toward asian americans throughout our history and fueled by the pandemic and the racist hate that has been spewed about it. there s a lot to learn about the motivation behind the attack that the alleged killer has blamed on some sort of sexual addiction. what we know according to the study of hate, there s a larger issue of race in in america and the white supremacist propaganda fueling it in an all time high. there s a fear in the communities of color of being vi victimized or falsely aaccused and so many have stories to tell about what they face daily. we will look at the stories and see what it will take to change the climate of feel, to stop this and stand together against hate. we begin tonight with my c co-anchors for the hour with stories of their own. you have covered the emotional moments on air in the occurs of reporting the story. what has it been like for you as an asian america, seeing it play out and reporting on it. anderson, it s been painful and it s been
greene took to the floor of the house and tried to defend herself from charges that she spread lies and conspiracy theories. she attempted to do so by telling lies and creating a new conspiracy theory. this one blaming the news media for, quote, taking teeny tiny pieces of comments she made so as to cancel her. that is not true. that is not at all what happened. the full context of congresswoman greene s bigoted theories and stunts have been recorded for all of us to see by her. videos, live streams. we took screen shots. here she is on video accosting parkland activist and school shooting survivor david hogg in 2019 calling him a coward. he was a teenager at the time. here she is trying to find muslim-american congresswoman tlaib and omar, trying to force them to swear in on a christian bible. claiming falsely that they were not legitimate democratic representatives. here s congresswoman greene s long unhinged facebook post accusing the wealthy jewish family, the rothschilds
the white house is now in cleanup mode. where do things stand now? the rule our team of fox news has the story correct. the state of virginia now under republican leadership. wasting of time announcing a slew of firings. critics have said that glenn ha gone too far to begin to make with a two hour news conference to begin self praise for his first full year in office. we have some fact checking on this tonight. critics may compare this to watching his slow-moving train wreck he was given high marks for standing there and taking some heat but almost as noticeable as his claims today were the topics that he failed to approach at all. he didn t lay out his vision fo reducing the rampant violence sweeping across the country nor stopping the flow of migrants flowing into the country. instead plenty of back-and-fort in a in a rear press conference concerns over russian aggressio in ukraine and why is peter put this why are you trying so hard in your first year to pull the country
a 25% spike in cases. with new cases overall hitting nearly 200,000 on wednesday for the third consecutive day. some potentially positive news out of south africa where the omicron surge appears to be dropping off weeks after the variant was first reported. and three new studies showing omicron seems to be less severe than the powerful delta variant. the fda today also approving emergency use of merck s covid pill a day after giving the green light to pfizer s. the questions about the supply of the drugs and whether they could interact with other medications persists. and testing continues to be challenging across the u.s. manufacturers saying they are not able to keep up with the current demand for at-home test kits. people still lining the streets in cities like new york in an effort to get a free covid test before christmas. here in washington the january 6th committee now wants to question republican congressman jim jordan about what he knew about tin sur recollection.
practically banned all abortions in the state of texas, is on hold temporarily. judge robert pittman issued a temporary stay blocking the law, as you said, stephanie, immediately appealed up to the circuit court. arguably the most conservative in the country. right now that law may only be lifted for a very short period of time. a lot of whiplash if you re a woman in texas trying to make such a big decision as this. right now the judge said the law was flagrantly unconstitutional. the court didn t get into the constitutionality of this law that they wouldn t weigh in to stop it s merely said procedural questions coming from a bench that shifted more conservative over the past few years. a few questions they wanted answered that now we finally have a federal judge weighing in on the constitutionality of the law, and we ll see how the circuit court responds when this is appealed. melissa, given how conservative this next court is, are they headed for a dead end? i don t kno