reedie. >> is it shocking to you to see the way that the tokyo olympics have turned out after reviewing the bidty early stages, getting to know it as it was? tokyo to deliver the oils with a safe pair of hands? >> i don't think i would use the work shocking, in a sense that it's heartbreaking. you know, they wanted to run the games to back up the fights, and they still use some of the facilities that they built and maintained since 1964. we certainly hope that we will not suffer this kind of pandemic

ever again, in such a way that it completely destroyed sports. joining me is ed hula, host of "around the rings" podcast. good to see you. thank for you joining us. >> thank for you having me. >> how tough is it to sit home, like all of us, and watching it from your house? >> well, first of all, it is given me the experience for the first time, of watching the olympics through nbc. usually when i'm in the host city, i'm watching it on the host broadcast network, or live in person in the venue. so i'm getting my nbc baptism here with these games, but it is a strange experience. i know about press conferences that are happening or people to talk to, but then i think, i

wouldn't be able to go find these people under these bubble-like conditions in which we have to live in tokyo, in which my colleagues are having to deal with, so there are some fences that would make my ordinary prowling about tokyo rather difficult. >> as we know, from some of our own colleagues here, many of them have a lot of restrictions where they can go, when they can be there, who they can talk to, so it's making it harder to cover the olympic games in the way we normally do. i want to talk a bit about the piece with craig, the conversation you were just having. i'm curious why you think he talked about the fact that the pandemic destroyed sports. do you agree? what do you think he moaned by that? >> the way it's been made impossible for sports to operate in the old way. clearly the pandemic will change

business models, change the way things are carried out, but it killed sport. the pandemic for the past year really did bring a halt to many olympic sports. these people who are competing, these olympians in tokyo, haven't had a chance to face each other in international competition for more than a year and a half. that sounds like kill a sport to me. i think he's also reacting to the absence of spectators in the stadiums. it's a hollow experience to see that, and be in that stadium and be the only like marbles rattling around in a billed, old can. it's a very strange experience s do you think, ed, that some of these athletes that are just

incredible are at times not able to perform at their ultimate capacity, because their training up to this point at times has been stunted because of this pandemic? because of the shutdowns, because of the lack of kind of teamwork, comradery, exposure to coaches, due to covid? >> clearly not the ideal circumstances, perhaps some additional sports has allowed for more training, more concentration, but i think for the most part, it's very difficult for these athletes to get back in sync. it's still not settled down yes. there still are not complete international calendars moving forward, because so many things have been postponed or canceled, moved forward to next year.

it's not back to normal yet, by any means. i'm just worried about what's going to happen with the spread of these variations of the coronavirus, the complications they're going to pose down the road. i think a lot of folks are worried about that, but for now, as of this morning, i was super happy to watch with my kids, watching skateboarding. some pretty good stuff there, and watches the 400 im, the u.s. winning gold there. ed hula, great to talk with you. be sure to tune into ed on "around the rings" podcast on soundcloud to get your daily updates. we're doing this every week, so let me know which podcast you love. we'll be right back. podcast you love we'll be right back. ♪♪

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wilt are welcome back. we want bush police and bystanders in new york jumped into action to lift off a car for a baby pinned beneath it. a suspected drunk driver hit a mom and child in yonkers. the car went on to plow through the storefront of a barbershop, you can see that's impact of the car hitting this mother and child. two veteran police officers eating breakfast nearby ran

over. their body cam footage showing exactly what happened next. >> somebody's got to pull the baby out. >> grab the baby. i got it. i got it. i got the baby. i got the baby. >> hold up, hold up. okay. think about the emotions that were running high at that moment, but thanks to the heroic actions by the officer and bystanders. nobody was killed. the baby has a skull fracture and burns to her back and foot. the mother has a broken leg, but both are doing okay. the driver is facing a drunk driving and vehicular assault charge. more on this amazing story, ahead, we are approaching the top of the hour, you are