Good evening, and welcome to this very, very special edition of politics nation. Tonight s lead, tenth anniversary. Right now i m a mix of emotions because in the last in the midst of last week s news of every kind, i celebrated my tenth year as the host of this program, politics nation with al sharpton. And before we begin tonight i just want to thank you, the audience, who has followed me throughout the years and the different time slots. You stayed with me. I assure you that every one of us here at politics nation strives to bring you the most profound insight we can. Of course, it starts with our guests. And as always, we have a stellar group of voices tonight. The right voices to articulate where our current political life affects us all. Yet understanding that the black community remains the epicenter of our nation s oldest and most recent traumas. Case in point, the covid19 pandemic, which continues to generate disparate outcomes for black americans. As the biden administration
in all, 165 million doses have been distributed nationally. president biden and the first lady on easter sunday encouraged americans to get the vaccine. by getting vaccinated and encouraging your congregations and your communities to get vaccinated. we cannot only beat the virus, we can hasten the day to when we can celebrate the holidays together again. there is dog. top public health experience are warning the united states may be on the cusp of another wave of new covid infections. one comparing the current state of the pamtdndemic to a natural disaster. at this point we are in a category 5 hurricane status with regard to the rest of the world. at this time we will see the highest number of cased reported globally in terms of the pandemic. in terms of the united states we are just at the begin thfg surge. we haven t really begun to see it yet. with that, cnn s mcmorris an torah is in la guardia airport right now. are people nervous about playing or are they feeling
world to persuade trump to stop the violence, which he for 187 deadly minutes failed to do, or outright refused to do. the breaking news today, the select committee now breaching the innermost ring of trump s family circle. his daughter ivanka is being asked by the committee for information on her direct contacts with her dad, the expresident, at key moments on the day of the insurrection. among those moments, according to a letter from committee chairman bennie thompson to ivanka released today, quote, as january 6th approached, president trump attempted on multiple occasions to persuade vice president pence to participate in his plan. one of the president s discussions with the vice president occurred by phone on the morning of january 6th. you were present in the oval office and observed at least one side of that telephone conversation. the committee also appears to zero in on ivanka trump s efforts as the insurrection unfolded to get trump to step in and stop the violence
have identified the man seen on a chilling surveillance video a a suspect in a the fatal stabbing of the ucla grad student. grade video shows him buying a et is 7-eleven just 30 minutes after her murder. how it shining a spotlight on violent crime in big cities across america. an update to a story we brought you last night from the planned rollout of 5g technology by verizon and at&t on wednesday causing major airlines to warn of a potential aviation crisis that could interfere with critical navigation systems at airports and on planes. we begin tonight with with the white house is calling a succes story, president biden s first full year in office the white house correspondent taking a closer look at that claim tonight for us. on the eve of his first full year in office, joe biden wants all americans to know is you just pointed out that yes, they will finally be able to order for free covid test kits for household. its covid test.gov. they re are also some members o his ow
congress woman, obscene slogans, how the behavior of the modern o republican has sunk so low. desmond tutu, remembering a true man of peace this holiday season. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. i hope you had a good holiday weekend. as we are about to enter the third calendar year of the once in a century pandemic a lot is clear and a few things remain unclear.e of p right now this is what both sides of the covid story look like in america, 21 months into this. this is a chart showing the weekly rate of cases, just cases of covid in new york city, by vaccination status. omicron is making itself known in the last two weeks. the purple line at the top is folks unvaccinated. as the orange is vaccinated. if you are unvaccinated you have a very good chance of getting covid right now. if you are vaccinated you are also still ek posed to be sure. i can tell you anecdotally. v i think it has gotten a little lost as we ve covered breakthrough c