quote, louie gohmert lives and sleeps in his capitol office. now he's tested positive he cannot be allowed to quarantine there. he's put members and staff at enough risk already. i wish you well, congressman gohmert, but you need to figure out a better option. yeah, on that point of putting staff members at risk here's where the story goes from bad to much, much worse. after the reporter jake sherman from politico broke the news that congressman gohmert had tested positive he first added this addendum to his story, quote, after this article was published gohmert told his aides in person he'd been infected, end quote. so he did not tell his staff about the test until after politico published an article about it, then he told them in-person. maybe he even gathered them all in the small room to deliver the news. and then jake sherman, the reporter, got this e-mail from a gohmert aide. quote, jake, thank you for letting aerooffice no gohmert tested positive for the coronavirus. when you write your story can you write the fact louie requires full st

one is louis gohmert. he would repeatedly, regularly would sit on the house floor for a long period of time, interact face-to-face with members without wearing a mask. he would sit down next to members, having conversations without a mask. when i caught up with him late last month and asked him why aren't you wearing a mask, he said i don't have the coronavirus. turns as out of yesterday i have never had it, but if i get it, you'll never see me without a mask. but i keep being tested and i don't have it. then i asked him, look, you're -- you can be asymptomatic spreader of this virus which is why the public health experts ask you to wear a mask and he continued on. i'm not afraid of you, but if i get it, i'll wear a mask. he didn't explain when he last tested for this virus. but he was tested yesterday on this trip to -- he planned to take a trip with the president aboard air force 1 to texas. that's when he was tested positive for this virus. then he explained to a local television why he thinks he got th

this is before gohmert got tested. and you had members of congress still not wearing masks on the house floor today even after this. and speaker pelosi now says it's going to be mandatory. but you've got gohmert, some of his colleagues, they just -- they haven't been doing it. they haven't been doing it repeatedly. we see these hearings. and now there's an increasingly partisan divide, not fully. i don't want to say all republicans won't, but that's who isn't not wearing masks. how reckless is it at this point. if you would say to them you've been elected to represent the american people. you're refusing to wear a mask. how reckless are they? >> it's reckless and foolish and it's not modeling really appropriate behavior. as we have learned from time to time, if things can't be persuaded f persons can't be persuaded by good educations and good facts, then we have to mandate it. so, speaker pelosi is saying, all right, the floor of the house is going to be a solid mask floor. you can't go on if you don't wear a mask. and

but gohmert was seen walking near the attorney general without one on. the justice department says barr will be tested again today as lawmakers were sent scrambling to retrace gohmert's steps. the texas congresswoman kay granger announced she'll self-quarantine after sitting next to him on a flight sunday. gohmert once memorably told cnn that if he got covid-19, quote, you'll never see me without a mask. today he attempted to blame his diagnosis on the few times that he has worn one >> i can't help but wonder if by keeping a mask on and keeping it in place that, if i might have put some germs, some of the virus on to the mask and breathed it in. >> reporter: meanwhile president trump is standing by the misinformation spreading doctor he promoted this week. despite facing blowback for elevating her false claim that there is a cure for covid-19. >> she was not alone. she was making a statement about hydroxychloroquine with other doctors that swear by it. they think it's great. >> reporter: stella immanual has a history of making bizarre claims including th

, but gohmert tested positive for coronavirus twice during a screening at the white house. he then returned to the capitol, potentially exposing others, and seemed to blame his mask for getting infected. >> when i have a mask on, i'm-- i'm moving it to make it comfortable. and i can't help but wonder if that put some germs in the mask. >> reporter: "politico" reports it received an e-mail from a gohmert staffer saying he requires a full staff in the office and people are berated for wearing masks. gohmert attended yesterday's judiciary committee hearing and was seen at the capitol not wearing a mask, in the same hallway as attorney general bill barr. barr tested negative today. >> but i happen to be a believer in hydroxy. i used it. i had no problem. >> reporter: today, president trump doubled down on hydroxychloroquine, requiring his own health experts to once again remind americans it doesn't actually work. >> hydroxychloroquine is not effective in treating coronavirus disease or covid-19. >> you don't need a mask. there is a cure. >> reporter: the president admits he has

