visits with unvaccinated people from a single household who are at low risk of covid-19 disease indoors without wearing a mask or physical distancing. and refrain from quarantine and testing following a known covid-19 exposure if the vaccinated person remains asymptomatic. so far, more than 30 million americans have been fully vaccinated, which is more than the total number of confirmed infections nationwide. today the u.s. surpassed 29 million cases. it sparked new concerns about the spread of more infection shows variants just as more states reopen and lift their mask mandates. joining me a emergency medicine physician and medical director at the baylor college of medicine. alwaysia to he sue. i wonder what you think about the new guidelines that so many people have been waiting for. are they what you expected? there definitely some parts of the guidelines that are what i expected. we have been vaccinating people in this country for the last three months. we have over 3
can get is 10 years. he was about to turn 70 years old. that s a long time for somebody of that age. he is going to be spending more time in jail at least until the sentencing. let s bring in the experts. gloria gorger is here and what do you think? what are the ramifications? they asking about the former campaign chairman. what we don t know the details of is who paul manafort will be providing information against and about what he will be providing information against. i have no doubt that the special counsel s office in their communications with him will be asking about a range of issues going from the russia investigation and the trump
implies that they re talking to one another during that whole chain of events. it s not plausible otherwise. michael, do you believe robert mueller would permit don jr. to claim attorney/client privilege with conversations with his father and if not, what mechanisms could he use to force trump junior? mueller was the authority to seek contempt hearing before a judge as well for failure to answer. i don t believe that mueller will find that assertion of attorney/client privilege to be availing. and i think that if he continues to refuse it this way, it s going to be tantamount to disaster for his team, because it will be viewed as obstruction by mueller and be added to this obstruction of justice mosaic that they re both building for one another. gloria, i know you ve got a question for the congressman. congressman, i just want to know what you think about bringing in hope hicks now before your committee. i mean, doesn t she become more of a central figure, because she
availing. i think if he continues to refuse it this way, it s going to be tantamount to disaster for his team because it will be viewed as obstruction by mueller and be added to the obstruction of justice mosaic that they re both building for one another. gloria, i know you ve got a question for the congressman. congressman, i just want to know what you think about bringing in hope hicks now before your committee. doesn t she become more of a central figure because she was the conduit between donald trump jr. and his father, sickparticuy on air force one? certainly relevant because of prior reports as well with her role in the firing of james comey, but we want to interview anyone who was involved in the june 9th meeting or who was involved in the statement about the june 9th meeting. and so, you know, i ll leave it to our ranking member and chairman to hopefully sort that out. but i don t see how an
investigation would be complete without her. can i ask one more thing. why do you think don junior was reluctant today? why do you think he didn t want to answer that question about his conversation with his father? i can t speak to his motives, i can just tell you as a former prosecutor, it s usually when you re seeking to protect somebody when you don t answer a direct question when you demonstrate that you have information on it. congressman, gloria, michael, thank you very much. coming up, the president, the rnc and stoeve bannon all i roy moore s corner now. i ll speak with moore s campaign spokeswoman next. also ahead, the latest on raging wildfires in southern california. the images unbelievable. the evacuations, a freeway shut down at one point. we ll have the latest. wa abbit! (train whistle blowing) hey, thomas. that s not how you get a rabbit. if you want a rabbit, you ask for a pony and then let them work you back down. mm-hmm. you re up! what if aunt joy wants th