>> cancel culture is spread to the airlines. thousands of frustrated passengers have been told that their plaintiff been canceled. the problem, the highly contagious virus and not enough workers. these are the lucky ones, passengers have been through security to catch a flight. hopefully everybody got home from the holidays. we should be fine. >> other travelers are not as fortunate. and a preemptive move some airlines canceled flights, citing a lack of cruz because of the baths betting omicron variant. pick united airlines quick grounded 9% the today president lights. nationwide spike of cases this week has had a direct impact on our blake reason the people who run our operation. at least 7% of the delta flights today that got take off. the company said that teams have exhausted all resources including substitutions of aircraft in cruise. earlier this week to produce quarantine time and they great significance -- and most us carriers report a high vaccination rate for employees. the tsa says yesterday alone to agencies disrupted with an 2.2 million players. thisne was double year ago. despite the spread of the omicron variant, there looking forward to travel. >> we've been flying anyway. i've saved been taking all the precautions. it is in the airlines -- many churches across the country have decided not to hold indoor surfaces.m instead they are holding them online and outdoors because of the omicron variant. >> live in new york city v, thas very much. >> the government is issuing guidelines dealing with virus. charles watson is in atlanta tonight with that part of the story.ve good evening, charles. >> the cdc says it's updated guidelines arts urged to ease the stress as they anticipate more patience have been a thriving with omicron infections >> our priority remains prevention. that from dr. welinski. dr. walensky. healthcare providers fight back against worker shortages. releasing that lights -- to return to work after isolating for seven days, down from ten days per thousand have to test negative before returning, a requirement up that some could further south make matters. >> right now we have a testing shortage which means you will have time to scribble to get tests and they may not have access to or taking it that someone else who had symptoms. americans are freddie finding it increasingly difficult to get tested these days with that whole test b kits. were bringingg seven days a the weekend up at 7:00 p.m. the people are just exhausted. because t kick keeps staff becae are so worn out. that the fda, given the greenlight for emergency use of two, antiviral medications that to treat covid-19 infections. each are authorized to treat a high prescott develop the illness. both to be taken at home and must be given within five days of experience i respect to update that symptoms. the new england stop the said bank he's been 90%. the federal government has placed a big worker both the drugs are expected to be in short supply into the new year. >> there's millions of americans get ready to bring in the 2022, the omicron variant is forcing new officials to scale back times square best deputies. the mayor saying that this year president new year's celebration will be much smaller than those in attendancema will be required to wear masks. >> live in atlanta, charles, thanks a lot. abided administration is lifting some travel restrictions but it does not modify its rules about isolation patriots for post testing positive. peter ducey's live this evening. could evening, peter. >> president byy is friday and i respect related travel restrictions on some countries in southern africa. that starts next week. that something he's not yet ready to do that is short and quarantine. from ten days down to five days and there's with vaccinated people who test positive thatpt all have. >> you think the isolation period is for everyone? >> i just wasn't mywe team and they think we should keep it like the way it is for now. >> people trying to find covid test this week are seeing their shelves and long lines and public health experts, very disappointed in him. many of the net for a policy we set to ramp up us efforts as cases of across the country. we hoped this would be the moment. we saw an administration floundering in a president not in command. and now the administration is playing catch-up. >> why is it that you promising 500 main tests if you have a signed contract to buy the test? >> we have no concern about the contract being finalized. were working to finalize theen contract pretty down into an event with norad, the santa tracker today andf the father of several potential bring you spoke to the president by both the left him with this. >> i hope you have a wonderful christmas as well. and that is when the line went dead. if it's not too late, limit finds somebody on the naughty list.he >> lead on the north lawn, peter , thank you very much. >> admiral, merry christmas. thanks for doing this. >> it's great to be with you tonight. >> anybody seeking a covid test the forcing families likely like we did they was a disaster but don't tell president biden or dr. anthony powell cheap. >> at that if the we can always to better. i can't think of something specifically that we would've been differently. >> i don't think it is a failure we could argue that we should have known the year ago, six months ago, two months ago. >> testing such a miss, admiral wise. >> testing is a problem because septa the trumpet ministration left in january there was essentially no investment until october. before we left with the strip it of 180 