because critics want to ban hundreds of books that they claim are offensive. let s go out front. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. out front tonight, this is not march of 2020. that was president biden trying to reassure americans today. telling them not to panic over the latest surge. but he did warn things are about to get worse. we ll see some fully-vaccinated people get covid, potentially in large numbers. there will be positive cases in every office even here in the white house but these cases are highly unlikely to lead to serious illness. if you are not fully vaccinated, you have good reason to be concerned. you are at a high risk of getting sick. right now, the u.s. is reporting more than 140,000 cases per day and the cdc is predict predicting we could be at 250,000 new cases a day in the next few weeks. breaking the record set back in january of this year. president biden insisting the u.s., though, is ready for an omicron wave ann
school closures despite a covid surge driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant. he says we re better prepared now than in the army prevaccine days of the pandemic. we should all be concerned about omicron, but not panicked. and, no, this is not march of 2020. 200 million people are fully vaccinated. we re prepared. we know more. we just have to stay focused. as for the unvaccinated, the president says it is their patriotic duty to get the shot. and he had a stark warning for those who do not. almost every who has died from covid-19 in the past many months has been unvaccinated. and i honest to god believe it s your patriotic duty. the choice can be a difference between life or death. please, get vaccinated. so the white house planned to combat the virus includes expanding testing sites across the country, distributing 500 million free at-home tests to those who request them. estates that is righting next month. deploying 1,000 service members to strained hos
travel record, despite a warning not to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. let s just confine the celebration to the family unit that lives with you. stop rocking the gravy boat, doc. if you re seeing grandma, it is suddenly a superspreader event. this is some people s final thanksgiving, believe it or not. for some, it was their final thanksgiving as president. confirmed biden s win with a small boost, adding 87 votes. ahoy, it s the fox phone, who is calling at this hour? joe biden did not get 80 million votes. they call them dumps, big, massive dumps. speaking of massive dumps the legal team has been a national embarrassment. unless things change, joe biden will be inaugurated on january 20th. say it ain t joe. trump takes questions from his adoable little desk. don t talk to me that way. just a lightweight. don t talk to me. i m the president of the united states. this has been this week in covid history. those are so good. good morni
streaming and the rocket s red blair, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave rachel: good morning, everybody. i hope you really enjoyed that beautiful rendition of the star-spangled banner with your photos which are better than the ones the producers are putting forward. they are amazing. keep sending ones with the kids. good morning, will. will: good morning rachel. i have a good one with my daughter addressed at the 4th of july parade. will: i love that one. you said in your mind, thought of the picture that you have that represents your life as you see the flag. rachel: yes. will: i saw the pictures, looks like one hanging over a hunting camp attached to a tree. i see football players in high school, high school players carrying the flag out on the field, that is the america i m used to resonating this. we love this
a good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. here s what s happening. well, to say that tomorrow will be a busy day in washington is something of an understatement. steve bannon is expected to surrender to authorities. president biden will sign that bipartisan infrastructure bill into law. both the house and senate are back in session. and the president meets virtually with chinese president xi jinping for the first time since taking office. it all comes as new polling shows the president s policies are more popular than the president himself. 63% of americans supporting the infrastructure bill, 58% supporting the build back better act. while president biden s approval rating hits a new low at just 41%, mostly driven by fears over inflation. director of the economic council addressing those concerns this morning. there s no doubt inflation is high right now. it s affecting americans pocketbooks and affe