washington health expressed hopes that china can get it covered situation under control. and despite its earlier criticism of beijing locked down policies, the toll of demiris is of concern to the well given the size of china's p given the size of china's economy. it's not only good for china to be in a stronger position visa because it, but it's good for the rest of the worlds as well. we, the united states continues to be a leading force for countries around the world, and the provision of vaccines and helping countries overcome the phase of the virus. we certainly hope that will be the case of the long in the see as well. ned price the spokesperson for the us state department. and he was criticizing shina and talking about how at this point they hope china gets their numbers in order because the impact that coven rising in china could have on the global economy. and people are noting the irony of what's been set as his boss, the head of the us state department, us secretary of state anthony blank and was just recently calling for 0 coded policies in china to be listed

he's also on fact at the university of washington's health institute for health metrics and evaluationoming on the show tonight. let start with his newest subvariant. what do we need to know about that one? >> mehdi, good evening, happy early new year. what the public needs to know is that this new variant x b b dot one dot five, for those who want the actual digits, it is arguably the most contagious version of this virus that we faced, mehdi, in the last four years. what does that mean? it means that if you are exposed to it is very sticky. it can enter in your nose cells, and your throat cells, and all the way down to the lungs, more easily than any other variants. vaccines -- let's be -- clear as chair -- i think i actually have a picture i would love to show of the respiratory tract that your team has. the human respiratory -- tract this is why vaccinations so matter. these vaccines that we have still produce antibodies and other immune cells, mehdi it, in our. lungs they prevent you from -- somebody like me. those vaccines protect your lungs from -- from pneumonia. it turns out,

health guidance from the cdc and fda. joining us now to talk about all this is dr. vin gupta, a critical care pulmonologist in faculty member at the university of washington's instituteou for making time for us this evening. given the data that we have now, is partisan affiliation a risk factor for contracting covid at this point? >> alex, good evening. it certainly seems to be. and in terms of getting infected, certainly in terms of ending up in the hospital, alex, what we have seen, and moving forward we are going to see this from working more -- that there is a vaccine that exists -- that prevents severe illness. -- it seems like blue cities have greater prevalence and greater uptick of vaccines at the individual level. those communities are better protected. and as a result, those hospital systems are less likely to undergo any type of stress-like condition. certainly, we are seeing that divide across political lines. >> are our public health officials communicating this to governors like desantis, who are doing things that actively undermine a drive to vaccinate their state populations? the sort of moral bankruptcy of this political strategy has a practical effe

for more, i am joined by a columnist at the washington post to health readers navigate the world of technologyhelp us understand, what is this technology? >> it's trying to figure out whether you are an imposter. maybe you need some further inection. the possibility is the technology could do a better job of detecting whether you are a bad person. a computer algorithm can spot a fake better than a human. that's the theory. ere is some hope by the tsa and others who want to use facial recognition and others to make them more efficient, but the current program is not really doing that because they are having humans at those podiums giving the final ok. reporter any traveler would welcome anything that speeds up the process. you have reported there are significant concerns about this technology. what are the issues? >> number one on the list is, does it really work? particularly with people with darker skin. the algorithms from 2019 found people with black or asian ancestry could be up to 100 times less accurately identified than white men. that raises all kinds of questions in the context of air

. >> jackie: according to the school's website, the lecture is part of washington university's healthquity and justice lessons. that's included in the medical school's required gateway curriculum rolled out in 2020. kennedy, i'll start with you on this because in one breath she says i don't have a problem if you have other views, i'm paraphrasing and the other breath says if you voice them, i'll shut you down. >> kennedy: yeah, i think honky mccracker here is being incredibly racist in her own right. she's the one who says that race is a construct but now everything has to be defined by race. you can't have it both ways. if it's a construct, then deconstruct it and just focus on healing people and following the hippocratic oath as doctors are supposed to do. but now she's forcing these future doctors to see everything through a prism of race, which in and of itself is racist and will probably do the most harm. >> jackie: you all have children, everyone here exempt for me. >> kennedy: two that i know of. >> harris: you want some? i'll lend you some. >> jackie: i think about these,s whe

