good morning, everyone. i m poppy harlow. so glad you re with us on this christmas eve. merry christmas eve to those who celebrate. sadly, another covid christmas and right now the omicron variant is disrupting the holiday season in more ways than one. cases are up dramatically as millions travel to visit friends and family. this morning more than 400 flights have been canceled due to staffing shortages. in new york, new infections were up 34 persian in one day forcing officials to scale back new york city s new year s eve celebration. and all week, all across the country, we have seen hours-long lines for tests, but here s what s different from last year. this is really important. we know so much more about this virus and hospitalizations are not surging. vaccines would protect from severe ill ens and death and many hospitalizations are readily available. just this week the fda authorized new treatments for those infected with covid. our aviation correspondent pete muntean s
first anchor and first nation host and joe concha a media columnist for the hill. i had, everybody. i want to begin with where the president is on the pandemic am he kicked off the year with high marks in the polling. fast forward to this moment and the spread of the delta variant and omicron variant, both pushed 8 states to enforce strict indoor mask mandates. i will take care of this. i will end this. i will make sure we have a plan. and afghanistan the botched withdrawal sparked deadly chaos on the ground in kabul. 13 u.s. serve member died in a suicide bombing at the airport. it was a mad dash to evacuate americans and allies. the president told us he had it under control. we are going to do everything in our power to get all americans out and our allies out. taking it to america s streets. the defund the police movement led to an explosion of crime in major cities. in california smash and grab crimes became the new normal. in chicago criminals feel confident to s
fastest plus and the secret santa gift exchange paired our best one yet. do not miss it. there is no better way to get into the christmas spirit them by cutting down your own christmas tree. and we sent to jess again harold out to chop one down like the real men that they are. we are at the hidden pond tree farm in mendham, new jersey. it s a tradition that we do every year. we are here with chris. what s new? this year we added a train ride that they can take out through the field, we added a snack bar and some bonfire pits for people to roast marshmallows. jesse: we added harold ford jr. hear, hear. bipartisan christmas tree. jesse: harold is a little bit older than i am, will he walk all the way up to do the tree or should we hitch a ride somewhere? take the train out. jesse: oh, the train. infrastructure week. jesse: this looks like a gutfeld tree. it s not that i m funny, the is environment want environmentalist wackos probably don t lik
specials starts with the grinch who stole christmas. annual christmas specials were an event. frosty the snow man returns. this was on once, if you missed it. you were screwed. mom, mom, can we watch this. sunday december 4 birl yves tells story of rudolph the red nosed reindeer. i was obsessed with clay claymation. tells story of rudolph, an outsider. burl yves as the snow man, hermie the e.l.f. the cast off. i want to be a dentist. it say lucrative business. give than your boss, santa gets paid in cookies. you and scariest claymation thing. the abombable snow man. rudolph has run every year since 1964. the message circumstance bullying works. would rudolph had gotten his life together if not for all of the name-calling. be prepared for cancel culture too come for rudolph. isn t there anyone who knows what christmas is all about? charlie brown and the peanuts gang. in 1965, a year after rudolph, cbs aired another christmas classic. we love c
specials starts with the grinch who stole christmas. annual christmas specials were an event. frosty the snow man returns. this was on once, if you missed it. you were screwed. mom, mom, can we watch this. sunday december 4 birl yves tells story of rudolph the red nosed reindeer. i was obsessed with clay claymation. tells story of rudolph, an outsider. burl yves as the snow man, hermie the e.l.f. the cast off. i want to be a dentist. it say lucrative business. give than your boss, santa gets paid in cookies. you and scariest claymation thing. the abombable snow man. rudolph has run every year since 1964. the message circumstance bullying works. would rudolph had gotten his life together if not for all of the name-calling. be prepared for cancel culture too come for rudolph. isn t there anyone who knows what christmas is all about? charlie brown and the peanuts gang. in 1965, a year after rudolph, cbs aired another christmas classic. we love c