guns that rebekah jones says were aimed at her children. because florida state police were investigating a possible crime that might have been committed using a computer that they suspected might be in rebekah jones' home. it was horrifically bad police work. and we'll tell you why when rebekah jones joins us at the end of the hour and gets tonight's last word. >>> well, today the united states supreme court crushed donald trump, and i mean crushed him. unanimously. all three of the trump-appointed justices joined their six colleagues to deliver donald trump the most legally insulting possible response to a trump lawsuit brought to the supreme court that itself was an insult to the intelligence of every member of the court. when donald trump was desperately rushing to fill ruth bader ginsburg's seat on the court, he said then that he needed that ninth justice in order to rule in his favor in election cases so that he could hold onto the presidency. >> we need nine justices. you need that. with the unsolicited millions of ballots that they'r

, and the primary purpose of the warrant is not to make a criminal case against rebekah jones.he primary purpose of all of this is to find out the identities of the people inside the state government who are talking to her and what they're telling her. and i think that's really what they're after. >> yes, and she has said that she has had some confidential sources in there who have been trying to give her good information about covid and she worries now that with the seizure of her electronic devices, the identities of those people could well be obtained by the state police whose boss is the governor of the state of florida. and you make the point that those police officers knew exactly who this woman is, she's kind of famous in florida now. >> yeah, absolutely. there's just no -- i know that the governor's office is denying that he had any knowledge whatsoever about this investigation or this warrant. i mean, this is a law enforcement agency that reports directly to the governor's office. it doesn't report to a state attorney's office locally. so -- and this is a nemesis of go

rebekah jones said things the governor didn't like.gets police showing up at her house with guns drawn and intimidating her children. >> yeah. and the alleged crime they were investigating was access to an e-mail account that the user name and password was publicly available on the department of health website in seven different reports. you could have googled it and accessed it. the content of the message they were investigating was asking from what they provided to me of that message asking other people to step forward and speak out about whatever malfeasance was going on in the state. this wasn't just to take my stuff and shut me down for all of a day but very much intended to get at my contacts, which i don't think they're going to be successful at. and, yes, to scare people into ever taking this path. >> rebekah jones, the light is shining on you. don't be scared because the whole country now is watching you and your family and what they do to you. we'll make sure we're there to report all of it. rebekah jones, thank you for joini

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now rebekah jones is fighting back.ida department of law enforcement alleging in a 19-page complaint that the search warrant officers had was a sham used to, quote, punish her for speaking out against florida republican governor ron desantis' mishandling of his state's covid response. in other words, rebecca says she was punished for telling the truth. her lawsuit states, quote, the florida department of law enforcement seeking to ingratiate itself to desantis sought to silence plaintiffs online speech by confiscating her computer and to discover her confidential sources and other information by seizing her cellphone. joining us now rebekah jones, a former manager of data and surveillance for covid-19 at the florida department of health. thank you for joining us tonight. your complaint raises an interesting first amendment issue. i want to read a line from it in which it says on december 3rd, 2020, the day the judge signed the search warrant, the south florida sun sentinel published the most detailed expose yet of the c

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rebekah jones has not been charged with any crime.ccording to an affidavit, authorities suspect she transmitted a message on a private department of health messaging system, something she denies. and the legitimacy of it being private, meaning no one from the public could access it, is also in dispute. the body cam footage begins with officers ringing the doorbell and knocking on her door. the officer even mentions it doesn't look like anyone's home. take a listen. >> i don't see any sign that someone's here. >> about eight minutes go by. an officer calls jones. she appears to hang up on him. >> someone answered. and i said hey, this is so and so, is anybody at your residence, we're trying to make contact with somebody. and i heard a little kid, like a baby, and then she hung up. >> so they knew there were kids there. remember, keep that in mind based on how they did enter eventually. 20 minutes after knocking the officer, holding a sledgehammer, begins discussing forcing their way in. >> do you want me to -- >> i can't say they didn'

