house on their crime-fighting strategy. what does the president think is a deterrent to committing a crime? there has been an increase in violent crime over the last 18 months, not just the last few months. there is an initial set of actions the president has announced to date to address gun violence. back in april. we believe a central driver of violence is gun violence and the use of guns. we are seeing it in a lot of areas. we need to insure state and local governments keep cops on the beat. supporting community policing. harris: washington post with this dire headline warning as homicides sore nationwide mayors see few options for regaining control. three democrat mayors not optimistic. the mayor of savannah said this. we have done almost all we can do. austin texas mayor says the tools for fighting back are limited without state and federal help. and cleveland s mayor with this warning. it is going to get worse. in chicago alone there were 38 shootings last weeke
i m still smiling over commander in leash. yeah. we have more of those this morning. don t you worry. i can t wait. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, december 21st. the omicron variant has taken over. it is now the most dominant strain of covid in the u.s., making up more than 73% of new infections. according to the cdc, they just released those numbers, that s 21 days after the first case was identified here. new york has seen a three-fold increase in covid cases in the past week. new jersey reporting the highest number of daily positive cases in almost a year. but the good news, out of both new york and new jersey and this is really important although they are rising, they are not seeing a drastic jump in hospitalizations yet. we re going to speak to a new york hospital official in a moment who will tell us they have plenty of capacity, at least for now. this is not 2020, he says. we are learning of the fi
there is good news, both new york and new jersey are not seeing a drastic increase in hospitalizations just yet. a few minutes ago, we spoke to a hospital official here in new york who says stay calm. this isn t 2020. he says they still have plenty of hospital capacity. telling you it is not a crisis. those are good things to hear. president biden, meantime, later today, he s going to lay out a new strategy to fight the covid resurgence. this strategy centering on testing. the president will announce the purchase of half a billion rapid tests along with a plan to distribute the tests, free of charge, to americans who request them. his other important message, fully vaccinated americans don t need to cancel their holiday plans despite the rising case count. joining us now, dr. peter how t hotez, dean of the national school of tropical medical at baylor college of medicine. always good to see you. let s start with what we re going to hear today from the president. 500 milli
bring iran back to the negotiating table. mr. president, when would you like talks with iran to resume? back at home though the wins for the president aren t forth coming. brand-new polling from nbc news released this morning finds the president s approval rating has dropped seven points since august to 42%. it also reveals that more than 7 in 10 surveyed believe the country is heading in the wrong direction. which raises the question for democrats, will the president s sagging numbers be an albatross for them in tuesday s critically important elections for governor in virginia and new jersey? don t be surprised if a bunch of democratic retirements are announced in the house if terry mcauliffe loses in virginia. but one republican house member isn t waiting. congressman adam kinzinger of illinois, a member of the january 6th select committee, and trump nemesis, announced that he won t run for re-election in next november. if i ever thought it was time to move on from co
involved in the run up to the preparation for, and what they believe may be the conspiracy to attack the capital. and that that is the common thread that explains all of the resistance in terms of what people aren t handing over, are refusing to talk about i asked thompson tonight whether or not we have seen enough already in their investigation to know, to have found things that the public doesn t know. tua found things that will surprise us or indeed shock us in terms of how things went in january six, and he said yes, the public will be shocked, we have found stuff that will surprise you. and then for list cheney to said that tonight, i think that they are starting to give us indications of where the investigation is heading. yes, and i m hoping we can find out more about the cooperation that they ve already had. the chairman mentioned that in his statement to the committee tonight about how steve bannon is the only one. what does that mean, what is mark meadows doin