getting u.s. policy back on track will require his administration to substantially change the way that washington conceives of and carries out cybersecurity. your thoughts on that, and what do you think that approach should look like? >> yes, well, that was another change in 2021 that was very welcome and that was that we saw presidential attention on this issue. i think it was the first time cybersecurity was mentioned in a state of the union address multiple times. and we have senior leadership in the white house, in the national cyber director and a deputy director for national security and strong leadership in my old shop at the cybersecurity infrastructure security agency. so that's a significant change that needed to happen. and the national director can bring a much more coherent approach across government and the private sector. that's the second thing that really needs to change. we need to move from a notion of pushing information across to the private sector to an understanding of the n

the u.s.'s biggest point of leverage is the unity of our nato allies and that's something that is concerning to president putin, clearly, and part of what's going to be discussed today. >> david, what would vladimir putin gain from a phone call with president biden right now? the white house has made a point of saying the russians requested it. >> well, i think above all, he gets to be taken seriously. that's putin's in some ways biggest desire. he has a chip on his shoulder. he thinks russia isn't taken seriously as a great power anymore. he regrets the passing of the soviet union. here he is requesting a call with the president of the united states. bide will listen. we know from a senior white house official that briefed reporters, one of the things they'll talk about in addition to iran and the need for some return to an iran nuclear deal that caps their nuclear program. from putin's standpoint, being asked to work together with the united states, being treated like a super power is part of

he knows the u.s. doesn't want to get bogged down here. he knows the u.s. ultimately is not really interested in guaranteeing ukraine's defense by inviting them into nato, but the u.s. has made commitments to ukraine. they believe very much in the sovereignty of democratic countries. and so putin believes he may have some leverage here, and it is a very precarious geopolitical situation, and it is one that is the white house is having to spend a lot of time on here at year's end. >> david, i want to read something written in "the atlantic". it was written russia's aggression against ukraine is backfiring. and that, quote, putin's military moves are rallying ukrainians and unifying nato. do you agree or is that too optimistic? >> i think it's too optimistic to say it's backfiring that we know the outcome, but it is certainly true that the russian rhetoric has unified ukrainians. it's striking. if you look at polling in ukraine, people in the east next to the russian border are almost as sharply against russian actions as those in the capitol of kiev. there's

. >>> several u.s. airlines are grounding hundreds of flights because the virus rapidly is spreading among employees. we will dig into what this means for so many hoping to gather with family this holiday. >>> plus, new developments in the house investigation, into the january 6th attack. nbc news learned rudy giuliani associate is now prepared to publicly release new documents by the end of the week. what this could mean for the investigation. >>> the white house responds to russian president vladimir putin saying it's the west that is inflaming the region. >>> sam, we have all seen those testing lines. they are extremely long whether people are hanging out on the sidewalk or in their car. tell us what you are seeing and hearing from folks, and also what you know about the airlines grounding lights? >> reporter: first, testing, you see this crush of cars over my shoulder. that's one little snippet of what is going on at the testing and vaccination site here in miami-dade. they are somewhere in the neig

he's a u.s. senate candidate, but for him to suggest that somehow democrats are doing something wrong by honoring john lewis with a voting rights package is fundamentally ridiculous. it was shocking to hear herschel walker make these comments in such a way to suggest that he hasn't studied the issue at all. >> here's what walker said when asked for his position on voting rights. if you want to get people to vote, if they're legal to vote, you want to try to encourage people to vote. that's the most precious thing that you have. not encourage but encourage. you get things done now, you don't talk about it after or talk about it during, but get it done right now. no one is not legal to vote. why don't we go in and get the i.d.s and get everything done right now instead of waiting until it's time to vote and start talking about it. how do you interpret this? >> you know, i wish i could. i have no idea what that means. i see it like as a word salad, where he throws a bunch of things together and kind

in fact, the u.s. army's west coast commander said straight out that, quote, the japanese race is an enemy race and while second and third generation japanese born on united states soil possessed of united states citizenship had become americanized, the racial strains are undiluted, unquote. the war may have taken a toll on us, but americans did ultimately come together at that point and democracy did prevail over fascism, something that's even more relevant now than ever and that is tonight's reidout. "all in with chris hayes" starts now. >> tonight on "all in". >> devin nunes is some day going to be hailed as a great american hero. >> trump's biggest defenders cashing out as one of his colleagues diagnosis the larger problem. >> there are two types of members of congress. there's performance artist, and legislators. we have grifters in our midst. >> that and an ult

