the ingraham angle from washington. washington drowning in melodrama tonight. we began with the protection racket pier that is the focus of tonight s angle. for almost a year now, democrats have controlled the white house and both branches of congress. they are wrestling allies, dominating the university, our public and private schools, newsrooms, entertainment industry and many mainline churches. so why do they seem so miserable? they ve gone from trying to scare you about the latest covid variant to railing on about how democracy is in peril and insisting the only solution is legislation that shrinks state authority over their own election. and of course, they ve been obsessing over january 6th. today, they went all in. we are in a battle for the soul of america. december 7, 1941. september 11, 2001, and january 6, 2021. as we reflect on that darkest day, we remember the insurrection was not only to attack the building but to undermine the constitution itself. the
the ingraham angle from washington. washington drowning in melodrama tonight. we began with the protection racket. that is the focus of tonight s angle. for almost a year now, democrats have controlled the white house and both branches of congress. they are wrestling allies, dominating the university, our public and private schools, newsrooms, entertainment industry and many mainline churches. so why do they seem so miserable? they ve gone from trying to scare you about the latest covid variant to railing on about how democracy is in peril and insisting the only solution is legislation that shrinks state authority over their own election. and of course, they ve been obsessing over january 6th. today, they went all in. we are in a battle for the soul of america. december 7, 1941. september 11, 2001, and january 6, 2021. as we reflect on that darkest day, we remember the insurrection was not only to attack the building but to undermine the constitution itself. i just
and under staffed. surrounded by ice and snow, drivers look for a ways out of one of america s busiest enter states. and boycotts and covid until the beijing winter olympics. we look at the challenges facing the organizers. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome, everyone. it s great to be back with you. it is tuesday, january 4th. and for the first time in nearly four months, the u.s. is reporting more than 100,000 people in the hospital with covid-19. i want to show you this, a look at this map. really a sea of dark red there. the vast majority of the country seeing high levels of transmission right now. the latest data from the cdc shows unvaccinated adults are eight times more likely to end up in the hospital compared to vaccinated adults. now, states are also reporting surges in the number of children in the hospital. former acting director of the cdc, seeing an intense strain on america s health system. have a listen. if y
sounding alarms over an authoritarian republican party. plus, brandy with new reporting on how january 6th extremism is being felt on the local level across the country. and what we re learning from the chaos of another back-to-school moment in year three of the pandemic. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, and happy new year to you all. as we enter this new year and brace for the anniversary of january 6th, now one of the most ig no minius dates in american history, the future of american democracy still hangs in the balance, resting on a knife s edge and one of the most important roles that the bipartisan committee investigating the insurrection is taking on, aside from fact-finding, which is important, is just the simple act of reminding the country what was true in the moments while the attack unfolded and in the moments afterwards, which is that what happened was horrific and extremely existentially dangerous to the country s
fellow conservatives like her, during and immediately following the storming of the capital. she did it a few weeks ago when she read aloud the texts of legislators and fox news personalities and even don jr. begging that trump stop the attack. and she was at it again this weekend, showing new information to the committee that learned on how reckless and dangerous and average trump s behavior was as he watched the insurrection unfold live on television. the committee has firsthand testimony now that he was sitting in the dining room next to the oval office watching the attack on television as the assault on the capital occurred. the president could have, at any moment walked those very few steps into the briefing room, gone on live television, and told his supporters who were assaulting the capitol to stop. we know, as he was sitting there in the dining room next to the oval office, members of his staff were pleading with him to go on television to tell people to stop. we k