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washington state, health insurance access through obama care.llegals. will: take a look at this. this is where the united states stands today in terms of sanctuary cities. definition of a sanctuary city is a city whose municipal laws tend to protect undocumented immigrants, illegal immigrants from deportation or prosecution, despite federal immigration laws. pete: walk on this. if you walk across the border here, gavin newsom is saying, don't come over here. everything he is doing come over here, everything he is doing come over here. we declared a sanctuary state where you get additional benefits. you cannot be deported unless you commit a very major crime. will: there is the definition of a sanctuary city. what do they do? initial contact with law enforcement shows that you can be protected in that city. law enforcement detains an individual. i.c.e. gets involved. local authorities -- pete: why it is so dangerous for i.c.e. and others many can't do the job. usually detainer, if they're arrested they are handed over to be deported. in sanctuary

health. our washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin live for raquel, what's the latest? >> good evening will. this is a victory for the 19 republican led states that sued to keep this public health policy in place and what it means and function is border patrol can continue to deny asylum for the thousands and thousands of migrants lined up at the southern border. lifting title. 42 would prevent border agents from turning away migrants seeking a silent. >> the way they have since the start of the pandemic going from crisis to catastrophe on the senate floor last week, republicans urge the biden administration to keep the policy in place to prevent a likely surge of asylum seekers at the southern border. iowa republican senator joni ernst at the system simply can't handle the influx. hard-working border patrol agents are overwhelmed. they are exhausted. the emergency rule was put into place by president trump in march of 2020 since then, border patrol agents have enforced the policy. an estimated 2.5 million times. but the biden administration argues there is no longer leg

we are expected to travel between our district in washington dc when the health session. -- when the house is in session. rhode island is 300 miles away from the u.s. capitol by train or car. that takes six or seven hours respectively. in each direction. by airplane, it takes approximately one hour to an hour and a half at most. as you can see for me, accessible air travel is a must, because without it, i would not be able to do my job effectively. throughout my career, i have flown more than one at the -- 1000 domestically. basinger to been without issue. however flying as a wheelchair user even when everything goes as planned is a complex process that typically involves reserving accommodations in advanced, making multiple surface transfers while boarding and deplaning. as well as helping my chair from the gates, the opening of the door of the plane on an elevator than into the plane and then the reverse process when i land. and of course, on the plane, restricted mobility while on board the aircraft. the best case scenario is an exhausting trip. when something goes wrong, the cons

other letters from this one and others that tyler had spoken while they were together in washington about leticia's health situation. he variously turned to her health situation is delicate troubling, it was clear leticia suffered what one scholar called eight marriage trauma that developed because of the constant separation she faced with her husband being in washington for five or six months of the year. tyler obviously recognized what was going on. recognize he was the cause of this marriage trauma. recognized his behavior his political behavior was responsible for having his wife manifests systems of the marriage trauma through interest. yet he still wanted to maintain his political career. he relied on his daughter mary to act as a caregiver in his absence to her mother. he instructed her to take care of her mother with warm baths, try to treat her migraines and all the things he would have done had he been there he made sure he entrusted to his daughter mary. mary really became a very key figure probably indispensable figure in making sure john tyler maintained his political career. he resigned from

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to deny some migrants entry based on public health concerns. washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has that story. >> this is a temporary victory for the 19 republican led states that sued to keep this border policy in place and what it means and function is border patrol. agents can continue to deny the thousands of asylum seekers at the southern border. lifting title. 42 would prevent border agents from turning away migrants seeking a silent the way they have since the start of the pandemic going from crisis. >> to catastrophe on the senate floor last week, republicans urge the biden administration to keep the policy in place to prevent a likely surge of asylum seekers at the southern border. iowa republican senator joni ernst at the system simply can't handle the influx. hard-working border patrol agents are overwhelmed. they are exhausted. the emergency rule was put into place by presidenw trump in march of 2020 since then, border patrol agents have enforced the policy. an estimated 2.5 million times. but the biden administration argues there

