cases were reported in the past 24 hours experts, a warning that those figures will keep rising escalade. now to mike hannah, who is in washington d. c. a. mike. so what impact sir these numbers having in terms of hospitalization, the impact on emergency departments? well, it's got a massive impact at present. and the, according to the cdc latest figures, there are some 80000 people in the united states who are ops hospitalized at this particular point. but the latest figures that were released by johns hopkins university show an increasingly high rate of infection. the latest figures released by johns hopkins show that within the last 24 hours, some 650000 people have tested positive. not the last figures from the cdc were produced on thursday. they have no figures over this weekend, but those figures showed some 40000. so that's an increase of some 30 percent in terms of the infection rate over the past 24 to 48 hours. so these are massive figures showing that the rate of infection is still on the shop increase in all some experts estimate that as many as 30000 people could die over the next 3 weeks . so these figures devastating f

and then 5 of a blood, one of the i c r c a. what mike said, any guy, when yesterday i call in when he saw me, like cover his eyes. what's wrong with it? he said, we are not allowed to see you guys because, you know, basically when we are or something or psychotic under stretching, used to move us to under the account that the i, c, r c. o mit mit us or stopped us even even the in belgrade or in other places. when the c, i used to hire the chain, they would own business, they would take him to other places during the i see i see visit i he has, he knows about it. but as long as they do see it, like they cannot to coordinate. well the, i see, i see say that the role of it is an independent non judgemental humanitarian organization to regularly assess facilities speak with attorneys, maintain ongoing dialogue with us authorities in order to offer observations and make recommendations where appropriate. while the i see, i see monitors the conditions of internment, guantanamo the responsibility of an ensuring the person who's held there, inde

africa says it'll then a $22000000.00 doses of the j and j vaccine of african countries over the course of the next year. well, mike, hannah joined the symbol from washington. d. c. the president saying, a winter that will be quite severe. how bad is it really across the country for the moment, mike? well, the statistics are exceedingly stock at the moment. there's been an increase of some 48 percent in the number of cases over the past month. the average is now in the region of 120000 new cases. the day the debt told to is rising at this particular stage. now with a massive increase in the terms numbers of fatalities. $1300.00 americans are dying each day. now this is a massive uptick in numbers. health experts warning that what is happening here is that the plague is being driven by a pair of barons both the delta and now the ami kron is prevalent throughout much of the united states in new york. for example, the rate of infection is doubling every 3 days. this is a statistic that we see in south africa in parts of europe, which had been the 1st to experience to cranberry. and so certainly deeply concerning and in terms of social impact, a number of states, pa

mike: and lots of vitamin c. kumasi: i feel warm and happy. mike: a affected by sad, seasonal affective disorder. there are many places across the country where it is cloudy for days, even weeks during the winter. you can see the clouds opening from the tower. let's take a look at the accuweather highlights -- a 2 -- bumped it up. a moderate storm arrives today. completely dry friday and saturday in the seven-day forecast. if you want to go all the way to christmas, the storm door opens starting sunday. it will be a wet week next week. today, 43 to 47 from castro to the ferry building. watch out for the fog around healdsburg and santa rosa. mid to upper 30's and the north bay, 39 in palo alto, tracy, some valleys in the 30's, most of us in the low to mid 40's. 52 to 56 degrees, rainy and windy conditions -- it will taper later tonight and the wind will pull up a little bit and come out of the west. that keeps drizzle and a few showers going tomorrow morning during the commute. low to mid 40's and the valleys and elsewhere. sunday to friday, all the wa

