a lot of reasons for concern as many americans were hoping to get their lives back to some semblance of normal, particularly going into winter which was brutal last year, and more than a year and a half into the pandemic. and then of course came the omicron variant driving a truly astounding rise in cases that is unlike anything we ve seen since the very beginning of the pan dem-inning and even maybe more than that. i mean, take a look at this graph of daily cases in washington, d.c. it s almost comical. the line goes straight up practically at a right angle. so a lot of people have been feeling like oh, my gosh, again? so tonight i have a rare opportunity to deliver a bevy of good news that has come in over the last 24 hours. first of all, as you have probably noticed, the supply chain crisis has really unwound. what was genuine concern mixed with lots of heavy breathing about the store shelves being empty on christmas in joe biden s america never came to pass. new york times headli
popularity of more republican policies, doesn t it? yes, it does. you would think that it would be ron desantis, the governor there, would be doing amazingly well when it comes to his reports on covid, approval ratings on covid, but he, according to this new suffolk university poll, usa today poll that just came out earlier this week, he s only about 53% approval rating on the covid issue. but that s actually much better than most governors are doing. it s been a tough time for any leader of a state handling this pan dem pandemic pandemic. it s been a lot of twists and turns, as you see, and so many people are moving across the country to florida to enjoy those freedoms. so it is a little bit more of a mixed bag than i expected when i looked at those poll results, be but certainly when it comes to the economy and businesses being able to stay open, he gets very high marks, and joe biden is
who just went through a pan dem and i can having to pay for private security and fact merchandise is getting stolen, no wonder people are fleeing the cities faster than ever before. defending police is taking devastating toll. key figure is teaming up with students to defund campus cops in one of the most crime-ravaged cities. we re continuing coverage of breaking developments in russia, our next guest was on the frontline of diplomacy during the regan administration. we ll ask robert charles if there is anything the current white house can do to prevent a war. [inspirational soul music] [inspirational soul music]
u.s. tactic of showing its intelligence and telling everybody, this is what we re seeing. 190,000 troops now. this is where they re moving. that s smart. it s alerted the world, it s focused the world. next week i may regret this, but so far i think they re playing their hand pretty well. you know, bill, i think the thing that seems to be rattling a lot of people is the unknown is putin himself. i want to put a piece of this new york times analysis up. in moscow many analysts say the russian president is essentially rational. some leave the door open to the idea he has fundamentally changed amid the pan dem muck. you and i were discussing earlier, there is no rational this seems irrational if he does this, but what if he s not rational. he may not be rational. he s looking for an excuse.
because the question is not if our entire world and our entire society is going to shift because of climate change, it s a matter of how it s going to shift so basically if we do nothing to address climate change we are going to see the continued destruction of our supply chain, we are going to see our crops not be able to grow in the same way. we will see our infrastructure begin to crumble away. we will see us not we will see the continuation of proliferation of future pan dem mix as well. so that is how our life could change if we do nothing. it will change dramatically but it could also change dramatically in a positive direction if we do something. we can create millions of union jobs by rebuilding our infrastructure, shoring up our cities, our rural areas and our suburbs in order to prepare for the climate catastrophes that