matter of black lives: writing from the new yorker." it's a new anthology that collects almost a century of reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from the magazine and i like to introduce my coeditor, my colleague and friend jelani cobb. he has been a staff writer for the new yorker since 2015. he writes frequently on race, politics, history and culture. he is an renowned teacher of journalism at the lumbee university. he has a phd from rutgers in history. he co-edited and wrote the introduction to the essential -- recently published this year. we edited this book together. hold it up for you to see. i think it's fair to say if the new yorker had attempted to such an apology in the '60s this book would be very slender indeed. the anthology begins with james baldwin famous piece they came to be known as fire next time. and i just wonder maybe to toggle a bit about why it begins the book and its central place. >> sure. the other thing i would say about this column is that the media people are still working out from home and so you can

the new yorker had not published black writers very often at all. it's not very uncommon now in mainstream american publications to photograph the new york times newsroom and it was one long row of white men in white sleeve shorts hunched over typewriters and it's interesting that the editor of commentary for brits was infuriated by the decision to send this piece to the new yorker. >> right. he wrote quite a conservative piece about race not long after the public occasion of this called the negro problem and hours, one of the great titles that i've ever heard. the piece itself is both about the inner life of james baldwin. it's also about his explorations of possible paths, elijah mohammed who founded the nation of islam and then comes back to his own church where he grew up and it seems to be indicating potential pathways for protest, for reaching, for the country itself. >> he does and one of the things the late sportswriter ralph riley told me when i was very young, maybe 23, 24. he said writing in the first person is only really sensible if you

either way, the message for new yorkers is clear. ector now, you have to get vaccinated if you want to go to work. the mayor of new york announced workers have until december 27 to have the jab. this is an an effort to stop rising cases of covid—i9 is new variant has been gaining a foothold. it is time. this is how we put health and safety first — by ensuring that there is a vaccine mandate that reaches everyone, universally in the private sector. a lot of folks say they believe in vaccination, but they are not quite sure how they can do it themselves. we are going to do it. a clear message there. what do you make of this latest move? it what do you make of this latest move? , .,, , , move? it is the most sweeping vaccine mandate _ move? it is the most sweeping vaccine mandate in _ move? it is the most sweeping vaccine mandate in the - move? it is the most sweeping vaccine mandate in the united| vaccine mandate in the united states. it is really quite fascinating. new york city is he just said is fascinating. new york city is hejust s

toxic people, everybody. >> let's get rid of those toxic people. >> actor jonathan bennett inviting new yorkersthat iconic ball drop. >> this is our 15th annual event that kicks off the entire new year's eve celebration week. in order to get ready for the new stuff, we've got to get rid of the old stuff. >> revelers bidding adieu to things like stress and anxiety and crocs. >> we are burning the negative from the previous year from 2021. >> this man bringing pages and pages of his, quote, financial headaches to add to that fire. others in times square ready to say good riddance to ex-boyfriends, hate, period, and of course covid-19 and masks. >> i want to get rid of covid and all the things that comes with it. >> i also want to get rid of covid. >> and maybe it's that incinerator or the hope of a new year, but hearts were successfully warmed in times square on the 15th annual good riddance day. >> i have to say it's because i have a lot of love, and we'll see what 2022 brings. >> there is another forward looking tradition of letting people write down their wishes on a piece of confetti that wil

i spoke to ross about how new yorkers will respond about these new rules.t sweeping vaccine mandate in the united states. it is really quite fascinating. new york city, as you just said, is now requiring all private employees, over 100,000 people easily, to acquire at least one dose. another big change — children ages 5 to ii will need one dose of a vaccine starting december 27 to enter restau ra nts, to enter cultural attractions, basically most indoor activities. mayor bill de blasio, who's leaving office in a few weeks, is taking a very much pre—emptive strike against the omicron variant, against covid. a lot of questions about enforcement, will this be in the courts? president biden also tried to require employees nationwide, employers to mandate vaccines. that has been held up. so a lot of outstanding questions right now as new york city takes the most aggressive step to fight covid in the united states. interesting that bill de blasio does it does as he is leaving in hands over to erik adams. i don't suppose that will change too much in the short term

she's contributed to the new yorker, the "new york times" and many others. and so without further ado please join me in welcoming mike and alexis to the stage. hooks well high. >> hello. kirk's first of all congratulations for this new book. i know all of you have picked up because you are here tonight. but if i can encourage you to overspend i would recommend buying a second copy or getting it from your library

