i want to ask a question. i haven't seen you in a minute. my question for you is, just how were your holidays, nicolle? >> i'll tell you honestly, they were harrowing. i left northern as this omicron thing that seems to be smothering our city. i was scared that i was going to bring omicron out to where my folks live, out west. we tested. my son sneezed for the first time in 20 months, i had a hard attack, we all tested, everybody was negative, but it was worth it. i think the tricky thing is to take all these smart great scientists and doctors, and all of them said if you're vaccinated, you test before you go, your family is vaccinated, it's safe to gather, but it's still a harrowing moment. even if you shut off your phone, you're aware of this omicron thing. it was great. i'm glad i listened to all the smart people, by i have to say it wasn't without worry. how about you? thanks for asking. that makes total sense, and i think that's what we're living with. thank you for asking. mine was good. i got to see family. i tested, traveled safely, but we're all divided by things here, this is something that's tough, but in a way we're all going through it, trying to do it together. for me, five, six, seven days, without my nicolle hand-off, it's too much. >> see you. stay safe. good seeing all of you. i have been out, but i am back. we have a lot to go through tonight. we begin with what i was discussing with nicolle. you're watching this somewhere in america or in the world, you i bet you know what we're talking about the omicron is swamping america and many other countries as we go through on you holidays. brand-new guidance late in the day. i'm going to bring that to you in a moment. we also have an expert standing by. the daily case count is exploding. peaks have been hit, records are being set in multiple state, surpassing many peaks already. it feels like it's worse than ever. in some measurable ways, it is. the united states could hit a million daily cases. over 1,000 u.s. flights canceled because of staffing shortages that relate to surge in covid. then that meant the news i just mentioned, the countered is shortening. isolation per cdc only recommends mask wearing for ten days and removing the quarantine guidance all together. those are signs from the experts, the best way forward is to be vaccinated and boosted. dr. fauci also suggesting the possibility of new travel requirements. when you make vaccination a -- if you want to do that with domestic flights, i think it should seriously be considered. >> dr. fauci is not just freelancing when he goes on television and says something is being considered. meanwhile, a hospital in israel administration a fourth vaccine dose as a part of booster testing. the study will continue despite some warnings that too many shots could actually fatigue your immune system. tests in the u.s. are not in short supply. long lines for waiting to get tested. the more this spreads, the longer lines we'll see. the president said there's 500 million more atmom tests en route. >> it's not enough. clearly not enough. if i had known we would have gone harder, quicker, but we have to do more. we have to be better. >> when it comes to doing it more and better, at least scientifically, we have a one on one exclusive with dr. zeke emanuel, a former obama white house policy adviser, an expert including the ethics of rationing. you know a lot of these areas very well. first, let me say happy holidays and happy new year to you. >> happy holidays to you. thank you very much. take it away. what could we understand about how bad it is right now and what should be done? >> well, we're really getting the second peak, you know, thanksgiving got us one peak. now we're getting the second, and that would take us into january. unfortunate hospitalizations lag a little, deaths will lag even more. i think thought will likely increase toward the end of january. this was quite predictable. many of us in the summer were warning about this, worrying about it, suggesting in august we needed domestic traveled mandate, so that if you get on a plane or an interstate train or bus, you have -- you're vaccinated, now boosted. that would have helped a little bit. i think people have to recognize there's still 40% of americans don't have any vaccination. that is a problem. >> you mentioned the flight guidance that could potentially be a rule. for the reasons i mentioned regular i he's not doing that casually. i want to put that back up new. people who tested positive for covid have no symptoms, isolate for five days, down from the previous recommendations of ten. >> that's on the presumption that the omicron variant, which is now the dominant variant in the country, goes up, the incubation period is short, much more intense, then comes down. i don't know that we have tremendous evidence of that at the moment. it's also matched with the guidance about wearing masks for the remaining five days, which i think is very important. i think this is another thing that we need to emphasize much more clearly than we have. the importance of good masking. like you, i've been out and about. you still see lots of cotton masks, lodge of surgical masks. you need an n-95 or kn-95, you need it because the flexible band over the nose and very, very tight cupping around the face, that is definitely the best. you need to make sure you don't get a fraudulent version. you can do that by making sure thighs niash-approved. probably has the best thing you can do, get a high quality mask and wear it. >> you're doing something that i think people appreciate about you. you're using your platform, on national tv, hitting the specifics