million rapid tests and had 62 million others in order for the biden administration -- butt the lack of that that the industrial lines that they were no longer producing tests. states were not ordering them s. now they are playing catch-up. give a months of no investment, we shall defend at half a billion has permanent by june or july and now we are own at 70-80 millions of it is catch-up and that is a bad situation. we have to go forward from here and that means the changes in policy which i don't think that they are ready to implement yet. >> i've automate tests, whatever valuable will provoke quickly from the washington post. health experts estimate the plants more kids at the half billion order for the white house as a prep before returning normal life. the numbers add up quickly and three to 30 million americans were tested twice a week. for example, more than 2.5 billion tests will be needed each month. so what should be done since they will be a precious commodity? >> well, you are correct in their goal was to have a billion available per month is a billion per month he could think widespread testing of anybody who wants a pass. with only 500 billion over perhaps 2-4 months, you have to triage. you have to a lot both festivals that can benefit the most from itou and as the storage is set p visor pills, they can tremendously benefit those but they need a test to prove they have covid so if i were the biden administration to my would be targeting those test to the elderly, 2,000 heart failure, kidney disease. we know who they are. we have the mentor care roles and we know who they are k in ge them the people who can benefit from staying out of the hospital and dying. they're going to have to do the kind of the location at him a billion are more tests per month >> he or go before taking off the president-elect biden is talking tough on testing. >> after ten months out the pandemic, it is a travesty. >> the omicron virus spread more rapidly than a degree yells thought. if i told you for? go that this was spread on a day-to-day basis, it was spread by b 200%, 500%, i think he would've looked tense that's what if you drink. how did thosee in get caught flat-footed? >> well,t they get caughtla flat-footed because they let the momentum just slip away. from the moment i took charge test in march, we will all w getting as many tests as possible and as quickly as possible. we told the manufacturers that youu make as many as possible s quickly as possible and we will buy all of them. when you stop the investment and there is no market, you can't expect that industry to continue that is have to get behind. remember we had 170 him a month available and cheney were going up to half a billion per month in march or aprilth and a billin for june. were not even at the level of should've beent on april right now. whereht we are right now, let's put the foot on the gas. testing is important but our foundation has to be vaccination vaccination is the best prevention. don't forget those oral medications are really going to be a godsend. we need to get them out and use them for all those at high risk. >> about the antiviral drugs, they were proof that the fda this week i'm struck by a lack of fanfare. aren't these drugs game changers ? >> to meet their absolute the game changers. user posts can take it home, combined with the home test, yot can get them delivered via amazon, buy your pharmacy to get them within five days. they have dramatic reductions in depth. remember the fiserv trial had zero and the -- and that depth was not due to covid. it was due to cancer so basically both of these% the definitere hyper invention of hospitalization. i think they are game changers. when it put them in the hands of those -- junk people with omicron if your fax they can it's not a serious disease. you really need this. you need the antibodies everything to protect you. we can do that now. we have tools in the science has come through. the trumpet ministration bought vaccines and -- >> thank you for your surface. merry christmas. merry christmas. , making been yet up the crime crisis. here some of our fox affiliates tonight. as state attorney general stop this investigate the shooting by los angeles police officers that left two that including and is built -- a suspect and a 14-year-old girl who was struck by a stray bullet that bullet passed through dressing room wall and burlington coat factory and north olive with thursday. >> 2 has to, people killed in the car becomes submerged in deep standing water. the plot is under pass with the steep grade. a shares to detectives to practice at the prepared prepared for us to the water as the street was inundated. and this is a live look at christmas in orlando. one of the big stories is football great jumps out of a helicopter to mark the return of surfing santos. the heisman trophy winter made a grand entrance to welcome surfers to cocoa beach. the celebration is back after taking last year off because of the pandemic. it looks likeun fun. that's a live look out the beltway. we will be right back. these are the faces of listerine. the face of millions of germs zapped in seconds. the face of clean. the face of whoa! some are of intensity, others joy. all are of... various: ahhh... listerine. feel the whoa! people, with quickbooks live someone else will do your 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intercourse with a minor. he already had a warrant out for his when he was taken into custody on monday. despite these disturbing allegations, the diaz recommended that bail be set at $0. you've reached out to the office for response bit of a spokesperson denied that they broke mac -- a judge ultimately set bail for the suspect at $100,000. with the system of dba is not letting up amid this surge. they say that his is criminal justice reform including many low-level offenses is leading to an more crime. this month some of the critics announced that they launching a second effort to try and get them recalled. >> regardless of where you're from. your income, we are all bearing the cost of the criminal agenda and the pricing crime in la county. enough is enough. they're not responsible for the homicides or robberies in la county. up next, some hard feelings his holiday season among democrats of the social spending agenda. first beyond their borders tonight, police that he made people are 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has our report. >> democratsut hope that the holiday cool tempers but progressives are still talking joe mansion after he he sat like the built back better belted republicans are now courting mansion. democrats they given a 50/50 senate to maintain control. >> the party is set bake the end i think that senator made to others, they need to get on board in what's happening the 21 st century economy and now the beautiful multiracial democracy. make sure that everyone is involved. >> republicans looked at the 2022 midterms were they hope to reclaim both the house and the senate. >> but we've seen as a war take out. the progressives are. set them up there hostage get away. this is that what america wants right now. of democrats w are stymied, they hope the president biotin and next an executive order. there are limits they are. and they will limits to make lot because they want the president to spend money that he has the money and/or authority to spend. the calling for essentially undemocratic action, ignoring the constitution of the united states. also on the docket, -- and jim jordan. harris said he will cooperate. syncretic too many could score the information it wants, issued the subpoena is nearly unenforceable. lawmakers are protected. but is called the speech and debate clause of the constitution. that the constitution also allows the house to discipline itsos own members. it's possible uncooperative members could face internal sanctions. still there may be another remedy. it's called inherent contempt. that is for the house would conceivably require its sergeant arms to abreast member to compel the information the committee wants. mike.. >> chad pergram on the hill. thank you very much for the petal on the economy, inflation of the holidays. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. and now get relief without a pill with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the water. every business is on a journey. and along the ride, you'll find many challenges. ♪ your dell technologies advisor can help you find the right tech solutions. so you can stop at nothing for your customers. ♪ >> we have saved christmas and that is becau because president biden recognize this early. we focus on addressing practical problems across the global supply chain. >> economy wasn't just in crisis , it wasn't working for working people. that is the reason i ran. >> it is completely out of touch people are paying bracket of pounds for gas, food, everything across the boardoi is going up. >> let's bring in our panel. jason friday and senior fellow at the manhattan institute it. and kevin fawley and former biden campaigns circuit. so let's start with the state of our economy. bill, were we? >> larry summers just says that problem is he's been very dismissive of inflation. and all the experts of he's replying on got it wrong. that downgraded. remember him calling it a high-class problem and jen psaki joking about the tragedy of the treadmill. they downgraded all of these problems. the problem that they have politically is that inflation is that something that americans learn from the president or the -- it's what they've learned when in the cooked the gas pump and take $20 more to come up the minivan or $20 or for a second grocery sack kroger's. face feel it. so when you are washington they say if it is fine and it is not real. it really adds up to a lack of credibility. >> your thoughts? >> i think bill has a great. i think that people are upset about the economy confusing unemployment is low. even thoughle jobs are powerful because of inflation. they've seen their purchasing power diminished. wages p have grown for working class people and working middle class people. but after adjusting for inflation, this is a fallen and that isai what people are pickig up on. brothers at the gas pump come across restore, buying a used car, you have a. in that essentially has been the problem that the t fight demonstration is dealing with them on top trying to put a play much more spending which would risk exacerbating the inflation problem that we are at the half. and so i think that is the problem that this a demonstration is dealing with. they have a very ambitious domestic agenda and i think it exceeds their mandates. that very narrow majorities in the house of representatives. the have an evenly divided senate and they needed a domestic agenda that reflects that that's not whatht the half right now and that is the problem. >> kevin p, your turn, state of the economy but a year and into the fight ministration. >> we are seeing some of the greatest economic indicators in 50 years. incomes are up for middle-class families the first thing from 1999. that's why we are seeing in