hanson, when it comes to u.s. and immigration, first of all, is "mexifornia" a book about immigration, or is it about assimilation or neither of those? >> guest: it's both. there was two themes in it. the first theme was legal are immigration is wonderful because it enriches culture, and it makes native americans, people born in the united states, aware of how lucky they are. and so-called, i'm just now voicing traditional support for it. it puts them on their toes. what i mean in the real world is that my family was here in 1870, but by 1970 none of the people that were farming were -- except one neighbor, was so-called white of the original homesteaders. they were either armenian or mexican-american or punjabi or in one case greek. and what it meant was they came with nothing or less resources, and they worked very hard. there was the idea that you could learn from that work ethic and that maybe people who had been here a long time -- that was a traditional reason. and also there was the idea that if somebody ri

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hanson. >> i went to junior college. i can learn to write a term paper puma high school education did not serve me well. were about the same age mr. hanson and i went to berkeley, uc berkeley. i was an honor student. there was no direction. they gave me theer choice of american history is the basic one class that i had to take or i choose california indian history which i did choose and was fascinated by. but i want to go back, i want to say i been getting my college education from book cv in american history tv and i book transcribing conversations because i am so fascinated by things i can even think i would. uber hoover in the middle of the night talking about his education or his upbringing and simplicity and new quality and public service without personal gain. going back to washington farewell address read worried about factions and absolutely really concerned about her upcoming election because theif idea of nullifying federal law in oklahoma and florida. we don't have to answer to the fed to washington read isn't

i'm tom hanson in new york. the wife of notorious drug kingpin el chapo has been sentenced to three years in prison. she was convicted of helping run her husband's multibillion dollar criminal empire and helping el chapo escape from police custody in 2014. >>> the u.s. senate has a new contender. tv personality dr. oz. oz announced he is running as a republican in pennsylvania, and vying for the seat of retireing senator pat toomey. pennsylvania is expected to be one of the most expensive senate race during the 2022 midterms. >>> and music icon adele is saying hello to las vegas. the show is titled "weekends with adele." it kicks off at caesar's palace on january 21st, and lasts through april 16th. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with an all too familiar american tragedy. another deadly school shooting. it happened today at ox

. >> and hanson was the musical guest.mber is. why would -- [ laughs anyway but hanson was the guest >> seth: you gestured to them. you elicited that response [ cheers and applause that's not for you [ laughter ] >> i got so excited. every time somebody says hanson, i get excited. >> seth: yeah. >> but so, anyway, one of the hanson brothers. >> seth: yeah. >> thank you was running up and down the hallway, and she said, "stop running, hanson," 'cause she didn't know the name of that hanson >> seth: yeah. you know what's interesting about seeing helen hunt on an airplane maybe one of the stars of one of the most famous "snl" airplane sketches of all time >> is? >> seth: "buh-bye. >> oh, right, "buh-bye." yes, with david spade. very good. >> seth: not as popular as hanson, but it has something >> you'd think the meter is,you know. >> seth: i owe you a lot i owe you my world >> oh, no, yes >> seth: and i mean this with all sincerity. you know this, obviously i think some people might know this i met my wife at your wedding. >>

i am tom hanson. cbs news, new york. >>> this is the cbs overnight news. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. i am margaret brennan in for norah. we begin with the first confirmed infection from the new covid variant omicron here in the united states. cbs news learned the u.s. is reviewing more potential cases in several states. the first case was detected in san francisco. that patient was fully vaccinated but not boosted and recently had travelled to south africa. hundreds of cases of the new variant have been confirmed in more than 20 countries prompting the biden administration to require stricting tests requirements for all entering the united states, including americans. president biden implored americans to get that additional dose. 135 million americans are eligible for boosters. only about 42 million have gotten them so far. we lead off our coverage tonight from san francisco. good evening, anna. >> reporter: cbs news learned the first known u.s. omicron patient came through here, s

i'm tom hanson. anne-marie green off. this morning many people across the nation are struggling to get back home from holiday trips. yesterday alone, more than 7,000 flights were canceled or delayed in the u.s. partly because of staffing shortages caused by the surge in covid cases due to the omicron variant. the cdc says average daily cases have surged to more than 176,000. that means new infections are at their highest levels in nearly a year. courtney kealy has the latest from new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom. the covid pandemic is disrupting the holiday season for the second straight year with the omicron variant surging, infecting thousands daily, straining hospitals and causing chaos. just a day after christmas, holiday travelers were left stranded amid a surge in covid cases among airline crews. >> it's stressful. absolutely stressful. but we're just trying to take it as it comes, and that's all you can do. >> reporter: more than 3,000 flights were canceled between friday and sunday. a trend t

