Thing. This caught my eye in the daily punch today, a d. C. Publication, they interviewed a lot of people at the white house. The reaction there. To put it mildly, the white house seems a bit frustrated over the public reaction to the crisis in afghanistan. As if the people in america are to blame for the fallout. Bill: a couple of things here. Hearing about reporters leave the country. That s critical. A lot of times when western media outlets pull out of the country they rely on stringers left behind. Video are being beaten all over the country. In the villages where we can t be. It could be the beginning of what could be a gruesome period of history in afghanistan. There are many people believe the hangings and beheadings could return. That was a period in our time in our nation s history we thought we put out of our mind and put behind us as well. The other thing with regard to your comment about the white house, it appears their calculations that the american people will lose inte
Democrats who brought their fight to washington will tell us exactly what they want from congress. And days after being arrested at a voting rights protest, congresswoman joyce beatty, chair of the congressional black caucus, is here to tell us about the good trouble she got into. I m jonathan capehart, and this is the sunday show. This sunday, texas house democrats are still here in washington, denying the republicans back home the quorum they need to pass yet another slew of voting restrictions and begging congress to act to protect the access to the ballot in the lone star state and beyond. Complicating matters? three of the texans all fully vaccinated, have tested positive for covid and are quarantining. One state representative, seal i can t israel, has no regrets, noting in a statement, quote, i hope this intense highlights the sacrifices we re willing to make for the cause of democracy. Earlier i spoke with house majority whip james clyburn of south carolina about what congress
Connection beginning with the gop s nonstop attacks on our democracy. Unlike when we watched the nation of a mob of trump supporters attempt to overturn a democratic election on january 6th, don t be fooled. Today those efforts continue to thwart democracy. They re still happening but they re unfolding in slow motion. This time not only through violence but through policy as well. Now across 14 states republicans have enacted 22 new laws this year that restrict access to the ballot. That s according to the brennan center for justice. It s not just bills. Gop lawmakers from pennsylvania are calling for an audit of the state s 2020 ballots and this is inspired by the ongoing audit happening in arizona. And in texas republicans nearly passed senate bill 7 on sunday which gives judges the ability to cancel any election result based on nothing but hearsay from partisan pole watchers. It does other awful things too. Democrats were able to temporarily block the passage of this bill by literal
brines brian there could be a whole series if we are looking for a spin off series of fox & friends. spin off series on asking artists what lyrics mean. i was so interested to find out if there was a lot of depth to these words. that s florida georgia line when they used to shave and came on our show before they were this mammoth global band and that is the first time they performed live on tv and it was cruise. and have they gone places since then? they got their own bar in downtown nashville. ainsley: brian likes to take credit saying he made them fame miss. brian: i played a huge role i introduced them. they met in college. brian kelly will be on to tell us what get your shine on means. steve: nancy lopez the world famous golfer gave me her opinion on what it means. [laughter] ainsley: we are going to read some of your emails because they have been pouring in what you think the song means. i watched the song yesterday, i think at different phases in life it means differe
continues. new year s celebrations are being scaled back or canceled altogether, and businesses are closing because workers are forced to quarantine. all this as we see an increase in hospitalizations in children just days before schools reopen for the holiday break. gillian: fox team coverage, dr. marc siegel joins us in a moment. mike: but we begin with steve harrigan in atlanta, home of the cdc. steve? mike, more of these covid records are being set, but yesterday almost half a million new cases, almost double the amount that the previous single day had cases, 50 states have set records for new cases. the cdc says hospitalizations are lagging behind the new case numbers, that they are comparatively low. but just a short time ago six atlanta hospitals said they were suffering a staggering surge of covid patients, both adults and children, almost all of the nonvaccinated. for the surgeons and doctors on the front lines who have to deal at this, it really does seem like