I got the month of may oh, i get the show ran eight years which hes the host of americas funniest videos, sagets stand up was much raunchier than his image of squeaky clean dad. He joined us back in 2014. I was lucky to get full house and i play a character that hug people and work hard against sweater. He was a good man. My parents lost four children, i was the only surviving kids. Two of them were younger than me and two older sisters passed away and my dad lost three of his brothers. Every year there is a picture of me being nine in the back of the book. After that it was how are we dealing with death. My dad had a great sense of humor and we would say inappropriate things just to get us outside of the moment. Sagets colleagues and stars spoke about the great comedian with glowing memory last night on twitter and instagram and all over social media. Everybody just very shocked and very, very sadden by the loss of bob saget at the age of 65. With us, we have the host of way too early
Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that believes that 2022 has to be better than the last two years, right . Im Jonathan Lemire on this monday, january 3rd. The highly contagious Omicron Variant continues to fuel an unprecedented surge in this pandemic. According to data from the new york times, the average number of daily infections across the United States has doubled since christmas day. Were now at 400,000 new cases. Hospitalizations are also rising, and while not at the same pace, the sheer number is enough to strain hospitals across the country, however, theres encouraging news out of south africa where this strain originated. The governments there said the surge in cases has peeked without a significant increase in deaths. There are also new developments in the controversial cdc guidelines that cut the isolation time in half for those who test positive but werent showing any symptoms. There are questions over why the agency does not r
Scientists looking to learn . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that wishes it asked for that telescope for christmas. Im Jonathan Lemire on this monday, december 27th, and well start with the news. The highly contagious omicron variant continues to fuel recordbreaking surges in covid cases. Increased testing over the holidays has uncovered about 200,000 new infections per day. In New York State alone, more than 400,000 people were tested on christmas eve, not including athome rapid tests, and nearly one in eight of those came back positive. The state reported nearly 50,000 new cases sunday, breaking the record it had set the day before. Florida reported nearly 33,000 new cases on christmas day, also breaking its record from the previous day. Over the weekend Public Health expert dr. Ashish jha said it may be time to change the way we track the pandemic. For two years the pandemic preceded hospitalizations. So you could look at infections a
Joe. With us, we have our katty kay and host of msnbcs politics nation and president , the national network, Reverend Sharpton and host of way too early, Jonathan Lemire. Katty, how was your christmas . I didnt cry anywhere silently in any corner. It was great, my son had covid. We had a craft, we put bubble wrap between the front and backseat of the car. That was my idea of trying to create sort of a secure environment. He came home and he was in his room but at least he was in the house with us. Thats great. Yeah. You got to make do. We do what we can. Fantastic. We do what we can said every parent ever born. Reverend al, what about you . How was your christmas . Great, we did what we did every year, we fed hundreds of hungry and Homeless People and a lot of elderly just dont have anyone to eat christmas with. Mayorelect adams and Lieutenant Governor joined me several hours to give dishes. We could not let them to sit in the headquarters to eat but we gave them hot meals and we gave
Still, covid is once again dominating our daily lives. Schools, sports, work, all face this uncertain future. Colleges are sending students home. More and more companies are delaying the return to the office. The nba and nfl rolling out new Safety Measures and cancelling games. Even Secretary Of State Anthony Blinken cut his trip to Southeast Asia short after a journalist on the trip tested positive for covid. Five months ago President Biden said the virus no longer controls our lives. Now people everywhere are lining up to be tested before joining family for the holidays. And to be clear, thats a good thing. New projections show Winter Holiday travel is about to roar back, so people should get tested. Aaa estimates that more than 109 million americans will travel during the week between christmas and new years. A number approaching the prepandemic record. And after sacrificing so much for so long, people want to be together again. Its understandable, but the reality is part of the rea