>> laura: of got to compose myself. i don't think liz cheney likes us. >> sean: [laughs] >> laura: i mean, i've tried my best, i worked really hard, i've tried to be -- i don't think she likes us. >> sean: i don't think she likes us either. >> laura: i don't think she likes of hannity. i don't know why. i don't know why. >> sean: my heart goes pitter patter, i'm so upset. you know, i'm losing sleep. >> laura: i know you are. i just wanted to make sure you were okay on the grief counseling was working. if >> sean: i'm going to my happy place right now, it's called tito's. >> laura: all right, i will check back with you tomorrow. compose yourself. >> sean: i will compose myself, i promise. >> laura: this is "the ingraham angle" from washington's men. january 6th committee continues to embarrass itself. adam schiff was caught fabricating a text message from jim jordan to mark meadows. we have all the details, and speaking of january 6, our dear friend liz cheney and her alliance with the democrats to punish members of her

. ♪ ♪ >> laura: on laura ingraham, this is "the ingraham angle." after a very busy week former presidential will be joining us tonight to discuss everything from why the republicans are helping democrats but the whole debt ceiling thing to his exclusive reaction to the jussie smollett verdict. a case that exploded during his time in offense. you're not going to want to miss it. just how different do christmas specials look today? weil, plus biden stumbling through his democracy summit, raymond arroyo has at all with "friday follies." but first, heading to the cliff, that's the focus of tonight's "angle." as "angle" noted, democrats are earning hypersonic panic in the mid terms of 2020 form. they know they are headed for a crash which is why they convene their so-called summit for democracy yesterday. they are engaged in what i think is an elaborate but quite transparent attempt at preemptive spins. >> double the number to prevent voting discrimination, provide baseline for assessing and accessing the ballot box. it's because the anti-voter laws tha

laura ingraham takes it from him. >> laura: hannity, we have a lot going on the vaccine mandates and so forth. we'll pick it up where you left off. thank you, my friend. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. breaking another day, another major court loss on the issue of vax mandates. hours ago, a federal district judge in louisiana halted a biden order that certain healthcare workers nationwide be vaccinated, this followed two other similar rulings by judges in missouri and kentucky the past 48 hours. the supreme court will have the final say here. we have ken starr on this later in the hour. also fauci outs himself again as the omicron panic pusher goes nuts. we have our medicine cabinet on that. the congress woman that liberals love to hate, lauren bogart is here for the message of those trying to cancer her. first, the swamp stays home. that's the focus of tonight's angle. so if you live and work in a red state, you know, normal america, you may not realize that many federal employees haven't returned to work full time since the pandemic began. so feder

. >> i'm laura ingraham. laura: this is a special edition of the ingraham angle. it is great to be with you. it has been a long time. is it me or did 2021 totally flyby? i think we shared a few viral moments and hilarious moments. >> many of those moments we have to thank one particular person, president biden, if not for his confounding antics and ceaseless wanderings we would have had less material. laura: our first clip is the perfect tribute to president biden's unintended comedic prowess. i know you were closely watching biden's public events today. what did you see? >> with biden i always say it is not what he says, it is what we see the telltale. today the president was demanding everyone get vaccinated and boosted the to avoid the new covid variant but apparently routinely touching orifices is not a covid risk at the white house. just watch? >> there are 3 messages about the new variant. the best vaccine in the world and now we are seeing deaths come down. we are going to fight and beat this new variant as well. a fully vaccinated, boosted person is the mo

