including guys like her old guy, jim acosta. you probably heard of. >> jim, you happen to be there? what did you see, what did you hear? >> i was having dinner at a restaurant that is very popular in d.c. it is on 14th street and north east washington. >> greg: eggs for the yelp review you arrogant bozo. unbelievable. get to know people are getting shot near those places. also know to find the closest funeral home. but is not alone. until crime affects you or your family, it doesn't exist. but when it lands on the media's front doorstep, they are all over it. like a baseball game last week. >> i was at the game with my wife and my two kids and we were sitting right down the third base line and middle of the sixth inning, you've heard five, six, seven loud noises paired all of the sudden left field, people just started jumping over their seats and trying to get out. >> greg: you see that trend? cnn only covers crime if it puts it in the center of the action. otherwise, who cares about the other horrifying crimes happening all ove

including guys like her old guy, jim acosta. er at a place just a few blocks away which you probably heard of. >> jim, you happen to be there? what did you see, what did you hear? >> i was having dinner at a restaurant that is very popular in d.c. it is on 14th street and north east washington. >> greg: eggs for the yelp review you arrogant bozo. unbelievable. get to know people are getting shot near those places. also know to find the closest funeral home. but is not alone. until crime affects you or your family, it doesn't exist. but when it lands on the media's front doorstep, they are all over it. like a baseball game last week. >> i was at the game with my wife and my two kids and we were sitting right down the third base line and middle of the sixth inning, you've heard five, six, seven loud noises paired all of the sudden left field, people just started jumping over their seats and trying to get out. >> greg: you see that trend? cnn only covers crime if it puts it in the center of the action. otherwise, who cares about the

this is video cnn's jim acosta took on the scene as people fled. [ siren ] cnn's jim acosta joins us now. jim, i guess you just happened to be there, and what did you see? what did you hear? >> reporter: yeah, anderson. i was having dinner at a restaurant that's very popular in d.c., le diplomat. people probably heard of it. it's on 14th street in northwest washington. and just a few blocks north of that at another restaurant called mexiq we believe there was some kind of of shooting that occurred here from what we understand from talking to d.c. pleels, about two people have been shot right now. i have personally looblgd. looked at video, anderson, of one gunshot victim being wheeled out of that restaurant on a stretcher with gunshot wounds in the chest. i personally also witnessed somebody who was on the ground being treated by first responders. i'm not sure why that person was being treated. but there was a blood stain on the car behind the person as he was leaning up against the car. we saw that ambulance speed out of the area very quickly. but

i'm jim acosta in washington. the big lie is about to get larger. donald trump is going to arizona. while a team of volunteers spent weeks scouring ballots for proof they were shipped in they were from overseas here's a news flash that trump did not spend a single dollar from the $75 million raised from the pac for this audit or another ballot review across the country so it seems the team realizes nothing is going to reverse the results 0 of this election. yet here we are 263 days after the votes were cast with very few republicans willing to publicly accept there's no hail mary in arizona. let's check in with kung law there in phoenix. >> reporter: still pretty lively right now as this place is beginning to fill up. this is an indoor theater and expected in a few hours is donald trump to headline this entire event why the atmosphere here when you go around and talk to people here to see trump is absolute refusal to accept the election results. when you talk to them and ask them what they think happened in novemb

i'm jim acosta. thanks for watching.rosecutors describing tom bar rick as a serious flight risk as an associate that's been charged has fled. >>> breaking news, rezensearche have evidence to suggest 13 million americans that got the johnson & johnson covid vaccine might need a

i'm jim acosta in washington.e begin celebrating america's independence at a time our country is at odds with itself over what democracy means and how to protect it. americans divided over basic facts. look no further than the capitol insurrection. only two house republicans representatives liz cheney and adam kinzinger crossed party lines to vote for a select committee to investigate the deadly assault on our democracy. nancy pelosi tapping liz cheney to be on the panel. you have to ask yourself, why wouldn't republicans want to know the truth? is it because they believe the lies or because they're trying to protect the man who started them. my guess it's probably both. >> will you apologize about january 6 snt. >> in case you missed it i spoke to congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. she told me she'd like to serve on the committee but, should she? listen to what she also told me. >> there's, you know, information that there may have been fbi operatives. we don't know what that means, right? is that informants?

