to ron johnson on that point of being in the business of politics maybe to help out the rich and maybeg on ron johnson's push for extra tax breaks for megadonors in the trump tax cuts confidential tax records reveal that the last-minute maneuver benefited two families more than any others in the country both with billions and both among the senator's biggest donors. the cut could deliver more than half a billion in tax savings to these two people over the eight-year life. your thoughts, dana, on ron johnson using his job to benefit his rich friends. >> joy, this is bribery. it may be legal but it is legalized bribery. these same billionaires gave $20 million in 2016 to help ron johnson get re-elected then he turns around and increases the tax break for the pass through corporations and they immediately benefit these two billionaires $80 million. so a 4-1 return on their investment. if there is a pass through going on here it seems to be a pass through between ron johnson and his donors. you pay up front or you'll get four times return on your investment. >> do democrats have a strategy

what is ron johnson talking about, whitney?jumps and let me walk you through it. it's important to know thisirac. they infiltrated these groups that were much more involved in the capitol riot but let me walk you through it. he's discussing this case out of michigan in which the fbi dismantled a group it intended to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer is a huge case that happened in october. the defense is arguing kextent f the fbi's infiltration was entrapment. so ron johnson making this jump from that case, those accusations by the defense that the fbi somehow trapped these defendants is in someways suggesting that the fbi also deeply infiltrate the the groups that went to the capitol that day. there is no evidence to suggest that the fbi knows that much more about these groups that infiltrated the capitol, that they were in any way, you know, part of that attack as some people on the right and some people in conservative media asserted. there is no evidence to suggest that. it remains a conspiracy theory, kate. more people push

we got news coming in, senator ron johnson, the subcommittee on investigation, hundreds of americansuna bus tried to gt into kabul airport but diverted away. what do you say to that? >> terrible failure. the first obligation of government is to ensure the safety and security of its citizens. also unable to guarantee the security of afghan partners in the past ten years. it's a moral failure and strategic ramifications. our partners and friends and also our enemies need to understand we are competent andt credible and friends he to trust us and enemies need to fear us. this really shakes that trust. liz: congressman, where is the fire moment for nancy pelosi? why isn't she calling the house back in? every government agency working on afghanistan is now in d.c. but not the house. growing number of republicans, one in ten house republicans, four republican senators going for biden to resign or be impeached. protests at the white house saying don't trust the cow bad. secretary of state says will be looking to do pharmacy with the taliban to get americans out after the deadline, why could w

in it, senator ron johnson is suggesting that the fbi had more knowledge and details about the januaryactually had. senator johnson has floated these wild conspiracy theories repeatedly, but this takes it a step farther. in this clip, he references the kidnapping plot against michigan governor gretchen whitmer and the fact that some of the defendants in that case saying the fbi even trapped them. he compares it to what happened on january 6th. here he is. >> are you watching this happen in michigan? okay. so you think that the fbi had infiltrated michigan? >> and to be clear here, wolf, despite what senator johnson said, there is no credible evidence that the fbi had any detailed evidence about exactly what would unfold at the capitol. and there is no allegation that the fbi even played any role in this attack. and really the senator report here, it did pin some blame on the fbi for not taking those online messages that suggests there would be violence at the capitol seriously. but of course that is a far cry from the false allegations that senator johnson is making in this video. >> g

it was just a ron johnson sound bite.ron johnson is of the drive-by anti-vaxxer population. he insists he's not, but that's in between comments like the one we aired tonight. he called it an experimental drug. since when do we listen to politicians when the subject is vaccines to protect us from potential fatal illnesses? >> look, i think this is going to be one of the great tragedies in american history. it's going to go down like the vietnam war. or arguably the iraq war. a terrible mistake to politicize this by republicans. it didn't have to be this way. you know, in israel, everybody got behind the vaccine. the ultra orthodox supported it. in canada, it didn't become a divisive issue. it really -- just a human death toll, suffering of this is so unnecessary. i mean, here we have this country where we have the ability to give people the vaccine. you can walk into a drug store and get it for free, and you have lunatics like ron johnson saying this stuff from purely partisan gang. and i think it's evil. i don't know what

what -- i'm not even going to ask what happened to ron johnson, never mind.till playing court jester on all of this stuff? >> yeah, look, ron johnson is another one of these cases of always crazy or, you know, did something happen over the last few years. that isn't even the most insane thing he's put out over the last 24 hours. he tweeted that he wants people to follow alex baronson's substack. this is one of the most prolific disinformation provocateurs when it comes to covid. on the fbi, johnson has been like this from the start. he says that he doesn't understand -- he doesn't believe -- i think what it comes down to, he doesn't believe that his people, that trump's people could do something like this. and that's just it. he's said that directly. he believes that trump's people love america and bernie sanders people don't love america. he believes that at his core. now he's just trying to backfill that belief with any conspiracy, any fact that might support it. and i -- you know, without putting him on the couch, i think that's my best explanation for wha

