Laws, implemented after black and brown voters in georgia gave Joe Biden the presidency and Democrats Control of the united states senate. A lot of people were hailing lewis on this anniversary including arizona conservative democratic senator Kyrsten Sinema, who got quite a bit of blow back for calling him her dear friend and personal hero. Since Sinema Stands in opposition to ending the filibuster. Meanwhile, other democrats were making good trouble in atlanta today. For the first time in 20 years, the senate Rules Committee held a Field Hearing, Starting With Impassion remarks from georgia senator, the reverend raphael warnock. John Lewiss Pastor at ebenezer baptist church. Sadly, what were seeing in georgia is an attempt to deny certain people the ability to have their voices heard in our democracy. As i have said time and time again, some people dont want some people to vote. Congress must take action on Voting Rights. We have no time to spare. There is nothing more important for
know about the evolving threat. plus, what those covid concerns mean for the economy. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, november 29th, i hope you had a good thanksgiving week. it s the 29th, what am i saying? happy monday everyone. as we look at country around the world scrambling to contain a new strain of a new strain of covid-19. omicron has spread to african countries and a number of nations. the variant reached north america with two cases appearing in ontario. president biden is expected to give the nation an update on his administrations response. members of tl white house covid-19 response team briefed the president yesterday and warned it could take two weeks before there is definitive information on the characteristics of the new variant. it exploded in the sense when you look at south africa, you were having a low level infection and all of a sudden there is a big spike. when the south africans looked at it oh my goodness, this is a differ
treated patients with omicron advising calm. currently there is no reason for panicking. how dangerous is it? we have the latest on the search for answers. the great return. millions of travelers taking to the roads and skies today on track for a new pandemic record. biggest cyber monday ever is what analysts are predicting ahead of tomorrow s online bonanza. this year the deals are harder to find. what you need to know. facing her accusers the woman charged with helping jeffrey epstein abuse teenage girls in court for her trial tomorrow. and the moment a bride who is paralyzed walked down the aisle. the groom breaking down in tears. good evening governments are moving quickly to limit travel into their countries in an attempt to slow the spread of the new covid variant called omicron. canada announced it has identified cases and the u.s. begins restrictions on travelers from some african countries just hours from now. president biden held an emergency meeting wit
boosted and get the children vaccinated also. on capitol hill the senate is back in session tomorrow. democrats are determined to get president biden s social spending bill across the finish line before the new year even amidst worries about inflation. republicans, on the other hand, are asking why now? making things more affordable for families. that means bringing down the cost of prescription drugs. that s what we do about the problem right in front of us. it s going to raise the price of gasoline at least about 20 cents a gallon. and it begins to have federal dictates as to how your child s preschool is handled, the curriculum even. it s a bad, bad, bad bill. congressman adam schiff on whether the house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has seen any evidence that donald trump was directly involved with plans to storm the capitol. among the most important questions we re investigating is the complete role of the former president. what did he kn
stage devoted to the 1820s and 1860s. among many of his accomplishments, too many that i could go to tonight. high seeked and difference and desires of americans. he s working with cureuating new exhibits and portraying america s workers 1750, 2015. speaking directly to his talk tonight, david has his fourth scene on view now, it is calling dark field of the republican. alexander garner photograph 1857 to 1872. which in multitude severals lincoln paragraph. this i mage was the you my remember last year walt wittman was a theme of our lincoln event. i may mention that along the way, with his work of the national gallery of david ward is a poet and an editor and a literally critic. his poetries was published in 2011 called internal difference. david earned his bachelors degree from the university of rochester and yale university and england. please join me in welcoming david ward. [ applause ] thank you, brian, thank you all, i am delighted to be here. we ai