today i spent the day in the covid ward in the hospital where i was born in baton rouge, louisiana, except there s not really a covid ward. it s basically become a covid hospital since there are so many patients with the virus. they are struggling to breathe, they are struggling to live. the doctors and nurses are fighting to make it so. even though there is a vaccine that could have avoided all of it and they have a message for all of you. listen. louisiana has the worst covid case rates in the country. it s also near the top of the list when it comes to hospitalizations. i was born in louisiana in baton rouge at this very hospital. i came home to see what was happening for myself. baton rouge general mid city is bursting at the seams. we have more patients here with covid than without. that is correct. in general hospital in your lifetime, you haven t seen anything like this? i have never seen one illness occupy 90% of the resources and 90% of the beds. what s
that it is the world s ai super power? i will talk to commission chair and the former head of google, eric schmidt. also, whether you are going on a vacation or a business trip, you better be ready to show a passport, a vaccine passport. want to get back to your job, be prepared to show proof that you got a jab. we ll explore the ethics of what some way is our inevitable future. and australia takes on big tech. facebook and google must pay news organizations for their stories. i ll ask that country s communication minister why his nation is taking the stand. and could this become the new global standard? but first here s my take. the biden presidency is still in its early days, but it is not too soon to point to its most impressive accomplishment so far, one that will have major implications for years to come. the covid vaccination program has been transformed. the federal government has now established or expanded over 450 vaccination centers, and the country is carrying
today on the show, artificial intelligence will dominate the future of the economy and china is winning. a disturbing new report from a panel of top executives says america needs to wake up. can the united states ensure that it is the world s ai super power? i will talk to commission chair and the former head of google, eric schmidt. also, whether you are going on a vacation or a business trip, you better be ready to show a passport, a vaccine passport. want to get back to your job? be prepared to show proof that you got a jab. we ll explore the ethics of what some way is our inevitable future. first, here is my take. the biden presidency is still in its early days, but it s not too soon to point to its most impressive accomplishments so far, one that may have major implications for years to come. the covid vaccination program has been transformed. the federal government has now established or expanded over 450 vaccination centers and the country is carrying out 2 million
and another from someone inside the capitol, best. koo. ever. with the elmo fire gif attached. as the violence continued, one of the president s sons texted mr. meadows. quote, hey uncle mark, it s eric. my dad won t tell me how babies are made. could you? a fourth. save 60% on your next mypillow with offer code hang mike pence. another in all caps. do we hatch out of eggs? oh, my gosh. i told you. that was funny. mark meadows is already the john dean of this stuff. he is not going to like going to jail if that happens. best. koo. ever. k-o-o. we have news here. welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, december 15th. what s the best part of being in new york, willie? you re out of control. otb. other than otb, holding up the post. meet the commish. elise jordan is here. not the commish. we have rev al here. host of msnbc s politics nation. tell us about it. young african-american dominican woman was in nassau county. had a reputation
displaced by global warming as rising sea levels have destroyed many houses here on the coast lean. there is nothing left of where fisherman abdallah s house once stood. he said many who lost their homes have become climate refugees. there are a lot of young people who have already fled to spain because they are homeless, he says. they have lost their jobs. many of them are going. others have had to move to this tent camp miles away from the ocean, living in poverty with little hope for improvement. rising sea levels are a threat to coastal areas around the world. already causing an increase in severe flash flooding and storm surges like in the new york and new jersey area after hurricane ida in september. the world needs to act fast or risk having to completely abandon some coastal regions in the future, especially in had the u.s., says climate scientist. the entire east coast of the u.s., because of changes in the ocean currents, sea level is rising twice as fast as the e