years and we are having a good time. what is that? we have had one hell of a two years and we are having a good time. and that is the thing, you get to have a reset. and you can do it all over. that is the beautiful thing, and you can start anew. yes. and can we talk about the last two years. the last two years have shown me that if you have the chance to handcuff a man to the bed, do it. do it. fair enough. and they will never leave you. talk to me, what does that mean? you have to get them up in the house in the first place, and dating apps are trash, and they suck, and you men need to start talking to the ladies, and this is why we wanted your phone. so tell us have you had that experience, and you have handcuffed a man to the bed. and what? learn what? handcuffed a man to the bed. no, am a lady. and you said that you had the chance, and so what we have said is that we have had covid, and crazy election, and coming out of the and crazy elect
build back better bill which would significantly impand the country s social safety yet. senator joe manchin a key moderate democrat announcing this morning he is officially a no on the legislation. i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. i just can t. i ve tried everything humanly possible. i can t get there. a lot to get to. we ll begin with the pandemic. new cases and hospitalizations rising in the u.s. the delta variant fueling most of these increases right now. but the omicron strain is also spreading quickly in much of the country. one expert saying there is a tsunami coming from the unvaccinated. in new york people are waiting in long lines for coronavirus tests as you see there. nearly a third of broadway shows are shuttered once again, just months after reopening. the nba, nhl, and the nfl are postponing games as teams deal with outbreaks. and some major colleges and universities including harvard and yale, are returning to remote learning for t
his sweeping social spending bill. many in the party are blaming joe manchin for the holdup, but he isn t budging, so why do they think this will pass in the new year? i want to get straight, though, to cnn s nick watt for the very latest on the surge of covid cases and hospitalizations. reporter: covid-19 cases and hospitalizations climbed around 40% this past month. deaths, says the cdc, forecast to rise in the month ahead. the delta variant still rampant, omicron on the rise. it s here now, and it s spreading, and it s going to increase. for unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for unvaccinated. for themselves, their families, and the hospitals, they ll soon overwhelm. very soon, it s going to be the dominant variant. we ve seen that in south africa. we re seeing it in the uk, and i m absolutely certain that s what we re going to be seeing here relatively soon. reporter: for the vaccines, this variant is now the most complete escapee
when msnbc but 1996. not will be his last night, when they are followed brian his whole career or where they ve just become a fan of the 11th hour. his absolute witty insightful emotionally compelling, snarky is all get out incredible show that he does it right now. when they won become a fandom 11th hour or even a fan from the beginning. you should just know that for all of us, in the building as we say, in the proverbial building now. but, for all of us, his colleagues, ryan leaving. brian stopping the show, is a really big deal. having the opportunity to share a desk with him, for major news events, has been not just an honor for me. it has been an honor. beyond that, to tell you the truth, it s how i ve learned half the things i know about how to handle the responsibilities of the big desk. brian williams, and all candor, is a great guy. he is a great colleague. he is incredibly generous. he is abs hilarious as a person as i ve ever met in any context. on the 11th hour, h
and you can turn that into a joke, it s a high. sometimes when i m at home late at night on twitter, i think of something, and i say i could end it all right now with these two little thumbs. north korea conducted what they claim was a successful test of their biggest nuclear warhead yet. i m glad they re finally figuring that out. would someone tell kim jong un they like his glasses and he looks great whether it comes to comedy, you look for something people know about or are talking about, and give your take on it. when you do topical humor, it goes right to the brain and the heart and the stomach all at the same time. you know, they reintroduce the mcrib every year, it s not big news. the power of topical humor is everybody s on the same page. it s already primed and they re laughing already, then your joke has rocket fuel in it. the best comedy feels novel, like you have never heard it before. the things that are happening in the headlines give rise to brand n