it's no wonder hundreds of thousands of new yorkers fled the cityine before covid. population dropped by over 200,000 from 2017 to 2018. the largest drop since the '70s. over 300,000 fled between march and october this year alone. former president trump summed it up best. bill de blasio is a joke. >> mayor bill de blasio taking questions for the first time as a presidential candidate taking jabs from donald trump calling de blasio the worst mayor in the u.s. if you like high taxes and crime, he's your man. the voters who know him best in new york city. a quinnipiac poll showed 76% say he should not run. >> sean: he cost taxpayer $320,000 for his security detail. he hasn't paid that back. in addition to the 850-million dollars taxpayers paid for his wife. we will be happy to see bill de blasio leave. first we would be remiss if we did not look back at his misses. first the death of the groundhog. >> he dropped it and it was found deceased on february 9th. >> sean: he tweeted and deleted himself of staring at a woman's chest. and sounded like a chipmunk at a campaign

i'm a lifelong new yorker. i hope that adams can save us. ally pray he can take a look at the city, fix it. he was a police officer. we need to bring new york back and he has the greatest chance to do that as soon as deblasio's term is over. sean: eric adams is not said anything about these vaccine mandates. abuse and stealing changes course and brings freedom back to the city, for small business owners to run businesses and make a living. appreciate it. speaking of new york city, it is no place where you can write with no consequences but if you walk into a restaurant without a vaccine passport you are treated like a criminal. this happened in brooklyn lacks late when an vaccinated americans tried walking into a burger king. >> i'm a u.s. army officer. i thought for the country. i should be able to eat. sean: joining me or two of those protesters, joe rhodes and michael anthony who was arrested last night. is this where we are in america? people not showing the right papers for going to burger king. >> i can't believe we are at this point in

a virus, new yorkers line up protests and shots is tough. new mandates take effect and france finances fresh measures to radiate its highest number of new cases. since the pandemic began. also coming up heavy flooding, hammers, brazil's north eastern by yesterday. the governor shall it's the worst disaster in the states history. and both artists and activists. sonoma. holy is iconic photo shine, a light on black and for your culture in south africa. and exhibition in berlin features ma holly's groundbreaking. ah, welcome to all viewers round the world. i'm michael. ok. nearly 2 years into the pandemic, many countries are once again ramping up covered restrictions in response to the rapid spread of the alma khan variant in the u. s. hospitals and health workers are bracing for an expected surge after the holidays and across the atlantic. large parts of europe are re imposing partial locked down to curb record numbers of new cases. rounding off the year with another variant and another set of measures to fight back. countries across europe have

i'm a lifelong new yorker, i really hope that adams can save us.eally pray that he can take a look at the city, fix it, he was a police officer. you know, we need to really bring new york back and he has the greatest chance to do that as soon as de blasio's term is over. >> sean: i hope you're right, but eric adams hasn't really said anything about these vaccine mandates, so i hope he listens to your tonight and actually changes course and brings freedom back to the city and the ability for small business owners to actually run their businesses and make a living. thank you for joining me on it, i appreciate it. all right, speaking of new york city, it's now a place where you can riot, you can loot with little to no consequences, but if you walk into a restaurant without a vaccine passports, you're treated like a criminal. this is what happened in brooklyn last night one on vaccinated americans tried walking into a burger king. >> [indiscernible]. i should be able to eat! >> yeah! >> sean: joining me now are two of those protesters, joe rose and mic

this might be the last time new yorkers see these lights in person. the mass still hasn't decided if new year's celebrations here. we'll go ahead. well, earlier i spoke with professor pe, the ching hung from the university of california in san francisco. and i asked him to explain this staggering jump in. i'm a crohn cases in the u. s. of the past 7 days. will there to mean reasons explaining this rapid rise in percentage of the variance a script you know, accounted for by or across the united states. the 1st is that there's oftentimes a delay in when full sequencing is done from what's going on in the population. and the 2nd of course, is the unbelievable transmission of omicron not having been seen before with delta or any other variant. and if you have enough people infected at some point, that transmission is going to be exponential. so the graph starts re gradually enough people get infected on all of a sudden that graph shoots up like a rocket. i think unfortunately, we'll see a lot more hospitalizations, even though probably fewer. proportionall