gohmert found out. the capitol could adopt those practices. the administration has said, we will give you the machines. we have them. they've said, no, it's not a sustainable position. we're not supposed to take positions in my side of the business, chris, but i'm taking this position here because i have to go to the capitol every day, and it's dangerous for my family and it's dangerous for other workers' families that they are not getting tested. we're around people who are not getting tested all the time. >> you know, i wanted to follow up on this, because it's so striking to me that, a, gohmert only finds out because he's going to go to the president, right? so, you've got to sort of play out -- and he says he's asymptomatic and may continue to be. that is something that happens. people have asymptomatic cases and can still transmit. so, you've got to play out -- if he never was going to go -- trump's not going to texas, gohmert's not going it go to him, he doesn't get tested. so then it's just another week or two where he's in the office u

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but gohmert didn't immediately isolate himself. instead, he returned to his kong regulation rational office to tell his staff in person. some members of gohmert's staff telling "politico" the congressman would berate them for wearing a mask and to show what re-opening looked like. democrats slamming his conduct. >> i'm concerned about the irresponsible behavior of many of the republicans who have chosen to consistently flout well-established public health guidance. >> reporter: gohmert isn't owning up to the role his defiance of cdc guidelines may have played in him contracting the virus. instead, he's blaming maskwearing without any evidence. >> in the last week or two, i have worn a mask more than i have in the last four months. i can't help but wonder if by keeping a mask on and keeping it in place that if i might've some germs, some of the virus onto the mask and breathed it in. i don't know. >> reporter: as for president trump, he's inched away from his anti-mask stance recently. but he is still focused on promoting a drug sci

i would say to representative gome rhmer gohmert, it's not exhibit "a." it's a through z because it's just another notch in this confusion and misinformation, and to kind of comment that potentially mask wearing is actually promoting the virus just goes counter not only to the evidence but by kind of lighting that fuse, it just promotes some of the thinking that's already existed around a mask being political, a mask not being effective, and we are beyond that. i mean, you have heard many of my own colleagues call for a national mask mandate. we're not going to get that, but when you see states, including many red states now, chuck, who have clearly gone to a mandate indoors and effectively outdoors, that should tell you something. and doing this at this hour, you know, it's destructive. >> i want to ask you, in fact, there's a report out today of some, and this is early studies, but that covid patients that survive are reporting some heart-related problems. what can you tell us about this study and what should we take away from it? >> yeah, the principle

gohmert, to tell his staff to come in, in person, and require them to be there. then berate people, mock people for wearing masks, again, is so -- it's mind-boggling to me. we have a situation where 151,000 people died. if we continue, we will be at 200,000 people dead within a couple of weeks. these republicans, trump, louie gohmert, i could name others, who walk around without masks knowing that this is putting everyone in harm's way, it is killing americans. it is a simple thing. and so that's why i tweeted today, wear a damn mask. congresswoman jayapal, thank you for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence. >> that is tonight's "the last word." "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts right now. >>> good evening once again. day 1,287 of this trump administration leaving 97 days until the presidential election. the president was in texas campaigning before a largely unmasked crowd in the midst of a ravages that state. his visit came as texas set a new there was a new single day death toll of 313. trump didn't mention that or the t

was a part of turning general bill bars hearing where many on the hill say gohmert was not wearing a mask in the halls of congress issuing this response via his twitter after his test results came back showing that he's asymptomatic listen here. look i want to mine as the last. than i have in the whole last 4 months and i was wondering ask the judiciary hearing it is interesting and i don't know about everybody but when i have a mask. moving to make it comfortable and i can no wonder. you're . in the mask you keep your hands off your mask well since that release gohmert was called out by video showing gohmert walking with attorney general bill barr just before tuesday's hearing not socially distance both not wearing a mask this now forcing bar to get tested himself immediately for coronavirus critics calling gohmert careless and not getting tested regularly like what gohmert has said one tweeting actually the reason he found out he even was covert positive was because he was going to texas with trump otherwise he likely would have been all over the capitol without a mask now despite