>> that is a great point, laura. if that is the case then people get vaccinated and they can reduce their risk if they perceive it to be doing such and getting the severe and potentially fatal disease. that doesn't mean everyone else should be getting it. that is an individual benefit. in terms of the benefit of the people around them the data is very clear there is zero benefit to people around individuals who are double vaccinated. they are still shedding is much virus so it makes no sense to push the vaccines in that context. third and fourth doses or to america, no question. scientists have been saying this for long time. it's all about the prophet, it has to be. it's not about the science, there's a mountain of science saying we should not be pushing these vaccines, we should certainly not be mandating them in every dose that gets added as a gross amount of profit for these companies. >> laura: i want to get to that some people understand, dr. bridle because pfizer has a new company slogan, what is good for pfiz

laura: what? i still can't believe that. >> one of the biggest fake hate crimes in modern history was pushed by how sharpton who falsely claimed the teenager was raped by a white guy, grand jury ruled was fraudulent that one of his colleagues turned against him and publicly said he knew it was a lie. laura: we lost larry. don't know what happened. he was making a great point but his overall message, treat people like human beings. attacks, violence, defamation, disparagement, whether it is a white person, black person, all of it should be condemned and if it is, what should be prosecuted. america is getting tired of division along racial lines for only the purpose of dividing us. especially this holiday season we've got to bring people together as much as we can but we appreciate our conversation with larry as short as it was. even i don't know what this is about, no one told me about this. stay there. ♪ >> raymond, what is your big laura: what is your big announcement was another spy book or lo

laura ingraham, "the ingraham angle" starts right here, right now, and it's a great show. >> laura: do you have blue on blue tonight? is that a light blue on a light blue? i can't really tell, it's very pastel-like. >> sean: it's blue on blue, i just checked. >> laura: it's very icy. >> sean: guess how much thought to get that? none. >> laura: my next guest has the same outfit as you because you have jeans on. i'm revealing my next guest's pants. >> sean: i have sweat sweat pants on, do you want me to be honest? i have michigan sweatpants. >> laura: are you wearing crocs too? great, hannity, i'm taking your fashion of ice. great to see you. i'm laura ingraham, this is "the ingraham angle" from washington tonight. governor ron desantis not only has a plan for removing illegals from his state, he also has an idea of where he wants to send them. he is here tonight with more. plus, dr. jill steps into safer husband and kamala's inflation era redecoration. raymond arroyo explains that in "seen and unseen." but first, the walking dead. that's the focus of tonight's angle. a political party l

they need to show up. >> laura: you bet, joy. eric adams better be watching tonight as well, the new mayor of new york. joy, thank you. how bad are things for biden? a new poll is ugly. >> laura: we are not even 11 months into his presidency and according to a new poll survey just released, 40% of voters say they would back trump compared to 45% for biden. finally. so, trump would beat biden of the election were held today. get your usa made freda manors gear on lauraingraham.com. all proceeds to the month december go to -- up next is "gutfeld!." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: happy monday, everyone. what a great show we have two kick off week. but first, some sad news to report. chris cuomo is dead. lifting a lot of weight now that he is unemployed. yes, this dumbbell has taken his aggression out on the bs.

laura: oh. how insulting and monstrously out of touch but at least president biden as a smart number 2 behind him who can offer in and offer sage advice in difficult times. oh, wait. with kamala harris the democrats are between a rock and a hard place. if something should happen to biden, or if he doesn't run for reelection which he won't, they are stuck with an unqualified, unintelligent and completely unlikable woman as the presumptive front runner. in a hypothetical trump kamala harris matchup trump received 50% support, harris 41% support. trump would win the electoral college in a landslide with that margin and with their supposedly backup plan, mayor pete, democrats are in even deeper trouble. in a trump buttigieg matchup the former president received an 11 point margin of victory. this is what happens when you put diversity over merit, talent and experience, in the end always win out. it turns out minorities value competence and results just as much as anyone else so it makes sense that w

. >> ♪ ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> laura: i am laura ingraham and this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. why has a study that looks at whether ivermectin can treat covid was shut down? the man who invented the mrna vaccine says this amounts to a cover-up. he will tell us why. biden's commencement in south carolina did not go according to plan. is bill clinton hard up for cash? raymond arroyo explains in friday's follies. first they are not listening. that's the focus of tonight's "angle." biden and the congressional democrats end 2021 having failed on almost every front. inflation is sky rocketing. violence is on the rise. there is a needless omicron freak out and tens of thousands of illegals are flooding across the border and the left's agenda is stalling out thankfully. americans are fed up with it. they are fed up with all of it. every week it seems biden hits new lows in it the polls. hispanics are moving to the republican party in droves. among young people, biden has fallen 50 points since the beginning of the year. last night i was in the holiday spirit. the "angle" gave biden an

