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Stubbornly high inflation. hes head sboog a midtinto a mi year with the lowest approval of his presidency. joining me is barbara boxer and republican political strategists alice stewart. welcome both, ladies. thank you for joining me. senator boxer, lets start with you. the president has a narrow window, ten months to get his agenda through before the midterm. he has a build back better bill, voting right, im mmigration reform, gun reform, what does he need to be focussing on now? >> i think he ...

>> well, lauren made a great point about a soft lockdown. thats what you are seeing in the northeast as we get hard with new variants although its mild symptoms if you are vaccinated. yes, there will be for variants. a doctor told me this will continue. its going to become the norm for to us get a test and have a mask on. thats why they keep pushing vaccinations. they made a mistake only focussing on the vaccinations when its the testing that upon help us get out of this and stop upon spread. >>...

China increases its military capabilities across the South China Sea by improving its electronic warfare, communications, and intelligence-gathering capabilities.

Maybe one of the few things he and i agree on. >> and tonight, were learning about an exciting new development that may help point the way to a post pandemic reality. defense one reports that scientists at the walter reed army institute of research expect to announce in a few weeks they developed a single shot vaccine that protects against covid-19 in all of its variants including omicron. even so, the cdc is forecasting a grim scenario for the coming weeks. the agency today predicted a massive ...

>> sandra: finally, donald trump. the shadow under which you continue to lead in the senate. i wonder what that is like, senator? as we interest the mid-term election year and wrap 2021? >> look, we are focussing on the present and the future. this administration and what its doing to the country. i am focussed on where we are right now and where we are going to number 2022. >> sandra: okay. you made your predictions. the house likely to flip. merry christmas and happy new year? >> same to you. ...

>> i know each one of you in different ways, and i think about, you know, we talk about the fairy tale of, you know, first comes love, then comes marriage, and i think about my bridesmaids and all the girls that were behind my on my wedding day, and when i think about all my friends, more than half, if not half of them, are having problems. >> yeah. >> and we never saw it coming. tell me when you are by yourself and you why laying your head on the pillow, do you allow yourself to grieve and then...

Americans favor masks on planes, trains and buses. americans are split on local vaccine mandate. >> the presidents outlook is focussing on the negative. this country needs hope. were always concerned. we are taking care of people and giving them personal responsibility to make the best decisions for themselves and their family. >> the rockettes is cancelling the rest of the season. the national football league announced that it is cancelling or postponing multiple games. moving one saturday game...

Thanksgiving. so the response is focussing on vaccination and on boosters. im at the park in stanford and people ages 5 and up are able to get those shots today, and from what im hearing from locals here, these lines have been long the last several days as people are really trying to get additional immunity before the holidays come around, before their plans get here. its that boosting shot that is really key here, and an important part of the messaging. theyre starting to see a serious amount o...

Democrats are planning next, the less they want anything close to it. >> there is a lot going on. crime causing problems in cities. russia causing problems in eastern europe. omicron variant causing problems with christmas plans. the president is focussing on his big win: from fra. -- infrastructure. what that means for climate change. >> the investments will help kansas citys zero emissions plan to reduce pollution and provide free public transit. >> we will see what president biden addresses w...

What you want. this is what you write. part of what you write. you said if the plot succeeds, the ballots cast by american voters will not decide the presidency in 2024. thousands of votes will be thrown away or millions to produce the required effect. the winner will be declared the loser, the loser will be certified president elect. this is pretty frightening. this is the nightmare scenario for the collapse of democracy where votes dont matter, just who gets to count the votes? >> the threat t...