by the way news coming in, senator ron johnson, senate permanent subcommittee on investigations, paul he is saying hundreds of americans on a bus tried to get into kabul airport but they were diverted away. what do you say to that? >> terrible failure. the first obligation of government is to insure the safety and security of its citizens and we were unable to do that. we were also unable to guarranty the security of our afghan partners who worked with us over the past 10 years often at risk to themselves. this is a moral failure. it will also have strategic ramifications. our partners and our friends and also our enemies need to understand we're competent and credible. our friends need to trust us and enemies need to fear us. unfortunately events like these really shake the trust, also strategically i think. elizabeth: you know, congressman, where is the hair on fire moment for nancy pelosi? why is she, why isn't she calling the house back in? every government agency is working on afghanistan is now in d.c. but not the house. we have a growing number of republicans one out of 10 hous

you know, you want to talk about bipartisan solutions, on maymay- people like patrick leahy and ron johnson, i don't know of any other issue they agree on but they sent a letter to the congress. point number seven urges them to begin immediate evacuation of our allies. multiple congress men, you name it, they've all said the same thing in the house, we needed to start evacuating these people around the same time. congress has been great. we built this administration a bipartisan solution to get this done. this administration however never responded to a single request any of us made to meet with them. you can go out, just put it on social media a couple of hours ago. you can see as late as july when they stood up a task force, and we e-mailed them a list. they finally reached out in the last 24 hours. we knew for months where they were, we verified their service. by the way, richard is right. processing the visas is pointless. we have a biometrics database. we should be using it to verify their status. if they're in the database, it means they served with the united states. the taliban is u

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while republicans like ron johnson continue to push the conspiracies about january 6th. do they realize how dangerous their words are, and how silly they sound? the silly may not be a strong enough word. >> no, i don't think silly is a strong enough word. we are dealing with rampant conspiracy theories in this country. and there's an audience for them. and when people in positions of responsibility choose to use them, they can have deadly results. and we've seen that and we've seen that and we've seen that. these officers are, you know, their deaths are tragic. you know, we don't know what else was going on. but clearly, you know, we heard from those officers last week, what a traumatic experience it was to be amid this mob. and, you know, the thing that is particularly galling, when you hear people like senator johnson speaking, is that these are the same people who profess to be champions of law enforcement. and, you know, how disrespectful to traffic in these conspiracy theories after all that we've seen and all that we've lost. so, you know, it's not silly, don, it's

senators vote in the afternoon on an amendment from wisconsin republican ron johnson that would prohibit border wall projects from being canceled under the legislation. yesterday, texas republican john cornyn spoke about an amendment that he's proposing that would allow covid-19 relief funds to be used to pay for certain infrastructure projects. >> as we all know by now a bipartisan group of senators worked with the white house over the last several weeks to negotiate a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, and in a lot of hard work went into it, a lot of late nights. and what to thank all of our colleagues that it made a positive contribution in this debate and discussion. and it's particularly important at the time i believe that we do these things on a bipartisan basis, if we can. after much anticipation we finally received a text sunday night, and a lot of what we expected to see we saw, like funding for roads, , bridges, ports, waterways, airports and broadband. but what we didn't see was adequate pay-fors for the bill. for example, we learned after the bill was announced that it would

you heard what ron johnson said about the fbi. i want you to listen to tucker carlson back in june. >> so, fbi operatives were organizing the attack on the capitol on january 6th, according to government documents. those two are not alone. in all, revolver news reported there are quote what? so it turns out this white supremacist insurrection was, again, by the government's own admission in these documents, organized at least in part by government agents. >> i mean, frank, if you want to say what? none of this, none of this that he said is tied to any evidence. what's your reaction when you hear those conspiracies theories especially when they take rate with high ranking officials like senators? >> first, i'm troubled we are even having to discuss this. because it now seems to be an organized orchestrated propaganda threat that we are gonna keep hearing the more are select committee in the house keeps getting to the bottom of the real facts, let's go out and address it once again with regard to mr. carlson's assertion that the phr

