car vern ka vern ous political divide. issuing a picture murdering a member of congress is wrong. the january 6th riots which echo loudly. how to put this all into context? well, we have joining us the pulitzer prize winners doris kearns goodwin and jon meacham. if you don t have trust in government, government is us, it s who we are. also, on this christmas weekend, i will tell you about another biblical exodus. this time by christians who have been leaving the middle east in droves. and the beethoven s fifth symphony and others up to nine but you never heard the tenth, because he never finished it. well, thanks to the world of artificial intelligence and its human handlers, you can now on gps. stay tuned to hear what it sounds like. first, here s my take. as the year draws to a close, i ask myself what books that i have read have had a real impact on me. it s nothing like reading a good book to engage deeply with a topic. here are three that impressed me
vaccinated and get boosted. i want to begin tonight with cnn s nadia romero and alison kosik who are keeping watch on all of this for us. nadia, you re in atlanta at one of the world s busiest airports, and how are flight cancelations impacting travelers today? reporter: yeah, ryan, we re talking about more than a thousand flights canceled today alone. that takes us to about 2,000 across this holiday weekend. and people are feeling the impact. i spoke with one man who said that his flight was delayed, but he still missed it because just how long the lines were to get through tsa. he had a great attitude about it. he says i get one more day with my family. i spoke with another person who was supposed to go from atlanta to wyoming. her flight was canceled she says because of weather. that s what that she was told. that s what we re hearing from a lot of people, but there are others who are able to get on their flights, couldn t be happier to get back to their normal lives aft
out that people on the ship had covid is because the first destination we were supposed to go to, it took we sat there for a couple of hours, and then we found out they wouldn t let us on the destination because of so many people on the ship having covid. and they just let everybody go about their business. we re also seeing more major flight disruptions as airlines deal with staffing shortages caused by covid. cnn s nadia romero is at hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta, one of the busiest airports in the world on one of the busiest travel days of the year. thousands of flights have been canceled today. walk us through what s going on. reporter: you have all of that coming together. you have the fact that it s a sunday, people normally travel on sunday. you see higher numbers. it s the day after christmas, people have to get back to work tomorrow, and you have the omicron variant. you have all of these things all coming together, and that equals more than a thousand
speak with the former secretary of state mike pompeo and the former senior advisor to president trump along with steven miller and congressman jim jordan and kevin kramer as well. going back no encoding president trump. super optimistic message for thanksgiving. i m going to substitute and edit as i sometimes do with him, christmas for thanksgiving. here it is. a very interesting time in our country, but do not worry. we will be great again and we will all do it together. and america will never fail, we will never be allowed to go on the wrong direction and know that wonderful future lies ahead that is his terrific message, and he goes on, by the way, to talk about america first. an america first and its resiliency against all odds or any adverse effects or events. this is exactly the kind of optimistic leadership that this country is going to need right now at this time. the winter of severe illness and death, we need an optimistic link to the people of america to have stren
has showcased more than 100 films from 9 countries. dozens of our films in our festival have gone on to be nominated for emmys and oscars, including the winner of the academy award for short documentary. this year we have some of the best films we ve ever been privileged to showcase. they tackle some of the biggest issues of the last 18 months from democracy and covid to race and the teaching of history. you re about to see three films here, plus my conversations with two of the directors. first up is the facility, directed by seth freed-wesz ler. later in the program, you ll see meltdown in dixie and golden age karate. we hope you enjoy. my name is nilsan. i m originally from honduras. my father is a citizen. my wife is a citizen. my son is being born here. my mom is a legal resident. i ve been here for 20 years. so, what is the point of i.c.e. having me here for? covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. italy, a country of 60 million people, is now effective