big women s event of next year, and international one, the biggest one ever. thank you very much for joining us. ceo of all in together, lauren leader. thanks for looking back and looking ahead. and that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. hey there, i m stephanie ruhle live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is thursday, december 23rd and we have a lot to get to in the next two hours, so sit down, and let s get smarter. this morning, millions of americans are deciding whether to make or break their holiday plans as omicron cases are increasing nationwide. now the variant has been detected in every state in the nation, and it is setting new records for cases. here in new york state, they saw nearly 30 new infections yesterday, another record day, and across the country, average cases are up 33% in the last
a.m. pacific on this thursday, december 23rd. we begin with breaking news. doctors have two new weapons at their disposal to help treat patients at high risk with covid-19. moments ago the fda granted an emergency use authorization for a drug made by merck designed to keep people with mild to moderate symptoms out of the hospital, just one day after it granted similar approval for a drug produced by fiz per. pfizer. two days before christmas the omicron variant is responsible for almostfections with the u.s. seeing more than 200,000 cases a day since september. one in eight comes from new york and this is new video of another day of long, long lines in new york city as people wait in the cold for hours just to get tested. with omicron surge, isn t stopping tens of millions of americans from traveling to visit friends and families this holiday. so if you are deciding to stick
booming is a new employee named ruben. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning to you. thursday, december 23rd. i m carol costello in for kiran today. good morning. i m john roberts. thanks for being with us. the day before the day before christmas. after days and days of rain, parts of arizona could be slammed with half a foot of snow. much of the state under a flash flood watch right now and a
underwater. california s floods after nonstop drenching downpours. the damage at an nfl stadium. under wraps. secretly moving nuclear materials by truck, train and ship thousands of miles. and, special symbol. the ground zero tree still thriving and replanted years after 9/11. i knew that she was going to survive. we took care of it. it s thursday, december 23rd. from abc news, this is world news now. it s really hard to believe that next year will be the tenth anniversary of 9/11. it s incredible it s been a decade since that. it s a really good story to have from ground zero this morning about what has survived here
california crisis. the worst round of storms flood the coast and cause mudslides in the hills. when will there be some relief? family finances. a money makeover just in time. we have to say thank you. thank you. saving a bundle before the holidays. and, accident prone. the temporary stop to the spider-man broadway show. it s thursday, december 23rd. from abc news, this is world news now. for spider-man there s so many safety concerns about the show. it s gotten so bad a state lawmaker in new york literally wants to hold hearings on safety to make sure everything is okay so they can avoid any more injuries like the ones we saw earlier this week.