. >> stephen: uh-huh, and how long have you worked for senator ron johnson?- >> stephen: i agree with you. if science can do it, they will do it. >> they will do it but they they're like, curiosity killed the cat. oh, okay, well, let's kill 10,000 cats to find out why. and you're like, and you're like, that's what science does, they push things. hey do the thing-- okay, so listen to this. a few years back-- >> stephen: you know we stopped filming a long time back. >> i understand that. ( laughter ) can i tell you something? this is, this is what happens-- ( cheers and applause ) i've been... ( cheers and applause ) i-i've, i've been alone for so long... ( laughter ) and when i realized that the laboratory was having the same name, first name and last name-- ( laughter ) of the evil that had been plaguing us, i thought to myself, that's ( bleep ) up. ( cheers and applause ) listen to what i'm telling you-- >> stephen: jon, i tell you what i'll tell you what i'm suspicious of-- i'll tell you what i'm suspicious of. i'm suspicious of the daytona beach spring bre

that's not enough death for ron johnson, it seems, and the rest of the covid deniers on the right.not a pro-life party. they are a pro-death party. and there's no point pretending otherwise. thank you for watching tonight. >>> we're looking not, i believe, to lockdown, but we're looking to some pain and suffering in the future because we're seeing the cases go up, which is the reason why we keep saying over and over again, the solution to this is get vaccinated, and this would not be happening. >>> with coronavirus cases on the rise, a warning from dr. anthony fauci that things are going to get worse, but perhaps that's the thing that's sparking an increase in vaccinations in hot spots. will it encourage more americans to get vaccinated? >>> plus, the feud between

the fbi figures into ron johnson's elaborate delusions about january 6th. "the washington post" today reports that the senator, quote, suggested in a private conversation saturday without evidence that the fbi knew more about the planning before the january 6th capitol riot than it has revealed so far. the ongoing tragedy among the first-responders is where we start this hour. senator claire mccaskill joins, and john heilman, and former assistant director for counter-intelligence at the fbi and host, frank figliuzzi. frank you i want to talk about ptsd in law enforcement and what you have to say to a community that is still very much struggling under the weight of the horrors of that day? >> msnbc daily has just published my column on the tragedysuicides. here's the deal. i can tell you there were times in my leadership career in the fbi when i had to mandate agents to attend an employees assistance program, counseling session, or enroll in certain therapeutic sessions, because the nature of the culture is that we're tough guys, we don't need help, we've go

this video obtained by "the washington post" shows republican senator ron johnson pushing yet another conspiracy theory about january 6th. >> are you watching what's happening in michigan? you're former cia? >> yes. >> okay. so you think that the fbi had infiltrated the militias in michigan. >> i mean, geez. lord help us. all right. i want to bring in now david axelrod, a former obama senior adviser, and ron brownstein. good evening to both of you. what the hell? you.d, i'm going to start with today we had this breaking news about these two officers who, you know, took their own lives. that's according to their departments, after responding to the insurrection, while republicans like ron johnson continue to push these conspiracies about january 6th. do these lawmakers realize how dangerous their words are and just how silly they sound? silly may not be a strong enough word. >> no, i don't think silly is a strong enough word. i mean we are dealing with rampant conspiracy theories in this country, and there's an audience for them. and when people in positions of responsibility choose to

you heard what ron johnson said about the fbi.ant you to listen to tucker carlson back in june. >> so fbi operatives were organizing the attack on the capitol on january 6th according to government documents. and those two are not alone. in all, revolver news reported there were up to 20 unindicted coon conspirators, that have not been charged for the same activities and some more severe activities as those named along side them in the indictments, huh? it turns out the white supremacist insurrection was by the government's own documented organized in part by government agents. >> if you want to say h uh, none of this -- nothing that he said has been tied to any evidence. what is your reaction though when you hear the conspear theories, especially when they take root with high ranking elected officials like senators? >> well, first, i'm troubled that we are even having to discuss this. but because it now seems to be an organized, orchestrated popoganda thread, let's will address it. with regard to mr. carlson's assertion that the

so wisconsin senator ron johnson is at it again. he has become a walking misinformation machine.s now suggesting, without evidence, that the fbi had advance knowledge of the january 6th riot but did nothing about it. what is he trying to suggest and what was the context for where he made these comments? >> so this is according to "the washington post." this was a piece of video that they showed in a story in which he is caught on camera suggesting that because the fbi deeply infiltrated a plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer and eventually brought those men to justice in october of last year, because they knew so much about that case that surely they would have known so much about the people who attacked the capitol. he was suggesting it is unlikely the fbi wouldn't have known a lot about the people who were planning an attack as immense as what happened at the capitol. there is no evidence to suggest this. this is a conspiracy theory. it is built on this idea from, you know, the right who are suggesting that the fbi was somehow deeply involved and much more involved

i thought ron johnson's comment -- ron johnson's position is -- is bizarre but also very interesting. is pushing the -- the horse dewormer. he is raising questions about the vaccine. and at one point, he says to a talk show host, just try 'em all. which is profoundly bad medical advice. i am not a doctor. i'm not playing one on your show but there is no doctor in the world who would say hey, you know what? just go in your medicine cabinet and just take a whole bunch of stuff you don't know anything about it. just give it a shot. >> your medicine cabinet. your dog's medicine cabinet. your horse's medicine cabinet. >> so this is where this anti-elitist, anti-expertise politics has brought us into this bizarre world where you have politicians pushing drugs at the same time they are discouraging people or undermining the campaign to have them take the vaccines that, in fact, do work. >> the last thing i want you to end this on because then you have the people like governor desantis. who is pushing go ahead and let covid in, and then take this regeneron that just happens to benefit him pol