and our coverage continues now with jim acosta in "the situation room." happening now, president biden and health officials are rethinking mask guide as for vaccinated americans as the delta variant rages in largely unvaccinated hot spots. house speaker nancy pelosi is deadly serious about getting to the truth of january 6th despite a republican boy cut of the investigation and a new suggestion by former president trump that the rioters were loving. >>> and we're tracking dozens of dangerous wildfires spreading smoke and haze all the way to the east coast. will a turn in the weather make things better or worse? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim acosta, and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin our coverage this hour with cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny over at the white house. jeff, the biden administration is trying to get its arms around this growing covid crisis which is hammering up vaccinated americans. the what additional measures are they considering at t

i'm jim acosta.ow tanking over covid fears. wasn't this supposed to be the summer where things went back to normal? why america is moving backwards and fast. breaking news, kevin mccarthy tonight announcing his picks for the special committee to investigate january 6th. jim jordan is one of them. and play ball for the first time in major league baseball history, tomorrow night's game will be called entirely by women.

i'm jim acosta in washington.en shots were fired outside of nationals park as the home team took on the san diego padres. viewers at home could hear it happen just before the broadcast went to commercial. >> padres put three more on the board. 8-

i'm jim acosta in washington. we're going to get an update from that horrific scene of that condo building that collapses. right now the plan by engineers is to demolish with explosives what is left standing of the condo towers because it is unstable and a tropical storm is bearing down. the tropical storm called elsa has already taken a death toll from the caribbean. karen mcginnis is at the scene in weather center for us. karen, there are so many questions about where that tropical storm is right now and how quickly it could get potentially to those affected residents in surfside, florida. >> a couple of interesting developments. that is we looked at the last update from the national hurricane center. not a lot changed. it still has 60 miles an hour winds, moving to the northwest at 14 miles an hour, which is slower than it had been movmovi. when it slows down, that usually means it's gaining intensity. in this particular situation, it's interacting with land between jamaica, cuba and the cayman islands. 5 inche

i'm jim acosta in washington. this weekend america's most prominent conservatives are gathering for cpac in dallas and circle dancing in what passes for a republican political platform these days. >> what was donald trump right about? >> everything. >> everything! . >> i move we stay true to america first policies created by donald trump. >> in 2024 trumpism will rise again. >> it's all greasing the skids for donald trump's keynote address tomorrow. trump's false 2020 claims have inspired january 6th capital attack and now the justice department warns that could be just the beginning as long as these conspiracy theories spread. this is all playing out as the last pieces of security fencing are dismantled from around the u.s. capitol and cnn is in dallas for cpac. he joins me now. we see the flags behind you. it is pretty obvious what the crowd has or who the crowd has come to see down there. what are you hearing down there? >> reporter: a lot of excitement for donald trump to arrive tomorrow. wanting to welcome hi

i'm jim acosta. washington has concerns over growth of the variant virus and will vaccinated citizens need a booster shot. pfizer is seeking emergency use authorization of a third dose in august but then the cdc and fda said hold on americans don't need boosters yet and may not ever. dr. anthony fauci tried to clarify the situation. >> we respect what the pharmaceutical company is doing but the american people should take their advice from the cdc and the fda. the ceo who is a really good guy got on the phone with me last night and apologized that they came out with that recommendation. so there was no -- not thattized about the recommendation, apologized for not letting us know that he was going to do i want ahead of time. >> the cdc also is urging schools to prioritize in person learning even if they cannot implement all of the mitigation efforts to curb the spread of the virus. the cdc says as long as you are vaccinated no need for masks in schools and yet one of the big jet states in country deci