can the u.s. be a beacon for democracy abroad unless he first confronts the efforts to undermine right at home? >>> plus, washington pays tribute to the life and legacy of bob dole as congress bestows its highest honor, lying in state in the u.s. capitol rotunda. i'll talk to dole's former chief of staff to discuss his enduring mark he has made on american life and politics. >>> and later, as covid cases rise nationwide, new york city tries implementing some of the strictest vaccine mandates in the country. i'll speak with bill de blasio about the many challenges that lie ahead for him and his city, coming up. >>> biggest story in american politics is and will continue to be this homegrown effort to undermine u.s. democracy largely fueled by the former president and his loyalists who have hijacked and radicalized a part of the republican party. there's a reason the u.s. is considered a backsliding democracy. that is the elephant in the room as president biden kicked off a two-day global virtual su

the u.s. marshal service as well as the local sheriff's department here. the attorney for the couple saying they left town for their own safety and on their way back, but it was a member of the public who identified a car, called police and that's when detroit police moved in. i want you to listen to what the police chief had to say. >> we got a tip that they were here, that possibly the fugitives were at this location. spotted, our officer spotted in a matter of minutes when they got here, they set up the perimeter. notified and activated our special response team. they came out. and they were able to take into custody. >> reporter: thousand the , now the couple is expected to be arraigned today. four counts of involuntary manslaughter but it is possible they could receive additional charges. yesterday, we heard some really stunning details from the prosecutor who explained why she is bringing charges against the couple. this is an unprecedented move according to law enforcement agencies, acc

the u.s. has urged all u.s. citizens, leave haiti, despite reports that migrants are being sent right back to the island nation, when they are detained at the border. >>> meanwhile, in afghanistan, a rapidly deteriorating situation on the ground there, four months after the u.s. left, the taliban took over. i want to bring in amna nawaz. i'm very, very grateful for your time. what does life look like for afghans right now? >> jose, it is absolutely dire for millions and millions of people in afghanistan right now. you saw some of the headlines right there. but essentially, since the four months following the fall of kabul and the taliban re-takeover of the nation, things have gone from bad to worse to absolutely critical. over 20 million people in afghanistan right now are in need of food assistance, dire food assistance. about 9 million are facing starvation, including 1 million children, who are already in severe malnutrition and experts who are tracking this tell us those children could starve and die this co

the u.s. last night. >>> declaring a state of emergency in the morning, describing the disaster as the most dangerous tornado event in the common wealth's history, concerned most of kentucky's moors aren't ready to deal with the situation on the ground. calling the storms a tragedy, biden is reported to going to visit the region, once circumstances allow, a presidential visit. more ayman coming up, after this. yman coming up, after this snacking can mean that pieces get stuck under mike's denture. but super poligrip gives him a tight seal. to help block out food particles. so he can enjoy the game. super poligrip. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ bye mom. my helpers abound, i'll need you today. our sleigh is now ready, let's get on our way. a mountain of toys to fulfill many wishes. must be carried across all roads and all bridges. and when everyone is smiling and having their fun i can turn my sleigh north because my job here is done. it's not magic that makes more holiday deli

the u.s. is going to put some sort of sanctions in place against russia dpr for that buildup forover things they've been fighting with russia against recently. that may be resolved as soon as tomorrow. tomorrow should be sort of a prickly day if term of that relationship and all the high stakes it means. watch for that tomorrow. that's it for us for now. wrts is up next. >>> president biden set to speak with vladimir putin today about the russian military buildup near the border of ukraine. with concerns of a possible invasion, the question is will the president be able to convince his russian counterpart to slow his aggression. >>> plus, a former official with the d.c. national guard accuses two army generals of lying to congress about the military attack. the question is was help delayed because of a concern of optics? >>> and the white house announces a diplomatic boycott. they're accusing them of abuses. the question is how. it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning and welcome to "w

what we've seen in the u.s. is a failed coup that involved elements of the department of justice, trump supporters, mr. trump, chief of staff, a lot of people on capitol hill. it didn't work. but precisely when coups don't work they become the lessons you draw in order to have a successful one. then underneath it all the thing that concerns me the most is the big lie. the way the big lie now shapes peoples lives, the way it is not just an absence of truth but something that filters media, filters a whole political party. it is now serving as you just said as a way to purge loyalists and seemingly obscure positions. the big lie becomes a way to cover for the fact that what you're doing is taking revenge for something that never really happened. the big lie paints you as the victim and it gives you the right to do whatever you want the next time around. deeply, that is the thing that concerns me. >> so given all the daily dose of revelations we are getting these days let me ask you plainly. how close did we come t

