joining us is kevin baron with defense one. good morning. when it comes to the commitment of america, house republicans laid out for broad principles with matters to defense. support our troops, and thus in an effective militarto establish and to exercise peace and strength with allies. these are broad. what is a reflect about republican thinking with defense matters? guest: these are pretty broad. they are so broad anybody would agree with them but what is behind that, a couple of things. one, pure politics and a document, a vision that is designed to play democrats on their heels. look strong and do. second, something new in the world of national security policy and what most of us are much worse that -- most interested in. the select committee on china you mentioned. there painting it as security and national security committee for already there's a bottle of what to make this committee and whether it should be a committee and a wish to beat china with the head as much as possible or is it a real part a grab for going to attack biden and

kevin baron is the executive editor of defense one.r publicans as they look at defense issues, mr. barron, thanks for your time. we will continue on, taking a look at what to expect when it comes to policy and procedure, matters of crime and related topics, rough ailment well from the men -- rafael med well -- manuel joining us and we will hear from him. ♪ >> c-span now is the free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington. keep up with the biggest events with live streams and hearings from u.s. congress, white house events, campaigns and more from the world of politics. you can also state current with the latest episodes of washington journal and find scheduling information for c-span's tv network and c-span radio, plus a variety of podcasts. c-span is available at the apple store and google play. downloaded for free today. c-span now, your front row seat to washington anytime, anywhere. ♪ >> if you are enjoying book tv, sign up for our newsletter using the qr code on the screen to receive a schedule

kevin mccarthy, from being elected speaker of the house of representatives. deadly violence has erupted in the mexican state of sinaloa following the arrest of the son of the drug baronriant, xbb.1.5, is causing concern among scientists after its rapid spread in the united states in december. the world health organization says it's the most transmissible omicron sub—variant that has been detected so far. the new variant was estimated to account for over 40% of covid—19 cases in the united states in the last week of december. according to data from the us centers for disease control and prevention. dr mati hlatshwayo davis is director of health in st louis missouri. and joins us now. thank you very much for being with us. what more do we know about this subvariants?— subvariants? what we know is over the past _ subvariants? what we know is over the past month - subvariants? what we know is over the past month it - subvariants? what we know is over the past month it has - over the past month it has doubled in its proportion every week. that type of increase is alarming, now accounting for 45% of cases in the us and in the north—east as high as 75%. so definitely the va

kevin mccarthy, from being elected speaker of the house of representatives. deadly violence has erupted in the mexican state of sinaloa following the arrest of the son of the drug baronnt, xbb.1.5, is causing concern among scientists after its rapid spread in the united states in december. the world health organization says it's the most transmissible omicron subvariant that's been detected so far. the new variant was estimated to account for over 40% of covid—19 cases in the united states in the last week of december. that's up from just under 26% in the previous week, according to data from the us centers for disease control and prevention. professor saad omer is director of the yale institute for global health. he joins us from connecticut. professor, thank you for being with us. what do we know about this new subvariants and how it behaves mosehle we know this is a new subvariants that is spreading rather quickly. and spreading rather quickly. and the reason — spreading rather quickly. and the reason it _ spreading rather quickly. and the reason it is _ spreading rather quickly. fific the reason it is spreading quickly as it is more transmissible than the previous