. >> you've raised one of the questions i'm going to ask representative terri sewell after the next breakw you get this done without doing some sort of a carveout, but if you don't have the support for this, i'm going to ask the question. we'll see. >>> i'm so glad to see we got dr. john torres back to continue our conversation about covid. so let's get to the omicron variant in terms of its severity. good to see you again. they say it's not as severe as delta. could omicron infections, though, lead to those long covid cases as delta has? >> and you know, they are saying it's less severe than delta with a caveat, that we don't know much about this because we're month into omicron, so we're still trying to figure out a lot of this. a lot of caution, a lot of kaf yachts saying right now what we're seeing especially out of south africa and sometimes out of the uk is that it doesn't seem to be as severe, but it can still cause hospitalizations and we're concerned about the deaths that it might cause. it could cause more cases, which means more hospitalizations just because of the rate number

joining me now, congresswoman terry sewell, democrat of alabama. thank you for joining us, congresswoman sewell. with this news that senator joe manchin will not support the build back better act, has the democrats' most compelling initiative aimed at black voters died with midterm elections in less than a year, hbcu funding, housing assistance, obama care expansion, all of that presumably dead as polls show black voters losing faith in the white house and congressional democrats? your response, congresswoman >> i am equally as disappointed in joe manchin's decision today, announcement today he won't be supporting the build back better. what i know for a fact as you laid out there are so many good parts of this bill that he can't imagine any senator being able to go back home especially in a state like west virginia that has so many needs just like my state of alabama. i can tell you it would be a hard press for any senator to go back and tell the people that elected them that they are not in favor of lowering prescription drug costs, they're not i

in our last hour terri sewell discussed the importance of passing the bill. >> it is going to be incumbent upon all of us to continue to keep the pressure on the two senators as well as all of the senators. you know, i would rather be in favor of giving voting rights to all americans than to be, you know, siding with a filibuster that actually stops democracy and the will of the people from actually coming to fruition. >> former trump homeland security official ken cuccinelli was questioned for more than four hours late last night. this morning congressman roger krishnamoorthi said the testimony should provide answers to some of the questions. >> what did people like cuccinelli and others know in the run up to january 6th? we know that there was intelligence, that folks were descending on the capitol, that some of them had extensive preparations for what they would do once they arrived, and yet, still, the government either was flat footed or it was intentionally holding back its response, and that's deeply disturbing. >> meanwhile, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is making headline