a view from latin america. the 1st that's called over to mike hanner in washington, d. c. and mike, it does seem that records being broken globally at the moment of a chronic is becoming a dominant barion to the topic of all conversation at the moment. and of course, as we lead towards new year celebrations, everybody wants to travel, and that's what the president has, his focus on know where he might put restrictions in place. yes, indeed. well, president biden, in response to a question from reporters said that he may consider imposing a vaccine mandate for travel on aircraft. however, the administration's leading health expert dr. antony found she has basically knocked that back at the moment. he says that if people are master up and with the filtration system and airplanes than a vaccine mandate may not be necessary. i talked about she doesn't rule that out. however, he does say that it is something that could be considered. but at this particular stage, he's not going to recommended to the president, president biden was waiting for a recommendation from his health expe

a coherent and widespread testing program. i, mike hannah, thanking for that san washington, d. c. ask herself now to mexico officials there have warned about a new wave of infections. more than 4000 new cases have been reported. mexico detected its 1st case of the on the con variant earlier this month. and her apollo jones is now live from mexico city manual. so mexico and other countries in latin america really preparing for another wait that's right, him. the warnings are clear, not only here in mexico, but in countries across a latin america region. prevention needs to be taken seriously. as this new wave of coven 19 continues to, to make its way into the region. there's been a spike in cases here in mexico link to the holiday season. but there's also a lot of concern over the spread of the con barion, which continues to reach new areas of the region. as you mentioned there in your introduction, and again, it's not only mexico we're seeing this happen in several countries in the region in origin. tina just this week, the country registered the highest number of cases of cobra in

makes up nearly a 3rd of these cases with almost 490000 confirmed mike hannah has more from washington d. c. well, certainly the variance of the virus are sweeping through all parts of the united states in washington dc. here in the district, for example, there's been a 900 percent increase in infections over the past 2 weeks. now that's a massive impact. that's a massive increase and you can extrapolate that across most of the regions of the united states to give you just some sort of sense about how quickly the variance are increasing in terms of impression rates throughout the country. record case numbers are being registered across europe. france recorded more than 200000 new cases the 2nd day in a row. and you case reported another 189000 infections. it's drawing up plans for temporary field hospitals to help deal with the omicron sedge. south africa announced its midnight to 4 am. if you will now be lifted. government believes country has passed the peak of its 4th cove wave. a spike was driven by the only cross variant, which was 1st identified by scientists in south africa. she did

mike lever co, they're both new york based journalists. it says the s c f is on a list of banned organizations accused of election meddling. and that's us. citizens who engage in transactions with the foundation are liable to fines of at least get this $300000.00. johnny lazar shed his experience it was a warning regarding future articles. so essentially, if i write for sci fi and gauge and any kind of transaction, which i assume means a, an exchange of money i could be had with massive fines that were completely destroy my finances. so i was taken aback. i was, you know, concerned certainly, but actually i stopped writing for the yes since the previous, you know, 4 or 5 months earlier. so i didn't feel personally threatened. but others who, who want to continue writing for the f works dreamily frightened fair. they have all stopped writing for the site because really there's just, it's, you know, it's impossible to, to battle the us treasury in this kind of case. the us treasury is power is, is, is enormous. and that of a, of an individual freelance journalist is

members could hold a number of postponed votes on bills involving the opioid image of mike -- epidemic. live coverage here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me? just and merciful god, you have promised to open your gates, that the righteous nation that keeps the faith may enter in. lord, we confess our unrighteousness and our faithlessness, both as a country and as individuals. show us the paths of right behavior and restore our faith in you. gracious god, you give peace to those whose minds remain fixed on you, whose trust in you gives them certainty in all life's challenges. lord, we confess that we've lost our sense of purpose and our ability to trust anything or anyone, even you. show us the way you would have us go and restore our confidence in your desire as you guide our lives. eternal god, you are our rock and our redeemer. lord, we confess that we fail to lean on you and instead depend solely on our own feeble abilities. show us the strength of your steadfast love and restore to us the promise of your

