. >> grady knox will join me live. he was shamefully laughed all, and while arguing for masks, by shares his grandmother's death, and his remarkable story and how he got the last laugh at those who targeted him. >>> coming just days before a rally in support of the january 6th rioters, former president george w. bush, made some of his strongest comments yet condemning domestic terrorism yet. he isn't the only republican calling out the extremism. former new jersey governor and presidential candidate, chris christie this week told republicans, face the realities of trump's loss and discredit the extremists. tim miller, writer at large, and juanita tolliver, both are msnbc political analysts. tim, let me just start with you, and ask you about george w. bush's speech yesterday, and the timing of it. what was your reaction? >> look, i think he has been picking and choosing his spots carefully in the post-presidency. statements like this aren't an accident. obviously i wish that president bush would have been speaking out m

grady knox, great to have you this afternoon. good luck ahead, grady. >> thank you so much. >>> that wraps up the afternoon, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. i will see you next weekend. i am going to turn it over now to reverend al sharpton and "politics nation." >>> good evening, and welcome to "politics nation." tonight's lead, code red. >> we have got to listen to the scientists, and the economists, and the national security experts. they all tell us this is code red. the nation and the world are in peril. >> right now, i fear for the world. my 3-year-old -- just about 3-year-old grandchild will inherit. by that, i mean the planet itself. in ten days, the hottest summer in recorded history for much of the world will come to an end. but not after thousands have died from extreme heat, or the effects of extreme weather. america has certainly not been spared. the federal announcement coming this weekend that this past summer was our hottest ever documented between the two coasts. as more record-setting wildfires in california

teenager grady knox was trying to make the case for masks only to be mocked by the crowd when he shared his grandmother died of covid. >> my grandmother, who was a former teacher at the rutherford county school system, died of covid because someone wasn't wearing a mask. this is a very -- >> no. >> this is a very -- >> shut up. >> reporter: meantime, as covid cases surge more companies are postponing their return to normalcy. microsoft is now telling its employees their return to the office will be delayeds indefinitely. >> elizabeth, thank you. the tsa is increasing the fine for airline passengers who don't wear a mask. this confrontation on a jetblue flight is the latest example of an unruly passenger. fines will now range from $500 for first time offenders to $3,000 for second time offenders. >>> the justice department is suing texas over its new abortion law, the most restrictive in the country. attorney general merrick garland slammed the law saying it was passed in open defiance of the constitution. the law bans abortions at around six weeks before most women even know they're pre

in tennessee, teenager grady knox trying to make the case for masks. >> i'm worried about my family. if i get covid, i'm going to bring it to my family. >> reporter: only to be cruelly mocked by the crowd when he shared how his grandmother, a former teacher, had died of covid. >> my grandmother, who was a former teacher at the rutherford county school system, died of covid because someone wasn't wearing a mask. this is a very -- >> shut up! >> you're not listening, shut up. >> this is a very -- >> hey, guys. we're here to act professional. >> reporter: in some southern states, infections and hospitalizations are leveling off, but they are climbing in states to the north. >> the country is still going to be in deep trouble for the rest of the year, although the worst affected areas are going to shift. >> we're going to be watching this closely. let's get right to matt tonight, because matt, the president also brought up booster shots. the president had said that they would be ready to go by september 20th, but he made it clear late today that this is in the hands of the fda, the cdc,

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. >> joining me now is the student that you just saw speaking, grady knox and his classmate will severnu my heart hurts when i hear the responses you were talking about, obviously something that is so incredibly meaningful and painful. and i just wonder what was going through your mind during that moment. >> my brain was just like all over the place because i could hear them behind me, but it felt like the two things weren't connected because i couldn't understand why people would, like, react like that to a statement that i made that's like so personal, you know. >> incredibly. and so you were just trying to make a point of what was at stake, right? >> exactly. >> so, will, i know that you have been advocating for masking in schools for months now. tell us about what has motivated you to speak up. >> well, thank you for letting us come on the air today. this is an issue that affects not just us, but students across the nation. recently over the past few weeks, i've seen that a lot of students, not just at county schools, but across tennessee have had to make a decision, and that is to

. >> grady knox was sharing the story at a school board meeting of losing his grandmother and many in the crowd laughed at him. >> this time last year my grandmother, who was a former teacher at the rutherford county school system died of covid because someone wasn't wearing a mask. this is a very -- >> no. >> those two minutes of roughly a three-hour meeting have spread on social media. knox says it is not a reflection of his home county rutherford county, tennessee. >>> wow. all right. so minnesota senator amy klobuchar says she was diagnosed with breast cancer early this year but that treatment has been successful. she says doctors made the discovery during a routine mammogram. a biopsy was recommended by the doctors. the biopsy revealed the senator had early stage breast cancer. the 61-year-old says that like many others, she delayed routine examinations because of the pandemic. now health officials recommend mammograms every two years for women between the ages of 50 and 74. don't put it off any more, ladies. >>> right now fresh fire fears this morning. putting on a dangerous sho