well since that release gohmert was called out by video showing gohmert walking with attorney general bill barr just before tuesday's hearing not socially distance both not wearing a mask this now forcing bar to get tested himself immediately for coronavirus critics calling gomer careless and not getting tested regularly like what gohmert has said one tweeting actually the reason he found out he even was covert positive was because he was going to texas with trump otherwise he likely would have been all over the capitol without a mask now despite the big shake up trump still travel to midland texas for a campaign fundraiser and a tour of an oil rig a double eagle energy now the oil and gas industry has taken quite a hit from covert 19. well my administration is fighting for workers like you the radical left have you ever heard of the radical left run you don't want to hear about them you don't want to know about them is finding to abolish american energy destroy the oil and gas industries and wipe out your jobs washington democrats is a brace rep ocasio good job is the only $100.00 tr

gohmert has been at this for a long time. he's got headlines that go back from the dallas observer saying he's leading america's dumb revolution, years before donald trump was president. he said things like al qaeda is pretending -- they're sending people over the american boarder who are just pretending to be migrants but they're really al qaeda. he said he wants to put gay people on an island to see if they die out. he's been doing this for a while. and the problem is, the kind of thinking that he represents is broad, but it's also dangerous when it also bleeds over into mask denial and pretending covid isn't real. are you concerned in the republican party this sort of cultural of no-nothingism that is setting in that will outlive donald trump? >> of course it will. the republican party is an empty and principleless organization. i'm remiss, joy, not congratulating you on the show, but as you were introducing the segment about gohmert, i could only think about you playing the david attenobro role in a wildlife -- with gohme

let's drive in on louie gohmert. doctor, he finds out he has coronavirus and tells the staff in person and as you just heard in the sound bite, speculates he might have gotten the virus from wearing a mask. this is a sitting member of congress, dr. gounder, your response. >> i have to say i'm a little confused of how that would work unless he had virus on his hands and he was mutting his hands under the mask to infect himself. >> come on. >> i don't see how this could have happened. if he's wearing a mask, that should have been protective, not the cause of infection. >> isn't this just irresponsible? extraordinarily irresponsible to say this? >> i think it is extraordinary irresponsible. i think has endangered the health of his fellow members of congress as well as his staff. and i really do hope that this starts to change some of those minds, if not his, about wearing a mask. >> how is it, gloria, that lawmakers who the public has entrusted to make major decisions, right, to keep their own health and well being in c

khan, that kind of mask that louie gohmert is wearing does not appear to work. it's a face covering, it's a bandanna. >> let me keep going about this anti-mask concept. the other thing is, if he hadn't had the mask on at all, so forget the -- he had to touch it, that virus would essentially have gone right to his mouth and nose anyway. it had to get on the mask somehow, right? and it got on the mask because somebody coughed while talking to him or spoke while talking to him. so unless he believes that louie pastor was completely wrong in 1859 about spontaneous generation, masks don't grow viruses all by themselves on them. so he should not have been touching the mask, and if he had to the been touching the mask, it would have protected him, which is what it is supposed to do. >> i wouldn't be so sure about louie gohmert's opinions on louis pastor. this is science and science is not something that impresses him in any way. dr. khan, i've always liked you because of the comic books you put behind you, but now i love you because i know you're involved with major le

