it is wednesday, december 29th. i m john avlon with the great kaitlan collins. wishing you a good morning. we are following three major stories this morning. the u.s. shattering its record average of daily coronavirus cases, and the cdc slashing estimates for how much omicron is actually in the u.s. plus, the political world and the sports world are mourning the death of two american giants, harry reid and john madden. but first let s get to the pandemic. the u.s. hitting a record of more than 265,000 new coronavirus cases tuesday alone as two highly contagious variants fuel surges across the country. but we need to note that the number of hospitalizations are not rising yet at the same rate. and the cdc is lowering the estimate of the prevalence of the omicron variant from 70% to
morning. we ll see you right back here. for now chris jansing picks up the coverage. hi there, i m in for stephanie ruhle. it is wednesday, december 29th. we have a lot to get to. yet another record to tell you about as the u.s. is at an all-time high for new coronavirus infections. the seven-day case average is now at more than 262,000 daily u.s. cases as of tuesday. that breaks a nearly year-old record. and the overall numbers are equally concerning. the u.s. has now surpassed 53 million cases more than 823,000 deaths since the pandemic began. and the one-two punch of omicron and delta continue to wreak havoc, everything from flights, to college bowl games to broadway shows cancelled. a walmart in new york shut down
reluctantly said sure and the former governor allegedly grabbed a woman by her arm and kissed her on the cheek. former governor cuomo has denied all allegations. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early for you on this wednesday morning. joining us on morning joe talking about joe madden and the surging omicron variant starts now. welcome to morning joe wednesday december 29th, a busy morning of news on this week, a couple of days before a new year with us we have msnbc contributor best selling author cattie kay, the host of way too early and jonathan he will mere and former u.s. senator now nbc news and msnbc political analyst claire mccaskill. we re so glad claire could jump on to talk about the death of
for hundreds of records from the trump administration? way too early for this. good morning. and welcome to way too early. i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, december 29th. we ll start with the news. longtime senate majority leader harry reid has died. his wife of 62 years announced in a statement last night that he passed away peacefully, while surrounded by friends following a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. reid was elected in the senate in 1987 after serving two terms in the house of representatives. he held the role of senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015 and was a pivotal figure on capitol hill with president bush and barack obama.
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