. ♪ >>> you're live in the cnn "newsroom," i'm jim acosta in washington.he dream of a care-free, covid-free summer is over. president biden is not mincing words when it comes to who he thinks is partly responsible. >> covid misinformation, what's your message to platforms like facebook? >> they're killing people. i mean, they're really -- look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. and they're killing people. >> in just a moment, dr. anthony fauci joins me live with his reaction. the reality is, vaccinate rates are plummeting in the u.s., down 13% from last week, not even half of the country is fully vaccinated right now, and that is quite a bit shy of the widespread immunity that is needed at the moment. new cases are rising in all 50 states. florida alone is where one in every five covid cases in america was identified this week. but unlike last summer, the uptick now is entirely preventable because it's now a plague mainly among the unvaccinated. in maryland, every single person who died of covid last month was unvaccinated. in new york c

the cnn "newsroom" continues with jim acosta right after this week's human factor. >>> i was having thatole thing just happened. i'm chloe, i'm a singer and a song writer. and i recently received a life-saving double lung transplant. pulmonary hypertension is high pressure in the arteries of the lungs. your heart fails after working too hard. i was told by one of the nurses, you know you'll have to be on oxygen for the rest of your life. oxygen, i can't be on oxygen. i'm a singer. i'm a performer. the idea always for me was i'm going to find someone who is thriving with pull p mo nar hypertension. die, death, death, death. so i thought, all right. how can i turn myself into that person? then it was years of just doing everything in my power to stay alive and to also try to live. ♪ don't let your light pass you by ♪ >> on my treadmill one day, my heart shot up to 175. then i have a heart attack. i then ended up in a coma for four days. >> on august 4th, 2020, lungs came in just in time because nobody thought that i could push through much longer. my mission is to continue to bring awarene

. >> fauci told jim acosta over the weekend that if there had been social media and some of the otherorks on cable during the polio vaccine and the dr. jonas saulks fight that we never would've eradicated polio. >> i think what social media has shown us is it's not misinformation and disinformation, it's the lack of a consistent message. it's all this different opinions that of course we see on our feed, and that is what feeds to the hesitancy because you've got people who can cherry-pick who they trust and who they listen to, and some of these people are listening to people who are discouraging getting vaccinated. >> yeah. i personally have discomfort when any white house starts talking about what private companies should allow in terms of information. but this is a problem. >> it certainly is. and i think government censoring social media is a huge problem. but what we've seen more than anything is this shows that facebook and social media, for all intents and purposes, are the de facto public square. this is where people go to talk and share information. the key here, and i think w

cnn "newsroom" with jim acosta begins now. >>> you are live in the cnn "newsroom." trump is going to arizona. while a team of volunteers spent weeks scouring ballots for proof they were shipped in they were from overseas here's a news flash that trump did not spend a single dollar from the $75 million raised from the pac for this audit or another ballot

i'm jim acosta in washington.haos in the nation's capital last night when shots were fired outside of nationals park as the home team took on the san diego padres. viewers at home could hear it happen just before the broadcast went to commercial. >> padres put three more on the board. 8-4. >> in between innings, fans started for the exits and for the concourse out of their seats. no rain is going on. there are no lightning. no nothing. but people are running. and it's a real scary situation right now, to be honest. >> the mass exodus sparked by the sound of gunshots in the sixth innings, fans scrambled to find cover at the nearest dug out or concession stand. police determined there was no threat inside, but the shooting outside left three people wounded, including one fan. a fan of america's national pastime now a victim of america's national epidemic of gun violence. we're live outside of nationals park. we understand they're able to complete that game earlier today. but what else have you learned about the shoo

i'm jim acosta in washington. we begin on a day meant for unity and celebration but we have to face the truth. america is certainlily divide this fourth of july which should unite us only seems to further divide us and the line between fact and fiction gets blurrier. the truth is a violent mob tried to overthrow democracy on behalf of a former president and his liesed in there's no shortage of people who still refuse to believe it. down at the border last week i asked donald trump if he'd ever apologize for january 6th. >> trump, will you apologize about january 6th? >> it may or may not surprise you that those were gop members booing along with their staffers. but before all that booing, i asked some of them why they still associate with donald trump after he incited that violent insurrection. one of those congressman, north carolina's madison cawthorne still believes the election was stolen. of course, it wasn't, but listen to how some of these republican lawmakers still consider trump the leader of their party.