that's not enough death for ron johnson, it seems, and the rest of the covid deniers on the right.therwise. thank you for watching tonight. it's time now to turn it over to my colleague joshua johnson. good evening, john what. >> good evening, madi, thank you very much. it is good to be with you tonight. senators are giving speeches on the floor after finalizing the text of the bipartisan infrastructure bill. maryland senator ben cardin will join us in a moment. >>> simone biles with draws from another event, the floor. how is it affecting her mental health? chelsea will share her insights. >>> and how do you convince unvaccinated people you know and love to get the shot? and how will the pandemic change the way people gather if we get together at all? we'll get into that with prea parker, the author of the art of gathering, how we meet and why it matters. i'm glad you're meeting up with us tonight at nbc news world

that's not enough death for ron johnson, it seems, and the rest of the covid deniers on the right.joshua johnson. good evening, john what. >> good evening, mehdi, thank you very much. it is good to be with you tonight. senators are giving speeches on the floor after finalizing the text of the bipartisan infrastructure bill.marilyn cens live in just a. moment -- withdraws from another olympic event. t. how do you convince unvaccinated people you know and love to get the shot. how will the pandemic change the way people gather if we get together at all? we will get into that with preet parker, the author of the art of gathering, how we me and why it matters. i'm glad you're meeting up with us tonight and nbc news headquarters in new york,

take senator ron johnson, for example, he has been pushing false claims of voter fraud since the beginning, and in may, he wouldn't even acknowledge that biden legitimately won the election. well, he's now supporting an arizona style fraudit of wisconsin, like the one in arizona, however, in secretly recorded footage, we discover that when he thinks trump's not looking, johnson drops the looney tune mask and admits to investigative reporter laura windsor who he assumed was a trump supporter that trump legit lost the election and only had himself to blame for losing wisconsin, and there was nothing skewed at all about the election results. >> the only reason trump lost wisconsin was voters didn't vote for him, they voted for other republican candidates. >> you're telling me joe biden won fair and square. i don't see it, i don't believe it. >> look at the totals. it's certainly plausible, there's nothing obviously skewed about the results. there isn't. he didn't get the votes that other republicans got. that's why he lost. >> joining me now is congressman eric swalwell of california, a trump

and ron johnson is saying this is not a deadly disease.f where republicans are. you would think at this point something would have shocked them out of their parallel universe, but nothing seems to do it. they seem to be determined to allow more people to die, whether it's of covid-19 or global warming instead of taking the steps that are necessary to deal with these crises. >> hayes, with republicans living in what i think you can describe as just another reality, "the new york times" frames the fight democrats are facing on capitol hill as a lack of trust that republicans are no longer in the business of acting in good faith. to add fuel to this lack of trust, house minority leader kevin mccarthy said this weekend, it would be, quote, hard not to hit nancy pelosi with the gavel if he wins the speakership in 2022. he's said it was just a joke. how do these antics and gop resistance to facts hamper the legislaive process. how are these people supposed to work together? >> part of it is for the last few decades, a big part of the republican

that's why we have to go out and beat people like ron johnson, take that seat in pennsylvania and maybe even take out marco rubio but we won't do that by swinging for the fences when we don't have the votes because congress is so evenly divided. >> go ahead, matthew. >> i agree with claire on part of it. we are evenly divided as to what our representeded government currently exists. we are not evenly divided as a country as a whole. this goes to my fundamental problem. the bones of our democraciry broken. the bones of our democracy. i'm a realist like anybody but the fact that we've been a decade of gerrymandering, ensuring that the mantle of the country has not heard has ended up in a place where washington is incredibly evenly divided though the country as a whole is not evenly divided. the entirety of the country is not evenly divided. michigan has an overwhelmingly republican legislature. that's not because people didn't vote democratic. it's because they drew the seats in a way that allowed the republicans to win. same with wisconsin, same in texas. same in state after state after

we should not be mandating this, but wisconsin republican senator ron johnson says he's spoken to many service members against this call as the fda has not yet approved the covid vaccine. they don't want to be forced to take the vaccine that either isn't fully approved. >> or where the full approval process has been short-circuited. any still have confidence the ultimate safety for efficacy of this. >> now kirby said the dod will develop policies and restrictions for those unvaccinated to follow reporting live in washington. i'm basil john, thank you for that well, coming up next. on kron 4 morning news, a car burst into flames in the south bay. >> some good samaritans jump into action to keep the fire from spreading. >> in the south bay. take a look at this. a truck catches on fire along northbound highway one. oh, one in san jose flames ended up jumping and 2 nearby grass there. a resident saw this unfolding and did not hesitate to help kron four's. rob fladeboe spoke with the good samaritan who is being hailed a hero. >> it was a chaotic scene just before 10 monday morning here alon

