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there are no confirmed cases, but obviously we re on high alert. it s inevitable that sooner or later it s going to spread widely because it has at least the molecular characteristics of being highly transmissible even though there are a lot of things about it that we do not know. but that will be able to be ascertained in a week or two. the key questions in my mind are how protective will the vaccine be. at least three doses, a fully boosted patient will have fairly good protection against this variant. the other question is how protective is prior infection with delta. if we re seeing that prior infection with delta isn t conferring any meaningful protection here, that s going to be concerning. and that s going to tip more in favor of the fact that this could potentially start to spread here in the united states. meanwhile, vaccine makers like pfizer and moderna say they are preparing to reformulate their shots for this variant in if necessary. pfizer s ceo says ....
thanksgiving. while witnesses continue to stone wall investigators, the committee may soon have access to key documents regarding january 6th from the trump administration. documents the president has fought to shield. they should prepare to justify why the court even has the authority to hear the dispute in the first place with arguments in that case set for next tuesday. trump sought to assert executive privilege to block the committee from obtaining documents from the national archive regarding the attack on the capitol. joining me now is garrett haak, national reporter and msnbc contributor carol lenok, and american university professor cynthia miller. everybody, welcome. so more than 40 subpoenas so far, garrett. they have 200 interviews. they re trying to go broad and deep with this. what are they hoping to get. do they expect to get compliance with everybody but steve bannon? i think that s the hope, katy. but it will have to be born out over time. of course, m ....
right now let s go to the state of georgia where a jury is deliberating on three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery. we have closing arguments from three lawyers, one for each of the defendants. in response to the defense s claims of self-defense to a citizen s arrest gone wrong. they do not get to claim self-defense. and, of course, provocation. you can t force someone to defend themselves against you, so you get to claim self-defense. he is just as big of a murderer as travis mcmichael is because he was an accomplice. who gets to say, i m not responsible for that? in the state of the georgia, no one gets to say that. everyone is responsible. ladies and gentlemen, here s the thing. this isn t about whether these three men are good people or bad people. that s not what this is about. it s about responsibility. it s about holding people accountable and responsible for their actions. the panel isn t just tasked with determining the fate of one defendant but all of t ....
massive social spending bill through the house. the build back better bill is passed! passage without a single republican vote was a major victory for the speaker who was surrounded by cheering colleagues on the floor. it follows record breaking 8 1/2-hour floor speech from house republican leader mccarthy delaying but not denying the final vote. the bill goes to the senate faces a major hurdle west virginia democrat manchin whose support is not guaranteed. we are seeing live pictures of the president i believe going into walter reed or tape playback pictures. i just want to say that the president today is going in for his annual physical, a day ahead of the 79th birthday. congressional budget office shows instead of being fully paid for the bill would increase the deficit by hundreds of millions of dollars. the president is not reacting but turned over power to the vice president while he is being sedated for a colonoscopy. there s breaking news in the national cov ....
on their own, urging everyone to get the booster. the house republican essenti censured today, after he posted a video depicting him attacking the president. the so-called qanon shaman sentenced to three years in prison today for his role in the capitol riot. what he s now saying. the temperature whiplash set toitheuntry, and what could be a significant storm across several major travel hubs thanksgiving week. from minneapolis to chicago, new york to boston and ginger zee is here with an early look. 55 years later, two of the men convicted in the assassination of malcolm x are set to be cleared. the breaking headline today. this comes after the netflix docu-series, a lengthy investigation and now major questions for the fbi and the nypd. linsey davis is here. the deepening mystery. the tennis star who hasn t been seen since accusing a former top chinese official of sexual assault. and tonight here, the alarming new twist. president biden, meanwhile, burning ....