know about the evolving threat. plus, what those covid concerns mean for the economy. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, november 29th, i hope you had a good thanksgiving week. it s the 29th, what am i saying? happy monday everyone. as we look at country around the world scrambling to contain a new strain of a new strain of covid-19. omicron has spread to african countries and a number of nations. the variant reached north america with two cases appearing in ontario. president biden is expected to give the nation an update on his administrations response. members of tl white house covid-19 response team briefed the president yesterday and warned it could take two weeks before there is definitive information on the characteristics of the new variant. it exploded in the sense when you look at south africa, you were having a low level infection and all of a sudden there is a big spike. when the south africans looked at it oh my goodness, this is a differ
the high seas. cbs news, joins the patrol as homeland security works the waters. reporter: this is one of the dozens of motorized vessels that they use to track down the drug runners. evans: plus, making a comeback low tech in high demand. and later, giving back. the atlanta rapper taking mom s advice and helping kids in need. this is the cbs weekend news. evans: good evening, i m carter evans. adriana diaz is off. tonight, new cases of the covid variant omicron are cropping up around the world. britain, belgium, the czech republic, germ me, italy, israel and hong kong all with confirmed cases, botswana reported at least four. the u.k. reimposes mask mandates as prime minister boris johnson has this warning today: it does appear that omicron spreads very rapidly, and can be spread between people who are double vaccinated. evans: cbs debora patta is in johannesburg, south africa, where omicron was first discovered. reporter: the discovery of the new var
can i reach back into your segment where you reported donald trump saying tonight that if you ve contributed to nikki haley, you will be permanently barred from the maga camp. here is my contribution to that discussion, he is lying. he will never turned out money from anyone, he has never turned out money from anyone in his life. he will be begging people who are contributing to nikki haley to contribute to him for the rest of his life. he also has no way of finding out, right? of course. he s not gonna know, someone declaring that she s given her super back of millions. he s not gonna know. what is maga camp? or the drinks free there? what is there to recommend maga camp to anyone? it sounds miserable. big surprise, he is lying. thank you. you are invited anytime, lawrence. president joe biden won by the biggest margin in the new hampshire primary last night with 66% of the vote to his challengers 20%. joe biden s 46 point winning margin was achieved without th
national political reporter. that is our show for tonight. time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. lawrence, i m gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i m just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. ali, you know that thing happens once in a while where one of our great guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that s life on commercial television? that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing him back tonight to finish his thoughts about that. that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. certainly not thought about in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will give us
tonight, donald trump starting off 2024 by pushing back on maine s ballot ban. a clash of legal challenges and campaign events which is two weeks to go until the iowa caucuses. then, harvard university s president stepping down after backlash over congressional testimony and allegations of plagiarism. and, congress as a lot to get done in a election year. how this could all play out with republicans now in the majority in the house as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. happy to be back at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. we are kicking off our first show of the new year with the reality of defendant donald trump on the 2024 campaign trail, less than two weeks out from the iowa caucuses, three weeks from the new hampshire primary, and right now his challengers for the gop nomination have yet to touch him in the polls. but donald trump is likely facing multiple trials this year as he makes his pitch to vot