july 13th to 16th, 1863, in the middle of the civil war, thousands of poor and working class white new yorkers incensed by inequities in the new military draft, resentful about wartime hardship, and inflamed by the lincoln administration's emancipation policies, looted and destroyed buildings, battled police state militia, and federal troops, and brutally attacked the cities african american residents. in this century and a half since the draft riots, numerous monograph popular books and articles have narrated on examine the significance of the events that comprise the largest civil insurrection in u.s. history. most of these works have included illustrations of the violence that were published and its immediate aftermath in the weekly newspapers. none of these, many meticulous, and illuminating studies, or popular accounts, have used these images as much more than endorsement, or reiteration of their taxed. certainly, they have not served as evidence to be evaluated in their own right. it illustrated newspapers covered the riots. the three american pictorial weeklies, all published in new yor

is doing the right thing to protect americans and we're going to do the right thing to protect new yorkersnothing but success. good luck. >> thank you very much. come back to new york. >> i'll be there on monday. come in next week and let's have this conversation knee to knee, okay? >> i would love that. take care. >> thank you. closures and cancellations are back with this holiday situation looking eerily similar to last year. but are public officials overreacting? a controversial viewpoint, he says we can't stop the spread and need to learn to live with the virus. he's on deck. ♪ it wasn't me by shaggy ♪ you're never responsible for unauthorized purchases on your discover card. >> man: what's my safelite story? i spend a lot of time in my truck. it's my livelihood. ♪ rock music ♪ >> man: so i'm not taking any chances when something happens to it. so when my windshield cracked... my friend recommended safelite autoglass. they came right to me, with expert service where i needed it. ♪ rock music ♪ >> man: that's service i can trust... no matter what i'm hauling. right, girl? >> singers: ♪

is doing the right thing to protect americans and we're going to do the right thing to protect new yorkers. >>> eric adams, i wish you nothing but success. good luck. >> thank you very much. come back to new york. >> i'll be there on monday. come in next week and let's have this conversation knee to knee, okay? >> i would love that. take care. >> thank you. closures and cancellations are back with this holiday situation looking eerily similar to last year. but are public officials overreacting? a controversial viewpoint, he says we can't stop the spread and need to learn to live with the virus. he's on deck. it's another day. and anything could happen. it could be the day you welcome 1,200 guests and all their devices. or it could be the day there's a cyberthreat. only comcast business' secure network solutions give you the power of sd-wan and advanced security integrated on our activecore platform so you can control your network from anywhere, anytime. it's network management redefined. every day in business is a big day. we'll keep you ready for what's next. comcast business powering pos

new yorkers say they feel blindsided by the new mandate on workers and business owners say it will makealready difficult year even worse, especially for small businesses. the mandate takes effect in less than three weeks, plenty of time for everyone to get ready. he says i can be out of job, i don't care. he's confident it will get through. really? >> we are confident because it's universal. our health commissioner has put mandates in place, one in state court, federal court every single time it is because they are universal and consistent and protecting the public right now from clear and present danger. kennedy: the only think universal is how many new yorkers despise bill de blasio. a judge altered present biden's vaccine mandate for federal contractors, is not a telling sign of things to come? called this pandemic theater do you think it would withstand a court challenge? >> i think given scrutiny federal judges are applying to the biden mandates, they are looking at the authority of the issue and agency and whether or not an agency has the authority and whether or not administratio

matter of black lives: writing from the new yorker." it's a new anthology that collects almost a century of reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from the magazine and i like to introduce my coeditor, my colleague and friend jelani

nearby and new yorkers lie enough to get tested with christmas just days away and cases surging. many are worried. it definitely feels like that 1st wave of the pandemic without anxiety, all these long lines around the city, people getting tested, exams are getting cancelled for people in grad school like myself. so it kind of feels like that early parent who didn't, we didn't really know what's happening. i think we've all been affected as a new yorker, we're trying to take every single precaution that we can um got dull vax boosted regular testing. i am planning to charge for the holidays, but depending on the result of this test, i'll probably say, put in your back america's talk. pandemic advisor anthony found she though, had a hopeful message for those. worried about the holidays in you can go the extra mile and get tested before you have a family gathering or a group get tested the day before or the day of getting together, but vaccinated and boosted people. one of the family members of vaccinated should feel very comfortable in getting together and enjoying a holiday meal

