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is it likely it will stop the committee from getting meadows' phone records? >> yeah, this is absolutely an attempt by moe dose and his attorney to try to draw things out as long as possible, and we saw it worked for steve bannon. he has been indicted for contempt of congress. whoa knows at what point his case will be resolved. he's trying a similar tactic to stall and delay and getting the committee records to the greatest extent he can. >> you mentioned bannon. i wanted to circle back on that quickly. july -- doesn't that sort of take away a lot of the teeth here from the committee with what they're threatening to do with the department of justice? if it's pushed to the summer, we know the committee wants to get most of it done by early spring or summer because they know hoe political washington will get with the midterms of the horizon. >> yeah, absolutely. it's important to note the committee is not putting all their eggs in one basket or two baskets. they're casting a really wide net. they've already interviewed over 300 witnesses and they've already obtained reams or troves of documents. although they'll have to fight back, it's something they've completely prepared for. as you noted before, certain witnesses like mark meadows and ali alexander have already turned over very, very valuable documents and information and in meadows' case has talked about the january 6th insurrection in the public and in the book. >> so some of these people are boldfaced names, right? the audience knows steve bannon. they know mark meadows. they may not know ali alexander, who's one of the organizers, of course, of the stop the steal rallies that we saw pop up all over the country in the aftermath of the election. tell us a little bit more about who he is, and also what do we know about his expected contribution to the record? >> yeah. so ali alexander as you mentioned is an organize never the stop the steal movement and organized a number of rallies in the lead-up to the 2020 election. in the lead-up to january 6th, he boasted he was working with certain republican members of congress on a rally in an effort to put maximum pressure on members of congress. the night before the insurrection, he led a victory or death chant. and on to january 6th itself, he was seen in a video saying, i do not denounce this. now that he's testifying under oath, he's singing a bit of a different tune. he's distancing himself from the rally, from the violencing. he did not in any way condone the violence. he's also trying to throw other organizers, for example, the rally. he said while he was trying to stop it, others were drinking champagne in a hotel. he's trying to distance himself as much as possible, but he is cooperating and handing over a lot of information of the committee. >> grace, finally and briefly who else is the committee looking to have come testify soon? >> yeah. well, obviously as they're pursuing these contempt cases against mark meadows and jeffrey clark, i think definitely working on this threat of stop the steal organizers. people who are involved, for example, in the women for america or women for trump movement are going to be very significant. and the committee has issued subpoenas for cellphone records for a lot of people involved in organizing these rallies beforehand. those could be very, very illuminating as well. don't know if they subpoenaed records from congress. organizers like ali alexander may not have the sort of resources to fight back as mark meadows and steve bannon did, so i think these other organizers may be an interesting thread. >> moving toward a subpoena of records of members of congress would certainly take this to members of congress. we appreciate it. meanwhile, in the fight to contain the omicron variant, they say two doses may not be significant but a booster shot offers significant protection against the variant. nbc news correspondent tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: the new research from pfizer is critical as the country tries to arrest the spread of the omicron variant. pfizer says its first two vaccine doses do not hold up well against omicron, but the third shot, the booster, provides 25 times the booster against omicron. >> three drosses against omicron are almost equivalent to the two doses of the original variant. that's very good news. >> reporter: the bottom line, as the virus mutates, the booster may be the shot that keeps you from contracting covid and staying out of the e.r. >> if you get the booster, that's really good shape. >> reporter: as the country enters its third cold winter, many americans are growing tired of so many vaccine and mandate developments. over 787,000 have died from covid, more than people who died in the civil war, america's deadliest conflict. six states now make up half the country's hospitalizations. michigan, ohio, indiana, pennsylvania, new york, and illinois. most patients unvaccinated, but some are breakthrough cases. massachusetts is now coping with a third covid wave. trauma rooms at umass memorial, 120% full. the staff, utterly exhausted. >> what we're hearing now is people crying on the way in to work knowing what they're about to face. that's what health care workers are going through right now. you're tired, but you're not as tired as the health care workers that have to deal with this right now. >> reporter: despite the axios poll, americans are eager to put this pandemic behind them. only a third say they'll stop dining at restaurants. 