recommendation for immunocompromised americans to get a third booster shot is coming soon. dr. anthony fauci will join me later to discuss all of the latest guidance. first, we need to talk about the crisis in the american south. where covid is surging in florida, louisiana, texas, and now particularly in mississippi. the state has seen a 136% spike in hospitalizations over the past 14 days. that s higher than they were at any other point during the pandemic. and 97% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated. doctors and nurses have painted a dire picture. it s been exhausting i think for us, we are all emotionally spent. i kind of personally feel like i am an air traffic controller, and every day i m watching two airliners collide. just having those patients look at you before they are being intubated and begging you to not let them die, that just it s just heartbreaking. based on what we are seeing, if we continue that trajectory within the next five to seven to ten da
that s it for me, everybody. i m yasmin. politics nation starts right now. good evening. tonight s lead in justice everywhere, as the white house readies another package of desperately needed aid for a nation under siege, russian forces have all but subdued. here at home, our own democracy is under increasingly brazen aattention from within. with a few strokes of his pen, florida s republican governor this week aislened lgbtq advocating in his state, robbed black communities of their proper representation, and declared economic war on a private company for daring to take even a symbolic stand against the governor s estimating cultural war aend ra. i ll speak to one democrat trying to end desantis reign in the united states. there s no justice, and i m still thinking about patrick lyoya. after delivering his eulogy, his death at the hands of police, a reminder that within the midst of all of our nation s challenges, foreign and domestic, we still do not have basic institu
mohammed al fayed, once the proud owner of harrods, the world s most famous department store who yearned to be part of the british establishment. born in egypt, he married the sister of billionaire arms dealer adnan khashoggi and built a business empire. he bought the ritz hotel in paris and defeated the monroe group in the battle to buy harrods. chief executive tiny rowland demanded an inquiry which found mohamed al fayed had exaggerated his wealth and background. successive governments refused him british citizenship. do you think this is fair from the home secretary to behave the way with someone like me who have given employment to thousands of people, having four british kids? just it shows what type of people, you know, infiltrate in the political life and give us such a deal. revenge was swift. two conservative ministers, neil hamilton and tim smith, left the government accused of taking cash to ask questions in the commons. anotherjonathan aiken, resigned after mohame
midnight. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 30th. new year s eve on this final morning, joe, of the year. and this morning, there is more heat on new york congressman-elect george santos, who also now is under federal investigation after it was revealed that he lied about his resume while campaigning for congress. we ll have new reporting on what these charges could be. plus, newly released transcripts from the january 6th committee, showing the struggle within the trump white house to keep bad information, conspiracy theories, away from the president and the failure to do that in many cases. we ll take a closer look at former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, in his failed role as presidential gatekeeper. plus, after thousands of canceled flights and a reputation now in tarts, southwest airline says it finally expects to resume normal operations today. we ll tell you what the company is saying it plans to do to somehow make things right.
i m bret baier. breaking tonight. the u.s. supreme court issued a landmark ruling that presidents have some immunity from prosecution. it is a newanced decision that hinges on what is and is not considered an official act the immediate after effect the issues may delay push them past the november election. fox news chief legal correspondent, anchor of fox news sunday shannon bream starts us off with all of this tonight. good evening, shannon. good evening, bret it. is a win for the trump legal team today in the sense that it delays special counsel jack smith s case against him it. does not completely extinguish very real three threats. writing for the majority, chief justice roberts said no president is above the law. but that, quote: the president may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers. and he is entitled at a minute pump to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. that immunity applies equally to all occupants of