when they return to work. that's a change out of necessity that we'll probably see more cities and states follow. think about it. as hospitals fill up, what happens when so many doctors and nurses get infected themselves? there aren't enough health workers to keep up. in the same vein, airlines have had to cancel some 2 million flights worldwide because of shortages. the biden administration will lift restrictions on eight african countries on new year's eve, given that the variant has now spread around the world. omicron cases, numbers are blowing past anything the u.s. saw with delta, more than 250,000 cases yesterday alone. that number is sure to be higher today, and by some estimates, we could see a million u.s. cases every day before the end of the year. i'm joined now by gadi schwartz at lax, kathy park in times square, and josh letterman at the white house in washington. gadi, dealing with holiday travel is stressful enough. now that people are dealing with fears around omicron, flight cancellations. how are things looking where you are? >> reporter: right now the airlines are trying to reach travelers before they get to the airport and tell them if their flight has canceled. as you imagine, a lot of frustration as people get bad news they may be stuck in a city without their family on christmases eve. so that's happening in cities all the across the country right now. here at l.a.x., for example, we've seen a number of cancellations and canceled flights coming in and going out of the l.a.x. reach about 70. it's going up every single hour across the country. we're looking at about 700 flights that have been canceled. if you think about it, you were just talking about the ripple effects that's going on, and it's going to be happening in the healthcare industry. you're also looking at that happening here at the airport. with 200,000 people testing positive for covid-19 every single day, you've also got to consider that pilots will be getting sick, flight attendants will be getting sick. not just them. if their families get sick or they come in contact, then they are going to have to look at the possibility of being isolated until they can get tested, until they can get cleared to go back to work. as that all comes down to the wire on a very busy travel season, it's going to make problems happen all the way down the pipeline. one of the things we're looking at here is a baggage claim -- we're looking at people across the board, and you've got to also consider this is the busiest travel season we've seen in a couple years. six million people are expected to be traveling over the next week or so. the good news is it's happening now on one of the relatively less travel days. examine also eve historically has less busy than ours, but you also have to consider that a lot of people have already made it to their destinations, so what will it look like in the next few days or week if this continues to happen, if people continue to test positive for covid-19. are there going to be enough staff at these airlines to get everybody back home. >> a rare consideration we have to make for this. kathy, what, 44,000 cases in the state of new york just yesterday alone, which is mind blowing. what are you hearing now from officials about the testing situation in particular? >> yeah, aaron, these covid infections are soaring each and every day, but hospitalizations, yes, they are going up, but it's not like what we saw in march of 2020. mayor bill de blasio this week said, look, based on the data, it's going to be intense and very challenging over the next couple weeks, but the surge will likely be brief. of course, they numbers, as you mentioned, trending in the wrong direction. it's pushing a lot of people to get tested. in fact, there was a crush of people waiting in line early this morning here on christmas eve. i mean, it really was crunch time. people waited until the last minute in some case to get their rapid test, just to make sure they were covid freed ahead of their travels and gatherings with loved ones. early this morning there was a mobile van, with several people waiting in line, but shortly after we got here, they realized that this location was closed. so there was another covid testing site a block from where we are. there were just a massive line there for pcr tests as well as rapid tests. i can tell you, aaron, all of those locations are closed right now. it is christmas eve. some people did go home with one of these, these free at-home tests that were handed out. help is certainly here in new york city to alleviate some of the pressure point with the long covid testing lines. thousands of tests are being distributed all across the city. the mayor pledged that more testing locations would be opened up by the end of this week. starting next week, governor hochul said that testing will be available at subway stations, something that new york city hasn't seen before. a lot of testing options, as we brace for those numbers to continue rising, aaron. >> josh, i want to turn to you in washington. "the washington post" has a deep dive into the biden administration's failure surrounding the testing effort. president biden had promised, what, 500 million tests available by january? there's some experts that say we might need 2.5 billion tests a month in reality. are they hunkering down, hoping that