thank you for your support. may you continue have that heart and may god bless you. joyce gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour starts now. good evening. i m stephanie ruehl. the fate of mark meadows is now up to the biden justice department, which will decide whether to prosecute him on criminal charges of contempt. earlier today, the president was asked about meadows. what is your reaction to congress holding meadows in contempt? i have not spoken to anyone, but it seems to me he s worthy of being held in contempt. and tonight, there s new
our bargain detergent couldn t keep up. turns out it s mostly water. so, we switched back to tide. one wash, stains are gone. [daughter] slurping don t pay for water. pay for clean. it s got to be tide. asth omicron variant begins to spread in this country it s already begun to ravage europe. it s expected to be the dominant strain there by next month. right now in the uk, they re experiencing their worst outbreak of the pandemic, with new cases hitting at all-time high yesterday surpassing the previous record by more than 10,000. things are so bad, the queen canceled her prechristmas lunch with her family. nbc s matt bradley is in london. how bad is it? stephanie, it depends on what you re looking at. if you are looking at pure numbers it looks really, really bad. like you said, the highest number ever, ever since this pandemic started in britain and
husband. i always dreamed of having my own salon, but for my husband to build it for me was it s completely different when your husband takes the time to do something like that for you. and now that it s gone, it s just sickening. a lot of different emotions, anger. reporter: anger? yeah. yeah. it s hard to put into words. reporter: and, stephanie, they do have a go fund me page raising money to try to rebuild. i asked brian if he s willing to roll up his sleeves and do it again, and he said he is. and i just want to show you one last thing i noticed before we went on the air here, a bible right here outside of the rubble in tatters but still intact. the resilience here, these small signs of hope and strength is what s getting people through right now.
so democrats need to step up and lead this country, and that means getting rid of the filibuster, passing voting rights and let the american people see which political party is ready to lead this country in this big competition with china and preserving our democracy and rebuilding the middle class. well, nothing confusing about congressman tim ryan s message. always good to see you. have a really good holiday. thanks, stephanie. you, too. coming up, what fox news anchors said on air january 6th versus what they said in private text messages to mark meadows, then cheech of staff to former president trump. the truth matters and we re going to dig into it next. ig in. . i m at a moss for words. when a cough tries to steal dad s punchlines, he takes robitussin naturals powered by 100% drug-free ingredients. are you gonna leaf me hanging? soothe your cough naturally. i brought in ensure max protein, with thirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks!
expect the most dangerous weeks will likely be in january when cases spike to their highest point. stephanie, back to you. thank you, miguel. the co-director of the center for vaccine development at texas children s hospital, doctor, yes, all these headlines are scary. this thing is spreading rapidly. but you heard dr. fauci. we ve got the tools to fight it. for those who are vaccinated who have the booster, the symptoms are mild. why should we have to change our behavior? well, i think there s a few pieces to this. this wave, the omicron wave is coming faster in the u.s. than we predicted because we ve had a four to six week lag between the big spike in the uk before it came to the u.s. it goes to show you how transmissible this is. here is the data that i ve seen. once you get a booster, you get