lawyer who wrote a memo detailing how mike pence could interrupt the election results, alex jones, alley alexander, and a handful of other rally organizers. all have sued to stop the committy. a judge in flynn's case denied a request to block a subpoena for his testimony and request for phone records. >> the foundation is not based on a legislative purpose. >> reporter: mark meadows is challenging the basic premise of the committee. in meadows' suit, his lawyers write the select committee acts absent any legislative power and threatens to violate executive privilege and immunity. he handed over thousands of records to the committee. but when he refused to meet with them, the house voted to refer him to possible prosecution for criminal contempt of congress. >> truly, the executive privilege that donald trump has claimed is his to waive, not mine. that's why we filed the lawsuit. >> reporter: democrats are pledging that their probe won't be impeded, stressing that hundreds of witnesses have cooperated even as a handful fight in court. >> we won't stop fighting for democracy, we won't stop fighting for rule of law. we're not going to back down. we won't be intimidated

let's bring him, mike can or his monitoring events in washington d. c. and of course the president is keeping a very close eye on what's going on. as we head towards the new year festival sees which many people will want to celebrate. and to celebrate the want to be with their families and they want to travel and he's got his focus on travel. hasn't the mike? yes, indeed. well, it does appear that the bite and administration may be talking about composing a vaccine mandate for travel. the president indicated this question shouted at him by a report while he was on vacation. however, in the last few minute sir, dr. antony voucher. the administration's chief medical officer has indicated that this may not be necessary. doctor valgy has just said that the wearing of mos on an aircraft along with the planes filtration system does not necessarily nessa state at vaccine mandate. at this point. he hasn't ruled it out. he says all options are still being considered. we've also just heard the latest update on the number of infections in the u. s. it's close to a quarter of a 1000000 infections being rec

mike. hannah, they're in washington, d. c. and go south now to mexico. officials there have warned about a new wave of infections. more than 4000 new cases have been reported mexico to take its 1st case of the on the con variance. earlier this month. my manual. apollo jones now live from mexico city manuel. so just august 3rd through the situation across that in america, mexico is pairing for another wave. is that the case across latin america? the warnings from health authorities here in mexico as well as health authorities across latin american region are clear, more has to be done to prevent contagion of this new wave of the pandemic. that's beginning here and in, across the continent. just in the last few days, we've seen how the lines outside of vaccine centers, those cues are starting to grow once again, given the spike in cases here in mexico. but if you look across the board in latin america, the same is true in several countries. argentina, just this week has posted the largest number of new cases since the very start of the pandemic, again, the dominant strain, the dominant barrier is the delta vary, bu

mike hannon joins us now from washington. d. c. so what are officials saying there about this surge? well, it's a massive surge. indeed. sammy or infection rates are rising sharply throughout the entire united states in the district of columbia, where i am, for example, there are 2 and a half 1000 infections were recorded in the past 24 hours. now that doesn't seem like a high figure, but this represents an increase of some 900 percent since the same rate of infection 2 weeks ago. so this is a massive search and a few extrapolate that across the country. you can see exactly how massive the search is. also a big point of concern as well, is the rising infection rates among children, particularly those add to the age of 5 who cannot be inoculated or cannot receive the vaccine. those figures are showing an increase of some 58 percent in terms of childhood admission to hospitals. so all of these factors combining together to create an extremely grim picture in terms of the situation throughout the united states. and mike testing is becoming a challenge. talk about that squall. testing is a major chal

members could hold a number of postponed votes on bills involving the opioid image of mike -- epidemic. live coverage here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me? just and merciful god, you have promised to open your gates, that the righteous nation that keeps the faith may enter in. lord, we confess our unrighteousness and our faithlessness, both as a country and as individuals. show us the paths of right behavior and restore our faith in you. gracious god, you give peace to those whose minds remain fixed on you, whose trust in you