the u.s. marshals, the fbi, of course, the oakland county sheriff's department here as well. and that is why the prosecution asked the judge for this $500,000 cash bond, and so as of now, this couple is remaining in jail, yasmin. >> all right, meagan fitzgerald, thank you so much for that. >>> i want to now bring in former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst glenn to talk about the case being built right now against ethan and his parents. glenn, good afternoon and thanks for being with us. let's go ahead and start with this morning's arraignment. lawyers for the parents said they were not running from the law when they went to that detroit warehouse. they say it was a miscommunication. let's listen. >> they were scared. they were terrified. they were not at home. they were figuring out what to do, getting finances in order, and the last text messages we had with them and phone calls we had with them, our plan was to drive to the district court this morning because arraignments were supp

the u.s. did not add as many new jobs in november as economists hoped. but at the same time the unemployment rate dropped so how should we interpret the numbers? been zooming out for a big picture view there's a book out and it paints a stark picture of america's future. if major changes are not made. let's bring in ron insana, a senior adviser to schroeder's. how do you read the numbers? >> if i could digress to the way that the monthly unemployment report is putt together there's two surveys they conduct. one is of large companies and the other is of u.s. households. the corporations added 210,000 individuals to the payrolls. the survey of households showed people getting a new job and takes a long time to get picked upstarting a new business. given the prior five months have seen upward revision in the headline payroll number cited this month is 210,000 we are all thinking that this number is stronger than many people would recognize at the moment and that the pace of hiring is probably bet

the u.s. also breaking its single day record, almost 500,000 cases on wednesday alone. the current surge is having a real impact on law enforcement staffing, transportation systems, emergency responders, all across the country, and a real life impact on travelers on airlines, with flights still being canceled. here are just a few of the headlines this morning from coast to coast. out west, cases reaching record highs in l.a. county. in dallas parkland's er is seeing a record number of patients. georgia will send national guard troops to overstressed hospitals and testing sites in that site and pennsylvania federal strike teams on their way to help a crowded hospital there. ohio's governor has issued this warning. >> today we have more in hospitals throughout the state than at any other time during this pandemic. i think it's important to emphasize something. what we're seeing in our hospitals, our hospitals filling up, our emergency rooms, is being driven by people in ohio who are not vaccinat

u.s. coming up. ♪♪ >>> welcome to "meet the press daily." i'm chuck todd. just a short time ago president biden and vladimir putin wraped up their summit. it lasted just over two hours. this is a video from russian tv at the start of that videoconference according to a senior administration official. president biden planned to warn putin of very real costs if russia did take action against the ukraine. what those costs will be and whether it will deter from vladimir putin is still uncertain. u.s. intelligence suggests that the kremlin is planning a multi-front offensive that could involve as many as 175,000 troops and it could begin as early as next month. today's meeting clearly has the attention of not tonal president himself but the entire administration. the white house said the president spoke to ukrainian president zelensky ahead of today's conference as well as other nato leaders. defense secretary tony blinken also spoke with president zelensky. look, it would not be hyperbole

all passengers flying to the u.s. from foreign countries must have a negative covid test within 24 hours, down from three days, establishing new family vaccination clinics so children, adults, and seniors can get their shots together. the white house says nearly 2 president 2 million doses went into arms, including more than 1 million booster shots, the largest 24-hour total in more than six months. as science learns more about the risk of the omicron variant, doctors warn the winter season is already a dangerous time. >> i'm very worried. we're very much in the thick of. this we haven't gotten done with the delta surge. we're going to lose 10,000 americans week over week well into the early spring. >> with just one day to spare, congress has reached a deal on a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. that bill now heads to the president's desk for his signature. the legislation would keep the government open through mid-february. only one republican, congressman adam kinzinger of illinois plans to pa

now, that does not mean u.s. athletes will be prohibited from going. we fully expected u.s. athletes to attend, but no top officials. for example, at the tokyo olympics we saw first lady jill biden attend. oftentimes you see other high profile prominent figures from the u.s. government attend. that will not be occurring here because of this diplomatic boycott, and it just speaks to how tense and cold the relations between u.s. and china have gotten on everything from trade to human rights, and the human rights abuses administration officials said were really central to this decision to have this diplomatic boycott citing the crackdown on the pro-democracy protests in hong kong, the china's policy towards tibet and taiwan, and of course the violence against muslim uyghurs in china, which the state department has classified as genocide. a number of contentious issues between these two countries and the administration taking a big move here, though. as you indicated, not necessarily a surprising one because of that pressure we have seen from lawmakers and some indications we ha

