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repeating his false claims about the election and accusing joe biden of destroying the nation. on the house floor, the speaker nancy pelosi holds a moment of silence for those who died. more than 700 people have been arrested in connection with that day so far. this hour we will speak to the attorney general for the district of colombia. hello, good evening. it is january 6th, and a year to the day, that i sat here, in this studio, reporting on the mayhem unfolding on the steps of the us capitol. marking that anniversary president biden has made it clear who he thinks was responsible and why donald trump, the first president in us history to refuse to accept the results of an election and submit to a peaceful transfer of power. some decribe those events as a coup, or an insurrection. but by the time they took place the attempt had already failed. at that moment, on that day, the vice president was in the senate chamber overseeing the certification of the election resu ....
response team. nationwide, cases climbing quickly, hospitalizations reaching peaks we have not seen since the early days of this pandemic. and more unvaccinated americans are dying. i ll talk to two doctors in two different states experiencing the same tsunami of hospitalizations. we re not even at the worst of the surge in omicron yet. also this hour, the balance of power in washington at a tipping point. it could all boil down to newly redrawn state maps ahead of the 2022 midterms. right now in north carolina a panel of judges hearing a case that could be a major boon for republicans. how it s dialing up pressure on democrats to pass voting rights legislation. also, just days from the anniversary of january 6th, the state of extremism in our country. a closer look at what people who were at the u.s. capitol that day have been up to in their hometowns since the insurrection. here s a hint. more culture wars. we want to start with the latest on this pandemic and t ....
on the rise are not climbing as fast as cases. and new data from the uk in south africa shows omicron infections may not be as severe. in south africa, where they had a major surge, but as quickly as the surge went up, it turned around. we can help that a lot by the things we talk about all along, vaccinations, if you re vaccinated, get boosted. careful and prudent, wearing masks at indoor settings. so let s take a beat here in the new year. you do have some good news about omicron. it appears based on a number of countries it hit first to cause less severe illness and also that it burns out pretty quickly. that said as we begin the new year, infections are still rising, you are seeing some school districts begin the new year with remote learning, though most are opening up. there is also some good news in terms of treatments here. the fda could authorize pfizer booster shots or children aged 12 to 15 as early as today, and that s important because boosters have bee ....
bare. dr. anthony fauci telling cnn this morning it will improve soon. we had a conflation of high demands, high demands because of the concern about omicron, which is a justifiable concern, but the high demand that was triggered by the holiday season. you know, obviously, not making any excuses for it, we should have had more tests available, but hopefully now as we get into the first couple weeks in january that will get much better. in new york state, daily cases approaching 50,000. new york city is hoping to help curb that with its vaccine mandates for the private sector. that goes into effect today. this latest surge is also wreaking havoc on travel plans according to flight aware. more than 800 u.s. flights have been cancelled this morning. staff and crew are out sick worldwide. that s more than 2,300 flights. more on that in just a moment. let s begin this hour, though, with testing. leyla santiago joins us in miami at a 24-hour covid testing center. car rs h ....
debate, members of the select committee revealed more of what was in the documents that mark meadows gave the committee and now refuses to answer questions about. we ve learned that mr. meadows made a surprise visit to a state-run audit in georgia, which led to the now-infamous call in which mr. trump improperly asked the georgia secretary of state to find votes. we need to talk to mr. meadows about that. we need, also, to ask him about text messages which he provided to our committee that show an official in georgia texting mr. meadows during the trump-raffensperger call saying that they, quote, need to end this call, unquote. and emphasizing, quote, i don t think this will be a productive will be productive much longer, end quote. and to that point, committee member adam schiff unveiled another text we hadn t known about until now. this one, to meadows. sender, unknown. applauding the justice department appointment of jeffrey clark, who as you know was pushing t ....