President Biden welcomed the 2022 Kennedy Center honorees at the White House on Sunday as he highlighted the importance of protecting democracy.  This year's Kennedy Center honorees are George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, composer Tania Leon, and U2. The Kennedy Center Honors will be broadcast on CBS on Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. ET. The Kennedy Center honors a select group of people every year for their artistic influences on American culture. Mr. Biden called the reception a "fitting way to cap the week" that included first lady Jill Biden unveiling the White House holiday decorations that had the theme of "We the People."  "U2 has spoken and sung about the unspeakable costs of hate and anger and division," Mr. Biden said. "The pain, the suffering, the denial of freedom, the senseless loss of life and the inhumanity we inflict on one another as nations, as people, and in our own lives. All flowing from division, that for all of us, its physical manifestations lie first and foremost in o