. >> and republicans control the health in washington. raquel martin and we heard from political analyst michael yaki about this today. he says the democratic party's new senate majority. >> does represent a big win for the party. currently, the democrat senate majority is based on a tie breaking vote. the tie breaking vote coming from the vice president, kamala harris. that does not mean she can do it in every case. however, an example, the appointment of judges. >> now you can have party line votes will be easier to get judges. and i think that what you're going to see in his last 2 years and how much stalemate there is between republican house and and the senate is an assembly line of judges going out the door to sort of offset. what trump did for his 4 years in the court and judges. >> as things stand any legislative battles next year would be between the republican led house and the democratic senate. all right. time for a look at the forecast as we have this shot from our mount tam on what was nice day. we actually saw some sunshine

for the rule of law and for self determination is to endure. rosalyn jordan alger 0, washington on china's national health commission is to now stop publishing daily figures of private 19 infections. numbers will instead be published by another government organization. for such purposes. hospitals are becoming overcrowded and china as it battles a wave of corinna virus infections. but no coven, 19 deaths have been reported for full consecutive days. now. many people in nigeria are facing increasing hardship after the prices of basic goods doubled compared to a year ago. and patient has also been made worse by flooding and a lack of security and some farming regions for me to miller reports from america. despite being one of the largest oil produces in africa, nigeria went through yet another fuel crisis in early december. at times, the price increased 300 percent instead of using a bus. so taxi alix gabriel uses the cheapest mode of transport. he can find from here to my destination and shirley, what's your pin here? or no, we are a 100. 1. 21 can also do a drama bar. drawbridge up into saudi economy. and

washington. thanks. kimberly. while health organization has met with chinese officials as infections surge across the country, w h o is called on beijing to strength and viral sequencing, clinical management, and the impact assessment. if also offered support and tackling the coven 19 crisis, and communication to counter vaccine hesitancy. earlier china state media riley gets a growing number of foreign governments imposing covert test on people traveling from the country. malaysia will start testing waste for says, for traces of covert on planes arriving from china. while south korea, france the u. k. in spain, of all joined a growing list of countries announcing restrictions on travelers from china. raging insist it's being transpired with the data. video is emerged of hughes outside funeral home. we're all countries go with 19 prevention and control measures should be scientific and appropriate and should not affect normal people to people contact as well as normal exchange and cooperation. in recent days, many leading medi

i was on the ways and means committee at the time and that was something i came to washington to do. to expand health care coverage. that was one of my goals. it was very significant to me. i guess, my name was also on the inflation reduction act so i kind of kid that i think i am responsible for more federal spending than anybody in history of the country. host: you have chaired this committee, tell us about what it means to sit in the chairman's chair for you. rep yarmuth: well, you do not come to congress thinking you are going to be a committee chair. what i found out, and i suspect every chair does. is it as a whole new world because you have a second staff. i have my personal staff that i work closely with and all of the sudden i have this larger staff not really had more demands on my time than my personal staff at that point. and i have another 20 members to whom i am responsible. i have to keep them in the loop. so it is an amazingly interesting job. the budget committee does not have a lot of legislative responsibilities or jurisdiction, so we weren't immersed in a legislative work but we w

another's, that tyler had spoken to little sandusky well while they were together in washington about laetitia's health situation. he variously referred to her health situation is delicate, troubling, it was clear that laetitia suffered what once color has called a marriage trauma. that developed because of the constant separation that she faced with her husband being in washington for 5 to 6 months of every year. and, tyler really obviously recognized what was going on. recognize that he was the cause of this marriage trauma. recognize that his behavior political behavior was responsible for having his wife manifest symptoms of the marriage trauma through illness. yet he still wanted to maintain his political career. he relied on his daughter mary to ask us a caregiver in his absence to her mother. she, he instructed her to take care of her mother with warm path and tried to change her migraines. and all the things that he would have done had he been there. he made sure that he entrusted to his daughter mary. so, mary really became a very key figure. probably an indispensable figures in making sure th

