free testing sites across the country. these new weapons coming as omicron continues to surge across the country. california alone added a record 1 million new cases just last week. i want to bring in infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist dr. celine gounder, she was a former adviser to president biden on covid and nbc white house correspondent mike memoli. good to see both of you. so dr. gounder, you have the masks, you have the tests. help us understand how this fits into the overall fight against covid. chris, i think we ve understood over the past year that while vaccines remain our number one, number two, number three most important tools to fight covid, not everybody is vaccinated. about a third of the country remains unvaccinated. vaccination rates in particular are lagging among kids 5 to 11, and in the midst of this surge, it s become very clear that we need to layer other tools, tools like masking, so if people can
alaska airline s ceo reacting right here on msnbc. i m cautiously optimistic, holly. it s really good news. there s still work to be done. our safety regulator, the faa has to take this data and tell us all the airports we operate across the country are safe to fly in as before. president biden also weighing in saying the agreement will avoid potentially devastating disruptions to passenger travel, cargo operations, and our economic recovery. but delta says it s planning for the possibility of flight cancellations, even after this agreement, and a handful of international carriers have already decided to cancel some flights to the u.s. let me bring in tom costello who covers aviation for nbc news, and captain dennis tager spokesperson for the allied pilot s association. good to see you both. this plan is just temporary
specifically being closely watched because the maker of everything from pampers diapers to tide laundry detergent to crest toothpaste could give us a signal as to consumer behavior in a time where inflation is even more of a concern. on the one hand, p&g got hit from rising costs for raw materials and freight and transportation, but and here s the key it was automobile to raise prices on its key goods and consumers seemed willing to pay for it. now to your point, chris, that positivity does not get us back to the 540 points we lost yesterday, but interest rates continue to be a big focus. interest rates could serve as a tapping on the brakes on the overall u.s. economy. thank you for that. coming up, the biden administration announces a plan to send masks to millions of americans as their website providing free tests to all americans goes live. i ll tell you how to order them
richard engel, keeping a very close watch on all of it for us. thank you. the fashion world is remembering an icon this morning, renowned journalist, andre leon talley passed away. he joined vogue in 1983, shaping fashion trends, never afraid to break the rules. talley advocated for diversity in the fashion industry encouraging top designers to include more black models in their shows. he was raised by his grandmother in the jim crow south. the cause of his death has not been released. andre leon talley was 73 years old. the biden administration site to get free at home covid tests is up and running. first, verizon and at&t are limiting 5g service around airports after airlines warned of a catastrophic disruption, so why are some airlines still
live inside ukraine after new that a russian invasion could be imminent. and we ll also go inside the biden administration s new plan to provide free covid tests and n95 masks to millions of americans. but we start this morning with that breaking news out of new york where new court filings show the state attorney general letitia james turning up the ahead on former president trump, and his daughter ivanka. james says her office has uncovered a lot, quote, significant evidence, unquote, that trump and the trump organization repeatedly misled the value of his assets to obtain economic benefits and tax deductions. in some cases, misstating values by hundreds of millions of dollars, but the office has not reached a final decision on whether the evidence merits legal action. joining me now nbc s ken