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colorado. flames, fanned by hurricane-force winds. we ll take you to the scene in weather center for detail. and president biden s phone call with vladimir putin. the warnings they gave heech ot each other and how they re responding. cities right around the globe are preparing to welcome in the new year, but for many the celebrations are set aside as an explosion of new covid infections takes hold on several continents. now, the u.s. has set a third straight record with average daily cases now topping 355,000. john hopkins reports, meantime that 650,000 cases were reported in the united states on thursday alone. we should point out, of course, that number could be inflated because of reporting over the holidays. this map gives a sense how fast it s spreading. most states showing a 50% increase or more in cases in the past week compared to the previous week. all but two now reporting some type of an increase. now, more children, meantime in a worrying development, ar ....
now progressives want to sidestep the west virginia moderate altogether. we will tell you their latest plan. neil: terrifying update on the border crisis. trying to sneak into our country. carley: you are watching fox and friends first . todd: i am todd piro. cases of the laquan variant continue to rise. the speech will be a stark warning to the unvaccinated. carley: griff jenkins with more on what we can expect from the president later today. reporter: we expect them to say the cdc, the omicron very it is the dominant strain in the country accounting for 73% of new cases with the first death reported out of houston. in a speech today about how the administration is handling it president biden taking to twitter to preview his remarks saying we are working around the clock to increase testing ability, vaccine ability and support for hospitals. i will have more to say on this tomorrow. in the meantime get vaccinated, get this, wear a mask and keep the faith, we will ....
in charlottesville, virginia more than four years since white supremacists descended on the city, hard to forget the images from the weekend. white supremacists marching with torches chanting jews will not replace us. defendants here, some of them individuals, white nationalists, neo-nazis designated as hate groups. men who made themselves white power brands. richard spencer, matthew parrot and jason kessler spent a month in federal court for racially committed violence. they said they were exercising their right to free speech and self-defense. during the trial, some of the defendants sat down with me. so why did you say that charlottesville is a success? this is our speaker for the night. did you do it on purpose and do you feel bad about it? it would have been better if they [ bleep ] me and shut the [ bleep ] up. the alt left and right were fighting back. did you plan to follow the law in charlottesville? did the lawsuit push you out of the movem ....
replace us. defendants here, some of them individuals, white nationalists, neo-nazis designated as hate groups. men who made themselves white power brands. richard spencer, matthew parrot and jason kessler spent a month in court for racially committed violence. they said they were exercising their right to free speech and self-defense. during the trial, some of the defendants sat down with me. so why did you say that charlottesville is a success? this is our speaker for the night. did you do it on purpose and do you feel bad about it? it would have been better if they [ bleep ] me and shut the [ bleep ] up. the alt left and right were fighting back. did you plan to follow the law in charlottesville? did the lawsuit push you out of the movement? it was absolutely essential to the propaganda strategy to look like a victim. the alt right stopped activism by wore out their usefulness because their views are main stream. looking back on charlottesville is ....
from msnbc world headquarters. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin this hour, from america s notorious tornado alley. more than a dozen tornadoes putting through a small town. revealing the devastating punch, dozens of buildings and homes destroyed. authorities are right now out searching for potential victims. as of now there are no reports of potential deaths, and only a handful of minor injuries. authorities are expected to brief the media at any moment. we re going to update you with any developments. by the way the same town was devastated by an f five tornado, years ago, that one killed many people. we also have a report some civilians have been allowed to leave the steel plant where hundreds have been cornered by russian forces for weeks now. nbc news correspondent will be joining me with the latest. also new weapons shipments arming hope at this hour. dozens of shipments of u.s. weapons and other supplies are arriving in europe. this, right here, s ....