washington dc. thanks so much the vatican has confirmed that the health of former pope benedict, the 16th is deteriorating, but francis has visited his predecessor, described him as very ill. benedict is receiving a round the clock medical attention. the 95 year old former pontiff has been almost entirely out of public eye in recent years. and it was born in germany as joseph rat, singer. he stepped down as pontiff in 2013 judy declining health and was succeeded by pope francis it. we'll hear from now. we're here 20 boy napoli. i'd like to ask all of you for a special prayer for ameritas. pope benedict who in silence is sustaining the church. i remind you that he's very sick in the senior. let's ask the lord to comfort him and support him in his testimony of love to the church to the very end . so what more do we know about the condition of the former pontiff or journalist phillip william has the details. well, a declining slowly for years now. he's 95 years old. it said he remained until very recently, perfectly lucid. i have been very frail and confined often to a wheel chair and people who visited it s

washington. when china's national health commission says it will stop publishing daily figures of private 19 infections. numbers will instead be published by another government organization for research purposes. many hospitals and china becoming overcrowded as it battles a wave of korean virus infections. but no cove at 19 deaths have been reported now for 4 consecutive days. how congolese army has dismissed are pledged by m. 23 fighters to retreat from a strategic frontline position, calling it a sham. the armed group said it would give up the town of cuba near the eastern city of gala as a good well gesture. the military says the move is rather designed to create a distraction to allow rebel fighters to reinforce other positions. how many people in nigeria are facing increasing hardship after the prices of basic goods doubled compared to a year ago? inflation has also been made worse by flooding and a lack of security and some farming regions. for me, the miller reports not from boucher despite being one of the largest oil producers in africa, nigeria went through yet another fuel crisis in early de

and others, that tyler had spoken to littleton tabs well while they were together in washington about laetitia's's health situation. he variously refer to her health situation a delicate, troubling, it was clear that laetitia that once they got a marriage drama, then because of the constant separation that you faced with her husband being in washington for 5 to 6 months of every year, tyler recognized that is going on, i recognize he was the cause of this marriage trauma, recognize that his behavior, political behavior was responsible for having his wife manifest symptoms of the mayor's trauma from illness. but yet still want to maintain the political career. he relied on his daughter mary to act as a caregiver in his absence to her mother. he instructed her to take care of her mother with warm baths. try to treat her my greens and all the things he could've done had he been, there to make sure that he trusted to her daughter mary and he figure and make sure that john tyler maintains the political career. taylor resigned from a senate from february of 1836, rather than go to a sponge the andrew jackson,

washington says badging isn't sharing enough information about searching infections. also coming up, concerned grows over the health of former pope benedict. the 16th vatican says he is very unwell and doctors monitoring his condition around the clock and north american stick out from what's been called the blizzard of the century. it helps off a year of extreme weather events that experts say being driven by climate change. ah, i'm anthony howard. welcome. the united states says it will screen all air passengers arriving from china for covey. 19 italy made a similar announcement earlier in the day. 2 nations join a growing number of countries are worried about a surgeon infections off to badge in east corona virus restrictions, including for tourism abroad. us help officials say the decision came because china isn't sharing enough information about code 19 numbers. so you, so what will these new restrictions change? that's what i asked a doubly correspondence. stephan simons in washington. well, they make it harder for people who come from china to get into the united states without, without a negative cover. just

general across the country lack the basic infrastructure to support students mental health . >> problem widespread, a washingtonost analysis of data from healthy mind network indicated nationwide rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts more than double between 2013 and 2021. and a 2021 report from penn state's center for collegiate mental health found that funding is not keeping pace with demand for mental health services, the yearly average caseload for a college counselor is about 90 students, with what some sectors reporting an average of about 300 students per counselor. this issue has caught the attention of congress as well, senator edward markey has sent a letter to the department of education and department of justice asking them to issue guidance and policy reforms to protect access to higher education for students, and to strengthen nondiscrimination protections for students who may need medical leave. this was a massive issue before the covid-19 pandemic that only made it worse. law? >> thank you so much. now i want to bring in monica porter, an attorney for the beth vaughn center for ment