senator ron johnson is one of those lawmakers seeking answers.n federation of teachers. what were you looking for and did you get what you wanted? >> john, no, we haven't. there's a law last updated in 1994 signed by bill clinton saying the agency shall turn the information over and they have not complied. we want all communications with the cdc and the teacher's unions in terms of the school reopenings and the guidance on that. right now we're afraid with this delta variant that this administration may be looking at once again issuing guidance that maybe they won't open the schools even though we know that 80% of teachers have been vaccinated. if we don't open schools, the children that have been most harmed are low income, dis-changed children. in sweden, they didn't shut down the schools. kids didn't wear masks. 1.8 million swedish children and not one died of covid. so i think sweden by and large approached the pandemic in a more sane fashion than here in the united states. we want answers from the cdc. they've not been transparent. they've b

this is ron johnson, seeming to -- let's put this under reaping what he has sown news.'s watch. >> -- the only reason trump lost wisconsin, is that 51,000 republican voters voted for other candidates. >> i don't see it, i don't believe it. >> look at the totals. it is certainly plausible. there's nothing obviously -- there's nothing obviously skewed about the results. collectively republicans got 1.661 million votes. 51,000 more votes than trump got. trump lost by 20,000. trump got all of the republicans, voted for trump the way they he voted for assembly candidates, he would have won. he didn't get 51,000 votes that other republicans got. that's why he lost. >> luke, i always thought this was going to be where the rubber met the road. there's nothing wrong with the election, i'm here, i'm here, i won, they liked me. i always thought this moment would come when they would defend the integrity of the 2020 election on their line of the ballot, and there it was from none other than ron johnson. >> right. it is kind of a hard argument to make that we picked up seats in the

senator ron johnson wisconsin has been critical of the preparation and knowledge beforehand of the january 6 attack, saying recently that he suggested the fbi knew or has said in terms of before the attack. did you have any indication the fbi had more information prior to the january 6 attack? guest: when we did the intelligence assessment, we do know a reporter came from the field office the day before, indicating the probability of some actions being taken. direct action or civil disturbance as opposed to peaceful demonstration was possible. we go to the task force in washington dc -- washington, d.c. and it was documented that a member of the capitol police did not receive that report. that report did not get the special handling it should have gotten because it threatened the capitol, both the senate and house. the location where the vice president was going to be. and the president of the united states all within a couple miles of each other outside of the security of the white house. they were going to be exposed by this large group of demonstrators who were going to be on the mall w

stay tuned for updates on average afghan refugees arriving in wisconsin, senator ron johnson of the homeland security committee said the biden administration needs to do better with the vetting process? >> do you know if everyone has a id, couldn't answer the question. that is how chaotic this is. >> for acting dhs secretary for the trump administration shed will says dangerous people are bound to slip through the cracks. >> it will last several weeks where you got to validate the passport or birth certificate to prove they worked as a translator for 12 months. anytime you expedite the training process of vetting process that invites crumble. >> if the us withdrawal from afghanistan had been properly planned. and east coast marine working to fill the leadership void is allies lose hope. the baptist and sergeant joins us to explain what is being done to save afghan lives. >> the commander-in-chief jokes about the crisis in afghanistan. joe concha it is a train wreck of the presidency in real time. knows everyone's unique. that's why they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what

then you have a lunatic's like ron johnson saying this stuff pickerel-y is partisan gain. i think it's evil. i don't know another word to describe it. >> we are bullied by the news this week that there is one american sub population with a 91% vaccination rate. that is the members of the navajo nation. we have that at least to be proud of. both of these gentlemen have agreed to stay with us through the coming short break. coming up, when our conversation continues, some texas democrats are beginning to pack up and go home to texas. we have an update on their months long battle to protect voter rights in their home state when we come back. en we come back. los angeles still in. and it's our understanding there will be a vote on new voting bill this week. as soon as we get the vote, it will be a victorious vote then we can go home and pack a deal with the inevitable which is that republicans that decide they don't want to negotiate, that they don't care about the voting rights of the majority and now they will know we have federal legislation backing this up. >> here's the s

this video shows republican senator ron johnson pushing yet another conspiracy theory about january 6th

this drug has been promoted by like wisconsin senator ron johnson who brought in a guy who called it a miracle drug and had that doctor testify to the homeland security committee about it. it's promoted by the popular pod caster joe rogan. it's been promoted by sales folks who brought you threat of demon sperm and alien dna with the endorsement of then president trump. all of that has been building for months now. we're seeing now is a huge spike just in recent weeks. in people taking these livestock medications. people being so desperate they're taking animal formulations of the stuff. so much it is sold out online. and what is driving it locally and immediately in these last few weeks appears to, a couple of things. number one, i'm sorry to say it appears to be driven in part by the tidal wave of new infections and people getting sick and people dying, particularly in the south, and particularly in communities where people don't want to take the vaccine. i mean, it's one thing to not want to take the vaccine when you think covid is a hoax. when covid is killing people all around yo