i'm boris sanchez in for jim acosta.cases and hospitalizations. the president of the united states warning that americans should soon expect new guidelines and limitations. ev

i am jim acosta in washington. a preventable pandemic. that's what doctors are calling the covid situation, right now, as the number of new cases goes up and vaccination rates drop off a cliff. how did we get here? well, the president says it's partly because of social media misinformation. >> on covid misinformation, what's your message to platforms like facebook? >> they're killing people. # i mean, they're really -- they are -- look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. and that -- and they're -- and they're killing people. >> here is the problem. not even half of americans are fully vaccinated. and time is always on the side of the virus, as new variants work to outsmart existing vaccines. case numbers are on the rise in every single state, hospitalizations are up. and as we know, a rise in those numbers can lead to more deaths. it's hard to convince the unconvinceable but some facts just speak for themselves. in los angeles county, every covid patient admitted to a department of health services hospital has one thing

"the cnn newsroom" continues with jim acosta. we introduce you to one man who is fighting back. >> when i was first diagnosed with parkinson's, i was only 27 years old. i was in shock. i figured if i just ignored it, it would go away. my name is jimmy choi, i am a five-time competitor on "american ninja warrior." i had just gotten married. we had all kinds of dreams. over the next eight years my symptoms progressed, the tremors got worse, the rigidity got worse, i was constantly losing my balance. one day i was walking downstairs with my son and the two of us fell. i knew i had to make a change. i got into a clinical trial involving exercise and i noticed i felt better. i started adding more activity in my life. i went outside, kept adding every day, to do more. that walk became a jog, the jog became running. in april of 2012, i ran the chicago marathon. even though i was getting stronger, parkinson's never goes away. i'm simply preparing my body so it's better at handling these symptoms. when my body is cramping, i have a better

i'm jim acosta in washington.how to protect it. americans divided over basic facts. look no further than the capitol insurrection. only two house republicans representatives liz cheney and adam kinzinger crossed party lines to vote for a select committee to investigate the deadly assault on our democracy. nancy pelosi tapping liz cheney to be on the panel. you have to ask yourself, wh

i'm jim acosta and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with growing alarm over the assault on the unvaccinated. let's go to kaitlyn collins. new cdc data is giving the administration even more concern to be concerned tonight. >> yeah, jim because they're watching as this delta variant is fuelling these outbreaks you are seeing across the nation. with half of the nation not vaccinated. this new data shows the daily average of people becoming fully vaccinated is at the lowest point since january when people could actually start getting in line for the vaccine. and this is something, jim, not just causing concern here at the white house but also for leaders nationwide. a new sense of urgency in the white house tonight as the u.s. enters a troubling phase of the pandemic with officials nationwide voicing concern. >> we understand the frustration of leaders out there and public voices who are trying to say the right thing, save people in their communities. >> reporter: more than half the nation remains unvaccinated, allowing the highly contagious delta variant to spread like wild f

i'm jim acosta. and you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> and let's begin our coverage with more on the alarming rise in covid cases and the biden administration's renewed push to get americans vaccinated. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us with details. kaitlan, the president and his team are increasingly concerned by the surging pandemic. >> reporter: they're becoming incredibly concerned about this because they are sitting back and watching as this highly contagious delta variant is fueling these new outbreaks in the united states among the unvaccinated, with over half of the country still unvaccinated. and right now we just got new data from the cdc that shows today was one of the lowest vaccination points since january. when of course that vaccination campaign just got kicked off. what we are hearing not just here at the white house but from leaders nationwide is they are growing very concerned about what's to come. a new sense of urgency in the white house tonight

i'm jim acosta in washington. terror at the ballpark after gunshots echoed through nationals park last night. players, their families, even some fans rushed to the dugouts for cover as others scrambled to the exits in confusion. police determined three people had been shot in the streets nearby and there was no threat inside. today the managers of both teams got emotional remembering what happened. >> i couldn't be any more proud to be a padre, to be -- to be with the men in there, seeing fans and seeing people in panic. they just -- they did the right thing. >> i love this city. you know, the city is my home. it can get crazy. we all know that. we all want to feel safe. >> and we're on the scene with more. >> ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please. the action is outside of the stadium. at this time, we ask that you remain in the stadium. >> reporter: fun fire sending fans and players scrambling during a game at nationals park stadium in washington, d.c. a fan, one of the three wounded in a shooting near the

