Measures on its own to stem the spread meantime the president elect forming his inner circle as President Trumps legal team hitting another brick wall and besting the bitcoin . You betcha the crypto asset outperforming them all its our rbi on this monday, november 23rd, this is worldwide exchange. Well, good monday morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world that you may be watching im Brian Sullivan good to have you on the program this morning its becoming a trend lately now, mondays, vaccine mondays now tending to show positive data in the fight against covid. And today is no exception. Look at that stock futures they are up, dow futures up 208 nasdaq futures up 50 the markets are getting a boost this morning on news from astrazeneca and Oxford University that broke just hours ago. The university saying its covid19 vaccine was found to be as much as 90 effective in preventing infections without serious side effects in a large Clinical Trial in the u
the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h
midterm elections here in the u.s. i ll tell you where the big names are focused and whose message seems to be resonating with voters. tornadoes are wreaking havoc in the south central u.s. at least nine touched down in texas. we re live at the weather center in just a few minutes. the united states is going to be with ukraine for as long as it takes in this fight. there will be no wavering, no flagging. no flinching, in our support, as we go forward. a top u.s. official meets with president zelenskyy in ukraine and announces a new round of military aid. i ll have a live report from kyiv, just ahead. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the january 6 investigation, the u.s. president s domestic agenda, voting rights, abortion rights all on the line as americans prepare to vote in next tuesday ease midterm elections. candidates across the board are pulling out all of the stops in the final weekend of campaigning. president joe biden mlb
Congress will try again today to pick a nominee for house speaker. Eight republican candidates are vying for the gavel. Can any of them make their fractured party come together. More uaw workers walk off the job in detroit a major escalation in the fight that sees no sign in ending. Newly uncovered footage of Britney Spears failed audition. And the youngest head coach in the country working alongside one of the oldest. Its tuesday, october 24 early today starts right now good morning, im phillip mena im frances rivera. We begin in the middle east. Hamas has released two more hostages from gaza two elderly israeli women are confirmed to have been handed over on the egyptian peribordert gaza still, more than 200 remain in captivity. We want to bring in Claudio Lavanga. Do we know why these two hostages were chosen to be released reporter good morning, phillip. The al qassam brigade posted a message on their telegram account saying they decided to release these two hostages for compelling
Unemployment benefits, and 12 million of them are about to lose those benefits after christmas if the president doesnt sign the covid relief bill, as he is suggesting. That is creating chaos. That is not working tirelessly. And president elect joe biden will soon be facing clearly a mess to clean up, a fact that he seems concerned about right now, telling journalists according to the Washington Post this many of the people with the competence to be able to tell us what exactly is going on in the Justice Department or the energy department, theyve either been fired or they left, but they are not there. And so i think its going to take a while to find out where the intentional as well as unintentional land mines are. They seem more and more intentional by the day. Jessica dean is outfront in wilmington, delaware covering president elect joe biden. Jeremy diamond is outfront near the president s maralago resort in florida. Any indication, jeremy, that the president is planning to give the