lockdowns. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin with the health lead and the first real signs that existing vaccines might protect against the new omicron variant of coronavirus. pfizer today revealing new lab research that finds three doses of its vaccine will provide even better protection. a 25-field increase in antibody levels compared to just two doses. president biden calling the announcement encouraging. the lab report, there s more studies going on but that s very, very encouraging. right now about 72% of the adult u.s. population is vaccinated. only about a quarter, however, have received a booster shot. and as alexandra field reports for us now, that number will surely have to tick up as omicron spreads into 21 states. to be protected of omicron, you really need three-dose series of vaccination. reporter: promising news from pfizer on the efficacy of its vaccine against the omicron variant based on early data. three doses against omicron are
cooperating. back to not cooperating. today blowing off a planned deposition, triggering the wrath of some of his one-time house colleagues, including adam schiff, a member of that january 6th committee. he will be here live for a one-on one live in just a minute. the head of instagram playing defense. you are looking at it, on the left side of the screen, facing questions. what one senator is saying it s too little too late. outside d.c., the president expected to speak in just about 30 minutes. you see that shot right there on the new infrastructure law as our team reports on new cracks in the democratic party, including a break with the president from a couple democrats over his covid vaccine mandate. i m halle jackson in washington. we have lots to get to here. we are joined by carol leonnig, national reporter for the washington post and msnbc contributor and a star of the show. one of the things important to talk about as we look ahead to the contempt charges again
length with members of the select committee about a notorious january phone call with trump in which raffensperger refused the then-president s demands to find enough votes in georgia to overcome his deficit. tomorrow the committee is expected to begin contempt of congress proceedings against this guy, jeffrey clark. he is the former doj official said to have been involved in trump s effort to overturn the election. clark has already appeared before the committee but refused to answer any questions. the committee is also awaiting a decision from an appeals court on its request for trump s white house documents from january 6th. that court heard today from trump s lawyers about his claim of executive privilege and why he should be allowed to keep those documents secret from that day. nbc news reporting the judges seemed skeptical of trump s claim. a good many lawyers who were listening in agreement. the committee argues those documents are essential for a final report on what
the federal reserve for another four years. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. confuse right now in the markets as to how bad this variant is and how extensive it could be. 70 countries around the world are tightening travel restrictions. some are entertaining lookdowns of their own. it hit wall street and main street and right now it s a big concern of the president of the united states who is touring a facility in minnesota. more on that later. right now to peter doocy on the fallout and how it s being registered. hi, peter. neil, you talk about fallout and what the president will do next about the pandemic, this is a president who has promised to keep the economy open. we re hearing that officials around here are also keeping their options open. so the travel bans on eight countries from africa might not be all. there could be travel restrictions coming soon. the president s decisions are related to travel decisions will be based on the recommen
it s 5:00 and this is the five in new york city. is trump an insurrectionist sir? it s self-evident. you saw it all. let the court make that decision. no question about it, none. jesse: joe biden giving his blessing to the bomb shell ruling that kicked donald trump off of the ballot in colorado. you can blame these justices for the landmark decision. they pushed a novel legal theory that sounds like it s written by msnbc s prime time. deciding the former president s actions make him ineligible to even run for president again and used the 14th amendment, a relic from the civil war era to stop insurrectionists from holding off. change-up has not even be charged with insurrectionist. the trump campaign vowing to appeal at the supreme court and the former president himself railing against it. listen. they want to silence me because i will never let them silence you. in the end, they re not after me, they re after you. i just happen to be standing in their way. the lib