facism how close america is to it right now. plus as omicron spreads like wild fire i ll ask the former cdc director what the cdc under joe biden could do to improve messaging. as the school closures escalate the president of the american federation of teachers will join me to talk about what steps she believes need to be taken to protect both educators and students from the virus. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. we just marked one year since the horrible, deadly january 6th assault on the united states capitol. now as the insurrection rolls on we are getting ready for the next national election. not the 2024 presidential election. the midterm congressional elections that happen later this year. it is 2022 already. those elections could decide everything. like if republicans win the house, will they certify the presidential results? should a democrat win the white house in 2024? will they shoot down any further congressional investigation into donald trump and his allies? if
fascism how close america is to it right now. plus, as omicron spreads like wildfire, i ll ask former cdc director dr. tom frieden what the cdc under joe biden could do to improve its messaging. and as the row of school closures escalate, the parent, the american federation of teachers randi weingaten believes needs to be taken toe educate both students and teachers from the virus. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. we just marked one year since the horrible, deadly january 6 assault on the united states capitol. and now as the insurrection rolls on, we are getting ready for the next national election. no, not the 2024 presidential election. the midterm congressional elections that happen later this year. it is 2022 already. and those elections could decide everything. like if republicans win the house, will they certify the presidential results? should a democrat win the white house in 2024? will they shot down any further congressional investigation into donald trump and
the insurrection expose but the deepening fault lines in the population. and cracks in the very structure of our democracy. it opened a wound marion knee of us want to heal from but find ourselves very honestly, quite unable to. a sentiment that president joe biden reiterated on thursday, on the anniversary of the attack. watch. the way we have to heal, you have to recognize the extent of the moon. you cannot pretend. this is serious stuff. you have to face it. that is what great nations do. they face the truth. deal with it and move on. president biden is right here. how can we heal when our cries for justice and accountability have largely gone on answered? when the people in the party who stood to benefit from overturning the election result refused to even acknowledge the reality of what happened on that thing? when after a year of investigation, no one has been held accountable outside of some of the foot soldiers in trump s mob? national healing process is necessary
we can t continue to hurt the education of our children. as omicron spreads, how can schools make it work? new york city mayor eric adams joins me to discuss ahead. plus, terrorists attack, on the anniversary of an insurrection, one republican lawmaker backpedaled while other pushed for truth. that s how democracies die. are we doing enough to stop that? i ll speak to a prominent republican, governor asa hutchinson, in moments. hello, i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is having cold war flashbacks. the u.s. is entering a series of urgent meetings with russia this week, at one of the most precarious moments with that nation, since the fall of the soviet union. on monday, u.s. officials will meet with their russian counterparts in geneva in an attempt to deescalate the crisis with ukraine which russia seems poised to invade, with the ability to quickly mobilize twice that many. following the bilateral meetings in geneva, representatives from
that is the reddest, the most pro-trump part of america, six times as many, the death rate is six times as high there as it is in the bluest 10% of america. the death rate is three times higher in the reddest 30% of america than it is in the bluest. this is very much a pandemic of those who are refusing to get vaccinated and by and large those are right now the republicans because their leaders are telling them to do so. dana millbank, always a pleasure to talk to you. still to come, we re just one week into the new year and it s already feeling like a repeat of 2020. we re going to take a look at what s driving us back into the hot tub time machine to 2021. plus one of the biggest 80s villains on the big screen is here. actor martin you have a problem with that? actor martin cove on the fourth season of the netflix spinoff. then is it an end of the error for the golden globe awards. you won t catch them on tv or streaming this year. my saturday night panel is here to