kimberly how kim, washington, china's top health authorities now settled down. great. it's covered policy and scrap quarantine, part of for travelers. january quarantine measures will be dropped in close contact no longer identified virus is spread ferociously in the wake of restrictions being lifted. now reports of hospitals being overwhelmed. the actual toll is carney, are known because officials of stop releasing the data. meanwhile, japan's government is tightening border controls from friday, limiting some flights to and from china. country will require travelers arriving from china to provide negative co. the tests reminisced severe cuz she does says pass passengers it has positive will have to quarantine for 7 days. and then india is conducting mock drills in hospitals to test preparations for a possible surge in cases there. it follows a sharp rise in some neighboring countries, including china. of course, india suffered a catastrophic 2nd wave of the virus last year, which ravaged the health system more than $530000.00 people have died from cove it in india. m

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title. 42 that allows border patrol agents to deny some migrants entry based on public health concerns. washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has the story. >> this is a temporary victory for the 19 republican led states that sued to keep this border policy in place and what it means and function is border patrol. agents can continue to deny the thousapds of asylum seekers at the southern border. lifting title. 42 would prevent border agents from turning away migrants seeking a silent the way they have since the start of the pandemic going from crisis to catastrophe on the senate floor last week, republicans urge the biden administration to keep the policy in place to prevent a likely surge of asylum seekers at the southern border. iowa republican senator joni ernst at the system simply can't handle the influx. hard-working border patrol agents are overwhelmed. they are exhausted. the emergency rule was put into place by president trump in march of 2020 since then, border patrol agents have enforced the policy. an estimated 2.5 million times. but the biden administration argues there is no

washington, d.c. has had water health problems.ut inat the flint water crisis, the government -- they changed the source of water which caused the lead and other things leeching into the water and and makingou the water very healthy. and what you saw, both the state of michigan and the epa were very slow to respond to -- people were literally holding bottles of water that heyed gotten from their tap -- that they'd gotten from their tap and were brown. and the government was saying, well, we're looking into it, we think it's still safe. people are dealing with it every day. and the most dramatic moment for me is there was -- epa was talking, andlk once they recognized there was a problem, they thought a, maybe we can buy filters for folks. theyth had a pot of money and sd maybe we can justify it. there was an e-mail in the regional epa office from one of the add meres that said, yeah, we could use it for this, but it would be unusual. and the quote was, and i'm not sure flint is the kind of community we want to go out on a limb for.

myself better >> reporter: more conversations mean stronger connections, mean better health hallie jackson, nbc news, washingtonn we come back, stranded in a blizzard the tourists who found safety with a family, and the christmas that none of them will ever forget >>> finally tonight, a group of tourists far from home got stranded in the middle of a buffalo snowstorm but ended up riding it out with strangers, and tonight they're all inspiring america. here's jesse kirsch. >> reporter: with a historic blizzard bearing down alex and andrea campagna heard a knock at their door, discovering this bus stuck in the snow carrying nine south korean tourists and their driver hoping to reach niagara falls on friday >> i could not see this bus but i did see the stream of people approaching our house. >> reporter: so when you see ten strangers coming your way, there's no time to really debate that you know you want to get them inside? >> yes that's right >> socks, blankets anything that we could do to warm them up >> reporter: the campagnas taking on temporary roommates for two nights, offering accommodations from a guest b

the university of washington institute for health metrics and evaluation model. that is a good enough model in a certain way. interestingly, at the same time, this 26-year-old data scientist from m.i.t. on his own money created a model using machine learning where he compared his results to what was going on with all these other models and it turned out is was much more accurate. how much more accurate? at the time on april 1, the model said that by august 1, there would be 62,000 americans who died of covid. at the same time, the same day, -- developed his own covid projections model. what are the actual numbers? 160,000 americans had been done -- dead by august 1 at that point. the cdc's modeling was a complete failure in that case. one final thing. we all remember this. there is a lot of confusion at the beginning but they decided to treat the disease as the flu. they pooh-poohed the notion of aerosol transmission. they said no, it would also be touched. we were all cleaning services like mad and all that. it turns out that by april, they were already suspicio