of what people need to do. a lot of people were criticizing, urging donald trump to do that on the vaccine. i just want to show people the facts so they can make up their own minds, but in recent app appearances. he says the way to stay safe is get the vaccine and get boosted. he says the people who are dying -- fact check, true -- are the ones who didn't get vaccinated. we're going to show some of what he said and briefly her pushback. take a look. >> both the president and i are vaxed. did you get the booster? >> yes. >> i got it, too. >> more people have died under covid this year, under joe biden, and so people are questioning how -- >> well, the vaccine worked, but some people aren't taking it. the ones who get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones who don't take their vaccine. >> you oftentimes forget how old he is. they came before tv, before internet, before conducting their independent research. >> what do you see there in that pushback by some of the figures that the president consorts with, over simply saying what you and doctors have been saying -- get vaccinated. >> let's be clear. 2020, we had about 9 1/2 months of this virus. in 2021, we had 12 months. more people have died in 2021, that's partially a numbers game of how many months you're counting. the second thing i would say is, we began slowly. now it looks -- in 2020, it looked like it was just pummeling the country, but slow compared to what we've had. we've also had much more severe variants, like the delta variant and omicron variant spreading. the final thing i would say is we still do have 40% of the country unvaccinated. we know they're at 20 times the risk of hospitalization, icu treatment and death, compared to people who are -- who are vaccinated. so it's the unvaccinated who are bearing a very big brunt of the deaths now. it is true, some people get breakthrough infections, who have been vaccinated, and god forbid, some of them die. but that's a rare events, certainly rare compared to the unvaccinated. we've had as many people, like yourself have reported, lots of deathbed conversions of people who denied the virus's potential to kill them, made fun of the vaccine, and when they're on their deathbed urging people to get the vaccine. why wait for the deadly moment when you can't reverse it? 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[cheering] that was awesome. and, the hits won't quit, with peacock premium included at no additional cost. all that entertainment built in. xfinity. a way better way to watch. how not to be a hero: because that's the last thing they need you to be. you don't have to save the day. you just have to navigate the world so that a foster child isn't doing it solo. you just have to stand up for a kid who isn't fluent in bureaucracy, or maybe not in their own emotions. so show up, however you can, for the foster kids who need it most— at helpfosterchildren.com we turn to literary and cultural icon, chronicler and observer of america, our lives, and also happens to be very funny. david sedaris, 11 books to his name. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> i've read you for a long time. i want to start with powell tickets, and then to the culture. you were writings about undecide voters, in our business, we talk a lot about how sheer going to do. you had a different take. you said the flight attendants comes down the aisle with her, and can i interest you in the chicken? or would you prefer the platter of, bleep, with bits of broken glass. to be undecided, it's to pause for a moment and then ask, how does the chicken cook? what do you mean, and as we -- >> i never never understood undecided voters get so much attention, and i just want to think, you just want attention. how could you not have chosen between these two candidates? everyone caters to them, right? what do you need to say? what do you need to say? who are these people? i just don't really believe them. you keep it real. that i think is part of what people like about the wit you have. we have lived through a big something here with this pandemic. you eschew not only social media, but even zoom. why? >> well, something told me if i got zoom -- if i didn't get zoom, it would get me out of a load of fund-raisers, and it really did. but there were a lot of things, can you put together a video and send out a message of hope to people? i thought, you know, there's still netflix, hbo, stuff to watch. i don't know that anybody needs a chin-up message from me shot in my bedroom. >> you also do late night. we have some of you reading your humor, explaining easter in a french class during one of your readings on letterman. >> it is said, one, a party for the little boy of god who call himself jesus and chief -- and her fellow countryman -- he calls himself jesus, and then he die one day on two morsels of lumber. the rest of the class jumped in, offering bits of information that would have given the pope an aneurysm. >> i never -- you know, i had this thing in my ear. i never listen to do myself. i met a teacher a while ago. he had his students listen one of my eisais on audiobook. one kid said, it's an old lady, and the teacher said, one old lady, and he said the one they forced to read it outloud. when you started playing it, i thought who is she? it was me. >> how important do you have the crowd reaction? you're doing these tours, we saw you there. do you need to know whether people think it's funny -- >> no, i desperately need that. you know, the past year and a half there were a number of things i had published, but never had a chance to read them outloud to see if they work or not. when i do get back