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hi. >> laura: guess laura: guess what they are telling me. i have a new graphics package after 4 and a half years. >> you didn't know about it? laura: i heard there were new graphics coming and i had wondered because it had been a while but it looks really great. this is really exciting. >> you can ask for things like that if you wanted. i like what i like and - if you change yours i will change mine. laura: you have kind of a lost in space theme behind you. i'm expecting the robot and will robinson to pop up but it fits you well. laura: you are on your game. everyone likes to torture me. laura: they are telling me i have to go with a new graphic. see you tomorrow. this is the ingraham angle, welcome to your covid police state. new york mayor bill deblasio dropping vaccine mandate on private employers and coming for your kids. we break it down. father of a 4-year-old artistic boy asking the supreme court to block the biden administration's transport station mask mandate. easier exclusively and the harry potter reunion missing one key figure.

laura ingraham. >> laura: very happy christmas. where you skedaddle and ought to? is this your last night before the new year? the rest of us will be toiling away tomorrow night. >> sean: there have been years where i got called back from vacation. that could happen. >> laura: once again. 100,000 tiny violence are playing in the other room. oh, my god. so, sean, are you a new year's resolution type person or no? do you do new year's resolutions? >> sean: on vacation i try to center myself, find god, and then get my creative juices flowing. and i already know where i am heading. i know next year is the biggest, most important midterm election year in our lives, and i'm going to be focused like a laser beam. >> laura: welcome to center yourself and find god. you seem like one of those posters that are corporate walls. it's so perfect. i'm just going to have a margarita and go to mass and call it a day. that's we are all doing in our mass make our household. >> sean: have some vodka and call it a day as well. >> laura: entity, we will miss you and i will -- happy new

laura ingraham is start standing by. i have the record, i have over 1200 tracks messages private ones released publicly. i'm in the lead right now. you are catching up. >> with an address later on my show is what this really is all about. what is really going on with liz cheney and the media. >> release yours i want to see yours. >> i have no interest in reading any of their text messages because it also aggressively boring. [laughs] there are the most people you're so predictable. >> there is a part of this that does suck and i will tell you this. had to give up email, i don't do social media. >> not talk about that. i don't like that word so don't say that i hate that word. >> i read ago i'm late. i'm laura ingraham is the ingraham angle. your knocking out miss my takedown of liz cheney and the media's obsession to myself to >> laura: alcove it will be behind us maybe it'll be after omicron though still be fewer, and fewer states with mandates or restrictions. i know you can't wait for the new normal to be back. horrib

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> laura: i'm laura ingraham, this is "the ingraham angle" from a very busy washington tonight. we have a lot to unpack so we are going to jump right in. the collaborator. that is the focus of tonight's angle. now the biggest long-term threat to america, it's not real sure iran or north korea, although all of them present unique challenges, and it is certainly not what the democrats on the hill and biden are focused on. >> do you agree with your predecessors that white supremacist extremists remain the most existential threat in the homeland. >> i believe they do at this time. speak at the top extremist threat we face comes from racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists, specifically for those who advor the superiority of the white race. >> laura: the biggest threat facing our democracy and way of life is the chinese communist party. hunter biden we find ourselves trying to play catch up with are blocking the ccp and their efforts to expand their power base across the globe. according to "the wall street journal," intelligence reports suggest china intends to establis