it focused on whether the prison conditions here in the u.s. are too harsh for assange's mental health conditions. the court sided with the biden administration after giving assurances that he would be treated humanely. is this the kind of argument, similar ones like this we're going to hear in trials going forward? >> this gets complicated when you're talking about mental health issues. you may recall that assange was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy to the uk for seven years. >> yeah. >> that was not -- that was not a pleasant experience by all accounts, and the brits are rightly concerned about his mental health. that could play into his voracity and credibility. the american system is set up to deal with the criminally insane. we have mental health facilities. we have prisons that deal with people who have serious mental health needs, and we have satisfied the british courts thus far who said, okay, we're with you. you can have him. he's going to appeal. we'll wait that out, but the statute of limitations is still there because if we ever

it looked at covid and voting stats in the u.s. thousands of u.s. counties. they found since may of 2021 people living in counties that voted heavily for donald trump during the last presidential election have been three times as likely to die from covid-19 as those who live in areas that went for now president biden. the data reveal a major contributing factor. the higher the vote share for trump, the lower the vaccination rate. we've been talking about this kind of thing for months now, but i'm curious if you have ever seen this much polarization among political lines with anything else you've treated or encountered in your career? >> there's always an element of depending on where you go. you and i have talked about prior outbreaks i've been part of. there is some distrust in people, but the level of both disinformation, misinformation and this straight down the political lines divide in terms of from the very beginning it was accepting how severe the covid is as a threat, and it was the vaccines. right? and now it's variants. everything seems to be plitti

u.s. army spokesman tells nbc news the following quote, the actions on january 6th have been well documented and reported on, and general flynn and general p at have been open, honest and thorough in their sworn testimony with congress and d.o.d. investigators. it would be interesting to know how an army spokesman knows that to be true. we also learned today that justice department has sued texas over republican drawn voting maps. doj sued alleges that new congressional and state house maps disenfranchise latinos and other minorities in violation of the federal voting rights act. meanwhile, the president hours away from a critical meeting with russian president vladimir putin. they are going to hold a video conference tomorrow. think of it as a kind of high stakes face time. and it comes amid growing concern russia could be preparing to invade ukraine. biden has prepared to tell putin that there will be consequences should russia take military action. >> we have been working in lockstep an

the u.s. averaging 3,000 cases a day. the cdc estimates 44,000 americans could die within the next month. even in this less deadly version of a variant. context matters. the vaccinated and boosted are less likely to be hospitalized and face almost no traditional risk of death. because the vaccines work. the cdc says you're 20 times more likely to die if you're unvaccinated. medical experts do note the omicron variant, according to what we're learning as we go so far, looks less severe. and the

the u.s. surgeon general this morning offering some hope as we wrap up a second holiday season clouded by covid. >> we have made tremendous progress in this last two years as well by studies recently done, in fact, we have saved more than a million lives because of vaccination efforts this past year alone. i know it's tough right now. i know there's a prospect of another wave with omicron coming. but we now know more about how to stay safe than whatever ever known. if you're vaccinated and boosted, your risk of having a bad outcome with covid-19 is much, much lower. and we will get to the end of this pandemic. >> we're going to begin our coverage with liz mclaughlin at charlotte-douglas international airport where the impact of the covid surge is certainly hitting holiday travelers there. elizabeth, welcome to you. i know thousands of flights were grounded over the weekend. today things don't seem to be looking much better. >> reporter: good afternoon. no, this holiday travel mess is just gett

overall, the u.s. has now surpassed 53 million cases since the pandemic began, which is why federal strike teams are heading to hospitals and testing sites to help, including now to pennsylvania and georgia. there's also growing confusion this morning, over the cdc cutting its isolation guidance to five days for asymptomatic people who test positive for covid. the cdc director defended that guidance this morning and clarified why. >> i want to be very clear and say, if you have the capacity to stay home for longer, if you still have symptoms, we are not saying you have to go out after five days of isolation. we're just saying that the maximum amount of your transmissible time has already occurred, and we are saying that you should be wearing your mask after those first five days. if you are wearing your mask, if your coworker is wearing your mask, that should prevent the residual amount of transmission that is possible. >> the cdc also dramatically revised its estimate of how prevalent the omicron vari