i'm tom hanson. anne-marie green is off. this morning, ghislaine maxwell faces the possibility of spending the rest of her life behind bars after five full days of deliberations. a jury found the 60-year-old british socialite guilty of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for jeffrey epstein. maxwell sat still as the verdict was read yesterday. she showed no emotion as she was led out of the new york city courtroom. the defense is already planning to appeal. courtney kealy is tracking the latest developments from the courthouse. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, tom. ghislaine maxwell was found guilty on all but one count, and guilty on the most serious count of trafficking. ghislaine maxwell sat silently as the judge read the verdict. the former girlfriend of accused sexual predator jeffrey epstein was found guilty of five of the six charges she faced including the most serious -- of grooming and trafficking of young girls for epstein's alleged sex abuse ring. she faces up to 65 years in a federal prison. >>

i'm tom hanson in new york. we begin with breaking news. the house has voted to hold former white house chief of staff mark meadows in contempt of congress. meadows defied a subpoena for the committee investigating the insurrection. the case will now head to the justice department, which will decide whether to press charges. >>> holiday travel appears to be fwouns bouncing back. according to aaa, more than 109 million americans are expected to hit the roads for the holidays. a number approaching pre-pandemic levels. >>> and steph curry is now the three-point king of the nba. the golden state warriors' star guard knocked down his 2,974th three-pointer agains the knicks, passing ray alan for the crown. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. we are going to begin with te most heart-wrenching witness accounts we have heard since that once-in-a-century outbreak of tornados across a

i'm tom hanson in new york. december 7th marks 80 years since the bombing of pearl harbor. veterans will observe a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m. hawaii standard type, the minute the attack began. 240,000 of the 16 million american world war ii vets are still alive. >>> gop congressman and former chair of the house intelligence committee devin nunes is leaving congress to become the ceo of former president trump's social media company. he's the 12th house republican to leave before the 2022 election. >>> and drake has withdrawn his two grammy nominations this year, although it's unclear why. he was up for best rap album and best rap performance from his recent record certified lover boy. for more news download the app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. we're going to begin with an alarming surge in new covid infections in the u.s. for the first time in two months, the country is again averaging more than 100,000 new cases per day. mor

i'm tom hanson in new york.just a few hours, the house is set to vote on criminal contempt charges against trump white house chief of staff mark meadows. he didn't comply with a subpoena from the committee investigating the january 6 insurrection. if the vote passes, the referral will head to the justice department. >>> the national football league will require its player, coaches and team personnel to get the covid booster shot by december 27th. 37 nfl players tested positive for covid on monday alone. >>> and "time" magazine's person of the year has been released. 2021 goes to elon musk, the tesla and spacex ceo was selected for driving society's most daring and disruptive transformations. for more download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news" reporting tonight from mayfield, kentucky. >> good evening and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight from one of the hardest hit parts of the entire stat

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i'm tom hanson in new york. we begin with major news on capitol hill.gress has passed a stopgap spending bill averting a government shutdown. the agreement funds government operations until february 18th. it now heads to the white house. >>> google says it will delay its mandatory return to office plans amid concerns over the omicron variant. the tech giant says it will now wait until the new year to decide when it will require its thousands of u.s. employees to go in. >>> and it was a star-studded night in washington for the national christmas tree lighting ceremony. president biden helped light the tree. you can watch the99th national christmas tree lighting ceremony, hosted by l.l. cool j, this sunday right here on cbs. for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm margaret brennan in for norah. tonight, the new covid variant omicron is spreading to a growing number of states. moments ago th

i'm tom hanson in new york.ederal judge has just overturned a $4.5 billion settlement between purdue pharma and thousands of state and local governments because it shields purdue's owner, the billionaire sackler family from civil opioid lawsuits. the ruling is likely to be appealed. >>> the defense is expected to rest in the trial of ghislaine maxwell. accused of trafficking young girls for jeffrey epstein. closing arguments could begin as soon as monday. >>> and this weekend marks tiger woods's return to golf after his life-threatening car crash that required several surgeries. the golf star will hit the fairways of the pnc championship with his 12-year-old son charlie. for more download our app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> good evening and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight with a spike in covid cases that has health officials sounding the alarm. a rise in cases has states and businesses changing

