increase in medical tourists heading south of the border coming up. on page 1 of that threat assessment, china, among the fascinating details, how beijing is doubling its efforts to sway local politicians in the u.s. as a way to gain some diplomatic breathing room with washington. but we start with the brand new litmus test for republicans, being forced to publicly choose sides following the latest release of videos from january 6th. for a second straight night, fox news host tucker carlson perpetuated the lie that the insurrection was a mostly peaceful group of meek and orderly people who were sightseeing that characterization drew an angry, even visceral reaction from some republicans, although not all of them. i think what happened on january 6th was despicable, if you disagree with something congress is doing or not doing, you can t try to take over the capitol. tucker carlson that january 6th was i don t know what tucker carlson said. he said it was mostly
the entire memphis police department after the brutal beating of tyre nichols. plus, the man behind the decision to shoot suspicious balloons out of the sky testifying on capitol hill. congress is demanding some answers today to a long list of questions about how all of that went down. also, what we re learning from the wife of one of the four americans kidnapped in mexico, as her husband is being treated in a texas hospital. and trip delayed, the massive protests in israel, so big, so disruptive, the u.s. defense secretary just pushed back his planned trip. our nbc news reporters are all around the country and the world with the very latest. first, we begin in the middle east where the defense secretary will now be going, we believe, tomorrow, but as that latest round of violence leaves at least six palestinians dead, raf sanchez in te aviv, tell us about this delay, what we know about it, and what will he be walking into? reporter: well, chris, secretary austin s plan
wagovi in 2021, the drugs have become wildly popular. i have concerns about off label use. reporter: medical professionals worry people are using them who don t really need them, leading to shortages. i would hope that weight watchers would put some guide rails on the use of somalatide. they should not be recommending it to people who only want to lose 5 or 10 pounds. how will weight watchers prevent people who shouldn t be on these medications from getting these medications? first, the decision to be on a medication is going to be based on the individual member and their health care provider. reporter: stephanie gosk, nbc news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports . let s get right to it. at this hour, a federal review, the doj will now examine