i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. so there s no doubt about it. thanksgiving a is a great time to look back and take stock of where we are and where we have been. as the new york times s michelle goldberg discussed with us, it s tempting to give into a feeling of despair about the headlines surrounding covid, the economy, even the future of our democracy. but if you stop and remember what things were like this time last year, you gain a different perspective of where we are today. president biden spoke about this recently. watch. this thanksgiving we re all in a very different circumstance. things are a hell of a lot better. as bad as things are in terms of prices hurting families now, trade this thanksgiving for last thanksgiving. so it is a good question, stop and think about it for a moment. would you trade this thanksgiving for last thanksgiving? ahead of thanksgiving last year, the average number of new covid cases was more than double this year s number, a
reasons for optimism. plus the u.s. is implementing a new travel restriction as the omnicron covid variant emerges. and all three men were found guilty of murder in the killing of ahmaud arbery this week. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. all right. so, america, the land of the free and home of the brave. but is it also now the home of a back sliding democracy? a report this week labeled the united states as undergoing a considerably severe and deliberate form of democratic erosion. it joins other countries like india and brazil as as well as more than a quarter of the world s population who now fall under the back sliding category. unt national ideas, global state of democracy says they are seeing an increasing number of democratically elected government utilizing totalitarian tactics, taking this course of manipulating media and restricting civil liberties. authoritarianism is on the rise, pure and simple. just look at the january 6th insurrection and the partisan p
let s get started. so there s no doubt about it. thanksgiving a is a great time to look back and take stock of where we are and where we have been. as the new york times s michelle goldberg discussed with us, it s tempting to give into a feeling of despair about the headlines surrounding covid, the economy, even the future of our democracy. but if you stop and remember what things were like this time last year, you gain a different perspective of where we are today. president biden spoke about this recently. watch. this thanksgiving we re all in a very different circumstance. things are a hell of a lot better. as bad as things are in terms of prices hurting families now, trade this thanksgiving for last thanksgiving. so it is a good question, stop and think about it for a moment. would you trade this thanksgiving for last thanksgiving? ahead of thanksgiving last year, the average number of new covid cases was more than double this year s number, and deaths were 65% hi
accountability in this country. let s get started. america, the land of the free and home of the brave. is it also now the home of a backsliding democracy? a report this week labeled the united states as undergoing a severe and deliberate form of democratic erosion. in joins countries like india and brazil and a quarter of the world s population that fall under the backsliding category. the democracy report says they are seeing an increasing number of democratically elected with tactics. some think the pandemic has made it easier to take this course of restricting civil liberties. and the partisan politics crippling our country. the republican controlled gerrymandering puts them in position to win big in 2022. and president trump is looking like he will be running with a new list the ability to overturn election results. only 35% of democrats say they feel democracy in america is facing a major threat. how can that be possible? maybe they are exhausted from everything we have
less. that s what you re trying to pay this bill from. the house is not in order, mr. speaker. [ gavel ] house will be in order. that as americans we re supposed to expect less. i can look anywhere i want, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i cannot believe the amount of control one party rule wants. they now want to dictate to a member of the floor of where i can look? now, this performance is largely for effect. no republicans were ever expected to cross the aisle to support the measure anyhow. this all comes just days after biden signed his infrastructure bill into law. its passage would be another hard-fought victory for the president who spent months negotiating with liberal and moderate democrats. the bill now goes to the senate where democrats will now have to get on the same page if the build back better proposal is to become law. meanwhile, house members investigating the january 6th capitol riot a.b. appear to be losing patience with former white house chief of staff m