"the reidout" with jonathan is up next. hey, jonathan? >> thank you very much. have a good evening. >> thanks. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm jonathan in tonight for joy reid. we begin "the reidout" tonight with american on edge. covid once again threatening to up end the travel holiday plans as the pandemic marchs into the third year. this time it's coming from the highly transmissible omicron variant. due to the covid spike broadway shows are cancelling performances, "saturday night live" dropped its live audience and musical guests and the rockets -- rockettes cancelled the rest of their season. the long testing lines are back. we're also seeing a mini outbreak in congress. senators elizabeth warren and cory booker tested positive for covid. new restrictions in place in europe including another lockdown in the netherlands while closer to home here in washington d.c. the city's indoor mask mandate goes back into effect tomorrow morning with a stricter vaccination mandate for government workers. it's the same now familiar feeling of dread harkening back to mar

jonathan capehart is in for lawrence o'donnell. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, ayman. what a powerful way to end the show tonight. a really terrific commentary on your part and a nice setup for the discussion i'm going to have with michael eric dyson later on in the show. we both wrote about governor northam and the black face scandal from a couple of years ago, so you just set things up for us nicely. ayman, happy new year. >> thank you, my friend. happy new year to you as well. >>> and on the eve of new year's eve, the united states has shattered its coronavirus case count. nearly half a million cases yesterday, and today one tracker shows today's case count was just shy of 600,000 cases. florida set yet another new record level of more than 58,000 new cases on wednesday. and despite all of this, people are still planning travel, parties, and events for new year's eve even as experts predict infection rates will continue to grow. the pre-omicron record high for average daily cases was 251,000 set back in january 2021 before vaccines were widely available. more than 8

i'm jonathan lemire. while democrats on capitol hill are publicly calling out senator joe manchin for refusing to support the build back better act, republicans are trying to use the discord to add him to their ranks. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is offering an open invitation saying the west virginia senator is welcome to switch parties anytime. >> i don't know if joe will ever become a republican, but i can tell you this for sure, it's a completely uncomfortable fit for joe. i think he's probably, for example, the only pro-life democrat of the 50. he doesn't fit well over there. but that's a decision he ultimately has to make. we certainly welcome him to join us if he was so inclined. >> mcconnell isn't the only republican reaching out. senator john cornyn of texas said he texted manchin about switching parties but hasn't heard back. cornyn tells a tv station, quote, i don't know what he will decide to do but i do know that west virginia has gotten increasingly red. that would change the major

jonathan capehart is in for lawrence o'donnell. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, ayman. what a powerful way to end the show tonight. a really terrific commentary on your part and a nice setup for the discussion i'm going to have with michael eric dyson later on in the show. we both wrote about governor northam and the black face scandal from a couple of years ago, so you just set things up for us nicely. ayman, happy new year. >> thank you, my friend. happy new year to you as well. >>> and on the eve of new year's eve, the united states has shattered its coronavirus case count. nearly half a million cases yesterday, and today one tracker shows today's case count was just shy of 600,000 cases. florida set yet another new record level of more than 58,000 new cases on wednesday. and despite all of this people are still planning travel, parties and events for new year's eve even as experts predict infection rates will continue to grow. the pre-omicron record high for average daily cases was 251,000 setback in january 2021 before vaccines were widely available. more than 85,0

>> i think it's very unlikely, jonathan. i think the decision that the court of appeals made, which confirmed the trial court in this case, really got a right very likely -- reason opinion. essentially what they said is president joe biden gets the side whether there is privilege that should be asserted. executive for the it is a qualified. one and while the former president has in his fights, ultimately that this isn't about lies in the current president. i think at the very sound decision. and based on president. it seems very unlikely that the take it up. but as congress requested, if the court does decide think it, up at least do it quickly! >> joyce, do you see anything more than a political benefit -- arguing the committee doesn't have a the authority to seek a criminal referral? >> like so many other times, jonathan, we are seeing trump's lawyer said again and arguing to the audience of one. i'm sure he's very pleased with their pleading. but like barr, i don't think the supreme court will see much to this. it has to

i got to back off, jonathan. it is getting too much for me right in here. >> i was going to say, also, because we are so over time, i wish, bishop curry, you have to blame chaplain black for me not being able to ask you a final question. bishop michael curry, thank you for coming back to "the sunday show." dr. barry black, thank you for coming back to "the sunday show." >>> coming up, what was the biggest story of 2021? my all-star panel weighs in. stay with us. 2021? my all-star panel weighs in. stay with us o man, that's a whole lot of wrinkly at least my shoes look good! looking good start with bounce wrinkleguard, the megasheet designed to prevent wrinkles in the dryer. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list event. ♪ limu emu... & doug ♪ ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance so they only pay for what they need. (gasps) ♪ did it work? only pay for what you need ♪ liber

