fox news at night. and talk about getting the jump on the competition. one night before the gop presidential candidates take the stage in tuscaloosa, alabama, former president trump took the stage in iowa tonight with a town hall, with sean hannity. the former president went after the current president and just about everyone else. his take no prisoners approach appears to be working because his lead as you know is enormous and despite everything former president trump said tonight, the most controversial statement might very well have come from president biden. the senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in d.c. with more on the trump town hall. kevin, good evening. good evening, trace. his lead among gop primary competition is so significant, some say it s clearly ins insurinsurmir mourm insurmountable, but he ll not take part in the gop debate because his many pundits would point out it s all risk with relatively little benefit. instead the former commander-i
believe it. and i spoke to one gentlemen who works in the hospital, and he s a fpharmacist, and he said over the last 18 to 24 months, conspiracy theorists have won, science has lost. that s really a shame to hear. thank you so much for your reporting there, larry madowa in johannesburg. i want to prbring in linda gray and she joins me now live from cape town, south africa. thanks so much for being with us. we just heard from our correspondent in south africa there. i would like to start with your assessment of the situation in terms of the omicron variant. what are you seeing right now and how worried are you about the coming months? so we are seeing an increase in the number of positive cases coming through over the last two weeks. 16,366 people tested positive