what happened is louie gohmert was exposed to the virus. sure, scientists have been saying that you fiddle with the mask, you could be at risk, right? because you're touching things. sure. highly unlikely for this. so here's the fix. don't fiddle with the mask. put it on and keep it on. really, pretty simple. and let's remember. the main point of wearing a mask is to protect others. it might give you some protection, as well. but, first and foremost, it is to protect others. others, like congressman raul, who is self-quarantining now, after being near congressman gohmert during a hearing yesterday. and congresswoman kay granger, also quarantining after sitting next to gohmert on a flight. and then, there is the attorney general, bill barr, who was also near gohmert yesterday. they were seen in the hall. there they are. oh, look. neither of them. look. no masks. no masks. the attorney general tested negative for the virus today. but for someone who claims he has been wearing a mask so -- so much lately, we sure do see congressman louie gohme

gohmert had. the key thing is it protects other people because if you are sick and you may be sick and you not know it, as you breathe out, if you sneeze or cough or if you speak loudly, for instance, if you raise your voice at a hearing, you expel droplets into the air that carry the virus that is responsible for, as of today, 150,000 deaths in this country. if you wear a mask, the mask prevents those droplets from reaching out to other people and infecting them. and if everyone does that, well, then we all protect each other and we reduce the sum total amount of infection. and that is why you wear a mask. so it was probably pretty upsetting to everyone who has been around louie gohmert, especially the people in that hearing yesterday, to find out today he tested positive for the cover. coronavirus. the 66-year-old congressman says he is asymptomatic. he was well enough to do a local news interview in which he blamed masks for getting sick. the congressman also found out he was positive only beca

of course, we wish congressman gohmert good health, but it's dangerous. i don't think speaker pelosi had any choice. it's kind of unfortunate it came to this, almost like an elementary school rule, but sometimes there's no other choice. >> i also want to address "the new york times" report on the president. using racist fears to court votes. how do you think this is going to impact his 2020 campaign? it seems fairly transparent when you're looking at some of the polling why it is he is doing this because obviously someone has gone in his ear and said, look, you're not doing well in the suburbs, so the president is now playing on the fears of folks, the racist fears of folks. >> yeah. this is kind of an oldie but goody tactic that goes back to the 1960s t barry goldwater days when people were moving out to the suburbs in the years after world war ii, but the suburbs have changed an awful lot since trump was even developing housing, his family was. the suburbs, however you want to define them, are much more mixed now, much more diverse like the rest of the

in may gohmert and other house republicans met with trump at the white house. they were all not wearing masks. take a listen to what he said then. >> and i do want to advise our media friends before they write stories about how we didn't wearing a masks and we didn't possibly socially distance adequately, that you saw to it that we had tests and that nobody in here has the coronavirus, unless it's somebody in the media. so the only reason we would wearing a masks is if we were trying to protect ourselves from you, in the media, and we're not scared of you. so that's why we can be here like this. >> they are afraid of the media. in fact, the media is tested at the white house. we should take that that very clear and they are tested often if they are going anywhere near the president. going to cnn senior congressional correspondent manu raju joining us now from capitol hill. ing senator gohmert was scheduled to travel with the president. >> reporter: yes. he tested positive for the virus and now is not traveling along with the president in air force one down to t

after frequently refusing to wear a facemask around the capitol, republican congressman louie gohmert has tested positive for coronavirus but don't worry, his neck is fine that's right, republican congressman louie gohmert has tested positive for coronavirus. "who could have seen this coming," said gohmert about today's date president trump yesterday criticized fox news for their coverage of clashes between protesters and federal agents in portland, but said it was quote, "too complicated to discuss in a tweet. also too complicated to discuss in a tweet, the difference between two and to better be careful with those the secret grammar police are going to throw you into a unmarked van education secretary betty devos traveled to north carolina yesterday to advocate for the reopening of schools i guess as a kind a "scared straight" thing to illustrate the importance of education. "without teachers who care, they could end up like me." no thought at all went into that impression, so hopefully it was in the ballpark. president trump tweeted yesterday about watching fox news while flying on

