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Meet the Press

Dec. 19 — Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gov. Jared Polis

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3.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talks to Meet the Press about the Omicron variant. In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Gov. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) talks about the challenges of raising vaccination rates. Amna Nawaz, Philip Rucker, former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and John Podhoretz join the Meet the Press roundtable to discuss Sen. Manchin's announcement that he won't support Build Back Better.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, the new COVID surge.

0:04.0

I think we're looking at a potential wave of cases that's so large that we still, you know, overwhelm our hospitals.

0:11.0

The Omicron variant exploding across the globe.

0:14.1

What we're seeing in some of these other countries is doubling times of about every two days or so.

0:19.3

And across the United States.

0:21.3

As we know, there will be plenty of breakthrough infections, that's for sure.

0:25.3

Cases rising sharply, were the spike in deaths likely to follow.

0:29.5

We're tired.

0:30.7

The hospitals are stretched.

0:32.8

Resilience is low.

0:34.4

Please get vaccinated.

0:36.8

My guest this morning, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the governor of Colorado,

0:40.8

Democrat Jared Polis. Plus, the House votes to charge Mark Meadows with criminal contempt.

0:46.2

We won't let the facts be buried by our cover of. The former Trump Chief of Staff refusing to comply

0:52.6

with the January 6th Committee. The executive privilege that Donald Trump has claimed is his to waive.

0:58.0

It's not mine to wave.

0:59.3

This as January 6 texts from the former president's allies come to light.

1:04.4

One of the president's sons texted Mr. Meadows, quote,

1:09.1

he's got to condemn this

1:10.8

ASAP. He is destroying his legacy, Laura Ingram wrote.

1:16.7

And buildback, when? If President Biden couldn't get build back better

1:20.7

or voting rights done this year, there's nothing domestically more important than

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