. >> u.s. u.s. intelligence suggests that russia could be in a position to invade even by early next year. and it would be a surprise to many if suddenly some of those troops started withdrawing from the ukrainian border. i keep coming back to this, if putin's red line is the idea of nato, pulling out of the region and we heard from biden yesterday, saying that's day dealbreaker, that's not going to happen. doesn't that mean that the impasse continues indefinitely and as long as the troops are there, doesn't that mean something indefinitely could lead to violence? >> that's all a really good point. because at the end of the day, having a lot of troops on the border, we've seen this before, that can lead to flare-ups. but remember, this is not the first time that russia has martialed troops along the border with ukraine. and even though it may invade ukraine, this wouldn't be the first time that russia has invaded ukraine either. so this isn't necessarily a unprecedented thing, all this is doing is t

waters or expected to enter u.s. waters. that is 91 cruise ships that they say have seen a positive covid rate in which it warrants monitoring here. this was a long year and a half here for the cruise industry. yet now the cdc with this dramatic increase in covid due to the omicron variant, they're seeing this play out on 91 cruise ships the cdc is now monitoring. >> 91 cruise ships, that is a whole lot of people. vaughn hillyard, vaughn, good luck out there. i hope that travelers are going to, i don't know, not take out their frustration on you if they see you. joining me now, former health policy director for the obama administration dr. kavita patel. dr. patel, thank you for joining us. i want to reiterate for everybody out there, we're seeing this giant spike in cases, you probably know a handful of people at least who are sick right now. employers are having a very hard time keeping staffs in place. that being said, i don't want to lose sight of the hospitalization rate and the death rate, which actually dropped yesterd

u.s., almost hard to get our heads around, the sheer size of the infections that are across the country right now, nearing half a million. the biden administration, the president has said it candidly. he's said it publicly he knows they have to control it and bring it to an eventual end. how are they being judged right now? how worried is the biden administration at the case numbers? >> significantly because this is not where the white house wanted us to be at this point in the year, and there's great frustration among the american population of what is happening, the ongoing changes in terms of what it means to be vaccinated, how inconsistent so many organizations and companies are as you move from state to state in terms of what is allowed and what's require and how to move forward, and so getting on the same page and having a consistent message has been a really difficult task for many in the biden administration to accomplish, and it's showing everywhere you look. >> yeah. i mean, let'

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military u.s. intervention in ukraine. i do not support going to war with putin in eastern europe with u.s. troops. i support working diplomatically and with our allies to try to discourage putin from doing that, and i believe that we can. if we were to start sending signals that we're sending troops, in some ways that would prompt putin to act more quickly. there is a fine line between deterrence and provocation. putin's big thing is he believes he should be the one controlling, you know, eastern europe. certainly the former republics of the ussr. it shouldn't be falling to the west. what we support is we support ukraine making their own choice. the degree to which we look like we're sending u.s. military in there that could potentially provoke putin to act more quickly. >> should ukraine become part of nato? vladimir putin has said flat out he does not want that to happen. why should nato listen to him? >> well, that's the reason i said, well, i mean, look, to be practical about this, in america we have this belief we sh

kathy. >> effective tomorrow, the u.s. is tightening its testing requirements for those entering the u.s. and for some families that's already putting plans on hold during a very busy holiday travel season. in less than 24 hours, travelers flying into the u.s. will face tough new restrictions, as the nation tries to fight back the coronavirus and rising cases of the new omicron variant. all passengers coming in from another country must show a negative covid test a day before boarding their flight, regardless of vaccination status. the new rules already setting off a wave of worry. >> i don't think we're as worried about negtf tests so much as meeting the criteria to get on the aircraft and be able to come home. >> the stricter testing requirement comes amid a growing list of states detecting omicron infections, with health officials warning cases will likely keep climbing. >> yes, omicron is concerning, and yes, we're still working toward better understanding it, but there is enough progress behind this to feel both cauti

u.s. capitol, the america flag that bob dole long served under flies in his honor. senator, presidential candidate, champion for veterans and people with disabilities. >> the disability community is not large, but it's important. >> reporter: from a kansas city farm to fields of combat. bob dole carried grave wounds of world war ii through decades of public service, remembering by presidents of both parties. president biden writing, may our nation draw upon his legacy of decency, dignity, good humor, and patriotism for all time. donald trump called dole a true patriot. george w. bush, i will always remember bob's salute to my late dad at the capitol, and now we bushes salute bob. from barack obama, his sharp wit was matched only by his integrity. and bill clinton who defeated bowl in 1996, i enjoyed our combat and cooperation even more. a republican power broker in the senate as majority leader. dole was gerald ford's running mate in '76 and sought the presidency himself three times. >> to

