jim, thank you. . welcome to cnn tionight, i am michael smerconish, merry christmas to all. although it does not feel like christmas. we are a step away from covid. new guidance on the cdc on how long those infected should stay isolated, not just healthcare workers, it s a big change so stay tuned for that. what a way to close out 2021 with an omicron bang. that brings me to our survey question tonight, which year do you think history will judge worse, 2020 or 2021? it s really a toss up for many of us, right? let us know your vote by going to my website, it s smer smerconish.com, we ll share the results later in the program. what will 2022 bring? can we collectively look to the new year as a nation without unity on immunity and with this virus testing us so much again, testing is still such a huge problem with the latest variant crashing down on us, something that president biden conceded on his call with governors earlier today. seeing how tough it was for some fol
i m laura coates in for don lemon. omicron is surging across this country. the u.s. is now averaging more than 200,000 new covid cases every single day. that s the highest number since january. that as there is big news tonight for anyone who has tested positive for covid. the cdc announced shortening the recommended time you should isolate if you test positive but don t have symptoms. cutting that period of isolation now from ten days to now five days. but you should still wear a mask around others for at least five more days. tonight, dr. fauci is saying the new guidelines are a good idea to get people back to work and keep our society running smoothly. it just makes sense if you keep them out for five days, keep them ice solated for five s and get them back doing their work, keeping a mask on protecting themselves from infecting other individuals. people across the country lining up and sometimes for hours just trying to get covid tests. president joe biden admits the
History than january 6th. gee, usesusan, i wasn t thinkinf january 6th but if you throw january 6th into the mix, that s the tiebreaker:thank you for watching. i ll be back here one more night, tomorrow night. don lemon begins in a minute with my friend laura coates sitting in. michael, great show tonight. wow, that story with that mother. that was unbelievable to hear that story. glad you shared that. important to hear it. thank you. laura, i wish it had a happy ending. it doesn t, at least not yet. there are so many people especially during covid. talking about the people who have had increasing amounts of addiction, of overuse, over abuse, over, you know, just unbelievable what we re seeing now and covid exacerbated so many things. these stories are important and more to come i m sure unfortunately. have a good program. thank you. this is don lemon tonight.
Yovanovitch was following policy to go after corruption. and here you have an envoy taking their word for it and undercutting. it s critical there be a clear chain of command, the instruction be sound and the ambassador working those issues is not undercut. unfortunately the ambassador was not only undercut but removed without foundation. ambassador herbst, appreciate your time, thank you. coming up, more on my conversation with use sesusan rd why she decided to call her book tough love. all day strong. alice loves the smell of gain so much, she wished it came in a fabric softener too. [throat clears]
Tax burden in the state and the politicians doesn t pick winners or losers, make it a more hospitable place to do business and amazon comes naturally and get the $3 billion tax incentive from a reduction in overall tax rates. that s a conservative argument. the liberal argument is give me that money so i can use it for something else. but as usesusan said, there is money. this is not like building a stadium. it s true that cities and states build stadiums, pay for the stadium and then hand it to a team. that s horrible corporate welfare and everybody in the country is sort of learning of the egregiousness of that. this is something else. so there s going to be no business in long island city that creates 25,000 new jobs because amazon s gone. with reporting on amazon s decision, the co-founder of axios and dillon byers.