Performance for phil mickelson. We ll talk about that in a little bit. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It s monday, may 24th. With us to kick things off, we have white house reporter for the associated press, jonathan lemire and u. S. National editor at the financial times, ed luce joins us early this morning. So guess what, everybody. The pandemic outlook is improving nationwide as new coronavirus cases drop to rates not seen in nearly a year. Death rates are also as low as they ve been since last summer, according to the cdc, 60% of people over 18 have received at least one shot and are almost half almost half are fully vaccinated, contributing to the sharp decline in covid19 cases. The vaccine makes a huge difference. Health experts do caution that the virus remains dangerous in communities with low vaccination rates. And that s that not enough americans have vaccinated to completely extinguish the virus, leaving the potential for new variants that could extend the outbreak
later in the program for that. dana, awesome to be with you this past year. i look to many more. dana: me, too. all right. a new gallup poll shows the gop holding a 5 point edge in support among americans, a 14-point swing from a year ago giving republicans their best lead since 1995. bill: we have reaction from two of the best in a moment. reince priebus and jim messina standing by. we start with mark meredith. a year ago republicans were facing bleak poll numbers. today a much different story with gallup reporting the gop seeing a huge surge in support over the last year. good news for republicans comes at democrats expense. 13 polls throughout last year asking 12,000 adults asking how they saw themselves leaning. fourth quarter the republicans had a lead. a huge shift from the start of 2021. republican party officials tell us they aren t surprised. we viewed this as a direct correlation between joe biden and kamala harris s failed policies coupled with the democra
a few hours from now arguments with mississippi 15 week abortion ban kick off at the u.s. supreme court. the final decision overturned roe v. wade and we will tell you exactly who you should keep your eyes and ears on and they pick up the case wednesday morning. plus americans most frustrated tonight with lingering inflation and the negative impact and president biden expected to address the key administrations wednesday after monday, the latest developments on that tonight. and that is where we check in with kevin corke because we have new warnings from the federal reserve tonight. the factors pushing upwards to linger 2022 and also, kevin, the variance with a large threat to our economic recovery. what do you have for us, kevin? he actually tried, shannon level best to balance his remarks in a way that wouldn t leave consumers with real cold chill today. but by any measure, how much today by the federal reserve chairman jerome powell especially as it relates to inflation?
smith. the 0-2. left side, swanson to first. the braves are world champions! first time since 1995, the atlanta braves win the world series. what an unlikely team to win. also, they were under .500 much of the year. they ended up with 88 wins. that was it. they came from the weakest division in baseball, the n.l. east, considered a joke throughout the entire year. but, man, willie geist, there was one moment from the game last night, a home run. i don t think i ve seen anybody hit a ball this hard! wow. that s way out. how does that happen? the braves lead 3-0. willie, they re sitting in houston. wow. the debutantes in houston, baby. that thing left the stadium. can t hold a candle to that. holy cow! that left the soler, a trade deadline acquisition, hits it out of the stadium, and the braves win their first world series since the mid 90s. great night for long-suffering atlanta fans. great night for the braves. as you said, they were under .500 in early a
after they helped behind his remains. their lawyer is fighting on their behalf. chris and roberta laundrie are parents, they have feelings, they are children. one of their children has been confirmed dead. it s sad under any circumstances. gabby petito, notwithstanding, for any family, for any parent out there, this is a loss of a loved one. they re grieving. i would just respectfully ask people outside their home, go home, give it a break, get a good night s sleep. leave the laundries alone, even for one night. if you haven t booked your flights for the holidays you may already be behind. experts are warning about a major travel surge we could expect. we re going to break down what you need to know before locking in your plans. as we do say good morning, everybody, it is saturday, october 23rd. i m kendis gibson. and i m lindsey reiser taking a live look at lax in los angeles. if you re trying to travel out of lax today or anywhere on the west coast you might be in