another exactly case count record, nearly everyone seems to know at least one person with this virus. right now more kids are in hospitals being treated for covid than ever before at a time when they should be enjoying the holidays. schools once again are grappling with how to balance education with health and safety. massachusetts denied a teacher s union request to close schools monday for covid testing. but in washington, d.c., students must produce a negative test result to return to school. meanwhile, holiday travel, headaches persist. the faa warns it may be forced to delay flights as crew members call in sick. that s on top of more than 11,000 flight cancellations since christmas eve. adding to travel implications, the cdc has increased its risk for cruise ship travel to the highest level. the federal agency says you should avoid cruises regardless of your vaccination status. cnn s polo sandoval joins me now from new york city. polo, times square looked pretty full wit
$1.25 tree? the question is, what does it say about inflation? it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early. the show that knows it has a lot for which to be thankful i m jonathan lemire on this wednesday, november 24th. we ll start with the news. the suspect in the waukesha christmas parade rampage made his first appearance in court yesterday as officials confirm a sixth victim has died. an 8-year-old boy. nbc news correspondence meagan fitzgerald has the story. reporter: the man at the center of a horrific tragedy in waukesha, wisconsin, appearing before the judge for the first time. this is case number 21-cf. reporter: 39-year-old darrell brooks charged with five counts of intentional homicide after allegedly plowing into a christmas parade. and more charges are pending after the confirmation of a sixth death, an 8-year-old boy. new images appear to show brooks asking a homeowner to call a uber. you can call a uber please? i m homele
get your podcasts. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m john berman with brianna keilar. it is friday, november 12th. breaking news, newly released audio this morning of former president trump defending the threats made by the january 6th capitol insurrectionists to hang mike pence. listen to this. were you worried about him during that siege? were you worried about his safety? no, i thought he was well protected and i heard he was in good shape, no. because i had heard he was in very good shape. but, no you heard the chants. that was terrible, the he could have well, the people are very angry. they re saying hang mike pence. it is common sense, john, it is common sense that you are supposed to protect how can you if you know a vote is fraudulent, right, how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to congress? trump s remarks were made during a taped interview with jonathan karl of abc ne
his jokes, his everything that he used to do, little things, and anything that he did he put everyone before himself and that s what he did until he died, until his last breath. lawsuits are now piling up. what we re learning straight ahead. plus, trump denied. a judge blocking his latest request to keep documents safe and secret, this as the january 6th committee issues a flurry of new subpoenas for some of trump s closest allies, but will any of them ever testify about that deadly day? our legal expert weighs in, and damning testimony out of georgia as three white man at trial for the death of ahmaud arbery. what one officer said about one defendant s comments at a crime scene. the more we learn, the more heartbreaking this really becomes, two high school students among the eight victims killed and you re learning more about the young boy fighting for his life. reporter: yes, ana. it s just heartbreaking. 9-year-old e.b., this little boy was supposed to come to this con
garrett, i saw you about i don t know how many hours ago, morning joe was on saying maybe. but we have been through this. tell me, is this it? is this the real thing? it is hard to say. the day started with a ton of optimism from house democratic leadership. the plan was they could vote to send the build back better to the senate and send the bipartisan senate-passed infrastructure bill to the president s desk. but they ran into half a dozen house moderates who objected to not having a final congressional budget office score not seeing all the math for how it would be paid for and agreed to what the final costs would be held to. leadership came up with a second plan, what if we do a procedural vote to advance that bill and vote to send the bipartisan bill to the president s desk. moderates said they would rather sit back and wait until the cbo score is done. who doesn t like that answer? the president himself. he wants a vote today to get things moving. we have been exp