country, where we want to go as a country and to be known for and how he want history to remember us, our nation as been tested many times we fought a civil war, we have fought in world wars, had presidents and presidential candidates assassinated. attacks on congress and members of congress, periods of pain as our brothers and sisters fall to be equal, full participants in this experiment calls america, many of us lived through the attacks of september 11, and octobers of terror acts of terror, domestic and otherwise. here we are the united states of america. tonight i want us to to what great nations do, what great people do, look at where we have been, look at where we are, and most importantly look at where we want to go as we seek a more perfect union. we begin with chuck hagel former secretary of defense of the great state of nebraska. mr. secretary, you represented the united states on the world stage. when you look at that stage today, what givens you cause for opti
i love when i start a day and i really don t know where it s going to take me. waking up every day in a different country, creating projects. never really looking back, just being in the action. action, action, action. maybe that s why i have always been documenting it. to keep a trace of it. the excuse of the art is the greatest past ever. i m actually kind of shy and can be afraid to talk to people, but when i do a project, i have to explain i come here by myself with my own money to try to do this project here with you in your community. if it makes sense to you. then of course some people ask yes, but what is this going to achieve? i always say, i don t know. let s see. it s almost like if we do a pact of the unknown. okay, we re going to do this, but i have no idea where it s going to take us. one more time. thank you. so, here i am in supermax prison to meet some inmates that have been incarcerated when they were teenagers, mainly because of the this is
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
i am, too. because, again, every single moment we remind people about the urgency and vaccination and why it s so important it helps people, helps the community, helps the globe. and you re right, i never understood why you didn t put the feather in that cap. the idea of operation warp speed, that could have been something. and some say had he embraced it sooner it might have changed the dynamics of the election in 2020, but we can guess all day and read tea leaves. we know what s happening right now. laura, good to see you. have a good show. good to see you, too. and thank you. and merry christmas. merry christmas, michael smerconish. and this is don lemon tonight. i m laura coates in for don lemon. and tonight the cdc is changing its guidelines for health care workers who test positive for covid-19 just as the omicron variant spreads quickly across the united states with now more than 164,000 new cases reported today alone. the agency is saying health care worke
unlike last year we have tools to gather safely this year, but hardships remain. there are struggles to find tests and testing. u.s. cases just spiked 48% from last week and right now new infections are topping the wave we saw from delta. hospitalizations are also up. the cdc is taking action before the winter wave now shortening a time that health care workers have to test after testing positive. airlines today pushing for that same guidance and staffing shortages are grounding hundreds of christmas eve flights. people are stranded and mask mandates are still in place and the fatigue is real and so is the loss. right now roughly 1,500 americans are doing of covid each day, most overwhelmingly unvaccinated. over 815,000 mesh lives now lost to this virus. our hearts are with those families, especially this holiday. several covid headlines to get to to start us off this hour to. begin we start with our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. let s go through what the cdc