mike hannah from washington d. c. how they, since southern china have been captured on camera parading for men through the streets in a public shaming exercise. they've been accused of transporting undocumented migrants while the countries borders remain largely closed due to coven 19. we spoke 12 pages correspondent, katrina, you. and she says these recent public shaming exercises sparks a lot of backlash videos were circulating on way ball chinese version of twitter, but they have since been taken down and for the most part after sparking quite a lot of backlash. them mixed comments. think a lot of people were shopped because these public shaming exercises very unusual to see today, but they were very common during china's cultural revolution. the period of the 96970 is a very chaotic time. and for those alive who can remember it's a period that they would rather forget. and since then, public shaving has actually been outlawed here in china and i was just going back to those videos what we can see, a police parading for people around before a crowd. these people are in the hazmat or protection gear. they are wearin

c. plus, herbal and other immune superstars. only from nature's bounty. snacking can mean that pieces get stuck under mike's denture. plus, herbal and other immune superstars. but super poligrip gives him aod particles. so he can enjoy the game. super poligrip. >>> our top stories this morning -- hundreds more flights in the u.s. are being canceled this morning partly due to staffing shortages caused by the surge of covid cases. thousands of flights were grounded over the weekend. the cdc says average daily cases have surged to more than 176,000, the highest level in nearly a year. >>> and people around the world are remembering civil rights icon desmond tutu. the former archbishop died yesterday at the age of 90 after a long battle with prostate cancer. he won the nobel peace prize for his nonviolent efforts to end south africa's apartheid regime. >>> wineries and distilleries are the latest businesses to be affected by supply chain issues because there's a shortage of glass bottles, and it could impact your new year's bash. nichelle medina reports. >>> we have our straight -- >> reporter: jesse fanning is in the business of making whiskey. >> we really wanted to resurrect the family na

have what is likely to be a fairly heated meeting between the secretary of state and the russian foreign minister. mike, thanks very much indeed. by canada. in washington d. c. in the world health organization says europe has become the epicenter of the pandemic. it says most cases identify there are of the delta variant, the w h o is also merging countries to increase diseases surveillance systems. as the oma con, variance spreads globally, you chief says it's time for the block to consider making cove in 1900 vaccinations . mandatory cases are on the rise across the continent, what a 3rd of the populations, unvaccinated. i think it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion. now how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the european union. this needs discussion. this needs a common approach, but it is a discussion that i think has to be lead road challenges in london with more. i think she was saying this clearly because of the current concerns about the micron variance and how dangerous and how prevalence this is going to be. she said, that's the experience that countries have had with the delta variance

a court in august to restart it. now the program will begin at one border crossing, located location on monday. pardon me, mike. hannah has moved washington d. c. well, that texas court ruling was upheld by the supreme court which agreed that the vital had ministration had not investigated fully enough before removing this particular law biden had described the lo, introduced by president trump as in humane and his administration. got rid of it immediately. however, now, in the light of the supreme court judgment, the administration is we introducing this remain in mexico protocol. it has been the last few months at discussing with the mexican government ways in which this could be imposed in a far more humane manner than it was in the past. this includes, for example, providing transport for individuals, a to encampments within mexico, where they can stay while they are waiting the court cases to proceed within the united states. a significant matter as well was that the us agreed to make because demand for a time limit on the legal process, a maximum of 6 months to be taken to decide the case of each particular individual . but this is, of c

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a preventative tool. in most cases they will ensure your illness is not severe but mild. >> was go to mike in houston good morning sir. >> thank you for cn this is an excellent form, i love it. none. >> is been thank you i'm glad thank you for telling me. >> i am troubled by this. with all due respect, instead of waiting for a patient slips to turn blue and then treat them, why not spend ten minutes talking about monoclonal antibiotics? why not talk about hydroxyl clerk when has been used for 50 years safely. it is cheap and it is safe. i have a feeling the use of these older drugs that are safe and cheap is not with the pharmaceutical companies want to talk about. because they do not have a revenue stream from them. also i'm interested and natural immunity. my sister martha has bone cancer. the cleveland clinic tells her under no circumstances get the shots. she has bone cancer year five, don't get it she has natural immunity. i have another brother with high diabetes he 68 years old. vitamin d and so forth these things are not discussed and i don't know why they are not get theow shot. what about preventative care once the patient is

