a peaceful planet. we re not thinking of anything else. they re trying to do what no one else has ever done before, find a new way for humanity. america in the early 60s, it was a real good time of prosperity, but it was also kind of a stagnant time in terms of spiritual growth. things were kind of at a standstill. the baseline culture was materialism, and also the feeling that the culture itself didn t honor the human spirit and didn t honor creativity. [ applause ] in the early 1950s, the nation recognized in its midst the social movement called beat generation. a novel titled on the road became a best-seller. when kerouac s book comes out, it became a revolution, defined a new generation of what being beat means, and it defined it as a spiritual revolution. that if we re living in an age of conformity, if everybody s trying to work for the corporation, that you re losing a sense of self. i was traveling west one time at the junction of the state line
president biden begins the new year with a mountain of challenges head of him. a wave of severe weather moving across the country, including snow and potential for tornadoes. your forecast and what it could mean for your travel plans. saying goodbye to america s golden girl. we ll look back at the incredible career of the iconic betty white and the impact that she had on the world of television. we re so grateful for you joining us this sunday, january 2nd. we hope you re having a great 2022, one hopefully covid-free. i hope how is your 2022? i feel like it s going to be a good year. i hope there s a lot of the challenges that we had in 2021 that will be put behind us. so far so good. you re here, i m here, apple juice, it s bright and early. thanks for joining us. nowhere else i would rather be on the second day of the new year. we start this morning, boris, millions of americans will return to work or school this week, but this explosive surge of new covid-19
after warning russian president putin there will be serious consequences if russia invades ukraine. the big question, whether those diplomatic efforts will be enough to turn down the tensions. it s been almost one year since the capitol insurrection. we re going to break down what we ve learned from the investigation. thank you so much for waking up with us this sunday, january 2nd. i hope that alarm clock early this morning wasn t too unsettling. i was watching a lot of football games that coy was talk about. it was a little brutal, but not too bad. i like getting up early. happy to be here with you. appreciate it. we have a not talk about because millions of americans are getting ready, boris, to go back to work or school this week, but this explosive surge of new covid-19 infections is altering daily life across the u.s. the holidays may be over but the travel nightmares are getting started because airlines have canceled nearly 1700 flights today due to a combina
will require hospitalization, might be up. we can t be complacent in these reports which are likely accurate that it is ultimately in the big picture less severe. we re still going to get a lot of hospitalizations. cnn s ryan young and polo sandoval are monitoring the situations around the country. you re at atlanta s hartsfield-jackson airport, more flights being canceled. how are travelers dealing with the frustrations? a yeah. more flights are being canceled across the country. everybody wants to get the new year started off on the right foot. when you add the sprinkle of travel into it it made things quite hard. think ability the fact that when you walk into some of these airports there s not even concession stands nope a lot of places because they re dealing with the covid outbreak. you add this together, you can understand why frustrations are starting to rise. take a look at some of the video we shot on the inside. the lines on the inside at the ticket counter are
that s where a lot of people sit right now. they re going in to take care of other people and they re worried for their business, for their family. so we re just looking for some more help from congress. it s got bipartisan support. we just need a few more people to jump on. kevin, thanks for the hard truth, that s serving up some really harsh reality there, but i think we all understand exactly where you re coming from. i really appreciate you giving me the opportunity to speak. it s important to a lot of people. we re 16.1 million people who work in the united states in the whole supply chain. we re 4% of the gdp. we re an important business. we should be treated as such. we need you, we need our restaurants. and we all need to be restored, as you say. kevin bain, thank you so much, appreciate it. all the best, happy new year. happy new year. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for being with me, i m fredericka whitfield. this breaking news, the ja