why is matt gaetz hanging out with steve bannon? is it because they both have plenty of legal strategy to hash out? but we begin with the top story, the coronavirus pandemic, delta surging across america and the omicron variant now spreading in multiple american states. the variant has been confirmed in a total of six states. you see them here. health officials view community spread as inevitable in many dense places. and today the president urges patience plus resilience to defeat another round of this virus. whatever got to beat it back before we shut it down. look, it s going to take time worldwide. in order to beat covid, we have to shut it down worldwide. worldwide means, well, at least 40 countries and counting. you can see on this map just how fast this thing is spreading. and the first scientific data is coming out of south africa that shows omicron spreads twice as quickly as the delta variant. it is not yet the main problem in the united states, but boy, does it
and so in that moment what you see on dr. fauci, this is what people say to me that he doesn t represent science to them. he represents joseph, dr. joseph of the nazi doctor that did experiments on people. the way some people say getting nasty stuff in. to show you how ludicrous but how offensive that comparison is, let me talk a bit about who joseph mengele is, he sevened as a physician at the auschwitz concentration camp and the embodiment of absolute evil, a doctor assigned to select who would die or live only to be subject to the ghoulish human experiments he over saw and enamored of tortuing twins. dr. fauci that seen this nation through aids, bio terrorism, ebola, swine flu and now covid is nothing like joseph mengele or like the creator of fascism because that too is offensive. it s a comparison tucker carlson made on his show but doesn t make sense. making sense is hardly the point. it s about power and spreading lies and fake outrage so the maga squad wins electi
length with members of the select committee about a notorious january phone call with trump in which raffensperger refused the then-president s demands to find enough votes in georgia to overcome his deficit. tomorrow the committee is expected to begin contempt of congress proceedings against this guy, jeffrey clark. he is the former doj official said to have been involved in trump s effort to overturn the election. clark has already appeared before the committee but refused to answer any questions. the committee is also awaiting a decision from an appeals court on its request for trump s white house documents from january 6th. that court heard today from trump s lawyers about his claim of executive privilege and why he should be allowed to keep those documents secret from that day. nbc news reporting the judges seemed skeptical of trump s claim. a good many lawyers who were listening in agreement. the committee argues those documents are essential for a final report on what
translator: it was really dramatic. there were floating bodies. it was really very shocking. we recovered all the people we saw on boats. we recovered six people. translator: all dead? translator: all dead, yes. there was a woman who was pregnantment, a man was 18 to 20 years old. the rest were men. reporter: this area of northern france is dotted with groups of people desperate to each the uk, ready to pay thousands to smugglers, and also willing to accept great risks. now those risks have come true. that was sky news s adam parsons reporting, an incredible eye-opening report there. coming up, congress is back in session monday with a laundrie list of things to get done. we will look at what s on tap for a deadline-filled december. then, few cultural mainstays were more impacted by the pandemic than sports. the new variant raises questions about what comes next. plus, when was the last time you have been to a movie theater. my sunday panel is here to look at
butt, exited my butt. holy [ bleep ]ing [ bleep ]. this is madness. absolute madness. it makes every hair on my body stand up. we re on! but nobody s late night host until they are one. tomorrow we ll drown out the negative voices that have health us back too long. fires leading to violence, five people are dead the end of an era. after ruling late night television for 30 years, johnny carson steps down tonight. the buildup to the last tonight show was like a train that was going to be derailed, and all you can do is stand by and watch. here s bette midler. i can t believe it. the last. the last guest. quarter to three there s no one in the place except you and me this was johnny carson. this was what america knew for 30 years. there was that intimacy. and john i know you re getting anxious to close johnny s got a look on his face when she says johnny, i know you are anxious to go. i thought, wow. that made me tear up. she was the