>> reporter: jonathan, that's right. being described by some as the most port call biden has had to make since he took office. clearly it's going to be extremely challenging because of the balance you described in your opening, the consequences of any invasion of ukraine and at the same time trying to offer some kind of diplomatic roadmap that gives russia the perspective there is an alt active. that is incredibly challenging because of this impasse over nato. quite simply, the western u.s. is saying ukraine should be able to enter into nato at some time in the future. president putin is completely opposed to that. i think the call between the five leaders, president biden, the leaders of france, germany, italy, and the uk overnight was ready quite extraordinary. we know it goes to biden's strategy of bringing allies in. i think that will bring an attempt to debunk any notion president putin might have with germany transitioning from one leader to another which is slightly imblachblsed, france coming to an election might

>> yeah, jonathan, i think it is. and i think it will be changing what is the definition of fully immunized. i think that will happen sooner than later. and i do think moderna's data is days behind. this is lab data, so it's not real world data from pfizer, jonathan. the current vaccines will likely hold, but only, as you mentioned, with that third dose. >> recent studies suggests the new variant is more transmissible but maybe less severe. what do we know about that? is it too early to draw that sort of conclusion? i know that some of the people who were in the sort of first sample of south africa who seemed like they got less sick, they were a young eric healthier cohort where traditionally they don't gets a ill. >> that's right. in south africa, because of the percentage of some of the provinces that have chronic conditions, provinces that have chronic conditions, and higher unvaccination rates because they were in the part of the world that did not get the vaccines. the vaccines are hopeful. so we are watching wha

i'm jonathan capehart. this is "the sunday show." >>> this sunday, we're following breaking news that president biden's build back better agenda is dead in the water. after west virginia senator joe manchin said this just moments ago on fox news. >> we have the debt that we're carrying at $29 trillion, you have also the geopolitical unrest we have, we have the covid variant, and that is wreaking havoc again. people are concerned. i've been with my family. i know everyone is concerned. when you have these things coming at you the way they are right now, i always said this, brett, if i can can't go home and explain it to the people of west virginia, i can't vote for it. and i can not vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just can't. >> it is a major blow for democrats, nbc reports that senator manchin notified the white house and democratic leadership of his decision this morning, before announcing it on fox news. we're going to -- trust me, there was strong and serious reaction and swift reactio

i'm jonathan lemire. senate majority leader chuck schumer is teeing up a vote as early as tomorrow to extend the debt ceiling. schumer cut a deal that would allow the democrats to eventually pass the debt ceiling hike. without, members of the gop need to join democrats in order to pass a separate bill for cuts for medicare. that bill allows democrats to raise the debt limit to just a 51-vote majority. >> i think this is in the best interest of the country by avoiding default. i think it's also in the best interest of republicans who feel very strongly, if the previous debt ceilings that we agreed to when president trump was here carried us through august. and this current debt ceiling is indeed about the future. and not about the past. so, i believe we've reached here a solution to the debt ceiling issue. that's consistent with republican views. of raising the debt ceiling for this amount, at this particular time. and allows the democrats to proudly own it, which they're happy to do. >> congressional lead

i'm jonathan lemire. let's start with the news. >>> a federal appeals court has unanimously denied former president donald trump's request to block the release of documents by the national archives to the january 6th select committee. the ruling upheld a lower court's opinion which said in an executive privilege dispute between a current and past president, the sitting president must prevail. the court gave the former president 14 days to file an appeal with the supreme court, during which the injunction to halt the transfer of documents will remain in place. in a 68-page opinion, the panel concluded that, quote, former president trump has provided no basis for this court to override president biden's judgment and the agreement and accommodations worked out between the political branches over these documents. it goes on to say both branches agree there's a unique need for these legislative documents and they're directly relevant to the committee's inquiry on the attack on the legislative branch and the ro