new yorkers, line up, protest and shots is tough. new mandates take effect. and france announces fresh measures to rein in its highest number of new cases. since the pandemic began also coming, heavy flooding hammers, brazil's northeastern, but yes, state. the governor says it's the worst disaster in the states history. and poland, president vito's, a law that would have restricted foreign ownership of media. the bill had angered colin's closest allies ah and a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael. ok. nearly 2 years into pandemic, many countries are once again ramping up covered restrictions in response to the rapid spread of the alma khan variant in the u. s. hospitals and health workers are bracing for an expected search after the holidays and across the atlantic. large parts of europe, a re imposing partial locked downs to curb record numbers of new cases. rounding off the year with another variant, and another set of measures to fight back. countries across europe have tightened restrictions, dampening planned new year's eve celebrat

thought this might be the last time new yorkers see these lights in person. the mass still hasn't decided if new year's celebrations here. we'll go ahead. and earlier we spoke with the professor peter and hong from the university of california, san francisco, and he explained how oma cron cases in the united states have skyrocketed within a week. this virus is speeding ahead and forward like no other variant before. and if you think about 2 weeks ago was one percent. so it tells us really 2 things. first of all, that probably genomic sequencing lags what the cases really are in the community. and secondly, once you get enough people infected in a community, it's like little kern, a virus bombs going off, the increase is really exponential. it started off in the east coast really because of a lot of contact with the u. k. and with southern african countries, there are direct lights from dr. berg, for example, to new york, new jersey, d. c. it's not as prevalent maybe in california yet, although it's increasing authorizations are not that high compared to the ea

you know, we're new yorkers. g and hustling for two years now with the pandemic. we'll find a way. there's always butter. >> it's important to remember the cream cheese situation goes beyond new york and beyond bagels. it is used for cheesecakes, frostings, dips and more. that said, you guys, keep this on the dl, some cream cheese for yous guys. >> let me get that right here. yu're a saint. >> listen, there are some partially stale bagels that come every night. all right, just kidding. appreciate that. apparently, in philadelphia, though, you can get cream cheese, get it? >>> coming up, are cats really psychotic? "that's wild" is next. you're watching "world news now." the cat slander, i don't get it. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may q

we're at 71% of all new yorkers, all new yorkers, 71%, fully vaccinated. we're leading the country.t's because we use incentives and mandates. and every single mandate we put in place has greatly increased the number of people vaccinated. sense the first mandates back in august, we've had over a million more doses, and that's why the city is open and thriving. chris, vaccination equals freedom because it allows people to get back to work, get back to their lives, be safe whereverrer, school, workplace. -- wherever they are. it works and that's why we're continuing the deepen it. chris: this week new york city became the biggest city in the country to allow non-citizens, people that are in this country legally for as little as 30 days, to vote in municipal elections. non-citizens to vote, for instance, for mayor of new york city going forward. you expressed some concerns about the legality of this law. but you said you're not going to veto it. why not? >> i have mixed feelings. i've been very open about it on this law, and i think there are big legal questions. but i also respect the

this might be the last time new yorkers see these lights in person. the mass still hasn't decided if new year's celebrations here. we'll go ahead and let's get more from peter chin hong. he is a professor of medicine at the university of california in san francisco. good to have you back with us. ah, tell us the doctor went wrong a week ago, omicron account for just 12 percent of us infections. now it's 73 percent. what does that tell you about the virus? it's tells us, terry, that this virus is speeding. ahead and forward like no other variance before. and if you think about 2 weeks ago, it was one percent. so it tells us really 2 things. first of all, that probably genomic sequencing lives, what the cases really are in the community. and secondly, once you get enough people infected in a community, it's like little kernan virus bombs going off the increases really exponential corona, virus bombs. what do you expect the situation to be like then 2 weeks from now in the u. s. i see continued spread. i think it started off in the east coast really becau

but this might be the last time new yorkers see these lights in person. the mass still hasn't decided if new year's celebrations here. we'll go ahead. well, earlier i spoke with professor peter ch in hong from the university of california in san francisco. and i asked him to explain this staggering jump in. i'm a grown cases in the us over the past 7 days. well, there are 2 main reasons explaining this. rapid rise in percentage of the variance escrow are accounted for by or across the united states. the 1st is that is oftentimes a delay in when food sequencing is done from what's going on in the population. and the 2nd of course, is the unbelievable of transmission of omar kron not having been seen before with delta or any other variant. and if you have enough people infected at some point, that transmission is going to be exponential. so the graph starts re gradually enough people get infected and all of a sudden that graph shoots up like a rocket. i think unfortunately, we'll see a lot more hospitalizations, even though probably fewer proportionally spea

