and a tale of two coasts, as part of the west sees heavy snow and bitter cold temperatures, parts of the east could see record-breaking heat. where we re seeing summer-like temperatures in your forecast. there is a day not too long ago when i had to stop and think, when they come in with handcuffs and they come in with a warrant for my arrest. librarians afraid of being fired, or worse, just for doing their jobs. why some say they re being targeted and how they re now fighting back. we re so grateful to have you this sunday deshgs 26th. i hope that christmas hangover isn t too bad. appreciate you starting your morning with us. we begin with the u.s. racing toward a record number of daily new covid cases fueled by the fast-spreading omicron variant. in some parts of the country hospitals are stretched thin as emergency rooms and icu beds begin to fill up. more than 71,000 americans are hospitalized with covid-19. the increase in cases also causing major travel disruption
school closures despite a covid surge driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant. he says we re better prepared now than in the army prevaccine days of the pandemic. we should all be concerned about omicron, but not panicked. and, no, this is not march of 2020. 200 million people are fully vaccinated. we re prepared. we know more. we just have to stay focused. as for the unvaccinated, the president says it is their patriotic duty to get the shot. and he had a stark warning for those who do not. almost every who has died from covid-19 in the past many months has been unvaccinated. and i honest to god believe it s your patriotic duty. the choice can be a difference between life or death. please, get vaccinated. so the white house planned to combat the virus includes expanding testing sites across the country, distributing 500 million free at-home tests to those who request them. estates that is righting next month. deploying 1,000 service members to strained hos
on the streets of kenosha the night of the shooting. have you ever posted anything on social media? yes. in support of kyle rittenhouse? one could argue, yes. reporter: it was a recurring theme brought out by the prosecution. your videos that you have captured of these incidents that you call riots, they are very slanted against the people rioting. you characterized them as antifa, black lives matter rioters correct? because they are rioting in the footage yes. reporter: hernandez was called largely to draw contrast between joseph rosenbaum the first killed by rittenhouse in august 2020 in the aftermath of protests in kenosha. rosenbaum was challenging kyle rittenhouse from behind. you hear that real time? hear and saw it in real time. reporter: compared with kyle rittenhouse. did you observe him acting in an aggressive manner toward anyone? in no way, shape, or form. the first time i saw kyle he actually de-escalated a situation. reporter: notab
the backdrop of this trial from the defense tenth witness drew hernandez on the streets of kenosha on the night of the shooting. have you ever posted anything on social media in support of kyle rittenhouse? one could argue, yes. reporter: it was a recurring theme brought about by the prosecution. your videos you ve captured of these incidents you call riots, they re very slanted against the people who are rioting. you characterize them as antifa, black lives matter rioters, correct? because they re rioting in the footage, yes. reporter: hernandez was called by the defense largely to draw contrast between joseph rosenbaum, the first killed by rittenhouse in august 2020 in the aftermath of protests in kenosha. rosenbaum was charging kyle rittenhouse from that. did you hear that realtime? hear it and saw it in realtime. reporter: compared with kyle rittenhouse. did you observe him acting in an aggressive manner to anyone you observed? in no way, shape or
novels aren t nice. what do mankind hope to get out of all this print? happiness? what an idiot you must have been. this gibberish is enough to drive a man mad. welcome to the republican party of 2021. our future dystopia is already here. the republican party is all aboard when it comes to stoking the anxieties of conservative white suburbanites to maintain control, especially now that glenn youngkin rode a wave of fragile feelings to victory in virginia last week on the boogieman of critical race here are the and buoyed by a little book banning, mainly beloved. toni morrison s novel about the legacies of slavery and its black pain. which is really a book about feeling since youngkin s message was an ad featuring a white parent who advocated in banning the book in 2013 because it gave her son, a high school senior, nightmares. and within days of the election, the republican leader in the house kevin mccarthy declared the republicans are the party of education, announcing