i'm laura ingraham. a group of anti-mandate protesters tried to eat and in new york city applebee's, a group of cops could have stopped last summer's rights was one of those arrested is here tonight with all the details and we will bring you in andgraham angle investigation. afghan migrants being kept in swanky hotels and the surrounding community has no clue about it. we are going to take you to bethesda, maryland for an expose you cannot miss but first the reset they need. that's the focus of tonight's angle. it is the number 2 holiday season for democrats in washington. every paul has biden cratering, interparty finger parting over there stalled agenda and the nation is saying we are done with covid and in a major blow from chad program the senate parliamentarian rules the immigration provisions out of order for build back better, today biden formally pulled the plug on his social spending bill for the year. this is what happens, the chaos that ensued when you nominate a man as president who doesn't h

laura. >> laura: trace. that's unbelievable. thank you. and one week ago, we asked why federal workers still aren't actually in the office. all it seems that minority leader kevin mccarthy was listening. he has an announcement, next. plus, mark meadows just announced he is suing pelosi. he has all the details coming up. ♪ ♪ >> laura: federal buildings including those that house homeland security, hss, transportation department have had a lot of vacant offices. in the twisted liberal mind, and person work as expected for people like store clerks, baristas, janitors, airport personnel, but the average federal worker apparently believes stay home is their right. republicans in congress must demand real answers about what exactly are bloated federal workforce has been up to. and now just days later, house minority leader kevin mccarthy is himself demanding answers from the biden administration. as to how many federal employees are physically actually showing up for work versus those who are still teleworking and watching netflix. house min

laura? >> laura: absolutely shocking, thank you. my next guest has seen firsthand the shocking crime wave sweeping l.a. amy mcbride, director of the l.a. protective league. jamie, a number of friends in l.a. knew jacqueline very well. but i think in beverly hills, malibu, ritzy area, georgetown, washington. people think because they are rich they are protected. but how safe are these people in any of these neighborhoods when we have district attorneys like george gascon in l.a. who keep this revolving door of crime going? >> let's not forget the criminals don't know when the city lines stop and start. i've worked all over the city of los angeles and my 31 years of law enforcement and i have seen firsthand. i used to track criminals down into the cities of beverly hills and all over the places they are trying to commit their crimes. people like george gascon, they are helping the criminals. there is no such thing as helping the victim. in fact they almost want you to feel it's your fault to be a victim. let's not forget, the aclu, th

i don't know what it is yet but it's huge. >> laura: it always is. did you have a segment where it was brian kemp -- he can't run for governor. i didn't hear the whole thing. >> sean: he's not well-liked by republicans in georgia, it's just the fact. >> laura: are you announcing tonight that you're running? >> sean: i don't live in georgia, i'm an idiot, i live in new york -- i mean that. >> laura: now you've clarified it, awesome show. i'm laura ingraham, this is the ingraham angle from washington the night. senators cruz and holly are both here on today's fascinating supreme court hearing on the future of roe vs. wade. plus there is a shocking story out of philadelphia were a democrat city leader seems to be excusing a brutal beating. you will find out why later on in the show. another cringeworthy white house tiktok video, what is it? raymond arroyo has it come all the details. but first, finally putting roe to rest, that is the focus. today's oral arguments in the biggest abortion case since kc versus planned parenthood, they were certainly fasci

i'm laura ingraham. governor ron desantis normally has a plan for removing illegals from his state but an idea where he wants to send them, i screamed laughing, he's here tonight with more but doctor jill stepped in to save her husband and regenerations. raymond arroyo explained in seen and unseen but first, the walking dead, that's the focus of tonight's angle. a political party like a company or a sports team or school should always have a succession plan. is about preparing for the foreseen and unforeseen. who could step in as the next ceo, the next head coach, the next school principal. how about the next speaker of the house, democrats have no such plan for their leadership at the top and a very shallow bench. consider the leadership lineup. looks like a new version of cocoon in washington with a faltering debilitated 79-year-old president who will be 83 of the start of his second term. >> the devastation is stunning. there's nothing left standing. they are gone. >> the uninspiring house majority le