i think we've all been affected as a new yorker. we're trying to take every single promotion that we can um got dull vax boosted regular testing. i am planning to travel for the holidays, but depending on the result of this test, i'll probably stay put in your back. americas took pandemic advisor. anthony found she though, had a hopeful message for those worried about the holidays. yes, you can go the extra mile and get tested before you have a family gathering or a group get test the day before or the day of getting together, but vaccinated and boosted people. one of the family members of accident, it should feel very comfortable in getting together and enjoying a holiday meal or a holiday get together. i president joe biden plans to address the rapid rise in corona virus case as later on tuesday. but he's already made it clear with some of the blame lies for those who choose to remain and vaccinated. he'll issue a stark warning and make clear and vaccinate individuals will continue to drive hospitalizations and deaths. that is not

67% increase -- rather a 65% increase in the new number of covid cases, 67,000, total number of new yorkers testing positive just yesterday. so that is certainly significant here it's a new high. many of those that have recently tested positive are some of new york city's first responders, and that's when you begin to worry about potential staff shortages. look at these numbers coming from fdny showing 37% of ems workers on medical leave, 17% of firefighters. these are double the numbers from last week. we've heard from authorities who are assuring the public they do have the manpower, they do have the ability to reshuffle some of their man pouer to make sure that no calls go unanswered, but it speaks to where we are right now amid this winter surge here. we did hear a few moments ago from eric adams, incoming mayor, laying out his plan for taking new york city through these unprecedented infection numbers. they include keeping that very bold vaccination mandate in place that's specific when it comes to the private sector. then he also laid out that he has no plans to shut the city down aga

this might be the last time new yorkers see these lights in person. the mass still hasn't decided if new year's celebrations here. we'll go ahead. ah, now to poland, a country with some of the strictest abortion laws in europe. they buy the procedure in all but a few cases. now the government wants to go even further by creating a legal register of all pregnancies, t w's. alexandra fond nomine reports on an issue that often pits individual women against hospitals and the police. claudia, coastal 26 years old entrepreneur. earlier this year she decided to and an unwanted pregnancy, using abortion pills. she ordered on the internet for one of the falla, i went to a hospital just to confirm that i am not pregnant anymore. all tell us about wednesday or i was brutally examined, though, on the doctor didn't providing any medical information. instead, she scared me saying the state prosecutor needed to know that she would report me to the authorities and some others. washy, jonathan washing despite poland, sneered. total ban on abortion women who terminate p

only 8.5% of new yorkers voted him for a second term. it was apathy that voted him. he is hated by everybody. the achievement of his years as he has managed to unite new york errors, democrats or republicans , they aren't united in wanting him gone. he cannot go soon enough. you played some of his great hits. he started his reign of terror by killing the groundhog. he dropped him on his head. it didn't like bill de blasio and he was too chicken to hang on to him. the poor groundhog died of internal injuries. that's what bill de blasio has done to new york. at the end of 8 years, new york is dying from internal injuries caused by bill de blasio. >> sean: i am a wisconsin guy. i had no idea he killed the groundhog. we have to add that to the stats of the murders in new york which are tragic.d what i find fascinating he is so rich he would think after destroying new york city he would run for president so he could do that on the whole country. >> he is delusional. you saw that in the piece you played.is it's ridiculous. he thinks he will run for the governor of new york.

>> mayor de blasio: my job is to protect new yorkers. we are going through the worst crisis in our history. we've lost tens of thousands of people in this city. it's been incredibly painful. i've talked to new yorkers that have lost a grandparent, parent, someone they love, i have to keep them safe. >> chris: why not allow the new mayor who is going to come in four days later to impose the mandate if he is going to do it? you are sticking him with that. >> mayor de blasio: it has worked, we are at 71% of all new yorkers. fully vaccinated. we are leading the country. that's because we use incentives and mandates. every single mandate we put in place has greatly increased the number of people vaccinated, since the first mandates back in august, we've had over a million more doses. that's why the city is open and thriving. vaccination equals freedom. it allows people to get back to work, their lives, be safe wherever they are. school, workplace. it works. that's why we are continuing to deepen it. >> chris: this week, new york city become t

