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republicans responded by lifting it for supreme court justices. now the democrats, because they don t have enough votes, are saying, we ll just muscle through the election law. in our divisions get deeper. people don t seem to understand, the filibuster rule has an important effect in a time of anger and rage like we have. it forces people to talk to each other. it forces compromise. that is not a bad thing today. gillian: i mean, who wants to talk to other people? it s covid, right? [laughs] gillian: another thing you point out, if we table politics for a second, he said the effect of passing an amendment to the rule would really be chilling for states rights. talk to us about that. well, that s right. states are allowed to experiment with their laws, they are allowed to dictate things like whether they want voter identification, voter authentication, the hours of polling places.
all of putin s actions, not necessarily his words but his actions, seem to suggest he s got some bad intent here. i guess we will see. gillian: yep. mike: all right. 2021 heads into the history books as the year of the worker. millions of jobs went unfilled as covid wreaked havoc on the economy. but will 2020 to be any different? are economic panel will weigh in. gillian: and exactly one year ago, american scrambling to find covid tests. incoming president biden slam president trump for failing on testing. so we are going to ask, who deserves the blame now? we are going to ask joe concha. he is coming up next. veteran homeowners, need a financial boost? the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home s value and take out up to $60,000 or more. give them a call.
cancellations currently set for this holiday weekend. yesterday we saw the most cancellations, over 1,500 flights canceled, but we are quickly approaching that number today. airlines like united say the spread of omicron has led to staffing issues. united telling fox business that 50% of their passengers have arrived to their destination within four hours of the originally scheduled flight. the travel industry is struggling to rebound during what is the busiest travel time of the year. dr. anthony fauci says that vaccine mandates for flying on the table. if you re talking about requiring vaccination to get on a plane domestically, that s just another one of the requirements that i think is reasonable to consider. if you want to do that with domestic flights, that is something that seriously should be considered. passages we spoke with you today that heard about the chaos and all the cancellations this weekend, they got here early in case they had to make any changes. we got to th
gillian: mike? mike: gillian, covid making a supportive child. long lines at airports and covet testing sites, all this as a omicron variant continues to surge. the biden administration says they aren t failing on testing, but what they are doing to fix the problem, that story. plus joe concha, john turley, and former acting i.c.e. director tom homanne in the next hour. keep it here. music the music up to $60,000 or more. veteran homeowners- with home values at all-time highs and rates at near all-time lows now s the time to do more with your home equity. veterans are calling newday at a record pace to take advantage of the newday 100 va loan. you can borrow up to 100% of your home s value to upgrade the kitchen, add a pool for the grandkids, or have the security of cash in the bank.