| "We're not in a good place. We absolutely need a bipartisan commission to study what happened," - Rep. Liz Cheney on the push for a 9/11 commission on the Jan. 6th insurrection.
Welcome to "Face the Nation"'s Five at Five newsletter. Scroll down for your five takeaways from today's broadcast of "Face the Nation" with Margaret Brennan on CBS. Did someone forward you this? Sign-up at cbsnews.com/email. 1. Pelosi to GOP on infrastructure bill: "The door is open" for bipartisanship  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday encouraged House Republicans to work across the aisle to pass President Biden's sprawling infrastructure package, saying the "door is open" for bipartisan cooperation. What Pelosi said: "I've been in Congress long enough to remember when bipartisanship was not unusual and that actually growing- building infrastructure has never been a partisan issue. They would only make it- they made it partisan under President Obama by shrinking the bill. Hopefully the need is so obvious now that Republicans will vote for it. We'll see. I'm not I- I- I- the door is open. Our hand is extended. Let's find out where we can find our common ground. We always have a responsibility to strive for bipartisanship. Why it matters: Mr. Biden put forth his $2 trillion infrastructure proposal late last month and has deployed five members of his Cabinet to lead the efforts to push the plan through Congress. Pelosi said last week she hopes lawmakers would pass the measure before the month-long August recess, but with Democrats holding a slim majority in the House and power in the Senate evenly divided -- Vice President Kamala Harris casts tie-breaking votes -- there is little room for error. Pelosi, however, believes public sentiment will drive Republicans to support Mr. Biden's package. 2. Cheney talks Trump, insurrection: "We need to be embracing the Constitution"  While politics critics say the Jan. 6 attacks on the US Capitol should have been a wake up call for the GOP, Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney says that a 9/11-style commission is the "single most important thing" Congress can do to prevent another insurrection at the US Capitol. She contends "we're not in a good place" after the attacks. What we asked: Former Speaker John Boehner was just on CBS Sunday Morning saying January 6th should have been a wake up call for your party. It was an example of "political terrorism," was a phrase he used. And he doesn't understand why more in your party don't speak up. You did speak up and President Trump is threatening to primary you. Was separating yourself worth the risk? What Cheney said: "January 6th was clearly an attack that was attempted to stop the counting of electoral votes. I just listened to Speaker Pelosi say that, quote, right now we're in a good place. We're not in a good place. We absolutely need- and it is her responsibility to create a commission, a bipartisan commission to study what happened, to understand what the provocation was, to understand what happened, to make sure that it never happens again." Why it matters: Cheney went on to say that comments like the ones former President Trump made at a GOP fundraiser this weekend is the "same language he knows provoked violence on Jan. 6th...We need to be focused on embracing the Constitution, not embracing insurrection." 3. California here we come: Schools eye a return in "complex" reopening process  California is the last state in the country in terms of reopening schools, but elementary schools in L.A. Monday are going to be returning to in-person learning. California's Superintendent Tony Thurmond gave insight on just how this was done. What we asked: Why did it take this long? Why didn't the governor really force things to reopen? What Thurmond said: Well, if you think about the complexities of our state, we have, you know, 6.2 million students. You mentioned our largest school district, Los Angeles Unified, is opening tomorrow with more than 600,000 students. And if you think back to the winter, we had one of the biggest spikes anywhere. I mean, we've lost more than 60,000 Californians. We have 3.7 million cases. This has been complex. And everyone has been trying to find a way to get our schools open. We're pivoting now and we're at a place now where we see 9,000 of our 10,000 schools are either open or found a way to get open. So we're moving forward by giving our schools what they need, vaccines and rapid COVID tests and ventilation and resources to get open safely and to stay open safely Why it matters: It's that push to stay open that matters most right now, especially for some of California's hardest hit kids. Thurmond said priority number one will be checking in on the social and emotional well being of students impacted by COVID, including "making sure they have mental health support." 4. Whitmer to Biden: Surge vaccines in my state to combat COVID  As Michigan grapples with a spike in coronavirus cases, Governor Gretchen Whitmer continued to push the Biden administration to send more vaccine doses to the state to combat its ongoing crisis. What we asked: Governor, you have publicly called for a surge of vaccine doses to your state, but the White House's COVID response coordinator, Jeff Zients, shot that down. Does this- I mean does this offer that they're giving you of vaccinators, of resources make up for the fact that they're not charging you doses? What Whitmer said: You know, we did not have a national strategy for a long period of time, and then the Biden White House came in and we have one. And by and large, they're doing a great job. I would submit, though, that in an undertaking of this magnitude, with such consequence, it's important to recognize where there might need to be some adjustments along the way. We are seeing a surge in Michigan despite the fact that we have some of the strongest policies in place, mask mandates, capacity limits, working from home. We've asked our state for a two week pause. So despite all of that, we are seeing a surge because of these variants. And that's precisely why we're really encouraging them to think about surging vaccines into the state of Michigan. And I'm going to continue to fight for the people of Michigan. What Gottlieb says: We pressed Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who was called out by name by Whitmer as offering the governor advice on the surge, on the push: "If we start surging supplies into Michigan now, start surging capacity to deliver those supplies into Michigan, it could have an impact on the tail-end of the epidemic that they're experiencing." Why it matters: Whitmer on Friday first publicly urged the Biden administration to send more coronavirus vaccine doses to the state as it experiences a rise in cases, hospitalization and deaths. But while Michigan is one of the nation's worst coronavirus hotspots, the federal government declined to send more shots to the state and instead is maintaining its plan to distribute doses based on adult population. Jeffrey Zients, the White House COVID-19 Response Team's coordinator, did say the administration would be sending more vaccinators, testing supplies, therapeutics and treatments to Michigan. Whitmer, however, said the state has the capacity to get more shots in arms and warned that maintaining rigid plans for vaccine distribution could also harm other states if they experience outbreaks. 5. Take a listen: IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath  In this latest episode of Facing Forward, Margaret Brennan interviewed the International Monetary Fund's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath as the global economy is set to expand at the fastest pace in decades. But while vaccines and trillions in pandemic-related government spending gave a much needed jolt to the worldwide economy, IMF's latest findings warn of an unequal recovery around the world. Their conversation is here.
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