presumably found among 61 people who tested positive for covid on arrival at amsterdam s airport. more analysis is being done to find out for sure. while the variant is being studied extensively, we don t yet know whether it s anymore deadly than the regular virus or whether it can blunt vaccine efficacy or natural immunity. but scientists fear it could be more contagious. dozens of countries have already banned or limited travel from parts of south africa and several of its neighbors where there are confirmed cases of the variant. on saturday, british prime minister boris johnson gave a sobering description of the possible threat. here he is. as always with a new variant, there are many things that we just cannot know at this early stage. but our scientists are learning more hour by hour. and it does appear that omnicron spreads very rapidly and can be spread between people who are double vaccinated. there is also a very extensive mutation, which means it diverges quite si
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
i don t even know how to explain 2020. it was a crazy, crazy year. bad things happened in philadelphia. bad things. former vice president joe biden to become the 46th president of the united states. i had to idea what we would be in for. i thought it was a fake. i thought my friend were messing with me. a philadelphia landscaping company has been thrust into the national spotlight. the entire thing was supposed to be anonymous. it put me in shock to see my name on the president s twitter. we probably got thousands of calls. you have 950 new messages. we had a lot of haters. i remember asking, did we make a mistake? there were just way too many trees. here s the other thing, and i think we ll discuss this with the board when we have the zoom. my name is marie siravo, i m 65, and i m the president of four seasons total landscaping. we do ground maintenance, irrigation, seeding, flowers, snow removal. it s kind of boring. paul is on the phone. i think the
those documents that the failed former president wants to keep hidden from investigators. and thanksgiving means something different for many native americans. to some, it can feel like a symbol of broken promises and the legacy of bad faith that followed from the u.s. government. my conversation with the president and first lady of the navajo nation is essential viewing, as we close out native american heritage month. velshi starts now. of. good morning. it s sunday, november the 28th. i m ali velshi. a new rapidly spreading variant of covid-19 is reminding the nation that this pandemic isn t over. 13 new cases of the omnicron variant now being confirmed in the netherlands this morning. that spike is connected to two flights that came in from south africa on friday, and that s in addition to detections in italy, austria, belgium, germany, australia, israel, hong kong, the united kidnapping come, and of course, south africa, where the variant was first identified on thu
That s where you see that kind of thing run wild. and that s what we re seeing today. people are dug into their corners and believing whatever supports their side. kimberly atkin stork, olivia nuzzi, thank you so much. we re using the hashtag fourseasonstotal. so please join in. i m ayman mohyeldin. good night. today on velshi, news of the omnicron covid variant is coming in fast as more countries confirm cases and drug companies rush to test their vaccines against it. we ll have the very latest from a top biden administration official and one of the country s foremost vaccine experts. plus, we ll hear from one woman who s fighting on the front lines against the redistricting apocalypse. find out what she s doing. and we re expecting a big week ahead from the january 6th select committee, we ll get you up to speed who knows being subpoenaed, who s cooperating, and what s going on with all of