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john: but first, president biden s sweeping vaccine and mask mandates and the mounting legal challenges against them. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be spending a friday afternoon with you. sandra: we made it, happy friday to you, john. sandra smith in new york. supreme court hearing a two-fold argument. at issue, whether the federal government can force large private companies to either fully vaccinate their workers or subject their staff to weekly tests and mask wearing on the job. justices will look at whether healthcare workers at federally funded facilities must be vaccinated. a decision could come in days and could effect nearly 100 million americans. john: more on that. owner of a louisiana grocery store chain part of the coalition challenging the private business mandate, sandra. sandra: first to david is outside the supreme court to begin the hour. how are the justices leaning? at this point it appears to be a mixed bag. a little bit ....
our head, the white house covid response team to set to give an update on how they re supporting overwhelmed hospitals as the surging omicron variant marches across the country. a disturbing up tick in children hospitalized with the virus. we ll take you to the covid briefing when it starts. we re on verdict watch in elizabeth holmes trial, and the closely watched sex trafficking trial of ghislaine maxwell. we ll bring you the latest as we wait for any signs of a verdict from both juries. plus the political world saying farewell to a giant of the senate. harry reid of nevada died. how people are paying their respects including the touching letter from former president obama who worked closely with reid in sheparding the affordable care act through congress. we will start this hour with the latest on the omicron variant. nbc white house correspondent mike memoli, shaquille brewster, dr. ebony hilton are with us. mike, we re going to hear from the white house covid ....
bill criteria. the risk of covid to those that are in custody and forced zero bail system but as we evolve through it, there s criminal elements that are recognizing that condition and are capitalizing on it. jesse: in new york city a suspected gang member with a long rap sheet going on a stabbing spray. knifing a columbia student who bled to death and then wounding a tourist. the bank of america telling its employees to dress down to avoid getting targeted on the street. the city is rocked by a crime wave. what does the white house plan to do about all of this? jen psaki trying to clean up her boneheaded comments yesterday, blaming the crime on covid. a root causing a lot of communities is the pandemic. what i should have added yesterday but learned afterwards is that the justice department justice department, fbi and federal law enforcement have been in contact with jurisdictions we ve seen this high level of retail theft. on top of that the department of justice ....
announcing 14 suspects have been set free. the police chief blasting no avail policies. all of the suspects taken into custody are out of custody. one juvenile. bailing out, or no bail, zero bill criteria. the risk of covid to those that are in custody and forced zero bail system but as we evolve through it, there s criminal elements that are recognizing that condition and are capitalizing on it. jesse: in new york city a suspected gang member with a long rap sheet going on a stabbing spray. knifing a columbia student who bled to death and then wounding a tourist. the bank of america telling its employees to dress down to avoid getting targeted on the street. the city is rocked by a crime wave. what does the white house plan to do about all of this? jen psaki trying to clean up her boneheaded comments yesterday, blaming the crime on covid. a root causing a lot of communities is the pandemic. what i should have added yesterday but learned afterwards is that the ....
have this discussion that if we do end up recommending this vaccine, we would only do it if we would give it to our own children. reporter: now more guidance for expectant and new mothers. the director of the cdc urging eligible pregnant and nursing women to get vaccinated and get the booster shot, too. should get vaccinated if you are pregnant, if you are eligible for a boost and your pregnant, you should also get your booster during that period of time. and i would say for nursing, as well. reporter: despite overwhelming scientific evidence of the effectiveness of vaccines, fears over the vaccine and its side effects still persist. about 100 out of about 13 million people who got the johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine developed a rare neurological syndrome including anthony flint. while the fda has not established that the vaccine can cause the syndrome, it noted an increase in reports of the condition. yes, i really wrestled with it because the this could e ....