according to governor hochul. the majority of those cases are in new york city. new surge, bill de blasio insists the city that never sleeps will never go dormant again. we ll double down on vaccinations to avoid restrictions and shutdown. i do not see a scenario for any kind of shut down because we are so vaccinated as a city. that s where our energy should go. another shutdown would have a horrible impacts on the people of the city. president joe biden will deliver a speech today on how his administration plans to slow the surge of coronavirus cases, fuelled by the omicron variant. despite has americans worried heading into another covid winter. press secretary jen psaki
white house aids telling me work can be done. reverend al sharpton, i want to get you on this. we played earlier and comments on more progressives on capitol hill. house and senate says they don t want to take manchin on his words anymore. negotiations start again after a two-week cooling off period. how do democrats get by that? can the rest of the caucus trust joe manchin again? i think what we are looking at is the real need for senator manchin and others to realize the gravity of what we are talking about. we are talking about climate change. we are talking about millions of millions of americans being affected by this. this is not some game of chest where we just move pieces around. we affecting lives.
the country on the virus at 2:00 p.m. today, he also is navigating build back better bill and joe manchin. what s on tap for today and what is he expected to deliver as a message to americans at 2:00 today? it s a perilist moment for this president. his essential argument during the campaign beyond the nation of donald trump was to restore a real sense of competence and faith in the government that can do big things for people. democracy can work. right now with inflation up and test sites at long hours and the break down for now of his agenda. there is some hope as we reported last night and we talked about it last hour, the president did speak to senator manchin a few days ago, they got a long way to go, there is some renewed form of build back better bill or at least some of
to denying all accusations against her. at its core, it is a sexual assault case and that s driven by the victim witnesses who get up on the stand, point at the defendant and say that s the person that did this to me. so ultimately, credibility is everything. reporter: the verdict could come before the christmas holiday, the same day as maxwell s 60th birthday. still ahead the check-in with the nation s doctor. surgeon general vie vehicle murthy is our guest to whether the united states has a plan to weather another covid winter, but even as new cases overtake the previous delta surge, many americans still plan to head home for the holidays. how airlines are handling what s shaping up to be the busiest travel week in two years. also ahead, nbc s garrett haake joins us with the latest
negative. it s ahead of a speech on the omicron this afternoon, telling vaccinated americans they can enjoy the holidays while delivering a dire warning for the 40 million unvaccinated that they re at risk of severe illness and death this winter. it comes as his predecessor, former president trump, heard boos in dallas alongside bill o reilly after saying he received the booster. both the president and i are vaxed. did you get the booster? yes. i got it too! don t, don t, don t the white house is rolling out new measures preparing to ship 500 free at-home covid tests for any american who wants one starting next month, directing thousands of members of the military to help understaffed hospitals and expand on 20,000 free testing sites already available in the u.s. it s been frustrating to say the least. reporter: the first opening this week in new york city as omicron rages. los angeles canceled its