laura: let's give it a go. lemonis: at this point with james, i just want him to demonstrate the ability to make anything. but i don't necessarily think that taking a current sweet potato pie and mashing it up and putting it back on the cookie sheet and baking it again was exactly the "anything" i was thinking of. do you think it would be helpful to go to a cooking school, basic baking school? james: i don't think so. laura: i think it would be great for both of us. james: i would like to send her, but i would not like to go. lemonis: huh? james: i wouldn't like to go. lemonis: you're not buying off on the program, and so i'm okay if we shake hands and we move on. james: what makes you think i'm not buying off on the process? lemonis: 'cause you haven't done anything i've asked you to. james: we -- we -- lemonis: where are my cookies? do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we t

laura: i am laura trevelyan in washington and this is bbc world news america. more cases of the omicron variant in the u.s., the u.k., and beyond. we speak to a top health official about what the biden administration is doing to vaccinate the world. u.k. adds nigeria to the red list of countries facing traveler restrictions. the biden administration announces a diplomatic boycott of the diplomatic games in china due to beijing's record on human rights. the athletes can still go. he has made millions laugh over the years with blazing saddles and producers. now director mel brooks is sharing his life story, all 95 years. >> all the stories are in the book and some of them are actually true. ♪ laura: welme to world news america on pbs and around the globe. ere is good news and bad news on the new coronavirus variant. a study from south africa suggested omicron may be causing milder illness than feared. wall street bounceback, the dow jumping nearly 650 points on monday. the bad news is many countries are tightening travel restrictions and mask wearing ahead of t

laura: world aids day. we go to liverpool to remember those who were lost too soon. ♪ welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. the u.s. supreme court has been hearing arguments today in the most important case on a potion rights and half a century. mississippi bans abortion after 15 weeks. conservative leaning justices seemed to be minded to uphold the mississippi law and that would be a devastating blow to abortion rights activists. our correspondent sophie long reports. sophie: antiabortion activists gather outsid the last remaining clinic still providing the procedure in mississippi. >> murdering children is wrong, according to the bible. sophie: there are escorts here to protect those who remain this is a -- to maintain this remains a constitutional right. the difficult and deeply personal decision women who come here have made is judged publicly. this is the front line in a bitter battle that has gone on for decades. ever since the supreme court ruled women had the right to abortion

laura: you are watching bbc world news america. still to come, in turkey, rising prices are putting pressure on shoppers. why some economists blame the president. e death toll from indonesia's volcano eruption has risen to at least 34. lava has buried houses and forced thousands to flee. >> the lava buriverything on its way. many houses in one of the villages looks uninhabitable. the volcanic material turned into solid ground because of the heavy rain. it hasn't been raining today and it turned into ash again, but it is still quite warm. there are many areas where the ground is still too hot for evacuation effort. there have been a couple of avalanches of lava mud coming from the top of the mountain that created panic for people who came back to their houses to collect their belongings. there hasn't been a follow-up eruption even though the indonesian geological survey has warned that it may happen at any time. laura: in turkey, the economy is ineasingly unstable following dramatic falls in the value of the turkish lira. inflation

laura ingraham is next. i'm dying to get your legal take either civilly or criminally on alec baldwin and do you believe he was coached tonight by his lawyers? >> laura: it seemed like -- well, it's unusual for alec baldwin to be a bad actor. it's actually a great themes like it is unusual for alec baldwin to be a bad actor. he's actually a great actor. the acting wasn't convincing to me so i think -- >> that he was coached and there was some acting involved in this? >> it just seemed like it to me but only the legal proceedings are going to follow will determine. he is going to be sued civilly and we will see what happens on the criminal front but civil lawsuits, lawyers are licking their chops over this case so absolutely. >> you have a great show as always, take it away. >> anthony fauci has now spent the better part of 18 months promising the american people the normality is right around the corner but something he said last night reveals that he doesn't want that, never did that. alec berenson band on t