rebekah jones joins us now for an exclusive interview.ou for joining us. >> thank you, chris. >> why do you think this happened? >> after speaking to my attorneys and looking over the evidence they said they have, i actually think that they're not after me. they didn't take the router in my house. they didn't take a number of lab props in my house that belonged to my son or my husband that could have easily done whatever it is they think happened. they took my phone, and they took the computer that i use to run my companies. and on my phone is every communication i've ever had with someone who works at the state who has come to me in confidence and told me things that could get them fired or in trouble like this. and i just want to say to all those people right now, if he doesn't know already, desantis will know soon enough that you've been talking to me. so be careful. >> they say -- you know. you've seen this. but for the audience, they say that they believe that an ip address belonging to you was used to access an emergency system with

rebekah jones, goes back to a feud havingry the state and ron desantis.he blew the whistle on state officials she claimed were coveri ining up tr deaths in florida related to coronavirus. the governor said fired basically for insubordination. this current investigation is focusinging, according to an affidavit, on whether or not an alert messaging email inside the state was broken into and used to solicit information, and she told chris cuomo last night, rec becca jo becca -- rebecca jones is a way to silence inside the government people. >> took my phone and what i used to run my companies and on my phone is every communication i've ever had with someone who works at state come to me in confidence and told me things that could get them fired, or in trouble like this. and i just want to say to all of those people right now, if he doesn't know already, desantis will know soon enough you've been talking to me. so be careful. desantis needs to worry less what i'm writing about and more about the people sick and dies in his state and doing this to me will not

. >> rebekah jones, the light is shining on you. don't be scared because the whole country now is watching you and your family and what they do to you. we'll make sure we're there to report all of it. rebekah jones thank you for joining me, the former manager of data and surveillance for covid-19 at the florida department of health, which is not an organization you should trust for information if you live in florida right now. that is tonight's "last word." "the 11th hour with brian williams" begins right now. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1427 of the trump administration. 35 days until the inauguration of joe biden as the 46th president of the united states. tonight as we move ever closer to a second covid vaccine we are also on the threshold of a sad new milestone. almost 17 million confirmed coronavirus cases in our country. sadly, over just the past 24 hours, we've lost another 3200 people, roughly one death now every 27 seconds in america. the onslaught of the virus has hospitals in this nation under siege as coronavir

in the meantime, a setback in another court for rebekah jones, erin. of stalking against a boyfriend. there was a plea deal that was on the table. that apparently has been rescinded by prosecutors, taken off the table and that case is going to have to be litigated again in some form or fashion. so rebekah jones facing a setback in another case against her. >> all right, drew, thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >>> rebecca jones is up front. i want to give you a chance to comment on the judge. it is the first time he signed off on a warrant like this for the first time. >> yes, actually found out that he had been sworn in less than a month before he signed off on that. i don't personally know the man. i am not a connective person. to be the most recent to sign to family court and have this be the first thing you sign off on, i think it speaks for itself. >> your computer were received in this raid and retailuatiliat what you saw here, are there any of the sources afraid that they could be next in the matter of days could be exposed. >> i had s

>> reporter: rebekah jones, a former state coronavirus data tracker, recording the encounter, too, making it public earlier this week. >> do not point that gun at my children! >> reporter: you can hear her claim police pointed guns at her children who were upstairs. you can see one officer pointing his weapon in that direction. the raid part of an ongoing investigation into a hack of the state's department of health internal emergency alert system. officers seizing her electronics. >> i mean, it's a political, just, shakedown and a way to try to shut me down. >> reporter: jones once ran the state's covid-19 dashboard. she was fired in may, she says in retaliation for claiming the department was doctoring covid-19 data at a time when the governor was trying to reopen the state. the governor says she was fired for insubordination, defending the officers today. >> these people did their jobs. they've been smeared as the gestapo for doing their jobs. they did a search warrant. >> reporter: the florida department of law enforcement releasing that body cam video saying the officers exercised ex