>> yeah, jonathan, not well. it's a rough go for people not only here, but across the strike zone right now. this is the reason why. give you a first-hand look at some of the devastation. this tree pulled from its roots. this one snapped by the wind thrown on to what is a house behind all this debris. parts of the roof underneath here. even this truck that was pushed into this backyard. it's destroyed, you can see. there is devastation everywhere. and this type of destruction, well, it stretches for miles here, jonathan, and really across, five, six states at this point. this is the kind of thing that so many teams are working through. and as you said, trying, hoping to find someone that may be buried alive under all of this rubble. i have to tell you, though, as the clock continues to tick, that prospect is diminishing, as well. it's only been since early saturday morn in the overnight hours into saturday morning when someone was rescued from the debris here. >> yeah, we're looking at some of the aerial footage

good evening jonathan. >> hey good evening. you started your show with an interview with doctor fauci. did he bring any clarity, or breaking news with you in your interview? >> i think he addressed some of the criticism and concerns about the cdc guidelines that reduce some of those quarantine, or isolation periods, from ten days to five days. why there are different standards for health care workers and not for the general public. why do they have to test out, whereas the rest of us can just if we are asymptomatic returned to life as normal. he did clarify some of those. addressed some of the controversies around the discrepancies there. acknowledge that there is a messaging issue and component to this as well john. >> part of the messaging, i don't know if you've seen some of the memes going around there. i saw one that is funny that says the cdc now says the five seconds rule is now down to two seconds. that was my favorite of them all. ayman, thank you very much. >> thank you, take care. >> when donald trump decided to run

jonathan capehart is in for lawrence tonight. >> good evening. i was preparing for show tonight. i understand you had an interview with the current senate majority leader chuck schumer. quickly, tell us, what did he tell you? >> you know, he talked about his personal relationship, and he obviously knew the late senator very well. so he talked about the personal relationship and the shadow that he cast over not just him, but other notable politicians like barack obama and senator elizabeth warren. but interestingly enough, i thought he made some news tonight. he hopes to carry what harry reid talked about with doing away with the fill buster in the weeks and the months and the year ahead. it's obviously a big point of contention in the senate, and a lot of people are calling for democrats to do away with the fill buster to get things like voting rights done. we'll see if he heeds the advice of his late friend. that is big news, ayman. thank you very, very much for sharing that with us. >> thank you. >> and see you tomorrow night. >>> tonight we begin with the breaking news of the

jonathan, i'll throw a little teaser in. you'll hear it on social media. there's the potential for cold and snow on the east coast right before christmas. that's all i'm going to say for now. we'll talk more about that in the days ahead. >> i like that. way to build suspense, bill karins. that's a pro move. thank you very much. >>> still ahead, joe manchin, yeah, that guy, leaves his colleagues guessing on his stance on the spending bill. >>> before we go to break, we want to know. why are you awake? i'm your reasons to "way too early" at msnbc.com or tweet me @jonlemire. be sure to use the #waytooearly. and we'll read some of our favorite answers later in the show. e of our favorite answers later in the show with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy. (vo) what's better than giving a better phone this holiday season? it's giving a better phone on a better network. ranked #1 in network reliability 16 times in a row better. holiday better with 5g from america's most reliable network. bye mom. my helpers abound, i'll nee

jonathan, t great to have you this morning. >> jonathan -- >> thank you. >> your column yesterday was incredibly important, but you did ask the question i asked myself, which is what in the world in the land of -- did the biden white house attack manchin as hard as they did, even though they had every right to be upset. >> that seems like a strange choice. the only option for them is to come to terms with joe manchin. i don't see how lashing out at him is going to accomplish that. i also think if they can get back to where they were last week, there may be a real path here. the most important fact that i think has come out in the last 24 hours is that joe manchin submitted an offer to the white house last week. it was $1.75 trillion. we don't know what was in the offer, but i'd like to find out. >> and, of course, manchin had talked about handshake with the president of the united states where the president was at 2 trillion. manchin was at 1.5. both of them said they couldn't move. he went to the white house, shook his hand said man to man, we looked each other in the eye and agreed

thank you so much, jonathan. take care. >> thank you, rachel. >>> a violent attempt to stop the peaceful transfer or transition of power. that's a judge described insurrection at the capitol on january 6th while sentencing a member of the trump mob. the longest sentence so far for any defendant in the capitol investigation. on january 6th palmer hurled a fire extinguisher, a plank and a long pole at police officers. palmer requested a sentence of just 24 months reasoning that was fair because the architects of january 6th haven't been punished. judge tonia dismissed that argument telling the court, quote, it's true that the people who exhorted you and encouraged you and rallied you to go take action and to fight have not been charged. you engaged with combat with those law enforcement officers. that's what you're being punished for. you have a point. maybe the people who planned january 6th haven't been charged, but that's not a reason for you to get a lower sentence. two things can be true. robert scott palmer s