i'm tom hanson in new york. we begin with breaking news.y crash in mexico killing more than 50 migrants in a cargo truck believed to be traveling from central america. dozens more were injured. travis scott is speaking out over the november tragedy at astroworld. in his first interview since, scott said during the concert, he was not aware of the crowd surge that killed ten people and injured hundreds. he is facing over 300 lawsuits. >>> and finally, this video will blow you away. a bus driver holding on for dear life as a tornado flipped the bus on its side. thankfully, he made it out just fine. in all, six tornadoes ripped throughout tennessee earlier this week. no injuries were reported. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news" reporting tonight from los angeles. >> good evening and thank you so much for joining us. we're going to begin with the new push to boost covid immunity in millions more americans. today the fda

i'm tom hanson in new york. chicago is joining a growing list of major u.s.g vaccination in order to enter many businesses. starting january 3rd, anyone over the age of 5 must show proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, gyms, theaters, bars, and entertainment venues. 1,400 kellogg employees are set to return to work next week after reaching a tentative labor dealing with the company. the move ends an 11 week strike over working conditions and low wages. >>> and it's official-let iconic staples center in los angeles has switched its signage over to crypto.com arena. the company paid $700 million for the change. sports fans will now be greeted with the blue banner as they enter. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i am tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening, everyone, thank you for joining us. i am major garrett in for norah. we begin with the omicron surge. the variant is spreading faster than all other covid strains. this, we know. on monday, the cdc reported nearly 2

i'm tom hanson in new york.hite house staffer has tested positive for covid-19 after coming in contact on air force one with president biden. so far he is testing negative. white house press secretary jen psaki says 99% of staff have received their booster shot. >>> the national hockey league is postponing all games wednesday through saturday after 11 teams suspended their operations due to covid. the schedule is set to resume on december 27th. >>> and times square is ready to ring in 2022. the seven-foot-tall numerals arrived in new york just ahead of the new year's festivities. the big event, however, is up in the air as the omicron variant surges. a final decision is expected before christmas. >>> for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm margaret brennan, in for norah. we begin with breaking news from the cdc. in just three weeks since the f

. >> sunday, on in-depth, historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson joins us live to talk about war, politics, and citizenship in the united states. his book titled include the father of us all, the case for trump. and latest the dying citizen. in which he says the idea of american citizenship and the ideals associated with it are disappearing. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets for victor davis hanson, sunday at noon eastern on in-depth on book tv. before the program, visit c-spanshop.org to get your copies of his books. ♪ >> fcc nominee gigi sohn and others testified at a confirmation hearing. the nominees took several questions on the infrastructure bill and its impact on broadband service around the country.

victor davis hanson we have him joining us tonight to assess.n they are cracking down again on the covid stuff. why? >> well, it was too serious of a crisis to go to waste for the left. joe biden said he was the president dr. fauci, he is more like a monarch. he has legislative, judicial and executive power all in one. fauci is mad and so is biden. they feel they were not treated right but they didn't treat the american people right. dr. fauci could not talk about the damage the lockdowns were inflicting. he could not say natural immunity from prior infections might be as effective as the vaccines. florida and texas and new york and california, let's look at them. he could not do that. when he got to the vaccinations, he jumped the chart. he remember they weaponized that issue with kamala harris and joe biden on the left saying they want nothing to do with it if donald trump's fingerprints were on and then came parentage of it. joe biden said no one was vaccined until i came even though 17 million were. we have a ridiculous situation. we have 4.

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recently author historian victor davis hanson joined booktv for our monthly call in program.me on to talk about american political history and his many books. in case you missed it, here is a bit of that program. >> today that you cancel somebody else because you don't agree or you tear down the statues with a city council or rename things without consistency. we are washing away people and ideas and things. where the constitutional means or we are suspending free speech or the due process on campus so this isn't the democratic party we knew. >> host: author and historian victor davis hanson on booktv's in-depth program. a reminder that in-depth is live the first sunday every month at noon we invite a prominent author to talk about his or her body of work and to take your phone calls. in january another historian will be the guest and he will talk about the intellectual history in the united states reconstruction era, abraham lincoln, robert e lee et cetera and he will be taking your calls as well. in february, georgetown university will be our guest. finally, here on about b

