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totally weird and embarrassing, to the hindrance of a country. at one point, biden treated us to a stream of consciousness thoughts about his son s former employer. that would be a small corrupt nation called ukraine. apparently, ukraine s eastern border with russia, unlike say our southern border with mexico, is a sacred boundary, created by god and must be protected at all costs, up to and including american lives. why is that? joe biden didn t say. the whole thing was confusing enough that we are going to spend some time unpacking it at much greater length on tomorrow s show. in the meantime, here s what you should know. you are currently funding a proxy battle in ukraine against a nuclear armed russian military that could very well erupt into a hot war that you know might include you, the united states. with nothing else, biden made that very clear so sleep well tonight. then biden bragged about himself, as he tends to do whenever he is awake. can you think of any o ....
rattles the u.s. charles kicked us off with the very latest from atlanta. merry christmas. good morning. good morning and merry christmas, griff. taking time off to spend this holiday with their family. the omicron is certainly hard at work. u.s. daily covid cases up with more than 260,000 americans testing positive. according to john s hopkins university 3354 deaths were reported. more than a 50% increase in a single day. hard to find at home test kits is surely complicating matters. cvs and walgreens announced their limiting the number of tests folks can purchase due to a significant increase in demand long lines form at testing sites around the country while demand swells at unimaginable proportions. we have had people in sheer exhaustion. people are just exhausted. we cannot keep staff because they are just so worn out. new york state positive covid cases are turning up at record levels. more than 44,000 daily new cases reported on friday. new york city mayor ....
it all down. west virginia seven under to support the presidents tax and social spending plan is parking plenty of internal bitterness among his party colleagues. our panel weighs in. we begin tonight with president biden s on the chronic dress as the administration doubles down by blaming the unvaccinated for the recent surge. good evening, kevin. despite its best and somewha say that belated argument that variant, the new federal measures announced today by the white house will not be in plac at least fully ahead of christmas this coming weekend w many americans scrambling to find available tests ahead of holiday gatherings. happily in rapid test for americans. i should point this out. will not be delivered until january. that move comes a couple weeks after. the idea of sending free test t americans who might want them. the white house also announcing today it will mobilize from troops to hospitals burdened by the coronavirus and also deploy federal medical personn ....
square garden. everybody gets their card checked at the door. once you are in do you wear a mask or not? some people were or weren t. what section do you sit in? check with the usher. i m massively confused not just new york and the rest of the country. dana: there is a rise in cases and prompted california to have a mandate. it requires folks to cover their faces indoors. they granted last-minute exceptions for gyms and offices. bill: california is the latest blue state to bring back the masks. william la jeunesse is live in l.a. with the latest. because of that confusion across the country you get less compliance. eight states all run by democratic governors reimposed the new indoor mask mandate as cdc reports a seven fold increase in omicron infections. map shows you areas with red highest transmission rates, yellow moderate, blue low. states in the southeast, florida, georgia, alabama, louisiana, texas have lower rates. california a mixed bag, north doing bett ....
again to join security alliances around the world. there s certain requirements that need to be met. those are well known. the united states supports that path. quick question under passage of the republican bill yesterday to overturn president biden s vaccine mandate for private employers. are you concerned that given the democratic support of the bill was able to get, are you concerned that perhaps it will actually be able to, you know, get some house democrats to join in and secure a vote on that? i once the white house has said it s not on the president s desk. it s important for people to know that the reason why the president proposed these requirements which include not just a vaccine requirement but a testing option, which we feel and i think the american people feel is quite reasonable in order to keep workplaces safe, schools safe and stores safe for people out there christmas shopping and holiday shopping safe. we also know that it s steps that economists ....