The biden agenda here, build back better, pushing to 2022. a new push on voting rights, unclear how that will pick up steam and the president today giving thanks to one of his best allies, jim clyburn, giving a speech at a university in south carolina, presenting the longtime congressman with a disagree. and i ll tell you what, tas going to be so inspiring and moving. and our good friend gene robinson along on that trip. and i suspect that they re probably going to go right past his home in orangeburg, south carolina, where he grew up. in a south and a country completely different in so many ways than it is today. thank you so much for being with us this week. we greatly appreciate it. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. good morning. i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is friday, december 17th, and
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Watch how do they try to come forward. what s their strategy. do they try to do something around bbb with the state of union potentially or the other marker that we are looking at is february 18th. the deadline. the january 6th anniversary. a lot to happen early next year. anna palmer, thank you so much. read the newsletter. thanks to all of you waking up way too early. morning joe starts right now. good morning and welcome to morning joe. happy friday. it s 6:00 a.m. friday, december 17th, i am going to start christmas shopping about a week from now. with us we have msnbc s
Free. what role did the u.s. play in this. it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s keeping a close eye on the fast-moving developments involving covid. please, everyone, stay safe this weekend. i m jonathan lemire on this friday, december 17th. we ll start with the news. president biden says it could take weeks to approve his plan. according to a statement from the president, talks between the white house and senator joe manchin will continue next week. the statement reads in part this. we will, we must get build back better passed, even in the face of republican opposition. at the same time, we must also press forward on voting rights legislation and make progress on this as quickly as possible. democrats also lost their fight to have work permits for undocumented immigrants included in the bill. this is the third time the
a sobering warning as covid cases across the united states continue to increase, and fast. this as the cdc voted to recommend pfizer, moderna over johnson & johnson s vaccine due to side effect concerns. plus anger boiling over inside the democratic party as a key part of joe biden s agenda is now in jeopardy. and the wild and dangerous weather hammering the united states as typhoon rai barrels across the philippines. we re live for you at the world weather center. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is friday, december 17th. we begin this hour with a surge in covid cases across the united states and really dire warnings that things are about to get worse. officials are scrambling to stem the spread of not one, but two