tom, what does the white house want us to know? that they expect to sign a contract next week for these 500 million at-home tests. they ve been criticized for shortages of tests. they re hoping this will warm up what has been a really bitter winter in many american households and at the white house, too. as the pandemic blizzard sweeps the country with an average of more than a quarter million new cases a day, another storm is engulfing the centers for disease control. facing sharp questions over its new dpguidelines. it really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate. the recommendation of five instead of ten isolation days for those testing positive but showing no symptoms then five days of masking, is aimed at people keeping working, but it s raising alarms, too. there is absolutely no data that i m aware about with the omicron that people coming out of isolation five days after they were first diagnosed with the virus. nothing in t
thing every year so sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don t. coming up, we ll have the latest weather forecast with what you you can expect today during your celebrations. we re going to start with two u.s. cities responding to a series of mass shootings last night that left a combined eight people dead in fort worth, texas then in philadelphia. in fort worth, three are dead and more than a dozen injured after two separate shootings. while in philadelphia, a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with an ar type rifle killed five people and injured two. a toddler and a 13-year-old boy. at least one man is now in custody and officials there are set to give a press conference at the top of the next hour. we ll cover that for you live. in a statement, president biden responded to the violence writing quote, today, jill and i grieve for those who have lost their lives and as our nation celebrates independence day, we pray for the day when our communities will be fre
Always talked about we want to choose a candidate that can get us the support justices and judges across the country. i think democrats have always sort of sat on the sidelines. we ve talked more about executive and ledge es lative branches but now i think the democrats understand the real importance of the judicial branch. so if we can couch this conversation not just in a right to choose, but larger equity issues, nine people making decisions, i think democrats will have a really successful series of candidates if they can articulate. and this is always an issue with democrats. if they can clearly articulate what is at stake for democratic voters to get them off the sidelines but we know it s tried and true. when abortion is talked about by men or women in a distinct fashion, people come out to vote and they vote for the democratic candidate. our july fourth friends. thank you so much. a secret service official has confirmed to nbc news a
Tributes are pouring in for long time nevada senator, harry reid. he died tuesday after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. reid was 82 years old. flags at the capitol and white house are at half-staff in his honor. dana bash has more on reid s life and legacy. he led democrats in the senate for a decade, but harry reid called one of his proudest accomplishments, the impact he had on presidential history, encouraging barack obama to run. i did go into my office and tell him he should take a look at it. he was stunned that i was the first one to suggest that. when he was re-elected, that was one of the most moving phone calls i had ever received. he said you re the reason i m here. he spearheaded ledge es