laura: back with me as donald trump. you heard the left blame you in 2019 for jussie smollett's phony race attack. he was found guilty on 5 or 6 counts of lying to police. your reaction to your old photos and reaction to the verdict more importantly. >> it is a disgrace what happened. he said maga country tried to hang him, that maga country was that and if he were the other side he would be in jail for 25 years for hate crimes, what he did, that they attacked him and they were two friends and painted him with house paint, their faces white and put red hats on him, make america great again hat and turned out they were caught and admitted everything, this even went to trial it is so crazy what happened, he tried to get away, the jury got it and they got it strong but he was convicted of almost all of the counts. laura: to blame you for this, this is rahm emanuel, both for the campaign really god kicking off for the 2020 campaign. this is part of the narrative that they wanted to tie the republican party, trump voters, you

laura: what is an lgbt book? is that an author who is lgbt or book that touches on lgbt resident combo? >> i don't know. my book is about a walrus. who knows? >> the children's book publishing industry, most parents don't give a lot of thought but from the books that are assigned, i can say this from junior high to high school, elementary school, what kids have available in their school curriculum, so much of it is never going to withstand the test of time and that is putting it charitably. >> a lot of it, there's a lot of racial indoctrination, antiracist baby, critical races theory and that sort of thing, so much is general ideology and general ideology is so absurd they realize if they want to convince people that they have to get to them when they are very young and not able to establish between fantasy and reality and making commonsense judgments and that's why it is important to brainwash the kids early and important for us to protect our kids from that brainwashing. >> one teacher describes his classroom h

laura kuenssberg reports. reporter: are we staring down the barrel of a terrible out week of the virus? are we looking at the science of an impossible pressure for the nhs? is the prime minister watching out of control, as his authority and credibility follow way. >> is the party over for you now, prime minister? reporter: boris johnson is eager to emphasize again what he says you must do. pm johnson: the wave of omicron continues to roll in across the whole. in the united kingdom, we are throwing everything at it. wherever you are, we will be there with a jab for you. so please, get boosted now. >> this is a really serious threat. how big a threat, there are several things we don't know, but all the things we do know are bad, and the principal one being the speed at which it is moving. it is moving at an absolutely phenomenal case. reporter: demand for the booster searched, but so has the very end. more cases recorded today than at any point during the whole pandemic. as jabs go in arms at surgeries, car pack

laura ingraham is start standing by. i have the record, i have over 1200 tracks messages private ones released publicly. i'm in the lead right now. you are catching up. what i'm going to address later in my show is what is this really all about? what is really going on with liz cheney and the media. >> release yours. laura: i don't care to read any of their text messages because they are so aggressively boring, the most boring people, so predictable, hang a piece of meat and they just grab it. >> a part of this does suck and that is i had to give up email. i don't do social media. >> i don't like that word, sucks, don't say that. i hate that word. i hate that word. i've got to go. i'm late. i'm laura ingraham, you're not going to want to miss my take down the lose cheney and the media obsession over january 6th texts sent by fox news host including myself and mark meadows first, your next lockdown is the focus of the angle. soon covid will be behind us you are thinking, maybe after omicron but fewer states with mandates

laura ingraham takes it from him. >> laura: hannity, we laura: we have a lot going on with vaccine mandates and we pick up where you left off. this is the ingraham angle. breaking, another day another major court loss for the biden administration unusual vaccination mandates. just hours ago a federal district judge in louisiana halted the biden order that certain healthcare workers nationwide be vaccinated. this followed two other similar rulings by judges in missouri and kentucky over the past 48 hours. the supreme court will have the final say. we have kenneth starr on this later and fauci outs himself again as a con panic pushes go nuts. the medicine cabinet on that and the congresswoman liberals love to hate is here with a message for those trying to cancel her but first, the swamp stays home, that's the focus of tonight's angle. if you live and work in a red state you may not realize many federal employees haven't returned to work full time since the pandemic began said federal building including those that house homeland security, hhs, transportation department have had a lot of vacan