gohmert's diagnosis came after he was tested by the white house ahead of a planned trip to west texas with president trump aboard air force one. after testing positive, gohmert returned to his office on capitol hill, where he told a texas tv station he had sometimes woworn a mask in r ret ys. if by''t help but w wonderr kekeeping a mask o on and kekeet ,nin place t that if i might hae some virus on, the mask and breathed it in. amy: asked by a politico reporter for comment, an aide to congressmember gohmert wrote "thank you for letting our office know louie tested positive for the coronavirus." the aide added "when you write your story, can you include the fact that louie requires full staff to be in the office, including three interns, so that 'we could be an example to america on how to open up safely.' when probing the office, you might want to ask how often were people berated for wearing masks." the unnamed aide told this to politico. texas congressmember kay granger has gone into self-quarantine after she sat next to congress member gohmert on a weekend flight. congressmember go

i've spent a lot of time watching louie gohmert around the house floor. he sits with his members -- sits next to them. stands next to them and interacts at length without wearing a mask, just a couple of weeks ago i asked louie gohmert why does he not wear a mask? he said i don't have the coronavirus. turns out as yesterday i've never had it and if i get it you'll never see me without a mask and i mentioned to him that health experts have said that asymptomatic people, people not showing signs or symptoms could spread it to other people which is why they recommend people wearing a mask particularly when they can't social distance and he told me, but i keep getting tested and i don't have it. so i'm not afraid of you, but if i get it i'll wear a mask. so he, yesterday was at the house judiciary committee hearing with bill barr, the attorney general and he was spotted outside of the hearing room interacting with the attorney general not wearing a mask also. now we are told separately that bill barr is expected to get tested today as well, but clearly, a sig

because to work for louie gohmert, generally, you've got to be a true believer in the gohmert cause, whatever that might be. and the fact that that person, and sounds like other people in his office felt that their boss, who was elected to respect that district in texas, put their personal health and safety in jeopardy in a very aggressive way is remarkable. >> it's one thing when you risk your own life. when you're risking other people's lives, it's a totally different calculation. doctor, i want to talk about where we are this morning. we're seeing this rise in daily death counts. the number of new cases seems to have plateaued some in certain states. what does that tell you in terms of how the virus can be controlled and is that a reason in and of itself to say, hey, what we're doing is working. is it enough, in other words? if you do plateau and don't drop at that level, is it enough? >> plateauing in cases is good news. there's still a two-week lag between cases and a three-week lag and deaths, so it doesn't mean anything can stop. and unfortunately, when you look at the test po

mccarthy: made it long before representative gohmert was tested and before democrats got covid. i wrote a letter to the speaker more than 100 days ago and i actually wrote a plan in the minority on how to safely and clearly open up congress. not bringing everybody back at once but bringing the committees back where you have to do the work and putting in a bigger-sized room so you have the distance capability of doing it. i don't know if you want to go place by place but i watch the democrats many times without masks and i watch democrats who don't show up to work and don't get paid. and i watch a democrat from arizona sitting on a boat and getting paid. everyone runs here on their own merit. if you are asking what responsibility i have, yes. i have laid out a plan that the speaker has never done anything on nor has she allowed testing in this building. there are people that can wear a mask. there are people who wash their hands and can have no symptoms and have covid. and that person can be walking around the floor putting their card in a box to vote where every other member goe

republican congressman louie gohmert testing positive for coronavirus. the texas republican was seen walking behind attorney general william barr yesterday on capitol hill. neither were wearing a mask. and then they went into the hearing room. yesterday another committee meeting, again no mask. manu raju is live for us on capitol hill. tell us what you're hearing there and what lawmakers are saying, manu? >> reporter: well, lawmakers are taking aback by it, because a number of them have been in contact with louie gohmert, or have seen him interacting with members on the floor of the house. as he's been doing frequently for weeks now and it is something that i've observed watching from the house gallery, watching him interact with members sitting down next to them on the house floor, talking to them. i i've never seen him wearing a mask on the house floor. as he's carried on. in fact, i'm asked him directly why he didn't want to wear a mask and he said, in late june, if i get the coronavirus, i will wear it and then i said to him, well if you could be an

