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agenda. we have new information just how talks broke down between the white house and the west virginia democrat. new reporting of manchin s counter offer to the president. despite the bad blood, is there still a chance they can strike a deal? good morning, welcome to morning joe, the first official day of winter. joe and willie have the morning off. i got the table. with us, we have al sharpton, congressional correspondent, jackie alemany with us this morning. john meacham is with us. and the host of way too early, john lemire. we ll get to the new reporting surrounding joe manchin and the white house in just a moment. but, first, the omicron variant of coronavirus over taken delta as the dominant strain in the united states. according to cdc s data, more than 73% of new cases in the country were caused by the new variant. in some places including parts of the tri-state area. the midwest, specific northwest and the south, omicron accounts for more than 90% of new i ....
path forward. all of this as we re learning new details about president biden s three and a half hour virtual summit with the leader of china. meanwhile, just 90 minutes 90 miles off the coast of florida, the cuban government quashed planned demonstrations by dissidents asking for freedom. at any moment, the judge presiding over the kyle rittenhouse trial will randomly select the final group of jurors who will begin deliberating today. rittenhouse faces five felony charges, including first-degree attempted homicide and homicide. joining me now from wisconsin is gabe gutierrez and kristin gibbons feden. gabe, what are we expecting to happen this morning with the jury? reporter: hey, there, jose. good morning. as you mentioned, the judge will randomly select those 12 jurors out of the 18 that have been hearing the case so far. remember, we started this process with 20 jurors. two of them have been dismissed thus far. so we re now left with 18. ten women, eight m ....
economic numbers. every family is feeling it and a bizarre moment from kamala harris in france. also, new development tonight with a report on cartel violence raging inside the united states as the crisis on the southern border moves north and as it spirals further out of control. but first, the trial of kyle rittenhouse will soon come to an end. monday we will hear closing arguments and then the jury will be headed to deliberation. today, the prosecution asked the judge to allow the jury to consider several lesser charges. i guess they figured out what we know, that is, the case isn t going very far. they were attempting to lower the bar. maybe they overcharged the beginning. some of these requests and the charges are still under consideration by the judge who once again the rate of the prosecution and again for good cause. take a look. is that you are best picture over there? no. you are asking me to give an instruction and i want a picture. you need a big tv? ....
bizarre moment from kamala harris in france. also, new development tonight with a report on cartel violence raging inside the united states as the crisis on the southern border moves north and asnc it spirals further out of control. but first, the trial of kyle rittenhouse will soon come to an end. monday, we will hear closing arguments and then the jury will be headed to deliberation. today, the prosecution asked the judge to allow the jury to consider several lesser charges. i guess they figured out what we know, that is, the case isn t going very far. they were attempting to lower the bar.at maybe they overcharged the beginning. some of these requests and the charges are still under consideration by the judge who once again the rate of the prosecution and again for good cause. take a look. is that you are best picture over there? no. where is the best picture, please. you are asking me to give an instruction and i want a picture. it s the. you needd a big ....
they go to the store or go online, and they can t always find what they want and when they want it. we re tracking these issues and trying to figure out how to tackle them head on. but there are top ceos wondering if the president really does get it and whether his administration has the frame of reference to get it. one anonymous ceo told politico s ben white, i don t think the administration is on top of it at all. that person went on to say, how many people inside this white house really know what inflation is or how it impacts businesses? it s not really their fault. it s been so long since we really had it. but we do have it now. and here is the current reality for all of us. milk and eggs up 11.9%. beef up 20.1%. gas up nearly 50% from a year ago. the holidays are going to be different because the cost of everything is higher. so i m going to have to buy less presents, spend less money on food. this is something we talk about, right, you know, our credit car ....