House speaker Nancy Pelosi has named another Republican to the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. In addition to Rep. Liz Cheney, Pelosi has added Rep. Adam Kinziger, another critic of former President Trump. This comes after Pelosi rejected two other picks from Kevin McCarthy. It seems that it will be incredibly difficult to produce a report that does not seem partisan. Ginger Gibson, deputy Washington digital editor at NBC News, joins us for this, how the surge of coronavirus cases in the unvaccinated will impact the Biden agenda, and the CIA is now looking into Havana Syndrome cases.




Next, the debate about marijuana in sports was reignited recently when Sha'Carri Richardson was denied a spot in the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive, but what does the science say... does it actually help? The short answer is no. There's no scientific evidence that it can make athletes bigger, stronger, or faster. In fact, it can increase heart rates and is especially damaging to the lungs if smoked. However, elite athletes and even regular people say that it can help them recover from tough workouts, reduce pain, improve sleep, and most of all, calm nerves and alleviate anxiety. Anahad O'Connor, health reporter at the NY Times, joins us for more.

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