for a high today of 80. going to be great. carley: gives you a good idea of what to wear. thank you. brian: i will zip out my liner in my winter jacket i will be ready this is the last time you will see us wearing ties until this friday. carley: everything you pack has to be red, white, or blue has to be patriotic. steve: talking to the produce about the location. we will actually be in a theater. i think we should probably wear neckties. [sighs] did. brian: i spent my necktie budget. took all my buttons off the top collar now i have to sew them back on. ainsley: the jury there l. deliberate today in that trial in kenosha. brian: i wish the closing arguments were longer. kenosha, wisconsin bracing for unrest as the case goes to the jury. steve: national guard on stand by as the crowd gathers near the courthouse on both sides. ainsley: saw businesses already board up. alexis mcadams on the ground in kenosha the jury will deliberate in just a few hours, right? everything begi
we ll talk to congressman joaquin castro about what we can expect. and breaking this morning, pfizer now says its data shows that its anti-viral covid pill is 89% effective at preventing hospitalizations and death. and remembering an american hero. this afternoon, a memorial service will be held for former secretary of state colin powell at the washington national cathedral. and we begin this hour with the state of the economy. the government says the employers added a better than expected 531,000 jobs in october. the unemployment rate fell to 4.6%. the black unemployment rate held steady at 7.9%, while the unemployment rate for latinos dropped by 0.4%. president biden will talk about the jobs report in just a couple of minutes. we ll bring you that live when it begins. with me now to take a look at this, nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba, an msnbc anchor and nbc news senior correspondent and correspondent and the star of my life, stephanie ruhle, who is at a
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening a potential new weapon against covid-19 may soon enter the fight an anti-covid pill, not to prevent but to treat the infection in high-risk patients drug maker merck submitting its anti-viral pill to the fda for emergency use authorization claiming the drug could substantially cut the number of hospitalizations and deaths but the number of pills ordered by the government falls far short of the 67 million eligible americans who remain unvaccinated today s submission comes as covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths are on the decline amid more signs of public normalcy today s return of the boston marathon just one of them. our team covering it all tonight, starting with miguel almaguer. reporter: now officially seeking emergency use authorization from the fda, if granted, merck s first of its kind antiviral pill to treat covid could be prescribed to americans by the end of this year with the company saying its pill
good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that s prepping for a hard day s night. i m jonathan lemire on this tuesday, october 12th. we ll start with the news. almost a year after america led joe biden out of covid t president may have hit a wall, troubling scenes at the southern border and a delta variant surge. the president s ratings have tumbled from the low 50s in february to the high 30s in a recent quinnipiac poll. strategists are reporting a common trend to politico. they write in part, quote, reports from leading party operatives all point to biden needing to get a handle on the virus to claw his way out of the muddle. in a focus last week, pennsylvania democrats one after another articulated the issue vexing top white house officials. all nine participants gave bide an c-minus grade or lower. it circled back to the pandemic and the many ways it continues to hinder normal life, souring their views on biden. to be clear, many of the setbacks from biden ste
horizon. merck says its new anti-viral drug cuts the risk of hospitalizations and deaths by 50% for covid patients. cnn s polo sandoval joining me for more on this. dr. scott gottlieb, former head of the fda, calls this a potential game-changer in the fight against the coronavirus, simply because if you consider the potential benefits of this drug, dr. gottlieb is saying that it would potentially be effective not just for those who have been fully vaccinated and have experienced breakthrough cases, but also for americans who refuse to get vaccinated. all of that being said, experts across the board are still telling us that if approved, this would still not be a substitute for a vaccine. as early as next fall, california students will be required to be covid-19 vaccinated, says the state s governor. gavin newsom made the announcement friday saying his state is the first in the nation to add a covid vaccine to the list of inoculations required for in-person learning. i wan