laura: just do it. it is supposed to be about science but sounds more like he's in a nike commercial. one only needs to look abroad to see where the booster mania is going, in israel government officials are considering whether to mandate a fourth covid shot due to the emergence of the omicron variant. how long before that comes here? >> what do we see? to determine if omicron is covered and for how long. we will need a fourth dose. we need to wait and see. laura: wait a minute. science again, or is this about profit for big pharma? it is not about making pharma execs rich than it is time to start asking questions about the effectiveness in vaccines in ending the pandemic. doctor byron bridal in canada is part of the group who studied the first amrna covid vaccine. what is going on here? >> thanks for having me again. i have to say this is ludicrous. this is a case of trying to take something that is completely ineffective as by administering endless doses somehow it seems like health professionals thin

laura: this is "bbc world news america." india braces for another covid surge after dozens of omicron cases are found there. the nation's top doctors are warning of a third wave of infections. amid somewhat reassuring signs from south africa, the number severe cases are lower than in past outbreaks so far. the governor of kentucky says more than 0 people are still missing after deadly tornado swept through the region. plus, the u.k. has become the place to make tv drama. we will look at why, and here's a hint. game of thrones had something to do with it. ♪ laura: welcome to "bbc world news america." the pandemic is entering its third year and death tolls of covid here in the u.s. are fast approaching milestone of 800,000, the highest in the world. the omicron variant has been found in more than 60 countries, including india, where hospitals were overrun during the second wave of covid. experts are warning that a third wave driven by the very could overwhelm the country. our correspondent has more. the report contained some

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laura: always race. the woman is untalented, unprincipled and incapable of discussing almost any subject intelligently. if she's not grandstanding on race she's fear mongering about january 6th. >> what we saw happen across the state will be read double starting in january when new state legislatures come back and feel the fervor of the insurrection filling their veins again, to cast the suppression legislation. laura: filling their veins? how dramatic was abrams like biden falls back on personal anecdotes that don't connect to today's georgia. >> i was from a low-income community, i grew up in mississippi, we moved from mississippi to georgia. they were going for permanent poverty. laura: the truth is african-americans today in georgia are thriving under republican leadership. atlanta is tied with washington dc. forms recent study of where african-americans are doing best economically. what exactly is stacy abrams done to help georgia since she lost in 2018. she led the crusade to push major league base

laura: nunca una vida normal. toda mi vida estÁ marcada o por el escÁndalo, o yo tambiÉn que creo todo eso. marÍa: es laura bozo, la seÑorita laura la que creo y renovÓ en la televisiÓn el show salpicado de escÁndalo luego de dos semanas de libertad despuÉs de la suspensiÓn de un juez a la orden de aprehensiÓn por la que estuvo escondida tres meses evitando la cÁrcel. laura: a mÍ no me da miedo porque pienso que hay mÁs delincuentes en la calle que en un penal, pero yo tenÍa en estÓmago abierto, eterno cÁncer de mama, tengo una depresiÓn diagnosticada y bueno, cumplÍ 70 aÑos en la clandestinidad. marÍa: cuando tu ves cosas feas que dicen de ti, eso no te lastima? laura: no. me lastimas y viene de gente que yo amo. lo Único que puedo lastimarme en esta vida son mis hijas, nada mÁs. lo demÁs, yo a mi que digan lo que quieran. marÍa: es una laura reflexiva que ha sobrevivido a varias pÉrdidas y dramas en menos de un aÑo. una laura arrepentida de haber hablado de mÁs. laura: creo que fue un

laura: indeed. meanwhile in the united kingdom, they are reporting omicron infections are dbling every few days. there is going to be a work from home from monday. do you think something similar will happen here in the united states with omicron? >> it will, but it is also important to keep it in perspective. when you hear about a doubling in the u.k., were member what that means. you are goingrom 200 new cases to 400 new cases with the background of 40,000 cases of delta on a daily basis. no question this will accelerate in the u.k. and the u.s. we still have a lot of unknowns, including whether omicron has the ability to ultimately outcompete ot displays the delta variant. so i think at least for the coming weeks into the christmas holidays into early january, we should anticipate that will have likely both variants in play with delta being the overelming problem right now, but omicron may become more of an issue. laura: there are two covid pills which will soon be on the market here in the united