jonathan? >> it's good to know about the easy travel, but, man, i will be ma not to see a white christmas. 60s? come on. >>> still ahead, democratics are slamming manchin for put about the president's build back better plan in jeopardy. we'll talk with jake sherman about where the party goes from here. >>> plus, trump launches a new legal fight with noncht. >>> before you go, why are you awake? i'm your reasons to waytooearly@msnbc.commed on tweet me at #jonlemire. we'll read some of our favorite answers later. e of our favorite answers later. dry to smell fresh for weeks, make sure you have downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters. when you really need to sleep you reach for the really good stuff. new zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. it's non habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. new zzzquil ultra. when you really really need to sleep. it's the most joyous time of year. especially at t-mobile! let's go to dianne. i got the awesome new iphone 1

thank you so much, jonathan. take care. >> thank you, rachel. >>> a violent attempt to stop the peaceful transfer or transition of power. that's a judge described insurrection at the capitol on january 6th. the longest sentence so far for any defendant in the capitol investigation. on january 6th palmer hurled a fire extinguisher, a plank and a long pole at police officers. palmer requested a sentence of just 24 months reasoning that was fair because the architects of january 6th haven't been punished. judge tonia dismissed that argument telling the court, quote, it's true that the people who exhorted you and encouraged you and rallied you to go take action and to fight have not been charged. you engaged with combat with those law enforcement officers. that's what you're being punished for. you have a point. maybe the people who planned january 6th haven't been charged, but that's not a reason for you to get a lower sentence. two things can be true. robert scott palmer shouldn't get off easily just because trump

. >> jonathan, it was deep, obviously. it was born out of when president obama first came to the senate as senator obama, harry reid saw in this person somebody who could be the next president of the united states at a time when obviously there were many other senators in that caucus who were angling and thinking about that role. he comes to president obama or then senator obama and says, hey, if you want it, you should go for it. and he had a major role to play in urging him to do so. obviously a year into his senate tenure. and obviously as he becomes senator, you know, knowing that health care was the first and major legislative thing that he needed to get done, really was the legislative captain for it. going through all of the travails of it, and finally getting it across the finish line, there was trust not only in harry reid, but in speaker pelosi in getting it done, trusting a young president who had the captains in those two leaders to help guide that one through. and then, you know, to the end, it was just deep a

i'm jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. >> this sunday, amid the holiday season, the omicron variant is top of mind. it's now been detected in at least 15 states, and the biden administration is moving quickly to try to curb the spread here at home and abroad. starting tomorrow, international travelers coming into the united states must test negative for covid one day before getting on that plane. and 9 million vaccine doses will soon be on the way to africa. meanwhile, there are mounting concerns over increased russian military troops on ukraine's border. president biden and russian president vladimir putin will speak on a video call this tuesday where biden is expected to reaffirm u.s. support for ukraine. >> and calls for gun reform are growing after the parents of the michigan school shooting suspect were charged with involuntary manslaughter. we'll get into all of this and more with our first guest. joining me now, white house principle deputy press secretary karine jean-pierre. welcome back to

>> good morning, jonathan. thanks for having me. i would say pack slow individual is a game-changer. it would be the first medication to treat covid that you can take orally, but we have a few barriers to get through. one, it takes about six months to manufacture this pill. so initiallily we're going to have a limited supply. only tens of thousands of doses this year going to hundreds of thousands of doses starting in 2022. that was important to keep in mind. however, it decreases hospitalization and death by about 90%. it's performed much better than the merck tablet that is very similar. some of the challenges will be that people need to get tested first. we see there are major problems with getting tested here in the u.s. as well as getting a prescription from a health care provider. so you're going to need to have access. those are some of the things we're going to have to think about once this pill gets authorized. >> dr. blackstock, i'm hoping you can weigh in on this. is there enough data that this new variant is producing mi

good morning, jonathan. so i think you alluded to this earlier in the show, that there's always probably more you can do, and, of course, we're waiting for some details. but short of trying to get those mandates through that i think are going to get tangled up in courts for some time, it's pretty broad, pushing on existing levers and adding new ones. paying for pediatricians to get vaccine counseling don't get enough light of day. i'll tell you, watching, pediatricians have no time. anyone with children, including myself as a clinician, they need that. free at-home tests, those are big game-changers and can make a big difference. at the end of the day if only 60% of meshes are vaccinated, we can only do so much. >> dr. miller, there's a lot of fear and an zit surrounding the covid-19. what are some ways people can cope. >> uncertainty has been a thing for the past two years. anxiety, depression, it can make us feel really bachld i think there's three things we can do. first of all, we have to recognize what'

