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>> yeah, anderson, we just learned that temporary fencing that actually surrounded the capitol people will remember for months after january 6th. well, it might go back up. a source is telling our ryan nobles that capitol police have, in fact, formally requested to the capitol police board that the fence be temporarily put in place ahead of september 18th. sources are telling our team that it is likely tell they will approve that request for the fencing. we are told, though, it would be a smalle...

Turned out that there wasnt a lot of transmission in schools. was there? or was it just because the delta variant -- is it all the delta variant? is that the difference? >> i -- i think that -- thats a big part of it but i will tell you what is interesting, anderson. right now, you know, this labor day weekend compared to a year ago, we have three and a half-times more viral spread. three and a half-times more cases this year, versus last year. we have a -- >> thats crazy. >> -- vaccine. its cra...

Again. but -- um -- the machinations of the republican party in terms of increasing amounts of voter suppression bills that theyre trying to pass in every state. plus, the -- their willingness to push donalds second big lie that the january-6th insurrection didnt happen or wasnt a big deal. or the insurrectionists were actually great patriots. um, leads me to believe that he may decide that if he runs, he wont lose. he also has a lot of incentive to get back into the oval office because it would...

Doing adequate testing in this country which is really frustrating. that people cannot wake up every morning, and simply know are they contagious or not? we -- the technology exists to do that but were not doing it. but what we do know as you have been reporting on, anderson, is hospitals are becoming overwhelmed with patients in some parts of the country. regular-elective cases are getting cancelled. other non-covid-related diseases are getting substandard care, as a result of that. so, masks w...

So, what are you learning about the new messaging push inside the white house? >> when you talk to white house officials, they make clear this is the critical moment for the legislative agenda and they want to sharpen their message. they want to move it toward a more populous direction but more than anything else, anderson, they want to simplify it. you have seen it a little over the past couple days but we have also obtained a series of messaging memos that are being sent to democrats on capito...

In many cases, standing in the way of it. but private businesses who want to see this economy get back into good shape, they are in the position to start mandating to their employees. start giving it a pretty clear indication that if you want to get people back out of their houses again, give people some confidence to get back -- you know, there was that glimmer. this moment in the summer, anderson, as we all remember when people sort of began to feel as if things were getting back to normal and...

Democratic counterparts on capitol hill, president biden believes this comes down to a simple proposition, scranton pa versus park avenue. >> which is a theme he hit on during the campaign. >> yeah. no question. they think that is where president bidens at his strongest. and thats the message they believe democrats need to convey twh comes to this package. yes, the components of it or the types of policies the democrats have dreamed about for years. now, it is the real opportunity to do somethin...

That they heard before january 6th, they should be taking better preparations and taking those -- that -- those conversations more seriously. >> so, jessica, i understand congressional leaders are expected to get security briefings in the coming days about it. >> yeah, we actually learned, anderson, there was one today. there was a briefing by -- attended by at least one member of the january-6th select committee. congresswoman zoe lofgren. we understand it was about an hour. they got a briefing...

Correspondent, josh campbell. former-fbi special agent. so, josh, what does it tell you the capitol police has formally requested the fence be -- or a smaller fence be put up back around the capitol ahead of this rally? are they just being -- i mean, is that an abundance of caution that no one wants to be the person who said, oh, no, you dont need the fence? >> anderson, i interviewed tom manger, the new capitol police chief after he took the job and he wasnt there on the day of the january-6th ...

It was after he made the video. you know, they were trying to distance themselves. there were an awful lot of republicans, initially, trying to distance themselves from the attackers. saying, look, im not even sure -- those were probably antifa people in costumes. im not even sure they were really trump people. i have heard from a lot of trump supporters, you know, it was a false-flag operation. i guess, they have abandoned that line of argument. and now, theyre fully embracing them as trump sup...