28% will skip gathering with friends and families outside their households. >> for folks who are not vaccinated, you are at high risk of ending up in the hospital or icu, no matter how young and healthy you are. for the rest of us with those vaccines, we can have an added layer of confidence. >> we'll be talkinging with a health expert later on in the show. democratic governor whitmer calls it a problem. according to a local community paper, whitmer met with residents and sympathized with their fears over labor shortages. whitmer said, quote, we're an employer, too, the state of michigan is. i know if a mandate happens, we're going to lose state employees. that's why i haven't proposed a mandate at the state level. ite goes doing be a problem for all of us. still ahead, the new data that shows americans are quitting their jobs at a record pace. plus, the warning by the top doctor of the worsening mental health crisis among the youth. what he says should be done to address it. those stories and a check on the weather when we come right back. the weather when we come right back ♪day to night to morning,♪ ♪keep with me in the moment♪ ♪i'd let you had i known it, why don't you say so?♪ ♪didn't even notice,♪ ♪no punches left to roll with♪ ♪you got to keep me focused♪ it's the most joyous time of the year. ♪no punches left to roll with♪ especially at t-mobile! let's go to dianne. i got the awesome new iphone 13 pro and airpods, and t-mobile is paying for them both! and this is for new and existing customers. upgrade to the iphone 13 pro and airpods both on us. only at t-mobile. i've lost count of how many asthma attacks i've had. but my nunormal with nucala? 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>> a little heads-up to our friends in the northeast, especially new england who got a coating of snow. many roads are reported as icy. especially the bridges. they were melted and now refrozen. be careful out there? there? new england. it's bringing a little bit of rain and a little bit of snow. it will get stronger as it begins to move across the country. this is one of our biggest storms we've had yet. we're finally getting snow in the mountains of utah and colorado as we go through tonight and tomorrow. and then there's going to be a heavy band through nebraska, possibly sioux city north of omaha. minneapolis could get into the mix on this one. the snow forecast, once you get into the blue colors, that's 3 to 6 inches. pink and purple, 9 to 12 inches. a few areas, especially the mountains to the west are going to get a good deal of snow. south of minneapolis north of sioux city and north of wisconsin, that's a 6- to 12-inch swath of snow also. there could be a warm side to it. we could be dealing with tornados friday evening into the overnight hours. a heads-up to my friends in little rock, especially memphis, nashville, paducah, evansville, and tupelo, mississippi. there may be an isolated nocturnal tornado. those are the ones at night. they tend to be the most deadly because we don't really get a big heads-up when they're approaching. that's friday night into saturday morning. the forecast, warm in texas. 80 in dallas. a severe threat friday night in the southeast. snow in the plains. by the time we get to saturday, yes, it's 60 degrees in boston on saturday, but the rain and wind will move in as we go throughout the afternoon and even. it's a two-part saturday for the east coast. it starts nice and then the rain and storms will move on through. finally, sunday, jonathan, a cooler more typical december day, and next week we will talk a lot about an epic december heatwave. indications are we could be 70s in the middle of the country next week. >> 70s? all right. bill karins, thank you so much. still ahead, senators grill the head of instagram over its effect on young people with one lawmaker calling the company the new tobacco. but before we get into that and before we go to break, we e want to know, why are you awake? email your reasons. they'd better be good. email me at waytooearly@msnbc.com or tweet me @jonlemire. we'll read some of our favorite answers later in the show. some answers later in the show. when our daughter and her kids moved in with us... our bargain detergent couldn't keep up. turns out it's mostly water. so, we switched back to tide. one wash, stains are gone. 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as we go to the house, do we actually anticipate it will get to the floor and, therefore, republicans can try to knock it down? what's going to happen? >> the way this works, this was an attempt to roll back a bind administration rule. so it goes through special rules in congress. in the senate because a republican brought it up and started the process, it automatically has to come to the floor. there's not many things in the senate that work that way. so that's why it got a vote. this was a republican measure. it now goes to the house where there's different rules in the house, and speaker pelosi does not have to bring this up, so this might not see the light of day. the only way it could reach the house floor is if a republican force as vote, which a republican has said that he would do. but in order to bring it to the floor, it has to have the support of 218 members. that