News Wrap: Pelosi announces select committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack

Judy Woodruff:

In the day's other news: A moment of reckoning in Canada grew even darker. Indigenous groups announced investigators have found some 600 graves where a school once stood. The Roman Catholic Church ran the school for Indian children in Saskatchewan from 1899 to 1997. Last month, 215 sets of remains were found at a similar site in British Columbia.

President Biden pledged today that thousands of Afghan interpreters for the U.S. military will be evacuated as American forces leave. Some 50,000 Afghans could be relocated to other countries, pending entry to the U.S. It is fear their lives could be in danger once the U.S. withdrawal is completed.

The Associated Press reports the pullout will be largely finished in two weeks.

The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has officially announced a select committee will investigate the January assault on the U.S. Capitol. Democrats had wanted a bipartisan commission, but Senate Republicans blocked that.

Today, Pelosi said that Congress can't wait any longer to get the full story of January 6.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA):

It is imperative that we establish the truth of that day and ensure that an attack of that kind cannot happen and that we root out the causes of it all.

The select committee will investigate and report on the facts and the causes of the attack. And it will make — report recommendations for the prevention of any future attack.

Judy Woodruff:

It's not known yet who will serve on the new committee or how long the investigation will last.

A state appeals court today suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York. The court condemned his false claims as President Trump's attorney that the 2020 election was stolen. Lawyers for Giuliani said they will appeal.

President Biden hit the road today to push COVID vaccinations. His visit to Raleigh, North Carolina, followed word that the nation will miss his goal of vaccinating 70 percent of U.S. adults, at least partially, by July 4.

Meanwhile, San Francisco has become the first U.S. city to require that municipal workers be inoculated. The mandate takes effect once a vaccine has full federal approval. Right now, vaccines are being dispensed on an emergency basis.

The Biden administration has extended a ban on evictions for another 30 days to — excuse me — to July 31 to help those unable to pay rent during the pandemic. But the CDC said today that this is to be the final extension. Realtors and landlords from Alabama and Georgia have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the moratorium.

And on Wall Street today, stocks got a push from news of the bipartisan infrastructure agreement in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 322 points to close at 34196. The Nasdaq rose 98 points to yet another record high. The S&P 500 added 24.

Still to come on the "NewsHour": how the pandemic caused the largest drop in life expectancy since World War II; the growing national controversy over teaching race in public schools; and much more.