subject. he was wearing a green-type vest. i ll be happy to report on that later today. we ll have a statement out there. i have not had a chance to speak to him. i was doing media interviews. this is not the place. but i ll address it shortly. let s address the fact that there are are people in a hospital fighting for their lives. those are are the people we re thinking about and praying for at the moment. hang on a second. we ll get back to you with a time for an update later. we expect to have more later and that will not be here. that will be either at the precinct or head quarters. we ll find an appropriate location where we have enough room and we can do this in a controlled environment. and as you ve just heard, back with us now, msnbc anchor, on the scene in brooklyn.
there. president is expected to deliver a major address in warsaw, poland, we are told he is running on time. we will speak briefly with msnbc anchor, hadley gamble, shannon pettypiece and retired colonel, brendan kearny, former chief of staff to europe. welcome, i apologize for the brevity, if the president s on time, or for rudely interrupting you. hadley, you re new to the conversation. you have been in brussels for the global summit on ukraine. you ve spoken with multiple european and middle east leaders. give me a sense of the mood there leading up to this address from the president today, again, you ve been focusing on the economic aspect of all of this. reporter: that s absolutely right. i had the chance to speak not only to the french president but the chancellor of germany as well, olaf scholz and the prime minister of the united kingdom, boris johnson. i asked all of them to weigh in
record-breaking wave of coronavirus infections, fueled by the omicron variant and projected to only get worse in the coming weeks. three lawmakers announcing breakthrough infections this weekend, senators cory booker and elizabeth warren as well as congressman jason crow. with the rising cases comes the demand for testing. across the u.s., including here in new york, people are standing in line for hours sometimes, waiting for covid tests. home tests, almost impossible to come by. joining me now with the latest, nbc news correspondent kerry sanders, msnbc anchor, lindsey reiser in new york city. yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for the pbs newshour, as well as moderator of washington week on pbs. she is also an msnbc political analyst and will be joining us here at nbc news next year. dr. peter hotez is co-director for the center of vaccine development at texas children s hospital, and dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. what a b
cases. the average number of new daily cases has jumped to more than 120,000. that s 70% higher than in early november. in new york city, health officials say the percentage of people testing positive doubled over the last week. in miami, take a look at these long lines. people waiting to get tested. that s from yesterday. and while this all has the feeling of early 2020, the big difference this time, we have vaccines and treatments. however, the cdc is now recommending the public should prioritize pfizer and moderna s vaccine instead of johnson & johnson when possible. joining me now are msnbc anchor, lindsey reiser in new york city, and nbc news correspondent, erin mclaughlin in los angeles. thank you for being with me. lindsey, back in early 2020, new york city was at the epicenter of the pandemic in the u.s. now, once again, the city is facing an uptick in cases. what s the latest there?
received up to $300 a month for every child under the age of 6 and $250 a month for children ages 6 to 17. the democrats build back better plan includes an extension of the expanded credit for another year, but the bill is, of course, we ve been hearing, stalled in the senate. with me now is msnbc anchor, nbc news senior business correspondent and so much more, stephanie ruhle. stephanie, good morning. it s nice to see you again. i ve been watching you for the hour before this. that s where i get all of my information. but stephanie, talk to us about the potential end of this expanded tax credit. what does it mean for families? listen, this is serious business. since the expanded child tax credit began earlier this year, you ve got on average 60 million families in this country getting about $430 a month. they need that money. think about the cost of almost everything right now. and we re talking to families every day, saying that they are using that money for school supplies, for o