children, perhaps close to halloween. next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. the new york times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious delta variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. it s coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new school year. doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the washington post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to ration care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. the state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, that
caldwell and peter alexander on pennsylvania avenue at its white house. good morning to all of you. and leigh ann, setting up the day you talk about how there s three big questions ahead of us today. what is joe manchin going to do? is he going to join with the rest of his party to get them to at least 50 votes for the voting reforms bill? what do democrats do next on voting rights and will progressives turn up the heat on changing some of these senate rules? we re laying out the questions here, do you have answers or when might we get answers on these, leigh ann? reporter: i don t have answers just yet, hallie, but i can explain to you why those questions are so important. the first is where does joe manchin stand. as recently as last night, he told our team he s undecided how he ll vote on the voting rights legislation. why is that important? it s going to fail anyway because it won t get the ten republicans but it s going to be important party unity. it s better for demo
accused donald trump of partying adolf hitler. what s your reaction and how you and other republicans feel? 76% of the american people, not donald trump, believe the border is broke snoon what about that language? the poisoning the blood? i m worried about an outcome. you have endorsed president trump. are you comfortable with him using words like that? you know, we re talking about language. i could care less what language people use as long as we get it right. that s republican senator lindsey graham refusing to condemn donald trump s use of hitler rhetoric during his campaign rallies. we ll have more of the president s disturbing comments just ahead. plus an update from capitol hill on foreign aid packages. the funding is being held up by gop demands for stricter immigration policies. plus, we ll go through the biden administration s latest push to urge israel to scale back its war on gaza. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, dece
ruling against rudy giuliani, a sum that will bankrupt the former mayor of new york city. his attorney said it is basically a death penalty for him, an economic death penalty. plus an update from capitol hill on foreign aid negotiations, the package which would provide critical funding for ukraine. it s been held up by republican demands for stricter immigration policies. but it looks like there s progress there. might be some. we ll get analysis on the biden administration s push to get israel to scale back its war in gaza, what s going on there. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former state department official, elise jordan. politics nation reverend al sharpton. and presidential chair at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham is with us. so let s get to it. at a rally on saturday, donald trump again used the language of 20th century authoritarians while separately praising this country s
public health officials should alert states directly. all the while president trump refuses to accept the election results. nbc news has also learned the president has discussed pardons for family and close associates. joining me now jeff bennett with the biden transition team in delaware. monica alba and pete williams. monica, let me begin with you. tell me what we know about these presidential exit plans including skipping the inauguration and instead announcing he plans to run for president once again in 2024. reporter: our team has learned from three sources familiar with the sudiscussions that the president is having these conversations about launching his 2024 presidential run. he s still mulling it over. on his successor s inauguration day. what does that mean? he would skip that event. he wouldn t be at the inauguration which would be notable given it hasn t happened in the last 30 or 40 years. there are some notable exceptions, but for him to do that also signals t