Again, for now. In its biggest decision of the term. What it means and what it doesn t, also ahead. Welcome to a pretty busy thursday. Meet the press daily i m chuck todd. The reaction continues to spill in upholding obama care. The third time that the roberts court has upheld the law, but a ruling that will not save the law from future attempts to undermine it perhaps. We will have a lot more on that story coming up in the hour. But we ll begin with some major decisions facing president biden. Fresh off his diplomatic swing through europe and his meeting with putin he now faces what you could call some urgent domestic diplomacy here at home at least inside the democratic coalition. As the white house faces increasing pressure from progressives to abandon talks with republicans, a group of 21 senators from sort of the center of this current u. S. Senate, 11 republicans and 10 democrats say that they ve come to an agreement on a framework for a deal on infrastructure. That s 20% of the
detained. the tennis star back in detention after his visa is again revoked. the moves that could now reshape the australian open. who could budget. you just have to pay the price. we all know that. inflation is hitting all of us. from gas to groceries, just to give you some perspective and some analysts say there is good news on the horizon. it is saturday, january 15th, grateful to have you. thanks for waking up with us. grateful to be with you christi. always. we begin with the cdc updating the guidance on masking. urging americans to upgrade their masks for better protection. they say that you should find one that fits well and that you ll wear consistently. though cnn medical analyst dr. leana wen said a cloth mask is just not enough. we have known for over a year that covid is airborne and our quality of mask really matters. it is best if you wear an n-95 or kn-95 mask or wear a surgical mask with a cloth mask on top of that but a single layer cloth mask jus
plug. patrick mcenroe, i appreciate your input here. you should know that china apparently is so scared with what you have to say about this that they blacked out the feed of cnn to china during this segment, underneath we re showing the live feed, the people in china are seeing now, color bars there. they don t want china the chinese people to hear what you have to say, patrick. we do. thanks so much. hopefully my podcast as well, john. i ll stay on this topic until we know for sure that peng shuai is safe, and is sound of mind, and can speak her mind. the wta has not gotten any assurances of that thus far. that is a huge problem. good for you. we appreciate you speaking up. thanks so much. thank you, john. new day continues right now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, december 2nd, and i m brianna keilar with john berman. it was inevitable but very alarming this first confirmed case of the omicron vari
reinfections in patients who contract the omicron variant. so far, the data shows, however, that infections may be less severe. today president biden will lay out his administration s next steps in fighting the pandemic this winter. we ll have more details on that plan in just a moment. all in all, president biden says, and doctors, by the way, get boosted, don t be afraid. this new variant is a cause for concern but not a cause for panic. we have the best vaccines in the world, the best medicines, the best scientists. we re learning more every single day. and we ll fight this ivariant with science and speed, not chaos and confusion. cnn s john harwood joins me from the white house. to be clear, there are no lockdowns here and the administration says clearly that s not the direction they re headed. but they are taking steps to try to control this. what are the headlines? reporter: well, they are trying to convey with increasing urgency the need to accelerate the path ou
thursday. there is a deal in congress to avoid an economic calamity. but don t celebrate yet. the short term fix likely means a nightmare before christmas. also shocking new details about what sounds more and more like an attempted coup by donald trump at the department of justice as he desperately tried to cling to power after the election he lost. it comes as the clock ticks down on deadline day for trump aides to cooperate with subpoenas from the january 6 committee. meantime, pfizer officially asks the feds to approve its vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11. how soon could we see kids getting shots in arms? we begin, though, with a striking order from a federal judge slamming that texas law that bans almost all abortions across the state. in a sharply-worded ruling, the judge ordered the law to be suspended, calling it, quote, an offensive deprivation of a constitutional right, and a, quote, contrived and unprecedented transparent statutory scheme by texas republicans. the