. >> reporter: republican wisconsin senator ron johnson has been pushing ivermectin since 2020.eatments, including ivermectin, earned him a one-week suspension from youtube. and just last week, he was touting the livestock drug on his official senate twitter account. to be clear, these are the same people casting doubt on lifesaving covid vaccines that the fda has found safe and effective. >> it makes you think once you think about it that maybe none of this is really about covid. maybe it's about social control. >> the biden administration is about to take their pressure campaign to your doorstep. >> the focus of this administration on vaccination is mind-boggling. >> reporter: for the record, the science is clear. the danger is real. listen to u.s. food and drug administration. the doctors your tax dollars pay to protect public health. overdosing on ivermectin can cause nausea, diarrhea, itching and hives, dizziness, trouble keeping your balance, seizures, coma, and yes, even death. >> take only those medications that are directed by your physician. please don't take livestock

that's not enough death for ron johnson, it seems, and the rest of the covid deniers on the right. they are not a pro-life party. they are a pro-death party. and there's no point pretending otherwise. thank you for watching tonight. >>> we're looking not, i believe, to lockdown, but we're looking to some pain and suffering in the future because we're seeing the cases go up, which is the reason why we keep saying over and over again, the solution to this is get vaccinated, and this would not be happening. >>> with coronavirus cases on the rise, a warning from dr. anthony fauci that things are going to get worse, but perhaps that's the thing that's sparking an increase in vaccinations in hot spots. will it encourage more americans to get vaccinated? >>> plus, the feud between house speaker nancy pelosi and minority leader kevin mccarthy escalates. mccarthy is now facing criticism for joking about hitting pelosi with the gavel if he becomes house speaker. the question is did he really think that comment was funny? >>> and after much delay, senators have introduced the long awasted tex

we should not be mandating this, but wisconsin republican senator ron johnson says he's spoken to many service members against this call as the fda has not yet approved the covid vaccine. they don't want to be forced to take the vaccine that either isn't fully approved. >> or where the full approval process has been short-circuited. any still have confidence the ultimate safety or efficacy of this kirby said the dod will also develop policies and restrictions. >> that the unvaccinated will have to follow reporting in washington. i'm basil john. alright 21 is the timing. coming up next on the kron 4 morning news a car burst into flames. this was in the south bay good samaritan jumped in to try to keep it from spreading. >> we'll tell you more about what happened. and new york governor andrew cuomo facing multiple allegation or misconduct allegations will have the latest on the fallout following those accusations. 25 the time in national news. more fallout in new york now is governor andrew cuomo faces. >> accusations that he sexually harassed 11 women. we've got time ago. but with the s

and in other cases you have ron johnson, a conspiracy theorist quite frankly, senator saying that thean leader is doing some good things. and i think, jim, that really shows you two things. it shows you that the -- really how strong tucker carlson is, his pull is with the republican party, where you have some senators who won't criticize him and others who actually believe the nonsense that he's selling. >> yes. a new commandment in the republican party, thou shall not speak ill of tucker carlson. oliver darcy, thanks as always, we appreciate it. great to talk to you. >> thank you. >>> we've now learned a republican congressman was the link between former president trump and the department of justice as the former president tried to overturn the election. that connection we'll talk about it, next. we've got you taken care of, sgt. houston. thank you. that was fast! one call to usaa got her a tow, her claim paid... ...and even her grandpa's dog tags back. get a quote. wet dishes? residue? spots? it's not your dishwasher's fault. simply add finish jetdry 3in1 to rinse, dry and shine you

republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin was ahead of the curve on this one. i have to say. he host a covid hearing with two doctors pushing for the use of the dewormer drug ivermectin. >> it seems like a no brainer that you should try it. and here is the thing about ivermectin. that is my message today, that it is the cure for this -- >> by the way, you support ivermectin, right? >> you're not confused about that, right, senator? 3.7 billion doses have been administered since it was first developed in 1987. 3.7 billion, something like over 60% in subsaharan africa takes it on a daily basis with almost no side effects. only sidesques attributed to it are those that are considered to be part of the diseases they treat, which is the ridding of the parasites. and so given a mountain of evidence that i've presented as well as the safety profile on a risk/benefit therapeutic analysis, you cannot come up with a credible argument to not give it. >> okay. well, let me just try. it's true that there are people who take it around the world. it's true that there's even a published stud