his boy gohmert was struck stupid by the virus, apparently. he nonsensicly blames the mask for giving him covid. >> i can't help but think if i hadn't been wearing a mask so much in the last ten days or so, i really wonder if i would have gotten it, but i know, you know, moving the mask around, getting it just right, i'm bound to have put some virus on the mask that i sucked in. that's most likely what happened. >> no, that is not most likely what happened. what that is is dumb on display right there. just yesterday, gohmert was on the hill, walking behind attorney general bill barr, both without masks on. oh, i've been wearing it so much. yeah, just not every time you're seen in public. barr had to get tested today. and we just learned the result came back negative, thank god. we do not need our leaders sick, okay? and i hope it stays that way. no mask wearing is contagious among the noncourageous. congressman jim jordan, another republican who wants to please the president, had to be reminded today to put his on. look at this. >> mr. bezos,

today, gohmert announced he's tested positive himself. >> i'm asymptomatic. i don't have any of the symptoms that are listed as part of covid-19. >> reporter: the congressman has frequently been spotted on the hill without a mask. sources tell us his staff has even been scolded for wearing them. >> masks really complicate things. this is the first time in american history when we have punished or restricted people who are not sick. >> reporter: just yesterday, he was seen walking alongside attorney general bill barr, neither of them in a mask. barr's staff says the attorney general is now getting tested. the congressman sat for hours in two separate hearings yesterday. tonight, senior lawmakers from both parties going into quarantine. gohmert himself only learned he was positive because he was required to take a test before he was set to fly with the president. >> now that i apparently have it, i will be very, very careful to make sure i don't give it to anybody else. >> reporter: today, as he prepared to drive to texas to self-quarantine, gohmert promised to

texas republican congressman louie gohmert planning to travel on air force one with the president tweeting that he has tested positive. >> i'm asymptomatic but apparently i have the wuhan virus. >> reporter: gohmert frequently seen without a mask even for part of yesterday, today blamed mask wearing, without any evidence. >> i can't help but wonder if, by keeping a mask on, and keeping it in place, that if i might have put some germs, some virus onto the mask and breathed it in. >> reporter: it all comes as the president is digging in after retweeting a video of doctors monday promoting the controversial drug hi chloroq and saying social distancing and wearing masks is unnecessary, the doctor at the forefro forefront peddles in conspiracy theories. >> making a statement about hydroxychloroquine with other doctors that swear by it she was not alone. >> reporter: top nih doctor anthony fauci said studies show hydroxychloroquine is not effective at treating covid. >> when there's a video out there for a bunch of people spouting something that isn't true, the only recourse you have is to be ve

and there he is yesterday walking in front of the texas gop rep gohmert who had coronavirus. but he didn't know that until he missed his free ride home to texas on air force one because he tested positive for coronavirus. louie was in a hearing room with the chairman jerry nadler. jerry has pre-existing conditions that make him more vulnerable to the coronavirus. the senior aide is 77 years old who make him vulnerable. louie is a danger not only to himself but every one in the house of representatives. after they broke, nancy pelosi ordered a mask mandate. when the news was broken that he tested positive, that was the first time that louie gohmert's staff heard about it. wh later jake tweeted -- and he said he thinks he might have gotten coronavirus from the bandana he was wearing across his face. there is video of louie saying that. we won't show that because we don't want to show how ignorant that is. so tonight there are 4,433,411 confirmed cases and as of tonight there has been 151,821 deaths. florida set a state record for the second consecutive day with 217 new deaths,

