, him to. 0k, dr mati hlatshwayo davis. thank — him to. 0k, dr mati hlatshwayo davis, thank youery much indeed forjoining us here on bbc news. thank you for having me. more than six months after protestors stormed the us capitol, the house of representatives is set to begin hearing evidence tomorrow into the events surrounding the riot onjanuary 6, the day congress certified president biden as the next president of the united states. the road to this moment has not been without controversy and criticism. let's bring in former adviser to president george w bush and bbc analyst ron christie. ron, good to speak to you. just looking at the political makeup of this committee, it is much more partisan now than it was in the immediate aftermath of the storming of the capital. how big a problem is that for both publicans and democrats?— that for both publicans and democrats? , ., ., that for both publicans and democrats? , ,, ,, , democrats? good evening, tim, it is alwa s democrats? good evening, tim, it is always good — democrats? good evening, tim, it is always good to _ democrats? g

mati hlatshwayo davis is a clinical instructor of infectious diseases at washington university schoolis, missouri. thank you so much forjoining us. i wonder, thank you so much forjoining us. iwonder, this thank you so much forjoining us. i wonder, this uptick in cases that la is seeing, is it because of younger people not wearing masks or is the delta variant actually making people more sick than perhaps other variants? , , more sick than perhaps other variants?— variants? this is absolutely beinu variants? this is absolutely being driven _ variants? this is absolutely being driven by _ variants? this is absolutely being driven by the - variants? this is absolutely being driven by the delta i being driven by the delta variant. now it counts for 58% of new cases. this is up from 43% last month. in this region. and we know that that is where this is coming from. we know also that over 99% of new cases— of new cases are in those who are unvaccinated, over 98% of hospitalisations and again over 99% of deaths so this tells us that the delta variant is incredibly more transmissible, 50% mor