which is out next week. and the struggle to try to protect forests in the philippines, with many of them devastated by illegal logging and mining. it s seven in the morning in singapore and seven in the morning in china which is set to reopen to the world on sunday, welcoming international travellers and returning residents without the need to quarantine for the first time since 2020. this coming against a surge in infections in the country since beijing lifted covid restrictions. in some of its strongest criticisms of china to date the world health organisation has accused beijing of under reporting the number of covid deaths, china s foreign ministry has responded that china had transparently and quickly shared covid data, and that china s epidemic situation is controllable . facts have proof that china maintain close facts have proof that china maintain close communications with the world health close communications with the world health organization and show t
making sure that our families are taken care of. making sure that the families in our communities are taken care of. and what we ve seen in this chamber is tough. it s tough to watch. it s tough to imagine what would happen in this chamber today if we were debating social security and medicare. what would happen? what would the votes be? where would people stand? that s why it s important that hakeem jeffries leads this body. on behalf of the democratic caucus, i am nominating the leader of the governing party in this chamber, hakeem jeffries from new york. [ cheers and applause ] for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? madam speaker, i would like to rise to nominate byron donalds for speaker of the house. the gentlewoman is recognized. i ve known byron for roughly about four years now. and being that he s from the state of florida i can tell you that i ve come to know him on both the campaign trail and personally. but i want to clarify something real
stumping in arizona warning voters that conspiracy theorists and election deniers are putting democracy on the brink, the former president using a heckler to make his case. watch this. this is part of what happens in our politics these days. we get distracted. we got one person yelling and suddenly everybody s yelling. you get one tweet that s stupid and suddenly everybody s obsessed with the tweet. we can t fall for that. we have to stay focused. obama is not the only former president on the campaign trail. form are president trump is also set to hold a rally in sioux city, iowa. he s not the only potential republican candidate in the state. mike pence, nikki haley, mike p pompeo have made appearances, maybe even testing the waters for themselves. jeff, a lot of airplane traffic that is happening there. reporter: there certainly is. iowa is not the hottest 2022 battleground but it s the opening bell of the 2024 presidential race. this republican wave of optimism is swe
sound of ripping throughout the nation. there s going to be a lot of ripping. carley: that sounds like a problem for you. todd: i got home yesterday, instead of saying welcome home, honey, we missed you. my wife says you were too loud during the 8:00 hour. i m going to ratchet it down a little this hour. merry christmas to you and yours. griff: merry christmas. thank you for having us into your living room now. i have confirmation in my living room, which is in washington now, i was questionable if santa was going to come, he apparently came to the jenkins household. you can see here with lots carley: lots of gifts. griff: i got so many gifts. carley: are those all for you? griff: i assume so. who else would they be for? carley: you have two daughters. griff: i do. madeleine and mckenzie, merry christmas to you guys. todd: i called santa a dirty name yesterday, he didn t deliver to my tree as nicely as yours. griff: there s one thing about the tree. if we can show it qui
today is actually a holiday fess vas. the tradition of festivus begins with the airing of grievances. i have got a lot of problems with you people. now, you are going to hear about it. you, krueger. my son tells me your company stinks. oh, god. and now as festivus rolls on. until you pin me, george, festivus is not over. oh, please. somebody stop this. let s rumble. katie: this year s festivus like all the others with the airing of grievances. we have a lot of problems with the way swawgd p washington was. works. the unwiths who run it the ones supposed to represent us shown time and time again they only represent themselves. reminded of this every year on festivus when senator rand paul releases a report on how the government spent your hard earned tax money throughout the year. this year washington, d.c. outdid themselves spending over $482 billion on wasteful projects like dropping $3 million to inject hamsters with steroids and watching them fight. another 2 m