on my stage, my fear is i'm going to read them out loud and realize i was completely wrong about this, this and this. so, no, i don't feel comfortable putting things out there when i haven't had chance to run them by the audience. the audience will tell you everything. >> we sometimes do a lightning round -- reading or writing? >> writing. >> writer's block is -- >> something that journalists ask about, but something that writers never discussing among one another, because it's really not an issue for them. >> the best compliment of your work that you've received? >> we read it to my mother when she was dying, and she laughed. >> your best advice for a young writer who might hope to be like you today. >> write, stack up the pages, learn from your mistakes. keep at it. don't expect anything for a good long time. i had been writing for like every day for 18 years before my book came out. >> 18 years before a book was published. finally, the best thing about covid? >> there were no tourists in new york. [ laughter ] >> just today walking here, it was like -- that's why i've been so happy for the past year and a half. >> you came up with something. so great to have you on "the beat." >> thank you so much for having me. again, the book is the carnival of snackery. coming up, we want to share something really important with you, as we take in the holidays, the tree, the end of this long year. this is about facts in an era of lives. i'm going to share it with you, next. lives. i'm going to share it with you, next (ringing) - hey kaleb, what's up? how you doing? - hey, i'm good, guess what, i just had my 13th surgery. - really? i just had my 17th surgery. - well, you beat me. - well, i am a little bit older than you. - yeah it's true. how are you doing? - i'm doing good. i'm encouraged by seeing how people are coming together to help each other during times like these. - kind of like how shriners hospitals for children is there for us. imagine if i couldn't get my surgery. who knows what would have happened. - same for me. i know my shriners hospitals family will continue to take care kids like us who need them most all because of caring people like you. - like me? - no, the people watching us right now at home. - oh, those people. hi people. - kaleb and i know not everyone can help right now, but for those of you who can, we hope you'll this special number on your screen right now. - you'll be making sure our amazing doctors and nurses can keep helping kids like us, who need them now and in the days to come. - your gift will make a huge difference for kids like us. - ooh, ooh, show them them the thank you gift. - okay, okay, hold on a second. with your gift of $19 a month we'll send you this adorable, love to the rescue blanket as a thank you and a reminder of the kids you're helping with your monthly support. - so what are you waiting for? you can use your phone and call, or go to loveshriners.org to give and join with thousands of other generous people who change lives with their gifts every day. - i think that's about it buddy, good job. - my pleasure captain. please call now. if operators are busy with all the other caring people, please wait patiently, or you can go to loveshriners.org to give right away. - [alec] big or small, your gift helps us all. - [both] thank you. (giggling) if you're washing with the bargain brand, even when your clothes look clean, there's extra dirt you can't see. watch this. that was in these clothes... ugh. but the clothes washed in tide- so much cleaner. if it's got to be clean it's got to be tide hygienic clean. as we face another year of pandemic with no real end in sight, the on going stress test continues for facts and science, it's as important as ever. dr. fauci reiterating knowing the latest facts can save your life, something i just discussed in a radio interview with big boy that talked about so many things across the board and discussed how it's vital to know the facts but keep in mind what you don't know. >> it seems ari, like you got to know everything. >> yeah, man. across the board. >> that's kind of you to say you want big facts? >> yes. >> we'll put this on the internet. >> yes. >> all right. this is for anyone listening to the sound of my voice. this is true in any field. there is only two things you really need to know. you need to know what you know for real deeply, fact check and you need to know what you don't know. >> man, that even sounds confusing. >> yeah, man. >> not confusing -- that just sounds like hard work, too. >> it is mental work but if you keep that in mind, it's not about ego or pretending you know what you don't know. you know what you know and make sure you know it. if somebody is listening now and if they're 18 -- know what you really know. >> yes. >> your field, your expertise, double check it, do your homework. don't post before you know. >> yes. >> know before you post and everything else, know what you don't know. >> if you know about hip-hop but you don't know about opera. >> right. >> it's okay to say i'm a big music person but i don't know about opera. >> right. >> know what you don't know because there are people out there. we have more access to experts and fans today than ever before. >> yeah, man. >> you can go right now on the internet on the grammar, tiktok and find the oprah people. i don't know anything about cars. i don't even own a car. if i have a car problem i won't be like i got it. i know what i don't know. i don't know about that. there might be someone else with a different life experience that knows so much about cars in a minute they -- before even googling they could tell me something. >> when we look