Of office, in america, that can really do amazing things. Like go to space, you saw that today, like create Miracle Vaccines, weve witnessed that. But we cannot bridge the political divide thats tearing us apart. Billionaires taking their own Rockets Way up into space. Amazons Jeff Bezos built a company and built his own Rocket Ship and took off for space. He did that today. Bezos telling our very own Anderson Cooper that he is looking to the future. We have lots of problems on earth and we have poverty, we have hunger, we have all kinds of problems. We have climate disasters, we have pollution. We have to work on the here and now. And we have to look to the future. We as a society, as a civilization, as humanity, weve always done that. We can go to space. We can create amazing vaccines, safe, effective and ahead even the most ambitious schedules. Vaccines that save lives that even if it is life or death, we can decrease the political divide and convince people to get vaccinated. An av
Change. David singer, david epstein, all coming up. But first declaring independence from the virus. Thats probably more of a question than a statement. Noting traveling is surpassing precovid levels. It signals the return of the citys air show. A roaring comeback, the best kind of story to tell. But you know what im going to say next, right . Other headlines from the region reflect the pandemics continued grip, specifically its grip on americans who are not vaccinated. On this Holiday Weekend, its true, many communities are able to declare independence from covid19, but others still are not. Only 20 states have reached president bidens July 4th goal of having 70 of americans vaccinated with at least one dose. And lets be clear, theyre mostly blue states. A brand new Washington Post Polling shows a huge divide that exists between political parties. Quote, 86 of democrats have received at least one shot of the vaccine compared to only 45 of americans. A 40point spread. Of course, the go
house. new coronavirus mutations have been identified in the u.s. and they appear to make the virus more trans missibletransm now is not the time to let up our guard. now is the time to double down. this is new day with alisyn camerota and john berman. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is a special holiday edition of new day. monday, february 15th. 6:00 here in new york. it s special because erica hill is here with me. thanks, john berman. i thought it was the whole presidents day thing. you make everything special. presidents day in your honor. mattress sales everywhere. exactly. right. this morning the senate trial is over but the legal problems for the former president just beginning. one of our legal analysts suggest that on a scale of one to ten his number should be 10. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell suggests his dereliction of duty during the capital insurrection was potentially criminal. now lawma
basically a shack, and no running water. he fought himself out of there, and hitchhiking in order to get to high school in henderson, nevada, and the fact that he came from there, and clawed his way up in politics, was the reason why he said to me and probably manu, and you, kate, and jeff, many times that he wanted to fight as hard as he could for what he saw as his prime legislative legacy, which is obama care, an pushing hard to make sure that it happened. you saw over the weekend when president obama was eulogizing him, and he said point blank, obama care would not be the law of the land without harry reid s knowledge of the senate rules, and the knowledge of the senators that he worked with, and how to work them, and how not to work them. i ll just say that it is because of what he saw in his own family, the lack of health care, and his brother having a broken leg and writhing in pain, and having to wait it out because they did not have health care, and that is what push
kaitlan, i know you say you are nervous but he is typically stowic. your grandfather went to cincy. you re root fog or the bears. listen, i m betting on a cinderella story. come on, john. this week we have been anchoring together three hours a day every day, and you re not going to root for alabama? this proves that good people can disagree. from a little bet here. if kaitlan team wins, you have to wear a bearcats shirt. if kaitlan wins, you have to shave your head. . and no mayonnaise bath. i did not consent to wearing a cincinnati shirt. new day continues right now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, december 31st. i m john avlon in with kaitlan collins. kaitlan, happy new year s eve. happy new year s eve. i can t wait to hear your resolution later in the show as we approach a new year, we are still dealing with the same pandemic. unprecedented spike in covid cases fueled by the omicron variant. enjoy n