same cannot be said for wisconsin senator ron johnson who is at it again. video obtained by "the washington post," he's insinuating the fbi knew more about the attack than we know, who is odd considerering he's on record downplaying the attack itself. he says in part, you think the fbi had fully infiltrated the militias in michigan but they don't know what happened with these groups. i would say there's more to this story. one of a number of things to talk about with chris murphy. senator murphy, thanks for being with us. for a sitting u.s. senator to suggest that about the fbi and the insurrection, what -- i mean, what is he doing? is there a strategy here? >> i mean, listen, unfortunately, it's par for the course. senator johnson has been trading in these conspiracy theories for years now. and there are many who are unfortunately willing to follow him. there's a crowd inside the republican party that is dominant right now that believes might makes right. if you're acting in service of the leader of your party, donald trump, then all the rules go out the w

we should not be mandating this, but wisconsin republican senator ron johnson says he's spoken to many service members against this call as the fda has not yet approved the covid vaccine. they don't want to be forced to take the vaccine that either isn't fully approved. >> for the full approval process has been short-circuited. any still have confidence the ultimate safety for efficacy of this. >> now kirby said the dod will develop policies and restrictions for those unvaccinated for them to follow reporting live in washington. i'm basil john. all right. thank you very much. based on. >> coming up next, the kron 4 morning news, a car burst into flames in the south bay and some good samaritans jump into action to keep the fire from spreading that we get back. california, did you know our homes share power? but when we try to stay cool in a heat wave our supply is pushed to the limit. but you have the power to keep us up and running! “i do?” yup, we all do! with flex alerts. they notify us when to shift our energy use if our power supply is stretched. so from pre-cooling our homes, to u

same cannot be said for wisconsin senator and serial insurrection minimizer, ron johnson, who is at ito a video obtained by "the washington post," he is insinuating the fbi knew more about the attack than we know, which is odd, considering he is on record downplaying the attack, itself. his comments came after a local-political event over the weekend. he says in part, and i quote, so you think the fbi had fully infiltrated the militias in michigan but they don't know squat about what was happening on january 6th or what was happening with these groups? i'd say, there's way more to the story. just one of a number of things tonight to talk about with connecticut democrat senator chris murphy. senator murphy, thanks for being with us. for a sitting-u.s. senator to suggest that about the fbi and the insurrection, what -- what is -- i mean, what is he doing? do you -- is there a strategy here? >> unfortunately, it's par for the course. senator johnson has been trading in these conspiracy theories for years, now. and there are many who are, unfortunately, willing to follow him. there's a cro

this drug has also been promoted by people by response and senator ron johnson, who brian a guy who called ivermectin a miracle drug and had that doctor testified at the homeland security committee about it. it has been promoted and useful could be by the popular podcast or joe rogan, for some reason. okay? it has also been promoted by the snake oil online sales folks who brought you the threat of demon sperm and alien dna, with the endorsement of then president donald trump, since he like the look of them in a white coat more than he like the look of doctor anthony fauci. all of that has been building for months now. what we are seeing right now, though, is a huge spike just in recent weeks in people taking these livestock medications. people being so desperate that they are taking animal formulations of this stuff. so much that it is sold out now even online. and what's driving it locally and immediately, these last few weeks appears to be a couple of things. number one, i am very sorry to say, it appears to be driven in part by the tidal wave of new infections and people getting very si

provided the ulines with business they along with another billionaire gave millions of dollars to ron johnson'sulines and hendricks were the biggest beneficiaries of the tax loophole. i'm joined by one of the reporters behind that propublica piece. good morning to you. thank you for being here. thank you for your he piece. i think it's fair a lot of republicans would say that the benefit that was included does actually benefit lots of other pass through small business owners. the point of your article it benefits some really wealthy ones much more. >> that's right. one of our core findings as you said this was pitched really as tax relief for small business, the term main street got thrown around a lot. economists studied this since it passed and found literally the majority of the tax savings went to the top 1% of americans but our reporting shows it was actually even more extreme than that. it was just 82 families, some of the richest families in the country got $1 billion in tax savings from this provision in the first year alone. so this part of the trump tax bill was extremely tilted towar

yesterday, who is definitely not going to support this bill and we expect to see an amendment from ron johnsonost certainly not support this bill. what you're seeing is one of the unique things about the senate, which is the way in which any individual senator can slow the process down and there are tactical decisions to be made by democrats, which is to say maybe it's easier to just give an amendment vote on an issue they care about. that would be faster than letting this senator slow each individual step of the process down. that's kind of the calculation that chuck schumer is making here, to just keep this process going, knowing that as he stands right now, he's got the votes. and it's easier to not give someone a process excuse to oppose the bill or slow it down further when he knows that their amendments are the kind of things that are going to fail anyway. >> is there anything majority leader chuck schumer can do to speed this thing up? he wants to get this done. once we go into recess, they lose all momentum. >> reporter: that's exactly right. i think his office would argue that allowin