past for public schools like mike bloomberg, the former mayor of new york has■ç announced in e "wall street journal," by the way, that he's going to be spending $75 million, athe schools that are actually accountable to participants. what we've learned from covid is that the public school system doesn't regard itself as accountable to parents. they put their own needs first before the children, and you've talked about the consequences. i believe last year over the pandemic the public schools in america lost 1.1 million students. new york city alone since the pandemic, i think, it's 60,000 fewer students. people need more choices. charter schools are an excellent choice. they're not the only choice. but we need a school system that rondz responds to students' needs and not teacher union demands, and we're stuck fighting that right now. david: jillian, one of the best things -- it's hard to put it in the that way, but one thing that came out of the pandemic that was a■ç good thing is we did pul back the curtain in terms of what was happening through the remote learning where we actually saw what our kids were being subjected to whether it was critical race th

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we have a few minutes left before we take c-span viewers over to the center for strategic and international studies, a live event this morning featuring chris coons and mikel. it's a conversation about promoting democracy. that's where we will be going. and the time we have left, taking your calls, your thoughts on the legacy of bob dole. this is jesus in florida. caller: good morning. a couple of comments about bob dole. he had a sense of humor. he was very open to take his time and make everybody around him happier. today, we see all of these faces fighting. i want to say one more thing. i saw him in person one more time. i was going to my dad's funeral. my dad served four years in the civil war in spain. i really admired people like this. i'm not taking sides, democrats or republicans. we are all americans. i'm an american citizen since 1975, and that is all i wanted to say. host: did you get a chance to talk to him the first time you saw him in person? caller: no, because he was at the airport in the open area waiting for the flight and i know he was going away from tampa, because he was on the departure side but i didn't want to bother him. host: wha

c-span, your unfiltered view would government. >> next, remarks of former vice president mike pence on the economy. he spoke at an event in manchester, new hampshire. he is considered to be a potential 2024 presidential contender. [applause] >> thanks to vice president pence. he's no stranger to new hampshire. we have spent many hours around this state over the years and it is a pleasure to have you back. i am the chairman of the republican party here in new hampshire. [applause] we have a wonderful day yesterday. we had a special election over in derry, and our candidate won by over 18 points over the opposition. she absolutely crushed it. and she was a phenomenal candidate. she worked her tail off. it was all grassroots. we had the nh gop working, we had the rnc working, and we coordinated an effort along with the house republican committee to put together a huge win, which is pointing towards 2022 as a very, very good year for republicans. but i tell everyone, do not get complacent. run like you are one vote behind, and that is what we are going to continue to do. [applause] as far as what the parrot dig foundation is doing and narrative action, it is a phenomenal grass

c-span, your unfiltered view would government. >> next, remarks of former vice president mike pence on the economy. he spoke at an event in manchester, new hampshire. he is considered to be aential 2024 presidential contender. [applause] >> thanks to vice president pence. he's

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mike is in wisconsin. we will hear from scott in a, independent line. -- in new york, independent line. caller: i went to colorado a couple years ago. i love c-span.ould we all get along for just a week? i am a christian human. i believe in christ. they word is sitting on the fence. what joe manchin does as he sits on the fence because he does not want to make democrats too upset but he is in a republican state so he is playing the republicans to get the republican votes and gets the democrat votes just because he is on the democratic ticket. they do not hit it because of joe manchin care they hit it because they are democrats. the republicans no joe manchin is going to stay on the fence and do what he has to do to keep everybody happy. host: you are saying yesterday's decision is not final as far as senator manchin is concerned? he is sitting defense? -- the fence? caller: i am saying everything he does. i have been watching for years, especially during the trump years. he was riding the fence. he would say, i'm not opposed to trump, but i am hearing so he could keep his republican voters in west virginia. west virginia is a crutch, kill, destroy