Here she is. Dagen this is an historic week. President bidens bid for a Second Term on the line. The course of lawmakers, political analysts and voters from the President S own party growing louder. They want the 81yearold to step aside. The President Saying no way. It is the most crucial week of his political career. Not one public event on his schedule today. This is the Faulkner Focus and im Dagen Mcdowell in for harris. No official events but he called into msnbc last hour to hammer this point home. President biden the Bottom Line here is that were not going anywhere. I am not going anywhere. I wouldnt be running if i didnt absolutely believe that i am the best candidate to beat Donald Trump in 2024. We had a democratic Nominating Process where the voters spoke clearly. I won 14 Million of those votes, etc. I not only believe that from the beginning but i wanted to reassert and demonstrate its true and i will do that all through this week and here on. Dagen senior House Democrats c
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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
broken system. lifting the pandemic health rule which could draw a surge of migrants across the southern border. we inherited a broken and dismantled system. that is already under strain. is the u.s. ready? homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas will be here. plus, election season. as voters worry about the economy, democrats brace for a midterm red wave. i think the american people want to see a change. are republicans prepared to lead? arkansas republican governor asa hutchinson is coming up. and show of support. house speaker nancy pelosi emphasizes the u.s. commitment to ukraine in a surprise visit to kyiv. and poland is welcoming millions of ukrainian refugees, but 50 years ago when the anti-semitic campaign started, we started losing friends fast. is polish generosity now a way to make up for the past? good morning, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is showing solidarity with ukraine. and we have breaking news. house
connection with the voting block he cannot be victorious without, black americans. i have your back as much as any president has. a national biden campaign cochair joins me live to discuss the interview and the reaction to the presidents comments. trump installs his favorites at the rnc including a election denier as chairman and his daughter in law. michael steele tells me what is happening to his party. special counsel robert herz testifies before congress even though he has already announced no charges will be brought against president biden for his handling of classified documents. we will talk about what is really going on. snl s response to the infamous republic can response. i am not just a senator, i am a wife, a mother and the craziest pitch in the target parking lot. salty, this is the sunday show. the 2024 election is shifting into high gear this week. on tuesday primaries will be held in the battleground state of georgia and three other states. on