it's the book that convinced me to be a new yorker every day. but books have changed in the pandemic, and our reading has changed. you know, i think that we got so caught up in twitter and, you know, and the discourse being all jacked up. i think at a certain point we needed to get down to brass tacks and read a book. we needed to comfort between 200 pages, bound and proofread. and i think we needed that. i think it's a reminder of the sort of time-tested endurance of the mighty, mighty book. we need depth of engagement with ideas and when we are confused it's like reading the powerbroker and all the lbj books, there's real clarity in that much rigorous attention to detail and that much rigorous attention to the larger picture. and i think whether it's fiction or poetry or investigative journalism or something prescriptive, we need that kind of depth. >> that's wonderful. and i was thinking earlier, the earlier and it's poetry makes nothing happen but it survives. and i was thinking in that panel history makes nothing happen but it survives. but

with medical experts to follow the data and the science. >> reporter: mayor bill de blasio telling new yorkersnd visitors alike not to dash their holiday plans, not yet. >> we're going to make a decision before christmas. we're certainly looking at the new challenge we're facing. but, again, this is an all vaccination event, and it is outdoors. those are two very, very important favorable factors. >> reporter: so, again, anyone coming into times square for the ball drop will have to show proof of vaccination. they'll also have to show their i.d. at this point, organizers are also encouraging people who are coming here to wear masks. but at this point, they're not requiring it. erica. >> in jason carroll with the latest for us. we'll continue to watch developments this week. >>> there is also breaking news. moderna announcing moments ago preliminary data about its covid-19 booster. elizabeth cohen joining us now. what does this preliminary data show, elizabeth? >> reporter: erica, moderna's press release they put out about an hour ago is a little bit cryptic. the booster that moderna puts out n

. >> and over the last 18 books, it is incredible and as a staff writer for the new yorker and for the new york post and she is tough. 250 words give it to elsa and then her edits will be 350 words. [laughter] it is disheartening but then she is right. [laughter] if you want to learn from that and the editor of the postwar watergate is the great wsnewspaper editor. >> so when you were in the navy with the military bureau of thear rover to generation in the korean war generation studying military history. so there wasn't a military person and then to become secretary of state with the marshall plan and so far. and dean and justin and the navy i was taking graduate courses at george washington to keep my mind active. and addison was tough. >> i wrote a biography. >> that he was as a graduate student in this law firm in covington and as a listen for a graduate student tolk come in to talk to somebody with his autobiography which was very strong and won a pulitzer prize. but it is a very humble title. [laughter] >> and if i turn the tables for what you are working on but his favorite quote

new yorkers doing what's right. they are using masks when necessary. they're taking the vaccinations we have, the substantial number of new yorkers have done so and number two, the severities of death, the number of deaths associated. so if we reach a point where we cannot handle the hospitalizations or there's a major threat here, you make the determination of canceling the new years eve celebration, i don't believe we're there yet. if we are, we will do something, though. >> do you think mandating boosters is a necessary step to beat covid? you talked about how important vaccines are. what do you think on that front? >> i believe we make it to that point. i cannot continue to emphasize that this is a moving target and we should not be so stringent and unwilling to pivot when it's necessary. we may get to that point where we will have to mandate booster shots. we can now encourage people to take the booster shot. i took mine and i hate needles, but trust me, when i tell you i felt confident as i moved throughout the city knowing that i took the booste

and convinced me to be a new yorker every day. books have changed in the pandemic and we got so caught up in twitter and the discourse all jacked up and you know, just a certain point we needed to get down to brass tacks and we needed the comfort between 300 pages bound and proofread. it's time tested endurance of the mighty books. when we're confused like reading the power broker, the lbj books, and the party and that much attention to detail and rigorous attention to the larger picture. whether it's fiction or poetry, nonfiction or investigative journalism or something descriptive, we need that depth. >> i was thinking of something in the earlier panel, a line from a poem, it's poetry makes nothing happen, but it's survived and i was thinking in that panel, history makes nothing happen, but it survives. given what i've heard here today and what the historical society is doing, i'd have to say, robert caro survived to make something happen. so, thank you all. [applause]. [inaudible conversations] >> up next from the robert caro s