omicron hurricane passes within a few weeks, or are they ready to go to war with this? >> reporter: there's no question the white house was caught off-guard with how fast ohm crock has spread across the country. and when you talk about that 2.5 billion estimate of how many tests we might need per month, that comes from looking at, we've got 330 million americans. if you tested them twice a week, that's when you would need to get into the billions of tests per month. as we have all come to learn, you can test negative today for covid-19 and test positive tomorrow. while the white house is quickly trying to ramp up this effort to get 500 million tests available so that every american across the country will be able to order one to be sent by the government. that may mean ohm one to two tests per person. the white house is still building this plane as they fly it. they don't yet have the contracts where to get those tests. they don't have the website built where people will order them. they can't exactly tell us when those tests are going to be available to people, although they say hopefully sometimes in january. i think it's fair to say at this point that the white house put a lot of their eggs into the basket of the vaccines. remember last year when we were tall talking about herd immunity, if we could focus on getting as many vaccines into arms, it would sort of ameliorate the need of having this testing be part of everyday life. now with delta, now with omicron, we have these new variants that changes the game. so this testing strategy is one that people are trying to put together after the fact, given that the holidays, people need the tests and they can't get them. if you want an example how close to home this is hitting, we just got an update from the vice president's office. if you recall, vice president harris was exposed to covid-19 on tuesday, when she spent all day with a staffer who tested positive on wednesday. now kamala harris is getting tested to see whether she will end up with covid-19. we just learned she took a rapid test this morning which was negative. the vice president now awaiting the test of a pcr test>> josh letterman, thank you all. let's bring in the doctor now. there's a bit of resignation, folks are saying, hey, i need to live my life, i probably will get a mild case of covid, i'll recover, and then just sort of move on. for folks who are vaccinated and boosted now, are people right to just start to lean into that line of thinking? >> i do think people are right to lean into that. they can be a issued when they get their northwest breakthrough, it will be mild, something that probably won't even cause them to call a doctor. i think that's a victory. our goal was to tame it, to shift the spectrum of illness to the mild side. that's where people who are fully vaccinated are. it's the unvaccinated taking up icu beds that are crushing our hospitals. we have to realize there's a two-track pandemic. be fully vaccinated and go about your life according to your own risk preferences. >> we are seeing they exploding cases now, buff i think there's a point that gets lost. we'll put up a graphic here. this is new york city we're looking at here, for example, you look they chart of new cases per 100,000 people. the orange lining is among vaccinated people, rising a bit. the purple line is among understanding vaccinated people, which has gone through the roof here. there's a similar chart that looks at hospitalizations. we'll put that on the screen here as well. orange line looks like no real increase, but the purple line, unvaccinated folks, hospitalization are exploding, just as you alluded to. doctor, especially had it comes to hospitalizations, it worth repeating that fact over and over again, that there's a staggering difference between people who are vaccinated and unvaccinated in the hopes that unvaccinated people will come around? >> i do think it's worth repeating. it's clearly a major difference. the virus is going to treat you very differently. when you look at the hospital, and i round at the hospital frequently people that are unvaccinated are the people that are there in the emergency department, on ice, on regular floor beds that need monoclonal antibodies. when we talk about the hospitals struggling all over the world, it's unvaccinated people that are -- and i think it's important to emphasize that. the vaccines really, really work. dr. fauci says it's really too soon to start talking about a possible second booster. this is new data from the british that booster protection starts to fall off after about ten weeks. should we be talking about a second booster shot, especially when we think about older folks, or people who have compromised immune systems? >> i think it's premature to talk about fourth fourth doses for the general population some populations may indeed -- but for healthy people, we're just boosting to prevent mild illness, i don't think that's a strategy. i think the gold has been to prevent severe illness, hospitalization and death. there may be a second-generation vaccine down the road or omicron-specific, but i think the policy we have is specific. we really should emphasis it's people at high risks for severe disease. that's where we really want to get people boosted today. >> doctor, we appreciate your perspective today. thank you. >> thank you. coming up, we have more on the covid crisis, as parts of europe face a second christmas with shutdowns and restrictions, and the chairman of the january 6th committee is sharing new revelations about what former president donald trump was doing while the insurrection was unfolding. what it means for a potential criminal investigation into the former president. plus what kim potter's guilty verdict means, that's where the mayor hopes to reform the police department. he joins me live, just ahead. t. he joins me live, just ahead and long-lasting gain scent beads. try spring daydream, now part of our irresistible scent collection. it's the most joyous time of year. 