the boston red sox hero elected to the baseball hall of fame, with his first year on the ballot. with david ortiz in. the question is who s now out? it s way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early. the show that loves david ortiz like a member of its own family. frankly, even more than some of its cousins. i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, january 26th. let s start with the news. president biden has no intention of moving u.s. troops to ukraine. but says america has a sacred obligation to reinforce nato forces. it comes as russia signals a possible invasion of ukraine, something the president said will trigger, quote, enormous consequences. what s going to happen, what putin does or doesn t do. and i may be moving some of those troops in the near term, just because it takes time. we have no intention of putting american forces or nato forces in ukraine. but, as i said, there are going to be serious economic consequences if he moves. there
realities facing those who speak out. this morning, hospitals across the country are filling up with covid patients, as the omicron variant continues to spread virtually unchecked. in los angeles county, the amount of people hospitalized is up 200% in the last two weeks. in texas, hospital workers describe feeling defeated, as hospital beds fill up yet again. one nurse telling the texas tribune, quote, i work 60 hours a week and i don t see my child, i don t see my husband, so that i can come and care for you while you yell at me because you re upset that you have a disease that i told you how to prevent in the first place. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, gabe gutierrez in new york. nbc news correspondent ellison barber in houston. and dr. uche blackstock, the founder and ceo of advancing health equity and an msnbc medical contributor. gabe, let me start with you. so many cases of covid right now. what are officials saying about whether we re moving out of this
we ll count down the top ten business moments of the year. how number one changed every day life for millions. despite a surge in covid cases in the u.s., the senters for disease control is issuing new guidelines to shorten the isolation time for people who test positive for the virus. the cdc now recommends people can stop isolating after five days, rather than ten, if they don t have symptoms and wear a mask for another five days. experts say transmission usually happens early in the course of the illness. a day or two prior to symptoms. and two to three days after. well, the number of children admitted to hospitals with covid is up 35% in the past week. new york city has seen a five-fold increase this month. meanwhile, sickouts from covid have forced airlines to cancel or delay thousands of flights worldwide. the top infections disease expert in the u.s. says the administration is working hard to increase access to testing across the country. it s a combination of peop
bare. dr. anthony fauci telling cnn this morning it will improve soon. we had a conflation of high demands, high demands because of the concern about omicron, which is a justifiable concern, but the high demand that was triggered by the holiday season. you know, obviously, not making any excuses for it, we should have had more tests available, but hopefully now as we get into the first couple weeks in january that will get much better. in new york state, daily cases approaching 50,000. new york city is hoping to help curb that with its vaccine mandates for the private sector. that goes into effect today. this latest surge is also wreaking havoc on travel plans according to flight aware. more than 800 u.s. flights have been cancelled this morning. staff and crew are out sick worldwide. that s more than 2,300 flights. more on that in just a moment. let s begin this hour, though, with testing. leyla santiago joins us in miami at a 24-hour covid testing center. car rs have be
path forward. all of this as we re learning new details about president biden s three and a half hour virtual summit with the leader of china. meanwhile, just 90 minutes 90 miles off the coast of florida, the cuban government quashed planned demonstrations by dissidents asking for freedom. at any moment, the judge presiding over the kyle rittenhouse trial will randomly select the final group of jurors who will begin deliberating today. rittenhouse faces five felony charges, including first-degree attempted homicide and homicide. joining me now from wisconsin is gabe gutierrez and kristin gibbons feden. gabe, what are we expecting to happen this morning with the jury? reporter: hey, there, jose. good morning. as you mentioned, the judge will randomly select those 12 jurors out of the 18 that have been hearing the case so far. remember, we started this process with 20 jurors. two of them have been dismissed thus far. so we re now left with 18. ten women, eight men, on