joining us now, cnn's jim acosta. also, cnn political analyst. bob woodward. so, jim, what are you learning about this meeting between trump and mccarthy and then the -- the dinner with biden and the chancellor merkel? >> anderson, i was just able to confirm in the last several minutes that kevin mccarthy is at the white house having dinner with president biden and chancellor merkel. but earlier in the day, as you said, he -- he made the trip up to bedminster to kiss the ring of the once-dictator in exile. now, dictator trying to make a comeback, the former president donald trump. according to our sources, what was discussed at the meeting was fundraising and looking ahead to the 2022 midterms. but anderson, obviously, you know, one of the subcontext in all of this is that they need donald trump's fundraising prowess heading into the midterms. and -- and what is one thing that kevin mccarthy prizes, above all else? that is becoming speaker of the house. and so, he has set aside what he said after the january-6th insurrection, that donald trump bears responsibil

i'm jim acosta. shot. pfizer is seeking emergency use authorization of a third dose in august but then the cdc and fda said hold on americans don't need boosters yet and may not ever. dr. anthony fauci tried to clarify the situation. >> we respect what the pharmaceutical company is doing but the american people should take their advice from the cdc and the fda. the ceo who is a really good guy got on the phone with me last night and apologized that they came out with that recommendation.

i'm jim acosta in washington. a sudden about-face as the highly contagious delta variant fuels a rise in hospitalizations and a 65% jump in new coronavirus cases. it was enough to cause many gop leaders to stop coddling the unvaccinated. the republican governors of alabama, missouri, west virginia and florida this week all stressing the need for more vaccinations. but stopping short of stricter covid protocols. congrats to any republican who finally decided it was in vogue to be a cheerleader for the vaccine but where was that team spirit months ago? politics are a big part of how we got here. look at canada. 69% of those who supported the conservative party have gotten at least one dose. much more than the 52% of donald trump supporters here in the u.s. now look at how the u.s. has rapidly fallen behind canada in vaccinations. less than 600,000 vaccine doses are being administered daily now. that's down from a peak of more than 4.5 million a day in march. we've heard plenty of reasons why people aren't willing to

i'm boris sanchez in for jim acosta. restrictions are back as the delta variant fuels a rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. the president of the united states warning that americans should soon expect new guidelines and limitations. even though the biden administration says we are not headed back into lockdowns, the cdc's new mask guidance has triggered mask mandates in new orleans, washington, d.c., even broadway theaters, and it's now under consideration in san francisco and new york. the need for a full-court press against the virus is evident, and a brand-new report released by the cdc shows how the delta variant is targeting the unvaccinated, estimating that vaccines reduce the risk of severe disease or death tenfold or more. the report also shows that vaccinated people can still spread the virus even though that's within the .1% range of likelihood. to be clear, the bulk of the spread is driven by the unvaccinated. and delta is spreading rapidly. one expert saying it travels just like smoke from a cigar

i'm jim acosta in washington. today the new space race, the battle of the billionaires is no longer all talk. one side took action. look at this moment just a few hours ago. virgin galactic "unity" spacecraft roaring to the edge of space. beautiful pictures here. on board was richard branson making him the first billionaire to reach the cosmos on a spacecraft made by his own company. as they entered zero gravity, a smiling branson sent this message back to earth. >> to all you kids down there, i was once a child with a dream looking up to the stars. now i'm an adult in a space ship with other wonderful adults looking down to our beautiful, beautiful earth. to the next generation of dreamers, if we can do this, just imagine what you can do. >> very cool stuff. an hour after liftoff, unity re-entered the atmosphere and landed safely. the quick round-trip nearly two decades in the making. after hugging his family on the tarmac, branson said he hopes the impact of that 60-minute flight is felt for years. >> we're here