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. what do we want for dinner? 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>> it is unusual. they are asking for a quick review. we know the supreme court is capable of hitting the pedal to the metal, because they just did it for the mandates for large employer, so it can act quickly when it needs to. under normal business, when you appeal a case, there's a period of time to let the other side respond, then the court decides it. the earliest the court would consider would be in february. even then we might not get a decision on whether to take it until march, then the case wouldn't be decided until, say, late june. the house says we said you to decide this, please consider whether to take the president's appeal in mid january. that would move things up. the house says, we need this material, the material they have requested from the national archives, because it will help guide where our investigation goes from here. time is of the essence. the howls committee also says look at the lower cords, they move very quickly on this as well. presumption has taken-- president trump has taken a different view, there's no real rush here. so number one, there's options, the supreme court doesn't agree to take the case, in which case it's over. they hand off the documents. or the supreme court does agree to take the case. it probably keeps the stay in place. and then the supreme court would hear it and decide it, and again probably not until late june. pete williams, thank you. >> you bet. the january 6th committee chairman bennie thompson told "the washington post," they are looking at why it took so long, 187 minutes, for president trump to tell hills supporters to stand down. kerik is prepared to release certain documents next week he believes are not privileged. he's the former new york city police commissioner. imto bring in jake sherman, and jonathan allen. jake, the chairman there, chairman thompson, says the former president's delayed response could be a factor in deciding whether to make a criminal referral, meaning that congress would refer it to the adjust department. how likely is that happen? >> it seems relatively likely to be honest, the mood in the democratic caucus is that someone, specifically donald trump, and some of his allies and aides, should be held responsible for what happened on january 6th. of course, the justice department operates in a vacuum, so to speak, and does not take what congress says, it's not gospel, quite frankly. i would say, though, when it kem to these documents, when it comes to the supreme court and the political aspect of the investigation, i would say that if the supreme court decides that donald trump -- that the archives have to release these documents, it doesn't even matter anymore who is participating in the investigation. those documents will tell basically the committee anything it needs to know, everything it needs to know about what happened on january 6th, so i think that's very important for the committee's investigation. >> jonathan, at the same time, the committee has requested the outtakes, the videotape of the former president's message to the supporter. how critical could that be? >> one of things they're trying to make the case for is that the president was, at the very least, neglectful in not calling off the riot. i agree with my good friend jake, about the likelihood of criminal referrals later. the house impeached donald trump for inciting the riot. it would be difficult for them to investigate and find out that didn't happen. i week shocked if they don't make a criminal referral. what you see in a separate vein is going after the people who went into the capitol. we see a big break in the sentences, by and large between those who atted violently, and those who didn't. then, of course, there's a third vein, which is the d.c. attorney general filing civil suit against some of these troops to try to get information out of them, the proud boys, oath keepers and others. senator joe manchin of west virginia said he can't support the build back better bill, but he would support some version of a tax that targets billionaires as part of the president's economic agenda. is this manchin tried to find common ground? >> this has been a consistent position for manchin. this is the one place he has common cause with joe biden. the hurdle is on a whole host of other provisions, a whole host of policy decisions that the democrats have been focused on. quite frankly it's more than focused on. it's gung ho about. joe manchin's objections in this piece of legislation are not token objections. they make up the bulk of joe biden's domestic