eventually they started relying on a bunch of different models, prominently the university of washington institute for health metrics and evaluation model which is a good enough model in a certain way but at the same time this 26-year-old nano scientist using his own money create a model using machine learning where he prepared through his results what is going on with these other models and turned out his was more accurate. how much more accurate? at the time on april 1st, the model said by august 1st there would be 62,000 americans who died from covid. at the same time the same day, the covid projections model developed at home project it would be one hundred 70,000 americans dead by august 1st october, what are their phone numbers? one hundred 60,000 americans were dead by august 1st at that point. the fda -- the cdc modeling was a complete failure in that case. one final thing. we all remember this, there's a lot of confusion at the beginning but they decided to treat the disease as basically the flu so they pooh-poohed the notion of aerosol transmission saying it will be mostly touch. we remember we wer

known as title. 42 allows border patrol agents to deny some migrants entry based on public health concerns. washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has the story. >> this is a temporary victory for the 19 republican led states that sued to keep this border policy in place and what it means and function is border patrol agents can continue to deny the thousands of asylum seekers at the southern border. lifting title. 42 would prevent border agents from turning away migrants seeking a silent the way they have since the start of the pandemic going from crisis to catastrophe on the senate floor last week, republicans urge the biden administration to keep the policy in place to prevent a likely surge of asylum seekers at the southern border. iowa republican senator joni ernst at the system simply can't handle the influx. hard-working border patrol agents are overwhelmed. they are exhausted. the emergency rule was put into place by president trump in march of 2020 since then, border patrol agents have enforced the policy. an estimated 2.5 million times. but the biden administration argues there is no

as title. 42 allows border patrol agents to deny some migrants in tree based on public health concerns. washingtoncorrespondent raquel martin has that story for us. >> this is a temporary victory for the 19 republican led states that sued to keep this border policy in place and what it means and function is border patrol agents can continue to deny the thousands of asylum seekers at the southern border. lifting title. 42 would prevent border agents from turning away migrants seeking a silent the way they have since the start of the pandemic going from crisis to catastrophe on the senate floor last week, republicans urge the biden administration to keep the policy in place to prevent a likely surge of asylum seekers at the southern border. iowa republican senator joni ernst at the system simply can't handle the influx. hard-working border patrol agents are overwhelmed. they are exhausted. the emergency rule was put into place by president trump in march of 2020 since then, border patrol agents have enforced the policy. an estimated 2.5 million times. but the biden administration argues there is no

i want us corresponding kimberly health it is in washington dc with more the u. s. president did weigh in on this and what he had to say essentially is that he's commenting on the fact that the supreme court is now going to have the final say on the matter. but 1st is going to have a bit of a deliberation. in other words, is going to hear oral arguments, the 1st president saying the court is not going to decide on this matter until june as typically when the supreme court rulings come out after hearing oral arguments. and the president goes on further to say that title $42.00 must be in 4th. what is title 42 will essentially, it's something that was put in place ah, during the previous donald trump administration, i, and what this is, is essentially gives the federal government the powers to turn away. those that are seeking asylum in the united states are under sort of the order that this is to prevent the spread of disease. so it's sort of a public health emergency type of restriction, but it's been use kind of his ad hoc immigration policy given the fact that

we saw a situation in mississippi, washington dc has had water health problems but in the flint watercrisis the government changed the source of the water, leaching into the water and made the water very unhealthy what you saw in situation is michigan and the epa were slow to respond. people were holding bottles of water they got and yet the government and state and epa were looking into it, said i think it's still safe. the most dramatic moments for me was that was, epa was talking and said maybe we can buy filters for those that have a lot of money. they said maybe we can testify it and there was an email in the regional epa office from one of the administrators that said we could use it for this but it would be unusual and the quote was d i'm not sure flint is the kind of community we want to go out on a four. so for people who think that epa is always out to help them, in flint they failed badly. those are the sorts of failures where they didn't want to play political risk for a community of people were suffering but there were obviously technology and monitors that can show that

