good day, everyone, and welcome to msnbc headquarters in new york. there is a new timeline for the distribution of covid-19 vaccines once they are approved for emergency use, and some americans could be getting them before christmas. surgeon general drum adams said its authorization will submit its request on december 10, and some will answer within 24 hours of that request. the surgeon general will reflect on what might have gone wrong with president trump s handling of the pandemic. there are many different things we could have done differently. this virus has been challenging. i wish that, again, this hadn t been superimposed on top of an election. i wish we would have been able to come together as a nation and really talked about the science instead of the politics. hmm. well, this comes from new warnings today from dr. anthony fauci on what to expect after the busy thanksgiving travel weekend. there almost certainly is going to be an uptick because of what has ha
good day from msnbc reports. welcome to alex reports. i m christine romans in for alex today. we begin at a live look at the beautiful snow scene in pittsburgh new hampshire. the big story today, of course, as the countdown to tuesdays first-in-the-nation primary. it is a busy day for republicans as well as democrats making closing arguments for voters. they re nikki haley and donald trump are holding in-person events this weekend and new hampshire while rhonda santas is putting more of his chips on south carolina. from the democratic side, president joe biden is not on the ballot. his supporters are staging a write in campaign. his challengers, congressman dean phillips and author mary and williams are stumping for votes ahead of the states unsanctioned democratic primary. nikki haley s camp just got some good news today. a new polls shows her as a republican favor in new hampshire a head to head general election match with president biden. trump is expected to win the repub
being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we are following breaking news this morning. charges have just been filed against hunter biden, the son of the sitting president has agreed to a plea deal for two tax misdemeanors and a separate gun possession charge that will likely be dismissed. we ll have more on the latest in just a moment, including new reaction from the white house. plus, more breaking news, save the date for the start of donald trump s federal trial. august 14th, this year, as in less than a couple of months from now for that classified documents trial to start. also ahead, the race against time to find a submersible lost in the middle of the atlantic ocean. five people set out to the wreckage of the titanic deep underwater, but according to the coast guard, there is only enough oxygen in the vehicle to last to until thursday. what we know about who is on board and the search efforts currently under way. we begin with
it over to josé diaz-balart to pick up on the coverage right now. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. pacific, and 11:00 a.m. eastern. an attorney for hunter biden released a statement to nbc news that reads in part, quote, i know hunter believes it s important to take responsibility for these mistakes he made during a period of turmoil and addiction in his life and he looks forward to continuing his recovery and moving forward. joining us this morning, nbc s justice and intelligence correspondent, ken delanen, and barbara mcquade, msnbc legal analyst, and u.s. former attorney and law professor at the university of michigan. walk us through this deal and the charges. good morning, josé. so hunter biden is agreeing to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of willful failure to pay income taxes in 2016 and 2018. we know he paid back more than a million dollars, or paid a tax bill of more than a million dollars last year as part of the effort to resolve this case, and those
it s 8am on thursday morning in singapore. we start in the middle east. iran s supreme leader, says there ll be a harsh response, after at least 95 people were killed by two explosions in the south eastern city of kerman. the blasts were near the saheb al zaman mosque, where thousands of people had gathered to mark the anniversary of the death of a senior general who was killed in a us drone strike in 2020. caroline hawley reports. the roads leading to the cemetery were packed with people who had gone to pay their respects to qasem soleimani. officials say the bombs had been planted in bags and were apparently set off by remote control. whoever did this was clearly aiming to cause mass casualties. the iranian red crescent said their efforts to evacuate the injured were complicated by the size of the crowds. the first bomb was followed swiftly by a second, more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since qasem soleimani was killed himself in an american drone attack