policy agenda. i would have to imagine they're going to pare some of these backs and try to, at least in theory, build a scaled-back version that joe manchin could vote for. remember, in each reaction from manchin, there's an equal and opposite reaction from the left. i think the left will be quite upset and disappointed at what joe manchin is proposing. >> what's the white house's next move on bbb? is it something better than nothing? >> to jake's point, it would have to be completely pared back. these are not token objections from senator manchin. there's a lot of other senators that have issues with pieces of it, whether it's the state and local tax exemption being raised and other provisions. the question will be, are the progressives willing to accept a quarter of a loaf or half a loaf, and there's so much animosity between them and senator manchin right now, it remains up in the air. >> this is how we roll into 2022. gentlemen, thank you both. next up, how former police officers kim potter's guilty verdicts are transforming the conversation around justice and policing in america. stay with us. justice and policing in america. stay with us nurse mariyam sabo knows a moment this pure... ...demands a lotion this pure. new gold bond pure moisture lotion. 24-hour hydration. no parabens, dyes, or fragrances. gold bond. champion your skin. want your clothes to smell freshly washed no parabens, all day without heavy perfumes? 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>> in minnesota, as in many other jurisdictions, there are aggravating circumstances, such as the crime is committed in front of a child, different thing to aggravate and boost a sentence. the prosecution is going for gold, trying to get the biggest sentence they can, which is understandable. that's what prosecutors do. so, as long as they can prove those elements in minnesota, to boost the sentence, they can ask the judge for an increased sentence. >> you've been watching these cases against police officers happen quite a bit lately, but for a long time you've been paying attention to these things, how unusual is it for police officers to be convicted in an accidental shooting? >> it's very unusual. arguably, a lot of potential prosecutions are never even prove against police officer when they use force. when you this i about it, police officers are probably the only people in our country who are permitted under the law to go out and lay their hands on someone without having to claim self-defense or anything else. that makes them different than regular citizens. for that reason, the law gives them a certain license to do so, and when a fatality happens, it may be they were permitted to use that deadly force, in the execution of a warrant or an arrest or some other reason. >> we've seen a couple high-profile convictions of minnesota police officers for killing a civilian in recent years. is this a sign of things changing as it relates to policing? >> yes and no. society is showing an increasing tolerance for prosecuting and convicting police officers, but the kim potter trial is an anomaly, the likes of which are not likely to be seen again probably even in the next decade. that's because the facts are so unusual. normally you're talking about whether or not, in the lay of self-defense, a officer had the right to self-defense. in this case, there were really no facts in dispute. even the prosecution conceded she accidentally drew the firearm. yes, in a sense, the society has much more acceptance of prosecuting police officers, but the kim potter trial factually is so unusual, it's not likely to be a factual precedent. >> thank you, danny, for helping us understand what unfolded there. i want to mike in mayor elliott. we appreciate you making time for us today. obviously we're looking at this trial having wrapped up, but it directly impacts your community of brooklyn center. how does your city move forward today? >> well, the verdict makes it a lot easier for our community to heal. we have been grieving right alongside daunte's family, you north, our entire community has been looking forward to the verdict, and, you know, it comes as a great relief to our community to see that accountability can be done. it isn't justice. justice is daunte wright still being here with us, still celebrating christmas with his mod, his dad, his child. we're looking forward to building on this verdict and bringing about transformative change in our public safety system. >> the attorney general there in minnesota, keith ellison spoke about accountability yesterday. this morning we heard from daunte wright's mother. she had this to say. >> i'm still going to always stand on accountability. i think justice would be daunte being home. justice would be no more names being killed in our streets. until that happens and we don't have to fight anymore, that's true justice. but for now we're going to accept accountability, and we're thankful for that. >> mr. mayor, what is your reaction to that? >> she's absolutely right on. minnesota here, black people are about 30% of the jail, right? we know systemically minnesota imprisons black people. even here in brooklyn center, the rate of arrests for black people is about 15 times when it comes to things like arrest for marijuana possession or even just being pulled over, right? so we know that justice really