We track the white house response but first to Sue Harrigan Reporting live from the border city in texas reporter 19 republican senators came down here to the border to see for themselves what the conditions were sensor visit on friday many have been sharply critical of how migrants here in texas are being treated. Here senator graham on fox news sunday. You have a facility designed for 80 kids with about 1000 in it. That is pretty bad. He needs to apologize, President Biden two Border Patrol agents and their families for putting them through this. We are being overwhelmed at the borders. Is not a crisis but a complete loss of sovereignty t to know media were allowed to accompany the senators inside the facility. Senator cruise told fox news that biden officials attempted to block him from filming some of the conditions. Here is that encounter. Please give dignity to the people. You work your your Senior Advisor you are hired two weeks ago it you are instructed to ask us not to take pi
Threequarters of new infections. It is important to note this, this is the big question, how severe of illness does omicron cause . We still dont have complete data on that. Have a listen. You obviously want to Pay Attention to the number of infections because they could be the forerunner of severity. But if you have a lot of infections, and less severity, it is much more important to focus on hospitalizations. And thats where the jury is still out. Fauci also emphasized that getting vaccinated and boosted remains a Strong Defense from severe illness for all of the variants. U. S. Has now confirmed its first death from omicron, notably an Unvaccinated Texas man with Underlying Health issues died after contracting the virus for a second time. Again, note, unvaccinated. Right now, cases are surging across the country, forcing some event cancellations, the nhl has suspended all of its games for the next several days over the christmas weekend, in an attempt to slow the spread. Right here
law in those regions he annexed illegally. my interview with an iranian human rights activist, a star of popular shows, spotlighting the heroic women fighting for freedom in iran. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden is taking steps to try to help democrats in close races, trying to hold on to congressional majorities. today s focus, bringing down gas prices. he will explain his plan to release another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve in december, with more potentially coming later this winter. it s a relatively small release, but what does it mean for the long-term? joining me now, gene spurling. we have seen the polls. voters say their focus is on the economy and inflation. this release will not happen until december. maybe the price comes down because markets are anticipating it. what s being done to anticipate hurting americans right now as we head into the midterms? let s remember that this 15 million
reporter: that s right. it s very unusual. that s why i think that this is a serious situation for the queen. the words that have been used by the palace are, of course, that the doctors her doctors are concerned for her majesty s health. of course, that is understated. inevitably, it s understated because in buckingham palace, they choose their words carefully. it was a short statement just after 7:30 eastern this morning. but it was a statement that said a lot. you have to read between the lines with these things. to fill in the blanks a little bit in terms of the members of the members of the royal family who are at balmoral or on their way, in these situations, with these royal whether we have royal news, so often we compare our own lives to theirs. i think many people watching will think about their own families and moments when an elderly loved one is sick and when members of the family all head to their bedside or to their side. that will, i think, for many peopl
and blame republicans. so it just doesn t get covered. it s likano ite it didn t happe. we ve got the details. they re really chilling straight ahead. plus, full coverage of hunter irs.n s lawsuit against the irps . so let s attack the irs whistleblowers. i thought democrats love . now the president, some believes he s been treated very unfairlwhistly by the u.s. government. now that his sweetheart plea deal has implode hid and what does mean this mean for him and the irsfo and other whistleblowers? and later, stay tuned for an a exclusive interview with actora director sean penn. this a follow up interview to the one we had previously about the issue of ukraine. he spent a lot of time there. but first, more terrible polls for joe biden, more panic from his fellowe poll democrats who o now begging him to retire. if the 2024 race were held today, donald trump would a joe biden in a hypothetical match up. according to a new cbs poll. it even beat kamala harris by more. but trum