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This has been a roller coaster. one minute health officials are saying you can take your masks off and relax a little bit, we thought we were done with delta, then you came omicron. so you never really know with this virus what s around the corner. alicia: absolutely. and i think there is fatigue upon fatigue over dealing with it, but there is an actual danger out there that we have to contend with and try to live with. it s just so hard, especially when you talk about taking off masks, you have to put them back on. what keeps coming to my mind is that we were told, even if things seem to be loosening up a little bit, that we knew in the fall and winter months to expect some sort of surge. we didn t know what was coming but we knew it was something. i think it s really frustrating to so many people out there. there is concerns russia might try to invade ukraine, but the russian president claims the u.s. is stoking tension. a live report on that. ....
Has ordered 500 million test kits to give to any american who wants it, but those are not likely to be widely available until next month. anita? anita: charles, you re a brave to even attempt to pronounce the name of that merck pill. i commend you on that. [laughter] thank you for that great reporting. merry christmas. alicia? alicia: you read my mind, anita. let s bring in dr. janette nesheiwat, a fox news contributor. so good to see you. we all need a little advice right now. not sure exactly what to do with this new information. we have got quite a bit here, actually. but what would you say to folks out there who are hearing about these antiviral pills? how much comfort should they taken this right now? a lot of comfort, alicia. despite the number of cases we see surging throughout the nation, we are still in a better place than we were at the beginning of this pandemic because we are looking at a different way of treating covid. we now have two antiviral ....
alicia: house democrats facing a wave of departures in 2022. so far 23 democratic representatives have said they won t seek reelection, including five in december alone. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is live in washington. merry christmas eve to you, aishah. merry christmas eve tu, alicia. good to see you. some democrats say this is totally normal, but the parties facing another challenge. here s a look at the house democrats not running for reelection. just about half that number on the g.o.p. side, if you were wondering. aside from those who simply want to spend more time for their families were seek higher office, some are struggling moderates in a house that has seen the influence of progressives increase while others are loyal pelosi friends and she has signaled that she could exit at the end of her ....
Getting it passed, if it s a filibuster, i would support making the exception of voting rights for the filibuster. i will begin with you, because when president trump was in office and republicans had the senate, all the senate democrats signed a letter defending the filibuster. and they are looking to possibly change the filibuster. what has changed for democrats? first and foremost, we ve got to recognize that the party in power, or the president in power, obviously they want to try and not use the filibuster because they want to pass their agenda. that is something normal that happens in both parties. but i think the real issue here, alicia, is the american people are tired of congress getting nothing done. we have seen time and time again that a filibuster 50 years ago used to be an exception to the rule, now it s common ground. we use them time and time again. nothing gets done. we are paralyzing congress and the senate. so i think what senator schumer ....
They want their kids cared for while they are at school. we have proven we can do that and will continue to do it. others have come around to the same idea. president biden said this week that schools should remain open and gavin newsom announced that he has ordered rapid tests to be sure that children can return after christmas break. alicia: merry christmas eve to you. anita? anita: well, alicia, on the calendar for the new year, democrats pledging to move forward with president biden s massive social spending package. despite senator manchin near fatal blow. but the far left of the party calling on biden to go it alone. more on this in the next hour. alicia: plus, a holiday travel mess at airports around the world. the omicron surge making the flight crews are defined for many airlines. we will have the latest coming up. , h moderate to severe crohn s ....