laura? >> nick, thank you for that. >>> just a few hours president biden will be briefed on the federal response to this weekend's deadly tornadoes. the president says he is monitoring the situation very closely. cnn's jasmine wright live for us in washington. jasmine, good morning. what more do we expect to hear from the president on this terrible disaster this weekend? >> reporter: well, laura, majority of the president's day today will be spent on the aftermath of these tornadoes. last night he aprovered a major disaster declaration for the state of kentucky, freeing up federal resources to supplant areas there and he will be briefed today in person in the oval office by his top officials at dhs, fema and homeland security, alejandro mayorkas of dhs and fema they were on the ground in kentucky yesterday. no doubt they'll be able to give president biden a firsthand point of view of the damage there. but still, laura, there is no word on when we can expect the president to make a visit to t

laura: i loved your show tonight. laura: very exciting after 4 and a half years. can i have a new graphics package and you get one. laura: we need curtains to open and close, the curtain, this is the ingraham angle on a busy wednesday. mark meadows, nancy pelosi and the january 6th committee, joins us with breaking details at nostalgic reboot not just a hot trend in entertainment, raymond arroyo explains how hillary is getting into the act in seen and unseen but arsonists complain about fire damage. that's the focus of tonight's angle. you've probably seen the article and heard the commentary on topics the angle sounded the alarm on over 18 months ago. kids test scores down, depression up, weight gain up, annual checkups delay which means serious health problems among the young are going and detected and biden's surgeon general release the 53 page advisory on the many ways young people have been adversely affected by the pandemic rarely met earliest but suggests 6600 deaths by suicide among the 18 to 24 age group in 2020. early 2021 emergency department visits for

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laura: i'm larn new york city and this is b world news america. consvative lawmakers rebel against the u.k. prime minister over new covid rules. but boris johnson gets the plan through with opposition support. the u.s. house investigation lifts the lid on what donald trump's allies were thinking and textinguring the january 6 riot. his former chief of staff is in the hottest of hot seats. ♪ and one of the most influential genres of african music has made a key united nations list recognizing its cultural importance. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we start tonight in the united kingdom. dozens of members of britain's governing conservative party have voted against new coronavirus regulations in defiance of the prime minister boris johnson. this comes as health advisors in the u.k. have warned that there could be a million cases of the new omicronariant by the end of december. the government got new covid rules through withpposition support in england will have mandatory covid passes, compulsory vaccinations for health-

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laura, christine? >> it's hard to know what else he can say. what more this president can do to persuade you. he understandably will try. jasmin, we learned overnight he had close contact with a mid level staffer who has tested positive for covid. what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, laura, the white house says the president tested negative yesterday via a pcr test, and he will test again on wednesday. now, they will not quarantine him based on cdc guidelines, but, look, they say he was on a flight on air force one to south carolina with the staffer for approximately 30 minutes. the staffer tested negative on friday, started experiencing symptoms on sunday, and tested positive on monday. so, of course, we will be watching and asking the white house what the results of that wednesday test. right now they say the president will not quarantine and they will continue to test him and hope, of course, that he tests negative. laura, christine? >> so nice to see you this morning. thank you.

laura? >> all right, thank you so much for that, elizabeth. >>> suggesting to cnn one-third of all parents in the u.s. still fear vaccinating their children according to a kaiser family foundation survey. 30% of parents say they will definitely not vaccinate their 12 to 17-year-old children. 13% said they will wait and see. 30% say they will get their kids shots. when 2 comes to age as to 11, the hesitancy arises only 20% of parents say they will vaccinate their 5 year olds. according to the cdc more than 2 million people are fully vaccinated. you see the hesitancy, but we know in the last week or so there has been a rush to vaccinate. now, 60% of the american public is vaccinated. certainly not leading the world, but you can see the news of the omicron variant spurred people to go out there and finish the two courses of vaccines and the boosters. >> and get those boosters. that was the big news of yesterday. got to get the booster. >>> all right, still ahead for you, the mother of daunte wr