that single note of fear. now, what is the reality regarding omicron? what is the reality? well, we are getting a lot of data out of south africa and united kingdom that shows it is milder. it appears to be a lot milder. that s good news. but the other issue is that it is affecting mostly people who are already infected or had the vaccine already. so the number of hospitalizations in south africa was 10 times greater for delta than this. it seems to spread more easily and seems so far to be milder. it doesn t mean it s a cold. it means it is more like a severe flu so far. harris: so people who have already had it and people who are unvaxxed, is that what i heard you say are more likely you said people already infected. what does that mean? let s clarify that. if you ve had a previous variant or you ve had the
biden last night and praised manchin for standing his ground. the administration s build back better new green deal socialism, well that spending spree is now stalled in congress in large part thanks to joe manchin of west virginia. biden s christmas present to the poor and middle class in this country is pay more. harris: the wall street journal out with this opinion editorial titled taking joe manchin seriously and arguing democratic leaders have never believed he meant what he said. oh but he did. marc thiessen former white house speech writer and fox news contributor is in focus. so why did democrats not believe joe manchin? is there something politically going on that we just don t get? i just think it s a pure miscalculation. democrats don t seem to understand joe manchin is not just one of 50 democrat senators whose views need to be taken into account. he is the deciding vote. if you don t get his vote you
white house that has taken a massive hit in the poll numbers and struggled mightily to push through his big spending legislation in congress. here is the president. president biden: we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death if you re unvaccinated, for themselves, their families and hospitals they ll overwhelm. omicron is here and start to spread more rapidly at the beginning of the year. the only real protection is to get your shots. harris: so is the public going to stick with me on this? new fox poll fox business poll shows 47% of voters approve of president biden s handling of coronavirus so he is underwater there. 49% disapprove. that is a huge shift from may of this year when his covid approval rating was 30 points higher than his disapproval. critics like south dakota governor christie nome say the
settle? they have no choice. politics is the art of the possible. and there is a deal to be had, harris. it can be negotiated in five minutes. joe manchin said he supports the expansion of the child tax credit. that according to the cbo will cost over 10 years. he wants it funded for 10 years. 1.6 trillion. almost his entire 1.75 trillion. 150 billion left to play with. according to cbo expansion of the rnd income tax credit is $135 billion. but those two together and you accomplish something major. expanded the child tax credit which they say is important in fighting poverty and the income tax credit. if you did that you might get a few republican votes if you limited it to just that. joe manchin will support that. have a signing ceremony and try to get the rest of your stuff next year. they aren t willing to compromise and accept reality. ocasio-cortez and up to them it s biden and schumer they are
how he lifted up the young women and new piano player they have lifted them up and really wanted them to succeed. of course, loren and you see jonathan morris and his lovely wife caitlin. a great gift. thank you. bill: merry christmas to chris an the band, thank you for being so respectful of us last night. awesome talent on stage. dana: merry christmas. have a good weekend. here is harris. harris: we begin with a fox news alert. president biden has words of warning about the covid variant omicron fueling a holiday surge. americans may be starting to tune him out as polls show they are frustrated with biden over how he has or has not handled the pandemic. i m harris falkier and you are in the faulkner focus . the president is pleading with americans to get vaccinated, get a booster as temperatures start to drop and drive anybody inside clustered together and cases spike. it s another challenge for a