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>> jonathan, it would have been so different. i mean, i've got to tell you for four years having cuomo and trump at the same time was a tremendous challenge, and it almost felt surreal at times, honestly. like everything we had been told were the norms didn't exist anymore. it doesn't have to be that way. it's funny. at the end of all this, i feel more optimistic than when i started. it sounds kind of strange to say, but there have been a lot of reckonings. a lot of people who did the wrong thing have paid the price for it. there has been many times where the goodness of the people came through and we saw that in this pandemic. i'm more optimistic than ever. but those were to me strange abhorrent realities. and it's a funny thing. i'd say this to everyone who is a real public servant. sometimes it's important to tell yourself if something seems wrong, if it seems like it shouldn't be, well, maybe that's just the truth. don't get lost in it. don't get overwhelmed by it. and a lot of times, particularly with cuomo, i said to myself

i'm jonathan capehart. this is "the sunday show." >>> this sunday, we're continuing to follow the breaking news surrounding the catastrophic tornados that swept across six states friday night, destroying virtually everything in their path. this morning, the governor of kentucky said there have been more than 80 fataliies in his state. he joins us next hour with the latest. >>> and nbc news has confirmed 40 deaths in kentucky, tennessee, arkansas, illinois and missouri. a federal emergency has been declared in kentucky. hundreds of thousands have been left without power and rescue missions are under way. joining me now is my colleague ali velshi who is in mayfield, kentucky, who has been there for the last two hours doing your show, ali. thank you very much for coming -- staying and coming on "the sunday show." what is the situation like where you are now? >> reporter: well, i'm looking forward to your conversation with the governor because he has said that the death toll is higher than we believe it to be i

it's jonathan lemire. in terms of the new guidelines, there is no distinction made of people who are vaccinated and boosted and those who are unvaccinated. tell me if that seems wise to you? >> i think relying on symptoms when we know many people can be asymptomatic and pass on the virus and not using the vaccination test is not where i would have gone. i think we do know that the unvaccinated are much more likely to be hospitalized and likely to end up in the intense care unit and die. 40% of our population is still not vaccinated and 70% of our people have had to doses but don't have a booster. >> dr. emanuel bringing some clarity into a confusing policy. thank you very much, he's the author of "which country has the world's best healthcare." >>> a recent washington post reports growing frustration over the biden administration handling of the pandemic according to the post, white house officials acknowledged that not enough have been done to secure tests and they are scrambling to change that, holiday t

also one other thing that's really crucial to jonathan's point, we need an accord. we need some sort of document that press organizations can sign on to in terms of how we will approach covering fascism and covering authoritarianism in the united states. we really need more than anything else to be able to get on the same page about how we're going to deal with this looming crisis in front of us. >> professor cobb, you are invited to do the first draft of that accord that we will all then consider joining. professor jelani cobb, jonathan alter, thank you very much for joining our discussion tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the testimony you must hear. unfortunately, it is testimony that the supreme court did not hear. that's next. it's once-monthly injectable cabenuva. cabenuva is the only once-a-month, complete hiv treatment for adults who are undetectable. cabenuva helps keep me undetectable. it's two injections, given by a healthcare provider once a month. hiv pills aren't on my mind. i love being able to pick up and go. don't receive ca