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ron philapowski is stepping down after a home was raid of the of rebekah jones. last spring refusing to censor the state's coronavirus data and tweeted video of police raiding her tallahassee home, seizing her computer equipment and pointing guns at her children. in the state of texas, the army says it is fired our suspended 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at fort hood. an independent review found chronic fairs of leadership that contributes to a widespread pattern of violence including sexual assault and harassment. the report comes after a year that saw at least 25 soldiers assigned to fort hood die from suicide, homicide or other reasons. including the disappearance and killing of army specialist vanessa guillen. and in the state of ohio, the justice department there now joining the investigation into the death of 23-year-old casey good son. a black man tats fatally shot do enter his grandmother's home. agents follow the man they thought was goodson and told him to drop the weapon when the deputy shot and killed him. the family says he had a valid license to

rebekah jones was fired back in may.ed florida officials of trying to cover up the extent of the coronavirus pandemic, now they're investigating whether she accessed a state government messaging system without approval to urge employees to speak out about coronavirus deaths. jones posted video of this police raid on social media. >> there are children in here! what the [ bleep ]. >> open the door! >> they have a gun out! they have a gun out! i'm trying. stop grabbing the doorknob. >> open it now. come outside. >> who else is in the house? >> my two children and my husband. >> calm down. >> police, come down now! >> search warrant, come down the stairs! >> my children! he just pointed a gun at my children! >> jones tells cnn she believes the raid was orchestrated by florida governor ron desantis who she publicly accused of mishandling the pandemic. >> this is just a very thinly vail veiled attempt to get back at staff who he has been fryari if left and right. >> jones says she lost access to her government computer accoun

amy: rebekah jones accused florida's governor ron desantis of sending the gestapo after her. she wrote on twitter -- "this is what happens to scientists who do their job honestly. this is what happens to people who speak truth to power." florida authorities said the raid was part of a probe into a recent hack ofhe flori heal department's website but jones said she hasn't had access tohe site in six months. an environmental news, the trump administration has rejected setting tougher standards on industrial soot emissions despite evidence linking the deadly air pollutant to increasing covid-19 deaths and other respiratory illnesses. environmental protection agency administrator andrew wheeler made the decision, ignoring his own scientists at the epa who found strengthening the emissions rule could save up to 34,000 lives a year. and melinda coleman, the mother of late sexual assault survivor and advocate daisy coleman, died by apparent suicide sunday, four months after daisy's death by suicide. melinda was 58 years old. melinda's passing was announced by the group safebae, a yo

. >> fired data scientist rebekah jones told us last night about her suspicions that florida was manipulatingavirus data. less than an hour later the south florida sun sentinel came out with investigation showing that an astonishing pattern has emerged in florida's covid death tally one that suggests the state manipulated a backlog of unrecorded fatalities presenting more favorable death counts in the days leading up to the 2020 presidential election. it's not just florida. today the chairman of the house select committee on the coronavirus james clyburn released a memo showing political interference in the national coronavirus response. the report says that top trump administration officials repeatedly communicated about pursuing a dangerous herd immunity strategy as far back as june 2020. the trump administration was aware its policies would not only fail to stop the spread of the virus but would lead to an increase in cases. quote, there is no other way, we need to establish herd, and it only comes about allowing the nonhigh risk groups to expose themselves to the virus. the memo also incl

rebekah jones tweeted this video of the raid on her home saying this. state police came into my house and took all of my hardware and technology. they pointed a gun in my face. they pointed guns at my kids. in search of a warrant an investigator said, a person at jones' home, who was using her email draerks illegally gained access to a state-run communications platform. that person sent a group text message telling people it was, quote, time to speak up before another 17,000 people are dead. jones led the effort to establish a public information portal that listed the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the state of florida. in may, she told a local tv station her exit was not voluntary. she now says governor ron desantis is behind the raid on her home. the florida department of health has made no comment. >>> still ahead -- the white house hosts a vaccine summit today. what's actually going to happen at that summit? because there may be a backlog of vaccines after the trump administration turned down the opportunity to order extra doses from pfiz

