i m harris faulkner. this is outnumbered. i m joined by my cohost, emily compagno, kayleigh mcenany, tomi lahren, and fox news contributor jason chaffetz. happy new year, everybody. so good to see you. wow. i like your new part, tomi. tomi: thank you very much. harris: new york s eligibility plan for distributing its limited supply of covid treatments now includes taking the patient s race into account with mml explaining it this way. this is a quote. nonwhite race or hispanic, and ethnicity should be considered a risk factor as long-standing systemic health and social inequities have contributed to an increased risk of severe illness and death from covid-19. critics are going after that policy, calling it racist. jason: it s unconstitutional, and it s racist. quite frankly, this is a critical race theory. this is literally critical race theory applied to public health. since there is past discrimination against african-americans and other minorities, there should b
hospital. and the tough decisions for school districts nationwide, as millions of parents get ready to send their children back to school. is it safe to return to in-person learning? dr. jha standing by with that, and the key symptoms of omicron. a new winter storm taking aim at the northeast tonight. major cities on alert for weather whiplash, from mild temperatures to a bitter blast of cold and snow. in new mexico, authorities rescuing dozens of people trapped in a tram high in the mountains. in arkansas, heavy sleet triggering accidents and backing up traffic for miles. rob marciano is standing by with the timing and the track. the urgent search for the missing after those devastating wildfires in colorado. homes burned to the ground, now covered in snow. what we re learning tonight. shocking new details from congressional leaders about former president trump s whereabouts during the january 6th attack on the capitol. the dramatic rescue caught on camera. the heart
spreads. some big districts going remote others pushing forward with ramped up testing. it would be much better if we stayed in school all the time. seeing the devastation up close residents finally allowed back in after a thousand homes were burned to ground by the wild fire in colorado rising tensions. president biden today on the phone with ukraine s leader vowing to respond decisively if russia invades. and the on field tantrum from the nfl star in the middle of a game antonio brown now gone from another team. good evening more than a hundred million americans were expected to travel around christmas and new year s exceeding last year and now they re all trying to get home in the midst of nasty weather and a continued pandemic more than 2500 flights were canceled just today. part of more than it 12,000 canceled over the past week. the airlines are dealing with employees sick with covid and winter weather today from flooding in kentucky to icy roads in arkansas.
reporter: how worried should americans be about what s to come? dr. anthony fauci joins me to discuss ahead. plus, remembering reid, from a house with no running water to the highest perch in the senate, the late senate majority leader harry reid in his own words on his legacy and his parting push for democrats now. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of the union is hoping for a good year. happy new year. it s not where many expected to be at the start of 2022, facing new restrictions and soaring cases from the pandemic that has now killed more than 800,000 people in the u.s. and this thursday, january 6th, marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. despite the months that have passed and hopes that the country might come together, the nation remains bitterly divided and influenced by the lies that instigated the attack a year ago. a brand new poll from the washington post and the university of maryland shows 92% of democrat
recent day of the holiday season thanks to covid and bad weather. more than 13,000 flights have been canceled since christmas eve. many stranded travelers may have attended new year s eve gatherings like this one last night in times square. but experts warn it could lead to a tidal wave of hospital admissions as omicron surges. the nation has already smashed another daily case record, but mass gatherings aren t the only issue. we were all taught if you have a significant exposure to covid, you would have been within six feet of somebody for more than 15 minutes. while omicron is so contagious, it s changing the rules. you can have a very transient encounter with somebody. maybe your mask is a little bit loose, maybe they pulled their mask down a little bit, maybe you walked into an elevator or somebody has just coughed. this is how you can contract this virus. as those case numbers grow higher, one consequence is clear. right now more kids are hospitalized with covid-19 t