recently author historian victor davis hanson joined booktv for our monthly call in program. he came on to talk about american political history and his many books. in case you missed it, here is a bit of that program. >> today that you cancel somebody else because you don't agree or you tear down the statues with a city council or rename things without consistency. we are washing away people and ideas and things. where the constitutional means or we are suspending free speech or the due process on campus so this isn't the democratic party we knew. >> host: author and historian victor davis hanson on booktv's in-depth program. a reminder that in-depth is live the first sunday every month at noon we invite a prominent author to talk about his or her body of work and to take your phone calls. in january another historian will be the guest and he will talk about the intellectual history in the united states reconstruction era, abraham lincoln, robert e lee et cetera and he will be taking your calls as well. in february, georgetown university will be our guest. finally, here on a

recently author historian victor davis hanson joined booktv for our monthly call in program. he came on to talk about american political history and his many books. in case you missed it, here is a bit of that program. >> today that you cancel somebody else because you don't agree or you tear down the statues with a city council or rename things without consistency. we are washing away people and ideas and things. where the constitutional means or we are suspending free speech or the due process on campus so this isn't the democratic party we knew. >> host: author and historian victor davis hanson on booktv's in-depth program. a reminder that in-depth is live the first sunday every month at noon we invite a prominent author to talk about his or her body of work and to take your phone calls. in january another historian will be the guest and he will talk about the intellectual history in the united states reconstruction era, abraham lincoln, robert e lee et cetera and he will be taking your calls as well. in february, georgetown university will be our guest. finally, here on a

i'm tom hanson in new york.just a few hours, former senator and presidential candidate bob dole will lie in state at the u.s. capitol. dole died sunday at the age of 98. you can stream cbs news' special coverage beginning at 9:45 a.m. eastern. >>> the ceo of the mortgage-lending company better.com has issued an apology letter after laying off 900 employees over a zoom call last week. he wrote that his actions didn't give the appropriate amount of respect for those who were let go. >>> and finall, it's a true daily double. ken jennings and will official lir continue as tag team hosts jeopardy through the rest of the season. michael davies will remain as executive producer. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news new york. >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." reporting tonight from los angeles. >>> good evening, and thank you for joining us. we are going to begin with a key vaccination milestone here in the u.s. with new covid cases and hospitalization

>> tom hanson, thank you. >> meantime russian troops have reportedly withdrawn from the ukraine border. this comes after months of tension in the region and fears of a russian offensive in 2022. cbs's christina ruffini is at the white house for us tonight, christina, good evening. >> good evening, meg. that's right, russian state media said today about 10,000 russian forces, many of which were deployed near the border with ukraine have been returned to their homebases. this could help de-escalate tensions in the region however it st only a fraction of the estimated 780,000 to about 100,000 troops russia has in the area. in an interview staiped last week but aired today on "face the nation" margaret brennan asked the vice president if war in europe was eminent? -- imnentd. >> we are having direct conversations with russia. we are very clear that russia should not invade the sovereignty of ukraine. that we must stand up and we are standing up for its territorial integrity. we are working with our allies in that regard. >> the vice president also echoed what president biden has said and t

i'm tom hanson. anne-marie green is off. >>> this morning, health experts are questioning the cdc's recommendation to shorten the isolation period for people infected with covid. it comes as the u.s. hit a seven-day average of more than 240,000 new daily cases. some fear hospitals could become overelme pies as the highly contagious omicron variant spreads. all of this as college football's holiday bowl was canceled just hours before kickoff when ucla pulled out due to covid issues. courtney kealy is tracking the latest developments from new york. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, tom. now omicron and delta are spiking cases across the country, packing a one-two punch, while school administrations are trying to decide how to get classes open after the return after the holiday break. lines for covid-19 tests sometimes hours long continue to surge across the country leaving testing sites scrambling to keep up. >> we've staffed up and really moved vaccinators into testing today because that

i'm tom hanson in new york. in just a few hours, president biden will sign the debt limit bill to avoid an economic default. it allows congress to pay its bills through early 2023. on tuesday night, lawmakers passed legislation to raid the debt limit by $2.5 trillion. >>> the metropolitan opera is requiring proof of covid booster shots in order to enter the opera house starting january 17th. it's the first major performing arts institution to do so amid rising concerns over the omicron variant. >>> and touchdown for sin city. super bowl lviii will officially head to allegiant stadium in vegas after a vote from the league's owners. the game will hair in 2024 right here on cbs. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. tonight we're following a in ronavirus caache c, to or restate covid several large schools are cancelling all in-person classes and

