through the roof. since then, we ve learned a lot about the screw-ups in the early days, and we knew from the start the official stats were like joe biden counting his grandchildren. the numbers didn t add up. but now we re seeing some people admit the truth as the media finally lets them speak the truth without banning them from twitter or worse get interviewed by joy reid. specifically doctors are now admitting how much hospitals overcounted the number of covid deaths and hospitalizations. it s the subject of the latest chap chapter of you ve got to be kidding me. a washington post columnist acknowledged that we re overcounting covid deaths and hospitalizations. that s a problem. greg: you think so? when did you reach this conclusion? when do you remember when? take almost three years to fess up, hell, you re worse than hunter denying the truth like it was a baby you made with a stripper. only this hottest headline could have been published in the spring of
the dead week, the best week of the year and for most people this week not a week off from work but at the same time a return to the normal rhythm of regular life. nobody knows what to do with this leftover week awkwardly such that the bottom of the year. this holiday purgatory is dedicated to low expectations, eating, visiting family and resting but even for those of us going to work, it is assumed not much will be accomplished before the new year. so what is on our twixmas to-do list? rachel, there s already down times and a lot to do at the end of the year. rachel: just before i came to get ready to do this show, i left a lot of to-do list with my kids, but it is funny, right? in the building, it feels different, no offense, producers but there is a lower expectation of everything that you can see that is how it feels. i think it is a great time to catch up with people. call your grandma if you haven t called her in a while. call your mom and have the conversations. i ju
off in ohio with tim ryan. everyone knows why these races matter, control of congress, the first election since the supreme court ended the right to choice, and the premise here is of course the votes will decide the outcome. i shouldn t have to say that, right? the reason i shouldn t have to say that is this is still a democracy. so here we are tonighted in midterms homestretch, and this is america. it s not like many other countries where you have authoritarians or december cots that make it clear they don t intend to follow any outcome except the one where they win. take for example brazil where you have an autocrat who sound likes this. translator: there are only three alternatives for me to be arrested, to be killed, or to be victorious. and i tell those scumbags i will never go to jail. that s how authoritarians talk. he s basically saying the only right outcome is that he wins. that s abroad, but consider why i m showing you this as the first thing in the beat.
we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. john: tough talk as iran emerges as a big focus of his middle east trip. sandra, hello do you again. sandra: hello to you. israeli prime minister and president biden signing a joint declaration, pledging no nuke for iran. john: israel urging the united states to put a deadline on the talks and threatening the use of military force. iranian president reportedly firing back shortly after that saying i tell the americans and their regional allies the iranian nation will not accept any crisis or insecurity in the region and that any mistake made in this region will be met with a harsh and regretable response. sandra: the biden team set to head to saudi arabia with a list of goals in hand, with energy security topping the list. officials say they should be looking state side instead. we think texas is a lot closer than saudi arabia and president biden does not need to be travelling