Joe biden wins, again, as the Electoral College votes to affirm his victory. With donald trump still refusing to concede, the question is, will more republicans now recognize biden as president elect . And he was one of the president s staunches allies, until he was unwilling to help him overturn the election. Now, as attorney general bill barr prepares to step down, the question is whether the damage is already done. And frontline workers are now receiving the first Covid Vaccines here in the United States with the u. S. Death toll now surpassing 300,000. The question is, how long before everyone can get it . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show thats got a cool announcement coming up for all of you pet people out there. Stay tuned for that. Im kasie hunt on this tuesday, december 15th. Well start with the news. We begin with the United States reaching another grim, new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. The death toll from covid19 has no
Controlled congress, i would see to it that he was punished in the worst way possible by having to come down here and listen to us. The show earned 14 emmys, had countless guest star appearances, some famous, and some not so famous. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell. Live in washington. Good news and bad news in todays jobs report. The Unemployment Rate inched closer to 8 , but more than 150,000 jobs were added in january. Revisions to last years data showed stronger job growth than first predicted. Joining me now forrure daily fix, chris, msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics. Com and Washington Post editorial columnist ruth marcus, and u. S. Economics editor for the economist. Greg, first to you. Youre the expert on all things jobs. The revisions are really good and strong. It shows that 2012 was a lot better. Take us through the numbers. Yeah. Well, the numbers for january were more or less as expected. About 157,000 jobs. What was more interesting was that even though t
The pandemic has hit people, here, in the United States, consider this. In the month of april, one person died of the virus every 44 seconds. More than 66,000 people in america have passed away in just nine weeks. Even though the number of new cases is beginning to level off and, in some cases, fall. Public Health Officials insist that now is not the time to let up on measures designed to slow the spread of the disease. Chris, theres no doubt in my mind that, when you pull back mitigation, youre going to start seeing cases crop up here and there. And, if youre not able to handle them, youre going to see another peak. A spike. And then, you almost have to turn the clock back to go back to mitigation. Many people gathered, here, in washington, d. C. Today. This was the national mall, earlier this afternoon, during a flyover by the blue angels and thunderbirds to honor healthcare workers and First Responders. The mall crowded, despite officials asking the public to stay safely away from e
The data shows that remdesivir has a clearcut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery. How long until we have a treatment or a vaccine . Ill talk to Sir John Bell from Oxford University where a promising vaccine study is well under way. Also, declaring victory . I think when you ask, how did we do . I think we did a spectacular job. With more than 60,000 dead and 30 million out of work, is the Trump Administration risking its own Mission Accomplished moment . Pole vault. Joe biden takes the lead in battleground states. Now calls growing for a fuller investigation of charges by his accuser tara reade. Insight and analysis by kasie hunt. Former congressional budget director douglas holtzeakin. Dr. That henahid bahelia. Its meet the press and our continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. January 6th the cdc first issued a travel notice for wuhan, china. Consider what has happened since. 1. 1 million confirmed cases of covid19 diagnosed in the u. S. 66,000
Experience lose some of its luster . New Research Says yes. Well explain, happening now. Jon so no more taking pictures of your dinner, right . Jenna i will try to control myself. You know that is an issue for me, jon. Jon it is not, come on. Good morning to you on this friday. Were a little giddy. Im jon scott. Hi, everybody, im jenna lee. Well get to the story about social media in just a little bit but today there is new concerns about obamacare. A new report from the wall street journal that says loser who are lucky enough to get through face even more hurdles once their information makes it to insurers. Insurance companies are telling reporters information is jumbled by the time it reaches them and warned that the longer it takes to get this system in working order, the less likely it is that people will bother going through the process again to sign up that could spell big problems for the entire system. Molly henneberg has details from washington for us now. Molly . Reporter jen