is a complete and total transformation of the system, such that we actually see parity between the rates of arrest, between the home ownership rates, and i do there, because economic justice is really the underpinning of public safety. we know that safer communities are ones that are invested in, right? where folks have food on the table, they have the ability to have house or shelter, right? so we're also focused on that. minnesota needs to make good on economic justice as well, if it wants to see public safety done in the right way. >> so, to that end, what is your job here now? what can be done to make sure that what happened to daunte right doesn't happen again? what changes to policing, for example, are you ready to make happen? >> in may, just a month after daunte was killed, our city council passed arguably the most transformative reform package in the country. it includes a new department of public safety that oversees all of our public safety work headed not by a police officer, but someone with a degree in public health, looking at the total health of the community. our police department reports to that person, fire department, along with two new departments of community safety, so social workers, mental health workers, paramedic, people who are steeped in the community respond to which over 80% of the calls that come into 911 that don't have anything to do with crime. only 22% of the calls that come in have anything to do with crime. the rest of it we're not going to have police respond. we're going to have a combination of unarmed teams and combined safety teams which are unarmed, non-police officers responding. we already passed that. we funded it just about a month ago, and we're going to get those programs up and running in the first part of the new year. it's very exciting. >> mr. mayor, we wish you the best with that effort. mayor mike elliott, thank you. next up, what your holiday forecast has in store, first mandates, vaccine requirements, travel restrictions returns. we have a live report from london, after the break. london, after the break. he was. you can always spot a first time gain flings user. ♪ as a professional bull-rider i'm used to taking chances. but when it comes to my insurance i don't. i use liberty mutual, they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. wooo, yeaa, woooooo and, by switching you could even save 665 dollars. hey tex, can someone else get a turn? 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>> we'll be watching for it. molly hunter in london, thank you. some of you may be dreaming about a white christmas. if you're in new england there's a chance. on the west we are keeping eye on a dangerous storm. michelle grossman is joining me now with a look at the holiday forecast. hi, michelle. >> hi there, aaron. new england we could definitely see snow, in the northern plains as well. most of us are looking at sunshine, warm terms, above-normal term, in the west we've had storm after storm coming. believe it or not, this is a bit of a lull before we see another storm come on shore tomorrow. even up to 6 inches in some part. for the snowfall, we could see up to eight feet in the highest elevations of the sierras. from the northwest to the southwest into the rockies, but east of the rockies we are looking good. as far as the snowfall fracture, that's two feet. three feet in pink, and eight feet in some parts. i know many of us are dreaming for a white christmas. for many of us, though, you're going to need the sunglasses, we are looking at sunshine, temperatures in the 70s and 80s. record highs in the southern plains. aaron? >> michelle grossman, we appreciate it. thank you. as we speak, there are two restaurant owners traveling hundreds of miles to tornado-ravaged kentucky. they'll join mess next on how they're bringing holiday cheer to communities in need. well, as we enter this christmas weekend, it's important to remember folks in kentucky are still picking up the pieces from that deadly tornado that struck earlier this month. 76 people were killed. about 600 residents remain in state park housing now since their homes were destroyed. people are stepping up trying to help out where they can, including a couple from tupelo, mississippi, jennifer and her husband johnny cook co-own joe's cafe. right now they're driving their food truck to kentucky to feed families on christmas. they are joining us live now. guy, we appreciate you being here. this is just a beautiful thing that you are doing to try to help folks who could use a little help right now. jennifer, what inspired to you do this? >> actually our food truck was established four years ago and that's the mission behind the whole food truck is we can take it into devastated areas and feed first responders and the victims. >> that's just wonderful. ion my, what's your plan, once you get there to places in kentucky that you want to visit? how is it going to work? how can people find you? >> well, of course, they already know that we're coming. we have people that's helped us out, get us set up. we actually are going to get done early in the morning. because i still got some cooking to do. so we'll be there a little after daylight and we're definitely going to get things hot and ready and for 11:00. we hope to feed some needy people and hopefully somebody can say there are still people