i'm ryan nobles in washington filling in for jim acosta. summer 2021 is looking a lot more like summer 2020. see all that orange and red on the map? well, that's because coronavirus cases are going up in all 50 states. covid hospitalizations have been rising for the better part of a month. this is the aggressive delta variant tears through unvaccinated communities. new guidelines could be on the way, even for those of us who are fully vaccinated. >> we're going in the wrong direction. >> do you think masks should be brought back for vaccinated americans? >> you know, jake, this is under active consideration, if you're asking am i part of the discussion. yes, i am. >> we'll break down the latest covid headlines for you this hour. >>> first, major moves in washington. two days before hearings begin before the contentious january 6th select committee. a second republican has joined the committee. and that is gop congressman adam kinzinger. he said this about accepting the appointment from house speaker nancy pelosi. kinzinger saying, quote, i

i'm jim acosta in washington with a 65% jump in new coronavirus cases. it's clear the delta variant is here and targeting the most vulnerable, the unvaccinated. just three states account for 40% of all new cases, missouri, texas and florida. in fact, florida accounts alone for one in five of all new cases nationally with a stunning 73,000 cases reported in just the last week. the governor and rumored 2024 presidential candidate, ron desantis, has refused to put stricter covid protocols in place so the numbers only likely to climb. for anyone who thinks the worst is behind us, i have an alarming visual that might make you think twice. louisiana's spike in new cases is rising to levels not seen since the winter surge. that's right. it now has the highest rate of new cases per capita in the nation. its hospitalizations have quadrupled, quadrupled in just the last three weeks. rising cases. rising hospitalizations. you know what's coming next, unfortunately rising numbers of dead. unlike the holiday surge, this time we have the vaccines. all of this is preve

jim acosta is off today.th of july weekend with unrelenting heat gripping much of the western u.s. right now. record high temperatures are baking parts of the northwest in oregon, idaho and montana. it could reach, get this, 110 degrees. officials say 94 people have died just in oregon from heat-related illnesses in the last week. in washington state, health officials say they have seen nearly 2,000 emergency room visits and at least 13 deaths they blame on the heat. right now five states are in complete drought conditions. nevada, utah, north dakota, oregon and california. that's where we head first. cnn's paul vercamen joins me now. paul, this extreme heat brings the very real threat of wildfires, especially with fireworks going off. what are officials there saying about the risk right now? >> reporter: they're saying the danger is extreme, phil, and they are warning everyone throughout southern california and throughout the west for that matter to be cautious, especially with illegal fireworks, but legal f

i'm ryan nobles in washington in today for jim acosta. covid cases are on the rise. so are hospitalizations. but vaccinations are stalling. it's not where we should be right now at this stage of the coronavirus pandemic with three vaccines readily available. but that's exactly where we are. with covid infections rising in nearly every single state. that deep red that you see represents infection rates going up by at least 50% over the prior week. hospitalization rates, they're also moving in the wrong direction. and due to the staggering number of americans still opting out of getting a life-saving vaccine. there's even an active discussion happening right now to reverse the cdc's mask guidance for vaccinated americans. >> we're going in the wrong direction. >> do you think masks should be brought back for vaccinated americans? >> you know, jake, this is under active consideration. if you're asking, am i part of the discussion? yes, i am. >> so the surge may seem familiar, but one factor that sets it apart from the others is that it was fully preventable. we have mul

i'm jim acosta in washington.er all talk. one side took action. look at this moment just a few hours ago. virgin galactic "unity" spacecraft roaring to the edge of space. beautiful pictures here. on board was richard branson making him the first billionaire to reach the cosmos on a spacecraft made by his own company. as they entered zero gravity, a smiling branson sent this message back

i am jim acosta in washington. a preventable pandemic.es up and vaccination rates drop off a cliff. how did we get here? well, the president says it's partly because of social media misinformation

i'm phil mattingly in today for jim acosta. we begin this hour

jim acosta was there on the scene nearby.or unresolved issues on congress as they approach the annual august recess. will another republican join after party leadership boycotted the house xlekt committee. then the bipartisan infrastructure bill. major issues unresolved. one of the negotiators, susan collins, said her group is close to finalizing an agreement. and then questions about whether democrats can unify for a separate reconciliation bill. plus, with very questions about the filibuster. ending it could result in chaos. democratic senator richard bloomental joins us now. you want to get your latest on the investigation to january 6th about to get started on the house side. speaker pelosi reportedly now considering naming gop congressman adam kinsinger to support that move? >> i would support that move and any other move that makes that committee as bipartisan as possible. keep in mind, anderson, that speaker pelosi wanted to appoint a 9/11 type commission that would be virtually evenly divided among democrats and nonpo