washington, d.c. has had water, health.but in the flint water crisis, the government, they changed the source of the water which caused a lead and other things leaching into the water, made the water very unhealthy. and what you saw in that situation is both the state of michigan and the epa were very slow to respond to people were literally holding bottles of water that they'd gotten from their tap that were brown. and you have the government at the state and epa were saying we're looking into it we think it's still safe. people were dealing with it every day. and the dramatic moment for, me was that there was an epa was talking about once they recognize that there was a problem, they said, well, maybe we can buy filters for folks. and they had a pot of money that wasn't for that. but they sort of said, maybe we can justify it. and there was an email in the regional epa office from one of the administrators who said yeah, we could we could use it for this, but it would be unusual. and the quote was and i'm not sure flint i

they are in the midst of a full-blown mental health crisis. "the washingtont" is reporting that the cdc found nearly 45% of high school students were persistently sad, or hopeless in 2021. in almost one in five seriously considered suicide, and 9% in this saturday try to take their lives during the previous 12 months. it turns out locking kids down, robbing them of socialization, robbing them of sorts, and kim milestones, and they confusing them with gender fluidity propaganda, does that make them and well-adjusted. what if the kids to go to be kids anymore? everywhere you turn, this mental health epidemic is exploding. like in north carolina, where they are in dire need of more psych beds to address the worsening crisis as they are. and then one is in wisconsin, their youth risk behavior survey raises more red flags. 18% of teens, say that they seriously considered suicide in the past year. the highest level since 2,003. in that percentage jumps to nearly half, for those who are lgbt, and bisexual students. and female students with more than two times as lik

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health. in washington. raquel martin. we heard from our political analyst michael yaki earlier today. he says the democrats. >> new senate majority represents a big win for the party while it's true that democrats have a commanding lead in both majorities in both chambers. the senate majority was based on a tie. vice president kamala harris has the power to break stalemates, but she doesn't get to do that for every issue. democrats want to address that includes procedures like appointing judges. >> now you can have party line votes will be easier to get judges. and i think that what you're going to see in his last 2 years and how much stalemate there is between the republican and the senate is an assembly line of judges going out the door to sort of offset. what trump did his 4 years in the court judges. >> as things stand any legislative battles next year would be between the gop led house and the democratic senate. coming up here on kron 4 at 3. >> from removing work. from home to not sleeping at the office. how city officials are addressing the latest allegations surrounding twitte

known as title. 42 allows border patrol agents to deny some migrants entry based on public health concerns. washington, d.c., correspondent raquel martin has the story. >> this is a temporary victory for the 19 republican led states that sued to keep this border policy in place and what it means and function is border patrol agents can continue to deny the thousands of asylum seekers at the southern border. lifting title. 42 would prevent border agents from turning away migrants seeking a silent the way they have since the start of the pandemic going from crisis to catastrophe on the senate floor last week, republicans urged the biden administration to keep the policy in place to prevent a likely surge of asylum seekers at the southern border. iowa republican senator joni ernst at the system simply can't handle the influx. hard-working border patrol agents are overwhelmed. they are exhausted. the emergency rule was put into place by president trump in march of 2020 since then, border patrol agents have enforced the policy. an estimated 2.5 million times. but the biden administration argues there is no

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xavier becerra, you will allow washington state to provide subsidized health insurance for illegals. did you see this? biden wants to halt the shipping container wall arizona is building to keep migrants out, the containers trespassed on federal land and must be removed, they are doing everything they can to prevent border law enforcement and biden is getting away with it. the media is not reporting it and the democrats suffered no political damage in the midterms. a new surge of migrants, surely that will change. second hour of varney just getting started. i want to pick up with ben domenech, with costs like this, 1 billion for 17,000 at a new surge, surely it will hurt the president and the democrats. what do you say? >> i think democrats on capitol hill who are up for election next cycle are very concerned about this particularly those in border states but also those, it has its effect as you said in the previous segment, the fentanyl crisis is extending into communities across the country but democrats leadership in the form of president biden has been unwilling to go back on the