out there that care about them and really wants to try to help. >> it's great you are doing this. you still talk about having some cooking to do. i'm turrious, what's on the menu in how many people do you think you can feed? >> we are shooting for a little over 300. there will be, of course, turkey. chicken and dressing, green beans, black eyed peas, bread and we have a lot of people that made itty bitty snacks, desserts and stuff. we will provide a real traditional christmas dinner, hot food, hot hundred u lunch, no sandwiches, so people can tell, this is christmas. this is an american genius. we want everybody to know that we do believe, we care about people around and we want to show that there is somebody out there that's looking for, it will get better for everybody. we will take one day at a time. >> having grown up in the south what you laid out that menu sounds good. i wish i was still down in the south. jennifer, before i let you guys go, i want to ask you, this is a big sacrifice i imagine, you are giving up your holiday to go help folks. what about your family, your restaurant this weekend? >> it's not a sacrifice at all. this is just something that god gave us the resources to do. we have always wanted no use our resources for his glory and just loving on these people for a moment and trying to make their christmas as normal as possible is something that we just look forward to doing tomorrow. we look forward to serving them. >> i know you will be a bright light for these folks a. bright bright. a bright spot for them. we will let you get back into the kitchen to cook up good food there. god bless you both for what you are doing. >> thank you. >> there is a family in georgia, a couple that's really getting into the holiday spirit right now for a great cause. nbc news correspondent allison barber went to fayetteville, georgia to experience the magic for herself. >> to residents of fayetteville, georgia, a visit to is north pole is a car ride away. >> merry christmas! >> reporter: every december, larger than life nut crackers, fairy tail characters and ninja turtles come to light. >> thank you for coming. >> reporter: courtesy of the unofficial santa and mrs. claus at the heart of the winter wonderland. >> it's cool! >> it all began 33 years ago when the couple, parents of three, decided to add a little magic to their front yard. >> we decided to put up three words, who ho, ho, ho, that was it. >> reporter: one display and soon a dozen that attracted cars up to two miles long, maintaining the exhibit has become a number-time job. 73-year-old mike is building six months of the year, crowning achievement? two large working ferris wheels. >> my son rode the ferris wheel when he was four and five-years-old. now his children ride the same ferris wheel. >> reporter: there is no fee for onlookers. but the couple accepts donations. >> thank you so much. >> toys go to toys for tots, financial contributions to the march of dimes. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: for a very personal reason. >> ten years ago my daughter had twins and you have to excuse me, but we lost one of them at 11 weeks and it was devastating. we decided that that would be another great way to give back. >> reporter: last year the couple raised nearly $40,000 for the cause. >> i like christmas. >> reporter: even with pandemic and politics dividing the nation, the gatherings have found their winter wonder is magic everywhere. >> it's like a family tradition to come see the light show. >> let's face it, if today's world, some things are kind of weird and this is old school and we try to make it whims cam for the kids and they think it's amazing. >> a little old school can go a long way sometimes. allison barber reporting there. thank you for watching this hour. msnbc reports. merry christmas to all who celebrate, happy and safe holidays for everyone. we pick up after this break. ♪ the fire is so delightful ♪ ♪ and since we have no place to go < musical notes> ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ when you switch to t-mobile and bring your own device, ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ musical notes> ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ usical notes> ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ sical notes> ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ical notes> ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ cal notes> ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ al notes> ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ l notes> ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ notes> ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ ♪ let it snow ♪ notes> ♪ let it snow otes> % hi there, everyone. as the scene unfolding at the capitol january 6th began to shock the nation. one top homeland official in washington, d.c. knew it was only going to get worse. the person that headed up the homeland security in the nation's capitol had been warning about it for days. featured in the washington post comprehensive investigative report on the january 6th insurrection, regular viewers of this program will already recognize harvin as the official 48 hours before the attack on the capitol quote began pressing every alarm button he could. with an avalanche of new tips

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