wear masks while on the floor after texas congressman louie gohmert testified positive for covid-19 attorney general bill barr was tested, after being with goem effort after tuesday us to hearing barr tested negative. >> round of talks between the white house and congress, on a new covid-19 stlufr bill set for today, no compromise in site just yet. . >> we are still very far apart on a lot of issues there is a supr subset of issues we agree on overall far from agreement the president is very focused on the issue of unemployment. maria: republicans proposing a second round of 1200 dollars stimulus checks for americans making less than $75,000 a year, democrats want to extended that 600 dollar weekly unemployment benefits, republicans want to cut that amount to 200 dollars a week, because many people are making

we will explain and louie gohmert diagnosed with covid-19. and he also joins us to talk about that straight ahead. ♪ ♪ >> sean: all right, the aftermath of yesterday's despicable excuse for a congressional hearing, really just an all day campaign hearing for joe biden. one nugget went under reported come attorney general william barr left the door wide open for a release of the probes result before the 2020 election. speaker pelosi showed just how low democrats will go taking this cheap shot at our attorney general. treat it almost like garbage yesterday. why anybody would ever want to serve, after talking to these idiots come i don't know why. take a look. >> he is like a ball lob. he was just a -- hinch man for the president of the united states. >> sean: i think that was the role eric holder when he actually said he's taking on that role. joyless behar over that they are at the hard-hitting show, abc's "the view," the democrat disaster showing by making this truly, well, typical but nonsensical argument. take a look. >> oh, i thought t

republican louie gohmert of texas, often seen without a mask. without basis, he blamed the face coverings for his diagnosis. >> when i have a mask on, i'm moving it to make it comfortable. i can't help but wonder if that, you know, puts some germs in the mask. does not have any symptoms right now. meanwhile, speaker of the house nancy pelosi issued an order, everybody in the house, including staff and members of congress, must wear a face covering. >> dr. fauci also spoke about the importance of not only wearing the mask, but maybe even eye protection, like goggles or a shield. >> reporter: yeah, you know, a lot of people have these. i have them with me all the time in case i'm in a specific environment in which maybe i need the eye protection. certainly on a plane or in an airport. dr. fauci addressed the effectiveness of goggles. >> theoretically, you should protect all the surfaces. so if you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it. i mean, it's not universally recommended, but if you really

today congressman louie gohmert is the latest with covid-19. he was denied access to air force one. >> i can't help but wonder if by keeping a mask on, if i might not have put germs on it and brooes broo breathed it on. but i got it. >> if you missed it, he is apparently blaming the mask wearing for getting it. two were seen talking outside the hearing room , neither witha mask. william barr was tested today and was negative. nancy pelosi has mandated masks. >>> and there is concern. the president said during his recent call with vladimir putin. he said he never raised the bounties on the heads of our men and women in afghanistan. >> did you discuss that? >> no. we had other things to discuss about. many people said it was fake news. some from the bush administration, not friends of mine, said it was a fake issue. there is proliferation. we did not discuss that. >> you never discussed it with him? >> no. i would, i have no problem with it. >> it's interesting, nobody brings up china. they bring up russia. they didn't think it was world. if it r

gohmert? rep. gohmert: attorney general barr, we have been hearing about these peaceful protests in major cities around the country controlled by democratic mayors and city councils. you have had a lot of experience. have you ever seen so many people hurt, injured, and killed at peaceful protests in your life? a.g. barr: i have not seen it, not at a peaceful protest. as i have said from the beginning, the peaceful protests in many places are being hijacked by a hard-core of instigators, violent instigators. they become violent and their primary direction of violence is to injure police. police casualties far exceed anything on the civilian side. rep. gohmert: weren't there over 50 police injured in chicago in recent days? now i am hearing this allegation that this administration is helping spread the coronavirus. covid-19. and yet these are some of the same people that just castigated the president for shutting down travel from the location where the virus was coming from. now some seem more intere