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jonathan, let me start with you. the omicron wave is hitting this really sort of fatigued and agitated country maybe for the first time settling back into the concept of a return to a new normal. what do you make of the precarious spot we find ourselves in and the task of the white house who i'm sure would like nothing more to turn the corner on the pandemic? >> it's a herculean task. i talk to white house officials all the time and of course they're fatigued, too, but they also recognize this is the central premise and promise of the biden administration. he was elected, sure, to get rid of donald trump, but to also gain control over this virus. and now this is the second time where the nation just as it seemed like we were starting to return to some normalcy, first over the summer and now we've been crushed by a new variant. delta and now omicron. they are, the white house is of course privately recognized they were caught off guard by just the pure speed of omicron and how that's why the testing still needs to be

with that, our starting line with jonathan lemire, host of the 5:00 a.m. broadcast on this network, "way too early," also politico's white house chief, susan page and cynthia, former federal prosecutor of tl justice department, good evening and welcome to you all. susan, first question goes to you, what will this new phase of the pandemic do to the best laid plans of the biden presidency, their domestic agenda? >> joe biden is elected with a job one of the pandemic under control. there was as brief shining moment that we thought was just around the corner, that was not the case. omicron is a reminder that the pandemic is here to stay for some time and we are learning to deal with it. it affects everything else. it affects the economy and it affects education, it affects the nation's mood which has turned sour and i affects the president's approval rating. the idea that it's going to beover any time soon we can shove that. we'll be living with that for some time. that's sobering news for president biden. >> jonathan lemire, this white house has had several

jonathan, we go through all those. i know you agree with me. i mean, that thing in maryland that they call a football stadium is horrific compared to rfk. rfk, a stadium that would literally move and shake when people were jumping up and down. i've got to say, i'm a joe montana guy, i have held firm that montana was the greatest quarterback in nfl history. just can't do it anymore. he's number two. tom brady. yeah, that's right. your boy, tom brady. no doubt about it. showing it again yesterday by breaking some other records. >> yeah. joe montana has been number two for years, joe. thanks for finally catching up with the rest of us. first rfk stadium. love rfk. it's in the district, just off capitol hill. that's when the football team or whatever we're going to call them eventually should be not in some suburban hell hole which is already falling apart. here's a stat about tom brady. his lifetime record against the buffalo bills, 33-3. i'm going to say that again, 33 -3. that's impossible. and it's just another one of his stats. i'll note, joe,

it's jonathan lemire. i know public health experts were saying the scarcity of the tests may have influenced the cdc's decision to get rid of the requirement or to do away with the requirement of testing negative before entering everyday life because they can't get their hands on one. i wanted to ask but this, speculation the last 24 hours, the definition of fully vaccinated may change. previously it had been two shots of pfizer and moderna or one of johnson & johnson but now with omicron and the need for boosters, it could change. what do you think? >> if you go back on this very show i think in august i thought full vaccinate status should include that third dose. and so i've all along said this was not really about two doses and a booster this is a three prime vaccine. i agree right now that if you want to have the most protection against becoming infected or, in particular preventing illness, hospitalizations or deaths, that third dose is really important. so absolutely i think it should be implemented

i'm jonathan lemire. president joe biden signed into law a $768 billion national defense authorization act. he issued a statement supportive of the measure overall but critical provisions that effectively prevent him from closing the guantanamo defencing facility. it bars the use of funds to transfer detainees into the united states unless certain conditions are met. i urge the congress to eliminate these restrictions as soon as possible. the bill authorizes $740 billion for the defense department, which is $25 billion more than the president requested. that includes a 2.7% pay raise for service members. it also includes just under $28 billion for defense-related activities in the department of energy. >>> amid a smart increase in covid cases and a long line for testing, president biden is assuring state and local leaders about the response to the pandemic. biden held a phone call with several governors yesterday promising to provide aid for those struggling with the omicron variant. but he acknowledged g

i'm jonathan lemire on this thursday, december 2nd. we're going to start with the news. >> the inevitable has happened. the first case of the omicron variant of covid-19 has been dedeathed in california. the cdc announces the patient returned from south africa last week and developed symptoms a few days later. the person then tested positive for covid, and genome sequencing confirmed it was the omicron variant. the individual who was fully vaccinated is showing mild symptoms and is recovering in isolation. so far everyone who has had close contact with patient has tested negative. on the heels of that first omicron case, dr. fauci encouraged americans once again to get vaccinated and receive a booster shot as soon as they're eligible. >> people say, well, if this we're going to have a booster-specific vaccine, should we wait? if you're eligibility, namely six months with a double mrna dose or two months with the j&j, get boochtbosted now. we may not need a variant boost. the mistake people may make is in waiting to get one. if you're e