joining us jim acosta. jim, what are you learning about this meeting between trump and mccarthy and then the dinner with biden and chancellor merkel? >> anderson, i was just able to confirm in the last several minutes that kevin mccarthy is at the white house having dinner with president biden and chancellor merkel. he made the trip up to bedminster to kiss the ring of the once dictator in exile president trump. what was discussed is fundraising and looking ahead to the 2022 midterms. anderson, obviously, one of the subcontexts in this is that they need donald trump's fundraising prowess heading into the midterms and what is one thing kevin mccarthy prizes above all else? that is becoming speaker of the house. so he has set aside what he said after the january 6th insurrection that donald trump bears responsibility for it because in his view, the ends justify the means no matter what the constitution was going through at that time. now, as for the dinner conversation at the white house this evening, i'm not

and then jim acosta got into it a month or two later and write off-the-cuff he says to you are fake news and then the data that was the mosthr hilarious thing ever and then trams on - - it was trumps phrase and he ran with it so it began with breitbart the co-opting that benefits the right is something used to attack us. >> you did just complain people were using it to tarnish groups of people is that now what you are doing right here with the media if you called him fake news media are you not tarnishing them in a collective way? >> there are two components the first part a straight to brand us as fake news to try to diminish the influence in general and constantly if we are getting any attention it's always negative. never anything positive they are in a battle against us. they are not coloring liberal opinion fake news because we don't agree with the opinion. so when the term is used by hehillary clinton to use these broad strokes and people putting out fake news they don't cite the falsehood. so there's not an equivalent. first of all thehe retaliatory nature is important. not lookin

now, it is everywhere and all of a sudden jim acosta, the repulsive bag of gas goes on tv and can namep this restaurant that he was in. i didn't think he would become more obnoxious, but he managed to do it. and the police chief in d.c. was talking to the liberal leadership. everybody needs to get their faces and asked them, "how many murders are okay with you in new york city?" is it 2200 what we had 32 years ago? how many are okay and how many robberies are okay? by the way the justice reform can do something? you go after gang activity, gun crimes, and narcotics, those are federal crimes. you can go and improve racketeering organization actually prosecute murderers that may be say kim gardner in st. louis won't prosecute for the d.a. here cy vance outgoing. so biden can do something if he cared. >> jesse: but trump supporter's are the real crime. those are the people that are the priority for the administration. i had to come everybody is talking about masks but a bigger battle over covert restrictions. and we will tell you about that next. ♪ ♪ so then i said to him, you oughta cust

lot of grief,t he always went after people that were, like come on his level, he would go after jim acostae press, the democratic party, but would not label people, like, he would not say "biden voters suck" or "hillary voters sucks," he was focused on people who could fight. biden is like labeling people as, like, basically as bad as slave owners and confederate soldiers. >> well, yeah, the hyperbole, as you talk about it, is about making all of us feel that we are racist, we are oppressors, we are horrible people, and he references the civil war. the civil war was about not being racist. it was about making sure people weren't anymore. he uses that it is an example of what is un-american. he has really lost it. i think the democrats go to washington and what they do is learn phrases, you are un-american, oppressor, racist, don't know anything about the bills, anything about the laws, they just know about name-calling. it's all they do. >> greg: i'm going to say, guy, both sides, i'm going to say this and then contradict myself, both sides can be guilty of hyperbole. we saw a lot of hyper

jim acosta on his toes by lifting him up by his throat. kayleigh mcenany.flocked to him to get there parking validated. comedian, joe machi. -- fox news contributor, kat timpf. and he is banned from entering low tunnels. my massive sidekick, fox stations tyrus kayleigh, it seems like every time there is a republican or a shoe it is the worst thing ever. so it's like they have -- the media and the democrats have this weird amnesia. they forgets that just months ago, something was worse than what was worse than worse than watergate now it's worse than the civil war. now it is worse than 9/11. they are running out of things to be worse then. >> joe does sing like he has amnesia so that's a start. one thing is worse than the other, and they moved to the next. and what is baffling to me, the liberal fact-checkers, they never backcheck the liberals. and when they do, we should pay extra scrutiny to that. you get "the washington post" who give joe biden for pinocchio's for saying that george's voting laws are jim crow on steroids. and set backpedaling, he says is