means it would need at least the support of five democrats in order to trigger this to come to the floor. democratic leadership in the house are very confident there will not be those five democrats in order to trigger that vote on the house floor. so this might probably will not see the light of day, jonathan. >> it does come, though, as these vaccine mandates are certainly under some fire and some scrutiny here, opposition in the senate. we know that the senator's efforts have also been tied up in the courts. switching gears, give us an update now. we know there's going to be a lot of attention on capitol hill the next two days in the life of senator bob dole, a legend certainly of that body. and then what is your sense as to what happens next with the build back better agenda? is that something we're going to work on this week? will it get pushed to next week? what's the timeline with christmas fast approaching? i know chuck schumer may be the only one left in the billing who thinks it may be done by then. >> yeah, i think he's tonal one left in the building. speaker pelosi was asked about it, even though it's not on the house anymore. they stopped talking about timelines, and that was a big sign it's going to be very difficult for this to come up and pass the senate before christmas. there's a couple of reasons. the first is that it still has to go through this very deep held process with the senate parliamentarian to make sure every single line is compatible with senate rules. this is a process. the parliamentarian actually is going through cancer treatment right now, so this is taking longer than expected. it will probably take all next week. i am told by my sources that if this gets to the floor by december 20th or the weekend before december 20th, then that is very optimistic. and so it will push right up to christmas if it gets there before. another thing they're look at is where joe manchin stands. joe manchin hasn't said he supports this legislation yet, but one source told me yesterday, the good thing about that is he has not yet said he won't support it. the democrats are hoping to get joe manchin to come on board. they want him to go to the floor as soon as possible, but there are some technical reasons they're not able to, jonathan. >> the joe manchin tea leaves. we shall continue to read them. instagram ceo adam mosseri is denying the company's own research which shows the app's harmful effects on young people. the silicon valley executive testified before the senate and defended instagram after a wave of backlash. it comes after a whistle-blower said its parent company, meta, facebook, said there are thoughts of self-harm to teenagers. >> do you believe there's short-term or long-term body image issues on your platform? 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is this a sign the economy has maintained its momentum despite the pandemic? what is the labor department saying? >> so the labor department has come out and said that at the end of october, more than 11 million job openings were reported in the u.s. this is up from 10.6 million a month earlier. so clearly people have been leaving their jobs. another measure of how difficult it is to find workers has hit another record high. in terms of what this means, there's a lot of different interpretations, but one interesting one that's been gaining momentum is this idea we could be on the verge of a pendulum shift. morgan stanley has come out saying this could be a point where the power shifts back to labor. or the past decades we've seen them accrue more employers versus ploys, but it could be the beginning of a shift. something to watch. >> the united kingdom announced a new set of covid restrictions, suggesting some sort of lockdowns. tell us what's going on there. >> so last night, jonathan, the prime minister came out, addressed the nation, and said we are moving to plan b. and plan b, it's not a lockdown. it is actually fairly modest in terms of the restrictions being imposed. we've got work from home guidance being imposed. mask mandates in most public places, and the implementation of covid passes to approve your vccination status or tests. there's a scandal other whether or not there was a christmas party held last year when we were in lockdown and it was against the rules around if that wasn't enough, jonathan, we'll throw into the mix, boris johnson, the prime minister, announced he and his wife just had a baby girl this morning, so a lot going on in the uk today. >> congrats to the british prime minister and his wife. if everyone is locked down, there's more time to catch up. cnbc's julianna tatelbaum live from london. thank you so much. still ahead, omicron concerns cancel celebrations around the world. we're going to catch up with dr. patel. look at this date in history. 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"morning joe" starts right now. >> the prime minister of finland apologized for missing a message to quarantine because she was out clubbing at 4:00 a.m. and left her work phone at home. americans are shocked, you can leave your work phone at home. meantime, the only time joe biden was up at 4:00 a.m. was to use the restroom. >> oh, you can't say that. >> that's just not true. >> comen. >> good morning. >> is it friday yet? no. >> that's fantastic. we have several more days. >> one

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