they're not alone, more than 400 u.s. flights and 1900 global flights have been cancelled, including flights on delta, jetblue, and allegiant. if you had your heart coming to new york city for new year's eve, those plans are changing, too. the mayor said the celebration is happening but it will be scaled back. just about a quarter of the regular crowd allowed in. >>> as we've been coming on the air just the last couple of minutes, we learned the white house is now lifting travel restrictions on eight southern african nations. so a lot to get to. let me bring in nbc's sam brock covering the latest on the covid surge from miami. dr. william is professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical and cdc advisor. and dr. angelique is national chair of the south african medical association. one of the first doctors to treat patients with omicron. it's good to see you. we have been talking about testing for days. lines continue to stretch around the block in some cities. we're even seeing e-mails from at least one

charged by the u.s. attorney of december for contempt of congress, which is, by the way, a particularly rare charge by the u.s. government and in the u.s. district courthouse for d.c. it happens in an 11th hour postpone want. we were ready stake out the federal house building today. but jeffrey clark is without equivocation a pivotal figure, an active u.s. justice department official, a high ranking one on that day, on january 6th. in the hours that led up to it he's right in the wheel house of what the january 6th committee was created for and looking at. >> scott, i know you've also been reporting that dozens of january 6th rioters are being held in d.c. jail as they await sentencing and that there's actually interestingly enough here radicalization that's going on in that wing. i'm really fascinated by this. tell me more about that reporting and how it might be a problem going forward. >> this is our exclusive reporting for you tonight, ayman. as of tonight 40 of the 675 u.s. capitol rioters in pretri

ceo of the u.s.'s second largest theater chain. the release movie before a movie hits digital is now even shorter. >> this can work out. the releases are not good for the industry. >> reporter: theater operators are doing everything they can to get moviegoers back to the cinema. this day and age, they have to do a lot more than just the standard bag of popcorn. >> playback. >> reporter: big chains say the cinema is beyond just catching a flick with many offering gourmet meals, alcohol and 4d experiences. >> we compete with restaurants, with sport events. we compete with everything happening out of the house. visiting the cinemas is still the most affordable entertainment you can get. >> reporter: for now the holidays may have been the hero the big screen needed. but in the long run theaters will have to save themselves. >> sorry, kid. >> reporter: steve patterson, nbc news. >> all right. our thanks to steve for that report. >>> still to come, in texas a public library forced to shut down. we'll go deep into this and how librarians

but on the u.s. side, all the patrols everywhere, helicopters flying, okay, this doesn't look like an easy place to do something. and i look on the other side, and i see some houses close by the wall. actually not that far. so we go past the border. and then i go to the closest house from the wall, because i'm maybe i could paste something on that house. well, there was this woman and two old people, a little baby and a few chickens and a dog. and shech looked at me and oh, follow you on social media.nd that's insane. the first door i bang, that's really weird. so i'm all right, look. you know me. i do this kind of stuff. so shehi takes me to that spot that's the closest from the fence. but there is trees and stuff. i essee. it's a bit complicated for me to do it there. so look, thank you. let me continue driving alongside the wall.ha i kept on going all the way to the ocean. i'm like shit, that kid, he don't what the fence is. he doesn't know there is two countries, two issides. he doesn'ttr know wh

one from japan, one from the u.s. and they covered the entire house like if a tree went in and out of the doors. we were just trying to keep going. either you show those kids another path and drug, and we couldn't do it for every kid. a lot of those kids ended up being drug dealers. that's him right there. if you look at that photo, he's the only one that survive all of those kids. most of them went into drug dealing and died. that's just the reality of life. we cannot save everyone and everything. but when this project shine all over the world showing a positive message, then they understood the power of art. what happened is the video, the one that we wished didn't exist was on tv every day, but this time for positive things. so a lot of things that happened. but we were struggling to bring artists there. it is hard to get people past the fear of going into a place where there is all this violence. well, we're in here. the police, the states don't come and ask us any questions. we can do whatever we want. i went to

and amass u.s. troops at a border. >> so, yesterday, white house reporter jen psaki commented criticizing the omicron variant for covid-19. you had a strong take about this that we saw on twitter. if you can expand upon that now, tell us why you think this is so dangerous and shouldn't be just dismissed perhaps as the waving of a political loon? >> yeah, i think this is a canary in the coal mine. jackson saying that the omicronsome is a plot by the le faith, believing every scientist in the rest of the world is on a democratic midterm plot. it is insane. i'm in the uk. it is not like all the doctors here are thinking of the democrats' prospects and making their epidemiological judgments accordingly. there are people who don't just fall for this, they keep putting someone like this into office. we need to turn the mirror back on ourselves and say, why has there been a critical thinking failure among people who are diluted but such ridiculous claims that beg our belief. it is dangerous. the more you p

