the men the men who designed this bomb here is how soccer, was describing it in the new york times profile. in the stature of oppenheim, sucker off gained evidence naturally, easily, and early in life as one of the fathers of the soviet hydrogen bomb. his mediocre career earned in, fortune, private bodyguards and direct access to the pinnacle of the soviet system. and this is way andré soccer off could ve stayed. he could ve stayed in a very comfortable position and lived in the soviet system but within a few years after he designed that giant hydrogen bomb he instead became a thorn. he argued for political reforms, human rights, and spoke out of dissonance. and even after he was arrested and sentenced to a eternal exile for years, he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1975. the soviet leadership, though, as you can imagine, did not let him attend that ceremony. and by the time the soviet leader released him from exile during the reforms of the late 1980s, law andei sak
cases. florida set yet another new record level of more than 58,000 new cases on wednesday. and despite all of this, people are still planning travel, parties and event for new years eve. even as experts predict infection rates will continue to grow. the pre omicron record high for average daily cases was 251,000 set back in january 2021. before vaccines were widely available, more than 85,000 people were hospitalized with covid. some hospitals are overwhelmed. northeast, ohio, issued a plea in sunday s addition of the cleveland will plain dealer. we help. we need your help. we now have more covid-19 patients in our hospital than ever before. and the overwhelming majority are unvaccinated. this is preventable. the best way to avoid serious illness is the vaccine. so, get vaccinated and get your booster. we didn t expect to be here nearly two years later with vaccines free and available to all. and we have talked a lot about the political refuse or s. also the trump ally s who
Perfect union. we will keep trying in fact, we will we must keep trying together in 2022. that has a first tonight, that will see you again tomorrow, now time for the last word jonathan cavers evening for the last hayward good evening hayman would ve powerful would end the show tonight. really terrific commentary on your part. the nice set up for the discussion on when i have with michael eric dyson, later on in the show we both look around the blackface scandal from a couple years ago. we set things up for us nicely. hey man, happy new year. thank you my friend, happy new year to you as well. and on the eve of new years eve, the united states such entered its coronavirus case count. nearly half 1 million cases today we, new report cases show that it was just shy of 600,000
Sick. we had many conversations about it. it was just a variety of factors. i think i have some family members who are anti vax. but others are just scared. they think that they might have an allergic reaction. they are scared of things that they are reading about. and that has steered a lot of conversations. one more question, was we spanish disinformation an issue for your family? we u.s.. it definitely is. and i think from what i found for a piece that i wanted to do. i was seeing more often that the disinformation was that there was no disclaimer that i could find. so was being allowed to be circulated. doctor roy, how concerned are you about continuing misinformation and disinformation about the virus and the vaccine? jonathan, good to be with. you let me first convey my deepest console this is to