Out. But what? joe man shin and senate budget chair bernie sanders join me to discuss, next. Plus, never forget. On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, reflection on the lessons learned. The national security adviser on 9/11, condoleezza rice, ahead. Hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is remembering america s horror and heroics. Yesterday, america marked 20 years since the terror attacks of september 11, 2001, and in some ways remembering the way americans came together two decades ago put a spotlight on how much things have changed. President biden honored those who were killed on 9/11 with trips to new york, the pentagon and shanksville. Each week, americans dying, largely preventable deaths from covid19. Republican governors are lining up against president biden s most aggressive push yet to get the pandemic under control. Vowing to fight a new vaccine mandate, covering as many as 100 million americans. One model used by the cdc projects almost 100,000 more co
efta authorizing the first fiel to treat covid 19 are panel of experts weighs in on how this could affect the pandemic as we know it. the coronavirus threatening to disrupt christmas once again. we will investigate the impact and whether americans plan to travel over the next several days to their destinations. the challenges to the vaccine mandate, but kevin gort has onl just tonight. the high high court will hea those arguments on the seventh of january. that s an advance in the schedule because it had been expected to resume hearing case and generate tenth grade this special session will enable the justices to hear arguments abou the eggs and restrictions vaccine or testing requirements for large employers freight and separate vaccine work orders fo healthcare workers freight the linchpin behind the expedited hearing is of course the question of the osha authority to impose such a requirement. all this is happening on the da when the fda is making major news authorizing
prices, high consumer spending and markets fighting off fears of the omicron variant. those are all positive signs pointing to a strong economy, wages, also expected to increase for employees next year. the white house working to temper expectations ahead of this report. janet yellen reportedly urging lawmakers not to be spooked by new inflation numbers as they continue to consider the price tag of president biden s social spending bill. what does all this really mean? let s bring in christine romans. when it comes to higher prices, look, we can all attest to that. we have seen it in different areas. what does this report tell us? these are the numbers that really quantify the gut punch for american consumers. that gut punch that feels like it really peaked in november. 6.8% is a big number. back to the 80s when stevie wonder and ebony and ivory was at the top of the charts, we were wearing clogs. this is not something we have seen in modern times, numbers like this. you l
crumbling. you could have the rich getting richer through the status quo. that s what this is all about. that s what this clash is about. in fa, think about it like this. twice in just the last 24 hours nate republicans have been blocng the congress from going forward on simply payin for the bills they already ran up in the trump era through this process that we ve been covering for you that s called raising the debt ceiling. this is stuff the government already bought. republican party is saying, its position, they call it a negotiating position but it s so very real, it s all coming to a head right now. their position is they don t want to pay f the things they already bought. it is obviously not fiscally responsible. then today mitch mcconnell getting into what heikes to do at times like this, other people are hot and bothered but he s just trolling and saying it s the other folks being obstructionists. so, look, time for our democratic colleagues to stop dragging their
grossly unqualified donald trum judd said i m doubling up unmasks on this flight in then this meir drake adams, the man has no answers for his city overrun with crime and filth, but he want you two think he s protecting you from a virus. we should have mask on the subway systems. york is unique, it is densely populated very. of course he has a point, masks do help, they help criminals continue to hide thei identities bridge the activists in an out of office are freakin out great for the guy they pushed for president is let s face it, he is decomposing before our very eyes. and he is cratering in the ball across all these different demographic groups. now they re losing one of their most political symbols, that filthy blue surgical mask. this could be a tipping point, know many have wondered why do liberals cling so fervently to these masks? you need to go deeper but remember, seeing people s faces being with friends, family, shaking hands, that is normal. the truth is the