festival have gone on to be nominated for emmys and oscars, including the winner of the 2020 academy award for short documentary. this year we have some of the best films we ve ever been privileged to showcase. they tackle some of the biggest issues of the last 18 months, from democracy and covid to race and the teaching of history. you re about to see three films here plus my conversations with two of the directors. first up is the facility directed by seth freed wesler. later in the program, you ll see meltdown in dixie and golden age karate. we hope you enjoy. my name is nilson barahona. i m originally from honduras. my father is a citizen. my wife is a citizen. my son has been born here. my mom is a legal resident. i ve been here for 20 years. so what is the point of i.c.e. having me here for? [ speaking foreign language ] covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. all of italy, a country of 60 million people, is now effectively a red zone. covid-19 is
hundreds actually, now they re zeroing in on republican lawmakers who may hold key information about how the capitol attack was allowed to unfold in the first place. one person they d like to speak to in particular is jim jordan. in a letter to jordan, betty johnson said we understand you had one if not multiple conversations with the president on january 6th. we d like to discuss this with you in detail. hopefully he ll be clear with the committee about the phone calls with the ex-president than he s been during past interviews. i ve talked to the president numerous times. i continue to talk to the president. no, i mean on january 6th, congressman. i ve talked to the president i ve talked to the president so many i can t remember all the days i ve talked to him. i certainly have talked to the president. on january 6th did you speak to him before, after, during the capital attack? i d have to go i i spoke with him that day after. i think after. i don t know
reports. we begin this sunday, boxing day, with omicron wreaking havoc coast-to-coast. in just a week s time, 1.3 million americans testing positive for covid, an average of 190,000 new cases per day, the highest case average we ve seen in a year. a silver lining, if there is one, new research from the uk signaling while the omicron variant is more transmissible, it produces milder symptoms, especially in breakthrough cases. but not for the unvaccinated. omicron is hitting those patients hard, overwhelming hospitals and stretching front line workers thin. case in point, new mexico. 50% of all hospitals are critically understaffed and 75% of hospital beds are occupied. south carolina, a third of hospitals are short-staffed. 76 of hospital beds occupied there. moving to california, nearly 30% of hospitals report a critical staffing shortage and close to 80% of hospital beds statewide are in use. another reason for alarm this sunday. an uptick in children being infected and hos
lie. now, the national spotlight is on voter suppression tactics, and voting rights activists such as stacey abrams are running for state office. last year we were at the height of the pandemic, and although the first vaccine had just been administered, it would be months until it was available to everyone. now, hopefully hospitalizations and ventilators won t become a reality for most of us because now we re all boosted, right? so, as we reflect on 2021 and look into the crystal ball of 2022, i m going to be my optimistic self and see the glass as half full. joining me now for some inspiration this sunday, dr. barry c. black, 62nd chaplain of the united states senate, and bishop michael curry, presiding bishop of the episcopal church. gentlemen, welcome to the sunday show. please forgive my attire this day after christmas. but i really thank you both for coming back to the sunday show. chaplain black, let me start with you. like i said, this is the day after christmas. a
for the full clean up. you re going to hear a lot today. we ve got a lot of facts. we know the facts. we re all intelligent people here, but i think what is lacking is courage to dot right thing. so i wanted to bring you my daughter s bides of courage. my daughter s a two-time cancer survivor at 9 years old. can you do it? hachoo! you want to go to disney land today? yeah. okay. let s go to disneyland. oh, yeah! are you going to go too? i m coming too. she earned all night beads through her cancer treatment program. each bead represents something different, for example, red represents when she had a blood transfusion. black when she got poked with a needle. yellow for in-patient stays. white for chemotherapy. this is what she earned the first month. i d like to share with you what shy has earned over the last two times fighting cancer. a few of the photos, i just want to fly through rile quick of some of the children that we ve met who are local. i went to camp wi