recent weeks the consumer confidence index on the rise. americans are more confident about this economy is headed in that it is a good thing. obviously inflation is a serious concern not just processhi president but for the more aggressive statement that he's been making of last couple of weeks and that will be the focus continuing for this administration. but all indications are will run a strong job market and consumer confidence market and inflation will be a key issue going forward for sure. >> president biden addressed inflation in an interview this week. a lesson. >> we have to acknowledge that. >> we are. >> it that a 40 your high. that that's just indicated that they might have to raise the interest rates three times to slow this down. >> if we don't pass built back better, i think you are bright, but if we do 17 nobel laureates in the economy said it's going to bring down inflation if we pass are talking about. >> that may be a long shot at this point, some interesting numbers, fox business pull out but issues of greatest concern to the american people. 84% say inflation and higher prices, they're concerned about. also have less coronavirus pandemic, 60% being able to pay bills 63%, so what about inflation as it seems that the white house has stopped using the word transitory. >> they said that they are serious about it that the haven't been serious about it until recently. and that is the problem. the dilemma with inflation is always that the longer you let it go without addressing it, the greater the pain comes when you finally get around to it and they don't want to kill of recovery with this but they are being put in a lot of bad positions. the real problem they have politically up with inflation is that everyone feels that. joe biden made the deal that he's not going to tax anyone making underx $400,000 year but if your paychecks are eroded by inflation, what good is that. that's the good for the working people of america. it's one reason why people have called inflation of foolish tax. >> will there be action on inflation and the year? >> probably not the type of action for five with like. this looks like the aquifer surf wants do anything. by think what this administrationn should be focusd on is making sure that this economy state open, even when we deal with the latest variant of covid. to project people that this is something that they have to live with, that this is that something that we can hunker down at home and hope it goes away. covid is here to stay. we need to move forward and get vaccinated act responsibly but we need to keep this economy open i think that they would do good to focus on that cannot this fear mongering about what the latest variant will do and i'm afraid that some of their actions are protecting a beer mongering point of view. the decision to extend student loans freezes and things like that, that stuff we need. >> let's give kevin a shot. take away. >> jason pointed out that the book is interested in shutting down succumb to be like they did when the coronavirus first hit our shores. we do not shut down this, because that would have disastrous effects for this country pretty focused not just of emigration to keeping our schools open to making sure that this 500 they had tesco out in the coming weeks of the americans feel more confident and comfortable returning to schools returning to the workplace so we can get past the latest variant. >> thanks for a much. merry christmas. points about redistricting. their growing complaints about the redistricting that occurs every ten years after the decade senses. the national correspondent takes a look at some of those complaints tonight.th >> next across the country minorities transgender voters and farmers and ranking immigrantsqi claim that redistricting discriminates against them. >> were not going to be split up to meet special interest groups needs and wants. every ten years states redraw political maps based on the senses. how those lines are drawn in there drawn inevitably favors one party over the other. democrats took outsider chicago and connected it was centralec illinois farmland to try to read racist and yet theyy possibly could. republicans complained that democratic gerrymandering districts in illinois, maryland, and new mexico. >> democrats are trying to jeremy and their way m to -- in every state where theye have the ability toce control the process. example, oregon. democrats are using liberal voters to down low the rural areas to lockdown four conventional seats. >> a lot of states are seeing the party that is controlling the process and printer sure out there majorities. republicans are protecting 23 seats in hopes to add two more at the expense of minorities. >> is telling you not only do you have d to sit at the back of the bus but were going to take all the seats out too. democrats also complained of ohio, a swing state. redistricting gives republicans a majority in 13 of 15 districts but in the fabric, democrats blame themselves. >> i totally got outs by the legislature said congresswoman donna height this. they didn't have to do in this state.e. but did it to ourselves. seven states adopted commissions to avoid partisan bickering. mixed results says that both parties manipulate boundaries. washington is about power and powers about controlling controlling congress means controlling the agenda. that's five redistricting matters. >> thanks very much. it is time for our midterm focused focus segment. here's my colleague, bret baier. >> thanks, mike. as you mentioned redistricting kennebec close races in