it's the book that, like, commit me to being a new yorker every day. but books have changed in the pandemic. and our reading has changed. we got so caught up in twitter and the discourse was all backed up and at a certain point we needed to get down to brass tacks and read a book. we need the comfort of 300 pages between two covers, bound and proof red. i think where we needed that. and i think that that's a reminder of just the time tested endurance of the mighty, mighty. book >> of the mighty book. >> we need death and engagement with ideas and when we are confused it's like reading the lbj books or others, there's authority, that rigorous attention to detail, and that much rigorous attention to the larger picture. and i think whether it's fiction or poetry or nonfiction or investigative journalism or something prescriptive, we need that kind of death. >> that's wonderful. and i will just conclude, i was thinking something earlier, the earlier panel. w. h. auden has a line, poetry makes nothing happened, but it survives. and i was thinking that from

this might be the last time new yorkers see these lights in person. the mass still hasn't decided if new year's celebrations here. we'll go ahead. earlier we spoke with the professor peter and hong from the university of california, san francisco, and he explained how oma cron cases in the united states have skyrocketed within a week. this virus is speeding ahead and forward like no other variance before. and if you think about 2 weeks ago, it was one percent. so it tells us really 2 things. first of all, that probably gentlemen, sequencing lags what the cases really are in the community. and secondly, once you get enough people infected in a community, it's like little current, a virus bombs going off. the increase is really exponential. it started off in the east coast really because of a lot of contact with the u. k. and with southern african countries, there are direct lights from dr. burg, for example, to new york, new jersey, d. c. it's not as prevalent maybe in california yet, although it's increasing authorizations are not that high compared to

new yorker did an excerpt of carson. john f. kennedy held a press conference and said we're looking at miss carson's research and kennedy created a science council and found out that a lot of these insecticides that were developed an multiplied during world war ii were u.s. fish and wildlife and she was connecting it to humans. >> thank you for that. >> who was the catalyst for this? was it rachel carson? >> carson is big. her book, the anti-nuclear testing movement grew in the united states. there was concern after john hershey wrote his book of hiroshimo where he talked about people's skin melting and the horrors of it. old joe ken dip was against atomic testing. william dug last was against it. norman cousins was against it. a name that nobody talks about anymore but he won two noble prizes. albert schwitzer won to prizes. >> what's interesting always for historians, journalists is you said that he made jfk the pt109 hero. if kennedy were here, he would say i did that myself. >> fair. good point. let me say by be made part, o

if people don't like what is going on, if new yorkers don't like bill deblasio is doing things they needd start speaking cup and make them uncomfortable. laura: you better -- eric adams better be watching, the new mayor of new york has got to turn this back and how bad are things for biden? a new poll is ugly. our retirement plan with voya, keeps us moving forward. hey, kevin! hey, guys! they have customized solutions to help our family's special needs... giving us confidence in our future... ...and in kevin's. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected. >> laura: we are not even 11 months into his presidency and according to a >> not 11 months and his presidency and according to a new harvard harris poll, 48% of voters say they would back trump compared to 45% for biden. so trump would be biden if the election were held today. to your usa made freedom matters gear on laurain kilograms.com, go to the ranch. up next. >> fox news alert is a high-stakes showdown in the making as president biden is set to speak with russian president vladimir putin hours from now, you are watching "fo

jane mayer has been the chief washington correspondent for the new yorker since 1995 and serves on the board of the reporters committee for freedom of the press. also the author of several best-selling books including dark money, behind the rise of the radical right. she's received numerous honors including the 2020 first amendment award from the reporters committee for freedom of the press as well as induction into the society of professional journalists hall of fame. our moderator for today's panel is an award-winning author and instructor at columbia university and the new school. among her numerous honors is a literature award from the academy of arts and letters, a pushcart prize and guggenheim fellowship. she's a frequent contributor to the new york review of books and her books include white heat, a finalist for the national book critics circle award and her most recent critically acclaimed book is the in features, the trial of andrew johnson and the dream of the just nation. before we began i would ask once again please make sure your cell phones are switched off and photograph