. >>> plus, a u.s. congressman posts this holiday picture with his family, all holding guns, just days after that school shooting. we'll get reaction from a parent of one of the kids killed in parkland. >>> omicron now detected in more than a dozen u.s. states. plus, a new requirement for foreign travelers coming into the country takes effect tomorrow. what's next in the fight against the new variant? >> it's clear not just that it's here, but it's spreading. it's just that we haven't known to look to it already. >>> new signs emerge of a possible invasion of ukraine. while president biden prepares for a key meeting with vladimir putin this week. >>> good morning, everybody. it is sunday december 5th. i'm lindsey reiser. we begin this morning with more of that breaking news in pontiac, michigan, where several investigations into tuesday's school shooting are ramping up. james and jennifer crumbley, the parents of the suspected shooter ethan crumbley, you see them in the top left on your screen, pleaded

/russian relations, a russian official went on to say that if the u.s. were to go along with the kind of sanctions that president biden had put on the table already their descendents would be regret that go decision for generations to come. pretty stark language unsurprising coming from the russians. when jen psaki the white house press secretary issued a readout she did talk about president biden reiterating that there would be a decisive response should russia invade ukraine. we did his or her more from a senior administration who also briefed reporters after saying that president biden laid out two clear but different paths to president putin dealing with the situation as we move forward, the first would be a path of diplomacy, which would preferably lead to a mutual agreement to deescalate the crisis, but the other path would include significant economic sanctions. they did reiterate that threat, but also the possibility of additional troop deployments within the context of nato in some of those nato states near russia and ukraine. now, what makes th

according from the u.s. state department, anti-semitism includes holding jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of israel. during a hearing democrats were criticized for even referencing her khat like dog ma. republicans freaked out calling it anti-religion bias. turns out the democrats may have been on to something here and perhaps if more of these questions had actually been raised, we would have had a better picture of the person who now holds a lifetime appointment. for more on all of this, let's bring in our saturday night panel. eugene is the co-author of "play book" and msnbc contributor. and josh serve as the writer and co-executive producer of demero. >>> i'm curious about what you made of her comments about the abortion hearing last week and what's your reaction about this week's decisions? >> i think you're absolutely correct to point out that she implied it was no big deal to continue to force someone to be pregnant for four more months and she also skewed the terms by saying that

this as the u.s. army researchers say they've developed a one-shot vaccine that can protect against all the variants and sars. we'll talk to a public health expert about that development. >>> we'll hear from a democratic senator in last night's meeting between senator manchin and the democratic colleagues and a progressive house member on what happens next. >>> hello there, welcome to "meet the press daily" i'm chuck todd. the biden administration trying to ramp up the testing capacity and tamp down the fears for vaccinated people as omicron sweeps across the country. long testing lines and in many places not enough testing the country was caught unprepared for this variant. the new strategy the white house rolled out yesterday includes making half a billion at-home tests available for free to any american who wants one. something people have called for since the start of this pandemic, but those tests won't be available until next month after holiday travel and after the worst of this current surge a

nevertheless, the u.s. is standing firm with its nato allies against putin's belligerence while trying to ease tensions through diplomacy. according to the white house readout of today's call, president biden urged to de-escalate tensions with ukraine and made clear that the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine. this comes after russia has been ratcheting up tensions to an almost hysterical degree. earlier this month, russia's deputy foreign minister likened the standoff to the cuban missile crisis. just last week, putin launched a hypersonic cruise missile in a plate tent attempt to intimidate the west and in a press conference argued russian is actually entitled to ukraine's territory. that is tantamount to britain saying they're entitled to america. with me now is lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, former director for european affairs for the u.s. national security council and executive board member of the new democracy initiative. thank y

they clearly have managed to spook u.s. intelligence. now, of course, the russians know very well that the u.s. intelligence has a direct line to the president. so if you want to get the president's attention, making it very clear that you could invade is the way to achieve that. exactly what the russians now hope to get out of this meeting. well, talking to people close to the kremlin, they are already talking about the fact that negotiations are happening. that that's a positive thing. but, you know, jose, i think we're going to have to first see what the russians say after this call, but more importantly, see what the russians do in the months ahead, to judge whether, first of all, the threats, if you like, from western europe and the u.s. have had an impact. and also, whether president biden has been able to give president putin some kind of a political road map, if you like. some kind of a way to get a little bit of what he wants, without jeopardizing ukrainian sovereignty. frankly, that is incredibly challenging. >> evelyn, do we k