victor davis hanson joins us for a look back on this last year.ve and i live in austin, texas. i work as a personal assistant to the owner of a large manufacturing firm. i've got anywhere from 10 to 50 projects going at any given time. i absolutely have to be sharp. let me tell ya, i was struggling with my memory. it was going downhill. my friend recommended that i try prevagen and over time, it made a very significant difference in my memory and in my cognitive ability. i started to feel a much better sense of well-being. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. ♪ ♪ >> jason: 2021 brought us a free britney, a space for billionaires, and it turned laura and raymond into tiktok stars, but it also brought us completely unhinged and discredited media. if we had listened to them instead of doing our own research and questioning those in charge, things would be really different. here's just a few examples of what they tried to get us to believe this year. >> critical race theory. it's a bogeyman. it's not even taught in most k-12 schools. >> january 6th

latest publishing news and nonfiction books pretty well recently authored historian victor davis hanson choice but to be for monthly call in program which is called - and he came on to talk about american political history and his many books, in case you missed it, here's a bitf of that program. >> this idea that today, you cancel somebody up because you do not agree with them or you tear down statutes without consensual go to the city council and consistency and its where we are washing away people names or ideas that we don't like and were not doing it the light of day, necessarily always on the majority of the vote on the constitutional means or berating a people and we are sustained he entered suspending two processes on campuses and so this isn't the democratic party that a lot of this new. >> was author and historian victor davis hanson on indent program and i'm reminded that jeff is live personally and we invite one prominent author on to talk about his or her body of work, it is take your phone calls in january, another historian will be our guest, and he will talk about the ear

nonfiction books, and noon eastern live on in-depth, historian and conservative commentator victor david hansonation at and financing talks about his book and thoughts on war, politics, and citizenship in the united states and at 10:00 p.m. on afterwards, former georgia republican congressman doug collins reflect on the events leading up to the first impeachment of former president donald trump, in his book the clock in the calendar, front row look at the democrats obsession with donald trump and is interviewed by colorado republican and watch book tv, every sunday on "c-span2" and find a full schedule your program guide or watch online anytime, that booktv.org. >> the house returns tuesday at 2:00 p.m. eastern time and plans to take legislation later in the week to raise the nation's debt ceiling to avert a default and members will also debate a bill to protect the abuses of presidential power protect against foreign interference and elections in on the other side of the u.s. capitol, the senate is back monday at 3:00 p.m. in the vote next week to confirm several a present biden's executive no

join us with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets for victor david hanson sunday on in depth on book tv. and before the program go to c-spanshop.org to get your copy of victor david hanson's books. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> do you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with a thousand community centers to create wi-fi enabled lists so people can be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> the white house covid-19 response team gave an update on administration efforts to combat the pandemic. we'll hear from dr. anthony fauci, c.d.c. director dr. rochelle walensky and dr. murthy. jeff: we'll get an update about the omicron variant. over to you, dr. walensky. dr. walensky: thank you. i'll walk you to today's data. the seven day average is about 86,400. the

the hansons say they got just one inch of rain over a three-month stretch.ey planted the past two years were lost. this balsam fir shows the impact the drought had on tree farms. it was planted two years ago, but because it didn't survive the summer, it will have to be replaced. >> this was the worst i'd ever seen. if we didn't have irrigation, basically i don't think any of the trees we planted this year would have survived. >> reporter: they're worried the loss could lead to a christmas tree shortage in future years. still, last year was a record year, and they're expecting more of the same this season. >> now is a good time to do it. any of the first species hold their needle, so that's not an issue. >> reporter: cbs news, ramsey, minnesota. >>> coming up on "cbs mornings," the art of dubbing foreign tv shows like "squid game" into english. carter evans takes us behind the scenes to show a new evolution in dubbing. >>> plus, we'll meet a truck driver and tiktok influencers who's encouraging more women to enter the trucking industry. >>> and supporting sma

. ♪♪ >> sunday on in-depth, historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson joins us liveut war, politics and citizenship in the united states. the public about how, the case for trump at his latest, the dying citizen. the idea of american citizenship, i guess associated with it are disappearing. joining with your phone calls, facebook, sematech sent tweets victor davis hanson sunday noon eastern on in-depth book tv before the program from a physics c-span shop work to get your copies of his books. >> fcc nominee and others testified at her confirmation hearing before the senate commerce committee. they took several questions on the infrastructure bill impact on broadband service around the country.