the upcoming midterm elections. into that preston special report , partisan fight so far new district maps make the balance of power in congress will be hard to protect. most states have a deadline to submit new congressional maps by the end of the year but some may be forced to change their final maps is court battles play out. let's start there with the panel and editor-in-chief of the political reporter. every cycle talked about redistricting and how it factors in with the balance of power in the house. just a few seats can make a big difference.. >> republican speeches by seized control of the house. they control the line drawing in more states and states with mark districts than democrats do. that's at the end of the day it's notot likely to give them that big of an advantage. big two or three seats when all is said and done, which is nothing. these are important things in which the elections taking plays what may look like a great mapped the april 1 party maybe two to four years now the political environment, that map may not hold up. >> we also have the senses, which is tilted toward the republicans at a couple of different places, taking seats from traditionally democratic places and moving them to more republican state redistricting is a big deal and that is why you have the battle over state legislatures so important to be able to draw those lines. they maintain their power to break district in states like ohio and texas, florida and northna carolina. so that you have a big advantage in terms of drawing the maps for the next ten years a lot of these very politicallyst importt states. but as amy said, the bigger factors going to be the political environment. president biden presstek job approval rating.ti here and there but it impact of very closely divided congress in house? if he came can get this job approval hire than it is right now, redistricting is that going to be a central factor in determining the house majority in 2022. >> this turn it over to the senate for the balance of power is split. we are looking at a couple of races and is going to be number of interesting places. you picked arizona. i would like to be in there. the other reason is this to battleground state. for somebody sears it's been redick doubts really purple. democrats have been on the upswing there by a very narrow margin. and its mark kelly who's up for election, pre-election won in the special election in 2020. going to talk a lot about in this upcoming year, the places were donald trump is coming and encourage candidates to get into the race. arizona the real impact that foul trump is happening is on the people he has discouraged from running. specifically for travelers from effect dc, who is a pretty popular figure he is to protect name recognition. it is the kind of person the folks in washington that the sea run run for the senate. >> after the result that arizona , he did not contest those results. that he's not likely to run it means we got very competitive primary and it's a late primary. so that gives mark kelly that democratic can -- a long time before he starts getting attacked by his republican republican opponent republicans are going to spend a lot of time beating each other up. >> josh, you are pointing towards the primary situation in pennsylvania, which is adding a new candidate it looks like. this has been david mccormick. dr. oz is already in that race. that is a big one. >> who couldn't love her race with dr. ross, what of the biggest political celebrities. the pennsylvania is a really important state because it's one of the closest margins for president biden in 2020 and president trump in 2016. it's an open seat and the senators retiring. the primaries are going to tell us a whole lot about the direction of both parties pick you've got this republican primary between a celebrity in dr. oz and you also have some other candidates who are running a sort of right-wing trump accolades and taking a more controversial decisions of this is going to be testified about trump are they looking for. of like his business experience and a candidate with a business background. if they want more right wing positions on the issue? it's going to be at interesting test of the democrats have a primary, a pretty crowded primary but the two leading candidates are a very moderate congressman and a very progressive bernie sanders lieutenant-governor. so again, the deep democrats want to progressive for somebody who can make better chance of winning an election. so these primers are going to be really interesting test about what direction both parties are going in pennsylvania. >> arizona, pennsylvania factor in heavily to set up for 2024. amy, josh, thank you so much. merry christmas. mike, we will send it back to you. >> when we come back, epic mission for woman of faith. these are the faces of listerine. the face of millions of germs zapped in seconds. the face of clean. the face of whoa! some are of intensity, others joy. all are of... various: ahhh... listerine. feel the whoa! on christmas eve that but that epic mission tonight. >> i was playing in my bunk one night and got booked me up. >> she is on a divine mission of hope. sam founded the the of hope ministries and to help more cop incarcerated women consistent oral to empower them, providing access to education and entrepreneurship. it provides a safe housings space coming out of any situation. she drew -- briefly so texan college. she was involved in a drug deal that ended up being a sting operation. she pled guilty 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