at what this device is we have, phones and now social media, everyone is a critic. everyone talks about something that i feel like they don't know. when we look at, you know, even when you look at the vaccine and anti maskers, whatever it is, it's crazy how so many people say i don't trust that. i don't trust that. i don't trust it, and they can be listening to someone that doesn't know a damn thing. they won't listen to science but they'll listen to somebody that had a chance to set up something in their mother's basement. >> i go back to surgery. you got people going well, you know, my friend roger told me they rushed the vaccine. okay. shoutout to roger. what's up. >> what up, roger. >> would you let roger do open heart surgery on you or your child? >> exactly. >> that's the level of analysis and expertise required. would you let roger cut open your child? and if you would, we have bigger things to talk about. do you get my point. >> yeah. >> shoutout to roger. that's some of the conversation, we talk news, covid, law, big boy's neighborhood. he's a radio and rap icon. big boy has been holding court with artists for many years so i was excited they asked me to stop by amidst the news, we touched on music and before we go i'll show you lyrics that may have popped up. >> were you always, you know, looking to be on television? >> did drake not say treat me like i'm blind, you got to hand it to me. >> jesus, ari. >> you live and die in l.a. >> they don't think someone watching, watching in the vip. >> did far side not say if i were president, i would make sure all the money spent on good things. >> on good things. >> did method man not say f a rap critic, talk about it when i live it. >> i'll ring the cow bell. >> that made my neck hurt. >> you got to protect your neck. >> true. >> future is not always relevant to the news but he did say f up some commas. biden is not on some three comma mess. this is four commas, trillions. a lot of babies in the game. >> i like how you brought that back. >> drake doesn't believe in naps. i don't take naps. me and the money are way too attached to go and do that. >> amen. let me tell you also, i really don't take naps. >> you can do this all day. [ laughter ] >> like rick ross said, when the lights come on, that's when you see who the real guys are. >> damn. i'm going to tell you you stumped me with that one. >> respect. >> he stumped me. i had everything else. now i want to come with one back on him. >> hit me. >> nah, nah, i'm old. >> i'll tell ya, big boy doesn't really get stumped when it comes to music. he's been in the culture for decades. you might say back when it was polos and backpacks back when ethan was pushing a subaru hatch back, man, i'm talking way before hashtags. shoutout to big boy. if you want to see more of the interview, type melber and big boy into youtube or go to my social media @arimelber. the link is posted, tweeted, ig and tiktok. you can always find me at arimelber.com. sign up for my free newsletter. we can keep in touch that way. i showed you big boy stuff and during the year when the news is so fast, we don't always get to get into it. sometimes we share more here and that's where digital stuff comes in because if you noticed including tiktok where i'm playing around more, we try to do extra take off the suit jacket when we have fun online. in fact, here are highlights of what we're doing with our guests and beat viewers online. >> oh my god. what time is it? >> time to do the interview, ari, put your phone down. >> it's a moment. it a mood. it's a vibe. >> it's part of the trump m.o. >> he's a desperate man. >> michael and ari, like roger and me. >> you ready? >> what do you got? >> i'm at the emmies waiting to hear. >> what we need most is not ideology, it's evidence. >> this is fish. and that's chips. >> when are you going to call me? >> this week. >> okay. >> okay. . >> okay. >> okay. there it is. you can consider it the beat after hours so come visit me on facebook, instagram, twitter or tiktok, which is the last thing i want to tell you tonight. i don't know about you but i started hearing about tiktok more and more and more from friends and family and we were to be honest a little late but we're on there now. we added the logo here. let me see, that way. there we go. we added the logo to the tease page here for digital. so go to @arimelber. i just posted a new one from the holidays featuring both my parents digging in the crates looking at their vinyl collection. if that's not a reason to go in there, i don't know what is. i'm new so i don't have a lot of followers. i hope your holidays and new year are okay with everything going on in the world. that does it for me. "the reidout" is up next featuring our friend tiffany. >> hey, ari. i have a question for you. i have no idea how to use tiktok so i need a tutorial. i don't have any followers. i don't know how to use it. >> tell us your handle. >> i think @tiffany d. cross because that's my handle everywhere and the only tiktok video i posted is me saying i don't know how to use it. >> number one, shout outto to tiffany. because it's short, twitter is short, it's short video so you really don't have time for the other introduction, explanation, whatever it is you got to say or do, do it. do yourself. so for some people that's dancing. i don't dance on there. you're welcome. whatever it is, you just say it. [ laughter ] >> we'll have to do a tiktok together. good interview with big boy. that was a great conversation. i like the point you made. your mechanic wouldn't do your heart surgery so don't talk to him about medical is

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