with me is barbara mcquaid, former u.s. attorney, now professor at the university of michigan law school, also co-host of the "sister-in-law product cast" and former msnbc analyst. justice sonia sotomayor made the point during yesterday's arguments you heard on msnbc, it was fascinating that tossing out landmark rulings on abortion rights could tarnish the court's reputation. here's some of what she had to say. listen. >> will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception, that the constitution and its reading are just political hacks? >> barbara, what do you think this decision potentially could mean for the court as an institution? >> i thought those were very powerful words from justice sotomayor. the tradition of the supreme court and what gives the court its legitimacy but causes people to obey its orders is the notion that it is deciding cases based on fact and law and respecting precedent under the concept of stare decisis. sometimes cases get overruled but there's a process for that,

according to the u.s. state department anti-semitism includes, quote, holding jews collectively responsible if the actions of the state of israel. the phrase is favored by far right christian conservatives. coney barrett's use of it tells us something about her world view, something we didn't learn in her confirmation hearing. in fact, during that hearing democrats were criticized for even referencing her catholic dogma. in fact, republicans freaked out calling it anti-religion bias. now, it turns out the democrats may have been onto something here because -- and perhaps if more of these questions had actually been raised, we would have had a better picture of the person who now holds a lifetime appointment. for more on all of this, let's bring in our saturday night panel. eugene daniels politico's white house reporter, msnbc political contributor. arlene is a senior correspondent for new york magazine, of course the coauthor of "notorious rbg, the life and times of ruth bader ginsburg." and he's also the

>> so not only did u.s. stocks rise yesterday on this back of this decision, we're seeing asian and european markets rise higher. the fed did do a very good job of telegraphing this stance. it didn't come as a major surprise, but more importantly, they're suggesting the reason markets have rallied could be because this restores credibility to the federal reserve, that they have shown a willingness to change course and do more faster to tighten policy to prevent inflation from spiralling out of control. so credibility seems to be the name of the game here when it comes to what's driving sent meant. >> and then there's this. reddit says it has confidentially filed paperwork with the securities and exchange commission to go public. ite's major step for a 16-year-old internet company. that makes us all feel old. julianna, tell us about that. >> they have long wondered. if you're not familiar with reddit, it played a major role earlier this year. gamestop was the most prolific of those trades. reddit is a major i

the u.s. and our allies would respond decisively if putin were to take military action. according to the kremlin, putin warned new sanctions would be a serious mistake and could lead to a rupture of russian american relations. mike memoli is in delaware where president biden is spending new year's eve. what message did the biden administration want to send to putin? >> well, it was clear in the fact that president putin was the one who requested the phone call that he had a message to deliver. we heard that in the readout from the kremlin talking about a rupture if the u.s. follows through on its threat of sanctions here. kremlin officials also talked about the possibility that if the u.s. goes through with this that the president, his descendents would regret this for years to come. the white house is saying the president wanted to reiterate there are two paths here for putin to choose from. the first is one of diplomacy. it has to be parse and parcel with deescalation, moving the troops back

and just into our newsroom, the u.s. has surpassed 52 million cases as of this morning since the start of the pandemic. getting covid tests for holiday travel has been a major hurdle in recent days. to help make this process more efficient and accessible, the white house is planning to distribute 500 million at home test kits and is creating a government run website to help people order the kits for free. as the fast spreading omicron variant contributes to new cases, we do have more insight about where the pandemic may be heading. here was dr. peter hotez with me earlier. >> the narrative out there is that omicron is much less severe than previous lineages. i would say, you know, maybe part of that is true. it's still pretty -- it's still a bad actor, and we're still seeing a big uptick in hospitalizations, and we have the story of the fact that so many health care workers are now calling out sick because of breakthrough covid. that's a very dangerous combination. >> and across europe, millions are preparing to celebrat

the u.s. is prepared to take omicron head on and reminded folks that delta still accounts for 99% of u.s. cases. joining me now, an expert, the dean of brown university school of public health. doctor, this morning on our morning call, we are all sort of asking ourselves this question. we have a variant of concern. we saw the news out of south africa. we see already what delta is doing to the northern tier. and we're wondering why are more americans going to travel in the next four weeks than at any time in the last three years? how much trouble are we head for the in january? >> yeah. chuck, first, thanks for having me back. this is the really big question in front of us. we are in a precarious moment, a difficult moment where we have a lot of infections in the northern half of the country. that's all before omicron had much of a foothold. we don't know enough about omicron to know if it's going to dispel delta, but if we were speaking a week ago, i would say we're in for tough winter holiday