jim acosta is off today. sobering numbers just in. john hopkins university is reporting nearly 194,000 new covid cases, and 890 new covid deaths in just the past 24 hours, much higher numbers we have seen, but please keep in high the high numbers are due, in large part, at least, to florida's weekly reporting, which is put out on fridays. important context. things in florida particularly bad right now, as the rate of new covid cases continues to increase. it's an evolving situation. the biden administration has been clear. while they were certainly taken action, they won't return to more lockdowns, but they are taking steps. the cdc recommending, even vaccinated american should be wearing masks indoor. this renewed concern was sparked by an alarming new report from the cents that unity scores how it leaves them so vulnerable, but it shows that vaccines have been literal lifesavers. vaccines reduce the risks tenfold or more, meaning effectiveness reaches at least 90%. the report also shows that vaccinated people can still spread the vi

are going to start doing fake news and co-op the expression then donald trump got into it with jim acosta in a press conference a month or two later and write off the cuff he said you are fake news and they thought it was the most hilarious thing ever and he ran with it but it did begin with the co-opting of the term to something that benefits the right. >> you said people were using it to tarnish groups of people. is that what you're doing right now if you call people the big news media are you not tarnishing them in a kind of collective way? >> there's two components to that. the first is they started it and they go way out of their way to try to diminish breitbart's influence and if we are getting any attention it's always negative. there's never anything positive. they are in a battle against us and so we use the term but we are not calling someone a liberal opinion fake news because we don't agree with of the opinion. we wait until there is a falsehood where as the term is being used by hillary clinton in these broad strokes she wouldn't actually slate the falsehoods being put out so

jim acosta has the day off. >>> we start with a fight to eradicate covid-19.dent of the united states is warning that americans should soon expect new guidelines and restrictions as the rate of new covid cases continues to rise, the biden administration is dismissing the idea of lockdowns, but it is taking steps

we have jim acosta, michael smerconish, and we also have lieutenant general mark hurtling and phil mudd. so we'll tackle all of this. we'll talk to mark and phil in a second to talk about the military. jim, do you hear anything out of the former administration about what is true and what isn't true here? >> yeah, chris, this alliigns wh a lot of what we were reporting around the insurrection and in the insurrection. i talked to a source of trump around the time of the insurrection who said trump had lost his mind, he had lost it. he was essentially trying everything by hook or by crook to overturn the election results at that time. what's reported that general milley said -- this goes back years and years. i've talked to two senior white house officials who both said trump is insane. that's the word, insane. the question, chris, what do we do about this information? donald trump, i think it is very clear and in these books it's becoming more clear, between november 3rd and the january 6 insurrection was attempting to carry out an administrative coup, if not a bloody coup at the capitol

that the people who are, first of all, on television talking about these things, reporters like jim acostae restaurant when this happened are going to be amplify being it. and listening to the d.c. police chief who i thought did a magnificent job that there's a problem on the -- breaking down that there's a problem on the streets and in the courts. this is happening everywhere. eric adams in new york city just won the mayoral primary because he was talking about crime, and people care about that in black and brown communities and also in white communities. it's a citying wide problem here. chicago, st. louis, we're going to talk about that, and i think the loudest voices are onboard talking about it including president biden and vice president kamala harris who invited police chiefs to the white house to talk about how we can better address these issues. mike: vince, the police chief here in d.c. is candid about a shortage of officers. is that the result of high profile people publicly criticizing law enforcement? >> well, demonizing police and right here in washington, d.c. it was pretty

and our coverage continues now with jim acosta in "the situation room."ated americans as the delta variant rages in largely unvaccinated hot spots. house speaker nancy pelosi is deadly serious about getting to the truth of january 6th despite a republican boy cut of the investigation and a new suggestion by former president trump that the rioters were loving. >>> and we're tracking dozens of dangerous wildfires spreading smoke and haze all the way to the east coast. will a turn in the weather make things bette