Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during this extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Hi, ari. Hi, nicolle. Welcome to The Beat. Join us on this first full day of 2024 with both tickets set. Kamala harriss Running Mate Tim Walz. A very different picture than a couple weeks ago. Today democrats campaigned together in wisconsin and continue to draw larger crowds than democrats drew erlter this Year Pap time lapse were showing you of the line to get into todays event. Sometimes the crowds are larger than trump in the same arenas and trump knows the power of the visuals. Power of this many people excitedly waiting in line, going in for this kind of energy. Tell me what Democracy Look likes. All this is what Democracy Looks like tell me what Democracy Looks like. This is what Democracy Looks bike. Harris and walz hitting michigan another midwestern blue state. Traditionally most years been blue. Democrats, of course, lost it in the Tru
provide critical support to help relieve some of the drain and the strain on the health care system. and more relief. early indications suggest the omicron surge is starting to slow in a handful of northeastern cities such as new york and washington, d.c., that bianna got hit first with this. yeah. that is a promising sign. in moments, president biden will speak from the white house laying out his latest efforts to tackle the pandemic. then he ll be heading to capitol hill later this afternoon where he will make a direct appeal to senate democrats to take action on voting rights. this as house minority leader kevin mccarthy changes his tune, saying he will not cooperate with the committee investigating the capitol riot despite previously saying he d do so. we begin this morning at the white house with president biden set to address the nation as covid hospitalizations hit record highs. cnn white house correspondent john harwood is following. john, the president expect
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coronavirus cases spiking across the country as a new study out of the u.k. finds there is no evidence that the omicron strain is more contagious than the delta and biden stalled the social spending bill, voting rights and immigration won t make it through the senate this year. will democrats be able to turn things around? the mayor of san francisco declaring a state of emergency to crack down on crime. she is vowing to tackle what she calls the b.s. destroying the city. san francisco s chief of police is here to respond. i want to turn straight to cnn s kyung lah on the dramatic spike in covid cases across the country. reporter: america s covid time war, long testing and vaccination lines in miami and familiar fears of exposure. he doesn t live in my house but i m scared so i decided to make an appointment to get tested just in case. reporter: in new york city, the positivity rate has doubled in just four days. the city health advisor tweeted we ve never seen this befo
coronavirus cases spiking across the country as a new study out of the uk finds that there is no evidence that the omicron strain is less severe than the delta variant. plus president biden s agenda stalled. key prioritiesies like his soci spending bill, voting rights and immigration won t make it through the senate this year. will democrats be able to turn things around? and the mayor of san francisco declaring a state of emergency to crack down on crime. she is vowing to tackle what she calls the b.s. destroying the city. san francisco s chief of police is here to respond. i want to turn to cnn s kyung lah for the very latest on the dramatic spike in covid cases across the country. reporter: america s covid time warp. long testing and vaccination lines in miami and familiar fears of exposure. i m so scared, so i decided to make an appointment to get tested just in case. reporter: in new york city, the positivity rate has doubled in just four days. a city health