find a connection in my story. huma abedin joins me ahead. plus, kids in crisis. a deadly pandemic piles more grief and stress on our children. new signs that the kids are not all right. surgeon general vivek murthy with his new warning, coming up. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is enjoying the holidays. merry christmas. as many of you enjoy a little time off and a chance to celebrate with family, we re all thinking about the things that bring us together, but increasingly here in washington, that common ground feels more and more remote. in a week, the anniversary of a violent insurrection. that event instead of marking the end of an era of division and lies seems merely to have been a jumping off point. a majority of republicans now believe the lie that the election was stolen. gop officials who have broken with former president trump over that lie have faced threats of violence, and party leaders are protecting their members for almo
first, news overload. do you feel it? i know you do, i hear it every day. we re inundated with information, saturated by stories and not just any stories but the craziest kind. we re overwhelmed by statements, submerged by sensationalism, buried by bad news. so we re left wondering where to go be what to believe and who to trust. thinking about this in the long view of history, this is a very, very new experience. for our grandparents, news was scarce. information was tightly controlled, really restrictive. in just a short period of time, the sources available to kings and presidents are now available to all of us any time, anywhere, in the palms of our hands. so if you ever find yourself feeling like it s hard to keep up, that s because it is hard. our brains, just like our bellies, were wired for scarcity and now we re surrounded by overabundance. i think that explains this fascinating finding from google at the end of this year. this insight is from google s top searches o
Happy new year. speaking of transparency, look me up on facebook, twitter, email me, bsltelter. we ll see you next year. happy new year. toxic culture, as we approach the anniversary of january 6th, the atmosphere on capitol hill has gone from hostile to a breaking point. i ve never seen anything like this before. two friends and colleagues trying to change things, democrat debbie dingell and republican fred upton are here. and betrayal. she stood by her man time and time again. now she opens up about what changed and the surprising response from so many who empathized.