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it's jonathan lemire. the country is still dealing with covid and crimes, talk to us about your plan to improve that part of citizens quality of life. >> yes, just as you said across the country there is been a spike in crime and atlanta is no difference. we experienced crime increase in the city since 2020 and it's my job as mayor to bring that crime rate down so this does not become the new normal. i public a safety plan. we are about 450 officers short where with we desire to be. i am going to hire 250 officers and train them in community-based and racial sensitivity and make sure they understand deescalation tactics . just be present and what we really have is a youth related crime problem. about 60% of our crimes is conducted by individuals under 24. i am really going to wrap my arms around them with a lot of nurturing programs at our parks and recs, my technology program that i have to train them how to code and do iphone repairs and get into the arts and stems and sports. we'll do a lot of your yout

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jonathan lemire and katty kay are still with us. and we'll start with omicron, which is now the most dominant covid variant in the u.s. president biden is launching a new battle plan, promising millions of free at-home covid testing kits, more testing sites, and military troops to aid hospitals. but there are mounting questions about whether the measures will be enough, as americans prepare to gather for the holidays. nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: with the omicron variant running rampant -- >> we should all be concerned about omicron but not panicked. >> reporter: -- president biden with a direct message for the unvaccinated. >> get vaccinated now. i promise you, it saves lives. honest to god, i believe it is your patriotic duty. >> reporter: the president under pressure to do more to help states with overburdened hospitals and a shortage of covid tests, announcing that starting next month, his administration will distribute 500 million at-home covid tests to any american who wants one b

i'm jonathan lemire on this monday, december 20th. >>> after months of negotiations, senator joe manchin, the linchpin in the 50/50 senate, said he will not support president biden's build back better plan, effectively killing the $2 trillion social spending proposal in its current form. in an interview on fox news sunday, the democrat cited debt, inflation, and covid for the reasons why he is opposed. >> the president put out that you still supported $1.7 trillion. he said you needed more time to finalize negotiations, and reporters asked you. you said, the president put out that statement, not mine, which makes more sense. you're a no. >> here's the thing. i tried, i really did. the president was trying hard, too. he has a lot of irons in the fire. i'm having the difficulties i'm having and basically the challenges we have from different parts of our party, basically pushing in different ways. so everyone still has the aspirational things they want to do. they said, can we still make this fit? we'll just cut it down to two years instead of ten, four years versus ten or one year versus

i'm jonathan capehart. i'll see you tomorrow night. "the 11th hour" starts right now. >>> good evening once again i'm chris jansing. day 344 of the biden administration. tonight the breaking news on covid is a story told in numbers that are increasing and increasingly worrisome. tonight the "new york times" reports the u.s. has shattered its single day case record, almost doubling the highest numbers reported one year ago. as a second year of living with the pandemic was drawing to a close the new daily case total topped 488,000 on wednesday according to a "new york times" data base. wednesday's seven-day average of new daily cases was also a record. more than 13,000 nio

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jonathan lemire, veteran white house reporter, host of the 5:00 a.m. broadcast on this network. he is also politico's white house bureau chief. susan page, seasoned journalist and author and washington bureau chief for "usa today" and cynthia alksne, former federal prosecutor. good evening and welcome. susan, first question to you. what will this new phase of the pandemic do to the best laid plans of the biden presidency, their domestic agenda? >> of course, joe biden was elected with a promise, with a job one of bringing the pandemic under control, and i think there was a brief shining moment earlier this year when we thought that was around the corner. that's not the case. omicron is an unwelcome reminder that the pandemic is here, it's here to stay for some time. we are learning to deal it, although we are very weary of mask mandates. it affects everything else. it affects the economy. it affects education. it affects the nation's mood, which has turned pretty sour. it affects the president's approval rating. so the idea that it's going to be over anytime soon, we can just sh

but this is the way that jonathan karl reported this out, page 51 of his book. pentagon official, quote, received a call from sydney powell who was advising president trump and promoting some of the craziest theories about the election. powell called the pentagon official with a bizarre request. her request was specific, urgent, highly sensitive. it was also completely insane. quote, cia director gina haspel has been hurt and taken into custody in germany, she told the official. you need to launch a special operations mission to go get her. the official had never before spoken with sydney powell and was shocked she had called him on his direct phone line in his office. it's a phone that only rang with calls from within the pentagon or from the white house. it was an unpublished number that somebody with access to the internal directory had to have given her. sydney powell went on to explain on the call that cia director gina haspel had been hurt while on a secret cia operation to seize a computer server from a company named scytal. s-c-y-t-l, scytl. the server,