cbs' tom hanson has our investigation. >> chase was wise beyond his years. he was passionate.e was curious. >> reporter: last winter, megan macintosh found her 18-year-old son, chase, unconscious after experimenting with pills. she turned to his snapchat account for answers. >> big bags of pills, mushrooms. i felt really helpless when i saw how prevalent it was. >> reporter: just over one month later, he died, likely from a fake pill laced with fentanyl from an unknown source. if you could talk to chase today, what would you say to him? >> "i love you." "you have no idea how much i love you." >> i think social media can be great, but it also has a really dark side to it. >> reporter: kathleen miles, with the center on illicit networks and transnational organized crime, says the drug trade is booming on social media and with fentanyl in high circulation, the risks are often deadly. i'm starting a new account, and i'm a teenager, how many degrees away from a drug dealer am i? >> in my experience, two. >> reporter: cbs news asked miles to create two fake profiles across instagram

victor davis hanson, thank you very much. >> thank you.it into perspective. >> will: south africa is reporting lower hospitalizations with the omicron variant. is there something we can learn with how they handled it? that's next. ♪ ♪n >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> will: let's be real. all of the data on the omicron variant is the most mild variant today. in south africa risk of hospitalization was 80% less than other variants. dr. marc siegel says we should follow their example and how they handled omicron and joins us now. always enjoy speaking with you. what should we learn from south africa? >> we should learn what transparency and science is like. we hear about science here but see politics.ha science they said this is a ticking time bomb. then came out in november and said we have a new variant and it's milder. it's leading to much less hospitalizations. i interviewed the doctor who is a shining example of what science means. listen to this: i talked to her about why it's mild. she said vaccines are helping and priorng immunities from othr variants.

. >> will: victor davis hanson joins us live. i see your smile. i spoke to you a week ago.ed about the verbal ticks that take over the human mind want the mind of the left. now insurrection is the most frequent and recent mental tick. >> yes. if saying "let's go brandon" is insurrection, what would be a cnn contributor holding up donald's decapitated head? what was night after night in central park having a look alike donald trump as caesar being stabbed to death and hillary clinton said the president was not legitimate and urged joe biden not to concede under any circumstance? what was the obama pentagon lawyer writing we should consider removing trump by the 25th amendment, impeachment or a military coup? a military coup was on the minds of a lot of retired generals. two wrote letters and other said that trump should leave the sooner the better. we know what it's really about. donald trump has been beaten to death. so has january 6th. they are afraid of democracy and afraid the people will speak. a month ago we would talk about the theme democracy is broken in 2022 and th

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. ♪ >> sunday on in-depth, historian and conservative commentator victor davis hanson joins us to talkut war, politics and citizenship in the united states. his book titles include "the father of us all," "the case for trump," and "the dying citizen." join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. before the program, visit c-span shop.org to get your copies of his books. ♪ >> yesterday was world aids day. president biden announced his administration's strategy to end the hiv epidemic in the united states.

joining me now is victor davis hanson hoover institution senior fellow and author of dying citizen.s what democrats consider a successful year we are in for a wild ride in 2022 but looking back we're in year 2 of the covid year. i don't think i've ever seen the government use this spirit to reshape our society, look at the role government has played shutting down businesses denying people the ability to go to church, we've seen societal division as well, the blaming of the unvaccinated. what do you think the damage is long-term from what we've seen over the last couple years for all this? >> it is considerable because i don't think it is going to cease. we recite the economies of disasters from afghanistan to the border, inflation but people who and acted them are ideologues, they would rather see their agendas and accident fails and they would go corrective for the offices of the antithesis so they are going to go full speed ahead. you have to be insane to think that you can ask for million federal workers or soldiers many of them who have had covid and have natural immunity that t

victor david hanson breaks it down. and senator richard blumenthal lied for decades about fighting communists. now he is openly profiting off of them. and an alarming report from the southern border were a saudi national potential terror ties was apprehended. we will bring you the shocking details. but first, in case you thought the freak out over the omicron variant was about science, not controlling your life, i want you to take a look at what happened the last few days. and let's start with cnn. the south african dr. who first discovered the omicron variant tried laying out the facts about this mutation to them today. >> it would -- if you look at our numbers, it is going down. our positivity rates around about 50% and the reason is that people -- we don't see a high death rate with omicron. >> jason: keep in mind that only 27% of eligible south africans are vaccinated, and they already are over the curb. here in the united states, just 61%. despite this and that mildness, the white house spent the weekend inducing p