The seven Republican senators who joined all 50 Democrats in voting to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 riot in the Capitol are now facing heat from conservatives in their home states. CNBC’s Kayla Tausche reports on the divisions within the Republican Party. CNBC’s Contessa Brewer reports Nancy Pelosi is calling for a commission similar to the 9/11 Commission to investigate the riot. Jesse McKinley from the Albany bureau of The New York Times reports Governor Cuomo’s response to allegations that he was not transparent regarding nursing home deaths related to Covid-19. The makers of Covid-19 vaccines are also figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations. Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University School of Public Health, discusses the pace of vaccination and the variants popping up around the world, as well as the spike in cases caused by those variants.