ashley parker, jonathan karl. jonathan, don't tell abc who you've been on the show about a dozen. times [laughs] what they don't know can't hurt them. your old friends of this broadcast for a reason. >> i love every minute of it, brian. i've loved every minute of it. seriously. >> thank you, back at you guys. as i keep saying, you are the stars of our show. coming up, after a break, as i regain my personal privilege, juanita tolliver in mark mckinnon are with us tonight to talk about the novel plan to avoid a catastrophic death all of our nations that, with only the votes of democrats. and you didn't think that was possible. and later, it sounded like potential bad news for pfizer today. and indeed, we'll talk with one of our public health specialists about what these numbers, early as they may be, out of south africa, may show us. all of it as the 11th hour is just getting underway. our tuesday night addition, looking at the capital christmas tree. the washington monument and lincoln mumolo memorial, just beyond it. ♪ ♪ 'tis the season to break tradition in a cadillac. don't

i'm jonathan lemire. the most recents ma'amicphobic remarks from congresswoman lauren boebert has sparked a bitter battle within the republican party that spilled out on social media yesterday. it started out as marjorie taylor greene tweeted calling mace trash with the remarks. mace replied with a series of emojis calling greene crazy but in far more colorful terms. two other republicans jumped in. it was a mess. "the new york times" summed up like this, the carnival-like behavior would amount to little more than a side show if it did not have real implications for midterm campaigns and possibly a fractured republican majority in 2023. party leaders chose to remain mum as their back benchers brawled and democrats took full advantage of the spectacle. and kevin mccarthy has yet to comment on boebert's remarks. the latest from cnn in an event in september. in it she told the same bigoted joke we heard from the november 20th event where she implied that congresswoman omar could be. and then giving an apolog

jonathan lemire, i'm skeptical. >> it's not that difficult. >> jonathan, she says she's an easy person to shop for. i'm skeptical, aren't you. >> i am. i do all my shopping at cvs. i go from aisle to aisle, little novelties or perhaps pain medication. that's what maybe i'll get you that year. >> great, thanks. >> i can start working on some correspondence to send your way for christmas as well. my shopping i'm doing okay, better than i usually am. >> a dash around walgreens, thanks. >> any supply chain problems for you, katty? one of my 87 kids wanted a play station 4 or 5, impossible to get. everything is off the shelves. >> i have several -- the wonderful thing about the supply chain problem you can blame it on the supply chain. it's the best excuse ever. i was going to get you that wonderful rare xbox blah, blah, blah -- you can't get it. it was the supply chain. it would have been there, that very expensive cashmere sweater would have been there of course. >> so you're embracing the supply chain crisis. i was just going to say santa claus was drunk, baby, and couldn't help you out.

>> hi, there, jonathan. we have so much going on this morning. we have severe weather, snow, wind, blustery conditions, and then we have really warm conditions in new york city this morning. let's start with what's happening right now. we have a line of storms stretching from the ohio valley down to the south central states, and we're going to see this kind of tracking to the east as we go throughout the day. that's going to bring the threat for more severe weather in parts of the south central states. so anywhere from jackson to sh riche port into eastern texas. we have the chance to see winds gusting near 60 miles an hour. we could see that. also an isolated tornado is possible in those spots. we're going to be watching that throughout the day. as we head to the tonight, very windy conditions. on the cold side of this blustery conditions, temperatures that could be below zero in many spots. going to feel like 22 below zero in fargo, 10 below zero in minneapolis. as you wake up on tuesday morning, we're waking up to temperatures feeling like 20

jonathan capehart is in for lawrence o'donnell. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening, ayman. what a powerful way to end the show tonight. a really terrific commentary on your part and a nice setup for the discussion i'm going to have with michael eric dyson la

>> let me put it this way, jonathan. don't expect them to change their minds, and it's going to be hail mary if they do. these are two senators, let's be real, had the bill modified after they made demanded publicly, and now they say they support them but they're not going to work on it to get it enacted. a bit of an oxymoron. as reverend al sharpton said thierk going to pull back support. i do think voters are absolutely right to stand on democrats and expect them to do something to the protect their base iks right to vote. the suppression bills are ravaging states like arizona and texas. i think the democrats can only expect this to ramp up after we've seen them put their bodies on the line. having these hunger strikes by people like joe madison and students in arizona to raise atoning this issue to keep it at the forefront because it's been pushed aside this entire time. i will say that this urgency from democratic bill is very late after we've seen that activity and push all year long, but there's still time to get i