today republican congressman louie gohmert of texas is the latest who's tested positive with covid-19. he was about to board "air force one" in a trip with the president. in a statement the congressman offered a theory about his infection. >> i can't help but wonder if by keeping a mask on and keeping it in place that if i might have put some germs, some of the virus onto the mask and breathed it in. i don't know. but i got it. we'll see what happens from here. >> if you missed the knew wauns there, gohmert is apparently blaming his mask wearing for the coronavirus. he's on the house judiciary committee, took part in yesterday's hearing with the attorney general. the two were seen talking outside of the hearing room, neither with a mask. he was tested today. he is negative. speaker pelosi has mandated a mask be warn on the floor of the house of representatives. coupled with concern in the u.s., there's growing alarm over his handling of a key global rival. in a portion of an interview with axios, the president said during his recent call with vladimir putin, he never raised those repo

gohmert: thank you for your service. i'm sorry for the abuse you have to do hen you're trying your job. i appreciate you very much. i yield back. gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the from tennessee for five minutes. chair.nk you, mr. firstly, i would like to ask you f you will work with us and allow the head of the civil rights division, assistant general eric dryband to testify before this committee this fall. to him r: i'll talk about it. >> will you encourage him? him barr: i'll talk to about it. >> all right. taken ly watched actions lafayette park in june. 1,500 federal agents from 10 different agencies were deployed confront protesters in washington, d.c. t lafayette park, long been honored and accepted as a place of protest in our nation's of tol, on the first day june, the world watched in horror on live television as agents deployed by the administration and with you present and telling them to get done, you scorched to clear laugh yacht park with you and your side could washing across the park

congressman louie gohmert tested positive for covid. and house speaker nancy pelosi mandating masks be worn on the floor. that said, the mandate literally only covers so much. the problem of testing, of course, remains very real. joining us now, the speaker, herself, madam speaker, thank you for being with us. this new mandatory mask mandate you have instituted for the house chambers, my understanding, it doesn't apply to the office buildings or hallways. would you like it to? and do you think it should extend to both chambers, frankly, or the entire capitol kblek complex? >> well, yes, floor of the house. the members may not come on to the floor of the house unless they have a mask. and directed the sergeant arms to refuse exit/entry into the hall, if people don't have on a mask. and we have masks there, for them. the sergeant arms will issue the regulations and the rest, probably, tomorrow. and, with it, what goes with it for the other -- other rooms in the capitol, other -- what happens in the other office buildings that are on capit

gohmert himself only learned he was positive because he was required to take a test before he was set to fly with the president. >> now that i apparently have it, i will be very, very careful to make sure i don't give it to anybody else. >> reporter: today, as he prepared to drive to texas to self-quarantine, he promised to wear a mask, quote, religiously. >> all right, so, let's get to mary tonight. we know moments ago, house speaker nancy pelosi announcing anyone on the house floor must wear a mask. mary, you reported there tonight that joe biden is taking aim again at the president and his handling of the pandemic, but biden making news himself overnight, after that image appears of his own notes while speaking to reporters before we came on the air last night. in those notes, we could all see the talking points on senator kamala harris. a lot of people trying to read the tea leaves in the last 24 hours. >> reporter: david, photographers there getting a glimpse of biden's notes yesterday and right there on top, talking points about senator kamala harris. now under consideration to

plus louie gohmert will be hereu he just tested positive for covid-19. we will talk about that and more. but we begin tonight withne new york city. it is deteriorating before our very eyes all because of what is the pathetic leadership of theet mayor de blasio and the governor cuomo. just take a look, america, this is the beginning of what the funding the police looks like, and a brief review of what joe biden's america will look like for these insane lunatics let violent criminals outside and mass using coronavirus as an excuse, let felony offenders out of jail scot-free because of these idiotic new york laws, zero bel law. get arrested, you get released. it's like that. to top it off, the mayor has now slashed the nypd budget by $1 million. the tragic results speak for themselves. shootings are up 73% over last year. murders up 29%. there have been over 11,000 felony assaults so far this ye year. cuomo, de blasio should be ashamed because safety and security is the number one job of any elected official in their failing prayer that's only the tip of th

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