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a shot of a predawn los angeles. welcome to the fourth hour of morning joe. it is 6:00 a.m. out there on the west coast, 9:00 a.m. here in the east. i m jonathan lemire alongside the bbc s katty kay. we re happy to report that msnbc contributor mike barnicle is joining us for the hour. we re in for joe, mika, and willie. catty, a lot of headlines to get to in this hour. the biggest one got mike off the ice rink earlier. landed a couple triple axels and came upstairs and i m sort of disappointed he s changed out of his outfit, but there we go. and took the gold medal off. right. let s get to the headlines, mike, beyond yours. the latest from buffalo where the national guard is going door to door checking on residents who lost power during the deadly blizzard. we ll have the latest as officials face scrutiny over that. and southwest airlines cancels more flights as it struggles to recover from the winter storm. the unions are speaking out about how the dis ....
Big-name tech giants like google and apple with meta and mark zuckerberg in particular going all in. at meta, we re focused on building the fundamental technology that will help bring the metaverse to life. reporter: since the company changed its name from facebook to meta in late 2021, it has since spent more than $27 billion on metaverse development, but that commitment aside, skeptics remain as evidence by meta s slumping share price. to experience the metaverse, you need one of those v.r. headsets which can cost anywhere from $200 to well over $1,000. and after a record-breaking 2021, where v.r. headset revenue in the u.s. more than doubled, as of this year, sales of the headsets in the u.s. declined 2%. analysts say that although headset sales are down it s most likely a temporary lag, particularly since apple is expected to release its first attempt at an ar/vr headset in 2023. ....