. >> rebekah jones, we appreciate you being with us, sharing your story. thanks for being here.keep us posted when you hear more from investigators. >> will do. thank you. >>> coming up in just minutes, health and human services secretary alex azar joins us. >>> also a new proposal from the white house threatens to derail relief for millions of struggling workers. the latest on the stimulus talks next. tired of overpaying for your prescriptions? try optum perks. it's a new way to save up to 80%. and everyone can do it. it's from optum, a health care company that's trusted by millions of people. you don't have to sign up for anything. just go to optumperks.com. and get a coupon to use at your pharmacy. that's it. i opted in. i opted in. you can, too. opt in and save big today. the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope. donate now at redcross.org we started by making the cloud easier to manage. but we didn't stop there. we made a cloud flexible enough to adapt to any size business. no matter what it does, or how it changes. and we kept going. so you only pay for what you use

here in florida, we have a wonderful woman named rebekah jones, who is a whistleblower and has come outled all kinds of information. it is pretty incredible. years, weedia and 50 were just talking about what will happen with the republican party, this is a genocide where we have come out and actually said we are in favor of natural heard immunity. this is key -- it is not it just matter of republicans and democrats, everybody is missing the ball here. host: unfortunately, we are running out of time for the show. we would like to think our and viewers.r this is the last washington journal of 2020. i will see you all again in 2021 for another washington journal. make sure to wash her hands and have a great day. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> c-span washington journal, every day we take your calls live on the air on news of the day. we will discuss policy issues that impact you. we are featuring our author's week series. one

here in florida, we have a wonderful woman named rebekah jones, who is a whistleblower and has come outall kinds of information. it is pretty incredible. years, weedia and 50 were just talking about what will happen with the republican party, this is a genocide where we have come out and actually said we are in favor of natural heard immunity. this is key -- it is not it just matter of republicans and democrats, everybody is missing the ball here. host: unfortunately, we are running out of time for the show. we would like to think our and viewers.r this is the last washington journal of 2020. i will see you all again in 2021 for another washington journal. make sure to wash her hands and have a great day. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal," where every day we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussed policy issues that impact you. this week, we feature our annual altars

search warrant an investigator with the florida department of law enforcement said a person at rebekah jones's on november 10th telling people that it was time to speak up before another 17,000 people are dead. jones has denied sending the text. jones says she was fired from her job at the department of health in may after making her accusations and has since maintained her own data base independently tracking the spread of the virus. jones posted video of the raid and said state police pointed a gun in my face. >> come outside. outside. >> who else is in the house, ma'am? >> my two children and husband. >> where is your husband? >> calm down. >> you want the children now? >> calm all down. >> mr. jones, come down the stairs now! police! come down now! >> seven warrant! >> come down the stairs. >> my children! he just pointed a gun. my children! >> wait a second. so they are pointing guns at her children and you've got two or three guns drawn in that video because of an email that was sent? really? wait, wait, wait, wait. what the hell is that? what's going on in florida? you draw guns because

rebekah jones, whistle-blower, gone further said she was told to delete and manipulate data.or those supervisors. remembers, the only evidence we really have is her word. without more, right now this would have to be dealt with not in the court of law but in the court of public opinion. a final note. this is not unusual for florida. the governor has politicized the pandemic since the beginning. medical examiners put out information earlier that showed a death toll higher than let on. the state of florida ordered the medical examiners to stop publishing its data under the scientific theory if you close your eyes the problem goes away. it clearly doesn't. >> uh-huh. state attorney for palm beach county dave arenberg, thank you so much. >>> it is just past top of the hour right now. jonathan lemire is still with us and joining us we have former u.s. senator now an nbc news and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill. prompt at princeton university and author of the book "begin again" eddie glaude jr. and national security expert columnist at "usa today" and author of the book