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

in the biggest city in the country, it's giving new yorker and exhausting sense of dÉjÀ vu.residents fearing a return of the dark days experienced early in the pandemic although experts say this time around it's different. correspondent alexis mcadam shows estimate from new york city. >> good evening. here in the art, people are wondering what's going to close next as they wait in line for hours just to get the covid test . tonight, new yorkers are on edg as cases of covid 19 continue t climb. >> it feels like that. right now according to the safety more than 9,000 new yorkers have covid and at least 200 people are in city hospital sick with the virus. this search as new york is now offering a cash incentive just to get people boosted before th new year. between now in the end of the year, so it's a limited time opportunity over these next day get your booster shots, get a $100 incentive parrott. >> as of this week, seven out o 1600 public schools have closed their doors, janet from the new york department of education shows there are nearly 500 students and staff out sick w

lifelong new yorker, karol markowicz is heading south as well.est fox news op-ed, you're going to florida. the beacon of freedom in this country. it wasn't that we suddenly realized florida was sunny or had no income tax, state income tax. it was because i took away school during the pandemic and not enough my fellow new yorkers cared and then when schools finally reopened, there is no discussion about the broken system kept them close. the very same people stuck kids in masks and even outdoors. as i said yesterday, this system is causing kids to fall behind on basic skills in causing a very serious youth mental health crisis. it's unacceptable so are places like the sunshine state the antidote? here to discuss, new york post congress, karol markowicz. how did you come to this decision? i know you and your family spent time in florida the pandemic, when did you decide to make the move? >> it's been a long time coming but came to a head in the last month we don't see a light at the end of the tunnel for masking. we watched like 60, his class at a

patrick radden keefe, an award winning author at the new yorker, author of new york times best sellerpire of pain", the secret history of the sackler dynasty and eric eyre, won the prize, and now at west virginia, the author of "death in mud lick", a coal country fight against the companies that created the opioid epidemic. patrick, let me start with you and your devastating, absolutely devastating portrait of the sackler family and their role in the opioid epidemic. can you give us a brief overview of empire of pain and what led to you wrote the book. >> i'm humbled and honored to be on a panel with you who have written amazing stuff. the opioid crisis is so big as an issue, i feel as though different parts have been worked over by people in different ways, and there are great books on the opioid crisis. i wanted to look at the purpose perpetrators and i was interested in the sackler family owning purdue forma, and oxycontin, and the drug that started us on the road to where we are today. it's not an opioid crisis book per se, but it's a broad look at three generations of a family, t

thought this might be the last time new yorkers see these lights in person. the mass still hasn't decided if new year's celebrations here. we'll go ahead and tell you about the other developments in the pandemic the eaves coven. 19 pass for travel is set to expire 9 months after vaccination, unless the holder has a booster shot. while the new rule is due to come into force in february and the use a drug regulator says it's still unclear if existing vaccines need to be tweaked to better fight off our micron. but during a says it could begin a work on a new booster shot within weeks. and thailand is reinstating a mandatory hotel warranty for foreign visitors amid concerns over the on the chronic variant. and that, so get you caught up now with the other stories making headlines around the world. japan has executed 3 death row inmates. it's 1st use of the death penalty in 3 years. the prisoners who had all been convicted of multiple murders were put to death by hanging is widespread. public support for capital punishment in japan was by growing criticism from hum

and i'm a new yorker too. so. anybody's watching on c-span relax. we're good. but i will say and again this goes to my you know what you can love them or hate them kind of thing. i will say and i do mean this i think with his combined impact on the battle. for better or worse the historiography for better or worse and battlefield preservation mostly for the better. i do think that makes them one of the most monumental no pun intended figures in the gettysburg story and there are not many gettysburg individuals or generals where the the tail spans all of these different areas and that is what makes studying gain sickles important and i think if you kind of ignore sickles, some people are wants to do i don't think you then really have a good grasp on the history of gettysburg and that's what i think makes makes him important. now, of course he first comes to prominence historical prominence. he had already been a noteworthy politician of zara, but he first comes to historical prominence in 1859 with the murder of philip barton key on the streets of washington and

nearby and new yorkers line up to get tested with christmas just days away and cases surging. many are worried. definitely feels like that 1st wave of the pandemic without anxiety, all these long lines around the city, people getting tested on exams are getting cancelled for people in grad school like myself. so i kind of feel like that early part of that we didn't, we didn't really know what's happening. i think we've all been affected as a new yorker, we're trying to take every single precaution that we can um got dull, vax boosted regular testing. i am planning to travel for the holidays, but depending on the result of this test, i'll probably stay put in your back. america's talk. pandemic advisor anthony found she though, had a hopeful message for those worried about the holidays. yes, you can go the extra mile and get tested before you have a family gathering or a group get tested today before or the day of getting together, but vaccinated and boosted people. one of the family members of accident, it should feel very comfortable in getting together and enjoying oh, holid