we should not be mandating this, but wisconsin republican senator ron johnson says he's spoken to many service members against this call as the fda has not yet approved the covid vaccine. they don't want to be forced to take the vaccine that either isn't fully approved. >> for the full approval process has been short-circuited. any still have confidence the ultimate safety or efficacy of this. >> now kirby said the dod will also develop policies and restrictions for those who are unvaccinated to follow reporting live in washington. i'm basil john. all right. thank you very much. basal. well, coming up next in morning news, a car burst into flames in the south bay than some good samaritans jump into action to keep the fire from spreading. expertly tailored eye care. state-of-the-art eye exams. high quality lenses and frames. because everything we do at lenscrafters is for every sight that makes your life special. book your annual eye exam now. lenscrafters. because sight. darrell's family uses gain flings now so their laundry smells more amazing than ever. book your annual eye exam now.

ron johnson you named him, he's the biggest offender on the house side, that he had been far more afraidbeen black lives matter protesters as opposed to a mob of rioters carrying trump flags and others, certainly ted cruz and others have voiced some support and still voted to not certify joe biden's election, holly, cruz, that day acted in allegiance with those who stormed the capitol but quieter in terms of supporting them since. it's on the house. we've heard from a number of republican congressmen downplaying that day, it was just tourists, it was overblown, these are patriotic americans using their first amendment right to express themselves. they're saying that out of line with the facts, the tragic facts that we're seeing, as the death toll continues to rise as they grapple with the aftermath of that day for months and years to come. >> look at the trump signs everywhere. donald trump trying to deny that this wasn't his riot, this wasn't his insurrection when, in fact, he was cheering it on from the white house, according to republican senators and, of course, called up kevin mccar

if it had been black lives matter ron johnson said that would have been different, i would have been nervous about that with police brutalized with american flags he wasn't concerned about that. you have the representative who was helping push the object in front of the door, the capital doors who later said there was nothing but a punch of tourists going through the capitol that day, just another day. and you have donald trump calling people who savaged police officers, beat police officers up, brutalized them, calling them patriots. which is interesting going from calling them antifa to patriots, all these people carrying trump flags and brutalizing the police. therein lies the real problem. you can have some republicans trying to distance themselves from these insurrectionists, these domestic terrorists and as long as you have the leader in the house of representatives for republicans afraid of his own shadow, afraid to condemn this domestic terrorism, afraid to move against members of his own caucus that say things, it seems on a regular basis, that deserve sanction then you have

senators vote in the afternoon on an amendment from wisconsin republican ron johnson that would prohibit border wall projects from being canceled under the legislation. yesterday, texas republican john cornyn spoke about an amendment that he's proposing that would allow covid-19 relief funds to be used to pay for certain infrastructure projects. >> as we all know by now a bipartisan group of senators worked with the white house over the last several weeks to negotiate a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, and in a lot of hard work went into it, a lot of late nights. and what to thank all of our colleagues that it made a positive contribution in this debate and discussion. and it's particularly important at the time i believe that we do these things on a bipartisan basis, if we can. after much anticipation we finally received a text sunday night, and a lot of what we expected to see we saw, like funding for roads, , bridges, ports,

senator ron johnson says the president is following a pattern like putting the vice president in charge of the border and fixing nothing. >> he puts vice president harris in charge of not fixing that mess. i think the same thing here with the fed chairman powell. we'll blame chairman powell if inflation gets out of control because of my budget, because of my six, seven $7 trillion of deficit spending. reporter: by the way the white house saying that more spending will help settle inflation down. depends who you ask. back to you. neil: it does depend who you ask. edward, thank you very, very much. susan li following the other big story today, the vaccine mandates all of this at a time we're learning at least some of those vaccines might not be as effective we once thought on the delta variant. having said all of that the mandates keep coming and coming. susan, what do you got? reporter: neil a growing list of companies delaying return to the offices. local and state governments demanding vaccinations and companies as well. california we know the first state in the nation to mandate teach

senator ron johnson wisconsin has been critical of the preparation and knowledge beforehand of the januaryaying recently that he suggested the fbi knew or has said in terms of before the attack. did you have any indication the fbi had more information prior to the january 6 attack? guest: when we did the intelligence assessment, we do know a reporter came from the field office the day before, indicating the probability of some actions being taken. direct action or civil disturbance as opposed to peaceful demonstration was possible. we go to the task force in washington dc -- washington, d.c. and it was documented that a member of the capitol police did not receive that report. that report did not get the special handling it should have gotten because it threatened the capitol, both the senate and house. the location where the vice president was going to be. and the president of the united states all within a couple miles of each other outside of the security of the white house. they were going to be exposed by this large group of demonstrators who were going to be on the mall with the inte